Wudang

Chapter 36

Back at Quanzhen Sect, Zhang Junbao told Qi Zhicheng about the matter.

"Senior brother, I have promised Ahema about hunting tomorrow." Zhang Junbao said one last sentence.

"Ahema is really in a hurry. I wish people would know that the relationship between my Quanzhen Sect and him is different from the past." Qi Zhicheng said coldly.

"He promised so happily, it's a bit beyond my junior's expectation."

Of course Zhang Junbao was referring to Ahema's promise to secretly take care of the Quanzhen Sect.

"You can't believe it all." Qi Zhicheng shook his head and said, "Of course, when you go hunting tomorrow, make sure that the relationship is mutual, those guys should restrain themselves."

Zhang Junbao nodded secretly, Ahema wants to tie the Quanzhen Sect to his own boat, so far as it is concerned, on the surface it is right.

In fact, whether the two sides will really contribute is another matter.

But for both parties, limited cooperation is enough, all in the name of the other party.

It is obviously impossible to really use all our strength to support the other party.

The main reason is that although the Quanzhen Sect has intervened in the affairs of the court, it will not be very deep.

"It's no wonder that Ahema is so impatient. His life has been difficult these days."

Zhang Junbao stared at Qi Zhicheng with some doubts.

"The prince has been embarrassing him several times recently." Qi Zhicheng said.

Zhang Junbao thought it was so.

The prince is now very trusted by Kublai Khan, and Ahema has a very small chance of winning against the prince.

He also has self-knowledge and usually gives in.

But this does not mean that Ahema will do nothing, and secretly trip the prince.

For example, in some personnel appointments, Ahema continued to install his own people.

"Will the prince see us as a thorn in his side?" Zhang Junbao asked.

The power of the Prince's side is not ordinary, and it will be very troublesome if they are provoked.

"Not at all." Qi Zhicheng said with a smile, "I believe the crown prince still knows what's in his mind, we and Ahema are just using each other to frighten Xiao Xiao. On the side of Prime Minister Wen..."

"Brother, do you think it is possible to get clues about Wanshou Daozang from Prime Minister Wen?" Zhang Junbao looked forward to it.

"Jun Bao, don't have too much hope." Qi Zhicheng shook his head and said, "Let's not talk about whether Prime Minister Wen knows, even if he knows, how can he tell you?"

Zhang Junbao was right when he thought about it, he admired and admired Wen Tianxiang, but Wen Tianxiang didn't know him, let alone trust him.

After seeing each other, the other party will tell the secret?

There is no such thing.

"We can only take one step at a time. As long as we can save Prime Minister Wen's life, we can find a way." Zhang Junbao sighed.

"Difficult." Qi Zhicheng said, "Kublai Khan really wants to release Prime Minister Wen, why wait until now? Besides, Prime Minister Wen may not necessarily agree to advise Yuan Ting."

Zhang Junbao felt sad, Kublai Khan definitely didn't want to let Wen Tianxiang go.

Wen Tianxiang can be regarded as an anti-Yuan flag. If he was released, it would be like letting a tiger go back to the mountain in Kublai Khan's eyes.

When the time comes, Wen Tianxiang will give a great encouragement to the anti-Yuan forces.

Therefore, Kublai Khan has always wanted to subdue Wen Tianxiang, one is a former talent, and the other is that he can effectively attack the anti-Yuan forces.

How difficult is it to keep Wen Tianxiang's life under such circumstances?

In history, Wen Tianxiang would rather die than surrender, and generously went to justice.

It is equally unlikely that he can be persuaded to advise Kublai Khan as a consultant.

Other than that, Zhang Junbao has no good idea now.

"However, it is an opportunity for you to get in touch with Prime Minister Wen now." Qi Zhicheng said again.

"Do your best." Zhang Junbao nodded.

Save Wen Tianxiang?

Jail?

This kind of situation can only be thought about, and it is impossible to do it with his little strength.

There must be many masters in the Anti-Yuan Rebellion Army, they can't do it, what can I do by myself?
It's still what I said just now, take one step at a time, try my best to find a way to save Wen Tianxiang's life.

This is not only for the clues of Wanshou Daozang, but also for the sake of not killing the loyal people I admire.

"Too many scum." Zhang Junbao cursed secretly.

Those who wanted to kill Wen Tianxiang, on the contrary, Liu Mengyan and other Song surrenders were the most eager.

These guys surrounded Kublai Khan, babbling and talking, which would also affect Kublai Khan's determination to kill Wen Tianxiang.

"By the way, I will teach you the 'Chunyang Sword Art' now."

