The Great Seminary

Chapter 159 Trading
The allusion of 'The Goddess's Smile' is:
In the Middle Ages, there was a god named Li Longchu. He was wise and brave since childhood, and his mysterious skills became even more extraordinary after he became an adult.

At that time, it was the end of a century-long battle between the human race and the hundreds of demon races in the dragon world under the big cave for living space.

Li Longchu and his most beloved concubine Mei Junzi fought for the human race. In the end, they joined forces with many powerful men to suppress the hundreds of demon races and won the battle.

But after the battle, Mei Junzi was seriously injured. In the end, he drank the bone marrow of a demon dragon he killed with his own hands and died of laughter!

It left behind a story that will be passed down through the ages, showing that women are as brave as men.

After Mei Jun's death, Li Longchu was depressed until he met another woman in his life, Yang Huaner, who was known for her unparalleled beauty.

The two of them were inseparable and had been doing this for many years. Suddenly one day Yang Huan'er said,
Li Longchu's deceased concubine Mei Junzi was once famous for drinking the bone marrow of the Earth Demon Dragon.

She has to follow suit.

This is totally unreasonable.

Because anyone with a brain would understand that the real reason why Mei Junzi is famous all over the world is that she has great magical powers but is willing to die for her own race.

Drinking the bone marrow of the Earth Demon Dragon was just a gimmick. Even if she swallowed her own saliva before her death, she would still be deified.

It evolved into legendary stories such as "the spit disappears and the jade falls".

But Li Longchu, who had been wise for hundreds of years, was dumbfounded this time.

He actually mobilized a large army to attack the underground cave again.

He caught a demon dragon and killed it, extracting its bones and marrow.

It was loaded with the magical artifact 'Sunshine Shuttle' that could travel 100,000 miles in an instant, and was delivered steaming hot to Yang Huan'er.

As a result, the new goddess smiled charmingly and drank the dragon marrow.

But what was left behind was not reputation but infamy.

Just because Li Longchu hunted the Earth Demon Dragon for no reason, the tacit understanding of the truce between the powerful humans and the top powerful beings of the hundreds of Earth Demon races was broken.

So one night later, revenge came suddenly.

The thousand human cities closest to the Great Cavern were all destroyed, and tens of millions of people were killed or injured.

It also left behind the allusion of "the light flashes, the dragon marrow arrives, and the goddess smiles and thousands of cities fall in love."

Lu Zhenduan used this allusion to describe King Zhen, and he was not referring to anything else.

Rather, it is a metaphor for Shen Zexian's current status in his mind.

Zhang Gui listened, nodded in understanding, and turned his head to Zhang Rui.

"Eating is the most important thing for the emperor, and King Zhen's envoy won't delay our meal.

Come on, let's eat and chat."

As he spoke, he took big strides and walked forward on his own.

Time flies and it is evening in the blink of an eye.

The messenger from King Zhen who was said to arrive in a moment finally arrived with a big belly. He was a short fat man.

However, although she has a poor figure, her demeanor is quite elegant, and it can be seen that she must come from a scholarly family.

A chilly barracks.

There were only three braziers lit on the ground, which served as both a light source and a means of keeping warm.

When the short and fat man met Zhang Gui and Xian Rongdao, he bowed and said leisurely as if he were in a palace:
"I am Lü Ju, the running dog of King Zhen, and I'm honored to meet you, Li Yanglonghu.

How are you these days, Brother Lu?

This Lu Ju was the aide who gave up the position of Prime Minister of the Dragon and Tiger Shogunate and insisted on following Prince Zhen to migrate to Xianrong Island, but ended up letting Lu Zhenduan "pick up the opportunity".

Although this person has always been regarded as a "hypocrite" in Lu Zhenduan's mind.

Anything can be done when necessary.

But she never expected that one day he would take the initiative to call himself King Zhen's 'running dog' in front of her.

You must know that we are all students of the Imperial Academy, and nominally "disciples of the emperor."

