Chapter 31: First Sight of Zhang Yunzhao

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Zhang Yunzhao of the prison is the only Taoist priest of the "Yun" generation in the West Zhenwu Palace of Long'an Mansion, and he is the uncle of the Taoist priests of the "Teng" generation who hold real power in the Taoist Palace, and the uncle and ancestor of the Taoist priests of the "Zhi" generation. With such a generation, he sits extremely steadily in the prison seat, not only steadily, but also in a constant manner.

Zhang Yunzhao was born in Xinning County, Kuizhou, his family is a big local family, but he is not a strong man, when he first entered Ziyang Courtyard in Xinning County, he was ordinary and there was nothing out of the ordinary. If it weren't for the Battle of Yashan Pass, maybe he would be just an ordinary Taoist priest in Ziyang Academy today, and he would not even be as good as the current Zhao Ran, let alone sit on the pineapple Taishi chair and look at Zhao Ran with a scrutinizing gaze.

Thirty years ago, Daomen fought a big battle with Buddhism in Yashan Pass, Kuizhou, and Daomen Zhengyi Sect and Quanzhen Sect joined forces to dispatch more than a dozen top monks to set up an ambush to knock down the dust of Luxi Monk, a living Buddha who had opened the Six Consciousness Realms, and achieved a great feat that Daomen had never had in a hundred years.

Zhang Yunzhao, who was not yet 30 years old at the time, and his brothers took the risk to take the princess Zhong Xiangli, the pearl of Tubo Zanpu Chida Gongjia, to Yashanguan, which was the direct inducement for the national teacher Luxi monk to leave the country alone. For this reason, the brothers of the Ziyang Academy, a group of "cloud" generations, won the super-promoted reward of the Daomen Lushan General View, Zhang Yunzhao is one of them, and several of his brothers are now in high positions, almost controlling the ten jungles of Sichuan Province - Li Yunhe, the supervisor of Xuanyuan Temple in Sichuan Province, is Zhang Yunzhao's senior brother.

Zhang Yunzhao has a thin face and is upright, and since he opened the way to rise, he has shown a very responsible side. He was never afraid to do things, and he was very appreciated by the high-level of Xuanyuanguan at that time. He successively served as the master, inspector and supervisor of Ziyang Academy in Xinning County, and made great achievements in Shangxiao Palace in Kuizhou, and made high contributions to Xizhenwu Palace in Long'an Mansion, and ascended to the throne of Xizhenwu Palace Supervisor 12 years ago.

In the face of such a strong person, the traverser Zhao Ran also felt a lot of pressure. He stood solemnly under the hall with his head down, Zhang Yunzhao asked, he replied, and he didn't dare to go beyond the slightest.

"I heard that when Abbot Du went to Wuji Courtyard last year, he strongly supported a person surnamed Dong to take over the post of Prison Courtyard, and asked in the court, 'Who has objections', no one in the hall dared to respond, it was you who said, 'I have objections'. Really?"

"Back in the prison, it was Xiaodao who was young and ignorant, and cut Abbot Du's face, and when I think about it, I still can't help but be ashamed. ”

"Hehe, don't be nervous, I didn't blame you. You were just a chanting boy at the time, right? How could you have the courage to refute me in public, the abbot of Xizhenwu Palace?"

"The Prison Courtyard, according to the rules of the Daomen. How can the head of a house be appointed at will without being elected by the deliberations of the three capitals? I did not accuse Abbot Du of abusing his personal interests, but because rules are rules, and the transfer of important functions of the Daomen is such a major event, how can I not follow the rules and use the reason without following the rules? Xiaodao really couldn't understand it, so I couldn't help but ask questions, which might have embarrassed Abbot Du at that time. It's really not the original intention, and I hope that the prison will be Haihan. ”

Zhang Yunzhao smiled and nodded, and said to Jiang Gaogong: "Zhao Zhiran is right, rules are rules, how can they be changed at will? But my Taoist talents are prosperous, and there are always those who can speak up, so I don't make Abbot Du make mistakes on top of mistakes, which is the blessing of Sichuan Province. ”

Jiang Gaogong said with a smile: "What the prison court said is that Zhao Zhiran was only a small Taoist boy at that time, and he was only able to read the scriptures for more than a while, so he could understand this great righteousness, which is the prosperity of my Taoist sect, and it is also the blessing of Xizhenwu Palace. ”

Zhang Yunzhao pointed at Jiang Gaogong and shook his head with a smile: "You, Zhao Zhiran can distinguish between right and wrong, which means that you taught well in Wuji Academy at that time, what does it have to do with me." He turned his head and asked Zhao Ran: "You are now the master of Fang, right?" Do it well, such a talent will naturally not be buried. ”

In this sentence, there is already a meaning to be vigorously cultivated, of course, it depends on whether Zhao Ran can meet the requirements of Zhang Jian Yuan's "do it well", if Zhao Ran fails to "do it well", he will naturally not be able to cultivate, and Zhang Yunzhao can't be blamed.

