Three days later, in Black Deer City, in the barracks.
Hong Zhenji retreated from the others, with his whole body covered in bandages, and looked at Xu Zhiqiong opposite.
"Marquis Yun, you annihilated 10,000 enemy troops in Jingguo County?"
Xu Zhiqiong shook his head and said: "It is not my own effort, it all depends on the unity of the soldiers."
Hong Zhenji breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "So, this battle is finally over."
Xu Zhiqiong still shook his head: "Next, we have to go north. Not only do we have to regain the lost territory, but we also have to force Tu Nu to pay silver and pay tribute."
"Pay tribute..." Hong Zhenji is very familiar with these two words, because Qian Cheng pays tribute to Tunu every year.
He doubted whether this was true.
"Qiancheng, did you really defeat Tu Nu?"
Xu Zhiqiong nodded.
Hong Zhenji was still a little worried: "Although Tu Nu was defeated in this battle, I don't know how many people will be mobilized in the future."
"Tunu will not send troops here," Xu Zhiqiong has received the news from Emperor Changle, "Daxuan sent troops to the north and captured two cities in Tunu. Tunu can't look at each other from east to west, and the fight won't last long, so he will have to look for you.
Negotiate peace.”
This was Daxuan's sincerity in his willingness to form an alliance with Qiancheng, and Hong Zhenji won the respect of Emperor Changle.
"Da Xuan is willing to form an alliance with me, but Tunu wants to come to me to negotiate peace!" Hong Zhenji looked happy, "But we can't spare King Tunu lightly. How much silver do you think is appropriate for him to pay?"
Xu Zhiqiong raised his eyebrows and said, "It depends on how much silver he has plundered from Qiancheng Kingdom."
Hong Zhenji nodded and said, "You're right. Our country, Qiancheng Country, is not a charity. We must pay back our past debts one by one!"
After saying this, both of them laughed.
Qiancheng Kingdom is not a good hall.
Because of these words, Hong Zhenji was severely beaten by Tunu envoys.
Now, he had just held down Tu Nu and beat him severely. Thinking of this, his heart felt refreshed, and even the wounds on his body no longer hurt that much.
After being ridiculous, Hong Zhenji's expression became a little solemn again.
Xu Zhiqiong asked in surprise: "What's on your mind?"
Hong Zhenji sighed: "After tonight, it's time to discuss the matter of going on an expedition."
"What? You don't want to fight anymore?"
"To be honest, I really don't want to," Hong Zhenji moved his arms and grinned, feeling a burst of pain from the wound, "I was still thinking about it on the battlefield. If I could return to Prince Shu's Mansion and drink and dance with you, what would happen in the world?
Nothing is more pleasant than this,
What you said makes sense, the dancer is wearing tulle, but her dance is more beautiful than her original dance."
Xu Zhiqiong smiled and said: "Are there not many beauties in the palace?"
"It's quite a lot. Qin Yan's arrangements are very thorough," Hong Zhenji sighed, "I asked the medical officer to see him. Qin Yan broke several bones, and Li Quangen and Yue Liusheng were also seriously injured.
I once hated these eunuchs and wanted to kill them all, but at the critical moment of life and death, they sincerely fought for me.
Qin Yan handled a lot of political affairs without telling me. I was very annoyed at first, but now that I think about it, it might as well have been handled by him. There is a road to the east of the city and a gate to the north of the city. Thinking about these messy things makes people irritated.
If a wise official does the work for me, why should I embarrass myself?
By saying this, I may want you to make fun of me. In your eyes, I am just a fool who does nothing."
Xu Zhiqiong did not laugh, he said with a straight face: "You are not a foolish king, you are the wisest monarch since the founding of the Qiancheng Kingdom."
Hong Zhenji struggled to sit up straight and said, "Is this what you are thinking?"
Xu Zhiqiong nodded: "Every sentence is from the bottom of my heart."
Hong Zhenkimo sat for a long time, his scarred cheeks shaking from time to time.
He cared very much about Xu Zhiqiong's words.
The wisest monarch since the founding of the Qiancheng Kingdom.
He believed that this sentence came from Xu Zhiqiong's sincerity.
Of course, he didn't know that Qiancheng Kingdom had only two monarchs since its founding.
"After this battle, are you going back to Xuanguo?" Hong Zhenji asked in a low voice.
Xu Zhiqiong did not deny it: "I will come to visit from time to time in the future."
Xu Zhiqiong didn't say even half a sentence.
If you learn to make things difficult for the people, it will be a different situation when we meet again.
Hong Zhenji sighed several times in succession, raised his head suddenly and said, "If I make you a king with a different surname, will I be able to keep you?"
