After bidding farewell to Yunzhen's master and apprentice, Yan Shuangying wandered around the small Dihua City for a while.
Dihua City is not big, with a circumference of less than six kilometers. It has one gate in the west and one in the north. There is an extra gate in the south, which is divided into a large and small south gate. There is also an extra gate in the east, divided into the old and new east gates.
The most prosperous ones are Cross Street, East Street, North Street, South Street, and West Street. These four streets form a cross, which is located in the center of Dihua. Speaking of which, the Western Region is still vast and sparsely populated, and the circumference of the provincial capital is less than six kilometers.
Can you believe it?
Yang Zengxin also always insisted on a small government and not disturbing the people, which turned the Western Region into a pure land in troubled times.
Not long after, Yan Shuangying walked around for a while, then secretly disappeared and walked around the provincial capital. At this time, the governor and the highest official was still Yang Zengxin. Seeing that the Southern People's Government was gaining power,
Yang Zengxin issued a statement expressing his obedience to the people's government.
This can be regarded as the nominal unification of the Western Regions in the hands of Mr. Chang. No matter what the old man thinks, at least there is a legal basis for 404's entry into the Western Regions, otherwise it will definitely be troublesome.
Under Yang Zengxin, Director of the Military Affairs Department Fan Yaonan and Director of the Government Affairs Department Jin Shuren were the protagonists of the incident. They can be called Yang Zengxin's right-hand men. Looking at the other gangster, Zhang Peiyuan was also an instructor at the Western Regions Martial Arts Hall.
Perhaps because he arrived early, Yan Shuangying sneaked into the city to supervise these people one by one, but found that except for Zhang Peiyuan, there was no sign of anyone else.
On the contrary, he found two people in Yang Zengxin's side courtyard. These two people were lobbyists sent by General Feng. Yang Zengxin didn't treat them harshly. They ate and drank well, but just avoided seeing them.
It's no wonder that Yang Zengxin didn't want to see these two people. He opened his mouth to send troops and food, but kept silent about the justice of the family and the country. Yes, you, General Feng, have lofty aspirations, but you have to consider practical problems, right? It's thousands of miles from the Western Regions to the Central Plains to transport food?
What do you think?
Besides, how many troops are there in the Western Regions? What if chaos occurs after they are sent out?
Besides, the Western Region is already remote. You warlords are fighting to the death and alive, and you are the most powerful. If Yang Zengxin just surrenders, it will be over. Why should you join in and die when the situation is unclear?
After observing for two days, there was still no movement. Yan Shuangying communicated with the body for a while, and then decided to go to Tianshan Mountain for a walk.
Tianshan Fushou Temple.
Outside the quiet room, several Taoist priests gathered together and chatted endlessly.
"Master-uncle has not eaten or drank for seven days. I'm afraid... I'm afraid he's going to become an immortal."
"It's a pity. My uncle has already cultivated innately and is only one step away from attaining enlightenment. It's such a pity."
"Time is also destiny, don't think so much."
"I don't know when someone will step into the innate realm again."
"It's difficult, it's difficult."
There was a sudden sound, and the quiet room door opened without any wind.
Li Xiucheng, who had white hair and a childlike face, suddenly walked out with his head held high.
Several Taoist priests at the back were startled. They had visited their great uncle yesterday, but they were no longer able to make the trip. Why did they suddenly go to the ground? And they were still walking very fast these few steps?
"Master-uncle!"
"Master-uncle!"
Li Xiucheng's face was rosy, and he didn't look like a dying person. He looked around and suddenly laughed loudly: "The end of the old path has come, and now it is just to use the true energy to stimulate the body and return to the light."
"this……"
Several Taoist priests looked at each other, not knowing what to say.
The master of the temple bowed respectfully: "Master, uncle, did you have any instructions to stay? Disciples will definitely do as they are told."
"No need, the old man kept holding on, and finally waited until someone came."
Waiting for someone? Waiting for whom?
Just when I was surprised, I saw a person wandering in from outside Fushou Temple. What was even more strange was that the Taoist priests along the way didn't seem to see a plate, and let this person pass through the hall and come here.
"I've met Lao Gao Gong."
"Fellow Daoist Fei, you are finally here."
Yan Shuangying nodded in front of Fei Jingting and said, "Has Lao Gao Gong mastered the secret method?"
Li Xiucheng laughed: "Everything is ready...but I don't know how to waste my time, fellow Taoist——"
Yan Shuangying changed his appearance and became himself again, lazily saying: "Now I am just an avatar."
Good guy, you have become a living person!
The Quanzhen lineage emphasizes inner elixirs and neglects magical techniques. It has nothing to do with eliminating demons and defending the Tao. It's no wonder that Wang Chongyang started anew, taking a little of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism, and taking a part of that.
Well, it becomes the Quanzhen lineage.
Because he was not separated from Zhengyi, he did not master the methods of Fu Lu Zhai Jiao at all. Wang Chongyang knew this, and his successor Qiu Chuji also knew it, so he simply came to practice escaping from the world. Later, he absorbed some sword immortal methods, and became a master of martial arts.
