After a while, a man standing at the door of the conference hall shouted: "The leader is here..."

Luo Xiaoyao saw everyone standing up one after another, and also stood up. But when he saw a group of people stepping into the door, everyone bowed with their fists and shouted in unison: "See the leader."

At the front, there were two old men wearing blue-robed brocade. On the left, one was about 60 years old, with gray hair and burly figure. On the right, one was over 50 years old, with a slightly thin body. On the left, there was a mole on the cheek and a rosy face. The two were agile, and they knew they were good-handed people at first glance.

In the middle is a young man with a jade crown tied in his head and a purple robe. His face is as pink as a plum, his eyes are straight, his nose is thin, and if he had not had sword eyebrows, he would look like a woman. Behind him, there were two young women in brown robes, with pretty appearances, with silver flower-shaped ornaments tied with high black hair, looking heroic, and finally there were two maids in green clothes combing their maids.

Luo Xiaoyao thought to himself that the young man in purple should be the so-called leader of the Yu family, and the two women behind him should be the owner of Fengming Hall, judging from the color of their clothes.

The leader of the Jade Alliance walked to the middle of the red carpet, and everyone shouted, "I wish the leader of the pine and cypress to be as blessed as the East China Sea." The leader of the Jade Alliance raised his eyes and glanced at everyone, raised his hand to signal everyone to sit down, and smiled and said, "All the masters, please sit down." The voice was very clear.

After everyone saw him sitting down, they sat down. The two old men and two women in brown robes also sat on the left and right sides of the desks in front of the Yu League Leader.

The Jade Alliance Leader glanced at the several hall masters and said, "I will choose a worshiper when I take advantage of this time. I believe all the hall masters know what this alliance leader is thinking?"

Lin Yi and others all bowed and said, "I understand."

The leader of the Yu League nodded and looked at the old man with a mole on his face on the right. The old man stood up, walked to the red carpet and bowed to the leader of the Yu League, and turned to everyone and said, "The ancient times are for the crown. The leader thought that you will definitely spend your time giving gifts. It just so happened that the leader wanted to choose a bold and good martial arts offering from you, but in order to avoid the competition from you, you will be hurt by the harmony."

"Since our purpose of replacing the alliance is to rob the rich and help the poor, we thought of a way to let you go to the mansions of the nobles of the surrounding countries to obtain some treasures, and use the source of the treasures to judge your wit, courage and martial arts."

Luo Xiaoyao smiled bitterly when he heard this, and thought that only this Taoist alliance can use this method of stealing and robbing to select talents. It is really a thief.

"This time, Xiaofeng Hall returned, the master of Xia Erzhou gave gold, silver and jewelry. He thought he had given up on his position of offering sacrifices. The remaining master of Xiaofeng Hall Lin gave a treasure sword, Xingyu Hall Ancient Hall gave ambergris, Master Mo gave a sword, and Lord Min gave a calligraphy and painting. Just now, the leader admired the treasures given by the four masters in Tingtao Courtyard, and praised them, especially the sword given by Lord Mo."

Luo Xiaoyao was shocked and his eyes passed through Lin Yi's shoulder in front to look at Mo Bushan. But when he saw that Mo Bushan looked happy, he also looked at Luo Xiaoyao. When he met his eyes, Mo Bushan's eyes were not as fearful as before, and he was a little proud. He thought that the sword was recognized by the Yu Alliance and had reliance, and his courage became stronger.

"Treasures are rare, but when it comes to selecting tribute positions, their source is more important. I think the masters won't buy them at a high price, right? Next, I would like to ask the four masters to tell you the source of the treasures they have obtained so that they can choose a offering that everyone admires." After the old man in green robe said that, he turned around and saluted the leader of the Jade League and returned to his seat.

At this time, the leader of the Yu League whispered to the maid kneeling on the right, and saw the maid bowing, getting up and walking out of the hall, and then listened to the leader of the Yu League : "I just tried to appreciate the treasures sent by the masters in Tingtao Courtyard, which was delayed. Noon was over now, and everyone must be hungry, so I will eat and listen to the treasure hunting process of the four masters." I thought I had just ordered the maid to inform the food.

After a while, more than ten servants brought wine and food one after another. Within a cup of tea, fish, shrimp, crab, chicken, duck, sheep, vegetables and garlic paste with sauce were placed on the tables in front of more than 50 people in the hall. There was a jar of fine wine with a wine spoon around them. I guess these wine and food had been prepared long ago.

Luo Xiaoyao heard Lin Yi in front of him say, "Everyone pour the wine, let's give a drink to the leader..."

