Chapter 88: Xixia people don't care about having multiple fathers
It took Lu Sen a lot of time to find the three new recipes from tens of thousands of recipes.
So this system is very inhumane. When a new recipe appears, there is no "new item" prompt at all, such as flash or mark.
After opening the three recipes and reading them carefully, Lu Sen's brows showed some joy.
Alchemy furnace (LV1): You can make elixirs by throwing various flowers, plants and minerals into it. The higher the level of the alchemy furnace, the higher the yield rate of the elixir and the better the effect.
Meditation Platform (LV1): When you practice on this platform, the effect will be improved. The higher the level, the better the effect.
Rejuvenation Banner (LV1): Set up a large banner somewhere, and within a certain range, the life of all creatures will slowly recover. The higher the level, the larger the range, and the effect will be slightly improved.
Is this a recipe for cultivating immortality?
After watching it, Lu Sen was very happy. Every man wouldn't want to ride on the clouds or fly with a sword.
And now I am pretending to be a charlatan. With these three things, I can pretend more convincingly.
However, he looked at the materials needed for the three recipes and found that only the Rejuvenation Banner could be made now, while the Meditation Platform and the Alchemy Furnace were lacking materials.
The alchemy furnace is relatively okay, the materials are all normal, and they should be fully prepared when returning to Bianjing City. However, the materials for the meditation platform are different. It requires hundred-year-old cold iron, thousand-year-old sandalwood... These things are not easy to find.
In addition, the core materials of these three formulas are all "meteorite iron", which means that if the Zhe family had not sent this thing, it would be impossible for me to open such a formula.
At the same time, you won’t know that besides getting married, there are other ways to unlock the hidden formula.
Ah... Marshal Mu, from now on I have no attachment to you at all!
Lu Sen was really happy, so he couldn't help but be playful in his heart.
After putting the meteorite into the system backpack, Lu Sen smiled and said, "Thank you very much. This is indeed real meteorite. It is of great use to me. So please ask for me, what gift does your master need in return?"
"A few days ago, my uncle treated us to a big dinner, which was already a big gift. He also sent us 300 magic weapons. We in the Zhe family are still grateful for it."
"Forget it, I'll go ask him myself."
Then Lu Sen got up and went to the government office.
Zhe Jimin was accompanied by several armored generals, who were pointing and talking at the map on the table.
Seeing Lu Sen coming over, Zhe Jimin clasped his hands and said, "Meetings, Supervisor Lu."
This is the government office, a public place, and they are currently discussing military affairs, so Zhe Jimin can only address Lu Sen by his position.
"Marshal Zhe, you're welcome." Lu Sen smiled and clasped his fists as he walked over.
If Lu Sen had known that they were discussing military intelligence, he would not have come in.
"Come, let me introduce you to Lu Jianjun, Master Lu. All of you colleagues should have heard of his name."
Dozens of people in the room saluted Lu Sen together.
After all, he was a military supervisor sent by the imperial court. Regardless of whether they believed the rumors about him or not, these generals had to give him face.
Unless he wants to rebel.
Lu Sen clasped his fists to everyone, then smiled and said, "I admire you all for fighting on the battlefield and defending your country. I hope you will get closer to me in the future."
Several generals also clasped their fists and their expressions became much better.
They have been staying in Yongxingjun Road for quite some time. Over the past ten years, they have seen two or three military supervisors.
All the military supervisors, no matter they were civil servants or eunuchs, were arrogant, had triangular eyes and were too lazy to talk to these thieves.
This was the first time they had seen someone like Lu Sen who wanted to get close to them as soon as he opened his mouth.
Zhe Jimin then introduced to Lu Sen the positions of these generals, as well as the troops they commanded and their titles.
Then he asked, "Military Supervisor Lu is here to give orders for official business?"
In theory, the marshal should report all decisions he makes to the military supervisor.
However, Lu Sen has not participated in military discussions for some time and has no inclination in this regard, which actually gives the Zhe family more autonomy.
Zhe Jimin understood, so he never bothered Lu Sen with these things.
Even though the food and fodder promised by the court had not yet been delivered, he would find a way to solve the problem on his own without letting Lu Sen know.
"It's okay, it's just a private matter, I won't disturb you all from your military discussion."
Lu Sen clasped his fists and left the government office.
After his back disappeared, the generals had different expressions. One general couldn't help but say, "This Lu Jianjun seems to understand human nature. He knows that we warriors don't like to be controlled by others, so he ignored us."
"After all, he is a relative of Marshal Zhe." Another general laughed: "Now he doesn't have an iron hat on his head. No wonder Marshal Zhe's plan has become so radical."
"We all benefit from Marshal Zhe's help."
The other generals burst into laughter and were very happy.
Being able to fight without much restraint is the dream of all warriors.
Zhe Jimin also chuckled and said, "This has nothing to do with me. It's mainly because Lu Jianjun is broad-minded and doesn't care about us warriors."
