I Xiaoxiong

Chapter 38
It is already the twelfth lunar month, and seeing the end of the new year is approaching, Gyeonggi-do and neighboring prefectures have not seen snow since the winter of 16 in Xuanjia.

There was a first snowfall in Guanzhong, but it was just a glimpse of the snow scene, and nothing else.

There will be no snow in one winter, and next year there will be a spring drought. At that time, insects and locusts will be everywhere, and famine will be imminent. I am afraid that troubles will arise.

There are rumors among the people that God is going to accept someone. His Majesty offended the Buddha because of his advocacy of Taoism, and people were panicked for a while.

After all, in the more than one hundred years of the Great Jin Dynasty, since the six emperors Taizu, Taizong, Gaozong, Xuanzong, Renzong, and Wuzong, there has never been such a year. Could it be the punishment of God?
Who is Skywrath?

This year's Northwest War, floods in Qingzhou and Yanzhou, the salt tax was confiscated, and the state treasury was so short that the officials of various ministries in Shangjing had not been paid for several months.

At this time, Li Xianggong, who was in power, naturally became the target of public criticism, and Li Xianggong, who was already known as a "treacherous prime minister", and his "Li Party" became a source of public grievances.

At the end of November, Yuxi Palace, where the Taoist leader and emperor lived all year round, caught fire again.As a result, the rumors of the government and the public quietly changed the direction of the wind again, and it became that the emperor has no virtue.
Because of the fire in Yuxi Palace in Xiyuan, Emperor Daojun Zhao Lingyuan rarely returned to live in Daming Palace.He even came forward and made several altars of Luotian Dajiao to pray for snow with several Taoist real people.

However, according to the latest batch of reports, there is still no snow in Guanzhong, no snow in Gyeonggi, and no snow in several states in Hebei.

"Senior Brother Tao, this Luo Tian Dajiao has been done so many times, why can't the snow still fall?"

The Emperor Daojun and a middle-aged Taoist priest stood beside the alchemy stove warming up the fire, and asked with a depressed expression.

Both of them wore Taoist robes, tied their hair with hairpins, and wore a Taoist bun. The difference was that the Taoist emperor wore jade hairpins, and the middle-aged Taoist priest surnamed Tao wore wooden hairpins.

A middle-aged Taoist priest surnamed Tao, named Tao Yingzhen, is the most useful Taoist real person in front of the Taoist emperor, the master of the Taoist temple.

He has a handsome appearance, wearing a gray Taoist robe and a black gauze dress, more than seven feet long, with a good appearance, and looks like a fairy. Anyone who sees him will praise him as "real person" and "immortal master".

Tao Yingzhen smiled and said: "Your Majesty, how many times have I said this, this is just for outsiders to see, it's really useless, it's just for show, to comfort. Anyway, I don't believe this, they Wudang and Quanzhen letter."

Emperor Daojun said helplessly: "How much should be useful? How many prefectures in Hebei have snowed? Why don't you do a few games? Forget it, if you do too much, it will be worthless."

Tao Yingzhen said: "Your Majesty, I, an outsider, shouldn't intervene in this matter of state affairs, but if this is really Wuxue, the imperial court still has to make preparations."

Emperor Daojun nodded.

If the conversation between these two people was heard by outsiders, they would probably be shocked.

In the eyes of outsiders, the Emperor Daojun was bewitched by these Taoist priests, so he believed in ghosts and gods all day long and kept his courtiers away. Your Majesty, don't believe in Luo Tianjiao, hurry up and make preparations to deal with Wuxue?

Are you sure this is not a censor Qingliu who dressed up as a Daoist robe and entered the palace?

"Senior Brother Tao, I have known you for more than ten years, tell me the truth, is there really no such thing as immortality and immortality in this world?"

"No."

"Brother Tao is so honest, he can't be an official."

"So I became a Taoist priest."

"Hehehehe."

