Longevity begins with a dog

Chapter 156 Are You Really Daoist Lin? !

The dining room of the Duke's Mansion.

Lu Zhong took the host seat, Xu Chong took the guest seat, and Gongsun Mang sat beside Xu Chong.

Although it was inappropriate for the boss to sit with his subordinates, firstly he was a guest of his mentor, and secondly he was the legacy of the Taizu, so Gongsun Mang had no objection at all.

"I've heard that kid from Shunyi say that brother Xu is the person he admires the most in his life."

Gongsun Mang picked up his wine glass and said with a smile, "I didn't believe it at the time, but now it seems that there is nothing wrong with it."

"My lord, you are welcome."

Xu Chong also picked up his wine glass.

The two drank it all in one go.

"Now I also know each other."

Lu Zhong smiled and said to Gongsun Mang, "Tell Xu Xiaoyou about the things in the East Palace, and you two will take care of each other in the future."

This is not true.

Gongsun Mang can support Xu Chong in his affairs, and Xu Chong can support Gongsun Mang in his background.

Gongsun Mang himself was well aware of this.

After all, the Gongsun family is just a small family.

He was able to enter the East Palace and climb to Zhan Shi's position, mostly because of his own efforts.

"Master, you have never worried about me so much before."

Gongsun Mang joked with a smile, and looked at Xu Chong, "Since we will be colleagues in the future, it's better to talk to you first."

"All ears."

Xu Chong nodded seriously.

"You also know the duties of Zhan Shifu. The most important thing is to teach and assist the prince."

Gongsun Mang shook his head while talking, "But now, the only thing left is to assist the prince."

"Oh?"

Xu Chong raised his eyebrows.

"Because, there is no one in the entire Zhan Shifu, including the prince and Taifu, who can take on the teaching position."

Gongsun Mang sighed, "A long time ago, the prince's knowledge surpassed all of us..."

The prince's name is Jiang Xinghe, the seventh son of Emperor Yongtai, aged 29.

Ever since Emperor Yongtai ascended the throne and established Jiang Xinghe as the crown prince, he only lived in the East Palace for five years... when he was about fourteen or fifteen years old, there was no one to teach him.

Whether it is knowledge, conversation, etiquette, or emperor's skills, Jiang Xinghe has achieved the best in the Eastern Palace.

"Now, apart from discussing politics in the middle of the month and discussing Taoism at the end of each month, the prince studies by himself."

Gongsun Mang smiled wryly.

"I've heard about Jixiangtian's rules. Does each generation of princes progress so fast?"

Xu Chong asked calmly.

"That's not clear."

Gongsun Mang said helplessly, "After all, after the crown prince ascends the throne, most of the officials in the East Palace will also be transferred out."

"Is that so."

Xu Chong was thoughtful, and asked again: "In Zhan Shifu, is there anything that needs attention?"

"Hehe, you want to ask the prince's likes and dislikes and temperament, right?"

Gongsun Mang chuckled, "You don't need to worry about this at all."

"How to say?"

Xu Chong's eyes flashed.

"Because the prince is not only excellent in knowledge, but also has an extremely rare character."

Gongsun Mang said with emotion, "I think, in the whole world, no one is more worthy of the word gentleman than His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

This evaluation can be described as quite high, because there is no addition of "except for Your Majesty".

It's not enough to say that the rebellion is immoral, but this kind of rhetoric is enough to prove that Gongsun Mang highly agrees with Jiang Xinghe.

However, Xu Chong's heart sank instead.

Because, when Emperor Yongtai was the crown prince, he seemed to be so perfect...

"Let's put it that way."

After thinking about it, Gongsun Mang added, "A scholar dies for his confidant, but the crown prince knows me and all of us."

so evil?

Xu Chong was a little speechless.

Could it be that this crown prince is also the avatar of Emperor Yongtai, who knows that magical power of bewitching?

"This old man also feels the same."

Lu Zhong interrupted suddenly, "The crown prince has already won the approval of most of the courtiers before taking charge of the country. Even His Majesty failed to do this back then."

"Oh?"

Xu Chong's heart moved slightly, and he asked: "I heard that His Majesty also had a good reputation in the government and the public?"

"That's because of achievements."

A look of reminiscence appeared on Lu Zhong's face, and he said slowly: "For example, there was a rebel from Taipingdao who defected to the imperial court, and brought a lot of secrets from Taipingdao."

"It includes the detailed location, personnel, strength, etc. of the [-] provincial branch churches, as well as the overseas island where the main gate of Taipingdao is located."

