"Mother, Feng Ao, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, is Deng Chang's teacher, and he knows Gongju (chief examiner) this year, so he can enter the department not all because of the Niu family. However, it usually takes a few years to get a jinshi, and there is indeed a way to be selected and awarded through the officials so soon. Lu Xi, the second child who had not spoken on the side, said.

He is a Xianggong Jinshi, and now he makes a living by teaching private education.

Xianggong Jinshi went to private school, and then passed the township examination and the government examination, and was recommended by the magistrate to participate in the college examination at the Ministry of Rites Tribute Academy, but was not admitted in the end......

This Lu Erlang, who was on the verge of a kick in the door, is now idle at home, doing nothing all day, and finally returned to the private school he had attended before to help the teacher.

The eldest brother Lu Huan relied on the door to enter the official, at that time Lu Rang was still from the Sanpin Dali Temple, he obtained the Shilang (loose official rank) from the eighth grade, and has been waiting for the selection of the officials, and now he has joined the army in Jingzhao Mansion.

The rank of loose official can be understood as the rank of civil servant (such as the department and bureau level) or the rank of the military (such as colonel or captain) in later generations.

The responsibility of the Lu family is now pressed on Lu Yu and Lu Xuan, Lu Yu is studying by himself at home, and Lu Xuan is the official school of Luoyang.

Lu Yu has passed the township examination and has been recommended to participate in the examination of the Ministry of Rites and Tribute Academy early next year.

If you fail the exam, you will be the same as the second child, and you will be a "Xianggong Jinshi".

Lu Xuan was also recommended by Guozijian, the Tang Dynasty official school did not need a township examination, as long as there was a recommendation, you could go to participate in the tribute examination, the examination is a genuine Jinshi, it can be said that it is a through train to be an official, but only the children of official eunuchs between the ages of fourteen and eighteen are eligible to study.

Lu Yu used to have also studied in Guozijian, but now he is over age.

The family was lively for a while, and then went back to their rooms to rest.

In front of the gatehouse of Anguoguan, Zhengpingfang, Chengxi, which is far away from Lu Mansion, close to 27 meters (90 feet in history, 30 centimeters in the Tang Dynasty) high, a pair of dusty female crowns walked in.

"Senior Sister Jiao, why are you?!"

The deacon female Taoist priest in charge of the outer courtyard was surprised and delighted, and hurriedly let the two of them behind.

The people who came were Jiao Fengming and Russell.

They were led into the Jingsi Temple at the back, and when they came to the main hall, a female crown Taoist with slightly frosty temples was kneeling in front of the jade statue of Taishang Laojun and entering the meditation.

"Mother (Master)!" The two knelt down and saluted.

The female crown turned around, and saw that she was about forty years old, with a beautiful face, the charm of the eyebrows and eyebrows, wearing a yellow crown and a Taoist robe, a neon dress with a starry quilt, a shawl with a black and white checkered pattern on the outside, and bastard shoes on her feet.

If it weren't for the gray hair hidden in the sideburns, I really couldn't tell the actual age.

This is the Anguo Guanguan Master Jiao Forgetfulness mentioned by Yun Xuansu, and his martial arts are not under the senior sister Xie Wangji, but his reputation for doing things secretly is not obvious, so he is not ranked among the five uniques of Xuanmen.

She has practiced internal skills for many years, and she has the art of rejuvenating her face, and she is actually nearly sixty years old.

The three of them talked for a while, and Jiao Fengming said that he had encountered righteousness.

"What's the gain?" Jiao Wangqing asked.

Jiao Fengming presented the manuscript of the Blood Glaze Gong obtained from Yizhen.

"Mother, the child has been to the tomb of the second concubine and the Xiangling Temple, and after thinking hard for several months, I still can't understand the words of those stone tablets, please solve my doubts!"

Jiao Wangqing flipped through the manuscript and pointed to the side casually, Jiao Fengming turned his head to look, only to see three Taoist portraits on one side of the wall, one is Ye Fashan, the Duke of Yueguo, who is one of the few Taoist priests who was canonized as the Duke of the Kingdom in the Tang Dynasty, and is also the ancestor of the Tiantai Zhangjiao Ye Zangzhi, the other is Luo Gongyuan, and the last one is Zhang Guo, these three people are called the three major scholars of Kaiyuan.

Zhang Guomin respectfully called him Zhang Guolao, funny and witty, but he was the most famous of the three.

