Chapter 110 The second assistant of the imperial court, Tai Bao Lu Zhong!
Chapter 110 The second assistant to the dynasty, Lu Zhong, the Taibao!
Author: My heart is still the same
Chapter 110 The second assistant to the dynasty, Lu Zhong, the Taibao!
Three months passed by in a blink of an eye.
Zhang Shunyi, a great young man who had just passed the No. 1 Scholar examination and was in an upward stage in his life, was forced to lead a retired life under the guidance of Xu Chong.
Su Ruochen was a little reserved at first, but as time went on, she joined in.
Drinking, playing chess, making money, bragging, walking around, everything.
Just like that, there were three idle young people in Zhentian City.
Perhaps it was this kind of leisurely life that diluted the obsession in Zhang Shunyi's heart, making him vaguely feel that he was not far away from breaking through the second level of body washing.
This day.
The three of them were sitting in a row on the edge of the cliff, looking extremely lazy.
"It has to be Brother Xu."
Zhang Shunyi sighed, "In two months, I should be able to break through with confidence and no longer have to guard against the inner demons."
"Don't be careless."
Xu Chong raised his eyebrows, "If we can avoid future troubles forever, it will be worth the time spent on the first level of body washing."
"Indeed."
Su Ruochen nodded, "I think it doesn't matter whether the strength is high or low, isn't it the same? You see, these people in the capital are also very powerful, but can they use that strength?"
"You can't say that."
Xu Chong looked serious, "Strength is something you must have first, and then you have the choice to use it... For example, Jian Zheng, if he wants to kill your father, you don't have the strength, and you don't even have room for mediation. You can only watch.
Your father was killed."
"Well."
Su Ruochen was stunned, "The prison officer has a grudge against my father? Didn't you hear what they said...Is it also because of women?"
"..."
The corner of Xu Chong's mouth twitched and he turned to look at Zhang Shunyi, "If you break through, you have to return to the capital?"
"Well, my mentor said something early in the morning."
Zhang Shunyi nodded, "However, I want to see the Master before returning to Beijing."
"Well, indeed."
Xu Chong pondered.
If Zhang Shunyi chooses to break through, it means that his inner demons are gone and he can indeed go back to see Wang Hezhi.
but……
Xu Chong grinned and said with a malicious smile: "You will be scolded by then."
"As it should be."
Zhang Shunyi did not have any expression of repulsion, but showed a smile of reminiscence, "I think back then, the most important thing to Master was Brother Xu, and he was rarely willing to beat or scold me...I am different."
"Facts have proved that if you want to become a talent, you still have to fight."
Xu Chong laughed and sighed in his heart.
Wang Hezhi wanted to teach the top three talents, and most of his thoughts were focused on his original body, but in the end it was Zhang Shunyi who succeeded him.
Not only did it succeed, it went beyond that.
The title of the three rankings and the three rankings are not the same concept at all.
Throughout the history of Daqing, there are less than a hundred people who have achieved this level of achievement. No wonder Zhang Shunyi’s ‘mentor’ was so nervous.
Thinking of this, Xu Chong asked curiously: "By the way, who is your mentor?"
"Is your mentor's name taboo...Lv Zhong?"
Zhang Shunyi did not hide anything, but he said the word "Lü Zhong" very quietly.
Even though they spoke softly, the lowest people present were all Tongmai warriors, and they seemed to be trying to hide their voices.
Su Ruochen directly exclaimed: "The second minister of the dynasty, Lu Zhong, one of the three princes?"
"Exactly."
Zhang Shunyi touched his nose.
He was very open-minded when he was bragging, but telling the truth made him feel shameless.
"That's wrong."
Xu Chong frowned, "How can it be possible for a dignified junior assistant to be the examiner in the provincial examination?"
"Brother Xu misunderstood."
Zhang Shunyi explained, "Yudi's tutor for the provincial examination was a Hanlin lecturer. Not long after I entered the capital, he recommended me to Master Lu, and then..."
"Then you were put under the wall by the second assistant?"
Xu Chong was a little stunned, "You are so lucky... there is no one else."
In fact, if we really want to calculate it, the first half of Zhang Shunyi's life was really smooth sailing.
Although his background is not very good, he has hardly suffered any hardships. After the provincial examination, he jumped several levels at a time, and he can be regarded as a child of luck.
"No better than Brother Xu's Taizu legacy."
Zhang Shunyi winked.
"No no no."
