"The willow silk is so long that it is difficult to tie it to the jade, and I wish it would catch the slanting light in the sparse forest~"
In the imperial garden, Jiang Beiran was sitting in a rocking chair with his eyes closed and concentrating, while Kong Qianqian beside him was singing the opera he had just learned.
Just when everyone in the Imperial Garden was intoxicated by Kong Qianqian's poignant singing, Jiang Beiran suddenly opened his eyes, waved his hands and said, "Everyone, please step aside, I'm a little tired."
"According to the decree."
When everyone heard this, they immediately slowly exited the imperial garden.
After everyone retreated, Jiang Beiran stretched out a finger and stopped it in front of him. The next second, a black shadow swept down from the sky and stopped firmly on his finger.
"giao~giao~"
The hummingbird opened its mouth and shouted.
He casually took out a piece of scaled beast meat from the Qiankun Ring and threw it to Ying Hummingbird. Ying Hummingbird grabbed it in one bite, flapped its wings happily twice, and handed a small bamboo tube to Jiang Beiran.
Opening the bamboo tube, Jiang Beiran took out the rolled letter paper. When he opened it, he found that it was from Li Fucheng.
I quickly read through the letter. The words in the letter were very sincere, even more flattering than the flattery of the ministers in those memorials. Only when Jiang Beiran saw the end did he realize that he had something to ask for.
Pull out a piece of paper from the Qiankun Ring and write two lines on it, put it back into the bamboo tube and stuff it into the feathers of the Ying Hummingbird.
"giao~giao~"
After flapping its wings twice, the hummingbird turned into a black shadow and quickly disappeared in mid-air.
Standing up, Jiang Beiran took two steps forward and disappeared into the imperial garden in an instant.
At dusk, beside the Jin River, which was burning like fire under the sunlight, Jiangbei Ran looked far into the distance and pondered a philosophical question about life.
'What are you having for dinner today?'
Before he got the answer, Jiang Beiran heard Li Fucheng's voice behind him.
"See Your Majesty."
Jiang Beiran slowly turned around and found that there was another person following Li Fucheng.
Seeing Jiang Beiran's eyes sweeping over him, the man immediately raised his hands and said, "Huo Zhishang, I'm here to see His Majesty the Emperor."
"Is he the person you mentioned in your letter?" Jiang Beiran looked at Li Fucheng and asked.
Li Fucheng nodded, cupped his hands and said, "Exactly, Brother Huo is a man of great courage and bravery. After joining our Tianxiahui, he has repeatedly accomplished extraordinary feats. His character and cultivation are both top-notch. A few days ago..."
Listening to Li Fucheng's tone, as if he was reporting to the gang leader how awesome the new boy was, Jiang Beiran waved his hand and said, "Tell me the key points."
Just as Li Fucheng was about to speak, Huo Zhishang stepped forward and said, "Deputy Gang Leader Li, let me speak for myself."
"That's fine." Li Fucheng nodded and took a step back.
First, he saluted Jiang Beiran, and then Huo Zhishang said: "Your Majesty, since you came to the throne, Fengzhou has been completely renewed. The people live and work in peace and contentment. I admire you greatly. Your influence among the people is unparalleled now. Therefore, please, please
I forgive you for asking me so shamelessly."
"explain."
"I have a son named Wenkang. My son is very important to me, but..." Huo Zhishang said with a sigh of relief: "When I entered Fengyi Village seven years ago, I was chased by the enemy.
So I hid my son in a haystack, but there were too many enemies. It took me half a month to escape, but when I returned, I could never find him again."
'Seven years ago...'
After muttering in his mind, Jiang Beiran asked again: "How old was your son when he was lost?"
"Infancy."
'This is too difficult... He was lost when he was a baby. Seven years later, even his own father wouldn't recognize his son face to face.'
Seeing Jiang Beiran frowning, Huo Zhishang sighed and said: "In the past seven years, I have searched everywhere but could not find any news about my son, so I shamelessly asked Your Majesty, if Your Majesty can find him, my three-foot body will be saved."
The rest of my life will be driven by His Majesty!"
After hearing this, Jiang Beiran was about to ask more questions when he saw three options popping up.
[Option 2: Agree to send someone to help him find his son. Completion reward: Feng Xu Baojue (Mid-grade Mysterious Level)]
[Option 3: Help him find his son personally. Completion reward: Random basic skill point +1]
"oh?"
Jiang Beiran couldn't help but be a little surprised after reading it. What was his son's background? He had to find it in person, or did Huo Zhishang have some huge influence?
After pondering for a moment, Jiang Beiran made the third choice and said: "I see, anyone else would be extremely anxious if their son is lost. I can help you with this matter."
After hearing this, Huo Zhishang trembled all over, knelt on the ground and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"
[Optional mission completed, reward: Alchemy +1]
"Excuse me, do you have any of your son's personal belongings on you?"
