There was a small hole in the side door, and Gu Zuo handed the Taoist certificate and ticket in. After a while, the door opened, and a Taoist priest welcomed him in and said: "Gu Zuo of Huaixian Pavilion? The fourth blessing ceremony was held."

On the first day of the month, just come over in the morning."

Gu Zuodao: "Understood. Let me ask you again, is there anything I should inform you in advance? What should I pay attention to when the blessing ceremony is held?"

The Taoist priest shook his head: "That's not true."

Gu Zuo asked again: "I wonder if Taoist Priest Lingyuan is here? I would like to pay a visit."

After waiting under the door for a long time, Taoist Priest Lingyuan came out and led Gu Zuo in: "Come on, I will show you around."

Gu Zuo followed Taoist Priest Lingyuan and listened to his introduction to various places. He watched the Taoist priests walking around in front of him, such as the Tenth Ancestor Hall, Yin Ancestor Hall, Laojun Hall, the passage platform, and the alchemy platform. He walked around one by one, and then left.

Entering a peach orchard.

Now is the time when the peach blossoms are in full bloom. Seeing that there is no one around, Taoist Master Lingyuan said as he walked: "The Celestial Master and the Great Masters are all at Zhongnan Mountain."

"Zhongnan Mountain?"

"Yes, Zhongnan Mountain, I heard they are all at Louguantai. I originally planned to go find you today, but Master Yuanda informed me that I will follow him there in half an hour. If you arrive a little later, you won't be able to see you.

Me."

"Why are you running over there? What's wrong with the spirit stone veins?"

"I don't know, I won't know until I go there."

Zhongnan Mountain is the ancestral palace of Chongxuan Bureau, and the largest vein of spiritual stones in the world is located under the Louguan Terrace. It is said that the annual output of spiritual stones exceeds 200,000, but the exact number is unknown to outsiders.

Gu Zuo thought for a while and asked, "How are the injuries of the two heavenly masters?"

This blessing ceremony was held to pray for Yuan Zhen, the Heavenly Protector of the Country, Ye Fashan and Zongxuan Heavenly Master Wu Zhengjie. Since these two were seriously injured in Nanwucheng last year, their injuries have not healed yet, causing the world's monks to worry.

Taoist Priest Lingyuan shook his head and expressed ignorance, because the two heavenly masters were also healing at Zhongnan Mountain.

Gu Zuo said again: "The two Taoist priests Wu Shanjing and Yu Yuanzhi are familiar with me. I wonder if I can meet them?"

Lingyuan continued to shake his head: "All the disciples in their sutra hall are in Zhongnan Mountain. By the way, Yu Yuanzhi has been awarded the Master's Ceremony."

In the Chongxuan Department, being awarded the position of mage Lu means that one's cultivation has entered the late stage of Jindan. Gu Zuo said: "Taoist master, you should be here soon, don't be in a hurry."

Lingyuan fully agreed with this. In the past three years in Southern Wuzhou, especially the year and a half during the siege of the city by the beast tide, he had fed a lot of spiritual stones, although he also spent a lot of time and Chao Yun.

The little lady comes and goes, but the main tone is still on cultivation. After feeding a large number of spiritual stones, the progress is quite fast, and now it has reached the point where it is almost overflowing in the early stage. In the first half of the year at most, you can try to break through the late stage.

At the end of the conversation, Gu Zuo took the time to say: "Are we sure to discuss the payment of spiritual stones at the blessing ceremony? Does the Chongxuan Office have preliminary intentions? Or is it open to discussion by everyone?"

Lingyuan replied: "There is no conclusion yet, so I called everyone to discuss it. I heard that Master Li...Li Bi, he is a very influential person in Chongxuan Department. He has a new idea, but what is it specifically?

Only a few people know about it, and I just came back and haven’t found out yet.”

After leaving the peach garden and appreciating the peach blossoms, Taoist Priest Lingyuan sent Gu Zuo out of the back door of Chongxuan Office.

Returning to the County Lord's Mansion in Chongdefang, County Lord Qingyuan and Jin Zongfeng have not returned yet, and the mansion is very deserted. Looking at the fish swimming in the square pond, Gu Zuo thought of Wu Guogong Li Yan, and the child cried yesterday.