When everyone heard this, they poured the wine on one after another. As the hall master in front of them stood up, they raised their glasses and shouted, "We will respect the leader, and wish the leader a long-lasting pine and cypress, as blessed as the East China Sea."

Almost in unison, Luo Xiaoyao thought that these people had trained. The leader of the Jade League took the wine cup handed over by the maid next to him, but did not get up. He raised the wine cup and smiled and said, "Thank you, brothers, for all of you, for this wine." After saying that, he drank it all, and everyone finished drinking the wine in the bowl.

Shang You looked at the wine and food in front of him and whispered to Luo Xiaoyao: "There are many fish in Jingnan. Senior brother tastes more sashimi fish, and dip it in a little dip, and the taste is sweet."

Then he picked up a piece of fish meat and dipped it in the juice. He savored it and praised: "The meat is tender and fresh, and it is delicious with fine wine."

Seeing Shang You's aftertaste, Luo Xiaoyao smiled and then picked up a thin fish fillet and dipped it in his mouth to taste it. As Shang You said, he couldn't help but nod and praise it: "This kitchen knife is so skillful that it can cut the fish so thin that it melts in your mouth."

Xu San behind him continued to say, "The Luo guardian has something to do. In addition to the skill of swords, this fish has special tools. The knife is as thin as a cicada's wing, and he can cut the bass like snowflakes. There is a brother in the hall who has good skills in his swords and is also familiar with this. If the two guardians like it, Xu San will ask the brother to taste it with you another day. Haha, today I will borrow the feast of the leader and the crown, and Xu Sanjing, two guardians, a cup..."

Luo and Shang smiled at each other when they heard this, raised the bowl and took a sip, but Shang You chanted, "The snow flew away from the bottom of the chopsticks, and the silk was sprinkled in front of the knife. The taste of the taste is the first, and the frost oranges are added to the freshness of the fragrance. Mr. Wenshan (Li Qunyu) these two lines of poetry are really the artistic conception written by... It's so beautiful and happy." He chuckled, raised the wine bowl and signaled Luo Xiaoyao, and drank it all in one go.

At this time, everyone in the hall thought they were really hungry, so they all raised their chopsticks and picked up food and ate. Although there were many people talking, they were not noisy. After Lin Yi and Mo Bushan came forward alone to greet the Yu League Master and finished drinking, they heard the gray-bearded old man coughing lightly. Although the sound was not loud, everyone in the hall heard it. Knowing that the Yu League Master had something to say, everyone put down the chopsticks and chopsticks.

I heard the Jade Alliance Leader say, "Treasures have their own precious and rare things. If this one is better than that or that one is better than this, it will inevitably be due to my own preferences. Therefore, this Alliance Leader will not bring the treasures presented by the four hall masters, and let the four hall masters talk about the process of catching the treasures. The brothers will comment on it, and the alliance leader will make a decision... I wonder which hall master will talk first?"

When several hall masters heard this, they looked at each other without saying anything at all. The leader of the Yu League chuckled when he saw this: "The masters of the hall are so polite, but this leader is beyond the expectations of our league... Then, according to the order of treasures that the leader of the alliance is adored by the disciples, calligraphy and paintings, ambergris, swords, swords... Please tell me first."

Master Min, who was sitting near the door to the west, stood up and bowed and said, "As soon as the leader named him, I will talk about the origin of this "Lotus Goddess Fu Picture" first."

After saying that, he poured the wine and drank it all, and looked around and sat down, saying, "A month ago, Min received a notice from Gongshang Tan, thinking that the leader of the alliance was elegant and elegant, and he must be very interested in calligraphy and painting by famous masters. However, the literary style of Jiangnan has been prosperous and there are many literati and scholars. Min wanted to go to Jiangning Prefecture to find out which famous paintings are invented..."

He paused and smiled: "Min is rough and doesn't look like a talented man in school, so he also brought a brother who was well-read in the hall to come."

Lord Min is nearly forty years old and looks tall and tall, and has a beard, so he naturally does not look like a literati. When everyone heard this, they looked at each other and smiled, but when he saw Lord Min was upright, he naturally had no intention of making fun of him.

"Min asked the brother to make friends with scholars from Jiangning and invited them to the wine girl. Half a month later, he finally found out that the Goddess of the Ministry of Revenue was hidden in Han Xizai's mansion, and then sneaked into the Han Mansion."

"This Han Xizai is deeply trusted by the Emperor of Southern Tang. There are also masters such as the Royal Dragon Guard of the Southern Tang Dynasty. One of them is also a realm of divine thoughts. At that time of the 19th day, Min was discovered as soon as he entered the mansion. There were also two or three people in the realm of returning to the realm of the guards. Min knew that something was wrong, so he wanted to withdraw from the Han Mansion..."

