Chapter 117 I am face-blind
Looking at the dissatisfied look on Old Lady She's face, which seemed to show her wanting to know the answer, Lu Sen could only sigh helplessly.
To be honest, even if Yang Jinhua now has the bonus of 'Bifang Feathered Robe' in temperament and appearance, she is still no match for her mother, Marshal Mu.
That mature temperament that comes from having experienced many hardships, as well as the agile physique acquired from years of martial arts training, are not something that Yang Jinhua, who has not yet fully grown up, can match.
Unless Yang Jinhua had Zhao Bilian's body shape, she could barely put up a fight.
But can this answer be given?
But if I say that Yang Jinhua is beautiful, it would be disrespectful to my mother-in-law!
Of course, the fault did not lie with Lu Sen, but with Old Lady She who raised the problem.
Turning around, Lu Sen looked at Lady She, who looked very healthy and didn't look like an 80-year-old woman at all, and smiled, "Old Lady, you are trying to trick me."
Lady She narrowed her eyes, like a cunning old fox: "Haha, Sen'er, it really hurts me to hear you say that. I love you in vain."
Lu Sen went over to support her arm and slowly walked her to the side: "This is just a trap for me. Some questions are wrong no matter how you answer them."
"I know." Old Lady She smiled and said, "It's just that I'm already so old, I've seen through some things, so I don't care anymore. What others think is outrageous, to me, is just a breeze and a drizzle."
Lu Sen smiled and didn't respond.
There are things that the elders can say, but you can't do them.
In the martial arts arena, the mother and daughter became more and more excited in the fight. After the weapons in their hands clash, they drew out the whips at their waists almost at the same time and started whipping each other.
The soft whip is a rare weapon that is difficult to use, but as long as you have enough skills and techniques, it is actually very lethal.
When the whip is swung, the tip of the whip can easily exceed the speed of sound, making a sonic boom. If you are hit by the tip of the whip at that moment, it will not just be a whip mark on the outside of your body, but your internal organs will suffer great shock damage.
Therefore, in the absence of internal energy , it is easiest for a master using a whip to produce an effect similar to that of internal energy penetrating the body.
When a person with internal energy practices with a whip, his combat effectiveness will be greatly enhanced.
The Yang family excels in three weapons: spears, horses, and bows, while Mu Guiying is better at swordsmanship and whip techniques, which are unique skills inherited from the Mother of Mount Li.
Especially the whip technique, which is what Mu Guiying is best at.
Lu Sen helped Old Lady She to sit down on the stone pier nearby. The two looked at the mother and daughter for a while, and then Old Lady She suddenly asked, "Sen'er, is there really a way to achieve immortality in this world?"
"I don't know!" Lu Sen shook his head.
Old Lady She was very surprised: "Even you don't know?"
"Master Feng Ling, he didn't tell me exactly how long he would live, and he didn't answer when asked." Lu Sen put his hands in his sleeves, and said slowly with a melancholy tone: "But I think it should be none, otherwise Master wouldn't have thought of ascending. He often said that he would rather live freely in the world than ascend to fight. But in the end, he still chose to ascend. I guess his life span in the world is really coming to an end."
After listening to Lu Sen's words, Old Lady She raised her head slightly and looked at the two mother and daughter who were still fighting not far away. After a long pause, she said, "Guiying learned from the Mother of Mount Lishan. Sen'er should know this."
"I heard Jinhua mention it once." Lu Sen replied.
"A few days ago, someone from Mount Li Laomu came to tell Guiying that she wanted to invite you to go to Mount Li in Luoyang."
Lu Sen was a little surprised. He turned his head to look at Old Lady She and asked, "Are you asking me to come over? They're not coming here on their own?"
Old Lady She laughed happily: "The Mother of Mount Li has been famous for a long time. There have been legends about her for hundreds of years. No matter what, she must maintain her identity. Sen'er, do you think this makes sense?"
After all, she was an old lady in her eighties, and she had a rough idea of what tricks the "Lishan Laomu" organization was playing.
"That's the truth, I understand." Lu Sen nodded: "If the old lady and mother-in-law want me to go, then I will go. If it's up to me to decide, I don't really want to go."
Old Lady She looked at Lu Sen and smiled happily: "Sen'er is really honest."
"We are all family, can't we be honest?"
Old Lady She smiled even more happily: "Yes, we are all family. Lishan Laomu is Guiying's master, and she is also half of your master's master, and a relative. It would be good for you to go and see her."
In fact, what Old Lady She said has made it very clear that the Mother of Mount Lishan will not do anything bad to Lu Sen.
"Then let's go." Lu Sen nodded.
"Take Jinhua with you. They also hope that Jinhua can learn something."
"Okay." Lu Sen nodded and agreed.
