To prove that what he said was true, Lu Bei raised his hand and wiped his face, and the thief's face that often woke Huang He up from nightmares flashed by.
"Boss Huang, Ding is here to show his respect."
"It's really you..."
Huang He looked pained, and took two steps back, whispering to Huang Han about the situation. He said he didn't want to talk to Lu Bei, and that she would be responsible for the communication next.
Huang Han remained unmoved, as if he had heard nothing.
"Boss Huang, and this female manager, it's inconvenient with so many people around. The view of Sanqing Peak is okay. Let's go this way and chat while we go." Lu Bei raised his hand to invite them and led them towards the back mountain.
After the three of them left, the players immediately gathered together to chat.
"I knew that our village chief is definitely not an ordinary village chief. He has another vest outside and seems to be very influential."
"This is not important. Did you see the change of expression of the leader just now..."
"Why, do you have an idea?"
"I am lowly, I confess, and I have my own ideas."
"Me too!"
"It's more than just an idea. I wish I could learn this skill in real life and make a TV series with 40 minutes per episode and 800 episodes each."
"You can't do that. If it's me, each episode will be at least a hundred minutes long."
"What kind of TV series is this? My friend wants to watch it. Can you please skip the first thirty-five minutes and tell me the last five minutes in detail?"
…
Huang He and Huang Han were ordered to come to Sanqing Peak mainly for two things.
Some time ago, Tang Hebi attacked Piaoxiang Sect and wanted to use Zhao Shiran as a cauldron for practicing martial arts, but he failed to show off and was defeated in seconds.
Rumors and gossip were flying everywhere, and the news could not be kept secret.
The laws of Wu Zhou prohibited private fighting among practitioners, not to mention that the person killed was at the Spirit Transformation Realm. The first thing Huang He and Huang Han did when they came here was to collect evidence and verify the facts.
Lu Bei was not panicked at all. He saw injustice and fought back in self-defense. There were witnesses everywhere, so he could ask anyone. Physical evidence was a bit more difficult. It was everywhere, and it was almost impossible to collect all of it.
But obviously, Lu Bei didn't think enough.
Although Tang Hebi is not a demon cultivator, he has been roaming around and committing crimes, killing seven junior sisters in a row, and killing many heroes who failed to save the girls. He is not a demon cultivator, but he is better than a demon cultivator. He is on the wanted list, and Lu Bei has made great contributions in killing him. In theory, he should also receive a bonus for his bravery.
Therefore, Huang He came here to collect evidence just to confirm whether Tang Hebi was really dead.
If it was someone else, Huang He would definitely use threats and drinking to get more hidden information. But because it was Lu Bei, he was too lazy to ask more questions and seemed to be perfunctory.
As for Tang Hebi's cultivation in the Spirit Transformation Realm, the Huangji Sect had sought confirmation, but because there were many suspicious points, they determined that the rumor was too false.
There was no such thing as a single innate strike to kill a god-transforming being. It was just a fight between two innate realms, and one of them was defeated.
At least, that's what Huang He was told.
The second thing is that Dashengguan found out that the source of Zhu's trading company's elixirs came from Sanqing Peak, and the leader of Sanqing Peak's Yuhua Sect, Lu Bei, was a Qingwei of Xuanyin Division.
This matter could be a big deal or a small deal. To put it in a small way, it is a coincidence. To put it in a big way, the chief steward Lin Fengxian is suspected of having secret communication with the Xuanyinsi, and we must look into it.
It's finally here!
Lu Bei knew that this day would come sooner or later, but he didn't expect it to come so suddenly.
"So, what does the butler mean?"
"Double it. Starting next month, Dashengguan will require Zhu's Business to double its supply of elixirs."
"???"
A string of question marks crossed Lu Bei's mind. He scratched his ears, suspecting that he had been secretly bitten by the snake sister when he had just come into close contact with She Yan.
Otherwise, how to explain this auditory hallucination
"Don't look at me. I'm just a person in charge. I dare not say or ask about the decision of the superiors." Huang He said unhappily. Thinking of Lu Bei's life-saving grace, he clenched his fist and coughed lightly, then raised his hand and rubbed his fingertips.
