may have not rested well for two days in a row, Li Bing slept in Yuruizhuang until three poles in the morning before waking up.

Ying Lan'er had already left early in the morning, saying that she was going to Liangzhou City to inquire about Han Linyuan's news, and the helpers arranged by the assassin had also handed over to Captain Zhang on Jade Island, and there were only a few dozen soldiers left in Yurui Village.

Li Binggang arrived in the lobby and found that in addition to Rimai, there were three purple-robed people waiting in the hall.

After the three of them saw him enter the door, they immediately got up, and the person at the head introduced himself first: "In the next praise, Fan Yikang, the teaching number is Yangping." Specially ordered by the palace master of the Rong Sect, he went forward to greet His Royal Highness the Prince. ”

The purple robe on this person's body is similar in style to the one I saw yesterday, but this person is only in his early thirties, could it be that he is also a Venerable Feizun? There are two other disciples of the Praise Sect beside him, who are pure purple clothes, only have three silver embroidery patterns on the neckline, and like the "Elephant Venerable" Fan Xixiang, they are all three-pattern disciples of the Rong Sect.

"Are you also the Venerable Venerable Feizun?"

"Fan is not talented, he was only promoted a year ago. He was the least senior of the six Venerable Venerables. When Yangping Feizun spoke, he was full of smiles, and he looked like a smooth person.

"Then Brother Fan's kung fu must be very powerful?" As Li Bing spoke, he looked at his hands, his skin was delicate, there were no thick calluses, and the skin and flesh on his body were not exquisite, not too much like a foreign master.

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be. It's just that he is more proficient in the introductory kung fu of the praise teaching, and he is still far from the other Feizun. When Yangping Feizun spoke, he always bowed slightly, and he was very polite to Li Bing during his conversation, smiling all the time.

He took a post from the disciple beside him and handed it to Li Bing: "Several Feizun and palace masters are waiting for His Royal Highness the Prince in the 'Hantai Zheng Palace', and Lord Assassin Shi will also arrive after arranging the search for Han Gongzi." Counting the time, is it about the same time, is Your Highness going to leave now......"

Li Bing took the post, opened it casually, and glanced at it, it was an invitation from the palace master of the Rong Sect, and his words were sincere, and he felt that it was a little too solemn.

"It's okay!" In addition to Rimai, Li Bing also brought a team of soldiers, a total of thirty people, just to support the scene, and didn't expect them to help much.

The boat used to pass through Nanhu is still the flower boat, and the dirty decorations in it have all been removed, and the people have been replaced, half of them are city guards, half of them are praise disciples, and the two are like one. In the territory of Liangzhou, Baojiao is really open.

The group got off the boat at Nanhu Ferry, changed horses and went straight to Guangping Ferry, crossed the Centennial Bridge, and walked to the other side of the Han River, the purple low city wall, which is the base camp of Baojiao.

On the way, Fan Yikang and Li Bing chatted casually, talked well, and were also very insightful; they were not only hospitable, but also very respectful and cautious to Li Bing. But even so, Li Bing was even more uneasy, it seemed that this person was smooth on the surface, but in fact he was quite scheming, so that Li Bing couldn't see through it and was difficult to trust.

This small city on the other side of Liangzhou City was originally the former site of "Hanzhong City" in the Han and Jin dynasties, and everything still follows the old system of the previous dynasty, and even the plaque of the city tower still says "Hanzhong City".

Although it is also a square city, but the vast majority of the streets are not due south and north of the cross, there is no square market, all kinds of houses are built along the street, crowded next to each other, there are many shantytowns, not as regular as the Tang Dynasty city, the streets are narrower, and most of the houses are old, neglected, some dilapidated rural feeling.

That's not all, the whole street smells faintly, and the rotten smell of food mixed with the smell of animal feces and gutters is unpleasant.

"Is this the Praise Sect?" Li Bing was a little incredulous, the narrow streets were crowded with people, in addition to the disciples of the Praise Sect in purple clothes, there were also many small people in the market dressed in coarse cloth clothes, setting up stalls along the street, shouting and making noise. It seems to be a negligent management, which is really a bit annoying.

He dismounted directly from his horse and handed the reins to the soldiers behind him, because there were so many people on the streets of Hanzhong City that it was difficult for the horses to move forward. Unless someone is forcibly evicted to clear the way, the only way to do it is to walk.

"Yes and no. Yangping Feizun also dismounted, and said in parallel:

"Hanzhong City was burned down by a fire when it was in the two Jin Dynasty. During the reign of Taizong of this dynasty, after Baojiao gradually repaired the walls of Hanzhong City, he moved from Liangzhou City. In Hanzhong City, there is a ruins of Hantai Palace, although the house is gone, but the wall is still there, so it is used as an inner door. This outside market is the residence of the outer disciples. ”

Li Bing looked at the streets on both sides, and every other shantytown, there was a house that could still be seen, which was probably the residence of the outer disciples at that time.

Later, Ding Xing, a teacher of praise, gradually had outsiders in Hanzhong City. However, most of them are poor people, either who can't live in Liangzhou City, or the victims in the villages below, come here to find a place to cover their heads and protect themselves from the rain.

At first, Baojiao also helped the victims to build a shed to live in, but later there were more and more people, and Hanzhong City was only so big, less than one-fifth of Liangzhou City, and even the shed could not be built, so all the outer disciples were simply allowed to live back in the main palace of Baojiao, and the houses of the outer disciples were all changed to Tongpu. ”

Venerable Feizun tried his best to help Li Bing pass through the crowd, and most of the people retreated when they saw his robe.

"Your Highness, don't blame, these people just want to find a place to shelter from the wind and rain, and when there are many people, it is not easy to manage ......"

