Chapter 55 Party
Chapter 55 Party
A new leader has arrived in the inner courtyard.
That day, as soon as he arrived at the shop, Li Yuan learned the news, but what surprised him was
"How could it be him, Yu Zhen, who is the ghostwriter?"
Li Yuan's eyes swept over Yu Zhen, the ghostwriter who was scolding his apprentice in front of the courtyard gate, and Qin Xiong who seemed to have just left after a conversation. He became secretly alert.
After returning from Fajiu Mountain, he had been paying close attention to the situation. The reward for Nian Jiu was raised to two hundred taels again. Almost half of the city guards were busy chasing the murderer, and funeral music was played in every household for several days.
The ghostwriter in the city had already left.
This is really...
"Perhaps, he was involved as well?"
Li Yuan was alert, but he did not turn around and leave. He went to the inner courtyard as usual and met the new master with other apprentices.
Yu Zhen seemed to have forgotten him long ago. He said a few words casually and left yawning. Yue Yunjin was still teaching the apprentice.
"Junior Brother Li, there will be a small meeting in the inner city in four days, do you want to go with us?"
Wu Ming put down the stone mill he was using to gather his strength and walked over.
"Miss Lu's little moment?"
Li Yuan's heart moved slightly. After Tang Tong left, Wang Gong met him several times, but never mentioned this matter again.
"you know too?"
Wu Ming was slightly startled, then nodded:
"Mr. Zhang has told you, right? Our hospital has six quotas for admission to the Divine Weapon Valley next year. No, they are the examination quotas."
"The master said so."
The two found a secluded place to talk, with Li Yuan mostly asking questions and Wu Ming answering.
"The Divine Weapon Valley is a thousand-year-old sect. All the cities and counties in Zhelong Prefecture follow its lead. It is the true overlord."
When talking about Shenbing Valley, Wu Ming's eyes were filled with admiration and yearning:
"The last time the Divine Weapon Valley opened its gates was several decades ago. Normally, none of us are qualified to join the Divine Weapon Valley. We must not miss this opportunity."
Li Yuan thought about it and accepted Wu Ming's invitation.
He was also very curious about the Divine Weapon Valley.
On the way back to the forging room, he accidentally glanced and saw Niu Gui and Liu Qing whispering to each other in the corner of the martial arts field. They dispersed when they saw him coming.
"These two people?"
Li Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly.
They were all apprentices of the Middle Court. Even if they were separated, their private relationship was still pretty good. But why did they suddenly separate when they saw him?
"Is there something wrong with you?"
Thinking about the time when Liu Qing came up to him, around the time when Qin Xiong was transferred away, Li Yuan felt a little cold in his heart.
I'm afraid that bear has already set his sights on him...
After a thought, Li Yuan didn't want to alert the enemy and turned to go to the forge room.
……
Li Yuan took three days off.
During these three days, Li Yuan did not go to the blacksmith shop. He stayed at home to familiarize himself with the new combination of the rudder and also rented a small courtyard in a nearby alley through a brokerage firm.
Of course, since I needed it in a hurry, I paid a few more coins.
Afterwards, he asked Li Lin to accompany him to buy some tables, chairs, beddings and so on. After three days of busy work, he finally moved in.
"You shouldn't spend money like this even if you have it. There's enough space at home, why do you have to move out?"
At night, in the newly rented courtyard, after having a good meal and a few drinks, Li Lin, who was supported by Wang Juan and a little drunk, was still complaining,
He kept talking about saving money, getting married and having children.
"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you and save some money."
Li Yuan dealt with it and sent his second brother back home. Li Yuan took a long detour to familiarize himself with the streets and alleys of Chaiyufang. He did this every day for the past three days.
"The last Leopard Embryo Yijin Pill!"
Li Yuan was a little reluctant. He couldn't bear to buy the pills which cost ten taels each. However, he had to admit the effectiveness of the pills.
The tendons grow one inch longer and the strength increases three points. This is the best elixir to assist in practicing martial arts.
"Keep it for now."
After stuffing the pill back into the bottle and the bottle into the Liuhe Boots, Li Yuan raised his head and swallowed a blood-nourishing pill. Feeling the slight heat rising in his body, he began to practice military posture in the room.
Thanks to the medicinal power of the Leopard Embryo Yijin Pills, in just a few days, he found that his own small circulation of blood and qi had begun to move towards a large circulation.
"If there are enough Leopard Embryo Yijin Pills, I feel that a full cycle can be formed in a few months at most. Unfortunately..."
After completing the twenty-four forward and reverse movements, Li Yuan broke out in a sweat. The blood and energy in his body were completely consumed. He had no choice but to swallow another blood-nourishing pill.
This was repeated several times until it stopped late at night.
