The former Duke of Yuzhou of the Great Jin Dynasty and the Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Horses Department of the Imperial City, who is now King An of the Qingqiu Divine Kingdom and the deputy master of the Demon Suppression Hall, 'Huo Xiong', thanked him and received the jade plate, King An's seal, the prince's robe, He was given a golden sword, a geographical atlas of feudal states, and other items. After respectfully thanking the Lord for his kindness, he walked out of Qingqiu Palace with a smile on his face and arrogance.
The palm-sized Heitian Cauldron was floating majestically beside him. When Wu Tie walked out of Qingqiu Palace, he deliberately showed the arrogance of a villain. His four-square steps were domineering, as if he were walking upright. Crab.
In Qingqiu Palace, the civil and military officials of the court looked coldly at Wu Tie who was walking out of the palace. Gongyang squinted his eyes and shook his head gently.
This gift is too heavy.
Even if it is a horse bone worth a thousand gold, the price is too high.
In particular, Linghu Qingqing did not make any statement about the Black Sky Cauldron or the Four Spirits Battleship. Such an important weapon of the country was actually allowed to be controlled by Wu Tie? Gongyang Sanli was a little unsure. He glanced at Linghu Qingqing secretly from the corner of his eye, and his eyes suddenly became extremely complicated.
Linghu Qingqing smiled, flicked his sleeves, and announced his resignation.
Linghu Ayi smiled and handed the purple gold tray to an old eunuch behind him, and sent him to the Craftsmanship Department of the Internal Affairs Hall, where the master craftsmen enshrined in the inner court would carefully use gold, silver, pearls, agate and other precious treasures to make them carefully. The father and son of the First Army were given the task of carving three corpses and then burying them.
The old eunuch took the tray and left. Linghu Ayi smiled and followed closely behind Linghu Qingqing, following him straight to the inner court.
A quarter of an hour later, in an exquisite garden in the northwest corner of the imperial city, Linghu Qingqing smiled brightly. He personally poured a glass of wine for Youruo's avatar, and asked with a chuckle: "Sir, what do you think about Huo Xiong?" How about it? Did he kill the First Army as a reward for his reputation, or as a tactic?"
Wearing a loose white robe, she sat on a rocking chair, swaying comfortably. Youruo, who had grown to the size of a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy, took the cold and cold hand. I took a long sip of the fine grape wine.
Passing the empty wine cup to Linghu Qingqing, Youruo said slowly: "You humans are just too cunning sometimes... Even if you are as wise as the gods of my clan, sometimes dealing with you is too much of a headache."
"Whether it's a certificate of fame or a trick, what does this have to do with us? These are all problems you have to face."
"Mortals, your troubles are worthless in the eyes of us gods... What does your life and death, your happiness, anger, sorrow, and joy have to do with us?"
"However, for the sake of the sacrifices you have made to me these days, I can remind you. When Huo Xiong led his subordinates to raid the First Army, I didn't know how many soldiers there were under the First Army. But indeed none of Huo Xiong’s Four Gardens and Twelve Guards Forbidden Army came back, and we... "
Blinking his eyes, carefully considering his words, Youruo said slowly: "On the battlefield, the number of scattered souls we felt was probably less than 100,000... So, he said that he used the Black Sky Cauldron to devour the third soul. Yijun and all his own subordinates, these words will not be false.”
A cold blue light flashed in Youruo's eyes, and he murmured: "Heitian Cauldron, the divine weapon of the Great Martial God Kingdom, is also on our surveillance list... The Heitian Cauldron we saw today is better than ours. Among the information we have, it is more than several times more powerful?"
Clicking her lips, Youruo smiled and pointed at Hu Qingqing: "This is a greedy and vicious guy. For the sake of the sacrifices you gave me, I remind you, you must be careful about him."
Linghu Qingqing breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile with twinkling eyes: "It turns out that the pressure that the Black Sky Cauldron put on me was so powerful that it really swallowed up the essence, blood and souls of countless brave soldiers. Haha, be it greedy or vicious. , I don’t care. Thanks to the blessings of the gods, our Qingqiu Kingdom has enough sacred weapons to crush everything.”
Youruo smiled, very happily, very brightly.
He looked Linghu Qingqing up and down for a while with a smile, and said slowly: "Speaking of the artifacts of the country, the gods above have something to say to you... In order to help you obtain these artifacts of the country, Fallen Having killed so many noble gods, how are you going to repay the grace of the gods?"
Linghu Qingqing opened her mouth and frowned hard.
In order to help the Linghu clan obtain enough artifacts to defeat the Sima clan, many gods came to besiege Ao Ao... The result was quite tragic. So many gods fell on the spot. This debt must be placed on the head of the Linghu clan.
Thinking of this incident, Linghu Qingqing felt dizzy.
At the same time, he was full of resentment and didn't know how to express it - he didn't pray for the gods to come!
