[Chapter 28 Wood Idiot Old Man] Eight Desolation Formations

When the two arrived, the commotion in the ring had calmed down, and Saipan'an was still sitting on the stage with his eyes slightly closed, waiting for the next person to solve the situation, as if nothing had happened just now......

Duan Baiyue asked the people around her, only to find out that someone had come to grab the gold, but before she could rush to the stage, she was slapped down by Sai Pan'an, lying on the ground and struggling for a long time before she could get up, and was just taken away by the officers and soldiers patrolling the street.

"At the feet of the Son of Heaven, there are so many people watching, who would be so bold?" Duan Baiyue frowned.

"It's not, I guess I'm crazy to be poor, and I'm really greedy for gold." Then Hou Sheng said, "It's just that the big guys didn't expect that the person who set up the ring looked at Sven thin and weak, and he would actually have some fists and feet." Before I could see what was going on, the robber was already vomiting blood and flying down. ”

If that's the case, it's not just a matter of boxing and kicking, it's a master. Duan Baiyue glanced at the stage again, then squeezed out of the crowd with Chu Yuan and walked to a secluded place.

"Got something to say?" Chu Yuan asked.

Duan Baiyue nodded: "I want to go and see who the robber is." ”

"This kind of trivial matter is done by the government." Chu Yuan poked him in the chest, "Don't bother the King of the Southwest." ”

Duan Baiyue said, "Go ahead." ”

Chu Yuan: "......"

Duan Baiyue continued: "The Southwest Palace, the favorite thing is to meddle in things, don't say that it is a fight between others, even if it is a quarrel between two people, they must listen to the corner." ”

Chu Yuan was helpless: "Do you really want to go?" Then let's say okay first, I'll only take you to the government office, and it's up to you to see it. "After all, according to what ordinary people think, Duan Baiyue should be recuperating in Yunnan at this moment, ready to go north to rebel in one fell swoop. He definitely shouldn't have appeared in Wangcheng, and he had to hold a flower windmill in his hand.

Duan Baiyue nodded: "Okay." ”

Chu Yuan led him through a few alleys, and stretched out his hand to point to a high wall: "If you turn over, you will be in prison, and at this time, it is estimated that Zhang Zhican has returned to the house, a robber is not a big deal, and if you want to be tried, you will be tried again tomorrow." ”

Duan Baiyue said: "I'm going alone?" ”

Chu Yuan: "......"

Otherwise?

Duan Baiyue said: "One." ”

Chu Yuan: "......"

Duan Baiyue quickly stuffed the windmill to him, then dragged his waist and jumped up, landing steadily in the courtyard.

Chu Yuan raised his palm and hit it.

Duan Baiyue didn't hide, covering her chest with a face full of pain.

Chu Yuan knocked his head with a windmill: "Pretend!" ”

Duan Baiyue laughed.

The people who are imprisoned here are all thieves and gangsters, and they are not afraid of prison escapes and robberies, so there are not many officers and soldiers on patrol. The two easily bypassed the napping cell head, and entered the cell as if no one was around. The place where the prisoners are held, the environment is not good if they don't want to, and it's summer again, how pungent the sour smell is, how pungent the sour smell is, Duan Baiyue took out a hand towel from his arms in time and covered his mouth and nose tightly.

Chu Yuan couldn't help but laugh and said, "Your technique is comparable to that of a kidnapper." ”

Duan Baiyue froze, and then silently loosened her handkerchief.

Chu Yuan stretched out his finger and pointed ahead: "The new prisoners who have not yet been tried will be locked up in this area." ”

Duan Baiyue stepped forward quietly, and saw that there were four prisons in a row, and only two were holding prisoners. One of them was a fat man, lying on the ground and snoring, seemingly uninjured, sleeping soundly. As for the other person, he was lying on his side and curled up on the ground□□ his forehead was broken, and he looked very miserable with blood all over his head, and he couldn't see his face clearly. Only when he turned over, the blue tattoo on his left arm was revealed.

Duan Baiyue frowned slightly.

Chu Yuan saw that his expression was different, and he was just about to ask what was going on, but he was signaled to go out first.

