One day later, Xu Zhiqiong returned to the Suppression Army camp with wounds all over his body.

He spent a whole day wandering around Qianku Mountain and mastered many habits of Taotie's outer body.

For example, Taotie is very vengeful on the outside, and he hates Xu Zhiqiong very much.

For example, if Taotie's outer body wants to sleep, he must take a nap after a continuous pursuit for an hour or two.

The most important thing is that Xu Zhiqiong figured out the problem of Zhonglang's seal failing from time to time.

Even though Zhonglang's Seal is a sixth-grade magic weapon, it actually works effectively on Taotie. The only problem is that Xu Zhiqiong cannot get in touch with Zhonglang's Seal when Taotie is not breathing.

Taotie's body seemed to be the boundary between two worlds. Once inside Taotie's body, it was difficult to contact the outside world. Xu Zhiqiong could not return to Zhonglang Courtyard, and Tao Huayuan could not activate the magic circle.

Zhonglang's Seal was also covered in Taotie's body at that time. If Taotie didn't breathe, Xu Zhiqiong would not be able to sense Taotie's position.

Taotie took advantage of this and often held his breath to chase Xu Zhiqiong, but he could not hold his breath for too long. According to Xu Zhiqiong's calculation, Taotie would have to take a breath for at least half a cup of tea.

Does he know that he has the Zhonglang seal in his body?

Does he know that Xu Zhiqiong has been dealing with him these days to master his habits?

This is unknown. Xu Zhiqiong cannot fathom the intelligence of Taotie's body, nor can he determine whether his temperament is like a beast or a human.

In addition to Taotie's appearance, Xu Zhiqiong also learned about the habits of another monster.

The monster parasitizing in his body needs to sleep most of the time. Because Xu Zhiqiong spent the whole day seeking death, the monster did not dare to sleep and became very weak for a time.

Now that he was sleeping deeply, Xu Zhiqiong dived into the depths of his heart to see what this monster looked like, but standing at the bottom of the abyss, there was always a thick layer of fog between Xu Zhiqiong and the monster.

This thick layer of fog should be the seal that the monster mentioned.

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Back in the military camp, Xu Zhiqiong wanted to see his second brother, but was stopped midway by Liang Yuyao and dragged into the camp.

"Don't go to the ancestor, he is angry!"

Why is this old guy angry? He came back with a life, but he still doesn't enjoy it secretly?

Liang Yuyao said: "Liang Xianchun has behaved strangely these past two days. He sent several letters to the capital in one day, and then he was writing to the emperor again. He happened to be bumped into by his ancestors. He didn't say anything, but I guess today He will kill someone later!"

It turned out to be for this purpose.

You may not be able to spot other things correctly, but you won't be wrong when it comes to killing people. This is Liang Yuyao's talent.

Emperor Zhaoxing was so scheming, but as long as he had murderous intentions, it would be difficult to hide it from Liang Yuyao's eyes.

Liang Jixiong really wanted to kill Liang Xianchun, and even thought of a place to collect his body.

There was a field behind the camp where many enemy corpses were buried. Liang Xianchun was chopped into pieces and thrown among the enemy corpses, so no one would notice.

"Second brother, this man cannot be killed, but he is still useful!" Xu Zhiqiong came to persuade Liang Jixiong.

"What use can it be? Killing the sacrificial flag is also of no use!"

"She writes frequently with the emperor, which proves that the emperor is really going to take action against the evil-suppressing army. Knowing the contents of the letters, we can take precautions in advance..."

After Xu Zhiqiong tried to persuade him for a long time, Liang Jixiong temporarily gave up his murderous intention, but then blamed Xu Zhiqiong:

"I went to kill that foolish king, why did you let Mr. Taibu stop me?"

"Second brother, you can't kill that foolish king. He wasn't in the chariot at all at that time..." Xu Zhiqiong recounted the details and told Liang Jixiong part of the plan.

Liang Jixiong admired Xu Zhiqiong and Taibu's strategy, but he was very worried about one thing: "It is not that easy to win over Chen Shuncai. This guy's loyalty is far beyond comparison with others. On the day, if he can't win over Chen Shuncai, he will have to win."

Find someone to trip him up."

Is it easy to trip him up?

Chen Shun is a third-grade eunuch, who can stop him?

After long discussions, there was only one suitable candidate - Zhong Shen.

"Let me go and test him with a few words." That day, Liang Jixiong and Xu Zhiqiong used the yin and yang magic circle to sneak into the capital and went to the Imperial City Department to look for Zhong Shen, but they learned that Zhong Shen had taken leave.

