Chapter 207: Lianmo (2)(1/2)
Contemporary Mohist wood sage sacred Tang Jiujiu?!
Zhang Huang was slightly surprised. He was not sure of the status of "Mu Sheng" in the Mo family. He just wondered where he seemed to have seen the name "Jiujiu".
Jiujiu...
Zhang Huang suddenly remembered that when he first arrived in Luoyang, he was betrayed by Tang Zhou and killed his fellow disciple Ma Yuanyi. While fleeing Tang Zhou and the pursuit of officers and soldiers, Zhang Huang knocked down an armillary sphere, which was engraved with the words "Jiujiu".
I thought it was a number, but now it seems that it is mostly a symbol of the developer.
In other words, the armillary sphere was actually from the hands of a woman who was almost the same age as her in front of me?
Zhang Huang was simply unbelievable. You should know that the armillary sphere weighs hundreds of kilograms, but can float in the air. All parts are closely fitted, without any gaps. Although Ma Yuanyi also obtained an armillary sphere and wanted to carefully study the product of this episode of the Mohist mechanical technique, he never got it. What shocked Zhang Huang the most was the technology on the armillary sphere that used Tao patterns to replace conventional lines and the technology of using ghost light to identify our enemies is simply the black technology among black technology.
"Amnesium sphere developed by you?"
Zhang Huang couldn't help but ask in surprise.
At this time, the two sides were almost fighting together. Several guards sent by He Jin, who followed Zhang Huang, and Xiahou Dun behind Cao Cao, and another guard, had already stood before them to protect them. The conflict was about to break out, but Zhang Huang said something irrelevant.
A trace of surprise flashed in Tang Jiujiu's eyes, and she shouted anxiously: "Slow down!"
The craftsmen in the craftsman stopped hearing this, turned around and looked at their Mu Sheng in a daze, wondering if this Mu Sheng wanted the other party to look good. Why did he suddenly change his attention?
Tang Jiujiu ignored the surprise of the Mo family craftsmen under her command and stared at Zhang Huang with an uncertain expression.
Yes, the armillary sphere was indeed developed by her own hands, but for various reasons, she only said that it was jointly developed by Mohist craftsmen. In the whole of Luoyang, there were very few people who knew the truth.
However, the man opposite, who seemed to be about twenty years old, didn't know where he heard about it.
Moreover, he looked shocked.
Combined with the shocked expression on Zhang Huang's face, Tang Jiujiu made a judgment in her mind, looked at Zhang Huang and said lightly: "Twenty-hundred thousand! You owe me 200,000 yuan in Mo family!"
"What? What is 200,000 yuan?" Zhang Huang was puzzled. Why did he owe the other party 200,000 yuan?
As soon as he finished speaking, Tang Jiujiu looked stern and said coldly: "Do you think you don't need to compensate if you destroy a sill in the Mo family?"
Zhang Huang widened his eyes in shock and took a breath of cold air in shock. He thought to himself, how did this woman know that I ruined her armillary sphere?
Seeing Zhang Huang's look as if he was a ghost, Tang Jiujiu became more and more confident. She stretched out her two fingers and said lightly: "Don't forget 200,000 yuan!"
Zhang Huang was amused and stunned for a while, shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Twenty-hundred thousand yuan? Even if I sold it, I can't pay it back..."
Before he finished speaking, Tang Jiujiu said calmly: "Isn't this the one next to you? The great and wealthy Cao is as strong as a country. As his son, the Chief Cao must not care about this mere 200,000 yuan. Suwen Cao has always been generous, so what if he pays 200,000 yuan for his friend? Right, Chief Cao?"
Cao Cao laughed. He didn't say anything.
Tang Jiujiu said it right. Although Cao Cao's father Cao Song has not yet become the Grand Marshal, he has been in the position of Dahonglu for many years. Cao Song, who is not as honest as his adoptive father Cao Teng, takes advantage of his power. Although he cannot be said to be rich enough to compete with the country because of his power. But he can also be said to be rich.
