Chapter 003 – A Great Deal

Less than thirty years of age in the palace hot new nobility Song Tanglu, even if it has been the internal official supervisor in charge of the seal of the eunuch, even if it is by the Empress green eyes of the Prince of Heaven’s close service, even if the body is carrying a secret decree. Still can only take a few disguise of the inner escort, by the Beiliang King’s side door quietly into the residence, in the residence hall door to see Xu Snapdragon, do not dare to look at more than half an eye, so that a few palace guards to stay in front of the door, solo fast step across the threshold, thumping a sound of the body on the ground kneeling a solid, on the spot the door of the brain on the knocking out of the bright red traces, muffled voice said: “Inner Officials Eunuch Song Tanglu see the King of the Beiliang, see the Your Highness!”

Xu Snapdragon and Xu Fengyen did not take their seats, but neither did they move their feet to greet this big eunuch who was already in control of a great power, Xu Snapdragon laughed softly and said, “Song Diaoji, get up and announce the decree.”

Sable Temple and the eunuch this two name, not the general eunuchs can to their own head to embrace, Tai’an City Palace, a pair of hands to count over. In addition to Han Sheng Xuan, the master of Song Tanglu, the original twelve supervisors in the second only to the Secretary of the Palace of Internal Affairs Supervisor of the seal counts one, Song Tanglu was personally given the name of the Son of Heaven, and now it is expected to ascend to the top of the list, which can be said to be better than the blue and better than the blue, so that the whole court are looking stupid.

Song Tanglu out of the palace has long thought through, if the decree, according to the law of the feudal king will have to kneel, the king of Beiliang as for the kneeling does not kneel in fact no harm, Xu Snapdragon can wear a sword on the temple, there is no need to kneel to listen to the decree of the privilege, just if he is a serious tone of voice and pinch to stand there and declare the decree, I am afraid that there will be demonstration of suspicion, Song Tanglu the beginning do not want to be so to give people rampant suspicion, even if he knows that it is not etiquette, he got up and is still from his sleeve! After he got up, he still drew out the yellow secret decree from his sleeve, hung his head and walked quickly, handing it to the king of Beiliang with both hands, directly skipping the matter of declaring the decree and ignoring it. Xu Snapdragon took the secret decree, casually handed it to Xu Fengyuan, and then let this quite informed and reasonable eunuch sit down, Song Tanglu is sitting upright, eyes not slanting, just out of the corner of his eye still glimpsed a head of frost and snow Xu Fengyuan, his heart was shocked, for some reason, when his afterglow, that His Royal Highness is obviously in the lowered head stretching the decree to read, the corners of his mouth still hooked up an arc, Song Tanglu was able to stand out amongst the tens of thousands of eunuchs in the palace, and step by step went to the top. Step by step on the peak, relying on the outstanding talent to detect words and colors, immediately know that this young son of the world noticed his own mindless prying, at that moment they lowered the convergence of vision, only dared to make a strong look at their own knees.

Xu Snap smiled and spoke pleasantries, “Song Sable Temple has worked hard this entire journey.”

Song Tanglu hurriedly shook his head, “I don’t dare, it’s Song Tanglu’s part.”

Xu Snapdragon laughed and asked, “Song Diaoji want to stay in Beiliang for a few more days, the king can also enjoy some hospitality.”

The young power eunuch who was tossed around by one Song Diao Si hurriedly got up and apologized on his knees, “Song Tanglu needs to go to the capital immediately to resume his orders, he may not even be able to eat a meal, I hope that the King of Beiliang will bear with me.”

Xu Snapdragon walked over to help up Song Tanglu, “no harm no harm, we don’t need to be polite, how smooth and appropriate how to come, not delay Song Sable Temple to go back to resume orders, go, this king send you out.”

Rao is in the palace training for many years, the cultivation of the matter is not inferior to any top masters of the Song Tanglu also obviously have a touch of trance, respectfully said: “I really do not dare to bother the king of Beiliang.”

Xu Snapdragon shook his head and walked out of the lobby with Song Tanglu, the inner guards had already handed over their traveling bags to the royal steward. A group of people walking on the quiet path without seeing the slightest security, those guards are also walking on thin ice, take advantage of this moment to rush to look at the back of the king of a different surname a few more times, and so on back to the palace, but also with colleagues to brag about it, we have had the treatment of the king of the northern Liang less than ten steps away from the hall! Song Tanglu was careful for many years, not show behind Xu Snapdragon half a body, to the gate, Song Tanglu said nothing dare let the king of Northern Liang send out the door half a step, and then stopped, those inner guards are silently fish out, turn on the horse, waiting from afar.

