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Tianjing West City, Huilongguan

Since Emperor Tianyao entered old age, he has become more and more obsessed with the art of longevity and health preservation, ignoring ordinary political affairs, and devoting himself to metaphysical cultivation, eager to use this to help him prolong his life.

In order to show the sincerity of seeking the Tao in his heart, Emperor Tianyao also gave himself a Taoist name, called Xuanzhi Zhenjun, and he communicated with Taoist priests on weekdays, and called himself by this Taoist name.

Emperor Tianyao was obsessed with the Dao of Immortality, and Nan Chu naturally followed suit.

Since the beginning of the 30th year of Tianyao, Taoist temples and Taoist priests have emerged in an endless stream in various parts of Southern Chu, among them, the most victorious in the capital city in a few days, and until now, the Taoist temples near Gyeonggi have hundreds of large and small temples.

Huilongguan belongs to the best of these Taoist temples.

Its contemplator, Bai Yu Zhenren, has a high ranking among the various sects of Taoism in Southern Chu, and his influence among the believers is also very great, and he belongs to one of the top Taoist priests in Southern Chu Taoism.

Of course, the most important thing is that Bai Yu Zhenren is Emperor Tianyao's guest, and Emperor Tianyao's Dao name Xuanzhi Zhenjun was thought up by Bai Yu Zhenren and the other two Dao Quanzhen.

From this, it can be seen that the status of Bai Yu Zhenren in Southern Chu has been influenced, and even with it, Huilongguan has also become a permanent place for believers in Southern Chu to burn incense and pray.

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Today is the third day of the third month of March, which happens to be the Shangsi Festival, which is said to be the birthday of the ancient emperor, and also the birthday of a famous Taoist emperor.

According to the rules, on this day, all Taoist temples should open the mountain gate, and invite the believers to come to the incense and pray to congratulate the emperor on his birthday, and Huilongguan is no exception.

At dawn in the morning, several Taoist children who returned to Longguan opened the gate of the Taoist temple, and the believers who had been waiting here for a long time flocked in and rushed to the main hall to pay homage to the emperor.

And in this moment of chaos, a thin figure wearing a hat sneaks quietly into the backyard.

This person is one of the four King Kongs in the Prosecutor's Hall who used arson to get the golden cicada out of his shell yesterday.

As a visiting team of envoys from the Western Zhou Dynasty, Pang Yidian and his party have long been targeted by the shadow supervisor and the yamen and forces of various ministries in Southern Chu.

Therefore, Yu Huai could only be forced to leave the post house, so that it was convenient for him to infiltrate Tianjing, activate the dark line, and carry out intelligence work against Nanchu.

Back to Longguan, backyard

Yu Huai cautiously avoided people, and then walked in, and took a water-carrying boy hostage, after asking for the information he wanted.

Killed Dao Tong casually, threw the body into the well, Yu Huai found a bedroom with no one according to what Dao Tong said, dodged and hid, hid under the bed, and waited silently.

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After about a few pillars of incense

Yu Huai, who was hiding under the bed, heard the sound of the door opening, and then the footsteps started, Yu Huai listened attentively, and made sure that there was only one person in the room, so he quietly poked his head out and secretly looked at the appearance of the person who entered the room.

But it's a pity that this person happened to be facing Yu Huai with his back at this time, and his face couldn't be seen really, and he was wearing a wide robe, so he couldn't determine the skeleton figure.

Yu Huai took a closer look and got a lot of useful information, and he could only roughly determine that this person should be the person he was looking for based on his height.

But for the sake of insurance, Yu Huai did not show up immediately, but quietly hid back under the bed, planning to find a chance to see his face later, really confirm his identity, and then come out to meet again.

However, what Yu Huai didn't expect was that there was a rat nest in the bed he hid, and the mouse in the nest saw that he was "wild" at the door of his house, and he couldn't get angry, so he bit him hard at the ankle.

