That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 418

Just when Xu Beiyou was about to throw the Xihe County King into the Qinhuai River, a sinister voice suddenly sounded in his ears, "Zhu Zian dare!"

There was a sudden wind, and a pair of pale palms slapped Xu Beiyou fiercely with a bitter chill.

Xu Beiyou didn't dodge or dodge, he was slapped hard.

After a palm strike, Xu Beiyou was still standing with his sword on his back, with countless cracks extending outwards under his feet, but his body was as stable as Mount Tai, and the energy in his body turned into sword energy, faintly about to come out through his body.

A gloomy man with a white face and beardless appeared beside Xu Yi, his demeanor was gloomy and cold, like a ghost from the underworld standing in the mortal world.

After Xu Yi saw this person, she showed a bit of respect for the first time.

The eunuch, who looked like he was born in the deep palace, was a little bit surprised at first, and then suddenly said: "What a supreme sword body, worthy of being the young master of the Sword Sect."

Xu Beiyou chuckled, "Since stepping into the realm of the Earth Immortal, it's been a little small. On the basis of bone refining, there is another layer, and the skin, flesh, tendons and bones are all integrated."

The great eunuch said with a gloomy face, "It turns out that the young master of the Sword Sect has completed the first half of "Condensing the Eight Meridians and Twelve Meridians, Forging the Body and Transforming the Body into a Sword". .”

Xu Beiyou was a little surprised by the great eunuch's knowledge and knowledge. There must be many people who know the Supreme Sword Body, but there are very few who can accurately name the Supreme Sword Body. Could it be Si Li? Supervisor?
However, the arrow was on the string and had to be launched. Since Xu Beiyou had already personally stepped forward, there was not much room for maneuver in this matter. As long as Zhang Baisui was not here, he did not intend to back down half a step.

Xu Beiyou smiled plainly: "Your Excellency is also very good. You didn't get hurt by my sword energy. It's about the realm of the third floor of the earth immortal? It's amazing."

The man's face was gloomy again, and he said with a sneer, "I've heard about Mr. Xu of Jiangdu long ago, that's really amazing. Some people even say that you are the Lord of Jiangdu. It is said that Jiang during the day belongs to the imperial court, and Jiang at night belongs to Mr. Xu. Our family didn’t believe it before, and thought it was exaggerated, but seeing it today, it really opened our eyes.”

Xu Beiyou was not at all afraid of the big hat that the great eunuch would put on, and said indifferently: "Next, there is something that will open your eyes even more."

Before the words fell, Zimang disappeared again in a flash.

The great eunuch was pierced through the palm of his hand by a sword.

Xu Beiyou looked at the Zidian sword standing beside him, and said with a light smile, "Just now you slapped me, now I'll stab you with the sword, it's clear. By the way, haven't you asked your honorable name yet?"

The eunuch stared at Xu Beiyou, said three good words in succession, and smiled angrily: "Our Sun Zhihong, you have to remember it."

Xu Beiyou pretended to be stunned and said: "It turned out that it was the supervisor who wrote the pen. If I remember correctly, in the 21st year of Taiping, there were five people in the cabinet and the supervisor. Because of the flood in Qinghe, His Majesty dismissed the cabinet members." One person, and one additional person, Bingbi, the supervisor of ceremonies, changed the original number of five and five in the outer court and inner court to four and six, and I think Eunuch Sun was the last person added."

Sun Zhihong sneered and said, "Mr. Xu is worthy of being the adopted son of Mr. Han Ge, and he is really familiar with the affairs of the temple."

Since Dazheng and Daqi, the royal families of the two dynasties had to be close to and reuse eunuchs in order to check and balance the increasingly powerful civil servants. The status is detached, especially the top eunuchs who can be called eunuchs.Even more so.

