In the Palace of the Western Jin Dynasty, the sky was just getting brighter, and bursts of shrill wails and roaring sounds could be heard from the Chaohui Hall.
In the main hall, Sun Hanlin dragged his two blood-stained legs forward and crawled forward. With every step he climbed, a long trail of blood trailed behind him, which was shocking to watch.
Sun Hanlin burst into tears and cried: "... I said at the time that I was sent as an envoy under the king's order and represented the king of Jin. But Wei Yuan actually said that no matter who was behind me, he could fight as he wanted.
Just hit whoever you want, even if you are the Holy King, it will be useless!
Then he broke both of my legs and asked me to kill myself. I finally found the opportunity to escape and narrowly escaped death, so I could come back to meet the Holy King..."
Seeing Sun Hanlin's tragic situation, all the high-ranking civil servants in the court were furious.
"I've long seen Wei Yuan's ambition, but I didn't expect him to be so bold and reckless!"
"Those who humiliate the imperial envoy shall be punished by the nine tribes!"
"Take back his military power, transfer him back to the royal capital, and then send a swordsman to kill him!"
King Jin frowned slightly and had a headache from the noise. When he first promoted this group of people, the atmosphere in the court was indeed completely new.
These Qingliu civil servants are all sharp-tongued and hate evil, and ordinary people can't quarrel with them. They naturally don't deal with the Xu family, Lu family and other clans, and are good at talking about truth and criticizing. With them, the two clans also restrained themselves, and the Jin Dynasty suddenly became more powerful.
Wang felt that the restraints on his body were loosened a lot.
But as the number of Qingliu increased, some problems also emerged. The first one was that once these Qingliu gained power, they liked to recruit fellow villagers, classmates, fellow teachers, etc. Soon there were more and more Qingliu in the court, forming cliques.
It became more and more intense.
Because of what happened to Sun Hanlin, today's court meeting lasted much longer than before, but in the end no conclusion was reached. Because Wei Yuan's envoy also arrived and insisted that he had never seen Sun Hanlin at all.
In Chunhua Hall, incense is lingering, and some emotions are brewing in the silence.
The Marquis of Xiang stood in the palace and watched Concubine Yuan coaxing the little King Chu to sleep who had just finished drinking milk.
After the young King of Chu fell asleep, Concubine Yuan raised her eyes to look at Xianghou and said, "I heard that some people in the court have been attacking Wei Yuan recently. Is this possible?"
"The king has recruited many Qing gossip officials in recent years, granting them the right to evaluate hundreds of officials. Recently, Wei Yuan was driving the refugees to resist the Wu clan, and they were targeted by these people. For this reason, the king also specially sent Zhu Yushi
Go to Qingming and prepare to investigate this matter thoroughly."
Concubine Yuan frowned slightly, with a hint of impatience in her tone, and said: "I know all these things, I don't need you to repeat them! What I want to ask is who means behind this? Is it the king, the left prime minister, or someone else?
Who."
Marquis Xiang was a little embarrassed and said: "This... needs to be investigated more carefully..."
Concubine Yuan's voice turned cold and she said, "Are there any of these gossip officials who have planted us?"
"……No."
"Who in Qingliu can be bribed?"
Marquis Xiang was even more embarrassed and could only say: "I don't know yet."
Suddenly, there was a snapping sound, and a jade Ruyi in Concubine Yuan's hand suddenly cracked!
Concubine Yuan handed Yu Ruyi to the maid beside her as if nothing had happened, and then said: "Without the resources from Zhao State, uncle can't do anything, right?"
"this……"
"I'm tired, uncle, please help yourself." Concubine Yuan picked up the young King Chu and walked towards the back hall. Marquis Xiang could only laugh twice and exited the Chunhua Hall.
The royal capital, the Prince's Mansion.
The prince buried his head in writing and had been approving official documents for an hour. At this time, the chime sounded softly, and the maid said: "Zhang Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites has arrived."
"Invite him in."
After a while, Zhang Shangshu sat down in the study, took a sip of the fine tea collected by the prince, and said: "Prince, don't worry, Zhu Xiaocun is my most outstanding disciple. At such a young age, his methods are already more sophisticated than what I used to do. With him,
On my first mission to Qing Ming, no matter how clean Wei Yuan is, he can still find several crimes for beheading."
