Chapter 698: Difficult Sutras Everywhere
A few days later, bad news came to the city of God. His Majesty's eldest son, now King Ning, Chen Lin, died of illness in the palace.
King Ning Chen Lin is His Majesty the Emperor's first son, born after His Majesty the Emperor made him king. When King Ning was born, His Majesty the Emperor personally praised Qilin'er, and then Emperor Lingzong named him Chen Lin. At that time, everyone Everyone thought that he would become the crown prince of His Majesty the Emperor. Later, after His Majesty the Emperor ascended the throne, and as King Ning married the daughter of the Northern General as his concubine, everyone thought that he would become the crown prince of the current dynasty.
But contrary to expectations, His Majesty the Emperor has been on the throne for more than ten years and has never established a prince. This eldest prince has always been the eldest prince.
It wasn't until His Majesty the Emperor left for a long journey half a year ago that the battle for the crown prince came to an end, and the eldest prince was named Prince Ning. At that time, there were still courtiers who were puzzled as to why His Majesty wanted to abolish the elder and establish the younger. But at this moment, people are considered the queen. After realizing it, it turned out that His Majesty had already seen that Prince Ning's body could not last long, so he chose the third prince.
With the passing of Prince Ning, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is now the only one left among His Majesty the Emperor's heirs.
Many people can't help but wonder, from the death of the Queen at the beginning, to the Princess, to the sudden death of the Second Prince, and now Prince Ning, all the people close to His Majesty the Emperor died prematurely. Is it God's gift to them? His Majesty's punishment for seizing the throne of his nephew.
There were rumors, but they were quickly stopped by the people.
"If this is God's punishment for His Majesty, then this thief is too cruel!"
"That's right, your majesty is such a good emperor, even God would be jealous of you, what a thief!"
After more than ten years of being in power, the people of Shendu and the world have become convinced of His Majesty the Emperor, and cannot tolerate any rumors that slander His Majesty the Emperor.
On the day of King Ning's funeral, His Royal Highness, dressed in mourning robes, led hundreds of civil and military officials to see King Ning off on his last journey.
But those who were interested soon discovered that among the civil and military officials, the new guardian envoy was not seen.
This same member of the Chen family, for some unknown reason, did not choose to show up.
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The young swordsman came to Shendu for a while, and then left Shendu. He walked south all the way, walking slowly, because the road the young swordsman traveled was through the mountains and forests, and he walked all the way. Killing the monsters in the mountains and forests.
The realm of these monsters is not too high, but they are entrenched in the Daliang Kingdom outside the divine capital, and they rob the people at every turn, causing great trouble to the people's lives.
There are too many monsters and their distribution is too wide, even in the Liang Dynasty,
There are not so many manpower and material resources to eradicate all these monsters entrenched in Daliang.
As the young swordsman went south, it was naturally impossible to eradicate all the monsters in the entire Liang Dynasty, but he was still doing something.
Kill one mountain after another, one monster after another, and maybe one day you will be done with it.
I just don’t know if he will be able to see it that day.
But thinking about it, he doesn't care too much. What he wants to do is what he wants to do. Since he wants to do it, why should he worry about how far he can achieve it?
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On a river ferry in Changping Prefecture, there were many merchants on board. After eating the delicious river fish that the boatman caught in the river in the morning, they were full of wine and food. They came to the deck one after another to enjoy the scenery on both sides of the river.
"In about half an hour, the big ship will sail into the Qingjiang Gorge, and everyone will be able to see the amazing scenery there."
There are merchants who have been doing business on this river all year round, smiling and introducing the scenery they are about to encounter to the young people who are boarding the ship for the first time.
The person who spoke was Lu Yuan, the second-in-command of the famous Lu's Trading Company in Shendu. Behind the Lu's Trading Company was the Lu family in Shendu. However, the Lu family started out in business. Although the efforts of several generations have allowed the Lu family to accumulate Although she has a good family background, the Lu family has always had little status in the court. Over the past few decades, the Lu family has been fully aware of the principle that there are people in the court who are easy to do things, and she has also tried her best to train her own children. But for some reason, no matter how hard she works, Even if the children of the Lu family can reach high school, they have never been able to climb to a high position in the court. Now in the Liang Dynasty, the child of the Lu family with the highest official position is only a fourth-rank official, and he is the least popular among the six departments. Ministry of Rites.
Even for such a fourth-grade official, the Lu family's descendant has endured for twenty years.
Perhaps because they knew that their family would never be able to have a say in the court, the Lu family was not only cautious in these years, but they were also cautious in choosing sides. However, they had already boarded the Xie family's ship. As long as the Xie family did not fall, they would , they didn't do anything, and I guess they won't do anything again.
The goods Lu Yuan brought this time were not valuable, and since he was born into a special family to see the world, he did not take his own ferry, but chose to board the ferry at the ferry.