The two of them fell back into the alleyway before, and the air was much better. Chu Yuan said, "Do you recognize that person?" ”

"If I'm not mistaken, he's a burrowing monkey." Duan Baiyue said, "The famous thieves in the rivers and lakes have been surrounded and suppressed several times, but they all ended in vain. ”

"Kung Fu is so high?" Chu Yuan was puzzled.

"It's not that the kung fu is high, but that this person has worshipped another person as a teacher before, and he knows how to escape the ground." Duan Baiyue said, "It is often everyone who tries their best to force him into a corner, but he disappears in the blink of an eye. ”

"If that's the case, then the person who swings should also be a master." Chu Yuan said, "Otherwise, it wouldn't be so easy to injure someone." ”

Duan Baiyue nodded: "There doesn't seem to be such a person in the rivers and lakes, I will keep an eye on him more in the next few days." ”

"It's just a ring to solve the chess game, even if the kung fu is high, it doesn't disturb the people." Chu Yuan said, "What are you staring at him?" ”

"If something goes wrong, there must be a demon, if you wait for him to make an accident and then catch it, I'm afraid it will be too late." Duan Baiyue said, "Besides, this is the root of the imperial city, and there can't be a trace of chaos." ”

"Whatever you want." Chu Yuan looked at the sky, "I have to go to the court tomorrow morning, I should go back." ”

"I'll send you." Duan Baiyue said.

Chu Yuan stepped on the small stone road and walked back slowly all the way.

Duan Baiyue followed him in a few steps, bathing in the bright moonlight side by side.

The figure was stretched longer and longer, gradually overlapping and intertwining.

The affairs of the DPRK and China were complicated, and Chu Yuan did not take Nasai Pan Ando to heart. On the morning of the second day, a few courtiers were left to discuss matters, and then they went back to the imperial study to approve the folds, and when the matter at hand was dealt with, there was a black and hemp sky outside the head.

"Your Majesty, it's time for dinner." Sixi said softly.

Chu Yuan just wanted to say that he had no appetite, and then remembered that he seemed to have only eaten a bowl of porridge at noon, so he said, "Let's pass the meal." ”

Sixi helped him out of the imperial study, and said as he walked: "The Southwest Mansion has sent some sweet and sour seasoning of bay leaf grass today, if the emperor has a bad appetite recently, why don't you change the taste tomorrow?" ”

Chu Yuan paused: "This also has to be sent thousands of miles?" ”

"yes." Sixi said, "There is also a cart of preserved fish." ”

Chu Yuan laughed: "Where can I use a car, give it to the rest of the adults." ”

Sixi nodded yes, turned around and ordered.

This time, the adults had experience, and after receiving the preserved fish, they all found ropes to string and hang under the eaves, and no one ate them—after all, in a few hours, the emperor would send troops to take it back.

After dinner, Chu Yuan didn't have time to drink a cup of tea, but Master Taifu hurriedly entered the palace to ask for a meeting.

Sixi's father-in-law sighed again and again in his heart, the emperor finally got free, and he was able to rest early tonight, how could there be anything wrong.

"Your Majesty." Mrs. Tao was in a hurry along the way, and he was also a little out of breath, and he looked like he was in a hurry, "I don't know if the emperor knows that someone has set up a chess game in this royal city recently?" ”

Chu Yuan nodded: "Aiqing is talking about that Sai Pan'an?" ”

"It was him." Tao Rende said, "That chess game is by no means an ordinary puzzle, but a heart-devouring endgame." ”

Chu Yuan frowned slightly.

"The endgame is called the Burning Star Game, and at first glance it may not be abnormal, but if you concentrate on studying it and become fascinated, you will be devoured by the chess game and fall into the devil's path." Tao Rende said.

"Burning Star Bureau, Burning Star?" Chu Yuan stood up.

"Has the emperor heard of this puzzle?" Tao Rende was unexpected.

