Listening to Shen Chengping's words, Ma Yu also nodded, as the head of the Quanzhen Sect, he looked at the direction of the problem naturally and was different from the Qiu who often fought in the rivers and lakes and was happy to enmity and hatred, and now the Quanzhen Sect changed to adopt a unified acceptance of apprentices under Shen Chengping's suggestion and established rules, which avoids the disadvantages of one person's disciples making mistakes and others being difficult to manage and deal with, which is conducive to the unified management of the Quanzhen Sect, so Ma Yu's management of teaching affairs over the years can be regarded as smooth.

But now Qiu Chuji is privately accepting apprentices outside, obviously breaking this rule, if other people follow the same example in the future, then the Quanzhen Sect will not be easy to manage, Shen Chengping asked Qiu Chuji to bring that Yang Kang back, which is considered a disciple recruited by the Quanzhen Sect, and in the future, Qiu Chuji will stay in Zhongdu to teach more because of the inconvenience of Yang Kang's family, which can be regarded as the best of both worlds.

Thinking of this, Ma Yu nodded first, and then said, "Senior brother, what you said is good, I'll write to Senior Brother Qiu to explain!" ”

Speaking of this, Ma Yu paused slightly, and then said: "Recently, a large group of mountain bandits came to Fenzhou, looting everywhere, I received a letter from Zhou Yuan, a big household in Fenzhou, asking us for help yesterday, and I want to let Senior Brother Liu and Senior Brother Wang go to see, Senior Brother has always had an idea, why don't you accompany them to go on a trip!" ”

"I see, leave this matter to me!" Shen Chengping nodded when he heard what Ma Yu said.

The expansion of a sect has never been affectionate, it is full of countless battles, before in the world, when the Huashan faction expanded, there were countless fights with other sects, as well as local snakes, Shen Chengping was still in Tongguan to help Gao Minggen and Zhao Mingzi kill the three murderers of Minshan, that is just the tip of the iceberg of these battles, these years the Quanzhen faction has continued to expand and develop, which naturally cannot be calm, Qiu Chuji, Wang Chuyi They are not on the mountain for a third of the year, It's about dealing with these things.

This time, the Zhou family is a family that has taken refuge under the Quanzhen Sect in recent years, and it has also sent a lot of generous gifts. It just so happened that Shen Chengping's cultivation had already begun to achieve, and the skills of this body were just about to be displayed, and the previous black sword maniac was just a small test!

Early in the morning of the second day, after breakfast, Shen Chengping stepped on a green horse, and walked along the official road with Wang Chuyi and Liu Chuxuan, heading directly towards Fenzhou.

The three of them kept hurrying, and in the evening of the second day, they stopped their horses, and Shen Chengping looked at the vicissitudes of Fenzhou City from afar at dusk.

"It seems that we can just enter the city before dark, the two of us use it, we might as well visit Zhou Yuanwai tonight, rest at his house, inquire about the reality of those mountain bandits, and go up the mountain early tomorrow morning!" Shen Chengping proposed.

"Well, it's okay, according to what the junior brother said, let's go to the city first!"

"Drive!" Suddenly, everyone arrived at the gate of the city, slowly followed the last wave of people into the city and slowly moved forward, not long after, a simple and spacious mansion was close in front of them, and there were people standing at the tall gate to the middle-aged, square and loyal Zhou Yuan, followed by a few young men, who should be the younger generations of the Zhou family.

"The three Taoist elders are here, making the humble house shine!" Zhou Yuanwai came up from afar and saluted with fists.

"Zhou Yuanwai is polite, I waited for it suddenly, I hope it didn't disturb the staff!" With a faint politeness, Shen Chengping and the three of them dismounted unhurriedly.

