Cub Nursery

"How can this be a good idea? Since Lord Yan can't be the master, it's better to let someone who can be the master." Qi Daxi looked at Yan Xun arrogantly, raised his face and said, "Master Yan, the minister of Honghe Temple , seems less competent."

"You..." Jing Fengye was anxious, and instantly opened the umbrella in his hand.

Yan Xun raised his hand to hold Jing Fengye down, and said calmly, "Then let someone else come."

Qi Daxi didn't know Da Qin at first, but now he not only knows Yan Xun's grade, but also can say such polite words, obviously someone told him.

Since he chose to let Honglu Temple open an opening to let outsiders in, he had already thought of such a result, and now he just got the opportunity, so he went back and wrote the scriptures, and handed them to the palace.

"Your Majesty, the envoys of the Demon Kingdom will not dare to act rashly, unless they want to die. It's better to just give something casually and send them away."

"It's just some things, not worth much money, so if you give it, you will give it."

"For so many years, the Tiger Demon King has kept his eyes high, but now he covets Daqin. I'm afraid that the demon country is going from bad to worse."

"Your Majesty, sending away the envoys from the Demon Kingdom is the most important thing now."

"My minister is bold and willing to meet the envoy of the Demon Kingdom."

Looking at these ministers, the emperor smiled, and then looked at the paper that Yan Xun handed over, he sighed and said: "Yan Aiqing has made a lot of contributions, the paper rejected it. Zhang Rui, you go out of the palace yourself, Give Yan Aiqing some ginseng and Shouwu, and let him take good care of himself. Let Ruan Duanxi handle the matter of Honglu Temple."

This way brought the envoys from the demon kingdom to the capital from the border towns. Although Yan Xun had done a bit too much, he also cleared up many people who were eating vegetarian food, but now that the envoys from the demon kingdom stay in the capital, it will eventually make the people uneasy.

Now that there are a large number of talented people in the court, the emperor feels quite relieved that these ministers come to share his worries.

It is not good to only give Yan Xun the credit for receiving the envoys from the demon country this time, and to go out at the right time, this is the way of an emperor.

Zhang Rui backed out of the imperial study room with his back bowed, went to pick out two century-old ginseng and century-old Shouwu, and carried them out of the palace himself.

Seeing Yan Xun, Zhang Rui immediately retreated from the little eunuch beside him, and said in a low voice: "The emperor appointed Ruan Duanxi as the young minister of Honglu Temple. These days, Master Yan can rest assured of his illness, and everything will be left to Ruan Duanxi."

"Who is he from Ruan Er?" Yan Xun frowned.

"Ruan Shilang's nephew, he has a talent for learning names." The baby walked up and down the table with his hands behind his back, and said with a frown, "Since Ruan San's accident, Ruan Er hasn't done anything, but now that Ruan Duanxi has entered Honglu Temple..."

"The emperor thinks that Ruan San's crime is not enough to die, and Ruan Er is a confidant who needs to be appeased, and now he is just pushing the boat along." Zhang Rui hunched his back, looking as if he was very old, so pitiful, "The emperor also has many things that he can't do as he wants. , The situation in the court is complicated, and Lord Yan must be clear about it."

"Naturally." Yan Xun said clearly, "Please don't worry, Your Majesty, I will take good care of my illness here, and will not interfere with anything in Honglu Temple. If there is a need, Eunuch Zhang can come to me."

The last two sentences were what Zhang Rui wanted to hear, he frowned, and cupped his hands at Yan Xun, "Then our family will leave."

"Eunuch Zhang, go slowly." Yan Xun hurriedly said.

After Eunuch Zhang left with the little eunuch and there were no outsiders in the room, Bao Bao asked curiously, "Father, is there any mystery to what Eunuch Zhang just said?"

"That's natural." Yan Xun's brows stretched, and a smile appeared on his face, "But the secret of heaven must not be leaked, you can understand it yourself."

"Hmph." The baby raised his head and ran to look for Brother Dan, "Brother, I'll take you out to ride a wolfhound."

"Brother, I actually want to ride a pigeon." Brother Dan shook the baby's little hand.

"Sure, the master has a fat and strong pigeon. Let's go and see if we can ride it." The baby immediately followed suit. The younger brother is so small and cute. Of course, the older brother should respond to his requests and pamper him.

At Honghe Temple, Ruan Duanxi put on a brand new official robe and took office.

Although the Ruan family is not a first-class family, there are countless tenants of fertile land, not to mention many rare treasures in the family, there are still some.

If the envoys of the Demon Kingdom really only need twenty beggars, some food, cloth and salt, how much are these things worth?Ruan Duanxi would definitely not pay attention to it. How easy is it to send away the envoys of the Demon Kingdom with such a little thing?

