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The two finally started talking again.

"By the way, Gu Lang, I remembered one thing. Could it be that the emperor treats you too well, which is why others are jealous and regard you as a thorn in their side?"

"This possibility cannot be ruled out."

"That's easy, think about it carefully, after the emperor promoted you, who has the greatest influence on you?

For example, you rob someone's official position, or threaten someone's official position? "

Gu Ming smiled wryly and shook his head: "I don't know much about the distribution of forces in the court and the relationship between them. How can I know who has the greatest influence?"

"Well, it's okay, you can check it slowly when you return to Beijing later.

But having said that, do you think it is a good thing or a bad thing for the emperor to use you so much? "

Gu Ming thought for a while, and said: "It's hard to say, everything has two sides. From my point of view, it may be a good thing. After all, according to the original rules, the new champions are generally awarded the sixth rank.

I just passed the sixth grade and the fifth grade.

But, as you said, it's bound to affect some people.

Maybe someone has been staring at this official position for a long time, and I suddenly took it, so I am naturally unhappy.

However, even if this is the case, the other party dare not attack me.

Even if he succeeds, he will also become the biggest suspect and will face strict investigation by the court. I think no one would be so stupid.

In fact, this matter should not be so simple in my opinion.

I'm afraid the Ministry of Criminal Justice will find it difficult to find out the real culprit. "

Nie Xiaoqian was a little worried and said: "Then what should we do? You can't always keep a hidden danger, right? Even if you have the strength, but the other party is hiding in the dark, God knows what tricks and tricks are being played."

"It's okay, I'll talk about it after I return to Beijing, I don't have a clue now, it's useless to think about it.

In short, don't worry, as long as the other party doesn't give up, they will always show their feet. "

"Well, but no matter what, you must be more careful."

"I will be careful"

In fact, Gu Ming had an intuition that the culprit behind the scenes might not be the minister of the court.

You know, assassinating an official ordered by the court is a felony, not to mention that he is still the new champion who is highly valued by the emperor.

Once detected, the consequences are quite serious.

Knowing this, the other party still recruited quack killers, and even bribed the guards as internal support. This behavior can be said to be unscrupulous, and it seems that they are not worried about being found out at all.

This shows that the possibility that the other party is a lunatic is too small. After all, the other party's plan is relatively thorough, and it doesn't look like a lunatic.

Or, it is so powerful that Man Chaowu doesn't pay attention to it.

And it's not easy for people to suspect it.

However, just because others don't doubt it doesn't mean that Gu Ming won't doubt it.

Could this person be the protector of the country?

Although Gu Ming and the two of them have not met each other this time when they came to Beijing, Gu Ming believes that he has long been secretly watched by that old demon.

After all, visions appeared during the general examination and palace examination, so it was impossible for the old demon to say that he didn't know anything about it.

And Xin Jiuniang also reminded him to be more careful.

However, what Gu Ming couldn't figure out was that if it was the old demon who was behind the black hands, why would he find a few ordinary killers instead of masters who knew spells?

Is it a trial?Test his depth.

Or, give him a blow?

Or a warning?

All of this may only be revealed slowly after returning to Beijing.

Although the old demon's strength is not bad, but Gu Ming is not Wuxia Amon now, and his strength has improved by leaps and bounds. Even if he is not the opponent of the old demon, he will not be powerless to fight back.

And in the imperial city, Gu Ming believed that the old demon's strength would be limited.

Maybe, he didn't dare to show his original shape in the imperial city easily.

In short, Gu Ming has secretly decided that after returning to Beijing to take office, he must find an opportunity to take the initiative and never let that old demon lead him by the nose.

Even if the old demon can't be dealt with for a while, at least a certain balance must be achieved so that the old demon will be afraid.

The next day, Gu Ming started to get busy.

Needless to say, all kinds of entertainment.

First of all, he wrote a letter, in which he stated the news and date of his big wedding, as well as the relevant information of his fiancée, which was handed over to the county government to pass on to the capital.

This is an essential rule, especially officials of the fifth rank and above must report.

According to the rules of the current dynasty, all officials of the first to fifth ranks are granted imperial orders, and their mothers or wives follow the rank of their husbands, such as first-rank ministers, and their wives can be called "first-rank imperial orders".

However, Mrs. Gaoming is just a generic term.

According to the different official ranks of his son or his husband, for example, a first-rank minister like the chief minister, his wife is generally canonized as the wife of the country.

This is one product.

The second rank is Mrs. Jun, the third rank is Shuren, the fourth rank is respectful, and the fifth rank is pleasant.

Canonization as the imperial lady is not only a kind of honor, but also receiving the imperial salary and exclusive clothing to show the status.

When there are any major celebrations in the palace, some imperial wives will be invited to the palace to participate.

Being canonized is certainly a very beautiful thing, and it is even more respected when you go outside.

However, you should also pay more attention to your words and deeds.

If you interfere with political affairs indiscriminately, or if your family affairs are not happy, once you are reported and verified, you may be deprived of your identity as the imperial wife.

After sending the letter, Gu Ming has to customize wedding posters, buy furniture, prepare wedding room supplies and other matters related to marriage.

The manuscript of the third volume of A Dream of Red Mansions was also handed over to Liu Dehua for printing.

