Chapter 365 - The World's Son Stopped the Road, Warship Dragon Flag
There was no talk all night.
Early the next morning, as the rooster crowed at dawn, the sound of shuffling came from the small courtyard where Zhao Du'an lived.
And then, fully dressed Xu Zhenguan stepped out, declined You Jinhua's invitation to have breakfast at the mansion, and in the Zhao family's respectful escort, took the carriage to welcome the fish-belly white in the east and returned to the palace.
"Big brother. "At the entrance of the Zhao mansion, the young girl wearing a jacket raised her face with dark circles under her eyes and looked complicated, "Did you have ...... any last night with His Majesty?"
Eugenia pursed her lips, her ears perked up.
"......," Zhao Du'an cried, chipping a scalp at her and scolding her with a laugh:
"What are you thinking at a young age. go back to the house."
He yawned, ready to go back and catch up on some more sleep
--Last night after returning from the back lake, Xu Zhenguan stayed in the guest room next door, and Zhao Du'an stayed alone in the empty room, and stayed up until the middle of the night due to nervous excitement before falling asleep.
Mother and daughter went back resentfully.
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On this day, the capital city set off a furor, and the details about yesterday's meeting in the Plum Garden finally spread.
The news that Mr. Zhengyang had conceded defeat to "Zhao Yanwang" was shocking, and unsurprisingly triggered a series of conspiracy theories.
A group of people firmly believed that it was the imperial court hawks and dogs who had covertly threatened and coerced Zhengyang into submission.
Another group of people who are concerned about "Xinxue" speculate that "Xinxue" may have been written by a Confucian scholar and told through the mouth of Zhao Du'an.
But there is no evidence.
Zhao Du'an had no intention of plagiarizing Yangming's learning, and should have disregarded whatever speculations the outside world might have made.
On the contrary, the plainclothes sent out in the neighborhood, will slander Lord Zhao, have recorded in the roster, can imagine, later inevitably a secret arrest.
In the turmoil caused by this battle, the court officials also rumored that "His Majesty stayed in Zhao's house at night", which attracted the eyes of all officials and secretly discussed.
It's another story.
This storm lasted for about a week before it gradually subsided along with Mr. Zhengyang leading his disciples away from the capital and returning the same way.
Heng Wang Shizi Xu Zu Di also left the capital with Mrs. Xiao at about the same time.
This was a huge disappointment to many of the Lezi people who were looking forward to another clash between Xu Zu Di and Zhao Du An.
The capital has once again gained a rare calm, but as winter progresses, the topic of the opening of the Lake Pavilion has gradually warmed up and become the center of attention inside and outside the court.
And on the day that Dayu officially ushered in "winter" and entered the winter season, an official ship set sail and rode the bitter north wind towards Huting.
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Wow.
The official ship cuts through the waves and the sails are fiercely inspiring.
Inside the cabin decorated to resemble an ordinary room, Zhao Du'an sat cross-legged on a piece of woolen cushion imported from the Western Regions, his hands clasped in vain and his eyes closed tightly.
A beast-shaped incense burner lay on the floor in front of him, emitting curls of smoke.
"Whew!"
Suddenly, the windless cabin was gently disturbed by green smoke, and Zhao Du'an exhaled deeply, returning to reality from his meditative practice.
When he propped open his eyelids, a blinding golden light swept vaguely through his dark pupils.
"Finally, we've advanced to the middle grade of the Divine Medallion!"
Zhao Du'an couldn't hide the joy on his face, after this period of time of "digestion", the soul power brought by the self-destruction of the Compulsive Reality, he finally smoothly stepped into the Divine Chapter Middle Grade Realm.
The Buddha-Dao fight was in the early fall, when he stepped into the Divine Chapter, and now, only three months later, he has crossed another small level.
"At this rate, won't I be able to be high grade a year ago and enter the 'worldly' realm next year?Reach the minimum threshold for dual cultivation with a chaste treasure?En...... provided there is a second compelling real person to send me experience."
Jo Doan couldn't help but reverie.
