Chapter 13 first quarter

Ji Jiang was lying on the bed, looking up at the roof, remembering the conversation during the day, he couldn't help smiling. Ho!It's interesting to teach me a lesson.So many people don't dare to take a breath when they see me, so why aren't you afraid of me, little girl? Yes, why isn't she afraid of him?I don't know, she just isn't afraid of him. The new king is handsome, tall and straight, with a kind of majesty that makes people dare not look directly at him, which is similar to what he imagined.She has been longing to see him for a long time, he is invincible and famous, how admirable he is!Why should you be afraid of him?

She was sweet in her heart, with a smile on her face, and slowly closed her eyes. 雊!雊!雊! Strange, there has never been a pheasant in the palace.what happened?I want to get up to see what's going on, but sleepiness has already hit me, and I really don't want to move lazily.Forget it, forget it!Maybe there were fewer people in the palace during the war some time ago, so let's sneak in one or two! sleep!I have to comb his hair tomorrow.Ji Jiang began to comb King Qi's hair every day—although he refused to admit this title, she decided that he was. Sure enough, this king of Qi, as he himself said, has no rules in his daily life.I read the bamboo slips and documents every day until late at night, and sometimes when there was an emergency military situation in the middle of the night, I would always get up immediately and go to bed after processing.There were so many such things, Ji Jiang wondered: How can he still practice soldiers and horses with full energy every day when he is so tossed about?

Seeing later, Ji Jiang couldn't bear him to spend his life like this all day long, so he took the initiative to help him sort out the bamboo slips to be approved.After sorting it out, King Qi came over to check it out, and said in surprise, "Hey, I didn't tell you, how do you know the priorities here?" Ji Jiangdao: "I think you always criticize this category first when reviewing and reviewing! Besides, you have not long since conquered Qi, so of course military affairs come first and political affairs come second." King Qi nodded approvingly, and said: "I can't see that you, a little girl, still have this hand!"

Ji Jiang raised his face proudly and said, "Did you know? I can do a lot of things, but I can't show it if you don't let me do it, my lord. Is there anything else to do? Just order me, my lord." King Qi said: "It's nothing, I have to take the big idea, and no one else can help... Oh, by the way, I've been very busy these two days, how about you read some bamboo slips to me while I'm eating, Let me hurry up and deal with a few more things." One day at lunch, Ji Jiang read a report for King Qi. "Wait." King Qi carefully blew the hot turnip soup in the spoon, and said, "You seem to have missed a few paragraphs, right? I remember that this person's memorial can't cover this point."

Ji Jiang said: "It's more than that, but that's all he really wants to say." King Qi lowered his face and said, "Don't make up my mind! What if you miss something important? Read the original text to me." Ji Jiang was not happy, and said: "This man is full of nonsense, and he has a lot of nonsense! It took me a long time to pick out the main points. You like to read his nonsense, read it yourself, I don't read it!" Throwing it on the food table, almost smashed the hot soup in front of King Qi. King Qi was startled, glared at Ji Jiang, picked up the brochure and read it.

After reading the beginning, King Qi frowned. Ji Jiang looked at him gloatingly. King Qi finally finished reading the nonsense report, and raised his head to look at Ji Jiang, with a suspicious expression on his face. Ji Jiang smiled slyly: "How is it? It's very interesting, right?" "Ji Jiang," King Qi hesitated, and said, "You... When did you see this report?" Ji Jiang said: "Just now, what happened?" King Qi said: "Just now? Did you pick it up and read it to me just now?" Ji Jiang said: "Yes, is there a second one just now?"

King Qi said: "Did you find out the main points while reading?" Ji Jiang said: "Of course. Is it too late to read after I think about it? You told me to read these to save some time?" King Qi looked at the report, then at Ji Jiang, and after a long time, he said: "Go on—just read it like you do." It is rare that there are a few days of free time, and King Qi will not find any fun such as cockfights and horses. Occasionally practice swords, or just sit and play chess alone.His chessboard is different from others, the lines are criss-crossed, making people dazzled.

