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Xiao 1911, who was crazy, made the whole Tai Chi palace nervous. Wan Xingchen's words made a demon go west, and another word frightened an emperor. Sometimes the Jianghu was too big to touch, and sometimes it was as small as a Tai Chi palace. Even as small as two or three people.
These things seem to have nothing to do with the solution that has passed the Yangtze River. At this time, he is also in the Jianghu.
The intersection of Luoshui and the Yangtze River is vast, like an invisible great lake. The East-West River and the north-south river meet here, but they do not stir up any waves. The water of the two rivers gently wrapped each other and soon became one.
But under the seemingly calm water, there are torrents and undercurrents. There are many swirling undercurrents at the intersection of the two rivers. If the boatman accidentally drives the boat here, it will be swallowed up in a short time. Now the boatman's experience is accumulated by their ancestors for thousands of years and passed on to them. They will never touch the advice left by their ancestors.
In fact, the Jianghu here is the same as that of people? It looks calm, but in fact it is full of crisis. If you are not careful, you will be caught in the waves and can't extricate yourself. If you don't do well, you will be doomed. If you want to turn over, you can only wait for reincarnation in the next life, and you have to beg not to lose your memory.
After changing to the local government ship, Fang Xie and his party began to turn south.
The boatman carefully propped the boat and did not dare to go near the places where the ancestors had been warned by word of mouth. The water looks the same, but the local boatmans have an invisible route in their hearts. This route has been explored by countless generations with their lives, and its value cannot be measured by money.
The lake formed at the intersection of the two rivers is called Yan Lake. It is said that it is because standing at the highest point of Mangdangshan mountain on the North Bank of the Yangtze River, the shape of the lake is like a flying swallow spreading its wings. On the side of the river with the most gentle water area, there is a water city, which is one of the camps of the imperial court patrolling the Yangtze River and Luohe River. It can be seen from the number of masts that there are at least hundreds of warships in the water city.
Nanchuan Xima, these are four words that were circulated among the people in the north before the great Sui Dynasty conquered the south of the Yangtze River. Southerners are good at sailing and walking on the water. Western people naturally refer to Mengyuan. Their riding is as easy and simple as that of southern people. Today, the land of Nanchuan has become the land of fish and rice of the great Sui Dynasty, and the land of Xima is still eyeing half of the great Sui Dynasty.
Fang Xie's vision was taken back from the water city, and his heart stirred by the great lake and the thousand sails was a little restless. The world is too big. There are scenery everywhere.
But Fang Xie could not hold so many scenery in his heart at this time. A Buddha who claimed to be Shiyuan almost filled his heart. This is not calm, mostly from the bald head.
Fang Xie had not seen Shi Yuan since he left that day, and the monk seemed to disappear suddenly. Those dark bodyguards who followed him in the dark did not appear again. Zhuo Buyi healed on the ship, but his people still walked separately. When crossing Yanhu lake, they heard that there was a homicide and five or six foreigners died. Everyone died the same way, with a blood hole on his forehead.
There is no doubt that Lihuo's men were killed by Shiyuan. Shiyuan is not God. If those dark guards don't take the initiative to provoke him, he won't know the identity of those dark guards. It is speculated that those dark guards found Lu minglan, so they went to contact, but they were all killed by Shiyuan.
The Buddha is undoubtedly powerful. How can those dark guards be opponents?
Fang Xie took out a thin blanket and covered Zhuo Bu's clothes sitting on the deck lounge chair in the sun: "it's windy on the river. You're as weak as a three-year-old."
Zhuo Buyi smiled and said, "not even a three-year-old."
Fang Xie sat down next to him, remained silent for a while and asked, "with our current hands, can we win if we meet the god named Shiyuan next time?"
Zhuo Buyi squinted at him and said softly, "he didn't see that he would kill you."
Fang Xie smiled bitterly: "it was not easy to get rid of the relationship with the Buddha sect. I haven't forgotten the disaster of imprisonment for half a year."
"It's different this time."
Zhuo Buyi smiled: "this is not Chang'an city."
Fang Xie asked, "will you lie to the emperor?"
Zhuo Buyi said, "I'm not a member of the imperial court. In the Imperial Guard's office, you think I'm helping my friends. Since I don't even have an official position, why should I take the initiative to report anything?"
Fang Xie smiled: "you are so cute now."
Zhuo Buyi said, "in other words, it's better to use Yushu Linfeng."
Fang Xie glanced: "wait until you're well. I'm full of ideas about how to kill that guy."
Zhuo Buyi frowned slightly. After stopping for a while, he suddenly asked, "why is he so obsessed with women? The boat woman of the boat hired by the dark guard is not a beauty, and he didn't let go. The woman in the dark guard is somewhat beautiful. Why is he so hungry and greedy?"
"Hunger makes no choice!"
Fang Xie's eyes suddenly brightened: "these four words seem to be the key..."