"Didn't Senior Brother talk about it some time ago?" Zhang Junbao was stunned for a moment.

"I may retreat at any time these few days, so I'll pass it on to you first." Qi Zhicheng said.

"Brother, are you in good health?" Zhang Junbao asked with concern.

"Don't worry." Qi Zhicheng said and handed Zhang Junbao a book of sword techniques.

Zhang Junbao didn't refuse, and took over "Chunyang Sword Art" carefully.

Looking through it in front of Qi Zhicheng.

Half an hour later, Zhang Junbao closed the secret book, closed his eyes and memorized it silently in his mind, and handed the secret book back to Qi Zhicheng after confirming that he had written it all down.

"Remember it?" Qi Zhicheng sighed a little, "As the master said, Jun Bao, your memory is different from ordinary people, and ordinary people may not be able to remember it within an hour."

"Just write it down." Zhang Junbao smiled.

"If you have any questions during the training process in the future, you can ask Zhixian." Qi Zhicheng said, "Of course, you can also ask him if you have anything."

Zhang Junbao nodded, he knew that after Qi Zhicheng retreated, Zhang Zhixian usually presided over the affairs of the teaching.

And after Qi Zhicheng abdicated, Zhang Zhixian took over as the head teacher.

It can be said that Qi Zhicheng trusts Zhang Zhixian, his junior.

The next day, Zhang Junbao and Miao Daoyi went to meet Ahema and his party outside the west city gate.

When they arrived, there were already many people gathered here.

People from all walks of life included old people in carriages and young people on horses. They were in groups of three or four, each with their own guards.

A bunch of older generations, a bunch of young people.

Hunting is one of the ways in which one faction communicates with each other to enhance feelings.

For example, let the younger generation get acquainted with each other.

The arrival of Zhang Junbao and Miao Daoyi surprised everyone present.

After all, the clothes of the two of them are too conspicuous, and it is impossible not to be noticed.

At first, these people thought that Zhang Junbao and Zhang Junbao happened to pass by, but they didn't expect to see the stewards of the prime minister's mansion warmly greet them.

Only then did they know that Zhang Junbao and Miao Daoyi were also among them.

Some people knew that Zhang Junbao had been to the prime minister's mansion yesterday, but they never thought that the relationship between the Quanzhen sect and the prime minister had suddenly changed, it was too sudden.

"Two priests." Yu Huwen was already there, and when he saw the two of them, he hurriedly approached.

At the same time, he quickly introduced some people around him.

Zhang Junbao could tell that the people around were basically headed by Yu Huwen.

Although Yu Huwen is Ahema's celebrity, Ahema's faction is also divided into factions.

Looking at the positions of these people, Zhang Junbao roughly estimated that there are four factions.

In fact, this is very normal.

For example, some officials, they don't get together with Yu Huwen very much, they each have their own circles.

Yu Huwen is Ahema's celebrity, which doesn't mean he doesn't have other highly valued subordinates.

"This is the old man's grandson, Yu Chengshen. My grandson was fond of wielding knives and guns when he was young, and was sent to the Yanshan School. When he can hunt, let him learn from the two Taoists." Yu Huwen laughed.

Behind Yu Huwen, a young man who was about the same age as Miao Daoyi hurried forward and clasped his fists and said, "Cheng Shen has long admired the names of the two Taoists."

Zhang Junbao nodded secretly, with Yu Huwen's financial resources, it is not a problem for his juniors to join a sect.

The Yanshan faction is a Jianghu sect near Dadu, and its influence is not small. Although it is not a famous sect, it can be regarded as first-class.

"Where is it?" Zhang Junbao smiled.

He could tell that Yu Chengshen's skill was not weak, of course it was much worse than himself and Miao Daoyi.

But he is not bad among his peers in Jianghu.

"Two priests, the old man will go over there first to meet a friend." Yu Huwen left quickly, his purpose was to let his grandson get to know Zhang Junbao and the others.

People of the same age have a common discourse.

If the relationship with Zhang Junbao and the others goes further, this is also Yu Huwen's expectation.

Yu Cheng was a deep talker, and roughly told Zhang Junbao about the background of the people around him.

Although Miao Dao has been in Dadu for a long time, he really doesn't know much about the people on Ahema's side.

"Huh?" Zhang Junbao suddenly saw an annoying guy.

I saw Fang Yilian, the young cousin of the Wu family, riding a horse talking with some young people not far away.

"That guy? The Prime Minister just came here, and he's quite capable." Yu Chengshen noticed Zhang Junbao's gaze, saw Fang Yilian, and spoke in a bad tone.

