On the southeastern coast of Aquarius Island, a young man and woman visited a quilt shop in a county town, then went to the wine shop next door and chose a table against the wall. The man ordered a pound of Maochai wine and several side dishes to accompany the wine, and the woman
I ordered an extra plate of salted plums.
breast.
The man looked up at the poems on the wall inscribed by the villagers. The woman glanced at it, picked up a sour plum, and chewed it. It was so sour.
The man took out a book from the bookcase and placed it on the table. While drinking from the bowl, he flipped through a book on physiognomy.
He likes to read miscellaneous books. On weekdays, he even dabbles in the art of Fengjiao, Niaozhan, and Guxu. It is said that many arts are not burdensome. When you are out and about, one more skill means one more job.
A woman's eyebrows are like winding spring mountains. When she has something on her mind, her long autumn eyes seem to be surrounded by clouds and mist.
She seemed worried and frowned, and couldn't help but ask in her heart: "Yu Lu, do you think I can refuse his request?" Someone had sent her a letter before, saying that he planned to accept her as a registered disciple.
, not counting the kind of direct disciple who enters the family, and when she reaches the upper five realms in the future, it will be no problem to change the family or establish her own family, but the more the other party is like this
The more she talked, the more she felt unreasonable. In fact, during her study tour, she was bullied by that guy with ulterior motives, and she was left with a psychological shadow.
Yu Lu said: "I think it's actually a good thing."
It was something that was destined to be irresistible, and it would be useless to think about it. But Yu Lu did not say these words, lest Xie Xie would become even more worried after hearing this.
After all, the sender is Cui Dongshan.
Xie Xie said angrily: "What do you think?! Then why don't you become his registered disciple?"
Yu Lu laughed it off. He was a pure martial artist, what could Cui Dongshan teach him. Besides, since he had such a relationship with Chen Ping'an, Cui Dongshan really didn't dare to take advantage of him.
Xie Xie also knew that he was so angry, and it was unreasonable to express his anger at Yu Lu, so he raised his wine bowl and regarded it as an apology. Yu Lu patiently explained: "Now that his identity has changed, Cui Dongshan will soon become the master of a sect.
You will be much more restrained when you get along with him. What's more, Cui Dongshan has a high level and many magic weapons. Putting aside his weird temper, let him be the preacher and treat anyone
For any earthly immortal, this is a good thing that they only dream of."
Thank you, I'm still worried.
"General", "ordinary", "reasonably", these terms never work when applied to that big white goose. Thank you for holding back your laughter and said with a serious look: "If you can't save face, it's okay. I'll get there later."
Over at Xiandu Mountain, I'm looking for an opportunity to say hello to Chen Pingan in private. No matter how much you can't trust Cui Dongshan, you can always trust Chen Pingan.
, right? I guess you don’t need me to say anything, Chen Ping’an will say some serious words to Cui Dongshan for you. No matter how lawless Cui Dongshan is, he will not dare not listen to his husband’s lessons."
Thank you for feeling a little more at ease, and sighed, "I hope so."
She sincerely envied Yu Lu and even dared to call the big white goose by its name, but she couldn't do it.
At first, I thought that Cui Dongshan had taken over as the head of the next sect and was far away on the same continent. So after receiving the letter, Xie Xie was worried all day long these days. His practice was delayed, and he was always unable to concentrate.
Back then, a group of people traveled to Sui Mountain Cliff Academy, and Yu Lu quickly became a martial artist in the Golden Body Realm. However, after so many years, he was still in the Ascension Realm while traveling far and wide.
No matter how ambitious Yu Lu is and how little he cares about winning or losing, he still feels guilty. After all, Yu Lu's martial arts level has only risen to one level in the past thirty years.
Yu Lu's basic qualifications and talent in martial arts are actually very good. This is the sequelae of a pure martial artist taking shortcuts, which makes Yu Lu's bottleneck in the Far Travel Realm extremely difficult to break.
On the other hand, Xie Xie was later removed by Cui Dongshan from all the trapped dragon nails. Xie Xie's practice has been smooth sailing, and now he is a golden elixir earth immortal with loosened bottlenecks.
One is the subjugated prince of the Lu Dynasty, and the other is Xianfu, the former leader of the Lu Dynasty on the mountain, a proud daughter of heaven who has high hopes for her.
Over the years, Yu Lu and Xie, two fellow villagers and classmates, seem to have been traveling together. It's hard to say that they are inseparable, but they can be regarded as getting along day and night.
It's just that neither of them had any romantic feelings between men and women.
Xie asked: "Will you regret your impulsive actions back then?" "Of course I will regret it. I didn't have the confidence to ask Chen Ping'an about boxing. If it were you, would you be angry? I'm quite tolerant and don't like it.
If you don't get it right, you won't just regret it, you'll regret it all over your body, and you'll definitely be sullen every day.
Maybe he is an alcoholic now."
Yu Lu took a sip of wine, opened a page of the book, and said with a smile: "It's just that regrets are regrets, and you have to do what you should do. Even if you start over, it will still be the same choice. You will still be motivated and regret."
Xie Xie, who became a remnant of the prison in her early years, the person she hates the most is not even the Da Li woman, nor Cui Dongshan who accepted her as a maid, but the Crown Prince who has no pain of subjugation. It can even be said that he is
Hate.
Therefore, from the Yuan family's ancestral home in Erlang Lane to the long journey to the Sui Dynasty, Xie Xie hated the prince with a loose temperament and an indifferent look on his face.
Until the Sui Dynasty Cliff Academy, because of the incident involving Li Huai, Yu Lu did not hesitate to rely on the country's remaining military fortunes to use some secret method to sneak into the golden realm and beat the young sage to be carried out of the academy. The best choice,
It was Yu Lu who relied on his own ability to steadily advance to the Golden Body and Far Travel realms, the Eight Realms to the Ninth Realm, or when he was sprinting from the top of the mountain to the end, when a huge bottleneck was difficult to break, he used his martial arts as a stepping stone.
