"Master, this is the capital! There are so many people, so impressive."
Li Lisheng's apprentice Lu Zhou opened the sedan curtain and looked at the neat and wide road and the endless crowd of people, his eyes full of curiosity.
"Selling candied haws, sell candied haws!" Someone was hawking along the street, and Li Lisheng looked at the longing look in his disciple's eyes and smiled helplessly.
"Please stop for a moment while I buy a bunch of candied haws for my disciple." Li Lisheng said to the coachman.
After the driver stopped the carriage, Li Lisheng ran quickly to the stall. At this time, a large number of children had gathered next to the stall, shouting: "Give me a bunch, I want it too!"
Li Lisheng didn't feel embarrassed, so he rushed to the vendor and asked, "How much does a skewer of candied haws on a stick cost?"
"A bunch of three cents, Taoist master, are you going to eat it yourself?" The vendor selling candied haws on a stick couldn't help but wonder when he saw Li Lisheng's clothes.
"No, I bought it for my disciple!" After Li Lisheng said that, he threw down the three cents, picked up a bunch of candied haws and ran away quickly, leaving only a group of stunned children.
"Here, here you go!" Li Lisheng handed the candied haws to his apprentice with a smile on his face.
"Thank you, Master. Master, do you want to eat it?" Lu Zhou looked at the candied haws in his hand, turned around and asked with his eyes wide open.
"Master is now an adult and can no longer eat food from children."
"Then why can't adults eat children's food?" Lu Zhou was puzzled by this and tilted his head.
"You will know this when you grow up." Li Lisheng gently touched his apprentice Lu Zhou's head and explained.
…
Soon, they arrived at their destination, the east gate of the Forbidden City.
I saw the person responsible for leading them here took out a voucher from his arms. After showing it to the imperial army, they were let in. After bringing the master and the apprentice into it, the person only He told them to wait here, and then disappeared.
"What a beautiful palace, this must be where the emperor lives! Hey, who are you?" Lu Zhou stared at everything around him with his eyes wide open, then looked at an eunuch walking towards them and asked road.
"Don't be ridiculous!" Li Lisheng warned his apprentice with a reproachful look, then looked at the visitor with apologetic expression on his face.
"It doesn't matter, you can just call me Eunuch Shi! Come with me next."
After Eunuch Shi said this, he went to lead the way.
Upon seeing this, Master Li Lisheng and his disciples quickly followed suit.
They walked like this for who knows how long and how many long stairs they crossed. Finally, they came to a secluded room. They saw the man called Eunuch Shi knocking on the door and respectfully saying to the people in the room. : "Eunuch Lu, I have brought you here."
A calm voice came from the room: "Thank you for your hard work, please go down!"
"Thank you, Eunuch Lu." Eunuch Shi bowed before turning and leaving.
Upon seeing this, Master and Disciple Li Lisheng naturally understood that the identity of the person in the room was of great importance. Maybe this person was the one who asked them to come and translate the text.
"You can go in. Remember, don't talk nonsense." When Eunuch Shi and Master Li Lisheng were about to pass each other, they reminded him.
"Thank you for your advice, Eunuch-in-law!" Li Lisheng bowed slightly to Eunuch-in-Shi to express his gratitude.
Then Li Lisheng, master and apprentice, pushed open the door and entered. They saw an old eunuch wearing a red official uniform, with a wrinkled face, gray hair, and a slightly hunched body. He turned around, with a look on his face. Full of warm smiles.
"I'm Lu Fang, the Supervisor of Ceremonies and the eunuch in charge of printing. May I ask who you two are?"
"I am Li Lisheng, the 85th master of Qingxu Temple. The person next to me is my disciple, named Lu Zhou. We have met my father-in-law!"
After Li Lisheng finished speaking, he immediately took his apprentice together and saluted the eunuch in front of him.
"Okay, okay! You recognize these tadpole essays, right?" Lu Fang said with a smile on her face.
"Yes, Eunuch Lu! I know these tadpole essays. Is it you who invited our master and apprentice here?" Li Lisheng turned his eyes to Lu Fang and asked.
"No, I'm not the one looking for you. My father-in-law is just an errand boy!" Lu Fang smiled and explained.
