Chapter 64: The Monument

Before leaving, Nan Wan'er suddenly turned around and called Ji Cheng over, whispered something to him, and her attitude was particularly sincere, Ji Buyun knew that this foodie princess must have asked Ji Cheng for food, otherwise she would not be so polite to Ji Cheng.

Ji Buyun and Nan Wan'er came to the grassland pavilion with guards and maids, and after the steward went in to report, after a while, Tuoba Shuang came out with Tuqi Ling, and the great wizard of the grassland had returned to the grassland after communicating with the five rulers, leaving Tuoba Shuang and Tuoba Ling to be responsible for the contact with the highlanders.

Seeing Tuqi Ling coming out, Nan Wan'er's big eyes immediately began to move around, staring at her like a thief, lest she approach Ji Buyun.

Tuoba Shuang welcomed the two into the living room, and after a brief salute, Nan Wan'er said: "Sister Eldest Princess, people are entrusted by the high priest's sister to invite you to the priest's courtyard barracks for a banquet, I don't know if you have time? By the way, Master God of War will also go with you." ”

Tuoba Shuang immediately understood why the high priest entrusted her instead of arranging for the priest to invite, this banquet was purely private, and said cheerfully: "I don't have anything else now, just the time is there, stay in this broken mansion every day, I'm about to suffocate me, the high priest is invited, I will definitely go." ”

Nan Wan'er said: "Sister Eldest Princess, you also know that the High Priest's sister has a special status, so I can only ask you to go alone, forgive me." ”

After speaking, he glanced at Tu Qiling intentionally or unintentionally.

Tu Qiling knew that this was meant for her, and it was not angry that she was not angry, nor was she angry, and her round little face became puffed up.

Tuoba Shuang said: "Understand, understand, I'm afraid I was also lucky enough to be invited by Ji Heng's light, right?"

The relationship between Ji Heng, Ji Buyun, and the high priest, Tuoba Shuang has long known clearly, she is the best candidate for the leader of the grassland barbarians, and her resourcefulness and knowledge, including knowing people, are all inferior, and the joints are afraid that they don't even need to think.

Nan Wan'er smiled: "Sister is modest, Sister High Priest sincerely invited you." ”

Tuoba Shuang said: "Thank you for me, High Priest, I will definitely arrive on time, in addition, I personally have a reluctant request to trouble the princess to convey to the High Priest for me." ”

Nan Wan'er said, "Sister Eldest Princess, please speak." ”

Tuoba Shuang said: "If the priest's court is convenient that day, I want to go to worship Haotian God in advance." ”

Nan Wan'er said: "There is no problem with this, don't worry, sister eldest princess, I will definitely convey it." ”

The two chatted for a while, and Nan Wan'er was the eldest princess sister, calling as much as she wanted to be affectionate, and every time she called it, she would glance at Tu Qiling intentionally or unintentionally.

Ji Buyun couldn't help but smile, Tuoba Shuang called Tuoba Shuang her aunt, and Nan Wan'er called Tuoba Shuang her sister, which was openly taking advantage of Tu Qiling.

Seeing that the time was about the same, Ji Buyun and Nan Wan'er got up to say goodbye, Tuoba Shuang symbolically held back, and seeing that the two insisted on leaving, they took Tuqiling to send the two to the door of the hotel.

Leaving the Prairie Pavilion, Nan Wan'er called the maids beside her, explained a few words to them, and then turned around and begged Ji Buyun to take her around Haotian City.

Haotian City, a bare stone city, has a limited number of places to go, and the two of them turned around for a while, and then turned to the square in front of the Senate, only to see hundreds of workers working intensively on the square, they want to rush before the opening of the plenary session of the Senate, restore the square destroyed by the seven-headed snake to its original state, and at the same time build a monument, inlaid the seven-headed snake snake bones in it, to show the determination of the highlanders to swear not to stand with the demons.

Nan Wan'er looked at the monument that had entered the decoration stage, and said to Ji Buyun with a smile: "Little brother, do you say that there should be a location on this monument?"

Ji Buyun smiled: "Let's go and see." ”

The Senate Square is still under martial law, but Ji Buyun used to serve in the Senate of the Praetorian Guard, and now he is their big boss, and the Praetorian Guards on duty saw him coming and hurriedly greeted him and saluted.

Ji Buyun waved his hand at them and said, "I want to go to the monument to have a look." ”

At this time, the leader of the Praetorian Guard squadron on duty in the square greeted him, and he personally took Ji Buyun and Nan Wan'er to the monument.

The monument is made of black and white masonry, with a black front and a white back, in the shape of an arc with low sides and high in the middle.

The Janissary squadron leader beckoned to the construction workers, and a man who looked like a foreman greeted him, and the squadron leader ordered: "Bring the drawings of the monument, and Commander Ji will personally review them." ”

Now all the highlanders know that Ji Buyun is the chosen companion of the high priest, and this monument is actually built for Ji Buyun by the five rulers in order to curry favor with the high priest.

