In the lobby, a strong wind blew out of thin air, and the talismans and seals attached to the beams and pillars lit up with soft blue light.

The soft blue light contains a mysterious power that emerges from the ground, forming an invisible and solid barrier that strictly protects the beams, pillars and tiles of the lobby.

This allowed the strong wind to blow in all directions, and did not hurt everything in the hall of the house.

Mu Xiaochuan's killing intent was undoubtedly revealed, and the floor tiles under his feet were also continuously overflowing from the true qi, surging gravity squeezing, cracks appeared, and quickly extended to all directions; And in his heart, surprise and surprise immediately appeared.

He clearly remembered that three years ago, on the misty Jiuzhi Mountain, he personally killed Cong Li, the captain of the guard beside Emperor Shun who was praised as a genius boy by the Zhu Rong clan at that time.

Back then, when Mu Xiaochuan stabbed him to death, Congli's eyes revealed an incredible gaze that quickly froze. Cong Li died without thinking that how could the dragon lock man, who only knew how to control water and slay dragons in the past, have such an unfathomable Taoism. And the bloody scene of Congli's death is still imprinted in the depths of Mu Xiaochuan's mind.

But now, Mu Xiaochuan saw a person who had died and come back to life.

The young man in front of him looks exactly the same as Congli back then, from his figure to his facial features, he is not bad at all.

Moreover, the young man was not afraid at all in the face of Mu Xiaochuan, who was full of murderous aura and overflowing with real qi all over his body.

The wind was cold, and Yu Fei slid backwards a few feet in the wind before stopping, but he was already shivering.

Ruo Zhuo met Mu Xiaochuan's eyes that burst out of the icy cold light, staring at the terrifying Mu Xiaochuan in front of him, still calm, his body was like a rock in the strong wind, and he didn't move at all.

His eyes were fixed on Mu Xiaochuan's face with hideous features, and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, revealing a natural and kind smile.

The right hand did not forget, spread out the five fingers, and put the palm of the hand on the mouth of the clay bowl for drinking water, stabilizing the clay bowl so that it would not tip over in the wind.

A black shadow flashed in the long and screaming wind, and with a "whoosh" sound, the shadow of Yuxi quickly flashed in front of Mu Xiaochuan and Ruozhuo like a ghost.

Facing Mu Xiaochuan, who might fight at any time, Yuxi hurriedly said: "Senior brother, he is clumsy, not a smart courtesy!" ”。

As soon as these words came out, Mu Xiaochuan also sensed the aura on the young man in front of him, which was indeed very different from the Congli back then, and he was stunned for a moment.

The murderous aura on his body was immediately retracted, and the fierce blue light that had already appeared on his body before also disappeared without a trace.

Looking at Mu Xiaochuan's face again, in addition to the stunned look, the previous hideousness has disappeared.

The soft light emitted by the surrounding sigils also faded as the strong wind dissipated.

Yuxi flicked its sleeves, brought a gust of breeze, swirled around, and swept through all parts of the hall.

The furnishings that were crooked in the east and west in the wind were all restored to their original state after the breeze. Even the spring water that had been spilled on the ground flew up from the ground and poured into the kettle. And the cracked floor tiles on the ground slowly closed the cracks one by one.

The rubble that popped up after the previous crack was also rolled in the wind and fell back into the crack.

After each crack was completely closed, the cracks in the floor tiles disappeared one by one. Every broken floor tile was quickly restored.

Ruozhuo only looked away from Mu Xiaochuan at this time, and after looking at everything around, he secretly sighed: The supernatural power of the dragon lock man is really unfathomable.