Touch porcelain Zhang Sanfeng, otherwise he will be wiped out by Zhengyi without even leaving any residue.
So seeing the change in Yan Shuangying's appearance, all the Taoist priests were immediately surprised. They began to speculate about Yan Shuangying's cultivation level.
Li Xiucheng is already innate, and he still has Yan Shuangying in front of him. Doesn't that mean that Yan Shuangying is at least as good as a human immortal?
Immortal! Most Taoist priests take Taoism as their profession, but who doesn’t want to achieve Taoism and ascend to heaven?
Let’s talk about what incarnation means. Although these few people have no cultivation qualifications, they are familiar with Taoist canon, so they naturally know it. If they can distinguish incarnations, their cultivation level must be unstoppable to humans and immortals.
Li Xiucheng was a little confused: "Incarnation——"
Yan Shuangying retained Fei Jingting's memory, but his temperament was far different from Fei Jingting's. Back then, Fei Jingting took pity on Li Xiucheng and agreed to ferry him over, but now, in Yan Shuangying's view, he was just looking for trouble for himself.
He lazily said: "Old Gao Gong, don't wait, I'm still in a hurry to do other things."
"Uh, okay, okay."
Li Xiucheng took a deep breath, sat cross-legged, exhaled a breath of turbid air, and then his soul came out of his body. The world here is really not friendly to ghosts and gods, and he has no ideas at all. If he is directly exposed to the strong energy, he is afraid that he will be like the first snow encountering the scorching sun.
Generally, it will melt in minutes.
Yan Shuangying's quick hands and quick eyes caught a glimpse of the soul leaving the body. He took a step forward and waved his hand, then took it into the small world.
Li Xiucheng cultivated into a ghost immortal, which seems to be comparable to human immortals, but is actually far from it. He will never make any progress in this life, and even if he enters the realm of nothingness, he will only survive.
Okay, just give the main body a butler.
After the matter was done, Yan Shuangying yawned, cupped his hands indiscriminately at the Taoist priests, turned around and left.
Several Taoist priests were a little dumbfounded.
"Is this the end?"
"I just waved my hand, what happened?"
"Look at Uncle Master."
One of the Taoist priests reached out and touched Li Xiucheng's body slightly, and Li Xiucheng's body fell to the ground.
After looking at each other in confusion, someone said: "Master-uncle has become a human being!"
"Supreme Heavenly Lord! Congratulations to my great-uncle!"
Not to mention how the Fushou Temple handled the matter of Li Xiucheng's emergence. After coming out of the temple, Yan Shuangying originally thought about going to the Tianshan Sect to have a look, but as soon as he walked out, he felt something was wrong.
He immediately transformed into a flying sword, soared into the air, and arrived in Dihua City in an instant.
The Governor's Yamen was extremely busy at the moment, with countless servants and maids coming in and out, and people who looked like butlers scolding loudly.
Yan Shuangying concealed his figure and went straight into the back house of the Governor's Yamen. The house was very dilapidated, and there were only three entrances in and out. After entering the inner house, Yan Shuangying looked at Yang Zengxin, who had a face as golden as paper, and then frowned.
brow.
After hearing the family members coming and going around, the servants told Yan Shuangying that he understood. Yang Zengxin is already sixty-four this year. The average life expectancy of Chinese people these days is less than forty. If you live to this age, you will definitely live a long life.
As Yang Zengxin gets older day by day, the old man's body and bones are getting worse day by day. Today, when he was attending to the abbot's affairs in the Yamen, he suddenly got up and fell over. By coincidence, he hit his forehead on the corner of the table, and he has been in a coma until now.
It is said that Yang Zengxin has controlled the Western Regions for so many years. As long as he is healthy, no one dares to object. But this time Yang Zengxin shows his old age, I am afraid that many people will have doubts.
Yan Shuangying went up to check and found that Yang Zengxin's body was indeed weak, so he cast some spells to make him wake up slowly.
The back house was full of joy, and many people let out a sigh of relief. Yan Shuangying did not show up, and went straight to explore around.
There is no airtight wall in this world. The news that Yang Zengxin was unconscious spread all over the city in an instant.
In the house of Fan Yaonan, the Minister of Military Affairs, his subordinates came and went.
Fan Yaonan frowned and held a book for a long time without turning it.
A man who looked like a master entered the room, and Fan Yaonan immediately asked: "Mr. Li, how is the situation?"
The man said: "The warlord woke up, but he was in a daze for a while. It doesn't look good."
Fan Yaonan breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good to wake up, so that the people below will not be upset."
But the man said: "Director, Jin Shuren mentioned it last time when he came to spy. The boss is getting old and will have to retire sooner or later. Since Jin Shuren is willing to support the director, then the director may as well make more preparations."
Fan Yaonan frowned and hesitated for a moment. Everything changes gradually, and so do people. A few years ago, Fan Yaonan was Yang Zengxin's right-hand man, so he naturally thought he would be helpful. But now he is in charge of the military affairs of the Western Region, and typically one person is worth less than ten thousand people.
Above all, how could Fan Yaonan not have other thoughts?
