At Songjun Lake outside the city, Yan Xin did not greet anyone. She just stepped forward and hugged Wei Ziqing. After that, the two of them walked away towards Qingbei Mountain. The four of them could only recall the words that Wei Xian said when he left.

talk.

"If you meet a stranger here in the future, don't act rashly. Go to the inn and notify me immediately."

After saying that, the two of them hurried away, leaving only the four of them looking at their retreating figures in a daze.

"Did something happen?"

Wei Ziqing held Zhou Ying's arm and asked.

They leave the city before dawn every day and come to the shore of Shuangjun Lake to practice martial arts. They practice for a whole day. Naturally, they know very little about the outside world.

The three young men quickly fell into their own cultivation. Su Qier, on the other hand, was lying on the branch of a tree, with dogtail grass in his mouth and the old old sword in his arms.

In the past year, in addition to the emergence of a female devil in the world, there is another incident that has been widely circulated in Wenlin, Jiangnan Province.

Ever since the only daughter of the Zhou family wrote the song "Guangjiao Minglou", it was reported that she had given up her pen and picked up her sword and started practicing martial arts. Countless young students were outraged.

Among the lamentations and regrets of countless people, some strange voices gradually emerged, saying that she had exhausted her talent and had to practice martial arts as a last resort. Gradually, this reason was convinced by some scholars who admired the youngest daughter of the Cheng family, and they began to spread it wantonly. Let these rumors

It is a poem that makes the rumors disappear.

"I know that men have no courage, how can women be inferior to men?"

For a time, countless harem women clapped their hands and applauded, and soon this seven-character sentence spread to Huainan Road, and everyone praised it in the streets and alleys.

"A Ying, look at this little girl from the Cheng family complaining for you."

Wei Ziqing was smiling as always, and there was never anything that made her unhappy.

Over the years, Zhou Yingsheng has become more and more beautiful. Countless matchmakers and scholars have almost trampled the threshold of the Zhou family, but Zhou Ying rejected them one by one without giving them any room. Even so, there are still people who come to visit, even if they are just able to

Take a look at the appearance of this talented woman.

"Well, Cheng Wenxia is indeed worthy of the name of a literary hero. If I have the opportunity to go to Jiangnan in the future, I will definitely pay him a visit."

The speaker has no intention, but the listener has the intention. Wei Zigeng on the side firmly remembered this sentence.

Zhou Ying tapped her head with the handle of the knife. After thinking for a while, she smiled and said:

"Zi Qing, bring me a pen. I want to compose a poem."

The three people on the side were all shocked. It had been a long time since Zhou Ying practiced swordsmanship and no poems had been published. Su Qier quickly moved a table out of the ruined temple, Wei Zigeng scooped out a plate of water from Songjun Lake to use for grinding ink, and Wei Ziqing

They brought paper, pens and paperweights, and the three of them waited patiently.

Su Qier got the pen, ink, paper and inkstone from them. He seemed to have been writing something over the years. Wei Zigeng always thought it was some travelogue.

After thinking about it, Zhou Ying held up her sleeves with one hand and wrote with a pen in the other.

"On the Qingming day by the Lake of Suijun, Linggen Cave opens into Jiuyuan.

If you don’t go to the south of the Yangtze River to know a gentleman, it turns out that you are the daughter of the Cheng family."

Jiangnan Road, Pinghu Villa.

In the boudoir, a girl with a slim back wearing a light green gauze skirt sat in front of the desk, holding a receipt just sent by the servant. When she opened it, she saw that it was "A Gentleman's Journey" written by the only daughter of the Zhou family in Yuzhou City.

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After the girl finished reading, she stared at her unusually beautiful eyes, breathing rapidly, her red lips slightly parted, and her cheeks flushed. In just four sentences and seven words, each word was written as a thank you to the only daughter of the Zhou family.

"This... this... this... I am going to Huainan Road! Dad, my daughter is going to Yuzhou City!"

Because it was a poem of thanks, it was not widely circulated. However, there were rumors in Jiangnan Road that Cheng Wenxia was going to meet friends with the only daughter of the Zhou family in person because of a poem. Although in the end he was blocked by the eldest daughter of the Cheng family and the old man, he was unable to go.

But this incident also became a good talk in Wen Lin. Naturally, the song "A Gentleman's Action" was also imitated by others. For a time, expressing gratitude in verse became popular in Jiangnan literary circles.

Chang'an City, Imperial Study Room.

The floor is covered with gorgeous carpets, and an agarwood stove next to the big case is burning the top-grade Ningshen Chuangyun incense sent as tribute from the overseas country of Persia.

Wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, embroidered with eight five-clawed golden dragons, the numbers are from one to nine, and the ninth dragon is the emperor himself. He looked at the fold in his hand, with the majesty of the common people in his eyes.

The eunuch has a smile on his face and is always waiting for the orders of the Nine-Five Supreme Being.

After reading the book, the middle-aged man slowly put it down with a smile on his face.

"Judging from the information submitted by various states and counties, the weather is going smoothly and the country is peaceful and the people are safe. I am very pleased."

Standing next to him were Zhao Ying, the eunuch and eunuch in charge of the ceremony, who was wearing a scarlet python robe and had a Wei Xian look on his face, his eyes narrowed.

"Your Majesty is wise and mighty, he governs the country well, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. The whole world is thinking of your Majesty."

The new Kang Emperor Li Dai dismissed the flattery of the great eunuch Zhao Ying. This supreme emperor of the Nine Five Years has made drastic changes in the imperial court since he succeeded to the throne.

