The autumn wind rustles, and the grass and trees are covered with frost. Even if the sunshine is just right, it can't dispel the coldness of autumn.
On the towering Jiugao Mountain, three people came down the path. The one at the front was wearing a Taoist robe, with a pure appearance, a slight mustache, and an elegant posture with an immortal air. The two young men and women behind him were also outstanding in appearance, just like a banished immortal bringing a pair of golden boys and girls to the earth. .
"The autumn air is crisp and the geese are flying high. This is a good sign. It means that our trip will be smooth sailing. How can we live up to such a beautiful scenery? Let's just ride the wind and climb high to Zhongtian Mansion?" The Taoist-robed man said enthusiastically.
The young woman behind him sighed and said: "Second senior brother, why do you insist on walking? It will take ten and a half days to walk or ride a horse from here to Zhongtian Mansion. If you use a sword, you can get there in half a day. . It’s better to get there sooner rather than later.”
The second senior brother shook his head and said: "Junior sister, don't you know that 'accumulation makes a difference'? You and Junior Brother Tang are both swordsmen or swordsman seeds. An important part of your future practice is to cultivate your mind. How can you be impatient? Walk more, right? There are benefits to cultivating your sword heart. What you should care about is not the destination, but the scenery along the way."
Seeing that the junior sister was disapproving, the second senior brother said: "Junior sister, you have to know that I am a Taoist priest who has been practicing for many years. No one knows how to cultivate the mind and nature better than me. You don't understand and are not humble. Just look at Junior Brother Tang, he knows My painstaking efforts. Isn’t that right, Junior Brother Tang?”
The young man who had been thinking thoughtfully at the back was Tang Zhao. He said thoughtfully: "Brother, can't you really ride a crane down the mountain?"
Xu Zhongnan was furious and said: "Have you told me yet! Although I am a monk, Master Tao, I am not a living god. Why do I ride a crane? If you want to ride, why not ask the old man for his precious crane? Besides, there are always people around you. There is a flash of 'buling buling', and your eyes are dazzled after looking at it for a long time. Can you adjust it?"
Tang Zhao gently picked his finger, and a ray of light circled the tip of his finger like a ring, spinning slowly, and said: "It's my sword elephant. It should be blended into the sunlight, but senior brother feels it is dazzling because I am not good at it." .Feel sorry."
Xu Zhongnan snorted: "One or two, it's really not cute at all."
Xue Yeyu suddenly sighed: "Brother, there are no outsiders here, and there is no father. Why should we be secretive? Tell us the truth. Are you unhappy in the capital?"
Xu Zhongnan said angrily: "That's nonsense...who said that?"
By the time someone said these three words, his voice had already dropped slightly.
Tang Zhao took back his hand, the light flew up to his head, and was like a hairpin on his bun. He said sincerely: "Senior brother, we are brothers of the same sect, just like brothers. What hardships are there outside, and we don't want to let our parents do it? Worried, why don’t you tell your brother if you don’t tell him? If you are really unhappy in the capital and refuse to go back to the mountains, I will help you ask, is it okay to find a job in Yunzhou? Or you Is it okay to open the Baiyu Shenghui store with us?"
Xu Zhongnan hummed again: "Every one of them is a little kid."
He didn't say anything, and the other two people stopped talking. The three of them walked a few steps in silence. Xu Zhongnan suddenly sighed: "It can't be said that I am unhappy. I chose the path myself, and I have achieved some success. The National Master treats me Yes, you don't have to worry about glory and wealth. It's just that the capital is too big, with many people, many things, and many powerful people. You can get what you want, but the sacrifices are also amazing, and you can't make mistakes, and you always have to walk on thin ice. Living this kind of life After a long time, although I can cope with it, I always want to take a good rest. But the old man kicked me out again, haha."
Since he said this, Tang Zhao and the others would not ask, "Can you really handle it?"
Xu Zhongnan said himself: "Actually, I also want to find some reliable helpers when I come back this time. It is said that a single tree cannot survive alone. Everyone in Beijing has to form cliques for personal gain. Isn't it because of the power of numbers? I have been operating in Beijing for many years, and I am not I have no confidants, but I really don’t have many reliable and capable talents. Most of the people I can trust have limited talents, and those who are talented have their own ideas. I really want to find my own arm."
