303, Go to Shushan (Request Full Order)

"Welcome me?"

"There are people welcoming me in every state along the way!"

Bai Gui pulled the reins, looked at the officials and civilians in Jinguan City who were welcoming the imperial envoy with food and drink, shook his head and said, "According to the rules, we will not enter Jinguan City first."

"Tang Zhida, go to the gate of Jinguan City and tell them that I will rest in Shuzhou for a few days."

"Enjoy the beautiful scenery of Shuzhou."

He said slowly.

Tang Zhida is Lin Tiannan's second disciple. He is agile and is now his personal guard leader.

Although he has Qianniu Guards to protect him, Qianniu Guards receive salaries from the court, not his. Moreover, those who serve as Qianniu Guards are all children of the court nobles. They are generally more cherishing their lives and have a high opinion of themselves, so they are difficult to command. So he used his private money to build a guard formation, a total of 36 people, including 23 disciples of Linjiabao and 13 other people from the rivers and lakes.

Yizhou now refers not only to Sichuan. In the Tang Dynasty, this was just a small state, and its geographical scope was roughly around Jinguan City. Next to Yizhou, there were Shuzhou, Jianzhou, Pengzhou and other states.

"Yes! Envoy!"

Tang Zhida received the order, rode his horse to the gate of Jinguan City, and shouted to the waiting Yizhou officials.

Envoy is an elegant name for the governor.

At the gate of Jinguan City, officials at all levels heard that the governor would not return to the mansion and would temporarily go to another state, and the discussion suddenly boiled over.

"What should we do? The newly appointed governor clearly has something against us."

"I heard that this Bai Envoy is recruiting staff in Jiangnan, but these staff are still in idle positions. Aren't we an eyesore!"

"..."

Everyone whispered.

However, some officials understood Bai Gui's meaning.

Staying in Shuzhou temporarily, but not entering Jinguan City.

This is because the newly appointed governor does not want to embarrass everyone...

The officials in charge all know what to do.

...

Shuzhou is close to Yizhou.

If Bai Gui was only the governor of Yizhou, he would not have much power, but he was the censor of Jiannan Road, and basically the administration of Jiannan Road was under his jurisdiction, so even if he went to Shuzhou, the officials of Shuzhou had to receive him with great fear.

The officials of Shuzhou hurriedly set up a banquet.

There is a saying that Yangzhou is the first and Yizhou is the second. In the Yangtze River Basin in the Tang Dynasty, the two most prosperous places were Yangzhou and Yizhou.

So it is easy for corrupt officials to come out of Sichuan.

Everyone was trembling with fear.

During the meal.

Bai Gui noticed an official under the governor of Shuzhou, Yang Xuanyan, the seventh-rank official of Shuzhou.

No other reason, Yang Xuanyan's daughter was too famous.

Yang Yuhuan, one of the four great beauties, it is impossible not to be familiar with her.

"But... her daughter will not be born until the seventh year of Kaiyuan, and now it is only the second year of Kaiyuan..."

"There are still five years!"

He thought to himself.

"The Hongnong Yang family is indeed a family of nobles, and there is no one who looks bad."

Bai Gui took another close look at Yang Xuanyan.

Dressed in a green robe, with a square face, a handsome face, a few strands of beard under his chin, he looked gentle and elegant.

After taking a look, he retracted his gaze and stopped looking closely, concentrating on the food in front of him.

It's just that Bai Gui retracted his gaze, but Yang Xuanyan, who had been looked at for a long time, was shocked. His ancestor was the Shangzhuguo in the Sui Dynasty, and his status was not low, but when it came to his generation, although his brothers were all officials in the court, their official positions were not very high, and the family wealth was visibly decreasing, so there was no big corruption, but there were often small corruption.

Being looked at by Bai Gui, Yang Xuanyan immediately mistakenly thought that the evidence of his crime had been collected by Bai Qingtian, and he was waiting for the opportunity to bring him to justice. He was terrified and uneasy.

With a high status, an ordinary behavior will have countless interpretations.

In the evening.

Yang Xuanyan asked for an audience at the governor's mansion and presented his evidence of guilt.

Bai Gui, as an inspector, had a higher status than the governor of Shuzhou, so he moved directly into the governor's mansion of Shuzhou.

