Chapter 69 Give you a glass of wine
Chapter 69 A glass of wine for you
"Okay, please rest assured, I fully understand."
The old shopkeeper readily accepted the advice and asked, "But I have a question. I hope you can help me clear up the confusion in my mind..."
Gu Zhuo interrupted him and said, "Do you want to ask me who I am to Pei Jinge?"
The old shopkeeper thought that this was too direct. After hesitating for a moment, he nodded solemnly.
Gu Zhuo's eyes passed through the bamboo hat and fell on him, and he asked politely, "Didn't you notice?"
"Please tell me, what should I discover?"
"Why should I wear a bamboo hat in broad daylight, without wind or rain?"
The old shopkeeper understood.
Gu Zhuo didn't care, but he once again felt that this was unprofessional.
The old shopkeeper felt helpless and a little aggrieved.
He thought to himself, how can you hide your identity like this? Others are afraid of not being low-key enough and attracting attention, but you are afraid that you are not high-profile enough.
Anyone who sees you like this and thinks about your previous unprofessional behavior would guess that you forgot to take off your hat. Isn't it normal?
Gu Zhuo continued to ask: "Do you want to report your name?"
The old shopkeeper sighed and said, "According to the rules, it must be reported."
"Then you don't have to follow the rules now."
Gu Zhuo glanced around and said in a very natural tone: "Let's talk somewhere else."
The old shopkeeper looked at the token, hesitated to speak, and finally nodded in agreement.
This cloth shop is one of the secret bases of the Patrol Department in the capital of gods. It is not difficult to fit a secret room into its seemingly ordinary layout.
What is stored in the secret room is naturally the important information of recent days.
However, the conversation between the two did not take place in this secret room.
In order to show respect to Pei Jinge, the old shopkeeper specially activated the hidden formation and held this conversation in a sunny room without any darkness.
Gu Zhuo thought to himself that it turned out that spies and undercover agents had a strong desire to stand under the light of day, which was common to all worlds.
The old shopkeeper didn't have time to pay attention to him while he was sighing because this matter was a bit troublesome.
In fact, the request raised by Gu Zhuo was not complicated.
He just needed to know the approximate list of personnel from various sects that had recently entered the Divine Capital, regardless of whether they were righteous, evil, or heretics.
When the old shopkeeper heard this request, he was silent for a long time. He really wanted to ask, why don't you go directly to the Sky Patrol Office to ask for it, instead of coming here to torture me?
Then he thought that since Gu Zhuo insisted on wearing a bamboo hat, he would definitely be stopped before he could enter the yamen, so he gave up his meaningless complaints and began to seriously solve the problem.
Logically speaking, things like the list of people from various sects visiting the Divine Capital are directly related to the Ministry of Rites, after all, they are responsible for the reception, but the Sky Patrol Department does have quite a wealth of intelligence in this regard, because it concerns the safety of the Divine Capital.
The focus of the Sky Patrol Department is naturally on the darkness, that is, the increasingly declining evil sects, to prevent a certain evil giant from forcibly snatching away a genius and forcing him to become his apprentice.
In the past summer festival years, similar things have happened to the gods, causing Your Majesty to be furious.
The ending is simple.
That sect and its mountain gate disappeared from the world, and no inheritance was left behind.
Nowadays, the evil demons and heretics will still venture into the capital of gods during the summer festival in order to seek the inheritance of their sect, but they will never do it reluctantly. Instead, they will use various means to lure candidates into falling into the evil way.
This approach is undoubtedly much more secretive. In addition, people in the demonic world have been lingering on for hundreds of years. Although their realm may be ordinary, they are generally good at hiding.
In other words, every four years during the summer festival, the Sky Patrol would play a grand game of hide-and-seek with the demons in the capital of the gods.
The old shopkeeper spent about half an hour retrieving all the information that met the requirements.
A small mountain of things was piled up on the table.
Gu Zhuo didn't say anything and started to look through the files.
He was very fast, spending only a few glances at each file and hardly stopping at all.
The old shopkeeper stood in a corner of the room, his head lowered and his eyes fixed on the wooden floor, waiting for Gu Zhuo to ask questions. He never expected that he would hear the sound of pages turning quickly.
Just when he was having more and more thoughts about this and was about to resist the urge to criticize in his heart...
Gu Zhuo's voice rang out.
"Okay."
He reached out to close the last file, stood up and walked out, not forgetting to thank the old shopkeeper on the way.
