Chapter 141: Quanzhen Peace
Zhang Yuelu asked, "How do you feel now?"
Qi Xuansu replied, "I feel that I have refined all the accumulated medicinal power. If I divide the Yuxu stage into ten equal parts, it will increase my cultivation by about 20% out of thin air, saving me a year of hard work. You really don't want to drink a gourd?"
"No." Zhang Yuelu shook his head and refused, "Your 20% and my 20% are not the same. When you were a child, half a bowl of rice was enough. Do you still only eat half a bowl now?"
Qi Xuansu smacked his lips and felt that it made sense.
The passenger ship slowly approached the shore. Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu said goodbye to the female deacon and left the ship and went ashore.
Although Jiangling Prefecture is the capital of Huzhou, Huzhou Daofu is not in Jiangling Prefecture, but on Taihe Mountain in Taihe County, Xunyang Prefecture. According to legend, this place is the place where the ancient Xuanwu ascended to heaven, and there is a saying that "only Zhenwu is worthy of it."
This place is not only a holy place for Taoism, but also a blessed place of caves and heavens. There are 72 peaks, 36 rocks, 24 streams, 11 pools, 10 ponds, 12 caves, 11 springs, 10 terraces and 3 waterfalls. Its main peak, Tianzhu Peak, is like a golden and jade-carved pillar that towers over the sky. It is known as "a pillar that supports the sky". Tianzhu Peak is surrounded by 72 peaks, and each peak bows its head towards the main peak, forming a spectacular scene of "72 peaks facing the top and 24 streams flowing".
In the previous Wei Dynasty, Taihe Mountain was named "Da Yue" and "Xuan Yue for Governing the World", and was known as "the four famous mountains all bowed and bowed, and the five immortal mountains all bowed to the ancestors".
From the map, Huzhou Daofu is very far away from Jiangling Prefecture, and is closer to Shuzhou and Qinzhou, or to Difei Mountain, which is known as the center of Quanzhen Taoism.
If Yujing is the center of the entire Taoism, then Yunjin Mountain, Difei Mountain and Penglai Island are the core of Zhengyi Dao, Quanzhen Dao and Taiping Dao respectively. Qi Xuansu had never been to Difei Mountain and Penglai Island, but was about to go to Yunjin Mountain. Although Zhang Yuelu's home was not in the Great Zhenren Mansion, it was on the hillside of Yunjin Mountain.
Thinking of this, Qi Xuansu was inexplicably nervous. The fame of Yunjin Mountain was only part of the reason. The more important reason was that she was about to meet the strong-willed Madam Tan Tai.
Zhang Yuelu began to calculate the days. Although she said that it would be best to return home on New Year's Eve, she did not dare to go so far. If she really did so, Madam Tan Tai would probably fly directly to Yujing to settle accounts with her next year. After all, she could not stay away from Yujing all the time. She would have to rest in Yujing for a while.
So Zhang Yuelu calculated that she would go home in the middle of the twelfth lunar month, and then leave on the sixth day of the first lunar month by flying boat. Half a month was not long or short, and it should be enough to fool around.
It was now the middle of November, and there was still a month before the middle of the twelfth lunar month. From Huzhou to Wuzhou, from Jiangling Prefecture to Shangqing Prefecture, one month was plenty of time, so she could walk slowly.
However, Zhang Yuelu did not plan to go to Jiangling City, but decided to go directly to Wuzhou.
Perhaps the incident in Baidi City made her think more, and she did not want to cause trouble for no reason.
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Compared to the great reputation of Qingluan Guard, the Imperial Guard Duwei Mansion is not very eye-catching. But this is reasonable. After all, it is under the feet of the emperor. Not to mention the major government offices, there is also the cabinet above. Qingluan Guard is only a third-rank government office after all. No matter how powerful it is, it dare not give others a handle in public.
However, because Qingluan Guard is the emperor's personal army, it has a special status. Unlike other personal army offices scattered in the inner city alleys, it is close to Chengtian Gate, the main gate of the imperial city, on the west side of Qianbu Corridor, adjacent to the deposed Grand Dudu Mansion, and across the street from the six government offices on the east side. It can be said to be located in a core position, second only to the cabinet located in the imperial city.
The gate of the Imperial Guards' Mansion was guarded by armored Qingluan Guards. Anyone who approached would be detained and interrogated, not to mention entering. Even a hall official could not enter without an imperial decree.
The Imperial Guards' Mansion was divided into the South Court and the North Court, corresponding to the famous South Pacification Division and the North Pacification Division respectively.
In a dim signing room in the South Court, there was nothing else except a kang, a table and a cabinet. A woman wearing a third-rank embroidered leopard military officer's robe was sitting cross-legged on the kang, her face shrouded in dim light and shadow, and could not be seen clearly.
