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Chapter 2497: Those who are capable work hard

After the Empress Dowager passed away, officials only needed to attend sacrificial and condolence activities on time during the period of mourning, and they did not need to stay in Anle Palace all the time.

When I walked out of the palace, the bells of the Taimiao had already started to ring, and I could faintly hear the sounds of chanting.

Zhang Xuezhou looked back at the palace, and then spent money to find a carriage.

"Master Dongfang!"

"Master Zhuang!"

The carriages were running in an orderly manner on the street. When the sound of horses and carriages catching up quickly came from behind, Zhang Xuezhou just stuck his head out and saw Zhuang Qingzhai who had also opened the curtain of the carriage and was looking at him.

There are many dignitaries in the Imperial City District, but it is not difficult to distinguish the carriage that is chasing Zhang Xuezhou. After all, he has traveled a very long distance, and he can find it accurately as long as he observes carefully and searches more.

Zhuang Qingzhai cupped his hands, with a hint of anxiety in his eyes.

"Please, Master Zhuang, arrange two positions close to you for Taoist Li," Zhang Xuezhou quickly communicated, "Taoist Li's magic weapon, the long sleeves, has not been fully condensed. This time, we may need to make more preparations!"

"it is good!"

Zhuang Qingzhai nodded heavily.

The bad news was that his guess was correct, the magic cloth did not turn into a magic weapon.

The good news is that the promised things have not changed. Even though the death of the Empress Dowager is coming in a short time, Li Shaojun has accepted the invitation.

Not to mention placing two positions around me, even if ten or eight positions are needed, they must be fulfilled.

"Master Li usually lives in the back hall of Anle Palace. You can go see him tonight at midnight!"

"Thank you!"

After getting the contact information, Zhuang Qingzhai felt much more at ease.

He called the coachman to turn the carriage around.

He only has fifteen days left. As long as he can survive these fifteen days, he can easily withdraw from the Anle Palace camp and get out of this mess.

It doesn't matter whether someone comes to spy or not.

He and Xu Chang tacitly chose the simplest funeral and shortened the time to the minimum possible.

If he suffered misfortune in such a situation, Zhuang Qingzhai felt that it would be his fate.

"Nine Dragon Cauldron? Nine Cauldrons? It's fine that Daojun and Jiuling Yuansheng came here, but how did the Immortal Court know about this? And how is it related to the Nine Dragon Cauldron, the alchemy furnace?"

Zhuang Qingzhai was very nervous, and Zhang Xuezhou was not much better.

Things turned out far beyond his expectations, and his opponents were not the ones Zhang Xuezhou wanted to see.

Even the God of Zhenyuan had to hide away, and Zhang Xuezhou couldn't get involved at all in a confrontation of this level.

"Could it be that the Nine Dragon Cauldron is really related to the Nine Cauldrons?"

In Zhang Xuezhou's opinion, Daojun has an extremely aloof temperament. Such a person disdains to lie, and the information he obtains must be the latest and most accurate.

Thinking of the Qingzhou Ding that almost killed him, Zhang Xuezhou felt that finding the Nine Dings was not a big deal.

"One Qingzhou Ding has left Your Excellency helpless. What will happen if there are eight more? Wouldn't that mean he will die eight times? What next after all the fighting and killing?"

The Nine Cauldrons of King Yu fostered luck, the luck in the Yuzhou Cauldron could wash away bad luck, and the Qingzhou Cauldron was like an important sacrificial vessel, which helped boost the growth of Zhang Xuezhou's luck when the contents of the cauldron were poured out.

But Zhang Xuezhou never intended to look for the Nine Cauldrons.

The reason for this is simple. Compared with the benefits, the possibility of encountering risks is higher.

Your Majesty's target has never been the Nine Cauldrons, but has always been searching for the Tomb of the Qin Emperor.

"How did things take a turn and end up with the Nine Dragon Cauldron?" He didn't understand it for a moment, nor did he know how the Immortal Court got involved, but Li Shaojun had to get to work.

The night continued to darken, and it was almost the end of the evening when Zhang Xuezhou returned home.

