Chapter Three Hundred and Thirty One Matter, One Discussion
Qianshan Sect, Mingjing Division.
The newly promoted Xuan-level monk, Deacon Zheng Yiyu, was frowning, listening to Niu Er, his subordinate, with his eyebrows dancing and talking about the gossip in the courtyard of the Curtain Division just now, when the servant outside suddenly sent word that Li Youde, the governor of Nuangu County, came to ask for an audience.
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What is he doing here?
Zheng Yiyu immediately asked in his mind. After listening to what Niu Er said just now, this guy was also involved in making trouble in the Rolling Curtain Department and asking to see the leader. He was recently thinking about how the leader used the "Thousand-mile Yin-Yang Mirror" to mention his own affairs.
, how to get started? After all, the leader Jiang Feng has not shown up in Luochuan for many days. Some rumors that are unfavorable to the leader did reach his ears. He also sent people to investigate carefully, but no one who deliberately spread them was found. Now
, this move by Li Youde and Ruijinmen’s special envoy made Zheng Yiyu immediately think of the leader’s reminder.
"Please come in quickly."
Compared with the ordinary people in the sect, Zheng Yiyu did not dare to rely on him. After all, Li Youde not only had the same cultivation level as Xuan level, but also had a position lower than his own. It was just that one person was responsible for managing local counties and towns, and the other was an errand in the six divisions of the sect. They could not interact with each other in ordinary life.
It is relatively small, but Nuangu County is located in the hinterland of the southwest, and is still some distance away from Lizong. Compared with the surrounding areas of Dayi County in the north, the situation is much simpler. Therefore, Zheng Yiyu does not have many opportunities to go to Nuangu County.
"Deacon Zheng is polite."
A smile bloomed on Li Youde's face, which also made the dark circles under his eyes look very dazzling. According to the etiquette of monks of the same level, he clasped his fists and saluted. He was originally much higher than Zheng Yiyu, but Zheng Yiyu has recently been promoted to the Xuan level. Regardless of his position,
In terms of cultivation, he can be on an equal footing with him.
"Zhengshou Li is a rare visitor. Most people from the Mirror Division are not willing to come here. Why, just now you brought an outsider to forcefully break into the Rolling Curtain Division. Did you get what you wanted?"
"Deacon Zheng, please don't make fun of me. It's because of old friendship. When I was in Li Zong, I got acquainted with the two envoys from Ruijin Sect, so we have some personal friendship. I didn't know they would do that.
You are so rude, otherwise I would not go with you."
Li Youde remembered Jiang Feng's initial warning to him, and thought that he could not reveal his Yufeng Sect identity, so he refuted it as just an old friendship. In fact, the Ruijinmen envoy also showed Li Yufeng's warrant, so he reluctantly went with him, otherwise
, he would rather watch the excitement from the outside. After all, when he came, Li Wengu and Li Youyou had already analyzed it for him. This time when he came to Luochuan, he just needed to not suffer any loss if something happened.
"real?",
Zheng Yiyu stared at Li Youde habitually, until the other party couldn't bear to look at each other and pretended to taste the spirit tea, then he nodded slightly, wrinkled the corners of his mouth, and said with a smile, "It seems that I blamed Li Zhenshou wrongly, why?"
, do you have business to come to my place today?"
"Not for business, but there is a personal matter."
"Private matters are not allowed. I have rules here." Zheng Yiyu looked solemn. He always worked in the Mirror Department and never dealt with private matters. This was a rule he set. Not only did he ask his subordinates to abide by it, he also abided by it himself.
"Deacon Wang Yiwang asked me to ask."
"Oh?" Zheng Yiyu felt a little sudden in his heart. Wang Yi is the deacon of the Rolling Curtain Department. What would Li Youde have to do with him, and why would Wang Yi push it to me?
"That's it. I want to marry a female cultivator from my outer sect to be my wife. I wonder what's so special about the rules within the sect? I heard that the head master has special requirements in this regard."
There are no regulations, only the age requirements for the monks of the sect. Zheng Yiyu subconsciously wanted to answer this way, but then he became vigilant. Just now, Li Youde and the Ruijinmen envoy were causing trouble in the courtyard of the Shutter Division in order to find the whereabouts of the leader.
, came here to ask this question, is he still asking about the location of the leader in disguise? However, he did not show any hesitation, and took advantage of the short break of drinking tea to think about how to answer this matter, and then replied calmly, "You
Your status is special, so this kind of matter will most likely have to be discussed on a case-by-case basis. After the leader returns, you can just go to the leader in person."
