In the days that followed, in addition to writing and painting, Shen Yuelan developed a new hobby, which was bullying Shen Sushang, because this guy's reaction was very interesting. She would have a big reaction if she was bullied casually, blowing her nose, glaring, getting angry, crying, making a fuss, and even threatening to commit suicide. She had done all of these.

Because it was so funny, sometimes Huanyan couldn't help but do something to her, trying to annoy her and see her reaction. Of course, only Shen Yuelan and Huanyan dared to do this.

If Gan Yuelong and Wanchuan dared to do this, Shen Sushang would really grit her teeth. After all, they were her master and sisters. On the one hand, she had no choice, and on the other hand, she also hoped to integrate with them as soon as possible in this way and just play with them.

As for the others, humph, you must be joking. Shen Sushang is a demon queen-level beauty after all, and she has her own dignity. At most, we can just have a fight. Anyway, you don't dare to really kill me.

However, in most cases, Shen Sushang was still willing to play with Huanyan and Wanchuan. After all, the mission her master was carrying out recently was really boring. It was to stay in the Song Dynasty for more than 30 years and catch a little goblin whose true form was Tianxi Tongbao.

Shen Sushang went to take a special look and found that the little goblin was staying on the head of a silversmith's wife in Tokyo City. With her master's eagle eyes, he must have known the location of the creature a long time ago.

The reason why she turned a blind eye to it seemed that she just wanted to take some time off and didn't want to go back so soon. Shen Sushang also asked Shen Yuelan indirectly when she planned to return to the inner world.

The answer Shen Sushang got was not unexpected. Shen Yuelan told her that if nothing unexpected happened, they planned to stay until the first year of Tianxi before going back. She also said that she didn't need to be so cautious when asking questions in the future, just ask directly, as they were all family.

The last sentence made Shen Suchang very happy, and in order to appease her, Shen Yuelan gave her unlimited supply of wine and drinks. The fruit wine brewed by the master was indeed delicious, but after a few months, Shen Suchang was still tired of it.

Don't ask Shen Sushang. She had been in the mausoleum for seven or eight years, but she didn't seem bored. She was just sleeping in there. You know what sleeping is like? You can dream about anything.

Shen Sushang had originally planned to pester Shen Yuelan tonight and ask her to promise to take her out for a walk, but when Gan Yuelong came back today, she brought back some news that seemed quite interesting to everyone.

One was a rumor about the apparition of Taizu at the Yongchang Emperor's Mausoleum. After several months of fermentation, the matter was instigated by some people and finally became a sensation in the city. People said that this was ironclad evidence that Zhao Er had obtained the throne by illegal means, so Zhao Er had to issue an edict announcing that he would personally go to the Yongchang Emperor's Mausoleum to pay homage in the near future to set the record straight.

Old Zhao, who was standing by, was quite angry after hearing this news. After walking around the yard for a few times, he could no longer control his temper and started to curse at Zhao Er:

[You rascal! You rascal! You are indeed a monkey in human form. A mouse has skin, but a human has no manners. If a human has no manners, why should he not die? ]

Old Zhao's words, translated, basically meant to scold Zhao Er for being ignorant of propriety, righteousness, and shame. Looking at Old Zhao's flushed face and angry look, Shen Yuelan, who lacked ancient etiquette education, felt that she probably couldn't empathize with Old Zhao in this regard.

After venting his anger, Lao Zhao quickly returned to the house and regained his composure. Although he was angry, it did not stop him from continuing to listen to gossip.

The second thing is about Lao Zhao’s fourth brother, who is also a beneficiary of the "Golden Casket Alliance". It is said that some time ago someone reported Zhao Si for being arrogant and domineering, saying that he had a conspiracy, so Zhao Er took the opportunity to dismiss Zhao Si from the post of Kaifeng Yin.

But Zhao Er still felt that it was not enough, so he secretly manipulated the situation and had someone report that Zhao Si had secret dealings with the prime minister of the time, secretly gave him a bow and sword, and cursed the emperor's death, plotting to usurp the throne. He took the opportunity to demote Zhao Si to the Duke of Fuling County again and exiled him to Fangzhou.

