Ye Qing left the mansion and took Zhou Ling to ride for a while.
The excitement of the Hungry Ghost Festival has not ended yet, with street parades and temple fairs, the red light illuminates half of the sky, brothels and restaurants, and fragrant and soft whispers coming from the Hongfang District in the distance along with the gusts of night wind.
In the North District, where officials live together, there are far fewer people, and there are soldiers patrolling, so the security is very good. However, when there are no large and small cars crowded, it seems too deserted compared to the festive scene outside.
There was silence everywhere, only the autumn wind washed away the scenery. Ye Qing looked back at the fallen tower of the Governor's Mansion, thinking deeply in his heart.
Seeing Zhou Ling following him silently, Ye Qing didn't say anything, but thought to himself: "When it comes to the Yu family this time, the governor seems to feel the urgency of the situation and wants to gather strength and mediate hatred? After all, we are the most powerful people in Yingzhou.
Representative of the top young generation.”
"But this matter is so long gone that it's hard to get rid of it. If we can't get any benefits out of it, how can we reconcile it?"
As for the promotion of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Ye Qing was not worried that the governor would be suspicious.
This is nothing more than a trivial matter in the eyes of the upper echelons. Even the most scrupulous censor in the censorship department will at most write down "borrowing the emperor to make a profit" during the inspection. A person who is second in the new department without a regular position will have no future prospects. He has not yet taken office, and
If you haven't taken refuge with the two major political factions, the Crown Prince and the Sixth Prince, what's the benefit of biting Ye Qing?
No political benefit at all
Even if the emperor saw it, he would just smile.
At this time, Ye Qing was secretly proud: "It turned out to be obvious to me. Although I cheated, if I didn't take refuge with those two people, the sky would be brighter. Otherwise, every move would be magnified with a magnifying glass. How could we be so blatant now?"
seize the opportunity”
"Sir, let's go back to the branch and spend the night, or somewhere else?"
"Now..." Ye Qing smiled, or went to see the legendary thing, and then casually ordered: "Let's go to the Yingzhou Ancestral Temple, don't worry, it will be soon, we will be back as soon as we go."
"good."
"Lingling, have you ever heard of... sealing the earth?" Ye Qing turned the horse's head and said with a sudden smile.
"What is that?" Zhou Ling was puzzled, and Ye Qing continued to smile without answering. On the Ghost Festival, the night lights are like daylight, dragons and lions dance, and the city stays up all night.
The two rode horses over and out of the official residence, there was a lot of people on the way.
Some wealthy houses on the side of the road hung colorful lanterns, and the crackling of firecrackers gradually filled the ears, filled with warm joy. Pedestrians avoided the firecrackers one after another, and the road became congested.
Ye Qing had no choice but to dismount and lead him, slowly following him.
Following the flow of people passing by the ancestral temple, Ye Qing deliberately made a half circle. This temple was built on the north side of the state capital, within the coverage of the state capital's magic circle. It has high walls, deep courtyards, and dense locust trees. It has forbidden mana fluctuations, which is enough to prevent it.
Watching has a warning effect.
But under the operation of the four layers of black power and the reflection of the soul, the sea of mind is like a mirror, with little stars floating up and down, and a clear atmosphere is revealed. It is different from the cyan color of the government office in front, and it is cold and cold inside.
red
After looking around for half a circle and seeing no change, Ye Qing turned around and left. He probably hadn't started yet. Counting the time, it would only be a few days later.
Zhou Ling followed silently, not understanding the purpose of turning half a circle like this, but when she looked at it, she could see that the place was very tightly guarded.
"The prefectural government office is full of civil servants above the imperial robe. In the past, when I went to see my adoptive father, I didn't dare to show off my dignity." Zhou Ling thought like this, glanced at her son, and followed him into the sea of lights and people.
Even with the black dragon horse always eye-catching, in this lively atmosphere, taller and bigger floats paraded on the street, and the sounds of greetings, cries, and laughter were heard... Just two drops of water merged into the stream, and there was nothing strange for a moment.
