Chapter 4: A Hundred Ghosts Walking at Night

The Forbidden City, if you say is a Tai Chi of Yang, that repair of the quadrangle lock dragon well is a Yin, and Yin Yang line, is through the two halves of the Yin Yang. This line, go very strict, if there is blocking this line of construction, that is absolutely in the name of Empress Dowager Cixi demolition.

This walk, this line, out of Beijing city. At that time, after walking to the outside of Beijing, those eunuchs and palace maids have been scared out of shape, but even if it is no longer how scared, but also have to suffer ah not?

But it is also strange, after out of Beijing, the sound of ghosts and wolves no longer, at this time those Taoist priests outside the city gates are sitting on the ground, began to recite the scriptures, everyone stopped, only one person is still walking.

This person, was Guo Zhongyong.

So, at that time, there was a scene that made everyone extremely shocked happened. After everyone in the group had stopped, Guo Zhongyong, who was at the front of the group and was wearing strange clothes, continued to carry a foolish woman on his back while ringing a bell.

Behind him, a mist appeared, everyone felt a cool breeze around the side, seems to be a gust of wind from the side to the past, after that, we saw in the mist, one by one, dressed in a palace maid eunuchs, and headless people. All poisoned people bleeding from the seven orifices, there are hanging people with tongues sticking out, there are decapitated people wearing official robes but no head.

All kinds of people, many people, these eunuchs may recognize, these, but is not those who died in the palace?

It was a long line, a hundred ghosts walking at night! The air seems to have stopped. And just these one hundred ghosts, following that person's back, as if they were driving corpses in western Hunan.

Including those masters who have attained Taoism, all of them are silent at this time. Who can force open the yin and yang paths in Beijing with Qi Men Dun Jia, so that those evil ghosts who are trapped in the palace and can't go beyond life because of the Gathering of Characters can come out of the palace? Guo Zhongyong took these ghosts far away, the rest of the people did not follow, Guo Zhongyong did not say that they want them to follow, they are full of their own to go to the stimulus.

So, no one knows where Guo Zhongyong took these evil ghosts, but everyone knows that things have come to today, haunted the Empress Dowager for half a year haunted event, really in the young man of the civil and military talent to do.

Guo Zhongyong has been waiting until the next morning to come back, come back, he has changed into a normal clothes, the whole person is very tired, directly back to their homes, first sleep for three days, even the dowager empress called him into the palace of the imperial decree he also gave a refusal, the scene of the night of the hundred ghosts at that time, the stimulus of the biggest is the big eunuch Li Lianying, why? Because as Cixi's number one lapdog, that a hundred ghosts in the night line of many people, are through his hands dead.

The scene of the shock coupled with fear, he is naturally in his master Empress Dowager Cixi where Guo Zhongyong to touted on the sky, which is not Wenwu Dengke double A? Simply Wenwu Xuan exclusive of the first three of the world's wonders ah! And from that night onwards, the Empress Dowager also has a spirit, eat well not to mention, perhaps no psychological pressure, sleep or much better, as for Guo Zhongyong do not take the decree into the palace, that more shows that this person is absolutely reliable: "did such a big thing, not in a hurry to go to the palace to receive the reward, but instead of sleeping in the home, it is absolutely exhausted, resisting the decree is what? Let him sleep, sleep enough to come back to see me."

So for a time, this from the fifth grade Guo Zhongyong, we once again see his sharpness, in the Cixi power in the wilderness, got the reward, that after the future, absolutely unlimited, after three days of sleep, Guo Zhongyong went to the palace to see the Empress Dowager. Naturally rewarded gold, silver, treasure, gates, mansions and homes, but Guo Zhongyong beauty money, what are accepted, only do not accept the promotion, in his words, he actually know himself to do do the article of the ability to really govern a party, they are absolutely not, of course, is also proficient in some of the metaphysical aspects of things, but these things, after all, hard to get into the Hall of Dignity is not it? So give some money or something, their conscience is not guilty, and the title? That forget it, do not do well, even the old Buddha's face are lost is not?

