After Gu Cheng and the other four settled in the place arranged for them by Mojiang Mansion, no one came here to cause trouble.
Although the strength of Wanmao Villa is not strong, it has very good connections. There are many people like Zhu Heng in the Villa. They are often invited by some big sects to teach their disciples to improve their skills, etc., but they have also formed some connections. relation.
Besides, he is the organizer of the Heavenly Book Conference. If you don't even give the organizer the respect, and wantonly invade the territory of Wanmo Villa, this would be a bit too much.
However, someone came to invite Gu Cheng to a banquet the next day. They were Tan Zizai, the governor of Jiangbei County, and Li Shanchang, the king of Yongling in Daqian.
The two of them invited Gu Cheng to the banquet, and Gu Cheng was not surprised at all.
They were all from the imperial court. This time, Gu Cheng came to attend the Heavenly Book Conference on behalf of the imperial court. Gu Cheng caused such a big disturbance yesterday, so of course they wanted to see Gu Cheng after they found out.
In fact, Gu Cheng doesn't want to have much to do with them. Although everyone is from the imperial court, there are so many factions in the Daqian imperial court that you don't know who they are from or what their relationship is with them.
Therefore, it is best to stay away from such existence.
But now that everyone has taken the initiative to invite Gu Cheng to come, wouldn't it look a bit disrespectful if he didn't go?
So Gu Cheng directly changed into Jing Yesi's black armor and followed the visitor to the restaurant in Mojiang Mansion.
Gu Cheng actually knew about Yongling King Li Shanchang and Tan Zizai, the governor of Jiangbei County.
Since he came to Jiangbei, he must also find some information about Jiangbei to understand.
There is nothing wrong with Tan Zizai's resume, and the other party is in the standard promotion order of people in Jingyesi.
He worked his way from the lowest level of the Xuanjia Guard to the night watchman, the commander-in-chief of a small state government, and the commander-in-chief of a large state government. Then he was transferred to the capital to be an inspector. After a few years of experience, he returned to Jiangbei to be his supervisor. The governor came.
There are actually not many governors with this kind of resume in Jingyesi. Tan Zizai is pretty good. He also has the gilded experience of supervisor. This position is also of low weight. Generally speaking, people who can sit in this position are. In the future, it is almost 100% possible to be released as a governor.
The Yongling King Li Shanchang is what Gu Cheng is really interested in. This man is definitely the number one figure in the Daqian royal family. He is one of the few princes in the Daqian royal family who has real power over the land and can blatantly recruit followers. .
Li Shanchang is the uncle of the current emperor. At the beginning, he was just an idle prince, and his fiefdom was in a bitter and cold frontier land with little oil and water, so he spent most of his time in the capital.
But in the battle for the heir, Li Shanchang was the only one who was very optimistic about Li Yuangong, who was just a follower of the prince at the time. The relationship between uncle and nephew was very good.
Therefore, after the battle for the heir, Li Yuangong immediately changed Li Shanchang's fiefdom to the center of the land south of the Yangtze River and north of the Yangtze River. This place was quite rich and fertile, and it was definitely a treasure land that all the royal family would drool over.
In addition to these, Li Yuangong gave Li Shanchang a lot of titles and various powers, which were better than those given to his own son.
Of course, Li Shanchang is also a very sensible person. Even though Li Yuangong gave him so much power, he never used it indiscriminately. He just acted as his idle prince peacefully. Although there were some Jianghu people as retainers in the mansion, he did not use it indiscriminately. They are all deviant cultivators who are good at various abilities and do odd jobs for the palace. Only a few of them are the guards for the guests and others.
Gu Cheng still admired this prince very much. He controlled so much power but did not abuse it at all, and was able to maintain such rationality without being inflated. It was rare in the world.
In the largest restaurant in Mojiang Mansion, Gu Cheng pushed open the private room on the top floor, smiled and said, "My subordinate, Gu Cheng, has met the prince and Lord Tan."
Tan Zizai, the governor of Jiangbei County, is a middle-aged man wearing a purple robe. He has an majestic and dignified face. At first glance, he has the kind of temperament that can only be cultivated after years of pampering.
The King of Yongling, Li Shanchang, was a bit younger than Gu Cheng expected. The other party looked at him as if he was in his early sixties, and even felt that his complexion was better than that of Emperor Li Yuangong of Daqian.
In fact, this person is indeed not much older than Li Yuangong, and although he does not have a very strong cultivation level, he uses nourishing ingredients and elixirs every day, and has nothing to worry about except eating, drinking and having fun. , naturally looks younger.
Li Shanchang laughed and said: "Master Gu is indeed a talented person in my work. I have heard about what happened yesterday. Master Gu took action to take down three major sects, and also made the monks of the Yamantaka Temple suffer. It is not easy, it is quite It’s not easy.”
Tan Zizai also nodded: "Everyone knows the tyranny of the Yamantaka Temple, and it is not easy for you to defeat them."
Gu Cheng smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty and Mr. Tan, please stop laughing at me. If the people from Wanmo Villa had not stepped forward to rescue the situation in time, this matter would not have been able to go as smoothly as it did."
