Chapter 31: Difficult Tasks
Avoiding Luan An, Yang Liang finally returned to his courtyard, thinking of the scene just now, and still having some palpitations, thinking about what he said, there should be nothing flawed, after all, once this matter is caught by King Zhao, it is very likely that it will bring a scuffle between the two countries, or even the three countries.
After his emotions relaxed, Yang Liang finally remembered that he still had to practice, so he spent another afternoon practicing the technique of breathing.
The attendant A and B looked at the little master sitting cross-legged in the gazebo, and felt very puzzled, what is the little master doing?
Always saw him sitting cross-legged like this, sitting for most of the day, they didn't dare to rush forward to disturb, they could only watch silently from the side, thinking that it would be good not to have an accident.
Of course, Yang Liang didn't know what his attendants were thinking in their heads, his attention was now all focused on his lower abdomen, before Yuan Heng taught him to exert force from here, Yang Liang had not been able to grasp the essentials too much, after this period of practice, Yang Liang could finally feel a trace of wonder.
It feels as if something is wandering around in the lower abdomen, and although the breath is faint and difficult to catch, you can feel that it is there.
This feeling is particularly obvious in the connection just now, and this time I can feel that it is no longer a trace of it, but condensed into a small ball, and it is faintly hot in the lower abdomen.
Yang Liang was happy and nervous for a while, and he was happy because this feeling appeared for the first time, and he was nervous because this kind of lumpy aura was more difficult to control than silk, so he was now concentrating his whole body's attention to maintain the existence of this sense of qi.
But just as Yang Liang was engrossed in Qi training, a long-lost mechanical voice suddenly appeared in his mind: "Now issue a task for the host, and the host can choose any one of them to complete." β
Yang Liang didn't come out of his anger, and secretly scolded in his heart, this dog system, if you don't come sooner or later, you have to come when I feel like I practice!
But there is no choice but to stop and listen to what the system has to say.
"Task 1, kill King Zhao within three days;
Task 2, successfully return to Qin State with Zhao Yiren;
Task three, persuade Zhao Yiren to go to Wei to get medicine with Yuan Heng. β
Hearing this, Yang Liang was dumbfounded, he never expected the system to be so doggy, it seems that he can't complete any of the three tasks released to him, kill King Zhao within three days, it is not as easy as killing him now, let alone go to Wei with Yuan Heng, he may not even be able to get out of Handan City now, let alone go to Wei State, and the last one, what is it to successfully return to Qin!
Isn't that something that should be considered years later!
But before he could react, the system had already begun to continue.
"The completion time of this mission is limited to three days, and if you complete the task after three days, the reward will be upgraded to L3 and 3000 emotion points."
When the system said this, the voice paused, but Yang Liang was not calm, three thousand emotional values!
That's a lot of money for him! However, just a few seconds after the excitement, the system's next words poured Yang Liang into a cold heart.
"If the mission fails after three days, then the host will be punished with a pinprick punishment."
After the system finished speaking, it was silent, but Yang Liang was stunned, the system means that if it can't be completed, he will still be punished, what is the punishment of acupuncture? ?
This thing hurts a lot when you hear it, and it's a punishment for the system, what if you have any additional bugs and what sequelae you stab yourself?
So Yang Liang hurriedly asked the system in his mind, what is the punishment of acupuncture.
But after the system said the above words, it seemed to be offline, no matter how Yang Liang called it, or even scolded it for being a dog system, he didn't have any reaction.
Yang Liang scolded it again angrily in his heart, and then could only resign himself to thinking about the tasks that seemed impossible to complete.
The first task is to kill King Zhao within three days, Zhao Yiren and Yuan Heng have a plan to kill King Zhao, but that is only a future goal, it has not been put on the agenda yet, they have no preparations at present, and Yuan Heng is going to get medicine for him in the next few days, if Yang Liang wants to assassinate King Zhao, he can only go on his own now.
But the problem is that he is just a powerless little kid now, how could he kill King Zhao single-handedly?
So this task is simply impossible to complete, you can only pass.
The second task is to successfully return to the Qin State, which is even more nonsense than assassinating the King of Zhao, not to mention that they can't even escape from Handan now, even if they can escape, then from the Zhao State back to the Qin State, in ancient times when the transportation was so backward, it would take a month to say the least, and it would be impossible to complete it in three days.
In this way, it seems that only the last task to persuade Zhao Yiren and let Yuan Heng take him to Wei to get medicine is the most reliable, but in fact, if you think about it carefully, the difficulty of this task will not be any less than the first two.
Not to mention whether he can convince Zhao Yiren, even if he can be convinced, it is tantamount to a fantasy to let Yuan Heng take him to Wei State.
