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Volume 1, The Wind Rises from Shu Land Chapter 20, New Shu Land, New Rivers and Lakes (1)

The city wall of Chengdu Prefecture is three zhang high and one 8 zhang thick, totaling 414 zhang, divided into four gates in the east, west, south and north. The moat is several zhang deep and wide. There are many mountains and Shu County, but Chengdu Prefecture is gentle, which is very similar to a natural basin, with a fertile field of thousands of miles and a wealth of thousands of years.

On the ninth day of the eighth lunar month, in the early morning, the three of them were issued an order by the government office to walk up Gulou South Street. The shiny bluestone slabs and old buildings along the street were one after another. The noisy morning market was steaming, with steaming buns, tofu, oil pastry, and cooking cakes, which were dazzling.

This was Zhao Zhengli's first time entering the big city. It was inevitable that he would look around. Just a street made him confused. The two officials who led the way did not urge him. After all, the entire Shu area knew about this person, so they naturally felt honored to guide them, so how could they talk about urging him?

After passing the prosperous Silkworm Market, crossing rivers, bridges, towering mansions, towering arches, winding green spaces, and pavilions, walking for several miles, I finally saw the Chengdu government office, the flying eaves, the green bricks and green tiles, and the majestic stone lions.

The government office faces north and south, with brick carved screen walls, majestic gates, ritual gates, and stone ceremonies. The stone ceremonies are divided into six civil and military rooms on the left and right, and the left is civil officials, officials, households, rituals, and rites. The right is military positions, soldiers, punishments, and labour.

The main road is equipped with a court, two and three halls, and some wing rooms for bureaucrats and family members to live in.

It covers a total area of ​​tens of hundreds of acres.

There were guards with swords standing quietly on both sides of the gate of the government office. Seeing several people approaching the horizontal swords, they said to the Bi sisters wearing thin swords: "We are not allowed to be carried in the government office!"

A familiar and pleasant voice came from the Yanei: "No need to control, let them in!"

Then I saw Yu Xiaowei, a lady from the Yu family, slowly walking over, still with white and gorgeous skin, with three thousand blue silk buns tied with silk satin on her hair, floating in the breeze, wearing a white skirt, showing her elegant appearance, pure white Shu embroidered dark pattern belt around her waist, sachet jade plaques on her waist, and a tulle brocade robe on her waist.

The already beautiful face, and with such outfits, adds a bit of fairy spirit. The Bi sisters looked at it and looked at it. I guess only the two of them knew the envy.

In fact, they are not bad either. They are just running around the world all year round, and their skin color is a little different. Besides, the two sisters also have the capital to be proud of. Just relying on those two towering mountains, you should be like yourself, right?

At that time, there was another person behind Yu Xiaowei. It was Li Zhanyi, the senior sister of Emei. She was dressed equally well. She had many silks, silks, silks, silks, and silks on her body. She had two scimitars on her waist, and she kept her body from her body.

Master Zhao found that the senior sister Emei who had been away for more than a month was much more charming. He didn't know if her two "heavy" that were about to come out were tired, so he really wanted to carry her with his hands.

Master Zhao bowed to the two politely, and the Bi sisters followed closely, but Yu Guang seemed to be staying in Li Zhanyi's chest for a long time. I don't know whether he was worried about her like Master Zhao or because of his humility.

The young lady of the Yu family greeted the three of them into the government office, and deliberately distanced Taoist Zhao from the way. Taoist Master did not pay much attention to it and followed behind and walked through the ritual gate to the court.

Under the plaque "The mirror is hanging high" is a background picture of the huge Dan crane in the morning sun. The official seal, documents, scrolls, pens and inkstones, and signatures are all available. There are also desks and chairs for jury inspections on both sides of the case.

Today is not an interrogation of the prisoner, so the yamen runners on both sides of the court have no pressure on the killing sticks.

Before Zhao Zhengli and his group could enter the court, three bureaucrats wearing blush robes and black veils on their heads walked down the court to welcome them. One person at the front held the imperial edict, Ding Kui, the third-rank inspector and censor, and the two blush veils in the rear were the Hu Yong Gang, the governor of the state, and Cao Rui, the governor of the state, all of whom were third-rank civil officials, in charge of the military and political affairs and people's livelihood of the state.

