Chapter Seventy-Six: Implication
Liang Yu said unhappily: "Senior Brother Qin and I regained lost territory in Liaodong and killed the Tartars, and they didn't reward them, what does the punishment of the officials have to do with us?"
Li Daoyuan sighed: "There are many factions in the DPRK and China, suppressing each other, and there is the great eunuch Wei Zhongxian who is swaying the dynasty... The two of you must have been implicated, or even made scapegoats!"
Song Ruozhou asked, "Uncle Shi, you have been walking in the court for a long time, don't they look at your face?"
Li Daoyuan shook his head and said, "Since the last time I handed over the concerto, saying that the Eastern Immortal Sect would no longer participate in the border pass to resist the enemy, your uncle and I have been immediately marginalized. After all, the people in the Xuanmen are just tools of the imperial court, and they are not the ministers of the humerus, so if you don't need you, what face do you have?"
Liang Yu was a little nervous and said, "What about today... Senior Brother Qin and I have to go with them?"
Li Daoyuan snorted coldly and said, "Hmph... Since Huang Taiji counterattacked Zhenjiang and Phi Dao, and Mao Wenlong fled to Goguryeo, Liang Yu and Qin Ruoming have not heard from each other, and they have not seen them come back!"
Song Ruozhou smiled and said: "I see, I haven't seen the two of them either, I guess I went away with General Mao..."
Li Daoyuan nodded and said, "You're right!"
Song Ruozhou and Song Ruoquan looked at each other and smiled under the Hongqiao, and Song Ruozhou said, "Didn't you come back?"
"It seems that you fled to Goguryeo, right?" said Song Ruoquan with a smile.
The Song brothers soon came to the mountain gate of the Taiqing Palace in the outer court, and the two said to the group of officers and soldiers: "Back to my lords, Liang Yu and Qin Ruoming are not in the mountains at this time, since Huang Taiji counterattacked Zhenjiang and Phi Dao, Mao Wenlong fled to Goguryeo, and the two have not heard from them..."
"Yo! what a coincidence!" a white-skinned eunuch walked out of the sedan chair, "Then who should I give this holy decree to?"
"You might as well give it to the old man!" Behind the Song brothers, He Daojun, who was wearing a white robe, said loudly as he walked slowly, followed by the ten elders of the Eastern Immortal Sect!
The eunuch looked dissatisfied and said, "What can I do to you when the Lord is not here? How can the holy decree be spread indiscriminately? Who are you old Taoists?"
He Daojun was not as respectful as before this time, not even the first salute, he half-opened his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "I am He Daojun, the head of the Eastern Immortal Sect, who are you?"
The eunuch said: "I am the master of ceremonies Tu Wenfu, you can't hand over people, and there are so many irrelevant people at once, could it be that you want to be enemies with the officers and soldiers?"
He Daojun sneered: "I can't wait for the hermit in the mountains, how dare I dare to go against the court." The people behind me are all in charge of the mountains, but they have come to be witnesses!
Li Daoyuan took a step forward and said: "Qin Ruoming and Liang Yu are not in the mountains, you leave the holy decree, and when the two of them come back, they will go to the capital immediately." β
"Yo, forgive our family's clumsiness, aren't you the old fairy Li?" Tu Wenfu smiled without yin or yang, "Why haven't I seen you enter the palace to preach in the past six months?"
Li Daoyuan sneered: "Today, I like to do things like axes, saws, chiselings and lacquer, so I don't go much." If Father-in-law Tu has a heart, please let the eunuch Bingbi Wang help to take care of this matter?"
"Hehehe..."Tu Wenfu covered his face and smiled, "What you said is all in the past, and now the eunuch is Wei Zhongxian and Wei Gonggong!
Li Daoyuan said indifferently: "Then there is no need." Anyway, you won't see those two people today, you can wait here, or you can just go back and return to the truth. β
Tu Wenfu tilted his head slightly and asked, "Since Old Immortal Li said so, should we go up the mountain to have a look, or should we go back to Beijing?"
Behind the side of the sedan chair, the man in the orange and yellow robes said: "Master He and Elder Li are famous people of the Xuanmen, I thought what they said must be the truth." The so-called generals are outside, and the military orders are not subject to it, and Qin and Liang may have no choice, so they didn't return to the sect..."
"Do you dare to vouch for them?" Tu Wenfu squinted at the man, his words full of harshness.
The Daoist looked at Liang Yu of the same age, and when Tu Wenfu asked him this, he didn't know how to answer, but Xiao Daoting, the elder of the ceremony, walked out from behind He Daojun.
He walked up to Tu Wenfu with a smile, and suddenly raised the dust in his hand, startling Tu Wenfu and everyone around him, "What are you doing?!" Tu Wenfu asked in shock.
Xiao Daoting winked at Tu Wenfu and said, "Grandpa Tu, what is in your sedan chair?"
"In the sedan chair?" Tu Wenfu looked back suspiciously, the sedan curtain seemed to have just been gently blown by the breeze, but it was nothing unusual, he turned his head inexplicably and said, "What are you talking about, this old way? I just came out of the sedan chair, and there was nothing inside!"
Xiao Daoting waved his hand and said, "You might as well take a look again, I saw something just now, and I entered the sedan chair!"
After hearing this, the guards beside Tu Wenfu hurriedly opened the sedan curtain to check, but Xiao Daoting stopped him: "Hey, don't stretch out your hand, it's better to ask Grandpa Tu to check it himself!" After speaking, he gave Tu Wenfu a meaningful smile.
Tu Wenfu immediately understood, then smiled and put half of his body into the sedan chair, and then looked Xiao Daoting up and down and said, "You! are a person who does things! But I still have to confirm with you, are those two really not there?"
Xiao Daoting's expression was flat, and he shook his head and said, "It's really not there!"
