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Chapter 326 will come back eventually

The crazy Xiao Yijiu alone made the entire Taiji Palace nervous, and Wan Xingchen's words made a demon go west, and another word made an emperor panic, sometimes the big rivers and lakes are beyond touch, and sometimes the small ones are just as big as a Taiji Palace. Even the small ones are only the size of two or three people.

These things don't seem to have anything to do with Fang Jie, who has already crossed the Yangtze River, and he is also in the rivers and lakes at this time.

The confluence of Luoshui and the Yangtze River is as vast as a big lake with no boundless edge, and the big rivers running east-west and north-south rivers meet here but do not stir up any turbulent waves. The water of the two great rivers gently wrapped around each other, and soon merged into one.

But beneath the seemingly calm surface of the water is an undercurrent, and where the two rivers meet, there are many swirling undercurrents, and if the boatman accidentally sails the boat here, it will not be long before it will be swallowed up. The experience of the boatmen is now passed on to them by their ancestors over thousands of years, and they will never touch the advice left by their ancestors.

In fact, the rivers and lakes here are not the same as the rivers and lakes of people? It seems to be peaceful, but in fact it is full of crises. If you are not careful, you will be swept into the waves and will be unable to extricate yourself, and if you don't get it right, you will never recover. If you want to turn over, you can only wait for the next life to be reincarnated, and you have to beg for no memory.

After changing to the big ship of the local government, Fang Xie and his party began to turn south.

The boatmen carefully held the boats, not daring to go near the places where their ancestors had been warned by word of mouth. It all looks the same on the water, but the local boatmen have an invisible route in their minds. This route has been explored by countless generations with their lives, and its value cannot be measured in money.

The lake formed at the confluence of the two rivers is called Yan Lake, and it is said that the shape of this large lake looks like a flying swallow with wings spread when you look at it from the highest point on Mangdang Mountain on the north bank of the Yangtze River. On the gentlest side of the water, there is a water city, which is one of the camps of the imperial court parade on the Yangtze River and the Luohe River, and it can be seen from the number of masts that there are at least several hundred warships in the water city.

South ship West Horse, this is the four words that circulated among the people in the north before the Great Sui pacified the south of the Yangtze River. The southerners are good at driving boats, and walking on waterways is like walking on flat ground. The Westerners naturally referred to the Mengyuan, and they rode horses as easily and easily as the southerners drove boats. Now the land of Nanchuan has become the land of fish and rice in the Great Sui, and the land of West Malaysia is still staring at half of the Great Sui.

Fang Jie's gaze retracted from the water city, and his heart was a little uneasy when the great lake was stirred by this thousand sails. The world is too big, and there are scenery everywhere.

But Fang Xie could still hold so many scenery in his heart at this time, and a Buddhist Tianzun who claimed to be called Shi Yuan almost filled his heart. It's not calm, and it mostly comes from that bald head.

Fang Xie hadn't seen Shi Yuan since he left that day, and it was as if the monk had suddenly disappeared. The secret guards who followed him in the dark did not appear again, Zhuo Buyi was recuperating on the boat, but his people still walked separately, and when they crossed Yan Lake, they heard that there had been a murder, and five or six strangers died, and everyone died in the same way, with a bloody hole in his forehead.

There is no doubt that Lihuo's men were killed by that Shi Yuan. Shi Yuan is not a god, and if those dark guards don't take the initiative to provoke him, he won't know the identities of those dark guards. It is speculated that those dark guards should have discovered Lu Minglan and went to connect, but they were all killed by Shi Yuan.

The Heavenly Venerable of the Buddha Sect is undoubtedly powerful, how can those secret guards be opponents?

Fang Xie took a thin blanket and walked out, and covered Zhuo Buyi, who was sitting on the deck chair basking in the sun: "The wind is strong on the river, and you are as weak as a three-year-old child now." ”

Zhuo Buyi smiled and said, "It's not as good as a three-year-old child." ”

Fang Xie sat down next to him, was silent for a while, and asked, "With our current manpower, if we meet that Tianzun named Shi Yuan next time, will we have a chance of winning?" ”

Zhuo Buyi squinted at him and said in a very light tone, "He didn't necessarily kill you." ”

Fang Xie smiled bitterly: "I finally broke off the relationship with the Buddha Sect, and I haven't forgotten the disaster of half a year's imprisonment." ”

"This time it's different."

Zhuo Buyi smiled: "This is not Chang'an City. ”

Fang Xie asked, "You would lie to the emperor?" ”

Zhuo Buyi said: "I am not a person in the court, and you will treat me as a friend in the Ouchi Guard." Since I don't even have an official position, why should I take the initiative to report anything? ”

Fang Xie smiled: "You are so cute now." ”

Zhuo Buyi said: "To change the word, it is better to use Yushu Linfeng." ”

Fang Xie pouted: "When you are injured, then Yushu Linfeng, I am now full of thoughts about how to kill that guy." ”

Zhuo Buyi frowned slightly, and after pausing for a while, he suddenly asked, "Why is he so fascinated by women?" The shipwreck of the ship hired by the Dark Guard was not a beauty, and he did not let it go. The woman in the dark guard is a little bit beautiful, but why is his identity as a Buddha Sect Tianzun so hungry? ”

"Hunger is not a choice!"

Fang Jie's eyes suddenly lit up: "These four words seem to be the key......"

