The son-in-law who has returned for thousands of years

"Fellow Daoist Liu Yu, why are there not many comrades in Chuzhou City this year? I remember that during the winter solstice in previous years, almost all of Chuzhou City was full of practitioners, and the Banxian Tower had to be reserved a few days in advance."

The older man on the opposite side drank the wine in the glass with a sad face, and said, "You don't know, the winter solstice has always been the day when the nearby mountains recruit disciples, so in the past, a large group of practitioners would gather in Chuzhou City during the winter solstice." , but this year is a little bit different.”

The cultivator stared blankly, and asked immediately, "What happened this year? Could it be that Qingyu Mountain is not recruiting disciples this year?"

The man sighed, and said, "It's not that we don't want to recruit disciples, it's just that this year's new disciples have been booked in advance, and there is no quota for selection at all."

"Isn't it against the rules to do so?"

"Oh." The man sighed and lowered his voice, "Isn't it Tianzhun Palace?"

The person on the opposite side showed a clear expression, filled the wine glasses in front of the two of them, and said loudly, "Drink, drink."

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Xu Ping, who was listening on the sidelines, felt a wave of shock in his heart. He threw a few pieces of silver on the table, got up and walked out of the restaurant.

"Before, I thought it was just a simple selection of disciples. I didn't expect there to be such a moth. Tianzhun Palace is located in Lunan. How can it influence Qingyu Mountain in Huaizuo to pre-determine all the quotas for this year's selection of disciples?"

Although he is not a native of this world, he is very curious about the world of practice, so he is very concerned about this matter.

A lot of doubts came to mind, but there was no answer for a while, so Xu Ping decided to take a step forward. After all, he didn't know much information now, so he couldn't think of anything.

It was already around three or four o'clock in the afternoon, so Xu Ping followed the instructions in the recommendation letter from the Ministry of War and found a courtyard on Qingyu Mountain in Chuzhou City.

As soon as Xu Ping opened the door and went in, an impatient voice came from the courtyard, "Go out, Qingyu Mountain will not accept disciples this year, and I want to practice and find another sect."

Xu Ping saw a young man in Taoist robes impatiently waving at him in the yard.With a slight smile on his face, he took out the recommendation letter from the Ministry of War from his arms, and handed it over, "This senior brother, I am a disciple recommended by the Ministry of War, and this is my recommendation letter."

"A letter of recommendation from the Ministry of War? What Ministry of War?"

Xu Ping smiled helplessly, and said, "Daning Military Department, brother, if you think about it carefully, the Military Department can recommend disciples to Qingyu Mountain."

"Hmm... It seems that there is a disciple recommended by the Ministry of War this year. You wait here first, and I will go in and ask." The Qingyu Mountain disciple motioned Xu Ping to wait in the courtyard for a while before entering the main hall. .

After a while, the disciple came out with a more friendly expression, and said to Xu Ping, "I was reckless just now. I asked the teacher, and there is indeed such a rule. You first show me the recommendation letter."

Xu Ping handed the recommendation letter from the Ministry of War to the disciple, and the disciple took the recommendation letter, carefully looked at the fire pattern and seal on it, nodded and said, "It is indeed a recommendation letter from the Ministry of Military Affairs, then I will register it for you. "

Xu Ping nodded and said, "Brother, I'm sorry."

Xu Ping told the Qingyu Mountain disciple his name, age and place of origin.After the disciple finished recording, he handed Xu Ping an invitation card and said, "According to the usual practice, there will be a banquet in Songshui Tower tonight, so that the juniors can get acquainted with each other before going to Qingyu Mountain. You go to Songshui Tower in the evening Just take out this invitation, and someone will take you in."

Xu Ping accepted the invitation and saw that the disciple had no intention of staying, so he saluted and turned to leave.

"If it's true what the two people in the restaurant said, then I'm afraid I'm not the only outsider in this banquet."

Xu Ping sighed, thinking that there were so many things before entering Qingyu Mountain. If he went to Qingyu Mountain, he didn't know what else was waiting for him.

