Red Dust Daqian

Xiangcao was sent by Huaxi Shrine to teach swordsmanship, but she has not returned for many days. No one knows what the results are, who she is teaching, and whether she can dig out information about the Huaxi Shrine army that Zhou Sen is obsessed with? Li Ning'er has been away for even longer. Since she was asked to help meet Li Qi last time, she has never returned and has not sent anyone to pass on a message. It is really worrying. I wonder if she has encountered any trouble?

Just when Zhou Sen was daydreaming and having wild thoughts, Xiangcao came back. Regardless of anything else, Xiangcao gave him a big hug to relieve the pain of missing him after not seeing him for so many days. Xiangcao was used to his double-faced attitude. She would pester him even if he didn't want her to hug her, so she could only let Zhou Sen do whatever he wanted.

After hugging for a while, Xiangcao pushed Zhou Sen away and gently blamed him: Okay, have you hugged enough? It's ok, let me tell you about what happened to my sister during this period of time.

It turned out that the army that Xiangcao was taken to train with was not the army of Huaxi Shrine, but a killer organization raised by Ouyang Changzong for Huaxi Shrine. They were specialized in carrying out assassination missions, and there were hundreds of them, all teenagers.

This news still shocked Zhou Sen. Raising children as assassins, it must be said that Huaxi Shrine is quite cruel. Without forming values, the assassins they trained are more loyal and fearless of life and death. Moreover, when doing tasks, it is easy for the target to relax their vigilance, increasing the success rate of the assassination mission. It can be said to be insidious and vicious.

These young assassins are not so easy to be turned against. Before formulating an effective and thorough plan, Zhou Sen would never allow Xiangcao to easily reveal her identity and turn the young assassins against him. Otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable. Although Xiangcao is a martial arts master, two hands cannot beat four feet.

Of course, we can't do nothing. We can first build good relationships with these young people, dig deep into their information, their backgrounds, etc., and find their weaknesses. We can adapt to local conditions and find effective methods. For example, these young people like wine, so we can bring some Shuimuxian wine over and win them over first...

While Zhou Sen was chatting enthusiastically with Xiangcao, another group of officials came downstairs of the inn and started looking for Zhou Sen.

The inn was visited by important people every few days, and many of them came to cause trouble. The waiter had never seen such a scene before, and he hurried upstairs to report to Zhou Sen like a frightened bird.

Zhou Sen thought that it was that big shot who was bored and came to the inn to cause trouble again. He was ready to deal with it. When he went downstairs, he saw that the leader was actually Hanlin University Scholar Fang Xueru. Zhou Sen was overjoyed. No matter what, he was definitely not looking for trouble. But didn't the university scholar return to Kyoto? Why did he appear in the inn again?

Zhou Sen hurriedly saluted and greeted the Hanlin University Scholar, preparing to exchange pleasantries. Fang Xueru kept a distance from Zhou Sen, then took out a letter of appointment and handed it to Zhou Sen, reading it seriously: Here is Zhang Mumu, the Heavenly Master of Longhu Mountain, who follows the laws of nature, is sincere and wise, and is indeed the talent needed by our Daqian Taishi Bureau. The Taishi Bureau is willing to recruit talents, so we specially appoint Taoist Master Zhang Mumu as Lingtai Lang of the Taishi Bureau, and he will go to Beijing to take up his post soon.

Although Zhou Sen was not sure about his specific official position as Lingtai Lang of the Taishi Bureau, one thing was certain: from then on he had an official status, it was much more convenient for him to do things in Jiangxia Prefecture.

Before Zhou Sen could react and say anything, Fang Xueru said first: "Brother Zhang, how is it? I am still reliable in my work, right?" Since the last birthday banquet, I have been quite impressed by Taoist Zhang's literary talent. It is a pity that such a talent does not contribute to Daqian. After running around day and night, I finally asked for the position of Lingtailang in the Taishi Bureau for Taoist Zhang. This position is just right for Taoist Zhang, and it is not inconsistent with his identity as a Taoist priest.

Zhou Sen first expressed his gratitude to Fang Xueru. Regardless of whether he asked for this position or not, he had been running back and forth for many days for Zhou Sen. Zhou Sen then expressed his doubts to Fang Xueru: I still have unfinished business in Jiangxia Prefecture, but this Lingtai Lang seems to need to go to Kyoto to take up the position, which may be inappropriate.

Fang Xueru immediately stated that he had already taken Zhou Sen's special circumstances into consideration. In order to facilitate Zhou Sen's actions, he specially applied for the status of imperial envoy for Zhou Sen. After understanding the situation in Jiangxia Prefecture, it would not be too late for him to officially take up the post in the Kyoto Taishi Bureau.

Such a coincidence, such a thoughtful thing? Is this something that a Hanlin Academy scholar could do? Would he think so carefully? This official position and the identity of the imperial envoy were obviously for the purpose of dismantling the Huaxi Shrine. Zhou Sen couldn't help but suspect that Hanlin Academy scholar Fang Xueru must have some kind of relationship with the Plum Blossom Department. Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence? People in Kyoto have never heard of Zhou Sen's name, so how could they listen to Fang Xueru's family! It must be the Plum Blossom Department behind this.

Zhou Sen tentatively asked Fang Xueru about his relationship with the Plum Blossom Department. Fang Xueru was also cunning and pretended to be confused and didn't understand Zhou Sen's meaning. He neither admitted nor denied it. Since Fang Xueru didn't intend to disclose the relationship at this moment, Zhou Sen didn't continue to ask. Anyway, Fang Xueru shouldn't do anything bad to him.

For now, let's just consider it as owing Scholar Fang a favor. Zhou Sen deserves gratitude just because he personally rushed back from Kyoto to Jiangxia Prefecture to issue the appointment order.

In order to further clear Zhou Sen's name and facilitate his future actions, Fang Xueru urged Zhou Sen to put on his official uniform and took him to the governor's office to register as an official. Fang Xueru repeatedly emphasized to the officials of the governor's office that the reason why the Imperial History Bureau gave Zhou Sen a position and such preferential treatment was all due to his own efforts in the court.

Zhou Sen knew clearly that Fang Xueru was definitely not trying to take credit for the work, but was trying to dispel everyone's doubts and prevent others from making random guesses, especially from associating it with the Plum Blossom Division.

After all, Fang Xueru is a sage teacher, and everyone is not clear about his specific strength. Although they have speculations, they finally choose to believe Scholar Fang.

At this point, Zhou Sen had obtained a pass from the Jiangxia Prefecture government. Many Jiangxia Prefecture officials were envious of Zhou Sen for being able to become an official in Kyoto.

Kyoto Daqian is the political center, with great opportunities for promotion and promising prospects for officials in the capital. As the saying goes, it is easier to get things done if you have someone in the court, and officials in Jiangxia Prefecture are still very happy to know and curry favor with this official who will go to Kyoto in the future. Moreover, judging from the current situation, Zhou Sen at least has a backer like Hanlin University Scholar, and his future prospects will certainly be limitless. Being able to make friends with him will definitely be beneficial to his future career, and officials in Jiangxia Prefecture began to flatter Zhou Sen without hesitation.

Zhu Deling, the governor of Jiangxia Prefecture, was also quite envious and jealous. He was originally an official in Kyoto, but was demoted to Jiangxia Prefecture. As a high-ranking official, he should have been free and easy as the emperor was far away, but he was not able to integrate into the officialdom of Jiangxia Prefecture at all.