The Seven Star Temple is Qianshan, the largest Zhengyi Sect Taoist Temple in Hengfeng. It was built during the Zhengtong period of Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty. The Taoist Temple was built on the mountain and covers an area of ​​more than 20 acres. It is divided into three parts: the East Courtyard and the West Courtyard. The main courtyard has the East Courtyard, the Yude Hall, the East Courtyard has the Niangniang Hall and the Demon-Subduing Emperor Hall, and the West Courtyard has dozens of Taoist priests. Yesterday, the bandit Wu Ping occupied the Taoist temple, except for the abbot of Master Tongchen, the abbot sent by the Longhu Mountain Dazhen Mansion to stick to the Taoist temple and deal with the thieves, the other Taoist priests have escaped. Now the Seven Star Temple has become a thief cave--

Zeng Yu and Zheng Shi stood outside the halberd gate of the Taoist temple, but saw sixteen strong bandits guarding the gate with swords, one by one, looking straight. This place was considered the important place for bandits to guard. Peng Laoqiu went in to report to the king Wu Ping, and soon came out and said, "Two scholars, my king is welcome."

Zeng Yu and Zheng Shi looked at each other, nodded, followed Peng Laoqiu and two other bandits into the gate of the main courtyard. This courtyard should be the residence of the bandit leader Wu Ping. The sword-holding thieves were one post at three steps and one whistle at five steps. It seemed to be very guarded, but the noise kept coming from the East and West courtyards. It was all the mobs who were sharing the spoils, drinking and making noises. According to Peng Laoqiu, those who could stay in this seven-star temple were the leaders and elite soldiers.

Zeng Yu sighed: "The brothers of the rebel army are so happy."

Peng Laoqiu talked a lot and nodded repeatedly, "Of course, fighting against officers and soldiers and snatching wealthy families, all the energy.

Zeng Yudao: "I wonder if we can get into the show before we can join the group?"

Peng Laoqiu looked at Zeng Yu and Zheng Shi and said, "That depends on whether King Wu is willing to take you in or not."

Another bandit was fierce and sneered: "You scholar, who was afraid of death, said you want to join the group. Which of you gentry and wealthy families is not talking about one thing," he said, "

Zeng Yu was not angry and asked the bandit: "Are you afraid of death, a man?"

The bandit patted his chest and twisted his neck: "Of course I am not afraid of death. I will not rebel with King Wu for fear of death."

Peng Laoqiu echoed: "Yes, yes, our rebels are not afraid of death. Only rich people are afraid of death and are afraid of not having any happiness."

Zeng Yu said: "It's very good, I admire you. How dare you ask this hero for his honorable name?"

The bandit said alertly: "You ask me what my name is, do you want to report it?"

Zeng Yu shook his head and smiled, "What secret can I tell you? A hero is concerned about whether to change his name or not. If King Wu has a name or a surname, who can do anything to him?"

Peng Laoqiu couldn't stop talking and introduced to Zeng Yu: "This is Brother Fang Mao Qifang, a decent subordinate of King Wu. He was originally a worker from the Fujian Silver Mine—"

"Shut up." The bandit named Fang Maoqi stopped talking Peng Laoqiu, tilted his chin forward, and said to Zeng Yu, Zheng Shi and the other two: "My king is in the hall. Whether you are the two scholars or not, your life will be decided by my king."

The Yude Hall originally enshrined the statues of the three officials of heaven, earth and water. Now the statues have been moved to the corner of the hall to stand beside the side. Wu Ping made the decision on this territory. When Zeng Yu and Zheng Shi entered the Yude Hall, three people were sitting at the incense table and drinking large pieces of meat. One of them was in their forties, neither tall nor fat, with a dark face, raised cheekbones, and squinted their two small eyes. When Zeng Yu and others came in, their eyes were condensed, their expressions were cold, and they put down their chopsticks, and asked, "Who is the scholar who knows King Zhang Long?"

