Fang Jian flew up to the golden cloud and saw the boy who was the personal attendant of the Lady of the Nine Heavens standing on the cloud. He was fair-skinned, with big black eyes, and was very cute.
"Your servant Fang Jian accepts the imperial edict." Fang Jian did not say anything extra and bowed directly to the boy.
Although he bowed to the boy, he was not bowing to the boy, but to the edict of the Queen Mother of the West in his hand.
The boy looked at Fang Jian and said, "The Grand Master's talisman." He raised his hand and a beam of light flew out of his hand. It was a golden talisman. "The Grand Master said that only you can see it."
Having said this, the boy's rosy cheeks puffed up and he handed the talisman to Fang Jian.
"The talisman has been delivered, I'm going back." The boy said lightly.
Upon hearing this, Fang Jian immediately said, "Wait a minute, fellow Daoist."
The boy turned his head and looked at Fang Jian and asked, "Do you have anything else to say?"
Fang Jian smiled and took out a storage bag from his sleeve and handed it over, saying, "Daoyou, these are some immortal medicines I have accumulated. They are all over a thousand years old. If you like them, I can sell them to you."
The boy pouted and said, "Why should I buy these elixirs? I don't need them for the time being..." At this point, he suddenly froze and asked, "How much merit can I sell it for?"
Fang Jian said with a smile, "How about 10 merits for a thousand-year-old immortal medicine?"
"Hehe, okay, I'll take them all!" The boy immediately smiled. "How many do you have?"
"About twenty or so plants." Fang Jian handed the storage bag over and let the boy check it himself.
The boy took the storage bag and scanned it with his divine sense. Then, with a smile on his face, he said, "The Queen has bestowed upon me the Taoist name 'Qingyan'."
"It turns out to be Taoist Fellow Qingyan." Fang Jian said as he took out his Immortal Official Jade Disc. Qingyan readily transferred more than 200 merits to him.
Fang Jian put away the Immortal Official Jade Disc and said, "Since you are returning to report, please do not delay, lest the Grand Master blame you."
Qing Yan nodded and said to Fang Jian, "Okay, Master Hongqing, I will go back then."
Fang Jian bowed and smiled, then watched Qing Yan return to heaven on a cloud, and he also flew back to Gushan.
After returning to the room in Gushan, Fang Jian immediately used his magic power to set up a barrier, and then opened the talisman to check.
After reading it, Fang Jian couldn't help but frown, and immediately put the talisman into the fairy official's jade disc.
After the talismans from Heaven are collected into the Immortal Official Jade Disc, they will be immediately archived by the Immortal Official Jade Disc. Of course, only the talismans from Heaven can be archived.
The task that Lady of the West instructed Fang Jian was very simple. It was to help Zhu Yuanzhang overthrow the Great Zhou Kingdom as soon as possible. It would be best if Zhu Yuanzhang controlled as much territory and people as possible before the Heavenly Court launched a war of conquest against the Zhenyang Taoist Palace.
Because the Heavenly Court is most afraid that the Zhenyang Taoist Palace will take the lives of the people hostage, so the Heavenly Court's war of conquest will appear very passive.
No matter what mistakes these people made, if their lifespans should be shortened or their blessings reduced, that's the responsibility of the underworld. The Heavenly Court is the ruler of the Three Realms, and its duty is to maintain order in the Three Realms and protect the peace of all living beings. They will not hesitate to punish you, but they will also not hesitate to protect you.
The true demons from outside the sect are no match for the Heavenly Court. If they really bring together hundreds of billions of creatures in the Dongsheng Shenzhou to fight against the Heavenly Court, the Heavenly Court will then be in a dilemma.
The Queen Mother of the West was waiting for the Zhenyang Taoist Palace to recruit more Taoist monks, and she was also mobilizing forces. One million heavenly soldiers were not enough, and more guardian gods needed to be sent to the mortal world before the war.
The first step in sending out the guardian god is to rectify the folk beliefs, and this falls on Fang Jian and Zhu Yuanzhang.
After Fang Jian received the imperial edict, he immediately got up and walked out of his room, then went straight to Zhu Yuanzhang's residence.
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Huacheng, Bixiufang.
Zhu Yun, codenamed Qiluo, received another guest. This guest was wearing a Taoist robe and a conical hat. It was obvious at first glance that he was not an ordinary guest, but a guest from the mountains.
Zhu Yun welcomed the guest to the back hall. When he took off his bamboo hat, Qi Luo discovered that the guest was very handsome, and he was a young man with a hint of imperial majesty.
"Excuse me, who are you?" The information Qiluo received in advance did not specify the identity of the visitor, so she asked cautiously.
The young man stared at Qiluo, then said calmly, "Shinra."
Qiluo was shocked to find that Shinra had come to Huacheng in person!
That’s right, this young man was Zhu Houcong. He was sent directly to Huacheng by Zhu Yuanzhang with a carriage full of silver.
Zhu Houcong was extremely reluctant at first. Going to Huacheng? That would mean entering the enemy's lair, and his life would be in danger at any time.
But Zhu Yuanzhang told him that if he dared to say no, his grandfather Taizong would come to talk to him.
Zhu Houcong immediately became timid. He felt that coming to Huacheng was much safer than having a "heart-to-heart talk" with Grandpa Taizong.
Qiluo immediately invited Zhu Houcong to take a seat, served him fragrant tea, and stood respectfully by his side to serve him.
Zhu Houcong took a sip of tea and said, "What are you standing here for? Send someone to carry the things in my carriage in."
Upon hearing this, Qiluo immediately remembered the large carriage pulled by two horses that was still parked at the gate of the Bixiufang courtyard, so she asked, "Master Shinra, are the items inside very valuable? If not, can they be temporarily stored in the Bixiufang warehouse?"
Zhu Houcong said calmly, "There's 10,000 taels of silver on it."
"Ah!" Qiluo exclaimed when she heard that, then quickly turned around and ran out of the room, leaving only a gust of fragrant wind lingering in the house.
Soon, Qiluo called Yunluo and took the farmhands of Bixiufang to carry more than a dozen large boxes filled with silver to the largest courtyard house in Bixiufang. This was the residence Qiluo was going to arrange for Zhu Houcong.
Qiluo and Yunluo then returned to meet Zhu Houcong. Without saying much, Zhu Houcong dismissed the servants and asked Qiluo two questions: "Who are the highest-ranking officials in Huacheng County? And who is the most greedy?"
Qiluo and Yunluo exchanged a glance, and then Qiluo spoke, "The highest-ranking official in Hwaseong County is the prefect, followed by the deputy prefect, the county magistrate, the East Division official, the West Division official, the chief clerk, and so on."
Zhu Houcong nodded. This was consistent with his own knowledge and the difference was not big.
At this time, Yunluo said again: "If we talk about the most greedy person, it has to be Tongshou Xu Ning. This person is extremely greedy."
Zhu Houcong nodded, then looked at Qiluo and said, "Can you contact this person?"
Qiluo was slightly startled when she heard this, then said, "Sure, I just need to take care of it."
Zhu Houcong said, "You can use the ten thousand taels of silver first. If it's not enough, the mountain will send more. I will give you ten days to bribe this Tongshou Lord."
Qiluo suddenly became serious when she heard this. This was a difficult task, but a belief surged in her heart. Lord Shinra trusted her so much, she must do this well and live up to the trust of the mountain master and Lord Shinra!
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