This Northern Song Dynasty is a bit weird

Chapter 94 From then on
Inside the square stone cylinder, Lu Sen lit the torch.

The place here is not too big, 33 Imperial City Division masters plus Lu Sen can barely squeeze in.

It's just that there is no air circulation, which makes people feel a little stuffy.

The leader of the Imperial City Division, named Gao Tong, heard Luo Bufan's roar from the outside, then turned to look at Lu Sen and asked, "Zhenzhen Lu, we can only hide for a while, the longer the time is, the more the air will be. It's turbid, and we all have to die in it."

"Just dig the tunnel and go." Lu Sen took out the stone pick from the system backpack and handed it to them: "Trouble you."

"Good to say."

With these stone picks, everyone in the Imperial City Division was very happy.

Before they were on the top of the mountain, they also helped to use these stone picks to dig out a lot of stones. Lu Sen was able to synthesize more than a thousand stone giant wheels in just a few days... In fact, even the top of the mountain was dug down at that time. About ten feet.

At the moment, everyone in the Imperial City Division was digging a hole under the ground, very hard.Lu Sen collected clods and stones on the side, and after digging deep enough, he blocked the entrance with soil blocks.

33 people worked at the same time, and they had special tools, so they dug very quickly.

In less than a stick of incense, they dug to a depth of more than two feet underground.

Then he went to the side of the road to dig. Lu Sen held a torch, and he didn't know how long he had been digging. A straight channel with a height and width appeared.

After the stone picks in everyone's hands disappeared because their durability dropped to zero, Lu Sen estimated that he was more than ten meters away from the roadside before.

"Rest here for a while, and continue digging later." Lu Sen sat down casually.

The passage is very clean. Lu Sen has re-paved it with stone blocks, mainly to prevent the tunnel from collapsing. Cleanliness is only a side effect.

Huangchengsi and his party also sat down, very quiet and very disciplined.

Lu Sen was thinking about what happened just now. The last group of archers who appeared was obviously the regular army, that is, the soldiers.

Soldiers and martial artists have different temperaments, and it is easy to tell them apart.

Donghai Penglai is a martial art, but it is not easy to have soldiers to help out.

Moreover, the people from the Imperial City Division also discovered this. They were originally engaged in intelligence, and their observation skills may be much stronger than Lu Sen.

Gao Tong sat quietly for a while, and couldn't help but ask, "Zhenzhen Lu, do you know the details of the East China Sea Penglai School?"

"I don't know, it's just that this sect wants to use my master's name to act, so naturally they didn't give them good fruit to eat." Lu Sen smiled: "Not long ago, I promised to the martial arts that I would use a bottle of honey for their head. The head is on the top. Now they are probably in a hurry, so they want to kidnap me. "

"But they actually have a large number of archers." Gao Tong's eyes became sharp: "And they are still working near the capital. This matter is going to break the sky."

Unlike Lu Sen, Gao Tong was very familiar with the troops near the capital.

Those archers were definitely not the forbidden army. He knew almost all the people in the forbidden army, and it was impossible for them to be the armies guarding the capital.

The Xiang army was barely fighting, but most of them had been taken away by Di Qing, and they went to Qinfeng Road to attack Xixia. It was a bit difficult to gather Bailai Archers.

In other words, this group of archers should have been transferred from other places.

Without reporting, without permission, private deployment of troops, this is a big taboo.

This time I can ambush Lu Zhenren. If I have the chance next time, will I ambush the official's house?

Gao Tong's expression became very gloomy.

The Imperial City Division itself has the responsibility to protect the palace, but the Imperial Army is clearly visible, and they are in the dark.

Everyone rested here for a while, and Lu Sen took out some stone picks and asked them to continue digging.

After doing this three times, the passage was dug for more than 40 feet, and after waiting underground for so long, Gao Tong said, "Really Lu, we should be able to go up. But this time we will take the lead and confirm that there is no danger outside." , call you out again."

Lu Sen nodded.

Then everyone in the Imperial City Division dug a sloping hole up, and then carefully dug a hole, first drilled out to look left and right, and after there was no danger, invited Lu Sen to the ground.

At this time, the sky was already in the west, and the people from the Imperial City Division explored the surroundings, turned back, and said, "There is no danger around, and the enemy should have left."

There was a member of the Imperial City Division next to him, and he said doubtfully, "They don't wait for us to come out?"

"It's not far from Bianjing, they don't dare to stay longer." Gao Tong snorted and said coldly: "If it's later, they will collide with the people from the inspection department, and they don't dare to stay longer. "

The group went out to the official road, and after waiting for a while, they saw a group of black-clothed patrolmen riding their horses, about a hundred people, looking very mighty.

At this time, the Inspection Division was not established for many years, and it was still subject to the restraint of local government offices.

The two leading people were acquaintances Lu Sen knew.

