Chapter 158 The Goddess's Mission
Li family has a background.
People who stand out from generation to generation of tragedy are indeed good at playing with the emperor's mind.
Ordinary people who ask others for help and show kindness to others only give benefits, and they will definitely not be like the emperor. While giving benefits, they should do whatever they want.
If I don’t mess with you, someone will mess with you with one hint.
Or I don’t suggest you to mess with you, but knowing that someone is messing with you, I just acquiesced to give you some convenience.
This is indeed annoying.
But sometimes the benefits he gives are irresistible.
Although Pei Yunqi, a teacher at Chongwenguan and supervisor at Shishan Academy, did not want to refuse these two identities because of Shangguan Zhaoyi, it was also difficult for Gu Liubai and even the entire Zou family to refuse.
The Zou family wanted to open Songxi Academy and Qianxin Academy to Chang'an.
Duan Zhuowei also regards this as his lifelong aspiration.
Some people would rather go to Tubo to marry a man older than themselves for the sake of the Tang Dynasty, while others would rather work hard for the sake of the Tang Dynasty.
Gu Liubai is unwilling to do things that harm others and do not benefit himself just because he simply likes or dislikes someone's behavior.
His simple principle as a businessman is that if you make me suffer, I will ruin your business. If you give me benefits, I will continue to give you some equal convenience in some things.
If everyone maintains this principle of equality, then you will be fine and bad.
In Mingbaipo and outside the pass, there were not many real good people.
He is now very curious about what the emperor will give next.
Because the emperor should know it well that he must ensure that the Qingming armor can be equipped normally in the Tang army in the future, so that the Qingming armor will not fall into the embarrassing situation of being burned by fire. That little bit of benefit is absolutely not enough.
The emperor probably was also guessing some small favors that he could not refuse.
He wondered if he wanted to give the emperor some hints?
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Since the convoy where Gu Liubai was officially leaving Youzhou, Hua Cangming has become much more stable.
Strictly speaking, Gu Liubai is also very particular in his work, and the Hua family will definitely not lose money during this period.
In the ten days before Gu Liubai left, he specially asked those merciful guardians to wipe out several bandits on the hills. Some of them were used to settle the accounts of some prisoners owed by the Headless Bodhisattva Temple before. As for the military merits of those difficult-to-get-checked hills, they were naturally counted on the Hua family.
It seems like a loss to lose so many mysterious armors before, but in fact, the Hua family really has absolute control, that is, the ten mysterious armors deducted in the process.
On the contrary, the matter of reporting the headless Bodhisattva Temple made the Hua family remembered it again.
In addition, he sent Zou Jianan back and temporarily solved the problem of the Western Buddhist sect against the Zou family. Even if Heishawa's great military achievements were not achieved, Hua Canglang admired Gu Liubai very much and was grateful to him.
Gu Liubai and Pei Yunqi also arranged a Xu Tuibei as the military supervisor.
This person has both reputation and real skills, and the key is that he is particularly sensible.
With him here, the Youzhou military has done things better.
but!
Gu Liubai is in Youzhou, and there are too many things happening in Youzhou, and it is completely out of the scope of the military's control.
A local chief, after a sleep, didn't know what a shocking event would happen this night and tomorrow. It felt like sitting on a big boat, but no one was driving the big boat at all. This feeling of total loss of control was really bad.
Fortunately, a small pond like Youzhou cannot keep such a real dragon.
Gu Liubai finally went to Chang'an.
It's a relief!
So much so that when his real sister, Hua Linyi, left, he was not reluctant at all.
When this baby sister left Youzhou to Chang'an, he was such a stubborn man, and tears were flowing in his eyes, sending many miles.
Even though he was just a little follower next to Gu Liubai, every time he saw his own sister Hua Linyi, he still couldn't help but have a headache, and always felt that there was nothing good behind him.
But who would have thought that after only ten days of sleeping, something scary happened in Youzhou!
Someone actually openly bought the Gu insect in Youzhou City.
Moreover, this person bought the Gu insects of the Depraved Contemporary monk.
"Who is so bold? Don't you know that the Fallen Temple is a remnant of the previous dynasty? Is it a pride of the Fallen Temple monks who openly acquired the Fallen Temple's Guworms. Are you looking for death?"
When he heard his subordinates report the news, he was irritated.
