Heavy rain and dull thunder woke Pei Ziyun up. He sat up and left the room. A gust of wind blew in his face, carrying rain. When a boatman saw him coming out, he hurriedly bowed: "Sir, it's windy and rainy, be careful!"
"It doesn't matter. At that stage?" Pei Ziyun looked up at the sky. The spring thunder was not heavy at this time, but the rain was hitting hard.
"Sir, we have arrived at Dongling Gorge, and we are ready to dock."
Pei Ziyun saw everyone busy lowering sails, lowering anchors, building bridge boards, and tying cables without disturbing them. Looking around, he saw that the shore was surrounded by mountains, hills, and gentle slopes from southwest to east, and a Taoist temple appeared faintly.
At this moment, I suddenly saw a light coming in the rain. I was surprised. After taking a closer look, I greeted him: "It turns out to be the master, why are you here in person?"
It was a girl who came, and she brought a few people with her. Even though they were wearing raincoats, they couldn't bear the wind and rain. They hurriedly welcomed the girl onto the deck and invited the girl into the tea room.
The girl didn't hesitate and took off her raincoat and boots. To be honest, the clothes in this world are still a bit open. The so-called "fine and delicate strands can be seen on the skin". She was wearing a crimson flower skirt. At this time, she glanced at Pei Ziyun and smiled: " It’s a bit cold, please get us some soup to go away the cold.”
Pei Ziyun quickly gave orders and smiled: "It's not that urgent."
"Actually, I'm not in a hurry. What I'm anxious about is the inside." The girl stood up and walked around, her voice sounding calm in the wind and rain: "At this time, something happened. I observed the disciples in the sect - I was very disappointed."
"Some married disciples have been married to someone else for a long time, and their ideas have become assimilated. They immediately think about how to clarify the matter without involving her husband and children."
"And some of the inner disciples have never seen the world, and they are even more frightened."
"Su Yue Guan has been passed down for hundreds of years. No matter what happens, she looks exquisite and has long sleeves and is good at dancing. But if something happens, her legs will be weak. The so-called manners and grace are worthless. Alas, is it true that women are not as good as men?"
"I brought a few people here this time. It's actually a way for them to meet you, to have a long exposure to the world, and to recognize the courage and determination of the heroes in the world." The girl said, walking to the window and looking at the sky, heavy rain poured down, crackling. Hit the deck.
As he continued to say this, several women who followed him showed dissatisfaction. One of them leaned forward and said, "Master, the six sons are married to the same magistrate. In addition, there are several other officials and wives. Together we can make this magistrate Give in."
"Listen, they have been thinking about it for a long time. The solution is to ask the in-laws to exert pressure before sending money. Maybe they also want to send a few female disciples as concubines." The girl turned and sneered.
Pei Ziyun didn't want to bring the topic to the difference between men and women, and pondered for a moment: "This matter can actually be solved in many ways, and what the person just said is actually not a bad idea."
Just as he was about to continue speaking, the chef had delivered a food box and came in with a teapot. When he opened the food box, he saw golden cakes with a little sizzling sound and a fragrant aroma.
Several people present had come over overnight and were already hungry. They sniffed and swallowed saliva. They didn't say anything at the moment. Everyone got a piece and poured another bowl.
"This is oil tea. The main ingredients are sesame seeds, some walnut kernels, and red dates. If you are a noble person, you can also add ginseng. One sip will satisfy your hunger and thirst immediately..."
The girl picked it up and drank it, smiling: "Isn't this just the Bigu Pill used by wild Taoists to pretend to be magic? Why did you turn it into Camellia oleifera?"
It is said that wild Taoist priests have to show off their style. This is a routine often used. In fact, it is to concentrate highly nutritious things, and some of them are steamed and sun-dried. They pretend not to eat while waiting for the ineditation. When they are hungry, they secretly take a few pills, but they don’t listen. Pei Ziyun said casually: "It is not good to pair black tea with this. Nine steaming and nine drying will destroy the nutrition. We are not wild Taoist priests. We don't need to use this trick to get incense money. We usually have meat, so there is no need to add gravy. "
"This alone is not greasy, and can quickly replenish physical strength and ward off the cold. It is great when paired with meat pie. It is cold in the water. I have promoted it on my boat."
Speaking of this, Pei Ziyun finished a bowl. He was the majestic headmaster of Songyun Sect and a real person honored by the imperial court. He would take life and death without hesitation. He was only polite to girls. At this time, he did not want to meet these women. He was cold and cold. Then the words above said: "I just said that compromise is not a bad idea, but the situation is actually different now."
"When Daxu was first established, everything was new, and people are forgetful. When this dynasty was founded, there were prefects who set bad examples. If you compromise from the beginning and are seen as someone who can be bullied, what if you compromise this year, next year and the year after that?"
"After compromising one magistrate, what about the subsequent magistrate? Not to mention the magistrate, magistrate, and officials, big and small, pounce on him like wolves."
"Fields, houses, and properties are assets. Aren't your women's bodies and Taoism assets assets? Which official wouldn't want to marry a beautiful concubine who has both female beauty and Taoism to work hard for him?"
"After the first day of the lunar month, there will be the fifteenth. Our Taoist sect has its own laws, but if we are forced to the end, are we afraid that we will either die or you will have to rebel?"
"So this precedent has been set. A seemingly solid Taoist door is like an egg. It will break when dropped - don't treat the symptoms but the root cause."
