Longevity begins with a dog

Chapter 148 Lou Youzhi returns to Beijing!The city is full of anger!

There is nothing unusual about the sixth level of imperial prison.

Because it looks like a serious prison, somewhat similar to the black prison in Qianhusuo.

A long corridor with cells on both sides and vents on the top.

There are plants like vines, hanging from the vents, and crawling all over the walls of the cell.

As the three old men said, the seventh floor is empty, and there are no prisoners.

Xu Chong stayed on this floor for a full fifteen days.

Fifteen days, 15 spiritual sources!
"The agreement is three years."

"In three years, there are more than a thousand spiritual sources."

"Not enough..."

"Don't talk about immortality, judging from the fact that one transformation of the Yin God requires 50 points of spiritual origin, and more than a thousand spiritual sources may not even reach the nine transformations of the Yang God."

"And even if you can reach the Nine Transformations of Yangshen, what can you do?"

Xu Chong got up and walked towards the end of the corridor without hesitation.

There is the entrance to the seventh floor.

It may be because he stayed on the sixth floor for a long time, so this time, Xu Chong did not lose his composure and was on the seventh floor.

The hell-like scene suddenly came into view!
With an area of ​​over a hundred square meters, fiery red magma flows slowly, and four rocks with cages float on it.

Hot, dry, oppressive.

In just a short moment, Xu Chong was sweating profusely.

But it was precisely this hellish environment that unexpectedly came out with an impassioned voice.

"Xiao Xiaozhao's prison fire is bright."

"On the hot red lava gushing rock."

"Fire burns everything in the world."

"Only I, Lin, laughed wildly."

Xu Chong's heart tightened, and he looked vigilantly at the source of the voice.

In one of the cages, there was a man with disheveled hair, whose face and age could not be seen clearly.

The man turned his back to this side, looked at the magma outside the cage, and chanted loudly, feeling at ease.

Not surprisingly, this man who called himself 'Lin' was the most dangerous person in the world that Dou Zi said.

"Well, good poem, good poem, I have to write it down!"

Satisfied, the man smashed his mouth and turned around to look for stones.

Turning around, he saw Xu Chong standing on the magma at the mouth of the vortex.

Four eyes facing each other.

After a short silence, the man said in a deep voice, "Has Emperor Qing finally lost his patience?"

Xu Chong ignored it, and while maintaining vigilance, his eyes wandered, looking for the food that existed on the seventh floor.

He didn't make any extra preparations when he was sent to prison this time. After coming in for so many days, he also survived by relying on the food in the prison.

For example, fruits, vegetables, fish and shrimp on the first floor, plant roots on the fourth floor, aquatic plants on the fifth floor, and vines on the sixth floor.

Without these things, he would have starved to death in it.

On the seventh floor...

It seems not.

Xu Chong frowned.

"Aren't you here to kill me?"

The man chuckled, "Go, I've told you everything I know."

Xu Chong ignored it, and walked to the nearest cage by stepping on the magma.

The seventh floor still has no restrictions on him, with a slight push, the gate of the cage opens.

However, the slippery and soft feeling that came back made Xu Chong's heart move slightly, and he moved closer.

It turned out that there was a thin layer of black plants attached to the railing of the cage, which should be some kind of moss.

Not only the railings, but also the walls and the ground.

Obviously, this is the only source of drinking water for the seventh floor prison.

Xu Chong tore off a piece and put it in his mouth.

As soon as I took it in, a sharp bitterness erupted on the tip of my tongue.

In just an instant, the entire face began to go numb.

"Hehe, fire moss is poisonous, but it won't kill you. It's a little too naive for you to impress me by self-mutilation."

The man smiled disdainfully, and said, "I, Lin Kuang, have been arrested for more than 20 years. What methods have you never used against me?"

Xu Chong ignored it, walked into the cell, and closed the door behind him.

"Yo, imprisoned here?"

Lin Kuang continued, "Are you going to rely on time to build a relationship with me, and talk to me?"

"Don't be afraid to tell you, this trick has been used before."

"It's just that the most ruthless one ran away after staying here for a month."

I don't know if it's dangerous or not, but there are so many words.

Xu Chong was silent, first cleaned out the fire moss on the stone bed, piled it beside the bed, and then sat on it by himself.

After the numbness on the face subsided a little, he picked up another piece of fire moss and put it in his mouth.

