Two days later, in the afternoon, the Yamen of Liyang County.

Li County Thorn History, Zhiyun Guanguan Main Species Haidao People, and Shi Jiwen, the follower leader of Lord Thorn Shi, entertained Li Wan and his party who came to be in charge of the supervision task in the trial cabinet.

Sitting on the Taishi's chair was the current Li County Assassin Shi, who was promoted and transferred to Liyang a year ago. For the arrival of the prince Li Wan, the yamen specially removed the kneeling seat that was originally appealed and replaced it with two beautifully shaped seats, for Li Wan and his guest Jin Daochang. Outside the gate, there were only two of the most trusted officials of the assassin's history, and there was also a group of officials guarding outside the gate.

And that Chang Shi Jiwen, who could be said to be the biggest target of Li Wanxia, Fanxing and the others, was extremely humble. was supposed to sit on the seat next to the Taishi's chair, but he took the initiative to stand on the left side of the cabinet to show his respect for His Royal Highness Li Wan. And out of that position sat trembling, like a sea-planting man walking on thin ice.

was specially requested by Li Wan, and the "Xia Guard" who stood behind him and Jin Qifa could see at a glance that Chonghai was praying - on the night of the assassination, His Royal Highness King Rong must be merciful!

Each of the three of them paid attention to Gwen, who was standing respectfully on one side. Li Wan secretly confirmed that this person's figure was no different from that of the court, but his head hung very low, and the silk on the lower edge of the official hat covered his face a lot, and he couldn't see whether this guy's once ruthless face would be even more ugly after instigating such a shameless organization.

"Your Highness, this is the chief of the main sea of the largest Taoist temple in Li County. The minister has heard that His Highness loves to cultivate the Tao, and maybe you have also heard of this Taoist master. Master Thorn Shi first introduced Li Wan to the sea, but he didn't know that the two had already had a relationship in the past, and there was almost a murder a few days ago. At the same time, he also explained why he invited Chonghai to meet His Royal Highness King Rong - the assassin told the powerful story of the Liyang Dao Gang.

Li Wan nodded slightly, and the two of his peers and him were paying attention to the expression of Chong Hai who got up and bowed slightly-Chong Hai's expression was stiff, and when he got up, he couldn't help but brush his beard, and his eyes seemed to hint that Li Wan should not say that to Lord Thorn Shi.

Li Wan nodded inattentionibly. Xia Fanxing's heart was full of doubts. He felt that Tankai was not as ignorant of the assassination that day as he said. In other words, there is a relationship between him and Gwen. And all three of them speculated that it was impossible for Lord Liyang to not collude with Ji Wen. If the three of them were all insiders, would it be necessary for Tan Hai to be so afraid that Thorn Shi would know about this?

On second thought, if Lord Thorn Shi really didn't have any hookup with Ji Wen?

"Alas, Your Highness, I guess you heard about it before you came, or you may have felt it these days. Despicable County... The Taoist Society is so powerful that it often causes chaos. After a few polite words, Thorn Shi smiled a little awkwardly and said. Although he has not experienced the biennial imperial court supervision report here, this year's politics has made him very clear that the chaos of the Taoist gang in Liyang County will definitely not escape the supervision history!

It's better to talk about the ugly things ahead and face this biggest problem head-on.

"Your Highness, Dao Gang affairs, Lord Thorn Shi has always been under the management of Wei Chen. The minister's unfavorable handling led to the chaos of the Dao Gang for a long time, and the last time the Inspector Shi also mentioned it many times, please blame Wei Chen!" A dull voice came from the left side of the cabinet. Givin bowed down and began to take the blame for himself.

Li Wan's heart suddenly became nervous. He glanced at the golden period law beside him, but found that the golden period law did not give him a hint of eye action. Li Wan also has rich experience in politics, but at this time, he felt panicked in the face of this Ji Wen. He stood up, turned to Ji Wen and said, "Ji Changshi, you can't be blamed for this matter. This king has long understood that the forces of the Li County Dao Gang are a little chaotic. Besides, you were only transferred from Takebe Shirou to Liyang three years ago, so it's hard to make much change. ”

"However, I believe that the phenomenon of the Taoist gang in Liyang is definitely much better than it was two years ago. And thanks to the fact that Wei Guogong presided over the government affairs of Li County two years ago, although he had heard of the chaos of the Dao Gang, he felt very little in the past few days. ”

"Yes, although it is still a big problem, it is much better than the state of the Dao Gang in previous years. Master Ji, you also have a lot of credit!" Seeing that Li Wan was still relatively loose on this big issue, Assassin Shi hurriedly put his words in a good way.

