Chen Ping'an sat up and turned around to look. Wei Bo had come here from Piyun Mountain, wearing a snow-white robe and a golden earring hanging from his ear.

No wonder that among the five mountains of Aquarius Continent, Piyun Mountain has the largest number of female officials.

Chen Pingan asked with a smile: "Is Zheng Dafeng's drinking capacity so bad now? Wei Shanjun is not full yet? Want to come to me for a second meal?"

Zheng Dafeng was probably too drunk, so he didn't even return to his house in Luolu Mountain, but directly found a place to sleep at the Tiger Mansion.

Wei Bo rubbed his brows and drank, but it was easy to get drunk. "There are two things, one is public and the other is private. If it is not a business matter, I will not come here in the middle of the night to disturb the mountain master's Qingxiu."

Chen Ping'an asked doubtfully: "There are still official matters between you and me?"

Wei Bao was furious and said: "General Cao Wu of Yuzhou has something to discuss with you. According to the military regulations of Dali, he can communicate with me directly with the secret military talisman. Now he is in the Etiquette Department of Shanjun Mansion.

I'm a guest. I guess I'll come to Luopo Mountain to see you after drinking tea."

Chen Ping'an said strangely: "Yuzhou is not far from our state. As a rule, a general in a state can equip a private ferry, so why bother bothering the Tiger Mansion? Besides, Cao Wu really has urgent military affairs. Your Beiyue prince's mountain is in the general."

Near the residence of the mansion, we can send the Prince Mountain God directly to the gate of Luolu Mountain. Why, you deliberately went in a big circle. Does this General Cao want to use the name of Wei Shanjun to suppress me?"

Wei Bo smiled and said: "I'm just helping to deliver the message tonight anyway. Cao Wu is worried that you will find a reason to refuse. He said that he just visited the logging yard in Yuzhang County, Hongzhou and met Lin Zhengcheng, the new official."

Cao Wu's true identity is recorded in the Beiyue Mountain Lord's Mansion. Cao Wu's real name is Xu Mao, and he was the poet who composed poetry in the early years of Shihao Kingdom. At that time, the Great Li cavalry went south and was about to launch a massive attack on the old Zhu Ying Dynasty.

As one of the main vassals of the latter, the Shihao Kingdom showed an extremely firm stance. In order to delay the steps of the Great Li Iron Cavalry, the two countries fought, and the battle was fierce. Cao Wu was unable to protect his lord, resulting in the sudden death of the prince Han Jingxin, and had to

He turned to Su Gaoshan, the hunting envoy of Dali, and first became a scout commander. Over the years, he gradually became a general of Yuzhou of Dali with his military exploits. In his early years, he married a legitimate daughter of the Yuan family of Shangzhu Kingdom.

Cao Wu had a good reputation among the border troops and officials.

Chen Pingan frowned slightly, "Then I will go to the Ceremony Department with you and take the initiative to meet this General Yuzhou who is here."

Wei Bo smiled and said: "Is this a way to save face?"

Chen Ping'an said seriously: "Now the entire Dali court only has a few Yizhou generals and half a parent officer!"

If Cao Wu did not go to the barbaric world, there were only two possibilities. One was to sit on the bench and his road to promotion in the officialdom of Dali had come to an end. The other was that Cao Wu was already in the heart of the emperor and was regarded by Emperor Song He.

One of the candidates to be in charge of the Ministry of War in the future was gradually separated from the Dali border army system, leaving Cao Wu to just accumulate local qualifications and connections, and in the future he would have the opportunity to become the person promoted to the central position of the imperial court by the Yuan family of Shangzhu Kingdom.

Chen Ping'an then followed Wei Bo to Piyun Mountain. In an elegant and quiet courtyard, he saw the Yuzhou general who was drinking tea, and beside him sat a female official burning incense and making tea.

Chen Pingan clasped his fists and smiled: "General Cao, we have not seen each other for twenty years, right?"

