Qeng Ho Mage

Chapter 222 Lishan Official Office
A monk that Fang Dushu had befriended in the past.

Only Fu Yuqing and Fu Shiqing's cousins ​​would call him Brother Xian.

Fang Dushu recognized the identity of the female cultivator in white at a glance. It was Fu Yuqing who had gone to the emperor for many years.

Walking in front of Fu Yuqing, Fang Dushu was about to answer when he suddenly noticed that Fu Yuqing's magic power was different, and he had already advanced to the golden core stage.

Fang Dushu immediately restrained his casual behavior and became more serious: "Should I be called Uncle Fu?"

Compared with his peers, his own practice progress has been improving by leaps and bounds. Unexpectedly, Fu Yuqing is faster than him.

But he changed his mind and thought again, he was the one who helped Fu Yuqing build the foundation. Fu Yuqing was only 17 years old at that time, and he had not joined the Zhenwen School at that time.

He built the foundation nearly ten years later than Fu Yuqing. Fu Yuqing's cultivation was ahead of him, and he succeeded in forming alchemy in a land like Shangzong, which is actually not abnormal.

Fu Yuqing flicked his cuffs lightly at him: "Brother Xian, please sit down!"

Let Fang Dushu and Fu Guanzong be seated first.

Only then did Fu Yuqing answer the question just now: "Wuyuan City is my home, Brother Xian, you don't need to see outsiders, you should call me Yuqing, you can also call me Baby."

She treats Fang Dushu as a relative and friend.

Fang Dushu couldn't help smiling, and said to Fu Guanzong who was sitting next to him: "Yuqing's charm is open-minded, and she has attained Taoism. I don't think it will be difficult for her to have a baby in the future."

Fu Guanzong quickly echoed: "This old man thinks the same way, a baby must have a destiny to conceive a baby."

He was so excited that he spit out all the stars.

It has been a few days since Fu Yuqing returned to the city, and all the monks in the city are carnivaling. A disciple of the Fu family has an elder of knotting alchemy, and the status of Wuyuan City will also rise. They don't have to worry about the recent war turmoil that has become more and more hot.

Fu Guanzong said again: "Xiao Fang, you should still remember that the baby was less than 20 years old when she established her foundation, and she was only half a year old when she went to the Shangzong. With such sufficient life essence, even if it is hard work, she can survive the Nascent Soul stage."

This is somewhat wishful thinking.

If monks use hard work or suffering as the standard for advancement, then the streets will be full of Nascent Soul monsters, which is impossible.

Fang Dushu didn't retort, "I'm older than Yuqing by how many years, and I haven't seen her for half a year. I'm already old, and Yuqing is still a baby. She hasn't changed at all."

"You haven't changed!"

Fu Guanzong suddenly opened his eyes, and looked Fang Dushu up and down: "Xiao Fang, the old man found that not only have you not changed, but why do you look younger again? You look like jade, not like before!"

After he finished speaking, he slowed down and asked Fu Yuqing, "What do you think, baby?"

Fu Yuqing felt very warm in her heart listening to the two chatting about the family life. She had been away for decades, and her hometown hadn't changed much. The familiar people made her relax and feel happy all over her body.

However, she practiced in seclusion since she was a child, and she developed a cold temperament, and she didn't like to show her emotions on her face. After experiencing the throbbing of returning home for the first time, she returned to her usual indifferent temperament.

She said: "Brother Xian, did you practice some external skills, or did you take the elixir?"

"I have refined a beauty-retaining substance called Fayu Ganlu. I also use it myself on a daily basis. This spiritual dew is very effective for the body, but it is not effective for the hair."

Fang Dushu stroked a lock of temple hair: "Hair color has turned white, Linglu can't restrain it."

"Dharma rain and nectar?"

Fu Yuqing looked strange, and took out a jade bottle: "I have a few bottles of Linglu here, which happen to be called Fayu Ganlu."

Fang Dushu took a closer look, and found that the bottle was refined by himself, and he immediately laughed: "This kind of spirit dew is sold from me, where did you get it?"

