Chapter 138: The Road to Becoming an Official
The name of a heavenly teacher is actually similar to the national teacher, if it weren't for the fact that the national teacher had already made Qing Yue do it, Xi Ze would definitely have named Xiao Yu as the national teacher.
Xiao Yu was named the Heavenly Master, and soon spread in the imperial capital, and everyone only knew that Xiao Tianshi's divination technique was peerless, and he saved the second prince with the blood curse in his body, but they didn't know that the Heavenly Master was an official of several grades.
His Majesty named Xiao Yu as the Heavenly Master, and was strongly opposed by a group of scholars led by the Hanlin Academy; there was a national teacher in the past, and a heavenly master in the back, and this national teacher was just that, they had never seen it, it was said that they helped the emperor's grandfather ascend to the throne, and they did not dare to refute it, after all, it was more than a hundred years ago.
But Xiao Yu is a diviner, who is called a soothsayer if it sounds good, but is a god stick if it is unpleasant;
Even if you save the second prince, you just need to get some rewards.
In the face of the persuasion of the ministers, Nishizawa just watched coldly, this group of sour Confucians can only play tricks, don't they know that the catastrophe is coming.
"Ladies and gentlemen, you have no jokes, there is no need to discuss this matter, retreat from the court. β
Xiao Yu did not go to the court, and he was already busy in order to relieve the second prince, and when he returned to the academy, it was already dawn.
Overnight, Xiao Yu's name had spread all over the imperial capital, and even at the beginning of the month.
As soon as he saw Xiao Yu about this, he couldn't help but tease: "Yo! Xiao Tianshi is back." β
Xiao Yu also waved his hand cooperatively, and said modestly: "False name, false name, hurry up, I'm about to starve to death." β
As soon as I sat down, I muttered something I wanted to eat.
At the beginning of the month, he set up the breakfast, and did not move his chopsticks, but looked at Xiao Yu, who was gobbling up, and said: "Oh, by the way, now that you have been named a heavenly master, then the first thing to deal with is Zhang Song, I will recommend one to you." β
Xiao Yu swallowed the bun in his mouth and said, "Who?"
"Qin Yi, the secretary of the ministry, he went out of my academy, but he has been restrained by the Hanlin Academy, and he has vacated the post of Shangshu, but he has been vacated by all the civil officials; β
"Oh, got it. β
"Qin Yi has no problem over there, you just need to find a chance to get to know each other, and now the first thing you have to do is to win over Cao Zhen, the secretary of the military department. Cao Zhen's situation is similar to Qin Yi, this person has a strong personality, and he has been controlling the court because he is not satisfied with Chen Hua, so he is against Chen Hua everywhere. But he has a weakness, that is, he loves his wife, his wife Wang has a strange disease, and has been bedridden for many years, this is the prescription I found, if you can cure his wife, let him owe this favor, and after overthrowing the old in the future, he will be the best person to restrain all the military attachΓ©s. β
"You've thought everything through and made all the preparations, if I hadn't come looking for you, when would you do it?"
"I knew you were coming. β
Just one sentence, Xiao Yu was speechless. Fortunately, the woman in front of her was not the person he was dealing with, it was too terrible.
"Chu'er, if my father and I fell into the water, who would you save?"
"Poof!"
Qingyue, who was drinking porridge, almost didn't squirt out, and elegantly wiped off the porridge juice overflowing from the corner of her mouth, and then said unceremoniously: "No one will save it." β
Xiao Yu felt hurt and said hurriedly: "Why, shouldn't you save me?"
"First, I don't know your father well, so naturally I won't save him; second, you can still fall into the water even if you fall into the water? Even if you fall into the water, won't you climb up by yourself, don't ask such childish questions in the future. β
β.....β
The depressed Xiao Yu suddenly felt that the buns in his hand were not fragrant, and he only got up and went back to his yard silently, this question seems childish, but it can best reflect one person's feelings for another person.
Qingyue's answer can only show that she has never had a love for herself between men and women, and some are just ties, habits, and use.
He suddenly wanted to leave all of this and go back to the cultivation realm, and then retreat, and finally break through the late stage, the Great Perfection, and finally turn into a god.
