"Fat Li, after talking so much..."
"You talked about the captain and the governor..."
"Masters from Yujing Golden Tower, Zhenguo Temple, Tianshi Mansion..."
"Only you didn't talk about yourself!"
"Let's talk about you. What is your role in this turmoil in the court?"
Jin An looked at Li Weiwei with calm eyes. Now even if Li Weiwei claimed to be some kind of prince, prince, or prince, he conducted a private interview on behalf of the current holy king in disguise, and Jin An would not be surprised at all.
Even if Li Huwei says that he is the contemporary holy king, well, it shouldn't be possible...
The emperor's son ran to the state capital outside the capital for several years, and he did not attend the morning court for several years. Who would approve the memorials squeezed out from all over the country?
What about Sannomiya and Sixth Courtyard?
What to do with the six thousand concubines in the harem?
That would not lead to chaos in the world.
As soon as he mentioned his identity, Li Weiwei straightened up his back. That smug look looked familiar to Jin An.
Jin An chuckled.
Isn't this just like the old Taoist priest with a peacock spreading its tail and raising its tail?
Li Huwei said in a very serious yet funny way: "Ahem, I work in the Criminal Investigation Department of the capital. This time I came to Wuzhou Prefecture incognito to investigate the case of a spy from a Wuzhou Prefecture official. The Chasi, Dali Temple and Yushifu are also known as the three major judicial divisions, and the three powers are separated for judicial trials. Just like this investigation into the list of officials planted by foreign spies, because the matter is important and widely implicated, this case is directly Return to the capital to be under the supervision of the Criminal Investigation Department."
"And my duty in Wuzhou Prefecture is to mix among the people, secretly support the three major medicinal material dealers, control the flow of medicinal materials channels in Wuzhou Prefecture, and detect the hidden traces of the evil monks of foreign races based on the consumption of special medicinal materials in various places, and then Cooperate with the captain to arrest people."
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"What about that, Taoist Priest Jin'an, Taoist Chen doesn't need to salute when he sees me. I'm approachable and deeply loved by the people, so you don't need to salute. You don't need to salute when you see me."
hehe.
Jin An smiled at Li Weiwei who was rubbing his nose and face.
The old Taoist priest still had a broom and a dustpan in his hand. He pouted at Jin An and said, "Little brother, Taoist, I suddenly want to hit someone."
"If I let this goat you raise, little brother, kill an official of Dali Temple, will this be considered a serious crime of attacking an official of the imperial court?"
Jin An directly waved his hand: "Sharp the sword, close the door and let the sheep go!"
Li Huowei's official status was not at all a concern.
Li Huwei was not afraid of the old Taoist priest or Jin An, but he was afraid of the goat that Jin An was raising that was as strong as a calf. He immediately smiled shamelessly and said: "I'm kidding, I'm kidding, second senior brother, please don't take it seriously. "
Strong desire to survive.
Let Li Weiwei put down all his shame.
Before Jin An agreed to accept a disciple, he had already forced a relationship with Xiejian, even calling his second senior brother.
I have seen shameless people, but I have never seen anyone with such a shameless desire to survive. Both Jin An and the old Taoist priest had black lines hanging from their foreheads.
Next, Li Huwei roughly explained the relationship between the Xia Xingcha Division, Dali Temple, and the Yushi Mansion.
These three are the three highest judicial institutions in Kangding State.
Dali Temple is equivalent to the Supreme Court.
The greatest rights.
The temple here is not a temple of a temple.
Temple has never meant a temple. That is a popular misunderstanding. Temple Tongting has always officially meant an institution.
The Yushifu usually does not come forward to judge ordinary cases. It is only responsible for judging court officials and even relatives of the emperor.
If there is a special case, or if there is an unjust, false or wrong case in Dali Temple, the Yushifu also has the right to review the case and clamp down on Dali Temple.
As for the Criminal Investigation Department.
When he mentioned the Criminal Investigation Department, Fatty Li sighed.
"Hey, our Criminal Investigation Department is at its weakest now. Otherwise, such a special case with such huge implications would never be investigated by the Criminal Investigation Department."
"The officialdom of Dali Temple and Yushifu are reluctant to leave the capital, the center of the power struggle. They are worried that once they leave the capital, they will be impeached by their opponents or have their rights emptied."
"Furthermore, this kind of case is also the most thankless. It is impossible to obtain results in a short period of time. The major incident more than ten years ago shocked the government and the public, and frightened the powerful people in the capital. They were afraid that if they did not do things well, they would also die. After following in the footsteps of others, with their heads on the ground and their families in exile, everyone is afraid to avoid it, and no one has the courage to join in. Therefore, this kind of thankless case that may slip through the net and cause trouble is the most powerful case. Wei, the head of the Criminal Investigation Department who has no say."