"The Rock Bridge."

Fu Yuqing pointed to Xi Xiang: "I returned to Hexi this time because I was ordered by my master to deliver a message to Patriarch Daoming. I went to the Zhenwen School first, but the defendant knew that Patriarch Ming had gone to Xiaoyuan Temple. Immediately rushed to this temple, met Patriarch Daoming at the Panshi Bridge, and when I finished my master's errand, fellow Jindanqi from various sects in Hexi invited me to a banquet, and they all gave me presents at the banquet to celebrate my return to my hometown."

She raised the jade bottle to Fang Dushu: "These gifts included spirit dew, but I didn't ask about the origin of the spirit dew at that time, so I didn't expect it to come from Brother Xian."

When Fang Dushu was at the Panshi Bridge, he sold a lot of spiritual dew to Gong Yaodong of the Chuanliu school. Gong Yaodong should have paid tribute to a certain Jindanqi Liushi, and this Liushi borrowed flowers to present Buddha and donated them to Fu Yuqing.

Fang Dushu immediately inquired: "I have been away from Panshi Bridge for less than half a month, when did you come back?"

Fu Yuqing responded crisply: "The day after you left, I rushed to Panshi Bridge."

As she grew older, not only did her appearance remain unchanged, but her voice also remained childlike, and her baby voice sounded very pleasant.

Fang Dushu couldn't help sighing softly: "What a coincidence, I would have left a day later if I had known."

Fu Yuqing made a special trip to find Qi Guangxiang to inquire about Fang Dushu's news. Qi Guangxiang said that Fang Dushu had only been away for a day, so he asked Fu Yuqing whether he should send someone to chase Fang Dushu back.

Because Fu Yuqing's errand to meet Qi Daoming has been completed, she plans to return to Wuyuan City to visit her relatives, thinking that Fang Dushu will also go to Wuyuan City, and even if she doesn't go, she will return to the Zhenwen School. No trouble Qi Guangxiang.

She didn't mention this to Fang Dushu.

Fang Dushu asked her again: "Yuqing, you have come back, will Patriarch Zhiwei return to Zhenwen School soon?"

Fu Yuqing shook her head slowly: "Master will be delayed for a few more years, she has something to delay in Shangzong, she doesn't want Patriarch Daoming to wait for a long time, so she sent me back to explain the situation, and bring a batch of treasures to Patriarch Daoming by the way. "

The monks of the Hexi Zongmen did not find out when the soldiers of the Gouye people arrived at the Immortal Cultivation Realm in Hexi.

Patriarch Zhiwei was even more ignorant. She was worried that the war would break out first before she returned, so she prepared a batch of war preparation materials and entrusted her disciple Fu Yuqing to bring them to Qi Daoming.

"How many years will it be delayed?"

Fang Dushu murmured to himself, although knowing that the weak patriarch returned late, she would definitely not break the appointment. She sent Fu Yuqing back first to show her attitude, and she would definitely give support to the Zhenwen faction in the future, otherwise she would not have to do anything more and just ignore it It's easier not to ask.

It is expected that Patriarch Zhiwei really couldn't get away.

Fang Dushu looked at Fu Yuqing: "I know that the weak patriarch will come back in a few years. During this period, Yuqing, will you return to the Shangzong, or stay in the Zhenwen School?"

Fu Yuqing's answer was quite unexpected: "I will not return to the Shangzong, nor will I return to the Zhenwen School. I will be stationed at the Lishan government office until the master returns."

"Lishan official office?"

Fang Dushu became confused: "Lishan is located in the territory of the Chuanliu faction, and does not belong to the territory of the Dali Kingdom. I know that Lishan often holds Buddhist ceremonies and has built many cave temples, but I have never heard of any official offices!"

"This official office is quite special, and it was only recently opened in Lishan."

Fu Yuqing knew that he had doubts, and Fu Guanzong must also be curious about the situation of the government office.

