Huo Dong with an old face winked, stopped Lu Zhongji from saluting, and said softly, "Sit—"
Lu Zhongji didn't refuse, sat down directly, and said respectfully: "Please tell Mr. Huo..."
Huo Dong frowned slightly, and said relaxedly: "Brother Lu, don't be nervous. You and I will be treated like brothers when we come out this time, and we don't need to get involved in the affairs of the court. If Brother Lu looks at me, Huo, please call me Huo." bro..."
"Uh... Brother Huo..."
"Okay... Hehe, Brother Lu, although I am a little older, I am not very familiar with the things in this Yunzhou territory. Brother, you are the proprietor, I wonder if you can tell me, what is the origin of this Qingyun Temple?"
Lu Zhongji pondered for a while, and found that although the young man in brocade clothes and the middle-aged eunuch didn't seem to pay attention to this place, their ears trembled unnaturally. Based on his years of experience in investigating cases, he was sure that these two people had already activated their internal forces. He was paying attention to his own reply.
Lu Zhongji looked serious, and slowly replied: "Brother Huo, this Qingyun Temple is not a formal sect now, it is just a small local Taoist temple, but it has always been very popular. Because the local government's finances have always been poor, so The Qingyun temple also takes into account the role of the charity hall, and the orphans near Qingyun town are basically sent to this temple to support them, so although it is not registered as a formal sect, the government does not impose restrictions on its disciples... "
"Oh... So, this Qingyun Temple is just a small worldly temple?"
"exactly."
"Then what powerful characters are there in this view?"
"Qingyun Temple has only reached the third generation so far. The real person Lingxu, the master of the temple, was just a Taoist priest who walked away. He only settled in Qingyun Temple seventy years ago. This foundation of Qingyun Temple has been established, and now it has the strength to establish a sect... As for the powerful people... According to the news, the master of Qingyun Temple, Ling Xuzi, should have acquired the strength of the "Earth Yuan Realm". As for the other disciples, they have always been unknown ... Xiaguan, uh, I really don't know the depth of his strength..."
"Oh, the name is unknown... The strength of the Qingyun Temple is so ordinary, how can it provoke such a giant as the Changkong Zhaojianmen?"
"This—the subordinates don't know."
"Well, you go down—"
Lu Zhongji was confused, got up and retreated.
As soon as Lu Zhongji left, the middle-aged man who had been closing his eyes to rest his mind opened his eyes in vain, and said in a eunuch's unique soft voice: "This Lu Zhongji is not useless, and he can know a lot about this barren mountain school. two… "
The young man in brocade clothes looking left and right next to him snorted coldly, and said with a sneer: "Grandpa Liu must have misjudged him, right? If Lu Zhongji really has the ability, he can make the 800,000 taels of precious silver disappear without a trace overnight." No trace? You can’t even find out how the money was transported away, it’s a waste to the extreme.”
The young man in brocade clothes had a sarcastic tone, and the middle-aged eunuch smiled and didn't argue with him. The "Shence Mansion" and the "Master Attendant" have always been competing for favor in front of the emperor, and it's normal for them to be at odds with each other.
Huo Dong smiled and glanced at a few little Taoist priests not far away, but said in his mouth: "Baoyin was robbed, the matter is of great importance, and it is definitely not as simple as it seems... The whole thing was originally carried out in secret, knowing the key point There are no more than a few people in the office, all of whom are prominent, and no one dares to let them bear the crime of collaborating with the enemy. This time, our third division's investigation may have picked up a hot potato... "
"It's not just hot, I'm afraid the involvement in it will be unexpectedly important..." the eunuch surnamed Liu interjected.
Huo Dong nodded in agreement, and continued: "Eunuch Liu's words are very true, but you and I, who secretly received the appointment from the superior, were followed before we left Luodu City, and followed all the way, the stalker There have been more than a dozen waves, but they have not relaxed their surveillance on us for a moment, which shows that the power in the hands of this enemy is no less than that of our third division."
The brocade-clothed young man closed the paper fan in his hand, and said excitedly: "No matter how closely he watches, he can't compare to Mr. Huo's scheme. He is traveling with us openly, but he doesn't know that we have already..."
ahem—
Huo Dong frowned slightly, coughed twice, even the middle-aged eunuch showed dissatisfaction, the young man in brocade clothes saw that he almost slipped his mouth, shut up quickly, and immediately put on an embarrassing expression.
