Chapter 16: Great Diamond Pill
Unnamed Tavern.
Hua Xinzi poured Zhao Mu a glass of wine: "Have you heard? The envoys of the Northern Mang Kingdom came to the capital. They offered the Great Diamond Pill in exchange for the opening of the salt and iron trade between the Jin Dynasty and the Northern Mang Kingdom."
"Of course I heard about it. After all, no matter where I go these two days, people are talking about this matter."
Zhao Mu shook his head and looked at Hua Xinzi: "You are wearing so much today, aren't you hot?"
"You are not serious."
Hua Xinzi rolled his eyes at him: "To be honest, do you think the court will agree to the conditions of the Northern Mang Kingdom?"
Zhao Mu picked up the wine glass: "It would definitely not agree before, but now... it is not certain!"
"I think the court will definitely agree!"
Jiang Hong Yun said, "I heard that the Great Vajra Pill was made by the whole country of Beimang. When the pill was made thirty years ago, there were only three pills, and one was used by the high priest of the Totem Temple at that time."
"It is said that the Great Vajra Pill can not only improve martial arts skills, but more importantly, it can add twenty years to a person's lifespan."
A sneer appeared on her pretty face: "Our emperor has been seeking immortality for his whole life but has gained nothing. Now that his lifespan is about to end, someone has sent him a magic pill that can prolong his life. How could he refuse it?"
"If this is true, I am afraid that in more than ten years, Beimang will go south to plunder again, and the people will suffer again."
Hua Xinzi sighed.
Beimang is a nomadic country bordering the Great Jin Dynasty in the north. It believes in the supremacy of force and its people are brave and aggressive.
Its monarch has no real power. All state affairs are controlled by the Totem Temple, and the high priest of the temple is the supreme leader of Beimang.
Historically, the Northern Mang Kingdom went south dozens of times, invaded the Jin Dynasty, burned, killed and looted. Although they were beaten back in the end, countless people of the Jin Dynasty were killed and injured every time.
Therefore, in order to restrict the development of the Northern Mang Kingdom, the Jin Dynasty has always issued a clear ban on salt and iron trade with the Northern Mang Kingdom.
After all, as long as there is not enough salt and iron, the Northern Mang Kingdom will not have a good source of soldiers and sufficient weapons, and the threat to the Jin Dynasty will naturally weaken.
But once the salt and iron trade is opened, the strength of the Northern Mang Kingdom will surely expand rapidly.
Could the "eternal" emperor really do such a thing to help the enemy?
In fact, the reason why the tyrant is a tyrant is because of absolute selfishness.
What national interests!
What stability of the country!
What life and death of the people!
In their view, none of them are the most important. As long as they can get benefits, they can really do anything.
So not long after, the court ordered the opening of salt and iron trade with the Northern Mang Kingdom.
No matter how the people cursed the tyrant, or how the loyal ministers died in court, they could not change the will of the emperor.
So the envoys of the Northern Mang Kingdom left the Great Vajra Pill and left the capital in joy.
The emperor of the Great Jin ordered the whole country to celebrate, wanting people all over the world to celebrate that he could extend his life for twenty years.
But unfortunately, the people were not happy, and the loyal ministers were not happy.
Even those flatterers were not very happy.
Because the emperor's life was extended for twenty years, the demand for the elixir of longevity was naturally not so urgent, so how could the flatterers be promoted?
So an undercurrent began to surge in the court, and some people began to secretly connect with those flatterers, asking them to steal or even destroy the Great Vajra Pill directly.
That night, Zhao Mu left the Jiaofang Division and prepared to go to the nameless tavern to sleep.
Walking on the dark street, he scattered the voice hearing Gu to be alert to any possible danger.
This was a habit he had developed over the years of walking at night.
Suddenly, a few faint wind sounds came, and Zhao Mu's footsteps stopped abruptly.
He knew very well that it was not a normal wind sound, but a master's light skill that cut through the air.
"Four people, each of them has a true energy far beyond me, they should all be masters of the post-natal realm, tut tut, the capital city has been getting more and more chaotic recently."