"Since Yang Sihu has chosen to confess..."

Bai Gui glanced at the account book. The seventh-rank official did not embezzle much. He nodded, "You are the first official in Shuzhou to come to me to reveal the evidence of guilt. The amount of embezzlement is not large, so you can be punished at your discretion."

"In addition, you have made a contribution by presenting this account book, and I will also record your merit."

"The merits and demerits offset each other..."

"Yang Sihu has a promising future."

He put the account book on the desk, and said slowly with a light.

If you want to dig out all the termites, you must have some means. And corrupt officials cannot be dealt with indiscriminately, you must pay attention to methods and strategies.

So Yang Xuanyan, who was timid and afraid of things, made a contribution instead.

"Thank you very much for your support, Imperial Envoy Bai."

Yang Xuanyan's face lit up and he bowed in reply.

...

For several months in a row.

Bai Gui used thunderous means to dismiss many officials from Yizhou, Shuzhou, and Pengzhou.

The whole Sichuan officialdom was rectified.

As for the vacant officials, he took the opportunity to recommend the honest and upright officials in this civil service assessment to Emperor Li Longji.

This is as it should be!

Among these so-called honest and upright officials, there are many officials like Yang Xuanyan who "made meritorious contributions while guilty".

After the internal skills are cultivated, it is the external skills of Tubo and Nanzhao.

Yizhou, Jinguan City, Governor's Mansion.

"Envoy Bai, we have already found out the truth about Nanzhao."

"In Taihe City, the capital of Nanzhao, there are rumors that the witch queen is a demon, a snake demon, who has bewitched the witch king, and in Nanzhao, a sect has also emerged, called the Moon Worship Sect..."

"The Moon Worship Sect's leader is from the Black Miao family. I think his goal is to overthrow the Nanzhao Kingdom."

"I suggest that we wait and see, and when the Nanzhao Kingdom is in chaos, we can send troops and conquer Nanzhao in one fell swoop!"

The more Lin Tiannan spoke, the more excited he became.

Military merit! To be granted a title of nobility and to give his son a title of honor!

With the strength of the Tang Dynasty, we can take advantage of the opportunity and attack Longcheng directly, and we will succeed in one fell swoop.

By then, Bai Gui will be the Jiannan Road Censor and will get the first merit, and as a subordinate official, he will definitely get a lot of merit.

"Since it is a snake demon, there must be something strange about it!"

"If ordinary soldiers attack the Nanzhao Kingdom, they will be injured. If this snake demon knows some miasma techniques and loses soldiers and horses out of thin air, then it will not be our merit, but a serious crime!"

In the small pavilion, Bai Gui took a sip of hot tea and said calmly.

"Your Excellency is right."

"There are many miasma in the extreme south. If we march rashly..."

Lin Tiannan also calmed down.

Since ancient times, the reason why the Central Plains dynasty has been difficult to capture Nanzhao, Jiaozhi, Champa and other places is not because these people are good at fighting, but because of geographical and climatic factors. The people of the Central Plains are generally not used to the climate and water, and when they encounter miasma, it is inevitable that they will lose soldiers and generals.

"Since there are snake monsters in Nanzhao, the disciples of Shushan Sword Sect have always regarded killing monsters and eliminating demons as their top priority."

"This time, I will personally visit Shushan Sword Sect and ask the disciples of Shushan Sword Sect to go down the mountain to eliminate monsters. By the way, not only Shushan Sect, but all sects in Yizhou, such as Qingcheng Sect, Xianyang Sect and other sects must go together..."

"This is a military and national priority. The sects must not shirk their responsibilities, otherwise I will definitely report to the saint and punish these sects!"

Bai Gui put down the teacup and said.

He wanted to say felling mountains and destroying temples, but after thinking about it, he stopped abruptly. Who knows what big guys are hidden in these sects? Threatening one or two will be enough. If there are more, it will be too much.

Hide! It’s best to hide!

“Shushan Sword Sect…”

“I will go to prepare for the envoy’s visit to the mountain.”

Lin Tiannan wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, he decided not to say it.

