The residence of Emperor Zituo is not in the Imperial Palace, but on the side near the Wu Temple.

When Emperor Wu Yi of Shang insisted on moving from the Shang capital to Qiyi, he allowed everyone to choose their own place and build their own palace.

The palace room built by the emperor is next to the houses of the three masters such as Taizhu, Taibu, and Taishi. However, by now, Miyake has been emptied, and the deceased is no longer there.

Ji Kao took a carriage and came to the palace of the emperor.

He found that compared to other important ministers' mansions, the emperor's mansion was very simple, and it didn't look like an emperor's residence at all.

The palace room is not high, and there are not many rooms, and when he came over, the emperor had already set up a banquet and waited for him.

"I've seen the emperor. ”

Ji Kao didn't know much about this emperor, who was older than Emperor Wu Yi of Shang in terms of appearance, but from Emperor Shang's words, he knew that he should have a very good relationship with Wu Zhu.

"You don't have to be polite, please sit down. ”

The so-called banquet, except for Ji Kao, that is, the emperor entrusted himself, and no one else was present.

After Emperor Zituo waited until Ji Kao was seated, he raised the wine lord and said: "I don't like singing and dancing, Kao Jun came from afar, only thin wine was served." ”

Ji Kao hurriedly drank with the emperor, and then didn't say a word, waiting for his next words.

"I have heard that it is wise to be aware of danger before it occurs, and to be prepared for it in advance. Now the trend of Yin Shang seems to be thriving, and the soldiers are coming out in all directions, but some wise people have told me that great changes will start in the city, and the danger will come in all directions. ”

"The four sides are in danger, that is, Dongyi, Rongdi, Bashu and Jingman. Let's not talk about other places, you Ji Zhou's land, facing Rong Di in all directions, and you are the eldest son of Zhou Gong, you can sue me, what is Rong Di's situation?"

Emperor Zituo didn't talk about Wu Zhu and Qi Refiners, nor did he talk about Yin Shang's internal affairs, and directly asked about the situation in Ji Kao's northwest Rongdi, which made Ji Kao's heart move slightly.

He paused for a moment, and then said: "Northwest Rongdi, the situation is complicated, there are immediate worries, and there are long-term worries, I don't know what the emperor asked, referring to the immediate situation or the long-term situation?"

"What's the concern?"

"The worries in front of you, there are Yanjing's Rong, the rest of the Rong, the beginning of the call of the Rong, the Rong of the disciples, these four Rong, the land and Zhuxia intersect, people and Zhuxia are similar, to hunt for nature, do not know production, once Zhuxia is weak, will raise troops and go south, seize the people and plunder the land, kill to rob the wealth. ”

"What about long-term worries?"

"Long-term worries, there are ghosts, dogs, Qiang, meat porridge (xun yu), these four Rong, located in the northwest wilderness mountains and forests, people worship ancient demons. Once it is difficult to resist, the Zhuxia civilization will be wiped out. ”

After hearing this, Emperor Zituo frowned slightly: "If Yin Shang has no time to take care of the northwest, Ji Zhou may deal with it?"

Ji Kao said with a wry smile: "With the power of Ji Zhou, deal with one of Yanjing's Rong, Yu Wu's Rong, Shihu's Rong, and the Rong of the Disciples, you may be able to resist it, if you want to resist all, it is not the joint efforts of the western country, and it is irresistible." ”

"As for the more powerful existences such as Ghost Rong, Dog Rong, Qiang Rong, and Meat Porridge, I am afraid that only the Xia Fang Kingdom together can defeat them in one fell swoop. ”

Ji Kaojiu is in the west, so he naturally knows that these Rong Di are powerful, and Ji Zhou has few people, so it is difficult to take on the important task at this time.

Moreover, this is just talking about the military strength, in addition to the military strength, there are also cultivators, and demons, and these existences are added, it is not Ji Kao's words.

Then, Emperor Zituo asked about Ji Zhou's situation again, from the law of politics and the people to the people of Ji Zhou's mansion, no matter how big or small, Emperor Zituo talked to Ji Kao.

This kind of thing is not a secret, Ji Kao naturally will not hide it, and tell Ji Kao everything he knows.

The two have been chatting for most of the day, and Ji Kao found that this Emperor Zituo is actually a very smart person, who can see and know the subtleties, and can draw inferences from one another, which is not under his father Wu Yi.

Even for the prevention of Siyi, he is also worried all the time.

I just don't know why there is such a big gap between him and his father Wu Yi on the issue of Wu Zhu.

However, Ji Kao and Di Zituo never talked about the issue of Wu Zhu, only about the trend of Zhuxia and Zhuyi.

When Ji Kao said goodbye, Di Zituo even took Ji Kao's hand and sent him to the door, showing that he was extremely affectionate.

"Kaojun is talented, when everything is decided, I will give you the gift of Qiongju. ”

For Corporal Lixian of Emperor Zituo, Ji Kao didn't say much, just bowed.

What you get, you have to give, especially between the kingdoms of kings and ministers.

Wu Yi treated him so kindly because of his nascent martial arts, and the emperor entrusted him with generosity, probably counting on Ji Zhou's efforts in the future to block Rong Di in the northwest.

In fact, Rong Di's matter, in the back, the key lies in the demons behind Rong Di. The demons have been solved, and Rong Di is just an internal matter of the human race, which belongs to the dispute of civilizations.