Having said that, everything has been explained.
Old Lady She breathed a sigh of relief, then asked again with a teasing look: "Jinhua looks more and more like Guiying, don't you think so, Sen'er?"
Lu Sen narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Old Lady She sideways: "Let me tell you a secret. I am face-blind and I never know whether a woman is beautiful or not."
Hahahaha! The old lady laughed very happily, then pointed at Lu Sen and scolded: "Slippery, you don't look like a cultivator from the immortal family, but more like a street scoundrel."
Lu Sen retorted: "The old lady doesn't look like a serious elder. How could she ask such an outrageous question to a junior?"
Old Lady She chuckled twice, as if she understood Lu Sen's answer, and then she walked away from the training ground.
Not long after, the mother and daughter finished their fight, and they came over, steaming from their bodies.
Xiaotao, the maid who had been standing nearby, immediately handed a towel to each of the mother and daughter.
Mu Guiying wiped the sweat off her head and neck, and said to Lu Sen, "This spiritual beast fusion is worthy of the name of a magic weapon. After the transformation and fusion, Jinhua's strength increased greatly. It can almost tie with me. It's just that I still lack experience in fighting enemies."
At this time, Yang Jinhua had already ended her fusion state, and the little firebird was lying on top of her head, looking listless.
The battle with Mu Guiying really consumed too much of the little firebird's energy.
"In a few years, maybe I can beat my mother." Yang Jinhua seemed very excited.
At this time, Lu Sen took out the blue slime wood carving from the system backpack and handed it to Mu Guiying with both hands: "Mother-in-law, please accept it."
Mu Guiying's beautiful peach blossom eyes looked at the cute slime, then looked at Lu Sen: "Is this the wooden sculptured beast rumored in the market?"
Lu Sen nodded.
"It's too valuable. I can't accept it." Mu Guiying waved her hand.
Although she said no, Mu Guiying's eyes were still fixed on the wooden carved beast.
Among warriors, few can refuse to become stronger, so they are not qualified to refuse this thing.
Lu Sen smiled and said, "The Prince of Runan already has one, so you naturally have to have one too. Otherwise, it would seem like you are favoring one over the other. If it gets out, outsiders would laugh at you."
Yang Jinhua advised, "Yes, mother, just accept it."
Mu Guiying was really moved. She stared at the slime in Lu Sen's hand with her beautiful eyes and couldn't help asking, "This little thing looks very unique. I've never seen it before. I wonder what it's called."
"This is the essence of water and wood, 'Zao Jian'."
Lu Sen naturally wouldn't say that the name of this thing was Slime, because in the eyes of the Northern Song Dynasty at that time, this name should be rather unpleasant. So he gave the name of something in the legend to Slime.
Mu Guiying was a little stunned: "Isn't Zao Jian a little old man?"
"Of course not. If it wants to talk to people, it naturally has to become a human. In fact, it looks like this."
"Oh." Mu Guiying believed Lu Sen's words without a doubt: "Indeed, this appearance looks more like the spirit of plants and trees."
"Please accept it." Lu Sen held the slime in both hands and stretched it forward again.
Mu Guiying thought for a while and said with a smile: "It would be disrespectful to refuse it, so I will accept it."
She took the slime, turned it over and over with great joy, then without hesitation drew a long sword from the side, wiped it on the middle finger of her left hand, and smeared a little red blood on it.
After a while, a beam of light shot up into the sky from Tianbo Yang Mansion, which could be seen clearly even in the daytime.
Many people stopped to watch, and after the beam of light faded, they continued with their own business.
Many people have guessed that someone in the Tianbo Yang Mansion must have contracted a spirit beast again, and it is probably Marshal Mu.
After all, the Prince of Runan has a spirit beast, so the family of the first wife Yang Jinhua should also have one.
After a while, the beam of light disappeared, and under Mu Guiying's feet, there appeared a blue, round, blue soft-bodied creature, jumping around, looking extremely cute.
Mu Guiying felt as if her whole body had gained more strength, and she knew that it was the spiritual power fed back by the spirit beast. After sensing it for a while, she asked the two to sit down on the stone pier and asked, "You must have something to do this time."
Yang Jinhua acted obediently and didn't say anything. After all, when discussing serious matters, a wife shouldn't speak first in the presence of her husband.
Lu Sen nodded and said, "I want to form my own team so that I can have some manpower available. Otherwise, it would not be good to always trouble Zhao Taishan and Zhan Zhao."
"I understand Sen'er's idea." Mu Guiying nodded in agreement. She gently pushed a bunch of hair behind her ear and continued, "It's better to rely on yourself than on others. If you really have any troubles in the future, outsiders may not be able to help. So, do you want family generals or death warriors?"
"What does that say?"