As Cao Song's son, Cao Cao really doesn't care about 200,000 yuan. What's more, this money was invested in Zhang Huang, and Zhang Huang was what he wanted to win over and attract.
But the problem is. The fundamental reason for this is not that he is willing to pay the compensation on behalf of Zhang Huang, but that Zhang Huang is willing to admit it. Don’t think that Zhang Huang is reluctant to admit it at that time, but he rushes to pay compensation on behalf of him, and fails to win over it, which will destroy the tacit understanding between the two.
Therefore, Cao Cao just smiled generously and didn't say much.
However, Xiahou Dun beside Cao Cao was annoyed.
You should know that the Cao family and the Xiahou family have been close for generations. In Xiahou Dun's opinion, Cao Cao's father Cao Song is not much different from the uncle of the Xiahou family of his clan. Tang Jiujiu, opposite him, was young but not saying Cao Jugao at the same time, but also boasted that he would pay the compensation instead. How could Xiahou Dun swallow this?
Thinking of this, Xiahou Dun snorted coldly and mocked: "I have heard that the Mo family is greedy for money for a long time, but I don't want to be so shameless. Are you crazy about money? What can be worth 200,000 yuan?!"
Cao Cao's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and the generous smile on his face froze.
On the other side, Tang Jiujiu's entire face was already stern, and her eyes were unhappy and coldly glanced at Xiahou Dun.
Cao Cao thought to himself that something was wrong, because Xiahou Dun was not clear about some things, just like he didn't know the influence of the woman in front of him, and even the noble sons of the four tribes, such as Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, did not dare to be arrogant here.
Even though Dong Zhuo, the "evil dragon" who is now in the limelight, destroyed several armillary spheres by mistake when he arrived in Luoyang at the beginning of last year because of fighting with Sun Jian, he still paid a high compensation in the end.
Is Dong Zhuo afraid of Tang Jiujiu?
No, what Dong Zhuo was afraid of was the Mohist power represented by Tang Jiujiu, the huge thing that has developed to this day under the protection of Confucianism.
At this moment, a hole was cracked when the brick wall, which looked like at first glance, and the bricks and stones slowly separated to the sides, revealing a hidden secret room. From this secret room, a man who was in his forties walked out with a smile on his face that made people feel like spring breeze.
This person is the second person in the Mo family in Luoyang, "Zijiang" Yan Ping.
Compared with the "Mu Sheng", the entire Mohist family, represents the status of spiritual leader. Although "Zijiang" can also be called the second-in-command, at best, it is the leader of many craftsmen.
But it is undeniable that "Zijiang" Yan Ping also has a certain say in front of Mu Sheng.
"I was wondering when I heard the magpies chirping on the eaves this morning. I didn't expect that there was a distinguished guest... Lord Mu Sheng, who is the envoy sent by the general, why not invite him to the secret room to discuss in detail? It makes people feel that my Mo family is lonely and difficult to get close to."
Cao Cao's eyes lit up when he heard this. He could hear from Yan Ping's words that Yan Ping had a kind attitude towards General He Jin. Unlike the young lady of the Wood Saint, who had a eccentric personality and a bad tone, it was really difficult to get along with.
In addition, when it comes to Yan Ping, Cao Cao inadvertently remembered a piece of news that he heard from the news: the current Mu Sheng should be the famous craftsman named Yan Ping in front of him. But unexpectedly, when things came to an end, the previous Mu Sheng, who had not appeared for a long time, brought back a little girl from the countryside. This little girl who inherited the superb skills of the previous Mu Sheng defeated Yan Ping with her superb skills and won the position of Wood Saint. Yan Ping, who had been coveting the position of Wood Saint for a long time, could only grit her teeth and settle down as the second seat and continue to serve as the "Zi Jiang".
After Yan Ping said this, Tang Jiujiu's expression suddenly collapsed, and she looked at the former with an unhappy face.