"Soon, the location of the provincial branch church was confirmed to be correct, and the sun god of the imperial court went overseas to investigate, and indeed found the island."

"The first emperor wanted to send out a large number of troops to suppress the arrogance of the Taiping Dao to a minimum, and let Daqing be stable for a while."

"And Your Majesty, do your best to stop it."

Prevent?

Xu Chong's complexion changed, "Why?"

"Your Majesty said..."

Lu Zhong suddenly lowered his voice, "The existence of the Taiping Dao is beneficial and harmless to the imperial court. It can only contain the momentum, but cannot completely suppress it, let alone completely destroy it."

Xu Chong and Gongsun Mang were surprised at the same time.

"Although this matter is not a secret, it's better for the two of you not to spread it out."

Lu Zhong exhorted, and continued: "In short, His Majesty quoted the classics and listed several periods in history when the Taiping Dao was extremely weak."

"Without exception, those periods were also the most chaotic times for the court."

"Government affairs, military power, laws, etc., there are chaos emerging."

"After the list is finished, His Majesty just said in front of the late emperor and all civil and military officials that there is evil in people's hearts."

"If this evil has no place to go, it can only bite itself back."

"And the existence of Taiping Dao can greatly bear the evil of Daqing."

Lu Zhong breathed out slowly, "These remarks almost made His Majesty lose the crown prince. If it wasn't for the remonstrance of all the officials, I'm afraid..."

"and after?"

Xu Chong asked with narrowed eyes.

"Later, although the first emperor did not demote the crown prince, he still insisted on sending troops."

Lu Zhong shook his head, "However, there are only a large number of low-level warriors left in the [-] provincial branches of Taiping Road... All high-level warriors, including the main forces of the six major families, have returned to that island to ambush the court The main force."

"How is the result?"

Gongsun Mang couldn't help asking.

"Of course we won."

Lu Zhong glanced at Gongsun Mang, "It's just a tragic victory, 50 soldiers, the lowest level is triple enlightenment, but only [-] came back."

"Shouldn't be."

Gongsun Mang frowned, "For such a big matter, the first thing to rule out is a conspiracy...and since we decided to send troops, we will definitely strictly block the news. How did this happen?"

"No one knows why."

Lu Zhong shook his head.

i might know something...

Xu Chong sneered in his heart.

If nothing else, Emperor Yongtai leaked the imperial court's troop plan.

Does Emperor Wenchang know this or not?
Xu Chong asked thoughtfully, "What year did this happen?"

"It's... 40 years, right? I can't remember exactly."

Lu Zhong replied, and then continued: "In short, after this battle, Taipingdao disappeared for ten years."

"In the past ten years, as His Majesty said, the chaos has gradually emerged."

"It's okay here in the capital, but in the local area, large-scale killings of good people, mutual murder, wanton exploitation, etc. have begun to appear."

Xu Chong twitched the corner of his mouth.

Undoubtedly, without the existence of Taiping Dao, local officials only have the imperial court as a channel to improve their strength.

And if you only rely on the court, you have to spend time and pass the exam.

Those who are restless and ambitious are naturally unwilling to do so.

"That is, after this incident, the first emperor announced to the world that the crown prince would supervise the country."

Lu Zhong smiled, "It just so happened that Taipingdao surfaced again, and branch churches were established in various places, sowing secrets."

"Since then, the imperial court's attitude towards Taiping Tao has changed from trying to suppress it, preferably exterminating it, to controlling and containing it."

"Every few years, look for an opportunity to unplug one or two branch halls to show the majesty of the court."

"Well, that's what happened to Xie Changqing, Marquis of Taiping."

Lu Zhong winked at Xu Chong.

"I see."

Xu Chong nodded slightly, "Then what you said before, the current prince is different?"

"Well, it's different."

Lv Zhong responded and explained: "Although the current crown prince is highly knowledgeable, he still makes mistakes, compare... compare..."

"More real?"

Xu Chong guessed.

"Yes, this is it."

Gongsun Mang laughed, and nodded again and again, "His Royal Highness is very real, he will make mistakes, but he will soon realize his mistakes, and then ask anyone who can help him correct his mistakes, and then he will not make mistakes again."

"People can not escape from doing wrong."

Xu Chong heaved a sigh of relief.

The so-called truth means that while being sincere, it makes people feel that it is not far away and not superior.

It should be different from Emperor Yongtai.

"It's a pity that Lun Dao has just passed. Otherwise, Brother Xu only needs to experience it once to understand that what I said is not exaggerated."