Why did you come down here to join in the fun
You were ambushed and killed. This has nothing to do with Linghu Qingqing!
It's like a bored man teasing a tiger for fun. You can just watch the fun. Suddenly you run over and help him kick the tiger on the butt. Then the tiger catches him to death. Who can blame him
However, facing Youruo, you definitely can't say that.
Linghu Qingqing stayed for a while, and then bowed deeply to Youruo with sincerity and fear: "The kindness of the gods, I, the Qingqiu Kingdom, cannot thank you enough and cannot repay. Those fallen gods, all their losses... "
Speaking of this, Linghu Qingqing felt a wave of toothache.
He took a breath of cold air and muttered: "Master Youruo, the death of the gods... their death... should be based on the price back then?"
Linghu Qingqing looked at Youruo carefully.
What happened back then was, of course, the trouble caused by Sima Sheng, the late prince of the Kingdom of Jin Dynasty.
That time, Sima Sheng colluded with the underground evil spirits and even had a child with the underground evil demons. The Great Jin Kingdom almost fell into the hands of the underground evil spirits.
That time, the gods also came, bringing down wind, rain and thunder, and slaying demons.
That time, a god also fell. It was because the evil demon was too terrifying. At such a young age, he had such tyrannical strength.
At that time, the royal family of the Jin Dynasty suffered great losses. Not only did the late prince Sima Sheng take away a huge amount of the royal family's treasures, but the royal family was severely cut off by the angry gods.
Linghu Qingqing had roughly heard about the specific loss of wealth. It was an astronomical figure that made his scalp numb.
In addition, the most terrible thing is that many of the royal family of the Great Jin Kingdom are hiding in seclusion. As the royal family's trump card to suppress the fate of the country, those elders who have cultivated to the realm of gods have received the grace of the gods and have not ascended to the gods. The elders of the country's divine realm were forced to ascend.
The royal family's treasures were lost in large quantities, the sacred artifacts of the country were taken away, and even the royal family's heritage and god-level elders were forced to ascend to the majority. Later, under the instructions of the gods, even the imperial power was emptied year by year. This is Linghu Qingqing The most fundamental reason for having the guts to brazenly usurp power six thousand years later.
Gods also fell back then, and the price of compensation for those fallen gods... Linghu Qingqing thought of the number of gods that fell this time, and he wanted to cry.
You Ruo smiled gently. He glanced at Linghu Qingqing affectionately and said with a smile: "How is it possible? According to the price back then? There is no such thing in the world... Well, Your Majesty has heard of the term 'inflation' The word? It means that money today is not as valuable as money back then. It means... "
Tilting his head, You Ruo smiled and said: "It means that gods of the same bloodline and status have fallen... The price must be increased, the price must be increased, and the price must be at least 80% higher than six thousand years ago."
Linghu Qingqing wanted to cry.
You Ruo smiled and said: "This is not because we are deliberately making things difficult for you. Actually, Your Majesty, think about it for yourself. Six thousand years ago, in Anyang City, three copper coins could buy four big meat buns. Now, three copper coins can only buy four meat buns. Buy two big meat buns, and the skin of the buns becomes thicker and the meat filling becomes smaller.”
Spreading his hands, Youruo asked Linghu Qingqing righteously: "The price of steamed buns has increased, let alone... the noble and supreme God?"
Linghu Qingqing opened her mouth and looked at Youruo blankly, speechless for a long time.
This made so much sense that he couldn't refute it.
But, but, at the time of Sima Sheng's accident, the national power of the Jin Dynasty was still at its peak. The weather was good, the food harvest was good, and the price of steamed buns was not high. That was a sure thing.
Nowadays, Qingqiu Divine Kingdom is in an all-out national war with Dawu Divine Kingdom. During the war and food control, the price of steamed buns has increased and the quality has declined. Isn't this a natural thing
Don't look at the buns, look at those luxury goods, things like pearls, agate, tortoiseshell corals, etc. The prices are constantly falling.
You gods also like these luxury goods very much. Every time you offer sacrifices to heaven, there are a large number of such rare treasures.
Let’s not use steamed buns to speak for ourselves. Can we use these luxury goods to speak of price
Linghu Qingqing felt aggrieved.
Youruo smiled, stretched out his hand, and patted Linghu Qingqing's shoulder gently: "Okay, okay, the advent and fall of the gods this time actually has little to do with you. The gods are also reasonable. Yes, I know I can’t blame you entirely. Therefore, the compensation is worth not even a copper penny, and you have to mobilize all kinds of rare resources quickly. But... "
Linghu Qingqing raised her head with a smile and looked at Youruo expectantly.