At the beginning of the month, she had her own way and her own way to go, and she barely came.
"Tuk tuk..."
Xiao Yu was pondering, Qingyue was standing at the door, just knocked on the door with his hand, and when he saw Xiao Yu looking, he stepped into the house, put a prescription on the table, and said lightly: "You forgot to take the prescription, you..."
Seeing that Xiao Yu was not in a good mood again, he thought that his words just now must have hurt this little ghost, do you want to say something, or say something against your will?
She couldn't do it, she didn't want to deceive Xiao Yu, and she didn't want to go against her heart. What Xiao Yu wanted, she couldn't give it, and she couldn't afford it.
In the end, she could only turn around and leave, and when she came to the door, she still hesitated and said, "If you want to return to the cultivation realm, I won't stop you, and I won't blame you." β
Xiao Yu smiled bitterly, you don't even want to say a word of comfort, but I have promised to help you get the Xizi Sword, and when this matter is over, you and I will be fine.
For several days, Xiao Yu never went into the courtyard at the beginning of the month to eat, nor did he return to his courtyard to rest, only appeared in the school room on time every day to teach the students.
It was also for a few days, every meal at the beginning of the month of love was prepared for Xiao Yu, and then silently put it away, and I didn't see Xiao Yu come back in that small courtyard, only when she was teaching, she could see Xiao Yu who was teaching responsibly from a long distance, through doors and windows.
It's okay to cut off his thoughts, and after a long time, he will get used to it, and then when the matter is over, maybe he can practice with peace of mind.
So what has Xiao Yu been doing these days?
Drunken Smoke Pavilion
This is the largest and most famous restaurant in the imperial capital, the lower two floors are ordinary floors, and the people who entertain are some ordinary people; the top floor only receives high-ranking officials and nobles, there is everything here, the troupe and singers who come out of the workshop, and even the folk servants and prostitutes have it, only what you can't think of, there is nothing that the drunken smoke pavilion can't do.
In a private room on the third floor, Xiao Yu and Qin Yi drank and chatted, so unhappy.
When I was a student in the academy, I often heard some rumors about the national teacher, and I wished that I could not be born a hundred years earlier, if I could serve under the national teacher, I would have no regrets in this life. β
"Qin Shangshu has a heart, Chu'er deeply feels that the traitors in the court are in charge and control the court, so I specially invite me to go out of the mountain to clear the side of the monarch and get rid of the traitors; β
"What the Heavenly Master said is that Zhang Song is just a Confucian minister of the Hanlin Academy, and he doesn't think about how to cultivate backbone talents for the imperial court, but he is bent on playing with power, and his heart can be punished!"
Speaking of the sore spots, Qin Yi rose up angrily and threw the wine glass in his hand on the table.
Xiao Yu raised his hand to signal the other party not to be annoyed, and said lightly: "Qin Shangshu, Chu'er means that I hope you can replace him, bring a cadre of civil servants on the right track, and rectify the dynasty." β
Qin Yi's eyes flashed with joy, and he apologized again and again: "I was excited, disturbing the interest of the Heavenly Master, and I asked the Heavenly Master not to blame;
"Zhang Songnai is the right-hand man of the eldest prince, the last time the two academies exchanged, I met with him, but I observed, this great prince is really not tolerant, if one day the eldest prince gains power, plus Zhang Song Chenhua, Qin Shangshu's position is afraid that it will not be guaranteed. In this hunt, His Majesty intends to let the second prince compete with the eldest prince, and the second prince is a student of my academy, can Qin Shangshu know the key?"
After getting Xiao Yu's prompt, Qin Yi immediately understood, but he still had some concerns in his heart, so he hesitated: "According to my observation, the second prince seems to have no intention of that position?"
Unexpectedly, when Xiao Yu heard this, he smiled faintly and said: "Not before, not necessarily in the future, this time the second prince fell under the blood curse of the eldest prince, and he will definitely not be angry in his heart, it is a matter of life, even if the second prince is open-minded, I am afraid that this time he will have to fight." And Qin Shangshu is going to show favor to the second prince at this time, presumably the second prince will not refuse, which is also what Chu'er meant. β
"I know what to do, thank you for your advice. β
After the matter was negotiated, Xiao Yu immediately beckoned: "Come on, come on, Qin Shangshu, you and I have made this cup, and I, I wish Qin Shangshu all his wishes come true and his official fortune will be prosperous." β
"Borrow the auspicious words of the Heavenly Master, do it!"
