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Chapter 332: No way? You can't even lift this stick? This is Emperor Wen

"Wang Xu? This old man is actually Guiguzi? All right, after all, he is a sage of strategy for thousands of years, so it's normal for him to become an immortal."

"Well, the Guigu lineage has many strange things, and they also like to study dragon-slaying techniques. All dynasties have regarded Guigu's scholarship as banned books, so it's not surprising that this old man keeps a low profile."

"As for the one who came from the Journey to the West plane, whose name is 'Manqian', has such a strange personality, and knows Emperor Donghua..., is he Dongfang Shuo?"

Lin Xuan looked at the smiling Sun Zhou from afar, and understood in his heart: "If it's this person, this character setting is not bad..."

Dongfang Shuo was a famous official during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han. He was humorous, quick-witted, funny, wise, and crazy.

He left many legends among the people and was revered as a "wise saint" by later generations.

The term "Sage of Strategy" has been used by four people, namely Jiang Ziya, Fan Li, Guiguzi and Zhang Liang.

The meaning of "wise sage" seems to be even higher, and it usually only refers to Zhuge Liang and Dongfang Shuo.

Dongfang Shuo is a character seriously written into the "Biographies of Immortals" and has appeared in many works.

In Journey to the West, the monkey knocked over the ginseng fruit tree. After being persuaded by Zhen Yuanzi through physics, he realized that he was in the wrong and had to ask people to save the tree. At the same time, he made a special trip to Fangzhang Fairy Mountain to pay a visit to Emperor Donghua.

At that time, Dongfang Shuo was working as a Taoist boy for Emperor Donghua. He and the monkey exposed each other's shortcomings, saying that the other was a thief who had stolen peaches from the Queen Mother of the West.

It seems that this man and this monkey have some sympathy for each other...

Later, Emperor Donghua stated that he had refined the Nine-Turn Taiyi Huandan, which could indeed save all living beings in the world.

But trees can't open their mouths to take medicine, so they are not professionally suitable.

The monkey had no choice but to go to Sister Guanyin to solve the problem.

"Since these two old perverts are on Blue Star, they should be able to handle ordinary demons."

"Well, the origin of my Donghua Zhixuan Qi is a little unclear, so I won't look for them for now."

After Lin Xuan finished his thoughts, he stepped into the turbulent flow of the void and left the Blue Star.

The matter of Emperor Donghua involves quite a lot of things, and Lin Xuan feels that Dongfang Shuo may not be able to figure it out clearly.

It's better to just say you don't know about this kind of thing.

I'm afraid this guy has a weird personality. He knows nothing, but he's still talking nonsense...

That would kill people.

So, Lin Xuan planned to go talk to Queen Mother of the West first.

If the Queen Mother of the West refuses to respond, or if she can't figure it out...

It won’t be too late to ask Wang Xu and Dongfang Shuo later.

With these two guarding Blue Star, Lin Xuan feels more at ease.

After all, this old bastard will definitely prepare a lot of backup plans, and no one can tell how many cards they have until the last moment.

***
Liang Imperial City
According to Lin Xuan's proposal, Liang State planned to hold a grand court meeting on the first and fifteenth day of every month to summarize what had happened in the past half month.

It is now the middle of the moon, and the square in front of the magnificent Ziwei Palace is crowded with people.

Now that the empire's borders have been basically determined, there are not so many wars.

Huang Rong really didn't dare to let Lu Zhishen, Li Kui and others take up the positions of prefects and governors...

He discussed it with Lin Xuan and arranged for the generals to take turns to serve in the military, and to take two or three months every year to rotate to the border troops.

The rest of the time, they were military officials with official titles but no duties, and they only had to attend two grand court meetings every month.

When the court was dismissed, the Ministry of Revenue would arrange for someone to pay these military officials half a month's salary to cover their expenses for the next half month.

Originally, Huang Rong planned to pay it out for one month at a time.

But many people become complacent once they have money.

He usually eats and drinks to his heart's content, and even seeks out prostitutes.

Once you start gambling with money, it's a real bottomless pit.

