"You married the princess?" As soon as he said these words, Xu Qian called himself an idiot repeatedly. The marriage was between a human and a human, but what we are talking about now is a monster. What kind of marriage is between a human and a beast? The monster is not a beast, and the monster will never turn into a human.
Xu Qian told a big joke, but Qin Zhao didn't smile at all. Even An Weiwei was making tea with her head down, as quiet as if she didn't exist.
"People are just people, countless Tang people." Qin Zhao took a sip of tea before trying to say: "Every year, we must give people who have committed capital crimes to the monsters, with a minimum of 10,000 people per year."
This sentence seemed to use up all Qin Zhao's strength. After saying it, he lowered his head and did not move for a long time.
"Old Qin, that's not the case. The number of people who died in Luo City due to the beast wave a few days ago is far more than 10,000. Ten thousand death row prisoners a year can help the people of the Tang Dynasty live and work in peace and contentment. This is definitely a suitable deal. You Why do you look like this?"
"What a shame! This is the shame of the Tang Dynasty, and it is also the shame of my life. I thought that the Tang Dynasty was rich and powerful, and the people were prosperous, but I needed to use this method to exchange for peace. And I was the one who signed the peace agreement. ah!"
So it turned out that Xu Qian finally understood why Old Man Qin had such a reaction. But he didn't know that Qin Zhao felt guilty after that, so he stopped caring about the political affairs of the Tang Dynasty and focused his energy on the academy. In fact, at that time, people all over the country and officials, big and small, were praising Qin Zhao for benefiting the Tang Dynasty, but Qin Zhao could not forgive himself. He also knew that doing so would do more good than harm to the Tang Dynasty, otherwise he would not have promoted this matter. But the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, which still shows that there are disadvantages. Let the whole Datang enjoy the good things, and let him bear the bad things alone. Punishing himself to retire from the court was equivalent to voluntarily resigning from a high-ranking official with a generous salary. This was his choice. It's just that the whole country disagrees with the self-punishment of a great hero, so the final result is that the position and salary remain unchanged, but he himself gives up the power to influence government affairs. Of course, this is not to say that he doesn't care. Qin Zhao has always been concerned about the Tang Dynasty. Whenever the Tang Dynasty encounters crises and difficulties, or needs to make suggestions, Qin Zhao will always spare no effort.
In addition to sending at least 10,000 death row prisoners to the monsters as food and playthings every year, the two most powerful monsters at the time each chose an area as the monster's habitat, Xiangwan Mountains and Sunset Prairie. Not only are they large in area, the two pieces of land combined are one-twentieth of the area of the Tang Dynasty, but they are also two fertile and beautiful areas. In addition, they are called the Emperor of Monsters, which means that their status is equal to that of the Tang Emperor. .
These finally brought about a hundred years of peace. But the peace was eventually shattered because of the break of dawn.
"The monsters unilaterally tore up the agreement. After the monster wave, did you contact them and ask them why?"
"Of course there are. However, the two monster beast emperors have all ordered Tang Envoys to be prohibited from entering their territories. They refused to communicate with us and did not provide any explanation for the beast tide incident. Their attitudes are not only tough, but also very strange."
"Is it possible that the two monster kings have become someone else's puppet?"
"You want to say that Dawn controls the origin of the two monster beasts? This is unlikely. If the monster beasts are so easy to deal with, the Tang Dynasty will not be infested by them for generations."
Xu Qian took a sip of tea and said, "Even if it is not controlled by anyone, the beast tide is real. Starting from the monster beasts, we should be able to get some information about the dawn."
"How could we not have thought of this? If it weren't for the people we sent to the source of monster beasts to find out the news, we probably wouldn't even know the name of the Dawn organization by now. It's just that there were no follow-up secret reports, and even the people We can't contact him. We estimate that the person has been found and killed."
"You only have one person like him, so you haven't arranged for anyone else to be a backup? If there is none, can't you send someone else?" Although Xu Qian didn't have much experience in this kind of highly professional espionage work, he didn't even think about it. It should only be arranged for one person.
Qin Zhao lowered his eyes slightly and gently scratched the outer wall of the teacup with his fingers.
"The Origin of Demonic Beasts is no other place. It is full of demonic beasts. A human being cannot hide it at all. The only chance for humans to enter the Origin of Demonic Beasts is as a caravan, but they can only enter the outer edge. Going further in is not allowed. And without the cooperation of familiar monsters, there is no way to detect any news. Originally, we lurked three secret agents in the Xiangwan Mountains, and one was discovered more than ten years ago. He was killed. If Yu Hong, who sent us the news this time, was also killed, then there would be only the last person left. However, he could not find any useful information this time, and he wanted to get more specific information from him. It is almost impossible to find clues. Over the years, we have also tried to recruit new people, but unfortunately we have not been successful. As for Sunset Prairie, there are also two secret agents, but they have made no achievements."