But his subordinates replied with a strange expression: "These people are not Tang people, but Uighurs' transit missions. And they said that there are no such insects in the items prohibited from being bought and sold under the Tang Dynasty, and there are no such depraved insects."
"Damn it a fucking game of words with me?" Hua Cangming said coldly: "What kind of transit mission is this? How dare you speak like this in Youzhou?"
His subordinates looked even more weird.
Indeed, if you are the one who is best at playing ten thousand words, you are naturally a knowledgeable scholar.
However, there is a saying in the Tang Dynasty that scholars meet soldiers and cannot explain them clearly if they have any reason.
If you really want to play this trick, these veterans can really kill them.
Is this possible without the law?
Then I don’t care about this. A little bit of trouble will cause you, and a little bit of trouble will delay you for a few days. After this matter is finished, another little thing will be done. If you really ignorant and get entangled, you will not be able to leave the city gate for three months.
But the key is that this group is really awesome.
Hua Cangming's subordinate replied: "The mission said that if you want to cause trouble, it's okay, but first ask someone with a high enough position to talk. As long as you meet and talk, you will know what's going on."
Hua Cangming quickly calmed down and "Take me to see them."
Although he is old-fashioned and serious in his work, he is definitely not stupid.
If you dare to say this, it means that this mission is definitely not an ordinary mission.
"Didn't their identity or purpose be stated in their pass documents?" Hua Cangming asked to the subordinate beside him when he was heading to the residence of the mission.
"There is an invitation from Chang'an."
"The Uighurs sent a Tang envoy to the Tang Dynasty in total, with a total of 62 people. There was no problem with the inspection. We placed it in the Hongru Ke Pavilion according to the rules, equipped with food and guards. But unexpectedly, they suddenly came up with this move. When I went to inquire, the envoy repeatedly hinted that my level was not enough. I originally wanted to give him some color, but I thought that the envoy and the few people around me were all practitioners with higher cultivation than me."
Hua Cangming felt a headache when he heard the three words "Cultivator".
Originally, the practitioners of the Youzhou military were not enough to suppress bandits. During this period, even the seventh-grade practitioners in Youzhou City didn’t want money, which made their military practitioners huddled at home.
"How high is the practitioner with higher cultivation than you?"
"I'm afraid there are at least two seventh grades."
"Grass!"
Hua Cangming suddenly understood why the veteran under his command looked so strange and why he had to endure it even if he was defeated.
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The Uighurs are now very powerful, and this regiment is quite large. The Youzhou military will definitely abide by the rules and dare not neglect before making such a case.
When Hua Cangming arrived at the guild hall, he saw a group of soldiers reluctantly sending a batch of grain into the inn.
Because the quick horse had already been sent to inform us before coming, the envoy of the mission was quite keen and had already been waiting at the door with a scepter.
"Damn it!"
When Hua Cangming saw the official uniform on the envoy's body and the scepter in his hand, he couldn't help but curse in his heart.
This is still the Turkish style!
The Turkic missions wore clothes and etiquettes at that time were all subtly influenced by the Tang Dynasty. Now, in just a few decades, there were only a few defeated soldiers left in the Turkic dynasty, but the Uighurs has become a truly powerful kingdom. The ordinary people in Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty may not know what the Uighurs mean, but the border troops of the Tang Dynasty have already felt the huge pressure brought by the increasing strength of the Uighurs.
“Going down to Wenhai Cliff.”
This Uighur envoy led Hua Cangming to the conference hall in the guest hall like a guest hall.
This is a middle-aged man with a standard Uighur appearance. He has a fair skin, a tall figure, a high nose bridge and a wide face.
But he spoke fluent Tang Dynasty Mandarin.
After hearing Hua Cangming's reports to his house, he smiled and said, "The wise man doesn't say anything secretly. You can't control the matter of our pursuit of the depravity view."
Hua Cangming was not angry at all at this time.
Because when he saw the Qi-observing technique, Wen Haiya's cultivation level was higher than that of him.
He asked calmly: "Reason?"
Wen Haiya smiled and said, "Actually, this Gu worm was originally purchased by us outside the pass, but we were not sent outside the pass. Otherwise, we wouldn't know that there was a Gu worm in this city, and this is what we are helping you solve the problem. If this natal Gu broke out in Youzhou City, many people might die."
