Judge of the Lamp

Chapter 354 What Words Are Tattooed on Liang Xianchun's Body
A day later, Xu Zhiqiong returned to the camp of the Suppression Army with bruises all over his body.

He spent a whole day in Qianku Mountain and mastered many habits of Taotie's outer body.

For example, Taotie's external body is very vengeful, and he holds a grudge against Xu Zhiqiong very much.

For example, Taotie's outer body needs to sleep. After chasing for an hour or two, he must sleep.

The most important thing is that Xu Zhiqiong figured out the problem of Zhonglang's seal malfunctioning from time to time.

Even though Zhonglang Yin is a sixth-grade magic weapon, it really functions effectively on Taotie's body. The only problem is that Xu Zhiqiong has no way to get in touch with Zhonglang Yin when Taotie is not breathing.

Taotie's body seemed to be the boundary between two worlds. Once inside Taotie's body, it was difficult to get in touch with the outside world. Xu Zhiqiong couldn't return to Zhonglangyuan, and Tao Huayuan couldn't activate the magic circle.

The seal of Zhonglang was also covered in Taotie's body at that time, if Taotie was not breathing, Xu Zhiqiong would not be able to sense the position of Taotie.

Taotie also took advantage of this, often holding his breath to pursue Xu Zhiqiong, but he could not hold his breath for too long, according to Xu Zhiqiong's calculation, at most half a cup of tea, Taotie had to change his breath.

Does he know that he has the seal of Zhonglang in his body?
Did he know that Xu Zhiqiong was dealing with him these days in order to master his habits?

This is unknown, Xu Zhiqiong can't figure out the wisdom of Taotie's outer body, and he can't be sure whether his temperament is like a beast or like a human.

In addition to the gluttonous outer body, Xu Zhiqiong also learned about the habits of another monster.

The monster parasitic in his body needed to sleep most of the time, because Xu Zhiqiong was dying all day long, so the monster didn't dare to sleep and became very weak for a while.

Now that he was sleeping deeply, Xu Zhiqiong dived into the depths of his heart, wanting to see what the monster looked like, but standing at the bottom of the abyss, there was always a thick layer of fog between Xu Zhiqiong and the monster.

This layer of thick fog should be the seal that the monster said.

……

Back in the barracks, Xu Zhiqiong wanted to see his second brother, but Liang Yuyao stopped him halfway and dragged him into the tent.

"Don't go to the old ancestor, he is angry!"

What is this old guy angry about?Picked up a life and came back, but still not secretly happy?

Liang Yuyao said: "Liang Xianchun has behaved strangely in the past two days. He sent several letters to the capital in one day, and then he was writing a letter to the emperor again. He happened to be bumped into by the old ancestor. The old ancestor didn't say anything, but I guess today He's going to kill him tonight!"

It turned out to be for this matter.

Other things may not be accurate, but murder is not wrong, this is Liang Yuyao's talent.

Emperor Zhaoxing was so scheming, but as long as he wanted to kill, it would be difficult to hide it from Liang Yuyao's eyes.

Liang Jixiong really wanted to kill Liang Xianchun, he even thought about where to collect the body.

There is a field behind the camp, where many corpses of the enemy were buried, and Liang Xianchun was chopped up to pieces and thrown among the corpses of the enemy, no one would notice.

"Second brother, this man can't be killed, but he is still useful!" Xu Zhiqiong came to persuade Liang Jixiong.

"What's the use? Killing the sacrificial flag is also useful!"

"She wrote frequently with the emperor, which proves that the emperor is really going to attack the evil army. Knowing the content of the letter, we can take precautions in advance..."

After Xu Zhiqiong persuaded him for a long time, Liang Jixiong temporarily let go of his murderous intentions, but then blamed Xu Zhiqiong:

"I'm going to kill that stupid lord, why did you let old man Taibu stop me?"

"Second brother, you can't kill that stupid king. He wasn't in the chariot at all at the time..." Xu Zhiqiong recounted the details and part of the plan to Liang Jixiong.

