Autumn is crisp and clear.
In the afternoon, the sun shone slantly through the window paper. Pei Ziyun woke up and pondered for a long time before he came out. In fact, it didn't take long, only an hour.
He looked up and saw that the courtyard he bought had been cleaned. When he entered, he saw Ren Wei sitting on the table calculating accounts. There were inkstones, pens and ink and a tea set on the table.
Pei Ziyun smiled: "Mr. Ren, you have worked hard, why are you so busy as soon as you come back?"
Ren Wei said hurriedly: "Young master gave me one hundred taels of silver a year. This is the salary of a seventh-grade official. How dare I not give my best?"
Pei Ziyun smiled: "Forget it, you will order all the items sent by hundreds of households to be transported to the island later."
After saying that, he went out and said: "Here, prepare a car and take me to the eldest princess's mansion."
It is said that the people from the Prince's Mansion are always waiting for you. "Oh", the car came steadily and he smiled: "Master, please come on, where are you going?"
"Go to the eldest princess's mansion."
Pei Ziyun got into the car. It had two seats, front and back, and a table in the middle. Pei Ziyun was already used to it. He took the silver bottle and poured water into it. When he opened the drawer, there was soy sauce beef and peanuts inside.
Pei Ziyun squinted his eyes, leaned against the carriage, and said: "System!"
Suddenly, a plum appeared in front of me, and it quickly enlarged into a translucent data frame, floating in the field of vision with a faint sense of light, and the data appeared in front of my eyes.
"Principles of Taoism: Mastery (37.1%)"
"Taoist skills: forty-three, proficient (22.1%)"
“The Stars Are Moving: The Third Level (6.4%)”
"Cloud Body Wind Body: First Level (33.2%)"
"Levitating ball!"
Another floating ball suddenly appeared between the eyebrows. Just like last time, white Qi flowed inside, filling it one by one.
"Same as last time, click on the principles of Taoism." Pei Ziyun triggered the trigger, and wisps of white air came out and entered the center of his eyebrows. His brain became clear, and he suddenly said: "Principles of Taoism: Master (37.2%)"
"Although I have the wisdom of three Taoists, it is still difficult to master and then improve!"
“But it’s worth ordering this.”
"Hmph, when it comes to high points, even Xie Chengdong's foundation may not be as strong as mine."
After thinking carefully, countless insights poured in. Just like last time, it was not instilled in a textbook, but integrated with existing understanding. In an instant, many knowledge points were understood.
"Continue to consume!" Pei Ziyun spent the spiritual wisdom in the floating ball without hesitation, watching the number continue to grow slowly but surely.
Seeing that all the spiritual wisdom accumulated in the floating ball was used up, Pei Ziyun looked up.
"Principles of Taoism: Mastery (67.9%)"
"Taoist skills: forty-three, proficient (31.7%)"
“The Stars Are Moving: The Third Level (23.5%)”
"Cloud body wind body: third level (3.8%)"
"Hey, the principles of Taoism are getting more and more difficult, but just like last time, as long as it improves, it can promote the progress of Taoism and magical powers. Other improvements are just that. I haven't cultivated my magical power, cloud body, wind body. , it will automatically advance to the third level."
"It takes too much spiritual wisdom, but I feel that once the principles of Taoism reach the master, my power will make a leap." Pei Ziyun thought secretly.
At this time, Baihu shouted: "Master, the eldest princess's mansion has arrived."
As he spoke, he stepped forward and lifted the curtain. Pei Ziyun got out of the car. As soon as he reached the door, he saw the deacon greeting the attendant and leading him away.
Speaking of which, the route we took this time was different. Although we were walking along the cobblestone road, we soon saw a winding corridor, not far from which were several monasteries. After walking a few steps, we passed a small courtyard and heard the sound of the little princess playing the piano. Voice.
After hearing this, Pei Ziyun walked to the corridor near the water and listened. After not listening to the sound of the piano for a while, it was like mercury rushing to the ground, penetrating his pores and going into his heart. Pei Ziyun couldn't help but be stunned until the song ended and the lingering sound was gone. After coming back to his senses, he frowned slightly and thought to himself: "The little princess's piano skills are getting better and better."
"According to the four levels of entry, mastery, proficiency, and master, it should be between master and master. If you take this step, you will be a master who can leave your name."
Thinking of this, Pei Ziyun suddenly had a thought: "Is the little princess one of the three leaves? If so, how can she practice Taoism as a princess? I'm afraid that as soon as she practices Taoism, her magic power will be transformed by the dragon's energy, and she will not be able to enter the Taoist family for life."
"Real person?" The deacon couldn't help but be surprised when he saw Pei Ziyun stopped. After being reminded, Pei Ziyun took a few steps forward and suddenly had a thought: "Since ancient times, martial arts and chess have been used to enter Taoism. Can the little princess do it?" Can you open the gates of heaven by entering the Tao with the harp?"
