On the Avenue

Chapter 141 Xiaowu makes trouble in Xijing

Xijing, Imperial Observatory.

Several Lingtai Langs of the Imperial Observatory came to see the left supervisor Tang Muhe in a panic. Tang Muhe was a Western Yi, a descendant of Europeans. Seeing them coming overnight, he was panicked and asked, "What happened?"

Lingtai Lang Fu Qingfeng said, "Sir, we observed the sky at night and found that there were dozens of corpses hanging in the sky, floating 60 miles in the sky, coming from east to west. According to their trajectory, they will arrive in Xijing at noon tomorrow!"

Tang Muhe was very surprised and came to the Sitian Terrace in person.

On the Sitian Terrace, there were floating mirrors. Those mirrors were all bronze mirrors. The big ones were more than ten feet in diameter, and the small ones were only an inch, all floating in the air.

There was a star map on the back of the bronze mirror, with star palace patterns such as the Big Dipper, the Southern Dipper, and the four great beasts painted on it. The front mirror surface was either convex or concave, and was polished to be extremely smooth and flat, without a trace of dust.

These bronze mirrors can be combined in different ways in the air to see thousands of miles away or to see dust close up.

Left Supervisor Tang Muhe came to the Sitian Terrace. The officials of the Imperial Observatory had already adjusted various bronze mirrors. They saw the large and small mirrors in the air moving slowly, indicating that the target was also moving slowly.

Left Supervisor Tang Muhe looked at the flat mirror at the bottom, and saw that the mirror reflected more than ten corpses, facing up to the sky, with their limbs hanging down, floating in the air.

The officials below presented a paper, which listed the height they calculated and the flying speed of the flying corpses.

"Twenty years ago, there was a similar astronomical phenomenon... Report it to the cabinet quickly and give it to the cabinet minister!"

Not long after, the cabinet minister Yan Xianzhi put on his clothes, and the maid lit a lamp to illuminate the memorial presented by the Imperial Observatory.

Yan Xianzhi read it carefully and his face changed slightly.

"Twenty years ago, the corpse was hung on Jinshan Mountain. I heard that many people died, and even four kings among the Heaven Listeners died."

Yan Xianzhi's face was uncertain. The reason why the incident was settled was that Chen Yindu, a person among the people, led twelve gods to suppress it.

Chen Yindu, also known as the Butcher of Xijing!

Chen Yindu once massacred people in Xijing. Naturally, the cabinet collected all kinds of information about Chen Yindu. Everything he had done before was recorded in full.

Yan Xianzhi hurriedly ordered people to find all kinds of information about the Butcher of Xijing, and soon there were piles of documents.

Many clerks were quickly reading these documents in the hall. Yan Xianzhi sat in the hall, and the maids helped to massage his shoulders and back, and there were beauties serving tea and standing by his side.

Yan Xianzhi was fully awake, and heard a clerk below say: "Sir, I found the record of Chen Yindu ten years ago! Ten years ago, Chen Yindu led the 32 Fu Shen Tianji and had a great battle in Ganyang Mountain! The opponent in the battle is suspected to be the owner of the Jinshan Hanging Corpse!"

Another clerk said: "Sir, Chen Yindu brought four Fu Shen Tianji to fight the owner of the Jinshan Hanging Corpse thirty years ago!"

"Sir, there are also records from forty years ago! Chen Yindu brought two Fu Shen Tianji to fight the owner of the Jinshan Hanging Corpse!"

...

Various information was reported, and Yan Xianzhi had a rough idea of ​​who the owner of the Jinshan Hanging Corpse was. This person had a blood feud with Chen Yindu, and he had been silent for ten years. He came here most likely to seek revenge on Chen Yindu.

"Maybe it can be used..."

Just when he thought of this, he heard another clerk say: "Sir, we have found out the origin of the owner of the corpse hanging in Jinshan! The owner of the corpse is Chen Yindu's eldest son Chen Wu, nicknamed Xiaowu. The spies among the scattered people said that Chen Wu was created by Chen Yindu, but later lost control and turned into an evil god."

The teacup in Yan Xianzhi's hand was crushed to pieces, and the tea almost splashed on him.

"You go down first."

He waved his hand and called another person, saying, "Wenshan, you stay."

The clerk named Wenshan stopped and bowed to stand by. Yan Xianzhi waved his hand to let the maids and servants retreat, saying: "Wenshan, please help me draft a resignation letter. I will resign from the position of Grand Secretary tomorrow. Whoever is willing to take the position of Grand Secretary can do it. The Xia family, the Zhang family, the Yang family, these noble families have been fighting for the position of Grand Secretary for a long time. They have been looking for trouble with me everywhere and looking for mistakes in my words and deeds. I should also step down and give the young people a chance."

Wenshan was shocked and said: "The Grand Secretary is now in his prime, shouldering fifty provinces, how many Qing Liu looked up at the old cabinet, how could the old cabinet abandon the burden? "

Yan Xianzhi smiled and said: "I am old, I have to give young people a chance. The position of the old cabinet has always been in my hands. Not only do the other twelve families have complaints, but even my Yan family has many dissatisfactions, but I am in the position and they are covered up. Now I step down, let them fight for this position, and they don't have to scold me behind my back. "

Wenshan said: "Old cabinet, it will be difficult to come back after you step down. Old cabinet, think twice!"

