National Division

For such things as Bailongyu clothing, the lower officials are always in fear, while the higher-ranking ones are in high spirits.This is the portrayal of the guards and Zhibai at the moment.

"It looks quite similar to the valley where I practiced." Zhibai looked at the shaded trees all around, happily, "There are also birds. Look, Your Majesty, that one is a gray magpie, that one is a woodpecker, oh oh , That’s mynah——” He pursed his lips and whistled a few times as vividly as if he was singing a bird, causing the bird on the branch to look down.

The guards looked around vigilantly, watching Zhibai's mouth twitch.They are here to explore King Ping's private mine. Even though there are not many people here, it is still King Ping's territory. Why does this national teacher look like he is here to play?

Qi Jun's eyeliner in Shu is especially full of black lines. He has been monitoring Qizhang in Shu. He didn't know that the national teacher is so familiar with the emperor. Seeing that the national teacher is so unscrupulous, the emperor just listens with a smile. The eyeballs almost fell out, so I had to say in a low voice: "Master, here, this place is not far from the silver mine, it's better - it's safer to keep your voice low." The emperor is here, if something happens, they Still alive?

"No problem." It was Qi Jun who spoke, "Didn't you say that the silver mine is still in the valley ahead, how can you hear what you say here?"

The loyalty of the eyeliner was not appreciated, so he had to keep his mouth shut.A group of people walked from the forest to the top of the mountain, and when they saw a few wisps of black smoke rising from the valley ahead, they knew that there must be a place where people gathered.

"The silver mine is very rich, and it doesn't seem to be buried deep. There are only more than a hundred people in this mountain, but the silver they pull out every month is not a small number." The eyeliner brought out the clues he had investigated these days, "It's just that the guards at the front are very strict, and the guards are all top-notch, and the discipline is strict. The subordinates tried to sneak in several times to find out what happened, but they failed. They were afraid of scaring the snake, so they had to give up. The subordinates are incompetent..."

"It's not your fault." Qi Jun looked at the valley in front of him with his hands behind his back, and sneered slightly, "With a mountain of silver, it is natural to be stricter. As for the guards you said are highly disciplined, they are probably the Ye family. private soldiers."

"Your Majesty, the vegetation in this valley is lush. According to my subordinates, it is best to use fire to attack. It is already the end of summer. In a few days, the grass and trees will be dry and yellow, and it will be lit at one o'clock. With just one fire, all the people inside will be killed." Solve it." A guard pointed into the valley and offered advice, "The terrain in the valley is low, if we can send hundreds of archers to guard the surrounding hills, even none of them can escape."

Qi Jun looked at it for a while, then shook his head: "Although this place is not within King Ping's fiefdom, it is not far away. There is a steep fire in the valley, which can be seen in a radius of more than a hundred miles. King Ping will definitely come to rescue him. These people were burned to death, but the silver mine could not be burned. Unless I can send someone to designate the mine here as the imperial court’s property, otherwise, the silver mine will still belong to King Ping once the people leave.”

Now he is not ready, can not startle the snake.If this mine is really classified as government-owned, then Ye Shi will immediately know that he has discovered the deal between Qizhang and the Northwest. Take the capital directly, and half of the rivers and mountains to the south can also fall into their hands.However, the defense forces in the capital city have neglected training for many years, and even their salaries were taken away by Emperor Jing'an to burn alchemy. Although he was selected and trained separately after he ascended the throne, how can it be done overnight in just one or two years?At this time, it is not the time to tear up face with Ye Shi and Qi Zhang.

When Qi Jun said this, the guards were a little worried.It is easy to kill people, but it is difficult to take this mine away from King Ping, and it is even more difficult to take it away without arousing King Ping's suspicion.

A guard sighed: "It would be great if the mine was deeper. If the mouth of the mine is blown down, it will take some time for them to dig it again."

Another guard had a different idea: "According to my subordinates, no matter what kind of mine, people have to dig it, and people have to drink water. Let's poison the upstream, and anyone who comes will be poisoned to death. Let's see how they continue to mine! "

Zhibai shook his head when he heard it, a guard saw it in a blink of an eye, and couldn't help asking: "Does the national teacher think it's wrong?"

