Chapter 147: Settlement
Su Jinshi planned to take a break, so he hurried to work.
Shen Shilang smiled and nodded, "I will be back as soon as possible."
Shen Shilang entered the palace and told Emperor Jiacheng everything that had happened in the northwest.
Although most of them have been mentioned in the letter.
"Shen Qing has made another contribution this time, especially by successfully contacting the Supreme God." Emperor Jiacheng said.
When Shen Shilang heard the tone of Emperor Jiacheng, he knew there was a but behind it.
As expected, Emperor Jiacheng immediately said, "However, since Mr. Shen has just entered the court not long ago, he has already reached the first rank of the court. I really don't know how to reward him. Moreover, Grand Tutor Liu said that if we give him more rewards, the court officials may oppose it, which will be disadvantageous to your future actions in the court."
"Therefore, I also intend to listen to Master Liu's advice and will not reward you for this matter for the time being."
Eunuch Shen stood aside, observing the emperor with his eyes on his nose and his nose on his heart, and thought to himself that although Grand Tutor Liu understood the Dog Emperor, he probably still didn't understand him well enough.
He certainly didn't expect that the dog emperor would actually sell him out directly.
He also planned to put all the blame on Grand Tutor Liu.
There is even a suspicion of sowing discord, wanting Shen Shilang to bear a grudge against Grand Tutor Liu.
Tsk tsk.
"Your Majesty, I do not ask for any reward." Shen Shilang bowed his head and said, "Besides, I am where I am now thanks to Your Majesty. It was Your Majesty who promoted me and made me a tutor at such a young age. Without Your Majesty, I would be nothing."
"Your Majesty's appreciation of me is already a lifetime reward for me. What qualifications do I have to ask for more rewards?" After Shen Shilang finished speaking, he raised his head slightly and looked at Emperor Jiacheng with admiration.
Emperor Jiacheng was shocked.
Master Liu still misjudged Shen Shilang.
Shen Shilang obviously knew his own status and position very well, and there was no need to criticize him at all.
Looking at his admiration for me, I'm afraid he will be loyal to me all his life.
"You." Emperor Jiacheng paused for a moment before saying, "Not bad."
Shen Shilang looked calm and unperturbed, and took out a small porcelain bottle from his arms, "Your Majesty, after communicating with the God, I also obtained three elixirs from him."
Shen Shilang held the porcelain bottle in both hands and presented it respectfully to Emperor Jiacheng.
Shen Shilang knew that Emperor Jiacheng would definitely suspect whether he had hidden anything.
But, just be skeptical.
At least for now, he is the only one who can get the "elixir", and Emperor Jiacheng has no way to deal with it even if he has doubts.
This "magic pill" was given to him by Su Jinshi.
As he had guessed, this "magic pill" was not a good thing for Emperor Jiacheng.
It does have a calming and analgesic effect on patients, but according to Su Jinshi, the ingredients in it are extremely addictive.
If you keep eating it for a long time, unless you have great self-control and try hard to control your cravings, you can only continue to rely on this "magic pill" to ease the pain in your body.
When you can't eat it, you feel unbearable pain all over your body, but once you eat it, you will immediately feel like you are in ecstasy and want to die.
If you keep eating it, it will not do any good to healthy people.
When Su Jinshi threw this "magic pill" to Emperor Jiacheng, his account was blocked.
Shen Shilang also had no chance to ask Su Jinshi what the "elixir" was.
But he believed that Su Jinshi would definitely not give Emperor Jiacheng anything good.
This time when I met Su Jinshi and asked him about it, I found out that it was such a dangerous thing.
Su Jinshi meant that Shen Shilang could continue with his plan while she would provide "magic pills" to Emperor Jiacheng, making him addicted, losing himself, and his body gradually eroded by the drugs.
Emperor Jiacheng was delighted at first, then he took the small porcelain bottle from Shen Shilang's hand, opened it and saw that there were indeed three "magic pills" inside.
But then, he began to observe Shen Shilang in silence.
Now only Shen Shilang can contact the Supreme God, and he himself has never even heard the Supreme God's voice again.
As for this "magic pill", he didn't know how much the God gave to Shen Shilang.
But what is certain is that the "elixir" is precious, and even if the gods give it to you, they will not give too much.
Last time, the God only gave him three.
This time Shen Shilang took out three, which was reasonable.
But what if the Supreme God gave Shen Shilang four or five pills? Emperor Jiacheng carefully put away the "elixir" and did not let Shen Shilang stand up. He kept him in a bowed position and asked, "Were there others around when you communicated with the Supreme God?"
"This is the first time I have taken the initiative to communicate with the Supreme God. I dare not make any mistakes, and I am afraid that the Supreme God will misunderstand that I am disrespectful to the Supreme God." Shen Shilang said, "I followed the secret method in the book, bathed and burned incense, used the jade pendant refined by my heart blood as a guide, and found a quiet, spacious and sunny place. I asked people to seal off the surroundings to prevent outsiders from disturbing the communication with the Supreme God and angering the Supreme God."
Please...collect 6...9...books...!
"Perhaps, next time I can try to find someone else to watch together." Shen Shilang said.
Emperor Jiacheng thought so too. What if he did something wrong and angered the God? Wouldn’t that be even worse if he never showed up again?
Thinking about it again, the God gave me three pills last time, so it is normal to give me three pills this time.
"It's better to be cautious." Emperor Jiacheng still had some doubts in his heart, but for the time being he chose to believe Shen Shilang.
"You brought back the elixir, which is another achievement." Emperor Jiacheng said, "I will take note of all this for you."
Even so, there is no mention of rewards.
Shen Shilang was about to show tears of gratitude.
After Shen Shilang left the palace, he went directly to the Dali Temple.
Along the way, thinking of Qiu Zhaohui, Shen Shilang's face darkened, with a coldness on his face that even the warm sun could not dispel.
He stepped into the Dali Temple. Upon hearing that he had arrived, the Dali Temple Minister Zuo Chengyu bowed to him and said, "Lord Shen."
"How has Qiu Zhaohui been doing recently?" Shen Shilang asked as he walked towards the cell with a familiar look.
"Because the master has not returned, he has not been interrogated yet." Zuo Chengyu said, "He was imprisoned in prison with nothing else to do, so he thought he was fine and asked every day when he could get out."
It's simply a fantasy.
"Take him to the rack." Shen Shilang said.
Not long after, Qiu Zhaohui was brought out. "Are you going to let me go? You have locked me up here for so long and have done nothing. You must have found out something! Let me go now."
It was not until he was brought to the rack that Qiu Zhaohui's face turned pale with fear, "What are you doing!"
Qiu Zhaohui was tied to the rack, and only then did he see clearly that the person sitting opposite him was Shen Shilang.
Qiu Zhaohui didn't know that Shen Shilang had been promoted to Grand Tutor. Thinking that he was now harmed by Shen Shilang, he immediately shouted angrily: "It's you again! Why on earth did you want to harm me!"
Shen Shilang stretched out his hand, and a booklet was placed in his hand.
Shen Shilang flipped open a page and said, "From the year of Rensi to the year of Wusi, during the seven years, whenever you were in the Taoist temple, there were infertile women who went to the temple to pray for children, and they were all defiled by you, and then returned home pregnant."
(End of this chapter)