He hurriedly ordered someone to bring the drawings over, and personally picked out the finished drawings that best reflected the effect of the monument and held them to Ji Buyun.

This is an excerpt from a picture of the day's brave fight against the seven-headed snake, but on the screen, Qi Seventeen and Nan Wan'er were deliberately hidden, Ji Buyun is in the center of the picture, he is holding a long sword, stabbing at the seven-headed snake's seven inches, behind is the Praetorian Guard's rune weapon array, and at the same time, the lower left corner of the picture shows the scene of five people in power and standing in front of the entrance hall of the Senate to command.

Nan Wan'er looked at the finished picture and pouted: "Didn't the five people who were in power hide in the Senate that day?"

Ji Buyun glanced at her, and Nan Wan'er was silent.

Ji Buyun said to the foreman: "Is this picture determined by the five people in power?"

The foreman said, "Yes, it was personally approved by Lord Nezhiyue. ”

Ji Buyun sighed and put down the drawing, although he really wanted to remove himself from the picture, but this picture was personally approved by Lord Ne, if he went to Lord Ne because of this matter, he was obviously suspected of not knowing how to lift it.

He put down the drawings, said hello to the foreman, and left the monument with the Janissary squadron leader.

After Ji Buyun left, the foreman wiped the sweat from his forehead and said to the Praetorian Guards beside him: "Commander Ji seems to be dissatisfied with this picture?"

The Praetorian Guard had personally experienced the process of Ji Buyun and the others suppressing the seven-headed snake that day, and he sneered: "Of course I am not satisfied, everyone was stupid at that time, if it weren't for Commander Ji and his guards to turn the tide with the help of the elven princess, I'm afraid that the Senate would have been in ruins now." ”

The foreman said, "This picture was personally selected by Lord Ne, what can I do?"

The Praetorian Guard said: "If I were you, I should remove the five rulers, plus the guards commanded by the elf princess and Ji, staring and talking nonsense, is it interesting?"

After Ji Buyun left the Senate Square with Nan Wan'er, who was obviously unhappy, he said to Nan Wan'er with a slight apology: "Wan'er, I only learned about this monument today. ”

Nan Wan'er smiled: "Little brother, do you think people are unhappy because there is no one on the monument?"

Ji Buyun didn't react for a while, and said in amazement: "Then who are?"

Nan Wan'er said: "After all, this is the monument to the Senate of the Highlanders, and it is normal that there are no people on it and the ugly monster of the Wind God Temple, but it is just such a blatant greed for heaven as the five people in power, this kind of atmosphere is not a good thing." ”

After all, Ji Buyun is just a Praetorian Guard, compared to the high priest and Nan Wan'er, who have always been in a high position, he is not a little worse in terms of political knowledge, he vaguely feels that Nan Wan'er is right, and he thinks that she is making a little fuss.

Nan Wan'er muttered: "When you go back to this matter, you must talk to the high priest's sister, this kind of atmosphere must be resolutely curbed, otherwise she won't hear a word of truth in the future." ”

After a small turmoil, Nan Wan'er lost her interest in hanging out in Haotian City anymore, and the two took Ji Buyun's guards out of Haotian City, and Nan Wan'er's two maids were waiting for them at the city gate with two large food boxes.

Seeing the food, Nan Wan'er was in a happy mood, and she talked and laughed all the way back to the priest's house with Ji Buyun, and before parting, she said to Ji Buyun: "Little brother, people will come to you in the afternoon, let's go and see the wedding room between you and the high priest's sister." ”

Ji Buyun answered, and returned to the barracks of the priest's house, where Qian Seventeen was waiting for him in the barracks.

Qian Qiqi said to Ji Buyun: "Some of the cultivators in the East China Sea Cultivation Land have come to report this morning, Commander Ao has communicated with the commander-in-chief of Xitu, and they will be arranged to serve in the Rune Weapon Team, and the treatment will be temporarily distributed according to the level of the squadron leader, and they will come as much as they want." ”

Ji Buyun said: "It's a good thing, Brother Ying, it's still your face." ”

Qian Qiqi smiled and said: "Our own brothers, Brother Ji don't laugh at me, these people are looking at the face of the Lord of the Seven Islands, and the treatment given by the commander-in-chief of Xitu is the face of Brother Ji." ”

Ji Buyun said: "Brother Yu won't just come to report this, right? Our own brother, even if you have something to say, you are now more like a Praetorian Guard officer than me, and you speak in an official tone, I don't bother to guess with you." ”

