Waiting for Jun Mountain.

Halfway up the mountainside of Waiting Jun Mountain, there is an obscene shrine.

It was built by the nearby mountain people according to the specifications of the orthodox mountain gods, but the fly in the ointment is that this obscene shrine lacks a legitimate name.

Among secular dynasties and small vassal states, only the gods of mountains and rivers who have been enshrined as gods of mountains and rivers by the edict of a country are recognized gods of mountains and rivers.

And the "pseudo-mountain temple" such as the obscene shrine is actually not recognized by secular dynasties and small vassal states.

And in addition to the local residents, even if they climb a mountain or cross a river, as long as they are not in the local area, the people of the world will not recognize that the obscene shrine is a mountain temple.

This obscene shrine is actually much better than the miscellaneous and haphazard shrines in the world.

It lacks only one name.

One, the title given by the Fuso Dynasty's Imperial Priest.

Ordinary grass and trees, mountain spirits and wild monsters, relying on a side of the mountains and rivers to live, will be worshiped by many local residents as gods.

Those mountain people feel that the emperor is far away, and the mountain god and river god are too far away from us.

They can only believe in the faith in front of them.

That's why the obscene shrines in the world are always inexhaustible. In the final analysis, it is still the work of the secular dynasty that has not reached home.

All the prosperity and beauty of a country are gathered in the land of Gyeonggi. And the farther away from Gyeonggi, the less you feel taken care of by your country.

In Fuyao world, in many remote places, even some people don't even know who the monarch of their own country is, they just hear the wanderer who has returned from a foreign country tell that so-and-so country has defeated so-and-so country, so now we are no longer the people of the latter, but the people of the former.

What do the mountain people care about?

Is it the people of Fusang or the people of Daxuan or Dahe, Zhou and so-and-so, what is important to them?

The people take food as the sky, and no matter how powerful the dynasty in the world is, it will collapse one day, but the sky will never fall.

In the hearts of the mountain people, they are at most the people of "heaven".

Since the capital is far away in the sky, the king and the officials are unwilling to take care of these remote places. Then they had to seek their own faith.

Therefore, in the depths of the mountains, there was the birth of a shrine of obscenity.

As for the object of his worship, whether it is a demon or a mountain god, in fact, it doesn't matter much to the mountain people.

As long as it is willing to take care of them, then they are willing to spend money and contribute to give it a mountain temple so that it can enjoy the incense of the inhabitants of a mountain. Even if such a mountain temple is not recognized, it can only be called an obscene shrine.

This obscene shrine built on the halfway of the mountain is not recognized, so there is no plaque of "mountain temple" hanging at the door.

In fact, there is also a plaque, but it is a blank plaque with no inscription on it.

A little brown fox jumped a few times from the mountains and forests, jumped into this obscene shrine, ran to the incense burner, reached out and grabbed a handful of incense.

Put it in your mouth and chew gently.

"Tsk, little fox, the incense in your obscene temple looks quite delicious and delicious, but it is much better than my broken temple. ”

Just as the little brown fox was standing by the incense burner, bowing his head and chewing on the power of the incense, an uninvited guest came out of the dirt and was staring at the little fox with envy on his face.

It's just that, due to some rules of heaven and earth, the uninvited guest has always stayed outside this obscene shrine that belongs to the little fox.

It is a swimming chickadee, which does not belong to the Waiting Jun Mountain, but because of its natural supernatural powers, it can be unimpeded in the mountains.

Out of the dirt, out of the dirt.

This swimming is also the lord of the obscene shrine of a nearby Gale Mountain, enjoying the power of the incense of the mountain people of Gale Mountain.

The little fox suddenly stopped, looked down and thought for a moment, then grabbed half of the incense with his claws and spread out his hand towards the uninvited guest.

You waved his hand, took a step back, and smiled, "Oh, no, no, no." You know, I'm just talking about it, if I really eat the power of your incense, I'm afraid I won't be able to open my wings, and I will be struck by lightning. But... Thank you for your kindness. ”

The little fox immediately lowered his head and continued to nibble on the incense, and the wandering leaned on the door of the obscene shrine, standing with Erlang's legs cocked, and learning the movements of those mountain people.

