That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 687

Since ancient times, there has been a saying of accompanying capital, also known as auxiliary capital, and there are ten types of accompanying capitals, namely, two-capital system, multi-capital system, military town type, Liudu type, holy capital type, guard type, domineering type, and market type. , Not established, now the Daqi court follows the old system of Dazheng in the previous dynasty, and implements the multi-capital system, which is often called the "four capitals", namely the imperial capital, the central capital, the Jiangdu capital, and the northern capital.

Because Zhongdu is the land of Longxing that Emperor Taizu of Daqi loved to experience, Zhongdu ranked second among the four capitals, second only to the imperial capital. It was gradually surpassed by Jiangdu, which is located in the prosperous south of the Yangtze River.

Jiangdu is near the sea. Because of the prosperity of sea trade, people from all over the world gather here. People from the south and the north, the Wei State was built later, the grassland Baozhu, and even the sea guests from the far west. They are blond and blue-eyed. People are very different.So much so that its prosperity is comparable to that of the imperial capital to some extent.

However, Jiangdu is different from the imperial capital. Today it still follows the system of fangs and cities in the Great Chu Dynasty. Up to now, the names of the fangs and cities have not been changed. However, a major event happened today. The imperial court ordered Zhang Jian He personally led people to change the name of Daoshufang to Qingfengfang. The meaning of the three-foot Qingfeng's Qingfeng couldn't be more obvious.Moreover, according to the imperial court's decree, this place will belong to Jianzong from now on. As the saying goes, is there any king's land under the heavens? Give it to whoever, don't you Jiangnan Daomen still dare to ask the court to make a theory?Maybe they dared before, but now they absolutely dare not, after all, the Daoist sect is wronged by the imperial court in some things that ordinary people don't know.

A great battle in the 22nd year of Taiping turned the Taoist workshop upside down, especially the Buddhist dragon king's supernatural power of moving mountains, which destroyed many Taoist temples. After Xu Beiyou took over, he began to completely renovate it, and no outsiders were allowed to enter it. Because of this, he had conflicts with Xu Yi, Wei Yuanyi and the others, and even had a big fight with Bingbi, a supervisor of ceremonies.Nowadays, no one dared to deliberately provoke them anymore. Apart from a group of craftsmen and Jianzong disciples, there were no other people in the Daoshu workshop at this time, as if it had become a place isolated from the world.

A young woman was leading a child and walking on the empty street of the Taoist workshop. The woman was beautiful and dressed in plain clothes, but for some reason, her face was slightly gloomy, as if she was full of thoughts, and she was a little absent-minded when she looked around.The child is not very old, only around ten years old, with a pair of big black eyes rolling straight, full of aura, and revealing a shrewdness that is not commensurate with his age. When he looks around, he is full of curiosity and excitement .

Actually speaking, the relationship between the woman and the child is not only the relationship between the elders and the juniors, but they have also shared weal and woe together, so the relationship between the two is very unusual. At this time, the child shook the woman's arm and pointed to a huge building not far away. Mansion, asked: "Auntie, is that the Sword Qi Lingkong Hall?"

The woman recovered from her own thoughts, looked at the mansion, then nodded and said: "Well, this is the Jianqi Lingkong Hall rebuilt by our Jianzong. After your master comes back, a plaque will be hung."

"Master." The child tutted, "I heard that Master married me a mistress in the imperial capital, and this mistress is also a princess, that is the emperor's daughter."

The woman's face was slightly cold, as if she was unhappy.

The child knew that he had made a slip of the tongue, so he didn't dare to say any more, for fear of causing even greater displeasure to his aunt, he dragged the woman to the mansion, and the two of them entered the mansion, among them were many disciples of the Sword Sect who were busy back and forth. After arriving at the woman and the child, they all took the initiative to salute, and when they looked at the woman, they revealed a bit of awe from the bottom of their hearts.

