Chapter 5: The Young Master Arrives (Part 1)

  Robbery is indeed more profitable than escorting, no wonder since ancient times there have only been stupid thieves who died, but never robbers who starved to death.

  Wan'er finally understood an unbreakable truth from Xiang Si's body. Thinking about it, those famous heroes on the rivers and lakes, which one didn't rob the rich to help the poor? Otherwise, with a broken hat and an empty stomach, what can they use to help the poor people?

  That night, a grand celebration was held on the Lou Chuan ship. Wang Ren gave the Qing Cheng Xian Jian back to Wan Er's mother, and the Lian Yun Ruan Jia was given to Yi Bai, who had made the greatest contribution in this battle. Originally, Xiao Si wanted to give the 3,000-year-old South Sea Ling Ao Golden Elixir to his honest father-in-law, but General Ke refused to accept it, so he had to convert it into 80,000 taels of silver and distribute it among the escorts and porters on the same ship.

  Everyone is rejoicing and having a great time, each one hoping to encounter a few more greedy fools on the way, regardless of whether they are rich second-generation heirs or poor monks, even if it's just a beggar, as long as they unite and fight together, they won't worry about not being able to squeeze oil out of stones.

  Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned, and everyone returned to Chang'an with ease. Along the way, not only did they not encounter any bandits, but they also didn't meet anyone asking for directions, so they had no choice but to deeply hide their dreams of getting rich and pin their hopes on next time.

  Entering Chang'an City, Xiao Si went straight to the imperial palace to find Princess Jincheng.

  He handed the Breaking Array Diagram over to Princess Little White, and as usual, took out a list of refining materials and placed it on the table.

  Jincheng Princess said: "I have already sent someone to warn Wang Shifang and told him to discipline his own son properly."

  Xiao Siyi was taken aback, not expecting Princess Jincheng to be so attuned to the people's feelings and able to resolve worldly matters directly without waiting for him to speak up. He couldn't help but have a greatly improved impression of this young lady, saying: "That Jian Yong..."

  Jincheng princess waved her hand, interrupting him: "If it were me, I would never let him return alive. This old thief is full of benevolence and righteousness, but in reality, he will surely seek revenge for his blinded eyes, which will bring endless disaster."

  Xiao Si gazed at Princess Jincheng's icy and frosty jade-like face, and couldn't help but feel a deep respect.

  Is this Her Royal Highness, as gentle and elegant as the people's dream in the book, knowledgeable about books and etiquette?

  "This is obviously the number one female bandit of the Great Sui Dynasty!"

  Jin Cheng Gongzhu's deep and sincere care for her warmed Nian's heart, and she couldn't help but shed hot tears. She said resolutely: "Please don't worry, Your Highness. Next time that stinky monk from Emei Mountain dares to cause trouble again, I'll definitely call on you!"

  Jincheng Princess said coldly, "I'm afraid they won't give you this opportunity. But you don't have to worry too much, if unfortunately you fall into the hands of the monks at Ci'en Temple, I will remember to burn a paper money for you."

  Xiao Si said with a big smile: "Thank you for your concern, Your Highness. Please prepare more, I'm afraid those bald thieves downstairs won't be enough to spend!"

  The princess of Jin City's lips curled up with a faint smile, it was hard to say whether it was sarcasm or appreciation, and said: "Father Emperor asked me to ask you, do you have any thoughts on entering the palace as a servant?"

  "Enter the palace?" Xiang Xiao Si looked at Jin Cheng Gong Zhu's face and exclaimed in shock: "Your Majesty wants me to be a eunuch?"

  The princess of Jin City glanced at him and said, "If you're willing, it's no problem. As far as I know, this profession is very popular right now, with power and influence, leisurely and stable, and the government takes care of everything from birth to death."

  Xiao Si heard this and said with a sigh: "In that case, let's leave the quota for young people who need it more than I do."

