After that Xia Liu led everyone away, Dao Zun brought the nine selected disciples into the room.

Six men and three women.

Daozun looked at everyone and sighed leisurely: "Children, I don't want you to go as a teacher!" But the imperial court has a system, and our Taoist Academy can't escape it. ”

"Master!" Yuan Shuo hurriedly said, "Isn't the imperial court bad?" ”

"Good!" Daozun sighed, "Good is naturally good for him!" But it may not be good for you! ”

"Why don't we go!" Meng Yan asked.

Daozun shook his head, "No. ”

"Then go ahead!" Meng Yan smiled, "It's always our senior brothers together, and we're not afraid!" ”

"Yes!" Yuan Shuo also said, "Senior brother and senior sister together, where is not the same. ”

"Hey!" Dao Zun sighed again, "Do you know how many small Dao Courtyards like ours are there in Great Xia?" ”

"That's a lot!" Meng Yan continued, "Nowadays, people in the world are looking to the Tao, and Taoist courtyards can be seen everywhere. ”

"That's right! Countless! Daozun nodded, "But there is a clear limit on the number of heavenly officials in the imperial court!" Ninety-nine to the truth, a total of eighty-one people. Our Taoist Academy alone chose nine people, which is unreasonable. ”

"What does Master mean that we will still be brushed off?" Han Yue asked.

"It's okay to brush it down!" Dao Zun sighed, "What worries you about the teacher is that you will have to undergo a more brutal test. What kind of situation will be faced at that time, the teacher cannot predict! ”

"It was fifty years ago when the last Heavenly Officer was elected. At that time, there were not as many Taoist academies as there are now, and one Taoist academy was selected, and some Taoist academies were not even selected. Not a single one of the Taoist courtyards where the teacher is located was selected. ”

"Master!" Meng Yan hurriedly said, "Don't worry too much, it's always our brothers and sisters who are single-minded, and the soldiers will cover the water and the earth, if they have to screen again, we will be defeated, and then we will come back." ”

"You didn't listen to that person, we will no longer be Master's apprentices in the future!" Han Yue touched Meng Yan, "I don't think it's that simple!" ”

"Yue'er is right." Daozun bowed, "Half a year ago, we started screening heavenly officials, and we are far away from the court, so we are at the back." A few days ago, he also received a letter from a Taoist friend, saying that the eighteen children selected by their Taoist Academy would be heard from as soon as they left. He is very worried, and he must explain it clearly to you as a teacher. ”

"What does it mean to have no news?" Yuan Shuo scratched his head, "Could it be that it has disappeared?" ”

"Hey!" Daozun let out a long sigh again, "The world is declining, and people's hearts are not ancient!" You should also know that your majesty is now married to a witch from Great Xia! The time when the prince was born was the lunar year, the lunar month, and the cloudy day, which was a Taoist taboo and was not good for the country! But Your Majesty Gu, that Xia Xuanchi was made the crown prince when he was born. Now it's over 12 years old! Such a person became the prince of Great Xia, and no one knew what kind of situation Great Xia was facing! ”

"Although the teacher is in the mountains, he has also heard of the outside, and now the people everywhere are not happy, and they are also complaining about the imperial court. When you go out, you will face what kind of situation, as a teacher, you can't predict! ”

"Master, don't worry!" Meng Yan hugged his fists and said, "I guess that those Taoist boys who have no news may have run away halfway!" If those officials were like that fat man, we wouldn't have a good life. We'll run away then. When the limelight is over, let's just come back! ”

"Yes, yes!" Everyone shouted in unison, "If it's not good, let's run back halfway!" ”

"Let's go down first!" Dao Zun sighed, "Isn't there still three days left?" Go back and pack your belongings and say goodbye to your brothers. ”

At the mention of goodbye, the nine children were immediately dumbfounded.

Meng Yan knelt on the ground: "Master, we are all children without fathers and mothers, and you raised us. We haven't left you either. Why don't you talk to that fat man again, can you not let us go!" To be honest, I can't bear you in my heart! ”

"Go ahead!" Daozun sighed, "Fortunately, you and Yue'er are together." The two of you have been sent here together since you were a child, and you left a blood letter in your swaddling clothes, saying that the two of you have already decided to kiss the baby. It can be seen that God is also eye-opening, and it is already very good not to let the two of you separate! Go ahead! ”

And they went back.

Meng Yan took Han Yue around the courtyard and went to Daozun's room.

It's twilight.

In the room, Daozun was staring at a black wooden box.

"Master!" Meng Yan pulled Han Yue to kneel, "Master, the two of us are really reluctant to be here!" Uncle Shi, tell you the truth, is there really no possibility for us to come back? ”

"It's hard to say!" Dao Zun sighed and slowly opened the black wooden box.

"Meng Yan, come here!" Daozun said and took out a golden bracelet from the black wooden box, "This bracelet is in your swaddling clothes, and it has been kept for you for thirteen years by the teacher, and now that you are leaving, it is natural to return the goods to the original owner." ”

"Golden?" Meng Yan blinked, "Master, you hide it so well, if this was seen by Senior Brother Yuan Shuo, it would have been stolen a long time ago!" ”

"Hmm!" Daozun said and rolled the bracelet into the black paste next to it, and the bracelet turned black, "You take it, this black can not fade for a few years, and when you grow up, you are not afraid of being robbed." ”

"Master!" Meng Yan took the bracelet and took Han Yue's hand and put it on her wrist, "Can you tell us both now, who are our parents?" How could they have such a thing as gold, which only the nobles of the royal family could enjoy? ”

"That's it!" Daozun stroked his long beard, "I also told you that His Majesty insisted on marrying a witch back then, but was opposed by more than half of the princes, nobles and ministers!" Later, His Majesty ordered the killing of Meng Sheng, the most ferocious king of Dongzhou, and one hundred and eighty courtiers, so that everyone did not dare to oppose anymore. ”

"I'm the son of the King of Dongzhou?" Meng Yan shook his head, "So don't I have a grudge against the emperor of the court for killing my father!" ”

"Yes!" Daozun nodded, "Han Yue's father and your father were brothers with different surnames before their deaths. In that killing, you Meng and Han families also desperately saved the two of you! These old things are only known to the teacher after many investigations! ”

Daozun said and took out two yellowed silk cloths from the black wooden box, "This is the birth date and name of the two of you. It was also based on the names of the two of you that I found out your parents for the sake of the teacher. ”

"Let's take revenge!" Meng Yan grabbed Han Yue's hand, "No matter what, the two of us have to go all out to be selected as a heavenly official, and then we will have a chance to get close to that tyrant!" ”

"Good!" Han Yue looked at Meng Yan and nodded.