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Chapter 116: Imperial Decree, Famous Throughout the World

"Master Chen, this is it."

Li Qianzong stopped in front of a lavish mansion and said, "General Fang has prepared the mansion in advance and has also prepared two maids. If they are not enough, you can go buy two more.

"It would be best to buy a child from a poor family from a human trafficker, which is better than being sold to a brothel, right?

“There is one more thing I need to make clear in advance. People in our Commander’s Mansion cannot beat and kill servants for fun.

"Of course, this is when there is no mistake. If you do something wrong, you will still be punished.

"alright.

"I have explained everything that needs to be explained. From now on, Master Chen, just stay here and wait for the notification of the selection.

"Well, there may be people who will come to visit us. After all, those who can participate in the selection are all outstanding young talents. They may become generals in the future. Sir Chen will handle it as you see fit."

"Thank you, Mr. Li Qian. I'll treat you to a drink some other day."

Chen Sanshi bowed and said goodbye.

The instructions given by General Li Qian were indeed very detailed and it was a tough job.

"To the new home."

Only then did Chen Sanshi have time to look towards the house.

What a big house with three entrances and three exits.

If it were in Poyang County, only the county magistrate and a few wealthy families could afford to live in such a house.

Besides, he actually didn't need such a big house. Fortunately, he had two maids, otherwise Lan Jie'er would have been exhausted to death just from cleaning.

"Hello, Master. Hello, Madam."

Two maids, still in their teens, came out to greet them and bowed.

Chen Sanshi waved his hand: "Well, you guys go down first, I'll call you if there's anything."

"master……"

The two girls looked at each other and said timidly, "You haven't given us a name yet."

"name?"

Chen Sanshi then remembered that after selling himself into a slave, he no longer had a name of his own.

He really didn't know how to name it: "Sister Lan, I'll leave it to you."

"Okay, I'll do it."

Gu Xinlan took the hands of the two girls and gently asked about their family background, age and talents. She named the last one Siqin and the other Mohua.

These two people were sold by their parents when they were young. They were specially trained and sold to wealthy families as maids at a very high price.

"I don't seem to have any money to support my family!"

Chen Sanshi suddenly reacted.

He had been fighting for two months and had no money at all.

Fortunately, I have the rank of sixth-rank Chengxin Xiaowei and the honorary rank of fifth-rank Feiqiwei, both of which come with a salary. I just don't know where to get it. I'll have to ask about it later.

"master!"

Mo Hua trotted over, looking a little flustered: "There's a eunuch outside, and he said he wants you to go out and receive the imperial edict. There are so many people."

"Imperial decree?"

Bad memories came to Chen Sanshi's mind.

But he had no grudge against the emperor, so there was nothing to be afraid of, and there was a high probability that he would receive some reward.

Even if something bad happens, he must accept the order. Who can blame him for being too weak at the moment?
"Walk."

Chen Sanshi walked out of the door.

There were more than a dozen horse-drawn carriages in front of the mansion. Such a grand scene attracted hundreds of people to come and watch.

Leading the group was a great eunuch wearing a noble dragon robe and a jade belt around his waist. His face was as pale as paper, his expression was gloomy and his breath was long. Judging from his posture, he should be a martial artist.

He spoke in a voice so sharp that it was a little piercing: "The imperial edict has arrived. Lieutenant Chen Sanshi, please accept it!"

"Minister, obey your order!"

Chen Sanshi led his family members to kneel down.

As I said, if you are weak, you can only bow your head, otherwise you will die in vain.

"The Emperor, in compliance with the Will of Heaven, proclaims: Lieutenant Chen Sanshi of Chengxin led the people across the Hongze River, moving heaven and earth. I am moved to tears when I heard about it. It is my great fortune and the great fortune of the Great Sheng Dynasty to have such a benevolent and brave general. I hereby promote him to the rank of Fifth Rank General of Wude, and make an exception to the title of Third Rank Upper Light Chariot Commander, and grant him 1,000 taels of gold, 50,000 taels of silver, 1,000 pieces of silk, 30 pills of refined internal organs medicine, and a pot of imperial wine. I decree this!"

