Chapter 56: There is a Space in Front of Gu Zhuo

Five days had passed, and the bloody incident on Chang Street that shocked the entire capital was still not settled.

Lin Wanyi's identity has always been difficult to reveal, so Gu Zhuo, who took action that day, became the focus of people's discussion of this topic. Although many people criticized him for being too cruel and ruthless and having huge problems with his temperament, there is no doubt that most of the common people just like this kind of pleasure of settling grudges overnight, and there is a lot of praise and envy for him in the streets and alleys after dinner.

Not to mention those people from all walks of life who have received money and are eager to use all the beautiful words in the world to attribute to Gu Zhuo, so as to make his already resounding reputation even higher.

When people far away in Wangjing learned about this, they were silent and stunned for a long time, and then burst into hearty laughter.

In Changzhou Academy, Gu Zhuo's classmates were so excited that they could hardly hide it. They held a banquet that night to celebrate the great feat that their senior brother Gu had accomplished in the capital.

At that time, many gentlemen in the academy sighed and thought, if nothing had happened back then, how much better would things be now?
There are too many people in Wangjing who are happy about this, regardless of their status.

Ordinary people felt proud of it, while those adults who were regarded as old guard by the new nobles in the capital felt very pleased with themselves for showing goodwill in advance.

That night, many people in Wangjing got drunk.

So much so that the next morning, when people learned that the Astronomical Survey Office had announced the pre-exam list for this year's summer festival in advance, they thought they had slept for dozens of days and woken up by the heat until the beginning of summer.

Before the summer festival officially begins every four years, the Sky Patrol will announce a list of 300 people to the world. All those on the list are young practitioners who will participate in this summer festival.

As the violent agency of the Qin Dynasty that governs practitioners, the Sky Patrol has access to an unimaginably large intelligence network, so this official list is naturally extremely authoritative.

More than 99% of the sects in the world will use this list of the Patrol Department and the information of the candidates given on the list to target every candidate who is suitable for their own sect, and make private contact with them before the summer festival, in the hope that the candidates will choose their own sect after the summer festival.

At this time in the past, news would circulate in the Divine Capital every day that a certain candidate had reached an agreement with a certain sect and was only waiting to officially join after the summer festival.

What's more, for example, a rare genius like the Immaculate Monk would directly attract many top sects to compete for him. The gossip that leaked out when the various parties were pulling each other would make ordinary people pay attention to it all day long, and they would make a few sharp comments at the dinner table from time to time, which was full of fun.

Many people joked that this was often the busiest time for a sect from top to bottom.

The impact of this list goes beyond this.

For those candidates who participate in the summer festival, some of them often challenge those with higher rankings in order to prove that they are more than capable of doing so, in order to win fame and attention, so as to have a better place to go after the summer festival.

This is both a fight for fame and a fight for profit.

Ordinary people who do not participate in the summer festival naturally don’t care about these things. They only care about the ranking.

A student from Changzhou Academy, the little girl who took the lead in seeing Gu Zhuo off that day, was standing in front of the list at this time, her eyes almost popped out, and her mouth was so wide open that she could almost swallow an apple directly. She was so surprised that she was afraid that others might not notice.

"Junior sister, what's wrong with you?"

"Could it be that those bastards in the capital are deliberately suppressing Senior Brother Gu and not letting him make the list?"

"...It's okay. If we really do this, it will only bring shame to the Patrol Department and the credibility of the court. After all, who in the world doesn't know how great Senior Brother Gu is?"

The little girl came to her senses, shook her head quickly, and pointed to the top of the list.

She looked at her classmate uncertainly and asked hesitantly in a soft voice, "Is it because I'm too short? Is it because I saw it wrong?"

The students looked in the direction the little girl pointed, wondering what it was.

The next moment, they were all stunned.

"Is this okay?"

"Could it really be that the people from the Sky Patrol Department made a mistake?"

"Why is it like this?"

"Has there ever been a precedent?"

"It seems not, but..."

"But what?" "Senior Brother Gu is really fucking awesome!"

……

The list announced by the Sky Patrol today is usually finalized a few days before the announcement, then transmitted to the prefectures, counties and towns of Daqin through special channels, and announced at a chosen time.

This process seems simple and is actually not complicated. It seems that there is a lot of room for maneuver, but because the final decision is made by a director of the Sky Patrol Department himself, ordinary people dare not get involved, so it rarely causes widespread controversy.

Until this time.

Because the list released by the Sky Patrol this time shocked not only the people of Wangjing, but even the new dignitaries in the capital of God had to admit that this was the first time in the history of the Summer Festival and it was truly an eye-opener.

It is said that after this list was passed into the deep palace, His Majesty the Emperor was stunned for a moment, and then he laughed and scolded, "How great!"

It is said that someone asked Master Pei on that day, wanting to find out what the list was all about, and got a simple answer that sounded so reasonable and self-evident.

——Aren't you trying to suppress Gu Zhuo's arrogance? I'm helping you out, so shouldn't you thank me?

Rumors like these continued to circulate in the streets and alleys of the divine capital and even in the human world, bringing endless joy to the people.

As for Gu Zhuo who was standing at the center of the storm, his most intuitive impression was... this was really troublesome, and he was right not to want to see that woman.

Yes, it is really troublesome.

The moment the Sky Patrol's list was announced and confirmed to be correct, countless people came to the inn, hoping to have an in-depth conversation with him.

If the innkeeper had not stood up straight and was not afraid of the pressure because of what Eunuch Cao told him that day, perhaps what happened five days ago would have happened again.

The only difference is that the verbal abuse at that time has turned into some other disturbing words.

The only difference is that today Gu Zhuo still can’t go out.

So when the Wuque monk heard that he was staying in this inn and decided to pay him a visit, he actually felt that the young monk became more pleasing to his eyes.

The moment the little monk saw Gu Zhuo, he smiled brightly and shouted, "Hello, No. 2 in the world."

I don’t know why, but after saying hello, he paused for a long time for no apparent reason before continuing to say the second best in the world.

Yes, on the list drawn up by Pei Jinge himself, Gu Zhuo ranked second.

The second is naturally not worth mentioning. What really surprises people is that there is a blank space in front of this second, which makes it obviously different from the many names ranked below him.

What’s even more outrageous is that there is no first place above this second place.

It seemed as if the blank space in front of Gu Zhuo’s name was the first.

This is what made everyone speechless.

Gu Zhuo was silent for a moment, and once again confirmed that Pei Jinge was a very troublesome person, then asked, "Why did you come to Baima Lake?"

"Eh? Don't you know?"

The little monk looked at him strangely and said honestly, "There is a banquet here today. Some elders who are very kind to me asked me to come and join in the fun and get to know people of the same generation."

Gu Zhuo asked: "Who hosted this banquet?"

The little monk thought for a moment and said, "It seems to be that Song Jinglun."

Gu Zhuo was slightly startled when he heard this, and subconsciously said, "Is this just a gift to your face?"

(End of this chapter)

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