"Then when will the leader come back?" Li Youde turned to ask this question.
"The leader didn't say a specific return date, but a few days ago, when I told him about my promotion to the Xuan level, he said that he wanted me to prepare something and hold a small seminar on Taoism when he comes back. Presumably, it won't be needed.
How long will it take to return to Luochuan? The leader is used to training outside and coordinating the relationship between the sect and other sects. I believe you, Lord Guard, also know this."
"Of course, of course, the head is a very nice person, I understand." Li Youde nodded repeatedly. From Zheng Yiyu's words, he found out that the other party had been in contact with the head recently, and the new wife of the head just now was a girl named Su Jin.
Xiu Ye said that the leader was temporarily staying in the Jincheng Sect. It seemed that the leader was probably fine, so Li Yufeng was overly worried. Thinking about it, he might need to communicate with the Ruijin Sect’s envoy about this matter, considering that he had probably gone there before.
The unpaid loan can also be considered as repayment of Li Yufeng's previous rescue.
"In that case, I will wait for the news from the leader. The other party is not ordinary. She can afford to wait and is not in a hurry. However, I have arranged for her to live in Nuangu County temporarily. It should not be a big problem, right?"
"Of course it's okay. Which family is this girl from? What's her cultivation level?" Zheng Yiyu was also curious.
"The eldest daughter of Jincheng Sect leader Su Liqing, Su Qiong, is at the third level of Xuan level."
What? When Zheng Yiyu heard this, he was really shocked. How could this Li Youde hook up with this Xuan-level monk so quickly... In other words, Su Qiong had only been here a few days, and in this case, the head and the
Li Youde, wouldn’t he become a brother-in-law?
fine
, I didn't say rashly just now that "there are no special rules for marrying girls from outside the sect". Thinking about it, this is such a correct decision. Otherwise, we would have to find a way around it. Wang Yi, the kid, also saw this and took this troublesome thing into account.
Can you pass the question to me?
No, Wang Yi shouldn't be that clever. Otherwise, how could the girl from the Zhao family belong to someone else and go to be with Wu Laizi? She had been deceived by him long ago. This must be Jiang Hai's idea. It seems that Li Youde
He didn't really want to cause trouble. The problem lies with these two Ruijinmen envoys.
Thinking of this, Zheng Yiyu immediately came to a realization and planned in his mind how to dig out something from these two Ruijinmen envoys. However, right now he had a more important matter and needed to go to Tuqiao Town in the east.
Investigation and matters here can only be entrusted to a few ordinary subordinates.
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Ruijinmen, Jinchuan City.
Li Yufeng, the elder of the foreign affairs department, was handling a lot of official documents in front of the case, but one of his subordinates presented a report. He leaned back and glanced up, convinced that the person who came was indeed his trusted aide, and then he calmed down.
Several inexplicable assassinations of elders and important personnel in the sect that have occurred recently have made him extremely nervous. As a Xuan-level person, he does not have enough power to protect himself. Although these cases are being investigated, and it has been found that
He got some clues, but most of them pointed to making money. He didn't believe this reason, at least not entirely.
If it was really to seek wealth, in the eastern part of Ruijin Gate, at the junction with Yufeng Sect, a large number of desperate cultivators had recently gathered as thieves. There were far more opportunities to make money there than in Jinchuan City, and he was more suspicious.
However, the various families that originally supported the sect were not satisfied after the division of the sect's interests. Everyone felt that they had received less. Therefore, they secretly fought against each other and wanted to reduce the profit sharing partners.
These wild ways are quite ruthless.
What's special is that when Ruijinmen tried its best to cut off the Yufeng Sect's financial path, it also harmed the interests of its own people. If the trade road is smooth, there will be benefits and profits for all the people involved in the business.
If the road is cut off for a long time, everyone's financial path will be cut off. To say that the Yufeng Sect is divided into two, the people are also divided into two. Although each has its own master and pursues its own politics, it is actually one family in the beginning, and the ties are broken.
The relationship is not too small, and the respective needs of the business are even more.
Not everyone is like him and has wealthy friends like Li Xianwu, but it was only once that he openly extorted money in the name of borrowing money. This was because he rescued him and sent him out of Yufeng Sect. Since he
Changing his name to Li Youde must be because he wanted to draw a clear line with the past.
