In the early morning, Chen Ping'an stretched out his hand and grasped the jade tablet in his sleeve, shrunk the mountains and rivers, and came to the steps outside the summer palace in one step. It was different from the summer palace where the door was closed all day long. It was a bit like a government office.
That makes sense.
Unlike those vassal cities, there are no porters and monks here. There is no hindrance when you come to the door if you have something to do. Just don't hang around. If you have something to say, you can leave as soon as you finish talking. It's neat and tidy.
If you want to ask the Yinguan lineage sword cultivator to serve drinks to guests, don't even think about it.
In the early years of the summer palace, except for the boss Sword Immortal, Chen Xi and Qi Tingji were unable to cross the gate.
Ning Yao had never set foot in the summer palace before she landed in Feisheng City and she temporarily assumed the position of hermit official.
Fan Dache was cleaning the courtyard early in the morning. He was lightly tapped on the shoulder, and someone smiled and shouted: "Da Che."
When Fan Dache heard such a familiar voice, he almost shed tears on the spot. He turned his head and shouted: "Master Yin Guan."
Chen Ping'an gently patted Fan Dache's arm and said, "Let's talk while walking."
In fact, the general situation of the current Yinguan lineage has been told by Ning Yao before, but Fan Dache obviously explained it more carefully, so Chen Pingan listened patiently.
The first five young sword cultivators who entered the Summer Palace were all highly qualified sword immortal embryos. Even though they were not yet Jindan sword cultivators, they were already in Feisheng City before they became Yin Guan lineage sword cultivators.
Each of them had a chair in the Patriarch Hall. Within a few years, this group of boys and girls, one after another, officially became the Yinguan lineage.
Nowadays, the golden and jade genealogy of Feisheng City, in addition to the monks' respective masters, can be divided into three lines of monks: the direct descendants of the ancestral hall, the executioners, and the twelve vassal forces in the four cities and eight mountains outside Feisheng City. For example, the chief worshipper Deng Liang occupied
In Zifu Mountain, this Jade Pu Realm sword cultivator is qualified to open a peak and build a mansion, and can pass on his own family lineage. Of course, a monk can have multiple identities.
After those five genius sword cultivators, the Summer Palace recruited another group of members, all of whom were still young and girls with good qualifications.
However, they can only be regarded as candidates for the time being, and they still need to be inspected for three to five years as usual. This is a rule established by Lin Junbi and Song Gaoyuan back then. Similar to the new scholars in the secular officialdom at the foot of the mountain, they will "walk" in various yamen as a formal fill-in vacancy.
With previous experience, not all candidates can become real Yinguan lineage sword cultivators. Some sword cultivators who failed to become official members in the end did not want to lose their wealth, so they went to the summer resort city, where Dong Bu and Xu Ning
The subordinates are on duty.
Chen Pingan nodded and said: "In this matter, the Yinguan lineage is indeed suspected of being pinched."
Fan Dache smiled and said: "Master Yin Guan, no one in Feisheng City has the nerve to compete with us. Besides, for those younger sword cultivators, becoming a sword cultivator of our Yin Guan lineage is of course the first choice. If
It’s not that the threshold here is too high, the number of sword cultivators in the Summer Palace today has at least doubled!”
Chen Pingan asked a series of questions, "Are there no rumors outside? Is there anyone who has any opinions on the style of Yin Guan sword cultivators? Doesn't the Summer Palace have a separate account book for those who speak fair words?"
Fan Dache smiled and said, "There is some gossip, but not too much, so we don't care about it."
Chen Pingan patted Fan Dache on the shoulder and said, "Dache, you guys are still honest."
Currently, the Yinguan lineage of sword cultivators is mainly responsible for three things: supervision, gathering intelligence, and cultivating dead soldiers. They are fully responsible for all matters of the summer resort city.
There are actually less than half of the sword cultivators staying at the Summer Palace today.
Luo Zhenyi and Fan Dache have been responsible for the daily affairs of the summer palace these years.
