At the beginning, when there were only tens of thousands of monks surrounding the imperial city, Wang Ze panicked, but with the increase in the number of monks and believers outside the city, hundreds of thousands of monks and people surrounded the imperial city, and Wang Ze calmed down in his heart.

He must not retreat, and with the courage he has cultivated in various battles in the past year, Wang Ze will not allow himself to run away like this.

After thinking carefully in his heart, he sent Liu Wancheng out of the city quietly, summoning more than 100 people from the fleet, plus a large number of boxes.

These more than 100 people are not peerless masters, most of them are craftsmen who accompany the army on the ship or soldiers who know how to work as craftsmen, and some are Taoist priests who act with the ship, these Taoist priests usually exist as doctors, and the last few people turned out to be storytellers on the fleet.

Because of the backward navigation technology at this time, even the offshore voyage has to be counted in months, so the voyage at sea is very boring, not to mention that Wang Ze will develop ocean trade in the future, in order to enrich the "spirit" life of the sailors and sailors of the merchant fleet on board, Wang Ze has trained a group of storytellers.

However, because of the large number of sailors and merchant ships under Wang Ze's command and the increasing number of storytellers, and the number of storytellers is not large, there is only one storyteller for every ten ships on average, and they take turns to tell stories on each ship every day.

Chen Qian was still trying to persuade Wang Ze over there, so that he could change his mind and leave Jiankang City quickly, so as not to be killed, here Han Zigao slowly came to the side of these storytellers, and looked at the thick books in their hands curiously.

Han Zigao was shocked to find that each of these storytellers was holding a thick paper book in their hands, and the paper used in these books turned out to be fine yellow paper.

This yellow paper is not ordinary, it is not a simple paper that we understand as yellow 'color', but the white paper is soaked in the yellow barberry 'medicine' water, and then dried so that the paper that has been specially treated with 'medicine' water can be preserved for a long time.

Because ancient white paper is prone to moths, in order to facilitate long-term preservation, some officially archived paper documents of the ancient imperial court and government are written on yellow paper soaked in 'medicated' water, and cheap white paper is used for documents that have been used for a relatively short time.

Not to mention that the books in front of me are all yellow paper, and even the quality of yellow paper far exceeds that of the yellow paper used by the government of the Southern Dynasty.

Look at the font on the book, which is slender and powerful, which is different from the regular script of the Southern Dynasty sage Wang Xizhi or the Wei style of the Northern Wei Dynasty. It is clear that these books were printed with engraving with great effort.

If Wang Ze saw it, he would tell Han Zigao that this was the famous thin gold body in later generations, of course, Wang Ze was discussing with Chen Qian whether to sneak away from this topic, and he didn't know what Han Zigao was looking at.

Han Zigao couldn't help the curiosity in his heart, and said to the storyteller in front of him: "This gentleman, can you lend me this book?" ”

The storyteller read the book seriously, and when he looked up, he saw that he was a beautiful woman, if it weren't for the fact that this person had seen Han Zigao's appearance when he was in Jian'an County before, he was afraid that he would be a big ugly person immediately.

As soon as he heard that Han Zigao was going to borrow a book, he didn't know how to answer, but he hurriedly bowed down and offered the book in his hand with both hands, for fear of the beautiful woman in front of him.

Han Zigao smiled faintly, the storyteller who was only looking at him was drunk and confused, and his expression was in a trance, and he only hated the storytellers next to him who secretly hated why he didn't have such an opportunity.

"Shhh Han Zigao carefully looked at the book in his hand and couldn't help but take a breath, only to find that the cover of the book was actually made of fine sheepskin tanning, so luxurious!

(Don't wonder why Han Zigao can see at a glance that it is sheepskin, after all, he is from a family of shoemakers)

On the cover of the sheepskin is written the four big characters of "Romance of the Gods", which are forged by a machine and then written with good gilt, no need to ask if this must be the book written by Wang Ze last year, but later it was carefully revised and polished by Liu Qing for half a year.

When he opened it, Han Zigao was attracted by the grand and novel mythological story, and carefully flipped through more than a dozen sheets, until Wang Ze and Chen Qian came to the front, and Han Zigao reacted.

Looking at Wang Ze's still very tender face in front of him, Han Zi sighed: "Amazing, I don't know who wrote this book Xiahou, it's really strange!" ”

Hearing that Han Zigao had such a high opinion of the book in his hand, Chen Qian, who had always been curious, couldn't bear it, and snatched the book in Han Zigao's hand into his hand: "Oh? This book has such a good review, I want to take a good look at it! ”

Since Chen Qian served as the county guard of Wuxing, Han Zigao has studied under several Southern Dynasty Confucians in the five or six years since he followed Chen Qian, and now although he does not dare to say that he has read more than 10,000 volumes, he is also quite literary, hearing Han Zigao's high evaluation of this book, Chen Qian of course can't help but be curious in his heart.

