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"Yes! Your Majesty."

Bai Gui resigned and left, getting off the imperial chariot.

The imperial guard is very tightly guarded and is guarded by forbidden troops everywhere.

"Bai Sheren, please come with the Za family."

The eunuch with a white beard walking towards him was none other than Gao Lishi. He was now a member of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and concurrently served as the right-hand and guard general. He was in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which was a very powerful position.

He was now leading the way for Bai Gui.

Beside the imperial chariot, there are exits in all directions to prepare for assassins. If there is no one to lead the way, everyone will be stunned by the layers of defense.

"General Gao."

Bai Gui rolled up his sleeves and said hello with a smile.

The two rode away side by side.

"A few days ago, the Zajia family got a few squares of beautiful jade and wanted to carve it into seals, but they thought that Bai She people like beautiful jade and jewelry. If Bai She doesn't refuse, these beautiful jade will be given to Bai She people. I just ask Bai She. A person can engrave several private seals on the Zajia family..."

"I'm afraid Bai She people don't know that your calligraphy has been sold in Chang'an for hundreds of dollars per calligraphy. It's a pity that there is no market for it."

Before leaving the circle of imperial chariots and forbidden troops, Gao Lishi pretended not to care and said.

Although he is now favored by Li Longji, he has made contributions to Tang Long's positive changes and Xiantian's positive changes. But he knew that no matter how meritorious he was and how favored he was by the emperor, the existence of a eunuch and a slave of the emperor would be dismissed by the emperor at the first thought, which was too unsafe.

It is better to make more connections, not to mention saving one's wealth, but when one is down, someone can say a word to save one's life.

Now Li Longji ascends the throne.

The two princesses who are compatriots with Li Longji are undoubtedly rising upstarts.

The princess's wealth and status are much more stable than that of Gao Lishi. She is just like the eldest princess of Guantao in the Han Dynasty, or the newly executed Princess Taiping. As long as the emperor's brothers are in power and do not touch the fundamental lifeline, they basically cannot lose it in their lifetime. potential.

Gao Lishi did not dare to make too many friends with important officials in the court for fear of arousing the emperor's jealousy, but if he made friends with the princess, even if the emperor knew about it, he would consider him loyal, because the emperor's slaves also had to serve the royal princess.

Nowadays, everyone knows the relationship between Bai Gui and the two princesses. If he wants to make friends, it is easier to start with Bai Gui. Similarly, he also wanted to get in touch with Bai Gui. After all, Bai Guijian was in the emperor's heart.

"Since General Gao has this intention, I will accept it. The seal... will be sent to General Gao's residence after I carve it."

Bai Gui understood instantly and agreed.

Gao Lishi has been favored by Li Longji all his life, and he knows how to measure things. He makes friends with Gao Lishi and expands his network. Originally, when he was working in the palace, he was kinder to Gao Lishi and had a better relationship with Gao Lishi, but they were only acquaintances, not to the point of exchanging handles.

Calligraphy is something that anyone who knows how to do can figure it out. Once you carve a private seal and give it to someone, it is equivalent to falling into trouble.

But if there is no handle, who will take the risk and spare no effort to speak for you.

"If you want someone to take something, you must first give it to someone else." - "Tao Te Ching".

Everyone who stands at the pinnacle of power will definitely have countless handles, and these handles are the feathers that gather party members.

"Bai She is very generous. Since he is carving a private seal, he has to pay for polishing it..."

Gao Lishi breathed a sigh of relief and was about to say more when he was interrupted by Bai Gui.

"There is no need for retouching fees."

Bai Gui refused.

"It's the Zajia who made a mistake."

Gao Lishi understood the meaning and smiled.

Bai Gui's meaning is very obvious. It's okay for us to keep in touch with each other, and it's okay to have any favors, but he won't deliberately collect some money. A gentleman loves money and gets it wisely. He does not want to be a lonely minister, and there is no need to make connections to be a lonely minister, but anyone who wants to advance further in the court will make friends with the eunuchs in the palace. This is a tacit thing.

Whether to accept beautiful jade or not to charge polishing fees is a matter of degree.

…

Return to Fengchaan.

The phoenix chariots of Princess Jinxian and Princess Yuzhen are not far from the imperial chariot.

After Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty came to power, the first in the royal family were his two sisters.

The two princesses were laughing and chatting.

Seeing this, Bai Gui didn't bother him, but went to rest on the jade couch of Princess Jinxian's phoenix chariot.

Draw down the curtain.

"I didn't expect that even Gao Lishi knew that I was collecting jade and jewelry secretly, and took this as an opportunity to befriend me..."

"Yes, you can't hide this kind of thing for a long time."

"Anyway, there are so many officials who are greedy for money and lust, and I'm not the least of them. It's normal to have some little hobbies."

He thought secretly.

After thinking for a while, he took out a fist-sized beautiful jade bead from his sleeve. There seemed to be thunder in it. It was the Thunder Lingzhu, one of the five legendary Lingzhu in the world of fairy swords.

This Thunder Lingzhu was a treasure he obtained accidentally when he was teaching Liu Jinyuan in the backyard of Liu Mansion a year ago.

