Traveling to Xianwu

Chapter 19 To Fenzhou
Hearing Shen Chengping's words, Ma Yu also nodded. As the head teacher of the Quanzhen Sect, he naturally looked at problems in a different direction from Qiu Chuji, who often hangs out in the rivers and lakes, and is happy to enmity. Now the Quanzhen Sect is under Shen Chengping. Under the suggestion of the Quanzhen Sect, it was changed to adopt a unified recruitment of apprentices and set up rules, which avoided the disadvantages of one person's disciples making mistakes and others being difficult to manage and dispose of, which was conducive to the unified management of Quanzhen Sect. Satisfactory.

But now that Qiu Chuji is accepting disciples privately, this rule is obviously broken. If other people follow suit in the future, Quanzhen Sect will be difficult to manage. Shen Chengping asked Qiu Chuji to bring Yang Kang back. For the disciples recruited uniformly, in the future, Qiu Chuji will stay in Zhongdu to teach because of the inconvenience of Yang Kang's family, so it can be regarded as the best of both worlds.

Thinking of this, Ma Yu nodded first, and then said: "Junior Brother, you are right, I will write to Qiu Junior Brother to explain it!"

Speaking of this, Ma Yu paused for a while, and then said: "Recently, a large group of bandits came to Fenzhou and plundered everywhere. Yesterday, I received a letter from Zhou Yuanwai, a big family in Fenzhou, asking for our help. Go and have a look, Junior Brother always has ideas, why don't you go with them!"

"So that's it, leave this matter to me!" Shen Chengping nodded after hearing what Ma Yu said.

The expansion of a sect is never passionate, it is full of countless battles. When the Smiling Proud World and Huashan School expanded, there were countless battles with other sects and local local snakes. Shen Chengping was still there Tongguan helped Gao Minggen and Zhao Mingzi kill the three culprits in Minshan, and that was just the tip of the iceberg of these struggles. The Quanzhen Sect has continued to expand and develop in recent years, and it is naturally impossible to calm down. One-third of the time is not on the mountain, just to deal with these things.

This time, the Zhou family was the family that had taken shelter under the Quanzhen sect in recent years, and they also sent a lot of generous gifts. Now that they are begging to come to the door, the Quanzhen sect is not easy to refuse.It just so happened that Shen Chengping had already achieved some initial success in cultivation, and it was time for him to display his abilities. The previous black sword lunatics were just trying their skills!
In the early morning of the second day, after breakfast, Shen Chengping got on a green horse, and together with Wang Chuyi and Liu Chuxuan, walked along the official road and headed directly towards Fenzhou.

The three of them continued on their way, and at the evening of the second day, they reined in their horses and stopped. Shen Chengping looked far away at the vicissitudes and simplicity of Fenzhou City at dusk.

"It seems that we can enter the city just before dark. If you two use it, why don't we visit Zhou Yuanwai tonight, rest at his house, find out about those bandits, and then go up the mountain tomorrow morning!" Shen Chengping suggested.

"Well, that's fine, just according to what my junior brother said, let's advance into the city!"

"Drive!" After a while, everyone arrived at the gate of the city, and slowly followed the last wave of people entering the city. After a while, a simple and spacious mansion was close in front of them. There were middle-aged people standing at the tall gate. Behind the upright and honest member of the Zhou family were several young men, who should be the younger generation of the Zhou family.

"The three Daoist elders are here, let the humble house flourish!" Member Zhou came up from a long distance and saluted with fists clasped.

"Zhou Yuanwai is being polite, I came here unexpectedly, I hope I didn't disturb the member!" With a touch of politeness, Shen Chengping and the three dismounted calmly.

"Where is there! The three Taoist priests are the distinguished guests that Zhou craves for on weekdays, so why bother?"

Seeing the extraordinary aura of the three of them, Member Zhou kept being polite and humbled, and bowed himself to lead the way, "Three priests, please!"

