It has been ten days since Xu Ziling went south.

For ten days, I couldn't see Xu Ziling, and Mingxia was a little interested in everything she did. She spent most of her time learning from Lady Lin to learn from Lady Lin. She occasionally played the piano and accompanied Yue'er to the night market.

Unlike the time she used to be in the alum building, she needed to have false and polite contacts with high-ranking officials and nobles, this kind of ordinary and comfortable life made her like even more. What she lacked is the peace of mind.

Two days ago, she and Yue'er went back to Alan Building to visit Aunt Qing. When Aunt Qing took them to dinner, she met someone she didn't want to meet for the time being - Zhou Bangyan.

At that time, Zhou Bangyan and two young men were having a dinner in a private room on the Alum Tower. The door was not closed when serving the food. As soon as Mingxia and others passed by, Zhou Bangyan immediately went out to say hello to Mingxia.

After Mingxia responded to the situation, she wanted to leave on excuses, but Zhou Bangyan tried her best to invite them to have a meal together. This was inappropriate and unreasonable, so Mingxia refused decisively.

Whether intentional or unintentional, Zhou Bangyan raised his voice and sent an invitation again. The voice alarmed his companions in the private room and all of them came out for a moment.

The atmosphere suddenly became subtle. The two young men recognized Aunt Qing's clothes on the "mother" clothes on the Alum Tower, and thought Mingxia and Yue'er were the Qing Gu'er of the Alum Tower, so they refused Zhou Bangyanzuo's request to sing music with wine.

The two young masters believed in their extraordinary identities and began to question Aunt Qing. When the maid Yue'er heard them question Aunt Qing, she loudly said that they had redeemed their lives and could ask Zhou Bangyan if they didn't believe it. So the two young masters turned their heads to look at Zhou Bangyan, but saw that he shook his head calmly.

Yue'er argued angrily, and the two young men ignored her words, but said to Aunt Qing that she wanted the two girls to come in and serve them with wine to cheer them up.

Aunt Qing smiled and explained the current identities of Mingxia and the other two, but the two young men were still reluctant to give in and even reported their identities and asked her to do so.

One is Cai Jing's son Cai Hua, and the other is Zhu Xie's son Zhu Gui. Cai, Zhu, are both famous officials in the court, and Aunt Qing could not afford to be punished and was at a loss for a moment.

While hesitating, the maid Yue'er raised her hand and yelled: I know Grandpa Tong Guan!

As soon as these words were said, Cai Yan and Zhu Gui's expressions suddenly changed. They, who knew some inside information, hurriedly apologized to Aunt Qing and pulled Zhou Bangyan into the private room, and stopped coming out.

At that time, Mingxia had already seen the old man Zhou Ti appearing at the end of the corridor. She thought that something was going to happen, but she didn't expect that Yue'er's words would solve the problem.

After Yue'er explained, Mingxia realized that the old man named Tong was given to her a few days ago by Tian Lanqing. As for why the two young men were so afraid of Tong Guan, she couldn't figure it out and didn't want to think about it. The only thing that puzzled her was why Zhou Bangyan said he didn't know them.

Since that day, in order to avoid encountering similar situations again, Mingxia has gone out even less often. She only went out to visit the house at the invitation of Lady Lin.

During this period, Su Wan also came to Lin's mansion once, chatted with Mingxia for a while, and finally told Mingxia that she was going back to Yangzhou when she left.

These days, the atmosphere in Bianliang City was very serious. First, the news of the alliance with Jin to attack Liao was confirmed. Not only did the imperial guards guarding Bianjing prepare for the pre-war, but some of the imperial guards in the northwest were also ordered to be transferred to Bianliang to strengthen the Northern Expedition. Later, Hu Yanzhuo was defeated and surrendered to the enemy, and the news that Gao Taiwei led his troops to attack Liangshan twice also caused storms throughout the city.

The most intuitive influence on the Lin Mansion was that Lin Chong, as Dutou, participated in the campaign to conquer Liangshan.

Chao Gai and Song Jiang were not idle either. While the court was breathing, they let the heroes disguised themselves and colluded with each other to break through Qingzhou City, looted a large amount of property, and recruited many soldiers to return to Liangshan, giving Liangshan more capital to fight against the court.

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In Hangzhou, Jiangnan, Xu Ziling stayed with Fang Baihua for four or five days and had already learned about their business.

The rebel army had been organized in Qingxi County. With just one order, they could raise the flag of righteousness and sweep the surrounding cities. What Fang Baihua was doing at this time was to expand the influence of Manichaeism and the "Holy Lord" in Hangzhou, and to develop internal responses in the city of Hangzhou.

Their ultimate goal is to conquer more ignorant people during the uprising to strengthen the momentum of the uprising. But in Xu Ziling's view, this is just an icing on the cake and cannot change the fundamental problem.

On the one hand, even if the untrained people rely on their blood and faith to be brave and fearless on the battlefield, their combat effectiveness may be even worse than that of the Xiang Army;

On the other hand, if victory is achieved, Fang La and others will definitely order all officials, wealthy families, and plunder their property to reward the army. Once the oppressed people taste the pleasure of robbery, they will easily become addicted to it and become more terrifying people than the officials who oppress them.

Xu Ziling had no choice. Fang La's uprising was at an awkward moment. If it was seven or eight years later, it might have succeeded, but it would have been too difficult now. Once their momentum was too great, the army used by the imperial court to join Jin and attack Liao might have used it.

Therefore, Xu Ziling’s suggestion to Fang Baihua was: to accumulate grain and revolt later.

