Taoist endowment

Chapter 61

There have been a lot of happy events in Meng Huangliang's family recently. First, because of his meritorious service in suppressing thieves, the imperial court raised his rank by two ranks, and he directly became a court official from the second rank. Meng Huangliang laughed whenever he was so happy.

The old man of the Meng family in the capital lost his relationship with the noble concubine in the palace again, and begged the emperor to issue an edict to transfer him back to the capital to serve as the head of the military department.

Meng Huangliang firmly refused to accept this matter, he was self-aware, and with his two brushes, once he was involved in the vortex of the capital, he might be gnawed to the bone by others.

It is said that this incident annoyed the old man Meng very much, and he scolded him for being a pig-headed man who does not seek to make progress, but he still helped him hire the head of the Quanzhou government.

Even the old enemy of the Meng family, the Xiheliu clan, was powerless to object to this matter. It is really impossible for Huayin Prefecture to destroy Heiyun City. It was specially made into a Jingguan to deter thieves all over the world.

It is said that when the six-door arresters of the capital were identifying the heads of the bandits, they found no less than two or three hundred habitual bandits and thieves arrested by the court, and made the chief arrester of the six-doors drunk for three days. , When drunk, he yelled that Brother Meng is the great benefactor of the Six Doors!

At this time, Meng Huangliang was in charge of the two prefectures, and he seemed to be the chief official of the Northern Territory.

"It's better to be in the north. The underworld forces have been uprooted, and the people can live and work in peace and contentment. Those martial arts families and sects who have dismissed the government in the past, who dare to violate the decrees issued by themselves now? Hahaha! It really is backed by the big tree It’s a good time to enjoy the cool air!” Every time he thinks about it, Manager Meng looks up to the sky and laughs three times.

It is embarrassing to think that he, a second-rank official who is in charge of the military administration of the two states in the north, can only rely on the appreciation of a Taoist temple to make the government orders go smoothly.

Meng Huangliang didn't care if the government lost face, he was still complacent.

But what makes Meng Huangliang most happy is not the promotion or promotion, but his wife Zhai gave birth to another son for him on the eighth day of April this year. The magpies hovered outside the house, as if they were congratulating.

This made Meng Huangliang burst into tears with joy. He knelt in the ancestral ancestral hall for a whole night. After he came out, he announced loudly to all the relatives, friends and guests who came to congratulate him that he had been instructed by the ancestors of the Meng family. In the future, it must be extraordinary, so it should be named "Meng different!"

After the Meng family feasted for a month, peace returned to the day before yesterday.

At this time, Meng Huangliang was running out of the mansion gate out of breath, arranging his clothes while running, he and his wife were teasing Meng BuTong in the back hall, but saw the mansion officials hastily handed in a post.

Meng Huangliang wondered, this government official is also an old man who has followed him for many years, and he has always done things steadily on weekdays, what happened this time?
He took a look at the post himself, and saw the word "Ji" in seal script printed on the dark flower post. Only then did he know why the government officials panicked just now, and he was also shocked at the moment. He didn't know which one of the royal family had arrived.

When Meng Huangliang hurried to the gate of the mansion, he saw a pale and thin young man standing there with two guards, one tall and one short.

That young man was waving a folding fan and had a decent bearing. Although his face was tired, his eyes were frighteningly bright.

But the person who came here was the Seventh Prince who was the most favored and popular in the royal family!

The Seventh Prince waved his hand to signal to Meng Huangliang that he didn't need to pay homage, and said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "I heard that Director Meng is happy with Lin'er, so I came here specially to ask for a glass of wedding wine from thousands of miles away."

Meng Huangliang quickly said that he didn't dare, and bowed to welcome the Seventh Prince into the mansion.

After a feast, Meng Huangliang accompanied Ji Huan for a walk in the garden, and asked Ji Huan tactfully why he came.

It turned out that in the victory report sent to the imperial court by Meng Huangliang that day, although it explained that the Huayin Mansion was able to overcome the thief city, and the Northland martial arts contributed a lot, it was simply skipped with the spring and autumn style of writing. practice.

But how can there be an impenetrable wall in the world?At this time, some storytellers in the capital began to spread another version everywhere.

A group of bigwigs in the imperial court naturally don't believe in the story of a few young disciples who turned their hands on the city and destroyed the city. They all think that it's just people in the world playing tricks to attract attention.

However, the seventh prince, Ji Huan, has always cared about military affairs. In his bedroom, there is a map of the Tiannan territory. The eye-catching one is the Black Cloud City.

Ji Huan was well aware of the weakness of the officers and soldiers in the northern region, so he didn't believe the words of the Meng Fuzun ordering a hundred thousand elite troops to defeat the bandit city at all.

After studying the victory report several times in detail, Ji Huan became wary of the northern martial arts in his heart, and then asked a few people from the rivers and lakes to inquire carefully, and listened to them talking about "Xianyun Guan" , there are other titles such as "Fairy Wangyou" and "Three Heroes of Xianyun", so curiosity arose and I moved to investigate in person.

The Seventh Prince was a man standing upright, so he immediately asked for an order to leave the palace, and brought a battalion of elite guards to the north, and after traveling for a month, he finally arrived at Huayin Mansion.

On the edge of the clear pond in the back garden of the Meng Mansion, Ji Huan stared at the koi in the water in a daze. Meng Huangliang's report just now made him lose his mind, and he has not recovered yet.

Meng Huangliang has always respected the Seventh Prince, so he just revealed his relationship with Xianyun Temple and the reason for the destruction of Heiyun City, without hiding anything.

At this moment, accompanying Ji Huan, seeing the two inner palace guards with earthy faces and sweating profusely, he secretly laughed in his heart, and thought: "It turns out that the big inner guards with eyes above the top are sometimes afraid."

"Boss Meng, you've done a good job. After several actions, I believe you and that Xianyun Temple have a deep friendship, right?" Ji Huan came back to his senses, staring into Meng Huangliang's eyes and asked.

"To tell you the truth, your Highness, after all the efforts of my ministers, I have already fallen into the eyes of several disciples of Xianyun Temple, and I have the best friendship with Deacon Peng in his temple, but I regret that I have never visited the master of the temple. .” Meng Huangliang replied in a low voice.

"Have you ever walked through the gate of Xianyun Temple?" Ji Huan asked again after hearing the words.

"This—it's never happened before." Meng Huangliang replied cautiously.

"Since that's the case, Manager Meng can arrange the affairs of the two houses. How about the two Japanese princes accompany you to visit the Xianyun Temple?" Ji Huan narrowed his eyes slightly, not knowing what was going on in his heart.

"Your Highness, no! If what Manager Meng said is true, then my two brothers are definitely not opponents of the disciples of Xianyun Temple. If something goes wrong, I will die for my humbleness!" The short guard said anxiously.

"It's nothing, you two don't have to worry, I'm only going to meet the peerless expert as a junior of Manager Meng, and with Manager Meng's affection, it shouldn't be a problem, right, Second Uncle Meng?" Ji Huan waved at the two guards, then looked at Meng Huangliang with a chuckle.

Meng Huangliang immediately bowed and clasped his fists in fright, he didn't dare to say anything, but he was worried that the Seventh Prince had a lot of things to do, and he didn't know if he would give him face.

"Is there really such an expert in the world? Is it true that the classics in the secret palace of the imperial city are not successful? Royal affairs, world affairs, and now there is an extra fairy tale."

Thinking of this, Ji Huan couldn't help coughing a few times, the guard hurriedly took out a porcelain bottle, and handed over a scarlet pill inside.

(End of this chapter)