Gu Li poured Xia Gui full of wine, and said with a smile: "Just now Hou Ye mentioned you, he said, isn't this young man the same young man who was in the gladiatorial arena last time? You are also one of the few people who can be remembered by Hou Ye." Out of love, Master Hou asked me to invite you to the banquet, and you don't have to be too restrained, we will cheer for the family. ”

Xia Gui smiled and nodded, his expression was slightly relaxed, but there was another layer of vigilance in his heart.

I'm afraid it's a temptation.

The ghost marquis said: "Are you from the Southern Wilderness?"

Xia Gui nodded and said, "Yes, Master Hou." ”

"The Southern Wilderness Country is destroyed, are you separated from your family?" asked the Ghost Marquis again.

"No, the little ones don't have families. The little one has been a slave in a noble family since he was a child. Xia Gui replied.

Next, the ghost marquis asked some questions again and again. He asked questions quickly, barely giving Xia Gui time to think, and often just asked a question, and after a few questions, he asked again in a different form. If Xia Gui answers inconsistently twice, he will be discovered by the Ghost Hou.

Xia Gui found that the question he asked over and over turned out to be the personal information he had registered on the bamboo slips.

A cold sweat oozed from his forehead, but fortunately he had filled in most of the information unknown, so he remembered how to answer it now. If the ghost marquis finds out the incorrect part, he really can't justify himself.

The Ghost Marquis began a barrage of inquiries.

"Your Southern Wilderness Country is destroyed, where have your princes gone?"

"The small ones are not clear. ”

"Are all the royal families of the Southern Wilderness extinct?"

"It's a matter for the nobles, and the little ones don't know. ”

"Who did you learn from this body cultivation?"

"The old noble young master taught me. ”

"You are very talented, didn't the noble young master find out?" asked the Ghost Marquis.

Xia Gui thought for a while, "Master Hou, I'm ashamed to say it. In fact, I used to be an alchemy boy and a medicine man. The young master poured me a lot of cultivation pills from the experimental stage. At first, taking those elixirs had no effect, but on the eve of the destruction of the Southern Wilderness Country, the bloodlines around me began to change, and after entering the village, and then practicing in the previous way, I actually opened a golden vein, and the small one was unexpected. ”

Of course, Xia Gui is full of nonsense, because only by blaming everything on the drug can it be perfunctory.

But after saying this, Xia Gui regretted it, and the other people at the banquet seemed to be interested and poked their heads over. If there is a drug that can transform oneself into a genius, of course, it is unwanted.

It's just that drugs can be transformed into geniuses, and if there really is such a medicine in the world, geniuses are not worth much!

"Gu Li, what do you think?" the ghost marquis looked at Gu Li suspiciously.

Gu Li said: "I don't believe it. ”

Gu Li had a high prestige in Jiuhou Mountain Villa, as the head of the northern base, and as an expert in the field of alchemy, what he said basically represented authority. After all, he was born in the Star Luo Domain, which is the top metaphysical research school on the main road, and countless strong people with strange temperaments but superb refining skills all come from this.

Not to mention that Gu Li couldn't refine this medicine by himself, even the Star Luo Domain had no way. The medicine that has been refined in the Star Luo Domain with the best effect of transforming the root bone can only raise the cultivator's root bone by two grades, and it is limited to raising the low root bone to the middle root bone. As for the middle root bone to the high root bone, I am afraid that it can only be upgraded by one grade.

Gu Li looked at Xia Gui suspiciously, "What's the prescription?"

Xia Gui said: "My lord, I have taken countless prescriptions, if you ask me so, I can't remember." Perhaps, the small ones can make a list after the meal. But I would like to make it clear that there are a lot of poisons in the prescriptions I have taken before. In order to detoxify me, the young master also prescribed some antidotes. The prescription of the antidote, the small one does not know what it is. ”

Gu Li said: "It doesn't matter, just list what you remember." As for the poison, the old man will naturally solve it. ”

Xia Gui said: "Yes, my lord." ”

If Gu Li really asked him for the prescription, then Xia Guihu wrote a letter and wrote him some poison prescriptions, but he didn't know which ones the unlucky ones should be.

Xia Gui's words, Gu Li naturally didn't believe them all, so he just dealt with the leaders casually. However, the Ghost Marquis did not want this matter to be dealt with.

"Gu Li, refining the potion will be promoted to the most urgent work at present. The Ghost Marquis ordered.

"Yes, Master Hou. Gu Li had a headache, but he could only accept the next.

To be honest, the ghost marquis also thinks that the drug that Xia Gui said does not exist.

It's one thing to not exist, it's another thing to research. As the king of a country, if there is a direction worth working on, he can always invest resources in research. As for whether this medicine really existed and how to study it, he didn't care, it was all Gu Li's business.

