Chapter 242 Su Shi is coming to Hangzhou to take up a post
Lu Sen walked over and Lu Xianxian put a book in front of him.
The slender jade fingers formed a sharp contrast with the slightly yellowed book, further highlighting the cleanliness and transparency of the vixen's fingers.
Lu Sen's gaze fell from the other person's fingertips to the book, and saw "Ranglin Famous Scenic Spots Travel Notes" written on the cover.
Lu Sen took the book from the fox's hand and opened it.
There is a small preface at the beginning. 'Rang Lin' is the author of the book, and the so-called scenic spots refer to the various small worlds.
The first scenic spot recorded by this Taoist named Ranglin was Kunlun.
Kuncang is also a sect of spiritual practice, but they have long since secluded themselves from the world and will never step into the secular world unless necessary.
And this person, Lin, had the honor to stay in Kunlun for a few days as a guest.
The book mentioned that there were flying fairies in Kunlun who were as beautiful as the Qingqiu fox... When Lu Xianxian saw this line, she pouted her lips and snorted to show her disdain.
There are actually people in the world who dare to compete with the Qingqiu Fox in beauty. How ridiculous!
The book then goes on to praise the grandness and vastness of some of the buildings in Kunlun, worthy of being a spiritual practice sect .
Because he only stayed there for a few days, Rang Lin did not describe Kunlun in detail, just a little more than four pages.
It also mentioned that he climbed Kunlun, the world's highest snow-capped peak, in the northwest of the Central Plains.
The No. 1 snow peak in Northwest China?
Lu Sen thought of a snow-capped mountain that almost everyone in later generations had heard of.
And Lu Xianxian was also stunned: "Yaoguang Mountain?"
Lu Sen turned his head to look at her: "Who is the Yaoguang Mountain you are talking about?"
The two were very close to each other at this time, and Lu Sen turned his head and saw the vixen's smooth face.
Lu Xianxian gently brushed the black hair beside her ear and said, "I have never been to Yaoguang Mountain, but I heard from Grandma Daji that Yaoguang Mountain is the highest mountain in the world, with snow all year round. The foot and middle of the mountain are not that cold. There is a white beast called ape, which can run fast if you eat it."
The strange fragrance on her body seemed to be stronger.
Lu Sen subconsciously tilted his head back a little to avoid being too close to the other party. He compared the two pieces of information and felt that Yaoguang Mountain should be what later generations called the "Himalayas". After all, there were rumors of white snow monsters in the Himalayas before.
Is the entrance to Kunlun Mountain in the Himalayas?
This is a bit exaggerated.
But think about it, it doesn't seem strange. Hundreds of years ago, the spiritual energy was abundant, and all the practitioners were considered "little supermen". For ordinary people, the natural dangers that were insurmountable and the severe cold and heat that could kill people were probably just the breeze and drizzle in spring for them.
At least now I am not too afraid of severe cold or scorching heat, not to mention those who have achieved success in cultivation.
Next, fellow Taoist Rang Lin went to Mount Shu, Tianji Sect and other sects of cultivation.
Among them, Shushan is particularly praised. At least half of the words in a book are praising Shushan Sect, saying that it is worthy of being the number one sect in the world and much stronger than those hidden sects.
There is no mention of the 'Tianchi' sect of practice.
Lu Sen closed the book and said with a smile, "It's a good start. We found Kunlun so quickly. I think we should be able to find Tianchi soon."
Seeing Lu Sen happy, Lu Xianxian also smiled.
Then the two of them separated and continued to look through the books in the Sutra Library.
However, the luck of the three seemed to be limited. They spent four days looking through all the books on the first and second floors, but did not find the information they wanted.
It’s not that the place called “Tianchi” has not been mentioned, but its location has not been pointed out.
And based on the content of "Tianchi" mentioned in several books, this concept was extracted.
