Chapter 207: Lianmo (2)
Mo family's contemporary wood saint Tang Jiujiu?!
Zhang Huang was slightly taken aback, he didn't know the status of "Mu Sheng" in the Mo family, he just wondered where he seemed to have seen the name "Jiujiu".
Jiujiu......
Zhang Huang suddenly remembered that when he first arrived in Luoyang, he was betrayed by Tang Zhou and killed his brother Ma Yuanyi.
I thought it was a number, but now it seems that it is mostly the mark of the developer.
In other words, the armillary sphere actually came from the hand of the woman in front of her who was about the same age as herself?
Zhang Huang couldn't believe it, you must know that the armillary sphere weighs hundreds of catties, but it can float in the air, and all the parts fit tightly, without the slightest gap, so that although Ma Yuanyi also got an armillary sphere, he wanted to carefully study the product of this collection of Mojia machine skills, but he never got his wish. And what shocked Zhang Huang the most was the replacement of conventional lines with patterns on the armillary sphere, and the technology of using ghost light to identify friend and foe, which is simply the black technology of black technology.
"You developed the armillary sphere?"
Zhang Huang couldn't help but ask.
At this time, the two sides were almost about to fight together, and the several guards sent by He Jin behind Zhang Huang, Xiahoudun behind Cao Cao, and another guard had already stood in front of them and were ready to protect, and the conflict was about to break out, but he didn't want Zhang Huang to say an irrelevant word from his mouth.
A trace of surprise flashed in Tang Jiujiu's eyes, and he shouted urgently: "Slow! β
The craftsmen in the craftsman's workshop stopped when they heard this. Looking back at their Mu Sheng, he wondered if this Mu Sheng didn't want the other party to look good, why did he suddenly change his attention.
Tang Jiujiu ignored the surprise of the Mo craftsmen under his hands. He stared at Zhang Huang with a uncertain expression.
Yes, the armillary sphere was indeed developed by her own hands, but for various reasons, she only said that it was jointly developed by Mo craftsmen. In the entire Luoyang, very few people know this truth.
However, the man on the other side, who seemed to be about twenty years old, didn't know where he heard about it.
And. Still looking shocked.
Combined with the shocked expression on Zhang Huang's face, Tang Jiujiu had a judgment in his heart, looked at Zhang Huang and said lightly: "Two hundred thousand!" Your Excellency owes me 200,000 money to the Mo family! β
"What? What 200,000 dollars? Zhang Huang was puzzled to hear it. Why do you owe the other party 200,000 money?
As soon as the words fell, he saw Tang Jiujiu's face pale, and said coldly: "Destroy my Mo family's armillary sphere, don't you think you don't have to pay compensation?" β
Zhang Huang's eyes widened in astonishment. I gasped in shock. The heart said, "How did this woman know that I had destroyed an armillary sphere for her?"
Seeing Zhang Huang's look as if he was alive and dead, Tang Jiujiu's heart became more and more determined, stretched out two fingers, and said lightly: "200,000 yuan, don't forget!" β
Zhang Huang laughed when he heard it, he was stunned for a while, shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Two hundred thousand dollars? Even if you sell me, you won't be able to ......."
Before the words fell, Tang Jiujiu said indifferently: "Isn't there still this person next to you?" Da Hong Lu Cao was so rich that he could rival the country as his son. Captain Cao must not care about the mere 200,000 yuan. Su asked Cao Xiaowei has always been bold, how about paying 200,000 yuan in advance for his friends? Right. Captain Cao? β
Cao Cao laughed and was noncommittal.
Tang Jiujiu said it well, although Cao Cao's father Cao Song has not yet become a captain, but he has been operating in the position of Dahonglu for many years, and Cao Song, who is not as honest as his adoptive father Cao Teng, uses his authority to take advantage of his power, because of his power, although he is not rich and rivals the country, but he can also be said to be rich.
As Cao Song's son, Cao Cao really doesn't care about 200,000 yuan, not to mention that this money is invested in Zhang Huang, and Zhang Huang is what he wants to win over and solicit.
