Take the farm down to earth

Chapter 191 Gifts
Several old celestial masters secretly thought that Liu Yuangong was indeed knowledgeable, and knowing such confidential things also proved that he did have a background.

The talent must also be extraordinary, to be able to cultivate to such a high level by relying on the technique of talismans.

And with his explanation, the emperor and the Supreme Emperor could believe more in what he and others had said before.

Since I and others are practicing the technique of inner alchemy, Shi Zhongkui is practicing the technique of talismans, and he is in the officialdom, then there is no fundamental conflict between them.

Soliciting favors has become inevitable.

The old men glanced at each other, and quickly saw the defense in each other's eyes.

What Shi Zhongkui needed was just an article on inner alchemy cultivation methods, basically he could choose anyone.

In this way, if you want to get the cultivation method of Lei Fa Talisman and Seal, everyone needs to ask him instead.

As for Yujianshu, everyone is not a swordsman, although they are hot-eyed, they are not eager.

The Supreme Elder with the highest cultivation level in the sect is only at the foundation building stage, and even if he gets the sword control technique, it is only to improve his attack ability.

If you can't improve your cultivation and increase your lifespan, it's not suitable for you to use talismans.

"Aiqing, when the embroidered guards were guarding the Ningguo Mansion, they discovered that Jia Zhen in the Ningguo Mansion these years has been described as extremely absurd, but Ning Rong and the two former Dukes have made great contributions to the state, so I really can't make up my mind for a while."

Shi Zhongkui knew that the emperor was testing himself.

Taking advantage of the gap between his words, before the emperor could continue, he cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, if you think you should be punished, you should punish, otherwise you will inevitably indulge the nobles from all families to develop a pampered heart."

When the emperor heard this, he couldn't help but nodded with a smile.Secretly, Liu Yuangong still has justice in his heart, and will not blindly favor his relatives.

Shi Zhongkui rolled his eyes at the emperor, saw him laughing, and thought to himself that Jia Rong inherited the family business, but in fact, it was not completely impossible to keep the title.

The key is to see what the emperor thinks.

Then he continued, "Your Majesty, before the minister came, I heard that Jia Jing in the Ningguo Mansion was at a critical moment in cultivating Taoism, and ordered Jia Zhen to accompany him in the Xuanzhen Temple.

And speaking of it, there is another thing, by chance, the minister promised to recognize the orphan girl of the Lin family as his younger sister.

Therefore, I would like to ask His Majesty for mercy, and for the sake of Lin Gong Ruhai who dedicated himself to the imperial court and died, I posthumously conferred the title of Marquis of Guannei to show the royal grace. "

The so-called Marquis of Guannei, although he was No. 19 among the [-] ranks of military merit in the Qin and Han Dynasties, he was a real rank.

Guan Yu's Shoutinghou and Guanneihou are at the same level, but they only have Jue and no actual fief.

After the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the Marquis of Guannei were often feigned, which almost meant the same thing as Sanguan.

There are officials but no positions, let alone power.

It is perfect for chasing down a dead minister.

Moreover, when Lin Ruhai's ancestors were five generations of Marquis, when it came to him, because he was young and had no chance to make meritorious deeds, he completely lost the chance of succession.

However, he was upbeat and passed the exam in one fell swoop.

The emperor hesitated after hearing this.

It is not impossible to confer the title of Lin Ruhai, who is already dead, as the Marquis of the Guannei, but he was the Tanhua hand-picked by the Supreme Emperor more than ten years ago. Is it too much to reward him with such kindness?

What's more surprising is that if Jia Zhen became a monk and practiced Taoism, the title of General Wei Lie, the third rank of the Ningguo Mansion, would no longer be lowered.

If Jia Rong inherited the family business, the Ningguo Mansion would be the real fallen nobleman.

This is of course a good thing for the imperial power, but for the Ningguo Mansion, it is not much different from a catastrophe.

When the emperor was hesitating, he suddenly thought that with Shi Zhongkui's previous cautious character and prudent manner of protecting himself, he would never say these things for no reason.

It's even more unreasonable to think of being her father just because she recognizes the orphan girl of the Lin family as her younger sister, begging Liehou's posthumous title.

There must be other meanings here.

Frowning and thinking for a long time, the emperor's heart moved.

Suddenly he understood that Shi Zhongkui mentioned Lin Ruhai clearly, but secretly he used the words of the Marquis of Guannei to remind himself that he could also be kind to Jia Rong of Ningguo Mansion.

If I grant Ningguo Mansion not to be downgraded and Jia Rong inherits the title of General Wei Lie of the third rank, if Jia Rong is too stupid to take refuge in himself, then Ningguo Mansion will really be abolished.

A reputation of being ungrateful, keeping Ningguo Mansion into a street rat.

Those families who received Ningguo's kindness back then will also take the opportunity to completely cut off contact with Ningguo's mansion.

In a disguised form, it affected the Rongguo Mansion.

If these two families are completely down, there will be no threat at all.

But on the other hand, if you can get the loyalty of these two families, with their influence among the four kings and eight princes, not to mention the other four county kings with other surnames and the six princes' mansions are on your side.