Qi 17 said: " The younger brother came to see Brother Ji mainly for three things, one is that these new cultivators want to get to know Brother Ji, and if it is convenient for Brother Ji in the afternoon, he will meet them; the second is that the female disciples of the Wind God Temple also arrived together this morning, Brother Ji will see when it is convenient to talk to the high priest, and arrange them to go to the priest's courtyard as soon as possible, Brother Ji also knows that the barracks are all men, although they are all cultivators, but after all, there are different men and women, and it is not convenient to live; the third is to come to your place for lunch, and Brother Ji also knows that the highlanders are good at everything, but they can't eat enough。 ”

Ji Buyun said with a smile: "Brother Ying is going to be disappointed, although I have a separate cook, but I was also sent by the Praetorian Guard, and I can only boil meat in vain, if Brother Yuan is not suspicious, you are welcome to come and eat every day." ”

The two laughed, and Ji Buyun felt that talking to Qi Qiqi now was not like talking to a cultivator at all, but more like chatting with a Praetorian Guard bureaucrat.

While talking, Anya brought in the lunch of the two, and sure enough, it was boiled meat and vegetables in white water.

After the two of them finished lunch, Qian Qiqi sighed with emotion: "The younger brother has also practiced for many years, and he thinks that he is not picky about eating, but he has eaten boiled meat in the barracks company for half a month, and now he is very nostalgic for the food of the Wind God Temple. ”

This sentence woke up Ji Buyun, and he smiled: "This is easy, I happened to ask Ji Cheng to borrow four cooks in the morning, and the high priest will have a banquet here the day after tomorrow, and then we will detain the two cooks." ”

Qi Seventeen was overjoyed and said: "Whatever you want to do with the two of them, you can deduct them, and the younger brother will go to the commander-in-chief of Xitu and say that he should give the cook a treatment." ”

Nan Wan'er is a standard foodie, she has to go to the Central Plains Pavilion to fight the autumn breeze at the end of three days, the high priest is self-respecting, although she doesn't say it, every time Nan Wan'er brings back dishes and snacks in the Central Plains Restaurant, she always eats more than usual, Ji Buyun sees it in her eyes, and knows that she is also a girl after all, and it is normal for people to like food.

Qi Seventeen has been very close to Ao Xian recently, Ao Xian is alone, has no other hobbies, and only drinks in his spare time.

After many years of penance, the Wind God Temple has a lot of rules, originally did not drink much, but recently went to the Praetorian Guard to experience it to be truly free, Ao Xian took him to drink twice, and now he is also in love with the things in the cup.

The highlanders are very good at drinking, and one of the high-ranking members of the Praetorian Guard is counted as one, and none of them can open their legs when they see wine, and in just a few days, the two of them have developed the commander-in-chief and several deputy commanders of Situ into their drinking ranks.

Up to now, these people have formed a special alcoholic detachment of the Praetorian Guard, almost all day long, and the most talked about is the food of the Central Plains Hotel, and they usually don't feel anything, as long as they drink a stomach, they immediately feel that the boiled meat of the highlanders is really difficult to swallow.

At the beginning, a few people were still discussing behind their backs, and when Ji Buyun came back, he must take everyone to the Central Plains Pavilion to fight the tooth sacrifice, after the wine was slightly drunk, Ao Xian shouted, going to the Central Plains Pavilion can only be done occasionally, it is better to simply let Ji Buyun find the Central Plains Pavilion to borrow two cooks over, anyway, with his identity, no matter what Ji Cheng says, Ji Chengdu will be full of promises.

Xitu patted his chest at that time and promised that as long as Ji Buyun invited the cook over, he would take care of the rest, anyway, the Praetorian Guard now has money in the small treasury, and it will not be spent in vain.

Originally, these were all wine talks, and no one would take them seriously, but I didn't expect Ji Buyun to worry about finding two cooks for the high priest and the foodie Nan Wan'er to come over, and the two of them hurried to talk about this, and Qi Qiqi hurriedly beat the snake with the stick, and finalized it in advance.

Thinking that in the future, you can put on the majesty of Shangguan in front of other cultivators during the day, and you can call friends at night, drink and eat until late at night, and say in your heart: This is the life of a real immortal, no wonder there are so many people who are unwilling to practice.

Ji Buyun didn't know that so many thoughts flashed in his heart in an instant, he groaned slightly, and said to Qi Seventeen: "Okay, just do what you say, in the afternoon, please arrange for Brother Qi to come over, build a larger kitchen and banquet hall here, and after the high priest feasts, we will keep it for ourselves." ”

According to the latest division of labor of the Praetorian Guard, Ji Buyun and a deputy commander are responsible for the vigilance from the priest's court to Haotian City, and Ao Xian and Qi Seventeen are responsible for the Praetorian Guard's rune weapon team.

Qian Qiqi agreed, and immediately got up and went out to call the guards, and asked him to go back and report the matter to Ao Xian.