"Yes, Sage." Yu Fei, who got up from the ground, couldn't care about being frightened anymore, and hurriedly said to Mu Xiaochuan: "This kid is not Congli, his name is Ruozhuo." ”。

"Could it be that in this world, there are really two people who are not twin brothers and are exactly the same?" Mu Xiaochuan secretly thought about these things in his heart, and a friendly smile finally appeared on his face, and while pulling away from the fishing stream, he said politely to Ruo Zhuo: "I'm sorry, I recognized the wrong person." ”。

Ruo Zhuo raised his hand and scratched his head again, but asked curiously, "Who is Congli?" ”。

"It's just a prey, don't care." As Mu Xiaochuan said this, he bypassed Ruo Zhuo and Yu Fei, walked to the middle of the deep hall, and sat cross-legged on the animal skin on the ground.

It was the fur of an adult horse's belly, and the tiger stripes on the animal skin were clearly visible, extremely beautiful, soft and warm.

Sitting on it, Mu Xiaochuan couldn't feel the coldness and hardness of the floor.

Yuxi and Yu Fei sat down on his left and right sides again, and Ruo Clumsy stood still, still sitting next to Yu Fei, some distance away from Mu Xiaochuan.

Yuxi, who sat down, poured fruit pulp for Mu Xiaochuan.

It is the juice squeezed out of the stalks of the ghost grass with leaves like sunflower leaves but red stems. The juice flowed out like blood, and there was no smell of blood, but a faint fruity aroma.

Mu Xiaochuan picked up the fruit syrup and took a sip. His lips were stained red with fruit juice, as if he were drinking blood.

The peculiar effect of forgetting worries in the ghost grass also made Mu Xiaochuan even calmer.

He took two sips of the fruit syrup and looked at Ruozhuo again, still unable to help but look up and down curiously.

Over there, Ruo Zhuo had already raised his hand, bowed slightly to Mu Xiaochuan, and bowed.

"Your name is Ruozhuo? Where are the people? Mu Xiaochuan asked slowly.

"Yes." Nodding his head, he replied unhurriedly: "I am from the Xin country." ”。

Xin State, one of the Fang States of the Xia Dynasty, borders Shangqiu in the south and Heze in the north. The Fang country with the Xin clan is also the hometown of today's Yu Wang's mother.

Mu Xiaochuan took another sip of fruit syrup, looked at Yu Fei beside Ruozhuo, and said, "You fellow countryman? ”。

"yes." Yu Fei nodded, raised his hand to wipe the beads of sweat on his forehead, and hurriedly replied: "This child's parents have passed away, and he is lonely, this time I went back to visit my relatives, and when I saw that he had no one to take care of, I took him to the capital to find something to do." ”。

As soon as he said this, Mu Xiaochuan also knew that Yu Fei had something to ask him, just to find a decent job for this child named Ruochuang.

Of course, Yu Fei doesn't often ask for help, even for Mu Xiaochuan. Now that Yu Fei has already come to the door, Mu Xiaochuan plans to give Yu Fei a face.

At that moment, Mu Xiaochuan didn't shirk it, but he also wanted to know what this Ruo Zhuo could do, so his eyes fell on Ruo Zhuo again, and asked, "What will you do in the past?" ”。

Ruo pondered for a moment and replied: "Since I was a child, I have learned some prescriptions and medical scriptures, which can cure diseases and save people, and can also refine the method of qi. ”。

Mu Xiaochuan smiled, thinking in his heart, this job is really difficult to arrange.

There are already a lot of priests in the palace, and these alchemy methods and medical techniques that this clumsy will know are only insignificant among those monks in the palace.

It's not worth mentioning.

After all, Mu Xiaochuan didn't even perceive a very powerful qi from him. This is enough to show that Ruo's clumsy practice of qi is not hot enough.

Compared with other alchemists who are free in their qi and have a strong breath in their bodies, if they enter the palace, they will only be bullied.

Seeing that Yu Yu had driven himself for many years and was a friend's face, Mu Xiaochuan was reluctant to let him introduce him, and he was bullied when he entered the palace.

Moreover, just based on Ruozhuo's words, Mu Xiaochuan didn't know what his other abilities were.