Chu Yuan shook his head and sat back on the dragon chair: "Aiqing continued." ”

"Yesterday, Weichen went to Dali Temple and found out that more than 50 years ago, there was a master named Lan Wangji in the rivers and lakes, and it was because of this Burning Star Bureau that he entered the Demon Dao and committed countless murders, and was finally imprisoned in Jade Coffin Mountain." Tao Rende said, "After that, all the chess games recorded in this game were burned, and no one in this world has ever seen a burning star again." Weichen was also obsessed with chess when he was young, and he had a wide range of chess games in the world to know this endgame. ”

"What does Aiqing think this person means?" Chu Yuan asked.

Tao Rende said: "Afraid of the other party is definitely not a good type. ”

"Taici Road is full of people every day, and Nasai Pan'an is strong in martial arts, if he really wants to make trouble, he will definitely hurt the innocent." Chu Yuan shook his head, "Since Aiqing knows about this Burning Star endgame, let's be responsible for investigating this matter thoroughly, remember to protect the people thoroughly." ”

"Yes." Tao Rende received the order and bowed down and exited the imperial study.

Chu Yuan leaned back in his chair, his brows furrowed slightly, as if he was thinking about something.

Sixi stood beside him and didn't dare to disturb him.

"Go and bring the king of the southwest." After a while, Chu Yuan said suddenly.

"Huh?" Sixi's father-in-law didn't come back to his senses.

"Don't let anyone else see it." Chu Yuan stood up and went out without looking back, "I'm waiting for him in the dormitory." ”

"Yes, it's the teacher." Sixi's father-in-law patted his stomach and ordered with joy.

Chu Yuan has been accustomed to being served by Sixi since he was a child, and even if he ascended the throne and succeeded to the throne when he grew up, he did not stay with the palace maids more, so the palace was very quiet. The night was heavy and the wind blew the veil tent, and only a plum tree was silent in the courtyard.

The door of the room was pushed open, and Chu Yuan was sitting at the table in a trance.

"What's wrong?" Duan Baiyue closed the door, sat beside him and asked, "What happened again?" ”

"Something happened, but don't worry." Chu Yuan said, "It has something to do with the Burning Star. ”

"Burning Star?" Duan Baiyue was surprised, "What, I lost it?" ”

Chu Yuan stretched out his hand, and a bead was glowing.

Duan Baiyue smiled: "So? ”

"Today, Lord Taifu came to the imperial study and said that the endgame set up by Sai Pan'an is also called the Burning Star." Chu Yuan said.

Duan Baiyue frowned: "Burning Star? ”

Chu Yuan relayed what Tao Rende had just said.

"I've never heard of it before." Duan Baiyue shook her head.

"When I wanted to burn the stars, it was nothing more than to hear the queen mother occasionally mention it, saying that it was an auspicious omen in ancient times, and that's it." Chu Yuan said.

"People in the rivers and lakes want it, but they say it's because it can bring the dead back to life." Duan Baiyue took the Burning Star away from its palm, "But no matter what, before you find out the truth, stay away from it." ”

Chu Yuan raised the corners of his mouth: "What you gave away, can you take it back?" ”

"I'll send another one another day." Duan Baiyue said, "As for this Burning Star, if I am sure that it is not dangerous, I will return it." ”

"It's fine." Chu Yuan said, "It's not early, if there is nothing else-"

"Let's have a drink." Duan Baiyue interrupted him.

Chu Yuan raised his eyebrows: "You also brought wine?" ”

"I was in a hurry, I didn't have time to bring good wine." Duan Baiyue smiled, "But even if Emperor Chu is diligent and thrifty, there should be at least one jar of wine in this huge palace." ”

Chu Yuan shook his head: "Tomorrow I have to go to the morning court." ”

Duan Baiyue said: "Here you go again." ”

"There's a stack of folds in the study." Chu Yuan lay on the table, "If you get drunk tonight, I'm afraid that a group of old ministers will come to make trouble tomorrow." ”

Duan Baiyue sighed: "If I can help, I really want to finish it for you." ”

Chu Yuan laughed when he heard this: "Let's just say that the rumors outside are right, the wolf's ambition is to do it for him?" ”

"It's true that the rumor outside is true, the king of the southwest is indeed a wolf with ambitions." Duan Baiyue approached him, and her tone was a little ambiguous, "But I don't want Jiangshan Sheji, but ......"

"Hey!" Chu Yuan dodged away from him.