Liang Jixiong admired Xu Zhiqiong and Tai Bu's strategy very much, but he was very worried about one thing: "It's not that easy to win over Chen Shuncai. This guy's loyalty is far beyond comparison. When the day comes, if you can't win him over, you will have to win." Find someone to trip him up."

Is it easy to catch him?

Chen Shuncai is a third-rank eunuch, who can stop him?
After a long discussion, there was only one suitable candidate—Zhong Shen.

"Let's follow the old man to test him a few words." On the same day, Liang Jixiong and Xu Zhiqiong sneaked into the capital with the yin-yang magic circle, went to the Imperial City Division to look for Zhong Shen, but learned that Zhong Shen had filed a leave.

In the past few days, there has been a lot of turmoil in the capital due to the "dispute over ancient rites", and people have been killed almost every day. If it is said that these things have something to do with the Imperial City Secretary, it does have something to do with it. After all, the death lawsuit happened in the Imperial City. .

But if you want to ask the Secretary of the Imperial City to investigate, there is no way to start. These people were all killed by the Shengen Pavilion. Behind the Shengen Pavilion is the emperor. How do you ask the Secretary of the Imperial City to investigate?
The Imperial City Secretary found out the matter, and then arrested the emperor?
The Imperial City Division did not have the function of arresting the emperor.

In this matter, Zhong Shen had nowhere to go, so he simply didn't leave, stayed at home after being sick, and did what he liked.

There are two things he likes to do most, one is Pan Shuihan, and the other is making some complicated handicrafts.

Liang Jixiong and Xu Zhiqiong quietly entered Zhong Shen's mansion, and Zhong Shen was making a carriage in the back garden.

To be precise, not a carriage, but a horse and a cart.

Zhong Shen made a horse out of steel and pulled a two-wheeled chariot full of weapons.

Xu Zhiqiong seemed to have seen this horse before.

When selecting scholars, Mo used two huge iron horses to pick up the newcomers. The iron horse Zhong Shen made was very similar to those two iron horses, but the size was slightly smaller.

Liang Jixiong entered the yard, cupped his fists and saluted, "Commander, it's been a long time, forgive Liang for coming uninvited."

Zhong Shen returned a salute to Liang Jixiong, and asked the servants to prepare wine and tea, while he continued to work on himself.

It was Zhong Shen's habit to invite people in to show that there was no hostility.

But continue to be busy with his own affairs, expressing that he is not interested in the topic.

Zhong Shen had already guessed Liang Jixiong's intention, but he really didn't want to get involved.

Back then he joined hands with Liang Jixiong and Tai Bu to fight against Emperor Zhaoxing, then what?

Then because Tai Bu assassinated Emperor Zhaoxing, the alliance fell apart.

"If you wrestle with a high official, you are at a disadvantage in terms of status. If you still have your own ideas, why bother to play with your life? If you have any means, you can do it yourself. I can't exert strength, and I can't do anything wrong."

Liang Jixiong frowned and said, "If the matter of ancient rituals is settled, do you really kneel down to the emperor?"

Zhong Shen shook his head and said, "Kneeling is not allowed, Xuan people are not so lowly."

"What can you do when you are forced to kneel?"

"I'm old!" Zhong Shen said with a smile, "I'm not young anymore, and I should go back to my hometown to rest for a few years, so that I can study my cultivation."

As Tai Bu expected, no matter how Liang Jixiong persuaded him, Zhong Shen remained unmoved.

Xu Zhiqiong didn't waste his time talking, but he was very interested in the carriage made by Zhong Shen.

I am not interested in the craft, nor in the principle, but in the taste of the above.

fishy smell.

A mixture of iron and mud, Xu Zhiqiong had smelled this smell from Sui Zhi before.

Xu Zhiqiong sniffed the axle for a while, the smell was the strongest here.

"It smells so weird!"