Basically, all the money will be spent in two or three days.

So Huang Rong had to arrange a court meeting and dinner every half a month, and then distribute salaries, so that these gods would not starve to death...

The heroes of Liangshan quite liked this arrangement and participated in the grand court meeting to a high degree.

After all, it’s quite a sense of accomplishment every time I carry a bag of silver back.

"Okay, I have one last thing to announce."

“As the ancients said: The treasures of heaven and earth belong only to those with virtue.”

"After I ascended the throne, I vowed to pacify the world and bring grace to the people throughout the country. I have the support of the heavens and the earth, and I am the support of the people below. This is witnessed by both heaven and man."

Huang Rong shrunk the Ruyi Jingu Bang to the length of a stick that reached her eyebrows, and gently inserted it into the bluestone slab. She smiled and said, "So last night, a rare treasure fell from the sky for me. Let me show it to you all."

The reincarnation space is not too bad. After giving her the stick, it automatically helped her recognize her master.

Huang Rong studied it for several hours and became quite familiar with the stick.

Just by silently reciting in your mind, you can make the stick thicker or thinner, longer or shorter.

What’s even more interesting is that once the stick changes, the words “Ruyi Jingu Bang, weighs 13,500 kilograms” on it will disappear by themselves.

It's simply cheating people without being noticed.

"Wait a minute!"

Lu Zhishen was stunned: "Brother Huang...Is His Majesty okay?"

"What can I do?"

Huang Rong snorted: "Not bad this time, you even remembered to call me 'Your Majesty'."

"You said a lot of things earlier, but I didn't understand them either, so that's fine."

Lu Zhishen grinned: "But this stick is of ordinary workmanship, and only costs a few taels of silver to make one. How dare you treat it as a rare treasure? Have you been deceived?"

"Master Lu has some truth in what he said this time."

Wu Song tilted his head and looked at the golden hoop stick: "The iron stick with the golden hoop is really gaudy and out of place. It's not as practical as someone's iron stick."

"Wu Erlang, you're going a bit too far..."

Wu Yong laughed and said, "Your Majesty said that a rare treasure fell from the sky, but he didn't say that this stick is used for fighting. Why are you talking nonsense?"

"What good is a stick if you don't use it to hit people?"

"I don't really know about this..."

"Whether this stick is used for fighting or not, it looks ordinary. To insist on calling it a rare treasure is really laughable."

"Hush, keep your voice down and save some face for His Majesty."

"Nonsense! The boss said that we can speak freely at the court meeting and just tell the truth."

Wu Song snorted, "If we only say nice things, how can His Majesty hear the truth in the long run? Won't we all become the treacherous ministers on the stage?"

"Don't talk nonsense! Her Majesty the Empress has always been wise and powerful. Even if she took out an ordinary stick, it has its own deep meaning."

"I understand now. The Empress is testing us to distinguish the loyal from the treacherous and to find out those flatterers."

Wu Song: "???"

"That's right! It is because of the wisdom of Her Majesty that we have loyal ministers who dare to speak out in the court."

The civil servants looked at each other, as if they understood something, and their tone gradually became excited.

It's not a problem for them at all.

"..."

Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing came in to take a closer look at the golden hoop and were also speechless.

The two snakes hesitated for a moment, looked at the calm Huang Rong, and decided that it would be better not to meddle in other people's business.

Anyway, they are all snakes, so just watch and have fun at this time.

Seeing Bai Suzhen's look, Huang Shang and Huang Yaoshi looked at each other and said nothing more.

"You all really understand my intention and understand this... huh?"

Huang Rong was slightly startled, and her beautiful face twitched suddenly: "How ridiculous! This stick is a rare treasure, but you all don't know the divine weapon, so you spread rumors and wrongly accuse me of testing you."

She had just been flattered by civil and military officials for a long time, which had led to her thinking being distorted and she almost believed their words.

After realizing what was happening, Huang Rong felt a little amused and helpless.

"My eyesight is average, so it's normal if I can't recognize a divine object."

Lu Zhishen was not convinced either: "But Your Majesty said this thing is a rare treasure, so you should at least tell us what is 'different' about it?"

