Chapter 50: Cao Cao Begs for Pills and Returns Home
"Before talking about such and such request, I would like to apologize to you for my unreasonable behavior before. I hope you won't dislike it as a small apology." Cao Cao smiled and handed the brocade box to the letter of thanks.
He didn't read the thank you letter and just handed the brocade box to Lou Gui.
"If you have anything to say, just say it!" Xie Xin saw that the other party's attitude was quite sincere, so let's listen to what he had to say.
"I heard by chance that my husband left an elixir when he visited his master?" Cao Cao said cautiously.
"Where did you hear this from?!" Xie Xin asked suddenly.
Pills are nothing else, and every mortal knows how precious they are.
Even thanking the letter, the elixir on hand was given as a gift by the system, and I couldn't refine it myself.
In the past, I was just grateful to Li Ying, and after all, my body was his student, so I left him a marrow cleansing pill in order to give him a chance to live for another year or two.
But why did Cao Cao know about it only after a day or two of sending it out?!
"Actually, it's not a strange thing," Cao Cao said, still smiling. "Li Ying was old and knew he wouldn't live more than a few years, so he gave the elixir to his son Li Yong. And his son Li Yong doted on him.
His son Li Bin gave him the elixir.
Li Bin got the elixir, which made him suffer from long nights and many dreams, so he took it that day. After a bout of diarrhea, not only did he grow taller, but his skin also became fairer.
What's even more rare is that according to the Li family's martial arts instructors, Li Bin's muscles and bones have been tempered, so he is more suitable for practicing martial arts. As long as he keeps working hard, he will definitely become a peerless warrior in the future.
Li Yong was happy at the time, but his eldest son Li Hao was unhappy.
When he was drinking with us last night, he was so drunk that he couldn't help but tell the story.
So, someone knew it."
"Who else knows about this?" Xie Xin asked nervously.
Let's not talk about whether the elixir is precious or not. If the emperor Liu Hong finds out about it, he will ask me for the elixir in the future, and he doesn't know how many lightning strikes he will have to suffer.
If you can fly away in the clouds and mist, then it will be no big deal.
But his main job is the dean of the academy. If he can't use this to upgrade his level, he will stay at the first level of the Golden Core Stage for the rest of his life. He will suffer as much as he wants.
"Fortunately, apart from Cao, only Benchu was there that day. Cao Cao could probably guess why Xie Xin was so nervous, so he answered with a smile.
"That's good..." Xie Xin breathed a sigh of relief.
"So, what is your request?" Xie Xin looked at Cao Cao and asked.
"Hehe... Mr. Xie, you also know that I am not very tall, and my skin is not fair..." Cao Cao replied coyly.
really!
Xie Xinxin sighed silently.
The heroes of this generation really care about their appearance.
Presumably, in future history, this man will also hire a substitute (Cui Yan) when meeting foreign friends.
It’s just that Cao Cao took the elixir and became taller and fairer. He looked like a little boy. In the future, the Huns envoy appeared again. Cao Cao was sitting in the seat, and next to him was Xu Chu. The Huns envoy was
Wasn't he beheaded because of mistaken identity?
I have to say, Xie Xin really wants to try it and see if it will work like this.
Therefore, the attitude towards giving the elixir was a little less resistant. However, this thing was indeed very precious, so Xie Xin still felt that he should use the elixir in exchange for greater benefits for himself.
"The elixir was a gift from a hidden immortal, and I don't have many in my hands..." Xie Xin said in a pretense of embarrassment.
But his acting skills were so bad that Cao Cao knew immediately that this guy was planning to raise the price.
Cao Cao had anticipated this situation, so he asked tentatively: "A certain person is willing to exchange for a pill for two hundred gold yuan. Is that okay?"
"Money is nothing but dirt. It is valuable in this world. But elixirs are different. Even if you have millions of dollars, you may not be able to find anyone willing to sell such a real elixir, right?" Xie Xin shook his head.
Answered.
"Then how can Sir sell this elixir to Cao?" Cao Cao asked cautiously.
"I usually like to collect some exotic flowers and herbs, or magic weapons and weapons. If Meng De has it and is suitable, I can exchange you for a pill." Xie Xin said with a smile.
"This..." Cao Cao didn't expect that Xie Xin wanted this, and he was a little embarrassed for a moment.
