Sword of Coming

Not far from the east gate of the town, there is a post station, which was established around the same time as the Huaihuang County Government. The official name is Rugu Post, but the town still used to call it Jiming Post, like the crab shop, which provides people with peace and harmony. People in small towns not only like and are good at giving nicknames to things. Zheng Dafeng wandered all the way to Jimingyi today. Yicheng was born in a small town. In his early years, he was a subordinate of the Long Kiln Supervisory Department. Since then, he has finally become a leader. When he was young, he and Zheng Dafeng were good brothers at the gambling table. Zheng Dafeng would often bet big and he would bet small. They always won money. The two of them went to Huang Erniang's shop to drink. It was Zheng Dafeng who took credit. This guy saved a lot of money for his daughter-in-law. It is said that he has recently started working for an express delivery shop for his unachievable grandson. Today, I saw Zheng Dafeng, who had disappeared for many years, and I was very friendly. It was just that the post official had a lot of trivial matters. When the two of them were reminiscing about the past, postmen with briefcases often came here to monogram and sign marriage contracts. Zheng Dafeng did not want to disturb this old brother who was busy with official duties, so he made an appointment to come together when he was free. After drinking, before leaving, Zheng Dafeng asked coldly, "Aren't you a senior brother?" Yi Cheng was stunned for a long time and asked what he was talking about. Zheng Dafeng quickly said that it was okay and paced out of the inn. It was all Chen Ping'an's fault. He even became suspicious of others. Zheng Dafeng went down the mountain this time. In addition to the inn, he also visited the former immortal tomb. Because today is the third day of February, Zheng Dafeng went to the Confucian Temple, but did not go to the main hall to worship the sages who ate cold pig head meat. He chose a side hall, faced one of the statues, put his hands together, and muttered something. It was rare for a man to look so solemn.

Zheng Dafeng didn't even bother to go back to his yellow mud house near the east gate of the town. There wasn't even a female mosquito. He felt sad just thinking about it. He turned off the post road and found a secluded place. Zheng Dafeng hung up his sword talisman and twisted out a piece of it. Zheng Dafeng named the talisman that concealed his figure, the talisman on his fingertips as he headed for Niujiaodu. Zheng Dafeng named it the "Wall Root Talisman", also known as "The Gentleman Talisman on the Liang". The man sighed sadly again, only feeling that this Having such a precious talisman fall into my own hands, I am really overqualifying myself, not doing my job properly, and underestimating my talents.

Business at Niujiaodu's Baobo Zhai was average. Zheng Dafeng walked into a deserted shop with his hands behind his back. The female cultivator from Zhuchai Island behind the counter heard footsteps. When she looked up and saw the other person, she rolled her eyes. He immediately lowered his head and started reading the book.

Zheng Dafeng leaned against the counter and said with a smile: "Miss Guan Qing, I haven't seen you in a few years. She has grown up."

The last few words are very wordy.

The woman named Guan Qing raised her head and saw the guy quickly looking away. She became angry and said: "A dog can't spit out ivory things from its mouth!"

Zheng Dafeng sighed and said with a playful smile: "Why don't you say that dogs can't change from eating shit? As expected, girls are still ladies, they don't even know how to curse, they can just tickle them lightly."

Guan Qing glared and said, "Zheng, I'm warning you, if you have something to say, get out of here as soon as possible."

When she was looking at the shop here, she was really fed up with this self-proclaimed romantic guy, who was full of so-called "love talk" that was so filthy and boring that she got goosebumps even just thinking about it.

How could Mr. Chen, such a serious person, find such an unreliable guy to be the gatekeeper of Luo Luo Shan?

Zheng Dafeng gently beat his heart, coughed a few times, and asked: "Where are Sister Liuxia and Sister Baique? Aren't they with you? As soon as I returned to my hometown, I immediately asked the mountain master whether you had lost weight or gained weight. Whether your practice is going well or not, the mountain master said that you are all idle on the back of the fish now."

Guan Qing picked up an abacus and smashed it over. Zheng Dafeng lowered his head and turned around, then stretched out his legs, gently picked up the abacus with his toes, stretched out his hand to grab it, then gently placed it on the table, spread his palms, and rolled the beads on the abacus. He smiled and said, "Brother Dafeng's hand is shaking beautifully. Is it still the same style, or is it better than before?"

Guan Qian took a deep breath and said, "Zheng Dafeng, if you continue to be such a scoundrel, I will go to Luopo Mountain to file a complaint with Shanzhu Chen! If Shanzhu Chen makes trouble and acts as a peacemaker, the business here is anyway, I will Leave it alone! If you think of disgusting people again, you have to grab the back of the fish and break through the mountain gate!"

Zheng Dafeng wiped his face, limped away silently without saying any nonsense.

Just when Guan Qing felt a little guilty and felt that he had exaggerated, the man suddenly leaned back and asked, "Sister Guan Qing, are you really so heartless? Brother Dafeng shaved your beard specially for you today. If you don’t have clean clothes, why don’t you ask Brother Dafeng where he has been for so many years and whether he has married a wife and had children..."

Guan Qing remembered a unique trick that had proven to be successful over time. His junior sister Bai Que put his fingers together, waved hard, and said in a deep voice: "Disappear!"

Zheng Dafeng immediately stretched out his hand to grab it, as if putting something into his arms, and then left with satisfaction.

Zheng Dafeng visited every shop where a female nun from Zhuchai Island was the temporary shopkeeper, and flirted with him just like Guan Qing.

The refreshed man came to a shop with a plaque that read "Yongnianzhai" and straightened his clothes. If he came today, he would never leave in defeat again.

At Niujiaoshan Ferry, only a few Baofengzhai were rented to outsiders. Among them, Changchun Palace wanted two shops, and the rent was negligible.

The owner of the shop is a middle-aged nun who looks like a middle-aged woman. Her appearance is neither ugly nor good-looking. She has just been reading a book called "Lanpu" that she never tires of.

She was no stranger to Zheng Dafeng. When she saw the man who had not shown his face for many years, she immediately leaned on the counter deliberately and said with a sweet smile: "Hey, aren't these brothers Dafeng, walking birds again? Come on, come on, hurry up and get that one The little sparrow is let out of the cage to play with his sister. What are you doing standing there in a daze? There is no one else in the shop. What's so embarrassing? You have been wandering outside for so many years and you are still so thin-skinned. Look at your potential..."

Zheng Dafeng murmured, he really couldn't bear it, so he could only say shyly: "Friend Lianzhao, how can you be so hospitable to guests? It's easy to scare them away."

The woman named Curtain Lai picked up a tangerine from a fruit plate on the counter, smashed it towards the man's crotch, and sneered: "Where's the prestige of the nearby shop?"

Zheng Dafeng quickly bent down to catch the hidden weapon, and said angrily: "I'm not so handsome, and my appearance doesn't take advantage of me, so I have to work on my love words."

Lian Lao is taking care of business here, which is a kind of relaxation that is purely for passing the time. She is of the same generation as the current palace owner of Changchun Palace. However, she is higher in seniority and younger, but she has the kind of "younger age may not necessarily be better." "The closed disciple of "Zheng Dafeng" was frustrated because she could not break the bottleneck of Longmen Realm, so she took the initiative to come here to check out the shop. Zheng Dafeng often came to the shop to chat, and it happened that both of them were good at chatting, and they were both vegetarian and vegan. Buji, so after not seeing Zheng Dafeng for so many years, Lianzhao really misses him a bit. Of course, it has absolutely nothing to do with that kind of love between men and women.

