Cui Tianyou had advised Gu Xu more than once: "Brother Gu, you are now a court official of the Qi Dynasty and a promising young talent. How can you live alone like before? This is simply degrading!"
"If I were you, even if I live frugally, I would still save some money, hire a few guards, find a few servants, and marry two young, beautiful, slim concubines. How comfortable it would be!"
Whenever he heard Cui Tianyou's words, Gu Xu would just laugh and remain noncommittal.
In his eyes, Cui Tianyou was good at everything else, except that he liked to daydream too much.
"Brother Cui, does your sister-in-law know that you want to marry a concubine?" Gu Xu said jokingly.
As soon as he heard the word "sister-in-law," Cui Tianyou immediately frowned and complained painfully: "How dare I tell her? If that tigress knew about it, she would definitely get furious and cut me into pieces. ...By then, I'm afraid you will only be able to see my portrait in the mourning hall..."
Gu Xu patted his shoulder gently.
He knew very well that although Brother Cui was particularly keen on bragging in front of his colleagues, he often mentioned "marrying several concubines", "going to Luojing Jiaofangsi to have a good time", "going to Qingzhou Song and Dance Hall to appreciate the dancers" He talks about "wonderful figure" and other words on his lips, but in reality he is a rather henpecked person. He can be said to have a thief's heart but not his courage.
As long as he sees his wife, who is known as the "tigress", he will immediately turn into a quail and obey her orders.
"So, Brother Cui, we must not only look up to the sky, but also keep our feet on the ground, and don't always have unattainable dreams." Gu Xu said to him earnestly.
Cui Tianyou sighed and said with a sad face: "Oh, you are right."
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In fact, after repairing the house and changing the lintel, Gu Xu really felt that he needed to strengthen the security measures for his house.
However, as a practitioner, he felt that instead of spending money to hire some guards who were not as powerful as himself, he had a more cost-effective way.
For example, arrange some defensive formations.
As the saying goes, the formation is the big talisman, and the talisman is the small formation.
Talismans and formations are basically the same.
Gu Xu is proficient in Talisman Dao and naturally has a deep understanding of formations.
"So... would it be better for me to set up a phantom formation or a killing formation?"
Gu Xu thought for a moment and decided to use both.
For those uninvited guests with bad intentions, first use the illusion array to persuade them psychologically. If they persist, then use the killing array to physically persuade them to retreat.
In addition, he also made a special formation design on his desk.
After all, there are many important notes and information in his drawer.
He doesn't want to be seen by outsiders.
If someone tries to force open his drawer to peek into his secrets, these notes will instantly burn themselves under the fire and turn into irrecoverable ashes.
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So, Gu Xu spent two hours to complete the arrangement of the defensive array in his house.
In the process, his "God Machine Token" flashed more than once, trying to issue a mission to him.
But Gu Xudu refused without hesitation.
Because the "Shenji Camp" wanted him to solve the case of Lu's murderous house again.
To be honest, Gu Xu really couldn't understand why the mission of "Shenji Camp" suddenly became unreliable recently.
He remembered that Xu San once mentioned to him that the "Shenji Camp" would only assign tasks within the capabilities of the monks.
But even the Fourth Realm monk Chu Fengge couldn't solve the case of Lu's murderous house.
Earlier, many third and fourth level monks from the Qingzhou Prefecture Exorcism Department mysteriously disappeared from the Lu family's old residence and have not returned yet.
Gu Xu really didn't think he had the ability to solve this dangerous case.
But as the saying goes, "Under heavy rewards, there will be brave men."
In recent times, several monks from all over the country have volunteered to go to the Lu family's haunted house to try to solve the hidden ghosts because they are eager to obtain generous merit rewards and rare high-grade spells.
Although there is still no progress in this case.
But in the circle of exorcist monks, a new theory began to circulate.
Some people say that the Lu family in Qingzhou is a descendant of an ascended immortal - in that gloomy mansion, if you are lucky, you may have a chance to obtain the Taoist teachings left by the immortal.
Others say that the Lu family's heirloom "Jinghong Brush" is still stored in that mansion, quietly waiting for the arrival of the destined person in an unknown corner.
You must know that the "Jinghong Brush" was once known as one of the "Twelve Famous Weapons of the Great Wilderness", which can be compared with the "Tai'a Sword" of the Daqi Emperor, the "Zhaoshengu" of the northwest barbarians, and the "Sacred Word Book" of the Chen family in Xiangyang. "On par with other powerful magic weapons.
Once a magic weapon of this level is obtained, it will undoubtedly bring the monk's strength to a higher level and greatly enhance his combat effectiveness.
Because of this, many people are willing to take risks after hearing this news.
But Gu Xu had doubts about this.
Because he felt that after the former chief minister of the cabinet Lu Huan committed treason, the Qingzhou Lu family's home was also confiscated. If there was really any treasure hidden in the Lu residence, it would have been looted long ago during the confiscation of the house. How could it be possible? Are you still there?
So he no longer paid attention to the mission of the "Shenji Camp".
After setting up the formation, he left his house in casual clothes and set off to Yishui County Caishi Street to buy groceries.
For him, cooking is serious business.
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at the same time.
Not long after Gu Xu left his house, a young man with delicate features and handsome appearance came to the sky above Yishui County on flying sword.
He was seen with his hands on his back, looking down at the sentient beings, and said impassionedly: "The sword glow covered the sun like a rainbow, and he pointed at the Lingxiao Palace above the clouds with a smile. If heaven had not given birth to me, Chu Fengge, there would have been no heroes in the great Qi Dynasty for thousands of years."
This person is surprisingly Chu Fengge, a fifth-grade doctor at the Exorcism Department Headquarters and a close aide of the Chief Secretary.
As for the poems he recited, they were undoubtedly poems written for him by his subordinates.
He came to Yishui County again today, under the order of the Chief Secretary, to persuade Gu Xu to go to Qingzhou Prefecture to complete the case of Lu's murderous house.
To be honest, Chu Fengge couldn't understand why the chief executive valued Gu Xu so much, let alone why he had to name Gu Xu to go to the Lu family's haunted house.
In this regard, the explanation given by the chief executive Luo Chuan is: "This case is a disaster for others, but it is an opportunity for Gu Xu.
"The ancestor of the Lu family who ascended to immortality once entered Taoism through poetry and painting, and was known as the 'Poetry Immortal'. As a practitioner of Talisman Taoism, Gu Xu, whether it was the spells left by the ancestors of the Lu family or the 'Jinghong Brush' , all of which were of great help to his practice."
But Chu Fengge still frowned.
"Chu Fengge, don't you understand why I pay so much attention to Gu Xu?" Luo Chuan easily guessed what Chu Fengge was thinking.
Chu Fengge nodded.
He did not expect to be able to hide his thoughts in front of the chief executive who claimed to be able to "see the secrets of heaven".
Luo Chuan chuckled and said calmly: "You should know that I am someone who can see the future. Maybe in the near future, Gu Xu will become a being that even I want to look up to.
"My help to him now is just an investment."
Chu Fengge was shocked.
