Chapter 24: The Great Calamity
After returning to the imperial capital, Jialan told the two marquis that the pill had not been refined, and the hidden dangers that had been refined were too great, and several people were sorry, but the result was already expected, so they had to give up. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ ο½ο½ο½ο½
Back at the mansion, Jialan ordered someone to call Huangfu Wushuang and hand over the carved jade slip to the other party; after Huangfu Wushuang saw the jade slip, he kissed Jialan on the cheek very happily and said, "You know my joy~" After that, he turned around and went to retreat to study.
After a period of peaceful life, Jialan found that the white eagle was not a living being, but a pure power, and it should be the power of a strong man?
One day, the white eagle rushed into the sky, and then accelerated and flew down, crashing directly into Jialan's arms, and the powerful general Jialan directly hit him to a stumbling head, "Hmm~" Jialan also snorted, and when he stood up, the white eagle gradually turned into the blue body.
"This γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ» this γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»" Jialan didn't expect that things would develop like this, and then, a message sounded in Jialan's sea of knowledge, "Boy, your body is very good, and you can adapt to my immortal clan's exercises, but your ability is not enough, you can't give full play to the immortal clan's combat skills, but when your ability is enough, you can master our γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»" This voice ended here.
"Again, I'm not enough, that's not enoughγ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ» what is enough?" Jialan muttered sullenly, then checked what else the White Eagle had brought to herself.
After the white eagle was integrated, that energy became a set of body methods - "Yunxian Step", which talks about the extreme speed; according to the records in it, after learning the exercises of this speed, every time you carry this exercise, a pair of transparent wings will grow behind you, but you can only use your divine sense to find them.
In addition to "Yunxian Step", Jialan also got a set of combat skills - "Three Swords of Thunder": one, hold a sword, two, resist a sword, and three, destroy a sword. Holding a sword is very similar to Jialan's sword drawing technique, but it is more detailed, Jialan guessed, the sword drawn by the teacher to him is from the three swords of Benlei, but the inheritance is a little missing, but most of them are still retained; These three swords also embody the names of the battle skills, like thunder - fast and strong!
However, there is another characteristic of the combat skill, that is, the Imperial Sword, which is much more clever than the Void Thunder Shadow Sword, one attack and one defense, complementing each other. Especially the last sword of annihilation, it is about absolute high speed, the same as what Jialan is pursuing, using a fast sword to kill the enemy before he can shoot! As long as he is within the range of his divine consciousness, he can kill the opponent at will, as long as he reaches the sword in his heart, what level of attack is this?
Jialan had been studying for a long time, until she suddenly remembered the corpse of Shenjiao, so she went out of the customs to meet the second emperor Fu Wushuang, handed over the corpse to the other party, and then continued the retreat.
The harvest season came, and Jialan was called out by the long coat.
"Your Highness, what's wrong?" asked Jialan.
"Alas, you have been in retreat lately, and I have not bothered you, but now that things are getting more and more urgent, I have come to discuss with you. Changyi said.
"Tell me about it. β
"When there is a disaster in the whole country, I think this incident will lead to riots, after all, those civilians who have no shelter can live in caves, no clothes to wear animal skins, but if they have no food, they will take risks. Changyi said.
"What did everyone else do?" asked Jialan.
"The eldest brother invited a large number of sacrifices - the dance, saying that it was to drive away the epidemic, the third brother was trying to get the local officials, and the fourth brother didn't do anything, I think he wanted to wait for us to make a mistake before he made a fuss. Changyi naturally knew who the others Jialan asked were talking about.
"What did you do?" asked Jialan again.
"I've sent all the food I can to the disaster area. β
"Very good, but why are you still in the imperial capital?" said Jialan, "you should go to the disaster relief yourself and work for the benefit of the people, instead of waiting for news here." β
"Why?" Changyi asked, does he still need a prince to do this kind of thing? their prince also has to practice, and the time is also very tight.
"Do all the people in the world think that you are the emperor for the benefit of the people, or are those officials useful?" Jia Lan asked rhetorically, "And the big prince, what kind of dance are you doing at this time, can that thing be turned into food?"
"Makes sense. Changyi nodded and said, "Then I'll prepare it in the next few days." β
"Not only that, but you also have to find the cause of this disaster, I don't believe that the empire is such a large land, the four seasons are so differentiated, so many grain fields are damaged at the same time for no reason. β
"You mean somebody's making trouble?"
"I think it's just a fool's errand. Jialan said.
"Oni?"
"Hmm. Jialan nodded, "Okay, Your Highness don't have to worry about cultivation, I have some pills here, you take them, don't worry, there is nothing wrong with this pill." β
"Oh, you're welcome. Changyi took the Qiankun bag handed by Jialan.
After Changyi left, Jialan sent people to the Republic of China to inquire about Qiu Batian's situation, and a few days later, the news was sent back, and sure enough, someone was making trouble, but there were barbarians, and there was nothing wrong with Qiu Batian's side, and the grain harvest was not bad.
