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Chapter 1166: The Plague God is Invincible [ask for monthly votes]

As a colleague, Gu Chi naturally could not interfere.

But as the head of the Censorate, it is necessary to inform the master.

Unexpectedly, the master's attitude towards this matter was extremely calm, and it was obvious that he had learned about it from other channels: "You are talking about Wei Heng. I already know about her affairs. Just let her handle it herself. This is not only my opinion, but also the opinion of Banbu."

Gu Chi was a little confused by this.

  I didn't expect that he, who always had the most up-to-date information, would lag behind this time. The master knew about it, but he just heard about it?

No, he had to get to the bottom of it.

"Shao Xuan said that Wei Heng might be striving for the perfect state?"

Hearing Gu Chi address Bai Su, Shen Tang, who was busy reviewing memorials, couldn't help but raise his eyebrows - this guy used to be very secretive, calling her General Bai on the left and General Bai on the right, but ever since he revealed his identity and found a bright future with Shen Tang, he has been calling her Shao Xuan all the time. Tsk, the sour smell of love is emanating from him all the time.

Shen Tang wrote a note at the end of the memorial: "I understand. Don't talk too much nonsense next time." He closed the memorial and put it aside. He took out a new one and opened it. He responded to Gu Chi with one mind: "Well, Ji Shou told me this news. It should be true."

After that, the air was very quiet.

"Year after year, the waves behind push the waves ahead, and the river grass and flowers are fresh everywhere." Shen Tang teased Gu Chi with a smile, "Are you anxious?"

  Yu Zi came from behind and won, isn't Gu Chi really a little jealous?

Gu Chi said stubbornly: "I'm not anxious at all."

Shen Tang asked again: "Really?"

Gu Chi diverted the blame and pulled Kang Shi in, saying, "Kang Jishou, as her half-master, is not anxious, so why should I be anxious? Talent, luck, and diligence are the three most important things in cultivation. Diligence is something you can control, while the other two are up to fate. If you have it, you have it. If you don't, you don't have it. You can't get it by begging."

Instead of worrying about nothing, it is better to relax and lie down.

Shen Tang's smile faded a lot.

He advised, "I don't know about the others, but Wang Chao has everything. Your path as a scholar has not been perfected. Is it not because you can't find the door? Is it because you can't get rid of the knot in your heart? Tao Shenyu has been dead for many years. What else can't you let go of?"

At first, Shen Tang also thought that Gu Chi's opportunity had not yet arrived.

But last time he was unconscious, the doctors of Xinglin took turns to check his pulse, and the pulse records left behind caught her attention. Shen Tang also privately asked Qishan how he perfected [Miraculous Hand Painting], and Qishan did not hide it. His perfection ceremony of the Way of the Scholar is very simple. To put it bluntly, it is to use it frequently and then use the Way of the Scholar to successfully deceive as many people as possible. During the ceremony, he fooled the target and no one could see through his disguise.

Seeing Shen Tang's surprise, Qi Shan asked her.

[Does my Lord think this is very simple? 】

[Indeed, it is easier than expected.] Compared with the difficulty of Jiang Sheng, Ning Yan and Luan Xin, Qi Shan's completion ceremony is no different from an open-book exam, and the questions are what he is best at.

[This is normal. The literary mind can be divided into grades, and the ability of the scholar's way naturally has strengths and weaknesses. However, the scholar's way is not divided into grades like the literary mind. Not to mention outsiders, even the scholars themselves find it difficult to estimate. Why did the master suddenly ask this? ]

【I am worried about Wangchao. 】

Qi Shan said: [According to his scholarly ways and abilities, if he could have achieved perfection, he should have achieved perfection eight hundred years ago. He has not achieved perfection at this age, and it will never be possible in the future. It has nothing to do with his abilities. Most likely he is lacking something, and there is nothing we can do about it.]

What's missing?

Qi Shan shook his head: [You'll have to ask him himself.]

The scholar's path that has yet to be perfected and the physical condition that cannot be cured by any medicine both point to the same source.

When Gu Chi saw that his master was confronting him, he did not avoid it.

Shen Tang recalled Gu Chi's pulse case.

He asked, "Medical Doctor Xinglin found that your Danfu is damaged."

It is common for a scholar to suffer the consequences when fighting with others. All he needs to do is rest and he will be able to repair his Danfu.

But, Gu Chi can't do it.

This is definitely not an ordinary damage to the Dan Mansion.

Gu Chi didn't expect the topic to turn from Yu Zi to himself. The master was ready to get to the bottom of it. With her character, she wouldn't let him evade again and again. He had no choice but to explain: "As the master said, Tao Shenyu has been dead for many years. How could I ignore my future for a dead person? It's not that I have a knot in my heart, nor is it just that the Dan Mansion is damaged, but my literary mind is damaged."

"Is the literary mind damaged? Can it be cured?" Shen Tang was worried.

Gu Chi shook his head and said, "It cannot be cured."

He picked up a peach from Shen Tang's table.

