Cultivating the Tao: Beginning with Meditation and Liver Experience

Chapter 59 Patrol
In July, the fire is burning and the sun is scorching.

Xu Yan was wearing a heavy armor, and after personally leading people to make a tour, he stood on the watchtower of the imperial guards, looking down at the entire Donghua Hall area.

"Head, it's too sunny outside, why don't you go to the house to rest first, as long as there are brothers guarding here."

Behind him, a former captain who was also wearing armor, wiped the sweat from his face and suggested.

The weather in July is too hot, like a big stove, making people unbearably hot.

And the Donghua Hall is not an important area of ​​the Dagan Palace, and few nobles come here on weekdays. Naturally, the spirit crystals will not be wasted on it, and the formation will be activated to disperse the summer heat.

After all, the dragon aura in the imperial palace is strong, and the suppression of Taoism and aura is almost to the extreme. It is like a forbidden area. If you want to activate the formation, you must use spirit crystals to drive it.

The imperial palace is huge, if you really want to use all the formations to drive away the heat, the consumption of spiritual crystals will undoubtedly be a terrifying figure.

Emperor Dagan is a frugal person, so naturally he doesn't want to waste spirit crystals here.

So every summer and winter, except for a few important venues in the palace, the formations will not be activated in other places.

What, what is an important venue you ask?

This important venue is naturally a place where nobles in the palace come and go.

It's so cold in winter and so hot in summer, you can't let the nobles get hot or cold.

Therefore, any place where nobles in the palace come and go, such as Qianming Palace, Wenhua Palace, Imperial Study Room, Harem Palace, East Palace, Crown Prince's Office, Kunning Palace, Taimiao, etc., are all important places, and they need to be opened 360 days a year method to adjust the climate temperature.

Other places, such as Donghua Hall, the outskirts of the imperial palace, the camp of the Five Armies, etc., where the nobles in the palace would not go, are unimportant places, so naturally there is no need to activate the formation.

This matter is like some companies and enterprises in Xu Yan's previous life. The place where the leaders live and work must have the air conditioner installed.

As for the places where ordinary employees work and rest, not to mention air conditioners, there is not even a small fan, and you must be required to wear work clothes in hot weather, otherwise it is a violation of the corporate system and must be punished. hold accountable.

It is more difficult to work in a palace than in a company.

If you really want to be singled out, it is not as simple as a simple fine and dismissal.

If one is not good, you will go to prison and lose your head.

Therefore, Xu Yan's Yuqiansi people, no matter how hard and tired they are, they can only stand guard at the gates of the palaces under the scorching sun, wearing heavy armor, and they are not ordinary sufferers.

Fortunately, Xu Yan can be regarded as a small leader in this palace. He doesn't need to stand guard under the scorching sun like ordinary imperial guards. He just needs to arrange the daily guards to ensure that there will be no problems in the guarded area.

Have enough free time every day to be busy with your own affairs.

Of course, that's all his privileges are, and he doesn't have access to the air conditioner. If he really finds it hot or cold, he can find a way for himself, as long as he doesn't ask for money from the higher-ups.

If you really want to be capable, just charge more ice and charcoal respect from the people below, and ask for bribes directly.

Xu Yan is naturally not such a person.

He also despises the few taels of silver extracted from the lower-level imperial officers and soldiers.

So as early as the beginning of taking office, when the subordinates sent Bing Jing, they directly handed over Bing Jing's money to the logistics staff of the guard.

Let them use the money to exchange some ice makers from the Imperial Palace Supervisor, buy a little spiritual crystals, use them to relieve the heat of the soldiers, and give benefits to the soldiers in disguise.

This move directly won the favor of his soldiers, and gained the support of his soldiers, allowing him to gain a firm foothold in the Imperial Department in a very short period of time.

Don't be greedy for money, don't seize power, don't do too much, don't squeeze yourself, and will give benefits to everyone in disguise.

Who doesn't like such a leader?

Xu Yan raised his head, glanced at the already hot and sweaty captain, and couldn't help laughing and cursing: "You fat man, you've just walked a few steps, and you're already hot like this. It seems that you haven't practiced enough yet."

The fat man he was talking about was one of the two captains under his command.

His name is Hong Hao, and he is the grandson of Duke Cheng. He is two years older than Xu Yan. He has just entered the cultivation level of the marrow washing master. He seems to be joking and not doing a good job on weekdays, but in fact he is rough and subtle. Lord, it's not as simple as it seems.

Xu Yan said that this guy is a fat man, and he definitely did not wrong him at all.

Because this guy is really fat, his whole body is like a ball, and he weighs at least five hundred catties, which is more than double the weight of a normal marrow washing master.

Of course, Xu Yan is very clear that Hong Hao's fat is not because of his true physique, but because of his practice of martial arts.

Cheng Guogong's family-inspired exercise is called [Giant Spirit Art]. The core meaning is to eat, the more you eat, the stronger your strength will be, and it can convert blood energy into fat and store it.

Therefore, every martial artist who practices [Giant Spirit Art] is a master of the five big and three rough, and his accumulation is strong, far exceeding other warriors of the same realm.

Just look at the fat man's figure like Hong Hao.

Xu Yan knew that this guy eats all kinds of pills and natural treasures on weekdays, and as the eldest grandson of Duke Cheng, he will not be short of cultivation resources and natural treasures. Compared with Xu Yan, it is a heaven and an earth.

Similarly, because he is backed by Duke Cheng's mansion, he is still the eldest grandson of Duke Cheng's mansion, so he is expected to inherit the title of Duke Cheng in the future.

So don't look at Hong Hao who is cheerful and polite to everyone on weekdays. He also shouted "head" to the left and "head" to Xu Yan. In fact, he was proud of him.

After all, they are the ones who really come to the imperial court to be gilded.

Except for Cao Qing, Pingyang Hou, the chief commander of Yuqiansi, there are only a few other dukes' mansions who also come to Yuqiansi to be gilded, the sons of the Houfu, etc., so that he can put them in his eyes.

Like Xu Yan, who was lucky enough to be in the position, and who was only a junior of the Marquis House, he didn't take it to heart, let alone awe, so it was inevitable that he spoke a little casually.

"Head, it's really not my fault. It's not that I don't want to lose weight, but that I gain weight even when I drink water. I really can't lose weight."

Hong Hao touched his big belly, which seemed to be pregnant in September, and said with an aggrieved face.

There is nothing he can do about the family-inherited exercises.

"In that case, let's go back!"

Xu Yan smiled, but he didn't care. He greeted Hong Hao and the others, and was about to step down from the watchtower.

However, the moment he turned around, he suddenly stopped, looked towards the Imperial Academy, frowned and said, "What's the matter, why do foreigners come to the Donghua Hall area?"

Following Xu Yan's gaze, he saw a group of aliens with different appearances, led by several palace servants and court officials, heading towards the Imperial Academy.

Seeing this scene, everyone frowned and showed puzzled expressions.

(End of this chapter)