Chapter 486 The Crisis Under the Royal Power
Jiang Lin did not pay any price to chase the Li family in Qingzhou.
On the contrary, he was favored by Yushuai, which was a step ahead of him.
In his status at that time, he was very different from Yushuai. Under normal circumstances, even if he died, he might not be able to see the real master.
Not to mention that Yu Shuai even sent someone to give him million taels of silver and hundreds of high-quality weapons afterwards.
From identity to wealth, it has increased significantly.
All of this can be said to be a coincidence, but what if this coincidence is artificially created?
Think about what price Li paid?
It was just an unimportant little person who lost his head, and the lives of two Yuanwu realm guards.
In the past, some people would think that the Yuanwu realm has some status.
But to this day, Jiang Lin doesn’t understand that the Yuanwu realm is only a low-level group in the family of the powerful clan.
Who is the real direct descendant who is not above the Shenwu realm?
To put it another way, even Li Qingluan has reached the second level of the Divine Martial Realm from the Yuanwu Realm in just two or three years.
It's not too high, but it's not too low.
The Shenwu Realm among the border troops is not so easy to appear.
Many generals are still only at the peak of Yuanwu Realm.
The personal combat power of powerful clans is far superior to that of border troops.
When thinking about this, Jiang Lin couldn't help feeling a chill afterwards.
Always feel like there are a pair of eyes staring at me at all times.
He suddenly had a flash of inspiration, remembering what he had been unable to explain but had felt before!
Cause and effect line!
Before heading to the back mountain of Xujiandao, Xuanwu Holy Soldier Arrows fell from the sky and landed in the Blacksmith Camp.
A causal line was entangled on it, and Jiang Lin relied on the power of the boxing man to break it.
It was this arrow that made him give up the idea of leaving for the secluded sea and turned to the back mountain of the Xujiandao.
I also encountered the false supervisor and got some benefits.
But afterwards, I had some doubts that the reason why I went to the back mountain of Xujiandao was perhaps related to the Taoist lord.
The so-called causal line is probably what he installed on it.
The two have a slightly different but extremely similar feeling, which made Jiang Lin wonder, could it be that the Li family in Qingzhou is related to the Xujiandao?
It seems that it is not impossible. Li Qingluan can be a disciple of Xuanhua Dao, and it is not normal for Li's family to be a disciple of the virtual supervisor?
With the two great magical techniques of the Void Supervision Dao, if someone in Li really has something to do with him, it would not be surprising to plan behind the scenes and plot against him.
The only thing they don’t understand is that neither Xujiandao nor Qingzhou Li family, they had no big interactions before, so why did they make such a plan?
Is it really because of seeing great potential in the future?
Jiang Lin always felt that there was something strange hidden in this matter.
He couldn't help but think of Xuanhua Daozhu, the Taoist master who was defeated by Emperor Shun several years ago, how is it now?
If possible, Jiang Lin would like to meet this Taoist lord.
In the world of [Pictures of the World], Jiang Lin has seen several Taoist masters.
He wanted to know what the difference was between the Taoist lord four hundred years ago and the Taoist lord today.
Or, you can know something from this Taoist lord that you have never known before.
Jiang Lin turned to look at Liao Mingxu and asked, "Did Brother Liao know how dozens of Taoist sects in Daqian were destroyed?"
This incident has always been a confusion in Jiang Lin's heart.
The strength of Taoist sect four hundred years ago cannot be underestimated.
Even though they all declined later, the strength of the twenty or thirty families was not something that the Daqian court could deal with.
Even if you add the powerful clan, you may not be able to shake it easily.
But in these years, the Taoist sect was quickly destroyed in the long river of history.
Such powerful strength is so straightforward?
Liao Mingxu replied: "The Dao Sect is destroyed? There are many reasons. Some are suddenly crazy and killing each other. Some are defecting and being wiped out. Some are fighting each other and dying. Why did I suddenly remember to ask this?" Jiang Lin did not answer his question, but frowned.
Suddenly going crazy?
Defection?
Fight against each other?
These reasons all seem strange.