Ji Jiang looked at it curiously for a few days, and said, "Your Majesty, how boring it is to play with yourself! May I accompany you?" King Qi raised his head and smiled, "It's very difficult, you don't understand." Ji Jiang said: "Hmph! What's the big deal, isn't it just according to the gossip direction?" King Qi was stunned, as if he was a little surprised, and said: "Okay, then you have a try." Ji Jiang sat down opposite King Qi, annoyed that he looked down on others, so he got up very hard, determined to kill his prestige. Down to twenty steps, Ji Jiang lost.

Looking at the completely defeated chess game, Ji Jiang was angry and ashamed. He couldn't understand how he lost so quickly, so he stretched out his hand to shake the chess pieces and said, "No, let's play another game. I was careless just now. The seventeenth move It should take the 'Yu' position." King Qi grabbed Ji Jiang's hand and said, "Ji Jiang!" Ji Jiang raised his head and said, "Okay! Can't I admit defeat? Let's play another game, give me a chance." King Qi said: "No, Ji Jiang. Tell me, have you ever learned the 'Eight Palace Opera'?"

Ji Jiang said: "What kind of Qigong opera and Bagong opera? I have never heard of it! If I have learned it, I can still be killed so badly by you?" King Qi stared at Ji Jiang in a daze, and then sighed. Ji Jiang said: "Hey, Your Majesty, why are you sighing when you win?" King Qi looked at Ji Jiang with pity on his face, and said, "I sigh, it's a pity that you are a woman. Sigh...girl, do you know how smart you are?" Kuai Che, Li Zuoche and other staff found that King Qi He began to take the little girl who "knows how to comb her hair" in and out more and more frequently, and he didn't avoid her when discussing military affairs, and sometimes asked her to fetch some extremely confidential documents naturally.So he made fun of King Qi and said, "I chose this one after persuasion for a long time last time? King, we really don't understand your taste."

King Qi said: "Heh! Where are you thinking? Don't you even look at how old she is?" Kuai Che said: "No, Your Majesty. No matter what it is used for, the one in front of you must be attractive. There are so many beauties in the palace of Qi, you can't pick anything. If you pick such an ugly girl alone, you won't be afraid of people laughing at you." ?" King Qi said: "Oh, you look at her ugly? Then what I see is different from you. I am the prime minister of Jiufang Gao. I get the essence and forget the roughness. I look at the inside and forget the outside." Kuai stared at Ji Jiang's busy back in the distance for a long time, then shook his head and said, "I looked horizontally and vertically, inside and out, but I still can't see that she is a beauty." King Qi said with a smile: "Just say that what I see is different from yours! Didn't you notice her eyes? What is 'smart eyebrows'? This is it! To tell you the truth, if this little girl is a man, You all want to..." Just as he was talking, the waiter announced: "The envoy of the King of Han has arrived!" King Qi hurriedly called to please. The envoy came in, and it turned out to be Zhang Liang, so we met again, King Qi was surprised and delighted, and Zhang Liang was also very happy. The two sat down and talked about their love for each other.Then the king of Han's will was conveyed: Han Xin was officially named king of Qi, and he asked the king of Qi for another 50,000 elite soldiers to reinforce the front line of Guangwu. The king of Qi readily agreed, wrote a warrant, and asked Ji Jiang to bring a troop transfer talisman, and hand them to Zhang Liang together. Li Zuoche showed displeasure on his face, and left without saying goodbye. Kuai Che didn't move, just stood by and listened quietly, with no expression on his face, he didn't know what he was thinking. King Qi and Zhang Liang chatted about the situation on the front line for a while, Zhang Liang stood up and said, "The King of Han is still waiting for my letter, I have to go back immediately, sorry for not being able to stay for long." King Qi got up and saw them off.When he came back, Kuai Che also left. Ji Jiang said: "Da Wu, is this Zhang Liang on good terms with you?" King Qi nodded, and said: "It's rare to have a confidant in life, and he is one. It's a pity that we leave in a hurry every time, and we can't find a chance to have a good talk." Ji Jiang said: "I think he only has the king of Han in his heart, what's the point of making