"Could it be that..." Li Lisheng thought of a very terrible fact.
"Well, you guessed it right. You go change your clothes first and come with me later." Lu Fang nodded, and then ordered his eunuchs to take the master and apprentice to the bathing place.
"Master, who are we going to see later? Why is it so grand?" On the way, Lu Zhou couldn't help but be curious and asked Li Lisheng.
"When you meet someone later, don't talk nonsense, understand?" Li Lisheng turned his eyes to his apprentice and couldn't help but warn him.
"Yes, master, my disciple knows."
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Forbidden City, Hall of Nourishing Heart.
Lu Fang was followed by Li Lisheng and his apprentice. As Lu Fang stepped onto the steps, she turned around and warned: "You can answer whatever His Majesty asks later. Don't answer randomly, and don't break the rules. Do you understand?" "
"Thank you for your advice, father-in-law. I'll find out later." Li Lisheng thanked him after hearing what Lu Fang said.
"Your Majesty, I brought the person you asked me to find earlier." Lu Fang came outside the Yangxin Hall and said softly.
"Come in." Jiajing's calm voice came from the room.
"Follow me and go in together." Lu Fang pushed open the door and entered, while not forgetting to remind Master and Disciple Li Lisheng behind him.
"Oh, Lu Fang, is this the person you are looking for for me?" Jiajing put down the book in his hand and looked at Li Lisheng and his apprentice.
"Your Majesty, this is the 85th Temple Master of Qingxu Temple, Li Lisheng, Temple Master Li! Next to him is his apprentice, named Lu Zhou. In addition, the person who is looking for the most help this time is the slave's godson Feng Bao. " Lu Fang, while bowing to Jiajing, also introduced Master and Disciple Li Lisheng.
"I am Li Lisheng, the 85th master of Qingxu Temple, and I have met His Majesty!" While Li Lisheng saluted the emperor, he also kept using his eyes to hint to his apprentice to salute with him.
"Qingxu Guan? I have some impressions." After listening to Li Lisheng's introduction, Jiajing suddenly remembered that the diary he had seen in the cave earlier was written by someone from Qingxu Guan.
"Oh, may I ask where your majesty came to know about my Qingxu Guan?" Li Lisheng couldn't help but feel a thump in his heart when he heard what Jiajing said, and asked bravely.
"It's okay. When an alchemist presented these books to me, he mentioned them inadvertently before." Jiajing said, winking at Lu Fang, and Lu Fang quickly stepped forward and handed the books to Li Lisheng. superior.
"This...this!" When Li Lisheng saw the book in his hand, he couldn't help but exclaimed.
"May I ask Your Majesty, who presented this book?" Li Lisheng asked Jiajing.
"I don't remember either. There were many people who came to present books to me. What, is there anything wrong with this book?"
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. These books are the secrets of my Qingxu Temple that have been lost for many years. They have never been found since the thirty-fifth temple master lost them." Li Lisheng hesitated for a long time, and finally spoke.
"Oh, then do you know the name of the thirty-fifth temple master?" Jiajing was a little curious about the identity of the corpse in the cave before and asked.
"Your Majesty, it has been too long and I no longer know the identity of the thirty-fifth temple master. Moreover, all the cultivation methods related to these books have been lost, so they can only be used to purify the mind and exorcise evil spirits." Li Lisheng thought for a moment. Later, he responded.
When Jiajing heard this, he suddenly said: "The journey of cultivating immortality is all about fate. When fate comes, you will become an immortal."
"May I ask your Majesty what you mean by this? I really don't know." Li Lisheng's face was full of doubts after hearing what Jiajing said.
"It's okay, I just felt something, so I just said it casually."
What Jiajing just said was what was recorded in the previous diary, and the reason why Jiajing said this was to test whether Li Lisheng had received the inheritance of Qingxu Guan.
Now Jiajing is already a cultivator of immortality, and his perception is more than a hundred times that of ordinary people. No one can escape his insight! Since he said that sentence just now, Jiajing has been observing the expression on Li Lisheng's face, and was relieved when he saw that there was nothing unusual about it.
(End of chapter)
