Chapter 250: Too Powerful
In the cave, Lu Sen and Alice sat face to face.
There was an awkward expression on Alice's face, and she seemed a little uneasy.
Lu Sen said: "What County Magistrate Su said is correct. We don't need to protect a criminal."
"But that person can indeed play a very good auxiliary role in the establishment of our organization." Alice played with the golden hair that fell on her chest and said a little aggrievedly: "At worst, we can deal with him after the organization is on the right track."
Lu Sen rubbed his eyebrows helplessly.
Now he understood that although Alice spoke the Song dialect just like the locals and understood almost all the rules, her thoughts and concepts were still essentially Western.
"Actually, I didn't intend for the intelligence organization I established to do anything bad." Lu Sen explained: "What they have to do is just to collect intelligence, how to correctly filter intelligence, etc.! Things like assassination don't need to be taught to them specifically, you just need to teach them how to get out of danger."
Alice was stunned: "Is it that simple?"
"It's that simple."
"I thought you were going to set up an organization similar to the Assassins, one that could give enemies nightmares and walk in the shadows."
Lu Sen laughed and said, "That's not necessary."
Alice was a little confused at first, but when she thought about Lu Sen's identity and the abilities of the women around Lu Sen, she understood that there seemed to be no organization in this world that could pose a threat to them.
"Then we can just train the children ourselves. Those who are displaced and lack family affection will be more loyal in the future." Alice thought about it and said, "Can I go to the club managed by the second mistress and select some seedlings!"
"You can, but you can't force it."
"I understand." Alice wanted to leave, but then she said timidly: "Master, can you give me a bottle of honey? There is a very powerful Assassin lurking in Hangzhou City. I plan to persuade him to surrender with that bottle of honey."
"Can you do it?"
"It should be possible. When he was young, he trained too hard and had hidden injuries in his body. Now that he is older, the injuries relapse from time to time and his combat effectiveness has dropped sharply. But if he can get your magic medicine to treat it, I think there should be no problem." Alice smiled happily and said, "Because I also had hidden injuries in my body before. The mistress asked me to drink honey water and magic fruit not long ago, and now the hidden injuries have completely disappeared. I think it should be useful for him too."
Alice's position in the Lu family is the same as that of the family generals. Whatever the family generals can have, she can also have.
Lu Sen thought for a moment and asked, "What is his character like ?"
"Not bad, he never hurts innocent people." Alice thought for a moment and said, "He is an outlier among us. More importantly, he is actually a Song person."
Um?
Were there people from the Song Dynasty who also received Assassin training?
But it is not surprising when you think about it. At that time, the maritime trade culture was quite strong in the Northern Song Dynasty, so it is not surprising that some people occasionally drifted to foreign countries on merchant ships.
"Then take it." Lu Sen put a bottle of honey on the table: "More manpower is always a good thing."
"Thank you for your trust, Master."
"Just call me Lang Jun like everyone else." Lu Sen said with a smile, "It's weird to call me Master."
"My dear!" Alice called sweetly and happily.
She knew what the word meant.
After Alice left, Lu Xianxian came out from behind the peach tree next to the pavilion and sat down next to Lu Sen.
"No need to hide deliberately in the future."
"She is a Semu after all, and she is a little different from us." Lu Xianxian sighed, "And what she has done recently is a little bit inconsistent with us. I have to protect you."
"Then can't you just protect me openly?"
"She didn't dare to mess around when she saw me."
Lu Sen sighed helplessly. He was definitely not worried about Alice. Even if she had gangsters, Lu Sen was wearing invisible "armor".
Lu Xianxian is the supervisor of Alijie, but she has a subtle misunderstanding of the word "supervision".
After saying that, Lu Xianxian left again. The fox had a keen sense of smell, and she remembered the scent of Alice. As long as the latter did not leave Hangzhou City, she knew where she was.
Lu Sen felt that he had finally calmed down, so he began to practice calligraphy.
Calligraphy is something that will easily go backwards if you don’t practice it for a day.
After practicing for half an hour, Yang Jinhua came over. She seemed to have just returned from outside, but she looked a little anxious: "My dear, something happened."
Um?
"Xiao Shen of Khitan has conquered Zhongjing!" Yang Jinhua took a deep breath and said, "This news was sent by the Prince of Runan. Only the north knows about it now. We are probably the first to know about it in the south of the Yangtze River."
Xiao Shen captured Zhongjing?
Zhongjing Dading Prefecture is not far from Shangjing. How long has it been since the last attack on Yunzhou?
After taking Zhongjing, we can go directly to Jingjing. Is the Khitan going to change the dynasty?
Xiao Shen was such a brave man, how come he didn't leave his name in history?