"I obey your order and thank you for your grace. Long live the emperor!"

Chen Sanshi had no choice but to be polite and kowtow to express his gratitude.

"who is this?"

"Newly moved in."

"Carry the people across the river?"

"I've heard about this. It seems that during the tenth day of Yunzhou, a general from a small county town fled with tens of thousands of civilians. In order to help the civilians cross the river, he and his men almost died."

"Are there any officials willing to do this for the people?"

"Your Majesty is also a wise ruler!"

"Yes, yes, yes. Otherwise, the reward wouldn't be so great. Thousands of gold and silver, thousands of rolls of silk, this is enough for many people to eat and drink for a lifetime."

"You have been awarded the third rank at such a young age, and you are eligible to appear before the emperor."

"This person will definitely become a big shot in the future!"

"..."

The people watching were talking a lot.

"Damn it, the old emperor is taking advantage of me!"

Chen Sanshi cursed in his heart.

The old emperor collaborated with the enemy and committed treason, massacring nearly one million people in Yunzhou in ten days. Now, he is turning around and using rewards to exchange for a good reputation. This is extremely shameless.

There is not enough stuff!
Give it hard!

Otherwise I would be unworthy of this kneeling.

"Master Chen, would you like to invite me in and have a seat?"

The old eunuch said condescendingly.

Chen Sanshi stood up and said, "Please come in, eunuch. Mo Hua, go make some tea."

"Master, there is no tea at home..."

Mo Hua had never seen such a scene before. On his first day of "work", he encountered an imperial edict, which was worth thousands of gold and tens of thousands of silver. It was so scary that he was shaking all over.

"Father-in-law, I just moved here, and my house is really empty."

Chen Sanshi said: "Maybe I'll have to make you drink plain water."

"Master, there's no water either..." Siqin said timidly, "We haven't bought firewood and tea sets at home yet..."

"Forget it, let's not go into the house. Let's just talk here."

The chief eunuch stopped in front of the entrance and sighed, "My surname is Hou, and I am the military supervisor of the three northwestern states, supervising all the troops. You can just call me Eunuch Hou."

Chen Sanshi asked, "What instructions does Eunuch Hou have?"

The military supervisor was naturally Sun Xiangzong, who must have a high status in the palace.

"You were only promoted to the fifth rank flying cavalry captain, and you were promoted to the third rank upper light chariot captain so soon. This rank far exceeds the rank you should have for your internal organ refining cultivation."

Eunuch Hou dragged and emphasized: "Master Chen, do you understand the meaning of this?"

"Your Majesty's grace, I will definitely keep it in my heart and will never forget it for a moment!"

Chen Sanshi said word by word: "I will never forget it for a moment!"

"Well, you are clever!"

Eunuch Hou waved his hand, signaling his eunuchs to bring up the imperial wine: "Master Chen, please do not disappoint the emperor."

【Antidote for the Green Blood Poison Dew】

Chen Sanshi picked up the imperial wine and drank it all in one gulp.

Poisoning all the time is not a solution.

Because the poison will eventually take effect over time, you can't make a chronic poison and reward food and drink every once in a while. Even a fool will find that something is wrong, and it will only increase the rift between the monarch and his subjects.

It would be better to detoxify and then give generous rewards, which would win people's hearts.

If Chen Sanshi had not known that the medicine was poisonous through [Seeing the Medicine and Recognizing the Prescription], and if he had not gotten to know the inside story of Yunzhou by chance, he would have really thought that this was a benevolent and wise monarch and would have been grateful to him.

This is the way an emperor controls his people!

"it is good."

Eunuch Hou watched him drink the wine and smiled: "Master Chen will stay in the Commander-in-Chief's Mansion to select the vanguard, so..."

"Don't worry, sir."

Chen Sanshi answered quickly: "No matter where I am, I will always remember that I am a minister of the Great Sheng Dynasty and a minister of Your Majesty."

"You are a very sensible person, I like you! Okay, there is no tea, and there is definitely no wine or food, so I will leave first."

Eunuch Hou left satisfied.

The others helped move the things into Chen's mansion before they dared to leave.