It’s okay to be bitter, but the main reason is that it’s astringent, and the energy is really strong.

He suspected that if he ate two or three taels in a row, he would be able to anesthetize himself.

"Seeing how young you are, why don't you listen to persuasion?"

Lin Kuang shook his head, didn't say any more, and started to write and draw on the ground while groping for stones.

There was no fire moss on the floor of his cell.

It is densely covered with small characters, all of which have been altered and covered, making it a mess.

After a while, Lin Kuang finished writing and went back to the stone bed to lie down.

If Xu Chong took a closer look, he would find that next to Lin Kuangxin's lame poem, there were four vigorous characters
——worship.

"Unfortunately, there is only more than a year left."

Lin Kuang looked at the top of the cell with a disappointed expression, "I think we won't have a chance to see each other."

……

……

On this day, Lou Youzhi returned to court.

The common people praised him and greeted him.

The petals and red carpet spread out for more than ten miles.

After all, there are also people in the capital who survived natural disasters and then changed their lives.

Under the exaggeration of these people, the court's disaster relief has become an extremely sacred thing.

Even the Relief Envoy is full of respect.

Naturally, such a ceremony was formed to welcome the relief envoy back to Beijing.

But this time it seems a little different.

Why are those officers and soldiers listless, and some are even dodging and fearful?
In addition... when you leave the capital, there should be more than this few people, right?

With doubts, the common people watched the first assistant enter the palace to face the saint.

Half a day later, this doubt was explained.

The people of Yongzhou took refuge in Taiping Road, and were killed by the army led by Youzhi in the first auxiliary building!

Disaster relief has become a bandit suppression!

All of a sudden, the city's welcome turned into a city's curse.

"The entire Yongzhou has turned to the rebels? How is this possible?!"

"I see, this is a lie made up by that traitor!"

"Lies? Then... that Yongzhou man is still alive?"

"Alive? How could he be alive!"

"You forgot, if the bandits were really suppressed, then the relief food would be useless at all. Where did it go?"

"—Hiss! You mean, the traitor swallowed it for himself?"

"It's nothing more than stealing the words. I'm afraid that the treacherous officials will really kill them all in order to prove the crime of treason in Yongzhou!"

"Executioner! Executioner!!!"

"My ancestral home is in Yongzhou, and there are my clan relatives in Yongzhou...Damn the treacherous officials!"

"..."

Maybe someone is secretly guiding it, maybe not.

It only took half a day for Lou Youzhi's official reputation among the people to be destroyed.

At first, people were just guessing and discussing in private.

Even those who are more courageous and dare to yell around, they just use the word treacherous minister instead.

Until a new message spreads.

"The former censor of the left capital, Jiang Zhihong, was the chief culprit of the rebellion in Yongzhou. He was arrested by Yuzhi Yuyongzhou in the first auxiliary building and executed immediately on the spot."

In this regard, the first reaction of the people is impossible.

After all, this place is under the feet of the emperor, and things in the court will occasionally spread.

And Jiang Zhihong, an official official like him, naturally occupied the C position frequently.

Over time, in the eyes of everyone, Jiang Zhihong was the number one official in Daqing.

Upright and upright, jealous of evil.

No matter how big an official is, any violation of laws and disciplines will be referred to in one book, unequivocally.

How could such a person betray the imperial court, and even betrayed the whole Yongzhou?
Thinking with your toes, this is impossible.

As a result, public grievances in private became public anger on the surface.

The common people called their friends and friends, and loudly denounced the person who was the head of the court, saying that he was greedy for profit and sinful.

Even the word treacherous minister was directly replaced with treacherous prime minister and Lou treacherous.

The face lasted for several days, and there was no sign of stopping at all.

The backyard of the Xueyiwei General Yamen.

Lou Youzhi and Dou Tianyuan stood side by side by the pond.

"Your Majesty is really ruthless."

Dou Tianyuan's tone was a bit disheartened, "First, I slaughtered millions with your hands, and then I used my hands to get rid of Anguo Gong and his family, and now I want to use the hands of the people to deal with you... Yihuan One buckle, one move after another, hehe."

"I already expected it when I was in Yongzhou."

Lou Youzhi said lightly.

"Then have you ever thought about what His Majesty will do next?"

Dou Tianyuan asked seriously.

"I won't do it."