"Like you and me, the mountain spirits and wild monsters with low mana, who can't incarnate into human form and can only speak human words, are actually the most embarrassing existence in the world. The swim looked melancholy, shook off the feathers all over his body, and the feathers fell to the ground.

It continued: "When you and I reach the realm, we will inevitably not be able to live in harmony with those of the same kind in the past, but we can only speak human words, and we cannot incarnate into human form, nor can we integrate into the world of the human race. can only be in this barren mountain, waiting in the obscene shrine every day, eating and waiting for death. In the language of the Terrans, this seems to be called 'guarding one acre and three points of land', and I don't know if it's right to use it here. ”

The little fox finished eating the incense, glanced at the sky, and walked out of the obscene shrine, "Changting, you came to me to talk about this?"

Long Pavilion is the name of this swimming.

It is just rough and ink, and it doesn't know how to take some so-called "elegant" names for itself, but it once flew over a mountain cliff pavilion, and heard that the person in the pavilion chanted a poem, saying what about the ancient road of the long pavilion, what fragrant grass in the sky.

You Shantit borrowed the beginning of the man's poem, and felt that the name Changting sounded good, and later, the spirits in the mountains of ten miles and eight wilderness, but anyone who could speak people, called him so.

Long pavilion, long pavilion.

Changting smiled and said, "Of course it's more than that. Little fox, I have come to have good news for you. ”

"What's the good news?" the fox blinked, looking down at the swimming.

"Do you remember a few months ago, a scholar wearing straw sandals and carrying a book box passed by your Junshan?" You Shantit continued, "I heard that the scholar went all the way to the capital and participated in the examination, and then he seemed to have participated in some kind of palace examination. ”

The little fox's eyes lit up, and he was secretly happy for the boy in his heart, feeling that it was in vain for him to send him that mountain road.

The two little elves don't understand what is the test and what is the palace test, but they only know that in the world of the human race, when they become a big official, they are a flying yellow and prosperous, just like the mountain spirits and wild monsters in their obscene shrines, and suddenly one day they can get the official seal of the imperial court and become an orthodox god of mountains and rivers.

Changting saw the little fox's expression, and said: "It stands to reason that you can also be regarded as a journey for the scholar to protect the road, and you can be regarded as accumulating some merits, presumably in the future, there will be an opportunity that belongs to you." You have to take advantage of it, we have the best hope of turning into a human form, but it's you, little fox. I'm still counting on you to pull my brother and me sometime. ”

The fox wagged his tail, crouched down, and trampled all four paws on the ground, and walked a few steps along the long path outside the shrine, where the swimming chirped and chattered beside him.

Eventually, it walked under a pear tree and whispered, "I've never thought about merit or anything. I just saw the boy staggering, hurrying overnight in the wind and rain, and I couldn't bear it. I've heard people say that being convenient with others is being convenient with yourself, and I don't know much about the truth, but I want to try it. ”

Changting stretched out his paws and rubbed the bark of the pear tree, and suddenly said: "Aren't you afraid that your kindness will be treated as a donkey's liver and lungs? A fool like you who only wants to pay without asking for anything in return is not many now, in case the scholar is ungrateful, and after becoming an official, he calls someone to knock down your obscene shrine for the sake of merit, wouldn't it be unjustly killed." ”

The little fox's eyes were deep, and he didn't know what to think, so he only whispered: "If that's the case, then it's my destiny, and I admit it." ”

The swimming waved its wings and flew to the branches, overlooking the steep and bumpy mountain road outside the shrine, imagining that if the man had no light to guide the way, he might have rolled down the cliff long ago.

Changting said: "Little fox, no matter what you think, I still think it's best for you to prepare a back road for yourself." As far as I know, if you knock down an obscene shrine, it seems that people can be directly promoted to become rich, and in history, it is not that such a thing has happened. Prepare early, and if the momentum isn't right, get off early. ”

"No way. The little fox licked his paw and said categorically.