Gongsun Mang shook his head regretfully.

The next topic is not nutritious.

Lu Zhong tried to test whether Xu Chong was married and whether he had a sweetheart.

Gongsun Mang kept saying that he had an eighteen-year-old beautiful niece.

At the same time, another Xu Chong flew to the endless sea with the face of Lin Kuang.

The building boats of the six major families are all floating in different positions.

This position is basically changing anytime and anywhere.

But Lin Kuang said that the farthest from the shore would not be more than [-] miles.

Because if it is farther away, it will exceed the positioning range of the Louchuanzi body.

What he needs to do is to find the Fang family's building boat in the huge sea area with a radius of [-] miles along the coast of Binzhou.

No matter what the Fang family's attitude is, as long as Lin Kuang, the doomed Taoist, appears on the boat of the Fang family building, the side branch of the Fang family will definitely notify Limai.

It will depend on improvisation later.

"To be honest, this range...is too big."

Xu Chong was flying high above the sky, always staring at the sea below.

Although at Yangshen's speed, he could run [-] miles back and forth several times in one day and night, but it was a straight line.

And such a large-scale search cannot be completed in a few days.

At this time, dozens of points of light came into view.

"Huh? Such good luck?"

Xu Chong was stunned, and quickly lowered his altitude.

That light is not light, but the blessings and misfortunes revealed by the human body.

After a while, Xu Chong passed through the fog and was speechless.

He didn't know if it was lucky...

This is the boat of the Hua family.

"Go and have a look, it's all here."

Thinking of this, Xu Chong fell to the boat.

On the top floor of the Taiyin Pavilion, Hua Nongyue was still frozen in ice, and the purple light on her body surface reflected the entire top floor purple.

After two glances, Xu Chongyang's spirit returned to his body, and his body continued to fall.

"Hua Miaoyin, come out and see you."

The sound condensed into a beam and poured into the first floor of the Taiyin Pavilion.

In an instant, Mrs. Hua changed color suddenly.

Thriller first.

It's frightening that someone suddenly appeared in Hua's house boat, is this person an enemy or a friend?

Then the horror turned into horror.

Because she recognized the voice.

Swish!
Mrs. Hua appeared in the courtyard, her eyes widened, staring at Xu Chong.

"haven't seen you for a long time."

Xu Chong smiled.

"Lin Kuang! Master Lin?!"

Mrs. Hua couldn't believe it.

"It's Lin Kuang, not bad."

Xu Chong nodded, "But he is no longer a Taoist master."

"What's going on?"

Mrs. Hua rushed forward, "For more than 20 years, everyone thought you were dead."

"It was close, but it didn't die anyway."

Xu Chong said in a deep voice, "I can't tell you the specifics. I came here to ask you, is there a way for the Hua family to contact Lin, Zheng, and Fang?"

The old lady Hua immediately showed a look of embarrassment, "To tell the truth, Daoist Lin, the Hua family has no contact with the three ancient families, and it is really impossible to contact them."

The Gu family is the insiders of Taiping Dao, the name for the three families of Lin, Zheng, and Fang.

"Ok."

Xu Chong was not too disappointed, and pointed to the direction of the top of the pavilion, "It's better to hide such a great fortune under the boat."

"Lin Daoist..."

Mrs. Hua obviously misunderstood, and her complexion became ugly: "The Hua family really has no way to contact them."

"You worry too much, I'm not threatening you."

Xu Chong shook his head, "In the eyes of Yangshen, such a great fortune can be seen from far away."

Although theoretically the ice layer cannot be destroyed, but now that Ji Qingzhi has become Emperor Qing, he should take precautions as much as possible.

"Is that so..."

Mrs. Hua breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank you Daoist Lin for your noble hand."

The same character as back then, it seems that Lin Kuang is the real one.

"Small things."

Xu Chong waved his hand, and said seriously: "In recent years, the deeper the boat is hidden, the better. If no clansman needs to go back and forth, then temporarily drive the boat [-] miles away."

"Why?"

Mrs. Hua was taken aback, and frowned: "Is the imperial court going to make a big move?"

"No, it's not the imperial court that I want you to guard against."

Xu Chong shook his head, "It's the new Taoist master."

"Ji Qingzhi?"

Granny Hua suddenly became serious.

"Remember, don't leak the news of my return."

Xu Chongyang pulled out his sheath, wrapped his body and flew up into the air.

Mrs. Hua opened her mouth, and finally gave up asking, just watching 'Lin Kuang' leave.

