Chapter 182: Farming with the Field

A prophecy is often used for bad things, and bad things have come true.

For Qi Xuansu, is it a bad thing to become a disciple of Donghua Zhenren?

If you look at this matter in isolation, then it is indeed a good thing, which means that Qi Xuansu has moved up a level and has a real backer. After all, Qi Niang's maternal family is not a high-level Taoist, and Zhang Yuelu's side is only the wife's family of the Yue family, not the real family. Only the master is the real "father's family".

But if you look at the overall situation, this may not be a good thing.

First of all, there are many prerequisites for achieving this matter. For example, Qi Xuansu's original master Qi Haoran had a problem, which is not good news for Qi Xuansu. After years of feelings, only he knows the bitterness and pain in his heart.

Not to mention the various subsequent changes, why is Qi Xuansu not optimistic about Zhang Yuelu's reforms and new policies? One is because it is too difficult, and the other is because everything has a disadvantage. Pros and cons always go hand in hand, it is nothing more than a matter of size, and there is no such thing as a hundred benefits without a single disadvantage. The new policy will solve old problems, but it will also generate new problems.

The same logic applies here. Qi Xuansu's apprenticeship has both advantages and disadvantages. For example, the conflict between him and Yao Pei and even the Yao family quickly intensified, which meant that Donghua Zhenren had a showdown with the Earth Master to some extent. This is a double-edged sword, and it is by no means a matter of one advantage without one disadvantage.

If it was really a pure good thing, then Qi Xuansu would not have to hesitate for so long, and even wait until Qi Niang came to help him make up his mind.

So Qi Xuansu finally used the saying that a word became a prophecy.

On the other hand, let alone how Donghua Zhenren and Qi Xuansu prepared for the apprenticeship ceremony, the Qingluan Guard's personal army commander's mansion was in an uproar.

Because the personal army commander's mansion suddenly received an official letter from Yujing Ziwei Hall, Donghua Zhenren personally asked the Qingluan Guard Commander how he had been recently and whether he was in good health.

Very simple, very abrupt.

When it came to Donghua Zhenren, the people below did not dare to take the initiative and reported directly to the Qingluan Guard Commander.

After receiving this official letter from the Taoist sect, Qingluan Guard Commander Tian Bannong was also very shocked.

When he reached the position of Donghua Zhenren, every move had its own deep meaning, and others were afraid that they would not fully comprehend the spirit. If it was said that he was just doing it for fun, Xiao Yin might have this possibility, but Donghua Zhenren would never do it.

In terms of the camp, Qingluan Guard and even the court were on the side of Taiping Dao. Even if Qingluan Guard wanted to follow the footsteps of Daoism, they would follow the lead of Qingwei Zhenren. As the biggest opponent of Qingwei Zhenren, Donghua Zhenren had no reason to point fingers at Qingluan Guard.

He came with bad intentions.

Assuming that it had nothing to do with the dispute between the three Daos,

could it be a personal grudge?

This would have to mention Tian Bannong's origin. Just by hearing the name Tian Bannong, we know that he was definitely not a peasant, but a Confucian.

Confucianism has always liked to boast that it is not interested in fame and fortune, and it is always necessary to go home to farm and retire. Of course, the farming of Confucian people is definitely different from that of real farmers. That is the agricultural production of the large estate model. It is already amazing for the great Confucians to plant a vegetable field by themselves, and it is impossible for them to really go to the fields to do farm work.

When real farmers are named, they usually place their hopes on beautiful and simple things, such as wealth, fortune, etc., or a humble name that is easy to raise, and it is generally not linked to the word "farmer".

On the contrary, Confucian people like to use the word "farmer", such as returning to farming, companion farming, and semi-farmer farming, to show off their own integrity and morality.

As a Confucian, Tian Bannong is not a high priest, and basically has no intersection with the Taoist sect. He knows the name of Donghua Zhenren, but has no contact with him.

There is no way to talk about this personal grudge.

Did he accidentally offend Donghua Zhenren at some point, so Donghua Zhenren used this method to warn him?

Or is it a dispute between the three sects, and Qingwei Zhenren moved Donghua Zhenren's people, so Donghua Zhenren intends to use him as a scapegoat to get back?

That's not right. Even if you want to retaliate, the first target should be the people of Taiping Dao. There is no reason to bypass Taiping Dao and directly attack the court. This will complicate the situation and is not what Donghua Zhenren would do.

It can't just be a simple greeting.

What kind of person is he that could make Donghua Zhenren specially greet him? It would be better if he were His Majesty the Emperor.

Tian Bannong would never have thought that this was a greeting that was long overdue.

As for whether Tian Guinong could link the matter with Fengtai County, if he relied on himself alone, the answer was no.

Because the Qingluan Guards who participated in the Fengtai County incident were almost wiped out, and Qi Niang cleared out all the people in the "inn". The last survivors were Jiang Bieyun and one of his Qingluan Guards, Li Sanxin. The latter was Jiang Bieyun's nephew, who joined the Qingluan Guards as a wild Taoist priest and served as a hundred households of the Qingluan Guards.

Maybe some people have forgotten who this Jiang Bieyun is. He is a fourth-grade Taoist priest and a disciple of the Taiping Dao. He was ordered to collect "Xuanyu" for the Li family. Of course, he is just one of the many Taoist priests who collected "Xuanyu". The Li family lost a piece of "Xuanyu" and there is nothing to say. Li Changge has more "Xuanyu" than he can use up.

