On the same day that Wa Lan left Pearl Island, a copy of the recital sent to Luoyang also set off. As the first emperor's canonized Mrs. Hua Li, the spiritual leader of the southern people of Pearl Island, her death naturally had to be reported to the imperial court.

The question of who will succeed the next saint of Pearl Island was put on the table of the lord of Pearl Island. This is a matter that does not need to be consulted with anyone, according to the rules of the Pearl Island, the saint does not have a daughter, but the priest does.

This gave Wei Youqing a headache. Ruyi is not yet two years old, and Li Taoyao is about to give birth again. And once the flower dies, no one will take care of the temple. It is customary for a holy woman to be tended by a male to the temple after her death.

But the eldest man left behind is only Wei Youqing and Walan, Walan is not allowed to be on Pearl Island, and has returned to Chudi, so there is only Wei Youqing.

Originally, the southern end of Pearl Island was the same as the northern end, and there was a yamen, but unfortunately, at the southern end of Pearl Island, the leaders of various tribes still regarded the temple as the head of the horse, and the yamen was just a place to do errands for the temple.

Of course, this is also because of the backing of Hou Ye Wei, those officials including the garrison, even if someone dares not to give face to the temple with a knife and gun in his hand, no one dares not to give face to Hou Ye Wei.

Wei Youqing originally thought that Li Taoyao's mother and son would be taken care of by Chen Yachun, Wei Guanlan went to Hedong Town in the north, assisted by He Jiming and Ruan Huaxiong, and he could stay on Pearl Island when the temple was unattended, looking for the whereabouts of flying ants near Nameless Island.

But Li Chengyu sent a secret decree ordering Wei Youqing to return to Beijing to pick up his daughter Ruyi and go to Pearl Island to succeed the saint.

When Wei Youqing received the secret order, he was surprised at first, and he didn't understand why Li Chengyu was suddenly so concerned about the matter of Pearl Island. After all, this is only a small border island, and even if there is Fanfang, it is less than half of the city of Guangzhou.

The surprise vanished in a moment's time. Wei Youqing then understood that this was just an excuse for Li Chengyu to let him go back to Beijing.

Wei Youqing read the hidden thoughts and worries from Li Chengyu's letter, as well as faint worries. Aoki-kun naturally reported to Li Chengyu that Wei Youqing and the young master of Washington were looking for the nest of flying ants.

Li Chengyu didn't want Wei Youqing to take risks, but because of this, it was related to the case of Zhao Feifei's disappearance, and he hoped that Wei Youqing could settle the matter.

Li Chengyu knows that the current situation is turbulent, the Zhao family has been founded by Li Yan since the founding of the country, and the protégés and former officials are all over the world, as long as Zhao Feifei does not die, the rebellion in Tianshishan in the south of the Yangtze River may happen again.

Although Wei Youqing could feel Li Chengyu's love and concern, he was conflicted because he knew too many things, and he didn't know how to face this brother he had loved since childhood.

After Li Taoyao and Wei Guanlan returned to Luoyang together, Li Chengyu only summoned Wei Guanlan, but ignored his niece. Li Taoyao was also happy to raise a baby at home, and gave birth to a little daughter in a few days.

When Wei Youqing returned to Luoyang, his youngest daughter was already three months old. The little girl with pink makeup looked like Wei Youqing, a pair of eyes as bright as stars were turning, her long eyelashes flickered, and she stared at Wei Youqing curiously.

Wei Youqing's heart flashed, and a thought somehow came to him, this child was as crystal clear as a pearl. Wei Youqing picked up her little daughter in a complicated mood and sighed slightly.

Although Li Taoyao didn't know what to do when she saw this, she also knew that the lady of the flower carp on the Pearl Island had died of a violent illness. also started from the southerners who came north with Wei Youqing, and the saint included another eldest man before she died.

Li Taoyao watched Wei Youqing caress her daughter's little face, and said with a coquettish smile: "She doesn't have a name yet!" The godmother said that she looks so much like her father, and her name must be given by her father, so you will have to work to name one! ”

Wei Youqing looked at her daughter a little confused, and when she heard Li Taoyao ask him to name her daughter, she couldn't help but be a little dazed, and muttered, "Then call it Zhuzhu!" ”

After saying what he thought, he looked at Li Taoyao's face with some weakness, and saw that his wife's face did not show a look of displeasure, so he explained curtly: "Taoyao, it's not what you think......"

But Wei Youqing then remembered that Li Taoyao didn't say anything, and couldn't help but feel a little annoyed by his clumsiness, and when he was about to say something, Li Taoyao smiled and said:

"I know, you and Mrs. Hua Li are childhood sweethearts, even if there is no love between men and women, this brother and sister relationship is the deepest. Zhuzhu is a nice name, I like it. ”

Wei Youqing heard Li Taoyao say that "brother and sister love is the deepest", and understood that Li Taoyao was also explaining her relationship with Zhao Feifei and Zheng Bingde, thinking that in the past she rescued Zhao Feifei, what she did was really childish, and she couldn't help but feel ashamed, but she didn't know how to express it.

After a while, Wei Youqing said curtly: "Ade is now living in the Houfu over there in Yuanzhou, and Uncle Yixin is taking care of him, so you don't have to worry about it." ”

Li Taoyao nodded, and after a moment of silence, he whispered: "In today's situation, I was wrong before!" Where can you tolerate so much brotherhood and sisterhood on that cusp? If it weren't for this brotherhood, how could they have died? ”

Li Taoyao said, I couldn't help but think of Lingzhu, Honggu, and the snow baby who didn't know the news, and I was sad. The circles under his eyes also turned red.

Wei Youqing saw that Li Taoyao was sad, patted her hand and smiled: "The Qingcia Martial Arts Academy is holding the selection of martial artists, this year is the year of martial arts, and there are children of martial arts masters in all over the town, let's go and see together?" ”

Since Li Chengyu ascended the throne, in order to break the strange circle of officials from all over the court being controlled by the family, the Qingcian Martial Arts Academy and Chongwen Academy were specially established to select civil and military scholars across the country.

In the past, the selection of civil and military scholars was recommended by the family, and the martial arts academy and the academy held tribute examinations from the recommended people to select talents, and most of the people recruited were children of the family, and they could not see the shadow of the Han family.

Now, in order to avoid too much power being concentrated in the hands of a few families, after uprooting the Zhao family, Li Chengyu opened the academy and martial arts academy to students from poor families this year and openly selected talents.

It is selected by this year's martial arts academy, and there are many applicants. The city of Luoyang was bustling and lively, and the streets and alleys gathered martial artists and their division commanders from all over the world.

Because Li Xuan once emphasized martial arts and neglected literature, unlike the Chongwen Academy's literary examinations, which were held in the closed Chongwen Academy, the selection of martial artists by the Qingcian Martial Arts Academy was open to the people in the inner city of Luoyang.

The Qingcicada Martial Academy is located on the side of the Da'an Palace in the inner city of Luoyang, looking from the inner wall of Luoyang City, you can see that the Qingcicada Martial Academy is divided into two cities, the inner and outer cities, separated by a heavy blue-gray city wall.

The tournament was held in the inner city of the Qingcian Martial Academy, and the people who watched the competition entered the competition with an invitation letter, which was not determined by official position or family background, but by the importance of the Qingcian Martial Academy.