Chapter 8: Hunting in the Jungle
The three days passed quickly, and today was already the time to go to the jungle to accompany the emperor to hunt as agreed.
After coming to the dense forest, I saw that Yang Suxuan, the emperor of Chu, was wearing a tight military robe, carrying a hunting bow engraved with a mysterious inscription, holding a beautiful sword with a carved jade bracelet in his hand, and a dagger with dragon carving style inserted in his waist. There are also two burly guards beside Emperor Chu, wearing silver bright armor, holding silver long swords, and powerful eyes, he is indeed a good man who stands up to the sky.
"I want to eat the meat of a bunny. As soon as she entered the dense forest, Xiao Meng'er couldn't wait.
"Can you hold it, little girl. Qian touched Xiao Meng'er's head and chuckled.
"I've seen Your Majesty. Dao Sheng was the first to salute the emperor.
Xiao Meng'er and the others didn't dare to mess around when they saw the emperor next to them, and saluted the emperor like a Taoist student: "Grass people Li Xingmeng (Starry Sky, Qian) have seen Your Majesty. ”
"No need to be polite. The Emperor waved his hand politely.
Then the Emperor of Chu invited everyone to eat a big black bear that he had just shot and killed, knowing that it was the big bear that the emperor personally shot and killed, everyone hurriedly thanked him, eating and eating, a female bear bear, a cub looked at the big black bear that was barbecued, and ran towards everyone angrily, Dai Yan'er was startled, and exclaimed: "Ah, there is a bear." ”
Xiao Meng'er was also so frightened that she hugged Dai Yan'er's thighs and trembled, and Qian hurriedly stood in front of the two of them and made a posture of fighting at any time.
Xingkong is also trembling legs, although he has learned martial arts, but they are all triangular cat kung fu, it is no problem to deal with the ruffians on the street, where can he not be afraid of this kind of big bear.
Dao Sheng smiled at the mother bear and didn't say anything, and beckoned to the bewildered bear.
Seeing Dao Sheng's reaction, the Emperor was amused, but still waved his hand for the guards to come forward and subdue the she-bear.
Seeing the subdued female bear, Dai Yan'er walked over and stroked the bear cub and hugged it with difficulty.
"Wasn't you afraid of the bear just now, you won't be afraid. Dao Sheng teased.
"It was a big bear just now, it's just a little bear, can it be the same, the little bear is so cute. Dai Yan'er pouted and said.
"What a stupid bear, he dares to throw himself into the net. Starry Sky said as he ate bear meat.
However, Dao Sheng said, "No, this is not a stupid bear, it is a holy bear." ”
Everyone was puzzled, the little bear saw that his father was eaten, his mother was subdued, and he was still lying in someone else's arms, this is not stupid, the guards who had just subdued the mother bear felt that His Majesty's distinguished guest seemed to have a problem with his brain, and the emperor on the side also asked when he heard this: "He Shengzhi?"
Dao Sheng said with a smile: "The heavenly one, the ever-changing, the heaven-free one, so the usual, all the spirits are born, their nature is also heavenly, there is education, there is teaching, and their sex is also, so it is said, its sorrow, its joy, its joy, its anger, so it is impermanent, the saint has no benevolence, no sorrow, no joy, no joy, no anger, so it is constant, so its heaven, so it is said to be sacred, and the bear of this view is the same, so the bear is not a stupid bear, but a holy bear, and the great sage is stupid and evil." ”
The people around him were confused when they heard it, as for the starry sky, he was used to it, and he didn't understand a few words of what the teacher said, but the emperor seemed to be thoughtful.
Dai Yan'er doesn't care if the little bear is a holy bear or not, anyway, it is her pet now, and the guards complained in their hearts: If the stupid bear is a holy bear, then I am the reincarnation of the human emperor.
Just when everyone was still thinking about why the stupid bear was a holy bear, a maid brought the roasted fish to everyone, and at this time, the emperor pointed to the small fish swimming in the stream next to him and said: "The fish is the belly of the people, why does it exist, and the bear's paw is not the belly of the people, why does it have nothing."