However, to enter Taoism with the piano, both the young princess and herself are not good enough.
Thinking of this, he turned around and said to the hundreds of households who were following him: "I have poems, books, musical instruments and paintings. I have poems and books. Then you can collect for me the belongings of famous musicians and painters."
As he said that, the deacon who led the way glanced at Pei Ziyun and seemed surprised.
"Yes, the real person." Baihu glanced at Pei Ziyun. Pei Ziyun's eyes didn't have many distracting thoughts, and he thought to himself: "Did the real person fall in love with the little princess? Are you going to use music to please her?"
The deacon ignored this and said, "Master Pei, please hurry up. The eldest princess is waiting for you."
"Lead the way."
Qinzhou·Hunting Ground
The hunting ground was a royal hunting ground of the former dynasty. It was established by Da Xu and was also used as a royal hunting ground according to custom. The land is densely forested and grassy, with steep mountains and wide waters. Today, the sun is high, and the camp is tightly guarded. There are 2,000 people there.
At this time, a trumpet sounded, and people were seen pouring out of the camp, all wearing officer uniforms. A closer look revealed that they were all camp and team leaders.
Both the camp leader and the team leader led the horses. Although there were not enough horses in the army, King Lu ordered them to gather enough war horses. Everyone stood in the sun with burning eyes.
Although it was autumn, the sun was shining and the air was emitting a slight scorching heat. His forehead was covered with sweat and his lips were chapped. He couldn't help but stick out his tongue and lick it.
Behind Ying Zheng is a maroon horse, restless. Ying Zheng reaches out to pull the reins. The horse is fierce and uses its hooves to dig up the sand.
The surrounding horses are also excited to try, their hooves are also scratching the soil, and they can attack quickly with just one command, showing the bloody nature of the battlefield.
In the shade of the high platform, several generals were sitting upright, with tea beside them and wearing armor, sitting at an even position.
The leader is a middle-aged man in his forties with straight eyebrows and a murderous look on his face, followed by a short, dark-faced general, and finally a medium-sized general, all of whom look impressive. Watch The battalion below was on its way, very satisfied.
At this time, a sharp eunuch's voice sounded: "King Lu has arrived."
Guards in black came over escorting a group of people. King Lu was wearing armor, reflecting in the sun. Behind him was a eunuch and a scholar, none other than Xie Chengdong and Eunuch Liao.
When King Lu arrived, all these people stood up and saluted.
All the generals and lieutenants gathered together. When they saw King Lu arriving, they were all eager to try. They wanted to ask for a fight and go hunting. Everyone was in high spirits.
King Lu looked around for a week and suddenly laughed: "You are both the founding generals and heroes. Not only do you know your bravery, but even the emperor knows it. You are both veterans on the battlefield and you have real talents and learning, so there is no need to compare."
"There is nothing wrong in the world, but the spirit of bravery cannot be neglected and degenerated. Dui Zheng and Ying Zheng are the backbones of them. Let them go hunting. Whoever shoots more will be rewarded heavily. The top three will be promoted to one level!"
"Give the order, the martial arts performance begins."
King Lu walked towards the throne with a majestic order on his face.
Several generals were startled for a moment and looked at each other. It was just a reward. There seemed to be some problems with being promoted to a higher rank. However, due to the fact that His Highness King Lu had just joined the vassal, the generals did not conflict and had to bow and respond.
The messengers gave orders, and the team sergeants and battalion sergeants shouted in unison. The first three officers were promoted to a higher level, their eyes were burning, and hundreds of sergeants and deputy battalion sergeants turned around, mounted their horses, and rode into the forest.
Followed by five or six hundred officers and deputies, with bows and arrows on their backs, followed the camp and rushed into the forest.
The military law enforcement team supervised them to prevent them from colliding with each other and shooting their colleagues in anger.
Looking along everyone's gaze from the high platform, I saw groups of people and horses galloping in. Many wild beasts in the forest were following their own ecology, and a leopard was eating a sheep.
A group of wild boars dug into the soil, looking for tree roots, earthworms, and fallen fruits.
At this time, the sound of killing rose to the sky, and the beasts were frightened, became a mess, and ran away in all directions.
The horses' hooves trampled them, and the crowd dispersed. When they saw the target, they shot and killed them. The arrows were all engraved with their own marks. The trees were a little sparse in one place, and there were some marks on the ground, which were hunting roads in previous years.
A wild boar was enraged, and instead of retreating, it turned and charged.
A battalion was riding on horseback, wearing chainmail and holding a long bow. They saw the wild boar charging towards them and laughed: "Well done."