"I think a master at home has already told you how to buy and sell goods.
, I won’t say much more. This time I will tell you one truth, that is, you need to keep a low profile and humility at all times when you go out. Don’t mess with people you shouldn’t mess with, don’t say things you shouldn’t say, and stay away from the city of God. After that, your identity has no effect. No matter how prominent you are, no one outside may care much. Even if you piss them off, they will fight you to the death. Even if you are lucky enough to win once, you will still have to worry about it along the way. , for fear that their relatives and friends will come to trouble and their goods and money will be looted, but this often results in death. "
Lu Yuan looked at the river view in front of him and said earnestly, "So the word of tolerance and the word of concession are what you should do when you go out. No matter what, save your life first. As for the rest, everything can come again."
Several young people of the Lu family nodded one after another, and they all agreed with this. After all, nothing is more important than life and death.
Lu Yuan sighed, but then smiled and said, "It will probably take several years for you to be able to take charge of your own affairs. I really don't know what the world will be like by then."
A young man said, "I think no matter how difficult it is, it won't be more difficult than what your uncle is facing now, right?"
He was a child of a side room of the Lu family. That room was not very important in the Lu family, but this young man named Lu Xin showed extraordinary business talent when he was young and was valued by many big men of the Lu family. They had previously handed over a shop of the Lu family in Shendu to him to manage. Unexpectedly, after a few years, it was still operating well.
This further strengthened Lu's determination to train him, otherwise they would not have asked Lu Yuan to bring Lu Xin with him this time. You should know that except for him, all the people traveling with him are the legitimate sons of the eldest house.
Lu Yuan shook his head and said, "It's not so difficult now. The difficult time was before His Majesty the Emperor ascended the throne. That period was the most difficult time. Not only did we have to guard against monsters, but those outsiders would also rob us from time to time. Now, although there are still monsters, there are not so many outsiders who can attack at will. Those small sects dare not provoke us? Therefore, in this world, we must all remember the good things of His Majesty the Emperor."
Lu Xin asked, "Uncle, will the world be better in the future?"
Lu Yuan listened to this question and hesitated for a moment. Just as he was about to speak, he heard some noisy sounds coming from the stern.
Lu Yuan took a look and found his own children in the crowd, so he frowned and ordered, "Go and see what's going on?"
Immediately, a withered old man left from this side to see
the situation over there.
Not long after, a middle-aged man came back and said with a somewhat unnatural expression, "Second Master, the cultivators of the Green Algae Sect had a quarrel with our people. Now they are not giving up and insisting that we pay money to get rid of the trouble."
Lu Yuan asked, "What happened specifically?"
"The young master of the eldest house was talking about the beautiful scenery by the river with others. He saw a woman whose identity was unknown, so he praised her a few words. Then the woman said that the young master was frivolous with her. As a result, more than a dozen cultivators of the Green Algae Sect soon appeared in the dark and wanted to ask for an explanation. The young master was provoked by this and was also a little angry. He said a few words that he shouldn't have said. Now it's good. The other party is not giving up and insisting that we pay money."
The middle-aged man was not surprised. As the leading business family in Daliang, it is reasonable for Fangwai to know that the Lu family is rich. Such things have happened more than once.
However, in the past, the Lu family had its own cargo ship, and such things rarely happened on the ship.
Lu Yuan has been traveling around the country for so many years, what storms and waves has he not seen? Therefore, he did not think there was anything wrong, and just said, "Let Xiao Gongsheng go and discuss it. If the price is right, then give it. There is no need to cause any big trouble."
He knew about the Green Algae Sect, a sect in Changping Prefecture that was not too big or too small. This sect was not far from the Divine Capital. It was usually low-key and rarely jumped out to cause trouble. I don’t know why it jumped out like this today.
The batch of goods that Lu Yuan brought was not valuable. No matter how much the other party wanted, it would almost exceed the value of the goods themselves, which meant that this trip was probably a loss, but Lu Yuan did not care. Throughout the year, Lu’s business had gains and losses, and he was not willing to care about gains and losses on this matter.
Besides, the most important thing for this trip was to bring the young people around him back to the Divine Capital safely. There was no need to argue about right and wrong for other things.
However, it seemed that things did not go as planned. Soon, the middle-aged man returned with a troubled look on his face, saying, "Second Master, the other party is asking for a huge sum of money, 100,000 Heavenly Gold."
Lu Yuan frowned and said, "100,000? Who gave them the courage?"
The middle-aged man smiled bitterly and told Lu Yuan a bad news, "There is the leader of the Green Algae Sect on our ferry. I don't know when he broke through to the Forget Worry Realm."
Forget Worry Realm.
Hearing these three words, Lu Yuan's heart sank.