A blizzard that has never happened in a century has left everything in the north as far as the eye can see. Thousands of miles of ice covered the mountains, and silver snakes danced in the mountains.
From Jizhou in the south to Yanzhao in the north, there is a vast expanse of vast wilderness, stretching for thousands of miles. In it, there are piles of viburnum flowers and white catkins, and all you can touch are scattered jade beads and snow-flaked pear blossoms.
According to old legends, snow is an object that is refined in the sky. It is said that it is in charge of three immortals, namely Gushe Zhenren, Zhou Qiongji and Dong Shuangcheng. Zhou Qiongji is in charge of Furong City, Dong Shuangcheng is in charge of the glazed vase that collects snow; and Gushe Zhenren
Holding a golden chopstick in hand.
Every time when the shuo wind crosses south and the clouds are dense, the real person Gushe will hit the bottle with chopsticks and knock out a piece of flying snow. When it falls to the world, a foot of auspicious snow will accumulate.
There is a rumor from the Taoist sect that the True Lord of Donghua invited all the immortals to a banquet, but it turned out that the True Lord of Gu She and Dong Shuang became drunk at the banquet. It happened that Song Lianjuan, a beautiful girl from the Northern Cold, tuned the strings with her jade wrist and played the nine-qi amulet.
On the flute, the jade girl from Donghua smokes the beautiful pearls, and strikes the bell of Western Ying. The jade girl from Fei Xuan is fresh in the void, taking pictures of the Nine-Head Jade Festival.
On a whim, True Lord Donghua wanted to hit the glass vase with a golden chopstick and sing the previous song. Unexpectedly, he broke the glass vase with a chopstick. Suddenly, snow flew and pear blossoms poured out of the vase, and suddenly the world fell.
There is boundless heavy snow, and the five states in the north are a vast expanse of sky. Everything you can see is a pure white.
On the official road that used to be traveled by carriages and horses, even if it traveled dozens of miles, it was often just one person and one person traveling alone.
The shuo wind whimpered, the cold air filled the air, and the vast earth was like tearing cotton wool, and snowflakes as big as goose palms were flying in the sky.
Looking around, I saw a group of figures under the white dome, riding fast on the jade in the wind and snow.
This is a team of armored knights.
"General Cao, please take a rest!" A deputy general in armor asked while riding his horse.
"Your Majesty decrees that within five days, the vanguard of our Tiance army must rush from Cangyunguan to the Shanggu camp west of Yanjing to guard against King Zhao's rash actions."
"Even if people can bear it, horses can't stand it either!" the deputy general advised again.
General Cao reined in his horse slightly and issued an order, "Slow down the whole army?!"
Then he asked the deputy general, "Where are we now!?"
The deputy general took out the map and studied it carefully.
"We passed Datong Prefecture yesterday, and Lingqiu County should be not far ahead!"
General Cao nodded and estimated the distance in his mind.
"Then we will slow down from now on and rest for two hours after arriving at Lingqiu!"
"yes!"
…
The next day, the search in the capital still did not stop.
After all, the fire in the granary was not kept secret, and it was fermented in the court!
The government and the public were in turmoil. Emperor Zhou summoned Yang Qingyuan again, and Li Xunhuan urged them to speed up the investigation of the case.
On the following day, a large number of people from Dali Temple, Six Gates and even the Beijing camp were dispatched to search the city in the name of tracking down the prisoner, but no trace of food was ever found.
One day passed and still nothing was gained.
In An Mansion, An Shigeng was also paying attention to the development of things.
According to the report from the person in charge of Zuiyue Tower in the morning, Shahu and his subordinates had not returned all night. There was no news at all, and they did not notify themselves to cooperate in any actions. Their sudden disappearance made An Shigeng slightly uneasy.
In the capital, Anjia is their biggest partner. What kind of actions would make them have no intention of communicating with them.
Although the An family is still standing in the capital, the situation is not easy. Yang Qingyuan is a wise and astute person. Once he discovers any evidence, the current An family is simply unable to resist.
