In today’s court meeting, the ministers did not have anything particularly important to report to Emperor Hongwu, so the canonization of Du Changsheng as a national advisor at the beginning became the most important thing. He was not of a high rank, but the position of Imperial Master was the first for Dazhenshang. Coupled with the contents of the edict, it added a bit of mystery to Du Changsheng.
Moreover, the veterans present knew the current emperor quite well. Emperor Hongwu disagreed with Emperor Yuande and was a very pragmatic emperor. If Du Changsheng was incompetent, he would not be favored by him, so he would not be favored by him until he retired. There are basically two things on the minds of the ministers: the first thing is that, based on recent rumors and the information from today’s court meeting, Yin Zhaoxian may really be in the recovery stage, which makes some people happy and some sad; the second thing is that I am thinking of this national master.
After the morning court, Du Changsheng, who was still in excitement, also left the golden palace together with congratulations.
Xiao Du was walking relatively behind and saw Du Changsheng and Yan Chang leaving together from a distance. After greeting the surrounding colleagues, he kept thinking about the edict.
There was a carriage parked somewhere in the palace. Xiao Du didn’t speak for a while after getting on the carriage, thinking about today’s information in his heart.
When he couldn’t wait for his master’s order for a long time, the servant asked carefully.
“Master, should we go to Yushitai or go directly back to the mansion?”
As the leader of the Yushitai, Xiao Du no longer needs to go to the Yushitai to work every day. After hearing what his servant said, Xiao Du finally came to his senses and hesitated for a moment.
“Go to Si Tianjian, I want to visit the Imperial Preceptor.”
“Yes!”
As soon as the servant responded, as the driver drove the carriage, the entourage also left together. They arrived at Si Tianjian in about half a quarter of an hour, and it didn’t take much effort to find Du Changsheng’s current residence.
Hearing that the imperial censor was visiting, Du Changsheng, who was assigning people to help pack things, quickly came out. When he arrived at the courtyard, he saw Xiao Du standing by the carriage outside the courtyard gate. He took a few steps to greet him.
“Hello, Mr. Xiao, Du Changsheng is so polite here!”
Du Changsheng still has his own pride. When facing Emperor Hongwu, he can act like a “minor minister” and remain respectful while still showing a hint of fear. However, other ministers are much less able to intimidate him, especially him. The position of National Master has been implemented. Although he does not have much real power, he is also outside the normal officialdom.
When Xiao Du saw Du Changsheng, who had a white beard and white hair with an immortal spirit, he did not dare to neglect him and took a few steps closer to salute him.
“Congratulations to the Imperial Preceptor on your promotion. Xiao Mou took the liberty of visiting. Didn’t you disturb the Imperial Preceptor? The Imperial Preceptor will be moving to his new house soon. Xiao can also recommend someone to help with the furniture, items, maids and servants.”
Du Changsheng put away his etiquette and stroked his beard and smiled. For such an important official as the imperial censor to be so attentive to him, he must have something to ask for. He didn’t want to beat around the bush and asked directly.
“Master Xiao and Mr. Du have rarely interacted with each other. We are here today, but we have something to discuss? Mr. Xiao said bluntly that if he can help, Mr. Du will do his best. However, Mr. Du has something to say first, and the Holy One has a purpose, and Mr. Du Although I am a national advisor, I cannot interfere with matters related to government affairs. I hope Master Xiao will understand.”
In Du Changsheng’s opinion, Xiao Du’s visit to him was probably related to government affairs, so he would be safe if he left him out first.
“This is natural. How could Xiao make it difficult for the Imperial Master, let alone violate the Holy Will? Imperial Master, please take a step to speak!”
Xiao Du stretched out his hand to invite someone to one side and then walked to the side first. Du Changsheng followed him in confusion. Seeing Du Changsheng coming over, Xiao Du looked at the courtyard door and lowered his voice.
“Master, our Xiao family may have attracted evil spirits and may be facing disaster. Well, Xiao is not referring to the partisanship between the DPRK and China, but the evil evils. In recent years, dogs have had no hope of having children, and I am afraid that this is also the reason. It’s related. When Xiao met the Imperial Master today, he couldn’t help but want to ask for help.”
“Did you attract evil spirits?”
Du Changsheng was slightly startled, it was a little different from what he thought, and then his eyes became serious.
“Master Xiao, please stand still and wait for Mr. Du to look at you with Dharma eyes.”
Hearing Du Changsheng’s words, Xiao Du stood still and watched Du Changsheng take two steps back slightly, then formed a seal with his hands and drew his sword finger from his dantian to his forehead.
Du Changsheng closed his eyes, and with the concentration of his magic power, he suddenly opened his eyes. At this moment, in Xiao Du’s sight, he could vaguely see a golden light flashing across Du Changsheng’s eyes, and his eyes became filled with a feeling of for Xiao Du. Watari’s strong sense of insight suddenly increased his hope.
In Du Changsheng’s eyes, as an official of the imperial court, Xiao Du’s aura has become more distinct. Now that he is a national master, his ability to feel the imperial officials even exceeds his own moral conduct. He actually discovered the black energy he had seen before, and there were some flames gathering below. He couldn’t tell what they were, but they vaguely looked like many candles with strange lights. He also felt a wisp of evil energy that seemed to be a little distant.
