Chapter 13: The Sacrifice
Using occult arts with light skills to hurry up, Shen Chengping finally returned to his mansion before dawn, since Shen Chengping brewed the wine, King Chu Ling specially arranged a hundred guards to protect Shen Chengping for his disposal, with these guards, Shen Chengping was also able to keep others out of the mansion from being disturbed by ordinary people, and at the same time, because those monks who had cultivated successfully could not put down the shelves to explore the mansion of Shen Chengping, a small person in their eyes, Therefore, Shen Chengping's actions in the name of winemaking have not been noticed many times in the past month.
Pinched the retreat technique, Shen Chengping evaded the detection of the guards stationed outside the house, and returned to the backyard, this time to see Mo Ye, his harvest was not small, Mo Ye obviously also heard about Shen Chengping from the eyebrow ruler, so after Shen Chengping took the initiative to report his identity, he won Mo Ye's trust in a few words, and after Shen Chengping promised to officially accept the eyebrow ruler as an apprentice, teach him superior swordsmanship, and leave a top internal strength method, he also handed over many sword-casting methods to Shen Chengping.
This is essentially an exchange, Mo Xie was also injured when he escaped from Shangying, and his health has been bad all these years, but watching the ruler between the eyebrows grow up and the heart of avenging the generals has always supported him, so that she has persevered until now, Shen Chengping is not greedy for the sword of the cadres, and is willing to teach the sword technique between the eyebrows, Mo Xie also reciprocated with the sword casting method he knew, and also handed over the qi training method she practiced to Shen Chengping, which is also the qi training method that the ruler between the eyebrows has practiced since childhood, but in Mo Ye's opinion, Her Qi Cultivation Technique is too far from what Shen Chengping took out.
Got this method of casting the sword, Shen Chengping couldn't help but sigh that the cadres and Mo Ye deserve to be the top swordsmiths, although because of the limitations of the times, many techniques are not as good as Shen Chengping, but there are still a lot of places worth learning from Shen Chengping, and it also gives Shen Chengping the idea of recasting the Xuanzhen Sword, Shen Chengping estimates that if the Xuanzhen Sword is recast, the power will be increased a lot, and it should be able to surpass the Cadre Sword. However, the matter of reforging the sword is not in a hurry, and as the sky is about to dawn, it is time to offer wine to King Chu Ling.
"Well, how much wine did you make this time?" In the palace, King Chu Ling, who got Shen Chengping's report, asked, Shen Chengping's wine is really too popular, in addition to King Chu Ling's own drinking, he also rewarded a lot of his cronies, and many ministers and nobles did not hesitate to fight for the reward of a jar of wine, so even if Shen Chengping 'day and night' winemaking, the wine obtained is still in short supply.
"According to the king's orders, fifty jars of fine wine have been sent to the palace!" Shen Chengping said.
"Haha, well, you really didn't disappoint the widow!" King Chu Ling laughed, then looked at Shen Chengping and said: "The wine you brought to the widow is the only wine in the world, and the widow has decided that in two months, you will sacrifice to the sky in Zhanghuatai, and you can also sacrifice to the sky with the widow!" ”
"Thank you, King! The villain will concentrate on brewing fine wine for the king's sacrifice to the heavens. Shen Chengping was also very surprised when he heard it, because he knew that the key to what Xu Fu wanted to do was to sacrifice to the heavens after Zhanghuatai was built, and he originally thought about how to get involved in Zhanghuatai's sacrifice to the heavens, but the difficulty of this matter was not small.
Chu State is now a well-known big country in the world, worthy of the name of the South Batian, now even the Qin State that will dominate the world in later generations does not dare to offend, except for the Jin State in the north, no country is an opponent, Chu State will naturally not lack martial artists and Fang Shi masters, as far as Shen Chengping sees, King Chu Ling has two martial arts masters to follow on weekdays, and they are not under Shen Chengping's current skills, the number of such masters in the palace of the king of Chu is not even less than a hundred, and some are even above Shen Chengping, and Shen Chengping's mind is good at hiding and being introverted, On the surface, it looks no different from ordinary people, so he was not found to have martial arts, and at the same time, there are many monks in the Fang Shi Mansion of Chu State, and the Chu royal family also has advanced Fang Shi, and Xu Fu's cultivation can only be ranked in the middle of it.
Worshipping the sky is a very sacred thing in this era, so when the time comes, Zhang Huatai must be well guarded, and it is not easy to get in, Shen Chengping already has a few spare methods in his heart, but the risk is not small, but he didn't expect that at this time, King Chu Ling asked Shen Chengping to also participate in the sacrifice, and let him be responsible for offering wine, so that he has the qualifications to stay in Zhanghuatai and get close to the heavens, and the method he thought of before can only let him stay under Zhanghuatai at most.
"Well, as long as you are faithful to the widow, the benefits will naturally be yours! Come, bring up the reward! As soon as the words fell, many attendants came up with jewelry, gold, jade, and ceremonial utensils, and the three large chests full of them were already worth a lot of money.
"Thank you, Great King, for the reward!" Shen Chengping showed strong greed at the right time, staring at these rewards with bright eyes, and then said to King Chu Ling: "The villain will definitely not live up to the king's expectations!" ”
When he was about to leave the palace of King Chu, Shen Chengping saw Xiong Qiji, who came to meet King Chu Ling, Xiong Qiji smiled when he saw Shen Chengping: "It turned out to be Lord Shen, I haven't seen you for many days, Lord Shen is very popular!" ”
"Cai Gong is serious, thanks to Cai Gong's recommendation that day, Shen was able to be valued by the king, and he had long wanted to visit Cai Gong's mansion to thank him, but he never got the opportunity." Shen Chengping also said politely. Cai Chengcheng is Xiong Qiji's title, because his fief is Cai Guo, which was destroyed by King Chu Ling.
Hearing Shen Chengping say this, Xiong Qiji's eyes lit up, and he said: "If Lord Shen has time, I will hold a banquet in the mansion today, and I miss the wine made by Lord Shen very much!" ”
Xiong Qijian is in Taoguang to raise obscurity, and his external performance is to be addicted to wine, so he does not dare to make friends with courtiers and nobles with real power, but there is no problem in making friends with Shen Chengping, after all, Shen Chengping is famous for winemaking, and he is also the king of Chu Ling to whom he introduced Shen Chengping.
Xiong Qiji had also found someone to send invitations to the door before, but at that time, Shen Chengping was in the process of 'brewing wine', so it was naturally impossible to go to the banquet, and now it is an opportunity for Xiong Qiji, after all, Shen Chengping is gaining the trust of King Chu Ling at this time, and for Shen Chengping, two months later, Zhang Huatai sacrificed to the sky, and his script was also indispensable to Xiong Qiji, both sides had what they wanted, and it was naturally a hit.
"That's fine, please rest assured that Cai Gong will not be disappointed!" Shen Chengping also responded with a smile.