Chapter 204: Master and Apprentice Gather
People who don't go home at night, after tossing for a night, will have a high quality of sleep.
Let the two of them sleep until dusk.
As they expected, during their sleepy day, the blowing water house ushered in a huge wave of visitors. People from all walks of life gathered in the east of the city, scrambling to see Ren Zhen.
The news of Mr. Xiao's birth spread far and wide, and after dawn, it caused a sensation in Beijing again. Many details before and after the auction were passed down to the gods. The most important thing is that Ren Zhen was summoned to the palace at night, which is enough to show that His Majesty attaches great importance to this matter.
If he didn't get out of the imperial city and went to prison, it wouldn't be fine. As long as he returns home safely, it means that His Majesty will not pursue his words and deeds, and has chosen to acquiesce, and it is even likely that he will lower the reward.
In the second half of the night, countless pairs of eyes were secretly staring at Fumizuiju. Now, Ren Zhen is going home, and he is about to soar, if they don't come to visit at this time, when will they stay?
Depending on the identity of the person who came, the intention of asking for the meeting was also different.
For example, many of these officials were born in the Seventy-two Academies and were orthodox Confucian literati, and in terms of generation, they were all protégés of Ren Zhen's descendants.
Confucianism emphasizes etiquette, but also respects teachers, as a protégé of the younger generations, it is an indispensable etiquette for them to come to meet the little uncle. Of course, they also have the idea of becoming inflammatory, hoping to be supported and the chicken and dog ascend to heaven.
On the other hand, there is another group of people. Those generals who have been demoted or even idle are even more eager to see Mr. Xiao. They really wanted to know what Ren Zhen talked to His Majesty last night, whether he put forward the idea of Confucian Sword initiation, and what the final result was.
It's about their hope of a comeback. Allowing Confucian and sword practitioners is a disguised pardon for the soldiers, and as long as His Majesty approves of this change of stance and reactivates them, it doesn't matter if they read a few more scriptures.
Either Confucianism or sword, these two groups of people occupy most of the court. The rest of the people are more practical, they want to let themselves or their children worship under the little gentleman and become vassals of this new rising force.
Even if they are visiting the sages, how can they come to the door empty-handed? From morning to night, there is an endless stream of cars and horses carrying gifts, which is quite a lively atmosphere like a vegetable market.
Fortunately, in today's Blowing Water House, there are not only two lonely men and widows, but also many new people. In view of the fact that everyone else was sleeping, the errand of receiving guests from all walks of life had to be handed over to Mo Yuqing.
The little girl couldn't go out together at night, and she was so angry that she had nowhere to vent, so she simply sat outside the door with a bench and sent all the visitors away.
Gifts are all refused, as for the reason for thanking the guests, all of them are the owner is sleeping, please come back another day.
The visitors tacitly understood Ren Zhen's tiredness that night, and after a few polite words, they returned disappointed.
However, there were still a few people, and Mo Yuqing couldn't drive them away.
It's not that they are in a position of power that makes Miss Mo jealous, but because they have known each other for a long time.
The first is Xue Qingwu.
The last time the two met, it was in Yunyao Sect. At that time, Xue Qingwu's identity was still the maid of the Sword Saint, and Mo Yuqing was a disciple of the Sword Saint. In front of Guiyun Pavilion, the two were-for-tat, looking at each other unpleasantly, and the relationship was extremely poor.
Now that they meet again, both sides are not good-looking. The first thing Xue Qingwu said when he opened his mouth was "Sure enough, you also betrayed Gu Jiantang", deliberately aggravating the tone of the word betrayal, which was full of irony.
She thought that Mo Yuqing, like the fake Ren Zhen, saw the wind and steered the rudder, and temporarily took refuge in Confucianism, but did not think of a deeper clue.
Mo Yuqing's face was so angry that she was about to turn around and close the door, but she was forcibly blocked by Xue Qingwu and broke into the courtyard.
Her reason for breaking in is also very legitimate, she wants to go in to find her brother Xue Yubing. This made Mo Yuqing unable to refuse, after all, Xue Yubing was Ren Zhen's savior, he escorted the fake Ren Zhen back overnight, and stayed in the guest room to rest at this time.
