The Bad Man was nearly dead at the beginning and was picked up by Yang Shuzi and taken home

Half a month after returning to Jianlu

Anton Jun looked at the letter sent by Hanba and the Xuanming Sect token, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Finally, we can set off for Jin State."

Yes, what he was waiting for here was Hanba's letter. Before leaving, he went to find Hanba to, firstly, trick people into getting married, and secondly, to ask him to help him with something.

Hanba's letter said that the gunpowder was successfully prepared, and that he personally taught the Saint of Huanyinfang how to use gunpowder. (In the second season, the Empress said to gather the Saints of Fengxiang, which is probably the name of their soldiers)

As for the token, he borrowed Hanba's Xuanming Sect token last time and took a look at it, and found that it was different from those of ordinary Xuanming Sect members. He guessed that each corpse ancestor should have an exclusive token.

So he asked Hanba to help make a similar token to facilitate future actions. This is the token of the fifth corpse ancestor of the Xuanming Sect, although the people in the Xuanming Sect don't know about him yet.

However, he had already asked Hanba to contact the other three corpse ancestors and write a letter to the Xuanming Sect headquarters to name him, which was why he waited for half a month.

Later he had another alias: the fifth corpse ancestor of the Xuanming Sect, Dragon Blood Xuanhuang - Chu Yan.

Now we have a reason to open up the Wenguan without arousing suspicion of Qi State. Isn't that great!

As for why he didn't tell Yang Shuzi and the others about Hanba, it was because he felt it was unnecessary. Now the three of them didn't have a clear understanding of the four great corpse ancestors, and it would be easy to be misunderstood if they were discovered to have communicated with the corpse ancestors of the Xuanming Sect.

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Jianlu Main Hall

"Master, I'm leaving now. Are you really not going to Fengxiang? I'll ask Zhao Zhao and the others to take good care of you and your fellow disciples there."

Now that the time has come, Anton Jun can't stay at home all the time. Before leaving, he still asked Yang Shuzi again without giving up.

In the past half month, Anton Jun had asked him indirectly many times, but his answer every time was no, and not surprisingly, this time was no exception.

"Dong Jun, Master is old and wants to live in seclusion in the mountains and have a good life. Besides, your junior brothers and sisters are still young. There is no need to talk about this anymore. I will not go."

Yang Shuzi didn't really not want to go. Who doesn't want to meet his disciple's wife? And when he heard Anton Jun say that he had a half-disciple's grandson, he became even more eager to go, but there was really nothing he could do.

"Okay, then take care of yourself. I will come back to see you often."

Of course Anton Jun knew that this was impossible. He still remembered the agreement with Gangzi. But it didn't matter. If nothing unexpected happened, Li Xingyun would come down the mountain next year and his master would be able to leave. Then he would tie his master up and take him away.

He strode out of the door and saw the same scene as last time. The two little guys were still waiting for him at the door.

At this time, both of them were wearing jade pendants given to them by Anton Jun around their waists, engraved with "Dong, Xing" and "Xuan, Jun" respectively, and the colors also matched their respective clothes.

"Xingyun, Lin Xuan, if nothing unexpected happens, you will also have to go down the mountain to venture into the martial arts world next year. If anything happens in the future, come to Fengxiang in Qi Country, and Senior Brother will protect you.

If you want to do something, just do it. If you want to help others, then go ahead. If you don’t have enough money, you can come to me and I will help you.”

Upon hearing this, Li Xingyun hurried over and whispered to Anton Jun with a wink:

"Brother, you don't need to ask for money, but I heard that there are many beautiful women in Huanyinfang, and my sister-in-law is the queen of Huanyinfang. I will come to you and you can just say a few good words to me."

Anton-kun immediately shouted with a stern face:

"Xingyun, how can you be so obsessed with women? You must know that lust is a sword above your head. You asked your senior brother to help you with this matter, but do you know how others will look at your senior brother?"

Li Xingyun felt something was wrong when Anton Jun's voice got louder. As expected, Lu Linxuan beside him got angry again, pinched Li Xingyun's neck, and scolded:

"Li Xingyun, you want to lead Senior Brother astray again, I will beat you to death this time!"