But the problem is that the root of this matter is not whether he is willing to pay this compensation on behalf of Zhang Huang, but whether Zhang Huang is willing to admit it. Don't let Wan Zhang Huang refuse to admit it in his heart, but he rushed to pay compensation on his behalf, but when he failed to win over, he destroyed the tacit understanding between the two.
Therefore, Cao Cao just smiled heartily and didn't say much.
However, Xiahoudun, who was beside Cao Cao, was annoyed.
You must know that the Cao family and the Xiahou family have been close for generations, Cao Cao's father Cao Song is not much different from the uncle of the Xiahou clan in Xiahou Dun's opinion, Tang Jiujiu on the opposite side is young but Cao Jugao does not say anything, and boasts that he will pay the compensation instead, how can Xiahou Dun swallow this breath.
Thinking of this, Xiahoudun snorted coldly and said mockingly: "I have long heard that the Mo family is greedy for money, but I don't want to be so brazen. Are you crazy about money? What is worth 200,000 dollars?! β
Cao Cao chuckled in his heart when he heard this, and the bold smile on his face froze.
On the other side, Tang Jiujiu's entire face was already stiff, and his eyes were displeased and coldly glanced at Xiahoudun.
Cao Cao secretly said in his heart that it was not good, because there were some things that Xiahoudun did not know, just like he did not know the influence of the woman in front of him, and he did not know that even if it was a noble son of four doors and three princes such as Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, he categorically did not dare to be presumptuous here.
Even Dong Zhuo, the "evil Jiao" who is now in the limelight, destroyed several armillary spheres by mistake when he arrived in Luoyang at the beginning of last year because of his fight with Sun Jian, and in the end he still obediently paid a high amount of compensation.
Is Dong Zhuo afraid of Tang Jiujiu?
No, what Dong Zhuo is afraid of is the Mohist power represented by Tang Jiujiu, the huge thing that has developed under the protection of Confucianism.
At this moment, the brick wall that at first glance looked like a wall cracked, and the masonry slowly separated to the sides, revealing a hidden secret room. And from this secret room, a man in his forties walked out, with a smile on his face.
This person is the second person of the Mo family in Luoyang, "Zijiang" Yan Ping.
Compared with the "Mu Sheng", which represents the status of the spiritual leader of the entire Mo family, although the "Zijiang" can also be called the second-in-command, at best it is the head of the craftsmen.
But it is undeniable that the "child craftsman" Yan Ping is in front of Mu Sheng. also has a certain right to speak.
"Listening to the magpies chirping on the eaves this morning, I wondered in my heart, I didn't want to have a distinguished guest. β¦β¦ Lord Wood Saint. Even if it is a messenger sent by the general, why not invite it into the secret room to talk in detail? The whiteness makes people feel that my Mo family is lonely and difficult to get close to. β
Hearing this, Cao Cao's eyes couldn't help but light up, he could hear it from Yan Ping's words, Yan Ping had a kind and close attitude towards General He Jin, unlike that little lady of Mu Sheng, who had a perverse personality and a bad tone. It's really hard to get along with.
In addition, when it came to Yan Ping, Cao Cao inadvertently remembered a piece of news that he had hearsay: the current Mu Sheng should belong to the famous craftsman named Yan Ping in front of him. But I didn't expect that when the matter came, the last generation of Mu Sheng, who had not appeared for a long time, brought back a little girl from the countryside, this little girl who inherited the exquisite craftsmanship of the previous generation Mu Sheng, defeated Yan Ping with her superb skills. Won the position of Wood Saint. Yan Ping, who had coveted the position of the wood saint for a long time, could only grit his teeth and consign to the second seat and continue to serve as a "child craftsman".
As soon as Yan Ping said this, Tang Jiujiu's face suddenly collapsed, and he looked at the former with displeasure on his face.
