"Taoist Priest Qingzhi, I am polite here."

“Chen Douzhi is welcome”

"I don't know where my master is from, and which fairy mountain he practices in?"

"This Pindao sect is called Wudang, it's just a small sect in the mountains. Maybe Chen Douzhi has never heard of it? It's really not worth mentioning."

Lu Zhi and Chen Duzhi asked and answered each other, but Lu Zhi was too lazy to agree to anything with him and just gave him a few casual replies, which was very perfunctory.

This kind of "household registration check" general inquiry really made him feel a little impatient, and his expression was quite cold. Even if Zhao Ji interrupted from the side, Lu Zhi never showed a good look to the old eunuch. .

After all, Lu Zhi had never had much respect for this worldly power, and he didn't have to deliberately try to please him. The impatience and indifference on his face was not hidden at all.

He wasn't afraid of the old eunuch holding a grudge or anything. If the worst happened, he would just leave. With his ability, where in the world couldn't he live?

At most, he can no longer mess with the Dao Zang stored in Prince Duan's Mansion. However, in the past two months, he has read through seven or eighty-eight of the books in Prince Duan's Mansion, including the works of Confucian scholars. Even if he leaves now, There won't be too much feeling of pity either.

Lu Zhi had made it so obvious, so the old eunuch couldn't help but notice it, but his face showed no emotion at all. He didn't know whether it was because the city was too deep, or whether he really didn't mind Lu Zhi's cold face.

"It's almost time for the next morning court, and I have to return to the palace to resume my duties, so I won't bother Taoist Priest Qingzhi any more."

Seeing that he couldn't get any more information, Chen Duzhi simply stopped pestering him and said goodbye in a sensible manner.

"Hey, Taoist Qingzhi, why did you offend this Chen Duzhi so much? Even though he is just a Duzhi, he is actually very talkative with the emperor."

"If Chen Douzhi goes back this time and slanders you severely in front of Brother Huang, then Taoist Qingzhi, your chance of becoming an official may be gone."

As soon as the old eunuch left, Zhao Ji said to Lu Zhi with a look of regret.

Lu Zhi disagreed: "So what? Pindao is a outsider, so what does this worldly power mean to Pindao?"

"But" Zhao Ji was a little anxious for Lu Zhi, but seeing Lu Zhi's nonchalant look, he had nothing to say.

Originally, the opportunity for Lu Zhi to become an official this time was Lu Zhi whom he recommended to Zhao Xu, but unexpectedly, Lu Zhi had no interest in it at all, which inevitably made him a little discouraged.

On the other hand, when Chen Douzhi returned to the palace and reported back to Zhao Xu, it was contrary to what Lu Zhi and Zhao Ji thought. Not only did he not say anything bad about Lu Zhi in front of Zhao Xu, but he also said something bad to Zhao Xu. He praised Lu Zhi's abilities.

Although he was not able to find out the details of Lu Zhi, he could still feel the pure Yang Tao charm from Lu Zhi. This Taoist unique ethereal and carefree meaning cannot be faked.

Therefore, even though he has not figured out his depth yet, Chen Douzhi still proposed to Zhao Xu that it would be a great thing if they could find a way to win over Lu Zhi and let him be used by the Song Dynasty.

So, three days later.

"The imperial edict has arrived!"

It was still the same Chen Douzhi, but the difference this time was that he came with an imperial edict written by Zhao Xu himself.

Lu Zhi stepped forward and performed a Taoist ritual on Chen Douzhi. Lu Zhi had already known its content from Zhao Ji before, so today was just a formality.

I have to say that Chen Douzhi and Zhao Xu were quite smart, and went out of their way to ask Zhao Ji about Lu Zhi's hobbies.

After learning that he had accepted Zhao Ji's offering in order to protect Tao Zang in the palace, several people thought at that time, why not use it to suit his liking?

Therefore, under Zhao Ji's instigation, Zhao Xu came up with the idea of ​​granting Lu Zhi an official with a bachelor's degree in the Imperial Academy and letting him supervise the carving of Wanshou Dao Zang.

