In the palace, festive red lanterns were hung high.
Every day, all kinds of bright flowers are delivered from greenhouses outside the city, just for a few days to please the eyes.
Several housekeepers who were responsible for serving food and daily life stood outside the courtyard gate with anxious expressions.
Wei Cheng was drying herbs in the yard. When he saw this, he frowned slightly and said, "Why, Mrs. Jun can't eat anymore?"
The nuns looked at each other and smiled bitterly. The leader of the nuns bowed and said: "I would like to report to Mr. Wei, my wife's reaction is a bit big this time. She can't eat anything. She just wants to drink some sour soup. The old slave has ordered someone to cook it." I made red fruit soup for Madam to appetize."
Wei Teng nodded slightly, put down the dustpan in his hand, and said, "Let me go take a look."
After half a year, Cai Yan became pregnant again. Wei Cheng did not expect it to be so accurate. He would have worn a condom if he had known...
When I arrived at the Ronghua Palace where Cai Yan lived, I saw the maids teasing Dabao and Erbao from a distance.
The two little guys were sitting in a wooden rocking chair, being pushed and teased by the palace maid, making noises, not knowing why they were happy.
Cai Yan sat aside to bask in the sun, lazily leaning on the soft couch, holding a book in his hand, half-reading.
Seeing Wei Cheng's arrival, the ladies hurriedly stood up and saluted. Cai Yan raised her eyes and said, "Why are you here, husband?"
Seeing her listless look, Wei Cheng rubbed her forehead distressedly and said, "Why don't you go inside and rest? It's windy outside. What if you catch a cold?"
Cai Yan's baby-fat little face was slightly hot. He glanced at the palace maids and nuns next to him, and responded softly: "The room is very stuffy. I asked them to move out for some air."
Wei Cheng sat on the couch, caressed Cai Yan's white hands, and said dotingly: "Then I'll sit with you for a while... Didn't I go to pick up Tian Yuanhao yesterday? I don't know how the news leaked, Tian Yuanhao As soon as I entered the city, my third aunt came to my door and brought my tenth sister with me..."
The couple were chatting in the garden, just like an ordinary couple, harmonious and casual, talking about some family issues, interesting gossips and anecdotes. Occasionally, a breeze blew over the high wall, and brought them along. A burst of laughter.
Towards evening.
Wei Cheng was sitting in the study, holding a piece of information in his hand, his eyes full of surprise and indescribable shock.
"Maybe I should go back and find a way to cash in these things."
Wei Teng placed the parchment recording the information on the table. The signatures on it were Zhang Fei and Sun Ce.
And the most important sentence in the whole article: ...Everywhere you look is jade, and wherever you land is something that pleases you.
Wei Cheng picked up the box on the side, which was sent with the information. There was only a piece of transparent jade in the box.
Wei Cheng didn't know how to argue the value of this piece of jade, but with just one glance, he knew that this piece of jade was absolutely worth a fortune.
"Sure enough, the wealth brought by the invasion is the most amazing. This jade mine alone is worth at least several trillion US dollars."
Wei Qing played with the jadeite in his hand with great interest. He didn't come back to his senses until Tian Feng and Xun came together.
Seeing the jadeite held in Wei Cheng's hand, Tian Feng smiled and said, "This must be the jadeite that Wei Jun has mentioned many times, right?"
Wei Ting nodded slightly and said with a smile: "Yes, I didn't expect that I would find Yide and Bo Fu."
Xun You looked at it curiously and said doubtfully: "This stone is just a nice thing to watch. I really don't see anything strange about it."
Wei Qing chuckled and said: "Things are rare and valuable. Some things cannot be eaten or drunk by themselves, and they are not worth much. But with a little guidance and publicity, I can make it become a big treasure that everyone is eager to have." ."
"oh?"
Tian Feng and Xun Yue looked at each other, both looking carefully at the 'worthless' piece of jade, trying to see what was special about it.
Wei Cheng laughed, put the jade into the box, and said, "It seems that you still underestimate the importance of public opinion marketing. It seems that I need to teach you a lesson."
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Outside Luoyang City.
Liu Yan looked at the people in front of him with a gloomy face, holding a finely crafted sleeve stove in his hand, tapping the stove lid from time to time with his index finger.
The eldest son, Liu Fan, was sitting upright, without the arrogance he had when he was outside. Faced with the 'old guy' in his mouth, he behaved like a baby.
"Tell me, how can I rescue this person? Are they all mute?" Liu Yanhe asked.