In the imperial court, prefectures were set up under the original Dao, and the posts of secretary-general and deputy military envoy were added under the imperial envoys. The powers of the core officials were dispersed, and the separatist forces of the feudal lords were vigorously rectified. Princes were not allowed to have fiefdoms outside.

Three provinces and six ministries were established, coordinated by the Yushitai, and the cabinet appointed documents in red. In the opposition, they vigorously rectified and incorporated Jianghu forces, trying to complete what Emperor Gaozu failed to accomplish. The latter eventually died like Emperor Gaozu because of the complexity of his forces.

It can be said to be the first of its kind in the 600 years since the founding of Dali.

In the eighth year of Xinkang, Sun Shangrong, the legitimate daughter of the Sun family in Jiangnan Province, was drafted into the palace. She was granted the title of Concubine Shu and took charge of one of the three palaces, Shangrong Palace. In the tenth year of Xinkang, Concubine Sun was granted the title of Queen and commanded the three palaces and six courtyards. One person became enlightened, and chickens and dogs ascended to heaven.

.The Jiangnan Sun family suddenly became the most popular upstart in the dynasty.

In the same year, the new Emperor Li Dai handed over most affairs to Empress Sun, and the princes in the court heard impeachments and complaints.

But the reality is far more absurd than imagined.

"How is Queen Sun?"

"Back to Your Majesty, Queen Sun has done a great job. She privately gave the slave's grandson a hundred taels of gold and asked him to say a nice word for her in front of the slave. Your Majesty, look, didn't the slave do what he did?" Old Eunuch

Zhao Ying said.

"Let her do whatever she wants. What kind of waves can a woman make? Her entire Jiangnan Sun family is under my nose."

The new Emperor Li Dai pinched his heart and said calmly: "Xuan Zhuge Yu came to see me in the imperial study."

Outside the door, a young eunuch hurriedly entered the royal study, knelt down and received the order, then hurriedly got up and walked out of the palace door.

"Zhao Ying, how is Fengdu doing lately?"

Zhao Ying, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, has been following the new Kang Emperor Li Dai since the death of the late emperor. At first, he was just the chief eunuch in the palace of the imperial concubine Liu. Before his death, Liu left Li Dai's only son to Zhao Ying to take care of.

This old eunuch could be said to have watched the new Emperor Kangxi grow up, and he could not be said to be loyal. At the same time, he also controlled the "Guanguan" organization, the largest intelligence agency in the entire Dali Dynasty, and directly took orders from the eunuch who was in charge of the ceremony.

"Back to Your Majesty, the Fengdu Underworld has a huge power. It is crisscrossed throughout the period. The ten palaces of Yama all have strong cultivations and are well organized. It is extremely difficult to fully penetrate them."

The emperor was not angry but happy when he heard that. He smiled heartily and said:

"Hahaha, I can make you say the words "extremely difficult". It seems like this is really not easy."

"Can the outer body of a Hedao monk be used? What does Sun Zhongjing say?"

Zhao Ying, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, still lowered his head and said:

"Back to Your Majesty, in order to preserve the seven souls and the body while shattering the three souls, slave Weishi worked hard. When he was sent to Tianji Pavilion, Sun Zhongjing was happy to have something to do, so he accepted him.

Whatever you want to do, I just obey His Majesty's instructions and let him do as he pleases."

"Well, he can only handle this matter. Thank you for your hard work. You can go and collect the reward after you go down later."

The palace was completely silent. Only the imperial study room could laugh loudly, and the only person in the entire palace who could laugh so loudly was him, the Nine-Fifth Supreme Being.

Not long after, the great eunuch Zhao Ying glanced at the young eunuch coming back outside the door, and smiled and said to the new Emperor Kangxi:

"Your Majesty, Lord Zhuge has arrived,"

"Well, Xuan."

"Xuan Shangshu ordered Zhuge Yu to appear in court."

A middle-aged man walked in outside the royal study room, wearing a red-bottomed crane civil official uniform. He had sharp eyes, a tall figure, and a vigorous demeanor, subverting the traditional image of a frail civil servant.

At that time, Zhuge Yu was a high-ranking official in the dynasty.

"The humble minister Zhuge Yu, pays homage to Your Majesty!"

"Zhuge Aiqing, please get up quickly and step forward to speak."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Zhuge Yu stood up respectfully and came to the big case. The emperor spread out a map and construction drawings and handed them to him. The moment he saw the map, his eyes widened and he stared at the table.

Two pictures of.

The scale of the project in front of us is unprecedented. Not to mention how to hollow out the entire ancient Lou Mountain, the building with the nine-curved corridor above is already a piece of heavenly craftsmanship.

Zhuge Yu was deeply puzzled. He knew that although the emperor in front of him had a very bad reputation in officialdom since he took the throne, he had never carried out any large-scale construction. Even his own mausoleum was only built according to general specifications. Now he is opening up such a large-scale construction project.

What is the project called?

"If the rivers and lakes do not return to the temple, I will never have peace. My beloved, would you like to share my worries?"

Just when Zhuge Yu was concentrating on thinking about it, Emperor Xin Kang's naturally majestic voice sounded. His heart trembled when he heard it, and he instantly understood what His Majesty was thinking. There was a muffled "bang" and he knelt heavily on the ground.

"I am willing to destroy Dali's body and soul for Your Majesty's sake!"

Emperor Xinkan was very satisfied with his reaction. He picked up the tea brewed by the table, took a sip, and then said:

"Well, let's take the map and construction drawings back to familiarize ourselves with them. Please step back first."
To be continued...