Zhibai sighed: "Although life and death are destiny, most of these people are also following orders, and it would be unkind to kill them all."

The guard refused to accept it and said: "Master Ye raises private soldiers with the intention of plotting rebellion. This is a crime that should be punished by the nine clans. There is nothing heartless."

"Of course the Ye family is self-defeating, and he is no different from others, but are all these mining people deliberately rebellious?" Zhibai shook his head, "Speaking of which, according to the law, these people should be beheaded. In the case of a crime, there is a difference between knowledge and ignorance in the hearts of the people. It is not an exaggeration to kill those who know, and kill all those who do not know, but it will damage the morality." He glanced at several guards, "Destroy a few morals, It will harm the blessings of the next life; damage the emperor's yin and virtue, and may harm the descendants; even more may damage the luck of the country, and it will harm the solidity of the country. When the emperor is angry, the blood will flow. Because of its great power, it is necessary to think twice. OK."

These words made everyone fall silent.If it comes to harming their own morality, perhaps they may not believe it, but when it comes to harming the emperor's morality - who dares to take responsibility for this?What's more, the words of the national teacher sounded like it seemed to be very reasonable.

Qi Jun looked at the valley below with a gloomy expression: "At this time, the number of murders is only a hundred. If the disease becomes serious and King Ping relies on the mining and silver to recruit the army to rebel, then the battle will start, and the dead will be tens of thousands. Wouldn't it hurt the luck of the country, wouldn't it shake the country? It's just that I don't want to disturb King Ping at this time, so poisoning is not an idea."

Zhibai was startled: "This spring flows out and passes through mountains and valleys. If poison is poisoned upstream, all living things downstream will suffer, and the number of deaths may not be as high as a hundred."

Eyeliner hurriedly said: "National teacher don't have to worry, this area is all barren hills, and there are no people."

Zhibai pointed his hand upwards: "Aren't these living beings?"

Everyone looked up in a daze, only to be stunned when they heard the sound of birdsong.The eyeliner smiled and said, "It's just birds, how can they compare with humans?"

"Six realms of all living beings are endlessly reincarnated." Zhibai looked at him seriously, "How do you know that you were not a bird in your previous life? How do you know that you are not a fish and insect in your future life?"

"Don't talk about it." Qi Jun was half irritable and half helpless, "I don't want to do this, but if not, wouldn't it be impossible to let King Ping open the mine?" He said a little angrily, "Otherwise, you have a way to move this mine It’s okay to go, move it to the vicinity of the capital, so as to save King Ping from making a decision, and also give me some money.”

Zhibai scratched his hair and fell silent.As soon as Qi Jun said the words, he felt that he had said too much. He let out a dry cough and softened his voice: "I'm just talking. I know you are kind, and God has the virtue of good life. I don't really want to spread poison everywhere, isn't it? Is there no other way..."

The guards around were silent.The emperor is paying the national teacher, isn't he?How could the king of a country be able to speak in such a soft voice, even in a low voice?They heard nothing, heard nothing...

Zhibai didn't respond, he still stood there looking into the valley.A group of guards shrunk themselves down a little bit—isn't it the emperor who apologized like this, and the national teacher actually gave him a cold face?

"What's the matter?" Qi Jun was also a little bit embarrassed, but after thinking about knowing Bai's usual benefits, he couldn't bear to lose his temper, "Are you really angry with me—with me?"

"Hey!" Just when the guards wished there was a crack in the ground to get through, Zhibai suddenly grabbed Qi Jun's hand, "It's not impossible!"

"Huh?" Qi Jun was taken aback by him, "What way? Could it be that you can really move mountains?"

Zhibai turned around and smiled at him, showing two rows of small white teeth: "It's not possible to move mountains, but it's okay to move money!"

Zhibai's words made everyone's hearts itch, but this kid sold off after saying a word, insisting that there is no way to move now, and he has to go back to the next place to prepare.The guards were about to grit their teeth, but they didn't dare to urge him. Qi Jun was like a cat scratching in his heart. He finally went down the mountain and got into the carriage. After grabbing Zhibailai, he slapped Zhibailai lightly on his ass: "What's going on? Tell me quickly! If you sell Guan Zizhen again, I will kill you!"