After reading dozens of pages, Chen Qian raised her head and looked at Wang Ze with a shocked face and said: "Xiahou is really strategic, if this book spreads, I am afraid that the 'gate' of the Futu Sect will fight back wildly, this is simply digging the lifeblood of the 'gate' of the Futu Sect!" However, the various factions of the Dao 'Gate' will no longer sit idly by! ”

It is obvious that Wang Ze's purpose in writing this book was originally to suppress the Futu Sect, which is currently very strong in all countries of the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

In addition, Wang Yong's extermination of the Buddha in Sanqi, it is the same as not dealing with the Futu Sect to be offended, anyway, there are more debts and no worries, and there are more lice and no itching, but if there is the support of the Southern Dynasty Dao 'Gate', Wang Ze will be much better.

Although the Daoist 'Gate' during the Southern Dynasties was a mess of scattered sand, and its overall strength was far inferior to that of the Futu Sect, because of the influence of a large number of famous Taoist priests such as Ge Hong and Tao Zhongjing, the Daoist 'Gate' also had a large number of supporters in the Southern Dynasties.

If these Taoist 'door' people support Wang Ze, coupled with the influence of this "Romance of the Gods", although they may not be able to help the Futu Sect at that time, they can also cut off the fanaticism of a group of people and shake the status of the Futu Sect.

To be honest, Chen Qian is still very willing to see the Futu Sect suppressed, they are all middle-aged people in their thirties, and they are still talking to Wang Ze excitedly about the plot in the book.

Han Zigao looked at the nearly 100 craftsmen nearby in boredom, taking advantage of the fire in the brazier around him, and a large number of boxes next to him were piled up in a mess.

There was something in the crowd that caught Han Zigao's attention, and he walked over and reached out to 'touch' it, it felt like silk, but the feel was different, as if something had been plated on it.

So Han Zigao turned to the craftsmen and asked, "This gentleman, I don't know what the things you are making now are for?" ”

The eldest middle-aged craftsman hurriedly replied: "Oh, we don't deserve the title of Mr., we and the other people have never known the etiquette, don't blame most of the governors!" I don't know too much about this thing, so the Metropolitan Governor should ask my Hou Ye carefully! As he spoke, he got busy with a few young craftsmen.

At this time, Wang Ze also came to Han Zigao and said with a smile: "Don't blame Brother Zigao, wait for a little rest today, and let you see a good show tomorrow at night!" ”

That night, the lights outside the imperial city of Jiankang City were brightly lit, and tens of thousands of monks lingered, and even tens of thousands of believers were stranded around the imperial city, making the defenders at the head of the city nervous.

This night, the inside and outside of Jiankang City seemed to have become a city that never sleeps, and the scholars with all surnames, Chen Qian, Han Zigao and many people in the imperial city and many people in the outer city all had sleepless nights.

However, Wang Ze admired the dedication of the traders in Jiankang City, carrying burdens, baskets, and even pushing carts to sell fruits and vegetables within a limited time, japonica rice fish 'meat' porridge, Hu cake soup, and even a special 'door' to provide vegetarian food for the monks, and the business was very hot, which really turned the outside of the imperial city into a night market.

The believers and ordinary monks have never seen such a scene since Hou Jingzhi's 'chaos', but the great monks are angry one by one.

An angry monk said angrily: "This, this, like something, the eyes are full of blockages!" Hui Hui looked at the monk and said, "Hui Si, the Buddha also wants to eat and sleep!" The monk with the Dharma name Hui Si calmed down.

On the second day, there were more people in Jiankang City, because there were only thousands of men and horses guarding outside the city, and there were many officers and children of scholars, and the 'gate' of Jiankang Outer City was not closed, and the people who got the news around poured in.

However, this time, there were a lot of Taoist 'gate' people in Taoist robes pouring into the city, and at first only some slightly famous Taoist priests came, which did not attract much attention, but when Dai 'Meng', the head of the Maoshan Sect of the Qing Dao, arrived with his disciples at noon, there was a cheer in Jiankang City.

Although the Futu Sect is the most powerful in Jiankang City, it is not all the world of the Futu Sect's 'door', as Tao Zhongjing's descendant disciple, Dai 'Meng' is also quite famous in the Southern Dynasty as the head of the Shangqing Dao.

I saw Dai 'Meng' under the support of the disciples of the 'Gate', slowly approaching the imperial city, wearing the Yuan Shi crown, wearing a yellow-brown robe, with a silk skirt, and wearing a nine-'colored' Liluo Veil, which can really be described as a fairy wind and bones.

When Dai Meng' came, a large number of Taoist priests from the Qing Dao gathered over, and even brought a large number of Taoist 'door' believers to surround the Taoist priest outside.

In addition to the Shangqing Dao, which forms a core here in Dai 'Meng', there are also circles formed by other Taoist sects such as Wudou Mi Dao, Jindan Dao (Danding Sect), and Nantian Master Dao nearby.

