Chapter 13 Gone with the Wind · Chapter Thirteen

The emperor smiled and explained the reason for the dispute between the two countries. With Li Qiang as his card, he felt quite at ease. The dispute between Song State and Li Tang State has a long history. Historically, Song State has eroded the territory of Li Tang State since its establishment. Among the three kingdoms in the Green Basin, Song State was the latest to establish a state, and it was also the most ambitious at that time. A vigorous country, through the efforts of successive emperors, its territory has been continuously expanded.Up to now, although the Song Dynasty is not the most powerful country, the territory of the three countries has been basically stable, and the national strength is also similar, and they have formed a rivalry.

The Li Tang State has always held hatred for the old Song State, and the monarchs of all dynasties have focused on recovering their homeland, so the disputes between the two countries have never stopped.This time, the Li Tang Kingdom sent troops to the frontier again, posing as if they wanted to go to war with the Gu Song Kingdom. At the same time, they allied with the Qingfeng Kingdom in the red rocky mountains to harass the Gu Song Kingdom, and the Black Banner Army was arranged by the Li Tang Kingdom behind the Gu Song Kingdom. However, due to Li Qiang's intervention to disrupt Li Tang's plan and the retreat of the Black Banner Army, the Song State won time to gather its troops quickly, and now it has become a balance.

After all, time wasted and preparations were insufficient, so Song State did not want to go to war. Li Tang State used this to put pressure on the territory, and sent Li Tang State's masters of cultivation as envoys, in order to obtain the desired results that could not be obtained on the battlefield. The imperial special envoy of Song State this time is a master of comprehension from Li Tang State, his name is An Lang, and he is also a well-known figure in the comprehension circle.The emperor changed his tone and said, "Li Aiqing, this negotiation is related to the safety and survival of Song State!"

Li Qiang thought: "What does this have to do with me, I don't understand anything, hey, no, what does the emperor mean by telling me this?" He was at a loss.The emperor and Hou Pijing looked at each other with a smile, and the emperor said: "Li Aiqing, I have appointed you as an imperial envoy of the State of Song to negotiate with the envoy of the State of Li Tang." "Mommy, I said how could I be appointed as an official and given a house, so I was asked to negotiate a deal! Just kidding, entrust the fate of a country to me. If the negotiation fails, it will not be a loss of life, it will be mine Sin, no, I can’t do it!” Li Qiang thought of this and said: “Your Majesty, I’m too young to understand anything, I’m afraid I’m going to talk about it—” Looking at Hou Pijing, he thought: “You’re talking, don’t you Help me—I—”

Hou Pijing turned his head as if he hadn't seen it, and Li Qiang gritted his teeth in hatred. The emperor smiled and said: "You don't need to refuse, I trust you, so I will give you three days to prepare. Grandfather, I still have some business to deal with. You see—" Hou Pijing said: "Oh, go and get busy. Don't accompany me, I want to take my brother to see the palace first." Li Qiang was not allowed to say any more, the emperor coughed and walked away. Stamping his feet in anxiety, Li Qiang yelled: "Brother, why didn't you speak out to dissuade me, you - you - you're screwing me to death, I don't know anything, I don't understand the situation, how can I talk about it!" Hou Pi Jing smiled and said, "Don't worry, everything is up to you, brother, what are you afraid of?"

Li Qiang hurriedly said: "Okay, this is what you said, you decide everything." He thought: "At that time, I will talk nonsense, it depends on what you do, if the discussion fails, the emperor will just let the emperor dismiss me, hehe. " The two went out, and there was a row of guards standing outside the door, among them the foreman stepped forward and knelt down and said, "The fifth-rank guard with a knife, Chen Fengning, is ordered to lead sixteen guards to serve the Holy King." A group of people left the palace and walked towards the palace. On the way, Li Qiang ordered a guard to go to the silver building to pick up Zhao Hao and others.

When he came to the Holy King's Mansion, Li Qiang was an eye-opener. The Holy King's Mansion covers an area of ​​nearly a thousand acres, only smaller than the imperial palace. It is a symbolic building in the Song Dynasty. It was rebuilt from the original royal back garden. The palace wall stretches for 10,000 meters. There are five building complexes, and the royal family will allocate huge sums of money for repairs every few years. There are thousands of eunuchs, maids, maids and servants in the mansion. Li Qiang now understood why the emperor was so surprised when Hou Pijing said that he would give up the palace.