Xu Zhiqiong pondered for a moment, raised his eyebrows slightly and said: "Don't tempt me anymore, maybe one day I want to be a god king."
After saying that, the two looked at each other and laughed again.
After laughing, Hong Zhenji suddenly stared at Xu Zhiqiong's cheek and said in shock: "Marquis Yun, is there dirt on your face?"
"Mud?"
Xu Zhiqiong just washed his face.
Hong Zhenji called the chamberlain and asked him to bring over a mirror. Xu Zhiqiong stared at the mirror for a moment. It turned out to be a flower, a peach blossom.
These days, I seem to have forgotten to think about my past.
…
Xu Zhiqiong came to Xingxiu Corridor and saw Bai Yueshan sweeping the floor in the corridor.
"Doctor Bai, didn't I tell you before that I would save more money and run the Charity Reward Department of Qiancheng Kingdom? Why are you always staying at Xingxiu Corridor?"
Bai Yueshan was very helpless: "I went to ask Gongshu Yan, and she said that it would cost 500,000 yuan to rebuild a charity reward department. How long and how long will it take to save this?"
It was difficult for Xu Zhiqiong to understand Bai Yueshan's thinking: "It's better to make some money than to sweep the floor here every day."
"I don't have that ability anymore. According to the wishes of the ancestors, it is a good thing to hone my mind here and atone for my sins honestly." Bai Yueshan put down the broom, washed the rag in the bucket, and continued to wipe the door panel.
Xu Zhiqiong ignored it and thought about where to go to think about it.
Going to live in the new house given by Master?
There seems to be limited harvest there.
Try your luck at the Shenyin Hall again?
Don't try to die, all the third-level skills have been tampered with, and I still don't know what they are.
While thinking, Xu Zhiqiong glanced towards the main hall and suddenly saw a glimmer of light.
Master is back?
Xu Zhiqiong was pleasantly surprised, opened the door and walked in.
Master is not here, but the surprise is still there.
The light I saw just now came from the mirror. Master's evil mirror stand was actually repaired.
Xu Zhiqiong happily sat in front of the evil mirror and took out the bronze lotus.
He wanted to take out the puppet of King Xuan Chou and pull out the dragon beard to see where the dragon beard came from.
But then I thought about it, if I wasn't careful when pulling out the dragon's beard and released Hong Juncheng, things would be in trouble.
Xu Zhiqiong took back the copper lotus and took out a cloth bag from his waist.
This cloth bag was collected from Yuan Chengfeng. Yuan Chengfeng said that a certain sound could be heard in this bag, a very useful sound.
Xu Zhiqiong has never dared to hear it, but today we can take a look at the origin of this bag.
etc.
When Yuan Chengfeng mentioned this bag, my cultivation level had already reached the third level.
When I reached the third level, I was still a little dizzy after listening to it. If I read it rashly, would my life be affected?
Even if it doesn't affect life, it's not good if it hurts your eyes.
Xu Zhiqiong put away the bag and stared in the mirror in silence.
He remembered that there were many things he wanted to look at carefully in the mirror, but now that the mirror was repaired, he couldn't remember what to look at.
After sitting for a moment, Xu Zhiqiong suddenly stood up and left the Xingxiu Corridor.
I almost forgot something important.
An event that almost everyone has forgotten.
What’s haunting the Qiancheng Palace!
There used to be many ghosts of eunuchs in Qiancheng Palace, but they all disappeared later.
Not only have the ghosts disappeared, but so have all the memories of the fooling around.
Qin Yan forgot to be clean, Yue Liusheng also forgot to be clean, and even Luo Songgui, who witnessed the incident, also forgot to be clean.
Only one person left a vague impression, Li Quangen.
Li Quangen once captured the souls of several chamberlains and locked them in a secret room. When Xu Zhiqiong found the secret room, the bottles and jars containing the souls were empty.
What happened in the secret room? Li Quangen only has a limited memory left.
Xu Zhiqiong also thought about using the magical eye to trace back the original scene. Shen Shuliang knew a similar method and could use the magical eye to go back in time.
But his methods were limited, and he could only go back to the scene in the Divine Eye Pavilion. After the Divine Eye Pavilion was destroyed, his methods no longer worked.
Xu Zhiqiong thought he was lying at first, but after trying it with the mantra, he was convinced that Shen Shuliang was indeed telling the truth.
Xu Zhiqiong has been investigating the matter since then. As soon as he found some clues and locked in Duan Zifang and Ye Ansheng, Qiancheng started a war with Tunu at this time.