Zhuo Buyi sighed, "it's a pity that we don't know much about the Buddha sect. The Imperial Guard Office has never stopped the secret spy of Mengyuan sect for so many years, but it has little effect. The foundation of the Buddha sect is in the big snow mountain, and not everyone can get into the big wheel temple. It's hard to find out about a God."
"Anyway..."
Fang Xie said, "we don't know anything about him, do we?"
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After passing Yanhu lake, the ship enters the Luoshui river. The width of the river is slightly worse than that of the Yangtze River, but even so, the narrowest part of the river is at least a mile wide. Moreover, Luoshui is much more gentle than the Yangtze River. In contrast, she is like a gentle girl, and the Yangtze River is a hot young woman.
Because it was the imperial envoy who went south, the commander of Yanhu Navy specially sent two Huanglong express ships to escort him. The Huanglong Express has a length of 30 meters and can carry 200 soldiers. Of course, a warship of the same size cannot be compared with a troop carrier. The warship is strong and its weight is much larger than that of the transport ship.
What makes Ye Jinnan most happy is that Fang Xie is a man of his word. After changing the waterway, Fang Xie really stopped contacting local officials. Even the invitation of Yanhu navy commander Fang Xie was declined with physical discomfort, and the invitations of state officials along the way turned a blind eye.
At this rate, we can reach Yongzhou in half a month.
He wrote a secret letter and released the carrier pigeon when there was no one. Another three or four days to go to the four Southwest Road, this is the place where the left forward has the final say. The four governors are distinguished, they are all border officials of the second grade, but in front of Luo Yao of the third grade, they are like quails, only submissive.
As long as you enter the four roads in the southwest, ye Jinnan has completed more than half of his work.
Ye Jinnan couldn't help sighing when he thought of the explanation that general Luo Yao called him to the study before he went to the imperial capital. He thought of the heart disease that general Luo Yao had been struggling with for so many years. The great general has been garrisoned in the southwest for more than 20 years. The attitude of the imperial court towards the great general has been used from the beginning to the present. In fact, the left avant-garde can feel it.
It is not because the general has been expanding his army over the years, or even interfering in the affairs of local governments. The governor of zhengerpin even had to ask him for instructions on the appointment and removal of local officials in pingshangdao where Yongzhou was located. It can be said that the four governors in the southwest are the four most oppressed governors in the 24 rivers and mountains of the great Sui Dynasty.
Within a thousand miles of Yongzhou City, it is the absolute power of the left avant-garde. Local officials are left avant-garde people. No one else can get in.
The memorial to secretly impeach Luo Yao over the years has never been broken, and there are not a few local officials in the four roads in the southwest who are convinced and dissatisfied. But general Luo never cared. Of course, he knew that one would kill another. These four roads in the southwest were not so much the territory of the great Sui Dynasty as his fiefs.
But even such a powerful man, he also has his troubles and sufferings.
Luo Yao's left avant-garde general's mansion is located in the north of Yongzhou City, covering a huge area. This mansion was once the residence of a prince of the great merchant. After the great merchant destroyed the country, this place became a private house awarded by the former Emperor to Luo Yao. Two blocks from the general's mansion is the palace of the Shang state.
This magnificent palace is now the southwest palace of the emperor of the great Sui Dynasty, but the two emperors have not been here once in more than 20 years. Compared with the Tai Chi palace in Chang'an, this imperial palace is much more delicate and less majestic. Most of the garden palaces in the southwest pursue quietness and elegance, unlike Chang'an City, which pays attention to solemnity and grandeur.
Luo Yao's general's house is the same. Entering from the main gate is a beautiful garden. The unique evergreen plants in the southwest are all over the garden. Walking through the stone path is like being in nature. Luo Yao's study is located in the deep part of the garden, in the banana forest.
This is a three story wooden building, with a typical architectural style of water town.
Local people call this kind of building high-rise. Because it is specially built in the pool, the first floor is also higher than the second floor of the northern wooden building. A canoe can even pass under the tall building, and the lotus in the pool blooms at least three or four months earlier than in the north.
This tall building is Luo Yao's most private place. Even his wife can't walk in casually.
A soldier hurried up the high-rise building with a secret letter, asked for instructions in a low voice, pushed the door and entered a room in the south. He walked forward quickly with his head down, hands raised, and handed the secret letter to the man behind the desk in his usual home clothes.
This is a man who looks about forty, but in fact he is over sixty. His figure is not particularly burly and strong, and it is even too delicate compared with the legendary image of Zhang Er, green faced and tusks. But anyone who saw him knew he was a soldier. His temperament is destined to make him a very tall man. This height has nothing to do with his height.
This is Luo Yao, the left avant-garde general on the right side.
After receiving the secret letter, Luo Yao waved his hand, and the armour respectfully withdrew. He opened the secret letter, looked at it, and then threw it out of the window. The letter paper fell on the water and was soon torn away by the fish in the pool.
"Although a few years late, you came back after all."
Luo Yao leaned back on his seat. Although his face still looked flat, there was a strange look in his eyes, which flashed away. He looked out of the window, and the look in his eyes turned into a rare tenderness. This iron man seldom has such eyes in his life.