If you don't give up, I'd like to be your adoptive father.

Chapter 186 The True Lord of Lingshan

"What can the Great Qin Shangzao do?" Xiaoyu asked.

"The level of Daqin's superiors is relatively low, and you probably can't do much, but if you keep making contributions, it is possible that you can be on par with Marquis Lieyang in the future." Li Xianzhi looked at her encouragingly.

"What's Marquis Lieyang's ranking among the twenty military merit titles in the Qin Dynasty?" Xiao Yu asked curiously.

Li Xianzhi's eyes flashed, and he said, "Ranked first, he is the Marquis of Che with a fiefdom."

Xiao Yu wanted to roll her eyes: Lieyang Hou is a thorough marquis, and I am just a senior. One is at the top and the other is at the bottom, and you still say that I will have a chance to be on par with him in the future.
Why don’t you say that Zhu Yitao has a chance to be on par with your father?

"It feels a bit unreal that I suddenly became the leader of Qin for no reason." Xiao Yu said.

She felt that the Prince of Qinghe had been driven stupid by the iron slurry, and began to try all kinds of methods to cure his illness.

"It is indeed a bit sudden, but not abrupt at all." Li Xianzhi said seriously: "Although the title of Great Qin Shangzao is only a second-class title, it is not something that can be granted casually.

Even the Daqin household registration system is not something that foreigners can join at will."

After a pause, he asked, "Do you know the giant 'Big Foot'? He should be very famous in Tianmen Town."

Xiaoyu nodded, "We met once, what happened to him?"

"He knelt down and begged Lord Dongfang Shuo to take him as a slave, wanting to be a proper citizen of the Qin Dynasty, but Lord Dongfang Shuo politely declined. The giant was heartbroken and cried loudly, shedding a basin of tears and was sick for several days." Li Xianzhi said.

Xiaoyu's mouth twitched, "Uh, what's wrong with me?"

"Your situation is special. First, you have made contributions to the Qin Dynasty, and your name is recorded in the Xianyang military merit archives.

This is the biggest difference between you and Bigfoot.

According to the Great Qin Law, people like you can be recommended by the Great Qin generals to join the Great Qin army as a night watchman."

"What is a Gengzu?" Xiao Yu thought of the dozen or so Western generals who were taken away by Marquis Lieyang.

"The guard soldiers are different from regular soldiers. They only need to serve for one or several months each year. They are basically the most ordinary people in the Qin Dynasty."

After Li Xianzhi explained the meaning of "Gengzu", he continued: "You have made contributions to the Qin Dynasty more than once. After my father's request, Lord Dongfang is willing to accept you as a 'retainer'.

Of course, for the next ten years, you will only hold the position of 'Recorder of the Liusha Protectorate' and will not follow Lord Dongfang.
Unless Lord Dongfang happens to come to Tianmen Town, you might be able to go and meet him if he is willing.

By the time ten years pass, Lord Dongfang will surely have already left the Xisha region.

At that time, you had just come of age, and as the recorder of the Protectorate, of course you had to go look for the Protector-General.

Well, the current Imperial Envoy Dongfang Shuo is also the Grand Protector of the Flowing Sand Region."

"What does the Protectorate do?" Xiaoyu asked.

"Representing the Qin Empire and staying in the Liusha Region, coordinating relations among the western countries and mediating conflicts and contradictions. When you enter the Protectorate, you will naturally understand what the Protectorate General does."

At this point, Li Xianzhi stared into her eyes and said meaningfully: "The reason why you can enter the Protectorate is that you are not an ordinary retainer, but a retainer with the title of 'Shangzao', because my father gave you some of the merits of the Li family in the Thirty-Six Kingdoms Rebellion."

In order to cut off their relationship with Yu Fengxian, the Li family really spent a lot of money this time.

Dongfang Shuo was willing to help a little and recommended Yu Fengxian to go to Daqin to be an "obedient citizen" ten years later.

But he had no reason to bear the consequences of Yu Fengxian's actions on behalf of the Li family.

Taking Yu Fengxian into the Protectorate and granting her the position of "recorder" was tantamount to announcing to the world: From now on, Yu Fengxian belongs to me, Dongfang Shuo.

This is exactly the effect the Li family wanted.

But why should Dongfang Shuo take the blame?
He doesn't care about the revenge from the relatives and friends of the Western Eight Immortals, but the biggest trouble for Yu Fengxian is not the Western Eight Immortals at all!
She is now a piece of stinky dog ​​shit that no immortal wants to touch.

The Li family showed off their own "military achievements".

It was the military achievement of the Li family, not the Shu Kingdom.

The Luye Guards of Shu followed Marquis Lieyang in the expedition to the Thirty-Six Kingdoms, but they all died and their entire race was wiped out, without any military merit at all.