Xu Zhiqiong devoted himself to the war and completely forgot about Ye Ansheng.
This reminded Xu Zhiqiong of some memories.
Ye Ansheng has a characteristic that makes it easy for people to ignore his existence.
Xu Zhiqiong once discovered this feature, but even this feature was ignored by Xu Zhiqiong.
Xu Zhiqiong went to the Qiancheng Punishment Bureau, used the Chengfeng Tower to enter the palace, went to the Zhidian Supervisor, entered Li Quangen's secret room, took a porcelain vase in the secret room, and went to the Xingxiu Corridor.
In Li Quangen's limited memory, he was deeply impressed by this porcelain vase. A ghost was once imprisoned here. During an interrogation, the ghost escaped in front of him.
Xu Zhiqiong held the porcelain bottle on the evil mirror stand in the Xingxiu Corridor and imagined Li Quangen in the secret room. After groping for a while, an image quickly appeared on the mirror.
The whole process does not take more than one breath, which is the result of the power of imagery.
Xu Zhiqiong saw Li Quangen talking to the mirror.
This is the perspective of the porcelain bottle. To be precise, Li Quangen is talking to the bottle.
Xu Zhiqiong heard every word very clearly. This was a chamberlain who lived more than five hundred years ago. He once served the Lord Yuanning. His name was Sun Haijin. He died at the handover between the old and new Lords. He knew a lot of things.
Xu Zhiqiong looked at the screen quietly, and suddenly saw a blurry figure appearing on the mirror.
It's Sun Haijin's soul, and he got out of the bottle.
Through the distorted expression, Xu Zhiqiong could barely make out his facial features.
The ghost circled the bottle several times and flew directly into the roof.
Where did he fly to?
Xu Zhiqiong wanted to change his perspective, but couldn't.
Master's mirror is not a magical eye, and its perspective is limited to the bottle.
It doesn't matter, you can't see the bottles, but you can see the tiles.
Xu Zhiqiong looked at the position where the dead souls flew out, ran to the roof of Zhidian Prison, picked up a few tiles and came back.
From the perspective of the tiles, Xu Zhiqiong saw the dead soul flying north and disappearing into the thick fog in the blink of an eye.
Where did he fly to?
What objects can be used to continue tracking him?
You can't just grab a bunch of mist and come over.
The clue is broken again?
Xu Zhiqiong rubbed his forehead, feeling very sad.
After worrying for a long time, Xu Zhiqiong suddenly stood up.
The chamberlain named Sun Haijin should be from Qiancheng.
Xu Zhiqiong left the Xingxiu Corridor and went to the Marquis Mansion under the pretext of Chengfeng Tower, the punishment department.
In the secret room, Xu Zhiqiong took out the stone eye.
He lit a candle, summoned the divine machine eye, and conveyed a thought.
Sun Haijin was a chamberlain in the Imperial Palace during the Yuanning period.
If his soul is still there, where is it now?
Can the divine machine eye track him?
Xu Zhiqiong recalled Sun Haijin's distorted facial features.
A light spot appeared in the pupil of Shen Jiyan.
He tracked Sun Haijin's location.
It's a stone tower.
This should be the magic weapon Tao Huayuan mentioned, a magic weapon that can contain the souls of the dead.
Where is this stone tower?
Xu Zhiqiong adjusted his perspective and found the direction of the stone tower.
The back garden of the palace!
The magic weapon that contains the dead souls is here!
At first, Tao'er and I tried so hard to find this stone tower, but finally the divine machine discovered it!
Xu Zhiqiong was very surprised and immediately set off for the palace. He wanted to go to the back garden to see how many resentful spirits were stored in this magic weapon.
According to what Qiongqi said, Duan Zifang wanted to use resentful spirits to ignite resentment and awaken chaos.
If the stone tower is destroyed, Duan Zifang's conspiracy will be completely destroyed.
Xu Zhiqiong arrived at Chengfeng Tower and was about to go to the palace, but suddenly stopped.
He is thinking about one thing.
Why couldn't he and Tao'er find this stone tower in the first place?
Tao'er used the magic circle, and Xu Zhiqiong also sent a group of servants to search around. Why couldn't he find such a bright stone tower?
Because someone was guarding this stone tower, someone interfered with everyone's search.
Who could this person be?
…
Xu Zhiqiong went to Xingxiu Corridor and came to Bai Yueshan's side and said: "Stop sweeping here, I will take you to do something serious."
Bai Yueshan was quite disdainful: "What do you mean by serious things? I sincerely repent here, but am I not serious?"
Xu Zhiqiong said: "Let me do a business deal, and the reward will be five thousand taels."