Wang Xinshui and Chang Taiqing are responsible for the collection, screening and inspection of various types of intelligence. Dong Bu is now the city lord of the summer resort city, and Xu Ning is the deputy city lord. They need to be on time every day to train spies and dead soldiers.
Landed in the summer resort city.
Gu Jianlong was still traveling outside. As a protector of the Yin Guan lineage, he was training with the sword cultivators of the Xingguan lineage. Each of them brought a group of young sword cultivators to a distant enclave where they set up monuments.
The five direct sword cultivators from the Ancestral Hall of Feisheng City are now scattered in all directions, each performing their own duties and practicing outside.
Outside the lobby door of the summer palace, there is a couplet hanging, which is the uncommon dragon-men pair, written in the ancient stele and regular script of Shenyi.
Through the ages, the mountains, rivers, and mountains have created a pure spirit. The mountains are high, the water is deep, and the sword energy is strong. Only my sword shines like a rainbow, and the wild world has bowed to it for ten thousand years.
The city is so high that it has a grand view of the sky, the earth, the sun, the moon, the universe, the sky is wide and the earth is vast, and the wine is full of wine. The sword cultivators in my hometown are like clouds, and there are two types of sword cultivators in Haoran Jiuzhou.
Fan Dache smiled knowingly.
This couplet is naturally the handiwork of our Lord Yin Guan.
It is said that during the New Year period during the war, Chou Miao Jianxian invited Yin Guan to write a couplet. Yin Guan refused, saying that his handwriting was not good. As a result, even the four guardians led by Guo Zhujiu
After defecting, Yin Guan was only willing to dictate the content, and asked Chou Miao and Lin Junbi to write the upper and lower couplets respectively. The result was still unsuccessful, and finally there was this couplet that was later known to people of all ages in Feisheng City.
Even those local sword cultivators who have a bad impression of Yin Guan can't find any fault with this couplet. They can only pinch their noses and say, that bitch doesn't have such a small cotton-padded jacket. No wonder the boss sword immortal will let this couplet.
The guy is a hidden official.
Chen Ping'an crossed the threshold of the lobby and entered the very familiar lobby. The seats were almost unchanged. It was still a small desk and a futon. At most, the owner had changed. On top of the desk, there were four treasures of the study and a bookcase.
Each book can be placed at will according to the owner's preference.
Chen Pingan did not sit on the main seat, but chose the seat that once belonged to Lin Junbi.
The furnishings on the desk should be Gu Jianlong's position, two sword manuals, several seals, and a piece of literature exchanged from the palace treasury for his military exploits.
After hearing the news, Luo Zhenyi, Wang Xinshui, and Chang Taiqing came over. The three young people who had stayed in the summer palace in their early years were now considered "old people" of the Yinguan lineage.
Seeing the green shirt, Luo Zhenyi was stunned. She quickly recovered her composure, smiled, clasped her fists and said, "I've seen Yin Guan."
Wang Xinshui and Chang Taiqing also smiled and clasped their fists, and naturally called Yin Guan.
Even if Ning Yao is present, this is probably the case.
Chen Ping'an smiled and waved his hand: "I am just an idle person."
Especially Wang Xinshui, who was one of the four bad guys in the past, his eyes filled with tears. His steps slipped, and he sat next to Mr. Yin Guan and began to ask for help. As a result, Chen Pingan slapped him on the forehead. Wang Xinshui became angry.
Return to your seat.
Chang Taiqing asked: "Master Yin Guan, do you want to call Dong Bu and others from the summer city?"
Chen Pingan smiled and shook his head: "No need."
Luo Zhenyi and others took their seats. On her table, there was a pot of wintersweet, cut appropriately, next to a pot of calamus, which was so green.
The sword cultivators currently staying in the summer palace are almost all teenagers and girls, and they still look a bit childish.
At this moment, everyone was crowded at the door, eyes widened, and they carefully looked at the legendary Yin Guan.