Xue Yeyu chuckled: "So you also want to form a party for personal gain?"
Xu Zhongnan said: "Do you think you can talk? Do you understand how common wealth is? Jigou Sheng...forget it. If I really only want to form a party and win people's heads, I should actually go to Bai Yu and Mo Yu's disciples and tell them How about taking them to the capital to enjoy the blessings and giving them as many benefits as they want? I really want to find a helper who can work together. This person can only be our own senior brother, and he must also have the ability, the city, and the brains. In fact, The most suitable one is Junior Brother Tang. The second most suitable one is Junior Brother, and even Junior Brother Jiang is not suitable. The other junior brothers and sisters cannot be great, but I cannot ask them to take risks."
Xue Yeyu shook his head repeatedly and said: "I'm very grateful to you. If you want to go back to the villa to kill people, my father won't give you a stick? If you want to recruit Junior Brother Tang to join the gang, he will replace the stick with a mace. La. He often said that the capital is the most disgusting place in the world. There is war and chaos outside, and people are about to eat each other. The top men are still drunk and dreaming in the golden rooms of the capital, and they don't know that they are about to die. He thought When you come back, I not only don't like you being an official, but I'm also afraid that you will be blamed for following those people and lose your life in a daze."
Xu Zhongnan smiled and said: "How can I let the old man know that I want to really pull Tang? The old man has some insights. The court is indeed in trouble internally and externally, but it is not in danger. The Imperial Master is still there, and the capital is still stable. But I do I gave up on pulling Junior Brother. It is true that the mountain cannot be separated from Junior Brother Tang. If Junior Brother Tang were not in charge, you old, young, young, arrogant and stupid, wouldn't you be bullied by others? And..."
He pondered for a moment and then said it, "Third Junior Sister. Third Junior Sister was trapped in a small place and very lonely. I left her at that time and left her with no one to talk to. I always felt sorry for her. Now she recognizes her again. I really can’t bear to take away a friend. Junior Brother Tang——"
Tang Zhao looked at this senior brother whom he had met a few times at most.
Xu Zhongnan said seriously: "I don't know how much you know about her, but I heard that you advised her to go out for a walk and relax. Of course you mean well, but her situation does not allow her to appear in front of others at will. She Living in seclusion in the mountains is to stay out of the sight of those people. Our first priority is to protect her, which is really not easy to do."
Xue Yeyu held his breath. Tang Zhao was silent and said after a while: "I understand. Senior brother, can the situation of the third senior sister be improved? Is there still a day when she can regain her freedom?"
Xu Zhongnan sighed and said: "Actually, you can. But we can't. Our Zhuoyu Villa is just a place to 'hide' her, not a place to 'protect' her. In the end, it's not just an ordinary man who is not guilty, but the one who carries the jade is guilty." ? If she has a big backer she can trust, maybe she can be more relaxed. We, from a small family, are beyond our power. But if we want to find a bigger backer for her, 90% of it is to seek skin from a tiger. That's the reputation. The very good Marquis Gao Yuan may not be trustworthy."
Tang Zhao nodded and asked: "What kind of master does it take to truly protect her?"
Xu Zhongnan said: "Is this... As far as I know now, even the Imperial Master is interested in her. So you have to be able to resist the Imperial Master to be qualified, right?"
National Division……
Even Tang Zhao felt his scalp go numb when he heard the word "Guo Shi".
This Imperial Master is recognized as the number one expert in the imperial court and is the backbone of the imperial court. It can be said that this is the most important reason why the imperial court can maintain its arrogance after so many years of hardship. While he was still here, all the princes and rebels in the world were wary and did not dare to openly rebel.
So how strong and high is the national master?
The answer is: no one knows!
No one knows how strong he is, no one knows what skills he has, no one even knows if he is a swordsman. All he knew was that all his enemies were dead, and most of the people who had seen him take action were also dead. The few who were not dead were all tight-lipped and did not dare to mention it.
