Lantern Ascending Dragon

After the chief priest Lu Zheng came to the cabinet, he said that he knew a little about the Lantern Society, which attracted Yu Wenshen and all the adults to scramble to ask, Lu Zheng stroked his beard, coughed dryly, and said a little proudly: "The old man is in charge of the Autumn Palace, and he has been in charge of punishment for many years, and he also knows a little about the Lantern Society in your mouth. It's a person who eats both black and white. Through the exploration of these people, the lantern society has halls in various places, and it is also a rule to walk in the rivers and lakes, and they have also done some chivalrous deeds. The good thing of building bridges and roads, I guess the son has also heard of this trip. ”

"Yes, I heard a lot of news about the Lantern Festival along the way." Yu Wenshen seemed to be very impatient to hear Lu Zheng say that these were useless, so he asked directly: "I only heard that the lantern will be famous in the rivers and lakes, but this son is more interested in talking about finding out the news." Operate strongly. Are the rumors of entering and leaving the Houmen true? If it's true, then they have to be used by us! ”

As soon as the words fell, everyone's expressions became strange, and the atmosphere here became a little inexplicable.

"Huh...... What Gongzi said about the Lantern Society's ability is somewhat flattering by the people of the rivers and lakes, but in fact, they don't have that much ability, they just form gangs, fight with each other, and fight with each other in the rivers and lakes. You don't need to be surprised, Old Man Rong said slowly. Lu Zheng took a sip of tea and said a little sarcastically.

Yu Wenshen got up, personally picked up the teapot and walked to Lu Zheng, and made him a cup of tea, Lu Zheng hurriedly straightened up, held the teacup with both hands and said, "I can't help it, childe ......"

"You sit!" Yuwen Shen said while holding Lu Zheng's shoulder, then returned to his seat, and said while putting the teapot: "According to what you just said, then the rumors of this lantern festival are not false. ”

"It's not fake, that's it, but these deeds of the Lantern Society, but they have indeed accumulated a lot of power for themselves, presumably the son has also heard about it, the evaluation of the Lantern Club on the rivers and lakes, what is the wisdom of Wolong, the mystery of the Ghost Valley, in the old man's view, this Wolong's talent, who can see it if he meets a master like Uncle Liu Huang? Hahaha......" Lu Zheng laughed playfully, and the few people who were doing it also laughed.

Yu Wenshen also sneered and said, "What about the Ghost Valley Technique?" Do you still want to find Su Qin and Zhang Yi to lobby the world? ”

The people below saw that Yu Wenshen was joking, so they laughed louder. Only Lu Zhenggan laughed twice and said: "Childe, everyone, although we have not yet learned the talent of Wolong, the Lantern Society is very handy in the vertical and horizontal technique of this ghost valley." ”

"How? Please let me know. Yuwen asked with a deep bow.

"It all started with the rise of the Lantern Society." Lu Zheng took a sip of tea, put down the teacup and said: "It was about more than ten years ago, yes, not long after Tsukasa Zai had just destroyed the Zhao clan and took power, a group of masters in the Pubu of southern Xinjiang suddenly went north, severely damaged the soldiers on the border, and wandered in several nearby states and counties, picking on the officials and soldiers of my Great Zhou, and slaughtering the officials of several states and counties in my southern border, and the methods were extremely cruel. These people act quickly, martial arts are strong, when the imperial court gets the news, dispatch troops to clean up, these people have already marched into the interior, for a while, people are panicked, all say that this is a monster from the mountains and forests of southern Xinjiang that eats people and does not spit out bones. Just as they were about to attack the mainland, two people stood up and stopped them, thus avoiding a catastrophe. ”

"I've heard about this before, but I don't know who has the ability to resolve this crisis?" A doctor next to him asked.

"These two people, one of them you may recognize, is the Master Tongyuan of Chang'an Juemi Temple." Lu Zheng said.

"Oh! Master Tongyuan, it turned out to be him! "Someone suddenly realized.

"The master's martial arts are superb and compassionate, and he has made such merits, which is really admirable." The doctor who asked the question just now exclaimed.

"What about the other one? Could it be the people of the Lantern Society? Yu Wenshen asked.

"Childe really has a cold eye, yes, the other is the leader of the Lantern Society, this person's name is Zhu Xuanzhi, it is said that he is still very young, at that time, Master Tongyuan, Zhu Xuanzhi and the leader of the group of demons, what is the name of the valley master, and later I learned that the group of demons came from the Valley of Eternal Life, and they talked in detail for three days and three nights in a ruined hut on the side of the road. In the end, the valley owner promised to return to southern Xinjiang and not invade the interior again. As for what they talked about in the house, I am afraid that no one knows it except them. Lu Zheng shook his head.

"Could it be that Master Tongyuan's martial arts are strong and shocked those people?" Someone asked.

"Nope! No matter how high the master's martial arts are, it is difficult for one person to fight against those hundreds of masters, it must be the leader of the Lantern Society who lobbied and lobbied, Chen Ming is powerful, so they retreated, don't forget, the hundred schools of thought, the ghost valley is vertical and horizontal, what are they best at. Yu Wenshen quickly thought of this.