Zheng Dafeng rested his elbows on the counter, leaned forward, ran his hands through his hair, and boasted about how familiar he was with Zhu Ou, the author of "Lanpu". He would definitely introduce him to Sister Liangli if he had the chance. I wrote a few sentences, living in seclusion in the mountains, being the master of the mist in the forest, springs, and mist. One day seems like two. If you live for ninety years, you will be one hundred and eighty, and you will gain a lot. There are three pleasures in a leisurely life: you can take care of yourself, eat spring bamboo shoots, wear summer clothes and read forbidden books on snowy nights...

Lianzhao liked the gentleness of this ugly man. To be fair, if Zheng Dafeng hadn't looked a bit shabby, he really wouldn't have been a bachelor to this day.

Changchun Palace and Luopo Mountain had a good relationship, thanks to "Yu Mi" who pretended to be a guest of Piyun Mountain and a monk in Guanhai Realm.

In the name of helping to protect the Tao, Yu Mi traveled to the south with several female nuns from Yulinyou's lineage in Song Dynasty. Because there was a hunting envoy of Dali who urgently needed to use the branches of ten thousand year pine as medicine, so he asked the female nuns from Changchun Palace to do it. Help to ask for help from Fengxue Temple, but the ancient pine tree named "Eternal Love" grows on the Immortal Terrace of Fengxue Temple. As the only seedling on the Immortal Terrace, the Great Sword Immortal Wei Jin became the only one with power. The owner of Zhezhiqiu. So even though they knew that Changchun Palace had a special status on the mountain of Dali and that the ancestor of the Qin family in Dalugou had a close relationship with Song Yu, the Supreme Elder of Changchun Palace, the group of female cultivators still hit a wall as expected and returned without success. When returning to Niujiaodu, Yu Mi secretly gave Han Biya a piece of ten thousand-year-old pine. After an inspection by the Changchun Palace, it turned out to be that it was indeed an ancient pine with "everlasting love". There was an explanation from the Patriarch Hall, and the Changchun Palace also had a perfect explanation from the hunting envoy.

In addition, on the Liquan ferry in Changchun Palace, because Zhu Fengxian, who left Beijing with Grand Master Yu Hong, was also on the boat at that time, Chen Ping'an once brought Xiao Mo to the ferry. During this period, he met the Taoist priest Wusong. , a ferry steward named Gan Yi.

In Aquarius Continent, there is only the Liquan Ferry. No matter where it docks at any ferry, it does not need to pay half a cent. Moreover, there was only the Liquan Ferry that could be used at all the ferries that were taken over by the Dali military during the war. Come and go freely.

A foreign nun who Zheng Dafeng had never seen came to the shop. When she saw the spitting man inside, she probably heard Lian Lao's introduction and said proactively: "I have met Mr. Zheng. My name is Gan Yi. I come from Changchun Palace.”

Zheng Dafeng nodded immediately and said: "Hello Aunt Gan, very good, very good. You can call me Dafeng, or you can call me Xiao Zheng."

Gan Yi heard the man's "misunderstanding" and could only explain with a smile: "Sweet Gan, refreshing Yi."

Zheng Dafeng said aggrievedly: "Otherwise? How could I not recognize the famous Liquan Ferry Boat Manager Gan?"

The aura of a person is one spirit and possesses two eyes. This golden elixir female cultivator deserves the praise of "bright eyes and good eyesight", especially when sister Gan Yi smiles, she still has two dimples.

beautiful.

Gan Yi laughed it off. She had seen too many scoundrels in the mountains and down the mountains, and there was no shortage of such a number one person in front of her.

Zheng Dafeng was about to say goodbye and leave. After chatting with Sister Lianzhao for a long time, he was thirsty and planned to go to his brother's Beiyue Mountain Lord's Mansion for a drink.

People who are not familiar with historical allusions, even today's court historians, may not know what the "Liquan" ferry means to the Song family of Dali.

When the Song family in Dali was still a vassal state of the Lu family, every time there was a drought, it was necessary to second the magic ferry with the Changchun Palace to make clouds and rain, and then invite the immortal masters from the Changchun Palace to cast spells to invite rain.

It can be said that during the most difficult years of the Song family in Dali, every time this ferry appeared above the dry and cracked land, it was a kind of... hope.

Therefore, the chronology of Changchun Palace in the past hundred years can be said to be "full of smoke and yellow and purple nobility".

Because in addition to the three generations of emperors of the Song Dynasty in Dali, who often visited Changchun Palace, the current Queen Mother of Dali, Nan Hairpin, lived in seclusion here and cultivated herself. The key is that the national teacher Cui Chan personally attended the Changchun Palace twice. The opening ceremony of cultivating and ascending to the Golden Pill Earth Immortal is something that is simply unimaginable nowadays. Let that embroidered tiger participate in a celebration of a certain sect? Not to mention the newly promoted sect, even the Shen Gao Sect, can the Yunlin Jiang family invite them?

At the Zhengyang Mountain viewing ceremony, the imperial court only sent Cao Ping, the hunting envoy. Earlier, the Longquan Sword Sect was established and Liu Xianyang took over as the head of the sect. It was the Minister of Rites of Dali who came forward.

Gan Yi heard the shopkeeper's voice again, hesitated for a moment, and said to Zheng Dafeng in her heart: "Mr. Zheng, we have something to discuss."

Zheng Dafeng immediately stopped and turned around, rubbed his hands and said with a smile: "I am not yet married."

Gan Yi pretended not to hear, and said to herself: "I am willing to resell Tiaoyu Mountain to Luolu Mountain. I wonder if Mr. Zheng can pass the message on my behalf and let Master Chen know for me?"

Zheng Dafeng smiled and nodded: "It's easy to talk about, I will definitely bring it."

Luolu Mountain's neighbors include Huimeng Mountain in the north, which is the top of its vassal mountain, and there are three other mountains: Tiandu Peak, Diaoyu Mountain, and Fuyao Foothills, each of which has its own place.

It's just that it's different from Yidai Peak, which is less visible. The monks who live in the mountain all live in seclusion and rarely show up. Especially in Tiandu Peak, the monks seem to be in seclusion and are in seclusion. Almost no one goes down the mountain. Moreover, regarding the identities of the three mountain masters, although the Dali Dynasty has secret records, they have never been leaked to the outside world, and the Luopo Mountain side has no intention of exploring this matter.

Whenever Yufeng traveled between Luolu Mountain and the small town, he would take the initiative to distance himself and walk around the mountain.

I never thought that the Tiaoyu Mountain among them was actually a private property in Gan Yi's name.

Lian Lao was greatly surprised that Zheng Dafeng actually left the shop just like that.

Walking on the street, Zheng Dafeng frowned slightly, because Gan Yi carried a familiar ancient aura.

Zheng Dafeng, who had restored his soul, did not regain some memories, but he seemed to have gained several magical powers out of thin air, and every time he saw him, whether it was people, objects or scenery, it was as if he suddenly had a door opener in his hand. key. The appearance of Gan Yi made Zheng Dafeng remember a blessed place with a long history that had disappeared in the vast world for a long time.

That's right.

At the beginning, Mi Yu was entrusted by Wei Bo to secretly guard the way for a group of people who were going to Changchun Palace for training. There was a little girl named Zhong Nan in the team. She was very young and very senior. The old woman who led the team to guard the way was In the Dragon Gate Realm, the other three girls are also top-notch Taoist seedlings from Changchun Palace, and they are all going down the mountain for the first time to experience. It stands to reason that with such four treasures wandering around, a golden elixir in the Immortal City It may not be enough, how could it be possible to just let a person from the Dragon Gate realm be the backbone.

At the same time, the most important thing for this group of Changchun Palace nuns to go through was to ask for a piece of ten thousand-year-old pine from Fengxue Temple so that they could give a satisfactory answer to a Great Li patrol envoy. Not to mention Supreme Elder Song If Yu goes out personally, he should also send the palace master to show up, which is in line with the etiquette on the mountain.

