"The old man deliberately left the slate to Yuan Jue, and entrusted the slate to my clan?"

His Majesty the Emperor of Northern Xia listened to what Chen An said, but he also felt that there was some truth. According to the situation described by the prince, the old man stood on the ruins of the Holy Peak, and left as soon as Li Yuanjue could see him, and when Li Yuanjue arrived, he left the stone slab. Chen An's guess is indeed reasonable!

The crown prince Li Yuanjue sat beside the emperor, and he also felt that this matter was very likely to be as Chen An said, and unconsciously looked at the stone slab in his father's hand.

"Welcoming the snow deer, protecting the heroine"...

The father and son silently read out the words engraved on the stone slab in unison, which was a little unclear.

If Chen An was still clever, compared with these upright herdsmen on the grassland, he quickly had a guess. However, the small people who grew up in the capital of the Eastern Song Dynasty are naturally more familiar with the world. He won't continue to shake his wits in front of the two kings, just in case he has a plan in his heart.

Sure enough, His Majesty the Emperor and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not know the essentials for a long time. Li Dezhao remembered Chen An who was waiting on the side, and asked:

"Chen Aiqing, do you have a high opinion?"

Chen An knew that the emperor would ask, but on the surface, he showed a panicked look, and hurriedly staggered forward and bowed, and said:

"Your Majesty, you and the crown prince are wise and wise, and they haven't explained it in detail for a while, and your subordinates are even more stupid!"

When Li Dezhao heard this, his brows furrowed, and he could not hide his disappointment. Seeing this, Chen An knew that the fire was almost over, so he hurriedly said again:

"The emperor atoned for his sins, if Rong Chen thinks about it for a few days, he may have some clues..."

Li Dezhao saw that he didn't have the confidence to crack it, so he had to give up and muttered to himself:

"Well, let's think about it..."

After speaking, he got up, grabbed the stone slab and went to the apse alone, and the prince and Chen An hurriedly got up to send it off.

Li Yuanjue saw his father return to the palace, so he turned around and walked down the high platform of the emperor's throne. When he came to Chen An, he complained with some displeasure:

"You are usually smart and sensitive, why did you disappoint your father today?"

Chen An smiled, bowed his head and led the way, leading the prince who did not know the truth to his camp. When the prince saw him like this, he guessed that there was something to discuss, and he went with him.

"Humph!"

As soon as he entered the big tent, he looked up and saw that his two younger sisters were disheveled, Li Yuanjue was a little breathless, turned around and drank. Chen An, who followed behind him and lifted the curtain of the door, hurriedly came in and settled the two panicked princesses properly.

After the two uncompetitive sisters withdrew from the tent in front of him, Li Yuanjue turned around and walked to the middle of a bearskin carpet in the tent, sat down with a golden knife, grabbed the wine pot on the table and poured a few big sips. Throwing down the wine jug, he stared at Chen An who returned with an unkind gaze.

"His Royal Highness the Prince... Two princesses..."

Li Yuanjue was already suspicious of his father's arrangement of his two younger sisters, and he deliberately didn't want to do it on weekdays. What I saw with my own eyes today was already depressing, so I naturally didn't want to listen to anyone say more than half a sentence!

"Stop! If you mention another word about their affairs, don't blame me for not being emotional! While I'm still sitting here, you, Chen An, had better have serious things to talk about!"

Chen An was full of confidence in his ability to serve as the prince's master, but he was a little weak in the matter with the two prince's sisters. Today, I have to wait for this eldest brother and prince!

For Chen An, he was very good at being courteous, and hurriedly came to the prince. was about to sit down, but stepped on top of a dirty robe! Recalling the ridiculous thing with the two princesses last night, and looking at the hatred of the prince today, Chen An was suddenly frightened!

The prince saw Chen An's rare panicked appearance and looked at him. In an instant, he saw clearly what it was, and saw Chen An hurriedly squatting down and hiding the small cloth behind him, almost having a seizure!

"Prince, Chen An just replied to the emperor, not that he had no clue about what the stone tablet said. ”

Chen An is so smart, he knows that if he doesn't throw out hard goods at this time, it is not trivial for the prince to be angry!

Sure enough, the prince was interrupted by this, and he also changed his mind very cooperatively. He asked, puzzled:

"You have a clue, why don't you answer? Although your words and deeds are not guilty of deceiving the king, it is not good for your father to be disappointed in you!"

Chen An immediately stood up straight and replied:

"Chen An is the minister of Northern Xia, and he is the prince's master! If the minister does something, making His Majesty the Emperor disappointed in his subordinates, but it can make the emperor's confidence in the prince more than before, the minister will do it!"

In a word, the loyalty to the Northern Xia will not damage the majesty of the emperor, the interests of the dynasty, and the prestige of the prince! Such actions, even if the emperor Li Dezhao knew about it, he would have to praise him Chen An for being a talent, and he would have to be glad that he had chosen him as his teacher for the crown prince!

