"What did you say? Zu Liu?" Lu Ming'en said in shock: "Did you see it with your own eyes? Tell me in detail."
"Yes!" Lu Yuanjing said hurriedly: "Today, my son and Dingshanbo were drinking together at Jiangkou Pier. I saw a young man in white on the boat. His appearance was very similar to the statue of Liu Zu, and he also had a ring around his waist. Hanging a gourd and a long flute, his temperament is refined and you can tell at a glance that he is not an ordinary person!"
"Seven-eight-point statue? Flute and gourd?" Lu Mingen frowned. If other gods saw him face to face, as the minister of the Ministry of Personnel and a great heavenly official, only gods would come to say hello to him.
But the person who came here was the ancestral spirit of their clan, who helped transform their clan from a small rural family into a top aristocratic family spanning the two countries. Without Ancestor Liu, the Lu family would never be as powerful as it is today.
Moreover, Liu Zu's faith was already inherent in the Lu family. Even if he, the patriarch of the imperial court, dares to betray Liu Zu's faith, he will only be abandoned by the ancestral home and the countless Lu clans scattered all over the world. Then he, the great heavenly official, will fall into the abyss in one day. middle.
No matter in terms of emotions or achievements, Liu Zu is the largest elder of their Lu family.
Lu Mingen coughed three times, and the next moment, a figure suddenly appeared in the room.
Lu Yuanjing was shocked, but when he saw that his mother and father were not surprised, he felt relieved.
But I was still shocked in my heart. So my father was followed by secret guards twelve hours a day, and he was also a secret guard with obviously good martial arts skills. After all, he had some third-rate martial arts skills for internal self-defense, and he could still tell at a glance. The other party has deep inner strength. How many secrets in his family do he not know?
"The Thirteen Guards have met the head of the family!" The figure turned sideways and covered his face with a black cloth, looking down on his face.
"Did you hear what Yuan Jing just said? I'll give you five hours. Before the sun rises tomorrow, I want to know all the clues about the person who may be Liu Zu in the four towns of Jinjing.
All members of the Secret Society will be mobilized to complete this order. "Although Lu Mingen's tone was gentle, it carried an indescribable pressure that was suffocating.
Lu Yuanjing rarely saw his father like this. He stayed at home for so long that he forgot that his father was one of the nine ministers of the empire, the top figure in the dynasty.
But he thought of Liu Zu again, so what kind of existence could the Liu Zu that he believed in exist?
"Yuan Jing, dad wants to give you something to do, can you do it well?"
"Is it about Liu Zu?" Lu Yuanjing asked.
"Yes." Lu Min'en nodded, "Liu Zu is a great wise man who has lived for thousands of years. Since he can let you see his appearance and recognize him, it means that he has a purpose. In this case, this matter is caused by It's best if you do it.
When the secret message will deliver accurate news, you will see Liu Zu before dawn and pay your respects to his old man. Furthermore, I will explain my father's situation, pay my respects to Liu Zu on my father's behalf, and give him a few words. Please listen carefully.
Mr. Liu Zu, the junior Lu Mingen is in the position of minister, and every move he makes will cause changes in the court. Therefore, I cannot come to meet you in person. Please forgive Liu Zu. The overall situation of the imperial court today..."
Mistress Lu sat aside, quietly watching the father and son discuss important matters. After Lu Yuanjing left excitedly and anxiously, she slowly said: "Are you going to start transferring power now?"
Lu Mingen sighed: "If he can catch Liu Zu's eyes, then a clan leader will definitely come out of our sect. It depends on his luck. After all, Yuan Jing is also the most talented child in the clan. Jin Ke The title of Jinshi has been determined. If he hadn't been chosen for his outstanding appearance and I had to avoid suspicion because of my high position, he would be the number one scholar in this term. In the future, he may not be able to have the qualifications to be the first to be the first among hundreds of officials."
Madam Lu Zhao chuckled and said: "Chief Assistant? This may be just a pretense for His Majesty the Holy Emperor. Three of the Three Gongs and Nine Ministers exist in name only. They set up a cabinet above all ministries, and there is also an official like the Chief Assistant who has the actual status of a prime minister. Name, maybe just waiting for someone to jump out.
Our Holy Emperor is no ordinary emperor. Husband, you still have to think carefully about it. "
Lu Ming'en nodded, "I know this too. After all, our Lu family is now the first family in the Jin Dynasty. We are the first among hundreds of officials internally, and the royal family of a country externally. When the wind is high and the waves are rough, the big trees also attract the wind."
Therefore, I also told Yuan Jing that I wanted to ask Liu Zu for instructions. After all, as long as Zu Liu is here, our Lu family will never have that day..."
…
It was night at the Good Inn. Bai Jin went to bed early. He blew out the lights, closed the doors and windows, and sat cross-legged to relax.
