Du Ze didn't know Li Xiuyuan, but this was normal.

The rise of his prestige is only a few years, and most of them spread among the ghosts and gods in the south, some ghosts in the capital only know that there is a saint in the south, but they don't know much about the others, after all, the Great Song Dynasty has also produced a half-saint before, and there is nothing too special.

And with an identity like Du Ze, who is in a high position and deals with government affairs, he rarely pays attention to a person outside the capital, unless he enters the boundary of the capital and makes some noise.

"It seems you don't know me. Li Xiuyuan said with a calm face: "But it doesn't hurt to do this, after all, the ghosts in the capital will soon know the name of my Li, and the three words of my Li Xiuyuan will be like a sharp sword, hanging above the heads of you ghosts and gods, and the grid of this capital in the future."

The game has to change. ”

"I can take the body of the squire of the criminal department, you can't think of it as a spirit who has cultivated alone, right?

Well, the Dharma name is Cihang Pudu, and he is a thousand-year-old centipede essence. ”

Li Xiuyuan slowly fell from the sky, and at this moment, the abyss that cracked on the ground quickly closed.

The courtyard was restored to its original state, and the centipedes all over the ground fell into the underworld and disappeared.

"If Master Du doesn't mind, let's talk about it, what kind of relationship is the relationship between the national teacher and you?" Li Xiuyuan said slowly.

Du Ze's eyes condensed slightly at this moment, revealing a look of surprise: "Where did you learn about the identity of the ancestor?"

Cihang Pudu, who has been practicing for thousands of years, entered the imperial court as a national teacher, no one knows what his body is, but there are ghosts and gods who guess that the national teacher practices the way of incense, after all, as soon as he serves as the national teacher, he wantonly collects money, casts golden Buddhas, and absorbs incense.

Use the national power of the Great Song Dynasty for its cultivation.

"Ancestor, so you are also a descendant of the national teacher? He is really capable, I don't know how many centipedes he has born, I saw two when I was in Jinling City before, but I didn't kill them, because there are still some transactions between me and the national teacher. ”

Li Xiuyuan said, "It's just that I didn't expect that today, the hand of the national teacher has reached the six departments of the imperial court? What does he want to do, do you want to use the spell of the side door to control the government?"

Du Ze was immediately silent.

He felt that this person might be a figure of the level of the ancestor, he had seen through his identity, and he was even more outspoken to the ancestor, without half a bit of fear, such an attitude was something that no one in the capital could do.

"Go and call the national teacher, no, no, since you are a servant of the criminal department, then the golden body of the national teacher must be enshrined in the family. Li Xiuyuan's eyes moved slightly, and he looked in the direction of the study: "Where is there a stream of incense." ”

Immediately, he walked directly towards the study.

One step out is a distance of ten zhang, and two steps below the person has already entered the study.

"Is it a spell to shrink the ground into inches? Sure enough, it is a figure of the level of immortals, I have now faded away from the demon body and occupied Du Ze's body, the spell is not as good as before, if I fight with it, I will definitely be killed." A trace of cold sweat broke out on Du Ze's forehead.

Although spells like Soul Transference can be borrowed to respawn, like other spells, there are good and bad sides.

The bad side is that after this spell is cast, the goblin will lose its own body, the path will be frustrated, and it will be difficult to practice, and generally speaking, it will not be used unless it is forced to do so.

Of course, there are also some people who specialize in practicing this spell, and then choose the master of the rich and noble family to cast the spell, so as to take this opportunity to seize the body, occupy other people's family property, and enjoy other people's wives and concubines.

As soon as Li Xiuyuan walked into the study, he saw a corner of the study and set up an offering table.

There is a golden Buddha on the altar where it is located, and there are many incense burners in front of it with many burned incense candles, which shows that this golden Buddha is often enshrined.

"National teacher, don't say that you didn't notice anything about today's events? I have encountered a lot of things when I came to the capital, I have seen a lot of ghosts, and I know the turbidity of this pool of water in the capital, but your minions have reached into the court, the mansion of the squire, don't you want to talk about this matter

What?"

Li Xiuyuan said to the golden Buddha.

This golden Buddha does have the compassion of a Buddha, but it gives him a strange feeling, making people feel that something is attached to it.

His voice fell.

Immediately, the golden Buddha burst out with dazzling golden light, which formed a circle, like a Buddha seal.

From this golden light, an old man dressed in Dharma clothes, like a monk, looking dignified, noble, compassionate, and kind, walked out slowly.

"Is it an incense clone again?" Li Xiuyuan's eyes moved slightly.

Ever since he dealt with this national teacher, he didn't dare to show his true body, and he appeared as an incense clone.

Is it that you can't get out of your body? Or are you jealous when facing yourself, and you don't dare to show it with confidence.

