Chapter 32: The Omen of Trouble
The tall and majestic royal palace, magnificent and picturesque, the palace pavilions are lined up one after another, staggered, the top of the heavy eaves hall is covered with inky black glazed tiles, inlaid with green trimming, and the light flashes under the light of the sky.
The black roof, brown walls, and simple atmosphere make people arrive at the hub of power in the world, and a sense of solemnity arises in their hearts.
In the long and narrow palace road, an elderly chamberlain with a slightly stiff waist and a respectful demeanor led Yan Chunqiu straight to the direction of Jingping Palace.
This old chamberlain surnamed Zhang, is the old man next to the Son of Heaven, although the power is not big, but deeply trusted by the Son of Heaven, now while leading the way, while sighing softly: "Old slave, I am also an old man, or the first time I have seen such a vision of heaven and earth, as the saying goes, there is a vision in the sky, there will be a big event, the king urgently summoned the national teacher to the palace this time, presumably for this matter, the national teacher, you still need to prepare early." ”
"Thank you Zhang Neishou for reminding me, the old man understands. Yan Chunqiu nodded with a smile.
Zhang Neishou hesitated for a while, and then said: "The king's condition has worsened recently, if this vision of heaven and earth is not a sign, but a bad omen, please ask the national teacher...... Please also ask the national teacher to be more careful. ”
Yan Chunqiu stroked his long beard with five fingers, and said slowly: "Is Zhang Neishou afraid that the old man will say the wrong thing and irritate the king?
"It turns out that the national teacher has already made up his mind, but this time the old slave is talking too much. Zhang apologized, and then said no more.
Passing through the heavy temple, not long after, the two arrived at the Jingping Palace, the steps of the Jingping Hall stood two bronze statues of monsters that resemble dragons and non-dragons, it is composed of crocodile heads, antlers, shrimp whiskers, fish scales, eagle claws, snake bodies, bird wings and composed of "seven dislikes", the seven unlike the monster eye sockets are inlaid with two whole body fiery red, faintly emitting flame light beads as eyeballs, Yan Chunqiu and the two arrived, the eyes of the two monsters that are not like seven are moved, staring at the two viciously.
These two bronze statues of monsters that look like dragons and non-dragons are refined by Yan Chunqiu himself, taking Kunshan copper, heavenly thunder stone, psychic wood, the Danzhu of the spiritual heart fire ape, the blood of seven kinds of reckless beasts, the two evil demon souls and other precious materials, which led to the fire in the heart of the earth, and were refined after 7749 days.
The Lingxin Fire Ape is gifted, can recognize people's hearts and good and evil, its Danzhu is naturally extraordinary, and it also inherits part of the talent of the Lingxin Fire Ape, and uses it to refine the eyes of bronze statues and monsters, but anyone with murderous intent is close here, they will definitely not be able to hide their eyes, and they can fly up on their own to resist the enemy.
Although Zhang Neishou did not have murderous intent, he still frightened the ferocity naturally revealed by the bronze statues of these two monsters, and it was not until Yan Chunqiu flicked his sleeves that this ferocity dissipated without a trace.
"Thank you, National Teacher!"
Zhang Neishou thanked him, and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, every time he passed here, it was like walking by the sea of swords and fire, and he had to make people worry.
Yan Chunqiu waved his hand, signaling that it was okay.
The two of them walked up the stairs, and after passing the transmission of the forbidden army guards outside the hall, they stepped into the hall.
The palace is rich and splendid, with the cloud-top sandalwood as the beam, the crystal jade as the lamp, and the sixteen purple gold columns are coiled with a lifelike carved dragon, which is extraordinarily majestic and magnificent.
Wearing a black crown robe, King Yin had a handsome face, looking at only forty people, and was now sitting on a spacious throne, burying himself in front of the case, reviewing the recital, his slightly pale face added a bit of sickness and weakness, and washed away some of the imperial majesty on his body, seven or eight eunuchs and palace maids waited cautiously beside him, and helped him hand over the recital from time to time.
As soon as he entered here, Yan Chunqiu immediately smelled a faint smell of medicine on the tip of his nose, and understood that King Yin had just finished using the medicine, and sighed gloomily in his heart.
"Your Majesty, the national teacher has arrived. Zhang Neishou stepped forward, bowed respectfully, and said softly.
When King Yin heard this, the movements in his hand stagnated slightly, and he leaned the green jade wolf pen on the pen shaped like a five-fingered peak, and then slowly raised his head, and at the same time coughed violently twice.
"Minister, Yan Chunqiu, meet the king. Yan Chunqiu stepped forward and saluted.
A hint of a smile appeared on King Yin's pale face, and he instructed the left and right: "You go down first, close the door, the widow has something to talk to the national teacher alone, and no one is allowed to come in during this period." ”
"No!"
The palace maids responded in unison, bowed slightly, and after slowly taking a few steps backwards, they left the Jingping Hall in an orderly manner.
Seeing that the maid had already left, King Yin raised his hand and said, "Uncle Huang doesn't need to be polite, we haven't seen each other for a while, please come and sit." ”
Yan Chunqiu shook his head and bluntly refused: "The courtesy of the monarch and the minister cannot be abolished, the minister should stand." ”
King Yin sighed lightly, got up and moved a low stool himself, patted the surface of the stool, and said with a sincere smile: "Now there are only two of us here, you are the elder, I am the junior, how can you come to the monarch?"
Yan Chunqiu hesitated for a while, stepped forward, lifted his robe and sat on a low stool, and looked at King Yin in front of him: "This time I was summoned to the palace, did Chonghua want to ask what the meaning of the vision of the sun, moon and stars in the sky appeared?"
King Yin chuckled helplessly: "Uncle Huang still doesn't like beating around the bush so much, can't you talk to Chonghua about family life and bring up such a serious topic?"
After that, he also made a cup of fragrant tea and handed it to Yan Chunqiu.
Taking the tea cup, Yan Chunqiu twisted up the tea lid, gently flicked the steaming tea soup, and said leisurely: "Sooner or later, I have to say it, don't you? I don't know how Chonghua wants me to solve it?"
The smile on King Yin's face gradually retracted, and he said solemnly: "Please also ask the emperor uncle to tell the truth, I don't care about the act of covering my ears and stealing the bell, and I don't want to do it, whether it is a disaster or a blessing, good fortune or evil, Chonghua wants to know clearly, clearly, the emperor's uncle and ancestor ...... Do you understand?"
"Understood, old man understood!"
Yan Chunqiu nodded and smiled, took a sip of tea, moistened his throat and said: "Since Chonghua wants to know, the old man will not hide it from you, to tell the truth, about this vision, the heavenly machine is chaotic and difficult to understand, and it is also full of calamities, covering up each other, if you want to go deeper, I am afraid that the old man's deeds will not work, and you can only disassemble one or two from the surface. ”
King Yin bowed his head and said: "Uncle Huang's words, Chonghua has written it down, what is the meaning of the vision, you are old, but it doesn't hurt to say it!"
Yan Chunqiu slowly put down the teacup and was silent for a long time before he spoke out to break the gradually depressed atmosphere: "There are no two days in the sky, there are no two masters in the country, and the old man thinks it is private...... This is a sign of chaos in the country!"