"Huh?" Duan Baiyue calmly stretched out her hand and took down a box from the shelf behind her, "That's just that thing, what's the panic?" ”

Chu Yuan was speechless and glared at him fiercely.

Duan Baiyue shook the box in his hand: "It's very fragrant, what is it?" ”

Chu Yuan said: "* Drunk." ”

Duan Baiyue: "......"

Well?

"King Duan would like a drink?" Chu Yuan asked.

Duan Baiyue opened it hesitantly, she was really ...... drunk. The three words on the bottle are vigorous, and they are obviously written by the royal pen himself.

But this thing ......

Duan Baiyue glanced up at him again, and the heavens and men were at war in their hearts.

Chu Yuan's eyes were quite meaningful.

Duan Baiyue stretched out her hand to grab him, but was slapped instead: "What are you thinking!" ”

"Huh?"

"This is a tranquilizer, Xiao Jin is matched, just a random name." Chu Yuan laughed, "You really believe it." ”

Duan Baiyue: "......"

This kind of name can also be taken arbitrarily?

Chu Yuan took the box back: "With this medicine, you can sleep more soundly at night." ”

"I can't sleep because I have something in my heart, and taking medicine every day is not always the solution." Duan Baiyue shook her head, "Don't pretend to be in your heart for everything. ”

"Since you are the king of a country, who else can you blame for the matter?" Chu Yuan shook his head.

Duan Baiyue said as a matter of course: "Naturally, it is the group of ministers in the court, who want to receive the money and contribute to the work, otherwise what will they do?" It's not good-looking, and there are many problems. "I have to give a advice every three or five days, I am addicted to it, and I am also destined to be born in Wangcheng, if I change to the Southwest Mansion, I am afraid that I will be stuffed by Duan Yao in three days.

Chu Yuan looked at him with a smile.

"Okay, if you don't want to drink, don't drink, but don't go to any more imperial study." Duan Baiyue said, "Rest early, as for the Burning Star and Burning Star Bureau, I will send someone to investigate." ”

Chu Yuan nodded: "Thank you." ”

Duan Baiyue watched him enter the inner hall before turning around and leaving. When he returned to the inn, he took out the burning star again, but it was restored to its former appearance, dim and dull, like the most worthless pearl.

In the next few days, the Imperial Forest Army and the people in the Southwest Province kept an eye on the ring, intentionally or unintentionally, but they didn't find anything unusual. There are still people who come to the stage every day to break the situation, but they always return with big defeats, and they can only watch the golden eyes and stomp their feet.

Early this morning, Duan Baiyue was drinking tea in the house when he heard a sound of footsteps on the stairs and Duan Nian's happy voice: "Master Nan, little prince!" ”

Duan Baiyue reached out and rubbed her temples.

The door of the house was slammed open, and Duan Yao said happily: "Brother." ”

"Yao'er." Duan Baiyue stretched out her hand and knocked on his head, but she was a little surprised-she was going to cry again, after all, she was full of unwillingness to go back.

Nan Moye reached out and took a snack to eat, looked around and praised: "It's really worthy of the royal city, and every room is much larger than the southwest." ”

"Is this journey safe?" Duan Baiyue poured a cup of tea for him.

"Nothing happened." Nanmo's tone was very disappointed, as if he was very much looking forward to some trouble.

Duan Baiyue had a headache and said, "I said in advance, if you want to make trouble, you will wait to go back to the southwest." Stop in the royal city. ”

"Naturally, naturally, the teacher is still waiting for you to marry a daughter-in-law, how can you be ashamed." Nan Mo Xie opened the burden and rolled out a bunch of things, "I came here this way, and I specially brought a lot of gifts to your sweetheart." ”

Duan Baiyue: "......"

Dried vegetables, meat strips, salted duck eggs, copper plates, silver teapots, porcelain-fired vases, jade-inlaid ornaments, but I really bought the specialties of the large and small towns that I passed through on this trip.

Nan Mo said evilly: "Is it okay to look at it?" ”

Duan Yao sighed beside him, and said that this time the master has been buried in the grave for a long time, how can these broken things be taken out and given away, it is embarrassing, his brother is also a prince, and the southwest mansion is not short of money.

