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Chapter 192 41: Merit and Demerit

In the book, Li Chan rides whales and deer, travels thousands of miles, fights Zhu Yan in the bamboo forest, and discusses Taoism with pulse on Mount Baidou. .

When he left Shiming Pavilion with "Shi Tian Ji", it was late afternoon, and it was still snowing outside the pavilion, but the blue bricks on the main road were still shining.A palace official was passing by with a broom. The broom was made of nine-knuckle grass and steamed with sulfur. It ran away like a leg.

The music of the sacrificial ceremony also stopped at this time, and the servant of Lantai, who had read the oracle of the Book God, was still carrying some incense from the Lingshu Hall, and walked along the corridor with two school scribes.

As soon as Li Chan breathed a sigh of relief, and said a few words to Li Xikun, Lantai servant Song Xiang called out from a distance: "Li Youyi!"

"Li Youyi, the book god has an order, have the monsters in the Shiming Pavilion been eliminated?" Song Xiang came to the outside of the Shiming Pavilion and kept looking into the pavilion.

"Naturally." Li Chan stepped aside, "Song Shilang go in and have a look."

Song Xiang read the oracle of the book god, and saw the face-to-face affirmation of the Jingji Youyi envoy, and finally heaved a sigh of relief. The monster finally could no longer cause trouble.Immediately afterwards, another layer of worry arose. Slaying demons and eliminating demons is not as meticulous as reading and writing. If this demon insect is eliminated, I am afraid that the ancient books in the pavilion will not be able to please.After saying a few words of thanks in a hurry, he took a few school clerks and strode into Shi Ming Pavilion.

Walking around among the bookshelves, he saw that all the classics were basically in good condition. Song Xiang relaxed his heartstrings, and brought him back to the desk full of official documents in the west of the pavilion, and said to Li Chan: "Thanks to Li Youyi's action, Solved the disaster of the demon worms." He paused for a while, then lowered his voice, "Li Youyi can find out exactly how the demon worms in Shiming Pavilion were bred?"

The reason why Song Xiang was concerned about Shiming Pavilion giving birth to silverfish was simply because he was worried about taking responsibility, but if he really wanted to investigate, the reason why Taoist Zhitian's obsession became popular and turned into pulse hope was due to the book god Chang En, Li Chan With a smile, he said perfunctorily: "Don't worry, Song Shilang, this monster has a strange origin. It is a silverfish in the Lingshu Temple. It stole the lamp oil dedicated to the book god, so it gained some mana. Don't be afraid of the spiritual response method arranged in this pavilion. In the end, the disaster of the demon insects is not caused by Lantai's management oversight, it cannot be prevented by manpower."

When the envoy Youyi of Jingji said this, Song Xiang was finally relieved, and said with a smile: "Thanks to Li Youyi's supernatural powers, it didn't cause a catastrophe. When this matter is over, I will definitely write a letter to prevent it from happening." Li Youyi's contribution is buried."

"Thank you." Li Chan smiled, "But although I have eliminated the monster, there are still some things that need to be settled. Song Shilang, please ask someone to bring me some ink."

Song Xiang frowned slightly when she heard that there was still work to be done, and called for a person who laid paper to grind ink beside her.

Li Chan sat down, picked up a pen and dipped ink in the case, and said: "Most of the missing words in the books in this pavilion are the word "Shenxian", but some books are missing some other words. I wrote here, Song Shilang sent someone Pick out those books, and the rest will be easy to mend."

After a while, Li Chan filled the paper with words.Except for the word "Zhu Yan", the rest are almost all the words and sentences that he and Mai Wang spent drinking and eating in the book.

Li Chan wrote out those words one by one, indicating the source.

At this time, it has come to the end of the day, and it is the time to eat in the past.Even practitioners, unless they have cultivated supernatural powers to the point of creating something out of nothing, they still have to eat.The so-called bigu is just to eat less for the sake of peace of mind, or if the time is not right in a calamity year, the method used to survive the year is too much, and like the Taoist Shida, he will give his life to the bigu. Gone.Li Chan wrote words such as steamed sheep with apricot cheese, mandarin fish with peach blossoms, etc., and thought of the feasting in the book just now.Cooking words with bookworms to heal hunger satisfies the appetite, but the appetite becomes more and more intense. After finishing all the words and sentences, Li Chan put down the pen and couldn't help looking out the window. The Lingshu Hall in the Lingshu Palace, came up with the idea of ​​making offerings.

The more people around watched, the more frightened they were. This insect plague plagued the officials in Lantai for several days. As soon as this envoy from the capital city came, he saw the clue, and even got rid of the evil insect before the God of Books.That's all, except for the word "immortal", how could he write out the missing words and sentences one by one, and even indicate the source?Unless he has read all the books in the pavilion in just two hours, how is this possible?

"It's all here." Li Chan blew on the wet ink, and said to Song Xiang: "Song Shilang, how is the funeral at Lingshu Hall?"

Song Xiang still looked straight at the words on the case, "It's stopped, what's wrong?"

Li Chan hesitated for a moment, then smiled, "The offerings for the sacrificial offering..."

In Song Xiang's heart, although Li Dan is young, he has become a mysterious master.

