After arriving at the destination, after two days of repair, the autumn hunt officially began.

The Emperor Taishang, who had not appeared in the autumn hunting ground for several years, was the first to draw his bow again, and a deer a hundred paces away fell in response, making the rumors of all these years disappear at once.

Rumors about the Emperor's poor health have been around for a long time. The current emperor's riding and shooting is not very good, let alone let the deer a hundred steps away be killed, even if it is only half the distance, the current emperor has a sixty percent chance of missing the target, let alone others. Moreover, since the current emperor succeeded to the throne, it has always been the Emperor Taishang who opened the bow, even before Jia Jiu ascended to Yuqing Mountain more than 20 years after ascending the throne. nominally it is to give way to the emperor, but everyone knows that this is also because the emperor still has control over the government.

It's no wonder that after the Emperor Taishang stopped firing the bow, there were rumors that the Emperor Taishang was no longer good. Because in recent years, the current emperor's control over the government has risen steadily, even if the autumn hunt is opened by the emperor Taishang, no one doubts that the current emperor's chair is not worthy of the name.

Of course, seeing that the Emperor Taishang's bow and arrow are still the same, and talking and laughing with the people around him, the rumors about the Emperor's poor health have disappeared, but there is another layer of rumors, that is, the Emperor Taishang is finally going to decide to delegate power.

Although the wind is surging secretly, it is still peaceful in the autumn hunting ground. Emperor Taishang even invited various envoys to participate in the autumn hunt together, including the prince of the Jin State who came to Daqi again because of salt and fertilizer, as well as the envoys of the Song State, the Shu State, and the Qin State, and of course, the Broken Island envoy group was also indispensable.

When the former Wang Fu of Broken Island shot an antelope with an arrow, even the emperor couldn't help but widen his eyes: "I heard that you are blind." But ......"

The deputy envoy of Broken Island pursed his lips with disdain and said, "Otherwise, why is our Wang Fu respected as Xuanjue?" It's because Wang Fu's ear power is amazing. Don't say it's the bleating sheep. Even those tigers, leopards and wolves that don't make much noise, their fur brushes the grass on the ground, and they make sounds. ”

The Emperor was amazed.

King Li said loudly: "How is it possible? I prefer to believe that there is nothing wrong with your envoy's eyes. Are you really not lying? ”

When the deputy envoy of Broken Island heard this, he immediately became angry.

He felt that this was an insult to their prince.

On the contrary, it was the Broken Island Messenger who stretched out his hand to stop it. said calmly: "Over the years, there have been no one or two who have doubted. How does Your Highness want me to prove it? ”

"Shoot again blindfolded."

"Yes."

The envoy of the broken island was very talkative, and really took the strip of cloth that King Li had sent him. Blindfolded, after being examined, three more arrows swished, each hitting two deer and a rabbit.

Li Wangkou was dumbfounded.

The Emperor laughed: "Emperor." You're going to do the good work. Your archery skills are no match for a blind man. ”

King Zhongshun said on the side: "Father. The blind man who can do this, I am afraid that there is only this one in the world. ”

Everyone laughed.

The prince of the Jin Kingdom said: "I think, at this moment, the most concerned about this Broken Island King should be the county lord of Jia, right?" What, didn't he play? ”

"Oh? So you care about him too? King Chungshun quipped with a smile.

The prince of the Jin Kingdom said: "I'm just curious, I heard that this Jia County Lord is strong in martial arts, so I don't know if he makes a move." What will it look like? ”

King Zhongshun smiled: "I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you, after all, the county lord of Jia is a female streamer." So stay in the back. However, with the martial arts of the county lord of Jia, if he makes a move, I am afraid that there will be no matter for us in this hunting ground. ”

The envoy of the Song Kingdom smiled: "It's not. No one in the Dao Sect is here. ”

The Song Kingdom, like the Great Qi, also took Taoism as the state religion, and the leader of the Southern Sect of Daomen was their national teacher. Therefore, the envoys of the Song State were also quite confident in the force value of the people in the Daomen.

The emperor said: "I heard that there are no people from the Taoist sect in your country's envoys this time?" ”

In the past, the Song State and the Great Qi often sent envoys to each other, and every time, the envoys of the Song State were indispensable in the Daomen people, this time, the Song State envoys did not have the figure of the Daomen people, and the emperor was very surprised when he got the report of the Honglu Temple for the first time.

