Lin Baoyi was still in bed. As soon as he opened his eyes, he received a letter from the maid. It was a quick message sent from everywhere.
In the past, if his colleagues and subordinates were asked to do something on the first day of the new year, they might not have started on the fifteenth day of the new year.
But to capture imperial criminals, a matter that does not require his own action, but also earns face and money, and can lead to promotion, he does not need to give orders, others will naturally rush to do it.
Opening one of the thick letters, Lin Baoyi's brows stretched and relaxed, relaxed and stretched, with a rather complicated expression.
His concubine got out of bed, saw his expression, and already had an idea in her mind.
She took the cup from the bedside as usual, rinsed her mouth, and said with a charming smile: "My lord, I have washed it."
As she spoke, she bent down, lying on the bed like a snake, and crawled towards Lin Baoyi's legs.
"Get away!"
Lin Baoyi pushed her away, grabbed a robe and pushed out the door.
"Prepare tea and invite the two immortal masters to the hall to discuss matters!"
After a while, Ma Xiaoyu and Yin Xiu walked into the meeting hall under the leadership of their servants.
"Two immortal masters, how did you rest last night?"
Ma Xiaoyu didn't answer, but Yin Xiu said with satisfaction: "Not bad, the bed is very soft."
"As long as you are satisfied. The two immortal masters will try my best Mingqian Longjing again."
Yin Xiu took a sip.
When he drinks tea, he only knows whether it is bitter or not. For him, if the Mingqian Longjing tea can be replaced with a cup of frozen mandarin duck, it seems to be more in line with his needs.
So he just nodded and said perfunctorily: "Good tea, refreshing in the mouth, sweet aftertaste, clear tea body, rich layers."
Ma Xiaoyu whispered: "You don't drink tea much, don't you?"
"I don't drink much, but I think all the experts who drink tea say this. Anyway, if you follow this advice for expensive tea, you won't make mistakes."
Sure enough, after Yin Xiu's words came out, although Lin Baoyi's smile remained unchanged, she began to respect the two people's identities in her heart.
Only good tea drinkers can be good monks, because practicing Taoism and drinking tea may seem to be two completely unrelated things, but the principles behind them are the same.
Yin Xiu put down the tea cup and asked Lin Baoyi: "By the way, where is the smart, capable, elegant and majestic master beside you?"
"He?"
Lin Baoyi held her forehead, a little helpless, "I'm sick."
"Are you sick?" Yin Xiu looked a little surprised, but the corners of her mouth inevitably trembled.
"Yes, he said he was exhausted from too much work recently. He wouldn't open the door no matter how others called in the morning, and had to rest in bed."
"It's okay, just change the quilt and it will be fine."
Yin Xiu said confidently: "If you send someone to change his sheets and quilt now, he will immediately jump up and down."
"The immortal master still has a clever trick."
Lin Baoyi greeted: "Come and drink tea, drink tea."
But in fact, he didn't ask the two of them to have tea, but he had something important to tell them.
"In the morning, I received a letter. We have found traces of the two people the two immortal masters asked us to find, the fortune teller and the imperial prisoner. And..."
Lin Baoyi was worried, "The report said that the two of them seemed to be walking together. They drank and chatted in a teahouse. There seemed to be some connection. A Feng Shui master and a gangster were a bit strange."
"It's not surprising that they are collaborating together."
Yin Xiu urged him: "Go on, where are their traces?"
"In a small town over there, I heard the guy said that they have gone to Cochin."
"Jiaozhi?"
Yin Xiu and Ma Xiaoyu looked at each other and read something unusual in each other's eyes.
"That's right, it's Jiaozhi."
Lin Baoyi didn't think there was anything strange about this place name, and just continued: "Speaking of it, it used to be under our jurisdiction, but then the Southern Barbarians rebelled and the foreign devils came. We gradually stopped visiting it, so we lost it."
After saying this, Lin Baoyi felt that he had to clarify.
"It's not because of my responsibility. I can't do such a thing."
"I don't think it's you, sir." Yin Xiu said with a smile.
Lin Baoyi nodded, "Then, should I send someone to take you there? Or should I continue to wait for information here?"
"Can't wait any longer, we have to go there by ourselves."
Yin Xiu stood up and said, "As for relying on those officers and soldiers to escort you, sir, you don't know how efficient they are. So, help us prepare two fast horses and we will go there ourselves."
"No problem."
Lin Baoyi stood up, took out a token from his pocket and handed it to Yin Xiu.