Lou Youzhi's face remained unchanged.

"Don't lie to me."

Dou Tianyuan's expression was solemn, "If your speculation is correct, and Ji Qingzhi has a close relationship with His Majesty, then he can produce evidence anytime and anywhere to label you a traitor."

"It's because he can deal with me at any time that he won't do anything."

Lou Youzhi explained, "Unless there is a new chief assistant candidate."

"The new chief assistant candidate?"

Dou Tianyuan raised his eyebrows, a little puzzled, "There are six other people in the cabinet besides you, so they can take your place anytime and anywhere, right?"

"The chief assistant of the cabinet and the commander-in-chief of the Blood Guards, these two positions must be held by people with simple backgrounds. This is a rule set a long time ago."

Lou Youzhi glanced at Dou Tianyuan, "You can go and look through the history books to see if there is anyone from an aristocratic family who sat in these two positions."

"The background is simple...I get it."

Dou Tianyuan is not a fool either, once reminded he will soon understand.

The Daqing Dynasty lasted for thousands of years, and the forces in the court were intricate.

It can almost be said that the relatives and the family have been completely blended together.

Families that are a little bit on the stage have daughters who marry the royal family, or marry the princess of the royal family.

Today's cabinet elders and six ministers, except for Lou Youzhi, all have this kind of background.

If the royal family is compared to a landlord, all the court officials and aristocratic families are the tenants of the landlord's family.

The cabinet is the steward who manages the tenants, and the Bloody Guard is the guardian of the landlord.

No matter how powerful the landlord is, the housekeeper and nursing home still have the risk of colluding with the tenants and in turn robbing the landlord of benefits.

If you want to guard against this, you must either do more work for the capable landlords, or use someone with as clean a background as possible who has nothing to do with the tenants to lead the housekeeper and the courtyard.

"As long as he wants to continue ignoring the government, he won't be in a hurry to attack me."

Lou Youzhi continued, "At least ten years. After ten years, someone suitable to replace me will appear."

"Ten years... you mean Xu Chong's classmate?"

Dou Tianyuan raised his eyebrows.

"At present, he is the greatest possibility. The rest are not as good as him in terms of talent and aptitude."

As he said that, Lou Youzhi's eyes were slightly stern, "A small Canglong can simultaneously produce the talent of the first assistant and the legacy of the Taizu, and the whole Yongzhou..."

"Things have already happened, and it is reasonable to hurry up and find out."

Dou Tianyuan looked serious, "Do you have any clues now?"

"Magic."

Lou Youzhi spit out two words slowly.

"Magic?!"

Dou Tianyuan was horrified, "There really is such a thing?"

"Other than that, I can't think of any way to confuse millions of people at the same time, and for as long as seven days."

Lou Youzhi narrowed his eyes, remembering his terrible guess.

Did His Majesty bewitch the Taoist Master Taiping, or did the Daoist Master Taiping deceive His Majesty?

"Divine Ability..."

Dou Tianyuan pondered for a moment, then shook his head: "There are only a few words from Xue Yiwei, which are of no value."

"Wenyuan Pavilion and Guozijian are also missing."

Lou Youzhi said bluntly, "If you want to find out the origin of this magical power, you still have to start from the root."

"You mean...Taiping Road?"

Dou Tianyuan's eyes lit up, "The six major families have a long history, and it is very likely that there are relevant records... I went to the Hua family once when Xu Chong Huang Ting was cultivating Taoism, and now I can go anytime."

"with all due respect."

Lou Youzhi shook his head, "The Hua family probably doesn't have one."

"How to say?"

Dou Tianyuan was stunned.

"Although there is no record of supernatural powers in Wenyuan Pavilion, there are records of Taiping Dao."

Lou Youzhi explained, "The Hua family was known to the court as the six major families. It was 300 years ago, and the background is not enough."

"Okay...but it doesn't hurt to try."

Dou Tianyuan was slightly disappointed.

At this time, Dou Zi floated over and bowed to the two: "Master, Prime Minister Lou."

"what happened?"

Dou Tianyuan was puzzled and raised his hand to disperse the blockade.

Although he has the ability to break the sky, the conversation will not be heard by anyone, and he never restricts Douzi from entering and leaving the backyard.

But under normal circumstances, Dou Zi would not bother at this time.