This slap is of course similar to tickling, Zhibai put his arms around his neck and laughed, Qi Jun turned over and pressed him to the ground in hatred, and scratched his ribs and waist casually.This made Zhibai laugh so hard that his whole body went limp, kicking and pedaling wildly begging for mercy.Qi Jun tossed him all the way, only to feel a breath of anger in his heart, and suppressed him fiercely: "Say it quickly! Otherwise, the Fa will be executed immediately!"

Zhibai laughed until tears came out, his face was flushed, his eyes were moist, Qi Jun's heart itched even more when he saw it, he quietly swallowed his saliva, brushed his loose temple hair for him, and softened his voice: "Hurry up!" Say, you want to kill me?" This kid, at the beginning, looked like a little pig crawling out of the mud in the Southwest Mountain, but he was just a handsome little pig, why is it that the longer he grows, the more stunning he looks? The water and soil in the capital especially support people?

"There are two ways to move the silver." Zhibai smiled enough, and raised a finger, "One is to wait for King Ping to dig out the silver, and use the method of five ghosts to transport the silver away secretly."

His fingers are slender, because he was pampered and pampered in the palace, his ten fingers did not touch the spring water, they were really raised like spring onions, and his nails were well-trimmed, round and clean, glowing a healthy pink.Qi Jun gritted his teeth in one bite: "This method is to relieve hatred, but it's a pity that it's too sensational."

In other words, Qi Jun really wanted to use this method.Think about it, the Ye family sent private soldiers, recruited civilian husbands, worked hard to dig out the ore and refine it, and finally got a lot of silver, but it disappeared overnight, how happy it would be!If Qi Zhang and General Ye knew about it, wouldn't they be so angry that they would roll their eyes?

"If Yinzi disappears so strangely, it's hard to guarantee that Qizhang doesn't think it's you who did it..." Qi Jun felt a pity, "It's a pity, we can't be so angry at him!"

Zhibai also had a look of regret: "I have taught myself the ghost talisman, but I haven't used it yet. I thought I could try it..."

"You bastard!" Qi Jun bit his index finger hard again, "You thought you were thinking of an idea for me, but you wanted to practice your own hand! Come on, what's the second way?"

Zhibai smiled and raised another finger: "The second method is to steal all the silver that has not been dug out from the mine!"

Qi Jun was shocked: "This, isn't this just moving mountains?"

Zhibai shook his head with a smile: "No, no. I only move money, and I don't move those earth and rocks."

Qi Jun thought for a long time but couldn't figure out what it meant to only move money but not earth and rocks.All the silver ores that come out of the silver well must be refined and cast to become silver ingots. It can be seen that the silver is stored in the soil and rocks and is integrated into one. When it is not refined, it is like oil in flour, inseparable. How is it possible to get the silver out of the ore and move it away?Even ghost foxes should not have such spells, right?

Zhibai smiled and got up and sat down: "Your Majesty, don't worry, this is not a trivial matter, I still need to prepare some things."

Qi Jun watched him grind his teeth, but there was nothing he could do.He remembered that Zhibai used to be terrified in front of him, as long as he stared, no matter what he asked, he would tell the whole story, since when did this kid not be afraid of him?Now that he is the king of a country, he has lost his status in front of Zhibai. It's really - self-inflicted, he should have beaten him a few times, until he is honest!It's a pity——Qi Jun looked at his fists, he couldn't bear to beat them...

Not to mention that Qi Jun was sighing up to the sky in the carriage, nor that the guards were itching outside the carriage, Zhibai just prepared things step by step.They stayed in a small town sixty miles away. Fortunately, the land of Shu is rich, and even the small town has all kinds of things. Even so, the guards took a lot of effort to prepare all the things he wanted. .

"It's time to eat—" When going out, in order to avoid attracting attention, the inner eunuchs can't bring them with them. They came here pretending to be businessmen, so naturally they can't bring their female relatives. After working for a while, I took a food box and opened the door to enter the house. As soon as I entered the house, I was shocked by the overwhelming talisman paper, "What is this for?"