The Taoist sect is not completely uncontested, but it is impossible to say that they compete for fame and fortune like ordinary forces. "Do you know which Taoist sects are going crazy?" Jiang Lin asked again.
Liao Mingxu thought for a while and said, "It seems to be called Chonglong, Bailiu, etc.? There are several companies, and I can't remember them clearly. After all, it happened a long time ago and it has nothing to do with marching and fighting."
"If you want to know, you might as well go to the Ministry of Revenue to ask. Although the Daomen is outside the area, it is also under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Revenue and has made some inclusions."
Jiang Lin nodded, saying that he would go to the Ministry of Revenue.
As for the location of Xuanhua Daodaozhu, Liao Ming and Xu naturally didn't know about it.
According to his words, this former Taoist lord should be the responsibility of Shang Yusi.
As for whether to be executed or just imprisoned, we have to ask the people from Shang Yusi.
Jiang Lin didn't ask any questions anymore. He could only go back to Kyoto City and talk about the rest. He couldn't find any good things here.
I returned to Kyoto City happily. Although many brothers were killed and injured in the war, the people of the border army had long been used to this matter.
After they went back, they first pulled a group of old friends and took Jiang Lin to drink for three days and three nights.
The flower boats in the entire Giant River were all wrapped up by these returning border troops.
Even if you are a noble person, you have to stand aside at this moment.
Everyone knows that border troops are not easy to mess with.
The border troops who just returned from the battlefield cannot be messed with.
Everyone is full of murderous aura and their eyes are red. Provoking them is like hanging the heads of their whole family at the door and chopping them.
The daily expenses for nearly 10,000 people are not a small number.
Fortunately, there were tens of millions of taels of silver "given" by Li, and the brothers of the border army were not stingy, and all the salary they had accumulated over the years was taken out.
Silver is piled up by the giant river, making a mountain.
The girls were dressed up in a magnificent manner, and the shopkeepers of the restaurants in the city brought the chef and took the spoon by the river.
No place to sleep?
How can it be?
The temporary wooden houses are built from the ground, and the efficiency is no slower than the maintenance department.
Every day, there are joy and laughter, and eating and drinking, how can you see the cruelty of the battlefield?
However, only such extravagance can dilute the pain brought by the war.
Although Jiang Lin had something to do, he was not in a hurry to do it. Instead, he accompanied Liao Mingxu and others to express the negative emotions he had accumulated in his heart.
On the fourth day, Liao Mingxu went to the Ministry of War to report on his promotion, and Jiang Lin became idle.
In the Blacksmith Camp, Yu Shuai, Meng Shuai, Hong Shuai and others sent a lot of elixirs.
The lowest is also high-level pills, and there are many top-level ones.
Alchemists such as Xia Shanliu turned a blind eye to these top-level pills and kept staring at the intermediate pills given to them by Jiang Lin, as if they were possessed by demons.
In order to ensure that Jiang Lin can improve his cultivation as soon as possible, Yu Shuai specially sent a second-grade deputy general to stare at him.
Jiang Lin had to take all the pills in person, and a large amount of medicine was melted, which made his cultivation level rise rapidly.
After all the pills digested, they should be about 20% away from the real Taoist martial arts realm.
"These days, Yu Shuai and the others have been traveling to various clans. They finally found these elixirs, but they didn't expect that it was not enough. Lord Jiang's physique is really enviable and worrying."
The deputy general left with emotion on his face. He had to go back and report to the generals, and told the generals that the pills were still not enough.
It just made Jiang Lin a little embarrassed. It was really outrageous after eating so much.
But who can I blame? The furnace oven method has made his physical fitness surpass the same realm by nearly ten times, and has also increased the difficulty of his breakthrough by ten times.
Otherwise, I would have entered the Daowu realm long ago.
But then again, it is nothing strange that it is so easy to enter the Daowu realm, and it can even be said to be indifferent to the public.
When the deputy general left, Jiang Xiu came over to ask about his trip to Qingzhou.
When Jiang Xiu breathed a sigh of relief, she was also curious. "Brother, is it that Miss Li really so beautiful that you can't take your eyes off? You will never give up after you break off the engagement." Jiang Xiu looked expectant and said, "In fact, it would be a good thing if he doesn't give up. His parents are old and are looking forward to holding their grandson. If you don't get married, they are anxious."
