Pei Xiaolou's appearance in Jiangling Mansion is certainly not a coincidence. He didn't come to escort Zhang Yuelu or Qi Xuansu, but he had other priorities.

Although Pei Xiaolou really wanted to learn from Ji Daoren, who was also a disciple of the Quanzhen Dao, and be a casual idler who did not hold a real position, his background determined that he could not do this. Because of his family, he has today's status, and he naturally wants to give back to the family. Especially at the critical moment when the elder brother Donghua Zhenren competed for the throne of the Great Palm Sect, it could not be restricted.

As for where Pei Xiaolou went, it is not difficult to guess.

The Prince's Mansion.

In recent years, the Yuan family has claimed to be a writer and a martial artist in Jiangling Mansion with the Junwang Mansion, which is really a bit exalted to the Yuan family, or to add a sentence, the warrior who fights with iron and the literati who runs water.

The martial arts naturally refer to the county prince's mansion that has been a general for generations, and the literati refer to local wealthy families such as the Yuan family. Since the founding of the kingdom of Daehyun, the status of the Gangneung-gun royal palace has never changed, although it is not a vassal king, but it has been operating for more than 200 years, which is really not to be underestimated.

Although the Yuan family has a long heritage, it can even be traced back to the previous dynasty, but it has not been long since it stood out from the gentry. In other words, it took only a few decades for the Yuan family to become a great gentry from an ordinary gentry.

In terms of influence, the Yuan family is far inferior to the county prince's mansion.

It's just that the county king's mansion has always been low-key, rarely showing its influence, and its focus has long been no longer on a corner of Jiangling Mansion, more on the temples of the imperial capital.

It was a custom that the nobles should also have at least one seat in the cabinet, which was handed down from the time of the ancestors. Compared with the civil officials who represent Confucianism, Xungui is His Majesty's own person, even if it cannot form a balance, it must form a containment, and the civil official family cannot be dominant. If the Confucian civil officials want to monopolize power, the royal family will not agree, and the Taoist sect will not agree.

Although the Daomen relaxed their control over Confucianism, they did not completely let down their vigilance against Confucianism. On this point, the position of the Daomen and the nobles is the same.

Therefore, there is also a county palace in Dijing, before the old county king Zhishi, the family lived in the Dijing County Palace, and this old mansion located in Jiangling Mansion did not have a serious owner.

Pei Xiaolou came to the county king's mansion, and there were guards in front of the door, lined up in turn, wearing armor and sharp.

However, seeing that Pei Xiaolou was dressed as a Taoist crane, he didn't dare to stop him strongly, and a sentry officer took the initiative to come forward, hugged his fists and asked, "Dare to ask what this Taoist chief has to do?" ”

Pei Xiaolou, as a second-grade Taiyi Taoist priest, would be a little disappointed when he went to show the basket again, but he just said: "As soon as I was tired, I said that Pei Xiaolou, the assistant of Wanshou Chongyang Palace, was visiting." ”

can be a sentry officer in the county king's mansion, his eyesight is naturally there, and his knowledge is not lacking, the sentry officer looked solemn: "It turned out to be Pei Zhenren, forgive the villain for being rude, please wait a while, the villain will go to Tongyu." ”

Pei Xiaolou is not a person who likes to put on a shelf, so he arched his hand: "It's hard work." ”

The sentinel turned around and entered the county king's mansion, and it didn't take long for the county king's mansion to open the middle door, and an old man dressed in stone blue clothes strode out.

Pei Xiaolou knew in his heart that half of today's middle door was opened for his brother.

He took the initiative to greet him: "Etiquette, etiquette, Pei is flattered." ”

The old man is the old county king Qin Gongfu, and he is also the father of Qin Wuxi.

Strictly speaking, there is no such thing as an old or young county king or a large or small county king, there is only one Jiangling county king, Qin Gongfu, Qin Wuxian is actually the son of the county king, which is equivalent to the prince of the country.

Qin Gongfu has gray hair, does not smile, has a burly figure, and still has the habits of many black-clothed people on his body, his waist is straight, and he walks with a tiger, and his every move seems to be carved out of the mold, which is unchanged.

This is not for no reason, the old man's entire youth and most of his middle age have been spent in the army, and this is the critical moment when a person's habits and concepts are fixed, so the old county king will let people know that he is an old man in black at a glance. In fact, it is true that the old county king is not only the pillar figure among the nobles, but also has a deep influence among the men in black. Therefore, the comparison between the Yuan family and the county king's mansion is indeed exalted.

Qin Gongfu stretched out his hand sideways and said with a light smile: "Courtesy should be like this, Pei Zhenren please." ”

The two entered the county king's mansion, came to the main hall, and sat down with the host and guest, and their own servants served tea.

