Immortal Master Invincible

Chapter 1401 Reentry Spiritual Practice ([-])

Pang Xiaonan walked out of Wangyuanwaifu, looked at the sky, it was about three or four o'clock in the afternoon, it was getting late, and he had to speed up the progress.

Pang Xiaonan asked Wang Yuanwai for a fast horse. At first Wang Yuanwai was a little reluctant, because he was afraid that Pang Xiaonan was a liar, and Pang Xiaonan pretended to leave, so he asked his servants to bring out the bloody horse.

"Strong man, it's not that I don't believe you, it's just that there are a lot of swindlers recently, this horse is given to you, don't try to steal it away, our horses are all registered, and there are numbers on its four hooves... "

It turned out that in Sente Kingdom, horses were all on the cards, Pang Xiaonan smiled slightly, "Don't worry, Wang Yuanwai, I will not covet your horses."

Pang Xiaonan could have flown there wearing the Vajra Mecha, but he wanted to save some fuel. The Vajra Mecha would still be useful in the capital.

Sure enough, it was a good horse. After galloping for half an hour, Pang Xiaonan finally went up the mountain and saw the gate of the groom's group.

This is a large-scale fortress, all of which are made of granite. It seems that there are architectural talents in the groom's group, as everyone has said. This is a mountain city, which cannot be described as bandits or bandits. .

The city gate was closed tightly, and the soldiers on the tower shouted, "Who is here?"

"I'm looking for Mr. Langshou, please let me know!" Pang Xiaonan stopped his horse and rushed to the tower to respond loudly.

"Did you meet Mr. Lang Shou whenever you want? Do you have an appointment?"

"You just say, I am the special envoy of the prime minister's office, and I am here to discuss matters with Mr. Lang Shou."

Soon, the city gate opened, and Pang Xiaonan rode his horse over and entered the city gate.

Under the leadership of the soldiers, Pang Xiaonan soon met a leader, who was tall and thin, with the appearance of a white-faced scholar.

"You are Mr. Lang Shou?" Pang Xiaonan always felt that something was missing.

"Hahaha, Langshou, isn't that what you people call our leader?" The white-faced scholar smiled charmingly, which is a little bit motherly in modern terms.

"You are not Lang Shou, then you are?"

"I'm the counselor here. Mr. Lang Shou, as you say, is busy with work. How could you see him just as you said?"

"Then dare to ask Mr. Counselor's name?"

"My name is Huacilang, what's your name?"

"My name is Pang Xiaonan."

"You said you were the special envoy of the prime minister's office, do you have evidence?"

"Well, I had this certificate at first, but later we adults thought that even if we had the certificate, you might not know each other after living in the mountains for a long time, so we didn't let you bring it over."

"Then you have nothing to prove, how do I know if you are a spy?"

"Master Counselor, if I want to pretend to be a big shot, why do I have to pretend to be someone from the Prime Minister's Mansion? If I go back now, won't I be sent to my death? The Congress will spare me?"

"What you said is a bit reasonable, but it seems that the words are unreasonable. You still have to find a way to prove that you are from the Prime Minister's Mansion, otherwise don't blame me for being merciless."

With a wave of Huacilang's hand, two big men immediately surrounded him.

Pang Xiaonan sneered, these two big men were not his opponents at all.

"I know the names of the two daughters of the Prime Minister's Mansion, does this count as evidence?"

With a wave of Huacilang's hand, the two big men retreated.

"Oh? Then tell me and listen."

"Master Counselor, you are not afraid that I will make up two random names?"

"Haha, don't tell me, the two daughters of the prime minister's mansion are raised in deep boudoirs. Most people definitely don't know their names, but you underestimate our ability. Let me tell you, it was just a coincidence that I happened to know this The names of the two ladies."

Pang Xiaonan was stunned. There is no Internet in Sente Country, but there are tabloids, but they will never publish inside information about the royal family and nobles. They are all rumors. Where did Huacilang get the news about the Prime Minister's Mansion?

This can only show one problem, that is, the spy agencies of your groom's regiment are all over Kyoto.