When it comes to magic weapons, the Qinghong Sword on his waist can be considered a weapon, but this thing was passed down from his grandfather and he couldn't give it away.
After some thought, Cao Cao Mengde raised his head and said: "There are some strange flowers and plants in a certain house. I wonder if Mr. Xie can go and have a look. If you like it, it's not too late to change the elixir!"
After hearing what he said, Xie Xin's first reaction was: Isn't this guy going to trick me into coming to the door, then ambush someone to kill me, and finally seize the pill from me?
After thinking about it for a while, I couldn't help but shake off the idea.
I'm afraid Cao Cao also knew about his defeat of five hundred Han soldiers. Under such circumstances, he still planned to have someone ambush him. Wasn't it because the longevity star had hanged himself because he thought his life was too long?!
"That's fine, just go with Meng De!" After figuring out the key, Xie Xin also left Chunmanlou with Cao Cao.
Cao Cao's residence in Luoyang is not far away, and it is only about ten minutes away from Chunman Tower.
Along the way, Xie Xin and others passed by four brothels.
From this Xie Xin understood why Cao Cao was so lustful.
This is exactly what I have been taught since childhood!
After arriving at Cao Mansion, Cao Cao led Xie Xin to the back garden. In a nursery, many flowers and plants were planted.
"These are flowers and plants planted by Mr. Cao's grandfather. Many of them come from all over the Han Dynasty, and some come from the Western Regions. Sir, just take a look. If you like anything you like, just tell me." Cao Cao said anxiously.
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He couldn't tell exactly what kind of flowers and plants these were, so he was naturally worried that Xie Xin would not like any of them, and in the end there would be no hope for the elixir.
Xie Xin looked around.
At first sight, I saw the most familiar peanuts, followed by cotton;
The second time I saw watermelon, then cantaloupe.
The third time...his eyes lit up!
"Ambergris: one of the materials for refining the Marrow Cleansing Pill. It is almost withered and needs to be transplanted into the spiritual field as soon as possible."
"Prickly pear fruit: one of the materials for refining the Marrow Cleansing Pill. It is half withered and needs to be transplanted into the spiritual field as soon as possible."
"Coiling snake: one of the materials for refining the Qi Condensing Pill. The spiritual energy here is insufficient, please transplant it to the spiritual field as soon as possible."
The three system prompts made Xie Xin's eyes brighten up. Fortunately, he knew how to control it and managed to maintain a calm expression on the surface.
"Mengde, where do these three plants come from?" Xie Xin asked, pointing to the three elixirs.
"If I remember correctly, I should have gotten it at Taihe Mountain." Cao Cao thought for a while and replied.
"Taihe Mountain? Wudang Mountain! I didn't expect that the birthplace of the Wudang Sect would have elixirs! I'll have to find a way to see it another day!" Xie Xin couldn't help but mutter to himself.
Then, he took a closer look.
Except for the few things I saw before, the rest of the things in the nursery are of no use, they are just some ornamental things.
"Meng De, can I exchange these seven plants for a marrow-cleansing pill?" Xie Xin pointed to the plants and said to Cao Cao.
"That's great!" Cao Cao agreed with a smile.
These plants have little ornamental value. If they were not gifts from relatives and friends, Cao Teng would not plant them in the nursery. Some of them are about to wither, so he would not feel bad giving them away.
After some discussion, Xie Xin pretended to be in pain and reluctantly handed a pill to Cao Cao.
When Cao Cao saw Xie Xin's behavior, he couldn't help but feel that he was not very moral. After thinking about it, he handed Xie Xin one hundred gold yuan, which was nominally needed to support Xie Xin's daily expenses in his private school.
Xie Xin also put these gold coins safely into his arms after some evasion.
Having already received the things, I naturally had no intention of keeping the thank you letter, so I left after some polite remarks.
On the way, Xie Xin opened the gift from Cao Cao.
Inside were several deeds of prostitution, and the names on the deeds looked like they should be women's names.
Could it be that he sent people to snatch my women, so as an apology, he gave me a few women?
Xie Xin couldn't help but have evil thoughts when he looked at these prostitution contracts.
Sure enough, when I returned to the inn, I found out that someone had sent five little lolita tonight, saying that they would be maids for Xie Xin.
Although each of them is not coquettish and beautiful, they are absolutely pure and cute. And their age is definitely no more than eight years old...
