There are three parts in A Chinese Ghost Story. Parts 1 and 2 are consecutive and the stories are in the same vein. .
The first part tells the story of Ning Caichen, who stayed at Lanruo Temple overnight, met Yan Chixia, and fell in love with the female ghost Nie Xiaoqian, and the three of them fought against Grandma Shu and the old demon from Montenegro.
The second part is about Ning Caichen meeting Ye Zhiqiu on the road and seeing Fu Qingfeng who looks very similar to Xiaoqian, which leads to the overt and covert struggle between Fu Tianchou and Pudu Cihang.
Wang Xu originally thought that the battle between Fu Tianchou and Pudu Cihang would not begin until at least a few months later, but he did not expect that the battle between the two sides would begin now.
It's okay to deceive laymen during the Southern Tour. If he couldn't tell that Pudu Cihang's Southern Tour was targeting Fu Tianqiu, he wouldn't need to fool around.
"Where will the Cihang Hall be built? How long will it take? When will the Imperial Guards' southern inspection tour be held?" Wang Xu asked casually as he closed the official letter and handed it to Zuo Qianhu.
Zuo Qianhu put the official letter away and replied: "It's not clear where the Cihang Hall will be built. As for how long it will take to build it, the construction period is very tight. The Imperial Guard requires it to be solved as soon as possible, so that it can be inspected in the south on August 15th.
It needs to be fixed before **.”
Wang Xu counted the time and frowned: "August 15th, isn't that only one month away?"
Yesterday was the Ghost Festival on July 15th, and Pudu Cihang’s southern tour was scheduled for August 15th, so it was only a month old.
One month is definitely not enough to build a Cihang Hall. I am afraid I have to choose a temple to modify it and put up the sign of Cihang Hall.
"Change the temple?"
When Wang Xu thought of changing the temple, he thought of the Qingjing Temple.
Monk Mo Yun, the abbot of the Qingjing Temple, even told his disciples before he died to seal the mountain gate and take refuge in Xiangguo Temple. Could it be that he had noticed something in advance.
I'm sure this is really the case. Monk Mo Yun comes from the Xiangguo Temple lineage, which belongs to the same Buddhist sect as White Horse Temple, Mount Wutai, and Shaolin Temple.
Buddhism supports the princelings, and Pudu Cihang is a chess piece pushed out by Buddhism. Monk Mo Yun was among them, and perhaps he sensed something, so he made arrangements for his disciples to close the mountain gate and return to Xiangguo Temple to avoid it.
"The schedule is a little tight this time, but the Imperial Master is very nice and reminded me that I would rather build the Cihang Hall in a crude way than waste money and people." When it came to Pudu Cihang, Zuo Qianhu said
There was obvious respect in his tone, and it was obvious that Pudu Cihang had a good reputation in the capital.
Wang Xu smiled and said nothing. The fact that A Chinese Ghost Story 2 started so quickly showed that the struggle in the court was very fierce.
But this is fine, if there is a stalemate and a protracted war, Wang Xu is not in the mood to continue playing with them.
"Go down. If you need any help from the guards, just ask. You are from my Jinyi Guards, and a family will not talk about two families." Wang Xu knew that in this fight, the losers were Pudu Cihang and the princeling.
, so it’s okay to say polite words, but I have no intention of getting on the broken ship of the princelings.
As for whether Pudu Cihang will turn around and become a winner in life, Wang Xu is not optimistic about this possibility.
After all, whether it is Pudu Cihang or Fu Tianchou, they are actually just the epitome of the struggle among the upper class.
This chess game can be viewed from three perspectives. The simpler one is Fu Tianqiu versus Pudu Cihang.
The deeper one is the princelings versus the Donglin Party.
But fundamentally, it is the prince versus the emperor, the Taoist sect versus the Buddhist sect, and the bet is on the rise and fall of the Buddhist and Taoist families for hundreds of years, and the power game that revolves around the hegemony of the dynasty.
Pudu Cihang and Fu Tianqiu are just like the Great Shang and the Great Zhou in the list of gods. It looks like a battle between Shang and Zhou, but in fact the key to the struggle is not here at all.
"I'm sorry to say goodbye. If there is any need, I will come and ask for help."
Zuo Qianhu, who was not even a chess piece, had no idea of the twists and turns, and still thought that building the main hall for Pudu Cihang was really prepared for the Southern Inspection Corps.
Wang Xu did not reveal the truth and waved his hand for Zuo Qianhu to step back. After Zuo Qianhu left, he began to think about what to do next.
First of all, he had no intention of getting involved in the party struggle. He just wanted to ride on Fu Tianchou's coattails.