Daqian is also a world where men and women get married very early. After all, they don't have many more families at home every year, so they may really be cut off from the inheritance of incense.
Jiang Lin was so amused that he said, "I'll get married wherever I go. It's just that the reason why I'm not good to tell you clearly is not what you think."
"Is that..." Jiang Xiu was a little disappointed and muttered, "But my parents and I really hope you can get married and have children as soon as possible."
Jiang Lin didn't talk much about this matter, but said, "I'm going to the Ministry of Revenue, and maybe I'm going to the palace. I don't know when I'll come back, so I don't have to wait for me for lunch."
"Ah, then you go and do not delay the main business."
Jiang Xiu quickly pushed him away, but when Jiang Lin set off, she seemed to think of something again, and hurriedly shouted, "Can you still wait for dinner?"
Jiang Lin waved his hand and disappeared without saying he could wait.
Song Ziyan came over and asked, "Auntie Jiang, have you found a good teacher's wife for us?"
"See you for nothing!" Jiang Xiu said angrily.
Seeing Jiang Xiu left unhappily, Song Ziyan went back with his head hanging down.
Sheng Yingchun, who was still wielding his knife to practice chopping, looked at him and asked, "I told you that my master will not marry any woman from any family."
"But why not marry me? My mother married my father at seventeen." Song Ziyan said. "That's your mother, not your master's wife." Sheng Yingchun said.
"But..."
"But what, but, keep practicing, don't want to eat anymore!"
Sheng Yingchun's tone was stern, which made Song Ziyan shrunk and dared not say more.
At this time, Jiang Lin had already arrived at the Ministry of Revenue.
His current status is at its peak.
Even if the Minister of Revenue sees him, he has to bow to Lord Jiang.
The Minister of the Ministry of Revenue was accompanied by himself. When he learned that Jiang Lin wanted to find the Taoist sect in the past, he said, "Mr. Jiang wants to see it. Let me tell you, why do you need to go there? Who should I take all the relevant files for Lord Jiang to see!"
Several officials from the Ministry of Revenue responded quickly and then took the files. The Minister of Revenue poured tea for Jiang Lin, and quietly accompanied him without saying a word.
Following that attitude, those who don’t know thought they were an eighth-rank official.
It’s not a big deal that this minister is, the Ministry of Revenue is in Daqian, and it belongs to a department that only works hard but has no contribution.
Daqian's people died too quickly.
Every year, the Ministry of Revenue is busy with population statistics and information replacement.
If you make a mistake, you will be scolded, and you will be scolded even if you make a mistake.
The Ministry of War will come to you to ask for people, the Ministry of Personnel will also ask for people, and the Ministry of Works will still ask for people.
The Ministry of War will come to you for money, the Ministry of Works will come to you for money, and the people from all states and prefectures will still ask you for money.
Want to make contributions?
There is no chance. If you make fewer mistakes, you will be considered as clear if you are scolded by others.
Therefore, the status of the Ministry of Revenue is really not high.
When encountering a person like Jiang Lin, you can treat him with courtesy.
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Otherwise, you will be knocked to the bottom of your Ministry of Revenue and no one will say a good thing for you. You have to blame you for being blind and offended those you shouldn't offend.
Jiang Lin took the file and looked through it for a while, and soon found the relevant Taoist information.
After looking around, I found that several recorded Taoist sects were almost the same when they were crazy.
It was just a sudden madness, as if it was crazy to gain and lose its mind.
The records are not detailed, and there are occasionally a few words like "The Taoist sect is dead".
Jiang Lin went over other sects, killed each other, and clashed with various forces and was destroyed and defected.
The records are quite accurate, and even how many people died clearly.
During the four hundred years of Daqian, as many as twenty Taoist sects were destroyed due to these various reasons.
If you include Jueyuan Dao and Xuanhua Dao, then there are twenty-three schools.
There are 24 Taoist sects in total, and now only the only one in the Xujiandao family is left.
