Ji Yuan couldn’t help laughing when he heard Lao Long’s description of the “bald spy”.
“Although what I said is serious, after all, Master Huitong has real abilities. The Dharma is profound and he has merit to protect the body. He has the luck to turn disaster into good luck.”
Luck is something that rises and falls sometimes, and sometimes seems very mysterious. Even those who are cultivators of immortality cannot be sure of everything. However, there is a saying that merit can help luck. The more pure it is, the less it is mixed with too much desire. The more merits and virtues there are, the more Ji Yuan is willing to believe in it.
Monk Huitong has merit and virtue in his body, and it is relatively pure. Most of them are the result of his sincere prayers for blessings and disaster relief by attending Dharma meetings. He also has merits for liberating some innocent souls and ghosts, or using Buddhist methods. Reading scriptures, or using King Ming’s method of subduing demons, is a way of salvation anyway.
So Ji Yuan feels that this monk’s luck will not be too bad, as long as his mental quality is good enough and he is not too out of touch. This is also reassuring.
While Ji Yuan’s thoughts seemed to be drifting across Tingqiu Mountain with the wind, Old Long beside him looked at the mountain and his friends next to him.
“Mr. Ji, I heard that you have a magical sword technique called ‘Tian Qing’. It is said that once this sword technique is released, it will have the power of the sky toppling the earth. If you don’t have the state of mind to resist the sky, you will be in trouble.” Unable to face this sword force…”
Lao Long paused for a moment before continuing.
“I have arrived at Tingqiu Mountain again today. I wonder if Mr. Ji can let me see it?”
Ji Yuan’s eyebrows suddenly twitched twice. Did Lao Long want to compete with him? This kind of joke is not allowed!
“It’s nothing subtle. It’s just a trick to scare people. Mr. Ying, don’t take what you hear and take it seriously. It’s just a way to scare outsiders from entering Dazhen. Oh, by the way, there is a kind of soil in Tingshui County, Jinzhou. The wine is called ‘Toyaki’, and it tastes pretty good. I slept for half a year after drinking it last time, and now that I think about it, I’m still not satisfied, so I’m going to buy some.”
With a self-deprecating smile, Ji Yuan said a few words before turning around and walking away from the clouds, rejecting Lao Long’s suggestion with action.
Old Long saw that Ji Yuan had already left, so he had no choice but to follow him. He could not force others to do this kind of thing. In his impression, although Ji Yuan was free and easy, he was also a serious person, so he temporarily turned off this Thought.
The power of this sword was very mysterious. Old Long was already very interested. Especially when he saw the mountain **** of Tingqiu Mountain today, he understood that this mountain **** was by no means an ordinary person. He became even more curious about the so-called “sword coming out of the sky and overturning it”. How powerful it is, can you withstand it?
It’s a pity that he wanted to see it just now, but Ji Yuan changed the subject with a few self-deprecating words. This also made Old Long regretful and couldn’t help but think about it. He was afraid that this sword technique was too powerful to be used at this moment. Let’s show it in this land of Jinzhou.
. . .
On the other end, just a cup of tea away, at the foot of a mountain to the north of Tingqiu Mountain, there was a burst of smoke and dust after the flow of mountain soil.
When the smoke cleared, monk Huitong and the mountain **** of Tingqiu Mountain were revealed behind them.
The latter points to the mountain stream in the distance ahead and the mountain village road with smoke rising from the side.
“Master, we have set foot in Tingliang Kingdom. This is Nanyue Prefecture. If we go all the way north, we can enter the hinterland of Tingliang Kingdom’s Central Plains.”
“Wonderful Great Bright Buddha, thank you, Lord Mountain God, for seeing me off. I’m leaving now, little monk!”
Monk Huitong performed a Buddhist salute to the mountain god, then walked forward without looking back, holding his Zen staff.
“Master, wait!”
Hearing the mountain **** calling him from behind, Monk Huitong turned his head and looked at the mountain **** in confusion. He saw the latter stretched out his right hand and opened his palm, revealing a small orange-yellow stone on it.
“Can you lend me the master’s bead necklace?”
Are you going to give me something?
Monk Huitong thought for a moment, then took off a string of Buddhist beads from his neck and handed them over.
The mountain **** took the beads in his left hand, held them in his right hand, and the yellow pebbles in his hands became round, and then pressed one of the beads on the string of beads with his thumb.