Zeng Yu stepped forward and bowed, "I am the son of the Zeng family in Sanliao. I used to be from Mr. Xie--"

The bandit Fang Maoqi shouted, "Kneel down and reply." He reached out and pressed Zeng Yu's shoulders and pressed them down hard. Zeng Yu did not move at all. Fang Maoqi was annoyed and lifted his feet and kicked Zeng Yu's left knee, which was to kneel down. Zeng Yu's footsteps were lightly moved, and at the same time, a elbow hammer hit his right rib, which made him retreat and screamed in pain. When he recovered, he had to draw his sword toward him--

Zeng Yu bowed to Wu Ping and said, "The Zeng family's ancestors passed down and made King Wu laugh."

"The Zeng family in Sanliao is so thunderous."

Wu Ping stood up with a big smile, but there was no smile in his eyes. He walked around the table and stared at Zeng Yu and said, "Why did Zeng Xiucai come here?"

Zeng Yu said: "I am working as a Mongolian master in Yuanzhou. Because the scientific examination is about to be conducted, I have to rush back to Guangxin Mansion for the exam, but I met the Yijun of Wu, who is here, so I came to meet him."

Seeing Wu Ping and Zeng Yu talking with Wen Yan, Fang Maoqi did not dare to go forward to beat Zeng Yu, rubbed his right flank and said, "These two scholars wanted to run away but didn't run away, so they asked Peng Laoqiu and the others to catch them."

Zeng Yu said: "Who knows where the bandits came from? How can I not run away? Later, I learned that it was King Zhang Long and King Wu's subordinates, so I stopped running away."

Fang Maoqi quickly provoked: "King, this scholar dares to call us thieves."

Wu Ping had no expression on his face and asked Peng Laoqiu: "Where is this letter from Zeng Xiucai to Zhang Longwang?"

Mr. Peng said: "The second king put it in his arms after seeing it, there should be no fake."

Zeng Yu smiled and said, "It's not a letter written to me by King Zhang Long. Is it necessary to fake it?"

Wu Ping looked at Zeng Yu and was very suspicious of the young scholar's recognition of Zhang Lian. He knew that Zhang Lian had not been to Jiangxi, so he ordered Fang Maoqi and others to say, "Give the two scholars a seat." He thought to himself, "If I ask about the flaws later, I will turn against you."

Zheng Shi was Xu Shu who entered Cao's camp without saying a word. He followed Zeng Yu to sit down and listened to Zeng Yu and the thief's questions and answers with fear. At this time, it was already dark. A bandit brought a lotus-shaped lampstand, all of which were utensils in Taoist temples. There were large plates of chicken, duck, fish and meat on the incense table. The wine was filled with open mouths. After drinking, it was directly scooped in a bowl.

Wu Ping ordered his subordinates to set up two more pairs of bowls and chopsticks, and invited Zeng Yu and Zheng Shi to eat and drink together. Zeng Yu said, "The King of Wu must still have many doubts about me. Please ask King of Wu to ask first, otherwise it will be difficult to swallow."

Wu Ping nodded and said, "Okay, let me ask where did you meet King Zhang Long?"

Zeng Yu said: "I am only a divine friendship with King Zhang Long, and I have not met him. However, I am a novice friend of King Xie Zhen, who was invited by Zong Chen, the deputy envoy of Fujian to visit Fujian, last year, he met King Zhang Long in Youxi County. At that time, King Zhang Long was still a minor official in the county government office. When Mr. Xie saw that he was extraordinary, he praised him and thought that King Zhang Long was not an ordinary person. In May this year, Mr. Xie returned to Shandong and passed by Jiangxi to mention this King Zhang Long with me, which was consistent with his intention when he looked at the dragon veins of Fujian. So at the beginning of the month, he heard that King Zhang Long raised the banner of righteousness, so I wanted to write a letter to guide him. I didn't expect to meet King Wu here by chance."

What Zeng Yu said is true and false. He learned from Chen Menglei, the magistrate of Anren, that Zhang Lian was originally a minor official in the Youxi County Government who managed the silver mine. He was punished by the superior for recruiting workers to mine and dig silver. So he gathered people to cause trouble. The matter was a big deal Yu Qian rebelled—

Wu Ping didn't understand what Zeng Yu said, "What is the old poet Xie and Zhang Lian can't write poetry, but he has heard of the minister of the Fujian Tixue Zongchen, and these are not important. He has something more concerned about, and asked: "What are the dragon veins of the eight Fujian?"