Zhao Mu narrowed his eyes slightly, leaned against a dark corner, and observed the movements of the four people through the sound hearing Gu.
Two hundred feet away, four figures quickly passed by the roofs of the houses.
Three of them were wearing black clothes and masks, chasing an old eunuch.
"Old bitch, you can't escape, you'd better surrender quickly and hand over the big diamond pill."
A man in black shouted coldly.
The old eunuch looked grim: "Who are you? How do you know that the Great Vajra Pill is in my possession?"
"You don't need to know this, but your master is really bold. He actually dared to steal the Great Vajra Pill. If the emperor knew about it, even if he is a biological father and son, he would probably die without a burial place, right?"
"Hmph, what master? Where did my master come from? Don't lie."
The old eunuch snorted coldly.
"Really? It doesn't matter if you don't admit it. Anyway, we know who your master is."
The three men in black sneered.
One of them ran several times faster and directly crossed over his head to block the old eunuch.
"What a handsome Yan Zi San Cao Shui, with such light skills, you should have been able to catch up with me a long time ago."
"Indeed, I can catch up, but the previous place is not very convenient, and now... you should die!"
Before he finished speaking, the three men in black began to besiege the old eunuch.
The four of them were all masters of the post-natal realm. With three against one, the old eunuch fell into a desperate situation after just ten moves.
Seeing that he was about to be killed by the opponent, the old eunuch seemed to have bitten something in his mouth and suddenly spurted out a large mouthful of blue mist.
The three men in black were caught off guard and immediately inhaled the blue mist into their mouths and noses.
"poisonous?"
The expressions of the three people changed drastically, and they immediately attacked with all their strength, beating the old eunuch until he spit out mouthfuls of blood and fell to the ground with serious injuries.
But they themselves could not hold on any longer, and fell to the ground one after another, their faces turning blue and gradually losing their breath.
"Ahem!"
The old eunuch was still vomiting blood and stood up tremblingly while holding on to the wall: "Fortunately, we prepared the poison in advance, otherwise our family would definitely die if three acquired extreme masters attacked us."
He touched his chest and took a deep breath: "But fortunately, I finally survived. Now we must send the Great Vajra Pill to the Lord as soon as possible. There must be no delay...who is it?"
He changed color in shock and turned around hastily.
He saw a figure rushing over quickly, his palms like a dragon rising out of the sea, and slapped him hard on the chest.
puff!
The old eunuch spurted out another mouthful of blood, and his whole body flew out and hit the ground hard.
His face was as white as paper, and he looked at his attacker in shock: "Who are you?"
"Do you think I will tell you?"
Zhao Mu covered his face with a black cloth and walked into the old eunuch step by step: "I didn't expect that if I went out for a spin, I would have a chance to get the Diamond Pill. Tsk, tsk, it seems that my luck has been really good recently."
"Damn it, you dare to rob the Great Vajra Pill, aren't you afraid of the emperor punishing you?"
The old eunuch looked ugly.
"As long as I kill you, who will know what happened tonight?"
As Zhao Mu spoke, his body shot out again and came to the old eunuch in an instant.
"Hahaha, you fell into the trap!"
The old eunuch laughed wildly, waved his hand, and another stream of dense blue mist was sprayed out, trying to poison Zhao Mu to death as well.
But what he didn't expect was that Zhao Mu ignored the poison and went straight through the blue mist and slapped him on the head.
boom!
The old eunuch's skull cracked due to the shooting, and he died.
"Haha, a mere poison wants to kill me. Do you think I have learned the "Medicine King's Codex" all these years in vain?"
Zhao Mu sneered and took out a small black box from the old eunuch's arms. When he opened it, it was revealed to be the Great Vajra Pill.
He took out the corpse powder he prepared and sprinkled it on the old eunuch and the three men in black.
The stench filled the streets, and the four corpses were quickly riddled with holes.
It was only then that Zhao Mu left quietly.
No one knew that the Great Vajra Pill had fallen into his hands.
