It was another day with clear sky and no rain. The two people were sleeping in wild green clothes and woke up on time in the morning.
Realizing that his movements were so inelegant, he didn't care much. He just got up slightly sleepily, glanced at Ye Ming, who could only cover half of the quilt, and kicked him out of bed.
"Ouch~~"
The poor god screamed miserably.
Caiwei also woke up and just smiled when she saw this.
Ye Ming complained a little:
"This quilt is too small and can't cover it tightly. I need to get a bigger one."
Since this time, the three of them have been together every day, inseparable, and are used to sleeping together at night.
Everyone was wearing a layer of underwear and nothing was exposed. The scene was not glamorous, but in fact it was very ordinary.
Luyi hurriedly got dressed, washed briefly, and then went to prepare breakfast.
As a result, she accidentally found that Ye Ming had taken her place and was combing Caiwei's hair.
This made her immediately feel that her status was seriously threatened, and she stared at Ye Ming fiercely.
"Who asked you to touch the lady's hair? This is my business!"
"Caiwei didn't object, why are you anxious?"
Ye Ming didn't care about her look and continued his hand movements.
"Miss, who should comb your hair?"
Caiwei smiled and said, "It's really hard for you to comb my hair every day. Let Ming do it today!"
"Oh~~~"
Luyi agreed reluctantly.
At breakfast, the family sat together again.
Ye Ming looked at Xi Ling and smiled:
"The cultivation level has improved significantly. It seems that the rat demon has been completely digested."
Speaking of this, Lei Ling still had some aftertaste:
"It tastes very good and the effect is very good. It would be best if you can eat it often."
"If you eat it often, I won't be able to support you."
"Whoever needs you to raise him will catch it myself when I am strong enough."
Lei Ling clenched her pink fist and looked like she was working hard for her future life.
Ye Ming looked at Maisui again and asked:
"Has the Er Yuan Gun adapted to it?"
Maisui nodded with a straight face.
Seeing this, Ye Ming knew that she was smiling.
From this point of view, Maisui is still very cute. Who dares to say that she is a tomboy?
He took out another bracelet and handed it to Maisui:
"It's a little gadget, let's play with it!"
This was naturally a bracelet made from the seven skull treasures of Plague Demon Smallpox, which he named the Magic Bead Bracelet.
Maisui still kept a straight face and put the bracelet on her wrist.
Ye Ming knew at a glance that this girl was laughing happily.
Hey, a girl who can't hide anything on her face can be easily deceived, which is really disturbing.
After Maisui touched the bracelet, she suddenly asked:
"Dad, hasn't the Pentatone Sect's matter been resolved yet?"
“How can we solve this problem if we don’t even know the other party’s details?
But this matter is not urgent, I have my own sense of discretion. "
Ye Ming said casually.
Anyway, judging from the current behavior of the Wuyin Sect, there are no actions that harm the world. Although he still can't stand it, he won't go to war with the opponent directly.
After Maisui asked this question, he stopped talking and ate in silence.
Seeing her behavior, Ye Ming raised his eyebrows and said:
"Girl, don't do anything stupid. There is a big problem with the Wuyin Sect, so don't get involved."
At first, he and Caiwei did come up with the idea of letting Maisui go undercover in the Pentayin Sect.
But after he saw the ghost husband and ghost wife having troubles one after another, he had completely given up the idea.
He would rather wait for the Wuyin Cult's plot to be exposed before taking action to solve it, rather than putting his own family in danger.
Even if many more people die because of this, it doesn't matter. It's just a group of believers anyway, and if they die...
Believers also have families~~
Ye Ming's thoughts were stuck at this moment, and then he said to Maisui:
"In short, just stay at home and keep an eye on Changming Town. Don't worry about the rest. I will take care of it myself."
After breakfast, he took the two girls to the Chenghuang Temple.
When Fang arrived at the City God's Office, Zhao Ning came to report:
"Sir, if there is a situation, Shen Qixian from the north has established his country and proclaimed himself emperor!"