In the past few days, the capital city has been abuzz over the "Ancient Rituals Dispute", and lives have been taken almost every day. To say that these things have something to do with the Imperial City Division, there is indeed some relationship. After all, life lawsuits have occurred in the Imperial City.

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But if you ask the Imperial City Secretary to investigate, there is no way to start. These people were all beaten to death by Shengen Pavilion. Behind Shengen Pavilion is the emperor. How do you ask the Imperial City Secretary to investigate?

The Imperial City Secretary investigated the matter and then arrested the emperor?

The Imperial City Division has no function of arresting the emperor.

In this matter, Zhong Shen had no choice but to stay home and do what he likes.

There are two things he likes to do most, one is Pan Shuihan, and the other is making some complicated handicrafts.

Liang Jixiong and Xu Zhiqiong quietly entered Zhong Shen's mansion, where Zhong Shen was building a carriage in the back garden.

To be precise, it's not a carriage, but a horse and a cart.

Zhong Shen made a horse out of steel and pulled a two-wheeled chariot filled with weapons.

Xu Zhiqiong seems to have seen this horse before.

When the candidates were selected, the Mo family used two huge iron horses to pick up the newcomers. The iron horse made by Zhong Shen was very similar to the two iron horses, but it was smaller in size.

Liang Jixiong entered the courtyard and saluted with clasped fists: "Commander, it's been a long time. I apologize for Liang's uninvited visit."

Zhong Shen returned the favor to Liang Jixiong and asked the servants to prepare wine and tea, while he continued with his work.

This is Zhong Shen's habit. Inviting people in shows that there is no hostility.

But he continued to be busy with his own affairs, indicating that he was not interested in the topic.

Zhong Shen had already guessed Liang Jixiong's intention, but he really didn't want to get involved.

Back then, he teamed up with Liang Jixiong and Taibu to fight against Emperor Zhaoxing, but what happened next?

Then the alliance fell apart because of Taibu's assassination of Emperor Zhaoxing.

"When you compete with a high-ranking official, you are already at a disadvantage in terms of status. If everyone still has their own agenda, why bother to play with their lives? You can just play it by yourself. I can't use my strength and I can't make things worse."

Liang Jixiong frowned and said, "If the matter of ancient rituals is settled, will you really kneel down to the emperor?"

Zhong Shen shook his head and said: "Kneeling is not allowed. Xuan Ren is not that despicable."

"What can you do when I force you to kneel down?"

"I'm old!" Zhong Shen said with a smile, "I'm not young anymore. It's time for me to go back to my hometown and rest for a few years to study my cultivation."

Just as Taibu expected, no matter how Liang Jixiong tried to persuade him, Zhong Shen remained unmoved.

Xu Zhiqiong didn't waste any words, but he was very interested in the carriage made by Zhong Shen.

I'm not interested in the craftsmanship, nor the principles, but the smell above.

Fishy smell.

The smell of iron mixed with the smell of mud was a smell Xu Zhiqiong had smelled on Sui Zhi.

Xu Zhiqiong smelled at the axle for a while, the smell was the strongest here.

"This smell is so weird!"

When talking about craftsmanship, Zhong Shen's attitude was obviously much gentler: "What did you say about the smell?"

Xu Zhiqiong pointed to the axle and said: "This is the smell, a bit irony and a bit muddy!"

Zhong Shen smelled it carefully, then took out a small box from behind and asked Xu Zhiqiong to smell it: "Is this the smell you are talking about?"

The box contained a dark, sticky substance. Xu Zhiqiong went up to smell it and found that the smell was stronger, but the overall smell was indeed consistent with Sui Zhi's.

“That’s what it tastes like!”

Zhong Shen said: "This is stone paint, also called black paste, used to oil axles."

Xu Zhiqiong knows what this is.

This is the lubricating oil of Daxuan.

Daxuan has lubricating oil technology.

Not only Daxuan, but also the Huan Dynasty, the earliest unified dynasty in Eastern Tu, has records of oil lubrication as early as the Qian Qian Qian Qian Dynasty.

Daxuan's stone paint needs to be made more refined. The dark grease extracted from petroleum is applied on the wheel axle and will not dry for several months.

That's the smell, the smell of lubricating oil.

Sui Zhi smelled of lubricant.

So now the question comes, can Sui Zhi fly?

Does he rely on his own skills to fly, or does he rely on some kind of machine?

"Commander, is there any equipment that allows people to fly?"

Zhong Shen shook his head, sniffed and said, "How can there be such a thing? How can flying be achieved by any equipment? No!"

The way he sniffed, he looked like an honest man.

Xu Zhiqiong has been pretending to be an honest person for a long time by sucking his nose.
To be continued...