Chapter 267: Demon Clan Certification

Du Si was stunned. Why did it suddenly involve him?

Some time ago, Du Si passed by the bamboo garden and was inspired by the bamboo. He wrote an article "On Bamboo Analyses".

Li Yuanbai saw it by chance and praised it highly. He personally carved a monument and erected it outside the bamboo garden.

After that, it caused quite a stir, so that the bamboos in the bamboo garden suffered. Many scholars learned to analyze bamboos, but unfortunately they could not understand any principles, so they dug up the bamboos and planted them in their own homes.

If they could not understand the principles in one day, they would plant them in their own homes and analyze them every day.

While packing up the chess pieces, Du Si said, "Master Qin, I heard that you could write articles at the age of seven, published a book at the age of nine, and passed the imperial examination at the age of twenty. You were also the first place in the imperial examination that year?"

Qin Zhong snorted coldly, "Why? Du Gezhu doubts what Qin said?"

These deeds were widely circulated in Longchuan Academy. The source came from Qin Zhong. He didn't like people saying that he was dull, so he often said that he was proud of his youth.

"It doesn't matter if you talk about being proud when you are young."

Du Si smiled and said, "However, Master Qin is already 180 years old, and he still talks about being proud when he is young. It can only be said that he has become a mediocre person in the past 160 years, which is even more stupid!"

Du Si has never been a weak person, otherwise he would not have beaten the chief examiner in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

In recent years, guarding the tea garden, his temper has not only not been smoothed, but has become more and more sharp.

Every day, observing the calligraphy given by Zhou Yi, influenced by its meaning and aura, Du Si hates demons and traitors, and even looks down on Qin Zhong and his ilk. .

Mediocrity!

Qin Zhong's eyes were red with anger when he heard this, and he said angrily: "Old Shanzhang, Du Si is just a junior, relying on his talent to humiliate me, how can his actions be Confucian benevolence and righteousness?"

"Benevolence and righteousness? You are not qualified to talk about benevolence and righteousness with me!"

Li Yuanbai waved his hand, grabbed Qin Zhong's neck, and said coldly: "Even the prostitutes know that some guests cannot be received. The singing girls in the brothels also know that some plays cannot be sung!"

"Qin Zhongzhi, do you know that some spiritual objects cannot be taken?"

Qin Zhong had no power to resist, and his Confucian righteousness was imprisoned. He struggled with his limbs like an old man hanging himself. He felt the palm of his neck increase in strength, and it became difficult to breathe.

"Shanzhang, spare my life, I will definitely change."

Qin Zhong begged: "Look at the fact that I have taught in the academy for decades, even if I have no merit, I have worked hard..."

Li Yuanbai heard this and became even more angry, and said hatefully.

"I have read books for a hundred or eighty years in vain, but I am not even as good as a singing girl. I am a disgrace to Confucianism if I live!"

Li Yuanbai said: "You kill yourself. I will tell others that you regret your past mistakes and die to atone for your sins!"

"Old headmaster, I don't want to die!"

Qin Zhong's eyes widened and his voice was shrill.

"Since you don't want to die..."

Li Yuanbai's words gave Qin Zhong hope, but the second half of the sentence was: "I will help you die!"

Crack!

The muscles and bones of his neck were shattered, and Qin Zhong's soul left his body. His face was hideous and he kept cursing.

Desolate!

Li Yuanbai pointed his finger and his soul flew away. He threw Qin Zhong's body under the tea tree.

"The great scholar is the fertilizer, and this tea tree will surely flourish next year!"

"No way!"

Du Si shook his head and said, "The tea tree is innocent, but it is united with the flatterer? In this way, this magical tea cannot be drunk."

"That makes sense!"

Li Yuanbai clapped his hands in praise, waved his hand to sweep away Qin Zhong's corpse, and it fell at the main entrance of Longchuan Academy.

...

Heshan.

The mountain is only a hundred feet high and was originally unknown.

