Chapter 16 Gone with the Wind · Chapter 3

Peng Yongnian bit the bullet and stepped forward to salute: "The last general of the forbidden army, Peng Yongnian, will see General Huwei." Du Dingguang retreated quietly, Li Qiang signaled Zhao Hao with his eyes. Zhao Hao nodded slightly, and appeared in front of Du Dingguang like a ghost, and said with a smile, "Where do you want to go, stay here." Du Dingguang said gloomyly: "Don't deceive people too much, I'm not easy to mess with." His hands glowed with light blue phosphorescence, and he shot them like a thunderbolt. He threw himself on Zhao Hao's chest.

Zhao Hao laughed loudly and said: "Haha, look at the old man's giant cold palm!" The palm of the hand is shining white, it is the unique palm technique learned from Hou Pijing.Zhao Hao's skill is not strong enough to print out the palm print, but it is already astonishingly powerful.Du Dingguang was startled by the light touch, and retreated quickly, while Qinglin Palm counterattacked from bottom to top. Before Du Dingguang exerted his force, five white whip shadows had wrapped around his body, and it was too late to dodge, Mei Jingjing's whip shadows bound him tightly.Zhao Hao couldn't hold back either, he hastily turned his strength obliquely, a ray of true energy obliquely brushed against his chest, there was a soft "嗤", Du Dingguang's clothes on his chest were cut a big hole.The force of the palm hit the big blue bricks laid on the ground, and the green bricks with a radius of one zhang were sunk.

Du Dingguang cursed angrily. Zhao Hao lightly said: "What is this?" After all, he is the head of Yinlou, and his vision is indeed extraordinary.A thin chain hung on Du Dingguang's bare chest, and the pendant was a piece of jade the size of a thumb.Li Qiang also saw it, and said, "Take it here." Zhao Hao tore it off, and Du Dingguang's gloomy face suddenly changed drastically. Peng Yongnian stood aside in embarrassment, not knowing what to say, the four luminous pearls in his hand were like four small fireballs, it was really hot to touch.Li Qiang didn't even look at him, and was playing with the pendant in his hand. The pendant looked very strange, like a flying bird, and the material used was a bit like jade pupil slips.Li Qiang's heart moved, he probed for a trace of his true energy, and couldn't help being overjoyed, it turned out to be an ultra-small jade-pupil slip.

After looking at the content for a while, Li Qiang put the pendant into the bracelet and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I should call you Boss Du, or Du Fengfeng. Hehe, it's really wronged that a master priest from Litang Kingdom opened a casino in Gusong Kingdom You." Then he said to Peng Yongnian: "It's very good, and we have the imperial guards from the old Song Dynasty as escorts, so safety is no problem." Peng Yongnian plopped down on his knees, panicked and said, "I'm absolutely not...none..." He couldn't explain anything.

Li Qiang asked Cheng Zizhong, "What kind of yamen is there to investigate cases?" Cheng Zizhong said, "It's under the supervision of the prosecutor of the Ministry of Punishment. I'll ask someone to notify you." Li Qiang asked four priests to monitor the surroundings, and asked the soldiers to check the casino. Those soldiers were too happy, but the casino was full of oil and water.Mei Jingjing walked up to Peng Yongnian with a smile, stretched out her little hand and said, "Bring it here, you won't even blush if you tell nonsense." The priest in the west suddenly shouted: "Who is it, stop!" A black shadow flashed over, its movements were as elusive as a cloud of green smoke, and the priest couldn't stop him.

A few soldiers wanted to stop it, and immediately flew out screaming miserably. Li Qiang quickly shot out a golden eagle.A small sword shadow shining with green light flew out from Heiying's body, with a light "poof", the golden eagle and the small sword shadow disappeared without a trace at the same time. Zhao Hao said in shock: "It's a flying sword!" He opened his mouth and sprayed out the Hanque sword, and four silver sword shadows flew out to meet him, but his flying sword technique is still very unfamiliar.Mei Jingjing's seven whip shadows also entangled her.The four priests struck the black shadow with magic weapons from four directions.

The man shouted heavily: "Aren't you alright? Turn on...!" A strong green light flashed from his body, grabbed Du Dingguang on the ground, suddenly jumped out of the green light circle, and crashed straight through the roof. Bricks and pieces of wood fell one after another, and the green light left in the room collided fiercely with the energy of the magic weapon emitted by everyone. There was a loud bang, and the torn true energy stirred up everywhere, creating a miasma of smoke for a while.Li Qiang sent seven or eight golden eagles across the house to chase after him, the man laughed and said: "Haha, this kind of gadget is also shown, and this account will be settled slowly!" The voice gradually faded away.