Seeing this, Yan Ping took a few steps forward and whispered in a tone that Cao Cao, Zhang Huang and others could hear: "Master Mu Sheng, after all, he is the envoy of General He Jin!... You know the momentum of General He Jin in the court and the country. If you annoy him, the general will stop us at the side of the craftsmanship and minister..."
Tang Jiujiu frowned and thought for a moment, then snorted reluctantly, saying, "Then let's talk in the secret room!...I also want to hear what He Jin plans to do."
Cao Cao saw this scene clearly and laughed in his heart.
Based on his experience, he could certainly see that Yan Ping might be uneasy to Tang Jiujiu's Mu Sheng position. Compared to Yan Ping's sophistication, Tang Jiujiu, a female Mo Junjie, had a sense of politics as naive as a three-year-old child.
In this way, Tang Jiujiu and Yan Ping led Cao Cao, Zhang Huang, Xiahou Dun and several He Jin's guards to the secret room.
After passing through the stone wall door, a corridor is facing it. It is long and winding, and oil lamps are installed on the stone walls on both sides, making the entire corridor look bright.
But even so, the tunnel-half corridor still gives Zhang Huang an extremely dangerous feeling, just like a giant beast with its mouth open.
"Please, please." Tang Jiujiu smiled maliciously.
Maybe this woman tried her best to hold back the smug smile that seemed to have succeeded in the conspiracy, but because she was not cunning enough and had no skills, she was like not holding it in, so that everyone present could see through her plans at a glance.
To exert his power, this woman obviously wanted to exert his power to Cao Cao, Zhang Huang and others.
Zhang Huang looked at the secret passage carefully a few times and did not walk around rashly. You must know that the Mohist arts are famous all over the country. God knows whether there are many mechanism traps set up to prevent outsiders from entering?
For the sake of his own life, Zhang Huang would never show off his strength to break into such a secret Mo family escort full of threats and murderous intent for his own life. After all, he was not angry with Tang Jiujiu.
Everyone present was motionless, except for the only one, that was Xiahou Dun.
This straightforward man couldn't stand this perverted woman when he saw Tang Jiujiu. When Tang Jiujiu used almost extortion to ask Zhang Huang for high compensation, Xiahou Dun finally couldn't help it and jumped out and said coldly to Tang Jiujiu. Because of this, the target that Tang Jiujiu provoked now was this peerless general in the future.
"Dun wants to learn it."
Seeing that Tang Jiujiu was always looking at him with provocative eyes, Xiahou Dun was furious and couldn't help but walk out on his own initiative.
Cao Cao originally wanted to stop him, but after thinking about it carefully, he let Xiahou Dun go. After all, Xiahou Dun did not have a direct conflict with the Mo family's Wood Sheng this time, and Cao Cao stood up to smooth things over and could save the situation; secondly, Cao Cao highly recognized Xiahou Dun's force, because he was the most brave son of his family and the Xiahou family. As for the third, Cao Cao also wanted to see the rumored superb Mo family's mechanism and see if this mechanism is really a skill.
But unexpectedly, Cao Cao, as the lord of Xiahou Dun, did not stop him, but "Zijian" Yan Ping came forward to stop Xiahou Dun's behavior that seemed to him was simply a waste of death.
Unfortunately, Xiahou Dun was unhappy and insisted on breaking through the secret passage of the Mo family.
Seeing this, Yan Ping sighed, shook his head helplessly, took out an unknown piece of jade from the small bag hanging around his waist, and gently threw it over in front of Xiahou Dun and everyone.
The small piece of jade fell on the bricks and stones in the secret passage with a jingle. Suddenly, stone guns pierced out of thin air on the upper and lower sides of the secret passage at the same time, densely packed, almost making the entire secret passage airtight.
At that moment, even Zhang Huang felt creepy and thought that if someone walked up there inexplicably, it would definitely be the end of no corpse.
