April, the fifty-third year of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
On the Jiudu front, one side of the Chixian Alliance looked at Congcheng. There was turmoil in Bibo City, and a Dharmakaya emerged in the city.
However, it was suppressed half a day later, and the groups of powerful generals in each city were reorganized.
The next day, Chen Tianxi, the commander-in-chief of the Jiudu battlefield, and Huang Ming, the military governor, met for the second time with Huai Wu, the king of Dahuai, on the banks of the Taihuai River.
The accompanying participants include Zuo Ou, the Dragon Envoy of the Sea Clan, Bai Yu, the son of Bai Ze, the ancestor of the Thousand Feather Realm, and so on.
At the same time, in Yizhou, the snowfall that has lasted for several months has weakened. In Lando County and Chongbei Road, the sun is shining brightly.
The snow level in other prefectures in Chi County has also decreased, and the temperature has begun to rise.
Headed by the abbot of Landuo Temple in Yizhou, Monk Zhenyi, he took advantage of the situation and held a martial arts conference with the theme of "spring rebirth".
The general meaning is: each sect and sect sends personnel to host similar relief-for-work activities, deal with snow conditions on main roads, and deal with possible beast riots after snow.
Just like spring comes after the deep winter, everything comes back to life, and people resume their normal lives.
Subsequently, the new governor of Yizhou reported to Qishengzhao and promulgated a decree to open warehouses to release grain and reduce taxes and interest rates.
Release grain on a township and county basis, exempt from various harsh taxes, ensure basic necessities such as food, drinking water, and fuel, stabilize basic market prices, and maintain market order.
Soon, the court and Wulin worked together, and within half a month, the main official roads were basically connected to the armored cattle workshop, and the snow in the county-level city was cleared.
This transformation effect has also attracted the attention of various states and prefectures.
As a result, other states and regions also began to issue relevant decrees.
In the remaining six states under the jurisdiction of the Great Zhou Dynasty, people's livelihood, which had been decimated by the snow, quickly and basically recovered.
In just half a month, the earth regained its vitality.
At this time, there is Yin River Valley and Xiaolingtai Temple.
At one corner of the Asoka tree, which is as huge as an umbrella canopy, the branches and leaves are covered with snow.
The heavy snow that originally covered the entire Yinhe Mountain has been melted by the forest, leaving only this corner of the forest covered by heavy snow.
Outside, Lin Jue, Lin Min, Lin Shu, as well as some young people from the middle and higher-ups of the sect, gathered together to build snowmen and have snowball fights.
When the snowstorm was in full swing, the master did not dare to go out at will. Now that the snowfall has weakened, this moderate amount of snow has become a happy place for many young people.
Within woodland.
Lin Duan Duan was sitting on the edge of a small lake, wearing a bamboo hat and raincoat, holding a green bamboo fishing rod in his hand, fishing quietly.
Fine snowflakes were flying, falling and accumulating on him.
He calmly looked at the small lake in front of him. There was thin ice on the surface, but a round hole was dug out.
Under the water of the lake, there is a black shadow swimming back and forth quickly, taking the bait from time to time.
But after a few breaths, he let go and ran to the bottom of the lake as if his mouth was being burned.
It can be vaguely seen that the body size has expanded a few points.
In the small lake, the fish swimming around were just ordinary grass carp, but the bait Lin Mo used in his hand added a touch of his own Taoist charm.
It is very popular with fish.
And in the heavy snow environment he specially created, everything was completely silent. Fishing alone in this pond full of fish and the lake full of snow made him feel extraordinarily calm and peaceful.
Yes, although he cannot ignore the suffering of countless people for his own selfish reasons,
But if you have the ability, you don't mind creating an environment that suits your own needs and makes you happy.
At this moment, a figure quickly approached outside the snow.
He is a monk, wearing a bright red cassock, with a fist-sized rosary around his neck. He is not tall, but his appearance gives people a sense of peace and tranquility.
It was Monk Zhenyi who went to preside over the Yizhou Martial Arts Conference not long ago and contacted the imperial court.
"It's senior brother here." Before he could get closer, Lin Mo put down his fishing rod and stood up, shook the snow off his body, turned around, with gratitude and respect on his face.
"During this period of time, I have been busy traveling all the way, senior brother."
Monk Zhenyi shook his head, "I just did what I should do, but in fact I didn't do much. And I alone can't do it to this extent.
Not to mention, if my junior brother had not taken action to eliminate the flood disaster, even if we worked hard, we would not be able to accomplish it."
He sees things very clearly.
In fact, although Lin Mo did not come forward, he also asked the Lingtai Sect to come forward and join forces with Landuo Temple to make noise.
The first and second person in Yizhou Wulin stood together, which was also the reason why the Wulin Conference could be held smoothly.
