Another compromise.

The suppression of the rebellion in Anping Prefecture continued to be firmly controlled by the cultural and educational officials.

They would draw city defense troops from various states and counties outside the city of Haojing to form a third, larger army to quell the rebellion.

Moreover, due to the shortage of money and grain in the Ministry of Revenue, part of the food and wages of the third army to quell the rebellion will be paid from the Taifu Treasury; and the General's Office and the Five Army Offices will provide them with part of the military equipment, supplies, and war horses and mounts.

The most important thing is that - at Moro Xiu's suggestion, generals such as Leshan under the General's Office will participate in the suppression of the rebellion.

Correspondingly, the cultural and educational officials reached a tacit understanding with the Queen Mother regarding the rebellion of Dongqi Bo using the death of Qi Lu as an excuse.

Qi Xun's death was related to the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother used him to fish, but he acted sneakily and Qi Suo died suddenly.

If this matter were to get out, it would be too bad and would be a devastating blow to the Queen Mother's reputation.

In exchange for not interfering in the suppression of the rebellion in Anping Prefecture, the Queen Mother obtained the cultural and educational officials' willingness to turn a blind eye to Dong Qibo's rebellion. She also mobilized the power of her cultural and educational disciples to denounce Dong Qibo's "evil ambitions" and help the Queen Mother occupy the moral high ground in public opinion.

The two sides hit it off immediately and the court was adjourned. Only a few important officials, including the general and the prime minister, remained in the Fuyao Palace to discuss the detailed plan for quelling the rebellion.

Lu Yi and his party slowly walked out of the Fuyao Palace and followed the road all the way to the south gate of the imperial city.

The nobles were laughing and getting on their own carriages and sedan chairs, parading through the streets surrounded by guards, and then returning home to have their own fun.

These nobles cannot be relied upon to govern the country, and they do not have the ability to march into battle. Now, what else can the military heroes of Dayin do except eating, drinking, and having fun?

Other civil and military officials returned to their respective offices to handle their affairs.

The scale of the third army to quell the rebellion will be far greater than the previous two. Moro Xiu even took the initiative to invite the sons and nephews of General Le Wu to join the army to quell the rebellion. This is a bit like winning over the general and taking the initiative to share the credit with his sons and nephews.

Moro Xiu's brilliant move will surely ensure that the third army to quell the rebellion will receive strong support from the General's Mansion.

The Imperial Army's sophisticated weapons and armor, as well as the countless excellent horse farms that bred those exotic mounts within the Imperial Army's profound heritage...

The general has promised to provide sufficient support to the third army to quell the rebellion.

These sophisticated weapons, armors, and those priceless alien mounts make one drool just thinking about them!

Many civil officials have already made up their minds to take advantage of the situation and make a fortune.

So, they ran very fast.

The guards waiting at the south gate of the imperial city, as well as the huge convoy and horse team, soon dispersed, and in the end only a few groups of people were left.

Lu Yi rode on the dark cloud beast, stroking its sharp horns, and looked at Li Zi with a smile as he stood in front of Bai Changkong.

Bai Changkong looked at Li Zi expressionlessly: "Li Honglu, Dongqi Bo is causing trouble, this is the official business of your Honglu Temple. Why don't you go back to the Honglu Temple to take charge and stop me? What are you doing?"

Li Zi glanced at Lu Yi, nodded, and then said leisurely: "Master Bai, I just want to ask, where is my daughter-in-law? My son has returned home, where is your daughter-in-law?"

Bai Changkong's face turned extremely ugly.

He looked at Li Zi with flickering eyes, frowned, and remained silent.

Li Zi smiled: "Bai Shanchang and my family are getting married, could it be that he has other intentions?"

Li Zi smiled and looked at Bai Changkong, his eyes moving back and forth between his waist areas.

He remembered that he had indeed severely injured Bai Changkong last night, using his magical powers to directly break into Bai Changkong's body and dig out his two kidneys. He disliked the fishy smell of that thing and threw it directly into the backyard of the Yushunfang Survey Department.

If a person loses his kidneys, he will die.

Why does Bai Changkong look so energetic? His face is rosy and he looks better than usual?

At the south gate, some slow-moving civil officials were looking over here.

Feeling the tense atmosphere between Li Zi and Bai Changkong, these curious civil officials did not approach, but did not leave either. Instead, they watched from afar with great interest.

Bai Changkong looked at those civil officials, then looked at Li Zi in front of him, and suddenly shed two lines of tears.

"Master Li, Wei Shuang, she..."

Bai Changkong looked up at the sky, tears streaming down his cheeks like raindrops, scattering into the dust.

Li Zi took a step back.

There was no way to continue the conversation. This old man Bai Changkong actually cried in public. With his current reputation in Gaojing, if word got out that it was Li Zi who forced Bai Changkong to cry, wouldn't he, Li Zi, become infamous?

Lu Yice rode up and laughed, "Master Bai, you won't say that Bai Lu died of a serious illness due to excessive worry and anger, right? Moreover, the reason why she became seriously ill was because of my coercion... I will not take the blame for this!"
Bai Changkong's tears miraculously stopped. He lowered his head, a hint of heat rose on his face, and a few tears turned into steam and dissipated.

He stared deeply at Lu Yi and said faintly, "Isn't it?"

Lu Yi smiled and shook his head: "Have some shame, Lao Bai, don't you know what's going on with Bai Lu? Wasn't it her fault that Gaojing was haunted a few days ago?"