Because he had practiced Lou Guan Tao's technique of controlling the six qi, he was extremely sensitive to spiritual intelligence.

The Thunder Lingzhu was buried in the backyard of Liu's house. It was full of inspiration. When he got closer, he could sense it and dug it out.

Most people can't go to the Liu Mansion's backyard. This is the prime minister's residence. In addition, Mrs. Liu did not believe in Buddhism, so no Taoist monks went to the backyard of the Liu Mansion and were lucky enough to be met by him.

After getting the Thunder Lingzhu, he announced the news in Chang'anfang City and collected beautiful jade at a high price.

The news spread like wildfire and reached Gao Lishi's ears.

"Southern Rogue..."

"There are two ways to enter Sichuan. One is the land route, which takes the Jianmen Pass to enter Sichuan, and the other is the Yangtze River water route."

"I will go to Luoyi first and go south along the Grand Canal to Yuhang to see if I can find this person."

He shook his head and put the Thunder Spirit Pearl back into his sleeve.

The Thunder Spirit Pearl contains the power of thunder, so it is difficult for ordinary people to touch it.

But he is not one of them.

The Lishan Military Conference was huge.

Envoys were sent from all directions to watch.

At the same time, it frightened the remnants of the Taiping faction who had different intentions.

The most important thing is that through this Lishan Military Conference, Li Longji completely mastered the power of the 200,000 recruited troops, and used Guanzhong to dominate the four directions and suppress the entire Tang Dynasty, so that the imperial power was truly and thoroughly stabilized.

After returning to Chang'an, Li Longji issued an edict, ordering the secretary Bai Gui to be the Jiannan Road Censor and the Governor of Yizhou, and to go to Jincheng to take up his post that day.

But before leaving, a servant from the Jinxian Temple knocked on the door.

Let Bai Gui go to Yuzhen Temple.

"Master Ye asked me to come to Brother Bai Dao, there must be something important..."

"Brother Bai Dao left in a hurry, Yu Zhen has nothing good to give you, you can go to Master Ye to ask for something later."

Princess Yu Zhen accompanied Bai Gui and said.

"Princess, you are too polite."

"Master Ye is a famous Taoist master in the Tang Dynasty. It is also a good thing for me to have the chance to meet him..."

Bai Gui bowed and smiled.

After passing through the corridor and several moon gates, he arrived at a room.

Enter.

On the bed sat an old Taoist with white hair and a youthful face.

He looked like an immortal.

When he saw Bai Gui and Princess Yu Zhen coming, he went down to greet them.

"I had a dream last night. I saw a giant sea clams in Qiantang River causing disasters, drowning boats and making travelers suffer."

"So I wrote a talisman. When you pass by Qiantang on your way to take up your post, please throw this talisman into Qiantang to save the people from disasters."

The old Taoist explained the reason.

"Master Ye has mercy on the world, which makes people admire him."

"Since I am passing by Yuhang, this is a small matter, and I will do it without any mistakes."

Bai Gui took the wooden box handed by the old Taoist and returned the gift.

He would not think that the old Taoist was talking nonsense, just because the Taoist's name was Ye Fashan.

Ye Fashan has been practicing Taoism for four generations. His mother, Liu, dreamed of a meteor entering her mouth while sleeping during the day. She swallowed it and became pregnant. She was born in fifteen months. When he was seven years old, he drowned in the river. He did not return for three years. He said: "The young boy kept me and gave me cloud juice, so I stayed a little longer."

He also said that the young boy took him to see the Supreme, and the Supreme nodded and kept him.

Legend has it that Ye Fashan was the Zuo Xianqing of Taiji Ziwei in his previous life.

A few months ago, the daughter of Prime Minister Yao Chong died. Ye Fashan cast a talisman and Yao Chong's daughter revived.

This is a famous Taoist master in the Tang Dynasty!

Seeing Ye Fashan nod, Bai Gui's heart moved, and he bowed again: "Master Ye, I may encounter obstacles on my way to take office. I wonder if Master Ye can teach me anything?"

"Master Ye."

"Brother Bai Dao is the disciple of the master of Zongsheng Temple, and also a disciple of Taiqing. Please give me the talisman paper."

Princess Yuzhen pleaded.

Ye Fashan is her master of the talisman.

"When I went to Songshan, a god gave me a sword. This sword is no longer of much use to me. I will give this sword to you..."

"I hope you will cherish this opportunity."

Master Ye took out a sword from his back and threw it to Bai Gui, saying.

"(Ye Fashan) also studied under Zhao Yuanyang of Qingcheng Mountain, and learned Dunjia... He went east to Mengshan Mountain, where a god gave him a book. He went to Songshan Mountain, where a god gave him a sword. He often waded through a large river, and suddenly sank into the waves. He was thought to have drowned. He came out seven days later, his clothes and shoes were not wet, and he said: "I traveled to Penglai with Hebo." - "Taiping Guangji·Gods and Immortals 26".

Bai Gui took the long sword and looked at it. There were two seal characters engraved on the hilt, Penglai.

"Penglai Sword?"

"This sword has an interesting name."

He hung the sword on his waist and said.