Lao Zhao was quite happy about this and complained to Shen Yuelan:

[These two are just biting each other, neither of them is a good person. Last year, they asked Zhao Pu to privately create the "Golden Casket Alliance". He was so shameless. Why did I ask him to write that thing? He is really shameless! ]

In this regard, Shen Yuelan could do nothing except agree to give Lao Zhao two more taels of wine in the evening as a sign of appeasement. She couldn't just rush into the imperial city and beat Zhao Er up to vent Lao Zhao's anger.

Fortunately, Gan Yuelong has already started talking about the third thing, which is about Liu E and her husband. It is not known whether it is because of Liu E's interference, but the two people's life in Tokyo City is quite difficult. Now it is rumored that Gong Mei is planning to sell Liu E.

Gan Yuelong also heard that Liu E originally looked like a country girl, but after just a few months in the city, she seemed to have been reborn and became stunningly beautiful. Her charm was even more enchanting than Shen Sushang.

In Gan Yuelong's opinion, Shen Sushang's charm and enchantment are innate after all. Even if she just stands there and does nothing, she can make people feel hot. It is hard to give up her natural beauty, and no one can say anything about it.

As for Liu E's charm, she had learned it from somewhere in the past few months. It can be said that Sima Zhao's intentions were known to everyone. But let alone, there were really people who fell for her tricks. It was said that she had caught the eye of Zhang Qi, the commander of the King of Han.

Shen Yuelan was silent for a while when she heard the news about the little girl. She was able to go from an orphan to Zhang Xianmingsu, who was able to wear the emperor's dragon robe and worship the heaven. The secrets and means involved were naturally not clean, but one should not advise others to do good without experiencing their suffering, not to mention that this had become history and could not be changed.

The third piece of news, under normal circumstances, is actually a notice to the inspection team members participating in this pursuit mission that the main line of the mission is about to begin. That is, Liu E will be sent to the Prince of Han's mansion by the commander Zhang Qi next year, that is, in the eighth year of Taipingxingguo, and achieve the achievement of the first meeting between the male and female protagonists.

But for Shen Yuelan and Gan Yuelong, it is not that important, just let it go.

Taking advantage of the crowd, Shen Sushang also took the opportunity to put forward her own demands. It happened that Shen Yuelan and the others also felt that things were a bit boring recently and planned to do something. Although most of the literati and poets who left a deep mark in the history of the Song Dynasty were not born during the Taizong era.

But at this time, there was a well-known general who was in his prime. This person was none other than Yang Ye, the prototype of the old general in the story of the Yang Family Generals, who was then known as "Liu Wudi". And his eldest son, Yang Yanzhao, also known as Yang Liulang, was also in his prime at this time.

Shen Yuelan thought that since they were on vacation anyway, there was no point in staying there, so she might as well go and see this legendary couple from the early Song Dynasty who were once praised by Ouyang Xiu as "both father and son were famous generals, their wisdom and courage were known to be invincible, and even today, people all over the world, even children in the countryside, can talk about them."

After all, if we wait a few more years, we won’t see him. Five years later, Yang Ye died a heroic death in the Northern Expedition of Yongxi, and died of hunger strike.

Chapter 22: Little Lecher

In history, Zhao Da had no contact with Yang Ye, because Yang Ye, a military general of the Northern Han Dynasty, was recruited back by Zhao Er in the fourth year of Taiping Xingguo, which was the year when Shen Yuelan and others just came to the Song Dynasty.

Of course, there is no contact now. When Shen Yuelan mentioned Yang Ye to Lao Zhao, Lao Zhao said that he didn't know this person. But when Shen Yuelan changed the name and asked him if he knew Liu Jiye, Lao Zhao knew it.

He said: [Oh, I know this, the Liu Wudi of the Northern Han Dynasty, right? What? Did he change his name? ]

[You really guessed it right. He really changed his name. Wasn't the surname Liu given to him by the Northern Han Dynasty? In the fourth year of Taipingxingguo, he was persuaded by his former master Liu Jiyuan to surrender and submit to Zhao Er.]

[At that time, in order to express his determination to cut ties with the Northern Han, he abandoned the surname Liu given to him by the Northern Han and changed back to his original surname Yang.]