"What's the actual situation now?" Lin Mo also shook his head, took off the bamboo hat on his head, and asked softly.
"It's much better, but naturally it's worse than the notice issued by the imperial court, but this is normal. Xiang Qisheng serves as the state pastor as a prince, just when he needs political achievements and regains the people's support.
It's a bit exaggerated, understandable." Monk Zhenyi spoke slowly:
"Now, normal transportation and trade between Chongnan Road and the two counties surrounding Yiping City have basically resumed.
The same is true for Chongbei Province and the Chongbei Plain. After it is determined that the snowfall has weakened, the first priority is to carry out spring plowing through snowmelt.
However, the rest of the territory, except for the territories under the jurisdiction of some large sects, only has transportation and trade between the county and major counties.
The transportation of materials such as food and fuel mainly relies on warriors using empty stone rings to deliver them." Monk Zhenyi finished speaking and sighed softly.
"It's already pretty good." Lin Mo's voice was also a little softer.
He looked at the grass carps that kept leaping out of the lake, feeling the scent of the fishhook.
"With such heavy snowfall and lasting for such a long time, even with the combined efforts of one state, it would be extremely difficult to rebuild."
You must know that there has been heavy snowfall for several months. The roadways in the city alone are covered with snow several meters thick.
Not to mention the official roads and outdoors.
Although the snow disaster has been eliminated, the subsequent treatment of the snow melting and turning into water is also a big problem.
"Are there any unusual movements of beasts in those mountains?" Lin Mo asked again.
"Yes, but after being well prepared and repelling a few beast kings, the beast tide dispersed."
"Thank you for your hard work, senior brother." Lin Mo said solemnly again.
He was able to meditate at home and even go fishing in his spare time, thanks to his heavy load and hard work.
Monk Zhenyi shook his head and didn't care, but he seemed to have thought of something, and there was a look of hesitation on his face. When the words came to his mouth, he seemed unable to say them out.
Lin Mo understood, took off his coir raincoat, stepped forward, and touched his back with his left hand. The two of them walked to the foot of the Wuyou tree not far away and sat down in front of a stone table.
The tea that had already frozen into ice suddenly boiled under his gentle touch. He took a cup and poured some tea.
The steaming heat rises upwards along with the scent of tea.
"Senior brother, I have something to do, but it's okay to say it. There's no need to be polite between you and me." Lin Mo pushed the poured tea in front of Zhenyi and pretended to be relaxed.
Monk Zhenyi glanced at the tea cup in front of him and remained silent for another two or three breaths.
Then he raised his head and looked at Lin Mo: "There is indeed one more thing I want to ask my junior brother."
He said, then paused, "I wonder if my junior brother can pay attention to the changing situation in the past few days, including the Wangjing court and even the Jiudu front line in Taizhou."
"Although I am devoted to cultivation, I am not blind to what is happening outside the window. Naturally, I heard some news." Lin Mo said with a smile.
I vaguely knew what the other person was going to say.
It can be said that the situation has indeed changed suddenly recently.
According to the Lingtai Sect, the news has been verified one after another, as well as the analysis of it by relevant people.
There was undoubtedly a big change in the court.
Originally, even if the Qianyu Realm broke through and even used Dahuai as an excuse to occupy the three states of Taihuai and Yu,
But in the court, the opinions and attitudes towards Qianyu Realm were still divided into two groups.
Most of them are the hawks headed by General Zhou Yuan. They want to be killed rather than destroyed. Even if they cannot defeat Qianyu Realm, they will still fight to the death.
There are even rumors that the reason why the Hai Clan came ashore to form an alliance with the Great Zhou Dynasty, and even the hatred between Chi Gun and Hai Yuan was resolved and they temporarily united, was all due to his single-handed leadership.
On the other side, there is the appeasement dove faction headed by cabinet scholar Huang Ming.
The latter advocated the "Ten Strategies for Determining the Country" and borrowed the theory of Tianyan to summarize the basic new martial arts in Chi County and established the Daoxing Party.
Later, he used his own methods to greatly help the martial artist break through the Great Sage. He gained a large number of die-hard fans and his power expanded rapidly.
But overall, the hawks still have the upper hand.
However, not long ago, the promotion and transfer of a large number of officials announced in the court suddenly caused the entire Great Zhou Dynasty to be turbulent.
The pillars of the hawkish faction, such as General Zhou Yuan, Minister of War Lin Chen, and Lang Zhongzhong Zhang Beihai, were all transferred from their original positions.
They were replaced by important figures from the Dao Xing Party.
Even in the Jiudu battlefield, which is the most advocated by the hawks and is almost considered a forbidden battlefield, the top generals have directly changed their blood.
From the commander-in-chief down to the middle-level officials, everyone became members of the Daoxing Party.
Not long ago, I even had several meetings with Dahuai, which was unpredictable.
