Red Mansion Taoist

Chapter 188 Immortal
The carriage traveled for a while, and a small sedan was parked by the roadside. Two young eunuchs were guarding both sides, and in the distance there was a group of 100 soldiers from the Beijing camp.

When the carriage approached, the little eunuch next to it opened the sedan curtain.

Xia Shouzhong got off the sedan and looked at the carriage in front of him with a smile.

Jia Qiang also saw Xia Shouzhong, and he knew that Emperor Jingwen sent someone to greet him.

Being able to send Xia Shouzhong to greet him was a great honor to him.

Xia Shouzhong was the closest and most trusted eunuch to Emperor Jingwen, and he could almost represent Emperor Jingwen outside.

"Mr. Xia, you are still as handsome as you have not seen for many years!" Jia Qiang took the initiative to step forward to greet him.

"Jiahou, I feel that I am old. How can I compare with Jiahou's youth and promise? The Northern Army of Daqian has been completely renewed after your management. The master ordered me to welcome you here. The master is waiting in the palace and invites you to join us." Let’s have lunch!” Xia Shouzhong replied with a smile.

Jia Qiang has not returned to the capital in the past four years, but the capital still has his legend.

What he did in the Northern Territory would be spread to the capital every once in a while along with the prisoners brought to the capital.

"There are too many uncertainties in that plan, so it's better to be prepared!" The lame Taoist said with some worry.

"How could he, a marquis, inspire so much great luck?" the lame Taoist asked in confusion.

Xia Shouzhong glanced at the twenty people following Jia Qiang, and he felt something different about Jia Qiang.

Even Jia Jingang, Jia Wei, Jia Gong and Jia Jian were included in his inventory. These four were too powerful, at least until they settled down, he would not be too ostentatious.

There is also a deadly feud between the mangy monk and Jia Qiang. He was almost poisoned to death by Jia Qiang. In the subsequent battle with Jia Qiang, the Jinghuan Fairy lost hundreds of flower owners.

"The Holy Spirit favors you, Jia Qiang is terrified!" Jia Qiang bowed towards the palace.

Now Jia Qiang is just one step away from the actual position of leading the world's troops.

But when he sensed it carefully, he didn't sense anything.

Qin Keqing was originally the guide to guide Shenying's waiters, but Jia Rongfa, who had made the engagement, was paired with Bian Guan, so Qin Keqing fell out of the immortal's original design and could no longer enter Jia's house.

Jia Qiang is his inner demon, Jia Qiang almost destroyed his foundation.

"Amitabha, this boy has become a mature man. It's not easy to touch him!" The great monk among the two said the Buddha's name.

The carriage passed by Qingfeng Building. From a window on the second floor of Qingfeng Building, two pairs of eyes poked out from the darkness and looked at the carriage.

With Jia Qiang's ceremonial guard, let alone the first-class ruler of the nine provinces, even an ordinary lord would surpass Jia Qiang when traveling.

Not to mention Jia Qiang, because he is the fusion of two souls and has a game panel, the immortal cannot detect everything about him.

Xia Shouzhong returned to the sedan, with the sedan in front and Jia Qiang's carriage behind. They were escorted by a hundred soldiers from the Beijing camp and entered the capital directly into the palace.

This time, the leper-headed monk took action. Since he lost the 'Feng Yue Treasure Mirror', changing the fate of mortals would be costly.

So the lame Taoist chose to leave the seclusion early. After he came out of the seclusion, he found the scabby monk and wanted to deal with Jia Qiang together.

They came to the capital and waited for Jia Qiang in the capital. At the same time, they also made plans to deal with Jia Qiang.

Xia Shouzhong took a deep look at Jia Qiang. He knew that Jia Qiang had grown up.

The inner demons of the immortals must be removed from the source before they can hope to break the inner demons.

From the car window, Jia Qiang watched the capital city that she had left four years ago. The capital city was still prosperous and had not been affected by the Tatar invasion four years ago.

In the past four years, Jia Qiang's prestige in the army has grown. She is no longer the newbie who only managed two guardsmen in the past.

"Young admiration, that Qin Keqing is a stunning beauty in the world, and her soul comes from Taixu Illusion. As long as Jia Qiang goes to the clouds and rain with Qin Keqing, she can bring him into Taixu Illusion!" The mangy-headed monk replied confidently.

He was a little distracted while looking at the scenery. He also knew that his reputation in the north was too great, which was not a good thing.

"We can't attack him directly, but as long as the plan is executed, it doesn't matter how lucky this kid is!" the mangy monk replied calmly.

Even if the Tatar invasion had an impact, four years would more than make up for it.

"The Jia Qiang we just saw has so much luck. We can't attack him directly in the future!" the mangy-headed monk continued.

The lame Taoist was seriously injured and was released from seclusion two years ago. His injuries have not healed, but his hatred has given him inner demons.

