With magical powers, I can quietly meditate on sutras for hundreds of years and become an immortal.

Chapter 41 Smoke and Dust
  Murong Tao left.

After chatting with Li Zhen about the past all afternoon.

It seemed that the mood in his heart was relieved a lot, and he left the capital with a sense of relief.

Li Zhen was left alone, looking at his retreating figure in the sunset.

He clicked his tongue and felt a little emotional:
  "I didn't expect that Murong Tao is tall and tall, but his ancestors were also serious royal nobles."

"Nothing more than a down-and-out young man whose country has perished."

"Don't mention it, don't mention it."

He shook his head with a smile and looked back.

Suddenly his eyes lit up.

With quick hands and eyes, he grasped the fishing rod next to him.

With a hard pick, a white fish jumped out of the lotus pond.

"Of course, we'll have fish tonight."

The capital is too big.

It's so big that if one person leaves, it won't make any waves at all.

What's more, Murong Tao was originally living under Ge Daoren.

All the salary earned was spent on everyone in Ningxiang Tower.

One more of him, one less of him.

Absolutely, no difference.

But for Li Zhen.

It seems to be in this huge capital city.

Someone he could sit down with, talk and drink.

Once again, one person is missing.

But it's okay, he's used to this kind of thing.

Every morning when I wake up, I can’t move and practice Tai Chi naturally.

After so many years of practice.

This ordinary boxing technique has reached perfection in his hands.

Every move has a touch of returning to nature.

There is always something strange about nature.

Obviously I have been practicing with Li Zhen for a long time.

Why don't they look like the same boxing technique in comparison.

I can only encourage him in my heart, Taoist priest is indeed a Taoist priest.

The gap between me and him is still far away.

In fact, in Li Zhen's view, natural martial arts talent is not as good as all things.

But one thing she excels at is that she can study it calmly.

People with such qualities will generally achieve good results in the future.

But you still have to walk your own path in life.

No matter what she chooses in the future, Li Zhen will not interfere.

After breakfast, he would move a chair to sit by the lotus pond and put down the bait.

While waiting for the fish to take the bait, I would read the Taoist scriptures.

Think about the subtle meaning inside.

Recently, he found that some scriptures talked about mind cultivation through visualization and inner alchemy, which was interesting.

Even though there was a lot in the content, in his opinion it was just a matter of wild conjecture.

But I have to say that this still has great reference significance for him.

Maybe, the way to the future lies in it.

The leisurely days passed like this day by day.

But not every day is so easy.

Recently, Li Zhen discovered that Eunuch Chen was running more diligently to him.

At the end of Tianbao's tenth year.

After a heavy snowfall.

Eunuch Chen found Li Zhen who was ice fishing.

At the same time, let him check out a newly refined elixir by Daoren Ge.

Worriedly, I shared some things with him.

"Taoist Master Li, they all say that Taoists are good at pinching and calculating."

"Can you do the math, will there be another cold wave coming next year?"

Li Zhen glanced at him sideways, not very angry:
  "Pindao is just a Taoist priest, not a god."

"Who can say for sure about this kind of thing?"

Although said so.

He still had a vague guess in his mind.

This week, I'm afraid we just happened to encounter the Little Ice Age.

It’s hard to think that the weather will warm up for a while!

But if you tell him this kind of thing, you have to explain too much.

Li Zhen simply pretended to be dumbfounded and pretended he didn't know.

"Hey, when will this end?"

Eunuch Chen sighed and squatted next to Li Zhen.

Looking at the dark fishing hole on the ice, he said to himself:

"Food production in the north has dropped significantly this year, which has made many people unable to survive."

"If this continues, there will be trouble in a few years!" Hearing this, Li Zhen had no reaction.

The emperor Zhao Chang is not in a hurry, why should you, a eunuch in the palace, be in a hurry?

What's more, is it useful to be anxious?

At last.

After walking around for a long time, Eunuch Chen revealed his purpose.

It turns out that he was also a northerner before entering the palace, and he was the sixth eldest child in his family.

There are five brothers on top, and a newborn brother and sister below.

The family only has a dozen acres of thin farmland, and it is impossible to survive.

With no other choice, he found a way to enter the palace.

At present, the north is suffering from natural disasters, although with his help over the years, the family's life has become much better.

But Eunuch Chen was worried that if the court continued to let things go like this, there might be trouble.

When the war breaks out, ordinary people will have no way to survive.

So he found a way to bring his family to the capital and arranged some ordinary errands.

Only one younger brother is left.

Originally, the family thought that he would be sent to study.

But in Eunuch Chen's eyes, although Da Zhou looked stable, there were already bad signs emerging.

What's the use of reading at this time?

It's better to practice martial arts.

"So, you want your young brother to become my disciple?"

Turning his head, Li Zhen glanced at him meaningfully.

A flash of surprise flashed through my heart.

All I can say is, don’t underestimate the people of the world.

Even though he is just a eunuch in the palace.

I would like to ask how many people in the current capital city have such a vision as Eunuch Chen?

It can be seen that the great Zhou Dynasty is about to be turbulent.

I have to say, it’s worth it.

This made Li Zhen look at him with admiration.

But if you accept a disciple, you are still exempted.

"Don't worry, Daozhang Li, I have also received some rewards over the years."

"Being a disciple of Shuxiu, I will definitely not disgrace you."

Eunuch Chen, who had seen Li Zhen's power, spoke sincerely.

But Li Zhen waved his hand casually.

"That's not the problem."

"Right now, I have no intention of accepting a disciple."

"However, if you are willing, you can also send him to Chuixiang Tower."

"As for what I can learn, I can't guarantee it."

Eunuch Chen looked happy and thanked him repeatedly.

From then on, Li Zhen didn't care what he said.

Originally, he didn't want to have anything to do with the palace people anymore.

But the vision shown by Eunuch Chen today.

Suddenly he felt that he could forge such a good relationship.

You don't have to worry about getting into any trouble if you just do something casually.

After all, he didn't make any guarantees.

but
  Think carefully about the people around you over the years.

Except nature.

seem.

Either dead or missing.

I hope Eunuch Chen’s younger brother will have a good outcome.

Although it was expected.

But after all, Eunuch Chen thought too well of Da Zhou's situation.

In the spring of the eleventh year of Tianbao.

Northern states.

The people who ate the food that was used as seeds for the coming year and struggled through the winter.

There was no news of disaster relief coming from the court.

What I heard was the bad news that landowners everywhere dug into their pockets and stopped borrowing spring grain from outside.

The last straw fell on ordinary people.

In just half a year, three northern states fell.

Smoke is everywhere.

The people who couldn't live anymore rebelled!

Just as Li Zhen listened expressionlessly to Eunuch Chen's younger brother: Zhao Gao.

When telling the news vividly and vividly.

An even more explosive gossip spread from the palace.

After the last arson attack.

The emperor was assassinated again!
  (End of this chapter)