After a long time, Du Changsheng closed his eyes. When he opened them again, the sense of insight in his eyes had faded a lot.
“Master, what’s wrong?”
Du Changsheng frowned and stroked his beard and thought for a moment before speaking to Xiao Du.
“Master Xiao, it seems that you have been entangled with that evil spirit for a long time. Du asked me if it has anything to do with the fire. Well, Du didn’t know whether his description was accurate. Anyway, he looked at it. It doesn’t look like a big fire, but like many candles.”
Xiao Du became obviously excited and subconsciously took a step closer to Du Changsheng.
“The Imperial Master is right, what he said is right. This matter is indeed an old grudge, and it is indeed related to the candlelight. Now that we are in trouble, our Xiao family is even more likely to be extinct because of this!”
Du Changsheng is actually not familiar with the officialdom, but he has a general understanding of some of the main contradictions. However, he still has some principles. Moreover, he has just become a state counselor and it is his duty to take care of the courtiers who are entangled by evil spirits, so there is no need to do so. Too pushy.
“In that case, without further ado, I will immediately go back to the house with Mr. Xiao to take a look first.”
“It’s so good, it’s so good! Imperial Preceptor, please get on Xiao’s carriage, Imperial Preceptor please!”
Xiao Du was overjoyed and quickly invited Du Changsheng to get on the bus. Du Changsheng was very pleased that such a court official was so respectful to him. He looked like a national master.
The carriage traveled very quickly and arrived at the 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 to visit every place in the Xiao Mansion. In the corner, more than a quarter of an hour later, they returned to the living room of Xiao Mansion.
“National Preceptor, have you found anything?”
Xiao Du saw that Du Changsheng didn’t drink any tea and was just meditating there. After waiting for a while, he couldn’t help but ask a question. The latter frowned and looked at him.
“There is no evil spirit in the Xiao Mansion. It doesn’t look like the evil spirit has come to the door…”
At this time, there were footsteps outside the house. Xiao Ling had come back. When he entered the living room, the first thing he saw was Du Changsheng, who was extremely good-looking.
“Dad, this must be the Imperial Master, Xiao Ling is so polite!”
As Xiao Ling said this, he saluted Du Changsheng, who had already stood up and looked Xiao Ling up and down. After looking for a while, Du Changsheng’s eyes also changed, and he said with some meaning.
“No, you are injured, but it is not because of evil, but because of divine punishment! And, hum…”
Du Changsheng sneered and looked back at Xiao Du who was sitting over there.
“And this is a superb Shinto method. Mr. Xiao was injured twice. One time was considered to have damaged his basic vitality, and the second time was because the **** left a backup plan. You must have violated some oath agreement, That will make you desperate!”
The methods of the gods are upright and easier to see through than the methods of evil spirits. In other words, they are basically laid out in the open for proper practitioners to know.
“Hmph, Mr. Xiao, Du can take care of evil spirits. Du will not take this punishment lightly.”
Du Changsheng vaguely understood that the **** who left behind his methods was probably of extremely high moral character, and the traces of his charm were very shallow but very obvious.
“God?”
Xiao Du stood up immediately, looked at Xiao Ling and then at Du Changsheng.
“National Master, my Xiao family has always worshiped the gods. The Chenghuang Temple also has the ever-burning lantern of my Xiao family. Why do the gods want to harm my Xiao family? And how can my son violate the gods? Even if there is any offense, mortals are ignorant, and If you can’t see the true form of the spirit, it is said that those who don’t know are not guilty, so why do you have to set off twice and make my Xiao family disappear? I beg the Imperial Master to think of a way…”
“Oh? I’ve never seen it before?”
Du Changsheng squinted his eyes and looked 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 exactly what happened, otherwise I won’t care about it, and Mr. Xiao, I asked you about old grudges before, and you said that your ancestors violated the agreement. , I just found hundreds of lights and sent them to him, I’m afraid it’s more than that, right? Humph, he still ignored him when the disaster was approaching, and Du left.”
With that said, Du Changsheng put his hands behind his back, passed Xiao Du, and walked out of the living room.
“The Imperial Guards stay behind, the Imperial Guards stay behind!”
Xiao Du already believed 90% of the ability of the Imperial Master. How could he let him go at this moment? He hurriedly chased him out. Du Changsheng didn’t really want to leave directly. He at least wanted to know the truth, so he stopped and turned around. Seeing Xiao Du standing still, he bowed his hands and saluted.
“National Master, I will tell you everything about the Xiao family’s past. Things that offend the gods are really…”
“Dad, the Imperial Master 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.
“What is offended is not the land of the City God, but the Empress Ying of the Tongtian River…”
“Empress Ying?” “Empress Ying!”
Xiao Du and Du Changsheng had different reactions. The former was slightly confused, while the latter was shocked.
“You… are so brave…”
“National Master, is this very difficult? I can order people to prepare sacrifices in the river to appease the anger of the gods…”
“I’m afraid this matter is not that simple. Please tell me everything first and let me think about it carefully before talking!”
Du Changsheng’s face was uncertain, and he had already given up. The Xiao family had no idea how much debt they had incurred, not to mention attracting evil and grudges, including gods. He planned to go to Ji Yuan for help after hearing the truth. Fan, if there is something wrong, you have to reject the Xiao family even if you lose the face of your own imperial master.
(End of this chapter)