"Master Lu has amazing strength, but can you lift this stick?"

"Hahaha! I used to be able to uproot a weeping willow tree, so why would I care about a mere stick?"

Lu Zhishen chuckled and reached out to hold the golden cudgel nonchalantly: "Although my spear and cudgel skills are not as good as Mr. Lu's, they are still pretty good. Let me show you a few, a few..."

"Ok?"

The smile on Lu Zhishen's face suddenly froze.

Looking at the motionless golden cudgel and then looking at his own palm, Lu Zhishen fell into deep thought.

"drink!"

The next moment, Lu Zhishen suddenly rolled up his sleeves and shouted.

The sound was so loud that the birds around were frightened and they flapped their wings and ran for their lives.

There was a dull cracking sound under Lu Zhishen's feet, and the extremely solid bluestone exploded and turned into powder.

The golden cudgel shook slightly, but remained stuck in place.

"This stick... is so weird."

Lu Zhishen took two steps back and looked at his red palms from rubbing against each other, his eyes full of confusion.

"Master Lu, I see that you have been eating and drinking meat every day recently, and you have wasted most of your strength, right?"

"When he couldn't pull out the stick, he took it out on the bricks under his feet. It was really hilarious."

Wu Song laughed loudly, stretched out his hand to grasp the golden cudgel, and lifted it with force: "It's just a stick, if you are willing to use force, you really can't pull it out?"

With the explosion of huge force, the golden cudgel began to sway slightly along with the entire square.

The sound of bluestone exploding continued to ring out, and stone chips flew all over the sky.

"..."

Wu Song sighed, looked at the golden cudgel still standing firmly on the ground, and fell into deep thought.

"..."

All the civil and military officials looked down at the bluestone slab under Wu Song's feet that had completely disappeared, and fell into deep thought.

"Weren't you two quite arrogant just now?"

Huang Rong was secretly pleased. She yawned and asked, "Is this the result?"

"This stick is so weird!"

"Why do you have so many excuses? It's obvious that we are just not strong enough."

"makes sense……"

Lu Zhishen and Wu Song were very ashamed and said dejectedly.

"I told you that this stick is a divine weapon, but you two are ignorant and yet you insist on talking nonsense."

Huang Rong curled her lips and said, "If others don't believe it, they can give it a try."

"..."

Civil and military officials looked at each other and shook their heads.

"Okay, I won't keep you in suspense anymore."

Huang Rong shrugged, "This is the precious iron that determines the depth of rivers and seas when Dayu was controlling floods. This is a divine artifact of merit, and it must be a divine object sent from heaven."

As she spoke, Huang Rong reached out and grasped the golden hoop, raised the golden cudgel in her hand, and swung it gently.

The extremely violent hurricane swept across the entire square, making people feel a tightness in their chests and even breathing extremely difficult. "This stick has many uses."

The corners of Huang Rong's mouth curled up, revealing a fox-like smile.

The fair right hand held the bottom end of the golden hoop and lifted it up with force.

The golden cudgel grew longer in the wind, and suddenly turned into a giant cudgel that was as thick as more than ten people could hug and a hundred meters high.

A huge shadow covered the square inside and outside, as if once the giant stick fell, it would turn everything inside and outside the imperial city into dust.

"I am an old minister who is short-sighted and fails to recognize the great man!"

"This is a sacred object of Emperor Yu, and only Her Majesty the Empress can wield it."

"This kind of divine weapon should not be used lightly. Your Majesty, please retract your magical power!"

The civil servants were so frightened that they turned pale and knelt on the ground, shouting and screaming.

Lu Zhishen, Wu Song and others were also stunned and could not say a word.

They had seen Chi You display his magical powers and were somewhat immune to such scenes.

But Chi You is a real peerless demon god, so it is normal for him to have such a high level of ability.

But he never expected that this beautiful second in command of his had quietly acquired such divine abilities.

How could a mere Liangshan produce such talented people as Lin Xuan and Huang Rong?

