Lanke Chess Edge

At today's court meeting, the ministers didn't have any particularly important matters to report to Emperor Hongwu, so at the beginning, the canonization of Du Changsheng as a national teacher became the most important thing, although it is not a big deal from the fifth rank in the capital. However, the position of the national teacher is the first case in Dazhenshang, and the contents of the imperial edict added a bit of mystery to Du Changsheng.

Moreover, the old ministers present knew the current emperor quite well. Emperor Hongwu disagreed with Emperor Yuande. He was a very pragmatic emperor. If Du Changsheng was incompetent, he would not be favored by him. There are basically two things on my mind: the first thing is that, combined with the recent rumors and the information from today's Great Court Meeting, Yin Zhaoxian may really be recovering, which makes several families happy and others sad; the second thing is that This is the national teacher.

The morning court was over, and Du Changsheng, who was still in excitement, also left the Golden Palace amidst congratulations.

Xiao Du walked in a relatively rear position and saw Du Changsheng and Yan Chang leaving together from a distance, after exchanging pleasantries with his colleagues around him, he kept thinking about the edict in his heart.

In the place where the carriage was parked somewhere in the palace, after Xiao Du got into the carriage, he didn't speak for a long time, thinking about today's message in his heart.

After waiting for a long time to get an order from my master, the servant asked carefully.

"Master, shall we go to Yushitai or go back directly to the residence?"

As the top leader of Yushitai, Xiao Du no longer needed to work at Yushitai every day. Hearing what the servant said, Xiao Du finally came back to his senses, and spoke after a little hesitation.

"Go to Sitianjian, I want to visit the national teacher."

"yes!"

The servants responded, followed the coachman to drive the carriage, and the entourage also left together. It took about half a quarter of an hour to arrive at Si Tianjian, and it didn't take much effort to find Du Changsheng's current residence.

Hearing that Doctor Yu Shi was visiting, Du Changsheng, who was assigning people to help pack his things, hurried out of the courtyard, and when he arrived at the courtyard, he saw Xiao Du standing beside the carriage outside the courtyard gate, and greeted him with a few steps.

"Master Xiao, Du Changsheng is being polite here!"

Du Changsheng still has his own pride. Facing Emperor Hongwu, he can be a "little minister" one at a time. While remaining respectful, he still has a trace of fear, but the deterrent effect of other ministers on him is much worse, especially his national teacher. The position has been implemented. Although he doesn't have much real power, he is also outside the normal officialdom.

When Xiao Du saw Du Changsheng with white beard and white hair coming out, he didn't dare to neglect him, and took a few steps closer to salute.

"Congratulations to the national teacher for his promotion. Xiao took the liberty to visit and didn't disturb the national teacher, right? The new house of the national teacher will be relocated soon, and the furniture, maids and servants, etc., Xiao can also recommend someone to help."

Du Changsheng put away his etiquette, stroking his beard and smiling. This senior official, the Yushi doctor, was so courteous to him, he must have something to ask for, and he didn't want to beat around the bush, so he asked directly.

"Lord Xiao and Du Mou rarely meet each other. I came here today, but I have something to discuss? Master Xiao said bluntly, if he can help, Du Mou will do his best. Teacher, but you can't get involved in matters related to the government, I hope Lord Xiao understands."

From Du Changsheng's point of view, Xiao Du's coming to look for him might have something to do with the government, and he would be safe by leaving himself out first.

"It's natural. How could Xiao make it difficult for the national teacher, let alone go against the will of the sage, national teacher, please take a step to speak!"

Xiao Du stretched out his hand to invite one side, then walked to the other side first, Du Changsheng also followed in doubt, seeing Du Changsheng coming, Xiao Du looked at the courtyard gate, and lowered his voice.

"National teacher, my Xiao family may have recruited evil spirits, which may usher in disasters. Well, what Xiao is referring to is not the dispute between the factions in the court, but evil spirits. These years, dogs have no hope of giving birth. I am afraid it is also related to this. Seeing the national teacher today, Xiao couldn't help thinking of asking for help."

"You recruited evil spirits?"

Du Changsheng was slightly taken aback, it was a little different from what he thought, and then his eyes became serious.

"Master Xiao, stand still and wait for Du to watch with his eyes."

Hearing Du Changsheng's words, Xiao Du stood on the spot, watched Du Changsheng take two steps back slightly, then formed a seal with both hands, and gestured with his sword fingers from the dantian to his forehead.

Du Changsheng closed his eyes, and under the condensed mana, he suddenly opened them. At this moment, in Xiao Du's sight, he could vaguely see a golden light flashing in Du Changsheng's eyes, and his eyes became full of a kind of ecstasy for Xiao Du. With a strong sense of insight, hope suddenly increased in my heart.

In Du Changsheng's eyes, Xiao Du's demeanor, as an official of the imperial court, has become more distinct. Now that he is a national teacher, his ability to feel court officials even exceeds his own morality. He actually found the black air that he had seen before, and there were some flames gathered below. He couldn't see what it was, but it vaguely looked like many candles with strange lights, and he felt a ray of evil spirit that seemed to be a long time ago.

After a long time, Du Changsheng closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, the sense of insight in his eyes faded a lot.

"Master, what's the matter?"

After Du Changsheng frowned and stroked his beard for a while, he said to Xiao Du.