"That's good!" Tu Wenfu looked at him, and then at He Daojun and the others, "You are all people with heads and faces, I believe you this time! Today you have received the holy decree, if they come back another day, send them to the capital quickly, the emperor has something to ask!"
"Grandpa Tu... This..."The military attache on the side was surprised.
"What is this?" Tu Wenfu glanced at the military attachΓ©, "If you rush into the mountain gate and can't find out the reason in the end, won't you not only disturb this group of old immortals Qing Xiu, but also lose the face of the emperor and Gonggong Wei?"
The military attache was speechless for a while by Tu Wenfu's cold words, so he had no choice but to give up. Tu Wenfu entered the sedan chair, and the little eunuch on the side shouted "get up the sedan chair", and the officer and the soldier turned around and walked down the mountain.
He Daojun took advantage of the fact that they were just about to leave, and suddenly greeted him and said, "That little Taoist friend is from the Dragon and Tiger Sect, dare to ask the surname Gao?"
The orange man turned around and saluted: "Zhao Xiuzhi, the junior of the Dragon and Tiger Sect, was ordered to accompany him today, and he has long admired the head of He and the predecessors of the Eastern Immortal Sect, and the juniors will definitely compensate you for a crime of disturbance in person when they come!"
He Daojun smiled and said, "What a crime... Today's events, He has written it down, please greet your family Zhang Tianshi on my behalf!"
Zhao Xiuzhi saluted again: "The juniors must convey it." I can't help myself today, and the younger generation will stay soon!"
He Daojun nodded and said, "Go ahead... Take care!"
In the secret realm of the Eastern Immortal Sect, deep in the ancestral mountain, He Daojun and Li Daoyuan found Qin Ruoming and Liang Yu in a cave together. "Master, are they leaving?" Qin Ruoming asked.
He Daojun nodded and said, "Let's go, let's go." Thanks to a money-hungry eunuch..."
Li Daoyuan looked at the two juniors with a smile and said: "Your brothers can practice in this ancestral mountain for a while, and when the wind outside is not so tight, I will find a way for you, rest assured, everything will pass." β
Three months passed quietly, and during this period, Liang Yu and Qin Ruoming visited many penances who were hidden in the ancestral mountain, including Li Zhifeng and Yi Liang, and received the guidance of the ascetics, so that the two of them made great progress in their cultivation.
On this day, the two were learning swordsmanship with Yiliang, and suddenly heard Li Daoyuan's voice outside the door: "Li Daoyuan asks to see Uncle Zhifeng!"
Li Zhifeng was admiring the exquisite swordsmanship of the three juniors, and when he heard Li Daoyuan's voice, he said impatiently: "This little plum often swept my interest when he was young, and he came again today! You don't have to pay attention to him, continue to practice! Liang Yu, the sword you just now should be like this!"
Li Daoyuan waited at the door for half an hour before the big stone gate of Fenglan Cave slowly opened, and Li Zhifeng said with a calm face: "Why do you kid come to make trouble every time I'm in high spirits! I can't say enough about you!"
"It's really because it's about the future and fate of these two children, Dowon't dare to delay..."Li Daoyuan said with a smile.
At this time, Liang Yu, Qin Ruoming, and Yi Liang also came to the east gate, and Liang Yu asked expectantly, "Master, you came to us, could it be that the matter between me and my senior brother has taken a turn for the better?"
Li Daoyuan smiled silently, and turned to Li Zhifeng and said: "Uncle, Daoyuan knows that Uncle Shi is still unfinished, but for the two children, it is really a 'chance not to be missed', and I also ask Uncle Shi to make it convenient." β
"Yo! This seems to be your uncle is an arrogant and unreasonable person!" Li Zhifeng glanced at Li Daoyuan and said, "Go, go, I'll have Yiliang to accompany me! If you kid is free, come and play with your uncle, don't always hang outside and delay your cultivation!"
Li Daoyuan smiled: "What Uncle Shi said is true. Dao Yuan has been outside the mountain for a long time, and he has indeed missed a lot of practice, so he will accompany his uncle more in the future!"
Out of the ancestral mountain, Li Daoyuan took Liang Yu and Qin Ruoming to the edge of the fairy forest, and said with anticipation: "Ludong White Lotus taught Xu Hongru and Wang Haoxian, and set up another Wenxiang Sect, and led the Red Turban Army to break through Juye and Yuncheng, and Wang Yan, the governor of Ludong, wanted to exterminate him, but there were no soldiers available in his hands. β
When Qin Ruoming heard this, he stopped talking, Liang Yu hesitated for a moment and said, "Master... What are the sins of the two of us, and how can we say that we are guilty of meritorious service..."
Li Daoyuan sighed, patted him on the shoulder, and said: "Everyone knows that the two of you are implicated, but that Wang Huazhen is attached to Wei Zhongxian, and even the Donglin gentleman has betrayed, not to mention you? Wei Zhongxian is now protecting Wang Huazhen, and he has to find some substitutes for the dead ghosts to clear his name!"
Liang Yu had heard that this nine-thousand-year-old eunuch was the most vicious, and now he was standing on the opposite side of him for no apparent reason, and he was depressed in his heart, and Qin Ruoming said: "What Uncle Shi means, if we help exterminate the Red Turban Army, we will have the capital to prove our innocence." β
"Exactly!" Li Daoyuan said helplessly, "The two of you have nothing to do with the defeat of Guangning, and now if you make meritorious service in Ludong, you will naturally become a meritorious person again, presumably Wei Zhongxian will not hold on to you." β
What Li Daoyuan said was already very clear, so Liang Yu and Qin Ruoming were no longer entangled in whether or not to 'wear guilt' for meritorious service, and said in unison: "The two of us will live up to expectations!"