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Chapter 2146 Master Li Shaojun

In the eyes of the new emperor, Zhang Xuezhou was undoubtedly a young official on his side.

But in the eyes of Zhuang Qingzhai and others, Zhang Xuezhou was an official appointed by Anle Palace, and the Empress Dowager must have her reasons for making such an appointment.

Even if Zhang Xuezhou does not take office for three months, he will not impeach him.

Some people wanted to test the waters to see what the attitude of the Imperial Censor Zhuang Qingzhai was, but when Zhang Xuezhou repeatedly brought up Zhuang Qingzhai's court robes and Zhuang Qingzhai did not refute, no matter how stupid everyone was, they knew that Zhuang Qingzhai had tacitly agreed.

The Imperial Censor Zhuang Qingzhai did not speak, and no one in the court had a grudge against Zhang Xuezhou. Everyone chose to remain silent and tacitly approved Zhang Xuezhou to receive the empty salary.

Even though Zhang Xuezhou was jumping up and down and making a fuss today, no one really criticized him, and no one made a fuss about the fact that he had not come to the court for three months.

There was also a very interesting point in the court meeting, that is, the new emperor entered the main hall of Weiyang Palace, as if he came just to change his court clothes.

After the court dress system was passed, the new emperor did not stay for long and did not mention anything else.

"Report to the Empress Dowager, this is the whole thing!"

It was rare for the new emperor to interfere in court affairs, so Zhuang Qingzhai chose to go to Anle Palace to report in person.

"understood!"

Behind the screen, the Empress Dowager replied weakly.

"Is there anything else?" asked the Empress Dowager.

"I want to ask how to treat this Taizhong doctor," Zhuang Qingzhai asked, "He seems to be somewhat hostile to me!"

"He is only a Taizhong doctor with a rank of Qianshi. No matter how hostile he is, he can't shake you as one of the Three Dukes," said the Empress Dowager.

"I understand!"

Zhuang Qingzhai bowed and responded.

Zhuang Qingzhai understood some things, but he really didn't understand why the Empress Dowager was so friendly to Zhang Xuezhou and even spoke up to plead for Zhang Xuezhou.

With the Empress Dowager's words, unless Zhang Xuezhou wanted to overthrow Zhuang Qingzhai, Zhuang Qingzhai would not be able to bother with Zhang Xuezhou.

In the end, he had no choice but to put his thoughts aside and respectfully left the Anle Palace.

"Master Li from Yunyi Taoist Temple has arrived!"

As Zhuang Qingzhai walked out of the main gate of the hall, he heard a shout from afar, and an eunuch passed the message to inform him.

The normal notification procedure is to pass the message layer by layer, report it and approve it, and then summon the person.

But now it is moving forward directly and smoothly without any delay, which is more like an announcement that it has arrived.

This treatment is higher than the promotion of Zhuang Qingzhai to "Jieshi Zhong" and is almost like being an equal friend.

When footsteps came from a distance, Zhuang Qingzhai saw a white-haired old man leading a young female Taoist child coming towards him. Zhuang Qingzhai took a look, then quickly retracted his gaze, and even slightly turned sideways to signal the other party to pass.

"Master Li, there is a dinner party at Zhuang's house. I wonder if Master Li is free to go for a drink!"

If there is anything that has attracted attention recently among the high-ranking officials in Chang'an City, Li Shaojun is undoubtedly one of them.

This is the guest of honor of Anle Palace, and he goes to Anle Palace for banquets from time to time.

The other party was on good terms with the Empress Dowager, which undoubtedly attracted many high-ranking officials to make friends with him.

Li Shaojun is seriously ill, but he has extraordinary eyesight. He can not only recognize various types of ancient texts, but also has research on ancient objects.

Most of the large families in Chang'an City have a collection of antiques, artifacts and books. Some of these items are a hundred years old, while some are several thousand years old.

Although the time is only a short hundred years, for the contemporary Han people, this time is like several completely different eras, even eras of different civilizations.

Before the unification of the Qin Dynasty, there were more than ten major dynasties in the Southern Continent, and even earlier there were hundreds of them.

If we count up to the period of the Zhou Dynasty, there were hundreds of dynasties.

Many dynasties did not have a unified system of writing, language, weights and measures, and each developed on its own.

This situation gradually led to a situation where many schools of thought competed with each other. Many important ancient texts had different inscriptions, and the definitions of related texts were also different. It was almost impossible for later generations to refer to ancient documents through the texts of the Han Dynasty. People who were good at studying ancient objects were extremely rare.

