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Chapter 181 Books
Bozhou.

After reading the secret letter in his hand, Zhang Hongdao got up and walked to the study.

In the study room, Zhang Rou, Jing Jie, Jing Xuan and others are discussing the matter of attacking Zhao, Song and Huaihe Rivers this autumn.

In order to cooperate with the Sichuan-Shu war, it is still necessary to invade and plunder, but it is not necessary to lose troops too much, the Zhang family can grasp the measure.

Zhang Hongdao arrived in the room, sat down and listened for a while, and didn't say anything more about this small battle, after all, it was an annual practice.

After everyone finished chatting and retreated, only a few core members of the Zhang family were left, he handed over the secret letter in his hand.

"News came from Lin'an that Li Xia has gone to Qingfu County, Xuzhou to serve as a county captain."

"Not dead yet?"

"Ah."

"The one surnamed Liu became the number one scholar, and he became more and more affected by Zhao Song's cowardly habits in the officialdom. If he doesn't do shit, he can kill it."

"It's not necessary, it's not easy to raise a meticulous worker."

Jing Jie received the secret letter and looked at it for a while, raised his eyebrows, and said slightly mockingly: "This little lunatic worked so hard just to find a county captain? Oh, why don't you say it earlier, please uncle reward him with an official position."

"He was born on death row, and at that age, it's not easy to be a county lieutenant."

"Heh, Zhao Song's civil officials are in power."

"People like Zhao Song because of his integrity."

Jing Jie detested this the most, and snorted lightly: "Bullshit integrity."

Zhang Hongdao smiled, his eyes were a little complicated, and he whispered: "Luohong is not a heartless thing, it turns into spring mud to protect flowers."

Jingxuan said: "Poetry is really good."

"Send someone to Syria to kill them?"

"The mountains are long and the rivers are far away. Sending someone to go is too variable. If you are caught, things will be even more troublesome."

"Speaking of which, Li Xia returned to the Song Dynasty and did not expose my Zhang family."

Zhang Hongdao shook his head and said: "That's because he is humble and light-hearted. If one day he gets promoted, just look at him."

Jing Jie said: "Wu Lang has always used his strength to do the greatest things at the least cost. What's the plan this time?"

"Please ask my father to write a letter to Wang Dechen. If his party encounters Li Xia, he will kill him."

"This is the wise way."

"We also need to say hello to Quanzhen Sect." Jingxuan said: "When doing things, you must not be perfunctory like Wang Xiao."

"Yes." Zhang Hongdao took it for granted, and said, "Wang Muqiao used a fake corpse to fool the Quanzhen Sect, at most it can save face, but the knot in my heart is still unresolved."

Zhang Judao: "I heard that Li Zhichang, the head teacher of Quanzhen, died of anger because of the fire at Chongyang Temple in Kaifeng."

"Li Zhichang was already seriously ill, but he said it was amazing. Tao is the foundation of practice, so it was ruined..."

Jing Xuan let out a long sigh, and said: "This old man has an old friend with Dong Mingzi Qi Zhicheng, so write a letter to Zhongnan Mountain."

Zhang Rou nodded and said, "Let's do it like this."

As far as the Zhang family is concerned, this is the case for the time being. They are princes and politicians, and the whip is not in time, and they also pay attention to trade-offs...

~~
Zhongnan Mountain, Chongyang Palace.

Now is the time when the Quanzhen religion is in its heyday. The ancestral court of Zhongnan Mountain is a magnificent temple. The Chongyang Palace was named "Chongyang Longevity Palace" by the Mobei Khan Court, enjoying the "ancestral court of the world" and "the holy place of Quanzhen". known as.

There are more than [-] halls here, and the palace area extends to the Laoyu River in the east, Ganyu River in the west, Zhongnan Mountain in the south, and Weishui River in the north, covering a vast area.

Taoist disciples gather and incense is at its peak.

However, on this day, mournful wailing resounded in Chongyang Palace.

"What did you say?"

"Teacher Zhenchang Daoist...in Yanjing Changchun Temple...the immortal passed away!"

"Senior Brother! Senior Brother..."

a long time.

Qi Zhicheng recovered from his grief and asked, "Who is the new head teacher?"

"Before the immortal head teacher passed away, he ordered Chunhe to take over the position of head teacher."

"Fortunately, Senior Brother Wang is in charge of the overall situation." Qi Zhicheng nodded, and asked again: "I heard that Da Khan is going to hold a debate on Buddhism and Taoism again?"

"It's a troubled time, I'm afraid the Great Khan no longer believes in our Quanzhen Sect."

"Khan Ting's position is probably more in favor of Buddhism."

"No matter what, you should do your best."

"Senior Brother Wang may not be easy to teach..."