"Tell me about the origin of this Anguo view?" Jiao Wangqing said indifferently.

"This is the Qing repair place built by Emperor Ruizong for Princess Yuzhen in Luoyang, and the first two on the mural were the princess's masters." Jiao Fengming replied, Princess Yuzhen has worshiped many masters, four to the immortal level, five to the true level, and the Dao rank ranks first among the clans of the Li and Tang dynasties.

"Yes, then do you know what the relationship between this Zhang Guo and the Jade True Patriarch is painted?"

Jiao Fengming said: "My daughter heard that Emperor Xuanzong once wanted to marry Yuzhen Patriarch Xu to Zhang Guolao, but he refused to marry. ”

The viewer nodded and said, "Then do you know what happened?" ”

Jiao Fengming and the others shook their heads.

"Ancestor Yuzhen gave birth to two sons, the second son Zhang Wei later married the fourth daughter of Princess Cai Guo, the official to Honglu Siqing, and the father of these two sons is Zhang Guo!"

Jiao Wangqing took out a piece of green jade Jue from his sleeve, pointed to the inscription on it and said: "This jade Jue is a relic of the Jade True Patriarch, and the "Yellow Emperor Yin Fu Sutra" that I sent to practice is called the Jade Jue on the rivers and lakes, and you need to take jade to refine qi. This is what the patriarch used to refine qi in his later years, since you are going to Chang'an, take it with you, and maybe you can meet the opportunity. ”

She handed the green jade jue to her daughter and disciples to watch, Jiao Fengming picked it up and looked at it carefully, and saw that the word "Zhiying" was engraved on it, and there was a peculiar pattern on the back.

The jade jue was originally ring-shaped and had a gap, but this piece of jade jue had a large gap and an irregular fracture, which seemed to have been scraped with a knife.

Jiao Wangqing motioned to Jiao Fengming to put away Qingyujue, and returned the copy of the Blood Liuli Gong to his daughter, and said: "This kung fu has entered the demon path, you must not cultivate, but after all, this is created by that high monk, he is famous through the ages, and he was also an invincible peerless master in the world at that time, so you can refer to the truth and see if you can learn from it." I know that you are going to Zhongnan Mountain to find the ruins of the Jade True Patriarch, and after you arrive in Chang'an, you can go to Fuxingfang Yuzhen Temple to live temporarily, and if you have nothing to do, you can also go to see your father, he is having a very hard time now......

The next morning, Li Ye's family came to the house to visit.

The Li and Lu families were distant relatives and often came and went in the Wuzong Dynasty.

Mrs. Li's father, Wei Guogong Li Fei, was the same generation as Li Jifu, Mrs. Li and Li Deyu were distant cousins, and Li Ye and Lu Yu were distant cousins.

Lu Rang felt sorry for his son and didn't let him have too much contact with Li Ye, but as an elder, the other party still welcomed him warmly.

He was promoted by Li Deyu, and he is a relative, so he can't be unkind.

The brothers and sisters of the Lu family all came out to meet each other.

Li Ye's wife is from the Zheng family in Xingyang, named Zheng Zhen, twenty-three years old this year, with outstanding appearance, and her daughter Li Linglong is only six years old, she is also a beautiful girl, and the two little girls of the Lu family are very compatible, and Li Ye's two young sons also play together.

After a while, Lu Rang and his wife were tired, so they went in to rest, which was also convenient for the sons to talk to Li Ye of the same generation, so as to prevent them from being too restrained because of their elders.

Zheng Zhen and Zheng Jue, the wife of the second eldest Lu Xi, are cousins who have known each other since childhood, and take the children to the back garden to play.

Lu Yu and Li Ye talked, they hadn't seen each other for a long time, and they had a good relationship when they were in Chang'an before.

"Cousin Ji Chang, I haven't seen you for a few years, how are you doing?"

Li Ye is twenty-four years old, the word Ji Chang, he is the fourth, the word "Ji" is used in the "Uncle Bo Zhong Ji" in the order of the eldest and youngest, and the word "Chang" in the back uses the allusion of "Poetry Xiaoya": "The turn of October...... If the moon is eclipsed, it will be normal; This sun is eclipsed, why not Zang. Ye Ye shook the lightning, and he was restless. ……”。

"It's hard to put into words!" Li Ye sighed.

"You are the observer judge of Bian, Song, and Haozhou, and now you are asking Lu Jiedu for a long leave to visit your uncle (Li Deyu) in the south?"

