Daojun, start from Penglai foundation building

Chapter 187 Xinnan Huang Family, the secret hand of the coalition forces

The morning sun is rising and the glow is looming.

The dense purple air disperses, the morning dew begins to condense, and there is a fresh and natural atmosphere in the courtyard.

The white-haired old man was sitting on a bamboo chair, flipping through a book casually.

Its name is Zhenguan Ji of the Tang Dynasty.

"You're in a good mood."

Ouyang Chun's voice came.

Jiang Sheng looked up at Ouyang Chun, stood up and said with a smile, "Fellow Taoist is also in good spirits."

Then the waiter brought tea and cakes, and the two sat at the stone table and started chatting.

"Fellow Taoist Yuan Chen likes my history of the Tang Dynasty very much." Ouyang Chun asked.

"I see, then it looks like I'm going to have to prepare a lot." Jiang Sheng said with great anticipation.

Tell everyone that the owner of this mansion is the ruler of Fangzhou, the aloof Yuanying Zhenren.

After chatting for a few words, Ouyang Chun left. Jiang Sheng still leaned lazily on the bamboo chair, flipping through the Zhenguan Chronicles of the Tang Dynasty in his hand.

Ouyang Chun's face was solemn: "Fellow Taoist Yuan Chen's blunt words won my heart."

Jiang Sheng laughed: "What's the origin? He's just an ordinary man from the mountains."

After entering the lake center hall, all the real people found their seats and sat down cross-legged.

The Governor's Mansion is located in Fangzhou City, with a layout from north to south, which is very spectacular.

The barrier between Jindan and Zifu lies here.

Dharma vehicles arrived one after another, and those who entered were all Jindan Masters.

After the real people sat down, they started chatting and laughing with people they knew well.

However, when you sit down, even if you are a genius in the Zi Mansion, you still have to stand at the back obediently.

In addition to these fish schools, there are also a large number of third-order spiritual lotuses planted in Linghu Lake. The lotus flowers are blooming and fragrant, and the lotus leaves are like emeralds lying across the water.

After entering the Governor's Mansion, you can feel the luxury of the Governor's Mansion even more. The expenses and furnishings everywhere do not look luxurious, but they are extremely noble.

Jiang Sheng nodded, with a smile in his eyes: "That's right, that's right."

"That's all, without saying anything in advance, I came here this morning to invite fellow Taoists to a banquet."

There are mostly first- and second-order spiritual fish swimming in the lake, and occasionally a few third-order golden scales jump out of the water.

In the evening, Ouyang Chun and Jiang Sheng went to the Governor's Mansion for a banquet.

"My fellow Taoist is from the mountains and the countryside, and I am from a poor and humble background. Is that considered equal?" Ouyang Chun also said with a smile.

The arrangement is based on the stars, and the specifications are the same as those of small princes.

“One hundred thousand miles in one day, traveling across the sky and the earth, it seems easy and unrestrained, but how vast is the world?”

Under the guidance of the servants, the real people entered the banquet place.

At this time, there are already musical girls kneeling on the lotus leaves and playing music, and the sound of the harp and pipa is like the breeze.

The two raised their teacups and exchanged tea instead of wine.

Jiang Sheng nodded and said sternly: "We, the golden elixir cultivators, have initially sublimated our bodies. We can say that we are real people, but we only have eight hundred lifespans at most."

Ouyang Chun took a sip of tea and sighed: "Zhenguan, that was an unprecedented prosperous age."

Chief Shi Gao Liqun, Chief Secretary Xu Chengye, and Sima Sun Jian'an are all famous figures in Fangzhou City.

Ouyang Chun introduced these golden elixir masters to Jiang Sheng.

"We monks are like the dust in the sky and the earth, the gravel in the vast sea, which can hardly be seen for thousands of years."

Jiang Sheng also echoed: "It is indeed true. Reading it makes people yearn for it."

Ouyang Chun finally got to the point.

"I know from watching how fellow Taoists talk that they have extraordinary origins."