The ankle is one of the fragile joints on the human body, the pain is extremely strong, and although Yu Huai endured the pain and did not make a sound, the leg curled up under the bed still twitched slightly, and directly hit the bed board, causing a sound that was not light.

"Who?"

Hearing the unusual movement under the bed, the man in the room was immediately startled, and retreated to the door with a vigilant face, and a short-handled dagger appeared in his right hand at some point.

"Don't get me wrong, your own people."

Yu Huai got out of the bed neatly, patted the mud on his body that had just been stained under the bed, and then looked at the young Taoist wearing a robe in front of him with a smile.

"Ji Li, long time no see."

The young Taoist frowned, looked at Yu Huai carefully, and secretly recalled in his mind, and after a while, he successfully combined Yu Huai in front of him with the memory in his mind, and then his face changed greatly, and he hurriedly bowed.

"Humble Ji Li, I've seen Lord Yu."

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"Get up."

Yu Huai asked the young Taoist Ji Li to get up, looked the other party up and down a few times, and couldn't help but sigh.

"It is worthy of being a talent who commands and makes adults look favorable, you kid can surprise this official, just three years, you have become a closed disciple of Bai Yu Zhenren.

I haven't seen it for long, and the old emperor of Nanchu has to treat you as a confidant. ”

"It's good luck to be lowly and lucky."

Ji Li smiled faintly, and didn't say much here, but took the initiative to ask Yu Huai: "Your Excellency escaped from our Great Zhou's envoy team, I just heard last night that there was a fire in the backyard of the post house, and several people died, and the shadow supervisor and the Ministry of Rites are jumping to their feet." ”

When Yu Huai heard this, his face was slightly surprised: "Your kid is well-informed, yes, this official specially came to convene the secret line of the prosecutor's office on the order of a huge person, and secretly cooperated with the envoy of a huge person." ”

Ji Li's face was solemn: "Ji Li, the sixth rank of the Inferior Prosecutor's Office, is the commander of the sixth grade, and he is ordered." ”

Yu Huai was very satisfied with Ji Li's performance, nodded with a smile, and took out two pieces of gold cakes from his arms and stuffed them into Ji Li.

"This is the court's reward for your loyalty, boy, do a good job, if you cooperate with a huge number of people to complete the mission this time, not only will your kid be promoted and get rich, but your family will also benefit.

I remember that you have a younger brother, this matter is done, and the official personally gave him an official in our prosecutor's office, the most important is the eight products and thousands of households. ”

Ji Li's face changed slightly when he heard this, and he soon smiled again: "Thank you for your elevation, you must do your best for the imperial court, and you will not give up." ”

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Looking at Ji Li, who was impassioned and loyal, Yu Huai smiled and nodded, what he said just now was not unprovoked, he wanted to do the opposite, these words were specially said by Yu Huai to Ji Li.

First, it is a promise of heavy rewards to encourage the other party to work hard, and secondly, it is also an implied threat to Ji Li, reminding the other party that his family is in the Western Zhou, don't play tricks.

After all, a dark line like Ji Li has been lurking in the enemy country for a long time, and with the influence of various factors, it is difficult to be 100% guaranteed in terms of his loyalty.

Therefore, in addition to the reward mechanism, mastering their families has always been one of the only ways to control these dark lines and obey their orders.

Before going back and forth to Longguan, Yu Huai had already briefly inquired about Ji Li, and now he was a disciple of Bai Yu Zhenren, and he was friendly with many powerful children of Southern Chu, and his status and influence were different from those in the Western Zhou Dynasty.

Therefore, it is difficult to guarantee that after Ji Li enjoys the powerful connections on the side of Southern Chu, he will still be nostalgic for the inconspicuous six-rank petty official in the Western Zhou Prosecutor's Office.

It is precisely because of this that Yu Huai specially pointed out Ji Li's family, so that he had scruples and did not dare to betray easily.

