Chapter 52: Niu Dianqian monitors the local eunuchs
Yuan Mansion.
There were three carriages parked in the yard, two of which were already piled full of bedding rolls. Sima Yuan was still busy, carrying pots, pans, and utensils onto the carriages one after another.
Madam Sima Yufu sat on the shaft of the cart, holding Yuan Jirui in her arms, and said to her brothers and sisters, "Go, help your father and take off the roof for me."
Yuan Dalang responded and was about to get off the car, but Yuan Erniang grabbed him and whispered, "I'm talking in anger, can't you hear it?"
Yuan Dalang exclaimed, "Ah!" and said quickly, "I heard it..."
Yu Fu sneered, and looked at Yuan Sima rushing out of the house for the thirty-third time with a bookcase in his arms. His eyebrows jumped, and he couldn't help but raised his voice and said, "Are you moving or running for your life? Do you still have the mind to read your crappy book on the road? I don't see you read it many times on weekdays..."
"Madam, you misunderstood," Yuan Sima came over and opened the bookcase. There were no books inside, but folded socks. "I was afraid that it would rain on the road and my shoes and socks would get wet, so I brought more socks."
Yufu: “…”
Yuan Dalang, Yuan Erniang, Yuan Sanlang: "..."
Yufu said with a wry smile: "You are really thoughtful."
Yuan Sima said embarrassedly: "It's just a trivial matter, Madam, thank you for your praise..."
"Hurry up and get in the car!" Yu Fu suddenly raised her voice. If she didn't explain clearly, Lao Deng wouldn't be able to tell good from bad. "By the time you finish cleaning up, the barbarians will have already broken in!"
"Yes, yes, yes..." Yuan Sima stuffed the book box filled with clean socks into the loading compartment, went to the first car, jumped onto the shaft, and sat down next to Yufu. Just as he sat down, he remembered, "...wait, there is also a pencil case, which contains ear picks, nail clippers, toothpicks, meat forks...these are all very important things..."
"Gee!" Yu Fuli was not happy to pay attention to him, he raised the whip and shouted.
The horse raised its front hooves, its mane blown back by the oncoming breeze. It was supposed to be moving forward, but it froze in an instant, as if it had seen something extremely terrifying, and its four hooves suddenly kicked on the spot.
What happened to this horse?
“Whoa~whoa~”
Yu Fu tried to comfort him in a hurry, but accidentally, Yuan Jirui in her arms fell to the ground.
"Ji Rui!"
Yuan Dalang, Yuan Erniang, and Yuan Sanlang exclaimed and reached out to pull the little sister without thinking.
Now the center of gravity tilted to one side, and the whole carriage was about to overturn.
A breeze blew around the carriage and lifted it up with ease. Ji Rui, who had fallen to the ground, seemed to be stuck in a ball of cotton. He bounced back into Yu Fu's arms.
The horse made a panicked "tick-tock" sound for a while, then suddenly realized something and fell silent.
The Yuan family was still in shock. Yu Fu threw away the whip and hugged Ji Rui for a long time: "You are not hurt anywhere, right? Ah?"
Yuan Sima stared blankly ahead. Yuan Dalang, Yuan Erniang, and Yuan Sanlang successively noticed that something was wrong with their father's expression and looked in the direction he was looking.
I saw a woman in crimson clothes, jade belt, black eyebrows and starry eyes appeared in the yard. Although she was not wearing fancy clothes, she had a tall and majestic figure and extraordinary demeanor. It was obvious at a glance that she was an enlightened master who was detached from the world.
Next to her stood a majestic white dog, a head taller than the Yuan family's horse, with its steel teeth faintly exposed, which was frightening.
After checking Ji Rui and confirming that his little daughter was not injured, Yu Fu felt relieved, but suddenly he found that the surroundings were too quiet. He looked up in confusion and met the eyes of the sect leader Li Zhou.
"Oh my god." She was frightened. "You, you, you, who are you? Why did you suddenly appear in my yard?"
Li Zhou glanced at the confused Ji Rui and said politely, "I am the leader of Duotian Sect, Xue Jingzhen. I heard that the youngest daughter of the Yuan family is extremely talented, so I came here to ask if she is willing to become my disciple and practice with me?"