The prince smiled and said: "That's very good. I have to rely on Mr. Zhang for this matter."
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say! There's just something I don't understand. Wei Yuan came from a rough background, and now he has a heavy army. I heard that even the King of England, Yue Jinshan, was full of praise for his military use in private. This Wei Yuan has been guarding the border.
, he has never been to the royal capital several times, why would the prince suddenly want to deal with him?"
The prince smiled and said: "It's not that I want to deal with him, but now is the right time. When my father appointed him as Jiedu Envoy, it was a last resort. Now that the Wu Clan's army is pressing on the territory, Qingming is in a precarious situation, so it is just the right time to take advantage of it.
It’s time to take back some of the authority given to him by the court.”
Zhang Shangshu suddenly understood, chatted for a few more words, then said goodbye and left.
At this time, a beautiful woman with a graceful figure walked into the study carrying a bowl of soup and said: "You are tired, I have cooked a soup for you, drink it while it is hot."
The prince took the bowl and drank it, and then asked: "When will Mr. Zuo Xiang be free? I want to discuss something with him as soon as possible."
The woman said: "Father said that the situation has been sensitive recently, and the king may have become suspicious, so we should not meet him for the time being."
The prince nodded and said: "Forget it, let's see how Wei Yuan deals with Zhu Xiaocun's fierce dog first."
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Qingming, the Zhike Town in the east, is decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and it is splendidly decorated. It is impossible to tell that Qingming is being devastated by the war.
Teams of motorcades arrived in the town one after another and were led to the freight yard outside the town to park their vehicles. At this time, all the inns in the town were full, and many people arrived late. Only a few leaders in the team could stay in the town, and the rest
People can only set up tents outside the town to spend the night.
From time to time, a high-level cultivator would fly in alone and land outside the town. After announcing his name and identity, he would be welcomed into the town.
The town was crowded with people and extremely lively. Countless torches were erected on both sides of the main street in the town. Even in the middle of the night, the entire street was illuminated as if it were daytime.
Shops on both sides of the street have been requisitioned, displaying various types of armor, swords, grains, medicinal materials and other Qingming specialties. Countless people stopped in front of each stall, listening with interest to the specially arranged
People introduce these goods.
This time Wei Yuan holds a treasure appreciation conference, and all nearby forces that can make it will definitely not be absent. Even if they have nothing to do with Qing Ming, they still need to send someone to see what kind of treasure has been born, which can make Wei Yuan hold it with such a big fanfare.
Treasure Appreciation Conference.
Since there were so many people coming, Wei Yuan would not let go of such a good opportunity to display only one fairy treasure. With so many people coming, Wei Yuan conveniently displayed all the products that Qing Ming can now trade with foreign countries. By the way,
See if there are any business opportunities.
As expected, everyone was very interested, especially the breastplate produced by Qingming. Countless people inquired about the price, and some people even wanted to pay fairy silver to order it on the spot.
The real treasure appreciation conference only lasted half an hour. Wei Yuan did not hesitate and went straight to the point, showing off the secret bullets in front of hundreds of guests.
When the effect of shortening the life span by ten thousand years appeared, the whole audience was in an uproar!
Everyone's expressions varied, ranging from excitement to shock, but there were also a few people whose expressions were extremely ugly. However, most people still had the mentality of watching the excitement, looking relaxed and excited.
They all knew very well that their ancestor Yu Jing was not worthy of receiving a blow from this immortal treasure.
After everyone saw clearly the property of reducing one's life span by ten thousand years and discussed it for a while, Wei Yuan showed the second property of the Yin Bullet: it is sure to hit.
There was sudden silence in the venue, and the few people who had sarcastic expressions became extremely solemn and could no longer laugh.
In the venue, some people were ready to make a move, but when they thought of the several powerful officials sitting around, they could only give up their unwanted thoughts.
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After Wei Yuan showed it for a week, he said loudly: "Today's treasure reward is just a pretext. Wei's real idea is to take this opportunity to invite everyone over and exchange ideas. The goods that can be traded are all in the town, and you can visit them at will. But now Qing
The Ming Dynasty is at war with the Wu clan, so please don’t leave this town, otherwise there will be misunderstandings, which will be bad for everyone."
