Chapter 17 White Lies

"hehe……"

Zhang Fulong smiled to himself. It was really interesting to listen to these people chatting.

Liu Shuo naturally heard their conversation, and saw his teacher smiling, so he couldn't help but ask: "Teacher, are there really immortals in Fulong Temple?"

Zhang Fulong never told him about Fulong Temple, but along the way, he heard many people talking about Fulong Temple, which must be very powerful.

The teacher is great.

"There is no such thing as an immortal, it's just a false name given by people."

Zhang Fulong explained to Liu Shuo that there are no real immortals in the world, they just look like immortals on the surface.

After finishing the noodles, Zhang Fulong went to pay and asked the store owner about the location of Pingdingshan.

As a native of Qingzhou, there has been a lot of commotion at Fulong Temple recently. The store owner naturally knew where Pingding Mountain was, so he told Zhang Fulong how to get to Pingding Mountain.

Following the route given by the store, Zhang Fulong and others arrived at the foot of Pingding Mountain two days later. Just like what I heard on the road, there were many civilians gathered up and down Pingdingshan. There must have been thousands of people, not to mention tens of thousands.

With so many people building Fulong Temple at the same time, it’s no wonder that people say that Fulong Temple is not much worse than the Imperial Palace, and is even more impressive. This is not unreasonable, and all the deeds can be found.

Viewed from the foot of the mountain, the buildings on the mountain are basically in the process of being completed. It will not be long before they are all completed, and the work will be handed over by the end of this year at the latest.

At the same time, the middle-aged official who was supervising the work saw an outsider coming here. At first, the middle-aged officials didn't care, because everyone knew that the imperial court was rebuilding Fulong Temple, and many people came to watch it every day. As the time went by, they stopped paying attention, as long as these people did not interfere with the project. Progress is enough.

However, when the middle-aged official saw clearly the appearance of the visitor, he was shocked, quickly dropped what he was doing, and ran straight to Zhang Fulong.

"Bao Heng, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, has met the immortal master."

The middle-aged official came to Zhang Fulong to salute and identify himself to Zhang Fulong.

Zhang Fulong helped the middle-aged official up and said, "Master Bao doesn't need to be polite. It's a poor Taoist who came to disturb me. Please don't blame me, Master Bao."

The emperor was so willing that he personally sent a minister from the Ministry of Industry to the front line. For the position of Minister, there is a high chance that he will be able to sit in the position of Minister in the future.

"The Immortal Master's words are serious. Fulong Temple is the Immortal Master's dojo. It's just that Fulong Temple has not been built yet. Why did the Immortal Master come so early?"

Bao Heng asked confused, saying that Zhang Fulong came to supervise the work to see if they would cut corners. This conjecture is not true, after all, he is an immortal master and would not act like this.

These days, he also heard some rumors in Kyoto, saying that Zhang Fulong accepted a disciple and then disappeared. No one knew where they went.

Bao Heng glanced at the young man next to Zhang Fulong and knew that the rumor was true. It turned out that the immortal master left Kyoto and came here. No wonder no one could find him.

Not long after Zhang Fulong disappeared, the former Minister of Household Affairs wrote a letter requesting to resign and return to his hometown to retire because he was too old to handle the affairs of the DPRK.

The emperor agreed to his request, and then asked the ministers to recommend who should be the new Minister of Household Affairs.

In the end, the new position of Minister of Household Affairs fell to Xu Zhongzhi, which is very intriguing.

The former Minister of Household Affairs was less than sixty years old, so it makes sense that he was older, but it is a bit suspicious to say that he was unable to hold this position because of his inability to do so.

Moreover, it happened to be that Zhang Fulong had just accepted a disciple at this time, and the person he accepted as a disciple was directly related to Xu Zhong.

The courtiers all knew that it was Xu Zhongzhi who was promoted by the emperor because he wanted to gain the support of Immortal Master Fulong Guan. If you want to promote Xu Zhongzhi, someone will naturally give way.

Everyone knew it, but no one pointed it out. It would not be good for anyone, and it would make the emperor unhappy. It also emphasized that Fulong Guan Immortal Master was so extraordinary that even the emperor wanted to fawn over him.

"I had nothing to do and walked around to gain more insights to facilitate my future practice. I happened to come to Qingzhou and heard that the imperial court was rebuilding Fulong Temple, so I wanted to come and have a look."

Zhang Fulong explained the reason, but Liu Shuo beside him was confused. Didn't they come to Qingzhou specifically? Why did the teacher say that they came here by chance? Could it be that he had misunderstood?

Before Liu Shuo could figure it out, Zhang Fulong said again: "I'm just taking a look. Mr. Bao is busy with official duties, so I won't disturb him."

"Excuse me, Immortal Master. If you have any questions, Immortal Master, you can come to me at any time."

Zhang Fulong and Bao Heng parted ways.

"Teacher, didn't we come to Qingzhou specifically?"

On the way, Liu Shuo, who couldn't figure it out, asked Zhang Fulong a question.

"yes."

Zhang Fulong clearly told Liu Shuo the answer.

"Why did the teacher lie just now?" Liu Shuo asked again.

Zhang Fulong replied: "This is a white lie."

"A white lie?"

Liu Shuo didn't quite understand Zhang Fulong's words. Is there any good intention in lies?

"Of course. For example, just like your father. Your father gave you to me not because he doesn't love you. On the contrary, your father likes you very much, but he has to do this. This is his The love I have for you is hidden, but I don’t express it clearly, do you understand?”

After listening to Zhang Fulong's words, Liu Shuo was silent for a long time.

"So the teacher is also doing it for the good of this adult just now?"

"Master Bao understood in his heart, so he didn't ask further questions." Zhang Fulong said, anyone who can sit in the position of Minister of the Ministry of Industry is not a fool.

Bao Heng didn't think so. He knew that what Zhang Fulong told was a lie, but he chose to believe it and didn't ask further questions. He was a smart man.

The former Minister of Revenue who retired and returned to his hometown is also a smart man. He knows how to advance and retreat. If he does not take the initiative to be decent, someone will help him to be decent.

"Why don't you understand it in your heart?" Liu Shuo asked again. Of course, he knew that his father loved him, but he never thought about it in this way.

Zhang Fulong explained: "You are still young, you have not read much, and you have not seen much, so you don't understand. You will understand when you grow up."

"I understand. I will definitely read more and listen to the teacher's teachings in the future."

Zhang Fulong nodded slightly and took Liu Shuo to a nearby village to find a place to live. He planned to wait here until the Fulong Temple was built.

Zhang Fulong did not want to trouble Bao Heng, so he found an abandoned temple in a nearby village.

Zhang Fulong asked the village headman whether the master and apprentice could live in the temple for a while. After all, it was someone else's territory, and he should inform them.

The village head looked at the master and his apprentice and thought they looked like Taoist priests because they were very young. The elder looked no more than 20 years old, and the younger was only about 10 years old. They must have fallen into trouble for some reason.

In fact, the village head guessed wrong. Zhang Fulong was over 30 years old.

The village head was kind-hearted and told Zhang Fulong the origin of the dilapidated temple.

Their village was called Xiangya Village. In the past, Xiangya Village was also well-known in Qingzhou. The reason was that Xiangya Village was next to Fulong Temple.