Marquis Lieyang once offered a reward to immortals such as Kong Zan and Song Zhong, and also to the other "surviving species of the thirty-six western countries". Some members of the Li family completed the reward and earned military merit.

For example, Dou Gengyan.

Weren’t Dou Gengyan and her loyal servant captured by the number one detective in Shu?
Sending Dou Gengyan to Hongxiufang and forcing Dou Yilin's relatives and friends to jump out was both a way to root out the problem and to earn military merit.

Xiaoyu didn't know what specific efforts Prince Qinghe made to get rid of her, but she did feel a determination in Li Xianzhi's eyes: In order to get rid of you, our Li family has spent a lot of money!
"Alas, Xiaoyu will never forget the prince's kindness, but I can't guarantee that this arrangement will work."

Li Xianzhi said firmly: "It will definitely work."

Xiao Yu said: "People who seek revenge are irrational and unreasonable."

"Perhaps some people are arrogant and unreasonable, but God is the most reasonable." Li Xianzhi said quietly, "Xiao Fengxian, Lord Dongfang Shuo said that my father has lost his immortal fortune.
The dog meat Taoist priest of Xianyun Temple seemed to hold the same view.

Therefore, cutting ties with you is a very helpless but only option I can make.”

If you ask whether his father hates Yu Fengxian, he must hate her to the core.

If there was no cost in killing her, he would just do it.

It’s a pity that the Li family can’t kill her.

First of all, God’s will is unpredictable.

The Li family can place Yu Fengxian in Hongxiufang to test Marquis Lieyang's thoughts.

Because Marquis Lieyang would never destroy them no matter what.

Dare to test God?
The Li family is doomed!

Secondly, Taiyi Dao owes Yu Fengxian a big favor.

The protection that the Divine Mace Protector gave her was real.

Finally, after killing Yu Fengxian, who had done nothing wrong but made merit, who would work for the Li family in the future?
That’s right, Ge Qingyun beat his father half to death with a paddle because he hated Yu Fengxian but couldn’t take revenge.

But for whom did Yu Fengxian offend Ge Qingyun?
Who were the Qin envoys trying to help by coming to the West?

The minister fought bravely for his lord, but the lord, out of anger and revenge for the enemy's relatives and friends, killed the meritorious minister to vent his anger.

Who dares to be a meritorious official again?
Li Hu and Li Bao, who followed Yu Fengxian from Hongxiufang to Wuthering Heights, were not only monitoring her, but also protecting her - whether they could do it was secondary, the protective attitude must be there.

If the "Eight Immortals of the West" send human immortals to assassinate Yu Fengxian, Li Hu and Li Bao will really try their best to restrain the other party and summon the human immortals from Tianmen Town to help (the Prince of Qinghe has already made a request in advance).

If you try your best and fail, your ministers and staff will understand.

Li Hu and Li Bao slacked off every day, but never complained that the prince shouldn't have sent them here, and this was also the reason. It was a tacitly recognized "justice" that subjects should be loyal to their lords and that lords should do their best to care for their subjects.

"Since the prince thinks there is no problem, I only gained benefits and didn't pay much price, so naturally I won't have any objections." Xiao Yu said.

She actually didn't want to change her current situation (ps).

After becoming the Great Qin Shangzao and the Protectorate Recorder, how could she still call others "Dad"?
If she shouts, will anyone else dare to answer?
If Dongfang Shuo knew about this, would he kill her with his sword?

But now it seems just like when she first entered Hongxiufang, it is not her turn to choose at all.

The Prince of Qinghe invested a huge amount of money and made up his mind.

——It’s still not strong enough!

The plan of "three steps to forge sword bones" must not only not be relaxed, but must be implemented more strictly!

Xiao Yu's heart was firm in his conviction. He looked at Chijuro and said, "Master, how do you want to witness the three rules between me and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

The old monk smiled and said, "Fairy Yu should have some guesses."

Xiaoyu shook her head and said, "I don't know."

After a pause, she continued, "That day on the street, the master touched my spiritual sense. Could it be that he can see into my mind?"

The old monk said calmly: "I have cultivated the supreme magical power of Buddhism, the ability to read other people's minds.

Telepathy can indeed hear other people's thoughts, but it is not a sorcery.

Telepathy is mainly used to communicate mind to mind and spread Buddhist teachings.

My understanding of Buddhism can be directly conveyed to the hearts of all disciples in the temple, and can also help disciples who are lost in confusion to find their original heart.

Listening to other people’s opinions is actually the most useless function.”

Xiaoyu looked at him deeply.

This old monk was the only "strange person" to whom she did not want to bow down and worship (to learn skills from).