In front of Emperor Hezheng of Ming Dynasty, he could also be called "student".

Why humiliate yourself like this?

Lu Zhenduan was stunned and speechless for a moment.

Seeing this, Lu Ju, who was obviously more shameless, shook his head and sighed disapprovingly, saying:
“I’m called an envoy, but I don’t know what kind of envoy I am.

If he wasn't a lackey, how could he do such a thing?

After much thought, it is best to tell the truth.

"Yang Longhu, I heard that the 'Han Li Shen Clan', especially Shen Zexian, owes you a great favor. Now King Zhen wants to buy this favor. What is the price?"

"Can favors be traded?"

Zhang Gui asked curiously.

"Emperor Yao of ancient times originally wanted to demote Emperor Yu to a slave because Emperor Yu's father, Gun Gong, failed to control the flood.

As a result, Emperor Yu used the lives of 95 members of his family as hostages in exchange for the opportunity to control the flood on behalf of his father from Emperor Yao.

Finally achieve great success.

Is there anything in this world that cannot be traded?"

Lu Ju said with a sense of propriety:

"General, just tell us what you want to exchange from King Zhen.

Whether it is treasures, rights, ships, or business names, as long as it is not excessive, just ask for it.

But it doesn’t need to be excessive.”

He said "not too much" twice, which shows that although King Zhen acted a bit "dog" towards Shen Zexian, he actually still knew what was going on.

Or maybe it could be said that King Zhen, this "fake licker", pretends to be a love guru to pick up girls, but is unwilling to "spend a lot of money".

With Zhang Gui's intelligence, he could naturally hear this and couldn't help but curl his lips.

After thinking for a while, an idea suddenly came to his mind and he said in a more dog-like way:

"Since it was Prince Zhen who ordered it, I should have made no requests and simply transferred the favor owed by 'Han Lishen' to Your Highness.

But favors are not something that can be given just like that.

If the transaction is not one in which both parties make sacrifices, it would be ugly and even counterproductive.

So I want to ask King Zhen for some useless garbage, a small authority..."

"Don't hesitate, Yang Longhu. If you want something, just don't overdo it. It's okay to say it."

"I
I want the unclaimed body left behind during the war between His Royal Highness Prince Zhen and the Wonsan Guards.

Under the name of Zhang Gui of the Pingyang Zhang family, he was appointed as the chief coroner of the 'Xingzai'.

The Song and Ming dynasties were very particular about funeral etiquette, and the mutilation of corpses rarely occurred.

But wartime is extraordinary, let alone playing away on an island.

Not to mention the dead bodies.

The wounded who could not be easily treated were buried on the spot.

Because this method is the simplest and fastest, and there is no need to worry about plague in winter.

But dealing with corpses is a thankless job no matter what.

Lu Ju was stunned and said:

"Yang Longhu, before the dead soldiers' clothes and armor are buried, someone will be assigned..."

"Master Lu, I misunderstood.

I only want the body, preferably naked.

This shouldn’t be difficult to do.”

"This isn't difficult. If you think about it, it saves you the trouble of going through the motions.

But what do you want with all these corpses?"

"Master Lu, you already call me Yang Longhu, why would you ask such an obvious question?

Don't you know that '倸阳' is the surname of the Stone Corpse Barbarians?"

Zhang Gui replied with a smile.

Hearing this answer, Lu Ju couldn't help but think of the customs in ancient books about eating living people and burning corpses to offer sacrifices to the sky among the indigenous barbarians.

There was no further questioning. How many tricks could a barbarian named "Stone Corpse" have to torture corpses?

Said dryly:
"In that case, as long as Yang Longhu can guarantee that the bodies of the dead in battle will no longer be an eyesore after one night.

Furthermore, they were not allowed to offer sacrifices to the corpse in broad daylight, which caused an uproar in the army.

I will report this matter to His Highness.

I think he would agree."

(End of this chapter)