[Perhaps to show his determination to submit to the Song Dynasty and break off ties with his former master Liu Jiyuan, he removed the word "Ji" from his name and changed his name to Yang Ye.]

Old Zhao was silent for a moment after hearing this, and asked this person if he had any other deeds. If this was the only case, although he had no choice, this person could hardly be called a loyal person.

Shen Yuelan thought for a moment and continued:

[In the fifth year of Taiping Xingguo, Yelu Xian sent 10 troops to invade Yanmen in the south. He was a lone hero, and his army went around the enemy's back, and attacked from the front and back with the imperial guards guarding the city, defeating the Northern Dynasty soldiers, killing the Northern Dynasty's son-in-law Xiao Duli, and capturing the Northern Dynasty's commander Li Chonghui alive. This was the great victory of Yanmen.]

[Can such achievements be regarded as loyalty? ]

Upon hearing this, Lao Zhao took a sip of wine, savored it carefully, and said:

[I have been in the military for more than 20 years, and I have seen many generals like him. Such people have abilities, but most of them are arrogant and think they are different from others.]

[Therefore, he disdains to seek favors from others. Such people are very likely to offend their colleagues. In the army, fighting is ultimately about cooperation, not fighting alone. Now, he can win a great victory with his courage, but one day, he will also be defeated and affect the Song Dynasty. ]

【hiss! 】

When it comes to judging people, Shen Yuelan has always admired Lao Zhao very much. Although he didn't see his brother clearly before, Lao Zhao was able to hide it from Shen Yuelan, and was able to accurately judge a person's character and fate based on just a few words. It can be seen that Zhao Er is by no means a good person.

Shen Yuelan expressed to Lao Zhao that they planned to go to Zhengzhou to meet the famous general, and asked Lao Zhao if he was interested in taking a stroll around Zhengzhou.

Old Zhao burst into laughter upon hearing this and asked:

[How do you intend to meet a frontier commander who guards two states and has a large number of troops? ]

[This...Isn't it okay to be a Taoist priest? 】

[Hahaha, I'm afraid that won't work. People who have fought on the battlefield may suffer from nightmares after leaving the battlefield alive, and they may like to go to Buddhist temples and Taoist temples to burn incense and pray for blessings.]

[But those who are still in the army don't believe this. They prefer to believe that the swords and axes in their hands and the armor on their bodies can save their lives more effectively than the Bodhisattva. Therefore, if you go there as a Taoist priest, you will probably be directly taken into exile. ]

[Not to mention your female identity. If you go there as a fairy, you will probably be put into the Jiaofangsi on the spot. Besides, there is Zhao Er. As soon as you visit Yang Ye, you may be surrounded by soldiers and killed without mercy. The identity of a border army general is much more sensitive than you think.]

Shen Yuelan curled her lips when she heard this, but she had to admit that she had not thought it through. But if she didn't go to Zhengzhou to see the Yang family generals, where else could she go to relax?

Seeing that Shen Yuelan was still determined to do something evil, Old Zhao scolded Shen Yuelan with a look of disappointment:

[Still thinking about going out to play? You have only had Sushang for a few months. Have you figured out how to use it? Are your calligraphy and paintings done well and convey the artistic conception? ]

[You said before that you wanted to learn archery, and I taught you. How is your practice going now? You haven't finished these things yet, and now that you've learned them, you want to go out and play? ]

[I know you guys... um... just treat you as immortals. I know you immortals have long lifespans and don't care about a day or two.]

[But life is always unpredictable. You never know when you will encounter danger. When that happens, I don’t want you to die in regret because you didn’t learn what you should have learned. Do you understand? ]

Old Zhao had said so much, what else could Shen Yuelan do? She had already imagined in her mind that if she had a system, the system would send her a message, something like "the small copy failed to open, the reason for the failure, the opening requirements were not met, please ask the host to continue working hard", etc.

But Old Zhao also has good intentions and cares about her own safety. If Shen Suchang runs out to play, Old Zhao won't care whether he does or not. He would rather not see it.

Regarding the issue of Shen Sushang, Shen Yuelan, as her master, naturally would not play any idle play. After obtaining Shen Sushang, she just threw a demon king-level combat force aside and ignored it.