He used his hands to break the peach in half, then closed them again: "This is normal damage to the Wenxin. External force or internal force backlash causes the Wenxin to crack. In this case, as long as the Wenqi is used to nourish the cracks, they can slowly heal and return to their original state. However, my situation is different. It cannot be glued together."

Gu Chi opened his mouth and took a bite of the peach.

Half of the peach was intact, and the other half had a corner missing.

He put the two broken halves of the peach together.

The bitten off is hard to ignore.

"The literary mind has been a round and full peach since its inception. Other people's literary mind is damaged and only cracks, but mine is missing a corner and is incomplete." Gu Chi said this without any resentment or hatred in his tone, only a hint of regret, "People always have to pay a price for their youthful recklessness. At the time, I only felt relieved, but now looking back, I just feel that I was so stupid."

The obstacles that we couldn't overcome back then now seem just that simple.

Gu Chi ate half of the peach with a few crunchy sounds.

"What kind of peach is this? It's so crisp and sweet."

"It's a new variety that Yao He and his team have developed. It's not afraid of pests, it produces a lot of fruit, and it's not picky about the location. We plan to find a suitable county in Yuan Gao to promote it, and then sell it to the central countries nearby." Gu Chizhen snatched the half that he hadn't eaten from him. She had been reviewing the memorials for a long time but hadn't eaten it yet. She asked casually, "You are young and frivolous? How are you crazy?"

Gu Chi said with a sour face: "To change the word."

Shen Tang forgot to chew: "Huh?"

Gu Chi covered his forehead with one hand and said helplessly, "Tao Shenyu was my father's student. When I was young, I was not very obedient and hung out with rural wanderers all day. My father was very distressed by this and was afraid that I would go astray. In order to please my father, Tao Shenyu gave me the name 'Guanchao' on a whim, and my father accepted it. Because of my father, I called him senior brother and was closer to him... Later, my whole family was killed by him, and I survived a near-death experience. Looking at the words above, I feel hatred deep in my bones and cannot get rid of it."

He must have been suffering from depression and self-harm tendencies.

In order to erase the traces of the Wenxin flower seal, a price was paid.

This price also caused him to lose a corner of his literary mind.

Gu Chi had an expression that was too painful to look back on: "I didn't even consider the future at that time, which left me with endless hidden dangers."

How old was he then?

I have only just started to learn literary arts.

Many things, including the perfection of the way of the scholar, were only known to him later when he ventured into the world. At that time, he only knew that the price was very high and that he might have to be a medicine bottle for the rest of his life. Who knew there would be these things? When he was thinking about how to achieve perfection, he was dumbfounded when he saw the incomplete literary mind. Once the arrow is shot, there is no turning back, not to mention that the arrow has already been shot, so he can only hold his nose and accept his fate.

"You know how to change words, how come you don't know these?"

It doesn't sound reasonable.

Gu Chi said: "He skipped class and ran away."

He was taught, but didn’t he say that when he was young, he was close to rural rangers, and it was normal for him to be away from home for three to five days. He would even find ways to cheat in normal classes, such as asking someone to help him with the class. Even when he was caught by his father, he would often daydream and listen to the class halfway. No one expected this to happen!

“…Can’t it be repaired?”

"The doctors in Xinglin are helpless."

He knew it very well and had already accepted his fate.

Shen Tang's eyes were empty for a few breaths, and he closed his eyes and said, "It's not that there is no way. Wu Hui's literary heart was once replaced by someone else. In other words, if possible... your literary heart can be restored."

Just another unlucky guy to be sacrificed.

But because of Chu Yao, Shen Tang was also quite resistant.

Actually, there is another way.

The death penalty completely destroys the literary mind, and then rebuilds the literary mind. Both methods are cruel.

Gu Chi said: "Forget it, think about it again."

He did not have too deep an obsession with the path of becoming a perfect scholar.

Even if he didn't achieve perfection as a scholar, he still had everything he had now. Even if he tried every possible way to achieve perfection, what else could he get? A further step in his career? Another step would be a title of nobility! It would just be a little more salary.

  What's the cost?

The cost is staring at more enemies who pull him down.

There are limited seats in such a huge royal court. If he doesn't go down, how can others come up? If you think about it carefully, the cost performance is too low.

Why did he go through all that trouble?

Shen Tang also said: "I will ask the Jimo High Priest later."

Doctor Xinglin may not be able to do it, but the Gongxi clan may be able to do it.

Hearing the words "Jimo High Priest", Gu Chi paused, his expression complicated for a moment: "Master, be careful of him."

An imperial censor discovered that the Ministry of Revenue stopped worshipping the God of Wealth and worshipped Jimo Qiu instead.

  It is simply contrary to Tiangang!

Shen Tang waved his hand to indicate that he knew.

The king and his minister tacitly agreed not to mention the initial topic.

When Gu Chi said goodbye, there was only one peach left on the plate. He had eaten the other three. If Shen Tang hadn't used his mind to stop him when reviewing the memorials, he would have lost the remaining peach: "Wang Chao, are you born in the year of the monkey? How can you eat peaches so well?"