Cao Wu had already stood up to greet him, clasped his fists in return, and said with a hearty smile: "General Cao Wu of Yuzhou, Xu Mao, an old man of Shihao Kingdom, I have met Master Chen. I haven't seen you for many years, Master Chen."

As the host, Wei Bo smiled and asked the chief official of the etiquette department who was responsible for making tea to entertain the guests not to be busy, and let him personally greet the two distinguished guests. The female official who was born in Jiangshui Zhengshen in the old Beiyue area of ​​Dali was a little disappointed.

The young Yin Guan who saw the real person for the first time gave him a blessing and left. The two mountains of Phi Yun and Luo Po were so close, and the tiger and Chen Yin Guan had a mutually recognized relationship, but for some reason, Chen Yin Guan

She rarely visited Piyun Mountain, and many officials in her Etiquette Department deeply regretted this. She even "asked for orders" from the tiger several times, and made sure to invite the young hermit officials to sit in the Etiquette Department. Unfortunately, Wei

Barberry just thinks about him.

After Chen Ping'an sat down, he took the tea cup from Wei Bo and asked, "I wonder what Brother Xu wants to see me for tonight?"

Xu Mao said: "His Majesty the Emperor is about to secretly tour the south, during which he will be stationed at the Yuzhang County Logging Institute. As the general of Yuzhou who is also in charge of Hongzhou's military affairs, I must ensure that your Majesty makes this trip, but now the group of monks accompanying the army in the General's Mansion,

Most of them are young people, and experienced monks who have accompanied the army have been deployed to the battlefields of the wild world. Therefore, I was worried that if I encountered some unexpected situation, I would inevitably handle it improperly, so I boldly wanted to ask Master Chen to visit Hongzhou.

Yuzhang County."

Chen Pingan answered the question, "What does Dean Lin have to say about this matter? Do you have any suggestions?"

Xu Mao said: "Master Lin also feels that his logging institute is limited by its own responsibilities and member allocation, and it is difficult to take care of all aspects. It requires more efforts from the General Yuzhou Mansion."

Typical official tone, vague words, seemingly saying nothing, yet seeming to say everything.

Chen Ping'an smiled, nodded and said: "I understand, Brother Xu, please give me an exact date. Even if I can't rush to Yuzhang County in person, I will let the sword cultivator in the mountain guard me secretly. After all, this matter involves court secrets.

, and I only have a low-grade peace and quiet plaque issued by the Ministry of Defense. Logically speaking, Luo Po Shan and I cannot participate in this matter without the order of the Ministry of Punishment, so Brother Xu can jointly inform the Ministry of Punishment and the Temple of the Ministry of Rites with the Tiger Mansion.

I would like to sacrifice the officials to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings. With the exact answer from the court, I can arrange the candidates and itinerary in advance."

The Yuzhou general was immediately relieved and raised his glass with both hands, "Xu Mao uses tea instead of wine to thank Shanzhu Chen!"

Chen Ping'an also drank a cup of tea and chatted with Xu Mao about the current situation of Shihao Kingdom. Xu Mao quickly said goodbye and left.

After sending the Yuzhou general to the door, Wei Bo used the magic power of the tiger again, and Xu Mao was able to retreat to the mountains and rivers and go straight back to the secret room of the general's mansion.

Wei Bo smiled and said: "Obviously, General Cao is planning to use you as a favor. After all, there are only a few people in Aquarius Island who can hire Yin Guan. Regardless of whether you will come to Hongzhou Yuzhang County in person, even if

Only one or two members of the Luolu Mountain Genealogy appeared there. I believe His Majesty the Emperor will look at General Cao with admiration. Now I am more curious about how Cao Wu talked with Lin Zhengcheng. Do you want me to help you find out? So as not to be tricked by Cao Wu.

There is a gap."

Chen Pingan shook his head and said: "Forget it, I was originally hesitant about going to Yuzhang County."