"What is this?" Duan Baiyue casually picked up a gadget made of wood.

"It's Yao'er's." Nanmo said, "Yesterday I met an old man on the way to Wangcheng, begging for food in rags, so Yao'er gave him a bag of buns in exchange for this small organ as a thank you gift. ”

"Organs?" Duan Baiyue's heart moved.

"yes." Duan Yao put the dim sum in his mouth and came over to demonstrate it for him. When a small raised ring was pressed, five silver needles shot out of the dark hole, snapping through the pillar.

Although the shape is not quite the same, it is similar to the ghost wood box of the day. Duan Baiyue stood up abruptly and said, "Where is the old man now?" ”

"How would I know." Duan Yao was taken aback, "I met him yesterday at Luming Mountain Water Pool, and I didn't ask him where he was going, I gave him a bun and left." ”

"Follow me into the mountains!" Duan Baiyue carried him out, "No matter what, it is bound to find someone!" ”

Duan Yao was caught off guard and was almost strangled by the neckline.

Nanmo was very happy, and happily followed, for fear that there would be no excitement to see.

A signal flare roared into the sky, and the people in the city didn't care when they saw it, and they thought it was another sect giving orders. The dark lines of the Southwest Mansion hidden in various parts of the royal city had already received orders, and they rushed to the direction where the signal flare was raised.

Duan Nian was guarding the entrance of the mountain road, and after gathering the people and horses, he took them into the mountain to find someone!

"Wood idiot old man?" Duan Yao was full of curiosity as she walked, "What are you looking for him?" ”

Duan Baiyue said: "I don't know. ”

Duan Yao was choked and complained slightly.

Duan Baiyue didn't have time to comfort his younger brother, because he really didn't know.

……

There are not many people in the southwest province, and Luming Mountain is not too big. Moreover, according to what Duan Yao said, the old man yesterday was already a few years old, and his legs and feet were not weak, so he shouldn't be able to walk fast, so Duan Baiyue ordered everyone to speed up and find out about it.

Time passed in a flash, and at night, Duan Nian circled around the waterhole a few times, but did not find a figure, and was just about to change places, but Yu Guang swept the deep grass next to him, as if there were people, so he immediately chased after him.

"Hero's life!" Seeing that someone was chasing him, the people in the grass immediately held their heads and shouted.

"Don't be afraid, old people." Duan Nian hurriedly said, "I'm not a robber. ”

"It's not a robber, you're chasing me." The old man's face was dirty, and his eyes were full of vigilance.

"Your Excellency is a wooden idiot old man?" Duan Nian asked tentatively.

"No, no, no, no." The old man shook his head repeatedly.

Duan Baiyue had already heard the sound and rushed over.

"I'm really not, I'm just a Hanako." The old man sniffled and turned to leave.

Duan Yao jumped down from above and blocked in front of him.

"Huh? How is the little boy you. "The old man was very surprised.

"My brother is looking for an old man who is a wood idiot, are you or not?" Duan Yao asked.

"No, no, no, no." Keep shaking your head.

"If it weren't for the old man, how would he know such a subtle mechanism?" Duan Baiyue stepped forward, holding the wooden box he had given to Duan Yao yesterday.

"It's a little thing, and it's a clever mechanism." The old man's head shook without stopping, his right hand didn't know how to stuff into the burden, and he quickly took out a hidden weapon.

Duan Yao shot three points faster than him.

After being pressed on his side on the grass, the old man cried: "You little doll is not kind, I kindly gave you something to defend yourself, but you brought someone to arrest me." ”

"I don't want to." Duan Yao was full of bitterness, "But my brother is really not a bad person, maybe he just wants to ask a few things, and he will let you go." "Be hopeful about life.

The old man sat cross-legged on the ground and said angrily: "Then I don't walk, someone has to carry it." ”

Duan Baiyue said: "Duan Nian! ”

Duan Yao quickly got out of the way, but fortunately he didn't let me carry it.

Duan Nian was very sad, put the knife into the sheath, and stepped forward to carry the old man.