But Yan Xun disagreed, but Yan Xun had countless workshops under his name, and behind him was a mountain of gold and silver. He was not willing to give up such a small amount of money. Ruan Duanxi felt that he was so stingy when he saw Yan Xun for the first time.

At the gate of Honglu Temple, Ruan Duanxi straightened his official robes, raised his head, and waited for the Taoist soldiers to open the gate.

Qin Sui gritted his teeth, thinking about his responsibilities, and after a while he asked his subordinates to open the door.

"Go and invite the envoys of the demon country." Ruan Duanxi's new official took office three fires, now that Yan Xun is recovering from illness, he is the leader of Honglu Temple, these Taoist soldiers must listen to him, and if he can do this beautifully I am afraid that Honglu Temple will have the final say on everything in the future.

Honglu Temple is not a big place, but it has a very impressive concrete building, and the surrounding walls are also full of mystery.

There are transparent and bright glass windows and glass doors, and the inside is spotless and clean.

It turned out that Yan Xun and the cubs lived in this kind of place. Although the rooms inside were a bit small, it was better than being warm in winter and cool in summer. Ruan Duanxi rolled his eyes and looked at the cement building calmly. in the room.

"Master Ruan." Qi Daxi came out of the room, glanced at Ruan Duanxi, and smiled at him.

"Master Envoy." Ruan Duanxi cupped his hands at Qi Daxi, raised his head and looked at him.

The pupils of the big demon's eyes are extremely black, and there seems to be a rotating vortex inside, pieces of broken flesh and blood, cold, dark, and fear, blowing towards his face.

"Ah..." Ruan Duanxi screamed, his body limply fell to the ground, and there was a strong foul smell under his body.

"Come here, Mr. Ruan has fainted." Qi Daxi lazily said, "Let's ask the doctor to show him, I fainted before I even spoke."

Two Taoist soldiers came in expressionlessly and carried Ruan Duanxi out.

Qin Sui entered the room with a cold face, looked down at Ruan Duanxi, who was obese and distorted, and said, "Acting in the suburbs of Beijing, I saw so many people who are big monsters, and none of them peed their pants. Now it's just a big monster! Feed me a pill without seeing a doctor."

"Yes!"

One of the two Taoist soldiers took the pill, the other pinched Ruan Duanxi's mouth open, and stuffed the pill into his mouth.

Qin Sui led the Taoist soldiers away with no expression on his face, and Ruan Duanxi was thrown into the house without anyone caring.

The pill is made from Guiyuan green ganoderma lucidum. It tastes extremely bitter, but the effect is immediate. Soon Ruan Duanxi woke up, seeing the dirt under his body clearly, his face instantly became extremely ugly.

That is the big monster, and one can feel boundless fear just by looking at it.

It's just that since he has already come to Honglu Temple, if he leaves at this time, he will not only not be able to explain to the lords, but even more so, he will not be able to explain to the emperor, and he may be punished.

No matter what, he had to grit his teeth and hold on.

After thinking for a while, Ruan Duanxi changed his clothes and shouted outside: "Come two generals to accompany me."

"My lord, the general has a mission." The Taoist soldier rushed in.

"Hmph, it's too deceitful. Then you two come with me!" Ruan Duanxi made a note of Qin Sui and other generals in his heart, and brought two Taoist soldiers to meet Qi Daxi again.

Faced with Qi Daxi's sarcastic and blatantly malicious smile, Ruan Duanxi was covered in sweat, but fortunately, he didn't seem to feel the malice brought by Qi Daxi, so he bit the bullet and said: "My lord envoy, this... ..."

"Everything is ready for me, if I am satisfied after reading it..." Qi Daxi dragged his voice, "I will go back to the demon country and say a few words."

"Success, get down as soon as possible." Ruan Duanxi said hastily.

According to the rules of Daqin official circles, it will take at least half a year from the beginning to the final preparation to prepare this large amount of cloth, salt and grain.

But now the situation is special, as soon as Ruan Duanxi brought the news back, the food, cloth and salt were all ready the next day.

"The things are well prepared." Qi Daxi lazily said, "I heard that there is a piece of fertile soil next to the border town of Qin State, why don't you rent it for me for two years?"

"This..." Ruan Duanxi was stunned.

He really wanted to question Qi Daxi, but the sense of oppression that seemed to turn into reality made him unable to open his mouth at all.

Qi Daxi turned his back on what he said, and wanted to rent Daqin's land.

"If you can't be the master, ask someone who can." Qi Daxi said viciously.

Ruan Duanxi couldn't say a word, so he turned around and left.

