After leaving the commander's office, Shen Hao went to the palace to meet Emperor Yang Shu.
The emperor was very satisfied with the results produced by Shen Hao. Both the results and the time spent were much better than the emperor expected.
However, as for the affairs left over by the last four sects, the emperor was not prepared to return those resources honestly as Shen Hao expected.
"What a joke! Their sect can secretly dig into the corners of the country and not allow the country to punish them openly? Shen Hao, you are now the chief deacon of foreign affairs at Fenghong Villa. It is your duty to handle this matter. Wanwan You must not lose the prestige of the country, do you understand?" The emperor said at that time.
Speaking of which, it was already obvious that the emperor wanted Shen Hao to withstand the pressure of the sect. However, there was no death order, perhaps because it was not easy to take advantage of the sect and there were many unforeseen circumstances. But one thing the emperor made very clear was that the sect needed to be "punished and weakened" to let them know the price they would pay for reaching out randomly.
So in the final analysis, the "degree" has to be controlled by Shen Hao himself.
If you want things to be simpler, then give up most of the seized resources, but this will make Shen Hao lose points in front of the emperor, and may even be regarded as "perfunctory" by the emperor.
On the other hand, if you want to gain extra points by showing your face in front of the emperor, you will inevitably have friction with the sect forces, and the pressure will definitely not be small.
If it were in the past, Shen Hao might have adopted the former approach, because compared to not being able to get a high score from the emperor, it would be a serious matter once things intensified and got out of control, which was self-defeating.
But now he doesn't think so.
Because he saw the tyranny of Fenghong Villa. Since the power of the Jingjiu Dynasty not only came from the large number of major front armies, but also had strong confidence in terms of individual strength, Shen Hao strongly agreed with the emperor's idea: if the sect has done something wrong, it cannot be easily exposed. Punishment must be in place no matter what.
As for why the previous emperors didn’t do this? No matter that, that was in the past, and the current emperor is Yang Shu, a man who must avenge his enemies and be petty. If you mess with someone, be prepared to be rewarded twice as much.
When Shen Hao came out of the palace, he had already made a decision in his heart. In addition, the emperor did not mention anything about Shen Hao's position. He was not asked to make any choice between Xuanqingwei and Fenghong Villa. This made Shen Hao think about it for a while. It seems that the emperor has no intention of letting him move from Xuanqing Guard, and at the same time, he has not said whether the errand of Fenghong Villa on his head will be relieved after the current affairs of the sect are settled.
Ambiguous seems to be dragging on?
After leaving the imperial palace, Shen Hao did not return to Fenggong City. Instead, he changed his carriage and Qingqi all the way out of the imperial city and rushed to Fenghong Villa. Even though we are here, we still have to deal with the instructions from the big boss Yang Shan, right? Moreover, now Shen Hao is very interested in becoming Yang Shan's disciple, whether it is for selfish reasons or because of errands.
This time, because of the gold sword hanging on his waist, Shen Hao was welcomed in directly and did not wait in the waiter like last time.
However, after entering the villa, I avoided the obvious main road and walked along a secluded small stone road, then zigzagged up a stream. After walking for almost half an hour, I saw a small small building not far away. A small courtyard stands on a hillside. That is the residence of Yang Shan and Yang Qingzhi.
"The two ancestors have told me that if Lord Shen comes, you can go directly to see them. However, these guards of Lord Shen can only stay here. The front is a forbidden area of the villa. Without the instructions of the ancestors or special circumstances, It cannot be set foot on.”
After Shen Hao nodded, he asked the guards to stay where they were and continued walking forward. He didn't need anyone from Fenghong Villa to lead the way. There was only a gravel road from here to the small courtyard on the hillside in front, so there would be no deviations.
I thought that since this place is known as the forbidden area of Fenghong Villa, there will definitely be a lot of defense formations and barriers, but Shen Hao only realized that he was wrong when he stepped on this gravel road. There is no fluctuation in any formation here. The only better thing is that the spiritual energy here is much stronger than outside.
However, compared to the first-class sects Shen Hao has been to, the aura of Fenghong Villa seems to be far behind. Don't know why.
"With two ancestors here, why do we need a magic circle barrier?" Shen Hao laughed at himself for his previous thoughts. Without stopping, he walked quickly towards the small courtyard.
The yard is actually not small, it is simply enclosed by a fence, but there are only three houses inside. There is a main hall facing south, with one on the east and west sides.
The courtyard dam is quite spacious, with a radius of more than ten feet. It was paved with blue bricks and kept very clean. There was a big tree for shade, and under the tree were stone tables and benches.
"Young man Shen Hao wants to meet these two ancestors!"
Shen Hao stood more than three feet outside the courtyard fence and stopped moving forward. He bowed and saluted, and raised his voice to say hello to the courtyard.
Hey... the door of the middle hall was pushed open from the inside after Shen Hao said hello.
Two people came out, the first one was Yang Shan, and the second one was a tall and thin old man, who must be Yang Qingzhi, the other ancestor of Ice and Fire Ancestor, "Fire Ancestor".
In fact, the term "old man" is just based on his age. In appearance, neither Yang Shan nor Yang Qingzhi look old, and look more like middle-aged people.
"Come in. You came quickly." Yang Shan smiled and waved to Shen Hao to enter. Yang Qingzhi, who was behind, looked at Shen Hao up and down expressionlessly.
After entering the small courtyard, Shen Hao paused and his expression froze. He didn't expect that there would be such a big difference just a few steps away, in terms of the richness of spiritual energy.
Just now, I was saying that the intensity of spiritual energy in Fenghong Villa was much lower than that of Guishan Monastery, but now the intensity of spiritual energy in this small courtyard is probably several times higher than what Shen Hao felt at Guishan Monastery!
Yang Shan sat on the stone bench under the big tree. While placing tea sets on the table, he smiled and called Shen Hao over. At the same time, he said: "Don't act like you have never seen the world. There is a spiritual spring underground here. Let's start. It is just a spring that is used to maintain cultivation on weekdays. It is a little thicker than outside, but it is nothing. If you have the opportunity to visit the quiet rooms of Wanjuanshu Mountain and Mingshan Sect in the future, that will be The spiritual energy is like water, so rich that it can be seen with the naked eye.
Come here and sit down. Can you make tea? "
Shen Hao quickly regained his composure and walked over quickly, but when he looked at the tea sets, his face was embarrassed. He had no interest in drinking tea, so he didn't know how to make tea at all. He didn't even know how to use the tea sets that Yang Shan took out.
Seeing Shen Hao's expression, Yang Shan was stunned and said, "You don't know how to make tea?"
"Yes, I just drink tea to quench my thirst. If I don't like this, I haven't learned how to do it."
Yang Shan shook his head and said with a smile: "Forget it, I'll make it. Please meet me. This is my senior brother, Master Mingyang, Yang Qingzhi."
