Jinglong fifteen years.
Yu Suqi was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of War and inspected the capital camp on behalf of the emperor.
One month later, Prince Dongyang, the commander-in-chief of the capital camp, resigned, and Yu Shangshu was in the limelight for a while.
Zhou Yi silently delivered meals in prison. After a few years of not seeing each other, the friendship faded.
The world will not be centered on anyone, and time will not stand still because of anyone.
Everyone is very busy.
Ten years flew by.
The chess pieces of Zhouyi each have their own destiny.
Yan Wu died three years ago. The chess piece that Zhou Yi had high hopes for was ambushed while performing a mission, and he was not even avenged.
Whether it was an ambush or not, Zhou Yi didn't bother to explore.
I only heard that Yanwu was extremely talented and entered the country quickly. He was jealous of his superiors and arranged to go to investigate Dayong's military situation.
After Ye Xiong successfully took revenge and eradicated the hundreds of Jin Yiwei who killed his parents, he cherished his life and no longer dared to practice magic skills, and gradually disappeared from the public.
Zhou Yi did not threaten him, so as not to encounter Hexi in thirty years.
With more than thirty chess pieces before and after, only four people achieved 100 households, and only one was promoted to 1000 households.
Yuan Shun, with average talent and smooth temperament, was originally the heir to a small gang in Xuzhou.
When Zhou Yi taught the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Kung Fu, this guy was the only one who was shameless and kowtowed in public. The prisoners in the same cell all thought he was suffering from hysteria.
Yuan Shun had not been out in the field for eight years. He was focused on making money, and somehow he recognized Feng Zhong as his godfather.
Two years ago, he was promoted to Qianhu, Xuzhou Prefecture. Not long after he took office, he arrested more than a dozen corrupt officials, which frightened all the local officials.
There is no need to go into details about the other four hundred households. They were all honest and conscientious on duty. They had suffered many injuries and made many achievements. With good luck, they were sent to serve as hundreds of households in remote counties.
These are normal chess pieces!
Zhou Yi didn't actually care about life or death. He occasionally visited the house to inquire, but he never forced him to do anything.
However, there are too many chess pieces, and some people are using their brains.
For example, Yuan Shun, the former deputy Qianhu, chose to report the "King of Rotation" to the Jin Yiwei in order to take the last critical step.
Fortunately, Zhou Yi and all the chess pieces have always had a single line of contact, and there is no fixed time and place.
Jin Yiwei's internal investigation was frantic, and they searched the prison again and again. There was no so-called hidden old monster at all.
Yuan Shun swore to the sky in the prison, constantly promising Zhong Tongzhi that he would arrest the "King of Lun Luan" and bring him to justice.
Zhou Yi was present at that time, carrying a wooden bucket to deliver the meal.
"The human heart is much more complicated than cultivating immortals!"
…
Autumn, the twenty-fourth year of Jinglong's reign.
Midnight.
Zhou Yi took back a volume from Chunfeng Tower.
"Xuzhou Weird Stories".
"Ten years of hard work have finally paid off, and I have finally gained something. If there really is something in the world of immortality, I can teach little Yuanzi the method of breaking through the innate world."
Zhou Yi took a bath, burned incense, washed his hands, and turned to the first page.
——In the southwest of Xuzhou, a century-old peach tree was struck by lightning, and new sprouts sprouted again. The next year it produced a single peach, weighing three pounds and seven taels. People with tuberculosis recovered after eating it.
"Little Yuanzi has done a good job and knows what real anecdotes are. The guy from the northwest reclamation told me that a strange beast appeared in the world, but it turned out to be a pig painted with gold paint!"
Over the past ten years, I have collected a lot of anecdotes. Except for dangerous places that are difficult to verify and strange people whose traces cannot be found, the rest have nothing to do with immortals.
Either man-made forgery or natural phenomenon.
Zhou Yi once doubted whether there were immortals in the world!
"Northeast of Xuzhou, Wu County produces strong liquor. In the 14th year of Jinglong's reign, there was a strange man selling liquor..."
Zhouyi turned to the second page, and there was a picture next to it. It was a palm-sized wine pot with a simple shape and a pattern that was not like the style of Fengyang Kingdom.
"Little Yuanzi is still working hard!"
Keep scrolling, most of the anecdotes sound like that.
Yuan Shun may not believe in immortality, and just thinks that the "King of Wheels" is old and crazy. This is also the thought of most chess players, but he will not deal with things vaguely because of this.
Of course, the specific authenticity still needs to be investigated.
——The eastern foot of Yunshan Mountain in Xuzhou is shrouded in clouds and fog all year round. Tiqi was sent to explore, but the darkness came out inexplicably.