In fact, she was quite anxious. On the second day after returning to the Taoist temple, she studied Shen Sushang inside and out carefully and thoroughly. Because she was too anxious and got too close to her, Shen Sushang scolded her as a little lecher.

Humph, let him be a scoundrel, anyway Shen Yuelan is enjoying watching it, hehehe.

The addition of Shen Sushang brought Shen Yuelan a new main skill - Qin Wang Sweeping the Six Directions, as well as two secondary skills, Longevity Lead Elixir and Twelve Golden Figures. But because she was a secondary core and had no core sovereignty, these three skills occupied three of Xiao Li's five vacant secondary skill positions.

Shen Yuelan didn't care about it. It was a good thing. Shen Yuelan really didn't want to go to Song Huizong to find new skills. It was too deceptive.

The main skill - Qin Wang Sweeps the World is a rare composite war skill. This is one of the benefits of being a sub-core. It will integrate and upgrade most of the skills of the sub-core Ahri. This fusion will often create quite powerful rare skills, like what Shen Yuelan has now.

The main feature of the composite warfare skills is that they can summon multiple soldiers with multiple attributes to fight for them, such as Shen Yuelan's Qin Wang Sweeps the World.

Shen Yuelan and Shen Sushang can summon a large Qin army of 10,000 people to fight for them. Because the First Emperor had the anecdote of the Terracotta Warriors, the basic attributes of the Qin soldiers are mostly earth attributes, and they can gather earth to form soldiers. Other details are not clear for the time being because Shen Yuelan has not officially used it.

Besides, Shen Sushang is no pushover either. Don't be fooled by her weak appearance. She surrendered as soon as Shen Yuelan threatened her. That was because she didn't really want to fight with Shen Yuelan from the beginning.

Shen Yuelan didn't know until she saw it, she was shocked. Shen Sushang's own martial arts and military strategy values were maxed out, which means that Shen Sushang could completely independently and directly command this legion to fight. It was not an exaggeration to praise her as a heroine.

Ever since she knew that Shen Suchang had this skill, Shen Yuelan obviously respected Shen Suchang much more, which made Shen Suchang feel a little insatiable for a while. She secretly mentioned to her several times that she could actually be more unrestrained with her.

Chapter 23 Affair

Shen Yuelan was quite proud when she heard this. It seemed that her efforts during that period were quite effective.

In addition, the secondary skill of Longevity Lead Elixir is also a very interesting skill. This skill is obviously derived from the experience and consequences of Emperor Qin Shihuang's search for immortality and medicine.

Its main function is to... um... produce red lead, but its red lead is much more powerful than the one Qin Shihuang ate. It is filled with gunpowder, the kind that can explode. It's like a small grenade.

If we produce more in normal times and give Qin Ruishi two kilograms each, it will be very exciting. Shen Suchang is very interested in this proposal and has urged Shen Yuelan to increase production more than once. Shen Yuelan said that Shen Suchang's greed is insatiable, which also means this.

There is also a secondary skill of the Twelve Golden Warriors. This skill originated from the legend that after Qin Shihuang unified the six kingdoms, he collected all the weapons in the world and cast twelve bronze men, as well as the historical facts of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses burial pit.

Qin Shi Huang collected all the weapons in the world and cast twelve golden men, effectively imitating Dayu who took gold from the nine states and cast the tripods of the nine states. King Wu of Zhou put the swords and spears into the warehouse and let the horses go to the southern mountains, which meant that the world was at peace and the war would stop.

Therefore, the Twelve Golden Humanoids do not have much attack power, and their main function is defense. After being summoned, the Twelve Golden Humanoids form a formation on their own to form a protective formation, which can probably withstand attacks equivalent to the total energy value of Shen Sushang. It is a rare life-saving skill.

To Shen Yuelan, the First Emperor was more like a treasure boy who could dig out treasures everywhere. He was much better than Emperor Daojun. However, Shen Yuelan felt that there was no doubt that Xiao Huanyan was the best.

To be a demon Jin Ji, you must learn to separate the demon Ji from the historical origins behind her, otherwise it will be useless. In addition to the above skills, Shen Yuelan also gained two bonuses, one is swordsmanship expertise, and the other is military strategy expertise.