"But, we are really very reasonable, especially His Majesty, who respects us so much and has a very good relationship with us in private... We definitely can't treat you badly." Youruo smiled and said, "So, prepare Well, in order to celebrate Your Majesty’s accession to the throne and the establishment of the Qingqiu Divine Kingdom, the gods will open the gates of heaven and earth and let the light of the stars shine on the Qingqiu Divine Kingdom.”
Youruo pointed to the ground at his feet and said in a deep voice: "Especially Qingqiu City, as well as the surrounding nearly 100 prefectures, is the core area where stars shine. The star essence will be a million times stronger than usual. Some In a specific Cave Heaven Paradise, the star essence will directly manifest into the star body, and the concentration is more than 100 million times higher than usual."
"We will inform His Majesty in advance about the location of these cave heavens and paradise. Your Majesty can select some elite soldiers and generals to be refined by the essence of the stars, as well as some loyal ministers. If there are pregnant women in their clan, they can also let them prepare quickly."
"In particular, the star essence has a great effect on the evolution of the heavenly weapons that the monks themselves have sacrificed. We have roughly estimated that seven consecutive days of starlight are enough for an ordinary womb realm monk to cultivate the heavenly weapons. The divine weapon has been promoted to a level comparable to ordinary innate spiritual treasures."
Youruo looked at Linghu Qingqing with a smile: "Of course, the number cannot be too large and it cannot be overwhelming, otherwise it will appear that the divine favor is too cheap. You have to control the degree and don't go too far. With this measure, you Take advantage of it.”
There was a faint layer of green light flowing in Linghu's green eyes.
He looked at Youruo thoughtfully: "Master Youruo, is something bad going to happen?"
You Ruo was silent for a while, then pointed to Hu Qingqing with a smile: "Your Majesty is indeed a smart man, of course something is going to happen... Frankly speaking, the Wei Kingdom is preparing to launch a full-scale attack on the Qingqiu Kingdom."
"Although those guys in the Kingdom of Wei usually recite poems, pretend to be elegant, and seem to be disdainful of interests and power... In fact, you also know very well that there are many hypocrites in the Kingdom of Wei, and there is no way they will not do it. Come and take advantage of it."
"The Great Wei Divine Kingdom and the Great Martial Divine Kingdom have had dozens of secret talks in private. I am afraid that they will soon sign an alliance agreement and jointly attack the Qingqiu Divine Kingdom. You are about to fight on two fronts. If we don't give you any more confidence, we I’m really afraid that your country will be wiped out in one fell swoop.”
Youruo sighed: "If your country is destroyed, is it possible that we can still ask for compensation from the dead? Especially, the number of sacrifices you promised us in the future will far exceed that of Wei and Dawu , of course we have to favor you a little bit.”
A trace of white smoke rose slightly from Linghu Qingqing's scalp, and he said coldly: "The Wei Dynasty really wants to take advantage of the situation, thank you Lord Youruo. Well, I don't know if the debt we owe to the fallen gods can be... Pay some other way.”
Linghu Qingqing's body had an aura of indifference and indifference to all life, including his own life.
Youruo suddenly laughed: "Your Majesty is indeed a sage and wise person... Well, since we have strengthened your national strength, we must teach you a lesson to those scoundrels who are looking at your Majesty's country and country."
"Kill them, their blood will flow into rivers, and their corpses will pile up like mountains... Well, that's right, there's no need, don't let Lord An Wang Huo Xiong take action." Youruo rubbed his brows in distress: "Why did this guy think of... What about swallowing the blood and souls of soldiers to enhance the power of the Black Sky Cauldron? No one among you Three Kingdoms has done this before... This guy is so evil."
Linghu Qingqing understood clearly in her heart that there was no need to say anything more.
He solemnly bowed deeply to Youruo, and then left in a hurry.
When he walked, his waist was slightly bent.
It is true that so many fallen gods need to pay compensation, which is too much pressure.
However, these bad news cannot be spread out. The good news must be told to the people of the world first. Otherwise, if the Wei Dynasty attacks with all its troops and the people's hearts become unstable, and his newly established Qingqiu Kingdom overturns, it will be really embarrassing and a joke.
Soon, a piece of gossip spread from the imperial city, and then quickly spread throughout Qingqiu City, and then spread to all directions of Qingqiu Divine Kingdom:
The founder of the Qingqiu Divine Kingdom, the divine emperor ordered Hu Qingde to match the heaven and the earth, and received the mercy of the heaven and the earth. Three days later, they celebrated the founding of the Qingqiu Divine Kingdom, and the heaven and the earth sent down the blessings of stars to benefit the people.
Linghu Qingqing decreed that in order to express gratitude to the gods of heaven and earth for their kindness, Qingqiu Divine Kingdom would increase taxes by 30% in the next ten years, and all the increased taxes would be used to worship the gods of heaven and earth.
As soon as this order came out, the entire Qingqiu Divine Kingdom was in an uproar.
The civil and military ministers didn't know what to say.
The people didn't even know what to say.