"Master, master, we have a visitor in the temple!"
Outside the Taoist temple, which looked dilapidated due to years of disrepair, a very immature Taoist boy aged seven or eight rushed into the inner room with joy and shouted loudly.
"Lu Zhou, how many times have I told you, don't be impatient in doing things! How can I trust you to hand over the foundation of Qingxu Temple to you like this?"
"As for our ruined Taoist temple, there are only two of us, the master and the disciple. How can we inherit the inheritance? I think if it is not repaired, this Taoist temple may collapse one day." The Taoist said with a look of disdain.
"You rebellious disciple, my master wants you to look good today!"
Li Lisheng, the 85th temple master of Qingxu Temple, rolled up his sleeves as he spoke, preparing to teach his undisciplined disciple a lesson.
When Li Lisheng rolled up his sleeves halfway, he sighed helplessly: "Forget it, for the sake of the guests, I will spare you today and go out with me! Let's see who it is."
"Just a little bit." The Taoist boy made a face at Li Lisheng, then ran to the master and acted obediently.
Li Lisheng led his apprentice out of the Taoist temple. When he saw the clothes and aura of the visitor, he understood that his status was noble, and then he said respectfully without changing his expression: "I am the 85th Taoist Master of Qingxu Temple. , Li Lisheng! May I ask why you are here this time..."
"Hello Guanzhu Li, we are here to ask for your advice." The visitor said, bowing his hand to Li Lisheng, and then ordered his subordinates to hand over the paper with the tadpole text on it.
"This...this is!" Li Lisheng took the paper. When he saw the tadpole text on it, his pupils shrank suddenly and he couldn't help but turn pale with shock.
"Where did you get this thing?" Li Lisheng turned his gaze to the visitor and asked eagerly.
"Sorry, Guanzhu Li, I can't say how I got this thing. What I can say is that there are several books containing tadpole texts like this in my master's house." The visitor looked calm and explained to Li Lisheng.
"Master, what is this? Why do I remember that the secret book in our temple also has this kind of writing." Lu Zhou on the side also saw the writing on the paper and couldn't help but wonder.
"This is the lost secret book of our Taoist temple. It seems to have been lost by the thirty-fifth temple master." Li Lisheng leaned down and explained to his apprentice.
"Since it has been lost for so many years, why is it in your hands again? Did you take it away?" Li Lisheng said, his tone becoming serious.
"Guanzhu Li, you misunderstood. This thing was obtained by my master by chance. It was not robbed. However, he couldn't understand the words on it, so he sent us to inquire." Seeing that Li Lisheng was a little angry, the visitor did not dare to neglect. He explained hurriedly.
"Well, you are asking me to translate these words for your master?" After listening to the visitor's explanation, Li Lisheng's tone became calm again.
"Yes, we were so anxious because we were dying. If I have disturbed the master of the temple, I will apologize to the master first." The person said, his face full of apology, and then bowed to Li Lisheng Salute.
"You can ask me to translate these words, but after the translation is completed, the books must be handed over to me for confirmation!" Upon seeing this, Li Lisheng also made his own request.
"This... this, Master, isn't this good? I'm just a messenger, I can't make the decision!" Upon hearing Li Lisheng's request, the visitor looked troubled and couldn't help but refuse.
"If you don't agree, then our master and disciple won't go either. Even if you let people kill us, it won't help!" After Li Lisheng said this, he turned his head to the side and said nothing.
"This...this, okay! I just agree. After the text translation is completed, I will leave those books to you for confirmation!" After listening to Li Lisheng's request, the visitor hesitated for a long time, and finally seemed to have made up his mind. , gritted his teeth and stamped his feet, and agreed to Li Lisheng's request.
"In that case, let's set off. By the way, where are we going?" Li Lisheng asked when he saw that the visitor had agreed to his conditions.
"Imperial Palace." The visitor glanced at him and replied calmly.
…
Capital City, Yan Mansion.
I saw Yan Shifan walking in with a gloomy expression. When the servants on the side saw this, they all looked at their noses and minds, trying to reduce their sense of presence. Everyone in the Yan family knew that Mr. Xiaoge had a bad temper. If he was caught in the act, Not to mention the beating, this month's monthly payment was also wasted.
Yan Shifan had no intention of getting entangled with these servants, but knocked directly on his father Yan Song's door.
"Come in." Yan Song's calm voice came from the room.
Yan Shifan then pushed the door open and entered, leaving the door open.
"What happened?" Yan Song asked, seeing his son Yan Shifan's gloomy expression.
"Father, after you previously proposed the plan for the future salt tax, some officials below were not convinced and wanted to do something secretly. Here is the list!" After Yan Shifan said this, he handed the list to Yan Song.
Yan Song took the list, put on his reading glasses, and after reading the names on the list one by one, said in a deep voice: "Go and tell Zhang Runde, the Minister of Justice, to deal with all the people on the list."
"Yes, my child will go down and take care of it right now." Yan Shifan said, bowed and left.
"By the way, is Hu Zongxian still in the capital? Speaking of which, as a teacher, I still owe him something."
"Father, Hu Zongxian left the capital after completing his work report and should be on his way back to Zhejiang now."
"Okay, go down!"
Yan Song said, waving his hands, with an indescribable sense of loneliness in his tone.
…
Forbidden City, Ministry of Punishment.
"Is this the list sent by Mr. Xiao Ge? It couldn't be the wrong one, right?" Zhang Runde, the Minister of Punishment, frowned as he looked at the list sent to him. Otherwise, the people on it were all die-hard members of the Strict Party.
"That's right. These people are disobedient and have to be dealt with!"
"Old Xiao Ge also asked me to give you a message, try to uncover all the unjust, false and wrong cases they are trying! It will be easy to do things then."
"Well, I understand, you can go down." After hearing this, Zhang Runde pondered for a moment and nodded.
…
Forbidden City, Hall of Nourishing Heart.
Since Jiajing got those formation secret books, he has reached the state where he forgets to eat and sleep. Although he can't understand the words above, fortunately, there are some pictures in it. Jiajing follows the pictures above and searches for them, and keeps trying his best. Build a formation.
"Huh~ Jiajing held his breath and carefully put a piece of spirit stone into the formation eye, and then heard a loud bang, and the entire formation that he drew earlier exploded.
"Ah, my spirit stone!"
Upon seeing this, Jiajing quickly instilled mana and took out the spirit stone. Fortunately, the spirit stone was not damaged, but a big hole was made in the floor tiles of the Yangxin Hall.
"Your Majesty, what happened! Why is there such a loud noise?" Lu Fang's urgent voice came from outside Yangxin Hall.
Fortunately, the emperor had previously issued an order not to allow anyone to enter the Yangxin Palace. Otherwise, Lu Fang would have led the guards and rushed in.
"It's okay with me, you don't have to worry!" Jiajing said in a calm tone.
"Hey, it failed again. This is the one hundred and thirty-sixth time, oh no, the one hundred and thirty-seventh time!" Jiajing said, picking up a pen and paper and recording it on it.
Outside the Hall of Cultivation of the Heart, Lu Fang became more and more worried. Ever since His Majesty got those books that he didn’t know where they came from, he felt like he was possessed by a demon. He locked himself in the Hall of Cultivation of the Heart all day long. Anyone is allowed to enter, and a loud noise can be heard every time, followed by the shattering of the floor tiles in the temple.
The floor tiles have been replaced countless times in the past few days!
