This Northern Song Dynasty is a bit weird

Chapter 66 How to remove the privy envoy

Hearing this white-browed Taoist say this, Zhao Zhen was suspicious, but now he has no choice but to choose to believe the person in front of him.

Daoist Baimei is the Heavenly Master of the Taiyi Palace of Mount Zhongnan, Zhang Tianlin.

After all, his rank is higher than that of Lu Sen, and he has done many amazing things, such as calling for wind and rain.

It's just that the mana is not very stable, and it can't work from time to time.

"I will hand over the fruit to your Taiyi Palace. It's okay to make alchemy or plant it, but you have to keep it secret, otherwise, let Lu Zhenren know that this matter will not end well."

"Old Tao understands." The white-browed Taoist Zhang Tianshi picked up the basket and said, "Old Tao guarantees his life, he will try his best to plant the fairy fruit and use it for alchemy, and then use the method of covering the sky and hiding the earth to hide the fate of the official family."

"I will trouble Zhang Tianshi." Zhao Zhen smiled slightly.

Then Zhang Tianshi left with a basket.

Shortly after he left, Liu Chuanzhi came out from the dark side and said, "The official family, this servant is trying to deceive you by watching this old way."

"I think so too." Zhao Zhen walked back to the case and sat down, and said in a casual tone: "It's just that Zhenren Lu is not willing to help me become immortal and immortal, and only these Taoists think of a way to make alchemy, just a basket of fruits, in the future I will If you beg Runan County King, you can still get some from Lu Zhenren."

Liu Chuanzhi asked cautiously, "The official family, do you want me to send some people to watch them."

"No need." Zhao Zhen waved his hand and said, "If they can grow the fruit and make the pills, it's a good thing. If they can't make it, it's no big deal. He thinks I'm being fooled, so let him go. "

"The official family is too tolerant of these Taoists who cheat food and drink."

Zhao Zhen laughed and said: "What's the harm, they are all the people of the Great Song Dynasty, as long as they don't want to harm me."

On the other side, Zhang Tianshi carried the basket out of the palace, got into the sedan chair, and walked back to his Tianshi mansion.

Zhongnan Mountain is the core of Beishou Taoism, and the famous Taiyi Palace is built on it.

Generally speaking, Taoist priests established by the imperial court will choose to cultivate in Zhongnan Mountain, and only a few Taoists who are responsible for 'communication' with the imperial court will stay in Bianjing City.

Zhang Tianshi is one of them.

He returned to Tianshi Mansion and carried the fruit basket into the study.

This study is quite spacious, several times larger than the study of Runan County King.It contains a large number of Taoist collections.

As soon as he sat down, three middle-aged Taoists with long beards fluttering and crowns like jade walked in, all of them with good skins.

"Sit down." The white-browed Taoist pointed to the futon in front of him: "I have brought out the old Guozi from the palace. What are your thoughts?"

The three stared at the fruit basket with greed in their eyes.

After a while, the middle-aged Taoist in the middle said, "The four of us ate the fruit and absorbed the immortal spirit inside, and the core was taken back to the top of Zhongnan Mountain and cultivated carefully."

"How about the official's side? He is waiting for us to refine the elixir for him."

"Giving the Tiger and Leopard Chongqi Pills collected in Taiyi Palace to the official family, it is said to be an elixir that has been trained. What do you think?"

"The official family has hyperactive liver-yang (high blood pressure), and he has headaches. Taking Hubao Chongqi Pills will aggravate his condition." Zhang Tianshi stroked his beard and said, "The imperial doctor in the palace is not a fool, the official family. After eating Habao Pills and having problems, most of them will find out that it was our fault.”

The Taoist on the far left said: "Then add Qingxin Pills, first coax the official's family to eat Qingxin Pills for the first half of the month, and then say to help him wash the filth in his stomach, and then let him eat tigers after his liver-yang hyperactivity improves. Leopard Chongqi Pill."

Zhang Tianshi squinted his eyes and thought for a while, and said, "Yes, let's do it like this. As long as he thinks that Hubaowan can make him flourish, he will definitely trust me, and then ask him to send more immortal fruits over, it should be feasible. ."

"Why don't we go directly to that kid Lu Sen?" The Taoist on the far right said angrily, "He claims to be a Taoist, so he should be restrained by my Zhongnanshan Taiyi Palace."

Zhang Tianshi snorted: "If you and Lu Sen moved from one place to another and had great supernatural powers, would you be at the mercy of others?"

The man stopped talking.

"Okay, let's settle things like this, let's share the fruit first."

Soon, a basket of fruits became four, and Zhang Tianshi naturally got more.

After the four of them finished eating the fruit in front of them, they began to cross-legged and closed their eyes to practice Qi.