When it comes to craftsmanship, Zhong Shen's attitude is obviously much gentler: "What smell are you talking about?"

Xu Zhiqiong pointed to the axle and said: "That's the smell, a bit of iron smell, and a bit of mud smell!"

Zhong Shen sniffed it carefully, took out a small box from behind, and asked Xu Zhiqiong to smell it: "Is this the smell you're talking about?"

There was a dark sticky substance in the box, Xu Zhiqiong sniffed it, and found that the smell was stronger, but the overall smell was indeed consistent with Sui Zhi's.

"That's what it tastes like!"

Zhong Shendao: "This is stone varnish, also called black paste, which is used to oil the axles."

Paste the chariot and feed the horse, Xu Zhiqiong knows what it is.

This is Daxuan's lubricating oil.

Daxuan has lubricating oil technology.

Not only Daxuan, but as early as the Qianqianqianqian Dynasty, that is, the Huan Dynasty, the earliest unified dynasty in the East, there was a record of oil lubrication.

Daxuan's stone paint needs to be more refined. The black oil extracted from petroleum will not dry for several months when it is applied on the axle.

That's the smell, the smell of lube.

Sui Zhi smelled like lubricating oil.

So now comes the question, can Sui Zhi fly?
Does he fly by his own technique, or by some kind of machinery?

"Commander, is there any equipment that allows people to fly?"

Zhong Shen shook his head, sniffed his nose and said, "How can there be such a thing? Flying is something that can be done by tools? There is no such thing!"

The way he sniffed his nose looked like an honest man.

Xu Zhiqiong pretended to be an honest person for a long time by sniffing his nose.

Liang Jixiong didn't have the heart to talk nonsense with Zhong Shen, so he just told him: "Commander Zhong, if you say something from a gentleman, you'll be quick to whip the horse. Since you promised nothing bad, just pretend that I didn't come to you today."

"Don't worry about it," Zhong Shen continued to pack the iron carriage, "If a senior official knows that you have been here, can he spare me?"

Leaving Zhong Shen's mansion, Liang Jixiong originally wanted to go to Yinggeyuan, listen to a song, drink a glass of wine, sleep with the master of the pavilion, and relieve his depression.

Unexpectedly, Yinggeyuan was closed.

Gongsun Wen Shangzuo thought that all the indecent things about Fengyue and common things between men and women are against morality and must be banned.

Emperor Zhaoxing bypassed the cabinet and directly asked Sheng'en Pavilion to draw up an imperial edict, and asked Qi Anguo to approve it.

Liang Jixiong gritted his teeth and scolded: "Men and women's mundane things are against morality, so did Gongsun Wen grow out of the soil?"

Xu Zhiqiong shook his head and said, "Gongsun Wen has a strange smell on his body. It doesn't look like it was planted, but like it was dug out from the pit when digging out the toilet."

"Daxuan was ruined by such a bird! That's all! Let's see how long this bird will live!"

Liang Jixiong and Xu Zhiqiong stayed in the capital for half a day, looking around for news.

It is difficult to find out the news, and there is an unprecedented situation in the capital. Anyone who speaks abusively about the government in the market, Sheng'en Pavilion can directly arrest them.

How many people are there in Sheng'en Pavilion?
No one knows the exact number. When selecting scholars a few days ago, it was said that Sheng'en Pavilion selected more than a hundred people at one time.

How many students are there each year?Sheng En Pavilion can choose more than a hundred people?
And besides the selection of scholars, Sheng'en Pavilion also continued to expand its team through other methods.

Judging from the current situation, the Sheng'en Pavilion should have all the functions of the cabinet and the Imperial City Division.

Fortunately, Xu Zhiqiong still had an inside line in Sheng'en Pavilion. Chunwei had just released the list, and Guan Xicheng was ranked second in Jinshi, second in the top three, and won the second place in the examination.

On the day when the rankings were released, the champion, second place, and Tanhua were all sent to Sheng'en Pavilion to serve. If they refused, they would be dismissed on the spot.

