Chapter 220 Killer

The sunshine in early summer is warm.

Warm and comfortable, like being in the arms of the sun.

The glazed tiles on the top of the palace are shiny. It is their reflection that makes the light more dispersed and softer.

The big yellow bricks on the ground are all specially fired. Each one is about ten feet square, and it takes eight strong men to lift it and place it. Although there is no effect of ceramic tiles, it will feel more magnificent in the vast and empty space without trees.

However, the servants in the palace never feel happy because of their working environment, let alone feel warm inside because of the sunshine. The palace has always been a very dangerous place, and its main color is cold gold. When a certain high-level star warlock moved in, the gold became even more dangerous blood red.

Yang Zhanquan Star Warlock is a murderous Star Warlock, but he is also a fourth-level Star Warlock. Compared with the preciousness, rarity and importance of the latter, the amorality of the former has become a tolerable quirk.

In fact, most star warlocks are people who agree with public morality in their hearts, but don't follow it very much. In other words, because of their noble status, they have strong moral requirements for others while lowering their moral requirements for themselves. But in general, there may be bad guys among them, but there are rarely villains - Yang Zhan Quanxing Warlock is an exception. He is greedy for money, lustful, and has a big black mole on the right corner of his mouth, but his talent as a star warlock is really amazing. Even though he was not favored by other star warlocks, he still stubbornly upgraded to a fourth-level star warlock.

On the contrary, Yang Zhanquan's mathematical ability is incomplete. Seeing that he is about to turn 100, he is still a poor two-star, and his contribution points are only more than 200. This also means that if there is no major improvement in mathematics and physics, Yang Zhanquan Star Warlock will not be able to obtain an increase in lifespan from the Star Warlock Association or the Temple. In the words of some gentlemen: He will cause trouble for another 30 years at most.

As for Yang Zhanquan himself, he will inevitably feel inferior when interacting with other star warlocks - the subtext of having little contribution is that his math skills are poor. For star warlocks, what else can be more discriminated against?

If you are a three-star warlock who follows the rules, a two-star level is considered good. But Yang Zhanquan is already a fourth-level star warlock, and he does all kinds of evil. It is conceivable that his 200 contribution points may be quite false.

Apart from remaining silent in person, Yang Zhanquan's reputation among the Star Warlocks was extremely bad. Not only that, because the Star Warlock Association and the Holy Church care more about the Star Warlock's star rating, Yang Zhanquan felt that he did not get enough respect even in official gatherings. In the eyes of many people, poor star warlocks are like star warriors like Lu Xu. They are powerful but lack content.

However, Yang Zhanquan never considered himself a warrior. His on-the-spot judgment ability is very strong, and his calculation speed of basic mathematics such as mental arithmetic is far faster than that of ordinary people. The only thing he lacks is sufficient innovation and experimental ability - after being unpopular for decades and arguing, he finally chose to leave his hometown and work in The southern hometown built its own Star Warlock Tower, a Star Warlock Tower without the consent of the Xingzhou Star Warlock Association.

Now, Yang Zhanquan has returned to Xia Jing with an invitation and a promise. It has been 27 years since he left his last footprints.

Facing the city where everything is different, Yang Zhanquan held the trembling palace maid in his left hand, and sprayed red flames with his right hand. He slowly descended from the sky and smiled at Sun Jifeng, the Minister of Rites who received him: "The last time I saw the old emperor, , The Sixth Prince has not yet gotten married, I didn’t expect the children to be so old now..."

His emotion was impossible to answer. Fortunately, Lord Shangshu is also a man who has experienced many hardships, so he pretended not to hear.

Yang Zhanquan pinched the palace maid again, making her moan. He himself let out a hissing laugh: "I didn't expect that Jiang Huang would resign, and An Feng would become a fourth-level star warlock..."

As he spoke, the force on his hand became heavier and heavier, and the palace maid in his arms began to twist in pain. Yang Zhanquan's lifespan was only as long as that of a two-star warlock. Seeing that the golden age for understanding mathematics had passed, he gave up the idea of ​​going to Xingzhou to use the special star array. What was left was boredom and emptiness.

Returning to Xia Jing is not so much an acceptance of an invitation as a journey of revenge for Yang Zhanquan.

Sun Jifeng still bent over in the presence of the old god, maintaining the state of not hearing or seeing. As a senior civil servant, he didn't care what the fourth-level star warlock was thinking. As long as he could maintain the prestige of the court, the rest was not a consideration for him.

Yang Zhanquan buried his face in the woman's breast.

After a long time, he raised his head with satisfaction, wiped his face with his sleeves and said, "I understand what you mean, go find that boy. But I made it clear in advance that as long as he returns what is due, I will not Will take action."

The higher the level of a star warlock, the less likely he is to take action easily. The battles on the battlefield are ever-changing, and in battles between Star Warlocks, the one with higher rank may not necessarily win. Star Warlocks who easily provoke battles rarely survive long.

Sun Jifeng suddenly woke up and saluted: "Then I will make arrangements. If Master Star Warlock has any further instructions, just find someone to give them."

"I know." Yang Zhanquan looked impatient again.

Lord Shangshu left unconcernedly. Yang Zhanquan was left to continue enjoying his beauty in public.

