On the seventh day of the sixth month of the first year of Yuanshi, there was an early morning court session in the Jinluan Palace.
The emperor sat on the dragon throne, with civil and military ministers sitting on the left and right sides of his highness. Grand Marshal Xue Qingfu and Prime Minister Wen Guanshan were awarded seats for their contributions in suppressing the rebellion, and two ministers, one civil and one military, sat at the head of the group of ministers.
There was an old dog tied next to Prime Minister Wen Guanshan's seat, crawling on the ground with a ferocious look in his eyes.
Cao Yuan under the Prime Minister read out the order of Prime Minister Wen Guanshan. Some high-ranking officials from aristocratic families died in this turmoil, so the Prime Minister selected the most outstanding and respected people from these aristocratic families to inherit the official positions.
Emperor Ping granted permission.
All the officials came out to thank the emperor and the prime minister for their grace.
After the ceremony, another chief secretary under the Grand Commandant came out and read out the Grand Commandant Xue Qingshan's order, which was also to select some officials from the aristocratic families and give them important positions.
The emperor granted the request and all the ministers thanked him.
After this battle, most of the civil and military officials in the court had been replaced by officials from the Xue Qingfu and Wen Guanshan factions, dividing them into two major factions. The emperor's faction also had some civil and military officials, and could barely compete with them.
The fourth largest faction is Qiu Shuijing's lineage, but there are not many of them.
"Your Majesty: The Imperial Censor and Minister of Rites Qiu Shuijing is old, frail, and disabled, and has repeatedly submitted petitions to beg for his remains."
Su Yun stepped out of the line and bowed, saying, "I have heard that Lingnan has beautiful scenery and beautiful mountains and rivers. There are many local sages in the Jiehui Factory, who are of high moral character and friendly. The development of Lingnan cannot be without Censor Qiu. Now the Lingnan Jiehui Factory is still short of a factory supervisor. I beg Your Majesty to grant permission to let Censor Qiu go to the Lingnan Jiehui Factory to spend the rest of his life. I will be grateful."
Emperor Ping looked at him deeply, hesitated, and said, "What do the Grand Commandant and Prime Minister think?"
Xue Qingfu and Wen Guanshan looked at each other and pondered.
Su Yun sneered, raised his head, and said in a high and proud voice: "I regard you as grass. In the court, within five steps, within a few breaths, I will slaughter you all. The Prime Minister and the Grand Marshal do not want to let Mr. Shuijing go. Do you want me to transform into Yinglong and kill all the people in the court?"
"Master, please be patient."
Xue Qingfu waved his hand and tried to test Wen Guanshan: "Brother, Censor Qiu is old, and he has done a great job in protecting His Majesty this time. Why don't you go to the Lingnan Jiehui Factory to retire?"
Wen Guanshan also nodded and said, "Then please ask Censor Qiu to go to Lingnan to retire."
When Di Ping saw the two of them nod, he understood what they meant. Qiu Shuijing must not be used as a scapegoat for the turmoil in Dongdu. He had to find someone else to be the scapegoat. So he said, "Qiu Aiqing, take your salary and go to the Jiehui Factory in Lingnan to retire."
"Thank you, Lord."
Su Yun bowed, waved to Di Ping, Xue Qingfu, Wen Guanshan and others, and said, "Okay, I'm fine now, you can leave the court early." After that, he turned and walked out.
The moment he turned around, Di Ping, Xue Qingfu and Wen Guanshan's faces suddenly turned gloomy, but no one took any action.
Yesterday, Su Yun had already proved his strength. The Master of Tongtian Pavilion indeed had the ability to know everything.
Di Ping's dream of holding great power was shattered.
Most of the power in the court fell into the control of Xue Qingfu and Wen Guanshan. Wen Guanshan "came back to life" and faked his death to quell civil unrest in the court, and his prestige soared.
Xue Qingfu led a large army into the Eastern Capital to defend the emperor, saving Emperor Ping from danger and making unparalleled contributions.
The two men have unrivaled authority.
Of course, this is what happens on the surface.
What happened behind the scenes was all kinds of dirty stuff.
That night, Wen Guanshan faked his death, Xue Qingfu was defeated by Qiu Shuijing, and his true identity, Han Jun, was revealed. He escaped from Dongdu. The human demon Wutong tortured him all the way, causing his Taoist heart to collapse several times, and he finally escaped to the Xue family's base camp in Xidu.
The Xue family has many experts, so General Wutong retreated when he saw the difficulty.
Han Jun put on Xue Qingfu's mask. Although his mask was destroyed a lot by Qiu Shuijing, Xue Qingfu's mask was not destroyed.