"Zhuang Qingzhai gave you another 1,000 taels of gold?"

A sour voice came, and Zhang Xuezhou knew it was Li Shaojun without guessing.

"This is borrowed money. Whether you can get the transfer deed to Jingzhao Yifu depends on you!"

Without Aqiao's treatment, the Zhang residence was very quiet tonight. Zhang Xuezhou was also awake, and Zhang Chong and You Rong could finally sleep well.

Li Shaojun, who did not gain any benefit from the magic cloth, was waiting in the study.

When he saw Zhang Xuezhou, Li Shaojun pointed to the small iron box placed in the study.

One thousand taels of gold did not take up much space, and there were ten gold ingots in the square iron box.

Just as the new emperor was quick to give the keys, the gold was also delivered to Zhang's house very quickly.

As a gift for keeping an eye on Empress Dou, Zhang Xuezhou was very satisfied with the money. Although it was borrowed from the new emperor, Zhang Xuezhou never thought of paying it back.

He made a quick inventory and just wanted to solve Zhuang Qingzhai's problem before transferring the money to the other party and signing the sales contract with Yi Mansion in Jingzhao.

"Did you manage to arrange it?" Li Shaojun asked.

"It's guaranteed," Zhang Xuezhou patted his chest and promised, "And we've got a good thing this time!"

"Good news?" Li Shaojun asked doubtfully.

"The rules at Anle Palace have been messed up. We can get close to the Nine Dragon Cauldron," Zhang Xuezhou said, "I think this is a great opportunity to make an elixir!"

"The Taoist Master Zhenyuan is already in Anle Palace, so we don't need to rush to make the elixir, right?" Li Shaojun said.

"He is the guest of the Grand Empress Dowager, but he is not the guest of the Empress Dowager. Do you understand what I mean?"

"That little Dou actually failed to defend Anle Palace. Isn't she too lame?"

A new emperor appoints new ministers. When the Grand Empress Dowager of Anle Palace passed away, Empress Dowager Dou was unable to hold on to Anle Palace amid the internal strife and was forcibly driven out of the palace by the Empress Dowager on the first day of the funeral.

This means that Zhenyuan Shenjun's network of relationships is broken, and it also means that the time that everyone can access the Nine Dragon Cauldron is extremely limited.

Li Shaojun was not in a hurry before, but after Zhang Xuezhou's brief narration, he couldn't help but become anxious.

"I have to accompany Zhuang Qingzhai to attend the funeral and protect his safety, and I have to make pills. How can I handle so many things?" Li Shaojun said anxiously: "You think making pills is just about throwing things in!"

"You sound like you're really going to kill everyone!"

Zhang Xuezhou waved his hand, indicating that there was no difference between having Li Shaojun by Zhuang Qingzhai's side or not, and the one who really contributed was Zhenyuan Shenjun.

Of course, Zhang Xuezhou also had to say that Li Shaojun's position at the Nine Dragon Cauldron in the back hall was very correct. If he had squatted somewhere else, he might not have encountered any major problems.

"Tsk, you just look down on me. Actually, I am also good at fighting!"

Li Shaojun replied angrily, and quickly combed his hair, trying his best to create a slightly more obvious difference when imitating his previous self, so as to avoid being discovered by Zhenyuan Shenjun.

"Okay, if you want to fight then just do it!"

Zhang Xuezhou did not argue with Li Shaojun. He had said what he should have said and did not mention anything he should not have said, so as to prevent Li Shaojun from backing down.

"Let's pack up and start working tonight," Zhang Xuezhou warned, "The mourning period for the Empress Dowager is only fifteen days, so we must hurry up, otherwise we may not be able to borrow the Nine Dragon Cauldron next time!"

"I'll go!"

Zhang Xuezhou might not care that much about the Eight-Step Immortality Pill, but Li Shaojun was counting on this top-level external pill to advance his cultivation.

Not to mention refining the elixir in Anle Palace in the shortest time possible, even if he had to fight while refining the elixir, he would have to refine the Eight-Step Immortality Pill within half a month.