After Ji Kao left, Emperor Zituo returned to the place where Shicai and Ji Kao had a banquet, and in it, there was already a person sitting inside.

This man was gray-haired and wrinkled, but he sat in an extremely upright posture, his eyes were clear, and he didn't get up when he saw the emperor come in, but only nodded slightly.

"Sage, now that you have watched this Ji exam, how are you going to do it?"

Emperor Zituo couldn't understand why this Lord Wuzhu, who had lived for hundreds of years, had to ask him to invite Ji Kao to come over to see him.

The old man, known as the wise man, pointed to the seat next to him and motioned for the emperor to sit down.

"Do you know the saber at his waist?"

"The disciple doesn't know. ”

"That is the sword of your ancestor Wu Ding, before Wu Ding died, he called all the ministers, although others have gone, but as long as the sword is there, then see the sword as if it were a person. The ministers on the left and right have sworn to obey the order of the sword. ”

"At the beginning, the sword was given to Fu Shuo by Wu Ding. Unexpectedly, now it has fallen into the hands of this Ji Zhou's disciple. ”

The emperor said suspiciously: "I think it was given by Fu Shuo, but it doesn't matter, the ministers of the first emperor of Wuding, except for Fu Shuo, there are few left." ”

For more than a hundred years, the ministers of Yin Shang didn't know how many times they had changed, and even Wu Zhu had changed for a term.

"You can think about it, if the minister at that time could survive, who was not a cultivator. Others don't say it, Fu said that there is also the elder you in Wanfangtai, your teacher is too good, I'm afraid it may not be their opponent. ”

Thinking of Fu Shuo's ability, and thinking of his elder who lived in seclusion in Wanfangtai, Emperor Zituo was suddenly slightly shocked.

"Hehe, you don't have to worry about these, a few of them, if they are willing to help Wu Yi boy, they will help without this sword. If they don't want to, they put the sword of Wuding in front of them, and they will find a reason to shirk it. ”

The old man glanced at Wanfangtai, then at the direction in which Ji Kao left, and sighed leisurely: "I'm not worried about the sword of Wuding, but I'm more worried about the crown hat on this son's head." ”

"The worn-out crown hat?"

Emperor Zituo was puzzled, what was there to worry about about that shabby crown hat. Although the style is ancient, it is not difficult to make it, isn't it just a feather, leather, cloth and even tree branches.

"The shabby crown hat, hehe, if I hadn't visited Kunlun with my father in the early years, I would have seen the same qi engine as this crown hat, I would not have thought about it. ”

"Please teach me. ”

Emperor Zituo hurriedly saluted, but he knew that the father of this virtuous master was an incredible existence. When Lingshan, the holy place of witch blessings, was completed, the father of the sage master, but the head of the ten witches who lived in Lingshan.

Although Lingshan is no longer the Lingshan it once was, the reputation of the Ten Witches of Lingshan has spread all over Kyushu.

"That crown hat is the crown of the Heavenly Master personally made by His Majesty the Yellow Emperor when he worshipped a few Qi Refiners as teachers. As far as I know, there are not many Qi Refiners who can have this crown, and the names of those people are all legends of my human race. ”

"Rong Cheng's family, Guang Chengzi, Ning Fengzi, Chi Songzi, Qi Bo, etc., are those people. If any of them intervenes, then what the situation of Yin Shang will be, it will be another matter. ”

Di Zituo took a deep breath, he never thought that this seemingly shabby crown hat would have such a big origin.

"Dare to ask the sage, what should I do?"

The old man, known as the Sage Master, said lightly: "What you should have done, just continue to do it." Since you're ready to woo him, pull him over. ”

The emperor bowed deeply to show that he knew.

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Ji Kao left the residence of the emperor and did not rush back to the collection room, but came to another corner of the city, where many of the ministers of the city were located.

Among the many ministers' residences, there is a division commander's residence.

The division commander is the chief of all the military attaches in Yin Shang, although he is not as noble as the three princes, but he has the name of a young master.

At this time, the head of Yin Shang was the lord of Ren Hou and his beloved Ren clan.

Zhi Ren's family is after Shao Hao, and the same as the sub-surname Shang, with the Xuanniao Phoenix as the totem.

However, the difference is that Yin Shang Zong Xuanniao, and Zhiren Zong Fengniao.

Since the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the Zhiren clan has been a powerful arm of the Yin Shang, assisting the Yin Shang to conquer the east and the west, and has made great achievements.

The lord of this generation's Zhiren clan, the teacher is the nephew of Ji Kao's grandmother Tairen, and he is also Ji Kao's cousin.

Ji Kao also had a letter from Tai Ren that he asked him to hand over to Ren Hou.

Not long ago, Ji Kao got a cloth bag that could hold things from the hands of the local tyrant Zishu, and when he sorted out his belongings, he found this family letter, and thought about visiting Ren Hou.

The collection of history in the city, it is also a small official position, and the servant who waits for it is very eager to entertain Ji Kao.

However, the people of the Ren clan, except for the next candidate and his eldest son, are all in the Fang Kingdom. Ren Hou is leading the troops outside, and Ren Hou's son is a qi refiner, who is taking over the task of Wanfang Tai and wandering among Yin Shang.

Seeing that he was not waiting, Ji Kao sat for a while, and then returned to the collection room.

All the miscellaneous matters have been dealt with almost completely, and he wants to start a deeper retreat and study books, and sort out the techniques of guidance and the method of refining qi.