So Zheng Dafeng immediately went to the Library Department of Beiyue Mountain Lord's Mansion to check the files. Sure enough, he found a clue for Zheng Dafeng. For a period of time, all the earthly immortal monks in Changchun Palace disappeared, or used The reason for retreating, or announcing to the outside world that they are traveling far away.

As for why Zheng Dafeng was so interested, of course it was because the other party was a female cultivator from Changchun Palace!

After the two worlds of Haoran and Wilderness meet, strange phenomena abound. In addition to the night ship on the sea, there are also many broken secret realms of ancient cave heavens and paradises on Aquarius Continent. The Autumn Wind Temple in Pingzhou cannot be accessed by monks alone. They can only be entered by Qi practitioners from the lower five realms, and each can obtain various treasures based on their luck. Although there are already some lucky people who have obtained some immortal opportunities. , according to the definition of the mountain, this treasure land of unknown origin is still in a state of ownerlessness waiting for its place.

There are three sects that have been appointed by the Great Li Dynasty for a long time. After Luopo Mountain and Zhengyang Mountain, Aquarius Island has added two new sect-headed immortal mansions, a large temple located on the bank of Longqiu in Yandang Mountain, and then The Taoist temple of Immortal Lord Cao Rong. Next, it is estimated that the Huangshan Sword Sect will temporarily serve as a descendant of Zhengyang Mountain instead of a subordinate sect.

Of course, it's not that the Great Li court particularly favors Zhengyang Mountain, but that Aquarius Continent needs a new swordsmanship sect, and this new sect must be located in the old Zhuying Dynasty.

In fact, Zhengyang Mountain itself has given up on this idea, but it doesn't know that it is a village that belongs to another village. There are so many things in the world. When you think you are the closest, you are drifting away. When you think you are far away, you can easily get it without any effort.

In addition, Changchun Palace, Laolongcheng, a sect based on Qingtan Paradise, Yunxia Mountain, etc., which are among the candidates for the Aquarius Continent sect, are all on the recommendation list of the Great Li Dynasty.

Happy events happen every year, especially this year.

Today is the perfect example.

Zheng Dafeng saw a kind-faced old man on the street, accompanied by a young female nun who looked like a maid. The two people, who looked like master and servant, were strolling around the Niujiadu Baofengzhai.

It's just that Zheng Dafeng wanted to go to Piyun Mountain immediately and was anxious to see Wei Bo, so he didn't go up to strike up a conversation. Who would be a serious person and would casually approach a beautiful woman when he saw her on the road.

Zheng Dafeng stopped suddenly, hey, this girl is actually a sword cultivator? If a serious person doesn't do something serious, wouldn't he be like a young man in vain? So Zheng Dafeng immediately followed him into his own shop. He was familiar with the house and started to introduce the various goods inside. After talking, he found out that the old man's surname was Hong, from Aquarius. There is a Dilong Mountain Xianjia Ferry in the middle of the continent, located at the border of Shushui Kingdom and Songxi Kingdom. There is also a Qingfu Fang, and this Hong Yangbo is sitting on the second floor of Qingfu Fang doing business. As for the people around the old man A maid in a colorful skirt, she calls herself Qingcai.

When they heard that the man was the uncle of Lord Chen of Luoluo Mountain, they immediately looked at him with admiration.

Guan Qing wanted to speak several times but stopped.

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Cao Mao, the general of Yuzhou, visited Yuzhang County of Hongzhou in his spare time. As a general of one state, he was actually in charge of the military affairs of two states at the same time, so it could also be regarded as official business.

During this trip, the high-ranking Cao Mao did not greet officials at all levels in Hongzhou. He only brought a few confidants and monks with him to visit the logging compound.

But the chief officer was not in the government office, and he did not tell his subordinates where he was. Cao Mao had no intention of staying and waiting for others. He left the logging institute and asked two monks accompanying him to go to the city to find out the news. A young general beside him couldn't help but asked: "General Cao, who is this Lin Zhengcheng? He can remain calm and calm." Just secretly settled the illegal mining incident in Yuzhang County?"

Cao Mao said: "If you can bear not to ask questions when you leave Yuzhang County, you can go and serve with the Ministry of War."

The young military general cried sadly, "General Cao, aren't you cheating me? You promised to recommend me to the court, but why did you regret it? The official is not big, he is just a member of the Ministry of War accompanying the capital. According to the laws of Dali, there are Generals with military merits and military honors who leave the battlefield to serve as local officials are usually demoted one or two levels. How many levels have I been demoted? Besides, I am only accompanying the capital, not the Ministry of War in the capital."

For General Yuzhou, there is actually no need to pay attention to too many official rules, and he speaks casually.

Cao Mao said calmly: "Can the six departments of our capital in Dali be the same as the government offices in other countries that are used to support the elderly?"

A female monk who stayed with the army smiled and said: "General Cao, I heard that the newly appointed chief officer of the logging institute is a serious person. Is he considered the kind of man with an iron face and a crown of discipline?"

Cao Mao said: "Don't ask any more questions about Lin Zhengcheng. When we meet later, when I'm chatting with him, don't interrupt."

Because the Yuzhou General Mansion had previously received a secret decree from the imperial court, His Majesty the Emperor will secretly patrol south to Hongzhou in the near future and stay at the logging courtyard. He will not bring too many entourages and keep everything simple, and may directly bypass the governors of various states. That's why Cao Mao made this trip to Yuzhang County. He wanted to meet Lin Zhengcheng first, and then inspect several passes and military towns on the Hongzhou border.

The logging institute in Hongzhou is similar to the weaving bureaus set up by the Great Li imperial court in Yuzhou and Wuzhou. They are both “marginal” officialdom institutions similar to those of the Long Kiln Supervisory Office in the past. They don’t have big officials, but they can manage secret operations. Directly to heaven. It's just that the official rank of the leader of the logging institute is relatively the lowest. For example, Li Baozhen and Li Zhizao of Yuzhou have a very high official status, from the fourth rank. After all, the logging institute is a bit special. It does not belong to a permanent yamen, but more like It is a transitional yamen. Once the things are done, the court will be abolished if there is no accident. Therefore, the officials who were transferred here to serve as errands are not very interested. First of all, there is not much oil and water in the logging institute. Furthermore, who really does things impartially? , and it is easy to cause a lot of embarrassment. After all, the imperial court and Hongzhou have repeatedly banned the illegal harvesting of giant trees. The forces behind the scenes, who did not point out the imperial court's backers and reliance, would say that the local Nan family of Yuzhang County has such a large expenditure throughout the year. How can it be involved in this stall? Business?

In the officialdom of Dali, why is there a humorous saying of "Big Yuzhang, Little Hongzhou"?

It's not just because the Nan clan of Yuzhang County gave birth to such a noble person, the former Queen Mother, now the Queen Mother Nan Hairpin, she is the biological mother of the current emperor Song He and Luo King Song Mu.

If a mother is more valuable than her son, who in the entire Aquarius Continent can compare with her?

When the logging institute was first established, all the officials in Hongzhou were waiting for a good show. They wanted to see how Lin Zhengcheng, who came here from the capital to wade in the muddy waters, would get into trouble in Yuzhang County.

However, after Lin Zhengcheng, as the chief official, took office, he neither visited any Yuzhang County officials or relatives of the emperor, nor did he have any new officials to take office. He did not even go to any of the mountains in Yuzhang County. It can almost be said that he Without leaving home.