"Young man, it's still too underestimated." The old man lay on him and shook his head, "Aren't you afraid that I will take the opportunity to poison?" ”

"I'm really not afraid." Duan Yao followed beside him and said from the bottom of his heart, "The people in my family grew up eating poisonous insects. ”

Old man: "......"

After returning to the inn, Duan Baiyue handed the old man a cup of tea with both hands: "There is a lot of disturbance today, please forgive me for the seniors of the idiot." ”

"Tell me, what are you looking for me to do?" The old man acquiesced to his identity.

Duan Baiyue thought for a while and said, "I don't know." ”

Old Man of Wood: "......"

If you are sick, go and treat it quickly.

"It's not a senior who is looking for a senior, but a friend who is below." Duan Baiyue continued.

The old man squinted at him: "My sweetheart? ”

Duan Baiyue raised her eyebrows.

"You offspring." The old man shook his head again and again, "Last time, there was also a demon girl who came to arrest me, saying that she was going to exchange it for the Spring Pill, I think that your sweetheart is also the same way as her, so it's better to break up as soon as possible." ”

Duan Baiyue said: "Please also ask the seniors to go with me to see him." ”

The old man snorted with his hands: "I've been caught, I don't agree to be useful?" ”

Duan Baiyue said: "It's useless. ”

The old man squatted on his chair and sighed with "I knew it would be like this" written all over his face.

The person who went to the palace to deliver the letter soon returned, saying that the emperor was waiting in the back garden.

Duan Baiyue took the old man with a wooden idiot and entered the palace at night.

Duan Yao and Nan Moxie also wanted to go with them, but they were blocked in the house by Duan Nianshengsheng, saying that if they couldn't stop it, they would apologize for their crimes, so they had to drink tea with regret.

The back garden is very quiet, there is only a cold palace side hall, and no one will come on weekdays.

The four happy princesses waited at the other end of the courtyard wall, and after receiving the two of them, they took them into the temple together.

Seeing Chu Yuan from afar, the old man rubbed his eyes, and then said in a low voice: "Your sweetheart is really tall, and a woman is born like this, which can be called chic." "And your aesthetic is not interesting.

Chu Yuan's martial arts are strong, and his ear power is naturally good, so his face stiffened.

Duan Baiyue frowned and said, "Hugh is talking nonsense, he is the emperor." ”

Emperor? The old man was instantly energetic, and he ran over in stride, and the speed was simply fast.

Duan Baiyue was taken aback.

"The grass people see the emperor!" The old man knelt on the ground and saluted very solemnly.

Duan Baiyue: "......"

I was reluctant before, but why did I suddenly become so enthusiastic again?

Is the brain really okay?

"Old man, please get up." Chu Yuan stretched out his hand to help him up, "No need to be polite." ”

"It's really the emperor." The old man burst into tears, and Yin Yin asked, "I wonder if I can stay in the palace for a long time in the future?" ”

Duan Baiyue: "......"

Chu Yuan smiled: "If the old man is willing, he can naturally do it, but I can't ask for it." ”

The old man continued to cry: "The emperor doesn't know anything, everyone outside wants to arrest me, and life is hard." "There is a great need for a backer to lean on.

Duan Baiyue really couldn't see it, so she stepped forward and forcibly pulled him away: "If you have anything to say, it's not too late for the senior to come into the house and sit down." "Just hold your hand at all times.

The old man was still crying and sighing, crying about the tragic situation of being chased around outside. It would be great if he could live in the palace, after all, even the most daring robbers would not dare to come here to rob people.

Sixi came in with hot tea and brought a few plates of snacks. Somehow, when I looked at this woodworm old man, I thought he must be very hungry.

"Thank you, father-in-law." The old man looked at Sixi with envy in his eyes, his stomach was big, no one chased him when he saw it, and he was full of food.

"Do you want me to avoid it?" Duan Baiyue asked hesitantly. In fact, he didn't intend to explore Chu Yuan's secret, and he didn't want to eavesdrop. But this wooden idiot old man looked at the chatter, and he didn't know what kind of chaos would happen, so he really didn't worry about letting the two of them alone.

"No need, it's okay to listen to it together." Chu Yuan said, "I want to ask the old man, can I reproduce the Eight Desolation Formation?" “