Chapter III. 12. Tell a ghost story
Before Yan Qinghong could reply to Shen Gui, Wan Changning, who had been closing his eyes and pretending to sleep, suddenly opened his eyes at this time, and nodded to the great shaman He Wendao with an eager face:
"Say, I like to hear about these ghosts and spirits......"
When Shen Guiyi heard this, he couldn't help but feel fresh: he still just knew that this Wan Changning, who dealt with account books and money all day long, would actually like this kind of 'ghost story' in a weird style.
"I didn't expect that Wan Changning, a 'bookkeeper' like you, who acts rigorously, actually likes to listen to these ghost stories of feudal superstition? Otherwise, you can enter the shamanic religion, anyway, now that I, the great protector, and He Wendao, the great shaman, are here, how can I get you a title! Moreover, if you become a shaman, you have an acquired advantage - you have a car! You can carry all those messy magic weapons and crowns in the car...... Oh yes, no! Your voice is okay, but you can't dance ......."
When Yan Qinghong heard this, he also temporarily forgot about the bad things that had been calculated by the Beiyan Zhou family for nearly a hundred years; On the contrary, he also joined Shen Gui and made fun of Wan Changning together:
"You both don't know, do you? Shi'an has two hobbies on weekdays, one is that he likes to find people to tell fortunes! And then there's the fact that I like to watch people play monkeys! It's a real monkey, the hairy kind! ”
Wan Changning hadn't said anything yet, but He Wendao was unhappy first. He reached out and picked up a piece of white paper from the desk, folded it into the shape of a flame of music, and then waved his hands alternately, and this white paper actually rose with an extremely strange green flame......
"I advise you not to compare the Great Shaman with a deceitful charlatan......"
This is the first time that Yan Qinghong and Wan Changning have witnessed this kind of 'fire control magic technique' with their own eyes! All of them were stared at with astonishment, and they didn't even dare to breathe......
"This ...... This...... This is the ...... of 'the spiritual fire burns the East China Sea, and the shaman breaks the sky'"
Shen Gui looked at the stammering Wan Changning, and was amused by his unproductive appearance......
"Where did you hear all this nonsense? Why are there still four or six or eight sentences? What a spiritual fire! Just this kind of phosphorus fire, as long as you know the formula, even a dog can play decently! And Ah He Da Shaman, don't show your timidity in front of me with your 'yin and yang words and ghost stories'. Just the 'sleeve in your sleeve', just find a random apprentice of Caimen, and you know better than you do! When you have nothing to do, I'll ask you a senior Caimen to put your 'thing' in place......"
Hearing this, Yan Qinghong, who had dealt with people in the rivers and lakes, immediately walked over, stretched out his hand and touched it a few times, and found a bunch of miscellaneous paper-wrapped medicine cans from He Wendao's wide sleeves, as well as a piece of rice paper that was retrieved from his bookcase......
"Don't worry, although my hand work is just a color trick, but the strange things I want to talk about Yanjing City are what the master told me personally...... Of course, I don't know if it's true or false, but after all, Li Xuanyu's great shaman is a Heavenly Spirit Veiner, so he shouldn't be so boring, making up such a big story, just to deceive his apprentice......"
Shen Gui looked at He Wendao, who was extremely determined, pursed his lips and whispered:
"Those Heavenly Spirit Veiners may be far more boring than you imagined......
"Ahem! According to the great shaman Li Xuanyu, Chang'an City, located in the hinterland of the entire Huayu Continent, is a 'Nine Dragons Pangong Bureau' laid down by the ancient sage Fuxi, borrowing the mountains and rivers of the land of Sanqin as the potential, seizing the sun and the moon, yin and yang. The feng shui bureau of this Jiulong Pan Palace also controls the luck of the entire Huayu Continent. It is said that every thousand years, or every time there is a change of dynasty, a dragon god will return to the cloud. When the Great Yan of the previous dynasty perished, it was the last dragon god in the dragon vein of Chang'an City, the day when the clouds returned to their places; After that, the luck of the Nine Dragons Pangong Bureau was exhausted, and the dragon's lair in Chang'an City completely lost its effectiveness; The Huayu Continent, which does not have the 'True Dragon Town Mansion', has naturally fallen into the darkest moment when the demons are dancing......"
When Shen Gui heard this, he had a disapproving smile on his face. In his opinion, there may be many reasons for the war, but there is absolutely no such thing as the failure of the dragon vein. He looked back at Yan Qinghong and Wan Changning, and found that both of them were listening to the 'lesson' intently, so he had to suppress the disdain in his heart and pouted......
"A hundred years ago, that is, the second-generation head of the Xuanxu Dao Palace, Mulian Zhenren, got acquainted with Zhou Changji, who was far from being a prince at that time. It was also with the help of this Heavenly Spirit Vein Leader that Zhou Changji created the century-old foundation of the Northern Yan Dynasty. And the ancestor Li Xuanyu believes that after Zhou Changji won the Central Plains, the reason why he forcibly moved the capital was because Mulian Zhenren used the Divine Passage Method in the current Yanjing City to lower an 'evil dragon'; In this way, the land of Youyan, which was originally just a barren desert, also had an artificially planted dragon vein array......"