After hearing his explanation, Fang Baihua felt something was right, but Fang La and the forces supporting Fang La uprising could not wait. Some things were indeed not something that could be controlled by one person.

The suggestion was left unresolved.

Although he was helpless, Xu Ziling still wanted to help Fang Baihua happy. When he heard that he wanted to help, Fang Baihua gave him a waist card that could control the power of the deputy leader without any hesitation, and asked him to be responsible for the mission of the Manichaeism in Hangzhou.

The mission of Manichaeism in Hangzhou is not to preach, but to inquire about various information and monitor the whereabouts of the officials. This task is not that simple. After all, the court also has civilian intelligence agencies. Once the government attracts the attention of the government, it will be arrested by the officers and soldiers on false charges and tortured.

Xu Ziling did not hesitate. After taking the badge, he changed his mind a little and moved to a restaurant in the north of Hangzhou.

This restaurant is called Wuxianlou. It is a Manichaeism industry and is dedicated to the collection of information in Jiangnan. Wuxianlou is located on Taiping Street, the richest street in the north section of Hangzhou. It is surrounded by entertainment venues such as teahouses and restaurants, brothels and other entertainment venues. It is a frequent location in the city where all the religions and the worlds are in full swing. It is indeed suitable for collecting information.

When Xu Ziling showed the waist sign Fang Baihua gave him in front of the shopkeeper, the shopkeeper hurriedly welcomed him to a secret room, surrounded by bookshelf, filled with books and letters.

The shopkeeper looked at him with a little confusion, and he said, "Just give me the important news you receive in the future. If you have any emergency, you can just come to me directly. I will stay in the restaurant."

Before, Fang Baihua directly connected with the shopkeeper, and Xu Ziling was in charge of her. The shopkeeper guessed that he must be Fang Baihua's confidant, so he nodded and bowed.

The secret room was not big, but there was still a set of tables and chairs. Xu Ziling sat on the chair and said to the shopkeeper: "Go and bring the personnel list with me."

The shopkeeper searched on the bookshelf for a while, took out something that looked like an account book and handed it to Xu Ziling.

Xu Ziling began to inspect the list and had some unknown things, so he immediately asked the shopkeeper. After an hour or two, Xu Ziling roughly learned about the names and positions of the people in charge of various sectors of Manichaeism in Hangzhou.

After returning to the list, he returned to the lobby on the first floor of the restaurant, pretending to be an ordinary guest, waiting for the task to be handed over. His task was to organize useful information and feedback it to Fang Baihua at noon every day.

That afternoon, he was watching the letters presented by the church members, and two Taoist priests suddenly walked into the hall and sat down at the table near him.

At this time, there were almost no guests in the building. When he saw someone coming in, he looked up and glanced at him. This glance made him stop. Ordinary Taoist priests would not attract his attention, but he had seen one of them and had met one of them in Yuncheng County.

The Taoist priest also noticed him. Although his face changed a lot and his face changed a lot, the Taoist priest still recognized him at a glance.

Looking at each other for a few breaths, Xu Ziling took the lead in retracting his gaze.

But the Taoist priest left his companion and sat directly opposite him, looking at him with a smile on his face: "My friend, do you still recognize me?"

"It seems like I've seen the Taoist priest somewhere," Xu Ziling smiled, "but I can't remember it very clearly."

The Taoist priest waved his hand and called to his companion, and the other Taoist priest immediately sat over. "Qingxuan," the Taoist priest introduced to his companion, "This is the boy I met in Yuncheng County that I told you."

The Taoist priest named Qingxuan looked at Xu Ziling, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Do you have memories of your past life?"

Xu Ziling immediately felt as if struck by lightning and said blankly: "Are the Taoist priest a god..."

Qingxuan touched his forehead and pointed to the side: "He said!"

So Xu Ziling looked at the Taoist opposite him blankly, and the Taoist smiled and said, "Don't panic, my friend, I just got a glimpse of the secrets of heaven. I don't know anything about the details."

Xu Ziling calmed down and asked, "I am also puzzled by the things I remembered in the two lives. Can the Taoist Master solve my doubts?"

The Taoist priest stroked his white beard and shook his head and said, "I can only see that you have the fortune of two lives and are quite related to the two lives. I have no way to know the rest."

"However," the Taoist priest looked at him, "this thing is not the only thing. Among the Taoist priest Qingxuan's disciples, there is one person who has the same fortune as you for two lifetimes. If you communicate with her, you may get the answer."

Qingxuan continued, "She is the personal disciple of my senior brother. She has grown up in the valley since she was a child. Even if she has two lives of memories, she still only wants to save people in the valley and does not want to be born. My friend wants to see her, so she has to go to Baihua Valley to visit. I can write a book so that you can see her."

Xu Ziling thought about it and felt that he would go to Baihua Valley if he had the chance in the future, so he bowed to Qingxuan and said, "Then it's time for Taoist priest."

"It's just a little effort," Qingxuan took out the paper and pen from his bag, "Besides, this situation is indeed not common, and I am happy to be a man of beauty."

While Qingxuan was writing, Xu Ziling asked him: "Since the Taoist priest came from Baihua Valley, have you ever heard of a man named Liu Jingsheng whose meridians were broken?"

Qingxuan wrote the letter and shook his head: "I have been out of the valley for more than a year, and I don't know most of the things in the valley."

Seeing that he didn't know, Xu Ziling thanked him again. I remembered that they were here to eat, so I hurriedly asked the waiter to serve some food.
Chapter completed!