When the Xujiandao is being watched by the imperial court, it is impossible to say when it will follow the footsteps of the previous generations.
Jiang Lin closed the file, looked up at the Minister of Revenue next to him, and asked, "How many families have the powerful clan destroyed over the years?"
The Minister of Revenue said without hesitation: "There are three or five families." Jiang Lin raised his eyebrows slightly. The Taoist sects destroyed more than twenty families, and the powerful clans destroyed three or five families?
He did not forget that the Taoist sect suppressed the momentum of the powerful clan four hundred years ago.
Compared with the destruction ratio, it is too exaggerated. "Is this the joint action of the imperial court and the powerful clan?"
Although there is a great possibility based on the current situation, Jiang Lin still feels that the one with a smaller probability may be worthy of belief.
Even if the court and the powerful clan join forces, can they really destroy the Taoist heritage so easily?
Not to mention that the powerful clan has a Taoist and martial arts ancestor, the Taoist lord who carried seven swords at that time beat seven people, and he didn't take a breath for more. How powerful is that?
It is hard to believe that such a Taoist sect would have no foundation and would perish so easily.
The more you see, the deeper the doubts in Jiang Lin's heart.
He closed the file and stood up to bow to the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue: "Thank you, Mr. I will invite you to drink later." "It's easy to say, it's easy to say." Although the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue is half a level taller than him, he dare not be arrogant and has a very good attitude.
When Jiang Lin left, several officials came to the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and said with anticipation: "Why don't you keep this Lord Jiang for a meal?"
"Yes, if we can climb to Master Jiang's high school, our Ministry of Revenue will have a good life."
"Have you heard from the Ministry of Works that since Master Jiang came out of nowhere, their inconspicuous subordinate departments have improved. Even the Blacksmith Camp, which ranks at the bottom, can now rank among the top three of the Forty-eight departments!"
The Minister of Revenue snorted and said, "What a man, Lord Jiang? How could he collude with us because of this little bit of flies... Bah! It's a friend! If you want to please Lord Jiang, you have to take more care."
"How to take care?" someone asked.
"I have carefully searched the files that Lord Jiang just opened and checked them carefully! Find some related ones, even if there is a half sentence or a few words, as long as it is useful!"
After leaving the Ministry of Revenue, Jiang Lin went straight into the palace.
Since you have any questions, it is better to ask the official in person.
Now he is no longer as respectful and restrained as his ministers to the emperor, but as caring for his juniors.
If there are some unknown secrets hidden in the long river of history and may cause harm to yourself and Daqian, you must figure it out.
There is a golden token given by Emperor Shun, and it is unobstructed.
After coming to the imperial study room, Eunuch Tian seemed to have already received the news and was standing at the door waiting.
"Mr. Jiang."
"Eunuch Tian." "But you want to come to see Your Majesty?" asked Eunuch Tian. "Yes."
Eunuch Tian didn't say much, and made way for the way, instead of leading the way himself.
Although it is just a slight difference, it represents Jiang Lin's position in this palace that he is already under one person.
After entering the imperial study room, Jiang Lin saw Emperor Shun still standing in front of the huge map.
He seemed to be in that position forever, or this was the inheritance of Emperor Daqian.
Jiang Lin walked over and even though he regarded the other party as a junior, he still bowed and bowed and said, "Your Majesty."
Emperor Shun did not turn around, but asked, "What's the matter?"
"I want to come to ask Your Majesty how the twenty-three Taoist sects were destroyed. How many are related to the court?"
This question is straightforward.
The Emperor Shun couldn't help but turn around and asked, "Why did he suddenly remember to ask this?"
"Just because he was confused, the Taoist sect was powerful, so why did it perish so quickly." Jiang Lin said.
Emperor Shun was silent for a few seconds, and then said, "I have asked the late emperor this question, and the late emperor has asked the same question."
Jiang Lin was slightly stunned, and Emperor Shun continued, "But there is no answer. Before me, the court had not attacked the Taoist sect. Therefore, only the Taoist sects of Jueyuan and Xuanhua were wiped out by the court. Other families, as recorded in history, have various reasons."
