Chapter 12: Heavenly Work (8)
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In the main hall in the front yard of the rudder, all the middle and high-level backbones of the Jingzhou rudder of the Shenji Hall have arrived, and thirty or forty people are sitting or standing in it, but it still seems that the hall is empty.
Shenji Hall has money, but also willing to use money, this main hall is to receive guests from all walks of life, are also used to display all kinds of beasts, so it is built to be extremely magnificent, with transparent glazed tiles laid on a layer and then covered, when needed during the day, it can be lit up as the open air. But at this time, the hall was gloomy and gloomy, everyone's face was a haze, many people whispered to each other, some people stood with panic, some people were full of grief and indignation, and unwilling sparks jumped out of their eyes from time to time.
Zeng Jiuwen Hall Master stood in the center, after these days, he seemed thinner, and he looked almost no different from those hungry people who were about to go out of business, only the occasional dazzling light in the depths of his eyes showed that there was a huge amount of power lurking in his thin body. His face was indifferent and he didn't speak to anyone, but everyone's attention was on him, consciously or unconsciously. He is the hall master of the rudder, and he is also one of the most senior patriarchs in the entire Shenji Hall, whether it is ability or reputation, it is the number of all the rudder hall masters, and now this Jingzhou rudder is facing an unprecedented crisis, and it is also an unprecedented shame, everyone is watching how he responds. There were many younger incense masters with raging flames in their eyes, just waiting for the Zeng Hall Master to give an order. More people's eyes were consciously or unconsciously looking at the black cloth at the edge of the hall and around them, and there was a deep sense of uneasiness and worry in their eyes.
Chief Craftsman Wei was the last to come. As soon as he stepped into this hall, he felt the gloomy and gloomy atmosphere in this hall, which made his already gloomy mood even more heavy and obscure. But he pinched the blueprint of the Melting Core Furnace in his hand. A trace of anger and warmth rose in his heart, and he strode in front of Zeng Jiuwen and handed over the drawings: "Hall Master, fortunately, I didn't disgrace my life, and finally finished this thing at this last moment." ”
Hearing this, Zeng Jiuwen's face also flashed with a hint of surprise and brilliance, and he hurriedly took the drawings and took a quick look. He took it into his arms with great pity, glanced at Chief Craftsman Wei with great satisfaction, and nodded, "Thanks to you." Old Wei. If it weren't for you, you would definitely not have been able to complete this key organ in such a short period of time, and in this way, this Jingzhou rudder would have completed the task. ”
"For the sake of the Heavenly Project. For the sake of the hall master of Fang. It's not a pity that my old bones are burned even if they are burned as firewood. Master Wei sighed. "It's a pity that I didn't bring that talented wild Taoist priest over, and I can't let him contribute to the Heavenly Crafts Project, but it's really a pity. Those wild Taoist priests don't know what they have in their heads, one is more self-righteous than the other, and they can't eat the ancient. ”
"Oh, have those people been dealt with?" Zeng Jiuwen didn't raise his eyes, just looked at the door, and asked lightly as if he were asking a simple question.
It's just a sentence of effort, and someone will deal with it. You can't stay behind and be the handle of those who have bad intentions. Chief Craftsman Wei replied easily and indifferently. At this time, he also saw the things placed around the hall, and his face sank and he was a little suspicious. "Just put these right here. Isn't it a little too direct? Isn't the hall master afraid that those people will see it?"
"What if you see it? What does it make if this situation is put on the table or not? Now that the situation is irreversible, how can you do it if you don't do it directly?" Zeng Jiuwen said lightly.
"Also, I want those people to know that my Shenjitang is not a soft persimmon to be kneaded. Even if they want to come to Hulai, they also have to weigh the price of Hulai. Chief Craftsman Wei sneered. He looked left and right for a moment, and beckoned to Deacon Zhang who was not far away, and Deacon Zhang came over. Chief Craftsman Wei asked: "Can you find out clearly these days, what happened to the little cub of the Nangong family?"
Deacon Zhang shook his head: "There doesn't seem to be any change. Those people from Nangong Tong and the Zhengdao Alliance were all shrunk into the courtyard of the Nangong family, barely leaving home, and the news of bribing the employment and miscellaneous servants was nothing special. ”
"How so? What are you doing? The people who sent out couldn't even get any news. After hearing this, Chief Craftsman Wei immediately frowned, and his face was angry. "The little cub of the Nangong family is now a poor dagger, since it has been decided that he will come to a showdown today, how can he not take any action in the past few days?"