"The former Taoist master returns."

"I found the lucky fate of enjoying the moon."

"Let me be careful with Ji Qingzhi."

"These three add up, no matter which one is bad news..."

Mrs. Hua's eyes flickered, and after a while, she gritted her teeth, "It doesn't matter, it's okay to give up the land industry for the time being, the foundation of the Hua family is to play with the moon after all... as long as the building boat is driven [-] miles, everyone except Dou Tianyuan , no one can find it here again."

Not long after, the Hua family's boat gradually turned its direction, and the speed became faster and faster, heading deeper into the endless sea.

Xu Chong did not go far, but followed the Hua family's boat until the boat sailed to a depth of more than [-] li before returning to continue searching.

This time, the real good luck came.

Perhaps it was escorting the Hua family's building boat, which caused him to deviate from the direction.

But in fact, as soon as he returned to the [-]-mile sea area, he found another building ship.

Looking at the architectural form, it is undoubtedly the Fang family.

Xu Chong took a deep breath and said slowly:
"Master Fang, please show up!"

This time his voice was not restrained, it just echoed in the entire building ship.

Suddenly, there was a jerk.

"He Fangxiao is young, how dare he trespass on Fang's important place?!"

The wind and clouds moved, and a figure rushed straight towards the sky.

"Fang Xiaoxi, you're not dead yet?"

After seeing who came, Xu Chong smiled lightly, "Oh no, I'm going to make you lame now."

"..."

Fang Ren's figure froze suddenly, and he looked at Xu Chong's face in shock.

Memories from years ago flooded back quickly.

He is not crippled, not only is he not crippled, but he is also very healthy.

The reason why he was called Fang Xiaolai was because he fought with Lin Kuang when he was young, and was beaten until he limped and shouted for help.

Since then, Lin Kuang has been calling him Fang Xiaoxi.

"Lin... Lin Kuang?"

Fang Ren was in doubt.

"If it's a fake replacement."

Xu Chong said calmly.

"impossible!"

Fang Ren objected in a deep voice, "Lin Kuang is already dead!"

"Do you want me to say something else?"

Xu Chong smiled, "For example, when he was working in the Taiping Palace, he peeked at Zheng's sister-in-law..."

"To shut up!"

Fang Ren's face darkened instantly.

He now has some confidence in Lin Kuang's identity.

Because the two of them did it together, absolutely no third person would know.

"Aren't you going to invite me to sit down?"

Xu Chong pointed at the bottom, "In a while, those people from your branch will rush up. It's better not to let them know my identity."

"Let's go."

Fang Ren shook his head helplessly, and immediately floated down.

At this time, in the large and small courtyards, many side branches of the Fang family were already standing, all looking up curiously.

"Look at what?"

Fang Ren shouted coldly, "Go back to practice, old man!"

In an instant, everyone scattered like birds and beasts.

Just like that, Fang Ren led Xu Chong to land on a flat high platform.

There are short tables and futons on the high platform.

"Tsk tsk tsk."

Xu Chong was not polite, sat down directly, and said in a tsk-tsk voice: "After so many years, this observatory has not been demolished... I just said that Fang's family should be appointed as the Taiping Dao Qin Tianjian."

"After so many years, you are still so yin and yang."

Fang Ren's doubts were lowered again, and he waved his hand and said, "Seriously, what happened back then, all of us thought you were dead."

"What else could it be?"

Xu Chong shrugged his shoulders, "He was tricked and imprisoned for more than [-] years."

"who is it?"

Fang Ren's eyes froze.

"Don't ask this first, help me contact the Lin family."

Xu Chong looked straight, "I need to go back first."

"Ok?"

Fang Ren's eyes flashed, "From your tone, the matter is serious?"

As soon as the words were out of my mouth, I realized that something was wrong, and quickly made amends: "In this case, you shouldn't have appeared with great fanfare just now."

"What are you afraid of, the entire building, only you know that I am Lin Kuang."

Xu Chong said indifferently, "Hurry up, time is running out, I'll catch up with you after you finish contacting."

"Okay, wait for me for a moment."

Fang Ren nodded and drifted away.

Xu Chong knew that it was done.

In Lin Kuang's mouth, Fang Ren is the kind of existence that has been completely brainwashed by the Yimai.

No matter how great the friendship is, the first thing to consider is the direct relationship.

What's more...Fang Ren's friendship with Lin Kuang is just pretending!

Lin Kuang knew this.

But Fang Ren didn't know that Lin Kuang knew.

(End of this chapter)