First of all, he is now just a six-year-old pampered little fat man, and he has not experienced the fatigue of traveling at all, not to mention that Yuan Heng is going to the mountainous western part of Wei this time, and he may also need to live a wild life of eating and sleeping in the open, even if Yang Liang is already an adult psychologically, but his body is still a child, and he is poisoned, Zhao Yiren, as a father, will not be able to agree to such a request.
The second is the issue of passes, Yuan Heng's identity certificates are all obtained by LΓΌ Buwei from the Wei soldiers who have died in battle, not to mention how difficult it is to get another one, even if you really look for it, where can you find a six-year-old soldier?
It's ridiculous.
In the end, it is a very real problem, the system that stays on Yang Liang's body, it lives on emotional value, if Yang Liang needs to keep collecting emotional value, so as to ensure the activity of the system, this is what Yang Liang found before, because some time ago before the system was upgraded, his emotional value collection suddenly became difficult, resulting in no emotional value being absorbed by the system, so during that time the summoning system became very difficult, and it was often necessary to shout many times in order to get a little response from the system.
Therefore, Yang Liang guessed that if there was no continuous supply of emotional value, the system might become very weak, and maybe it would disappear in the end.
After analyzing and analyzing, Yang Liang suddenly found a loophole in the system's words, its task three was just to ask Yang Liang to persuade Zhao Yiren to let Yuan Heng take him to Wei State, and did not say whether he really needed to go to Wei State in the future, so it seems that as long as he let Zhao Yiren agree, then he didn't want to go and regret it!
Although it seems very difficult to persuade Zhao Yiren to agree to let him go to Wei, compared with the other two tasks, this one is at least possible to solve, unlike the other two fantastical difficulties, which make it impossible to start at all.
After trying to persuade Zhao Yiren to make up his mind, Yang Liang went to Zhao Yiren's courtyard, Zhao Yiren, who was separated from his lover for a short time, was still very sad, although he didn't want to be as sad as a few days ago, but he was also sullen, and even Yang Liang was not too happy when he came, but just smiled reluctantly.
However, this is cheaper than Yang Liang, probably because Zhao Yiren is his immediate family, so the system feels Zhao Yiren's mood fluctuations very obviously, because he feels Zhao Yiren's sad emotions, so the system suddenly adds ten sad emotional points.
"Zheng'er is here, how is your health today, is there anything uncomfortable?"
Although he was in a low mood, Zhao Yiren still expressed his concern for his son's body, after all, although the poison in Yang Liang's body would not be poisoned until three months later, no one dared to guarantee whether there would be any accidents in these three months, so the health of the body was still relatively important.
Seeing Zhao Yiren's lost appearance like this, Yang Liang's original intention to say it directly was immediately dispelled, and after thinking about it, he decided to cut in from the side first, and then slowly lead to this matter.
"Father, do you remember what Zheng'er told you before that he wanted to learn martial arts?"
"Of course I remember, these days I am busy dealing with the matter of going to Wei to get medicine, so it was delayed, Zheng'er, you are still poisoned, I am afraid that it is not good to practice rashly, it is better to wait for your Uncle Yuanheng to take the medicine for you and come back, and then practice after detoxification."
Of course, Yang Liang suddenly mentioned this matter not because he really wanted to talk about practicing martial arts, but because he wanted to use this matter to lead the topic to Yuan Heng's body, seeing that he hadn't mentioned it himself, Zhao Yiren mentioned Yuan Heng first, Yang Liang was overjoyed in his heart, so he hurried to Zhao Yiren's words and led the topic to Yuan Heng's body.
"Actually, on the day my mother came, after you and your mother left, Zheng'er felt a little uncomfortable breathing, Uncle Yuan taught me how to breathe and breathe, Zheng'er followed and studied, and I often practiced these days, and I felt that my breathing became much smoother, and I felt refreshed."
Hearing Yang Liang say this, Zhao Yiren also became interested, he sat up straight, and said: "This is strange, I have never heard of such a role in practicing martial arts." β
"Actually, it's a simple way to breathe and breathe." As he spoke, Yang Liang sat up cross-legged, and then demonstrated it to Zhao Yiren according to the method that Yuan Heng taught him.
After Zhao Yiren finished reading it, he also followed Yang Liang again, and after the action was over, he and Yang Liang opened their eyes at the same time, then scratched their heads, and said with an embarrassed face: "Zheng'er, why don't you feel your father at all, are you sure this method is useful?" β
"This ......" Yang Liang also felt a little puzzled, at that time he followed Yuan Heng to practice, he really felt that it was very effective, how did he get to Zhao Yiren......
However, it was not Yang Liang's original intention to teach Zhao Yiren to learn this, his original intention was to let Zhao Yiren know that he and Yuan Heng could learn a lot, so he got up and said: "But Zheng'er really feels that after practicing this martial art, his body has become much more comfortable, and he feels that his wounds have healed faster!" β
Yang Liang said, lifting his sleeves, revealing the wound he had cut when he bled before.
