In the afternoon of the same day, the decree of the King of Jin was promulgated, ordering the formation of the Ministry of Agriculture, appointing Wen Ji, the servant of the Southern Tang Dynasty who resigned and returned to the north, as the Minister of Agriculture, and at the same time added the title of governor to replace Xue Changshou into the counselor's hall.

This appointment really made the Chang'an government and the opposition in an uproar, and many people knew that it would be the Hedong forces that would enter the cabinet counselor's hall, either the Wang family or the Pei family, but they didn't expect that it would be Wen Ji who entered the cabinet in the end.

Many people involved had their own reactions, and he went to Xue Xun to drink and talk about his sorrows, and Xue Xun comforted him that the Counsellor's Hall was not a lifelong system, and there would be a chance.

Wei Jian was completely silent, hiding in the courtyard of the deep mansion and no longer showing up, no one knew what he was thinking, but people close to the Wei family knew that there was a split within the Wei family, and the head of the family, Wei Lian, and Wei Yingwu, another important figure in the family, turned their faces, and the two sides no longer interacted.

At the same time, there is also the relationship between Wang Hong and Wen Ji, Wang Hong replied to Wen Ji and scolded Wen Ji, and returned to Hedong angrily, he was angry in his heart, but he didn't dare to turn his face with Guo Song, so he had to put his anger on Wen Ji.

Although Pei Zhen was also very disappointed, his performance was much better than Wang Hong, and he also replied to Wen Ji with a letter, but did not turn his face, but congratulated Wen Ji on his promotion, but the harvest of the Pei family also came, Pei Zhen was appointed by Guo Song as the senior minister, and the prince of Wenxi County, Pei Jin, the son of Pei Zhen, was named the governor of Fang.

The first thing Wen Ji did when he stayed in the Ministry of Agriculture was to prepare a wheat harvesting plan, the wheat was ripe, and the wheat harvest in various places had begun, and Guanzhong was no exception, according to the usual practice, all officials and students had to go down to the field to harvest wheat for three days, and the specific plan was formulated by the Department of Agriculture, and everyone mainly went to participate in the wheat harvesting in the official field, and the plan was formulated very carefully, and the officials were divided into 20 wheat harvesting groups, and went to Chang'an counties to harvest wheat.

Guo Song is the first group, he is the leader, leading more than 30 officials to Xinfeng County to participate in the wheat harvest, last year he took his son Guo Jincheng, this year there is one more, daughter Guo Weiwei is also going, this is Xue Tao's suggestion, Guo Song readily agreed.

Before dawn, a carriage was parked in front of Xianghui Building, Guo Song had already turned over and got on the horse, waiting on the side, Guo Jincheng stepped into the carriage first, Xue Tao brought a straw hat to his daughter, Guo Weiwei was full of interest, she was wearing a samurai uniform, a cloak with a collar, and then a wide-brimmed straw hat, and she actually wore a willow leaf short sword around her waist.

"Wei'er, you don't really go to cut the wheat, just cut a few times, be careful not to tan your skin, the underwear that your mother prepared for you, you remember to change it every day, and also, you have to follow your father, don't run around!"

"Mother, don't worry! It's not my first time going out. ”

Guo Weiwei was a little impatient, "Then I'll go!" ”

"Go ahead! Drink plenty of water on the road. ”

Guo Weiwei also sat in the carriage, and she and her brother each had a female guard with strong martial arts skills to protect her, so there would be no problem.

The two sisters and brothers waved goodbye to their mother, the carriage started slowly, and drove along the palace road to the outside of the palace, Guo Song waved goodbye to his wife, and led dozens of guards to follow the carriage, and the people and horses and vehicles gradually moved away.

Xue Tao returned to the building and met Zhang Minqiu, she looked up at the sky and said with a smile: "Don't be in such a hurry, take a rest first, and then we will set off to Yuzhen Palace after dawn!" ”

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As soon as the day dawned, thousands of wheat cutting teams have been rushing from Chang'an to various places, Guo Song also took dozens of officials and their children to Xinfeng County, generally do not require children to participate in wheat cutting, but many parents in order to train their children to cherish food, will bring their children with them, for children, this is also a three-day social practice class.

At the same time, Xue Tao took two sisters and Liu Caichun also set off, they went to Yuzhen Palace today to pray for blessings, which is also a tradition in various places, during the autumn harvest, the people will go to temples and Taoist temples around the country to incense, praying for good weather next year.

They went to Yuzhen Palace to pray for blessings on the surface, but in fact, there was another purpose, Liu Caichun went to find his master Li Zhi, and Xue Tao wanted to see Ying Caihe, the master of Yuzhen Palace, and she had to make it clear to the other party in person.

There is a large-scale festival in Yuzhen Palace today, and people from all over the world have come to participate, and residents who live in the surrounding area also come to Yuzhen Palace to offer incense and pray for blessings.

However, Yuzhen Palace is a Taoist temple for female Taoists, so whether it is a layman or a pilgrim, they are basically women, and they can't see a man, and men generally go to Xuandu Temple.

Xue Tao and their two carriages slowly stopped at the side gate of Yuzhen Palace, the abbot Lingbi Zhenren had been waiting here for a long time, Xue Tao and several people got out of the carriage, Lingbi Zhenren hurriedly stepped forward and clasped his palms to salute, "Poor Lingbi, see the princess Niangniang!" ”

Xue Tao smiled slightly: "I sent a letter of worship yesterday, and the master of the Guiguan Palace has seen it!" ”

"Qinglian Heavenly Master has seen it, she is waiting for the princess in the back cultivation hall, and Yunxiu is also there!"

