Longevity begins with slaying demons and eliminating demons

Chapter 261 Gu Xu's New House

This time, it took a whole day for Shen Qiu to receive his father's reply through the communication circle.

In this letter, the Patriarch of the Shen family used thousands of words in a very serious tone, and explained to him a lot of great truths. Lift", "Since enjoying the support of the family, you have to work hard to contribute to the family" and so on.

After reading the letter, Shen Qiu sneered.

He has always been clever and meticulous, so he can naturally guess the thoughts of the Patriarch of the Shen family——

When he was in Jinling, the Patriarch refused to recognize his son; now that he came to Luojing City, the Patriarch wanted to beg him to go back.

If nothing else happened, in the recent period of time, the family property has been messed up by his good-for-nothing brother Shen Hua, and he needs to go back to help clean up the mess.

Of course Shen Qiu would not submit obediently.

Ever since he made up his mind to work in Gu Xu's mansion, he has already started trying to break free from the shadow of the family, and naturally he will not go back.

He sat by the window of the inn and thought for a while.

Then he picked up the pen and wrote another letter to his father, the content of which was roughly as follows——

"From today onwards, I, Shen Qiu, have officially left the Jinling Shen family, and have no relationship with the family ever since."

"All the properties I manage, as well as all the private property left in Jinling, belong to the family, as a reward for the kindness of the clansman's upbringing."

"My only request is that I hope to bring my mother from Jinling to Luojing City, and I will take care of her personally from now on."

Shen Qiu's mother was originally an ordinary maid.

She doesn't have a real name, only a name given to her by her master - "Ningxiu".

On weekdays, she is only responsible for doing chores such as cleaning the yard and trimming flowers and plants.

Later, because the head of the family got drunk and gave birth to Shen Qiu with her, which annoyed Madam Shen, she was kicked out of the Shen family mansion.

Since then, she has been cleaning tables and floors in a simple inn on the outskirts of Jinling.The Shen family seemed to have forgotten her existence.

Throughout the year, it was difficult for Shen Qiu to meet her.

But every time during the holidays, my mother would find a way to ask someone to send some things to Shen Qiu's hands—sometimes it was the scarves and gloves she sewed by herself, sometimes it was some second-hand books, and sometimes it was some desserts she made herself or preserved foods.

These things are not expensive.

But seeing them, Shen Qiu would feel that in this indifferent world, there are still people who are caring about him and caring about him.

Even though his father regards him as a burden and his family as a tool, in the eyes of his mother, he will always be a child of flesh and blood, a unique individual.

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After finishing writing, Shen Qiu stuffed the letter into an envelope, handed it to Steward Shao, and asked him to send the letter to Jinling.

At the same time, he glanced at today's date.

"Time flies," he thought silently, "if you don't pay attention, it's time to report to Mr. Gu's mansion."

Then, with a thought, he put all the change of clothes, pens, inks, papers and inkstones, all kinds of books and other things that were piled up in disorder in the house into his magic weapon of space.

Shen Qiu's magic weapon of space is a ring.

Its volume is not large, only about [-] liters, far inferior to Gu Xu's "Xianyunju".

But as a rough man, Shen Qiu didn't carry a lot of luggage, after packing everything, there was more than enough space in the ring.

Then he left the room, went down the stairs, returned the key to the innkeeper, and went out to the street, waving to a stagecoach.

"May I ask where the guest officer is going?" asked the coachman.

"No. 22, Jinyu Lane, Yanqingfang." Shen Qiu thought for a while and replied.

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The carriage drove through the city full of people, and crossed the wide and calm Luo River along the stone bridge.The closer you get to the destination, the wider the courtyard, the more refined the houses, and the sparser the crowd.

After arriving at Yanqingfang, the noise of the market can hardly be heard, and the air seems to have become fresh and pleasant.

On the bank of the weeping willows, Shen Qiu saw the residences of Princess Zhaoning, King of Xin'an, King of Yiyang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry and many other important figures.

At this moment, Gu Xu's new house has also been repaired.

As soon as he got off the carriage, Shen Qiu saw a black lacquered and bright door with a step as high as one foot and an iron knocker on the door.

He climbed the steps, took the knocker in his hand, and knocked lightly on the door.

All I heard was a polite voice from inside the door: "Excuse me, your honored guest's name?"