"The prime minister's mansion has two daughters, and there are only two daughters. The eldest lady is called Sima Jie, and she is still lying on the hospital bed. The second lady is called Sima Ting, and she is now in the town below the mountain."

Pang Xiaonan looked directly at Huacilang, and said the accurate news word by word.

"Oh?" Hua Cilang smiled, "It seems that you are really the special envoy of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and you know everything about Missy's illness."

"Come on, give me a seat!" Huacilang shouted back, and immediately someone came out to serve tea and water.

"Master Special Envoy, I wonder if Mr. Prime Minister has anything to discuss with us?"

Huacilang made a gesture of invitation, and picked up the teacup himself.

"Where is Mr. Lang Shou?" Pang Xiaonan felt that it would be more reliable to talk to the boss.

The most important thing is to find out who this Lang Shou is.

"Oh, Mr. Langshou really has some important business to do. I have already informed him that he will meet you at the dinner."

"Don't," Pang Xiaonan waved his hand, "I'm not here for dinner. In fact, I'm here. Apart from the matter of the Prime Minister's Mansion, there is one more thing that needs to be dealt with immediately."

"What's the matter?" Huacilang came over.

"Did you rob a civilian girl yesterday?"

"That's right." Huacilang admitted generously.

"Can you let her go?"

"Well, you have to ask her yourself."

"What do you mean?"

"Do you think we have nothing to do after eating and grabbing people for fun? These brides asked for it on their own initiative."

"Is there such a thing?"

It turned out that those brides who were robbed all ordered people to go up the mountain before they got married and begged the groom's group to rob them.

After all, the brides who were robbed were dissatisfied with the marriage arrangements arranged by their families and asked to take refuge in the mountains.

Pang Xiaonan wondered: "Hey, if I knew this was the case, I really shouldn't have allowed Wang Yuanwai to take this muddy water."

But Pang Xiaonan suddenly remembered one thing, "I heard that you cut the groom in half, is it true?"

"Where did you hear that?"

"The people in the town said so."

"Impossible, that guy came and shouted outside the city wall, but we ignored him, and he went back at night."

Huacilang doesn't seem to be telling a lie.

"Then there are no waves without wind..." Pang Xiaonan thought that the news of the dead should not be spread indiscriminately.

"However, there are often wild beasts in the forest down the mountain." Huacilang offered a possibility.

"Forget it, don't think about him anymore, but can I see this bride?"

"No problem." Huacilang turned his head and shouted to the attendant at the side, "Come here, take the special envoy to meet the girl who went up the mountain yesterday."

Pang Xiaonan saw the daughter of Wang Yuan's family. She was playing dice with a group of men at the moment, and she looked very heroic and heroic.

"Miss Wang, you worry your father so much."

Miss Wang is indeed a natural beauty, worthy of being the number one beauty in the town, but there is a bit of heroism between her eyebrows and eyes.

"Who are you? How did you get in?" Miss Wang thought that Pang Xiaonan was the person invited by her husband's family to save her.

"I was sent by your father to rescue you, but, I heard, it's you who don't want to go down the mountain."

"That's right, I was just dissatisfied with the marriage my father told me, and that's why the brothers snatched me away."

"But you are so unfilial."

"Who made my father not listen to me? Besides, he still has a son, and someone will be filial."

"Do you think this is good? How about you, go home and explain the situation to your father, and then you come back, so that I can also deal with business."

"No, I'm afraid I won't be able to come back when I go back."

"Just say that you have been defiled by the men on the mountain, and you can't remarry even if you marry, and you can only stay on the mountain."

"You! Did you come up with such an idea?"

"In this way, your father won't miss you anymore, and you can go back to visit your family when the holidays are over."

Miss Wang looked at the brothers who were following Pang Xiaonan, and asked, "Does he mean what he says?"

"The Counselor has explained everything, and everything is done according to the requirements of the Special Envoy."

"Master Special Envoy? Where did my father find you? It seems that you are quite capable. Well, then I will go back. Hey, my mother is going to be worried to death."

