Tang Qi Tan

This person's surname is Ning, and his real name is a character Yi; it is said that his ancestors originated from the local Ning family in Guiguan; It was in the distant Great Xia of the Western Kingdom, who had been ranked among the most important ministers of the imperial court for generations.

However, as Ning Yi's ancestors, he did not have the courage to follow the frontiers and expand the land, nor was he able to grasp the last vestiges of the century-old campaign; One of the minority people who came down; after successive dynasties, it was unknown.

And when it came to Ning Yi's generation, although he couldn't be said to be a poor family, he could only be said to be impoverished; even the funeral of his parents was done with the help of the same clan.Therefore, his only way out is to borrow money from his clansmen and go to Guangzhou to take the official affairs sub-study, one of the three affiliated schools.

However, as the largest port in the South China Sea, Guangzhou, the wonderful world of flowers and flowers is really alluring; as a local child, it is not a big problem to obtain an entrance qualification, but you must resist the same year and seniors. It is too difficult to compete with each other in sensuality.

Therefore, most of the more than a dozen children from the same county who left their hometown to study with Ning Yi inevitably fell into it.In the end, only he and the son of another mine owner were able to qualify for graduation with a barely passing grade.This is because Ning Yi has a strong local accent, and the fellow villagers are deeply ashamed and don't want to take him with him.

What is even more difficult is the future and future problems he said he faced next; the son of another mine owner did not have the intention to continue to make progress, but was satisfied with the same-year contacts he made during the school year; in the end, with the support of his family In the name of "study tour", I searched for the past.

He even gave all the used luggage to his classmate Ning Yi, which gave him a lot of relief in a short time.As one of the three affiliated schools widely established by the two capitals and the sixteen prefectures in the world, the gold content of the completion certificate of the Nanhai sub-school is naturally far less than that of the two capitals, but it belongs to the upper middle class of the sixteen prefectures.

Therefore, the most common way out for these graduates of official affairs division is not to apply for local officials as officials;Although it is not as good as the initial years of the Hundred Years of Exploration; as long as you are willing to go, you will be granted super preferential treatment, and you will be able to lead the future of a city and a place.

However, under the management of many overseas princes for generations, for Chinese people who are proficient in literature and calculation, and have received official education, they still want as much as they want;It's a pity that Ning Yi is alone and owes a debt to the hometown.

Therefore, going overseas is really not his first choice.But even if they don't enter the official family or the princes have an accident, the maritime merchants and wealthy businessmen who gather in Guangfu are also willing to accept these students who are separated from official affairs.In addition to being proficient in business operations, you can also use the relationship of the same year.

Therefore, he took the next best thing and found a job in the market in Guangfu; although the money was meager to make ends meet; and he needed to learn all kinds of affairs from the beginning, but he had the opportunity to experience overseas scenery and princes ; It is of great benefit to broaden horizons and increase experience.

Therefore, he quickly learned how to deal with people quickly, gained a slight reputation in the market and became a small leader, and gradually repaid most of the village's debts by cutting down on food and clothing.At this time, he was hit by a pie that accidentally fell from the sky; a fragrance merchant wanted to recruit a son-in-law.

Of course, there are other secrets in this.Although it is said on the surface that this Xiangyao businessman surnamed Su is getting old and wants to return to his hometown for the elderly, but he only has one daughter under his knees, and he doesn't want another tribe to adopt the family; so he can only recruit a son-in-law to continue the family. family business.

But in fact, the inside story vaguely revealed is that this girl from the Su family was ignorant, she was deceived by Deng Tuzi when she was acquainting outside, and the other party disappeared after the bead was secretly formed.Therefore, it is difficult to hide the waist that you see, and the family ugliness will inevitably be spread outside, so this is the purpose of recruiting a son-in-law to return to his hometown for the elderly.

Even so, Ning Yi couldn't help but be deeply moved when he saw the other party's lovely and pitiful attitude for the first time; and for a while, he agreed to the marriage with enthusiasm; since then, he has become the Su family's door-to-door son-in-law.Of course, what's better than the discriminated son-in-law is that he only needs to choose one son to follow his mother's surname.

Therefore, Ning Yi, who returned to his hometown in Yangzhou with his new wife, lived a relatively comfortable and comfortable life in Xin'an's home for several years; and raised his daughter who was born in July as if he was his own. ; However, he later discovered that his wife's mind was never on him.

If that's the case, it's fine, Ning Yi doesn't expect much from this marriage, and he can live with it; however, he later finds out that his wife has lost all ties with the past; he even took his daughter to see her.But the Yue family pretended to be deaf and dumb; they even secretly covered and concealed it.

Therefore, Ning Yi, who was disheartened all of a sudden, simply wandered away from home all day; he abandoned himself in the kilns of private prostitutes; So impressed by this, he cheered up again to find a future for himself.

Immediately afterwards, Ning Yi was approached by the post inspector of the mansion, who asked him about his background and tried a few words on his education; he took advantage of the situation to let him fill in the responsibility of the post office officer who had just died of illness at Qiaoguan Post.And this postman, although he is a low-level official, and welcomes and sends all kinds of complicated things, he is a real official class.

Moreover, it is located in the prosperous Jianghuai area in the world, especially in Yangzhou, which is a prosperous resort; although the affairs of being a postman are huge and complicated, it is also one of the key shortages among the vast number of officials at the bottom with sufficient oil and water.The subordinates are in charge of dozens or hundreds of handymen and masters of various positions.

