After a few days, Li Xuandu and his entourage came to Sanhu County in Jiangling Province, which was named after the three lakes in the territory and was not far from Jiangling City.

Don't underestimate the guerrilla attack from the third grade, for the people of a state, this is a big man like the sky. The political envoy in charge of the affairs of a state is just from the second grade, and a Qingluan Wei governor of the third grade can turn Luzhou upside down, and even the county of Qipin has the name of "Baili Hou". Therefore, these three-grade and four-grade feudal officials are real soil emperors in the local area, which can be said to be turning their hands into clouds and covering their hands for rain, and there are more people who have been operating for decades, which are deep-rooted, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they cover the sky with one hand, even if the first and second grade officials in the imperial capital may not have such a prestige.

After Li Xuandu and his entourage changed to a new road, they successfully entered the county seat. Because this place is close to Jiangling, which is known as the "thoroughfare of seven states", there are many merchants and pedestrians who come and go, so it also makes this county quite a bit mixed, far from being as indisputable as Ping'an County. As soon as the three of them entered the city, they saw a group of fierce riders riding forward, with undisguised waist knives hanging from their waists, and on their horses there were bows and arrows and other items that the imperial court had ordered to be registered in the yamen.

These people passed by Li Xuandu's carriage, and after they walked away, Hu Liang spoke: "These people are from the Yuzhou Sanhui Dart Bureau, and they are about the Imperial Qi Realm, and they are already quite good among ordinary dart masters. ”

Li Xuandu sighed with emotion: "Since ancient times, if it is a peaceful and prosperous era, it is the temple that overwhelms the rivers and lakes, and the world's masters are all in the pocket of the imperial court. In troubled times, the rivers and lakes are better than the temples, the court is in decline, and now there are only a few big cats and kittens left in the six doors, and Qingluanwei is no longer the scenery of the past, and the people of the rivers and lakes can even intervene in the battle for the throne, which can be seen. ”

Hu Liang said hesitantly: "The country is unfortunate and the poet is lucky, and the rivers and lakes are probably like this. ”

The little girl sat obediently in the deepest part of the carriage, heard the conversation between the two, and couldn't help asking, "Brother, what are the six doors?

Li Xuandu explained: "Strictly speaking, there is no 'six doors' in the imperial court, if you have to say that there is, it should refer to the general name of the three legal divisions, namely: the Criminal Department, Dali Temple and the Supervision Yuan, which is dominated by the Criminal Department. At the beginning, in order to compete for power with Qingluanwei, who was still subordinate to the Metropolitan Governor's Office, the Criminal Department, with the support of the cabinet, set up a secret agency to deal with cases related to people in the rivers and lakes. The people in the six doors act strangely, use fierce methods, specialize in handling big cases, enter the yamen, go out of the rivers and lakes, and are regarded as the characters in the rivers and lakes in the yamen, and they also monitor the rivers and lakes on behalf of the yamen, and have great power in the rivers and lakes, so they are despised by the people in the rivers and lakes who do not serve the imperial court, and their reputation is similar to that of Qingluanwei, and they are regarded as the eagle dogs of the imperial court. ”

Zhou Shuning asked curiously, "Since the name of the six doors is so big, why have I never heard of it?"

Li Xuandu sighed lightly: "The six doors are directly under the orders of the Criminal Department, and they are also controlled by the Dali Temple and the Supervision Yuan, and these three yamen are all subordinates of the cabinet, to put it bluntly, the six doors are actually directly under the orders of the cabinet." The dispute between the six doors and Qingluanwei was the first civil and military dispute, and later the military attache lost power and became a civil servant to control the generals, and then Qingluanwei became directly obedient to the emperor, and it became a dispute between the monarch and the minister. During the first war in the imperial capital, the six doors obeyed the cabinet, Qingluanwei obeyed the orders of the celebrant supervisor, and the ceremonial supervisor obeyed the orders of the Empress Dowager Xie, and now the queen mother is in power, and the six doors are naturally suppressed. ”