"This is General Zhennan's post token. With this thing, you can change to the best horses at any post station in the province, and you can stay and eat at the post station. Those people dare not neglect you."
This is not something that can be given to people casually. Yin Xiu heard Ren Qi say before that the top officials of each province only have three sides of this kind of token, and there are not many.
And it doesn't mean that it will be used when sending letters. Only for particularly urgent official business, the general or governor of a province will give this token.
"Aren't you afraid that you will be in trouble if this thing falls into our hands?"
"Am I already in big trouble?"
Lin Baoyi smiled and said: "I consider myself not a good official, an upright official, and I have made a lot of money in the years since I came to southern Xinjiang.
And I really don’t care much about the life and death of the people, because as long as there is no rebellion or anything else, I can be safe and sound. What does their life and death have to do with me?
But I am more or less a human being. Sometimes when I see a helpless little beggar when I pass by, I will ask my subordinates to throw a few copper coins to him. If someone dies and has no money to bury him, I will also ask someone to send him a pair of longevity gifts.
I am just bad, but not a beast. If I have the opportunity to do something good, I am willing to do it. ”
"You are indeed not bad to the core."
Yin Xiu turned the token in her hand and said, "Just say it was stolen. You won't be able to use it once a year anyway. It's normal if you forget and don't know where you kept it."
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"Okay."
Lin Baoyi nodded, "Then I'll ask my servants to prepare luggage for you two."
"We brought our own clothes and stuff, the most important thing is this."
Yin Xiu made a gesture with three fingers.
Lin Baoyi nodded, "I understand, it will be counted as a business trip, right?"
"Yes, let's advance part of it first." Yin Xiu said with a smile.
"No problem."
After a pause, Lin Baoyi finally asked seriously: "Actually, I have a question that I haven't figured out yet."
"Well, you say."
"You two," Lin Baoyi still couldn't resist curiosity, "What are your origins?"
"What's the origin?"
Yin Xiu laughed, gently pulled Ma Xiaoyu up, and walked out side by side.
"You will know in the future. By the way, pay more attention to the news on the street. Legend has it that the big events that will cause a stir in Kyushu in the future may be related to us." After saying that, Yin Xiu ignored him and just hugged him. Ma Xiaoyu gradually walked away.
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In front of the gate of Longhu Mountain, a group of Taoist priests stood.
Even several Taoist priests in black and yellow robes who had been hiding in the Tianshi Mansion all year round appeared.
Speaking of the great Celestial Masters in the Taoist sect, although they often talk about Southern Mao and Northern Ma, only the position of the female Celestial Master of the Ma family is passed down from generation to generation. As for the Mao family, only the magic is passed down. The teacher also has to look at the canonization.
Therefore, no one in the Mao family has won the title of Heavenly Master in recent generations, but this does not hinder the greatness of the Mao family.
The other two fixed Celestial Masters that every generation will have are the Celestial Masters of Maoshan and Longhu Mountain.
As the name suggests, the Tianshi Mansion in Longhu Mountain is the residence where the Tianshi lives.
However, not everyone inside is a heavenly master.
The Longhushan Celestial Master of this generation is Zhao Guanxuan.
Even on such an important day, he was still practicing in seclusion.
What day is today?
It was the day when the Grand Master of Qin Tianjian and the Great Master from the East came to Longhu Mountain in the future.
The Great Imperial Master was conferred by the imperial court and was the leader of the Taoist sect in the world.
Maybe he is not the most powerful, but the power behind him is strong.
Maybe he is not the most recognized, but the support behind him is something that no one dares to disobey.
Dongfang Future is such a man that even if people don't accept him, they are still full of yearning, admiration and fear for his status.
What's more, he is still less than thirty years old. If nothing unexpected happens, he may be able to take charge of Qin Tianjian for a period of time.
Who dares to offend such a person?
At this time, the cavalry who was leading the way had arrived at the mountain gate.
They were divided into two columns, with six cavalry in each column. The horse's head almost bit the horse's tail, and they marched in unison.
Along with the sound of horses' hooves, there is also the sound of hunting flags blown by the wind.
There are twelve flags in each hand, each with only simple geometric patterns painted on them. They are not dragons, phoenixes, eagles, or tigers, but just one or two bright spots, or simply a line.
These twelve flags represent the heavenly stems and earthly branches, implying that Qin Tianjian is in charge of all the secrets in Xuanmen.
The cavalry stopped in front of the mountain gate and reined in the reins. The bad-tempered horses kept blowing white air from their noses, and their hooves made a sound on the blue bricks and stones.