Yan Qinghong also nodded again and again when he heard this, and also 'drew inferences' from one case to another and put forward some 'corroboration':
"I see. No wonder until now, there is still a desert around Yanjing City, and the feeling is that there is an evil dragon in the town! No wonder Qin Tianjian, the national teacher of the Northern Yan Dynasty, is Guan Beidou, the only eldest disciple of Mulian Zhenren! It should be precisely for this reason that Zhou Changji ignored the opposition of the ministers and set up the matter of moving the capital......"
However, this time He Wendao did not say anything, but looked at Shen Gui, who was full of disapproval, and said:
"I know in my heart that you don't believe in these things; But the reason why I will turn these old things out is just to remind you one more thing: these strange things are not what I He Wendao said, nor are they stories compiled by some charlatan; It was the one who used his own life to pull you, the stillborn child, back to the world, and said it himself. Of course, it's up to you to determine how much of this is true or false......"
Shen Gui shook his head, pointed to the shaman bone chain on He Wendao's wrist and said to him:
"Regardless of whether it's true or not, since you and I are both people in the shamanic sect, we shouldn't ...... too much about these Kanyu techniques from the Xuanxu Dao Palace."
"Shen Gui! Shamanism, though ancient, is not stereotypical! Shamanism has never been one of those so-called 'monotheistic religions'! As long as you follow the desires of your soul, you can actually be regarded as a devout person of shamanism......"
Shen Gui shrugged his shoulders after listening:
"I knew it would be impossible to argue with fanatical religious people like you...... However, no matter whether Zhou Changji chose to move the capital back then, because of the strategic layout, or because of those nonsense that can be used for public opinion, there is actually no difference for us in Youbei now. To put it simply, you can't beat it, and you can't beat it! ”
Yan Qinghong seemed to suddenly realize, patted his thigh and smiled:
"Haha, if it's a strategic layout, we can only enrich the people and strengthen the army, and Tao Hui will wait for a change! But if we really respond to Li Xuanyu's great shaman's 'dragon vein theory', we may not be hopeless! ”
Shen Gui raised his head vigilantly and said to Yan Qinghong defensively:
"Don't come to this set! If the people on the other side are all living people, I may have some way; But if you want me to crack any feng shui array and dragon vein layout, then you will be miscalculated..."
Yan Qinghong looked at Shen Gui with playful eyes, rubbed his chin, and then twisted his fingers with malicious intentions and calculated:
"In any case, the East Customs still has to be rebuilt, and it is necessary to divide which party belongs in advance. We won the Great War between the two norths before, and the spoils of war have not been confiscated until today! … And just a few days ago, Zhou Chang'an, the fourth prince of the Northern Yan Dynasty, also sent a secret envoy, and Shi An was in charge of receiving it......"
Speaking of this, Yan Qinghong pouted at Wan Changning, who was embarrassed. Wan Changning had no choice but to bite the bullet and said to Shen Gui in a slur manner:
"Zhou Chang'an, the fourth prince of Northern Yan, is currently the most favored prince of Emperor Tianyou among the many princes of Northern Yan. The reason why he sent a secret envoy was that he wanted to make peace with the Yan family of the royal family on my Youbei Third Road; And in exchange, in addition to their willingness to reopen the trade between the two norths, he was also willing to take the eastern customs as a dowry and officially return it to Youbei. ”
This reopening of the trade between the two norths is simply a beautiful thing for the current Youbei Third Road! Due to the truce between the two norths, there is still no conclusion; Therefore, the official trade route of Youbei has not been reopened; In this way, even if the business is in full swing, there is no place for the entire Fengjing City to stay; But for the Youbei official family who is waiting to be revived, there is not much profit in the pocket at all!
Silver is needed to build roads, silver is needed to lay official posts, silver is needed to reorganize the army, and silver is also needed to hoard grain and repair embankments; In addition, because of Yan Tian's ruined son, the Youbei Imperial Court still owes the Huayan Merchant Gang a foreign debt of several million taels of silver......
It can be said that this proposal of the four princes of Beiyan can be regarded as hitting the soft underbelly of Youbei Third Road! As for the official division of the East Customs into Youbei Customs, it is also the icing on the cake; Although the current attitude of the high-level leaders of Youbei towards the southern expedition is no longer so eager; But if you can get the East Customs, you can also act as the first line of defense in the war that may break out in the future!
As for the price that several parties need to pay, it is just a marriage and kiss! This kind of honor is the first time since the founding of the Northern Yan Dynasty!
Moreover, no matter who wants to do this, such a big 'transaction' is definitely not something that one prince can do......
After determining that this was the instruction of Emperor Beiyan Tianyou, Shen Gui patted the arm of the chair and muttered to himself:
"Not bad! Whether it is the reopening of Yi City, or the mastery of the East Customs, it is a great thing for us to ask for the third road in Youbei, which is not worth it! But...... It's such a good thing, why are the faces of the three of you so ugly? ”
After a silence, it was finally Yan Qinghong who took the lead in saying the difficulty:
"The object that the four princes want to kiss is the eldest princess of Youbei Third Road, Yan Shuqing."