"Bi Pei!" The flame suddenly exploded with sparks, and the three drowsy people in the central hall suddenly woke up.
"I'm sorry for the long wait. I don't know what's going on, Your Majesty. Why haven't you come back yet?" Yu Ze quickly stood up and turned to the side of Hangzhou Prefectural Governor Shi Huyu and another man in a dress. A middle-aged heroic man in dark blue silk clothes, a black hat, and a beard below his nose held up his hands and apologized.
It looked like the two of them had been here for a while.
"It doesn't matter, there's nothing else to do today anyway, so I'll just wait." Hu Yu smiled faintly, and then said a little tiredly: "Everything else has been taken care of, as long as there is nothing wrong with the Prince of Nanchang , Hangzhou’s hidden dangers can be eliminated this time.”
"That's true." Yu Ze smiled apologetically, but felt helpless in his heart.
From Yangzhou to Hangzhou, almost everyone regarded Li Xuan as a sharp knife in their hands.
The Tianyin Sect's arrangements in various places were completely destroyed by them using Li Xuan's sword.
At this moment, a burst of noise suddenly came from the front yard of the inn.
Yu Ze immediately expressed his expression: "The king is back."
"It's just right now. I heard that King Nanchang went to the navy station before. I wonder if there is anything else." The middle-aged heroic man who had never spoken stood up and looked at Yu Ze with a hint of suspicion in his eyes.
"I don't know. Yao Sima and Hu Changshi are going to greet the king. I don't know..."
"Of course I will go with you." Hu Yu stood up and straightened his robes as he said, "Your Majesty, you have had a hard day today, and we should greet you. Brother Yao, please, Brother Yu, please!"
The three of them walked out of the central hall together and soon walked to the front yard. At this time, a black-framed carriage slowly came from outside.
The carriage stopped, and Li Xuan, who was wearing dark blue brocade clothes, opened the curtain. Just as he was about to get out of the car, he saw Hu Yu standing with Yu Ze and another strange middle-aged man.
Looking at his clothes and accessories, we can tell that he is at least a fifth-rank official.
Li Xuan got out of the car and raised his hands to the two of them: "Hu Changshi, this..."
"Uncle Yao Shi, why did you come to Hangzhou from Yuezhou?" Du Liu's clear voice came from behind Li Xuan.
Then she followed Li Xuan out of the car. Although she was a little surprised, she quickly introduced Li Xuan and said, "Your Majesty, is this Yao Sima of the Yuezhou Governor's Office?"
"Your Majesty, Yao Zhi, has met the Prince of Nanchang!" Yao Zhi, Sima of the Yuezhou Governor's Office, earnestly handed over to Li Xuan.
"Don't dare!" Li Xuan quickly returned the greeting.
The Yuezhou Dudufu is the Central Dudufu, and the Sima of the Yuezhou Dudufu is an official of the fifth rank, which is the same rank as Li Xuan's Wuzhou Biejia.
"Your Majesty, I have important matters to discuss with you, why don't you wait..." Yao Zhi looked towards the central hall behind.
"It should be like this." Li Xuan nodded and waved to Xiong Yan, who was standing far away. Xiong Yan quickly bowed over.
"Go and help Miss Du find a room to settle down. She will go to Zhuji with us tomorrow." After Li Xuan finished speaking, she looked at Du Liu.
Du Liu sincerely bowed his hands to Li Xuan, and then followed Xiong Yan towards the other courtyard.
"I watched Liu'er grow up. I didn't expect that after not seeing her for several years, she would already be a big girl." Yao Zhi suddenly sighed with emotion.
"So, Yao Sima and Du Shishu know each other?" Li Xuan reached out and said, "Please!"
As the group walked toward the central hall, Yao Zhi nodded and said, "Yes, Wuzhou, Hangzhou, and Yuezhou are all closely adjacent. Brother Du was the Sima of Wuzhou back then and moved around frequently over the years. Later, he resigned due to illness. , and we have visited many times.”
In a few words, Yao Zhi clearly explained the relationship between them and Du Bixing.
Hu Yu nodded in agreement, fearing that this incident would cast a shadow on Du Bixing's future.
They are all over forty years old. If they want to advance to the fifth rank of official positions, they need to establish special skills.
Today's Tianyin Sect incident is their opportunity, but Du Bixing is different. What he wants is not to establish special skills, but to re-enter the official career. ..
Although no one had ever pointed these things out to Li Xuan, he knew it in his heart.
Du Bixing stepped forward to help him this time. The reason why Runzhou governor came to work is only one of the reasons. Du Bixing wanted to return to the official career was the real reason, and the new Wuzhou Biejia Li Xuan was the best candidate to lend support.
If he succeeds, he will enter the court as an official. Even if he fails, he can retire to the Nanchang Palace and become a minister.
"Hey, what is that?" Li Xuan suddenly stopped and looked at a carriage in the middle of the hall, his brows furrowed slightly, his face full of astonishment.
They saw a woman with a loose shawl sitting in a cage on top of the carriage. She was in a mess and could not see her face, but she was surrounded by four guards armed with swords on full alert.
"This is Mr. Qi's close friend in the world, Shu'er of the Jiaofang Division. Today, the subordinate captured him in the Jiaofang Division. On the order of the Governor, he was handed over to the inn and handed over to the prince." Hu Yu stepped forward. , standing next to Li Xuan and learning about Shu'er's origin.
