The court lackeys of the eight-hour workday

Chapter 119 The Third "Five Deteriorations of Heavenly Beings"

After Li Miao finished speaking, he immediately stood up and set off for Shaolin with Yongjie.

"grown ups!"

But he heard a light shout behind him, Li Miao turned around and saw Yin Minjun coming over.

"I will go with you."

Li Miao looked her up and down and smiled: "Doesn't Elder Yin need to keep an eye on the Miao people's affairs?"

Yin Minjun shook his head: "I have already explained it clearly to my fellow disciples. The Miao people have many major sects working together, and I am not the only one who can do it."

"Besides, our Hengshan Sect is already your subordinate. If we watch you go to Shaolin alone, we will be failing in our duty."

"I am not good at martial arts, but at least I can handle some chores for you, my Lord."

After all, Yin Minjun was the second-in-command of the Hengshan sect, and was used to welcoming and seeing off guests on a daily basis. His words sounded very high-sounding, without revealing at all that he just wanted to follow Li Miao.

Li Miao nodded: "Okay, let's go together."

After saying this, he took Yin Minjun and Yongjie with him and set off on horseback.

All three of them were masters of internal strength, and they did not stop all the way, and arrived at Shaolin in just a few days.

Before the three of them approached the Shaolin Temple gate, they heard a call from afar: "Qian Hu!"

Li Miao looked around and saw a man wearing the uniform of the Jinyiwei official, galloping towards him. It was the centurion named Zhang who came with the eunuch Cheng Yuanzhen in Tai'an City that day, and was also Li Miao's subordinate.

That day he followed Cheng Yuanzhen to the Taishan Sect and ran into Yun Zelin. He was also quite good at martial arts, so he managed to escape with his life.

Li Miao went over, looked him up and down, and asked, "Who's coming from home?"

After the incident in Tai'an City, the imperial court was preparing to take action against the Ming Cult, and Bu Lei, the Northern Pacification Division, had already appeared in Huguang. It was common sense for the Jinyiwei to send people over when the Ming Cult broke through the Shaolin Mountain Gate.

Captain Zhang glanced at Yongjie and Yin Minjun beside him.

Li Miao waved his hand, indicating that he didn't need to care about these two people and could just say it directly.

"Envoy Bu sent back a message that the commander came in person. The commander came at the right time. We just arrived, but the gate of Shaolin Temple was closed. The commander was afraid that there were ambushes from the Ming Cult inside, so he did not go in for the time being."

Li Miao nodded: "Take me to see the commander."

Captain Zhang took the order and led Li Miao towards the Shaolin Gate.

Right now, outside the mountain gate, there are already densely packed people, who are preparing, and there are even some muskets and cannons.

Li Miao took a quick glance and saw that almost all the thousand-householders of the Northern Pacification Office were present. He knew that the imperial court had already made up its mind to destroy the Ming Cult.

From a distance, Li Miao saw Zhu Zai standing with his hands behind his back, talking to Bu Lei. He must be deploying manpower and preparing to storm the Shaolin Gate.

Li Miao wanted to walk over.

Zhu Zai looked up and saw him, but he raised his hand to stop him, and his eyes clearly indicated to Li Miao not to come over.

Li Miao stopped and looked at Zhu Zai with a frown.

The two have been friends for more than ten years. As soon as Li Miao blinks, Zhu Zai knows why Li Miao took a nap. As soon as Zhu Zai glares at Li Miao, he knows which bowl he is going to throw.

Without any conversation, Li Miao could understand the emotions contained in Zhu Zai's eyes.

"Old man, are you...worried about me?"

"why?"

Wang Hai had already informed Zhu Zai about what happened in Tai'an City, and Zhu Zai already knew the level of Li Miao's martial arts.

What in the Shaolin Temple could threaten Li Miao? Besides, the Jinyiwei were outside the mountain gate, all of them were his own people. Why would Zhu Zai worry about Li Miao and not let him in?

Li Miao was puzzled, but he knew very well that Zhu Zai was not a person who acted without purpose. He must have had sufficient reasons for doing so.

Li Miao turned around and gave Yin Minjun and Yong Jie some instructions, asking them to find a place to hide first.

After the two men left, Li Miao gave Captain Zhang some instructions, asking him not to tell anyone that he had arrived.

Then Li Miao flashed into a dense forest, climbed up to a treetop with light steps, stepped on a branch as thick as a finger, and observed the situation outside the mountain gate from a distance.

Seeing that Li Miao understood and hid himself, Zhu Zai seemed to be relieved and turned to say a few words to Bu Lei.

Bu Lei took the order and left. Zhu Zai turned around and faced the mountain gate, standing with his hands behind his back.

Li Miao clearly saw Zhu Zai's hand making the number "three" behind his back.

"Third update."

This meant that Li Miao should wait until the middle of the night and go to see him secretly.

Li Miao waited for a while, and then saw a colorful wooden sedan slowly approaching Zhu Zai's side.

The sedan chair was painted in red lacquer and gold, and decorated with embroidery, pearls, jade, tassels, and colorful paintings. It was extremely luxurious. It could be said that this sedan chair alone was worth thousands of taels of silver.

You should know that the founding emperor of the Dashuo Dynasty issued an edict restricting the use of sedan chairs. Generally, only officials above the third rank, or the elderly or disabled could ride in sedan chairs. Although this rule was gradually abolished, ordinary people would not decorate their sedan chairs too much to avoid overstepping their boundaries.

Looking at the four people carrying the sedan chair, they were all second-rate masters!

The sedan stopped beside Zhu Zai, and a person who was following him hurried forward and plopped down in front of the sedan door. He was obviously trying to be a "human sedan stool" so that the people in the sedan could step on him to get down.

Li Miao looked carefully and found that the person lying on the ground was none other than Cheng Yuanzhen, the eunuch in charge of the Duzhijian who had led people to Mount Tai to steal the credit that day!

Who is sitting in this sedan that has a top-notch fourth-rank eunuch serving as a human sedan chair?
The curtain of the sedan chair was slowly opened, and an old, withered arm stretched out from inside.

A sedan bearer stepped forward, held the arm, and helped the man down.

I saw that the man was very old, with gray temples, sparse hair, loose teeth, and a face full of wrinkles. He walked unsteadily, like an old man on his last legs.

Looking at his clothes again, he was wearing a narrow-sleeved yisha with a python pattern embroidered on the chest. He was wearing the same official robe as Zhu Zai.

The man stepped on Cheng Yuanzhen to get off the sedan chair, and was supported by someone as he walked to Zhu Zai's side.

Zhu Zai turned around and bowed to him: "Big brother."

"Yes." The man accepted the greeting calmly, without any intention of returning the greeting, as if it was a matter of course.

"Don't wait any longer. Let's fire a few rounds first. If that villain Ji Tianrui is still here, we can capture him."

"Yes." Zhu Zai turned around and ordered the Jinyiwei to directly bombard this thousand-year-old temple.

Li Miao was far away and couldn't hear the conversation between the two, but with his eyesight, he could see everything.

He smiled: "Sure enough."

"If there were no such people in the court, it would be impossible to hold on to the throne."

The man looked old, but he was not really that old. Judging from his bones and muscles, he was probably only in his fifties.

Li Miao was very familiar with this look of his. He had just seen him in Taishan Sect a month ago.

"Five Deteriorations of Celestial Beings".

This person is actually a master who possesses more than two "above-the-top" abilities!

(End of this chapter)