Chapter 371: Seeing Huangfu Rou Again, the Secret of Ancient Times

In the Shanhaisi Yamen.

Huangfu Rou sat in front of a desk piled with documents and scrolls, handling government affairs meticulously.

"Sir Huangfu, there is a general messenger from the Bingma Si outside who calls himself Shen Qing. He wants to see you. Do you want to see him?"

A servant in green clothes reported softly at the door, with a bit of caution in his voice.

Huangfu Rou heard the words, and the pen in her hand paused slightly, and the ink drop accidentally splashed on the rice paper, blurring out a piece of ink.

He is here?

A trace of incredible surprise flashed in her eyes, and then she quickly recovered her usual calmness: "Please ask him to come in, don't neglect it."

"Yes, sir." The servant took the order and left.

Huangfu Rou quickly tidied her clothes, stood up and stood by the window, looking at the figure hurriedly walking in the courtyard, and an inexplicable emotion surged in her heart.

Not long after, Shen Qing walked into the Weiwusi Yamen.

Under the guidance of the servant, she walked to a small house.

As soon as he opened the door, Shen Qing stepped into the house and saw Huangfu Rou who had been waiting there for a long time.

The latter was wearing a beige official robe embroidered with mountains and rivers, and had a graceful figure.

At this time, she had prepared tea cups and placed them on the long table. When she saw Shen Qing enter the door, she smiled and said, "Sir Shen, long time no see."

Huangfu Rou's voice was as gentle as jade, making people feel like spring breeze.

Shen Qing looked up and saw that Huangfu Rou's eyebrows were more mature and steady.

He unconsciously raised the corners of his mouth, walked up slowly, and smiled, "It wasn't long, just a few months."

Huangfu Rou was slightly stunned. Was it so short? She thought it had been a long time.

"Sit down."

Shen Qing was not polite and walked in front of Huangfu Rou and sat opposite her. He waved his hand casually, and the door behind him closed.

Huangfu Rou's eyes flashed: "Master Shen's cultivation has improved again?"

"Your vision is very accurate." Shen Qing did not hide it. He pinched a small part of his little finger with his thumb and said, "I was lucky before and broke through a little bit by chance. Just a little bit."

Huangfu Rou immediately laughed and said, "I'm afraid that this little bit of yours is beyond the reach of many people."

She could roughly see that Shen Qing had no stagnation when using his spiritual power. It was clear that he had broken through the spiritual realm. This was not just a little bit, but he was obviously higher than her.

Now Shen Qing's words confirmed her judgment.

Seeing Shen Qing's cultivation progress so quickly in the blink of an eye, she was not jealous at all, but was very happy for him.

This kind of cultivation and talent is not too bad compared to those aristocratic children in Kyoto.

It's a good thing.

Huangfu Rou put away her smile, poured a cup of tea herself, pushed it in front of Shen Qing and said, "Is the Jingluan Club over?"

"You know everything?"

Shen Qing took the tea, sniffed it in his nose, and took a sip.

Huangfu Rou also picked up a cup of tea and said, "I deal with all kinds of intelligence every day in the Shanhe Division, how could I not know? You were selected into the Jingluan Club this time because Xue Bai and Xue Zhao did it on purpose. Even our head of the division has secretly informed His Majesty about this matter."

Shen Qingyi was a little surprised. He didn't expect that there was such a thing behind it.

The Xue family has repeatedly targeted him, and they really treat him as a persimmon.

Huangfu Rou said sincerely: "So, it's really not easy for you to get out smoothly this time. It's amazing."

"Just lucky."

Huangfu Rou knew that there was only one person alive in the Jingluan Club who was rewarded by His Majesty and entered the Jingdu Bingma Division.

Now it seems that it is Shen Qing.

Although she looked calm on the surface, she was already in a state of great turmoil deep inside.

At this meeting to quell the rebellion, their Shanhai Division had strong men in the Yuanshen realm, but in the end, they all failed and no news was heard.

And it was incredible that Shen Qing could achieve this level all by himself.

Huangfu Rou put down the teacup and asked: "The Imperial Astronomical Observatory calculated that there were spiritual essences appearing in Danzhou during the Jingluan Conference. Have you seen it?"

Shen Qing nodded and said: "There is a relic from the ancient times, and many people died."

"It's true." Huangfu Rou murmured to herself: "It seems that those records from the ancient times are real, and a lot of the information I found is also true."