Since the hermit Qu Zhongshu built a thatched cottage here, masters often came here, and the reputation gradually spread.

Qu Zhongshu planted trees and flowers by himself, and spent more than ten years to turn the originally barren mountain into a beautiful mountain with green grass and trees.

After that, he trained cranes on the mountain, and ordinary people often saw magical cranes flying around, so it was named Heshan.

A white-haired old man came to the pavilion at the foot of the mountain and urged the jade talisman in his hand.

A moment later, a magical crane flew into the pavilion and carried Qu Su on its back.

The old man rode a spiritual crane, passed through the formations and restrictions in the forest, and landed outside a reed.

Qu Su bowed and said, "My son, Qu Su, I want to see my father!"

"Come in."

A voice came from the reed.

Qu Su pushed the door open and saw his father, the hermit scholar Qu Zhongshu, holding a Taoist scripture.

Qu Zhongshu's hair was gray, and he looked only forty or fifty years old. Standing with the gray-haired Qu Su, he looked more like a son.

"Sit down. What's the matter with coming to your father?"

"Father, it will be my 140th birthday party in a few days, and I specially came to invite you to attend."

Qu Su coughed twice, panting, and said, "My child's health is getting worse, and I have caught a cold recently..."

"Father knows, and I will definitely attend. I will refine some pills in a few days and send someone back home."

After Qu Zhongshu finished speaking, he found that his son was motionless, and wondered, "What else?"

Ordinary!

Qu Su knelt on the ground and said, "Father, I don't want to die. Please show me a way to immortality!"

"People talk nonsense about immortality. How can I show you?"

Qu Zhongshu was not angry. He had seen many births and deaths, and he only had one son.

Qu Su gritted his teeth and said, "I don't dare to be greedy...as long as father introduces Chongming the demon fairy to me!"

"Demon fairy!"

Qu Zhongshu's face changed slightly, and he waved his hand to set up a soundproof formation, and said sternly, "How did you know about Senior Chongming?"

"Father asked so, so it's true?"

Qu Su showed a happy expression. He was trapped at the peak of the fourth grade for decades. With the guidance of the demon fairy, he would definitely be able to break through the third grade.

Then he told his father about the Cui family banquet and the jade slips dropped from heaven. With the support of caring people, in just a few days, the list had spread throughout the sixteen states of Daqian.

Qu Zhongshu calls himself a hermit and is not very sensitive to outside news. He just learned about it for the first time today.

Qu Zhongshu frowned and thought for a moment. He was not a court official, nor was he promoting the benefits of the demon clan, so there was no need to care.

There are often rumors in Daqian that someone is colluding with demons and someone is betraying the human race. As long as there is no evidence, it's okay.

Qu Zhongshu felt relieved, glanced at his son, and said, "Do you think the demon fairy will give you advice easily?"

Qu Su asked doubtfully: "If the father is valued by the demon immortal, the child will naturally be loyal. Isn't that enough?"

"Of course loyalty is not enough! There are countless people in the world who are willing to surrender to demons and immortals, just like the crucian carp crossing the river. Who will get your loyalty?"

Qu Zhongshu explained: "If you want to benefit from the demon fairy, loyalty is secondary. First of all, you must be a decent person with a good reputation!"

"Decent man?"

Qu Su doesn't understand what he means. The Qu family is also the home of the county magistrate. Is it difficult to understand and not decent enough?

"For example, Qin Zhong is number one on the list you mentioned."

Qu Zhongshu said: "In the early years, Qin Zhong asked the elders of the clan to write for him and gained a reputation as a child prodigy. Later, he relied on unscrupulous means to gain the title of County Examination Yuan. But his stupidity cannot be concealed after all. Live here, at the age of 100 and 40, you will not be able to win the imperial examination, and you will not be able to establish a career..."

Qu Su said confidently: "My child must be more talented than Qin Zhong!"

Qu Zhongshu glanced at his son and continued: "Although Qin Zhong is stupid, his grandfather once founded an academy in Wuzhou and taught and educated people for decades. The academy students are all over the world!"