All the way back, even if Ye Qing was worried, he could not help but be affected by the atmosphere. He stopped in front of a small stall and took advantage of the wind to hang two red lanterns. Under the faint red light, they were filled with various kinds of food.
Happy paper-cutting, exquisite and complicated: "Lingling, do you want to buy some?"
"Ah?" Zhou Ling had been following. Then she came back to her senses and turned to look at the stall. In fact, it was just average and there were not many highlights, so she shook her head.
Ye Qing's mind was not here, so he remembered to ask casually, and continued walking: "Go back."
"Yes." Zhou Ling's steps were much more brisk, and she glanced at Ye Qing's side face from time to time along the way. She could see that her young master was absent-minded.
"Perhaps there was something important happening in the ancestral temple just now..." Zhou Ling thought like this and calmed down. She never asked too much about things that the young master didn't want to talk about.
Another group of brightly-dressed scholars rushed past, talking unscrupulously about which brothel they should go to in the evening. Those with knowledge saw that the black dragon and horse were extraordinary, and turned around to say a few words to their companions, who then all looked back: "Dare I ask, brother?"
I saw Ye Qing wearing a dark green mattress shirt and a soft square scarf. He was dressed in an ordinary scholar's attire, but he couldn't hide his nobility. He was accompanied by a beautiful and heroic maid, or the heir apparent of some house was traveling in a low-key manner, so he didn't dare to come forward.
The chatter and unrestrained laughter were also much quieter.
Ye Qing greeted them with a smile and looked at them, feeling a little pity in his heart. He originally had a chance to take the imperial examination. In his previous life, he was from such a small or poor family, so he could still participate in the palace examination in the 16th year of Pingjing. Now it seemed hard to say.
"Or the imperial court will still insist on holding the imperial examination, but there are thousands of mountains and rivers along the way, and the war is chaotic. How many people can still dare to take the examination? It is too difficult for small and poor families to hold an imperial examination. Even if they are willing, the family does not dare to take the risk.
This risk...maybe I will be the last one."
The whole night is still going on, firecrackers are going off continuously, lights are like dragons, and the whole city does not need to rest. Such a lively Ghost Festival gives people the illusion that they are back in time on earth.
There were too many people on the street and it was too crowded, so I walked very slowly. When I returned to the Zhoucheng branch, it was already Haishi, which is nine o'clock on the earth.
This branch is in a good location, and the deacon in charge of taking care of it is a member of the clan. He came up to him at this time and said, "Master, we have packed up the best small courtyard for rest."
The deacon laughed again: "It's quite plain, the decoration is just ordinary, the master will just spend one night."
"good."
Ye Qing said indifferently, he didn't pay much attention to it when he went out, and even if he did, he was not in the mood now.
It's autumn and it's night again. The tents are hung in the room, the floor is covered with brocade blankets to keep warm, and a brazier is lit in the corner. The high-quality animal charcoal not only has no smell of fireworks, but also has a faint aroma. Everything reveals the prosperity of the prosperous age.
After a simple wash, there was the sound of water chestnuts taking off their clothes outside the tent. The girl was a little shy and half-hidden. The candlelight shone through slightly, reflecting her youthful and attractive figure on the gauze tent. Another burst of gongs and drums passed outside the courtyard.
Ye Qing smiled slightly and closed his eyes.
"Sir?" She peeked into the tent. She seemed to be asleep, then she breathed a sigh of relief and got into bed with her bellyband in her arms.
After practicing martial arts to a high level, it became easier to control her body. She had no worries. She usually fell asleep as soon as she lay down, but this time she couldn't fall asleep for some reason.
Carefully take a look at the person next to your pillow, and turn around with your heart pounding. Your eyes wander for a moment, staring at the dust pattern on the top of the bed in a daze. The hustle and bustle on the street outside is endless, and the lively red light passes through the high wall in waves.
, courtyard, paper windows, projecting the brilliance of joy on the gauze tent.
