Crazy Xiao Yijiu made the entire Taiji Palace tense by himself, while Wan Xingchen made a demon go west with one remark, and another remark made an emperor panic. It's only as big as a Tai Chi Palace. Even the small ones are only as big as two or three people.
These things seem to have nothing to do with Fang Jie who has passed the Yangtze River, and he is also in the rivers and lakes at this time.
The confluence of the Luoshui River and the Yangtze River is as vast as a large lake with no limit. The east-west and north-south rivers meet here, but there are no turbulent waves. The waters of the two big rivers wrapped each other gently, and soon merged into one.
But under the seemingly calm water surface, there are torrents and undercurrents. There are many swirling undercurrents at the junction of the two rivers. If the boatman accidentally drives the boat into this place, it will not be long before it will be swallowed. Now the experience of the boatmen is passed on to them after thousands of years of accumulation by their ancestors, and they will never touch the advice left by their ancestors.
In fact, the rivers and lakes here are not exactly the same as the rivers and lakes of people? It seems to be calm, but in fact there are many crises. If you are not careful, you will be caught in the waves and you will be unable to extricate yourself. If you want to stand up, you can only wait for reincarnation in the next life, and you have to beg not to lose your memory.
After transferring to the big ship of the local government, Fang Jie and his party began to turn south.
The boatmen carefully punted their boats, not daring to get close to the places where the ancestors passed on word of mouth warnings. It all looks the same on the water, but local boatmen have an invisible route in mind. This route has been explored by countless generations of people with their lives, and its value cannot be measured by money.
The lake formed at the confluence of the two rivers is called Yanhu Lake. It is said that it is because standing on the highest point of Mangdang Mountain on the north bank of the Yangtze River and looking here, the shape of this big lake looks like a flying swallow with wings spread. There is a water city by the river on the gentlest side of the water area. It is one of the camps where the imperial court cruises the Yangtze River and the Luo River navy. From the number of masts, it can be seen that there are at least hundreds of warships in the water city.
Ships from the south to horses from the west, these are the four words that were circulated among the northern people before the great Sui pacified the south of the Yangtze River. Southerners are good at navigating boats, and walking on water is like walking on flat land. Westerners naturally refer to Mongolian Yuan. They ride horses as easily and simply as southerners drive boats. Now the land of Nanchuan has become a land of fish and rice for the Sui Dynasty, and the land of West Horse is still staring at half of the country of the Sui Dynasty.
Fang Xie turned his gaze away from the water city, feeling a little uneasy as he was stirred by the great lake and the thousands of sails. The world is too big, and there are scenery everywhere.
But Fang Jie couldn't hold so many scenery in his heart at this time, and a Buddha Sect Tianzun who claimed to be Shi Yuan almost filled his heart. It's not calm, mostly from the bald head.
Fang Jie hadn't seen Shi Yuan since he left that day, and the monk seemed to have disappeared suddenly. The dark guards who followed him in secret did not appear again. Zhuo Buyi was recuperating on the boat, but his men still left separately. When they crossed Yanhu Lake, they heard that there was a murder case. Five or six foreigners died. The method is the same, there is a blood hole on the forehead.
There is no doubt that Li Huo's men were killed by that Shi Yuan. Shi Yuan is not a god, if those dark guards did not take the initiative to provoke him, he would not know the identity of those dark guards. From this, it is speculated that those dark guards found Lu Minglan and went to the meeting, but they were all killed by Shi Yuan.
The Buddha Sect's Tianzun is undoubtedly powerful, so how could those dark guards be opponents
Fang Jie came out with a thin blanket and covered Zhuo Buyi who was sitting on a deck chair basking in the sun: "The river is windy, you are as weak as a three-year-old child now."
Zhuo Buyi smiled and said, "Not even a three-year-old child."
Fang Jie sat down next to him, was silent for a while and asked: "With our current manpower, if we meet that Heavenly Venerable named Shi Yuan next time, is there any chance of winning?"
Zhuo Buyi narrowed his eyes and glanced at him, then said softly, "He might not kill you."
Fang Jie smiled wryly: "It's hard to get rid of the relationship with the Buddhist sect. I still haven't forgotten the six months in prison."
"It's different this time."
Zhuo Buyi smiled: "This is not Chang'an City."
Fang Jie asked, "Would you lie to the emperor?"
Zhuo Buyi said: "I'm not a member of the imperial court, at the Ouchi guards you treat me as helping a friend. Since I don't even have an official position, why should I take the initiative to report anything?"
Fang Jie smiled: "You are so cute now."
Zhuo Buyi said: "Another word, it's better to use Yushu Linfeng."
Fang Jie curled his lips: "Wait until you recover from your injury, then you can face the wind in Yushu. My mind is full of how to kill that guy now."
Zhuo Buyi frowned slightly, and after pausing for a while, suddenly asked: "Why is he so obsessed with female sex? The boat woman hired by the dark guards is not a beauty, and he didn't let it go. The woman in the dark guards is indeed A bit pretty, but why is he so hungry as a Buddha Sect Heavenly Venerable?"
"Hungry will never choose food!"
Fang Jie's eyes suddenly lit up: "These four words seem to be the key..."
