Chapter 33: Temptation

Killing returned to Chengtianju at a hurry, and there was no news for two or three days.

Ren Yi has not been seen since that day, Gu Changqing suffered from no one around him to communicate, and returned to Taiyiguan.

Taiyiguan, as usual, was deserted.

Since He Yong failed the eight-rank Taoist assessment, his whole person was like a frosted eggplant, listless.

However, Ma Taiping, as always, saw Gu Changqing first congratulated him on becoming a Jiupin Taoist priest, and then persuaded him not to waste his efforts, saying that with your inferior Taoist heart, either you will be an honest Taoist spirit pawn, or you will come to Guanli to be a Taoist priest.

Although he does not serve in the imperial court, he is a Taoist priest in the temple, and he also has incense money to share every month, and his life is also comfortable.

Gu Changqing naturally couldn't agree with Ma Taiping's words.

After staying in the temple for two days, the viewer saw him again inexplicably.

I couldn't hear the heat and cold in the words, but asked an extra question: "Are you willing to come to Guanli to be a Taoist priest?"

Since Gu Changqing knew that the inexplicable real person was a six-grade Taoist priest, his respect for him was heavier than before.

At this time, when I heard the question of an inexplicable real person, my heart was warm, and I almost had to agree.

Fortunately, he held back in time, and after thinking about it in every way, he politely refused.

In such a Ming Dynasty, the whole people are oriented to the Tao, taking the imperial court route is the right way to become stronger.

He thought again that the inexplicable real person was a six-grade Taoist priest, and he was afraid that he should have served in the imperial court before, but he retired early for some reason.

Don't you want to go up any further?

You must know that the only way to promote the rank of Taoist priest is to be promoted.

For thousands of years, there have been only a handful of monks who have not been promoted through the imperial court official system, and their achievements will not be high.

When I came back from Taiyiguan, there was a Tsing Yi envoy waiting in front of the small courtyard.

The envoy of Tsing Yi is a Taoist priest from the eighth grade, and he can let a Taoist priest from the eighth grade wait in front of his house, I am afraid that the person behind him is either Zhuge Qiu or Zhu Jianming.

Could it be Zhuge Qiu?

The envoy in Tsing Yi made a gesture and said, "Gu Changqing, Lord Zhengyin is invited." โ€

Gu Changqing was stunned, what did Zhu Jianming do with himself?

He didn't dare to ask more, and followed the Tsing Yi envoy to the Dao Gong Division.

Zhu Jianming met Gu Changqing in the Zhenwu Palace, and retreated.

After the two of them sat down, Zhu Jianming said straight to the point: "Would you like to come to my Dao Gong Division to serve as a Dao spirit pawn?"

When Gu Changqing heard this, he was a little depressed in his heart, why did everyone want me to be a Dao Spirit Pawn?

He shook his head and said, "The students haven't thought about it yet. โ€

"Then you want to participate in the imperial examination?"

"At the moment, there is a plan to do so. โ€

"The hospital examination, the township examination, the general examination, and the palace examination, how sure are you of these four examinations?"

Gu Changqing lowered his head and responded: "It hasn't been done yet." โ€

"Since you are under my door, you and I can be regarded as the friendship of teachers and students, can I show you a clear way?"

Zhu Jianming's eyes were like lightning, hitting Gu Changqing's heart.

"The Master of Lingzhi passed on your Heavenly Dao Blue Soul Talisman, and you were able to draw it, which shows that you have a very high talent along with the talisman, and if this kind of talent is buried, it is a great loss to the imperial court. โ€

"I am the fifth grandson of Emperor Taizu, and I can repair a letter to let you enter the country as a prisoner. โ€

Gu Changqing suddenly raised his head, his eyes full of anticipation.

Guozi Jian Sheng, this is an extremely noble identity!

Guozijian is the head of the three ancestral courts of Taoism in the world, although it is now the yamen of the imperial court, but its predecessor is Kunlun Ruins.

Kunlun Ruins, which is a legendary holy place.

According to historical records, Kunlun Ruins is the place where the supreme god of the Three Qing Dynasty preached, which can be described as the beginning of the Tao.

Emperor Taizu moved the Kunlun Ruins to Fengtian and renamed them Guozijian, and the Kunlun Ruins have since become history.

However, the Taoist system of Kunlun Ruin is still there, and the prisoners of Guozijian are nominally subordinate to Guozijian, but in fact they are disciples of Kunlunxu.

If you want to become a prisoner of the country, in addition to the orthodox heirs of Kunlun Ruins, only the children of the emperor's relatives can enter.

In fact, the identity of Guozi Jian is equivalent to that of Wudang and Emei disciples.

Although Zhu Jianming is only the official of the Dao Gong Division of Emei County, he is still the fifth grandson of Emperor Taizu, and he has the qualifications to recommend Gu Changqing to be a prisoner of the country.

It's just that Gu Changqing is thinking, why is Zhu Jianming like this?

Could it really be that he just pitied Gu Changqing's talent for this spell on the surface?

Or is it because of the spiritual master behind Gu Changqing?

Gu Changqing was hesitant in his heart, Guozi Jian was undoubtedly a great temptation, but there was no free lunch in the world.

Everything follows a balance of gains and losses.

How much you gain means how much you lose.

As a price, what does Gu Changqing have to lose?

Zhu Jianming said: "I can write this letter of recommendation for you, but you have to do one thing for me." โ€

Gu Changqing understands that this is the balance between gain and loss.

"Please speak up, sir. โ€

"You can't do this at the moment, and I'll tell you when the time comes. โ€

Gu Changqing's blood was about to coagulate, nervous, excited, suspicious, and all kinds of emotions were like weeds in the wind in his eyes, messy and helpless.

A smile appeared on the corner of Zhu Jianming's mouth, as if everything was under his control.

"Of course, my letter of recommendation alone is not enough to make you a prisoner of the country, you still need to show real skills. You have three days to think about it, if you have the ambition of Qingyun, come to me again in three days, and make an oath in front of Emperor Zhenwu, you can take my letter of recommendation to Nanjing Guozijian. โ€

After Gu Changqing left, Zhuge Qiu walked out from behind the statue of the Emperor Zhenwu.

"My lord, I don't think you're a good chess piece. โ€

Zhu Jianming said with a smile: "Emei has been suppressed by Kunlun Ruins and Wudang for so many years, how do you think the Lingzhi Master can be willing?"

"But I don't think that this chess piece left by the Venerable Master can stir up the situation in the world. โ€

"The Master of Lingzhi is a first-grade Taoist priest, and there is also the Heavenly Dao Life Disc of the three of the ten ancient artifacts, no one can know better than him about the general trend of the future, since he has thrown out the horse, how can we not be reasonable?"

"But ยทยทยทยทยทยท"

Zhu Jianming waved his hand and said, "This matter is settled." โ€

He pondered for a moment, then turned his head and said, "What's going on with that?"

"According to Skynet's intelligence, Zhuge Si should have reversed the whereabouts of the Eight Array Diagrams, but he was plotted by Liu Dayong in the Demon Cave. โ€

"Liu Dayong, I remember that you installed the person, right?"

"Exactly, he is Liu Bei's descendant. โ€

"So, only Liu Dayong knows the whereabouts of the Eight Array Diagram in the whole world?"

"I've arranged for the men of Diluo to hunt me down. โ€

Zhu Jianming nodded and said, "I will go to Jiading Mansion to take up a post in the Dao Gong Division in the spring of next year, and I must solve it within the year." โ€

After Zhuge Qiu slowly disappeared into the statue, what no one saw was that in the darkness, a trace of murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

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