The outer court of the palace is where senior officials work, and Sun Jifeng doesn't need to go too far to see the square-roofed tile-roofed building of the Zhengshi Hall.

In ordinary people's imagination, the political hall, which represents the authority of the central government, must have luxurious buildings and favorable conditions. But in fact, in addition to serving more people and having more people coming and going, the tile-roofed house of Zhengshitang is not even comparable to a county government in other places.

Caught between the emperor's toes, this temporary building has never been seriously repaired since the establishment of the Political Hall. Even if the wall tiles fall off, the little eunuchs who serve them will first fill them with tens of thousands of dollars worth of felt, and then seize the time to mend the holes after going to court and before the access control. The gentlemen who decide the country's major plans in the room will definitely not propose trivial matters such as building a house. Year after year, the rotten houses in the political hall seem to have become the scenery in the political arena.

Even with such a rotten house, as the prince, Prince Shanxu was not qualified to enter the inner room, so he could only sit in the small room outside and wait. Compared with other officials, he received preferential treatment, including tea and snacks, while other civil servants only had tea.

As soon as Sun Jifeng walked into the room, Prince Shanxu stood up and asked, "Sir, how are you doing?"

He is not very old, but his royal title has been added a lot, and it is not bad to be able to say "sir".

Sun Jifeng nodded slightly and said, "Master Star Warlock agrees."

Even when there is no one around, as the Minister of Rites, he will not use inappropriate words. Even though in his heart, he extremely looked down on the vulgar Yang Zhanquan.

Prince Shanxu thanked him cheerfully, and said goodbye to the other ministers on duty inside, before jumping away.

Sun Jifeng laughed twice in his heart and turned inwards.

"Yang Zhanquan really agreed?" Li Shaolin, the Minister of Household Affairs, was also on duty. He handed the document in his hand to a counselor and asked casually.

"Not bad. It seems that the shortage of supplies in your household department will be solved soon." Sun Jifeng said with a smile and sat down in his seat. There is a shortage of space in the political hall, and those who can get a seat must at least be at the political participation level, which is equivalent to the **** of the State Council.

Li Shaolin said "heh" but said nothing.

Next to him, Luneng, who participated in politics in the province, said a little more seriously: "I'm afraid he won't have anything to pay back even if he wants to, and..."

He wanted to say that he shouldn't offend the Star Warlock, but considering that it was His Majesty's policy, he wisely kept silent.

In fact, the gentlemen of the Political Affairs Hall all knew why Emperor Lizong oppressed Cheng Jinzhou - it was always for the stability of the throne. The most unsightly thing for the royal family is a star warlock who is involved in the political arena, and Cheng Jinzhou is so young. If we consider the worst case scenario, when he becomes a high-level star warlock, he may even have two hundred years of life, and then control the court through his family, 200 After years, it is not surprising that dynasties change.

Choose the lesser of the two harms. The political leaders finally supported the emperor's decision.

But to them, it's like war. Deciding to launch a war is one thing, but anxiety and irritability during the war are still inevitable.

Li Shaolin, the Minister of Household Affairs, sighed secretly and said: "I heard that Cheng Jinzhou Star Warlock has made further progress in mathematics and physics recently, and has an income of more than 300 contribution points. If you can't come up with the money for a while, you can spend some contribution points and leave the rest. We’ll talk about it later.”

300 contribution points would be equivalent to 180,000 taels of silver in direct exchange, and the actual value would be several times more. Although it cannot be compared with the supplies he took away, Li Shaolin felt that he could accept it if he promised to return the days and add some conditions.

In fact, he himself didn't want to worry about things like shortfalls. With Cheng Yunan as his subordinate, Li Shangshu's position was very secure. At his position and seniority, the more capable the people under him are, the better, and the deeper the background, the better. As for whether the imperial court's money is sufficient, the Ministry of Revenue has long handed over the rights to the envoys, and of course they also have financial responsibilities when they are sent out together.

"Let's take a look at the princes." Luneng said softly and continued to bow his head at the desk.

The three ministers on duty each thought about their own things and fell silent.

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Cheng Jinzhou ignored Shen Cong's warning and continued to do his own thing.

When materials cannot be obtained directly through independent trading platforms, it is actually not easy to purify various compounds through 17th-century technology. According to later generations, it means overcoming difficulties.

It has to be said that although the knowledge they master is not necessarily comprehensive, the star warlocks including Xiang Xin have shown their elite nature, constantly conducting experiments under simple conditions according to local conditions, and getting results. If they were made into a documentary with a camera If so, it can be labeled as the "Medieval Red Army".

In contrast, Cheng Jinzhou's role is more in the discussion. In many cases, he can clearly give the research direction, determine the conditions for successful research, and so on. Although Cheng Jinzhou never started experiments in order to hide his clumsiness, he gained the respect of many high-level star warlocks.

In this era, being good at "virtual work" is more popular than studying "practical work".

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In addition to word count: "Fourth-level star warlock Yang Zhanquan" is the character of the book friend "Gaara of the Desert"; "Sun Jifeng, the Minister of Rites" is the character of the book friend "Crazy in the Trees".

Character selection should be based on plot requirements. Currently, we have received many applications for Star Warlocks, but in Daxia, this is a scarce profession.

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