"It doesn't matter. It's good to be able to provide a place for these people to live. "There are tens of thousands of mansions in Ande, and the cold people in the world are happy, and the wind and rain are not moving, and they are as safe as mountains." If 'Du Zimei' had been to Liangzhou, he would have been very happy. ”

Li Bing said this, inadvertently caught a glimpse of Rimai, and even touched his righteous deeds of praise and teaching, and nodded slightly.

"His Royal Highness, Du Fu went to Baojiao on the way from Chang'an to Shuzhong more than 20 years ago, and left two ink treasures, which are stored in the main palace of Baojiao, and you can take the prince to see it in the next. Yangping Feizun said, and suddenly sighed:

"A year ago, the poet died in Tanzhou, which is really regrettable. The palace lord also went to mourn in person. ”

Looking at the lives of these poor people around him, Li Bing was a little moved, he really didn't believe that such a sect would have a relationship with Rongjiao.

But when you think about it, although Hanzhong City is not big, it is not small, and if you take a slightly secluded road at the beginning, you may arrive at the main palace earlier. Yang Ping Feizun chose this path, just afraid that there would be a sense of merit, and things were a good thing, but this person's mind was too pure.

Finally through the bustling streets, there are fewer people on the road, and the taste is lighter, a blue brick wall comes into view, which is where the main palace of Rongjiao is located, and the four or five high towers are also very conspicuous, not the Buddhist dense eaves tower, but very close to the round eaves tower without edges and corners in the two Jin Dynasty - Li Bing feels that it is really a little rustic.

"In front of you is where the main palace of the Praise Sect is located. Because the spring flood is about to come, in Liangzhou, the Han River and the Jialing River are prone to flooding, and the climate is particularly humid this year.

Spring ploughing was also about to begin, and the disciples of 'Niyi Feizun', 'Suqin Feizun' and 'Yugeng Pavilion' were busy taking care of the fields. In addition to praising their own thin fields, they also have to help the widows and widows in the distance plough the land to ensure that they do not lose the opportunity to sow and cannot come back today. ”

Li Bing let out an "oh", and Yangping Feizun added: "The Fishing and Farming Pavilion is one of the twelve pavilions of praise and education, and it is mainly in charge of agricultural and fish affairs. There are not many disciples in the main palace now, but they have been arranged at the gate of the main palace, waiting for the prince to review it. ”

"I don't dare to review it, I just look at it casually, and I bother to arrange it. Li Bing was a little surprised, even if he was acting on orders, the praise was too solemn, and he always felt weird.

Yang Ping Feizun smiled: "The Sect Master has not seen any guests for many years, and on weekdays, I don't see each other once a year. This time, I heard that His Royal Highness the Prince of the World is visiting, and he will also come to meet, he has not asked about the world for a long time, if there is anything inconsiderate at that time, please forgive the Lord of the World. ”

This remark made Li Bing even more confused: "Isn't the sect leader the same person as the palace master you said before?"

"It's not the same person, the sect leader is the real leader of the Praise Sect, but he is an old man who has devoted himself to studying the doctrine, but he has been asking the world for many years. Everything that is praised and taught on weekdays is in the hands of the palace master. The 'Gong Xue Feizun' that His Highness saw yesterday and the previous Praise Palace Master were both the disciples of the Sect Master, and the current Palace Master was the disciple of the Sect Master. ”

"Isn't the sect leader already very old?"

"More than 100 years old!" Yang Ping Feizun replied with a smile, emphasizing again: "If the sect leader has any disrespect for the prince, please also ask the prince to read that he is old, don't be surprised!"

Li Bing didn't know his intentions, and agreed: "It's okay." ”

The group finally arrived at the gate of the main palace of Baojiao, and the two disciples guarding the door saw Yangping Feizun, hugged their fists and greeted him, with a slight uneasiness in their eyes: "I have seen His Royal Highness the Prince of the World!

Li Bing only thought that they were nervous and didn't care, and was about to enter the door, but Yangping Feizun stopped and asked, "Why are you two only on duty?"

The disciple guarding the door clenched his fists: "Master Hui Feizun, I have already ordered him to come down, saying that there are distinguished guests today, and eight people should be at the door to greet him, so he can't lose his courtesy...... We did the same...... But ......"

This person spoke in a hurry, not looking at Li Binghe Rimai, but also staring at Yangping Feizun, as if he had a bitter word.

"Just say something...... "Yangping Feizun just praised Li Binghaikou, and when he turned around, he encountered something that was not polite, which was really a bit of a shame.

When the disciple guarding the door heard this, he hugged his fists and said: "Early this morning, the palace master sent someone to assist the city defense army to go out of the city to search for the whereabouts of the 'Han Gongzi' of the Chang'an Fei faction, but Han Gongzi did not find it, but he found ......it" He said this, glanced at Li Bing again, and lowered his voice and said:

"But I found the body of ...... 'Fan Xixiang' senior brother, the whole body was black, bleeding from the seven orifices, and the death was very miserable, as if he had been poisoned, and he had just been carried in before the time of a stick of incense...... Several other disciples who were guarding the door went to help, and another disciple went to the field to find 'Suqin Feizun' and came back for an autopsy. ”

Yangping Feizun gasped, calmed down for a moment, and then said to Li Bing: "There has been an accident in the sect, and the etiquette is not careful, please forgive me." ”

Although Li Bing had seen Venerable Xiang, he didn't know that his real name was "Fan Xixiang", and only said: "The dead are the greatest." Such a big thing, do you want Yangping Feizun to take a look. ”

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Du Fu died in the winter of the fifth year of the Great Calendar, and it is now the beginning of the seventh year of the Great Calendar - 772 AD, which is indeed not long apart.