"Well, I've got an errand, you do it first. If you do a good job, I will recommend it to you. After thinking about it, Mu Xiaochuan said to Ruo Zhuo: "The princes and tribal leaders in the south have not yet handed over the gold and bronze, you and my junior brother go and urge it." ”。

After saying that, Mu Xiaochuan raised his hand and patted it gently.

When the applause landed, a man dressed in the same green clothes as Mu Xiaochuan walked in slowly. This lean man, with a slender figure, slowly came to Mu Xiaochuan's side and stood still.

As soon as Yu Yu saw this white-faced man in green clothes, he stood up excitedly and said in a trembling voice: "Elder Huang Yu, I haven't seen you for a long time. ”。

"Yu Fei?" The man turned his head and saw that he also recognized Yu Fei, and he didn't care about saluting Mu Xiaochuan, and said in an excited trembling voice: "Didn't you go to drive for Gongzi Qi?" Why did you come to us when you are free today? ”。

Obviously, they all know each other and know each other very well.

Mu Xiaochuan coughed lightly, and the two of them turned their attention back to Mu Xiaochuan's body again.

"My junior brother, Huang Yu, one of the four elders of our lineage." After giving Ruozhuo a brief introduction to the white-faced man in green clothes in front of him, Mu Xiaochuan turned his head to look at Huang Yu and asked, "Senior brother, how about this little brother walking with you and going to the south to do errands together?" ”。

Huang Yu turned his head, glanced at Ruo Zhuo with an unfamiliar face, then turned back to look at Mu Xiaochuan, and said: "Senior Brother Fang Cai came here with great might, I heard him introduce himself, isn't it that Senior Brother is afraid that I will have some injuries along the way, and he will match me with a medical officer to accompany me all the way." ”。

Obviously, Huang Yu was reluctant to bring Ruozhuo, a stranger.

Moreover, he seemed to have known in advance what Mu Xiaochuan wanted him to do in the south.

Huang Yu, who has always been alone, was still a little reluctant to bring Ruoclumsy, paused and said, "I think don't think so." ”。

When he was ordered to go to Dongting Lake and kill Emperor Shun's two concubines, he was also alone. Huang Yu's reluctance to take more people into action is a habit, and he is also a little overconfident.

"Let's take it with you, there are many miasma in the south, and what you are going to is also a land of smoke miasma, so take this little brother with you, and take care of it." Mu Xiaochuan didn't follow the temperament of this junior brother this time, and he couldn't discuss it at the moment, so he said to Huang Yu categorically: "Just go early and come back early." ”。

Huang Yu and Mu Xiaochuan glanced at each other. The four eyes looked at each other, and the words that were about to reach their lips were retracted, and after a slight hesitant and slow nod, he said, "Okay." ”。

There is still some reluctance.

On the other side, Yu Fei had already pulled Ruozhuo's cuffs, and in Ruozhuo's ear, he whispered: "This is the senior disciple of the Sage, and he also has great magical powers, you go to work with him, and all actions are under command." Whatever he tells him to do, you do and behave well. ”。

When Huang Yu heard this, he pretended not to hear it, and only nodded silently in response to Yu Yu without saying a word, and said to the young man: "At noon next year, we will meet in front of the palace gate and prepare your elixir." It's a good idea to bring more pills to ward off miasma. ”。

After speaking, Huang Yu saluted Mu Xiaochuan, smiled at Yu again, and turned around and left the hall.

And in Mu Xiaochuan's mind, a voice that only he could hear suddenly floated away, which was the voice of Yuxi not far away: "Senior brother, why do you suddenly want to send your junior brother to the south to collect gold and copper?" ”。

This is the supernatural power of the dragon locker, and the sound of the mind.

Because of their cultivation of supernatural powers, their thoughts and divine senses can be connected to each other. Dragon lockers who lack cultivation can also connect their divine consciousness and thinking through spells such as contracts.

