Paper Maker: This is the end of the Ming Dynasty in Liaozhai

Chapter 128 The Secret Art of the Fox Clan: The Method of Refining the Gods

"I want to ask you, did some Jurchens use your power to leave Daming last year?"

After thinking for a while, Su Hao asked Fang Haichuan what he wanted to investigate. Before Fang Haichuan told him before leaving, Emperor Tianqi never forgot about this matter.

"last year?"

After thinking for a while, Hu Qi said: "Indeed, there are four of them, and they are carrying a big package, which contains many ancient books. I remember that Hu Ba had read those books at that time, and she said that those books were some Most of the ancient books about architecture are books left when the capital of the Ming Dynasty was built.”

Ancient books from when the capital was built?

Hearing Hu Ba's words, Su Hao frowned. What the hell is this? Some ancient books left during the construction of the city should be of no use. If they are important ancient books, the imperial family will definitely guard them strictly. Such things will not be destroyed. The Jurchens stole it.

"Then how did you send them away?"

After thinking for a while, Su Hao asked, he can't control what those Jurchens stole. After all, the other party has left Daming, but if he can uproot the Jurchens' influence in Shandong, then his contribution should not be too great. Small, at least dozens of great achievements should be made, and he can also take the opportunity to harvest some enlightenment points.

"Through Wendeng Shen's house in Dengzhou Prefecture."

Hu Qi said: "The Shen family is a salt merchant and has its own salt farm. They often sell private salt to the Jurchens by sea. Hu Ba contacted the Shen family and sent those people to Jinzhou Wei."

Salt merchant?

Hearing Hu Qi's words, Su Hao raised his brows slightly. As for the rich people in Ming Dynasty, these salt merchants are the only ones. There has been a saying in all dynasties that the profit of salt and iron can support a country's soldiers.

However, the Ming Dynasty’s salt policy was changed again and again. At the beginning, Zhu Yuanzhang’s policy was to exchange grain for salt imports. Salt merchants purchased grain from all over the country and transported it to the border for exchange for salt imports. The court could obtain a large amount of grain supply with little effort. military.

However, after the Tumu Fort change, this policy began to collapse. The civil servants took control of the military power, and the generals lost their power. There was no guarantee for the exchange of grain for salt, and a large amount of salt was obtained by various means by salt merchants from all over the country. However, the food could not reach the border, so the imperial court had to start transporting the food to the border. Later, when Emperor Xiaozong Zhu Youtang of the Ming Dynasty arrived, he simply turned Yanyin into silver and exchanged silver for Yanyin, so Yanyin became a complete profiteering .

But money is no better than food, it is easier to be greedy, and it was handed over a few times, the money was divided between [-] and [-], and Yanyin was distributed to wealthy families everywhere. Everyone was happy, and the only ones who suffered were the court and the common people. The food is indispensable, and in the end it can only fall on the heads of the people everywhere, so the richness of the salt merchants can be imagined.

"Besides the Shen family, who else is in contact with you?"

After thinking for a while, Su Hao asked again.

"I don't know about the others."

Hu Qi shook his head and said, "Hu Ba is usually in touch. She is better at illusion than me and Hu Twelve."

"Is that so?"

Su Hao said indifferently: "Is there anything else you want to say?"

"No more, Qianhu, that's all the little one knows."

Hearing this, Hu Qi said quickly.

"Xiaoer, unlock the spell for him."

Su Hao waved his hands and said, "Let him go."

"Master?"

Hearing Su Hao's words, Zhao Xiaoer was stunned for a moment. She thought that Su Hao promised Hu Qi to let him go, just to trick Hu Qi, but she didn't expect that Su Hao really wanted to let Hu Qi go.

"One must always keep one's word."

Su Hao said with a smile: "Since we have already agreed, there is no reason to go back on our word. It's the same for us to bring Hu Ba and Hu Twelve back. Let him go quickly so that we can return to Jinan Mansion as soon as possible, and then send Hu Ba and Hu Twelve back together." Sending them to Beijing, His Majesty attaches great importance to those four Jurchens, and sending them back to the capital is a great achievement."

Hearing what Su Hao said, Zhao Xiaoer couldn't refute, so he waved his hand and released Hu Qi's body-holding technique.

As soon as the body-holding technique on his body was lifted, Hu Qi got up in an instant, and then flew towards the cliff desperately.

At this time, the colorful bridge appeared in Hu Xian's hand, and then he went towards Hu Qijuan, but at this moment, Su Hao suddenly stepped forward and blocked the colorful bridge.

At this moment, Hu Xian was also stunned. He didn't understand what Su Hao meant. He clearly heard the meaning of asking him to take action from Su Hao's words. Could it be that he made a mistake?
"I have something for him to do."

