Chapter 362 End: Protecting the country with merits
When Lin Yuancheng woke up, his whole body was in pain.
But he did not stop at all. Almost the moment he recovered his consciousness, he sat up in shock and tense his nerves.
This is also normal. After all, the last thing he remembered before he lost consciousness was to fight monsters in Zhihua Temple.
However, at this moment, when he looked around, he saw a strange, tidy guest room, and he was lying on a comfortable bed, and had already put on clean clothes. His wounds had been healed and bandaged.
"Ah!" At this time, a maid who was in charge of the care of the bed was startled by Kobayashi who suddenly stood up and couldn't help but scream.
Lin Yuancheng quickly locked his attention on the maid when he heard the sound. He immediately stared at the other party and asked, "Who are you? Where am I?"
After experiencing various illusions in Zhihua Temple, Kobayashi is somewhat nervous at the moment. Even though he is facing a weak woman who seems to be in danger, he is afraid.
"I..." The maid was stunned for two seconds, quickly stood up from the chair, bowed her head, and responded, "Go back to the young master, I am Xiaoying, this is 'Xiuyun Village', Xiaoying has been ordered by the master to take care of the young master here."
"Who is your master? How did I come here? Where is my companion?" Lin Yuancheng asked, while lifting the quilt and getting out of bed. He slowly moved to the window while keeping a distance from the maid.
The maid was a little confused by his continuous questions. Fortunately, the door was suddenly pushed open from outside.
Then, someone came in.
Lin Yuancheng knew this person. Although the other party only gave him the false identity of "housekeeper Lao Zhang", Xiaolin naturally learned from Yun Shili that this old man was a master of the princess Zhu Qingsheng of the dynasty, and Zhang Ji sighed at the Zhang Master Zhang.
At this moment, Zhang Jile heard the movements in the room with his extraordinary ear skills in the distance, and realized that Lin Yuancheng had woken up, so he moved quickly.
"You are..." Lin Yuancheng was quite surprised when he saw Zhang Jiling, and blurted out that he wanted to call the other party's name.
But when I said this, I couldn't say it.
After a brief surprise, Kobayashi immediately reacted to something in her mind - since Eunuch Zhang is here, does that mean that Princess Qing is also there?
Considering their "killing the son-in-law in the cesspool" in the Hunyuan Star Sect and his own "glorious deeds" of "killing golden branches while drunk", he naturally didn't want to face Zhu Qingxian.
Zhang Jiling was quite calm. As soon as he entered the house, before Xiaoying could pay him a favor, he waved his hand to him and said, "Okay." Then, he turned to Lin Yuancheng, who was still confused, and said, "You, come with our family."
After saying that, Zhang Jiling walked out again with his hands behind his back.
Seeing this, Lin Yuancheng thought for a while, but chose to go out.
At this moment, Kobayashi had actually recovered from the confused spirit he had just woken up. He thought in his mind: I had lost consciousness before and didn't know how long it had been. If the people in front of me wanted to harm me, I would have done it long ago. There was no reason to wait for me to wake up, and it would be even more impossible to help me deal with my wounds. Let's take a step back, even if I am still in some kind of illusion now, if the other party doesn't kill me and play such a play for me, there must be something to do. I'll go over and see what they are doing.
Thinking of this, he walked out of the guest room and followed Zhang Jiling to the porch outside the house.
After stepping out of the room, what came towards us was the warm sunshine and fresh air, and Lin Yuancheng's spirit was also boosted.
Looking out from the corridor, he saw that the manor he was in was elegant, with beautiful scenery, and wherever he could see, there were scenes that made people feel comfortable and at ease.
Lin Yuancheng glanced at me and immediately thought: Judging from the healing of my injuries, I was not in a coma for too long. Even if someone took me out of the capital overnight, I couldn't walk too far in one or two days. In other words, this manor is near the capital, and people who can own such an industry near the capital...
Thinking of this, he had basically confirmed that his guess just now was right. The owner of this "Xiuyun Village" was probably Princess Qingfeng.
To put it short, after a moment, under the leadership of Zhang Jigen, Lin Yuancheng came outside a courtyard.
Before he could enter the gate of the courtyard, Lin Yuancheng could already hear that there was someone in the courtyard fighting swords at this moment, and Kobayashi could guess who was the two sides of the fight...
Table Tennis—
Sure enough, when Zhang Jigen and Lin Yuancheng walked into the yard, they saw Zhu Qingsheng holding a silver sword in his hand and attacking Linghu Xiang fiercely on the open space in the yard.
Everyone knows Linghu Xiang. In terms of defense, Xiaolin has to convince him and call him "Senior Brother", so even if the injuries on his body have not healed yet, Linghu Xiang can be a coach for the princess.