However, one thing is clear. Whether it is the Dali Temple, which has the most power now, the Yushifu, or the Criminal Investigation Department, which is the weakest, they are only institutions used to restrict ordinary people or officials.
If you encounter a special case, you have to call on the talented people living in Yujing Golden Tower, Zhenguo Temple or Tianshi Mansion to cooperate with the three major judicial agencies in handling the case.
Whether it is Jade Capital Golden Tower, Zhenguo Temple, or Tianshi Mansion, they are all private institutions. They are the highest holy places for practice of Taoism and Buddhism. They are a place where masters from all over the world can gather to discuss Taoism, Buddhism, and each other. The place for exchanging practice experiences is not a court institution.
The capital city is at the feet of the emperor. It is the place where all the dragons and dragons from all over the world converge, and there are outstanding people and places. Therefore, the Jade Capital Golden Tower and the Zhenguo Temple are both in the capital city.
Tianshi Mansion can be regarded as half of the imperial court.
At the beginning, there were Yujing Golden Tower and Zhenguo Temple, and then Tianshi Mansion. Tianshi Mansion is a place where Feng Shui masters gather, and it also wants to imitate the first two and invite Feng Shui masters from all over the world to discuss their experiences and make progress together.
It’s just that the Tianshi Mansion has gradually changed. As the royal family, princes, marquises, and court officials searched for clues, they became more and more involved in the officialdom, and the people in the Tianshi Mansion began to fall into the trap of being an official. Official disease, everyone is involved in the officialdom and power, not seeking spiritual practice, just seeking to climb up to the royal family and get an official position, which has long since lost its original intention.
All of the above information was obtained through the mouth of Li Weiwei and Jin An gained a clear understanding of the structure of the world.
Secular dynasties cannot control the world's talented people.
The talented people in the world are accustomed to being free and unrestrained, and they disdain to serve the imperial court and be the talons of the imperial court, but they cannot do without the support of the imperial court.
The imperial court is the orthodoxy of the world and the people's aspiration. It is in charge of millions of people and the hearts of the people in the world, and it is in charge of billions of territories in the world. Whether it is Taoism or Buddhism, if it wants to open a temple and accept disciples, it must have a Taoist certificate issued by the imperial court to be considered orthodox. He was allowed by local officials to open an ashram to accommodate incense devotees.
Otherwise the people will be against the will of the people.
It's just the opposite.
Go against the grain.
Although Taoism and Buddhism rely on the approval of the imperial court to establish their sects, they have always been neutral and never participated in the change of secular imperial power.
Jin An gave Li Weiwei a last look with a strange look on his face: "Fat Li, where is your real name? You haven't said it yet?"
I don't know if Li Huwei is pretending to be stupid or he really doesn't know what Jin An is saying. He said in a daze: "Taoist Master Jin An, you have forgotten. I said last time that I, Mr. Li, will not change my name." If I don’t change my surname, it will naturally be Li.”
Jin An glanced at Li Huwei and didn't know whether he really believed Li Huwei's words or whether he was a lie. He laughed at Li Huwei and then stopped mentioning his real name.
"Fat Li, since you are acting in secret and you have told us so many secrets, aren't you afraid that we will tell everything about you, the captain, and the governor?" There is one last thing that Jin An can't think of. clear.
Li Huwei was very considerate: "I believe you are not that kind of person, Taoist Jin An."
"I, Mr. Li, can never be wrong in judging people."
"If you were a villain, you wouldn't be so jealous of a few unrelated souls in the tomb that you would dare to look down on life and death and fight with the leader of the Teng Kingdom who has been practicing in the tomb for thousands of years to avenge those souls who were wronged thousands of years ago. .”
Jin An looked at Guard Li's sly eyes and felt that Guard Li was hiding something from him.
Li Huwei did not tell the whole truth.
However, being able to interrogate so much information, Jin An also knows what is appropriate and beneficial, and enough is enough.
Who doesn’t have a few secrets in their heart that they don’t want others to know?
As long as he knew Li Huwei's identity as a friend rather than an enemy, that would be enough.
As for the others.
When Li Huowei feels the time is right and wants to tell him, he will naturally tell him. If Li Huowei doesn't want to tell him, he can't ask anything even if he forces her to death and pries open his mouth.
Today, Li Huwei was willing to tell him these secrets, and he was frank and honest. He was already treating him with his heart and did not treat them as outsiders. As a human being, you must know how to be content and turn a blind eye at the right time. There is no need to get to the bottom of everything. In the end, your friends will be turned into enemies, and in the end you will not even have a confidant friend.
