Chapter 171: Chang'an Fenghua, meeting a beautiful woman
A cottage in the secluded forest.
The melodious flute sounds like the sound of nature, floating among the creeks and forests.
Riding on his nightmare horse, Ni Kun waved to Shi Qingxuan, who was standing by the stream and playing the jade flute to see him off, and said with a smile:
"I'm leaving now. If you encounter monsters like those from Ciyu Temple again, don't act on your own. Remember to write to me first. I will come to you after receiving your letter, even if it takes thousands of miles!"
Shi Qingxuan stared at Ni Kun, smiling, playing the flute continuously, and nodded slightly to him.
Ni Kun chuckled and urged the Nightmare Horse.
The devil horse soared into the sky, stepped on the void with its hooves, and flew out of the mountain.
After leaving Phoenix Mountain, Xiaoqing, who had transformed into a small green snake and was hiding in his sleeve, suddenly poked her head out of his sleeve and said, "Master, I want to ride this big horse, too."
Ni Kun asked with a smile: "Don't you like being close to me?"
Xiaoqing said: "But it's summer now, it's a bit stuffy in the sleeves."
"In that case, just come out."
Xiaoqing cheered, crawled out from his sleeve, transformed into a human form, sat behind him, hugged his waist without any hesitation, and pressed her body tightly against him.
Ni Kun reminded: "Don't get so close to me."
Xiaoqing blinked and asked innocently:
"Why? Doesn't the master like girls to stay close to you? Before at Gracia's house, I saw her staying with you for a long time every night."
Ni Kun's mouth twitched slightly, "How did you see it?"
Xiaoqing stuck out her tongue and said with a smile:
"The master is often carried around the house by Miss Gracia, so it's impossible for me not to see it!"
"..." Ni Kun was speechless and changed the subject as if nothing had happened:
"Anyway, we're on our way now. Don't get so close to me and distract me. What if I fall?"
"It doesn't matter if you fall down, I can catch you, Master." Xiao Qing said with a smile, "Master, how about I turn into a big snake for you to ride on? I guarantee it will be faster and more stable than this big horse."
"In broad daylight, if you were to turn into a giant snake and be seen by others, wouldn't that scare them to death?"
"Then when we get to the deep mountains or at night when there's no one around, I'll turn into a big snake for you to ride on."
"That's not necessary. Chang'an and Chengdu are only a little over a thousand miles apart in a straight line. We can get there before dusk."
"Oh well……"
Hearing Xiaoqing's slightly disappointed tone, Ni Kun smiled and said:
"We have to travel today, so we don't have time to play. When you have some free time in the future, you can turn into a big snake for me to ride on."
Xiao Qing was happy now and smiled sweetly: "Okay, Master."
After a while.
"Xiaoqing, what's wrong with you? How did your legs turn into a tail again? And it's wrapped around my waist!"
"Master, don't you like to stroke my tail?"
"But I prefer to play with my legs..."
From here to Chang'an, if you take a straight line and ignore the winding and dangerous Shu Road, it's only more than a thousand miles.
They set out early in the morning, and before the sun set, Ni Kun and his companions had already arrived at Longshouyuan. They entered the city from the Qixia Gate in the south and walked into the largest and most magnificent city in the world.
After the Qin Emperor captured Chang'an, although he was very strict in disciplining the army and officials, perhaps he had learned the lesson of the demise of the Second Emperor of Qin, and there were many time travelers from later generations around him who had more experience in the rise and fall of dynasties to refer to. Therefore, he did not govern the people with harsh criminal laws, but still followed the old laws of the Sui Dynasty and made many improvements.
Because of the prosperous administration, the rich legacy of the Sui Dynasty, and the powerful Qin army, not only had the enemies in Guanzhong been wiped out, but the remnants of the Turks occupying the border were also being attacked by Li Jing's army. The princes outside the pass prayed all day long that the Qin army would not attack them, so how could they dare to take the initiative to attack the Qin territory?
Therefore, there was no war in Guanzhong for a long time, and Chang'an became more prosperous than during the reign of Emperor Sui, without any trace of chaos.
The streets are bustling with people, traffic, and business is booming.