, build a ladder, more
Go up one floor.
Thank you. This has changed my impression of Lu. Although he is heartless, he is still somewhat responsible, so he is not without merit.
But when Yu Lu did not do his job in the academy every day, he just fished in the lake and got along well with the Sui prince Gao Xuan, thank you began to annoy him again. Now Yu Lu still likes fishing, but all the fish he catches will be released in the big river.
Along the river, Yu Lu and Xie Xie could often meet people with similar interests. Even if Yu Lu didn't hold a pole, he would squat aside and watch for a long time. He claimed to be a fisherman and liked to watch.
Man fishing.
Yu Lu smiled and said: "Speaking of which, the foundation of the Far Traveling Realm gained through more than ten years of hard work is not too bad."
Xie Xie narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "Not to mention being safer than Cao Ci and Chen, how about being cheaper than Pei?"
Yu Lu said helplessly: "Then you might as well compare me with Chen Ping'an."
How many times has Pei Qiandu won the martial arts fortune by being the "strongest" in a certain realm?
It's really unimaginable. That weird little lazy guy back then really knew how to learn boxing, and he was so good at it. Thank you for asking for no reason: "I never thought about finding a way to go up the mountain to practice? I heard that Tong
There is a Pushan Yuncaotang over there in Yezhou. It has a unique secret method that allows warriors to practice immortality as well. You might as well try your luck there. Anyway, we have been visiting it all these years.
After passing the entire Aquarius Continent, just go and visit Tongye Continent.”
Yu Lu laughed dumbly, remained silent for a moment, shook his head and said, "I never thought about becoming a god."
In the back room of the wine shop, someone gently lifted and then lowered the green bamboo curtain. I glanced sideways and saw that it was a young girl standing behind the curtain, gazing at someone lovingly.
Hey, the action was not light. Why didn’t the little girl just pull down the entire bamboo curtain? Wouldn’t Yu Lu hear it more clearly?
Xie asked: "When are you going to visit Miss Mao and Fairy Mu?"
The two parties met two extremely brilliant young women at an ancient battlefield site and a fairy ferry. By chance, they met.
Thank you and I'm not blind. I can see that those two fell in love with Lu at first sight.
Yu Lu smiled and said: "It's just a perfunctory polite word. It's like getting together when we have time. I'll pay the bill next time. Do you want to add two more dishes? Anyone who takes it seriously is a fool."
Hearing what Yu Lu said was funny, Xie laughed.
Among his classmates in the past, Lin Shouyi was a sage in the academy, and he also served as the Qidu Temple Celebrant.
Even Li Huai is a wise man.
And now Li Baoping, who is studying in an academy in the Middle-earth Divine Continent, is already a gentleman who has personally passed the academic examinations of two academy ministers, and is a female concubine who can preach and solve the doubts of the Confucian students in the academy.
It's just that in the history of Haoran World, there has never been a precedent for a woman to serve as the Headmaster of the Seventy-Two Colleges or the Secretary of the Academy.
Yu Lu closed the book and asked, "When will we go to Jiangzhou?"
Today's Dalijiangzhou is where Xie's sect is located.
Because the master who was grateful back then resolutely refused the Dali court's offer to surrender, which led to the destruction of the sect.
Thank you for your pale face.
Yu Lu said softly: "If you don't go there, you won't be able to go."
Xie lowered his head, bit his lip, and finally shook his head.
Yu Lu smiled and said, "Then don't worry."
Yu Lu is good at this, he seems to be free to do anything.
Xie Xie breathed a sigh of relief and nodded: "I will definitely go."
It's like a promise to Lu, but also like cheering myself up.
Yu Lu gathered his voice and said: "Aren't you curious about the letter Cui Dongshan sent me? Or have you already guessed the content?"
Thank you for being silent.
For the first time, Yu Lu showed a sad look and murmured to himself: "Continuing the country in a foreign country, can it really be regarded as the restoration of the country?" Xie Xie drank the wine in the bowl in one gulp and said brightly: "Forget it, why doesn't it count?
! When you arrive at Tongye Continent, choose a place. It doesn’t matter if the territory is small. Plan carefully for ten or twenty years. When I reach the Nascent Soul Realm, you will ascend the throne and proclaim yourself emperor, and I will rule the country.
division!"
Xinchu Prefecture, Huaihuang County.
Li Huai took the young Taoist through the streets and alleys, and found Dong Shuijing, who had arranged to meet here, at the entrance of a narrow and secluded alley.
Dong Shuijing made a special trip back to his hometown to meet Li Huai.
Li Huai joked: "It won't delay Dong Bancheng's making a lot of money, right?"
Dong Shuijing smiled and said: "You don't need to keep an eye on the account books or do the calculations yourself, you can still make money."
Dong Shuijing took Li Huai to his ancestral house, cooked himself, and cooked three bowls of wontons and served them to the table.
In the yard, next to a well, a willow tree was planted.
Li Huai could only pretend that he had not seen anything and only regretted that he only had one sister.
Taoist Nen saw through Dong Shuijing's realm at a glance, and was not surprised at all. In the realm of heaven and earth in the old Li Zhu Cave, a young Nascent Soul realm was not in the Ascension realm. What was there to make such a fuss about?
It's strange that my son's friend doesn't have any skills.
If you meet an old Nascent Soul monk who has lived for hundreds of years on the road, the young Taoist would probably be shocked. How do you practice? What a waste!
Maybe I have to ask him face to face, old boy, are you worthy of this geomantic treasure in your hometown?
Dong Shuijing seemed to be aware of the thoughts of the old man in yellow and said with a smile: "It's just that the state achieved by piling up money makes senior Taoting laugh."
The young Taoist is not surprised that the other party knows his old identity. Money can make people go around. Dong Bancheng of Aquarius Island has a rich family and should not be underestimated.