Xu Chong raised his chin, "Being able to recognize me, the descendant of Taizu, shows that your luck is prosperous."
"If you don't agree with me, you'll start bragging..."
Su Ruochen was speechless.
In the past three months, he has seen what it means to truly brag.
I brag to myself, and over and over again I come up with the words ‘Zhengebapin’, ‘Zhi Tiancheng Dijie’, ‘Slightly thin noodles’.
Fortunately for Xu Chong, he boasted all the tricks just because he had Taizu's legacy... and the final facts proved that it was really not bragging.
The Six Ministers were really willing to drink with him, his father was really bound to lose when playing chess with him, the Metropolitan Procuratorate was really caught listening to the wall several times...and so on.
Anyway, Su Ruochen now understands, what is the highest level of bragging?
It’s not about bragging until people believe it, it’s about making what you brag become a fact!
For example, the sentence just now said, ‘Being able to recognize me, the descendant of Taizu, shows that your luck is prosperous’.
Su Ruochen read a high degree of recognition from Zhang Shunyi's face.
"Indeed."
Zhang Shunyi nodded seriously, "To be honest, before I left the capital, my mentor specifically asked me to have more contact with Brother Xu."
"oh?"
Xu Chong became interested, "Master Lu also mentioned me, what did he say?"
Just as Zhang Shunyi was about to answer, Su Ruochen tugged on his sleeve.
"Your master is here."
Su Ruochen pointed to the mountain road below.
"It's impossible. My mentor is far away in the capital. Brother Su wants to deceive me. This skill still needs to be..."
Zhang Shunyi shook his head with a smile and froze before he finished speaking.
On the winding mountain road, a huge queue is coming up the mountain.
The leading officer holding the red flag, the musicians playing music to lead the way, the honor guard holding halberds and banners, and the golden-armored pagoda accompanying them.
If it were just these, it might not be able to explain anything, but the jade sign held by the honor guard had clearly written words that represented the identity.
‘Taibao’, ‘Bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion’, ‘Minister of Industry’…
Although they were a little far apart, these words still caught the sight of the three of them.
"You didn't skip school, did you?"
Xu Chong's tone was full of doubt.
"How old am I..."
Zhang Shunyi was speechless, got up and walked down the official road.
Xu Chong didn't move, and neither did Su Ruochen.
The two of them watched Zhang Shunyi and the team meet up halfway up the mountain, and then walked up the mountain together.
They didn't get up and wait until they were almost in front of them.
Not long after, the procession stopped in the square outside the city gate, and officials came out to drive horses to the city gate.
Zhang Shunyi, on the other hand, was walking this way with a tall and thin man.
"Hahahaha, I've heard for a long time that Taizu's legacy is the beloved son of heaven. It's really extraordinary when I see him today."
Still a little distance away, the tall and thin man began to laugh and clasp his fists, "Old Lu Zhong, I have seen Xu Yimai."
Xu Yimai... what kind of name is this?
Xu Chong clasped his fists dumbfounded: "Xu Chong, the lower official, has met Mr. Ci Fu."
"Brother Xu, Brother Yu didn't lie to you, did he?"
Zhang Shunyi blinked at Xu Chong, "My mentor thinks highly of Brother Xu very much."
"I'm really ashamed..."
Xu Chong waved his hand humbly, somewhat curious: "Lord Xiaguan Guancifu is in his prime, why..."
"Why do you call yourself old man?"
Lu Zhong smiled and said, "To be honest, the side effects of the old man's practice have some effects on his appearance. Despite his appearance, he is actually eighty years old."
Staying in beauty?
Is this something a man should learn?
Xu Chong was speechless for a while.
"Just now, the scoundrel has already spoken to the old man, and I would like to thank my little friend for helping me."
Lu Zhong handed over his hand again.
"Sir Cifu is serious in his words. Shunyi is my classmate and hometown, and I grew up at the same time. It is our duty to help each other."
Xu Chong waved his hands repeatedly and asked: "Is this why Mr. Ci Fu came here?"
"Exactly."
Lu Zhong nodded and glanced at Zhang Shunyi dissatisfiedly, "There was no letter in March. I thought he was dying, so I hurriedly arrested someone and ran over..."
"Caught someone?!"
"Caught someone?!"
Xu Chong and Zhang Shunyi were shocked at the same time.
When people are arrested for Zhang Shunyi, who is being arrested? Do you still need to ask?
It can only be the old master who is the king of kings!