Seeing this, Yan Ping took a few steps forward and persuaded in a low voice that Cao Cao, Zhang Huang and the others could also hear: "Lord Mu Sheng, after all, he is the messenger of General He Jin!" β¦β¦ You are also clear about General He Jin's momentum in the government and the opposition now. If you annoy him, the general will be on the craftsman's side, and we will ......."
Tang Jiujiu frowned and thought for a moment. Only then did he snort and reluctantly said, "Then let's talk in the secret room!" β¦β¦ The old lady also wanted to hear what He Jin planned to do. β
Cao Cao clearly saw this scene and smiled secretly in his heart.
Based on his experience, of course, he could see that Yan Ping might also be uneasy and kind to Tang Jiujiu's wooden saint seat, and compared with Yan Ping's sophistication, Tang Jiujiu, a female Mo Junjie, has a political sense of smell that is as naΓ―ve as a three-year-old child.
In this way, Tang Jiujiu and Yan Ping took Cao Cao, Zhang Huang, Xiahoudun and several He Jin's guards to the secret room.
Passing through the stone wall door, you are greeted by a long and winding corridor, and the stone walls on both sides are equipped with oil lamps, which make the whole corridor appear bright.
But even so, this tunnel and a half corridor still gave Zhang Huang a feeling of extreme danger, as if he was a giant beast with an open mouth.
"Several, please." Tang Jiujiu had a sly smile on his face.
Maybe this woman tried her best to hold back the smug smile that seemed to be after the conspiracy succeeded, but because the city government was not deep enough and her skills were not at home, holding it back was the same as not holding it back, so that everyone present could see through her intentions at a glance.
Dismounted, this woman obviously wanted to give Cao Cao, Zhang Huang and others a dismount.
Zhang Huang carefully looked at this secret passage a few times, and did not move rashly. You know, the Mohist technique is famous all over the country, and God knows if there are many traps set up in this secret passage to prevent outsiders from breaking in?
For the sake of his own life, Zhang Huang would definitely not break into this kind of secret passage of the Mo family full of threats and murderous intent for the sake of anger, after all, he did not get angry with Tang Jiujiu.
Everyone present was motionless, except for one person, and that was Xiahoudun.
This upright man couldn't get used to seeing this good-tempered woman when he saw Tang Jiujiu, and when Tang Jiujiu used almost blackmail to ask Zhang Huang for a high amount of compensation, Xiahoudun finally couldn't help it, and jumped out to talk coldly to this Tang Jiujiu. Because of this, the target of Tang Jiujiu's provocation now is also this peerless general in the future.
"I want to be taught."
Seeing that Tang Jiujiu had been looking at him with a provocative gaze, Xiahoudun was furious in his heart, and he couldn't hold his breath and took the initiative to come out.
Cao Cao wanted to stop it, but after thinking about it carefully, he let Xiahoudun go. After all, this time Xiahoudun did not have a direct conflict with the Mojia Musheng, and then Cao Cao stood up and played a round to save the situation; Second, Cao Cao, the force of Xiahou Dun, is extremely recognized, because he is the bravest son of his Cao family and Xiahou family; As for the third, that is, Cao Cao also wanted to see the rumored superb Mojia mechanism to see if this kind of mechanism was really ingenious.
Unexpectedly, Cao Cao, who was the lord of Xiahoudun, did not stop it, but Yan Ping, the "son craftsman", stepped forward to stop Xiahoudun, which seemed to him to be a waste of death.
It's a pity that Xiahoudun didn't appreciate it and insisted on breaking into the secret passage of this Mo family.
Seeing this, Yan Ping sighed, shook his head helplessly, and took out a piece of jade of unknown texture from the small bag hanging from his waist, in front of Xiahoudun and everyone. Gently tossed it over.
The small piece of jade clanged and landed on the masonry in the secret passage, and suddenly, the four walls of the secret passage, above and below, left and right, actually pierced out of thin air at the same time. It is so dense that it almost makes the entire secret passage airtight.
At that moment, even Zhang Huang felt creepy, and said in his heart that if someone walked up without knowing what was going on, it would definitely be the end of no bones.
