The events of Chaoming City had a great impact, because most people knew that although the city was nominally part of the Imperial Palace, in fact the rulers there were a group of naturalized natives.

And this time, the Duhufu not only succeeded in eliminating all the upper echelons of the tribe, but also restored the city to its original structure, and it can be said that both the Dutang and the Xuanfu have earned enough prestige in this matter.

The only unhappy thing in the whole thing is probably the Divine Captain Army.

But as Zhang Yu expected, in order not to force the Shenwei army too tightly, the Metropolitan Protectorate gave it a little grace, and also agreed to allocate some more military expenses after the Shiwei meeting next year.

However, everyone knows that this is just a necessary means of control, and without its own financial power, the Divine Captain Army can only rely on the appropriation of the capital to maintain it.

Of course, this is only the case under normal circumstances.

More than a month passed, and in the blink of an eye, it was late December.

In order to celebrate the upcoming New Year, and to prepare for the meeting more than a month later, a large amount of supplies were transported from the sea and artificial canals to Ruiguang, and the fierce debate in the newspapers for more than two months was temporarily eased.

It's just that the difference from the past is that now, whether it is on the docks, or inside and outside the city walls, even the peddlers and pawns are exercising a slightly out of shape summer rites when they are allowed.

Ever since the newspapers published about the benefits of practicing the summer ritual with the breathing method and the various ways of performing it, this ritual has been accepted at a rapid pace and has spread to all towns within the territory of the prefecture.

In the past two months, anyone who has insisted on practicing this set of etiquette has really felt the benefits, not only their own energy recovery is faster, but also many of the torture and strain caused by the muscles and muscles have also subsided.

Near Dan Harbor, a thin old man stood on the pier of the wall, watching the people on the harbor, his gray beard swaying in the wind.

The servant walked up to him, as if he was afraid of disturbing him, and whispered, "Makuto?"

"Hmm. ”

Yao Hongyi asked without looking back, "Do you know who that Tao Sheng is?"

The servant said stubbornly: "Every time the people of the Hanmo Newspaper Hall take the newspaper, they go to An Lu Juli to get it, and it is also the property of the Security Patrol Association, we can't find out Tao Sheng's identity, we can only be sure that this person must be from the Taiyang Academy." ”

Yao Hongyi was noncommittal, with Tao Sheng's knowledge and insight, he could guess that he must be a certain teacher of the Taiyang School Palace, or even a school order, without having to check it.

He sighed: "I didn't expect that just an article would ruin most of my life's hard work." ”

The "new gift" that he worked so hard and worked hard to plan, in the end, was easily destroyed by an article!

However, looking at the people on the harbor who were full of laughter and practicing Tianxia etiquette to each other, his heart swelled up not with anger, but with fear.

Because he found that what he had been trying to erase was still rooted in the hearts of every citizen of the Eastern Court Protectorate, although they no longer said it and seemed to have forgotten, as soon as one person came out and took the lead in shouting, then they would immediately recall their original identity and lean closer to the past without hesitation.

He closed his eyes, raised his head slightly, and waited until the noise in his ears subsided, leaving only the sound of the surging tide, and after a long time, he opened his eyes again, with a sharp light in his eyes, and said: "Go, give that thing to Deputy Lieutenant Yan, and say what they said last time, I agreed." ”

The servant bowed down and said, "Yes, sir." ”

In the main hall of Yan's Manor, Yan Xulun was drinking tea, his face was as usual, but it could be seen that in his expression, he no longer had the calmness that he had in his past.

It's been more than two months, and Almotai still hasn't returned.

He could only try to reassure his daughter that he was on a secret mission.

He knew very well that Almotai was nominally going to hunt the Luojiao Baishan Giant Bull, but in fact he was going to intercept and kill Zhang Yu, but he didn't think that Almotai's disappearance was related to Zhang Yu, and there must have been some accident here.

Now many people think that Almotel must be dead, otherwise there would be no news coming back.

But he didn't believe it.

In his heart, unless Zhu Que or the Xuanfu head of the Xuanfu personally took action, who could kill Almotai whose body was almost perfect?

There was a hint of fatigue in his eyes, and now he relied on his previous prestige to temporarily suppress the voices below, but if the time dragged on longer, then someone would put Almotai on the list of missing, and then choose another military candidate to come up.

