Taiping Inn

In the twelfth month of the eighth year of Tianbao, Emperor Tianbao finally got what he wanted and took power.

This seems to be a big deal.

But many people with eyes know that this is actually a small matter.

The real big deal has long been agreed upon by the big men behind the scenes. The swordplay has passed, and now it is just a formality.

But Emperor Tianbao doesn't think so. He is full of confidence and passion. He feels that he has a bright future.

Today should be the day for the emperor to hear the government, but it was temporarily changed to a grand court meeting in the Taisheng Hall.

The court meeting is divided into the grand court meeting and the regular court meeting.

The grand court meeting is usually held on the first day of the lunar year, the winter solstice and the longevity festival.

The regular court meeting is divided into the new moon court meeting and the daily court meeting. As the name suggests, the new moon court meeting is usually held on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar calendar. The daily court meeting is the court meeting where the emperor actually handles government affairs. The daily court session is divided into the morning court session and the afternoon court session. Because it is often held at several important palace gates, it is also called "the emperor's hearing at the gate".

There is a clear distinction between the political affairs discussed in the morning court session and the afternoon court session. The morning court session allows people from all directions to report, while the afternoon court session only allows the Tongzhengsi, the six departments of the imperial court, the guards, and the various government offices to report important military information, so they mostly discuss military and national affairs.

The Qingluan Guard will display the ceremonial guards, the Jiaofangsi will display the music, and the etiquette department will display the documents, congratulatory tables, and tributes of various countries. There will also be a censor to supervise the officials, and supervise those who love to doze off or whisper to each other after standing for a long time. When the time comes, the emperor will take the throne, the drums and music will sound, and all officials will kneel down to congratulate and perform the ceremony. After the ceremony, everyone will shout "Long live, long live".

This time, there are fewer old faces and more new faces.

The young emperor, wearing a brand new dragon robe, came to the Taisheng Temple and sat on the dragon throne.

Below, all the civil and military officials in the court knelt and saluted.

Emperor Tianbao looked out through the open gate of the Taisheng Temple. In addition to the guards, eunuchs, there were many officials who were not qualified to enter the temple and could only kneel outside the temple.

Further away, it was outside the palace city, outside the inner city, outside the outer city, until it was out of the Imperial Capital.

After a long time, Emperor Tianbao retracted his gaze and looked down at all the officials in the court, including the white-haired King Yan.

If I don't speak, who dares to speak?

Emperor Tianbao looked at the pleasing scene in front of him, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

...

Two carriages came from the Imperial Capital and slowly stopped in front of the gate of Yuqing Garden.

A tall woman with crystal-like skin and restrained divine light got off the first carriage. Obviously, she was not an ordinary person. The second carriage was tightly packed, without any movement, as if it was just an empty carriage.

The woman looked at the gate of Yuqing Garden, a little nervous.

This is the property of King Yan, but now it has been given to Taoism by Confucianism, and His Royal Highness King Yan has no objection.

After all, three of the royal princes were punished, not only deprived of their royal titles, but also imprisoned by the clan office, including King Tang who blocked the Nine Gates and King Jin who was once the leader of the kings. So His Royal Highness King Yan only paid the price of a Yuqing Garden, which is very cost-effective compared to other princes.

Today's Yuqing Garden has become the residence of Mr. Qingping.

If the previous Mr. Qingping was said to be the future Taoist master, then the current Mr. Qingping is regarded as the Taoist master with substance but no name, only the last step away, and there is no obstacle between this step.

Then his status can be imagined. Now, three days have passed since the Imperial Capital Incident on the third day of the twelfth lunar month. Many major changes have taken place in the Imperial Capital, such as the Queen Mother no longer showing up, the Emperor officially taking power, etc., and the Taoists have temporarily withdrawn from the Imperial Capital under the order of Mr. Qingping. However, everyone knows that many Taoists did not go far, but continued to stay in this Yuqing Garden, and so did Mr. Qingping Li Xuandu.

Although there are rumors that Mr. Qingping is going back to his hometown to worship his ancestors, judging from the current situation, Mr. Qingping still has to settle the beginning and end of the Imperial Capital first, and then return to the East China Sea.

The person who came out to receive the reception in Yuqing Garden was a woman in black, with skin as white as snow.

The tall woman took the initiative to salute when she saw the woman in black, and said, "Meetings, Master Shangguan."

The woman in black glanced at the fish talisman hanging around the woman's waist, and returned the salute, saying, "I heard that Lord Nalan has been in charge of the Supervising and Catching Department, which is a cause for celebration."

The tall woman was Nalan Xu.

As expected, there was a fish talisman hanging around Nalanxu's waist. It was not the jade-white color corresponding to the Return to Truth Realm, but the black color corresponding to the Heavenly Man Realm, which was very rare.

According to the court rules, the people in the Supervision and Capture Department were granted hereditary military positions, and they also imitated the "fish talisman" system of the previous dynasty and issued fish talismans. According to the different colors, they were "black", "jade-white", "gold-purple", "silver-red", and "copper-green". According to the level of the "fish talisman", they were granted ranks. Those who wore the "black fish talisman" were awarded the first rank, those who wore the "jade-white fish talisman" were awarded the second rank, those who wore the "gold-purple fish talisman" were awarded the third rank, those who wore the "silver-red fish talisman" were awarded the fourth rank, and those who wore the "copper-green fish talisman" were awarded the fifth rank.

