All of a sudden, the first thing the Manchu civil and military officials did after returning home was to close the door and thank the guests, for fear of accidentally getting involved.

However, officials like the eldest prince suddenly discovered the clues, and most of the officials who were dismissed were dissatisfied with the new policy or deliberately obstructed the implementation of the new policy, and many of those who were promoted were cutting-edge talents.

In fact, the mystery was solved ten days later, and Xu Fang, a scholar of Qilin Pavilion, begged for his bones to return to his hometown on August 17 after the Mid-Autumn Festival.

At the same time, there were also Hanlin Bachelor, Donglin Pavilion University Scholar Liu Quanyou, Zuodu Yushi Wang Shi of the Supervision Yuan, Han Tai, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Xu Guochang, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, and Li Shuming, the secretary of the Ministry of War.

The next day, the Holy Lord allowed Liu Quanyou, Wang Shi, Han Tai and Xu Guochang to play the four people, arranged for the officials of the Ministry of Rites to give a lot of rewards, and praised the four of them, so that their townships could take proper care of them.

For Liu Quanyou and Li Shuming, the saint has made a reservation to let them feel at ease in government affairs, and Daxia currently needs the two of them.

And because of Yuan Rui's income, Xu Lian, the former waiter of the Ministry of Works, took a step forward and was promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of Industry and became an important minister of the court.

In fact, there are some things that not only the common people don't know at all, but even many courtiers are kept in the dark.

There have been three princes, and four county kings have been removed from their titles, like the king of Ning'an County, and even all family properties have been sealed.

Although these things seem to be related to Qingzhou on the surface, they have made many courtiers discuss it privately for a long time, and they can't understand why they suddenly made such a big move.

It is understandable that a few officials are involved, and it is normal to punish several ministers who followed the king of Chu last time, but this time, there are many completely irrelevant officials who are punished very severely, and they can't guess it at all.

But no matter what, they have already understood in their hearts that now the overall situation has been decided, and the time of King Huai has arrived.

The second son first saluted the two of them, and stood behind the master with a smile.

Yuan Rui also knelt on the ground and made a big salute. It is said that his identity and relationship do not need such a big gift, but the second son is a relationship that is closer than a brother, Qi Feng has saved himself in danger many times, and this time he personally went out of the mountain, not only saved himself, but also specially warned the other party to avoid worries, how can this gift be wanted!

"Boy Yuan Rui, to the master, Uncle Nanjian to see you, thank you two for saving your life!"

"Okay, okay, it's all your own people, don't be so polite!" Nanjian waved his hand.

said to Xiaoyu who had just come up, "Little girl, you won't and won't recognize me!" ”

"Grandpa Nanjian, I don't know anyone, I remember you too! Grandpa Nanjian is polite, Master Yuanyi is polite! "Xiaoyu should have thought of something before coming up, and when she got to the pavilion, she gave a gift to the two of them.

Nan Jian was not polite, "I also want to receive this great gift from you, thanks to your care all the way, I have already sent a message to your master, and then let your master and them arrange it." ”

Yuan Rui hurriedly greeted Master Yuan Yi again, thanking the master for saving his life.

"Childe is polite, it's not me who saved you, it's not counting, it's just that I heard from my junior brother that your medical skills are really good, and you have to talk about it when you have time!"

Looking at Yuan Rui's somewhat puzzled look, he smiled and followed again, "My junior brother Yuanqiu is in Qiuxue Temple, and your bracelet is his, don't you think about it." ”

"Oh, oh, it turned out to be Master Yuanqiu, the kid is ashamed, he accepted a generous gift from the master when they met for the first time!"

"It's okay, it's okay, I have a relationship with the Buddha."

"You old monk talks too much, let's go and let's go back." After waiting for the mountains and rivers to finish the salute, Nanjian disliked being too verbose and urged directly.

Walking on the road, Yuan Rui realized that after the second son received the letter, he not only immediately gathered his subordinates, but also specially sent a message to his master.

It happened that Nan Jian was traveling around Hangzhou with the old monk Yuanyi, and when he saw the apprentice passing the message, he went north from Hangzhou. In fact, during the period when Yuan Rui and the others went south, not only did Lu Ergongzi lead people to follow, but even Nanjian and Master Yuan Yi were nearby.

A few people returned to the temple, and the others went to rest without mentioning it, Yuan Rui followed Nanjian to a meditation hall in the backyard alone.

"I originally wanted to go to Tanzhou to have a look, but I was still worried that the twisted boy wouldn't figure it out, but Yi'er wrote to say that you are in danger, please ask me to help you anyway. The old monk also advised me not to take too much care of the boy's family affairs, so I simply didn't go! ”

"The kid doesn't dare to be it, he really shouldn't be so valued by the old-timers, and I'm causing you trouble!"

"What's the trouble, you and my two apprentices are brothers, let you take advantage of it, just call me uncle in the future!"

"At first, I was still a little strange, my two apprentices were full of arrogance, no one was convinced, there were five people and six people all day long, how did they get to you, completely changed! Then I asked them to write to me often, tell me what they saw and heard, and tell me what you did! ”

"In the past few days, I have been talking to the old monk a lot, that is, we people sound very amazing and famous, but what can we do and what we do! I have taught many apprentices and led them to the right path, but what are these? ”

"Lu Yu told me that it was you who kept the border army from freezing, and the people had warm clothes!"

