The eunuch smiled a little embarrassedly: "This, I don't know, anyway, the emperor said, let the county lady take a good look, and then give me the news. The county lady has received the book, and I will take my leave."
Xiaoman looked at her father-in-law's running back and said, "You'd better take my words to him, otherwise you'll be in trouble when I return to Beijing."
The eunuch just wanted to cry at this moment. When you two big guys are fighting, can you please not hurt the innocent little ones? Along with this book, there is also a letter from the emperor.
After the eunuch left, Xiaoman opened the emperor's letter. The content of the letter was very simple. It said that this book was written by Wang Yanran, but Wang Yanran would not write a book under her current circumstances, so there must be some secrets in this book.
Wang Yanran wrote a book? Xiaoman was a little amused. Judging from the few times she had met that guy, Wang Yanran was good at writing food recipes, but how could she write a book? If that was the case, then she should take a look at this book.
I took the book and started reading it. When I saw the title, I realized it was: On Techniques of Making People Happy.
Does it take skill to make someone happy? It sounds interesting. I opened the book and read it. It gave an example that when a husband is hit outside, the wife should give him confidence and praise him for being awesome.
Xiaoman frowned. Are you sure this thing is not something for women in the boudoir to read? Study it for yourself? Before she could figure it out, Jiang Hu came to Xiaoman with a group of people: "Master, you are here, someone is looking for you."
As soon as the words fell, a figure rushed to Xiaoman, stretched out his hand and gave Xiaoman a big hug: "Sister Xiaoman, I miss you so much."
The voice was definitely Wan Xiangxiang. Xiaoman looked up and said, "Xiangxiang, you guys are here."
Wan Xiangxiang nodded, then snatched the book from Xiaoman's hand: "Yes, I just arrived. I haven't seen you for many days. Sister is actually reading a book? What kind of book is this? On the techniques of making people happy?"
As he said that, he actually opened it and took a look, then looked up at Xiaoman: "Sister Xiaoman, who are you trying to cheer up? I'm very good at making people happy. I'll teach you. You don't need to read this kind of book."
Gu Yong stood aside without saying a word, looking at Xiaoman. Xiaoman was a little speechless: "It's not that I want to see it, but the emperor insisted that there is something wrong with the content and asked me to study it."
Hmm? The Emperor? Wan Xiangxiang was a little surprised: "Could it be that the Emperor wants you to cheer him up? That's why he sent it to you?"
Xiaoman shook her head: "Impossible, forget it, let's not talk about this. Where are the coffins? Didn't they say they would send 17 coffins?"
Gu Yong suddenly answered: "The coffin is in the back. Someone will bring it up soon. Is the room ready for it?"
Xiaoman looked at Gu Yong and said, "Are you Taoist Gu Yong?"
Gu Yong nodded with a smile: "Just call me Gu Yong. As for the Taoist priest or something like that, I'm really not one."
Are you sure he's not a Taoist priest? As expected, all people with the last name Gu are very good-looking. Xiaoman thought, "Then let's call him Mr. Gu. Did you select all these weapons? You're really amazing!"
Gu Yong still nodded with a smile: "You are too kind. I will give it to you now. I hope you can handle it well. It's not like you have to hold an inspection committee here to elect elders or something. You can't let people work for nothing. These weapons are still useful, don't you think?"
"Oh, by the way, in addition to the 17 coffins delivered this time, there are hundreds of other weapons that are still usable. I think it's a good idea to use them as rewards for the Supervisory Committee. In addition, the Supervisory Committee can also set up a reward system."
"Some people who have committed serious crimes can come and claim their rewards after being killed by the martial arts community. This will help deepen the martial arts community's recognition of the Supervisory Committee. What do you think?"
Xiaoman blinked her eyes. "Sir, one word is worth ten years of study. I never thought of that. I also want to thank you for helping to improve the system of the Supervisory Committee. I will have someone write it down. Sir, you must be tired from traveling so go and have a rest. The room has been prepared."
Wan Xiangxiang put the book back into Xiaoman's hands: "I'm tired too, so I'll go and rest first. I'll come and play with you later, you can study this book first."
Xiaoman nodded: "Siqi, take Mr. Gu and Miss Wan downstairs to rest."
Siqi took the people to rest, and Xiaoman naturally went to see the coffins being carried into the house. After walking in, Xiaoman felt that the room became much more gloomy after the coffins were put in.
There was a coffin in each room, and the entire yard was used to store coffins. Xiaoman randomly chose a coffin and opened it: "A Ling, can you devour another spirit now?"
The voice of the Space Spirit soon came: "Okay, you can open it."