The official system of the Wei Dynasty was very complicated. Take Qin Xiang for example. His full title should be: Special Advancement of Guanglu Dafu, Additional Granted Shangzhuguo, Hanging the Seal of General of Conquering the Enemy, Left General of the Left Army of the Five Military Commands, Superintendent of Qinzhou and Zhongzhou Military Affairs, and later served as the Governor of Zhongzhou, Qinzhou and other places for military affairs and food and pay and governor.

Among them, Special Advancement of Guanglu Dafu was a casual rank, Left General was a real grant, Governor-General and General Officer were temporary concurrent positions, General of Conquering the Enemy was holding the seal of a general, which had to be returned to the court after the war, and Shangzhuguo was an honorary rank. In addition, the dukes, marquises, and earls were titles of nobility, which were at the super level.

In this way, Nalan Xu's actual official title was only the head of the Criminal Department's Supervision and Arrest Division, but his ranks and honors were all from the first rank, that is, the ranks were special promotion and honors were the doctor, and the honors were the pillars of the country.

In the court, it can be said that he was honorable.

Nalan Xu noticed Shangguan Wan's gaze, subconsciously reached out to hold the fish talisman hanging around his waist, and whispered: "Shangguan Zongzhu, you are making fun of me."

Shangguan Wan turned around and led the way for Nalan Xu: "Lord Nalan, please follow me."

The two walked into Yuqing Garden one after the other, and at the same time, an innkeeper drove the second carriage into Yuqing Garden from the side door.

There is a huge garden in Yuqing Garden, with mountains and rivers. However, in the center of the garden is a flat lawn, and there is nothing on the lawn. There is only a towering tree in the center that is unknown how many years old. The huge tree canopy covers an area of ​​more than ten feet, and there is a long stone bench under the tree.

When Nalanxu was led here by Shangguan Wan, many people had gathered under the tree, including Lan Xuanshuang, Lu Yanbing, Zhang Baizhou, Murong Hua, Li Shixing, Liu Yushuang, Mu Qingci, Ning Yi, Zhang Luanshan, Zuo Yuhan, Jing Xiu, and Qin Yiyi.

However, all of them were standing, and only one person was sitting on a stone bench.

Mr. Qingping Li Xuandu.

Shangguan Wan raised his hand to signal Nalanxu to go over by himself, and then turned and left. Nalanxu did not move immediately, but four words flashed in his mind: "All the stars surround the moon".

But then Nalanxu's eyes were firmly attracted by an object. A long sword was placed diagonally beside Li Xuandu, the hilt of the sword leaned against the edge of the stone bench, the tip of the sword was against the grass, and the sword seemed to be covered with a layer of mist, gathering and dispersing.

Nalanxu recognized the sword at the first time.

The immortal sword "Knock on the Heaven's Gate".

Once drank the blood of the god Luwu.

Now, it has welcomed its new owner.

Nalanxu finally managed to move her eyes away from the fairy sword and turn to Li Xuandu.

Once again, to her surprise, Li Xuandu was not wearing a black crane cloak today, but a white dress.

However, looking carefully, Li Xuandu was still wearing the "Yin Yang Fairy Cloak", but the Yin side had changed to the Yang side, and there was no sword shadow, only three lotus flowers.

At this time, Li Xuandu looked very tired, his upper body leaned forward, his legs slightly apart, his elbows resting on his knees, as if he had been injured in the previous battle with Li Daoxu.

Li Xuandu was discussing matters with everyone. Seeing Shangguan Wan leading Nalanxu over, Li Xuandu sat up straight. With his entire movement, the people who were originally surrounding Li Xuandu consciously retreated and dispersed, leaving enough space.

For some reason, after seeing this scene, Nalanxu felt that Mr. Qingping in front of him was more like an emperor than the young emperor who was acting pretentiously on the dragon throne.

Li Xuandu looked at Nalanxu.

Nalanxu was slightly startled, gathered all his thoughts, stepped forward quickly and saluted, saying: "Meet Mr. Qingping."

Li Xuandu asked: "Why are you here today?"

Nalanxu said softly: "I am following your orders to hand over Liu Yi to Mr. Qingping."

Li Xuandu nodded and said: "Thank you."

On the other side, Shangguan Wan had already arrived in front of the second carriage, and the innkeepers guarding the carriage saluted one after another.

Shangguan Wan raised his hand and said, "Open the carriage."

A waiter immediately came forward to open the carriage, and saw a man sitting in the carriage. He was wearing the red official robe of the Silijian, but it was damaged in many places and stained with blood. His crown was nowhere to be found. His hair was disheveled and he looked very embarrassed. There were iron-like objects nailed into his wrists and ankles. He was tied with ropes made of unknown materials and could not move.

This person was Liu Yi, the chief scribe of the Silijian.

In order to prevent the chief eunuch of the Silijian from being the only one in power, the Wei court let the chief scribe of the Silijian take charge of the Qingluanwei Dudu Mansion. Therefore, the chief scribe was honored as the Dugong. In the past, he was notorious in the world and could stop children from crying at night.

But this Dugong has now ended up as an abandoned child. He was arrested by the Confucianists and "sold" to the Taoist sect to give an explanation to the Taoist sect and the people of the world.

Shangguan Wan of course recognized Liu Yi and chuckled: "Eunuch Liu, we meet again."

Liu Yi raised his eyelids and glanced at Shangguan Wan, and said weakly: "Miss Shangguan, you don't have to gloat over other people's misfortunes. If you laugh at me today, others may laugh at you like this tomorrow. Why do you have to do this?"

Shangguan Wan's face sank and she restrained all her smiles: "You dare to be stubborn when you are about to die."

Liu Yi panted heavily and said slowly: "If I fall into your hands, I will die."

Shangguan Wan waved her hand and said coldly: "Take him away and keep him under strict supervision."