Chapter 566: Gu Xu likes rich women?
"Emperor, Su'an Prefecture has announced its surrender to you, and the entire Xijiang Province has come under your rule."
"Emperor, Zhao Changying and Xu Man have captured the new Hedong alive. General Miao Zhida, Hedong Province has announced its surrender to you, saying that Daxia is the only orthodoxy in the wilderness today."
"Emperor, the defenders of Lianghu Province are vulnerable to our soldiers, and our army has occupied it. They have captured Yunyang Prefecture in the north and are marching southward. "
"Emperor, Baoning Prefecture and Xiezhou Prefecture in Western Shu Province have been captured, and their local governors have been kidnapped and sent to Daxing City. Waiting for the emperor’s fate.”
"..."
Gu Xu sat in front of the desk, looking at the good news that came frequently in front of him, with a calm expression.
A few days ago, Gu Xu, as the leader of Daxia, moved from Liangzhou City to Daxing City with his core team.
Although Liangzhou was the place where he started, the location was too remote after all. As his territory gradually expanded, it became increasingly unsuitable as his administrative center.
Daxing City is located in the Central Plains, with dangerous terrain, pleasant climate, and dense population. If you advance, you can drive eastward and conquer the world. If you retreat, you can defend yourself according to the danger and raise your troops until the time comes.
In the past, the Chu Dynasty first made Daxing its capital, and later moved to Luojing.
The distance between Daxing and Luojing is only more than 600 miles.
For practitioners who can fly with swords, they can travel between two places in one day.
Therefore, some officials of the Daqi Dynasty were so nervous that they could not sleep after Gu Xu made such a decision - after all, it meant that the place they were in was no longer safe and sound. of the rear.
At this moment, the person sitting next to Gu Xu is neither his right-hand man Luo Chuan nor the filial disciple Wang Jian who listened to his master's teachings.
It was Master Jueming who was invited from Lingshan Temple a few days ago.
That day, when the old monk with a face full of reluctance was brought to Gu Xu by one arm by Luo Chuan and Zhao Changying, Gu Xu was in a particularly happy mood.
He couldn't help but sigh: "All the saints in the world have fallen into my trap."
Luo Chuan immediately echoed: "This is because Emperor Shiren Bude is talented and decisive, and eradicates bad governance. ”
Zhao Changying didn’t say anything, but secretly lamented that he had a good vision in choosing his son-in-law. If he hadn't pushed her from the side, Zhao Yan, that silly girl, might still be ignorant and ignorant of emotions, and she wouldn't have been able to grab Gu Xu first.
Only Master Jueming cursed in his heart: "You two powerful true kings have joined forces to bully Lao Monk, a saint. One of you pointed a spear at Lao Monk's chest, and the other was about to hit Lao Monk on the head with a bronze mirror, and you also used Taoist rules. The realm blocked Lao Na’s true essence.
“How dare you claim to be benevolent? Obviously he doesn’t even have martial ethics! ”
Today’s Master Jueming also has displeasure written all over his face.
In the past, at Lingshan Temple, he was the only abbot who chanted sutras in front of others.
< br>Unexpectedly, it was Gu Xu who was chanting sutras in his ears today - to be precise, he was showing off his martial arts skills
"Master Jueming, if I remember correctly, in your Buddhist sect, you can accumulate merit by rescuing sentient beings and doing good deeds of compassion, right? I recently killed several Daqi officials who secretly colluded with ghosts and monsters. According to your Buddhist rules, how much merit can be accumulated by saving the common people from the mouths of ghosts? "
"By the way, I went to Shangshen Mountain yesterday, and I went to Beiyue Mountain the day before yesterday? , defeated two fierce god-level ghosts, one named 'Dang Hu' and the other named 'Zhu Huai'. This is considered a merit, right?"
"Master Jueming, Our ancestor Ksitigarbha once said, 'Unless hell is empty, you will never become a Buddha.' This should be regarded as the ancestral teaching of your Lingshan Temple. Now, I will capture Luojing and sweep away the wilderness. The next step is. Break the prison and attack the upper realm.
"If I really conquer the upper realm with the Great Wilderness, will it be considered as fulfilling the ancestral teachings of your Lingshan Temple?
“……”
Of course Master Jueming could hear it. Gu Xu's words seemed careless, but they were actually satirizing his passive avoidance of the world some time ago, and even helping Emperor Tianxing deal with the rebels.
He sighed helplessly and said: "Emperor, you are the lord of the wilderness and the future king of the wilderness. Why do you have to compete with a group of monks in the mountains like us?"