Pang Xiaonan wanted to go back with Ms. Wang to say goodbye to Huacilang, but Huacilang held him back: "Master Special Envoy, haven't you already dealt with your urgent matter? I will send someone to escort Miss Wang home, and you will stay here." Come down for the dinner, our Lord Lang Shou just sent someone to explain that we must keep you."

Pang Xiaonan thought so too, and just happened to meet Lang Shou to learn about the specific situation on the mountain.

It was getting dark soon, and Huacilang took Pang Xiaonan to a place with higher terrain. The scenery here is unique, and you can see many lights on the mountain. It seems that everyone has built a lot of residences along the mountain.

There is a restaurant on the top of the mountain, the scale is quite large, Huacilang said: "Master Special Envoy, we will have dinner here tonight, this is the largest restaurant in our Huota City, here you can eat all our wild game Of course, this is also the place where our Lord Langshou entertains distinguished guests."

"So I'm still a distinguished guest." Pang Xiaonan respected the identity he pretended to be. It seemed that the prime minister had a lot of face, and even the bandits were in awe.

Huacilang chose an elegant private room on the second floor, and led Pang Xiaonan to a seat. Not long after, a man with an extraordinary bearing walked in hurriedly. As soon as he entered the door, he clasped his fists at Pang Xiaonan and said, "Master Special Envoy, my Gongsun Sheng, come here!" It's too late, Haihan please."

Huacilang got up and introduced: "This is the Lord of our Fire Tower City, Mr. Gongsun Sheng."

"Oh Huo, so you are the city lord, not Mr. Lang Shou."

Gongsun Sheng smiled and waved his hands and said: "The head of the groom and the groom's group are called for fun by those who don't know where they are at the bottom of the mountain. Most of us on the mountain are people who cultivate their morality and self-cultivation. We can't do the groom's work every night."

"Everyone sit down, I ordered the food to be served immediately." Huacilang walked out of the private room and explained to the attendant standing at the door, then walked in and said, "The moonlight is beautiful tonight, why don't we drink tea while eating, and have a good night's drink How about the tea?"

"You're still drinking tea, isn't it going to be very late?" Pang Xiaonan was worried that something would happen to Sima Ting alone in the inn.

"What's the matter? The special envoy still has something to do tonight?" Gongsun Sheng asked with concern.

"It's all right, but my lady is still at the foot of the mountain..."

"It's easy to handle. I'll send someone to bring the chancellor's daughter up the mountain." Huacilang immediately got up to make arrangements.

"This is not good." Pang Xiaonan was worried that Huotacheng would imprison Sima Ting.

"Master Special Envoy is worried that we want to put the two of you under house arrest?" Gongsun Sheng directly expressed Pang Xiaonan's worry.

"That's right, I have this concern." Pang Xiaonan didn't hide it.

"My lord special envoy is worrying too much. What good does it do us to put you two under house arrest? Isn't this an obvious challenge to the court? It will only attract more officers and troops, which will do us no good."

Gongsun Sheng's eyes were piercing, and his face was upright, "Master Special Envoy, with all your kung fu, even if I want to put you under house arrest, I'm afraid I can't stop you from escaping."

Pang Xiaonan was very surprised, his breath-holding skills were so good, how could he let Gongsun Sheng see his own details?
"My lord, the city lord, is very observant and admirable." Pang Xiaonan turned to Huacilang, "I think the scenery on this mountain is picturesque, and you can enjoy yourself physically and mentally after staying up there for two days. Please, Mr. Counselor Lao, please pick up the lady for me and report my name." That's fine, my name is Pang Xiaonan."

Hua Cilang went out to make some arrangements, and when he was rescued, he had dinner with Pang Xiaonan and Gongsun Sheng.

Sure enough, as Huacilang said, the dinner was very sumptuous, and there were all kinds of delicacies from the mountains and wild game, such as suzi meat, cured rabbit meat, wild mushrooms, winter bamboo shoots, roasted tits, ginseng stewed pheasant...

"Isn't it a bit wasteful?" Pang Xiaonan felt that these bandits lived too extravagantly, and they ate with only a dozen dishes.