[Shu'er, Shu Xueqing, a 16-year-old Qinghuan, is the youngest disciple of Zhang Wanyu, the head of the Tianyin Sect's Yuhang branch, and is practicing Qi the day after tomorrow. 】
Li Xuan raised her eyebrows. She was sixteen years old and had not yet left the cabinet. Did the Tianyin Sect find no good person?
Looking at Hu Yu, Li Xuan nodded solemnly and said, "I understand what the governor means, and I will handle it properly."
"Excuse me, Your Majesty." Hu Yu breathed a sigh of relief, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, please!"
Li Xuan walked nearest, followed by Hu Yu and Yao Zhi, who entered the central hall together.
"I wonder when Yao Sima arrived in Hangzhou?" Li Xuan asked Yao Zhi and Hu Yu seemingly casually while asking them to sit down.
"Just this evening, I never thought that in just a few hours, the prince would have captured everything Tianyin Sect had arranged in Hangzhou." Yao Zhi looked at Li Xuan, his eyes filled with wonder.
Everyone may have expected that after Li Xuan came to Hangzhou, he would inevitably have a fierce conflict with the Tianyin Sect, but no one expected that not only did the Tianyin Sect's plan to assassinate him fail, but Li Xuan even followed the clues and directly exposed him. to their lair.
"It's not the people above the Tianyin Sect, but Wusheng Dao, Zhenzhao Dao and the people from Wanxiang Pavilion. Although the people from the Tianyin Sect finally appeared, they are too strong. If I didn't have a group of Thousand Niu Guards following me, otherwise, what would happen? If you don't do it well, you will really lose your life." Li Xuan believed that he would strangle the killers of Wusheng Dao, Zhenzhao and Wanxiang Pavilion tonight in detail.
"Lingyin Temple?" Yao Zhi and Hu Yu couldn't help but feel horrified when they heard Li Xuan mentioned Lingyin Temple. After Li Xuan finished speaking, they both breathed a sigh of relief at the same time and said, "Your Majesty has taken care of everything. Things really need to be done with extreme caution.”
The four hundred and eighty temples in the Southern Dynasties are never a lie.
Since the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Taoism and Buddhism have accompanied them as many times as they have traveled south in clothes.
As much influence as Taoism has in the land south of the Yangtze River, Buddhism has as much influence, no less.
"Lingyin Temple naturally has its own way of dealing with it. I have ordered Su Shenjun to send all the people who escaped from the mountain tonight to the Governor's Mansion." Li Xuan looked at Hu Yu, the governor of Hangzhou.
Hu Yu immediately handed over his hand: "Your Highness, don't worry. If you go down the mountain, you will no longer have anything to do with Lingyin Temple. You should handle it properly."
Lingyin Temple will not let people go down the mountain easily. At this critical juncture, anyone who comes down the mountain has nothing to do with Lingyin Temple.
Lingyin Temple would not even say a word about how the government dealt with it.
"That's good." Li Xuan breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Although he is not a member of the Tianyin Sect, the Demon Sect has been damaged, which is something to be happy about."
"By the way, Your Majesty, your Majesty went to Hangzhou Navy earlier. I wonder if there is anything else?" Yao Zhi turned to the Navy.
Li Xuan nodded and said, "That's true. Captain Ji is worried that the Zhoushan pirates will cooperate with the Tianyin rebels, so he has been writing to the Governor's Mansion and the Yuezhou Governor's Mansion all night. You two will surely be able to see it after you return."
"Hai pirates?" Yao Zhi and Hu Yu looked at each other, their expressions suddenly serious.
Li Xuan waved her hand and said: "Although pirates are a threat, it is difficult for them to defeat the city, so we only need the city."
If it is safe, the pirates will not dare to act recklessly. "
"What the prince said is true." Yao Zhi nodded in agreement, then reached out and took out an official document from his sleeve and handed it directly to Li Xuan. Li Xuan took it subconsciously and opened it.
Yao Zhi said from the side: "Now, although I don't know what the Tianyin rebels' plan is, in order to avoid unexpected things, Duan Gong decided that the prince will inspect the school, Kuaiji, Zhechongfu Guoyi, and independently recruit a group of regular officials. Soldiers, if they are willing after the war, after passing the assessment, they can join the Kuaiji Zhechong Mansion and become official soldiers."
Li Xuan suddenly raised his head and said, "This is a temporary measure. Did Mr. Duan realize that the power of the Tianyin Sect is far greater than expected?"
"Indeed, I searched carefully in Dongyang, Xiaoshan and Taizhou and found no trace of the Tianyin rebels. It was as if the previous price fluctuations were just a flash in the pan that never happened, but we all understand that everything is exactly the opposite. It just shows that the rebels are hiding deeper and need to be more vigilant." After saying that, Yao Zhi stood up and raised his hands to Li Xuan: "Duan Gong has already written the keynote, so Wuzhou will be entrusted to the prince."
Lieutenant Guo Yi of Kuaiji Prefecture, Li Xuan looked at the official document in his hand with a solemn look in his eyes.
With this official document, his men can legitimately obtain a regiment of 300 regular soldiers.
Even after the war, these people can be properly disposed of.
"I should have thanked Duke Duan. I should have rushed to Yuezhou to visit Duke Duan in person, but now that the matter is urgent, I can only say sorry and wait until later, then go to Yuezhou to visit Duke Duan." Li Xuan said to Yao Zhi handed over his hand.
Yao Zhi replied: "Your Majesty, you're welcome!"
Li Xuan then looked at Hu Yu: "Hu Changshi, I wonder what's going on with Mr. Qi now, as well as City Gate School Captain Jin Ji, as well as the Xia family behind him, how will Hangzhou Prefecture deal with it?"