The woman's face was flat, she didn't deliberately return the gift, she just walked around the mansion together with the child, looking around at the newly built mansion.Then all the way to the deepest part of the mansion, there is a large hall that has been built, in which are hung the portraits of the ancestors of the Jianzong, from the earliest Shangqing Daojun to the latest Gongsun Zhongmou, all of them are listed.

The woman pointed to the position behind Gongsun Zhongmou's portrait, and said slowly: "Supernatural power, your master's portrait will be hung up sooner or later." Have you ever thought that you will have that day? "

The woman is Xu Beiyou's junior sister Wu Yu, and the child is Li Shentong, Xu Beiyou's first disciple.

Li Shentong looked over the place reserved for Xu Beiyou, and said with great pride: "Sword God Li Shentong, of course there should be a place for me here."

Wu Yu finally had a smile on his face, and jokingly said, "Sword God? Your master doesn't dare to call himself like that, you kid is really arrogant."

Li Shentong took it for granted: "If you don't even dare to think about it, how dare you do it? If I want to be a sword god, I must first want to be a sword god."

Wu Yu said softly, "Be ambitious."

The child asked with a smile, "Where is Master Aunt?"

Wu Yu looked down at the shoe upper protruding from under the skirt, pursed his lips, and said, "I can't be a sword god, I can't be a sword fairy, I can't even be a swordsman, at most I can be a swordsman .”

She hesitated for a moment, then looked at Li Shendao: "Shentong, there are some questions that should be asked by your master, but today I will do it for you."

Li Shentong was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Master, it's okay to ask."

Wu Yu asked softly: "Shentong, if you take over the burden of Jianzong, you will face the majestic Taoist sect. Do you know how big the Taoist gate is? The sum of the Jiangnan Taoist gate and the Temple of Demon Suppression is only one-tenth of the Taoist gate. Can you bear it with the sword in your hand?"

Li Shentong's immature face suddenly became solemn. After a moment of silence, he said slowly: "Since Master can bear it, there is absolutely no reason why I can't bear it."

Wu Yu sighed softly.

At this time, Li Shentong has the demeanor of Xiao Jin back then. Although he is not a foreigner, he is precocious and precocious, and said softly: "If I become the master of the Sword Sect, I can rule the world like the ancestors of the past generations, and I will definitely destroy it with a single sword." The first peak in the sky."

Wu Yu trembled slightly.

Li Shentong said to himself: "Shangguan Patriarch passed Zhuxian to Shizu before he died, and Master passed Zhuxian to Master before he died. Auntie, do you think there will be a day when Master Will you also pass Zhu Xian to me?"

Wu Yu's face changed suddenly, and he said sharply, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Li Shentong knew he had made a slip of the tongue, so he immediately yelled, "Your words are not restricted, children's words are not restricted, if you forgive me, Master and Aunt."

Wu Yu was still angry, "You are so young, you..."

Li Shentong had a bitter face, shook Wu Yu's arm, and interrupted her, "Auntie, I really know I was wrong."

Then he straightened his face again, and said in a deep voice: "But Shigu, think about it carefully, how powerful Patriarch Shiye and Shizu were in the past, did they die in the end? Master is younger after all, and he can't compare with Shizu And Master Patriarch, now that the imperial court has given us the Taoist Workshop openly and aboveboard, isn’t this forcing the Taoists to attack us? Master has not yet reached the realm of being the only one in the world.”

After Wu Yu, who was originally full of anger, heard this, the anger in his heart slowly dissipated, and he was thoughtful.

After a long time, Wu Yu sighed and said: "I heard from my mother that Chen Ye, the master of the Daomen Town Demon Palace, has left the customs not long ago, and his realm has risen to a higher level, becoming another earth fairy in the eighteenth floor of the earth fairy realm. , if he comes to Jiangnan in person..."

Wu Yu didn't finish the last half of the sentence, but turned to look north.

(End of this chapter)