Seeing Hu Xian's expression, Su Hao waved his hands and said, he really wanted Hu Xian to take action at the beginning, so he deliberately emphasized "these officials", but after hearing about Shen's family, he changed his mind.

Although there are three foxes like Hu Qi in their hands, if the Shen family can get a piece of the salt profit, the power must not be small, and the cooperation between the other party and the Jurchen will definitely not leave any evidence. , but they haven't reached the point where they have no scruples. Just relying on the confessions of the three fox demons, they can't bring down the Shen family at all.

So the only way is to lure the snake out of the hole. With the two fox demons Hu Ba and Hu Twelve in their hands, the Shen family will definitely be restless. After all, this matter is related to Emperor Tianqi. It's hard to stay out of it.

The other party may not have the guts to rob and kill him, but he definitely has the guts to kill these two foxes. As long as he gets some more evidence, the Shen family will be over.

After a pause, Su Hao continued: "Since I have promised before, now that Hu Qi has confessed, I will naturally not pursue your crimes, but I advise you to be cautious in your words and deeds. Once again, this official will never show mercy again."

"Don't worry, Qianhu, this old man will obey Qianhu's orders carefully, and be cautious in his words and deeds from now on."

Hearing Su Hao's words, Hu Xian quickly replied.

"That would be the best."

Su Hao waved his hands, looked at Lu Zeju who was at the side, and said imperceptibly, "Uncle Fu, ask him to tell you where the Lu family's treasure is hidden."

He came out this time, in addition to investigating spies, it was mainly for the hidden treasures of the Lu family. He got 10,000+ taels of silver from the Li family, but he did not find the hidden treasures of the Lu family. There are few families.

The silver he has left now is only 8 to [-] taels. It is far from enough to ask Fang Haichuan to help buy the great merit. Tens of thousands of taels of silver are a huge wealth in the eyes of ordinary people, but at the level of Jinyiwei Qianhu , that is, one year's normal income, which is not enough at all.

Hearing Su Hao's words, Uncle Uncle escaped from the paper man's body and got into Lu Zeju's body. After a while, Lu Zeju's hands and feet twitched suddenly, and he started talking nonsense.

"Master, I found it. In a cave on the other side of Mount Tai, the cave has been transformed into a secret cave by the Lu family."

After a while, Forbe got out of Lu Zeju's body.

"Then let's go."

Hearing this, Su Hao nodded his head, since he already knew the location of the hidden treasure, he just went back and took it out.

At this time, Hu Xian, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said: "Su Qianhu, please wait a moment, I have something to give to Qianhu."

After finishing speaking, Hu Xian waved the colorful bridge in his hand, and the colorful bridge instantly extended to the depths of the canyon. As soon as Hu Xian stepped on the colorful bridge, he disappeared without a trace.

Looking at the colorful bridge, Su Hao shook his head and chuckled. This magic weapon is quite good for fooling people. It fits well with the fox clan's style of pretending to be gods and ghosts. If ordinary people encounter it, they will definitely mistake it for a fairy.

...

On the other side, after Hu Qi escaped from the canyon, he stopped on a mountain peak and looked at the canyon in the distance. Hu Qi turned into a human figure with an extremely complicated expression on his face. He betrayed Mrs. Hu, and Changbai Mountain would definitely not be able to go back. Yes, going back is a dead end.

But if he doesn't go back, how long can he live as a little monster in this Daming's territory? Thinking of this, Hu Qi couldn't help showing a look of despair on his face!
After a while, Hu Qi regained his spirit and ran towards the east. Now despair is meaningless, the most important thing is to save. If Hu Ba and Hu Twelve can be rescued, then what he did will be If it becomes a trick, no one will pursue whether he really betrayed.

...

A quarter of an hour later, the colorful bridge extended from the valley and deep mountain again, and then Hu Xian's figure also appeared, holding a box exuding a strange fragrance in his hand.

"Su Qianhu, this is my fox clan's method of refining gods. Seeing that Qianhu's primordial spirit has not gathered, this method of refining gods should help Qianhu."

Hu Xian came to Su Hao with the wooden box in his hand, and said respectfully.

"What do you mean by that?"

Hearing Hu Xian's words, Su Hao raised his eyebrows. This secret method of tempering the primordial spirit is nothing like Chinese cabbage. Although the primordial spirit is not the factor that determines the combat power, the primordial spirit is also very important. The essence of Confucian practice is to cultivate the primordial spirit , If you can condense your soul, once you encounter a Confucian mind attack, you will not be easily drained of your mana, and you will not be completely powerless to fight back when you encounter some spiritual attacks.