For a god, meditating is more relaxing and restful than sleeping.
At this moment, Bai Yan had restrained all his demonic aura, and he cast one spell after another to seal away the demon pill.
Then, he opened his mouth and spit out the demon elixir. The demon elixir in the misty white light was still and suspended in front of him. This was his life-threatening demon elixir.
However, the demon elixir that was banned by the divine seal had no trace of demonic aura. It was just like a bead, the size of a dragon eye.
The rain was pattering outside the window, and the emperor's royal guards were listening next door.
The aristocratic families have their secret intelligence organizations, and the emperor naturally has his own, too, with flying fish suits, embroidered spring knives, and brocade guards, which are ridiculously lethal. Whatever the emperor calls you can be thrown away.
All civil and military officials, as well as ordinary people, are afraid of him.
Of course, it is not necessary for every Jin Yiwei to have a flying fish suit and a embroidered spring knife. Otherwise, how can he spy on the secrets of all the people in the world?
Perhaps, the beggar on the street, the butcher who sells meat, the waiter in the restaurant, the woman in the brothel, the boatman on the river, the passerby who passes you on the road, and even the servant at home, may all be Jin Yiwei!
…
Late at night, Yuanjing drove all the way to Changhe Town in a carriage. The carriage was an ordinary person's carriage, not an exclusive ride from the Shangshu Mansion. Lu Yuanjing was accompanied by four servants and left the imperial city secretly.
But as the son of the Minister of Civil Affairs, Lu Yuanjing's every move will naturally be followed by Jin Yiwei.
His whereabouts were exposed, but Jin Yiwei lost track of him.
…
At Yin Shi, the dark night faded slightly, and people living by the river began to get up at this hour.
A fisherman who got up early rowed his boat on the river through the fog.
The fisherman suddenly opened his eyes, and he saw a little white light flashing not far ahead.
He raised the oil lamp in his hand to shine it, and suddenly he saw it was a huge clam! It was as big as one foot. The key was that there was a figure sitting on the giant clam.
A woman's voice came from the mist, but it was vague and unclear.
"Fang Xiu, stay calm, I don't want to get wet."
"I know, you're the only one who has a lot to do. You'll be here soon." A childish voice came.
"Hey, where is Tengshan? Don't get lost. A guy who grew up in the soil never thought he could swim so fast in water." The woman's voice sounded again.
"Wow~"
Suddenly there was a wave of waves on the river, and a huge python's head broke out of the water, "Here it is! Let's go quickly, be careful not to be discovered by the monsters in the water house!" A calm man's voice came.
"Okay, Fang Xiu, please hurry up."
"Hoo~"
A gust of cold wind blew by, and the fisherman trembled all over and hurriedly rowed to the shore. He didn't dare to look at the water anymore, and kept thinking silently in his heart: "I didn't see anything, I didn't hear anything..."
Yin hour three quarters.
At the dock on the shore, Jin Yiwei and the lost Mr. Lu family appeared here. They were dressed in businessmen's clothes and a group of five people boarded the dock.
At the pier, Lu Yuanjing got off the boat and waved to the four guards to hurry up. It was still some distance from the Good Inn.
"boom…"
"Ouch..."
Lu Yuanjing knocked down a woman. His face was red because the woman on the ground was covering her chest.
However, although this woman looks like a woman, she is extremely beautiful.
"Sir, you hurt me!"
The four guards looked at each other and wanted to drive the person away.
Lu Yuanjing had already helped him up, "Madam, I'm rude!"
The woman smiled sweetly, "Young Master didn't come here intentionally, so I'll sell you this basket of river fish. Fifty taels of silver!"
"Fifty taels?" Lu Yuanjing said in shock. Although he is not short of money, it doesn't mean that he doesn't want to live in a world of fireworks!
"Ah? Is it a lot?" When the woman saw the other party's appearance, she felt uneasy and changed her words: "Then ten taels of silver! Not much this time, right?"
A guard said coldly: "Madam, if you don't get out of the way, don't blame us for being rude!"
"Hey, why are you being so rude?" The woman smiled and said, "Although it's dark now, there are people on both sides of the street. If I shout an insult, you will have to walk around without food."
Lu Yuanjing had a headache and waved his hand, "Give him money."
The guard could only give her money, and the others would pass her and leave.
"Hey, wait! Once you pay, the things must be taken away." The woman warned aloud.
"No need." Lu Yuanjing left without looking back.
Seeing this, the woman lifted up the fish basket and sighed: "Oh, Snake, Snake, it seems I can only stew you to make snake soup today!"
Lu Yuanjing paused, stopped suddenly, turned around and said, "Bring it here."
Hearing this, the woman smiled and handed the fish basket into his hand. At the same time, she slightly hooked her fingers in his palm. The fingertips crossed his palm, which made Lu Yuanjing's heart itch.