Gu Xu chuckled and said: "You guys, a group of experts, can't compare to me, a layman, in terms of accumulating merit and doing good deeds. Shouldn't you reflect on yourselves?"
Master Jueming knows that he can't argue with Gu. Xu could only stand up, clasped his hands and bowed to Gu Xu: "I was stupid, ignorant, and blind in the past. I did too many things to live in an ignoble way and offended the emperor. I hope that the emperor will be kind and forgive me and the disciples of Lingshan Temple for the previous "Mistakes I have committed."
"Sit down, Master," Gu Xu waved his hand towards Master Jueming, "If I am really a person who spends every penny, I am afraid that as soon as I am promoted to a saint, I will go straight to Lingshan Temple to avenge you for hitting me on the head with your Zen staff.”
"Thank you, Emperor!" Master Jueming saluted again and sat back down.
Gu Xu was silent for a moment, and then continued in the tone of an old friend reminiscing: "Master Jueming, how are little brothers Jingru doing recently? Have you successfully broken through the fifth realm?"
< br>Master Jueming shook his head: "Not yet, he is still in retreat in the temple."
"In my opinion, maybe your Lingshan Temple's escape from the worldly world is not suitable for him," Gu Xu said, "After he comes out of seclusion, if he still fails to be promoted smoothly, it is better for him to come to Daxing and do something with me."
"Lao Na thanked the emperor for his advice on Jingru's behalf."
Ever since he started to rebel in the name of Emperor Ziwei, Gu Xu has been keen on collecting talents from all over the world - those who help the Qi court, those who have just shown their talents in the cultivation sect, those who live in the countryside and are not appreciated... all of them Gu Xu tried his best to recruit him under his command.
After gathering the "Five Saints" of the Great Wilderness, Gu Xu set his sights on the backbone of the younger generation.
Like the little monk Jingru who once left a deep impression on him in the Lantern Festival Arena, he will naturally not let him go easily.
......
Chen Yanping and his sister Chen Suhui rode a carriage on the ancient bluestone streets of Daxing City.
Now early autumn has arrived.
In the cool breeze, the leaves on both sides of the road have been dyed golden yellow, looking bright and dazzling against the blue sky.
Perhaps because Daxing City has just changed hands, its streets do not have the same scene of crowds of people and busy traffic in the past.
The doors and windows of the roadside shops are closed, and the pedestrians on the road are in a hurry.
The residents in the city seemed to be nervously watching the development of the situation.
At this moment, Chen Yanping found that his mood was beyond imagination. From the moment he stepped out of the Chen family's mansion in Xiangyang, he seemed to have completely drawn a clear line with the past.
Father, brothers, sisters, clan members...these memories have been buried deep in his heart, just like the puppy Ah Hei, as if they have become experiences in previous lives.
At this time, he was just an ordinary fifth-level monk, a young talent who admired the benevolence of Emperor Ziwei. Chen Suhui, who was sitting next to him, seemed to be calmer than him.
Ever since her father Chen Shandao pronounced her fate, her face has not shown any emotion of sadness or joy, but she has accepted it calmly.
Chen Yanping once asked her: "Do you have any resentment in your heart about this?"
Chen Suhui responded in a calm tone: "As the daughter of the Chen family, I have enjoyed generous treatment in the family since I was a child. I have delicacies from the mountains and seas for my meals, I have silks and satins for my clothes, and I have servants and maids to serve me, and I never have to work hard for elixirs for practice.
"Compared to most people in the world, I was born in the Chen family. , which is considered a great blessing. Now that the family is in trouble, I should naturally step forward. How can I have any resentment? ”
Hearing her words, Chen Yanping didn’t know how to respond for a moment.
He knew that his sister had always been extremely intelligent and talented in practice - now she is only 28 years old. , but already has the cultivation level at the peak of the third realm. He only needs to find a suitable natal object to step onto the "Wangxiang Terrace" and advance to the fourth realm
However, perhaps because she is too smart, Chen Suhui has always shown an indifference and sobriety beyond her age, as if she is outside the world of mortals, watching the love-hate disputes in the world indifferently.
When her peers were still crying over the love between their children, she understood her fate early on: either marry into another family to win allies for her father, or recruit a son-in-law to be her father's. Gathering talented people from humble families.
"What are you reading?" Chen Yanping noticed that the book his sister was reading at this time was not the "Sages' Instructions" that she often held in her hands.
Hearing what his brother said, Chen Suhui lifted the book and showed the cover in front of him.
I saw four big characters written on it——
"New Edition of Fu Dao".
Chen Yanping is no stranger to the name of this book.