In desperation, Mo Yuqing had no choice but to put her in the house.
The real purpose of her coming to blow water is naturally not to find her brother. She had to wait for Ren Zhen to wake up and listen to him tell the story of the saint at night. Whether Her Majesty the Empress allows others to cultivate the Sword Saint Peerless Sect is what she cares about the most.
As long as she gets a definite answer, she can use the sword three begonias with confidence in the next month's court test, and then she will be able to defeat the heroes and shine.
Originally, she was still worried and kept it a secret. Ren really appeared, which made her see the opportunity to make a public killer.
Of course, she couldn't have imagined that the little gentleman she was eager to see at this moment was the Jia Sword Saint who had personally passed on her sword skills.
When the sky was about to darken, Mo Yuqing saw two acquaintances again.
Cui Mingjiu and Xiahouba came together.
As soon as Cui Geng was killed on the street at night, Cui's family changed. The tree fell and scattered, and the subordinates who originally supported him saw that the situation was not good, and knew that Qinghe's hometown would send someone to take over, and the scandal would be revealed sooner or later, so he quickly released Cui Mingjiu and made meritorious contributions.
After being confined for several months, Cui Ergongzi finally saw the light of day and took charge of the power in Cui Geng's hands.
As soon as Cui Mingjiu refused to come, he heard the news of the appearance of the Sword Saint's first disciple last night, and his face was immediately bloodless with fright.
The Sword Saint is already a wanted feloon, and the fact that he worships the Sword Saint as a teacher was originally only known to the third senior brother Xiahou Ba, and the two share weal and woe, so they don't have to worry about the other party's leakage.
But now, the senior brother who has never heard of his name and has not seen him has actually appeared in the capital, so that he is not afraid. Who knows if the master told the senior brother about this?
Realizing the seriousness of the situation, he didn't have time to straighten out the housework, so he quickly went to meet with Xiahouba to discuss countermeasures.
Xiahouba was also at a loss at this time, and he was suffering from the fact that no one could sum up this matter, and when he saw Cui Mingjiu, who had not been seen for a long time, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he felt inexplicably cordial.
The two brothers discussed for a long time, combined with the situation of the auction at night, and preliminarily concluded that since the senior brother had taken refuge in Mr. Xiao, Mr. Xiao should also know, and now his attitude is the most deadly.
The top priority at the moment was that while he had only arrived in the capital, there was no sign of exposing them, and he must go as soon as possible to test the tone.
However, the two had a huge disagreement about how to deal with the temptation after it became clear.
Xiahouba thought that if Mr. Xiao knew, they would simply not do anything, follow the practice of the senior brother, abandon the darkness and turn to the light, take refuge in Mr. Xiao's disciples, and become a new force of Confucian and sword practitioners.
Since Mr. Xiao is willing to take in the senior brother, for the sake of the Cui family and the Xiahou family, and with the introduction of the senior brother, he will never refuse them. With the goodwill of these two families, his help in the capital will be greatly improved.
The little gentleman is hot now, and it is a godsend to be able to climb the boat to his power.
However, Cui Mingjiu scolded and scolded Xiahou Ba for treachery and rebellion against his Sword Saint Master, and there was no shame at all.
When apprenticing to the teacher that night, Ren Zhen once said that Xiahou Ba had a backbone in the back of his head and would betray his teacher in the future, Cui Mingjiu didn't think so at that time, and it was not until this moment that he admired his master's wisdom.
Xiahouba really wanted to see the wind make the rudder.
The two were red-faced and had a fierce argument for a day, and when it was almost dusk, they still failed to convince each other. In the end, they had to decide to test their tone first, and then they would see the opportunity to act.
Everyone has their own aspirations, and whoever wants to stick to it and whoever wants to defect does not have to force the other party. When the time comes, the road will be facing the sky, and they will go one way to the other.
When they came to the blowing water house with apprehension, they were all stunned.
They didn't expect to meet Mo Yuqing here.
Master Gu Haitang, eldest disciple Ren Zhen, second disciple Mo Yuqing, third disciple Xiahou Ba, fourth disciple Cui Mingjiu.
The four masters and apprentices gathered in Chang'an.