Yu Shu returned home with a heavy heart. She didn't even eat dinner and locked herself in her room.
She couldn't be wrong. The person she saw in Ascending Cloud Temple was definitely Qing Zheng. That withered old face was too easy to recognize, unless there was another person who looked exactly like him in this world.
She thought she would never see her master again in this life, but he suddenly appeared in front of her. Yu Shu felt indescribably strange.
If the person she met in the Taoist temple was Qing Zheng, why didn't he show up to meet her, but instead hid in Ascending Cloud Temple?
Qing Zheng once told her that he swore never to step into the capital again. Was it because of this oath that he could only wander around outside the city?
Yu Shu's heart was full of doubts and excitement. It was Qing Zheng who had encouraged her to leave Yiyang and come to the capital. He had also given her the task of finding the Book of Mystic Fairy Liu Ren, so the old man Qing Zheng must know the secret of the Great An Disaster and this book.
She inexplicably became the key person who broke people's lives and fell into layers of puzzles, unable to extricate herself. If she could see Qing Zheng and ask him face to face, wouldn't that be a way out?
Qing Zheng wanted her to destroy the "Book of Fairy Maiden Liu Ren", which showed that he didn't like what was recorded in it. So, the goal of the master and disciple was the same.
With such a strong ally, how could Yu Shu not be excited?
Her top priority was to find Qing Zheng as soon as possible and get in touch with him.
Yu Shu immediately decided to go to Ascending Cloud Temple tomorrow to find Qing Zheng's whereabouts.
As the saying goes, nine out of ten things don't go your way in life.
Against the crowd of July Incense, Yu Shu ran to Ascending Cloud Temple for three days, but she didn't see Qing Zheng again. She asked the Taoists in the temple, but no one had seen an old man with similar appearance. It was as if the first time she saw him in the crowd was just her illusion.
This allowed Yu Shu to confirm one thing — that day, Qing Zheng was indeed intentionally avoiding her.
Yu Shu settled for the next best thing; she inquired about the abbot of the Ascending Cloud Monastery. She learned that Daoist Cheng Yun had gone out to travel half a month ago and hadn't returned yet.
"Then, when will Taoist priest return?"
"The Abbey Dean does as he pleases. I don't know where he's going, and I don't know when he'll return. If Female Benefactor has any difficulties, there's no harm in following me to see Martial Uncle Cheng Ming. Perhaps he can dispel your doubts."
"No need. I'll wait for Taoist Priest Cheng Yun to come back. Thank you, young master."
Yu Shu once again left the Ascending Cloud Temple empty-handed.
.....
In the afternoon, when she saw Xue Rui at Wang Ji Tower, Yu Shu told him about this strange incident.
Xue Rui was a little surprised. "Are you sure? Is he really your master?"
Although Xue Rui had never seen Qing Zheng before, he had taught such an excellent female apprentice as Yu Shu. But in his heart, that Taoist priest was already half an immortal.
Yu Shu gestured with two fingers over her eyes and said,
"I have good eyesight. I can recognize anyone but him. You haven't seen my master. He looks … very unique. In short, he's the kind of person that people can never forget."
She was embarrassed to describe Qing Zheng's appearance directly, for she felt that it would hinder his prestige. To put it bluntly, that face was like an old tree spirit.
Xue Rui wondered, "Is it possible that he didn't see you?"
Yu Shu sneered. "If he didn't see me, why did he run away? I think he deliberately avoided seeing me."
Xue Rui looked at her for a while and suddenly asked,
"Have you ever thought that your master might have known that you were the one who broke his life?"
Yu Shu frowned slightly.
Xue Rui continued, "That's why he asked you to go to the capital to destroy such a little-known thing as the 'Book of Mystic Fairy'. It's because he knew that if you went to the capital, the identity of the person who broke his life would be exposed sooner or later. In this way, you would have a chance to get in touch with this book."
Yu Shu had a strange look on her face. She recalled,
"When I was still in Yiyang City, when Jing Chen said goodbye to me, he told me the secret of his Life Evil Ji Du Xing. At that time, my master had not parted with me. I asked him about the way to break it, and he warned me not to contact Jing Chen."
Xue Rui narrowed his eyes and said firmly,
"That's right. He not only knew that you were the person who broke his life, but also knew that the way to break his life was to make the Great Calamity and the person who broke his life forever and have children. That's why he asked you to stay away from Jing Chen. He was afraid that you would fall in love with him after a long time. When your identity was revealed later, you would not refuse him and follow the instructions in the book. Why would you help him destroy the 'Book of Mystic Fairy'? "
"…" Yu Shu had to admit that what Xue Rui said made sense.
If that was the case, it would explain why Qing Zheng did not choose Ji Xingxuan, who had a good aptitude, but chose a stupid wild girl as his disciple. Why did he repeatedly warn her not to contact Jing Chen when he heard about it?
Yu Shu lowered her head. Her eyes were filled with self-mockery. So the old man Qing Zheng was using her from the beginning?
"I know. No wonder he didn't look for me when he came to the capital. He clearly saw me, but he hid from me."
If he didn't hide from her, did he have to confront her face to face?
Yu Shu was very unhappy. She had always been grateful to Qing Zheng. It could be said that even if she was not a person who broke his life, since she had received his kindness, she would definitely do what she said and help him destroy the book.
But he was purely using her, which made her feel very uncomfortable.
"Don't be sad." A big hand fell on her head and gently rubbed it.