In this way, you can't get too close to Fu Tianqiu and Pudu Cihang, so as not to be thrown out casually as pawns crossing the river.
But it shouldn’t be too far away. The person watching from the wall may not be a fisherman, but it may also be a gecko riding on the wall.
The mantis stalks the cicada, followed by the oriole. What matters is not the order of return, but whether you are a mantis or an oriole.
If it is an oriole, even if there is no mantis to eat, it can still eat the cicada, and it will not go hungry.
On the other hand, if it's a gecko, you need to be careful.
In the end, if the cicada is not eaten, but the mantis and oriole take notice of it, then the gain outweighs the loss.
"Being not far from Pudu Cihang, and a little bit close to Fu Tianchou, this should be a sure profit, right?" Wang Xu thought in his mind. As for the specifics, he still has to take a step at a time.
Wang Xu ate the next meal absentmindedly, and he and Ning Caichen became two bored gourds.
Ye Zhiqiu drank and ate by himself, and left after the meal, saying he was going to deal with some mountain ghost.
Ning Caichen was still sad and clamored to choose a geomantic treasure place to make a shelter for Xiaoqian's ashes.
Wang Xu didn't stop him, and the three of them parted ways in the afternoon. It was up to fate to decide when they could see each other next time, and whether there was still a chance to do so.
Jinyiwei,weisuo
"Sir, Miss Fu came to see you again in the morning. When she heard that you were not here, she went back and said she would come back tomorrow."
Back at the guardhouse, the Jin Yiwei on duty came to report, and it turned out to be that girl Fu Yuechi again.
This girl is really not easy to worry about. After listening to a few stories about rivers and lakes, she actually became obsessed with Ruyi Enmity and wanted to be a knight-errant in the rivers and lakes.
Is it so easy to be a chivalrous woman? Once you enter the world, you can't help yourself. Some of them can end well.
"You are still too young. How can an adult do this?"
Wang Xu pushed the door open and walked into the room. He sat on a chair and looked through the secret files to see if anything important happened yesterday.
In Xicheng, Fuzhou, a young lady from the Xia family stole someone, and the person she stole was a young boy in the family. It was suspected that he had a secret knot.
The county captain of Yuquan County is marrying his ninth concubine today. It is said that the concubine's father, who is two years younger than the county captain's son, fainted from crying three times in the morning.
Zheng Xiucai of Fushui County sued his clan brother for occupying fertile farmland and brought the case to court.
Widow Zhang from Miyun Village lost her husband for seven years. She recently had a happy wedding, and her husband's family is beating gongs and drums to find the murderer.
All the affairs of Fuzhou, big and small, are basically written on the secret sheets. After reading these secret sheets, Fuzhou will be clearly understood.
There are also various types of secret secrets. In addition to formal secret secrets, there are also some gossips.
Of course, gossip is also a knowledge. For example, the county captain of Yuquan County is already sixty-seven this year, and he still has the energy to take care of the ninth concubine.
Where did he get the money? The nine-bedroom concubine doesn't eat or drink. She must have spent a lot of money to buy several boxes of rouge and gouache a year.
It can be seen from this that the Yuquan County magistrate is not too honest. Now Wang Xu can laugh it off. When he wants to deal with him, these secrets will be the evidence.
There is also the Xia family in the west of the city, which is also an aristocratic family and has produced a fourth-grade prefect.
This is not about a top-notch servant. In ancient times, it was a big deal for a young lady to steal someone. Regardless of the reason, any young boy who had an affair would be beaten to death.
As for the secret book, the handling of the boy is ambiguous. If there is something fishy here, we will have to send it out and investigate again.
Wang Xu knew something about the Xia family and knew that it was an official and business family. Some in the family were officials to gain power, and some were in business to gain wealth.
Moreover, we are still in the shipping business. Logically speaking, there are only a few good people who dare to make a living in shipping.
But a young boy was so mysterious that there was no three hundred taels of silver in this place.
After reviewing and correcting, some secret files were sealed, some were destroyed, and some were sent back for re-investigation.
Wang Xu picked and picked and found that except for the transformation of the Qingjing Temple into a mountain, nothing major happened yesterday.
As for where there was a murder, where someone was attacked by ghosts, these things are trivial matters, just like in reality it is not news that dogs bite people, but people biting dogs is news. In a world where ghosts are common, everyone has long been accustomed to it.
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"Hey, Red Mansion Shipyard!"
Picking up a secret book, Wang Xu became more energetic and saw clearly written on the secret book: "Ten years later, the Red Mansion Shipyard appeared again. 27 people disappeared mysteriously overnight and their whereabouts are unknown."