And Ji Li can go from a dark line to the present, his mind is naturally transparent, and he easily guessed the threat behind it from Yu Huai's words, and immediately did not dare to slack off, and expressed his loyalty to the Western Zhou Dynasty in a loud voice.

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In the case of seeing through and not saying it thoroughly, Yu and Ji temporarily reached an agreement, and then, Yu Huai gave Ji Li the first order.

As mentioned earlier, because Ji Li is a closed disciple of Bai Yu Zhenren, he has a good status in Nanchu, which has a strong atmosphere of worship, and has met many powerful people.

Among them, there is Princess Anya and the eldest son of the second-married concubine Nangong Yi - Nangong Xuan.

This Nangong Wenxuan, who is only nineteen years old this year, has no official position, but because he is loved by his uncle and grandson, he was awarded the title of Count Xiaocheng.

There is no weak crown in the year, and he has no skills, and he was named an earl!

At that time, the Nangong brothers were knighted, but it caused a lot of turmoil in the Nanchu court, but the imperial grandson still insisted on going his own way, and he insisted on withstanding the pressure and gave the two nephews an uncle, which shows his love for the two.

But also because of this, backed by the three mountains of his uncle and grandson, the great uncle and general Nangong Xin, and his mother Princess Anya, the Nangong brothers are so powerful in Tianjing City that no one dares to provoke.

Slowly, the two brothers developed an arrogant and arrogant personality and became the representative figures of Nan Chu.

Ji Li also met this notorious Nangong Wenxuan in Tianjing City by chance, because his master Bai Yu Zhenren had a bit of face in Emperor Tianyao, so Nangong Wenxuan was also polite to Ji Li.

Sometimes he was sent by his mother, Princess Anya, to the Taoist temple to offer incense, and Ji Li came forward to receive him, and after coming and going, Ji Li also registered in the heart of this little overlord.

Yu Huai meant to let Ji Li find a way to sow discord in front of Nangong Wenxuan and arouse his anger and hostility towards Pang Yidian.

With this lord's violent temper, once he hates Pang Yi Palace, eighty percent of them will rush directly to the post house to settle accounts with Pang Yi Palace, and in this way, the plan will be completed.

After hearing this, Ji Li smiled slightly: "This matter is simple, Lord Yu, you don't know, Princess Anya is nostalgic for the former concubine Pang... Gong, and the current concubine Nangong Yi have a lot of discord, Nangong Wenxuan and the two brothers are sandwiched in the middle, and the hatred for the huge man and Pang Gong in their hearts is not a day or two.

Today's birthday of the three emperors in March, Nangong Wenxuan respectfully said, eighty percent will go back and forth to Longguan incense, and then I only need to mention a few words by his side, I believe that Uncle Nangong will not let us down. ”

"Good."

Yu Huaiyan was overjoyed when he heard this: "If you can provoke Nangong Wenxuan to go to the post house to make trouble, this official will personally ask the huge people for your credit." ”

Ji Li smiled, ignored the matter of asking for credit, and instead asked Yu Huai a doubt, why did Pang Yidian do everything possible to provoke the Nangong brothers and go to the post house to make trouble, what was his intention?

Yu Huai shook his head: "This official doesn't understand what the huge man means, but since the official has orders, we will act according to orders." ”

Ji Li nodded yes, but his eyes flickered, and he didn't know what to think about.

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About half an hour later

Wearing a gorgeous jade belt, with a delicate face but a fierce Nangong Wenxuan, Ji Li personally greeted him, and then led him to the side hall to offer incense.

After a pillar of incense, the believers who were on the incense in Huilongguan clearly saw that Nangong Wenxuan, who had just entered the side hall to incense, came out of the side hall with anger on his face.

Then, ignoring the obstruction of Ji Li, who was following behind, he shouted to his subordinates to leave Huilongguan, and rushed back to the city with great momentum............