Li Shanchang waved his hand and said: "These gangsters are so unruly. They know how to fight and kill all day long. Mr. Gu, you don't have to worry about it. You are a young master trained by me. If anything happens to you, I will Daqian will never give up."
Gu Cheng touched his nose.
Li Shanchang's words just sounded nice. In fact, if he died, Daqian would indeed go to the Yamantaka Temple to trouble him because of face problems. However, as long as the Yamantaka Temple makes certain concessions , this matter is over.
Daqian would not fight to the end with the Yamantaka Temple for him, the commander of the Eastern Region, and he was not the illegitimate son of Emperor Daqian.
A living young master is valuable, but a dead young master is worthless.
Li Shanchang waved his hand and asked the servants to start serving food.
After a while of greetings, Tan Zizai asked tentatively: "Gu Xiaoyou is from the capital. At your age, you have become the commander of the Eastern Territory. It is really not easy. In the future, you will definitely have a place in the position of governor. .
I haven’t been to the capital for a long time, and this time the headquarters suddenly sent you to attend the Heavenly Book Conference. Why is the headquarters suddenly interested in this kind of thing?"
Li Shanchang's purpose of inviting Gu Cheng to the banquet was very simple. He had heard about the prince's character and praised him a lot. He was a kind man and understood the rules. When people from the court came to his fief, he would meet them as long as they had some reputation and status. See you, treat him to a banquet, and show your kindness to the landlord.
But Tan Zizai's purpose was not simple. The other party was obviously a little uneasy about Gu Cheng's arrival, thinking that the imperial court had some opinions on Jiangbei, so he bypassed them and sent people from the headquarters to participate in the Book of Heaven. General Assembly.
The matter between Jingyesi and Wanmo Villa was not a big secret, and Gu Cheng did not hide it. He directly told Tan Zizai the cause and effect.
In the end, Gu Cheng drank a glass of wine, smiled and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Tan, there is actually no other intention from the headquarters.
Wanmo Villa takes the initiative to invite me, Jingyesi, to attend the Heavenly Book Conference. Since they have already spoken, we can't refuse, right?
This is a good opportunity to enhance the reputation of our company, Jingyesi. Although my subordinates are not talented, they still have some strength within the headquarters of Jingyesi, so I was sent to participate in the conference."
Hearing what Gu Cheng said, Tan Zizai breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the wine glass and said, "In that case, I wish Gu Xiaoyou a good start and give me, Jingyesi, a chance to win."
The three of them exchanged polite and somewhat false greetings and compliments, and drank until dark, when Gu Cheng left.
After walking out of the restaurant, Gu Cheng gently shook his head.
Although he is from Jingyesi, although he is an official himself, he actually doesn't like dealing with people in the officialdom. It's too complicated and hypocritical.
Every time you say a word, you have to think about it for three minutes in your mind, whether there is something wrong with what you said, whether it is appropriate, etc., and when you speak, you have to say three points and leave one point. This kind of banquet is really tiring.
Gu Cheng actually preferred to drink and chat with Yan Beigong and the others, talking about anecdotes about the world, some doubts and difficulties in practice, etc.
When Gu Cheng was about to walk to the house arranged for them by Wanmo Villa, he suddenly felt a strong aura passing through the street on the other side.
Gu Cheng didn't care at all. There were a lot of people in Mojiang Mansion at this time, so it was normal for people to be running around at night.
However, the breath that came immediately after that breath was very familiar to Gu Cheng. It turned out to be Yan Beigong.
Gang Qi broke out and Gu Cheng jumped to the roof, just in time to see Yan Beigong chasing after him.
"Brother Yan, who are you chasing? Are there enemies from Nanjiu County here?"
Yan Beigong waved his hand and motioned for Gu Cheng to follow him, while saying: "It's not the enemy, it's those bastards from the White Lotus Sect!
I just went out to buy wine and happened to notice their scent, so I came after them.
But these guys can't fight head-on, and they escape very quickly. I'm not good at speed-related secrets, so I almost lost them."
Gu Cheng raised his eyebrows and said, "Brother Yan, restrain your anger and leave it to me."
As Gu Cheng's words fell, the door to the ruins in his body opened wide, and boundless sharp energy burst out. However, it was not an attack, but it coerced the figures of Gu Cheng and Yan Beigong, and rushed straight to the place in front of him.
The breath of the White Lotus cultivator went away.
Yan Beigong had seen Gu Cheng use Wanren Guixu. He only knew that this was an extremely powerful technique, but he did not expect that it could be used like this.
With the extreme speed brought by Wanren Guixu, Gu Cheng and Yan Beigong saw a practitioner in front of him wearing a white robe, covering his whole body almost in the blink of an eye.
Gu Cheng stabbed out with his sword, and the Qinglong Martial Arts transformed into a dragon-shaped sword and roared out, heading straight towards the back of the White Lotus Sect practitioner.
The opponent seemed not to have expected that Gu Cheng and the others behind him would be able to catch up. Without being able to catch him, his body-protecting aura was directly chopped into pieces, and he fell to the ground with a muffled groan.