"Don't worry about me, I can't get used to it." Zhang Ning looked at Yao Ji and said, "It's like I've been burdened with sins and debts, and I don't know how to repay them, I don't know how to redeem them, and I can't even redeem them.
.No one has ever treated me like this. After all, we just met for the first time. You are the leader of the anti-evil cult. You have your own life. Don’t be dragged down by just caring about others."
A hint of sadness suddenly appeared in Yao Ji's eyebrows: "Do you think I'm dragging you down? I really didn't intend to get to know you, otherwise I wouldn't have the heart to leave you more than twenty years ago. I don't want to rely on you.
You are dragging you down, and I don’t want to occupy you, as long as I can have a thought in my heart."
"No! I..." Zhang Ning looked anxious, realizing that he had read so many sages' books and written so many articles, but he couldn't express his thoughts clearly.
At this moment, footsteps suddenly sounded outside the study, and a voice said outside: "Master, people outside the main altar have gathered together, and they may want to come up the mountain!"
Yao Ji stretched out her slender jade hand from her green sleeves and grabbed Zhang Ning's palm: "You have to go. You go out from the cave under the ancient temple first. According to what we have agreed upon, those people who see you should not
Let’s find out what’s going on right away. After everyone leaves, I will instruct the followers to block the road. I will try to prove that the anti-evil cult has nothing to do with the relics of the Jianwen Dynasty, and that the anti-evil incense is not poisonous. You don’t have to get involved, and live your life well.
day!"
"I want to advance and retreat with you, and I will never live alone." Zhang Ning said seriously.
Yao Ji frowned and said: "I can't explain it at the moment, but later you will understand that there is no hope for Jianwen Dynasty now, and it is useless to do anything. Your days are still long, so you have to give up what you have to give up. You go!"
Zhang Ning walked out with heavy steps. When he reached the door of the study, he turned back and said, "How can I see you again... mother?"
Yao Ji was stunned for a moment, and soon there was a trace of tears in her eyes. She smiled and bit her red lips, and said: "Never see you again. See you in your dreams. Remember me." She said.
After saying that, he touched his wrist, and with his free hand, he bent down and gently lifted up his skirt, took off a chain from his ankle, walked over quickly with the skirt in hand, put the chain into Zhang Ning's hand, and looked up.
Looking at him vaguely: "I'll leave you a thought, remember what mother said."
Zhang Ning tightly grasped the chain in his hand. At first, he was still overwhelmed with emotions, but suddenly he felt calm down, as if he had found a clue in the mess. He nodded heartily and said: "Then I'll go first.
If Yan Ruofei discovers that I have colluded with the Anti-Evil Cult, there will be a lot of trouble that is difficult to solve."
After saying that, he turned around and walked away, not daring to look back.
The stone road in the mountains was covered with cold and moist fog, and Zhang Ning couldn't help but shudder as he walked through it. He and Xu Wenjun got all the confiscated items and walked along the way they came without any obstruction.
After walking for a while, it seemed like I took nothing away and left nothing behind.
Opening the stone slab from the entrance of the secret passage, Zhang Ning was just about to get up when he saw light shaking outside the wooden door of the inner hall. After a while, Yan Ruofei and others walked to the door with torches. When they saw Zhang Ning, Yan Ruofei's face was in the firelight
Revealing surprise and surprise: "Master Zhang!"
"Let's talk after we get out." Zhang Ning pretended to be mysterious.
The two people who followed Yan Ruofei in were all on tenterhooks. Not to mention them, even Zhang Ning had a sense of fear when he first came in. When they heard Zhang Ning's order, they showed grateful expressions, as if to say that I have long wanted to leave this ghost place.
Already.
When everyone came down from the mountainside, the wind from the vent in the valley was still very strong. Zhang Ning accidentally didn't hold down his hat, and it was blown away. The man sheltering behind a big rock took the horse and things and followed him out of the valley and stopped at the camp. .
Zhang Ning sat directly on the grass, with a tired look on his face, and deliberately shouted: "I'm starving, please bring me some food."
The guide and the entourage all looked at Zhang Ning cautiously, with fear as if they were at a distance, as if Zhang Ning had been cursed or possessed by a ghost king, and was no longer an ordinary person; some also looked at Zhang Ning with pity, perhaps thinking that Zhang Ning would be dead in two days. To die is just like the curious explorers who went back to the ancient temple and died.
Zhang Ning ate hard food while picking up a water bottle and gulped it down. His mouth was full of food, his cheeks were swollen, and there were stains on his clothes. He suddenly stretched out his neck as if he was choking, and tears came to his eyes. I can't stop even if I come out.
Yan Ruofei hurriedly came up and patted him on the back: "Slow down, we still have a lot of supplies, don't choke."
After a while, Yan Ruofei asked: "What did Mr. Zhang do in the ancient temple all night? There is a secret passage below. What did you find? But we were worried for a while. Mr. Wu had already rushed to Yongshun Division yesterday. The Xuanwei Envoy went to ask for help."
Someone next to him interjected: "Yes, we have been changing people to guard at the bottom of the mountain all night, hoping that Mr. Zhang will come out soon."
Zhang Ning looked around and saw that Wu Yong and Zhan Zhuli were missing. He calmed down and said, "Of course I didn't see any ghost king. Don't be afraid. It's just rumors. There really are ghosts..."
As soon as he said this, a few curious people couldn't help but step back a little.