That son is by no means ungrateful.

"I've heard people say that every time you slaughter dogs, most of them are scholars. Don't look at his well-dressed clothes, I think he must not be a bad person, people's hearts are separated from their stomachs, what is it like, who knows if you don't cut it open?" Changting kindly persuaded.

The little fox turned around, intending to return to the obscene shrine, and before leaving, it turned slightly sideways and said to You: "I don't know much about the truth, but I know that the sentence you heard from other people, in the world of the human race, is called 'generalizing with partiality', and the human race has another sentence that can refute what you said, that sentence is called 'people cannot generalize'." ”

After finishing speaking, it ploughed the ground with four claws, and jumped back to its "one acre and three points of land" in three or two.

You Changting stared at the back of the little fox leaving, standing alone on the branch, as if he had an understanding.

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In the Fusang Dynasty, Liu Yuanlang, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, was pacing back and forth in the courtyard.

The subordinates of the Shilang Mansion also left the backyard one after another, not daring to disturb the thinking of Lord Shilang.

When making decisions, the squire often paced back and forth in the courtyard of his house, neither talking to the people in the house, nor seeing guests, or even eating.

Liu Yuanlang's daughter, the daughter of the Shilang family, saw this scene and planned to persuade her, but was pulled by her mother.

"Mother, what are you stopping me from doing? Look at how haggard my father is, he hasn't eaten a single meal today, how can he stand up like this?" the girl frowned, her face was worried, and she complained softly.

The woman smiled angrily and said, "Why, I think that only you will feel sorry for your father, I won't feel sorry for my husband, and the people in the house will not sympathize with their master, right?"

The girl said coquettishly: "Mother! I didn't mean that!"

Mrs. Shilang gently took her daughter's hand and said softly: "Your father is like this, I feel more sorry for him than anyone else, but if we disturb him at this time, not only will it not help him by half a point, but it will affect his thinking." In case your dad has already come up with a countermeasure to the matter, but his train of thought is interrupted because of our appearance, and the things that should have been solved early will be delayed again and again, and then your dad will collapse. ”

The girl pouted and lay on the edge of the garden pond, a little sullen.

Then the woman said, "All we can do now is not to cause trouble for your father, which is more effective than any kind of cold and warmth." ”

"Mother, I know. The waiter's daughter took her mother's arm and squeezed out a smile.

The girl asked again, "But do you know why Daddy has been so worried lately?"

The empathetic lady shook her head gently, "I don't know what the specifics are, your father never told me about government affairs." However······ It seems that after receiving a letter, it became like this. ”

The letter was sent by the Confucian sage Xu Chang to his students, and the letter said that Xu Chang wanted to invite several students in high positions in the Fusang Dynasty to get together to see if he could nominate one person to propose an alliance with the Qingque Dynasty to the Fusang Emperor Gong Jinghuan. Even if it is only a verbal covenant, there are no actual regulations.

In the temple of the Fusang Dynasty, there were enough three people who received this letter.

Liu Yuanlang, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, Mingtao of the Ministry of Household Shangshujing, and Xiao Zhengxun of the Chinese Book.

All three of them were students of Xu Chang.

And the reason why Liu Yuanlang is worried because of this, one is that he has rarely had contact with Jing Mingtao and Xiao Zhengxun, two senior brothers. The DPRK is an official, and the three of them are from the same lineage, and they are all in high positions, in order to avoid suspicion, they save gossip and rumors. The three brothers made an appointment early, and if there is nothing urgent, do not meet in private.

For many years, the three brothers did not even write a few letters.

But right now, Mr.'s letter wants to bring the three of them together, and the discussion is still such a major matter as an alliance with the Qingque Dynasty.

What to do?

A few days ago, Liu Yuanlang had sent two secret letters, asking for instructions on the meaning of the two senior brothers in the court.

The other two also said that the matter was quite tricky and needed to be thought twice.

So, seeing that half a year has passed since the arrival of Mr. Xu Chang's letter, the three students have never discussed the matter to a conclusion.