By the way, it is precisely because of Linghu Xiang's strong defense ability that the injuries he had suffered before were not as severe as Lin Yuancheng, and he woke up a whole day earlier than Lin Yuancheng.
"Oh, Lin, you're awake too." Seeing Lin Yuancheng appear, Tyrel, who was watching the battle, immediately came over to say hello.
"Yeah." Lin Yuancheng responded, and then asked, "You are all okay, where are the others?"
"Uh..." Tyrel paused, "This is a long story..."
Just as they said these words, Zhu Qingsheng, who was asking Linghu Xiang for swordsmanship, also discovered Xiaolin. She immediately stopped practicing and rushed here without even adjusting her breathing.
"You're almost awake." Zhu Qinglong spoke as he walked straight towards Lin Yuancheng.
Lin Yuancheng is a little embarrassed, but everyone is in front of him. Let’s salute: “Mr. Lin, I’ve seen the princess.”
Seeing him lowering his head and holding his fists and his expression flashed, Zhu Qingfeng couldn't help laughing: "Ha, Brother Lin, I haven't seen you for a few days, why are you so polite to talk to me?"
"The princess laughed..." Lin Yuancheng knew that people were making fun of him, but he didn't care about this level. After staying in the Hunyuan Star Gate for a long time, his ability to pretend to be a grandson at a critical moment can be said to be a rise in water. "Before, Lin didn't know Mount Tai and accidentally offended the princess. I hope the princess will forgive her."
Let’s not talk about Qingye for now. At least in Zhang Jilan’s eyes, Xiaolin’s response was very good.
Old Zhang thought to himself: "Although this kid is a tyrant, he is aware of his advancement and retreat when speaking and doing things. He knows etiquette. Although he can't blame him for everything before, he still tolerate his concessions without changing his face. It's rare..."
"Hmph... forgive me?" Zhu Qingyu was a little unhappy when he saw Xiaolin's attitude so dissatisfied. "It depends on how you act. If you can satisfy me, I will forgive you for your sins, but if you are disobedient..."
Lin Yuancheng heard that this was wrong...
What do you mean? What's the point of flirting with me? Could it be that she wanted to threaten me as a subordinate?
"Uh...Princess." Lin Yuancheng's tone became tough at this time, "Although Lin does not dare to call himself a hero, he is a son and daughter of the world. I never thought of being a retainer by the side of a high-ranking official..."
"Did I say you want to be a retainer?" Zhu Qingyuan saw that he was a little anxious, and smiled and returned to his face.
"Ah? I want me..." Lin Yuancheng heard this, it was wrong... If he didn't act as a retainer, why should he be a eunuch? If he was castrated, he would go to the palace to serve you? This is a bit over.
"You and your senior brother, one offended the princess, the other killed the princess..." Zhu Qingfeng was definitely a smart person. She obviously knew what happened to the "default pit murder incident" before, so she didn't beat around the bush and said directly, "I'll let you recover from the injury here. It's not too much, right?"
Upon hearing this, Lin Yuancheng cast an inquiring look at Linghu Xiang in the distance.
Linghu Xiang didn't say a word, just shrugged.
Two seconds later, Lin Yuancheng looked at Zhu Qingsheng again and replied with a helpless look: "Okay..."
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At noon on the same day, Lin Yuancheng finally had time to sit down and communicate with Linghu Xiang and Tyrel, and asked what had happened since he was unconscious.
Let’s not explain their words and words here, but let’s talk to the officials from the perspective of a storyteller.
First of all, the crisis of the Thirteen Death Immortals was undoubtedly successfully resolved.
Among them, Shen Hou was killed by Liang Jingshuo with the "Clean Heaven and Earth Talisman" when he just escaped from the seal.
Xingjiniu was killed by Moriko on the streets of the capital by Wukong.
Then there is Daliang Ji, who was destroyed by the Wuchang Tai Sui who pretended to be Liang Jingshuo in a brothel with the second "Purifying Heaven and Earth God Talisman" and his own demonic power.
Next, the four zodiac rat, quail tail snake, quail fire horse, and the descendant dog, as well as the seven evil spirits transformed by them, namely greed, killing, lust, lying, drinking, extravagance, and laziness, were all killed in the battle of Zhihua Temple.
That night at Zhongyuan...
The Big Fire Rabbit died on the street by Huang Donglai and Sun Yixie's joint attack.
Ximuhu and the birthday star dragon who broke into Donghuamen fought fiercely with the Moriko and were wiped out.
The quail-headed sheep that broke into the Meridian Gate was destroyed by the Impermanence Tai Sui.