Thinking of this, the hearts of the old men in Liangshan were filled with a mixture of pride and shame, becoming extremely complicated.

"Well, you should take today's incident as a warning and never judge people by their appearance in the future."

Huang Rong was secretly pleased with herself. She restored the golden cudgel to its original shape and leisurely placed it on her shoulder. "That's all for today. Li Qingzhao and Bai Suzhen, follow me to the imperial study. The rest of you can leave the court."

After the court meeting was over, she still had to work overtime to handle some official business.

Li Qingzhao was the secretary she appointed, and Bai Suzhen was the new imperial teacher.

It is only natural to assign them some work.

"Yes!"

The two girls bowed and followed Huang Rong towards the inner palace.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty!"

Huang Rong's performance today was too shocking.

All the civil servants felt their heads buzzing and their worldviews were overturned.

Hearing that Huang Rong had left, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and planned to go back and relax.

***
"Your Majesty was just so majestic."

In the imperial study, Li Qingzhao helped Huang Rong sort out the documents and said with a smile.

"It's actually a bit of a trick, but those idiots don't know what's good, so they probably can't see it."

Huang Rong chuckled: "If Brother Lin were here, he would probably look unimpressed."

"Where is Master Lin now?"

Bai Suzhen asked, somewhat puzzled.

"He'll be gone for at least a year or two. I don't know where he went."

Huang Rong gritted her teeth and said, "Most likely he went to accompany another woman."

"..."

This topic was a bit dangerous. Li Qingzhao and Bai Suzhen were afraid of getting into trouble, so they kept their mouths shut tacitly.

"...I've already told you that I'll come to see you if I have the chance. You're being so jealous for no reason."

At this moment, a clear male voice sounded beside Huang Rong's ears.
"Hmm? Brother Lin!"

Huang Rong's eyes lit up and she turned around suddenly.

"Speaking of which, Rong'er, you are quite naughty. This golden hoop weighs 13,500 kilograms. Not many ordinary people can lift it."

Lin Xuan, wearing a black windbreaker, appeared in front of Huang Rong leisurely, smiling gently: "You just used your magical powers to lock it there, even a hundred thousand pounds of strength would be useless."

When he came over, Lin Xuan happened to see Lu Zhishen holding a stick.

Lin Xuan thought about it. It was quite embarrassing for him to show up the next day after he just said that he would be away for a while...

He hid in the dark and watched the whole process silently.

"You scold me as soon as you come!"

Huang Rong curled her lips and said, "Is this dress from your place? The shape is very strange, but it looks pretty good."

"With a good figure, everything looks good on you."

"By the way, I brought some gifts for everyone. Take a look at them later."

Lin Xuan smiled and said, "But compared to the golden hoop stick, the things I brought are nothing. Your stick is a real artifact of merit. Rong'er, you always give me surprises."

Lin Xuan was still a little jealous of this famous stick.

The Human Emperor Sword is good, but which man can resist the Golden Cudgel?
Oh, now there is not only a golden hoop stick, but also a girl who can dance with it...

Lin Xuan secretly decided to get a set of Sun Wukong COS costumes for Huang Rong.

"This little girl greets Master Lin!"

Li Qingzhao and Bai Suzhen finally reacted. Their expressions changed slightly and they obediently performed the etiquette.

"We are all family, so there is no need to be polite."

Huang Rong waved her hand and said, "What gifts did you bring? Do you have any for me? Do Sister Li and Xiaobai have some too?"

"How could I not prepare it for you..."

Lin Xuan flicked his sleeves and said, "Everyone has it."

As the breeze blew, boxes appeared out of nowhere, filling the yard.

"Hmm? These are for me...? Thank you so much for your generous gift, Master!"

Li Qingzhao's eyes lit up and she picked up a collection of poems and began to flip through it.

These are the poems and essays left by the literati and poets of Blue Star throughout the ages.

Although the rhythm is completely different from Tang poetry and Song lyrics.

But it also has extremely high artistic value.

Li Qingzhao read several poems in a row before she reacted and closed the collection reluctantly.

"This bag is not only exquisitely made, but also has a great shape and style... wow! Xiaoqing and I both like this one."

