Being knocked down by the Heavenly Dao while ascending

"Tang Gu, what are you looking at?" Xiao Kong slipped into the kitchen and ate a piece of boiled corn. "Huh? This is the new fortune teller, what's wrong with him?" He took a few bites and glanced at the dead liar who was recorded in the jade slip.

There were more than ten jade slips in front of Tang Gu, each with a different picture on it. The protagonist was Pei Mingyan. The images left on the jade slips were very clear, recording the front and back of Pei Mingyan, and even every tiny movement.
The angles of the records on seven or eight jade slips were obviously from the perspectives of the people Pei Mingyan had asked for directions yesterday. The remaining few slips were from the perspectives from which Pei Mingyan saw things.

Xiao Kong ate a few more bites of corn and said, "Tanggu...is this the reason why you didn't let anyone lead the way for him yesterday?"

Tang Gu nodded, "We should at least test it out. The academy doesn't ask about origins. After the spiritual herbs were stolen, we, the stewards, sorted out the origins of the people in each academy without telling the academy master."

Xiao Kong said, "Oh!", "Does this mean that this fortune teller has bad intentions?"

"If this is the case, it would be much easier to handle." Tang Gu pointed at a few jade slips and took photos. "I checked his life last night. It was too clean and tidy. He didn't look like a real person. His identity as a disciple of the Mei family must be fake."

"He must have some unspeakable secrets that led him to make up a fake identity." Xiao Kong hesitated, "Although I hate him, I feel he is a good person."

Tang Gu nodded in agreement. "That's where the problem lies. Look at these photos. We are strangers to him, but everyone in the academy knows each other. Look carefully at every person he asks for directions."

Xiao Kong stared at the photos for a long time and said, "It seems a little strange, but I can't put my finger on it."

Tang Gu touched a few jade slips, and the images in them all stopped.

Xiaokong was stunned for a moment, "How could it be..."

Tang Gu touched the jade slip again, and the picture returned to normal, "You also discovered it."

"Everyone hates him." Xiao Kong frowned, "He is indeed ugly. The academy has never seen such an ugly person. Maybe everyone is a little surprised."

Tang Gu smiled dotingly, "He really has a childish temper. He shouldn't frown even if he's surprised. Besides, it's unreasonable that everyone frowns when they see him the first time. Xu Bai, Qingyun, and Shuiyuan usually don't care about other people's appearance, so how could they hate him for this?"

Xiao Kong was not convinced and stammered, "There's nothing wrong with liking pretty people."

Tang Gu paused, her expression slightly serious, "Even I found him extremely disgusting when I first saw him."

"How strange." Xiao Kong was puzzled. "But this doesn't mean anything. Not everyone is likable when they meet. Everyone hates him, but he did nothing wrong, and he is very obedient. He really wants to stay. He hates cleaning the toilet, but he still stayed there all night after knowing that he didn't have to. Look, he even walked around carefully to get familiar with the way, and even helped Uncle Yu. He went off the track and walked a little far when he went up the mountain, but he didn't run around. He just observed the buildings. Yongshan is beautifully built."

"Alas." Tang Gu stared at the jade slips for a while, then waved her hand to put them all away, "I hope I am just being overthinking."

"Oh." Xiao Kong threw the corn cob he had just eaten into the open space in front of the stove. "I'm going to pick some flowers from Aunt Li's place."

Tanggu smiled and said, "Go ahead and come back early."

"Okay, Tanggu!"
Xiaokong jumped out and bumped into Pei Mingyan who came to the door.

Pei Mingyan gave him a smile.

Xiao Kong stared at the face for three seconds, shuddered, and quickly slipped away.

Pei Mingyan realized later that he felt a little sorry for what he looked like.
He seriously thought about whether he should do something small to give himself a legitimate face?

Tang Gu didn't give him time to think. The moment he stepped in, the white-haired and black-dressed woman frowned and said indifferently, "You're here."

Pei Mingyan thought of his own character and shrugged his shoulders. "Come... come Tanggu, what's the matter?"

"Don't be nervous, I just have a question for you."

"What...what's the problem?"
Pei Mingyan wondered if he had revealed any flaws. After much thought, he realized that the only outrageous thing he had done was to tear down the fence to expand the yard. He did this to create the image of himself as someone who takes advantage of others.
Is it possible that he has gone too far in pretending?
"Are you used to the food in the academy?"

Pei Mingyan: “…” What kind of pit are they digging?
"It's OK. The fruits and vegetables are all very fresh." After saying this, he immediately added, "The people in the academy are also very skilled in the use of magic."

Tang Gu curled her lips in sarcasm, "It's not as good as the Mei family's food, is it?"

Of course, they can't compare! What kind of family is the Mei family? Everything they eat, drink, wear, and sleep are top-notch. He eats the "gourd" of a candied haws, while the hawthorns are all of the best species, spiritual fruits that are so good that you can't even find them with a lantern.

"The Mei family has always been particular about food."

"So, you didn't touch the sweet soup yesterday afternoon."

Pei Mingyan blinked a few times, almost failing to follow Tanggu's train of thought, "...No one told me that I have to use my chopsticks to eat every dish when eating." He carefully glanced at Tanggu's face, "If the academy has this rule, I will definitely not waste food from today on!"

"I made that sweet soup." Tang Gu smiled. "To be honest, I became the manager of Zhulixing because of this soup."

Pei Mingyan couldn't figure out what she wanted to say, so he tentatively flattered her: "As long as it suits the taste of the person eating it, it's a good thing!" Tang Gu didn't say anything. After a long pause, she said with great emotion: "But the dean has grown up."

