Longevity begins with a dog

Chapter 174 Lou Youzhi Tests Dou Tianyuan!A successor is established!
Loufu.

Lou Youzhi led Dou Tianyuan to the backyard.

"This is the first time you have invited me to your house."

Dou Tianyuan looked around curiously, "Why, are you not afraid that I will assassinate you now?"

"You can't assassinate me."

Lou Youzhi pushed open the door of the study, "No one knows where my real residence is."

"...You really have been guarding me?"

Dou Tianyuan was speechless.

"It's not against you, it's against anyone."

Lou Youzhi stepped into the study first, and turned the vase on a prescription table to the left and right a few times.

After a slight sound of machine turning, the smooth wall on the left side began to sink, revealing a residual image the size of a desktop.

"follow me."

Lou Youzhi glanced at Dou Tianyuan, walked over and touched the residual picture with his palm.

In an instant, he disappeared into the study room.

Dou Tianyuan was stunned for a moment, and followed suit.

When they reappeared, the two had already appeared in an underground tunnel.

"Just that..."

Dou Tianyuan stared at Lou Youzhi beside him, "Is it the Five Directions Map?"

"I didn't expect you to remember."

Lou Youzhi twitched the corner of his mouth.

"Nonsense! From the very beginning, this Taoist artifact borrowed from me, my hand, Potian, how could I not remember!"

Dou Tianyuan was a little annoyed, "Didn't you say that there is a lack of fragments of the cave, so it can't be made at all?"

As early as the Wenchang period, Lou Youzhi approached him to discuss whether he could create a Taoist weapon with similar abilities to Zhishou Potian.

The two also designed together for a long time, and finally found that the concept is enough, but the material is not enough.

In order to achieve the same effect of traveling through space, one must find enough fragments of caves with rules similar to those of Zhishou Potian.

At that time, both of them felt that this was impossible, so they had to let it go.

Dou Tianyuan never expected that he could see a finished product in front of him.

"You are wrong. Although I also call it the Five Square Diagram, it has nothing to do with your single hand breaking the sky."

Lou Youzhi shook his head.

"Then how did we get here from your study?"

Dou Tianyuan didn't believe it.

"Back then we were going in the wrong direction. In fact, there was no need to look for fragments of the cave that had similar rules to Zhishoupotian."

Lou Youzhi took the lead and said as he walked, "After all, the mustard seed is the rule contained in all caves... As long as there are enough fragments of the cave, it can also create an effect similar to traveling through space."

"But the problem is that mustard seeds are not as cohesive and rich as the rules of the cave, so how many fragments will it take to... straight mother thief!"

Dou Tianyuan was startled in the middle of speaking, and hurriedly followed, "How many fragments have you collected?!"

"A few hundred, there are all kinds of different."

Lou Youzhi didn't give a clear answer.

"..."

Dou Tianyuan was left speechless by this number.

As expected of Lou Heizi.

Unexpectedly, under his own nose, he made such a big move, but he didn't notice it at all.

"It's a pity that after refining the Dao artifact, the cave rules that the fragments were originally contaminated with have dissipated."

Lou Youzhi sighed, "At first I thought it was worth it, but now..."

"What's the matter now?"

Dou Tianyuan frowned.

"You'll know in a while."

Lou Youzhi continued to move forward, leading Dou Tianyuan in twists and turns.

After half a stick of incense, the two finally came to the central hall of the underground palace.

"!!!"

Looking at the huge hall and the countless passages connecting the hall, Dou Tianyuan was completely shocked.

After a while, he let out a breath slowly: "You are so cautious... Back then, Emperor Wenchang made you so afraid?"

"There are actually more arrangements than you can see, and, besides, I'm not afraid of that."

Lou Youzhi shook his head, walked to the middle and sat down, "If you can't even guarantee your survival, then you don't have to mention what you want to do."

"All right……"

Dou Tianyuan was a little helpless, and sat across from Lou Youzhi, "You know that your hand is so special, how dare you bring me here?"

"To test you, is this the first time I've come here?"

Lou Youzhi said with a puzzled expression.

"What do you mean?"

Dou Tianyuan frowned.