After all, Bai Suzhen came from a famous family and was still a little arrogant.

When it comes to women's handbags and bags, you can still remain cool.

But when it saw several pairs of high-heeled shoes with unique designs, the snake demon couldn't hold back anymore, and an eager expression suddenly appeared in its eyes.

It seems that if Lin Xuan is not there, the snake will be replaced immediately.

"I just bought this casually. Miss Bai can just discuss it with Rong'er."

Lin Xuan waved his hand: "If there is anything you like, tell me and I will buy some for you next time."

He heard that snakes like climbing plants, so he made a grape rack and planted some grapes unique to Blue Star.

As a result, Bai Suzhen didn't even look at him.

In the end, what really attracted the snake was the high heels...

The world is really wonderful.

"Hehe, it's hard for you to prepare so many gifts. You must have put a lot of thought into it!"

Huang Rong smiled somewhat smugly, revealing two rows of teeth as smooth as white porcelain: "Finally you've gotten the hang of it. You know how to please girls."

The boxes of novel clothes, stockings and women's shoes made the empress's heart beat fast.

Although she was well-informed, she had never seen these things before...

I have no idea how these beautiful shapes were designed.

"It really took a lot of thought. I carefully selected these books one by one, and it can be said that my contribution will be passed down to future generations."

Lin Xuan flipped through the books on the desk and selected a few to stack together: "With just these few books, you will deserve the posthumous title of 'Emperor Wen' in the future."

The books Lin Xuan brought with him were quite diverse.

Except for some collections of essays and popular novels and storybooks, the rest are basically textbooks.

Mechanics, optics, electromagnetism and even relativity are all included.

Apart from anything else, the Blue Star version of "Acupuncture Encyclopedia" at the top can be said to be a divine book that will benefit future generations.

Lin Xuan felt it necessary to remind Huang Rong to review the content as soon as possible and publish it nationwide.

"...Your way of praising me is to say that my future posthumous title will be 'Emperor Wen'?"

Huang Rong was completely stunned: "How can you praise a girl like this?"

"This...should be considered a compliment, right?"

Lin Xuan thought about it and confirmed: "The most beautiful posthumous title is none other than 'Gao Wenwu Xuanming'. The word 'Wen' is also one of the best among the beautiful posthumous titles."

If "Gao" is used as a posthumous title, it usually refers to the founding emperor.

For example, Liu Bang, Zhu Yuanzhang and others.

Considering that Huang Yaoshi is also working...

If Huang Rong were to be directly referred to as "Emperor Gaozu", it would be a bit abstract.

Lin Xuan felt that it would be better to settle for the second best.

"Well, I guess what you said is a compliment..."

Huang Rong sighed, somewhat helplessly: "But why can't I be happy?"

"The value of this gift from Master Lin is no less than the merit of founding a nation..."

"No! He is not inferior to the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors!"

Li Qingzhao sorted out the books, her eyes full of envy: "The Empress and the True Lord are both extraordinary people. I guess this is the reason why your love is so deep."

"Sister Li and Xiaobai, please go down first..."

Huang Rong tilted her head and looked at Lin Xuan, thinking: "So this is how Brother Lin expresses his interest? It seems that the Grand Palace Master has a hard time too!"

"I'll take my leave!"

Li Qingzhao and Bai Suzhen didn't dare to listen any more.

The two girls bowed to Lin Xuan, picked up the gifts and walked out happily.

"How come you say I'm funny?"

Lin Xuan waved his hand: "I don't like these girls' things, and I can't say whether they are good or bad. I can only talk about the value of these books based on the facts."

"Okay, I know these books are precious..."

Huang Rong pondered for a moment, then pointed at the latex stockings thoughtfully: "You really don't like these things?"

"Let's talk about this tonight..."

Lin Xuan coughed and looked away: "I came here this time for something important to do."

"What's the matter?"

"Find a way to meet someone and ask some questions."

"That's easy. Who do you want to see? I'll arrange it for you."

"Western Queen."

Huang Rong: "..."

(End of this chapter)