Although the position of chief craftsman is only in charge of the affairs of organ manufacturing, strictly speaking, the power of the foreign deacon is greater, but the qualifications of the chief craftsman Wei are extremely old, and he is a veteran from the period of Qiaojinzong, and even the head hall master has to call him 'Master Wei', and his status is obvious. Deacon Zhang was not in a hurry to be angry when he was reprimanded, but replied honestly: "It is true that all the people and means that can be used have been used, but the subordinates of the Nangong family are all servants for generations, well-trained, and extremely difficult to buy, so they can only start from miscellaneous servants. It's just that judging from the news that can be obtained, as well as the people who come and go near the Nangong Mansion, there is indeed nothing wrong with those people from the Righteous Dao Alliance these days. ”
"This" Chief Craftsman Wei looked at Zeng Jiuwen.
"It doesn't matter. Zeng Jiuwen sneered faintly, and there was an indifferent coldness on his skeleton-like lean face. "I don't care what they're going to do, as long as they're here today. ”
"Oh" Chief Craftsman Wei seemed to understand something, turned his head to look at the things around the hall that were covered with black wood, nodded thoughtfully, and sneered. The sunlight above shone on his old face, revealing a somewhat hideous color.
At this time, a gang of people outside ran in to report: "The same son of Nangong of the Righteous Path League led a group of young heroes of the Righteous Path League to visit. ”
"Ask them to come in. Zeng Jiuwen waved his hand, and then said lightly to Chief Craftsman Wei: "You can almost let people deal with those people." ”
Chief Craftsman Wei nodded confidently: "I have already ordered it, the hall master can rest assured." By this time, it should have been almost resolved. ”
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When Natsu returns to her temporary residence. I saw the Flying Dragon Dao people, the Sanshan Dao people and the old man Zhang were packing their things, obviously preparing to take the bounty and prepare to leave.
I saw Xiao Xia come back. The Sanshan Daoist immediately came up and asked: "What does Chief Craftsman Wei say, but do you invite you to join the Shenji Hall?" If Brother Wei enters the Shenji Hall, what kind of craftsman will he become, if there is any good business in the future, don't forget our friends." I heard that there will be many big moves in the future of this Divine Machine Hall, maybe there are still good things like this to reward thousands of taels of gold, even if we cultivate to be mediocre, we can't be as talented as Brother Wei. But it's okay to mix soup like this. ”
Xiao Xia laughed: "Where is it, although Chief Craftsman Wei has mentioned this, brother, I am not interested." This time, I took these thousands of taels of gold, which is enough to live happily for a long time. Why do you need to be one of these craftsmen? ”
"Brother Wei is wrong, when the windfall is finally used up, of course, we still have to find a way to have a stable source and backer. Although this Shenji Hall is not a famous faction. The strength is a few points. In recent years, it has been so prosperous, maybe it can become a big thing in time, and with such a backer, isn't it much better than a lonely person on the rivers and lakes, full of food and hungry?"
Xiao Xia still shook his head and smiled: "There is a way to be a beggar for three years, and the emperor doesn't want to do it." The Taoist priest is used to being at ease, where can he afford to fiddle with these talisman mechanisms every day like this. ”
The Flying Dragon Daoist also nodded: "Exactly! A cultivator should have such a carefree and unrestrained mind, like you, who only has interests and losses in his eyes." It's better to be a businessman and craftsman who flies and dogs, and it's a shame for us to wear this robe. ”
The people of Sanshan Dao were immediately furious: "I am talking to Brother Wei Feng. What are you doing here?"
"Alright, alright. Why argue about some trivial things, everyone is still waiting for the reward. Later, those people from the Shenji Hall came, and they thought that we couldn't wait to see the bounty and fight for credit here. Xiao Xia also laughed a few times, but there was no smile in his eyes.
The rumbling sound came from the ground with a slight vibration, this is the sound of the heavy machine beast walking, I have lived here for so many days, and all the Taoist priests have long been familiar with it, and when they heard this voice, the Flying Dragon Daoist smiled and said, "What, the Divine Machine Hall still uses the machine beast to give us silver?"