She patiently answered the two of them: "Qinghe Shenzhou has a long-standing fairy dynasty, which enshrines the emperor as the state religion. Most of the yamen in this fairy dynasty are under the jurisdiction of monks, and one of the yamen is the River Governor's Mansion, which is in charge of Shenzhou Daohe, their errands are mainly to control floods, reflow dry river courses, and repair displaced river bodies."

To sum it up in one sentence, it is to control the river.

Fang Dushu thought to himself that being able to be listed as a country of worship by the Shangzong must have a deep foundation, and it should not be comparable to the Hexi Three Kingdoms. The strength of such a fairy country government should not be underestimated.

Fang Dushu suddenly became energetic: "Is this Xian Dynasty government office set up for the purpose of re-flowing the long river?"

If the Celestial Dynasty of Qinghe Shenzhou valued the territory of Xueyuan and Hexi, and planned to set up administrative units in Xueyuan and Hexi, that would definitely be a great thing. There is no need to worry about the intrusion of the Gouye people.

Unfortunately, Fu Yuqing's answer disappointed Fang Dushu.

Fu Yuqing said: "A few years ago, after Patriarch Daoming passed the news of the Hexi territory to Master, Master mentioned this matter to the masters of Zhongmiao Palace, and the masters issued a handbook to Xianchao, Let the officials of the Xian Dynasty rush to Hexi to explore the terrain.

After the exploration, the officials unanimously decided that the Hexi Territory hangs alone outside the Qinghe Divine Continent. If it is brought back to the Immortal Dynasty, it will be difficult to govern, and the gains outweigh the losses, unless the communication arteries between the Hexi Territory and the Qinghe Divine Continent are re-opened! "

Fang Dushu hurriedly asked: "How should we get through?"

He immediately thought of the opening of the Lishan government office: "Could it be related to the government office?"

Fu Yuqing hummed: "The officials in charge of exploration at that time thought that the river must be regulated first, and the Lishui River must be restored to its original form flowing on the surface in ancient times, so as to connect the communication between Hexi and Shenzhou. In the end, this errand It was pushed to the Hedu Mansion of the Immortal Dynasty, and the Hedu Mansion sent a group of Chuanliu envoys to Hexi to open an official office in Lishan, and they came to manage Lishui."

The establishment of this official office is not for the purpose of connecting the secluded river, nor does it even have any relationship with the Dayong Qishui River and the Great Liang Qishui River.

Even if it is to control Lishui, the government office is only responsible for the underground river section connecting Lishan and Qinghe Shenzhou. Their task is to guide the traffic in the east, and it is definitely not to participate in the war in the west.

Fang Dushu took it for granted that since the Xian Dynasty sent officials to control the river, they must have the intention of recovering the west of the river in the future, otherwise what would they come all the way for?
He felt that the officials of the government office were the natural reinforcements of the Hexi Immortal Cultivation World: "The official office is set up in Lishan, so you won't just sit back and watch the Hexi Cultivation World be invaded by alien cultivators, right?"

After speaking, I went to see Fu Yuqing, hoping to get a positive response.

Unexpectedly, Fu Yuqing poured cold water on him: "Brother Xian, although the Xian Dynasty is very powerful and has many soldiers and generals, but because of the long-term inheritance, the major yamen have become rigid and decayed, and the localities are all seeking their own interests. I don't care about the Hexi territory either, if it weren't for the master of Zhongmiao Palace, the Lishan official office would not have been established at all."

Zhongmiao Palace is the Shangzong that Fu Yuqing worshiped. Judging from Fu Yuqing's description, the Shangzong had a great influence on the Xian Dynasty.

However, the Xian Dynasty itself was not aggressive, and it may be that there were too many conflicts and disadvantages. Even if the ruler of the Xian Dynasty wanted to recover the Hexi Territory, they were unable to change the local status quo.

The Hexi Territory is located in the western border of Shenzhou. If the two places are really connected, it will definitely increase the burden on the local government in the western part of Shenzhou, but the income will be very little. Who wants to do such a thankless job?

