Fu Shifeng

Chapter 63
"This is a memory bead produced in Tianzhu. It is a little gain from the students' management of Baochang Society these years. Please accept it."

In the past, Su Wangting was under Lu Xiang's family. He was not only a small official who handled documents, but also followed Lu Xiang to study the knowledge of managing the world and helping the people. Therefore, not only is it not wrong to call himself a student, but it can also greatly shorten the relationship between the two.

At this moment, in the main hall of the prime minister's mansion, Su Wangting handed the blue orb in a lacquered wooden box to a maidservant in red clothes, and she brought it to Lu Xiang for a look.

Although most of the imperial government offices are located in the imperial city, because the current emperor's residence was located in Xingqingfang in the east of Chang'an City before he ascended the throne, after ascending the throne, it was expanded into a palace several times and became a place for daily administration.

And the several Lifangs near the Xingqing Palace naturally became the best locations that princes, dukes and ministers were eager to pursue.Lu Xiang himself was deeply trusted by the emperor, and he bestowed his residence in Shengyefang on the west side of Xingqing Palace.Therefore, Lu Xiang usually manages affairs in his own mansion instead of going to the Imperial City Government Office.

The main hall is deep and wide, and the two sides are separated by screens. More than a dozen officials of history and literature sit behind the screens and write at their desks to assist Lu Xiang in his office.There are also many written memorandums hung directly on the screen, and the densely packed text makes the people who come to visit feel invisible oppression, as if they can see how a huge country works.

Su Wangting didn't dare to watch casually, and stood with his head bowed after handing over the gift, waiting for Prime Minister Lu to ask questions.

"There is also a memory bead hidden in the palace, which was brought back by Master Sanzang." Lu Xiang picked up the blue-colored memory bead, held it in the palm of his hand, and gently rubbed it, showing a rare smile.

"What did you talk about with Wang Yuanbao in Puji Temple?" Lu Xiang immediately put away his smile and asked bluntly.

Su Wangting did not hide anything, and replied: "Wang Yuanbao hopes that students will help him take care of part of the property. In order to establish his reputation, he will ask students to take care of the Weinan Doubao Fair before the winter solstice this year."

"Then what are your plans?" Lu Xiang asked.

"If you work in Wang Yuanbao's side, it will help the teacher, and the students must do their best." Su Wangting did not twist his words like before, but straightforwardly explained his attitude.

Lu Xiang nodded slightly. He has always been serious, and this is already his way of expressing his satisfaction: "You should have read the eight new policies implemented by the imperial court. Next year, Changping Warehouses will be set up outside the capital. Associates lose, especially in the counties south of the canal."

"Students are willing to go." Su Wangting did not hesitate, even though he had never listened to Lu Xiang's details, based on the news he had inquired in Chang'an these days, plus Lu Xiang's precepts and deeds in the past, he had roughly pieced together in his mind what he was going to do in the future.

Great Xia has a vast territory, with different products from east to west, from north to south, and different surplus and deficiency. Most merchants use this difference to go back and forth by boat and car, buy low and sell high, so as to seek profits.

For people like Lu Xiang, it seems that the products of various places can be circulated, but most of the time there is still a mismatch between supply and demand in various places, and the surplus and deficiency do not complement each other.In order to make more profits, some well-informed wealthy businessmen resorted to hoarding and scattered methods. If there is a natural disaster, it can cause a huge man-made disaster in an instant.

If it is just a mere merchant, no matter how much money he earns, he is nothing more than an ant to Lu Xiang, who can be wiped out in a blink of an eye.

But just like Su Wangting was able to run the Baochang Society in Quzhi City successfully, not only by relying on Prime Minister Lu, but also by maintaining contacts with the Dadu Protectorate and contributing a lot. Soft egg.

Even if the Chief Protector of Qi banned the Baochang Society in the end, it would be by taking advantage of the competition for the Star Essence, while taking the opportunity to force the Lu Xiang forces out of the Western Regions, and at the same time secretly draw a clear line with the British Duke - this matter Su Wangting had already done in Quzhi City I have learned about it from the inspector.

Similarly, if Lu Xiang wants to implement the New Deal, it is impossible to rely on his high position and power to forcefully push it, and it may not be possible to completely replace merchants from all over the place with government offices in the short term, which makes Su Wangting have a place to use his skills.

"The decree will still be debated in court for some time, and it will be implemented at least next year. I will arrange specific affairs for you later." When Lu Xiang said this, he gently shook the copper bell on the case.

Hearing this sound, the literature and history scribes on both sides of the screen got up one after another and went out in a file. The last one closed the door, and the whole deep and wide main hall fell silent in an instant.

Su Wangting guessed that Prime Minister Lu had something important to tell him, but seeing that the red-clothed maid didn't avoid it, he didn't dare to think about it.

"Mr. Changqing from Fuzang Palace, you brought him to Chang'an?" Lu Xiang asked immediately.