"Cao Cao! I will **** your sister!" Xie Xin couldn't help but curse.
That damn Cao Cao really treated himself as his own lolita control.
Even at the age of eight, the taste is too strong?!
"Brother Xin, what are they going to do?" Bian Linglong asked in embarrassment.
"What else can I do? Just give them the deed of betrayal and let them go home!" Xie Xin said angrily.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he said this, the five little girls immediately knelt down, crying and shouting to thank Xin, begging him not to send them home.
"Brother Xin, you are wrong." Bian Linglong said with a frown.
"Indeed, since these women were sold by their families, their families will naturally be ruined, or their families are too poor to support them. If my husband sends them home, I am afraid that they will either lose their source of livelihood and have to sell themselves again, or they will be forced to sell themselves.
The family is just selling it again." Lou Gui sighed and said.
"Then what do you want to do?!" Xie Xin asked angrily.
"Our private school will slowly expand in the future, and the chores we need to handle daily will also increase. By then, we will also need a lot of manpower.
Now that we have come out, we have a lot of income, and even if we have a few more people, we won't be able to afford it. If we take them in for the time being, they can work as odd jobs in a private school or something like that." Bian Linglong thought for a while and answered.
"Yes! Sir, after you get married in the future, the master's wife will also need a few girls to help her, won't she? And the old lady is getting older, so it would be a good thing to have a few girls to accompany her?" Mao Jie suggested from the side.
"That's it, okay!" Xie Xin didn't bother to say anything to them and agreed directly.
"However, since you have entered the door of my Xie family, you are now members of our Xie family. If I find out in the future that you have done something that harms the interests of the Xie family, I will not only kill you, but also directly wipe out your entire clan.
Flat!" Xie Xin suddenly turned to the five girls and said.
Finally, he hit the small table next to him and turned it into a pile of firewood.
"I don't dare!" The five girls were really scared and shouted one after another, lowering their heads.
Regarding Xie Xin's behavior, the people around him had no intention of stopping it.
Especially Mao Jie and Lou Gui, as they come from aristocratic families, they naturally know the methods of those aristocratic families.
It’s okay to give anything as a gift, but the worst thing is to give it to someone else, because you don’t know who they are really loyal to!
Some suppression and intimidation are necessary for the servants who have recently entered the palace.
Xie Xin saw that these five girls looked quite honest, so he didn't say anything and said directly to the others: "Everyone, get ready. I will visit the teacher again tomorrow, and we will set off back the day after tomorrow!"
"Going back so soon?" Xie Yi asked dissatisfied.
"School is about to start, do you want the students to wait for us? And I also have some things to complete in the inner courtyard!" Xie Xin glared at him and said.
When it comes to the inner courtyard, Xie Yi understands.
What Xie Xin wants to do should be related to Xiaoyao Sect.
When the matter reached this stage, Xie Yi naturally had no right to speak. Only Mao Jie and Ji Ling asked a little about what the inner courtyard meant.
The answer they got was very vague, making the two of them full of curiosity about the inner courtyard.
The next day, Xie Xin visited Li Ying again.
Li Ying's complexion was much worse than before. After some conversation, Xie Xin realized that this was because he was angry with his eldest grandson, Li Hao.
At the same time, Li Ying also told Xie Xin that he had taken care of the matter of the leak of the elixir, and no one would ask him for elixirs again in the future.
After some polite remarks, Li Ying also ordered his servants to load the academy's books into trucks and deliver them to Xie Xin's apartment.
Xie Xin declined in every possible way, but could not overcome Li Ying's insistence, so he could only accept it happily.
After leaving Li Ying's mansion and looking at the thirty carts of books behind him, Xie Xin couldn't help but shake his head.
At this time, he received another prompt from the system:
"Congratulations to the host for collecting more than 100 books. I will give you a special reward of "The Design of the Simple Scripture Pavilion".
"Design Drawing of a Simple Sutra-Depository Pavilion": According to the design drawing, a simple Sutra-Depository Pavilion can be built.
The host can hide the obtained scroll in the Scripture Pavilion. After leaving it for three days, the scroll will be automatically converted into a host-specific shorthand scroll. After use, the shorthand effect disappears and the scroll still exists.
This building is one of the prerequisites for the construction of Wenqu Tower and Wuqu Tower.