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Chapter 220 The Killer

The sun in early summer is warm.

Warm and comfortable, like being in the embrace of the sun.

The glazed tiles on the top of the palace are shining.It is their reflection that makes the light more diffuse and soft.

The big yellow bricks on the ground were all specially fired, each Zhang Xu square, and it took eight strong men to lift and fill them.Although there is no effect of tiles, it will feel more magnificent in the vast and empty space without trees.

However, the servants in the palace never feel happy because of their working environment, let alone feel warm inside because of the sunshine.The imperial palace has always been a very dangerous place, and the indifferent golden color is its main color. When a high-level star warlock lived in, the golden color was added with a dangerous blood red.

Yang Zhanquan is a bloodthirsty star warlock, but he is also a fourth-level star warlock. Compared with the rareness and importance of the latter, the immorality of the former has become a tolerable eccentricity.

In fact, most astrologists are people who agree with the morality of the public in their hearts, but don't follow it very much.In other words, because of their noble status, while they have strong moral requirements for others, they lower their moral requirements for themselves.But in general, there may be bad guys among them, but there are rarely villains - Yang Zhanquan Star Warlock is an exception.He is greedy for money, lustful, and has a big mole on the right corner of his mouth, but his astrological talent is really amazing.Despite being disliked by other star warlocks, he still stubbornly upgraded to a fourth-level star warlock.

On the contrary, Yang Zhanquan's mathematical ability is incomplete, and he is still a poor two-star in his 200th birthday, and he only has more than 30 contribution points.This also means that if there is no major improvement in mathematics and science, Yang Zhanquan Star Warlock will not be able to obtain the increase in lifespan from the Star Warlock Association or the Holy Church.In the words of some gentlemen: he will harm another [-] years at most.

As for Yang Zhanquan himself, when interacting with other astrologers, he will inevitably feel inferior. The subtext of the little contribution is that his mathematical ability is poor. For astrologers, what else can be more discriminated against?

If it is a three-star warlock who obeys the rules, the two-star level is not bad.But Yang Zhanquan is already a fourth-level star warlock, and he is doing all kinds of evil. It is conceivable that his 200 contribution points may be quite false.

Apart from not saying anything in person, Yang Zhanquan's reputation among the star warlocks can be described as extremely bad.Not only that, because the Astromancer Association and the Holy Church are more concerned about the star level of the Astromancer, even in official gatherings, Yang Zhanquan feels that he does not have enough respect.In the eyes of many people, a crappy star warlock is like a star god warrior like Lu Xu. It is true that they are powerful, but they lack connotation.

However, Yang Zhanquan never considered himself a fighter.His on-the-spot judgment ability is very strong, and the calculation speed of basic mathematics such as mental arithmetic is far beyond ordinary people. The only thing he lacks is sufficient innovation and experimental ability. The hometown of the South built its own Star Warlock Tower, an Star Warlock Tower that was not approved by the Xingzhou Star Warlock Association.

Now, Yang Zhanquan returned to Xia Jing with an invitation and promise.It has been 27 years since his last footprint.

Facing the city where everything is different, Yang Zhanquan held the trembling palace maid in his left hand, and sprayed red flames with his right hand. He slowly descended from the sky and smiled at Sun Jifeng, the Minister of Rites who received him: "The last time I saw the old emperor. , the sixth prince is not yet married, I never thought that the children would be so big now..."

His emotion was simply impossible to answer.Fortunately, Master Shangshu is also a person who has experienced many storms, and his appearance of not hearing is really realistic.

Yang Zhanquan pinched the maid again, making her groan.On the other hand, he let out a hissing laugh: "I didn't expect Jiang Huang to resign, and An Feng also became a fourth-level star warlock..."

As he spoke, the strength in his hands became heavier and heavier, and the maid in his arms also writhed in pain.Yang Zhanquan's lifespan is only equivalent to that of a two-star warlock. Seeing that the golden age of comprehending mathematics and science has passed, he even gave up the idea of ​​going to Xingzhou to use the special star formation. The rest is boring and empty.

Returning to Xia Jing is not so much an acceptance of the invitation as Yang Zhanquan's revenge journey.

Sun Jifeng was still bent over with an old god, maintaining a state of neither hearing nor seeing.As a senior civil servant, he doesn't care what the fourth-level star warlock is thinking. As long as he can maintain the prestige of the court, the rest is not in his consideration.

Yang Zhanquan buried his face in the woman's chest.

After a long time, he raised his head satisfied, wiped his face with his sleeve and said: "I understand what you mean, go find that kid. But I explained in advance that as long as he returns the things that should be returned, I will not Will do it."

The more advanced the star warlock is, the less likely he is to make a move easily.The battles on the battlefield are ever-changing, and the battle between astrologists does not necessarily mean that the higher class wins, and it is rare for astrologists who easily provoke battles to live for a long time.

Sun Jifeng suddenly came to his senses, and saluted, "Then I'll go and arrange it. If Master Astromancer has any orders, just find someone to order."

"Understood." Yang Zhanquan showed an impatient look again.

Master Shang Shu left without paying attention.Yang Zhanquan was left to continue enjoying his beauties in public.