Sanshan Daoren smiled: "That's natural, just the five thousand taels of gold of the Wei Feng brothers, it's not something that one or two people can move." By the way, Brother Wei Feng can ask the chief craftsman of Wei clearly? Is it really giving us gold, or is it folded into silver, or is it a silver ticket? Gold is the hardest, and it can be used anywhere, if it is silver, it will be worse, not to mention that it is inconvenient to carry, and some are adulterated, although the silver ticket is convenient, but it is not very easy to use in some places. ”
Xiao Xia didn't answer, but listened carefully to the footsteps of the trap beast, and then walked out, just as he saw several large and small trap beasts not far away. These must have been seven or eight buffalo-sized buffalo and three attic-sized bodies around their dwelling, and the polished ironwood surface reflected the dazzling sunlight like a herd of cold monsters.
The trap beast gradually moved away, and a person trotted over, it was a craftsman under Chief Craftsman Wei, who ran to everyone and arched his hand, saying, "It is not easy to carry the gold, so I didn't bring it here, and I ask you to go to the cafeteria with me to collect it." ”
"No need. It's right here, you have trap beasts anyway, and they're quick to carry. We're just waiting here, and you can go and bring the rest. ”
This made everyone stunned. It's not that these words are a little ignorant, but that this is the old man Zhang who has rarely spoken. This old man never talks much, nor does he have much to do, only when he volunteered to help Xiao Xia test the mechanism talisman before did many people not forget him, who knew that he suddenly said this at this time.
The craftsman on the trap beast was stunned for a moment and frowned: "You old man is so unreasonable, you have to pick and choose when you pay for it." ”
"Exactly, Old Man Zhang, what are you doing with this inexplicably?" Sanshan Daoist also scolded him a few words, and then smiled and said to the craftsman on the machine beast: "If you have work, we will go over immediately."
Xiao Xia suddenly said, "No, let's send it here, the old man's legs and feet are not good." Don't be embarrassed for him. ”
Sanshan Daoren was stunned for a moment when he heard this, turned his head to look at it, and didn't understand why Xiao Xia suddenly said this. It's just that Xiao Xia is the biggest contributor to this achievement, and it's hard for him to speak.
The Flying Dragon Daoist also spoke, and said with some righteous indignation: "Exactly, you Shenji Hall people are also used to making trouble, obviously we did things for you, we should have given us the silver, but we still want to go over and get it ourselves, how can this be true?"
The craftsman on the Trap Beast frowned. Then he sighed again, and said with a wry smile: "You don't know, it's really because this is the residence of the craftsmen of this hall. If the reward is presented here, those craftsmen will inevitably see the hearts of the people fluctuate. That's why we decided to send the bounty to the dining hall first, and ask the Taoist leaders to go and get it. ”
"But don't all the craftsmen go to the workshop now? There aren't many people here. The Wyvern looked left and right at the empty lodging quarters, and there were only a few craftsmen in the neat rows of houses.
"It's not very convenient after all. The Taoist elders don't know what we're up to. Even if it is seen by a few people. Word of mouth will also spread widely. Some of the craftsmen in the hall only have a monthly salary of just over ten taels of silver, and if they know that the rewards they have received in just a few days are thousands of times that of them, will they still have the heart to work?"
The craftsman's wry smile was mixed with a lot of envy, which made the Flying Dragon Dao and the Sanshan Dao people couldn't help but feel proud. The master said, "There are several other Dao Masters who have also passed, so I will trouble you Dao Masters to move around." ”
Hearing this remark, Sanshan Dao was comfortable in his heart, so he turned to the others and said, "There is some truth in what you said, then let's go by ourselves." ”
Xiao Xia glanced at the old man Zhang, who was silent. The wooden face seems to have changed back to the original honest and cautious old peasant. He thought for a moment and nodded: "Okay, then let's go over." ”
The location of the cafeteria was at the end of the residential area, a relatively remote corner, and this was not the time to eat, almost no one approached here, but there were several mechanical beasts of different sizes guarding the surroundings, the same ones I had just seen walking around their residential area. The wild Taoist priests who were standing at the door chatting suddenly surrounded them, and they all hugged their fists and congratulated: "It's still the Taoist friends who are superb in cultivation, and they actually made the organ talisman in such a short time, and we also took some rewards." ”
In addition to Xiningzi and the other three, there were also seven or eight Fu Daoist priests in another group, who were also responsible for the development of this organ talisman, and they came earlier than Xiao Xia, but the progress of the development was slow. This was solved by Xiao Xia and them first, although they couldn't get the big head, but the chance of paying for their own success in research and development was really slim, so they had no complaints about this result. According to the promise of Chief Craftsman Wei, as long as it is successful, all Taoist priests who develop it will have a large bounty.
