Chapter 145 The Birth of Qilin
Chapter 145 The Birth of Qilin
Prince Anbei's Mansion.
The princess is receiving someone in the Hall of Bravery.
"Master, outsiders are not allowed to enter, and the backyard is very smoky, please bear with me."
The space in the Hall of Bravery is spacious and open. The morning light of late autumn shines in through the carved windows. The floor is paved with smooth and flat blue bricks. On the main table, purple smoke rises from the incense burner, mixed with the special aroma of ambergris.
Jiang He sat down and said bluntly: "Before in Chuyao Tower, when the assassin attacked, I saw you seemed to use a kind of unorthodox paper-binding technique."
The princess took a sip of tea and smiled, "I thought you wanted to ask about talismans."
The authentic inheritance of Jiuzhou talismans is only in Wudou Dao Palace, and there are very few people who master the art of talismans. The two of them knew what this meant.
"We'll talk about the future later." Jiang He waved his hand and turned the page. "I need a set of paper clothes that imitates the shape of a Qilin."
The princess was surprised. "It's not difficult, but don't expect the paper-binding technique to turn fake things into real things."
Jiang He took out a costume-changing brooch and said, "This thing can change the appearance of clothing. All it needs is a scan in advance. The appearance of the Qilin should be mentioned in ancient books."
The princess' pupils shrank slightly. She naturally knew the legend of the Qilin. The founding emperor of Daqian was a great master of Qi training. According to legend, the Qilin recognized it as its master. The words "Xianxuanchangqing" were engraved on its abdomen, which had profound meaning. Once the Qilin was born, it would definitely be an event that would shock the world.
If there is anything that the emperor, who has lived in the deep palace for a long time and discussed philosophical matters, still cares about, Qilin is definitely one of them.
"Would you like to come in?" asked the princess.
The so-called lucky advancement is a way of getting promoted not by relying on merit but by relying on the recognition of superiors.
"Yes and no." Jiang He said: "The Qilin was discovered by me and the palace, and presented as a tribute to the court."
"Isn't this just another case of calling a horse a zebra? Even if this can help us gain more support for the grain transport, once it's exposed, the palace will suffer a great disaster in the future."
"If you can't survive the winter, what's the point of talking about the future? Don't tell me you didn't see the mission cutscene."
A long silence.
The princess pondered for a long time and said, "Accompany me to go hunting tomorrow. We happened to meet Qilin."
"A horse gives birth to a unicorn, and a pheasant gives birth to a phoenix." Jiang He said.
"We started in the middle of the night, and the servants discovered something unusual the next morning and reported it to the palace."
"It's best to do it in public."
The princess said viciously, "Only you and I can handle this matter, and horses only give birth in spring and summer. If they give birth prematurely in late autumn, they are likely to die young. There is not much room for maneuver."
"There are still some."
……
Early the next morning.
The royal guards went out one after another and posted notices outside, saying that the princess's favorite mare was seriously ill. The horse was given to her by the Earl of Ping Luan when he hunted it on his way back home. She urgently needed treatment from a medical expert. The reward was one thousand taels of silver, and she would also receive a set of top-grade martial arts from Chengxuan Tower.
Generally speaking, a top-grade martial art can lay the foundation for a second-rate sect. If someone can really become a master with it, then there is a great hope of elevating the sect to the first-rate level.
At one time, many quack doctors gathered in the palace. Even if they were not majoring in veterinary medicine, they were unwilling to give up this opportunity easily. Some quacks who wanted to give it a try came to the palace under the banner of doctors, but they did not expect that the palace's verification was particularly easy.
"Let's treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor."
"Everyone, please come in. My princess has been waiting for a long time."
The housekeeper led nearly a hundred people to the palace stable, where a chestnut mare was lying on a straw mat, dying.
The princess, her face covered with a white veil, paced slowly back and forth. Although her demeanor was dignified, she could not hide her anxiety.
