"Defacement of Her Majesty's Reputation, that's ......"

Since it can't be bypassed, AutoNavi picks the option with the least harm.

"Even if there are many reasons, the sin of disrespect cannot be erased," said Gao De, posing as if he had been beaten, "and I will not complain about any punishment that Your Majesty has brought down for this." ”

Xiaoli turned her head away again, brushing her hair.

"At that time, I and the people above and below the elephant training institute all held the consciousness that they would be punished or even beheaded," Gao De became more and more righteous and awe-inspiring, "but as long as Her Majesty the Empress can step down from the throne of Sheji and Daming can settle down, it will be worth it." ”

"She won't ......"

Xiaoli said in a low voice, "The empress is not an unreasonable person, of course she understands your intentions, but she ......"

She coughed lightly before continuing, "It's just that I don't quite understand why the empress's display of power at the Imperial Gate Ceremony would cause violent turmoil in people's hearts. ”

"Actually, I don't understand," Gao De hurriedly washed his floor, "It's just that the facts are there, and the chaos in people's hearts is indeed related to the Imperial Gate Ceremony, so I'll just give it a try." ”

Listening to Xiaoli's somewhat disappointed voice, Gao De felt that he could say more. "But I have some guesses......"

Stared at by expectation, he simply poured out his experience and conjectures.

"If it's just a royal ceremony, it will naturally not make people's hearts upset, and Her Majesty the Empress is actually right. ”

"The problem is that before that, the images of the demon events were spreading, and people's hearts were in turmoil. Belch...... Speaking of which, it's still my fault, I only care about catching evil demons, and I don't pay attention to the impact on people's hearts. ”

"The combination of these two events is unlikely to leave the people with only fear. But between the empress and the people, there are other forces, and they are also influencing people's hearts. ”

Xiaoli had some understanding, but the direction was different from what Gao De said. "You mean...... The Adept?"

"And the officials," Gao De could only nod. I feel that in the eyes of this girl, mortals can only be regarded as ants, and the idea of holding the royal gate ceremony with the empress is really very compatible, after all, they are all people from the holy mountain.

"Official......" Xiaoli frowned slightly, a little unclear.

"Yes, Officer. In as simple a way as possible, "Officials are creatures of this kind, and when His Majesty the Emperor wants to reduce taxes, they can put the reduced taxes in their own pockets." When His Majesty the Emperor wants to increase taxes, they can scrape the ground three feet and do not hesitate to make thousands of miles into white land. The emperor advocated incorruptibility, and they wore torn clothes with ten golden dragons patched with one patch. The emperor wanted to stabilize the world, so they whipped the people with whips to make the people pretend to be stable. ”

"Without officials, it is difficult for the emperor's will to carry out to the towns and countryside, but relying on the officials, every order of the emperor, the good will only get the worst effect, and the bad will cause the worst damage. ”

"This is always the case when there are only officials between the emperor and the people, and it is not difficult to predict how far things will go if they are mixed in with forces with ulterior motives, such as the supernatural. ”

Xiaoli listened quietly, and sighed quietly, "I really didn't expect that mortal affairs would be so complicated. ”

"A mortal is simple," Gao De said without shame, "just like me standing before you at this moment." ”

He felt that Xiaoli hadn't really understood, "Two mortals have countless relationships, and three people have an extra two-to-one relationship." There are billions of people in the Ming Dynasty, and the relationship between them is superimposed, and people's hearts are naturally too complex to measure. ”

As he spoke, he casually criticized the empress: "So, governing a big country is like grilling a small fish." At the beginning of Her Majesty's accession to the throne, before she figured out the situation, she rashly made such a big move, of course, there would be chaos. ”

Xiao Li sneered, "Isn't governing a big country like cooking a small fresh?"

"I like to eat grilled fish," Gao De smacked his lips and said, "The whole Ming dare not say, there is no one in Zhongjing who knows more about grilled fish than me." ”

It's really not Gao De's boasting, not to mention grilled fish, stir-frying, etc., he is a good hand, and his sister is his apprentice. His mother died young, his father was busy with work, and he was the one who took care of the kitchen when he was a child. Now that his sister is out of school, it is naturally his turn to enjoy happiness.

"Oh?" Xiaoli's eyes rolled, and most of the ice and snow qi on her body faded at this moment, "Then I want to try, today...... No, tomorrow night. ”

Gao De's heartbeat sped up a few beats, and only then did he have a complete sense of realism, and Xiaoli really became his neighbor.

"It's just a small skill, and it's my honor to appreciate it," he climbed up the pole: "That's what I just said...... Don't tell Mr. Tosaka. She's going to pass it on to the Empress again, and I'm going to be in trouble. ”

"What about your loyalty?" Xiaoli teased him, "how can you be called loyal if you don't tell the truth what you think in your heart?"

"People's hearts are very confused," Gao De sighed, "there are everything, and some of them must not be shaken out." That's not disloyalty, it's just ...... Not necessarily. ”

"Yes, I understand. Xiaoli changed back to an indifferent tone, "I won't tell Mr. Tosaka." ”

She rolled up her veil-like sleeves, revealing her slender arms, "I'll help hoe the weeds, this is my home." ”

Gao De was stunned and said, "Hoeing grass, you can solve it with a wave of your hand, right?"

"Then I won't help. Xiaoli's sleeve fell.

"Oh, okay. Gao Dehun didn't care, and continued to work with his hoe.