friends with him?" King Qi said: "In his heart, only the King of Han is right. The King of Han is kind to him. Besides, he and I are sympathetic to each other, and it has nothing to do with practical benefits." Ji Jiang said: "'Nothing to do with power'? Hmph! What else is there in this world that is 'nothing to do with power'? Didn't the King of Han use his friendship with you this time to force your elite soldiers?" King Qi smiled and said, "Isn't it just 50,000 elite soldiers? The friendship between us is not worth only a few soldiers." Ji Jiang said: "Da Wu, your friendship with Zhang Liang is one thing, and your friendship with Han Wang is another, don't confuse it! Han Wang is such a rascal, greedy and greedy. It's not like you don't know it, my lord. Why are you always right?" He swallowed his anger? With your strength, you could have broken with him long ago, why bother bowing your head to him?" King Qi said indifferently: "There are some things you don't understand." Ji Jiang stomped his feet angrily, and said, "Okay! I don't understand! I don't understand! You understand best! I knew I wouldn't tell you, but I was bitten by a dog for my good intentions!" After speaking, he turned his head and ran away. King Qi said: "Hey! Who are you talking about! Who are you calling a dog?" Ji Jiang has already run away. King Qi smiled and shook his head.Although King Qi did something that Ji Jiang couldn't understand, she still cared about King Qi's life as before, so when that damned pheasant started crowing at night for no reason, she decided to catch it and call it In the future, he will never disturb the sleep of King Qi, who is busy with everything. She spent the night in the palace looking for it. The next day, she yawned and combed King Qi's hair. King Qi said with a smile, "How is it? I can't take it anymore? I told you that my daily life is impermanent and it is difficult to take care of me. I still don't believe it!" Ji Jiang yawned again, and said, "It's not that you are difficult to serve, the king, but that pheasant is difficult to serve." King Qi's eyes moved, and he said, "What did you say? Pheasant?" Ji Jiang said: "Isn't there a pheasant crowing all the time recently? I'm afraid it will disturb your sleep, so I went to catch it last night..." King Qi said: "The result was not caught, right?" Wei Jiang said: "Hey, Your Majesty, how do you know?" King Qi turned around, grabbed Ji Jiang's hand, patted it, and said with a smile: "Good girl, thank you for your hard work, go to sleep. I don't want you to wait on me today, so I will sleep back, and don't bother with that pheasant in the future." thing. You can't catch it." Ji Jiang happily returned to his room and lay down on the bed. It's a trivial matter to catch up on sleep, she is happy because of King Qi's thoughtfulness, but when talking about the pheasant, King Qi's expression seems a little weird, why?Xiang Yu finally felt the weight of the guard he had dismissed in the past. His favorite general, Long Qie, led an army of 200,000 to attack, but he was completely defeated in one day, and the coach was killed on the spot.Two hundred thousand!This is a number?With Han Xin's strength, it would take several days for 200,000 people to stretch their necks to be chopped off by them!What the hell is going wrong here? However, now is not the time to get to the bottom of it, he must face the reality and take remedial measures as soon as possible. He sent a lobbyist named Wu She to lobby the king of Qi, hoping to persuade the king of Qi to oppose the Han and unite with Chu, or at least remain neutral and divide the world. Wu She's eloquence is not bad, and he brought out a large set of evidence to show that the king of Han can only share adversity and cannot share wealth, and King Xiang and King Qi can reunite at this moment and so on.The words were pointing to the sky, the lips were scorched, and he thought that even a stone man would be tempted. Unexpectedly, King Qi just replied indifferently: "I am a minister under King Xiang. I am no more official than a doctor, and my position is no more than a halberd. Give me tens of thousands of horses, undress me, push me to eat, and obey my words, so I will be where I am today. Betraying someone who is close to and trusts me like this will be sent by heaven. I can’t accept your suggestion, please help me Apologize to the King of Body Xiang." After Wu She left, Kuai Che came. Kuai Che's attire