The purchase of various materials and the supply of livestock and horses is a huge profit.And when there is a need, they can also be recruited and summoned on the grounds of business affairs, and the young men from more than a dozen nearby villages will come to help or undertake temporary labor; expedient.

The folks in Huaiyang are generally relatively rich and well-off; therefore, for the price compensation provided after the labor service, few people can appreciate it or simply don’t want to take on the corvee. Others do it for you; this also has to be handled by Yi Cheng.

Therefore, in this position, Ning Yi performed well like a fish in water.Not only was it highly praised by officials and business travelers in the past, but it also quickly attracted the attention of the Shangguan. After being moved around several places under the influence of certain thrusts, it was transferred to the larger and more important Zhuyu Water Station.

Here, he is in charge of hundreds of mules and horses and hundreds of cattle and sheep; more than a dozen official ships, large and small, for both public and private purposes; he is also in charge of several post stations.What's more, if you have accumulated enough capital, you can buy a nearby villa with slaves; you don't have to go back to the Su family's mansion full of hypocrisy against your will.

On the contrary, the Su family's family would send people to greet him from time to time, and pretended to ask him to go home; in this way, the basic illusion of marriage was maintained.Because of this, he became the secret eyeliner and direct subordinate of the governor in the local area because of his unknown kindness and tacit understanding;
Not only did a lot of traffickers and pawns provide him with information in private; even on the surface, he was also elected as the convener/head of the social sacrifices and incense ceremonies in the nearby ten miles and eight townships.Then, it was logical to come into contact with the popular Dayun Sect from the folk.

Therefore, he also received the instruction from the Fu Zun, and tried to get involved to find out the inside story of this one, who mixed up in the countryside to recite scriptures and form associations, and suddenly prospered and became bigger.But what surprised him even more was that his wife's old acquaintance, who seemed to be a stranger, seemed to be mixed in and took his place.

And it is the financial resources of the Yue family who support the other party.Therefore, it was precisely such a sense of indignation that allowed him to persevere in Dayun Sect until now.Therefore, he only had one thought left, which was to destroy everything that had been supported and believed by his wife and Yue family who had betrayed him.

But compared to those who can only see the benefits brought by the Dayun Sect, many newcomers and low-level believers; It's because of spying and seeing more inside stories, such as the cruel methods of the middle and upper classes in the church.

And some so-called methods of protection, shady means of witchcraft, evil, curse and killing: For example, some stubborn leaders in the countryside who refused to accept the teachings and instead sent people to fight with weapons will suddenly be condemned to tragic death; or The relevant family members and relatives generally suffer from malignant sores and diseases.

In some rural areas, a small-scale epidemic suddenly appeared; although it did not kill people, they were also unable to work.Then the usual methods of administering medicine and asking doctors had little effect.Only after the family members have joined the religion, specially invited incense ashes and small statues for them, and they can slowly recover after chanting repeatedly for days.

But the more direct cruel method is to deal with those who betray the religion and leak secrets according to the protection method in the religion.At least as far as Ning Yi knows, no one has ever been able to escape safely; whether it is the local Wu De Department's spies, Jiangdu County's eyeliner, or others.

What's more, after the celestial phenomena changed, the protectors, scripture teachers, and emissaries in these religions also began to show some specious supernatural powers one after another, which made most of the church members more devout and unsuspecting; The unreliable spies surrendered in pain and weeping in the orbit.

In addition, those who are attracted by the elixir of longevity and the practice of restoring youth are no longer ordinary rich and noble families; The day-to-day preaching of Dayun Sect provides various conveniences.

Ning Yi could even recognize some of them.Although as the convener of the local sub-forum, he is not qualified to participate in the mandala esoteric rituals held by those high-level people specially for some secret people; but when he glimpses from a distance, he can recognize individual characteristics Come.

So for a long time, Ning Yi didn't even dare to take the initiative to contact Fu Zun, nor did he dare to mention anything to the directly subordinate Shangguan.Because he can't be sure, how many of his colleagues, subordinates, and deployments are sympathizers who are inclined to Dayun Sect; and how many are believers who worship at home?
This huge contrast between inside and outside, and the sense of despair that the whole world doubted, almost overwhelmed him and drove him crazy.Therefore, when he heard that the members of the sect who almost ruled the sky with one hand in the countryside, there was actually a fearful "current Tai Sui", he was almost relieved and ecstatic.

However, when they heard that this generation was about to disperse and hibernate, they couldn't help feeling anxious.If these hard-core members who had managed to get together in one place were really allowed to disperse again, would Mei Ping know if he would be entangled until the year of the monkey? So he couldn't wait to send out a warning.

However, when Ning Yi, who is the postman, was racking his brains on how to forward this news, the atmosphere suddenly changed, and several French soldiers with big arms, round armor and blades came in stridingly.And in their hands, a limp figure with bloody flesh was dragged backwards,

All of a sudden, the heads of the meeting and society were all in a state of turmoil; while Ning Yi's heart dropped to freezing point.This is obviously another spy who was caught on the spot; at this juncture, it is undoubtedly further increased, the difficulty for him to send the news overnight...

"Unexpectedly, there are still such ignorant villains mixed with party members, who want to use the official's evil law to destroy my way of saving the world." And the great scripture master, who has always had a white hair and a childlike face, and a kind eyebrow, also slowly said: "Don't you hear the celestial phenomena? The signs are frequent, the end of the red lotus is in sight, and only Maitreya can be saved."

Immediately, he suddenly raised the floating dust in his hand and pointed to Ning Yi's direction.