The An family's biggest backer in the court, the King of Chu, was also reprimanded by Emperor Zhou for the water transportation incident. The Xungui Group was already being investigated and punished by the Third Division, and the An family's political backer in the court had been reduced by half.
Just when An Shigeng was leaning against the railing, tasting wine and thinking about the overall situation, An Fu, the chief butler of the An family, came.
If Yang Qingyuan were here, he would definitely be able to see through that Anfu was actually a master of the Yuan Hua Realm.
Within an An family, there is actually a Dongxuan and multiple names. In terms of high-end combat power, the An family even disdains to be inferior to the weaker ones among the eight sects.
"What happened to Anfu?!"
"Master!?" Anfu called An Shigeng "Master" because he was An Yunshan's servant and An Yunshan was his master. "This is what happened to the six doors of Dali Temple today!"
An Shigeng took the paper from An Fu's hand. Although his eyes were slightly narrowed, something seemed wrong in Dali Temple?!
The division of labor in Dali Temple today is basically the same as yesterday, but Ji Yaohua replaced Di Zhiyuan and was responsible for continuing to investigate the Xungui Group's tax evasion and water transportation smuggling.
Hu Die replaced Cui Lueshang and led a team in the capital to search for the whereabouts of the grain.
An Shigeng felt that something was not simple, and tapped the outer wall of the wine glass with his fingers.
According to An Shigeng's information, Di Zhiyuan once served in the Ministry of Criminal Justice. After offending a superior official, he was transferred to the state. During his tenure as a legal officer, he repeatedly solved strange cases and was good at criminal investigation and inference. In the previous smuggling case of the Xungui Group, he had always been responsible for Dali Temple.
Why was the person in charge suddenly replaced by Ji Yaohua?
Originally, this was supposed to be a good thing, indicating that Ji Yaohua had gained Yang Qingyuan's trust.
Although Ji Yaohua also worked in Dali Temple before, Yang Qingyuan almost never handed over any important official duties.
Normally, An Shigeng would definitely be happy, but at this critical time, it is intriguing.
"Anfu, go and ask about the relationship with the Ministry of War. Has Yang Qingyuan been to the Ministry of War? And summon Ji Yaohua to see me immediately!"
The more An Shigeng thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong!
Soon, Anfu came with news from within the Ministry of War.
"Master, according to the news from the Ministry of War, Yang Qingyuan has not been to the Ministry of War today?!"
An Shigeng looked suspicious, "Where are the people following Dali Temple today?! Ask the informants in various places if they have found any traces of Yang Qingyuan?!"
Two quarters of an hour later, the intelligence was summarized and sent back again.
"Master, this morning around Chen time, we saw Yang Qingyuan passing by the restaurant in Anrenfang. The guy in charge had never seen Yang Qingyuan, but the horse he was riding was from Dali Temple. Based on the guy's description, we can basically confirm that it is Yang Qingyuan."
"An Renfang!?"
Anrenfang is an extremely prosperous area among the 365 squares in the divine capital. It is full of powerful and high-ranking officials, and there are seven royal palaces alone.
Suddenly An Shigeng thought of a rogue act Yang Qingyuan and Yu Yanyi made in Hanyuan Hall the day before yesterday.
"Is the residence of Yu Yanyi, Minister of the Ministry of War, in Anrenfang?!"
An Shigeng asked, and An Fu immediately asked him to investigate as soon as he heard about it. Things like this were recorded in An's house, and the results were quickly transmitted.
"Master, Yu Yanyi's mansion in Anrenfang is indeed a mansion given by the Holy Emperor!"
An Shigeng could already feel the danger at this moment. Yang Qingyuan went to see Yu Yanyi early in the morning. What could he do?!
The biggest possibility was to mobilize troops! And because he was afraid that the news would be leaked, he bypassed the normal procedures of the Ministry of War and directly asked Yu Yanyi to mobilize troops.