“Papa~”
The bead fell from the prayer beads, bounced on the ground and was caught by the mountain **** in his hand. Then, together with the string of beads that had been replaced with a bead, they were returned to monk Huitong.
“Master, this is an earth stone, also known as the mountain **** stone or the earth stone. If you hold it, the earth escape spirit talisman can be of great help. If you crush it, it will have a rich earth spirit energy, which can easily attract one party. If the land or mountain spirit comes over, you may be able to get it to help you if you give it to it.”
“Mountain God Stone? Many thanks to the Mountain God of Tingqiu Mountain for the gift!”
Monk Huitong bowed sincerely again, then took the beads and brought them back to his neck, while carefully putting away the fallen one.
“Okay, please take care, Master, Hong is leaving!”
Seeing that the monks were all ready, the mountain **** cupped his hands and sank directly into the ground and disappeared.
Looking at the direction where the mountain **** disappeared, the monk sighed.
“Hey…even the mountain gods want to give me treasures. I hope I can turn the bad luck into good luck!”
“Dingle bell…”
The copper ring on the Zen staff rang. The monk straightened his bamboo hat and walked out of the mountain, first to the mountain village.
. . .
On the tenth day of September, one day after the Double Ninth Festival, when Emperor Yuande was still discussing alchemy with the Zhongtian masters, something happened that had a great impact on the court.
Not long after he took office, the right servant of Shangshu shot Chen Yuhe. Because of his favor and arrogance, he offended the emperor and was directly thrown into the prison of the Ministry of Punishment.
For a time, Chen Yuhe, who had just been promoted from the position of magistrate of Wanzhou, a celebrity in the court who was expected to be promoted to prime minister in the future, became a sinner. Although the emperor did not deprive him of his official position for the time being, everyone in the government and the public knew about it. , Today’s emperor is increasingly suspicious and moody, which is very dangerous. Several admonishers have been beheaded in recent years.
Later, there were rumors that Chen Yuhe confessed some Wanzhou secrets because of his inner fear in the prison. As a result, instead of being exempted from his own punishment, the emperor Long Yan was furious and was directly dismissed from his post. Official position, removed from Shangshu Province.
This not only caused the government and the public to discuss and speculate, but the news spread back to Wanzhou, making countless officials in Wanzhou feel uneasy and unable to sleep at night. Chen Yuhe was even scolded and stabbed countless times in private. Straw man.
At night on October 12th, in the backyard of Lishun Mansion in Wanzhou.
Yin Zhaoxian was holding the child and walking around playing with the baby, while his wife was sitting on the bed and looking at her husband and child tenderly.
“Dong dong dong…”
“Sir, the prefect of Yunbo Prefecture is here to visit, do you see him?”
After the knock on the door, the voice of one of Yin Zhaoxian’s confidants came.
Yin Zhaoxian handed the child to his wife.
“Ma’am, take care of the children. I’ll go see Mr. Zhao.”
“Yeah!”
Yin Zhao nodded first and then turned around and walked over to open the door. What appeared in front of his confidants was his master’s confident smile.
“Let’s go see Mr. Zhao.”
As soon as something happened to Chen Yuhe in the capital, the news was also very sensitive. It immediately made Wanzhou officials big and small, especially those who were corrupt, have no food to eat. After thinking about it, many people sent The cronies sent secret messages to the DPRK and China to find connections and inquire about the situation.
When most of the secret messages sent to the court fell into disarray, and the few who received replies were unclear, many people thought of Yin Zhaoxian, who was deeply favored by the emperor.
Three yuan and three yuan in a row, he was deeply valued by the emperor, and he was a future prime minister. During this period, he also received many benefits from Wanzhou. Wanzhou officials believed that they were familiar with Magistrate Yin.
It’s just that Yin Zhaoxian has been avoiding seeing him before. This time the prefect of Wanzhou capital came secretly, and it was almost time.
In the living room, there was actually not only the prefect of Yunbo Prefecture, but also several other officials who “happened” to visit. In addition to several county magistrates from Lishun Prefecture, there were also several officials from Yunbo Prefecture.
The sound of Yin Zhaoxian’s fast footsteps echoed in the corridor, which also cheered up everyone in the living room, and they all said, “Master Zhao still has more face.”