"No, sir, you've got it ready." The woman smiled softly, turned around and left.
"Master, this..." A guard saw the fish basket in his hand.
Lu Yuanjing did not explain, only whispered: "Let's go quickly, we must see you at the end of Yinshi, otherwise Jinyiwei will react."
The leaving woman turned back to look at Lu Yuanjing and his group, suppressed her smile, walked to a deserted street corner, and suddenly disappeared, except for a spider on the ground. She climbed up the long pole flag of the pier and slowly Slowly spinning spider silk, weaving a web.
…
At five o'clock in the morning, Good Inn, second floor.
The door lock of Bai Jin's room was quietly lifted by a piece of iron wire, and the door was slowly opened.
The group entered the room, and the guard closed the door. Lu Yuanjing walked quietly through the screen, and saw Bai Jun sitting cross-legged on the bed. He was surprised and happy, and whispered: "The son of the junior patriarch, Lu Yuanjing pays homage to Liu Zu! "
The four guards behind him all looked shocked, and after reacting randomly, they all knelt down.
Bai Jun, who had been meditating with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes, looked at a few people, and said, "Not bad. Madam Lu, you really did not disappoint me."
Lu Yuanjing said excitedly: "As Liu Zu has ordered, we, the Lu family, will go all out!"
Bai Jun chuckled lightly, and the atmosphere in the room relaxed a lot, "Don't worry, did your father ask you to bring a message? Let's hear it."
"Yes, this junior is telling the story of the Lu clan leader Lu Mingen: Mr. Liu Zu, junior Lu Mingen is in the position of minister, and every move he makes will cause changes in the court...
The younger generation knows that you have been invited by the Holy Emperor to come to Jinjing to attend the Banquet of the Hundred Gods. However, I hope that you live deep in the mountains and forests, away from the world, and do not know much about the imperial capital. This junior is here to inform you.
This Hundred Gods Banquet is the first time since the founding of the Jin Dynasty, and it is also the beginning when the Holy Emperor will place the gods in front of the world. I have served the Holy Emperor for decades and know a little bit about the inside story, but please think carefully and distinguish between the true and false.
There is a person with great supernatural powers imprisoned in the deep palace, and it is rumored that he is a piano master. He has the power to control the world, but he is imprisoned by the Holy Emperor and cannot come out. But the seal has been loosened frequently over the past few decades, perhaps because the Holy Emperor wanted to use the power of a hundred gods to strengthen it.
As for Liuzu, you are in the fourth rank of god, and you are only under the city gods of the states, so you will definitely bear the brunt. There must be dangers here, and I hope Liu Zu will be prepared in advance.
Order, His Majesty the Holy Emperor has become increasingly suspicious of the Lu family. The name of the Lu family in Tianzhu Kingdom, as well as secret reports from the three southern border states, the Liu religion has spread widely, and there are political enemies in the court who are afraid of slandering Tianting. Please tell me that you and The Lu family has evil intentions..."
After hearing this, Bai Jun couldn't help but smile and praise: "Clan Chief Lu has taken the trouble."
Lu Yuanjing's heart was not so stable. When he heard his father explain how dangerous the situation was, he did not dare to delay for a moment. Unexpectedly, Liu Zu was not worried at all.
Bai Jun smiled and said: "I have a person here, who is my book boy, and I can't find a safe place even if I follow him all the way. You take him away from the capital and wait for me in Fengtu Town, south of the Tongyuan River. Come back from the divine feast.
Remember, you must protect him, and there is absolutely no room for failure! "
Lu Yuanjing didn't ask why and immediately nodded in agreement.
Bai Yan looked at the five people dressed in night clothes and said with a smile: "I have changed so many sets of clothes along the way, you must be considerate.
But there is no need to go to so much trouble next time, just bring more guards. You all should wait outside the inn first. After daybreak, I will ask Mo Lin to follow you. "
"Yes, Liu Zu, I'll take my leave." Lu Yuanjing stood up and was about to leave.
"Wait a minute." Bai Jun suddenly stretched out his hand, and the unnoticed fish basket flew into his hand. He shook it and said, "There are good things in the fish basket. Take it with you and don't lose it."
Lu Yuanjing suddenly woke up in his heart, and Qian Qian took it and said: "Yes, I will obey Liu Zu's decree."
In the inn, silence returned after the five people left.
…
At around 9 o'clock, the sky was bright, the shippers at the pier were coming and going, the traffic was busy, the bowls of Yangchun noodles were placed in front of the diners, the white mist of the steamed buns floated three feet away and then disappeared, a spider on the flagpole canvas had just finished weaving A net, coiled in the center of the net, waiting for prey.
The evil-suppressing stone statue on Xuanwu Gate sits motionless under the Shipai Gate. People often say that it suppresses evil spirits. With this sacred stone beast, monsters and ghosts cannot enter the town.