Tianchi is a purely male practice sect, and even discriminates against female practitioners. It has a mixed race of people, including people from the Central Plains, Semites, etc.
The most outrageous thing is that this sect seems to be outside the Central Plains, but its exact location is unclear.
After extracting this information, Lu Sen was a little confused.
He also knew a "Tianchi", but it was obvious that this Tianchi was not the same Tianchi.
Why is Tianchi outside the Central Plains?
This was something Lu Sen couldn't understand. If Qingqiu was within the Central Plains, it would be easy to locate its current position, but if it was outside the Central Plains, it would be troublesome.
Even if we know the location of Tianchi, there will still be large errors when determining the coordinates.
The three of them sighed and said goodbye to Rong Yuan.
"Master Lu, why don't you stay for a little longer?" Rong Yuan sat cross-legged and asked calmly, "We can discuss the Dao with each other."
Rong Yuan was telling the truth. In fact, she really wanted to know what Lu Sen's "weapon making" technique was.
Especially the rumored cave-dwelling technique, which is definitely not simple.
It is completely different from the current practice system.
But Lu Sen knew his own business, and the system's ability was none of his business. He said, "I'm really sorry, Master Rongyuan, we have some urgent matters to deal with. After we finish, we will definitely visit Mount Li again."
Since Lu Sen said so, Rong Yuan could only nod regretfully.
Then he asked his disciple Qin Cailu to escort the three people out of the mountain.
After a while, Qin Cailu came back, and Honghong did her own work and came to Rongyuan and sat down cross-legged.
Rong Yuan, who had just been meditating with his eyes closed, opened his eyes and asked, "Hong Hong, are there any signs that they have gone up to the third floor?"
"I checked, no. They were indeed very gentlemanly and did not even set foot on the third floor."
Rong Yuan breathed a sigh of relief: "It seems that my judgment was not wrong. Master Lu is indeed consistent in his words and deeds."
Qin Cailu couldn't help but ask, "Why did the master want to test Master Lu's character?"
"Test? I was forced to do this." Rong Yuan laughed at himself. "Of course, if you want to say that I was testing him, then it can be considered as such. Two months ago, an elder from Tianji Sect came to pay a visit to the mountain, and Master received him. This person mentioned Master Lu, saying that he was a hypocritical villain. He also said that Master Lu would come to Mount Li in a month or two, and might attack us. Now it seems that they were talking nonsense."
Tianji Gate?
Qin Cailu and Honghong looked at each other.
They had heard about the Tianji Sect.
Except for the Shushan Sect, all the other major sects are also famous and upright ones.
I heard that before the spiritual energy of heaven and earth dried up, the Lishan Sect and the Tianji Sect were allies, but after the spiritual energy of heaven and earth dried up, they were probably thinking about how to save themselves, so they stopped communicating.
"I don't really believe it. If Master Lu is two-faced, he would have killed us all and taken the treasure last time he was in Mount Li." Rong Yuan laughed: "So the Tianji Sect is deceiving us. They must have a grudge against Master Lu and want to force us to be the vanguard."
Qin Cailu couldn't help but snorted: "This Tianji Sect is really abominable."
"The Tianji Sect has the Fusang tree, which is a treasure of heaven and earth, much stronger than the underground fire of our mountain." Rong Yuan showed an envious expression, and then snorted: "But fortunately, we also got a magical object that can provide spiritual energy transfer from Master Lu. Although it is still not as good as the Tianji Sect, it should be enough to protect the mountain gate."
Hong Hong has a straightforward personality. She couldn't help but say, "Master, are we just going to put up with this? The Tianji Sect is pointing fingers at us and calling us idiots."
"No hurry, no hurry." Rong Yuan's expression seemed a little cold: "After our Jingyang Gong becomes stronger and we have set up the sky-covering formation to block the Tianji Sect's calculation technique, we can slowly settle accounts with them."
The Lishan Sect has never been a very kind sect, otherwise an organization composed mainly of women would not be able to survive in the cruel world of cultivation.