The Holy King's return to the mansion not only caused chaos in the mansion, but also shocked all the court officials. The name of the Holy King is really amazing. He was already revered as a god-like figure in the old Song Dynasty. The gossip spread rapidly among the royal family and nobles. After all, the Holy King hadn't come back for more than 40 years. The older generation had seen the Holy King, while the younger generation had only heard of his legend. Moreover, I heard that the Holy King brought a brother back to the mansion this time, and the emperor even granted him a first-rank enshrinement to General Huwei. It was this young man who rescued Lin Cheng. What shocked all the officials the most was that this young man was also the younger brother of Fu Chongbi, the patron saint of the Great Han Kingdom.

The emperor sent people to spread these news on purpose, just to let the word reach the special envoy of Li Tang. Soon, the originally deserted palace gate was full of cars, sedan chairs and horses of visiting civil and military officials.The guards standing at the door, after accepting the greeting card, all stood in the way, saying only that the Holy King is not seeing any guests now.These officials couldn't see the Holy King, so they left immediately unwillingly, and got together in twos and threes to discuss with each other. The officials were chatting enthusiastically, and a guard led three people to the door.

"Hey, isn't this the old head of Zhao Jibao's Silver Jewelry House? Why did he come here?" "Old Qian, are you dazzled, is that old guy so young?" "Look at that big black man, good guy, the big ax in his hand is too big." "Yeah, this little girl is really pretty." The officials talked a lot, watching the three of them enter the palace swaggeringly, and everyone recommended an official to inquire about the situation. The official came to a guard he knew well and asked: "Brother Xu invited me. I don't know why the three of you were able to enter the mansion just now?" The guard Xu said with a smile, "Oh, Brother Qin, to tell you the truth—I don't know either." The official choked to death and smiled wryly. Said: "So, thank you Brother Xu."