"This is a decent person!"

"..."

Qu Su was immediately speechless. The Qu family had only developed since Qu Zhongshu, and was far inferior to the Qin family in Pingyang County.

Qu Zhongshu said: "There is also Wang Ming. His father is good at writing books. He once wrote twelve volumes of commentaries on the Five Classics, and many students regard him as a model! Otherwise, do you think Wang Ming can firmly sit in charge of the Department of Heshan?"

"Then...Then...How come my father is so valued by demons and immortals?"

Qu Su asked suspiciously. Before Qu Zhongshu, the Qu family was just a wealthy businessman, not even a scholarly family.

"My father is not like Qin and Wang, who rely on their ancestors to cast a shadow! When he was still young, my father saw through the dangers of officialdom, so he gave up the imperial examination and relied on the joy of mountains and rivers. He traveled to famous mountains and rivers, talked about yin and yang with Taoist priests, and talked with monks On reincarnation, interpreting scriptures with scholars..."

Qu Zhongshu said proudly: "My father has friends all over the three religions and is famous among the hermits. Can he be considered a decent person?"

Qusu suddenly realized that he turned out to be such a decent person.

Think about yourself again. For decades or hundreds of years, you have only practiced at home and have only a few friends.

The journey of the demon immortal was hopeless. His life was about to end before his eyes, and he had to turn into a handful of loess.

Qu Su suddenly had an idea. His father knelt down to the demon immortal and gained hundreds of years of life. He could kowtow to others, such as Emperor Jingtai.

Emperor Jingtai is now on the verge of breaking up with the aristocratic family. As the commander-in-chief of the county, the Qu family will definitely receive heavy rewards if they express their support in a clear-cut manner.

For example, Wang Bo'an is already a minister!

Thinking of this, Qu Su quickly informed his father of his thoughts. Without Qu Zhongshu's support, the Qu family would be of little value.

Who would have thought that Qu Zhongshu flatly refused.

"Supporting Jingtai is absolutely not allowed! We, the scholars, must never surrender to the imperial power. Wouldn't it mean that we have lost the character of a great Confucian!"

…

Chunfeng Tower.

Busy and lively.

Droughts, wars, and conflicts between kings and ministers had no impact at all.

"Brother Zhou, this is the spiritual wine found from the Liu family. It is said to have been brewed by the first ancestor of the Liu family for a thousand years."

Li Xun personally poured wine for Zhou Yi and said: "Then the Liu family boasted that their character was as strong as strong wine. As a result, a large army surrounded the city, and each one took the initiative to open the city gates, fearing that his fellow clan members would take the lead."

The Liu family is also a thousand-year-old family. Unlike the Cui family, they prospered by following the Taizu of Daqian.

The first ancestor of the Liu family was a close guard of Taizu, who was posthumously awarded the title of general. His descendants have passed it down to this day, and they are already one of the most famous families in the Qian dynasty.

Unfortunately, when Emperor Jingtai inspected the land, the Liu family, known as the Hidden King of Taizhou, was the first to do so.

Li Xun escorted thousands of criminals from the Liu family to Beijing yesterday, and when he had some free time, he invited Zhou Yi to come to Chunfeng Tower for a wine tasting.

Zhou Yi drank the wine in the cup in one gulp, as if fire was flowing through his internal organs, and praised: "Yes, it has been aged for thousands of years, this wine is strong enough!"

Li Xun said happily: "As long as Brother Zhou likes it, I will have the wine moved to Brother Zhou's home later, which will be enough for dozens of jars. But the vintage is not a thousand years, but only a few hundred years."

Cui Yuan and Chen Ying were beside each other, busy pouring and drinking for themselves. Thousand-year-old spiritual wine is rare.

Zhou Yi said with a smile: "Brother Xun has gained quite a reputation in recent times. There are reports in the capital of generals who confiscate houses and marshals who exterminate clans. When you come to Chunfeng Tower today, there are 30% less guests."

