I'm just an ordinary Taoist priest

Chapter 283 Wu Wang
Gu Yao stared at the map and engraved the black line into his head. While remembering, he found that the black line actually had many small and dense branch lines, like centipede's feet, touching every corner of Chang'an.

"This tunnel doesn't seem to be that simple."

At least not what Changle said before.

After Gu Yao roughly wrote down the whole picture, he turned around and looked for Zuiyue. The woman was walking around the room at the moment, looking at the furnishings in the room with interest.

This house is the golden house of Zheng Decai, and it spends a lot of money on maintenance every year. The furnishings in the house are also exquisite. The most luxurious one Gu Yao has seen before is the West Wing Room of Master Hou in Qingshui County. But compared with this place, To describe it as small and big is to belittle the house.

It looks unpretentious, without any dazzling gold, silver and jade, but the wood used, without exception, is the best wood such as red sandalwood and iron wood.

Gu Yao couldn't tell the history of the stones under his feet, but when he looked closely, there were fine carvings on each stone. He tried to step on it with a little force, but found that the stone was slightly soft and waxy, absorbing the force like a bubble. It is a little softer, and after sharing the strength, it will become the same again.

The most amazing thing is these lamps. The lampshades outside look like cloth strips used by ordinary people, but when they light the candles inside and hold the lampshades with their hands, they don't feel hot at all, but are extremely cool.

Noticing that Gu Yao had turned his attention away from the painting and looked at the lamp, Zuiyue chuckled and said, "This lampshade is made of asbestos and mixed with other treasures by skilled artisans. Such a small piece, put it in the Go outside and buy a house."

As he spoke, he sighed again: "Not only the lampshades, but even the windows are made of this kind of fabric. This fabric is soundproof and can even withstand bows and arrows. Except for the royal family, the Zheng family is the only one that can be so extravagant."

Gu Yao looked at her: "You really know a lot. I'm leaving later. Can you copy this painting? All the lines must be copied, and there should be no mistakes or omissions."

Zuiyue raised her hand and pulled her hair: "It's not a problem, but since you value this picture, why don't you just take it away? Zheng Decai probably won't refuse your request."

Gu Yao turned around and looked at the map again, and said, "It's out of love for someone to help you. If I don't know the scale, I'm going to slap my face. This house is the darling of shopkeeper Zheng. Don't make anything here."

"Don't worry, fellow daoist, what I am now will be what I will be when I leave, but don't fellow daoists plan to ask me who hunted me down?"

Gu Yao estimated the time: "It's too late now, Li Jiuhe is waiting outside, and I will come to you after I go to the banquet."

"The concubine is sweeping the couch and waiting."

Zuiyue saluted with a smile, and then took out a bunch of spare keys from the cabinet at the door and handed them to Gu Yao. When Zheng Decai called his outer room away, he only brought his underwear and left everything else here.

Gu Yao took it, weighed it and put it away: "I also ask my wife to help me copy the painting, Gu Yao bid farewell."

No more words, he walked out of the house, got into the channel at the bottom of the lake, and returned to Sanhefang.

Zheng Decai was waiting for him here, and when he saw him come back, he showed a smile on his face: "Master Gu, are you settled?"

Gu Yao also clasped his fists with a smile and said, "Thank you Zheng Zhangui for your help this time, and Gu Yao will surely repay you in the future."

"Master Gu, you are being polite. If Zheng is still useful in the future, please speak up."

After the two were polite, Gu Yao left and returned to the carriage.

Li Jiuhe waited for a long time, and when he saw Gu Yao's return, he immediately took the carriage to Wu Wangfu.

The whole journey was silent, and finally when they were approaching the Wu Palace, Li Jiuhe couldn't help but said, "Master Gu, it's better for you to keep a distance from Yu Zuiyue, she is a married woman."

"Ok?"

"My lord, don't blame me for talking too much. Yu Zuiyue has a bad reputation. Although she is also a pure Yuan Dao, compared with other pure Yuan Dao and Kun Dao, there are too many gossips, and she can't compare with others. For example Talking about Empress Yinxiang, although she is pure Yuan Dao Kun Dao, she has a great reputation, no matter who it is, it is full of praise when it comes to her."

That's not true, she is a noble concubine, try to scold her. Gu Yao complained in his heart.

As if feeling what Gu Yao was saying in his heart, Li Jiu said:

"Yinxiang Empress also had many suitors back then, and she was even more famous than Yu Yourongke today. Everyone was guessing who would be the lucky one to get her favor, but she ended up marrying into the royal family. She is extremely low-key, only going back to Chunyuandao every once in a while, and spends the rest of the time in the palace, and there have never been rumors about competing for favor or being extravagant, saying that the resources for her cultivation are all donated by herself , I have never used the royal family for one point and one luxury, and I can be the woman behind the royal family with peace of mind."