Xiao Li stood behind him, watching his ups and downs, her eyes changing.

Turning her gaze to Gao De's waist, she pouted slightly, and snorted meaningfully.

Halfway through the work, Gao De was stopped, "Let's continue tomorrow, drink tea and rest, and I'll go out to do my own business later." ”

Xiaoli served tea with her own hands, which made Gao De panic, took the tea and asked, "You are also busy during this time?

"Yes, it's busy," Xiaoli said indifferently, "Busy in places that mortals can't see." ”

Gao Dexin said that it was just right, this is an expert in demon hunting, and many things can be solved by her.

"Metal discs, what else is there at the mahout?"

Hearing Gao De talk about this, Xiaoli's tone was cold. "Is the surface smooth? You didn't carry it with you, did you?"

Yes, I've got two pieces on me.

Gao De is not stupid to this point, "The surface is very rough, and it is still in the archives. ”

"That's good," Xiaoli breathed a sigh of relief.

probably thought that Gao De, as a mahout of the hundreds of households, should know these things, Xiaoli told it eloquently.

"That disc is called the Scales of Chaos, and when it is intact, it shines like a mirror, and it can suck people's souls. But it's not just a matter of sucking it every time, and the specific situation is very complicated. ”

In Xiaoli's leisurely words, the world has removed a layer of light veil, and it has become clearer and more real in Gaode's eyes.

The Scales of Chaos did not originally exist on its own, but were part of the Heaven and Earth Ding Furnace. As for the Heaven and Earth Ding Furnace, it was used to seal the chaotic artifacts by the Aurora dynasties before the Ming Taizu built the seat of Sheji. At that time, there was the largest Ding Furnace in Zhongjing, and there were smaller ones in various places, and the core of the Ding Furnace was thousands of Chaos Scales.

"Aurora has changed dynasties for tens of thousands of years, and the Heaven and Earth Ding Furnace is also constantly being renovated or replaced. After Taizu founded the country, he brought together all the Ding furnaces in the world and created the seat of Sheji. But before that, there were already many Chaos Scales wandering out and becoming Strangers...... In particular, the basis for the practice of the reconciler. ”

Xiaoli really knew the function of the disc, and also talked about the harmonizer by the way, so that Gao De's heart began to do Brownian motion again.

"And such a strange anomaly......"

Tables and chairs were placed in a tidy corner of the courtyard, and a large umbrella was set up, and Gao De drank the excellent tea, and his heart was bright.

Along with the forbidden ones, Xiaoli explained the two types of special abilities, and also explained that the source of the power of the abilities is not only demons, but also gods, and demons and gods are both from chaos.

The Empress, Xiaoli and her master, as well as Ai Tosaka, and other people of the sacred mountain have the power of the gods, and the other abilities are the power of demons. The Forbidden repels the forces of Chaos, and the Reconcilers can wield different powers of Chaos.

In this way, he should be a mediator, but Gao De still has doubts. The reconciler is also in danger of the demon's heart entering the soul, but his soul can't even suck the demon away, obviously rejecting the power of chaos, what is he?

He asked tentatively, "Is there a person who has both the qualities of a forbidden and a reconciler?"

"Yes," Xiaoli said, "but that kind of person can't exist in the mortal world, so it should be none." ”

Your tone is categorical, but it's not convincing. Such a person is right in front of you, and he is still drinking tea with you.

"The world is not just divided into chaos and the present world, but there is also a place where the virtual and the real are intertwined. Xiaoli continued to explain, and her tone became heavy. "The human heart is the rhythm of the mortal soul, whether it is light or dark, it will rise there first. The forces of chaos will also be deposited there first, and then permeate the present world. ”

"There are a lot of names out there, and now people are generally called ...... Gray Realm. ”

"Heaven and Earth Ding Furnace can cross the gray realm and lead directly to Chaos, there were countless Ding Furnaces in the world in the past, but not all places can block chaos, and demons frequently rush directly into the present world with their physical bodies. It wasn't until Taizu gathered the Ding Furnace as the seat of the society that the exit from chaos to the present world was classified as one. If the demon doesn't go there, he can only erode the mortal soul through the gray realm first, and then appear in the form of a demon. It's like a drop of water oozing from a water pipe, it won't cause much disaster. ”

"Although the Ding Furnace is gone, the Chaos Scales that make up the Ding Furnace can still make mortal souls enter the gray realm. Abilities can contact demons in the Gray Realm, temper their souls, and even gain different demonic powers. ”

"These people are basically reconcilers, and the Holy Mountain calls them demons. In the end, they can't escape the fate of the demon's heart, which is the greatest hidden danger in the mortal world. But their activities in the Gray Realm can ease the power of chaos, and the Holy Mountain has reached some tacit understanding with them. As long as they do not show their traces in this world, the holy mountain will not kill them all. ”

"Not only are they many but they also hide deeply, and through tacit understanding, some of them even help demons infiltrate the world. Xiaoli snorted coldly, a cold glint in her eyes. "If I meet it, one will kill one! Two will kill a pair!"

The sound of clattering suddenly sounded, and Gao De's hand with the tea bowl trembled violently.

"What's wrong with you?" asked Xiaoli puzzled.

"It's been a long time since I've done this kind of physical work," Gao De's face didn't change, "his arms are a little out of strength." ”

I screamed in horror in my heart, so I'm actually a demon!?