After a while, Ao Xian personally brought two hundred brothers over, all kinds of equipment were readily available, and after he said hello to Ji Buyun and Qi Seventeen, he immediately began to choose the venue, depending on what he meant, he couldn't wait to finish it immediately.

Ji Buyun secretly thought that in the future, the high-level leaders of the Praetorian Guard would probably find an excuse to run here every day, and then gather people to drink until late at night, he should still stay away from this banquet hall, otherwise, he would not even be able to guarantee the minimum cultivation.

Thinking of this, he pulled Ao Xian over and whispered to him, "Big brother, I'm afraid it's not convenient to choose the banquet hall in front of the priest's courtyard, right?"

Ao Xian immediately understood what he meant, and said with a smile: "It's still the old brother who thinks thoughtfully, I really want to let the high priest know that it's really not good for us to eat and drink every day, brother, how about where you choose?"

He pointed to a makeshift schoolyard a few hundred feet away from the Praetorian Guard barracks.

Since the rune weapon team settled in, this school field has been abandoned, and the Praetorian Guard drill has been changed to the newly built school field of the rune weapon team.

There were two temporary barracks of the Praetorian Guards nearby, and the surroundings were very clean, and it was very suitable for the high priest to entertain Ji Heng there.

Ji Buyun nodded and said, "It's really more suitable there." ”

Ao Xian smiled at him proudly: "Then choose there, brother, I'll take someone over now, let's talk about it later." ”

After speaking, he took the two hundred Praetorian Guards straight to the temporary school grounds, and personally commanded the kitchen and banquet hall to be set up on the spot.

Looking at the resolute Ao Xian and the complacent Qi Qi, Ji Buyun couldn't help but smile bitterly: How much do these two love wine now?

He turned his head to Qi Seventeen and said, "Brother Qi, the younger brother has something to do in the afternoon, if you meet with the new cultivators and leave, it doesn't seem very polite, do you think this is good, invite them to the Central Plains Pavilion in the evening, and I will pick them up and vacuum them." ”

Qian Seventeen was overjoyed and said, "Of course it's the best, do you still invite others at night?"

Ji Buyun knew that he was thinking about those drinking friends led by the commander-in-chief of the Praetorian Guard, he had not seen Xitu since he came back, as the top boss, he left for seven days without saying a word, and it stands to reason that he should visit as soon as he comes back, although Xitu is hindered by his special status, he doesn't care about these at all, but the etiquette must still be there.

Thinking of this, he said to Qian Seventeen: "The commander-in-chief of Xitu must be invited, and you can look at the other people to invite, the more the merrier." ”

Qian Qiqi agreed with a smile, said goodbye to him with a smile, and immediately arranged for someone to invite the drinking friends led by Xitu to go to the Central Plains Hotel for a drink at night, and naturally he couldn't forget to report the matter to the new cultivators, which was also a kind of show.

Ji Buyun returned to the barracks, first arranged for Anya to go to the Central Plains Pavilion, informed Ji Cheng of the banquet in the evening, and then communicated with the high priest's divine sense, and the high priest was practicing in the palace of the hanging peak.

Seeing Ji Buyun appear in her divine mansion, the high priest smiled at him, a white lotus bloomed in Ji Buyun's heart, he had no resistance to the high priest's smile, and couldn't help but shake his heart.

The high priest said, "Wan'er came back and told me, do you think it is appropriate for me to bring the palm wine with them or for me to go by myself?"

For the first time in his life, the highest-ranking person of the highlanders invited a lover's elders, so he naturally kicked in his heart.

Ji Buyun said: "Take them with you, it's more convenient." ”

The high priest said, "Wouldn't it seem that you don't have much respect for the God of War Master with them?"

Ji Buyun said: "He won't care about this, you can pour wine for him personally when you toast him." ”

The high priest bowed his head and said, "That's natural, there's another thing, I want to pick up my parents to come over to our wedding, what do you think?"

This was the first time Ji Buyun had heard the High Priest mention her parents, he had been in the Senate for three years, and he had never heard anyone talk about the High Priest's parents.

According to the customs of the highlanders, after the daughter became the high priest, the parents had to leave Haotian City and go to the tribe to live, which was to prevent the parents of the high priest from interfering in politics.

Successive high priests have been lonely all their lives, and naturally there is no question of whether to invite their parents to participate in marriage.

Ji Buyun said: "I think they should be invited, if you feel inconvenient, I can ask the master to invite them in the name of the Central Plains Empire." ”

The High Priest nodded and said, "I think it's better to do this, the classics record the queen's weddings in the past." ”

Ji Buyun understands that she has not yet ascended the throne as a king, so it is naturally difficult to refer to the old practice of the queen's marriage in the past.

Ji Buyun said: "Then it's decided, I will arrange for Ji Cheng to do this at night, and in addition, the female disciple of the Wind God Temple has arrived." ”