Lao Gao opened his eyes slightly, and when he saw Qin Wen sitting next to the bed, he bowed slightly and said, "Qin Xian, when are we coming back?"

At this time, the little guy outside walked in with the futon, and after the two little guys changed the futon on the old high bed, Qin Wen said: "We have been back home for three or four days, you have been in a coma, I have refined a furnace of pills for you in the past few days, after you finish eating, take care of yourself for a while, and your vitality will slowly recover." ”

Lao Gao smiled slightly and said: "It's okay if I don't recover my vitality now, this time I also entrusted the blessing of worship, the two old slaves were in great calamity, and I can bring the young master back to the capital safely, even if I die, I am worthy of Lord Duan." ”

Speaking of this, he coughed a few times in a low voice, lowered his head and spit out a mouthful of bloody black sticky phlegm in the spittoon, Qin Wen's face wrinkled slightly, although Lao Gao was just awake now, but he would not spit out black phlegm, he observed Lao Gao's complexion, and then put his finger on his wrist vein to check it carefully, and said with some doubts: "Is there any toxin in your body?"

Lao Gao thought for a while and said: "This is all in the past, when the prince was still there, I followed him to Nanyu City, where he was sent to a small cub of the Tianmi Sect under the spirit chrysalis, although the pupal was removed by the prince at that time, but the toxicity was left in the internal organs, at the beginning I also found some elixir to exorcise it, but it had no effect." ”

"Gradually, I got used to it, I suppressed it with my vitality on weekdays, and I didn't show it again all these years, maybe I went to Luming City this time, and I suffered two internal injuries in a few months, and my vitality was a little uncontrollable, and the toxicity was a little sluggish. ”

Ao Yu opened his mouth and asked at this time, "Brother Qin, is Lao Gao's poisoning serious?"

Qin Wen shook his head and said: "The toxicity is not serious, after taking the pill, he can still recover his original cultivation, but because he has been suppressing the toxicity for so many years, there has been no breakthrough in the realm, and if this toxicity is not removed in the future, he will always be just a Xuan Master at the upper level." ”

Lao Gao said in a gentle tone: "I am also satisfied to live until now, we have been following the prince's subordinates, and now I am left alone, some died on the battlefield, some died under the assassination, and some were weaker in cultivation, and died on this bed, even Qian San, who is now more qualified, is the descendant of that group of people." ”

Qin Wen smiled slightly at this time: "Although I can't solve the poison of these chrysalis now, you also have to pay more attention, if someone can really solve the poison of the internal organs, with your talent, the chance of the Xuan Master breaking the spirit is still relatively large." ”

Lao Gao smiled faintly: "When I practiced back then, the prince also praised my talent, the poison of each pupal can only be lifted by those who have a Gu, so many years have passed, I didn't find that person at that time, and now I haven't had the opportunity to go to Nanyu City again, so I can't find it." ”

Speaking of this, his words changed sharply and said, "Qin Xian, which courtyard do you live in now?

Qin Wen nodded and said, "I live in Longyun Pavilion now, and the environment there is good. ”

Lao Gao nodded slightly and said, "There is a Dan room earth fire in Longyun Pavilion, which is just suitable for worshipping and living in it, by the way, how is the young master now?"

Qin Wen replied: "Gongzi said today that he was going to the banquet of the old general Qi, and he just left from here. At this time, he took out another pill, and then handed it to Lao Gao and said, "You have just woken up, just take another pill and recuperate." ”

Lao Gao took the pill, put it in his mouth, and after taking it with warm water, his breath eased a lot, and said to Qin Wen: "With the old general Qi coming forward, there must be no problem with Guan Shuo's affairs, but it is not easy to transfer Guan Fu back now." ”

Qin Wen nodded and said, "Gongzi also told me about this matter just now, and he is going to transfer Guan Shuo to Dingwu Pass, so as to avoid conflicts with Guan Fu." ”

At this time, Qin Wen thought of the conflict in front of Baicaozhai a few days ago, and he also wanted to know more about the situation of the Jiao family, and now the person he is most familiar with in the capital is Lao Gao, so he asked: "Lao Gao, how is this Jiao Shilang's family in the capital?"

Lao Gao was stunned for a moment, and didn't know why Qin Wen suddenly mentioned Jiao Shilang, so he spoke: "Jiao Shilang is still relatively young, but he is also quite a saint, other ministers think that he is relying on the shadow of Jiao Shangshu before, but in my opinion, it is not, I have met him in this mansion a few times, at that time he was still young and not yet in the office, and he was steady and sleek." ”

"When you talk about the shili in his house, it's more difficult to say, their family has been an official for several generations, and it is also an official family in the capital, and it also has some influence on the imperial court, why, Qin Fengfeng and the Jiao family have a reason?"