Behind the three people there was also a middle-aged man wearing a sixth-rank green robe. This man was Tao Xuan, a lieutenant of a state, who was in charge of transportation of money, grain, water conservancy and other positions. The other position was to supervise the two chiefs of the head military and the prefecture. Because the transfer envoy and the governor were both sent by the court, it was also tacit to supervise the local area.

Such an institution supervised by officials can naturally understand why the "Two Emperors" Jiedushi, who are accustomed to monopolizing power, resisted with his head.

The governor Ding Kui raised his hands above his head: "Zhao Zhengli, the seventh Taoist man of Qingcheng Dao Sect, received the order!"

Everyone in the court bowed their heads and knelt down.

The governor waited for a while but didn't hear him say "Receive the order!". Yu Xiaowei hurriedly reminded in a cold face.

Master Zhao then realized it and said, "I, Zhao Zhengli, accepted the order!"

"I have been ordered by Xu Zheng, the seventh Taoist man from the Shengfu, Qingcheng, Chengdu Prefecture, sent to Zhao Zhengli, the seventh Taoist man from the Shengfu, went down the mountain to help the court govern Sichuan, and was specially granted; Zhao Zhengli, the seventh Taoist man from the Shengfu, was the seat of Huang Shifu under the Tianshifu, and has been commended..."

Then the governor put away the imperial edict and submitted his bow to Zhao Zhengli: "Shi Zhang Huang, the Tianshi Mansion, will accept the imperial edict!"

Master Zhao raised his hand to take it, directly ignoring the final words "Thank you for your gratitude, thank you for your gratitude". Suddenly, the people present followed the process and followed the procedures to answer the orders and Xie Longen and others were able to get up. However, the young Master Zhao seemed to be unreasonable.

The governor Ding Kui didn't pursue the matter, and shouted helplessly: "Get up!"

Obviously, the governor rarely encounters such strange things.

The public who was not sure about the occasion opened the imperial edict and saw that the golden imperial edict was written in lines of black and neat and beautiful fonts. The enactment was signed four days ago, "In the fifth year of Gengxu in Xingtong, the fifth day of the eighth lunar month." There were several signature seals, from Shangshu Menxia to the publication of the imperial edict, and the emperor was issued. The emperor issued the seal and signed the seal.

Several bureaucrats twitched their mouths, and the governor Ding Kui coughed twice: "Don't question Mr. Zhang Huang, don't doubt me, we dare not lie to report the imperial edict. His Majesty Yingwu Shengde also said that he would specially approve Mr. Zhao Huang to take care of things for half a month, and to go to Beijing by the end of August, he was officially appointed as the disciple of Ren Tianshi Mansion."

After passing the order, several prefecture bureaucrats exchanged greetings with Taoist Zhao and they all dispersed. After all, they could stand in the Chengdu government office. This young Taoist priest had a contribution and naturally had a good relationship with him. In addition, he had officially become a member of the "Three Saints of the Temple". Maybe in the future, he would still be expected to become a seat of the Heavenly Master who would always accompany the emperor, and guide the temple and the world. At this moment, there would be no harm in saying a few more words.

Subsequently, the officials of the government office arranged for three people to temporarily live in the wing room, and Yu Xiaowei and Li Zhanyi were also in the same courtyard.

The courtyard of the wing room is divided into two main houses, east and west, and is lived by Master Zhao and Yu Xiaowei. There are secondary houses on both sides of the main house, with a total of six main rooms, so the five people are not crowded.

Just after finishing the work, Master Zhao began to ask Miss Yu’s remuneration questions and inquire about Situ Yao’s whereabouts.

The young lady of the Yu family seemed not to pay much attention to him, and she didn't look good throughout the whole process, but she still paid the rewards one by one, including the dead old Yue. Yu Xiaowei told Hu Hai that he had a wife and daughter, and he had sent someone to send him the one.

She had only a little understanding of where Miss Situ went, and only said that she had met her twice outside Nanjie City.

When asked Li Zhanyi, he also got the same answer.

The clues that were asked were more than Master Zhao expected. He thought that the cold face would make things difficult for him. Master Zhao was too lazy to stick to her cold butt here. It was best to take the Bi sisters away.

After leaving the courtyard, Master Zhao looked at the beauties on both sides and complained: "You are so beautiful! You still have no breasts or butts. Apart from being a good reincarnation life, no one can beat Birou, right!"

Birou pouted without any confidence: "Miss Yu's family is much more dignified and elegant than me."

Master Zhao corrected: "If you don't have confidence, you can beat her a few streets even if you have two or two pieces of meat on your chest, right?"