Dynasty and Mahan, the two deputy heads of Kaifeng House.

They also saw the people from the Imperial City Division from a distance, and then they saw Lu Sen, and the two deputy head catchers trotted over on their horses, and when they got close, they turned over and dismounted, bowed their hands and bowed: "Xiaguan Kaifeng Mansion Deputy arrestor, Chao Dynasty (Ma Han) has met Lu Zhenren and colleagues from the Imperial City Division."

"The two headhunters have not seen each other for a long time." Lu Sen also smiled and bowed his hands in return.

Everyone in the Imperial City Division clasped their fists, which was considered a salute.

"Zhenzhen Lu, are you walking back?" Dynasty looked around, but did not find the mounts of Lu Sen and the others.

Lu Sen smiled bitterly, and immediately told what happened just now. He estimated that those horses were also taken away by the people sent by Donghai Penglai.

You must know that horses at this time are roughly equivalent to modern cars, but they are extremely expensive things.

A steed is equivalent to a supercar, which is probably how it feels.

When Chao Dynasty and Mahan heard this, their faces were pale and sweating profusely.

It is less than a hundred miles away from the capital, at the foot of the emperor.There is actually an established system, and the bow soldier who does not know the details touches it?Moreover, the intention to kidnap Zhenren Lu is a monstrous event.

The two immediately called the other colleagues of the Inspection Department to come over and asked them to give up 34 horses, and then Wang Chao said: "Please return to the capital first, Mr. Lu and colleagues from the Imperial City Department, and we will guard the side."

"That's right." Gao Tong was very satisfied: "As expected of Bao Fu Yin's subordinate, he does things well."

Dynasty and Mahan smiled wryly. If something like this happened, the two of them couldn't escape the hat of 'ineffective inspection'.

Now we can only try to make up for the mistakes.

So, under the protection of the Inspection Division, Lu Sen and the others rode back to the capital of Bian before the evening.

As for the 34 inspectors who gave up their mounts, they had no choice but to walk back to the city.

The Imperial City Division sent Lu Sen back to the low mountain, and watched him enter the courtyard before leaving.

When Lu Sen returned home, he had just entered the door when he saw Zhao Bilian rushing out and throwing himself into his arms, crying and laughing.

Afterwards, Yang Jinhua, Hei Zhu and Ringo also came out. They were very happy when they saw Lu Sen.

Next, it was the moment when the happy family visited each other, and there was nothing to say.

In the middle of the night, Lu Sen settled the two women, Zhao Bilian was already asleep, but Yang Jinhua had an excellent physique and was not sleepy.

"When the official was not at home, my mother came to stay for a few days, and only left the day before yesterday." Yang Jinhua recounted the matter of the Yang family's position without hesitation when she did not know how the court would deal with Lu Sen some time ago. : "I plan to bring some gifts to thank them in two days, as the old lady of the Lu family."

Married daughters, spilled water.

No matter how good the relationship between the daughter and her family is, the Lu family and the Yang family are still two different surnames.

Love is love, reason is reason.

As the eldest wife of the Lu family, Yang Jinhua must do enough in her appearance, otherwise she will be laughed at by outsiders.

After all, she is now the 'Lu Yang' in the eyes of outsiders.

"I don't know much about the world, so you can decide."

Yang Jinhua guessed that Lu Sen would say this. She smiled and asked, "I heard that officials are showing great power in the army, killing more than [-] enemies. Tell me how to do it, okay?"

Her eyes were bright, and she looked at her man with admiration.

In the palace at this time, after listening to Gao Tong's report, Zhao Zhen asked, "The Liuchuan character is gone? What about Xiao Zuosheng?"

Xiao Zuosheng was the little eunuch who went to Qingzhou with Lu Sen, but after arriving in Qingzhou, he disappeared by himself, and the people from the Imperial City Division were not surprised by this, Lu Sen knew that the little eunuch must have his own task, so I didn't ask much.

"He should still be hiding in the city of Xi'an." Gao Tong bent over and said respectfully, "Eunuch Liu's disappearance, he may know something, that is, there is no secret letter."

Zhao Zhen bit the pear, which was sent by the Prince of Runan, and there were several in the basket next to it.

After eating the pears, he could feel that his head gradually stopped hurting: "Let's put their affairs aside for now. You just said that there are more than [-] archers outside the city? Is it related to the East China Sea Penglai Sect?"

Gao Tong nodded yes.

"Oh, I'm too good at talking, so some people always want to bully me." Zhao Zhen was a little angry at first, but then sighed and said, "Ouyang Shenzheng wrote an essay in Hangzhou before and presented it through the post. He said earlier that Penglai in the East China Sea spread the words of ghosts and gods, and it seems that he has an evil intention, and now there are bow soldiers involved with them, no matter what he thinks, they are all directed at my dragon chair."

Gao Tong didn't dare to answer. In front of big people, he said too many mistakes. It's better not to say anything, just listen to the order.

