Lord of Puro

Chapter 720 Planting Soil
The catfish messenger, Nian Shangyou, walked out of the east courtyard with a dark face, layers of blue veins protruding from his face, and eight thick and long whiskers trembling around his mouth.

Luo Yanjun and Luo Shaojun were waiting at the door. Luo Lijun also rushed over. Seeing Nian Shangyou's condition, she knew that the deal had not been made.

Luo Lijun hurried forward to persuade him: "Master Nian, what's going on? Tell me first, and then I will discuss it with the prince."

Nian Shangyou gnashed his teeth and said, "How can you be so rude? How can you be so arrogant!"

After saying these two sentences, Nian Shangyou didn't even turn back, walked outside the mansion, called his men, and left Wubian City directly.

Luo Lijun was anxious: "Li Qi is too unreasonable. He said the matter to death after meeting twice. I have to ask him what conditions he wants!"

Luo Yanjun stopped Luo Lijun and said, "Sister, don't worry, this matter can still be eased."

Luo Lijun pushed Yan Jun away and said, "People are already angry and running away, what are you talking about easing the tension?"

Luo Yanjun lowered her voice and said, "As long as Li Qi is still helping us, the situation will be eased. If Li Qi turns against us, there will be no hope."

Luo Lijun understood what Yan Jun meant, but she couldn't suppress the anger in her heart.

"Young Master, Li Qi is familiar with you. Go ask him what he said. Why did he make the young scholar run away?"

Luo Shaojun remained silent. She didn't care about Nian Shangyou. She was only concerned about her seventh brother.

When he saw Seventh Brother walking out of the yard safely, Luo Shaojun hurriedly went to meet him and asked him if he was hungry or tired, and ignored all other questions.

A large part of Li Qi's trust in the Luo family comes from Luo Shaojun. Seeing how close Luo Shaojun and Li Qi are, Luo Yanjun can't quite figure out which of the two, the elder sister or the younger sister, is smarter?

However, the current situation is indeed difficult to deal with. Nian Shangyou left in anger, and Li Qi may not be willing to make concessions. How can the Luo family find an opportunity to turn things around?
Li Banfeng chatted with Luo Shaojun for a while and asked her to continue sending people to guard the back garden gate. He went to Yucui Tower alone.

The three women were all on the second floor. My wife and Hong Ying were learning needlework from Jiang Ling'er.

Li Banfeng sat beside him and watched for a while. Jiang Linger raised her head and said, "Unfaithful man, now that the job is done, you're leaving again?"

Hong Ying was startled: "What did you finish? Qilang, did you just do it? It was so fast?"

If it wasn’t in front of Jiang Ling’er, the record player would really want to hit Hong Ying with a stick.

But judging from Li Banfeng's expression, he really wanted to leave.

The record player was reluctant to let Jiang Ling'er go, and if he really left like this, it would be too heartbreaking for Jiang Ling'er.

"My husband, my sister and I are getting along very well. Can you allow me to stay here for two more days?"

Hong Ying said, "I also think Miss Jiang is a good person. Qilang, call Jiuer out, and we sisters can play mahjong together."

The record player begged, "It's rare for us sisters to come out together, please let us have fun for a few days, husband, husband~"

Just these two shouts made Hong Ying's bones go soft: "Xiao Wan, stop shouting, you'll have to wash Qi Lang's pants later."

When talking about this, Li Banfeng actually paid attention: "Madam, call me again!"

The wife prepared the fire for a while, and melted the affection that was sweeter than honey into this one voice: "Husband~"

When Jiang Ling'er and Hong Ying heard this, they couldn't help but shiver.

Li Banfeng didn't tremble.

He lowered his head for a long while, then raised his head to look at the record player and asked, "Madam, why shouldn't I respond?"

"This..." The lady spoke slowly and couldn't answer.

Hong Ying looked at Jiang Ling'er, who had her head lowered, concentrating on needlework.

Li Banfeng's face turned pale and sweat continued to flow: "Tell me the truth, what happened?"

Jiang Linger spoke up: "You lack popularity, so you can only make up for it with your Yang energy. If you consume too much Yang energy, you will lose some of your masculinity."

Li Banfeng was dumbfounded: "You mean, it will be useless in the future?"

