Da Cang night watchman

"Miss Ji!" The second prince said, "I will arrange for you to participate in the Baiyu trip in half a month! If you have the chance, please come..."

Ji Qianling raised his hand to interrupt: "I can participate in the Baiyu trip, but Your Highness, please don't talk about opportunities. There is no chance this time."

"I also know that this chance is slim." The second prince sighed deeply, "But, young lady, you have far-sightedness, and you should also know that this may be the first hurdle for Ji Cha's rise. If we can't snipe successfully, I have a bad feeling... Therefore, I hope young lady will take more care of it. In addition, please choose a suitable time to talk to Lin Su. As long as he can help me succeed, I will guarantee that he will have the Heavenly Dao Spirit Pearl every year. In addition, the Lord of Wenyuan will belong to him in the future. As for other natural treasures, he only needs to ask for them!"

This is a taboo.

But the second prince really couldn't care less.

Ji Qianling smiled softly: "Your Highness has shown his sincerity, but this sincerity is unnecessary. I have understood this junior brother of mine thoroughly. Ordinary shackles cannot lock him up, and ordinary means cannot restrain him. If Your Highness really wants to get his help, there is only one way."

"How?" The second prince's heart was pounding.

"Let him see that you are also useful!"

The second prince was stunned.

Use value?
Generally speaking, counselors choose their lord based on whether the lord is of any use to them.
Anyone who dares to say this is seeking death.

However, these words came out of Ji Qianling's mouth so naturally.

Lin Suqi is not an ordinary person. When he cooperates with others, it is mostly for mutual benefit. If you want him to do something for you, you must first let him see that you are worthy of his investment.

This deal does not exist in the moral system, but it is widely present in the court and in the underworld.

The second prince's eyes slowly lit up...

This sentence is the key.

Why was Lin Su branded as the third prince in the beginning? Because he was unwilling to be lonely.

Why did he want to tear off the brand now? Because he saw a more worthy goal.

The fight between the two sons for the throne was not a spiritual conversion to benevolence, righteousness, and morality, but a struggle for interests.

As long as the second prince is strong enough, do you think Lin Su will depend on him?

Let’s talk about Lin Su.

He left the pavilion and returned to his room.

It was not that he was avoiding Ji Qianling's interrogation, but that there really was a guest coming.

He was in the pavilion and he sensitively noticed someone entering his room.

Ji Qianling didn’t know that this person came in. Probably he was the only one in the entire Juxianju who knew about it.

Lin Su gently pushed open the door.

In front of the window, a woman in purple slowly turned her head.

"Zi Yi! Why is it you?" Lin Su smiled.

The person who came was the purple-clothed beauty beside Zhu Dan. She looked like Zhu Dan's maid. However, during the dozen days and nights of celebrating the New Year in Zhuque Lane, they ate all kinds of snacks together and discussed various topics. How could they ever regard her as a servant?

Zi Yi didn't smile. Her eyes were full of sparkle. "Sir, Miss... Miss... She's gone!"

The smile on Lin Su's face disappeared in an instant.

He stood at the door, blankly.

Zi Yi burst into tears: "She was an orphan, and she had been looking for her parents, but for more than 20 years, there was no sign of them. So when she left, she had no relatives around her, only us sisters. The young lady said that this New Year's Day was the only one in her life that she felt warm and sweet. Sir, you are the only spring breeze she has ever felt in this world. I thought that I had to come and tell you no matter what."

Lin Su slowly raised his head and looked into the endless space.

There was an inexplicable sadness in his heart.

Zhu Dan!

I had no connection with him at first.

But in the white jade literary battle, her Rousi Pavilion shot out a Tianyaoqin, and from then on, the attic came into his sight.

The first time they stepped into Zhuque Lane, she sang "Listen to the Heart" and he sang "Yangguan Sandie", which opened the prelude to their relationship.

The following Spring Festival.

Whether it is Xiandu or the human world, there are lights in every house and families are reunited.

And he was far away in a foreign land.

So is she!
They are like two lonely stars in the vast sea of ​​stars, close to each other and warming each other during this New Year's Day.

She told her maid that this New Year was the only one in her life that made her feel warm and sweet, and he was the only spring breeze she felt in the world.