The young Taoist smiled heartily and said: "No matter where you came from, the realm is the realm. In this vast world, who dares to laugh at Liu Caishen from Ai Aizhou? The same principle applies to you, Xiaodong."
As soon as "Xiao Dong" was mentioned, the young Taoist sighed with regret. He recalled that in the past, he had chased a "Xiao Dong" who passed through Shiwan Mountain.
Li Huai slapped the table, and the young Taoist immediately shut up. How dare he say the wrong thing?
Li Huai gave a thumbs up, "Shuijing, delicious! Two more bowls."
It could be seen that Dong Shuijing often came to the ancestral house. By the time Li Huai had eaten another bowl of wontons, Dong Shuijing had already set up a brazier and was squatting aside, simmering taro and baking rice dumplings.
Pulling off the thread and peeling off the rice dumpling leaves, a rice dumpling in Dong Shuijing's hand was baked into a golden color. Seeing that Li Huai was hungry again, he snatched the rice dumpling and broke half of it to Taoist Nen. Dong Shuijing had to peel off another rice dumpling.
After eating rice dumplings, the three of them sat around the fire. Dong Shuijing said softly: "My husband with braided horns, Bian Wenmao, has just been appointed as the academic administrator of our prefecture. However, he has not been promoted. He has been transferred to the place from outside the capital to be gilded.
However, academic administration, a newly established noble position in the Dali court just a few years ago, is not available to ordinary people. They are usually senior officials from the Sixth Department of the Capital who were born in the Hanlin Academy. They have no hope of promotion. Before leaving the officialdom and returning home, His Majesty deliberately gave
It is a special honor for these civil servants. Academic administration itself has no rank. Just like the two states of Ling and Qing on the other side of the capital, they are held by an old minister of the Ministry of Industry and the minister of Honglu Temple respectively. Nowadays, the border states are
Wenmao's chief official is the Prime Minister of Guanglu Temple. After completing his four-year term as a scholar in Chuzhou, he will return to the capital and serve as the Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple. It is unlikely that he will be in charge of Guanglu Temple in the future. It is more likely to be a level one.
Go to Liubu Yamen, or be sent out again to accompany the capital, and work hard all the way to a certain position, and finally get a ranking
With the subsequent bachelor's title, I hope to get a good posthumous title in the future. As for being entitled to the Ancestral Temple, Bian Wenmao himself doesn't dare to think about it."
Li Huai gnawed on the rice dumplings with a confused look on his face, "Huh?"
The young Taoist was filled with emotion.
Xiao Dong chatted for a long time, and his son only needed to give a concise and concise reply in one word.
Dong Shuijing smiled and said: "You are a sage from the academy. According to the new rules of the Confucian Temple, you will inevitably have to interact with the Dali court in the future. Sooner or later, you will be exposed to these seemingly tedious and boring officialdom matters."
Nowadays, there are frequent changes in the officialdom of Dali, and the post roads from the capital to local areas are busy. It is said that almost all the top leaders of the prefectures and counties in Xinchu Prefecture have new faces.
Wu Yuan served as the governor of Chuzhou. He sadly resigned as the magistrate of Huaihuang County, which was regarded as killing a handsome and proud comeback.
And Wei Li, the former governor of Longzhou who was a civil servant of Huang Tingguo, now went to Dali to accompany the capital and succeeded him as the Minister of Rites.
Prior to this, Cao Gengxin, the chief officer of the Kiln Affairs Supervisory Department, was transferred from the Longzhou Supervisor to the Right Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Works of the Capital City, and then was promoted to the Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Dali Capital, and was able to occupy the central position.
Yuan Zhengding was promoted to the governor of Hongzhou, his neighbor to the north.
Jing Kuan, the new governor of Baoxi County in Chuzhou, was once a doctor in the Qing Dynasty Department of Household Affairs in the capital, and was in charge of the money bags of three states including Hongzhou.
But in fact, many times, Dong Shuijing, a Mohist credit card holder with a hidden identity, would envy Li Huai's kind of going with the flow, or should he say, just take things as they come?
Li Huai said with a guilty conscience: "I know that our classmate Zhao Yao is now serving as the minister of punishment in Dali."
"There are also former parents, officials and old county officials. Wu Yuan has now returned here and served as the governor of Xinchuzhou."
"And there is Cao Duzao, who likes drinking but not eating. It seems that he was transferred to the Ministry of Civil Affairs in the capital a few years ago to become a high-ranking official?"
Dong Shuijing asked with a smile: "What more?"
Li Huai sighed: "No more."
The young Taoist began to complain, "Young master, why should you stick to these common affairs at the foot of the mountain that are closely related to the government?"
Li Huai shook his head, "We, Da Li, are different."
No matter how his title of wise man fell from the sky or how it hit him on the head, since he has become a wise man, Li Huai is not willing to do any worse than others. When he was a child, he was traveling in the wilderness during his study tour.
Late at night, when Chen Ping'an was helping to look after the wind, he had some inner thoughts with Li Huai. Now he can't remember clearly. Li Huai only remembers a general idea, saying that when a person was a child, he only
In the years when there is such a thing as reading, I am not afraid that I will not be able to remember the sages and principles in those books, but I am afraid that I am not willing to do this thing well. Then in the future, I will not be able to do it when I leave the study and no longer need to study.
Well next thing.
At that time, Li Huai said that I was just not suitable for studying. Chen Pingan said that he was not suitable for making porcelain either. He was too slow to learn and his hands could never keep up. But as long as he worked hard, he would always be able to do the next thing in the future.
A greater chance of doing well.
The nun Taoist immediately changed his words and said: "Young Master is so humble, why worry about failing to accomplish great things."
It's not that Taoting is spineless, but that old blind man is too arrogant.
For example, during this trip to protect Li Huai, the old blind man said to Taoting, "If I, a disciple, are even slightly frightened, I will break your five legs."
