Chapter 441: Tribute
Li Zixing was dissatisfied, he was a favorite minister in front of the emperor, how many people wanted to see him but couldn't get it, but tonight he had to stand in front of a eunuch and wait, even if the cold wind was shining, what made him unbearable was this humiliation.
Thinking back to many years ago, he was just a small official, and he was almost imprisoned for a small mistake, and he had no money in his hand, so he had to beg everywhere to escape.
The feeling of having no way to ask for help is back.
The janitor came out, "Li Xianchang, please." After saying that, he nodded to Qin Ji and apologized, and Qin Ji also nodded and did not pick a courtesy.
Li Zixing's heart became more and more annoyed, and after entering the hospital, he saw Hu Guiyang standing at the door of another room, and couldn't help but say: "Things are not as simple as you think......
Hu Guiyang turned his head and smiled: "It's simple enough for me. With that, push the door open and enter the house.
Li Zixing asked suspiciously: "What is he doing?" What room is Huai Gong in? β
"Please come with me." The janitor did not explain and guided Li Zixing into the main house.
Hu Guiyang entered the house, although he had been prepared, he was still taken aback, "It's you?" You...... It's okay? β
"Hmm."
"You...... Grew up. Hu Guiyang didn't know what to say.
Xiaocao smiled slightly, "Grow up, Brother Hu has changed a lot." β
Hu Guiyang touched the Taoist bun on his head, "Old Dao Fan changed me to look like this." β
"I'll change Brother Hu back to his original appearance."
"Don't bother......
"Sit." Xiaocao was dressed in palace clothes, but she didn't have the tame look of an ordinary palace maid, and there was still a bit of arrogance of the mountain people in her words.
Hu Guiyang sat on the designated stool, and Xiaocao untied his bun and combed his hair again.
"Why are you ......" Hu Guiyang had a stomach full of doubts to ask.
"Don't talk while you're combing your hair." Xiaocao gently patted the top of Hu Guiyang's head with a comb.
After wrapping his hair, Xiaocao took two steps back, "Okay, take off your robe." β
Hu Guiyang got up and took off his robe, raised his hand to touch his hair, and was very satisfied, "You are even better than Fan Laodao's craftsmanship." β
"I used to comb my sister's hair, and then I combed myself, the first time I combed your hair in a bun, Brother Hu liked it."
"I couldn't have liked it more." Hu Guiyang smiled, looking at the humble house, "You have always lived here?" β
"I just moved in four or five days ago." Xiaocao sat opposite, resting her elbows on the table, tilting her head slightly, and looking at Hu Guiyang, as if she hadn't fully recognized him.
Hu Guiyang also sat down slowly, a little nervous in his heart, and unconsciously raised his hand to touch the newly combed bun, "Four or five days ago...... You brought that letter from Third Sister He? β
Qiu Lianshi once said that He Sanchen wrote a letter, and the palace judged that she would definitely come to save Hu Guiyang.
"That's the letter I wrote."
"Hey, you can write...... I'm sorry, but you wrote a letter on behalf of Third Sister He? β
"I don't know how to write much, but I can finally explain the meaning clearly, and in the past few months, I have written more than ten letters to Eunuch Huai, but none of them have been signed. Eunuch Huai knew that I wrote it, but others mistakenly thought it was Third Sister He. β
"What the hell is this...... I'll just sit here and listen to what you say. I believe that your experience in the past few years must be richer and more wonderful than mine. β
"Not necessarily." Xiaocao loved to laugh more than before, picked up scissors and cut off a small section of the candle wick, "Brother Hu is thirsty, what do you want to drink?" β
"It's best to have wine, but it's so late, so you don't have to bother......"
Xiaocao took out a pot from under the table, "It's just been hot." β
"Could it be that you have already cultivated to become an immortal?"
"Immortals are not counted, I also like wine, I heard that Brother Hu has been drinking more recently, so he specially prepared a pot, but unfortunately there are no good dishes."
"The beautiful scenery is a good dish, and the reunion of the old people is a delicacy, and I will pour wine."