As mentioned above, the emperors of the Song Dynasty were almost all Taoist believers. When Song Shenzong was still in power, the imperial court had the idea of ​​collecting Taoist books from all over the world and compiling a Wanshou Taoist Collection to ensure that the Song Dynasty would last forever.

It's a pity that Song Shenzong was still busy with the reform at that time and never had the energy or time to complete this matter.

But now, Zhao Xu suddenly remembered this matter because of Lu Zhi's incident, and thought of simply taking the opportunity to deal with it.

Over the years, several of his children, Zhao Xu's, have died young one after another. He also wanted to use this incident to pray for his future children, lest he end up without a child.

And his move really scratched Lu Zhi's itch. After thinking about it for a while, Lu Zhi finally decided to accept the matter.

After all, this is an opportunity to compile the Wanshou Daozang!

More than ten years later, the civil servant named Huang Shang, who supervised the compilation of the Wanshou Taoist Canon, learned the superior Taoist martial arts from it, the Nine Yin Sutra, which is known as the general outline of martial arts in the world.

What Lu Zhi lacks now is the accumulation of martial arts concepts. If he can get this opportunity, maybe he can use it to find his own path.

Therefore, for him, this matter is exactly what he dreams of, and there is absolutely no reason to refuse it.

He was only nominally a minister of his old Zhao family for a few days, and it wasn't like he was asked to shave his hair to change clothes and grow that money rat tail, so he couldn't say he felt any resistance in his heart.

Therefore, after the Duan Palace enshrined Taoist priests, Lu Zhi changed his identity again and became a fourth-grade Hanlin scholar of the Song Dynasty. He was responsible for searching Taoist books from all over the world and editing and compiling the Wanshou Taoist Canon.

The next day, Lu Zhi went to the school bookstore to take up his post. Zhao Xu had also issued an edict, ordering all Taoist temples in the Song Dynasty to make a copy of the Taoist books collected in the temples, transfer them to Bianliang, Tokyo, and proofread and compile them into the Wanshou Taoist Collection.

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For a time, a steady stream of Daoist books were sent to the school bookstore from all over the world. Lu Zhi was also very responsible and carefully read and studied every Daoist book sent. While proofreading the errors and omissions, he secretly pondered the meaning of the scriptures.

The essence of.

Time flies so fast, half a year has passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day, Chen Douzhi suddenly appeared in the school bookstore and found Lu Zhi.

Although Lu Zhi had never been very good with this gloomy old eunuch, he was still working under the old Zhao family, so after hearing the message from his secretary, Lu Zhi still took the time to meet him.

"I wonder why Mr. Chen Douzhi came to the school bookstore?"

Chen Mao (original name) first sent out the Taoist priests and scribes who were busy proofreading Taoist books in the room, and then took out a small yellow booklet and said.

"This is the official's handbook." Chen Mao first handed the small note to Lu Zhi, and then continued, "Recently, many knights in the world have been killed, including the deputy of the Beggar Clan.

Gang leader Ma Dayuan was also poisoned by a traitor."

"This matter has not only caused tremors in the world, but also the officials are very concerned about it."

"The disciples of the Beggar Clan have made a lot of contributions in our battles between the Song Dynasty and Xixia in recent years. Therefore, we cannot sit idly by and ignore the murder of the deputy leader of the Beggar Clan."

"After all, this matter is too strange. It is very likely that people from the Xixia Yipintang, or Tubo, and Liao deliberately came to our Song Dynasty to instigate the martial arts of our Song Dynasty to fight against each other."

"Therefore, the officials ordered us to investigate the cause and effect of this matter and restore stability to the martial arts world of Song Dynasty as soon as possible."

"And after much thought, I feel that the only person best suited to do this is you, Taoist Master Lu Zhi."

Lu Zhi: ""

He glanced at the Zhao Xu manuscript in his hand, and suddenly felt a strange feeling in his heart.

"Are the officials also in charge of this Jianghu matter?"
Chapter completed!