Sword Qi of the heavens

Fish and bait

Not far outside the capital.

Beside a beautiful river.

Li Changlan and Wei Zhongxian were sitting on wooden chairs, each holding a fishing rod in their hands.

However, compared to Li Changlan who was reading a book carefully with one hand, Wei Zhongxian frowned tightly, looking very upset and not in a high mood.

On the shore, a large number of masters from Dongchang and Jinyiwei stood in rows.

More than a dozen civil and military officials, under the leadership of Tian Ergeng, the commander in chief of Jinyiwei, and Xu Xianchun, the governor of Beizhen, waited quietly, not daring to speak loudly to disturb the two who were fishing, for fear of disturbing their interest.

But Li Changlan didn't care, still silently looking at the book in his hand.

after awhile.

The fishing rod in Wei Zhongxian's hand shook slightly.

Seeing a fish biting the hook, he held the end of the fishing rod with both hands and lifted it up vigorously, but unfortunately failed to lift the fish out of the water several times.

Just when he opened his eyes slightly and tried again.

A Jinyi guard who was waiting quietly at the rear quickly put down the fish basket, slowly came to the edge of the platform, entered the water as calmly as possible, unhooked a big fish from the hook, and brought it back to the shore.

Afterwards, he respectfully came to Wei Zhongxian and knelt down, holding both ends of the fish with both hands, raising his head high, his eyes fixed on the ground, not daring to look up.

Wei Zhongxian quietly looked at the Jin Yiwei, but did not speak.

Li Changlan glanced at it, and said, intentionally or unintentionally: "I'm a little tired of reading, put this book away, and remember to replace it with another one when I read it next time."

Li Changlan closed the book in his hand, then threw it back.

"Remember, my lord." Pei Lun quickly reached out to catch it, and after memorizing the names of the books, he carefully put them into the box where the books were placed aside, rearranged them in the original order, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems to have heard Li Changlan speak.

The gloomy look on Wei Zhongxian's face suddenly disappeared a lot.

He stood up, slowly moved his body a few times, and then turned around to face the other side of the river, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Lord Li, how do you feel about the Dao Zang and Yongle Dadian?"

"It's not bad. There are no mistakes in the book's typesetting or text editing. It seems that this group of civil servants is working hard in revising the classics."

Li Changlan thought about his impressions of reading classics in the past few months, and generally speaking, there was nothing wrong with it, so he gave a fairly objective evaluation.

"So many books, can you read them all?" Wei Zhongxian frowned.

"There are a lot of books, and the vocabulary is obscure and difficult to understand. For ordinary people, it is slower to read them. Fortunately, I have a good memory, and the speed of reading books is faster than others." Li Changlan turned his back. He stood up, stood beside Wei Zhongxian and said leisurely.

"I didn't expect Mr. Li to have this ability." Wei Zhongxian showed a hint of surprise.

"Naturally, it's not worth mentioning. It's always good to read a book in your free time to pass the time." Li Changlan smiled, disapproving.

Wei Zhongxian and Li Changlan chatted without saying a word.

The two of them didn't think there was anything wrong, the civil and military officials were a little far away, and felt that some small movements of physical discomfort were harmless, and it was not easy to be noticed by others.

Pei Lun has been with Li Changlan for a while, and he has long been used to this situation.

Only this Jin Yiwei was kneeling on the ground, his clothes were soaked in water, and now he was holding up a big fish with both hands.

As time passed, his hands and legs became stiffer.

Pei Lun could even clearly see that this Jin Yiwei's limbs had started to tremble non-stop because of some loss of strength, and it was obvious that he was about to be unable to hold on.

Another quarter of an hour passed.

The Jin Yiwei fell to the ground with a "plop".

Wei Zhongxian heard a voice behind him, looked back, then withdrew his gaze, turned around again, and looked at the opposite bank.

"Master Li, what you said is correct. The "Taoist Collection" is indeed not completely recorded, and some content has been deliberately deleted."

"I heard that some detailed methods of Taoism are hidden, but it doesn't matter. Recently, this generation of celestial masters happens to be working in the capital. Why don't I invite this generation of Longhushan celestial masters to answer your questions in person? Confused?"

"Then I would like to thank Eunuch Wei." Li Changlan nodded lightly.

Pei Lun saw that Li Changlan wanted to leave.

He bowed to Wei Zhongxian, carried the wooden box on the ground with a lot of books on his back, quickly followed behind Li Changlan, and left together.

Wei Zhongxian stood where he was, watching Li Changlan's back gradually disappear.

Only then did he look at Jin Yiwei who continued to kneel on the ground, holding up his trembling hands.

"Who are you? How did you appear beside me?"

The Jinyi guard lowered his head firmly, and replied: "The next official Lu Wenzhao, Beizhen Fusi Qianhu, I paid 200 taels of silver to Mr. Xu in exchange for the opportunity to serve by your side."

Wei Zhongxian sneered.

"Today's opportunity is considered cheap for you."

He took the fish away from Lu Wenzhao's hand, and then it was still on the ground beside him, "Tell me, what do you want?"

"Humble job, from now on, I am willing to stand on the saddle, never give up, and dare to ask the factory owner for an errand."

Lu Wenzhao didn't know whether it was due to the exhaustion of maintaining this posture for a long time, or because he was too nervous in front of Wei Zhongxian and spoke intermittently.

When Wei Zhongxian heard Lu Wenzhao's words of self-recommendation, the corners of Wei Zhongxian's mouth twitched slightly.

His tone was extremely disdainful: "Recover Liaodong, get rid of Jiannu, can you do it? Shandong civil uprising, put down the bandits, can you do it?"

Lu Wenzhao was left speechless by Wei Zhongxian's question. He probably opened his mouth several times, wanting to speak, but in the end he still didn't speak out.

Wei Zhongxian looked at the official guard not far from him.

"There is an errand, the emperor's dragon is sick, and the three-legged golden cicada is needed as a medicine introduction, go get it for you."

"Thank you for your kindness!" Lu Wenxuan couldn't help smiling.

Wei Zhongxian was about to get up.

Pei Lun, who had just left, trotted back.

Wei Zhongxian frowned, and asked aloud, "What are you doing here again?"

Pei Lun bowed respectfully to Wei Zhongxian, and said: "Back to the factory, my lord said he wants to eat fish tonight, the one he saw you caught just now is good, let me come back and get it."

Wei Zhongxian nodded lightly, then looked at Lu Wenzhong who was still kneeling on the ground.

"Stop kneeling, go and send the fish to Master Li, and pass on my order by the way, asking the Celestial Master to go to Nanzhen Fusi to help Master Li answer some doubts in the book."

"Yes, Mr. Factory." Lu Wenzhao replied heavily, stood up with support, and picked up the fish from the ground.

After Lu Wenzhao and Pei Lun left.

Wei Zhongxian quietly looked at the direction they left, his expression gradually became cold.

"Father, isn't this Li Changlan a bit too rampant recently?" Tian Ergeng asked aloud.

(End of this chapter)