Chapter 183 Liangzhou Governor, Visitor in the Dark

It’s half past Xu time.

As night falls, the lanterns come on.

Located in the center of Qingcheng, Liangzhou Governor’s Mansion has lanterns hung everywhere.

Under the illumination of the fiery red lanterns, the mansion was bright and brilliant, but the smell of candlelight also made the entire mansion look even hotter on a midsummer night.

A study room in the middle of the backyard of the Governor's Mansion.

As the lights flickered, figures flashed.

Shen Zuo, the governor of Liangzhou, was dressed in casual clothes and was sitting behind the desk in the back.

He held several pages of paper in his left hand, and kept tapping the table with his right hand. His eyes were fixed on the paper, looking at it for a while, and then dazed for a while.

After a long while, he slowly put down the paper, rubbed his brows with both hands, then raised his head, smiled bitterly and said to the person sitting across from him: "Xiaoya, you have brought a big trouble to my second uncle. It makes me very angry. Embarrassing!"

"Second uncle, you are the governor of Liangzhou and the largest official in Qingcheng. What can be difficult for you?" Shen Ya flattered him with a smile.

In fact, she also knew that this trip was really meant to trouble her second uncle.

The material Shen Zuo read just now was the letter that Chu Tang commissioned Shen Ya to bring to the Governor's Office.

In order to deliver the letter to her second uncle in person, Shen Ya waited in the Governor's Mansion for a long time, and now she waited until Shen Zuo came back from work.

Although Shen Ya had not read what was written in it, she could almost guess it just by thinking about it - it must be related to Chu Tang's killing of the Luoshen Valley disciples today.

Shen Zuo looks about forty years old, has a white face, short beard, elegant temperament, and looks like a middle-aged handsome boy.

However, at this time, he frowned and his face looked a little heavy. His compliment to Shen Ya was no longer as interesting as before. Instead, he thought for a while and then asked: "Xiaoya, I went to work with my grandpa today, and I just came back now." But on the way back, I heard about what happened at Wutong Academy today. Please tell me about the specific events and what happened."

Shen Ya did not dare to be negligent, she stopped joking, and slowly explained what she saw and heard in the academy today with a serious expression.

After listening, Shen Zuo did not respond immediately, but lowered his head and thought for a while. When he raised his head again, his eyes flashed, and he asked again: "Xiaoya, you said this letter was asked by your dean Tao Ying for your help? ”

Shen Ya said: "She didn't say it directly, but she said that Chu Tang needed my help for something and asked me to go see him. I think she should know what's going on."

Shen Zuohe smiled and sighed: "It seems that Tao Ying is very protective of this young man and will not hesitate to let him take the lawsuit to the governor's office. Now it's better. Even if I don't want to get into this trouble, I can't get out of it." ."

When Shen Ya heard Shen Zuo say trouble twice in a row, she couldn't help but said in surprise: "Second uncle, is it really difficult?"

"The other party is Luoshen Valley, a famous martial arts holy land. Do you think it's not troublesome?" Shen Zuo asked back.

Shen Ya asked cautiously: "Second uncle, have I caused trouble for our family?"

"That's not the case!" Shen Zuo smiled, "They have already made up their minds to bring the matter to the governor's office. Without you, they won't find anyone else? They can just do it themselves!"< /p>

Shen Ya thought carefully, nodded slightly, breathed a sigh of relief, and asked, "Second uncle, what are you going to do?"

Shen Zuo smiled and said: "If the sky falls, someone tall will hold it up. Your second uncle, I am just the governor of Liangzhou, and there is a governor in charge of it!"

Shen Ya was surprised: "Second uncle wants to transfer this matter to the governor?"

Shen Zuo nodded and said: "He can mobilize the soldiers, and it would be best for him to come forward to deal with Luoshen Valley. However, based on my understanding of our Lord Governor, I will definitely push the matter back to Qingcheng. The reason is very simple, just say that this happened in Qingcheng, and the governor who was in charge of Qingcheng could do it easily."

Shen Ya was speechless, she couldn't even think of words to complain about these old officials!

The skill of kicking the ball is so smooth!

However, Shen Ya saw that Shen Zuo didn't take it seriously. On the contrary, there was a look of expectation on her face. After thinking for a while, she came to some understanding and said, "Although the second uncle said that this matter is difficult, he doesn't want to miss this opportunity, right? ”

"Oh? What opportunity?" Shen Zuo became interested.

Shen Ya said: "This matter involves the Holy Land of Martial Arts. Just from the status and perspective of a civilian official, you are definitely not confident enough. The Governor asked you to act cheaply, and he may not give you a chance to take charge of the military. For example, the city defense army?"

A big city like Qingcheng definitely needs soldiers to guard it.

The city defense army is the establishment that defends Qingcheng. It is stationed in the main city of Qingcheng, and there are tens of thousands of people in the surrounding satellite cities.

There are tens of thousands of city defense troops, led by major generals. They usually only obey the orders of the governor. In non-emergency situations, the governor cannot get involved.

This time, as long as the governor plays ball, Shen Zuo can openly intervene in the affairs of the city defense army.

This is also a great opportunity for the Shen family, which is already the number one family in Qingcheng.

"Haha!" Shen Zuo laughed and looked at Shen Ya with satisfaction, "Xiaoya, you didn't read the books at Wutong Academy in vain. You saw the key to it so quickly. It's a pity that you are a girl, otherwise you would also pursue an official career. Say Maybe he will become another pillar of our Shen family."

Shen Ya curled her lips and said: "It's a pity that I can't practice martial arts. My qualifications are too poor and I can only reach the second level."

Shen Zuo's expression softened.

Shen Ya was even more astonished: "Second uncle, do you think there was something wrong with our Shen family's "Han Yu Gong"?"