Then the master craftsman who had brought them came into the dining room, and in the center of the room there was a small table with a few tables, which was covered with a curtain, and when the master went up and opened it, he saw a layer of yellow gold bars neatly laid down there.
A sound of inhalation came from the mouths of the Daoists, and although they had known it for a long time, the feeling of seeing it with their own eyes was completely different. Sanshan Daoren and a few others hurriedly stepped forward and gathered in front of the stage, almost staring at the gold bars. If it weren't for the fact that there were colleagues watching from the side, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to help but take it a long time ago.
"Daoist Wei Feng and a few, please. We have divided the gold, and the most in the middle is Wei Feng, and the second is a few Dao Chiefs. The master craftsman who had brought them to him stood at the door, his face full of respect, and he stretched out his hand to make an invitation.
But Xiao Xia didn't go in, not only him, but also Old Man Zhang, and the people of Feilong Dao were standing at the door and didn't move, Xiningzi originally walked a few steps, and when he saw that they didn't move, he moved back.
Xiao Xia looked at the gold on the table from a distance, and said lightly: "I'm afraid this gold is not enough, right?" Chief Craftsman Wei promised me the five thousand taels of gold, which seems to add up to five thousand taels in total. ”
The craftsman smiled and said, "Where can I use all the gold? My Jingzhou rudder suddenly can't take out so much gold, but the rest is converted into silver tickets, and they are all pressed under the gold, and there will never be a penny missing from the Taoist chiefs, and the Taoist leaders will know it when they look at it." ”
Xiao Xia still stood still, but looked at him and said, "Okay, then ask this master to come with us." We're afraid it's unfair to do it ourselves, so it's better for you to help us. ”
The smile on the craftsman's face froze for a moment, but then softened again. "All the Taoist masters are humble and gentlemen, and they are deeply virtuous, don't you know how to be humble to each other? ”
"It's okay, I'll explain it to Chief Craftsman Wei for you. Xiao Xia smiled, reached out and grabbed the craftsman's hand.
Xiao Xia's fist and foot kung fu are all tricks learned indiscriminately everywhere, and he hasn't honed them very hard, in general, he is only a little stronger than the third rate, at most he has rich experience in fighting in battle formations. But after getting Tang Cheng's point, he is very good at some dodging methods and grappling techniques, and this grasp has been used in the Tang family's pulse interception hand, and ordinary Jianghu men can't dodge.
But this grasp actually failed to catch the wrist of the craftsman, and the figure of the craftsman retreated, although it didn't look fast, it was as slippery as a loach, making Xiao Xia's grasp empty.
The craftsman's retreat was a full step away, and he stood under a trap beast, the smile on his face still looked so kind, but a cold light had lit up in the depths of his eyes, like a poisonous snake that was smirking.
This grasp failed, Xiao Xia was also slightly stunned, and looked at the craftsman who had escaped a few steps and smiled meaningfully: "This master is very skilled, this turn is really a good figure." ”
The master also smiled and said, "Where, where is the Taoist leader suddenly stretched out his hand, startling me." And the gesture of the Taoist chief is exquisite, as if he has seen it somewhere."
Both of them were laughing, but the air seemed to become congealed and heavy unconsciously, and the Flying Dragon Daoist standing next to Xiao Xia frowned, looking at the two of them with very puzzled eyes, as if he felt a little inexplicable, Xiningzi rolled his eyes and quietly took two steps back.
"Let's go. Since all the gold has been brought to you, let's go and get it first. Old man Zhang, who had not spoken, suddenly spoke at this time, he didn't seem to notice Xiao Xia and the craftsman's movements at all, and the strange and solemn atmosphere was even more unfeeling, and he took the lead and walked towards the dining hall.
Xiao Xia hesitated slightly, then turned around with a smile and walked towards the dining hall, no longer looking at the craftsman, and the Flying Dragon Dao and Xiningzi also followed.
The smile on the face of the craftsman who had been left alone in the doorway disappeared, and a cold chill emerged, coldly looking at the backs of the few figures walking into the dining hall, his hand was resting on the trap beast beside him, and his index finger pulled a small trigger. With a soft snort, a thin plate on the back of the trap beast bounced open, revealing three black iron pipes the thickness of human heads, aimed at the people in the dining hall. (To be continued, please search for astronomy, the novel is better and faster!)