Yufu hugged Ji Rui tightly and was about to refuse.
Sima Yuan came back to his senses, turned sideways, covered his mouth with his hand, swallowed his saliva and said, "Madam, this, this, this seems to be the one the governor mentioned before..."
"who?"
"She is the first person in three thousand years. Everyone in Sizhou, no, Da Zhou, should treat her with courtesy. She is a true sage and a master of the Tao!"
Yuan Sima's level is not enough to know the secret that the gods will be resurrected and the leader of Duotian Sect will be the only hope in troubled times.
Once the news of the coming chaos spreads, it will only make the chaos come faster.
In order to prevent his subordinates from being ignorant and short-sighted and offending the sect leader, Governor Jiang could only exaggerate the cultivation level of Sect Leader Xue to increase everyone's awe of Sect Leader Duotian.
And Yuan Sima lived up to his expectations and firmly remembered the title of "the first person in three thousand years".
When Yu Fu heard him say this, she was not as happy as if her family was lucky enough to have her child favored by a master. Doesn't this mean that they have no right to refuse at all?
But how could her Ruier, who was mentally handicapped, leave her parents' arms... Hey, since such a powerful figure appeared in Sizhou City, does it mean that the siege of Sizhou has been lifted?
Yu Fu quickly let go of Ji Rui, got off the carriage and bowed, "May I ask Sect Master Xue, have the dog barbarians retreated?"
“No.”
“…”
Yu Fu and his men were dumbfounded. The enemy hasn't retreated yet, and you're here to recruit disciples?
Li Zhou looked at the expressions of Yufu, Yuan Sima and others, thought for a moment, and added: "The Inuyi prince Nuzadu is dead, and the Inuyi army he brought with him was all accepted by Princess Changning."
Yufu: “…”
She finally understood why some people could not bear the emotional shock and fainted when they were extremely happy or sad.
Bad news, the enemy hasn't left.
Good news, the enemy has become our own.
Yufu patted his chest, calmed himself down, and looked up at the sky thoughtfully.
Just now, dark clouds were covering the city. According to the dog-barbarian people captured in Sizhou city, it was the god Mahakala who was about to descend. In another hour and a half, all the people in Sizhou would become sacrifices to the god, and no one would be able to escape.
How long had it been? A quarter of an hour? Half an incense stick?
The dark clouds have all dispersed, revealing the azure blue sky again. The terrifying atmosphere that made people feel uneasy and breathless has also disappeared without a trace.
Who did it? Do I need to ask more?
Yu Fu bowed again: "Thank you, Master, for saving the people of Sizhou."
Li Zhou looked at Yu Fu quietly, and when he saw that she did not immediately express her opinion on becoming her disciple, he had a bad feeling.
"It's just that," Yu Fu really made a change of tone and said carefully, "I am a dull girl by nature. I am afraid that I will disappoint the Sect Master's expectations."
Li Zhou thought for a moment and said, "The reason why Ji Rui is in a daze is because he is missing a soul called Shuangling."
Yu Fu was startled, and subconsciously glanced at his little daughter who was sitting in the car in a daze. Only then did he realize that Sect Master Xue was indeed an accomplished master.
I clearly didn't tell her about Rui'er's affairs, but she knew everything about it.
"Then Sect Master Xue, do you know how to call back this soul?"
"Her soul is in Longgou Village outside the city." Li Zhou said with a smile, "As long as we take Ji Rui's body there, that soul will sense it and naturally return to its place."
Yu Fu was overjoyed. What else was there to say? Let’s set off for Longgou Village now.
When she heard that Master Xue was going to pick up a family at Old Sour Jujube Lane, she immediately took the initiative and said, "The carriage is ready. Let's take my carriage and go together."
After saying this, he first drove Yuan Sima out of the car, and then threw out the pile of bundles that he had collected with great difficulty.
After much persuasion, Yuan Sima finally agreed to go with them and did not have to stay at home with the bundle.
Sima Yuan was driving the carriage. He glanced at Sect Leader Xue, who was riding a white dog beside the carriage, and whispered to Yu Fu in the carriage, "The Sect Leader's dog can eat you and your daughter in one bite. I am here to take care of you."
