Judge of the Lamp

Chapter 139 Let's go to Shushu Pavilion
Xu Zhiqiong rented it from Shi Chengna's Record Book.

This means that Shi Cheng trusted him, otherwise such an important thing, let alone a hundred taels, would not be able to rent even a thousand taels!

Chang Decai's name and date of birth and death are written on the "Recording Book". Whoever holds the "Recording Book" will listen to him. Now he can only stay in the "Recording Book" obediently. Can't get out.

"You take care of the house, I'll go to the underworld!" Xu Zhiqiong took the "Recorder".

"Why do you still go to the Yin Division? Didn't all the servants be taken away? Zhiqiong, you are too scheming, it's hard for you to pretend to be a fool in the academy, let him come out, let me see!"

"What are you looking at? What's the rush? Don't you need to return the Record Book? Honestly watch over the house!"

Not only do you have to return the "Record Book", but you also have to ask Shi Cheng to be a witness.

Xu Zhiqiong left and didn't come back until Choushi.

He didn't come back alone, and there was a beautiful girl by his side.

This girl is too beautiful!Compared with Han Di!Yang Wu had never seen such a handsome woman.

"This is Bihan, so what, handsome, really handsome! Where did you get this beautiful girl?" Yang Wu leaned forward and touched his face, the flesh was real.

The girl exploded.

"Don't touch our house! Stay away from our house!"

Our family?

Yang Wu picked out his ears.

Did you hear me wrong?

It was a girl's voice, as sweet as a silver bell.

But this tone of voice...

"Could this person be..."

"It's our family, Chang Decai!" The girl shouted, "You are so useless, our family has been your servant, and you have given our family a decent body anyway, what is going on! This man is not a man or a woman, What does it look like!"

After entering the ghost jade, Changde had a physical body, but he did not expect that his physical body and the paper figurine were perfectly integrated.

Xu Zhiqiong snorted and said, "You were a eunuch before your death, so you were neither male nor female!"

"Nonsense, our family has been in the palace since we were young, and even though it's gone, it doesn't look like this! You're bullying people too much, you're bullying people too much!"

"Not really, not really!" Yang Wu was overjoyed, "Miss Chang, let's sit in the room, I have the best sandalwood here!"

"Bah! Who wants your sandalwood! Stay away from our house!" Chang Decai turned to Xu Zhiqiong and said, "I have become your slave, so I have nothing to say, but I can't be bullied by him!"

Xu Zhiqiong said with a sullen face: "Why can't you? If he is big, you should be small. You have to listen to him in the future."

Yang Wu smiled and said: "Did you hear that, Miss Chang, come and eat sandalwood with me, tomorrow I will burn two more maidservants for you, let's live a happy life."

"Don't touch our family, you should open it up, our family will fight with you!"

……

The two were fighting in the front yard, Xu Zhiqiong didn't bother to pay attention, stretched himself, and went to sleep in the backyard.

Late at night the next day, Xu Zhiqiong followed the crowd to watch the night in Beiyuan, and when they came near Wu Anfu's restaurant, a tall horse blocked the way.

Just as Meng Shizhen was about to scold her, he looked up at the man on horseback, cupped his fists and saluted, "So it's Sui Shilang!"

Sitting immediately was Sui Zhi, the left servant of the Ministry of War.

Sui Zhi clasped his fists and said, "Meng Qingdeng, I met my nephew today, and I want to have a drink with him, please make it easy for me."

"Nephew?" Meng Shizhen didn't know who he was talking about.

Sui Zhi looked at Xu Zhiqiong.

Everyone was shocked, they didn't expect Xu Zhiqiong and Sui Zhi to have such a relationship.

"Hurry up, Zhiqiong, you are hiding something deep!"

Xu Zhiqiong was also a little confused, he and Sui Zhi had a meal together, and at that time they called each other a good nephew, but it was for Dean Lin's face, he never took it seriously.

Now that a member of the third rank took the initiative to invite him, Xu Zhiqiong couldn't refuse, so the two went to the nearest Wu Anfu restaurant and sat down in a private room on the second floor.