Yan Xianzhi smiled and said leisurely: "Maybe it will be easier. "

Wenshan didn't understand what he meant, so he had to bow his head and write his resignation letter as he asked.

Before the five o'clock court meeting the next day, the cabinet held a morning meeting. The first assistant and the other twelve cabinet ministers gathered together to deal with and review the memorials submitted from all over the country. The thirteen cabinet ministers communicated with each other, and then announced the results of the handling at the court meeting.

Yan Xianzhi's resignation still caused quite a stir, and the other twelve cabinet ministers looked at each other in surprise.

The happy thing was that Yan Xianzhi, the old man, finally gave up the position of the chief minister.

The shocking thing was that Yan Xianzhi must have been frightened by something and hurriedly gave up the position of the chief minister!

This matter must be very serious.

However, it was naturally a good thing for Yan to give up his position, and the twelve cabinet ministers all wanted to make further progress, so they naturally fought overtly and covertly.

However, during the court meeting, the governor of Dongchang came to the table again and said: "I am old and the old disease in my legs has relapsed. I am begging for my bones to return home."

There was an uproar in the court again. Ten years ago, the governor of the East Factory fought against the Butcher of Xijing and became famous in a battle. Although his legs were disabled, his power was still as powerful as before. He was in the prime of his life. How could he resign at this time?

"We eunuchs always have some hidden diseases in us. It will be too late if we don't retreat." The governor sat in a wheelchair, very calmly.

Yan Xianzhi looked at the governor and thought, "He is quite well informed."

At the court meeting that day, several senior officials from the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Fifth Military Governor's Office also felt that they were getting old and wanted to give up their talents to younger people, so they submitted their resignations.

The ruling and opposition parties were in an uproar.

At noon, Tang Muhe, the left prisoner of Qintian Prison, looked at the mirror and saw that there was one more corpse on the mirror.

At night, there was another corpse on the mirror.

Xijing was peaceful, no news came, and people still lived quietly.

"The great evil invades quietly." Tang Muhe whispered.

When there were as many as twenty corpses hanging in the sky, there was finally some restlessness inside Xijing.

"Several officials from the Criminal Department are missing."

Someone reported to Yan Xianzhi and said, "They are all officials responsible for handling the case."

Yan Xianzhi asked: "Were these missing officials responsible for the case of the child scholar who ranked first in the fifty provinces?"

"Your Excellency knows everything!"

Yan Xianzhi raised his head to look at the sky and said with a smile: "As expected, I came here to find the old account. Dragons can be big or small. They can rise and disappear. If they are big, they can stir up clouds and spit out mist. If they are small, they can hide and conceal their form. Now, It’s the time when I, Cain, hide my form and silently watch the creation Xiao Wu making trouble.”

After another period of time, the number of missing people increased, and hundreds of corpses were hanging in the sky. Tang Muhe reported to the cabinet, which was shocked.

On this day, there was a wave of sword light flying into the sky, but most of the sword light could not reach a height of sixty miles, or at most thirty miles, from the ground, and could not go any further.

In the sky, the number of hanging corpses is still slowly increasing, people are constantly missing, and corpses appear sixty miles above the ground.

Panic spread like a plague, making everyone in Xijing panic.

That is the fear of the unknown enemy. This enemy is hidden in the dark. No one knows whether his next target is himself. No one knows how he will kill himself and hang his body high in the sky to display!

But gradually, interested people discovered that the dead people were related to a public case that year.

"This murderer is trying to take this opportunity to force out the real culprit of that public case."

Yan Xianzhi said to the visiting Governor, "President Feng, this creature Xiaowu is smarter than his father. The more corpses hanging, the greater the pressure. When everyone is in danger, there will be internal strife and explanations." Find out who took away the innate Taoist child."

The governor's real name was Feng Tianhuan, also known as Eunuch Feng and Governor Feng. He also resigned from office this time and came to see Yan Xianzhi in a wheelchair. Hearing this, he smiled and said: "I am no longer the governor. Please don't call me that anymore." Lord Governor, just call me Tianhuan.”

He paused and said: "Back then, the Butcher came to Xijing and killed people like rivers of blood. People in Xijing were panicked, but didn't they force out the murderer? This time, even if Creation Xiaowu has better means, he may not be able to force out that person."

"not necessarily."

Yan Xianzhi said with a smile, "That man got the innate Tao fetus not long ago, but now it has been ten years. In ten years, the unparalleled innate Tao fetus is enough for an ordinary person to cultivate from the divine fetus realm to an extremely high realm. If I were He must have a plan."

Eunuch Feng leaned over and said, "May I ask, sir, who is this person?"

Yan Xianzhi drank tea and said with a smile: "Like the governor, I know nothing."