Huo Dong coughed, smiled, changed the subject and said, "This Zhangkong Zhaojianmen is really domineering. He can put so much effort into dealing with a small Taoist temple that adopts orphans..."
"Huh, Chang Kongzhaojianmen has forgotten all the classics. As the largest sect in Yunzhou, he doesn't know how to serve the court and be loyal to His Majesty, but he is always out for self-interest, battling dogs and beating his colleagues... The imperial treasures were robbed. Inviting Changkong Zhaojianmen to assist in the investigation, thinking that it, as the largest faction in Yunzhou, will be able to provide some reliable and useful information... I don’t want this Changkong Zhaojianmen to be so rebellious. The Great Elder dared to laugh at the court's incompetence, and even said that Your Majesty... Huh, damn it, damn it..." The middle-aged eunuch spoke to the extreme, and a trace of cruelty flashed in his eyes.
As soon as Changkongzhaojianmen was mentioned, the young man in brocade clothes sitting beside him couldn't suppress the anger in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "I see that Ling Zhaokong is so confused, he is timid, and he has not dared to fight against him for decades." The master of the top list, the sects below are also virtuous, brave to the inside, but timid to the outside... I just received news a few days ago that because of trivial matters, the Southwest Barbarian cleaned up a mountain village of my Chinese people, hundreds of people I lost my life because of it... Changkongzhaojianmen only huddled in the northwest of Yunzhou, not daring to go south. In vain, I watched my Chinese people stain their homeland with blood, but did not give the slightest help... In order to regain their homeland, the imperial court carefully planned for more than ten years. He shines on the sword gate in the sky, but he is worried that the power of the imperial court will be affected. Facing the grand plan of the imperial court, he is obedient and contradictory. Don't, it's a pity... eh—"
Speaking of the collapsed Kunwu faction, "Golden Eagle with Divine Eyes" Huo Dong also let out a long sigh: "Alas - the court was helpless against the Kunwu bloody case back then. In one night, a huge sect was destroyed... Prime Minister, he vomited blood for three liters, took the blame and retired, and the succeeding military prime minister forged a big sword named 'Kunwu Zhaoxue', which was hung on the main hall of the Jushi Hall of 'Xing Tingwei', reminding us every time' Every one of Xing Tingwei's headhunters, and the unsolved public case a hundred years ago... Alas - I am incompetent. Over the past hundred years, several generations of famous arresters have been investigating secretly, but they have no clue. It's a pity, it's a pity..."
The three of them had a long talk, which revealed their respective attitudes.
That Huo Dong was born as a headhunter in the imperial court, and he has always been in the arena. When he looks at things, he often regards himself as a man of the arena. He looks at the conflict between Changkong Zhaojianmen and Qingyun Temple with the attitude of a normal martial arts person. That's why I sympathize with the view of Qingyun and hate the words that shine on the sword gate in the sky.
As for the eunuch surnamed Liu, he was born in the emperor's personal entourage and was always the most loyal to the emperor. Resentment, and even murderous remarks about insulting the emperor... At the same time, the "Master Attendant" can know the remarks of high-level figures in the Changkong Zhaojian Gate, which means that there must be spies from the "Master Attendant" in the gate, which shows that the "Master Attendant" The "supervisor" is so powerful and powerful that even the words of the head can be detected clearly, which is really frightening.
As for the young man in brocade clothes, he was born in the "Shen Ce Mansion", with a background of the military and gentry. At the same time, he is young and vigorous, full of vigor, and has the ambition of serving the country and the people. He is extremely disgusted with the practice of shining the sword in the sky...
The three came from different backgrounds, but they had the same attitude towards Changkong Zhaojianmen, which really showed how annoying this Changkongzhaojianmen was in the imperial court.
It's a pity that no matter how disgusted the court's attitude towards a local sect is, it can't take action to wipe out this sect. This is determined by the political system of Shenwu World.
In the world of Shenwu, the one who has the right to issue orders to destroy a sect is the "House of Twelve Elders" composed of representatives of each sect. Each of the top ten sects has one representative, while the two peerless sects have two representatives. This is the institution with the greatest power in the Shenwu Continent, and its authority is so great that it can even depose the emperor.