Hu Guiyang turned over two cups and poured wine from the jug.
Suddenly there was an angry cry from the next room.
"Immortal Li was enraged." Hu Guiyang raised his glass and said.
"He's a coward, he's a coward, he's not afraid to admit it." Xiaocao also raised a glass, and the two drank at the same time.
"Good wine. In the palace? β
"Well, I don't know what kind of wine it is."
"It must have been a tribute from afar."
"It's good to be an emperor, so many people give him good things."
"Haha, but the gift that the emperor wants most has not been able to get for a long time."
"Third Sister He is in the capital, and she is also here to 'pay tribute' to the emperor."
"Can you start at the beginning? The more I listen to it now, the more confused I become. β
"Okay, let me think about where to begin." Xiao Caozhi pondered, the candlelight jumped lightly on his face, and suddenly smiled: "What is Brother Hu staring at me?" β
"Huh? Nothing, I was thinking...... Thinking about what you used to be. β
"There are a lot of things I don't remember myselfβlet's just start with when I regained my memory."
"I was looking for details."
"Third Sister He and Ah Yin treated me, I don't know how to treat it, I only remember that I drank a lot of bitter medicine and practiced some strange exercises, about a year ago, I became more and more sober."
"A year ago? Why didn't you come to the capital to look for me earlier? β
"Because...... Dangerous? β
"Danger? To you or to me? β
"There are dangers. He Sanjie and Ah Yin delved into the secrets of the tomb of the Yuyuren, and the progress was extremely fast, and the ambitions of the two of them were getting bigger and bigger. β
"Ambition?"
"Well, my mind slowly recovered, and they didn't know it at first, so they didn't avoid me when they talked. From what I've heard, they originally wanted to find a way to absorb divine power......"
"But they gave me the jade." Hu Guiyang had to interrupt once.
"Because they know that they can't stand the temptation of the divine jade, and they are likely to fight for it, so they are in your hands."
"But I can't keep Shenyu, no one doubted me before, once the news was revealed, I lost Shenyu, and now I haven't found it."
"Third Sister He and Ah Yin didn't expect you to keep the divine jade, anyway, no one can absorb the divine power. You can keep it for so long, it's a surprise to them. β
"Third Sister He wants me to pass on the divine jade?"
"I can't say it's hope, she doesn't care. There are very few people who can resist the temptation of Shenyu, you are one, once Shenyu leaves your hands, it will inevitably cause chaos and murder wherever it goes, He Sanchen and Ah Yin can always find it when they need it. β
"So I'm not that important......," Hu Guiyang muttered.
"Brother Hu is disappointed, right?"
"Uh...... There is a little, but if you think about it again, if you are valued, you have to take risks for others, and it is better for me to be honest and lazy. β
"Third Sister He often sighs that you don't want to be motivated, but she also admits that it is this that makes you not so interested in Shenyu."
"Often?"
"I can always talk about it once in two or three days."
"What did she say about me...... Forget it, you go ahead and talk about your business. β
Xiaocao smiled: "Just now I talked about the ambitions of Third Sister He and Ah Yin, they originally planned to absorb all their divine power, but after learning more about the secrets, they began to be more interested in the Heavenly Machine Ship. β
"Heavenly Machine?"
"Yes, the divine power of the mortal world is only a little bit for the Heavenly Machine Ship, even if the mortal absorbs all the divine power in the jade, he is still very weak in front of the Heavenly Machine Ship. They seem to have found the weakness of the Heavenly Machine Ship, and when it comes back, it can obtain more power, compared to Shenyu, it is just 'a plate of pickles in a table full of wine and meat', this sentence was said by Ah Yin, and I am very impressed. β
Hu Guiyang was stunned for a while, "I once talked nonsense casually, suggesting that the boss fight with the Heavenly Machine Ship, but I didn't expect it...... Someone really wants to do such a thing! β
"Well, this is the ambition of Third Sister He and Ah Yin."
"Just the two of them, plus a He Wu madman?"