Shopkeeper Wu was familiar with Xu Zhiqiong, so he really didn't know Sui Zhi, and Sui Zhi didn't want to reveal his identity, so he ordered a table of wine and food according to Xu Zhiqiong's arrangement.

After drinking half a jar of wine, the two sides were no longer embarrassed, and Sui Zhi brought up the topic: "Zhiqiong, I heard that you raised the blue lantern, and I was very happy for a long time. Something is not right."

Xu Zhiqiong was startled when he heard the words: "I also ask the servant to give me advice."

Sui Zhi waved his hand and said: "When there is no one else, you can just call him Uncle, I am brother and sister with your father in the barracks,

Zhiqiong, your temperament is like your father's, generous and upright, but you don't know that things in the officialdom are not that simple, your green light has risen too fast. "

Xu Zhiqiong said with a naive smile: "It all depends on Wu Qianhu's support."

"It's still called Qianhu, but now it's the servant, and I can't call it wrong again!" Sui Zhi knocked on the table and sighed, "Wu Bofeng is a few years younger than me. When I was young, I also had some friendship with him. People are arrogant and reckless in doing things, but fortunately they have good luck and have made great achievements many times, and now they have a good home.

Zhiqiong, you can't compare to him, but you can't learn from his bad habits. Uncle was happy for you when you solved the missing girl case with him, but because you offended Prince Huai's son, uncle was really worried about you. "

He mentioned Prince Huai's son?
Does he know the inside story?
Xu Zhiqiong said with a silly smile: "This matter was found out later, and it has nothing to do with Shi Zi."

Sui Zhi smiled and said: "Why are you still hiding it from me? Can I not know if it has anything to do with it? The royal family has tricks to hide from the world. I have seen this kind of thing a lot. You have to be a little bit more modest in the future. Don't worry about things you shouldn't care about." Go ahead, don't mess with those who shouldn't be messed with, I heard that you went to the Ice Well Office a few days ago, you can go to the palace? You scared the heart out of uncle!"

He also knew about my entry into the palace.

How does he know everything?

Sui Zhi drank another cup, sighed and said: "I also understand some things. You are doing it for the sake of cultivation. In our sect, we have to do our duty."

He brought up the Daoist matter again. Could it be that he is really a judge?

Xu Zhiqiong didn't respond.

Sui Zhi smiled: "If you can keep your hands hidden, I don't have to worry about you, Uncle, but I'm afraid, I'm really afraid that one day you will go astray, and Uncle won't be able to save you."

Xu Zhiqiong looked straight and said: "The dean said that we who cultivate the way of killing must have the bloody spirit of killing!"

"Killing Dao..." Sui Zhi shook his head, "Forget it, let's not say more, let's eat vegetables!"

The two drank a jar of rice wine, Sui Zhi said: "Now that Wu Xu is gone, there is no one to take care of you in the Yamen, do you want to come to the Ministry of War?"

At the beginning, Lin Tianzheng recommended Xu Zhiqiong to Sui Zhi, but Sui Zhi refused, and now he is trying to win him over again, what does this mean?
Xu Zhiqiong lowered his head and said, "Uncle, I'm doing quite well in the Lantern Yamen, let me be the lantern bearer for another two years."

Sui Zhi nodded: "Forget it, it's up to you, I still have something to do at home, if you encounter difficulties in the future, remember to come to me."

The two said goodbye.

After leaving the wine shop, Xu Zhiqiong didn't have to watch the night anymore, Meng Shizhen and the others had already lit the night watch lights.

Xu Zhiqiong was idle and bored, thinking of eating bowl cakes at the flower cake shop, but unexpectedly, the shop went to the empty building, and Second Sister Lin left.

Where has she gone?

Many pedestrians passed by to buy flower cakes, but they didn't know where Second Sister Lin went.

Thinking of the dimples on his face, Xu Zhiqiong felt a sense of loss.

This girl, why don't you just leave?

With a green light and a night breeze, Xu Zhiqiong walked alone on the road, unable to think of a place to go.

Go to the Peach Blossom Shed to watch a dance?

I also feel uninterested.

In a daze, a tall figure appeared behind him.

"What's the matter, the girl who sells flower cakes won't give me a kiss anymore, I feel unhappy!"

Hearing this voice, Xu Zhiqiong smiled.