Seeing this, Hong Ying quickly advised: "Qi Lang, don't be anxious, you weren't very useful before!"

Snapped!
The record player could no longer bear it and hit Hong Ying with a stick, then turned to Li Banfeng and said, "The yang energy has been dissipated, and it can be replenished with popularity. Husband, don't be in a hurry about this matter."

Li Banfeng remained silent, feeling uncomfortable.

He stood up to leave, and the music box suddenly appeared in front of him.

When Li Banfeng was promoted, he relied on the music box to keep him asleep. He had always placed it on his bedside and almost forgot about it.

Li Banfeng left with the music box. The record player was worried, but Hong Ying didn't care too much: "Qilang is a capable man, it's no problem for him to gain some popularity.

But then again, Qilang's tricks only took a blink of an eye, so what does it matter if he's manly or not?"

The record player raised the board and said, "When my husband comes back, don't say these words again, or I will beat you to death, you bitch!"

Li Banfeng found sunflowers in the back garden and saw that there were still many sunflower seeds growing on the flower disk.

It is indeed not difficult to gain some popularity, but Li Banfeng is not sure how much he can make up for it. What should he do if he cannot regain his former bravery?

The little figure on the music box was quietly spinning on the tray, and she played a song for Li Banfeng.

The music was gentle and soft, a hypnotic piece of music, and the magic weapons they were carrying fell into a deep sleep one after another.

After following Li Banfeng around these days and suffering from constant fear, the magic weapons are indeed tired.

But Li Banfeng was not tired at all. He thought the music was good and was listening attentively when the music suddenly stopped.

The little person sitting on the tray also stopped turning. She raised her head and looked up at Li Banfeng, as if she had something to say.

Li Banfeng thought the clock had run out, but he heard a conversation coming from the music box.

"Have you been to the Crucible?" This was Jiang Ling'er's voice.

"This time when I came to Neizhou and met my sister, I remembered some things. I have been to the furnace, but I can't remember what it looked like. I only remember that I was tempered for three whole years." This was the voice of the lady.

"Anyone who has been in a furnace can't remember what it looks like. I was also hammered for three years, but how did you get out?"

"Where to get out? The furnace?"

"It's not the furnace, it's the Prostate. First-class weapons cannot go to the Prostate."

"I have never thought of this matter, and I still don't know why. Maybe it's..."

"Don't talk about it for now, that woman is here."

"Sister, Hongying is one of us, and so is my husband. There's no need to be on guard."

"This is Neizhou. We have to be prepared even if we don't want to."

The recording ends here, the tray resumes turning, and the music starts again.

The music box secretly recorded a conversation between Jiang Ling'er and her wife. She had also recorded a conversation between her wife and Hong Ying before, which allowed Li Banfeng to know some hidden secrets of the past.

The content recorded today surprised Li Banfeng.

According to the story my wife told, Jiang Ling'er was my wife's elder sister in the theater. They were both beaten to death by the troupe owner, and their souls went to Neizhou and entered the furnace.

But why did their souls enter the furnace? Was it because they had cultivated in their previous lives?
The two poor girls in the opera troupe actually have some spiritual power?
Judging from the current situation, Jiang Ling'er was refined into a first-class weapon by the furnace. Could it be that my wife is also a first-class weapon?

Li Banfeng and Jiang Ling'er had the same question. If his wife had become a first-class weapon, why could she return to Pro Province? And she also became a famous general?
Many questions swirled in his mind. Two small statues fell to the ground, interrupting Li Banfeng's thoughts.

This is not his little statue, it's Jiang Mengting's. In Li Banfeng's impression, Jiang Mengting's little statue should be placed in the portable house. How come it fell out at this time?
"Boss, I dropped them." Gloves woke up. He had slept too soundly and couldn't hold the two small statues.

Li Banfeng asked, "What are you doing with this thing?"

This is Jiang Mengting's exclusive popularity. Neither Li Banfeng nor the gloves have much value for these two statues.

Gloves said, "Boss, when I saw this popularity before, I felt it was special. I could sense that the popularity was moving."

Li Banfeng shook his head and said, "It's useless even if we sense it. This is Jiang Mengting's popularity. We can't use it."