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As for Lu Sen, he flew a flying vehicle over the city of Xi'an and discovered that the Song army was chasing the Western Xia army.
He immediately smiled and said, "As expected of General Di, you defeated the many with the few, and the strong with the weak! This great victory will surely be recorded in history books in the future."
Yang Jinhua lay on the glass cover and watched with great interest.
After all, she is the daughter of a military family, and it is an instinct in her bones that she likes to watch such scenes.
Lu Xianxian looked at it for a few times and then lost interest. She opened her red lips and asked, "My dear, the Lishan Sect has lost all clues here. Where should we go to find information about Tianchi?"
"I don't know either. Tianjimen might know, but we can't ask them for help."
Lu Xianxian nodded, that’s indeed the case.
The Tianji Sect all wanted to eat her flesh and drink her blood. If Lu Sen went to beg them, the condition these people would have to be to hand over the "fox spirit".
No need to think too much.
"Besides Tianji Sect and Mount Li, Xianxian, do you know of any other sects that might be able to be passed down when the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is exhausted?"
Lu Xianxian shook her head.
She herself is a demon, and although she knows some of the human cultivation sects, she doesn't know much.
After all, the relationship between humans and monsters has never been very good.
"What about the demon clan? Apart from the Wansheng Sect, are there other demon clan cultivation sects? Small sects are also fine." Lu Sen asked.
Lu Xianxian recalled, and she turned her head to look at Lu Sen: "If you insist, there are some. But I don't think they are good. There are only two human sects with a solid foundation left. The monsters that need a lot of spiritual energy to survive will definitely not survive until now."
That's true.
Lu Sen had no choice but to drive the aircraft back to Hangzhou.
After resting for two days, he began to help Yang Wenguang build a treasure ship.
At this time, Yang Wenguang had already recruited a lot of seamen and was just waiting for the big ship.
Building a treasure ship requires a lot of wood, so these days he has been using the channels of the Prince of Runan to purchase wood and pile it up on the coast.
Naturally, this situation could not escape the attention of some people with ulterior motives.
When he appeared on the seashore and was preparing to build a ship, Prince Xiangyang and Lu Huiqing appeared at the same time.
Lu Sen thought that the two of them came together, but Lu Huiqing bowed to the King of Xiangyang in front of him and said, "Your humble servant greets the King of Xiangyang."
Although he bowed, he did not show much respect nor did he seem to be fawning.
In the eyes of true civil servants, all the "princes" are just idlers waiting to die.
Even the Prince of Runan.
Of course, they won't show this emotion on the surface.
King Xiangyang saluted casually, then looked at Lu Sen, bowed slightly and asked: "Master Lu, are you going to build another big ship?"
"Yes." Lu Sen smiled.
"Then can you help me build a big ship, preferably this one." King Xiangyang paused, and said with a little pride: "I will definitely reward you handsomely."
Lu Sen refused without hesitation, without any hesitation: "Sorry, this ship has already been taken. As for when the next one will be, it depends on opportunity. Treasure ships cannot be built whenever we want."
The eyelids of King Xiangyang twitched slightly, and he smiled as usual, "That's such a pity. I originally thought that the golden ship in the sky was beyond the reach of ordinary people like us, but at least I should have a share of the treasure ship floating on the sea. I didn't expect that even as a member of the Zhao family, I am not as strong as ordinary people."
His words were full of sarcasm, mocking Lu Sen for not valuing and respecting the imperial power.
If it were anyone else, even a civil servant like Bao Zheng, he would have to appeal if he were to be blamed.
But Lu Sen was really not afraid.
He laughed and said, "No, no, the King of Xiangyang is better than the common people after all. At least you are the prince."
"Puchi!" Lu Huiqing, who was listening nearby, couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Lu Sen and King Xiangyang turned their eyes away.
Especially the King of Xiangyang, his face turned ashen.
