Time flies, and August is coming in a blink of an eye.

These days, all kinds of turmoil in the world have almost fallen to the bright spot. Regent Zaifeng took advantage of the opportunity of the new policy to significantly strengthen centralization, which has begun to weaken the rights of local governors.

The local factions naturally were not willing to hand over power. Instead, they under the banner of the new court policy, exploiting the lower class even more crazily and leading the finger to the court.

Not to mention the distant future, there were quite a large-scale unrest in Shandong, Huguang, Henan and other places. Especially the unrest in Laiyang, Shandong, formed a rebellion of hundreds of thousands, which made the Qing court anxious.

Wu Xuanzhi was far away in the Sichuan, so he could only respond with a wait-and-see attitude.

In this situation, within a large range, he can do nothing and can do nothing.

Although there is chaos now, it is still in a very strange and delicate balance. If anyone jumps out first, he will be targeted by other forces and finally ends in this troubled time early.

Even Yuan Weiting, who is as powerful as Yuan Weiting, is doomed to be defeated at the moment he is attacked by the crowd.

Because the Qing court was a dispute in later generations for decades. From a more macro perspective, it was not the repeated wars of warlords from various places, but the division and redistribution of the interests of the great powers. If the problems of the great powers were not solved, it would be useless no matter how hard you struggle in the country.

Wu Xuanzhi saw it very clearly, so he never made a move on the surface.

Even if you want to take action, it will happen a few years later.

Yangdu and the other two arrived half a month ago. Although they had a lot of trouble along the way and killed a group of Western practitioners, they had completed the task successfully and the divine body was brought in intact by them.

As soon as August began, the 39th Mixed Association of Shaanxi New Army announced a training order and dispatched an artillery team of more than 1,700 people to go out.

Chang Geng, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, was very dissatisfied with this matter and sent someone to question Luo Shouheng.

However, Luo Shouheng ignored it at all.

In fact, there are quite a lot of grudges involved in it.

Luo Shouheng's father was Sheng Yun, the previous governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, and was dismissed because he opposed the new government policy. He naturally had no good face for the new governor who was very close to the Regent.

In the eyes of the old forces, Zaifeng and others' compromise behavior was to constantly cede the ancestors' country, which was a ruthless act.

Wu Xuanzhi stood on a mountainside and watched the soldiers and horses moving forward on the distant mountain road moving forward with difficulty.

This place is hundreds of miles away from Taibai Mountain. After all, the artillery team cannot compare with other types of troops. Each cannon requires several horses and mules to be pulled. However, the road here is too rugged and cannot even accommodate several horses in parallel, so it can only be driven forward with manpower.

Of course, these are things that Luo Shouheng needs to consider.

Although Luo Shouheng is greedy for money, there is one advantage, that is, he will definitely do your best to collect money.

"San Master, there is a Taoist temple in front of you. Let's go and take a rest first." Jia Shiba walked over and said.

"Let's go." Wu Xuanzhi looked at a tall mountain peak in the distance, then turned around and walked up the mountain path.

The level of the Taoist temple on the mountainside is far beyond Wu Xuanzhi's imagination. Although there are many Taoist palaces, most of them have collapsed.

However, even if it is destroyed, traces of people living there can still be seen.

Because between the Taoist Palaces, you can see some opened vegetable fields and chicken stockings, and even a small amount of wheat is planted further away.

It looks quite weird.

Wu Xuanzhi's eyes fell on a Taoist palace in front of him, with a plaque hanging on it, with three big words "Chongyang Palace" written squarely.

Although the golden paint on this plaque has peeled off after experiencing the vicissitudes of turmoil, it is still full of ancient and free.

"Dongyang Palace..."

Wu Xuanzhi's heart moved, it was so coincidental?

Just as he was thinking, suddenly there was a sound of footsteps in his ears, and he saw two Taoist priests walking from a distance with water.

How to describe these two Taoist priests?

A short and obese person with his eyes far away, his eyes squinted upwards, and his nose bridge is flat. This appearance is very distinctive, very similar to a patient suffering from Down syndrome in later generations.

Another person had obvious foot disease and walked up and down. A layer of red spots on his body covered most of his face and head, extending all the way to his clothes. His hair was sparse due to sore spots, looking like an evil ghost.

"At that time... there are outsiders... here, the head teacher... comes out to pick up... the customers." The short and fat man saw the dozen strangers in front of him, and then he stammered.

When he spoke, saliva couldn't help but flow out from the corner of his mouth.

"How come the Chongyang Palace is so in such a state of decline? Wang Changyue was so powerful back then, and I don't know how to support Taoist people from other departments." Yang Du, who was beside him, shook his head and felt a little moved.

Wang Changyue was the founder of the Quanzhen Longmen Sect. The Quanzhen Sect began to decline significantly since the Ming Dynasty, but it was still prosperous.

It was not until the early years of this dynasty that Wang Changyue went to Beijing to preach for Emperor Shunzhi and was recognized by the court. Quanzhen then reappeared.

However, there were many tributaries within Quanzhen back then. After Wang Chongyang founded Quanzhen, each of his seven disciples received a legacy.

For example, Ma Yu's Yuxian Sect, Tan Chuduan's Namo Sect, Hao Datong's Huashan Sect, and Qiu Chuji's Longmen Sect.

Although Quanzhen is prosperous now, it is actually the Longmen Sect that is flourishing, and other factions are gradually declining.

Although Chongyang Palace is the Quanzhen ancestral home, there has been no powerful master of revival for many years, and it is still worse than those tribes.

Yangdu and Wang Changyue are barely considered to be of the same generation. When Wang Changyue made great achievements, he had just entered the Tao.

However, this did not prevent him from complaining about this person.

"It turned out to be this young master. I was thinking about going to the city to preach to you again, but you happened to be here." At this moment, a somewhat surprised voice came.

Wu Xuanyi turned around, but found an old Taoist and a middle-aged Taoist coming over.

The middle-aged Taoist is speaking.

There was a deep scar on the Taoist face, and even his eyes were cut off, looking particularly ferocious.

As for the old Taoist, his appearance is hard to describe.

The old Taoist was black and fat, with a fat face, and didn't look like a Taoist, but an old butcher who killed pigs. Moreover, there was a huge tumor on his neck, almost half of his head, like a monster.

That day, Wu Xuanzhi was still wondering why Chongyang Palace asked someone to go down the mountain to recruit disciples, and not to find someone with a better image.

Now compared with others, the one-eyed middle-aged Taoist is really fairy-like and has a pretty eyebrow.
Chapter completed!