In front of Zhu Houzhao, Sima Zhenren reported his identity and origin, but only deceived him on some sensitive issues and tried to make his life experience mysterious. Anyway, Zhu Houzhao was still young and could not distinguish right from wrong, so he just regarded it as a storyteller, which was basically the same as the previous statements that deceived women and children in the market.

"...Ben Zhenren comes from the Five Spirits View. The name of the world has long been forgotten, leaving only Sima's surname. Ben Zhenren has learned Taoism from his ancestors for many years, and now he has entered the world to practice, and has been traveling around the market to make a living by killing demons and eliminating demons..." Sima Zhenren talked freely and found that Zhu Houzhao kept yawning, and seemed to not like to listen.

Zhu Houzhao asked, "What is Sima Zhenren? Your surname is Sima? Such a rare surname can only be seen in history books... Oh, by the way, it seems that the Sima family is the one who usurped the Cao Wei dynasty. I heard that Sima Yi can compete with Zhuge Liang... You said that you are very powerful, why did the master die?"

Sima Zhenren bowed and said, "The master has ascended in the daytime!"

Zhu Houzhao widened his eyes. He originally thought that Sima Zhenren was a charlatan and did not want to listen at all. However, when he heard such a novel term as "Ascendant in the Sun", the fear of death passed down by the old Zhu family was immediately exposed and asked with interest: "What do you mean... have you become an immortal?"

Sima Zhenren looked at Zhang Yuan and replied: "It's true, but I haven't seen it with my own eyes!"

Zhu Houzhao frowned: "You haven't seen it with your own eyes, how could you know if you ascend or die? Or just find a place to hide and dare not see anyone? Forget it, do you know how to cultivate immortals? Let's hear... what kind of inheritance do you have? I heard that you immortals have powerful secrets, just practice according to them!"

Sima Zhenren was afraid that Zhu Houzhao would take him into provoking him to pretend to be a ghost. When he saw that he was asking, he knew that the naughty child was very interested in the matter of cultivation, so he could go with the flow and make up more lies to cheat. Anyway, his daily life was just a lie, and he would just talk.

Sima Zhenren said: "The method of practicing our Five Spirits Temple is not recorded in books, but is engraved on the turtle shell. However, about four generations ago, in the chaotic times of the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the turtle shell of the master was burned down, and then it was passed down by word of mouth in each generation. Moreover, my Five Spirits Temple has always been one master and one disciple. When the master ascended, my disciple can already practice the cultivation level of the elixir and not be in a state of distant place..."

Zhu Houzhao thought for a while and nodded: "You five spirits, each generation of disciples is a single Miaomiao. This is a bit dangerous. If something happens, wouldn't you not even have a successor and the method of cultivation will be cut off? No, no, you must recruit more disciples!"

Sima Zhenren said: "The prince may not know that the method of the Five Spirits View cannot be practiced by everyone. He must have spiritual roots in order to inherit the art of ascension to the Great Dao!"

Zhu Houzhao looked at Sima Zhenren and asked, "Then do you think I have the potential to practice?"

Sima Zhenren almost spoke without thinking... You know that his words were very particular. It seems that the quota of this disciple was hard-won, but in private he took many disciples to earn filial piety money, but this trick did not work every time. He wanted to say that Zhu Houzhao was talented, but then he thought:

"If I just say that the prince has potential, it's probably inappropriate. This is the palace, and there are many smart people. What I have to face now is very different from the previous situation. If it is exposed, my head will move! I should think carefully about how to answer..."

Sima Zhenren looked at Zhu Houzhao carefully, and with a little regret in the look of the naughty child's expectation, he shook his head and said, "The prince is very spiritual, but there are many things that cannot be defined by the original person at a glance. They can only be finalized after a long period of investigation."

"In my Five Spirits View, many ancestors have selected suitable candidates for immortal cultivation from the world after decades or even hundreds of years of selection. What is the qualification of the prince? I still have to... I will go back and check it slowly..."

Zhu Houzhao was not very satisfied when she heard this, and scolded her, "I am a gifted prince and a crown prince. Do you dare to say that she has no potential for cultivation? I want to die, right?"

Sima Zhenren was a little scared by the prince's life, but he could only pretend to be calm and said, "Even if the prince threatened, the real person would have to say this. Many things cannot be defined at a glance. Otherwise, the master would not have taken twenty years to choose the successor of the Five Spirits View!"

Zhu Houzhao wiped his nose and stared at Sima Zhenren, thinking: "This death genius stick, even if it is a lie, I won't make up some nice words for me. But... what if it is really? If there is no method of cultivating immortals in this world, how could so many ancient books mention this? I don't know how many of them are in mythological stories... Well, it's better to believe that such things are than to believe that they are not!"

Zhu Houzhao asked vigilantly: "Do you know what happened to me before? Are you being plagued by some unjust ghost?"