One of the guards tsked, “Worthy of being the great general who destroyed the six kingdoms of Spring and Autumn!”

Another asked in a low voice, “What?”

The guard said in a deep voice, “There’s a murderous aura when he walks.”

“Didn’t feel it.”

“What do you know, that’s because you don’t have enough realm!”

“No wonder some people say that the Northern Liang King can kill with a glare, and will directly scare people out of their bitter guts. Luckily, Song Diao Temple didn’t annoy his old man, or else we wouldn’t have been killed by a double glare?”

One of the oldest and most composed guards cried and laughed as he listened to the absurd conversation of his juniors.

The doorway there, Xu Snapdragon said softly: “Others say you Song Diaoji in the seal cordon supervisor when on duty, conscientious, in charge of the ancient and modern collection of library, paste yellow survey and so on all kinds of trivial things, are well organized, but also able to write a handful of good words and essays, the king is a rough man, these headaches want to be on the heart of the thing is difficult to say, but there is a thing, the king remembers clearly, my home! Fengyen hereditary reckless enjoin content, from your pen, some people in the house said you write well, this favor, the king remembered, in the future in case something happens, use my son Fengnian the new king of Beiliang, just need to know a word, do not dare to boast to help you to get even, the king only said that he will try his best to do.”

Song Diaoji like a lightning strike, subconsciously to kneel again.

Xu Snapdragon held his hands, laughed and scolded: “Men’s knees have gold, kneel what kneel! Song Tanglu, have the opportunity to come back to the Northern Liang Wang Fu, remember that there is no need, this has nothing to do with your identity, this king is indeed not reasonable, only remember the love.”

Song Diaoji clenched his teeth and said in a trembling voice, “In the future, where duties are concerned, what Song Tanglu should do, will definitely still be done. But some superfluous things, will never talk too much. And these words, Song Tanglu will only remember them in his heart and pretend that Great General has not mentioned them.”

Xu Snap nodded, “This king will not see him off.”

Song Sable Temple learned that scholar’s bow and salute, turned around and went out the door.

Xu Snapdragon slowly paced back to the lobby, saw Xu Fengyen finish unpacking his traveling bag, fingers pinching the sleeve of a python coat, there God chattering, “Look smooth, touch is also quite comfortable, flying swords out of the sleeve can be more careful, scratches to find who to sew.”

Xu Snapdragon joked: “Sewing and mending is still afraid of not being able to find someone? Spring and Autumn remnants of the north run there are two groups, roaming the North Mang those, was I intercepted a lot of people, the head of our Northern Liang Weaving Bureau is that year to the South Tang royal family to do clothing, but this time your king’s robe sewing, specific matters to a few dexterous women, that person is just drawing the pattern, old, eyes are not useful, he was afraid of an anachronism beheaded.”

Xu Fengnian frowned, “Your python robe doesn’t work?”

Xu Snapdragon laughed in exasperation, “There is no such thing as a new king wearing old clothes, our Xu family is not poor enough for that!”

Xu Fengnian put down the imperial python robe in his hand, hesitated for a moment and said, “Originally, I wanted to go to the northwest end of the country, and hold the nearly 100,000 sinning exiles in my hands, but since I’m going to the capital to watch the ceremony, I’ll put it on hold, and go to Tai’an City first.”

Xu Snap asked, “When will you leave? How many iron riders do I need to bring?”

Xu Fengnian laughed, “Just tomorrow. What iron horsemen to bring, I’m not a vassal king, I don’t need to pay attention to the splendor of going to the capital, besides, like King Yan Zhi that brought nearly a thousand cavalry, I’m afraid that Han Diaoji will have to hide his head and hide his tail, I’ll just open the door this time and let the human cats kill it painfully.”

Xu Snap nodded, “Apart from your own arrangements, I also secretly give you Yin and Ugly.”

Xu Fengnian asked, “What about you? In case Han Diaoji doesn’t kill me to kill you?”

Xu Snap asked with a smile, “Do you know why the God of Swords Li Chun Gang was suppressed for twenty years in His Excellency Hearing Tide? Do you know that when he went down to the Dragon Tiger Demon Beheading Stage on the mountain, what god chopped off his arm?”

Xu Fengnian was sadly speechless.