From this, Li Yufeng put himself in his shoes and considered whether he should persuade the head Xu Youjing to stop spending money to block the Yufeng Sect's trade routes. This was particularly important for stabilizing the Ruijin Sect's situation. With the existing accumulated financial resources within the sect,
, cannot support this kind of "punishment" for a long time. It is not difficult to convince Xu Youjing. After all, he pursues the great road wholeheartedly. Most of the affairs within the sect are entrusted to him and the elders. As long as the result is good, he does not care whether he goes back on his words.
It would damage the prestige of his leader. However, he was the one who made this decision in the first place. Li Yufeng needed to convince himself more.
Just as he was about to open the report and take a closer look, a foreign affairs deacon came over to report that an old man who claimed to be Yufeng Sect requested to see him.
An old member of Yufeng Sect?
When Li Yufeng heard this title, several monks appeared in his mind one after another, but he was quickly eliminated one by one. Those who were friendly to him were either already in Ruijinmen or died in Jindu City. This old member of Yufeng Sect
, most of them are people who do not disclose their true identity.
"What cultivation level?"
"It should be at the prefecture level."
"You stay, you know the rules here. What comes into your ears, ends at your mouth." Li Yufeng told this Xuan-level subordinate. It was an eventful time at this time. There was an extra Xuan-level beside him, so even if the other party suddenly
If you take action, you can work hard to deal with it, and then call more people to help. The two sects are currently at odds with each other due to trade route issues, so it is better to be careful.
The monk who claimed to be "an old member of Yufeng Sect" entered the door and saw Li Yufeng and the nervous-looking monk guarding behind him. He couldn't help but smile contemptuously, "Brother Yufeng, when did you become like this?"
Be careful." He took off the hood that blocked detection, revealing a familiar face of Li Yufeng.
"Gu Chuanfu, it's you. I didn't expect that your great path would have progressed."
"It's me. Brother Yufeng, you're fine."
"To each other, you are the foreign affairs elder of the Yufeng Sect, why don't you go through a formal official visit and instead sneak here? What advice do you have?"
"Stealth? Do I need to do this?" Gu Chuanfu's aura leaked out instantly. The earth-level pressure made the Xuan-level followers behind Li Yufeng take a half step back, but Gu Chuanfu's aura did not continue to move forward.
Instead, he suddenly restrained himself a lot, "You should know that the current relationship between the two families cannot be formalized."
Ah!
Li Yufeng chuckled, knowing that what the other party said was true. In fact, when blocking the other party's trade routes, the other party was also secretly sabotaging his own efforts everywhere. He even suddenly suspected that in the chaotic situation on the eastern border,
Whether there is a shadow of the other party, and whether the other party is secretly instigating the recent assassination in the sect, but these are just suspicions and there is no evidence. Most of the official contacts between the two sects have been severed. In terms of foreign affairs, now
There is not even a formal external courtyard.
"Take a step to speak." Gu Chuanfu looked at the frightened follower behind Li Yufeng.
, "Brother Yufeng, you are not afraid of me, a newly promoted earth-level monk, are you?"
"Go and entertain the envoy from the Fire Sect." Li Yufeng was not offended by the other party's words, but since the visitor was Gu Chuanfu, he thought there might be something special. Although this guy is an elder of foreign affairs, he has always been for foreign affairs.
The affairs of the Ling family have little to do with Mu Qianxue, the head of Yufeng Sect.
The waiter behind him was relieved and quickly left carefully. Gu Chuanfu sensed that the other party had gone far, so he played an isolation note to isolate the two people from the outside world, "I came here because of a private matter."
"Tell me!" Li Yufeng felt that what he had expected was true. This ancient blessing should have come for Ling Feidu.
"I hope to take something from the 'Ice Cracked Valley', and no third person other than you and me can know about this."
Ice-cracked valley? Li Yufeng silently recited this unfamiliar name, and immediately remembered that this place should be located at the critical point between the east and Yufeng Sect, at the northern edge of Huoyun Ridge, on the side close to his side. It is also the only place with permanent ice here.
Sealed deep valley.
"What are the benefits?" Li Yufeng asked subconsciously.
"Not yet, but on behalf of Mr. Ling, I can grant you a request that is not excessive in the future."
"Then I refuse. One thing has to be discussed one by one, and it must be fulfilled now. No one knows what will happen tomorrow." Li Yufeng simply rejected Gu Chuanfu's proposal. Who can do this kind of secret matter that no third party knows about?