The old shopkeeper was completely stunned.
It was not until Gu Zhuo pushed the door open and disappeared that he came to his senses in shock. He subconsciously looked out the window, only to see that the sky had not changed at all. He thought to himself, isn't this too ridiculous?
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long street.
Gu Zhuo walked among the crowd, very inconspicuous.
No one knows that he is talking to the world.
"I've written it all down, don't worry!"
"So you're not angry now?"
"That's good... Anyway, we will take this matter seriously now."
"But this is really troublesome, having to keep an eye on so many people at once." "Tsk tsk, when I'm free I always feel too free, saying I want to find something to do all day, but now that things are really happening I feel like it's too much of a hassle, you guys are really hard to please."
As Gu Zhuo listened to Wanwu quarreling again, his mood gradually improved and a smile appeared on the corners of his mouth.
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"What did he check?"
Pei Jinge sat on a recliner, closed his eyes and asked softly.
Not far behind her, a deacon from the Sky Patrol Department was bending over with his head down, reporting everything that Gu Zhuo had done in the cloth shop that day.
She listened quietly, opened her eyes and looked at the sky which was cut in half by the window eaves, wondering if he was using that list to judge which sect attached more importance to this year's summer festival, and use it as a basis for his future destination?
This guess is reasonable and makes sense.
After all, it is impossible for Gu Zhuo to be so stupid as to devote himself to the path of evil.
For some reason, Pei Jinge felt that things would not be that simple.
But she said nothing and did nothing.
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In the evening, Gu Zhuo returned to the inn.
With just a casual glance, he spotted an acquaintance in the lobby.
This was related to his eyesight, but the more crucial factor was undoubtedly that the other person's head was too bright. In the twilight, it really looked like a second sun.
He took off his bamboo hat, walked behind the Immaculate Monk, and asked, "Do you need me for something?"
"Eh!"
The Immortal Monk turned around in surprise and asked subconsciously: "When did you come back?"
Without waiting for Gu Zhuo to speak, the little monk said quickly: "I have something very important to tell you now!"
"Then let's talk somewhere else?"
Gu Zhuo suggested.
The little monk naturally would not refuse.
The two returned to their room in the inn.
Gu Zhuo said, "Go ahead."
The little monk coughed, cleared his throat, and said meaningfully: "You will have a great opportunity soon."
"what?"
Gu Zhuo was unusually surprised and wondered why I knew nothing about this?
The little monk liked his reaction very much and said slowly: "The Xiuhu Master from Mount Langya is coming to the capital this year and is going to hold a banquet..."
Gu Zhuo was somewhat speechless and asked, "Why is this another banquet?"
The young monk listened to these words and thought about the banquet that had taken place by the White Horse Lake not long ago. He deeply understood the subtle meaning of the words.
"Although it's also a banquet, this time it's really different, and..."
His voice was particularly serious: "If we don't use the name of a banquet, how can we get everyone together? We can't just go to a brothel together, right? Others will definitely be interested, but it's not convenient for me."
Gu Zhuo was silent for a moment, then said, "Let's not talk about the banquet first. What is that opportunity?"
The little monk raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "Master Xiu Hu is known as a master of two unique skills in the cultivation world. The first unique skill is the art of calculating the mysteries of the universe, and the second unique skill is brewing wine."
Gu Zhuo said, "Whoever wins first place at the banquet will get a divination and a glass of wine?"
The little monk gave a thumbs up and praised: "As expected of you, you are smart!"
Gu Zhuo thought, what's so difficult about this?
"But this Xiu Hu Master doesn't like fighting, so the competition at the banquet was not about who was better at fighting, but about something else."
At this point, the monk's eyes became extremely bright, and he said, "Master Xiu Hu is going to ask a question, and whoever answers the question best will receive a reward."
Gu Zhuo really couldn't understand his excitement and asked, "So what is the question?"
"I don't know, but it doesn't matter."
The little monk put away his smile, his expression was deliberately calm, and he said proudly: "Anyway, I have never seen anyone in my life who is better at pleasing elders than me. Anyone who competes with me in this will lose."
Gu Zhuo didn't know what to say.
From a certain perspective, this statement was true, but he still found it strange.
Is this something to be proud of?
Well, it is.
Haven’t you seen how many princes in this world want to please their emperor fathers but never find a way to do it?
"So now you understand~"
The little monk raised his head slightly, unable to conceal his pride, and said calmly, "I came here to treat you to a drink this time."
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