Su Wangting felt that the other party's sharp gaze was approaching like a real sword blade, and his eyes were stinging. He quickly lowered his head and crossed his hands, and replied cautiously: "Returning to Master, the student only returned with Mr. Changqing at first, but later learned that he wanted to Participating in the Daoist Judgment, the students felt that he would have great achievements in the future, so they thought about making friends with sponsors."

In front of Lu Xiang, Su Wangting didn't dare to hide, and he couldn't hide it. He made friends with Changqing because he had a long-term view. Forging a good relationship with such a Taoist master, he might be able to deal with a lot of troubles in the future.

However, Changqing has the arrogance and conceit of a cultivator, and worldly wealth is hard to move his heart. On the contrary, Cheng Sanwu's straightforward personality is more suitable for getting along with him.

Su Wangting had a long talk with Changqing at the beginning, hoping that he could take care of Cheng Sanwu, but on the other hand, why didn't he hope that Cheng Sanwu would take care of this young man, Changqing?

"You have been doing business in the Western Regions for more than ten years, and your grasp of people's hearts has improved a lot." Lu Xiang said, "Even if you are a cultivator with magic power, you will still be tricked into coming to Chang'an by you, and the other party will even think that you want to come."

Su Wangting lowered his head even lower. In front of Lu Xiang, he was really insignificant.

"Do you know who this Mr. Changqing is?" Lu Xiang asked again.

Cold sweat broke out on Su Wangting's forehead, suppressing his fear, and replied: "In the first year of Xiantian, the student was ordered by his teacher to buy a mansion and land in Nanyang, Dengzhou, to settle a mother and a son. Later, it was heard that his mother died of illness, and his son was killed by a family. A Songyue Taoist picked him up. If the student guesses correctly, that child is now Mr. Changqing."

"When he left my house, he was less than five years old, so he already remembers things." Lu Xiang showed a look of reminiscence, Su Wangting had never seen such an aura of nostalgia in him.

In Su Wangting's impression, Lu Yan is not the kind of person who will be bound by the old feelings of his old friends. What he learned from Lu Yan is the ability to study practical affairs and understand people's hearts.

"Zijin... No, Mr. Changqing must have resentment towards me, right?" Lu Yan's emotions subsided in an instant, and he became the current Prime Minister Lu who never let people avoid him.

"Yes." What else could Su Wangting say?If possible, he also hopes to mediate between the two, but as smart as he is, he feels powerless at the moment.

"Reverend Daguan will enter the palace on the winter solstice to preach Taoism." Lu Xiang said, "Bring Mr. Changqing back to Chang'an at that time, and I will meet him personally."

"Students obey."

Su Wangting didn't dare to ask more questions. After leaving, Lu Yan didn't rush to shake the copper bell to call in the scribes. Fairy Qiu beside him said, "I used the flute to transmit the sound of the sword last night, and I have finished "The Sword Flowing the Rainbow Through the Moon". "Printed into Zijin Sea of ​​Consciousness."

"Sword consciousness enters the consciousness, although it is mysterious and profound, but there is no sword intent, it is not a great swordsmanship." Lu Yan said: "If you can't hold the sword yourself, and practice the swordsmanship moves thoroughly, it will be useless after all, let alone against the sword. Courage to confront the enemy."

"I plan to give advice later." Fairy Qiu changed her tone: "But Cheng Sanwu seemed to be aware of the passing of the sword last night, and he has been protecting Zijin until the fourth watch."

Lu Yan was silent for a long time after hearing the words, Qiu Xianzi stared at him and asked: "You said before that Cheng Sanwu was originally an immortal ancient demon. You let him stay by Zijin's side, so you are not afraid of accidents?"

"Cheng Sanwu took the initiative to protect Zijin, which means that they succeeded." Lu Yan sat back, and the incredible shock was expressed on him in such a subtle way.

"They? You mean Fu Shifeng?" Fairy Qiu asked, "Didn't you part ways with them already?"

"It's nothing more than allowing me to make my own decisions. Fu Shifeng wasn't originally a sect with strict rules and regulations. It was just a group of like-minded people who passed it on for a long time." Lu Yan's tone seemed a little mocking.

"What do you mean by the 'success' you just mentioned?" Fairy Qiu asked again.

"Fu Shifeng's sages tried their best to kill the monster, so they chose another way to make the monster fall into self-contradiction and self-destruction." Lu Yan explained: "But more than a hundred years ago, A number of experts used their own means to transform the demon into a human in the end."

"Changing into a human?" Fairy Qiu was a little confused: "Did you seal that ancient demon into your body?"

"No." Lu Yan denied: "How they did it, I haven't seen it personally, and I don't know very well. All in all, it's like reborn a newborn person."

"If you look at the Heyang murder case, this generation is not good." Fairy Qiu reminded.