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Dao Sheng said with a smile: "The fish, the belly, the bear's paw, the belly, the belly, the non-storage, all take the abdomen, so it is not without a belly, but the abdomen without a belly." ”
"Mr. is talented, few people know. When the emperor heard this, the knot in his heart for many years was untied, and he was very happy.
Looking at the emperor and Daosheng who spoke strangely, Dai Yan'er had a big head, and when she left, she thought about studying hard in front of her predecessors, but this god, saint, fish, bear or something, I can't understand it, how can I learn.
After the hunt, the people returned to the city to rest. Dao Sheng was told to go to the main hall in the evening to discuss important matters with His Majesty, as for Xiao Meng'er and the others, they were so sleepy after watching a few performances of the troupe on the street that they went back to sleep.
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"Liu Xianyu told me his speculation, and the truth of the arms theft case is likely to be directed and acted by Dongfang Yu, and my eldest daughter was also involved. As soon as Dao Sheng came in, the emperor informed him of the case.
Dao Sheng didn't speak, he knew that the emperor actually meant something else.
Sure enough, the emperor continued to sigh: "It's a pity that there is only one Liu Xianyu, if there are a few more, how can there be more Dongfang Yu." ”
Dao Sheng knew that the emperor's words were not actually praising Liu Xianyu, nor did he really hope for a few more Liu Xianyu, but for the situation that there was only one Liu Xianyu at present, how should he be a family like Dongfang Yu, so Dao Sheng said: "Maybe the position of master of ceremonies can be established." ”
The emperor was waiting for Dao Sheng's words, so he asked, "What is the celebrant eunuch?"
Dao Sheng replied slowly: "Supervise hundreds of officials, deter the powerful, and grant the imperial power, first cut and then play." ”
Then Dao Sheng continued: "The celebrant must be the one His Majesty trusts the most and can only rely on the imperial power, if it is an ordinary person, the magnates have a way to make the celebrant bend his waist. ”
The emperor thought about it, and trusted and relied on the imperial power the most, wasn't that the eunuch.
Dao Sheng continued to add: "There are nine eunuchs in the celebrant eunuch, and the nine eunuchs restrain each other, abolishing the position of permanent attendant, in case of Wang Jing's story, under the nine eunuchs are the eighty-one yellow gates, and then below are the eunuchs. ”
The emperor nodded and was very happy, he didn't expect Dao Sheng to think so thoroughly, so he smiled and said: "Thank you for your advice, Mr. late at night, it's a sin to bother Mr. late at night." ”
Afterwards, Dao Sheng bowed to the emperor and retreated.
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In the phantom world, the little dream whose consciousness drifted in the sky only saw a man in an imperial robe holding a fox girl with a long tail in love in every way, and in the harem, the girl who was already the queen was already a girl at this time, the queen cried and cried pitifully, a man wearing a cloak to cover his face suddenly broke in from the windowsill, seeing this man, the queen no longer cried, but complained to the man about the injustices he had suffered in the harem, and the man was always listening quietly by the side.
Finally, the man spoke, "Actually, I'm here to kill you." ”
"Is that him?" the queen asked.
The man nodded, and the queen said with a dead face: "Then you can do it." ”
However, the man said indifferently: "I like to listen to your singing when you play the piano, so I won't kill you for the time being, and then I will decide depending on my mood." ”
Immediately, the phantom world shattered again, and Xiao Meng'er went to Dao Sheng to solve his doubts with a puzzled mind.
Dao Sheng muttered after listening to the whole story: "I never thought that Empress Song would have such an encounter at the beginning. ”
"Ahh Xiao Meng'er was even more puzzled.
"I'm talking about the first empress of Emperor Ling of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Empress Song, not the empress of Emperor Yang Suxuan of Chu. Daosheng explained.
"Oh, oh, oh, I see, thank you, teacher. Xiao Meng'er kept saying that she already understood, but the expression on her face was clear that she didn't understand anything.
Dao Sheng knew that Xiao Meng'er didn't understand anything at all, but he smiled and didn't blame, and said dotingly: "Go to sleep, don't tire yourself." ”