Journey to the West: I want to be sanctified

Chapter 346 Wei Zheng meets Zhou Yin
Wei Zheng walked into the imperial study with a complicated expression.

Two quarters of an hour later, he came out of it with a sad face and dejected head.

"My lord, where are you going?" The coachman waiting for Wei Zheng outside the palace judged from his expression that the master might not be returning home.

"Go to Taixuan Temple!" Wei Zheng said bitterly.

Maybe I have been punished for making too many jokes about Yuan Shoucheng recently, but now such a tricky job falls to me!
Taixuan Temple was the royal Taoist temple appointed by Emperor Gaozu of Tang Dynasty when he was alive. It attracted casual practitioners from all walks of life, and it was also Taixuanzong's base camp in the imperial city.

Compared with a year ago, the Taixuan Temple has been restored to a rather simple and simple atmosphere. Even though it is in the middle of the busy city, it still has a mysterious aura of detachment from the world.

In a spacious and elegant quiet room in the temple, the master of the temple, Qin Cong, is playing chess with Yuan Shoucheng.

"Guanzhu, Prime Minister Wei Zheng is visiting." Xiaodao Tongtong reported.

"I won, and I'll bring you ten taels of silver." Yuan Shoucheng told Qin Cong after returning to the temple, and confirmed that Wei Zheng would definitely come later.

Qin Cong naturally didn't believe Wei Zheng, who almost never came to Taixuan Temple. Yuan Shoucheng immediately bet him 1000 taels, and he only agreed to ten taels.

Wei Zheng was led into the quiet room by Dao Tong.

"Did Your Majesty ask you to invite our suzerain?" Yuan Shoucheng asked first.

Wei Zheng nodded helplessly.

"I won again, bring me another ten taels of silver." Yuan Shoucheng stretched out his hand to Qin Cong proudly.

Originally, I could get 2000 taels for nothing today, but only 20 taels when I met Qin Cong, a stingy guy. However, chatting is better than nothing.

"Why? Even our inner disciples can't be invited. Wouldn't it be even more hopeless to send you, an outsider?" Qin Cong really didn't understand Taizong's move.

Wei Zheng frowned, silently took out a red gold envelope from his pocket and put it on the chess table.

"This..." Yuan Shoucheng looked at the familiar handwriting on the envelope: "This is an invitation written by His Majesty for the Sovereign!?"

Wei Zheng nodded silently.

"Your Majesty did this to please the suzerain!" Yuan Shoucheng lamented that Taizong had finally let go of his illusory and arrogant attitude.

Looking at the envelope that changed Yuan Shoucheng's color drastically, the politically insensitive Qin Cong asked in confusion, "To what extent?"

"Previously, His Majesty sent me to invite the suzerain of this sect from the perspective of the monarch and his ministers, with the intention of being convenient and efficient. Now, sending the first minister with a handwritten letter is almost equivalent to him going out in person. It is no longer an agreement between the monarch and his ministers. At this time It's equal or even better!"

Yuan Shoucheng was so excited that he was a little incoherent. According to this development, the status of suzerain will surpass Taizong.

"If you still can't invite the suzerain of your sect, Your Majesty said that I don't have to go back." Wei Zheng pulled a bitter face.

It can be described as a hot potato from heaven.

……

Tai Xuanzong, Hunyuan Peak.

Zhou Yin closed his eyes and sat quietly on the edge of a cliff.

"Master, Yuan Shoucheng..." Tao Yaoyao jumped up and down towards Zhou Yin.

Before he finished speaking, Zhou Yin interrupted: "Go back to him, don't go!" The emperor never finished.

Tao Yaoyao pretended not to be able to stop, and bumped into Zhou Yin on purpose.

While saying: "Oh, master, I'm sorry, I was too careless!" while taking the opportunity to hug Zhou Yin fiercely.

In this situation, Zhou Yin has nothing to do with her other than calling her a villain.

Tao Yaoyao, who has followed the rules, is getting more and more comfortable in mopping.

To use her master's words: If you have an advantage, don't take advantage of the bastard.

"Master, master, you misunderstood, this time it wasn't Yuan Shoucheng who sent the message, he brought someone here." Tao Yaoyao said before Zhou Yin scolded her.

Looking at Tao Yaoyao, who was blushing and nervous, and was afraid of finding her fault, Zhou Yin planned to let her go, and sighed: "Who is it?"

"Prime Minister Wei Zheng."