After hearing this, Huo Zhishang thought for a moment, took out a pair of embroidered shoes from the Qiankun Ring and said, "These shoes are what my son wears on daily basis. I wonder if they are okay?"
"Can."
Taking the straw sandals and putting them into the Qiankun Ring, Jiang Beiran continued: "Write down your son's birthday and give it to me. It would be better if there is a portrait."
"It's... no problem to generate the horoscope, but I'm a rough guy and can't really do anything about this portrait." Huo Zhishang said helplessly.
"Do you remember what your son looks like?"
"Remember! In the past seven years! I have never forgotten it!" Huo Zhishang said firmly.
"In that case, you tell me, and I'll draw it and try to describe it as clearly as possible."
After hearing this, Huo Zhishang was overjoyed and nodded repeatedly: "Your Majesty is truly a heavenly being!"
After setting up the drawing board and mixing the paints, Jiang Beiran nodded towards Huo Zhishang, indicating that he could start describing.
Half an hour later, Huo Zhishang looked at the baby boy on the drawing board and couldn't help but shed a tear from the corner of his eye.
"Yao'er...my son!"
Holding back the sadness in his heart, Huo Zhishang saluted Jiang Beiran again and said: "Your Majesty's painting skills are amazing, I admire you! The son in this painting looks like my son."
"In that case, you go back and wait for the news. Fucheng, you stay."
After hearing this, Huo Zhishang knelt down and kowtowed to Jiang Beiran, then turned and left.
When Huo Zhishang walked away, Li Fucheng couldn't bear it anymore and said repeatedly: "Your Majesty is wise and powerful, even..."
"Stop talking nonsense, let me ask you, who is this Huo Zhishang?"
Li Fucheng, whose flattery was interrupted, was stunned for a moment before replying: "He is from Huzun Town, Yunzhou County."
The reason Jiang Beiran asked this was naturally because he was curious about the fact that Huo Zhishang could trigger the prefecture-level option.
"How did you meet?"
"A few months ago, I went through a bloody battle in Gangnian Village and almost died from exhaustion. Fortunately, Brother Huo helped me escape from death. After that, we became brothers of life and death." Li Fucheng asked uneasily after finishing his words.
He said: "Your Majesty, do you think there is something wrong with him?"
"Yes." Jiang Beiran nodded.
'Um???'
Li Fucheng was stunned. He thought Brother Wang would answer "Not really", but unexpectedly he nodded directly to confirm. This made him a little confused about how to answer the question.
"Keep an eye on him when you get back. If there is anything unusual, report to me in time."
"Yes!" Li Fucheng raised his hands and nodded.
"Well, you can go too."
After Li Fucheng said goodbye and left, Jiang Beiran picked up the embroidered shoes and found an open space.
Just like when he was looking for Mu Yao before, Jiang Beiran first set up the Six Directions Listening Formation, then picked up the lucky lotus tube and started looking for Huo Wenkang, who had been missing for seven years.
Now that he has his personal belongings and knows his birth date and his face, it is much easier to find him than Mu Yaolai, who is locked up in many formations.
‘Yes.’
After locking the position of Huo Wenkang's aura, Jiang Beiran headed toward the southwest.
Anxing County, Wushu County.
Jiang Beiran, dressed in civilian clothes, walked onto the street. Not far in front of him, stood a young man hawking.
"The number one dish! The number one dish is sold!"
The loud sound immediately attracted many onlookers.
"Why is your dish called the No. 1 dish?"
"Isn't it just ordinary cabbage?"
"That's right, that's right."
Seeing more and more guests gathering together, the young man smiled and said, "You guys still don't know? Liu Jiangnian in town got the top prize only after eating my top pick dish!"
Everyone burst into laughter upon hearing this.
"You are a little kid. You are young but you don't study well. If you could get the top prize by eating a few cabbage, then I would have become an official in Ningdu."
"That's right, you are just an ordinary Chinese cabbage."
"Really, there's no one better to imitate than those charlatans."
As if he had anticipated everyone's reaction, the young man laughed and said: "Dear uncles and aunts, I guessed that you don't believe what I said, so I specially invited Liu Jiangnian."
As soon as the young man finished speaking, a young man dressed as a scholar walked up to the young man and saluted everyone: "I, Liu Jiangnian, have met all of you, fellow villagers."
At this time, several people in the crowd immediately shouted: "Ouch! He is really the number one scholar!"
"Yes! That's him! I saw him when the results were released."
"The number one scholar is really here. Come on, Xiao Cong, go up and give that big brother a hug to show off your talent."
At this time, the young man blocked all the people who were about to rush up to watch and said: "Hey! Don't be so impatient to envy me. This top scholar only got the top prize after eating my top pick dishes. As long as you also buy them for you."
If your child eats it, you don’t have to just envy him."