Zhang Ning continued: "However, I found a cave under the temple, so Wenjun and I went down to find out. Unexpectedly, there was a branch in the cave. The tung oil on our torch burned out, and the light was dark, so the road branched. , I couldn’t find the way back for a long time. Then I finally found my way out after a long time of searching. Is this morning or afternoon?”
"In the morning." Yan Ruofei replied, "You guys went there for a half day and a whole night."
Zhang Ning asked Xu Wenjun to take the bag back, and said: "Of course the trip was not in vain. We found this thing, a big bag, enough to take back for business."
Yan Ruofei opened it gently, picked up a little with her finger, put it in front of her nose and smelled: "Anti-evil fragrance."
Zhang Ning nodded and said: "Now we set off to the Yongshun Propaganda Department to meet Master Wu and the others, and then ask the Yongshun Department to send someone to help find out the details of the evil cult, otherwise the dozen of us are too few. , and was not familiar with the local situation, but he actually made some achievements.”
Yan Ruofei looked back and wished for the hazy ancient temple in the mountains, and could only say: "What Mr. Zhang said is absolutely true. This is the only way to do it."
The day just started early in the morning. Zhang Ning said that he did not want to have a rest for the two of him and affect the schedule, so he immediately packed up the camp and set off. Without rest all night, he was really exhausted. In addition, his mood was ups and downs at night, and Zhang Ning felt his eyes were dry. Feeling weak all over and in very bad spirits, he asked a follower to lead the horse and lead the way, and the group walked slowly along the post road.
Zhang Ning seemed very silent along the way, as if he was not in a good mood. However, after a few days, neither he nor Xu Wenjun showed any signs of death, nor did they get sick. Only then did everyone feel that they were not affected by the ghost king's evil, but they did not know whether it was to ward off evil spirits. The credit of fragrance.
One night, when everyone was setting up tents in a place without a village or a store, Zhang Ning called Yan Ruofei, Zhan Zhuli, Du Fang and others into the tent for a secret conversation. Zhang Ning asked Du Fang in a low voice: "
Governor Du knows a lot about the anti-evil sect, and he must have been paying attention to it for a while. Have you heard about their origins?"
Du Fangdao: "This religious sect has not been approved by the government. It is neither Buddha nor Taoism, and it has no ultimatum. It probably originated from Wushan County, Chongqing Prefecture. It has been deceiving people all year round to sell talisman water and sacred incense. It is actually an illegal gathering. But they have a large number of people.
, the officers and soldiers of one prefecture and one county cannot deal with it. If the imperial court feels that it is a danger, it can ask the Ministry of War to send a message to the three departments of Huguang, the Chief Envoy, and the Inspection and Envoy Department, and command the three departments to coordinate to gather troops to destroy it."
Zhang Ning frowned and said: "I'm not asking how to eradicate them. The world is so big, there are sects that pretend to be gods and ghosts, and there are countless cottages that dominate the mountain. Our Ministry of Rites is not responsible for this. If the Yue Chef does it for us, maybe our colleagues will think that we are
I’m too busy, and I’m just trying to catch the mouse. Now we just want to know the details of the anti-evil sect and who are the people who lead the sect.”
Du Fang said awkwardly: "This official really doesn't know the inside story."
After hearing this, Zhang Ning sighed, a bit helpless. But he felt slightly relieved.
Yan Ruofei said calmly: "I think there is something fishy about this anti-evil sect. Since it is a clue, I should request someone to be put here, organize an interview branch, and try to get into their ranks to find out the situation. Suddenly sent
A large number of people are used to investigate. If they smell hostility, they must be on guard and hide; this kind of thing can only take time to penetrate slowly, and the results will be seen in the long run. If you suddenly send people to investigate, most of them will not find anything useful."
After hearing this, Zhang Ning hurriedly retreated and quietly said to Yan Ruofei: "Master Yan, this is not the Yongle period. All the interviewing departments in the world have been abolished. How dare we set up a government office privately? Mr. Hu is not willing to do this either.
, unless you get the permission of the emperor. Don’t mention this matter again for the time being, and wait until you get the opportunity to hear the emperor’s intention after returning to Beijing.”
Early the next morning, not long after Zhang Ning and others set out on the road, they encountered a large group of Tujia horses. Han officials in the group came up to see the ceremony, claiming to be the "Yongshun military and civilian comfort envoy" Peng Dingnan sent to greet the imperial envoys.
Zhang Ning only brought the official seal and no official uniforms or ceremonial items, so he went west with them without any preparation. In the afternoon, he arrived at Fushi City. According to Hanguan City, this city is the administrative center of Yongshun Division.
Therefore, there is Purple Mountain in the south of the city and Ruoyun Academy in the north. The heirs of the Peng family can not only speak Chinese and recognize Chinese characters, but are also said to be able to write poems. And on the elegant lawn between Purple Mountain and Ruoyun Academy is Yongshun.
The yamen government office, which integrates military and political affairs, is called a palace by the locals. Behind the yamen is the palace of the Xuanweishang. It is actually a relatively closed small kingdom. The chief is a local emperor, and it is normal to live like an emperor.
As soon as he entered Fushi City, he saw people of all ethnic groups wearing national costumes, many wearing silver jewelry, and they were greeted as if they were celebrating a festival. There was also a young Miao lady who came up to send flowers. This scene made Zhang Ning feel as if he was here for a friendly visit.
of foreign guests.
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