"...Female Weiyuan as the envoy of the Dingxi Festival, oversee all military matters, and grant him half the courtesy of entering the court.
Kudos to this!"
The long voice echoed over the realm. The disciples of the aristocratic families behind Wei Yuan were still a little confused. The cultivators of Taichu Palace in the distance were also confused. This official seems a bit big?
Wei Yuan knelt on one knee and said after listening: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Zhao Tong accepted the imperial edict and handed it to Wei Yuan. He took Wei Yuan's hand and said with a smile: "When you meet the king in the future, you must call him the Holy King. This cannot be ignored."
Wei Yuan hurriedly said: "Thank you, Eunuch Zhao, for the tip!"
Taking advantage of the opportunity to salute, he calmly withdrew his hand.
Zhao Tong said: "It is half a courtesy to enter the court. Among the high-ranking officials in the Jin Dynasty, you are the only one! From now on, Mr. Wei will also be a high-ranking official of the second rank."
Wei Yuan hurriedly said: "I'm very scared. I'll have to rely on my father-in-law for more support in the future!"
Zhao Tong glanced at Wei Yuan and said with a smile: "Wei Jiedushi has people in the court, and there are not many places where our family can use it. However, our family feels close to Jiedushi just looking at it, so we might as well keep more contact with each other in the future."
Move around.”
"That's natural!"
"We are all here. We have heard for a long time that the Qingming Immortal Stone has many magical powers. Would you like Jiedushi to take our family to broaden our horizons?"
The surrounding atmosphere suddenly became a little solemn. Wei Yuan paused for a moment, suddenly smiled and said: "My father-in-law wants to see it, it's all right."
A moment later, Wei Yuan and Zhao Tong stood next to the Qingming Immortal Stone. At this moment, Qingming was still the size of a tabletop, but its whole body was crystal clear, green energy was flowing, and wisps of dense aura were constantly generated and dispersed into the heaven and earth.
Zhao Tong took a deep breath, inhaled a few wisps of dense air into his nostrils, tasted it, and was slightly disappointed.
He raised his left arm, and the red-browed little eunuch ran over and held his hand, acting as a human armrest.
"Let's go and go somewhere else."
After leaving the secret room where Qing Ming was, Zhao Tong walked around Qing Ming casually, looking around as if he were just looking around. After walking around the forging workshop, he asked to see the medicine garden.
So Wei Yuan accompanied Zhao Tong to the medicine garden.
Before entering the formation, Zhao Tong smiled and said: "This medicine garden is the most representative of the immortal family. If there were a garden full of Nanshan elixir, just thinking about it..."
He stepped into the formation and saw only gusts of wind, cold air seeping into his body, and ghostly energy rushing towards his face. If there were a few more demons and ghosts floating around, it would definitely be the underworld.
Zhao Tong swallowed the second half of his words.
After a while, he turned to Wei Yuan and asked, "Is this the medicine garden?"
"This is the medicine garden!" Wei Yuan said with certainty.
"Is this really a medicine garden?"
"It's absolutely true, this is the medicine garden!"
Zhao Tong still didn't believe himself. Suddenly, two scary red lights lit up in the dark fog, and a fishy wind suddenly blew up around him! Zhao Tong's face turned pale, and although the junior minister next to him was also trembling, he still stood in front of him and said in a trembling voice:
"Who, where is the monster? Why don't you retreat quickly..."
The content of the words was very domineering, but the tone used was a discussion.
At this time, an old Taoist walked out of the black mist and said with a smile: "What, this father-in-law is interested in the old Taoist's spiritual plant?"
Zhao Tong perked up after hearing this and said, "I wonder what kind of spiritual plant the old immortal planted?"
The old Taoist suddenly became interested, and with a wave of his hand, the formation covering the three fields in front of him opened, revealing the scene inside.
The soil in the three fields is all black and red, and water as thick as plasma emerges from time to time. There are three small vines planted in the field. Two of them look normal, but the upper part of one has turned black and is as transparent as glass.
.As soon as the formation opened, several of its branches turned around, seemingly staring at Zhao Tong!