What about him?

He never told her, and he never told anyone else.

In Suzaku Lane, he had a rare moment of peace since he entered the fairyland world.

It seemed that only there did he really feel free from all worldly concerns and experience the peace and comfort of a ship entering the harbor.

For him, celebrating the New Year with them in Zhuque Lane was just like celebrating the New Year at the Lin family in Haining.

There is no need to care about worldly etiquette, or about each other's inappropriate language. Every word, every smile, every move is free and light.

However, today, spring is not over, flowers are not withered, but people are gone...

He knew that her time was coming.

It's not that he doesn't know that things change over time.

However, this desolation of the world still surrounded his heart at this moment...

"When did it happen?" Lin Su's voice was very light and low.

"Three days ago!"

Lin Su closed his eyes gently.

Three days ago!

He had already left the Wudao Realm at that time. If he could return to Xiandu, he might be able to give her a ride.

However, he did not return to Xiandu at that time, but chose to go to the Southern Wilderness.

He handled the situation in the Southern Wasteland with great speed, which was actually incredibly fast, but it was still not as fast as the scythe of fate...

"Sir, the young lady left a last word!" Zi Yi said, "The Rousi Pavilion is now in your hands."

Lin Su suddenly lowered his head and stared at Zi Yi.

Zi Yi slowly raised her head: "Miss said, this is not to repay you for your chance encounter, but to borrow your help to protect the lives of the three thousand drifting duckweeds in the chaotic world of Rousi Pavilion. If you don't want to suffer this, you can refuse it."

Soft Silk Pavilion.

Although he is not known for his military prowess, he is well-known for infiltrating various major forces in Xiandu.

Such an organization can be of great help to everyone.

But when Zhu Dan handed the organization over to Lin Su, he said: With the help of Lin Su, I can protect these three thousand drifters in this troubled time.

Does it make sense?

Of course that makes sense.

The development and growth of Rousi Pavilion was actually absolutely dominated by Zhu Dan. Zhu Dan was extremely intelligent. Under her control, 3,000 poor women from all over the world had a foothold and were able to survive in this chaotic world. Now that Zhu Dan is dead, Rousi Pavilion is leaderless. If it encounters someone with ulterior motives, Rousi Pavilion may be swallowed up.

Looking at Xiandu as a whole, there are very few people who can protect a force.

Not many people have reason to protect such a force.

And Lin Su is extremely wise and capable.

In addition, Zhu Dan saw the essence through the phenomenon and also captured another difference of Lin Su, which made her believe that Lin Su had a pure heart hidden behind his carefree and carefree appearance. She believed that Lin Su could hold up the sky above the heads of these three thousand women in distress after she left...

A remarkable woman of her generation, who was weak and powerless, but possessed incredible wisdom that could stir up trouble.

It started from humble beginnings, took in needy girls from all over the place, established the Rousi Pavilion, and thus became famous.

Good fortune is easy to go, and beauty is easy to disappear.

On that spring night when her beauty was fading, she resolutely handed this power to Lin Su...

"Where is she buried?"

"Under the Lantern Flower Temple, in the bamboo forest!" Zi Yi cried, "That's where she was abandoned 25 years ago. She said this is where fallen leaves return to their roots."

"Take me to see her!"

It was late at night and the stars were hanging in the sky.

The breeze blows, and the night-blooming jasmine wafts in the air.

An old nunnery, mottled in the wind, was empty. The old nun who had taken Zhu Dan in had already traveled around the world.

The temple was in ruins, it was late at night, and Zhu Dan was sleeping quietly under a pile of new soil.

A tombstone was also just erected, made of green bamboo with a line of words written on it: Zhu Dan's Tomb.

There is no epitaph because no one knows who she was descended from.

She did not have a distinguished life, because the parts of her life that were made public were not actually that distinguished.

Lin Su gently extended his hand, stroked the green bamboo tablet, and slowly spoke: "The mountains and rivers are difficult to cross, who will pity the lost? We are all strangers in a foreign land when we meet by chance. Zhu Dan, before you left, you told Zi Yi that this Spring Festival is the only sweet and warm festival in your life, but I never told you that in Zhuque Lane, I felt a peace and tranquility that I had never felt before in this world."