Jiang Lin's pupils shrank slightly, and the Taoist sect was destroyed. It had nothing to do with the court? "That powerful clan?" "They may not have this ability, at least I have never heard of such records." Emperor Shun said.
Jiang Lin suddenly fell silent. It was not done by the court or by the powerful clan. Where did the destruction of that sect originate? "Everyone thinks that the opponents of the court are those clans that have stood for many years. But no one knows that under this seemingly brilliant royal power, there may be an invisible and intangible enemy."
"The clan is very strong, but I at least know how strong they are. But I don't know anything about those who hide in the dark."
United Shun looked at Jiang Lin and said in a deep voice: "Now you understand why I am so anxious. It is necessary to end everything in this life?"
Jiang Lin subconsciously said: "Because the Taoist Sect is about to be destroyed? The person or the power hidden in the dark is about to succeed. No matter what they want to do, it must be a shocking moment. The major event of the land. But since that is the case, why do you still have to encircle Jueyuan Dao, Xuanhua Dao, and Xujian Dao? "
"You think that all the twenty Taoist sects have been destroyed. Even if I don't take action, these three families will really continue to exist?" "
Emperor Shun snorted: "I know someone is going to do something, but I can't let them do it! Even if the Taoist sects are destined to be destroyed, I will also insert it into it!"
Jiang Lin understood that Emperor Shun didn't want the other party to live too happily.
The forces in the dark destroyed the Taoist sect, and ghosts knew what they were going to do or what they wanted to get.
The court took the initiative to destroy the Taoist sect and took away all the things that could be plundered, and perhaps there was a chance to stop the other party from succeeding.
Doing this may be a good way to do it without any useful clues. "Can't you find any clues?" Jiang Lin asked.
Emperor Shun shook his head: "The court has investigated this matter in all dynasties, but there is no clue. The destruction of those Taoist sects seems to be natural and there is no flaw." "The more there is no flaw, the stranger it will appear." Jiang Lin said. "That's true." Emperor Shun nodded, his heavy expression made Jiang Lin's heart sink.
Such powerful Taoist sect even surpasses the Daqian border army to a certain extent.
They can't stop the forces in the dark. Can Daqian stop it?
Relying on existing power is definitely not possible.
Maybe, it is really only possible that the giant skeleton can do it.
Jiang Lin took a deep breath and asked, "Master Xuanhua, are you still here now?"
"Shi Shang Yu detained him in the hidden prison, without seeing the light of day. I will not let him die if I didn't find the rat in the dark." Emperor Shun said.
This is a matter of course. What the enemy wants to do is absolutely impossible.
Things that the enemy doesn't want you to do are determined to do.
No matter in any era or world, this is an undisputed truth.
It is true that Xuanhua Daodaozhu is still alive.
Jiang Lin asked, "Can I meet him?"
Emperor Shun looked at him and did not answer immediately, but with a slight gaze, as if he was discerning something.
Jiang Lin was open-minded and looked at him.
After a long time, Emperor Shun nodded and said, "Then let's meet."
"If you are not at ease, you can go with you." Jiang Lin said.
Di Shun shook his head: "I won't go."
His tone and expression were all cautious.
It seems that if you, Jiang Lin, really, were going to do something wrong, I would not be beaten by you with Xuanhua.
Although this Emperor Daqian saw the handwritten letter left by Gu Anning back then, he did not completely let go of his guard.
Under the seemingly stable Daqian king's power, there are many crises hidden, making him walk on thin ice and dare not relax his vigilance.
Otherwise, if you don’t notice it for a while, you may overturn your ancestors’ foundation for hundreds of years.
Soon, a man in black strong clothes at the peak of Yuanwu Realm entered the imperial study.
The Emperor Shun said, "Take Jianglin to Yinzhuo and see Xuanhua Daozhu."
"Yes."
The man in black clothes was from Shang Yusi.
They had black armor on their faces and never took them off easily on weekdays. Even the imperial guards and even the personal old eunuchs like Eunuch Tian were, they didn't know who Shang Yusi was.
"Please, Lord Jiang." The man in black clothes made a gesture.
Jiang Lin nodded and walked out of the imperial study room first.
(This chapter ends)