The Red Mansion Big Liar.

Chapter 4: Silver tongue and far-sighted thinking

The imperial palace is divided into the palace city and the imperial city. The imperial city is where the six ministries and other government offices are located, while the palace city is where the emperor lives.

Because the carriage did not belong to the royal palace and they had to wait for someone from the Jia family to take over, the three of them got off in front of the palace gate.

After Jia Jing got off the car, he gave a few instructions to the guards, and the group braved the snow and walked to the imperial city.

After entering Chengtian Gate, Dai Quan ordered the eunuch accompanying him to take Zhang Yun逸 to a side hall to wait for the emperor to summon him. He also instructed Zhang Yun逸 on the matters needing attention when meeting the emperor, and he and Jia Jing reported to the emperor.

Zhang Yun逸 also took this opportunity to review the speech he had prepared in his mind.

After about an incense stick of time, I heard the summons.

Zhang Yunyi patted his official uniform slowly and followed the young eunuch step by step all the way to the Linjing Palace. He crossed the palace door and took three steps inside. He prostrated himself on the ground, shouting loudly.

"Your Majesty, I, Zhang Yunyi, would like to thank you for saving my life."

"When have I ever saved you? Didn't the late emperor save you?"

"The Immortal Realm also has its own rules, but Your Majesty receives orders from Heaven. Although I have died a sudden death, without Your Majesty's order, the late Emperor cannot violate the Immortal Law..."

He gave the emperor a little praise and patched up the previous lie at the same time.

After all, they are not related, so they need a reason to come back to life.

Although there are many coincidences in this world, dying suddenly just when being appointed as an official is, if not unique, extremely rare.

Even if there are new comers, he can always find other excuses.

It's still the same logic. As long as there is no way to verify it, but it can be supported by indirect evidence, the listeners will naturally make up their own minds.

Although it is said that flattery never gets worn out, the emperor has heard it so many times that he is immune to it. After his curiosity was over, he immediately returned to the topic and urged, "I heard that the emperor father has something to bring to me. Is it the way to become an immortal?"

"Yes!" Zhang Yunyi said firmly, "It's just that the emperor has taken the wrong path, and the late emperor is worried, but due to the immortal rules, he can't personally remind him, so I take this opportunity to let this humble minister help the emperor!"

"Hurry up and speak!" Emperor Zhengqing's voice trembled a little.

"The emperor is appointed by heaven, and the herdsmen in the lower world are gilded. Once they gain enough merits, they can be rewarded with more merits..."

"Merits and virtues?" Emperor Zhengqing frowned and asked, "How can you help me gain merits and virtues?"

"I really don't have such ability, but the late emperor did."

Zhang Yunyi stopped keeping the secret and said, "Although one person's enlightenment brings prosperity to all his family members, the blessings of a gentleman will be cut off after five generations. Immortals have infinite lifespans, but their followers cannot enjoy the blessings of immortals forever after many generations. After so many years, there are now a large number of immortals in the immortal world."

“What does this have to do with merit?”

"The so-called Tao follows nature. Although the immortals have no fate with immortals, they often see the methods of the immortals. Under their influence, they find new ways. Building a hundred-foot-high building with glass windows, not only can they afford food and drink far beyond imagination, but they can also control iron oxen to farm, and even have iron birds and iron horses that can travel thousands of miles a day and fly into the sky and hide underground. As long as the immortals' methods are applied to this dynasty, Your Majesty will surely gain merits!"

"what!"

This time, not only Emperor Zhengqing was dumbfounded, but even Dai Quan and Jia Jing who were listening could not help but exclaim.

He had no choice but to do this...

If one wants to escape from the Imperial Observatory, besides being favored by the emperor, one must also demonstrate sufficient value. However, the Imperial Observatory lineage cannot take the imperial examinations or join the army, so there is no place for them to display their talents even if they want to.

