16. Cao Shuang's decision
"Impact Tsuki!"
"Impact Tsuki!"
The prosaic words of the monk of the Zhou family sounded like an earth-shattering shock in Cao Shuang's ears, lingering in his mind over and over again.
"It can't be!"
Cao Shuang blurted out, waving his long sleeves, and accidentally knocked the spiritual tea on the ground to the ground, and his aura was full of energy.
"His spiritual foundation is obviously damaged, how can he impact the foundation!?"
is also a standing member of the Handan Parliament, Cao Shuang knows Zhou Zhaoyi's situation very well, not to mention that who in the family who really has the potential to impact the foundation will be willing to spend time on these trivial matters. It is only when these avenues are hopeless and the old man who is dying will join the council, hoping to fight for more resources for his direct descendants.
"Master Zhaoyi did damage the spiritual foundation when he was young, but it was repaired a few years ago. ”
The Zhou family monk said with a smile.
"Humph......"
Cao Shuang pondered for a moment, suspecting that this was just a suspicious array of the Zhou family. This turmoil in the price increase of spirit stones is by no means something that can be manipulated by the power of one county and one family, and even the county lord is difficult to cover the sky with one hand.
"In that case......
Cao Shuang pondered for a while, slowly tasted the best spiritual tea offered by the Zhou family, looked at the warm sunshine outside the window, and suddenly said: "I haven't been to your house for a long time, I don't know if the blue waves of Qinghu Lake are still rippling?"
"This ...... Naturally, it's still excellent. ”
The monk of the Zhou family was shocked when he heard this, Cao Shuang keenly caught the hesitation, and immediately stood up and walked out of the window: "Then go to Qinghu Lake, the Yimu aura there is really enviable!"
The monk of the Zhou family had no choice but to keep up with Cao Shuang, and wanted to call on his family to take a good look at those visitors from the other world, but everyone was also a monk in the late stage of qi training, and he had never practiced the method of holding his breath and concealing it, so he knew that he couldn't hide it from Cao Shuang. Fortunately, it is impossible to distinguish the spiritual root qualifications of monks with the naked eye, and I have to hope that Cao Shuang will not be suspicious of them, and secretly regret that he did not prepare for his work.
All the way, with the effect of the clan protection formation, the climate in the manor can be controlled at will, spring, summer, autumn and winter. Cao Shuang observed the angry expressions of the servants of the Zhou family on the way, although it was impossible for these subordinates to participate in the decision-making of the clan, it was difficult to hide from them about the changes in the clan, and their panicked expressions could easily betray the conspiracy of the family boss. This is the way of mind reading that Cao Shuang learned from the parliamentary struggle, and the idle monk never imagined that the mistake would come from the subordinates who have never been taken seriously.
Along the way, I saw that the servants of the Zhou family looked hurried, but they were not gloomy, and they wanted to come to the Zhou family recently, but they were entangled in important matters. When the servants saw the real people in the clan passing by with strange real people, they all bowed and saluted, orderly and without panic, Cao Shuang was thoughtful.
The core location of the Zhou family manor is a pond with a radius of only two or three acres, and the willows on the shore are shaded by green trees, and the scenery is beautiful, but the lake is a little reluctant. However, the area of this lake is small, the inside is not small, the bottom of the lake is more than ten meters deep, there are no swimming fish aquarium, only aquatic plants grow. Dive to the bottom of the lake, and you can vaguely see a few spiritual grasses rooted in the silt, swaying with the waves.
This is the yellow-level Zhongpin Spirit Lake that the Zhou family relies on to cultivate, this lake, spiritual grass, and the topography at the bottom of the lake constitute a wonderful feng shui, which continuously swallows and exhales the surrounding spiritual energy, and transforms some of it into Yimu spiritual energy, making the nearby vitality full of vitality, which can be called a spiritual land. The pure aura of Yimu makes it easier to practice the family heirloom "Zhou's Huangting Neijing Yimu Sutra" by the lake, and the combination of the two is the reason why the Zhou family has been burning incense for 2,000 years.