Shen Qing asked curiously: "Why? Are there any secrets in the ancient times?"

"There are quite a few." Huangfu Rou nodded and said: "After I entered the Shanhai Division, I mainly collected spiritual essences for the royal family and came into contact with many secrets. From the information collected so far, all the spiritual essences that appeared in the Great Zhou Kingdom are from ancient times. Including the fallen objects from outer space that time, they also originated from ancient times."

Shen Qing was surprised and said: " The ancient times cannot be verified, right? I remember that the records and inheritance of that period have been lost, right? "

"Everything that is left must have traces. What happened in the ancient times was too long ago and it is indeed difficult to verify, but the Shanhai Division has found many clues from it. "

Huangfu Rou said seriously: "Not long ago, there was a spiritual essence near Jinzhou. We sent people to investigate and found an ancient cultivator sealed by a whole piece of spiritual ore. When he was born, it was said that you could hear his heartbeat, which was amazing. It's a pity that he was taken away and swallowed by a demon, and no further research was done. "

After listening to this, Shen Qing was very surprised. He said in a low voice: "In this case, I'm afraid that many ancient cultivators are alive today. "

"Have you seen it too?" Huangfu Rou said unexpectedly.

"Among the ruins that appeared in Danzhou City this time, there is a woman with amazing cultivation. I guess she must be a cultivator from the ancient times." Shen Qing said worriedly.

The thing he was most worried about finally showed a hint.

This world will probably be in turmoil in the future.

Shen Qing took the porcelain pot, pressed the lid of the pot and poured a cup of tea for Huangfu Rou, and poured a cup for himself.

He put down the teapot, picked up the teacup and said: "Just now you said that you found ancient cultivators being devoured by demons in Jinzhou. Now I see demons everywhere in Dazhou. Are these demons also related to the ancient times? Why doesn't the temple care about it?"

"From the current point of view, there are records of demons in ancient times, and it is probably related. As for the temple's lack of concern for demons, it is a bit complicated." Huangfu Rou revealed a trace of imperceptible fatigue between her eyebrows.

"What do you mean?" Shen Qing asked.

Huangfu Rou sighed, "You know that the demon pills of demons are very beneficial to cultivators, right?"

Shen Qing nodded and said, "That's true."

Since he killed the first tiger demon, he has obtained demon pills, and has improved his cultivation a lot.

"Then do you know that His Majesty has been more strict in restraining his martial arts in the past ten years?"

Shen Qing frowned, and heard that Huangfu Rou had something to say.

He looked directly at Huangfu Rou and said, "I'd like to hear more about it."

"I only learned about this after I entered the Shanhai Division." Huangfu Rou sorted out her thoughts and continued, "The so-called martial arts include martial arts-like skills, elixirs, wish beads, methods of advancement, and a series of martial arts-related things. If a martial artist wants to practice, without martial arts, there will be no future for him to practice on his own."

"And after the royal family collected the martial arts, they did not simply store them. As far as I know, except for martial arts, all other consumables are used by the royal family. There are even rumors that all the martial arts in the world are used to support one person in the royal family."

"Who?"

"The ancestor of the Ji family."

Shen Qing felt as if he had touched a secret, his eyes glowed.

"He wants to break through the unity realm, impact the sky, and become the only one here." Huangfu Rou said slowly.

Using the material resources of the whole world to achieve oneself, what a great spirit.

After listening to this, Shen Qing felt shocked.

"Then what does this have to do with demons?" Shen Qing asked.

Huangfu Rou said: "You should know that the Ji family ancestor is not the only one who has the ambition to make progress. The old monsters of the same generation as him in the aristocratic families are still alive. They also want to impact Tianzhi and gain a long life."

"But the Ji family ancestor blocked the way alone, so naturally these people set their sights on the demon pill."

"If the court came forward to eliminate the demons, then the demon pill would naturally belong to the court, which is something many adults in the temple do not want to see. So they obstructed it in every possible way, and the establishment of the Weiwu Division in various places was reduced again and again."

Shen Qing was puzzled: "Then did the temple just watch the demons wreak havoc?"

"How is that possible? In fact, in the world The cities with demons have almost been divided up by the people in the temple. The demons that appeared there were secretly solved by various families, and a complex underground business has long been formed. It's just that we didn't know it before. "

Huangfu Rou said with a gloomy look: "This time the Xue family targeted you and Yongzhou, and the Xue family saw that there were demons and demons there and wanted to get involved. Do you know what they call this city with demons after they take it down?"

