"Hey, Pingyuan, Mr. Chen said that you escorted the suspect back, but the suspect ......" Lord Rong did not see the so-called suspect, and in confusion, he opened his mouth to ask.

An Pingyuan sighed and said, "She's dead." ”

"Dead?" Lord Rong and Chen Chao are a little incredible, but it's just incredible, An Pingyuan is an upright person, his words will not be false, and he will not let the suspect go in private. He said that if he died, he would surely die.

"That's right." An Pingyuan explained: "The suspect suddenly jumped off a cliff and committed suicide while I was unprepared. "If you fall off such a high cliff, there is no possibility of survival, and no matter how high the light work is, it is useless.

Chen Chao was a little sorry, but it was just a pity, it was true that the female thief did look good, but in Chen Chao's eyes, no matter how beautiful a woman is, if she has her own 'unrecognizable feet', she is no different from a dinosaur.

And it's not because the suspect is beautiful, Chen Chao can't get off his feet, he commits something, kicks her the same, and becomes ugly when he is kicked.

Lord Rong waved his hand and said, "If you die, you will die." Anyway, the jade seal has been recovered, the criminal has been subdued, and the queen mother can already make a deal. Hiyuan, Mr. Chen, the two of you will follow me into the palace now, such a big credit, the Queen Mother will definitely be rewarded. ”

Although An Pingyuan looks at rewards relatively lightly, people also have to live, and no one wants to do things for nothing.

So, An Pingyuan and Chen Chao followed Lord Rong into the palace to meet the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother met with the three of them in the Yangxin Palace.

Lord Rong immediately stepped forward to report: "Empress Dowager Qi, the snitch who stole the jade seal and disturbed the holy car has been captured by Master An Pingyuan and apprentices, and he was punished on the spot, and the jade seal is safe and sound. ”

Hearing that the snitch who provoked the court was dead, the Queen Mother was quite satisfied, rubbing her long jade nails and saying to An Pingyuan: "An Aiqing, you and Mr. Chen are really the pillars of the court, and you have helped the court save face, and the mourning family is very comforting." Mr. Li, look at the reward. ”

"Yes!" The chief eunuch hurriedly took notes.

The Queen Mother said: "An Pingyuan, Chen Chao has repeatedly solved strange cases, arrested bandits, and made outstanding achievements. Reward An hired a feather of a feather, a thousand silver dollars. ”

An Pingyuan kowtowed: "Thank you Queen Mother." ”

Hearing that he had been rewarded with a finch feather, Lord Rong and General Manager Li both showed envious eyes, even if it was a prominent minister, this thing would be eager to go, and many old ministers would rarely receive such an honor in their lifetime.

The Queen Mother continued: "Reward Chen Chao with a pair of bounty hunter gold medals and five hundred silver dollars." ”

Chen Chao also learned from An Pingyuan's appearance, and saluted: "Thank you for the grace of the Queen Mother." ”

The gold medal Chen Chao was also fortunate to witness, although it is likely to be gilded, and its value is far from so high, but it represents the authority of the imperial court, on behalf of the queen mother, anyone who sees it has to bow their heads, and they have to call its owner a 'lord', and the provincial and county yamen have to give it the green light, it is a universal pass, which is very easy to use.

The Queen Mother nodded her head, quite satisfied.

At this time, An Pingyuan suddenly said: "Queen Mother, can you change the reward, please take back the ...... Que Ling" This thing is very special, if you take it, you will be a lackey of the court for the rest of your life. An Pingyuan is used to wandering, and he can't stand this tight spell.

The Queen Mother's face was obviously a little unpleasant, and Lord Rong and Chief Manager Li also hurriedly glanced at An Pingyuan. The Queen Mother Chrysostom said, you should be a vegetable market, and you dare to bargain, provoke the wrath of the saint, and you will be on the ground at the moment.

An Pingyuan said with a smile: "Queen Mother, Lord Rong also knows, he is usually debauched and uninhibited, and he can't stand the kindness of high-ranking officials, if the Queen Mother wants to reward him, it is better to give more money." ”

Lord Rong was afraid that the Queen Mother would really condemn An Pingyuan, so he was busy interceding for him, and said: "Queen Mother, Pingyuan has always been like this, and he has dealt with the rivers and lakes too much, and he is used to being wild. The Queen Mother, your imperial grace is vast, it is better to fulfill his wish and reward more silver. ”

Mr. Li is a good friend of Lord Rong every day, so he naturally followed suit, and said in a low voice: "Queen Mother, Lord Rong has a point. The reckless people in the rivers and lakes, it is more appropriate to leave them in the rivers and lakes, they don't understand the affairs of the court, and they are also verbally spoken by those old ministers, if they want money, then give a little more and send it away. ”

After such persuasion, the Queen Mother also changed her mind and said to An Pingyuan: "Okay, since An Aiqing doesn't want to be in the court for the time being, then I will reward you with an extra five hundred silver dollars." ”

"Empress Dowager Xie!" An Pingyuan fell to the bottom, and actually sweated in his heart, violating the will of the Queen Mother, undoubtedly joking with his life.

"Go down, and Manager Li will arrange for you to receive the reward." The Queen Mother said lightly to An Pingyuan and Chen Chao.

"Retire below."

After Chen Chao and An Ping paid their respects, they left the Heart Cultivation Hall together.

Not long after, a eunuch came to the two to distribute the queen mother's reward.

Chen Chao received five hundred oceans in a real way, and there was a bounty hunter gold medal given by the Queen Mother, and his heart was happy.

Of course, these rewards are only superficial, recovering the jade seal, and successfully capturing the female thief, also gained a lot of additional prestige, as well as 5 points of positive energy, plus the 10 points accumulated before, there are already 15 points of positive energy, and the harvest is quite rich.

With such a rich reward, Chen Chao naturally wanted to open up the acupoints, improve the level of martial arts, and enhance his combat effectiveness.

Moreover, for such a long time, Chen Chao found that light skills have a very important position, and several criminals arrested this time, including Master An Pingyuan himself, their light skills are quite high, which shows the importance of light skills.

On the way out of the palace, Chen Chao took the opportunity to ask his peer An Pingyuan about light work.

An Pingyuan admonished: "Brother Chen, you must not rush for quick success. If you want to improve your light skills, then your internal strength must be high. I told you a long time ago that internal strength is the most important thing, and it is the foundation of the foundation. If you can't do it internally, you don't have enough dantian, how can you practice smart light skills? ”

But the problem of martial arts, how can Chen Chao, a traverser, understand, the practice of cheats all depends on opening and hanging, no matter how useless it is, Chen Chao asked directly to the point: "Brother An, you just tell me, to practice a higher level of light martial arts cheats, what level of internal strength is needed." ”

An Pingyuan shook his head helplessly, and could only say: "If you want to practice more intelligent light skills, you must have at least five years of internal strength. You are good at eating the dusty mental method I handed over to you, and with your martial arts attainments, you will be able to reach that level in two years as fast as possible and three years as slow. ”

Chen Chao said in his heart: Two years, three years? That's too slow...... Isn't it just five years of internal strength, I have accumulated so much prestige now, and if I find the old man to open up a few more acupoints, I will definitely be able to meet the requirements.

Chen Chao thought that he was going to do it, so he immediately separated from An Pingyuan under the pretext of an excuse, and hurriedly went to the teahouse to find the old man and talk about opening up the acupoints and improving his internal strength.