Chapter 85: The Eunuch's Fox Pet
The next day, Lin Zhi ignored Pei Duo for the whole day.
He thought about how his prototype had been messed up, and he couldn't give Pei Duo a good face, so he didn't want to pretend.
Pei Duo knew the cause and effect, so he naturally wouldn't think that the fox had a drastic change of temperament and was trying to please him.
The imperial kitchen researched new flavors of snacks, the bookstore had new storybooks, and Pei Duo carved several cute foxes of different shapes. He imitated the storyteller by pinching the wooden carvings, sometimes playing the role of fox father, sometimes playing the role of fox cub, to make Lin Zhi happy.
Who would have thought that Master Pei, who was always calm and composed, could be so funny and humorous.
Lin Zhi burst out laughing and let Pei Duo tie his hair, which meant they had reconciled.
The progress of this redemption mission seemed to have slowed down and there was no progress, but Lin Zhi was not in a hurry.
The situation at this moment is similar to the second half of the previous world. These personality fragments can only be considered over after they are completely put to rest. For Song Jiazhu's college entrance examination, it is both an end and a beginning. For Pei Duo, he will probably have to wait until he gets the demon heart and sees that it is intact and without any missing parts before he can feel at ease.
Pei Duo had nothing to worry about, so Lin Zhi felt a little depressed.
He is also a person who cannot sit still. When one thing is about to come to an end, he always wants to do something else.
Therefore, Lin Zhi volunteered to take on some tasks at the Demon Suppression Bureau.
Pei Duo was a little worried that something might go wrong with Lin Zhi, and Lin Zhi's physical condition had not yet completely resolved. She was still in the nursing stage. Although she didn't have a cub, her body didn't care.
"I'll be back soon. Didn't the adults always say that they hope I can be stronger so that I won't be bullied? I have to practice more. What if I don't have the experience to take revenge later?"
Lin Zhi didn't just read the storybook all the time, because he was a fox and didn't need to do anything, he also finished reading the Records of Strange Stories of Hundreds of Demons in the Demon Suppression Bureau.
These are the notes of experience of the demon-suppressing masters, which are not to be passed on to outsiders by the Demon-Suppressing Bureau, let alone seen by demons. However, since her husband is the chief officer, she can read them freely.
In addition to experience, you also need actual combat. Although it may not be useful in the ordinary human world, who says please? Lin Zhi is not worried about learning too many things in the future. It is always good to master more things.
Pei Duo knew that Lin Zhi was not a greenhouse flower, so after thinking about it, he decided to let Lin Zhi go, but he warned him not to act too stubbornly.
As the sky gradually darkened, in a small village dozens of miles away from the capital, even the smoke from cooking fires could no longer be seen from the roofs of the houses that had dinner the latest.
The child who ran away chasing the sepak ball did not hear the anxious calls of his parents in the village and went towards the mountains.
The rolling sepak takraw ball stopped in place. The child bent down to pick it up, but a strong wind blew and the sepak takraw ball ran back. The child hurriedly chased it in a hurry.
He ran back to the outside of the village and was pulled by his ear by his mother who came to look for him.
"How many times have I told you not to run outside after dark? Half a month ago, a baby was lost at the east end of the village and taken away by a wolf. Do you want to be eaten by a wolf too?"
The child screamed and begged for mercy, and the two men walked further away.
At the foot of the mountain, there was a rustling sound in the bushes, and a huge black rat emerged, squeaking and speaking in human language: "Who ruined my good deeds? Come out!"
"It turned out to be a little mouse. Tsk, it's different when it can dig holes. It hides so well that no one can find it."
There was a young man sitting on the tree, lowering his head and sneering.
The captain of the Demon Suppression Bureau in charge of this area discovered a faint demonic aura during his night patrol, but no demon was found anywhere on the mountain. Two children and a hunter from two nearby villages had been missing for half a month, and several people searched the mountain, but still didn't know where the demon was hiding.