"What? Him?"
Ye Ming, who originally thought it was nothing serious, was shocked when he heard this.
He has also had some dealings with Shen Qixian.
He is very good as a gentleman, and he is full of righteousness.
Although he sat in the position of governor of a state and commander-in-chief of the army, Haoran's righteousness was gone and replaced by "kingly energy", but he was still a qualified ruler.
Unexpectedly, this guy actually took the wrong medicine and blatantly established a "Shen" country and proclaimed himself emperor.
For a moment, Ye Ming didn't think that he had any capital to become emperor.
Even Hu Jingye, who occupies Puzhou, Chenzhou and half of Xinzhou, is not in a hurry to proclaim himself emperor. Why is this guy just joining in the fun?
However, it is not difficult to understand that people often lose their true feelings in the face of power, so they lose their reason and do some weird behaviors.
Zhao Ning roughly explained the whole story, and then said:
"Sir, it seems that there is only one factor that can explain the change in Shen Qixian's temperament from being gentle at the beginning to being moody now."
"Five stones scattered."
"Yes, according to the news from Zhoucheng Huangsi, the problem must lie in this 'Five Stone Powder'.
Now after Shen Qixian became emperor, he directly regarded the "Wuyin Religion" as the state religion and specially built the "Wuyin Mansion" for it in Shanyi Mansion as its headquarters. "
When Ye Ming heard this, his eyes were slightly misty:
"Proclaimed emperor, scattered five stones, established state religion..."
This five-tone religion has a big picture! "
"Now under the rule of Shen Qixian, Wu Shi Powder is circulating in the world in large quantities. Before, only rich families could afford it. Now even some wealthy families have begun to buy some occasionally to try.
If this continues..."
Zhao Ning said worriedly.
Ye Ming also understood that the Wuyin Sect's plot was only beginning to unfold now, and it seemed that the original expectations for its purpose were about to change.
When he came to the outside of the City God's Office, he opened his eyes and looked in the direction of Shanyi Mansion, and then used the Qi-gazing method to see what was going on there.
Sure enough, I saw a dragon aura appearing over there, which was a symbol of becoming emperor.
But this dragon energy is extremely thin, shaky, and very unstable.
If you want to succeed, it may be extremely difficult.
Ye Ming withdrew his gaze, a little confused about this matter.
The Pentayin Cult will not fail to know that such a false emperor is actually untenable at all.
In this case, why do they still want to do this?
Unable to figure out why, Ye Ming decided not to think about it anymore and just ask someone directly.
He glanced at "Linlexuan" in Yanhua Mansion.
Speaking of which, the master of Shang Qing Le Shang Pavilion is really brave.
Obviously, I had a falling out with Jiao Yingle before and almost died. It stands to reason that the relationship between the two parties should be tense.
As the master of a pavilion, Shang Qingle was not afraid at all that he would target her. He continued to perform in "Linlexuan" as usual, as if he didn't care about foreign affairs at all.
Not only that, he has also recently arranged several plays praising the touching deeds of some doctors in the fight against plague and smallpox to help the government in publicity.
This time, Ye Ming didn't do anything about going to "Linlexuan" in disguise, and directly asked Yin Chai to inform the City God.
This is also to see this person’s reaction.
It turned out that after receiving the summons from Yin Chai, this man did not panic at all and did not make any preparations. He just followed Yin Chai to the Chenghuang Division.
Seeing this, Ye Ming did not arrange for him to come to the court to show off his power, but chose to meet him in the side room.
Of course, Cai Wei and Lu Yi were also with them.
Soon, an unexpected incident brought Shang Qingle.
This woman, who is regarded as a "Shang Master" by the people, has a demeanor that is indeed not comparable to that of ordinary women. She has the confidence that she has seen the world and can deal with everything calmly.
"Shang Qingle, the master of Wuyinjiao Shangzi Pavilion, has met you, sir."
"Master Shang Pavilion, we meet again."