"Don't be impatient. The old man won't make random mistakes."
Lu Zhong waved his robe sleeves and said, "Why don't we get in the car and drive into the city together, and I'll talk to you in detail."
Xu Chong and Zhang Shunyi looked at each other and boarded the luxurious and spacious carriage with heavy hearts.
Without waiting for the officials accompanying the capital to welcome them out of the city, the team slowly drove in.
In the carriage, three people were sitting around.
Lu Zhong was the first to speak: "You are right, I have indeed arrested the magistrate of Canglong County."
"Teacher!"
Zhang Shunyi immediately knelt down and kowtowed to the ground: "Although Wang Hezhi is suspected of my father's death, there is no evidence after all, and the student's inner demons are about to be eliminated..."
"Hey... you get up first and listen to what I have to say."
Lu Zhong sighed, helped Zhang Shunyi up, and said slowly.
It turned out that although Lu Zhong had been worried about Zhang Shunyi, he had no intention of swaying his beloved disciple's heart.
But two months ago, something happened by coincidence.
The imperial court recruited a rebel from Taiping Road.
This rebel is named Xie Changqing.
That's right, it's Xie Changqing, the third son of the Xie family, one of the six major families on Taiping Road!
"Xie Changqing confessed a lot of information about Taiping Road in order to gain the attention of the court."
"Most of these news have been confirmed."
"The imperial court even used this to annihilate Taiping Dao's branch in Yuzhou."
Lu Zhongping said steadily, "And among the information provided by Xie Changqing, one of them is about water ghosts."
Water ghost?!
Xu Chong was shocked.
Zhang Shunyi was puzzled and asked: "Isn't the water ghost Zhou Ze? What does it have to do with Wang Hezhi?"
"Because, the water ghost is Wang Hezhi!"
Lu Zhongyu was shocked.
"impossible!"
Xu Chong spoke up, "When I was in Canglong, I checked many reward orders, including those of water ghosts. The height and appearance of the three portraits cannot be changed by Master."
"That's what you're talking about, right?"
Lu Zhong turned over his hand and took out a reward order, "Indeed, the Tongmai realm's bone shrinking and shape-changing cannot change the height difference to that much."
"but……"
"Water ghosts are neither in the state of meridians nor can they change their appearance by shrinking their bones and changing their shape!"
I know it's not the Tongmai realm...
Is it possible to change the appearance by shrinking the bones and changing the shape?
What's the meaning?
Xu Chong's heart was up and down, and his eyes were full of confusion.
"As early as twenty years ago, the water ghost was the leader of the dark son of Zhang Hua Mansion."
Lu Zhong continued, "Fifteen years ago, Xie Changqing's brother died suddenly. The Xie family was furious and spent a lot of effort to find the murderer."
"Later, when we were about to investigate Canglong County, our manpower suddenly lost contact."
"The Xie family sent out people one after another, but the result was the same. As soon as they entered Canglong, contact was immediately lost."
"Among them are many masters of the first level of body washing."
"You must know that warriors in the body-washing realm, whether they are placed in the imperial court or on the Taiping Road, can suppress a province."
"The power of the upper-level Xie family was greatly damaged, and the higher-ups couldn't do anything lightly. They had no choice but to postpone the matter, and finally let it go."
"But Xie Changqing himself did not give up. He kept investigating secretly. He spent two years investigating, and finally suspected the water ghost."
Speaking of this, Lu Zhong shook his head with emotion, "This Xie Changqing is really not an ordinary person. He is cruel enough, patient enough, and wise enough."
"At that time, both within Taiping Dao and the imperial court, the information on water ghosts was only at the first or second level of Tongmai."
"Xie Changqing directly overturned this point, analyzed it layer by layer, and finally came to a conclusion."
"The water ghost is not to open the meridians at all, but to cleanse the body!"
"As for why it was not discovered by Taiping Dao when it was unsealed, it's because of the same treasure."
Lu Zhong slowly spit out three words: "Wu Xiangyi."
"No Xiangyi?"
Zhang Shunyi became more and more puzzled: "I've heard of this, but... isn't it in the hands of the rebel in Taiping Road? It seems to be called Wei Wuxie, and he should have disappeared with Wei Wuxie now.
.”
"The Wu Xiang Yi is not just one piece."
Lu Zhong stretched out his right hand. "He also has a name - Huan Zhen Tian Fragment."
In the palm of his hand, there was a square jade tablet half the size of a palm.