Chapter 53: Fish in the Rivers and Lakes
In the capital, a few hundred miles away from Youzhou City, in a luxurious mansion, a young man leaned on a bamboo chair. Looking at a book of essays, there are two fragrant teas with white smoke on the desk on the side. The young man dressed in civilian clothes and combed his hair casually, and he did not hesitate to applaud the wonderful parts of the book. The person on the other side of the board is sitting intently in his place, holding a fishing rod made of bamboo, fishing in the pond in front of him. The breeze blows, the water waves are not rising, and there are dragonflies standing on the bamboo poles. Occasionally, a few small fish have passed by, rippling in the pond. but did not eat the bait. The middle-aged man was not in a hurry, he sat quietly and looked into the distance.
"Lord Yuwen, how can you come to the humble house to fish in a leisurely and elegant manner today, I have told you many times, I don't eat the fish in this lake!" said the lazy scholar.
"Master Fan, you are joking, if your mansion is a humble house, then I am really a thatched house!" Speaking of the thatched house, the young man seemed to remember something, and then sighed, "What's wrong with the thatched house, I met those two interesting people in the thatched house at the beginning, and now it is really a long time to go." His Majesty's grace had to give me such a large house, but now it is not as comfortable as that thatched hut. "Young people have lost the interest in reading. He sat up and asked, "It's been a while since your Dali Temple went to Youzhou, right?" "Some time ago, there was news that the murderer of the baby theft case had been caught, and it was said that he was a servant!!" the middle-aged man said slowly.
"Officer? Something must have gone wrong, and a government officer can make such a big move? Now all the forces on the rivers and lakes are ready to move. The water in this lake is not so clear anymore!" The young man sighed and continued, "There are two major forces in this place in Youzhou, the 'Ghost Gate Pass' and the 'Blood Feather Alliance', the so-called one mountain does not tolerate two tigers, and now the two forces have grown to the extreme, and they will collide soon!"
"You said that this lake is going to become muddy, so how to catch this fish?" Yu Wenfan asked thoughtfully.
"The world is still Emperor Jing's world, and the rivers, lakes and seas naturally belong to Emperor Jing. Since there is going to be chaos, it must be completely chaotic, and the chaos will be so chaotic that people's hearts will be scattered. Hahaha, you go fishing, I'll go and see my garden, but at the foreground, the fish in my lake don't eat!"
The young man was gone, leaving only the silence of a pond and the middle-aged man sitting on the shore.
When they were still a few miles away from Youzhou, Ye Qingzhi and the others dismounted and left their horses in an abandoned Yizhuang. I changed out of my official uniform and dressed up quietly. When they appeared on the official road, the two prison men no longer recognized Ye Qingzhi and Liang Le. At this time, the two of them no longer look like the handsome men of Dali Temple, but like a pair of brothers and sisters from a rural farmer. In the end, Liang Le handed a token of Dali Temple to the two prison men, and left after saying something in their ears.
The two walked side by side on the road, the sky at this time has slowly darkened, the sunset is about to set in the west, the ancient vines and old trees are faint, and the tourists are driving chaotically. Walking on the same road, the thoughts in my heart are very different. A young and beautiful woman, a light purple three-foot long sword, the children of the rivers and lakes are fighting the sword rivers and lakes, looking at the silhouette that vaguely appears in front of her, for some reason there is a feeling in her heart, vaguely like a gossamer, like a gossamer, and like a mess. The feeling was indescribable, as if someone was waiting for her in front of her, the man who haunted her.
Liang Le looked at Ye Qingzhi's white cheeks, and suddenly Er's sad expression was full of Huer's happy eyebrows, and he sighed slightly in his heart. He knew that she was waiting for someone, and had spent ten years searching for news about that person, whether happy or sad, just because of that person, he had been by her side for ten years. It seems to be within reach, but in fact, it is a different side of the world, and she can't bear to say this thought, not because she is afraid of being rejected, but because she is afraid that when she knows her intentions, she will hesitate how to reject herself. Afraid of losing, caring about gains and losses. The past is a poem, Nong is a gentleman and an idiot, Mo Dao has little truth in the world, and there are many amorous infatuations in the world since ancient times.
Youzhou City in the dusk is a different scenery, there will be sunlight directly shining in the city at dusk all day, and the afterglow of the setting sun will illuminate the whole city into gold. Pedestrians and business travelers have embarked on the return journey home, and after a day's work, the farmers have also returned with hoes, and the people on the streets of Youzhou have gradually dispersed. Ye Qingzhi and the others entered from the city gate, and the officials guarding the gate were still the same listless, and after glancing at the two of them, they were released. After entering the city, the two found a place to lurk, preparing to go to the county governor's mansion at night to find out the truth.