Poor young Taoist, now I am afraid that Li Huai will accidentally burn his mouth even if he drinks tea. A person who has ascended to the realm and serves as a Taoist protector has to do this. If you don't say that there will be no one after him, he is destined to be unprecedented.
Even so, the old blind man seemed to be worried about Li Huai, who was far away in the wild world. I don't know what ancient secret techniques were used, but the old blind man was able to directly enter Li Huai's dream, and then drag Taoting, the Ascension Realm, into it at will.
The young Taoist was like returning to the Shiwan Mountain. In the night, the earth shook and there was thunder. Li Huai got up in his "dream", ran out of the hut and took a look. He saw the whole earth around the top of the mountain at his feet.
A piece of golden light, dense golden armor
Puppets, clustered together.
One of the golden-armored puppets, which was taller than the mountain, knelt on one knee at the foot of the mountain, slowly raised its huge head, gradually became level with the mountain, and stared at Li Huai.
The old blind man walked slowly to the edge of the cliff, grabbed the arm of the disciple who had been snatched away halfway, drew a ghost charm, and said something to Li Huai that made Taoting's eyelids tremble, "From now on, they will be under your control."
Taoting carefully took a peek at Li Huai's face, and found that there was no trace of high-spiritedness or lofty ambitions at all. There was only fear in his eyes.
well.
My young master is good at everything, but he has no ambition in life. If I have the chance, I will risk my life to give him some advice...
well?
It turned out that the old blind man stepped on his back, which cracked and broke again.
In the end, Li Huai just said, can I listen to Chen Pingan's suggestion first?
The old blind man actually nodded in agreement, and even helped his disciple straighten his collar. At the same time, he praised Li Huai in a gratified tone and said he was steady and followed his master.
Listening to the questions and answers of the two masters and disciples, the young Taoist who was lying on the ground and silently tightening his spine almost stared into the eyes of the old blind man.
There was a knock on the door of the house.
A visitor comes to the door.
In order to avoid suspicion, Li Huai stood up and left.
Dong Shuijing smiled and persuaded him to stay: "You don't have to go. It's our supervisor Jian who wants to make great achievements. Unfortunately, he can't do it the right way. In recent years, he has been bumpy and bumpy, and he has suffered a lot." Jian Feng succeeded Cao Gengxin as the dragon.
The new kiln superintendent of the state was appointed. Before he took office, he was very high-spirited. I just thought that an idle drunkard like Cao Gengxin could be promoted by dawdling around. If he went, the official duties of a yamen would only be limited.
It will be handled in an orderly manner. A kiln supervision and administration office, overtly and covertly, actually has two official plaques, so the chief official has two official titles at the same time. Including the inspection and construction office, plus several new buildings later built in Dali
Weaving Bureau, and for example, the logging institute set up in Hongzhou,
In fact, they are all the eyes and ears of the emperor, and the secret intelligence of the chief officials can be directly communicated to Tianting. As a result, when Jian Feng arrived in Huaihuang County, he encountered obstacles at every turn. The big names in the town all had complicated relationships, were intertwined, and were extremely clumsy.
Yanghua, the water god of Tiefu River, has a high level of landscape quality and a big backing, and he doesn't obey the rules at all. The embroidery, Odyssey, and Yuye water gods of the three rivers near Hongzhu Town are not like him. Several others, including Song Yuzhang, the mountain god of Qidun Mountain,
In addition to the City God in the City God's Pavilion at all levels of prefectures, counties, and the Wenwu Temple within a state... Anyway, no one took him seriously as a fourth-rank supervisor. When he took office, he was very satisfied.
After waiting for half a year, no one took the initiative to visit the Supervisory Office at night. Well, if you don’t come to me, I will go to you. As a result, there was no less rejection. Even if you came in, there was nothing on both sides.
Talkable.
Jian Feng had no choice but to write to his old friend in the capital, Yuan Zhengding, who was once the local county governor and has now been promoted to the governor of Hongzhou.
When he was a child in Yichi Lane in the capital, he liked to follow the example of the older Yuan Zhengding, reading in peace and not listening to what was going on outside the window.
Yuan Zhengding did reply to a letter, but it was a blank piece of paper with not a word written on it.
However, Jian Feng finally figured out some official ways and began to imitate his former supervisor, watching more, listening more, speaking less and going out less.
Fortunately, there is no time limit for the position of supervisor.
Just staring like that all the time is not a problem, so as soon as he heard that Dong Bancheng had returned to his ancestral home in his hometown, Jian Feng immediately paid a visit, privately incognito of course.
When he saw the young man in Confucian shirt and the old man in yellow clothes, Jian Feng was polite.
I recognized Li Huai. He was a local in the town and was now a sage from the Cliff Academy. As for the old man with a kind face, he was an unfamiliar face. There was no relevant secret record in the Supervision Office. Jian Feng had asked him to do so before he came.
The person was recorded in the book, and at the same time, someone was sent to Niujiao Ferry to check the ferry boat Li Huai took and left it as usual.
Records of customs clearance documents.
Dong Shuijing didn't seem to understand the rules of officialdom at all. He didn't let Li Huai and the old man leave this slightly shabby room, and didn't even have the intention of letting them move to another place.
If it had just been the beginning of taking office, Jian Feng would probably have been unhappy. He had suffered too many soft nails and rejections, and his edges and temper had been polished. Dong Shuijing invited Supervisor Jian to sit down and handed him a rice dumpling.
Jian Feng thanked him, Mimi patted the dust on the rice dumplings, pushed them away and started eating. For this kind of thing, there was no need for Jian Feng to pretend to be approachable, even though he was a big man.
Jian Feng was born in the Li family, but Jian Feng studied at Chunshan Academy for many years in his early years. During this period, he went on several study tours and earned a lot of money on the road. Therefore, Yuan Zhengding often joked that he should work in the Ministry of Household Affairs. Just because there were outsiders present today, Jian Feng
Feng had no choice but to start talking in an official tone as a prelude, and chatted with Dong Shuijing about something that was barely related to official kiln affairs. After all, many kiln entrances are no longer official kilns, but Dong Bancheng is hiding behind the scenes, but he rarely
They almost monopolized the entire porcelain export revenue path. For example, the Baoxi kiln entrance that had been converted into a private kiln was now assigned to the name of a puppet businessman who was supported by Dong Shuijing.