About half an hour later, the four of them opened their eyes one after another, and within this half hour, the blood of the four of them was obviously better than before.

"It's really a strange thing, but it's a pity that there are too few fruits." One of the Taoists said: "I want Lu Sen kid to eat such a treasure as a snack every day.

The other three did not speak, but their expressions were similar to the Taoist who spoke just now.

"Don't worry, I'll go first to plant the fairy fruit and see if it has the same fairy spirit. If it doesn't work, I'll discuss it later." When Zhang Tianshi spoke, his expression was full of compassion: "I'll wait until one day, the same is true. A fish slipping through the net of heaven,"

The other three nodded in agreement, with a little fanaticism in their expressions.

After getting the official uniform, Lu Sen also went to court the next day.

If you want power, you have to be familiar with it, there is no way out.

I have to say that the court when Zhao Zhen was in power was quite interesting.

Lu Sen watched the civil servants scold every day, and after scolding, he began to scold the officials.

And Zhao Zhen had to agree with a wry smile, saying that he scolded well and scolded well.

After a few days, Lu Sen found that the court was divided into two factions.

Pang Taishi is the leader, Yan Shu, Wang Anshi and others form a faction. However, Wang Anshi's official position is not large now, and he does not have much weight in the courtroom.

Then the Eight Sage Kings, Bao Zheng, Sima Guang and others led the group into another faction.

These two groups of people scold each other every day, even over trivial matters.

Although they scolded fiercely, Lu Sen could also see that they were more on the right side of things than others... seldom attacked the character of political enemies, or privacy issues.

The military attachés and relatives of the country did not assign any assignments, they just stood by and watched the play, and seldom spoke, unless the fire burned themselves.

Lu Sen was inexplicable at first, but after more than a month, Lu Sen heard something.

These civil servants are actually fighting over the issue of reforming the New Deal.

On the side of Taishi Pang, there is a need for reform, and his will is quite strong.

The Eight Wise Kings are unwilling to change things indiscriminately. They think that there is no problem with the court now. As long as they get rid of traitors and corrupt officials, they can wash away the bad luck in the current court officials and bring peace to the world.

Watching these people quarreling is actually very interesting, because Lu Sen always feels 'unclear'.

When they scolded people, they would quote from the scriptures, obviously a passage seemed to praise you, and thank you again and again, but when they looked back, they would yell: XXXXX, you villain is actually bashing me!

After staying in the court for more than a month, Lu Sen felt that his 'literary greetings' level had greatly improved.

It was afternoon when we retreated to the DPRK today.

Because Pang Taishi and the Eight Sage Kings had a quarrel again because of the issue of agricultural wealth in Suzhou.

Suzhou is also an important economic city now. Most of the people have gone to do business, and fewer and fewer people are farming, so they can't get food.

In fact, Suzhou actually paid enough grain tax, but then it was reported that the grain received in Suzhou was all bought from other places.

Then both parties quarreled about it.

Pang Taishi believes that this matter is extremely serious, and it is related to the problem of land distribution for farmers in Suzhou, or there are disadvantages of land mergers.

The Eight Sage Kings believed that the tenants themselves were one of the national policies. As long as the farmers in Suzhou had enough to eat, it would not be a big problem.

Then the Chaotang became a pot of porridge.

Lu Sen stood beside the Runan County King, watching from the sidelines.

After these people were arguing until they were hungry in the afternoon, they gave up.

However, seeing how they are not convinced by each other, it is estimated that they will have to continue arguing tomorrow.

After retreating, Lu Sen and Prince Runan went out of the hall, and at some point, a thin layer of soft snow had fallen outside.

"My son-in-law, how about having a meal with me?"

Lu Sen looked at the snowy scene outside the palace and said with a smile, "Thank you Taishan for the invitation, but I want to go back earlier today for some things. How about Taishan sitting at my son-in-law's house? Bilian misses you very much too."

"Well... OK." Prince Runan agreed.

Except for the day of marriage, the Prince of Runan has not been a guest at Lu Sen's house.

Just when Weng and husband-in-law were about to set off, a man suddenly walked by, it was Di Qing.

He clasped his fists and smiled and said, "Prince Runan, Zhenren Lu, what a coincidence."

Weng and both husband and wife returned the ceremony.

The Duke of Runan asked, "Privacy Di, is there something important?"

Di Qing looked left and right, smiled and said, "It's a bit noisy here, how about we go to Lu Zhenren's house and talk?"

The Duke of Runan looked at Lu Sen and said, "It depends on what your son-in-law means."

"General Di's visit, why would you disagree?" Lu Sen clasped his fists: "I'm still worried about the poor reception."

The names of the two to Di Qing represent two different attitudes.