"Ordinary people go through that kind of accident, and they will violently commit crimes. It's nothing more than whether they can do it." Lu Yan said calmly: "I got the news that the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent people to the Ministry of Criminal Affairs to check the files of the past years. It's a pity that they I don't understand, Cheng Sanwu would slaughter the whole family of the Sun family, it wasn't some kind of conspiracy, he just did it.

"I defined the Heyang massacre as revenge and rebellion by the villagers. It was not a selfish exercise of power. This is the fact. As for asking His Majesty to recall the pursuers, it is because I don't want to cause unnecessary casualties."

"Is this what you mean by 'success'?" Fairy Qiu probably understood.

"It was an accident that Zijin and Cheng Sanwu met in the Western Regions." Lu Yan said, "I was a little worried at first, but hearing that Cheng Sanwu was protecting Zijin, it can be seen that the ancient demon was indeed firmly suppressed. .”

"You want Cheng Sanwu to protect Zijin?" Fairy Qiu responded, "Are you worried that Zijin will be involved in a huge dispute in the future?"

"Daguanzi broke my arrangement. What he taught was not to be quiet and inactive, but a bunch of knowledge about military strategists fighting in battle, helping the world and protecting the country. Zijin has made up his mind, even if I stop him, I'm afraid he will rush in by himself." Lu Yan lifted Shaking the copper bell on the table with his hand, he said at the end of the day: "In this case, then put a reliable support by his side, and let him grasp the future direction by himself."

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"You suddenly want to practice swords for no reason?"

In Chang'an East City, Cheng Sanwu followed Changqing to the iron shop. This is actually the blacksmith's shop set up by Jing Zhaoyin. It usually makes daily objects such as kitchen knives, cooking utensils, nails and chains for the common people, but occasionally it also forges swords.

The imperial court's own military department produced a large number of armors, but the people of Great Xia favored martial arts, and even young scholars were willing to carry swords and swords when they went out for travel, which naturally created demand.

Changqing looked at the long swords placed on the shelf, and looked at them one by one, but he was not very satisfied.Cheng Sanwu murmured beside him: "I think these are normal. When it comes to fighting, if the weapon collides, a gap will burst out immediately."

"What? You know swordsmanship too?" Chang Qing glanced at Cheng Sanwu's Bailian Divine Sword, thinking that this precious sword from a Taoist foundry is definitely not a sword with poor workmanship in the ironware industry, comparable to iron bars can be compared.

"Have you never eaten pork, haven't you seen a pig running?" Cheng Sanwu said with a smile on his hips, "I also know that you scholars like to play swords, and look down on us who play swords, and think we are rustic."

"You're being cheap!" Chang Qing retorted: "I'm just thinking that in the future, I won't be able to walk empty-handed all the time. Among the weapons and martial arts of Taoism, the sword is the main thing, and it is more in harmony with Taoism."

"I know, it's just those flying swords that shoot everywhere!" Cheng Sanwu waved his hand and almost knocked down a weapon rack next to him.

Seeing this, Changqing didn't have what he needed anyway, so he took Cheng Sanwu to leave in a hurry, and said while walking on the street: "Flying sword is a serious spell, not fighting with a sword. It is said that the method of refining flying sword To the extreme, it can reach the realm of the unity of man and sword."

"Wouldn't that be a swordsman?" Cheng Sanwu said with a smile while grabbing his beard.

"One day you are poked seventeen or eight holes by the flying sword, don't ask me to save you." Changqing shook his head repeatedly.

Last night, when Changqing was thinking about it, a jade girl with a sword suddenly appeared in the sea of ​​consciousness.As usual, Changqing must have thought that it was an attack by a foreign demon.

However, the jade girl holding the sword destroyed the general with a sword, causing the sword to fill the sea of ​​consciousness. When Changqing reacted, she found that the other party had taught her a very brilliant swordsmanship.

This happened without any warning, even Chang Qing was greatly shocked, although he saw many legends in the books about immortals passing on dharma, dreaming about encountering real masters, etc., but he couldn't believe it.

But when something happened to him, Changqing felt an unprecedented shock. He couldn't sleep at all in the second half of the night. He kept recalling the sword technique and confirmed that there was a lingering sword in the sea of ​​consciousness. He realized that his thoughts were not disordered for a while .

It wasn't until the sky was bright and after Su Wangting went to the prime minister's mansion that Changqing vaguely figured out that maybe he was favored by a certain swordsman who was hiding in Chang'an, but the other party didn't want to reveal his identity, so he used this kind of twists and turns. Means to teach swordsmanship.

Although it is extremely rare to teach exercises through the mind and spirit, it is not too unfamiliar to Changqing.When he was practicing in Fu Zang Palace, he had comprehended the Taoism left by his master in a maze cave built by Daguan Daoist.

However, such things as passing swords in the virtual world are too unimaginable, Changqing didn't intend to tell others, but he also had the idea of ​​practicing swordsmanship, so he brought Cheng Sanwu to buy weapons.

(End of this chapter)