Guarantee that the other party will keep their promise afterwards.
"You can raise the conditions." Gu Chuanfu's face did not change, and he still maintained a warm and gentle smile, "But it can't be too much. What I mean is that your two sects are still hostile, and Ling Shao is not Yu Feng.
The head of the sect cannot do anything too outrageous, do you understand?"
"On the third day of next month, at the ten-year allocation meeting regarding the four spiritual stone veins in the Sea of Rocks, you must stand on the same line as I, Ruijinmen."
Li Yufeng thought for a while, and this was the only exchange of interests he could pursue recently. As for the others, they were either too obvious, too big, or too long-term. The distribution of interests in this rocky sea area involves sharp
The six sects of Kinmen, Qiuhuo Sect, Huadi Sect, Xingyi Sect, Dongquan Mountain and Tianli Sect were still in existence when Yufeng Sect was still there. The distribution of rights and interests in this inland sea was always divided between the two strongest sects, Yufeng Sect.
Feng Zong and Tianli Sect discussed and decided that now Yufeng Sect has split into two families and its strength has become weaker. He has detected in advance that Huadi Sect intends to replace Yufeng Sect and has reached an agreement with Tianli Sect in advance. If Yufeng Sect will be involved in this matter
By cooperating with Ruijin Sect and the Qiuhuo Sect that I have recently connected with, I can probably get a normal proportion of income. Considering the current situation, it is considered a good result.
"Yes, I can make the decision on this matter." As the elder of foreign affairs, Gu Chuanfu will naturally participate in this matter personally. He also knows what Li Yufeng is referring to. When the time comes for the two of them to perform a scene together, they should be more harmonious and will not let anything slip.
Outsiders saw clues that there was a prior agreement.
"One more thing." Li Yufeng immediately thought of another thing. Without the cooperation of Yufeng Sect, it might be difficult for Ruijinmen to benefit on its own.
"Although I say it, the premise is that there is still no need for Master Ling to come forward."
"Do you know about the Nuanchi Wetland south of Huoyun Ridge?"
"Of course, the twenty-year period is coming soon." Gu Chuanfu's eyes showed a faint expectation, his expression was like that of an ordinary farmer looking at a harvest wheat field.
"How about a 50-50 profit between you and me, so that other sects don't get it."
"This needs to be discussed. After all, we need to spend money everywhere now. Maybe Leader Mu will release some quotas. However, since you mentioned it, I think that at least we will find a way to avoid unnecessary fights over this matter and to avoid outsiders.
It’s all cleaned up in advance.”
"Okay!" Li Yufeng understood what the other party meant, and the implication was that Gu Chuanfu couldn't make the decision, and neither could Ling Feidu, because there were too many interests involved in the sect, "Then let's attack the casual cultivators here first.
, you need to make an oath regarding the matter of Luoshihai."
"you--"
"In these extraordinary times, there is nothing we can do." Li Yufeng pretended to be helpless and waved his hands, "Recently, many people are not trustworthy, so there is nothing we can do." He extended his hand to indicate that Gu Chuanfu could make a soul oath first.
snort!
Gu Chuanfu snorted in his nostrils and made a few oaths that were not too harsh. Li Yufeng did the same. He was also an elder of foreign affairs. He knew that the other party was a master of lying. It was not too much to guarantee it with an oath.
With a little trust, Li Yufeng knew that Gu Chuanfu was just for private matters and would not stay too much, so he was not polite and sent the hooded man to the hall, then stayed alone at the corridor window for a while, thinking about this matter.
coming influence.
Maybe after this matter is over, we can talk about the reopening of the trade route between the two sects. He thought to himself that he just needed to make some preparations in advance within the sect. However, what exactly is in the "Ice Crack Valley"
, it’s worth a trip by Gu Chuanfu himself, but I need to go there in advance.
Putting the matter aside, he remembered that he still had an unread piece of information from the south. He turned back to the case and unfolded the information written in code. He took out a book called "Three Views of a Hero" from his storage bag without being familiar with it.
In "Zhiguai", carefully compare and translate it.
Is this Jiang Feng not dead yet? Is he a guest of the Jincheng Sect? Just halfway through the translation, Li Yufeng couldn't help but doubt the authenticity of the information. These two stupid guys with white-collar salaries haven't figured it out yet. Is it possible?
, do I still need to exchange some information with the Jincheng faction again to get accurate information?