"But looking back at Yu Zuiyue, there are all kinds of news, and there are even rumors that her husband is not the only one."

When Li Jiuhe said this, he lowered his voice and said: "Although there is no evidence, there are many men who are closely related to her. In short, this woman is by no means a fuel-efficient lamp. Mr. Gu, you are not yet married and have a bright future. Don't get involved with her."

Gu Yao responded, and asked back: "Is my reputation good?"

"My lord, you are asking this question. You are now recognized as the number one arrogance, and the future Zhushi of the Great Zhou Dynasty. You are the best in the world."

"I have the taint of patricide. I heard that many people criticized me before."

"This man is not perfect. Mr. Gu, don't worry about it. Those people are just a bunch of mad dogs who want to be famous."

Gu Yao chuckled lightly: "Isn't Prince Wu's Mansion here yet?"

"It's almost here, just ahead."

The carriage slowed down slowly, and finally stopped with the sound of Li Jiuhe's donkey.

He lifted the curtain to let Gu Yao get out, holding the horse rope and said: "My lord, the official is waiting diagonally opposite, please rest assured to go to the banquet, and the official will come to pick you up after the end."

Just as Gu Yao wanted to say no need, Li Jiuhe had already led the horse and left, giving him no chance to refuse at all.

Turning around, he spoke to the guards in front of King Wu's Mansion, one of them went in to report, and within ten breaths, a middle-aged man in purple robes looked up to the sky and laughed, and rushed out of the mansion clapping his hands:

"Master Gu's presence really makes my palace flourish."

Although this man's hair is pitch black, his beard is somewhat white. He has a Chinese character face, a nose that reaches the sky, a straight face, and some serious wrinkles on his forehead, so he looks older than his actual age. He is wearing a purple python robe, a white jade belt around his waist, and his head Putting on a golden crown, she brought Xuanhe to the front of the mansion, greeted Gu Yao in person, and gave enough face.

Hey, I thought the second prince was only 30 years old at the most, but looking at his appearance, he must be more than 40 years old. Changle is older than me. After all, our emperor should be quite old, but he is definitely in good health , I just don’t know how many years the current crown prince has been, and whether he can survive.
King Wu rushed to the door. Gu Yao was about to salute, but just as he was about to put on his posture, the man had already supported Gu Yao with both hands and stopped his movement: "Master Gu, you are a second-rank official, how can you treat me like a little idle prince?" salute."

As he said that, he wanted to hold Gu Yao's hand and lead him in.

Gu Yao's face was a little tense. This King Wu is a genuine prince with real power. Although the title of King Wu is only from the first-rank vain position, he has no real power, but his real power comes from other official positions he holds concurrently. No matter how you put it, the words of claiming to be an idle prince and praising his senior officials are too outrageous.

At this moment, King Wu just wanted to imitate the ancients, and use this kind of behavior of "respectful and virtuous corporal" to show how much he valued Gu Yao. He grabbed Gu Yao's hand and wanted to pull him into the palace, but this action made Gu Yao really feel uncomfortable. Unable to bear it, he used skillful strength in his hand, and it slipped out of his hand like a slippery fish.

"My lord, you are too." He didn't know what to say for a moment.

But when King Wu saw that Gu Yao was at a loss for words, he thought he was moved.

After all, one of the most powerful people in the Great Zhou Dynasty, who is of the blood of the Son of Heaven, how dare a commoner not be moved by such actions and words?

As for Gu Yao pulling his hand just now, it must be due to inferiority complex.

King Wu was happier, and reached out to grab Gu Yao's hand, but he couldn't touch it.

"My lord, you are very polite. Gu Yao is very grateful to hear that you are willing to clear up the misunderstanding between Gu Yao and Mr. Ying."

After catching it for a long time, King Wu was also a little annoyed, and stopped his hand: "It's nothing, you two are my big Zhou's humerus, this king is naturally willing to contribute, come, Gu Yao, inside Please, this king also invited some people to a banquet to introduce you, if you need help in the future, you can find them."

After saying that, he turned around and left, Xuanhe got out of the way, stood aside, and waited for Gu Yao to pass by before following.

Passing through the gloomy front hall, King Wu took Gu Yao directly to the back garden.

At this moment, the back garden is full of flowers, the fragrance of honey is elegant, the grass is dense, there is the sound of clear springs, and the koi are migrating.

Many people dispersed and chatted in twos and threes in various places in the garden. Now they saw King Wu coming in, so they stopped talking and gathered together.