"I'm just guessing. Maybe your master didn't know that you were the person who broke his life. It was a coincidence that he accepted you as his disciple. As for the 'Book of Mystic Fairy' that he asked you to go to the capital to find, you can just treat it as the wish of an elder. If he didn't give it to his trusted disciple, who would do it? He also knew that it was dangerous, so he taught you the skills to protect yourself. Didn't he follow you to the capital because he was worried? "
Hearing Xue Rui's comforting words, Yu Shu felt a little better. She looked up at him and said, "No matter what, I don't blame him.
I learned his skills, and he wanted me to help him do things. If we exchange like this, no one will feel sorry for the other. "
She said this as it should be. How could Xue Rui not hear that she did hurt her feelings? Seeing that she pretended to be fine, he only felt pity in his heart, but he did not regret revealing the mystery behind it.
If Yu Shu's master really used her to destroy the book and did not care about her life and death, it was better to let her find out early, so that she would not be unprepared.
"If he wants to hide from me now, it's useless for me to look for him." Yu Shu calmed down and thought about it.
"Fortunately, I'm going to be an official in the Celestial Commissioner soon. At that time, I'll secretly find out what happened to Yun Hua in the past and wait for the opportunity to find the whereabouts of the 'Book of Mystic Fairy'. I must see it with my own eyes. What is recorded in the book about the great calamity and the person who broke his life that made Yun Hua Yi Zi want to destroy it at the cost of his life?"
Only by knowing what the book was, could she think of a way to escape the fate of the person who broke his life.
"That's good too," Xue Rui responded. His hand smoothed through her hair and held her hand. His eyebrows shifted and he smiled lightly,
"The Double Seventh Festival is approaching. Prince Jing has invited us to accompany him on a night tour. You haven't seen the scenery at night, right? At that time, I'll take you to see the custom of Anling."
Yu Shu nodded. As expected, her attention was diverted by him. Her heart became curious.
"Right, have you investigated that Kong Zhuangyuan?"
Xue Rui said hesitantly, "I investigated the matters that happened to him three years ago because I wanted to find out where he interacted with the Tenth Princess, and I noticed that there was a period of time when he worked in the palace, copying the Emperor's imperial edict."
"At that time, had the Tenth Princess already moved the Imperial Ancestral Temple back to the palace?"
"En."
Yu Shu thought that Kong Qi most likely hooked up with the Tenth Princess at this time. She asked, "Then have you tried to find him personally?"
Xue Rui shook his head, "He recently received an errand and has been staying at Wenhua Hall. It's not convenient for me to meet him."
Yu Shu's eyes turned, "It's your birthday in a few days. You wrote an invitation to him, he can't not come."
Xue Rui smiled at her, "You are thinking the same thing as me."
.....
After dinner, Xue Rui sent Yu Shu to Taishi Shu Library.
Astrology Scholar Sima Kui wanted to give Yu Shu special attention. From the first day to the fifteenth, she would watch the observatory and have her take notes. Yu Shu went there for a few nights and benefited a lot.
Xue Rui was worried that she would stay at Taishi Shu Library at night. After all, in less than a year, two female students had mysteriously died. Therefore, he would wait for her outside Taishi Shu Library every night and then send her home.
Yu Shu didn't think it was necessary. She could use the six lines to predict her safety every day. However, seeing that he insisted on his own opinion, she just let him be.
How could she not feel good about his care and love?
In the blink of an eye, it was the seventh day of July.
Yu Shu didn't go out with Xue Rui. Instead, she went to Xia Jiang's Guesthouse to pick up Xia Jiangmin. This was something that Liu Tan asked her to do.
Xia Jiang Helang had seen Liu Tan, the future son-in-law of the Prince, a few days ago and agreed to let his daughter go out today. When he saw Yu Shu coming to pick up Xia Jiangmin, he politely asked her to wait in the living room and asked the servants to go to the Embroidery House in the backyard to call Xia Jiangmin out.
Xia Jiang Helang sat with Yu Shu and talked with her kindly. After a few words, he mentioned the matter of Yu Shu becoming an official.
"I live in the capital city for a long time and am ignorant. Yesterday, I heard that Yu Suanzi was appointed as the Celestial Commissioner. I didn't have time to congratulate you. I will send someone to give you a gift tomorrow."
"Mr. Xia Jiang, you are too polite." Yu Shu smiled, but she thought in her heart,
She was not as high-profile as Zhan Xueyuan. She wanted the whole world to know that she was a seventh-level official. When Jing Chen came to her house to read the appointment certificate, she didn't even say much to Xin Liu.
It seemed that the Celestial Commissioner had no intention of announcing her appointment. Therefore, after seven or eight days, Taishi Shu Library was still calm on the surface. She went to school as usual and was happy that no one was watching her. Only the two academicians who taught her, Fang Zijing and Sima Kui, asked her about it.
Xia Jiang Helang could hear about it. It showed that he was not as ignorant as he claimed to be.
Not long after, Xia Jiangmin leisurely came out, dressed in her hair and wearing a hairpin. A girl of such a young age would always change her appearance every day. Yu Shu hadn't seen her for half a month, and her fair and tender little face had unexpectedly become a layer more lively. Her fair skin was tinged with a rosy glow, and she looked as if she could squeeze water out of it. Yu Shu really didn't know what Xia Jiangmin used to pamper her.
"Ashu." When Xia Jiangmin saw Yu Shu, she was very happy. Regardless of the fact that her father was still sitting there, she stepped forward and held her. It was obvious that they were intimate.
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