Reincarnated vassal system

"Ding." In Gu Huai's mind, the system's prompt sounded again—【Trigger hidden characters, attributes are uncertain.The host can choose whether to accept this person's information. 】

Gu Huai frowned, not quite understanding what he meant.But thinking that Shen Lin was still by his side, he felt uncomfortable asking You Wu, and while hesitating, You Wu answered directly, "Little Gu Huai, we chatted all night last night, you still can't figure out anything, right? "

"I... probably know the meaning of those strange symbols, such as 100 means one hundred..."

"Let me tell you again!" You Wu coughed lightly, "I don't need to talk about where I come from, just remember that my existence is to satisfy the host's wishes, and through my understanding of your attributes, little Gu Huai. Analysis, to make sure that to realize your dream, you must be trained as the first official of the Dashang."

"And the road to becoming a powerful minister is very difficult. Little Gu Huai, your attributes are very good, but your biggest shortcoming is that you have no ambition. Throughout the ages, whoever holds the power is not decisive, in order to prevent you from being overwhelmed in this respect Unfortunately, the system has decided to specifically cultivate your ambition, so you must be ruthless and tough."

"..." Gu Huai was still confused, "So, what do you mean by 'the host can choose whether to accept this person's information'?"

You Wu: "..."

"In order to make your growth visible, the system divides the characters you will meet into three levels: friendly, passer-by, and enemy. At the same time, it will assign tasks to you based on your previous life memories and the situation you are in. And you get achievement points for the quality of your completion."

"Achievement points?" Gu Huai asked, "What's the use?"

"It allows you to intuitively feel how far you are from your goal." You Wu explained with a guilty conscience, "You can see that at present, your full achievement points on the level of 'Zheng Liupin' should be two Hundred points, as long as you kill Li Gang, your achievement points will be almost full, and it's time for promotion!"

"...So in fact, the system is to help me record my words and deeds?" Gu Huai listened to the explanation again, and found that his friend seemed to help him use a special way to urge him to do some things, and at the same time record what he did It looks like...

"To be precise, it helps you quantify things, so that you can more intuitively feel the distance between yourself and success." Youwu's voice was a little weak.

"So it is!" Gu Huai finally understood, "Thank you, Brother You! Thank you for your willingness to help me!"

You Wu, who was thanked by Gu Huai, smiled guiltily. As a system with very weak functions, he finally found a host who doesn't dislike him. He was so touched.He coughed twice, "Let's go find people with mysterious attributes! Zhushe people... right?"

Zhusheren, this person is quite well-known in the capital. This person was born in poverty. Because of his congenital lack of legs and feet, he was unable to participate in the imperial examination, so he had no chance of an official career.However, the series of strange novels written by Zhu Sheren are very popular in the capital. Although they are denigrated by many great Confucian scholars, it does not prevent them from selling like crazy.

This person made a living by writing novels of strange and strange stories, and occasionally wrote for others to earn some retouching fees. It was said that a certain unknown and masterpiece that once caused a sensation came from him, but the truth is no longer testable.

Shen Lin has also heard some rumors about this person, but because of Zhusheren's inconvenient legs and feet, he has always lived in seclusion, and the world has rarely seen his true face. "How do we find him now?"

"Of course it's Anxiangfang." Gu Huai lifted his legs and left.

Anxiangfang is a bookstore that sells idle books. Zhusheren's novels are usually engraved and sold here, Shen Lin roughly knows. "But it's impossible for Zhushe people to happen to engrave novels at this time, right? Could it be that we are going to sit on the sidelines?"

"Who told you that people from Zhushe would come to Anxiangfang?"

"Huh? Then why are we going to the Dark Fragrance Workshop?"

Gu Huai stopped in his tracks, "Master Shen has been in the Ministry of Punishment for more than a year, right?"

"Huh?" Shen Lin nodded, "It's been about a year."

"Then you still ask me why I have to ask the insider to find clues to investigate the case?" If you want to find Zhusheren, where should you go instead of Anxiangfang?

Shen Lin came to his senses and laughed dryly, "Oh, it's true that every time I stand beside you, I feel that I don't need to think about it myself!"

"I don't intend to accept Mr. Shen's compliment, thank you." Gu Huai said with a blank expression, the two of them had already arrived at Anxiangfang while speaking.

Since Anxiangfang often sells novels and idle books that serious literati think are not serious, in order to prevent one day, a certain man can’t stand it and smash it, so the owner of the workshop chose to build the bookstore deep in the corner of a residential alley, trying to reduce the number of people in the mainstream. The number of times people in the literati circle showed their eyes.