The girl lay in the tent and watched and listened quietly. The memories of a few years ago came back. It had been a long time since she had seen such lively lights... I remember that when I was little, I let my brother hold my hand and sold in the night market.
Paper cutting...
Ye Qing closed his eyes and was deep in thought. He turned to the page of Sichuan Lin's Notes in the White Jade Bookstore. The purple ultimatum appeared, and the light of the information flowed bit by bit.
"Shang Shu·Wang Gong": The king sealed the five-color soil as a society.
When the feudal princes were established, they would cut a piece of land and give it to them to establish a society...
In ancient times, when feudal lords were enfeoffed, they were given to the enfeoffed persons wrapped in soil wrapped in white grass, symbolizing the granting of land and power.
This is the land seal.
Yingzhou did not establish vassals. When establishing the state government, the emperor symbolically gave a piece of land to the center of the state city and built a temple to offer sacrifices.
This soil is not a spiritual object, it is just an ordinary clod of soil, but it symbolizes Yingzhou. It actually has a very great significance, but in peacetime, it is not paid much attention to - it is just ordinary soil, just a symbol for sacrifice.
Usually it has no practical use.
But later generations decrypted it and found that this was actually a key node in the heaven system.
Enjoying sacrifices in the temple is inspired by the people of Yingzhou, and it is connected to the people of the whole state. It is the node of each state. It forms a network secretly and gathers together in the imperial capital. There is a "breeding ground" in the Taimiao Temple. In fact,
It is also made of soil, but this is the earliest earth seal in existence. It is said to have a history of nearly a million years. It was personally practiced by the Qing Emperor and passed down to other dynasties in the future.
This might just be a propaganda about the deification of the Imperial Lineage, but Ye Qing knew that this land had special changes under the great catastrophe, and it was the most important key item.
In the past life, it was said that in some states and small vassal states, evil spirits from outside the world robbed this thing. When the solar eclipse came, they used the secret method of luck to steal the sky and change the sun, causing irreversible changes.
Some fell into the abyss, and some transformed into the outer realm. Although the effect was gradually seen in the next ten years, it can be seen that the benefits were huge.
Luck, land sealing, or the authority corresponding to the secret method...
Since Ye Qing decided to follow the path of Five Virtues practitioners, he has been deducing this matter in Chuan Lin's notes, and he has come up with an idea. Based on the information in the Purple Certificate, this is feasible.
With this level of certainty, Ye Qing had planned for this matter half a year ago, writing "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and advancing the Black Emperor Heaven to the fourth level, all in preparation for this matter.
"If the star had not fallen earlier, we would have been able to obtain it safely in another half a year, but now there is no time to wait... There will be a solar eclipse in a few days at most, or will it be tomorrow? The variables are getting bigger and bigger now, and in the past life
I can’t rest assured about the time limit.”
The book was a great success in Yingzhou, but there has been no breakthrough in sealing the land. It is very difficult to plot the "land sealing" of Yingzhou... The key is to be quiet and not to arouse suspicion, otherwise if you fail, it will alert the snake.
Ye Qing knew that with the Governor's capabilities, no one would get a second chance.
Any internal response or bribery will take time, or the general trend is at hand. The previous hidden line is only half completed and cannot be taken seriously at all.
"A meteor shower interrupts so many plans..."
Ye Qing sighed, if it had been someone else, he would have had no choice but to launch it hastily, knowing that it was unreliable, but Ye Qing had the Taoist teachings and was in control of himself, how could he leave this important matter of life and death to luck?
"I can't say, I can only do it myself." He gradually decided in his heart, and his eyebrows sharpened: "It's not too late..."
"Ringling?" he called softly.
The girl turned around, without any precautions, she met her eyes that were shining with strange light. Her eyes were stagnant and she struggled a little. Ye Qing said again: "It's okay, you can go to sleep."
Out of her trust in the young master, her breathing was slightly short, then it calmed down and gradually became softer.