Basically, it was what Shen Sushang knew, and a part of it was given to Shen Yuelan so that Shen Yuelan could use it directly. But just like Emperor Daojun's calligraphy and painting skills, she still needed to practice and learn on her own before it could completely become her own.

Shen Yuelan recently learned a combat skill of the enchantress from Gan Yuelong, which mainly allows her to transform the enchantress into a weapon for use. Wanchuan's original form is the Dragon and Phoenix Tongbao coins minted by the peasant uprising regime at the end of the Yuan Dynasty.

After the transformation, it normally becomes a long-handled sickle, which is the form used by Shen Yuelan when she first met Gan Yuelong. However, after thousands of years of precipitation, Wanchuan naturally gained something. The final form of her transformation is an energy cannon, which is the one that made Shen Sushang feel threatened with death.

The weapon Shen Huanyan used after her transformation was actually the giant imperial bow that Shen Yuelan used to bombard the prisoners that day. And Shen Sushang used an extremely sharp bronze Qin sword after her transformation. Combined with her expertise in swordsmanship, the sword dance made Shen Yuelan look heroic and brilliant.

Shen Yuelan was quite happy to receive everyone's praise. She returned to the room and looked at her pretty self in the mirror. Suddenly, an idea of disguising herself as a man popped up in Shen Yuelan's mind. Could she dress up as a nobleman and show off in Tokyo?

Shen Yuelan took a close look at her appearance. Tsk, just to be honest, with this handsome appearance, if she entered Tokyo City, she might really cause a few chapters of drama.

Speaking of which, since I came here, except for a trip to Yongchang Mausoleum with the old man, I seem to have never moved again. This is not acceptable. Shen Yuelan also wants to see Tokyo City.

After all, whether it is "Dongjing Menghualu" or "Qingming Shanghe Tu", they all depict the prosperity and prosperity of Dongjing City. Meng Yuanlao once said: "The eight wildernesses compete to gather, and all nations are connected. The treasures from all over the world are all traded in the market, and the exotic flavors of the world are all in the kitchen. 】

The part that Shen Yuelan liked to read the most was the records of various delicacies and snacks in Volume 2. There were chicken skewers, pan-fried rabbit, fried rabbit, scallion-sprinkled rabbit, fake wild fox, golden tripe soup, stone tripe soup, fake roasted deer, fried quail, fried clams, fried crab, milk-cooked lamb, lamb in a hall, goose and duck chops steamed with lychee kidneys, lotus duck skewers, roasted tripe with wine, and other kinds of snacks. There were as many as fifty or sixty kinds recorded in the book alone.

Although the magnificent scenes described above are the last glorious scenes of the Northern Song Dynasty before the fall of Huizong's dynasty, this does not prevent Shen Yuelan from exploring the prosperous scene of Dongjing City in the early Song Dynasty.

Speaking of Tokyo City, Shen Yuelan suddenly remembered a pair of ill-fated mandarin ducks who seemed to have died here. This pair of mandarin ducks was none other than Li Yu, the last emperor of the Later Tang Dynasty, and his concubine, Xiao Zhouhou.

They died one year before Shen Yuelan and her group arrived, which was the third year of Taiping Xingguo. Shen Yuelan felt very regretful that they did not meet each other, after all, she heard that Xiao Zhouhou was very beautiful.

Shen Yuelan particularly likes the line in Li Yu's "Yu Meiren" [The carved railings and jade steps should still be there, but the red face has changed], which truly describes the vicissitudes of life when a country is destroyed and a family is ruined.

Of course, what interested Shen Yuelan the most was the romantic history of Concubine Xiao Zhou. It was rumored that Zhao Er once forced himself on Concubine Xiao Zhou, causing Concubine Xiao Zhou to curse Li Yu for being incompetent after returning home.

Shen Yuelan once asked Lao Zhao to verify this matter. Lao Zhao's face turned red when he heard it, and he was speechless for a long time. Finally, he drove Shen Yuelan away on the grounds that it was an adult matter and children should not interfere. He himself was so angry that he kept spinning in circles in the yard, muttering things like "Misfortune for our family, misfortune for our family".