Xue Tao nodded, turned back to the other three, and said, "Go ahead!" Cai Chun went to see the master, Minqiu and Youlan went to incense, and I went to meet their palace master. ”

Dugu Youlan hesitated and said, "Eldest sister, let's go with you!" ”

Xue Tao shook his head, "No need, just have Daoming and Daoyue with me, you don't have to worry." ”

At this time, Jingyu stepped forward and clasped his palms together and said, "Master is waiting for Niangniang, please come with me!" ”

The four of them entered the Yuzhen Palace and went separately, and Xue Tao, under the protection of two personal female guards, followed Jingyu to the backyard.

The two personal female guards who protect Xue Tao are actually female Taoists, one of them is called Daoming, the other is called Daoyue, they are the granddaughters of Gongsun Auntie when she left home, a total of four people, they are extremely strong in martial arts, but they have not been in contact with the outside since childhood, social experience is a blank sheet of paper, they don't understand anything, and it is difficult to survive outside.

Gongsun Auntie entrusted the four of them to Guo Song before she feathered, and Guo Song built a small Taoist temple for them, so that the four of them had a home, they didn't have to worry about life, and they could continue to cultivate, but at the same time, the four of them were also responsible for protecting Guo Song's family, Daoqing and Dao Feng followed Dugu Youlan and Zhang Minqiu, and Dao Ming and Dao Yue, who had the highest martial arts, followed behind Xue Tao, inseparable.

In fact, Daoming and Daoyue also know Jingyu who led the way in front, and they are even very familiar, they are orphans who grew up together, practice martial arts together, live together, and were once like sisters, Jingyu and Jingyue followed Ying Caihe, and a few people followed Li Man, and finally died in Ganzhou.

But at this point they were all silent, as if they didn't know each other.

They came to a delicate small courtyard, holding the dust in his hand, wearing a white robe, Ying Caihe had been waiting in front of the small courtyard for a long time.

Ying Caihe didn't expect the princess to see her, she was really a little nervous, although she was a female devil who killed people without blinking, but the other party was the wife of His Royal Highness the King of Jin, and she couldn't afford to provoke her, she could only lower her figure as much as possible and greet the arrival of the princess with a humble attitude.

Ying Caihe stepped forward and clapped his hands together and said: "Immeasurable Tianzun, poor Dao Qinglian, see the princess Niangniang!" ”

Xue Tao looked Ying Caihe up and down, and saw that although she was wearing a Taoist robe, she was beautiful and beautiful, and she looked like she was only twenty years old, her skin was crystal white, and her figure was very tall, half a head taller than herself.

Xue Tao nodded secretly, this woman is indeed a complete stunner, no wonder the husband wants to break the ring for her, Xue Tao smiled slightly: "I disturbed the Qinglian Palace Lord today." ”

"Where! The princess can come, so that the palace is full of splendor, please sit in the house! ”

Xue Tao nodded and walked towards the courtyard, Daoming and Daoyue followed her like a shadow, Jingyu and the others were just about to stop them, but Ying Caihe said: "Don't stop them!" ”

She smiled slightly: "Daoming, Daoyue haven't seen you for a long time, Master's body mound is in Yuzhen Palace, I am here for the rest of my life to guard the master's spirit, you can also go and worship later!" ”

She also said this to Xue Tao, since the princess came to her, she must know her relationship with King Jin, she didn't know if the princess came to denounce herself, but she had to express her position in advance.

Xue Tao's face was flat, but the hostile attitude of Daoming and Daoyue eased a lot, they each built a crown mound for their master in Taiyuan and Chang'an, but they didn't know that the master's body mound was in Yuzhen Palace, which was guarded by the little uncle for life.

After Ying Caihe finished speaking, he ignored them anymore, bowed down to Xue Tao and said, "Princess, please come into the house and sit!" ”

The two walked into the Qing Xiu Hall, which was very simple in layout, with a table on the wall, a Zhan Lu sword hanging on the wall, and a thin-necked bottle with dust next to it.

"Mother, please take a seat!"

Xue Tao sat down on the couch, Daoming and Daoyue followed behind her like shadows, the two of them were very vigilant, they knew that Uncle Xiao's martial arts were too high, even surpassing Li Man, if she wanted to hurt the princess, they were worried that they would not be able to resist.

Jingyu and the two served them tea, Daoyue wanted to test the poison, but Xue Tao waved his hand, signaled that he didn't need to, took the teacup and took a sip.

This small detail made Ying Caihe admire it very much, although the princess has no martial arts, but this kind of self-confidence and mother's bearing in the world are far from being comparable to herself, and she suddenly has a feeling of self-shame.

Xue Tao put down the teacup and said with a smile: "The palace master looks very young!" ”

Ying Caihe bowed and said: "Let the princess laugh, in fact, Poor Dao is already thirty-one years old, but he has cultivated special martial arts and can stay beautiful, like my master, who still looks like forty or fifty years old when he is in his eighties." ”

Xue Tao nodded, she believed that this kind of martial art that could stay in the face, Guo Yuniang was already twenty-five or sixteen years old, but she still looked like she was fourteen or fifteen years old, they all practiced the same kind of martial arts, as if the husband was the same, but the husband didn't seem to have a good face, maybe men and women were different.

"Ying Palace Master, the purpose of my trip, I believe the Palace Master is very clear in his heart."

(End of chapter)