Zhuo Buyi sighed: "Unfortunately, we know too little about the Buddhist sect. Over the years, the Ouchi Guards Department has never stopped sending secret spies from the Mongolian Yuan sect, but the results have been minimal. The Buddhist sect's foundation is in the Daxue Mountain. Not everyone can enter the Dalun Temple. It is difficult to find out about a deity."
"Anyway..."
Fang Jie said, "We don't know anything about him anymore, do we?"
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After the big boat passed Yanhu Lake, it entered the Luoshui River. The width of this big river was slightly smaller than that of the Yangtze River, but even so, the narrowest part of the river was at least one mile wide. Moreover, Luoshui is much gentler than Changjiang. In comparison, she is like a gentle girl, while Changjiang is a hot young woman.
Because it was an imperial envoy going south, the admiral of the Yanhu Navy specially sent two Huanglong fast boats to escort them. The Huanglong Clipper is 30 meters long and can carry 200 soldiers at full capacity. Of course, warships of the same size cannot be compared with troop carriers. Warships are sturdy, and their weight is much greater than that of transport ships.
What made Ye Jinnan the happiest was that Fang Jie was a man who kept his word. Since he changed to the waterway, Fang Jie really stopped contacting local officials. Even the invitation from the Admiral of the Yanhu Navy, Fang Xie, declined politely because he felt unwell, and even turned a blind eye to the invitations from state officials along the way.
According to this speed, it will be able to reach Yongzhou in half a month.
He wrote a secret letter and released the pigeons when no one was around. After walking for another three or four days, you will be able to enter the jurisdiction of the four southwest roads. This is where the left avant-garde has the final say. The four governors-to-be were distinguished, and they were all the second-rank officials of the frontier, but in front of Luo Yao, who was the third-rank, they were all like quails.
As long as he enters the four southwest roads, Ye Jinnan has completed more than half of his errands.
Ye Jinnan couldn't help but heaved a long sigh when he thought of what the general Luo Yao told him to call him into his study before he went to the imperial capital, and thought of the mental illness that the general had been struggling with for so many years. The general has been guarding the southwest for more than 20 years, and the imperial court's attitude towards the general has changed from being unsuspecting at the beginning to being suspicious now. People in the left avant-garde can actually feel it.
It's not because the general has continued to expand his army over the years, and even interfered with the affairs of the local government. For the appointment and dismissal of local officials on Pingshang Road where Yongzhou is located, the governor-general of the second rank even went to ask him for instructions. It can be said that the four governors of the Southwest were the four most aggrieved governors in the twenty-four kingdoms of the Sui Dynasty.
And within a thousand miles of Yongzhou City, it is the place of absolute power of the Left Front Guard. Local officials are all left avant-garde people, and no one else can get in.
Over the years, the secret impeachment of Luo Yao has never been interrupted, and there are not a few local officials in the four southwestern provinces who are not convinced. But General Luo never cared about it, of course he would kill one if he knew about it. The four southwest roads are not so much the territory of the Sui Dynasty, but rather his fiefdom.
But even such a powerful man has his troubles and sufferings.
Luo Yao's Zuo Qianwei General's Mansion is located in the north of Yongzhou City, occupying a huge area. This mansion used to be the residence of a prince of Dashang. After Dashang destroyed the country, this place became the private residence awarded to Luo Yao by the late emperor. Two streets away from the General's Mansion is the Imperial Palace of the Shang Kingdom.
This magnificent palace is now the southwestern palace of the Sui Emperor, but the two emperors have not visited once in the past 20 years. Compared with the Taiji Palace in Chang'an, this imperial palace is much more delicate, and a bit less majestic. Most of the gardens and palaces in the southwest pursue quietness and elegance, unlike Chang'an City, where everything is solemn and magnificent.
Luo Yao's General's Mansion is the same, entering from the main entrance is a beautiful garden. The evergreen plants unique to the southwest are all over the garden, and walking through the stone paths is like being in nature. Luo Yao's study is located deep in the garden, within the banana grove.
This is a three-story wooden building with a typical water town architectural style.
The local people call this kind of building a stilt building. 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 through 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 tall building with a secret letter, asked for instructions in a low voice, opened the door and walked into a room to the south. He walked forward quickly with his head down, holding the secret letter with both hands and handing it to the man in casual clothes behind the desk.
This is a man who looks about forty years old, but in fact he is over sixty years old. His figure is not particularly burly and sturdy, and even a little too delicate compared to the legendary figure who is two feet tall and blue-faced with fangs. But anyone who saw him knew he was a soldier. The kind of temperament in him is destined to make him a very tall person, and this kind of tallness has nothing to do with height.
This is Luo Yao, the left forward general of the overlord side.
After receiving the secret letter, Luo Yao waved his hand, and the soldier retreated respectfully. He unfolded the secret letter and looked at it, his expression changed slightly, and then he threw the secret letter out of the window casually. The letter paper fluttered on the water, and was torn off by the fish in the pool after a while.
"Although it's a few years late, you're still back after all."
Luo Yao leaned back on the seat, although his face still looked calm, there was a strange look in his eyes that was fleeting. He tilted his head and looked out the window, the look in his eyes turned into a tenderness that rarely appeared. This iron-blooded man rarely showed such eyes in his life.