"It's Yunshan again!"
Zhou Yi's eyes narrowed slightly. There have been several anecdotes related to Yunshan in the past ten years.
For example, local villagers saw a rainbow falling into the mountains, saw strange people in strange clothes asking for directions, and heard strange beasts roaring at night, etc.
"If there are practitioners in Yunshan, wouldn't Emperor Chongming be able to detect such obvious traces?"
The first thing Zhou Yi thought of was not to investigate, but to doubt Yunshan's news. After all, all the strange news came from others, and it was unclear whether it was true or false.
"There must be something fishy in this!"
Within Fengyang Kingdom, Zhou Yi has discovered seven places that are similar to inaccessible places and contain strange stories.
They are all in the mountains and deep forests. Whether it is a blessed land of immortals or a dangerous natural place, there is no definite answer yet.
Keep looking behind you.
——In the twelfth year of Jinglong's reign, a river demon appeared in the lower reaches of Bai River. It was rumored that it was a five-foot-long green dragon, and that boys and girls had to be sacrificed. Later, an immortal came on the rainbow, killed the river demon with his sword, and the people built a temple to worship him!
"You can go and see this!"
Zhou Yi folded the page, thought about it carefully, and then smoothed it out.
"Immortal, stay away for now."
Last page of booklet.
——In January of this year, the white deer appeared in the west of Xuzhou, and the Jinyiwei searched the mountains and dedicated it to Shenjing in May. His Majesty was overjoyed and promoted me to be the envoy of Jinyiwei Town, taking charge of affairs in the southwest state capital.
"Little Yuanzi has been promoted again!"
Zhou Yi was astonished that he was promoted from Bai Ding to a fourth-rank official in ten years. Only the Emperor's own army could do so quickly.
…
Shangyang Palace.
Yo yo deer roar.
A white deer walked gracefully, followed by more than a dozen servants, lest the old man bump into it.
When Emperor Jinglong grew old, he was no longer obsessed with cultivating immortality and refining elixirs, but was keen on auspiciousness. The state capitals from all over the country responded to their needs and presented white sparrows, white swallows, white fish, etc., and many people were promoted as a result.
The most precious thing now is this white deer. A few days ago, the servant did not take good care of it, so he took it out and killed it with a cane.
Emperor Jinglong was sitting on the dragon chair, watching the white deer chirping happily, and said with a smile: "Yu Aiqing, the appearance of the white deer is a sign of prosperity for the country!"
"Your Majesty, I am talking about Northern Xinjiang..."
Yu Su had just reported that when he returned from patrolling the northern Xinjiang border, he found that local military leaders had appeared. If he continued to delay the situation, there might be disaster in the vassal town.
"Yu Aiqing, the northern border is desolate, and we must rely on the Ministry of Household Affairs to support the army. Even if there is chaos, it is just a disease. Without food, grass, and military pay, it will be settled quickly."
Emperor Jinglong said in a deep voice: "Now the worries of the country are in this imperial city!"
"Your Majesty, please do not act rashly!"
Yu Su persuaded: "Now that we have only obtained military power, the civil servants in the court have not yet been eliminated. Only by cutting these two pairs of wings can we be safe."
Yu Su had expected that Emperor Jinglong would re-establish the crown prince, and planned to take this opportunity to rectify the military equipment and reform the officialdom.
After ten years of hard work, Fengyang State's military equipment took on a completely new look, especially when it completely took control of the Beijing camp.
The imperial army defended the imperial city, so Emperor Jinglong could endure it for so long and never revealed his intention to re-establish the crown prince in the court.
"Yu Aiqing knows how to run an army and a country, but he doesn't understand palace affairs."
Emperor Jinglong clapped his hands and said, "Come out, let Yu Aiqing see that I am not an incompetent king!"
One after another, old figures fell into the hall, as fast as ghosts, and their auras were as deep as a mountain.
"These guys..."
Yu Su had seen top masters, but there was a huge gap between him and these old men. He couldn't help but asked in horror: "Could he be a martial arts master?"
It is rare in the world for martial arts masters to have eight of them appear at once, which is truly unbelievable.
"Ha ha!"
Seeing Yu Su's horrified look, Emperor Jinglong said with a proud look on his face: "I asked the Jinyi Guards to arrest people in the world just to train them. Unfortunately, the technique is too weird and few people can practice it to perfection."
"Otherwise, let alone eight, there will be more than eighty!"
"There are 100,000 troops outside to suppress Shenjing, and there are eight grandmasters inside to protect them, but the Zhang family only has six!"
"With eight versus six, I have the advantage!"
