Su Li is gone, life is still going on, and the big event in the human world is still moving forward in an orderly manner.
In fact, it was precisely because of Su Li's departure that the great event had the possibility of success and continued.
On the seventeenth day after Xu Yourong arrived in the capital with the Shengnvfeng family, the representatives of the southern families represented by Patriarch Qiushan also entered the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty. The Changshengzong closed for three years and nominally belonged to many mountain sects of the sect. It sent a powerful representative.
In the following period of time, more and more representatives of southern forces sat in the negotiating table.
The confluence of north and south is no longer just a term that exists in classics and imagination, but is getting closer to reality faster and faster.
For the southerners, the biggest problem they are facing now is that with the departure of Su Li and the Holy Maiden, they do not have a strong person in the sacred field, no matter at the negotiating table or in other places such as the wine table, There will always be a lack of confidence.
Unexpectedly, neither the Great Zhou court nor the state religion made any unreasonable demands by taking advantage of this change in power balance. A series of guarantee commitments have been issued.
Only those who are really sensible can see the confrontation behind or before this negotiation.
That was the confrontation between Su Li, the Empress Tianhai and the Pope.
With unimaginable wisdom and courage, he gave up the right to retaliate against those who were hunted and killed on the way back to the south, and left with the saint, directly causing the south to lose all confidence, so that this negotiation would never have a chance to fall into the same situation that had been repeated before. Numerous quagmire.
Then the Holy Queen and the Pope should give him enough rebates correspondingly, and give the South extremely favorable conditions.
Reflected in the details of the negotiations, these rebates or generous treatment are: after the integration of the North and the South, the South will retain as much independence as possible.
This independence has exceeded the best prior imagination of the southern powers.
There is no need to change counties, no need to re-designate prefectures and counties, local officials can be elected by themselves, and there is no need to be approved by the Ministry of Officials in Kyoto, and only need to enter Beijing once every three years for inspection. There are also extremely preferential treatment in terms of taxation, and in terms of the transfer of funds from the treasury, it is even more biased towards some relatively poor and weak counties in the south.
In addition, the south has also gained many benefits, especially the imperial examination and imperial examination. From then on, it is no longer necessary for the capital to allocate shares. Instead, it can determine the quota according to the number of household registrations like other states and counties. His performance in recent years will be of great advantage in the Great Court Examination.
Of course, it is impossible for the southerners to just take advantage of it without paying anything. The negotiations are far from over. Some matters have been confirmed, that is, the military and foreign affairs will be managed by Kyoto in the future. The biggest change will take place in the stretches in the north. In the thousands of miles of snowy frontier, in the past, various sects and aristocratic families in the south would send strong men to join the northern army to fight against the army of the demons, but they were all guest lords, who listened to the instructions and did not listen to the announcement, but now these strong men will directly join the army , coupled with changes in logistics support and other aspects, I believe that the strength of the human army will be greatly improved in a short period of time, and this is the most important and even the only purpose of the North-South Confluence.
While the north-south confluence negotiations are gradually succeeding, the strong and the army in the human world have also strengthened their vigilance against the north. The food, grass and supplies from the south are continuously transported to eleven important border gates, and they are always ready to give the demon cavalry going south. It was a heavy blow to the head, because it was obvious that the demons could not just watch the success of the north-south confluence of the human world, and they would definitely do something, especially the extremely sinister black robe, who might have already started to use his schemes.
The situation in the north is a little tense, and the negotiating table in Kyoto is also a little tense, but the tension is different. Xu Yourong played an extremely important role in the North-South Confluence, and it can even be said that she is the most important representative figure on the spiritual level, because she is a Zhou person, and at the same time she is a southern saint. Naturally, her schedule also became busy, constantly summoning representatives of various forces in the south, and at the same time communicating with the court of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Fortunately, she lived in the palace, so it was very convenient for her to meet the Holy Queen.
Chen Changsheng hadn't seen her for more than ten days, and he was a little concerned, but knowing that she was doing extremely important things, of course he would not have any complaints. As a person who cherishes time the most, he did not waste his days thinking about and waiting. On the road, taking advantage of the coldness of the deep winter, I kept sharpening my spirit, comprehended the five stone beads, silently recited the two broken sword formulas, occasionally gave lessons to the freshmen of the Orthodox Academy, and most of the time I was still studying non-stop. , of course, did not forget some other important things.
On an ordinary winter day with a lot of wind and snow, he purchased a large amount of food and gadgets in the street market, holding a yellow paper umbrella, avoiding countless eyeliners around the Orthodox Academy, and walked to the palace wall under the eyes of the palace guards Under the tree outside, and then took advantage of the strong wind and snow to make people eye-catching, jumped into the well of Beixinqiao.
