Every word from Master Xuanqing has profound meaning and is worthy of careful consideration.
But Gu Liubai knew that Master Xuanqing said he was guessing, and he was really guessing. He said he was doubting, and he was really his doubt.
But whether it is speculation or doubt, it makes sense!
In any vegetable market meat shop in Chang'an, all the things that pigs can sell on them, even the cheapest pigs are more expensive than pig blood.
Just make some pigs and boil them in water, which is more hungry than pig blood soup, right?
And after hearing what Master Xuanqing said, regardless of whether the story of Li stealing dragons and stealing the world is true, at least in the story that Master Xuanqing knows, Li has obtained the blood power of the bloodline.
Then Master Xuanqing’s question arises.
The dragon blood was used, where did the dragon flesh and bones go to?
Moreover, Gu Liubai felt that Master Xuanqing heard more details of the story.
Li used the Huanglong Tianshi method, and surely did he use only the dragon blood?
Gu Liubai took Hei Tuan down the Big Wild Goose Pagoda and walked to his carriage. He felt that Master Xuanqing might have been partially confirmed, otherwise he would not have said that.
"Fifteenth brother, fifteenth brother!"
He lowered his head and was about to get on the carriage when he heard Zhou Lu'er's voice.
As soon as he turned around, he saw the cheerful Zhou Lu'er running quickly from the temple door.
Gu Liubai was in a good mood when he saw Zhou Lu'er smiling, "Boss Zhou, have you been busy lately?"
The Sierra Black Cat and Zhou Lu'er were originally acquaintances, but before, it knew about the relationship between Zhou Lu'er and Gu Liubai, so it also kept a certain distance from Zhou Lu'er. Now it can secretly follow Gu Liubai. When they heard the two of them were so intimate, it also drilled out its head from Gu Liubai's cloak, stretched out its claws and greeted him.
"Ah?" Zhou Lu'er was surprised when she saw it, "Why are you on Brother Fifteen?"
In Gu Liubai's opinion, Zhou Lu'er was like half of his son raised by his mother. He naturally had to tell Zhou Lu'er about his mother as soon as possible, so he asked Zhou Lu'er to enter the carriage with him first, and then said seriously, "Wang Yehu left me some clues, and Master Xuanqing also confirmed it here. My mother was the previous generation of Depraved Guan Daozi, and Heituantuan was raised by my mother before."
Zhou Lu'er was instantly happy.
"No wonder she is so powerful!"
He didn't think there was anything wrong with the identity of Depravity, but he just felt that he had finally gotten a little nervous and was happy for Gu Liubai from the bottom of his heart. But thinking of such a good Chang'an, his mother couldn't come back, and he burst into tears in an instant.
"It turns out it's called Hei Tuantuan."
He wiped his tears, looked at the Sierra Black Cat, and said, "You raised me by him, and I raised me by him, so we are almost brothers. We should get closer in the future."
Hei Tuantuan nodded seriously, rubbing his head against Zhou Lu'er's body.
Zhou Lu'er had just wiped her tears when she suddenly thought of something funny again and giggled, "Brother Fifteen, I saw Chen Tu's wife this morning, haha, so I was in a hurry to come and talk to you."
Gu Liubai immediately became curious, "Are you not at your shop early in the morning? Where did you see Chen Tu's wife?"
Zhou Lu'er smiled and said, "It's right in my shop. There are too many people waiting for burial in Chang'an City recently. My business is so good. As a result, Chen Tu's wife came to the shop in the morning. It turned out that she was already helping Chen Tu's shop. She came to my shop to ask if she could do business with us and promote the incense, candles, paper money and so on in Chen Tu's shop."
Gu Liubai smiled and said, "So that's the case. What do you think of Chen Tu's wife?"
Zhou Lu'er said with a smile, "Chen Tu is very insightful. I think it's very good. I feel that I can take good care of Chen Tu."