Although it has been nearly twenty days since the last bloodletting, it is unusual for such a deep wound to now have only a shallow trace.
This is naturally the result of Yang Liang and the skill assistance exchanged by the system, but Yang Liang is happy to attribute it to Yuan Heng. When Zhao Yiren saw Yang Liang's wound, he was really surprised, and he also believed a little bit in the martial arts that Yang Liang said.
Seeing the look on Zhao Yiren's face, Yang Liang knew that his method had worked, so he put down his sleeves and made a fist to salute Zhao Yiren.
Zhao Yiren felt that today's son was weird, and he suddenly practiced martial arts, and now he saluted himself inexplicably, so he asked, "Why did Zheng'er suddenly salute?" β
"Father, Zheng'er has an idea, I hope my father can agree."
"What do you think, you can tell me."
"This time I went to Wei to get medicine, and Zheng'er wanted to go with Uncle Yuan."
"Nonsense!"
Zhao Yiren's reaction was similar to what Yang Liang expected, he flicked his sleeves, got up from the sitting, and said with a serious face: "Zheng'er? Why did you suddenly want to go to Wei with Yuan Heng? β
Yang Liang noticed the name of Yuan Heng in his words, and thought to himself, did he think that Yuan Heng instigated him?
couldn't let him misunderstand, so he quickly explained: "No, father, you listen to Zheng'er. β
"Needless to say, this matter is non-negotiable!" Zhao Yiren turned his back, and there was already some anger in his tone.
These Yang Liang have already imagined, but it is still a little stressful to really face it, after all, the system prompts Zhao Yiren's anger now has reached five emotional values so high.
"Father, it's not Zheng'er messing around, do you remember what the previous doctor and grandfather said before leaving?"
This is also the rhetoric that Yang Liang thought of in advance, although it was very nonsense to let him go to Wei State, but if it was related to his life, I believe that Zhao Yiren would definitely consider it, so he thought about it for a while, and felt that it should not matter if he told a white lie.
"What did you say?" Zhao Yiren finally turned to look at Yang Liang, frowning, as if reminiscing.
"The doctor and grandfather said that the medicinal properties of Qian Ma are extremely easy to wear, and after picking, the medicinal properties will be lost within ten days and become an ordinary weed, unless it is thoroughly dried and ground into powder within these ten days, in order to retain its medicinal properties."
"What does this have to do with you? Just let the Yuan Heng bring back the prepared powder. β
Zhao Yiren's expression was still a little serious, and he really looked a little bit of his father's majesty when he was angry.
"But father, you said that if Zheng'er's poisoning was a joint ploy of King Zhao and King Wei, then Qian Ma is not a precious medicinal material, Linshui is likely to ban the cultivation of Qian Ma this year, and the previous storage may have been destroyed long ago, in case Uncle Yuan arrived in the local area, but could not find the medicine, wouldn't it be a trip in vain?"
Yang Liang said the same, but in fact, there were loopholes everywhere in his words, and Zhao Yiren also felt that something was wrong, so he asked: "Yuan Heng, he can't find Qian Ma when he goes to the local area, can you find it if you go?" β
"Father, please listen to Zheng'er, Zheng'er remembers that the doctor's grandfather once said that Qian Ma was originally born in the wild, and then it was finally planted in a large area after local artificial cultivation, so if Qian Ma is banned, then they can't manage it in the wild."
Yang Liang really told this matter through his own mouth, and when Zhao Yiren heard this, he really lowered his head and began to think.
In fact, the reason why Yang Liang dared to say such seemingly flawed remarks in front of Zhao Yiren was precisely because he had figured out Zhao Yiren's character these days.
Although he looks like a simple and cowardly fat man, because he was sent to Zhao Guo as a proton, Zhao Yiren's heart is actually very insecure and self-identity, so whether it was Mao Hengcai or Lu Buwei before, as long as it was something he subconsciously thought was said by someone smarter than him, whether it was reasonable or not, he would think about it and finally accept it happily.
Although Yang Liang is still a little kid, all his previous performances have made Zhao Yiren feel that he is not an ordinary child, so in Zhao Yiren's subconscious, he will subconsciously add weight to Yang Liang's unreliable theories, and finally succeed in convincing himself, relying on the theory that "he is so smart, what he said should be right!" β
Although this kind of character flaw is almost fatal for a leader, it is also due to Zhao Yiren's insecurity since he was a child, and he can only truly overcome it when he becomes strong himself.
And now, it just so happens that this character flaw can be used by Yang Liang.
Zhao Yiren didn't answer Yang Liang immediately, he thought silently for a while, and then asked Yang Liang to go back first, saying that he would consider considering it and then give Yang Liang an answer.
