- Looking at the current emperor, he is in the prime of life, and his subordinates are full of talents, and there are rookies rising up, and the trend of great talents is approaching. Nowadays, from the perspective of financial and manpower, Nanzhao is obviously being absorbed and gathered by this emperor, and has the sign of being held tightly by him and let his mind make it. Waiting by the side of such a king to cooperate with his governance, Shi Jing knew very well in his heart that his advantages were not enough to meet him head-on, and his biggest disadvantage in age must be protected step by step.

Shi Jing sometimes had the illusion that maybe Wang Chi didn't need to use any means against him, as long as he never let him have a chance to touch the military power, he could kill him in the phase. In another fifteen years, he will be seventy, perhaps from a poor background, and his health is not very good, he will not live to that age. But on the other hand, Wang Chi will be in his early fifties in another fifteen years, and with the physical background he has trained in his military career, it may be enough to be an emperor for another ten years.

Looking at the hundreds of years of history of the previous dynasty, there are many heroes who lost to Shouyuan and died of sudden illness on the road to the officialdom, and even on the road to the territory of the country. Although this kind of defeat may make onlookers feel a little unwilling, this is a fact that cannot be ignored.

Shi Jing, who can only be on the defensive at present, will not ignore this point, and the catastrophe of Shouyuan may not be solved.

Taking care of himself is the heaviest preparation he has always made for his Spring and Autumn Cause, and only by doing this step can he have enough energy to deal with the heavy business he faces every day, and at the same time take care of many extremely troublesome changes in private affairs.

Just like the incident that Concubine De made today, and asked him to clean up the aftermath, if he is not careful, this may become a big bad move that will set fire to himself.

He was almost buried alive by a pile of folds all day today. The emperor suddenly left the palace this afternoon, and after a long delay outside, he did not return. The ministers of the six ministries put on his desk the folds handed over by dozens of counties in the three subordinate states.

As the prime minister of one dynasty, the emperor gave Shi Jing the special power to read the folds first, but Shi Jing knew very well that the emperor's decentralization was half-baked, so don't think that in this way he has the opportunity to monopolize power and override the emperor.

When he exercised the power of "first reading", the small chapter that made the decision was definitely not there, and he could only use a blue pen to review it. And wait until the emperor returns. No matter how busy he is. will also quickly look at the recitals that have been reviewed by the prime minister, and if he thinks it is inappropriate, he will have to find a reason to overhaul it. Such a latent rule has existed for more than a decade. The ministers below are also transparent in their hearts, and they don't regard this blue letter as an iron law.

This is the only bit of real power that the emperor has in the civil service after quietly hollowing out the prime minister and losing his hands on the military.

In addition, if the prime minister looks at the folds first. Leave the handwriting of the approval, rather than the more fixed pattern of seconding the approval after the emperor's approval. Between the lines, some of the prime minister's words may reveal some true intentions for the emperor to see.

This right to "read for the first time" is sometimes like a single-plank bridge in Shi Jing's view. The view from above is not good. And every time you walk by, you have to be very careful not to slip out of the canoe.

So. Shi Jing, who had been busy at the desk for most of the day, already felt that his brain was a little cloudy, and he almost ignored a major event.

Fortunately, he had taken a break from the study where important state books were placed for a while because of a temporary tea break in the afternoon. One of his guards got this opportunity and quietly approached to say goodbye, and he finally seized the opportunity to save.

During his office, the interval between being able to leave the Prime Minister's Mansion was very short, and he had already run two places in a row in half an hour to make the next arrangements. But for him, the most important place is still here with Concubine De.

Only one step into the hall, Shi Jing was about to be stopped by the woman in front of him, but soon the woman recognized his identity and immediately knelt down to confess...... And in the face of the ups and downs of this qiē situation, Shi Jing didn't look at this woman at all, for him, this person was not enough to occupy an inch in his eyes.

"You retreat to a position where you can't hear the voices from here." Shi Jing casually raised his hand and waved away the woman who was kneeling at his feet, and when he did this, his gaze went straight forward, and he never took his eyes off the face of the noble lady in the main seat in the hall.

He finally looked at the face of this noble lady, and did not call his personal guard entourage to take Qingxia out directly, but opened his mouth and said a word, telling her to go out by herself.

Qing Xia is gone. All the people in front of and behind the house also retreated.

It's so quiet here that there are only two of them.

For his kind of dismissal, Concubine De had actually foreseen it in her heart, and this was almost his usual practice, so she was not surprised.

However, the environment of this meeting was not in the palace, and he did not come out of the secret passage under her bed, and did not lift her bed into two sections, which made her feel a little novel.

Looking at Concubine De's face with a hint of a smile slipping by, Shi Jing suddenly said in an indifferent tone: "You seem to be a little happy today?" ”

Thinking of today's sudden change in events, it can be vaguely seen that Shi Jinghui's purpose for suddenly appearing here, the smile on Concubine De's face quickly became cold, she sneered and said, "No one stipulates that laughter has to be caused by happiness. ”

Shi Jing didn't continue the topic with her, he would have asked such a sentence just now, not only because he really caught a smile on Concubine De's face, but also because it could be regarded as a greeting that old friends should have saved when they met.

This is the end of the words, and when Shi Jing spoke again, he directly clarified the purpose of his coming here today in front of Concubine De.