But Zhao Zhen didn't seem to want to 'let him go', and asked with a smile: "Those who have such strength are nothing more than those few. Gao Tong, who do you think wants to rebel? Chai Wangfu, Xiangyang Wangfu, Yang Wang, Jing Wang , King Yong, or the King of Runan County?"

Gao Tong was in a cold sweat, too frightened to speak, and only the fool got involved in the dispute of the Zhao family.

Seeing him like this, Zhao Zhen thought it was rather boring: "Forget it, you go down first, and go to Supervisor Mei tomorrow to collect the reward."

"Many thanks to the official family." Gao Tong breathed a sigh of relief, bent down and exited the room at a very fast speed.

There was only Zhao Zhen left in the room, and soon after, a long sigh came from the room, full of loneliness and loss.

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The next day, Lu Sen went to the morning court.

In the courtroom, Zhao Zhen first said something about how hard Lu Zhenren had worked hard, and then appointed Lu Lin.

The title of Daoist Master Zhongnanshan remains unchanged, because this is already the highest title of a Taoist in the human world, and even a Celestial Master cannot compare.

The real change in real power is that the official rank has changed from the fifth to the fourth, and he is appointed to the ancestral department of the Ministry of Rites.

Although the Ministry of Rites can be regarded as Qingshui Yamen, in terms of status, it is the most noble of the six.

Responsible for festival sacrifices, scientific research appointments, reception of foreign envoys, etc.

The ancestral department is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites, and is in charge of carving sacrifices, witchcraft, and incense money for temples, Taoist temples, and nunneries in the world.

As we all know... incense money is actually quite a lot of oil and water, it depends on whether you can collect it or not.

And Zhao Zhen's appointment made it clear: Lu Zhenren, from now on, all the monks and Taoists in the world will be under your control.

So in name, Lu Sen is the real person of Zhongnan Mountain, the highest title of Taoism, and now he has real power. If he wants to say that Zhongnan Mountain is not Taoist orthodoxy, Longhu Mountain is... Then the post of Heavenly Master will be Only from Longhu Mountain.

Just so arrogant.

Lu Sen cupped his hands and took over the position.

He looks so stubborn and arrogant, no matter who looks at it, he will think that Lu Sen is not interested in this official position.

But no one thinks he is pretending... A true cultivator who knows magic and needs power?
After retreating from the court at noon, Lu Sen went to the Ministry of Rites to the west of Kaifeng Mansion to hand over the official seal.

As soon as Lu Sen entered the door, he was welcomed by almost everyone in the Ministry of Rites.

Even the Minister of Rites, Yan Shu, took the initiative to greet Lu Sen.

After touting each other, Yan Shu took Lu Sen to the auditorium, asked the latter to sit down, and asked, "Zhenzhen Lu, the so-called three fires for a new official, do you have any ideas? Does it fit?"

The position of the ancestral department Langzhong is not too big or small, and it is far less domineering than a 'real person', so anyone with a higher EQ will not call Lu Sen Lu Langzhong.

"Head of sacrifice." Lu Sen thought about it for a while, and suddenly remembered, when it comes to sacrifice, he is really a good thing and wants to show it to people of this era: "Then let the world see, the ancestors' witches How is the festival?"

Yan Shu was stunned for a moment, and his thin face was full of incredulity: "Could it be that Zhenren Lu wants to use the immortal family shadow play to reproduce the ancient ritual of witchcraft?"

Lu Sen nodded.

Yan Zhu hissed: "You can see the appearance of the ancestors?"

"visible!"

Yan Shu suddenly felt his scalp go numb.

Lu Sen has been showing films in Bianjing for several months.

All the animals and geography are displayed, and no 'people' have ever appeared on the camera.

Yan Shu was stunned for a while, and then asked, "But tonight?"

"Correct."

Yan Shu stood up, cupped his hands and said, "The old man will go home first, wash and change his clothes, and then burn incense to meditate."

After all, he turned and left.

The officials standing next to them also hurriedly finished their tasks. After accusing Lu Sen, they went home immediately, probably washing and changing clothes.

Soon, there was no one in the Ministry of Rites.

Lu Sen had no choice but to get up and go home.

He didn't know that when he returned to the low mountain, the entire Bianjing city moved.

After hearing that Lu Zhenren was going to use the Xianjia shadow puppet show and preside over the witch sacrifice ceremony tonight, everyone who has the conditions will start to wash and change clothes. Come back and mix in the water to exorcise yourself.

Lu Sen was born in the information age, and there are not many traditional customs still in the ground, and young people are too lazy to engage in these things.

So he didn't know how much the ancients valued sacrifice.

Not to mention, this is still a witch sacrifice of the ancients.

A witch communicates the heaven and the earth with a human body. In essence, this is the ritual of inviting the gods.

(End of this chapter)