Jinglong fifteen years.
Yu Su was promoted to Minister of War and inspected Capital Garrison on behalf of the emperor.
One month later, Capital Garrison Commander Prince Dongyang resigned, and Yu Shangshu was in the limelight for a while.
Zhou Yi silently delivered meals in prison. After a few years of not seeing each other, the friendship faded.
The world will not be centered on anyone, and time will not stand still for anyone.
Everyone is very busy.
Ten years flew by.
Zhou Yi and Chess Piece each have their own destiny.
Yan Wu died three years ago. Zhou Yi had high hopes for Chess Piece, but he was ambushed while performing a mission and did not even take revenge.
Whether it was an ambush or not, Zhou Yi was too lazy to explore.
I only heard that Yan Wu was extremely talented and entered the country quickly. He was jealous of his superiors and arranged to go to investigate Dayong's military situation.
After Ye Xiong successfully took revenge and eradicated the hundreds of Brocade Guard families who killed his parents, he regretted his life and no longer dared to practice magic, and gradually disappeared from the public.
Zhou Yi There is no threat, so as not to encounter Hexi in thirty years.
After more than thirty Chess Pieces, only four people achieved 100 households, and only one was promoted to 1000 households.
Yuan Shun, with average talent and smooth temperament, was originally the heir to a small gang in Xuzhou.
Zhou Yi Professor Heaven Devouring Demon Art At that time, this guy was the only one who was shameless and kowtowed in public. The prisoners in the same cell all thought he was hysterical.
Yuan Shun has not been out in the field for eight years. He only thought about making money, and somehow he recognized Feng Zhong as his godfather.
Two years ago, he was promoted to Qianhu, Xuzhou Prefecture. Not long after he took office, he arrested more than a dozen corrupt officials, which frightened all the local officials.
There is no need to go into details about the other four hundred households. They are all honest and conscientious on duty. They have suffered many injuries and made many achievements. With good luck, they were sent to remote counties to serve as hundreds of households.
These are normal Chess Piece!
Life or death, Zhou Yi actually doesn't care. He occasionally visits to ask questions, but he never forces him to do anything.
However, there are too many Chess Piece, but some people are using their brains.
For example, the former deputy Qianhu Zhu Yue chose to report "King Samsara" to Brocade Guard in order to cross the last critical half step.
Fortunately, Zhou Yi and all Chess Piece always have a single line of contact, and there is no fixed time and place.
Brocade Guard's internal investigation was frantic, and Heavenly Prison was searched over and over again. There was no so-called hidden old monster at all.
Zhu Yue swore to the sky in Heavenly Prison, constantly promising Zhong Tongzhi that "King Samsara" would be arrested and brought to justice.
Zhou Yi was present at the time, carrying a wooden bucket to deliver the meal.
"The human heart is much more complicated than cultivating immortals!"
Autumn, the twenty-fourth year of Jinglong's reign.
Midnight.
Zhou Yi took back a volume of booklet from the Spring Breeze Pavilion.
"Xuzhou Weird Stories".
"Ten years of hard work have finally paid off, and I have finally gained something. If there really is something Cultivation World, I can teach little Yuanzi the secret to breaking through the innate."
Zhou Yi Take a bath, burn incense and wash your hands, then turn to the first page.
——In the southwest of Xuzhou, a century-old peach tree was struck by lightning, and new sprouts sprouted again. The next year it produced a single peach, weighing three pounds and seven taels. People with tuberculosis recovered after eating it.
"Little Yuanzi has done a good job and knows what real anecdotes are. The guy from the northwest reclamation told me that a strange beast appeared in the world, but it turned out to be a pig painted with gold paint!"
Over the past ten years, I have collected a lot of anecdotes. Except for dangerous places that are difficult to verify and strange people whose traces cannot be found, the rest have nothing to do with immortals.
Either man-made forgery or natural phenomenon.
Zhou Yi once wondered if there were immortals in the world!
"Northeast of Xuzhou, Wu County produces spirits. In the 14th year of Jinglong's reign, a strange man sold wine..."
Zhou Yi turned to the second page, and there was a picture next to it. It was a palm-sized wine bottle with a simple shape, but the pattern was not similar to that of the Fengyang Kingdom.
"Little Yuanzi is still working hard!"
Keep scrolling, most of the anecdotes sound like that.
Yuan Shun may not believe in any practitioner Venerable Immortal, and just thinks that "King Samsara" is old and crazy. This is also the thought of most Chess Piece, but they will not deal with things vaguely because of this.
Of course, the specific authenticity still needs to be investigated.
——The eastern foot of Yunshan Mountain in Xuzhou is shrouded in clouds and fog all year round. Imperial Bodyguards was sent to investigate, but he appeared inexplicably after dark.
