For a strong man like Xiao Zhang to be described as miserable, it must be really miserable.
Tang Thirty-Six asked: "Because he saved Wang Po that year?"
Hu Thirty-two said: "That's right, back then in the capital he ruined Dao Zun's important event, and the government and the public were extremely angry. Now the court can't easily move Wang Po, but how could they let him go, for the sake of gaining prestige or restoring the lost face?" , The imperial court has been hunting him down for the past few years, and he was chased like a stray dog, it's really miserable."
It seems unbelievable that a strong man like Huajia Xiaozhang would be hunted down so hard by the imperial court's arrest warrant.
But don't forget that there are countless powerful masters in the imperial court. They can change shifts and rest, but Xiao Zhang is just a person with no relatives and no friends. The most insidious assassin of the official department, the most experienced arrester of the Ministry of punishment, and this kind of day is not a day, it is all the time, every moment.
Tang Thirty-Six glanced at Chen Changsheng.
Knowing what he meant, Chen Changsheng shook his head and said, "I asked someone from the Li Palace to take the message, but he refused to even meet anyone."
Tang Thirty-Six asked: "What about Wang Po? He should do something."
Chen Changsheng said: "The last news I received two years ago was that Xiao Zhang had released the message in advance, saying that if Wang Po wanted to help him, he would commit suicide on the spot."
Tang Thirty-Six thought that this was really in line with Xiao Zhang's personality, and shook his head and said, "He really can't afford to lose this person."
Hu Thirty-Six said: "The winter wild tea in Fengyang County is famous in the mainland because of Xiao Zhang, so every year Fengyang County will reserve a portion of the best tea for him. We might really see Xiao Zhang appear in two days."
Both sides of the Xiajiang River are full of tea trees, which are picked and then dried. Many tea mountains have been piled up in the city. Among them, the best quality winter wild teas are placed along the stone steps of Qibaozhai according to their grades. The fewer the tea leaves, the more expensive they are of course. According to the usual practice, there are two baskets of the best tea leaves on the top.
Hu Thirty-Six pointed to that place and continued to explain: "Those two baskets of tea leaves are much more expensive than gold, and there is no market at all, and there is nowhere to buy them."
Chen Changsheng asked, "Where were those two baskets of tea sent?"
Hu Thirty-two said: "They are all tributes, and a basket will enter the palace."
Chen Changsheng asked, "What about the other basket?"
Hearing this sentence, Tang Sanshiliu glanced at him like an idiot, and Hu Sanshishi also had a weird expression on his face, and said, "Of course it's for you."
It was only then that Chen Changsheng figured out that since it was a tribute of precious tea, if one basket was sent to the palace, the other basket would naturally be sent to the palace.
Regardless of the relationship between the imperial court and the state religion, in a small place like Fengyang County, both sides must worship with the utmost respect.
"Is this the same kind of tea you would have left for Xiao Zhang before?" Tang Thirty-Six asked.
Hu Thirty-two shook his head, pointed to the Chengbao Pavilion at the highest point in Qibao Village, and said, "The wild tea for Xiao Zhang is specially made, and it's placed there."
Tang Thirty-Six said: "With Xiao Zhang's disposition, even if he knew that the imperial court might choose this place to besiege and kill him, they might still come here."
Hu Thirty-two said, "He hasn't been here for two years."
Tang Thirty-Six asked, "Who does that box of tea belong to?"
Hu Thirty-two said: "On the surface, it is natural to say that it was not sent, but many people know that it was sent to the residence of the Prime Minister in Kyoto."
Tang Thirty-Six asked with a slightly different expression: "Why is this? How can King Xiang go beyond the court and state religion?"
Hu Thirty-two said with a smile: "The magistrate of Fengcheng Mansion is the prince's disciple."
While everyone was having tea and chatting, the thin cloud above the sky was suddenly torn out by a shadow, and a red goose broke through the cloud and landed in the county government office in the distance.
Immediately afterwards, there was the sound of gongs and drums, notices were posted, and the sound of praise and music came from the county government office.
For the past three years, Chen Changsheng had been in Xueling in northern Xinjiang, and Tang Sanshiliu had been imprisoned in the old house and ancestral hall. He didn't understand what happened.
"The Tianji Pavilion has changed the list." Hu Thirty-two had a complicated expression on his face.
Only then did Chen Changsheng and Tang Thirty-Six understand what had happened.
In the past, the Tianji Pavilion would change the list, basically before and after the Great Court Examination or before and after the Tianshu Mausoleum, but now the Great Court Examination has been suspended for three years, and the Tianji Pavilion has existed in name only, but the change of the list is still going on. It doesn't have much to do with the state religion, and it's basically the handiwork of the imperial court.
This did not affect the credibility of several lists. After all, for ordinary people, the reputation of Tianji Pavilion still exists, and now the imperial seal of His Majesty is added, which will only make the world more convinced.
The conversation in the teahouse stopped there, and everyone drank tea quietly, listening to the sounds from the street from time to time.
The Qingyun list was the first to be read out. With the departure of names such as Gou Hanshi and Chen Changsheng, as the number of cultivating geniuses who are young but able to penetrate the seclusion is increasing, this list that once represented the potential of young cultivating geniuses has become less and less concerned. However, Chen Changsheng noticed that there were several names he knew on the Qingyun list.
—Fu Xinzhi, Chen Fugui, and Chu Wenbin, these were the first batch of students recruited by the National Education College.
It seems that Su Moyu is doing a good job in presiding over the Orthodox Academy in Kyoto.
Different from when Tianji Pavilion presided over the affairs, now when the imperial court changes the list, the Dianjin list and Xiaoyao list will be made public together. The next thing to read out was the Golden List, this time he heard more familiar names, Gou Hanshi, Guan Feibai, Liang Banhu, Zhong Hui... Because of their identities, he and Xu Yourong naturally wouldn't be included in any list , but this time the gold list is still the list with the youngest average age in hundreds of years. Except for the era of Zhou Dufu and Chen Xuanba, there was no other time period where so many young people entered the Star Gathering Realm. It really is an era when wild flowers bloom.
Then there is the Xiaoyao list. After Wang Po crossed the border three years ago, he finally left the top spot that he had held for decades. Xiao Zhang, who was once the most hopeful to catch up with him, was directly disqualified because he was wanted by the court. After entering the ranking, Liang Wangsun is naturally at the top of the list, followed by Xiaode and other real powerhouses who have long been famous, and when Chen Changsheng heard the name Guan Bai in the ninth position, he couldn't help being a little surprised .
After reading the Xiaoyao Bang, but still did not hear Mr. Qiushan's name, he looked to the upper reaches of the canyon, shook his head, wondering what he was thinking.
Suddenly, fireworks went up in the county government office in the distance, which was diluted by the rising morning light, and it was not so gorgeous. It seemed to be a temporary decision, and I don't know why.
Why would there be music in the county government, fireworks, and most importantly...why the imperial court would suddenly change the list.
Soon, Chen Changsheng and others in the teahouse and the people by the river knew the reason.
King Xiang actually entered the sacred realm!