But think about it, many times it is the times that create heroes, rather than heroes changing the world.
Only a few strong men sent from heaven have the ability to change the world.
Lu Sen thought for a moment and said, "It seems I have to go to Shangjing . Xiao Shen is too powerful and doesn't fit my plan."
But before that, something has to be made.
He said to Yang Jinhua, "Please go to the guild hall and call Bilian back. Let her go with me so that we can take care of each other."
"Why don't you let Xianxian or Jingjing go with you? They're more powerful!"
"Too powerful, there's no need." Lu Sen smiled and said, "If the two of them fight once, all the resources will disappear."
Because there are five whale plagues in the world, Jingjing can't absorb much spiritual energy from the world. After all, the big heads have been sucked away by the real whale plagues, and the four 'tails' can only drink some soup.
Besides, Jinghuan's spiritual energy conversion efficiency is really too poor. If she takes action, it would be like using 100,000 taels of silver to buy a small comb.
"Then let's choose Bilian." Yang Jinhua nodded, turned and left.
Lu Sen took out the wooden blocks from the system backpack and started making wooden armor. He was very fast at this. As long as he thought about it, a piece of wooden armor would be made.
If this is done, it won't be long before a hundred sets are made.
Most of the recipes made by Lu Sen have a quantity limit, and the quantity will gradually increase as the level increases.
He can now make at most 200 sets of wooden armor, which can equip an elite cavalry squad. But he thought that it would have little impact on the overall battle situation of the Northern Song Dynasty.
But if we give it to others... selling powerful weapons to those troubled areas, such as the Khitan who are currently fighting, or to Yelu Hongji who is on the weaker side, it will definitely make them fight more excitedly and passionately.
I have to say that it was somewhat useful for Lu Sen to read so much current affairs news in later life.
This is a simple little trick, but the bald eagle has used it time and time again and it has always worked, so Lu Sen thought he could use it too.
Soon Yang Jinhua and Bilian did not come back, and with them were the Izumo sisters.
Zhao Bilian threw herself into Lu Sen's arms, raised her head and said happily, "Are you going to take me out to play again, sir?"
"I'm doing business."
"No matter where I go with you, no matter what we do, in Bilian's mind, it's all just playing." She smiled coquettishly and charmingly.
Yang Jinhua felt a little jealous, but when she thought that she was the legal wife, she didn't care anymore.
Marry a virtuous wife and marry a concubine for her beauty!
A wife doesn't need to entertain people with her beauty!
About a day and a half later, Lu Sen and Zhao Bilian arrived in Linhuang Prefecture by aircraft.
Lu Sen knew very well that if he broke into the Khitan Imperial Palace directly, it would definitely cause a stress reaction from Yelu Hongji, and he might not be able to reach an agreement then.
So he went to the Xiao Mansion first…thinking that her family, who were members of the Xiao royal family, would not defect to Xiao Shen’s side.
After all, the position of father-in-law of the emperor is considered to be a high and powerful position.
Arriving at the gate of Xiao's mansion with familiarity, Lu Sen discovered that it was guarded by a group of elite armored soldiers, and the plaque with the word "Xiao" on it was gone.
When Lu Sen was feeling strange, a eunuch with a feminine appearance came out. As soon as he came out, he saw Lu Sen and Bilian.
At this time, Lu Sen was not wearing a mustache to hide his identity. He was extremely handsome and looked extraordinary at first glance.
Bilian is pretty and has a spiritual side, and she doesn't look like an ordinary woman.
The eunuch looked Lu Sen up and down, then walked over with a few elite soldiers in armor, and asked cautiously, "Judging from your attire, are you friends from the Southern Song State?"
Lu Sen clasped his fists and smiled: "Indeed!"
"Then what are you doing in our Linhuang Mansion?" Seeing Lu Sen's straightforward answer, the eunuch's eyes turned slightly colder: "Also, you seem to be here to look for the Xiao family?"
This eunuch is skilled in martial arts and has already started to use his strength.
Lu Sen smiled and said, "My surname is Lu, my given name is Sen, and my Taoist name is Yueying. The one next to you is my wife."
The word "wife" generally refers to the principal wife. In Lu Sen's eyes, there is no distinction between the three wives in his family in terms of status.
Hearing what Lu Sen said, Zhao Bizhi was surprised and delighted. She held her head high and chest puffed out, feeling happy and proud.
The father-in-law was a little confused at first, because the name Lu Sen sounded very familiar, but then he suddenly thought of someone and his expression changed drastically.
He was somewhat horrified, somewhat expectant, and even somewhat respectful. He bowed and clasped his hands before asking, "But is it the direct scholar of the Longtu Pavilion, Master Lu of Aishan?"