On weekdays, when these factions of the Dao 'Gate' get together, they must debate endlessly over which faction is the orthodoxy of the Dao 'Gate', but for some reason, they are all quietly watching from the sidelines today.

Hui Si said indignantly: "Are these bull-nosed old Taoists all coming to see my Futu Sect's 'door' make a fool of themselves? I waited until yesterday afternoon to get over, and they rushed over now, and they were so well informed! ”

Hui Hui had noticed the increasing number of Dao 'Gate' people in the city since early on, but he didn't care much about the power of the Futu Sect' 'Gate' that he held on his own.

Jiankang as the capital of Southern Chen, has always been prosperous and prosperous, although the Futu Sect occupies an absolute advantage, but the power of the Dao 'Gate' here is not small, but it is just covered by the brilliance of the Futu Sect.

At the beginning, he didn't care when he saw the people of the Dao 'Gate' coming to Hui Xuan, but when he saw that the real people of Jindan Dao and Nantian Master Dao had arrived, he began to feel that something was wrong, and when Dai Meng, the head of Shangqing Dao, also came to Jiankang City, Hui Hui finally understood that there was definitely something wrong with things.

The heads of the famous 'sect' sects like Dai 'Meng' will definitely not go out of the mountain without major events, and their sect's 'gate' will definitely not be able to catch up with Jiankang City within a day.

While there was a lot of commotion outside the city, Wang Ze also looked at Chen Duan who was smiling and 'groaning' and 'groaning' in front of him with a look of surprise, hasn't this beautiful bearded Taoist priest been with his father Wang Yong before!

It turned out that at noon, Chen Qian suddenly came to Wang Ze with a person in person, and Wang Ze fixed his eyes and saw that it was Chen Duan, a Taoist priest, and it seemed that Chen Duan and Chen Qian were still 'very' familiar.

"Daochang Chen, you and the Great Chen royal family shouldn't be the same clan, right?" Wang Ze asked Chen Duan.

Chen Duan was surprised by his sudden appearance in front of Wang Ze, and he was also very satisfied, he had always seen Wang Ze with a confident appearance since he joined the gang a few years ago, and now he felt a sense of accomplishment when he saw Wang Ze's surprised expression.

Hearing Wang Ze's words, Chen Duan replied with a smile: "Poor Dao and King Linchuan are not the same sect, but in the past, I also had an encounter with His Majesty Da Chen today!" "It turned out that when Chen Duan traveled to Nanling and Da Yuling, he had a relationship with Chen Baxian, who led the army to pass by.

After Chen Duan finished telling Wang Ze, he remembered that before setting off from Jeju Island, it seemed that the old fairy Liu Qing had told this story, and he was really a pig brain, Wang Ze patted his head in annoyance.

Looking at Wang Ze patting his head childishly, Chen Duan smiled and said, "Last month, I received a letter from the teacher, saying that Xiao Langjun had set sail to the Southern Dynasty. In the letter, the teacher said that after Xiao Langjun left, he thought that although His Majesty and the King of Linchuan were sincere gentlemen, the Futu Sect 'Gate' was not. The 'gate' of the Futu Sect in the world is the same as the branch, and the 'gate' of the Futu Sect in the Southern Dynasty is extremely powerful, in order to prevent the 'gate' of the Futu Sect from being unfavorable to Xiao Langjun, I personally came to Jiankang. ”

"In this way, those Dao 'Gate' people outside the Imperial City and all the real people in charge of the sect were all invited by Daoist Chen?" Chen Qian suddenly asked, seeing Chen Duan nodding and smiling, Chen Qian was overjoyed, so that she could feel much more at ease.

Wang Ze said happily: "Thank you for the care of the old immortals, now that my husband has come to me, I am much more relieved, but I don't know what the situation is with my father now?" ”

Chen Duan raised his eyebrows and said: "Everything is fine with Lang Jun, now he is known as Xia Gong and General to the outside world, I will discuss this matter with you later, let the poor Dao help Xiao Langjun!" Since seeing the things that Wang Ze had prepared, Chen Duan understood five or six points about Wang Ze's plan.

Hearing Chen Duan's words, Wang Ze also relieved his heart and breathed a long sigh of relief: "Then when it gets night, I need a lot of help from Brother Chen Dao!" ”

The monks and people outside the city have gathered since yesterday, after nearly two days of waiting, they have already been a little impatient, and when they arrived, some people even said that they wanted to clear the king's side, Hui Hui and others were secretly happy in their hearts, they just wanted to stir up the anger of the people, so that they could take advantage of the 'chaos' to succeed.

At this moment, the soldiers on the city wall began to move, and suddenly there were more ordinary young men and other soldiers at the head of the city, and these people carried wooden boxes one by one to the city and put them up.

Seeing that people other than soldiers began to appear on the city wall, although the monks outside the city did not know why, but when they saw Chen Qian's banner also appearing on the city wall, they thought that Chen Qian and others in the city were going to compromise with themselves, and they began to cheer one by one.