Zeng Yu said dumbfoundedly: "This is the Feng Shui qi-seeking technique of Yang Ji Ni. I saw the kingly spirit and military spirit in the southeast direction. So when Mr. Xie talked about Zhang Lian, he was moved. When he learned that Zhang Lian claimed that the Dragon King of Han was in trouble, he even believed that the kingly spirit and military spirit should be on King Zhang Long."

What Zeng Yu didn't know was that Wu Ping was originally a small leader of the sea giant Wang Zhi. Last year, Wang Zhi was wiped out by Hu Zongxian. His troops were scattered. Wu Ping and more than a dozen pirates fled to the mountainous area of ​​Fujian to work as miners under Zhang Lian. This time, Zhang Lian's rebellion was half-incented by Wu Ping. Wu Ping didn't look down on Zhang Lian, so he led a band of bandits to Jiangxi. At this time, Zeng Yu said that Zhang Lian was a kingly aura, and half-believed and half-doubted, and a little jealous, and asked, "Are you really a son of the Zeng family in Sanliao? Why don't you be a Feng Shui master?"

Zeng Yu smiled and said, "Not all the children of the Zeng family in Sanliao must be Feng Shui masters. My grandfather is brothers with Zeng Bangguo, the current doctor of the Imperial Heaven Supervision. My grandfather is unwilling to serve the royal family. He wandered among the people and searched for the four people. Of course, he also found a good hole in a place in Guangxin Mansion fifty years ago, so he moved the place with his family. He was twenty years old this year and became a scholar."

The conclusion is short and powerful, and there is silence in the Yude Hall.

The folk rumors about geography Feng Shui are magical. When Zeng Yu was young, he heard his uncle tell the legend of Yang Yunsong, the founder of the Feng Shui Geography School in Jiangxi. Yang Yunsong is known as Yang Jipo, who can not only distinguish Feng Shui dragon veins, but also transform Feng Shui. Yang Yunsong has three treasures: a mountain whip, an iron lamp and a wordless heavenly book. What is Yugong moving mountains? Yang Yunsong's mountain whip can drive the mountains away. The iron lamp is like a quiet bottle of Guanyin Bodhisattva, which can be scooped into the water of rivers; only Yang Yunsong can understand the wordless heavenly book, which contains all the mystery of dragon veins in the mountains and rivers in the world.

——According to legend, the then governor of Ganzhou, Lu Wenchou, asked Yang Yunsong to transform Ganzhou Fengshui for him, so that Ganzhou would have the atmosphere of an imperial capital. Yang Yunsong used a mountain whip to drive the mountain on both sides of the Ganjiang River. However, due to the obstruction of Chen Tuan's ancestor, Yang Yunsong failed and failed to transform Ganzhou into an imperial capital. After Yang Yunsong passed away, the iron lamp of the mountain whip was lost. Only the wordless heavenly book was passed on to two disciples Zeng Wenying and Liao Wangyu.

Zeng Yu didn't believe these magical legends, but many people believe in them. Wu Ping was a pirate and witnessed the ups and downs of the life of the giant gangster Wang Zhi. He felt the unpredictable fate, and of course he would not believe in Feng Shui fortune telling. After all, the people at that time had not yet defeated all monsters and monsters. Who could conquer the arrogance of nature?

Wu Ping frowned and spread out again, and then asked again, "Scholar Zeng said he wanted to write a letter to Zhang Longwang to give advice. I wonder what kind of mist is?"

Zeng Yu opened the river channel in a deep mouth: "There is a kingly spirit in the eight Fujian province, but it is not an emperor spirit. King Zhang Long had the fate of occupying a province and proclaiming himself king, but he did not win the fate of changing dynasties in the world. Just like King Wu, although his wisdom and courage are not inferior to King Zhang Long, he is confined to fate and can only be the generals and ministers who assisted-"

Uncle Hanlong used to teach Zeng Yu to be good at observing words and expressions. Many fortune telling and physiognomy actually involve listening and watching carefully. When Zeng Yu mentioned that Zhang Lian was a kingly aura, Wu Ping looked a little unwilling, so Zeng Yu added the above passage.

Wu Ping smiled and said, "Let me tell me how to give Zhang Longwang a hint?"
Chapter completed!