Zhou Yin raised his spirit a little bit, Wei Zheng was also one of the key links to start the journey to the west, it was his dream of beheading the dragon king of Jinghe that caused Taizong's soul to travel to the underworld and thus started the great revival of Buddhism.

"He also brought the emperor's handwritten letter." Tao Yaoyao added.

Zhou Yin closed his eyes and calculated with the aura of heaven. At this time, Wei Zheng had been named Cao by the heavenly court.

He couldn't help but come up with a plan, and raised the corner of his mouth and said, "See you!"

……

Hunyuan Peak is isolated from all directions by the formation.

This is the first time Wei Zheng has come to Taixuanzong. From the beginning, he was attracted by the misty fairy mountain scenery and couldn't leave his eyes.

When I came to Hunyuan Peak, I was even more shocked by the fairy flowers and grasses that I had never seen before.

At this moment, he is surrounded by a transparent wave-shaped fairy formation, and he has fully confirmed that this is not a mortal world, but a fairyland!

Originally, the setting of the large formation isolated from all directions was completely transparent and outsiders could not see it, but this time Zhou Yin deliberately showed the prototype of the large formation, and ordered Daotong to let Wei Zheng wait in it.

A quarter of an hour later, Zhou Yin appeared in the formation, unscrupulously releasing the Golden Immortal Dzogchen realm.

Wei Zheng only felt an overwhelming force pressing on him, his legs began to tremble and his head bowed deeply. It was a sacred, powerful and irresistible force, which made him want to bow down and worship it.

At this moment, he understood how ridiculous it was for him to be sent as a lobbyist. Before that, he didn't understand why Taizong should humble himself to a mere suzerain. It was for a mortal suzerain, but this is a real god. Taizong came to invite everyone in person. Not enough.

"Do you know why I met you?" Zhou Yin stayed far away, and deliberately used amplifying notes, which had the effect of echoing, the original sound of the fairy sound.

"The foolish people don't know, so please ask the immortals for advice." Wei Zheng knelt down willingly and humbly asked for advice.

Sensing Wei Zheng's complete surrender, Zhou Yin said in his heart that the superficial effect was not bad.

"Cao Guan." Zhou Yin said.

Wei Zheng was shocked. No one knew about this matter except himself and Tianting. At that time, the angel who came to canonize Tianting told him not to reveal his identity without the order of Tianting. How did he know?
"I..." Wei Zheng faltered and dared not speak out.

"Is it the envoy from the Heavenly Court who came to enshrine you to keep your identity secret?"

"Fools dare not lie!" Wei Zheng was shocked, how could Zhou Yin be so clear about these things, could it be that he is also a member of the Heavenly Court?

In terms of this aura and demeanor, Zhou Yin is more like a fairy than the messenger of heaven in the early days of the fairy.

Under this invisible influence, Wei Zheng felt that Zhou Yin was more credible than the heavenly messenger.

"Do you know how many Cao officials canonized by Heavenly Court in one year?"

Zhou Yin's words shocked Wei Zheng, isn't this the only one in the world?He is just a mortal, how could he know about the affairs of heaven, all speculations are only what he thinks after all.

Before he could answer, Zhou Yin said again: "Do you know how many people Cao Guan disappeared in the world without a sound every year?"

This is a serious statement. Wei Zheng, who has been in court all year round, knew what it meant when he heard it: "Please let the immortal show me a way out!"

In the world, there are countless people who think that they are the lucky ones chosen by fate and think that they will be prosperous from now on, but they don't know that they are just reduced to a pawn of a greater power, and they will be eaten to the bone at some point.

Unexpectedly, the Heavenly Court is as full of power struggles as the human world, and Wei Zheng feels that this person Cao Guan is a huge pit of fire rushing towards his face.

He can handle mortals in the world, but how can he play with immortals in heaven?
"Please immortal save me!" The immortal who can tell him this may be his only way out, Wei Zheng urgently needs to report this thigh.

Zhou Yin saw that Wei Zheng had almost conquered himself, and only needed one last shot.

He took out the merit card bestowed on him by the Jade Emperor, threw it on the ground inadvertently, sighed in a daze, his tone became depressed and filled with deep sadness:
"I used to be an official in Heavenly Court for many years... well, I won't mention it, but it hurts to see so many innocent people sacrificed by Heavenly Court for some purpose."

"So I joined Taixuanzong and recruited people with morality and righteousness from all over the world to create a truly fair and just platform, where there is no intrigue, everyone can practice Taoism, and the world is morally righteous!"

(End of this chapter)