Chapter 17 The storm is coming
That night, Zhao Mu spent the whole night in the Nameless Tavern as if nothing had happened.
After dawn, he returned to the Jiaofang Division as refreshed as usual, without showing anything unusual.
As for the Great Vajra Pill, he did not take it immediately, but prepared to study it carefully.
After all, in addition to improving cultivation, the greatest effect of this elixir is to add twenty years to one's life span.
But he has infinite longevity, and the latter is of no use to him at all.
Therefore, he had to find a way to convert all the power of the Great Vajra Pill into improving his cultivation. This would take a lot of time to study.
At the same time, the news of the loss of the Great Vajra Pill caused an uproar in the court.
Because there is evidence that it was the group of flatterers who planned the theft of the Great Vajra Pill.
So before dawn, a group of flatterers were taken into the sky prison and tortured.
But everyone knows that it is impossible for those guys who only know how to flatter others to steal the King Kong Dan.
There must be a more powerful mastermind behind this incident.
It's a pity that even though the emperor was furious and asked the Xuanjing Department, the Patrol Department and the Supervisory Council to jointly investigate, no clues were found.
It was as if the mastermind behind it didn't exist, and there was no trace at all.
The emperor was so angry that he vomited three liters of blood. It is said that if the imperial doctor had not treated him in time, he would have died at that time.
However, although he was not dead, the emperor's health was not as good as before. He would often be unable to get out of bed for two or three months after being ill.
So as time passed day by day, the voice of the prince gradually appeared in the court, asking the prince to supervise the country.
Two years later.
The emperor's health is getting worse and worse, and he is no longer able to suppress the growing power of the princelings in the court.
So he finally issued an order to let the prince take over the government.
Since then, the prince has become the emperor, not the emperor.
But the prince seemed not satisfied with this.
Therefore, after only half a year in prison, voices appeared again in the court, hoping that the emperor would abdicate the throne.
But this greatly angered the emperor.
I heard that the emperor summoned the prince for this and severely reprimanded him. He even said whether the prince wanted his biological father to die quickly.
Afterwards, the voices in the court hoping that the emperor would abdicate were indeed heard.
So the Jin Dynasty spent another three years of peace and tranquility.
This year, Zhao Mu is thirty-seven years old, and it is already the fifteenth year since he traveled back in time.
The midday sun was so fierce that it caused heat waves to rise on the ground.
On the streets, people were busy listlessly, working hard for three meals a day.
At this time, a man with a leisurely look walked out of the alley on the street, spinning two walnuts in his hand.
"Old Zhao, you are finally here, come up quickly."
Suddenly, a middle-aged man greeted me from the attic of Zuixianju across the street.
"Okay, wait a minute."
Zhao Mu waved his hand and walked into Zuixianju.
The person who greeted him in the attic was Zheng Jingren, his former subordinate who later joined the Xuanjing Division.
Although the two of them have been busy with their own affairs these years, Zheng Jingren would come out to Zhao Mu every once in a while to chat and reminisce about the past.
In the attic.
The two sat down, and a course of delicious wine and delicacies were placed on the table.
After the waiter went out and closed the door, Zhao Mu looked at Zheng Jingren's arm: "Injured? Why, are you investigating any difficult cases recently?"
"Hey, what Xuanjing Division does is to make a living by exchanging lives for power. Injuries are too common."
Zheng Jingren didn't care. He picked up the wine bottle and filled it for the two of them: "Come on, don't talk about those annoying things, just drink. We won't go home until we get drunk today."
The two drank it down.
Zheng Jingren laughed: "Haha, good wine!"
He looked at the walnuts in Zhao Mu's hand and couldn't laugh or cry: "Old Zhao, why do you like walnuts? Every time I see you in the past two years, I make you dizzy."
"It's just a little hobby."
Zhao Mu casually stuffed the walnuts into the bag on his waist: "Tell me, why did you come to me today? Don't deny it. We have known each other for so many years. I can still tell whether you are just chatting with me."
"Haha, in this huge capital, when I talk to you, I don't have to think about a sentence a thousand times before saying it."
Zheng Jingren shook his head and chuckled: "Yes, I do have something to do. I may have to leave the capital for a while recently, so I'm here to say goodbye to you today."
"very dangerous?"
"Well, maybe if you leave, you may not be able to come back."
"Then why go?"
"Because as long as I can come back alive, I will have the opportunity to become the chief minister and take charge of the entire Xuanjing Department."
Although after being split up by the emperor, the power of the Xuanjing Division was not as good as before, but it was still one of the top intelligence agencies in the Jin Dynasty.
The chief minister of the Xuanjing Division is also an important minister in the court who is sought after by countless people and has great authority.
How things have changed.
After more than ten years, Zheng Jingren was about to become a high-ranking official in the imperial court.
Seeing that Zhao Mu was silent, Zheng Jingren smiled and said, "You, a fellow from the idle clouds and wild cranes, are you despising me for risking your life in order to fight for power?"
"It's not the first time that you have risked your life. Otherwise, how could you have been promoted so quickly over the years?"
Zhao Mu shook his head and said: "I was just thinking, when will you be like this? Being lucky once does not mean being lucky every time. If you always fight for power with your life, you will eventually lose your life."
"There's nothing I can do. Now that I've embarked on this path, there's no way I can turn back."
Zheng Jingren sighed: "Sometimes I envy you. You have stayed in the Jiaofang Division all your life. You don't fight or grab, and you are strong without desire. You never have to do those things that you can't help yourself."
"Okay, don't talk about this, just drink!"
Zheng Jingren raised his glass.
That night, the two of them drank very late and didn't pay and leave until it was almost time.
At the entrance of Zuixianju, a carriage was parked on the street.
Zheng Jingren hugged Zhao Mu and suddenly whispered: "There may be big troubles in the capital recently. When you hear that I have left the capital, you will find a way to hide out of the city to avoid disaster."
"A big deal?" Zhao Mu was confused.
"Don't ask. I can't tell you too much. Just do as you please."
Zheng Jingren patted Zhao Mu on the shoulder, got into the carriage and left.
Zhao Mu frowned.
What could be so serious that he had to leave the city to escape?
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Return to the Jiaofang Division.
Zhao Mu used his skills to dispel the smell of alcohol, sat cross-legged on the bed, and took out the walnuts from the kit.
The plate of walnuts is just a cover-up. In fact, these two walnuts are filled with medicinal powder made from Adamantana.
Three years ago, he had thought of how to completely transform the power of the Great Vajra Pill into improving his cultivation.
But this method is a slow absorption process, so he ground the King Kong Dan into powder, then mixed it with some ingredients that transform the medicinal power, and filled it into the walnuts.
In this way, he can absorb the power of the medicine all the time, but outsiders think he is just dishing out walnuts.
In the past three years, he has absorbed all the power of the Great Vajra Pill.
Finally today, he felt that he had reached the critical point of breakthrough.