“Mr. Zhao, I have been waiting for a long time. Yin was just taking care of his wife and children… Uh, are you adults here too?”
Yin Zhaoxian’s words followed the people in. It seemed that he only realized there were so many people after entering the hall.
“Hello, Master Yin!” “Master Yin, you are finally here!”
All the officials stood up and saluted.
Yin Zhaoxian looked frowning and troubled. To a discerning eye, it seemed that he originally only wanted to see Magistrate Zhao, but he finally sighed and sat down.
“Yi Qiu, take people to watch the surroundings of the hall, and no servants in the house are allowed to approach!”
“Yes, sir!”
Seeing Yin Zhaoxian’s men going out with such an order, everyone except Magistrate Zhao breathed a sigh of relief and had some expectations.
Several oil lamps with lampshades illuminated the hall clearly. Yin Zhaoxian and Magistrate Zhao sat at the head.
Yin Zhaoxian stared at the crowd with either uneasy or expectant expressions.
“I also have some connections in the court. Mr. Chen’s affairs in the court…are very bad. Although it can be said that he only said one-sided words, he said a lot of things that should be said and should not be said…”
“Chen Yuhe, this wolf-hearted beast!” “Damn guy, he ate the most, but in the end he sold us!”
“Hateful!”
……
“Please be patient, Yin said, this is just Mr. Chen’s one-sided statement.”
“Oh, it’s already now. Master Yin, do you still call that beast Chen Yuhe a master?”
“Yes, Mr. Yin values love and righteousness, but friendship cannot be given to the wrong dog!”
A few officials nearby couldn’t bear it, even the prefect Zhao.
Yin Zhaoxian sighed on his face, but sneered in his heart. His friendship was not given easily.
“Sir, some inspectors came to Wanzhou in the past. Apart from offering benefits, they actually couldn’t find out anything. Even if they had suspicions, there was no evidence. In addition, there were people in the court who helped to speak, so it was probably fine. But This time…”
Yin Zhaoxian said heartbrokenly.
“This time it was Master Chen, it was Chen Yuhe who said this. This is really… Even though there is no evidence, I can’t help the emperor starting to believe it. Even if we are all innocent, we can’t do it without dragging some people into the water. Good.”
Seeing the frightened expressions on several people’s faces, Yin Zhaoxian continued to press harder.
“To be honest, the emperor still trusts me. Yesterday, Yin received the emperor’s secret letter, asking me which officials in Wanzhou were corrupt. He went to Shuyuan www.zhaoshuyuan.com and ordered me to collect evidence. Later, An inspector will be sent here.”
Speaking of this, Yin Zhaoxian took out the yellow silk scroll with the jade seal in his arms, and the officials on the side raised their hands in a reflexive gesture.
Yin Zhaoxian hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop him.
“Chen Yuhe is actually quite conscientious. He only said that 20% of the officials in Wanzhou were corrupt. This time the emperor was so angry that he asked me to find someone to fill in the 20% hole…”
The more Yin Zhaoxian spoke, the lower his voice became, and his eyes narrowed.
“There is a saying called pre-emptive strike, and there is another saying called adding insult to injury! Everyone, I, Yin Zhaoxian, do not want to be one of the 20% of officials!”
A group of officials looked at the jade seal on Huang Juan and looked at each other with uncertain expressions.
Instead of trying to fight alone, it is better to drive the tiger and wolf to fight each other. This is a strategy that Yin Qing discussed with his father in private before leaving Wanzhou.
In fact, Chen Yuhe only confessed to a few people in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, including Yin Zhaoxian himself. This is naturally not enough, even 20% is far from enough…
In the next two months, the entire Wanzhou was shrouded in a dark cloud. Yin Zhaoxian used various overt and covert means to form a group of Wanzhou officials who were originally united into a small group where everyone was in danger and hated each other. group.
At the end of the year, the imperial court’s massive inspection team arrived in Wanzhou. At the same time, a group of experts dispatched from the imperial city secretly arrived at Lishun Mansion and reported to Yin Zhaoxian.
All parties launched an attack at the time of the New Year, which caught off guard the officials who thought they would be able to escape the disaster and celebrate the New Year with a sigh of relief. Before the end of the first month, six out of ten officials in Wanzhou’s official circles were reduced, and each county even needed to use the title of chief bookkeeper. When the adjutant took over his duties, it became known as the “Bloody Silk Case” in history.