After Hou Pijing entered the mansion, he explained a few words to the housekeeper, but he didn't know where to go nostalgic. Li Qiang was surrounded by a group of court ladies, eunuchs, maids and servants, and entered the inner hall. Before he could stand still, a group of court ladies and maids took a change of clothes and asked Li Qiang to take a bath and change clothes. Entering the small room next to the inner hall, four eunuchs brought a large wooden basin inlaid with silver borders, filled with water to adjust the temperature, and a court lady with an oval face and slender eyebrows said, "Please bathe." The eunuchs The boy backed away from the room. Li Qiang said: "That's fine, just wash it, you guys step back." The remaining eight palace maids bowed and saluted, "Your servants will wait for you to take a bath." "Okay, ah—!?" Li Qiang was startled, and hurriedly said: "Hey, no, no!" "Plop" the eight palace maids knelt on the ground and said, "Slaves deserve to die." Li Qiang scratched his head and said, "What is it, what is it, you should die, get up, get up, I am just used to bathing by myself, there is no other meaning, otherwise I will not wash." The maid just kowtowed.It made Li Qiang helpless, he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, just wash it." He thought: "The royal family and nobles here really enjoy it. They have to be served by women when they take a bath. I'm willing to go all out, and I'm not afraid of death. Are you still afraid of taking a bath?" A court lady stepped forward to undress him, and Li Qiang regarded death as if he were home with righteousness. The inner hall of the palace. Li Qiang was sitting on the grand teacher's chair, feeling uncomfortable. Just now, eight young and beautiful maids scrubbed him so carefully that even Yuan Ying almost flew out of his body. A eunuch reported that the three of Zhao Hao had come.Li Qiang shouted happily: "Please, please!" Zhao Hao, Mei Jingjing, and Zheng Peng walked into the inner hall looking around. Mei Jingjing was the first to rush in impatiently. Seeing Li Qiang was slightly taken aback, she giggled and said, "Brother, it's strange that you are wearing this official uniform." , Hey, how could you be an official?” Seeing the three of them coming in, Li Qiang felt better, and said with a smile, “Niuniu, bro, do I look handsome?” The three said in unison: “Not handsome! Haha! " Zhao Hao said: "Master, the news of your appointment as an official has been spread outside, where is the uncle?" He told Li Qiang the details of the rumors outside.Li Qiang pondered for a moment and said: "There is still one thing that has not been reported outside. The emperor appointed me as the special imperial envoy to be in charge of negotiations with Li Tang. By the way, Niuniu, you are from Li Tang. My brother would like to ask you something." Mei Jingjing smiled and said, "As long as Niuniu knows, I will tell you." Li Qiang said: "I want to know what role An Lang is in Li Tang Kingdom?" Mei Jingjing was shocked and said: "An Lang!? An Lang from the worship hall of Li Tang Kingdom." Mei Jingjing gritted her teeth and said: "He is our Mei Enemy of the family!" Li Qiang told the housekeeper, "Go and find my elder brother." Then he said, "Niu Niu, tell brother what's going on." Now Li Qiang really regards Mei Jingjing as his little sister. Can't ignore it. Mei Jingjing's father is Mei Ao, who is a third-rank enshrined in the Litang State Enshrining Hall. The Mei family's method of self-cultivation is very unique. The most famous one is Mei Ao’s medicine pill. Mei’s medicine pill is the panacea that cultivators dream of. There are five most famous ones, and the first one is “Yuanyang Pill”. True Essence, if the Nascent Soul is first formed, taking this pill can quickly increase the speed of the Nascent Soul's growth and avoid the danger of going crazy. The second is "Peiyuan Pill", which is the treasure of first-time practitioners. Eating it can quickly build a foundation. The third is the "Continuation Pill". If a cultivator loses his limbs in a fight, this pill can be reconnected without showing any traces, and its effect is extremely effective. The fourth type is the most well-known "Li Fan Pill". Seriously injured practitioners can save their lives by taking this pill as long as they are still alive. That's why some people call it "Death Pill", which means that even life can be taken back. The fifth type is "Qingyun Pill" which specializes in resolving various strange poisonous spells. It was Mei Ao's elixir that caused the trouble. An Lang was a first-class enshrined priest in the enshrining hall, a first-class duke, and the uncle of the emperor of Litang Kingdom. On New Year's Day, because the refining of these two kinds of elixirs was extremely difficult, Mei Ao only had a few pills left in his hand, but An Lang actually asked for six pills each, Mei Ao couldn't hand over so many pills, and thus forged a grudge. An Lang is vicious and vicious, because Mei Ao couldn't meet his demands, he held a grudge, and secretly planned to frame him, forcing Mei Ao to flee with his wife and daughter. At the same place, the three members of the family had a fight with the killer who was chasing after them. During the scuffle, Mei Jingjing separated from her parents and fled to Qichaling. "Where are your parents now? Is there any news?" Li Qiang asked concerned, thinking: "No wonder she went to Qicha Ridge to become a robber. The little girl is really not easy." Mei Jingjing said sadly: "No , but my parents may go to the Ice Plain and seek help from the master." Zhao Hao asked in surprise: "Is it going to the Ice Continent?" Mei Jingjing said: "It is the Ice Continent." Zheng Peng shouted: "Let me chop this old bastard with an axe, big sister, my black axe is not a vegetarian." Li Qiang comforted: "Niuniu, don't be sad, we will help you, and when things are arranged, brother will accompany you to the ice field." Then he asked Zhao Hao, saying: "What kind of place is the ice field? You travel to many places, Where have you been?" "Who dares to go to the Ice Continent if it is not a cultivator. The place is extremely cold, the climate is weird, and there is a monster called 'Cha Cha Ice'. Human beings will never be spared. My disciple once passed by the edge of the Ice Continent. If you have learned martial arts, it might be over, only seven of the eleven people in the company survived." Zhao Hao said with lingering fear. Li Qiang said: "Then I have to go, I have to find Niuniu's parents to make me feel at ease." Mei Jingjing's eyes were reddened, and said: "Brother, you have to be careful about An Lang, he is so vicious and bad, If you are not careful, you will fall into