Chapter 23: The Closed Disciple (I)
In the past twenty years, the Qizhou Empire of Weina Star World has been politically connected and socially stable, and the medicinal herb business in Immortal Grass City has become increasingly prosperous.
The people of Qizhou, especially the older generation who live in Xiancao City, still remember the famous archmage Hui Ba Ling back then. Although the doctor and his daughter knew exactly how the Hui Baling dominated Qizhou by any means, so they both intended to avoid the historians of the Wen Court from making positive propaganda about the emperor of Chizhou, but today's people of insight in Chizhou generally believe that the Hui Baling Grand Master unified Qizhou and established the empire in the present era.
The world-famous Qizhou Divine Mountain, Blue Mist Mountain, and the Qizhou Empire have always been at peace, and the nightmare of the battle in Xiancao City has gradually become very distant with the sun and moon shuttling through the stars.
At this moment, in front of the Medicine Immortal's Cave Mansion, a group of people were sitting around the table.
In the midst of the older men sat a young man who looked to be about thirty years old, with a bag beside him, and it was evident from his dress and dusty appearance that he had just returned from a long journey.
The appearance of the young man is the image of a typical beautiful man in Chizhou, he has good facial features, his eyes are focused, he has a brown mustache on his mouth, and his original green face is a little black because he often travels in the wind and sun. Although he was only of average stature among the adult men in Qizhou, an expert who had practiced martial arts and spells could tell from his gestures that he was a fellow practitioner.
Sitting next to the young man were the dementia mage and the doctor, and the other three old men were the medicine fairy and his two eldest disciples, the Rihe pharmacist and the photosynthetic pharmacist.
The long river of years has flowed endlessly, and the world outside the mountain is full of disputes, but the alien world of Blue Mist Mountain is as calm as a lake in the mountains and mountains, and more than 20 years of time have only added a few more wrinkles to the faces of these old men, and their conversation and laughter are still the same.
At this time, all the old men looked at the young people with smiles on their faces, and their eyes were full of pity and expectation.
"The six countries of Xizhou have become five countries!" The young man was shocked, and the smiles on the faces of all the old men disappeared at the same time.
"Jiesheng, if I guessed correctly, it was the King of the Ancient Land who annexed the Western Kingdom." The medicine fairy spoke, his tone unquestionable.
"Grandpa Medicine Immortal is the smartest! Exactly! The young man known as Jiesheng said with a smile and an exaggerated tone.
The other old men immediately laughed, and the old face of the medicine fairy was even more triumphant, and he fingered the demented mage and smiled: "Mage, your closed-door disciple is becoming more and more likable when he speaks. ”
The demented mage was originally a fan of old stories, because of the experience of wandering in Xizhou when he was young, he had a special affection for Xizhou.
At this moment, he didn't care about returning the praise of the medicine fairy to his apprentice, and said eagerly to the young people around him: "Jiesheng, quickly tell you the medicine fairy grandfather and me what is going on." ”
Jiesheng turned his head and smiled: "Master, don't worry, I won't run away immediately." ”
After he finished speaking, he picked up the cup and took a sip of water, looked at the medicine fairy with his eyes and said unhurriedly: "Grandpa Medicine Fairy, a few days before I arrived in the ancient city this time, the West Earth City was occupied by the ancient land king's army, and the West Earth King was driven to the West Heaven Island. This time, the King of the Ancient Land only used ten corps to defeat the twenty corps of the King of the Western Land. The reason why this annexation war went much smoother than expected is said to be because the King of the Ancient Land bought off the two defender legions in the West Earth City with a lot of money, and with the internal response, the army of the King of the Ancient Land entered the West Earth City without much effort. ”
"Jiesheng, has your senior brother Haidong's legion participated in the war? Did you see him this time? The demented mage then asked a series of questions.
Jiesheng turned his face to look at the master and said: "Master, this time it was the eldest son of the King of the Ancient Land, who is also known as the general of the Ancient Land Kingdom, who led the army to attack the Western Land Kingdom, and the senior brother's army did not enter the territory of the Western Land Kingdom, but followed the second general to garrison the border pass between the Ancient Land Country and the Southern Land Country to defend it. After Jiesheng finished speaking, he picked up the water cup and took a sip of water.
"The King of the Ancient Land has annexed two small countries in the north of Xizhou in one year, and the harvest is not small," the doctor looked around at the old man present and sighed, and then he turned his face and asked: "Jiesheng, I think that this time the three big countries in the south of Xizhou will not stand idly by and watch the domineering behavior of the King of the Ancient Land!"
Jiesheng turned his face to look at the doctor and smiled: "Grandpa Doctor's knowledge is like a god!" Yes, when the three southern kingdoms heard that the king of the ancient land had attacked the western city, they immediately joined forces to attack the ancient land from their respective borders, and there is no doubt that my elder brother's army and the soldiers of the southern land also fought.
The last news that Jiesheng got before leaving the ancient city was that although the troops of the three southern countries were twice as large as the border guards of the ancient land country, they only captured a few border villages and towns in the ancient land country after fighting for a few days, and none of the border fortresses set up by the ancient land country were lost. ”
"Jiesheng, why is that?" The pharmacist asked.
