Wearing Small Shoes

Chapter 180: Making Trouble

"A vixen and a dragon-headed lion caused trouble in Yulong Lake? Not only did they bathe in the lake, but they also beat you up?"

Gu Li Nuan had just returned from the palace, and the Taoist priest who was guarding Yulong Lake came to complain. Gu Li Nuan was shocked and said in a lost voice: "The king of the red dragon carp was also captured by the dragon lion? Whose vixen dragon lion is so bold? I have only been in office for more than a month, and this happened. Who is trying to make things difficult for me?"

Before he had time to digest the news, someone else came to report, "Grand Priest, the fox spirit raised by Qin Mu, a doctor of the Imperial College in Shiziju, cut down the Shangjin tree and used it to roast fish. The fish, which looked like the king of fish in Yulong Lake, was roasted and eaten! Qin Mu, a doctor of the Imperial College, and Wei Yong, a scholar of the Imperial College, are now cleaning up the fish bones and trying to destroy the evidence."

Gu Li Nuan couldn't help but feel surprised and happy, and said with a smile: "I was just worried that I didn't have the means to control this kid, but now he can be said to have delivered himself to the door. This matter is enough for him to be beheaded a hundred times. Now, that bastard Ba Shan should have nothing to say, right?"

He was full of energy, and immediately stood up and said, "Come on, follow me to arrest him! We need both physical and witness evidence, and escort him directly to the Dali Temple. Let the Dali Temple judge interrogate him and sentence him and his entire family to death! And send a memorial to the palace to report the matter!"

"The scholar named Wei Yong..."

"Catch him too, let's punish him together!"

Gu Li Nuan smiled and said, "Just now I was wondering who was giving me a hard time. Now it seems that this pair of shoes is not too small. They just fit my feet."

Gu Li Nuan and others broke into the scholar's residence, but saw that Qin Mu was not in the yard. There was only a fox and a dozing dragon unicorn. Gu Li Nuan woke up the dragon unicorn and asked, "Where is the boy surnamed Qin?"

Long Qilin raised his head, glanced at them, and said slowly: "He was here just now. Someone from the palace came and invited him away."

"Could it be that the emperor already knew about this and dragged him into the palace to be executed?"

Gu Li Nuan chuckled: "This kid still has my Shao Bao sword on him, so it would be too easy for him to be beheaded. What are you standing there for? Capture Fox and Long Qilin! I will go to the palace to see the emperor and see with my own eyes how this kid dies." After saying that, he left in a hurry.

The several priests who came with him and the Taoist who was guarding Yulong Lake quickly activated a chain to lock up the dragon unicorn. Hu Ling'er tried to run but was also caught.

Gu Li Nuan rushed to the palace and asked to see the emperor. After a while, the guard reported: "His Majesty is in the Imperial Garden. Sir Gu, please go over."

Gu Li Nuan was surprised: "Beheading a man named Qin in the Imperial Garden? It seems that His Majesty is really angry."

He arrived at the Imperial Garden and heard laughter. Gu Li Nuan was confused and walked up to see Emperor Yanfeng supporting the Empress Dowager, followed by several officials. Qin Mu was behind the Empress Dowager on her left and said something, but the Empress Dowager began to laugh.

Emperor Yanfeng glanced at him, waved his hand, called him forward, and said gently, "My dear, what is the matter with you?"

Gu Li Nuan hesitated for a moment and said, "Dr. Qin allowed a dragon unicorn to jump into Yulong Lake, catch the king fish, and eat the king fish. Yulong Lake is the royal drinking water place, and the red dragon carp is the royal meal. Dr. Qin is so bold and presumptuous. This is a capital crime. I dare not conceal it, so I come to report to Your Majesty."

"Is this true?"

Emperor Yanfeng looked at Qin Mu standing aside and asked, "What did Qin Aiqing say?"

"I am a foreigner, I don't know the rules of the capital, so I acted rashly."