Hearing him say this, Yang Liang couldn't help but be secretly happy, according to Zhao Yiren's character, such a statement was basically equivalent to agreeing, so he happily bowed and returned to his yard to practice martial arts.
Zhao Yiren has never been a grinding person, he makes decisions very quickly, often in a moment, but this is only after others such as Mao Hengcai and Lu Buwei analyze layer by layer, he will happily make a decision.
This time was no exception, he called Mao Hengcai and Lu Buwei to the palace at once, and repeated what Yang Liang said to him in the afternoon.
Both of them were a little silent after listening, and after thinking for a while, the two gave opposite opinions.
First of all, Mao Hengcai, he unexpectedly supported Yang Liang and Yuan Heng to go to Wei together this time, the reason was that the antidote was the antidote, but he wanted Yang Liang to go and Yuan Heng to experience it together.
And LΓΌ Buwei's one was just the opposite of Mao Heng, he thought that Yang Liang could never go to Wei with Yuan Heng.
Lu Buwei is thinking about practical problems, such as how to send Yang Liang out of the palace of Zhao without telling King Zhao, Yuan Heng is used to wandering the rivers and lakes, but Yang Liang has been in a hurry since he was a child, and Yang Liang's body will definitely be unbearable, and finally it is the most difficult problem to solve, it has cost him a lot of energy to get a pass for Yuan Heng, not to mention that Yang Liang is such a young child, without a pass, it is tantamount to a fantasy to enter the Wei State unknowingly.
After Mao Hengcai listened to Lu Buwei's words, he immediately raised objections, and he objected to the reasons that Lu Buwei just said: "Brother Lu, what you said is not right, first, how to hide from King Zhao, this point seems very simple to Mao, the little boy is now poisoned, he can claim to be cultivating in the courtyard and not seeing any guests behind closed doors, and this poison is under King Zhao, so he naturally has no heart to monitor the little boy again."
Second, I think that although the little boy has fine skin and tender meat, he is not as squeamish as an ordinary noble son, and there is no need to sleep in the open on the way to Wei, there are many tools for the road, not to mention anything else, it is the carriage, as long as Brother Lu is willing to pay, it is not a problem to buy twenty cars, let the Nayuan brothers drive the horses, and the little prince sits in the carriage, and suffers from the fatigue of the boat and car at most, so why bother to eat and sleep in the open?
Finally, Brother Lu, your worries are even more unnecessary!
Do you know that the people of Wei State register once every six years, and now it is just six years since the last registration, and when the time comes, you only need to make up that the little boy is not under six years old, and there is no need to worry about verifying his identity. β
After Mao Hengcai finished saying this, he stroked his mustache proudly, although he had a good relationship with Lu Buwei, but he usually always quarreled, in the past, Lu Buwei always had the upper hand with his sharp mouth, but today he can be regarded as grabbing his handle, raising his eyebrows and exhaling once.
Lu Buwei was speechless by Mao Hengcai's words, Mao Hengcai was worthy of being engaged in education, and he broke through one by one, so that he had no power to fight back at all, and wanted to say something more, but he couldn't find a reason to refute it again, so he shook his sleeves and sat down on the side with a calm face.
Zhao Yiren usually likes to listen to Mao Hengcai's words, because he analyzes things in a clear and orderly manner, which makes people want to be convinced when they hear it, so he slapped the table and decided to agree with Yang Liang to follow Yuan Heng to Wei State.
It's just that before this matter is decided, he has to discuss it with Yuan Heng again, he asked Mao Heng and Lu Buwei to go back first, and wait until he asked Yuan Heng's opinion the next day before making a final decision.
At this time, Yang Liang was sitting cross-legged in front of the window, feeling the special breath in his lower abdomen.
The moonlight shone into the room through the open window and fell on Yang Liang's body, adding a bit of divine meaning to an originally somewhat funny and ridiculous picture.
The reason why Yang Liang wants to sit here and practice is because he used to watch TV dramas and always said that absorbing the essence of the sun and the moon, this day is naturally the sun, and the moon is not the moonlight?
Although I don't know if it's useful, but in line with the principle of trying not to suffer, Yang Liang has been practicing under this moonlight for almost an hour.
I don't know if this moonlight is really of some use, Yang Liang felt that the special aura of the day that was interrupted by the system's sudden speech yesterday had regathered in his lower abdomen, and it was more clear than before, and he could even feel that it was exuding a warm feeling.
Yang Liang calmed down, gathered his consciousness in that place, and made a few more breathing movements, and finally felt that he could control the breath from dispersing, and this breath became clearer and clearer with his movements, and finally Yang Liang stopped his movements, and could still feel the existence of the breath, but it was not as strong as when he practiced, but there was a vague feeling there, if he started to breathe and breathe again, he would feel that the breath gathered again.