The breakthrough of the small realm, there is no particularly big change, in addition to the sea of qi is full, the more obvious ability is that he has the prototype of the "divine idea".
"Now, even if I close my eyes, I can vaguely 'see' the outside world by virtue of my perception; it's still blurry and limited in distance, but it's still amazing."
"And, my reaction speed, memory, and even energy, etc., have all improved. no wonder Zhen Bao can review the zhengzuo in a row, high-intensity work still does not show fatigue, cultivation brought about by the sublimation of the level of life, is indeed not bad."
Suddenly, Zhao Du'an's ears twitched as he lamented, hearing footsteps approaching outside the door.
He peered through the door panel, his mind suddenly sketching a vague picture of the door behind him.
It was as if her eyes had been opened and she "saw" a pair of long legs with cowhide boots approaching from behind the door, accompanied by a twitching black ponytail.
"Please come in, Hai Zha Si," the corners of Zhao Du'an's mouth turned up.
The next second the hatch was pushed open, revealing a valiant face with tear stains dotting the corners of her eyes.
Haitang was dressed in a brocade official robe, bulging at his waist was a cloth bag full of flying daggers, his eyes looked at him with suspicion, "How did you know it was me?"
Zhao Du'an smiled without saying anything.
Haitang's eyes widened in disbelief, "You're middle grade?"
Seeing that the latter did not retort, this Water Fairy Hall Master held his breath, his expression complex to the extreme, while his heart rippled:
She recalled that when Zhao Du'an entered the Imperial Court, he was still one of the weakest of the nine halls, but now, after only a few months, he was already among the top.
"Something wrong?" said Jo Doan with a smile, silently enjoying the adoration of his female coworkers.
Haitang collected her thoughts and said with a stern face, "We'll be arriving at the Lake Pavilion soon, and the Sea Provider is calling you."
"Is it finally here? "Zhao Du'an's spirit lifted as he followed the former out of the cabin and onto the deck.
On this trip, he was ordered by the Empress to come to Huting to monitor the opening of the Imperial Court's market, which was a long way to go, and he finally arrived after floating on the Grand Canal for some days.
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Zhao Du'an climbed onto the deck, facing the wind blowing from the river, and his vision opened up.
On the vast river, far away from the large and small ships sailing on the river, both government ships and merchant ships, each other to pull away from the distance.
The winter wind was not warm, even if the crowd had traveled all the way south.
The sails on the ship's masts had been lowered by half, reducing the wind speed, and the outline of the mountains was visible in the distance, with the docks of the city faintly discernible.
"My lord!"
As soon as he showed up, the Pear Blossom Hall officials accompanying him on the deck have greeted, this time the "four Pear Blossoms" out of the two, Qian Kerou and Zheng Laogu stay in the capital.
Hou Renmeng and Shen wei two brown man led a team of brocade clothes to follow, the ship also has a team of forbidden soldiers for the follow ship escort.
An extra secondment was added to add a Haitang as a deputy to Jo Doan.
"Out?"
On deck, the grand chamberlain standing at the rail turned with a grin.
The head of the offerings, whose real name is "Hai Chunlin", escorted Zhao Du'an southward.
Years early beyond a hundred years, the eunuchs did not wear that body extremely flashy bright red python robes, only a cotton robe, although it is already old, the face is full of wrinkles is red, I do not know whether it is the vigorous blood, or cold wind blowing.
"Huh?You ...... entered the middle grade?"
Eunuch Hai's eyes narrowed as he scrutinized Zhao Du'an, who was dressed in fancy clothes and also not wearing official robes, and was slightly surprised.
"Oh, I can't hide it from the eunuch," Zhao Du'an smiled.
The old confessor smacked his lips, suddenly looked at Begonia and sighed:
"It's a pity that His Majesty made the first move, or else eunuch I would have really gotten the idea of taking on an apprentice," Haitang's face was expressionless, his eyes glaring down at him in annoyance, "If eunuch says he's alone, what is it that you are looking at your subordinate for?"
Hai Chunlin hemmed and hawed, half annoyed.
