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Chapter 1779

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Jingnan the monk served tea to see the guest out, the expression on his face indicating that he did not welcome the malicious guest.

Chen Guanlou didn't care, looking like someone who was disliked but didn't know it, and was still quite proud, "Look at you, I said a few words to you, and you couldn't take it. With this kind of breadth of mind, how can you become an enlightened high monk. Tolerance is greatness! The first step to becoming a high monk is to have a heart as vast as the sea! You can tolerate even the demons who kill people in the wilderness, but you can't tolerate a few truths. Monk, your heart is not sincere!"

"Nonsense! Where are the demons who kill people in the wilderness, stop talking nonsense." Jingnan kept a straight face, but it was not easy to attack. As a member of the Buddhist sect, one must have some breadth of mind, able to tolerate good people, and also tolerate malicious guests.

Of course, if the malicious guest has no self-knowledge, this poor monk also knows a little bit of fists and kicks.

However, for this malicious guest in front of him, ordinary fists and kicks are probably not enough to do anything to the other party.

This is simply unreasonable!

Bullying to the Buddha's door, one day he will regret it.

Chen Guanlou smiled, "You are young and don't know, it's understandable. If you don't believe it, you can ask Master Liaowu; he knows very well what I am talking about. I drank your tea today, and I feel very honored! Nothing else, I'll take my leave first. You don't have to get up to see me out.

Look at this mess here, it's called focus if you say it nicely, and it's called not even knowing how to tidy up your own living quarters if you say it badly; who would believe you are an enlightened high monk. At least call someone in to tidy it up. A high monk should have the decency of a high monk, and cleanliness is one of them! Farewell!"

Jingnan was still thinking about how to refute, but Chen Guanlou had already walked out of the Zen room and headed straight for the temple gate.

He was furious.

The guest monk was guarding the door and asked, "Grand Uncle-Master, do the disciples need to do anything?"

"No need!" Jingnan raised his hand to stop him, "Let him go! You can't stop him, don't delay your own lives!"

"Yes!"

Chen Guanlou left Daxiang Temple directly.

Taking the initiative to show up, exposing himself, instead of waiting silently for the other party to come to him, the purpose was to beat the grass and startle the snake. He just wanted to know, what attitude does Master Liaowu hold towards Liechen's death?

Even if a battle is inevitable in the end, he is not afraid!

Monks want face!

At least on the surface, they want face.

As long as they want face!

He only worries about shameless people doing shameless things, which is hard to guard against!

After going down the mountain, he bought something to eat on the side of the road and sat in a tea shed to rest.

The weather was hot, and people on the road, to avoid heatstroke, walked into the tea shed one after another to order a bowl of three-wen tea to quench their thirst and relieve the heat, waiting for the sun to be less strong before continuing their journey.

Soon, the tea shed was full.

The boss's family was so busy that their feet didn't touch the ground, and they set up three extra tables under the eaves to accommodate more guests.

People from all over the world gathered together, no one knew anyone, as long as someone started, everyone quickly chatted together.

The most lively topic recently, the new top scholar, the current Zhang Yushi of the Censorate, impeaching Chen Guanfu.

Hearing this, Chen Guanlou lowered his head and smiled.

That narcissist Chen Guanfu also has today.

The Zhang Yushi impeached Chen Guanfu for selling titles and buying official positions, corruption and breaking the law, forming cliques for private interests, and appearing to have a heart of disobedience.

Every charge was well-founded.

As for the heart of disobedience, well, Chen Guanlou can prove that it is indeed true.

Hahaha...

He listened to the people in the tea shed, with various accents talking about Chen Guanfu, boldly predicting the consequences of this wave of impeachment, and only felt it was interesting.

The man at the same table saw that he didn't make a sound, so he asked him, "This brother, I see you have been silent, could it be that you don't agree with everyone's discussion, thinking that Chen Guanfu was wronged?"

"Who is Chen Guanfu, never heard of him." Chen Guanlou retorted with a straight face.

The man at the same table was stunned, thinking that the other party might support or oppose, but he didn't expect the other party not to know him.

"Brother, you are from the capital, right, I hear your accent is very similar. You don't know Chen Guanfu?"

"I am from the capital, but why should I know him." Chen Guanlou snorted coldly, looking unhappy, with a lonely and difficult-to-get-along-with appearance.

The man at the same table was embarrassed, and decisively changed his target, discussing with others.

Chen Guanlou listened with great interest.

After he was full and satisfied, he got up and left alone. And the guests in the tea shed were still talking loudly. People always have excitement different from other things when high officials fall from power. If they can participate in the discussion, the excitement doubles. It seems as if high officials falling from power is something they contributed to, and they feel honored.

Chen Guanlou returned to the capital and took time to meet with Chen Guanfu, teasing him, "Who did you offend recently? A new top scholar dares to jump out and impeach you, and the momentum is so big that merchants coming to the capital from other places know about it."

Chen Guanfu kept a straight face, full of sullen anger, "Who else could it be, isn't it that one in the palace."

"You are the father-in-law of the Emperor, how did you offend him."

"If I do nothing, it is equivalent to offending him. As long as I do something that doesn't meet his wishes, I am an enemy that must be eradicated."

"There must be a cause."

"Some time ago, someone asked to establish a crown prince again. The eldest prince bore the brunt. The Emperor was unhappy and it was not easy to openly deal with the Empress and her son, so he could only deal with this official. He is very narrow-minded."

Chen Guanlou suddenly realized.

He just said, a mere impeachment, making such a big momentum, almost spreading throughout the world, there must be a pusher behind it. Just because of asking to establish a crown prince, the Emperor couldn't hold back and entered the field personally; it must be said that the Emperor's narrow-mindedness is not much bigger than the tip of a needle.

The eldest prince is only a few years old, is it necessary?

"Are you okay?" Chen Guanlou cared a little, hoping he wouldn't capsize in the gutter.

"I'm fine! The new top scholar is young and hot-blooded, eager to make a name for himself. He wants to step on my corpse to make a name for himself, but he has to see if he has this fortune! You don't need to worry about this matter, I will handle it myself."

"Fine!"

Chen Guanlou set his mind at ease and stopped asking about this matter. The outside world was bustling, which didn't affect him drinking and listening to music.

A few months later, the Heavenly Prison received a batch of new prisoners, among them was the new top scholar Yuan Sikai!

Chen Guanlou:...

Couldn't help but think more.

This Yuan-surnamed top scholar, could it be that Chen Guanfu operated to send him in?

Flipping through the top scholar's file, the charges were very vague; disrespect was the main charge, and things like greed, forming cliques for private interests, and attacking dissidents were all incidental charges.

There is a lot of room for operation here.

If it is said to be serious, it is very serious; beheading immediately is no problem.

If it is said not to be serious, he can go out after being locked up for three to five months. The specific sentencing depends entirely on the results of the game above, not the "Great Gan Law"!

A bit interesting.

He instructed Chen Quan to take good care of Yuan Sikai.

"After all, he is a top scholar. You also know how rare a top scholar is! Speaking of which, the A-grade prison is truly prosperous in literary veins. First there was Minister Xie, then Minister Xie's disciple, top scholar Tan Zhang, and now another top scholar has come. Hahaha... sooner or later, all top scholars will be collected into the Heavenly Prison."

Chen Quan couldn't understand Chen Guanlou's strange habit of collecting top scholars, but he expressed respect and strictly executed it, guaranteeing that he would take good care of Yuan Sikai!

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