The snow outside the window gradually stopped, Ruan Shi said hello, paid the bill, and pushed Dugu Sheng out of Daoxiangju. Fan Tong followed the two of them obediently.
In fact, although there were many people in the middle of Daoxiang this time, only Fan Tong was able to make up his mind.
The others may have really run out of ideas, or were waiting and watching, but failed to step forward in the end, and Ruan Shi had no intention of actively recruiting them. After all, the strength of those people, measured by her current height, was really a bit overwhelming.
Not enough to watch.
However, there are many scholars in Daoxiang Juli who secretly expressed their intention to join the Imperial Master's Palace.
Judging from Dugu Sheng's physical condition, no one would think that he was a martial artist. However, the emergence of the Four Sentences of Taiping made everyone place Dugu Sheng, the imperial master, among the great Confucians of the world.
No one doubts Dugu Sheng's profound knowledge. After all, how can a person who is incompetent in writing or martial arts be favored by His Majesty the Emperor?
Ruan Shi didn't take these people's euphemistic gestures to heart. After all, these literati had no effect on her.
Although Fan Tong's strength is not high, as others have guessed, the Imperial Master's Mansion is currently very scarce in terms of employment, and increasing manpower is a foregone conclusion.
There were not many members of the Gods to begin with, and now they were divided into two fronts: Yuanxing and Tianzheng Continent.
Currently, the God Organization has no one at its disposal in Tianzheng Continent except the Dragon God Long Bingyu, Malz and the Sword God Jian Wushang. Even the God of Killing Bai Jing, who had tried to stop the powerful Wu Clan some time ago, returned after being seriously injured.
Later, I fell back into the process of healing and practicing cultivation.
Ruan Shi pushed Dugu Sheng, feeling a little helpless: "Young Master, in recent times, the manpower in the house has indeed been somewhat insufficient. Our family is now considered to be a big business. If we don't care about the masters for the time being, even the managers in the house are...
We are in short supply of maids. Do you think we should get some servants back so that someone can take care of the chores in the house?"
Dugu Sheng nodded: "Then you can take some back at some time. In addition, all the servants in the palace who stayed in the palace should be dismissed."
"Master Imperial Master! Master Ruan!"
At this moment, Fan Tong, who had been following the two of them, suddenly opened his mouth. However, when Ruan Shi looked over, Fan Tong became a little hesitant to speak but stopped.
When Ruan Shi saw this, there was a trace of displeasure between his eyebrows, and he said indifferently: "What can I do for you?"
People who are familiar with her know very well that this extremely independent and beautiful lady may seem fiery, but in fact she is very indifferent to most people. Moreover, when she is communicating with her young master, she is very taboo about being interrupted.
Ruan Shi's cold eyes made Fan Tong, a top powerhouse, shudder. Fan Tong didn't know what happened to him. It was obvious that the other party did not show any shocking strength, but just a look in his eyes actually made him have a feeling.
The fear comes from the body's instinct.
Under the oppression of this unknown fear, Fan Tong did not dare to be careless at all. Even his words became cautious, and he lowered his attitude and replied respectfully: "Sir Ruan, I just heard that you and the Imperial Master said that there is still a shortage of food in the house.
These servants, if you don’t mind it, my wife can help with some chores."
Hearing this, Ruan Shi's face became even more gloomy. Before Fan Tong could continue, Ruan Shi said directly: "I don't want to hear these useless words and tell you your purpose."
What Ruan Shi didn't expect was that after she said these words, Fan Tong actually knelt on the ground with a thud.
At this moment, there were quite a few pedestrians on the street. Fan Tong's kneeling immediately attracted a lot of attention.
However, because
This place is relatively close to the Imperial Master's Mansion. In these days, the surrounding people are no longer unfamiliar with the Imperial Master Dugu Sheng. When they saw that it was Dugu Sheng and Ruan Shi, they immediately stopped joining in the fun and went about their own business.
Yes.
"Sir, please save my family!" Fan Tong said, and kowtowed directly to Dugu Sheng and Ruan Shi.
"What's the matter?" Ruan Shi's tone was not softened by Fan Tong's actions.
Fan Tong's voice was a little sad: "I don't dare to deceive you. A few days ago, I killed the young master of the Sifang Sect, and now I am being hunted by the entire Sifang Sect. This time I took my wife to the upper capital to seek refuge.
But in the past few days, my subordinates discovered that people from Sifang Sect have also tracked them to Shangjing City, so I had no choice but to defect to you, and I also asked you to save my life."
"Sifang Sect?" Ruan Shi asked doubtfully: "Is it the martial arts sect in Huajian? How is its strength?"
When Fan Tong heard Ruan Shi's question, he felt a little bitter in his heart: "My sect in Huajian is very powerful. The Sifang Sect is very strong. The Sifang Sect's leader is already an innate strong man, and he has
The two guardians and the leaders of the four branch halls are all half-step innate-level experts. The number of top masters in the sect is over a hundred, and they are ranked among the best in the entire Huajian Kingdom."
When Fan Tong said this, he couldn't help but feel bitter in his heart. The power of the Sifang Sect was no longer something he could resist. If he hadn't really been forced into a desperate situation, he wouldn't have chosen to do it when he knew he was a servant.
Under such circumstances, he still took refuge in the Imperial Master's Mansion.
What he is worried about now is whether the other party will accept him after knowing his situation.
The power of the Sifang Sect is not insignificant. Fan Tong thinks it is impossible even if he thinks about it, to offend the Sifang Sect, which has an innate powerhouse, for a small role like his. After all, although the Imperial Master's Mansion is high in the temple, its foundation is still low.