"A few days ago, there was an extra letter there."

Lou Youzhi pointed to the desk not far away, "Someone I don't know has come in."

"You doubt me?"

Dou Tianyuan's face turned cold.

"To be honest, I don't doubt you very much."

Lou Youzhi shook his head, "I just thought of you."

"So you brought me here to test, and then you don't think I'm pretending?"

Dou Tianyuan was still a little displeased, but his face had eased a lot.

"Yes, if you are in disguise, others may not be able to see it, but I can."

Lou Youzhi sighed, with serious eyes: "But, this is not good news."

"Tell me about your arrangements."

Dou Tianyuan also became serious.

"Too many, so I won't go into details."

Lou Youzhi replied, "Anyway, if you want to completely hide the arrangement from me, unless it has no weight and is completely invisible to the naked eye."

"Yangshen?"

Dou Tianyuan thought of this instinctively.

"Get rid of the Yang God."

Lou Youzhi shook his head, "The materials of this underground palace are mixed with purple thunder jade, and the pure Yangshen cannot get in."

"That's weird..."

Dou Tianyuan pondered for a moment, then asked, "Do you have any doubts?"

"No."

Lou Youzhi shook his head again, "I have already investigated, at least the court officials on the surface can rule out the suspicion."

"Yeah, I can't find it at all."

Dou Tianyuan's face collapsed, and he turned to ask: "What is written in the letter?"

"This is another purpose for me to bring you here."

Lou Youzhi looked straight, and looked deeply at Dou Tianyuan: "How much life do you have left?"

"Shouyuan?"

Dou Tianyuan raised his eyebrows, and said: "You should know that after reaching the peak of the cultivation way, it is impossible to detect the remaining life essence."

"And before you reach the summit?"

Lou Youzhi asked again.

"Excuse me."

Dou Tianyuan raised the corners of his mouth and said proudly: "Before reaching the summit, my cultivation has never stagnated."

"...Forget it, it's useless to ask."

Lou Youzhi was a little speechless, "Even if the lifespan of the Taoist cultivator in Yuchi is relatively long, it won't last much longer. I'm afraid there is little hope for 45 years..."

Dou Tianyuan's eyes flashed, and he said in a deep voice, "Why 45 years?"

"There was only one sentence in that letter..."

Lou Youzhi calmly explained the content of the letter and the calculation results he and Gu Chengren had made.

It took a while for Dou Tianyuan to sigh from shock to silence: "It seems that Lao Jiang can't rest in peace for the time being."

"Ha ha."

Lou Youzhi smiled suddenly, "When we meet in the underground, you and I will inevitably be scolded by him as a treacherous minister."

"Tch, I won't let him go when the time comes, and I'll beat him until he calls grandpa."

Dou Tianyuan said disdainfully.

After saying this, the two fell silent.

Another half an hour later.

Dou Tianyuan took the lead and said: "Since that's the case, let's do what a generation does. I believe in Xu Chong."

Lou Youzhi raised his eyebrows, "To be honest, I don't want to choose him."

"Ok?"

Dou Tianyuan was surprised, "You know what he did, whether it's talent, character, or methods, they are all the best choices. What do you have to worry about... because of the identity of the Taizu legacy?"

"It has nothing to do with any of that."

Lou Youzhi shook his head, "You always say that he is very similar to me, but I think he is more like you than me... If it wasn't for Jiang Zhihong's death, I'm afraid you wouldn't even bother to pay attention to these things. ?”

Ah this...

Dou Tianyuan was speechless immediately.

"Xu Chong is just like me in the city."

Lou Youzhi sighed, "He gave me the feeling that from the beginning to the end, he didn't have the idea of ​​being loyal to the emperor and loving the people."

"He only cares about the people he cares about."

"If those things didn't happen in Canglong, Yongzhou, or someone close to him, I'm afraid he would be just as lazy as you to pay attention to it."

"Even if there were no restrictions from the household registration system, he would never have stepped into the officialdom from the very beginning."

"Of course, things have already happened, and Xu Chong's attitude is also very obvious."

Lou Youzhi narrowed his eyes, "But think about it, if he really took over my position and took over my power, what methods will he use?"