Just try one to try it out.

Gu Chi said: "Well, I am really born in the year of the monkey."

Shen Tang: "..."

He threw the memorial down and kicked the man out.

Gu Chi ran very fast and missed.

  Shen Tang grabbed the memorial that had fallen to the ground with a suction force, opened it fiercely, and wrote a comment at the end: "You talk too much nonsense!"

The next volume is Qin Li’s memorial.

Shen Tang paused for a moment, then wrote gently, [This matter has been made clear. The weather is about to turn cooler. Gong Su must remember to put on more clothes].

The peaches were so delicious that Gu Chi kept thinking about them after he returned home.

As soon as I came back, I saw a plate of peaches on the table.

It’s about the same size as the one my master has, and very fresh and tender.

He was startled and laughed, "I'm really going to become a monkey."

Later, I found out that Shen Zhi had sent more than just these peaches. The first batch alone weighed tens of thousands of pounds! The largest and best peaches were sent to Shen Tang, who gave them away as rewards. The rest were handed over to the logistics department to add fruit to the soldiers' meals.

It was not enough for him to finish his own portion, he also wanted to take some from his colleague.

Of course, this is just an excuse.

The purpose is to dig something out of Kang Shi's mouth.

He was bothered by not getting first-hand information.

"Strange, why is there no one guarding it?"

Since no one passed the message, Gu Chi could only do as he pleased.

He opened the tent curtain and took in the scene inside. He suddenly put it down and turned to leave, but was stopped by a male voice behind him.

"Why are you leaving? Come back!"

There was some gnashing of teeth and panting from the sound.

Gu Chi said: "This, isn't it good?"

  If General Bai knew about this, wouldn't it make him misunderstand his innocence?

Kang Shi couldn't stand it any longer: "Come in!"

Gu Chi was unhappy when he heard this.

Who did Kang Jishou ask to get in?

When he opened the curtain again, he saw Kang Shi rolling away, with an obvious footprint on his face. Gu Chi watched the scene vigilantly, staring at Yu Zi, who had a strange aura, while carefully moving to Kang Shi's side and helping him up: "What are you doing?"

Kang Shi was annoyed: "What do you think I'm doing?"

  Do you think he was committing adultery in broad daylight?

As soon as he finished speaking, the several words of restraint that were suppressing Yu Zi showed signs of cracking, and a strong wind spread out from her in all directions. Gu Chi added the same words without thinking, and looked at Yu Weiheng, who was half-kneeling on the ground with his hands tied behind his back by the words, and looked embarrassed. He asked: "What happened to Yu Weiheng?"

Kang Shi covered his waist with one hand, grabbed Gu Chi's sleeve with the other, and climbed up. He limped and found a corner to sit down: "What else could it be? Our consummation ceremony was disrupted. Hiss, it's fatal!"

"you also?"

"What do you mean by me?"

Everyone can achieve perfection, but he is the only one who cannot achieve perfection, right?

Gu Chi tactfully shut up and asked Kang Shi about the whole story.

Kang Shi bent down and picked up two broken tea bowls that were still usable from the ground, and poured water for the two of them: "This matter is really like a child without a mother. It's a long story... I just found out the conditions for the perfect ceremony a while ago, and I was so excited that I didn't pay attention and dragged her into it."

"Then?"

"Then she completed the ritual with twice the difficulty."

Gu Chi: "..."

He was so scared that he quickly moved the mat away from Kang Shi.

At the same time, he was speechless, feeling very disappointed: "Kang Jishou, you are also an old hand, how dare you make such a mistake? You dare to start the completion ceremony before you are fully prepared, aren't you just waiting for failure?"

  What does this equate to?

It is like a student who has just entered school for one day and can read sentences without interruption, but then goes to take the final exam in the senior grade without even glancing at the exam paper. Which scholar of literature does not first understand the conditions, make thorough preparations according to the conditions, and then start the ceremony when he feels that he is almost ready?

Kang Shi was helpless: "This is not what I want!"

The moment I figured it out, I activated it automatically.

Gu Chi glanced at Yu Zi, who looked manic.

Asked: "Where is she?"

Yu Zi's way of writing is overbearing, and the difficulty of completing the ceremony is only getting higher, not lower. Kang Shi even doubled it for her. It is certain that she will fail after completing the ceremony! Perhaps the cost of failing the ceremony will also be doubled.

Kang Shi said: "The evil purple takes away the red."

"I know this is her way of being a scribe."

Kang Shi drank the water in one gulp: "She is 'Zhu'!"

Evil purple takes away red...

Yu Zi is Zhu?

"So, who is 'Evil Purple'?"

Kang Shi's expression was extremely solemn, his knuckles turned white from exerting too much force, and the teacup was covered with cracks from the heavy load, but he did not notice: "It doesn't matter who this 'evil purple' is. What matters is that she only has one chance to complete the ceremony. Since the red color has been taken away, there is naturally no chance for her to make a comeback. If you fail, you will die!"

  (╥╯^╰╥)

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