Da Xuan has been seen for forty-three years, and the fifth day of the first month.

Ho Scale, in Kaito County, Owari Province.

A young man wearing a three-degree hat, a straight hanging upper body, a feather weave, and a horse hakama on the lower body is sitting on the grass and playing with the Taiping money in his hand. Another lean man, a little older, sat next to him, both dressed as samurai attire that was common in the area.

"Ding", the young man suddenly used his thumb to bounce the silver-white Taiping coin into the air, and the Taiping coin that was thrown into the air spun and fell, the young man reached out to catch it in the palm of his hand, and then slowly opened his palm, revealing the words "Taiping in the world" on the Taiping coin.

"Literally, Daoist Nie, you've lost again." The young man laughed.

The man sighed, reluctantly handed the two small circles in his hand to the young man, and muttered dissatisfiedly: "You won three guesses, but pity the silver I just issued this month, most of it fell into your hands." Although they were dressed as warriors from the Phoenix Scale Prefecture, the two of them spoke very standard Daxuanguan dialect.

The young man smiled and took Xiao Yuan, stuffed them into his satchel with the Taiping coin, waved his hand at the man and said, "Don't come to this set, the two of us are twenty yuan Taiping money, and you have only lost six Xiao Yuan to me until now, no matter how you calculate it, it will not be related to the three words 'more than half'." ”

The man was not annoyed, he lay down on the ground with a big grin, picked up a piece of grass and put it in his mouth, and asked as if he had changed the topic casually: "Xuan Lang, what do you say is the current situation of this war?" ”

The war in Hanzi's mouth naturally did not refer to the war between Daomen and Tianmen and the local feudal lords of Fenglan Prefecture, after all, at this time, they did not know what Jinque would react to, what decisions they would reach, and what actions they would carry out.

The war he refers to refers to the civil strife between the Toyotomi "Imperial Three Families".

The young man straightened his waist slightly, and subconsciously touched his satchel: "Who knows, after three days of drifting on the sea, our news has long been out of touch with the Daofu, hasn't Director Zheng already used the Zimu Fu to contact the Daofu, you better be patient and wait for him to finish contacting." ”

The man didn't seem to be satisfied with this answer, and spit out the grass in his mouth with a "phew", stretched out his hand and hugged the young man's shoulder, leaned into the young man's ear and whispered: "I guess it's not optimistic, before leaving, I heard that Ding Wei Lingguan has begun to assemble the spiritual officials under her command, and Deputy Mansion Master Yang has also taken Director Zhou and Director Qiao to Xiujing City to meet the Taizheng minister......"

Before the man could finish his words, he heard someone shouting, "Assemble! Mr. Zheng is back. ”

The young man and the man immediately got up and trotted in the direction of the shouting—a dozen samurai had already gathered.

Surrounded by the samurai was a middle-aged man in his mid-forties, dressed as a samurai, who looked no different from the people around him.

Seeing that the people were almost here, the middle-aged man coughed lightly, looked around at the surrounding warriors, and slowly spoke: "I think Deputy Mansion Master Cao has already explained to you how dangerous this trip is, and I didn't mean to scare everyone, but ......"

The middle-aged man's voice was a little lower: "I just used the Zimu Fu to contact the Deputy Mansion Master Cao, the current situation is more complicated than before we set off, Jin Que has passed a preliminary resolution, at the invitation of the Fenglin Prefecture Guan Bai Xiangfu, the Daomen is about to send troops to Fenglin Prefecture to help the Xiangfu quell the rebellion." ”

Bursts of whispers rang out all around.

A "samurai" beside the middle-aged man asked, "Chief, then our mission ......?"

The middle-aged man called "Principal" seemed to have expected to be asked this question, and before the man could finish speaking, he replied directly: "The task remains the same, or rather, because of Jin Que's decision, our mission has become more important. ”

The words fell, and the scene fell into a deathly silence.