The envoy of the Song State replied, "Exactly." To tell you the truth, your country's salt and fertilizer is too strict, after my emperor heard that this matter was the handiwork of the county lord of Jia, he asked the national teacher to find a way more than once, but he didn't expect that the national teacher actually said that there was no salt and fertilizer even within the Northern Sect, so he hoped to confirm it in the future. Of course, it would be great if the two countries could reach an agreement on the sale of salt and fertilizer. ”

The emperor said: "Lord Jia...... Alas, what do I say, this kid. He is a solid-eyed child, and when he said that this salt and fertilizer was filial piety to the imperial court, he never let the Daomen know all the craftsmanship, so that if he wanted salt and fertilizer on Yuqing Mountain, he had to buy it from the relevant yamen. If it weren't for that, the boy wouldn't have gone out on a ship to look for food overseas. I heard that your country has developed sea transportation, but I wonder if your country has ever looked for rice overseas? ”

The envoy of the Song State replied: "There is rice overseas, but the distance is far away and it is not easy to transport. Moreover, if the same ship is used for other transactions, how much money will be made a hundred times and a thousand times? Therefore, in my Great Song Dynasty, there were very few ships that went to sea for a little rice. ”

The emperor said, "Even if it's a natural disaster? ”

The envoy of the Song State said: "Because of the warm climate, China's rice has always been harvested twice a year. As a result, rice is inexpensive and there is a greater demand for salt fertilizer. If you come back from overseas to transport grain, even if it goes smoothly along the way, it will be a shipload and a ship. On the other hand, if you use sea vessels for business, you can replenish the treasury more quickly. ”

The emperor said: "Even the Daomen Southern Sect wouldn't do this?" ”

"Yes." The envoy of the Song State said, "Why does Your Majesty ask this? ”

The emperor said: "It's not a secret, because before that, Yuqing Mountain had just released a word, saying that Daomen had found a lot of grain overseas. ”

This time, Daomen suddenly took out a large amount of food for disaster relief, which can be said to have earned enough attention and people's hearts. For the emperor, it is not terrible for the Daomen to have countless copper coins in his hands. The terrible thing is that there is countless grain in the hands of the Daomen. The emperor was very worried that these grains were not actually found by the Daomen from overseas. It's that Daomen has always had so much food in his hands.

Even if the emperor had already sent people to infiltrate those sailors and collect first-hand information for the emperor, the emperor did not fully believe it.

The envoy of the Song State said: "Compared with the trade in silk, porcelain, tea, salt, and various precious stones, spices, and ivory, the value of the goods in the rice trade itself is not high, and the moisture at sea makes the rice easy to germinate and difficult to preserve, which makes the maritime merchants shake their heads at the rice trade." What's more......"

"What is it?"

"I heard. To find the rice-rich island, you have to cross an extremely dangerous sea. ”

Speaking of this, a trace of fear also appeared on the faces of the envoys of the Song Kingdom. The reaction of the envoys of the Song Kingdom immediately attracted everyone's attention. Even the Emperor Taishang, who had just recovered from a long illness, put down the bow and arrow in his hand and said, "Dangerous sea area? How dangerous? ”

The envoy of the Song Kingdom replied: "I can't hide it, in the coastal area of my Great Song Dynasty, there have been various legends since ancient times. Dragons in the sea. Giant turtles in the sea. In many legends. A mirage is a bazaar in the sea, and if you are lucky enough to enter it, you can take with you countless treasures of the sea, but in fact, ......"

"How, actually?"

"There was once a real mirage in Beijing."

"How?"

"Dead." The envoy of the Song Kingdom trembled and said, "Except for a few people who were tied to the mast for some reason, the rest of the people were bewitched by the mirage, jumped into the sea, and never came back. And those few people. It was also because the ship was lucky to leave the sea area under the impetus of the ocean currents and survived. In fact, there are not many ships that inadvertently intrude into that area. However, if it were not for the fact that the ocean currents were to leave with the ship, it would be useless to even the crew to be tied to the mast. ”

"Why?"

"Illusion, that sea is shrouded in a huge illusion. No one will not be fooled, and no one will be able to escape. Therefore, if the ship does not leave in time, then those who are tied to the mast will be starved to death in a sweet dream. ”

"Then don't tie it up."

"Then you will only be confused by the illusion, and then you can't help but jump into the sea and fall into the water and die." The envoy of the Song State said, "Actually, such ghost ships will always be found on the sea. The ship was fine, but there was no one on board, and even everything on board was available. It's as if the crew is away for a while and will come back later. ”

It was obviously a good day with the sun shining, but everyone who heard this couldn't help but tremble.

