Life is a long journey. Although this kind of statement is a cliché, it is undeniable that it is quite reasonable.

Especially the word trek, it can be seen that it is difficult.

Traveling 90,000 miles, seeing the vastness of the world and tasting the red dust, but it is destined not to stay too much in a certain place, in a sense, this is also walking the rivers and lakes.

After arranging all the necessary matters, Li Xuandu and the others left despite the hard work of the sect elders of Jingzi Town.

In this chivalrous battle, there was no gain, some were just the gratitude of the people here, and the other was that Yan Feiqing lost countless talismans, including a few cherished talismans worth thousands of gold, which were lost in the battle with the old man in Tibet.

If it is according to the "business and business" of many people in the rivers and lakes, Yan Feiqing's move can be said to be a big loss, and no matter how many Fu Seals he lost, on the one hand, he made a feud with the old man of the Soap Pavilion Sect, but on the other hand, he only gained the gratitude of the people of a town, no matter how you look at it, the two are extremely incommensurate. But the people of the rivers and lakes don't understand a truth, in their position to seek their own government, Yan Feiqing's actions are the foundation of Zhengyizong's long-term prosperity.

It is precisely with countless people like Yan Feiqing that Zhengyizong can become the leader of the righteous path and be recognized by the world. Everyone admires the way of Zhengyi and regards it as the authenticity of Xuanmen, so all the talents in the world are in Zhengyi.

The hustle and bustle of the world is for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit. There is nothing wrong with this, but not everything can be simply reduced to the word "profit", and in addition to "benefit", there is also due responsibility, just as the imperial court should also "negotiate and talk" with the people to protect the territory and the people, and to provide disaster relief and rescue the people? If this is the case, then the imperial court will also reach the time when it is about to run out of energy.

Even if you are in business, you don't know that the small wealth lies in diligence, the middle wealth lies in the technique, and the great wealth lies in virtue, if you want to truly become the world's first-class rich, you must be virtuous, blindly emphasizing technology, even if you can prosper for a while, how can you prosper forever?

Leaving Jingzi Town, and going further, it is the boundary of Zhongzhou.

Zhongzhou, Zhongzhou, as the name suggests, is the largest state in the world and the territory of the Great Wei Dynasty. As the so-called north has the imperial capital, the south has Jinling, there is the dragon gate, these are the three most prosperous places in the world. In addition, you can also count Xijing in Qinzhou and Langya in Qizhou.

Beiyang Mansion is called North, in fact, it is located in the southernmost part of Zhongzhou, connecting Luzhou in the east, Jingzhou in the west and south, it is an important place for Jianghuai, known as the north and south of the Yangtze River, and the south of the Yangtze River. When you get here, it is not far from Longmen Mansion, the capital of Zhongzhou. It's just that when I get here, I'm going to separate, Shen Shuangmei is still on the errand of the cabinet, and if she wants to go to Jingzhou to investigate the case, she can't go with Li Xuandu and them anymore.

This encounter was not long, but it was not easy to share hardships and live and die together.

In the send-off kiosk next to the official road, Shen Shuangmei led a white horse and prepared to leave, Li Xuandu, Hu Liang and Yan Feiqing, as well as Zhou Shuning, saw him off.

Zhou Shuning was quite reluctant to this Sister Shen, the two women, one big and one young, said goodbye, I don't know what private words they said, although the little girl could not hide her sadness, but there was still a smile on her face, and there were obviously many thoughts in her eyes.

Before parting, Li Xuandu didn't forget to say a few more words: "Shuangmei, the case you want to handle involves the palace, and it is treacherous, and if you step into the void, it will be a catastrophe, what are you going to do?"

Shen Shuangmei looked at Li Xuandu and asked, "What does Zifu mean?"

Li Xuandu said: "You should be careful here, everything must be planned later, even if you get some stolen silver now, it is not enough to pry the entire Jingzhou City, it is best to investigate in secret." ”

Shen Shuangmei slowly understood the meaning of Li Xuandu's words: "What does Zifu mean is that I don't want to conflict with the city boss on the bright side?"

Li Xuandu looked at her deeply: "It's best to let Jingzhou City Bosi and Jiangnan Weaving Bureau not even know about you." ”

Shen Shuangmei was silent, and only after a long time did he raise his head and ask, "Don't you just ignore these things they do?"

Li Xuandu asked rhetorically, "How do you care?"

Shen Shuangmei was suddenly asked, and looked at Li Xuandu.

