Chapter 9 I'm very embarrassed [New book please collect! ]
Eight-armed Asura?
Li Chu's heart moved and he wanted to ask.
But the woman named Rou'er didn't allow him to interrupt.
She looked at the middle-aged scholar and said in a trembling voice, "Dad, since you knew there were demons blocking the way, why did you insist on going forward? Can we go somewhere else together? Didn't you say yesterday that the scenery in the south of the Yangtze River was beautiful and you had never seen it before in your life? Wouldn't it be better for us to visit other places instead of Yuhang Town? Or take a boat to the sea? Haven't you always longed for the customs of overseas countries?"
"Oh." The middle-aged scholar smiled and shook his head: "I, Gongsun Zhe, am an official appointed by the court! Even if I am exiled to this point, if I flee because of the threats of a demon, where is the dignity of the court? On the contrary, if I die on the way to take office, wouldn't it be more proof of the arrogance of that old villain of the Yang family! Even if I can't overthrow him, I can shake the trust of the emperor in him. Such things, one or two, will one day be enough to overthrow the high building of the Yang family!"
"There are countless officials in the court, but I only have one father." The woman looked sad and said, "Daddy, can't you put aside the meaningless fights in the court for your daughter?"
"I can't let it go. The court is a quagmire, but if I want to work sincerely for the people, I must enter it and fight with others. Unknowingly, I have already been deeply mired in the quagmire." The scholar looked across the front hall gate and gazed into the sky, "If your mother were still alive, she would definitely understand my choice."
"Okay." The woman nodded: "I dare not influence your decision, but if you are determined to die, then I must go with you!"
"Rou'er!" The scholar held her hands tightly, "Why are you so stupid? Dad knows that you may look weak on the outside, but you are actually very strong on the inside. But now that things have come to this, it is my choice alone. You are still young, and there are many things you have not seen or experienced. You don't have to sacrifice yourself for these things."
"Although I am young, I understand the truth. It is all thanks to my father who taught me to read since I was young." The girl looked up and looked directly into the scholar's eyes: "Does my father look down on me and think that I am not worthy of dying for justice?"
Her voice was clear and soft, but every word she said was sonorous.
"Alas..." The scholar sighed deeply, "The greatest pride of my life is not that I won the first place in the imperial examination, nor that I have held a high position, but that I have a good daughter like you! There are countless young men in Chaoge City, but how many can compare to you? But..."
"I understand your feelings." The woman suddenly smiled faintly, "You are also my greatest pride! So there is no need for me to say more, my daughter has made up her mind!"
"I, Gongsun Zhe, ask myself if I have lived my life to the fullest and have never failed the emperor, the common people, or the people! The only thing I owe to you two, mother and daughter, is that I will never be able to repay you in three lifetimes!"
He hugged his daughter in his arms. The girl was smiling, but the scholar was crying and sobbing.
"Father……"
"Rou'er..."
Seeing that they finally stopped talking, Li Chu finally had some time to ask calmly, "Excuse me, sir, is the Eight-Armed Shura you mentioned a demon with eight arms?"
Um?
The scholar raised his head and was stunned for a moment. The father and daughter looked at the little Taoist priest with strange eyes.
We are expressing our deep love for father and daughter while risking our lives for justice, and you suddenly ask me if the Eight-Armed Shura has eight hands?
Don't you think there's something wrong with you?
But seeing Li Chu's serious look, the middle-aged scholar hesitated, wiped his tears, and answered casually: "Maybe... or maybe not. Qingyi Tower specializes in driving monsters as assassins, so it's not surprising to have eight arms. If it's just a nickname... it's possible."
This is no answer...
Li Chu asked again: "Anything else?"
"I only heard that he is a bronze killer of Qingyi Tower, and is best at hunting and chasing. If the target does not struggle, he will kill him. If the target escapes, he will torture him cruelly after catching him, and even refine his soul, making him unable to reincarnate forever."
The scholar answered carefully. After Li Chu's interruption, he felt that the atmosphere was not right. He couldn't cry anymore, so he simply told him everything he knew.
After he finished speaking, he turned back to look at his daughter, regrouping his emotions and preparing to say something else.
Then Li Chu said, "This eight-armed Shura may be dead."
"Huh?" The scholar was stunned again.
"On my way back from Yuhang Town just now, I encountered a monster blocking my way, and I was forced to kill him." Li Chu said calmly: "Now that I think about it, he is most likely the eight-armed Shura who was about to intercept you."
The scholar was stunned again.
The woman opened her eyes wide: "Little Taoist priest, are you telling the truth?"
"Of course." Li Chu's face remained calm.
But in their eyes, this expression seemed to be saying, it's just a monster, it's no big deal to just kill it as you pass by.
Although it is true.
"Young Taoist priest, are you a cultivator?" The scholar looked at Li Chu in disbelief.
"Yes." Li Chu nodded, and then said: "I think you two should rest here tonight. I will send you to Yuhang Town tomorrow morning. Don't be afraid if there are monsters coming. Even if my cultivation is not enough to protect you two... I still have my master."
Li Chu pointed to the bedroom on the other side and said, "My master's cultivation is unparalleled!"
Both the father and daughter widened their eyes. They didn't expect that there were two masters hiding in such a small Taoist temple in the mountains.
The middle-aged scholar, in particular, felt mixed emotions when he recalled the scene he had just performed in front of the young Taoist priest.
Although this little Taoist priest saved his life, he still wanted to say...
Next time, just say it earlier.
Otherwise it will be very embarrassing.
…
The next morning, Li Chu prepared some extra porridge and side dishes and called the father and daughter to have breakfast together.
Yu Qian'an usually went out with a sage look, and when he saw the graceful young girl, his eyes lit up and a kind smile instantly appeared on his face.
At the dinner table, Yu Qian'an demonstrated his skills and in just a few words, he was able to get the two people's backgrounds out.
It turned out that the scholar's name was Gongsun Zhe and his daughter's name was Gongsun Rou, and they both came from the city of Chaoge.
Gongsun Zhe was a top scholar in the imperial examination and served in the court for more than ten years. He was promoted to the position of Shaoqing of the Dali Temple. Although he could not be said to have a successful career, he was highly respected.
It's a pity that he was a disciple of the former prime minister Meng Youxiong. The powerful minister Yang Dingtian defeated Meng Youxiong and took power, and all the officials of Meng Youxiong's faction were demoted.
Gongsun Zhe was directly demoted to Jiangnanzhou and became a small magistrate of Yuhang County.
However, he has always been highly regarded by the emperor. Yang Dingtian was worried that he would have a chance to return to the court, so he secretly hired assassins from Qingyi Tower to kill him.
The guards who had accompanied him along the way had all been bribed by Yang Dingtian and had all fled halfway. However, one of the guards still had a conscience and told Gongsun Zhe that there was an assassin blocking the way.
But even after knowing the news, he still insisted on coming to Yuhang Town to meet his mission.
Upon hearing that the haggard-looking middle-aged scholar in front of him was the soon-to-be-appointed magistrate of Yuhang County, Yu Qian'an's eyelids could not help but twitch.
The mountains are high and the emperor is far away. No matter how big the storm is in Chaoge in the northwest, it will not cause any waves when it reaches Yuhang Town.
But the small county magistrate, although looked down upon by officials in Kyoto, is the local emperor here.
Thinking of how he had just looked at the young lady of the future county magistrate with lustful eyes, Yu Qian'an's eyelids twitched twice and his appetite dropped by 80%.
However, what puzzled him was that the father and daughter were extremely respectful when speaking to him, and the way they looked at him was strange.
His eyes seemed to be filled with...
Awe.
(End of this chapter)
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