his trap." Originally Li Qiang was prepared to deal with this negotiation casually, but when it came to Niu Niu's enemy, he changed his mind, and no matter what, he wanted to make An Lang's life difficult.Now that he was determined, Li Qiang began to think about how to proceed. They did not dare to disturb the housekeeper of the palace, the Holy King's abode in the West Mansion. Li Qiang smiled and said: "We went to bother him, and he ran away without a trace as soon as we returned to the mansion, and didn't care about us, so we went to find him." The four of them were led by the steward, followed by a large group of servants, and walked towards the West Mansion. Walking into the building complex in the West Mansion, the housekeeper pointed at it, and the four looked up and couldn't help laughing. Hou Pijing was alone, squatting on the roof, not knowing what he was thinking.Li Qiang volleyed slowly up to the roof, and said with a smile, "Brother, what's the view like?" Hou Pijing sighed and said, "You know? Cultivators have no home, and they are destined to endure all loneliness. Seeing your relatives and friends alone If I leave you, I am most afraid of going back to this palace now, alas——! I am getting old!" Li Qiang was speechless. Hou Pijing looked under the house and said: "Your children are here, let's go down." Then he laughed and said: "This palace is your mansion now, why don't you take everyone to visit, and do your best to be a landlord. "Looking at him letting go of his thoughts and joking, Li Qiang also smiled easily and said: "Brother, no way, the palace is so big, I can't even tell the difference between southeast and north, you want me to get lost." The two of them floated down in the air hand in hand, and the servants knelt down and said in unison: "Saint King, please!" Li Qiang said: "Brother, how can you take it hard, every day someone asks you to kneel down." Hou Pijing laughed and said: "That's why I asked the emperor to give you the palace, so that brothers can taste it, how about it?" Does it feel good?" Li Qiang immediately thought of being tortured by eight beautiful maids in the inner hall just now, and said repeatedly: "It's uncomfortable, it's not fun." Of course it's not good, being washed and rubbed by eight women, young and beautiful women , I don't want to mess around, I feel as sad as I can. Zhao Hao knelt down and said respectfully: "I don't know that my uncle is a holy king, please forgive my sin." I felt complacent, the holy king is my uncle, power and wealth are not easy to get.Hou Pijing took a deep look at Zhao Hao, put away his smile, and said seriously: "Boy, just say it once and you remember it clearly. If you really want to step into the door of cultivation, everything in the world will not treat you at all." It’s meaningless, you can play games, you can care, but you must never be greedy, if you fail this level, you will never be able to step into a higher realm of cultivation, don’t blame me for not reminding you.” These words were like a sledgehammer hitting Zhao Hao's heart, and the sweat immediately flowed down like a drum in the evening, making him wake up, kowtowing again and again: "I respect and thank Master for pointing out the maze, I understand." In fact, Zhao Hao was After more than 70 years of life in the world, I really started to cultivate since I met Li Qiang. My previous life has been rolling in the business world. It is not surprising that I have worldly thoughts. Later cultivation will help a lot. Hou Pijing said again: "Learn from your master, his realm is much higher than yours." Li Qiang secretly felt ashamed, if Hou Pijing saw his ugly behavior when he got the bracelet for the first time on Earth, he might be shocked. Take a kick and kick yourself as far as you can. The study of the Wangfu, to be precise, should be a study building, a three-story study building. Led by Hou Pijing, several people walked into the library. Li Qiang was filled with joy when he entered. From the first floor to the third floor, there were shelves full of ancient books. He thought, "I must have a good look at it when I have time." After taking his seat, Li Qiang told Hou Pijing about Mei Jingjing's family background, and asked, "What is An Lang's status in the cultivation world, and what is the background of his master's school? Brother, you are familiar with the situation, so please introduce it to us." Hou Pijing first asked Mei Jingjing, "Niu Niu, is there someone named Mei Youbing in your Mei family?" Mei Jingjing said in surprise, "Yes, it is Niu Niu's grandpa, do you know me?" Hou Pijing nodded, and said, "The Mei family's master gate must be in the Rejuvenation Valley of the Ice Field, isn't it called the 'Lingpan Gate'?" Mei Jingjing jumped up happily, and grabbed Hou Pijing's hand. Shaking his arms, he said: "Great, Niuniu can find her parents!" Hou Pijing smiled and said, "Don't shake, the old bones are all loose." Hou Pijing said to Li Qiang: "An Lang has no status in the cultivation world. He is a villain who is greedy for power and keen on conspiracy. From this we can judge that he will not have a high level of cultivation." He glanced at Zhao Hao, and then Said: "However, I heard that this person has many strange magic weapons, some of which are extremely vicious. His sect is very mysterious. According to my understanding, An Lang is related to the 'Haihuang Old Man' of the 'Qian Jie Xing'. " Mei Jingjing was puzzled and asked: "Where is Qianjie Xing?" Hou Pijing said: "It is a place where practitioners are exiled, and it is a very terrifying planet. If a practitioner is there, if he has no strength, he will end up in a terrible situation." I can't say anything." He said again: "Old Man Baihuang is the leader of Qianjiexing's bully organization, and there are many powerful practitioners under his command, but they dare not come out to do evil because of the suppression of Fengyuanxing." Zheng Peng couldn't listen anymore, and shouted: "Brother, I don't understand what you are saying, I'm suffocated!" Beckoning to call the butler, Li Qiang quietly ordered: "Take him to the guest room, get him some meat and wine, hurry up." After pondering for a moment, Li Qiang said: "I don't know much about the situation of Litang Kingdom and Gusong Kingdom. Brother, you can ask the emperor for someone to come. I need a staff officer. Well, I need Cheng Zizhong. I will find someone later. A person who understands the entire Green Basin country will come." Hou Pijing smiled and said, "No problem, even if you want the Privy Council envoys and various ministers, I can do it." A guard came to report that the special envoy of the Han Kingdom to the Song Dynasty asked to see General Huwei.