At this moment, I heard a chuckle with a "hehe" sound. Everyone flew to see the person who chuckled was doing good.

Master Min thought that he could hear Mo Bushan's laughter and mock him, so he stood up, poured the wine, picked up Mo Bushan at the next table and said, "Come on, Lord Mo, I will give you a bowl." After saying that, he drank it all and said, "It's a pity that Min did not have the skill of Master Mo flying to the sky and escaping the earth. When he escaped, he suffered a slight injury to his left arm."

The previous sentence of the Lord Min was to withdraw from the Han Mansion. This sentence mentioned the nickname "Flying in the sky and escaping the earth", but it was said that it was an escape, so naturally it was ridiculing everyone. Everyone did not expect that his appearance was rough, and his words were insidious but his ability was not weak, and they all secretly praised him.

Mo Bushan smiled embarrassedly, but did not raise the bowl to drink. The Lord Min did not make any mistakes, and then said, "The more difficult it is to succeed, the more unwilling Min is to give up. After five days, Min's minor injuries were gone, so he waited for an opportunity to investigate in front of the Han Mansion. In the afternoon three days later, he saw Lord Han going out in a sedan chair, and the guard with the skilled divine mind also followed him. Min sneaked into the backyard..."

When everyone heard this, they were stunned. Lin Yi praised: "Lord Min is so brave and good at strategy. I believe that in broad daylight, the guards in the mansion were slackened in vigilance. In addition, the person who has the cultivation level of the divine mind went out with Han Xizai, and no one was the opponent of Lord Min. Haha, it was amazing, it was amazing."

Lord Min bowed to Lin Yi and said, "Brother Lin praised it too much, but Min really wants to do this." He smiled, but his expression was a little embarrassed.

"The backyard is full of female sluts. Min grabbed a girl and asked about the study room in the mansion. Fortunately, there was only one Guizhen guard. After Min succeeded in painting, he found out that after he left the study room, he had a fight, but Min escaped and immediately left Jiangning Mansion and returned to Guizhou."

After pausing, he bowed to the leader of the Yu Alliance and said, "This is the process of obtaining the "Lotus Goddess's Fu" by subordinates. Please send someone to Jiangning to inquire. If what his subordinates say is false, let them deal with it."

The leader of the Yu League glanced at the old man with gray beard beside him: "Mr. Tan, respect Master Min for a bowl of tribute to him..."

The worshiper Tan stood up when he heard the sound, carried the wine jar beside him, walked to the table of Master Min, poured the wine into the bowl and filled it with it, and smiled and said, "Tan will respect Master Min as the leader of the alliance and the brothers in the alliance."

After saying that, he touched the wine jar with the wine bowl of Master Min, raised it up, and even raised his head and drank it on the wine jar. Everyone cheered when they saw this and raised the bowl to drink together. Luo Xiaoyao was infected by the atmosphere and took a big sip.

The Chancellor Tan thought he had an extraordinary alcohol tolerance, but he had finished drinking the wine in the jar. But when he saw that he did not change his face, everyone cheered in unison. The leader of the Yu League smiled and patted his hands, thinking that he was praising Tan for his alcohol tolerance.

After everyone calmed down, the leader of the Yu League said, "Lord Min's courage and talent are really admirable, and it deserves such respect from Mr. Tan... Then let the Lord Gu tell you about the process of getting ambergris."

Luo Xiaoyao and Shang You looked at each other, remembering what Lin Yi said the day before yesterday, they all smiled in their hearts, guessing how this ancient hall master, who was nearly 60 years old, would tell the origin of the ambergris.

The ancient hall master stood up, bowed to the leader of the Yu Alliance, and said with a flattering smile: "Subsidiary obeys the order. A month ago, my subordinate also received the notice from Gonggong Tan, so he thought about what to look for to send it to the leader. He thought that the leader had a noble status and naturally had no shortage of calligraphy, painting, swords, etc...."

But when several people snorted coldly in the hall, the ancient hall master seemed to have not heard of it, and then said, "I think that the leader living on this lake island will inevitably cause mosquitoes and flies to disturb people. There are many fish in the lake or fishy storms, so I think of the treasure ambergris."

The ancient hall master paused, took a sip of wine, and stroked his long beard: "Thinking that this treasure is the saliva of a dragon, most of which come from the deep sea where the dragon lives..."

But when Xu San behind him smiled, Lin Yi turned his head and looked back, his face smiled, but his voice was angry and said, "Don't be rude."