As soon as he entered the gate, Shen Chengping kept his composure, glanced slightly, and had already had a panoramic view of the general layout of the courtyard. He couldn't help thinking in his heart that the Zhou family is indeed a big family that has been passed down for more than a hundred years. People are taboo, but the mansion is full of wealth and splendor, showing its own financial strength, and is well versed in the way of life of a big family. The Zhou family is not simple!

"The Zhou family is indeed the leading family in Fenzhou. The scenery in this courtyard is scattered and orderly, rich and noble yet elegant. It seems that the Zhou family can also be called a family of poems and books!" Shen Chengping glanced at the flowers and trees in the courtyard naturally. The pen and ink of the poems on the rockery and other things, said thoughtfully.

"I don't dare to call it the heirloom of poems and books. It's just that the whole family confessed a few famous scholars!" Zhou Yuanwai said politely. In fact, the real power of the Jin Dynasty was in the hands of the Jurchen tribe. , but it is difficult for most of them to get a seat of real power.However, the Zhou family has a few scholars, which can also reduce some exploitation.

"Here we are, Sect Leader, please take your seat! Everyone, please take your seat too!" Seeing the front of the hall, Zhou Yuanwai warmly greeted everyone to take their seats.

Shen Chengping and others also did as they please, according to the arrangements of Zhou Yuanwai, and then they had a round of toasting, so there is no need to mention it.

"Hey! These big families are troublesome, and they are so tired after eating!" After the banquet was over, everyone was led to the guest room by Zhou's maid, Liu Chuxuan couldn't help complaining!

"It's just following the customs of the world!" Shen Chengping persuaded, Quanzhen Sect practiced Daoist Kungfu, in recent years, Liu Chuxuan and others have obtained the kung fu of changing muscles and forging bones from Shen Chengping, plus his previous accumulation, The practice is getting better and better, and I have long been used to a quiet life, so I don't like this kind of hypocritical entertainment.

"However, since we have come to Zhou's house, they are warmly entertaining, so it's not easy to sit on their hot face with our cold ass!" Shen Chengping finally concluded: "But when my Quanzhen Sect develops in the future, most of these things will happen. All can be handed over to the stewards and outer disciples in those places, and we don’t need to worry about it later!”

"Haha, what Junior Brother Shen said is that the most important thing now is to solve the troubles here, take a good rest, recharge your batteries, and go directly to worship the mountain tomorrow morning!"

"Just now when we asked about the origins of the gang of bandits, the Zhou family was also vague. They only said that they came from Shandong. The bandits in Shandong have been very difficult to deal with since the Sui and Tang Dynasties. There are many masters on the green forest road. When the time comes, we will all Be careful, don't suffer a loss!"

At the same time, in the Zhou family ancestral hall, Zhou Yuanwai and three white-haired old men took the lead, and four or five young people from the younger generation sat quietly opposite each other.

The oldest man opened his mouth and pondered for a while: "The Quanzhen Sect is developing very fast now, and the weather is not shallow. Most of the families in Guanzhong take shelter under his sect. In the past, we took the initiative to send them to us, wanting to ask for some security. , but I don’t know what the patriarch thought when he saw it today? Cough cough!”

"Nephew thought, let's just take a look at it for now. Anyway, no matter which side the money is handed over to, it will be indispensable. In comparison, the food of the Quanzhen Sect is much better. Those thieves are just Even if there are some martial arts masters among the bereaved dogs who escaped from Shandong, my Zhou family is not made of mud, and we can let him talk like a lion, but this time we just took the opportunity to see the quality of Quanzhen Sect. !” Zhou Yuanwai replied respectfully.

"Ahem, your idea is good!" The old man said again: "If the Quanzhen Sect has real skills, it's okay if we temporarily hide under this big tree from the wind and rain. It's good to enjoy the shade under the big tree, then follow your advice." Meaning, let's take a look first, cough cough! The old man is not in good health, so he will go back to his room to rest first!"

(End of this chapter)