Fang Dushu gradually understood what Fu Yuqing meant, and asked, "If war breaks out in the future, will those officials stationed in Lishan stand by and watch?"

“It’s not just about standing by and watching.”

Fu Yuqing confessed to him: "This batch of river envoys, they regard going to the Hexi border as hard work, and if they were not forced by the superiors, they would not be willing to come, and they also have resentment in their hearts, thinking that the Hexi monks are meddlesome and caused them trouble! They hate the Hexi monks very much, and the disciples of the Sichuan school want to go to the government office to have an audience, but they are all turned away by them!"

Hearing this, Fu Guanzong interjected an angry sentence: "If you don't reach out to hit the smiling person, why are you putting on such a big air? The comrades of the Sichuan school just paid a visit, and didn't ask them for help. What kind of face are they throwing at you?"

Fang Dushu looked at this matter as normal.

This is like the civil servants in the establishment, who can sit comfortably in the study and work, but are suddenly sent to the barren mountains and ridges where the birds don't shit, who can feel comfortable?

Thinking about it, Fang Dushu is not willing to do this kind of hard work. How many bodhisattvas are there in this world who are willing to devote themselves?
He understands the anger of those officials.

He was only curious about the names of these officials: "Chuanliu envoys? Do they have any connection with the Chuanliu sect?"

Fu Yuqing replied: "There is indeed a source! The role of Xianchao River Governor's Mansion is to control the river, because it has to patrol the rivers all year round, so the official position is named "Chuanliu Envoy". Some origins follow the official position of the Immortal Dynasty, and the founder of the Chuan school is the descendant of the Chuanliu envoy of the Dapan Kingdom."

Having said that, Fang Dushu's eyes were wide open.

Fu Yuqing has definitely seen and learned a lot after going to the Shangzong to practice in the past few years.

Fang Dushu still wanted to continue to ask her for advice about the situation of the Shangzong.

But I saw an elder from the foundation-building period coming in from outside the hall, and said: "Several seniors of the Zhenwen School have counted their household registrations from Cangsang City, and came to our Wuyuan City. After receiving the list, they plan to return to the main altar. , They want to come to visit again, please ask the patriarch to show me."

The envoys from Zhenwen sent to count the household registrations learned that Fu Yuqing had returned to Wuyuan City. They made the same decision as Qi Shouzhen and asked the Fu family of Wuyuan City to draw up the list by themselves.

They went to Cangsang Border Town first, then came back to get the list, and paid a visit to Fu Yuqing by the way. They were all old disciples of the Zhenwen School, and they all met Fu Yuqing back then.

Fu Guanzong couldn't make up his mind, it depends on Fu Yuqing's own opinion.

He hoped that Fu Yuqing would save face, so that the envoys of the Zhenwen School would take more care of Wuyuan City in the future.

Fu Yuqing didn't express her opinion, she asked Fang Dushu: "Brother Xian came to Wuyuan City to visit his step-father, so you plan to return to the main altar?"

Fang Dushu said with a smile: "I happen to have an important personal matter. I plan to go to Lishan, and I will return to the main altar after I go to Lishan. Aren't you going to the Lishan official office, Yuqing? How about we go together?"

After hearing this, Fu Yuqing wondered if Brother Fang Xian was going to Lishan on purpose to get along with her?
The timing of the matter was too coincidental, and it was inevitable that she would misunderstand it.

She couldn't tell what it was like in her heart. She had seen many heroes of the Taoist sect during the years in the Shangzong, but they were all far away from her heart. Only the figure of Fang Dushu often lingered in her mind, and she always felt familiar.

She nodded calmly: "Brother Xian, if you go too, I'll give you a ride along the way, but I plan to leave for Lishan in three days, will it delay Brother Xian's private affairs?"

"There will be no delay."

Fang Dushu said to her: "I'm going to visit a senior in Lishan, it doesn't matter if I go early or late."

(End of this chapter)