The most oil-absorbing raw-edged paper is spread on the floor for half the size of the house, and countless kinds of hot food are neatly placed on it, with the same heat and different aromas, such as steamed deer tail, roast goose and roast duck, There are more than a dozen strings of zongzi, but this time there is no steamed bear paw... Because of Xuanyuan Po, no one in the Orthodox Academy eats that.
Chen Changsheng took out a clean handkerchief from his sleeve with two fingers, carefully wiped off the oil and water on his hands, looked up at the black dragon and said, "Tang Tang turned the Chenghu Building into the canteen of the Orthodox Academy... I forgot to say You said...but except for the blue lobster, I still bought it outside, and it tastes better."
In the middle of the food on the floor, there is a hill of blue lobsters.
Chen Changsheng kept laughing when he said these words, his smile was very clean, and there was a kind of joy from the heart.
He was really satisfied to be able to get so many good things for Heilong.
The black dragon's mountainous body fell slowly, and an indescribable coldness instantly lowered the pressure of the steam emitted by the food.
Chen Changsheng quickly drew his sword and slashed, a sword intent with a faint glow of fire pierced through the air, and the food became hot immediately, instead of being frozen into ice cubes.
He used the Liaotian Sword.
A few nights ago, he had comprehended the sword intent in the letter for a long time, and then he saw the battle between Su Li's Liaotian Sword and the Holy Queen's Wufeng Xiaozan, which gained a lot.
Although his swordsmanship is not yet at its peak, in his current state, it can already be called perfect and unparalleled.
It's just...it's a little inappropriate to use the Liaotian Sword, which is extremely difficult to fully comprehend, to heat food.
Heilong doesn't think so, she thinks it's very appropriate.
She was very satisfied with Chen Changsheng's painstakingly prepared food all over the floor and the hill-like blue lobster, and she was even more satisfied with Chen Changsheng's way of heating the food with a Liaotian sword, because it showed that in his eyes, let her eat Good food, hot and fresh, is more important than maintaining the so-called dignity of the sword.
She decided to forgive him for not coming here to see her for almost a month.
A majestic yet far-reaching, simple yet extremely complex dragon chant resounded in the dark and cold underground.
Chen Changsheng was slightly stunned, he didn't understand why the black dragon was not in a hurry to eat, but wanted to take the dragon language class first. The next moment he suddenly remembered that he had delivered food to Heilong so many times, but he didn't seem to see her eating in front of him...
"ah… "
"Well… "
"Hey..."
"Woo..."
"Call..."
From time to time, the deep and majestic roar of the black dragon sounded from the ground, and Chen Changsheng's clumsy and serious learning language.
Chen Changsheng devoted himself to studying until his voice was hoarse, his sea of consciousness was empty, and his body was extremely weak. However, he did not forget that every once in a while, he would slash a Liaotian sword towards his side to help those roast geese and ducks in the most suitable place. The original aroma is maintained under heat.
Occasionally, the black dragon's whiskers would float up, sprinkle flakes of snow and frost, and land on the hill made of blue lobsters. The picture is very beautiful.
I don't know how long it took, but today's dragon language class is finally over. The black dragon breathed out lightly on his face, and a frost suddenly appeared on his face. He stretched out his hand to rub the frost away, only I felt a burst of cold, refreshed, and all the fatigue disappeared without a trace.
"I'll go over there and have a look."
Chen Changsheng didn't forget the most important thing, he swept back and saw the two iron chains. The other end of the iron chain was on the stone wall, held in the hands of the two legendary generals. Compared with the huge mountain-like body of the black dragon, these two iron chains are like two strands of hair, but they can lock the black dragon tightly here.
It is believed that in the past hundreds of years, the black dragon has tried countless methods to break the two iron chains, but failed.
During the half a year after returning to the capital from Zhou Yuan, Chen Changsheng also tried many methods, but they all failed.
The formation that Wang Zhice had set up on the stone wall was too complicated and intricate, like a sea of stars.
Yu Gong and Qin Chong, the two generals, attached a ray of consciousness to the stone wall, which was too powerful and violent, like thunder and lightning.
The last time wild flowers bloomed was nearly a thousand years ago, but those legends are still legends, even if they have turned into a ray of heroic soul, it is not something that he can fight against now, or even a field that he can touch now—that field His name is Holy.
Chen Changsheng sat at the bottom of the stone wall, reading the book in his hand quietly under the eyes of these legends.
The book he was reading at this time was a bit old, and it was called "The Study of the Map of Sheyang Real People's Formation".
No one knows Wang Zhice's specific parentage. The ordinary teacher in the Tiandao Academy back then suddenly became famous in Kyoto and the mainland when he was middle-aged. No one knew who his teacher was. Through hundreds of volumes of books, an ordinary Taoist surnamed Wu was found in Wang Zhice's hometown.
Wang Zhice's hometown is Sheyang.
That Taoist surnamed Wu is the real Sheyang.
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