Chapter 75 Return to Camp

Master Qingwei opened a "sound transmission array" similar to a music box, and listened to the rustling blind sounds coming from inside, feeling a little stunned.

At this time, Master Qingwei was on his way back to Xiujing's camp on a "Purple Dragon".

As the real person in charge of the army, of course he could ride on the "Yinglong", but he didn't do that. Instead, he took a "Purple Dragon" in a very low-key manner. With the current technology of Dao Sect, there is no problem with full-body projection like face-to-face conversation, but Master Qingwei still chose this old-fashioned "sound transmission array" with a slight sense of distance, just like he did not choose "Yinglong".

Nowadays, few people use this kind of old antique, but the old guy is still as good as the old guy. At least it retains a little buffer.

Master Qingwei has been in Fenglinzhou for a month as the master of the army, and the results achieved are obvious to all. He first stabilized the situation with thunderous means, and then switched from strategic defense to strategic offense, opening up the front line from Musashi to Ise, and attacking Ise. From Ezo in the far north to Satsuma in the far south, everyone knew the name of Li Qingwei. Qingwei Zhenren was extremely popular for a while. In Fenglinzhou, he was the well-deserved uncrowned king and held the highest power.

However, within the Taoist sect, Master Qingwei is far from holding the highest power. Even within Taiping Dao, one of the three sects, he is only the number two figure. There is also the Great Master of Taiping Dao who is stationed at the Qizhou base camp. Li Changgeng.

Soon, the "sound transmission array" was connected.

A majestic old man's voice came out from the "sound transmission array": "Wugou."

Master Qingwei's voice was relatively gentle: "National Master."

On the other side was Li Changgeng, one of the three Taoist masters.

The great masters of the Five Dynasties established many rules for Taoist sects. In addition to uniform clothing and appearance and age, there is also one rule: address one's position when discussing official business.

Therefore, no matter how good the relationship between Zhang Yuelu and Mu Jin is, they still call them "Master Mu" instead of a nickname. Master Qingwei also called him "National Master" instead of uncle.

However, rules are dead. As a person who once worked with the five great masters and was one of the three people who truly held the highest power in the Taoist sect, the Imperial Master did not take these rules seriously and did not strictly abide by them. No one dared to criticize him harshly. This is roughly what "do what you want without breaking the rules." After reaching a certain status and having the qualifications to define, modify, and explain the rules, the rules are no longer dead, but change flexibly on their own, and naturally they will not violate the rules.

The Imperial Master said, "Is something wrong?"

"Yes." Master Qingwei's tone was more solemn, "There are some variables here in Fenglinzhou."

The Imperial Preceptor's voice was still steady, without any ups and downs: "What's the change?"

Master Qingwei hesitated for a moment and said, "It's about Furong Mountain."

The Imperial Master was silent.

Master Qingwei just waited calmly, looking at the files spread out on the table.

This is the advantage of the "sound transmission array". At least it saves a lot of etiquette.

After a while, the Imperial Master's voice sounded again: "Is there more?"

Master Qingwei replied: "No more for now."

The Imperial Master was silent again, seeming to be deep in thought for a long time.

Master Qingwei was still waiting calmly.

After a long time, the Imperial Master finally said: "I know a little bit about this matter. I thought it was a mythical legend, but I didn't expect it to be true. From this point of view, the approach of the end of the law has caused many people or things to begin to happen. There are some unpredictable changes that are indeed beyond our expectations.”

Master Qingwei asked: "So...how should I deal with it?"

The Imperial Master said: "The older and more massive things are, the slower they change, so slow that people mistakenly think they are constant. We need to zoom out to a perspective of hundreds, thousands, or even ten thousand years to survey the past and present. , can we appreciate the existence of this change. Just like this world, it is changing every moment. The development from the Taiyi period to the Taiji period, from chaos to reality, is like growing up from a baby to an adult. For humans, it only takes more than 20 years to grow up, but for heaven and earth, it takes tens of thousands of years. Therefore, even if Furong Mountain is changing, it will take years, and it cannot happen in a short time. Too many variables.”

Master Qingwei said: "What the Imperial Master means is that the original plan remains unchanged?"

The national master said: "Even if we have to give up Fenglinzhou, it will be a matter of the future. The most important thing at the moment is to put down the Fenglinzhou rebellion. It is related to the overall situation of Yujing. The decision to capture the entire territory of Fenglinzhou will not be changed by any will."

"Yes." Master Qingwei responded softly.

The National Preceptor ended the sound transmission call.

…

Qi Xuansu returned to Yoshida City again.

The last time, he came here as a Harima-ryu Onmyoji, and this time, he returned here as a Taoist priest of the third grade of Taoism.

Along the way, Taoist priests and spiritual officials saluted him one after another.

There were also many people in the prime minister's office who were frightened when they saw him and called him "Mr. Gao Gong".

In the past hundred years, although the Taoist sect did not actually rule Fenglin Continent, its influence on Fenglin Continent was all-round. During the Daqi period, the Central Plains was at its peak, and Fenglinzhou sent Qi envoys to fully learn and imitate Daqi. Later, the Central Plains experienced the decline of the Great Qi Dynasty, the Great Jin Dynasty, and the Great Wei Dynasty, and Fenglinzhou bit back. Now, Daxuan is once again strong and powerful, but Fenglinzhou has become seriously weak after a long period of seclusion, so Fenglinzhou has started to imitate Daxuan again.