Qin Wen shook his head, he told Lao Gao about the conflict between himself and the son of the Jiao family, and after Lao Gao listened, he groaned slightly, and said with a gentle face: "This Qin worship is still rest assured, now the ministers of the court and the central government are also waiting for the selection of the dragon jue, with Jiao Shilang's temperament, he will definitely not have any conflict with our palace at this time." ”

Speaking of this, Lao Gao's face darkened, and he sighed: "Alas, the situation in the mansion is not as good as before, Qin worships, I won't hide it from you, this mansion is basically an empty shelf, the young master is just a dragon jue selection, and all the people he takes are the clan's Yulu, after the prince passed away, all the offerings invited were scattered, and even some of the slaves who got out of slavery left." ”

"This makes those little rabbit cubs look down on you, but Qin worship, don't worry, our Duanwang Mansion has not degenerated to the realm where everyone can bully, if he dares to be unfavorable to you, my boss Gao can't spare him." ”

Qin Wen also understood the situation of Duanwangfu from Lao Gao's words at this time, and he only then understood that Weishenme Lao Gao and Xiang Hao would venture to Gucheng Mountain alone, most of the slaves in this mansion had not yet entered the Xuan level, and it seemed that they had not been recruited for many years.

At this time, Qin Wen suddenly saw Lao Gao's slightly worried eyes, and suddenly understood in his heart that he was also afraid that after he learned the true situation, he would leave Duanwang's mansion, Qin Wen did not have this kind of thought in his heart, and during this time, he and Xiang Hao's master and servant got along very well, and they talked to each other like friends.

Qin Wen also knew in his heart that this capital was just a post station for him to stop on his cultivation path, and he would not stay here forever, although his cultivation was low now, he didn't need high-level exercises like other low-level cultivators, and his current exercises were enough to cultivate to the kind of realm in his previous life.

All he wants is to have a place to practice, and then have the opportunity to refine some pills, so that he can get familiar with the practice of this shijie as soon as possible, these conditions are met in the Duanwang Mansion, in fact, what satisfies him the most is the temperament between Xiang Hao and Lao Gao.

Thinking of this, Qin Wen smiled and said: "The cultivation of this end of the palace is really good, I will take a look at the elixir library in a few days, and then refine some Xuan-level high-grade elixirs for Gongzi, and Gongzi can also exchange the elixir for some necessary spiritual objects." ”

Lao Gao heard that Qin Wen had no intention of leaving, and he was also relieved, but when he heard Qin Wen say about the elixir storehouse, he couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "Qin Xian doesn't know, the elixirs in this house have been sold for the cultivation of the son, and most of them have gone to Baicaozhai to exchange for pills, and even the spars we brought to Luming City this time were exchanged for a few high-grade elixirs from Zuihou." ”

"It is estimated that the current elixir library can gather some Xuan-level mid-grade elixirs, fortunately, this time I can get the purple pulp essence in Luming City, wait until the young master's array plate refining is returned, see how much purple pulp essence is left, sell some in exchange for some elixirs, and then please enshrine the refining elixir." ”

Qin Wen nodded, it seemed that the situation in this end of the palace was indeed a little embarrassing, but he thought of Xiang Kuang at this time, so he asked: "Old Gao, are all the royal children in this capital relying on the clan?"

Lao Gao shook his head and said: "The children of the royal family are mainly divided into two categories, the first category is to pass the selection of the dragon jue, before they cultivate to the third layer, they are arranged by the saints, generally they are the inspectors of several big cities and the like, these are several times higher than the ones given by the clan, plus the local filial piety on weekdays, it is not a problem to maintain the operation of the palace and their own cultivation." ”

"Just like the current King Hui is still the inspector of the five cities in the southeast, King Duan also served as the inspector of the three cities in southern Xinjiang, and when their realm breaks through the third layer, these positions will have to resign by themselves, and then they will be filled by the new royal children. ”

Speaking of this, his words changed sharply and said: "There are also those who have not passed the selection of Long Jue, most of them will not stay in the capital, but go to live in their own manors in other cities, and they will also end up at ease, but their direct descendants will also enter Beijing to participate in the election every time they are selected by Long Jue, and if no one is selected within five generations, then they will have a false name of the clan in the future, and it has nothing to do with the royal family." ”

"Now the young master is a special situation, the prince is unfortunately died early, there will be three years to be selected, all the young masters are still living in the capital, waiting for the selection, in case this selection fails, it is estimated that the young master will not stay in the capital in the capital, when the time comes, the land of the palace will be sold to other clan children, and the rest of the money can also go to the city outside to buy a good mansion, waiting for the young master to be selected in the future. ”

Qin Wen nodded, but he still had doubts: "Then the previous Duanwang didn't buy some properties in the capital or anything like that, so that the descendants don't have to worry about the money for cultivation." ”

Lao Gao hesitated for a moment and said: "In the capital, the sage is still relatively strict, and the private properties of the general princes and ministers are very hidden, but there are also a few properties in the palace, that is, the prince has been in southern Xinjiang for a long time, and no one is in the capital for a while." ”