Qin Mu said, "I didn't know that Yulong Lake belonged to the royal family, nor did I know that the fish in the lake were inedible. I feel deeply guilty. Please, Your Majesty, punish me."

"It's a capital crime."

Emperor Yanfeng glanced at him and said, "Although I admire you very much, the law is the law. How can I punish you?"

Gu Li Nuan smiled apologetically and said, "Your Majesty, according to the law, the whole family should be executed..."

The Empress Dowager laughed and said, "Emperor, I also think that the young doctor should be beheaded."

Emperor Yanfeng was slightly startled, and said with a smile: "Why do you say that, mother?"

The Empress Dowager walked forward slowly and said leisurely, "Of course he should be beheaded. If the little miracle doctor is not beheaded, how will the world know that the emperor values ​​fish more than people? If the doctor of the Imperial College is not beheaded, how will the world know that the emperor values ​​water more than people? If he is beheaded, the world will know that the emperor killed the miracle doctor who cured me for a sip of water and a fish, and then they will know that the emperor is a tyrant."

Emperor Yanfeng laughed loudly and waved his hand, saying, "Master Gu, it's just a trivial matter, why are you bothering me? Please leave."

Gu Li Nuan was stunned: "This..."

"Go down, go down."

Emperor Yanfeng waved his hand and said, "You didn't take good care of Yulong Lake. I won't punish you. After all, you just arrived at the Imperial Academy. What you did today has already given me a headache, and you even had a fight with Bashan Jijiu, which made me lose face. It would have been fine if you won, but you are nowhere to be found. The Great Jijiu can't beat the Jijiu, and I have lost all my face because of you. Go back and reflect on it."

"As you wish."

Gu Li Nuan felt very aggrieved and was about to leave when Qin Mu said, "Master Gu, please don't embarrass my fox and the dragon unicorn."

Gu Li Nuan's heart skipped a beat, and she heard the Queen Mother laughing and saying, "I don't think he would dare. By the way, Emperor, the little genius doctor cured me, but you haven't rewarded me yet."

"Mother, he is already a doctor of the Imperial College, a sixth-rank official, and cannot be promoted any further. After all, he is still young. Let's wait a few years before we decide, lest the court officials accuse me of favoring him."

"Little doctor, tell me more about your interesting childhood..."

Gu Li Nuan walked away, left the palace and returned to the Imperial Academy, feeling very upset but unable to vent. The Taoist priest who was guarding Yulong Lake stepped forward and asked, "Grand Priest, has the thief been executed?"

"It's all your fault. You were just taking care of your lake, but you caused this kind of trouble and made me smell like a fish!"

Gu Li Nuan glared at him and shouted, "Release the fox and Long Qilin!"

The Taoist guarding the lake felt extremely aggrieved, not knowing how he had offended him, so he had no choice but to release Hu Ling'er and Long Qilin, saying, "Grand Priest, we have sent people to arrest Wei Yong, but Wei Yong followed the Priest Bashan, who would not allow us to arrest him. You see, this matter..."

"Who is Wei Yong?"

"Duke Wei's..."

"Don't make trouble for no reason!"

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In the Imperial Garden, the Empress Dowager talked to Qin Mu for a while. Qin Mu took her pulse again, prescribed some medicine, and said, "The Empress Dowager has recovered very well, and there are no hidden dangers left."

"good."

The Queen Mother smiled and said, "Thank you, little doctor."

Qin Mu stood up and took his leave. Emperor Yanfeng smiled and said, "My dear, please go slowly. I have something to say to you."

Qin Mu stopped, and Emperor Yanfeng walked to his side. He waved his hand to let the eunuchs, guards and palace maids retreat, and walked out of the imperial garden. He smiled and said, "My Imperial College Doctor, the leader of the Heavenly Demon Sect, an outcast of Daxu, and a disciple of the Jade-faced Poison King, Qin Aiqing has many identities."

Qin Mu was slightly startled, and his pace slowed down unconsciously. Since Imperial Master Yankang knew that he was the new leader of the Heavenly Demon Sect, Emperor Yanfeng naturally had the means to know it.

