Chapter 42 Listening to Bowls, Playing with Cats, and Proclaiming Officials
The time when the warmth is still cold has passed, and the spring is so full that it is about to stop.
During these days, not to mention the court yamen, official and private scholastic schools, even the theater business was much worse.
Duke Lu, who was famous and negligent, suddenly became diligent for some reason. Although he still did not do anything serious and just sat in a chair and drank tea, he did not take sick leave for dozens of days, which surprised his colleagues in the court and his subordinates in Taichang Temple.
At this moment, watching him walking out of the yamen under the spring sun, the officials and subordinates of Taichang Temple felt that everything had returned to normal.
Duke Lu waved his hand to let the officials who saw him go to disperse, looked at Jing Shang who was standing outside the crowd, but after thinking about it, he still couldn't let him go forward to speak.
After getting in the car, he took out a crystal stone from the drawer and held it in his hand. He used his spiritual energy to restore his spirit, calmed down at the same time, and asked, "Is it broken?"
The manager of the Duke's Mansion was outside the car at this time, so naturally he was not the target of his question.
Duke Lu asked about a blind man sitting in the car.
The blind man had gray hair and simple clothes. He was already old, but he was very energetic.
The old man was a personal soldier of Duke Lu when he was in the north. After being injured, he was taken into the mansion by Duke Guo and accepted this boring but very important task.
"I can hear it clearly, and the blue and white cups are broken."
Of course, Duke Lu would not stay in that room for a long time, and he had to prepare at all times, so the blind old man became the best candidate.
In the Duke's Mansion, the old man's apparent job was to raise birds. He lived very close to the inner courtyard. No one knew that his real task was actually to listen to the bowl.
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Duke Lu came to the Jing House through the tunnel, and looked up and saw Gu Qing covered in dust.
As a sword cultivator, he actually gives people a feeling of being exhausted. You can imagine that he is very anxious to come.
Duke Lu was a little dissatisfied and said, "How many days have it been?"
It was obvious that he thought Gu Qing was coming too late.
Gu Qing was also helpless. He was not a second-generation commander like Zhao Layue and Jing Jiu. If he wanted to leave Qingshan, he had to apply and then get approval.
Although Qingshan was not strict about such matters, he could also leave secretly like Duan Liantian on Shangde Peak and Jian Ruoshan on Liangwang Peak, but his destination for this trip was Chaoge City. Jing Jiu vaguely mentioned in the letter that he might stay in the palace during this trip, so how could he hide it?
No matter how lonely the Shenmao Peak is, you still have to go through this process, otherwise it will appear too disrespectful to the other peaks.
Unexpectedly, Commander Zhu Feng, who did not care about this kind of thing in the past, was very serious this time. He did not agree to Gu Qing going to Chaoge City, which triggered a very fierce dispute. It was not until one night that Zhao came out of the retreat cave to rest, and when he heard about this, he asked Yuan Qu to go there, Gu Qing did not get permission the next day.
As a result, time was delayed a lot. When he arrived at Chaoge City, there had been a few spring rains here.
Gu Qing explained the reason and asked Duke Lu the real purpose of his trip.
Jing Jiu vaguely mentioned a few words in the letter, and he guessed something, but he was unable to confirm.
After hearing Duke Lu's words, Gu Qing thought for a while and asked, "Can you enter the palace at night?"
He felt Duke Lu's anxiety and urgency.
At this time, the spring was slanting, and the crabapple trees in the yard had petals, and were shining by the twilight as if countless fires were burning.
Duke Lu thought for a while and said, "You have a good rest first, don't rush to spend this night."
He was indeed a little anxious because the dispute between Aoyama Sect showed that his opinions on what Shenmofeng wanted to do were not unified.
If Aoyama Sect finally chooses to stay out of the matter, how should Jing Jiu's arrangement be implemented?
As for what Jing Jiu did in the Demon Suppression Prison at this time, whether he encountered any danger, Duke Lu couldn't even think about it.
The day after Jing Jiu entered the Demon Suppression Prison, Duke Lu found a way to confirm that he had escaped from the cell. So where has he been now?
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Starlight enters the window.
Gu Qing sat cross-legged on the ground, closing his eyes to meditate, but he was worried about the safety of his master and thought about what happened after entering the palace tomorrow, and his heart was difficult to calm down.
He stood up, walked to the table, and looked at the famous chess game, but found that he couldn't understand anything, so he had to walk to the window to see the night.
A cat's meow came from somewhere in the night.
The cat's meow is not shrill or harsh, it should not be spring.
A white cat appeared on the windowsill like a ghost.
Gu Qing was a little surprised and quickly saluted: "I have met Lord Bai Gui."
Ada did not leave with his master, which was a bit beyond his expectations and made him even more worried.
The white cat looked up and looked at him coldly and arrogantly, saying that he was watching him, what were you afraid of?
It didn't know where Gu Qing didn't know what Jing Jiu was going to do. It was because it was a little uneasy because it was thinking that Jing Jiu was taking it with him this time.
Gu Qing watched the white cat leave with his eyes.
After spending time together on the peak of God, he naturally did not fear this cat as he was at the beginning, but he would never lack the etiquette he should have.
The white cat disappeared in the back garden of the well-door house. He was about to turn around, but he saw the master's nephew sneaking under the courtyard wall, and he couldn't help but feel confused.
The little boy is named Jingli.
Maybe Jing Jiu himself didn't know it, but Gu Qing knew that because he had to help take care of all the things about his master, including his relatives in the mortal world.
He thought about it and followed.
When he came to the back garden of Jingzhai and saw the scene in front of him, he was a little surprised.
Jing Li was looking for something in the garden and shouted in a low voice: "Mimi, Mimi, where are you?"
A white cat slowly walked out of the haystack and looked at him with disgust.
This white cat is naturally the white cat.
Seeing it appear, Jing Li was about to jump up happily and said, "I thought you were gone."
The white cat meowed perfunctorily, saying that I will not leave for the time being.
Jing Li stepped forward, carefully reached out and touched the white cat's head, and said, "Let's play..."
Hearing this sentence, the white cat's eyes lit up, and he stretched out his right claw to pull out a domino from the pile of weeds and pushed it in front of Jing Li.
Suddenly it thought of something, turned around and looked at a shadow somewhere in the back garden, with its eyes as sharp as a sword.
Gu Qing was shocked and woke up. He quickly looked at the sky and said that he had seen nothing, then calmed down and left quietly.
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The next morning, Gu Qing entered the palace with Duke Lu.
Jing Jiu's meaning is very clear, so they naturally don't have to hide it from others, and even deliberately appeared before the Grand Court meeting.
The figures of Duke Lu and Gu Qing fell into the eyes of all the princes and ministers.
The news that Qingshan Immortal Master entered the palace suddenly spread throughout Chaoge City.
Then there is new news that the immortal master will become the second prince's gentleman.
Gu Qing's identity and origin were quickly identified.
Some people think it is inappropriate because Gu Qingqing is just a third-generation disciple of Qingshan. It seems that he is not a good person to be a guru for the prince. Some people think it is very suitable because he is also the direct successor of Jingyang Zhenren, and more people are concerned about Qingshan Sect, who never cares about the affairs of the state and the dynasty... What is he trying to do?
Chapter completed!