The woman in purple behind him was crying like rain, and the purple bamboo beside her was trembling slightly.

Lin Su slowly raised his head: "Many people in this world are full of unknowns, and there are more melancholy in this world. You don't know where you came from, and I don't know where I'm going. Perhaps it is because of this tacit understanding that you and I have this brief encounter in the vast sea of ​​people. Although the time is short, the memory is unforgettable."

The mountain breeze blew, the purple bamboo swayed, and Zhu Dan, who was buried deep in the spring, seemed to have really heard his words.

Lin Su raised his hand gently, holding a seven-stringed zither: "You and I met because of music. Now I will send you a piece of music. This song is called "Transformation into a Butterfly"!"

As soon as his fingers fell, the melodious and graceful sound of the piano slowly bloomed under the purple bamboo forest like ripples on the water.

It is the most classic and famous song in history, "Transformation into a Butterfly"!
The blue waves of the Heavenly Dao appeared at the first moment.

The sky is filled with blue lotuses, creating an eternal wonder in the night sky.

Zi Yi's ears were filled with the incomparable and wonderful music of the ages, and her eyes were full of tears. In her heart, she gently told the lady who was gradually drifting away: Miss, you did not choose the wrong person! Although your life is short, it is really worth it!
Because the person you have chosen has come and played the most legendary divine song in the world for you in front of your spirit.

A gentle breeze blows, and the blue lotuses in the sky turn into flying butterflies.

The mountain spring rushes down, and the flowing spring water is like a flying butterfly.

A group of real butterflies fluttered over the western mountains.

For a moment, this unprecedented and extraordinary thing was being performed in heaven and on earth...

On the right mountain top, above the white clouds, there is a jade boat.

In the jade boat, a woman sat quietly under the starlight. There was no one around, and she seemed to be floating outside the world.

As the last ray of music faded away between heaven and earth, a crystal tear slid across her jade-like cheek...

Tears drip downwards, and the boat flies upwards.

Going farther and farther, the white jade boat went straight into the deepest part of the white clouds, deeper and deeper, until it reached a field of jade trees and beautiful white jade…

Under the Denghua Temple, in the purple bamboo forest, Lin Su slowly lowered his head. Above the strings of the zither, a butterfly gently fluttered its wings, as if it wanted to fly away, yet seemed reluctant to fly away.

Zi Yi behind him exhaled softly: "Sir, the young lady likes butterflies, and butterflies like her too. When she was buried that day, there was also a large group of butterflies to see her off. They were all white jade butterflies, with nine colors of light on their bodies that changed unpredictably, forming the shape of a heart. The sisters all said that this was her butterfly-like life."

The butterfly breaks out of its cocoon.

Butterfly, beautiful beyond compare.

Butterfly, light and short-lived.

Isn’t this exactly Zhu Dan’s life?

Lin Su sighed deeply: "Zi Yi, go back!"

"Okay, sir!" Zi Yi said, "What do you sisters need to do for you next?"

Lin Su was slightly startled.

Zi Yi met his eyes and said, "Miss has handed over the Silk Pavilion to you, so naturally the Silk Pavilion has to do something for you. Here are some materials that my four sisters and I have selected. We think they may be of some use to you. Please accept them!"

She raised her hand slightly and handed a jade pendant to Lin Su.

Lin Su's heart skipped a beat when he sensed it with his spiritual sense.

This information is extremely complex and all-encompassing.

There are situations in the sect and situations in the court, but the key point... the key point is the situation of the second prince and his followers.

These materials are different from the information from Wenyuan Book Pavilion.

The difference is huge.

The information in Wenyuan Bookstore is high-end and authoritative.

However, the information she gave him was the opposite. Most of the things were small, but the details were extremely detailed. This was probably because the two came from different sources.

The information in Wenyuan Book Pavilion comes from the regular departments of the Xian Dynasty, and all of them are authoritative information that has been repeatedly verified.

Her information comes from the market. It is unverified or unverifiable. It is just some scattered information. Even after being skillfully organized, it still remains scattered.

These information immediately turned into a leaf in Lin Su's brain, and he seemed to have lifted the veil of some mystery of Xiandu.