Emperor Yanfeng had already walked far away. He turned back and smiled, "Why don't you follow me, my dear?"

Qin Mu quickly followed and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is blessed with great fortune."

Emperor Yanfeng laughed and said, "The Demon Sect is the largest sect and the most sacred place in the Demonic Path. The leader of the sect has become a disciple of the emperor. I am indeed very lucky. But it may be a great fortune, or it may be a serious threat. Qin Aiqing, do you think it is a great fortune or a serious threat?"

Qin Mu smiled and said, "Your Majesty, if the Taoist master surrenders to Your Majesty, what official position will Your Majesty give him?"

Emperor Yanfeng said solemnly: "The Taoist master is the leader of the righteous path in the world. I will confer him the title of First Rank and let him be king, hereditary from generation to generation!"

Qin Mu asked again: "If the Tathagata of the Great Leiyin Temple surrenders to Your Majesty, what official position will Your Majesty give him?"

Emperor Yanfeng said: "If Tathagata, the leader of the Buddhists, is willing to serve as an official in the court, I will confer him the title of First Rank and make him the founder!"

Qin Mu said, "The emperor conferred the title of first rank to the leaders of the three holy places of Yankang, Daomen and the Great Leiyin Temple, and called them kings and ancestors. The Tiansheng Sect is also a holy place, and the leader of the Tiansheng Sect took the initiative to surrender to Your Majesty, but Your Majesty conferred him a shabby sixth rank, and even asked whether it was a great blessing or a great threat. Isn't this disheartening to loyal officials and righteous men?"

Emperor Yanfeng was slightly startled, then nodded and said, "You are right. But I cannot promote you immediately. You are too young. If you promote me directly, people will criticize me and they will probably guess your identity."

Qin Mu said yes.

Emperor Yanfeng was silent for a moment, then said, "I know that there is a rift between you and Gu Li Nuan, and I also know that you took away his Shao Bao Sword. You are the leader of the Heavenly Demon Sect, so you should be magnanimous and not always make things difficult for him. He was placed in the Imperial Academy by me, and you embarrassed him too much, which would also make me lose face."

Qin Mu felt a little aggrieved: "Your Majesty, how dare I make things difficult for him?"

Emperor Yanfeng smiled and said, "Didn't you make things difficult for him today and make him lose face? You can rest assured. No one dares to surpass the imperial master in terms of daring. I dare to use him, and I dare to use you. Don't have any doubts in your heart. Okay, you can go down."

Qin Mu walked out of the palace, feeling refreshed. He exhaled a breath and completely relaxed.

Imperial Master Yankang knew his true identity. If Emperor Yanfeng didn't know, he would be a little worried. Now that both the emperor and the Imperial Master knew, he was safer and didn't have to worry about these two giants attacking him.

More than ten days later, Qin Mu's west room was filled with Dafeng coins exchanged for ambergris. Bashan Jijiu took Wei Yong and Prince Min Yue out for training. They came to his west room and left with a few bags of money. Qin Mu didn't think much of it, after all, he was rich.

Whenever he had time these days, he would refine the Red Fire Elixir and another kind of elixir that replenished the spirit. Because he used Buddhist techniques when refining these elixirs, Buddhist sounds would be heard when the elixirs were refined, so Qin Mu called these elixirs the Spirit Buddha Elixir.

He went to the treasury to buy medicine these days and sold out almost all the dozens of medicinal herbs. Recently, the Imperial Academy held a large-scale training to select scholars to go to the front line. The imperial academies of various halls led the scholars to the front line to quell the rebellion.

Qin Mu was also named by Gu Li Nuan, who must be sent to the front line. And because Qin Mu was a sixth-rank official, a doctor of the Imperial College, his treatment was almost the same as that of the Imperial College, so Gu Li Nuan also gave Qin Mu several scholars and let him lead the team.

These scholars are all at the middle Five Stars realm. They do not have much combat power, and their cultivation strength is much inferior to that of the supernatural powers masters in the Shentong realm.