  "Very well," said Princess Jincheng with a slight nod, "then enter the palace as an imperial guard. Your qualifications are not enough, you'll have to start from the sixth rank. However, with Father Emperor around, promotion won't be difficult."

  "Are you kidding me?" Xiao Si hesitated for a moment before asking: "Is this really the Emperor's intention? Or... is it yours?"

  He gradually recalled the scene when he met Yang Guang in the palace last time, and that emperor stared at himself and said "like" repeatedly. Who is like? Could it be because of this face that he can still get an official position? Anyway, the father of the little girl is the Son of Heaven, let alone six products, even two products, one product, sealing kings and marquises are just a matter of words.

  "The Princess of Jin City replied slowly: 'You will enter the palace as a servant, and from now on, at least your personal safety will not be a problem.'"

  Xiao Si thought for a moment and slowly began to understand the meaning of Princess Jincheng. Could it be that this little girl wanted to keep herself as a canary, raised by her side, exclusively for personal use? Unfortunately, Xiao Si was not a bird, and even if he were, he would never be the kind of good bird that stayed in a cage waiting to be fed, waited to be drunk, and waited to be touched.

  He sank into thought for a moment, then said solemnly: "If it is beneficial to the country's life and death, why should we avoid or flee from calamity or fortune?"

  The Golden City Princess gazed at Xiao Si with a hint of a smile, her clear and cold eyes seeming to pierce through his heart. She picked up the pen and signed the list of materials, saying: "This time it's still seven days."

  Xiao Si let out a breath of relief, took the list and walked out of the study room, glanced at the two small eunuchs guarding outside, and felt an unprecedented sense of superiority and pride in her heart.

  He increasingly felt that the princess was unfathomable. Logically speaking, a princess interfering in politics is a taboo of all dynasties. Even if Yang Guang doted on his daughter, it's impossible to settle the brothers Wang Shichong and Wang Shiying with just a few words from her. This doesn't hold up to scrutiny, there must be some hidden scheme behind this.

  Think twice, can't help but wonder if there's any trickery involved in this matter? The real issue is whether you can make money and get rich.

  He led the refining material back to Liu Garden, and on the way, he heard that someone was talking about Wei Wentai, the commander of Tongguan, who had been ordered to surround and wipe out the green forest robbers who had gathered at Huashan. As a result, the soldiers were defeated and killed. The group of robbers did not give up and raised their flags on Wagang Mountain, stirring up half of Henan Province.

  Xiao Si touched the letter that was hidden in his waistband, and the stone road in front of him suddenly transformed into a magnificent golden avenue.

  As soon as he entered the willow garden, he saw a group of escorts and porters gathered on the martial arts field, sweating profusely as they practiced diligently. Xiao Si hastily lowered his head, pretending to focus on walking, and quickly slipped into the house. Unfortunately, the corner of his eye caught a glimpse of Yu Linglong, who was standing at the edge of the martial arts field with her eyebrows furrowed, calling out to him: "Fourth brother, you're back?"

  Xiao Si reluctantly stepped forward and said: "Yu Zongbiao is enjoying his leisure time, sunbathing here?"

  Yu Linglong shook her head and said: "Recently, something has happened in the escort agency, I'm worried about how to solve it."

  "What can stop the Jade Leader's spear?"

  Yu Linglong bitterly smiled and said, "Recently, our escort agency's escorts and porters have been getting injured one after another in the taverns and casinos. Now no one dares to go out easily."

  "Is Duan Zhen Tian playing tricks again?"

  Yu Linglong replied: "I also suspect so, but the ones who hurt people are all strangers, and after hurting people, they quickly disappear. Can't catch anyone, the government also says there's nothing they can do."

  Xiao Si angrily said: "Why didn't you send him back? What's the point of practicing martial arts every day? And what about Lao Fang?"

  Yu Linglong lowered her voice and said: "House Master Fang has secretly investigated that those people are likely to be... Imperial Guards."

