Long Er took a few deep breaths of clear air and felt much more comfortable, so he asked the three people kneeling behind him:

"I'll just ask once, where is the Holy Maiden?"

"Don't you think about ......it," one of the cultists shouted angrily. But before he finished speaking, he was cut off by Tai Yiwei's head.

Long Er turned his gaze to another cultist.

"This, this ......" The disciple hesitated slightly, and was stabbed again.

There was still the last disciple left, and he was directly frightened by Taiyi's ferocity and peed his pants, and before Long Er could turn his gaze, he wailed and said, "I said, I said everything." ”

"Tell me everything you know." Long'er nodded, and immediately Taiyi Wei moved the stool over and asked Taiyi to sit down.

"The villain is a incense master of the Luoyang branch altar, and the saint annoyed Miss Shang a few years ago, and as a result, the merchant stabbed all of our details in Luodu to the Heavenly Master. In less than a month, half of our stronghold in Beijing was swept away, and the rest of the men were ordered by the Heavenly Maiden to take refuge in Ruyang first. ”

"No wonder......" Long Er bowed slightly, these days he has made people search all over Luodu City to find such a decent stronghold. And what about the Holy Maiden? ”

"The saint stayed in Beijing for the time being, and suddenly arrived in Ruyang in February this year, and she will not return to Beijing." The incense lord hurriedly replied, "But she never let go of Luodu. Last month, the Holy Maiden said that the rumors were almost over, so she asked us to sneak back to the capital separately and secretly contact the believers to try to rebuild the altar as soon as possible. ”

"I see." Long Er stood up, and he finally understood why he couldn't find the Holy Maiden in Luodu City.

Long Er walked over, stared at the incense lord and said, "What is your name and where is your ancestral home?" ”

"The villain Ma Liu, born in Taiping City, lives in East Lane 7 of North Third Street." The incense lord hurriedly answered in detail, trying to almost let Taiyi let himself go.

"Good." Long Er bowed slightly with satisfaction and said: "You do me a favor, tomorrow I will go to Ruyang to tell the Holy Maiden, just say that Taiyi summons, if you don't show up within three days, don't blame me for being ruthless, all your families in Taiping City are dead!" ”

"Definitely, the villain will set off now." Ma Liu knew that Taiyi could say and do, so he hurriedly kowtowed to receive his life, and ran out of the small courtyard with both hands and feet.

"Taiyi, what about the people in the house?" One of the Taiyi guards asked in a low voice.

"What's the use of keeping it?" The dragon made a gesture of cutting off his head, and a series of screams rang out in the hall.

"Let's go." Long'er didn't like blood, so he took out a handkerchief to cover his nose and walked out of the courtyard.

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On this day, Lu Yun patrolled with Huangfu Jue in the palace, and when he passed through Changle Gate, he happened to meet Lu Xin wearing a new second-grade official robe, and took the waist card to the Qianniu guard guarding the door to inspect.

"You don't have long eyes," Huangfu Jue naturally recognized the Lord of the Lu Valve, and when he saw this, he reprimanded those Qianniu Wei and said: "This Lu Shangshu is the father of our general. ”

"Ah, the villain has eyes and doesn't know Taishan, and he has offended the ministry." The Qianniu Guardian hurriedly knelt down and returned the waist card.

Lu Xin took the waist card and tied it to the leather belt in a friendly manner.

After Huang Fu Jue saluted him, he left with all the thousands of cow guards. He knew that Lu Yun's father and son hadn't seen each other for many days, and they must have something to say.

"Father, was it summoned by His Majesty?" Lu Yun led the way with his head slowly.

"Well, it was a message sent yesterday to let me see you today." Lu Xin nodded, looked up and down at Lu Yun, who had a straight posture and sharp eyes, and said approvingly: "Yes, it's much more heroic than when I was at home." ”

"Hehe, they were all forced out by the general." Lu Yun smiled bitterly and said: "I will practice every other day, and it's okay to say anything else, but the appearance and military posture are really too tiring, and they can't be out of shape in the slightest." ”

"Hahaha, I know it's not easy to be an official." Lu Xin patted Lu Yun on the shoulder, and changed his words: "But it's not like you don't go home for more than half a month, your grandfather and sister talk all day long, asking me when you will come back." ”

"Two days, two days." Lu Yun scratched his head embarrassedly.

"I don't think you're just loyal to your duties, are you?" Lu Xin teased: "Are you still hiding from someone?" ”

"Alas, I can't hide anything from my father." Lu Yun nodded dejectedly and said, "I still feel awkward to meet, and I don't have the idea of hiding in the palace." ”

"Well, indeed, anyone would have a big head." Lu Xin nodded sympathetically and said, "But escape is not a way, you have to face it." ”

"Let's talk about it when we see Shang Yun." In fact, Lu Yun didn't feel awkward when he got along with Shang Luojia at the beginning, but it was Shang Yun's reluctance to show up that made him feel that things had changed a little. Before determining Shang Yun's thoughts, Lu Yunzhen didn't know what kind of attitude to use to get along with Shang Luojia.

"Well, that's fine." Lu Xin said: "I have been in contact with the business boss, he is not a philistine like you think, and he still understands the truth of the great businessman's words." ”

"Really?" Lu Yun was slightly stunned when he heard this. He thought that Shang Yun's delay in coming was because he wanted to wait until the child was older and about to ripen when the melon was about to fall, and then come to Luodu to deal with the matter. When the time comes, he will let people make a big deal about this matter, and then negotiate with the land lord. Lu Valve didn't have time to bargain at all, so he could only let him blackmail.

"You don't have to think so much about what you don't have, you will naturally have a judgment when you meet." Lu Xin saw the entrance of the hall and instructed Lu Yun: "Remember to go home, go and see Miss Shang, don't snub her." ”

"Yes." Lu Yun nodded, and watched Lu Xin enter the Changle Hall under the guidance of the little eunuch.

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In the Changle Palace, the Initial Emperor had already passed the initial excitement, but his spirit was obviously very different from before.

"Hahaha, Lu Qing's family hurry up, they are all their own people, no need to be polite."

I saw him walking in front of the palace and helping Lu Xin, who was kneeling on the ground, with his own hands.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Lu Xin straightened up, bowed down and asked, "I don't know what Your Majesty's purpose is to summon your ministers here?" ”

"You, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, hold the court's fortune, but you are busy with your own affairs all day long." The first emperor sat back on the throne and quipped: "People say that the Ministry of Rites is noble, but you don't see it, but you really see it." ”

"For the sake of the minister's shame, please condemn your majesty." Lu Xin hurriedly bowed down again and pleaded guilty. The first emperor was not wrong at all, since he took office this spring, he almost did not even go to the yamen of the Ministry of Rites, and wholeheartedly carried out his reforms in the valve. There is a saying that 'everything is difficult at the beginning', the huge land valve is full of evils, and thousands of things are waiting for him to sort out, Lu Xin really can't spare his energy, and he went to the Ministry of Rites to retreat.

He also thought that he should be like this when he was the secretary of the Ministry of Rites. But listening to the meaning of the first emperor, it seems that he wants to let himself do something else.