After Gu Xu defeated everyone in the battle of Talisman and Tao in Longmen Academy, there were Talisman masters in Luojing who compiled Gu Xu’s Talisman Tao thoughts and some representative Talisman seals into a book for the world to read and study.
Of course, after Gu Xu became a traitor and was wanted by the whole world, this book became a banned book in the Daqi Dynasty.
But perhaps due to the prohibition by the Da Qi court, the Talisman masters in Dahuang privately regarded this book as the sacred book of Talisman and Seal Script.
The less you can get it, the more exaggerated it is.
Many people even believe that as long as they read this book, their skills in talisman and seal script will improve rapidly, and they can reach the master level in just a few years.
So a magical phenomenon has recently appeared in the wilderness: in order to buy this "New Edition of Talisman Dao", Daqi's Talisman Masters have been quietly crossing the border and coming to the territory of Daxia. As Daxia's territory expanded, such behavior became more and more common.
The booksellers in Daxia also took the opportunity to print this book in large quantities and made a lot of money.
Some businessmen even changed the title of the book to "Ziwei Emperor Fu Dao Zhenjing", taking advantage of Gu Xu's recent fame to fool book buyers.
"But you don't learn the art of talisman and seal script, so what's the use of reading this book?" Chen Yanping asked with some confusion.
"To study Gu Xu." Chen Suhui replied calmly.
“Study Gu Xu?” Chen Yanping’s brows furrowed even more.
"Since my father asked me to come here to please him, I must first understand clearly what kind of person he is, what he likes, what he hates, what habits, temperament and ambitions he has," Chen Suhui's eyes were calm. Wubo seemed to be analyzing the problems encountered in practice, rather than discussing a person with whom he might have a close relationship in the future. "Although I don't understand Fu Zhuan, through some annotations in the book, I still understand I can indirectly understand some of his thoughts.”
“Have you gained anything now?”
"I think he is a person who truly cares about the people of the world," Chen Suhui said with a hint of admiration in her tone. "When other talisman masters create new talisman seal painting methods, they usually think of hiding their secrets. In order to seek greater benefits
"But Gu Xu is trying every means to lower the threshold for drawing talismans and make talisman seals popular so that every monk can use them as a weapon against ghosts. .
“For example, since the advent of the ‘Fire Character’, at least a hundred first- and second-level monks have successfully saved their lives after encountering ghosts and monsters that were difficult to deal with.
"Based on this alone, Gu Xu is a great and meritorious person. ”
Chen Yanping obviously didn’t expect that his sister would give Gu Xu such a high evaluation based on just a talisman seal script without even meeting her.
"So besides Fu Zhuan, have you done any research on other aspects of Gu Xu?" Chen Yanping asked curiously, "For example, what kind of women does he prefer-"
"-He I like rich women," Chen Suhui replied without thinking.
“A rich woman?”
Chen Yanping was obviously a little surprised by Chen Suhui’s answer.
He has always believed that Gu Xu is a person who values love and justice——
When they were at the Laoshan ruins, Shangguan Jin found ways to show her favor to him, but he always avoided her like a snake or a scorpion.
When Gu Xu made great achievements in Qingzhou and was promoted to Luojing City, he was completely unmoved by the many Yingying Yanyans in Luojing who had great wealth and extraordinary backgrounds. During the Lantern Festival competition, he wrote "That man is in the dim light" in front of everyone.
It wasn't until he was charged with treason and the marriage contract was torn up by Shi Lei that he let go of his original fiancée Shi Xiaohan, married Zhao Yan, and formed an alliance with the Yan Kingdom in the north.
Such a person actually prefers "rich women"?
Then why did he not choose to marry the Chen family when he was still young, but instead spent time with Shi Xiaohan?
Seeing his brother's puzzled look, Chen Suhui explained: "What Gu Xu likes is not the icing on the cake, but the money that provides help in times of need."
"As far as I know, when he was in Yishui County, the Shi family It's the biggest wealthy family there. When he was at the most difficult time in his practice, Shi Xiaohan gave him fifteen bottles of Jingxin Pills. "
"Then Gu Xu fell in love with her? "
"Yes," Chen Suhui nodded, "According to the information I heard, the two of them have been inseparable since then, and they have done almost all ghost-killing missions together. "
"Is it that simple? ”
"It's that simple."
Chen Yanping really couldn't imagine that the reincarnation of the dignified Emperor Ziwei could be easily bought by fifteen bottles of Jingxin Pill.
Why does it sound like that stupid dog Ah Hei?
When it was so thin from hunger, he threw a meat bone in front of it, and it followed him with its head and tail wagging.
I didn’t think about my future fate at all.
(End of this chapter)