Li Qiang stopped the crowd from chasing after him. He found painfully that he was so helpless in front of a real master of cultivation.In the secular world, he is already unparalleled in power, but in the cultivation world he can only be regarded as a beginner.If you want to return to Earth in the future, you have to gain a firm foothold in the cultivation world, and it's impossible without strong strength.Only then did Li Qiang really make up his mind to participate in the training and strengthen his cultivation as soon as possible. The officer of the Ministry of Justice personally brought a large group of people to the casino, saluted Li Qiang and began to search and interrogate.

A eunuch found the casino and said that the emperor summoned Li Qiang and Cheng Zi to re-enter the palace to meet the saint.Li Qiang couldn't help being an official, Li Qiang smiled wryly and told Zhao Hao and Niuniu a few words, and followed the eunuch into the palace. The emperor summoned several ministers in Shuixuan Yage to discuss the negotiation with Li Tangguo.In the past two days, Li Tang's special envoys kept urging and even threatened that if the talks were not held, the special envoy would report the breakdown of the negotiations to the emperor of Li Tang. Several ministers have been arguing for a long time about this.The emperor was hesitant after hearing the information analyzed by Tan Chigong, so he summoned the ministers to discuss it. Who knew that all the ministers had their own reasons, which made the emperor even more unable to make a decision.

Li Qiang and Cheng Zizhong came to Shuixuan Yage and met the emperor and all the ministers.After giving the seat, I only listened to the Minister of the Ministry of War and said: "The old minister believes that we should start negotiations with the special envoy of Li Tang as soon as possible. Our country's military preparations are too insufficient. The transfer of troops, food and grass, and the allocation of weapons have not even carried out the necessary preparations for the newly recruited soldiers. Training, the breakdown of negotiations at this time may be very detrimental to us.”

