Chapter 151: Chess Pieces and Pawns
Qu Yinling and the other three saw that they were going to discuss important matters, so they planned to say goodbye and leave.
Gu Daoyuan said: "You don't have to avoid it, I know that you are Shen Lu's most trusted friend, and he will definitely tell you what I say, but there is no need to trouble you to leave." And I also hope to have a frank chat with you, as well as Shen Lu. β
The three of them looked at each other, then nodded together.
Gu Daoyuan sorted out his thoughts for a moment, and then said, "I believe that you have almost seen the complicated situation in the Jade Emperor City at present. Today's Shen Road is the center point of all storms, but in fact, the center point of the storm is the calmest place. I don't think I need to go into the details of what's at stake, do I?"
Everyone nodded helplessly. They all knew that Shen Lu was involved, but they knew very well that no one dared to touch Shen Lu now.
Except for Gu Daoyuan.
And Gu Daoyuan continued to say to Shen Lu: "So in everyone's eyes, I have become the one who controls your life and death. Although, in a way, I do take advantage of you. But that's only one reason. As you guessed before, if I were to use you, I could have made you an ordinary guru, so that you and I would be much less stressed. β
Shen Lu didn't expect Gu Daoyuan to say all this so frankly.
When Shen Lu had just guessed Gu Daoyuan's motives before, he still had a lot of opinions about Gu Daoyuan in his heart. And now, he said this matter so clearly, Shen Lu has changed his opinion of him.
So he asked solemnly: "Dean, what do you want to do, just say it clearly." β
"I just want a good teacher, a teacher who can teach students well, that's all. I think you're suitable, so I've asked you to take on the position of Grand Guru. After Gu Daoyuan finished speaking, he suddenly laughed, shook his head and said, "This statement is ridiculous, isn't it, but this is indeed my true thoughts." β
Shen Lu shook his head and said, "No, it's not absurd at all, but it is true feelings." β
Gu Daoyuan looked at Shen Lu in surprise, he didn't expect him to make such an evaluation of himself.
He smiled with relief, and said with a sigh of relief, "Thank you for understanding me." β
Yes, a city full of power struggles, a college academy in the whirlpool of power, everything he does should serve the power struggle. When he says that he wants to be a good teacher and wants to teach students well, it sounds so naΓ―ve that most people won't believe it.
But Shen Lu believes!
If there is a choice, Shen Lu just wants to be an ordinary student and experience the student life that has been absent for a long time. However, his identity, as well as his temper, doomed him to become the focus of attention in the Jade Emperor City, making him lose this simple dream.
He is still like this, and Gu Daoyuan, who has been caught in the whirlpool, why is it not like this?
What dean in this world would take a few unknown students for several days, just to enlighten them?
Gu Daoyuan is such a person. When Shen Lu first met him, he took Shen Qianhua and Zhuo Hong to teach for free, just to help these two break through the bottleneck.
Neither of them was an important person in the family, and Gu Daoyuan could choose to ignore them at all.
It can be seen that although Gu Daoyuan was forced to be involved in the power struggle, and he was also doing his best to serve the imperial court, in the final analysis, he was still a teacher, and his ultimate goal was to cultivate the students in the academy.
Shen Lu immediately understood Gu Daoyuan's deep helplessness. However, he still didn't understand other things, so he asked, "Dean, why do you think that I can lead this group of problem students well, and gamble with my life, why do you trust me so much?"
"Because I believe in everything I see. β
Gu Daoyuan replied without hesitation: "I saw how you taught Shen Qianhua and Zhuo Hong, and I saw how you shocked the group of Heart Dao Academy students who almost broke out yesterday, and I saw these even more. β
With that, he picked up a stack of records made on Shen Lu's desk and shook it in his hand.
"I've been a mentor for decades, not only teaching students, but also seeing countless good and bad mentors. And you're the most gifted person I've ever met. You are a talented person who is not willing to be lonely. You may not even notice it yourself, but you actually enjoy the process of mentoring others, helping others through the fog, helping others solve their doubts, don't you?"
After Gu Daoyuan said this, Qu Yinling and the other three all had expressions of sudden realization, and they all looked at Shen Lu.
Indeed, Shen Lu gave them guidance and tips more than once.
Needless to say, the second-order peak state that Shen Lu taught him was enough to benefit him for a lifetime.
And when Xu Wenrui and Qu Yinling got along with him on weekdays, they would occasionally ask him about some cultivation troubles, and Shen Lu could often give very accurate answers.
Maybe it's because they're too familiar with Shen Lu, and because Shen Lu has done too many earth-shattering things, so in their eyes, the guidance given by Shen Lu in his daily life is a matter of course.