"Master Mang Mang, the feud between me and my son has become a demon in my heart. If I don't get rid of it every day, I can't make any progress!" Another person replied in a deep voice.

In the past, Jia Qiang used to show powerful force in the palace. It was rumored that even the people who followed Jia Qiang were strong men.

But when I saw them today, I saw that these twenty sergeants were all ordinary sergeants, not even a strong general.

He had a vague feeling that someone upstairs in Qingfeng was also looking at him.

When the carriage passed Qingfeng Tower, Jia Qiang raised her head and looked at Qingfeng Tower. The business in Qingfeng Tower was very good and there was a steady flow of people.

"Master Miaomiao, I have a demon in my heart!" The scabby monk said with a bitter smile.

But Jia Qiang has been staying in the military camp in the north. Even as immortals, they cannot enter the Daqian military camp, let alone deal with Jia Qiang in the Daqian military camp.

When you kill the inner demon, you kill the source of the inner demon. The source of the inner demon of the lame Taoist and the scabby monk is Jia Qiang.

Listening to the Taoist's name, the clean-looking great monk was actually the scabby monk. As for the man with the scabby monk, who else was there besides the lame Taoist.

Immortals are not omnipotent. They can detect everything about mortals, but this premise is that the relationship between the mortal and the dynasty is outside certain limits.

Although Qin Keqing was a member of Taixu Illusion in her previous life, she could not remember anything about her previous life after reincarnation. She could only return to Taixu Illusion after her reincarnation. Now she is no different from an ordinary mortal. To change her destiny, The immortal still needs to take action.

The closer the mortal is to the dynasty, the less information the Immortal can uncover.

So when he returned to the capital, he only brought a thousand ordinary sergeants with him. He even sent away a thousand ordinary sergeants when he was approaching the capital, just to reduce the attention of others.

Jia Qiang didn't know that as soon as she returned to Beijing, an old rival was waiting for her.

What he didn't even know was that his arrangement in Daqian's northern army prevented the immortal from taking action against him at will.

He has the blood of the Tian family flowing through his body. Although this blood is noble, as long as his status does not meet certain conditions, this blood still cannot affect the destiny of the Qian family.

But his current influence is almost entirely in the hands of the Daqian Northern Army. The five military towns on the nine sides, including the general soldiers, are all attached to him. Although the general soldiers of the remaining military towns are not attached to him, most of his subordinates All the military attachés are his people.

The rest of Daqian's army more or less has nearly a thousand warriors who belong to him.

His influence on Daqian is reflected in Daqian's luck. He has Daqian's luck that scares both immortals. Jia Qiang walked into the palace under the leadership of Xia Shouzhong.

His perception was so sensitive. Walking in the palace, he found that there were two obvious factions in the palace today.

Like the eunuchs they met along the way, they were clearly opposed to each other.

When some of the eunuchs saw Xia Shouzhong, they saluted extremely respectfully. Although other eunuchs also saluted, their attitude was less respectful.

Jia Qiang could see that this meant that Emperor Jingwen's power in the palace was almost the same as that of the Supreme Emperor.

In the past, when entering the palace, most of the eunuchs and maids in the palace were from the Supreme Emperor. Unlike this time, the number of people from Emperor Jingwen and the Supreme Emperor in the palace was almost equal.

Arriving at the East Palace, Jia Qiang sensed that the four guards in front of the East Palace were all very powerful warriors, and they should all be rank-4 warriors.

This alone shows the difference in Emperor Jingwen's current status.

In fact, Emperor Jingwen was able to mobilize four rank-4 warriors to act as imperial guards, and he also had a certain relationship with Jia Qiang.

Jia Qiang put thousands of generals into the army, making the status of generals far lower than before. Many generals who were born as generals were unable to obtain satisfactory military positions in the army, so they were willing to enter the palace and serve as guards.

"Being the governor of the capital, a marquis of the highest grade, the ruler of nine provinces, he is given a python suit to pay homage to Jiahou!" A eunuch told him.

Jia Qiang changed into a python suit on the carriage, and had to put on the most noble robe when meeting the emperor. The python suit was Jia Qiang's most noble robe.

After hearing the content of the announcement, the four guards looked at Jia Qiang with fanaticism in their eyes.

Part of the reason why they entered the palace to serve as bodyguards was because Jia Qiang was also a bodyguard in the palace back then.

Today, Jia Qiang is a legend in the military, and they want to follow the same path as Jia Qiang.

Jia Qiang smiled and nodded to them, then walked into the palace gate.

Emperor Jingwen was standing in front of a round table filled with dishes.

"Jia Aiqing, come and take a seat!" He saw Jia Qiang, smiled and waved.

"Your Majesty, Jia Qiang, has seen you!" Jia Qiang would not do anything casually. He came to Emperor Jingwen, knelt down and kowtowed and said.

"Get back down quickly!" The smile on Emperor Jingwen's face became even brighter, and he stretched out his hand to help Jia Qiang up.

