It’s too dangerous to seize the direct descendant, so I choose to be the leader of the Demon Cult

Chapter 54 The annoying little devil
Gu Xiangzhu paid close attention to Zhao Ci.

Zhao Huan discovered this during the day.

Zhao Ci's recent transformation made Zhao Huan look at him with admiration, but after all, this kid had never experienced any troubles, and when he heard his voice transmission, he still showed a hint of strangeness.

But in fact, this change is not obvious.

But she was still discovered by Gu Xiangzhu, which showed how closely this woman watched Zhao Ci.

After the Gongdan Conference, he didn't even return to Wangshu Palace, so he took Zhao Ci directly to discuss the merger and acquisition of two alchemy workshops, without giving himself any time to meet Zhao Ci alone from the beginning to the end.

Maybe she thought that this way she could safely get the art of refining wine, right?
Still too young!
Zhao Huan raised his eyelids: "Has anyone informed you?"

Eunuch Li smiled and said: "I have already sent someone to notify you, and they should arrive soon!"

The voice just fell.

Then a little eunuch hurried to the door of the royal study and knelt down.

"Your Majesty, Xiang Yunduan wants to see you!"

"Come in quickly!"

Zhao Huan stood up with a smile and motioned to Eunuch Li to help him. The two actually stood at the door together, greeting him from a distance.

after awhile.

The little eunuch then left and returned, followed by a very burly figure.

When Xiang Yunduan saw the two of them standing at the door to greet them, he was immediately flattered and trotted forward to greet them.

Zhao Huan smiled: "Yunduan, you're fine!"

"Hey! Your Majesty, you, you, you, why are you waiting for me outside? Isn't this shortening my life?"

Xiang Yunduan was a helpless rough man at this moment. He helped Zhao Huan back to the imperial study room in a panic: "Sit down quickly!"

He helped Zhao Huan sit down.

He sat across from him.

After sitting down, I felt a little inappropriate and stood up again.

Zhao Huan stroked his beard and laughed: "I invited you here today just to drink and reminisce about old times. How can there be so many etiquettes to pay attention to? Sit down quickly. Today you and I are the children's elders. If you pay attention to the etiquette of a monarch and a minister, don't blame me for punishing you. liquor!"

"Yes! Yes! Haha..."

Only then did Xiang Yunduan sit down boldly.

Zhao Huan looked at Eunuch Li: "My eldest companion, quickly take out the fine wine that I have collected, and you can drink it together tonight!"

"Yes!"

Eunuch Li was also full of joy. After fetching a jar of fine wine and filling three glasses, he sat down casually.

Zhao Huan picked up the wine glass and looked at Xiang Yunduan with a complicated expression: "Yunduan! It seems that you were once a high-spirited young general, but you have been a blacksmith in Linge for more than ten years. Have you ever felt aggrieved?"

"Then what's the grievance?"

Xiang Yunduan laughed loudly: "I was very confused back then. If you hadn't reminded me, I almost forgot that Lao Ba and her sister and nephew were in Linge. What would I regret if the two of them were bullied?"

Zhao Huan nodded with emotion, raised his glass and said, "Do it!"

"Dry!"

The three wine glasses collided and the three of them drank.

Xiang Yunduan and Eunuch Li also looked at each other with somewhat nostalgic expressions.

"Hey……"

Zhao Huan wiped his red eyes: "The child has grown up!"

"Yes!"

Xiang Yunduan boldly wiped the wine stains on his beard and couldn't help but laugh: "At first, I was worried that that boy would ruin his future, but I didn't expect it to turn around like this! Your Majesty, tell me honestly, that medicinal wine Did you secretly give it to that boy?"

Zhao Huan did not answer immediately, but stared at Xiang Yunduan's eyes for a while.

Then he waved his hands and said, "It's true that I doted on that boy, but I didn't dote on him too much. After all, it's up to the boy to live up to his own expectations. Alas! When Tiange left, he didn't leave any heirs, only a sister and a nephew. , but he didn’t have time to take a look, if he could see Ci’er like this under the spring, he would be comforted in his heart!”

some words.

Xiang Yunduan's copper-like eyes almost burst into tears. He didn't answer, but just took another sip of wine.

Zhao Huan sighed: "Everyone in the world says that I am the Emperor Wu Xian who has the best martial arts for thousands of generations. But everyone knows who helped me gain these prestigious names. Tian Ge led the elites and killed hundreds of miles along the way. The four kingdoms of Longyuan were frightened, and even reached the old capital of Dayu all the way. How majestic is this?
But as for me, I not only failed to secure his food and grass supply line, I even failed to take him home.

So, how can one live up to this false reputation?
Nowadays, all the civil and military officials seem to have forgotten that memory, and when they mention it, they are all flattering, but every nonsense they say is like a knife piercing Gu's heart.

It’s uncomfortable to be alone, but I can’t talk about it!
Sometimes, Gu even dared not go to Tiange's tomb alone.

His nephew, Gu failed to teach him well.