He raised his eyes and said, "Thanks, Zi Yi, this news is very important."

Zi Yi asked, "Sir, in the next phase, will the focus still be on the Second Prince?"

Lin Su frowned slightly: "Why do you think the second prince will be the next in line?"

Zi Yi said, "Because the new situation has already begun, since you have chosen to stand behind the Third Prince, you will naturally be unable to avoid a fight with the Second Prince. Everyone in the Rousi Pavilion will advance and retreat with you, so we should naturally choose the direction of the key breakthrough."

This is the Rose Pavilion.

Its combat capability might be only second-rate, but it has penetrated into all the major offices, institutions, or complex places of the Immortal Dynasty, and even into the corners that are completely ignored by the upper class.

I have to say that such an organization is actually very powerful.

Because of its secrecy and the diversity of its information sources, it always gets some unexpected news.

Lin Su shook his head gently: "Don't make a final conclusion too early!"

Zi Yi was slightly surprised...

Don't make a premature conclusion?
What do you mean?
Everyone in the world knows that Lin Su stands behind the third prince. How could he be wrong?

The crown prince has just passed away, and the third prince has automatically been promoted to the second prince's main competitor. Could that be wrong?

The competition among the princes for the throne is extremely dangerous. Lin Su's position will inevitably lead to the Second Prince targeting him. In order to prevent any trouble, it is necessary to find out the Second Prince's bottom line first in case of emergency. This is Zi Yi's vision, and this is also the next direction of action for her and Rousi Pavilion.

But Lin Su rejected it.

Lin Su's voice entered Zi Yi's ears: "We have collected almost all the information on the Second Prince. Stop for now and search in the direction I mentioned..."

Zi Yi was completely stunned.

Looking at Lin Su with an incredible look.

"The world is both real and illusory, there can never be any set rules!" Lin Su said, "Go!"

"Yes!"

More than ten days of preparation time.

More than ten days of scenery and glory.

Lin Su finally truly experienced the glory of being an official in the Xian Dynasty.

Especially as a third-rank official and the bride-welcoming envoy, it was an extremely glorious occasion.

Xie Dong held a grand banquet the next day. All the senior executives of Wenyuan came out to warmly congratulate Lin Xuezhen on his appointment as Wenyuan Xuezhen. He was highly regarded by His Majesty the Immortal Emperor and was about to go to Baiyujing to welcome the bride for the Third Prince.

Wenyuan’s officials congratulated together, hundreds of great scholars congratulated together, and countless students congratulated together.

The atmosphere and process are almost the same as in the old Da Cang Realm. If there must be any difference, it is that it is far more open than the Da Cang Realm. There are not only men in Wenyuan, but also a large number of female scholars, and there is even a female among the academicians.

Let’s not talk about the female scholars who were blinking their peach blossom eyes and twisting their bodies, expecting Lin Xuezhen to look back.

The female schoolmaster actually whispered to him, "Mr. Lin, if you have time, please come and visit my little sister at Huajian."

As soon as Lin Su heard the word "Huajian", a bunch of pictures that needed to be mosaiced immediately appeared in his mind.

But fortunately, he has learned more about Wenyuan's situation during this period, and he knows that Huajian is not a gossip concept, but a real place name.

This female principal was really pretty, but when Lin Su thought of her resume, he still backed off a bit and brushed it off with a few vague and polite words. This female principal seemed quite aggrieved...

In the Nanjiang Palace, Lin Su experienced another kind of excitement.

If there is ten points of excitement, at least half of it comes from Prince Nanjiang himself.

Nanjiang Prince Ji Cha did not hide his relationship with Lin Su at all at this time. Two maids who had been arranged to be with Lin Su invited him to the prince's mansion for a banquet. Lin Su nodded, and the prince's white cloud flying carriage arrived at Juxianju.

Prince Nanjiang personally greeted Lin Su at the gate of the palace. As soon as they met, he wanted to carry Lin Su into the palace.

Everyone in the palace laughed and said that the prince was being very unbecoming in front of Lord Lin.

Who said no?
In the following drinking process, he was even more respectful and drank too much.

Unrestrained, heroic, and unassuming...

This is probably the most obvious label of his interaction with Ji Cha.