"Oh? Going to a banquet?"

And Huang Zhen, the governor of Fangzhou, is an out-and-out Yuanying real person.

"Although the year of Zhenguan has passed away with me, Emperor Taizong, the magnificent achievements made eight thousand years ago are still exciting to look at today. I wish I could build the great achievements together with Taizong."

These golden elixir masters either come with a few attendants or a few apprentices, ranging from Foundation Establishment to Zi Mansion.

"Looking at the past and seeing the rise and fall of dynasties is also a way for us to see our true nature clearly."

The banquet place was located in the spiritual lake on the west side of the Governor's Mansion. It is said that the Governor personally moved rocks and erected them in the lake, and then built a palace on top of it.

More than a dozen Jindan people were sitting together, and even if the qi energy released by the real people was unintentional, it was like a mountain, allowing the younger generation to feel the power of the Jindan Daoist.

The disciples who were following them stood obediently behind the real people, their eyes not squinting and their bodies tense.

Jiang Sheng remained calm. He just came to Fangzhou City and started inviting himself to a banquet without even finding out his background?
Ouyang Chun said: "Yes, the governor of Fangzhou hosted a banquet to entertain the whole city Jindan Master."

And this Linghu Lake diverted underground running water and dug ditches to shuttle through the governor's mansion, forming a nine-winding corridor.

The rest are the Jindan Zhenren who have recently arrived in Fangzhou City.

Most of them came from the south, and a few came from the north.

Ouyang Chun introduced the two people to Jiang Sheng.

He has a kind smile, a broad heart, and a fat body. He looks like a kind and good old man. His name is Huang Yu, and he is from the same family as the governor Huang Zhen.

The other person had a calm face, three long beards, and a vague aura. His name was Lu Yuan, and he came from the Zhongdu Taoist Palace. He came here to establish a state Taoist temple.

At the same time, Ouyang Chun told Jiang Sheng.

Under the rule of the Tang Dynasty, there were twenty-eight Taoist temples in each state. They were established by real people sent from the Taoist Palace in Luoyang, the central capital, and selected private students to enter the Taoist temples to practice.

After you have achieved success in studying Taoist temples in the state, you can go to the Zhongdu Taoist temple and learn more advanced scriptures.

The Dao Palace, like the Qintian Prison in the holy capital of Chang'an, was directly under the Tang Emperor.

The difference between Daogong and Qintianjian is that Daogong is rooted in all states of the Tang Dynasty, while Qintianjian only has one prison in each of the 28 rivers and mountains, and does not go down to prefectures and counties.

"I don't know the origin of this Lu Daoist, but the real Huang Yu and our governor are both from the Huang family of New South Road."

Listening to Ouyang Chun's introduction, Jiang Sheng nodded.

Although Xinnan Road was a newly established road in the Tang Dynasty, its jurisdiction was extremely large.

It is said that the Huang family originally intended to join the Tang Dynasty.

The head of the Huang family even went to Chang'an to meet Emperor Tang in person, and then set up a family business in Chang'an.

Nowadays, the Huang family is the largest local snake in Xinnan Province. It is difficult to say whether Emperor Tang is buying horse bones for thousands of dollars.

Thinking about this information, Jiang Sheng became more looking forward to the banquet hosted by the governor Huang Zhen.

"The Governor is here!"

Soon, with a loud shout, the host of today's banquet finally arrived.

The governor of the Nascent Soul Realm wears a black gauze on his head, a purple robe, a jade belt around his waist, and a majestic face.

Every step he took seemed to step on people's hearts, making everyone present tremble.

Only a few people remained calm and composed.

The broad-minded Huang Yu was one of them, as was Lu Yuan who came from Zhongdu Dao Palace.

But what concerned Jiang Sheng the most was the masked female cultivator sitting next to Huang Yu. Her strength could be said to be unfathomable.

Because he was a clone, Jiang Sheng did not specifically perceive his realm strength, but judging from his Qi, he should be a master of the late Jindan stage.

