In the Palace of Eternal Life.
The flowers are blooming outside the window, but spring is still cold.
Jiang Wuqi, the ninth prince of Da Qi, who was clad in fox fur, was drinking medicine from a green jade bowl. The liquid was dark brown. A strange and unpleasant smell lingered in the air, making it nauseating.
But his expression was normal, and he slowly swallowed it in small bites.
There was a book spread out on the table in front of him. He was holding a jasper bowl, drinking medicine, and his eyes fell on the book.
Use books to supplement medicine.
Lei Zhanqian, who was sitting not far away, frowned completely. He really didn't understand how his cousin could drink such unpleasant medicine as if nothing had happened. He could taste it carefully one bite at a time... He felt miserable just by smelling it!
"This medicine of yours..." Lei Zhanqian covered his nose and asked, "Is there a secret behind it? It tastes completely different from what it smells like?"
Jiang Wuqi finished reading the text in front of him and then chuckled: "My cousin is so curious that he asked someone to fry another bowl with you. How about it?"
"I don't want it!"
Lei Zhanqian quickly refused.
No matter how precious the medicine was, he didn't want to offend his tongue. For extraordinary monks who aspire to reach the top, there is almost nothing that cannot be tolerated, but there is no need to ask for hardship.
After Jiang Wuqi slowly drank the medicine in the jade bowl, he spoke again: "There is something worth mentioning. I sent people to check Zhang Linchuan, and three groups of people went there, but none of them came back. "
Lei Zhanqian, who was usually arrogant and conceited, showed no edge in front of Jiang Wuqi. Just like ordinary cousins, they talk casually and chat about various things.
Jiang Wuqi wiped his mouth slowly with a snowkerchief and asked casually: "Zhang Linchuan?"
Lei Zhangan smiled and said, "That's the pseudonym Jiang Wang used in the Floating Land World."
Jiang Wuqi gently folded the snow handkerchief and put it aside, still staring at his book: "Why are you checking this?"
"Don't you think there's a problem?" Lei Zhanqian said: "Jiang Wang is a native of Xijingzhuang with no roots. He didn't know how he met Zhongxuansheng. He followed him into the secret realm of Tianfu, and was later promoted to participate in Qiyang. On the battlefield, this is when I took root in Daqi. The problem is, since he has no roots and no bottom, why do I have three groups of people in succession buried under his roots?"
"Then what did you find out?" Jiang Wuqi still looked intently.
Seeing that Jiang Wuqi was still not very interested, Lei Zhanqian was not so enthusiastic, "I only know that there is a man named Zhang Linchuan in Zhuang State, who is the Bone Messenger of the White Bone Way. It is a cult that cannot be named."
Jiang Wuqi's heart moved.
Unlike Lei Zhanqian, his authority was enough to review the military details of the Qiyang Battle. Of course, he carefully reviewed Qi's only battle to destroy the country in recent years. He remembered very clearly that on the battlefield in Qiyang, a white-bone evil god appeared, and was chopped into pieces by the fierce butcher Zhongxuan Chu Liang and escaped.
The Bone Evil God, Jiang Wang, both appeared in Zhuang Kingdom and Yang Di. There seems to be some relationship between the two.
But he didn't plan to tell Lei Zhangan about this news, lest his cousin use the topic to make trouble.
Lei Zhanqian suddenly said again: "Do you think Jiang Wang was born in a cult? Did he come to Daqi for some other reason?"
The more he talked, the more excited he became: "Maybe he used some evil method to overdraw his potential, so he could enter the country so fast!"
Jiang Wuqi sighed softly in his heart. What a person Lei Zhanqian was in the past! He has had high hopes since he was a child, and is regarded as the hope for the rise of the Lei family, a genius that has not been seen in the Lei family for thousands of years. On the day when the thunder seal magical power was taken off, the entire Lei family was in an uproar.
"One seal seals heaven and earth, and I am the Lord of Thunder and Lightning." What kind of terrifying potential is this? Carrying out punishments on behalf of Heaven, wielding thunder and lightning.
There was a slight failure in the Secret Realm of Seven-Star Tower, but he had already obtained the harvest he deserved. There was a smooth road ahead, just keep moving forward.
But after the battle with Jiang Wang, his monopoly on the world was shattered, and he has not been able to recover to this day...
It can be seen from the fact that he is still looking for reasons. He couldn't accept that failure at all.