At least part of it can be won over, and the twelve families can be divided.

Even as long as the Jia family maintains neutrality in name, but actively supports Shi Zhongkui, the son-in-law, it is actually not much different from taking refuge in himself.

At the same time, it can also save some face for the Supreme Emperor, so as not to provoke the Supreme Emperor and cause disaster.

Thinking of this, the emperor smiled, the more he looked at Shi Zhongkui, the more he liked it.

"Since it was recommended by Aiqing, Mr. Lin did make great contributions to the imperial court back then, and I will approve of this matter."

After finishing speaking, he glanced at Shi Zhongkui's expression and saw that although he thanked him but was not excited, he secretly thought that he had guessed right.

Then I didn't know what I was thinking, and suddenly I thought of what the eunuch Liu Changji reported that Shi Zhongkui should be a womanizer.

Could it be that Shi Zhongkui also fell in love with that orphan girl of the Lin family, otherwise why would he recognize her as his sister?
He couldn't help saying with a sense of ridicule and watching a good show, "When Mr. Lin was named on the gold list and became Tanhualang, I was still studying in Qiandi.

I also thought in my heart that if one day I also take the imperial examination, I don’t know if I can get the number one or second place in the exam and come back.

It is a pity that in only seven or eight years, Mr. Lin passed away within a few years after he was thirty. Now that I think about it, it is really a pity that Guochao lost his good talent.

Since Mr. Lin died of hard work for the court, I will bestow upon the orphan of the Lin family as the head of Fushun County. "

Xia Zhouzhong and a few young eunuchs who were standing by were suddenly surprised. They looked at Shi Zhongkui with envy and hatred, but also with deep fear.

Only the daughter of a prince or county king is eligible to be named the county head. In order to win over ministers, the royal families in the past dynasties did have a precedent for making the daughter of a certain important official or meritorious official the county head.

And basically, only those important ministers who have only daughters in their families and no descendants are granted.

But Lin Ruhai had been dead for several years, the emperor did this not because of Lin Ruhai's merits, but because of Shi Zhongkui's face.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the holy family is incomparable.

But Shi Zhongkui couldn't be happy.

Although Liehou's daughter is also honorable, she has no father, no mother, and no brothers.

I still have the opportunity to accept Lin Daiyu as a concubine, but if Daiyu has the status of the county head, it is impossible to be someone's concubine.

If Jia Baoyu had no fame, official status, or title, it would be quite difficult to marry Lin Daiyu.

Most likely, it was used by the emperor to marry the concubine of a certain prince or county king.

The emperor saw that Shi Zhongkui, who had always been expressionless, had failed to manage his emotions well, so he couldn't help laughing in his heart.

Not only was he not angry because of Shi Zhongkui's dissatisfied expression, but he was very happy thinking that it is good to be a good woman.

There are many beautiful and charming girls in this world. When Shi Zhongkui made meritorious service, he rewarded him with several beautiful concubines.

Not only can you win him over, but you don't have to reward him heavily and generously every time, so that after a few times, there will be no rewards.

And since I became the throne, I have personally realized that a person's energy is limited.

If Shi Zhongkui is obsessed with beauty, it will definitely consume a large part of his energy and time.

Whether it is official career or cultivation, it will be affected, which is also a good thing for the royal family.

After thinking so much, the emperor's mood became even better.

Looking at Shi Zhongkui with a smile, he asked, "Ai Qing thinks it's inappropriate?"

Shi Zhongkui came back to his senses, sighed and said, "I would like to thank Your Majesty on behalf of the sister of the Lin family. If you know about Lin Gongquan, you will also be deeply grateful for the emperor's kindness."

The emperor chuckled, "In that case, I will order someone to choose a mansion for the Lord Fushun County, and reward her with four nuns, twelve maids, and eunuchs."

Seeing that Shi Zhongkui's face turned dark after speaking, he felt even happier.

"However, since Aiqing is the elder brother of Fushun County, it is better to leave these matters to Aiqing. I will ask Xia Shouzhong and the Ministry of Internal Affairs to assist."

Shi Zhongkui couldn't help but rolled his eyes.

By this time, he almost understood that he had been bullied by the emperor.

"I thank you for accepting the decree."

After agreeing, Shi Zhongkui couldn't help but think in his heart, if I was asked to choose, I would take care of choosing a big house that is big enough and in a good enough location, at least to make the emperor's heart hurt.

But people who are used to being cautious, even if they are angry in their hearts, they still habitually think a lot.

It soon occurred to Lin Daiyu's county lord's mansion that it was better to be small and delicate than to be large and empty.

It is most suitable to be far away from the palace, not next to the prince or county prince's mansion.

And it's better to be close to the Ningrong and Rongfu or his own home, so that Lin Dangdang can visit relatives, or even borrow someone to accompany him at his grandmother's or foster brother's house.

Otherwise, it is really no different from going to jail.

But if you think about it carefully, there is a high probability that you can only live in your own home.

The Jia family did not dare to dictate to the mothers, eunuchs, and maids who came out of the palace.