"Li Shengren went north to enter Beijing, for the country and the people, good thoughts were stimulated, covering half of the capital, all kinds of visions I saw very clearly in the imperial city, today I don't know what made Li Shengren unhappy, and actually called me out to talk about things? It's not that I avoid you, it's really that the imperial city is not peaceful,

I have to sit in the imperial city, just wait for a few days Li Shengren to enter the court to report on his work, you and I are ministers with the court, good inner kings and outer saints, each other is a horn, the capital, the world is well governed, this is Li Shengren's pursuit, but also my pursuit. ”

The national teacher was smiling, kind and kind, and his tone was respectful.

"See Ancestor. ”

Du Ze walked in at this moment, and when he saw the national teacher, he was immediately startled, and hurriedly knelt down and saluted.

"You and I do have the possibility of cooperation, but I didn't promise you to cooperate, before that, wouldn't the national teacher want to tell me what happened to Du Ze, the servant of the Criminal Department?" Li Xiuyuan pointed at Du Ze and said.

The national teacher said with a smile: "Du Ze used to be a corrupt official and evil minister, he formed a party and disregarded the law of the country, some villains and sinners who should have beheaded him escaped the death of beheading because someone bribed him, and some prisoners who should not have died were replaced by the quota of death row prisoners, unjustly."

In vain was beheaded. ”

"In the past, there was a yaman in the capital, bullying men and women, relying on his father's power, robbing and insulting the wives of foreign merchants, and after the fact, he also killed people, killed merchants, and servants, a total of more than ten people, this was originally a crime that should be beheaded, but on the day of the execution, Du Ze accepted bribes

bribes, and transferred prisoners who thought they were similar in size and appearance to be pressed to the execution ground. ”

"Do you know that the prisoner who died in place was only in a fight for a few days, and because he had no power in the family, he became a substitute for the dead. ”

Li Xiuyuan frowned: "The law of the imperial court is unbalanced, this is the result of the unfavorable rectification of the official family, what do you want to say?"

"The officials are also powerless, the courtiers are in a private group, colluding, and have the intention of controlling the government, coupled with the decline of the national strength, the majesty of the court is gradually losing day by day, where is the punishment of a criminal servant? If you want to punish, you have to go to the book to file a complaint, but who in the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty would take such a meaning

Seeing that the matter offended the squire of the Criminal Department?" the national teacher said with a smile.

Li Xiuyuan said: "So you thought of a way to use the soul transfer technique to let the centipede essence under your hand occupy Du Ze's body, so that he changed from a corrupt minister to a fair and strict good minister?"

"Exactly, this is a statecraft that I have in mind. ”

The national teacher said: "Li Shengren rest assured, the spirits I selected are all full of poetry and books, know etiquette, righteousness and shame, and know loyalty, righteousness and filial piety, they are the blessing of the people and the blessing of all the people as officials, and I will also supervise behind my back to ensure that nothing goes wrong." ”

"Just your sincere words?" Li Xiuyuan frowned deeply.

"It's true, do I still need to say some lies to deceive you in the face of you, Sage Li? At our level, what we are pursuing is just the idea in our heart, the sage's concept is that the world is prosperous and stable, the people are peaceful, and they live and work in peace and contentment

The surname is rich, and the world is peaceful, otherwise I would have become an immortal and live happily with my ability, so why stay in the world and get involved in this rolling red dust. ”

The national teacher said with emotion, it is indeed a compassionate attitude.

"But I am weak in manpower, if I can get the help of you Sage Li and destroy some of the evil demons and demons that block the path in front of us, then it is not impossible for us to complete this concept in our lifetime, and before that, the sage will naturally do it, and of course I will be the evil demon

Why worry that this world cannot be stable? Moreover, I live for a thousand years, ten thousand years, as long as I do not die, I can protect this world for thousands of years, and I can also avoid the pain of dynasty change, isn't it better?"

After speaking, the national teacher looked at Li Xiuyuan sincerely.

Li Xiuyuan was silent.

The reason for his silence was not that he could not find a reason to refute it, but that he saw the feasibility of the plan.

From the perspective of the national teacher, his approach is not wrong, rather than letting corrupt officials control the government, it is better to let the spirits under his hands govern.

Seeing Li Xiuyuan's silence, the national teacher shouted at Du Ze again: "This is a saint in the south, his status is very noble, and he still kneels and kowtows to apologize." ”

Du Ze didn't dare to disobey the ancestor's words, so he immediately knelt down, kowtowed to Li Xiuyuan, and said, "The little demon has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, and I ask the saint to forgive me." ”

"If Sage Li thinks there is anything wrong with Du Ze being the servant of this criminal department, even if you kill him, I will not protect him. The national teacher still said frankly.

Li Xiuyuan stood with his hands in his hands at this moment, and saw Du Ze kneeling to the side and kowtowing to him.

He knew that the real Du Ze was dead, and what he saw in front of him was just a spirit pretending to be Du Ze's body.