As Huang Zhen arrived in the hall, all the Jindan masters stood up one after another: "I have seen Huang Jishi."

Huang Zhen smiled and said: "Everyone, please have a seat. Please have a seat." "I've been busy with official duties recently, so please forgive me."

As Huang Zhen took the first seat, the banquet officially began.

On the Linghu Lake, musicians are playing music, lotus flowers are blooming, and spiritual fish are attracted one after another. Schools of colorful fish are constantly swimming in the lake, which is really beautiful.

And those third-order golden scales kept jumping out of the water, shining with golden light.

At this time, the bright moon rises and illuminates the hall. Along with the cauldron music all around, the dancers begin to perform martial arts.

Yes, a group of dancers wearing veils and crimson, each holding a sword and with silver bells on their feet, performed a wonderful sword dance.

Huang Zhen held up the wine bottle and said with a smile: "The Tang Dynasty conquered all directions and was victorious in every battle. The people's livelihood within the territory was stable and the world was at peace."

"This first bottle should be a congratulation to the Tang Dynasty and to me, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty."

Everyone raised their bottles to drink together.

Huang Zhen then raised the bottle twice, to congratulate Tang Jun and to congratulate Xinnan Dao.

The real people were very cooperative and celebrated together.

After three bottles of wine, everyone started drinking and chatting with each other, but everyone was paying attention to Huang Zhen's direction.

The governor suddenly held a banquet and invited all the Jindan masters in the city. There must be something fishy in it.

As expected, Huang Zhen drank a bottle of wine and said slowly: "Speaking of which, our Tang army has won many battles and has reached Lucheng in the State of Yu."

"It's a pity that the king of Yu State is stubbornly resisting, and there are those thieves from all sides who don't know the time of the day. They continue to harass our states in Xinnan Province, making the Lord Jiedushi extremely troubled."

Cui Boping, the governor of Xinnan Road, was a great monk in the realm of gods and was granted the title of Duke of Nanyun County.

He was born in the Cui family of Huainan Road.

The Cui family in Huainan was not a new wealthy family like the Huang family in Xinnan. It was a wealthy family that had been established since the founding of the Tang Dynasty.

Each of the twenty-eight provinces of the Tang Dynasty had wealthy families and princes for generations.

But there were only a few founding princes, and the Cui family of Huainan was one of the founding princes.

Most of the subsequent wealthy families were supported by successive Tang emperors.

A deity of the Cui family serves as the governor of Xinnan Road, and there are many things that can be mentioned.

Jiang Sheng noticed that among the Jindan practitioners present, the expression of the female cultivator next to Huang Yu had slight fluctuations.

Although it was extremely subtle and only for an instant, Jiang Sheng could still see it clearly.

He had noticed it himself, but had Huang Zhen, the governor, noticed it?
Jiang Sheng found that the banquet was getting more and more exciting.

"Recently, Master Jiedushi learned a piece of news."

"Those thieves are about to launch a large-scale attack on our New South Road, and even Nascent Soul will show up."

Nascent Soul is coming? !
The expressions of all the Jindan Daoists finally changed.

But Huang Zhen continued: "As the governor of Fangzhou, I am responsible for ensuring the peace of this corner of Fangzhou."

"But I am weak after all. I would like to ask you all to give me some help when the time comes. I will report your achievements according to the facts and will not treat you unfairly."

At this point, Huang Zhen finally showed his cards.

Real people, you look at me, I look at you.

Ouyang Chun was the first to stand up: "Although I am only in the early stage of the golden elixir, I have been favored by the emperor many times. The governor is willing to protect a corner of Fangzhou, and I am willing to help."

Huang Zhen nodded, very pleased: "Okay! Master Ouyang is worthy of being the headmaster of our Fangzhou Academy!"

The headmaster of Fangzhou Academy!

Jiang Sheng looked at Ouyang Chun. By now, he knew exactly who Ouyang Chun was relying on.