Emperor Daojun liked to talk with this Taoist Taoist very much, because he could always hear the "truth" from his mouth.

For example, when he asked about longevity, Tao Yingzhen asked him, how long is longevity?Have you ever seen someone live over [-] years old?
He asked Feisheng, is there any record of Feisheng in Tao Yingzhen's history books?
He asked the gods, and Tao Yingzhen asked him again, who has seen the gods?What does a fairy look like?Is it the god in the temple or the god in your heart?

Finally, the Taoist emperor asked again, since Tao Yingzhen didn't mention ghosts and gods, didn't believe in longevity, and didn't seek to ascend, why did he still want to be a Taoist priest?

Tao Yingzhen said that his father was a Taoist priest, and he could only do this in order to inherit the family business. He didn't look like a demagogic alchemist at all.

Therefore, the Shouqing Temple in the suburbs of Shangjing is the most down-to-earth Taoist temple in the surrounding area.

It is more like a pharmacy than a place of quiet cultivation. The Xiaohongwan and Daliwan produced in Guanli are popular among the male dignitaries in Shangjing, and everyone agrees to use them.

They even do some lending business, and the interest rate is very reasonable. If the surrounding farmers need alms, most of them will ask for it.

If you don't come in for a while, you won't come to your door to ask for a reminder, or take over other people's land to pay off the debt.

Compared with several Buddhist counterparts around Shangjing, his reputation is not much better.

And it is such a Taoist priest who is somewhat deviant, but he is one of the Taoist real people who are most trusted by the Taoist emperor and emperor. Like several Taoist real people in Longhu Mountain of Wudang Mountain, he can wear yellow and purple.

According to the rumors in Shangjing Jianghu, Tao Yingzhen is not only proficient in yin and yang, astronomy, geography, and medical medicine stones, he is also extremely outstanding in martial arts. He is one of the best in the world. A thin line of difference.

But this is just a rumor. Yu Luohu, one of the top ten masters, went to Shouqingguan to challenge Tao Zhenren. The two fought behind closed doors, but the outcome was unknown to outsiders.

But being able to fight against Yu Luohu also proved the authenticity of the rumors, after all, the four great masters were only a step ahead of the top ten masters.

Here, the Emperor Daojun and Tao Zhenren were talking, discussing the medicinal properties of Wuzi Yanzong Pill and Xiaohong Pill, while Tian Fuguo, a court eunuch, rushed to him in a small step.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and His Royal Highness Princess Chengyang are all here."

"Show them in."

"promise."

In a short while, Prince Zhao Yuantan and Princess Chengyang Zhao Yuanshu both entered the palace that was temporarily used as a alchemy house.

"I have seen my father."

"I saw my uncle."

Zhao Yuantan was wearing a brocade and satin jacket with a cloak over it.

And Zhao Yuanshu was wearing a white fox fur, which was rare for a woman to wear.Seeing Tao Yingzhen, he said again, "Master Tao is also here."

Tao Yingzhen nodded with a smile, and then bowed to His Highness the Crown Prince.

Zhao Yuantan also nodded in greeting, "Renren Tao."

Tao Yingzhen once taught Zhao Yuanshu's martial arts, so Zhao Yuanshu always called him "Master Tao".

As for His Royal Highness Zhao Yuantan, he also respects the only Daoist Daoist around his father who likes to tell the "truth".

"Si, I heard that the Imperial City Division has arrested a lot of people recently. What happened?"

Zhao Lingyuan first asked about his niece. Since letting his niece control the Imperial City Secretary, he has almost completely let go of this aspect of things. Only when he wants to know something will he ask the servants around him to ask the Imperial City Secretary to adjust. file or look it up.

Coming in is because the censor often has the initiative to impeach the Imperial City Secretary for disturbing the people, so today I also asked my niece what is going on.

Zhao Yuanshu didn't panic at all when asked by his uncle, and said calmly: "Don't worry about these things, uncle, I'll do these things."

