Chapter 761: Grown in Waterweeds

The lacquer surface of the long table was bright and flowing, and the green smoke was curling.

Liang Qu ground the ink.

Xu Wenzhu held the brush.

From cause to effect, from beginning to end, he wrote two full pages. At the end of the letter, the date was added. Su Guishan, Yang Dongxiong, Wei Lin, Xu Yuelong, and other high-ranking officials of the River Patrol Office covered it with red seals one by one, another full page of vermilion.

Blew the ink dry.

Xu Wenzhu rolled up the letter, stuffed it into a metal long tube, pasted it with red chicken feathers, and stamped it with two fire seals, looking around.

"Who to send?"

"Liang Ashui, you go!" Su Guishan didn't hesitate.

"Me?"

Liang Qu was not very willing.

Running errands to send a letter, the reward after the fact would definitely be there, but not too much, but the time wasted would be at least two to three months, undoubtedly wasting his effort.

"Refining the great pill is very time-consuming, so extra expenses are naturally as few as possible. You have a second-rank Dragon Blood Horse, going and returning, counting the rest days, it won't take a month.

You are also the Sea Hai Fangzhu's first contact person, knowing many details better than us. If someone asks, it's convenient to explain. And since you are going to the Imperial Capital, just take your Dragon Girl doll with you."

"Eying?"

"Listen to me, there's a benefit for you."

Su Guishan was concise.

Liang Qu's eyes flickered.

The two confirmed their relationship at the end of last winter. Su Guishan seemed to have written a letter specifically. Three months had passed, and it must have reached the Imperial Capital.

Things had reached this point, so it was not good to refuse again.

It just so happened that someone was acting as a "fast horse." Xu Yuelong and the others stuffed all the letters and memorials that needed to be processed recently into a wooden box and let Liang Qu bring them.

"Pity." Xu Yuelong patted Liang Qu on the shoulder. "Liang Ashui, you won't be able to eat my promotion banquet."

"No matter, in two years, Brother Xu will eat mine."

"Good! Have ambition!" Xu Yuelong pushed his back lightly. "Go, Water Commandant Liang, go home and lead the horse, no need to come back to inform, follow the big rivers and go north! Bring back a Demon King friend for the Great Shun!"

"Obey!"

Bidding farewell to his colleagues, Liang Qu immediately took the metal long tube and wooden box home.

"Xinglai, prepare the horse! Long Yao, Long Li, pack my luggage, two sets! Eying! Going on a long journey!"

No one asked what happened.

Within a quarter of an hour.

Long Yao tied the rope knot.

Chishan carried two bags, spitting hot mist from its mouth and nose, its front hooves stepping on the bluestone.

Liang Qu held Long Eying's hand and pulled her to sit sideways in front of him.

Wrapped in a cloak.

"Let's go!"

Thump!

Chishan kicked its hind legs hard, smashing two large pits, and crossed out of Yixing Town in two or three leaps, sweeping over the Pingyang Prefectural City.

Villagers and officials looked up in unison.

The long wind whistled.

The cloak fluttered, just like a giant eagle spreading its wings and soaring into the sky.

When they reached a place with no one, in the dense forest, a wave of river water rolled, and the two people and one horse were all rolled into the water.

Half running, half crossing.

Liang Qu calculated the progress the Dragon Blood Horse should have.

Mid-February.

The weather was freezing, and the Imperial Capital was snowing heavily.

The branches of the trees on the whole street were covered with icicles, the eaves were covered with a thick layer of snow, the black cloak covered with wind and snow turned pure white, the jujube red big horse stepped on the ripples, stepped on the clear waves of the stagnant water pool, and broke into the Imperial Capital.

"Good endurance!"

Liang Qu patted Chishan's neck, his mouth and nose full of white mist.

On weekdays, riding Chishan back and forth between towns, a few miles or ten miles, arrived in the blink of an eye, not being able to exert Chishan's horse performance at all. The section from Cangzhou to the Imperial Capital didn't take the waterway, almost no different from flying low on the ground.

It was worthy of being a hoofed animal.

Chishan shook its head and hit two big snorts.

Clatter!

The cloak shook.

Long Eying went to the stagnant water pool to tidy up the residence first. Liang Qu took off his cloak, put it on her to avoid the snow, and then followed the process, led into the Imperial Palace by the Heaven Feather Guards.

"Lord Liang, His Majesty is busy. You have traveled hard, so please rest for a while and drink a cup of hot tea to catch your breath."

In the side hall, a little eunuch served tea.

"Did something happen?"

Liang Qu held the teacup, and looking up, he could see the figures moving in the hall through the reflection on the ground.

He came with a feather letter, entered the Imperial Capital to state the situation, but didn't see the Holy Emperor for the first time, but had to wait in the side hall?