Without Chen Ping'an's initiative to ask, Wei Bo talked about the so-called private matter, "Zheng Dafeng said that he now has three choices: stay in Luolu Mountain and not be a gatekeeper, find a mountain top under the vassal vassal, and teach boxing in the future.

That is to go to Tongyezhou to hang out with Cui Dongshan. The third option is for him to go to Qidu, but if you want to do this, you and I need to jointly recommend it, so he is in a dilemma."

Chen Pingan said angrily: "Is this guy out of his mind?"

You, Zheng Dafeng, are a pure martial artist. Why did you go to Dadu and become the Duke of Dadu?!

Indeed, today in Dadu, the central part of Aquarius Continent, there are Changchun Hou Yanghua and Linli Bo Cao Yong, but there is still a lack of a Shuijun with the title of "gong".

To facilitate this matter, no matter who fills the vacancy, the Dali Imperial Court certainly has the right to recommend it. Although it still needs a nod of approval from the Confucian Temple, it is just a formality. This is not the same as Aquarius Island's desire to have another sect with the prefix

In the Immortal Mansion, the situation is very different, because this Dadu was excavated by the Dali Dynasty. The Confucian Temple will not point fingers with the Dali Song family on this matter. As for this high-power but unresolved Dadu God

It is not an exaggeration to say that all parties are competing for the position. Therefore, if Zheng Dafeng really plans to go to Qidu to "pick up the leaks", in addition to needing Wei Bo's help to bridge the gap, in fact, the one who can really finalize the matter has to refuse to take the position.

Chen Ping'an of Dali Imperial Master.

Wei Bo leaned against the door and said helplessly: "I scolded him in the same way at that time, but he said it was the master's intention. What else can I say? It's not like you don't know that Zheng Dafeng respects his master the most."

Chen Pingan took a deep breath.

Wei Bo glanced at Chen Ping'an, who had a gloomy expression, and said with a smile: "Why are you so rude? You monks have been watching for a long time, and our civil and military heroes have achieved the status of gods. Isn't it a kind of reaching the same goal through different paths?"

When he was drinking at the Yuefu Department, Zheng Dafeng was drunk, wiping his mouth, and said with a smile that if he could really become such a high official, and if Piyunshan followed suit, wouldn't it be that the mountains and rivers would blossom, and good brothers would indeed share weal and woe?

No matter how rich or noble you are, you will have the opportunity to have a divine title.

Chen Pingan shook his head and said, "Zheng Dafeng is different from you."

If it is just a good thing, it is nothing more than a need to consume favors, Chen Ping'an certainly will not have any hesitation, even if it requires some exchange of interests between Luopo Mountain and the Dali Song family, for Zheng Dafeng, it is a trivial matter, the problem is Zheng Dafeng

The reasons for embarking on this Shinto path are extremely complex and have far-reaching consequences. It cannot be said whether he is "making the same mistakes again" or not. The key is that Chen Pingan still doesn't know whether Zheng Dafeng remembers "what happened back then." In short, in Chen Pingan's opinion,

, this matter can be "waited and seen". After all, a new great path will appear in Tongyezhou. If Zheng Dafeng really wants to seek a divine position, he will definitely not have the regret of "no place to arrange in the world" in the future.

Chen Pingan asked: "What do Zheng Dafeng think? When he was drinking with you, did he show any tendency in his conversation?"

Wei Bo smiled and said: "I blame me for not saying it clearly. It's not as bad as you think. Brother Dafeng was at the wine table earlier, and he had already begun to figure out which female landscape gods to invite to the twenty divisions of his own water house who had not yet filled their vacancies.

, please let me make a list for him. Anyway, it can never be inferior to Piyun Mountain."

Chen Pingan was so aggrieved that he couldn't help but cursed.

I don't know whether he was scolding Zheng Dafeng for being broad-minded or scolding Wei Bo for "lying about the military situation."