Not once did they see each other privately.

Liu Yuanlang is sad.

According to Confucian rules, "the prince of heaven and earth", although the king and the teacher are in one sentence, but the sentence is also in order.

Obviously, "Jun" is ahead of the "division".

This attendant of the Ministry of Rites could not fail to consider the request of the gentleman and the meaning of the saint.

has been an official in the Fusang Dynasty for many years, how could Liu Yuanlang not understand what Gong Jinghuan meant?

This Fusang emperor politely rejected the courtship and alliance of several dynasties. Among them, there are many ten dynasties in the world.

Farther away, the Daxuan Dynasty of Canggeng Prefecture, and the Dahe Dynasty of Yuzao Prefecture.

More recently, the Jinghua Dynasty, which was located in the same state as the Fusang Dynasty.

But Emperor Gong Jinghuan never aligned.

What's more, the Qingque Dynasty is suffering from internal and external troubles at the moment, it is a special period, the former emperor and the crown prince were assassinated one after another, the national fortune is unstable, and the alliance with Qingque is not good, what is the benefit of Fusang?

But as long as he could find the slightest reason in favor of Fusang, Liu Yuanlang dared to pat his chest and promised to risk losing his official hat to go to the emperor and try it with his three-inch tongue.

The problem is that forming an alliance with the Qingque Dynasty will do all kinds of harm to Fusang and no benefit, if he Liu Yuanlang really does this, he will not be a sinner of Fusang.

But Mr. Ke's request cannot be ignored. So Liu Yuanlang was a lot haggard, he didn't think about tea and dinner, and he couldn't sleep at night.

It stands to reason that students can understand the truth, but how can a gentleman not know it?

Therefore, although Xu Chang did not force several students to behave in the letter, it was impossible for him not to be unaware of the students' difficulties.

In other words, Xu Chang was aware of the difficulties of several students, and still insisted on writing those three letters, is it possible that he deliberately embarrassed several students?

Liu Yuanlang's heart suddenly shook, he thought of something, and muttered: "Mr. can't be so ignorant. Then it could only be... Qingque is about to take off!"

Then, the three letters that Xu Chang wrote to the students were no longer to embarrass them, but to "secretly" give the three students an opportunity to earn.

If the Qingque Dynasty takes off in the near future, becomes one of the top ten dynasties in the world, and is among the top ten dynasties in the world, then Xu Chang's letters to the three students will become a "gift" for the three of them to reach a higher level.

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Fusang Dynasty Champion Mansion.

Yan Wenqing was busy and took care of the complicated and trivial matters in the Champion Mansion.

The noble son from a poor family, after his meteoric prosperity, will inevitably go to two extremes.

One is that you still have to do everything yourself, do it yourself, no matter how big or small, you always feel that you can do it yourself, and you will feel at ease.

The other is that they "owe themselves too much" in the past, resulting in desperate attempts to make up for themselves after having everything overnight.

How much hardship you have endured in the past, then after success, you will have to eat sugar ten times and a hundred times.

I want to make up for the sugar I eat less than 100 times 100 times.

And this champion from a small village called Yanjia Village near Waitjun Mountain has obviously gone to the first extreme.

On the side of the imperial court, a lot of subordinates have been arranged for the Zhuangyuan Mansion, although it will not make Yan Wenqing's life arrogant and lascivious, but it can be regarded as being able to give him peace of mind.

Originally, these trivial things should not have been done by Yan Wenqing himself.

For example, at this moment, this champion is moving a golden silk sandalwood cabinet with a handyman of the same age as him, while another subordinate who should be moving the cabinet with the young handyman is following Yan Wenqing's order and standing aside with a sad face.

"Lord Yan, such a trivial matter can be left to us subordinates, why do you have to do it yourself. The older handyman rubbed his hands together.

Although Yan Wenqing called him to the side to sit down and rest, but the master personally went to the field to move things, if a subordinate sat next to him to rest, what kind of system would it be?