"Do you have any photos of the secret agent that you can't contact? Are you clear about his sources, such as familiar monsters and other information?"
Qin Zhao looked at Xu Qian with suspicion, "Of course there are photos. As for the network he formed there, he should have most of it. In order to prevent the death of the intelligence network from being disconnected, the next person In the past, it was still possible to continue to use the original network. The Secret Investigation Department has already established a system. Secret investigators must report back the situation once every three months at most, and each time they report back, they need to connect their intelligence network with various relationships. Please report clearly on the Internet, otherwise it will be characterized as betrayal or exposed.”
"That's fine." Xu Qian smiled mysteriously: "If I can sneak into the source of monsters and get the news, how do you, the Tang Dynasty, plan to reward me?"
"What? Are you telling the truth?" Old Qin stood up in excitement.
"Don't worry about anything else for now, just tell me what benefits you can give me!"
Only then did Qin Zhao feel that Xu Qian was not joking. He said directly without thinking: "Just say whatever you want."
What made Xu Qian depressed was that Old Man Qin actually looked at An Weiwei again.
"I want all the formation diagrams of the strongest talisman master in the Tang Dynasty, as well as the training and guidance!" Xu Qian was not afraid of the lion's mouth, so he directly opened his bloody mouth.
I thought that Old Man Qin would bargain, and it would be good if he could learn a few more powerful formations in the end. Unexpectedly, Old Man Qin looked at him playfully, and then asked meaningfully: "Is this your request? It hasn't changed. ?”
Seeing Old Man Qin's reaction, Xu Qian smelled the smell of a trap. But what's the trap here? Bao, the strongest formation master in the Tang Dynasty, knows all the formations. This can only be beneficial, and it is a huge benefit. There is absolutely no way it will be detrimental to him.
Xu Qian nodded with a dull expression, and then immediately added: "Before I learn it, I can't stop teaching under various excuses. For example, I have to be able to continue learning when I return to China. By the way, I can't use it as an excuse." Threatening to keep me in Datang." He always felt that Old Man Qin was tricking him, so he added some conditions, thinking that this would avoid all kinds of surprises.
This time Qin Zhao showed a slightly embarrassed look. Xu Qian just wanted this expression. This is right. If you don't embarrass yourself, it means I've been tricked. Just like the buyer makes a counter-offer and the seller readily agrees, the buyer will feel that his counter-offer is still too high, and the seller still makes a lot of money. If the seller looks embarrassed and hesitates, this means that the counter-offer is coming. benefit.
"Okay! This problem is not a big one. You can handle it yourself anyway." Old man Qin said something Xu Qian couldn't understand. What to deal with?
But Old Man Qin did not give Xu Qian a chance to ask questions, but continued: "As for the question of you being assassinated, I don't have an answer. I can only tell you that I don't want to kill you, and I don't know who it was. clear."
Xu Qian actually wasn't very suspicious of Qin Zhao, otherwise he wouldn't have come here. It's just that he felt that Qin Zhao must know who was behind his life, but Qin Zhao said he didn't know clearly, and there would be no results if he asked again.
Shen Chong saw some clues at that time. How could Qin Zhaoyou not grasp anything? Who is Old Man Qin? There are definitely not many things in Datang that he wants to find out but can't do anything about. It's just that he doesn't know what worries he has.
Sure enough, Xu Qian was just about to inquire about the situation of those killers who were playing tricks, but was distracted by Qin Zhao talking about the Dawn Organization.
Not long after, Xu Qian left Qin Zhao's house and was led out by Tian'er. When he reached the gate, Sima Kun took him to another place. As for An Weiwei, she no longer followed Xu Qian. Maybe Qin Zhao still had something to explain, or maybe An Weiwei had work to report, but Xu Qian always had an unnatural tendency to think in other directions, especially when Tian'er led him out.
"Where are we going now?" Old Man Qin was pretty good. He hadn't done anything yet. Not only did he agree to his request, but he also immediately asked him to see the so-called most powerful talisman master in the Tang Dynasty. However, where is this talisman master? In the imperial capital?
Sima Kun smiled and his attitude was even better than when he came, "Don't you know, Teacher Xu?"
Xu Qian shook his head, looking confused. He was even more confused, should I know? None of you told me where the most powerful talisman master in the Tang Dynasty is.