“It hasn’t rained for a few days…”
After taking a look at the moonlit night sky with sparse stars, Li Yuan closed the doors and windows, took off his clothes and went to sleep.
Nothing happened that night. Early the next morning, he went to the forge as usual and learned the techniques of quenching, tempering and polishing from Zhang Ben.
Near noon, he put down the forging hammer and went out. "Junior Brother Li, here!"
Wu Ming was already waiting outside the door. Yue Yunjin, whose complexion had recovered a lot, was also there. He nodded reluctantly, looking like he was worried about something.
The three of them went towards the inner city. On the way, Yue Yunjin was silent, while Li Yuan asked about the gathering. He was very concerned about the Divine Weapon Valley.
However, Wu Ming didn't know much more than him. The only useful person was Miss Lu's aunt, who was said to be an inner disciple of the Divine Weapon Valley.
"Is Magistrate Lu's sister-in-law also from the Divine Weapon Valley? What a complicated relationship..."
Li Yuan muttered to himself.
The inner city is much more prosperous than the outer city. At noon, the streets and alleys are filled with the aroma of wine and meat.
"Yizi Restaurant."
Li Yuan looked up.
This restaurant is nine stories high, the tallest building in the inner and outer cities. It belongs to the "Yi Zi Inn". All the visitors are wealthy. It is said that a meal costs one or two taels of silver.
When they got here, Yue Yunjin was fine, but Wu Ming was a little reserved. Both of them came from good families, but it was his first time here.
"Please come this way, Miss Lu has already given the instructions."
A waiter came forward, bowed and led the way with a smile.
Li Yuan was not at all restrained and looked around the restaurant with great interest. The decoration and layout were nice, and there were waiters serving outside each private room.
“Brother Yue!”
As soon as he reached the third floor, someone came over. He was dressed in gorgeous clothes and looked very dignified. He smiled and greeted Yue Yunjin, who forced a smile on his face.
The young man was quite talkative. After a few words, Li Yuan learned that he was the son of the Inner City County Lieutenant and Qiu Da's immediate superior, named Liu Zheng.
"The breathing is strong, the Qi and blood are full, which means the Qi and blood are in great form. Is he more solid than Yue Yunjin?"
Li Yuan was not surprised.
As long as you learn martial arts, and master it until you reach perfection, with the help of elixirs, your physical fitness can be improved quickly.
There is no shortage of wealthy families in the inner city, and it is not uncommon for people to have great vitality and blood.
But the real difficulty is not to accumulate blood and energy, but to break through the internal strength.
"This is the fourth son of the county magistrate's family, Liu Yunwu."
"Wen Yida, the third son of the county magistrate's family..."
"The young lady of the Wang Zhubu family, Wang Peiyao, Miss Wang..."
……
Liu Zheng led the way into the private room and introduced the three people.
There were more than a dozen people in the private room, all of them dressed in bright and beautiful clothes, making the people from other cities look a little shabby.
"Really, there is no ordinary person here!"
Li Yuan clicked his tongue in his heart and glanced at Wang Gong and Zhao Xiaoming, who looked unhappy.
With so many young men and young ladies from the inner and outer cities gathered together, these two seemed less outstanding. Of course, it would be different if it were the young men and young ladies from Manager Cao's family.
The Cao family, who run the weapon forging shop, is not a small family.
"Please take a seat first."
A woman in the crowd spoke up.
As soon as she opened her mouth, the young men and women in the private room fell silent.
It goes without saying that this soft-spoken, pretty lady is the legitimate daughter of County Magistrate Lu Yunqing, Lu Bailing.
……
After some polite exchanges, Li Yuan found a corner and sat down next to Wang Gong, who had a grim look on his face.
"Well, this cake is good, this fish is tender, tsk, honey water..."
The young men and ladies were chatting animatedly, and Li Yuan was listening while tasting the delicious food.
Especially honey water, he hasn't had sweet water for a long time.
Different from the apprentices in the outer city, the young ladies and gentlemen in this private room knew a lot, and during their conversation they talked about many things that were considered secret to Li Yuan at that time.
In name, the imperial court is the common ruler of the world, but in fact, within the Zhelong Palace, the Divine Weapon Valley is the heaven.
This is a different dynasty system from the previous life. Li Yuan has read a lot of books these days and knows the reason.
Pang Wenlong, the founder of Dayun, started his army at the age of seventy. Various sects responded in droves and together they conquered the world. Over the past thousand years, the disciples of various sects have already penetrated into every aspect of the country.
Eventually, a pattern was formed in which Dayun established the country through military force and the clan ruled the world.
"Similar to the feudal system in the previous life? The difference is that the sect does not claim to be king, but it can indeed influence the court, or even control the court..."
"Three thousand divine guards?"
"Zhelong Mansion, Hundred Martial Arts Rankings?"
(End of this chapter)