Although he has been away from the capital for more than a year, he has not felt much change on the street, the same prosperity, the same number of people, and the same poverty in Jinchangfang, but it was not until he saw the new Qing Dynasty that Guo Song realized that he had changed, and he could not even recognize him.

The original old Taoist temple has been demolished, turned into a rather large square, the big tree at the door is still there, still lush, not far away is the North Fang Gate, from the north can also enter the Jinchang Fang, the first thing to see is the Qingxu Palace archway type gate.

The gate was moved from the original south to the east, and a triple gate of the archway style built with heavy granite was engraved with three large characters on three sides, which was the handwriting of their master.

After entering the gate, there is a square, and on the north side of the square is a three-story golden pavilion surrounded by red walls and black tiles, which should enshrine the flesh statue of the master.

The west side of the square is a spacious white jade bridge, opposite the small bridge is the main hall of the Qingxu Palace, covering an area of nearly 20 acres of Taoist temple, the tall courtyard wall, the eaves and arches, the building scale is large, the main hall of the three Qing Dynasty inscribed by the Son of Heaven, there are also the Laojun Pavilion, the God of Wealth Temple, the incense burner, the bell tower, the drum tower and so on, there are hundreds of Taoist practice rooms behind.

This reminded Guo Song of the Xuanhu Palace in Kongtong Mountain, the new Qingxu Palace is even more magnificent than the Xuanhu Palace, this is his long-cherished wish when he saw the Xuanhu Palace for the first time! One day I want to build a Qingxu Palace that is more magnificent than the Xuanhu Palace, and this long-cherished wish has finally been realized in the capital.

"Senior brother, is that you?" Guo Song suddenly heard someone shouting behind him.

Guo Song turned around, only to see his senior brother Gan Feng walking over quickly, followed by more than a dozen well-dressed rich squires, who seemed to have just come out of the Golden Body Pavilion.

Fan Ning turned over and dismounted, stepped forward to hug his senior brother, and saw that Gan Feng was wearing a purple gold crown and a white crane, which was quite a bit of a fairy wind and bones, which was comparable to the original Baiyun Zhenren.

Gan Feng saw his junior brother looking at him, and said a little embarrassed: "The donors who come now are all wealthy and famous, so they have to dress better, or they won't look down on them." ”

Guo Song smiled and said, "This is the bearing of the master of the Qingxu Dao Palace, and the master will agree." ”

Seeing that his junior brother supported him, Gan Feng couldn't help but perk up, and asked again: "Senior brother, ...... this?"

"We just came back from the Western Regions, and we have no place to live for the time being, so we want to stay here for a few days, and the money for food and lodging will be paid."

"There are a lot of empty rooms in the back, I'll let Qingfeng take you there."

Guo Song pointed to the northernmost side with a horsewhip and said with a smile: "Isn't there a few acres of vacant land on the other side of the wall?" We're staying over there for the time being, and we're not staying at the Taoist temple anymore. ”

"Over there..... It's not bad, it's all very clean grass, but there are no tents in the palace. ”

"We will solve the tent ourselves, and we will also trouble the senior brother to help us sell more than 100 camels."

More than 130 camels were brought from Anxi, and now they were useless, so Guo Song planned to sell them and distribute the money to his soldiers.

"No problem, you can sell it when you go to the mule and horse shop, the price of camels is not cheap, I asked the eldest disciple to sell it, he is better at this."

Gan Feng hurriedly called the apprentices to help, and asked Qingfeng and Mingyue, two Zhike disciples, to take the soldiers to the backyard to drink tea and rest.

In the afternoon, Li Si, the king of Zhao, sent people to bring 20 large tents and 20 carpets, and sent a lot of good daily necessities.

The soldiers began to build a big tent busily, at this time, Cao Wannian came to say goodbye to Guo Song, and got along with him on the road for a while, Guo Song also knew his character, Cao Wannian said very little, often a day without saying a word, but he was an inner show, what did he know in his heart, and he didn't need Tang Jun to say anything? He put everything in place.

"If Gongzi Cao can't get into Taixue, you can find me, and I'll help you think of a way."

"Thank you!"

Cao Wannian took out another map and handed it to Guo Song, "This is a copy of the map I drawn, please accept it from Changshi!" ”

"Thank you so much!"

Cao Wannian smiled slightly, saluted Guo Song, and then floated away with the old servant Uncle Zhong.

Not long after Cao Wannian left, the fourth Yang Yu rushed to Qingxu Palace, Guo Song was packing things in the big tent, and Yang Yu walked in as soon as the curtain was lifted.

"Old Five, you're finally back!"

Guo Song and Yang Yu hugged gently, and Yang Yu sighed and said, "Why did you become so dark and thin?" ”

"Of course I'm black and thin after walking thousands of miles, do you think I'm going on vacation?"

"I know what you did, but my aunt happened to be not in the capital."

Yang Yu continued to explain: "Senior Aunt personally took a group of masters out to perform the mission, and it may be a while before they come back. ”

Guo Song was slightly stunned, and actually asked his aunt to go out in person, what would happen to this?

