Chapter 85: Rules of the Blessed Land, Divine Thoughts!
Dingtianfu.
An exquisite backyard.
A thin old man in black clothes sat by the pond, holding a thin fishing rod in his hand and humming an unknown tune, looking extremely leisurely.
At first glance, this scene seems extremely harmonious and natural.
But if you zoom out, pass through the staggered buildings, and include the plaque at the ceremonial gate, you will find that this small area is so out of place.
Because of the words on the plaque - Commander-in-Chief of the Blood-Cloaked Guards.
To put it simply, this is the headquarters of the Blood-Cloth Guard.
The old man was none other than the commander-in-chief of the Blood-Clothed Guards and the number one master in Daqing—Dou Tianyuan.
"It looks like we won't be able to catch any fish today."
Dou Tianyuan shook his head, his tone expressing regret.
“If you want to catch fish, you have to put the fish in first.”
A beautiful girl approached with a pout, "Master."
“Put the fish in there?”
Dou Tianyuan looked at the girl like she was a fool. "If you have fish, can't you just grill it and eat it? Why put it in there?"
“…”
The girl covered her face and took a few deep breaths.
At the same time, I kept repeating in my mind, 'Calm down, you must stay calm, you can't beat him.'
"Tsk tsk, your state of mind is still not good enough."
Dou Tianyuan shook his head in disdain, "Which place is the urgent report from?"
"Zhang Hua's."
The girl put down her hand, and a thumb-thick paper scroll fell from her sleeve and was handed over: "I won't read it this time, you can read it yourself."
As soon as he finished speaking, Dou Tianyuan's eyes turned into pity. "You are so old but you can't even recognize all the words. How are you going to get married in the future?"
Veins popped up on the girl's forehead as she said word by word, "Read it, then talk!"
"Tsk, tsk, not ladylike at all."
Dou Tianyuan sighed, took the scroll and unfolded it.
With just one glance, the cynicism on his face disappeared completely.
First there was solemnity, then surprise, and finally teasing.
“Hahahahahaha… Lou Heizi, ah Lou Heizi, your past was revealed just like that?”
Dou Tianyuan laughed loudly and thrust the fishing rod into the girl's hand. "My dear disciple, I have seen your face and I will definitely catch ten golden carps today."
Without waiting for the girl's consent, Dou Tianyuan put his hands together and spread them apart, as if opening an invisible door.
As he took a step forward, his whole body seemed to enter the void, disappearing from his toes and instantly spreading to his entire body.
It was not until this moment that the girl finally reacted.
A shocking scream was heard.
"——Ten? Why don't you go and grab them!!!"
…
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Cabinet is a general term, and the official name is Wenyuan Pavilion.
Shoufu Lou Youzhi finished handling government affairs as usual, leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes to rest.
A quarter of an hour passed.
Two quarters of an hour passed.
At the third quarter of an hour, Lou Youzhi's face shuddered, and he opened his eyes helplessly, looking at the empty space ahead: "If I don't move, are you going to keep looking at me like this?"
"You actually found me, Lou Heizi, what realm are you at?"
Dou Tianyuan's voice sounded, and he "pushed the door" out from the void and sat down opposite the table.
Lou Heizi is not just a black person because he looks black, he is also a black person with a thick face and a black heart. There are not many people in Daqing who dare to call him that.
"Wenyuan Pavilion is a blessed place. I am the one who controls it. Do I need a realm to discover you?"
Lou Youzhi rubbed his temple helplessly, "No one comes to visit you for no reason. Tell me, what's the matter?"
"Someone told Jiang Laojue about your past."
Dou Tianyuan chuckled.
"Um?"
Obviously, Lou Youzhi's expression and eyes did not change.
But just this one word "hmm" instantly changed his entire temperament, and he became what a prime minister above millions of people should be like.
The two looked at each other silently.
About half a cup of tea passed.
Lou Youzhi suddenly retracted his aura and shook his head: "Impossible, the only two people still alive who know about this are you and me."
"See for yourself."
Dou Tianyuan pushed the unfolded paper roll over and said, "Tsk tsk tsk, I thought you and Jiang Laojue would just spend the rest of your life together, but who knew that such a small character would suddenly appear and figure out everything that happened back then with just a few files ."
"Hey, everyone calls him Jiang Laojue. I think you are just as stubborn."
"It can be explained clearly in a few simple sentences, why do you have to make it so complicated?"
"Well now, you've made a fool of yourself for a junior, right?"
Dou Tianyuan felt secretly happy.
Usually, Lou Youzhi is the only one who criticizes him. Today, he finally gets the chance. How can he not say a few words?
In the time it took to say these few words, Lou Youzhi had already finished reading the contents of the paper scroll and sighed deeply: "The only one who understands me is Xu Chong."
Why do you say that?
Because when a normal person hears "bran mixed with sand", the first reaction is to sneer and not believe it.
For example, Emperor Wenchang and most of the officials at that time.
If they believed it, they would immediately regard Lou Youzhi as an unforgivable corrupt official and treacherous minister. Even if they were looking for evidence, they would only be looking for evidence of his guilt, and would not even consider whether there were other possibilities.
For example, Jiang Zhihong and those imperial censors.
But Xu Chong is different.
While Xu Chong believed in the story of "mixing bran with sand and soil", he also had a high degree of trust in Lou Youzhi. Only in this way could he restore the truth based on the files.
How should I put it? It's incredible.
Lou Youzhi, who is already quite old, feels a warm current flowing through his heart...