At this time, someone suddenly said loudly: "I heard that Qingming can train people who have no hope of Taoism to become Taoism. Is this possible?"
Wei Yuan stopped and said: "How is it possible to train everyone to become a Taoist master? If you are not lucky, only seven or eight people out of a hundred people will succeed."
The man suddenly became excited: "This is really happening! Then if my family wants to ask the Realm Master to cultivate Dao Foundation on its behalf, what price will it have to pay?"
Wei Yuan pondered for a moment and said: "You only need to pay some basic fees at the beginning. After the foundation is cast, fees will be charged based on the number of successful people."
"What if no one builds the foundation?"
"No one succeeds, so naturally there will be no additional fees. But this has never happened before."
"Are there any flaws in the foundation you made?"
Wei Yuan said: "We will indeed recommend some of our unique template Tao foundations based on the students' own conditions, which can greatly increase the chance of casting a Tao foundation. All template Tao foundations are human-level Tao foundations, which are the same as normal Tao foundations.
."
"Can it also extend your life?"
"Of course!"
The man asked several more questions in succession, and Wei Yuan patiently answered them one by one. Suddenly, everyone among the nearly a hundred powerful families present, big and small, was excited.
After Wei Yuan answered the man's question, he left the venue. Everyone immediately surrounded the Qingming monk in the venue and began to inquire in detail about the training of Taoist priests.
A small door opened in the corner of the venue, and the person who had just asked Wei Yuan a question slipped out quietly. He then took off his disguise and revealed his true body, which was clearly Cui Yu.
Cui Yu discovered that as long as he said those words and did those things in front of others, he would not feel ashamed at all, but would actually enjoy it.
Qing Ming's treasure appreciation party ended in a commotion, but the lingering sound lingered.
Everyone bought supplies worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver from Qingming in one go, and more than 50,000 people signed up for Daoji training! Some families and chambers of commerce signed up thousands of people in one go.
Now, the price for training a Taoist monk in Qingming is 50% higher than the price for the Cui family, but people are still flocking to it. Because they can't accommodate so many people, Wei Yuan only needs to use the lottery method to sign up from tens of thousands.
Three thousand places were selected from among the people to form a new Daoji training class.
Such a crazy registration scene also made Wei Yuan realize that the price for training Daoji monks was low.
Wei Yuan's original quotation was calculated based on the merit system of Taichu Palace, and was approved by the Cui family. But now it seems that Taichu Palace may have underestimated the value of ordinary Taoist monks, and the Cui family is the same.
No matter the Immortal Palace or the powerful family, they are all high above, and they can only see the Immortal Foundation and the Heavenly Foundation, and no one below the Foundation is considered human. But it is different in the middle or even small families and small forces. The Foundation monks are the backbone of the family.
Human base monks are also of great use.
Wei Yuan immediately gave Human Fireworks a task: calculate how much a human-level Taoist monk is worth.
Wei Yuan was working hard to make money in the camp, but the news of the treasure appreciation conference gave him wings and flew to the nine countries in an instant.
In the secret realm of the Xu family's ancestral land, the young Xu Wangu looked at the shadowy image in front of him, carefully sensing the aura inside, his face expressionless, but the entire hall was constantly shaking.
The elders lying below were trembling, and no one dared to raise their heads.
For a long time, Xu Wangufang squeezed out a few words through his teeth: "This thing is just for me to see!"
An elder below said boldly: "Actually, it may not necessarily be aimed at the Immortal Ancestor. I understand that Lu Changhe cannot withstand this blow."
Xu Wangu's tone softened a little and he said: "That's true. No one wants to touch this thing. But this kind of treasure cannot be left in Wei Yuan's hands. You guys go and make a plan, whether it's exchange or stealing. In short, find a way to get it."
Get this fairy treasure."
Just as the elders received their orders, another elder came into the hall and reported: "The Immortal Ancestor has just received the news from Qing Ming. The immortal treasure that can reduce one's life span by ten thousand years has been stolen. Now,
Missing!"
Chapter completed!