At this time, Liu Yan was also in a panic. He was afraid that the people from the Wei family would ask about the information about Xu Fu's secret hiding place from the devil's mouth. If so, how could he obtain immortality?
Compared with Wei Cheng, he has no ability to fight.
Now he can only pray in his heart, praying that the Demon Lady's mouth can be tightened, and it is best that she can be released safely.
But it's obviously impossible. If the person who was poisoned by the witch was just an ordinary person, there might be a way to spend a lot of money to get the forgiveness of the victim's family.
Fortunately, the bad guy who was poisoned was really His Royal Highness Zuoxian King of the Northern Huns, so he was in trouble now.
Not to mention whether Honglu Temple is responsible for pursuing them or not, the Northern Huns will not let go of their hatred easily.
"My lord, for the current plan, we can only stabilize the devil girl first and let her confess her crime proactively, so as not to implicate the lord."
The counselors under his command didn't know why, and thought Liu Yan was afraid of being implicated by the Demon Lady and causing a scandal.
It's no wonder that Xu Fu's secret treasure is so important that except for his eldest son Liu Fan, Liu Yan never mentioned it to his subordinates.
"Stupid, I don't take the mere charge of poisoning the Huns in my eyes." Liu Yanyi said righteously: "What I want is to rescue people. After all, the devil is also from Yizhou. Seeing that With her being detained, how can Mr. Liu lose his face?"
All the counselors looked at each other. They were already dissatisfied with the Demon Lady. At this time, they were sure that Liu Yan would not be affected. They were too lazy to make plans. What's more, they wished that the woman would suffer more.
Liu Yan also knew that he usually favored the Demon Lady too much, which made these people dissatisfied. He sighed helplessly, looked at the young man holding a spear at the end of the team, and asked: "General Zhang, can you help me in any way? "
The young man who was named was wearing leather armor and holding a spear. He raised his eyes like torches and looked at Liu Yan. He cupped his fists and said, "There is nothing I can do for you."
Liu Yan's face darkened and he said: "No, you can help me if you can. My respected master is the chief instructor of Dingjunfang. He is in Luoyang now. With him coming to help, it is not easy to rescue a person from the guard station. "
The expression of the armored young man changed.
At this time, Liu Zhang, who had been silent all the time, suddenly stood up and said: "Father, General Zhang's comradeship is only one point lost. It would be too wasteful to use it on a vulgar fan." , please ask father to take back his life."
Liu Yan narrowed his eyes and looked at his youngest son.
The eldest son Liu Fan was even more furious. He wanted to live forever. When he saw his younger brother helping his subordinates to speak, he became very angry.
"Fourth brother, father didn't ask you to speak, so just keep your mouth shut and don't talk back to him."
Liu Zhang was stunned and wanted to speak, but was stopped by the armored young man.
Zhang Ren looked at the young master Liu Zhang gratefully, and at the same time clasped his fists and said to Liu Yan: "Return to my lord, even if Zhang comes forward, my mentor, he will not agree to come forward to save people, unless Mrs. Zhang is falsely accused and imprisoned. But obviously not, isn't it?"
Liu Yan's face changed again and again, and finally he laughed and said: "Well, I have always heard that Tong Yuan has a chivalrous and righteous style, and the disciples he taught are indeed extraordinary..." At the end of the sentence, his face was full of smiles. Laughing, obviously very dissatisfied with Zhang Ren's refusal to help.
There is really no way.
Liu Yan could only leave his eldest son Liu Fan alone, and said in a deep voice: "Find a way to visit the Demon Lady and give this to her, and she will know what to do."
Liu Fan took the bamboo sign handed over by Liu Yan, with a hint of undetectable surprise in his eyes, "Don't worry, father, this matter will be taken care of."
Liu Yan nodded slightly, covered his mouth and coughed heavily.
When Liu Fan saw this, he sneered, stood up and left directly, without even doing the filial act of pouring Liu Yan a cup of hot tea.
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The next day.
Xu Shu and Sima Yi entered the palace with dark eyes and asked to see Wei Jun.
Wei Cheng was doing Tai Chi in the sun room. When he learned that Xu Shu and his two men had arrived, he asked the female guard to take them to the imperial garden.
This was the first time that Xu Shu and his wife entered the palace. When they saw the imperial garden wrapped in glass, they were astonished.
The Imperial Garden is as warm as spring, with all kinds of flowers blooming in full bloom, which is so beautiful.
"How's it going? Did you find out any useful information?" Wei Cheng asked while punching.
Xu Shu bowed his hands and said: "According to what this demon girl said, the legendary elixir of life does exist, but..."