This time, the two of them took a long way to find the bookstore, only to see the door of the bookstore was slightly closed, occasionally one or two people came in and out, they all carefully raised their sleeves and covered their faces, as if they were doing something bad.Of course, reading idle books is not a bad thing, at most it is not a serious thing.

The two of them did not engage in specialization. They imitated the appearance of other people and covered their faces before entering the bookstore. Although Shen Lin was considered a big customer of Anxiangfang, but because he always ordered his servants to buy new books, he went to the bookstore in person. It's the first time to come.

As soon as they entered the room, the scene changed, and it was a completely different world from the outside world. The two were immediately shocked by the rows of bookshelves and the crowded books on them.Roughly speaking, all kinds of novels that have been popular in the capital in recent years can be seen on it, and the collection of books is really impressive.

Looking around, there are several side houses connected to the lobby. This is a bookstore transformed from a folk house, and the layout is not very regular.The side houses on the southeast, north, and south sides are all hung with wooden signs, with inexplicable patterns carved on them, and occasionally there are several people walking through them.After looking around roughly for a week, Gu Huai walked straight to the shopkeeper in the middle of the lobby. There was a person covering his face with a copy of "The Analects of Confucius", lying on the carved wooden chair behind the counter, sleeping soundly.

"Excuse me..." Gu Huai said softly.

Before the words were finished, the man said, "Choose books as you like, pay according to the marked price for buying or renting books, and just throw the money on the table. You can see the notice board on the wall for new books recently. Thank you for your patronage. Welcome to come again!" said After finishing the book, he didn't move away, turned over and fell asleep.

"Hahahaha..." Hearing this, Shen Lin couldn't help but laugh, "This man is so funny."

Of course, if they weren't here to handle the case, this guy would be interesting.

"Ding——" [Main task: Get rid of Li Gang——Specific operation: Persuade the owner of Anxiangfang to provide clues to Zhusheren.Props: The book "University" on the shelf next to the bulletin board on the wall.Reward: 10 achievement points. 】

Another assignment has been posted.Gu Huai looked at the bulletin board on the wall that the person said, and saw Zhusheren's name by accident. According to the speed at which he published books, he should have a new work published in the near future.After looking closely, Gu Huai discovered that on the bookshelf not far from the bulletin board, there was a copy of "University", which was similar to the pattern on the cover of "The Analects of Confucius" held by the person behind the counter, and seemed out of place in the huge pile of idle books .

Gu Huai walked over to pick up the book, and just as he was opening the first page, he heard Shen Lin asking the man, "You know Zhusheren..."

"If you want to give a gift to a favorite author, please mark the name of the author and what you want to say on the gift. Our store will help to pass it on. For the tariff standard, please check the charging instructions on the counter. Thank you for your patronage and welcome to come again!"

Hearing that Gu Huai closed the roughly flipped "University", pondered for a while and opened his mouth. "Well, this "University" does not have a price marked, how should I pay the fee..."

""University"?" The people behind the counter suddenly exploded. A carp jumped up and turned over the counter to snatch the book in Gu Huai's hand. Unexpectedly, it was in vain. Shen Lin, who had been trained in three-legged cat kung fu blocked.

Only then did the two of them see clearly that the person in front of them turned out to be a half-grown child, who was only fifteen or sixteen years old. At this moment, his whole body was in a state of frenzy, "This is not for sale! You give it back to me!"

"It's not impossible to return you." Gu Huai smiled, "Where does Zhushe live?"

"This store will not disclose the author's residence at will..." Looking at the "University" in someone's hand, "...in the bamboo forest in the suburbs of Beijing outside Suzaku Gate, there is a small bamboo house."

A quarter of an hour later, the two walked out of the Anxiangfang, and Shen Lin really felt the convenience of working with Gu Huai. "Is there anything strange about that "University"?"

"Isn't it surprising that there are four books and five classics in the bookshop selling idle books?" Gu Huai thought before that it was just a small workshop selling idle books.Sure enough, there are also some more shameful books for sale, just like the "University" in Gu Huai's hand just now, which deeply describes the one hundred and eight styles of Longyang.

Illustrated version!

At first glance, Gu Huai is also slightly stunned. The talented Gu Sanyuan, who has not reached the age of the weak crown, knows a thing or two about Fengyue. The literati circles call this "food and sex", but he is still ashamed to talk about it on weekdays, and Not long ago, the imperial court promulgated a decree, ordering court officials not to enter and leave the Chu Pavilion in the Qin Tower, and even the Hanlin scholars and imperial historians used this as an excuse to criticize Fengyue's novels and albums and other ruined children. For a while, the entire Fengyue industry was severely hit. It cannot be recovered within a certain period of time.