If Ci'er hadn't taken the right path today, Gu Lian wouldn't have dared to invite you over for this drink. "

Love to the depths.

The old emperor couldn't help wiping away tears.

"Your Majesty, don't say that!"

Xiang Yunduan also had tears in his eyes, and he knelt down with a plop: "If you hadn't led the expedition in person, not only would Lao Ba not be able to come back, but the entire Huailing border defense would probably collapse. Who would have thought that it was actually the enemy of the Four Kingdoms of Longyuan? An in-depth plan?

If Lao Ba dies, he will die in his proper place.

If he knew it, Dayu had been in peace for 18 years, and he would definitely not blame His Majesty at all!

I just hate why I was seriously injured at that time!
If I follow, maybe I can come back in my place! "

a time.

The imperial study room was in mourning.

Eunuch Li seemed to be trapped in painful memories.

After the mood calmed down a little, several people continued to drink and change glasses. Although they recalled many things in the past, the atmosphere was still a bit dull after all.

"Ugh……"

Zhao Huan wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and patted Xiang Yunduan on the shoulder: "Thanks to you these years, the women in the palace are especially jealous. Without you sitting in Linge, Xiaoling, mother and son, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to bear it. Stop bullying.”

Xiang Yunduan felt a little ashamed: "We, the men of the Xiang family, don't know anything, but at least we have two hundred kilograms of shank, and we are very good at looking after homes and nursing homes."

"only……"

Zhao Huan sighed: "It's just that although Xiaoling travels frequently with her parents' family,..."

Xiang Yunduan was helpless: "Your Majesty! Please don't embarrass me. Concubine Jing went to Yingzhou Fairy Island to seek enlightenment since she was a child, and I haven't even met her. After she came back, everything she saw was royal property, and it was hard to talk to her. Let’s go together. But Ci’er, this kid, usually likes to play in the blacksmith shop, but he can barely do this!”

"Too!"

Zhao Huan could only nod his head and asked casually: "Ci'er has been to your place many times recently. I must have troubled you a lot, right?"

Xiang Yunduan slapped his thigh and laughed and scolded: "This kid is so troublesome that I want to beat him!"

Zhao Huan's eyes brightened: "Oh? What did he bother you with?"

Xiang Yunduan cursed and said: "He asked me to make him a long gun out of tungsten steel. The barrel of the gun also had to be filled with lead. With his thin arms and legs, women may not be able to play well. He still wants to play with guns. This is not Nonsense?"

"Young people! Always want to be a hero."

Zhao Huan smiled and shook his head, then asked: "Besides this gun, did he ask you to shoot him goodbye?"

Xiang Yunduan thought for a while and shook his head: "No..."

"Oh……"

Zhao Huan thought thoughtfully, then smiled and said: "This kid has been studying the art of refining wine recently. He will be put into mass production in a few days. He should ask you for help. You will have to worry about it then!"

"What do you want me to do with making wine?"

Xiang Yunduan was curious: "How can I, a blacksmith, help?"

Zhao Huan smiled and said: "What Gu means is that I can help if I can, but you are right. After all, you are a blacksmith. Well, there happens to be a palace brewer here, and Ruo Ci'er really came to him. You, be sure to tell me that having a palace winemaker as a consultant can also help Ci'er lighten a lot of his burden."

"it is good!"

Xiang Yunduan nodded solemnly: "Then I'll be quiet when I come, so as not to be seen by the clan government and deduct the boy's merit."

Zhao Huan nodded with satisfaction: "Yes!"

After another round of drinking, Xiang Yunduan felt much better after drinking. He was just like a drunken man, keeping his head down and drinking.

Not only did he trick himself, but he also tricked Zhao Huan.

He must have not drank for a long time. After a while, he lay on the table and was helped by Eunuch Li to rest in the side hall.

After a while, Eunuch Li came back.

His eyes were extremely sober, and the drunkenness that was hazy just now had long since disappeared.

Zhao Huan asked: "Big companion, what do you think of Xiang Yunduan?"

Eunuch Li smiled and said: "General Xiang is as frank and straightforward as when he was young. He is sincerely convinced and trustworthy to Your Majesty!"

Zhao Huan nodded.

This was exactly the same conclusion he came to.

Xiang Yunduan is still Xiang Yunduan back then, and he still trusts himself very much now.

Just like 17 years ago, I could persuade him to stay in Linge with just one word.

same.

This is also the person Zhao Ci trusts the most besides himself, otherwise he would not run away to Xiang's shop every time he was bullied.

Gu Xiangzhu was smart all his life, but he couldn't change his arrogant attitude. He made a fatal mistake. He only regarded the Xiang family as the backing for business, but did not use sincerity to manage relationships.

And Zhao Huan is also sure that Zhao Ci will definitely find Xiang Yunduan.

Because no matter how perfect the wine refining process is.

It is impossible for one person to supply such a large amount.

It was impossible for him to have a conflict with Gu Xiangzhu.

But it doesn't mean that I can't take the wine refining process into my own hands.

(End of this chapter)