Hua Cangming frowned slightly and said, "This reason is not enough. You should understand that if I don't stop you from taking your natal Gu and being reported to ginseng, you should be punished."
"You really can't control it." Wen Haiya still smiled, his voice becoming more and more sincere. "There is an eighth-rank in our mission. And our great witch goddess is also in the mission."
"Grass!"
Hua Cangming suddenly spit out a word, then stood up and said, "Goodbye!"
Wen Haiya was also particular and smiled and said, "General Hua, please rest assured. We are just a joke to buy that thing."
Hua Cangming did not respond, his face was a little green.
What a joke.
The fucking great witch goddess brought them into the mission.
The Uighurs' Great Witch Temple has always been a very special existence.
Its status is definitely like the nameless Taoist temple in the imperial palace of the Great Sui Dynasty.
But strictly speaking, its influence on the Uighurs is definitely greater than that of the nameless Taoist temple in the Great Sui Dynasty.
The Great Witch Temple originated from the faith of the tribes that formed the Uighurs at the beginning.
They do many things and need to communicate with the gods and ask for their opinions.
This includes changing wars and changing emperors.
The Great Witch Temple usually doesn't care about anything and does not participate in the kingdom affairs.
So this is very strange.
A witch temple that is like a Buddhist temple and Taoist temple that does not care about anything, but it plays a decisive role when this kingdom wants to decide all particularly major events.
And this goddess is the executor, decider, and communicator with the gods of the Great Witch Temple.
The selection of the goddess and the subsequent divination of the gods who decided on major events in the kingdom were the same "jade-thorn" rituals.
This "jade-thorn" ceremony is terrible.
In the cave of the Great Witch Temple, there is a narrow mountain road that is hundreds of feet long, with cliffs on both sides.
When selecting the goddess, all goddess candidates need to blindfold their eyes and walk barefoot through the extremely narrow mountain road.
Among the 100 selected candidates, at most one or two can walk through this mountain road.
Almost all the other goddess candidates will fall to death.
But this is not the end of the ceremony.
At the end of the dark mountain road, there will be a colorful rope hanging with many divine objects, such as special colored jade, strange runes, blessing animal bones, and even the residual bones of several generations of goddesses.
Among these divine objects, there is an extremely special red gem.
This gem is only the size of a thumb.
The blindfolded goddess candidate who walked across the mountain path must stab the red gem with the golden dagger in his hand.
Suicide that failed to hit the prick.
The one who stabs the real goddess is the one who is a stinger.
The status of the goddess is transcendent.
In the future, whenever there is a major event that needs to pour out the strength of the whole country, the goddess must be used to conduct this jade stabbing ceremony for divination.
The same blindfolded process of walking through the mountain road, the same dagger stabbed jade.
If the goddess falls dead during the process or fails to stab the red jade in the end, it means ominousness and this matter must be put on hold.
On the contrary, if you stab the red jade, it means good luck and the blessing of the gods.
The Uighurs will do their best to do this.
Of course, if the goddess fails to hit the nail on the head, it means that the gods are unhappy to see the Uighurs do this. After asking for the end of the divination, she does not need to jump off the cliff and commit suicide.
But if the goddess loses her divine nature, she is likely to die during the process of divination. At this time, she has to choose a new generation of goddesses.
In fact, when the customs of Uighurs were found in the Tang Dynasty, the first thought that emerged in the minds of the Tang people when they saw this record was whether there would be a falsehood in this process?
After all, even a powerful practitioner can hardly pass through such a narrow mountain path in the abyss with blindfolded eyes. Even if you can pass through the mountain path, it seems unlikely to stab the red gem that fell on the rope with a dagger.
Where in memory?
After passing a Baizhang Mountain Road, can you still stab the precise position you can observe from Baizhang with the tip of a dagger?
It is impossible in theory.
But soon such speculation was overturned by countless evidence.
The whole process is absolutely impossible to be false.
Any link will only be carried out after many parties are inspected simultaneously.
Many Uighur tribes cannot make false claims on this issue at the same time.
Therefore, the one who can accomplish such a thing and stabbed the gem is in the eyes of the Uighurs, and the one who gives it to God is impossible.
This is the real goddess.
What is the Uighur Goddess Mission going to Chang'an?
Chapter completed!