As a result, overnight, all those who illegally cut down the giant trees on the mountain, from the front to the backstage, all disappeared. They were not just trying to avoid being exposed temporarily, but they actively evacuated and destroyed all their account books. Some of them were unable to leave. The missing characters were even more destroyed. Just a dozen shops in Yuzhang County were all closed, and no one was left. Of course there may be more unknown "nails", all of which have been cleaned up by themselves.

Let’s just say that the Nan family, which has deep roots in the entire Hongzhou, held a closed-door meeting in the ancestral hall not long ago. Removed from the family tree, without any reason given. There were some who were unconvinced and cried out for injustice, and there were also a few who were shouting and rude. The former were beaten until their mouths were filled with blood. As for the latter, they were beaten to death in the ancestral hall.

The misty drizzle was as moist as crisp, and a poor girl was selling apricot flowers along the street with a basket.

Cao Mao finally found Lin Zhengcheng, who had white hair on his temples, in a shop that sold porcelain. He was similar to an old scholar from the county, but he didn't look so old.

The shopkeeper is also an old man, and he is laughing at Brother Lin. Since he doesn't have much money in his pocket, don't think too much about the open item in the shop.

Lin Zhengcheng glanced at Cao Mao and his group at the door, gently put a porcelain bottle back on the shelf, and told the shopkeeper to come back next time. The shopkeeper waved his hand and spoke rudely, telling Lin that if he still has no money, he should not come again.

Lin Zhengcheng walked out of the door and asked, "Are you looking for me?"

The young general handed the oil-paper umbrella to Lin Zhengcheng. He could just hold the same umbrella with the woman next to him, killing two birds with one stone.

Lin Zhengcheng was not polite. He smiled and thanked the young man with scars on his back, and took the oil-paper umbrella.

Cao Mao first took out his military talisman, announced his name and the identity of General Yuzhou, and then explained softly: "This general has a fate, and he must visit Yuzhang County and the logging institute in person. I believe that Director Lin has received the news from above. .”

Lin Zhengcheng said calmly: "Just take a stroll. Is it possible that the logging institute has such a high threshold that it can stop a Yuzhou general from visiting? It is said that General Cao came to me specifically to discuss things. No, I will just harvest secretly. I have nothing to do with illegal logging and other military and political affairs, no matter how big or small."

The few followers behind General Yuzhou all felt that Lin Zhengcheng was worthy of being a Beijing official, with a modest official hat and a loud voice.

No provincial governor would dare to speak so harshly to General Cao.

Cao Mao was still very patient and said: "I believe that Dean Lin understands the meaning of Cao's words. The matter is of great importance and there can be no mistakes. I still hope that Dean Lin can take some time to sit down and take a good look at it." Let’s discuss it.”

Lin Zhengcheng smiled and said: "General Cao may have misunderstood. This logging institute is not as good as the Chuzhou Kiln Supervision Bureau and the nearby Weaving Bureau. Its duties are very simple. Literally, it is just responsible for arresting people who plunder wood secretly. If the yamen is lucky enough in the future, If they are not abolished, the most they can do is to provide giant trees to the royal family and the Ministry of Industry as usual. Therefore, General Cao came to talk to me about business today, which is a wasted trip. To say that General Cao came to discuss private matters, the family ancestral hall or mansion needs some The wood is classified as defective by the logging institute. As a chief officer, within the scope of my authority, I can open a convenient door for General Cao. The price is negotiable. Just remember not to make a big fuss afterwards, otherwise it will be difficult for me to be a human being. It is said that the officialdom has always been more efficient in transmitting gossip than the Ministry of War's victory reporting office. A local official like me cannot withstand several impeachments from the Sixth Section of the Capital. General Cao still needs to be more considerate."

Cao Mao was a little helpless. It was the most difficult to deal with people like this who pretended to be confused. There is greeting on the face, but there is ice in the chest.

I am discussing with you the important matter of His Majesty's private visit incognito, and you are telling me these trivial personal affairs. Do you, Lin Zhengcheng, really care about your official friendship with a Yuzhou general?

Cao Mao then changed the subject and said with a smile: "It is said that illegal mining has stopped now."

Lin Zhengcheng nodded and said, "I guess the name of the Logging Institute is more intimidating."

The reason why Cao Mao was so patient was because, as a confidant of Su Gaoshan, the former Great Li hunting envoy, Cao Mao knew more about the inside story than the group of followers behind him.

However, Cao Mao actually only knew two more things about this obscure and secretive first chief of the Logging Institute, but it was enough for Cao Mao to be more cautious.

The first thing is that Lin Zhengcheng was not from the capital city of Dali, but was born in Lizhudongtian. He later moved to the capital and worked in the Victory Reporting Department of the Ministry of War for many years.

Second, Lin Zhengcheng is still the father of Lin Shouyi.

There was an expert named Yuan Tianfeng in the Qintian Prison in the capital city of Da Li. He was dressed in white and was best at commenting on Yue Dan and Zang Fu figures. On Lin Shouyi's side, there was a prophecy of "a hundred years of Nascent Soul". As a result, Lin Shouyi was forty Next year, he will reach the Nascent Soul realm.

Is that wrong? Didn't Lin Shouyi become a Nascent Soul within a hundred years of age?

Another good person asked Lin Shouyi if he could keep the jade for a hundred years? Yuan Tianfeng just smiled and said nothing.

Cao Mao now has a secret backer in the court. His surname is Yan, and he is a towering figure. If the Great Li Dynasty is at its peak, then this person is the shadow of the Great Li Dynasty.

Cao Mao learned from this important man that Emperor Song He actually valued Lin Shouyi very highly. He had long had high hopes for this bookish young monk, and was even willing to carefully cultivate him as a pillar of the future country. of. That's why in the early years, Lin Shouyi was deliberately appointed to replace the doctor who served as the official minister of the Ministry of Rites. In this noble position as the most powerful doctor in the Dali court, and after accumulating a few years of qualifications in the officialdom of the capital, even if he did not participate in the imperial examination, he would have Having previously served as a priest in the Dadu Temple, and being promoted to the position of Minister of Etiquette, there will not be much objection in the court. If Lin Shouyi obtains the status of a gentleman of the Academy in the future, it will be a matter of course for him to take over the Ministry of Etiquette one day. Something happened.

In the future, in the Dali Temple, there will be Zhao Yao in the punishment department, Lin Shouyi in the rites department, plus the rest of the capable officials, civil servants and military generals who are still young.

A young Nascent Soul in his early forties. If Lin Shouyi hadn't come from such a strange place like Lizhu Cave, the younger generation of similar age would include Chen Ping'an, Liu Xianyang, Ma Kuxuan, Gu Can... In addition, Lin Shouyi likes to practice quietly and immerse himself in studying. This is why Lin Shouyi, who should have been more eye-catching, failed to gain a reputation that matched his cultivation and knowledge.

Lin Zhengcheng did not invite them to sit down at the government office and drink hot tea.

Cao Mao was mentally prepared to return without success. Thinking that it would not work out, he used his own money to privately purchase a batch of wood that was judged by the officials to be defective and unusable with the logging institute?

Then she met a poor girl selling apricot flowers along the street. When she saw Cao Mao and Lin Zhengcheng coming towards her, the flower seller immediately retreated to the corner and stood there. There was some curiosity in her eyes, not just for the public. The fear of being an official or a poor person when seeing wealth.

The young general holding the umbrella handed the oil-paper umbrella to the female nun beside him. He walked quickly forward, asked the girl about the price, took out his money bag, took out a few grains of silver, and simply bought a basket of apricot flowers. When he came down, the woman who served as the monk accompanying the Yuzhou Military Mansion handed him back the oil-paper umbrella and took the flower basket. She picked an apricot flower and pinned it in her bun. The young military general praised her with bad words. The woman was as beautiful as a flower, but the man's words of love were as muddy as dirt.