Even though his magical powers made her very envious.

"What should I do?" she asked.

“Fairy Yu, please let go of your mental protection and let me connect your heart with that of His Royal Highness. You will be able to feel each other’s emotions directly and will definitely not be able to lie.

If one makes three rules and a spiritual vow in this state, the Buddha in the West will bear witness to it.

Anyone who dares to break the oath will fall into the Avici Hell and suffer endless pain. "

At the end of his speech, the old monk acted like an angry Buddha, speaking in a threatening voice, with a frown and a glare. It seemed as if the flames of hell were burning in his eyes, which made Xiao Yu involuntarily show an expression of respect and fear.

"Master, Prince, don't worry. I have no reason to break my oath." She said seriously.

"Let's start." Li Xianzhi said calmly.

Xiaoyu took a deep breath and silently practiced the Heart Sea Technique, hiding her true heart under the "deep sea". Then, from the bottom of the heart sea, she projected outward the emotions she intended to express about the three vows.

"Master, let's begin."

"Amitabha~~~"

As the old monk chanted the Buddha's name, Xiaoyu suddenly saw golden light in front of her eyes, heard the melodious sound of a conch shell, and heard countless monks chanting devoutly. She was in a trance for a long time before she came to her senses.

She saw Buddhas everywhere in the sky.

The sky seemed to have opened up the twenty-four heavens, and in the heavens there were dim shadows, with countless Buddhas and believers living there.

Above the twenty-four heavens, there is an old Buddha with an ancient and thin face, a shriveled body but huge size, exuding an ancient atmosphere.

"Light the lamp in front of the Buddha, extinguish the fire in your heart, and use your great wisdom to illuminate the ignorance of all beings~~Amitabha!"

The sound of the ancient Buddha's soft chanting was like thunder exploding in Xiaoyu's ears, making her head buzz.

"Greetings, Buddha Father~~" Xiao Yu calmed himself down and quickly imitated the monk, putting his hands together and worshiping the ancient Buddha.

"This is Buddha, not 'Father Buddha'. If you don't know what to call him, you can call him 'Master Buddha'." Chijura frowned.

Xiaoyu turned her head and saw the old monk suddenly appear beside her.

It was as if he had always been there, but I just hadn't noticed him before.

"Master, I am really ignorant and I don't know this Buddha Master, but I feel that he has a kind face and is very friendly. Seeing him is like seeing my real father, so I call him 'Buddha Daddy'. I don't think 'Buddha Master' is friendly enough."

As she spoke, she worshipped the ancient Buddha devoutly.

Seeing her politeness and sensing her awe and confusion, Chijura smiled and said, "This is the Buddha Dipankara."

"Dandakran Buddha. I have only heard of Tathagata Buddha in the past."

Xiaoyu's face changed immediately when he saw Chijuro.

"Tathagata is only a junior and does not deserve the title of 'Buddha'. Fairy Yu, you must remember that the real Buddha, the real master of Lingshan, is the ancient Buddha Dipankara!" he said seriously.

——Lingshan seems a bit chaotic nowadays, with numerous factions. But, old man, not only did you choose the wrong side, you also narrowed the road!

Xiaoyu's true heart sank to the "bottom of the sea of ​​heart" and she was complaining.

The "phantom human heart" projected from the sea of ​​​​heart exudes awe and a slight sense of helplessness.

"Master, please tell me in detail about Lingshan Buddhism. The Buddha is so majestic and great, I admire him very much." Her heart revealed longing and yearning, and this was not entirely a disguise.

What she loves is the supreme power. As for whether the power comes from Taiyi Xuanmen or Buddhism, it is not important.

As long as she doesn't do anything wrong, that's enough.

"Well, this ancient Buddha holy land should be visualized in the master's mind, right?

We should complete the three articles of agreement as soon as possible, and discuss the scriptures and the teachings in person." Li Xianzhi said.

Sensing his disapproval and impatience, the old monk felt a little unhappy.

Comparing Yu Fengxian's worship and admiration for the ancient Buddha, even though he knew that the ancient Buddha Dipankara was imagined by him, he was still in awe. Chi Jūla felt a little happy and moved: This Yu Fengxian is quite intelligent!

You are afraid of the karma that happened to her, and even more afraid of the Emperor of Heaven, but I, Buddhism, don't care. Maybe I can save her?
(ps: From Xiaoyu's perspective, staying in Hongxiufang is indeed the best choice for her at the moment. Xiaoyu is different from us. As a person involved, she doesn't care about identity, reputation or anything like that. She is determined to be an immortal. She wants to live forever, become an immortal, jump out of the cycle of reincarnation, and be above all the gods and Buddhas.)

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