"It can be used," Gloves held the statue in his palm, "You can steal other people's popularity. Xiao Qianshou knows this technique, but he never taught it to me."

"Can popularity be stolen?" Li Banfeng thought for a moment and remembered something.

He returned to the house and took a box off the shelf.

Inside the box are two magnets, two circuit boards, a headset, an antenna, and six nails.

Yuezhou’s Huahu Park is connected to a new land, in the middle of which there is a cave.

There are many things hidden in this cave, and these things are used by He Jiaqing to gather popularity.

When Li Banfeng was tracking Datou, he once entered a cave, plundered all the popularity stored inside, and brought back some of the equipment for collecting popularity.

All these devices are here, but my wife has not yet come up with any results. Li Banfeng was curious at first, why this kind of equipment can collect popularity. It seems that there are some stealing techniques here.

Li Banfeng picked up a magnet and looked at it for a long time: "Stealing repairs is really not simple."

Hearing this, Gloves was quite proud. He stood on the shelf, shaking his index finger and said, "One is to eat, two is to have fun, three is to steal. Stealing is one of the oldest ways in the world. It is said that everything in the world can be stolen. There is a lot of knowledge in this!"

Li Banfeng sighed: "Who can I learn this key knowledge from?"

……

He Jiaqing hid under the soil and listened quietly to the conversation between Nian Shangyou and "Liu Bufei".

This "Liu Bufei" was impersonated by a drama editor under He Jiaqing.

And this catfish-looking Nian Shangyou is real. He is a scholar of Hongwenguan in Shang State. Now he comes to inspect Xindi as a special envoy.

This made He Jiaqing feel a little strange.

As far as he knew, Shu Wanjuan had just returned to Chaoge to report and told the court that the thirteen new pieces of land were safe and sound.

Shu Wanjuan held a high position among the princes, and he was on the right side between the cabinet and the sage. He had just reported that he was safe, and the court sent an envoy to check. Wasn't this an obvious slap in the face of Shu Wanjuan? At least they could wait a month or so before checking, so that Shu Wanjuan could save face.

Nian Shangyou was very cunning in his words, and He Jiaqing was worried that "Liu Bufei" would be exposed. Fortunately, the two talked for a long time, and Nian Shangyou did not probe too much in his words, and only talked about the business of Sun Hung Kai Properties.

Liu Bufei was prepared for these things: "According to Lord Qiao's instructions, I will first recruit a group of monsters in the land. We must not rush into the land reclamation."

Nian Shangyou nodded repeatedly and said, "When I came from Chaoge, Mr. Qiao repeatedly reminded you that you must be extremely careful in doing things. Recently, I heard that Puluozhou has been repeatedly harassed by the Tufang Kingdom, and the peddlers are struggling and in a difficult situation.
If you behave ostentatiously, it will easily arouse suspicion, and the peddler may even kill you. Given the current situation, let's put aside the matter of recruiting monsters for the time being."

Nian Shangyou was a special envoy of the imperial court, so no matter what he said, "Liu Bufei" had to agree.

But this sounded a bit problematic to He Jiaqing.

The reason for not opening up the wasteland in a high-profile manner is to avoid the attention of the peddler, but it doesn't mean that he dares not even do something like recruiting monsters, right?

This is a normal method for local people to control the area.

Moreover, if nothing is done, what is the purpose of Chaoge taking the risk and allowing these thirteen local gods to be enthroned with their lands?
There is something wrong with this imperial envoy.

Nian Shangyou chatted with "Liu Bufei" for more than an hour, and then went to other places to meet several other local gods.

On the next day, Nian Shangyou met the local god Ji Yuren.

Ji Yuren is a physical cultivator with blue skin, round eyes, and a body covered with colorful scales.

His original body was a crucian carp, so he got along well with Nian Shangyou. However, He Jiaqing didn't know what Nian Shangyou's purpose was in coming here, because Ji Yuren was not among the thirteen local gods who were granted titles with their land.

He has been the local god in the new land for more than ten years. Since Nian Shangyou came here to investigate these thirteen new lands, what use would it be for him to find Ji Yuren?
Could it be that Ji Yuren discovered the flaw?