The emperor nodded and said: "What's the opinion of the Privy Council, please tell us." Li Qiang gradually understood the focus of the debate among the ministers. They were divided into two factions, the main war faction and the peace negotiation faction, but both factions wanted to start negotiations as soon as possible. Swordsman, once the country's vitality is seriously injured in the war, it will not be able to recover in a few years. Seeing all the ministers talk to each other, and the arguments were extremely fierce, Li Qiang made a comprehensive analysis in his heart, and he had an idea, so he sat down and listened to their quarrel with peace of mind. The emperor was also a little uncertain, pondered for a while, and suddenly felt curious when he saw Li Qiang sitting on the side calmly.He appointed Li Qiang as an official, not because he valued his real talents and learning, but mainly because he wanted to take advantage of his background. Someone had already reported that the Han Dynasty granted him a title, what would Li Qiang think now?He smiled and asked, "If you have any opinions, you can tell Li Aiqing, you are my special negotiating envoy." Li Qiang was confident, and asked with a smile, "Can you tell me why Li Tang's special envoy is eager to start negotiations?" Just this one sentence immediately made all the ministers speechless.The emperor said softly: "Yes, why?" Seeing that all the ministers were silent, Li Qiang said unhurriedly: "Because Li Tang is in a hurry than us, and they will not be able to hold on any longer." Then he began to analyze the situation of Li Tang and the intention of sending troops, He talked at length for more than an hour.The situation of the entire Li Tang Kingdom, under his summary and arrangement from the inside to the outside, was clearly displayed in front of everyone. All the ministers had only one thought in mind, if this guy became the boss, his life would be difficult, he was too shrewd.The emperor was even more shocked, this man is expected to be a prime minister, I really underestimated him. Li Qiang said that the countermeasure he thought of was to continue to delay the negotiation, and at the same time start a large number of conscription in the country to put pressure on the other party, and then send spies to spread rumors.The most important thing is to stop business dealings with Li Tangguo in the near future, especially grain transactions. Speaking of this, Li Qiang remembered what happened at the Baolai Casino again, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I have something for you, let the masters of the worship hall copy it, and you will know it after reading it." He said and handed the pendant To the emperor. Once Li Qiang made a clear analysis of the general situation, these ministers immediately used their respective skills, and soon came up with a complete set of plans.The emperor is really happy now, and he will immediately reward Li Qiang. Li Qiang resolutely declined on the grounds that he had just arrived in the old Song Dynasty as an official and it was not appropriate to be promoted too quickly.It's not good for the emperor to insist too much, who made him the brother of the emperor's grandfather.In the end, Li Qiang asked the emperor for leave, and he wanted to spend some time in the Holy King's Mansion. Under the envious eyes of all the ministers, Li Qiang bid farewell and returned home. Back at Shengwang Mansion, Li Qiang immediately asked the housekeeper to invite Zhao Hao. Zhao Hao asked: "Master, what's the matter?" Li Qiang pondered for a while, then suddenly smiled: "I have an idea, don't be surprised if you hear it, can you teach me martial arts?" Zhao Hao would be surprised if it wasn't strange, he didn't understand why the master would be interested in this kind of skill, but if the master wanted to imitate him, he would never go against it, he admired this little master from the bottom of his heart. Li Qiang officially started the initial training of his original body in the Holy King's Mansion. Zhao Hao sighed in his heart, in just a few days of kung fu, the master has almost learned everything he knows.As long as he explains and demonstrates once, the master will be able to get started immediately, and his practice is better than him. Li Qiang himself felt strange, how easy it is to learn martial arts.In fact, it is not surprising, Li Qiang is a person who has cultivated into the Yuanying of the Zifu, and his internal strength is a hundred times stronger than that of the top martial arts masters, so learning Kung Fu moves is like sailing with the current, it is simply too simple and convenient. After digging out Zhao Hao's inventory, Li Qiang went to the study to find it again.The collection of books in Shengwang's Mansion is famous in the Song Dynasty. Hou Pijing started from martial arts cultivation to practice, and the collection of books in this area is especially rich.After finding out a lot of martial arts classics and learning them crazily for seven or eight days, Li Qiang finally got bored of it. There was no challenge at all, and he was almost impatient. Giving up learning martial arts, Li Qiang began to practice Yuanshimen classics. He settled Zhao Hao and the others first, then set up a defensive formation in the study building, and started to practice from the first sitting position.His mind sank into his body almost immediately, and Li Qiang's internal vision of Yuan Ying seemed to have grown up a lot, as tall as two fists, and the purple flame shining on his body became brighter. According to the exercise method of Yuanshimen, the true essence should be urged to form a rotating small universe in the chest and abdomen.For beginners, the most difficult part is to rely on meditation to send the true energy to a fixed position bit by bit. As long as the mind is slightly relaxed, not only will the small universe not be formed, but it will also be backlashed by the true energy. It couldn't be more dangerous. Li Qiang sank his mind into Yuanying's body, and the original body fell into an ignorant and tasteless meditation.At this time, if someone can see this Nascent Soul, they will find that he has opened his eyes. Li Qiang opened his eyes curiously, it was amazing, as if he was standing in a sea of ​​light, colorful light clusters slowly turning around him.He tried to touch a halo of light with his hands, and the halo was slowly sucked into his body, and soon another halo was emitted from his body.Li Qiang suddenly understood that the Yuanying is like a generator in the body, all the energy is produced by him, as long as these energies are arranged in an orderly manner, he can create his first small universe cultivated according to the Yuanshimen method.With the help of Yuanying, he easily crossed the most difficult step in Yuanshimen's cultivation. With his mind back to his original body, Li Qiang looked at Yuanying again, and it was completely different from just now.The halo surrounding the Nascent Soul was like brilliant stars, flickering and flowing slowly, part of it was sucked into the Nascent Soul's body, and then glowed again.This small universe is equivalent to the catalyst and talisman of Yuanying. With it, Yuanying can practice automatically without mind control, but it is relatively slow. Just practicing a sitting posture can have such a great effect. It seems that Yuanshimen's cultivation method is really unparalleled.Li Qiang did not delay for a moment, and immediately practiced the lying position.Lying down, one hand supported his head and the other