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"Master Hou be careful!" A few little maids carefully helped Chen Xu get off the kang, and slowly walked to the stove and sat down, wrapped in a thick leather mattress, like a terminally ill little old man.

Since he used immortal magic to save Wang Qingsleeve in a daze, a serious illness almost killed him, and he lay on the kang for seven or eight days before slowly recovering.

Although I can walk on the kang today, my legs are still as weak as stepping on cotton, and my face looks extremely decadent.

"Engong, you are too reckless in this matter, why do you want to save a terminally ill woman so desperately, life and death are fateful, you can't force yourself against the sky!" Yu Wuya didn't know what it was, and he really thought that Chen Xu had used some forbidden immortal technique to cause him to be sick and evil.

Chen Xu couldn't cry or laugh, Nima dropped a gourd scoop, he was just dozing in a daze in Princess Qingning's bedroom, and it was rumored to be like this, and at the same time, his heart was like a mess of twine, could it be that there was really some immortal possession that helped him save Wang Qingsleeve that day? Otherwise, I really can't explain this matter, and I can't even remember what I did in Wang Qingsleeve's bedroom at that time?

To figure out this matter, it seems that the only way to ask the pair of twin little Lori, or else to ask Wang Qingsleeve himself.

After sitting by the fire and drinking the medicine, and resting for a while, because he was worried about the 10,000 sets of horse equipment, Chen Xu arranged for someone to find Zhao Qing, and inquired in detail about the recent ironmaking and construction in various counties, and then his mood suddenly improved a lot.

According to the news from the counties, whether it is iron-making or building weapons, including saddle stirrups, the progress is very smooth at the moment, especially Nanyang, because it is Chen Xu's lair, plus Fan Yan knew some of the plans revealed by Chen Xu in advance, as well as the full cooperation of the county guard Jiangbei Pavilion and the county lieutenant Gao Yan, so the progress is the fastest, and now the two iron-making workshops in Luyang and Wuyang are on the right track, more than ten iron-making furnaces are smelting day and night, and nearly two hundred craftsmen and thousands of helpers have been recruited, with the support of sufficient coal and iron ore, According to the news that came two days ago, now thousands of catties of qualified steel are smelted every day, dozens of weapons and hundreds of stirrups and horseshoes are created, and the workshop for making saddles has also begun mass production, and fifty or sixty pairs of saddles are made every day, so it is calculated in this way, from winter to the end of February next year, Nanyang alone can almost complete more than half of the 10,000 sets of equipment, and other counties are much slower, but they have also begun to produce qualified equipment. This time, the strategy of borrowing chickens and eggs can complete the predetermined goals on time, with good quality and quantity, and there will even be redundant.

"Master Hou, I didn't expect your unbelievable plan to really succeed!" Zhao Qing said excitedly.

"Well, success is inevitable, the essence of business is like this, as the saying goes, money can make ghosts grind, as long as you give businessmen enough benefits, even if they do business with the underworld and the king of Hades, they will rush to go, not to mention this kind of business that purely picks up money!" Chen Xu closed the account book and said with a smile.

"Master Hou, where is the Netherworld? Who is Hades? How does the subordinate sound deep yin! Zhao Qing asked suspiciously.

"The underworld is the place where ghosts live, commonly known as the underworld, and the mortal inhabited yang world and the heavenly realm where the gods live is a different interface, there are emperors in the mortal world, and there are emperors in the underworld, and the king of Hades is the emperor who manages the underworld, and he controls three artifacts, one is called the book of life and death, and the life and death of mortals are in charge, one is called the reincarnation tower, the six reincarnations, and the third is the eighteen layers of hell, which is used to suppress and punish the most heinous criminals, as the saying goes, the king of Hades makes people die three watches, and no one can live to the fifth watch......"

Zhao Qing was dumbfounded when he heard this, and after Chen Xu finished speaking for a long time, he came back to his senses in a trembling voice, and looked at Chen Xu in horror as if he had turned over the river and the sea, "Hou ...... Master Hou, these ...... These are ......"

"Oh, by the way, these are secret news, don't spread it, so as not to cause panic in the world!" Chen Xu said with a serious face.

"Subordinate...... The subordinates know that they will never talk nonsense! Zhao Qing wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and his face was a little pale.

In this age of ghosts and gods, any topic that is contaminated with gods and spirits can make people nervous.

And the identity of the disciple of Chen Xuxian's family is now more and more recognized.

A few days ago, in order to save Princess Qingning, she performed an anti-heaven immortal technique to fight against the coma, and when she was carried out of Princess Qingning's bedroom, her face was covered with blood, although she heard that the two little maids said that it was the Marquis of Qinghe who used immortal arts, but under careful questioning, the two little palace maids kept silent, and they didn't say anything about death, and no one dared to ask too carefully, so they could only make up for their brains, so soon the news that came out of the mouths of Xu Fu and a group of imperial doctors was that Hou Ye used the super Yang Returning Immortal Technique to open up the meridians for Princess Qingning to reunite the soul, and then this matter became more and more fierce among the people, Some people said that they saw fairy light above the palace outside Xianyang City that day, and faintly heard the sound of fairy music.

I rubbed it, after hearing this legend, Chen Xu deliberately lay in a coma for two more days.

And in front of him, Qinghe Hou, who came to his senses, said something even more incredible, the Three Realms of Humans, Gods and Ghosts, this kind of secret that he had never heard of must be known only to the disciples of the Immortal Family, otherwise why would there be a book of life and death, an artifact that holds the life and death of mortals.