At this time, the envoys of Bian, Song, Bo, and Yingzhou Observation (Xuanwu Jiedu Envoy) were Lu Jun, from Fanyang Lu's family, he was half of the Li Party, and he was a member of the household department during the reign of the first emperor, and he was also exiled in the first year of Dazhong, but fortunately he was not relegated to the south like Li Deyu and Zheng Ya.

This Xuanwu Festival envoy is the position that Wang Zai wanted to get in front of him, and he was the largest town in the world, and the envoys of Bian, Song, Bo, and Yingzhou were the current official names of Xuanwu Town.

In the Tang Dynasty, there were many vacancies in this kind of main position, and the deputy acted on behalf of the authority, although the people also called Lu Jun the Xuanwu Jiedu envoy, in fact, he was only the deputy of the Jiedu envoy, acting for the Jiedu authority.

In April, Wang Zai, the envoy of the Hedong Festival, sought the actual post of Xuanwu Festival, and his grade was much higher than Lu Jun's "observation and other envoys".

The observation envoy is Lu Jun's main position, and he also serves as other related envoys, which together are roughly equivalent to the terms of reference of the Jiedu envoy, so it is called the observation "waiting" envoy.

Li Ye shook his head after listening to Lu Yu's question, and said, "Because of my father's affairs, I was demoted to the lieutenant of Lishan County, the capital of Xiangzhou, and now I am going to take my family to work. My brother Li Ju is also rushing over from Chang'an to prepare to go together. (Li Ye's demotion was about the second year of junior high school, and this book was postponed by one year due to the needs of the storyline)

Li Ye was known as a prodigy at the age of eleven, and he became an official very early, because his father was the prime minister, his career has been very smooth, and he did not suffer a major blow until this year.

"I came to meet my brother this time, and I also wanted to check out the Pingquan Villa in Longmen, and now the family has gone to the remote south, and I don't know when I will be back...... Xiangzhou (Guangxi) is adjacent to Nanzhao (Yunnan), and now Niu Dang Zhang Lu has become an observer of Guiguan, he has an enmity with his father, and he does things under him, I am afraid that the future will be very sad! ”

Nanzhao has always been a border trouble of the Tang Dynasty, and has repeatedly invaded Sichuan in conjunction with Tubo, and once even hit the city of Chengdu.

At this time, Li Deyu was demoted to Sima of Yazhou (Hainan), where crocodiles were rampant, there were floods, there was a lack of medical treatment, and the living conditions were very difficult.

After the Niu Party came to power, the revenge on Li Deyu was far from over, although Niu Monk and Yu died two years ago, but Bai Minzhong, the second and fifth boys, was more ruthless than the Niu Party, and even Li Deyu's young son did not let go, and demoted Li Ye to Guangxi.

Lu Yu comforted him, and Li Ye said again: "My mother-in-law is from the Liu family in Pengcheng, and she has set a family for the little girl Linglong, and she is Liu Zhan, the son of Liu Jing, a distant relative of her mother's family. I went to Xiangzhou for thousands of miles, I was afraid that the child would be too young to bear, so I wanted to entrust her to the Lu family, and when I got married, if my wife and I could not return to the court, I would trouble my cousin to marry her. ”

Li Ye is a concubine, his mother Xu Pan died more than ten years ago, and his half-brother Li Duowen has died early, he was raised by his mother-in-law Liu, who regarded him as his own, and even arranged his granddaughter's marriage.

Lu Yu said: "The talented man in Hunan is Liu Lang, and he hopes to live in Guiyang in Changsha. Yesterday, Hongdu was newly on the first, and Wuling was young and clear. Is it Liu Yuxi's poem Liu Jing? ”

Li Ye nodded and said: "It is this person, he is the secretary of Zheng Qi, the prime minister of the Xianzong Dynasty forty years ago, and later became a jinshi because of this, and has served in Taiwan Province, and now he has passed away." ”

Taiwan Province is the abbreviation of the three provinces of Yushitai Monks, Zhongshu and Menxia, and this Liu Jing has been an official in the court and has been an official in the six departments.

Seeing that Lu Xi and Lu Yu agreed to foster Linglong, Li Ye said a few more words, and then said to Lu Yu: "I heard that the third brother and the fifth brother will participate in the tribute examination of the Ministry of Rites next year, and I wish the two gold list titles." ”

"Thank you cousin, the Niu Party is powerful, and there are many young people, you have to be careful all the way south." Lu Yu said.

