He placed his hands on the armrests of the chair and looked at the two signs on the table in front of him.
A golden piece with exquisite patterns and the word "书" embossed on it.
A piece of bronze with no patterns on it, only an odd-shaped word "death".
The golden one was given by the Emperor Shu. The bronze one was obtained by Shen Hao from Huang Yansong, the sect leader of Guishan Monastery. What he exchanged was that he stood by Guishan Monastery emotionally and practically, and his target would be another first-class sect in Jingxi: Tian. Toad Sect.
The bronze one is the Death City Order. Why does this thing have such an unlucky name? Shen Hao also forgot to ask, but he thought it should be derived from the word "death" in "City of Wasted Death". With this sign, he could satisfy a long-standing curiosity in his heart. He could go to the City of Fusi and go to the underground palace to find out.
The golden sign is the certificate of smooth access to the Royal Library. After returning from Guishan Monastery, Shen Hao would go to the Royal Library next to the palace in the imperial city whenever he had time.
It was only after Shen Hao wandered around the Royal Library for a few days that he discovered something new again, which prompted him to place the two gold and one copper plaques together today.
It is different from the Xuanqingwei Library and Wanjuan Shushan Library that Shen Hao has visited. The layout of the Royal Library is more like a library that Shen Hao has visited in another world. There are many tables and chairs in the middle. For people to sit down and study carefully. Arrange bookshelves around them in an orderly manner.
The library has three floors above and two floors below. Each floor is almost as big as the libraries of two Xuanqingwei commanders' yamen, and there are far more people inside than in the Xuanqingwei library.
Usually the people who come to the Royal Library are officials or students from the Imperial Academy. These people can basically be counted as people in the literati circle, and they are most interested in the functions of books, just like monks are eager to use magical methods.
Perhaps Shen Hao was the first Xuanqing guard to enter the royal library. The black robe and gold patterns on his body looked so dazzling in the library. Everyone who saw him showed a surprised expression and quickly got out of the way.
If in the past Xuan Qingwei was only looked down upon and avoided by literati, then now Xuan Qingwei has an extra "fear" in the hearts of these literati.
From Ye Lansheng to the current nationwide purge, especially when colleagues around him were picked out by the Xuanqing Guards and found to be fake cultivators, this kind of witnessing killings had the greatest impact on literati, and after word of mouth spread, " "Fear" is the emotion that exists in the heart.
What's more, the style of the black robe and gold pattern is not simple, from the fourth grade? ! Black Flag Camp?
Could this person be...the commander of the Black Flag Battalion, Shen Hao? !
The rumored Shen evil star? ! What is he doing in the Royal Library?
It is said that in the first few days, because of Shen Hao's sudden appearance, the entire Royal Library became much quieter. Many people were worried that this evil star was coming to cause trouble, and they were worried about getting into trouble, so they avoided the limelight. But a few days later, I discovered that this was not the case. Shen Shaxing also came to read a book.
Then people suddenly realized that although Shen Shaxing often behaved inappropriately, he still had the status of a great writer, and he was also in our circle of literati, and his status was not low. Isn't it normal to find books to read. Then things returned to normal.
Shen Hao actually felt that he did not have much contact with the people in the library. Because his destination is different from others.
The five-story library pavilion is also divided into areas. The collection of books in each area has category restrictions. The three floors above ground, from the first floor to the third floor, the level of preservation of the books will gradually increase, and the required reading qualifications will also gradually increase. The threshold for entry is everyone's level.
The area that ordinary people can go to is only one area on the first floor.
The entry threshold for the two underground floors is not just based on grade, but requires a special token to enter.
There are two types. Silver and gold medals. Silver medalists can enter the first underground floor, while gold medalists can enter the second underground floor. Just as the emperor said, Shen Hao, who holds the gold medal, can travel unimpeded in the royal library.
Shen Hao first walked around the third floor of the ground. First, let’s have a general understanding of the categories of books collected here. You can't see anything like spiritual practice here. However, there are some superficial physical movements, which should be born out of the physical training system. Now they are similar to methods of strengthening the body, and are available to the officials who come to check them out. And it is placed on the first floor, so there is almost no threshold for reading.
In fact, it can be seen from these physical movements that there were indeed physical cultivators before the Jingjiu Dynasty, but they have disappeared now.
In addition to physical movements, the books in the Royal Library are mainly various classics. The coverage is very wide, including essays, travel notes, literary works, excerpts of famous people's thoughts... It can almost be said that it covers the cultural accumulation of the old Jing Dynasty and even the previous dynasty. The thick text is filled with the accumulation of words from a long history.
Even Shen Hao, who doesn't like reading at all, still feels his own insignificance when facing this vast power that has accumulated from the ordinary. Even if he is a monk, he has power that ordinary people cannot match. , still maintaining the necessary humility here.
Perhaps this is the natural reaction of individuals when faced with time and the achievements of their group.
Go underground. The obvious change will be from "accumulation" to "secret". There are also many books in the underground, but almost all of them are secret documents that cannot be made public. It includes many documents about the sect.
Shen Hao was very curious about what the image of these special groups of people scattered across the country would look like in the eyes of the powerful people of the old Jing Dynasty.
On the bookshelf closest to the underground entrance, there was a classic called "The Theory of Zongmen Daguo". It caught Shen Hao's eye immediately and made him stop and pull out the book and sit at the desk next to it to read it carefully. Flip through.
I don't remember the author's name, Shen Hao. He should be someone who was an official in the old Jing Dynasty but also had a sect's experience. He gave the sect's characterization at the beginning, and got Shen Hao's approval.
Those from the sect are also thieves!
He not only stole the essence of heaven and earth, but also stole the destiny of the country! Not a good kind!
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Shen Hao even felt that it would be more appropriate to change the name of "Zongmen" here to "Zongmen monk". Why don't we count the casual cultivators and the Jingjiu Dynasty's own cultivators? There is a saying that Shen Hao thinks, called "pay and return".
What casual practitioners pay for is the flow of practice in the realm of Jingjiu Dynasty, whether it is skills or practice concepts. They would even look for jobs for resources and food rations, which was part of the Jing Dynasty.
The monks of the Jingjiu Dynasty were essentially the same as the civil servants in the major yamen and the soldiers in various fields. They all served the Jingjiu Dynasty and received support from the Jingjiu Dynasty.
The sect is different. They are attached to the Jingjiu Dynasty and enjoy the peace established by the Jingjiu Dynasty. What they give and what they get is completely unequal.
To call him a "thief" is not an exaggeration in Shen Hao's opinion.