Now Pei Mingyan understood.
That is to say, the abbot really liked boiled soft-boiled eggs when he was a child. After so many years, although this dessert has become something that everyone must eat, the abbot no longer likes it as much as he did when he was a child.

He pursed his lips. No matter how delicious the food was, it couldn't be eaten every day for years or decades. Besides, the boiled soft-boiled eggs weren't very tasty.
This dean is a very loyal person.
Pei Mingyan became a little more interested in him.

"So...? You wanted to ask me about dessert?"

Tang Gu nodded.

Pei Mingyan breathed a sigh of relief, glanced at the kitchen, and took in all the ingredients. "Then let's try something simple."
He took a few eggs, brought a bowl of milk, and took some sugar.

Tang Gu watched his every move intently.

I just saw his fingertips move, and the eggshells were cracked open one by one, and the yolks and whites were separated.
The egg whites flew back into the bowl, while several egg yolks gathered together and floated in the air. Pei Mingyan simply flipped his palm, and the sugar flew out of the jar and wrapped around the egg yolks. The egg yolks seemed to be guided by some force and were all mixed together, and the color gradually became lighter.

A cluster of flames burned at the fingertips of Pei Mingyan's left hand. The milk in the bowl was drawn out by the spiritual power and suspended above the fingertips, as if there was an invisible pot above. When the milk gradually boiled, the flames on the fingertips went out.
The boiling milk was wrapped in spiritual power and gradually merged with the sugared egg yolk that had turned into egg liquid.
After the fusion was completed, the flames on his fingertips ignited again, and the mixed milky yellow liquid was like a pot and did not move again. A spoon flew up at this time and stirred in the liquid until the liquid boiled again, and the flames went out.

She saw that Pei Mingyan's mouth corners curved slightly, and with this smile, his face didn't seem so ugly anymore.

As he breathed, a ball of cold air appeared in the palm of Pei Mingyan's right hand. It was cooled down by the hot liquid, but the coldness was getting worse little by little.

After a while, he stirred the liquid with a spoon and released the cold air again. After a while, he stirred it again.
After repeating this several times, the original egg liquid solidified, but was broken up by repeated stirring and became a fluffy substance.

"We call this thing ice cream," said Pei Mingyan.

"Ice Qilin?" Tang Gu looked at what Pei Mingyan put into the bowl, and couldn't see any connection between it and Qilin.

Pei Mingyan nodded, "Yes, ice cream. I watched the chef of the Mei family make it once, and I learned how to make it. Tanggu, you can try it."

Tang Gu scooped out a mouthful with a small spoon and sniffed it. The fishy smell of milk was gone, and there was a unique fragrance of egg and milk mixed together. She put down the spoon and said, "Not bad. No wonder you don't like the eggs I cooked. It was a good decision to ask you to come to the kitchen. You should thank Xiao Kong."

Pei Mingyan really didn't expect... that he was asked to come over just because of that sweet soup?
"I'll thank him personally."

Tang Gu smiled, "If you don't go to see him, it will be the greatest gratitude to him. I will accept the dessert recipe and tell the dean the truth about the origin." Tang Gu's smile gradually faded, staring into his eyes, and said meaningfully: "As for whether the dean will see you, it is not something I can control."

“…” It’s over! I was misunderstood as having ulterior motives!
Pei Mingyan smiled awkwardly, "I really didn't mean that, Tanggu. I really came here to seek refuge, I have no bad intentions."

"You can go back now." Tang Gu put away the bowl of ice cream. "If you find any new and unusual foods, you can report them to me. You will always have a chance to make your wish come true."

Pei·Baikoumobufang·Mingyan replied, "Then I will withdraw first, Tanggu."

Tang Gu nodded in agreement, and Pei Mingyan left quickly.

Tang Gu was the only one left in the room again.
She pulled out a book with a blue cover. She opened the cover and saw the three characters "Pei Mingyan" written on the first page.
Tang Gu took out a pen and wrote down in the book "proficient in ice and fire magic", "high status in the Mei family", and before this sentence, she wrote "suspect: people who see him will be disgusted".

After finishing the recording, Tang Gu looked at the ice unicorn in the bowl for a long time, scooped out a spoonful, and licked it with the tip of her tongue. It was cool, fluffy, slightly sweet, and had a slight milky taste.
It’s very delicious.

Who exactly is this Pei Mingyan?

Pei Mingyan was happy and worried on his way back. His logistics job was saved, but if Tanggu really introduced him to the villain boss, the probability of being discovered would be very high. Even if he was not discovered, being with the boss was not as easy as logistics! It is true that serving the emperor is like serving a tiger!
Pei Mingyan touched his left arm. God knew what the stamp on his arm was used for.

Fortunately, fate was on his side this time, and the villain boss didn't ask him to meet him.
So he spent a few days in peace.
He released a lot of fish fry into the tourist lake in front of the courtyard, borrowed a few ducks and geese to raise, and borrowed lotus roots to plant, making it look like he was "returning to the countryside".
When he was bored, he would play the flute on the shore, while the ducks and geese caught fish in the water to eat. He lived a leisurely and comfortable life.
Also, because the ice cream was widely praised, the news spread in the academy. He became a familiar face and could shamelessly borrow books to kill time.
This day was exactly the heavenly day he had imagined.

However, his good luck did not last long. Before the seven days were over, he was lucky again.

I heard that the soul lamps lit by several people from the academy who were sent to recover the spiritual herbs were all extinguished overnight.
The head of the hospital was furious and immediately sent people to investigate.

The person assigned was a picky eater and would not eat anything other than the academy's food.

So Zhulixing wanted to send two people to go with him, one was the cook, and the other was a handyman, which was him.

(End of this chapter)