The sling pig who broke into the Xuanwu Gate... was originally an advantage in the battle with Yan Danzi. Even if Yan Danzi's determination to die, it only caused it to be a little injured.
Fortunately, at the critical moment, a magic weapon on Yan Danzi suddenly activated itself, making it turn defeat into victory; and that magic weapon was the small pot that Yan Danzi gave to Yan Danzi when he and Duoxia faced the Saint together (Chapter 47 of this volume).
At that time, it seemed that Buddy Zi gave Yan Danzi a random meeting gift just to prove his identity, and pretended to be a fool... But it was not until the night of Zhongyuan that Yan Danzi realized that it was Buddy Zi saving him.
Unfortunately, even though he can save many people, he can't save himself.
In order to eliminate the impermanence Tai Sui, after calculating life and death, the Buddyzi chose to sacrifice himself for justice and die together.
At this point, all the thirteen dead animals were destroyed, but Wudiezi, Liang Jingshuo and Master Nengze... were also sacrificed in this disaster.
Death is lighter than a feather, and more important than Mount Tai.
This person has left, but the righteousness remains.
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The next day, when Sun Yixie, Huang Donglai and Yan Danzi were still reporting to the emperor in the Forbidden City, Lin Yuancheng, Linghu Xiang, Tyrell and Qin Feng were all taken away by Princess Qingfeng's men.
It turns out that Princess Qingfeng has been inquiring about their news since she had had an intersection with the people from the Hunyuan Star Gate more than half a month ago, but she was paying attention to it in secret and did not interfere or interfere with them.
It was not until the night that everyone escaped from Zhihua Temple that Qingxian learned from the spies that Lin Yuancheng and others were injured and were sent to the clinic for treatment. Only then did she take action and send her subordinates to the "Xiuyun Village" which she bought near the capital.
The doctors that Qingsheng can invite are naturally better than those in ordinary clinics, so two days later, the scene at the beginning of this chapter came into being.
It is necessary to mention here that although Qin Feng is also in the Xiuyun Village, he is still in bed and recuperating because he is seriously injured, so Lin Yuancheng did not see him in the yard; and Yu Jianli... Because of some of the reasons mentioned in the previous article, he did not want to have any relationship with the royal people, so he did not follow Qingxian's subordinates at the beginning. Anyway, his injuries were not serious, so he left alone.
During the two days when Lin Yuancheng was sleeping, Shuangxie also came to Xiuyunzhuang because she received a letter from Qingxian, and told Tyrel and Linghu Xiang about the incident that night of Zhongyuan.
Everyone was also sighing when they learned that both Buddy Zi and Liang Jingshuo had died.
At this time, Tyrel announced another thing that surprised everyone... He said he was going to "leave".
Where to go?
I think everyone can guess - Eastern Europe.
Tyrel told everyone that the time he "falls into the portal and comes back" was actually summoned by the organization where the "master" he used to be a teacher and friend.
At that time, his "master" had returned to Europe and met with the people in the organization. They used a lot of precious materials to open the portal.
According to their intention, they hoped that Tyrel would stay directly. After all, this teleportation spell is very troublesome and almost one-time, but Tyrel insisted on coming back first to help his friends in the Central Plains to solve the great disaster of the Thirteen Death Issue, even if he gave up this opportunity to reunite with his past companions.
Everyone there also expressed their understanding. After exchanging some information and asking them to take care of themselves, they sent Tyrell back.
After Tyrel came back, he concealed what happened between him and his "back" because his incident had nothing to do with the crisis of Death. He was afraid that if he said it would distract everyone or feel guilty.
Now that the crisis of Death is resolved, he no longer has to hide it.
Since he has contacted those old friends and Tyrel now has enough language and combat ability to travel alone, it is indeed time for him to embark on the "road to return home".
After hearing him say it, everyone was moved and it was hard to keep him.
Linghu Xiang asked him when he planned to set off. Tyrel said he could wait a few more days and wait for his injury to recover. He would also say goodbye to Lin Yuancheng and Qin Feng, and then go on the road.
When Huang Donglai heard this, he remembered something. Then he took out the already cracked "Nine Suspicion Cauldron" he carried with him and handed it to Tyrel. He hoped that when Tyrel traveled west, he could go to Xuanqi Sect to take the relic of this immovable son and the previous and subsequent experiences of this journey to Miaoyinzi. At the same time, he could also ask the Taoist priests if there was any way to make him return home faster and safer.
Tyrel naturally agreed.
As for what happens to Tyrell after returning to Eastern Europe and joining his "master" and "organization", it will not be too late to talk about this when they summoned the double harmony in the later documents.