At this time, Xiahoudun's expression was no longer so good-looking, and his face was pale. But he was stubborn by nature and still refused to admit defeat, pouting and muttering: "I have a rigid body to protect me, how can I be afraid of these stone spears?" β
"Zijiang" Yan Ping glanced at him. Probably afraid that this upright man would still break in, he hesitated for a moment and said in a deep voice: "These stone spears are not made by Zhou Shi. β
A simple sentence suddenly made Xiahoudun's complexion change greatly. Even Zhang Huang, who has nothing to do with this matter. I also feel numb in my scalp for no reason.
You must know that Bu Zhou Shi has been used by the martial artists as a qi breaking stone, specializing in restraining the qi of the martial artists. Not to mention that the whole body is made of Buzhou stone, as long as there is a small piece on the tip of the gun that is researched by Buzhou stone, then there is no doubt that the rigid body of Xiahoudun is broken.
Cao Cao's face was ugly for a while, because he realized at this moment that he was about to lose one of his closest and most powerful family brothers. This made him ignore Tang Jiujiu's influence, and glanced at the former with angry eyes.
It's a pity that Tang Jiujiu is looking at the pale Xiahoudun proudly, and he doesn't know that he has offended Cao Cao. Although she just wanted to scare and scare Xiahoudun. Give Cao Cao, Zhang Huang and others a dismount, and in the end, they will definitely stop Xiahoudun. After all, although she hates Xiahoudun, she is only limited to "teach this kid a good lesson", and will not take his life easily, just like Zhang Huang who shouted that ruined Tang Jiujiu's hard work for half a day, Tang Jiujiu's attitude towards this is just "the guy" and "beat hard", and it will definitely not reach the point of directly killing him.
Tang Jiujiu didn't pay attention, but Yan Ping saw Cao Cao's gloomy expression in his eyes, and the corners of his mouth raised a few smiles that surprised Zhang Huang.
"Tuk-tuk." Yan Ping stretched out his hand and groped for a while on the wall on the right, and then aimed at one of them and lightly knocked it three times.
Suddenly, the secret passage rumbled and trembled, and in an instant, the secret passage in front of everyone actually moved horizontally to the right, and in a blink of an eye, it became a stone wall.
After a few breaths, a new secret passage appeared in front of everyone's eyes.
[This is ......]
Zhang Huang was dumbfounded. With his intuition, he could of course feel that the secret passage in front of him was no longer the one he had before, and it did not have the chilling murderous intent he had before.
"Awesome......" Zhang Huang muttered praise.
Yan Ping smiled slightly, turned his head and explained to everyone: "That is the way of death, this is the way of life." β
Only then did everyone suddenly realize that the secret passage full of murderous machines was specially used to deal with outsiders breaking in, and the Mo family was actually taking another road, but this road was hidden on weekdays.
However, although it is a way of life, there are still many traps in this newly emerged secret passage, but these mechanisms are much more merciful than the ones on the previous path to death, at most, if you step on the wrong stone brick, the stone brick under your feet will suddenly sink and disappear.
Cao Cao himself almost fell into this trap.
However, according to Yan Ping's explanation, even if Cao Cao fell, it would be nothing, because there was no trap full of murderous intent under this trap, it was just a stone prison, and there was almost no danger except that the corner might hurt if he accidentally fell.
According to Yan Ping, there were actually three secret passages they passed through, three secret passages that looked exactly the same.
One of them is a dead end full of killing machines, specially used to deal with the mortal enemy who broke into the Mo family, and it is the one that everyone has experienced the power; The second is the "labyrinth", which is long and winding, leading to the underground labyrinth built by the Mo family, which is specially used to trap people; As for the third one, it is the life path that everyone is walking at this moment, and this is also the secret road that the Mo family usually walks around.
Originally, there was no mechanism for the third secret passage, because it was for their own people and guests, but after receiving several waves of VIPs in this secret room, those dignitaries and nobles were very disappointed, because they did not see the famous mechanism of the Mo family, and even felt that the Mo family deceived the world and stole their reputation.