There are also the planning and construction of the Zhuangyuan Mansion, the layout of the small courtyard where the current residence is located, and the fields awarded by the emperor himself to receive the division of the county government.

In short, very busy around.

After the last assassination incident, Gu Ming raised his vigilance and tried his best to arrange a small formation in the small courtyard, which greatly improved the safety factor.

Although this formation cannot kill the enemy, it can trap the enemy.

After being busy for several days, Gu Ming took time to visit Lanruo Temple.

Standing at the foot of the mountain, you can feel a completely different atmosphere from before.

In the past, when I looked up to Lanruo Temple, I always had a gloomy feeling, but now, it became much clearer.

The mountain road was also cleaned up, and the weeds on both sides became much more tidy, not as gloomy as before.

Climb up the steps and walk all the way to the front of the temple.

At this time, Lanruo Temple has taken on a completely new look. Although it is still under construction, it has lost the desolation of the past with broken walls everywhere.

Instead, there is a new life and a kind of prosperity.

The main hall, side halls, and wing rooms have already taken shape, and the framework has been erected. At least dozens of craftsmen are busy scattered around.

Not all of the former South Courtyard had been demolished, and several of the relatively intact wing rooms had been renovated.

On the construction site, a young monk was among a bunch of workers, and he didn't know what to say.

"Ten directions!"

Gu Ming smiled and called out.

Shi Fang was stunned for a moment, turned his head to look, and ran over grinning.

"Amitabha, Mr. Gu, long time no see."

"Okay, you are a monk, don't be an adult."

"Then I'd better call you Mr. Gu."

Monks generally call the common people benefactors, but when they meet people in the government, most of them still call them by their official names or adults to show respect.

There are historical reasons for this.

Back then, when the Buddhist school flourished, it opened its doors to accept disciples or believers, and its limelight even faintly overshadowed the imperial court.

Many poor people went to monasteries to become monks or become lay disciples in order to avoid military service or to live a hard life at home.

There is no need to work every day, and there is food for chanting sutras and so on.

Moreover, each temple at that time had a large amount of land, and there was no need to hand over a grain of grain to the court, and there was no need to pay a single tax.

Not to mention being rich, but those days were many times better than ordinary people.

There are even quite a few imperial court prisoners who went to temples to become monks. Didn’t Buddhists say that they put down the butcher’s knife and became Buddhas immediately?

Once he became a monk, he said that the past is like a cloud of smoke, no matter how heinous crimes he committed in the past, he can also take this opportunity to escape guilt.

After a long time, the court finally felt a lot of pressure.

The grain harvest is uneven, because many fields belong to the monastery.The supply of soldiers is seriously insufficient, and the taxes received are getting less and less every year

Under such circumstances, the court finally realized the seriousness of the problem.

Ever since, a vigorous clean-up operation was launched.

In the end, great results were received.

Taoists, including Taoists, have experienced similar situations.

In short, for the imperial court, the existence of any force is not allowed to threaten the foundation and prestige of imperial power.

Under the whole world, is it not the king's land, and the coast of leading the land is not the king's ministers.

Monks are no exception.

Afterwards, the imperial court introduced the degree system, and all monks must hold a degree issued by the imperial court.In this way, the government can effectively control the number of monks and facilitate unified management.

Now that it has been included in the management scope of the government, Buddhism and Taoism will naturally deal with the government frequently.

In terms of title, most of them will be distinguished from ordinary people

Chapter 2

"By the way, Shifang, didn't you go to Guanzhong with Hero Yan? Hero Yan didn't come back together?"

Gu Ming asked Shifang.

Shifang shook his head: "No, Fellow Daoist Yan hasn't been back to Guanzhong for a long time, and he's going to visit some old friends. The little monk has been playing for a while, and he's ready to go back."

"Hmph, monks don't lie!"

At this time, a cold hum came.

Shi Fang immediately looked embarrassed, and said in harmony: "Amitabha, it's a sin, in fact, it was the master and the old man who notified the little monk to come back."

Gu Ming laughed secretly, turned sideways and saluted Master Baiyun: "I've seen Master."

"Amitabha, I heard that my lord won the three yuan in the examination in Beijing this time, and was appreciated by the emperor. I am really happy and congratulated!"

"Thank you Master"

While speaking, Gu Ming subconsciously raised his eyes and glanced at the depths of Montenegro: "By the way, Master, I feel that the yin energy in Montenegro is not as strong as before. Could it be that Master has done something?"

"That's not true. It must be the reason why this temple was newly built. In addition, the old monk and Shifang are here to clean up, so they can more or less suppress some evil spirits."

Hearing this, Gu Ming was overjoyed and saluted, "Thank you so much, Master!"

"My lord, you don't need to be polite. You and lord Nie fully support the rebuilding of Lanruo Temple. As Buddhist disciples, I should be thanking the two lords."

"Okay, master, you and Mr. Gu don't need to thank you, thank you in the past, thank you endlessly"

Hearing this, Master Baiyun was so angry that he blew his beard and stared, and said angrily: "Shut up, if you talk nonsense again, I will punish you for copying the Diamond Sutra ten times."

"Uh"

Shifang blinked, and pretended to glance at the main hall: "Master, do you think we should first find a craftsman to mold the Buddha statue?"