From Chigun and Lingtai Sect, who are located in the Jiudu battlefield, there is even more secret news.
For this reason, there were even mutinies in several big cities in Jiudu. Although they were limited to Zhenjun, they were quickly suppressed.
It is enough to show that the situation is not good.
"Junior brother, what do you think of the current situation in the court?" Monk Zhenyi asked in a low voice.
"Nowadays, the dispute between the two parties has moved from the dark side to the bright side. The recent changes on the Jiudu battlefield were a test, and outside the battlefield, there are not a few fights."
As he spoke, his tone became even lower.
Since ancient times, compared with all kinds of grudges and hatreds, party struggle is actually the most terrifying thing.
Different positions lead to fighting and it is difficult to reconcile.
"I can only sit here in Lingtai Temple and watch. Now Qianyu Realm is across the river from Taizhou. The people sitting in the temple are not in a hurry, so why are we in a hurry?
What's more, no one is a fool. If the latter can change his usual attitude and express his attitude directly, there must be a reason.
However, most of them were actually transferred to other positions and not detained under supervision, which shows that there is still room for them." Lin Mo said softly.
"That's true, but there are many martial arts comrades in the Jiudu battlefield, including people from your and our temples. Although there is room for it, it is difficult to guarantee that someone will use the topic to their advantage.
As far as I know, the warlord has already investigated more than a dozen high-ranking generals from Zhou Yuan's faction, including the Great Sage." Monk Zhenyi looked worried.
"The party that is overstocked and controlled gains the upper hand. It is normal for people to like to make noises. It is human nature. I have heard of Huang Ming. He is a smart man and will not really break the rules. It is estimated that it will not take long for him to calm down.
As for the people who care about our two temples, since they know they are ours, if anyone dares to act crazy and stretch out his claws, then his claws will be cut off." Lin Mo said softly, but he didn't care.
Human nature is the same.
Whether in Huaizhou, Qihai, or even when he first arrived in Yizhou, it can be said that he has experienced similar things many times.
But after so many years, he is still doing well, and the Lingtai Sect is still doing well.
Even now, basically no one dares to cause trouble.
The reason is simple.
He will kill anyone who dares to make trouble. Once he kills many people, no one will dare to make trouble again.
Monk Zhenyi paused and couldn't help laughing. Although he didn't quite agree with his idea, he was inexplicably relieved and felt secretly happy.
The topic changed:
"Junior brother, do you think the sudden change of attitude in the court has something to do with Qianyu Realm?"
"It's not impossible." Lin Mo replied.
After all, if the attitude that has always been established suddenly changes, it is not surprising that there are external factors.
"I heard that not long ago, an army of heavenly eyes and earthly ears was suddenly formed in the court. It was composed of Zhenjun and led by the great sage.
I have been walking around various states recently, and I seem to be searching for something, which may be related to this." Monk Zhenyi continued.
"What are you searching for?" Lin Mo suddenly became interested.
"Yes, Zhou Chengming from the previous Shensu Sect is in charge here in Yizhou."
"If possible, please pay attention to it, senior brother. I also think there may be a significant connection between the two." Lin Mo replied.
Monk Zhenyi nodded, he had actually started the relevant investigation earlier.
However, during the investigation process, there was great resistance, and even a great saint warrior appeared, as well as some hidden strong men.
Even he felt that it was a bit difficult, so he came over to give Lin Mo a message.
After all, at the heavenly and human level, one's martial arts has truly reached the pinnacle of Chi County. If the Thousand Feather Realm hadn't suddenly arrived, it could have been said to be enough to suppress an era.
If he is willing to take action, no matter how much trouble it causes, it will be nothing more than that.
Soon, the two continued to chat about recent events in the martial arts world, discussed the secrets of martial arts, and then Monk Zhenyi left.
Lin Mo was left alone, sitting in front of the stone table, drinking tea quietly.
As far as he knew, there were actually some top experts in Chi County.
Like the truth, the path of the Great Sage has come to an end, and there are only half a step left to break through to heaven and humanity, and there are at least four or five people left.
Some of them are antique figures who have been hidden by strange means, and some are their contemporaries.
These people are enough to compete with Daozu-level figures in Chixian, and they are also the real reason why Chixian has been able to persist for so long.
As the center of Chi County, Wangjing has at least two to three people.
If the Qianyu Realm really took action and caused Emperor Qi Guang to change his attitude, it means that at least several Taoist ancestors worked together, or even ten immortals took action.
Lin Mo was also a little confused at this time.
If the latter really feels that this battle should not be fought, then what does everything they have done all this time mean?
He suddenly understood something about the mutiny that occurred on the Jiudu battlefield not long ago.
He shook his head and stopped thinking about it. At this moment, he closed his eyes and fell into meditation, feeling that the world roots in his body were stronger than before.
And the luck accumulated over a long period of time.