Hidden in the court

Chapter 145: Numerous sects?

"His Majesty……"

"Prime Minister, please listen to my explanation. Isn't it a bad idea to send two girls for such a big matter? So I sent the prince as well. The prince doesn't know martial arts, so isn't it a bit difficult for Ying'er to protect two people alone? It is very reasonable for me to arrange for Ji Mingshang, the martial arts champion, to go with him."

Luo Wei didn't want to say anything. He looked at the people he arranged, Crown Prince Nangong Xiao, Hu Die, Luo Lin, Ji Mingshang. Luo Wei only felt a dull pain on his face. It turned out that it was caused by the abacus beads breaking...

It was that General Hu didn't know that the prince was following them, otherwise he would have come over and started scolding him.

The four young people had no idea what was happening here. Obeying arrangements was a virtue of Hu Die and Nangong Xiao. As for the other two, they could only say that this arrangement was too reasonable.

At this moment, the four of them had already left the city and headed towards Qingzhou.

"Finally, I can take the official route with a clear conscience."

"Old Hu, you are quite good. When we first met, you were already an eighth-rank official. After working as a supervisor, you are still an eighth-rank official now."

"The Censor is of the eighth rank, but I enjoy the salary of the sixth rank. What do you care? I am just an attendant, with no rank or status."

Ji Mingshang wilted. How could he have known that after all he had gotten to this point, he was still a rankless person.

Without paying too much attention to the bickering between the two, Rowling now faced a huge problem.

Three horses for four people, because Rowling didn't know how to ride and couldn't get on.

A head was moving back and forth under the horse's belly, looking left and right, but still couldn't get up.

"Will no one look at me?"

Ji Mingshang noticed it. How could he miss this opportunity? "Get on the horse. I'll carry you."

However, Hu Die took the lead and helped Rowling onto the horse, placing her in front of herself, not forgetting to turn around and glare at him.

"Your horse doesn't look big, but it must be very hard for it to carry two people. Look at Jinwu, he is tall and fat. He was born to carry two people."

Hu Die and Luo Lin were unmoved, but Jinwu at the foot of the mountain seemed to understand. He snorted twice, turned his neck and rolled his eyes at him, very dissatisfied with Ji Mingshang's words.

Although he rode on horseback during the day and rested at the post station at night, Ji Mingshang groaned during the day and was kicked out by Hu Die from time to time at night.

There was nothing particularly strange until we arrived in Qingzhou.

Qingzhou is still more or less a frontier place, but the prosperity of Qingzhou before their eyes surprised everyone.

Qingzhou City is surrounded by green mountains. Inside the city, shops are lined up on both sides of the streets, offering a wide variety of goods. The hawkers' shouts attract a constant stream of pedestrians. In the streets, people are dressed in different clothes, bustling and bustling.

In addition, there are many temples, one shrine every five steps and one temple every ten steps. The temples are filled with incense, and believers come in an endless stream to pray, kneel down and kowtow, very pious.

The strange thing is that this was the case in every temple they passed by.

"What's going on? Why are there so many temples here? And there are so many people."

Hu Die looked at this scene and couldn't help but have some thoughts.

Rowling thought of something and interrupted:

"Perhaps the gods here are more effective, and the weather may be good and the harvest may be good."

"No, something is wrong. It's definitely wrong."

"Brother Ji is right. It is indeed abnormal that there are so many temples and believers here."

Just when the four were confused, they were blocked by several people who came out of the temple. These people were dressed differently, obviously from different temples, and even had different beliefs. At this moment, they were blocked in front of them.

"You young men and young ladies all look like you are from other places. Would you like to come to our temple to worship? It is very effective."

Before a few people could refuse, others started talking.

"Don't listen to him, come sit in our Sanqing Temple. We only worship the Sanqing, and the Sanqing ancestors are very powerful!"

"If you want to talk about efficacy, our Dragon King Temple is the best."

"Amitabha, fellow donors, why don't you come to my Future Buddha Temple to have a chat."

"Shut up, bald ass!"

……

Seeing that these people were about to fight, everyone quickly slipped away.

At this time they also began to notice the strangeness of this place. There were so many temples and ancestral halls. It was something that could be solved with a Taoist temple or a Buddhist temple, but these people had to worship them separately.

The Three Sovereigns, the Five Emperors, the Three Pure Ones, the Six Imperial Guards, the Four Marshals, the Five Elders, the Eight Immortals, the Nine Stars, the Twelve Yuan Chen, the Twenty-Four Constellations, the Tathagata Buddha, the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Maitreya Buddha, the Nan Ji Xian Weng, the Manjusri Bodhisattva, the Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, the Dragon King Temple, the Mountain God Temple, the Guandi Temple, the Wuhou Temple, the Zhaolie Temple...

The most outrageous one is the Five Gods of Wealth, which were dismantled into five temples in the east, west, south, north and center.

Even Rowling couldn't say anything at this point, as this situation was a huge problem.

Ji Mingshang suddenly spoke up, "This situation is so wrong, I think it's necessary to check it out."

"Then take up the post immediately..."

"I think that you and Sister Hu are officials appointed by the court, and it will be inconvenient for you to move after taking office. The Crown Prince and I will go and investigate secretly so that we can be prepared."

"no!"

Before Luo Lin could finish his words, Ji Mingshang and Hu Die rejected his proposal in unison. If there were no guards around them, if they let these two go, they might get into trouble. It would be bad if they encountered danger again.

It would be great if there was someone steady and skilled in martial arts at this time, Ji Mingshang thought.

"Alas, it's been N days since Lao Zhao left. I miss him."

"You two can't act alone, but you can hide your identities. The document doesn't mention anything about the prince and the prime minister's daughter!"

……

The four of them then walked into a clothing store, and when they came out, Nangong Xiao and Luo Lin had changed into ordinary clothes.

"Haha, come on, little girl, call me Young Master."

Rowling's face turned red, and she wanted to kick him.

"Hey, what are you doing? You are my maids and servants now. How can a maid kick a master? Look at them. This is called professionalism."

That’s right, Nangong Xiao was already following behind him, leading the horse.

"Thank you for the compliment, Master. It's well deserved."

Well, the boy has entered the role.

The two of them observed the whole journey with confusion until they arrived at the gate of Qingzhou Prefecture.

There was a team of dozens of people standing at the door. The two leading them were wearing official robes and seemed to be the Qingzhou governor and the chief clerk.

Seeing a few people from a distance, he came over to greet them warmly.

"You two are the newly appointed Qingzhou Inspector General Hu Die and Jiangning Marquis Jijun."

"Exactly."

"Ah, I am sorry for not welcoming you in person. Please don't blame me. We have prepared some wine and food in the state government and are waiting here to welcome you. Please come in."

"Haha, then why not obey your orders?"