Lin Zhengcheng suddenly took the initiative and said, "Do you have a romantic relationship between General Cao and Luo Po Mountain in Chuzhou?"

Cao Mao's expression remained as usual, "In my early years, I met Shanzhu Chen once in my hometown, who was training at Shujian Lake, but it was not a romantic relationship, just an acquaintance, and we haven't seen each other since."

The people behind me all heard about this for the first time, and they were all very surprised. How can we, General Cao, be old acquaintances of that young hidden official? You guessed it, "have you ever dealt with"?

Lin Zhengcheng didn't say much.

All the officials in the logging institute knew that Director Lin seemed to be in a bad mood during the first month of the new year.

Maybe you think it’s not easy to be the chief official of the logging institute? It seemed like he was waiting for something, but when he didn't wait, he looked a little gloomy.

At the end of last winter, before going into seclusion, Lin Shouyi sent a secret letter to Jise Peak, reminding Chen Ping'an that during the first month of the year, he could go to the logging institute in Yuzhang County, Hongzhou, to pay New Year's greetings.

Lin Shouyi sent another letter home to the logging institute, saying that he had already greeted Chen Pingan.

The relationship between father and son was extremely distant last time, and it was difficult for them to chat for more than a few words. According to Lin Shouyi's estimation, there was still a gap of one hundred Grain Rain coins needed for this retreat.

When Lin Zhengcheng heard this number, he immediately backed down. With such an unfilial son like a gold-swallowing beast, he could only continue to maintain his usual fatherly attitude. When Lin Shouyi said that he had borrowed money from Chen Pingan, Fill the gap. Lin Zhengcheng half-joked that since he borrowed money from him, he didn't have to pay it back. Lin Shouyi naturally didn't dare to take it seriously.

But Lin Zhengcheng actually prepared a meeting gift for a certain junior. According to the valuation on the mountain, this thing is about one or two hundred grain rain coins.

This was one of his rewards for being the town's warden.

For the young mountain owner whose family is now bottomless, such a gift may not mean anything at all.

Another reward is that Cui Chan and Lin Zhengcheng have guaranteed that Lin Shouyi will be an official in the Dali court regardless of his monastic achievements in the future. He is the kind of high-ranking official who can shine on the family and be famous in history.

Lin Zhengcheng, who considers himself a semi-scholar and has worked in the Supervision and Construction Department for many years, attaches great importance to this.

Lin Shouyi, courtesy name Rixin.

The sage's embrace is the way of the world, and knowing honor and keeping disgrace is the valley of the world. As the sun rises and the sun renews, we should be cautious.

Lin Shouyi's name and surname were all chosen with the help of Cui Chan, the national preceptor.

The last time Lu Chen shamelessly visited the logging institute, he mixed up stupid words, confused words, jokes, light words and heavy words, bright words that opened the skylight, and clear words that sealed the coffin. Hidden here is another sentence from Lu Shen who calls himself a poor Taoist and talks too much. The general meaning is that Lin Shouyi took a certain opportunity because of his partiality as a father. When a certain opportunity didn't exist, he took action. The whole body leads to a series of chances, everything comes to nothing, and everything is lost. Moreover, Lu Chen also added at the end that when he set up a fortune-telling stall, he gave Lin Zhengcheng a hint. The implication is that Lin Zhengcheng insisted on it, which led to this. That is because you are stubborn, but Pindao has given you and Lin Shouyi Lots of extra kindness! You two, father and son, can't help but be grateful. You have to have some conscience as a human being, so what if I just eat a few rice dumplings from you?

In fact, Lin Zhengcheng listened to it at that time, but Lin Zhengcheng, in his life, has at most regretted certain things, but he really has no regrets.

As for what Lin Shouyi thought after knowing the truth... As a son, do you still dare to rebel on your father's side?

The truth is this. Lin Zhengcheng has always been very dignified with his son, but it is not easy for Lin Zhengcheng to take the initiative to mention this matter.

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As the governor of Chuzhou, Wu Yuan took the initiative to visit the city god Gaoping.

In the officialdom of a state, the two sides are considered equal.

Wu Yuan took off his official robe and stood outside the gate of Zhouchenghuang Temple in casual clothes.

There is a couplet with gold characters on a black background hanging at the door.

Your thoughts are dark, and there are evil spirits in the daylight. How many times can I save you? If you whisper, God will hear it like thunder.

If your words and deeds are bright, and the sky appears in the dark room, why come here to burn incense? If you dare to betray your heart, your eyes will be like lightning.

The City God Lord Gao Ping, who had never had any official entertainment, naturally would not show up to greet Wu Yuan. Instead, a boy in red clothes jumped away from the incense burner, ran out of the City God's Temple, climbed over the high threshold, and then He quickly ran down the steps, bowed to Wu Yuan respectfully, called the governor, and said something about the grand occasion of his visit to Pengpi. Then he lowered his head and turned sideways, stretched out a hand, maintaining this posture, and led Mr. Wu into the City God's Temple.

Wu Yuan came here to chat with Gao Ping. It didn't involve official matters, but some interesting anecdotes about the officialdom of the mountains and rivers outside Chuzhou. For example, there are several key water god vacancies. The Dali court has been unresolved, and the central Dadu only has Changchun for the time being. Everyone is curious about whether there will be an extra "gongye" between Hou and Linli Bo. For example, in Jidu in Luzhou, Beiju, there is Lingyuan Gong and Longtinghou. Then there are the Tiefu Jiangshui Shen who was vacated after Yang Hua was promoted, and the Qiantang chief after Cao Yong left. It is not a trivial matter who will fill the vacancies.

In addition, Xiao Luan, the water god of the Baihu River, was originally listed as the sixth rank in the Da Li imperial court's landscape genealogy. Not long ago, after annexing the upstream Tieguan River, the rank of the water goddess was raised to the fifth rank. However, the old Tieguan River Water God Gao Niang, the temple was moved to Yunzhou, and was transferred to the Ximei River Water God. It is a flat tone, and the height of the god's position remains unchanged. There is no airtight wall in the world, especially the well-informed officialdom of Shanshui. They all find this matter very embarrassing, just like there are so many officials in the capital, and they are sent to the outside. If the leader is in power, even if his rank remains unchanged, of course he will still be the same. Zhongyong, as one of the sources of the Ximei River, the Wuxi River hides an ancient Shu Dragon Palace. The regulations are not high. After all, it belongs to the stream of ancient inland dragon palaces. However, a camel is so skinny that it is bigger than a horse. After all, it is a genuine palace. Dragon Palace, how could Huang Tingguo have such ability? Naturally, they were found by the monks of the Suzerain Kingdom's Dali Dynasty. Then when the Dragon Palace is really opened, the originally unknown Ximei River will naturally have a surge in water transportation, and Gao Niao, the river God’s status is rising along with the tide.

Wu Yuan had already entered, and Gao Ping walked out of the statue. The boy in Zhu Yi had already called the temple Zhu to hurry up and prepare some hard dishes.

They chatted while walking, and after taking a seat in the dining hall, Wu Yuan smiled and said: "The Hanshi River's landscape genealogy is still two levels behind the Tiefu River Water God. If he wants to fill the gap, it will be as difficult as climbing to the sky."

Gao Ping nodded, so the recommendation from Emperor Huang Tingguo was of little significance, and the Dali court would definitely not agree.

Wu Yuan asked with a smile: "What does this Yuye River Goddess think? Why did she hint to me that as long as I help her transfer to another place, it can be flat. Any river with poor water transport in Dali will No problem, she is even willing to lower her status by half a level?"

