Chapter 116: The Fallen Ghost
Taishi Qiu Rang did not approve of the construction of the altar in the first place, so he did not want to express any opinions.
When they were almost done, Taishi Qiu started to play something else.
He proposed to the Son of Heaven that Zuo Zhenggang, who was repaired in front of the palace, take over the post of governor of the Feilong Imperial Library, saying that Zuo Zhenggang was rigorous and meticulous in his work, and he was good at copywriting, so he would be competent!
This Zuo Zhenggang is naturally also a protégé of Master Qiu, and if he wants to put it aside on weekdays, our General Li will definitely have another obstruction from it!
However, at this time, he was thinking about how to get out of the of building the altar, and how could he still have the energy to find an awkward relationship with Master Qiu?
The Son of Heaven granted Master Qiu's request, and asked how the affairs of the Imperial Library were handed over after Fei Long's resignation?
He Zhuowen said that Governor Fei was in a hurry, and the relevant affairs were temporarily received by the Ministry of Officials, and all the case files, catalogs, cabinet keys and seals were being kept by him personally!
He Zhuowen also said that when he counted the case files, he found that many entries were missing from the catalogue, and he was sorting out and checking for omissions overnight in the past few days.
When the Son of Heaven heard this, he first reprimanded Fei Long for doing things roughly, and then praised He Zhuowen greatly, and said: "If Qing and others are as diligent as He Aiqing, why should I be so worried!"
This was mainly said to the people in charge of the altar construction, and their faces changed red and white.
The Son of Heaven instructed He Zhuowen to transfer the affairs of the Imperial Library to Zuo Zhenggang as soon as possible, and then retreat from the court without incident.
When the Son of Heaven left, Taishi Qiu asked the national teacher Cui Xiu to borrow a step to speak.
Qiu Rang said: "Brother Cui, you and I are close friends, and I won't beat around the bush if I have some words!"
Cui Xiu nodded and smiled: "Taishi wants to talk about the Holy Patrol, right? I knew you would come to me!"
"Then I'll be straightforward! Your proposal to the Holy Lord to build an altar on a large scale is extremely inappropriate, and now the construction period is so tight, Li De let them go to the army in order to complete the project on time, they must be widely recruited, their heads can't fall off, it is the people of Li who suffer, and the water carrying the boat can also overturn the boat!"
Cui Xiu arched his hands in the sleeves of his robe, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Master, I understand everything you said! But as a national teacher, I also have my difficulties, if I don't speak up according to the hexagram, do you want me to deceive the saint?"
Taishi Qiu just wanted to say a few words, but Cui Xiu hurriedly said: "Also, I said that it is up to me to say, the specific decision is the decision of the saint, if the decision of the saint is not appropriate, then it depends on your ministers, you can't persuade you, what can I do?"
"Taishi!" Cui Xiu looked at Taishi Qiu mysteriously and said, "Sometimes it may not be water that carries the boat!"
After speaking, he patted Taishi Qiu on the shoulder and floated away.
Master Qiu only felt that what he said before was some prevarication, but the last sentence was quite interesting!
"It's not water...... What could that be?" Master Qiu muttered.
On the other side, He Zhuowen arrived at the compound of the Ministry of Officials with his front foot, and followed with a person who was over half a hundred years old and dressed as a civil official, but it was Zuo Zheng, the new governor of the Imperial Library, who had just arrived.
He came to take over the affairs of the Imperial Library, and the pace of work was really vigorous.
After a polite greeting with He Zhuowen, Zuo Zhenggang mentioned this serious matter.
Unexpectedly, He Zhuowen said that the catalogue in his hand had not yet been repaired, so he simply waited for him to finish before handing it over.
Zuo Zhenggang said that he would help him complete it, and He Zhuowen said that he was the only one who was clear and organized, and it was easy for the two of them to mess up together, and there was not much left!
He Shilang is an upstart in the court, he is deeply respected by the saint, and he is the son-in-law of his teacher, Zuo Zhenggang has nothing to worry about, but he sits back and enjoys it, so he only asks He Zhuowen if three days is enough, saying that he is afraid that he will provoke the saint to blame after a long time!
So the two made an appointment to hand over in three days.
In the days after Fei Long's resignation, He Zhuowen was indeed working in the imperial library every night, even staying up all night and not returning at night!
He often went straight to the court when he came out of the imperial library, and then returned to the ministry to deal with daily affairs before going home, and went to the imperial library after a nap!
He's not tinkering with a directory, though!
Although Fei Long's character is average, he is not sloppy in his work, and the catalogue of all the case files is very complete and organized, and there is no omission as He Zhuowen said!
In fact, He Zhuowen was looking through the case files before and after Gengzi years!
As for why he did this, he still has to start with the case of Gengzi Nian of Wanmu Temple.
In the battle of Wanmu Temple in the year of Gengzi, the ten ghosts slaughtered the temple, except for the killing god and ghost Li Shangfeng who was trapped in the forest, the remaining nine ghosts were all punished, but one of the nine corpses had a bloody face and blurred flesh, and it was impossible to distinguish the appearance, but it was only identified by the captured minions by their clothes!
He Zhuowen was born calm and wise, although he was still young at the time, he already felt that something was wrong, and he kept it in his heart since then and refused to forget!
And after he was weak, he ran away from home in the name of traveling the world, but in fact, he went to investigate the matter!
His first stop was the lair of the Ten Ghosts - Yushan!
On the Ghost Peak, in the Nai He Hall of the Ghost Head Village, he found the portraits of the nine ghosts except for the Ghost Head Li Shangfeng!
With the deep memories that could not be erased in his mind, He Zhuowen compared the appearance of the corpses of the nine ghosts with the portraits one by one and found that the fish that could have escaped by faking death was the figure in the last portrait on the right:
This man was dressed as a scholar, with a thin body, a delicate and beardless face, holding half of the inkstone in his right hand, blood dripping from his left wrist, and the other half of the inkstone lying on the ground, with an overturned book basket next to it. It is called "Luodi Ghost Si Fang Yin", and the inscription poem says: Ten years of cold windows and a dream, abandon the text and live forever from the martial arts!
And it is precisely the Si Fangyin in this portrait that He Zhuowen remembers very clearly!
In the fierce battle that night, it was this person who was the first to find their family of three!
At that time, he and his father and mother heard the shouts of killing in the temple, and opened the door to see what was going on, but they saw this Si Fangyin standing at the door like a ghost!
His tangled and painful eyes have made He Zhuowen unforgettable!
For some reason, Si Fangyin didn't attack them, just looked at them a few times and turned to leave!
He Zhuowen recalled the appearance of the corpse at that time, the face and body shape were not very similar, and he was more and more sure that this Si Fangyin was not dead at all!
So he took down the painting and ran all over the country to find it!
The hard work paid off, and after several tosses, he spent a lot of money to learn from a miracle doctor on the rivers and lakes that Si Fangyin had changed his appearance, and he must have changed his name!
He Zhuowen spent a lot of money to ask this miracle doctor to paint Si Fangyin's appearance after plastic surgery, and he investigated all the way, and learned that this person had become an official in the court!
So he found Si Fang Yin to reveal his identity and revealed his identity.
Si Fangyin saw that the young school boy who was released back then had grown into a handsome and extraordinary son, and he actually tracked him all the way!
He was amazed, but he didn't have the intention of killing people, he was only ready to give up resistance and be killed!
However, at this moment, He Zhuowen promised that as long as he told the truth, he would keep it a secret for him forever!
Unexpectedly, Si Fangyin said that he was an official in the court, just to find out the truth!