At this time, Xiahou Dun's expression was no longer so beautiful, with a blue-white face, but he was stubborn by nature and still refused to admit defeat. He curled his lips and muttered: "I have a strong body to protect myself, why are you afraid of these stone guns?"
"Zijiang" Yan Ping glanced at him. Perhaps because he was afraid that this straightforward man would still break through, he hesitated for a moment and said in a deep voice: "These stone guns were made of Buzhou stone."
A simple sentence immediately caused Xiahou Dun's face to change drastically. Even Zhang Huang, who was incompatible with this matter, felt his scalp numb for no reason.
You should know that Buzhou stone was once again made by the warriors to destroy the qi stone, which specifically restrains the warriors' energy. Not to mention that the whole body is made of Buzhou stone, as long as there is a small piece on the tip of the gun that is being polished by the Buzhou stone, then there is no doubt that Xiahou Dun's rigid body will be broken.
Cao Cao, who had a ugly face, felt a little scared because he realized that he was almost losing the closest and most capable family brother. This made him not care about Tang Jiujiu's influence and glanced at the former with an angry look.
Unfortunately, Tang Jiujiu was looking at Xiahou Dun with a proud look on his face, and he had offended Cao Cao without knowing that he had offended Cao Cao. Although she just wanted to scare Xiahou Dun. Give Cao Cao, Zhang Huang and others a warning, she would definitely stop Xiahou Dun in the end. After all, although she hated Xiahou Dun, she was only limited to "teaching this kid a lesson" and would not easily take her life. Just like Zhang Huang who shouted that she had ruined Tang Jiujiu's hard homework for half a day, Tang Jiujiu's attitude towards this was just "fucking the guy" and "beating hard", and it would definitely not be as if she was directly beaten to death.
Tang Jiujiu didn't pay attention, but Yan Ping saw Cao Cao's gloomy expression in his eyes. A few smiles raised on the corner of his mouth that made Zhang Huang feel surprised.
"Tu tu tu." Yan Ping reached out to fumble on the wall on the right for a while, then pointed at one of the pieces and tapped them three times.
Suddenly, the secret passage trembled rumbled, and then the secret passage in front of everyone moved horizontally to the right, and in a blink of an eye it turned into a stone wall.
After a few more breaths, a new secret passage appeared before everyone.
[This is……]
Zhang Huang was stunned. With his intuition, he could of course feel that the secret passage in front of him was no longer the previous one, and it did not have the previous fierce murderous intent.
"Awesome..." Zhang Huang murmured and praised.
Yan Ping smiled slightly, turned to everyone and explained, "That is a dead end, this is the road to life."
Everyone then realized that the secret passage full of murderous intent was specially used to deal with outsiders' intrusions. The Mo family actually took another road, but this road was hidden on weekdays.
However, although it is a life path, there are still many trap mechanisms arranged in this newly emerging secret passage. However, these mechanisms are much more merciful than those on the previous ones that must die. At most, if you step on the wrong stone brick, the stone brick under your feet will suddenly sink and disappear.
Cao Cao himself almost fell into this trap.
However, according to Yan Ping's explanation, even if Cao Cao fell down, it was nothing, because there was no trap full of murderous intent under this trap. It was just a stone prison. Except for accidentally causing pain in the corner, there would be almost no danger.
According to Yan Ping, there were actually three secret passages they passed through, three secret passages that looked exactly the same.
One of them is a dead end full of murderous intent, specifically used to deal with the mortal enemies who broke into the Mo family, which is the one that everyone has experienced just now; the second is the "Miscellaneous Path", which is winding and long, winding, leading to the underground maze built by the Mo family, which is specifically used to trap people; as for the third is the life path that everyone is walking on at this moment, which is also the secret passage that the Mo family usually walks around.
Originally, the third secret passage had no mechanism, because it was for their own people and guests to leave. However, after using this secret room to receive several waves of VIPs, the dignitaries were very disappointed because they did not see the mechanisms that the Mohist family had famous throughout the country, and even felt that the Mohist family deceived the world and stole the reputation.
To be continued...