"Ha ha ha ha!"
But suddenly, he was so happy that he rolled in the carriage.
"What?" Gu Liubai was confused by him.
"Hahaha!" Zhou Lu'er was a little breathless, "Brother Fifteen, you're really sure. Guess what happened? Chen Tu really went to kill pigs. He didn't help kill one or two pigs during the Chinese New Year, but was invited by one of their neighbors to kill those hard-to-kill big pigs."
"puff!"
Gu Liubai immediately smiled a little out of breath.
After all, both of them were young and laughed like crazy for a while.
After a long time, Gu Liubai calmed down and looked at Zhou Lu'er seriously, "Zhou Lu'er, I don't know how your Buddhist sect prays for blessings and evil deeds are done. It seems that the rich people in Chang'an will worship some incense. You ask Brother Shen Xiu to help Chen Tu get such a thing, and then you do business with Chen Tu's shop. It should be done normally, but you can take out the profits inside and let Brother Shen Xiu and others help Chen Tu and Yuan Xiuxiu accumulate some merits."
"Okay."
Zhou Lu'er has always been very determined. He has always been doing what Gu Liubai arranged and has never thought about why he did this.
"No one can tell me about this matter of my mother and the Hei Tuantuan. You can't even tell Brother Shen Xiu and the others." Gu Liubai looked at Zhou Lu'er and explained seriously.
Zhou Lu'er nodded, "I'm not going to tell anyone."
Gu Liubai thought about Chen Tu, but couldn't help but sigh, "Zhou Lu'er, you Uncle Chen has the best face. He must know that we will laugh at him when we go to kill pigs, but he still went."
Zhou Lu'er was stunned, "He became thick-skinned after he arrived in Chang'an?"
Gu Liubai shook his head and said, "He really let go of the past things, and he really wants to be an ordinary person. I just worry that he is not in the world, but Jianghu still comes to him. Some things about fate are better trustworthy than non-believe. But since Chen Tu is willing to help Yuan Xiuxiu, I am willing to help him carry his affairs."
Zhou Lu'er patted her chest and said, "I'm willing, too."
At this time, Heiputuan stretched out his claws and yin and yang Zhou Lu'er, "The mice in the city are still gnawing on their candles!"
Zhou Lu'er was ashamed, "I won't know anymore. If there are still people who dare to chew, please let your cats teach them a lesson."
...
When An Zhilu woke up, he found himself lying in the City God Temple.
The city god in the clay sculpture sat on the stone platform in the hall, looking down at him with a kind face.
The red curtains hanging from the top of the temple on both sides were like the river of blood in his dream.
He just moved a little, and the severe pain completely restored him to a state of waking.
Fortunately, there are not many parts he should have.
Unfortunately, he felt the depths of the arrows on his back began to rot a little.
In order to confront the Tang army and to make the warriors in the Tang army feel fear, the bandits in Youzhou will use very vicious means, such as smearing snake venom on weapons and feces on arrows.
The arrows in him were obviously just the bandits, so the medicine on his wounds could not stop his flesh and blood from rotting.
Such a deterioration of wounds can easily cause death, but An Zhilu wakes up without any fear.
That kind of strong self-confidence was once again developed in his body.
Or it's dead.
Being able to wake up means he can't die.
He moved his body almost little by little to make his qi and blood move, and then he slowly sat up after spending a cup of tea.
He saw that the open space outside the hall was directly covered with rain cloth, and there were many beds underneath, and many wounded people were obviously placed on the beds.
"Ange'er woke up."
Suddenly, a surprise sounded.
Two medical officers and several sergeants rushed in quickly. Looking at the two familiar faces, An Zhilu smiled.
"Ange'er, your life is so strong!" The two soldiers cried with joy, but the two medical officers in the army who rushed to the front shouted loudly, "Don't move around, be careful of the wounds in the suture!"