Jiesheng looked at the Nichi pharmacist and said with a serious expression: "Back to Grandpa Rihe, it is said that it was the technician of the King of the Ancient Land who created a new type of gunpowder gun, and before attacking the Western Land Kingdom, most of the army of the King of the Ancient Land were issued with this new powder gun. I think this is the main reason why the King of the Ancient Land dared to annex the Western Kingdom despite the repeated warnings of the Three Southern Kingdoms, and the Three Southern Kingdoms were unable to capture the Border Pass Fortress of the King of the Ancient Land despite their fierce retaliation. ”
"I don't think the kings of the three southern kingdoms will rest on their laurels, because the growing strength of the ancient land has threatened their survival, and it seems that Xizhou is going through a long era of war again!" The photosynthetic pharmacist sighed.
"What Grandpa Guanghe said is extremely true!" Jiesheng looked at the Great Medicine Master with a serious expression, "The civilians of Xizhou are going to experience another disaster, and it is difficult for us in Qizhou to be alone, I have already seen many Xizhou refugees fleeing to Qizhou by boat when I came back this time." However, the war is a good thing for our pharmacists, and the two bosses asked me to purchase more trauma medicines in Chizhou after I came back, and then..."
Jiesheng didn't finish speaking, and unexpectedly stopped.
Because he saw from a distance three people coming out of the mountain pass behind the photosynthetic pharmacist, one was the grandfather of the Xinghe pharmacist he was familiar with, but the appearance of the other two made him secretly surprised in his heart, because the two were not only very burly but also red-faced, and the younger one of them had a familiar face.
However, the hair and beard of the two red-faced strange men are a little unkempt, and they are also a little gray-headed, and they look as if they haven't cleaned their dignity properly for a few days.
"We've got a distinguished guest!" As soon as the Xinghe pharmacist showed his face, he shouted excitedly, "The prince of the Prairie Wine Immortal City and his friends are here!" ”
Xinghe Yakushi's words shook like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and Jiesheng was the first to jump up quickly, although his table mates were all drooping old men, but the words of the prince of the prairie wine fairy city were too exciting, and they all stood up and looked at the comer.
Kapok Zi strode forward with a smile on his face, he first clasped the medicine fairy's hand with both hands and said excitedly: "Grandpa medicine fairy, I'm so happy to see you still so young and healthy!" ”
Kapok's first greeting brought everyone present back to their senses from their sudden shock, and everyone couldn't help but laugh joyfully.
The medicine fairy stared at Kapok's big red face and smiled: "Well, it's that lovely prince of Jiuxian City, you came from the sky?" ”
"No, I'm from the prairie! Wait a moment and report the details to Grandpa Medicine Fairy. Kapok laughed.
Kapok then shook hands with all the old friends he knew one by one, and when it was the turn of the dementia mage, the two just exchanged two words, and the dementia mage couldn't wait to introduce the apprentices around him to Kapok: "Prince, this is my closed disciple, his name is Jiesheng, and he is also the disciple grandson of the doctor, because he has been in the doctor's daughter's court for ten years."
The doctor smiled at Kapok Zi and said, "The prince doesn't know, Jiesheng is one of the smartest students in the history of my Wen Court, but he is not willing to be an official but is willing to follow me in the Blue Misty Mountain to cultivate his old age. ”
Jiesheng didn't dare to slack off, he stretched out his hand and warmly held Kapok's hand and said, "Lord Wang, I have seen you, I was present when Lord Wang and a few friends went to Wulingzhuang to find my master. Later, I heard the master mention the wisdom and courage of the prince many times, and Jiesheng always regarded the prince and his friends as idols in his heart. ”
Kapok's mind immediately came up with the scene of seeing the demented mage for the first time, several of the mage's junior apprentices competed for a jar of wine, and finally the youngest apprentice who was watching made several junior brothers satisfied. When the demented mage left Wulingzhuang that day, he handed over the gold and the things to be done after leaving to the youngest apprentice.
Now the youngest apprentice is the one in front of him, who looks a few years older than him.
Thinking of this, Kapok couldn't help but "Haha! He smiled and said, "I think of you, the mage praised you for being the most clever. ”
Later, Kapok introduced Yagu to the crowd and gave a brief account of how he had come across the sea.
The two of them took the six warriors to cross the ocean day and night, all the way to Qizhou, and then went up the river and drove their extraterrestrial chariot directly to the gatehouse under the Blue Misty Mountain, where they happened to meet the Xinghe pharmacist who had returned from a medical treatment.
Next, the Xinghe pharmacist talked in detail about the meeting with the distinguished guest, and described how the chariot of kapok was so amazing, and the medicine fairy and the old men were all embarrassed when they heard it.
Kapok noticed that although Setsuo was listening intently to what the Seiai Yakushi had to say, his facial expression had been very calm.
After the elated Xinghe Yakushi finished speaking, Kapok gave a detailed account of his and Kabayashi's return to the prairie from the outer world and what happened next.
Although the information brought by Kapok Zi was more shocking than the Xizhou war that Jiesheng had just talked about, the audience listened to his every word with a solemn and quiet expression.