"If you want a radical cure, you have to kill officials." With a smile on his face, Pei Ziyun calmly recounted this terrible thing. After hearing this, the women present were so frightened that their hands trembled, and their fingers were inserted into the hot oil tea, which was so painful that it burned them. I don't know, everyone looked at it dumbfounded.
Even the girl couldn't help but take a breath and thought about it: "If this is the case, what about the specific regulations? It won't be like sending someone as an assassin!"
"No, I'll kill the official directly. The dragon's energy will bite back. With your cultivation, I'm afraid you'll die immediately."
"And if you kill an official directly, the court will be furious, so a disaster is coming. The prefect also thinks so, so he is fearless." Pei Ziyun said coldly, "But our Taoist sect can survive until now and has not been annexed, so naturally it has Method."
"The first step is to be courteous first and then go and talk to the prefect - you must have already done this?"
"It's been done, but the magistrate is full of official talk, saying that he wants to plead for the people, and he won't let it go!" A female Taoist woman continued.
Pei Ziyun was not surprised. He glanced at it with a sad and gloomy look and said, "That's the next step. In fact, it's very simple. He is an official, serving in the fifth rank and the chief official of the first palace. He can almost be said to be Taoist. The law is inviolable.”
"Any spell except a limited number is useless."
"But what about his family, his servants, his children?"
As soon as he said this, a door seemed to open, and everyone immediately started talking.
"Don't think wrong again. We have to act with reason. Killing those people directly will not work. It will violate the king's law and offend the dragon." Pei Ziyun took another sip of oil tea and said, "Who doesn't have family?" Children, you must do things with dignity and moderation.”
"We don't kill people. We just want to arrest his servants and interrogate him. The Yamen said that under the criminal law, why can't he be confessed? In fact, under the Taoist law, there is no way he can be confessed."
"Infidelity, embezzlement, corruption, murder, even infidelity, all kinds of obscure things, what can we not get?"
"In the officialdom, would there be no political opponents?"
"Even if there are no political opponents, those red-eyed censors are everywhere looking for someone to impeach, hoping to kill officials to make themselves red."
"Send these charges to the magistrate. Unless the magistrate is upright, has made no mistakes in his life, and is a perfect person. Otherwise, he will be dismissed from office, or he will be imprisoned and beheaded."
"If he is a perfect person, it is only him who is perfect. Are his family and children perfect?" Pei Ziyun looked at Feng Yu indifferently.
"There was an upright official in the previous dynasty who lived in a curtain made of Gebu and used bamboo utensils. Some even poor scholars were unwilling to use them. He usually only ate meat once a month."
"But he was too upright and looked down on Taoism. He thought it was an obscene ritual and ordered the Taoist temples in the territory to be demolished. Ten thousand pilgrims knelt in the Taoist temple to protect them and begged to stay."
"This official got angry. He broke incense and smashed the stove in front of everyone. He wanted to erect a monument and ban it forever. He told everyone that if the horse couldn't drag down the idol in the middle, he would withdraw his life."
"As a result, the horse was hitched but could not drag down the statue. The man was furious and said that this obscene priest was deceiving the people and I would like to die together. However, the statue was broken and he won a great victory."
"What about down there?" The girl, who had never heard of it, asked.
"The following is very simple. This man was an upright person. Although he did not hold a high official position, he had a good posthumous title and died well. However, some of his descendants were targeted and practiced the law. They were either Taoist or seduced his descendants. Ridiculous and broke the law, one was beheaded, the other was imprisoned, and within a few years he became a beggar."
Pei Ziyun sighed sadly and sneered again, "It doesn't matter who is right or wrong. If you are patriotic, loyal and honest, you can be unscrupulous and mess with whoever you want. Wouldn't that mean you become a straight bully again?"
"This official seeks benevolence and gets benevolence. For the Taoist sect, his descendants should also have this reward."
"Without it, we Taoists would have strength in this world."
"If you don't fear power, you are guilty."
A gust of wind wrapped in the rain came down quickly, blowing for a while, and then gradually subsided. Everyone was thinking, speechless by these few words, and they couldn't help but feel chilly and terrified.
"Everyone has had tea. Let's go to the mansion immediately without further delay!" Pei Ziyun asked in a blink of an eye, "Are there any famous temples nearby?"
The girl cleared her throat with a slight cough and said, "There are Chenghuang temples in every county."
"City God's Temple is not good. It is a majestic heavenly deity, and its stance is different from ours. It can only deal with others, but it is impossible to deal with officials."
"And to put it mildly, the City God's position is a bit high, so it's not easy to deal with him."
"There is a river temple nearby. It is considered a righteous god, but it is not very high. It is only thirty miles away from Fucheng. What do you think?" The girl thought for a while and asked.
"Okay, that's it." Pei Ziyun said without hesitation.
"Let's go to the Heshen Temple to make arrangements first. You guys will go to the city immediately. The prefect's yamen is also asleep. You have martial arts skills. Sneak in, use incense to charm people, and transport a few personal servants out of the city to arrive here. Heshen Temple, let’s hold a public trial.”
"Clean up the prefect's reputation."
"Give these to his political opponents and let them throw him into hell." Pei Ziyun said coldly, then turned around and smiled: "Where's Ye'er?"
She should have seen this scene.
"Ye'er was supposed to come, but she is already at the tenth level. I left her to cultivate in the blessed land." The girl smiled when she said this.
"Okay, let's set off immediately!" Pei Ziyun said, leading everyone out of the deck and into the rain.
(End of chapter)