The middle-aged man looked around and continued, "I know that everyone is uneasy, but as long as we act according to the plan, there will be no major changes. And after this errand is done, when I return to the Taoist mansion, one or two 'yellow character skills' will not be able to escape. If you can find any special information, it is possible to get a 'Xuanzi Gong' and 'Dizi Gong'. ”

A young man muttered in a low voice: "Let those flower garden Taoist priests take all the good errands, and throw all the dirty work to us 'wild Taoist priests' to do." ”

He deliberately added an accent to the word "wild Taoist".

The middle-aged man didn't seem to hear this complaint, and directly ordered: "Everyone rest in place, and set off in groups to carry out the task in half an hour!" ”

The crowd dispersed in twos and threes, and the voices of the deliberately suppressed complaints could be faintly heard.

The man and the young man returned to the meadow where they had stayed before, and sat down cross-legged.

"Xuan Lang, I'll just say that the situation is not good, I knew that it would become like this, the two of us went directly to the battlefield with Ding Mao Lingguan, maybe we can kill a few more widows and make some merit or something." As he spoke, the man took out the jerky and dry food from his baggage, and ate the dried meat and dry food in one bite.

The young man looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to them, so he took out the dried meat and dry food wrapped in oiled paper from his satchel and responded: "How many times have you said it, don't say things that are not conducive to unity, and do not do things that are not conducive to unity." Is the Minister of Imperial Affairs a Japanese Minister? Is the emperor of Fenglan Prefecture a widow? Are you going to chop them up too? ”

The young man swallowed a mouthful of dry food into his stomach in two by two, and continued to teach the man: "What Chief Zheng and Deputy Bishop Cao have done can't be called 'Wakou', if you want to call it 'rebel', you just can't remember." ”

The man rolled his eyes disdainfully, chewed the jerky in his mouth, and replied vaguely: "Pull it down, then what kind of bullshit minister, emperor and rebel army are all born of the same ancestor, why aren't they Japanese cowards?" I think you were taken by those flower garden Taoist priests, and your mouth is official. ”

The young man did not refute, and silently nibbled on the dry food in his hand.

The man was bored, and he didn't say anything more, just "hummed" and continued to eat dried meat and dry food.

Naturally, these people were not samurai under a certain feudal lord in Fenglan Prefecture, and of course, their identities could be easily deduced from the titles of "Dao Chief" and "Chief Minister".

They are people of the Daomen.

The young man's name is Ran Hegui, and the word is snow clothes; The man's name is Nie Zhan, and his name is Xiongfei.

Both of them are seven-grade Taoist priests who work in the Fenglan Prefecture Provincial Government.

Just like the young man said before, in the eyes of those Yujing Jiutang Taoist priests, they were low-grade Taoist priests who were begging for a living in the local Taoist mansion and were wild Taoist priests.

But whether it is a flower garden Taoist or a wild Taoist, whether it is a delicate flower or a resolute weed, they all thrive under the care of the giant gardener of Daomen.

Daomen was a giant who stood tall in the sky, and he drew his sword and looked around, finding that there was no rival in this world who could compete with him.

Although this giant is now uncoordinated because of schizophrenia, although he often does things like fighting left and right or slapping himself in the face, although he will even take the initiative to stretch out his fingers to let the snakes and insects outside gnaw at this kind of thing, there is no doubt that this giant is at the peak of his prime, and when he pulls out his sword, he is still so invincible and invincible.

There is no doubt that this giant will draw his sword and swing his sword at all the ghosts and ghosts in the Phoenix Scale State who dare to resist him when he is very mentally normal.

Unfortunately, the giant is now mentally normal, but his eyes are half-blind.

At the time of the civil strife of the Imperial Three Families, the Tianmen of Fenglan Prefecture united with the feudal lords of various places to overthrow the regent Guan Bai and the family, who were in charge of the imperial court, in the name of returning power to the emperor, and set off a rebellion in the name of "Respect the King". Under this rebellion, the conspiracy of various forces in Fenglu Prefecture gradually surfaced.

Just like fifty years ago, the feudal lords of Fenglan Prefecture began to send people to create friction, deliberately coercing and provoking local Taoist priests, finding various excuses to expel Taoist priests and forcibly close down Taoist temples in various parts of Fenglan Prefecture. The Taoist temples in the feudal domains, which were farther away from the provincial capital of Xiujing City and Fenglan Prefecture, even had bloody clashes between Taoist priests and samurai.