Shen Qiu thought to himself: This voice doesn't sound like Mr. Gu's, it should be a servant or housekeeper of Mr. Gu's house.

"Shenqiu in Jinling, come to serve in the mansion at the appointment of Mr. Gu." He replied.

The voice inside the door continued: "Please wait here for a while, distinguished guest. I need to confirm your identity."

Hearing this, Shen Qiu felt some doubts at first: The other party doesn't even open the door, how can I identify my identity?
However, he quickly realized that Gu Xu was a highly accomplished talisman master—it must not be too difficult for him to arrange some special formations on the door.

Soon, relying on the powerful spiritual perception ability of the fourth-level monks, Shen Qiu faintly noticed that there seemed to be a pair of invisible eyes on the top of the gate, looking at him from above.

After a few seconds, the black painted door automatically opened to both sides.

What caught Shen Qiu's eyes was a shadow wall.

On the screen wall, there is a complex painted picture. There are hundreds of figures in the painting, most of them are dressed in the clothes of servants, men, women, old and young.

After bypassing the screen wall, there is a wide courtyard.

There are two boys wearing linen shorts and holding brooms, bending over carefully in the courtyard to clean the dust and fallen leaves on the ground.

The two look exactly the same, more similar than most twins in the world.

When Shen Qiu passed through the courtyard, the two boys stopped what they were doing, and respectfully saluted him, "I have met Mr. Shen."

Shen Qiu returned the salute with a smile and nodded, and at the same time asked them: "Do you know where Master Gu is?"

The two boys replied in unison with immature voices: "Master Gu is waiting for you in the study."

As soon as they finished speaking, a young maid appeared beside Shen Qiu out of thin air. She was wearing a light pink long dress and her hair was combed into a double ring bun. Although she was not beautiful, she was attractive.

"Master Shen, please follow me!" She slightly bowed her knees and saluted.

"Interesting." Shen Qiu looked around at the many servants in the courtyard, and silently complained in his heart.

The main house of Gu's mansion is divided into three by screens and green gauze cabinets.

In the middle is the living room, with several wooden tables and official hat chairs.On both sides are bedrooms and study rooms.

Compared with the Shen family's mansion in Jinling City, there are many mansions of officials of the same level, Shen Qiu felt that this room was simply too simple - no antiques, no potted plants, no hanging curtains, so that it looked empty Yes, a little deserted.

Guided by the maid, he walked through a separate door of the Bisha cabinet and came to Gu Xu's study.

At this moment, Gu Xu was standing beside the long table.

Holding the "Jinghong Pen" in his right hand, he looked down at a pair of words on the table intently.

There was a small bronze incense burner on the table, and a wisp of agarwood rose up, lingering around Gu Xu, making him look like a fairy descended from the mortal world.

This bronze incense burner is a magic weapon that Gu Xu took out from "Xianyunju".The incense in it has a miraculous effect that can make people concentrate.

When he smelled its breath, Shen Qiu only felt refreshed, as if all the gloom in his chest was swept away in an instant.

"Master Shen, what do you think of this word?" Gu Xu noticed Shen Qiu's approach, turned around and smiled at him.

Shen Qiu came to his side.

The table was a little high, and he had to stand on tiptoe to get a full view of what was on it.

I saw the three big characters "Changshengzhai" written on the plain rice paper.

Gu Xu's calligraphy is as elegant and smooth as ever, like dragons and snakes flying, luan fluttering and phoenix mooring.

However, it is different from the handwriting in Yishui County, which has a calm handwriting and a restrained edge.

This word looks powerful and unrestrained, like a young eagle jumping off a cliff, and then soaring into the sky.When seeing it, Shen Qiu couldn't help but think of the thunder that shook the entire Luojing city a few days ago, and the torrential rain that everyone in Longmen Academy can't forget.

Shen Qiu thought for a moment, then responded: "As expected of Dong Weng's characters, it has your demeanor of thundering on the ground and soaring ninety thousand li."

Shen Qiu was used to speaking harsh and sarcastic words on weekdays.So at this moment, when he needs to say something flattering, it always sounds a little weird.

Hearing his words, Gu Xu smiled and said, "Brother Shen, you don't have to be so restrained when you come to my house. We might as well call each other brothers and get along like friends."