today is a bit strange, with a green robe and high crown, bamboo stick and straw sandals, he looks like a wanderer in the rivers and lakes.As soon as he opened his mouth, he said even more strangely: "Your Majesty, do you want to take a look?" King Qi laughed and said, "Mr. Kuai, what kind of tricks are you playing? When did you get into this? Why didn't I know?" Kuai completely sternly said: "When I was young, I was taught by an expert and learned physiognomy. If you don't believe me, you can try it." King Qi held back his smile and said, "Okay, then tell me first, what do you think of me?" Kuai Che said: "Nobility lies in the bones, worry and joy lie in the appearance, success or failure lies in the decision, and if you use these three items to test the person, you will be safe." King Qi nodded and said: "Well, it's not just talking nonsense, it makes sense, so how do you look at my appearance?" Kuai Che looked around and said, "I want to speak to the king alone." King Qi waved his hands and ordered the left and right to retreat.Ji Jiang was the last to quit.Carefully closed the door. She felt that Kuai Che didn't really want to show the king's face, but that he had to talk about something extremely important for a long time before Kuai Che came out.Frowning, as if his mind was heavy, he left without saying a word. Ji Jiang stepped into the hall, and King Qi was also getting up and walking inside. Seeing her coming in, he said, "Ji Jiang, you came just in time. I'll come to the study." Ji Jiang followed up and said curiously, "My lord, what did Mr. Kuai tell you?" King Qi said as he walked: "Oh, it's nothing, it's just to look at the face" Ji Jiang said: "It's a lie! How long did it take to look at the face?" King Qi said: "Believe it or not, it's just a matter of reading." Ji Jiang was full of doubts, pursed his lips and said nothing. King Qi looked at her, smiled, and stepped into the study door. Ji Jiang came in. King Qi asked Ji Jiang to sit aside first, took out the pen and ink, and began to draw a picture. Think about it, draw a picture, and sometimes use a ruler The moment was carefully measured, and Ji Jiang was curious. He walked behind King Qi to look, but couldn't see what it was for a while, so he had to sit down again and stared sullenly. After the painting was finished, King Qi handed the painting to Ji Jiang and said, "Ji Jiang, go and find me a metalsmith with the best craftsmanship in Linzi City, and ask him to make a purple gold crown for me according to this picture. How much will it cost?" It doesn't matter, the size of the workmanship must be authentic, remember?" Ji Jiang took the picture and took a look. It really looked like a crown, but the structure was quite complicated. She rolled up the picture with a displeased expression on her face. King Qi said: "Eh? It's not a hard job, what are you doing with a long face?" Ji Jiangdao: "I've been doing it in secret for a long time. I thought you were doing some important military and political affairs, Your Majesty. It turned out to be this! Your Majesty, you never paid attention to this kind of clothing and accessories before!" King Qi said: "I'm paying attention now, why, can't I?" Ji Jiang said: "There is nothing wrong, are you a king! It's just that you can't stop me from underestimating you in my heart" "Underestimate me?" King Qi laughed, "Are you talking to me? No up or down" Ji Jiang said: ""There are people who are superior or inferior who dare not tell you the truth, but I am sincerely for the good of the king, this is called "faithful words are harsh to the ear". King Qi said with a smile: "It's terrible, you've overwhelmed me with great principles! That's enough, go and do things for me!" Ji Jiang took the picture and walked out of the door unhappily. When he got to the door, he suddenly turned around and said, "My lord, was Mr. Kuai really showing you just now?" King Qi packed up the pen and ink on the case and said, "Yes." Ji Jiang said: "Then what did he say about your appearance?" King Qi said casually: "He said: "The face of the king is no more than a feudal marquis and dangerous, but the back of the king is too precious." Ji Jiang was stunned: "A face is not as good as a feudal lord, but a back is too expensive? What does this mean-------ah, I know!" Looking around, he whispered: "My lord, isn't he Looking at the physiognomy, I am advising you to stand on your own feet!" King Qi said: "I know." Ji Jiang said: "You know? How did you tell the king?" King Qi said: "I said I will consider it" Ji Jiang said anxiously: "How can you think about this kind of thing? You have to make a quick decision! If you want me to say that you shouldn't have given those 50,000 elite soldiers to Zhang Liang last time..." King Qi said: "That's another matter, I should give it to him" Ji Jiang was even more anxious, and said: "How can it be another matter? If you want to compete with the King of Han sooner or later, you should weaken his strength as soon as possible and strengthen yourself. How can you do it backwards like this? You are not doing it for yourself. Will it cause trouble in the future?" King Qi said: "I did this, and I have my reasons." Ji Jiang said: "Is there any good reason?" Qi Wang looked at Ji Jiang for a while, and said: "Girl, let's say you are young, you seem to know a lot. Or, let me tell you, maybe people can Understood, have you heard about my past?" Ji Jiang said: "I've heard of it. They said that you came from a humble background and experienced a lot of ups and downs. Your Majesty, since ancient times, heroes have suffered a lot. Finally, you have come out in the first place, and you didn't suffer in vain." King Qi nodded and said: "Because of this, you can imagine how grateful I will be to those who gave me power once I get power! Do you know the story of shying away?" Ji Jiangdao: "I know. When Jin Wengong was in exile, King Cheng of Chu treated him kindly. Later, he returned to his country to succeed him as king. During the battle of Jincheng, Chucheng and Pu, the Jin army retreated for a total of ninety miles to repay the previous kindness." King Qi said: "I am also like this. When I ascended the altar to pay homage to the general, I made an oath in my heart: the Han will not betray his faith, and his faith will not betray the Han. I also know that the King of Han is greedy and suspicious. We may not be able to start well and end well." , but after all, it was he who started the army for me, so I thought about it at that time, if he invaded me in the future, I would let him go three times." Ji Jiang said: "Three times? This time... Ah! It's already been three times! Your Majesty, look, it's the first time to defeat Wei and take your elite soldiers for successors. This is the third time that Zhang Liang has transferred your elite soldiers, my lord, you have given in enough, you can show him some color!" King Qi smiled, waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's do your business." Ji Jiang's doubts were resolved, so he stopped being sullen, and happily walked away with the picture. At night, that damned pheasant started crowing again. Ji Jiang opened the door and rushed out. It was empty outside the door, and the moonlight shone on the bluestone paved ground, deserted and cheerless. A shooting star flashed overhead. Ji Jiang raised his head to watch, and the shooting star dragged a thin band of light, flying into the distance, and gradually disappeared. There seemed to be a lot of shooting stars like this this year. She had seen shooting stars passing over the palace for several nights. For some reason, she felt an ominous premonition in her heart. As if to test her premonition, some strange things began to appear in the palace, some things were stolen one after another, and soon after, they reappeared one after another, in all kinds of strange places, in the corner, under the kitchen, in the garden, and sometimes even appeared in a grandiose manner in place.There were also things that were stolen and never found. Ji Jiang first thought that there were internal thieves in the palace, but the stolen items were varied and not necessarily particularly valuable: smoker, bronze mirror, pottery pot, palace lantern...why didn't the thieves pick the most valuable thing to steal? When the stolen item reappeared, Ji Jiang felt something was wrong. How could there be a thief who stole something and put it back?She didn't want to bother King Qi with such a trivial matter, but seeing such an abnormal situation, she was worried, so she went to tell King Qi, but King Qi said indifferently: "Oh, I see. " King Qi seems to be very preoccupied recently, shutting himself in the study all day long, and doesn't want Ji Jiang to read the handbook, but she can't see anything that will bother him recently. Ji Jiang could bear the loss of some small and odd things, but when a huge monster appeared in