In the entire courtroom, how many people dare to speak to the old provider like this But the people around them are already not surprised.
"There's no need to be so serious," Zhao Du'an said smilingly, "If I had known that you, Haitang, were a relative of the Sea Provider, our two halls would have been closer."
When Eunuch Hai entered the palace back then, there was still someone in his family.
He was also a small family before he willingly sent his heir to the palace as a eunuch.
Hai Chunlin into the enshrinement, the outside of the "sea family" has also been taken care of, although not great wealth, but also to ensure that the family a hundred years of success.
If Haitang was to talk about generation, his great-grandfather was the brother of Hai Chunlin, a real family member.
She was also the second one in the Hai family in this hundred years, besides Hai Chunlin, who had a remarkable cultivation talent, plus a meticulous mind and proper work, in order to be able to enter the imperial court as an official.
Duke Hai is also extremely fond of this Xuan granddaughter, but Haitang is a reluctant to rely on the background, so only a very small number of people froze to know that the two are related.
"Alas, there is such a big background do not use, prefer to rely on their own to fight, the children of the rich and noble family with a good background are so sick in the brain?"
When Zhao Du'an learned about the relationship between the grandchildren, he spat madly in his heart, he used to think that this kind of thing was only in dramas, but he didn't realize that there was one right next to him.
"Lord Cho, call positions at work."
Kaito rolled her eyes in rejection, her tone slightly sarcastic:
"If Lord Zhao cares for his subordinates, he can go care for the two over there."
Zhao Du'an was helpless, and his gaze followed her line of sight to the corner of the official ship's deck.
There were clearly the other two expert guards that Chaste Treasure had arranged for him.
Wave 18 with the clearing of the moon.
At this moment, the swordsman named Wave 18 was sitting cross-legged in a corner of the deck, his long hair covering one of his eyes.
The rough green shirt was thin, he had a knife across his knees, and beside him was the extraordinarily huge green leather gourd, the mouth of which was open and overflowing with the aroma of strong wine.
Wave 18 cupped a broken ceramic bowl in his hand, his eyes staring straight ahead, occasionally drinking a mouthful of the strong wine in the bowl.
If you drink it all, you will get another bowl from the big wine gourd.
He's an "alcoholic." ......
In its five steps away, is a red dress, the pupils of the white of the eyes occupy most of the female ghost-like warlock "Jiyue".
She was perpetually damp, and the original chains that had imprisoned her on her wrists and ankles were gone, replaced by scars from the wear and tear of long confinement.
Jiyue hung her head, avoiding everyone's eyes, and rarely spoke.
Based on Zhao Du'an's observations along the way, it was determined that she was a deep social terrorist ......
"Eunuch, I've been meaning to ask, what is the origin of these two men that His Majesty has arranged?"
Zhao Du'an sighed and softly asked for advice, "It always felt like it wasn't very reliable."
With his hands behind his back, the old provider smiled kindly like a village elder and laughed:
"Wasn't it with you boys; one from the north and one from the east."
I don t want to hear crap ...... Zhao Du an sighed softly and said:
"I observed these days, that wave eighteen although seemingly drunk, like a unruly jianghu guest, but hidden have to go away from the army gas, but not thick. only afraid of once also in the army of the strong?Northland?The capital to the north is the Iron Pass Road, the territory of the King of Yanshan......
But its in the capital, I think it has nothing to do with the Yan Mountain King, such an expert and should not be unknown, that is the imperial court in the Iron Pass Road cantonment refused to the north of the city people?Am I guessing correctly?"
"As for that Jianyue, social fear of awesome ...... en, social fear is fear of contact with people mean, accent is a little strange, not like Qingzhou, not like the coastal road ...... appearance is also not Lingnan side of the sun partial black appearance, and occasionally say some gibberish dialect, could it be that the East China Sea thousands of islands on the people?Not the people of the Dayu dynasty?"
Eunuch Hai's smile didn't change, "Aren't you guessing a lot?"
Zhao Du'an laughed bitterly, "I'm trying to know in more detail, otherwise I don't feel comfortable using it."