"This is all because of something like this. If Boss Huang had said this earlier, he would definitely give you a cup of tea." Lu Bei opened his mouth with heartache and spat out a crumpled silver note. He held it in his hand and stroked it for a long time before reluctantly handing it to Huang He.
"Ten taels?!"
Huang He's eyes widened. It was the first time he knew that there were still silver notes with a denomination of ten taels circulating in the market within the Wu Zhou territory.
"More?"
"I want as many as I want!"
There were not many chances to turn the situation around, and Huang He refused to let it go no matter what. He grabbed the banknote and stuffed it into his arms.
After a while.
"Do you still want to listen? If you do, let it go."
"I let it go, it's because you didn't use enough strength."
"This is really weird. You receive the salary from Xuanyinsi, take orders for elixirs from Dashengguan, and occasionally rob people. Are you someone who is short of these ten taels of silver?"
"I'm also wondering, Boss Huang is the manager of the Huangji Sect, and you hold great power. I don't know how many people are rushing to give you money, and you kick the widow's door in the middle of the night every day. Are you short of these ten taels of silver?"
"What's wrong with kicking widows' doors? They enjoy it."
Huang He used all his strength to snatch the ten taels of silver. His anger was instantly swept away, and he exclaimed in relief. Then he whispered, "I don't know the specific situation. I don't know who arranged it or what relationship was used. The rest is hearsay. Just listen to it, and don't say it was told by me."
"That's right, Mr. Lu has good character!"
"I don't know if Lu has any character, but Ding certainly doesn't."
Huang He curled his lips and continued in a low voice: "My housekeeper has a deep friendship with Governor Zhu. Although you are a Qingwei of the Xuanyin Division, the two owners of the Zhu Family Business are Governor Zhu's nephews. In addition to other interests... Come to think of it, do you make money by refining pills? No matter how I calculate, you will lose money!"
Lu Bei felt relieved after hearing this, and ignored the second half of Huang He's nonsense. In a good mood, he grabbed Huang He's wrist and said that he would treat Huang He today and he must make sure he didn't leave until he was drunk.
Normally, if it was just a meal without Dabaojian, Huang He would ignore it. But because it was Lu Bei, he not only had to eat this meal, but also had to eat a lot.
As the three of them walked, Huang He realized something was wrong. He pointed at the gate of Yuhua Gate behind him and said with a chuckle, "You are being polite. You even took me to a restaurant. In fact, we don't need to go to Langyu County. We can just eat something at home."
"How can that be possible? The two stewards are honored guests. We must roast a whole suckling pig today."
"A famous dish from Langyu County?"
"Four Jingfeng's famous dish."
"Four Thorn Peaks..."
Huang He didn't quite understand until he met Ding Lei, the leader of the Emei Sect, and then everything became clear.
With his many years of experience in the martial arts world, it was Master Ding who offended Lu Bei, which led to his bad reputation spreading far and wide.
…
After the meal, the great sword that Huang He had been dreaming of was still not found. Sect Leader Ding was willing to run errands, but the female steward Huang Han was quite disgusted with this behavior, which prevented Sect Leader Ding from accomplishing a good deed.
Back on Lu Bei's side, after seeing Huang He and Huang Han off, he thought for a moment and roughly understood why the Huangji Sect continued to place orders.
When the Fire Dragon Mountain Secret Realm appeared, there were many unreasonable things. He guessed that the Huangji Sect had noticed the Dragon Trap Formation and made arrangements in advance to gain more benefits.
The way we handled the doubling of orders today is the strongest proof.
Although basic elixirs are not precious and can be easily refined by ordinary cultivators with the recipe, their value is equivalent to rice, salt, and iron. Once the quantity reaches a certain standard, it is infinitely close to strategic materials.
The move by Dashengguan is precisely to reserve strategic materials.
"If the information is correct, not only Sanqing Peak, but also the alchemy room of Dashengguan will stay up late and work overtime recently..."
"Not only did they detect the Dragon Trap Formation, they also discovered that the Iron Sword Alliance was planning a rebellion..."
