141 Celebration Banquet (1)
After several days of excavation, the city of the Salvation Church was turned into a large construction site, and the ground in the city was dug up, exposing the mysterious blood pool and ditch underground. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info are really basically all over the city, and I think that when this city was built, these blood pool ditches had been prepared in advance.
And under the ditch, on some key nodes, there are still a large number of human and beast bones buried, which seem to be sacrifices and suppressions, some of them are very old, it seems that the layout of this large array was not carried out after the old guy seized the house, but a long time ago, the White Bone Sect period began. For some reason, it didn't work, until a remnant of the sinister took away the savior leader, and then induced the followers to build a dwelling on the original site, so as to continue the blood sacrifice project.
In addition to studying the mystery of this sacrificial formation, Huang Chang also helped Sima Jie and others deal with some affairs related to the Immortal Dao Law in the past few days - mainly all kinds of seizures from the Salvation Sect's nest, which can be used as immortal cultivation materials, useful things for immortal cultivators, Sima Jie asked Huang Chang and Ji Ruo to help identify them. At the same time, they are also told that if they like something, they can take it with a greeting, and they don't have to be polite - of course, these loot should have been yours, and this is just an appetizer. You have helped so much this time, Guo Junshou must have something to say when he turns back, and these things in front of him must not be used as a thank you gift.
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Sure enough, a few days later, Guo Shouhuan, Sima Jie, and Xiong Tianyang, the three highest officials of the Great Zhou court here, officially posted a post, inviting Huang Chang and Ji Ruo to a banquet to celebrate their achievements, so that they could express their gratitude to the Kunlun disciples for their righteous help.
And Huang Chang knew it in his heart when he received the post - these three must be taking advantage of the arrival of the ministers of the pickaxe capital to solve the internal division of interests. lest there be a high-ranking official in the pickaxe capital to intervene in the time and add trouble to it.
Although he and Ji Ruo are outsiders, since one has shown the strength of the Six Heavens, and the other is the identity of the county lord and royal family, it can be regarded as a force to be reckoned with. The three people on the opposite side must count their own two when distributing benefits, otherwise they would not have climbed to such a high position.
- Indeed, the banquet was more of a spoils party than a celebration feast: Guo Shouhuan and his monk and bodyguard Zhang Chi sat in the middle, Huang Chang and Ji Ruo sat on the left, and Sima Jie and Xiong Tianyang on the right. There are a few simple dishes on each person's desk, which can be regarded as a banquet.
After chatting casually and eating something, Guo Shouhuan signaled to collect the food utensils, and then a military comptroller presented a number of volumes, which were the list of seized materials for this operation. Hundreds of soldiers carried over many cages and trays, large and small, containing a number of things, which emitted a bright or dark light -- but they were all relatively valuable items that had been captured, and they were sent directly to the tents of the Chinese army.
There are really a lot of good things, and even Guo Shouhuan, the largest tent in the whole army, seems a little crowded - they have already "dug three feet into the ground" of the entire city, as long as it is a treasure hidden in this city, it is estimated that none of them can escape the eyes of those treasure hunters in the six gates, and it is even said that the private collection of the savior deity has been found.
In this piece of jewels, Guo Shouhuan waved away all the attendants, leaving only a few guards who were obviously his closest friends, and motioned for one of them to hold a red lacquer plate in front of Huang Chang.
"Huang Xian's nephew, Ah Ruoxian's niece, this time he was able to wipe out the cult and break the demon's treacherous scheme, and the two virtuous nephews should be the first in terms of merit. The things left by the demon should belong to you—the two virtuous nephews must know about them, right?"
-- I have to say that the bureaucracy's ability to pull ties is absolutely amazing. Guo Shouhuan only called Ji Ruo the little county lord when he was in Linquan County before. met again this time, but bluntly shouted "virtuous niece", so even Huang Chang naturally descended and became the "virtuous nephew" in his mouth.
It's just that before Ji Ruo was surprised, he handed over a letter first-but it was actually written by Sheng Yangjun to his daughter. There are no abrupt words in it, only that he has been friends with Linquan Guojun for a long time, and he is very pleased to be a friend this time. Since my daughter is there, let me ask her much for advice, and she will be beneficial......
There aren't many words, and it doesn't seem to mean anything special, at least Ji Ruo can't see anything. But the same words fell into Huang Chang's eyes, and he immediately understood the meaning - in this short period of time, Guo Shouhuan had actually reached some kind of agreement with Shengyangjun in the pickaxe capital, presumably forming an alliance in some way.
And the existence of Ji Ruo and his Huang Chang is obviously the main reason why Guo Junshou took such an active attitude - Shengyangjun's letter was actually written to Huang Chang, and the latter really immediately understood Shengyangjun's intentions: I hope they can be polite to Guo Junshou, and I am afraid that the two sides will cooperate in the future.
So the two of them can only regard themselves as juniors in front of this Guo Junshou, but this is not a bad thing - at least Guo Shouhuan is not too stingy in front of the juniors. For example, at this moment, Huang Chang looked at the thing in the red lacquer pill plate in front of him, and with his calm skills, he couldn't help but take a deep breath, and said in his heart that this old Guo is really willing!
――In the lacquer plate, on a piece of flannel in the center, a ring is quietly placed. There were no diamonds or treasures on it, but a smooth piece of armor that seemed to be the claw of some kind of animal. The craftsmanship of this material is exquisite, but the overall appearance is quite old, and the nail pieces are a little yellow, as if they have been used for many years. If a mortal on earth saw it, he would probably not bend down to pick it up.
But in the eyes of monks like Huang Chang and Ji Ruo, it was different—its entire body exuded a peculiar fluctuation that was familiar to them, but rarely seen, that made the surrounding space tremble slightly—only materials with space-related transcendent properties, such as the hair or claw armor of the ancient alien beast Pixiu.
-- Huang Chang and Ji Ruo both had Qiankun bags, so they could clearly feel that the fluctuations emanating from the ring on the opposite side were almost exactly the same as the Qiankun storage bags on their waists - this was the storage ring made of Pixiu claw armor in legends, and even in the previous era of the Yin Shang Empire, only high-ranking officials had the right to wear it!