Chapter 314: Listening to Bowls, Playing with Cats, Xuan Guan
The time when it was warm and cold has passed, and the spring is full of joy, and it is just about to end.
During these days, not to mention the imperial government offices, official and private schools, even the business of the theater was much worse.
For some reason, Lu Guogong, who was famous for his negligence in politics, suddenly became diligent. Although he still didn't do anything serious, he just sat in a chair and drank tea, but he didn't ask for sick leave for dozens of days, which still surprised his colleagues in the court and the subordinates of Taichang Temple.
At this moment, seeing his figure walking towards 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 disperse the officials who were seeing him off. He glanced at the unremarkable Jingshang standing outside the crowd, and after thinking about it, he still didn't let him come forward to speak.
After getting in the car, he took out a spar from the drawer and held it in his hand. With the help of spiritual energy to restore his spirit and calm his mind, he asked, "Are you sure it's broken?"
The steward of the Duke's Mansion was outside the car at this time, so he was naturally not the subject of his questioning.
Duke Lu asked a blind man sitting in a carriage.
The blind man had gray hair and simple clothes. He was old, but he was very energetic.
The old man was a soldier of Duke Lu when he joined the army in the north. After being injured, he was taken into the mansion by the Duke and accepted this boring but very important job.
"The subordinates can hear clearly, the broken one is the blue flower cup."
Naturally, Duke Lu would not stay in that room for a long time, and he had to be prepared all the time. This blind old soldier became the best candidate.
In the Duke's mansion, the old soldier's apparent job was to raise birds, and he lived very close to the inner courtyard. No one knew that his real job was to listen to bowls.
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Duke Lu came to Jing's house through the tunnel, and when he looked up, he saw the dusty Gu Qing.
As a sword cultivator, he actually gave people a sense of travel and dust. It can be imagined that he came in a hurry.
Duke Lu was a little dissatisfied, and said, "How many days has it been?"
Obviously, he thought Gu Qing came too late.
Gu Qing is also helpless, he is not a second-generation teacher like Zhao Layue and Jing Jiu, if he wants to leave Qingshan, he must apply and get approval.
Although Qingshan is not strict about this kind of matter, he can also leave secretly like Duan Liantian of Shangde Peak and Jian Ruoshan of Liangwang Peak, but the destination of his trip is Chaoge City, Jing Jiu vaguely mentioned in his letter that he might stay in the palace during his trip, so how can he hide it from others?
No matter how isolated Shenmo Peak is, it still needs to go through this process, otherwise it will appear too disrespectful to the other peaks.
Unexpectedly, Mr. Zhu Feng, who didn't care about such things in the past, was very serious this time. After all, he agreed with Gu Qing to go to Chaoge City, which caused a very fierce dispute. It wasn't until Zhao Layue came out of the closed cave to rest one night, and upon hearing about it, Yuan Qu asked Yuan Qu to go there, and Gu Qing got permission the next day.
As a result, the time was delayed a lot, and when he came to Chaoge City, there had already been several spring rains here.
After explaining the reason, Lu Qing asked Duke Lu the real purpose of his trip.
Jing Jiu vaguely mentioned a few words in the letter. He guessed a little bit, but he couldn't be sure.
After hearing Lu Guogong's words, Gu Qing thought for a while and asked, "Can I enter the palace at night?"
He felt Duke Lu's anxiety and urgency.
At this time, the spring sun is already slanting, and the petals of the crabapple trees in the yard are falling, shining like countless fires under the twilight.
Lu Guogong thought for a while and said: "You should have a good rest first, don't rush this night."
He was indeed a little anxious, because the dispute in the Qingshan sect showed that the opinions within Qingshan were not unified about what Shenmo Peak wanted to do.
If in the end Qingshanzong chooses to stay out of the matter, how will Jing Jiu's arrangement be implemented?
As for what Jing Jiu was doing in the Demon Town Prison at this time, and whether he was in any danger, Duke Lu didn't even dare to think about it.
On the second day after Jing Jiu entered the Town Demon Prison, Lu Guogong found a way to confirm that he had escaped from the cell, so where did he go now?
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Starlight through the window.
Gu Qing sat cross-legged on the ground, closed his eyes and meditated, but was worried about the safety of his master for a while, and thought about what would happen after he entered the palace tomorrow, and his mind was hard to calm down.
He stood up, walked to the table, looked at the famous chess game, but found that he couldn't understand anything, so he had to go to the window to watch the night.
From nowhere in the night came a cat meow.
The cat's meow is not shrill or unpleasant, so it should not be hair spring.
A white cat appeared ghostly on the windowsill.
Gu Qing was a little surprised, and hurriedly saluted: "I've seen Lord White Ghost."
Ah Da didn't leave with his master, which was beyond his expectation and made him even more worried.
The white cat raised its head and gave him a cold and proud look, indicating that it was watching by itself, so what are you afraid of?
How did it know that Gu Qing didn't know what Jing Jiu was going to do, it was just because he thought that Jing Jiu would bring it specially for this trip, so he was a little uneasy.
Lu Qing watched the white cat leave.
Having been together on Shenmo Peak for a long time, he is naturally not as afraid of this cat as he was at first, but he will never lack the proper manners.
The white cat disappeared in the back garden of the well house. He was about to turn around, but saw the master's nephew sneaking under the courtyard wall, and couldn't help feeling a little puzzled.
The little boy's name is Jingli.
Maybe Jing Jiu didn't know it himself, but Gu Qing knew it, because he had to help take care of everything about Master, including relatives in the mortal world.
He thought for a while and followed.
When he came to the back garden of Jingzhai, he was a little surprised to see the scene in front of him.
Jing Li was looking for something in the garden, and called out in a low voice: "Mimi, Mimi, where are you?"
A white cat slowly came out from the haystack, looking at him with disgust.
This white cat is naturally that white cat.
Seeing it appear, Jing Li almost jumped up happily, and said, "I thought you were gone."
The white cat meowed perfunctorily, indicating 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 these words, the white cat's eyes lit up, stretched out its right paw, pulled out a pair of dominoes from the pile of weeds, and pushed them in front of Jing Li.
Suddenly it thought of something, turned around and looked at a shadow somewhere in the back garden, its eyes were as sharp as a sword.
Lu Qing was in shock, woke up, quickly looked up at the sky to express that he didn't see anything, then calmed down and left quietly.
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In the early morning of the next day, Gu Qing entered the palace with Duke Lu.
Jing Jiu's meaning was very clear, so they naturally didn't need to hide it from others, and they even deliberately showed up before the Great Court Meeting.
The figures of Lu Guogong and Gu Qing fell into the eyes of all the princes and ministers.
The news of Immortal Master Qingshan's entry into the palace immediately spread throughout Chaoge City.
Then there was new news that the immortal master would become the second prince's husband.
The origin of Lu Qing's identity was also quickly clarified.
Some people think it's inappropriate because Gu Qing is only a third-generation disciple of Qingshan, and it seems that he is not qualified enough to be the prince's husband. Some people think it is very suitable, because he is also the direct descendant of Master Jingyang, and more people care about the Qingshan sect who never pays attention to the affairs of the state... What do you want to do?