"Lixiang, you have to arrange this matter, Qiu Batian is the guarantee of our rear, if something happens, then the barbarians should be in chaos. Jialan said.
"Don't worry, my lord, I have already prepared for this, and I will store a large amount of food every year, which is enough for a year's consumption, not to mention that Qiu Batian's loss is not much. Reika replied.
"Good. Jialan was very satisfied with Lixiang's arrangement, "I guess there will be a big γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ» in a few days."
Five days later, the news of the grain failure was known throughout the empire.
"My lord, the great court was not held, but the disaster spread quickly enough. "Lixiang poured tea for Jialan.
"Hehe, if the matter is not a big deal, the emperor should not pay attention to it yet, but the fact that this matter was spread so quickly confirms my words - there must be someone behind the manipulation! But this time the Marquis of Houtu and the Marquis of Aoki will be difficult to handle. Jialan took a sip of the teacup, "Inform Brother Qin, let him take the initiative to share one or two for Houtu Houhou, and then ask Li Rong to go to Aoki Hou, but don't be too careful, just express your condolences." β
"Understand, we're not embarrassed, Aoki Hou is already good. Reika was blunt.
"Hehe, I'm going to say it here, don't say it anywhere else. Jialan put down the dry teacup.
"That's nature. Reika said, "But I have an idea to use this incident to stir up the relationship between Aoki Hou and the Four Princes." β
"Well, yes, but don't overdo it, just leave them a little bit apart this time. Jialan said, "Let that gap grow up slowly." β
"Hmm. Reika softly agreed.
Three days later, the emperor ordered that all officials above the three grades in the imperial capital should go to the court to discuss matters.
"Your Majesty, now that the disaster in the country is serious, I propose to tax those sects in the country, so that we will have more γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»" When the public was deadlocked, the people of the Si family threw such a "bomb"!
"What are you talking about, the sect has not paid taxes to the imperial court since ancient times, what should you do if those sects turn against you now?" The first to oppose was the Flame Marquis, "When the time comes, the food disaster and turmoil, how will we deal with it?"
"The sect has been established for many years, looking for resources everywhere in the land of the empire, and directly occupying them for private ownership after finding them, as well as those hidden families, occupying resources but not paying any taxes and fees, why!?" The Si family argued, what he said was not unreasonable, and the Flame Marquis was also unable to refute it.
"Hey~ It turns out that all this is the Si family making trouble, the purpose is to target those sects, I used the discord to deal with these sects before, and now I use this method to suppress the sects. Jialan stood aside and watched them arguing, secretly calculating in her heart.
"No, General Si's words are definitely not feasible, not to mention anything else, if taxes are levied on those sects, at least the Xuangu Kingdom will be in chaos, and everyone in those states that follow will be in danger. The Protector said, "If the state is in chaos, can the military strength of the imperial capital fight against it?"
"Protector, don't be alarmist, those states are still loyal to Your Majesty, how can there be chaos?" said Li Guogong, who was standing on the side, in a deep voice.
"What the hell do you think, who doesn't know? You γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ» with the Si family," the Protector shouted, but was stopped by the emperor in the middle of his words, "Don't say it wrong, what should we do if we want to discuss the disaster today?"
"Back to Your Majesty, Your Second Highness went to the disaster area to raise food when the disaster first occurred. A clear stream stood up and said.
"Well, well done. The emperor said with certainty, "Now there are only three marquis left who have not spoken, especially the marquis of Aoki, you can talk about it~"
"Your Majesty, I can't escape the blame for such a thing, His Royal Highness Changyi also came to me early, after we discussed, because I still have some experience, so let me raise money everywhere first, and His Royal Highness took the lead. Aoki Hou said, "In the near future, those materials will continue to be sent to His Second Highness." β
Hearing Aoki Hou's words, Jialan looked at the four princes who were standing on the side, with anger in their eyes, and understood in their hearts that Lixiang's plan had succeeded, and also helped Aoki Hou excuse him a little. β
"Hehe, Your Majesty, I am in charge of the household department, I have already sent Qin Shang of Zhengbaolou to the disaster area with His Second Highness, his ability is good, he will definitely be able to help, and I am already calculating the surplus of the empire's tax this year, and the surplus will be transported to the disaster area as soon as possible. β
"Well, the robe is well done, really good. The emperor nodded, "What do you think, Marquis Jialan?"
"Your Majesty, I was still in retreat when the disaster occurred, and it was only when His Royal Highness the Second Highness sent someone to inform me that I was out of the customs, and then I found out, so I didn't have time to do anything yet. Jialan said with a guilty face, "However, after listening to General Si's words today, I also have some ideas. β
"Well, let's talk about it. "The emperor is still selfish about Jialan, Jialan is naturally fearless, so there is no need to invite credit, otherwise it will make the emperor suspicious;