A fifth-rank Qingluan Guard stood in front of the kang, presenting a secret letter with intact wax in both hands.
The woman was Yunluo, the commander of the South Pacification Division, and the only woman among the three Qingluan Guards' hall officials. And the fifth-rank Qingluan Guard Qianhu was Zhao Guangji, the seal-holding Qianhu of Luzhou Qianhu.
Yun Luo took the secret letter, but didn't rush to open it. He bent his index finger and tapped it lightly on the table, raised his head and asked, "What else did Jiang Bieyun say?"
As she raised her head, her whole face emerged from the darkness. It was a very beautiful face, but her expression was cold, like a piece of ice in the cold winter. Coupled with her unconcealed cold murderous aura, people were deterred and then afraid.
Zhao Guangji had the style of a military general on the battlefield. He was burly, but he didn't give people a sense of roughness. Instead, he added a bit of majesty. His expression was calm and cold, without any violence. After all, he could climb to the position of a thousand households in the Qingluan Guard. He would never be a man with a head full of fighting and killing.
He replied in a deep voice: "Reporting to the Tongzhi, Master Jiang just asked the Tongzhi to open it in person."
Yun Luo then opened the secret letter in his hand. The two pages of letter paper were filled with dense small regular script.
She read the contents of the letter carefully without any expression, and she did not even make any comment on the contents of the letter.
Yun Luo put the letter in her hand on the table and asked, "Have you read it?"
Zhao Guangji shook his head and said: "Since I asked you to open it in person, my subordinates naturally dare not open it without permission, so I have never seen it."
Yun Luo picked up the secret letter sent by Jiang Bieyun: "Regarding Li Hongwen's case, it was decided by you and Jiang Bieyun, and you sent people to do it. You can read it yourself." He handed the letter over. past.
Zhao Guangji took the letter and immediately lowered his head to read it.
Yun Luo said calmly: "You were afraid of attracting attention, so you didn't take action personally. But in the end, the news leaked out before you took action. Both Quanzhen Taoism and Zhengyiyi had a hand in it, and others took the cake."
After reading the secret letter, Zhao Guangji raised his head and said, "It has nothing to do with the Quanzhen Tao and Zhengyi Yi. It should have nothing to do with our Qingluan Guards. It is their Taiping Tao that has a problem, but Jiang Bieyun avoids talking about this."
"It's not surprising." Yun Luo's tone remained calm, "If you mess up an errand, before taking the initiative to plead guilty, you always have to shirk responsibility and avoid the important. Otherwise, will Master Qingwei spare him?"
Zhao Guangji put the letter back on the kang table in front of Yun Luo. He was silent for a moment and then asked, "What do you mean, Lord Tongzhi, by asking me to come over?"
Yun Luo stared at him closely: "Li Hongwen is dead. A small county magistrate is nothing. Even if this case is closed, it is not a big deal. The key is whether this matter is really related to Donghua." Is it related to the real person? If it is related to the real person Donghua, then we can give an explanation to the real person Qingwei. After all, the real person Donghua intervened, what can we do, let these two people who are also among the best in the golden palace go to the ring? Just answer one question: Who is the person who killed Zhuge Yongming? Why are they both Quanzhen Taoists killing each other? If it has nothing to do with Master Donghua, then who is the person who took the 'Xuan Jade'?"
Zhao Guangji was silent again, and after a long time he said: "I have been to Fengtai County in person, and the person who took action was very sophisticated, leaving no trace or a living person. As for Zhuge Yongming's death, he died The person from 'Xuanyin Tu' and 'Inn' died from 'Tangled Heart Silk', so it should be the same person who took action twice."
Yun Luo picked up two thin pages of paper, brought them to the oil lamp and lit them. When the ignited fire was about to burn his fingers, he threw the ashes of the letter onto the brick floor.
Yun Luo looked at Zhao Guangji and said slowly: "Master Qingwei is entering the capital on behalf of Taiping Dao this time, so he has set up a guard of honor and walks very slowly. But even so, he will arrive at the Imperial Capital soon. According to usual practice, he will Staying at Taipingguan, you should know how close Taipingguan is to the Qingjun Duwei Mansion where we are now. Master Qingwei will probably drop by our place after the interview. How should we respond then? You have to think about it.”
Zhao Guangji said in a deep voice: "I understand my humble position, please rest assured, Lord Tongzhi."
Yun Luo waved his hand, indicating that Zhao Guangji could retreat.
After Zhao Guangji left the pledge room, Yun Luo stood up from the kang and scattered the remaining ashes on the ground with his feet, his face uncertain.