Let's talk about Jin Shuren, who is currently in charge of the political affairs of the Western Regions. The two of them belong to the Western Regions' civil and military skills and complement each other. Most of the time, Yang Zengxin points out the direction, and the two are responsible for the actual implementation.
In the past two years, Yang Zengxin has become more and more conservative, and he has continuously disagreed with the two of them. Not only Fan Yaonan, but also Jin Shuren has considered replacing him.
Fan Yaonan pulled open his collar irritably and said, "Don't worry, I'll bump into Jin Shuren later. The guy named Jin is secretly hiding, and he's trying to help me, so he can get an advantage from behind. How can there be such an advantage in this world?"
At the same night, Jin Shuren was also having secret discussions with others.
The table was full of wine and food, and there was almost no movement. The two people sat facing each other at the table.
One is Jin Shuren, the director of the Western Region Government Affairs Department, and the other is instructor Zhang Peiyuan.
Jin Shuren pinched a peanut and threw it into his mouth: "The old man woke up unexpectedly, tsk... This matter is not easy to handle. Let's put it this way, if Yang lives for a day, this Western Region will be like an iron bucket. Oil cannot be poured in, and water cannot be poured in.
Can’t spill it.”
Zhang Peiyuan smiled and said indifferently: "That's not true, is it? Although Fan Yaonan said he was upright and upright last time, he actually had his own thoughts. He was in charge of martial arts and you were in charge of literature. If you lose your focus on civil and military affairs, how can you talk about iron barrels?"
Jin Shuren shook his head and said: "Fan Yaonan is not easy to deal with. I think you have to work harder on this matter."
"How to contribute?"
"This person is lustful."
Zhang Peiyuan said: "It's simple, then I will give him a woman."
"This person has a good reputation."
"Jinling issues a letter of appointment and we will clear his name."
Jin Shuren was delighted: "He's still afraid of me picking peaches."
"It's even simpler. If you hide out before the incident happens, it's over."
Jin Shuren pondered for a while and finally got to the point: "General Feng can safely let Fan Yaonan lead the Western Region? This man is very ambitious, and I don't need to say who he prefers. I'm afraid if I push him forward, General Feng's plan will be in vain."
"Then what do you mean-"
"Haha," Jin Shuren smiled and looked around: "Jin has been eating sand in the Western Regions for more than ten years, and he has done his best in managing government affairs. Others dare not say that matters in the Western Regions are still political affairs in the final analysis.
.Fan Yaonan is a martial artist, what can he know?"
"Hiss—you really want to have a yellow bird behind you?"
"It all depends on people."
Zhang Peiyuan began to frown and think hard.
General Feng had sent lobbyists before, but he was locked up after entering the Governor's Mansion, and Zhang Peiyuan could not be contacted at all. General Feng was worried about the country, but unfortunately he was squeezed out every time, and he still has no profitable territory.
Although the Western Region is remote, it has never experienced war. It has been recuperating and getting rich over the years, which naturally made General Feng envious.
General Feng negotiated with Yang Zengxin several times, but Yang Zengxin's cotton-like tactics were used to frustrate him every time. General Feng was so angry that he had to go on several expeditions.
Of course, Xiyuan is too far away, so we can only outsmart it.
Zhang Peiyuan weighed it up and found that Fan Yaonan and Jin Shuren were the same, and it made no difference who was in charge of the Western Regions. But there was one thing, Jin Shuren was in charge of politics now, and he was less involved in military affairs. If Jin Shuren was in charge of the Western Regions, there might be chaos for a while.
Then General Feng had a reason to take over the Western Regions.
Zhang Peiyuan made up his mind and said, "Then what are you going to do?"
"In this way, I will force Fan Yaonan again. Yang Zengxin is going to the martial arts hall in three days, which is a good time to take action. I have left manpower in the city. Once Fan Yaonan succeeds, I will immediately lead people into the city to kill Fan Yaonan. This way
Isn’t that justifiable?”
"Uh... pretty good." Zhang Peiyuan rolled his eyes secretly, wondering how could Fan Yaonan be so stupid?
I don’t know if Fan Yaonan is stupid or not, but Yan Shuangying, whose figure was hidden, heard the conspiracy between the two. The guy frowned secretly, it seemed that Fan Yaonan was also involved in the conspiracy... It seems that Zhang Peiyuan is General Feng's man,
Secretly instigating, Jin Shuren and Fan Yaonan conspired, and then Fan Yaonan shot Yang Zengxin to death, and was later silenced by Jin Shuren.
Gee, there seems to be no good people in the officialdom of the Western Regions. Jin Shuren is still a student of Yang Zengxin, why is his character so bad?
After that, there was no more exciting content, so Yan Shuangying escaped and went to the Governor's Mansion again.
Yang Zengxin fell over, his forehead was wrapped with gauze, and he just lay down under the care of the maid. The maid was supposed to be watching over him, but for some reason, he suddenly felt sleepy, yawned a few times, and then fell asleep on the edge of the bed.
past.
Yang Zengxin was half asleep when he suddenly woke up, and then he saw a familiar face appear in front of him.