The room was filled with the smell of cinnabar and yellow mounting paper, on the table, chairs, and the ground were all dried talisman papers, and Zhibai was sweating profusely lying on the table drawing talismans.Hearing Qi Jun come in, he didn't even lift his head, but yelled: "Don't come in! You stepped on the talisman paper!"

Qi Jun stood at the door, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "Don't you want to eat?"

Only then did Zhibai recognize Qi Jun's voice. After drawing a talisman, he raised his head and shook his arms: "It's so late?" Before he knew it, he had been drawing for half a day, and it was almost dark outside.

Qi Jun put away the talisman papers that were drying on the ground before he could enter the room: "Even if you're not hungry, you don't think the room is dark?"

Zhibai rubbed his eyes: "There is actually no big difference between light and dark to me, but I really didn't notice it."

Qi Jun glanced at his eyes: "Why, can you still see at night?"

"It's the same in the daytime and in the night." Zhibai stretched out his hand to grab the steamed bun, but was slapped down by Qi Jun: "Wash your hands!"

Zhibai squished his mouth and ran to wash his hands.Qi Jun inspected the overwhelming talisman papers in the room, and found that there were mainly two types, but there were at least a hundred sheets of each: "What kind of talisman is this?"

"One is the Thunder Fire Talisman, and the other is the Land Lock Talisman." Zhibai came back after washing his hands, and pointed to Qi Jun while gnawing on the steamed buns.

"What is this for?"

Zhibai is happy again: "I will know when the time comes."

"You—" Qi Jun grabbed his chopsticks and made a gesture to throw him, "Say it!"

Zhibai shrank his neck pretentiously, and finally whetted Qi Jun's appetite: "Silver is also a kind of gold and iron, and among the five elements, fire overcomes gold, so I will use thunder and fire to force the silver essence out."

"Silver essence?"

"Everything has its essence, even gold, silver, copper, iron and stone, which ordinary people regard as dead things, are no exception, and their shapes are different." Zhibai talked eloquently, making gestures, "the essence of gold is named Gengcang, The essence is called Daiwei, the essence of silver can be turned into a white rooster, and the essence of copper can be transformed into a horse into a boy, there are so many strange things, it is innumerable."

Qi Jun listened fascinatedly: "So that's the case, you forced out the silver essence, and then what?"

Zhibai clasped his hands together: "Of course I grab it and take it away! Once the silver essence is gone, the mine here will no longer produce any more; if you bring the silver essence to the vicinity of the capital and throw it into the mountain, the mountain will produce silver. Isn't that Is it easier than moving mountains?"

"Brilliant plan!" Qi Jun exclaimed, "In this way, my good second brother will only think that the mine is exhausted, and definitely won't suspect us."

"Yeah." Zhibai happily continued to eat steamed buns, "But the silver essence can enter the ground, but the thunder and fire talisman can only be used on the ground. , Yin Jing cannot enter the ground, and there is a raging fire nearby, so naturally he can only flee. I am just talking about this matter, how to implement it, His Majesty still needs to plan, because these talismans must be pasted in the mine , and set it ablaze, it will only be effective if human fire is used to trigger the sky fire."

Qi Jun couldn't help but put away his smile: "It must be posted in the mine? What kind of post should be used?" If so, should someone be sent to post the talisman first?But with so many talisman papers, even if ten or eight people are sent to paste them, it will take some time. The guards there are strict, how can they not be discovered?

"Oh, the so-called sticker is something that makes the talisman touch the ground. The talisman paper has its own spiritual power, no matter the mountain, stone or forest, it will stick to it as soon as you touch it, no need to use paste."

The reduction of this procedure did not make the plan any easier.Even if these talismans were just poured down like water, it would not be so easy for these hundreds of pieces of yellow paper painted with cinnabar to be thrown into the valley without being noticed.

Qi Jun suddenly lost the thought of eating, and just thought hard.The sky was getting darker, and the wind was getting stronger. The half-closed door was blown open by the wind, and even the talisman paper on the table was blown up. Qi Jun instinctively stretched out his hand to hold it down, but there was a flash of inspiration. : "Yes!"