In order to prevent the situation from getting worse, the matter was reported to the hall master in the capital. Pei Duo was worried about Lin Zhi training with powerful monsters. Besides, the Demon Suppression Bureau had its headquarters near the capital city, and those resentful ghosts and monsters would not dare to cause trouble. So Pei Duo brought the matter to Lin Zhi.
Lin Zhi's cultivation was far superior to that of the mouse. The mouse did not sense the danger and came out to kidnap someone, only to be caught by Lin Zhi who was coming over.
Feeling the evil spirit released by Lin Zhi, the big rat bowed nimbly, and one could see a hint of flattery in his sharp eyes and mouth.
"Grandpa, please don't blame me. I was ignorant and offended you."
Lin Zhi naturally ignored his flattery. He condensed purple magic power from his fingertips and headed towards the huge rat.
The rat demon sensed the murderous intent and ran towards the mountains without saying a word.
He was able to evade the search of a team of demon-suppressing masters because he had some ability to hide. There were many rat holes dug by him on this mountain.
Feeling that there was no evil spirit chasing him anymore, the rat demon heaved a sigh of relief with lingering fear, crawled out of a hole, and planned to escape from here and hide somewhere else.
But as soon as he came out, he saw the young man standing in front of him.
A gust of wind blew, and the black iron badge on the boy's waist swayed slightly.
There are complicated lines painted on it, forming the word "town".
The rat demon only took one look at it and fell to the ground because of the demon-suppressing energy contained in it.
If a powerful demon with insight were to discover that the specifications of this waist badge were higher than those of a Xuanshi, it was the token of the chief of the Demon Suppression Bureau.
But this rat demon was ignorant, and before he died he was still confused as to why a demon had a demon-suppressing master's badge on his body.
Lin Zhi's fingers were playing with the tassels on his belt, which Pei Duo had tied for him before he came out.
Even if a demon with greater power than his appeared, it would probably not dare to act rashly after seeing the badge.
Lin Zhi chuckled softly, but was not in a hurry to rush to the capital. He concealed his breath and walked back slowly, just as a night patrol, and killed a water ghost by the way.
However, demons and ghosts are indeed different. Lin Zhi is not as smooth in dealing with ghosts as he is in dealing with physical demons. However, Wucheng is a city where demons gather, so there is no need to worry about resentful ghosts.
As they approached the capital, Lin Zhi quickened his pace.
It was not because he wanted to see Pei Duo as soon as possible, but because he felt something was wrong.
The boy's spring clothes were stained with traces of moisture and exuded a sweet milky scent.
Damn it, Lin Zhi cursed softly and increased his speed. The fox shadow under the moon looked like a ghost.
Because the little fox was not there, Pei Duo did not rest and was dealing with things. When he felt the little fox return, Pei Duo put down his pen and went towards the bedroom.
The young man facing him had his clothes slipped down to his shoulders. He was frowning and squeezing in frustration, wetting his brocade handkerchief.
Pei Duo casually grabbed a trace of ghost energy from his body and crushed it, doing the job for Lin Zhi.
Lin Zhi didn't go easy on him, but Pei Duo was very sympathetic to him.
Before Pei Duo could ask Lin Zhi how his training was going, the fox demon had already fallen asleep from exhaustion. Pei Duo applied some medicine on him to prevent him from getting hurt by the rubbing of his clothes.
Pei Duo was worrying about Lin Zhi's pregnancy, and there were also people in the palace who were worried about their pregnant wives.
The emperor whispered to comfort the uneasy queen, and watched her fall asleep under the effect of the calming incense, with wrinkles between her brows still there.
Like the queen, he was also worried about whether the child could be born.
Prime Minister Huo is now completely on the same page with him. It is a good thing that the Queen has a child. Pei Duo would never kill him and support the Queen's child to succeed to the throne. After all, they are not on the same page.
But no one knows whether the Queen's child is a boy or a girl, nor does anyone know whether the child can be born, and whether he can grow up safely after being born.
Pei Duo had no intention of touching the Queen's child. His headaches had been occurring less and less frequently in recent days. He was living a good life and wanted to live longer, so he naturally would not seek to increase his karma.