"Where, where! The three Taoist chiefs are the distinguished guests that Zhou usually asks for but can't, so why bother? ”

Seeing that the three of them were extraordinary, Zhou Yuan was polite and polite, becoming more and more humble, and personally bowed down to lead the way on the side, "Three Taoist leaders, please!" ”

As soon as he entered the gate, Shen Chengping was silent, glanced slightly, and had a full view of the general layout of the courtyard, and couldn't help but secretly say in his heart, this Zhou family is worthy of being a big family that has been inherited for more than 100 years, and the simple atmosphere outside the mansion will not cause people to be taboo, but the mansion is rich and glorious, showing its own financial strength, and is well versed in the way of the big family, the Zhou family is not simple!

"The Zhou family deserves to be the leading family in Fenzhou, this courtyard scenery is scattered and orderly, rich and elegant, it seems that the Zhou family can also be called a poetry and book heirloom!" Shen Chengping's eyes naturally swept over the poems and ink on the flowers, trees, rockeries and other objects in the courtyard, and said thoughtfully.

"I don't dare to call poetry and books heirlooms, but I just offer a few meritorious scholars!" Zhou Yuanwai said politely, in fact, the real power position of the Jin Dynasty is in the hands of the Jurchen people, although the Han people can participate in the imperial examination, but most of them are difficult to get the real power position. However, the Zhou family has a few scholars, which can also reduce some exploitation.

"It's here, please take a seat! Please be seated! Seeing that in front of the hall, Zhou Yuanwai warmly greeted everyone to sit down.

Shen Chengping and others also did as they pleased, arranged by Zhou Yuanwai, and then staggered all the time, so there was no need to mention it.

"Alas! These big families are just troublesome, and they are so tired to eat! After the banquet was dismissed, everyone was led to the guest room by Zhou Jiayahuan, and Liu Chuxuan couldn't help but complain!

"It's just a matter of following the world!" Shen Chengping persuaded that the Quanzhen Sect practiced the Taoist exercises, and in recent years, Liu Chuxuan and others have obtained Shen Chengping's easy-to-tendon and bone forging exercises, plus their previous accumulation, their practice has gradually improved, and they have long been accustomed to a quiet life, and they don't like this kind of hypocritical entertainment.

"But since we came to the Zhou family, they are warmly welcome, and it's not good to sit on their hot faces with a cold ass!" Shen Chengping finally concluded: "But when my Quanzhen Sect develops in the future, most of these things can be handed over to the stewards and outer disciples in those places, and we don't need to worry about it!" ”

"Haha, what Senior Brother Shen said is that the important thing now is to solve the troubles here, rest well, recuperate, and go directly to Baishan tomorrow morning!"

"Just now we asked about the origin of the bandits, the Zhou family was also vague, only said that they came from Shandong, this Shandong's ringing horse has been very difficult since the Sui and Tang dynasties, and there is no shortage of masters on the green forest road, when the time comes, we must be careful, don't suffer a loss!"

At the same time, in the ancestral hall of the Zhou family, Zhou Yuanwai and three white-haired old men were at the head, and four or five junior young people below sat quietly opposite each other.

The eldest old man opened his mouth and groaned slightly: "Now that the Quanzhen Sect is developing very fast, the weather is not shallow, most of the families in Guanzhong are under his door, and we took the initiative to send it before, and we wanted to ask for some stability, but I don't know what the patriarch thought when he saw it today?" Ahem! ”

"My nephew thinks that let's just take a look for the time being, anyway, no matter which force this money is handed over, it is indispensable, and in comparison, the food appearance of this Quanzhen Sect is also much better, those ringing horses are just lost dogs who escaped from Shandong, even if there are some martial arts masters, my Zhou family is not muddy, you can let him open his mouth, but this time it is just an opportunity to see the quality of the Quanzhen Sect!" Zhou Yuanwai replied respectfully.

"Ahem, you have a good idea!" The old man spoke again: "If this Quanzhen Sect has real skills, what if we temporarily shelter from the wind and rain under this big tree, and it is good to enjoy the shade under the big tree, then according to your wishes, let's take a look first, cough cough!" The old man is not in good health, so he will go back to the room to rest first! ”