"No wonder the Iron Sword Alliance was defeated by the Huangji Sect, both of which are of the same rank in Wuzhou. The Huangji Sect had planned and planned for half a year in advance, so it was not unfair for them to lose..."
Lu Bei sighed. The Iron Sword Alliance's influence spread all over the world, and they had the extremely powerful backbone of the Heavenly Sword Sect. Just looking at the data on paper, they were not inferior to the Royal Extreme Sect. Such an outcome could only be attributed to their failure in vision.
Failure at a strategic level.
…
Five days later, it was mid-January 825 of the Wu Zhou Dynasty, and the public beta had been going on for nearly two months.
Zhu's Business transported away bags full of basic elixirs and delivered a large amount of raw materials for alchemy. Lu Bei gained 10 million experience points from the task settlement, and the accumulated experience points in stock reached 30 million.
It seems like a lot, but when you really start to work on it, it's completely worthless.
This is not someone else's fault. It's Lu Bei's own fault. He practiced too hard, so he upgraded too quickly. The original plan couldn't keep up with the changes, and 10 million experience points per month were no longer attractive.
"Save it first, and spend it all at once when you have 50 million next month."
As the experience consumed in upgrading the skills increased, Lu Bei couldn't help but envy the players from high-level sects. It was very frustrating to follow the routine in the early stages, but after getting through it in the later stages, he could obtain experience books that greatly shortened the upgrade cycle. He could also directly participate in major events with his status as a sect and gain experience points according to his contribution.
"The New Year is coming soon. Hurry up and write a letter to my godmother, and ask Fox Three to send some gifts over."
The capital city was a place full of dangers and Lu Bei had no intention of setting foot there for the time being. He would be bullied if he went there, so he just forgot to wish them a happy new year in person.
But a letter of touching filial piety is indispensable, as is a gift. I think Fox Er will remember his filial piety and will definitely give him an experience book or something in return.
The requirements are not high, just send him to level 100.
Lu Bei was not very good at lying and deceiving people, so he didn't know where to start to fool people's filial piety. After a long while, he could only utter four words - From godmother.
And then nothing happened.
Thinking that spitting on a piece of white paper was too perfunctory and could not hide the fact that Fox Er often appeared in Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, he went to Langyu County, spent 100 taels of gold, found three scholars, and worked together to write an article.
After returning to the mountain, he locked himself in the house and started copying again on a new page.
In this way, there is nothing to complain about.
…
"What, you won't come back to the capital with me?"
Hu San took the two letters and the Qiankun bag containing three secret roast geese, scratched his head and looked at She Xuan beside him: "Where is your sister-in-law? The New Year is coming soon. Why don't you go back with your brother to visit your mother?"
She Xuan: “…”
It's rare to hear someone speak sensible words, so if you can speak, please speak more.
"I would like to go back, but I am neither good at literature nor martial arts, and I have not made any breakthroughs in my career. It would be embarrassing to meet my godmother, so I simply don't want to go to the capital."
"He's already born with a talent, and he can even kill a god. This is embarrassing. Shouldn't I, your big brother, just run into a wall and die at the door?"
"That's great. I promise to eat the most on the day of the banquet."
Lu Bei shrugged, and then said: "Of the two letters, one was written by me, and the other was written by the five people including Hu Bo, wishing my godmother to be younger and more beautiful. Big brother, remember to mention that I made the roast goose myself, and I came here specially to honor my godmother. The gift is small but the sentiment is great, so you are not allowed to eat it halfway..."
"I understand. Just wait for the return gift!" Fox Three chuckled.
"Brother, this is called filial piety. Just because you don't have it doesn't mean others don't have it."
"Come on, you are so filial. Why don't you accompany me back to the capital?"
As soon as Hu San finished speaking, his face suddenly changed. He suddenly realized something and patted Lu Bei's shoulder: "That's right. You and I returned home at the same time. Mother must have secretly drugged us. The next day, we brothers would have nothing to do. I almost forgot about it. You should be more careful, second brother."
Lu Bei: “…”
Forgive his curiosity, but after being drugged, who would he stay in the same room with