"If you have wine today, you will be drunk today, and tomorrow you will be worried."

Wei Bo smiled and said: "Master Chen is so busy with his affairs that it is rare for him to come to our Piyun Mountain. Since we are all here, we must take this opportunity to have a few drinks tonight."

Chen Pingan said: "As far as our relationship is concerned, no matter how much wine we drink, the friendship between gentlemen is as light as water!"

On the other hand, when Zheng Dafeng climbed the mountain before, he kept hinting to Wei Shanjun that he would drink some meat tonight and not make the soup too watery.

It's just that Wei Bo pretended not to understand Zheng Dafeng's hint. Fortunately, Zheng Dafeng didn't complain about anything after drinking some vegetarian wine.

Wei Bo reached out and grabbed Shanzhu Chen's arm, pulled him back into the room and sat down, and then snapped his fingers. Soon, a female official in palace makeup wearing a jingle came into the room, bringing wine and food. She was just responsible

There were as many as three female officials carrying food boxes. Could it be that they could finish a plate of food with just two or three chopsticks? Otherwise, it would just be two people having a drink, so there is no need to go to such trouble. Moreover, they arranged and placed the wine utensils

When he was preparing the dishes, his movements were especially gentle and slow, and he looked at them with beautiful eyes.

Chen Ping'an smiled and said from his heart: "Weishanjun, do you think this is repaying kindness with enmity?"

Wei Bo smiled and said: "If you want to accuse me, why bother?"

Presumably, within the past six months, our etiquette department will no longer complain about being busy with paperwork.

Next time Master Chen visits Tiger Mansion, can the drinking place be moved to the Supervision Department?

After they all left the house, Wei Bo didn't bother to persuade him to drink. He picked up a chopstick of spring bamboo shoots in Duxian, chewed them slowly, and asked: "What do you mean by the opportunity for the five mountains of Aquarius Island to be 'conferred as gods'?"

"

Chen Ping'an took a sip of wine and said, "What are you thinking about? I'm not even a wise man in the academy. How can I have such great powers?"

Wei Bo said: "But according to the news from the Middle Earth Divine Continent, it seems that your husband personally proposed this suggestion. The Liji Academy was also very insistent, and Mao Siye also gave a

A very detailed plan, explaining the pros and cons of this matter. Three of the chief and deputy leaders of the Confucian Temple, one in favor and one against, and one has not expressed his position for the time being, so the Confucian Temple still needs to hold a formal meeting in which all the seventy-two academy leaders need to be present.

Let’s finalize the final result of this matter. Generally speaking, it is more likely to pass.”

Chen Ping'an nodded, "Since the five mountains in the Central Earth Divine Continent, including Suishan, have long had divine titles, then this matter is at least in compliance with the etiquette. Maybe after it is settled, you guys will write it on the Confucian Temple's landscape genealogy

The position of the god will most likely remain unchanged. After all, there is currently no Dayueshan Lord in the other seven continents. In recent years, the Confucian Temple has restarted the Dadu canonization ceremony, plus the Lord of Land and Water Transport and the establishment of the Lord of the Four Seas, and there are

The water god's escort can help the water god gain merit. I think Haoran Mountain God must have some opinions. I will also nag a few words. If you give it to Bao

The five "god names" of the five tigers in Pingzhou are a boon to the Confucian Temple. They can not only help Aopingzhou stabilize the destiny of mountains and rivers, but also appease the world's mountain gods, so that the Confucian Temple will not be too partial to the water gods.

In this way, many mountain gods in other continents can still have something to look forward to, which is like creating an additional promotion channel out of thin air. Kill three birds with one stone, why not do it."

Wei Bo smiled and joked: "Master Mao Shan's transfer to the position of Secretary of the Liji Academy is really a stroke of genius."

Chen Pingan complained: "Fuck you, this is called Guangfeng Jiyue, act impartially, don't you get an advantage here and still act like a good boy."
To be continued...