"Don't waste it, let's eat slowly." Gongsun Sheng ate very little by himself, but kept adding food to Pang Xiaonan.

"I don't know if the special envoy is here this time, what is the important task to explain to us in Huota City?"

Huacilang mentioned the important point on the side.

"It's like this, city lord, counselor, I heard that, no, my prime minister heard that you have a strong army here, but you are not under the jurisdiction of the imperial court. This seems to be unreasonable to the imperial court, so I came to ask Let me ask you, do you accept recruitment?"

Pang Xiaonan deliberately pretended to be the imperial court, in order to see if the power of Huota City could be used by me.

"Master Special Envoy, it's not that we haven't considered this recruitment, but after the recruitment, I'm afraid it's hard to say what treatment our group will get?" Gongsun Sheng expressed his worries, "Besides, we have not opposed the court. , we live our lives, everyone does not interfere with each other, isn't it great?"

Gongsun Sheng's eyes were full of smiles, but Pang Xiaonan also saw the killing intent hidden in them.

"I understand your concerns, but the world is as big as the king's land. You are on the land of Sente, and you have such a strong armed force. This is a stick in the throat for the imperial court."

Pang Xiaonan has really entered the role, he is finally not a movie star in vain, and it is not a problem to pretend to be a prince or minister.

"My lord special envoy, do you think it is possible to do this?" Gongsun Sheng held up a glass of wine, "We also know that the court is in trouble, and the land we occupy is indeed the land of the kingdom. In this way, we will pay a certain amount of tax to the court every year. As for the imperial court, we are an independent city, a special autonomous state capital under the rule of the kingdom."

Pang Xiaonan thought for a while, isn't this the form of a military town?
"Then I want to ask again, if the kingdom is facing foreign enemies and needs to send troops from you, will you give them?"

"Well..." Gongsun Sheng looked at Huacilang.

Huacilang continued: "In principle, we should send troops to support the kingdom's military operations, but the people living here are all tired of the life of fighting and killing and gathered together. If we must send troops, we will violate Without their original intention, it is difficult to mobilize."

"Then what if someone comes to attack Fire Tower City?"

"That's another matter, there is no need to mobilize."

Pang Xiaonan sneered, and heaved a long sigh of relief, "City Lord, you really want to be China in this country!"

"How can this be called China?" Huacilang denied, "We are at most a small city-state in the country, and the difference from other state capitals is that we don't send troops."

"It's not just that you don't send troops, you also have the right to self-government." Pang Xiaonan was the one who built Horama City. He can see the difference between a city and a country at a glance.

"Hehe, Mr. Special Envoy, let's not delve into the difference. You are a sensible person. We hope that you can help us accommodate this request in front of Mr. Prime Minister. We, Huotacheng, will never forget your greatness." Endaded."

Gongsun Sheng once again raised his glass to respect Pang Xiaonan.

"Then this tax..." Pang Xiaonan also picked up his glass.

"As long as it's about money, it's easy to talk about!" Huacilang also picked up his wine glass.

"Okay, the two adults are straightforward people, but this matter is not up to the Prime Minister, His Majesty the King is the final decision maker."

"My lord special envoy is humble. Who doesn't know that although the prime minister of the court is under one person and above ten thousand people, in fact, doesn't His Majesty the King listen to him?"

"It can't be said, it can't be said..." Pang Xiaonan waved his hands again and again, pretending to be inscrutable.

In fact, he didn't know that Sima Ji, the prime minister of Sente Kingdom, really had power in his hands. The king was only in his twenties, and the government had already been handed over to Sima Ji. In other words, Sima Ji was only the prime minister in name. In fact he is the real king.

After Pang Xiaonan heard the great news from Huota City, he felt that if he needed help in the future, this was the best opportunity to ask Huota City for help.

As long as he helped Huota City and the court negotiate this condition, it would be quite convenient to ask Gongsun Sheng for help in the future.

Pang Xiaonan has been using his spiritual sense to test Gongsun Sheng's strength, but found that he can't detect it, and Huacilang has no martial arts at all, but Gongsun Sheng is definitely a master, and he can see it in his eyes.