"Master, Qin Tianjian is asking Du Qianchuan to see him..."

Dou Zi explained, seemingly speechless, "I said I won't leave until I see you today."

It was the first time she met someone so bold, ran to the Xueyiwei General Office, asked to see the number one master by name, and said that he would not leave unless he saw him.

It's like an old birthday star hanged himself, because he thinks his life is too long.

She came here not to report, but to ask for instructions...

"Do you want me to beat him out? Or throw him into prison? To be honest, I haven't beaten him yet..."

"Bullshit."

Dou Tianyuan's face darkened, and he said, "Let him be in front..."

"Bring him here."

Lou Youzhi interrupted suddenly.

Dou Tianyuan was a little surprised, thought for a while, and nodded to Dou Zi.

"Yes."

Dou Zi took the order and left, his mouth pouted slightly, as if it was a pity.

"so."

Dou Tianyuan looked at Lou Youzhi, and said meaningfully: "You didn't come here to look for me, but to wait for Du Qianchuan?"

"Yes."

Lou Youzhi nodded, "I didn't expect you to react until now."

"..."

Dou Tianyuan choked, and said depressedly: "I still don't quite understand... Even if he is willing to stand by our side because of An Guogong's granddaughter, how useful can a Du family be?"

"Sometimes, it's not very useful, you can't just look at the background and strength."

Lou Youzhi explained something specious.

Soon, Dou Zi led Du Qianchuan into the backyard, saluted and retreated by himself.

"The floor plan..."

Du Qianchuan's expression turned gloomy and cold in an instant, and he said as he walked, "It's just right, it will save me one by one to find the door."

This tone made Dou Tianyuan a little dazed, as if he saw Jiang Zhihong.

"Just ask."

Lou Youzhi opened his mouth lightly.

"My father-in-law, Chen Kai, did he really collude with the Taiping Dao?"

Du Qianchuan didn't hesitate and asked directly.

"No."

Lou Youzhi shook his head and vetoed this point.

Du Qianchuan's complexion changed again and again, and his hands in his sleeves were unconsciously clenched.

If there is no collusion with the Taipingdao, it means being wronged.

The principal culprit, Ling Chi, lost his membership of the Nine Clans... and his wife who was killed by himself.

After a long while, Du Qianchuan took a deep breath, and tremblingly asked the second question: "Jiang Zhihong, did he really collude with the Taiping Dao?"

"No."

Lou Youzhi smiled and vetoed it again.

Du Qianchuan stared at Lou Youzhi, "So, you colluded with Taipingdao?"

Obviously, if Chen Kai didn't collude with Taipingdao, and Jiang Zhihong didn't collude with Taipingdao, then the only person who colluded with Taipingdao is naturally Lou Youzhi.

As rumors spread outside, in order to embezzle millions of stones of grain, millions of people were killed.

However, Lou Youzhi vetoed it for the third time: "No."

"nor?!"

Du Qianchuan roared angrily, "So, what do you mean, the Chen family, Jiang Zhihong, and the souls of millions of refugees have nothing to do with you?!"

"wrong."

Lou Youzhi looked at Du Qianchuan deeply, "These three are all related to me."

"you!"

Du Qianchuan was furious, feeling like a plaything being teased.

"If you want to know the truth and want to avenge your wife, go back."

Lou Youzhi was unmoved, and said calmly: "Go to the Qin Tianjian, check the things that Jiang Zhihong asked you to check back then, remember them, and in a month, I will transfer you to the Ministry of Officials."

As soon as the words fell, Du Qianchuan was shocked.

Back then, he and the granddaughter of An Guogong were in love with each other, but due to the mismatch in age and status, they could only communicate in secret.

Jiang Zhihong took this matter as a threat and forced him to read the natural disaster records sealed in the Qin Tianjian.

But this matter was not only done in an extremely secretive manner, but with Jiang Zhihong's character, he would never let it out... How could Lou Youzhi know? !

"Go."

Lou Youzhi spoke again, "Remember, don't be discovered by anyone, just like back then... Otherwise, I can't save you either."

"……it is good."

Du Qianchuan took a deep look at Lou Youzhi, and didn't ask him why he went to the official department by himself, so he just turned his head and left.

After he left, Dou Tianyuan said: "Xu Chong told me that Jiang Zhihong asked him to check the natural disaster record...how did you know?"