"Qi Feng told me that you are cultivating rice seeds and trying to increase grain production. You told him that there was nothing greater than that to save the 90 million Li people of Great Xia from starvation? ”

"I know what you're going to say, we often hear people humble themselves, these are small things, not worth mentioning, small! It does look very inconspicuous, but if you zoom in and look at the whole summer, it's not small! ”

Nan Jian waved his hand, signaling that Yuan Rui didn't have to be polite to him, "Just the two of us now, don't use words to fool outsiders against me!" ”

"Uncle Nanjian, I stayed in Longzhou for half a year last year, I really can't describe the life there, they can't see food in their bowls for a year, a little millet and sorghum are given to the border army, they are bitter!"

"Jiangnan, it seems to be a rich land, but those tenants in my family pay 50% of the taxes on the rice they collect every year, give 30% to the landlords, and only 20% of the rest of themselves, and the average family is not even enough for half a year."

"But is this a problem of the court, no! The border army defends the country and guards the territory, they are desperate, how to fight without food, let alone fifty percent, even if they are all sent up, sometimes it is not enough. I have seen the dry food of the border army, sometimes it is a rough cake all day long, and I can't chew it hard, so I can only soak it in boiling water little by little, and then eat it little by little. ”

"Uncle Nanjian, I don't do this for anything else, I just want our people to be freezing, not hungry, and not bullied, to live and work in peace and contentment, and to be full of happiness!"

Just when Yuan Rui and Nan Jian were talking, the old monk came to find the two of them, and it was time for dinner.

Several people sat around and ate fasting, Yuan Rui didn't say anything, but Nanjian has always disliked food, this is not good, that is not good, and he said that the old monk lied to him and did not give him good food.

A few people didn't dare to say anything, so they could only steal the fun.

"Grandpa Nanjian, you see it's still us Xishan, okay, what do you say you want to eat, I'm not looking for you!"

"That's, that's, another day, I'll go to Xishan with you and have a good meal!"

"Grandpa Nanjian, that's not good, I'm Childe's maid now, and I want to follow Childe all the time!"

"Oh, by the way, I haven't asked you yet, why are you with this kid!"

"It was Mr. who asked me to come, and Mr. said that someone was not good for Childe, so I asked me to come and protect him."

"Uncle Nanjian, I see that you are very familiar, and I also want to know how Xiaoyu came from!"

Yuan Rui couldn't help but be curious at this time, there was no way, he couldn't ask.

"You don't know it yourself! Indeed, I know a little bit about it! ”

"Boy, do you know how I got this title of Southern Sword!"

"Southern sword, north and south, is there a northern sword," Yuan Rui also joked at this time.

Xiaoyu laughed first, the old monk also laughed, Nanjian nodded at Yuan Rui speechlessly, this kid is also very interesting.

The southern sword is called the southern sword, and it is indeed symmetrical, but it is not a northern knife, a northern stick, or a northern spear.

Nanjian lives on the East Island in the east of Hangzhou, and is also called Sword Island, so it is respected by the Jianghu people as Nanjian.

Thousands of miles away in Qingzhou Lianhua County, there is a West Mountain, there is a Lotus Sect in the West Mountain for a hundred years has been leading the entire northern martial arts rivers and lakes, the current leader of the Lotus Sect is good at making a three-foot silver thorn, so it is also called the silver thorn by the rivers and lakes.

After listening to the introduction, Yuan Rui suddenly realized that this was the case, and he couldn't help but point to Xiaoyu and ask, "That Xiaoyu is the heir of the silver thorn?" ”

"Strictly speaking, it can be regarded as Master Xiaoyu is a big disciple of the Silver Thorn, and they are the most protective of their shortcomings, so ordinary people in the rivers and lakes don't dare to mess with them. I didn't expect this little girl to be your guard. ”

"I'll be a good person again, Xiaoyu is also here, I'll tell you some things in detail!"

Xiaoyu's real surname is Lin, her father was a guard of King Wu, and when she was three years old, she was injured and killed by guarding King Wu, and entrusted his wife and daughter to a friend, that is, Mr. Liu.

At the age of five, he entered the Lotus Sect to practice martial arts, and studied under the great disciple of the Silver Thorn for thirteen years.

Speaking of the reason, I have to talk about the mother of King Wu, the eldest lady of the Yu family, who was born in one of the Huzhou families, also has a sister in the Lotus Sect, and is also one of the disciples of the Silver Thorn, it is this relationship that Xiaoyu has such an opportunity.

"Your affairs, it is said that your master or Mr. Liu should tell you about it, but seeing that you don't know anything at all, I think I have suffered a lot of mental torture, so it is not impossible to tell you in advance."

"Besides, I don't know what King Wu and Mr. Liu think, let you guard Yuan Rui's side, you don't have to, you have your way to go, Yuan Rui also has his own responsibility, I believe that someone from the Lotus Sect will come soon, you just follow them back, you are young, you should learn more things, do more things, don't waste on this."

Yuan Rui didn't hold back his internal injuries, okay, what is a waste! Isn't it the right thing to defend yourself! However, he also understands that it is true that Xiaoyu's martial arts are very rare, and it is a pity to be a simple guard.

Seeing Xiaoyu hesitate, everyone was not in a hurry, first arranged a break, and then thought about it.