"What?"

"Vegetable City!" Huangfu Rou uttered cold words between her lips: "Take the city as a vegetable garden and harvest it every once in a while."

Shen Qing was shocked after listening to Huangfu Rou.

Until this moment, he had figured out many things that he couldn't understand in the past.

Why did Ji Zikong not kill the demons when there were so many demons.

Why did he keep consuming martial artists and would rather let them die than continue to practice.

…

Shen Qing looked down at the teacup in his hand, and after a while he said, “So there are places where demons have not been eliminated. Is it because someone is raising a big pill?”

Huangfu Rou replied, “Yes. The higher the level of the demon, the more useful it is to them.”

“So, Yongzhou and Taiping County are actually very popular in the eyes of these people.” Shen Qing looked up at Huangfu Rou and said calmly.

Huangfu Rou did not speak again and fell into silence.

Shen Qing picked up the cup and said, “Drink tea, it’s cold.”

After drinking a cup of tea, Shen Qing felt that the bitter taste in it became more and more obvious.

At present, he has no power and is in the military department. If Huangfu Rou had not told him this today, he would have been kept in the dark if he offended someone one day and was sent to the mouth of a big demon as food. He would never know the secrets.

After all, the higher the level of martial artists, the more nourishing and attractive they are in the eyes of demons.

Huangfu Rou asked: "What are your plans next?"

"I don't know, let's take it one step at a time."

Huangfu Rou pondered for a while and said: "According to the news I have learned, Xue Zhao should be returning to the capital soon. With his vindictive style, he probably won't let you go. You'd better find a backer in Kyoto, so as not to be too passive and lose your life in a muddle."

Shen Qing said helplessly: "It's not so easy to find a big backer."

Lan Gongliang helped him a lot before, and he has the qualifications to become a big backer.

But he had no idea of ​​Lan Gongliang's intentions, so he didn't dare to take too many risks.

He was completely in the dark about the rest of the things in the capital, so it didn't matter at all.

"Let's take it one step at a time."

Shen Qing stood up and said, "I've drunk the tea and met the people. I won't delay Lord Huangfu from handling official business. I'll go back first."

Huangfu Rou's eyes moved slightly, and then stood up and said, "I'll see you off."

"Lord Huangfu, please stay. Anyway, there is a long time to come, and you will have the opportunity to see you off in the future. You should be busy with your official business first and take care of yourself. Looking at you like this, I'm afraid you have been worried a lot during this period, and you have been very tired."

"I live in Pingkang Street now. If you are free, you can come to see me."

After speaking, Shen Qing waved his hand and turned around to leave.

Huangfu Rou suddenly stopped him and said, "By the way, I found something interesting recently."

Shen Qing paused and turned back, "What is it?"

"In ancient times, there was a supreme human being. People called him Qingdi, the same as your name."

Shen Qing laughed dumbly and said, "Do you think I am the Qingdi? Hahaha... I didn't know I have lived for ten thousand years."

Huangfu Rou also laughed, and her body trembled.

"Let's go."

Shen Qing left straight away.

Huangfu Rou put away her smile, and her mood suddenly became much brighter.

She sat back on the long table, the smile on her face was put away, and she immediately returned to her usual cold appearance.

...

One night passed quickly.

On the second day, Shen Qing arrived at the military headquarters at the right time.

At this time, Wei Chengye had arrived.

Shen Qing stepped forward and clasped his fists, saying, "Sorry to have kept you waiting, Lord Wei."

"I just got here too." Wei Chengye led out two horses and said, "Let's go. I'll take you to get familiar with Kyoto and what you'll be responsible for next."

"Okay."

Shen Qing took the reins and climbed onto the horse.

The two walked side by side on the street.

Walking on the street, Wei Chengye introduced: "There are a total of 72 blocks in Kyoto, and there are 20 of our people in each block, while the outer city and the capital area are divided into 91 blocks and towns, and each area has 30 to 40 people."

"You are responsible for the 14 blocks in the south section of the city gate, the 16 blocks and towns in the outer city, and the military affairs of the various cities in the southern area of ​​the Great Zhou."

Wei Chengye continued: "Generally speaking, you can leave most of the things here to your subordinates and patrolmen. If there is no major event and we are not needed, it is okay for you to focus on your cultivation on weekdays."

Shen Qing felt that this was exactly what he wanted, and understood Wei Chengye's words.