Chapter 193: I am the Junior Brother of Grandmaster Wen

Chaoge.

Gu Xiu rushed from the East Sea, and rumors were already flying in Chaoge City, saying that there was a monster in the palace.

Di Xin was listless all day, saying he was confused by a monster; this matter had become the talk of the people of Chaoge after meals.

Gu Xiu frowned slightly: "Could it be that Yun Zhongzi has already entered the palace to remove the monster?"

He inquired in the city.

A few days ago, a wandering Daoist did say there was a monster in the palace and demanded to see Di Xin, willing to remove the monster to return peace to the palace, but was refused.

Not long after, rumors of a monster in the palace spread everywhere.

After organizing the information he got, Gu Xiu said.

"It seems that Yun Zhongzi did not successfully enter the palace to remove the monster, so he spread the news in the city that there was a monster in the palace."

Thinking about it, he went to visit the palace gate during Di Xin's morning court.

The soldiers guarding the palace gate saw Gu Xiu coming and said: "This is the palace, idlers, leave quickly."

Gu Xiu smiled indifferently: "I am the Junior Brother of Grandmaster Wen, and I have something to see the King of Shang."

"Junior Brother of Grandmaster Wen?" A city guard walked out: "Do you have any proof?"

"I don't, but I am indeed the Junior Brother of Grandmaster Wen. Why don't you report to the Human Emperor and let the Human Emperor decide?"

Grandmaster Wen is a veteran of three dynasties, a trusted minister, and highly respected.

A small city guard naturally didn't dare to offend him, so he immediately sent someone into the palace to report.

In the court.

Di Xin sat on the throne, and Su Daji sat beside him.

As soon as Su Daji entered the palace, she gained Di Xin's favor, and even went to court with Di Xin, which caused a lot of complaints from the civil and military officials.

Especially in the past few days, rumors were flying in the city, making the civil and military officials very dissatisfied.

They submitted a memorial early in the morning, asking Di Xin not to be addicted to beauty and to focus on the country.

They also explained to Di Xin that rumors were spreading everywhere in Chaoge City that Su Daji was a monster.

This made Di Xin very angry.

Suddenly, someone came in to report.

"Reporting to the King, a Daoist is asking to see you outside the noon gate of the palace."

"A Daoist?"

Since writing the poem at the Nuwa Temple, Di Xin had been having nightmares and was listless, making it difficult for him to be interested even with a beauty in his arms. During this period, he invited many sacrificial priests, witch doctors, and human immortal cultivators to see him, but all were of no avail. He said: "Drive him away quickly, I don't want to see these swindlers anymore."

"This..." The person who came to report hesitated for a moment: "The Daoist claims to be the Junior Brother of Grandmaster Wen."

"Junior Brother of Grandmaster Wen?"

Everyone was quite surprised to hear that it was the junior fellow apprentice of Grandmaster Wen who had come to seek an audience.

Hearing that it was Grandmaster Wen's Junior Brother who came to see him, everyone was very surprised.

Prime Minister Bigan stepped forward.

"Reporting to the King, it is rumored that Grandmaster Wen once practiced on a foreign immortal island. If he is really Grandmaster Wen's Junior Brother, we must meet him."

Shang Rong stepped forward to advise: "King, the Prime Minister is right. If the other party is Grandmaster Wen's Junior Brother, he must have studied on a foreign immortal island and must be no ordinary person. We must see him."

Seeing that both prime ministers had spoken, Di Xin pondered slightly: "Reasonable, then let that Daoist come in."

After a while, Gu Xiu walked in from outside.

He looked at Di Xin on the throne. Although the imperial aura was still there, he was listless, his eyes were deep, and he looked very tired.

I don't know if it was lack of sleep or wasting too much energy on the beauties in the harem.

"Disciple pays respects to the King." Gu Xiu bowed slightly.

Di Xin glanced at Gu Xiu: "I heard the Daoist is the Junior Brother of Grandmaster Wen?"

Gu Xiu said indifferently: "Grandmaster Wen studied under the personal disciple of my Jie Sect, Jinling Shengmu, and I studied under the Lady Yun Xiao of Three Immortals Island. We are both third-generation disciples."

Su Daji's face was uncertain since she saw Gu Xiu.

She had seen Gu Xiu at the Nuwa Palace before, and was wondering if Gu Xiu came here because he was sent by Nuwa.

Di Xin sat on the throne and said casually: "I only know that the Grandmaster studied on a foreign immortal island when he was young. I didn't expect the Daoist and the Grandmaster to be disciples of the Saint. But the Daoist doesn't know that there is a rebellion by the princes in the North Sea, and the Grandmaster has already gone to the North Sea to quell the rebels, so I'm afraid he can't see you."

