Cui Tianyou once advised Gu Xu more than once: "Brother Gu, you are now a court official of the Da Qi Dynasty and a promising young talent. How can you live alone like before? This is simply unfair. Decent!
"If I were you, even if I live frugally, I would still save some money, hire a few guards, find a few servants, and marry two young, beautiful and slim people. Concubine, how comfortable it is! ”
Every time he heard Cui Tianyou’s words, Gu Xu would just laugh and say nothing.
In his eyes, Cui Tianyou was good at everything else. , I just like to daydream too much.
“Brother Cui, does your sister-in-law know that you want to marry a concubine? "Gu Xu joked.
As soon as he heard the word "sister-in-law", Cui Tianyou immediately frowned and complained rather painfully: "How dare I tell her? If that tigress finds out, she will definitely get furious and cut me into pieces... By then, I'm afraid you will only be able to see my portrait in the mourning hall..."
Gu Xu He patted him lightly on the shoulder.
He knew very well that although Brother Cui was particularly keen on bragging in front of his colleagues, he often mentioned "marrying several concubines" and "going to Luojing Jiaofang". "Have a good time" and "Go to the Qingzhou Song and Dance Hall to admire the graceful figures of the dancers" and other words on his lips, but in fact he is a quite henpecked person. It can be said that he has a thief's heart but not his courage.
As soon as he sees his wife, who is known as the "tiger", he will immediately turn into a coward and obey her orders.
"So, Brother Cui, we are not only. To look up to the sky, you must also keep your feet on the ground, and don’t always have unattainable dreams. "Gu Xu said to him earnestly.
Cui Tianyou sighed and said with a sad face: "Oh, you are right. ”
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Actually, after repairing the house and changing the lintel, Gu Xu really felt that he needed to strengthen the security measures for his house.
However, as a practitioner, he felt that instead of spending money to hire some guards who were not as powerful as himself, he had a more cost-effective way.
For example, setting up some defensive formations
As the saying goes, the formation is the big talisman, and the talisman is the small formation.
The principles of talismans and formations are the same.
Gu Xu is proficient in talismans. Naturally, Fa also has an in-depth understanding of it.
“So... is it better for me to set up an illusion formation or a killing formation? ”
Gu Xu thought for a moment and decided to use both.
For those uninvited guests with bad intentions, first use the illusion array to psychologically persuade them to retreat. If they persist, he will use the killing array to physically persuade them.
In addition, he also made a special formation design on his desk.
After all, he has a lot of important notes and information in his drawer.
He doesn't want anyone to see it.
If anyone wants to.If you try to force open his drawer to pry into his secrets, these notes will instantly burn themselves under the fire and turn into irrecoverable ashes.
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So, Gu Xu spent two hours to complete the arrangement of the defensive array in his house.
During this process, his "God Machine Token" flashed more than once, trying to issue tasks to him.
But Gu Xu refused without hesitation.
Because the "Shenji Camp" wanted him to solve the case of Lu's murderous house.
To be honest, Gu Xu really couldn't figure out why the mission of "Shenji Camp" had suddenly become unreliable recently.
He remembered that Xu San once mentioned to him that the "Shenji Camp" would only assign tasks within the capabilities of the monks.
But even the Fourth Realm monk Chu Fengge couldn’t solve the case of the Lu family’s haunted house.
Earlier, many third and fourth level monks from the Qingzhou Exorcism Department mysteriously disappeared from the Lu family’s old residence and have not returned yet.
Gu Xu really didn’t think he had the ability to solve this dangerous case.
But as the saying goes, "Under heavy rewards, there must be brave men."
In recent times, several monks from all over the country have volunteered to go to the Lu family's haunted house to try to solve the hidden ghosts because they are eager to obtain generous merit rewards and rare high-grade spells. .
Although there is still little progress in this case.
But in the circle of exorcist monks, a new theory began to circulate.
Some people say that the Lu family in Qingzhou is a descendant of the ascended immortal - in that gloomy mansion, if you are lucky, you may have a chance to obtain the Taoist teachings left by the immortal.
Some people say that the Lu family's heirloom "Jinghong Brush" is still stored in that mansion, quietly waiting for the arrival of the destined person in an unknown corner.
You must know that the "Jinghong Brush" was once known as one of the "Twelve Famous Weapons of the Great Wilderness". It can be compared with the "Tai'a Sword" of the Emperor of Qi, the "Zhaoshen Drum" of the northwest barbarians, and Xiangyang. Chen's "Book of Holy Words" and other powerful magic weapons are on par with each other.
Once a magic weapon of this level is obtained, it will undoubtedly bring the monk's strength to a higher level and greatly enhance his combat effectiveness.
Because of this, after hearing these news, many people are willing to take risks.
But Gu Xu had doubts about this.
Because he felt that after the former chief minister Lu Huan committed treason, the Lu family in Qingzhou was also ransacked. If there was really any treasure hidden in the Lu residence, it would have been in the process of ransacking the house. How could it still be there after being plundered?
So he no longer paid attention to the mission of the "Shenji Camp".
After setting up the formation, he left his house in casual clothes and set off to Yishui County Caishi Street to buy groceries.
For him, cooking is serious business.
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At the same time.
Not long after Gu Xu left his house, a young man with delicate features and handsome appearance came to the sky above Yishui County with a flying sword.
I saw him with his hands on his back, looking down at all living beings, and saying impassionedly: "The sword glow covered the sun like a rainbow, and pointed at the Lingxiao Palace above the clouds with a smile. If heaven had not given birth to me, Chu Fengge, the Great Qi would not have existed for a thousand years. Hero."
This person is clearly Chu Fengge, a fifth-grade doctor at the Exorcism Department Headquarters and a close confidant of the Chief.
As for the poems he recited, they were undoubtedly poems written for him by his subordinates.
He came to Yishui County again today, under the order of the Chief Secretary, to persuade Gu Xu to go to Qingzhou Prefecture to complete the case of Lu's murderous house.
To be honest, Chu Fengge couldn’t understand why the chief minister valued Gu Xu so much, let alone why he had to name Gu Xu to go to the Lu family’s haunted house.
In this regard, the explanation given by Chief Executive Officer Luo Chuan is: "This case is a disaster for others, but it is an opportunity for Gu Xu."
"The Lu family The ancestor who ascended to immortality once entered Taoism through poetry and painting, and was known as the 'Poetry Immortal' and the 'Painting Sage'. As a practitioner of Talismanism, Gu Xu, both the spells left by the Lu family's ancestors and the 'Jinghong Brush', were of great help to his practice. "
But Chu Fengge still frowned.
"Chu Fengge, don't you understand why I pay so much attention to Gu Xu? "Luochuan easily guessed Chu Fengge's thoughts.
Chu Fengge nodded.
In front of the chief executive who claimed to be able to "see the secrets of heaven", he did not Don't expect to be able to hide your thoughts.
Luo Chuan chuckled and said lightly: "You should know that I am someone who can see the future. Maybe in the near future, Gu Xu will become someone that even I want to look up to.
"My help to him now is just an investment."
Chu Fengge was shocked.