Li Shaojun is undoubtedly one of them.

Although the other party could not recognize everything, Li Shaojun recognized a lot of things, especially the bronze inscriptions engraved by the overlord of the great country, Duke Huan of Qi, five hundred years ago, in the royal family.

This inscription imprinted a method of cultivation used by Duke Huan of Qi, and even made the new emperor extremely happy.

It is a difficult task to identify bamboo slips from various countries over a hundred years ago. Li Shaojun's ability to identify bamboo slips directly across five hundred years has also made him famous. Many noble families in Chang'an City are waiting to invite Li Shaojun to a banquet, and then take the objects to appreciate during the banquet.

When Zhuang Qingzhai saw Li Shaojun, he quickly extended an invitation.

"Since you are so kind, I will certainly visit you someday!"

Li Shaojun's indifferent voice came, which made Zhuang Qingzhai very happy.

No matter what, even though he has been ranked among the three highest officials and has reached the state of self-centeredness, Zhuang Qingzhai still has some upward aspirations and also yearns for the higher level of true self-centeredness.

It is extremely difficult to cultivate to the state of true self, so many people choose to borrow some ancient methods for reference.

Zhuang Qingzhai undoubtedly also wanted to try his luck and see if the things he had collected over the years could be used.

"What did you call?"

Li Shaojun walked leisurely without stopping in front of Zhuang Qingzhai. The female Taoist child beside Li Shaojun took a bamboo slip to take notes.

"My name is Zhuang Qingzhai, and I am the Imperial Censor in the imperial court. My home is only two miles away from the palace, so it is the closest to the palace!"

Zhuang Qingzhai replied happily.

This made Cai Ma, who was serving as Li Shaojun's Taoist boy, nod his head. He casually wrote the word "dirty" on the bamboo slips, and drew two circles to replace the two words "Qing Di" that he didn't know how to write, indicating that he had memorized them.

"I don't know what ancient text this disciple of the Taoist priest used to record it?"

Zhuang Qingzhai stood on tiptoe to take a look, and felt that Cai Ma's record was extremely mysterious. He actually used one word and two circles to replace many of the contents he had mentioned.

He recognized the crooked word written by Cai Ma, but Zhuang Qingzhai felt that it was completely incomprehensible when explained in Chinese characters.

"If the disciple is so capable, the master must be even more amazing. The Taoist priest is amazing!"

When Cai Ma quickly caught up with Li Shaojun, Zhuang Qingzhai couldn't help but stop and watch for a long time, and then he left Anle Palace shaking his head.

"How long can that official live?"

"I can live at least twenty more years!"

"He invited me to be his guest. Can you find his house?"

"I would only recognize him if he stood at the door!"

When he approached the main gate of Anle Palace, Li Shaojun turned his head slightly, put aside his superior demeanor, and asked Cai Ma a few more questions.

When the illiterate Cai Ma gave the answer, Li Shaojun felt that the banquet was ruined again.

He and Cai Ma were strangers in the place, so how could he know the official's last name, where he lived, whether he was willing to host a banquet for him, and whether he could arrive in time for the banquet.

After three months of bumps and bruises, Li Shaojun was almost broken and bloodied because of these things in Chang'an City. There were obviously a lot of advantages waiting for him to take, but Li Shaojun participated in them several times.

This made him extremely sad, and he missed Zhang Xuezhou, the careless accomplice, very much.

"I don't know where that bastard has gone. He doesn't even have time to cooperate with me in this matter!"

It's rare to be a member of the upper class, and it's also rare to have so many fools offer their own collections to you for viewing.

After gaining recognition from the Empress Dowager and settling down in Chang'an with his own Taoist temple, Li Shaojun felt that there were opportunities everywhere and he just had to take them himself, but he was short of one of the three.

As a master, Li Shaojun must maintain the demeanor of a master. He must come and go gracefully. He must not do anything that would lower his image, and he must not ask other people in a humble manner at will.

Obviously, he just needed to find out who invited people to a banquet and when, and where the other party lived, but he just couldn't figure out this seemingly simple task. As for Cai Ma, who was lost, let's not talk about him, because the success rate of his work was not high anyway.

In the past, he thought that it was no problem to be without Zhang Xuezhou, but now Li Shaojun missed him very much and felt that he could not live without him.