After talking for a long time, Qi Zhicheng endured his grief and anxiety, and asked about the real life of Li Zhichang before his death.

"Zhenchang Daoist...he died without resting his eyes. Last month, news of the burning of Chongyang Temple in Kaifeng spread to the Changchun Palace, and Zhenchang Daoist lost his soul. 23 years of hard work in construction, it was in vain! 23 years! It was in vain. ...

Zhenchang Zhenren had been muttering about this before he passed away. It is said that this fire broke the foundation of Quanzhen Sect's luck, and the profuse conversion to Buddhism may also have something to do with it...

The Jinglue Mansion had no intention of investigating, and turned the fake corpse into a major incident.But Master Zhenchang left a last instruction, be sure to sacrifice the head of the real arsonist in front of the mountain gate, otherwise the luck will not change, and the decline of Quanzhen may be in sight..."

"Li Xia."

"Yes, Zhenchang Daoist chanted this name at the end... Ascension to Ascension..."

"Li Xia." Qi Zhicheng murmured again, as if he could think of the scene where Li Zhichang stared and died.

He slowly put down the whisk, turned back to the side hall, and picked up a letter from the case.

"Qingfu County... Li Xia..."

~~
In Qingfu County, Li Xia walked into Fang Yankai's public house.

"Is the owner's book not in?"

Jiang Quan raised his head, glanced into the room, and said, "Yes, the master is not here."

Li Xia asked, "Where did you go?"

"This... I don't know."

"Then I'll come back this afternoon."

"Yes, county lieutenant, go slowly."

Li Xia walked out of the public house and left the front office, but walked around and entered the back office through the back door.

Jiang Cang, who was studying in the courtyard, was taken aback for a moment, quite puzzled.

"Hey, Captain Li, why are you back in the daytime? Are you leaving the city today?"

Li Xia walked over, casually picked up the "Four Books Chapters and Sentences" in Jiang Cang's hand, and shook out another book from it. He picked it up and saw that it was "You Wei Lu".

"Be careful that your husband beats you."

"Hey, sir is sick today, where is County Lieutenant Li going?"

"Don't worry about it..."

In Qianya, Jiang Quan put down his pen, left the public room, looked around for a while, and asked the door: "Li Xianwei is gone?"

"Yes."

Jiang Quan nodded, pushed open the door of Chengfa's room, and said, "Dong Weng, County Lieutenant Li is gone."

Fang Yankai was sitting at a table reviewing official documents, and said calmly: "Even if he comes to look for me today, he just asks for money."

"How does Dong Weng know?"

"The money and food are all drawn from you, how can I not know?"

Jiang Quan said: "There are more than [-] coins left in the account book."

"No more." Fang Yankai said.

Jiang Yan was taken aback for a moment, closed his eyes, rubbed his fingers together, and muttered softly.

"At the beginning, the county allocated [-] guan to him. Later, the magistrate exempted the county from the autumn grain, and allocated another [-] guan to him. A total of [-] guan was used for chartering boats, building camps, launching artillery, repairing docks, making leather armor, etc. Making weapons, buying food...there are indeed more than [-] guns left."

Fang Yankai didn't raise his head, and said, "You still don't understand?"

"This... please tell Dong Weng clearly."

"Three hundred patrolmen, 50 of them have the quota of public officials, and the monthly salary increases by 250 yuan, and the remaining 820 people have three guans per month, which is [-] five guans; Yu Guan; counting daily expenses, Li Feiyu no longer dares to spend half of the remaining money in this account, and will definitely come to ask for money again."

Jiang Quan was very impressed, and said: "Yes, the students are far inferior to Dong Weng, and they are not as good as Li Xianwei."

"You are not as good as Han Jingzhi, Han Yining and his son." Fang Yankai said, "Han Jingzhi and his son have made it clear to Li Feiyu that this is the case."

Jiang Yan looked ashamed and said, "The student knows his mistake."

"Act in the future and think more."

"Yes." Jiang Yan responded, and asked again after pondering: "However, it is not the way for Dong Weng to avoid Captain Li."

"If Li Feiyu only trained more than a hundred people, why did he end up here?" Fang Yankai said, "He is greedy for success and doesn't care about the county's financial resources. What can I do? Let him show his attitude first and let him find someone else..."

Halfway through the conversation, someone suddenly asked a question.

"Who did the landlord tell me to ask for?"

Fang Yankai raised his head and Jiang Yan turned his head, embarrassment appeared on their faces.

Fang Yankai's energy-raising skills are not bad, he lowered his head and continued to review the official documents, as if he was sitting in his own office.

Jiang Yan said awkwardly: "Li County Lieutenant came, and I found out that Dong Weng was here to issue the official documents for housing approval, haha, I am so tired that I can find it..."

Li Xia said: "I heard everything you said from beginning to end."

(End of this chapter)