And he controls the Divine Captain Army, mainly relying on Almotai, if he loses his people, then he will return to the previous before, just a nominal leader of the Divine Captain Army, but he has no real power.

This is something he absolutely cannot bear!

At this time, a close member of the clan walked in from outside, his face full of joy.

Yan Xulun said strangely: "What's the matter?"

The cronie leaned into his ear and whispered a few words.

When Yan Xulun heard this, his eyes showed a look of surprise, and he said, "Where is the thing, where is the thing?" ”

After a while, a parchment scroll was delivered to him, he opened it and looked at it, it was densely painted with rune figures, like a map, but he didn't know the words annotated next to it, so he frowned unconsciously, and said, "What kind of character is this?"

The cronie said, "According to the servant of the shogunate, this is an ancient indigenous script. ”

Yan Xulun raised his head and said, "How many scholars are there who are proficient in ancient characters in the capital protection mansion now?"

The cronie said: "Captain, you don't have to go to them, I know that a person must be able to read the words on it." ”

Yan Xulun also seemed to think of something, and said in an unquestionable tone: "I don't care what method you use, within three days, I will see this person." ”

The cronie said, "Yes." ”

This time, the work was done quickly, but in less than a day, the cronies came to report that the person had been brought.

Yan Xulun came to the secret room under the manor, where a man sat opposite him, with a hood over his head.

When he had come and sat down opposite him, he gestured, and a man stepped forward, and the hood on the man's head was removed, revealing an old and depraved face, but there was still a shrewdness and depth in his eyes.

Yan Xulun looked at him and said in a calm tone: "Qiu Xueling, do you recognize me?"

Qiu Xueling glanced at him, showing a blank look, and then shook his head.

Yan Xulun smiled: "No, you know me." He paused and pointed with his finger, "Even though you act like it." ”

Qiu Xueling was silent for a while before he said, "What do you need me to do?"

Yan Xulun nodded, and said: "Qiu Xueling, you are very knowledgeable, I won't say much nonsense, we have worked so hard to get you out of the prison of the Sikou Administration, it is impossible to let you go back easily, I need you to help me translate some words, after success, you can continue to live with me, there is no shortage of you in terms of food and clothing, you can rest assured, I will not do anything to you, after all, it is not easy to find a scholar like you." ”

Qiu Xueling said in a deep voice: "Shang Xueling of the Linzhi Academy, he is also a famous paleographer, why don't you go to him, but come to toss me, an old man?"

Yan Xulun said: "We will go to him, this is not in conflict with looking for you." ”

Qiu Xueling didn't say anything more, and asked directly, "Where are the things?"

Yan Xulun appreciated his cooperation and gestured to his cronies, who immediately stepped forward, spread the parchment paper on the table in front of Qiu Xueling, and gave him a pair of glasses intimately.

Qiu Xueling put his glasses on, but instead of reaching for the parchment, he just looked at it.

Yan Xulun asked, "How is it, can you translate?"

Qiu Xueling didn't answer immediately, and after a while, he took off his glasses, sat back, and said, "Yes, it's just that most of them are code words, and they are also full of the mapper's own language habits and honorifics for the gods. “

"How long will it take?"

Qiu Xueling said: "Half a year." ”

Yan Xulun vetoed without hesitation: "It's been too long, Qiu Xueling, this is not a study, I need you to get the results as soon as possible, I will give you a month at most." ”

Qiu Xueling shook his head and said, "This is impossible. He thought for a moment, looked up and said, "Three months, three months is the minimum time, I can't be faster, even if you kill me, I can't finish it." ”

Yan Xulun stared at him, obviously judging the truth of this sentence, but Qiu Xueling looked at him very calmly.

After a while, he withdrew his gaze and thought about it for a while before he looked at him again and said, "You said that you can't do it alone, what if we find your disciple Zhan Zhitong?"

Qiu Xueling said: "You can save at least one-third of your time, two months." After a pause, he added, "Actually, if you can invite that Shang Xueling or Zhang Shijiao from Taiyang Academy, a few of us will join forces, maybe it will really only take a month." ”

Yan Xulun's expression changed slightly when he heard him mention Zhang Yu, his voice was slightly cold, and he said, "Qiu Xueling, you do your own thing first, as for the rest, you don't have to worry about it, we will have arrangements." ”

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