This Imperial Master was granted the title of Imperial Master when Taizu founded the country. It has been going through ups and downs for two hundred years, and it has never changed until the end of the dynasty.
In the past two hundred years, there have been many powerful ministers, domineering warlords, arrogant relatives, and ambitious vassal kings. They or their subordinates often have powerful swordsmen and spiritual officers, but none of them dare to challenge directly. The National Preceptor, at best, would be careful to test within the tolerance limit of the National Preceptor. If he crossed the line even slightly, he would be wiped out in an instant.
Legend has it that he is not invincible in a single battle, nor is he powerful enough to respond to a hundred people's calls. He is the kind of person who can defeat thousands of people with one enemy and can control the overall situation by himself. There is no solution.
By now, everyone has discovered the bottom line of the Imperial Preceptor - he doesn't care about the power and party struggles in the court, he doesn't care about the local civil and political chaos, he doesn't care about the victory or defeat on the frontier, and when he was a young master, he had a female master who came to the court and took over as regent. Even if the emperor is too fatuous and cruel, he will be tolerated if a close prince who is popular and popular takes his place. Only no one is allowed to shake the throne of the Jin royal family. Especially in the capital, anyone who dares to rebel in the capital will be destroyed.
And... about himself. The Taoist temple under the name of the National Master has a transcendent status, and even a Taoist boy cannot tolerate disrespect from others. There is nothing the Imperial Master wants that he cannot get.
Xu Zhongnan was a Taoist official in the Taoist temple, so he felt deeply about the first one, and he also believed deeply in the second one.
"Even if Marquis Gao Yuan is suppressing one side in Yunzhou, he has to pay a visit to the imperial master when he arrives in the capital. If the imperial master wants something from Yunzhou, Marquis Gao Yuan will take the initiative to collect it for him. When will you be confident that you can defeat Marquis Gao Yuan, then go Let’s test the Imperial Master.”
Tang Zhao sighed. Even though he had always been confident, he couldn't help but feel deeply powerless - after so many years of hard study and cheating, he had just become a swordsman, and there was still a long way to go.
Although he is now going to join the Yunzhou Prefecture Prosecution Department, the outside world is huge and he really wants to take a look.
The three of them chatted about this heavy topic for a while, then turned away from it tacitly, and turned to talking about the scenery outside Yunzhou, such as the capital city. Xu Zhongnan invited Tang Zhao to visit the Taoist temple, not just to join the gang, but to gain experience. Tang Zhao naturally agreed.
When you come down from the mountain, there is a straight road leading to Zhongtian Mansion. Since Xue Yeyu and Tang Zhao knew that Xu Zhongnan wanted to travel to relax, they did not urge him to leave. Arriving at Jichun City, Tang Zhao went through the formalities and said goodbye to Deputy Chi and the others. Xue Yeyu and Xu Zhongnan went to the market and bought some good horses. Xu Zhongnan felt that riding a donkey was more suitable for his otherworldly immortal temperament, but Xue Yeyu refused, so he had no choice but to do it.
Tang Zhao went to the Baiyu Shenghui store for another inspection and found that everyone was working very hard, and a large number of magic tools ordered by the Snow Mountain Prince's Palace had been shipped. Even the Xuelong car was built in two units. Xu Zhongnan couldn't help but have stars in his eyes when he saw this car, so he immediately ordered two cars, one for himself and one for the Imperial Guard.
Tang Zhao felt that it was not appropriate for the Imperial Master to ride a bicycle at such an old age, so he designed a four-way vehicle on the spot. He said that the front was pulled by wooden oxen and flowing horses. The Imperial Master wore a crown of heaven and sat on it with a feather fan. Beier felt it. .
Xu Zhongnan thought this design was strange, but Tang Zhao was already a well-known swordsman and designer of great talisman, so he believed him and placed the order.
Since Tang Zhao went to Zhongtianfu, he thought he could inspect the market there and prepare for opening a chain store. Now he brought along Wei Se, who was familiar with the store's affairs.
The four of them put on their mounts and headed all the way to Zhongtian Mansion.
(End of chapter)