And if these people dare to show off in front of me, then I will go to Xia Shouzhong to trouble him, and it will be more effective to keep them than to tell them in person.

In this way, Lin Daiyu will inevitably choose to visit Yingchun and Baochai from time to time.

Of course, it is also possible to stay alone in the county lord's mansion.

Glancing at the emperor who was deliberately looking for trouble, Shi Zhongkui thought to himself, when teaching the emperor the evil-breaking talisman later, should he add 10 strokes that are useless and do not affect the core spell of the evil-breaking talisman, or add 20 strokes?
If it weren't for the size of the talisman paper, he would have wanted to add a hundred more.

When it was kept for the emperor to learn, it took ten days and a half months just to memorize the painting method.

And when drawing, if there is a wrong or uncoordinated stroke, the spell will be spent.

Thinking of this, Shi Zhongkui recited the draft of the last imperial edict silently while the emperor asked him to pass on the imperial edict.

In the space farm, to simulate version 2.0, the difficulty of the evil-breaking talisman has increased many times.

With mind control, it is quite handy to draw.

But if you use a brush to draw, it will be difficult.

After confirming it, he started to write the imperial decree.

As a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, even if you haven't written such an imperial edict, there are a lot of imperial edicts from the previous dynasty and this dynasty in the Imperial Academy, so you can just apply them directly.

After the emperor read it, he couldn't help but nodded, secretly thinking that Shi Zhongkui was indeed cautious by nature, even if he was angry, the imperial decree was written in a stable manner.

He didn't boast about Lin Ruhai at all, and even faintly belittled Lin Daiyu, so as not to make her too prominent in the imperial decree and be stared at by others.

But since the emperor wanted to use Lin Ruhai, he wouldn't follow Shi Zhongkui's idea.

He picked up a pen and added several sentences to the manuscript, and then asked Shi Zhongkui to write the imperial decree on Huang Juan, and then stamped it with a jade seal.

Hand it over to Xia Shouzhong and said, "Send it to the Supervisor of Rituals for filing. Later, you will go to announce the decree with my Lord Liu Yuan, and visit the Lord Fushun County by the way, lest she be bullied by some idiots."

"Yes", Xia Shouzhong hurriedly knelt in front of the emperor to accept the imperial edict.

Taking three steps back, before leaving, he glanced at Shi Zhongkui, wondering why this guy seemed not very interested?
Thinking of Xiu Yiwei's report that Shi Zhongkui made mistakes with Liu Changji's words one after another today.

Cursing inwardly, "Damn it, think about it for a while, it's better to be careful, lest Liu Yuangong will be unhappy and vent his anger on himself again."

After Xia Shouzhong left, the emperor mentioned Jia Zhen's matter.

In fact, there is no need to think too much about this matter. After all, it is not depriving Ningguo Mansion of its title, nor is it directly ordering Jia Zhen to become a monk.

It can be regarded as saving a lot of face for the Jia family.

The imperial decree only said that the imperial court respected Taoism and Buddha, and ordered Jia Zhen to co-administer the affairs of Taichang Temple, but he was appointed as an official of Taichang Temple.

And the ancestral hall in the temple refers to the place where Confucianism worships ancestors or sages. Jia Zhen is not even a scholar, but if he has a brain, he dare not take care of this matter.

Otherwise, officials who were born in the imperial examination will inevitably laugh to death and make trouble.

There is no need to explain the temple in the ancestral temple. Jia Zhen does not have an official position in Taichang Temple.

But when it comes to some sacrificial activities, he is not even qualified to participate.

General Wei Lie of the third rank is a military officer. If he wants to do a good job, he can only become a monk or a Taoist priest, otherwise he will be dereliction of duty.

At that time, he wanted to be a Taoist priest, and he had no chance to continue to enjoy himself.

Not to mention the guts not to accept the order.

After teaching the emperor to draw evil talismans and writing several evil talismans with his own hands, Shi Zhongkui didn't care whether the emperor would hand over these talismans to the celestial master enshrined in the palace.

After leaving the palace, he glanced at Xia Shouzhong, who was cautious and smiling, and secretly thought that this guy was really smart, and he didn't even give him a chance to trouble him.

But if I really want to make trouble, I don't need a reason.

But Xia Shouzhong, an eunuch of the Six Palaces, a real inner figure, personally raised the sedan chair curtain for himself at the gate of the palace, and his posture was so low, I was really embarrassed to hold him any longer.

Instead, after thinking about it, he flipped his hand, and the Peach Talisman Token for Breaking Evil appeared in his hand out of thin air.

Then, under Xia Shouzhong's surprised gaze, he casually threw it to him.

"This is the evil peach talisman token. If anyone wants to use ghosts to harm you in the future, this token will not only heat up to remind you, but also take the initiative to fight back three times when ghosts are close, enough for you to escape."

"There are many slaves, thank you Liu Yuangong."

Xia Shouzhong saw with his own eyes that he could take things out of thin air, so there was no reason not to believe it, if not for his clear mind, he would have almost knelt down to thank him.

"For my benefit, if the palace servant who chooses to serve my sister dares to neglect her, don't I need to say more?"

"understand."

(End of this chapter)