Hu Liang interjected: "As the so-called 'imperial eagle dog', Qingluan is a bird, so Qingluanwei is an 'eagle', then the six doors can only be wronged a little, as a 'dog', an eagle and a dog, to deter the rivers and lakes." In those years, how many people who believed in their superior military strength died at the hands of these two people? After death, their heads were cut off and hung on the top of the city for public display. Speaking of which, at the beginning, half of the people on the Taixuan list served in the imperial court, Xu Shisong's official to the cabinet scholar is an example, and two of the Qingluanwei Thirteen Taibao are on the list, which is also an example. But these are all things of the past, who hasn't had a wide ancestor yet? Whether it's Qingluanwei or the six doors now, there is no longer the majesty of the past. ”

Zhou Shuning was deeply affected by Qingluanwei, so she was particularly sensitive to the word "Qingluanwei", and asked: "Who is Qingluanwei's 'Thirteen Taibao'?"

Li Xuandu said: "Since Emperor Taizu of this dynasty set up the Tsing Yi Division, all the Qingluanwei jointly elected the highest thirteen people, known as the 'Thirteen Taibao'. Thirteen seats have been handed down, and when one dies or one leaves, one is elected to fill it. These thirteen people are famous in tens of thousands of Qingluanwei regardless of their positions, and the Qingluanwei Governor who died in Chengtianmen back then is one of the thirteen people. ”

While talking, the group had come to the door of a time-honored inn in the downtown area, so they stopped talking about it, and went into the store to ask the shopkeeper, because of the frequent comings and goings of merchants, now only the last two upper rooms are left.

Hu Liang and Li Xuan both discussed: "I have my own room, it is convenient to drink, so as not to smell the wine, Lao Li and the girl are in one room, and you two will take care of it." ”

Li Xuandu nodded and said, "I just happened to urge Shuning to practice." ”

The little girl naturally had no objections.

After paying the room money and coming to the room, the little girl obediently took off her embroidered shoes, crossed her knees on the bed, and ran the qi machine Zhou Tian in a five-hearted posture, which is her daily compulsory homework.

Li Xuandu sat at the table, with his back to Zhou Shuning, poured the tea in the teapot on the table, and then dipped his index finger in the water to sketch on the table, outlining a one-style sword move with simple lines.

About two hours later, the sky was completely dark, Zhou Shuning woke up from his meditation, quietly took the lamp, and lay on the bed with his cheeks to look at Li Xuandu's back, stunned.

A pot of water was all poured out by Li Xuandu, and when he reached out to lift the teapot again, he found that the teapot was empty, so he came back to his senses, put away the "Qingluan" and returned to his sleeve, exhaled a long breath, turned his head to look at Zhou Shuning, and asked, "Shuning, what do you want?"

The little girl came back to her senses and replied, "I'm thinking about the Xuannu Sect." ”

Li Xuandu quipped: "I can't wait to go to the Xuannu Sect?"

The little girl was suddenly very nervous, took a closer look at Li Xuandu, and saw that he didn't mean to misunderstand, so she was relieved, and whispered: "I don't want to go to the Xuannu Sect, I want to follow my brother." ”

Li Xuandu froze for a moment and was silent.

The little girl hurriedly said: "I can take care of myself, and I won't drag my brother down." ”

Li Xuandu smiled helplessly, shook his head and said, "The place I'm going to next is very dangerous, I'm afraid I won't be able to protect you." ”

The little girl's expression suddenly became lost, and she said, "That...... I won't go, I'll listen to my brother and go to the Xuannu Sect. ”

Li Xuandu said softly: "It's not life and death, when I'm done with the things at hand, I'll go to the Jade Girl Peak of the Xuannu Sect to see you." ”

The little girl hummed heavily, and her face was a little bright.

Li Xuandu joked: "Actually, Yu Qingning is an excellent person, I'm afraid that after you get acquainted with her, you will forget your brother." ”

The little girl said loudly: "I won't!"

Li Xuandu couldn't help laughing, blew out the oil lamp on the table, and said with a smile: "Sleep." ”

The little girl rolled over, but took off her coat and slipped into the bed, and soon fell into a deep sleep.

Li Xuandu just sat on the bench in front of the table, closing his eyes and recuperating.