Gao Ping picked up a peanut and threw it into his mouth, and said: "Because of a big or small matter, I didn't handle it properly, and the result was a big incident, and I formed a relationship with Luo Luoshan. She always felt that she stayed in Yuye Jiang, I can’t even sleep well. Instead of worrying about settling old scores every day, it’s better to hide away.”

Wu Yuan joked: "Gao Niang has picked up a good job. In the future landscape evaluation of the Ministry of Rites, it will be difficult for the Ximei River in Yunzhou to get a good grade, right?"

Gao Ping said: "I guess it was the instruction from Luopo Mountain. On the surface, it was Wei Bo's handiwork. After all, he was a Beiyue Mountain King. The court still wanted to give him some face. The Yuan family of Shangzhu Kingdom and the two capitals The family, after a little inquiry, it was Wei Bo's meaning, so he had to pinch his nose and admit it. Wei Bo is a petty guy, and with such a tiger who likes to hold night banquets, who is not afraid of another night banquet next time? Because Wei Bo deliberately wore small shoes, the Immortal Mansion supported by several of their families and the gods of mountains and rivers who are usually close to each other are not allowed to sell iron."

Wu Yuan smiled and said: "It will be difficult for Piyun Mountain to hold a night banquet again, right?"

He is already a tiger in a continent equivalent to the Immortal Realm. If he wants to ascend to the divine level, how many gold essence copper coins will he have to eat?

Even if the Dali court prefers Beiyue Piyun Mountain and the treasury has a surplus, it is impossible to do this. Otherwise, Jin Qing, the Lord of Zhongyue Mountain, will definitely be the first to jump and curse, and go directly to the imperial study to quarrel. As for the other Aquarius Continent Tigers, especially Nanyue Fan Junmao, she would definitely not be ambiguous about this kind of thing.

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Almost no one could guess that Lin Shouyi's retreat place was neither the capital city of Great Li nor a cave monastery on the top of Beiyue or Zhongyue Mountains in Aquarius Continent. Changchun Palace.

Changchun Palace lives up to its name, as if there is an immortal king who will stay among the mountains and rivers in the spring. Living leisurely is better than being an official, and being in the wild is better than being in court. The mountains and rivers here are the most leisurely and wild.

In a forbidden area where even the direct disciples of the Patriarch Hall are not allowed to set foot.

Surrounded by mountains like arms, surrounding a lake, the mountains and rivers depend on each other, and the beauty fills the eyes. The scenery is as quiet as ancient times, and the days are as long as a small year.

There is a waterside pavilion with raised eaves extending out of the bank, covered with green glazed tiles and standing on pillars on the water. A flock of birds as white as snowflakes are slowly landing on the water.

There are sounds from the green trees on the shore, birds chirping up and down, there are countless algae in the water, and the breeze blows like an elegant gentleman. When passing by the waterside pavilion, the bamboo curtains are peeled and pecked gently, and those who are sleepy in spring may wake up or not.

Inside the waterside pavilion, there is a couch and a table next to the window. There is an incense burner, a few ancient Buddhist scriptures that are undoubtedly authentic, a handful of dogtails used to repel insects and dust, a stack of albums of landscapes, flowers and birds, and various kinds of books for the study. Both.

A woman took a nap on the couch in the waterside pavilion. She just woke up, sat up, rubbed her eyes, stretched and yawned again. After taking a nap, she glanced down at the embroidered shoes, raised her toes, and raised her eyebrows. I picked up an embroidered shoe, thought about it, and felt a little irritated, so I kicked the embroidered shoe away casually, stepped on the ground barefoot, and walked out of the waterside pavilion. On the side of the waterside pavilion facing the lake, there was a beauty seat. This beauty with a lazy attitude put her arms across the railing and rested her chin on her arms. She looked at the calm mirror-like lake with blurred eyes.

No matter how beautiful the scenery is, seeing it every day is just like eating big fish and meat every day. You have to eat three meals a day, and you will always get tired of it.

There is a sign hanging on her waist with the single word "Hai". Haishi has been hailed as "Ren Ding" by Taoist monks since ancient times.

The corridors of the waterside pavilion are paved with a kind of mountain fairy jade bamboo, which is warm in winter and cool in summer.

Someone has a "Yin" sign hanging on his waist. He is currently sitting on a futon in the corridor, using copper coins to tell fortunes. There are several fortune-telling books similar to "Golden Jade Yuanhai" and "Zhengpianyin Shouge" stacked beside him.

A thin and dull boy sat cross-legged with a green bamboo stick across his knees.

There is also a young man with a grimace, leaning against a pillar with his eyes closed to meditate.

In addition, there is a woman sitting on the top of the water pavilion, with her legs hanging in the air, swaying slightly.

There is a young man in black clothes with a sword on his back, standing alone outside the waterside pavilion. He is wearing a bamboo crown and a jade tree, and the jade tree is in the wind. He is full of quiet Taoism and has an ancient appearance. He is looking up at the mountains on the other side.

The group of people have been staying here for a long time.

The only thing they have in common is that they all have a sign hanging on their waist, with only one word engraved on it, which is taken from the twelve earthly branches.

The six people in this group are members of the Dali Earth Branch.

Yuan Huajing, son. Change Yan, Hai. Survive, Shen. Sui Lin, Yin. Bitter hands, already. Zhou Haijing is ugly.

Previously, the Dali imperial court had trained eleven monks of the Earthly Branches at all costs, and divided them into two mountain camps, with the prince Song Xu and Sword Master Yuan Huajing as leaders respectively.

Yuan Huajing and Song Xu were both sword cultivators. One was from the top noble family of Da Li with a surname of Shangzhu, and the other was from an imperial family and was a nobleman from Tianhuang. They were two generations apart in age. , the realm is one level worse.

Next to Song Xu were Han Zhoujin, Ge Ling, Yu Yu, Lu Hui and Houjue.

On Yuan Huajing's side, there is Sui Lin, a Yin-Yang monk who is proficient in the Five Elements. The female ghost Gai Gaiyan is flamboyant every day. She is the legendary "painter who paints eyebrows" on the mountain. Kushou, who has a grimace on his face, is a rarer "miracle seller" than Gaiyan's lineage. The most important thing he has is a stagnant water that can reverse the virtual reality.

As Yuan Huajing, who is already a Yuanying realm sword cultivator before he is a hundred years old, if it were not for his identity, he must hide behind the scenes, making Yuan Huajing's reputation not obvious, otherwise he would definitely be among the ten young people in Aquarius Continent, and his ranking It will be very high.

Not long ago, there was one more person in the Earthly Branch team. If we don't talk about killing power, but just talk about fame, even if the eleven people are added together, they may be far less than this person.

It was the female Grandmaster, Mountain Top Realm martial artist Zhou Haijing, who had fought Yu Hong in the Great Li capital city not long ago.

After Zhou Haijing joined the Dali Earthly Branches lineage, as a peak martial artist in the Nine Realms, her appearance successfully completed the twelve Earthly Branches of the Dali Dynasty.

Although it's long overdue, good things never come late.

But because she was junior and had never participated in the Capital War together, she was not familiar with either side, and she did not feel the need to get close to them.

And because there were only five people on Yuan Huajing's side, Zhou Haijing joined their team.

As soon as Zhou Haijing came, Gaiyan met her opponent.

The only female martial artist in the Earth Branch lineage, she dressed up like a pile of gold and jewels every day. From head to toe, the decoration was complicated and cumbersome to the point of being exaggerated. So when Yu Yu met Zhou Haijing, her first impression was that this sister was a walking shop? Is it that while walking on the road, as long as someone is willing to bid for a certain jewelry, Zhou Haijing can just take it out and do business with it?

Zhou Haijing had nothing to talk to except the prince Song Xu and the Taoist priest Ge Ling who were the first to win her over. She had nothing to talk to, especially Gaiyan. A few words without innuendo will make both women feel uncomfortable.

