Chapter 213: Decisive Battle with Youyun (IV)

Liu Jiangjie was very smart. She smiled and said, "I am not good at martial arts. I should go back and practice hard and wait until next year's big exam."

The imperial guards had never encountered such a kind of refusal to refuse such a good thing. He rode on his horse, pointed at Liu Jiangjie with his finger, and scolded: "I really don't know how to be proud."

Liu Jiangjie bowed calmly and said, "Mr. Zhang is very grateful. If you recruit him in an extraordinary way, I am afraid that other candidates will not accept him, which will also damage Mr. Zhang's reputation. I will say goodbye." After saying this, Liu Jiangjie turned around and left, ignoring the imperial guards' commander.

The Minister of War Zhang Zhao had just sent Prime Minister Hou Dayong away. He breathed a long sigh of relief, picked up the hot tea, and took a beautiful sip: Hou Dayong finally left.

At this time, the imperial guards ordered the army to return to the training ground, turned over and dismounted in front of the wooden platform, kicked, kicked, kicked, and hit the wooden platform in a few steps.

Zhang Zhao has been serving as Minister of War for several years and has never encountered such a strange thing. He closed his eyes slightly for a while and said, "Go and tell Liu Hanyang that if he dares not come, all the Lingzhou candidates in this subject will be defeated."

Before Hou Dayong left, he specifically mentioned this boy, and seemed to value him very much. If Liu Hanyang really left, it would really hurt the face of the Minister of War. When Zhang Zhao saw that four of the twenty-four candidates were from Lingzhou, he asked the messenger to intimidate Liu Jiangjie.

Liu Jiangqing was quite satisfied with her sister's performance. Liu Jiangjie was busy in the training ground for a long time and was extremely hungry. She was pestering her brother to enter the restaurant for dinner. The sound of horse hooves sounded behind her. The imperial guard's commander's arrogant black face appeared in front of Liu Jiangjie again. He said, "Liu Hanyang, Lord Zhang has an order. If you don't go back, all the candidates in Lingzhou will fall into their younger brothers." The black-faced man snorted, turned his horse's head, and left. He returned Liu Jiangjie's back.

Liu Jiangqing and Liu Jiangjie were really stupid. Liu Jiangqing paused and said, "Little sister, how does this matter end?" Liu Jiangjie was also confused and said, "There is still a matter of forcing fame in the world?" Liu Jiangqing said, "It's over. I've just gone back to see Lord Zhang of the Ministry of War. Hou Prime Minister has a training ground today. I'll go to the Hou's Mansion to wait. Please help him."

Liu Jiangqing never expected that it was Hou Dayong who took a fancy to the "Liu Hanyang" archery technique. He explained a few words before leaving that Zhang Zhao and Zhang would be so hard to keep Liu Jiangjie.

Liu Jiangjie was forced to return to the training ground. Twenty-three martial artists who could enter the re-examination were listening to Lord Zhang Zhao’s lecture. When Zhang Zhao saw "Liu Hanyang", he snorted slightly and continued his long discussion. Liu Jiangjie came in and saw countless down-and-out martial artists walking out in shame. Thinking that the Minister of War sent people to chase him twice, this kind of attention was really good. Liu Jiangjie had a good impression of this talented Minister of War. At this time, he didn’t care about his attitude. After saluting, he entered the queue.

Chen Yuliang, Liu Chisong, and Li Yuezhao all looked at Liu Jiangjie with their eyes. Before the exam, they didn't know that Liu Jiangjie borrowed Liu Hanyang's name. After meeting in the exam room, the three of them were so surprised that they could put duck eggs in. Although they knew that Liu Jiangjie's archery skills were superb, Liu Jiangjie actually passed three levels in a row, which still surprised and proud.

Liu Jiangjie did not listen to Lord Zhang's lecture carefully. Yu Guang looked behind Shangshu Zhang, but did not find Hou Dayong.

At this time, Hou Dayong had suddenly rushed to Wang Pu's mansion. After a while, the prime ministers such as Fan Zhi, Wang Bo, Wei Renpu also rushed over.

Chai Rong sat by the bed with a frosty face, tears were hidden in the corners of his eyes, Wang Pu closed his eyes tightly, and some blood was still left at the corners of his mouth.

Early this morning, Chai Rong came to Wang Pu's mansion. Because there were too many officials coming to visit him, Chai Rong sent a large eunuch to wait at Wang Pu's gate. All officials were refused to visit him. At the september hour in the morning, Wang Pu suddenly vomited a mouthful of blood. Then his face turned red and his eyes became clear. Seeing Wang Pu's condition, Chai Rong's heart suddenly rose to his throat, and the four big words "Return to the Light" burst into Chai Rong's head.