He has a history with Shushan Sect, so it was unavoidable that he would not feel good when he heard that this matter involved Shushan Sect. But after thinking about it, Shushan Sword Sect does take slaying demons and eliminating evil as its mission. Now that a snake demon has appeared in Nanzhao and is causing chaos in the world, how can Shushan Sword Sect remain indifferent? !

If you mind that Nanzhao is a foreign country and slaying demons and eliminating evil will cause disputes. But now Bai Gui, the superior, has said that this is a military and national priority. Since Shushan Sect is in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, it must contribute its efforts.

…

Shushan is located in Meizhou.

Meizhou is adjacent to Yizhou, and the two states are not far apart.

It will arrive in half a day.

"Only when I arrived at the Shushan Sword Sect did I know what a blessed land of immortals is."

Bai Gui climbed the mountain.

He took a breath of air.

He felt that the Xuantai nurtured in his body was a little excited.

Greedily plundering the spiritual energy in the Shushan territory,

"I and others have seen the angel. The angel came from afar. Please forgive us for not waiting for a long time."

A white-haired old Taoist led the disciples of the Shushan Sword Sect to greet them at the foot of the Shu Road, at the entrance to the mountain.

He was followed by two young disciples, both with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, but one had a colder face and the other was more free and easy, with a wine gourd tied around his waist.

Angel is an elegant name for an imperial envoy.

"Master Chang, you are too polite."

"I came here on the order of the saint, asking the Shushan Sword Sect to send Shushan disciples to accompany me to Nanzhao to kill the snake monster and restore a bright and clear world to the world!"

Bai Gui also dressed up as a Taoist and bowed his head.

"Angels are Taoists?"

Although Chang Hao saw Bai Gui wearing a Taoist robe, he did not think that Bai Gui was also a Taoist at first. After all, many literati in the Tang Dynasty liked to wear Taoist robes. Bai Gui specially went to the mountain to pay homage. Wearing a Taoist robe was considered a respect for the Shushan School. But now he called himself a poor Taoist, which surprised him a little.

"Yes, I am a disciple of Zongsheng Temple and have practiced Taoism in Chang'an for many years."

"Zongsheng Temple is the royal Taoist lineage and assists the royal family."

Bai Gui nodded and explained.

The two entered the mountain together, stepped on the Shudao ladder, and talked while walking.

Wait for Chang Hao to walk a little further away.

Mo Yixi stepped forward, got closer, and hurriedly said: "Envoy Bai, then... then... the snake demon in Nanzhao is the descendant of Nuwa, she is not a monster, you blame her wrongly."

"I know about this."

"The one in Nanzhao is not a snake demon, but a descendant of Nuwa."

"The descendants of Nuwa have human heads and snake bodies. This is a well-known thing."

Bai Gui shook his head, not at all surprised.

He said that the descendants of Nuwa were snake demons, and they were about to cause chaos in the world, so he used this as an excuse to justify his actions.

Otherwise, the unjust army would be defeated before it was defeated.

Not only him, but also the Shushan Sword Sect had to have an excuse to intervene in the affairs of the descendants of Nuwa.

"What about you?"

Mo Yixi felt that he couldn't keep up with his brain circuit.

Drinking made things go wrong.

Drinking too much made his mind not so clear.

"Hearing is false, seeing is true."

"Who said that I must do it if I said so?"

Bai Gui replied.

Mo Yixi was silent.

"How did you know that the snake demon was the descendant of Nuwa?"

Bai Gui asked.

"I..."

Mo Yixi explained hesitantly, and mentioned the human face pendant obscurely.

"That Yang Pei, I got it earlier than you!"

"But I didn't take it and threw it back. Since you don't want to accept that marriage, why keep it in your hand? Since you want to accept it, why send it away? You should give up and keep it. Everything should be decisive!"

Bai Gui shook his head and said.

There is no need to hide this matter. There is no need to hide it.

Hearing what Mo Yixi said just now, he knew that when Mo Yixi set out from Chang'an to Shushan to become a disciple, which was also the night when he got the human face pendant, he met a man in a black robe and cloak, who gave him the human face pendant and asked him to keep it.

"Since you want to take it, you should take it. Why send it away..."

"People who drink may not be free and easy."

Mo Yixi's face was pale, and he shook his head and smiled bitterly.