He Jiaqing was very nervous. If Ji Yuren really found any suspicious points, He Jiaqing planned to kill him and Nian Shangyou together to silence them if necessary.

Nian Shangyou and Ji Yuren chatted for a long time, also talking about the business of Sun Hung Kai Properties.

"Brother Ji, we are old friends, but I have to remind you that the peddler has been very irritable recently, so be careful and don't provoke him."

"Brother Nian, rest assured. Ji has never violated the rules. Even if the peddler wanted to attack me, he wouldn't be able to find a reason."

Nian Shangyou shook his head and said, "Brother Ji, don't take it lightly. I heard that something happened to the peddler recently."

"What's the matter?" Ji Yuren listened attentively.

"This matter is..." Nian Shangyou leaned close to Ji Yuren's ear, lowered his voice to an extremely low level, and used a whisker to penetrate the crucian carp man's ear.

The beard entered from the right ear and came out from the left ear. There were barbs on it, and some brain matter hung on the barbs.

Nian Shangyou pulled out his beard and Ji Yuren died on the spot.

After confirming that Ji Yuren was dead, Nian Shang swam to a well.

This well was dug very roughly, without even a well platform. If you are not careful, people may fall in. It seems to have been dug by a hunter who had successfully cleared the land.

Nian Shangyou transformed himself into a catfish and dived into the well. After searching for more than half an hour, he finally found the deed and the land seal from the bottom of the well.

This is good stuff!

He Jiaqing really wanted it, but he couldn't take it.

He was confident that he could defeat Nian Shangyou, but Nian Shangyou had killed the local god on earth. If He Jiaqing took away the deed and the seal of the local god, the matter would become unclear.

What exactly did he want to do? Did Ji Yuren betray Chaoge? Or did he offend him in some way?

How should this matter be handled?

Telling the peddler is a good idea.

But should I tell the peddler directly? Or should I find someone else to convey the message on my behalf?
……

In Yucui Tower, Li Banfeng was learning embroidery with Jiang Ling'er, and every move was very professional.

Hong Ying was watching in fascination, and from time to time she would comment on the record player: "You know what, Qilang is lacking in yang energy, and little Qilang is not very effective, but his needlework is getting better and better."

The record player twisted Hong Ying's hand and said, "Don't talk nonsense. When your husband regains some popularity, the man's power will return."

Hong Ying shook her head slightly: "This is the territory of Neizhou, where can we find popularity?"

She didn't know yet that this place was gaining popularity the fastest.

Li Banfeng lived in Wubian City for a few days. Several small statues of gods grew on the sunflower plate. After he ate the human energy, his yang energy recovered a lot.

There was still a lot of things to do outside, so Li Banfeng replanted two sunflowers in Wubian City to remind his wife that it was time to go home.

Even though the lady was reluctant, she had to say goodbye to Jiang Ling'er.

After returning to Suishenju, the wife said to Li Banfeng, "My husband, Jiang Ling'er is an old acquaintance of mine and is also your house spirit. Please come and visit her more often in the future. Don't neglect her."

"My wife said so, I will definitely do it," Li Banfeng took out the tool that He Jiaqing used to steal popularity, "This thing has been at home for some time, has my wife figured out anything?"

If Li Banfeng hadn't mentioned it, I would have almost forgotten about the record player.

"This is my fault. I didn't spend too much time on these things. I will take a closer look at the mechanism of this thing after I have repaired the old man."

Li Banfeng said: "These things all contain stealing techniques, and the mechanism may not be easy to understand."

The lady looked at the equipment and seemed to understand something: "In the past, the stealing techniques were indeed difficult to grasp, but this time when I came to Neizhou, I remembered a lot of things.

There are some things that I don't want to hide from my husband. I've been in the furnace before, and I should have seen some of the methods used by stealers. Let me think about it carefully. If I study the mechanism thoroughly, these things can be of great use."

Li Banfeng smiled. His wife was still of the same mind as him and didn't hide anything from him.

"There's no rush for this. Madam, study it slowly first. I'll show Jiang Mengting's popularity to another friend. Maybe he can know how to use it."

The record player thought for a long time: "Husband, besides He Jiaqing, do you have any acquaintances among the thieves?"