Wang Pu no longer had the strength to sit up. He looked at His Majesty with pain, "I am the greatest regret that I cannot see the Sixteen Prefectures of the Suguyun with my own eyes." Wang Pu suddenly felt a sweet smell in his mouth, and a mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth. Wang Pu, who was poured on the bed, no longer had the strength to open his eyes.

Wang Pu is strong in character and grits his teeth when he closes his eyes. Hou Dayong can't help but feel a little guilty when he drinks and talks about state affairs in Zhengzhou. He knows that after the third princess is poisoned, she knows that it is Tang Sect poisoning, but because of many concerns, she did not report this to His Majesty and let the mastermind behind the poisoning in disguise. From this perspective, Wang Pu should be responsible for being poisoned.

However, the people of the Tang Sect are in the dark and use poison skills very well. It is really not easy to be wary of it. Hou Dayong looked at Wang Pu, who was pale and made up his mind to pay the blood debt and blood. The Tang Sect must pay the price today.

Wang Pu seemed to have a premonition that this was the final farewell. He opened his eyes slightly, looked at Chai Rong, then turned his eyes to Hou Dayong, Fan Zhi, Wang Bo and Wei Renpu. When he saw Hou Dayong's clear edges and slightly black cheeks, a trace of light came out of his eyes without any notice. He suddenly opened his eyes wide and shouted: "Your Majesty."

Before he finished speaking, Wang Pu's soul returned to heaven.

Chai Rong lowered his head and was stunned for a long time. He stood up with expression on his face and walked to the window frame. His shoulders trembled slightly, and gradually there was a crying sound. This was a cry from the depths of his throat, low and intermittent.

Wei Renpu was once the Privy Councilor, and Wang Pu was once his deputy. At this moment, when Chai Rong cried, he immediately burst into tears. He beat his brother's feet and cried, "God is jealous of talent, why isn't the old minister dead?"

Fan Zhi was a senior prime minister. Instead of crying, he walked to Chai Rong and said, "Your Majesty, you must not hurt your body." Seeing that Chai Rong was still crying, Fan Zhi knew that there was no effect on dissuasion, he said, "Wen Bo (Wang Pu's name is Wen Bo) has gone, so the old minister will take care of his funeral."

Chai Rong heard this and gradually stopped crying. The old eunuch standing beside him quickly sent a hot towel. Chai Rong wiped off his tears. When he recalled Wang Pu's old story, he seemed to be talking to himself, and he seemed to say to all the ministers: "Wen Bo was very talented and knowledgeable. After passing the palace examination, he was appointed as the proofreader; he served as the chief secretary in Chanzhou; he served as the chief official of Kaifeng Prefecture; he served as the doctor of the Bi Ministry; he served as the doctor of the Bi Ministry in the third year of Xiande, and was promoted to the Left Censor and the official affairs of Kaifeng Prefecture; he served as the General Officer of the Left Sanqi, and was appointed as the scholar of the Duanming Palace in the fifth year of Xiande. He was appointed as the Minister of Revenue and the Deputy Envoy of the Privy Council. He was soon promoted to the Privy Councilor and the Taibao Prefecture."

Wang Pu was Chai Rong's confidant, and he became an important official within a few times. He knew his experiences well. He also said: "Wen Bo has four great achievements. First, he presented the "Ping Border Strategy" and made great achievements in the formation of the Great Zhou strategy; second, I have repeatedly made southern expeditions, and Wen Bo was the deputy guard of Tokyo. During the southern expeditions, Wen Bo defended Daliang and stabilized the imperial capital, which was an indispensable contribution; third, Wen Bo revised the calendar to remove drought and preserve the essence. He cultivated the "Imperial Heaven Calendar", which is a great event to benefit future generations; fourth, Wen Bo formulated the laws accurately, restored the ancient method of the twelve equal to eighty-four tunes, and remade the Spring and Autumn etiquette. Each of these four achievements is famous in history. I still lose one arm if I lose my Wen Bo."

Chai Rong's regret for Wen Bo was beyond words. Fan Zhi, Hou Dayong, Wang Bo and Wei Renpu stood in front of Wang Pu's bed and listened quietly.

Chai Rong said to Fan Zhi: "Wen Bo is the Privy Councilor, the Taishu Guardian, and is now given the title of Shizhong." Speaking of this, Chai Rong seemed to calm down and said: "Let Wen Bo's family come into the house."

Wang Pu's wife and children were outside the house and heard crying sounds from the ground inside the house. He knew that something was wrong, but His Majesty was inside the house and the family members did not dare to enter the house without being summoned. After the family members entered the house with the order, there were crying sounds all over the house.