Li Xuandu said slowly: "Jingzhou City, Jiangzhou City, and Chuzhou City belong to the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau, and the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau directly belongs to the palace supervisor. If you poke this matter out and make trouble with the celebrant and the celebrant will do something, what will the eunuchs do with the pen? They will not come to you, but go directly to the cabinet, since the second year of Tianbao, the inner court has been larger than the outer court, if the cabinet cannot withstand the pressure of the celebrant and the celebrant supervisor, they will push the responsibility to the criminal department, and the criminal department will not be responsible in the face of the cabinet accountability, they will push the responsibility to the superintendent and arrest department. Let me ask, the cabinet cannot afford such a big crime, the criminal department cannot bear it, can a supervision and arrest department bear it? In order to clear the culpability, the Superintendent will say that you are acting without permission, and in the end all the blame falls on your head, and you have only one way to die except for the end of the world. ”

Shen Shuangmei was shocked and asked, "Since the cabinet can't afford this responsibility, why do you want me to investigate?"

Li Xuandu explained: "Many things, if you don't go on the scale, there is no four or two, the cabinet asked you to investigate the case, and what you found out, as long as you don't poke it out, it's nothing, at most, the cabinet has the handle of the celebrant and the celebrant supervisor, and then release it at a suitable time, for example, after the new monarch takes power." But the current situation is that the new monarch is young, and the queen mother is in the court, so it is not the right time, if this matter is poked out now, then it is a blatant tear of the skin, and it also breaks the balance of the three forces in the temple. If the king is not secret, he will lose his minister, and if he is not secret, he will lose his body, so this matter must be secret, and no rumors can be leaked. ”

Shen Shuangmei nodded deeply, and then asked, "Then what should I do after I find the evidence?"

Li Xuandu sighed: "Today's Da Wei is like a person who is immersed in his body, and it is difficult to return, the so-called illness comes like a mountain, and the illness goes like a thread, everything must be done from scratch." I believe that several cabinet elders in the court also think so, so no matter what you find, report it to the cabinet truthfully, and let the cabinet make up your mind, not make your own mind. ”

Shen Shuangmei finally had to admire, and said: "Zifu is thoughtful, and Shuangmei admires." But how did the Purple Mansion know about these twists and turns?"

Li Xuandu smiled bitterly: "I don't know how difficult it is if I haven't experienced it, some things can only be known if you experience it, and if you experience more things in the future, you will naturally understand it slowly." I'll send you one last sentence, there are no friends in the public gate, in the rivers and lakes, you can trust your life, if you encounter any difficulties, you can come to Tianliang, you can also come to me Li Xuandu, but in the public gate, don't be gullible, even if it's your colleagues and bosses, think about everything, there is no harm. ”

Shen Shuangmei nodded heavily, indicating that he had written it down.

Speaking of this, Li Xuandu looked at the sky and said, "It's the end of the hour, you have to go to Jiangling, there are still more than three hundred miles, I won't keep you anymore, hurry up." ”

Shen Shuangmei turned over and hugged his fists to everyone: "Farewell today, he will meet in the rivers and lakes every day, and then be a glass of wine." ”

Li Xuandu and others also returned the salute with their fists.

Shen Shuangmei flicked the horse's head and galloped away along the post road.

It wasn't until Shen Shuangmei's figure completely disappeared that Li Xuandu retracted his gaze, looked at the little girl, and asked with a smile: "Shuning, what did your sister Shen tell you just now, that our little crying bag didn't drop golden beans?"

"People are not crying bags. The little girl first refuted herself, and then said, "Sister Shen promised me that she would go to the Xuannu Sect to see me in the future." ”

Li Xuandu chuckled and said: "At that time, you will not be alone, there is a sister Yu Qingning, and there is a sister Shen Shuangmei, who will learn art at the Jade Girl Peak with peace of mind, and after the art is completed, go and seek justice from those people." ”

The little girl nodded heavily and mumbled.

After experiencing so many things, the group was rarely idle for half a day, and they were not in a hurry to hurry, leading horses and walking along the official road, but they were overtaken by a woman riding a donkey.

Li Xuandu inadvertently glanced at it, and it happened that the woman also turned her head to look.

I saw that the woman riding the donkey had an ugly face, and her facial features were swollen, which made people daunting, but her eyes were quite bright, and her eyes were like autumn water, clear and clear.

The woman smiled lightly at Li Xuandu, revealing a bit of cunning.

Li Xuan quietly withdrew his gaze, and secretly said in his heart, what a strange woman.