Zhou Haijing, who was sitting on the green glazed tiles, looked down at Sui Lin throwing copper coins again and again. This guy was a Qi practitioner from the Yin Yang and Five Elements families, and he was somewhat knowledgeable. It would be really hard to make extra money by not setting up a stall as a fortune teller. Pity.

Zhou Haijing said with a smile: "Sui Lin, have you never heard the teachings of a saint? If you act in accordance with morality, you will not predict good luck. If you act contrary to morality, even if you divine fortune, you will also be in trouble. Therefore, people should divine for themselves, and a gentleman does not need to ask for divination."

Sui Lin turned a deaf ear. As an expert in numerology, he had nothing to talk to a layman like Zhou Haijing.

Zhou Haijing didn't even think about chatting with Sui Lin about the profound fortune-telling knowledge. It was just a boring conversation. She never thought that the first serious thing she did after joining the Earthly Branches lineage was to come to Changchun Palace to give People help protect the gate.

But Song Xu's side, the same six people, have important responsibilities at the moment. They have received instructions from Qin Tianjian to find an ancient treasure with a very good background and high quality.

Because the two groups of people acted separately, Zhou Haijing was unable to know more details. It is said that according to the tradition of the Earthly Branches, they would all get together afterwards to review the situation carefully.

It's just that the review is meaningless. Treasure hunting is of course only enjoyable if you do it yourself. Even if everything you harvest has to go to the public and must be turned over to a secret treasury in the imperial court, just talking about the process is also very interesting. If I had known this, She shamelessly joined Song Xu on the mountaintop.

Zhou Haijing was really bored and bored, and couldn't help complaining: "It's just a retreat for Yuanying realm monks. As for the need to mobilize people like this? Let the six of us drink the northwest wind here every day?"

His Majesty the Emperor personally issued a secret order last winter, asking the six of them to come here to protect the scholar named Lin Shouyi.

Nearly two months passed away like this. The problem is that His Majesty has not stated when they will be able to return to the capital. Judging from the situation, if that guy doesn't come out of seclusion for a day, they will have to spend time here?

Although she also complained about the leaning beauty's change of beauty, whenever Zhou Haijing said no, she would say yes and sneered: "First, don't treat Yu Pu as a god. Sixty years ago, There are only a handful of Jade Pu Realm monks in our Aquarius Continent, and it’s only now that they are not that rare.”

In addition to Fengxue Temple during the Wei and Jin Dynasties, there was also Zhengyang Mountain, where the owner of the mountain, the Bamboo Emperor, and the Patriarch of Full Moon Peak, both of whom had become Jade Pu Realm Sword Immortals within a few years.

"Furthermore, Lin Shouyi is the first Da Li 'owner' in the strict sense. As long as he is expected to reach the upper five realms, the imperial court must be cautious. The significance is as great as when Wei Shanjun's golden body was raised to the upper level. Five realms, in one fell swoop, he became the first tiger to reach the five realms in the history of Aquarius Continent, so let alone just a few of us, it would not be too much to have multiple immortals guarding the gate together."

This scholar who studied at the Cliff Academy of the Great Sui Dynasty was born in Lizhudongtian. The key is that Lin Shouyi once served as the Qidu Temple Celebrant of the Great Li Dynasty. This is different from his fellow countryman Ma Kuxuan and other proud men of heaven. On the other hand, Chen Ping'an of Luopo Mountain, Liu Xianyang, the current leader of Longquan Sword Sect, and Xie Ling, a Yuanying realm sword cultivator who was born in Taoye Lane, each of them has a sect, and their relationship with the Dali Song family is really not that important. Not to mention the young hidden official who refused to serve as the national advisor, even Liu Xianyang was distant from the Dali court in his politeness.

Zhou Haijing didn't talk at all and just continued to tease Sui Lin, "I heard from Yu Yu that you lent Chen Ping'an six sword-locking talismans made of golden talismans? Do you want them back? Will you beat a dog with a meat bun?"

Sui Lin looked extremely embarrassed, took a deep breath, and just pretended to be deaf and dumb.

Except for Zhou Haijing, who finally joined the Dizhi lineage, the eleven of them were all carefully selected by Cui Han, the national master. They have fought side by side for a long time and cooperated seamlessly.

For example, Song Xu owns two natal flying swords, "Yi Lu" and "Tong Yao". The latter was named with the help of Cui Chan, the national teacher. The former can ensure that when Sui Lin reverses the long river of time, the earthly branch monks can stabilize their Taoist heart. In addition, With the several magical powers of the other monks, they can not be caught up in the long river of time, from beginning to end, as stable as a ferry.

It's just the Earthly Branches, but the real trump card is Yuan Huajing's second deeply hidden flying sword besides "Fire Waterfall", called "Reverse Flow".

It is said to be an imitation, but it is unknown which sword immortal's natal flying sword it is imitated from.

After the Earthly Branch monks formed an formation, Sui Lin sat in it and held the key point of the formation. He could even reverse a period of time, so he was the key figure who helped everyone "resurrection". Excluding the last fight and the previous fight with the young Yin official, Sui Lin got a fragment of the golden body of an ancient god as a gift from that guy. It ended up taking longer than he expected. It took nearly It took two months to completely refine it, which was extremely beneficial to my own path.

But if time could be turned back and he could avoid the last fight, let alone return the golden body fragment, he would be willing to let Sui Lin give another piece to the young hidden official.

It was really too much. Not only Sui Lin, but probably all the other ten earthly branch colleagues, except for Yu Yu, who was the most heart-warming, suffered from psychological shadow, and they haven't recovered yet.

When Sui Lin heard Zhou Haijing calling the young official by his first name, he was worried that someone might eavesdrop on him.

For example, Gaiyan looked embarrassed on the spot, and for the first time did not quarrel with Zhou Haijing. The young man named "Kushou" looked as bitter as a mute who had eaten Coptis chinensis. It's really no wonder they were so cowardly. They even had to break common sense and not review the last "confrontation" that had not been erased from their memories in the Great Li Capital City. The eleven people had a tacit understanding and no one mentioned it. , just pretend that there is no such thing.

The guy who showed no mercy to Yu Yu reached out to hold her face, and then forcefully pulled out all her soul. Like a Confucian sage who spoke of the Constitution of Heaven, he just said the word "flower bloom" and used dozens of unparalleled long swords to nail Lu Hui into a hedgehog. Gaiyan was even described as "Pian Yue" by him as a swordsman who created his own swordsmanship. Even his robe and golden crow armor were torn to pieces by countless fierce sword rays in an instant. The fate of Gouyi was probably because he was an old acquaintance with that person, so he showed mercy and was a little "better", except that his hands and feet were cut off. As for Sui Lin, the elusive guy came up behind him and punched hard through Sui Lin's back vest. Sui Lin lowered his head and could see the man's fist. As a "one-word master", Lu Hui was even more pitiful. First, he was imprisoned by those long swords, and then a long spear made of martial arts energy was pierced into his neck. Lifted high and suspended in the air...

Zhou Haijing asked with a smile: "Are you so afraid of Chen Ping'an? Why do I think he is easy to talk to? Every time he meets me, he is always kind and friendly."

She has always been puzzled. It seems that these talented people who all have the hope of reaching the upper five realms, as long as she mentions that name, one by one, they are like those who usually don't drink. They are being force-fed. A big bowl of strong liquor, face full of snot and tears, extremely embarrassed.

Hearing that name, Gaiyan's face changed slightly again, her body tensed up, and veins popped out on the back of her hands.

Zhou Haijing was keenly aware of the strangeness of this "rival" and was about to add fuel to the fire by talking about his friendship with Chen Ping'an and how the other party came to invite him out...

