"Don't worry about it, I'll take care of it." Tang Thirty Six didn't explain too much to them and said directly, "If I can't take care of this, then my name isn't Tang Thirty Six."
This sentence was said with great confidence, but Chen Chang Sheng and Xuan Yuan Po were more concerned about the other three problems. First, there was a lot of rainwater in this bowl of soybean milk, how diluted was it? Second, the youtiao was held in his hand for so long, how dirty was it? Third, it was common for Tang Thirty Six to change his name, why did this promise sound a bit unreliable?
His name wasn't Tang Thirty Six, his name was Tang Tang. Now that he entered the upper stage of Ethereal Opening, he had to leave the Proclamation of Azure Clouds and enter the Proclamation of Golden Distinction, but he didn't know what his rank would be. It couldn't be that he was still coincidentally ranked 36. Last time when the Proclamation of Azure Clouds changed, he used the excuse that his rank wasn't good to change his name, so he couldn't use the same excuse this time.
Xuan Yuan Po felt that Tang Thirty Six's words were too insincere, so he shook his head and walked out.
Chen Chang Sheng wanted to ask for clarification, but then he thought that he really didn't understand these things, so why bother himself? He asked, "What name do you think you'll change this time?"
"I think … … I'll at least enter the top 30?"
"That's the Proclamation of Golden Distinction, not the Proclamation of Azure Clouds."
"So what? I'm at the upper stage of Ethereal Opening! As long as I'm not lazy, I can catch up to you in minutes. "Tang Thirty Six said proudly.
There was a lot of dust on his face, but it could still be seen that his skin was whiter and he was much thinner. It was obvious that his cultivation in the Mausoleum of Books was very difficult.
To be able to enter the Proclamation of Golden Distinction at this age and have the confidence to enter the top 30, this was extremely rare in the past. He indeed had the right to be proud.
Chen Chang Sheng was truly happy for him and said, "Keep working hard."
Tang Thirty Six didn't feel good after hearing this and said, "You really think of yourself as the principal."
Chen Chang Sheng laughed and was about to apologize, but Tang Thirty Six suddenly sighed.
"What's wrong?"
"When I think about how you and Xu You Rong ran so fast in front of me and how I can only shock my relatives in Wen Chuan with my amazing achievement, it's really boring."
After saying this, Tang Thirty Six stood up and looked around the library. He suddenly asked, "It's fine if Princess Luo Luo didn't come to greet me, but where is Zhexiu?"
In his heart, the wolf youth, Zhexiu, was a high-quality student that he had bought for the Orthodox Academy with a large sum of money. Now that the Orthodox Academy was facing a problem that needed his help, he couldn't let him leave.
Chen Chang Sheng said, "There's something I haven't told you yet."
Tang Thirty Six turned to him and asked, "What is it?"
Chen Changsheng replied, "Zhexiu is currently in Zhou Prison."
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From the moment Chen Changsheng and Zhexiu left the Mausoleum of Books and entered the Garden of Zhou until today, this story seemed rather long, but it did not take too long to finish. Even the youtiao in the soybean milk had not soaked.
"So … so many things have happened." Tang Thirty-Six said, "Let's not worry about other things first, but Zhexiu … we spent money on him, so we must get him out as soon as possible."
The Orthodox Academy had spent money on Zhexiu, so he was a person of the Orthodox Academy. He was a person of the Orthodox Academy, so the Orthodox Academy had to protect him. This was a very simple principle.
Moreover, Zhou Prison was an extremely frightening place. Spending one more day in there was like spending one year in the abyss of hell.
Chen Changsheng was also very worried about Zhexiu, but the Orthodoxy and the Imperial Court were in a standoff, and there was also a problem within the Li Palace. Bishop Mei Lisha's health was not good, so he didn't know what to do.
"From a certain perspective, Zhou Tong is like that Tianhai Ya'er that all of you can't do anything about, but he's countless times more frightening and powerful than Tianhai Ya'er. In order to achieve his goals, he can do even the most savage and disgusting of things. Everyone knows that he's the Divine Empress's mad dog. Whoever the Empress wants him to bite, he'll bite. Against such a person, all schemes and schemes are useless."
"But why does he have to bite onto the Orthodox Academy?"
"Because His Holiness the Pope has already expressed that the throne of the Great Zhou should be returned to the Imperial clan, but the Empress clearly doesn't think this way."
Chen Changsheng lowered his head and said, "In truth … I don't really understand what's so important about the throne."
Tang Thirty-Six looked at him like he was looking at a monster and said, "That's the throne of the Great Zhou, that's supreme authority, that's a temptation that no one can resist."
Chen Changsheng raised his head and looked at him. "But I really don't feel that there's anything good about this. I just feel that spending time and energy on these things is really very unreasonable."
Tang Thirty-Six looked into his eyes. They were so clear and clean, without the slightest falsehood. He couldn't help but be slightly moved. "You really think this way?"
"Yes," Chen Changsheng replied.
"Chen Changsheng, you really are a monster, and a true monster, not a freak like Tianhai Ya'er."
Tang Thirty-Six looked at him and said, "You can't understand us people, and I also find it very difficult to understand you, why you really don't care about these things."
Chen Changsheng thought it over, then said, "Maybe it's because I've seen … something even more important?"
"Such as?"
"… Life and death."
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… …
Outside of life and death, everything else was other people's business.