Therefore, the Mo family casually arranged a few mechanisms on this secret passage, just like the mechanism that suddenly pulled off the stone slab under his feet and directly caused people to fall into the stone prison below.
There is little danger, but there is a lot of excitement. It is enough to coax those dignitaries.
To put it bluntly, these mechanisms in this secret passage are purely used to bluff people.
Go through the secret passages. Everyone came to the secret room in the mouth of "Zijiang" Yan Ping.
The moment they stepped into the underground secret room, everyone's faces were moved, who would have thought that the Mo family would build such a spacious underground secret room under the craftsman's workshop, and there was no end in sight.
At this time, Zhang Huang finally saw the pinnacle of the core essence of the Mo family's secret tricks, the Trap Beast.
Including Zhang Huang. The crowd couldn't figure out how this dead thing, which was simply made of wood, iron, and stone, could be given the ability to move like a living thing.
Zhang Huang thought deeper. He was guessing the power source of these beasts and the wiring that transmitted them. It's a pity that a layman like him can figure out how to make these masterpieces of the Mo family.
During this period, Tang Jiujiu, the perverse Mo Jiamu Saint, still did not forget to use these trap beasts to provoke Xiahoudun.
"Want to cooperate with my Mo family? Scold! Then let the old lady see the ability of the several envoys sent by General He Jin. β
As she spoke, she clapped her hands. When even a group of trap beasts came up to him.
Xiahoudun gladly responded. Although Fang was frightened by the Mo family's secret passage, he was not afraid of these moving dead things, and boasted of destroying ten trap beasts.
However, it wasn't until the actual fight that Xiahoudun realized that it would be extremely difficult to destroy even one, let alone destroy ten.
First of all, the skin of these traps is extremely hard. Ordinary weapons are difficult to damage in the slightest; Second, these traps will emit smoke from their mouths. What is even more insidious is that in the process of spewing smoke, from time to time sharp arrows made of stones will be sprayed; Third, a scorching red line would shoot out from one of the eyes of the trap beast, and Zhang Huang was very suspicious of a black technology similar to a laser.
In general, those products that are hailed as the highest masterpieces of the Mo family, these moving dead things, make Zhang Huang feel a great threat.
He casually thought about whether he could successfully destroy these trap beasts if it were himself. But his intuition told him that even if he had the backing of his steps, he could only protect himself and maintain a draw.
And the problem is that Zhang Huang is a human after all, and he will gradually feel tired, while those trap beasts on the opposite side are tireless dead things that do not know life and death.
Of course, Zhang Huang will not be afraid of these dead things, it is not an exaggeration to say that as long as he sacrifices the "power of the golden crow", a big killing move, and creates a few suns out of thin air, not to mention these dead things, he Zhang Huang can raze the entire Mo family's secret room to the ground, after all, Yiwu is a divine bird that represents the scorching sun, and its power is not trivial.
But the problem also comes, that is, the power of the Golden Crow is only suitable for large-scale battlefields, its scope of influence is too large, and it is not suitable for fighting alone, if Zhang Huang dares to use the power of the Golden Crow here, once the stratum collapses, everyone here, including him, will be buried alive.
Another point is that after all, these trap beasts are dead things that the Mo family can mass-produce, and Mu Sheng Tang Jiujiu can look at them as if they are toys, and to deal with this kind of miscellaneous fish-like thing, he has to use the power of martial souls, Zhang Huang can't pull this face.
While Zhang Huang was secretly assessing whether he could deal with these trap beasts, Xiahoudun was still fighting hard.
It was really a hard battle, because every time Xiahoudun swung out the spear, the attack full of qi, smashed on the skin of the trap beast almost without the slightest effect.
"It's so hard." Zhang Huang was secretly speechless.
Because he noticed that Xiahoudun had already used the "Spear Piercing Two Style" shock, but this kind of marksmanship that defeated Chen Zhi and Li Tong back then was not effective at all on the skin of the machine beast that was harder than iron and stone.