Li Banfeng shook his head and said, "There is no thief cultivator, but there is one oil cultivator. Everything can be stolen, or maybe everything can be slippery."

……

After leaving Wubian City, Li Banfeng went to Santoucha and arrived at the residence of the new king.

Under the guidance of Luo Yujun and Luo Xiujun, the new emperor gradually acquired some royal temperament. Luo Lijun was very satisfied with this. She often exchanged information with the two sisters. She was very concerned about the new emperor's condition and also told the sisters some important things in the inner state.

Xiaoshan got all these important matters out of Luo Xiujun.

"Seventh Master, Sister Xiujun said that Qiao Yi can't come to Pro Province in the short term. The Ministry of Industry of Shangguo has been saying that the materials are incomplete and the altar cannot be repaired on schedule. Qiao Yi is extremely worried and his condition has worsened."

The altar incident was such a big blow to Qiao Yi! His previous inference was indeed correct. He really put most of his efforts into the new land.

Li Banfeng took out a Jinyuan Pill and gave it to Xiaoshan: "You did a good job. You should get more information like this."

Finding that the face was not big, Li Banfeng showed him the statue of Jiang Mengting.

The little guy was amazed: "How can there be life in this thing? It smells like there is melon seed oil in it."

Li Banfeng nodded and said, "There must be melon seed oil, because this is melon seeds. This is someone else's popularity. You can see that you can't convert it into popularity that I can use."

Lian Budai studied the statue for three whole days and wrote back to Li Banfeng: "This is the popularity of a person who has an owner. There is no way to get rid of it."

He is a real man, and he cannot do what he cannot do.

"But this thing is so amazing. A melon seed can actually perform some tricks. I want to study it carefully."

Li Banfeng agreed and the two statues were temporarily handed over to Bian Budai.

Qiu Zhiheng said that the Customs and Defense Bureau had been active in the underground city's human market over the past two days. That night, when Li Banfeng arrived at the human market, he really saw several Customs and Defense Bureau personnel walking back and forth on the street.

Li Banfeng knew these people. They were from the main office. What did they want to do in the underground city?
When it's late at night, find a suitable opportunity to ask them.

Chen Yongnian's restaurant was on the street. Li Banfeng went to the restaurant to have a meal and asked Chen Yongnian to clean up a room for him to rest for a while.

Usually Li Banfeng sleeps in the Suishenju, but Chen Yongnian was particularly enthusiastic towards him today. He brought him wine, food, and charcoal, and kept running into the house. If he found that Li Banfeng was suddenly missing, Old Chen would probably be shocked.

Anyway, he would only stay for an hour or two, and Li Banfeng didn't want to arouse suspicion, so he lay on the bed and slept for a while.

After sleeping for more than half an hour, Li Banfeng suddenly opened his eyes and saw Ayi sitting on the bed, staring at him.

Li Banfeng also stared at Ayi.

Ayi shouted angrily: "You scared me to death!"

Li Banfeng closed his eyes and said, "Then I'll continue sleeping?"

"Don't sleep yet, I have something good to show you." Ayi took a cloth bag and handed it to Li Banfeng.

Li Banfeng opened the bag and saw that it was filled with soil.

"What kind of soil is this?"

Ai said excitedly: "It's seed soil, seed soil that can generate new land!"

Li Banfeng was stunned: "Did you make this?"

Ai nodded and said, "Yes, I have made the altar using the stones we brought back last time.

Lao Qi, you are really lovable when you go crazy. If you hadn’t gone crazy like this, I don’t know when I would have been able to build the altar…”

"Wait a minute!" Li Banfeng was not as excited as Ayi. He felt that there was something wrong with this matter. "You made the altar so quickly?"

Ai patted his chest and said, "Brother, this is your sister's ability!"

"It shouldn't be like this!" Li Banfeng squatted on the bed and remembered the information Xiaoshan had found out before.

Aiyi was unhappy: "What are you saying is not right? Do you think I shouldn't be capable?"

Li Banfeng shook his head and said, "I know you are capable, but Chaoge is not short of capable people. Why is it that they are taking so long to build this altar?"

PS: Thanks to the leader Falcon White, I will stand guard with you for the brave White Falcon County!

(End of this chapter)