.......

I found a random teahouse in Chuzhou City and sat down, and it was almost evening.After asking several times on the street, Xu Ping finally found Songshui Building.

As soon as Xu Ping entered Songshui Building, he was greeted by a boy with an impatient expression.

"My lord, the Songshui Building is reserved today, you should find another place to go."

Xu Ping handed over the invitation card, and the young servant immediately put on a flattering smile and said, "So it's the Taoist priest of Qingyu Mountain, I'll take you in right now."

Xu Ping nodded, motioning for the boy to lead the way.Follow the boy through several corridors to the back hall.

As soon as Xu Ping arrived in the back hall, he felt a rush of wealth and nobility. The eaves and pillars were carved in gold, the walls were covered with glazed lamps, and even the tables and chairs were carved from the finest mahogany.

Several tables were scattered here and there in the hall, and most of them were filled with people. Xu Ping took a closer look and found that there were about 50 or [-] people.There was some noise in the hall, but few people noticed him, so Xu Ping found an empty table and sat down.

Xu Ping was so happy that no one noticed him, he sat behind the table and began to look around.The people sitting in the hall were divided into about six tables. They sat together and talked loudly. They looked very familiar, and they must be the disciples who were selected in advance.

There were two people sitting on the main seat, one looked younger, in his twenties, dressed in luxurious silk and satin, with jade wrench fingers on his hands, and sat lazily on the seat; the other was wearing a red suit The official uniform, the crane flower brocade ribbon, is a third-rank official, but Xiaoyi is accompanying him by the side.

"Huh? Isn't this the one who rode into town this morning?"

Xu Ping suddenly discovered that the young man sitting in the first seat turned out to be the arrogant dandy who rode into the city this morning.Xu Ping thought that this person was not only a disciple secretly recruited by Qingyu Mountain, but also had a third-rank official to accompany him, so he must have a lot of background.

Not long after Xu Ping sat down, another person came in from the outside. That person stood at the door and looked around. He went straight to the table where Xu Ping was sitting, pulled out a chair, and sat down beside Xu Ping.

This person smiled heartily at Xu Ping, cupped his hands and said, "I'm Xia Lu Ye, from Nanxi."

"Xu Ping, Longxi." Xu Ping felt that this person looked rather simple and honest, so he got up and poured a cup of tea for Lu Ye, and pointed to the tables in front of him, "Brother Lu, why don't you sit with them?"

Lu Ye glanced at those people with disgust, and said with disdain, "The way is different, why do you plan?"

"Oh? Brother Lu, do you know the origins of those people?" Xu Ping said calmly.

Lu Ye also has a straightforward character, nodded and said, "Brother Xu may have heard of it, these people are all disciples selected in advance on Qingyu Mountain this year."

Lu Ye pointed to the young man sitting in the main seat again, and said, "This person is called Sun Xi, his father is the governor of Lunan, and he is also the leader of this group of people."

Xu Ping was startled, and hurriedly asked, "Lu Nan? Then isn't he from Tianzhun Palace?"

As the minister of border control, the governor has always been an official appointed by the Daning court.However, the governor of Lunan, since the Tianzhun Palace became powerful 500 years ago, has supported the Lunan Sun family as his puppets and controlled this figure for generations. Almost all Daning people know this.

Lu Ye sighed and said, "Exactly, so to speak, these people are all from Tianzhun Palace."

"However, Daning and Tianzhun Palace are at odds with each other. How could they be allowed to practice on Qingyu Mountain?"

Lu Ye was surprised and said, "Brother Xu doesn't know about the Yanchu Alliance?"

"Brother Lu, please clarify."

"Ten years ago, Tianzhun Palace and King Jingjiang went north to rebel. Although Qiu Jianxian killed [-] people in Kyoto with a single sword, the situation in Daning is full of mud and sand, and it takes time to recover. Tianzhun Palace is also afraid of Qiu Jianxian. So the two sides signed a covenant. Tianzhun Palace returned to Lunan, and Daning ruled that Tianzhun's chaos never happened. A few years ago, Prince Jingjiang went to the capital in person, and the court still treated him with princely etiquette."