"Of course it's not enough, they need a lot of help, and there is only one person in the world who can provide this kind of help."
"Emperor."
"Yes, Ah Yin said that Wenjiazhuang tried to use the power of the Jianghu people, but the result was always a fiasco, this time he wants to learn a lesson, he must get the help of the government, and make all preparations openly rather than secretly."
"The emperor will agree...... Oh, I understand, for more than two years, no one has guessed that I have a divine jade, and suddenly from the East Palace to the two factories have become insiders - Third Sister He and Ah Yin sent the news to the emperor? β
"It's a 'tribute' in exchange for the emperor's trust."
Hu Guiyang smiled bitterly: "Can't you tell me by the way?" I can hand over the Shenyu directly, and I don't need to hide in Tibet. β
"It's been more than two years, and Third Sister He and Ah Yin don't confirm whether you have changed."
"That's right, in case I'm greedy for Shenyu, it's bad to let me know in advance. Shenyu in the hands of the emperor? β
"It should be, I'm also a little confused about what happened next, Huaien said that he did find the divine jade, didn't dare to touch it, packed it in an iron box, and handed it to the emperor with his own hands. But after the emperor found someone to check, he said that it was not Shenyu, and he was furious and ordered all parties to continue the search. β
"The emperor doesn't trust anyone, and he is worried that the divine jade will be taken away, so he is suspicious."
"Probably, I don't know what the Emperor thinks. But I heard Third Sister He and Ah Yin say: The more complete a person is, the more selfish he will be, because he doesn't ask for others, and naturally he doesn't care about other people's opinions. Divine power can bring people close to perfection, and Inhumans can easily grab anything they need, so they don't want to bother to interact with others. β
"In this way, the liar is a normal person, at least he 'labored'."
"Hehe, it's good that Brother Hu was there at the time, and you can argue with them."
"I won't argue, because they have a point, the most selfish person in the world is the emperor, because he is more 'perfect' than everyone else, even those gods and Buddhas have to save people, and ghosts have to be scary, if not, they have nothing to do with mortals. I haven't seen the gods of Kedu, and even the scary ghosts are mortals who scare themselves - this is enough to show that the ghosts and gods are not real, even if they are, they have nothing to do with us mortals, and they have been perfected, what are they playing with us? β
"Haha." Xiaocao was overjoyed, "It's been a long time since I've heard Brother Hu's high arguments." β
"If you're honest, I can stand it."
"Strange theories? Sling the bull? But it's all interesting. β
"I'm talking nonsense, you go on."
"One day a few months ago, He Wufeng persuaded me to leave, he said that there is no place for Brother Hu in He Sanjie'er's plan, your situation will become more and more dangerous, and someone must help you."
"Ho five madmen?"
"Well, he doesn't care how ambitious Third Sister He is, he just wants to repay you."
Hu Guiyang was deeply surprised, "He found out that you were back to normal before Third Sister He?" β
"Third Sister He and Ah Yin's thoughts are all on the Tianji ship, and they almost ignore me, but He Wufeng notices that I am different from before."
"So you wrote a letter to Eunuch Huai and asked him to give me a jade pendant so that I could enhance my skills and protect myself from this?"
Xiaocao nodded.
"Why didn't you come yourself? Why did you think of eunuchs? Why did the eunuch ......?"
"If I come too early, everyone will think that I am the person sent by Third Sister He to fetch jade, and we will all be in danger, so I will go to Shang Shaobao nearby."
"Shang Shaobao recommends Eunuch Huai." Hu Guiyang finally straightened out his thoughts, but he still had doubts in his heart, "What's the matter with the He family's courtship?" It is said that the He family is a relative of Shang Shaobao. β
"Brother Hu thought who would be Miss He's family?" Xiaocao asked with a smile.
Hu Guiyang fumbled in his arms for a long time, took out a small narrow cloth bag, opened it gently, revealing a wooden box, and pushed it to the opposite side.
Xiaocao lowered her eyes, surprised and relieved in her heart, she knew that the wooden box contained the golden hairpin she had given to Hu Guiyang.