When Chen Ping'an was the second shopkeeper of the wine shop, they were still young. At that time, most of them were lower-level sword cultivators. Of course, they couldn't go to the wine shop to drink.
After becoming a hidden official, Chen Ping'an stayed in the summer palace and did not show his face except for going to the battlefield.
What's more, every time the young hidden official rushes to the battlefield, he has all kinds of tricks, who can recognize him?
If Lu Zhi hadn't let it slip, who would have dared to believe that the "strange woman" that so many bachelors yearned for could actually be the second shopkeeper?!
Therefore, among the monks of Quan Mansion today, because of this move, there is a popular saying of wisdom. There is really no reason to not even pick up rags and earn money just to save face.
But two of the young men had actually seen the second shopkeeper from a distance asking about boxing with a foreign girl, a martial artist. Anyway, just one punch made her feel affectionate.
There are more skills, they are not pure martial arts, and they can't see anything. However, the cheers on the street were loud, especially when the second shopkeeper was knocked down with a punch, and everyone watching and placing bets was like a chicken.
The blood was almost gone, so he whistled hard, especially Guo Zhujiu, who also beat gongs and drums on the wall.
Luo Zhenyi glanced at the door and said, "Everyone go back to work."
It can be seen that Luo Zhenyi is a sword cultivator second only to Ning Yao in the summer palace realm. She is also in charge of daily affairs and is still very majestic. The boys and girls immediately dispersed and returned to the government office to handle matters.
It's just that the young sword cultivators were in high spirits and talking a lot along the way. Today's summer palace, although small, is well-equipped with many organs, including a department, an inspection department, a beheading department, a bookkeeping department, a secret archive, a stolen goods and punishment treasury, etc. However,
Often there is only one room in a "Government Office". Except for the two largest departments, Supervision and Zhankan, there is only one person in the other government offices at the moment.
A young swordsman returned to the government office. Because he was meticulous in his work and was born in Yuhu Street, he had been reading and literate since he was a child. Therefore, the young man is now in charge of the archives room. The bookshelves in the room are attached to three walls, and books and volumes are piled up in layers.
On the roof, there are thousands of papers and notes, tucked inside books, all with the same handwriting.
If the couplets in the lobby of the summer palace are written like the handwriting of a tipsy drunkard, which looks clumsy but is actually sharp-edged and high-spirited, then the small regular script on these notes looks like the handwriting of a drunkard who never drinks.
A person who is always awake is meticulous and never makes mistakes.
Therefore, the young swordsman who could have entered the Zhan Survey Department took the initiative to work here, dealing with secret files all day long, and became a clerk who rarely had the opportunity to go out to practice and pass swords to anyone.
Over in the lobby, Chen Ping'an wiped the desk with his sleeve and said with a smile: "The eight hills outside the city, including Zifu Mountain, were divided up by the Criminal Officer Wuquanfu San. We should occupy at least two of them.
If you are in a position, even if you are scolded as squatting in a manhole and not taking a shit, it doesn't matter."
"When discussing matters in the Patriarch Hall, you can directly ask for three at the beginning. Of course it is difficult for Ning Yao to ask for this kind of thing, but you, for example, let Fan Dache take the lead, Wang Xinshui follow, and let Gu Jianlong say a few fair words
, in the end, the capture of two of the mountain tops was nothing more than taking one from each of the two branches of Xingguanquan Mansion. I think it is not a big problem. The four-two-two pattern was almost the bottom line in Qi Shou and Gao Yehou's minds at that time."
"Those eight hilltops are different from vassal cities like Summer Resort, Tuoyue, and Wukui. If the latter want to operate properly without making mistakes, they have to devote a considerable number of sword cultivators to distract themselves from the general affairs. However, Zifu Mountain
Such a geomantic treasure land, in addition to building a second city protection formation, is more like a place of cultivation. It will not share too much manpower of the Yinguan lineage. What's more, if there are more swordsmen in the summer palace in the future, there will be two more
In the future, the two Nascent Soul Sword Cultivators will be able to practice sword refining and Taoism as a dojo."
To be continued...