Dong Shuijing chatted and laughed with him, kept everything in check, and dealt with it appropriately.
Li Huai was impressed. Jian Feng was actually mentally prepared to return without success. Before he finished eating the rice dumpling in his hand, he casually chatted a few words about the establishment of the local school and Dong Shuijing.
Behind the scenes, some people were asked to fund the construction of roads and bridges. Some aspects are questionable, and a lot of money was not fully spent on the cutting edge. These things are beyond the scope of the kiln supervision and construction department's responsibilities, not to mention they are all trivial.
Jian Feng also felt that being a supervisor was really boring. Looking at it, he felt that
There are really too many details that need to be perfected. Since I finally met Dong Bancheng today, I just treat it as a few nonsense words outside the officialdom. Even if it is annoying, it doesn't matter.
As expected, Dong Shuijing was very perfunctory and only said that he would ask again when he had time. Jian Feng knew that it was 100% hopeless.
After leaving the house and walking alone in the shady alley, Jian Feng smiled bitterly, his work was in vain again today.
I am worthy of being said behind my back to be the most useless supervisor in history.
In the room, Li Huai wanted to speak but stopped.
Dong Shuijing shook his head and said with a smile: "The dull sound when you hit the wall is your conscience."
Li Huai asked: "Is it from the book, or is it what Chen Pingan said?"
Dong Shuijing laughed angrily.
Li Huai laughed and said, "You dropped out of school early and studied little. You are worse than me."
Dong Shuijing hesitated, but after holding it in for a long time, he still couldn't ask.
But Li Huai suddenly understood what Dong Shuijing wanted to ask, "If I had to choose between two, I would definitely choose you as my brother-in-law."
Dong Shuijing was hesitant, "I met Lin Shouyi and asked the same question. How would you answer it?"
Li Huai laughed.
Dong Shuijing no longer broke the casserole to ask the truth, but turned to look at the willow tree next to the well in the courtyard. He was soft and frail, and the man's eyes were as gentle as the willow tree.
A Qingshui Yamen under the jurisdiction of the Chariot and Driving Department of the Ministry of War in the capital, located in the post office in Hattie Alley, today two distinguished guests from the officialdom came here who have never set foot in this place.
One is a member of the Ministry of War, and the other is an official of the Ministry of Rites. Both of them have the official title of Langzhong, and they are both the most powerful Langguan of the capital in the Dali court. The son of a noble family of the capital, who is the leader of the Victory Report Office, is named Fu Minghu.
He has a very promising brother named Fu Yu. He came to Beijing from the local area not long ago to report on his duties. He resigned from the post of prefect of Baoxi County in Old Longzhou. It was considered a smooth move. He had just assumed the post.
Zhan Shiyuan, one of the Xiaojiuqings, was in charge of Zuo Chunfang. Fu Hu respected and feared this cousin who had a successful career. In addition, Fu Yu was one step older than Fu Hu, which made him somewhat uncomfortable.
The eldest brother is the father. After Fu Hu finished his official duties today, he was holding a piece of mutton-fat jade handle with his legs crossed. When he learned the news from the concierge, he was immediately shocked.
I was so frightened that I drank so much at Changpu River last night that I mistakenly thought that I was on duty and had made a big mistake. In the early years of the Lu Dynasty, there was a case of theft of a seal box in the lobby of the Ministry of War, which was widely implicated.
, the emperor was furious, and checked again and again. In the end, even the spare seal box of the victory report office was stolen.
The Kuding pin melted down, causing the entire military department of the Lu family to lose many official hats and heads. At that time, the officialdom of the Dali Song family, which was a vassal state of the Lu family, was only treated as a joke.
Knowing that he was coming for Lao Lin, Fu Hu walked around the house twice, stamped his feet, and prepared to break into the dragon's pond and tiger's den.
Thinking about Lao Lin, he has worked hard over the years and worked hard like an old scalper. He and I have a very harmonious relationship.
Besides, after all, he was the number one person in the reporting office, so he had to protect his brothers in his yamen. But when Fu Hu arrived outside Lin Zhengcheng’s yamen office and saw the two people inside, he immediately lost all courage.
He didn't even notice that when his old Lin saw the two uninvited guests, he was just sitting by the stove.
On the chair, he leaned forward and bent over, reaching out to warm himself, but he didn't even get up to greet the guests. The shelf was as big as a six-book minister.
You must know that the two people standing in the room, the white-haired old man, and the burly man who looked domineering, are respectively the doctor of the Qing Li Department of the Rites of Dali Temple, and the doctor of the Martial Arts Department of the Ministry of War!
These two official positions have always been important candidates that Cui Chan, the national advisor, must personally select, and they do not require the approval of the Ministry of War, the Minister of Rites, and the Minister of Justice.
As soon as Lin Zhengcheng stood up, the man who just poked his head at the door of the room and then moved suddenly disappeared without a trace.
Lin Zhengcheng had no choice but to sit back in his chair, nodded to the two officials and said, "I understand what your Majesty means. I will leave for the Yuzhang County Logging Institute immediately."
The old doctor laughed and said: "It was supposed to be the Minister of Civil Affairs, Cao Shilang, who came to the government office to inform Mr. Lin in person. However, as soon as Shilang Cao heard that he wanted to see Mr. Lin, he sprained his foot immediately and was busy asking people to find plasters.
Woolen cloth."
Cao Gengxin had served as the Longzhou Kiln Supervisor for many years. Only because of his position, he had the opportunity to have access to a confidential file such as Da Litou.