There are 24 yamen in the inner court, and there are 24 eunuchs, plus the admiral eunuch and four eunuchs holding pens in the ceremonial supervisor, as well as the garrison, weaving, guarding, market ship, supervising warehouse, Zhuling Temple, and eunuchs. There will be no more than 50 eunuchs who can be called eunuchs for the army, procurement, food tax, mine tax, pass, etc., which sounds not small, but compared with the total number of [-] eunuchs, it is rare .

Moreover, the powers are also very different. The most important ones are as important as Mount Tai, such as the Lijian and the Yumajian, one article and one military. Soldiers are as light as a feather, such as Zhidian Supervisor and Du Zhijian, but they are responsible for cleaning and sanitation. They have no authority and are thankless. They are worse than the Ministry of Industry, which is at the bottom of the six departments. can be fished.

Therefore, half of the eunuchs with a number of about fifty should be cut off, and only more than twenty eunuchs are the real powerful figures, and Sun Zhihong, the supervisor of ceremonies, is one of them.

Today, there are six supervisors of ceremonies, Zhang Baisui is the first, his position is stable and unshakable, followed by Zhang Bao, who is in his prime, he has worshiped Zhang Baisui as his godfather early, and made it clear that he is the next successor of the palm seal. Among the remaining four writers, Chen Zhijin, who has the oldest qualifications, is the first, but Chen Zhijin doesn't take much care of things on weekdays.

Before Sun Zhihong entered the Supervisor of Ceremonies, he used to be the chief eunuch of Feishuang Palace, serving the Empress. In Beijing, he also went out of Beijing under the secret instruction of his empress, and together with Xu Wushuang guarded the little prince together.

It can be said that Sun Zhihong's face was severely damaged by Xu Beiyou today. He was already thinking about returning to Beijing and telling the empress about this Mr. Xu. It's not difficult to disgust you about things.

Xu Beiyou said flatly: "Xu is just a merchant."

Sun Zhihong said in a sharp voice: "What a merchant, they all say scholars, farmers, businessmen, since you are a white-clothed merchant, you dare to be so rude. Do you really think that with Mr. Han Ge as your backer, our family will not dare to make a move?"

Xu Beiyou still pressed the head of Tianlan's sword with one hand, and with another move with his free hand, three more swords came together, side by side with Zi Dian who had come a step earlier, and said slowly: "Junior Sister Wu has made it very clear before that this is Jiangdu. It is Your Majesty’s Jiangdu, it is the imperial court’s Jiangdu, but it is not your Jiangdu, when you arrive in Jiangdu, you have to follow Jiangdu’s rules.”

Sun Zhihong narrowed his eyes, "Who sets the rules in Jiangdu? Could it be you, Mr. Xu?"

Xu Beiyou asked calmly, "No?"

The gloomy eunuch laughed loudly and said, "Then our family will come and learn the rules of Mr. Xu from Jiangdu."

The great eunuch intentionally suppressed his own cultivation the first time he made a move. In fact, he was in the realm of the four-tiered building of the earth immortal. It is said that there are thirty great masters on the surface. Immortal masters will never be less than this number.

Before he finished speaking, Sun Zhihong stretched out his palm and five fingers, and there was a strong wind and thunder in his palm.

Xu Beiyou smiled lightly, flicked his fingers, and Xuan Ming moved in response.

Then Xu Beiyou flicked his fingers repeatedly, and Chi Lian, Que Xie, and Zi Dian followed suit.

Four swords come out together, and each sword is a sword nine.

Not far from the gate of the Daoshu Workshop, there is a clump of cannas planted by someone unknown. It was passed down from Baozhu Kingdom. The red and yellow colors complement each other, and it is known as the two-color mandarin duck.

When the sword was raised, there was a wind, and then a canna slowly fell to the branch.

The four swords hovered in mid-air, pointing directly at Sun Zhihong.

After a pause, the sword rain fell like a heavy rain falling on a swallow.

When the sword rain falls to the ground, it is also when the petals fall to the ground.

The sword rises, the wind moves.

The wind blows flowers and swords like rain.

(End of this chapter)