Perhaps it was because Gu Xu was too young, the name "Dong Weng" really felt awkward to Shen Qiu.But perhaps because of the majesty in this young man's temperament that did not belong to this age group, Shen Qiu found that he could not call out a more casual title like "Gu Xiandi".

He struggled for a while, and finally decided to continue calling the other party "Master Gu".

At the same time, Gu Xu wrote his name on the corner of the rice paper with the "Jinghong Brush", stamped it, and waved his hand lightly.

The words were framed in an instant and hung on the top of the wall on one side of the study.

"Lord Gu, I have a question to ask you." At this time Shen Qiu asked Gu Xu, "If I read correctly, the maids and servants in your courtyard should all use the 'dotting eye gift' The products created by the "spirit" technique? But in my opinion, they look far more intelligent and spiritual than the black-clothed boy drawn by Zhao Xinran, the talisman master Zhao Xinran, in Longmen Academy that day.

"I'm curious, have you made some improvements to this spell?"

Ever since he saw the "Bagua Logic Circuit Diagram" and "Fire Characters" drawn by Gu Xu, Shen Qiu never doubted Gu Xu's ability to improve or create talisman seals.

While he was talking, a maid in a pink dress brought a teapot and teacups and poured them each a cup of hot tea.

White mist rose from the tea and mixed with the incense in the copper stove, making Shen Qiu feel like he was in Yun Zhengxia's fairyland.

Shen Qiu found that he could not see the shadow behind her, nor could he hear her footsteps.

Then the maid left the main room and returned to the screen wall with light steps.

When she stretched out her slender fingers to touch the screen wall, her figure disappeared instantly and turned into a still picture on the screen wall.

And the two boys still held the broom and focused on cleaning the courtyard, as if they hadn't noticed this mysterious and weird scene at all.

"You're right," Gu Xu nodded, and replied, "I've combined some of the puppet art's mysteries with this 'eye-pointing' technique, as well as the defensive magic circle in this room. Together.

"When I am at home, they will act according to my will. When I am not at home, they will also take care of and maintain the house according to the plan I have set in advance. If there is an invasion of foreign enemies, intending to assassinate or Theft, the figures on these murals will also form my second line of defense."

"The second line of defense?" Shen Qiu asked curiously, "Then what is the first line of defense?"

"You should have seen the first line of defense. It is the magic circle outside the gate that can identify visitors by their appearance," Gu Xu replied. In the killing array."

He paused for a moment, lifted the teacup from the table, took a sip of the hot tea, and continued: "Of course, these methods can only be used against ordinary people, low-level ghosts, and ordinary monks. If the intruder's strength If it is much higher than me, then these lines of defense will be like paper, useless.

"Brother Shen is also a talisman master with profound attainments. If you are interested in the future, maybe we can continue to improve these magic circles together, making them more solid and unbreakable."

Shen Qiu didn't respond for a while.

He was very shocked by Gu Xu's actions.

On the one hand, he was shocked by Gu Xu's mastery of the talisman technique——

According to the national teacher, the key to becoming a Talisman Master is to understand all dharmas and achieve the same goal by different routes.

Gu Xu combined the art of puppetry with the art of "pointing the eyes and giving spirits", can it be said that he has touched the threshold of the realm of the master?
On the other hand, he was shocked by Gu Xu's dedication to arranging the defensive circle——

Although compared with the formations in the Jinling Shen's mansion and the imperial palace, these defensive measures in the Gu residence are still far behind.

However, Shen Qiu had never seen a sixth-rank official who set up security formations one after another for his residence like Gu Xu.

"Perhaps it's because Mr. Gu stayed in that troubled place in Qingzhou Mansion for a long time?" Shen Qiu silently guessed in his heart, "Even if he came to the capital under the protection of the 'Tianlong Formation', he would still be afraid of ghosts." With [-] vigilance."

Just like Gu Xu's previous life, people often think that people in Yunnan ride elephants to school, and people in Inner Mongolia have to ride horses for the college entrance examination.

Since the disaster happened not long ago, people in other areas often feel that Qingzhou Mansion has become a haunted place on earth, with ghosts and ghosts walking all over the streets.

"By the way, I have something here that I need Brother Shen to help." At this moment, Gu Xu continued.

(End of this chapter)