How can he be as embarrassed as Qi Xuansu. But it was this "Xuanyu" that opened Qi Xuansu's road to fame.

After the incident, the Imperial Army Commander's Office sent Zhao Guangji, the seal holder of Luzhou Qianhu Suo, to investigate the matter. It was Zhao Guangji and Jiang Bieyun who planned this matter together, but the two old foxes hid behind the scenes and did not show up in person, so they escaped Qi Niang's murderous hands.

Zhao Guangji was faced with the situation where all the insiders were silenced, and he had to give an answer to the higher-ups, so he could only accept Jiang Bieyun's statement in its entirety.

In order to shirk his responsibility, Jiang Bieyun pushed the problem to Quanzhen Taoism, and made a fuss about the words left by Qi Xuansu, intending to blame Master Donghua, because no one dared to ask Master Donghua for verification. , if it is confirmed that it is related to Donghua Zhenren, it is a fight between gods, and his guilt will naturally be small.

If things have reached this point and continue to develop, Tian Bannong should know what happened.

But something went wrong again, that is, when he reported to Yun Luo's level, Yun Luo suppressed the matter.

Yun Luo is the commander in charge of Nanzhen Fusi and the only woman among the three officials of Qingluan Guard.

At that time, Qingwei Zhenren came to Beijing, and Yun Luo was very concerned about this matter.

She knew that such a trivial matter could not have anything to do with Zhenren Donghua. At most, it would be a big deal at the level of Qi Jianyuan. It was probably the little thief who was pulling off the tiger's skin to exaggerate and confuse the public. But she also knew that if it was related to Donghua Zhenren, then they could give an explanation to the superiors, and they would not be responsible for crimes other than war.

Yun Luo finally decided to pass the blame to Donghua Zhenren, who wouldn't know anyway.

However, the fewer people who knew about this kind of thing, the better. In addition, Tian Bannong was not from Taiping Dao, but from the Confucian sect, so Yun Luo did not inform Tian Bannong.

Naturally, a big shot like Zhenwei Qingwei had no time to care about such a trivial matter. Not only did he not ask about it, he didn't even come to the pro-military governor's house. Li Zhuyu only sent a Taoist priest to ask about the matter. Yun Luo and Jiang Bieyun paid for it. Open the way and pass smoothly.

Seeing that the matter had passed, Yun Luo issued a strict order not to mention it again.

Jiang Bieyun would not even mention that when it came to Donghua Zhenren, Qi Xuansu, who was still a wild Taoist priest at the time, didn't know what Donghua Zhenren meant. However, he, a fourth-grade wine-sacrifice Taoist, knew very well that for some small countries, using three words It can be described as the power of Master Donghua - destroying his country. A war in the Western Region was fought, but many small countries in the Western Region were actually destroyed.

This has caused great harm to the farmers in the field. He racked his brains and couldn't figure out why Master Donghua was greeting him when he had nothing to do.

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However, Tian Bannong can become the commander of the Qingluan Guards, and he is not a mediocre person. He is very good at grasping the main contradiction.

After thinking about it, he figured out one thing. Personal grudges were probably impossible. It involved internal fighting among the three realms, and it must be related to Taiping Dao. Yun Luo was from Taiping Dao.

So Tian Bannong immediately called Yun Luo and handed the official letter to Yun Luo, "Please help me read it carefully. What does this official letter from Master Donghua mean?"

Yun Luo took it and took a look, only to feel a cold feeling on his back, and an ecstatic feeling as if his soul had left his body.

Memories that had lasted forty-one years suddenly emerged.

Did Master Donghua really send his greetings? What's up with this belated greeting? From the forty-one year of Jiushi to the forty-five year of Jiuzhi, is there any deeper meaning?

As soon as Tian Bannong saw Yun Luo's look, he knew that something was wrong. He couldn't help but cursed deep in his heart, "I knew you Taipingdao was trying to trick Lou Zi and asked me to take the blame for you! That's all. Why don't you guys still do it?" Tell me, I won’t know until the thunder reaches my head.”

"It seems that Lord Yun knows something." Tian Bannong sneered, "Exactly, I don't know how to reply to Master Donghua, so I'll ask Lord Yun to help me reply."

Yun Luo forced a smile and said with a guilty conscience, "This, this... is not good..."

Tian Bannong's smile suddenly dropped and he said sternly, "You know what you have done. Master Donghua will never come for me!"

This sentence happened to be wrong, and Yun Luo felt even more guilty. He just thought that the matter of passing the blame to Master Donghua came to light, so Master Donghua wanted to beat him up.

Generally speaking, big shots don't care about such trivial matters, but once they do, what's the point?

Looking for Qingwei Zhenren? Not to mention whether Master Qingwei would pay attention to such a trivial matter, even if Master Qingwei was willing to take action, they would have to round out the lie. First, explain clearly how they got through it back then? Does money open the way?

It's not enough to provoke a Master Donghua, but another Master Qingwei? A two-pronged approach would be a sure way to die.

What else can be done? I can only pretend to be stupid and reply that everything is fine.

, I am extremely grateful to Master Donghua for his concern, and then look for other opportunities to make amends. Maybe I can try to become the palace secretary.

At this time, Qi Xuansu neither cared about the panic of the Qingluan guards nor cared about Jinque's affairs. He had already done all he could do, which was to give a final report and then sit in to observe without any chance to express his opinions. .