"Don't dare, it should be thanks to Yang Yuan's handling of government affairs that has won the hearts of the people, and Weichen is just like the Han Dynasty and the Qin system, and he doesn't dare to have merit. Ji Wen kept a low bow, and Li Wan never saw his face. Suddenly, a sense of irritability surged into his heart, Li Wan coughed dryly, frowned slightly, and asked his doubts, "Master Ji? You don't have to be too restrained, please be flat!"

The final voice was somewhat raised. Ji Wen paused and hesitated for a moment, Li Wan suddenly felt very annoyed in his heart, and tried his best to suppress this feeling, but his fingers couldn't help but knock twice on the seat next to him, wrinkled his nose, and sat down.

Gynwin had no choice but to straighten up and look up. The official hat no longer obscures his face. The face in Li Wan's memory is as cunning and insidious as the character of this cool official. The eyes are very long, and the whole face is uncomfortable to look at. It's just that on the bridge of this person's nose, there is a scar that runs down from the center of the eyebrows. Although it was a small scar, it made the face even more terrifying, and it was a very serious injury.

However, what Li Wan remembered was that when Ji Wen, a short-lived martial arts squire, stood on top of the court, his face was not so seriously injured. Could it be that after being accused of taking bribes by Yang Guozhong, he suffered some things in prison?

"Wei Chen once helped his disciples with a sharp blade for this authentic way, so this scar was left on the bridge of his nose. I was afraid that I would have a hideous face because of this injury, so I deliberately hid my face so that His Highness would not be frightened. Givin looked up and said.

"Oh, forget it, this king is not a child. Li Wan was a little strange, he would not have said such ridiculous things on such occasions before. But after hearing Ji Wen's words just now, this sentence blurted out. At the same time, Jin Qifa next to him also glanced at him with some surprise, Li Wan's abnormal reaction just now should be a side effect of the Qingyan Pill's medicinal power after entering the divine consciousness.

Jin Qifa frowned. Xia Fanxing, who was standing behind Li Wan, kept his eyes attracted by the scar on Ji Wen's face. This scar... Even if you look at it now, it's a little different from ordinary scars, isn't it? It's a little bit of blood stains in it? Didn't the Golden Period Law find this?

He didn't know that Jin Qifa's attention was no longer so focused on these things. Xia Fanxing felt that Ji Wen's reaction and answer just now were very decent, but often people who want to hide secrets always have a place that cannot be hidden. This scar is something that Giwin can't hide. Xia Fanxing remembered this.

Thorn Shi Gan laughed twice, and then flattered Li Wan a few words, taking the opportunity to dissolve the embarrassing atmosphere.

"Lord Assassin Shi, this king came to supervise this time, and the imperial court also specially underwent a government affairs for me. It is about the iron-making divisions and ore veins in various parts of Liyang. The imperial court understands that your Li County is rich in mineral veins, and there are many spiritual veins compared to other places. However, due to the large number of monks here, the spiritual vein resources are still insufficient. As you know, during the reign of Taizong, the imperial court advocated the exchange of a large number of ordinary ores and spiritual ores, which belonged to the Ministry of Industry, called Daotiemen, and specialized in the exchange of ordinary ores and spiritual ores. ”

"This year, Daotiemen has introduced a policy, and the exchange rate of ordinary ore is much higher than in previous years. In view of the current situation in Liyang, the imperial court asked the king to implement the policy during the supervision period of this month. That is, to organize the disciples of the Liyang Dao Gang to extensively develop the mineral veins here, and to manage a small number of undeveloped spiritual veins by officials and monks from the Dao Iron Sect. The imperial court added another three percent of the exchange rate for the ore produced by the Liyang Iron Division. ”

"That is to say, under this policy, it is more efficient to mobilize the Dao Gang disciples who originally developed the spiritual veins to develop a large number of mineral veins in Liyang County, and the officials of the Dao Iron Gate to help develop the spiritual veins. In addition, the cultivation resources that you can exchange for at the Ministry of Industry through the ore veins you produce will definitely not be less. Moreover, putting you under the management of the imperial court will also help to reduce the competition for spiritual resources and reduce the chaos of the Dao gang in the mouths of all of us. For this task, please also ask Lord Assassin Shi to cooperate with this king. ”

Li Wan finished reading the royal secret letter in his hand and put it away. This task is said to have been sent to him by his father, but it is a secret letter handed to him by the crown prince Li Heng, and it is difficult to rule out that it is not the idea of His Royal Highness the crown prince. For this additional task, he had to do what the court wanted.