Shen Zuo's face darkened and he said, "Don't talk nonsense! Our family's Han Yu Gong is very good! This is a three-level Kung Fu that is rare in the world."

Shen Ya spoke bluntly: "You always say that our ancestors used the Cold Jade Kung Fu to reach the eighth realm and were powerful in the world. However, after two or three generations, the descendants can only reach the seventh realm at most. Now It’s even worse. Second uncle, the one with the highest martial arts skills of your generation is my father, right? He only has six realms! Every generation is worse than the last. I have to wonder if something went wrong in the inheritance of Han Yu Gong.”

Shen Zuo did not become angry, but took a deep breath and said: "Our Shen Jiahan Jade Skill, as the name suggests, is a Yin Skill. Back then, our ancestor had an unexpected encounter in the north by chance and broke through to the Eighth Realm. But in the past hundred years, our Shen family has Liangzhou, where my home has always been in the south, will naturally be worse off if we lose that opportunity."

"The seventh realm can always be saved, right? But there are still no people in the upper three realms. Second uncle, if this continues, our reputation as the number one family in Qingcheng will not be preserved."

Shen Zuo snorted coldly: "What you need to reach the third realm is understanding. It requires both talent and realm. What can you do if it doesn't appear for a long time?"

"That means our current generations are not qualified enough? We are less and less talented in martial arts?"

"You..." Shen Zuo was angry, but couldn't refute.

He also knew in his heart that the Shen family was indeed in the process of decline.

For example, Shen Zuo, although he is the governor of a state and holds a second-grade official title, his talent in martial arts is more touching - if he had talent, he would have studied martial arts and become a master, and he would have used it to hang out with people in the officialdom. A lawsuit based on lip service?

It was because of his low martial arts qualifications that he, Shen Zuocai, entered the officialdom and took a civilian career.

He has some talent in this area, and with some luck and resources, he is able to serve as governor.

As for martial arts, well, I can barely achieve the four realms of Gangqi.

Speaking of this, Shen Zuo was ashamed. After all, he had been practicing the Third Realm technique since he was born and had practiced it for decades, but he had only just entered the Middle Third Realm.

Fortunately, his eldest brother has pretty good talent, and now he has almost perfected the sixth realm.

Strictly speaking, the Shen family is a martial arts family. Therefore, although Shen Zuo has a high official position, he is not good at martial arts. His eldest brother has always been the head of the family.

His eldest brother is also Shen Ya’s biological father.

In Shen Ya's generation, it seems that martial arts qualifications are no longer good.

Let's not talk about Shen Ya, the scum of the second realm is not as talented as some disciples from small sects.

As for her brothers and sisters, the one with the highest cultivation level is in the fifth realm, and they are already in their thirties. Their upper limit is limited, and their future is not bright.

Thinking of this, Shen Zuo became worried again.

He is now the governor of Yizhou, and there is still room for improvement. As long as he is here, it will not be difficult for the Shen family to maintain their current status.

However, one day he is no longer there, or has retired from officialdom, and the family has yet to produce a master of the Seventh Realm. In such a huge Qingcheng, with many aristocratic families eyeing them, who will still obey their title of the first aristocratic family in Qingcheng?< /p>

You can imagine with your buttocks that if a martial arts genius breaks through to the seventh level in one fell swoop, twenty years later, the Shen family will take jujube pills!

Thinking of this, Shen Zuo kept looking at Shen Ya.

"Second uncle, am I embarrassed?" Shen Ya was puzzled.

Shen Zuo put down his official authority, put on a kind smile on his face, and said: "Xiaoya, you actually took the initiative to help this policeman named Chu Tang deliver letters today. Have you two been in contact? How is he doing?"

Shen Ya flashed innocent eyes and asked: "What does it mean to be a good person?"

"For example, martial arts?"

When Chu Tang's martial arts was mentioned, Shen Ya's eyes lit up and she said excitedly: "If he can kill a disciple who has reached the fifth level of the Holy Land of Martial Arts, do we need to mention his martial arts? Of course it is very good! Second uncle, you don't know, With his sky-cutting sword-drawing technique, with a swish, the sword came out! With another swish, the sword was sheathed! The person on the opposite side also died! His sword was so fast... it's indescribable!"

Shen Zuo had given up on treating martial arts a long time ago and was not very interested. He continued to ask, "What about the others?"

"What else?"

"For example...what's your character like? What do you look like?"

Shen Ya looked suspicious and confused: "Second uncle, what exactly do you want to express?"

Shen Zuo coughed lightly and said: "A twenty-year-old fifth-level warrior, didn't you think of something?"

"Didn't you say that he is just from the four realms?"

"Do you believe this?" Shen Zuo almost went crazy.

In fact, no matter whether it is the fifth realm or the fourth realm, Shen Zuo feels ashamed at the age of twenty!

"He must be pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger!" Shen Zuo's voice became louder, "There are indeed geniuses who can cross the border to kill people, but the people who are crossed the border are probably ordinary people. Luo Changying's personal disciple, the master of Jiutian Luohe Sword Heir, do you believe that someone crossed the border and was stabbed to death?"

Shen Ya felt aggrieved and said: "If you don't believe it, don't believe it. Second uncle, why are you so excited!"

Shen Zuo took a deep breath and said: "I'm not excited, I'm not excited. Xiaoya, what I mean is that a genius like Chu Tang is worth wooing us! The twenty-year-old Wujing might not be thirty-year-old You can be promoted to the upper three realms."

"Second uncle means..."

"Does he lack skills?"

"There should be no shortage of them. His martial arts skills are amazing."

"Then he lacks gold and silver?"

Shen Ya thought for a while, shook her head and said: "With his ability, as long as he opens his mouth, many people will give him a lot of wealth."
To be continued...