Zhuo Buyi sighed: "It's a pity that we don't know much about Buddhism. The Ouchi Guards have never stopped sending secret spies to Mengyuan for so many years, but with little success. The foundation of Buddhism is in the Great Snow Mountain, and not everyone can enter the Great Wheel Temple. It's hard to find out about a Tianzun. ”

"Anyway......"

Fang explained: "We don't know anything about him, do we? ”

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After passing the Yan Lake, the boat entered the Luoshui River, which was slightly less wide than the Yangtze River, but even then the narrowest part of the river was at least a mile wide. And Luoshui is much gentler than Changjiang, she is like a gentle girl in comparison, while Changjiang is a hot young woman.

Because it was Qincha who went south, the admiral of the Yanhu Navy specially sent two Huanglong clippers to escort him. The Yellow Dragon Clipper is thirty meters long and can carry 200 soldiers at full capacity. Of course, a warship of the same size cannot be compared with a troop carrier. The warship was sturdy and much heavier than the transport.

What made Ye Jinnan happiest was that Fang Xie was a man of his word, and Fang Xie really stopped contacting local officials after changing to the waterway. Even Fang Jie, the invitation of the Admiral of Yanhu Naval Division, declined because he was unwell, and the invitations of those state officials along the way turned a blind eye.

At this speed, it will be possible to reach Yongzhou in half a month.

He wrote a secret letter and released the carrier pigeon when no one was around. After walking for another three or four days, you will enter the jurisdiction of the Southwest Fourth Road, where the left avant-garde has the final say. The four governors are noble in terms of status, and they are all feudal officials of the second grade, but in front of Luo Yao, who is the third grade, they are like quails and only have the share of promises.

As long as he entered the Fourth Southwest Road, Ye Jinnan could be regarded as having completed more than half of his errand.

Thinking of the confession that the great general Luo Yao called him to the study before going to the imperial capital, and thinking of the heart disease that the general had been entangled with for so many years, Ye Jinnan couldn't help but let out a long sigh. The general has been guarding the southwest for more than 20 years, and the imperial court's attitude towards the general has changed from being used without doubt at the beginning to being suspicious now, and people on the left avant-garde can actually feel it.

It's not because the general has been expanding his army over the years, and even interfering in the affairs of the local government. The appointment and dismissal of local officials in Pingshangdao, where Yongzhou is located, the governor of Zheng Erpin even had to ask him for advice. It can be said that these four governors in the southwest are the four most aggrieved governors in the twenty-four rivers and mountains of the entire Great Sui.

And within a radius of 1,000 miles from Yongzhou City, it is the land of absolute power of the left avant-garde. Local officials are all left-wing people, and no one else wants to get involved.

Over the years, the impeachment of Luo Yao has never been broken, and there are not a few local officials in the four southwestern provinces who are not convinced. But General Luo never cared, of course, he knew that one still had to kill the other. These four southwestern provinces are not so much the territory of the Great Sui as his fiefdom.

But such a powerful man, he also has his troubles and pains.

Luo Yao's Left Avant-garde General's Mansion is located in the north of Yongzhou City, covering a huge area. This mansion used to be the residence of a prince of the Great Shang, and after the destruction of the Great Shang, this place became the private residence of the first emperor to Luo Yao. Two streets away from the General's Mansion is the imperial palace of the Shang Kingdom.

This splendid palace is now the southwest palace of the Great Sui Emperor, but the two emperors have not been there for more than 20 years. Compared with the Taiji Palace in Chang'an, this palace is much more delicate and less majestic. The gardens and palaces in the southwest pursue quiet and elegant, unlike the Chang'an City, which pays attention to a solemn and magnificent everything.

Luo Yao's General's Mansion is the same, entering from the main gate is a beautiful garden. Evergreen plants unique to the southwest are scattered throughout the garden, and walking through the stone paths is like being in the middle of nature. Luo Yao's study is located in the depths of the garden, in the banana forest.

It is a three-storey wooden building, typical of the water town architectural style.

The local people call this kind of building a stilt building. Because it is deliberately built in a pool, the first floor is also higher than the second floor of the northern wooden building. Even a canoe can pass through the stilts, and the lotus flowers in the pool bloom at least three or four months earlier than in the north.

This stilted building was Luo Yao's most private place, and even his wife couldn't just walk in.

A soldier hurriedly climbed the stilt building with a secret letter, whispered instructions, and then pushed the door and walked into a room to the south. He walked forward with his head down, his hands holding up the secret letter to the man behind the desk in a homely suit.

It was a man who looked to be about forty years old, but he was actually in his sixties. His figure is not particularly burly and strong, and it is even too delicate compared to the legendary image of the tall and green face with fangs. However, anyone who sees him at a glance knows that he is a soldier. The kind of temperament in him is destined to make him a very tall person, and this kind of height has nothing to do with height.

This is Luo Yao, the left avant-garde general on the right side.

After taking the secret letter, Luo Yao waved his hand, and the armor soldier respectfully withdrew. He unfolded the secret letter and looked at it, his expression changed slightly, and then he threw the secret letter out of the window. The letter fell flutteringly on the water, and in a short time it was torn by the fish in the pool.

"It's a few years late, but you're back."

Luo Yao leaned back on the seat, although his face still looked flat, there was a strange look in his eyes, which was fleeting. He tilted his head to look out the window, the gleam in his eyes transformed into tenderness that rarely appeared. This iron-blooded man rarely has such a look in his eyes in this life.