Life and death were also important.
There were no great things in life, only life and death.
These were all words from the ancient records.
Chen Changsheng was well-versed in the Daoist Canon and remembered many things, but he didn't need them. He only needed to remember the two words "life and death."
For ordinary people, life and death were after their hundred years.
For cultivators, life and death were after their hundred years.
For Chen Changsheng, life and death were always in front of him, in a single thought, so he could never forget it.
Before life and death, how could he still be interested in those appendages of life? At least, before he solved his own problem, he wouldn't be too interested.
Tang Thirty-Six didn't know Chen Changsheng's problem, but after hearing the two words "life and death," for some reason, he suddenly felt that the rain outside the window brought a chill that didn't belong to summer.
Chen Changsheng then thought of other things.
He thought of the sick bishop, the internal conflicts of the Orthodoxy, and the words that Su Li once said to him. He said, "Is this world really so unbearable?"
Tang Thirty-Six said, "At least it's not as clean as we hope. No one can understand why you can become the Principal of the Orthodox Academy."
Even though he had rendered great service for the Orthodoxy and the Great Zhou in the Mausoleum of Books and the Garden of Zhou, with Chen Changsheng's age of sixteen, there was no reason for him to become the Principal of the Orthodox Academy.
In the view of Tang Thirty-Six and many people who didn't know the inside story, there was definitely something fishy about this matter. There were many transactions or inside stories that couldn't see the light of day.
Chen Changsheng didn't believe that those things couldn't see the light of day. At the very least, he could tell Tang Thirty-Six.
"My teacher is His Holiness's senior brother."
His gaze passed through the window and fell upon the verdant campus of the Orthodox Academy. He said, "He was the previous Principal of the Orthodox Academy."
Tang Thirty-Six was very shocked, even more shocked than when he had heard Chen Changsheng talk about Su Li and that part in Xunyang City.
The bloody incident of the Orthodox Academy ten-some years ago had directly or indirectly changed the entire human world. Even the distant Longevity Sect and Mount Li in the south had been greatly affected.
The previous Principal of the Orthodox Academy was an important figure that no one could forget, even though his name had long since been struck off from the records of the Orthodoxy and was strictly forbidden to mention in the capital.
"No wonder you're just a young Daoist from the countryside, but you can read the Daoist Canon. No wonder His Holiness made you the Principal of the Orthodox Academy and raised you to be his successor … no wonder Zhou Tong would plot against the Orthodox Academy." Tang Thirty-Six looked at him and murmured, "So you're actually that important figure's only successor."
Chen Changsheng said, "No, I still have a senior."
When he left Xi Ning Village, his teacher had told him a few things, so he rarely mentioned his senior in the capital. Up until now, he had only admitted it in front of Xu You Rong and Tang Thirty-Six.
Tang Thirty-Six asked, "You still have a senior? What kind of person is he? "
Chen Changsheng thought about it and realized that Senior Yu Ren was really hard to describe with words. Perhaps it was because Senior never spoke?
"Senior … is a very extraordinary person."
"How extraordinary? Could he be even more extraordinary than me? "
"Senior is ten thousand times more extraordinary than you were in the past. Now that you've started to work hard, Senior will also be a hundred times more extraordinary than you."
Chen Changsheng looked at him and said. He didn't intentionally mock or look down on him, but rather came to a conclusion after serious consideration.
Tang Thirty-Six was silent for a very long time, then said, "It seems that he really is an extraordinary person."
Chen Changsheng said, "Yes, he's my idol."
Tang Thirty-Six suddenly asked, "What does your teacher want to do?"
Chen Changsheng was silent for a while, then said, "I don't understand what you mean."
Tang Thirty-Six stared into his eyes and said, "You should understand very well what I mean."
Since Daoist Ji was not only Daoist Ji, but also the previous Principal of the Orthodox Academy and the leader of the opposition against the Tianhai Divine Empress, then everything he did was worthy of careful consideration.
He should have been well aware that Chen Changsheng's background could not possibly remain a secret. Through the attitudes of Mei Li Sha and the Pope, it could even be confirmed that before Chen Changsheng arrived in the capital, he had already contacted the Li Palace. Then he should have been even more aware that sooner or later, the Tianhai Divine Empress would eventually learn of Chen Changsheng's background. This also meant that Chen Changsheng's situation would become extremely difficult, perhaps even incomparably dangerous. Yet he still insisted that Chen Changsheng enter the capital to take the imperial examination and did not give any explanation. Why? Was it because of that engagement with Xu You Rong?
This was a very important question. It was just that Chen Changsheng had never thought about it, or perhaps he had intentionally not allowed himself to think about this question.
Until Tang Thirty-Six pierced through this window paper.
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"Reporting to Your Excellency, the latest news has come from Hanshan County. A doctor, Daoist Ji, truly did come, but by the time the mounted scouts arrived, that person had already disappeared."
"Not even the Empress was able to kill a person like Principal Shang, so how could people like us possibly find him?"
Zhou Tong sat behind his desk, examining the ten-odd records of the case that had been delivered last night from the front courtyard, not even raising his head.
The subordinate stood in front of the desk and whispered, "According to what was said in Xining Village, we have verified that Daoist Ji … that traitor Shang truly does have another disciple."
Zhou Tong's finger paused in the middle of flipping through the pages, then he raised his head.
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My state after returning home really is much better.
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