He watched helplessly as a rising star at his disposal surpassed him in a very short period of time. He was easily defeated in front of thousands of people.
This was a heavy blow to him who was extremely conceited.
But this matter cannot be explained, and we can only wait for Lei Zhanqian to figure it out on his own. Removing his scars hastily may lead to his collapse.
"How could the Chongxuan family be contaminated by a cult? How could Chongxuan Sheng be an idiot?" Jiang Wuqi shook his head and said, "If Jiang Wang is really from a cult, there is no need to wait for you to find out. Will Marquis Dingyuan be soft-hearted? Will Bowang Hou be soft?"
This truth couldn't be simpler, and Lei Zhanqian can naturally figure it out.
"Same." He sighed.
Jiang Wuqi thought for a while, looked away from the book, and said earnestly: "Practice is something that comes first and then, fast and slow. The immediate progress can't mean anything. In the end, it still depends on who stands taller. . Cousin, your "Nine Heavens Thunder Art" is so unfathomable that you can practice it to the end, "Use thunder elephants to replace celestial phenomena, use thunder methods to perform all kinds of magic." What kind of courage? A person lying high in the Nine Heavens can only take a look at the earthly world once in a while. Come on, why should we stick to temporary success or failure?"
Lei Zhanqian was silent for a while, but after all he was unwilling to continue this topic, so he turned to say: "As for Elder Diao Hailou, if you don't just suppress him, what else are you doing to protect him? He has bad intentions and wants to use me to become famous. , my Lei Xi was almost melted by him."
There were actually different voices within Qi State regarding Jiang Wang's counterattack to kill Haizong Ming.
Some people think that there is no need to have a serious dispute with Diao Hailou over one Jiang Wang, but of course this voice is very weak. If they are all together, they will not bow to Diaohailou, let alone fail to protect their own talents.
However, Jiang Wuqi clearly supported Jiang Wang at the time and believed that Jiang Wang's killing of Haizong Ming was completely justified. There is nothing that will undermine Qi's layout in the offshore sea.
Jiang Wuqi knew that his support did not play a key role, and the entire Da Qi court generally did not think this was a problem. Lei Zhanqian himself knew this. But he still took it out to talk about it, just because he was depressed and couldn't explain it, and he randomly found an excuse.
Despite understanding all this, Jiang Wuqi still responded seriously: "He is my great talent. Of course I have to protect him."
Lei Zhanqian curled his lips: "He is not from Qi."
Jiang Wuqi closed the book and his expression became very serious: "Don't say this again. He lives in the same house, receives the same salary, holds the same position, is loyal to the Qi, and fights for the Qi. Why is he not a Qi person?"
He was obviously a little angry: "It is not the people of Qi who are born in the land of Qi. Make the world as big as the Liuhe, start from the sunrise and end from the sunset, and the hearts are Qi, then you are the people of Qi. Make the ancestors of Da Qi like Cousin, you are so short-sighted, Qi State is still a fishing village by the sea!"
Lei Zhanqian is resentful and dissatisfied. It doesn't matter who he complains about or who he judges. Jiang Wuqi could just listen to it. It’s a natural closeness between cousins.
But if he says something that is too out of bounds and does something that shakes the Daqi community, Jiang Wuqi will not tolerate it. This is an honor that must be maintained as a descendant of the Da Qi royal family.
No matter how arrogant Lei Zhanqian is, he still knows his priorities. He is a cousin and a minister.
Seeing that Jiang Wuqi was really angry, he immediately compromised: "I'll just keep silent from now on."
But then he added: "During the period after Jiang Wang returned to Linzi, he visited Jiang Wuxie and Jiang Wuyou successively, but never visited you? No matter how fair you treat him, he will not treat you. Even in the future ...It may very well become a stumbling block for you!”
Jiang Wuqi coughed a few times, pressed his hand on the book, and stood up: "He doesn't need to face me."
He hugged his fox fur tightly, as if he was embarrassed by the spring cold.
Slowly walking towards the warm place outside the palace, he said softly: "Towards Daqi, you are towards me."
Lei Zhanqian was still sitting on the chair, looking at Jiang Wuqi's slim back that could not be concealed by the fox fur, and felt extremely confident and certain.
The pace was slow, but every step was like stepping on his own country.
he thinks. The future Qi State must belong to this person, there is no second choice.