  "Oh......?" Xiang Xiao Si nodded and said: "Wait till I'm done with what's on my hands, then I'll take care of them!"

  Yu Linglong said: "Fourth brother, you mustn't act rashly. We've already heard about the incident at Fen River, and Chief Xia...".

  Xiao Si waved his hand and said: "My affairs don't need him to worry about." He turned around and went back to his own room.

  He barricaded the door, sat at the table and took out one by one the materials from the bundle of dragon waist belt, also taking out a large stack of papers that had been pushed to sleep on the boat, forgetting to eat and calculate, deciding to try to refine a two-layered talisman.

  This two-layered talisman should have combined the characteristics of the Heavenly Thunderbolt Talisman and the Five Peaks Subduing Sea Talisman, using thunder to overcome earth and defeat the enemy.

  It's just that the Wuyue Zhenhai Fu belongs to the seventh-grade Taoist symbol, and the small four appearances below have not been refined yet, so it can only be simplified and improved into a sixth-grade Pressure Mountain Great Symbol.

  With a fifth-grade Lei Ling Dao symbol and a sixth-grade Tu Ling Dao symbol, the combined power is still not as good as a seventh-grade Dao symbol, but it's enough to warmly welcome a Tong Yu Jing high-ranking expert.

  He picked up a fist-sized "Taishan stone" from the table, gazing intently at the texture and composition of the stone road pattern that he had observed countless times before, with the subtle earthy aura seeping into his skin and reaching deep into his heart.

  After a moment, Xīao Sì drew out the Yóu Quán short knife and with a "ka" sound cut off a piece of the Tài Shān stone, revealing a cluster of dark yellow inner core.

  He skillfully wielded his knife and chiseled away, with stone chips flying off in all directions. Before long, the entire inner core of the Tai Shan stone was revealed before their eyes.

  Xiao Si did not rush to grind it into powder immediately, but instead carefully wrapped it in a piece of "Western spirit paper" and placed it in a small tripod furnace for smelting with rootless charcoal crystals.

  Then, he selected a thousand-year-old Qianyuan grass with purple stripes from the table and half of the Thousand Fire Dragon's claw, slowly wrapping them together and soaking them in the Purple Xieqiong paste.

  Time slipped away unnoticed, and for three whole days and nights, Xiao Si didn't take a single step out of his room. The people from the escort agency gradually became familiar with his habits and temper, knowing that it was best not to disturb him when he was busy. Only Wan'er would occasionally sneak into the courtyard and stand there for a while, barely making out the busy figure reflected on the window paper.

  On the fourth morning, the door opened and Xiao Si, with a pale face and disheveled hair, stumbled out of the room.

  He stood at the door, stretched his waist and looked up to see the remaining moon in the sky. The thoughts that had been lingering in his mind for days due to the refinement of the two stacks of symbols suddenly became clear and transparent. He couldn't help but mutter to himself: "Gold is so dazzling, making money is so wonderful..."

  He held up the two stacks of talismans he had just refined, admiring them with satisfaction in the morning light. But looking at these two stacks of talismans, they looked like a gold ingot, and under the sunlight, a faint crimson color appeared on the surface of the talisman, weaving and colliding with each other, forming whirlpools that were almost invisible to the naked eye. In the depths of the vortex, there was a terrifying power that seemed to be about to overflow at any moment.

  This is the first time in Xiao Si's life that he has refined a two-tiered talisman, and although there are still some minor mistakes and inadequacies in the structure of the talismans and the fusion of materials, after all, this is his maiden work.

  Since it's a maiden, it must take a name that is pleasing to the eye. He admired it for a long time in the morning light, and after excluding a series of common, rustic, and dull names, he finally decided that this maiden symbol would be called "**".

  From today on, Xiang Yu will raise his troops and march out of Liu Garden, rush towards Chang'an, and plant the fluttering banners on top of Golden Mountain, Silver Sea, and Mei Nu Peak.

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