Hu Qian reluctantly signed the "Deed of Sale".
The "Deed of Sale" is a high-grade yellow-level crafty weapon. Once it is signed and imprinted with the divine consciousness, a powerful crafty contract will be concluded and all orders of the owner will be obeyed unconditionally.
However, the total binding time of the "Deed of Sale" is fixed and has nothing to do with the number of people.
If only one person signs, he will have to sell himself for a hundred years;
If two people sign, each will sell himself for fifty years;
If three people sign, each of them has sold himself for thirty-three years and four months, and so on.
In short, every time a new person signs the "Deed of Sale", the total remaining restraint time of the device will be equally divided.
However, Hu Qian comforted himself: Emperor Li had made sufficient preparations for his sudden attack; by the time he captured the other six people in Huagui Pavilion, each of them had only been prostituted for more than fourteen years.
Even if Emperor Li still has restraints after fourteen years, it may not be as overbearing as the "Protection Contract", requiring them to obey all orders of Emperor Li unconditionally.
In fact, it stands to reason that although the "Deed of Sale" is very effective, it is also very expensive to use.
There is a calamity with a residual character, which requires the owner to sacrifice a certain amount of his own limbs in order to generate a deed quota for others to sign.
Moreover, while the effect of the magic weapon is maintained, the limbs used by oneself cannot be restored by any yellow-level means; even if the injuries are forcibly restored by means above the yellow-level, they will naturally disappear again after recovery.
In short, the "deed of sale" means that the owner of the vessel sells himself in exchange for the service of others.
But Wei Yuanzhao was Li Huang, and his wealth was far better than that of ordinary monks. He easily took out many spiritual coins and used corresponding methods to pay for the price of the yellow-level trick weapon.
The so-called spirit currency is a currency that can be circulated and used in the spirit realm. It is more versatile than gold yuan and is equivalent to the high-end currency in the cultivation world.
When Nan Yi used the effect of "Forbidden Movement of All Laws" to force demon cultivator Gu Yongze to death in Nantian City, he got a piece of blood crystal, which is one of the spiritual coins.
Relying on the consumption of spiritual coins and the help of fake elixirs, although Lihuang was a mortal, he was able to use many crafty weapons to capture Hu Qianque easily.
Obviously, for Li Huang, who is a mortal, spending money is indeed king.
After Hu Qianque signed the deceit, Emperor Li immediately asked, "Do Kong Qian and Nan Yi have any old grudges?"
Although Hu Qian didn't understand why the emperor was a reborn person, why he asked about these things, he said truthfully: "Kong Qian once talked about Nan Yi. Judging from his appearance, he probably didn't know Nan Yi before. But Kong Qian once said , there is an ever-lasting relationship between him and Nan Yi. As for the specific cause and effect, I don’t know. "
Emperor Li frowned, never expecting that as long as Nan Yi had not died young, he would have such a causal relationship with Kong Qian.
"Then do you know where Kong Qian is today and whether it has anything to do with Nan Yi?"
Hu Qian blinked: "Kong Qian should have wanted to take action against Nan Yi for a long time. It was just that he didn't want His Majesty's selection of concubines to cause complications, so he restrained himself for a while."
"Now that His Majesty has agreed to the proposal of selecting a concubine, Kong Qian must be unable to hold back and want to try to take advantage of the situation first."
"But Wei Chen has been busy dealing with the selection of concubines recently. He only returns to Huagui Pavilion occasionally, and he is not sure about Kong Qian's whereabouts."
"However, Mingluan came to me this morning and sent a message asking me to pay attention to whether the officials of the ministries and departments near the Moral Department were doing their jobs normally."
"Judging from this, Kong Qian should have tried to cause trouble for Nan Yi today."
As Hu Qian spoke, he secretly observed Li Huang.
She always felt that Emperor Li's performance was a little out of character and a little anxious, and did not reveal the graceful demeanor of a reborn person who could be called a prophet.
"Trouble with Nan Yi will end up costing you your life." Li Huang sneered, "With Kong Qian's temperament, he will definitely call on at least one person to help before he goes to trouble Nan Yi."
"In the end, two monks who have become mortals and perfected each other while traveling together can actually take their own lives. What a waste."
In this life, Emperor Li wanted to make plans to capture the Huagui Pavilion, and with the help of the "Sell-out Contract", he took all the seven places in the Huagui Pavilion as his subordinates.
As a result, at least one Kong Qian died suddenly and inexplicably, and the fate of several others was about to change drastically, leaving the emperor's plan to leave.
Although Emperor Li had not captured all the seven places in Huagui Pavilion, he already regarded these people as his subordinates.
Seeing that Nan Yi had killed Kong Qian after being released from the cage, Emperor Li felt complicated and couldn't help but secretly curse Kong Qian as a waste.
But when Emperor Li said that Kong Qian was dead, Hu Qian was immediately stunned: "What? Kong Qian is dead? How is that possible?"
Regarding the death of Kong Qian, Emperor Li found it unbelievable when he realized that the "Shengde Jiaohua Sutra" had changed hands, let alone Hu Qianque.