Walking to the lake, Cao Shuang took a deep breath, turned his head and said with a smile: "If it weren't for the fact that my family had a better high-grade spiritual mountain, I would have to take this Yimu Ling Lake over no matter what." ”
"Standing Cao said with a smile,"
The monk of the Zhou family said with a smile: "It is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift." Your family is accustomed to enjoying the aura of the high-grade spiritual land, how can you still suffer from this inferior medium-grade spiritual land. ”
"Huh, where did those strangely dressed barbarians come from?"
After wandering around for half a circle, Cao Shuang saw another group of people approaching the lake, including men and women, dressed strangely, the lower pants were no longer than the knees, and the trim was unusually tight, and the delicate curves of the fit could be seen.
"That's ......"
The monk of the Zhou family sighed in his heart that he didn't want anything to come, but fortunately he had already deliberated on the way to come, and said casually: "The merchant from Jinzhou is said to be a barbarian from the south, who has not served the king and does not know etiquette. ”
Cao Shuang said curiously: "Oh? Now it's really a critical juncture for your Zhou family, leaving a few barbarians in the manor, not afraid of any moths?"
When the monk of the Zhou family heard this, he pretended to be useless and said: "Haha~ It's just a barbarian, I don't know Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, I only cross thousands of miles for yellow and white things, so how can I stay with such a humble person?"
"And it is said that the tribes on their side are at war again, and these barbarian merchants are unable to restrain their hands, and they are unwilling to go back to the war, so they find a reason to stay in Middle-earth. It just so happens that my family's Xiaoba, who is in charge of the southern side of the goods, has spice dealings with them, and I want to talk about the purchase of spices in detail these days. ”
The monk of the Zhou family said carefully, telling the ins and outs of these barbarians clearly, Cao Shuang heard this, looked at it carefully, and sure enough, his steps were frivolous, and he obviously didn't even know how to do external skills.
Cao Shuang stroked his hair and said, "It's weird...... It's not that the barbarians are good at fighting, how can they be so weak, even the village women are not as good. ”
"This ...... I don't know, I think it's the nobles in the clan, the reason why they don't produce. Doesn't the mortal royal family also have the saying that 'the son of a thousand daughters can't sit down'?"
The monk of the Zhou family said lightly, and scolded in his heart: [Cao Shuang, don't ask if you are a curious baby, I won't be able to make it up if I ask again!]
Fortunately, Cao Shuang really didn't dwell on it anymore, and the Zhou family monk took a deep breath and just accompanied him silently. The two walked like a fly, and they approached these "barbarians" in a short time. Seeing them coming from a distance, the barbarian just looked at them curiously, and did not act politely.
Seeing that these visitors from the other world opened their mouths to speak, the Zhou family monks were enveloped in coercion before they approached, and cold sweat broke out on their foreheads, their limbs trembled, and they couldn't speak at all.
"Rude fellow!"
The monk of the Zhou family snorted coldly, the sleeves of his robe waved, and a gust of wind blew, and the "barbarian" who blew staggered and fell to the ground. Then he laughed and hurriedly took Cao Shuang back and left.
"Why are you so irritable today?"
On the way back, Cao Shuang asked seemingly casually.
"How can I not be angry if my Zhou family makes a fool of myself in front of distinguished guests?"
The monk of the Zhou family also replied casually.
"I see you know a lot about these barbarians?"
Cao Shuangwu stopped and looked directly at the Zhou family monk, the Zhou family monk trembled, knowing that this was the last question of this trip, he had experienced the affairs of the clan for many years, and his face had already done what he wanted, so he pretended to be unhappy and said: "If it weren't for Xiaoba's obsession with mundane affairs, and he still likes the barbarians' peppercorns, corn and other food, I would have coaxed them out a long time ago!"
"A while ago, he came back from Inner Mongolia, and he also proposed to engage in 'Hufu riding and shooting', the dignified Chinese want to learn the strange skills of the Hu people, isn't it ridiculous to spread it?"
After listening to Zhou Honglu's complaints, Cao Shuang laughed for a while, looking at the few "barbarians" in strange costumes in the distance helping each other to get up, thinking thoughtfully. Wanting to cast a spell to listen to what they were saying, and caring about Zhou Honglu next to him, he pondered for a moment, and the fierce color in his eyes flashed, and he had already made a decision in his heart.