Chapter 54: Zhao Pu returns to Beijing
The evening breeze moved lightly, Yue Shutong looked at the two young people who were already drunk, once upon a time, he was so young and frivolous, thinking that he had the whole world. After sitting alone for a while, he called a servant to help Jiang Chen and Wei Chide to rest.
Yue Shutong finished the remaining wine in the altar, his face also turned red, and then he walked back to the study, sitting in front of the desk, and there was a thin page on the bookcase, which was a letter received by Chen Ziyao from nowhere this afternoon. There was no text on the letter, just a few dots and lines that were a combination of dots, dots, and lines. This is the ciphertext that only the two of them can understand according to the gossip graphics that he and Chen Ziyao studied in their spare time. The dots and lines are combined in different orders to represent different meanings, which are usually used by the two of them for fun.
Now this thing of amusement carries an important message, and now the dots and lines on the letter paper mean: the heavens will end, the earth will be sealed, the living beings will perish, and the troubled times will begin. This is also the reason why Yue Shutong sighed today, Yue Shutong has studied many ancient books, in the history of Haotian Continent for tens of billions of years, there are always faults, some major historical events seem to be artificially erased, those who once galloped on the continent seem to have disappeared overnight, I don't know what happened, Yue Shutong has also done research, but it has never been harvested, there is no legend about those who were once strong in the world, and the occasional record in the book is also unknown.
Yue Shutong remembered the secret vault that was opened in the western sea three years ago, according to the scale of the secret vault after it was opened, there should be some records in the ancient books, at that time, Yue Shutong rummaged through the ancient books, but did not mention a single word. Later, I heard from people who had been to that secret store that the secret was like the legendary Nine Heavens Xuan Palace. Originally, Yue Shutong also planned to go to the field to take a look, but the space where the secret was located began to collapse after just ten days, and the more than 100 cultivators who preemptively entered it did not survive, and those cultivators who did not enter the country later stayed in the country of Zhao Xin for a period of time, and when it came to the scene when the secret treasure collapsed, he still had palpitations, and only said that it was like the end of the world, in which the space collapsed densely throughout the western sea, and at that time it also had a great impact on the space of the southeast sea of the Zhao Xin country, but fortunately, there were very few residents living on the coast, and there were no casualties。
Yue Shutong stared at the thin page of paper in a daze for a while, and finally picked up the page, a little brilliance appeared in the palm of his hand, the page of letter paper turned into ashes, and was blown into the paper basket by Yue Shutong on the table, but there were all kinds of emotion in his heart, I don't know what Chen Ziyao encountered when he traveled to the mainland, and sent back such a warning, or he may have sensed something, so he left Zhao Xin's country for so many years to go to various states to verify.
The next day, the sun rose as usual, and no one knew when the troubled times mentioned by Chen Ziyao in his letter would occur, and life in the world still went on. Due to yesterday's drunkenness, Jiang Chen didn't get up as early as usual today, Jiang Chen in his sleep felt a little stuffy in his chest, woke up, rubbed his sleepy eyes, but saw a thick leg pressed against his chest, Jiang Chen knocked off that leg casually, sat up, saw that Yu Chide was still sleeping, thinking how could this dead fat man sleep here, I only remember that the two of them were drinking with Grandpa Yue, but I couldn't remember the rest of the matter at all.
Originally, the servant wanted to help Yu Chide to the guest room last night, but the dead fat man didn't go alive or dead, he had to live in Jiang Chen's room, Jiang Chen also pulled him and didn't let him go, and the two of them talked about Yue Wujing intermittently, and the servant really had no choice but to put both of them on Jiang Chen's bed in the end.
Jiang Chen saw that Wei Chi De had a lewd smile on his face, and he didn't know what he dreamed of, and then patted him. saw Wei Chide muttering a few words, turned over and continued to fall asleep. Jiang Chen had no choice but to shout Wei Chide's name and pat his majestic back again.
Yu Chide suddenly opened his eyes, sat up abruptly, saw Jiang Chen sitting on the bed and called him, and asked in surprise, "Why are you sleeping here?" Jiang Chen heard Yu Chide ask what he was about to ask him, and said with a smile: "You dead fat man, take a good look, whose room is this, I also want to ask why you are sleeping here?"
Wei Chide turned his head to look around, but muttered, "Why did I sleep in your room? You didn't do anything to me last night?" Jiang Chen heard the disgusting words of this dead fat man, and instantly kicked him under the bed. I saw that Wei Chi De was not annoyed at all, stood up and put on a posture and said with a lewd smile: "You are annoyed and angry, I have long known that you envy my strong figure, but this does not belong to you." ”
Jiang Chen grabbed the bed and threw it at Wei Chide, and scolded with a smile: "You dead fat man, go to death! With your figure, compared with a pig, who will envy you." After hearing this, Wei Chide shook his fat body and pounced on Jiang Chen who was sitting on the bed. The two young men played for a while, then they got up and washed up, and after eating the breakfast brought by the servant, they each began to cultivate.