From Hu Qianke's point of view, even if Nan Yi was on guard, he couldn't ask anyone to help him if Mingluan paid attention.
To put it another way, even if Nan Yi could really secretly recruit one or two helpers, Kong Qian would have at least two monks who have transformed into mortals and become perfect companions.
If the help Nan Yi hired could make it impossible for Kong Qian to run away, then the question is, when all the famous monks have Mingluan paying attention to their whereabouts, when can there be such a powerful loose cultivator away from the capital?
Hu Qian didn't understand, and Li Huang didn't understand either.
But Lihuang, who was in a hurry, no longer cared about solving the problem.
After asking about the grievances between Kong Qian and Nan Yi in a few words, Li Huang immediately said: "Go find Zhong Li."
In the eyes of mortals, Emperor Li's position was supreme.
But in fact, under normal circumstances, it would be extremely difficult for Emperor Li to leave the palace freely.
Although the palace was large, it was like a prison, tightly binding Emperor Li.
However, it was different when Hu Qian was there to help.
Hu Qianque's "Thousand Faces" magical power not only has a kaleidoscopic effect and can transform into the appearance of any other person, but also has the same breath and lifelike appearance, and it can not only be used on himself.
To put it simply, as long as Hu Qianque's "Thousand Faces" magical power is used, Li Huang can change his identity and walk out of the palace without restraint.
However, the "Thousand Faces" magical power can only be used on one person at the same time.
After taking care of the servants in the palace, Hu Qian activated his blood and transformed into a fox. Then he used another method to shrink his body and become the size of a hamster.
Then, he used the "Thousand Faces" magical power on Li Huang, transforming Li Huang into Zhuang Chun's appearance.
Lihuang had no objection to women's bodies and women's clothing. Because he had practiced many times in his previous life and was already used to it.
Putting the hamster-sized Hu Qianqiu into his pocket, Emperor Li left the palace in a dignified manner and went to find Zhongli.
As the matter of choosing a concubine progressed, Zhongli would naturally no longer stay in Huagui Pavilion all day, but would act according to the false identity specially prepared for him.
After asking Hu Qianque to send a message to Zhongli and make an appointment with him to a remote place, Emperor Li went directly to Zhongli.
——It is neither the original appearance nor the pure body of Zhuang, but the appearance of Nan Junyue, the master of Huagui Pavilion, relying on the magical power of "Thousand Faces".
Zhongli was sold to a brothel by his parents when he was young to study art. When he was sixteen, he was about to bid for an oiran auction when he was rescued by Nan Junyue, who taught him martial arts and the way of seduction.
Zhongli was naturally charming and practiced smoothly, but because of this he lacked Taoism.
She is not as rational as other monks, but rather emotional. She admires Nan Junyue because of her past experiences and really falls in love with Nan Junyue.
Although Lihuang didn't know what love brain was, he knew that as long as he could successfully disguise Nan Junyue, he could easily coax Zhongli to sign the "deed of sale."
In the previous life, although Zhongli died early due to Li Huang's trap, Li Huang had also cooperated with Nan Junyue for a long time and knew each other very well.
In this life, Lihuang relied on his familiarity with Nan Junyue and disguised himself as Nan Junyue. After greeting Zhongli for a while, he used the weapon of trust to easily get Zhongli to sign a contract of betrayal.
——Facing "Nan Junyue" who just said a few words of personal appreciation, Zhongli signed his name without much hesitation.
By the time Zhongli realized something was wrong, Emperor Li issued several orders without leaving any logical gaps, which had completely eliminated Zhongli's desire to resist, making Zhongli accept his fate unconditionally and obey his command.
However, obeying orders without resisting can only be said to be the basis.
In order to stimulate Zhongli's subjective initiative, Emperor Li promised him that when he conquered Nan Junyue, he would marry her to Nan Junyue.
As soon as these words came out, Zhongli's eyes, which had already fallen into gloom, became radiant again.
The change of light seemed to be Zhongli's ideological struggle.
Emperor Li didn't know what Zhongli was thinking in the end, but he could feel that the resistance deep in Zhongli's heart had relaxed a lot.
That's enough.
Lihuang was in a hurry and had no time to calm down Zhongli. As long as Zhongli is not too resistant and can basically take the initiative to cooperate and obey, it will be enough for the time being.
After conquering Hu Qianque and Zhongli one after another, Mingluan should be next.
The seven places in Huagui Pavilion are, in order of seating, Nan Junyue, Kong Qian, Lin Du, Li Ziyin, Zhongli, Hu Qianque and Mingluan.
Among them, Nan Junyue, Lin Du, Li Ziyin and Zhongli stayed in Huagui Pavilion for meditation all year round and rarely walked around the capital.
The remaining three people, Kong Qian, Hu Qianque, and Mingluan, often walked outside, but only returned to Huagui Pavilion occasionally.
Then recently, due to the matter of choosing a concubine, Zhongli also came out of Huagui Pavilion and walked around under a false identity.