The banquet dispersed, Xiao Yu walked around the night market in the imperial capital alone, speaking of which, he has been in the Western Calendar for a while, and he has been staying in the academy before, but now he doesn't want to go back to the academy but has time to hang out.
After getting Qin Yi done, Xiao Yu thought about how to pull Zhang Song out of power, but Zhang Song's power in the court was very huge, what crime could take down this person in one fell swoop?
Descending?Down Gu?
No, when Nishizawa says a word, he will have to solve it for him, wouldn't it be in vain. Pretending that you can't solve it, then your reputation will be gone, and even Nishizawa will doubt your ability at that time.
Framed?
Accused of collaborating with the enemy and treason, but this Western country has not been at war for hundreds of years, oh, hunting does not count.
How dare other neighboring countries offend the Western Calendar Country, this will not work.
Assassination, poisoning...
Xiao Yu thought of at least a dozen ways, but rejected them one by one.
Suddenly, Xiao Yu thought of the Star Dou Absolute Array, although the Star Dou Absolute Array needed mental power support to launch an attack, but if the Star Dou Absolute Array did not start the attack, it could still conjure up from the sea of consciousness.
He just needs to make an illusion and show this hand, as long as he can calm the scene, it doesn't take too long, although his divine sense is sealed, but as an ordinary person, there is also a little bit of mental power, that is the so-called spirit spirit.
It is that everyone has essence and spirit, which is called divine consciousness in the cultivation realm, mental power in the witch clan, and essence and energy (energy) in the mortal world.
Thinking of this, Xiao Yu concentrated, and then slowly opened his right hand, and suddenly, a Big Dipper star emitting a faint starlight appeared above his right hand, small and exquisite, very cute, this is the Star Dou Battle.
Immediately, Xiao Yu concentrated on erasing the Shaking Light Star, and if there was one less Big Dipper, then he could make a fuss about it, as long as he pointed the finger at Zhang Song, such a magical and strange thing, Xi Ze and even the group of civil and military ministers would be convinced.
Although this method can't kill Zhang Song, it can break people apart, as long as this person is not in the court, then it is easy to disintegrate his power.
Xiao Yu was designing Zhang Song here, and Zhang Song and Chen Hua secretly came to the Great Prince's Mansion at this time.
"Your Highness, can you find out who is trying to frame you?"
The eldest prince Xi Qin had been grounded for many days, and the more he thought about it, the more wrong it became, so he secretly summoned the two to discuss.
Hearing Chen Hua ask this question at this moment, he was suddenly a little displeased, if I can find out, I still need to look for you?
"No, the Cui steward in my house has committed suicide, and all the clues have been broken, otherwise he would not have been convicted of the prince's crime, which is simply unreasonable. β
At this moment, Zhang Song spoke: "Your Highness really doesn't know how to use the blood curse?"
"No, I've never heard of it. β
"Your Highness, don't you think it's strange why Your Majesty suddenly wants to appoint a crown prince on hunting, and suddenly choose between you and the second prince. The second prince has no intention of taking the throne, and it is not suitable to sit in that seat at all. β
Xi Qin pondered for a moment before saying, "This is the decision of the Imperial Grandfather. β
"What, why did Taizu do this?
Chen Hua, who was a little speechless on the side, didn't think about it and said: "What can be the deep meaning, it must be bewitched by someone." β
"Who can bewitch Taizu?"
"There is one person, the national teacher. β
As soon as Zhang Song heard the word "national teacher", he immediately understood the key to it, and said: "If it is that one, all this is possible." But what Lao Chen didn't understand was, why did she do this, what was her purpose? She had been away from the court for more than 100 years, and why did she suddenly reappear?"
The three of them thought about it for a long time, but they didn't guess what the purpose of the love month was.