Besides, the existence of the Queen's child did not pose much of a hindrance to his plans, and he was not much different from the Regent now.
He could even exchange the child's safety for peace during the expedition to Wucheng, so why not do it?
It was drizzling in mid-March.
The court is peaceful and calm now. The Sixth Prince no longer has the ability to go against Pei Duo. The Seventh Prince is used to changing his attitude according to the situation and is unwilling to take risks. The Emperor and Prime Minister Huo still have to worry about the baby in the Queen's belly and want the baby to be born safely. They will not disrupt the balance for fear that Pei Duo will make trouble.
Therefore, when Pei Duo put the matter of attacking Wucheng on the agenda, everyone had their own thoughts, but no one opposed it openly.
Because Pei Duo planned to serve as a military supervisor and go to the battlefield with the troops.
His not being in the capital is a good thing for those who hate and fear him.
Some people were surprised that he suddenly decided to send troops to Wucheng, but most people still remembered Pei Duo's father, the young man who was praised by the late emperor as a genius of the time.
Pei Duo's father's policy essay amazed many literati at that time, and it was no secret that he wanted to recapture Wucheng.
Although some noble and proud people did not like Pei Duo's abuse of power, they praised his ideas on the external affairs of Wucheng.
In the battle to recover the country's territory, many soldiers are ready to go and are full of ambition.
However, this was only the team in public. Secretly, the Demon Suppression Division had already drawn candidates from across the territory of Dai Viet. People from both Buddhism and Taoism responded and prepared for the expedition to Wucheng.
Lin Zhi squatted on Pei Duo's shoulder, looking at the soldiers in armor, and was in a good mood.
To recapture Wucheng, two conditions must be met: military force and demon hunters, neither of which can be missing.
It’s not like there were no emperors who had done this in the past, but they always failed because they didn’t cooperate well with the Demon Suppression Bureau.
Pei Duo is both the person in power and the chief of the Demon Suppression Bureau, and both departments obey his orders.
The Demon Suppression Division must reach Wucheng before the main army. There is a barrier around Wucheng, and demon suppressors with insufficient skills will lose their way in it, let alone humans.
Wucheng had also received information about the impending army and was prepared for defense.
This was destined to be a major war, but it was also a long-planned conquest.
Lin Zhi and other monsters who joined the war hid in the dark, waiting for the heavenly masters to break the barrier.
Pei Duo, Ming Wu, Master Wu Chen and the Taoists from the Three Pure Ones were each in a position, working together to break the shield.
Outside Wucheng, the river was rushing, indicating the wrestling between the two groups of people.
When the barrier was broken, what the demon-suppressing masters encountered were not demons, but soldiers from Wucheng who were brandishing swords at them.
The Taoist priest can eliminate demons but he must not kill people, so many people subconsciously avoided him. At this time, a pink mist rose from the ground, and the murderous expressions of the Wucheng soldiers became a little empty, as if they were a little confused.
The mermaid sang a soothing song, which made the soldiers fall into a deep sleep.
The heavenly masters took the opportunity to move forward. Lin Zhi used his demonic power to activate the bell, and the purple fox eyes flashed.
"As monsters, why are you helping these monster-suppressing masters?"
A demon clan member started to curse loudly. Before Lin Zhi could reply, another demon shouted, "Do you know what "recruitment" means?"
The river outside Wucheng was calm, and the Dai Viet soldiers who had arrived began to cross the river.
The shouts of killing were deafening. The military strength of Wucheng was completely incomparable to that of Dai Viet. They had relied on demonic power to survive for hundreds of years. When the enemy, who had been well prepared for a long time, arrived, they did not have much ability to fight back.
Pei Duo did not waste time with the monsters in the city and followed Wu Yan's trail.
Countless leaves flew towards Wu Yan, who had become a half-demon, blocking his way.
"I'm here to win back my wife's heart."
The young man in a red and purple robe walked forward leisurely, and explained his purpose with a smile in his eyes.
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