He said, so that the presence of Zhang Zhidong have bared their teeth, his mother, would have thought that this time their own students to their own face it, who knows that you this guy is actually rotten mud on the wall? You don't want power, you want money? If you really want to show your loyalty, you can not want anything, right? With power, money is not a problem?

Who knows that Cixi was Guo Zhongyong amused, said: "You this young man I like, who says that metaphysics is difficult to reach the hall of elegance? If not for you this time, I'm not life is gone? You do not want to manage a party to rise, that can also be, I can not afford to let you go it, you still hang this official position, I know you lazy, do not want to manage things, so in the future, you only listen to the command of the mourning family a person, in addition to me, no one is your master, remember not?"

At that time, Guo Zhongyong could only thank the grace, which more let Zhang Zhidong their group of people bared their teeth, this kid is really stupid people have stupid blessings ah, tsk, in addition to the old Buddha, who else's words can not listen to, this has to be how big a privilege?

So from this day onwards, this lazy, wine-loving young man, all of a sudden became the capital's most hot young talent, the door that is a family market, send gifts for what is a continuous stream, but this guy's reputation is very quickly stinking, only to receive gifts do not do things, send gifts, I then, do things? Sorry, I do not do, capable of you to hit me ah?

So this person, is an alternative to the officialdom, but even so, he was called to the palace two or three days old Buddha nagging and so on, which still have to flatter ah, but flattered to do things, you say the egg pain is not egg pain?

More because of the hot, in fact, there were a lot of people in the Guo family also looked for him, said you are talented people, why not serve the country? For example, some young people who want to change the law, for example, to carry out foreign affairs is still very enthusiastic about the hot blooded ministers of the current dynasty ah, would like to pull my grandfather to serve the country.

However, Guo Zhongyong refused, no matter is no matter, we will Feng Shui, you change the change to engage in foreign affairs, I will not, no matter not involved.

This makes the original Guo Zhongyong have great expectations, that the young man refused to increase the title to money, in fact, is considered a strategy to please the old Buddha Zhang Zhidong, with Guo Zhongyong break, you young man, Chinese men, do not want to serve the country, to you what use?

But even if it is a break, Guo Zhongyong do not care, all of a sudden, the people of the dynasty do not know what this young man in the end in mind, seems to be thinking of drinking and sleeping with the flower girl what?

And then, Cixi left Guo Zhongyong as an internal minister of the reason is sort of revealed, Guo Zhongyong proficient in metaphysics, is considered Taoist, but the emperors of all dynasties will believe that Taoist, the world in the hands of the most reluctant to die, can not afford the glory of the world what, at the beginning of the Cixi is also just to Guo Zhongyong to teach some of the metaphysics of the method of health.

Later, sort of looking for an opportunity, Cixi asked: "Zhongyong ah, all generations of emperors have pursued longevity, the world is also very much immortal longevity said, you since you are proficient in the metaphysics, then you say, this immortality, is it true or not?"

"Since it's a legend, it's half true and half false, but according to the Taoist texts, immortality really does exist." Guo Zhongyong said.

"Then tell me, do you have a solution?" Cixi asked.

"There is, but my approach is different from others, not alchemy, since ancient times are eaten the golden pill white sun ascension and so on, these ah, I do not think, I also delved into the art of longevity for many years, I think that want to live forever, the imperial family has an innate advantage, because occupies the world's dragon qi, the dan pill one can not be feasible in the case of the Dragon qi to feed the anger, in fact, is the best way, and the minister have long thought of contributing to your longevity, Old Buddha, so before, I have taken action." Guo Zhongyong said.

"You've done it before? Really a loyal minister, tell me, what's going on?!" Cixi asked.

"Do you still remember that woman who had the same birthdate as Empress Dowager Ci'an? I let her live in the year Empress Dowager Ci'an's chambers, both of them have the same birth character destiny, her soul, has been set by me in the locking dragon well, so her dementia is because she is just a physical shell, I for, let Empress Dowager Ci'an's wronged soul, to go on her body!" Guo Zhongyong said.