To be honest, Emperor Jingwen's feelings for Jia Qiang were complicated.

In the past four years, if Jia Qiang hadn't submitted a report almost every other month, and even when there was a case, she would have written a report before and after the case, and reported diligently. Emperor Jingwen's concerns about Jia Qiang would have been wiped out long ago. Recalled.

In the past four years, Emperor Jingwen also had a good intelligence network in his hands. The intelligence he obtained from the north showed that although Jia Qiang had reorganized the northern army, he also had a huge influence in the northern army.

The northern army is the most powerful army in the country. It has been tempered by conflicts with the northern grasslands all year round.

On the other hand, the southern army, due to its proximity to the fertile south of the Yangtze River, its combat effectiveness is still hard to say.

The stronger Jia Qiang's influence in the northern army became, the more scrupulous Emperor Jingwen became.

So he deliberately put on such a scene when Jia Qiang returned to Jingmianjun.

If Jia Qiang is arrogant due to favor, then he will have other considerations about Jia Qiang.

The result satisfied Emperor Jingwen, and Jia Qiang was as respectful and loyal to him as she was four years ago.

Jia Qiang stood up and looked at Emperor Jingwen from a close distance, feeling the stronger imperial aura of Emperor Jingwen.

"Don't be restrained, I haven't eaten either!" Emperor Jingwen pressed Jia Qiang on the chair and said with a smile.

Jia Qiang acted flattered. She had no choice but to do so, as the emperor was in front of her.

In his previous life, he had the theory of getting along with the emperor that he had accumulated over thousands of years. In addition, he was taught by Lin Ruhai in this life, which made him understand what he should do to become a loyal minister.

With only superficial loyalty, it is impossible for a soul from another world to truly surrender to others.

"You have worked hard over the past four years. All the officials who went to the north praised the changes in the northern army. You are the hero of Daqian!" Emperor Jingwen praised with a smile.

"This is just what I should do. I don't dare to take credit!" Jia Qiang lowered her head and replied.

"Give this dish to Jia Aiqing!" Emperor Jingwen ate a dish, then pointed at the dish and ordered the little eunuch beside him.

The little eunuch picked up the small plate, took some from the dishes and brought it to Jia Qiang.

Jia Qiang carefully took the plate, picked it up with chopsticks and put it into her mouth.

"When you return to the capital this time, your official position will definitely be promoted. Have you thought about who will be the governor of the capital camp?" Emperor Jingwen asked seemingly unintentionally.

"How dare I appoint an official position? Let the Holy One decide!" Jia Qiang put down the plate and replied with her hands tied.

"You are just too restrained. It is the duty of the Jingying Jiedushi to recommend, so don't shirk it!" Emperor Jingwen put down his chopsticks, pointed at Jia Qiang and said with a smile.

"Wu Zicang is good at leading an army!" Jia Qiang thought for a moment and said.

"Okay, then Wu Zicang will take over as the governor of the capital camp!" Emperor Jingwen nodded with a smile.

Jia Qiang was startled in her heart. Although he had long planned to let Wu Zicang take over as the military governor of the Beijing camp, seeing Emperor Jingwen's attitude showed that Emperor Jingwen had the power to decide the military governor of the Beijing camp, or at least he had great confidence in it. , will decide directly in front of him.

Emperor Jingwen was even more satisfied with Jia Qiang. Who was Wu Zicang? He was someone whom Emperor Jingwen trusted extremely. Otherwise, how could he have given Wu Zicang the command of the new guard.

You must know the situation at that time. The eight guards in the Beijing camp were not ordered by Emperor Jingwen. That is to say, the newly added guard belonged to Emperor Jingwen.

The Jingying Jiedushi recommended by Jia Qiang was Wu Zicang, which was in line with Emperor Jingwen's wishes.

As for why Jia Qiang is recommended, the Emperor's side needs to be considered. With Jia Qiang's recommendation, it will be difficult for the Emperor to object.

"I heard that you only brought a thousand sergeants back to Beijing this time?" Emperor Jingwen asked again.

"Yes, under the rule of the Holy Emperor, the world is at peace in Daqian. A thousand soldiers have been wasted!" Jia Qiang replied.

"Three years ago, you asked the two guards of the Beijing Camp to return to the capital. I was worried about your safety outside. Now you are also a famous general in Daqian, so you still need to pay attention to your safety!" Emperor Jingwen said with concern.

Emperor Jingwen recognized Jia Qiang's identity as a famous general, and just this sentence proved Jia Qiang's achievements over the years.

Famous generals are not only judged by their military exploits, but also by their ability to lead. Four years ago, Jia Qiang drove the Tatars out of Daqian and achieved outstanding results. In the past four years, Jia Qiang managed the northern army with strict military discipline. The corruption of Daqian's army was at least The north has been solved, and he can be called a famous general.

(End of this chapter)