But now that I think about it, Shen Lu does often help the people around him to relieve their confusion in life.
This is why Shen Lu was so young that he could accept the two apprentices of Dugu Yiyi and Baili Yiming.
Baili Yiming couldn't help but stand up at this time, and said to Shen Lu: "Master, the dean is right, you can really be qualified for this position! And I can see that you really like this position." β
Xu Wenrui also encouraged: "Yes, you have always done a good job, and you will do better in the future!"
Qu Yinling's personality is not suitable for directly praising people, so she said with some twists: "What they said is not wrong." I just watched you make wine, and now I guess I already have two-star and three-star brewer skills. I didn't pay much attention to it before, but now it seems that you do have a talent for it. β
With the trust of his friends and Dean Gu Daoyuan, Shen Lu's originally extremely empty heart finally gained a little more confidence.
He clasped his fists and saluted his friends and Gu Daoyuan, and then sighed, "Thank you for your trust and encouragement, I will do my best to do all this." β
Gu Daoyuan stroked his beard with satisfaction, came to Shen Lu's side and said with a smile: "In the coming year, you don't need to care about yourself or your friend's personal safety. The major forces in the city, including the imperial court, have actually shown their attitudes to a greater or lesser extent like me. Because of the fairchild's relationship, they won't deal with you before this. So this year, you can use all your energy to deal with this group of little rabbit cubs in the Heart Dao Academy. β
Shen Lu had already guessed this, and said with a wry smile: "I really don't know whether to be happy or sad." Under the struggle of the major families and forces, I was able to survive a year in peace, is this the glory of being a chess piece?"
Gu Daoyuan paused for a moment, and then laughed: "You think you are a chess piece? No, I don't think so." β
After a pause, he continued: "Maybe in the eyes of everyone, the major families in Jade Emperor City are like chess players one by one, and you Shen Lu are just a chess piece on the chessboard, at their mercy, but I think this analogy is very inappropriate. β
"What do you think I am, Dean?" asked Shen Lu curiously.
Gu Daoyuan replied, "You are like a pawn on the battlefield. There are many soldiers and horses in the battlefield, hundreds of thousands of people are fighting each other, and you are indeed weak in the center of this stormy battlefield. β
Shen Lu said angrily: "Isn't this the same as the previous analogy?"
"No, it's not at all. Gu Daoyuan said: "The chess pieces will not jump up and kill the chess players, but no matter how small the creeps are, they have the opportunity to directly take the head of the enemy general." β
After hearing these words, Shen Lu was silent.
Indeed, this is the truest portrayal of Shen Lu. Ever since he knew that he was caught in the whirlpool, he had been thinking about how to fight back.
Shen Lu is indeed not a chess piece, even if it is a chess piece, it is indeed a chess piece that can jump up at any time and kill the chess player.
Gu Daoyuan continued: "A lot of people are taking advantage of you, including me, and I won't deny that. But I know that one day our identities will be reversed, and I will also be one of the people to be taken advantage of by you, and I am looking forward to that day. The Ancient Holy Kingdom has been ruled by the four great families for long enough, and it's time to change the sky. β
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Three days later, in the early morning, the Ancient Saint Academy, the Heart Dao Academy.
Today is the first day of classes.
Shen Lu was in his own tutor's room, tidying up his clothes.
It was a gray-black kaftan with a simple samurai costume underneath. This dress is exactly the standard dress of the instructor of the Ancient Saint Academy.
Although Shen Lu received encouragement from the dean and his friends, he had a certain amount of self-confidence. But to really teach so many people, it was also the first time that a big girl went to a sedan chair.
In today's first class, if you mess up and lose face, it will be really difficult to do after that.
At this time, there was a knock on the door of the bedroom, and a man's voice sounded: "Teacher Shen, the time is almost up, are you ready?"
"Thank you for reminding Mr. Zhang, I'm fine. β
Shen Luchang took a breath, then walked out of the bedroom and said to this Teacher Zhang, "Let's go." β
This teacher Zhang is also one of the mentors of the Heart Dao Academy, named Zhang Junlong, who is considered a subordinate of Shen Lu.
He was probably in his thirties, slightly chubby, kind-hearted, and had a very kind temper.
It is precisely because he is kind and kind, so after getting to know Shen Lu in the past two days, he got along well with Shen Lu.
Zhang Junlong looked at Shen Lu's somewhat stiff walking posture, and couldn't help but smile: "Ha, you look exactly the same as when I taught the first class." In fact, there is no need to be so nervous, and there is no need to take the first class so seriously. Just follow everything you've prepared in advance, it's not that scary. β
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