"That's right, Childe is indeed right, and later Master Tongyuan's evaluation of the Lantern Society Gang Leader Zhu Xuanzhi also proves Childe's statement." Lu Zheng affirmed Yu Wenshen's guess.

"What does the master say about Zhu Xuanzhi?" Yu Wenshen pressed one arm on the desk, leaned forward and asked.

"It's such a poem." Lu Zheng paused for a moment and slowly groaned: "The desert yellow dragon is raging, and the nine hells are corroded. Angrily pull out the sea of blood and dye the flying clouds, and shake the nine heavens to see the mystery! ”

"It seems that the master's evaluation of this bamboo Xuanzhi is quite high." After listening to this, Yu Wenshen slowly retracted back into place.

"Yes, except for the master's disciple of the remnants of the chaotic party, the junior who can be so appreciated by the master, I'm afraid there is only this Zhu Xuanzhi." Lu Zheng touched his beard and said.

Everyone was speechless, and after a while, Yuwen Shen asked: "What does it mean on the plain silk that the son got from this book, does it refer to this person?" ”

Lu Zheng got up, took Yu Wenshen's plain silk, spread it out and read:

"The world is changing, and the bamboo sea sits and watches the lanterns. The fire is extinguished, and the bamboo is extinguished, but the purple gas comes from the east. Well, yes, the four lines of poetry on this silk are talking about the Lantern Society. Lu Zheng said affirmatively.

"So what does that mean? Ben Gongzi personally went to the bamboo building of the Yizhou Lantern Festival and spent nearly 100,000 taels of silver, did he tell me, eh-we are the most powerful gangs in this world? We want to declare our existence to you Yuwenshen! How will this lantern be used by me, without saying a word? They wouldn't be unaware of my intentions in going up to the bamboo building, would they? Yu Wenshen said helplessly.

"Childe, don't be impatient, let the old man say slowly." Lu Zheng said with a smile. Yuwen Shen closed his mouth and let out a breath from his nose, and scolded in his heart: "The old guy has something to say, say it quickly!" But he still said, "Tell me about it." ”

"Childe, please look at the first two sentences of this poem, it is about the people of the lantern society, as long as you sit in the bamboo forest, look at the news in the lantern from everywhere, you have already known the world's major events, this is obviously a bit of a boast, the Son of Heaven has the world, Tsukasa Zai has a general overview of the dynasty, this world events, how can the first-order rivers and lakes know everything. The focus is on the last two sentences, the fire is extinguished, the bamboo is withered and annihilated, but the purple gas comes from the east. Childe, this is a kind of splitting the word, not some celestial fortune, the "fire" of the word "lantern" is extinguished, and the "bamboo" is withered, what do you see left? Lu Zheng stepped forward with a plain silk and pointed it out to Yuwen Shen, looking at the second son with a smile in his eyes, his expression was full of pride.

As soon as Yu Wenshen and the rest of the people heard Lu Zheng say this, they immediately became enlightened: the 'fire' of the lantern was extinguished, and the 'bamboo' withered, so wouldn't there be only "Denglong" left. (Note: The lantern is traditional for lantern)

"Hehehe, Childe, only when the 'fire' is extinguished and the 'bamboo' withered, can there be an auspicious sign of purple qi coming from the east. Childe may not know that the leader of this lantern club also has an extremely secret name, called 'Mr. Denglong', he is a genius who knows the art of Denglong, Childe wants to achieve great things, absolutely indispensable to this person's help, the lantern will give you plain silk is not a lie. Lu Zheng leaned on the opposite side of Yuwen Shen's case, stared at him with both eyes, and said solemnly.

Yu Wenshen held the plain silk tightly in his hand, closed his eyes, leaned back, and thought......

"This lantern will really be a princess selling melons and boasting about herself! Therefore, it is nothing more than cheating money to deceive the son, even if it is recommended by Mao Sui, this is also blowing himself too godly. The doctor just now was in a hurry, and he suddenly shouted.

Lu Zheng turned around and drank: "Just 100,000 taels of silver, you see, the Lantern Club can't look down on it, one person can organize such a large and well-thought-out gang, and it has been prosperous for ten years, can this be blown out just by blowing?" ”

The doctor seemed to be stopped by this question, speechless, and the others didn't speak again, and after a while, Yuwenshen said slowly: "No......"

"Isn't that right? Childe, what's wrong? Lu Zheng asked in surprise, and the people below also stared at Yu Wenshen's face.

"No, it's not one hundred thousand taels, it's ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine taels......," Yuwen Shen said leisurely, holding Su Juan.

"Yes, this lantern will already hint at it, this is a ninety-five number. Childe, what are you hesitating about, you don't want to try to include this person under your command, otherwise let others preempt it and ......"

Before Lu Zheng finished speaking, Yuwen stood up with a "Teng" change and ordered: "Quick!" Quickly send someone to Jingzhou and Yizhou to find out the whereabouts of this Mr. Zhu, and my son wants to learn from Uncle Liu Huang back then, and look at the thatched house! ”