the palace out of thin air, she couldn't bear it anymore. Early that morning, she approached the stable with sleepy eyes, wanting to see if the chasing wind that King Qi was going to ride today to watch the training was safe. At first sight, she thought it was her eyesight. After rubbing her eyes and looking again, she screamed in horror, waking up the grooms next door. Everyone rushed over to take a look, and they were also taken aback. Two identical chasing winds are standing in the stable!The same pure white coat color, the same slender four legs, even the brand marks on the horses, and the reins that tie the horses are all exactly the same. This strange incident was soon reported to King Qi, and King Qi said: "Well, don't worry about it, let the horse stay." Ji Jiang couldn't bear it anymore, and said, "My lord, I think something is wrong here." King Qi said: "What's wrong?" Ji Jiang said: "I suspect that there are traitors in the palace!" King Qi laughed and said, "Don't be ridiculous, the traitor gave me a horse for nothing?" Ji Jiang said anxiously: "My lord, can you be more serious? If someone can get such a big horse into the palace without anyone knowing it, and can also sneak into your bedroom without anyone knowing it, King Chu wants to Your head will be rewarded with a thousand pieces of gold, and ten thousand households will be sealed off! There is a long line of people who want to assassinate you!" King Qi said: "Reward a thousand gold, seal ten thousand households? My head is worth this price? Cough! This Xiang Yu still looks down on me until now, next time I will also offer this reward to ask for his head!" Ji Jiang was so angry that he stomped his feet: "My lord, my lord, what's the matter with you? I told you to be serious, you..." The purple gold crown was brought, and it was really beautifully made. King Qi picked it up and looked at it for comparison, and Ji Jiang said: "Come on, comb my hair for me, I want to try this new crown." Ji Jiang picked up the boxwood and combed it, untied the old crown for King Qi, and began to comb his hair. While combing, he said, "My lord, why have you been bothered lately?" King Qi played with the purple gold crown in his hand and said, "Huh? How do you know?" Ji Jiang pulled out a hair, King Qi said "Ouch" and said, "What are you doing?" Ji Jiang held his hair in front of King Qi, and said, "Your Majesty, you have already grown white hair! I've never seen you feel so sad. Majesty, what's the matter? Can I help you relieve your worries?" King Qi took the white hair, looked at it for a while, then looked back at Ji Jiang, with complicated emotions in his eyes, and said: "Girl, you have a really kind heart. But don't worry about me, I won't have to worry about it soon. " Ji Jiang turned his head away, continued to comb his hair, and said, "What's the matter, can you tell me?" King Qi played with the purple gold crown in his hand again, and said, "Well... Maybe I will tell you in the future." A waiter came in in a panic and reported that there was only one of the two chasing winds left in the stable. King Qi continued to play with the purple gold crown in his hand, and said, "Oh, I see, let's go down!" Ji Jiang was stunned. King Qi said: "Hey, why didn't you move? You haven't combed it yet, let's continue!" Ji Jiang said: "It can't be done, Your Majesty. The guards of the palace must be changed! What kind of place is this place? Such a big living thing, if people want to get it in, they can get it out if they want, it's like entering no one's land." territory!" King Qi said: "Hey, isn't it just a horse? It's okay! Don't worry. Come on, keep combing, and after combing, put this purple gold crown on me. Let me see what it looks like." Ji Jiang worriedly tied her hair in a bun for King Qi, and said, "My lord, what's wrong with you? Why don't you take such a big matter to heart?" King Qi said: "Hey! Look at you, you are nervous if you have one more horse, and you are nervous if you lose one. What are you doing? I only have one horse, Zhuifeng, isn't it normal now?" Ji Jiang put the purple gold crown on King Qi, and said, "Your Majesty, I'm not talking about the horse, I'm talking about you. You...you have changed a bit recently, do you know that?" King Qi said: "Oh? I have changed? Where have I changed? I don't know." Ji Jiang said: "You care about things you should care about, and you care about things you shouldn't care about. Your Majesty, you... what