"It's okay, I'm careful." An Zhilu smiled at the two doctors, "It's just that the arrow wound behind it is a bit bad."
The two doctors took a deep breath, and their eyes were filled with admiration.
People like them have seen many people who have walked back before the gates of hell, but they have never seen anyone who just woke up and was as if nothing had happened and had not had many emotional fluctuations.
These two medical officers also carefully checked the wound on An Zhilu's body every day. Both of them knew the situation of the arrow injury. At that time, an older medical officer spoke out and comforted him, "General An, your arrow is a bit troublesome, but a batch of medicine will be sent here in the afternoon. There are several noble people here who specially brought you a few medicines for curing arrow and rot. General An, you are so strong, I don't think it's a big problem."
An Zhilu smiled and said, "Thank you for your care of the two brothers."
When the two doctors saw him calmly, they were even more impressed. They saluted and said, "This is what we should do."
At this moment, General Xu, General Xu, was greeted by him outside the hall. With the familiar footsteps of An Zhilu, a mountain of meat blocked the sunshine at the entrance of the hall.
An Zhilu smiled at the Meat Mountain and said, "It shouldn't be embarrassing you."
Xu Tuibei also smiled, "Can you still laugh?"
After saying this, he waved his hands to the medical officer and sergeant in the hall, "You go out first, I want to say a few words to him alone."
Waiting for these people to retreat, he walked to An Zhilu's bed and looked at the City God above who was always looking down at An Zhilu. He couldn't help laughing again, "It's interesting that these gentry and wealthy businessmen in Yuyang County do things. They put you in front of the City God and told the City God that if you can't save you, they will make the City God the way you look, and they will let you be the City God the City God in Yuyang County. I guess the City God has scolded these people for many days, so how could he threaten the City God the City God like this? If he can't protect you, his temple will be given to you."
"No wonder when I woke up, I felt that the City God looked at me differently than I usually see me." An Zhilu smiled and said, "The gentry and wealthy businessmen in Yuyang County are indeed interesting. No wonder the governor of Hua Jie didn't go to discuss with the people in Youzhou City, and had to discuss with the people here."
Xu Tuibei looked at An Zhilu carefully and confirmed that An Zhilu was not looking back. He continued, "The status of Youzhou City and Yuyang County in your mind are reversed. Now Youzhou City is in charge of this place, but this is the administrative division of the Tang Dynasty. Before the Sui Dynasty, Youzhou City now had to be managed here. Now the rich and powerful people in Youzhou City are just rising stars. Moreover, although these clans in Yuyang County are not necessarily rich and powerful than the clans in Youzhou City, the ancestors of the two sides are different. The ancestors of the clans in Youzhou City are either rich businessmen or officials returning home in Chang'an, but the ancestors of the clans in Yuyang County are almost all warfare."
After a pause, he looked at An Zhilu who listened seriously and continued, "The roots are different and the ideas are very different. Most clans in Youzhou City are seeking wealth in peace. Naturally, they don't really want to focus on supporting wars. However, many clans in Yuyang County have actually been seeking wealth in wars for many generations, and their family mottos are different, so some of them are even happy to hear the war and are happy to follow us to get benefits."
An Zhilu nodded and said, "I understand."
"These people are still very loyal and not afraid of things." Xu Tui smiled self-deprecatingly, "This time it was Hua Huaixian and others who were playing chess, but they almost killed these thieves. But if they were wrong, they also helped you. Hua Huaixian deliberately let you fall at the entrance of the temple and fall under their noses. But in fact, no powerful people in this city are stupid. After these bandits entered the city, what did you do and how much they played, they knew very well. You have saved them. When you get better, you can be considered a friend of life and death. You must remember that sometimes when you lead troops in the local area to fight, the distance cannot quench your near thirst. These people can help faster than those nobles in Chang'an."
An Zhilu grinned and smiled, "Remember, it turns out that marching and fighting is not just about a courage. Many times, wars are all about human nature."