Zhang Song suddenly reminded Xi Qin: "So, this time the second prince was cursed, it was fundamentally done by the Heavenly Master, and only the person who placed the curse can break the curse so easily, right? β
"Instead of supporting the second brother's waste, it is better to support this prince, the head of the courtyard, the general, in the opinion of the two of you, can I bring the Heavenly Master over?"
Zhang Song shook his head and said in a deep voice: "It's not very likely to win over, but you can test it." β
"This prince understands, I heard that this Xiao Tianshi has been in and out of the Drunken Smoke Pavilion a lot recently, and he has to worry about the head of the courtyard to arrange this matter. β
"The old minister will do it. β
On this day, Xiao Yu had just left the school, and the nursing home sent an invitation and asked who sent the nursing home, but the nursing home only said that it was a small guy who sent the invitation and left.
After sending away the nursing home, Xiao Yu opened the invitation and saw the signature: Zhang Song. And the reason for the banquet for Xiao Yu is very simple, that is, to ask some things about divination.
For such a reason, Xiao Yu could have ignored it, but after thinking about it, since it was someone to deal with, it was better to observe it in advance.
So he accepted the invitation and went to the Drunken Smoke Pavilion.
When he arrived at the private room, Xiao Yu saw the eldest prince outside.
And Zhang Song, who invited himself, was nowhere to be seen.
"Mr. Xiao, I saw him in a hurry last time, but I didn't expect that it didn't take long for Mr. to become a heavenly master, but this prince is clumsy. β
Xiao Yu slandered, you are not clumsy, you are blind.
"Great Prince, aren't you grounded? Could it be that Your Majesty has lifted your grounding order?"
Can you still have a good chat?
The eldest prince is depressed and secretly hates Xiao Yu, if you hadn't made trouble from it, this prince would have been able to have today!
"Heavenly Master, don't blame, this prince is specially asking the Heavenly Master of the Academy for the first appointment today, and there are a few questions I want to ask the Heavenly Master for advice. Come, Heavenly Master, let's talk while eating. β
Xiao Yu smiled, straightened his sleeves and sat down, and when the eldest prince personally poured him a glass of wine, he was not polite, and only after drinking did he say, "I don't know what the eldest prince wants to ask?"
Seeing that Xiao Yu didn't move his chopsticks, Xi Qin was a little puzzled: "Doesn't the Heavenly Master eat some vegetables?
Xiao Yu looked at his eyes and said seriously: "It's not that the food is not appetizing, it's that I'm a little stubborn, everything has to wait for the solution to be solved, and everything is delicious; β
Xi Qin was stunned for a moment, and then laughed and said: "Sir is really a wonderful person, that prince will get straight to the point;
This is to probe the bottom of himself, if he says that he doesn't know, then the other party must suspect that he gave the second prince a blood curse.
Those who know divination say that there is not much, and they say that there is a lot less, but they can go down, and there are very few.
It's not an easy question to answer.
"I know a few people outside the square, what's the matter, the eldest prince wants to find someone to divination? If you don't dislike it, I can do it for you. β
Xiao Yu answered this quite skillfully, not only avoiding his suspicion, but also blocking the eldest prince's questioning.
Sure enough, I saw the eldest prince shaking his head and said, "No, the second brother was hit by the blood curse a few days ago, so I was a little curious about it, so I just asked." Speaking of the blood curse, do you know who gave it to you? Why did you want to murder my second brother and blame me? With his divination skills, he must be able to see some clues. β
"This descending technique is strange, and the reason why I can tell at a glance that it is a blood curse is because this descending person has revealed a flaw. β
"Oh? β
"From the day I saw the second prince, I found that the second prince had a deficiency disease, this symptom is usually fine, but his face is slightly pale and bloodless, but when I saw the second prince in the second prince's dormitory that day, his face was too ruddy and faintly hypercongested. β
You don't understand what you said about this prince, can you say something that people can understand, such as admitting that you are the damn descendant, in order to blame this prince.
Thinking like this, Xi Qin didn't know how to ask.
Looking at the eldest prince's uncertain expression, Xiao Yu was secretly cool, you kid want to talk to the master, is it a little tender.
"Mr. is really a genius, I saw Mr. at first sight, I wonder if Mr. is willing to help me?"