"Huh……"
Dou Tianyuan noticed that Lou Youzhi was acting strange, and he leaned back to distance himself from him, with a look of disgust on his face, "Just because of that incident, you killed nearly 10,000 people. You're a real murderer, and now you're actually moved by this?"
"Killing is killing, what does this have to do with it? If you have feelings in your heart, you should cherish them."
Lou Youzhi smiled faintly and said, "You just said that I won't explain to Jiang Zhihong... It's not that I don't want to explain to him, but because explanation is not only useless, but it will also make the truth become a truth created by me, no matter how much evidence there is."
"Um?"
Dou Tianyuan raised his eyebrows, "Then why did Jiang Laojue believe what this kid said?"
" Because of what he said and did."
Lou Youzhi raised the note in his hand and said, "Jiang Zhihong believes that he is not mine."
"Well...that's true."
Dou Tianyuan seemed to be thinking about something, then he started laughing: "This kid is really a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers. He made Jiang Laojue unable to bear it as soon as he opened his mouth... And that oil pan, he was so smart that he could think of it. Isn't he afraid of offending both of you in one go?"
"Indeed, this kind of temperament needs more training and tempering."
Lou Youzhi nodded and continued, "Why don't you let me do it for you? Sir Dou, can you give it up?"
"I knew you would ask that."
Dou Tianyuan raised his lips and said, "If it were just this matter, I would be willing to help them, but unfortunately..."
"What a pity?"
Lou Youzhi's face fell, as if he had expected this, and he said, "What a pity this is your successor?"
"The only one who understands me is Lou Heizi!"
Dou Tianyuan nodded, looking relieved.
“…”
Lou Youzhi really wanted to curse, but he finally held back and said earnestly: "I've asked you for people so many times, but I never got them once! Every time you said that it was your successor, and you kept saying the same thing over and over again. This time..."
"I swear to God!"
Dou Tianyuan raised his hand to interrupt, his expression serious: "This is my last successor."
“…”
Lou Youzhi felt powerless, "You said the same thing last time..."
In fact, in terms of power alone, he, as the Prime Minister, is definitely more powerful than Dou Tianyuan. If he really wants someone, all he needs to do is issue an imperial edict.
It's just that he has always been unwilling to do so.
“This time it’s really different.”
Dou Tianyuan said this seriously and handed over the other part of the urgent report.
"Um?"
Lou Youzhi frowned, took it and glanced at it, and was immediately a little surprised: "A 30% increase... is the third level? It took less than half a year?"
"I guess more than that."
"The Wind-Breaking Hand has reached the level of a side skill. Limited by the rules of heaven and earth, if you want to break through a level, it will take at least twice as long as the previous level."
Dou Tianyuan pointed at the note in Lou Youzhi's hand and said, "What is written here doesn't match up at all. I think he is hiding something."
"...Okay, okay."
Finally, Lou Youzhi waved his hands helplessly, "You've already said this, it would be a bit inhumane for me to steal your love."
"It's settled then."
Dou Tianyuan was delighted and said, "I'll treat you to golden carp some other day."
It would have been fine if he hadn't said it. As soon as he said it, Lou Youzhi's face fell again, "Including this one, you already owe me 3,249."
"It's clearly 3,131. I memorized every single one of them."
Dou Tianyuan shook his head and rejected it without even thinking about it. "Why, do you want to take advantage of me by relying on the rules of divine thinking?"
"you!"
Lou Youzhi was furious. "Okay, since you said so, I will relax the rules and let you think it over carefully!"
Divine Thought is the rule of the blessed land of Wenyuan Pavilion. Its function is to make people's thoughts extremely active and clear. Even the confused and chaotic feeling in the womb can be clearly recalled.
However, it doesn't mean that as long as you enter Wenyuan Pavilion, you will be covered by the rules of divine thought.
This depends on the intention of the person in charge of the blessed land.
Lou Youzhi raised his hand, pointed in the air, and pointed at Dou Tianyuan's brow.
There was no outward movement, and Dou Tianyuan was enveloped by the rules of divine thought.
In just a moment, he recalled every detail of their past.
"Oh, how's it going?"
Lou Youzhi sneered, "Who's wrong?"
"Okay, okay, okay, let's just say I was wrong, okay?"
Dou Tianyuan stood up with a look of disdain on his face, shaking his head and clicking his tongue: "Tsk tsk tsk tsk, the Prime Minister of the Cabinet is actually such a calculative person? Tsk t ...
“…”
Lou Youzhi's face trembled violently.
Dou Tianyuan ignored him and turned around and pushed open a door.
Just as he was about to take a step forward, he suddenly turned around and said, "I just thought of a question, a question that I had overlooked before."
"Um?"
Lou Youzhi was stunned, "What's the problem?"
"The murderer who killed disaster victims ."
Dou Tianyuan stared at Lou Youzhi closely, "This is the capital city. There are the Five City Military Departments, the Zhili Prefecture Office, the Three Law Departments, the Blood-Cloaked Guards Office... There are so many offices and countless experts, but they can't catch a murderer? "
"What do you want to ask?"
Lou Youzhi's expression became subtle.
"You're using my trick to open your mind to me. I wonder what I'll ask you?"
Dou Tianyuan turned around again and faced the invisible door. "Of course it's the identity of the murderer... Is he your man or theirs?"
Lou Youzhi slowly raised the corner of his mouth, "Guess?"
"I guess...neither."
Dou Tianyuan took a step forward and disappeared in Wenyuan Pavilion.