"This……"

Dou Tianyuan's complexion fluctuated.

Although he didn't want to admit it, when he learned about Jiang Zhihong's death, he did have the idea of ​​treason.

The reason why it dissipated quickly was that apart from fear, it was also influenced by the friendship with Emperor Yongtai.

A friend who was once today, and now a monarch and minister.

From the bottom of his heart, he wanted to wait until the evidence was solid before making a final decision on his attitude towards Emperor Yongtai.

In the case of Xu Chong, if he had enough strength, he would probably have taken action at that time.

After all, Xu Chong has no friendship with Emperor Yongtai.

"It seems that you have thought of it."

Lou Youzhi nodded, "Xu Chong will definitely tear everything to pieces with absolute power or power after he has a complete grasp, and then re-establish his own rules... and this , not what I want to see, nor what Jiang Zhihong wants to see."

"...Well, what you said makes sense."

Dou Tianyuan couldn't refute, so he asked instead: "Then who do you plan to let take over?"

"Zhang Shunyi."

Lou Youzhi answered.

"he?"

Dou Tianyuan was very surprised.

"Gu Chengren recommended Shizheng to me, but after thinking about it, I think Shizheng is not suitable."

Lou Youzhi explained, "Although Shi Zheng has read the books of sages and is essentially different from Xu Chong, the problem is that he is too obsessed with Jiang Zhihong's death."

"This will distort his mind. Once he knows the real cause of Jiang Zhihong's death, I'm afraid the method will be more extreme than Xu Chong."

"In comparison, Zhang Shunyi is the most suitable candidate."

"In fact, I've been watching him secretly for a long time."

"Talent, temperament, and conduct are all excellent. The most rare thing is that while retaining his sincerity, he is not pedantic at all... In this respect, he is better than Jiang Zhihong."

Lou Youzhi chuckled, "I really can't find anyone more suitable than him."

Dou Tianyuan thought for a moment, hesitantly said, "Of course what you said is correct, but there are two problems in it."

"First, Zhang Shunyi's qualifications are too shallow."

"If you follow the normal process, it will take 30 years for him to join the cabinet. If you force him to join the cabinet, you will definitely have enough power, but then he may not be able to convince the public."

"Secondly, Zhang Shunyi is too deeply involved with the Lu family."

"To push him as the chief assistant, first of all, Lu Zhong must leave the pavilion voluntarily, and then other families, and His Majesty, may not agree."

The two problems are clearly on the surface, but Lou Youzhi doesn't care about it.

"The first question, don't forget, Zhang Shunyi is Sanyuan Jidi."

Lou Youzhi opened his mouth to explain, "Sanyuan is different from the general champion. In addition to allowing him to make rapid progress in cultivation, it can also offset a large part of the lack of qualifications... As for the second question, as long as the Lu family is one If the sun does not grow, no one will be really afraid, including His Majesty."

"Well, it seems that you have thought everything out."

Dou Tianyuan shook his head helplessly.

He knew that Lou Youzhi just said it was easy, but it must not be that simple in practice.

In addition...

"Tell me, what do you want me to do?"

Dou Tianyuan looked directly at Lou Youzhi, "Bringing me here is definitely not just to tell me these things."

"The first thing is the prince's side."

Lou Youzhi's eyes flickered.

"Prince?"

Dou Tianyuan's heart trembled, "Recently, the crown prince has been secretly repeating what Du Qianchuan did back then, and exposing natural disasters to all officials... It really is you who are in charge!"

"No, I didn't do anything."

Lou Youzhi shook his head, "I just removed his blinded memory, and he did the rest according to his own ideas."

"Really?"

Dou Tianyuan looked at Lou Youzhi suspiciously, "Don't tell me, you didn't expect it at all."

"Although I had a guess, it was just a guess after all. I'm not sure he would really do it..."

Lou Youzhi's complexion was a bit complicated, "Now it seems that he is really different from His Majesty back then."

"Okay...you want me to help the prince speed up?"

Dou Tianyuan asked.

"No, you just need to protect him in secret."

Lou Youzhi replied, "I'm not sure if His Majesty has any other powers in his hands, but it's always right to plan ahead."

