Volume 1, The Wind Rises in Shu Chapter 5, The View of the Capital
The dog days are scorching, Qingcheng Mountain is lush, fortunately, the mountains are majestic, the trees are towering, and they add a little coolness under the scorching hot sun.
Today's guests came to the mountain gate, which was the people of Yafeng Village yesterday, and the Yu family in the capital.
Yu Xiaowei changed into plain clothes, Li Zhanyi was still dressed gorgeously, and yesterday's ironclad guards only came with three people, and they changed into dark plain clothes, and a group of five people led by Yu Xiaowei and Li Zhanyi; Sit on the side of the Qingdu Palace.
In addition to Qiu Liang, the fourth Daoist of the host Qingcheng faction, the other five Daoists also gathered, the head of the sect was still wearing a loose white Dao robe, and the other four people were also dressed as yesterday, wearing a purple robe, with a crescent crown on their heads, and the five people were full of immortal wind and aura.
Originally, there was a seat for Zhao Zhengli, but he was too drunk last night, and his senior brother Yuan Daoren made up a lazy sleep and couldn't get up, so the head of the house withdrew his seat in a fit of anger.
This conversation is unsurprisingly the topic of the Shu County Government, and it is not surprising that the gentleman is invited to go down the mountain.
As a result, the Qingcheng faction had already been psychologically prepared, and it was nothing more than taking it as their duty to go down to the mountains to eliminate harm for the people, sweep away the bandits and rogues in the mountains of Shudi, and start with this kind of rules and regulations.
Look at what kind of performance the Shu County Yamen has, if you don't intervene, then govern the peace of the people, the court will then commend the Qingcheng faction, and then suppress the Shu County Yamen, after all, the affairs of the Yamen let the Taoist priests who are Qing Xiu and the vulgar govern, and detain him to guard the top of the crime of conniving at the Japanese and not being good at governance.
If involved; Official. Bandits. knot, the imperial court naturally intervened, and at that time, the Qingcheng faction naturally withdrew and withdrew.
No matter how Shu Junshou chooses this process, it will be suppressed, and it is obvious that the imperial court has been preparing for a long time.
The benefits of the Qingcheng faction that broke the game must be indispensable, and they can even make a name for themselves in the royal family, although the cultivators do not pay attention to fame and fortune, but the royal name is not just a name.
The royal family has dragon energy, if it is contaminated, it will definitely make the sect upgrade to a higher level, which is better than the aura of mountains and rivers, not to mention that it can also drive incense, and the royal family has allocated funds to repair the Taoist temple, which can be described as a one-time affair, and the Qingcheng faction naturally understands.
Yu Xiaowei did not rely on her father in the military department of the imperial court, and regarded herself as a junior very humbly, because she was well known as the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon of the Holy Sect, and his father Yu Bin was even more repeated before going south.
As for why this kind of important thing was arranged for her to come, in fact, it was for her to avoid the gangs of the kings and nobles in the capital court, as well as to restrain the temperament of the scholars, and let her leave the capital to see the real people's livelihood.
The daughter of the secretary of the military department led the guards south to Shu County; It is not airtight in the capital. Naturally, there are good people who fan the flames, saying that the military department Shangshu knows that the problem of Shu County is a hidden danger of the imperial court, and he insists on using his daughter to secretly form a party in Shu County to guard the Shu land...... And so on.
But fortunately, it was under the secret decree of Emperor Qingyuan, and this Shangshu lord had no fear.
Yu Shangshu naturally understood that he was a pawn of Emperor Qingyuan, and used him to go south as a bait to lure out the mutual suspicion and suppression of several forces in Shangjing, and by the way, he used his hand to pressure and rectify Shu County.
After all, the suspicious emperor is old, the government politics are not at ease, and the local hidden dangers are not at ease, so it can be regarded as worrying about the smooth takeover of the crown prince!
It is precisely because of this that Yu Bin, the secretary of the Ministry of War, knows how to temporarily draw a line with various forces.
But this smart Lord Shangshu ignored the suspicious emperor's heart, and mistakenly thought that he really had other plans to arrange for his daughter to go south to Shudi, so he took this opportunity to knock on the court in turn, and the military department Shangshu complained bitterly, but he couldn't find a reason to refute, after all, he still had two sons, why did he let his daughter go south? Isn't there something else going on?
But who in the capital doesn't know that his two sons, Yu Shangshu, are incompetent? I don't feel at ease in the capital, how dare I let it out?
It's just that someone with a heart deliberately concealed this matter and made a big fuss.
Fortunately, Lord Shangshu tried his best to find evidence that his daughter was in Qingcheng Mountain in Shu County, which dispelled the emperor's suspicions.
Of course, this is also the old emperor's appearance for the court to see, and the old emperor of the family of the three provinces and six departments probably knows better than themselves.
Meantime; The situation in Shu County has also become a chessboard for the observation of the situation in Shangjing, which has attracted the attention of all forces.
Among them, the prince's mansion and the Chengwang Mansion are the most intense, after all, the replacement of the county guard of the huge Shu land is directly related to the change of the situation.
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Qingcheng back mountain.
When Zhao Zhengli, who woke up from sleep, heard that he was going down the mountain to practice, the whole person was as stunned as his head when he just woke up!
Even the luggage was intimately packed by his third and fifth senior brothers, and he looked at Yuan Daoren and the head of the house for help, and the two of them resolutely said that it was for his good to go down the mountain to practice.
Knowing that he had been on the road with the beautiful woman in the extravagant carriage yesterday, he was reluctant to cope with his errand.
is a little hasty, Zhao Zhengli gradually accepted the reality, looking back on the past few years, he really hasn't done anything serious in the mountain gate, except for the practice of almost demonic, nothing else has made people worry.