Qian, it would be unwise to offend Sifangmen at this time.
Half-step innateness, this level division, was only heard by Ruan Shi after she came to Tianzheng Continent. In the cultivation world of Yuanxing, there is no such thing as half-step innateness, only those at the peak of the Nine Heavens and the most powerful.
The so-called half-step innateness of Tianzheng Continent is completely different from the most powerful person of Yuanxing.
Half-step innate refers to those beings whose cultivation has reached the peak of the ninth heaven and has been able to condense the realm, only half a step away from reaching innateness.
As for the most powerful person in the Source Star, Ruan Shi also roughly figured it out during this period.
This realm of the most powerful person does not exist in Tianzheng Continent.
The so-called strongest people are those who have broken through the shackles of acquired cultivation in a special place like Source Star and are about to be promoted to innate. However, due to the relationship between the vitality of heaven and earth and the rules, they ultimately failed to take that step.
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If the most powerful people from the Source Star came to Tianzheng Continent, they would be able to successfully advance to Xiantian in just a few days of retreat.
On the contrary, if the innate and above strong people in Tianzheng Continent have passed through the Source Star, under the constraints of the rules of heaven and earth and the concentration of elements, the real strength that these innate strong people can exert will only be the strongest.
Just when Fan Tong was feeling uneasy, Ruan Shi pondered for a moment and gave the other party a direct answer in the affirmative.
"As long as you are loyal, the Imperial Master's Mansion will naturally help you. On the contrary, if you dare to have any small thoughts like this time, then the Imperial Master's Mansion will be your nightmare! As for your wife, she will also be admitted to the Imperial Master's Mansion.
Come to the master's office. You are no longer needed here, so go back and tidy up first."
When Fan Tong heard this, he was stunned at first, but for some reason, he suddenly felt like he was on a pirate ship.
Originally, he just hoped to bring his wife into the Imperial Master's Mansion to seek shelter. But Ruan Shi said this
, his wife, on the contrary, became a means for the Imperial Master's Mansion to restrict him. In other words, the Imperial Master's Mansion was using his wife to blackmail him.
With a wry smile, Fan Tong understood the meaning of Ruan Shi's words, but now he had no choice but to do what Ruan Shi said. There was definitely a fight to the death between him and Sifangmen.
The Sifang Sect is deeply rooted in Huajian Kingdom. Now that the people from the Sifang Sect have found Shangjing City, I am afraid that his whereabouts will be exposed in less than two days. By then, what awaits him will be a dead end, or even worse than death.
Nodding helplessly, Fan Tong said goodbye and went back to prepare.
After Fan Tong left, Ruan Shi pushed Dugu Sheng around Shangjing City for a while. On the way, at Dugu Sheng's signal, Ruan Shi also picked up a few beggars on the side of the road.
There are three boys and three girls, six people in total. These little beggars are all street children with nowhere to go. The older ones are fifteen or sixteen years old, and the younger ones are only twelve or thirteen years old.
Huajian Kingdom is located on the border. Although no major wars broke out between the human race and the Wu clan, some small-scale fighting and fighting still occurred from time to time. Moreover, the human race territory where Huajian Kingdom is located
, there are many small countries, so the flow of population is relatively frequent. Therefore, there are not a few refugees in Huajian Country.
Ruan Shi could somewhat guess what Dugu Sheng was thinking.
The purpose of bringing these street children back is nothing more than to carry out secondary training.
Each of these wandering children is homeless. As long as they are trained properly, their loyalty to the Imperial Master's Mansion will be unparalleled by others. This kind of training is somewhat similar to their situation in the Dark Prison.
Fu Yingxuan and Xing Yu are the best examples.
About half an hour later, when Ruan Shi and Dugu Sheng were admiring the scenery by Chunchao Lake, and Fu Yingxuan brought the little beggars to them again, they had already taken a bath and changed into clean clothes.
The clothes don't look as bad as before, but are actually quite elegant.
Without saying too much to them, Ruan Shi simply arranged a few words to let these little guys settle down temporarily in the Imperial Master's Mansion and follow the stewards and maids in the mansion to do some chores on weekdays. What happened next,
It’s not too late to wait until the time is right.
Maybe they didn't expect that life would change so quickly, so the little guys were a little excited. However, they seemed to understand that Ruan Shi and Dugu Sheng would be their masters from now on, so they tried their best to restrain their emotions and didn't say anything more.
After Fu Yingxuan took these little ones away, Fan Tong, who had separated from Ruan Shi and the other two, also brought a middle-aged woman with a red face into the Imperial Master's Mansion. After settling his wife, Fan Tong
Only then did I find Ruan Shi and Dugu Sheng again.
"Master Imperial Master, Master Ruan, I wonder what my subordinates need to do?"
Fan Tong felt a little nervous. After all, he had offended Sifangmen. The feeling of being stared at by an innate master really made him panic. Although Ruan Shi had given him a promise before, he was still a little uneasy.
In the eyes of ordinary warriors, innate masters were almost out of reach. If he failed to prove his worth to the Imperial Master's Mansion in a short period of time, he was really afraid. When the master of the Sifang Sect came to him, the Emperor
The master's office will push him out directly.
Ruan Shi didn't know what Fan Tong was thinking, but she didn't try to figure it out. When you reached a certain level of strength, there was no need to prove it to others.
Therefore, in response to Fan Tong's question, Ruan Shi just said lightly: "I will let you know when I need you. As for when I don't usually find you, you only need to do one thing, and that is to improve your cultivation."
In order to strive to reach the innate state as soon as possible."