Li Xingyun looked at An Dongjun for help: "Big Brother! Save me!"

Lu Linxuan ignored his little action, and immediately changed his face to An Dongjun, saying with a smile:

"Big Brother, you don't have to pay attention to this guy. We agreed that next time we go to Fengxiang, you must let us meet my sister-in-law."

Anton Jun also ignored Li Xingyun's request for help and smiled, "Yes, definitely!"

Watching Anton Jun's departing figure, Lu Linxuan and Li Xingyun gently stroked the jade pendants that Anton Jun gave them, and stayed there for a long time.

-

Three days later, Taiyuan

Tongwenguan

Li Siyuan was dressed like a scholar, playing Go and drinking tea in the pavilion. His life was very comfortable. A closer look revealed that the person sitting opposite him was none other than Qi Wang Li Maozhen, who had come to cooperate with him.

Li Siyuan was suppressed by Li Maozhen in the chess game. At this time, Li Siyuan narrowed his small eyes and said in his hoarse voice:

"Prince Guang is so handsome and suave, and I didn't expect that he is also quite knowledgeable about chess. He is indeed a man who unified the Western Regions in just two years. Is there really no room for maneuver in this matter?"

Li Maozhen smiled and said:

"Holy Lord, please don't flatter me. The price this time is really non-negotiable. Ten thousand horses will cost at least 35 taels. If we hadn't just finished fighting and were in urgent need of silver, we wouldn't be in such a hurry to sell them. After all, these good horses are still in short supply in our country." (A search on the Internet shows that a horse in the Tang Dynasty was worth about pieces of silk, which is estimated to be to taels of silver.)

Li Siyuan's expression remained unchanged after hearing his words, and he continued:

"I understand the pain of giving up what the prince wants, but 750,000 is still a bit expensive. Besides, our Jin State doesn't really need it. Why don't we both take a step back and give 600,000 taels as a good start for our long-term cooperation? " (As mentioned earlier, Qi State only had most of the Hetao area in Dangxiang, because there was still a small part in the hands of Jin State. Although it was not the most important part, it was always better than nothing for Jin State)

Li Maozhen pretended to ponder for a long time, then put on a helpless look and sighed: "Well, in this case, I will follow the Holy Lord's words. I hope that our future cooperation will always be as pleasant as this time."

Just when Li Siyuan thought he had made a profit and had exchanged the contract documents smoothly, a soldier from the Tongwenguan ran over and said, "Your Majesty, someone wants to see you."

Li Siyuan was in a happy mood at this time, and even his tone towards his servants was much nicer than usual.

"Oh? Who is it?"

"Saint Lord, the person who came here claims to be the fifth corpse ancestor of the Xuanming Sect - Chu Yan."

Li Siyuan's relaxed brows suddenly frowned. But before he could speak, Li Maozhen's voice sounded first.

"Oh! It's the Corpse Ancestor! I was able to unify the Western Regions this time thanks to the help of the two Corpse Ancestors. I wonder if this Corpse Ancestor Chu Yan knows the Holy Lord?"

Li Siyuan stroked his mustache with his left hand and laughed:

"To be honest with you, Prince Guang, I have had interactions with both the corpse ancestors Hou Qing and Han Ba, but I have never heard of this corpse ancestor Chu Yan. He should be a newly born corpse ancestor, and I think he came here to get to know him."

"Oh, as it should be."

Although Li Maozhen agreed with Li Siyuan's words, an unknown smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Li Siyuan excitedly said to the soldier, "Quick, bring the corpse to the main hall. I'll be there soon."

Then he bowed to Li Maozhen and said, "Prince Guang, I'm sorry to leave you for a moment."

Li Maozhen also returned the greeting and said, "Since the matter here is over, I will leave without staying any longer. Goodbye!"

"Okay, okay, next time Prince Guang comes to Taiyuan, I will personally host a banquet for him. Come, please send Prince Guang off on my behalf!"