Many of them looked very familiar to Gu Yao, they were all seen in yesterday's competition, but they had never fought against him.

Seeing Gu Yao come in, the people in the garden also recognized him, and they couldn't help whispering again.

King Wu looked at them without interrupting, but whispered a few words to Xuan He, and Xuan He left in a hurry.

Then King Wu formally introduced Gu Yao to everyone. In his words, he praised Gu Yao as a fairy descending to the earth, but he did not forget to give others a little sunshine.

In short, it is not as good as it is now, but the future can be expected.

The art of speech, the king of Wu played it very clearly, not only gave Gu Yao enough face, but also gave others a foundation.

"Everyone sit down and say, today the king is in this garden, holding a running water poetry meeting, don't panic, if you know how to recite poems, if you don't know how to recite poems, let's taste wine together and exchange ideas, there is no status today Min, we are just friends."

Putting his words aside, the King of Wu took the lead in finding a flat grass to sit on the ground, and asked the servants waiting outside to bring drinks and cakes, and then called a slim woman with gorgeous makeup to sit at the uppermost stream of the stream and play a musical instrument.

Driven by him, the atmosphere gradually relaxed, and the talent show was also brought up.

Gu Yao was dragged by King Wu to sit beside him, silently being a spectator.

But King Wu didn't expect to reveal his secrets for the first time. It seems that Jingyin and the others kidnapped a woman from Changlefang, so he mistakenly thought that Gu Yao was fond of beauty, so he specially brought in a handsome maid to serve him and talk to him from time to time.

Gu Yao didn't say a word, and drank the wine lightly: "Your Highness, didn't you say that Princess Changle is also here?"

King Wu laughed loudly: "How can my sister Changle be with them? She is with other women in the side courtyard. Don't worry, Gu Yao. Let's have some fun here, and I will take you there again."

"By the way, Ying Mudao will come later. He is a very busy person, so it is very difficult to invite him. In Chang'an, apart from Father, only I can invite him."

As soon as the wine glass in Gu Yao's hand was exhausted, the maid serving him immediately filled it up, and at the same time fed it with cakes, but Gu Yao refused.

Scanning the people in the garden, Gu Yao looked at the person diagonally opposite, his eyes lit up, and he became interested: "Your Highness, is that person Hao Feihuang?"

In the previous competition, this person used the technique of turning into a golden toad and the technique of killing. It seems that he is from Jilin Prefecture. He just overestimated himself and picked a hard rock. Fuxi Pagoda.

Therefore, Gu Yao had a deep impression on him.

King Wu took a look: "Yes, it's him. He is one of the best people in this group. Of course, you can't be counted."

Over there Hao Feihuang was about to drink, when he felt his eyes, followed his gaze, and realized that it was the King of Wu, he immediately got up, holding the wine glass to toast.

King Wu got up lazily, facing him, the royal family's unruliness was vividly displayed. Although Hao Feihuang's attitude was very respectful, King Wu was only superficial, and even when he drank, he only slightly pursed his lips to taste the wine.

After sending Hao Feihuang away, King Wu sat down again and enthusiastically grabbed Gu Yao's shoulder: "Come, Gu Yao, have a drink."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

"Don't call me Your Highness, I heard that you have a good relationship with Changle, so just call me Second Brother."

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"Are you interested in Hao Feihuang?" King Wu asked after finishing his drink, turning an empty wine glass in his hand.

Gu Yao nodded and said: "Yes, I heard that Jilin Prefecture is a human city surrounded by monsters outside the pass, so I am very curious."

King Wu laughed: "Hey, what's so strange about this, just like there are demon tribes in Dazhou territory, so is this chicken forest. Don't forget to fight, just like this Hao Feihuang, he is obviously not weak, but the more I don't give him face, the more he will stick to him."

"He's cheap in his bones."

King Wu sneered and commented, and reminded Gu Yao: "If you want to deal with this person, you must remember that these people have no reputation at all, and what they say is bullshit, even worse than monsters and ghosts."

Gu Yao took a sip of wine: "Didn't you invite him here?"

"No, this man is a barbarian. He is a barbarian who practices the art of slaying. Being in contact with him will only lower my status. This time, he came with other people, so it's not easy for me to expel him."

King Wu leaned on the tree quite loosely: "I have held such gatherings many times, and there is no threshold, so he followed."

There is no threshold for a party, but the threshold of the Wu Palace where the party is held is not low.

Gu Yao's face passed by, and his eyes turned to Hao Feihuang again.

Can you get some information about the situation outside the customs from his mouth?
(End of this chapter)