"Did you have a feud with him?" Zhang Junbao asked.

"I haven't." Yu Chengshen said hastily, "It's a bit of a conflict with my Yu family's business."

"Even if you have some conflicts between the south and the north, it shouldn't be a big deal, right?" Zhang Junbao was a little curious.

"This?" Yu Chengshen thought for a while and said, "Actually, my grandfather wanted to expand the branch in the south of the Yangtze River. Now that the Wu family has joined, it is not easy for me to continue to invest in the south. I don't know what they did. The method has won the trust of the Prime Minister."

Grandpa asked him to get along well with the two Taoist priests. Of course he understood this, and it was of great benefit to himself and the Yu family. Of course, this relationship must be maintained.

So there is no need to hide some things, just tell the truth.

Zhang Junbao understood.

The Wu family firm probably got through Ahema's network recently, and with Ahema's support, the Wu family's power in the south of the Yangtze River would definitely expand.

The so-called colleagues are enemies.

The joining of the Wu family will naturally damage the interests of Yusheng Commercial Bank.

Originally, Yusheng Commercial Bank intended to go south, but now it is impossible.

This is a very direct loss.

The other thing is that the Wu family will definitely compete with Yusheng Commercial Bank for the resources in Ahema's hands.

In the past, in the business field, Ahhema's side was basically dominated by Yusheng Trading Co., but now that there are more people taking a share of the pie, it's no wonder that Yu Chengshen has objections to Yi Lian.

At this moment, Fang Yilian came towards Zhang Junbao and the others.

Seeing him approaching, Zhang Junbao frowned. He didn't have a good impression of this Biao Young Master, he could even be said to be vile.

"Daozhang Zhang, we meet again." Fang Yilian cupped his hands and smiled at Zhang Junbao after coming over. As for Yu Chengshen and Miao Daoyi, he didn't seem to see him.

"Yes, what a coincidence, to see Young Master Fang again here." Zhang Junbao returned lightly.

He stretched out his hand not to hit the smiling face, but his tone was not so good.

"I'm ashamed to say that what happened on the way to Dadu last time was a misunderstanding. I'm here to apologize to Daoist Zhang." Fang Yilian cupped his hands at Zhang Junbao again.

Zhang Junbao wondered in his heart, what's the situation with this little boy?

"I dare not." Zhang Junbao couldn't figure out his reason for coming.

Yu Chengshen at the side could hear from Zhang Junbao's words that Zhang Junbao also didn't want to see this guy.

If he didn't know much about the situation, he really wanted to sneer at this guy.

"Before, I thought Daoist Zhang was a disciple of Quanzhen Sect, so he spoke rudely and made things difficult on purpose. Now I know that Daoist is not, so I ask Daoist to forgive me." Fang Yilian got off his horse at this time, and bowed slightly towards Zhang Junbao.

Zhang Junbao didn't expect this guy to really apologize, and he looked very solemn.

So he also dismounted, not sure what this guy's intentions were for a moment, and he still had some doubts in his eyes: "What about Quanzhen disciples?"

"Daozhang Zhang, I don't have the slightest liking for Quanzhen Sect." Fang Yilian replied, "That's why, at that time, he mistakenly thought that Daoist Master was a member of Quanzhen Sect, so he acted like that."

"I don't know how my Quanzhen Sect disciple offended you?" Miao Dao couldn't listen anymore, this guy really didn't understand.

"Hmph, your Quanzhen sect is not a good thing." Fang Yilian snorted coldly.

Miao Daoyi's face changed slightly, this guy is a little too much.

If it weren't for the inappropriate occasion, I really want to teach him a lesson.

"Why do you want to do it?" Fang Yilian noticed the change in Miao Daoyi's expression.

"How could I care about a brat like you?" Miao Daoyi sneered.

The other party is still a little younger than myself, if I really want to do it, I will inevitably be criticized.

How can I say that I am a disciple of Master Quanzhen.

"Boy?" Fang Yilian said with a laugh, "Zhang Daochang is about the same age as me, why don't you call Master Uncle?"

"This is a matter of my sect." Miao Daoyi was not provoked.

"Anyway, I just don't like your Quanzhen sect. What's the matter, don't you want someone to tell you?" Fang Yilian stared at Miao Daoyi.

Full of provocation.

The movement here has attracted the attention of many people.

Coupled with the identities of Zhang Junbao and Miao Daoyi, they were all curious.

Of course, Fang Yilian's performance also surprised them a little.

This kid from the south seems to be a little ignorant.