Wei Cheng's expression changed, and he frowned and said, "Just what?"
Xu Shu continued: "It's just that this furnace of elixir is still being refined. According to the records she obtained, refining such a furnace of elixir requires five hundred years of earth fire baking. During the reign of King Qin Zhaoxiang, the alchemist The refining process has already begun, almost five hundred years ago, and this batch of elixir is called [Xu Fu]."
Wei Cheng opened his eyes wide, "Isn't Xu Fu alone?"
Xu Shu shook his head and replied: "To be precise, it is the collective name of three thousand boys and girls. In order to protect this furnace of elixirs, these people have guarded Xu Fu's secret treasure for generations. During this period, they have been looking for strange flowers and fruits everywhere to add to the elixir furnace. , gradually some people called them [Xu Fu]."
"I see."
Wei Cheng nodded thoughtfully. No wonder there are many folk legends about Xu Fu. Even in his childhood, there are various versions that have been passed down to this day.
At this time, Sima Yi suddenly asked: "Master, you don't seem to be very interested in the so-called elixir of life?"
In fact, Xu Shu also had this question. They both thought that Wei Cheng would be overjoyed when he learned about the existence of the elixir of life. But in fact, Wei Cheng's performance was very mediocre from beginning to end.
When Wei Cheng heard this, he couldn't help laughing and said: "It's not that I don't care, but I'm afraid that the greater my hope, the greater my disappointment. There are too many legends about immortality in history, but how many of them are true? Better than Qin Shihuang and Emperor Gaozu could not escape birth, old age, illness, and death. I don't think I can escape the secular world, so naturally I am not so concerned about it."
After a pause, Wei Cheng continued: "However, in order to avoid unnecessary disputes, you should handle this matter in a low-key manner. As for that woman and Liu Yan... find a way to resolve it secretly afterwards, and don't let them have any excuses." An opportunity to stir up trouble."
"Here!"
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That night.
The demon girl was sent back to Liu Yan's house safely.
Seeing that the Demon Lady had returned safely, Liu Yan summoned her immediately and asked her in detail about what happened in prison.
The demon girl was also confused. She just felt that she had slept for a long time, and when she woke up, her whole body was limp.
I thought someone had drugged her, but after checking myself, I found that although the clothes on her body showed signs of being taken off, there were no signs of being violated or tortured.
The only suspicious thing about his body was a few inconspicuous little red spots on the inside of his elbows, and he didn't know what they were.
Then there is the urine liquid, which has a very strange smell for some reason, but other than that, there is nothing suspicious about it.
According to the memories of the demon girl, after entering the prison, she only drank a bowl of white porridge and experienced nothing else. It was as if she just slept and woke up the next night, and then she was told that she was not guilty. freed.
After listening to the demon girl's story, Liu Yan always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't figure out what the problem was.
Instead, Liu Fan suggested: "Father, it will be a long night and many dreams. I suggest that we set off directly to Qingzhou tomorrow. All the preparations we need to make have been made. With the help of Lei Zhenzi from the Wei family, it will be easy to explode the secret."
Liu Yan's expression calmed down, he nodded slightly, and agreed: "Yes, what Fan'er said makes sense. There are a lot of strange things going on today, which will inevitably cause trouble again. Tomorrow we will rush to Laoshan, Qingzhou. We don't have much time to be a father. This I must get the elixir no matter what."
Liu Fan bowed respectfully and said in a sonorous tone: "Father, don't worry, my son will definitely find the elixir of immortality for his father personally."
Liu Yan smiled with satisfaction, looked at the Demon Girl, frowned and said, "You almost hurt us this time. This trip north is your chance to make up for it. If there is another trouble, be careful about your life."
Hearing this, the Demon Lady hurriedly put on a charming and enchanting smile, leaned against Liu Yan, and blew into his ear: "Master, you still don't believe in the loyalty of the slave family. For you, the slave family has sent all their own sons to the state and county. ."
Liu Yan sneered, rubbed his soft and delicate waist, and coughed lightly at his eldest son Liu Fan.
Liu Fan looked at the demon girl in his father's arms who was smiling evilly at him. He suppressed the desire and anger in his heart and Shi Shiran withdrew.
Bah~
The door was closed, and Liu Fan stopped outside, clenching his fists.
Listening to the melancholy sound behind him, Liu Fan gritted his teeth, took a few deep breaths, and then left angrily but unwillingly.
"When we leave the realm of Luoyang, the old guy's death is almost here. The elixir and women belong to me, Liu Fan!"