"Because I checked it long before Jiang Zhihong."

Lou Youzhi continued, "Back then, when I came back from the disaster relief in Bingzhou, before Yuan Shouyi went to accompany the capital, I sneaked into the Qin Tianjian alone."

"……I see."

Dou Tianyuan thought about it, and felt that this was normal.

After all, it was not Jiang Zhihong, but Lou Youzhi who really experienced the drought in Bingzhou.

So in theory, Lou Youzhi was the first person to be suspicious of natural disasters, and it is not incomprehensible to look up natural disasters before Jiang Zhihong.

but……

Dou Tianyuan frowned: "No, even if Yuan Shouyi was immersed in the pain of bereavement and lost his mind, you at that time couldn't sneak into the Qin Tianjian, right?"

Lou Youzhi spit out a few words lightly: "Secret martial arts, greedy for light."

The figure disappeared in an instant, and reappeared in an instant.

Dou Tianyuan's jaw almost fell to the ground.

He knows that the Qianhu Ge Wanshan created it himself.

Not only did he know, but he even saw Xu Chong Shi Zhan with his own eyes.

But he never expected that Lou Youzhi could also practice this skill.

...hidden really fucking deep.

Um?and many more!

Ge Wanshan?
Dou Tianyuan frowned even tighter: "It's still not right. If I remember correctly, at that time, Ge Wanshan hadn't pushed his martial arts to secret martial arts, right?"

"He created the martial arts, but I practiced the secret martial arts first."

Lou Youzhi looked indifferent, "I have no background, no teacher, I can only rely on myself."

"I can't tell, your comprehension is so good..."

Dou Tianyuan said with a serious expression: "I can tell you all the tricks of breaking the wind, picking stars, and breaking the sky with one hand. As long as you practice it well, at least you can save your life."

"It's useless."

Lou Youzhi shook his head, "I have practiced Zhefeng Shou long ago, and it has only increased by [-]% so far. These martial arts are not suitable for me."

"All right……"

Dou Tianyuan was disappointed for a while, and then looked at the pond.

Lou Youzhi followed suit and said, "Forgive me, before we die, he may not be able to practice the highest level of one hand breaking the sky."

"I think so too."

Dou Tianyuan sighed, "But it doesn't matter, as long as you can practice breaking the sky with one hand."

"I don't really understand this kind of feeling. You must see the feeling of being passed on with your own eyes."

Lou Youzhi shook his head, "Think about it, even supernatural powers, which have been lost for thousands of years, can one day reappear. Are you afraid that future generations will not be able to practice your side skills?"

"Although that is the case, you have to see it with your own eyes before you feel that your life is not in vain."

Dou Tianyuan smiled.

"Speaking of Xu Chong."

Lou Youzhi raised his eyebrows suddenly, "I think Qian Wang treats him a little strangely."

"What's so strange?"

Dou Tianyuan's heart tightened.

"Since the incident of Xu Chong's cultivating the Tao, King Qian tampered with all of Xu Chong's files... You know, tampering with the files is easy, but the corresponding tampering with the memory is not so easy."

Lou Youzhi looked at Dou Tianyuan, "You are close to King Qian, didn't he tell you this?"

"No."

Dou Tianyuan's face was solemn, "Which people's memory has he tampered with?"

"The entire Canglong County, and some in Zhanghua Mansion..."

"People at this level don't need much effort, right? It's just a waste of time."

"I didn't finish."

Lou Youzhi shook his head, "As far as I know, there is Cheng Guogong's family."

"This……"

Dou Tianyuan finally realized that things were not simple anymore.

Other things are fine, but Cheng Guogong Duan Rufeng is a celestial being in the Ningying Realm.

In this way, the consumption of Qianwang is not a little bit.

"In the beginning, the identity of Taizu's legacy was well protected, and most people only knew the name Xu Chong."

Lou Youzhi said meaningfully, "Now, Yongzhou is dead, and Cheng Guogong's family has been tampered with memory, Xu Chong's past has become clean, and he has not done any bad things."

"Why did the king do this?"

Dou Tianyuan was puzzled, "With the identity of Taizu's legacy, so what if Xu Chong did some bad things?"

"I can't guess, I can only conclude that..."

Looking at the mirror-like water, Lou Youzhi said in a deep voice, "Xu Chong is more important than we imagined."

(End of this chapter)