"Little brother can save it, when I get to Ezhou, I will ask the old master Lu Guan to send someone to escort him."

A few years ago, Li Ye served as a staff member under Lu Shang as an observer envoy in western Zhejiang, and now Lu Shang is the new observer of Eyue, and Li Ye's family is just going south to pass through Ezhou, so they naturally want to go to visit.

Lu Shang and Lu Jun are of the same clan, and they are both from the Fanyang Lu clan.

Lu Yu had just come from Ezhou, but because he was in a hurry, he did not go to visit the newly appointed Lu Guan, speaking of which, Li Yuan, the assassin of Yuezhou, happened to be under the jurisdiction of Lu Shang.

In the afternoon, the Lu Mansion held a banquet to entertain Li Ye, Guo Hong and others, during which Lu Yu introduced his cousin to Yun Xuansu and others.

Li Ye also heard about Lu Yu's experience in Yuezhou when chatting in the morning, and when he heard about Li Congzhen and his wife, he thanked everyone and explained: "This Li Congzhen is my cousin, and the white peony boudoir named 'Little Lady' is my niece." ”

Guo Hong had heard Lu Yu mention it, but only after listening to Li Ye did he know the details.

Li Congzhen is the son of Li Deyu's brother Li Dexiu, but he refused to marry a wife twenty years ago, and insisted on taking a prostitute as a concubine, falling out with his father and being removed from the clan!

That prostitute was Qinghe Zhang, and later followed him around and gave birth to two sons and a daughter, and this daughter was a little lady.

After Li Congzhen was expelled from his home, he was not treated well by Li Deyu, and was only hired to join the army in the state capital to make a living.

When Li Deyu fell, he was not implicated, everything was as before, and he was not degraded to Xiangzhou and Yazhou like the rest of the Li family.

Everyone chatted, and Li Ye told Yun Xuansu and others about a case he handled in Bianzhou (Kaifeng) some time ago.

"I think you all know that there is a Xiangguo Temple in Bianzhou."

Lu Yu was afraid that the young boys and girls who were listening would not know, so he explained: "King Xiang (Li Longji) fought to destroy Wei's, and Ruizong changed the name of the Jianguo Temple built during the Northern Qi Dynasty to Xiangguo Temple in order to show his merits, and gave a plaque 'Great Xiangguo Temple'. ”

Guo Hong: Daxiangguo Temple is more familiar, Gao Yanei teased Lin Chong's lady, and Lu Zhishen plucked the weeping willows.

Li Ye continued: "There was a strange case in Xiangguo Temple some time ago, five pilgrims committed suicide in the guest room where they were staying, Bianzhou Mansion and Kaifeng County were all trying their best to investigate, but no clues were found, the room where the pilgrim committed suicide was also known as a haunted house, and there were a lot fewer people in Xiangguo Temple who entered the incense.

"Lu Guan (Lu Jun) concurrently serves as the assassin of Bianzhou, and Li is an observation judge (observation envoy subordinate officer), and was once ordered to go to the scene to investigate, but no suspicious things were found at that time.

"I just listened to what happened to my cousin in Yuezhou, and now I think about it, there is indeed a statue of a blue-faced fanged one in that room, and the host said that it was the first pilgrim who brought it himself, named Sha Duo Qili, who ranked fourth among the eight generals of the Yaksha under the Heavenly King of Bishamen, and all the cultivators are profound, help Li to take a closer look, I don't know if this has anything to do with the mud blue woman case you encountered?"

After listening to Li Ye's words, Lu Yu slapped the table and said, "It's the Demon Sect again, these dog thieves are careless of people's lives, it's really arrogant!" ”

Guo Hong also said: "It seems that they are also Yizhen's gang, presumably they have some plans." ”

Yun Xuansu said: "The Heavenly King of Bishamen is in charge of the Yaksha Department, and the golems found now are one of the mud blue women at the feet of the Heavenly King, and the other is one of the eight generals under the Heavenly King, I am afraid that there are more golems scattered all over the place, it seems that the Demon Sect's plot is not small." ”

Wang Dudu was the most timid, and he shivered and said, "Could it be some kind of blood sacrifice of 10,000 people, and then the Yaksha Kingdom will come?" ”

Yun Xuansu shook his head and said, "Since there have been historians, there has been no record of the immortal demon kingdom coming to the world, but these mad people may also engage in sacrifices!" ”

Lu Zhizhen frowned and nodded: "Yes, since the previous dynasty helped the sect to destroy the Buddha, those monks are just surviving, and now the emperor has revived Buddhism, and the Demon Sect is ready to move again, and the plan is probably not ......small."