his knees. This posture reminded Li Qiang of the reclining Buddha in the temple, and the posture he posed was so similar. The lying position is the cultivation method of "Yingmengjia" unique to Yuanshimen. The cultivation method of Yingmengjia is unique in the world of self-cultivation. This armor is different from the refining of outer armor of other schools. It is completely composed of true essence.The key to practice is to arrange the true energy in the skin in an orderly manner in a formation called "surrounding stars".The biggest feature of this armor is that it can evolve with the improvement of the master's skills. It took Li Qiang a lot of time to practice Shadow Dream Armor.The cultivation of this armor is closely linked. The important thing is that the structure of the armor must be completed in one go. If the skill is not enough, you must not try it. Once you give up halfway, it will be ten times more difficult to practice in the future.Li Qiang's skill is more than enough, he used his true energy to construct it and started to practice in detail. This practice was very good, and it took more than 30 days. Walking out of the study building, Li Qiang waved his hand to stop the eunuchs and maids who rushed up, and asked the butler, "What's going on these days?" The housekeeper replied respectfully: "The holy king left a message so that you may have the opportunity to visit him in Padaxing in the future." Li Qiang was surprised: "He left?" He thought: "Oops, I still want to ask him about it." The situation in the Icefield Continent, now I can only touch it." Wei Wei felt a little sad.This is a bold brother he met in Tiantingxing, but he didn't even say goodbye to him, so he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. Cheng Zizhong walked in excitedly, followed by Zhao Hao and the others, their faces were full of excitement. Cheng Zizhong, who was far away, said: "Congratulations, my lord, congratulations, my lord." Li Qiang laughed, and said with a smile: "Old Master, I am not married, where does the joy come from?" Everyone laughed, but Mei Jingjing blushed. Cheng Zizhong also said with a smile: "It's very easy for your lord to get married. Let me know which girl you like, and the master will ask the matchmaker to propose a marriage, and I promise that the emperor will marry you." Mei Jingjing felt disturbed for some reason , I can't wait to strangle this sycophant to death. Li Qiang was very thick-skinned, and said with a smile: "Who would fall in love with a homeless person like me, besides, I don't know where there are beautiful women, so let's not worry about it. If you don't talk about this, what else is there?" Cheng Zi said again: "The emperor issued a decree to confer the title of third-class duke on your lord, to reward you for the successful negotiation with Li Tang Kingdom this time." "What? What? Negotiations? I didn't go at all. The retreat and the negotiations are over in the past few days?" Li Qiang asked inexplicably. Zhao Hao explained: "Master has been in seclusion for more than 50 days, and this matter has alarmed the emperor. Later, the emperor sent Mr. Tan Chigong from the enshrinement hall to negotiate according to the plan left by the master. As a result, Li Tang not only retreated , and also compensated the loss of the old Song State, so it can be said that it won without a fight. The emperor also praised Master, saying that you are the pillar of the country." Cheng Zizhong interjected: "The jade pendant that your lord handed over to the emperor uncovered several spies of Li Tang who had been lurking in our country for a long time, and these people all held considerable official positions in the old Song state. Where's the prison department?" Li Qiang immediately ordered his servants: "Everyone back down, don't spread the news of my exit, do you understand?" Looking at Zhao Hao's puzzled eyes, Li Qiang smiled slightly and said, "Because, I plan to leave the capital today." He thought to himself: "So the Song Kingdom can't stay any longer, the official will be so big in a few days, so I won't be able to go anywhere if I go on. And looking at the attitude of the emperor, there is no way to resign from him at this time. I just follow the example of the ancients and leave, beautiful and chic. Hehe, if I don't leave now, when will I wait? .” Li Qiang said to Mei Jingjing: "Niuniu, I will accompany you to the ice field to find your parents, okay?" The strange thing is that Mei Jingjing didn't cheer and jump, a warm current surged in her heart, Li Qiang didn't even work as an official, just thinking about helping her find her parents, how can she repay her affection.Her nose was slightly sore, her eye circles were red, she lowered her head and said softly, "Thank you, brother." Cheng Zi was in trouble again, he hesitated and said: "This, um, where is the emperor—?" Li Qiang said with a smile: "It's easy, I just leave a memorial, if you still feel that it is difficult to explain, this is fine—" Cheng Zizhong was about to ask something, Li Qiang raised his hand and hit him on the back of the neck .Seeing him limp on the ground, Li Qiang called his servants to carry him into the room, Li Qiang said with a smile: "Then the emperor won't blame you." Li Qiang quickly started to make arrangements, let Zhao Hao help finish writing the memorial first.Because he was going to the ice field, Zheng Peng's skills were not enough, so he had to send someone to take him to the silver building for a temporary stay.The items rewarded by the emperor were neatly placed in the hall, but Li Qiang accepted the consecrated gold medal and a jade medal to prove his identity, because after all, he agreed to Hou Pijing's request, and if he returned to Tiantingxing in the future, he would take care of Gu Song country. After all preparations were completed, Li Qiang looked very high-spirited: "Okay, the three of us will go quietly through the back door." Mei Jingjing didn't know how to fly long distances yet, so the three of them had no choice but to walk, and the journey was full of wind and dust. On this day, when we came to a mountain, Li Qiang stopped and said, "Why do I always feel a little uneasy, it seems that something is waiting for us, I don't know if you have such a feeling." Mei Jingjing shook her head doubtfully and said, "No, Niuniu thinks it's normal." Zhao Hao thought for a while and said, "I'm not sure, it seems that sometimes I feel heart palpitations, but it just passes by, and my disciples can't tell." Li Qiang asked: "Where did you go?" After thinking about it, he said: "If we get separated, it's better to have a meeting place." The three discussed and decided on a meeting place, and Li Qiang was relieved. He and Mei Jing Neither of them knew the way, so they could only rely on Zhao Hao. The direction they were going to the ice field was to the west of Hanlin City, and they could enter the ice field after crossing the red rocky mountain range.The current position is to reach the Bewildered Forest, bypassing the Bewildered Forest is the red rocky mountain range. After walking for a while, Li Qiang came to a valley, feeling more and more uneasy, stopped and shouted: "Come out!" Without warning, five men in black armor appeared around them. "Who? Sign up!" Zhao Hao shouted.Mei Jingjing immediately pulled out the shadow pattern whip, and Li Qiang also quickly prepared the weapon. Everyone knew that the visitor was not good. "The one who wants to kill you!" The five people laughed wantonly. Li Qiang immediately understood that revenge was coming.