Leaving aside Miao Daoyi's identity, it's not wise to make such a big commotion when your Wu family firm just joined the Prime Minister's side.

"Zhang Daoist, I'm only targeting the Quanzhen sect, not the Daoist sect. I respect seniors like Huolong Daoist." Fang Yilian said to Zhang Junbao again.

Zhang Junbao thought to himself, probably someone from Quanzhen Sect offended him.

In recent years, Quanzhen Sect has been expanding aggressively, and it is inevitable that some scum will be mixed in, using the name of Quanzhen Sect to run amok outside.

Thinking of this, his dislike for Fang Yi Lian became less.

But he was on Miao Daoyi's side after all.

Even though Quanzhen Sect has a few scumbags, they can't kill all of them with one stick, right? It doesn't make sense.

"The Prime Minister is here." A voice sounded from the direction of the city gate.

Ahema appeared in front of the crowd surrounded by the guards.

This diverted everyone's attention, Zhang Junbao didn't want to say anything to Fang Yilian.

Regardless of whether he is targeting Quanzhen Sect or not, I have nothing to say with him, and there will be no intersection in the future, so let it be.

Ahema introduced Zhang Junbao and Miao Daoyi to everyone in a high-profile manner.

This made Zhang Junbao's cheeks twitch.

It seems that Ahema wished that people all over the country would know that the relationship between Quanzhen Sect and him had improved, right?

An hour later, the group arrived near Xishan.

Since it was the prime minister hunting, the vicinity had already been cleared, and no one was allowed to approach.

Under the order of Ahema, the young people took the lead in galloping out. They wanted to show themselves well in front of the prime minister.

Although Ahema is over 50 years old and fat, he still goes hunting in person.

Except for a few Chinese civil servants who were really old and unable to ride and shoot, they stayed behind and waited, most of them went on stage.

The three of Zhang Junbao and the younger generation rushed out, but he and Miao Dao had no intention of hunting, so they just came to see them.

Yu Chengshen has been following the two of them.

"Unlucky, the ghosts linger." He suddenly found that Fang Yilian was actually coming towards them.

"What are you doing here?" Seeing Fang Yilian approaching, Yu Chengshen couldn't help but ask in a cold voice.

"What do you have to do with me looking for Daoist Zhang?" Fang Yilian retorted unceremoniously, "But I heard that you are the most outstanding disciple of the Yanshan School, why don't we first compare and see who hunts more?"

Of course Fang Yilian knew Yu Chengshen's identity, and the two major firms would compete under Ahema in the future, so he was also rude to Yu Chengshen.

Yu Chengshen didn't expect this kid to be so brazen, but he still looked at Zhang Junbao.

"Are you confident?" Zhang Junbao asked with a smile.

He could see that Yu Chengshen was still eager to join the hunting ranks, but because of himself and Miao Daoyi, he could only follow along and look enviously at the young people hunting.

"Daozhang Zhang, look at it." Yu Cheng patted his chest deeply and said.

He really wanted to perform in front of Zhang Junbao and the two of them, and he always remembered his grandfather's exhortation.

"Don't be careless." Miao Daoyi reminded, "Don't look at him as young, he is not simple."

Yu Chengshen cupped his fists at Miao Dao one by one and said to Fang Yilian, "Just ask Daoist Zhang to be a witness, do you have any objection?"

"No problem, Daoist Zhang, please start!" Fang Yilian said with a slight smile.

Following Zhang Junbao's shout of 'Start', the two riders shot out like arrows flying off the string.

"Let's keep up, drive~" Zhang Junbao clamped the horse's belly with both feet forcefully.

An hour later.

The hunting was in full swing, Zhang Junbao and Miao Daoyi followed Fang Yilian, and the hunting people around had already dispersed. After all, the area of ​​Western Mountain was huge, and some had even entered the forest to look for more prey.

"Uncle Master, be careful." Miao Daoyi suddenly jumped up from his horse and rushed towards Zhang Junbao.

Zhang Junbao didn't react for a while, and was pushed off the horse by Miao Daoyi.

Zhang Junbao rolled on the ground twice and immediately stood still. Except for the dust on his body, he was not injured.

He looked at a deep hole in the ground next to him with lingering fear, a hidden weapon was shot at him just now, assassination?

If Miao Dao hadn't pushed him away in time, it would be difficult for him to avoid it.

It is not impossible to die, it is still possible to avoid the vital points, but it will definitely be injured.

At this time, a few figures sprang out from the nearby woods, rushing over with swords in hand.

"Who is it!" Miao Dao shouted, and immediately went up to meet him.

(End of this chapter)