Lu Huiqing's face immediately turned stern, and the expression changed so quickly that it seemed as if the smile before was an illusion.
He said calmly , "My humble servant is rude. I farted loudly by accident."
Now it was Lu Sen's turn to smile.
Prince Xiangyang's face turned dark. He snorted, flicked his sleeves and turned to leave. If he stayed any longer, he felt like his chest would explode with anger.
But the back of Prince Xiangyang as he left looked a little disheveled, even a bit like a dog.
Lu Sen looked at Lu Huiqing and said with a smile, "Aren't you afraid that the King of Xiangyang will remember your little notebook?"
The phrase "Xiao Ben Ben" did not exist in the Northern Song Dynasty, but it did not prevent Lu Huiqing from understanding its meaning from the artistic conception. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "He is just a prince. After one or two generations, he will be no different from a rich man. He is not the Prince of Runan County."
In the hearts of most civil servants, the Prince of Runan is also a parasite.
But the difference is that now behind the Prince of Runan stands Master Lu.
Most high-ranking officials can look down on the Prince of Runan, but they cannot look down on Master Lu.
Especially after the fairy rice was offered to the imperial palace.
Who doesn’t look longingly at the seeds of immortal rice?
Having offended Master Lu, he said that he would not supply immortal rice seeds to any family. Would the Zhao family go against his wishes?
Absolutely not.
One season of Immortal Rice can produce three years' harvest of ordinary rice. Now that the world is prosperous and the people are at peace, it can play a role in stabilizing the country.
The Zhao family saw this very clearly.
However, the fact that Lu Huiqing could say such words shows that he is young and vigorous.
I guess after another five or six years, after being immersed in the officialdom for a period of time and becoming more sophisticated, he will no longer be so outspoken.
Lu Sen walked to the edge of the sea rock, looked at the horizon in the distance, and asked, "What is the matter with County Magistrate Lu's visit this time?"
"In two months, I will go to Beijing to participate in politics." Lu Huiqing smiled happily, even a little proud.
He sent people to deliver the money and grain donated by the merchants to the capital, which was a great achievement.
Moreover, he was the acting governor of Hangzhou and managed the entire city in an orderly manner. With these two merits added together, and the fact that the court was indeed short of talents, he was promoted as an official in Beijing as an exception.
As a sixth-rank civil servant, the Deputy Director of the Ministry of Revenue was considered a position of real power.
The most important thing is that working in the Ministry of Households, you can get promoted quickly.
"Congratulations to County Magistrate Lu on his promotion." Lu Sen clasped his fists.
"Thank you, Master Lu." Lu Huiqing suddenly felt a little embarrassed at this time: "It's just that Hangzhou and the capital are quite far away, and it's inconvenient for me to take a river boat, so I want to go by land. But the land route is easy to get tired, Master Lu, can you give me some honey so that I can travel more smoothly."
Lu Sen thought about it, took out a bottle of honey and handed it to him.
Lu Huiqing is a controversial figure in history, but he did a good job in Hangzhou.
Lu Sen was an acquaintance of his, so there was nothing wrong with giving him a bottle of honey. Back when they were in the capital, Yang Jinhua had given away honey to many people.
Seeing the honey, Lu Huiqing immediately hugged it in his arms, his mouth almost split with laughter: "Thank you Master Lu, thank you Master Lu. From now on, Master Lu will give you instructions, and I will not dare to disobey you."
Lu Sen did not take his assurance to heart, but asked, "If Magistrate Lu goes to the capital, who will take up the post in Hangzhou?"
"He is a student of the same class as me. He went home to observe mourning for the past three years and returned to the court to take up his post more than half a year ago. I heard that he is quite methodical in his work. An important person in the court thought that he has a promising future and sent him to Hangzhou to work and gain experience." Lu Huiqing thought for a moment and said, "I remember that his surname is Su, his given name is Shi, and his courtesy name is Zizhan."