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Let's talk about the other side...
When the crisis is over, the emperor will reward those ministers who have made meritorious deeds.
Zhu Wei was very sorry for Buddy Zi's death, and he intended to pursue Taoist Feng's reputation and spread it to the world, and give some rewards to Xuanqi Sect.
However, Yan Danzi was persuaded to do this matter. The general meaning is... Your Majesty, you are doing this. If you don't move, you will definitely not want it. I don't want it, let alone him.
So in the end, the emperor's enthusiasm for "reward" fell on the other two "National Protection Masters"... that is, Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai.
And these two guys are also very smart. They all understand that as long as they have the nerve to speak up, the emperor is willing to give this wave of rewards without being too excessive.
So what do you want?
Money is meaningless.
Famous is even more unnecessary. Sometimes it is not a good thing to be famous.
At this time, I knew someone would definitely say, what about the "status"? For example, asking to be the prince consort.
Then when you look back at the two lines, you both said it was "not too excessive". It's a bit too much for you to mention it.
Furthermore, if you understand the situation of the "late Ming Dynasty" in the parallel universe, you will know that in this great world, civilians will not only have many benefits, but may also be a burden.
The Ma Prince Consort who was bombed to death in the previous article was because he had already jumped into the dragon gate and was in the officialdom, so the identity of the Prince Consort can add icing on the cake. However, people like Sun Huang who are far away from the officialdom really marry a princess and go home, it is purely to cause trouble.
There is also the most important point among the key points - not everyone of this big princess is a beautiful girl with an interesting personality.
The royal marriage is not something you can pick and choose. When the emperor orders one for you, you can't say no. If you have bad luck in a random way, catch up with a bad personality and look like you, wouldn't it be uncomfortable for the rest of your life?
So then again, what reward did Sun and Huang want?
Simple - two gold plaques of imperial gifts; on the plaque are four big words written by the emperor's emperor's pen, "Protecting the country for merit."
Just these two plaques were hung to Huangmen in Shuzhong and Sun Mansion in Hangzhou, which was comparable to two amulets. With these two things, things like "Murong Ji was not going to smash the Sun Mansion's business in Hangzhou" would basically be impossible to happen again, which was considered to cut off the worries of the two of them in the future.
In the future, they don’t have to say that they are thousands of miles away from home, even if they are thousands of miles away... even if they go abroad, they don’t have to worry about being “stealed”.
Speaking of this abroad, something really happened in the palace shortly after the Zhongyuan Festival.
What's going on?
During the Japanese envoys came to pay tribute, they secretly stole treasures from the palace.
This is a matter of being big or small.
It's just... a little disgusting.
Do you think the emperor declared war on Japan directly for a few palace treasures? That was impossible.
At that time, Dashi's diplomatic attitude towards these "neighbors and foreigners" had always been to "spend money to buy face", that is, to ask others to come regularly to "pay tribute" and admit that you are the superior country of the Celestial Empire and the boss, and then Dashi also gave the other party some "reward" as a reward.
However, those neighboring countries are also thieves. Don’t you think I am a barbarian? Well, I don’t want to be face-saving. The things you “treat” to you are all not valuable local products in China. Anyway, you have valuable things, and you don’t care about me. But as the “boss”, the things you give me back will be real gold and silver, shiro velvet brocade...
Of course, just because of this "tributive" and being generous, it would be fine if you take advantage of it. What's even more disgusting is that these envoys would make small moves from time to time to provoke you.
And the more frequent the friction between the Great Wall and the northern nomadic peoples, the more the envoys from the neighboring countries had this tendency, and the Japanese envoys were typical.
Well, this time I stole a few national treasures from you and went back.
When they were noticed, the people had already run away and the boats had already gone out to sea.
What should you do? I specially sent envoys to recover them? I went to hold them accountable?
Who cares about you?
When you arrive at someone's territory, you are a big official, and you are not useless. At that time, you will just push two scapegoats out and kill them, and then pretend to be confused and say that there is nothing left. What can you say? Even if you don't say anything, you might even be mocked by the other party. You are a country of heaven and the country of heaven and the country will come to ask for punishment for a little bit of gadget. It's really a petty family.
Zhu Wei became more and more angry when he thought about this disgusting thing. He thought I couldn't treat these neighbors who lived a good life?
Hey? Wait... Isn't there two capable people who have made contributions to protecting the country?
You two are Huang Huguo and Sun Yougong, Wen Neng's words "Sakura", Wu Neng's death pit kills the prince-consort... Send you two, not only can you recover the national treasure for me, but maybe you can get something back, right?
Chapter completed!