The sky was getting darker, and it was still the same as before, with no moon and no light, and the wind was gusting. The two people lurking outside the county office found that two people came out inside, one was the county lieutenant and the other was the main book. There are two sedan chairs at the door, one sedan chair is luxurious and extravagant, inlaid with gold and silver, and the other is an ordinary sedan chair, which makes the two people puzzled is that the main man is on the luxurious sedan chair, and the county lieutenant respectfully watched the master book get on the sedan chair before walking into his sedan chair.
After the departure, the two sedan chairs walked towards the east side of the county office, and Ye Qingzhi and the others followed all the way, and walked for about half an hour before arriving at their destination. It is a luxurious and huge mansion with the words "Governor's Mansion" written on it. Why did these two people go to the governor's mansion on such a big night? The two people were puzzled, and then the door of the governor's mansion opened, and a housekeeper came out and welcomed the two inside.
After Ye Qingzhi and the two glanced at each other, their figures flashed, and they appeared in a corner of the wall of the mansion, jumping up by the night and the shadows of the house. When I entered the state pastoral mansion, I found that this state pastoral mansion was unusually large, more than ten times larger than the ordinary state pastoral mansion. There are many pavilions and pavilions inside, accompanied by boulder rockeries. Such a big mansion, how much financial and material resources can be built, and is there so many family members in such a big Youzhou Mu, I am afraid that it is enough to raise half an army here.
And in Dali Temple for so many years, Ye Qingzhi didn't notice the figure of Youzhou Mu. In the past ten years, there has not even been a word, and it is unbelievable that such a low-key state pastor would build such a vast project. Strange is strange but he still followed the county lieutenant and the lord Bo forward, and along the way, Ye Qingzhi discovered that this state pastoral mansion was unexpectedly heavily guarded, with ten steps and one post, and a patrol. Could it be that there is something wrong in this mansion? Carefully avoiding all these sights along the way, the last group of people stopped in front of a large hall called 'Difu'.
This is a huge building, this is the largest along the way, the main hall is made of fine nan wood, plus all kinds of carvings and decorations, these carvings are indeed a little terrifying, the pillars and windowsills are carved to describe all kinds of scenes of hell, all kinds of people are going through all kinds of miserable conditions, which makes people feel cold. The gate opened, and the county lieutenant and the lord Bo walked in, and then the gate slowly closed. Ye Qingzhi and the others hesitated for a while before flashing in.
After entering, there are ten huge pillars in the hall, each pillar is depicted with the corresponding hell, and further on is a gate, and all kinds of gold and silver jewels are placed in the hall, piled up as above, the county lieutenant and the lord Bo are advancing along the red carpet of this room, and Ye Qingzhi and the two are hiding in the shadows. There was no one to be seen in the hall. The two in front walked to a wall, and after knocking lightly on the door a few times, the wall separated, revealing a bloody mouth, on which were written the words 'ghost door closed', and after the two entered, the door slowly closed after a long time. Taking this opportunity, Ye Qingzhi and the others flashed in.
It was a downward path, spiraling downwards like a coiling dragon. After walking for a long time, a gate appeared in front of me, and when I pushed the door out, I found that there was a huge square underground, and the whole square was divided into ten parts, and in the middle was an altar with a strange shape. At this time, everyone was silently thinking about something, and no one paid attention to the two who had just walked out of the door. The two of them quietly hid in the shadows and observed all this. At the very front of the ten sections there was a huge chair, on which sat the ten hall masters, but now there were only nine.
The two of them found that the master who had just entered, tore off the clothes on his body and the human skin mask on his face, took the black robe and mask handed over by others, and after taking them, he walked to one of the positions, while the county lieutenant stood respectfully behind the position. After the sound of a gong and drum, the whole congregation fell silent and stopped muttering. At this time, a hall master stood up, flew to the altar, and said, "The ghost gate is closed, the Holy Sect is coming, and the blessings are all over the sky, and the rivers and lakes will be dominated!" After speaking, everyone knelt down and shouted
"The Holy Sect is mighty, thousands of generations, and dominates the rivers and lakes!!". Then the lord clapped his hands, and a woman came out with a baby in her hand. The woman's face was filled with pride and happiness.
"Today is the fifteenth day of this month, and we are all going to sacrifice like our holy lord as usual, and today these two people are carefully selected from tens of thousands of sect members, and they are the ones who have received great merit, and then they will become the wives and concubines of the holy lord and enjoy eternal glory!" said the black-clothed hall lord, and the congregation below looked at the women with envious looks.
Then the woman went to the altar and lay down in the blessing of the crowd. Set the baby aside in your hand. The black-clothed hall master wiped the woman's forehead lightly, and the woman fell asleep peacefully, and the same was true for the baby, and the baby also fell asleep quietly to the cheers of the crowd.