"My lord, I would like to take the liberty to inquire about your martial arts level. Why can't I see any kung fu foundation in you?"

Pang Xiaonan decided to get straight to the point. Once this issue was clarified, he would be able to estimate the approximate combat power of Huota City.

"Haha, Mr. Special Envoy, the law of war says that it is the best policy to subdue others without fighting. My martial arts is also the same. You see, I am a person who does not know martial arts at all. There is no need to use force."

"You mean, I can't be your opponent at all?" Pang Xiaonan was taken aback. Although he was a semi-holy peak, he was considered a leader in the spiritual world.

"No, no, Mr. Special Envoy, you have misunderstood the meaning of the city lord," Huacilang answered and explained, "The city lord is saying that he has no reason to fight with you, because we are friends."

"Then what is your real strength?" Pang Xiaonan still didn't want to let it go, and continued to stare at Gongsun Sheng.

"If you have to rate it, the city lord should already be at the peak of the true sage, right?" Hua Cilang looked at Gongsun Sheng inquiringly.

Gongsun Sheng smiled and nodded, "You can say that."

"Peak of true sage?" Pang Xiaonan was stunned, "That's half a step to becoming a god."

"Hahaha, what a god, I'm not interested in these things, let it be." Gongsun Sheng raised his glass again, "Come on, Mr. Special Envoy, we hit it off right away, and I'll toast you again."

Pang Xiaonan looked at Gongsun Sheng enviously. In this world, there are very few people who can reach the peak of the true sage. Before, Pang Xiaonan never thought that he could sit and drink with the peak of the true sage.

"My lord, how did you reach such a high level?" Pang Xiaonan also wanted to learn the experience of cultivation and upgrading. Although wearing the Vajra Mecha would make it difficult for a god to beat him, after all, he couldn't wear it on his body every day.

"I don't have any special experience," Gongsun Sheng said frankly, "but let me tell you a secret, my skill has greatly increased since I came to Huota City, and it has a lot to do with the environment here."

"What environment?" Pang Xiaonan looked around. He didn't feel that there was any big difference between this mountain and other mountains. Even if the oxygen concentration was higher, it would not have any special benefits for cultivation.

"Stay away from the environment of struggle, and have a peaceful and peaceful state of mind. These are all helpful for cultivation."

"Oh, I see."

"I knew that the special envoy is a smart man."

Pang Xiaonan deduced that since the lord of the city, Gongsun Sheng, was the pinnacle of true sages, then the military strength of Huota City must be very strong, because there are no weak soldiers under the strong generals.

"But Mr. Counselor, I don't think you have any martial arts at all, do you?" Pang Xiaonan looked at Huacilang suspiciously. The city lord is so powerful, as someone around him, he should at least have some martial arts value.

"He's better than me," Gongsun Sheng said with a smile, "He doesn't need to shoot, he can use this to strategize." Gongsun Sheng pointed to his brain.

"Since ancient times, fists are not as powerful as brains. Look at those officials in the imperial court. The military officers are desperately fighting the enemy on the front line. In the end, they still have to be restrained by civil officials?"

"That's true." Only then did Pang Xiaonan see clearly how harmonious the combination of literature and martial arts between Gongsun Sheng and Huacilang was.

"City Lord, I want to ask you, are your city defenses equipped with thermal weapons?" Pang Xiaonan walked all the way in Sente country, but he has seen that there are cannons on the walls of many state capitals, but there are no cannons in Huota City. watch.

"You mean guns?"

"Yes."

"We don't deserve it, that thing is not practical." Gongsun Sheng took a sip of tea.

"Not practical? How do you say that?" It was the first time Pang Xiaonan heard that guns were not practical.

"You also know that we used to have many conflicts with the officers and soldiers of the Sente country, so many materials were restricted, such as copper and iron, so there was no material to make guns, and the structure of the guns is complicated and inconvenient to maintain. It is not as good as ours. The bows and arrows and slingshots are practical, and there are plenty of wood in the mountains, so you can get local materials."