In that Lizhu Cave, there was an extremely hidden "job identity", without official or rank, but to the Dali imperial court, it was more important than the kiln supervisors and officials of previous dynasties.
The name "阘之" means gatekeeper.
This person is the real eyes and ears of the emperor in the Dali court, the emperor of the Song Dynasty in Dali, or the true confidant of Cui Chan, the national advisor.
The last person appointed by the Great Li to the Lizhu Cave was none other than Lin Shouyi's father, Lin Zhengcheng, who used to supervise the construction of the assistant officer and is now the Sesame Officer of the Capital Post Office.
Moreover, Cao Gengxin also had a bigger guess. In the past, Li Zhudongtian, and now in the Great Li Capital, Lin Zhengcheng has most likely retained his identity as a wanderer. Once the young mountain master of Luopo Mountain and someone from the Song family of Great Li
The whole world talks has collapsed, both sides are completely at odds with each other, this Lin Zhengcheng will
It is the last flood control dam left by the Imperial Preceptor Cui Chan in the capital city of Li. It can at least guarantee that Chen Ping'an will not go on a killing spree.
Although Cao Gengxin didn't understand how a monk with a low level of the middle and fifth realms could achieve this step, Cao Gengxin adhered to one purpose anyway, and simply didn't have contact with people he couldn't afford to offend.
Seeing that the two men were still standing there, the man asked, "Why are you urging me to go on my way in such a hurry?"
The old doctor laughed dumbly, was silent for a moment, shook his head and said: "I don't dare." Since there was no place to sit down, the doctor of the martial arts department crossed his arms across his chest and leaned against the door. He looked at this secretive guy.
He was indeed quite curious. If it hadn't been for this unusual official transfer, he wouldn't have had the chance to learn about Lin Zhengcheng's move.
What kind of background does he have? In fact, he, a doctor in the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War, was leading the way for the old guy standing next to him today. In fact, in the officialdom, Lin Zhengcheng, the future chief of the Yuzhang County Logging Institute, had no control at all.
A new government office was established in Hongzhou, called the Logging Institute, which was nominally responsible for arresting those who illegally cut down giant trees.
Similar to the Kiln Supervision Bureau in Chuzhou and the Silk Weaving Bureau in Wuzhou, the rank of the chief officials is similar, but the basics are similar. In Hongzhou, which borders Chuzhou to the north, there is a famous official in Yizhou.
In addition to being the ancestral home of the current Empress Dowager Da Li, Yuzhang County has been rich in towering trees since ancient times. In addition, it is also said to be the place where the twelve sword immortals became enlightened in ancient times. Therefore, Da Li’s officialdom is
There is a humorous saying about "Big Yuzhang, Little Hongzhou".
Seeing that the two people had no intention of leaving, Lin Zhengcheng asked with a smile: "How about I set up a banquet for you two at the victory report office?"
The old man felt helpless. Among the locals who came out of Lizhu Cave, except for Dong Shuijing, who was a little better, few of your words were pleasing to the ear!
The reason why I stay here to be an eyesore is because I want to help His Majesty and get an unambiguous word from the man in front of me.
It sounds funny that His Majesty the Emperor, as the king of a country, can only beat around the bush and ask for a definite answer from a seventh-rank official.
But it's actually not funny at all.
What's even more outrageous is that this man deliberately kept pretending to be stupid.
Lin Zhengcheng picked up the pliers, gently played with the charcoal fire, and said to himself: "Someone once told me a Zen saying, a golden Buddha cannot control the furnace, a wooden Buddha cannot control the fire, and a clay Buddha cannot control the water."
The old doctor nodded and said: "I understand, I will go and reply to Your Majesty right away."
The two high-ranking doctors left the reporting office.
Arriving in the hat-strap alley outside the door, the Martial Arts Master asked in his heart: "What do you mean?"
The old man said: "You and I don't need to understand, your Majesty just needs to understand." After Fu Hu heard that the two Langguan masters had left their own territory, Fu Hu went to Lao Lin's house, hesitated, and after crossing the threshold,
Seeing that Lao Lin was standing, he stretched out his hand and pressed it twice, indicating that we two brothers should sit down and chat, and asked carefully
: "Old Lin, what did I talk to you about? Can you tell me?"
Lin Zhengcheng said: "I'm looking for a way through my connections, and I will soon go to the logging institute in Yuzhang County, Hongzhou to work as an errand."
Fu Hu asked: "Still an assistant officer?"
The man shook his head and said: "The top leader." Fu Hu was stunned for a moment, then lowered his voice and said: "No, if I remember correctly, the chief officer of the logging institute is an official of the sixth rank, and you are now the seventh rank.
Lao Lin, whose connection did you find? You are so arrogant that you can skip half a level?!
"
The man smiled and said, "Don't talk about this kind of thing outside. It's taboo." Fu Hu laughed and patted the shoulder of the man next to him, "Old Lin, congratulations. To be honest, if you just moved to another place and didn't get promoted,
It's still the same as before, if you hit someone, I'm going to scold you a few times. I have to suspect that you are dissatisfied with me.
I feel uncomfortable being on the sidelines. Since I have been promoted or skipped a grade, there is nothing to say. Let’s have a good time at the Changpu River tonight. I’ll treat you!”
The man nodded and said, "Master Fu, I'll pay for the treat."
Fu Hu slapped the man on the shoulder again, "Hey, I've been wrong all these years. Old Lin turns out to be a good candidate for an official!"
After Fu Hu left, the man silently looked at the charcoal fire in the brazier and sighed softly.
Site selection of the couple's graves in Mud Jar Lane.
Back then, I secretly went to the backyard of Yang's medicine shop and found old man Yang. I broke the court rules and made exceptions, and made a humble request to the old man.
And the book "Shaking Mountain Fist Book" that went around and around finally fell into someone's hands.
Another night, I secretly took out some privately collected snake gallstones and threw them one by one into the Longxu River, just like waiting for a straw sandal boy with a basket on his back to see and pick them up.