Qin Gongfu once served as the secretary of the Ministry of War, and he had an intersection with Donghua Zhenren, so at this time, he naturally talked about Donghua Zhenren first, and then turned to the main topic.

"I can't hide it from Your Highness, Pei Mou came to Jiangling Mansion this time to take on the errand of Wanshou Chongyang Palace, and this visit to His Royal Highness is also because of this errand and asks His Highness." Pei Xiaolou did not hide his intentions, it can be said that he was straight to the point, "After all, the imperial court and the Taoist gate are all one." ”

This made Qin Gongfu, who didn't want to wade into troubled waters, refuse directly, so he had to say: "Pei Zhenren, please speak." ”

Pei Xiaolou said: "I wonder if His Highness still remembers the Jiangnan case?" ”

"This case involves a lot of things, of course the old man remembers." Qin Gongfu nodded slightly.

Pei Xiaolou said: "It's just that case...... Due to various reasons, it was not possible to get to the bottom in the end, and recently there were clues that involved this case, which was related to the local Yanqing Chamber of Commerce, so ......"

There is no need to say everything, Qin Gongfu already understands. It's just clear that he really doesn't want to be involved in the infighting of the Daomen, let alone rush to stand in line. If Zhengyi and Quanzhen Dao win, he will naturally think of his affection, but if Taiping Dao wins, with the Li family's temperament of retribution, he will not give up.

It is true that the habit of the man in black on his body is very heavy, but after all, he has left the army for many years, and he is no longer a man in black, but the king of Jiangling County.

When the official becomes big, there are no scholars, no Taoist priests, and no people in black.

Qin Gongfu's reaction was expected by Pei Xiaolou, and he said: "After all, this case involves the Daomen, Your Highness is not good to meddle rashly, and Pei will not force His Highness to deal with those Taoist priests who do not abide by the law, after all, it is not in accordance with the rules." It's just that now there is a big family, willing to be an accomplice, embezzling the money of the Daomen, and colluding with the local government, which is intertwined, if he rashly moves, I am afraid that there will be chaos, I think about it, only the old county king can calm the situation. ”

Qin Gongfu asked, "I don't know who this big family is?" ”

Pei Xiaolou said in a deep voice: "Yuan family." ”

As the largest head snake in Jiangling Mansion, it can't be said that the Junwang Mansion knows the entire Jiangling Mansion well, and it can only be said that it can't hide anything from the Junwang Mansion, of course Qin Gongfu knows the details of the Yanqing Chamber of Commerce.

It is indeed not a big deal not to directly involve the Daomen, or even to make a move against the Yanqing Chamber of Commerce, but to target a Yuan family.

Qin Gongfu groaned: "It turned out to be the Yuan family, I don't know if Pei Zhenren has any evidence?" ”

Pei Xiaolou said: "Of course there is evidence. ”

Qin Gongfu didn't ask what the evidence was, and said, "Since this is the case, this king will go to see the local governor and the chief military officer of the town guard." It's just that on the side of Confucianism, a real person has to come forward. ”

Pei Xiaolou stood up, hugged his fists again and said, "This is natural, there is Lao Laojun King." ”

……

Yuan Chongzong sat alone in his study, not saying a word.

There was a gentle knock on the door.

Yuan Chongzong opened his mouth and said, "Come in." ”

One person pushed the door in, and it was the chief housekeeper of Yuan's house.

"How's it going?" Yuan Chongzong asked in a deep voice, although Yuan Chongzong didn't have much expression on his face, but it was difficult to hide a little impatience in his tone.

The butler's expression was very stiff, revealing a little panic, and he said stiffly: "Young master, he ...... Young master, he ...... Nope. ”

Yuan Chongzong's eyelids jumped slightly, and he didn't speak.

The steward grew frightened.

The grandson is gone, and the old lady is indifferent, is it wrong for herself? Or the old lady didn't hear clearly.

So the butler's voice trembled and he repeated it again.

Yuan Chongzong finally spoke: "I know, I don't have to say it a second time." ”

The butler held his breath and did not dare to say another word.

After a moment, Yuan Chongzong asked, "What about the master?" ”

The housekeeper said: "Back to the old lady, the old man is still leading people to hunt down and kill that Master Zhang." ”

Yuan Chongzong's face softened slightly: "Nothing went wrong, right?" ”

"There is nothing wrong, the old man has not hurt any skin, but that Master Zhang is too slippery to keep his hands, and he has not yet succeeded, but it is also a matter of time or time." The butler hurriedly replied.

"The grandson is gone, and he can still regenerate. As long as the Yuan family is still there, it's nothing. Yuan Chongzong breathed a sigh of relief.

……

The celestial who injured Qi Xuansu stood with his hands in his hands, his expression indifferent.

There were many people standing behind him, all of them silent.

Two corpses lay side by side at his feet.

Yuan Shangdao, Yuan Fengchan.

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