The emperor was the first to react and said, "However, I heard that Yuqingshan's ship did not encounter any illusions. ”

"If that's the case, they must have passed through an even more terrifying sea." The envoy of the Song State said.

"What sea?"

At this moment, everyone was even more curious.

The fear on the faces of the envoys of the Song Kingdom was even stronger, but the Emperor Taishang and the Emperor were staring at him, so he had to speak, "That sea area has become the forbidden territory of the Dragon King by us. ”

"The Dragon King's Forbidden Domain?"

"Yes." The envoy of the Song Kingdom said, "Because in that sea area, you will often see the Dragon King patrolling. Someone once came back from that sea, almost frightened and stupid, and muttered like crazy, saying that the dragon king's whole body was silver-white, and he could not see the head or tail, and he saw the silver-white body shining in the sun, and the fiery red mane was the only bright color. Encountering the dragon king is not the most terrifying, because as long as you sacrifice all the fish on the boat to the dragon king, you have a chance to live. The real troubles are the shrimp soldiers and crab generals, as well as the demons in the sea. ”

"Demons?"

"Yes. A giant octopus. A single tentacle is hundreds of feet long, and it can easily overturn a ship. ”

The words of the envoys of the Song State immediately aroused the alarm of the emperor.

The emperor knew about the encounter with the octopus on the Daomen's ship. The emperor also knew that Jia Jiu had exchanged a vat of toffee for the right to pass. The emperor could even imagine that once this news leaked, the price of toffee would obviously skyrocket. Because people who run the sea want to be safe. If toffee can be exchanged for peace, these people will definitely store a lot of toffee.

The emperor didn't speak, but he didn't expect that King Zhongshun would actually say: "Speaking of which, I heard that the county lord of Jia bought the demon in the sea with a vat of milk candy. ”

The envoy of the Song State immediately became concerned: "Milk candy? ”

As if he did not realize the importance of this secret, the king of Zhongshun told the other party 1510.

The envoy of the Song Kingdom said: "Could it be that the county lord of Jia can communicate with the gods and demons in the sea?" ”

The emperor said, "What, is there anything wrong?" ”

The envoy of the Song State said: "There is such a saying in our country that the mermaids in the sea will fall in love with human beings for some reason and give birth to children for human beings. And only some of these descendants are sharks, and a considerable number of them are born in human form. The merman is a family member of the dragon king, and the children of the merman are born to be able to talk to the gods and demons in the sea. ”

Li Wang said: "This is strange. In the early years, the envoy of Broken Island once said that the county lord of Jia County had the blood of the royal family of Broken Island in his body. At this time, you said that he was the child of the merman, how is this possible? ”

King Qian, who had been listening to it for a long time, said: "This is not unusual. Perhaps, it is because the other party is the son of a merman that he can cover up the special nature of the king of the broken island. I heard that your Broken Island has a special way of sensing the Broken Island King's Vein, is that right? ”

This last sentence is aimed at the envoy of the broken island.

I saw that the former Wang Fu of Broken Island nodded and said, "My royal family of Broken Island are all descendants of Wang Shu, and Wang Shudian naturally has a spell to find Wang Shu's child." ”

"Oh? However, didn't your former king of the broken island disappear a long time ago? If he really was that important, you would have found him, wouldn't you? ”

"When the first king disappeared, it coincided with the upheaval of my broken island. By the time the situation stabilized, Wang Shudian had lost the clues of the previous king. The former prince of the broken island obviously didn't want to talk about this, "As for that Jia County Lord, I can't hide it, if it weren't for the traces of the armor and martial arts found on the battlefield that year, I wouldn't have sent an envoy to your country." ”

"In other words, before this, you really didn't find out that girl was the bloodline of your Broken Island King's lineage?"

"Yes." The envoy of Broken Island did not deny it, but his attitude was obviously telling everyone that he insisted that Jia Jiu was the king of Broken Island.

The envoys of the Song State apparently scoffed at this.

The son of the merman has a very special ability, which is a well-known thing in their Great Song Dynasty. As for any broken islands, they had never heard of them.

Li Wang said: "Grandfather, father, I heard that the county lord of Jia often dreams, dreaming about broken islands, I don't know if he will dream about things in this sea?" ”

The Emperor Taishang smiled and said, "When you say that, I am curious. Come. ”

Immediately, there was an inner attendant, and he went to the back to find Jia Jiu. (To be continued.) )