Just after he finished speaking, he moved his horse sideways and shot with his bow. He heard a "pop" sound and the arrow hit the wild boar's thigh. This wild boar with two fangs and a dark body felt pain all over his body. He rushed over and drew his bow again, bending it, and was about to shoot.
"Poof" a feather arrow shot from a distance, and hit the wild boar's eye, halfway in. The wild boar howled, and it was not dead yet. It went crazy and rushed towards the men and horses.
"Damn it, who provoked it?" The battalion had to sidestep their horses. At this moment, they heard a "pop" sound and another arrow shot up, hitting another eye of the wild boar. The wild boar suddenly He became blind, rushed several feet, hit a tree hard, and fell to the ground.
Seeing the wild boar being shot, a team was running towards them.
Ying Zheng frowned and looked angrily. A young general wearing a red scarf and looking heroic was coming towards him with a bow and arrow in his hand.
Ying Zheng was furious when he saw it. He raised the whip in his hand and cursed: "You are just a leader, how dare you compete with me for prey?"
The team didn't care about Ying Zheng's threat at all. They stepped forward and cut off the tail of the prey with a knife and tied it around the waist. The wind blew the red scarf. They looked at Ying Zheng and bowed, but said: "This time, the prince is hunting. , it is said that there is no distinction between inferiority and inferiority, whoever hunts the top ten will be rewarded heavily, as long as I can hunt the top three, you and I are equal, you still want to point fingers at me?"
Although the leader of the team was a junior officer, he refused to be vague and acted unruly. He turned around and left to find the next prey.
"How dare you?" Ying Zheng's eyes turned red and he bent his bow to shoot the man. However, he gritted his teeth and watched as Team Zheng left and hit the wild boar carcass hard with his whip: "You little man, let me take care of you in the future! "
We couldn't fight at this time, so we had to leave bitterly.
In the hunting grounds, it is not possible to ride horses everywhere. Today, the main team of the battalion is becoming the protagonist of the hunt. They are fighting openly and secretly for a while, and the people on the high platform can see clearly.
King Lu watched, lowered his voice, and whispered to Xie Chengdong on one side: "Mr. Gu’s generous rewards, and even promotion to one level, are all promoted by Gu himself, and he is Gu’s person.”
Xie Chengdong raised his head slightly and glanced at the general with the corner of his eyes. The general watched with concentration and responded in a low voice: "Only when there is hatred, the prince can win over the differences and use them one by one."
"What's more important is to immediately raise troops to patrol the border. Don't be afraid of conflicts, but there can't be big conflicts. As long as small conflicts break out continuously, the prince can continue to hold the military power in his hands, so that all three armies know that the prince is the real commander-in-chief!"
A general saw King Lu talking to the people accompanying him, and bit into the pig's trotters. There were bones in them, and they were chewed into pieces with just a little force.
As the sun gradually set in the west and the sundial pointed to You, King Lu signaled, the heralds beat the drums, and the hunting soldiers stopped and turned back.
The team member wearing the red scarf had some blood and scars on his face. He was grinning and had more than thirty animal tails tied around his waist. When they arrived outside the forest, a battalion was riding out and saw that this team had so many prey. , jealous in his heart, galloping on horseback, kicking up dust.
"Ahem, I will be your equal from now on, and you can't do anything to me." Duan Zheng smiled, relying on his archery skills to see no one as much as him along the way.
With the call of drums, the battalion's main troops returned to formation and lined up on the high platform. Although there were conflicts, there were no casualties in the end. Military discipline was restored immediately after returning to the team, and the black crows stood in unison.
"Military Disciplinary Officer, count everyone's prey!" King Lu immediately ordered. Following this order, there was another commotion below. After a long time, it calmed down.
Seeing that the count was completed and there was silence, King Lu stepped forward, accompanied by generals on the left and right, and his own soldiers marched with their swords, and the whole place suddenly became tense.
"King Lu is a thousand years old, a thousand years old!" Hundreds of people bowed down together.
"Get up!" King Lu pressed down her hands and ordered: "Bring it up!"
Everyone looked around and saw two people carrying it, covered with a red cloth. King Lu tore off the cloth with his own hands, and saw a silver light under the sun, all of which were ten taels of silver ingots. The team was standing still. Stare straight.
"It's ninety-eight pieces of official silver, twelve taels each." King Lu giggled and said, "I am the most important warrior. If you say you will be rewarded, you will be rewarded."
"Come on, all the top ten come up."
"Yes!" The top ten stepped out, but a few had swollen noses and blue eyes and injuries on their bodies. It was obvious that they had some conflicts with each other during the hunting process.
"Reward, big reward, one hundred taels of silver per person!" King Lu pretended not to see it and said loudly. As soon as this voice spread, even the strict military discipline could not suppress it, and there was a buzz of discussion.
The middle-aged general also changed his expression and couldn't help but stand up: "Your Majesty, is the reward too heavy?"
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