Xu San hurriedly covered his mouth with his hands and held back his smile, but remembered that Lin Yi had guessed that the ancient hall master Long Weixiang was taken from the Dragon Palace. Luo Xiaoyao laughed in his heart, but Shang You also covered his mouth and nose with his hands and held back his laughter.

At that time, people believed that ambergris came from the deep sea and was gathered by dragon saliva, so they did not feel any mistakes about the ancient hall owner. However, seeing Xu San and Shang You laughed, everyone around them for some time.

The ancient hall master seemed to have some sense, paused, looked at Luo Xiaoyao, and said, "They went to the deep sea to obtain this treasure, and were mostly from the surrounding foreign countries. These foreign countries naturally gave this rare treasure as tribute to our Central Plains court. During the prosperous Tang Dynasty, this treasure would be presented to the palace every year."

"Today, the four countries are under the four nationalities. I believe that these foreign states gave this treasure to the Chaoguo in Zihai. The subordinates went to the Southern Han to inquire. Fortunately, they were found out that not long ago, a foreign state paid a piece of a hundred-year-old ambergris to the Emperor of Southern Han, so they wanted to sneak into the palace to seize the treasure."

The Lord of the Ancient Hall glanced at the leader of the Yu Alliance who closed his eyes and listened, raised his wine bowl and took a sip, and then said, "Although most of the guards in the Southern Han Palace are women, their martial arts are no worse than those of men. One or two of them are in the realm of holding the elixir..."

Mo Bushan said "Huh": "Did Brother Gu meet him? How did Brother Gu succeed?"

"Brother Mo made fun of it. If Gu met him, how could he escape with this divine consciousness realm? Gu knew that the royal family was very dangerous, and like Lord Min, he just went to explore the terrain first and found where the ambergris was hidden."

Mo Bushan said "Oh" and said with a smile: "So that's the case, but I guess it's also extremely dangerous. I admire you, admire you."

At this time, the Lord of the Gu Hall looked solemn: "In order to win this ambergris to the leader, what is the risk of Gu taking, even..."

He wanted to say that even if he died, he would not hesitate to die, but he thought that today was a wedding banquet, so he changed his words: "Even with many experts, Gu must find a way to seize it. You should know that this ambergris can not only be made into spices, but also a medicine like a treasure of heaven and earth. Gu thought that this treasure should be in the imperial palace Shang Pharmacy Bureau."

"I went there for two nights in a row, and finally Gu found out where the Shang Pharmacy Bureau is. Hehe, after all, it is the pharmacy of the emperor's house. I think it is hidden in many magical medicines. The guards can be said to be a three-step post. There are three people on duty in each shift. One is in the realm of divine thoughts, and the other two are also in the realm of true cultivation."

Lord Min asked, "How can Lord Gu succeed in protecting this tightly?"

The master of the Gu Hall smiled and said, "Brother Min can wait for Lord Han to leave and take the opportunity to break into the Han Mansion. Gu also thought of a way to pull out the guards. He set fire at Shangyi Bureau not far away, and naturally led a group of guards to put out the fire, leaving only the man in the divine mind realm and two or three ordinary guards to guard them."

"At that time, Gu tried his best to attack. The man was just a state of small spiritual enlightenment. Gu had already achieved great success. In addition, in the chaos, the man was injured by Gu after five moves. Gu broke into it, grabbed the medical officer on duty inside, asked where ambergris was, and rushed out. He happened to meet more than a dozen guards who rushed over after hearing the news. At that time, Gu devoted all his knowledge, broke out of the siege, left the palace, and rushed back overnight..." The following few words were very bold.

At this time, the leader of the Yu clapped his hands, as if he was applauding and praising the Lord of the Gu Hall, but he didn't say anything. However, the old man in the green robe with a mole on his face stood up and said, "I wonder if the person in the divine mind realm who fought with the Lord of the Gu Hall was a man or a woman?"

The owner of the ancient hall was a little stunned when he heard this: "It's a man..." Suddenly he remembered something and changed his words: "It seems like a man, but I think it's a eunuch at this time."

It turned out that the Emperor of Southern Han believed that the officials under his command had families and must be unfaithful to him, so he forced many officials to castrate themselves. If they refused, they would be dismissed from office and many women were appointed as officials. Therefore, nine out of ten people in the inner rank were either eunuchs or women. This was known to the world. When the ancient hall master saw this old man asking, he was also ambiguous about himself.

The old man nodded and said, "As far as Geng knows, the guard leader of the Nanhan Shang Pharmaceutical Bureau has been a real man in recent years, not a eunuch or a woman."