Yufu said, "Yes, you should feed the clan leader's divine dog first, then we mother and daughter won't have to worry about being eaten."
Yuan Sima: “…”
Sima Yuan shut his mouth in grievance and dared not speak anymore.
Yu Fu lowered the curtain and pinched Ji Rui's chubby little face: "You little rascal, you've made your mother worry for so many years. When your soul returns to its rightful place, I'll make you eat a blow from the iron sand palm."
Yuan Dalang nodded: "Mom, you have to be more forceful. For so many years, we have been the only ones who got beaten. Fourth sister doesn't even know how powerful you are."
Yuan Erniang and Yuan Sanlang quietly moved away from him, thinking to themselves that their eldest brother would always be so much like their father.
A moment later, a wailing sound was heard in the carriage.
Ji Rui hadn't eaten the Iron Sand Palm yet, so Yuan Dalang had it first.
…
The group walked towards Longgou Village in a lively manner. Before leaving the city, they passed by the Old Suanzao Lane to pick up Qiufang Cong'er and her mother-in-law.
Having already found out what had just happened, the neighbors in Old Sour Jujube Lane no longer hid and rushed to stuff their jars of sauerkraut and rice wine into the carriage.
A few of the confident ones glanced at the Immortal Master, and suddenly started laughing and punching and dancing with sticks.
Although Sect Leader Li Zhou held the view of teaching everyone without distinction, he did not recruit more people. Firstly, he still had to go to Longgou Village. If he was too late, Hei Wuchang would have left. Secondly, there was only a thatched platform on Xili Mountain, which could not accommodate too many people.
I didn’t expect that I had such a talent for being a teacher that everyone was scrambling to come to my sect.
Sect leader Li Zhou still looked calm and composed on the surface, but in his heart he was already grinning so hard that his teeth were showing.
With a slight wave of his hand, he declined the jars of sauerkraut and rice wine. After Qiu Fangcong'er and her mother-in-law got on the carriage, the horse neighed, the wheels rumbled across the ground, and the growing team continued to move forward.
When the group arrived at the city gate, they saw from afar that a lot of people were blocking the gate. Next to the battlefield that was still being cleaned, many armored soldiers with flying feathers on their heads, wearing scale armor, with long swords on their left sides and quivers on their right sides, surrounded a middle-aged man with a white face and no beard, wearing a red shirt and a black fu hat.
The middle-aged man was spitting and pointing at Governor Jiang.
Governor Jiang looked forbearing, but he didn't dare to say anything back.
Li Zhou, who had watched many TV dramas and met officials such as Governor Jiang and Sima Yuan, cleverly deduced that the middle-aged man might be a eunuch when he saw that he had no beard.
Sure enough, the next moment, she heard Yuan Sima, who was driving the car, snorted coldly, shook the reins and said, "It turned out to be Niu Dianqian. When the governor went to discuss city defense with him, he was nowhere to be seen. Now that the war is over, he showed up to show off his power."
He glanced at Master Xue and raised his voice again: "It is said that the current emperor prefers to use female officials and dislikes eunuchs. These rootless people are about to be replaced, so they like to disgust people. They are nitpicking when monitoring local officials and report to His Majesty as soon as there is any trouble."
"This time, I don't know what leverage he has on the governor to bully here."
Sima Yuan explained the role of the Dianqian in just a few words, and pointed out that the Dianqian Niu and the governor Jiang had been at odds for a long time.
You know, after Sect Master Xue came to Sizhou, he visited the governor's mansion, but he didn't go to look for any official. This is enough to show that Sect Master Xue also stands on the side of Governor Jiang.
Yuan Sima, whose mind was full of official positions, did not realize that he was flirting with a blind man.
Li Zhou didn't care about the twists and turns in the officialdom. He took a glance and continued walking towards Longgou Village.
However, the tree wants to be still but the wind does not stop.
Niu Dianqian saw from afar that someone was leaving the city at this time and did not kowtow to him. He frowned. A general beside him, whose armor was much more gorgeous than that of ordinary city defense soldiers, observed his expression, held a long sword, and walked towards Li Zhou aggressively.
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