Yuan Huajing said: "Zhou Haijing, stop chatting and think more about how to get to the top as soon as possible."

Zhou Haijing did not take Yuan Huajing too seriously, and continued: "It's impossible that the eleven of you once joined forces, and then Chen Pingan single-handedly overthrew them all, right?"

In an instant, it was as if a fire dragon surrounded the sea mirror and the top of the waterside pavilion. The flames were as thick as the mouth of a well and so bright that the green glazed tiles showed signs of melting.

Zhou Haijing twitched the corner of his mouth, and the powerful martial arts energy on his body was like the protection of a god, resisting the scorching heat of the fire dragon at a distance of ten feet.

She stretched out her hand and patted her heart, "Hey, the natal flying sword of the Nascent Soul sword cultivator is here. It scared me so much that my face turned pale and my little deer bumped into each other..."

On the other side of the waterside corridor, Kushou, who had been leaning against a pillar with his eyes closed to meditate, suddenly opened his eyes.

Zhou Haijing realized that if she continued like this, it would be really difficult to end, so she had to raise her hands, and she reached out and patted her cheeks a few times, "I'm afraid of you, you know how to bully a newcomer like me, even if I said something wrong, I'll slap you." .”

Yuan Huajing put away his natal flying sword "Fire Waterfall" and said solemnly: "I won't do this next time."

Zhou Haijing touched the slightly hot glazed tiles beside her with her fingers. The original green lines had been distorted by the flames. She raised her arms and shook her numb fingers. It seems that the real killing power of Yuan Huajing's flying sword lies in its ability to Secretly pulling in a person's spiritual energy and boiling his soul? Against pure martial artists, the effect is slightly worse. To deal with Qi practitioners, it is indeed twice the result with half the effort. Using a flying sword is like setting up a fire. It does not need to penetrate the monk's body, but it can cook the human spirit like boiling water from a distance?

Yuan Huajing walked to the waterside pavilion, his eyes still fixed on a hilltop across the lake.

I don't know if Song Xu's group secretly sneaked into the ancient battlefield site smoothly. It is said that Qin Tianjian found the clues by observing the sky, but in fact it was the result of Yuan Tianfeng's calculation.

The most unusual thing about this ruin, which has not fallen into the possession of any monk after thousands of years, according to the guess given by Qin Tianjian, is that there is hidden here an ancient "big sun" that shattered and fell to the ground, turning into a The golden crow, which was a submerged spiritual creature, fell into a long sleep. I don’t know whether it was attracted by some kind of pull or induction. In short, it gradually woke up not long ago. Yuan Tianfeng immediately found the clue. Song Xu and the others rushed there immediately. At the same time, he brought a Dali secret treasure that could be used as a winning weapon.

Yuan Tianfeng spent many years in Qintian Prison, spending a lot of financial resources of the Dali court, and finally he developed a precision instrument that can detect vibrations of the earth's veins.

Yuan Huajing and Song Xu were actually the two people who disliked each other the most. Compared to Zhou Haijing and Gai Yan, they only seemed to be in the same boat, but more so.

But after the accident last time, the two sides had a frank dialogue, and each of them solved the knot in their hearts.

What both sides said was taboo. It's just that while the knot in their hearts was untangled, both sides had new knots.

Before Song Xu left, he said, "I won't do it next time." In fact, this prince, who was a level lower than Yuan Hua, regarded himself as a leader of the Earthly Branches.

However, Yuan Huajing thought he would be angry, but he was not. Probably as Song Xu said, his heart has fallen.

Therefore, Song Xu was sure that the people who were most likely to have inner demons were not Sui Lin and Lu Hui, but Yuan Huajing, a swordsman who had lost everything.

Chen Pingan had different reminders and suggestions for monks from the Earthly Branches lineage.

For example, let Sui Lin go to the Chongxu Bureau and the Bible Translation Bureau in the capital, and integrate the one-law-abiding method advocated by both Buddhism and Taoism. With this amulet, he will have a greater chance of winning when facing inner demons in the future.

On Lu Hui's side, Chen Ping'an made a very weighty promise. If he couldn't break through the situation, he could help teach him a Confucian Qi Refining Order.

Yuan Huajing guessed that the appearance of this golden crow was most likely related to Lin Shouyi's retreat.

He even suspected that Yuan Tianfeng's appearance in the Great Li capital was just for Lin Shouyi, which was at least one of Yuan Tianfeng's main purposes.

Yuan Huajing has always been curious about something. It is said that the foundation of Lin Shouyi's spiritual practice is just a Taoist book called "Langlang Book on the Cloud". It can be said that Lin Shouyi's spiritual path is similar to the kind of mountain and wilderness. He is self-taught in cultivation.

Unfortunately, the Dali court did not have a copy of this book.

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Wei Bo appeared at the gate of Piyun Mountain, of course he still used a blindfold.

Because Zheng Dafeng came here without saying hello, Wei Bo always felt that this guy just went to the Three Treasures Hall for no reason, so he had to take it easy today.

With a smile on his face, Zheng Dafeng stretched out his hand to grab Wei Shanjun's arm, "Brother Wei, Brother Wei, I have something to discuss with you..."

Wei Bo knew something was wrong and said without hesitation: "Don't expect me to introduce you to a female official from our Shanjun Mansion!"

Zheng Dafeng's eyes were sad, "If the droughts and floods are evened out, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?"

Wei Bo laughed angrily and said, "Don't even think about it!"

Zheng Dafeng said: "You and I are close friends, right?"

Wei Bo kept a straight face and said nothing.

Zheng Dafeng said: "I am half of Chen Pingan's elders. After all, I watched him grow up. If he hadn't been down and out now and had to make a living in Luopo Mountain, Chen Pingan would have called me Uncle Zheng. It's polite to him. , I’m not sorry, right?”

Wei Bo said helplessly: "Zheng Dafeng, stop beating around the bush, I feel so fucking panicked!"

Zheng Dafeng complained: "Why are you in a hurry? I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. Come on, let's go hiking together and then go to the Yuefu Department and the Ritual Department. Anyway, we just want to find a quiet place to have a good drink, no Drunk to no end.”

Wei Bo stood still, "You clarify the matter first, otherwise don't blame me for not thinking about brotherhood."

Zheng Dafeng said resentfully: "Except for women, you, Brother Wei, are the first man who can break my heart. It seems that I will really not get along with you in the future."

Wei Bo put his hand between his eyebrows and his forehead.

Zheng Dafeng sat on the steps, and Wei Bo had to sit down with him.

"Chen Ping'an and Ning Yao are Taoist couples, right?"

"Ning Yao is the number one person in the colorful world, isn't he?"

"I have great status and prestige in Feisheng City, and I am half the elder of Chen Ping'an. You and I are close friends and good buddies."

Wei Bo felt like he was falling into mist. Didn't you just come back again?

"Ning Yao asked me to give it to you as a thank you gift for Wei Shanjun who has taken care of someone and Luolu Mountain for so many years. Don't worry, this thing does not belong to Feisheng City or Summer Palace. It is one of the trophies she used to clean up the world with her sword alone. .”

Zheng Dafeng finally stopped pretending, took out a wooden box from his sleeve, slapped Wei Bo's hand hard, and said with a smile: "Congratulations to Mr. Wei Shan, we have to hold another night banquet that people want!"

On the other side of Luo Po Mountain, Xiao Mo appeared in the Bamboo House and asked, "Master, it's not a trivial matter for her to sneak out of Luo Po Mountain. Do you really don't need me to follow her?"

Chen Ping'an smiled and said: "Since she deliberately let you know about this, it would be more effective if you didn't go."