After hearing this, Liu Jiangnian immediately continued: "That's right, it was only after I started eating this Qu family's No. 1 dish that I felt that I could think quickly and write like a god. It's really wonderful! Wonderful!"
As soon as they heard that the number one scholar admitted that he was the number one scholar who only got into the exam by eating the number one scholar dish, the crowd exploded.
"How much does this top pick dish cost!? Give me one!"
"I want it too, I want it too! I have three children, and I want three!"
"Give me one too! I want the big one!"
…
Facing the enthusiastic crowd, the young man slowly raised his two fingers and said: "Two pieces of silver."
"What!? Two pieces of silver!? Why don't you go and grab it!"
"That's right! I can't snatch it as fast as you!"
"Other people only sell cabbage for a few pennies!"
Looking at the excited villagers, the young man shook his head slowly and said: "Uncles and aunts, I have told you that this is the number one dish, and you can win the number one prize after eating it! Is two coins expensive? If your child can pass the exam
The No. 1 pick is worth more than gold!"
After hearing this, everyone was silent for a while, and finally a man cursed bitterly: "Two coins is two coins, give me one!"
If you buy the first one, you will naturally get the second one.
As more and more people rushed to buy, the rest of the people were afraid that the food would be robbed, so they hurried home to withdraw money.
Seeing that the "number one dish" was quickly sold out, Jiang Beiran simply called him an expert, a gimmick, an image spokesperson, a trustee... he had it all, and he managed to sell the cabbage for a silver price. It was really amazing.
When the last batch of vegetable buyers left, the young man quickly closed the stall and left. Half an hour later, in a ruined temple outside the city, the young man, the top scholar, and the disciples gathered together.
"Come on, your, your, mine, your, mine, your, mine, mine..."
"Hey! It's all yours!"
Seeing that the money in front of the young man was getting more and more, a strong man in charge of the pawnbroker shouted.
"I came up with the idea, and I also hired you all. Naturally, I take the lead. Is there any problem?"
"But without us, you wouldn't be able to make this money!"
Seeing others nodding, the young man looked around them and asked, "Is it easy to make this money?"
Everyone looked at each other in confusion for a while, and finally nodded and said: "Easy."
"Then do you still want to make money like this?"
"Of course I do!" everyone replied in unison.
"That's nonsense! If you hang out with me from now on, you'll make more money than you yourself. You have to have a far-sighted vision. Do you understand?"
When everyone heard this, they thought it made sense. After all, without the young man in front of them organizing them, they wouldn't be able to earn much money, even copper plates.
The young man who continued to divide the spoils looked at Liu Jiangnian and said, "How many times have I told you, when you come out, you need to be more polite and say more words that they can't understand, otherwise they will easily doubt you."
Liu Jiangnian nodded immediately after hearing this: "I understand, Brother Xiaoyou."
"And you!" The young man pointed to the other two young men, "Next time you make noises, be faster and louder. You want to show that you are very confident, you know?"
"I know." The two young men nodded.
Soon, all the money was divided. The young man wrapped up his share and said, "Okay, I'll see you under the willow tree in three days. I'll take my leave first!" After that, he was the first to walk out of the ruined temple.
Going all the way east, Jiang Beiran followed the young man and turned left and right to a village.
This village has obviously benefited from the benefits of the new policy. There are many men in the village. They have just returned from plowing the fields. They will say hello to young people when they see them.
"Xiao Dongzi, where have you wandered off again? Your grandma is looking for you everywhere."
"Hey! Xiaodongzi! Run slower! Are you hungry? Come to aunt's house to eat pancakes."
"Xiao Dongzi! I brought you what you asked for."
"Okay, I'll come get it later~"
After replying, the young man ran into a dilapidated thatched house, looked at an old man lying in bed and said, "Grandpa, are you feeling better today?"
"Cough...cough! You little monkey, where did you go?" the old man asked weakly.
"I'm not going to get you any medicine." The young man said and opened his cloth bag: "Look, I got so many medicines for you. Drink them all and your health will definitely be better."
"Cough...cough!" The old man coughed violently a few more times, "Where did you catch so many medicines? If they were stolen, I will break your legs."
"Oh~ Grandpa, how could I steal it? If you don't believe it, I swear to you!" After the young man finished speaking, he pointed to the sky and said, "I, Qian Xiaodong, swear..."
"Bah, bah, bah! Ouch, what a child swearing, be careful God really accepts you." At this time, an old woman walked in from outside the door and shouted.
"Grandma~" Qian Xiaodong happily threw himself into the old woman's arms and said.
"You little skinny monkey, where did you go crazy?" the old woman asked with great affection.
"I went to get some medicine for grandpa. Grandma, please take care of grandpa first. I'll go out and make some medicine. I'll definitely make grandpa get better this time."
Looking at the warm family in front of him, Jiang Beiran, who was not far away, touched his chin, thinking about how to open this mouth.