Ask Sword

As Li Ang expected, in the early morning of the next day, there was a new visitor at the entrance of the security hall.

There are a large number of river merchants and maritime merchants who pass through Weizhou City every day. These people spend a lot of money. In order to build relationships, they give gifts such as pearls, corals, giant clams, or more low-key, the four treasures of the study, and household porcelain.

Even, Li Ang also saw the "elegant bribery" only available in the upper class.

The gift giver will send some fakes that are extremely beautiful and close to the real thing.

These fakes may only be worth five, ten, or twenty guan in name, but as long as they are taken to the pawn shop introduced by the gift giver and pawned, they can be sold for hundreds of guan at the price of the genuine product.

In essence, it is still a gift, but it avoids direct cash transactions, is more difficult to verify, and sounds more "elegant".

"It can only be said that what has been done will happen again in the future. What has been done will be done again in the future."

Li Ang complained: "Even the style of gift-giving is the same."

Just like yesterday, he declined all the slightly more expensive gifts - the family really couldn't put it down, and the accumulated pens, inks, papers and inkstones alone were enough for more than ten years.

"Rouge, my rouge"

Chai Cuiqiao was not listening to Li Ang, her chin was on the table, her lips were pursed, and she looked at the corner of the wall with grief, where a whole box of Jinxiutang rouge and gouache was carried away by the servants.

"You always think about what your rouge is doing."

Li Ang closed "Shangqing Inspiration" helplessly, "Can you think of something useful, such as what to have for lunch."

"That's Jinxiutang's rouge! Even a small bottle of the lowest-end one costs a hundred ounces. It won't lose makeup even if you put it on your hands and soak it in water.

The fragrant buds on the tips of the apricots burst. Light red faded white rouge. "

Chai Chai sighed sadly to himself, patting the table with his two little hands regularly, and didn't even care much about the topic of what to have for lunch, "As the saying goes, it's useless to call yourself a hero if you don't paint Jinxiutang in your life.

My heart was taken away by Jinxiu Hall, and maybe there will be no joys and sorrows in this life."

"What a mess."

Li Ang's head was full of black lines, and he tapped Chai Cuiqiao's head lightly with the scroll of "Shangqing Inspiration", "If you don't cook, then I will cook, and for lunch, I will eat the yellow croaker that Sade just sent." .”

"Don't!"

Chai Cuiqiao immediately jumped up from the stool, nervously said: "That yellow croaker is eleven inches long, it would be a pity to cook it casually, it's better to steam half of it and braise the other half."

"How can a yellow croaker be split into two for cooking?"

Li Ang snorted, "It's better to braise in soy sauce, braised in soy sauce is more delicious."

Just as the master and servant were debating whether it was better to steam it or braise it in brown sauce, dense and heavy footsteps sounded outside the security hall.

All the passers-by along the street showed shock and fear, and took the initiative to avoid it.

It was a group of soldiers riding military horses, all of them wore iron scale armor, simple knives, quiver bags on their waists, and longbows on their backs. crossbow.

The people of the state of Yu can't help but ban the sword, but the armor, and can't help the bow, but the crossbow.

This is a team of elite Yu cavalry.

A cavalry soldier attached to Fusi, a town in Weizhou.

The leading soldier got off his horse and asked his subordinates to stay outside the security hall, walked into the gate by himself, cupped his hands and said, "Is this Mr. Li Xiaolang?"

"it's me."

Li Ang stood up in surprise, and bowed his hands in return, "Your Excellency"

"Niu Wenshu, the judge of the Zhenfu Division."

The soldiers of the Zhenfu Division said in a deep voice: "Following the order of Xuegong to patrol, please Li Xiaolang-jun to go to the Zhenfu Division."

"Brother Cheng?"

Li Ang said unexpectedly: "For what? Why didn't he come by himself?"

Niu Wenshu blinked his eyes in silence, and said softly: "Outside Yizhou City, we found traces of demons."

The closer you are to the path of practice, the closer you are to danger

This sentence flashed in Li Ang's mind inexplicably. No one in Yu State dared to pretend to be the governor on the streets of the busy city. The identity of the other party was undoubtedly real.

However, why did Cheng Juxiu ask him to go there?

"Just a moment, Judge Niu, I'll go wash my face, and I'll be right here."

Li Ang stood up, motioned Chai Cuiqiao to follow with his eyes, and the master and servant walked to the backyard.

Chai Cuiqiao lowered her voice and said anxiously: "Master, why did you find the demon and asked you to go there? Haven't you built a famous hall yet?"

Don't do it in the second half of the sentence.

Li Ang looked at the fallen leaves in the courtyard and rolled his eyes.

Standing in the security hall, Niu Wenshu, the old god closed his eyes and concentrated on the ground, pretending not to hear Li Ang's voice in the courtyard.

"Assisting Zhen Fusi and Xuegong in exterminating demons is the duty of every Yu country citizen and Xuegong disciple. If you call me, you have to go. Maybe some of my skills are needed there."

"In short, take good care of your house at home, and don't go out casually during this time."

"Good, I'm leaving."

Li Ang washed his face casually with well water, walked out of the courtyard, put "Shangqing Inspiration" on the shelf, and then nodded to Niu Wenshu.

The two walked out of the security hall. When they left, Li Ang took the medicine box and took the key to lock the front door. The new door lock and key were also delivered yesterday, and two bent iron plates were added to the door bolt. , There is a hole at the end of the iron plate protruding from the door crack, through which the lock can pass through, so that even if people are outside the main entrance, they can also lock the main entrance, instead of going through the side entrance of the courtyard every time.

Niu Wenshu thoughtfully prepared another short military horse. Li Ang got on the horse's back, sat on the saddle, and followed the elite cavalry to Zhenfusi in the south of the city.

It was a building similar in appearance to other office offices. The difference was that the courtyard wall of the Zhenfu Division was nearly ten feet high, and the courtyard was full of gloomy locust trees. It was obviously the dog days of June. Walking in In it, it feels cold on the surface of the body, as if something is peeping in the shadow corner.

Turrets, watchtowers, hanging staircases, shooting holes. The whole building is similar to a fortress, easy to defend but difficult to attack, and can accommodate thousands or more soldiers.

As a native of Weizhou, Li Ang had never been in the Fusi before, so he followed Niu Wenshu without turning his eyes. When he walked into the hall of the Fusi, he saw Cheng Juxiu sitting on the chair on the left, holding a A piece of paper, on the table beside him, there is an iron box and a bronze bell the size of a palm.

"Sunrise."

Cheng Juxiu stood up from the chair, handed over the paper, and quickly said: "There are demons in Shatao Village, fifteen miles west of Weizhou City, and several villagers and livestock suffered trauma and need treatment.

The regiment training envoy in charge of the Fusi of Weizhou Town is still out of town, Judge Niu and I are in charge here, you come with me to deal with the demons and save the villagers of Xiatao Village by the way. "

"good."

Li Ang agreed, glanced at the paper Cheng Juxiu handed over, and found that it was a proof of IOU.

Time: May 19th in the third year of Zaiqian.

Location: Fusi Town, Weizhou City.

Borrower: Xuegong Xing Juxiu.

Borrowing Alienated Items: Alien—Wu—Lu Qisi, Nightmare Bell.

"This bell is an alienated object that I borrowed from the Zhen Fu Division."

Cheng Juxiu handed the bronze bell to Li Ang, "I will use it for your self-defense first."