Shili Pavilion Station outside Feng'an City, it seems to be a little lively today, and it is clear that there are two groups of people waiting here, one group of people are wearing official uniforms, and the other group of people is Zhao Qin'er, Yue Qianming, Qin Kongyu and other seven or eight people. I saw that the group of officials in the team wearing official uniforms walked towards Zhao Qin'er and the others, and after saluting Zhao Qin'er and the others, he introduced himself: "Qian Mingshi, a waiter in the Ministry of Lower Rites." After the introduction, he asked everyone: "Your Royal Highness the eldest princess, you nobles have also come here to wait for the envoy of the Xia Geng clan to enter Beijing? This is inevitably too much to promote the two countries of Naxia and Jin! With the officials of our Ministry of Rites waiting here, you can go to the post station to rest." ”
Zhao Qin'er looked at Yue Qianming and the others with a puzzled expression, I don't know what this person who claimed to be an official of the Ministry of Rites said about the two countries' missions? Yue Qianming just remembered something, patted his head and looked at Qin Kongyu and Wei Chi Zhongming, both of whom also seemed to have suddenly realized. explained to Zhao Qin'er: "Some time ago, Jun Shang transferred Zhao Pu's kid back to Beijing to serve as the head of the household department, and a few of us were also happy to forget, just calculating the time when the kid would return to Beijing today, but we forgot that Naxia and Jin also sent an embassy to Beijing some time ago, and the calculation time happened to arrive in the capital today. ”
When the official of the Ministry of Rites heard Yue Qianming say this, he knew that he would be wrong, but his face did not show the slightest embarrassment, and said: "It turns out that a few of you are waiting for Zhao Shangshu, so I said that it is impossible for you to elevate the Xia Geng clan like this, and the lower officials will not disturb the gathering of a few old friends." With that, he returned to the group of officials.
Zhao Qin'er waited until the man had left, and then asked: "Why did Xia and Jin send envoys this time? I haven't heard of any changes on the border between the two countries!" Yue Qianming smiled and said: "What else can it be, it's because of the border incident involved in the peace talks eight years ago." After hearing this, Zhao Qin'er pondered for a moment and asked, "Is it because in the past few years, my Zhao Xin clan has always had a trade difference between exports and imports, and what are they going to talk about?"
"I guess I should be eyeing the two spirit stone mines newly surveyed by my Zhao Xin clan, and I want to get a piece of the pie. Qin Kongyu next to him opened his mouth and said, while Yue Qianming also nodded in agreement, and Yu Chi Zhongming said, "What they think is very beautiful!"
Although Zhao Qin'er ignored these political affairs for a long time, after listening to Qin Kongyu and Yue Qianming, she had already roughly figured it out and said: "I think they should make a fuss about the field, since the border field of several countries was opened, my Zhao Xin clan has gained a lot of benefits from it, if this Xia and Jin countries unite and threaten to close the border field, my Zhao Xin clan will suffer a great loss." I only heard Zhao Qin'er ask again: "The development of the Lingshi Mine is a very secret matter, why did these two countries receive the news so quickly, could someone deliberately leak it?"
Indeed, the spirit stones on the Dihao Continent are rare and abnormal, and the development of each mine is extremely hidden and extremely careful, why did this Jin and Xia get the news so quickly. Moreover, compared with the two Lingshi mines that still do not know how to produce them, the income of the border field in recent years is quite considerable, and it has a great impact on the economy and livelihood of the Xia and Jin countries, and has also played a positive role in the layout of Zhao Xin's country.
Zhao Qin'er looked at Yue Qianming and the three of them with doubts in her heart, but saw that there was no nervousness between the eyebrows of these three people, and saw Yue Qianming smile and said: "Don't worry about it, there is a new household secretary who will be in office soon, let Zhao Pu worry about himself." Zhao Qin'er heard Yue Qianming say this, and she already knew it in her heart. It seems that the visit of Jin and Xia this time is a means of the eldest brother's envoy, and Yue Qianming and the three of them are aware of it.
Lu Xiangning and Xue Dan stood aside, and the two of them whispered while watching to see if there was a car in the distance. The two of them never had any interest in those national affairs, but quietly talked about Zhao Pu, who often heard their husbands mention, and they were also very curious about Zhao Pu's actions.
Zhao Qin'er and the others were still talking about Jin and Xia, and suddenly heard Lu Xiangning say: "A car is coming." Zhao Qin'er and the others also looked everywhere, only to see an extremely ordinary demon beast pulling an extremely simple carriage towards this side, Zhao Qin'er and a few people took a look at it, but continued the topic just now, ignoring the car driving in the distance, and did not think that the person in the car was an old friend who had not seen him for decades, because with Zhao Pu's behavior, he would not be so low-key. And the officials of the Ministry of Rites did not pay attention to the extremely ordinary-looking car.
But I saw that the car drove from the official road in the distance and did not go straight, but turned to the road connecting the Shili Pavilion Post Station, and stopped until it was in front of Zhao Qin'er and others, Zhao Qin'er and several people looked at the carriage curiously, but heard a middle-aged man's laughter in the carriage first, and then the voice of women and children talking, and the servant who drove the car then raised the curtain.
A slightly dark complexion, with a face as sharp and angular as a knife and an axe, eyes that are bright and bright, with a flash of fine light from time to time, two whiskers on the upper jaw like eyebrows, and a pinch of beard on the lower lip, a straight nose, a middle-aged man in a navy blue robe poked his head out of the curtain of the car that he raised, and then jumped out of the car, and then a woman of ordinary clothes, but decent, with a delicate face, but with a graceful temperament, a woman of medium stature led a boy about six years old out of the car, the man reached out to pick up the child, and helped the woman out of the carriage, but did not let go of the hand he was holding, all the way to Zhao Qin'er and others.
Everyone looked at the man standing in front of them with a smile on his face and a playful look in his eyes, a little unfamiliar, and a sense of familiarity, but there were no such person's appearance characteristics in their memory, or Zhao Qin'er was the first to react and asked: "Are you Brother Pu? Why are you so much changed?"