"It's not something that can't be said. It's making a lot of noise in the Imperial Capital. The Northern Court has gone south, and there was a not-so-small battle in the Flowing Gold Sea. It is said that two treasure houses were damaged, and the granary was also burned, losing a lot of good things."

"Northern Court went south?"

Liang Qu pondered.

When Haruhan came to the Imperial Capital last winter, there were signs. It was estimated that he hadn't reached the limit of endurance, the temptation was frustrated, and he gave up further actions, but what should come would come.

"Don't know how the senior brother is doing..."

Without waiting for worry, another team of eunuchs hurried over, stretching their necks.

"Lord Liang, Lord Liang?"

Liang Qu waved his hand: "Here!"

"Lord Liang, follow me into the hall quickly!"

Diligent Government Hall.

Several officials and Grand Secretaries gathered here, discussing important matters.

Liang Qu tidied up his appearance, stepped into the center, and handed over the feather letter. The Grand Eunuch held the metal rod horizontally, confirmed the two fire seals with the Holy Emperor, and opened it on the spot, spreading it before the long steps.

From time to time, ministers cast glances, guessing what happened in Pingyang Prefecture.

"Luan-Reversing-Phoenix-Inverting Pill? Is there any in the treasury?"

A eunuch stepped out.

"Back to Your Majesty, there is no finished pill in the treasury. There are two portions of the monarch medicine Yin-Yang Orchid Grass, one of which is hidden in Nanzhili. I don't know if it has been exchanged today. The remaining great medicines, Ice Silkworm and Yang Fire Flower, each have one portion and two portions in the Beijing treasury, and the number of auxiliary medicines is complete. Refining one is not difficult, but I'm afraid it's hard to gather more."

"Let the pill room refine it first! Send a message to Nanzhili immediately, no need to send it to the Imperial Capital. Once the finished product is made, send it to Pingyang Prefecture together. Be fast! Be secret!"

"Yes!"

Done!

Just this one sentence, Liang Qu knew the tone of the matter was set.

"Your Majesty! May I ask, what is the need for such a pill?"

Everyone in the hall was a well-informed person. Hearing the name of the pill, they were all surprised.

The Holy Emperor nodded.

The Grand Eunuch passed the letter paper to the official who asked the question.

They passed it around.

The brows that everyone had originally frowned gradually relaxed.

The matter in the Southern Border was urgent, and the Northern Court was also on fire. They were worried, but a major beneficial event jumped out from Jianghuai in the middle, which could even help the Great Shun reach its hand into the sea and stir it up.

"Water Commandant Liang, a Great Demon swallowing a Demon King, such a risky thing, is there really a forty percent chance of winning? Must not listen to the one-sided words of the Great Demon!"

"Scholar Su, rest assured. The Eight-Claw King is not a person who likes to fight and kill. Most of its skills are used for self-preservation. The Sea Hai Fangzhu is the opposite, and the Eight-Claw King, even if reproducing, has to divide a tentacle to monitor the fourth wife Hai Yun.

Its use of 'Reversing Yin and Yang' will also be weak, and its strength will be less than seventy percent. The Sea Hai Fangzhu swallows the great pill to pluck and supplement, the two sides will offset each other, plus I asked the White Ape to leave behind a backhand, there is indeed a not-small hope of success."

The officials in the hall pondered secretly.

Their realm was not high, and the information they obtained was too little. Regarding the gap between the Great Demon and the Demon King, they could only analyze based on the Holy Emperor's reaction and the River Patrol Office's one-sided support attitude.

It can really be done.

The benefits are big enough, and the risks are small enough.

Establishing a sea merchant port, the relationship between land and water will be closer in the future, like an umbilical cord.

The risk is not about whether the Sea Hai Fangzhu succeeds or not, but even if it fails, the Great Shun will not get into trouble.

Sending people definitely can't be explained clearly, just giving a pill...

Naturally, it was hidden by the Sea Hai Fangzhu in advance, or found through other channels, or even grown in the waterweeds, or refined by the Ghost Mother Sect to sow discord.

In short, it has nothing to do with the Great Shun.

"The long dragon crosses the river, Water Commandant Liang lives up to his reputation. Fires are burning at both ends of the north and south, but the Jianghuai in the middle is not only safe and sound, but if the matter succeeds, it can draw water to extinguish the fire. Amazing."

"It's all because of Your Majesty's appointment in the past. Without Your Majesty, there would be no today for the subject."

"Add two more conditions."

The Holy Emperor patted the armrest.

Liang Qu bowed his head to listen.

"First, the trade port must be taxed, settled in silver, and allow our people to audit the accounts."

"Second, within fifty years, if there is any movement from the Dragon or the Ghost Mother Sect in the Jianghuai Great Ze, they must take action unconditionally three times."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 762 =====