The old Taoist smiled and said: "These three plants were originally demon-eating vines, but the old Taoist cultivated them with the underworld soil and buried some of the remains of the great witch in the ground. Finally, one of them became like this. The old Taoist named it the Black Jade Demon-eating Vine.
.Although it is small, it is common to prey on Daoji now. When it grows up, if the Dharma is entangled by it, half of its life will be lost. In addition, it is highly poisonous and is best at eroding life span. If you smell it, it will shorten your life.
Ten years, one bite..."
Zhao Tong's cheeks twitched and he said hurriedly: "Okay, okay, Immortal Master should turn off the formation!"
The old Taoist waved his hand to close the formation and shut down the demonic vines that were about to move.
Zhao Tong looked deeper and saw that there was Yin energy everywhere. Although there was enough spiritual energy, there was obviously nothing he wanted. In an environment like this, only poisonous demon vines could grow happily.
After leaving the medicine garden, Zhao Tong waved his hand to the junior officials to step back. Wei Yuan was accompanying him and said: "Master Wei, how come our family heard that you have a fairy tree? I wonder what it does?"
"It's just a broken branch of an immortal tree given by the Immortal Lord in the palace. It's good at killing. Now it's been refined into this immortal sword by me."
Wei Yuan showed up with the Feiye Zhuxian Sword. Zhao Tong took the sword, played with it carefully for a moment, and repeatedly praised: "Good sword, good sword!"
He played with it for a while, then returned the fairy sword to Wei Yuan, and sighed: "It's a pity that our family is old and we are no longer interested in these killings. We only want to live a stable life for a few more years."
The two of them talked and walked all the way back to Zhike Town. When they sat down again, they saw two monks carrying a box in. The box was not big, but it was quite heavy. When it was placed on the table, it weighed down the table legs.
Creaking sound.
Wei Yuan said: "When the realm was first established, there really wasn't anything good. I only had a small gift to cleanse my father-in-law."
The young eunuch next to him estimated the weight of the box and his breathing became quickened.
Zhao Tong's eyes were as bright as fire, and he didn't even use his magical powers. He knew at a glance that the box contained at least fifteen thousand taels of immortal silver. The corners of his mouth turned up as if they were hung by two hooks, and he couldn't put them down no matter what.
"Oh! Mr. Wei, how can you be so embarrassed?"
"Just a little bit of souvenirs."
Zhao Tong chuckled and said: "Master Wei is indeed a wonderful man. No wonder he can split the soil and seal the territory at a young age and become a second-rank official. You don't know that when Chen arrived, Master Chen also said that he would give me some local specialties. The result was really
Most of them are souvenirs, haha!”
Wei Yuan laughed a few times.
Zhao Tong said: "Master Wei is so kind, so we won't hide it. If we encounter life-extending medicine in the future, we should try our best to get it. It will be of great use."
Wei Yuan's heart moved and he said: "Please give me some clarification, father-in-law."
"The place you are in produces precious medicine. Oh, Mr. Wei has just arrived in the Western Region not long ago, so let's make it more clear. The Wu clan has a life-extending secret medicine called Yingluo Pearl. Although it will cause endless troubles,
But it can also save you when you are desperate. So in the future, Master Wei will deal with the Wu clan, whether it is robbing, cheating, or trading, you must get a few of these pearls back, otherwise you will disappoint many adults."
"Yingluo beads?" Wei Yuan has never heard of such a thing. It was not included in the redemption of Taichu Palace, nor was it in the secret vault of Xu Jingfeng's father. There was no such thing in any information.
.
The young eunuch quietly exited the room and closed the door.
Zhao Tong lowered his voice and said: "The Yingluo Pearl is also called the Blood Yingluo, and the top-grade ones are called the Soul Yingluo. This is... a small thing that appears when the witch tribe sacrifices to heaven. If this thing is taken in a secret way, it can repair the broken bones due to various reasons.
Loss of longevity!"
Wei Yuan's heart moved, and he roughly understood what it was. He asked calmly, "If you take too much of this thing, I'm afraid it will attract punishment from the King of Humans, Sword and Heaven, right?"
"It's been such a long time, and there are plenty of ways to cover it up." Zhao Tong said meaningfully.
Wei Yuan thought for a few times and said, "I will pay attention."