"I just want to have a good relationship with Qianhu. The old family will live in Jinan Mansion. If there is any offense in the future, I hope Qianhu can raise your hand."

Hu Xian bowed his hand again.

"In that case, I have the audacity to accept it."

Hearing this, Su Hao's thoughts changed sharply. After thinking for a while, he still took the wooden box, because Hu Xian has no reason to harm him, and he has a system. If there is a problem with the method of refining gods, he must not be able to hide it from the system.

...

"Grandpa, why do you want to hand over the secret arts of the clan?"

Seeing Su Hao and others leaving, a red fox turned into a human form, which was the girl in red from before.

"It's just a good relationship."

Hu Xian shook his head and said: "We still want to live here for a long time, and it is necessary to form a good relationship with this Jinyiwei Qianhu."

There are many places in their fox clan's practice that need the power of the human race. The benefits of being close to this Jinyiwei Qianhu outweigh the disadvantages. Moreover, although this method of refining gods is precious, it is also useless. Their fox clan majors in illusion, so naturally they need powerful The power of mind.

But this method of refining gods is quite useless for the human race. Confucianism is the main cultivation of the mind, which is much stronger than the method of refining the gods of their fox clan. Buddhism and Taoism also have their own methods of refining gods, and it is still The kind that is combined with daily life does not need to be specially cultivated at all. As for those who practice martial arts, people simply don't bother to practice this kind of method of refining gods.

That is to say, Su Hao is just a heretical sorcerer, and he needs this method of refining gods, otherwise he wouldn't even be able to give it away.

.........

Leaving Huxianxia, ​​Fu Bo was carrying Lu Zeju, Su Hao was holding a fox in one hand, Zhao Xiaoer and Ding Zimo followed closely behind, it has to be said that the inheritance of the White Lotus Sect is indeed stronger than that of the Su family Much more, even after performing several spells, Zhao Xiaoer's face was only slightly pale at this time, and there was no sign of weakness.

"Xiao Er, can you rush back to Jinan Mansion first, and send an order to Tang Xiangjin and the others so that they can get ready, and I'm afraid the troubles will not be small."

Su Hao opened his mouth and said, although Hu Qi only confessed to one Shen family, Su Hao also knew that there must be more than one Shen family. The fur, mountain products, and medicinal materials in the northeast have always been needed by Ming. Few dignitaries take risks to make deals with nomads outside the pass, let alone now.

Now that the Jurchens have taken over Liaodong, in the eyes of many people, it is a huge source of income. After all, the imperial court invests millions of taels of silver in Liaodong every year, and now these things are in the hands of the Jurchens.

Now that Hu Ba, the contact person, is in his hands, I don't know how many people will be in trouble. Although I don't know how many people dare to do it, it's good to be more prepared.

In terms of strength, he is not too worried. With his current strength, even if a martial arts master makes a move, he will never be able to win from him. In terms of pure strength, he is indeed not as good as a martial arts master, but the Thunderbolt Thunderbolt in his hands now There are twenty bombs, so many Thunderbolt Thunder Fire bombs, even if a martial arts master comes over, it is enough for the opponent to drink a pot.

"Master, don't worry, this disciple will go right away."

Hearing Su Hao's words, Zhao Xiaoer nodded, then took out a paper bird from his sleeve, said a spell in his mouth, and finally blew a breath, the paper bird landed on the ground and turned into a flying bird Surplus giant birds.

Zhao Xiaoer jumped onto the big bird's back, and the next moment, the giant bird flapped its wings and headed north.

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On the other side, after two days of long journey, Hu Qi finally came to Wendeng County.

As the first family in Terengganu Prefecture, the Shen family is not only a family of officials and gentry, but also controls several salt fields around Wendeng. It has been established in Terengganu Prefecture for nearly 200 years, and nearly [-]% of the land in Terengganu Prefecture is owned by the Shen family. , it can be said that the words of Shen's family in Dengzhou Prefecture are more useful than those of the government.

After turning into a human form, Hu Qi walked to the gate of Shen's house, cupped his hands and said, "Hu Qi has something to ask to see Patriarch Shen, and I would like to inform you."

"Meet my Patriarch?"

The servant in charge of guarding the gate looked Hu Qi up and down, and found that the clothes on his body were not of high-quality fabrics, and he came on foot, so he waved his hands and said: "Go! Go! Go! The door of my Shen family is not Any cat or dog can step in."

"I don't know what's wrong!"

Hu Qi, who was already suffocating, was also angry now, a green light flashed in his eyes, and at the same time, a phantom of a fox appeared behind him.

(End of this chapter)