Lu Yi nodded to Li Zi and said calmly, "Master Li, your son almost became the scapegoat. Miss Bai Lu from the Baishan family, hehe."

Lu Yi looked at the officials around him who were looking up in confusion, and raised his voice to say, "Master Bai, the female ghosts in the Imperial College are led by your Bai Lu... and you have achieved the title of 'living saint' by dispersing the female ghosts in the Imperial College..."

"You didn't do this yourself, did you?"

The expressions of the civil officials around suddenly changed, and then many of them looked at Bai Changkong with eyes that became extremely gloomy and subtle.

Bai Changkong, with his so-called "great spirit", swept away tens of thousands of female ghosts in an instant and saved 100,000 students in the Imperial College. Once this happened, Bai Changkong's reputation in Gaojing City was comparable to those saints and sub-sages in the history of culture and education.

Men of letters look down on each other, and many civil officials have long disliked Bai Changkong.

But now he is protected by the "saint halo", and no one dares to offend Bai Changkong for no reason.

But when Lu Yi said this...

Many civil officials have made up their minds that no matter whether those female ghosts are related to Bai Lu, they will instruct their disciples to spread this matter.

Even if there is no real evidence, we still have to throw some dirty water on Bai Changkong's head!

Not to mention, in the past two days, there has been a rumor in the market - Bai Changkong sold his daughter for fame and fortune, and a great sage of "ritual studies" actually offered his distant niece to the emperor in exchange for a title!

Bai Changkong's face changed slightly. He glared at Lu Yi and was racking his brains to refute when a fragrant rattan cart pulled by a big blue mule came over with a "da da da" sound.

The car drove to Bai Changkong's side, and the car window curtain was lifted, revealing a beautiful face.

Although beautiful, this little face looks sickly, pale, and haggard, as if she is seriously ill.

She glanced at Bai Changkong through the car window and said weakly, "Grandpa, didn't you agree to accompany me to Jingning Temple to burn incense? Yeah? Brother Lu, I haven't seen you for a while."

Bai Changkong laughed, and he glanced at Lu Yi with a sarcastic look, and said calmly: "Lord Li, this is what I wanted to say just now. Weishuang is still seriously ill and is recuperating. She and Erya are already husband and wife. When she is better, Erya will come and take her home."

Lu Yi's eyes widened, staring in horror at the face that looked exactly like Bai Lu's.

This... should be another method used by the Paradise Palace, right?

After a long silence, Lu Yi laughed, "So I was wrong... Lord Li, congratulations, congratulations, you have such a good daughter-in-law. Haha, I wish you and Miss Wei Shuang will live happily ever after."

Li Zi's face became extremely strange, as if someone had stuffed three pounds of dry cow dung into his mouth.

Lu Yi laughed dryly, winked at those around him, and rode away quickly at a trot.

Let Li Zi and Bai Changkong fight it out.

Li Zi was silent for a while, then suddenly jumped up and said, "Lord Tianyang, Lord Tianyang, it seems that my Erya has indeed made friends with bandits. I suspect that they are the evildoers of the Nine Yin Sect."

"Lord Tianyang, Lord Tianyang, can you take Erya back to the Investigation Department and discipline her for a while?"

Bai Lu poked her head out of the carriage and called out to Li Zi softly, "Eunuch, how can you be so cruel? Where is Er Ya? I miss him a little too."

Li Zi acted as if he didn't hear anything. He jumped onto his mount with big strides, shouted loudly, and rode away on his fast horse, chasing after Lu Yi.

Bai Changkong smiled slightly, and bowed to the civil officials who looked bored around him, and said leisurely: "You gentlemen can testify for me that this Lord Tianyang has been corrupted by the eunuch party... He actually lied in broad daylight and spread rumors, saying that Wei Shuang has become a female ghost. It's ridiculous!"

"Weishhuang is right here. My lords, please take a good look at her. She is a good girl with a clean conscience."

Bai Changkong suddenly raised his right arm: "Eunuch party, shameless!"

A group of civil officials nodded, quoted classics, and cursed the eunuchs including Yu Changle.

At the south gate of the imperial city, a group of eunuchs bared their teeth and looked at the group of civil officials - you can scold Lu Yi, why do you involve us? This matter has nothing to do with us eunuchs!

Bai Changkong pretended to be serious for a while, then took a few guards and surrounded Xiang Teng'er in the carriage, heading south.

No matter whether it was suppressing the rebellion in Anping Prefecture or the rebellion of Dongqi Bo, these matters had nothing to do with his Imperial College. He had plenty of time to accompany his "poor" "granddaughter" to Jingning Temple to burn incense and pray for blessings.

After walking for more than ten miles, Bai Changkong dropped his mount and jumped onto the carriage.

In the carriage, besides the girl who looked exactly like Bai Lu, there was also a woman with a head full of silver hair, but her face was as pretty and beautiful as a young lady. Only a woman with a pair of eyes as deep as the abyss was sitting there quietly.

Bai Changkong knelt down and bowed to the woman in the carriage: "Sir, thanks to your planning, otherwise I really can't explain it clearly today."

The woman waved her hand gently: "That young man, is that Lu Yu? Oh, he is a good tonic."

"I have seen through Li Zi's origins. He is the remnant of Qiqiao Pavilion, a lowly and unorthodox sect. I have issued an order from Jiletian to make Qiqiao Pavilion submit to our sect, otherwise, their descendants will be exterminated."