Xu Snapdragon sat in his chair and said blandly, “You don’t worry about going to your capital, don’t worry about father’s safety, for so many years there are as many people who want to kill me as there are rivers of carp, I have plenty of ways to deal with it.”

Deadman Yin’s gloomy voice came back into the ears of father and son, “Nangong Servant has returned to the pavilion, and Xuanyuan Qingfeng is in the Pavilion in the center of the lake. The two are not lightly injured.”

Xu Fengnian asked, “E?”

Deadman Yin replied stereotypically, “Reporting back to Your Highness, safe and sound.”

In the eyes of the Earth Branch Deadman, the life and death of a fellow soldier was not important at all.

Xu Fengyen stood up and headed to Hearing Tide Lake, where the teenage dead soldier was squatting by the lake and sulking.

Xu Fengyen walked over, saw him turn his head with a guilty face, laughed, “Eat your meal and go, then come with me to the capital tomorrow, there will be plenty of chances to fight with Han Diaoji then.”

The teenager jumped up, smiling brightly, “Really?”

Xu Fengyen raised his leg as if to kick him into the lake, this lively but not gloomy teenager grinned and jumped into the lake himself, happily dog paddling towards the other side.

Xu Fengyen smiled heartily and walked towards the pavilion in the center of the lake, and when he approached, he saw Xuanyuan Qingfeng sitting disheveledly against the porch pillar.

Xu Fengyen narrowed the pair of danfeng eyes, lazily sat down and sneered, “The same finger Xuan, that the world’s second finger Xuan Han Diaoji, more powerful than you old Taoist, right?”

Xuanyuan Qingfeng snapped, “When I enter the heavenly image ……”

Xu Fengnian said softly, “Have you forgotten that Han Sable Temple is the best at pointing Xuan to kill Heavenly Elements? That’s why this is the saying that Han is invincible below the Land Gods. You also don’t feel suffocated, martial arts realm this thing, people are more angry than people, there will always be a mountain and a mountain high, I know you want to become the goods like Wang Xianzhi, but you still need to relax before this, a lot of things can’t be rushed. The side door eight hundred left road three thousand, you pick a treacherous to the extreme goat’s intestine small road, you have to be more and more precious to live at the moment. As for me, I have briefly entered the Pseudo Celestial Image, it is considered to be the light of a white horse, but there is one thing that I can clearly tell you, once you ascend to the realm, you may have to become the first Celestial Image expert to suffer from heavenly tribulation and lightning in the past three hundred years, the heavenly net is so tight that you can’t escape it.”

Xuanyuan Qingfeng’s face instantly turned snow white and colorless.

Xu Fengyen stood up, “Come with me, since you’ve thrown your name in the hat, I can do a big deal with you without worrying, I’ll give you something that’s worth a lot of money the analogy of a city is to put it lightly, so even if you give your body in return, I don’t think you’re at a disadvantage.”

Xuanyuan Qingfeng unprecedentedly did not say words to contradict, quietly followed Xu Fengyen, it seems that this siege of Han Diao Temple was unsuccessful, so that her out of the ordinary nature of no one else and lawlessness has been precipitated.

Xu Fengyen pushed the door into Listening Tide Pavilion, took Xuanyuan Qingfeng directly to the eighth floor, Zhu-robed Yin creature floated in the corridor, to show people with the phase of the Earth Tibetan pity, Xu Fengyen laughed: “Don’t try to force yourself to enter, and lose your cultivation for nothing.”

The door opened and closed.

Xuanyuan Qingfeng saw a scene that he would never forget.

Nine jade seals of different sizes.

Floating and hanging in the air.

Each hovering in a position determined by the map of the nine Spring and Autumn states.