After opening the coffin, Xiaoman reached out and took the big knife inside. An urge to fight rose in Xiaoman's heart. Fortunately, with the spirit of space, the feeling from the big knife disappeared the next moment.
Xiaoman took the big knife in her hand. The blade looked good, but it was a pity that she didn't use the knife. Well, keep it for now, maybe it will be useful someday! After thinking about it, it's not safe to put this knife in the coffin.
It is better to put it directly into the space. Thinking of this, Xiaoman put the knife into the space. The rest will come in a few days. Anyway, the things have been delivered, so there is no need to rush.
The Space Spirit had already begun to absorb the Sword Spirit, and had no intention of caring about Xiaoman. Xiaoman walked out of the yard and looked at the people guarding the door: "Watch out, don't let anyone in, understand?"
The guard nodded immediately: "Yes, boss."
After Xiaoman left, she looked at the book in her hand again and began to study. She didn't know what Wang Yanran was like now. Would a woman who was banished to the cold palace want to watch and make the emperor happy
When she thought about it, if this was really possible, why would she continue to study it? She took a deep breath and continued to watch. Who knows, she might find something
After all, the emperor is the ruler of a country. It should be right for him to have some special feelings, so there will be gains, right
Time passed quickly, and more and more people from the underworld came. They were all arranged to live in the courtyard of the Jinqian Gang. Jiang Hu came to find Xiaoman.
"Master, the registration list has come out. There are 20 people who have signed up from the elders of the sects, almost one from each of the big sects. There are also five independent practitioners, all of whom are well-known in the martial arts world."
Xiaoman nodded: "What else? How many team leaders have signed up?"
Jiang Hu continued: "There are not many people who signed up for the team, there are more than 300 people in total!"
More than 300 people, that's a lot of people, but the competition among these 300 people is going to be very fierce. Thinking of this, Xiaoman became interested. No matter what, to be a team leader, one must have martial arts skills.
"The arena has been set up, and the selection will begin tomorrow. I really want to see those people show their true colors. Oh, and from the people of the Spirit Sword Sect, leave one to be the guardian. After all, this is the sect of the Empress, so we still have to take care of them."
Jiang Hu nodded: "Okay, Master, if everything is ok, I will go down first."
Xiaoman felt that the best decision she had made in her life was to accept Jiang Hu as her apprentice. With him around, she could guess how much trouble she had saved. Of course, the help of the several aides around Jiang Hu was also important, otherwise Jiang Hu wouldn't be that good.
In a blink of an eye, it was the next day, and the election meeting for the elders of the Supervisory Committee officially began. The election meeting for the team leaders would be held tomorrow. After all, things always have to be done slowly.
Xiaoman sat in the highest seat and looked at the people below: "I believe everyone knows what day it is today. Everyone must be very excited. Haha, I am also very excited. Today, our four elders will be born from more than 20 respected predecessors."
These twenty or so respected seniors were also a little excited at this moment. If they couldn't become a sect master in this life, who would have thought that they could rule over the sect master
There are only four stages below, and Xiaoman did not make any rules. He looked at the seniors and said, "In fact, we don't have any rules for the competition. There are four elders and four stages. The one guarding the last stage is our elder."
This doesn't seem very fair. Everyone looked at Xiaoman in surprise. Is it so careless? It sounds a bit funny. Xiaoman smiled and listened to the discussions below.
Suddenly, as if he remembered something, he spoke directly: "Oh, right, a casual cultivator occupies an arena, and only casual cultivators can enter this arena."
In other words, there must be one position for independent cultivators among the four elders, and it is enough for people from other sects to occupy three positions.
The previous idea was not to leave any of the four positions for independent cultivators. Who could have thought that their good idea would be interrupted by an accident by Xiaoman.
Those independent cultivators were somewhat dissatisfied before, fearing that the people from those sects would join forces to deal with them. So, allowing independent cultivators to participate as well was just a joke. Who could have thought that there was such a rule!
Xiao Man waited until the discussion below had almost finished before he began: "Okay, everyone can be quiet for a moment. The competition will now officially begin. Arena No. 2 will be the arena for the independent cultivators to compete."
On the second stage, someone went up and said, "Everyone, I am Wu Yu, the quick knife expert, and I am here to show off my ugliness."
Wu Yu is a very famous person. He is known as the "Knife Master". His knife is very fast. As the saying goes, the only thing that can break the martial arts is the speed. His knife is very fast and others can't resist it.
Xiaoman was also looking at this person's information at this time. The quick knife hand Wu Yu, 35 years old, a casual cultivator, can be regarded as a chivalrous hero.
Soon someone flew up and said, "Let me learn from you."