Close the door.

Chen Sanshi immediately took out the precious medicine for refining the internal organs and began to practice.

Millions of gold and silver plus thousands of rolls of silk were indeed enough to last him for a while.

But what is truly valuable is the precious medicine!

When one’s cultivation reaches the level of refining internal organs, the medicines needed can basically no longer be measured in terms of money.

The truly precious medicinal materials are all priceless. After all, the requirements for the growing environment are too stringent. This is why Poyang County has to refine the Zang even if the resources are exhausted.

Even in the Eight Camps, not everyone can get the precious medicine they want.

Because the eight battalions were frequently moved around and had no fixed assets of their own, all military supplies had to be supplied by funds from the imperial court and supported by local forces in order to be maintained.

"Fortunately, I won't be missing for the time being."

After Chen Sanshi checked that there was no problem with the precious medicine, he swallowed it and practiced shooting under the powerful effect of the medicine.

Thirty precious medicines are enough to support him until he reaches the state of transformation!

The total value is more than a thousand gold.

[Kung Fu: Unified Spear Technique (Mastery)]

【Progress: 288/1000】

With the addition of Linghe, the efficiency of improving proficiency is amazing!

Logically speaking, after entering the stage of internal organ refining, the speed of improvement in cultivation will definitely become slower and slower.

But he was confident that he could achieve a small breakthrough to the level of organ refining within a month.

Chen Sanshi originally planned to go into seclusion.

But the next day, his house became lively.

A huge amount of invitations were sent to the Chen Mansion, from gentry, aristocratic families, clans, to officials of all ranks. For a time, the mansion was bustling with people coming and going in an endless stream.

The imperial edict conferring rewards and such a grand ceremony, even if he is not an official in the capital, means that he has a bright future, and it is normal for some people to want to make friends with him.

Chen Sanshi did not refuse either.

In the future, you will need more and more resources for cultivation, and you never know which one you will need.

It's just temporary, I really can't get there.

"Three stones!"

At noon that day, after dinner, Chen Sanshi practiced shooting in the yard.

Sun Buqi came to the door and said, "Come on, I'll invite you to the banquet on their behalf. It's the elite banquet, you have to go."

"A banquet for selecting the best?"

Chen Sanshi took the opportunity to ask: "That's great, can you tell me what are the specific procedures for selecting strikers?"

Soon, with Sun Buqi's explanation, he basically understood the process.

The selected soldiers are divided into two major categories: reserve military officers and reserve generals.

There are age restrictions for those who can participate in the forward selection.

Within the age limit, those who have reached the level of internal organ refining can participate in the selection of reserve generals.

In addition, eight inner disciples will be selected each time, but only one will be accepted as the chief disciple!
There are always five examination questions.

1. Deploy the formation.

2. Break through the formation.

3. Go into battle, which means actual combat.

4. Martial arts competition.

5. Root bones are used to determine the upper limit, and then the amount of resources to invest is determined based on the upper limit.

The numerous tests are basically equivalent to another martial arts examination.

The difference is that after passing the assessment, they will directly stay in the Eight Camps and receive martial arts instruction from Sun Xiangzong.

"Sanshi, this year is the most difficult one."

Sun Buqi sighed and said, "Yin Hanwen and Cao Fan, who you met last time, and even the grandson of Elder Yan are here, as well as the young master of the Tongtian Sword Sect in Liangzhou, the disciples of the Piyue Villa, and so on and so forth...

“Most of them have reached the Perfection of Organ Refining!

“Besides, since everyone arrived very early this year, the selection will officially begin in ten days!
“Sanshi, have you just mastered the internal organs training technique?
"These people are different from the previous opponents. Each of them has a special physique. They are invincible in the same realm anywhere in the martial arts world. I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to beat them across realms again."

To Chen Sanshi.

Put these aside for now.

What he cares about is that there is only one true chief!
Not only is he the last batch of selected disciples, but he is also the last chief true disciple. Needless to say, what this means.

Immortal magic.

Only by becoming the only true disciple will one have the opportunity to access the method of breaking through to the realm above Martial Saint!

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