An old doctor with white hair came forward to check and said in doubt, "Princess, this... patient has a purple tongue and astringent pulse with blue veins. It seems like he has a symptom of dryness of qi and blood." The princess was shocked. Can you even feel the pulse of a horse?
"I think it looks like blood stasis."
A quack dressed as a doctor said, "Let me prescribe some blood-activating and blood-stasis-removing prescriptions for it, and see if it can survive."
"How dare you! This is the princess's BMW."
"The quack doctor is harming the horse, get him out now."
"Why do I look like I'm pregnant?"
Among the crowd, an old soldier from the Anbei Army's Horse Breeding Department noticed something was wrong. Most of the soldiers from the Horse Breeding Department had gone to the front line with the army, and he was only able to stay in Daming Prefecture because he was ill.
"Let the old gentleman come." said the princess.
The old soldier went forward to check, but he didn't expect that just a slight touch would cause the mare to wither quickly, and her flesh and blood dried up, as if all the nutrients had been squeezed out. Then a small monster slid out, with a sheep's head and wolf's hooves, a round head, a body like a colorful deer, and majestic scales and horns.
"what!?"
The old soldier slumped to the ground, leaning his hands behind his back, and tried his best to get away, shouting.
The princess secretly covered her face. This was a premature foal, covered with a tightly-fitting paper coat. After being transformed by props, it became the appearance of a unicorn. As for why it looked like this when it was born, it was actually not accurate. The actual time of premature birth was last night, and someone transformed it and stuffed it back. She commented that this was a weird behavior.
When a monster was born, all the doctors changed color.
The princess seemed to feel dizzy and stretched out her hand to support the wooden pillar of the stable. The maids on both sides hurriedly supported her.
"This is a demon!"
"There are words on its belly!"
"Xian...Xuan...Changqing!?"
As soon as these four words came out, everyone turned pale with horror.
At the same time, in broad daylight, several thunders caused by chaos bombs were heard in the sky.
"A Qilin is born!" The old soldier was stunned. The story of the founding emperor and the Qilin was already well-known to everyone.
Several people from the martial arts world looked at each other, quietly left the crowd, ran out of the palace and told others that this was huge news.
……
The top of the attic in Bo's Mansion.
Jiang He put away the cinnabar mirror. The "Qilin" was already born, completing the first step of his and Old Man Yue's plan. There was a black gem with a timer in the belly of the Qilin. Through the conversion of the withering power and healing energy in the Withering and Flourishing Heart Sutra, the life of the foal was successfully saved at the cost of the mare.
Wuhe fell from the sky. He had just detonated several black gems in the sky. He had to create some strange phenomena to be in line with the identity of Qilin.
"Boss, the Northern Barbarian Dragon City is approaching Daming Prefecture. At the current speed, it will arrive tonight."
Opposite the small table in the attic, Gun King III, who had put on his cloth clothes again, looked slightly fixed.
Wu He glanced at him and continued, "The leader of the Daming Sect, Hong Zhou, has publicly stated that he will represent the Yizhou martial arts world to stop Longcheng."
"Seventh in the world is not good enough." Gun King Three said that there was a considerable gap between the Master of Yanyu Tower and the fifth. As for Longcheng, he was even more outstanding. In the past twenty years, several people had been ranked first in the world, but they were all killed by Longcheng. However, Longcheng always refused that unique position and even declared that all the people in the world of Jiuzhou were rubbish, as if as long as he was there, no one could surpass him and become the leader of the world of martial arts.
"Lock on the location of the deputy building owner. I will kill him tonight. There must be something left by that guy in Fenglei Treasure Manor. I leave this matter to you." Jiang He said that when the Grey Knight handed over the world invitation letter, he hoped that he would protect the forces under his name as a reward. Although this agreement was not binding, he made up his mind at that time and did not mind fulfilling it.
"I understand." Wuhe replied.
(End of this chapter)