Luo Xiaoyao knew that the ambergris was bought by the so-called Linfu in Xu San's mouth. However, he heard the ancient hall master speak very well. Although he felt funny, if he had to steal something from the palace, there was a possibility of success. He thought that if Lin Yi didn't expose it, the ancient hall master would have been confused, but unexpectedly, the old man named Geng with a mole on his face asked for it.

The master of the ancient hall was stunned and bowed and smiled, "What Gong Gong said is extremely true. The night is dark. Gu didn't know how to tell me carefully. He thought it was a real man as the Gong Gong said."

But when Geng Gongfeng smiled "hehe" and turned around and bowed to the leader of the Jade Alliance, the leader of the Jade Alliance nodded with a sneer. Seeing this, Luo Xiaoyao seemed to feel something was happening in his heart, and only heard Lin Yi sigh in front of him, "Be smart, hehe."

Geng Gongfeng seemed to hear Lin Yi's words, smiled at Lin Yi, walked to the ancient hall master, and smiled at the ancient hall master with a slightly awkward expression: "There are only the guards of Shang Pharmaceutical Bureau in the Southern Han Palace, all of whom are real men, so the ancient hall master knows why?"

"This... this subordinate really doesn't know, so I hope you can ask for a confession." The owner of the ancient hall was already uneasy.

"The Southern Han lacks iron tools, and the countries are afraid that they will grow, so they are unwilling to sell iron tools to the Southern Han. Even if there is silver in the Southern Han Dynasty, there is nowhere to buy it... The ancient hall master only said that this ambergris is only available in the royal family. Does the ancient hall master know that the spices of many sachets in the market also come from this ambergris?"

The owner of the ancient hall was stunned, shook his head, and nodded again.

Geng Gongfeng chuckled: "There are years of ambergris. The best ones in the century are not good in the royal family, but the inferior quality also flowed into the market. The Southern Han Dynasty suppressed the way of trade in the west and south seas. It brought the receipts of ambergris from overseas to the Royal Palace Shang Pharmacy Bureau, and sent people to various parts of the Central Plains, but they did not sell them, but only exchanged for iron tools."

"The method of bartering in the Southern Han Dynasty also forced some merchants who made spices to take risks and secretly exchange ambergris with the Southern Han Dynasty. The Southern Han Dynasty naturally defended the Shang Pharmacy Bureau, but most of the guard leaders were Persians. The ancient hall master investigated for two nights. Have you ever seen it?"

The face of the ancient hall master changed suddenly and was already frightened. At this time, Tan Gongfeng also stood up, walked forward, and stood with Geng Gongfeng, one left and one right in front of the ancient hall master's case.

Everyone felt something was wrong, but when Tan Gongfeng asked in a deep voice, "Last year, the Chu civil unrest, on the seventh day of the sixth month, King Ma Xi'e of Chu sent gold, silver, jewelry, calligraphy and paintings and other objects from the Great Zhou of the Central Plains. When passing through the rivers of Jiangling Prefecture, it was the ancient hall master who tried to rob, right?"

The ancient hall master seemed to have some sense of consciousness, frowned and bowed, "It was my subordinate who did it..."

Tan Gongfeng nodded and asked again: "On the eighth day of March this year, the Southern Han sent gold, silver, and pearls into the Central Plains and the Great Zhou court. It was also the head of the ancient hall leading his troops to rob him, right?" The head of the ancient hall nodded and said yes.

Tan Gongfeng smiled: "Did the ancient hall master remember the amount of money he sent to the main hall?"

The owner of the ancient hall trembled slightly and said, "When the subordinates handed over, they all made a list..."

Tan Gongfeng said coldly: "Where is the list of those messengers? I guess the Lord of the ancient hall would say that the messenger was able to escape, but I don't know, right?"

After saying that, he took out a stack of origami from his sleeve and looked over and said, "The Southern Han Dynasty offered two hu of pearls, one thousand taels of gold and three thousand taels of silver. Why did the gold was less than 500 taels when he handed over to the ancient hall master? Did it fall into the river?" At this time, the ancient hall master was already trembling.

Na Tan Gong said again: "The 3,000 taels of gold offered by King Ma Xi'e..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw that the Lord of the Gu Hall had left his seat and walked forward a few steps forward and said to the Lord of the Yu League: "I deserve to die for all my crimes. I should not obey my subordinates' instigation. I have become greedy. I hope the leader will spare my subordinates..."

The Jade Leader looked at the ancient hall master who was bowing his head and smiled softly, "Today's talk about the selection and worship position, why did the two gentlemen talk about the past?" But he ignored the ancient hall master who bowed to the ground.
Chapter completed!