Chapter 71: Fluent Answers
After leaving the Yamen lobby, Gu Xu first went to the warehouse to receive the "Eternal Brightness Pill".
The hunchbacked old man is on vacation today - he is still watching a play leisurely on Xunliu Street.
The young man on duty in the warehouse instead of the old man is Dong Zhuangzhuang, a young handyman.
Gu Xu handed Dong Zhuangzhuang a note with the words "Chang Ming Dan" written on it.
Dong Zhuangzhuang took the note respectfully, and then rummaged through more than a dozen drawers in the warehouse, but did not find the "Eternal Brightness Pill" that Gu Xu wanted.
"I'm sorry, sir," Dong Zhuangzhuang lowered his head and said to Gu Xu tremblingly, "there are too many pills here, I don't know where to put the 'Changming Pill'-"
"—The second drawer on your right." Gu Xu interrupted him lightly.
With the talent of [Extensive Memorization], although Gu Xu did not deliberately remember, he could still easily recall where the hunchbacked old man used to place various medicinal pills.
“Yes, my lord!”
Dong Zhuangzhuang immediately took the "Eternal Brightness Pill", bent down and handed it into Gu Xu's hands.
"Thank you!" Gu Xu smiled.
At this moment, Gu Xu couldn't help but admire the hunchbacked old man.
Although the old man fishes all day long and either dozes off or reads his script during work hours, his business ability is outstanding - he can accurately remember the placement of more than 100 items in the warehouse. , most people can’t do this kind of thing.
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According to the original plan, Gu Xu planned to go back to his home first and make a simple "health lunch" for Shi Xiaohan.
Then while I have the elixir in hand, I will spend this afternoon trying to break through to the "Second Song of Underworld" realm.
However, at this moment, Cui Tianyou, the eighth-level exorcist director, suddenly came to him.
"Brother Gu, I remember telling you before that because some of the documents in the library are too old and have been gnawed by mice and moths, we are currently copying and sorting them. There are many problems, I need to ask you for advice."
"Brother Cui, I remember you told me before that I will have a share of the reward for this matter."
"The merit reward for copying documents will be divided into one-third for you."
In the Daqi Exorcism Department, you can earn merit not only by doing ghost-killing tasks, but also by copying documents, refining magic weapons, and doing logistics You can also get some merit rewards for work and so on.
It’s just that for Gu Xu, doing ghost killing missions is the most efficient way to earn merit, so he rarely considers other ways.
"No problem." Gu Xu agreed readily.
He never likes his plans to be suddenly disrupted.
Unless given money - no, merit.
After all, in this world that requires a lot of resources to become stronger, what limits Gu Xu's speed of practice is not his talent, but his poverty.
Gu Xu then followed Cui Tianyou to the Yamen Library, which he was very familiar with.
Beside the desk by the window, there are several scholars wearing robes and square scarves who are immersed in writing.
"Brother Cui, I remember there is a handyman in our yamen who is responsible for managing books and materials? Why did you invite the students from Yishui County School?" Seeing the attire of these scholars , Gu Xu felt a little strange.
"The handwriting of those handymen is so bad," Cui Tianyou sighed and explained, "It's like ghost drawings. It is estimated that only they themselves can understand it.
"The handwriting of these scholars still looks like Delicate and dignified. "
Gu Xu walked over and took a look, and found that it was indeed the case. These scholars' handwriting was like woodblock printing, upright and respectful, horizontally and vertically, neatly.
Gu Xu knows that this font is called "Taige style"
Because the imperial examinations of the Da Qi Dynasty required the use of regular script answer sheets; those with poor handwriting would not be on the list even if they were full of knowledge.
So scholars will practice "Taige style" hard to avoid losing "paper points" due to writing problems, which will cause ten years of hard work to be wasted.
At this time, the scholars also noticed Gu Xu's arrival.
They stood up one after another, bowed their hands to Gu Xu and said, "Xiaosheng has met Mr. Gu."
In fact, these scholars are much older than Gu Xu.
When they call themselves "niches" in front of Gu Xu, Gu Xu always feels a little weird.
"Do you recognize me?" he asked.
"Who knows Mr. Gu's reputation as a genius?" A scholar said, "Zhou Jiaoyu has described your deeds in front of us more than once. He said that people like you will never Those who are not in the pool will surely rise to the top in the future and become as powerful as the national master and the chief minister."
He is indeed a disciple taught by Zhou Jiaoyu!
This skill of blowing the rainbow fart is quite worthy of Zhou Jiaoyu!
Hearing this, Gu Xu sighed silently in his heart.
"Is there anything happening in your county school recently?" He pondered for a moment and asked.
He remembered that when he went to Yishui County last month to learn how to exorcise ghosts, he mentioned to Zhou Jiaoyu that the county's feng shui was not good and needed to be improved.
The scholar replied: "Recently, the county magistrate sent people to measure the terrain to the east of the county school, and wanted to build a 'Jinxian Building' there. Unfortunately, Yishui County's recent financial constraints and insufficient funds have been delayed. Construction has not started yet.”
Gu Xu nodded.
It seems that in this world, he is not the only one who is short of money.
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In the next period of time, Cui Tianyou took out many damaged books and asked Gu Xu many questions.
"In the third volume of "Feihong Sword Art", there are two different versions of the description - 'light as a feather' and 'powerful as a giant'." Brother Gu, do you know which one is correct? ”
“The first one. The key points of "Feihong Sword Technique" are to rise and fall lightly, to use skill to defeat strength, and to move a thousand pounds with four ounces. If you pay too much attention to momentum, it will violate its original intention. ”
"In a Feng Shui book, it is mentioned that 'mulberry, pines, cypresses, pear and locust trees should not enter the palace' - if these trees are planted in the residence, it will bring misfortune. However, we often use the word 'mulberry' to refer to Hometown. There is obviously a contradiction here. Brother Gu, how do you think this should be explained? "
" Mulberry trees are not planted because 'mulberry' is a homophone of 'mourning', which is considered unlucky. , this is just superstition, not Feng Shui. Mulberry trees have no effect in attracting yin. This Feng Shui book should be made up based on folk opinions."
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That's it. In this way, the two of them quickly solved many difficult problems by asking and answering questions.
The scholars next to them also unknowingly stopped what they were doing and looked at Gu Xu who answered all kinds of tricky and tricky questions, and couldn't help but be dumbfounded.
"How does this Master Gu's brain grow? How can he remember so much messy knowledge accurately?" The scholars found it unbelievable.
Thinking about the fact that they have occasionally memorized the Four Books and Five Classics that they have studied hard day and night, the scholars have to painfully admit that the gap between people is really huge.
Thank you book friend for your joy. Reward!
(End of this chapter)