In fact, there is only so much that I can do. I have no other aspirations. I just hope that one day I will no longer be an official, and I will no longer be a so-called traitor. That lonely child will grow into a teenager year by year, and then start a family and start a career.
And when Lin Zhengcheng saw him during the New Year and holidays, he could express his sincere feelings
Call yourself Uncle Lin from the bottom of your heart, and you should be able to live up to this title with a clear conscience.
At the beginning of winter this year, Taihui Sword Sect’s Ancestral Mountain Sword House received a personal invitation from Master Chen of Luolu Mountain, inviting the sect leader Liu Jinglong and his disciple Bai Shou to go to Tongyezhou to participate in the next Beginning of Spring.
Zong Celebration. It is said that in the late winter before the celebration, the Feng Yuan ferry would cross the continent and travel north to Jidu, and stop at the ferry near the Chongxuan Department of the Dayuan Dynasty. The Liu clan leader would be troubled to move a little and board the boat to travel south.
You don’t have to spend the money you spent on cross-continental boating.
By the way, I would like to remind Liu Jinglong in the letter that if he is willing, he can join hands with Lu Sui, the fairy of Shuijing Mountain, to travel south to Xiandu Mountain.
Liu Jinglong took the invitation and Yu Jian to Pianran Peak.
Bai Shou asked tentatively: "Liu, can we not go?"
Bai Shou had just returned from traveling to Yunyan Country, and he took several junior sword cultivators from other peaks, six young sword cultivators, to practice in Yunyan Country and the surrounding mountains and rivers.
After all, today's Bai Shou can be regarded as a serious elder and protector of the sect, both in terms of his genealogical status and his level of swordsmanship.
When a group of young sword cultivators returned to the mountain safely, the Taihui Sword Sect's Ancestral Hall had a high opinion of the young Jindan Peak Master of Pianran Peak. He was thoughtful, thorough, and experienced. In Yunyan Country, Bai
The leader did not meet directly with Cui Gongzhuang, a Nine Realm martial artist. The chief guest of Yangyun Peak of Suoyun Sect is now very honest. He has changed his nature and has almost become a great good person. He also restrains his disciples and grandchildren not to act recklessly.
However, Cui Gongzhuang decided to clean up the sect himself, causing the sect's reputation to skyrocket.
After walking hard all the way down the mountain, I never thought that when I returned to Pianran Peak, I would hear such great bad news and good news. I was filled with both sadness and joy.
Not long after Brother Chen's Luopo Mountain was promoted to a sect, he went to Tongyezhou in the south to get a new sect without stopping. Of course, it was a great thing.
But the problem is that Bai Shou now gets scared whenever he thinks of her, not to mention seeing that person face to face.
The last time someone came to Pianran Peak as a guest, misfortune fell from the sky. He was punched and beaten on the spot.
The last time, it was still at Pianran Peak in his own territory. Someone was just passing by. After a punch, the dignified master of the peak and the direct descendant of the sect lay on the ground and twitched, like a martial artist walking around.
The last time, it was at Luolu Mountain.
There are only three things to do!
If it is true that one can learn from every experience, then today's Bai Shou can be regarded as extremely smart.
Bai Shou even privately asked an old Taoist immortal who was proficient in numerology to help him calculate whether he and that guy were incompatible with each other.
At that time, the old immortal showed the birth dates of the two people and was confused. He just said that it didn't matter. No one could defeat the other. Finally, he did not forget to say a kind word for the founder of Sect Master Liu, saying that Peak Master Bai's horoscopes were very tough.
Liu Jinglong didn't bother to remind Bai Shou that according to Chen Ping'an, Pei Qian didn't know his birth date at all, and even his name was fake. Pei Qian chose it by himself later.
It's just that Chen Ping'an can tell Liu Jinglong about this kind of thing, but Liu Jinglong shouldn't reveal the secret to Bai Shou.
Liu Jinglong smiled and asked: "What do you think?"
No better than a sect's golden elixir peak opening ceremony, any sect celebration in the world can be regarded as a rare event in a thousand years.
According to the established rules on the mountain, as long as it is not a hostile sect that has formed a deadly feud, within a continent, even if no one is present, a congratulatory gift will be sent as a rule.
After all, if an Immortal family with a sect's head appears out of thin air in Yizhou, it is just a matter of giving face to the monks of Yizhou.
The level of martial arts in a continent is very straightforward. You can just look at the number of warriors in the end. In the same way, the depth of a continent's heritage often depends on the number of sects with the prefix sect. So it's like the Pima Sect in Skeleton Beach.
, Beiju Luzhou no longer wanted to see this outsider, but when the Pima Sect really established a foothold and officially held a celebration, most of the Immortal Family forces still had to hold their noses and send a gift.
The gifts were not heavy, and some of them deliberately gave only a few snowflakes.
Those rules should be followed, etiquette is less important than affection. If the Pima Sect thinks the money is too little, it means they are not generous.
But when the Fire Dragon Master from Paidi Peak made an exception, he came to Muyi Mountain and participated in the celebration. It was rare for the Master to give him a valuable gift of a magical weapon.
Some "forgetful" immortals immediately realized what was going on and made up for the belated gift.
The old man who is famous for his coolness has spent money for the first time. Others have no reason not to spend money or give gifts.
Otherwise, it will be easy for the old man to miss you.
Bai Shou still refused to give up and said: "It's enough if the gift is delivered. I'm sure Chen Pingan won't mind. If it doesn't work, I won't go. When you see Chen Pingan later, tell me that I will be in retreat in the near future."
Liu Jinglong smiled and said: "As long as you don't take the initiative to provoke Pei Qian, she won't compete with you for no reason."
Seeing the white head, he still hesitated. Liu Jinglong didn't want to embarrass this disciple, so he said considerately: "If you really don't want to go, forget it. Just practice your sword at Pianran Peak. Chen Pingan, I'll help explain." Please.