"Master Xiao, it seems that your entanglement with that evil spirit has been going on for quite a long time. Du Mou would like to ask if it has something to do with the fire. Well, Du Mou is not sure if his description is accurate, anyway, it doesn't look like it What a big fire, but it looks like a lot of candles."

Xiao Du became visibly excited, and subconsciously took a step closer to Du Changsheng.

"The national teacher is right, what he said is right. This matter is indeed an old grievance, and it is indeed related to the candlelight. Now that I am in trouble, my Xiao family is even more afraid that it will never be seen again!"

Du Changsheng was actually not familiar with the officialdom, but he also roughly understood some of the main contradictions, but he still had some principles, and he had just become a national teacher, and the courtiers were entangled by evil spirits, so it was his duty to take care of them, so he didn't push too much.

"If that's the case, it's not too late. I'll go back to the mansion with Mr. Xiao right away. I'll go and have a look first."

"It's so good, it's so good! National teacher please get on Xiao's carriage, national teacher please!"

Xiao Du was overjoyed, and hurriedly invited Du Changsheng to the car. Du Changsheng was very useful to such a court official who treated him so respectfully, so he looked a bit like a national teacher.

The carriage traveled very fast, and arrived at Xiao Mansion not long after. At Du Changsheng's request, Xiao Du not only sent someone to call Xiao Ling back, but also personally led Du Changsheng around every corner of Xiao Mansion. After many minutes, they returned to the living room of Xiao Mansion.

"National teacher, have you found anything?"

Xiao Du saw that Du Changsheng didn't drink any tea, so he just meditated over there. After waiting for a while, he still couldn't help asking questions, and the latter looked at him and said with a frown.

"There is no evil aura in Xiao's mansion, it doesn't look like evil has come to the door..."

At this time, footsteps could be heard outside the house, Xiao Ling had already returned, entered the living room, and saw Du Changsheng, who was very good looking, at the first sight.

"Father, this is Master Guoshi, Xiao Ling is being polite!"

Xiao Ling saluted Du Changsheng as he spoke, and the latter had already stood up and looked Xiao Ling up and down. After looking at it for a while, Du Changsheng's eyes also changed, and he spoke meaningfully.

"No, your body is injured, but it's not because of evil spirits, but because of divine punishment! And, hehe..."

Du Changsheng sneered, and looked back at Xiao Du who was sitting over there.

"Furthermore, this is a sublime divine method. Young Master Xiao's body was damaged twice. The first time was considered to be damage to the fundamental vitality, and the second time was left behind by this god. You must have violated some oath agreement before letting him go. You are the last!"

The methods of the gods are upright, and they are easier to see through than the methods of evil spirits, or they are basically put on the bright side to let practitioners with Taoism know.

"Hmph, Mr. Xiao, Du can take care of the evil things. Du will not take lightly the punishment of the gods."

Du Changsheng vaguely understood that the gods who left behind the methods were probably extremely high-level, and the traces of charm were very shallow but very obvious.

"God?"

Xiao Du stood up at once, looked at Xiao Ling and then at Du Changsheng.

"National teacher, my Xiao family has always worshiped the gods, and there is an ever-burning lamp of my Xiao family in the Town God's Temple. Why did the gods want to harm my Xiao family? And how could my son offend the gods? The real body of the gods, the so-called one who does not know is not guilty, why do you have to set out twice, and make my Xiao family absolutely dead, I beg the national teacher to think of a way..."

"Oh? I haven't seen it before?"

Du Changsheng squinted his eyes to look at Xiao Ling who looked a little ugly, and then looked at Xiao Du who looked shocked.

"I don't think so, Mr. Xiao, you'd better tell Du Mou everything about you, otherwise I don't care about it, and Mr. Xiao, I asked you about old grievances before. You said that the ancestor violated the agreement at the beginning, so you can find him at random. I’m afraid it’s more than that? Hmph, when the disaster is imminent, I’ll talk about him, and Du Mou is gone.”

As he spoke, Du Changsheng put his hands behind his back, brushed past Xiao Du, and walked out of the living room.

"The national teacher stays behind, the national teacher stays behind!"

Xiao Du already believed 90% of the national teacher's ability. How could he let him go at this moment, so he hurriedly chased him out. After crossing the station, he bowed his hands and saluted.

"National teacher, I will tell you all about the past of the Xiao family, but the thing that offends the gods is really..."

"Father, the national teacher is right, the child has indeed offended the gods..."

Xiao Ling came out of the living room and continued with a wry smile on his face.

"It's not the Land of the City God that offends, but the Tongtian Jiangying Empress..."

"Ms. Ying?" "Ms. Ying!"

Xiao Du and Du Changsheng had different reactions, the former was slightly puzzled, while the latter turned pale with shock.

"You... so courageous..."

"National teacher, it's very difficult? I can order people to prepare sacrifices in the river to appease the wrath of the gods..."

"I'm afraid this matter is not that simple, you tell me everything first, let me think it over before I say it!"

Du Changsheng's face was uncertain, and his heart was already retreating. The Xiao family didn't know how many debts they had owed, not to mention evil and resentment, even God. He planned to go to Ji Yuan for a solution after hearing the truth. If there is something wrong, even if you lose the face of your national teacher, you have to reject the Xiao family.