If An Ye and Sister Chen were around, they would probably sigh in unison that their husbands were in a different world and had met a second Chen Wang Ji Guang.

These banquets are held almost every day. Lin Su, the eccentric King Wen who has reached the pinnacle of officialdom, has never experienced the alternative scenery of officialdom in the Great Cang Realm (which may also be the most common scenery in officialdom). In the officialdom of this world, he truly experienced it.

When it was late at night and everyone was asleep, he returned to Xifeng Courtyard. Zhuer would always climb over the wall first and, no matter how much wine and food he had in his stomach, he would still stuff the golden roasted bird into his mouth.

This made Lin Su a little puzzled. Girl, how many birds did you steal from Luo Tianzong?

Zhu'er avoided the question.

Ji Qianling gave an explanation that left Lin Su truly speechless.

There are 37 species of spiritual birds in Luotian Sect, but after this year, there may be only 36 species left. The water spirit bird is currently a first-class rare protected spiritual creature in Luotian Sect. If it is not protected, it is very likely to become extinct.

Early morning of the ninth day.

Two messages came simultaneously. The first one: The preparations for the wedding reception team have been completed, with gifts, personnel, and procedures all in place. They can set off at any time with the order from Lord Lin. The second one: Ji Qianling, a scholar from Wenyuan, is appointed as the deputy envoy for the wedding reception. He will accompany Lord Lin and obey Lord Lin's orders.

Wen Yuan was furious when the immortal decree came.

One person achieves the Tao and the chicken and dog ascend to heaven!
Lin Su has been extremely favored by His Majesty. Even his senior sister has benefited from it. A mere fifth-rank Wenyuan scholar, she has actually reached the level of eating at the same table with the king of Baiyujing and accepting toasts from the king. What do you think of your colleagues who have been around for half their lives and have never seen the king?
Ji Qianling was extremely happy. She took out several hundred pieces of immortal energy from the reward she received last time and wanted to set up a table at the best restaurant in the capital.

But after returning to Xifeng Courtyard, under the night light, Lin Su asked her a question:
"Sister, don't be too happy yet. You might as well think about why His Majesty has used you and me again?"

Ji Qianling frowned: "Besides trust, are there other reasons?"

"Sister, let me tell you a story..." Lin Su told the following story...

Say:
There is a place where the people are very tough. It can be said that poverty and bad water produce unruly people. The local officials really have no way to govern them. So, someone came up with an idea. They simply promoted the people who love to stir up trouble and create chaos the most, made them officials, and let them manage these unruly people.

This ingenious plan really worked.

The person who loved to cause trouble the most became an official. The unruly people in the jurisdiction encountered an even more unruly official, who used the big gangsters to kill the small gangsters. In a short time, the people's customs changed drastically.

He finished speaking.

Zhu Er slapped the table with the wings of the water bird and said directly: "Sir, you are so smart. How can you always think of the best solution? I am not like that. I have only one idea: if you encounter someone who is disobedient, just peel off their skin and make a lantern."

But Ji Qianling was not as careless as her. She looked at him with a sour expression: "Are we the worst people? Are we big hooligans? Do we still like to cause trouble?"

"In the eyes of some people, aren't we?" Lin Su replied to her meaningfully.

Ji Qianling pondered over this sentence for most of the night.

She would never admit that she was the worst person.

However, she had to admit that both His Majesty and the court officials were wary of her and Lin Su.

Lin Su has a label on him.

In addition to the label forcibly attached by the Third Prince, there is also the Luo Tian label that he was born with.

She, Ji Qianling, is even more so!

Both of them are from the Luotian Sect.

If there was anyone who wanted to sabotage the Baiyu marriage, Luo Tianzong, who was standing behind the Second Prince, would probably be the number one suspect.

Therefore, His Majesty asked the two of them to serve as the chief and deputy envoys. This was what Lin Su's story told her, to use trouble makers to control possible troubles.

If this mission fails, she and Lin Su will be held responsible, and Luo Tianzong might also be implicated.

Based on this, would the Luo Tian Sect dare to cause chaos?
So, things in this world are never as simple as they seem on the surface.

Kung Fu is more often practiced outside of the theater. (End of this chapter)