Hearing these words through the agency, Qin Sui clenched his fist and slammed it against the wall, "Too much bullying!"

It doesn't hurt to give something, Ruan Duanxi can make the decision himself, but he just rented the land, but he didn't dare to make the decision, so he hurriedly reported it.

The emperor summoned all his ministers, but Yan Xun was not summoned alone.

"The outer wall of the border city is connected to the Wotu Mountain. Inside, there are countless miasma and poisonous substances, and it towers into the sky. Even the generals cannot climb over it. Now the envoy of the demon kingdom proposes to rent the land of the Wotu Mountain. I don't know what his intentions are. Dear friends, you know ?” the emperor asked in a deep voice.

On one side of Wotu Mountain is the Demon Kingdom, and on the other side is Wotu City.

It is completely opposite to the border town. The land is fertile, and the grain yield is extremely high. Almost every year, most of the imperial court's tax revenue depends on the fertile soil city.

"Your Majesty, if Wotu Mountain is connected to the part of the demon kingdom, it won't hurt." Ruan Erdao, "Wotu Mountain has existed since ancient times, and it is much stronger than the outer city wall. Even if you send envoys from the demon kingdom, you can sit back and relax."

"Is it really impossible to cross?" the emperor asked.

"Your Majesty, Wotu Mountain has been standing for thousands of years. It is covered with snow all year round. Birds can't fly, and even clouds will be blocked. No matter how capable the demon country is, can it still fight against the sky? Rumor has it that Wotu Mountain Connected to the mountain."

Such rumors have existed since ancient times, and the emperor has read some ancient books.

He pondered for a moment, and seeing that almost everyone agreed, he said, "Then let's agree."

At the same time, Zhang Rui quietly withdrew from the imperial study room and ran across the capital at full speed.

Seeing Yan Xun, Zhang Rui was already sweating profusely, "Lord Yan, the envoys of the demon country want to rent the land of Wotu Mountain, and the emperor has allowed the part of Wotu Mountain connecting the demon country. Now Lord Ruan has returned to Honglu Temple , the envoys of the demon kingdom probably already know about it."

"What?" Yan Xun stood up abruptly, "It's absolutely impossible."

"Eunuch Zhang, please drink tea." The Cub Claw came over with hot tea, and when he saw Yan Xun looking at him, he coughed lightly and said, "There is no absolute statement about everything in this world. I am afraid that the emperor's promise is like this." Do you think there is no big monster in Wotu Mountain that can climb over it?"

Perhaps the emperor still had some hesitation in his heart, and he had no choice but to agree under pressure. Now Zhang Rui came to ask Yan Xun what he meant, just because he wanted an accurate answer.

"Please tell me, little scholar." Zhang Rui hurriedly bowed and cupped his hands towards the Cub Claw.

The Cub Claw said after receiving this gift: "Although we have never been to Wotu Mountain, we have heard of it. The top of Wotu Mountain has no birds and no trace of people, and even monsters cannot climb over it. This has indeed existed since ancient times. But Zhang Eunuch has seen glass, trains, iron donkeys, and my Lord Yan thousands of years ago?"

The royal family has a huge collection of books, and Zhang Rui has served the emperor since he was a child, and he knows a lot of secrets, so he can be regarded as well-informed.

However, he really has never seen glass, trains, iron donkeys, umbrellas and guns.

Not to mention thousands of years, even thousands of years, there has never been someone as stunningly talented as Yan Xun. How can those geniuses who first appeared and then died can be compared with Yan Xun?Yan Xun is living well now, and will not perish, never will.

Zhang Rui was a little enlightened, but such a statement was just a statement, and there was no real evidence.

"As long as the equipment can be made, in theory, the Fertile Earth Mountain can be climbed." The Cub Claw said again, "Nowadays, the main reason is the lack of materials, and many things cannot be made. Well, how about it, I have a recently You can take the created mechanism back and try it, you can try it by burning it, freezing it, poisoning it, and you can even smash it flat or tear it apart..."

Cub Claw said, taking out a wooden box half his height.

"Thank you, little scholar." Zhang Rui hurriedly took over the wooden box, which was so heavy that he still couldn't hold it.

Not daring to stay all the way back to the palace, Zhang Rui whispered something in the emperor's ear.

The emperor immediately said: "Go to the secret room."

In the secret room, the wooden box has been opened, and there is a metal wolfhound lying inside.

"Start!" The emperor stood far away, frowning and staring at the wolf dog.

Several Taoist soldiers stepped forward and threw large chunks of ice.

The wolfhound in the wooden box suddenly shook its head, jumped out of the wooden box, and walked forward swaying from side to side.The ice cubes hit the body, the metal on the wolfhound's body surface began to dent, one foot was frozen, and it slowly became silent.