Looking around, it can be seen that many Japanese also dress like Central Plains people and learn to speak Central Plains Mandarin. In addition, they all have black hair and black eyes, so it is difficult to distinguish them. They can only be barely distinguished by their mysterious aura.

In the upper echelons of the Xiangfu, for some orthodox considerations, they also use traditional clothing. In the middle echelons, almost all of them are Central Plains people. They are proud of being able to speak Central Plains dialect. The closer the Mandarin accent is to the Imperial Capital, the higher they are. Everything is based on the Imperial Capital or Yujing as the standard. When they open their mouths, they will talk about how Central Plains is, how good it is, and how wonderful it is. On the other hand, Fenglinzhou is so ignorant and backward. The people of Fenglinzhou must learn to reflect. If the Imperial Capital is like this, Yujing is even more worthy of the city on the top of the mountain and the benchmark of the world. There is a golden palace with a thirty-six-member deliberation system. It is fair and equal, open-minded and advanced, civilized and great. It seems that the farts of the Taoist priests in Yujing are fragrant. M..

Qi Xuansu was very surprised when he first met these people. As a person who settled down in Yujing, he didn't know that Yujing was so good, and even had a little self-doubt. Is the place they talked about really Yujing? Is it really not their imagination?

In this case, as long as it is a Taoist priest, even if it is just a Taoist boy, it will be superior.

Then what about the third-rank Youyi Taoist priest?

Naturally, he is an undoubted big shot.

When the people of Fenglinzhou looked at him, they actually had some heartfelt awe, which was very different from the awe of ordinary Taoist priests.

At this moment, a voice suddenly said: "Deputy Hall Master of Tianyuan!"

Generally speaking, only people who know Qi Xuansu will call him by his courtesy name and title.

Qi Xuansu looked in the direction of the voice, and sure enough, he saw an acquaintance: "Brother Xu?"

"I don't dare to be. Now it's wartime, not in Yujing. It's better to call him Deputy Hall Master of Tianyuan by his title." The person who came was Xu Kou.

Qi Xuansu readily agreed: "Why is Master Xu here?"

Xu Kou smiled and said: "Of course I didn't come here without permission. I was ordered to stay here to fight against the wandering people."

Qi Xuansu was not surprised by this answer, but asked: "Have you seen a witch named Asai Cang?"

"Don't tell me she is your lover." Xu Kou joked, "Be careful or I will go to Deputy Hall Master Qingxiao to tell on you."

"Do you think I am the eldest son of the Li family?" Qi Xuansu joked, "This little girl has helped me. If you see her, as long as it does not violate the principles, you might as well give her a break."

Xu Kou said: "I have really seen such a little girl, but you are late to say this."

Qi Xuansu's expression did not change, but he raised his eyebrows: "Did you kill her? Or cripple her?"

Xu Kou said: "Someone saved her before you. She is already free, and it is not my turn to give her a break."

Qi Xuansu only asked one word: "Who?"

"Toyotomi Chiyo." Xu Kou's answer was equally concise.

Qi Xuansu naturally knew who Toyotomi Chiyo was, and just said: "So she is Toyotomi Hidetsugu's sister. Since she is here, I can save trouble and don't have to owe you a favor."

Xu Kou snorted and laughed: "Then I really lost a lot. This is a favor from the famous Deputy Master Qi. It feels like I missed 10,000 Wuyou money."

"You are weird and have inherited the true teachings of the Li family." Qi Xuansu pointed at him, "You are worthy of being the person chosen by the real person in charge of the army."

Xu Kou noticed that there was a burden behind Qi Xuansu, and joked: "Who is this? It can't be your daughter? It's been a short time since we last met, and your daughter has grown up so big?"

Xiao Yin, who was not very happy, looked at Xu Kou with a bad look.

Qi Xuansu said, "Don't talk nonsense. She is the granddaughter of a senior, surnamed Yin. That senior is a great man, I can't afford to offend him anyway."

Xu Kou felt a chill on his back when he was looked at by Xiao Yin: "It can be seen that this Miss Xiao Yin is not an ordinary person."

Xiao Yin snorted and looked away.

In fact, she couldn't do anything to Xu Kou. After all, they were all Taoists and were in the same group.

Qi Xuansu said, "I can't continue to talk to you. I have to rush back to the camp. Is there a flying boat that will take off immediately? Let me take a ride."

Xu Kou thought for a while and said, "At this time, there is only the 'Huang Chi' that transports food and military supplies, and it just happened to be returning."

"That's fine." Qi Xuansu didn't ask for much.

Xu Kou said, "I'll go with you."

"By the way, you came from Ichishi County? What are you doing there? If you need to keep it secret, just pretend I didn't ask."

"There's nothing to keep secret. Anyway, Ise Shrine already knows. I went to Suzuka Mountain to meet Suzuka Gozen."

"Good fellow, you're going back to the camp to claim your credit."

"Suzuka Gozen has accepted the amnesty, and the camp will soon take the next step. To borrow a Western saying, it's just the calm before the storm, take care of yourself."

"Don't worry."

"Let's go."