"it's me."
Hearing Lu Sen's admission, the eunuch was even more shocked. In his heart, he had actually already believed it. After all, who else could have such an ethereal look except the only half-immortal in the world.
But his cautious nature still made him ask: "What's the evidence?"
Lu Sen shook again, and more than a dozen iron swords flew out from the system backpack and stuck into the ground around his father-in-law.
This move scared everyone around, and the soldiers guarding the gate of Xiao's house immediately started drawing their swords.
They didn't think about dealing with Lu Sen, it was just a subconscious instinct of self-preservation.
Seeing that the soldiers dared to draw their swords, Zhao Bilian snorted and slapped the long sword at her waist.
The sharp blade was unsheathed, flew into the air and turned into seven blades, forming a circle, with the sword tip facing the eunuch, slowly rotating.
The father-in-law turned around and shouted hurriedly: "Don't do it, don't do it."
Then he turned to Lu Sen and said, "I believe it. Please Master Lu, please stop using your magical powers."
Lu Sen flicked his sleeves again, and a dozen long swords on the ground turned into flowing lights and returned to his sleeves.
"It is said that the Qiankun Sleeve can contain all things." The eunuch lowered his head and asked, "Is Master Lu here to visit the Xiao family?"
Lu Sen said : "To be precise, I came to visit Empress Xiao, and by the way, I want her to help introduce me to Lord Yelu."
The eunuch was stunned for a long time, then he seemed to have figured something out and said, "Empress Xiao is in the Xiao Mansion. If Lu Zhen wants to see her, he can do so. We dare not stop him. As for wanting to see our emperor, we have to report this matter to the emperor and wait for the ministers to discuss it."
Lu Sen nodded, then raised his leg and walked forward.
The soldiers guarding the door saw it all clearly. They knew these two men were not ordinary people, so they naturally did not dare to stop them. They immediately stepped aside and even kindly helped push the door open.
After Lu Sen and Zhao Bilian's bodies disappeared into the Xiao Mansion, the eunuch hurried to the palace.
Lu Sen and Zhao Bilian entered the Xiao Mansion and asked one of the soldiers. They learned that Empress Xiao was in the hall in the backyard, so they walked over.
At this time, Xiao Guanyin, or the queen whose nickname was Rongrong, was embroidering clothes.
The winter clothes for the emperor were almost ready, but she was driven here from the palace.
There was no cold palace in the Khitan imperial palace, but she understood that from now on, the former Xiao Mansion would become a cold palace in the true sense of the word.
She rubbed her eyes, which were dry and astringent. Although she felt extremely sad, she couldn't cry.
As she was sewing as usual, she heard footsteps beside her. Without even looking up, she said, "Eunuch Zhang, why are you back again?"
"I'm not a father-in-law."
Listening to the normal young man's voice, which sounded familiar, Xiao Rongrong turned her head and saw Lu Sen and Zhao Bilian. She was stunned at first, and then shocked: "It turned out to be two... immortals visiting!"
Until now, Xiao Rongrong still remembers the appearance of Lu Sen and Zhao Bilian. After all, when the two of them fought with the "whale plague" before, the scene was too shocking. This kind of thing will never be forgotten in a lifetime.
"Please sit down." She stood up quickly and called out to the outside, "Hongxiu, a distinguished guest is here. Bring us some good tea."
Lu Sen and Zhao Bilian sat down, and Xiao Rongrong sat carefully in the main seat.
Although she was the host and sat in the main seat, she looked more like a guest no matter how you looked at her, and it seemed that she was a guest who had done something wrong and was caught by the host.
Looking extremely terrified.
Lu Sen looked around and said with a smile: "You seem to be a little cold here."
It's more than just cold, it's as cold as the snow.
The Khitans were originally in the north, and now it was winter. There was not even a charcoal stove in the inner room, and every time Xiao Rongrong exhaled, a cloud of white mist appeared.
In other words, northern women have good physiques and are not too afraid of the cold, so she was able to continue embroidering clothes. But if she were to remain in the cold for a few more days, or even more than ten days, she would probably develop a chronic illness.
Xiao Rongrong smiled bitterly, feeling extremely helpless.
At this time, a maid in thin clothes came over and shivered. She said with a sad face: "Madam, we have no firewood at home, so we can't make tea."
Xiao Rongrong was extremely embarrassed, and then her expression became miserable.
Lu Sen looked outside and saw swan feathers falling one by one. He smiled and said, "It's starting to snow heavily... Empress Xiao, would you like to sit with us in the warm courtyard and enjoy the snow scenery?"
Xiao Rongrong's face was full of doubts!