The next day, Guo Hong and others said goodbye, and Lu Yu said: "I will delay for a few more days and leave for Chang'an to find you." ”

Guo Hong said: "Senior Brother Lu can go to the Meridian Golden Immortal Temple, and if we leave, we will also leave a new address." ”

The Lu family was wealthy, prepared fast horses for everyone, and sent two carriages, Yun Xuansu is the concubine of the king of Jinzhou Assassin Shi, and He Qiong is the daughter of the princess, all of whom deserve this gift.

Li Ye's family didn't leave until the evening, and fostered their daughter Linglong in Lu Xi's place, he will leave for the south tomorrow, and will pass by Longmen to check the Pingquan Villa, and wait there for his younger brother Li Ju to accompany him.

Lu Yu also had to arrange for marrying a wife, although his mother said that he didn't have to worry about it, but he would have to be busy for at least half a month before he could leave for Chang'an.

On the official road leading to Chang'an, the fast horses galloped, and the Nankun Road that Guo Hong and the others took was the road that Liu Yuanjing took him out of the customs back then, but this time it was in the opposite direction.

In late May of the third year of Dazhong, the group trekked for three days, bypassing Chang'an City, and directly arrived at the Meridian Valley of Zhongnan Mountain.

Yun Xuan has been here before, so he introduced as he walked:

Zhongnan Mountain, also known as Taiyi Mountain, is famous for Louguan Road.

"If you want to talk about Lou Guan Dao, you have to start with Lao Tzu's disciple Wen Shi Zhenren Yin Xi, he made grass for the building in Zhongnan Mountain, stargazing and looking at the air, this building is called Lou Guan. During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the famous roads in the north gathered in Louguan, increased the temple, and created the Louguan Taoist school.

"At the end of the Sui Dynasty, Qi Hui Xiang helped Gaozu (Li Yuan), after the founding of the country, the tower view was the Li Zongguan Road, and the name was changed to the Zongsheng Temple. Qi Hui asked Lao Tzu to be the holy ancestor, respected the Taoist as the state religion, all Taoist priests in the world are regarded as clans, and Gaozong posthumously named Lao Tzu as the Emperor of Taishang Xuanyuan. ”

Lu Zhizhen answered: "The Lord of Qi Dao is also a strange person, who can look at the stars and predict the future, and is known as the Qi Sage. ”

Guo Hong said: "I only heard that Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng are very good at prediction. ”

Yun Xuansu said with a smile: "The two of them have an unknown teacher, twenty years later than Qi Dao Master and Sun Zhenren, and their fame is because of the curse of Empress Wu's "Tui ~ Back Map". ”

She continued as she walked: "Meridian Valley is famous because Liu Bang burned down the plank road here when he entered Sichuan, and later Han Xin built the plank road here in the dark. During the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang and Wei repeatedly fought in the Baoxiao Valley, and Wei Yan suggested sending troops to the Meridian Valley to attack Chang'an, but in the end it was not adopted. ”

Lu Zhizhen sighed: "It's a pity, if I could have been born in the late Han Dynasty, I should advise Prime Minister Zhuge to go out of the Meridian Valley and take Chang'an City in one fell swoop, so that the entire Guanzhong will be in the bag, and the Han family can prosper!" ”

Guo Hong groaned: "Your ancestor Lu Bu was killed by Liu Bei at the suggestion of Cao Cao, and you have enmity with these two families." ”

Lu Zhizhen: "Then I will be reborn as Lu Wenhou, fight invincible opponents all over the world, and specially clean up Liu Bei and Cao Cao......"

He Qiong: "White Gate Tower." ”

Lu Zhizhen: "I am reborn!" ”

He Qiong smiled: "Hang the White Gate Tower!" ”

Lui Zhizhen: ......

Ps：

Historical figures: Li Ye, Zheng Zhen, Li Ye's daughter Li (the name of Linglong is given by the author, the reason is that Li Ye's youngest daughter is called Li Xuanli, and Hanging Li comes from the "Western Capital Fu" in Bangu Liangdu Fu: "Hanging Li is thorny, and the night light is in Yan. So he gave the eldest daughter the name of Linglong, from the "Dongdu Fu" in the two capital fu: "And Luan Linglong, Tianguanjing from the ,......" just corresponds, of course, the main thing is that this name is easy to remember. ）