Zhao Ran didn't expect that he was forced to force his head under the huge pressure of Abbot Du last year, and he could not help but sigh secretly, it was really the cause and effect of the day, he knew that this was the case, and he went to find what Jingdu Guan?

After chatting casually for a while, Zhao Ran saw that Zhang Yunzhao seemed to be in good spirits, so he took the opportunity to explain the intention of this trip. When meeting with a high-level Daomen leader of Zhang Yunzhao's level, he would definitely not be allowed to describe it in detail, so he only said a few things urgently, one was to show that he could not bear the poor farmers who had lost their land, the second was to explain that he planned to get involved in the loan of Qingmiao money and do his best to help the farmers, and the third was that Wuji Yuan and Guyang County Ya had already agreed, and now there was only an official document from the West Zhenwu Palace, hoping that Zhang Yunzhao could open the door for himself to be convenient and Yucheng this matter.

After saying this, Zhang Yunzhao did not say anything, his face was silent, and he couldn't see a trace of joy and anger, while Jiang Gaogong frowned slightly, and looked at Zhao Ran with a little worry in his eyes.

After a long time, Zhang Yunzhao finally spoke, and said: "It's not early today, Zhao Zhiran, you go down, well, when did you arrive?

Zhao Ran replied: "The prison court, Xiaodao came yesterday and stayed at the Wangfu Inn in the south of the city. ”

Zhang Yunzhao nodded, picked up the teacup, and said to Jiang Gaogong: "You send Zhao Zhiran on my behalf." ”

Zhao Ran was sent out of the gate by Jiang Gaogong, and was bumping into Sun Tengmo, the doorman outside the gatehouse. Sun Tengmo suddenly saw Zhao Ran and Jiang Gaogong coming out together, and couldn't help but be stunned. Zhao Ran nodded at him with a smile, Sun Tengmo smiled embarrassedly, and just as he didn't know what to say, Zhao Ran had already crossed over to him and arrived outside the door.

Jiang Gaogong asked: "Senior Brother Zhao is very popular, he has a wide range of like-minded people from all over the world, and even Sun Mentou is familiar with each other?"

Zhao Ran smiled and said, "I just met ......" and suddenly pretended to be curious and asked: "By the way, Senior Brother Jiang, what is the etiquette of the gatekeeper of the West Zhenwu Palace?"

"Three or five dollars less, one or two taels more, what's wrong?"

"Oh, that one was Sun Mentou just now, right? If you have time to turn around, I hope that Senior Brother Jiang will pull a line for Senior Brother and me, and Senior Brother wants to visit Sun Mentou and apologize to him. ”

"Apologize to him? Senior brother, have you offended him? What is the matter? If it is not a big deal, senior brother, I can talk about it for you, presumably Sun Mentou will sell my face. ”

"Then thank you Senior Brother, but Senior Brother, I don't know where I offended Sun Mentou, so I also asked Senior Brother to ask one or two on my behalf, otherwise Senior Brother, I am afraid it will be difficult for me to sleep peacefully tonight. ”

Jiang Gaogong said curiously: "What is the matter?"

Zhao Ran said distressedly: "I don't know, it's just that when I came before, I gave Sun Mentou five or two door gifts, but it seems that Sun Mentou is very displeased, I said that I wanted to meet my senior brother, but he told me that my senior brother you are not there." Later, I found another guest hall fireworker, so I didn't run these 200 miles in vain. I originally thought it was a small amount of courtesy, but when I heard what you said, I actually gave a lot, so I was even more confused. Please also ask the senior brother to resolve one or two on your behalf, otherwise it will not be easy to come to visit the senior brother again in the future. ”

left Jiang Gaogong a silver ticket of fifty taels, saying that life in Fucheng was not easy, so he should not be wronged, and Zhao Ran said goodbye to the thoughtful Jiang Gaogong and left. After returning to the inn, he didn't dare to leave, although Zhang Jian Yuan didn't say anything, but Zhao Ran knew that this high-level big man of the Daomen would definitely need time to consider his request.

Zhao Ran actually came here today just for an official document, he didn't want to complicate things, so he didn't explain things thoroughly, especially on the fact that this move would seriously damage the interests of the wealthy gentry, most of them were vague, and I just hoped that Zhang Jian Yuan would not think too deeply. But judging from the expression of Zhang Prison at the last moment, perhaps people have seen some clues.

As for whether Zhang Prison will support him, or turn a blind eye, or even strongly oppose it, Zhao Ran is not sure at all. In any case, he knew that Zhang Jian Yuan would definitely arrange to meet again after thinking about it, otherwise he would not ask where he lived.

Sure enough, early the next morning, someone came to the inn to look for Zhao Zhiran, this person happened to be the fireworker in the guest hall yesterday, he respectfully said to Zhao Ran: "I have seen Lord Zhao Fang, it was Jiang Gaogong who asked the villain to come, and said that he invited Lord Fang to enter the West Zhenwu Palace." (To be continued......) R1292