After treating his injuries at the Xue family, Xue Qingfu made a comeback, mobilized the northern and southern armies and the forces of Jingzhao Yin, rushed into the Eastern Capital, and suppressed the killing spree of the Jinwu Guards and the Imperial Guards in one fell swoop!
On the other side was the brilliant painter Qin Wuling, who suppressed the real Wen Guanshan, captured Wen Guanshan, brought him back to his original form, and brought him to the court to show off his power.
The two saints controlled the government and the country, waiting for Su Yun to kill Emperor Ping. Then they could change the dynasty and split Yuanshuo into two countries, the north and the south.
At that time, they began to fight fiercely among their fellow disciples.
But no one expected that Su Yun stopped after Qiu Shuijing's persuasion and did not kill Di Ping. Therefore, on June 7th, Su Yun sent Qiu Shuijing to the Jiehui Factory to retire in the court.
"Master Su, wait a minute!"
Xue Qingfu's voice came, and Su Yun was about to leave the Golden Palace. Hearing this, he turned around and looked back. Xue Qingfu smiled and said, "Master Su is still the Junior Historian of the Foreign Affairs Department of Yuan Shuo. When will he go overseas?"
All the civil and military officials in the court couldn't help but become nervous and looked at Su Yun one after another.
Su Yun looked indifferent and said, "I will personally send Mr. Shui Jing to Lingnan to mine. I will not be willing to watch him dig out the first handful of ashes."
Xue Qingfu asked again: "What happened after the Pavilion Master arrived in Lingnan?"
Su Yun's eyes swept across the faces of the civil and military officials and Emperor Ping, and seeing hopeful looks on their faces, he couldn't help but burst into laughter, and everyone in the court also laughed along.
After a while, Su Yun stopped laughing and said, "After arriving in Lingnan, I will escort the scholars to study overseas."
Xue Qingfu felt relieved and said with a smile: "I wish you a safe journey."
Wen Guanshan also said: "Master, have a safe journey."
Emperor Ping stood up from the dragon chair and said, "Goodbye. I won't see you off."
Su Yun turned and left.
Xue Qingfu said to Wen Guanshan: "Censor Qiu is pushing for reforms, and he has many enemies in the court and the country. If someone attacks and kills Censor Qiu on the road, it will probably anger Pavilion Master Su. If something goes wrong on the road, Pavilion Master Su may not be willing to go overseas."
Wen Guanshan understood and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Saint Xue. I will send someone to accompany you all the way to protect Yushi Qiu's safety."
Xue Qingfu smiled and said, "Me too."
The two men looked at each other, laughed, stood up, and walked out of the Golden Palace, ignoring the civil and military officials and the emperor.
Wen Guanshan, holding the dog, stood side by side with Xue Qingfu in front of the Golden Palace, looking at Yuan Shuo's beautiful country.
"This country is all under the feet of you and me, brothers and sisters."
Xue Qingfu said: "Brother, let's use this as a chess game to determine the winner!"
Wen Guanshan looked into the distance and saw that the sun was shining brightly in Dongdu, but in the distance dark clouds were gradually rising and thunder was roaring. He said leisurely, "There are only you and me, the heroes of the world. But unfortunately, there can only be one winner."
In the Golden Palace, Emperor Ping looked at them with a grim expression, but no one cared.
Lingnan is a wild area with many mountains, forests, snakes and insects everywhere, dense vegetation, and rampant demons. Like Tianshiyuan, it is a wild area.
Only those officials who committed serious mistakes and were exiled would be sent to Lingnan.
As for being sent to Lingnan to dig out the ashes, that was even more of a tough job.
During the three months that Qiu Shuijing was in power, there were many officials from the imperial court who were demoted to Lingnan to dig up the ashes of the robbed items. Besides digging up the ashes of the robbed items, the greatest pleasure for these officials was to guess when Qiu Shuijing would fall and be demoted here to dig up the ashes of the robbed items as well.
On this day, the Lingnan Jiehui Factory was decorated with lights and colors, and the demoted officials hung up colorful flags, beat drums and gongs, and celebrated.
"God has mercy on us! The emperor is wise. He discovered that Qiu was abusing his power and finally demoted the old thief!"
"The old thief Qiu was also sent to our place to dig up the ashes!"
"If I meet him, I will spit three buckets of thick phlegm out of him!"
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Daosheng and Shengfo were also mining at the Jiehui Factory. The two old men, each carrying a bamboo basket, with faces as black as charcoal, walked out of the mine with crutches and inquired for information from the officials.
The Taoist Saint was surprised and said, "Master Su is still capable. He actually saved Qiu Shuijing. I thought Qiu Shuijing would die in the court."