Ronin and beggars, who can be seen everywhere in other places, including Chengdu, are almost never seen in Chang'an.
The spirit of the people walking on the street is completely different from that elsewhere. No matter they are the dignitaries in fine clothes and riding horses, or the peddlers walking the streets, they all have a more confident and cheerful temperament.
Ni Kun saw this grand scene and nodded secretly in his heart.
If nothing unexpected happens, and they occupy Guanzhong, the foundation of contemporary hegemony, even without the Terracotta Army, the Qin Dynasty will be able to sweep across the world.
The climate in Guanzhong today is as warm as that in the south of the Yangtze River in later times. It has abundant water systems, abundant rainfall, lush vegetation, thousands of miles of fertile fields, countless good farmland, a large population, and extremely favorable conditions for farming and warfare.
With the foundation of Guanzhong and countless talented civil and military men in Chang'an and Guanzhong, the First Emperor should be able to rebuild the Qin Dynasty and restore its glory.
As for after the world was reunified and the Qin Dynasty was rebuilt, would the First Emperor return to his old ways and become the construction maniac again, making the people of the world suffer? Ni Kun thought that with the First Emperor's wisdom and so many lessons from the rise and fall of dynasties to refer to, he would not repeat the same mistakes.
Ni Kun and Xiao Qing walked along the straight street that looked like a ruler, occasionally asking friendly passers-by for directions. After passing several markets, they turned into a deep alley on the left, walked to the innermost part of the alley, and stopped in front of a large courtyard.
Ni Kun looked up and saw two red bean trees that were about sixty to seventy feet tall.
The two big trees are in the yard, on both sides of the gate.
However, it is so tall that its branches extend over the courtyard wall, making it particularly eye-catching.
“This is it.”
Ni Kun nodded slightly to Xiaoqing, who understood and went forward to knock on the door.
After knocking twice, no one came to open the door. Ni Kun felt puzzled and wondered if everyone had gone out shopping.
He and Xiaoqing jumped into the courtyard, but found that the front yard was empty. They walked around the front yard and went deeper into the main courtyard, but there was still no one there.
They walked through the courtyard and came to the backyard, where they saw Zhu Yuyan, Wen Caiting, Kankan, Bai Qing'er and Gangshou digging a pit deep in a bamboo forest. There were several corpses in yellow monk robes lying beside the pit.
Ni Kun took a few glances, became playful, and winked at Xiao Qing.
Xiao Qing understood, lowered her voice, and said coldly:
"What are you doing sneaking around like that?"
With Ni Kun's current level of cultivation, he could conceal his aura and sneak around silently, so that even Zhu Yuyan could hardly sense his arrival.
Not to mention Xiaoqing, it is the snake demon's instinct to hide her breath and stay hidden. Even those with higher cultivation than her may not be able to discover her whereabouts.
Therefore, Zhu Yuyan and others who were busy digging a pit to bury the body did not notice the two men moving around.
When Xiaoqing spoke suddenly, the unfamiliar voice startled them all. They all turned around like lightning, with murderous looks in their eyes, as if they were going to kill someone to silence them.
It was not until they saw Ni Kun standing beside Xiaoqing with his hands behind his back and smiling that they all breathed a sigh of relief and came over with a mixture of surprise and joy.
"Master, didn't you say you would be back soon? How come you've been gone for more than half a month?"
"That's right. We arrived in Chang'an ten days ago and have been waiting for you for ten days."
"Ni Kun, you left me alone for more than half a month this time. Did you bring me any gifts?"
After a round of greetings that were either joyful, resentful, or carefree, Ni Kun looked at the bodies of the yellow-robed monks and asked with a smile:
"Why did you come into conflict with Buddhism? You even killed several monks."
Zhu Yuyan smiled and said, "Sir, these people are not proper Buddhist disciples. They are disciples of Blood Knife Patriarch."
Wan Wan continued, "In the afternoon, Qing'er and I went to the East Market to purchase wine and food. When we came back, these monks followed us from a distance. They followed us all the way and sneaked in with the intention of doing something bad. So we had no choice but to kill them!"
After hearing this, Ni Kun almost understood.