Lu Yuan also stood up slowly, holding a fly whisk on his arms, and saluted Huang Zhen: "I am a Taoist official of Fangzhou. Although I am a newly promoted person, I still have the responsibility of guarding the country and ensuring the peace of the people."

Huang Zhen also praised him greatly.

Not to mention Gao Liqun, Xu Chengye, and Sun Jian'an, they were officials of Fangzhou Governor's Office.

Now it's others' turn to take a stand.

Jiang Sheng stood up slowly: "Although I have just arrived in Fangzhou for the first time, I was entertained by Master Ouyang and invited to a banquet by the governor, so I should contribute."

Huang Zhen's eyes lit up: "Okay, after this matter is over, I will hold another banquet for Master Yuan Chen."

The masked female cultivator glanced at Jiang Sheng and then ignored him. The other practitioners also responded half-heartedly.

The subsequent banquet was particularly harmonious, and Huang Zhen even came over in person to have a drink with Jiang Sheng.

Jiang Sheng had no burden and naturally drank with the governor.

Although it is just a clone, Jiang Sheng was refined using the techniques in Feng Shui and the Scripture, supplemented by many restrictions, making it the same as the real person.

Unless the real person who transforms the spirit comes in person, the Nascent Soul Realm wants to see through the reality of this clone unless there is a strange treasure in it.

After the banquet, Ouyang Chun and Jiang Sheng left in a royal chariot.

Ouyang Chun said with a smile: "I thought fellow Taoists wouldn't get involved."

Jiang Sheng laughed: "Fellow Taoist Ouyang's words are wrong."

"Now that I'm in Fangzhou, if the thief really comes, can he let me go just because I sit back and watch?"

"Hahahaha, fellow Taoist Yuan Chen, you can see clearly." Ouyang Chun smiled happily.

After this banquet, Fangzhou City looked the same as before, but all the Jindan Masters were on guard, and they took turns on duty to inspect Fangzhou.

The counties and counties under Fangzhou are also loose on the outside and tight on the inside.

However, after one month, nothing happened.

Then three months, then six months.

For six months, there was nothing unusual in Fangzhou.

Even the governor's office cannot make the counties continue to be nervous. After all, the monks will inevitably get tired after being stressed for a long time.

However, just after June, Taoist official Lu Yuan was suddenly attacked during his routine inspection of the Fangzhou border.

Lu Yuan, who was in the middle stage of the Golden Elixir, didn't even use his magical powers before his Golden Elixir was broken and he died on the spot.

As soon as this incident came out, the entire Fangzhou instantly became vigilant.

The governor Huang Zhen immediately ordered all the real people to work in groups of three to cooperate with each other in patrolling the border.

At the same time, Huang Zhen is personally in charge of Fangzhou. If there is a problem anywhere, Master Yuanying will rush there as quickly as possible.

At the speed of Yuanying Zhenren, it only takes a moment to travel ten thousand miles.

But despite this, two more real people died within seven days.

The person who died this time was Sima Sun Jian'an, together with a real person from the south. They were also quickly attacked and killed, and the golden elixir was shattered.

Three Jindan masters were killed in a row, including important figures such as Fangzhou Sima and Fangzhou Taoist.

The air pressure in Fangzhou Governor's Mansion is getting lower and lower. Even from a distance, you can feel the evil aura in the Governor's Mansion.

This was obviously done secretly by Nascent Soul, otherwise how could the Golden Core cultivator be so defenseless?
In Ouyang Chun's mansion, there is a small bridge and flowing water, and the wind blows on the willow branches.

The scenery is very elegant, but Ouyang Chun has a sad face.

Jiang Sheng smiled and said, "Fellow Taoist, why is this happening?"

Ouyang Chun sighed: "I never expected that thieves would be so rampant."

"In just ten days, three Jindan colleagues died in succession."

"How can this not make me worried?"

"Fellow Daoist Yuan Chen, don't forget, it will be your and my turn soon to patrol again."

(End of this chapter)