Ask Sword

  Chapter 32 Foreign Objects

  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, the gifts they give are pearls, corals, giant clams, or low-key ones, the four treasures of the study, and household porcelain.

   Even, Li Ang also saw the "elegant bribery" that only the upper class had.

  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 **** shop introduced by the gift giver and pawned, they can be sold for hundreds of guan at the price of the genuine product.

  It is still a gift in essence, but it avoids direct cash exchange, which is more difficult to verify, and it sounds more "elegant".

  "It can only be said that what has been, will be done again. What has been done will be done again."

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

  Same as yesterday, he declined all the slightly more expensive gifts—there was really no room for them at home, and the accumulated pens, inks, papers and inkstones alone were enough for more than ten years.

   "Rouge, My Rouge"

  Chai Cuiqiao didn't listen to Li Ang's words, she pressed her chin on the table, pursed her lips, and looked at the corner of the wall in 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 reluctantly closed "Shangqing Inspiration", "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 grade costs a hundred ounces. It won't lose makeup even if you put it on your hands and soak it in water.

  Apricot buds 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 about the topic of what to have for lunch, “As the saying goes, if you don’t paint Jinxiutang in your life, it’s useless to call yourself a hero.

  My heart was taken away by Jinxiutang, 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, and said nervously: "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, "Let's braise it in brown sauce, it tastes better."

  Just as the master and servant were debating whether to steam or braise, 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 give way.

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 Yu State can't help the sword but ban armor, and can't help the bow but crossbow.

   This is a group of elite Yu cavalry.

  Cavalry subordinate to Fusi, a town in Weizhou.

  The leading soldier dismounted from his horse, let his subordinates 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 unexpectedly, 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 get to the way of practice, the closer you are to danger

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

   But, what did Cheng Juxiu ask him to do?

   "Please wait 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 call you over? Haven't you built a famous trick yet?"

  The second half of the sentence is not okay.

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

  Niu Wenshu standing in the security hall, the old **** 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 obligation 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 boy, I'm leaving."

   Li Ang washed his face casually with well water, walked out of the courtyard, put "Inspiration from the Supreme Qing" on the bookshelf, 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 crack of the door, allowing the lock to pass through, so that even if people are outside the main entrance, they can 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.

   Corner towers, 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 to the west of Weizhou City, and several villagers and livestock have suffered trauma and need treatment.

  The regiment training envoy in charge of the Fusi of Yunzhou 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, Chengzhou Township.

  Borrower: Xuegong Xingju Juxiu.

   Borrowing alienated objects: Yi-Wu-Lu Qisi, Nightmare Bell.

   "This bell is an alienated object that I borrowed from the Zhenfu Department."

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

  (end of this chapter)