"Qianhu!" He turned his head, looked at Wu Xu and smiled.

Wu Xu also looked at him and smiled.

The two just smiled at each other, and the boredom in Xu Zhiqiong's heart was swept away.

Not to mention that Sui Zhi recognized Xu Zhiqiong as his nephew, even if he recognized him as his uncle, Xu Zhiqiong would not be willing to tell him the truth.

But as long as he saw Wu Xu, Xu Zhiqiong felt kind in his heart.

"Qianhu, why are you here?"

Wu Xu said: "It's been a long time since I watched the night, I want to go out for a walk."

"Let's find a place to have a drink!"

"Okay, what good place do you have?"

Xu Zhiqiong said, "How about Peach Blossom Shed?"

Wu Xu frowned: "Is that place suitable?"

"Or let's go to Qiaotou, there will be sumo wrestling at the Peony Shed tonight!"

"Why do you like to go to Goulan, kid? Why can't you find a decent place?"

Xu Zhiqiong curled his lips: "Thousand households, let's think of a decent place."

Wu Xu pondered for a moment and said, "Let's go to Yinggeyuan!"

Really!

Wu Xu said: "Go to Yinggeyuan, Shushu Pavilion, you can solve a few questions for me, let's host Jinghan Pavilion, I will be mad at that old Taibu!"

Xu Zhiqiong clasped his fists and said, "Decree!"

The two talked and laughed all the way to Yinggeyuan.

"Qipin's life is not easy, right?"

"It's okay, Qianhu knows about the seventh rank of our Daoist sect?"

"I've heard of some, you have to abide by the rules. Your school has too many rules, and if you don't make it right, your cultivation base will be abolished."

……

When we arrived at the gate of Yingge Yuan, it was the butler who greeted the guests in front of the gate.

When he came last time, the butler was very enthusiastic. When he came this time, the butler just knelt down.

"I have seen Mr. Minister!"

Wu Xu looked at the eyes of the people around him, and kicked the housekeeper: "Keep your voice down, don't make it public, and take us to Shushu Pavilion."

The butler hurriedly led the way, and when they arrived at the Shushu Pavilion, the owner of the pavilion was sitting on the platform, and all the guests were immersed in solving problems.

The rules here are similar to those in the Wuying Pavilion. If you solve one problem, you can get a maid; if you solve three problems, you can get a calculator; There is a chance to join the cabinet.

But whether you can enter the pavilion or not depends on the mood of the pavilion owner. It is still the same sentence, Yinggeyuan is a place for the upper class, and nothing can be forced.

Wu Xu came late and had an hour to solve the problem. When he got the test questions, there was less than half an hour left.

Xu Zhiqiong glanced at the title and smiled, half an hour was too much.

In the time of a cup of tea, all three questions were solved, and Wu Xu was the first to hand in the paper. Pavilion Master Jinghan saw that one of the questions was correct, and he couldn't help being a little surprised.

She has never seen Wu Xu, and Wu Xu has never been to Yingge Academy since he took office.

She only felt that this man was tall and handsome, so he should not be ordinary.

Jinghan thought for a long time, brought a jug, and asked a question:

"Jinghan has a wine jug in this room, which can hold four ounces of wine. Pour out [-]% and fill it up with water."

While talking, she really poured the wine and added water.

"Jinghan poured out half of it, filled it with water, poured out another half, filled it up with wine, poured back another [-] percent, added [-] percent of wine, [-] percent of water, and asked how much wine and how much water was in the pot. water!"

This question was very simple for Xu Zhiqiong, with almost no technical content, but it was too complicated for the guests present.

Daxuan has no concept of fractions and decimals. The guests can only count with their fingers. It is easy to calculate for the first time. If you pour out [-]% and fill up with water, it will be [-]% wine and [-]% water.

Pour out half of the second time, some guests will not forget, because the fingers are not enough, which means pouring out [-]% of the wine and [-]% of the water, after filling up the water , the remaining [-]% wine, and [-]% water.

Pour out half of it and fill up the wine. More than half of the guests will not be able to count, and the addition of toes will not be enough.

Another [-]% is poured out, and [-]% of wine and [-]% of water are added. All the guests will not be able to figure it out. This requires the use of tools, which are not common tools.