Zhao Qing left the Hou Mansion in despair, holding a stack of materials.

When I returned to the office of the Academy of Sciences, I felt that my mind was still buzzing, and I was so confused that I could no longer give up, and I sat at my desk like a wood carving.

"Report~" A forbidden army hurriedly walked over and woke Zhao Qing up, "Lord Zhao, Your Majesty announced that you should quickly enter the palace to report on the construction of new horse pawns!" ”

"Oh~, good!" Zhao Qing hurriedly picked up the stack of materials that Chen Xu had watched again, and entered the palace with the attendant who passed the decree.

As the emperor's close attendant, Zhao Qing has the right to directly enter the palace to participate in the performance, and since Chen Xu returned to the palace after being seriously ill to recuperate, all matters of the Academy of Sciences and the construction site need to be contacted and handled by him, so he has to enter the palace almost every day recently to report the latest progress of equipment building.

Speaking of which, the emperor was the most anxious.

Qin Shi Huang was sitting on the warm couch drinking tea and watching the recital, when he saw Zhao Qing walking in with a look of distraction, his eyes were almost unfocused, and he didn't salute until he hit his head on the pillar.

"Zhao Changshi, why are you so depressed today?" Qin Shi Huang put down the book in his hand in surprise.

"Your Majesty forgives me, the minister has just returned from the Qinghe Marquis Mansion, and he is still a little restless!" Zhao Qing was a little panicked and hurriedly saluted.

"Oh, how is Qinghehou's condition?" Qin Shi Huang hurriedly asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, the Marquis of Qinghe is much better today, and he has been able to walk on the ground, because he was worried about the construction of the Academy of Sciences and the equipment of the horse pawns, he specially summoned me into the mansion to inquire in detail!"

"Okay, Qinghehou will recover!" Qin Shi Huang also breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked with a slightly strange face, "What did the Marquis of Qinghe say to you?" Why do you have a restless mind? ”

"Minister...... I dare not say it! Zhao Qing hesitated for a moment, and then looked at Qin Shi Huang with an expression that if you don't say it, I will stare at you, so he said with a bitter face, "Your Majesty, it's not that the minister doesn't say it, but the Marquis of Qinghe told him not to be an outsider, and the minister is afraid that the leakage of the heavenly secret will dislike the Marquis of Qinghe!" ”

The more Zhao Qing said this, the more interested Qin Shi Huang became, as if there were a few cat paws scratching in his heart, looking at Zhao Qing's bitter expression, Qin Shi Huang's face relaxed slightly and said: "I am the emperor, not an ordinary person, but it doesn't hurt to say it, if it is indeed contaminated with heavenly secrets, I will never say it!" ”

Zhao Qing: ......

In the end, Zhao Qing still did not withstand the oppression of Qin Shi Huang's dragon power, and after holding on for a few seconds, his soul completely collapsed, and he stammered and told Chen Xu about the three worlds of people, gods and ghosts, and the three artifacts of Hades.

"The king of Hades let the third watch die, and no one can live to the fifth watch......"

Qin Shi Huang's face became a little pale after hearing this, his beard and eyebrows continued to shake slightly, and he could see that he was very frightened in his heart, and his expression looked similar to what Zhao Qing looked like after listening to it before.

And Zhao Qing seemed to be in a much better mood after saying it in one breath.

It is far easier for someone to share this kind of mental pressure than for a person to keep a secret, and even if it is a leak of the heavenly secrets, the emperor now knows that if the Lord of Yama or the gods blames it, and the emperor helps to share it, then the Marquis of Qinghe will not die without help.

"What else did Qinghe Hou say?" After a full three or four minutes, Qin Shi Huang slowly came back to his senses, although his face was still ugly, his mood was much calmer than Zhao Qing's.

Zhao Qing shook his head: "Your Majesty, this is something that the Marquis of Qinghe said unintentionally, and when he saw that the minister asked, he said a few words, just telling me not to spread the word, so as not to cause panic in the world!" ”

"Well, what Qinghe Hou said is that this matter is indeed a heavenly opportunity, don't spread it!" Qin Shi Huang nodded with a serious expression.

"The minister will definitely keep his mouth shut!" Zhao Qing replied with a wistful heart.

Next, Qin Shi Huang inquired in detail about the construction of the horse's equipment, and felt that the progress was also very satisfactory, so he waved Zhao Qing to leave, and then sat quietly with his beard for a long time before instructing the guards to prepare the carriage and horses.

"Well, if only there were pencils!"

Qinghe Houfu, Chen Xu sat on the warm kang in the living room, on the desk in front of him was a stack of flat white bamboo pulp paper and all kinds of messy tools, holding a wooden triangle and a very thin graphite strip in his hand, and was slowly drawing a figure of monocular glasses on a piece of paper, but the stone grinding strip was very soft and easy to break, not only was it full of black hands, but the lines drawn on the paper were also uneven in thickness, so the drawn graphics were also a little miserable, and he couldn't help but sigh again and again while painting.

"Master Hou, hurry up...... Go out and say hello! The steward, the emperor, out of breath, pushed open the door of the room and rushed in.

"Who has such a big face?" Chen Xu asked without raising his head.

"Yes...... It's Your Majesty coming! Huangfu said anxiously.

Belch! Chen Xu's hand shook, a piece of graphite was crushed, and a piece of toner was stained on the paper on his hand.

"Fetch water and wash my hands!" Chen Xu hurriedly got off the kang, although his body was still a little weak, but the emperor came to visit, even if he climbed, he had to climb out to greet him.