Yang Yu said again: "Another thing I want to tell you is that the Son of Heaven is sick. ”

One news after another, Guo Song was completely stunned.

"What's the matter with the Son of Heaven?"

"It should be cold in winter, the body began to feel unwell, and in the spring it was completely sick, it has been two or three months, the Son of Heaven made King Lu the prison of the country, and made him temporarily in charge of the government, and now the government is represented by the King of Lu."

"Didn't the Son of Heaven make him the crown prince?"

Yang Yu shook his head, "Not yet, now the court is more weird, the five ministers in the court, Yuan Zai, Wang Jin and Yang Yan joined forces to squeeze out Han Yun and Liu Yan, King Lu is also more supportive of Yuan Zai, Yuan Zai is in power, it can be said that those who follow me prosper, and those who oppose me die, he also publicly stated that he wants to investigate the real cause of his son's death, and even Yu Chaoen is still unwilling to give up when he dies, it is estimated that his contradiction is aimed at you and Liu Yan, you must be careful." ”

Guo Song smiled, "It's almost the same to deal with Liu Yan, I'm just a small person, if he wants to deal with me, won't he elevate me?" ”

Yang Yu was a little anxious, "Why don't you understand?" Things are not as simple as you think, if he wants to move Liu Yan, it is likely that he will start from you, and because of our master. ”

Guo Song smiled faintly: "Actually, I know in my heart that Yuan Zai's dissatisfaction with me has already begun, but I will let him know that I, Guo Song, am not easy to mess with, and it doesn't matter if everyone comes, but if he dares to hurt my relatives and friends, then I will definitely make him feel painful!" ”

........

Yuan Zai returned to the mansion and just sat down in the study, when his nephew Yuan Wenqing said at the door: "Uncle, my nephew has something important to report!" ”

"Come in!"

Yuan Zai has three sons, the eldest son Yuan Bohe, the current Yangzhou soldier Cao joined the army, the second son Yuan Zhongwu was killed by Yu Chaoen's arrangement, and the third time was Yuan Ji Neng, who served as the secretary of the provincial school.

nephew Yuan Wenqing, who is currently a palace guard, is also an important eye and ear of Yuan Zai.

Yuan Wenqing bowed down and said, "My nephew just got the clear news that His Royal Highness has been summoned back to Beijing." ”

"When he returns to Beijing, will any minister greet him or visit him?"

"Not for the time being, but I heard that he returned to Beijing with the envoy to the Western Regions."

"Guo Song?" Yuan Jae immediately reacted.

"Seems like that's the name."

Yuan Zai nodded slowly, of course he knew that it was normal for Guo Song and Zhao Wang to be together, but this matter could be a fuss.

Thinking of this, he said to his nephew: "This Guo Song is very important, you have to spend some energy to monitor him, but his martial arts are very strong, and he can't be too obvious, he found out, remember?" ”

"Nephew remembered!"

Yuan Wenqing hurriedly left, Yuan Zai walked a few steps with his hand, and then ordered: "Order to prepare the carriage and go to the Vermilion Bird Restaurant." ”

.........

The Peony Courtyard of the Vermilion Bird Restaurant is the Changbao courtyard of Li Shi, the king of Lu, and not long after Yuan Zai arrived at the Peony Courtyard, Lu Qi also received the news and rushed to the Peony Courtyard.

"Let Yuan Xiangguo wait for a long time!"

Lu Qigang was named the prince of the fifth grade, he was full of ambition and high spirits, he can be said to be the first celebrity around King Lu, and there are countless people who ask him to do things every day.

Yuan Zai said with a smile: "I also just arrived, come!" Lu Zhongyun sat down for a cup of tea first. ”

Lu Qi sat down happily, Yuan Zai personally poured him a cup of tea, and said with a faint smile: "Lu Zhongyun has been very busy recently!" ”

"Where! Where! His Royal Highness the Supervisor just regarded me as a channel to listen to the minister's opinions, and the more I contacted the minister, His Royal Highness King Lu knew the thoughts of more ministers. ”

Lu Qi's wild words made Yuan Zai feel disgusted for a while, but now Lu Qi still has use value, in order to achieve his own goals, he can only endure his dissatisfaction now.

"Last time we mentioned Liu Yan, in fact, to bring down Liu Yan, there is a key figure here."

Because of Liu Yan's advice to Li Shi, the king of Lu, Lu Qi should not contact the officials of the East Palace too much, so as not to cause unnecessary criticism, which made Lu Qi very dissatisfied with Liu Yan and thought that Liu Yan was targeting himself.

But it's not easy to bring down Liu Yan, Liu Yan has been honest and upright all his life, and he doesn't have any handle in the hands of others at all, so Lu Qi has no way to start.

Yuan Zai suddenly mentioned the key person, which lifted Lu Qi's spirits, and he hurriedly asked, "I don't know who Xiangguo is referring to?" ”

Yuan Zai smiled faintly and said, "I don't know if Lu Zhongyun is familiar with Guo Song?" ”