are you thinking in your heart right now?" King Qi said: "Hey, what do you mean you should care about? What do you mean you shouldn't care about? This is your opinion, so you can't force it on me. Come on, let the mirror come over a little more." Ji Jiang held the bronze mirror and stood in front of King Qi: "Your Majesty, many people change as soon as they ascend to the throne of emperor. I hope you will not..." "A little higher, yes!" King Qi said to the mirror, admiring the purple gold crown on his head with satisfaction, "Do you think I look like this person?" In April, a guest came to the palace, with an indifferent expression, a thin face, and a black dress. He called himself "Cang Hai Ke". King Qi was very polite to this indifferent guest, and Yan went into the inner room to speak.But the man in black seemed to be very rude to Qi Wang--it wasn't that he was rude, but what he said to Qi Wang was so disrespectful that people were surprised. The first thing he said when he sat down was: "Very well, my master really saw you right. In less than three years, you have achieved such an achievement." Ji Jiang, who was standing in the corner, was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear: How dare this man talk to the king like this? But King Qi said without hesitation: "Everything is bestowed by your master, thank you for your kindness, did you bring it?" The more Ji Jiang listened, the more surprised he became. The man in black said: "Here we are." He took out a picture-like thing from his bosom, put it on the table, and took out a smaller one, and said, "There are some changes in the plan, please help me collect these first. thing." King Qi took the scroll, unfolded it and looked at it for a while, and said, "What do you need these things for? They are not needed in engineering." The man in black said: "There was an accident, my master lost something very important, and I had to use these as raw materials to make a new one. There are many kinds of raw materials, and the purity is high, so it is a little troublesome to collect. But you are the king of a country now , shouldn’t be difficult to do, right?” King Qi thought for a while and said, "Give me time." The man in black asked, "How about two years?" King Qi nodded and said: "Yes." The man in black said: "My master will not let you do it for nothing. He will pay you extra when the big event is successful." King Qi said: "No need, he has given me enough." The man in black said: "Then you can start working?" King Qi said: "I have one more request." The man in black asked, "What request?" King Qi said: "Tell me the reason!" The man in black asked, "What's the reason?" King Qi pointed to the large picture scroll on the cases and said, "The reason for the construction." The man in black said in a deep voice: "I told you once: ordinary people can't spy on the secrets of heaven! You just have to do it well." King Qi said: "But I must know!" The man in black's eyes gradually became serious: "Do you want to break the contract?" King Qi said: "No, I just want to know the reason, and it is for the project." The man in black asked, "What do you mean?" King Qi said: "I can't make large-scale construction projects for no reason, I always have to give an explanation to the people of the country." The man in black said: "With your current power and prestige, no matter what you do, you can already do without any explanation." King Qi said: "Maybe, but you forgot one thing." The man in black asked, "What's the matter?" King Qi said: "No matter how powerful and prestigious an emperor is, he will grow old." The man in black was taken aback. King Qi said slowly: "The project takes too long. I can control the present, but I can't guarantee the future. Tell me the reason! Then I may be able to formulate a long-term effective plan to ensure the implementation of the project." The man in black shook his head: "Sorry, it's not that I don't want to tell you, but I don't know. The master never told me." King Qi said: "Well, go back and tell your master: I want to see him." The man in black shook his body and said, "You...what did you say?" King Qi said: "I want to see your master, ask him personally, maybe he will tell me the reason." The man in black had an extremely weird look on his face, as if he had seen something incredible, and said, "You... are you sure? Do you really want to see my master?" King Qi said: "Yes. Please tell him: No matter how