"Yeah!"
The military generals all responded in agreement. As long as Lu Sen was not like the previous military supervisor, who restricted them and suppressed them, they would be willing to be praised in any way.
"By the way, I heard that Marshal Zhe received a lot of magic weapons from Master Lu?" A general suddenly asked, "Everyone who sees it gets a share. Why don't you share some with us?"
"How do you know about this?" Zhe Jimin said with some distress.
Hehehehe.
The generals next to him smiled sinisterly.
"Then give each of you two knives, no more." Zhe Jimin said distressedly, "Don't accuse me of being stingy. You don't know how useful those knives are. If I give you one more, it would be like cutting flesh."
"The Marshal is so generous!"
A dozen generals shouted happily.
Lu Sen "went home", rested for more than three hours, and then waited for Zhe Jimin to come and visit.
Lu Sen invited him in, and the two sat in the main hall. Zhe Jimin took off his thick clothes and said with a smile, "It's still more comfortable to be with my brother-in-law."
"How about staying here for a few days?" Lu Sen asked with a smile.
"That's not necessary." Zhe Jimin waved his hand, and then he asked with a gossipy look on his face: "Brother-in-law, you came here alone, so you must be lonely. Do you want me to send two or three young ladies to accompany you?"
For officials of this era, being transferred to other places on official business and occasionally finding a lady to spice up their lives was not a big deal. If the woman at home got angry because of this, it was the woman's fault.
"Thank you, but it's not necessary." Lu Sen shook his head vigorously. Before he married Yang Jinhua, he had visited all the brothels in Bianjing. If he was into that, he would have had sex with countless girls. "I came to Guangxiao before because I wanted to say that the meteorite you sent me is very useful to me, so I wanted to give you a gift in return."
"It's good as long as it's useful." Zhe Jimin was a little unhappy: "But isn't it too strange to talk about returning the favor?"
Lu Sen smiled bitterly. According to this statement, it was indeed strange. But he didn't want to owe anyone a favor.
"In that case, I'll keep this in mind and not talk about it anymore." Lu Sen bowed his hands as an apology.
"That's more like it." Zhe Jimin smiled happily.
The two of them were drinking honey water and chatting. Just when Zhe Jimin was about to return to the government office, a confidant suddenly ran over and shouted outside the yard: "Marshal, Marshal, something bad has happened. The Xixia troops are outside the city. It is estimated that they will reach the city in 40 miles."
Lu Sen and Zhe Jimin were stunned. After looking at each other, they stood up at the same time and walked out quickly.
After leaving the yard, the two men walked towards the north city wall.
Zhe Jimin also asked his confidant: "How many enemy troops are there?"
"I'm not sure, but judging by the situation, it should be no less than three thousand."
Zhe Jimin frowned.
The number may not sound large, but the Western Xia soldiers have always been mainly cavalry. Three thousand cavalrymen come and go like the wind and are equipped with short bows, making them extremely difficult to deal with.
However, as long as Gucheng does not leave, no matter how powerful the Western Xia cavalry is, it will be useless.
However, now is the troop deployment period before the attack on Western Xia. In order not to alert the enemy, the deployment of soldiers in Yongxing Army Road is done quietly and secretly. The enemy suddenly attacks at this time. Could it be that they have received some news?
As the two men got lucky quickly, the soldiers on guard on the city wall sounded the alarm.
Ding, ding, ding, the rapid ringing of bells rang out in the city, and the citizens all returned to their homes and closed their doors tightly.
Then, a thousand soldiers from each of the northwest and northeast camps were deployed to the city walls.
When Zhe Jimin and Lu Sen walked up to the city wall, they found that there were already many people crowded there.
There were also a few generals who had been seen not long ago, leaning against the arrow raft and looking forward.
When Lu Sen arrived at the city wall, he immediately attracted many people's attention.
After all, the others were either wearing iron armor or dirty cowhide armor, no matter how gray the color was and how inconspicuous it was, the better.
Only Lu Sen, dressed in white, stood out from the crowd.
Many soldiers looked over, and some old soldiers who didn't know Lu Sen's identity had mockery in their eyes.
In their view, those who went to the front line wearing white clothes were either idiots or were tricked into coming here to die.
Zhe Jimin had just left in a hurry, and looking at the surprised looks around him, he realized that Lu Sen's current attire was indeed wrong.
He immediately said, "Shield guards, come here and protect Military Supervisor Lu."
Then he turned around and asked Lu Sen, "Brother-in-law, how about you go down first?"
"Don't worry about me, I have ways to protect myself." Lu Sen smiled.
At this time, several shield guards stood beside Lu Sen.
Zhe Jimin thought about it and felt that it was true. As a land immortal, Lu Sen must have ways to protect his life, so he didn't need to be too nervous.
Then he walked behind the arrow stack and looked forward.