Gwen's head suddenly lifted, but immediately drooped again. Before the Taishi chair could speak, the sea stood up with an uneasy face, bowed tremblingly, and said, "Your Highness... The spiritual vein of the county has been gradually brought under the control of the imperial court in recent years. Forgive Weichen for being rude, the chaos of the Dao Gang cannot be said to have nothing to do with the fact that the cultivation resources are getting dwindling and decreasing! Although it is indeed for our good in general, I am afraid of the following ignorant ... Think twice, Your Highness!"

"Then what can I do! This is the task of the imperial court, doesn't this king know your reasoning about the Taoist Chief? The imperial court wants to do this, and the father emperor wants to do this! Please cooperate with the Taoist Chief!" Li Wan felt a burst of anger rush to his heart again. He didn't want to bother with these things, he came for the same purpose as Xia Fanxing, but for Ji Wen!

"Your Highness is angry, angry!" said Giwin, bowing again. Several people around also knew that as soon as this task was passed on, the Dao Gang disciples below would not feel that it was beneficial to them, but would think that the imperial court had come to rob them of their spiritual veins again. And as soon as these pressures dropped, the first to suffer was Ji Wen Changshi, who was in charge of the affairs of the Dao Gang.

"Weichen and Lord Thorn Shi, and the head of Tankai Dao will try their best to cooperate with His Highness's governance. As for the problems below the Dao Gang, Your Highness, don't worry about it, it's all a matter within the responsibility of the ministers, and I will definitely deal with it. Ji Wen glanced slightly at the puzzled and regretful gaze cast by the people of Tankaidao, and expressed his loyalty to Li Wan with an expressionless face.

Master Thorn Shi, who was a little stunned before, and Chonghai saw that Ji Wen was looking for them to go down the steps, and immediately followed to express their support, Li Wan breathed a sigh of relief, and felt that the fire in his heart had disappeared a lot. But he didn't notice that Jin Qifa beside him and Xia Fanxing behind him had already felt the change in his temperament, and his brows were slightly furrowed.

... After chatting about some political affairs between the DPRK and China and the local government, Ji Wen, who had always been extremely respectful, suddenly announced a news, and his voice became very loud.

"Your Highness, Chief Jindao. In three days, there will be a major funeral here in Liyang County. The deceased was Yang Xiangfu, a secret strategist, who was said to have a certain cultivation foundation during his lifetime. His ancestral home is Liyang, and he has lived in Liyang since he was a child. According to the information told by Yang Xiang, because he went to Liuqiu Island with the envoy of the Prime Minister, he contracted a terrible and rare local stubborn disease, and his Dao heart was broken, which caused his dantian to shrink and he died. Yang Xiang also specially told us some of the deeds of this strategist who has worked under him over the years. ”

He said that the last wish of this strategist was to be able to return to his hometown. It is said that this strategist did his best for Yang Xiang, and Yang Xiang demanded that his last wish must be fulfilled properly. This strategist was quite famous among the people of Li County when he was not in the court before, but more than ten years have passed, and the strategist is engaged in secret work, and his body may not be known after returning to his hometown. Yang Xiang asked us to spread his deeds in the past few days, so that the villagers of Li County could re-acquaint themselves with this minister of the Tang Dynasty. ”

"So, in three days, we would like to ask Your Highness to go with us to the mourning hall to mourn for him. At that time, the funeral procession will be all over the county, and it will be paraded for two days and two nights. Yang Xiang himself was unable to come due to his busy government affairs. However, this strategist is one of Yang Xiang's right-hand men, and has a close relationship with the Yang family, and the noble concubine Niangniang also has a deep friendship with him. Therefore, Yang Xuan, the eldest son of the Yang family, and Yang Qing, the third lady of the Yang family, will also come to Li Yang to offer condolences. ”