Zhenren Sima knew that he could not deceive, otherwise he would have to reveal himself. He told a man who pretended to be crazy and stupid, and it would be strange if he didn't reveal it. According to facts, "The prince used to be drunk and was afraid that his Majesty and the Queen would find out, so he pretended to be crazy. He was not a man who was tragic!"

"Ah, I'm pretty accurate. Did my second uncle tell you?" Zhu Houzhao asked.

Sima Zhenren was stunned for a moment before realizing who the "second uncle" was mentioned by the prince. He hurriedly said: "The uncle invited me to the palace and did not mention the situation of the prince. But knowing that the prince was in a dilemma, I could only follow the prince and the uncle's wishes and show it in front of others to help the prince solve the problem!"

Before, Zhu Houzhao felt that the Taoist priest in front of him could not have real skills, but when he heard this, he felt a little hesitant. After thinking about it, he asked again: "You are quite good at doing things. What does your relationship with my second uncle?"

Sima Zhenren said: "My uncle is confused about any metaphysical matters. He will ask me to go back to the house to discuss. As for exorcism and catching monsters, it is not a problem. I am determined to seek immortality and have to go through disasters in the world. This is what I have been doing... I wonder if the prince needs guidance?"

Zhu Houzhao looked at Zhang Yuan and said, "I don't have anything to give me advice. Now I'm tired, so you should step down first. When I'm sleeping, I don't like anyone to disturb me!"

Sima Zhenren smiled and said, "Forgive me, Prince. I have mentioned in front of the Empress that I would pray for the Prince for seven days. If the Prince rushed me out now, I am afraid that something would be difficult to smooth things over with the Queen. What do the Prince think?"

Zhang Yuan followed and said, "Yes, Your Highness, this matter is not easy to say. Why not leave this real person first and just treat it as helping you pray for blessings and eliminate disasters?"

Zhu Houzhao said dissatisfiedly: "How much does it mean to keep such a charlatan by my side? Forget it, didn't you say that you have the ability to subdue demons and eliminate demons? Then you should stay in Xiefang Palace for the time being, but you are not allowed to disturb me in my prince's bedroom. In the future, I have something to ask you, and I will be there at any time!"

Being able to curry favor with the prince is a fortune that will never be able to cultivate for a wise man like Sima Zhenren.

At this time, Sima Zhenren did not dare to leave the palace, for fear of being pursued by Zhang Yanling... Zhang Yanling had issued a death order before, asking him to act according to the opportunity in the palace, which was equivalent to being a spy and passing on the situation in the palace at any time.

Sima Zhenren became a spirit for a long time and knew that it was a good thing for him to stay in the palace. He said he wanted to exorcise evil spirits for seven days, but in fact he was just to find an opportunity to stay.

With such a resume, even if he is sent out of the palace in the future, he will have more capital when he cheats. Those officials or nobles of the court will inevitably believe his nonsense. The key is that he has a precedent for entering the palace to exorcise evil spirits for the prince and succeed. This is not something that ordinary charlatans can possess.

He smiled with confidence, "Since the prince is not eroded by evil demons, I will naturally not stay in the bedroom to disturb him. The reason why I took seven days was to find that there was a strong resentment in the palace. This resentment accumulated over the years and turned into a ghost. If the prince had not been blessed by Ziwei Dragon Qi, he would have been plagued by evil spirits long ago!"

Zhu Houzhao's lips trembled a little and shouted, "Stop scaring people, don't think that I don't know your routines. Just say some terrible words. Do you think I am scared? Besides, these nonsense words, don't say that I am not polite to you!"

Sima Zhenren observed his expression and was sure that the prince in front of him was frightened by him. Perhaps what he said coincided with some rumors in the palace, and he secretly thanked:

"Fortunately, I learned some secrets about the palace. I learned that there were many palace maids and eunuchs who died suddenly in the palace, and even the orthodox emperor might have doubts. I said more of this. If the prince ascended the throne in the future, maybe I could become a national teacher. Wouldn't gold, silver and jewelry be even more accessible to me?"

Thinking of this, he said proudly: "If the prince doesn't believe it, that's fine. I will catch the evil spirit in the palace in the future. Then let the prince see it with his own eyes and will no longer doubt it!"

Even for those who practice Taoism, they need to have a skill to stay with them, and this skill is actually a trick, just like magic, such as catching ghosts and expelling evil shadows. Sima Zhenren has no other skills, but there will be many of these evil things. This is also the main reason why he can be related to Jianchang Hou. It is precisely because he has driven away evil spirits for those powerful people that he has been valued.

The reason why he didn't dare to show it immediately this time was because he had not prepared yet, so he could only wait to find all the materials and make some preparations before performing in front of Zhu Houzhao and the palace people.

Zhu Houzhao said: "Okay. If you want to show off your skills, I will naturally identify it myself, but now you must help me cover it up. If you can't do it well, don't say that I won't forgive you!"

Sima Zhenren smiled and shook the whisk: "If the prince doesn't say it, I know what to do."

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