"It's Yunshan again!"
Zhou Yi's eyes narrowed slightly. There have been several anecdotes related to Yunshan in the past ten years.
For example, local villagers saw a rainbow falling into the mountains, saw strange people in strange clothes asking for directions, and heard strange beasts roaring at night, etc.
"If there are practitioners in Yunshan, with such obvious traces, wouldn't Emperor Chongming be able to detect them?"
Zhou Yi The first thing that came to mind was not to investigate, but to doubt Yunshan's news. After all, all the strange news came from others, and it was unclear whether it was true or false.
"There must be something fishy in this!"
Within the Fengyang Kingdom, Zhou Yi has discovered seven places that are similar to inaccessible places and contain strange stories.
They are all in the mountains and deep forests. Whether it is a blessed land of immortals or a dangerous natural place, there is no definite answer yet.
Keep looking behind you.
——In the twelfth year of Jinglong, a river demon appeared downstream of the Bai River. It was rumored that it was a five-foot-long green dragon and that boys and girls must be sacrificed. Later, an immortal came on the rainbow, killed the river demon with his sword, and the people built a temple to worship him!
"You can go and see this!"
Zhou Yi folded this page, thought about it carefully, and then smoothed it out.
"Immortal, stay away for now."
Last page of booklet.
——In January this year, the white deer appeared in the west of Xuzhou. Brocade Guard searched the mountains and dedicated it to Shenjing in May. Your Majesty was overjoyed and promoted you to the post of Brocade Guard Town Envoy to take charge of the affairs of the Southwest Prefecture.
"Little Yuanzi has been promoted again!"
Zhou Yi was astonished that he was promoted from Bai Ding to a fourth-rank official in ten years. Only the emperor's own army could do so quickly.
Shangyang Palace.
Yo yo deer roar.
A white deer walked gracefully, followed by more than a dozen servants, lest the old man bump into it.
Emperor Jinglong When he gets old, he is not obsessed with cultivating immortality and refining elixirs, but is keen on auspiciousness. The state capitals in various places responded to their needs and presented white sparrows, white swallows, white fish, etc., and many people were promoted.
The most precious thing now is this white deer. A few days ago, the servant did not take good care of it, so he took it out and killed it with a cane.
Emperor Jinglong was sitting on the dragon chair, watching the white deer chirping happily, and said with a smile, "Yu Aiqing, the appearance of the white deer is a sign of prosperity for the country!"
"Your Majesty, I am talking about Northern Xinjiang..."
Yu Su just reported that when he returned from patrolling the northern Xinjiang border, he found that local military leaders had appeared. If he continued to delay, there might be disaster in the vassal town.
"Yu Aiqing, the northern border is desolate, and we must rely on Ministry of Revenue to raise an army. Even if there is chaos, it is nothing more than a disease. Without food, grass, and military pay, it will be pacified quickly."
Emperor Jinglong said in a deep voice, "Now the country's worries are in this imperial city!"
"Your Majesty, please do not act rashly!"
Yu Su persuaded, "Now that I have only obtained the military power, the civil servants in the court have not yet been eliminated. Only by cutting these two pairs of wings can I be safe."
Yu Su had expected that Emperor Jinglong would reestablish Crown Prince, and planned to take this opportunity to rectify military equipment and reform officialdom.
After ten years of hard work, Fengyang Kingdom's weapons have taken on a completely new look, especially Capital Garrison's complete control.
Capital Garrison's army defended the imperial city. Only Emperor Jinglong could endure it for so long. He never revealed his thoughts on re-establishing Crown Prince in the court.
"Yu Aiqing knows how to run an army and a country, but he doesn't understand palace affairs."
Emperor Jinglong clapped his hands and said, "Come out, let Yu Aiqing see that I am not an incompetent king!"
One after another, old figures fell into the hall, as fast as ghosts, and their auras were as deep as a mountain.
"These guys..."
Yu Su has seen top experts, but there is a huge gap between him and these old men. He couldn't help but asked in horror, "Is it Martial Grandmaster?"
Martial Grandmaster It is rare in the world that eight people appeared at once, which is really unbelievable.
"Haha!"
Seeing Yu Su's horrified look, Emperor Jinglong said with a proud look on his face, "I asked Brocade Guard to arrest people in the world just to train them. Unfortunately, the technique is too weird and few people can practice it to perfection."
"Otherwise, let alone eight, there will be more than eighty!"
"There are hundreds of thousands of troops outside to suppress Shenjing. There are eight grandmasters inside to protect you, but there are only six Zhang Family!"
"With eight versus six, I have the advantage!"