Now that Kong Qian is dead and Hu Qianque and Zhongli have been subdued, Emperor Li naturally wants to find Mingluan, the last lone monk in Shanghuagui Pavilion.
Mingluan, who practices deception, has a cunning temperament, is good at grasping people's hearts, and flatters people, but he often makes false promises.
Facing Ming Luan, who was accustomed to telling lies, Li Huang could not coax Ming Luan like he did with Zhong Li.
Therefore, he chose to force it.
As a key figure in Huagui Pavilion's current planning, Zhongli has the means to directly contact Mingluan.
After Zhongli called Mingluan over, Hu Qianque, Zhongli, and Lihuang attacked at the same time and restrained Mingluan instantly.
However, using magical powers in the city, even in remote places, will quickly attract Wu Ansi monks.
At that time, Hu Qian was still hiding in Lihuang's pocket, and Lihuang still maintained Nan Junyue's appearance.
Zhongli also took off his disguise and returned to his usual appearance.
Therefore, when Brother Wu Ansi arrived, the leading captain instantly recognized Nan Junyue, the master of Huagui Pavilion, and Zhong Li, and used means to restrain Huagui Pavilion Mingluan.
Although it seems to be something inside Huagui Pavilion, if someone uses magical powers for no reason in the city and is suspected of fighting, he will still ask Brother Wu Ansi to prepare to capture him and arrest him for interrogation.
However, at this moment, Emperor Li took out a black token and said indifferently: "The secret guards are doing things, please don't interfere."
The leading captain recognized the secret guard order, his face changed slightly, and he immediately withdrew with his men.
In Dali, the nine departments of Dali plus the royal family correspond to the ten major academies and the ten major immortal sects.
But the ten major academies are indeed the ten academies, that is, the outer gates of the ten immortal sects.
The so-called top ten immortal sects actually have eleven immortal sects.
Today's world is the twelfth century.
As the saying goes:
12 o'clock (hour) on the day, January 30;
One December, one generation lasts 30 years;
There are 12 generations in one generation and 30 generations in one century.
A century is a year.
Every time the century changes, there will be a moon-killer who will achieve enlightenment and seal the heaven.
In the eleventh century, the Yue Zai who finally emerged was the "Winter Moon Master of Ceremonies", that is, the Winter Moon Creation Cyber Yue Zai.
Every Yuezhai will leave a lineage of immortal sect in the mortal world. Eleven Yuezhai naturally has eleven immortal sects.
However, the Taoist Nine Nether Immortal Sect left behind by "Yi Yue Siming" is very mysterious. It still recruits secret disciples and has never established an outer academy. This also makes Dali only have nine sects outside the royal family.
Then, although the Nine Divisions of Dali did not leave a place for the disciples of Jiuyou, the Dali Dynasty also prepared a special organization for the disciples of Jiuyou, called the secret guard.
In order to gain time, Lihuang was unable to capture Mingluan as planned, so he had to take out the secret guard order to stall the matter while an uprising broke out in the city to restrain Mingluan.
This move will make Wu Ansi suspicious, and he will quietly investigate and pay attention to Huagui Pavilion afterwards.
But Li Huang couldn't care so much anymore.
In any case, let’s take down Huagui Pavilion first, and then consider the follow-up.
If he doesn't hurry up and wait until Nan Yi rushes back to the capital and spreads the news of Kong Qian's death, the people in Huagui Pavilion will fly away like ducks in their mouths, completely ruining his plan.
After Brother Wu Ansi retreated, they took Mingluan back to the house where Zhongli had assumed his identity and set up an isolation circle.
Emperor Li went straight to the point: "Ming Luan, I am Emperor Li. Surrender to me and you will avoid death."
However, Hu Qian came out of Lihuang's pocket, with the symptoms of bloodline alienation slightly reduced, and transformed into a human body with fox ears and fox tail.
Mingluan looked at Zhongli and Hu Qianque, who were on the left and right of Emperor Li, and then looked at the "Deed of Surrender", narrowed his eyes and said, "Even if I don't sign the Deed of Surrender, I don't believe you will kill me."
"Although I don't know how you conquered Hu Qianquan and Zhongli as a mortal. But I can see that you are very anxious and in need of people."
"So, even if I don't sign the deed of betrayal, you can at most use other means to restrain me."
Emperor Li can easily take objects from the Dali Secret Storehouse, so naturally there will not only be restraints on the "Selling Body Contract".
However, the deceptive contract formed by the "Selling Oneself Contract" is the most overbearing and effective, allowing people to obey orders unconditionally. Even if it cannot completely eliminate the laziness of the contracted person, it can at least eliminate the phenomenon of not working hard, or even being obedient and disobeying.
For Emperor Li, if he wanted to use a crafty weapon to subjugate the mortal monks, the "Selling Oneself Contract" was naturally the most practical.
But Mingluan didn't believe that Lihuang would really kill her, and he was quite disdainful of Lihuang's choice between surrender and death.
"I admit defeat today. Whatever means you have to restrain people, use them on me."
"But if you ask me to take the initiative to sign a contract of sale, it's impossible."
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