Pavilion Master Jinghan was making things difficult for Wu Xu, which Xu Zhiqiong did not expect.

Such a handsome man, how could she bear it?
The time for answering the question was a stick of incense, and everyone sighed and shook their heads. It seemed that no one would enter the pavilion master's curtain today.

Wu Xu looked at Xu Zhiqiong: "Does it count?"

Xu Zhiqiong said in a low voice: "There is wine for [-] cents and [-] cents, and water for [-] cents and [-] cents!"

Wu Xu rubbed his forehead: "Speak slowly, I can't remember!"

Xu Zhiqiong repeated it again, and Wu Xu replied in a loud voice: "There is wine for [-] cents and [-] cents, and water for [-] cents and [-] cents and [-] cents!"

Jinghan was surprised: "Have you ever done this question before?"

She really deserves to be a woman of Taibo, but she has the same virtues as Taibo in doing things, and she won't admit it when she loses!
Wu Xu was not polite, and said with a smile: "Is this problem still useful? There is an old man who sells wine in front of my door. He always likes to add water to the wine. I have seen this trick a few times, and I have learned it." .”

Xu Zhiqiong couldn't help laughing, Wu Xu was quite talented in pretending.

The guests also laughed, Jinghan could no longer play tricks, and said with a blushing face: "You can choose any number among the calculators, you can choose as many as you want!"

The guests were stunned, the pavilion master is not allowed to enter the curtain?
She didn't like this man who looked like a celestial being and was talented and talented?
Jing Han really didn't like Wu Xu.

She likes Tai Bu, since she got acquainted with Tai Bu, she has never let anyone enter the scene again, and she doesn't know what is so good about this old guy!

The guests made a lot of noise, and Jinghan also explained a few sentences: "If you only answer three questions, I will choose the calculator for the guest officer. Today, the guest officer answered my questions, and he will choose the operator himself." , this is also in compliance with the rules!"

She was right, it was the norm.

Wu Xu smiled and was about to leave when someone said at the door: "Pavilion Master Jinghan, you have no rules, do you know who this lord is?"

Xu Zhiqiong raised his eyebrows when he heard the voice.

He turned his head and saw a boy in white standing at the door.

It's Liang Yuming!

Liang Yuming cupped his fists at Wu Xu and said, "It's been a long time, Minister Wu."

When the voice fell to the ground, everyone was shocked.

Unexpectedly, this is the legendary new Minister of Rites.

Wu Xu is a legend no matter in the Lantern Yamen or in Yinggeyuan.

Now he is still directly in charge of Jiaofang Secretary, but he frightens a group of girls on the pavilion.

Jinghan hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "I have seen Mr. Minister, Jinghan is rude, please punish him."

No one paid attention to her, all eyes were on Wu Xu.

Wu Xu returned the salute to Liang Yuming: "Your Majesty has always been good."

Liang Yuming said with a smile: "The day before yesterday I caught a cold, but now I have recovered. I heard that Wu Qianhu was promoted to be a military servant. He is full of talents and learning, and he can display them among the flowers and forests. This is where a true hero can use his skills!"

All the guests here can hear the thorns in the words!

This is sarcasm Wu Xu.

They looked at each other twice, and the atmosphere was very tense.

Xu Zhiqiong coughed, called a waiter, and ordered: "Your servant is hungry, bring me something to eat."

The waiter asked, "What would your lord servant want to eat?"

Xu Zhiqiong said: "Come here for a plate of braised scorpions!"

Wu Xu turned around and said, "Why eat scorpions?"

Xu Zhiqiong said: "Scorpion is good, scorpion has a poisonous mouth!"

Wu Xu smiled and said, "Nonsense, the scorpion's poisonous needle is on the tail."

Xu Zhiqiong said: "Didn't the scorpion's tail grow on its mouth?"

"How can a scorpion's tail grow on its mouth? It grows on..."

The two laughed, and the atmosphere eased.

Liang Yuming also laughed, said, "Farewell!" and turned to leave.

Walking out of Shushu Pavilion, Liang Yuming had a pimple on his face.

The acne slid down the cheek and disappeared.

(End of this chapter)