However, soon, the ice on the surface of the wolfhound began to melt, and it moved again.

"Fire." The emperor said immediately.

Flames spewed out, and pieces of burning coal were thrown over. The metal wolf dog's movements became slower and slower, and even began to deform, but the mechanism inside was still turning.

Smash it flat, and the shape of the wolf dog will slowly recover.

Shred.

Those torn metal strips will be assembled by themselves, and although it changes its appearance not quite like a wolfhound, it is still a moving mechanism.

It was like an unkillable monster, and the emperor was a little creepy.

Keenly aware of the change in the emperor's mood, Zhang Ru said, "This thing has a dismantling mechanism, which can only be disassembled by humans. I heard from Master Yan that it is made of metal with memory, and there are some light-concentrating mechanisms inside. , using almost all the knowledge taught in schools today."

There are also some special abilities of cubs, but Yan Xun didn't mention this, and Zhang Rui didn't guess it.

The emperor breathed a sigh of relief, watching Zhang Rui disassemble the metal wolfhound with his own hands, the metal finally stopped moving.

Such a metal wolfhound might really be able to cross the fertile soil mountain.

Then, Fertile Earth Mountain is not absolutely safe.

"Hey." The emperor sighed, "after all, no one can compare to Yan Xun, neither alone nor a group of people combined. What will I do with Yan Aiqing? Zhang Rui, go and send Yan Xun a message. Secret decree, let him do things cheaply. Demon country envoys have to be sent away, but Wotu Mountain can't give them."

"Yes." Zhang Rui hurried out of the palace.

After obtaining the secret decree, Yan Xun became famous as a teacher.

Qi Daxi lion opened his mouth, "Give me five of each of the umbrella and the gun."

"This..." Ruan Duanxi was sweating on his forehead.

Those Taoist soldiers held their umbrellas and guns like eyeballs. They had to wipe them several times a day, and they had to sleep in their arms. No one else had a chance to see them, so how could they get them.

Besides, this is Honglu Temple, even if Ruan Duanxi could get it by means, he couldn't bring it in.

"They can't get the ones in their hands, so there must be some in the workshop?" Qi Daxi pointed to the distance, "I found out that those things are all made in the workshop, and there should be individual parts in the workshop. Since the whole If you can’t take it out, don’t you think it’s okay to use the parts? Don’t you guys have a strong ability to imitate? Just give me the imitation. As long as you give me this thing, I’ll go back to the Demon Kingdom immediately and I’ll never break my promise.”

He has nothing to do every day, so he has been thinking about it.

The more Yan Xun protects these two things, the more he wants to get them.

Now that the strength of Qin is weak, it does not mean that there will not be many umbrellas and guns in the future.There is a good saying, take precautions before they happen, Chidasi thinks it really makes sense.

"Go." Qi Daxi waved at Ruan Duanxi.

Ruan Duanxi felt aggrieved, but dared not speak out.

He, the young minister of Honglu Temple, really doesn't have any prestige, and the Taoist soldiers outside are bearded and staring at him, especially the generals, wishing they could just ignore him.

Facing the big monster, every time he could hardly control himself, that kind of boundless fear rose from his heart, even after taking the pill, he still trembled all over, and had nightmares every night.

The more so, the more he felt that Yan Xun was very human.

Yan Xun's body is weak, he has medicine pots all the year round, and he will become skinny after a serious illness, but he doesn't change his face when facing the big monster, and there are so many monster cubs around him.

Ruan Duanxi didn't know if staring into the eyes of the monster cub would bring boundless fear, and he didn't dare to look. He left Honglu Temple in embarrassment, and gasped wildly while leaning on the wall when no one was there.The malice in his heart was growing, and when he saw the servant who came to help him, he lifted his foot and kicked him away.

"The big demon is too terrifying. In the future, we must never let the monster cross the border town. What is the intention of Lord Yan to do this?" Ruan Duanxi murmured, "I will definitely impeach Lord Yan, such malice and fear, ordinary people can't bear it at all. .”

Sitting in the carriage, Ruan Duanxi wished he could immediately take out a pen, ink, paper and inkstone to write a booklet.

The younger brother outside Dan was passing by on a miniature iron donkey, and when he heard Ruan Duanxi's voice, he suddenly lost his temper, stepped on the brakes to stop, and shouted at the carriage: "Master Ruan, don't talk nonsense! The Beijing suburban exercise that day , There are countless people who saw the big monster. That day when the big monster came to Beijing, there were more people who saw the big monster. Why don’t you think about the reason why none of them are the same as you?”