After the crying stopped, Chai Rong looked at the orphans kneeling in the ground and said to Fan Zhi: "Fan Xiang. Hurry up two things: one is to appoint Wen Bo's eldest son Wang Zhi as the entrusted official in the east head; the other is to build a meritorious ministers' pavilion. Inviting the best painters in Daliang City to paint portraits of loyal ministers such as Wen Bo, Zheng Renhui, and hang them in the meritorious ministers' pavilion. Every year, I will lead all officials to worship these ministers who have established outstanding meritorious deeds for the Great Zhou Dynasty." After Chai Rong set the tone for Wang Pu's burial, he cried again and left Wang Pu's mansion.

After Hou Dayong left Wang Pu's mansion, he had a gloomy face and took Luo Qingsong, Lin Zhonghu and other personal guards to Xicheng.

Everyone came to a quiet courtyard. Luo Qingsong buckled the door knocker. After a while, he heard the sound of "sand, sand" footsteps. A small crack opened in the door. A servant showed his head and was surprised to see more than a dozen tall and big soldiers standing outside the army and said, "Who are you?"

Luo Qingsong has been with Hou Dayong for more than two years and is already an intermediate officer of the Black Eagle Army. He has no soldiers to lead in Daliang, so he has become a personal guard for Hou Dayong again. He is much more calm than the tiger in the forest. He is mostly him when he goes out to deal with it. Luo Qingsong asked politely: "Are Mr. Ling?"

Ling Jing is a large family in Xuzhou, and there are many people in the court in the family. However, in the small courtyard of Daliang City, it is extremely hidden and there are basically no people in the officialdom. As the saying goes, the big one is hidden in the court, the middle is hidden in the city, and the small one is hidden in the mountains. Ling Jing settles his family in Daliang City, which can be regarded as a Zhongyin.

The servant blinked a few times and simply replied, "No." After that, he wanted to close the door.

Luo Qingsong supported the door with his hands, and the servant used his strength to close the door without closing it. He blushed and said, "In broad daylight, you have any other kingly methods to break into a house?" Luo Qingsong didn't want to talk to a servant, and he tried hard. The servant was only fifteen or sixteen years old and was closing the door hard. He felt a great force coming from the door. "Teng, Teng, Teng" took a few steps back and sat in the yard.

A woman heard the noise and walked out of the side room. When she saw the servant sitting on the ground, she shouted, "Who is it? You dare to make trouble here." Ling Jing's courtyard is a yard with two entrances and falls. Ling Jing lives in the inner courtyard, and Liu Qingye and several other disciples live in the side room of the outer courtyard. Liu Qingye could hear the noise outside clearly.

This woman is Liu Qingye, who has become a Taoist priest. She was standing upside down. When she saw that it was Hou Dayong and his personal guards who came in, she was stunned and said, "So it's Hou Prime Minister." Liu Qingye did not wear a Taoist crown, and her black hair spread on her chest, as if she was combing her hair. This look made Hou Dayong look at her twice. Hou Dayong quickly withdrew his eyes and asked seriously: "Mr. Ling is at home, there is something important to do."

Liu Qingye shook his head and said, "The master went out early this morning. I don't know where he is. Please come back another day."

"I'm waiting here, he will always come back." The Intelligent Master was unwilling to intervene in the dispute between the powerful and powerful, and after curing the third princess, he immediately packed up the bedding and left. Hou Dayong was unwilling to let Ling Jing go as the Intelligent Master, and the news flashed immediately after getting it.

Since her farewell in Zhengzhou, Liu Qingye has been walking in the world for several years, and her words and deeds have also become like an old world. She knew that the people in front of her were rich and could not afford to offend her, so she said to the servant: "Go and cook a pot of water." She took Hou Dayong to the main house of the outer courtyard and said politely: "Please sit for a while."

After Liu Qingye finished speaking, Shi Shiran turned around and walked back to the side room where she lived. Liu Qingye is a martial arts practitioner, and her figure is stronger and more symmetrical than the women of Dazhou. She is somewhat similar to Hu. She is wearing a wide Taoist robe and cannot cover up the beautiful curves. After a while, Liu Qingye walked out of the side room with a Taoist crown, holding an exquisite porcelain bottle in her hand. She smiled slightly and said, "This is Maofeng in Qingcheng, which is the best tea leaves. Please try them."

After drinking a few sips of the fragrant Maofeng in Qingcheng, Hou Dayong felt that his heart and lungs were nourished by the forest, so he looked at Liu Qingye sitting opposite him.

When we met in Zhengzhou that day, Liu Qingye's appearance made Hou Dayong stunned, but after several years, Liu Qingye's appearance remained the same. Hou Dayong's mood changed drastically. He was very calm and felt that Liu Qingye was like an old friend.

Liu Qingye sat aside with Hou Dayong, facing the prime minister of the dynasty. Liu Qingye had nothing to say, so he stared at the gate and looked forward to his master coming back soon. In the difficult time, Ling Jing walked into the yard.