"This is easy... I won't ask what you want the prince to do, because you will definitely not tell me."

Dou Tianyuan's tone was somewhat dissatisfied, "Let's talk about the second one."

"Second thing, don't do unnecessary things."

Lou Youzhi looked deeply at Dou Tianyuan.

"Excess... what do you mean?"

Dou Tianyuan narrowed his eyes.

"If I remember correctly, many years ago, you entered the apse of Tianji Temple."

Lou Youzhi said meaningfully, "Also, you haven't handed over Xie Changqing's phaseless clothes to the treasury so far. What do you want to do?"

"..."

Dou Tianyuan was silent, and it took a long time before he let out a breath of foul air, "I still can't hide it from you..."

"Do you think that with Wuxiang Clothes and Hand Potian, you can enter the apse?"

Lou Youzhi looked serious, "Don't forget, Your Majesty has the supernatural power to deceive people's hearts. Your golden body should not be able to resist the supernatural power."

Hearing this, Dou Tianyuan's complexion became subtle.

"you……"

Lou Youzhi was taken aback by Dou Tianyuan's reaction, and then panicked, "Have you been there?!"

"What are you panicking about?"

Dou Tianyuan twitched the corner of his mouth, "Do you think I'm that desperate... I didn't go in, I just opened a door and listened to the sound for a while."

"..."

At this moment, Lou Youzhi really wanted to slap Dou Tianyuan to death.

Indeed, according to the nature of the hand that breaks the sky, if you just open a door, the people on the opposite side will not be able to find it unless you just bump into the door.

But that is for ordinary people.

Don't forget, there is a cave in the apse!

Once Dou Tianyuan's door is opened within the scope of the rules, he will be instantly noticed by the master of the cave.

Just like when he was in Wenyuan Pavilion and found Dou Tianyuan listening to the corner of the wall.

And that's not the worst.

"You and I don't know how His Majesty's supernatural powers are displayed."

Lou Youzhi looked at Dou Tianyuan vigilantly, "What if the supernatural power can directly pass through that door and act on you?"

"You think I haven't thought about this?"

Dou Tianyuan was a little depressed, and said: "I opened twenty doors in a row, each with a different orientation and position, and the last one I opened was the one leading to the apse, even if Your Majesty can accurately detect that it is in the apse. door, but apart from that one, it is impossible for him to find the remaining nineteen... I put the voice-transmitting magic soldier in front of the door, and I am tens of thousands of miles away. If this is the case, he can control me , then let’s just find a place to hide and live for the rest of our lives.”

"..."

Lou Youzhi was at a loss for words for a while, and it took a long time before he could say: "Now I doubt your original intention of creating Zhefeng Shou."

Dou Tianyuan's face darkened, he waved his hands and said, "Don't talk so far, to be serious, guess what I heard?"

"what?"

Lou Youzhi felt awe-inspiring.

"What came out of the French soldiers were bursts of piercing echoes, echoes that can make people feel frightened just by listening to them."

Dou Tianyuan described, with a flash of fear in his eyes: "It's like a huge monster that we can't imagine, the feeling of being rubbed by something... In just a moment, I couldn't help closing all twenty doors."

Lou Youzhi closed his eyes, and tried hard to imagine a picture that could match this description.

However, after a while, there was still nothing.

"That's it."

Lou Youzhi shook his head and opened his eyes, "I have no clue about this matter, just write it down, don't worry about it for now."

"That's why I'm in such a hurry to tell you."

Dou Tianyuan stood up, "I don't have anything else to do, so I'll go first and keep an eye on the prince."

"It's work."

Lou Youzhi nodded slightly, watching Dou Tianyuan disappear before his eyes.

About half an hour later, footsteps came from one of the passages connecting the central hall.

Yan Fang walked out with one person, clasping fists respectfully.

"My lord, Zhang Shi has talked about it."

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Eryang, barely coded so much, 6000 characters away from the guaranteed 1200...

Count it as 6000 owed, make it up within a week, or double it if you don't make it up!
Apologies + thanks.

Yanzu rest early.

(End of this chapter)