The Taoist priests were inevitably frightened by this formation and couldn't help but take a step back.
However, the cavalrymen had no intention of restraining their horses, nor did they care about disturbing the tranquility of this holy land. They just continued to sit upright on their horses.
After a while, other noises came from behind.
A group of young men and women separated, stood in a row, and walked at the front.
All of them are wearing brocade clothes and embroidered shoes, with elegant makeup and regular facial features, exuding a kind of clarity and sincerity that is isolated from the world.
Behind them was a carriage with the Big Dipper logo on it, surrounded by many guards.
The carriage was huge, pulled by six camels at the same time, and drove forward steadily.
Behind the carriage, there was also a large group of people following, and there were also several carriages, but they were not as big as this carriage, and there was no sign of the Big Dipper.
When they arrived at the mountain gate, the carriage stopped, and two followers immediately stepped forward to protect them.
Judging from the attire of those two people, they were probably Kunlun Guards and Si Xingcheng from Qintian Prison.
Under the protection of the two men, Dongfang Weilai slowly stepped out of the carriage, his face pale.
The network lines for steam trains were only built in the north and along the coast. Therefore, even as a distinguished national master, Dongfang Mirai had no choice but to ride around in a carriage after getting off the train, and finally suffered from motion sickness.
But with so many pairs of eyes looking at him, he could only pretend that nothing happened and put his hand on the white hat on his head.
The person next to him handed over the feather fan, but he didn't accept it and just moved forward slowly.
"Taoist priests from Longhu Mountain, pay homage to the Great Master!"
All the Taoist priests saluted him with sword skills.
Dongfang Future glanced around and found that the number of Taoist priests in Longhu Mountain had dropped by a quarter from the previous number. This was only a few years ago.
It seems that in today's troubled times, not only the traditional martial arts have declined, but also the Xuanmen outside the secular world. Only the number of monks is increasing year by year.
Suppressing the many emotions in his heart, Dongfang Weilai walked up to the Taoists wearing black and yellow Taoist robes who were responsible for the affairs of the Tianshi Mansion.
"Meet the Great Master."
The leading Taoist saluted him again.
"You're welcome, Master Zhao..."
Although Dongfang Future had read the roster before coming, he actually couldn't match the names and looks of these people.
But fortunately, most of the people in Tianshi Mansion were named Zhao, so he could fool him like this.
"Well, my surname is Zhang, Zhang Jiude."
"..."
Dongfang Future's smile froze on his face, remembering that there was indeed such a name on the roster.
But hasn’t the head of the Tianshi Mansion always been named Zhao?
Seeing his doubts, Zhang Jiude replied: "I am the rotating leader this year."
"Oh~ I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
Dongfang Future hurriedly blurted out, "I wonder where Master Zhao Yunlong is?"
"Heavenly Master is still in retreat."
Zhang Jiude bent down and said, "We can't greet you from afar. Please forgive me, the Imperial Master."
"It doesn't matter."
Dongfang Future waved his hand, "Actually, when I came here this time, I wanted to ask the Tianshi Mansion for help."
Although they knew that Dongfang Future's trip was by no means a simple inspection, the moment they heard that he was coming to the Tianshi Mansion for help, even if the Taoists were very skilled in cultivating qi, they would inevitably show expressions of confusion and surprise.
Just because in the past years, only Tianshi Mansion and Maoshan Taoism visited Qin Tianjian to ask for help. How could Qin Tianjian come to Tianshi Mansion for help?
This would somewhat lower the status of Qin Tianjian and damage his reputation.
It was really difficult for everyone to understand why the leader of the Taoist sect in the world came here, and why he wanted their help, and they could not help but feel a little nervous from the bottom of their hearts.
However, Eastern Future is serious.
He didn't intend to talk in a roundabout way, use his wits, or do riddles, but he just got straight to the point.
"Have you all heard about the severe drought in southern Xinjiang?"
Since even Qin Tian Jian who was far away in Yujing was alarmed, there was no way Longhu Mountain didn't know about it.
"I observed the sky at night at the observatory, and found that it was not just an abnormality in the weather, nor the El Niño phenomenon that the foreign devils said, but more like a change in the earth's atmosphere, or an evil spirit disrupting the weather."
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Zhang Jiude didn't know what the Er Er Ni Nuo phenomenon was, but when he heard the words "changes in the earth's energy" and "evil spirits", his eyebrows jumped.
It seems that the Great Master Dongfang Future has brought karma and bad luck to Longhu Mountain. (End of chapter)