"Last time we met briefly in Pingxing Mansion, I think I left a bad impression on you. Qing Le would like to apologize to you."
"There is no conflict between you and me. There is no need to apologize. On the contrary, I want to thank your faction."
"Thank you my faction. I wonder what my faction has done. Do you need your thanks?"
"Thank you for not causing trouble when smallpox and trolls attacked the city."
"My lord, you are joking. The Wuyin Sect is just a group of poor people trying to survive in troubled times. They both hate and are helpless in the face of existences like the plague and smallpox.
Thanks to your wisdom and martial arts, and your supreme magical power, the evil spirits were eliminated and the world was restored to a peaceful world.
It's too late for me to be grateful for this, so how could I take advantage of this opportunity and act recklessly? "
"A bunch of pathetic people? You are now the state religion of the 'Shen Kingdom', and you are much more majestic than me, the City God. How can you be pitiful?"
"The so-called 'state religion' is just a false name. It was someone who forcibly placed him as my teacher. We only feel terrified, not honored."
"Really? But I heard that you have all accepted the 'Wuyin Mansion' as a reward from the new emperor. Is this still false?"
"You personally gave me your orders, and I dare not resign."
"Okay, let's not talk about useless things. I'd better ask the key questions directly."
"Sir, please speak."
"What exactly is the problem with Five Stone Powder?"
When Ye Ming asked this question, his expression immediately changed from relaxed to dangerous.
Being stared at by him like this, even with Shang Qingle's cultivation, he couldn't help but tremble.
He subconsciously took a step back, looking slightly flustered.
Immediately, knowing that his behavior was inappropriate, he forced himself to calm down and readjust his demeanor.
He didn't speak directly, but after a while of silence, he said:
"Sir, in addition to its well-known effects, Five Stone Powder does have serious side effects.
That is, once taken in excess, it will affect people's sanity, and long-term use will also shorten life span. "
"Affects sanity, shortens life span..."
Ye Ming did not believe what the other party said and signaled the Yin messenger next to him to bring the book of life and death that recorded Yang Shou.
Shang Qing was happy to see that Ye Ming was checking the lifespan of people who took Wu Shi Powder, and continued:
"The lifespan lost by Five Stone Powder is considered as a sudden death. If you check the lifespan normally, no problem can be found."
"You can even take this into consideration. It seems that your party knows a lot about the underworld!"
Ye Ming glanced at the book of life and death and found that it was indeed what Shang Qingle said.
Those who have taken Wu Shi Powder for a long time have indeed not reduced their apparent life span.
It seemed like he was really being considered for a violent death.
But a sudden death is beyond the records of the underworld.
The Underworld can only remember the cause of death of the deceased, but cannot record when the deceased will die. At most, it can only infer the probability of death within a certain period of time.
Unexpectedly, the other party could take advantage of this loophole, which gave Ye Ming reason to suspect that the Wuyin Sect might have someone who knew the affairs of the underworld extremely well.
Regarding Ye Ming's statement, Shang Qingle did not answer the call, but just stood there, waiting for the other party's disposal.
"What do you want to do with so many harmful Five Stone Powders?"
"Sir, do you want to hear the truth?"
"You can also tell lies."
"The truth is, Qing Le doesn't know either. Not only Qing Le doesn't know, but the other pavilion masters don't know either.
Our actions are only in compliance with the will of the leader. "
"Oh~~ Then where is your leader now?"
“I don’t know, except when I met the leader when I joined the religion, I have never seen him at any other time.
When the leader has something to do, he always informs the palace aunt and she relays it. We have no way of contacting the leader. "
"In other words, the palace master should know."
"The leader does trust Aunt Chonggong more, but Qingle doesn't know whether she knows."
Ye Ming did not show any dissatisfaction with this person's ignorance.
It can be known from the celestial ear that what Shang Qingle said must be the truth and not a lie.
Seeing that nothing could be learned from further questioning, Ye Ming did not embarrass Shang Qingle and chose to let him go.
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