The image of wiping tears with his hands still occasionally comes to mind until this moment.

Gu Zuo couldn't see the child crying. He remembered that when he was five or six years old, he used to act coquettishly in his parents' arms, but this child had a home that he couldn't return to, and parents that he couldn't see each other. He was always facing a huge crisis, and his heart was moved with compassion.

I happened to see the maid coming out to serve tea, so I asked, "Is the Master still here?"

The maid said: "The old gentleman has left. He only comes for an hour every day."

Gu Zuo asked again: "What is Wu Guogong doing?"

The maid said: "Practice calligraphy in the study."

Gu Zuo thought for a while and made a request: "Can I go in and have a look?"

The maid said: "The county master gave instructions yesterday. The mansion is so big, and the master can go wherever he wants."

Gu Zuo nodded, stood up, crossed the threshold, and entered the second courtyard. The main hall to the north of the courtyard is the flower hall. The wing on the left side of the flower hall is Li Yan's study. Through the open window lattice, you can see the little guy holding his cheek.

, holding the penholder in his mouth, in a daze.

Gu Zuo coughed and walked in. Li Yan was awakened, stood up and looked at Gu Zuo without saying anything, feeling a little at a loss.

He took two steps forward and came to the table, and saw Li Yan writing a word. This word... really made Gu Zuo ashamed.

Gu Zuo opened his mouth and didn't know what to call him for a moment. Let's call him Wu Guogong. If he's old enough, let's call him Dalang. He always wanted to give you medicine, so he asked: "Jin Zongfeng, what did you call you when he met you?"

The little guy blinked his eyes, bit his lip and said, "Mr. Jin calls me young father-in-law."

Gu Zuo didn't like this title, so he simply said: "Your name is Li Yan, I will call you Xiao Lizi, and you call me Lao Gu, okay?"

The little guy nodded hesitantly.

"Little plum."

"..."

"Little plum?"

"Gu...Lao Gu..."

Gu Zuo nodded and said with satisfaction: "We officially know each other now, right? Can you tell me what you are doing?"

"Master asked me to write the words."

"Linzi is good, why don't you write it?"

"There are too many. I just wrote these, and they are still far behind. I don't want to write anymore, I am too tired..."

Gu Zuo took a piece of paper that had been written on the table, looked at it for a moment, and praised: "This word... is so well written! Can you teach me?"

Li Yan asked curiously: "Don't you know how?"

Gu Zuodao: "Let me tell you something." Then he told the scandal about how he wrote an inscription on Zhang Fugui's residence and was shocked by Tang Hongyu, and finally said: "Just because my handwriting is ugly, I was beaten by someone."

I despise you, hey, Xiao Lizi, please teach me and I will learn to write from you."

Hearing what he said was interesting, Li Yan chuckled for a while and proudly picked up the pen: "Come on, Lao Gu, I'll teach you!"

So one taught and the other learned, and the two of them were quickly immersed in the atmosphere of Linzi.

When Qingyuan County Lord and Jin Zongfeng came back, Lao Gu and Xiao Lizi were sitting by the square pond in the front yard telling the story of the Three Kingdoms. After meeting his sister, Li Yan quickly ran back to the study.

The two people didn't know what was going on, so they asked briefly, and Gu Zuo gave a few explanations, saying that the child was disadvantaged by sitting for a long time, so he took him out to stretch his muscles.

The head of Qingyuan County thanked him and asked, "Let's have dinner together tonight?"

Gu Zuo cupped his hands and said, "Thank you so much, County Master, but Gu will have to go out later."

The Lord of Qingyuan County was a little disappointed. He lowered his head and passed by Gu Zuo. As soon as he entered the second courtyard, he heard Gu Zuo's voice from behind: "Jin Zongfeng, I wonder where the Xiongmiao Terrace is."

After hearing this, the Lord of Qingyuan County sighed softly, entered the study, sat next to Li Yan and urged him to study. However, he didn't even know that Li Yan had taken the book backwards. He just thought to himself: "It's a good idea to go and take a look at Xihe Sword Dance."
Chapter completed!