When he heard the envoy from Youyi in Gyeonggi mentioned the offerings for the sacrificial offerings, the first thing he thought of was the origin of the monster.That monster stole the lamp oil enshrined to the Book God. Could it be that the Gyeonggi Traveling Envoy suspected that there was something wrong in the Lingshu Palace?Unexpectedly, Song Xiang wanted to eat the offerings, so he quickly explained: "Li Youyi, after the sacrifice in Lingshu Hall, the used offerings are all handled according to the rituals in the "Golden Chapter and Yulu". "

"Is that so..."

Song Xiang lost his mind, and Li Chan was embarrassed to say it directly, and took out the "Zhitian Ji" in his bosom, "This demon book is related to that demon insect, and I want to take it away, so as not to regenerate silverfish in Lantai."

The book god knew about the demon book, Song Xiang glanced at the title of the book, although it is an ancient book, it is not very precious, so he nodded and said hello.

Li Chan said again: "It's time for me to go now."

"Li Youyi wait here."

Song Xiang called Li Xikun, said a few words, Li Xikun left, and returned after a while, and brought a chicken-winged wooden calligraphy, five inches long and two fingers wide, with the word "研竹" engraved on it.

Lantai is the place where the emperor collects books. Ordinary people can’t enter without permission. But today’s sages are good and talented, so they ordered the Taishi of Lantai to make eight-rank book talismans, and gave them to monks and Taoists of the two religions, Zhu Zigongqing, and common people. Talented people go to Lantai to study.

Song Xiang took the book talisman and said, "Xikun already told me about Li Youyi's desire to go to Lantai to read books. With this research bamboo talisman, as long as it does not involve confidentiality, the books in the six pavilions of Lantai are full. Li Youyi can read as much as you want..."

"Thank you." Li Chan smiled and took the book talisman.

Lantai and his party were originally for this book talisman, and the demon book containing the silverfish was an unexpected harvest. Li Chan pocketed the book talisman and put the demon book in his sleeve, and then After leaving Shiming Pavilion, Song Xiang personally sent him to the carriage.

When the coachman raised his whip, the black horse walked on the snow.

Inside the car, Li Chan took out "The Story of Zhitian", and the words Xie Zhitian swam out from between the pages.This is the real body of Mai Wang.Li Chan smiled and thought, although there is no meat in the house, there is still plenty of rice and noodles.If you spread the paper and grind the ink, and put in some effort to write a few beautiful characters, ask this bookworm to cook the characters to heal your hunger, and maybe you can also eat rice noodles into a delicacy.

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The carriage rolled through the snow and drove away from the many buildings, and the clear ringing of the luan bell on the scale floated far away in the wind.

Beside the royal road, a young Taoist priest is wearing a gray crane cloak, with a red leather gourd hanging on the left side of his waist and a sword hanging on the right, obviously a left-handed swordsman.Attracted by the ringing of the bell, he turned his head and saw the carriage passing through the east gate of the imperial city, then looked away, and was led by a Jinwu guard, bypassing the Shaofu Prison.When he arrived at the Lantai opposite the Taimiao, he bowed his hands to thank the Jinwu Guard: "Thanks to this military strategist for leading the way. I can't thank you for being poor. I should recite the scriptures myself. I hope that the military strategist can be peaceful and happy, good luck and good luck."

A Taoist priest is a person with supernatural powers, who can enter and leave the imperial city with a certificate.And that Jin Wuwei was just a corporal leader, he was both happy and apprehensive about the Taoist priest's attitude, he said a few words of thanks to the Taoist leader, and left.

However, before leaving, Jin Wuwei still couldn't help but glanced at the Taoist's feet a few more times.

I saw the Taoist priest stepping on a pair of black leather shoes with cocked heads, and the green bricks under his feet reflected the snow. It was very clean, and there was no shadow of a Taoist priest at all!
Jin Wuwei heard that someone has cultivated supernatural powers to a high level, without leaking the slightest energy, and called it "standing upright without a shadow". It is unexpected that this Taoist priest looks so young, but he has such Taoism.

The young Taoist priest smiled and watched Jin Wuwei leave, then he took out a booklet from his sleeve, on which was written the words "Great Demerit", he said "Praise one person for kindness, remember one meritorious service", flipping through his hand , He took out a thin Langhao pen from nowhere, the ink on the pen froze, he let out a few breaths, melted the ink with the tip of his tongue, and wrote down the words in the book.

After writing down this merit, the Taoist priest was satisfied, and went to Lantai in the snow, asking the scribe to report to the officer.

The scribe went back and forth, leading the Taoist priest to Lantai. The Taoist priest walked along the road without squinting. When he passed the Hall of Lingshu, the corner of his eye moved, and he shouted "Wait a minute." The discarded oranges were thrown into the Xianlu ditch, and they took out the "Demerits and Demerits", and wrote "Protect the altar without stains, remember a merit".

This peculiar behavior attracted the attention of the scribes beside him, but the Taoist didn't take it seriously, put away his merits, followed the scribes who led the way, and met the Lantai servant in the Mingyong Pavilion.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, the Taoist clarified his identity, and the Taoist clarified the purpose of his visit.

"Recently, I heard that silverfish were born in Lantai. The poor Taoist thought it might be caused by demons. I wonder if Minister Song can let me enter the cabinet to investigate?" When he spoke, he still held the book of meritorious deeds in his hand.

Song Xiang had just arranged to repair the ancient books of Shiming Pavilion, and his face was a little tired. He thought that the Taoist priest came here to ask for a book talisman. The accident is now over."

(End of this chapter)