A column of thick yellow smoke rose on the horizon, and soon many black spots appeared. Then these black spots gradually expanded and finally turned into a cavalry spearhead formation visible to the naked eye.
About 500 meters away from the city wall, the cavalry stopped.
The number of three thousand may not sound like a lot...but more than three thousand Xixia cavalrymen give people a different kind of pressure.
"The flag with the character Li." Zhe Jimin looked at it for a while and snorted, "It's Li Yi's men."
Lu Sen walked over and asked, "It sounds like a Song Dynasty name."
"He was originally from Song Dynasty, and was even a general of the Zhong family army. Later, somehow, he surrendered to Xixia and was reused by Xixia. He fought several battles with our Zhe family and was very difficult to deal with."
Like the Liao Dynasty, the Western Xia Dynasty employed a large number of Song people as officials.
After all, only the people of Song Dynasty know how to manage a country and a county well.
It’s not that Xixia and Liao Dynasty lacked talents, but that there were too few people who knew how to manage.
The cavalry group stopped about 500 meters away. Soon, a man from the group rode out on his own, carrying a flag with the word "Li" on it and trotted over to the city.
Lu Lin guessed that this person should be an "envoy".
Sure enough, when this man came to the city wall, Zhe Jimin did not order his men to shoot arrows.
Instead, the cavalryman raised his head and shouted, "Excuse me, Master Lu Sen, are you on the city wall?"
Many people on the city wall turned their heads and looked at Lu Sen.
Lu Sen frowned. Is this directed at him?
"General Lu, do you have anything to say to them? I have General Houhou here to help speak for them."
The city wall is quite high and the distance between the two sides is quite far. If an average person's voice is not strong enough, it is difficult to transmit the sound over the city wall.
Lu Sen nodded: "Please ask for me why these people are here."
At this time, a man with a neck that was obviously stronger than that of an ordinary man immediately turned his head and shouted, "Lu Jianjun asked, what do you want to do with him?"
"Our Prime Minister heard that Master Lu has arrived in Qingzhou, so he sent General Li to invite him. If Master Lu is willing to come, the position of the National Master is vacant and waiting for you. There are also natural talents and treasures. As long as Master Lu asks, we can help you find them."
Lu Sen chuckled: "How did the prime minister know that I came to Qingzhou? There must be spies in Qingzhou city."
"I will investigate the spy matter later." Zhe Jimin showed an angry look on his face: "Since they know that the military supervisor has come to Qingzhou, they should also know about the Xixia attack. It's really infuriating."
Lu Sen thought it was normal. In addition to the Yongxing military route, there were also two other large-scale military movements. The momentum was very large, so it would be strange if they could be concealed.
But if we go into detail about an individual, it proves that the other party's spy must be in Yingzhou City.
Zhe Jimin has to sort out the rats in Qingzhou City.
At this time, the general who was shouting beside him asked cautiously: "General Lu, do I need to reply?"
"Scold him harshly." Lu Sen said casually.
When the general heard this, he immediately became excited. He leaned his head out and shouted at the Xixia cavalrymen under the city with all his strength: "Our Lu Jianjun said that he wants to fuck your prime minister's mother."
The sound was like a lion's roar, resounding through heaven and earth.
As soon as these words were spoken, the air around Lu Sen suddenly froze.
Then a few generals suppressed their laughter, which caused a chain reaction, and almost all the soldiers on the city wall followed suit and laughed.
Even Zhe Jimin's expression was distorted, and he almost couldn't hold back his laughter.
Lu Sen was full of helplessness, but he did not blame the general who shouted the words. After all, he was the one who asked people to curse.
It’s my fault for not expressing myself clearly. I should have been more polite.
The vulgar words used to address the general were considered extremely insulting by the people of the Song Dynasty.
But to the Xixia people, it was just that.
The Xixia cavalrymen below actually responded loudly: "Our prime minister's mother is gone. Let Master Lu replace her with someone else. Can the prime minister's sister or younger sister be used? A daughter is also fine."
Even though the soldiers on the city wall already knew the habits of the Xixia people, they remained silent when they heard this.
"So the Xixia are barbarians." Zhe Jimin said gloomily, "They are ignorant of education and shame. Although Li Yuanhao, the ruler of Xixia, can be considered a heroic ruler, he is also a beast. If the leaders set an example for the people below, there will be few people in the entire Xixia who can be considered human beings."
Lu Sen also felt helpless: "This Xixia Prime Minister deliberately recruited me in front of the battle, as if he was trying to sow discord between us."
"Only a fool would believe that." Zhe Jimin snorted.
"It doesn't matter whether you believe it or not." Lu Sen said with a smile, "But if it gets to the ears of certain people, it will become a weapon."
Zhe Jimin fell silent for a moment.
Sometimes words can hurt people more than weapons, and Zhe Jia is actually very clear about this.