Zhao Tong sighed and said calmly: "If there is no other way, no one would want to take this step. Of course, it is best to have other treasures. I heard that Qingming has the magic power of Jiamu and Xuan, and you have it in your hand.
Immortal tree, so we wanted to come over and have a look. It’s just that such treasures from heaven and earth can only be encountered but cannot be sought.”
Wei Yuan said: "My father-in-law is in his prime, why do you start thinking about extending your life?"
"Our family doesn't need it for the time being, but it will be needed sooner or later. And some elders can't wait any longer. Okay, our family has finished saying what needs to be said, and it's time to go back and restore life to the king. But according to the ancestral system, after March
Inside, Lord Wei has to enter the capital to face the Holy Spirit. This is a big deal, Lord Wei, don’t forget it.”
At this point, everything that needs to be explained has been explained. Zhao Tong handed over the seal and court uniform of Yi Yingjiedushi and returned to the royal capital.
Before leaving, Zhao Tong weighed the box and said to Wei Yuan: It is almost late autumn when we enter the royal capital, and the road is long and windy, so Mr. Wei should wear more clothes.
After sending Zhao Tong away, Wei Yuan broke out in a thin sweat. Being with this eunuch, he had to tense up every moment.
Wei Yuan immediately summoned the monks from the Taichu Palace to study the King of Jin's decree.
Zhang Sheng first said: "This is the most orthodox way out, and it is a good thing."
Cui Yu also said: "It's half a courtesy when entering the court! Hey, even from a wealthy family, there are only a handful of people who can receive this courtesy. This is really...unlikely. Could it be that King Jin has a mental illness recently?"
The sour taste in the words hit my face.
Ji Liuli said: "The Immortal Sect has the right not to worship, but Xiao Weiyuan still has half a courtesy!"
Zhang Sheng said: "If you don't worship, then you are the true king and the immortal king."
Ji Liuli snorted and stopped arguing.
The so-called half-courtesy refers to Wei Yuan's half-kneeling on one knee when he received the order today. In addition, he did not kneel down to anyone except when he met the King of Jin. It was considered a special courtesy. No matter how high the courtesy was, according to historical records, the outcome did not seem to be very bad.
good.
Next is the various real powers given to Wei Yuan. These real powers are compiled into a separate document and come according to the will.
The first is to control the military, which is also the most core one. To put it bluntly, all military affairs are under the command of Wei Yuan, including army building and training, and you can organize your own army. However, in terms of army personnel, the court only gives one town.
According to the Datang military system, a town consists of five battalions, with each battalion having a thousand men. The town general can be a deputy general, a guerrilla, or a general, etc.
After reading this, Yu Zhizhuo said: "Only five thousand? How is this enough? The next batch of breastplates alone will have 20,000 sets."
Zhang Shengdao: "Five thousand is recognized by the imperial court and will be paid according to this amount. In addition to suppressing the army, if you want to hide soldiers, you can also have many names, such as pro-army, regiment training, civilian bravery, and even servants guarding the courtyard."
"That's it!" Yu Zhizhuo suddenly realized, "Junior Brother Zhang is really talented and knows everything!"
Being praised by him so brightly, Zhang Sheng felt uneasy, wondering what the senior brother's thoughts were in his heart.
Sun Yu also said: "Then this will be easy to handle. Let's build 40,000 nursing homes first... Oh, isn't it good to quench the weapons of the nursing homes?"
Wei Yuan couldn't laugh or cry. Forty thousand people were guarding the courtyard. How big of a courtyard was this? He coughed, brought the subject back to his original subject, and said, "There is another important matter at the moment. I am going to Beijing to meet the saint."
Zhu Xiu frowned slightly, this was really a big deal. After all, everyone knew that without Qing Ming, Wei Yuan's strength would plummet.
Now that we are in the royal capital, we may not have to worry about life and death for the time being. After all, the canonization with great fanfare has informed the world that the princes and the emperor attach great importance to reputation, and the King of Jin will not slap him in the face.
Wei Yuan suddenly ascended to a high position. When he was in Qing Ming, no one could do anything about it. But when he went to the royal capital, there might be people who would jump out and want to weigh Wei Yuan's weight again.
Chapter completed!