The Blood Knife Patriarch was originally an evil master who committed rape, robbery, and all kinds of evil, and his disciples were all unforgivable lecherous monks. How could he let go of such beauties like Qianqian and Bai Qing'er? Of course he had to follow them and cause trouble.
Unfortunately, he chose the wrong target and ran into the witch's lair, where he was killed completely.
But there is one thing that Ni Kun is quite puzzled about:
"Isn't Emperor Qin very strict in governing his officials? How could he allow the Blood Knife Patriarch's disciples to do evil?"
Kankan smiled and said:
"The Emperor of Qin is indeed very strict in his administration of officials. Even the Blood Knife Ancestor, who was an old official who had served the Emperor of Qin for a long time, dared not do evil openly. But they relied on their martial arts to do evil in private. As long as they were not discovered, how could the Emperor of Qin punish them?"
Ni Kun nodded:
"That's true. When martial arts masters are determined to do evil, it is difficult for the court to restrain and prevent them , and it is also difficult to track them down afterwards. You killed these lewd monks, which can be regarded as cleaning up the government for the Emperor Qin."
Wan Wan stuck out her tongue and smiled playfully:
"Unfortunately, Qin's laws are very strict on martial arts masters, and it is strictly forbidden for martial artists to kill each other for personal gain. We killed these scums, which was a good deed, but we can't go to the Emperor Qin to claim the reward, so we have to dig a pit and bury them! By the way, young master..."
She glanced at Xiaoqing and asked with a smile:
"Who is this girl?"
"Her name is Xiaoqing." Ni Kun thought for a moment and said solemnly, "Don't mess with her. She is a demon."
"Fairy?" Kanan looked at Xiaoqing's slender waist, long legs, and plump and upright breasts, and pouted: "She is indeed a charming little fairy."
Xiaoqing heard that her tone was wrong, and grinned at her, revealing two long and narrow fangs at the corners of her lips, and her tongue turned into a forked, thin snake tongue.
“…”
Kanan was dumbfounded and stammered, "Really...really... she's really a fairy!"
Zhu Yuyan and Wen Caiting were also surprised. They didn't expect that Ni Kun actually brought back a fairy.
Bai Qing'er asked timidly, "Master, Xiaoqing...sister won't eat people, right?"
Ni Kun laughed: "Don't worry, Xiaoqing is a good fairy and won't eat people."
Tsunade seemed very interested:
"Hey, Xiaoqing is so interesting, can she turn into a snake?"
Her fellow apprentice Orochimaru is very good at playing with snakes, so Tsunade is naturally not afraid of snakes.
It's just that Orochimaru's summoning beast, Mang Snake, has a somewhat annoying personality, so Tsunade secretly thought that if she had the chance, she would get a full set of snakeskin armor, snakeskin boots, etc. Jiraiya also thought about getting a snakeskin wallet...
Of course, since she is Ni Kun's snake, Tsunade would not have as much hostility towards Xiaoqing as she does towards Wanshe.
I am just curious whether this little Qing girl, who looks so heroic, beautiful and has such a charming figure, can turn into a big snake.
Ni Kun smiled and said:
"Of course Xiaoqing can turn into a snake, she is a snake demon. But let's not talk about that for now. Tsunade, didn't you ask me if I brought you any gifts? Of course I brought a lot, and everyone gets a share. Let's bury the monks first, and then come to get the gifts."
After hearing what he said, everyone stopped wasting time and started digging the hole immediately.
They dug a pit more than three meters deep and threw the monks' bodies into the bottom of the pit. Ni Kun directly activated the earth spirit blood to help them fill the soil at the edge of the pit, and turned the ten-meter-thick soil above the bodies into hard stone.
Then he stimulated the wood spirit blood, causing grass and bamboo to grow rapidly on the surface of the soil, leaving no trace of the soil having been moved in the bamboo forest.
After cleaning up the mess, everyone went to the main hall of the atrium chatting and laughing. Ni Kun sat on the main seat, Bai Qing'er obediently served him tea and water, and Wen Caiting also stood behind him, gently massaging his shoulders and neck.
