After leaving the Yamen lobby, Gu Xu first went to the warehouse to receive the "Eternal Life Pill".
The hunchbacked old man is on vacation today - he is still watching a play leisurely on Xunliu Street.
The young man on duty in the warehouse instead of the old man is Dong Zhuangzhuang, a young handyman.
Gu Xu handed Dong Zhuangzhuang a note with the words "Chang Ming Dan" written on it.
Dong Zhuangzhuang took the note respectfully, and then rummaged through more than a dozen drawers in the warehouse, but did not find the "Eternal Brightness Pill" that Gu Xu wanted.
"I'm sorry, sir," Dong Zhuangzhuang lowered his head and said to Gu Xu tremblingly, "There are too many pills here, I don't know where to put the 'Changming Pill'——"
"—The second drawer on your right." Gu Xu interrupted him lightly.
With the talent of [Extensive Memorization], although Gu Xu did not deliberately remember, he could still easily recall where the hunchback old man placed various medicinal pills.
"Yes, sir!"
Dong Zhuangzhuang immediately took the "Eternal Brightness Pill", bent down and handed it into Gu Xu's hand.
"Thank you!" Gu Xu smiled.
At this moment, Gu Xu couldn't help but admire the hunchbacked old man.
Although the old man fishes all day long, dozing off or reading scripts during working hours, his business ability is excellent - he can accurately remember the placement of more than 100 items in the warehouse. Location, most people can't do this kind of thing.
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According to the original plan, Gu Xu planned to go back to his home first and make a simple "healthy lunch" for Shi Xiaohan.
Then while I have the elixir in hand, I will spend this afternoon trying to break through to the "Second Song of Underworld" realm.
However, at this moment, Cui Tianyou, the eighth-level exorcist director, suddenly came to him.
"Brother Gu, I remember telling you before that because some of the documents in the library are too old and have been gnawed by mice and moths, we are currently transcribing and sorting them out. There are many problems. , I need to ask you for advice."
"Brother Cui, I remember you told me before that I have a share of the reward for this matter."
"Transcript. You will get one-third of the merit reward for the literature.”
In the Daqi Exorcism Department, you can earn merit not only by doing ghost-killing tasks, but also by copying documents, refining magic weapons, and doing logistics work. You can also get some merit rewards.
It’s just that for Gu Xu, earning merit by doing ghost-killing missions is the most efficient, so he rarely considers other ways.
"No problem." Gu Xu agreed readily.
He never likes his plans to be suddenly disrupted.
Unless you give money - no, merit.
After all, in this world that requires a lot of resources to become strong, what limits Gu Xu's speed of practice is not his talent, but his poverty.
Then Gu Xu followedFollowing Cui Tianyou, he came to the Yamen Library, which he was very familiar with.
Beside the desk by the window, there are several scholars wearing robes and square scarves who are immersed in writing.
"Brother Cui, I remember there is a handyman in our yamen who is responsible for managing books and materials? Why did you invite the students from Yishui County School?" Seeing these scholars, Gu Xu felt a little strange about the costume.
"The handwriting of those handymen is so bad," Cui Tianyou sighed and explained, "It's like ghost drawings. It is estimated that only they themselves can understand it.
“The handwriting of these scholars still looks elegant and dignified. ”
Gu Xu walked over and took a look, and found that it was indeed the case.
These scholars’ handwriting is like woodblock printing, upright and respectful, horizontally and vertically, neatly Qi.
Gu Xu knew that this font was called "Taige style"
Because the imperial examinations in the Da Qi Dynasty required regular script answers; those with poor handwriting were considered to be full of knowledge. , will not be on the list.
So scholars will work hard to practice "Taige style" to avoid losing "paper points" due to writing problems, causing ten years of hard work to be wasted.
At this time, the scholars also noticed Gu Xu's arrival.
They stood up one after another, bowed their hands to Gu Xu and said, "Xiaosheng has met Mr. Gu. ”
Actually, these scholars are much older than Gu Xu.
When they call themselves “xiaosheng” in front of Gu Xu, Gu Xu always feels a little weird.
“Do you recognize me? "He asked.
"Who knows Mr. Gu's reputation as a genius? "A scholar said, "Zhou Jiaoyu has described your deeds in front of us more than once. He said that people like you are by no means a thing in the pool. In the future, they will surely rise to the top and become a powerful person like a national advisor or chief minister. ”
You are worthy of being a disciple who was taught by Zhou Jiaoyu!
This skill of blowing the rainbow fart is quite worthy of Zhou Jiaoyu!
Listen At this point, Gu Xu sighed silently in his heart.
"Is there anything happening in your county school recently? He pondered for a moment and then asked.
He remembered that when he went to Yishui County last month to learn how to exorcise ghosts, he mentioned to Zhou Jiaoyu that the county’s feng shui was not good and needed to be improved.
The scholar replied: "Recently, the county magistrate sent people to measure the terrain to the east of the county school, and wanted to build a 'Jinxian Building' there. Unfortunately, Yishui County has been under financial constraints recently and has insufficient funds, so it has not started yet. Start construction. ”
Gu Xu nodded.
It seems that in this world, he is not the only one who is short of money.
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In the following period, Cui Tianyou took out many damaged books and asked Gu Xu many questions.
"In the third volume of "Feihong Sword Art", there are two. There are two different versions of the description - 'as light as a feather' and 'as powerful as a giant'. Brother Gu,Do you know which one is correct? "
"The first one. The key points of "Feihong Sword Technique" are to rise and fall lightly, to use skill to defeat strength, and to move a thousand pounds with four ounces. If you pay too much attention to momentum, it will violate its original intention. ”
“In a Feng Shui book, it is mentioned that ‘mulberry, pines, cypresses, pear, and locust trees should not enter the palace’ – if these trees are planted in the residence, it will bring misfortune. However, we often use the word "Sangzi" to refer to our hometown. There is obviously a contradiction here. Brother Gu, how do you think this should be explained? "
" Mulberry trees are not planted because 'mulberry' is a homophone for 'mourning' and is considered unlucky. But in fact, this is just superstition, not Feng Shui. Mulberry trees do not have any yin-inducing effect. This Feng Shui book is probably made up based on folk opinions. "
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In this way, the two of them quickly solved many difficult problems by asking and answering questions.
The scholars next to them also Unknowingly, he stopped what he was doing and looked at Gu Xu, who was answering all kinds of tricky questions, and couldn't help but be dumbfounded.
"How does this Master Gu's brain grow? Why can he remember so much messy knowledge accurately? "The scholars just find it unbelievable.
Thinking that they have occasionally memorized the Four Books and Five Classics incorrectly even after studying day and night, the scholars have to painfully admit that the gap between people is really huge.