Yan Ping next to him explained this, and everyone suddenly realized.
It turned out that the joints of these trap beasts were buried with parts made of unpolished stones, although the specific gravity was small, not enough to suppress Xiahoudun, but it was enough to resist the invading qi.
The combination of a skin that is harder than iron and stone, and a special part of a stone mechanism that breaks the air, makes Xiahoudun's ferocious offensive a joke.
However, it was those trap beasts that would spew billowing smoke from time to time, and it was very insidious to mix in them arrows that could break the rigid body of the martial artist and use the stone as an arrow, so that Xiahou Xuan, who could be evaluated as the leader of the younger generation in Zhang Huang's heart, was helplessly forced into a corner.
Anger!
Finally, Xiahou Xuan's heart was on fire, and in Zhang Huang's surprised eyes, he cast a martial spirit, and in the gray mist that permeated the surface of his body, a strange beast that Zhang Huang had never seen bared its teeth and roared.
"Boom!"
To everyone's surprise, at this time, Xiahoudun completely smashed the trap beast that could not be damaged before with a single shot.
At this scene, except for Cao Cao, who shook his head and smiled bitterly, everyone else was stunned, especially the Wood Saint Tang Jiujiu and the sub-craftsman Yan Ping, who clearly understood the ability of the Trap Beast.
Even Zhang Huang was shocked by the terrifying lethality of Xiahoudun after using the power of the martial soul. Because he saw clearly, Xiahoudun did not rely on brute force to smash the Trap Beast, to be precise, after his spear touched the Trap Beast, the Trap Beast decomposed on its own, and there was not even any residue left, only a pile of wood chips, stone chips, and iron filings.
[It is worthy of being the first general under Cao Mengde, the power of the terrifying martial spirit......]
Zhang Huang was secretly speechless, and he was very curious about the power of Xiahoudun's martial soul, but it was a pity that he couldn't take the liberty of asking, after all, the power of the martial soul is the biggest hole card of a martial artist, even if Zhang Huang has a good relationship with Cao Cao and Xiahoudun, Xiahoudun will never tell him, just like he will not reveal his true ability of the martial soul Yiwu to others.
However, when everyone was shocked, Xiahoudun's expression was very annoyed.
This is not difficult to understand, after all, in the eyes of the Mo family, the trap beast is at best a product of research and development, and it is also produced by energy, how much or how much, and the power of the martial soul is the biggest hole card of the martial artist. Xiahoudun was forced to use the last hole card when dealing with these mass-produced miscellaneous fish, and from a certain point of view, he had already lost.
However, the strange thing is that Tang Jiujiu, the "Wood Saint", gently slapped his palm.
"Beautiful! β¦β¦ It seems that such a heroic man under his feet, how many people are under the command of General He Jin? β
"......" Cao Cao looked at this woman in surprise, but found that there was still arrogance and contempt on that woman's face when he had provoked Xiahou Dun.
"The number of trucks is countless!" Xiahoudun replied angrily.
"Not really, right?" Tang Jiujiu smiled faintly, and out of nowhere, he found something that looked like monocles, put it on his right eye, and glanced at Xiahoudun through the lens polished by the spar.
"Two thousand one hundred and sixty-two strengths...... It seems that it is not the instrument that is wrong, but the real skill. Tang Jiujiu said indifferently.
[The woman ......]
Cao Cao was a little shocked in his heart, and he vaguely guessed that the woman opposite had repeatedly provoked Xiahou Dun before, probably not just to give everyone a dismount.
"The strength of one thousand five hundred and sixty-one ......" Tang Jiujiu glanced at Cao Cao again, his tone was a little intriguing, probably laughing at Cao Cao's strength as the lord but far inferior to his retainers.
"Five hundred and seventy ......"
"Five Hundred and Twenty-Three ......"
Tang Jiujiu's gaze swept over everyone one by one, and finally fell on Zhang Huang's body.
"Bang!"
Hearing only a soft sound, the strange instrument that Tang Jiujiu brought on his right eye exploded strangely. (To be continued......)