difficult the reason is, I believe I can understand it. Ask him to try it." The man in black looked at King Qi for a long time, nodded, and said, "I can pass on your request to my master, but I can't guarantee anything. I'll get back to you next month." go outside. King Qi said: "Wait, I still want to ask something." The man in black turned his head, with a hint of anger on his indifferent face, and said, "I hope you will stop working on the project..." King Qi said: "No, it's not about the project. I want to ask something about yourself. It's just out of curiosity. It doesn't matter if you don't want to answer." The man in black said in surprise, "About me? What's the matter?" King Qi said: "I remember you said that you are just a mortal." The man in black said: "That's right." King Qi said: "Then how did you follow your master?" The man in black's eyes suddenly became a little melancholy. After a long time, he said: "He had a relationship with my great-grandfather. I followed him out of admiration." , but it seems to contain endless vicissitudes. King Qi was taken aback by his tone of voice. The man in black looked at him, sighed softly, and said slowly: "I'm leaving. Young man, you are talented and have a bright future. Take care of yourself. Don't forget what I said: making a deal with God is the right thing to do." You can't break the contract. Otherwise, what he can let you get, he can also make you lose." After speaking, he turned and left. Ji Jiang looked at the back of the man in black leaving, and then at King Qi who was sitting there thinking, feeling as if he had a dream.The king of Qi began to send people to search for some strange things: cinnabar, realgar, graphite, crystal, lead, mica, monazite... some require a lot at once, while others only need a little.After the search and purchase, they were all sorted and piled up in the Xipei Hall. When King Qi was very busy with these things, Yaoche asked to see him again, and watched King Qi mumbling for a long time in the secret room. After Yao Che came out, Ji Jiang, who was guarding the door, chased after him and said, "Mr. Jiang, Mr. Jiang." Yan Che stopped in his tracks, turned around and said, "What's the matter? Did the king call me again?" Ji Jiang said with a smile: "No, I have something to ask sir. Mr. Ji, I know what you are talking to the king, I just want to ask, did the king agree?" Yanche smiled and said, "What do you know, little girl?" After speaking, he turned and left. Ji Jiang said: "Isn't it just to persuade the king to stand up for himself?". Yan Che suddenly stopped in his tracks, turned around and said, "What did you say?" Ji Jiang curled his lips and said, "Why are you nervous! I won't say it out loud. I have the same idea as my husband, and I have persuaded the king, but I just can't figure out his attitude. Sir, what did the king say just now? Did he agree? ?” Yan Che looked at Ji Jiang and sighed: "Girl, it's no wonder the king said that you are different from other girls—but, don't you realize what the king is busy with now?" Ji Jiang said: "What are you busy with? I don't know. I have been asking people to find some strange things all day long, and I have freed up the Xibei Hall to store them. It seems that these things are not needed for war, right?" Yan Che said: "War? Huh! Dansha, realgar, lead... aren't these used for alchemy?" Ji Jiang was stunned for a long time, then shook his head violently and said: "No! No way! Your Majesty is not such a person, he would not do such absurd things!" Yan Che said: "I don't believe it either, I knew him earlier than you! But look at him now, he is absent-minded when you tell him anything, and I don't know what he is thinking. Alas... he was not like this before Ah! By the way, Ji Jiang, you are by the king's side, think about it, has the king had any contact with alchemists recently?" Ji Jiang said: "No. Oh, a mysterious black-clothed man came here two days ago. He looked icy and called himself a 'sea guest'. The king said a lot of inexplicable things to him, and I couldn't hear them either. I understand. It's just that they didn't seem to mention anything like magical medicine!" Yan Che paused and said, "Isn't that enough? Do you think alchemists come directly under the banner of immortal medicine? This is exactly their cunning. They come around from a long distance, and finally call you I don’t know if I fell into his scheme. Alas! Your Majesty is wise, how could…”