Eunuch Feng laughed and said: "Slick, slick! By the way, something happened in Qianyang Mountain. Does the boss know? I heard that thirteen noble families sent experts to explore the Ming Dynasty treasure ship. As a result, the treasure ship got rid of petrification and set off from Dejiang. Sailing into the sea of ​​darkness. Do you have any news for me?"

Yan Xianzhi sighed, put down the tea cup, shook his head and said, "There is no news. My descendants of the Yan family, as well as my uncle who is the governor of Xinxiang, have also disappeared. I don't know whether they are dead or alive."

Although Eunuch Feng had spies in various places, he did not get any more information. He pondered for a moment and said: "The seat of governor of Xinxiang is still vacant. Is the Yan family interested? The ancients said that one should not avoid relatives when promoting talents, so the boss might as well Recommend a few experts from the Yan family to guard Xinxiang."

Yan Xianzhi sighed again and said: "In just six months, the governor of Xinxiang has died for two terms. Xinxiang is a dangerous place. How can I let the children of my Yan family put themselves in danger?"

He shook his head: "Now I am afraid that there will be a big chaos in Xijing, but the governor of Xinxiang is a trivial matter. Dealing with the coming chaos is the serious business."

Eunuch Feng said: "Although it is a small matter, autumn is not far away. Without the governor of Xinxiang to take charge, the scholars in Xinxiang Province will not be able to take the examination. Wouldn't it be a waste of several years?"

Yan Xianzhi thought for a moment and said: "This year is special. The cabinet will issue an order to let the scholars from Xinxiang counties go to other provinces to make do with it. It's just a hardship for these scholars."

Although he had resigned as the Shofu University Scholar, his influence was still there. After conveying his intention to the cabinet, an order was soon issued to Xinxiang.

After a few days, notices were posted in various counties, attracting many people to watch.

"Our scholars from Xinxiang County are going to Gongzhou to take the exam."

Li Tianqing hurriedly returned from the county seat, went straight to Chen Shi's house, and said to him, "The road to Gongzhou is quite long, and there are evil spirits everywhere on the road. I'm afraid many scholars will die just to take the exam! This rule was probably thought up by Xijing!" "

"Slandering Xijing's will, Tianqing, I think you will be escorted to Caishikou and beheaded sooner or later."

Chen Shi has recovered from the incident of creating Xiao Wu and is washing clothes at home. He won a bet with Li Tianqing. Li Tianqing washed his clothes for five days, but now that the five days have passed, he can only wash them by himself.

Chen Shi took out a letter from the sleeve pocket of his dirty clothes and looked at it. It was an envelope given to him by Mrs. Hua Li. Inside was an invitation to a private gathering.

He had recently been busy with the Ming Dynasty treasure ship, and met the creator Xiaowu pretending to be his father Chen Tang, so he forgot about the letter and has not opened it yet.

Li Tianqing ran to the guest room and said while taking off his clothes: "If I want to behead, I have to kill your head first. By the way, Xiao Shi, I have already reached the third level of the Golden Core!"

He rushed out shirtless, stuffed his dirty clothes to Chen Shi, then put on new clothes and said: "Three rounds of the golden elixir, you are sure to win the exam!"

"I also achieved the third level of the Golden Elixir yesterday." Chen Shi soaked the dirty clothes in the water and said.

Li Tianqing sat down, fetched a wooden basin to help him wash clothes, and said loudly: "Black pot, black pot! Get two more buckets of water!"

Heiguo stood up, went to the well, brought the bucket to the well, swung it, filled it with water, lifted the water up with the well rope, carried it to Li Tianqing's side, and poured it into the wooden basin.

While Li Tianqing was washing clothes, he glanced at Chen Shi and asked tentatively: "Are you still thinking about creating Xiao Wu?"

Chen Shi opened the envelope and shook his head: "I don't think about it anymore."

"He is an evil spirit. No, he is an evil god!"

Li Tianqing washed his clothes and said, "He pretended to be your father and had evil intentions. If Granny Sha and the others hadn't found out earlier, we would have been toyed with and eaten by him!"

Chen Shi shook his head and said: "I feel that he once regarded me as his own son and had no intention of harming me. If Chen Tang treats me half as well as he does, I will be relieved."

He turned over the envelope and slid out a palm-length wooden sign.

The texture of the wooden plaque is so delicate that no wood can be seen. It has been brushed with tung oil and has a jade-like luster.

On the front of the wooden sign is a strange pattern. Two gods with human heads and snake bodies, a man on the left and a woman on the right. The snake bodies are intertwined with each other in a spiral shape. The two face each other, with one hand raised and the other holding each other's hands.

They raised their hands, one holding a compass and the other a measuring stick.

Chen Shi turned to the back and saw a pattern of a compass and a measuring ruler.

The legs of the compass are spread apart, and the measuring stick passes through the middle of the compass.

This is the Sanren Token.

The pattern of a measuring stick passing through a compass is the symbol of a Sanren.

Chen Shi put the token aside and pulled out a piece of paper from the envelope. On the paper was written the words "Gongzhou Henggong Mountain Wuling" and attached a geographical map.

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