I didn't think that Yan Wenqing just said: "It's okay to exercise." ”

"Ouch, adults with thin arms and thin legs, how can you stand this sin, let me come. The older handyman added.

If you collect the money and don't do anything, you can't feel at ease with the money.

Yan Wenqing insisted on doing so, until he moved a lot of things to the house, and he was so tired that he couldn't lift his arms. When the old handyman could finally stop resting, for the first time he felt that it was a good thing to work—it was better than standing aside, not sitting, not sitting, but only staring at the old man working.

Regardless of what the subordinates guessed, the champion was just standing in the hallway, holding on to the railing with one hand and wiping the sweat from his forehead with the other.

The maids in the house were called by him to buy flowers, saying that it was such a thing as cleaning the room, and it was okay to do it, it depended on the day, and he had to be the master of Yan Wenqing to set the day, and if it was not a good day, he would not clean the house for the maids. However, in private, Yan Wenqing had already cleaned the house by himself.

So recently, there have been rumors that the maids in the Zhuangyuan Mansion are all more idle than the young lady. All day long, I either water the flowers and feed the fish, or get together to chat and break my mouth, and I heard that I can often go out to the Zhuangyuan's Mansion to buy some rouge gouache and street snacks on the street. Call some of the maidservants in the house, so envious. I hate that I entered the mansion early, and I didn't go to the champion mansion later to be a servant girl.

Yan Wenqing suddenly remembered something, left the mansion, took the carriage equipped for him by the imperial court, and went to the capital Zhaoshensi.

didn't bring a few attendants, so he brought a horseman, and a sword cultivator that Liu Yuanlang shouted he must bring.

It is said that this worship is an immortal master on the mountain, it seems to be some kind of sword immortal?

That person is introverted, he doesn't like words, he just behaves in a well-behaved and thoughtful manner, he just quietly serves Yan Wenqing, and when he talks to others, he will always stand behind Yan Wenqing and protect him secretly.

So although I'm not very comfortable with this kind of day when people follow me all the time, I don't want to brush off the favor of the waiter of the Ministry of Rites.

Yan Wenqing thought to himself, follow it, then follow it.

Luojing Zhao Shenji.

Here, it can be regarded as the most idle court organ in the Fusang Dynasty.

After all, how many landscapes can there be in a country's territory? No matter how large the territory is, no matter how many mountains and rivers there are, the most reasonable plan has been made at the beginning of the founding of the country, and the matter of enclosing the gods and goddesses of mountains and rivers has never been a trivial matter, and even if it is not perfect at the beginning, it will gradually improve this point when the national strength becomes stronger and stronger.

In the end, in addition to occasionally sending officials from the Zhaoshen Division to the local area, to deal with the disputes between some landscape gods and passing immortals, or to wipe the butts of some landscape gods who don't understand the rules. Isn't it that there is another place in the shape of mountains and rivers, and if a person who is in line with the fortune of the country dies, the imperial court will send an envoy to seal that person as a god of mountains and rivers.

These edicts were in charge of government affairs, or punishment, or reward, or enthronement, or Tiber, or demotion. Almost every ten days and half a month only has one transaction.

Usually very idle, some officials of the Zhao Shen Division are even so idle that they don't need to visit the Zhao Shen Division in person, they only enjoy the joy of family at home, and when there is something to deal with, they will be guided by the flying sword sent by the imperial court, and they will go to deal with affairs.

Yan Wenqing came to the door of the Zhaoshen Division and asked a guard to report on his behalf.

The man turned around and walked inside, and when he came to the main hall, he knocked on the door and said to the envoy of the Fusang Dynasty's edict and gods: "My lord, compiled by the Hanlin Academy, Lord Yan Wenqing Yan asks to see you." ”

In front of the desk in the main hall, a person was dozing off, and after hearing the name of the person, he raised his head, and the corners of his mouth twitched, "Oh? is it our champion who is in the limelight?

The guard at the gate replied: "My lord, Lord Yan said that he wanted to talk to your lord about the gods of the mountains and rivers, and he wanted to hear about the rules of the Fusang Zhao Divine Division." ”