'Di Shumi' was full of life, so Prince Runan didn't think about having a good relationship with Di Qing.

Lu Sen's 'General Di' shows that he is more identified with Di Qing's 'martial arts' on the battlefield.

So the three of them walked together. At this time, many civil servants did not go far. Seeing the three of them together, they all looked a little surprised.

Walking on the street, even on snowy days, Bianjing City is very lively.

Most of the beggars hid in the sewers, where the temperature was relatively high, probably more than ten degrees.

The three walked in silence.

Suddenly, Di Qing pointed to a fortune-telling booth in front of him and said, "Since Lu Zhenren said the 'fish that slipped through the net', these fortune-tellers have the best business in Bianjing. Every day there are a lot of people queuing up. I asked them if I had slipped through the net. Even now, there is no sign of stopping.”

In Bianjing, the most fashionable thing now is fortune-telling.

Everyone wants to see if they have the potential to cultivate immortals.

And the fortune tellers don't want these guys to slip through the net. They've all become fish, and their fate is gone. Whose business will they do in the future?
So although they usually like to pick up what guests like to hear, but on this matter, none of the fortune-tellers are willing to admit that they came to fortune-telling, and some of them escaped from the fate of heaven.

The Duke of Runan and Lu Sen looked over and found that there were indeed a lot of people lining up at the fortune-telling booth in front.

After walking for a while, Di Qing suddenly asked, "Zhenzhen Lu, do all beings in this world really have the so-called destiny?"

"Life, old age, sickness and death, love and hatred, isn't it fate?" Lu Sen turned to look at the middle-aged handsome guy: "What kind of fate does General Di want to know?"

Di Qing frowned, unable to speak for a while.

After that, the three of them were silent all the way. The Duke of Runan was not Cao Yu, and he personally had no intention of making friends with most of the civil and military officials.

The three didn't speak until they walked back to the low mountain and entered the courtyard.

"Seeing this fairyland on earth again is still shocking beyond words." Di Qing stood in the pavilion, looking at the surrounding birds and mountains, and thinking about the ice and snow outside the courtyard, there was a sense of confusion in time and space.

And the expression of the Runan County King is a bit ugly.

Zhao Bilian and Ringo were fluttering butterflies in the grass, quite happy, and they didn't even notice anyone coming in.

"Xian-in-law, you concubine must be well disciplined, don't worry about me."

Looking at the dark face of Runan County King, Lu Sen smiled and said, "Bilian is innocent and romantic, I like it very much."

As soon as these words came out, the Duke of Runan and Di Qing both looked at Lu Sen with strange eyes.

It is rumored in the market that Zhenren Lu has a quirk and likes to drink his wife's foot-washing water. Is it true?
The three sat down in the gazebo.

The Duke of Runan took the initiative to speak and asked, "Shimi Di, there are only the three of us here. If there is anything else you can say."

"I heard that the lord intends to recommend Lu Zhenren as the supervisor?"

Lu Sen and Prince Runan looked at each other.

"Who did you hear about this?" Prince Runan's expression was a little serious: "Cao's family, or Zhe's family?"

"Cao family!"

"Uncle Cao, his mouth is still broken." The Duke of Runan said angrily.

"I can't blame him for this, I guessed a little bit." Di Qing clasped his fists and said, "If this matter makes the lord unhappy, Di is not here to accompany him."

"Forget it, forget it." Prince Runan waved his hand: "Then Shumi Di came to the door on his own initiative, what advice did he have?"

"I don't dare to see the teaching." Di Qing said: "If the Runan County King is willing to recommend Lu Zhenren as the supervisor, can he recommend Di Mou as the appeasement envoy to attack Xixia together with the Zhe family in the court three months later?"

The atmosphere in the pavilion was somewhat silent.

After a while, Prince Runan suddenly sneered: "You're not afraid, officials and civil servants suspect that you have evil intentions?"

"I'm afraid, of course I'm afraid." Di Qing said: "So Di came to ask the lord for help. It has always been Di's lifelong wish to appease the frontier. Therefore, this Western Xia strategy is a rare encounter in decades, and Di really wants to participate. , don't want to miss it."

"Ridiculous." King Runan snorted.

"I also ask the lord to help me." Di Qing bowed down suddenly, with a very sincere expression.

"You are embarrassing me..."

But at this time, Lu Sen suddenly said, "General Di, will you unload your privy envoy?"

Lu Sen knew very well that Di Qing could not sit in the position of the Privy Councillor.

When the two heard this, they looked at Lu Sen at the same time, and then almost simultaneously showed their thoughts.

Especially Di Qing, whose expression was a little subtle, with a bit of relief in his panic.

(End of this chapter)