The outer court of the imperial palace is the office space of senior officials, and Sun Jifeng doesn't have to go too far to see the square-roof tile-roofed Zhengshitang.

In the imagination of ordinary people, the location of the Zhengshitang, which represents the authority of the central government, must have luxurious buildings and favorable conditions.But in fact, apart from the fact that there are more people serving and coming and going, the tile-roofed house of the Zhengshitang is not even comparable to a county government in another place.

Caught between the emperor's toes, this temporary building has never been seriously repaired since the Zhengshitang was established.Even if the wall tiles fell off, the eunuchs who served them would first fill them with felts worth tens of thousands of dollars, and then take the time to fill up the holes after the court and before the gate control.Gentlemen who decide the country's major plans in the room will definitely not propose such trivial matters as house repairs. After such a year-by-year delay, the rotten house in the Zhengshitang seems to have become a landscape in the political arena.

It's such a bad house, and as the prince, King Shanxu is not qualified to enter the inner room, so he can only sit in the small house outside and wait.The preferential treatment over other officials is that he has tea and snacks, while other civil servants only have tea.

As soon as Sun Jifeng walked into the room, King Shanxu stood up with a "swish" and asked, "My lord, how are you?"

He is not very old, but the title of the royal family has been added a lot, and it is not bad to be able to say "my lord".

Sun Jifeng nodded lightly and said, "Master Astrologist agrees."

Even when there is no one around, as the official secretary of the Ministry of Rites, he will not make disrespectful words.Even in his heart, he looked down on the vulgar Yang Zhanquan extremely.

King Shanxu expressed his thanks in high spirits, and bid farewell to the other ministers on duty in the room before hopping away.

Sun Jifeng laughed inwardly, and turned inward.

"Yang Zhanquan really agreed?" Li Shaolin, Minister of the Household Department, was also on duty, and asked casually as he handed over the documents in his hand to a counselor.

"That's right. It seems that the shortage of materials in your household department will be resolved soon." Sun Jifeng said with a smile, and sat in his seat.There is a shortage of space in the political affairs hall, and those who can have a seat must be at least at the political participation level, which is equivalent to the state council secretary.

Li Shaolin let out a "heh", but didn't say anything.

Next to him, Lu Neng, who was participating in politics in the province, said a little more seriously: "I'm afraid he doesn't have anything to return if he wants to, and..."

He wanted to say that he shouldn't offend the star warlock, but considering that it was His Majesty's policy, he wisely kept his mouth shut.

In fact, the gentlemen of Zhengshitang know why Emperor Lizong oppressed Cheng Jinzhou—it was always for the stability of the throne.The worst thing to see in the royal family is the astromancer who meddles in the political arena, and Cheng Jinzhou is so young. If he thinks about it from the worst direction, when he becomes a high-ranking astromancer, he may even have a lifespan of 200 years. After controlling the court through his family, 200 years Years later, the change of dynasty is not surprising.

The harm of two phases is the lesser.The princes of the Zhengshitang finally supported the emperor's decision.

But to them, it's like war.Deciding to launch a war is one thing, but the anxiety and irritability during the war are still unavoidable.

Li Shaolin, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, sighed secretly, and said: "I heard that Cheng Jinzhou's star warlock has recently developed in mathematics and science, and has an income of more than 300 contribution points. I'll talk about it later."

The direct exchange of 300 contribution points is equivalent to 18 taels of silver, and the actual value is several times more.Although it can't be compared with the materials he took away, Li Shaolin also thinks that if he promises to return the days and add some conditions, he can accept it.

In fact, he himself didn't want to care about the deficit. With Cheng Yun'an as his subordinate, Li Shangshu's position was very secure.When it comes to his position and qualifications, the stronger the ability of the people under him, the better, and the deeper the background, the better.As for whether the imperial court has enough money, the Ministry of Household Affairs has already handed over the rights to the Duzhi envoy, and of course it also has financial responsibilities for sending it out together.

"Let's look at the princes." Lu Neng said softly, and then continued to hang his head on the desk.

The three ministers on duty were all thinking about their own things, so they stopped talking.

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Cheng Jinzhou ignored Shen Cong's warning and continued to do his own thing.

In the absence of direct access to materials through independent trading platforms, the difficulty of purifying various compounds through the technology of the 17th century is actually not low.According to later generations, it is to overcome difficulties.

It has to be said that although the knowledge they have is not necessarily comprehensive, the astrologists including Xiang Xin have shown their elite qualities. If so, it can be marked with the name of "Medieval Red Army".

In contrast, Cheng Jinzhou's role is more in the discussion. In many cases, he can clearly give the research direction, determine the conditions for the success of the research, and so on.Although Cheng Jinzhou never experimented to hide his clumsiness, Cheng Jinzhou won the respect of many high-ranking astrologers.

In this era, being good at "virtual affairs" is much better than studying "practical affairs".

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In addition to the number of words: "Fourth-level Star Warlock Yang Zhanquan" is the character of the book friend "My Love in the Desert"; "Sun Jifeng, Minister of Rites" is the character of the book friend "Crazy on the Tree".

Character selection should be based on the plot requirements. At present, there are more applications for star warlocks, but in Daxia, this is a scarce profession.

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(End of this chapter)