Li Huowang, sitting on a bench, silently stared at Cao Baihu, offering incense to the prison god on the wall and bowing.
In theory, burning incense and worshiping Buddha is not the style of the military, but he knows very little about them. Perhaps the military of Da Liang Kingdom has its own unique style.
After Cao Baihu finished offering incense, he returned to Li Huowang and the recorder in front of him, casually glanced at the bronze coin mask on Li Huowang's face, and asked, "Gonggong, you rarely come to this inauspicious place. There must be something important, right?"
"Hehe, Cao Baihu is straightforward. Let's not beat around the bush. This is Ear Nine, and someone in my family has been affected by evil spirits. Compared to this small matter, it must be easy for Cao Baihu, right?"
When Li Huowang saw Cao Baihu nodding with a smile, he suddenly felt uneasy. The other party's reaction was beyond his expectations, as if being affected by evil spirits was a very trivial matter.
Li Huowang immediately reached for the gourd at his waist and poured out all the Yangshou Pills inside. "Cao Baihu, just a small token of respect."
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Unexpectedly, the other party did not accept it and pushed the pills back. "Ah, by doing this, you're not treating me, Cao, as an outsider. Although we are from different departments, we are all working for the Da Liang Kingdom."
Hearing this, the recorder's mouth split open and he asked with a smile, "So, Cao Baihu, about this small favor—"
Before the recorder could finish his sentence, Cao Baihu interrupted him. "In theory, I, Cao, should be the one helping, but..."
Half an hour later, the recorder and Li Huowang walked out of the prison with unpleasant expressions.
The recorder spat fiercely at the closing door. "Who are these people? They want us to help them before they are willing to lend a hand! I suggest you hang a Bixi on your door instead of a Bixi, just hang a Pixiu!"
Li Huowang stopped him. "Forget it, Master Recorder. Since we need their help, it's only right to help them a little."
"That's true, but..." The recorder slapped his hands in frustration. "Ah, it's all because our family is useless. We found someone like you."
Although Li Huowang knew that the recorder's actions were probably just an act, he played the role very well.
"It's nothing, just a small favor. I'll help." Li Huowang didn't expect the other party to help him for free in the first place.
If escorting a prisoner could restore Bai Lingmiao to normal, then this deal was really worth it.
"Sorry, I'm really sorry." The recorder apologized incessantly with a face full of shame.
"Master Recorder, let's go back. You're making me feel guilty. If you really feel guilty, please let me know about this escort after a while."
Suddenly taking a job from the military without asking a familiar person for clarification, he was indeed uncertain.
"That's fine. Cao Lao said it's just a small matter. As long as you don't pursue an official career in the future, it won't have much impact."
"Official career?" At this moment, Li Huowang was curious about what kind of person the military wanted him to escort.
Two sedan chairs arrived at the back door of the small courtyard one after another. To express his gratitude, Li Huowang insisted on letting the recorder go in and have a cup of tea.
The recorder happily agreed, but as he sat in the hall, Li Huowang's words made his smile freeze. "Master Recorder, are you really leaving? Don't you want to reconsider?"
Li Huowang didn't think there was anything he couldn't say, and if he didn't clarify this matter, what if he left later and Tuoba Danqing died? Who would he turn to next?
The recorder sighed and put down the tea in his hand. "You know, we experienced what happened last time. Besides, our family is at the age to retire. Moreover, there are people waiting at home. From now on, it's your young people's world."
Then he clasped his hands together and bowed humbly to the northeast corner. "Speaking of which, I don't know what the emperor is up to. I dare not ask or listen. It's more important to save our lives."
With a slight frown, Li Huowang picked up the tea and took a sip. From the recorder's words, it seemed that the capital would not be peaceful in the future.
He had to be careful afterwards, so as not to be involved. No matter what happened above, it had nothing to do with him.
He had only one goal, to find Beifeng and get the method to dispel the illusion in his heart.
As if knowing what Li Huowang was worried about, the recorder reached into his pocket and took out a more delicate waist token, pressing it with his finger and slowly pushed it over. The word "Geng" was written on it.
Li Huowang took it carefully and looked at it with surprise. "I've been promoted again? And it's directly to the Geng rank without going through the Xin rank."
At this moment, the recorder explained, "Ear Nine, this is the highest rank we can help you achieve. If you want to go higher, I can't make the decision."
"After I leave, you can take this waist token to the Ministry of Households and find the Monitoring Heaven Bureau for assignments. It won't interfere with your revenge plan."
"Now that you've reached the Geng rank, there's not much I can order you to do. Even ordinary soldiers, as long as they are fine, you can give them orders."
Li Huowang looked at the waist token in his hand in silence. If the other party gave him a house as a favor before, now it was his turn to owe a favor.
"Master Recorder, you have done so much for me..." Li Huowang wanted to say more, but the recorder waved his hand to stop him.
"Ear Nine, you are a capable person. You are even more capable than Er Niu. If you succeed in the future, just remember our favor."
After saying that, the recorder patted the nonexistent dust off his body, bowed respectfully to Li Huowang sitting there, and walked towards the back door without looking back.
Li Huowang sat alone in the empty hall, staring at the waist token in his hand without saying a word.
Suddenly, he stood up and walked towards the room. He remembered that the recorder had left him some small things in the house.
The things left by the recorder were very conspicuous, and Li Huowang quickly found them. However, the weight of those things was not small at all. It turned out to be his rotten wooden ruyi!
Feeling someone approaching, the withered tongue of the heart substance twitched slightly.
Li Huowang's expression was complicated as his fingers slowly brushed over the tongue and the coffin nails on the wooden ruyi.
This thing was of extraordinary value, and the recorder actually gave it to him without saying a word.
He didn't know what the other party had guessed about him, but the only thing he could be sure of was that the other party must have guessed wrong.
In the dark night, the hurried recorder arrived alone at the door of a small courtyard. When he opened the door, a brand-new carriage was already waiting.
Hearing the movement, an old woman with white hair stuck her head out of the carriage and asked the recorder, "Brother, how did it go?"
The recorder agilely jumped onto the carriage and urged the horses to head north. "That kid from the Ao Jing Sect has come to the capital. We have fulfilled our promise to him, and we have also given him a lot of things. We owe him a lot of favors. We can leave now."
"Really? That's great! Brother, we can go home!" The old woman's face showed the pure joy of a young girl, indicating that she had been well protected.
She reached into the carriage and took out a piece of helmet, broke off a small piece with her hand, and stuffed it into the recorder's mouth. "Brother, why did you treat that kid from Ao Jing so cautiously? You even waited for him for so long."