The Yu family was naturally puzzled by this sloppy conclusion, the other party was only more than fifteen years old, younger than Yu Xiaowei, although she looked good-looking, but this time she invited someone to go down the mountain to break the situation, not a beauty pageant.
The Qingcheng faction was not ambiguous about this kind of doubt, and directly asked Li Zhanyi, the guest secretary of the Yu family, to try his hand, and the two were easily subdued by Zhao Zheng after only ten moves.
This result is not strange except for the Taoist priest of the Qingcheng faction, the faces of several people in the Yu family are incredible, and Li Zhanyi is even more unacceptable, he is a strong grandmaster, and there are few opponents in the martial arts, how can he lose to a little Taoist priest of the Qingcheng faction today? The key fight is only ten moves, how can she mix in the rivers and lakes?
The head of the house was very satisfied, stroked his beard and stood up to explain: "This is the little junior brother of the old Taoist who came into being, Zhao Zhengli, he is still young, but his cultivation and mind are not bad, he alone can be twice the number of ordinary monks and martial artists." ”
Everyone was secretly surprised when they heard this, this kid is young, he is still good-looking, and he is even more terrible to be a cultivator, and his rank in the mountain gate is still terrifying.
Weighing it like this can be regarded as finding a step down for Li Zhanyi.
"Zhao Tianren!"
The Yu family also bowed respectfully to Zhao Zhengli to show respect.
Zhao Zhengli hurriedly returned the salute: "You're polite!" ”
This little uncle of the Qingcheng faction went down the mountain with a heavy heart.
When the Yu family found out that the mountain gate was up and down, they were reluctant to give up with that Yuan Daoren, and the rest wished that he would leave earlier, could it be that there were many similar talents in this mountain gate?
Zhao Tianren, who went down the mountain, had no waves in his heart, and he couldn't talk about being sad, but he was a little excited, after all, this little uncle had been looking forward to the world of flowers for a long time.
Along the way, he didn't have the slightest melancholy and reluctance, the mountain gate was placed here, and he wanted to come back, wouldn't he turn around? The rivers and lakes are in front of you, and if you don't go, you will miss too much.
The group went down the mountain and settled in Yafeng Village again, this time with Zhao Zhengli, a young Taoist priest.
Zhao Tianren entered the inn with a little melancholy, remembering that he had been back and forth to Yafeng Village no less than a hundred times, and had never stayed in the inn for a night, and it was really an aftertaste to overlook the bustling and familiar Yafeng Village through the window.
I have heard that the storyteller and the ranger warrior often mentioned that Yafeng Village is not one of the few peaceful places in Shu, and for those who have experienced the rivers and lakes, this is the pure land, there is no fighting and looting, and there is no brutal exploitation.
Zhao Zhengli was thinking, are the rivers and lakes really sinister?
He fell asleep with mixed feelings.
Early the next morning, the Wuhua convoy left Yafeng Village, and the onlookers were still overwhelmed.
The fine iron knight who was ready to go was once again rigorous, and the big flower horse was full of energy, the only difference was that there was a young Taoist priest in a Taoist robe in the team, and his fair and handsome face instantly let the onlookers know.
"That's the little fairy on the mountain?"
"Is the Taoist chief out of the mountain to be an official?"
"She looks so handsome and white, maybe she was caught by a rich lady?"
"Earlier, Rich Liu's daughter has admired him for a long time, so I have to miss it."
"The old woman has admired him for a long time, but people don't look down on him."
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There were many discussions, but no one paid attention to them, Zhao Zhengli was not good at riding horses, so he sat in a sedan chair with Yu Xiaowei, a young lady of the Yu family, and Li Zhanyi changed to ride a horse to accompany the sedan chair.
The sedan chair walked very smoothly, for a while Zhao Zhengli didn't feel that the carriage was moving, the armrests of the cushions were also soft and comfortable, and accompanied by a beauty, the sedan chair was not narrow, and he could faintly smell a woman's unique aroma, which was very special, which made the little heavenly master feel a little sleepy.
Yu Xiaowei was also speechless when she saw this, this sedan chair was originally going to be one of the six Taoists of the Qingcheng faction, so she chose a comfortable and stable sedan chair, but now she picked up a boy who was younger than herself, but this kid's Taoism is extremely terrifying, and she really didn't understand whether this trip was a profit or a loss in a short time?
The atmosphere of the handsome men and beautiful women in the sedan chair was a little quiet, Zhao Zhengli squinted and dozed off, Yu Xiaowei stared at him sideways for a while, just like him, he was left in Shangjing City and was not allowed to let those girls squeeze their heads into their arms? Where is the matter of Tian Jing, the first beautiful man in the capital?
Yu Xiaowei is thinking about how to get him back to the capital, and his momentum will rise among the kings and grandsons and nobles, and it will definitely not work if he is hard, and he can only make soft moves, and I don't know if he likes money or power.
Meise vetoed it for a short time, after all, she was alive and well off a beauty who shared a sedan chair with him, and she didn't take a second look, which really made Yu Xiaowei feel bored. began to suspect that he was not attractive enough, and he was not even interested in a little Taoist priest. Could it be that a monk can really reach the point of being pure in heart and having few desires?
What Yu Xiaowei didn't know was that Zhao Xiaotian had read "health books" since she was a child, although her face was beautiful, she couldn't stand the immaturity of her incomplete maturity, her peaks, waist, and charm were all lacking, and she was still a little less attractive when she was considered, so she didn't look at it much.