Xu Fengyen stood with his hands folded and calmly said, ”Later Sui, Western Chu, Southern Tang, Western Shu, Northern Han, and Wei, these six deceased states after the recorded state names in the history books nowadays were all destroyed by Xu Snap. In order to recognize Xu Snap’s military achievements, the court of Liyang removed the missing seal of the Emperor of Western Chu, and the old emperor specially bestowed five of the jade seals of the state to the Xu family. Back then, the reason why Da Chu was regarded as the orthodoxy of the Central Plains, to a large extent, it was inherited to the Qin Empire’s seal of the carrier, and then the Spring and Autumn split, countries have copied the engraving or simply re-engraved, the seal and the treasure of all kinds of name. The nine you see, three are imitation, just to make up the number nine, listening to the tide of the pavilion high nine floors, not for no reason. I know what you want to ask, since the court only gave five, imitation of three, and one from where? We are a grasshopper on a rope, tell you straight no harm, the Northern Liang Royal House is hiding a small princess carrying the Western Chu fortune, you see that the smallest jade seal? But the square four inches, but the real Qin Huangdi Yang seal, as for the Yin seal, I entered the Qin imperial tomb in the North Mang, just when the person intends to hide, only willing to take me to see the tip of the iceberg of the mausoleum, I was thinking of life and escape, but also can not be bothered to look deeper. My younger brother Huang Ban Er shall not be allowed to enter the heavenly image in this life, Hong Washiang abducted my big sister, in order to return the favor, the sword chopped the five countries’ qi, Bei Liang shall not be half of it on the surface, but only with seven and three points, which flowed into the Liyang and West Chu qi column respectively.”

Xu Fengyen ignored Xuanyuan Qingfeng’s dumbfoundedness, pointed to the West Chu state seal, “Previously all colorless, no different from ordinary jade, after riding the bull’s flying sword chopping luck, it glitters, in addition to still not comparable to the Liyang imitation seal, has been far better than the seven precious seals of the luster. This runic array is stealing heaven and earth qi things, Cao Changqing has prepared to restore the country, it is estimated that in a few years will be drawn off to retrieve the western Chu seal, rather than being taken by him for nothing, it is better to do business to sell you, you carry these two years in the body slowly draw, later among the heavenly image, used to resist the apocalypse. Although the jade seal’s qi is not but the dynasty’s one hundred thousandth of a percent varies, but you one person alone, I estimate how are not to do a heavenly most short-lived heavenly image realm experts.”

Xuanyuan Qingfeng asked in a small voice, “Then your younger brother who my father said is only capable of pointing to Xuan?”

Xu Fengnian pulled the corner of his mouth and said, “Count on you having some conscience. There’s one less piece of the Great Qin Yang Seal that is bound to be lost, and there are still the remaining eight. Besides, my family’s Huang Barbarian son, I will never let him enter the Heavenly Image Realm in my lifetime, this rune formation is just a precautionary measure. Besides, Huang Ban Er is different from you, even if this talisman formation is beneficial, it is still a cure for him, in the final analysis, no matter if it is your current Finger Xuan realm or your future Heavenly Elephant realm, it would be like a child’s trick in front of Huang Ban Er.”

Xuanyuan Qingfeng calmly said, “But I won’t stop at the Heavenly Image Realm.”

Xu Fengnian laughed it off, stepping and diving, extending a hand to hang in the air, gently grasping towards the Western Chu Jade Seal of Transmission.

Like a python dragon drawing water, as the jade seal was tugged towards Xu Fengyen’s hand, the air also appeared with a burst of subtle ripples that were actually visible to the naked eye.

The remaining eight precious seals were all trembling.

When Xu Fengnian held the jade seal, the water surface was gradually calmed like a mirror as it was wrinkled by the wind.

Xu Fengyen turned around and handed the jade seal to Xuanyuan Qingfeng.

Her face changed drastically and her entire palm turned from red to purple.

Xu Fengyen gloated, “Hot? Don’t let go.”

Xuanyuan Qingfeng forced herself to endure the stabbing pain of her heart like a knife and angrily said, “Why is there no difference in your hands?”

Xu Fengnian laughed to himself, “There is no poor fellow under the sky whose qi is as blank as new paper than mine. If I, as Xu Snapdragon’s eldest son, wanted to hold this Western Chu Jade Seal before I intercepted Zhao Kai at the Iron Gate Pass, I’m afraid that if I wanted to live, I would have had to break my own arm right away.”

Xuanyuan Qingfeng almost fainted from the pain, but not only did she not look shaken, she instead gripped the jade seal even tighter.

Xu Fengnian sighed, what an incomprehensible crazy bitch, on his lips, he said, “Half of your life belongs to you, half belongs to me now, promise or not?”

Xuanyuan Qingfeng said bluntly, “Yes, but it will only count if I survive until after I enter the Heavenly Image Realm!”

Xu Fengnian laughed helplessly, “Would it kill you to take a loss?”

Xuanyuan Qingfeng snorted coldly, but there was some indescribable hidden mirth in his narrow autumn eyes.

Xu Fengyuan walked towards the door, “Later you go downstairs by yourself.”

