Chapter XXVII: Blackmail Begins
Lu Hanyang was preparing to rob in the city, and in the Taiji Palace, the palace where the Tang Dynasty was now the most powerful, Li Er and his queen were discussing.
Although he was fooled by Lu Hanyang for a while before, and he couldn't find the appearance of the north at all, Li Er and Empress Changsun were both people who left great names in history. A husband and wife are not fuel-efficient lamps, but at this time they gradually understand something.
"Second brother, what do you say is the identity of this immortal?" Empress Changsun used to call Li Er the second brother when no one was around, which was the name of their husband and wife in private, and it did not change because of the change of status. He is called His Majesty in front of people, but it is a different matter after people.
After all, after many years of husband and wife, the two have long been familiar with each other, and Li Er certainly knows what she means when it comes to the question of Empress Changsun: "I'm afraid the identity of this immortal is not low, I just thought about it, and he only said seven of the eight immortals in the cave." So who is the eighth place? ”
There are some words that don't need to be clarified, so Empress Eldest Sun also understood, in fact, Lu Hanyang had vaguely told them his identity before. In the words of the other party, the master of the human sect is the supreme saint of heaven and earth, the moral celestial venerable.
And when Daode Tianzun sat down, there was only one disciple of the Xuandu Grand Master, and the Xuandu Grand Master had eight disciples and one registered disciple: the Eight Immortals of Shangdong, and Marshal Tianpeng. Then the rest of them all said their identities, and only one was left unstated.
And this immortal once said that he was taught by the Xuandu Grand Master, so he should be one of the eight immortals in the upper cave, so the last one in the eight immortals in the upper cave is Lu Chunyang.
"Second brother, are there really immortals in this world? Although this kind of thing is circulated, we all know how many of it is false. Liu An, the king of Huainan, ascended to heaven by himself. But what is going on here, the second brother knows it when he thinks about it, so this immortal who suddenly appeared ......," said Empress Eldest Sun.
For these things, in fact, Empress Changsun shouldn't have said it, but there are some things that have to be said, because this is not only the attitude of the government towards this immortal, but also the need for a charter in the harem.
"This immortal's ability can't be faked, not to mention the fire and the destruction of the Turks, his flying sword alone is enough to make me unable to compete! Are the gods really so powerful? And what made me even more frightened was that when we first met, I was unconsciously manipulated by him, and I was completely honest with him about what I was thinking. Li Er's heart palpitated.
When we met for the first time, the other party asked what they knew and said everything. This kind of involuntary situation made him feel deeply frightened. But even if Datang has many generals and generals, it can even be called a fierce general. But he couldn't help the other party, and even let it go.
"Second brother, in fact, this immortal doesn't seem to care about the secular imperial power, so he only needs to be enshrined, which is a good thing for the Tang Dynasty. After all, although the imperial court has many soldiers and generals, it is not necessarily invincible. "Empress Changsun is also a thoughtful person, since she can't make the other party surrender, then she will enshrine him high on the altar, and under the support from time to time, you can also rely on the big tree to shade the Tang Dynasty, why not.
"That's true, it seems that this Yushan Taoist Temple needs to be summed up well! It's just that this time I don't know how much money and food the immortal chief can get from the mouth of the family. I'm afraid that the inner government will need to subsidize it...... Guanyin, I'm afraid it will ...... then," Li Er said.
"Second brother, why bother talking at this time, although there is not much in the inner mansion, there must be a way!" Empress Eldest Sun said that this kind of thing must be done well, and both ends can only be preserved.
"That's great!" Li Er also wanted to change some strategies, so he recruited the inner servants: "Someone announced that Qi Guogong, Xing Guogong, Cai Guogong and others entered the palace to discuss matters." ”
At this time, in Suzaku Street, in a mansion near the palace, Lu Hanyang was welcomed into the gate by Cui Jin, the patriarch of the Cui clan. This Cui clan is always the Dinghai Divine Needle of the Qinghe Cui clan in the court. Although it was only the Ministry of Civil Affairs at this time, what is the place of the Ministry of Civil Affairs? In the future, it will be renamed Tobe,
In other words, this guy is in charge of Datang's current money bag, and Datang's every move needs to allocate money and food from him, otherwise he won't be able to do anything. And it is also a noble title, worshiped as the Duke of Jingguo.
At this time, Cui Jin was already in his fifties, and in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, where the average age was only in his thirties, he could definitely be regarded as a high life. At this time, he directly knelt down to greet him, because this immortal's temper really didn't seem to be very good.
Yesterday, I killed a few gentlemen in a green building, and demolished all the green buildings. Of course, this is the message that these big families are ready to put out. hasn't had time to play a role yet, but it doesn't prevent him from slandering the other party like this in his heart.
"Today's arrangement of the immortal chief is coming, it is really a disappointment, a sin and a sin! The immortal is here, but it makes my Qinghe Cui clan shine! Cui Jin first held Lu Hanyang high.
"This seat is not here to listen to flattery, just because this seat needs a place to settle down, and has already asked the Tang Emperor for a place, but to repair a Qing Xiu Cave Mansion This seat also needs some worldly property. I heard that Cui's is kind and charitable, this is not a door-to-door fate! "Turning fate is not the first initiative of Buddhism, Taoism also pays attention to the law of fate.
"As long as the immortal chief is in need, then Qinghe Cui's clanding will try their best to do it for the immortal chief system." It turned out to be a door-to-door request for money, this is easy to do, give a thousand eight hundred yuan, for Qinghe Cui's is a drizzle.
"To build this Taoist temple, we need 200,000 pieces of money, 50,000 horses of silk, and 500,000 stones of grain! How much can Qinghe Cui's give? Lu Hanyang's words suddenly made Cui Jin almost vomit blood.
Even if one of your Taoist temples is built with money and grain, you don't need so much. What about the immortals, why are they so greedy for money? But the idea that Lu Hanyang was here to fight the autumn wind flashed in Cui Jin's mind.
Because he is very familiar with the number that Lu Hanyang said: this is the total amount of money and grain that the family has paid for this time to help the imperial court fight the Turks. Could it be ......
If it is really as he thinks, I am afraid that this money and food will not be available. The other party put himself on the same position as the entire Datang. Your family gave Datang so many things to use to fight, so you should also give so many things to him to cultivate Taoism.
"Immortal Chief, the Cui family is willing to donate 100,000 stones of corn, 5,000 horses of silk, and 30,000 yuan of money. It is considered that the Qinghe Cui clan is dedicated to the immortal chief, and the rest, the Qinghe Cui clan is afraid that the whole clan will not be able to take it out without eating or drinking! Cui Jin bit his cheeks and could only grit his teeth and swallow blood, so he couldn't help but agree.