These are the philosophy of life and the way of life that the old Taoist priest has slowly taught Jin An bit by bit in his daily life after traveling in the world for so many years.
Everyone has their own secrets in their hearts. Some secrets are known. There are countless examples of father and son turning against each other and brothers killing each other.
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Sun Fugui is a butcher.
Today, a servant of a large family came to him secretly and told him that one of their cattle, which was used to supply farmland for the tenants below, accidentally drowned.
Let him go to the house to slaughter the cattle that accidentally drowned.
Sun Fugui is a well-known butcher in the city. He has dealt with countless pigs, sheep, cattle, and dogs. Anyone who wants to kill pigs or sheep will come to him, and he has handled seven or eight cattle.
Speaking of cattle slaughter, it is the most interesting thing. Those who can afford to raise cattle are wealthy families, and those wealthy families always have all kinds of strange reasons for killing cattle every now and then.
For example, if a cow has sprained its feet and cannot bear to see the cow in pain, he euthanizes the cow.
For example, when a cow was eating grass, it fell down a mountain because it was too greedy and was dying. In order to relieve the cow's pain, the owner "euthanized" the cow.
Another example is that he went crazy and bit several people, so he "euthanized" the cow twice so that it would not become a biting mad cow in the next life.
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This time the reason is even more outrageous.
The cattle drowned?
Every time he thought of this reason, Sun Fugui wanted to laugh.
Are these people so lazy to even find an excuse to kill cows?
In this continuous drought, the fields are cracked and there is no water. Not to mention the cattle going to the fields to plow the land, even the water in the river has dried up and there is no water. How could you accidentally drown?
However, these wealthy families were not something that an ordinary butcher like Sun Fugui could afford to offend. He didn't bother to wonder if there was any secret here, as long as he gave enough rewards every time.
If you meet someone easy to talk to, you might be able to eat some leftover beef offal to satisfy your cravings...
The pitter patter.
It's still raining.
Sun Fugui followed the servants of a wealthy family, casually wearing a raincoat and a bamboo hat, and walked in the market, letting the rainwater hit his face and form drops of water on his face.
It gave his dark and rough face a rare coolness after the drought.
Until, a tall stone cow statue came into view of Sun Fugui.
The stone bull was tall and powerful, with a majestic momentum. It lowered its head slightly and raised its front hooves, as if it was carrying something heavy, as heavy as a thousand pieces of stone. The heavy and desolate atmosphere of the vicissitudes of history hit its face. Come.
The stone cow is carved lifelike, and the texture of each tendon and muscle is clearly carved out by the hands of the stonemason, as if it is about to break out of the stone statue and come to life, it is lifelike.
As a local who grew up in Fucheng, Sun Fugui naturally knows the origin of this stone cow. It is said that it was dug out from the bottom of the river when the Yinyi River was cut off more than ten years ago. Together with this stone cow, What came out was a stone coffin carried on the back of a stone bull.
I heard from the older generation that the stone cow was very strange when it was salvaged. It seemed like it was carrying a coffin under the Yinyi River. It seemed alive and kept moving under the river until the Yinyi River stopped flowing. It was only then exposed that the person buried in the sarcophagus was a Taoist priest...
But this matter has been in the past for a long time.
Many folklore and legends of the older generation have become ambiguous, making it difficult to distinguish between true and false.
Perhaps this stone cow was really fished out from the bottom of the river, but whether there was a real sarcophagus or what Taoist priest was buried there, who can tell.
Maybe it was from a village by the river, or the stone cow thrown into the river.
There are many villages on both sides of the Yinyi River. There have been legends of the Dragon King since ancient times. In order to pray for good weather and no floods in the coming year, the people of the two rivers often worship the Yinyi River and throw some clay pots, stone sculptures and so on into the Yinyi River.
For example, during the continuous drought some time ago, many people chose young and beautiful women to be the Water Goddess to the Dragon King.
"What a crime."
When he thought of those women who were killed, Sun Fugui sighed unbearably.
Sun Fugui sighed, and when he was about to pass the stone cow, he suddenly stopped.
"Sun Fugui, what are you looking at? Let's go quickly." The servant who had been walking in front suddenly stopped when he saw Sun Fugui behind him. He stared at the stone cow in the square in a daze. He walked back impatiently and shouted .
Sun Fugui was in a daze for a while, until he was called several times by his servants, and he was awakened as if someone had slapped him on the head. He pointed at the stone cow with a panicked expression and said, "You, did you see just now? This stone cow seems to be alive." Come over?"
The servant looked impatiently at the stone cow that had been placed in the square for more than ten years.
He was tired of looking at this stone cow.
He said impatiently: "Stop dawdling, you must be dazzled. Isn't this just an ordinary stone cow? How can it survive?"