"But whether it's a bow and arrow or a slingshot, it's not as powerful as a gun, right?"

"It depends on who uses it." Gongsun Sheng gave Pang Xiaonan a meaningful look.

Pang Xiaonan immediately understood that ordinary people use bows and arrows to win by the performance of the bow and arrow itself, but the soldiers in Huota City are different. Infuse Qi energy.

"I really want to live here for a while, and learn from the city owner how you manage a city in a country." Pang Xiaonan sincerely admires Gongsun Sheng and Hua Cilang for running Huota City in such an orderly manner. .

Although he himself built Horama City, it was completely different. Horama City had many sources of help, and other people did the work, and this Fire Tower City was completely established in a hostile environment. One can imagine how difficult it is.

"Master Special Envoy is humble. If you want to manage it, you can manage it well." Gongsun Sheng walked to the window and looked at the moon above his head. The moonlight shone over his head and covered him with a layer of white sand. "As long as Mr. Special Envoy Help us implement this matter well, and you are always welcome to live in Huota City anytime."

"Okay, I will do my best to live up to the expectations of the city lord and the counselor." Pang Xiaonan stood up and raised his glass, "Come on, let's drink to the bright future of Huota City!"

"cheers!"

The next day, Pang Xiaonan planned to continue to the capital.

Sima Ting was a little bit reluctant, "Hey, look how beautiful the scenery here is, how about we rest for another two days?"

Pang Xiaonan didn't observe the environment of Huota City carefully yesterday. Today, he went out for a stroll and found that this place is really like a paradise. No wonder these practitioners all come here.

But no matter how beautiful the scenery is, he is too embarrassed to stay longer, because Gongsun Sheng is still waiting for him to answer the Prime Minister. Look down on him.

"You are like this. If you want to stay, you can stay here alone, and I will go to the capital by myself." Pang Xiaonan thought that it would be okay to keep Sima Ting in Huota City. go back by yourself.

"That won't work. What if someone has a plan for me?" Sima Ting didn't dare to stay in Huota City alone. This is a place where bandits gather, as people say, how dangerous it is.

"Then what are you waiting for? Let's go?" Pang Xiaonan took Sima Ting into the carriage, and Gongsun Sheng and Hua Cilang saw them off in person until they were sent out of the city gate.

Pang Xiaonan was driving the horse in front, and Sima Ting was sitting in the carriage. She asked Pang Xiaonan, "How did you connect with their leader? I think he respects you quite a bit."

"My eldest lady, I only have such a big face in your name."

Pang Xiaonan told Sima Ting that he had pretended to be the special envoy of the Prime Minister's Office.

"Hahaha, I didn't expect you to be quite cunning." Sima Ting not only did not blame Pang Xiaonan, but also praised his behavior.

"Tell me, if your father finds out that I'm pretending to be his special envoy, what will he do to me?" Pang Xiaonan looked back at Sima Ting, not to mention, Sima Ting is even more beautiful than the number one beauty in that town.

The first beauty went home yesterday, and returned to Huota City early in the morning, and brought Pang Xiaonan 100 taels of gold, saying it was a gift from Wang Yuanwai.

Pang Xiaonan accepted the gold, and handed the bloody horse to Miss Wang, saying that it was her dowry from Yuanwai Wang.

"Father will definitely kill you if he knows you are acting so recklessly!" Sima Ting said with certainty.

"Then what should we do?" Pang Xiaonan was a little panicked. Although he had a secret weapon, the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in the capital might really be gone forever.

"If I don't tell you, if you don't tell me, how would he know?" Sima Ting winked mischievously at Pang Xiaonan.

"Then you have to keep it a secret."

"That depends on how you treat me along the way."

"Make sure you eat, drink, and sleep well. Don't forget, I have 100 taels of gold on me."

"I don't know where the king got so much money, 100 taels of gold can buy a big house in the capital."

"Perhaps this is what people call local tyrants. Don't underestimate the wealth of the people."

The two chatted and laughed, and soon entered the border of Beihe Mansion, not far from Daliang Mansion in the capital.

(End of this chapter)