Dongjiang Province is a province located in the eastern part of the Great Xia Kingdom, where the territory is vast, the mountains stretch out in the territory, the rivers are vertical and horizontal, and the rolling rivers go to the east and flow into the territory of the adjacent Qi State.

Zizhumen and the vast Ziwei Mountain it occupies are both within the territory of Dongjiang Province. Yuzhou City, Muzhou City, and even the Muye Mountain, which stretches for tens of thousands of miles adjacent to Muzhou City, are all within the jurisdiction of Dongjiang Province.

Ningzhou City, the capital of Dongjiang Province, is located at the confluence of two major rivers, where the transportation is convenient, and the land and water routes extend in all directions, and it has always been a battleground for soldiers.

Ningzhou City is built across the river, which is very majestic and wide. The area of Ningzhou City is more than ten times larger than that of Yuzhou City. The city is prosperous with commerce, and there is an endless stream of businessmen who come and go to Ningzhou every day. Some of them took the land route, and they could see many merchants lined up in long queues or riding horses or riding carriages, entering and leaving Ningzhou City. There are also countless boats, competing for the current, entering the city of Ningzhou by water from different directions. In the city of Ningzhou, there are many wharves where ships can be moored, and goods come and go back and forth on the wharf.

The highest administrative officials in Dongjiang Province are the Governor and the Governor. In terms of status, the governor is higher and is the third grade, and the political envoy is slightly lower, and he is from the third grade. There are also slight differences in the division of labor, with the governor in charge of the evaluation and supervision of officials, as well as the security of provincial towns and state capitals, and the litigation and trial of various cases. The political envoy is mainly responsible for the day-to-day administration of a province, such as money and grain, household registration, construction, construction, and so on. The governor of Dongjiang Province and the political envoy Yamen were all built in Ningzhou City.

The reason why the imperial court sent two feudal officials to a province was to keep them in check with each other and unable to form a strong local force. Therefore, the governors of each province and the political envoys are more or less at odds. However, although the relationship between the governor of Dongjiang Province and the political envoy is not very good, it is not bad, and the face is still passable. They usually stay in their respective yamen to handle official business, and the two rarely see each other except for large occasions, but with Lin Jun's appointment, the two top governors of the provincial government have come together again.

In the study in the backyard of the governor's yamen, Shi Yongtai, the political envoy of Dongjiang Province who came to visit, said: "Your Excellency, the current Ministry of Literature and Literature is good enough, and if you don't give me face, you don't expect to even give your governor face." The two of us who recommended the prefect were all refuted, and instead of giving us the opportunity to recommend them again, we directly appointed a Lin Jun who had never heard of it. Who is this Lin Jun, I found out after many inquiries that he is just an ordinary disciple in the Zizhumen sect. How did the ordinary disciples of the sect gain fame? All this makes people suspicious. ”

Gui Zhongde, the governor who sat at the head of the study, said: "The people in the sect have always been dedicated to cultivation and do not care about the world. How can they have fame? This Lin Jun's status as a jinshi is very likely to be fake. ”

Shi Yongtai said: "Fake? Impossible, when appointing an official, the Ministry of Literature and Literature must first verify the person's qualifications. Jinshi status, that's the most important thing. This is very easy to check, go to the tribute court of the Ministry of Rites and look through the file, you can know whether this person is real or fake. Could it be that those officials of the Wenxuan Division were so negligent that they couldn't even find out a fake jinshi?"

Gui Zhongde took a sip of tea, shook his head, and said with a smile: "Master Shi, are you really confused or fake? Those officials in the Literature and Anthology Department of the Ministry of Officials are the best at picking bones in eggs, even if it is a normally promoted official, they will find fault with him in different ways, and then wait for the other party to go and slap him." How could he hide such a big thing as Jinshi's identity from those guys? According to me, Lin Jun's Jinshi identity was precisely what the Wenxuan Division helped him get. ”

Shi Yongtai said in surprise: "What? What is the origin of this Lin Jun? He actually asked the group of guys who ate meat and didn't spit out bones in the Literature and Anthology Department of the Ministry of Officials to help him forge his resume. Does Zizhumen have such a great influence? I really haven't seen it. ”

Governor Gui Zhongde said: "This Lin Jun is just an ordinary disciple of the Zizhu Sect, the Zizhu Sect still has some fame in our Dongjiang Province, but after arriving at the national capital Yujing City, the Zizhu Gate is a small sect with a little-known name, even if their Supreme Elder personally comes forward, the officials may not sell his face." After many inquiries, I learned that the son of King Chengjun met Lin Jun when he was serving as a messenger and took everyone to the Holy Land Yuhuatai. And now Xia Muyan is a member of the Ministry of Literature and Anthology, and at the same time he was also made a marquis, and he was close to the water and the building was the first to get the moon, Xia Muyan should not be difficult to help Lin Jun get a prefect position now. ”

Shi Yongtai said: "It's a pity that the shortage of Muzhou Mansion has just been vacated, but it has been taken away by others. Didn't that Xia Muyan just bring back a treasure from the Feather Terrace? ”

Gui Zhongde said: "I heard people in the court say that at first, His Majesty the Emperor planned to directly crown him as the king of the county, but because of the persuasion of Lord Xie Xuanxie, the minister of the upper study, His Majesty the Emperor temporarily withdrew his order, and it seems that finding a rare treasure and offering it will indeed be greatly rewarded by His Majesty." We might as well find a way to find a rare treasure and present it, so that it is not impossible for you and me to be promoted to become rich, and even enter the center of the imperial court. “

Shi Yongtai said: "Our Dongjiang Province is located in a remote area, most of the area is a wild place, what treasure can we find here? There are some spirit stone mines in the territory, and there are a few spar mines, but these things are still treasures in Dongjiang Province, if you get the national capital Yujing City, these things are no different from ordinary stones, even if you get more spirit stones and spars to send them, what's the use?"

Gui Zhongde said: " Of course, the spirit stone spar is not good, but I heard that in the deep mountains of Muye, there are many demon cultivators, among which the high cultivation is called the demon fairy, and the strong among the demon immortals is also called the demon king, the demon king's practice cultivation is comparable to a monk in the spirit god realm, if you can capture such a demon king, kill it and take its demon pill, the value of the demon pill on his body is definitely not inferior to a fairy stone, if we can obtain this demon pill, then it will be a great achievement, if this demon pill is offered, it will definitely be happy. ”

After listening to Gui Zhongde's words, Shi Yongtai suddenly realized, he slapped the table and said, "Lord Prefect, let's go and gather people." And then in this way, let Lin Jun, the prefect of Muzhou Prefecture, take the lead with his own people, if he is killed by demon cultivators in Muye Mountain, we will report him to sacrifice his life for the country, so that the post of prefect of Muzhou Prefecture will be vacant again. ”