"King, I am not here for the Grandmaster this time, but for the King."

"For me?" Di Xin was puzzled: "Daoist, what do you mean?"

"I passed by near Chaoge recently and found black energy dissipating over Chaoge, indicating that there are villains who want to use rumors to disrupt Chaoge and destroy the foundation of Cheng Tang."

In the Chaoge court, except for Wen Zhong who is a third-generation disciple of the Jie Sect, everyone else is a mortal, so Gu Xiu made up a reason.

Hearing this, the ministers looked at each other.

Di Xin frowned: "Does the Daoist know which villain wants to harm my Cheng Tang?"

Gu Xiu said calmly and slowly: "King, do you know about the rumors spreading in the city recently that there is a monster in the palace?"

"Naturally I know. Does the Daoist mean that there are villains slandering Su Guifei as a monster?"

"Exactly." Su Daji is indeed not a monster, the soul inside is, Gu Xiu thought to himself that he wasn't lying.

Dead fellow Daoist, not dead poor Daoist, and what he did was beneficial to Yin Shang, on the contrary, he was saving Yin Shang.

Hearing this, Di Xin was furious, pointing at the ministers and cursing.

"I said it, Su Guifei cannot be a monster, but you insisted that I was confused."

"I can come to the morning court every day and take your anger all because of Su Guifei's persuasion. You said Su Guifei had other plans. Now that the Daoist has said so, what else do you have to say?"

This question left the ministers speechless.

Shang Rong said: "Daoist, is Su Guifei really not a monster?"

"Don't you believe the judgment of me and the King, and believe the nonsense outside?"

Gu Xiu frowned slightly, so troublesome, no wonder he died so early.

If it weren't for the reward, he wouldn't have intended to get involved at this time.

"This..." Shang Rong didn't know what to say for a while.

Seeing Gu Xiu clearing the name of his beloved concubine, Di Xin said: "Why are you all so troublesome? Since the Daoist is the Grandmaster's Junior Brother, and it's rare for him to come here, why not have a banquet in the palace before leaving? And I have some things I want to ask the Daoist."

Gu Xiu nodded: "In that case, I will stay for now and leave after the banquet."

After the morning court, Di Xin met Gu Xiu alone in the Imperial Garden.

"I wonder what the King wants from me?" Seeing the servants leave, Gu Xiu asked.

Di Xin sighed deeply: "Daoist, since you are the Grandmaster's Junior Brother, I'll be straight with you. Last year, on the birthday of the Holy Mother, I don't know why I suddenly wrote a poem that might have blasphemed the Holy Mother. Since then, I have been having nightmares, waking up from dreams, which has caused me to have no spirit every day. Only by going to the Holy Mother's temple to repent every day can I sleep a little better."

Last time Nuwa said she wanted to punish Di Xin, it is estimated that this is the punishment.

Compared to letting the three monsters disrupt the court, this is light.

Gu Xiu said: "This is because you offended Nuwa. As long as you go to the Nuwa Temple to repent sincerely every day, be a wise king, care for the people of the world, and let the people live and work in peace, Nuwa will definitely forgive what you did. But you must remember not to do this kind of thing again. We must have awe for some things."

Di Xin lowered his head and pondered, then said: "Thank you, Daoist, for your guidance."

Afterwards, they had a banquet in the palace.

Su Daji invited Gu Xiu over.

After letting the palace maids leave, Su Daji bowed and saluted, her voice soft and charming.

"Daji pays respects to the Immortal Elder. Did you appear here because you were sent by Nuwa?"

Gu Xiu originally wanted to refuse, but thought about it, admitting it didn't seem to have any disadvantages.

He nodded.

"Yun Zhongzi of the Chan Sect wants to enter the palace under the guise of removing monsters, expose your identity, and make the ministers target you. I am here to remind you not to forget what Nuwa told you, and not to hurt the innocent."

"Daji will definitely keep it in mind."

"Very good." Gu Xiu took out a jade pendant.

"This is the Hidden Monster Spirit Pendant, which contains purifying power. Wearing it on your body can seal your monster energy in your body so it won't be detected by the outside world. You just need to act according to Nuwa's instructions."

In order to deal with the Chan Sect's trouble, Gu Xiu specifically asked Duobao for this jade pendant before.

Taking the jade pendant in her hand, Su Daji's charming eyes were happy: "Thank you, Immortal Elder, for the treasure. Daji has always kept Nuwa's instructions in mind."

She is a monster staying in the palace. Although she occupies Su Daji's body, ordinary people can't see that she is a monster, but she still has no bottom in her heart. With this jade pendant, Su Daji feels that she can sleep peacefully.

Gu Xiu nodded.