Moreover, the same applies to ancient and modern times. If it is not for the purpose of coping with exams, who would be willing to study boring exam books?
Therefore, the original owner read a lot of miscellaneous books, but rarely touched examination books.

Even if he was able to take the imperial examination, he would not be able to achieve anything without studying hard for ten or eight years.

As a modern man, he could only count on modern knowledge. Moreover, the theory of resurrection he made up had both advantages and disadvantages.

Once he uses modern knowledge to create something that is ahead of its time, it will inevitably trigger associations.

If the emperor thought he had hidden something, he would be in big trouble. It would be better to take a chance.

However, everyone has cognitive limitations. If we want to implant a concept, we cannot subvert the old cognition. Instead, we should just follow your path and believe in what you believe in.

If he had talked about science and technology with the emperor at the beginning, he would probably have been accused of spreading rumors and misleading the people, or even been chopped into pieces.

However, by speaking of the technological means of the previous life through the immortal world and the immortal people, he could win the emperor's approval.

After all, immortals are omnipotent, and it is natural for the people who have been influenced by them to be able to fly into the sky and hide in the ground with the help of certain means.

After a brief shock, Dai Quan realized that Emperor Zhengqing wanted to ask but was afraid of damaging his dignity, so he asked first: "Did the late emperor teach you all these?"

Think beautiful!
Zhang Yunyi secretly complained in his heart, but said: "I am incompetent! The late emperor said that these are the methods that the immortals have spent tens of millions of years to figure out, and they are linked together, so we can only proceed step by step."

He just wanted to take the opportunity to climb up and settle down in this world, but he had no intention of devoting himself to the emperor.

"How to proceed step by step?" Emperor Zhengqing asked in confusion.

"The late emperor took a strand of the soul of me and a fairy from each of us and merged them into the other's soul. In this way, what he saw and learned, I can also glimpse in my dreams."

In fact, the imaginations of the ancients were no less than those of modern people. The cultivation systems and three thousand worlds in the immortal cultivation novels of previous lives can be traced in Buddhist and Taoist scriptures.

However, Zhang Yunyi could not remember any precedent for this kind of quantum entanglement.

Thanks to the fact that he integrated the memories of the original owner, this can be considered a mixture of truth and falsehood.

People without thought, he must worry about.

Whether or not you can show your past life identity to others is not important, but when you can't have both, you should take advantage of it...

"Great! Great! There is actually such a magic." Emperor Zhengqing raised his hand and said, "Hurry up and tell me what happened when you met your father."

Zhang Yunyi observed the expressions on their faces and knew that he had really passed this level. He hurriedly described in an exaggerated way the appearances of the gods in TV dramas in his previous life, such as their horse-drawn sedan chairs descending from the sky, their feet on auspicious clouds, and their heads covered with seven-colored rainbows.

Emperor Zhengqing was very interested and asked with a smile, "Have you chosen a courtesy name?"

"Your Majesty, I haven't taken it yet!"

Emperor Zhengqing hesitated for a moment and murmured, "Zhang Yunyi... Clouds are in the blue sky, so I will grant you the courtesy name Tianxiang. It not only sounds like Tianxiang, but also reflects the auspicious sign of the emperor's father appearing in person. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone!"

Zhang Yunyi secretly complained, isn’t this the same as Jia Rui?

However, the emperor's bestowal of a courtesy name has greater symbolic significance, so there is no need to worry too much about it.

He immediately showed excitement and said incoherently: "Your Majesty, I thank you for your grace!"

"Stand up! Since your uncle wants to take you back to live, I won't make any other arrangements." Emperor Zhengqing was quite satisfied with the courtesy name he had chosen. He raised his hand and said, "I grant you 200 taels of gold. Go back and handle your father's funeral as soon as possible so as not to delay your study of immortal arts. I grant you a token, allowing you to enter the palace at any time. Remember to report to me immediately if you have any news."

"Thank you, Your Majesty! I will obey your order!"

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(End of this chapter)