After Li Xun entered, many people showed fear on their faces and glanced at him from time to time.

"We also obey your Majesty's orders and the matter of checking the fields has been settled for the time being."

Li Xun whispered: "I returned to Beijing yesterday to report on my work. I heard Hong Shangshu say that we are going to arrest people according to the list. Those who surrender will be executed, and those who dare to disobey will be executed by the nine tribes!"

The list of demon clan has been circulated in Beijing. Hundreds of members of the Wang clan were killed in the past few days, causing the people to shout loudly.

No matter how scholars try to whitewash it, they talk about the equality of all beings and the harmony between humans and monsters. In the eyes of ordinary people, it is just a rape of a human being and a monster.

When Chen Ying heard this, he couldn't help but said in surprise: "Catch them all?"

"We must catch them all. I've long disliked those nerds!"

Li Xun said coldly: "How many colleagues in the Demon Slayer Division died at the hands of demons? How can a few articles settle the blood feud? The demons and humans will eventually fight!"

Chen Ying nodded and said: "It has been rumored that those people on the list are running dogs of the demons!"

Zhou Yi smiled and said: "Rumors are rumors, but now it is confirmed by the demons!"

Chen Ying was puzzled: "The demons planted spies in Da Gan, how come they were suddenly exposed? Do they have any plans?"

"What plans can there be? They don't treat them as outsiders!"

Zhou Yi said: "These people usually promote the equality of all spirits and the harmony between humans and demons. Now they have been recognized by the demons. Maybe they are too happy!"

As soon as the voice fell, it immediately caused laughter.

Chen Ying said: "Father is worried about causing unrest. After all, that list..."

The dozens of people on the demon list are all top three masters. Their combined strength is not weaker than Xu Fengxian at the beginning. What's more, the relationship is complicated, and many of them are real monks. Their masters will never sit idly by.

Since the list was circulated, Buddhist and Taoist masters have been taking action.

Zhou Yi learned from Sanwu that the Taoist Alliance and the Buddhist sect had reached an agreement to try to protect the real monks on the list.

"This general is looking forward to someone taking the lead, preferably the Buddhist sect. I have disliked those bald donkeys since Bodhi County, so it's a good opportunity to wipe them out in one fell swoop!"

Li Xun smiled: "What's more, how can a general who confiscates property sound better than a general who destroys Buddhism?"

"Brother Xun, this is what you are!"

Cui Yuan gave a thumbs up and got to know Li Xun again.

"No match for Brother Yuan, who overthrew a thousand-year-old family by himself, and then ascended to the position of the head of the Cui family!"

Li Xun praised repeatedly: "Such courage and wisdom are rare. If he were in the court, he would definitely be appointed as a prime minister. That old man Yan can only write poems. In terms of courage, he is not as good as Brother Yuan!"

"We are just playing some tricks, how can we compare with Brother Xun, who has fought in the south and the north and won the emperor's heart!"

Li Xun said: "The investigation of the merits of the land, plus the list of the monsters, is enough for Brother Xun to be awarded the title of general. What is Wang Bo'an, a flatterer!"

The two were bragging about business, and the stage changed to the latest song in Beijing, "The Story of Eliminating Flatterers".

The story of the song is based on Wang Ming, compiled by the cabinet minister himself, and named by Emperor Jingtai himself. It has been popular in Luojing since it appeared.

Emperor Jingtai was not satisfied with exterminating Wang Ming's entire family, and he wanted him to be infamous for thousands of years.

After this song was released, no one in the court dared to speak for the list of demons, fearing that they would become the villains in the new song.

The courtesan's voice was melodious and pleasant, pointing at the inhuman demon and scolding her harshly.

"Reward!"

Zhou Yi was happy to hear this, and waved a few silver bills on the stage. It would be a loss of face for a master of alchemy to take silver again.

The madam stood aside, serving Zhou Yi and others, and quickly called the courtesan to thank her.