Mu Guiying explained: "House soldiers are relatives and clansmen who share honor and disgrace. Death soldiers are just as the name implies, some living puppets who can be abandoned at the critical moment and specialize in doing dirty work."
"It's the family general."
Lu Sen made his choice without hesitation. With his normal outlook on life, he really couldn't treat people as tools.
"Wise. If you choose the dead man, I will scold you." Mu Guiying smiled and said, "You can go to Lao Qi about this matter. He will make arrangements."
"Thank you, mother-in-law!" Lu Sen bowed.
"We are a family, why should we be so polite?" Mu Guiying leaned over and took the blue 'Zao Jian' and placed it on her shoulder. "I should thank you for the spiritual beast you gave me."
Half an hour later, Lu Sen came out of Tianbo Yang Mansion with four men by his side. Then he went to the pawnshop and bought fourteen children, ten boys and four girls.
If you want to train a family general, it is better to cultivate him from a young age. Firstly, the upper limit of his future achievements will be higher. Secondly, it is easier for him to identify with the master and be more loyal.
After returning to Aishan, Lu Sen built several wooden houses for these people in the eucalyptus forest in the yard to provide them with a home.
After these people got used to it for two days, Lu Sen formulated some rules.
For example, what is the individual's monthly salary, daily treatment, some access restrictions and taboos, etc. After that, he asked the four men to take the fourteen children to training.
Although their residence is in the yard, their training is done outside.
After all, Lu Sen’s system garden only has twelve acres of land. If he wants to train good generals like those of the Yang family, the place is still too small.
Besides, Yang Jinhua's personal martial arts arena also occupies a large area. If she wants to build another one, she will have to demolish most of the eucalyptus forest and a small part of the "garden".
The four men took the fourteen children out of the yard and wandered in the woods on the hill. They were looking for a suitable training place and then transform themselves.
After a while, they found a flat place on the top of the mountain. After looking around for a while, the leader Zhang Yongyan said, "Everyone says that Master Lu is generous and kind, and it is true."
"Yes." Another man found a stone to sit on and said, "The four of us get two strings of coins a month each, and these children get one string of coins a month. When they turn sixteen and become adults, they will get the same two strings of coins as us. Even the Yang family is not that generous."
The third one was a middle-aged man who looked stronger. He looked at the fourteen children who seemed to be panicked and even confused not far away and said, "These little guys, I guess they don't even know how much money one tael is."
The fourth man said calmly, "Lucky, both them and us."
The other three all laughed and looked extremely happy.
In fact, one or two strings of cash, which seemed like a huge sum to these four sturdy men, were nothing to Lu Sen.
To make an analogy with the prices of goods, one string of money in the Northern Song Dynasty is roughly equivalent to about 4,500 yuan today, and two strings of money is equivalent to 9,000 yuan.
For ordinary people, this number is indeed very large. Having to support sixteen people at a time, plus providing them with food and accommodation, seems to cost a lot.
But the problem is that Lu Sen is now a fourth-rank civil official and a scholar of the Tianzhang Zhige. His annual salary is roughly equivalent to more than 3 million RMB.
Although it is quite a far cry from Bao Zheng's nearly 10 million RMB, it is still considered a very high salary.
Besides, this is just the basic salary, and several other types of hidden income are not included.
For example, when Mrs. Yang Jinhua went out on diplomatic missions, she would always bring back some gold ingots, gems, rare treasures and the like, but these were just gifts in return as a token of her appreciation and were actually not as valuable as the fruits. After all, fruits and honey that could cure all kinds of diseases were not available on the market.
But a little bit adds up to a lot, and it's also a huge income. At the end of a year, when converted into cash, it will not be lower than Lu Sen's basic "salary".
In addition, there are small pieces of gold automatically produced by the system mines every month, "dividends" from the Prince of Runan, and so on.
So Lu Sen doesn’t have to worry about money at all now, and supporting more than a dozen family generals is no burden at all.
Dead leaves fluttered in the air, a few days passed, and it was already deep autumn.
The task of forming a team went more smoothly than Lu Sen had imagined. The four soldiers from the Yang family worked very hard and seriously.
The fourteen little kids trained very hard. Even if it was hard and tiring, they never complained. Anyone who saw their fighting spirit would be moved and admired.
At this time, Lu Sen had packed his luggage and was ready to take Yang Jinhua and Zhao Bilian to Mount Li.
Originally he only wanted to take Yang Jinhua with him, but he couldn't stand Bilian's crying, making a fuss and acting like a spoiled child anymore, so he had to take her with him as well.
"With the three of us all out, the family is lacking someone to take charge." Yang Jinhua leaned on Lu Sen's chest and said, "How about letting mother stay here for a while and help train the future family generals?"