The Holy Buddha praised: "You have great powers, you are worthy of being the Master of Tongtian Pavilion!"
On the morning of June 13, the Zhulong chariot drove out of the night and entered Lingnan City.
Su Yun opened the car window and looked at Lingnan shrouded in the hazy morning mist, and then looked at Qiu Shuijing on the sickbed. At this time, Qiu Shuijing looked much better under the care of the maid Shaoying, but his Taoist ideals were shattered, he was a little depressed, his eye sockets were sunken, and he was much thinner.
One of Qiu Shuijing's eyes was normal, while the other was completely black, and he obviously had not recovered from being possessed by the devil.
Su Yun also didn't know what Qiu Shuijing was really thinking at this moment.
He lifted up Qiu Shuijing's clothes and saw nothing underneath, only two baby-like legs and feet.
"It will take three to five months for your legs to grow fully."
Su Yun checked it and said, "But don't worry, sir, it will definitely grow back well!"
Qiu Shuijing looked out the window with a gloomy look, and saw the Candle Dragon Chariot driving into the city, and the speed was getting slower and slower. Although his creation technique was not as good as Xue Qingfu's, it was also extraordinary. There was a deep creation technique hidden in the transformation of the furnace.
Su Yun can change into the form of gods and demons, half of it is because there is a demon god hidden in Su Yun's memory and he has the Eight-sided Palace facing the Sky, and the other half is because he relies on practicing the Honglu Transmutation to comprehend the art of creation.
At this time, Su Yun's right arm had not fully grown out. He only grew a right arm and right hand like that of a three or four-year-old child, which was more than half shorter than his left arm.
Qiu Shuijing has many political enemies. They have encountered many dangers along the way, but they have been protected by strong people all the way, and they have never had to take action to escape danger. I think it is because Xue Qingfu and Wen Guanshan sent people to protect them.
Finally, the Zhulong chariot drove into the Lingnan City Post Station and stopped.
The maid Shaoying was trying to help Qiu Shuijing, but Qiu Shuijing raised her hand, jumped off the chair, and walked out with her short legs.
Su Yun hurriedly followed and said, "I'll take you to the robbery factory."
Behind them, the reformist officials from Qiu Shuijing's faction were also demoted, carrying large and small bags and following them down from the Candle Dragon Chariot.
When they arrived at the Jiehui Factory, they heard the sound of gongs and drums. The officials demoted by Qiu Shuijing looked pale but happy. They came forward and made sarcastic remarks.
An elderly official staggered forward and was about to spit on Qiu Shuijing.
"Even if Qiu is demoted, he is still the factory supervisor!"
Qiu Shuijing waved his hand and said, "Take him down and give him a few whips!"
The old official was carried down by two men and hung in a corner of the mine, where he screamed like a pig being slaughtered. The sound of gongs and drums suddenly died down, and suddenly someone shouted, "What are you standing there for? Why don't you start beating the drums to welcome Supervisor Qiu to his new post?"
Then the gongs and drums started to sound again.
Seeing this, Su Yun also felt relieved. After all, Qiu Shuijing was Qiu Shuijing. Even if she was down and out, she could still thrive here. There was no need for him to worry about her.
"Mr. Shuijing, Zuo Pushe told me that if Taoism doesn't work, I should take a raft and float on the sea."
Su Yun resigned to Qiu Shuijing, saying, "I am a young man from the countryside with little knowledge. I don't know the righteousness of my country. I met you by chance. Although I participated in it, I don't understand what you are pursuing. I want to go abroad, travel and learn, and find my own way."
Qiu Shuijing saw him off and said, "I only regret that I was not able to accept you as my disciple earlier."
Su Yun bowed.
Qiu Shuijing returned the greeting, watched him board the Zhulong sedan chair, waved and said: "Although foreign countries are good, Yuanshuo is our motherland. I hope you can return home soon after completing your studies!"
Su Yun raised his left arm and waved goodbye.
The Candle Dragon made a gurgling sound, which was melodious and heavy, and slowly sailed away into the distance, getting faster and faster.
Qiu Shuijing gradually lost sight of the Zhulong Chariot, but he still stood there, unwilling to leave for a long time.
Shaoying came forward, took his hand, and said with a smile: "Should the factory supervisor go back now?"
Qiu Shuijing took short steps to catch up with her and said, "Shaoying, I always rejected you because of my uncertain future. Now that I have settled down, I wonder if you are still willing?"
Shaoying stopped and looked at him blankly.
There were already some wrinkles at the corners of the girl's eyes.
Thirty-nine years have passed since they met.
——Seeking votes for the factory supervisor Qiu Shuijing and the factory's wife Shaoying~~