Chapter 69: Another Success
Relying on his super strong five senses, Lu Changjing vaguely heard the conversation between the two.

He immediately stopped practicing and pretended to be reading the memorials carefully, waiting for Cai Gu to bring the food to his door.

"Manager Cai is here!"

When someone sang “Ye” outside, Lu Changjing said loudly, “Xuan!”

Cai Gu immediately followed Cao Xiuyuan into the imperial study. The Jinwu Guards closed the door to prevent what was happening inside from being seen by outsiders.

"My slave, I pay my respects to Your Majesty!"

When Cai Gu saw Lu Changjing, he immediately knelt down and kowtowed, and Cao Xiuyuan also knelt down and kowtowed.

"Get up."

Lu Changjing waved his hand, motioning for the two to get up, and they hurriedly thanked him.

Looking at Cai Gu, whose face was full of expectation, Lu Changjing smiled and said, "I just saw a memorial about your junior Cai Jing. I didn't expect that not only Chief Steward Cao has a good junior, but Chief Steward Cai also has a good junior."

"Your Majesty, you are too kind. My nephew was able to be promoted so quickly and made many contributions, all thanks to the reward from Your Majesty one year ago." Cai Gu said with tears of gratitude.

Lu Changjing was surprised: "What does this have to do with the reward I gave you a year ago?"

"Didn't His Majesty reward me with a batch of elixirs at that time? There happened to be some suitable for my nephew." Cai Gu explained: "With the help of these elixirs, His Majesty's nephew was able to make rapid progress and enter the top level of warrior in a short period of time. He arrested many thieves and bandits and made such a great contribution."

Lu Changjing nodded: "So that's how it is, but it's also because of his own efforts, otherwise even if he had enough resources and treasures, he wouldn't be able to improve so quickly."

"As the saying goes, one should not avoid relatives when selecting talents. Since your nephew has made enough contributions, he is naturally qualified to receive a certificate. Come and get it."

As he spoke, Lu Changjing picked up the book on the dragon table and handed it to Cai Gu.

During the Da Ning Dynasty, when senior officials were appointed, a written certificate was generally used, while for middle and low-level officials, an imperial edict was used.

A book is also called an imperial edict, and an imperial edict is also called an imperial decree.

Cai Gu's nephew wanted to be promoted to the position of Jinzhang Constable in the Ministry of Justice, which would make him responsible for all matters related to catching theft, public security, crime, etc. in a prefecture. He could definitely be considered a senior official.

To put it bluntly, the position of Captain Jin Zhang was not much inferior to that of the Yinshan County Magistrate Zhao Yindi, the younger brother of the Minister of Personnel Zhao Jintian, and in many aspects it was even better.

The main reason why Cai Jing was promoted to the position of Jinzhang Captain was not because of his many contributions, but because of the help of his good uncle Cai Gu.

In order to help his nephew get promoted, Cai Gu secretly mobilized the power of the Six Gates and helped his nephew achieve many outstanding achievements.

Among the achievements reported by Cai Jing, at least 90% were obtained by Cai Gu.

Naturally, it was Cao Xiuyuan who told him about this matter, so it would be difficult for Cai Jing to become a gold-medal constable, let alone a silver-medal constable. At most, he could only become a bronze-medal constable.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Hearing Lu Changjing asking him to get the book, Cai Gu became a little excited, and hurriedly stepped forward carefully, ready to take the book from Lu Changjing's hand.

"Soul-shaking!"

At this moment, Cao Xiuyuan, who had been planning for a long time, suddenly exploded, and used his spiritual secret technique to the extreme, instantly falling into Cai Gu's spiritual sea, making him stunned for a moment. "Shocking robbery!"

At the same time, Lu Changjing used the secret technique in the Soul-Picking Secret Sutra, and a light flashed in his eyes, leaving him with no power to resist.

"Soul-picking technique!"

In the blink of an eye, a soul-picking hook rushed into Cai Gu's spiritual sea and took away a wisp of his three souls and seven spirits.

Cai Gu never dreamed that the emperor would actually launch a surprise attack on him, and he made no preparation at all.

With the cooperation of Cao Xiuyuan, Cai Gu's intermediate spiritual weapon did not play any role at all, and his soul was directly taken away by Lu Changjing.

After a moment, looking at the distraught Cai Gu, Lu Changjing smiled faintly: "Cai Gu, are you wondering why I want to enslave you?"

"This... I dare not." Cai Gu knelt on the ground and said in a daze: "Your Majesty must have his own considerations for doing this. I will obey your orders without any complaints."

Lu Changjing sneered: "I know you want to ask why, and I won't hide it from you, because you listen too much to Cao Wenzheng."

"Ah..." Cai Gu was stunned and looked at Lu Changjing in astonishment: "Your Majesty, did Chief Steward Cao do something to anger Your Majesty?"

Lu Changjing nodded: "Haven't you heard about all the gossips during this period? The late emperor asked Cao Wenzheng, the Minister of Personnel and others to be ministers to help him rule the entire Daning Dynasty."

"But they were good. They were honest at first, but gradually, when they saw that I was obsessed with cultivation, they began to undermine me and secretly colluded with demons and monsters to make a lot of resources and treasures, without caring about the safety of the dynasty at all."

"During this period, he even put me under house arrest in the name of practicing martial arts. Do you think this traitor should be killed, Chief Steward Cai?"

Cai Gu broke out in a sweat after hearing these words. He never expected that Cao Wen Zheng would be so bold as to put the emperor under house arrest.

Although he was a grandmaster and the minister appointed by the late emperor to take care of the young emperor, doing this was tantamount to treason.

No wonder His Majesty the Emperor wanted to enslave him. It was obvious that he saw how much he listened to Cao Wen Zheng, so he was a little worried about him, so he enslaved and controlled him.

To be honest, if Cao Wenzheng was not the grand master, trusted by the late emperor, and the minister entrusted with the care of the young emperor, Cai Gu would not have obeyed him so much.

It is precisely because Cai Gu also has various selfish motives and is not the kind of person who is loyal to Cao Wenzhen that Lu Changjing chose him as the object of enslavement.

Otherwise, if he enslaved a subordinate who was loyal to Cao Wen Zheng and would not surrender to him even at the cost of death, wouldn't that be a waste of his time and energy and would also expose his flaws?

Thanks to the concealment of Cao Wenzhen, Ning Zhongyu and others, Cai Gu did not know that he was a fake emperor. So when Lu Changjing asked him to make a choice, Cai Gu chose Lu Changjing's side without hesitation and decided to become the emperor's man and secretly monitor Cao Wenzhen and others.

What's more, Cao Xiuyuan, the adopted son of Cao Wenzhen, was willing to sacrifice his own family for the sake of justice, which increased the credibility of this matter. Cai Gu had no reason to hesitate.

Moreover, although Cai Gu did a lot of bad things and colluded with demons and monsters, he always obeyed the orders of Cao Wenzhen and did not do many evil things on his own initiative.

His only flaw is that he is obsessed with officialdom. He only thinks about climbing up the social ladder and wants to send his descendants into officialdom as well, thus forming a huge family of officials.

Apart from that, there is not much to criticize, and you can use it with confidence after enslaving.

Cao Xiuyuan is similar. He is not an evil person. Otherwise, after he successfully replaced Ning Zhongyu, he would probably reward them with a bottle of poison.

(End of this chapter)