Guan Xicheng quietly came to the restaurant, and said to Xu Zhiqiong: "In two days, the family of the high official will hold a sacrificial ceremony in Liangfen Garden."

Liang Jixiong asked in astonishment, "Which god should be sacrificed to?"

Guan Xicheng didn't know the old man either, and he looked at Xu Zhiqiong's eyes to confirm that it was correct, before he replied: "I'm offering sacrifices to the true god Canglong."

Liang Jixiong gritted his teeth. The emperor has already abolished the cabinet and the Imperial City Secretary. This is to take away the functions of the Canglong Palace.

After being angry for a while, Liang Jixiong suddenly smiled.

"Let him sacrifice, all the actions of this beast will anger the true god sooner or later!"

Xu Zhiqiong always felt that things were not that simple, so he said to Guan Xicheng, "Do you know why sacrifice?"

Guan Xicheng shook his head and said, "My position in Sheng'en Pavilion is too low, and I don't know much about it. It should be because of ancient rituals."

For the "controversy of ancient rituals"?
The so-called ancient rituals are a means used by Emperor Zhaoxing to establish his supreme authority.

Now that the ancient ceremony has aroused public outrage, what effect can a sacrificial ceremony play?
Said that this was not the idea of ​​Emperor Zhaoxing, but the will of the true God?
Is the True God Canglong willing to take the blame?
If it really attracts the attention of the true god Canglong, isn't Emperor Zhaoxing afraid that his practice of evil ways will be revealed?
Guan Xicheng said: "It's detailed, I'll check it later."

Xu Zhiqiong warned: "Be careful, if you encounter danger, you should stop immediately and go to Li Qi Teahouse to take shelter temporarily. If you are in a hurry, and you have to break the twin card I gave you, I will take care of you." come to save you."

Leaving the capital, Liang Jixiong and Xu Zhiqiong returned to the barracks, only to see Lin Tianzheng and Zuo Chuxian leave angrily.

Liang Jixiong frowned and said, "It's only been half a day, what happened? Could it be Xianchun again?"

"Second brother, you go back to the tent to rest, and wait for me to ask."

Xu Zhiqiong came to Liang Yuyao's camp, and asked why, Liang Yuyao said: "Liang Xianchun is going to lead troops to Qianku Mountain!"

Xu Zhiqiong drank half a sip of tea, then spat it out again.

"What is the purpose of stationing in Qianku Mountain?"

Liang Yuyao said: "She said that Qianku Mountain occupies an advantageous terrain, which can lay a good opportunity for attacking Yuling City in the future!"

Xu Zhiqiong wiped his mouth, he didn't expect to meet someone more deadly than him.

The key point is that Xu Zhiqiong is himself, and Liang Xianchun clearly intends to kill the Suppressing Army, this guy seems to be the emperor's internal response!

But what Liang Yuyao said next changed Xu Zhiqiong's mind.

"I saw two lines of writing on Liang Xianchun's body, but not on his back!"

"Where is that from?"

Liang Yuyao lowered her voice and said, "It's from the peach. Two petals of the peach have been pierced with a sentence!"

Xu Zhiqiong smiled and said, "You are not ashamed, how could you see other people's peaches?"

Liang Yuyao said angrily: "Did you ask me to investigate? She hasn't showered for the past two days, and I can't see her back, so I can only peek at her when she relieves her hands."

"What are the two lines?"

"It seems to be a poem, but it doesn't make sense to read it. It is written on the peach on the right, and tears are shining in my eyes."

Xu Zhiqiong was dumbfounded, and said, "Could it be the one on the left, with red lips?"

Liang Yuyao kicked Xu Zhiqiong: "You are not ashamed, have you seen her peach?"

"I haven't seen peaches!" Xu Zhiqiong shook his head, "I've heard this poem many times."

Commander, I really didn't see you, you are so monster...

(End of this chapter)