In addition to the post, Chen Ping'an also sent a secret letter to Liu Jinglong. The letter said that in the capital city of Dali, there was a female formation master named Han Zhoujin. Her hometown was the blessed land of Qingtan of Shengaozong, which is where Dali is now.
A member of the Earthly Branches cultivator, he also has a hidden identity. He is a guest of the Yan family in Da Li. Han Zhoujin has the good fortune to have the ruins of the Immortal Mansion. Her origins are not small, and her attainments in talismans are quite good, so she let him
On his way to the south, Liu Jinglong stopped for a while in Dali Capital to help
Give Han Zhoujin some pointers on formations.
Bai Shou gritted his teeth and said, "Just go! Anyway, I haven't been to Tongyezhou yet."
Liu Jinglong smiled and nodded, "The Ancestral Master Hall hinted at me that they want to ask you, the peak master, when you plan to accept disciples so that you can spread the branches and leaves of Pianran Peak."
In fact, the bigger hint from the Taihui Sword Sect Patriarch Hall is to ask the sect leader if he has any favorite Taoist companions.
Bai Shou was stunned for a long time, feeling like he had just heard a big joke. He grinned and said, "Accept a disciple? Just me?"
Although I have been following Liu up the mountain for many years, Bai Shou always has the feeling that I have just started to practice swordsmanship and will be knocked to the ground by someone at any time. Therefore, there is no kind of earthly immortal monk who can receive direct inheritance.
consciousness.
In fact, every Kaifeng Earth Immortal on the mountain is equivalent to opening up a new legal system for the Patriarch Hall.
Baishou waved his hands and said: "Don't rush,"
On top of a peak, there was a solitary person who did not accept a disciple. He made a joke and was only laughed at by Liu Jinglong. If he accepted a disciple, would he still have the dignity of being a teacher?
Nowadays, the realm is not enough, and there is no victory in the sword competition. Is it possible that every now and then, the disciples in the sect will shout "Master was beaten unconscious", or "Something bad happened, Master is lying on the ground again"?
Bai Shou remembered something and asked, "What's going on with Suoyun Sect?"
Liu Jinglong said: "Yangyun Peak will take the initiative to conclude an alliance with us soon." There are currently more than a dozen mountain forces allied with Taihui Jianzong, except Chunlupu, Caiquefu, and Yunshang in the southeastern boundary of Yizhou.
City, as well as several time-honored fairy houses on the west coast, including Lei Shen’s House in Baby Mountain.
A few years ago, I suffered a slap in the face because I even removed the word "House of God" from the golden plaque at the gate of the mountain. Finally, I arrested the two foreign thieves who seemed to have their brains pinched by the door panel.
Released again.
Liu Jinglong and Taihui Jianzong certainly had no intention of being the leaders of the mountain alliance and commanding the heroes. This relatively loose alliance was more to facilitate mutual business transactions and could only be said to be similar to the marriage relationship at the foot of the mountain.
Bai Shou smiled and said: "Then our Taihui Sword Sect has another pawn?"
Liu Jinglong frowned slightly.
Bai Shou immediately raised his hands and took the initiative to admit his mistake, "Just think I farted!"
Liu Jinglong reminded softly: "You need to know that our sword cultivator's verbal mistakes are nothing more than a question of swordsmanship in people's hearts."
Whether a monk or a layman, in the lake of everyone's heart, there will be heavy stones at the bottom of the water, and each stone may be an understatement and unintentional words from many others on the road of life.
Bai Shou hummed, "I'll pay attention to it in the future."
The young swordsman grinned and said, "Don't worry. In Pianranfeng Mountain, I don't have much chance to talk except to myself. As for outside the mountain, I don't talk much."
In fact, in Liu Jinglong's opinion, one of the most mysterious formations in the world is the Lizhu Cave Heaven that has been suspended above the northern part of Aquarius Continent for many years. There are generally two types of small heavens for monks. One is where the saints of the three religions sit in the academy.
, Taoist temples and temples can be elevated to a higher level, and can even allow the Nascent Soul Realm to directly cross the chasm and become a Jade Pu Realm monk. The saint sits in it, and can simultaneously turn the small world into a lawless place with thin spiritual energy, occupying the right time and place.
Human beings and foreign monks are unable to mobilize the slightest bit of spiritual energy from heaven and earth, so every time they cast a magic spell or sacrifice a magic weapon, they will consume their own spiritual energy. The more powerful it is, it is like opening a hole, and when this spiritual energy passes, another
It will feed back the small world, just like a kind of "tribute offering". The two opposing sides will wax and wane. Unless there is a huge difference in realm, there is no suspense about victory or defeat. In addition, the great monks used formations to build the small world, which is full of obstacles. In the early years, the
Lizhu Cave Heaven not only takes care of both, but the foreign monks involved in it also have to follow some more mysterious Taoist rules. Therefore, this time Liu Jinglong planned to attend the ceremony of the next sect. In addition to going to the Li capital city to find Han Zhoujin,
I have to go to the territory of Dali's old Longzhou again to see if I can borrow stones from other mountains to grind jade without violating Dali's laws. To be precise, I can borrow jade from other mountains to grind stones.
Regarding this matter, Liu Jinglong mentioned it to Chen Ping'an who was a guest in his sect last time, so in the secret letter sent by Chen Ping'an this time, he told Liu Jinglong straightforwardly to just concentrate on studying the formation Yu Yun, because he had already told him
The Dali court said hello
Already.
Liu Jinglong suddenly received a letter from Feijian.
From Liu Zhiqing of Jinwu Palace.
Bai Shou asked curiously: "What's wrong?"
"Liu Jianxian wants to invite someone to learn about swordsmanship together."
"Ask who?!"
With lightning speed, Bai Shou took out an almanac from his sleeve and opened it, "Three days from now, it will be a good day!"
The old almanac of Luzhou in Beiju is probably the only one in the whole world. There are ten days in a year when it is "suitable to ask for a sword".