Finally show your fox tail!
Xiao Yu shook his head and said, "I also have some achievements in divination, I don't have the talent to go through the heavens and the earth, and I am lazy, so I am not suitable for standing in the court." β
"That's a pity, sir, come, please eat...."
After being full of wine and food, Xiao Yu didn't stay any longer, and after a few days of mixing in the Drunken Smoke Pavilion, he really missed the small courtyard of the academy.
After calculating the time, it was estimated that Qing was teaching at the beginning of the month, so he raised his feet and went to the academy.
The next day, Xiao Yu got up early, went to the school room to assign some tasks to the students, and then walked briskly to the palace.
Although Xiao Yu was named a Heavenly Master, it was just an idle position, and he should not have the right to go to the court to discuss matters, but Xi Ze granted Xiao Yu a lot of power for the sake of the enchantment, and this court was one of them.
After the ministers passed the word, Xiao Yu stood in front of the civil and military officials in front of the court.
"Heavenly Master, but there is something important to report?"
"Exactly, yesterday I watched the stars at night and found that Beidou was deficient. β
With that, Xiao Yu slowly stretched out his right hand, and then concentrated his energy to manifest the Star Dou Peerless Array that had been prepared for a long time.
With this hand, a group of civil and military officials were dumbfounded, fabricating star maps out of thin air, what else could this kind of immortal method be!
"This... This.. Could this be a miracle?"
Even Nishizawa, who was sitting firmly on the dragon chair, was very shocked when he saw this scene, and subconsciously stood up from the dragon chair and leaned over to try to look.
"Heavenly Master, what is this?"
Xiao Yu was secretly overjoyed, pointed to the Star Dou Array with only six stars and said: "Your Majesty, please look, this is the star I saw yesterday, as we all know, the Big Dipper is seven stars, but yesterday there were only six stars, and the remaining Shaking Light Star faintly seems to be extinguished; β
"What? The barrier is going to be broken? This can't be!"
"That's right, the barrier of my Western Kingdom has gone through thousands of years, and I have never heard of it being broken. β
"But Xiao Tianshi has such immortal methods, he will not be mistaken. β
"What should I do, if the barrier is broken, my Western Calendar Country..."
β.....β
There was a commotion in the court, and Xiao Yu had a headache when he saw Nishizawa say angrily: "Enough, there is such a noise in the court, what kind of system." β
"Your Majesty is angry, and the ministers deserve death. β
Hula knelt down, and Xiao Yu was still standing in the entire court, which was particularly eye-catching.
Xiao Yu didn't care either, and as soon as he waved his hand to collect the Star Dou Battle, he listened to Xi Ze and said, "Heavenly Master, is there a way to remedy it?"
"This...."
Seeing Xiao Yu hesitate, Xi Ze hurriedly said: "Heavenly Master, if you have anything to say, if you lack the materials to repair, I will immediately issue an order, even if you go through the entire Western Calendar Kingdom, you must find it for the Heavenly Master." β
"Your Majesty misunderstood, what I said was that the barrier was showing signs of imminent destruction, this ordinary material must not work, it just needs to..."
"What is all you need? Heavenly Master, but it doesn't hurt to say it. β
Xiao Yu glanced at Zhang Song out of the corner of his eye, and said lightly: "All you need is a highly respected minister to go to the southern Vermilion Bird City and pray sincerely for three years." β
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As soon as Xiao Yu's words came out, the entire court was silent.
It wasn't until Xiao Yu coughed that Nishizawa reacted, and said with some skepticism: "It's that simple?"
Xiao Yu shook his head and said, "Naturally, it won't be so simple, if the position is not high, it will be insincere, and if the heart is not sincere, it will not be effective." This candidate must not be too low, otherwise he will not be able to suppress it, but he must also have knowledge and both ability and political integrity to be able to turn danger into relief. β
Every time Xiao Yu said a word, Zhang Song's eyelids couldn't help jumping, but he didn't even dare to breathe at this time, for fear that Xi Ze would take a fancy to him, and his old bones would not be able to withstand the toss.
However, things often come when they are afraid.
"Zhang Aiqing, are you willing to go?"