Then what he has to do is to put pressure on Gu Li and let him work hard in this direction.

Gu Li handed Xia Gui a look of help, "If necessary, please cooperate with our research." ”

Hearing this, Xia Gui could only nod and say, "Go all out." ”

Thirteenth Aunt Ge Gejiao smiled: "He wants to collect your blood, and he also wants to dig your flesh." Are you afraid?"

The strategist-like man sitting next to the ghost marquis smiled and scared Xia Gui and said, "You were born as a medicine man before, maybe Master Gu Li found out that it is more cost-effective to let you be a subject than to be an experimenter." ”

Xia Gui also knew that these two were scaring him, but he still pretended to be afraid, trembled his hands, and said in a doubtful tone: "Lord Gu Li won't do this, right?"

"That's hard to say, right, Gu Li?" the man who looked like a strategist said seriously.

Gu Li nodded with a serious expression.

Hearing this, everyone laughed, and the thirteenth aunt laughed even more happily.

The ghost marquis coughed and chuckled, "Don't scare people." A turtle is young and promising, what he doesn't do well, it's a pity to be a medicine man. ”

Aunt Thirteen smiled sweetly: "That's it, it's better to give him to me as a guard, I just lack someone......

"Madame, do you want it?" the Ghost Marquis smiled.

The thirteenth aunt said: "I'm joking with Master Hou." Give me the turtle, are you willing to give it to me? This is the genius of the golden vein!"

The ghost marquis smiled: "What is the reluctance to reward a person to his wife." To be a lady's guard, you must be able to be literate and martial, and look good, I see that this young man's various conditions and qualifications are quite compliant. Do you want to ask Ah Gui's own opinion?"

The two of them grinned as if they were pulling a family routine, and looked at Xia Gui with a smile.

"Thanks to the Hou Ye and Mrs. Hou to see it, everything is arranged by the Hou Ye and Mrs. Xia Gui's face showed surprise, and he hurriedly thanked.

Xia Gui knew that the words of the ghost marquis were another temptation.

As a guard for his wife, this position may seem good in the eyes of others, but for the remnants of the Southern Wilderness, there is no oil and water, so it is better to stay in this northern base. Therefore, he expressed his agreement with surprise on his face, which would not arouse further suspicion from the Ghost Marquis and the Thirteenth Aunt.

"Well, from now on, you're my man. Aunt Thirteen continued to laugh and groan.

The ghost marquis also smiled and nodded: "After the meal, let's go to the lady's manor to report." ”

"Is it okay, Lord Gu Li?" Xia Gui deliberately looked at Gu Li with tentative eyes.

Gu Li stroked his forehead helplessly, "Go ahead." ”

Aunt Thirteen smiled, "It's not in a hurry, anyway, you will be my escort sooner or later, you should finish the work here first." ”

In front of the ghost marquis, the thirteenth aunt is still very careful. She is the lady of the ghost marquis, and she wants to be a woman who understands the general situation, even if it is a joke, she must focus on the overall situation, and must not affect the work of the ghost marquis.

The ghost marquis also laughed, and this joke is in the past.

In this way, everyone talked and laughed while eating, and the atmosphere became pleasant. As they began to talk about all the countries and forces, Xia Gui knew that the test for himself had finally passed.

At the end of the banquet, in Xia Gui's fear, the ghost marquis left Yongdao with the thirteenth aunt.

Just as Xia Gui was relaxing, a hand was heavily placed on his shoulder. Xia Gui turned his head and saw Gu Lishen standing behind him unconsciously.

"Lord Gu Li. Xia Gui hurriedly leaned over to greet him.

"I can tell you're nervous. Gu Li said.

Xia Gui groaned slightly, and then said unhurriedly: "My lord, does the Hou Ye have any doubts about me? Why did he take me to meet the nobles of the Southern Wilderness and let me cast Gu worms? ”

It would be unreal to say that two or three games in a row do not have doubts. Since you have to do enough to do the play, it is reasonable to have doubts.

"Then are you telling the truth?" Gu Li asked rhetorically.

"It's true. Xia Gui hurriedly replied.

"To be honest, I invited you to the base purely because I liked your talent. But judging from the attitude of Hou Ye today, he doesn't seem to be at ease with you. Gu Li had something to say outside of his words.

Xia Gui said: "Lord Gu Li, you understand your doubts very much. If you still feel uneasy, then the small one doesn't want to implicate the northern base, and just return to the Hundred Beasts Park immediately. ”

Gu Li shook his head, "I didn't mean to drive you away. I'm just reminding you that if you are really innocent, then pay more attention to your actions and don't leave a handle for anyone. I, Gu Li, will not be unable to protect even one of my subordinates. ”

Xia Gui hurriedly bowed down and said, "Thank you for mentioning it, the small ones will definitely pay attention." ”