Old Zhao's behavior made Shen Yuelan have bad intentions. The next day, on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, when everyone was drinking wine and appreciating chrysanthemums, Shen Yuelan stood at the gate of the courtyard and recited a poem by Lady Huarui.

[The king lowered the flag on the city wall, how could I know from deep in the palace; 140,000 people took off their armor, and not one of them was a man! ]

Upon hearing this, Old Zhao, who was drinking, spurted out the fruit wine in his mouth instantly. As the protagonist of this story, he knew what the little bastard meant.

When he destroyed the Later Shu and met Meng Chang, he saw that Lady Fei was extremely beautiful and talented, and he couldn't bear it anymore. So he plotted to take the life of the emperor and brought Lady Huarui into the palace.

The little bastard just finished asking about Zhao Er's affairs yesterday, and today he came to recite the poems of Lady Huarui. Isn't this implying that Zhao Er and I are birds of a feather? Although this is true, I have to beat him up!

So, Shen Yuelan was chased all over the yard again. The people in the yard didn't react to what was going on at first. Huanyan, who had been following Shen Yuelan, didn't quite understand what was going on, but she knew the whole process.

She described the whole process to everyone in vivid detail. When Shen Sushang, who had been in the Song Dynasty the longest, heard that Shen Yuelan had sought to verify the matter of Xiao Zhouhou yesterday, she instantly understood why Old Man Zhao was so furious after hearing the poem and stood up to punish Shen Yuelan.

Who is Shen Suchang? I don't know how many years she has known Old Man Zhao. She is also a bad friend, so naturally she wants to add insult to injury. So, while Old Man Zhao was still chasing Shen Yuelan, she told everyone about the romantic affairs of the Zhao brothers.

After everyone heard the brothers' romantic story, they all knew that this old man Zhao was actually a pervert in the past. At this time, Shen Yuelan, who had run more than ten laps, finally stopped, hid behind Shen Sushang, and revealed the shocking news to everyone:

[Hey, our old man, when he was young, he and his brothers aspired to be the King of Wei. Now in his old age, he still has great ambitions. I saw him peeking at Su Chang taking a bath a few days ago. It's true that a man should be romantic when he is young! ]

[Hey!!! You bitch! Shut up! ]

Chapter 24: The True Nature of a Man

[Oh? Why did Master Xuanlang tell my little master to shut up? Could it be that Master Xuanlang has lost his imperial demeanor and dares to do something but not to admit it? ]

Shen Sushang protected Shen Yuelan behind her and looked at Lao Zhao with indifference. The disdain in her eyes was so strong that it was about to overflow. Tsk, how unlucky it was that she got to eat the melon.

[Ahem, uh… admit it…why wouldn’t I admit it? Ming Lan is right. A man is a young man until he dies. I, Zhao Xuanlang, am naturally a man who dares to do and take responsibility! ]

[Su Chang, I will be with you through life and death, I will hold your hand and grow old with you, I… Ouch… Hoo… Stop chopping, stop chopping, Su Chang, Ouch! Hoo! I was wrong, I was wrong, is that okay?…]

Old Zhao used blood and tears to teach Shen Yuelan a lesson: being romantic has a price to pay. Seeing Old Zhao being chased and hacked around the yard by Su Chang, everyone tactfully left the yard and returned to their respective rooms to make room for the two of them to have a "Spring Night".

[You old fool, you still dare to say that you will hold my hand and grow old together? Pah! You are not worthy! I won’t mention the trivial things between you and Madam Huarui. Don’t you see how many queens and wives you have changed? ]

【Xiaohui He, Xiaoming Wang, Xiaozhang Song, three, three queens, are you still not satisfied? If you are old and still alive, you are a thief. When you were young, you didn't respect filial piety, and when you are old, you have no shame. You are already this old, but you are still so unruly, Zhao Xuanlang! You should do something human! 】

Shen Yuelan listened to the scolding in the yard and felt embarrassed for Lao Zhao. The scolding was too harsh. However, it seemed that he had confessed today's incident. Oh, that was it.

Looking at the blood-splattered scene outside, oh my, the battle is really fierce. Old Zhao is already unable to do it at such a young age. He is really old. He can't appreciate the value of "A Moment of Spring Night" at all. Tsk tsk.

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