In this case, the great real person in charge of the mansion immediately made a decision and ordered the closure of all Taoist temples far away from the Taoist mansion, and the Taoist priests in the Taoist temple immediately returned to the Taoist Mansion of Fenglan Prefecture, and the rest of the Taoist temples under the protection of the Prime Minister's Mansion were also vigilant at all times, and the Taoist spiritual officials in Fenglin Prefecture immediately entered a state of combat readiness to prevent all accidents from happening. At the same time, the situation was immediately reported, and Jin Que was waiting for Jin Que to make a decision on this rebellion.

These decisions are quite correct, with the gradual rise of the "Respect the King and the Dao" movement, the situation of the Taoist priests in Fenglu Prefecture will become more and more difficult, and if the Taoist priests from all over the country are not withdrawn to the Taoist government, I am afraid that there will be more bloodshed.

But what made Ran Hegui puzzled was why neither the Grand True Man of the Zhangfu nor the True Person of the Zhangfu reported the news of the civil strife of the Three Imperial Families to Jin Que at the first time.

However, as the Taoist temples in various places gradually closed and the feudal lords tightened their vigilance against the counties under their jurisdiction, the sight of the giant Daomen looking at Fenglan Prefecture was completely obscured by the fog of war.

The art of war is cloudy: know yourself and know your opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles; Knowing oneself without knowing the other, one wins and one loses; I don't know who I am, I don't know myself, I will die in every battle.

If you know the enemy and know yourself, there will be no danger in a hundred battles; If you don't know the enemy but only yourself, you have half the probability of victory or defeat; If you don't know the enemy and you don't know yourself, you must be in danger in every battle.

Naturally, a giant without eyes cannot cut down his enemies.

So now their weeds have become the eyes of the giant Daomen.

Ran Hegui and more than 30 other Taoist priests, under the leadership of Chief Zheng, set out by boat from Settsu Province, where the Hoscal Prefecture was located, and sailed along the coasts of Izumi Province, Kii Province, Ise Province, and Shima Province, and finally arrived in Kaito County, Owari Province, which was under the jurisdiction of the "Owari Toyotomi Family", one of the three imperial families.

Their mission was to find out the current distribution of forces in Owari Province, the distribution of combat power, the amount of food and grass, and other information, and, if necessary, to sabotage important facilities in the country.

Before the Daomen intervened in the dispute over the succession of the three families, all the feudal lords who opposed the Guanbai Xiangfu in Fenglan Prefecture were their potential enemies.

And scout teams like them, the Fenglu Prefecture Provincial Government sent a total of thirty.

It stands to reason that there are a total of sixty-six countries in Fenglan Prefecture, and thirty scout teams can completely reconnoiter half of the counties in Fenglan Prefecture, but in fact, this is something that cannot be done at all.

According to the laws and regulations of Fenglan Prefecture, in terms of administrative division, the entire Fenglin Prefecture was divided into five and seven provinces, and then on the basis of these five and seven provinces, sixty-six orders were divided into the country, and many cities and counties were established within a country.

The "Dao" and "Guo" here are equivalent to the "Prefecture" and "Fu" in the local divisions of the Daxuan Imperial Court, while the "Cheng" and "County" are equivalent to the "County".

The lack of regional demarcation among countries has led to a very interesting phenomenon: the size of the borders is quite uneven.

For example, the Settsu Province where Hidejing City, the home of the regent of the Fenglan Prefecture, was located, was a quarter of the area of the adjacent Harima Province; The area of Mutsu Province in the northeastern part of Fenglin Prefecture is larger than the area of the 16 countries of Sanyang and San'in in China.

In such a regional situation, the Fenglan Prefecture Provincial Government did not have the ability to reconnoiter all of a state, and could only send elite Daoist priests to some important areas for reconnaissance.

Unfortunately, Owari Province is an important region.

Unfortunately, Ran He is an elite Taoist.

During the Great Wei Dynasty of the previous dynasty, there were also elite sentinels and scouts like them in the Liaodong cavalry, because these people were active outside all night, so they would be called by a special title.

The night is not closed.