Zhao Lingyuan was not angry when he heard the words, but instead laughed heartily: "Hahahahaha, senior brother Tao, do you see that my niece is not ordinary. Even I won't let you ask me."

Zhao Yuantan and Tao Yingzhen seemed to be used to this kind of situation, chuckled aside but didn't answer.

"You have to tell Uncle what you're looking for, right?" Zhao Lingyuan's tone this time seemed to be somewhat negotiable.

Zhao Yuanshu said: "Let's talk to my uncle, isn't there a lot of people saying that my uncle still has Li Xiang's gossip recently? Later, when I checked, I found two lines, one was the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce, and they spent a lot of money With some money, people spread the words about Li Xiang's failure of the country, and about Uncle, Hongliandao is behind you."

It was only then that Zhao Lingyuan realized that the niece didn't want to tell him that it was not intentional to hide it from him, but that this matter was indeed a bit of a headache.

When Zhao Yuantan and Tao Yingzhen heard the words "Red Lotus Way", their expressions changed a little, and the atmosphere became a bit more dignified.

Red Lotus Road originated in the Dazheng Dynasty 200 years ago. It is rumored that Fang Ziyuan, the first Shenggong, evolved from the Red Sect of Buddhism in the Western Regions.

Popular in the folk, secret associations.

And in the past 300 years, Red Lotus Road has raised dozens of times, trying to overthrow the imperial court and establish the independent Red Lotus Buddha Kingdom.

Whether it was Dazheng 200 years ago or Dajin now.It has always been an organization strictly prohibited by the imperial court.

During Renzong's reign, Honglian Dao rebelled in Beizhou, and the momentum spread to more than a dozen states. Finally, the imperial court mobilized frontier troops, and it took half a year to put down the turmoil.

The coach at that time was now the No.1 general of the Jin Dynasty, Dingguo Gong Feng Shenji.

"But don't worry, uncle, I'll just leave this matter to me to investigate. I'm going to mobilize people recently to pull out all the strongholds of Red Lotus Road in the capital. Just don't let them confuse the public with lies."

Zhao Yuanshu said lightly.

Zhao Lingyuan smiled when he heard it, and he looked very relieved, "The Imperial City Secretary and the Embroidered Guards have been tracking down Honglian Dao in many ways before, but they haven't made much progress. How did you find their traces? "

Zhao Yuanshu didn't hide it and said directly, but he said proudly: "The Imperial City Secretary and the Embroidery Guard are not industrious in their work, but they are officials' family after all, and some things are not right. It's okay to let them investigate some officials and wealthy businessmen. Cha Honglian's way is not very smooth, so I use the staff of Saburo Club."

When Zhao Lingyuan heard this, he smiled and said: "Hahaha, so that's the case, Fu Sanlang has some skills in doing things. But you are not married yet, so you use your husband's family to do things for your mother's family?"

When Zhao Yuanshu heard the joke from his uncle, he didn't have the shyness of his younger daughter. Instead, he said in a big way: "The whole world belongs to our Zhao family. It's for his face to use his Fu family's staff."

"Hahahaha, what Sizi said is good." There are many factors in Zhao Lingyuan's love for this niece.

There is a feeling of gratitude for the deceased emperor brother, and I love the house and the black.He also made some gestures to let people see his generosity in treating his elder brother's orphan.

But more is the love for this niece from the heart.

Smart, cunning and extremely proud, his temperament and disposition are very similar to his elder brother Xiandi Wuzong, with a natural atmosphere.

Thinking of this, Zhao Lingyuan sighed again, and said: "If you want to do something, you can do whatever you want, don't worry about gossip, but there is only one thing, you must ensure your own safety."

"Uncle, don't worry, I know."

Zhao Yuanshu replied with a smile, his eyes were full of spirit and aura, like a smart white fox.

Beautiful, cunning.

(End of this chapter)