Seeing An Zhilu knowing that Jianchuang had problems and was in the mood to joke with him, a strange light appeared in Xu Tui's eyes.
"In the final analysis, the things that are used to fight are money, and they are the same in the world. Eat well enough and the military pay and rewards you are given can be paid on time and in full, the lost soldiers can be made up quickly. Isn't the number of people who paid to support Li back then?"
He looked at An Zhilu, who was smiling but obviously remembering his words seriously, and said lightly, "Hua Huaixian thought you were too young and it was difficult to climb too fast before. However, during this period, he watched you get along with the people below, and his ability to lead troops is stronger than the old soldiers under him. His view of you has long changed. In addition, you fight side by side with him this time, you should be promoted very quickly next time, and he will not deliberately suppress you. But the key is still to depend on your life. I didn't mean to scare you. There are so many people in the border army who are full of energy, but many people cannot be cured if they are hit by an arrow. You can use your true energy well and drive away the corrupt poison there."
An Zhilu nodded again and said that he knew of course, but when Xu Tuibei asked him to recover from his injuries here, he shook his head and said, "I'm going out now."
Xu Tuibei was slightly stunned, "If you have any urgent things to do, just ask someone to do it."
An Zhilu shook his head, he tried a few times, and finally stood up slowly.
After he stood up, he looked at Xu Tuibei with a frown and said seriously, "I have confidence in myself, but I can't be confident in myself in the way of leading troops. I want to make those who follow me have confidence. You can survive in a place like Heishava. When you arrive in Youzhou, any soldiers who follow you think you will not lose to these little bandits. You have commanded the war before, but I think you have won without fighting. I also have to give those who follow me a confidence. I want them to feel that no injuries can make me depressed, no injuries can kill me. As long as this happens a few more times on me, let alone those who follow me have confidence, my enemies will be afraid of listening to my name."
Xu Tuibei smiled. The worry in his eyes had long disappeared, and all he had was satisfaction.
He originally wanted to remind An Zhilu to put on his clothes, but then he smiled with a self-deprecating smile, and found that he was like an indecisive old father.
An Zhilu is now trying to see how severely he was injured and how fatal the arrow was in his body was. But even so, he was still like a person who was fine. In a few days, the arrow was healed, and he rushed forward when he fought, and then his reputation had already reached halfway.
As long as this kid lives a life of hard work, Hua Huaixian will definitely let him lead more soldiers next.
When Xu Tui walked out with his hands on his back, he couldn't help but shake his head as he heard the increasingly stable footsteps behind him.
He has been in the border army for so many years, and he has seen An Zhilu for such a powerful character.
"Ange!"
When An Zhilu, who was covered in medicine and cloth, was like a rice dumpling, walked out of the City God Temple, it really caused a burst of exclamations.
"Brother An, why don't you rest well?"
"Quick, don't catch the wind and cold."
Listening to these voices, An Zhilu didn't care and laughed, "These are all trivial matters. When I was asleep in the hall, I heard the City God talking in my ear. What do you think?"
"Really or not?" the group of people laughed.
Although An Zhilu was the leader when fighting, he had no airs when he was in the war and was called brothers, so those who knew him had no sense of distance at all.
An Zhilu smiled and said, "I'm asleep, but I didn't know whether it's true or not, but I clearly heard it. The City God said in my ear, "Our Tang Dynasty, even if there are bandits in one place, God will not accept me. If you listen to this, can I live a natural miserable life, and I do such things specifically for the Tang Dynasty?"
Xu Tuibei had already walked out of the gate of the City God Temple. Hearing An Zhilu say this, he just smiled.
This person is much better than himself inspiring.
The sounds in the temple were chaotic, "An Ge'er, this matter is hard, but it's not bad. If you take us to pacify the bandits in Youzhou first and then all the bandits in the Tang Dynasty, then we can all follow An Ge'er to become an official title?"
Chapter completed!