"I will give you a hundred years of merit as a teacher."
"Thank you, Master." Although Li Zhuo didn't quite understand the power of a hundred years of merit, he knew from the envy on Xuan Bao's face that it must be extremely rare, so he quickly kowtowed.
"Go back and tell the old prince that you will come back tomorrow."
Li Zhuo asked in surprise: "Come back tomorrow?"
"Since you and I have real master-disciple status, I should teach you a thing or two as a master."
"Fifth uncle, come on time tomorrow to learn your skills." Xuan Bao's tone was a little gloating.
Xuan Bao was most familiar with the old monk's tone of voice. Whenever the old Taoist master planned to torture her severely in practice, he would have this tone, this expression, and these words.
Li Zhuo was filled with joy. The old monk had taught him his skills in the past, but he had never warned him so solemnly. Listen to the meaning behind his words, tomorrow he will pass on his skills to his direct disciples.
"Okay, you can take Xuan Bao back and come back tomorrow." The old monk smiled at them and closed his eyes.
Xuan Bao was attentive. She looked a little pale after seeing the old monk giving out merit. It was a waste of too much merit. Did he really only give his fifth uncle a hundred years of merit?
The little doll had doubts in her mind, but seeing the old monk smiling and even his eyebrows smiling, it was obvious that she was extremely happy, so she didn't say anything.
Li Zhuo and Xuan Bao both saluted the old monk and then slowly withdrew.
The two of them walked slowly in Tianlong Temple, with the gentle breeze blowing, the sound of bells and drums coming from the distance, and the faint sound of chanting Buddha's name. They felt that the otherworldly world had been left behind.
Li Zhuo stretched out his arms and took a deep breath: "I was eleven or twelve years old at that time. I should have been studying literature and martial arts, but at that time I was already a playboy who had gained some fame in the capital."
At this point, Li Zhuo paused for a moment: "When I was eight years old, I overheard a conversation between my father and my mother. They didn't ask me to make progress, and they were even worried that I would make too much progress."
"Why?" Xuan Bao couldn't help but ask, "Isn't it bad to seek improvement?"
"My aunt is the Queen Mother, my father is the Prince of Yongchang, my eldest brother and second brother are outstanding figures among military generals, my third brother is known as the 'God of Wealth', my fourth brother has outstanding literary talent and is a child prodigy, and later he became the number one scholar at the age of fourteen
Lang."
"I know everything the fifth uncle said, and all the uncles are very powerful." Xuan Bao blinked his big eyes, "But what does that have to do with whether you are making progress or not?"
"Everyone in the Li family is perfect. My father and mother were afraid, so from then on, I decided to be an imperfect person." Li Zhuo smiled slightly, "Do you know how much trouble I have caused to the Yongchang Palace in the past ten years?
?”
"I don't know how much, but my mother said that the Li family will follow you every day to clean up your mess."
"Yes, I have gotten into all kinds of troubles, big and small. My eldest brother, second brother and fourth brother were all demoted because of me."
Suddenly an idea flashed in Xuan Bao's mind: "Hold up the palace, this is exactly what you want."
"Yes, because I am holding them back, the official positions of the three brothers are hanging in the balance."
"I understand, my grandfather and grandmother acquiesced, and several uncles connived. The third uncle must be supporting you financially." Xuan Bao looked up at Li Zhuo and his eyes suddenly turned red. "It turns out that the fifth uncle is also working hard."
Li Zhuo pinched Xuan Bao's cheek and a wry smile appeared at the corner of his mouth: "That's what you would say."
"No matter what it is, as long as you don't like it, you won't be happy and it will be very hard." Xuan Bao has his own understanding.
"Yes." Li Zhuo nodded, "Everyone in the capital envies me. I can eat, drink, have fun and have fun every day, and I can do whatever I want, but that's not what I want, or what I want."
Xuan Bao couldn't bear Li Zhuo's painful memories and took the initiative to change the subject: "Well, how did the fifth uncle meet the old monk later?"
Li Zhuo finally showed a smile: "At that time, I couldn't figure out what I wanted at all. I followed my friends to have fun every day. I had enough fun in the city, so naturally I had to leave the city."
Xuan Bao listened quietly this time. The fifth uncle was moved by the scene and wanted to tell the story between him and the old monk.
"Actually, it's nothing. I was riding a horse in a fertile field, and the old monk happened to come down the mountain, and he threw him and the horse out." Li Zhuo thought about it and found it funny. "At that time, I was so frightened that I even suspected that the old monk was not a human being."
"and after?"
"Later, I was detained by the old monk in Tianlong Temple. I even offended the sacred monk. Everyone in the capital knew that I was nothing more. This incident later alarmed the Queen Mother and the Emperor."
"Old monk just detained you?" Xuan Bao didn't believe it at all.
Li Zhuo laughed: "Of course they not only detained me, but also the old monk made me do farm work every day. He wanted me to know that every grain of grain was hard work."
"What happened next?"
"Later, the empress dowager and the emperor came forward, and the old monk agreed to let me go. The censor in the court said that my father neglected to discipline me, and it seemed that he had fined me a salary or was demoted. In short, I was discredited by the Yongchang Palace. From then on
He became the ‘number one dude’ in the capital.”
Xuan Bao smiled slyly: "I didn't expect that the fifth uncle would be a blessing in disguise and fall into the eyes of the old monk."
"While I was detained in Tianlong Temple, the old monk showed his skills in front of me intentionally or unintentionally. Once I heard that he asked me to come, I had nothing to do anyway, and since then I have been coming here from time to time." Li Zhuo said this.
He slowly exhaled, "Ten years have passed in the blink of an eye."
"Fifth uncle, now that you have become the old monk's direct disciple, do you still need to be secretive?" Xuan Bao asked curiously.
Li Zhuo shook his head: "I don't know either, it depends on what your grandfather wants, but I guess there is no need to make it public for the time being."
"You have become a disciple of the old monk. Then your efforts were in vain. Isn't that true of your uncle, the emperor's cousin?"
"I don't know, but the situation now is different from that of ten years ago." Li Zhuo let out the suffocation in his chest and smiled cheerfully, "No matter what, at worst I will become a monk with my master, so that's fine."
"Fifth uncle, you don't look good with a shaved head." Xuan Bao shook his head and ran forward, "Let's go, go back quickly, so that grandpa and grandma won't be waiting in a hurry."
Outside Tianlong Temple, Xia Yu and Dong Xue were guarding the carriage. The two little maids looked around from time to time, but there was no sign of the county lord and fifth uncle.
"Dongxue, why did the county master come to Tianlong Temple again?" Xia Yu asked in a low voice.
"The county boss said that her old Taoist master had an old relationship with the divine monk."
Xia Yu exclaimed: "This friendship is not simple. The sacred monk has not seen anyone for a long time."
"Didn't I meet our county boss last time?" Dong Xue said lightly.
"Yes." Xia Yu couldn't help but feel proud, "Our county boss is really awesome."
"Come on, shut your mouth, be careful of trouble coming out of your mouth." Dongxue murmured, "I've been in there for a long time, why haven't I come out yet?"
Xia Yu suddenly jumped up: "Come out, the county lord and fifth uncle are out."