But everyone is angry, and demons and ghosts often wander around the world, just using their popularity to cover up their divine vision. Moreover, people with different identities have different Qi on their bodies, and demons tend to like those in higher positions.
There are also smart monsters who don't enter the town but sneak around the docks.
…
At five o'clock in the morning, it was dawn.
"Bang bang bang"
"Sir, are you awake?"
Outside the door, Mo Lin knocked on the door.
Bai Jun smiled and said: "Come in, you got up early today, why don't you sleep in?"
Mo Lin smiled and said, "Don't you need to be diligent and hardworking?"
"Go and ask the waiter to bring you some breakfast, and you can have it in my room. I'll have something to say later."
Bai Jun ordered.
"Oh, yes, I'll go right away." As soon as Mo Lin heard about the food, he ran downstairs and ordered the food, and the waiter served it soon.
Minced meat white porridge, pickles, fried sesame balls, boiled eggs, and a plate of cold folded ears.
Mo Lin was eating vigorously. Bai Jun put a sesame ball into his bowl and said with a smile, "Eat this."
Mo Lin groaned, stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it and swallowed it.
When he raised his head, he saw Bai Jun watching him eating intently. He couldn't help but hesitated and said embarrassedly: "Master, what's wrong?"
"It's okay." Bai Jun said with a smile: "You followed me all the way, the food was so good, why didn't you gain weight?"
Mo Lin chuckled, "I'm growing taller. The more I eat, the faster I grow!"
Bai Jun nodded and said, "Mo Lin, what I do next will be very dangerous. I need to send you away."
"What?" Mo Lin was stunned, "Sir, I don't want to leave, I just want to stay by your side."
His eyes were full of confusion, shock, and reluctance.
Bai Jun sighed: "Mo Lin, people will always grow up, and when they grow up, they have to face separation.
It's too dangerous around me. If you follow me, it will only become more dangerous. That's why I want to send you away to a safe place. "
Mo Lin was silent. He understood that if he continued to follow, he would only drag down the young master who wanted to do big things. He was a sensible adult and had to distinguish between feelings and business.
"Yes, Master. I will listen to you."
Bai Jun smiled softly and said: "Don't worry, we will meet again. I just want to keep you in a safe place for a while.
Remember, even if I'm not with you, you still have to study every day. You can't lose yourself in playing with things or neglect your homework. I also found a teacher for you by the way. "
"Ah? There is also a teacher?" Mo Lin's parting mood was instantly overturned by the word "teacher", and he got a headache at the thought of having to be supervised by his master in studying all day long.
…
At the third quarter of Maozheng,
After breakfast, Bai Jun handed the book basket to Mo Lin and followed him downstairs to the door of the inn, where a carriage had been parked.
Mo Lin felt a little heavier carrying the book basket on his back. Bai Jun whispered: "There are thirty taels of silver in it. You should keep it."
Mo Lin was startled and instantly felt that the book basket behind him was precious.
A guard got off the carriage and saluted Bai Jun with his fists raised. Bai Jun said, "Mo Lin, this is the carriage of a friend of mine. He will take you to a safe place, so don't worry!"
Mo Lin looked at the strange man in front of him. Although he felt a little uneasy in his heart, he did not show it, "Okay, young master. Don't worry, I will study hard!"
"Drive~"
The carriage drove away slowly. Mo Lin lay on the carriage window and looked out at Bai Jun. Bai Jun waved and smiled to say goodbye.
…
At five o'clock in the morning, the carriage arrived at the dock. The guards took Mo Lin to a passenger ship and transferred to the waterway.
Behind them, Jin Yiwei, who was secretly chasing after him, watched the boat leave. Just as he was about to follow him, the spider who had been waiting for a long time to identify the target laughed strangely, and a piece of spider web fell down and disappeared. They suddenly fell into the water one after another, no matter whether they were wet or not. Struggling and shouting for help.
On the boat, Mo Lin, who was carrying a book basket on his back, entered the cabin and saw that there were more than a dozen guests of different identities sitting there. When he was about to find a seat to sit down, he saw more than a dozen people standing up suddenly and bending down to He said: "Greetings, young master!"
Mo Lin was startled suddenly and almost fell down. A painting in the book basket he was carrying on his back quietly fell into the water.
…
At midnight, people started a new busy day, and Changhe Town was prosperous.
In the Good Inn, there was a knock on Bai Jin's door.
"who?"
"Your Excellency, official!"
Bai Jun smiled and said, "Come in."
"Bang~"
The door was opened, and three people in ordinary clothes came in. They immediately bowed deeply and saluted, "Dou Yang, commander of the Hundred Gods Division of the Great Jin Dynasty, pays homage to the mountain god of Mount Hui!"
At this time, the rising sun just fell on Bai Jun, who was standing up. The dawn light was dazzling, like the shadow of a god.
(End of chapter)