Xiao Qing's eyes widened, thinking that these women were not simple, they were so attentive to others, I must learn from them! At that moment, she silently paid attention to Bai Qing'er and Wen Caiting's every move.
Ni Kun enjoyed himself for a while, and at Tsunade's urging, he took out gifts from his mustard seed ring and distributed them one by one.
"Tsunade, these are all yours..."
Ni Kun took out a bunch of beautifully made mahjong, pai gow, poker and other gambling tools, as well as a large amount of famous liquors, all of which were gifts prepared for Tsunade.
In the end, he even pulled out a tuna that was more than one meter long - this was caught when Ni Kun asked Xiaoqing to help him catch it during several yacht trips, thinking that Tsunade wanted to eat sushi and sashimi.
Tsunade was surprised and happy. If there weren't so many people in the place and several pairs of eyes staring at her, she would have wanted to go over and hug Ni Kun, press his cheek against her chest, and give him a lot of benefits.
The gambling tools and fine wine were given to Tsunade, and the tuna was only shown for a moment before being put back into the mustard ring. There was no other way to preserve it these days, so it could only be kept in the mustard ring to keep it fresh, and when you wanted to eat it, you could just take out a little.
After giving out the gifts to Tsunade, they began to distribute the gifts to Zhu Yuyan, Kankan, Wen Caiting and Bai Qinger one by one.
What we gave them were clothes, jewelry, perfume and the like.
In fact, most Yin Gui demon women don’t care much about material needs. If they have them, they will enjoy them, but if they don’t, it doesn’t matter.
But after all, it was Ni Kun's good intention, and everyone appreciated it.
But after taking a closer look at the clothes and even some of the jewelry that Ni Kun gave them, the beauties all blushed a little.
Some clothes and jewelry are obviously very private. Even a Yin Gui demon woman would never wear them openly.
In addition, the shapes of these clothes and jewelry are also quite peculiar. They are neither produced in the Central Plains nor do they seem to be of the four barbarians.
Xianxian asked, "Master, where did you get these strange objects?"
Ni Kun did not hide it and said frankly: "This was brought back from another world."
"Another world?" Kanan's eyes were bright, full of strong curiosity.
Ni Kun nodded:
"Yes. Tsunade is from another world, you already know that. Xiaoqing is also from another world.
"In our world, many other masters and demons who have no roots and unknown origins and appear out of nowhere are all from other worlds. Of course, their hometowns are not the same world.
"In fact, in this vast universe, no one knows how many independent worlds there are. Our world is not special. It is just one of the countless worlds."
Upon hearing this, Kankan, Zhu Yuyan and others were all thoughtful.
Ni Kun smiled and clapped his hands:
"Okay, let's not talk about this for now. I have another magic method here, which is a rare magic method. Although it is not from the same source as the Heavenly Demon Dance of your Yin Gui Sect, it is also quite useful.
"Here, take them, and take the time to comprehend them, and then perform for . Come to think of it, it's been a while since I last saw you dancing. By the way, remember to put on the new clothes I bought for you..."
Just as Ni Kun was indulging in the pleasures of sound and color.
East of Chang'an city.
An envoy delegation under the banner of "Li", accompanied by several Qin officials, entered Chang'an City through a gate in the east of the city.
A moment later, Xu Fu also came to the city gate. He looked up at the Qin flag with black background and red characters on the top of the city wall. He forced himself to overcome the fear in his subconscious mind and walked into the city gate with gritted teeth.
Zhili Neishigong's office.
Zhao Min looked at the official who came to deliver the imperial edict with doubt and asked:
"Isn't it the duty of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to receive envoys? Why does Your Majesty want me to go and meet the envoys from the Li family?"
The official smiled apologetically and said:
"Because the leader of the Li Clan's envoys this time is Li Xiuning, the third daughter of Li Yuan. Your Majesty said that Internal Secretary Zhao might be more familiar with women's mentality, and that Internal Secretary Zhao is well-informed and knows Li Xiuning quite well, so it would be most appropriate for Internal Secretary Zhao to contact her."
Zhao Min rubbed her brows and sighed helplessly:
"Well, thanks to your majesty's trust, I will take over this matter..."