It is extremely convenient to have a secret dialogue and transmit voices to each other for thousands of miles.

And except for the dragon lockers who use this technique to talk, outsiders can't hear it, and it's not easy to leak secrets.

Mu Xiaochuan received this idea, and did not answer for the time being, but said to Ruozhuo: "Do it well, my junior brother will tell you to do specific things." If you can successfully complete this task this time, I will recommend you to King Yu when I come back. ”。

Ruo clumsily replied, and saluted Mu Xiaochuan again: "Thank you, Sage." ”。

Mu Xiaochuan smiled, he didn't say a word, and secretly used his mind to transmit the sound, and used his mind to transmit the sound to the junior sister Yuxi next to him, and said without concealment: "King Yu wants to collect the world's gold and copper and gather in Yangcheng." ”。

Hearing this, Yuxi's brows furrowed, but he quickly relaxed. As if nothing happened, he added some more fruit pulp to Mu Xiaochuan.

Secretly, but also thoughtfully, the thought said: "King Yu? Why does King Yu want so much gold and copper? ”。

Nowadays, the copper smelting output of the Xia Dynasty is not very large, although it is much more than in the past, but it is not able to produce in large quantities.

Gold is even more scarce.

Moreover, Yuxi has served her senior brother Mu Xiaochuan for many years, and she also knows that the gold and copper tributes from all over the country in previous years have been handed over.

If you go to forcibly levy again, there will definitely be complaints everywhere. Especially those Fang countries in the wilderness, maybe they will provoke rebellion.

Thinking about it, the only reason that Yuxi can think of is that King Yu wants to build more weapons to signal soldiers and form more armies.

Is there going to be war again?

Yuxi thought so.

"Yu Fei." Mu Xiaochuan didn't rush to answer Yuxi's secret question, but just chatted with Yu Fei, and after chatting happily, he invited: "Don't go back tonight, you and Ruozhuo, the little brother, stay." It's been a long time since we've had a drink at my place. ”。

Yu Fei naturally has no objections, someone is in charge of the meal, and he is extremely happy.

So, without hesitation, he nodded his head and responded: "Everything is according to the command of the Holy One." ”。

"Let's go cook." With Yu Fei's answer, Mu Xiaochuan then said to Yuxi: "Make more meat, prepare some wine, Yu Fei and I will get drunk tonight." ”。

Yuxi replied and stood up: "Yu Fei, you sit down first, and I'll go and tell the disciple to cook." ”。

With that, Yuxi walked slowly towards the door.

Mu Xiaochuan, who was behind him, chatted with Yu Fei with great interest.

Laughter echoed in this hall.

Just as Yuxi walked out of the hall, Mu Xiaochuan's thoughts were transmitted, and it slowly entered Yuxi's mind: "King Yu asked me in the palace today, if you are stable today, how can you stand your might?" After some discussion, we decided to use the commemoration of the Tushan Conference to prepare to cast the gold sacrificed by the princes of all parties into several large tripods. According to the state division, there is a big tripod in one state, a total of nine, in order to highlight the destiny of the king, in order to symbolize the supremacy of the king, the unity and prosperity of the four directions. It was also used to weaken the strength of the local tribes, so as not to store too much gold and copper in their hands, and recruit more soldiers and warriors to form more armies, threatening the Xia Dynasty. ”。

As soon as he said this, Yuxi understood that it was originally intended to cast a Jiuding in this name, and it was also a way to weaken the strength of various local countries and tribes.

She didn't stop walking, and continued to walk towards the kitchen on the other side of the outer courtyard, and at the same time, she also transmitted the message to Mu Xiaochuan in the distance, and asked worriedly: "But the southern tribes are extremely brave, will it be too dangerous to send only one junior brother?" Senior brother, you know that all the tribes and countries in the south have always been known for their bravery. ”。

[Horse's belly - its shape is like a human face and a tiger's body, and its sound is like a baby, which is an ancient beast that eats people. 】