Birou smashed her fist shyly, while Biyu smiled badly.

The Bi sisters seemed to be happy that Taoist Zhao kept a distance from other beauties, and this time they praised their sisters, which was more comfortable and pleasant than receiving the reward.

Although I felt comfortable, I still felt relieved: "Don't go to my heart, Miss Yu's daughter is the daughter of Lord Shangshu, so it is also necessary to keep a distance from the people of the martial arts world like us."

As soon as the three of them left, Yu Xiaowei pursed her lips and snorted coldly: "As a matter of virtue, men cannot even practice Taoism, and they can't keep the rules and regulations. They started to hug each other in just two months after going down the mountain. They even misunderstood the past few days!"

Master Zhao, who left the government office, sneezed twice in a row and said that someone was scolding him.

There seem to be a lot of people offended recently, and without thinking about it, I took the Bi sisters directly towards the south gate.

Without the task, there is more money in my pocket. This place is a food city, so I must eat it. Before I even arrived at Gulou, the sisters of Bi family were too full. Only Master Zhao was eating more and more vigorously. No matter what kind of meat skewers and wine, I had to taste it for two bites.

Then the three of them wandered around and outside the south city gate to see if they could meet Miss Situ.

There was no fruit in the afternoon.

In the evening, the lady Yu's family and Li Zhanyi tightened the door. The sisters of Bi's family also went back to their houses. Only then did Master Zhao enter his house.

Master Zhao is expected to stay in Chengdu for three days and look for Situ Yao. Regardless of the ending, he will go south to Emei and go to the monument of Laoyue and Hu Hai. It will take a total of five to six days to go back to the mountain gate to see it during the Mid-Autumn Festival. I believe that the senior brothers know everything, so I hope he will go back and explain to himself.

The next day, I visited every tavern and teahouse on North Street and had no clues. In the afternoon, I ate all the east and west streets.

I went back to the yamen in the evening. Today, Yu Xiaowei did not close. She was wearing a plain skirt and was enjoying the coolness of the stone table in the courtyard. There was a set of herbal tea utensils in front of the table.

The Bi family sister Yu Guang glanced at Master Zhao and asked for advice. The Taoist priest whispered and signaled to go around and return to the house. He didn't want to provoke this cold and beautiful queen. She was even colder than the Bi family sisters at the beginning, and she was just pressing her face with the words "Don't get close to men."

Who knew that the Leng Yan Queen spoke for the first time today: "If you want to make a day of trouble, you might as well sit down and have a cup of herbal tea?"

The sudden enthusiasm made Taoist Zhao and the two sisters not react for a while, but their tone was still cold, as if they were keeping people from thousands of miles away.

She took a sip of tea and didn't raise her head and then said, "I really don't want to know where Miss Situ?"

Upon hearing this, Master Zhao lifted up his long gown and sat down, while the Bi sisters stood beside him.

Yu Xiaowei then raised her beautiful eyes and looked at the white-faced Taoist priest opposite her, then looked at the Bi sisters beside her and asked back, "What's the matter with looking for Miss Situ two days ago? Do you want to add a new concubine? Or do you want to have a full palace?"

“…”

I asked the Taoist Master and the Bi sisters directly, what did this come from the cold, arrogant and well-educated daughter of Shangshu?

Master Zhao, who had reacted, did not rush to answer and asked back, "Miss Yu, in your eyes, I, Zhao, are you a lustful and timid?"

Yu Xiaowei smiled contemptuously: "Otherwise, how can you be worthy of the alternative books that Dao Zheng Zhao bought in Yafeng Village on the 15th day of the lunar month?"

Master Zhao's mind was filled with thunder: "Are you investigating this Taoist?"

No wonder the young lady of the Yu family met again, and she was really famous for her reputation in Yafeng Village. However, she was inquiring carefully and was in reverse inferior quality. After she found out, she could sit down and chat calmly, and her cultivation was really extraordinary.

Soon, Master Zhao was relieved and did not spend his whole life with her, Yu Xiaowei, so why did he care about her: "Ms. Yu is just making a special trip to reveal the embarrassing things about the Tao?"

"Of course it's not complete. I just want the two young girls to recognize your dirty face earlier and dispel your unreasonable thoughts about Miss Situ!"

“…”

Master Zhao was speechless. It seemed that the misunderstanding was difficult to explain, but only the Bi sisters were confused.
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