If what Chen An said is true, then the crown prince Li Yuanjue is the biggest beneficiary, and he is naturally very useful after listening to it. However, he still maintained a stern look on his face, and his tepid voice came out:

"Don't talk so lively, what is the strategy, let's hear it, I have my own judgment. ”

Chen Anzhi knew that the prince's attitude had eased, so he knelt in front of him and said:

"The minister has lived in the grassland for a long time, and when he mixed with the herdsmen and slaves in the early days, he heard the legend of the holy peak preached by them. Later, he became an official by the emperor's grace, and read a lot of classics of the Helian family. Therefore, there are some ideas about this slate. ”

As he spoke, he moved a small table from the side and put pen, ink, paper and inkstone. With his previous memory, he silently put the totem on one side of the slate on the paper, and wrote the words on the other paper. Spread the picture and word on the bearskin carpet in front of the prince, pointed to the totem portrait, and said:

"This totem, in the form of a drop of water, has a lot of things inside. I have seen the appearance of this totem in the books that record the secrets of the Helian clan. It is recorded that this is a token that relates to an ancient legend of the Helian people. The legend is not specifically mentioned. However, the token is kept by each saint and passed down from generation to generation!"

Li Yuanjue picked up this totem portrait and looked at it carefully, as if he wanted to remember its appearance deeply in his mind. Chen An sensibly paused for a moment before pointing to the text again and saying:

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, if you look at these two sentences again, they seem to indicate the future (chen) language! This form of prophecy mostly appeared in the Eastern Song Dynasty, and when you see the appearance of the old man there, maybe it's not dressed as a grassland person, right?"

Li Yuanjue recalled that the figure of the old man was indeed similar to that of the Eastern Song Dynasty, and nodded yes. Chen An continued:

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, look at this first sentence again, 'Yingxue Deer'. All the believers of the Holy Peak Hulan Gawa on the grassland know that the Holy Peak Holy Maiden is often accompanied by a spirit beast called the Snow Spirit Deer!

After he reminded him like this, the prince's eyes suddenly lit up! He stared at Chen An excitedly and asked him to continue. Chen An naturally did not hide his secrets, and continued to analyze:

"Judging from the classics of the Helian clan, the status of the Snow Spirit Deer is very transcendent. Miraculously, the number of snow spirit deer is equal to the number of Helian Holy Maiden! Every holy woman reaches the age of twelve, a young snow spirit deer will appear in the holy mountain, and then find the holy woman on her own and form some kind of contract with her to accompany her for the rest of your life!"

Speaking of this magical race, Chen An couldn't help but be a little fascinated. Li Yuanjue had naturally heard about it a long time ago, and it was not unusual, but he didn't urge it, he didn't want to miss every word Chen An wanted to say.

"The snow spirit deer is not only a spirit animal that guards the saint, but also a symbol of the saint, and a representative of the saint. Many internal and external things of the Helian clan were not visited by the saint in person, but by the snow spirit deer to convey the holy will. ”

After a pause, Chen An boldly guessed:

"Therefore, the minister dares to speculate, the old man wants us to find the snow spirit deer first, and let her serve as a communication link between my pilgrimage and the holy woman!"

Li Yuanjue completely agreed with what Chen An said, leaned closer, and handed him a glass of mare's milk wine. Chen An took a sip slightly, and then pointed to the second half of the sentence:

"Prince, with the previous sentence, the latter sentence is not difficult to understand. Since the snow spirit deer survives, it means that the saintess of the natal contract must still be alive! The holy peak is extinguished, and the Helian clan is wiped out, and the saint is the only one who escapes!"

Li Yuanjue gasped, he saw with his own eyes that half of the mountain peak was pressed into powder from top to bottom, and it was actually not even a ruin when it was destroyed like that! Under such a terrifying destruction, the saint was still alive!

Chen An was also surprised by the mountain peaks he had seen from afar, and felt the same way as His Royal Highness the Prince. To continue:

"This holy peak is annihilated, Helian is exterminated, only the holy woman and the snow spirit deer are left alone, the old man should want us to protect her!"

Li Yuanjue is no longer as shrewd as Chen An, and he already knows this proverb at this time. Silently keep the meaning of the proverbial explanation in mind, so that he has time to look at Chen An. At this moment, Li Yuanjue finally figured out what Chen An meant by what he said just now. With a mixture of appreciation and gratitude, he got up and bowed solemnly to Chen An, and said:

"I'd rather pretend to be dull in my father's emperor and become my clever appearance, it's hard for you! Mr. Gaoyi, I, Li Yuanjue, have it in my heart, and I will be rewarded in the future!"

After speaking, he lifted the curtain and was about to get out of Chen An's big tent, but he collided with the two sisters of Jiuhou at the door. Chen An felt weak in the back for a while, and hurriedly bowed down. The two princesses were also nervous, bowing their heads and waiting for their brother to scold.

"Take good care of Mr. Chen, I will go and ask my father for marriage!"

After speaking, he pulled the mount brought by the guard without looking back, patted the neck of the war horse, turned over and rode away!

The three people left behind looked at each other, and then the two women were full of spring, scolding and scurrying to pull up Chen An, who was standing still, into the big tent.

Emperor Li Dezhao sat on the royal couch in the apse, staring at the tent door without blinking, as if waiting.

Soon, a figure flickered, stopped below the collapse in an instant, and a deep voice came:

"Long live my emperor!"

Staring at the person kneeling in front of him, Li Dezhao raised his hands that were originally placed casually, pressed them on his knees, leaned forward slightly, and asked:

"How?"

The man who knelt down below was still buried in his head, and replied:

"Taishi Chen introduced the prince into the tent, and has told the prince the slate proverbs one by one, and the prince must remember that he will report to His Majesty the Emperor in the future. ”

"Okay! The gold cake on the table is prepared for you, so take it and go down first!"

The man was also a master, and disappeared in a flash. Li Dezhao looked at the empty desktop, but his mind was no longer here:

"Chen An has already cracked the proverb and can bend himself to become a prince! Yuan Jue has this person, like a tiger with wings!"