"Prime Hou, I really don't know anyone from the Tang Sect. I don't know Tang Gang that I met by the river the day before yesterday. It's just that the young disciple saw Tang Gang on Qingcheng Mountain, so he saw through Tang Gang's behavior." Ling Jing guessed that there was no good thing when he saw Hou Dayong. Sure enough, Hou Dayong came to ask about the Tang Sect.

Only a very few people know the truth about Wang Pu's death. It still belongs to the secrets of the Great Zhou court. Hou Dayong naturally would not explain it to Ling Jing, so he said, "Since Tang Gang has come to Daliang, then there must be other people from the Tang Sect in Daliang City. These people stayed in Daliang City as a disaster, and I want to get rid of them. However, the people in the Tang Sect have always been uncertain. I would like to ask the Qingcheng Taoist, who is familiar with the Tang Sect, to come to Daliang City and secretly help search for the Tang Sect in the Xia."

If a person in the Tang Sect wants to poison, there must be a person behind him, and the status of this person in charge should be extremely high. Otherwise, the Tang Sect alone will not be able to contact people like the Third Princess and Wang Pu. If you capture the Tang Sect, you may be able to find out who is the real mastermind behind him. On the other hand, the Tang Sect's methods are too harmful. If you can poison Wang Pu today, you can poison yourself and your family tomorrow. If you indulge the Tang Sect's people, you may be raising a tiger.

Wang Pu's death sounded the alarm for Hou Dayong.

Ling Jing had just traveled back to the city and was ready to rest for a while. He hesitated and said, "It will take at least several months for Daliang to go back and forth from Shu. In these few months, maybe the people from the Tang Sect had left Daliang long ago, and Xiaotu and Taoist Priest Qingchengshan also had some conflicts, so I'm afraid they wouldn't want to come to Daliang."

"The Qingcheng Mountain Taoist Master is also good at coming to Daliang. The Great Zhou Dynasty is about to launch a battle to attack Shu. After the demise of Western Shu, he will order to protect Qingcheng Taoist Temple and send some money to the Taoist Temple." Hou Dayong paused and suddenly emphasized, "If you do not agree to this matter, when the demise of Western Shu, Qingcheng Taoist Temple will inevitably turn into ashes."

Ling Jing traveled around and knew that what Hou Dayong said was not a false impression. It was a matter of time before the demise of Western Shu. He pondered for a while and asked: "The Tang Sect is a man from the world and has never had anything to do with the government. Why did the Hou prime minister try every means to find the people from the Tang Sect and tell him bluntly?" Ling Jing was really unwilling to be involved in the dispute in the officialdom, so he wanted to understand.

Hou Dayong denied it simply and negligently: "No."

Ling Jing has always been respected, so he naturally has a little temper and said angrily: "If you don't tell me directly, I'm sorry I can't do anything."

Hou Dayong smiled slightly and said, "If Taoist Master Ling is willing to do this, after the matter is completed, I will build a Taoist temple for Mr. Ling, how about it?"

Ling Jing kept shaking his head.

Hou Dayong's face changed and he said, "On the outside of Daliang City that day, the Taoist priest murdered people. You can see clearly below that Taoist priest is a family and a career. Don't blame me for turning against others."

Ling Jing was furious and stood up, "I didn't expect that the dignified Hou Xiang was such a villain. I misread you in Zhengzhou that day."

Hou Dayong was not angry, but said lightly: "It is important to find the disciples of the Tang sect in Daliang City. Master Ling still doesn't know that it is best. Today, the next sentence has been said. Mr. Ling must agree, otherwise there will be endless troubles."

Ling Jing is very skilled in martial arts and has never been threatened by others. He suddenly stood up and sneered: "It's not so easy to cause trouble. Humph, there are three-foot green eyebrows below."

Hou Dayong sneered: "The Ling family has a large amount of land in Xuzhou, three people work in the court, and six people are among the governments in various places. If Mr. Ling's thoughts are caused to be a catastrophe, what is Mr. Ling's face to see his ancestors? What's more, what Mr. Ling does next is just a trivial matter. It is really unwise to cause a huge disaster for the family for such trivial matters. Please think twice."

As the saying goes: I am not afraid of wearing shoes barefoot. Ling Jing was born into a large family, and aristocratic family is both wealth and burden. Hou Dayong seized Ling Jing's weakness and forced him to submit.

Ling Jingkong had martial arts, but he was controlled by others. He was stunned for a while and sighed: "Stop, stop, stop, stop, I will leave the city tomorrow and try to invite Taoist Li Ming to Daliang. He has a grudge against the Tang Sect, so he will meet most of the Tang Sect disciples."
Chapter completed!