Gu Zhenqing said, "What else can we do? Apologize to that Shang Qing, appease his Qilin, and then scold those common people..."
"That's not right," Fang Jian said, his face full of confusion. "It was the Qilin that pulled his chariot that lost control and injured the common people. Why should we apologize to him, and even scold those common people?"
Gu Zhenqing said, "Brother Fang, I don't have your ability. This Dao Court has been like this since ancient times: those with higher rank are respected, and those with lower rank are humble. Let alone if the Shangqing's Qilin carriage injured a commoner, even if it killed him, it would be the commoners' fault. Who asked them to stand in front of the carriage?"
After saying this, Gu Zhenqing lifted his sleeve, exposing his left arm, and said, "Look, I didn't want to scold those commoners at first, but that senior official raised his hand and whipped me a few times. The official and the sergeant who were patrolling the scene also received several lashes. We even had to apologize and make amends. Today is really unlucky."
Fang Jian looked intently and saw the two long bloody marks on Gu Zhenqing's left arm, as well as the bloody whip marks on his robe on the back.
Fang Jian asked, "Which Shangqing is it? What's his name?"
Gu Zhenqing immediately looked at Fang Jian with alarm and asked, "Brother Fang, why are you asking this?"
Fang Jian smiled and said, "Of course I'm going back to say hello to my men in the Night Patrol."
Gu Zhenqing nodded and said, "It's right to say hello. Be careful, otherwise it would be bad to get beaten for no reason."
After saying this, Gu Zhenqing immediately whispered to Fang Jian, "It's Fang and Luo Tuo, the Shangqing of the Censorate."
Fang Jian wrote down the name, then nodded and smiled, "Okay, I understand. Thank you, Brother Gu."
"Alas." Gu Zhenqing shook his head again. Then he saw the candied haws in Fang Jian's hand and couldn't help laughing: "You're still eating candied haws?"
Fang Jian laughed and said, "It was given to me by someone else. It's too sour. I didn't dare eat it, so I just kept holding on to it."
"Oh? Is it very sour? I have never eaten this before. Let me try it." Gu Zhenqing said.
Fang Jian was stunned for a moment and said, "Brother Gu, I've already eaten one."
"Hahaha." Gu Zhen laughed out loud and said, "A grown man shouldn't care about these things. Come and give me a taste."
Fang Jian had no choice but to hand the candied haws to Gu Zhenqing. After Gu Zhenqing took it, he took a bite and started chewing it. Then his face became ferocious, and his facial features were squeezed together as he chewed.
"Ah..." With a ferocious look on his face, Gu Zhenqing swallowed the candied haws in his mouth, then sighed and said, "It's so damn sour."
But he quickly added, "But this tastes just right."
"Oh?" Fang Jian looked at Gu Zhenqing in surprise.
Gu Zhenqing laughed heartily, then looked at Fang Jian and said, "Brother Fang, to be honest, my Taoist partner is pregnant and has been craving sour things lately. I've bought her a lot of sour fairy fruits, but she wasn't satisfied. This candied haws is sour enough, I think she'll definitely like it. Where did you buy it?"
Fang Jian suddenly realized what was going on and quickly congratulated him. He then said, "It seems like he bought it at a place called 'Mixiantang'."
"Okay, I'll remember that." Gu Zhenqing nodded, then took the string of candied haws with three left in his hand and said, "Brother Fang, I'll take this one back to give to my Taoist partner to try. Is that okay with you?"
Fang Jian: "As long as you don't have any objections... I don't have any objections either."
"Okay, thank you very much." Gu Zhenqing said with a smile, "Brother Fang, I'm going to go back first. Look, I have to go back and change my immortal robe. It's all torn to pieces, damn it!"
Fang Jian nodded and smiled, "Okay."
After parting with Gu Zhenqing, Fang Jian strolled around Qilin Street for another half an hour, then went straight back to the Night Patrol Mansion.
When Fang Jian returned to the Changyou Hall of the Night Patrol Mansion, he saw that the steps of the hall were filled with many exquisite and ingenious treasures, and Yu Censhuang was sitting among the treasures, slowly sorting and selecting them.
"You bought so many things?" Fang Jian walked to the steps of the palace and said as he looked at the exquisite treasures all over the ground.
Yu Censhuang raised her head with a bright smile on her face, like a child with many toys.
"Young Master, look." Yu Censhuang picked up a floor lamp with a gold pillar and jade frame and yellow paper scriptures beside him and said, "Is this lamp beautiful? I plan to put it in your cloud room, oh, just to the left of your jade couch."
When Fang Jian heard this, he immediately walked over with a smile. Yu Censhuang immediately placed the lamp in front of Fang Jian as if presenting a treasure.
This lamp is half a person's height, with a thin pure gold column and a square lantern hanging on the top. The lantern is wrapped with high-quality yellow paper on all sides, and scriptures are copied on it.
"Is it the Scripture of Purity and Tranquility?" Fang Jian asked in surprise.
"Yes." Yu Censhuang said, "And this, sir, take a look."
Fang Jian turned his head and saw Yu Censhuang bringing over a long string of Tianhua white jade wind chimes. She shook it gently with her jade hand, and the wind chimes immediately emitted a soul-stirring sound.
When Fang Jian heard the ringing sound, he felt as if his soul was startled, and then he immediately became clear-headed and his mind was bright.
"Good stuff." Fang Jian looked at the wind chimes and said, "Let's hang them in Changyou Hall."
Upon hearing this, Yu Censhuang nodded excitedly and said, "Okay, sir." For her, Fang Jian's satisfaction was the greatest affirmation of her.
"Oh, sir, there's also this..." Yu Censhuang seemed to remember something and quickly turned around to look for something to introduce to Fang Jian, but at this moment a voice suddenly rang out from outside Changyou Hall: "Brother Fang."
Upon hearing this, Fang Jian immediately turned his head and looked outside the Changyou Palace. He saw Gu Zhenqing, who had changed into a brand new immortal robe, walking in. His face was solemn and he said, "Brother Fang, quickly follow me to the garrison office."
Yu Censhuang frowned and looked at Gu Zhenqing with some displeasure.
Fang Jian turned and walked down the steps of the palace, asking, "Brother Gu, what's going on?"
Gu Zhenqing said, "Something happened. Just now, Feixian, the captain of the Jingzhao Yamen's Southern Inspection Team, urgently reported that Yun Hao, the crown prince of Jingshan Dao, and his entourage of over a thousand people were ambushed by bandits in the burial cave and all died."
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