Zhou Cang did not stay in the Eastern Army camp for long. After delivering the bone-strengthening pill to Shi Xuan, he said goodbye and left. As he said, he did not make any demands just because he had donated something.
He just told the origin of Bone Strengthening Pill without reservation.
There is a long way to go. Zhou Cang would not immediately want to be repaid, so keeping it as a favor is the purpose of Zhou Cang's trip.
The favor of Shi Xuan, the dignified Dongjun Daoist general manager, is a good thing that ordinary people dare not think of. Now Zhou Cang can't help but smile when he thinks about it. Although his family is also a military family, it is only second-rate in Nanyuan Kingdom.
If you really want to get into the top ranks of the military, you still have more than enough ambition but not enough energy. You need to borrow power to make it possible. But borrowing power is not something you can just borrow if you want. Why should others help you?
Therefore, the opportunity that Bone Strengthening Pill brought to Zhou Cang this time was particularly rare, and he was able to gain access to Shi Xuan's network. As long as he worked hard in the future, it would not be difficult for Zhou Cang to have the opportunity to test the position of Gao.
Compared to Zhou Cang who left with satisfaction, Shi Xuan in the Eastern Army camp looked at the jade box in front of him in a daze.
Of the two pills, there was obviously one left for him to use as a trial medicine. After all, this thing was not available outside, and even with his knowledge, it was the first time he had seen it, so he had no ability to distinguish good from bad and could only rely on trial and error.
Medicine to make sure. Zhou Cang didn’t say anything about this, but his meaning was obvious. It was the same as Zhang Yan’s previous approach.
Zhou Cang still has confidants he can trust, and Shi Xuan naturally does too. He is a soldier, and any of the personal guards following him are dead soldiers who can risk their lives for him. Let alone just test medicine, they will not be embarrassed by more dangerous things.
A frown.
In addition, this matter is not dangerous from an intellectual point of view, it is just a matter of "being careful". After all, no matter how you look at it, there is no possibility that Zhou Cang would murder Shi Xuan in this way.
However, just when Shi Xuan was about to find one of his personal guards to test the medicine, the adjutant from outside came in and reported: Mr. Changshan, the military commander, is visiting and is drinking tea in the main hall at this time.
"Oh? Mr. Changshan is here?" Shi Xuan stood up immediately after hearing the words, and was about to go out to receive the reception, but after taking two steps, he stopped and turned to look at the jade pill on the table with the bone strengthening pill.
He picked up the box with a smile, then left the apartment and walked quickly towards the main hall.
The person who can directly enter the Dongjun Daoxing Yamen, and can sit in the main hall to drink tea, and let Shi Xuan call him "Sir" is naturally not an ordinary person. Even in Shi Xuan's heart, this "Mr. Changshan" can be called a "strange person"
, and made him feel like a profound person who was both a teacher and a friend.
Soon, Shi Xuan's hearty laughter sounded in the general manager's office. The guards on the guard side understood that this was a rare time for their military commander to be happy. Perhaps only the visit of a good friend like Mr. Changshan could make the military commander laugh.
Are you so happy?
"I didn't know that Shi Xuan didn't come far to greet Mr. Changshan when he came, so please don't blame him!"
"Hahaha, Marshal Shi, it's meaningless for you to praise me like this, a commoner. I've just been busy lately, so I came here to ask for a bowl of tea and chat a few words to pass the time."
Sitting in the main hall, the old man who saw Shi Xuan come in and stood up to return the salute was Mr. Changshan in Shi Xuan's mouth. He was in his seventies, his hair was mostly white, and he was obviously old. But he was in good spirits, especially those eyes.
He was full of energy, not as turbid as the elderly, but clear and lively.
A boy of fifteen or sixteen years old, dressed in white, stood behind Mr. Changshan.
"Sir, you are joking. You travel far and wide to learn about heaven and earth. How can you have free time? Besides, little Hao'er has grown up now, so teaching is not easy, right?" Shi Xuan kept a smile on his face and shook his head.
, obviously didn’t believe the other person’s word “idle” at all. He knew the other person’s habits very well. He was a person who could look at waterfalls for several months, and finally figured out a whole set of strange wheels. He could
It would be weird to have some free time.
"Not to mention anything else, but the military commander was right about Zeng Hao. This kid looks smart, but in fact he is full of cleverness. It is too hard to teach him. Half of the white hair on my head is due to him.
Grant!" Having said this, Changshan's beard fluttered a few times, and he was obviously still angry after remembering something. The young man behind him had a red face and lowered his head, daring not to speak. It shouldn't be the first time.
Once I was trained by Changshan.
Shi Xuan naturally tried to persuade him: "I watched Xiao Hao'er grow up. He has been smart since he was a child. How can he be just a little smart? I'm afraid sir, you are too demanding. Maybe slowing down and taking things step by step will make a difference.
After all, the art of learning actually has a lot in common with martial arts. Sometimes you can’t rush, only by slowing down can you gain something.”
Changshan also smiled and nodded when he heard this, expressing his agreement with Shi Xuan's words.
The two chatted for a while about past anecdotes. Changshan put the tea cup on the table and asked seemingly casually: "I wonder if the military commander knows much about the situation at Yubei Mountain Fortress in Chonglan County?"
"Huh? That place is far away from Beijiang County to the east and west. Although we are both in the military, some of the deployments are not known to us in the Eastern Army. Moreover, military secrets are never exchanged across roads and are only communicated to each other.
The Ministry of War Yamen is in charge. I just don’t know what exactly you want to ask, sir."
Shi Xuan is also cautious when it comes to confidential matters. Even if he is an old friend, he still needs to understand the other party's purpose first before assigning importance.
Changshan waved his hand and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I'm not interested in the secrets of the military at all. I just got together with a few old friends recently and heard a strange thing.
Regarding this, I thought you might have heard about it since you have a high position in the military, so I came here to ask you to help me and see if I can give you accurate information."
"Oh? Sir, tell me first and see if I understand."
"The Yubei Mountain Fortress built a Bagua array to cover the outpost outside the fortress, and combined with a local strange plant called thorn vine, it has an excellent effect. Unless the monsters come in large numbers from the mountain, nothing will happen.
Useful. There is also a kind of flying lamp, which has caused the battle losses of Yubei Mountain to drop sharply in the past two years, and the guard Song Qinghe has also been highly praised. Does the military commander know about this?"
"Well. This matter is not a secret. It has been mentioned many times in the military newspaper."
"Okay, since the military commander also knows about this, it's easy for me to speak up. I just want to know where the boy who is rumored to have created the Bagua Array and the Kongming Lantern is now? Can the military commander do me a favor and check it out?
"
Shi Xuan only had one thought in his mind: What a coincidence!
So he didn't answer. Instead, he took out a jade box from his arms and placed it on the coffee table between the two of them. He said, "I'm not busy beforehand. I happen to have a rare object here. I want sir to help me identify it."