Only then did he go out the door, Xuanyuan Qingfeng dryly and directly floated whisking out.

Xu Fenian shook his head, closed the door, went downstairs and easily found the bewildered White Fox’s face in the outer corridor.

Xu Fenian kindly consoled, “Hey hey hey, it’s not like there’s any shame in not being able to beat the 10th in the world Han Sable Temple, it just means that you haven’t entered the top ten yet.”

The white fox child face with embroidered winter hanging from her waist did not say anything and turned around to walk towards the building.

Xu Fenian asked, “I’m going to the capital tomorrow, Han Sable Temple will pester me in all probability, are you interested?”

The white fox child face stopped in her steps, “Are you that afraid of death?”

Xu Fenian muttered, “Good hearted donkey’s liver and lungs.”

White Fox Child Face turned around and laughed, “Don’t worry about it, I am not so much that my mind will be blocked to the point of realm stagnation if I can’t kill Han Diaoji. I am the same as your Northern Liang Iron Cavalry, walking the path of sorrow and suffering with war, there are a few big defeats to be suffered in the future, just don’t die.”

Xu Fengyen asked again, “Really not going to the capital?”

White Fox face said playfully, “What, think the capital is full of beautiful women, not piggybacking on me, the world’s number one beauty, will lose face?”

Killing breath, killing machine!

Xu Fengyen, who was revealed to be a bit crooked, fled downstairs in a hasty and wretched manner.

White fox face also did not chase, across the threshold of this floor, the state of mind inexplicably stabilized, said ruefully, “I did not expect that this place has become a home, where should I die in the future?”

The afterglow was fading, the twilight was sinking.

Xu Fengyen unconsciously came to the lakeside cottage in the reeds, but did not go to find Pei Nanwei who lived here alone, but along a dirt path leading to the Hearing Tide Lake, perhaps it was stepped on by her too many times, flat and soft.

Autumn reed taller than a person gradually turn frost white, wind up flakes like snow.

The lake built a wooden overhead ferry with a length of several feet out of the water, Xu Fengyen took off his shoes and socks and put them on one side, leaned back and laid down, resting and refreshing his mind with his eyes closed.

I don’t know how long it took, but a small sound came from his ears.

The barefoot woman sat down beside him holding her knees.

She was silent for a long time and finally spoke, “Now I’m happy, you’re worse off than me, retribution.”

Xu Fengnian did not open his eyes, and said softly, “Reeds made into reed cords can be used to hang against evil, spring reeds young stems can be made into flute film, warding off evil or flute film, reeds are not for you to tie straw men to curse me.”

Pei Nanwei rested her chin on her knees, the breeze brushed her face, she softly said: “According to the law of the clan, this year the king of the clan will go to the capital to see the saint, do you go? If you go, bring me with you. I’ve never been to Tai’an City in my life, and I want to see it. After seeing it, I will willingly die here.”

Xu Fengyen stood up, folded a reed and sat on the edge of the wooden bridge, “I’m going to the capital, but I won’t bring you.”

Pei Nanwei said flatly, “Fine, then I’ll continue to tie straw men to curse you to death.”

Xu Fengyen turned his head and said, “Believe it or not, I’ll slap you into the water?”

Pei Nanwei shook her head.

Xu Fengyen turned his head, ignoring this woman whose brain had always been confused.

Pei Nanwei sat beside him, then raised her foot and gently kicked the back of his foot, “Take me with you? I have only one unfulfilled wish in my life, I can be a maid for you.”

Xu Fengnian said firmly, “No take.”

“Not only will I serve you tea and water and call you grandpa, I will also help you rub your shoulders and knock your back and call you gongzi.”

“Not rare.”

“Accompany you to play chess, help you read.”

“How much is it worth?”

“When you are not comfortable, the slave girl must smile and be willing to fight.”

“I’ll take pity on you.”

“Warm the bed.”

“What?”

“Warm the bed!”

“Okay, it’s a deal! Let’s leave for the capital tomorrow, remember to bring a few pieces of elegant and colorful clothes, you can change to wear, rouge and water powder don’t forget, wipe too much is not good, a little bit on the same. And then there is the time to warm the bed ……”

“I’m not going ……”

“Really not going?”

“Uh-huh. It’s fine here.”

“You still want to fight with me?”

Xu Fengyen smiled and got up, bending down to put the autumn reed on her lap, lifting his boots and socks to leave the reeds.