Xu Ping nodded, and after hearing Lu Ye's explanation, he finally understood why Tianzhun Palace could influence the election of disciples on Qingyu Mountain, and why Sun Xi could be so domineering in Chuzhou City.

Xu Ping laughed at himself, "I'm so ignorant, I don't know such a big thing."

Lu Ye said, "It's not your fault. The Yanchu Alliance was originally hidden from the world. Most people don't know about it. Maybe more people in the practice world know about it."

.......

Sun Xi sat on the main seat, playing with the porcelain cup in his hand, and glanced at Xu Ping and Lu Ye in the distance, his eyes filled with disdain.

"It's these two people?"

The Huaizuo Inspector Wu Department who accompanied Xiaoyi on the side hurriedly said, "Master, these two are the only two new disciples recommended by Daning this year. One is recommended by the Ministry of War, and the other is from Nanxi City. Relationship."

Sun Xi glanced at Wu Xi, squinted her eyes, and said grimly, "Da Ning?"

Wu Xi came back to his senses, cold sweat broke out on his forehead in fright, he lowered his head and said, "Ningguo."

After all, Wu Xi has been immersed in the officialdom for many years. After sipping tea, he calmed down, pointed to Lu Ye, and said, "Mr. Sun, look at this man. Although he is wearing a plain cloth robe, the embroidery on the cuffs is the best." The embroidery from Suzhou Prefecture is generally not used by rich families on casual clothes.”

Sun Xi glanced at Lu Ye and said, "Oh? Could it be that this person has some background."

Seeing that he had turned the subject away, Wu Xi hurriedly continued, "The lower official looked through this person's file the day before yesterday, and he really has a lot of background."

Wu Xi didn't dare to whet Sun Xi's appetite, and continued, "He didn't deliberately hide his background, he should be from the Nanxi Lu family."

"Nanxi Lu family?"

Nanxi City has a history of more than [-] years, and existed long before the establishment of the Ning Dynasty.No matter what the current situation is, Nanxi City can always take care of itself. Even now, Daning only symbolically included Nanxi City into its territory, but did not send officials or garrison troops.

Nanxi City's ability to maintain such a detached position depends on the power and influence of the three major Nanxi families on the entire continent, in addition to the world's fear of Qiubai and Qiuyuan.The Lu family is one of them.

The Lu family specializes in making magical instruments. Almost all the top craftsmen in the mainland are in the Lu family. Currently, [-]% of the magical instruments circulating in the auction house come from the Nanxi Lu family.In addition to the monstrous wealth accumulated by the Lu family, sects from all over the world have to sell the Lu family's face, otherwise the magic tools used in the sect will not be available.

Although Sun Xi has the habit of being a dandy, he is not a fool, otherwise Tianzhun Palace would not let him come to Lantau Island.Sun Xi frowned, and said, "Then it will be difficult to start. Even Tianzhun Palace will sell the Lu family some face. What about the other person?" Sun Xi pointed to Xu Ping.

"Another person also found out that it has nothing to do with soldiers from Longxi being recommended by the military."

After hearing this, Sun Xi smiled contemptuously, and said, "That's all for Lu Ye, if a mere pawn of the frontier army dares to fight against me, then I will start with him first, so that he can understand that this Central Plains is not a frontier fortress." , let him be presumptuous!"

Wu Xi bribed a full 5000 taels of silver before, and it took a lot of effort to get on the line of Sun Xi, in order to make a fortune in Lunan in the future, and at this time, it is natural to give Sun Xi a saddle.Wu Xi hastily said, "This kind of small role should be handed over to the lower officials, otherwise it will dirty the hands of the young master."

Sun Xi glanced at Wu Xi meaningfully, smiled with satisfaction, and said, "Alright. This matter is settled, and I will go to Tiannan with me in the future."

Wu Xi was overjoyed, toasted a glass of wine, and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Sun, this matter must be properly arranged."