For the convenience of handling the case, Gu Huai and the others came here after changing their official uniforms. Although they lacked some deterrent power, they would not be too alarming.The person in the Anxiangfang saw that Gu Huai was not a regular customer, and the two of them did not have the hidden friendship between old customers and old shopkeepers. They were worried that he would expose this matter, so they lost their credit and leaked Zhusheren's address. out.

Shen Lin didn't have to know the truth, the two hired a carriage and prepared to leave the city and drive to the suburbs. The bamboo forest in the suburbs of Beijing outside Suzaku Gate is quite famous, where idiots and resentful women often meet, so it became a place for the principals to catch adulterers One of my favorite places to go.If there is a small bamboo house there, it must be deep in the bamboo forest.

The carriage driver hired by the two was a veteran, and they traveled steadily and fast, and soon arrived at the bamboo forest. Gu Huai asked the coachman to stop at the official road, got off the carriage, and the two walked along the path stepped in the bamboo forest.

The bamboo grove was not very big, but after about a stick of incense, the two of them reached the end of the path, where a small bamboo house stood quietly.

Outside the bamboo house was a fence made of bamboo, and Shen Lin stood outside the fence and whispered, "Excuse me, is Mr. Bamboo here? Shen Lin, my companion Gu Huai, has something important to ask!"

No answer.Shen Lin increased the volume and repeated it again, but there was still only silence in response.

Seeing this, Gu Huai patted Shen Lin lightly, and the two looked at each other, seeing each other's plan in each other's eyes, the two pushed open the fence door together, walked through the slightly rudimentary atrium, arrived in front of the bamboo house, and repeated again. After repeating the words just now, but still no one answered, they pushed open the door of the bamboo house.

What caught my eye was a mess in the house.

There are scattered book pages everywhere in the house, and a large number of calligraphy and paintings were randomly discarded in every corner of the house, and a wooden wheelchair was overturned in the middle. It is not difficult to imagine how this room was treated before an unknown time.

"...a step slower." Gu Huai walked to the corner of the room and touched the medicine pot placed on the small stove, which was still warm.

"Damn it!" Shen Lin clenched his fist, "Who did it?"

The disappearance of Zhusheren means that this matter may be involved more deeply. Shen Lin originally ruled out the third prince and Prince Rui as the masterminds of this matter, but the disappearance of Zhusheren can become the two people's suspicion The witnesses are gone, and it is even more difficult to find the person who set up the trap.

"The witnesses are gone, but maybe we can find evidence." Looking at the books, calligraphy and paintings scattered around, Gu Huai picked up one of the books at his feet.

"Let's take these back. Although we can't find out who the Zhusheren hired, at least we can prove that the letter was not written by the third prince." Shen Lin sighed lightly, and the clues were cut off. time.

"Ding——" [Main task to get rid of Li Gang——Specific operation: Find Zhusheren to find clues.Props: The authentic works of the Three Princes on the ground in the bamboo house.Reward: 10 achievement points. 】

"...Not necessarily." Hearing this, Gu Huai picked up another piece of paper, the handwriting on it was extremely familiar.

"This is... the words of the third prince! 'Privately I thought that sex with prostitutes is not in line with Zhou etiquette...' This was written by the third prince when His Majesty asked the princes to make suggestions. How could it flow out of the palace?" "There are people in the palace " Shen Guoqi immediately recognized it.

This was a family banquet held in the imperial palace before, and Shen Lin was lucky enough to join the table. On that day, the emperor was rejoicing, and asked the princes to criticize the current situation and make a policy statement.Everyone is naturally singing praises, praising the benevolence of the emperor, talking and laughing happily.But at this time, the third prince was very out of date, saying that the emperor's prohibition of officials from having sex with prostitutes was simply against human nature, and there were many mistakes and omissions between the lines, and the writing was incomprehensible. He had not found a place to vent his anger on the emperor. , I just want to anger the birth mother of the third prince, I'm sorry, Concubine Xian has passed away for a long time.

His thoughts flew back, and Shen Lin confirmed that the book in front of him was really written by the third prince himself, and he probably guessed the reason why he appeared here. "...someone used this article as an imitation for Zhusheren, imitating a treasonous letter."

"Someone in the palace is also involved in this matter." Shen Lin was very unwilling to accept this conclusion, one third prince is enough to feed a pot, come on? "Here, how to check?"

"Perhaps, we can make it simpler?" Gu Huai pointed to the third prince's handwriting, two words that obviously did not belong to him appeared at the end - "Thank you very much". "Does it look familiar?"

Hearing that Shen Lin looked at those two words, his eyes widened suddenly, "This is..."

Gu Huai smiled.