Eunuch Hai laughed:
"His majesty gave you, why not rest assured, peace of mind is good, before you die quasi-guarantee that these two die before you."
As if he didn't hear this side of the discussion, the Knife Drinker remained dumbfounded, drinking to himself.
The white-pupil female ghost darted a glance this way, and after meeting Zhao Du'an's line of sight, she swished back and silently looked at the toes of the wetly embroidered shoes on her feet.
"OK ......" Zhao Du An sighed, the old man is very bad, froze and did not disclose half of it, but there is no way to do it.
He said as he held onto the railing and looked ahead at the harbor and the city:
"Huting ...... in the capital has heard that at the junction of Linfeng and Huaishui, there is such a place, which was first built as a mooring pier halfway through the excavation of the Grand Canal in the former dynasty, and then gradually developed.
So far in the booklet of the six ministries is still only a 'town', the scale of this has long been much larger than the county, not alone so a land, the canal merchant ships throughput, the exchange of goods to and from the port, there is not under the jurisdiction of enough villages and towns to become the county.
But this shore building, the scene of a thousand sails, said to be such as Taicang that kind of capital city, also not unexpected is."
After a pause, Zhao Du'an added:
"It is said that the lake pavilion this name in the 'lake' word, from the flooding of this place out of a 'Smoke Lock Lake', the lake cliffs there is a huge statue of God carved in the mountains, is also a famous monument, how many scholars in the south of Jiangnan wrote poems about it, for which it is famous.
County Lord Xu Junling seems to have several songs written here, en, after all, this is considered the territory of the Huai waterway, the entire Huting, Huai'an Wangfu stores, merchant ships to account for several percent?"
Hai Chunlin also stood on the deck looking into the distance in general with him and laughed:
"We don't understand those disputes in the imperial court, we only care about your life, but we also hear what your kid wants to say, the opening of the market in Huting is imminent, the King of Huai'an and the King of Jing are close to here, and the Shadow Guards' intelligence says that they have already arrived many days earlier than we have.
The rest of the several princes have also sent their own beloved ones to come, and now they are all rooted in this city ...... We dare to say that, now the whole city does not know how many pairs of eyes, all staring at you."
Zhao Du'an sighed, "It's trying to kill me that's right."
Suddenly, a large ship in front of the vision approached from a distance, rapidly approaching and drawing the attention of the people on deck.
"My lord, that ship up ahead seems to be running towards us!"
The Houren furrowed his brows and gripped the hilt of his blade.
Kaito, who had a more delicate mind and was good at solving crimes, raised her eyebrows and blushed slightly:
"This is no ordinary ship, it is a war ship! At this time there is no war, who would pilot a war ship on the river?"
The appearance of the warships on the river caught everyone's attention.
Only to see a huge ship on the river breaking the waves and approaching.
Its set up three buildings, six feet high, depicting Dan lacquer, wrapped in iron armor, set walking horse shed. women's wall arrow holes are densely packed, look at the shocking.
Zhao Du'an held the ship's side handrail with both hands, narrowed his eyes, and stared coldly at the huge thing that was two or three times bigger compared to the one under his feet.
The palms of his hands clenched slightly.
Although the distance is still far away, but seems to vaguely hear the sound of silk and bamboo pipes and strings, the warship above, seems to have many men and women play games.
At the top, a pole is not the Huai Shui water division, but the black and yellow colors spelled out by the flag hunting in the wind, the flag on the vaguely drawn four-clawed golden dragon.
"The flag of King Jing's House!"Haitang's face changed slightly.
Eunuch Hai looked out at a certain figure on the deck of the warship and suddenly looked at Zhao Du'an and said meaningfully:
"Here comes your love interest."
Enemies?
Zhao Du'an was stunned, then remembered a certain rumor and said offhandedly:
"Prince Jing? Xu Jinglong?"
Far away.
On the third floor of the huge "iron armor ship", Xu Jinglong put his hands on his back and looked down on the low official ship in front of him, his face was expressionless.
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