"I'm here to persuade you to stop." Shi Jing had a grim face when he spoke, "If you don't want to listen to persuasion, then I can only stop it directly." ”

Words that are too straightforward are always easy to cause displeasure, not to mention that what Shi Jing said in this tone was to prevent Concubine De from waiting for three years and preparing for three years. He still refused to be tactful, which made her heart grow more and more angry.

"Why?!" Concubine De's still beautiful face quickly formed a board, and her clear and pleasant voice became a little hard, "Now you are just using one sentence, and you are going to dissolve the preparation that I have spent three years on?" You'll have to give me a convincing reason, but I guess it's hard. Because you lied to me again three years ago! ”

Because of the growing anger of the affection, Concubine De even threw aside the self-proclaimed self-proclaimed two words that could improve her status, but always seemed a little cumbersome when she spoke, and used three "you" words in a row to Shi Jing. Although she could still sit upright in her chair, her restlessness had already been exposed between her words.

Shi Jing was not moved in the slightest by her anger, he just repeated what he had just said with a calm expression on his face: "What you are doing now must be stopped." ”

Concubine De finally couldn't sit still, and she stood up from the round chair with two armrests. "Wow..." took three quick steps towards Shi Jing. Standing still in front of him, then staring into his eyes, his voice shouted a little sharply, "Didn't you say that it would be enough to wait another three years?" But what now? Do you want to change it again? Why do I have to listen to your words forever? ”

Shi Jing suddenly smiled. In the smile that appeared on his face at this moment. There is nothing warm in zài, obviously full of mockery. However, with such a mocking smile, he didn't intend to show it to the woman in front of him for a long time.

When the mockery and laughter disappeared, Shi Jing ignored Concubine De's questioning as if she was smashing her head and face with a stone. Instead, he raised his eyebrows and asked: "What you just said, I lied to you three years ago." Is that the three-year period? ”

Concubine De couldn't guess Shi Jing's intention to ask such a rhetorical question, and she vaguely felt that he was going to draw a circle for her to drill, so she didn't say anything more, but just asked for it in a hateful voice: "Isn't it?" ”

"Oh......" Shi Jing groaned. Then he put his hands behind his back, took a few steps away from the sight that Concubine De was almost trying to see through him, and walked to the side. Only the side face was left to her. After a moment of silence, he spoke again. Said slowly: "Then do you remember clearly, what else is in the words I said to you three years ago, in addition to the word 'three years'?" ”

Concubine De was slightly stunned when she heard this.

Three years, for ordinary women, life can be a little hard and tedious, so you have to forget something from your brain in order to accept and remember something new. But for her, a royal "noblewoman" who lives in the palace, three years may be a thrilling life and death disaster, or it may be as bland as water, and she obviously belongs to the latter.

Living a noble life in the palace that often repeats the pattern and thus seems dull, many things do not need to be bothered, but it is also because of this, as long as there is a slight wave, it will leave traces in the heart lake that are not easy to fade away.

Of course, Concubine De remembered every word she had said in that night conversation with Shi Jing three years ago, but she quickly came back to her senses and realized that this was still Shi Jing drawing circles, trying to use her own mouth to admit what he had said.

And of course she was not willing to listen to his "call" like this.

Concubine De recalled the night conversation with Shi Jing three years ago, when the atmosphere of conversation between the two was as tense as it is today, and it was very unharmonious. However, Shi Jing at least gave her a more accurate time limit in that unpleasant conversation, but ...... What is this conversation today?

Don't think about changing the time limit, she's been tricked by him a few times, and it's hard to trust her anymore.

Twelve years ago, on the way out of Kyoto with that little evil obstacle, Shi Jing had the opportunity to order Xue Zhong, who was going to see him off, to kill quickly.

If you do it at that time, not only can you easily solve two people at once, but you will also kill people in the suburbs hundreds of miles away from Beijing, and when you are on the emperor's side, you only need to say that they have been robbed and killed by mountain bandits, and you don't have to worry about leaving anything behind that will involve your own troubles - because in that time when the war had stopped for a while but the chaos had not been extinguished, the mountain bandits in the suburbs of Jianzhai were still very rampant.

However, Shi Jing did not agree to her proposal, and explained that he would at least wait for Lin Shan to hand over the artwork before he could choose the opportunity.

Five years later, this opportunity finally came, Shi Jing managed to intercept the four seasons pigeon flying back to Kyoto from that remote mountain village halfway, one step ahead of the emperor, read the short message, and learned that Lin Shan's drawing had been drawn to the end and was about to be completed. At the same time, one of the people Shi Jing had placed in the teaching of the masters of Lizheng Academy also began to prepare.

However, on the day when the artwork was completed, they learned that the artwork had been burned by the little impediment.

When the news was secretly sent back to Kyoto and reached the ears of the two of them, it was so angry that they wanted to vomit blood.

And the person who was installed in the Lizheng Academy got the news a little later, and he made a mistake in front of Lin Shan and revealed his martial arts, and a few days later, this person chose a reason to leave the academy, and I am afraid that it will not be able to be used again in the future.

In the face of such a breakthrough. Concubine De, who was far away in Kyoto, could only choose to wait a few more years.

Maybe this can be regarded as an alternative kind of "sincerity, gold and stone for opening", another five years have passed, and Providence has once again given him the best opportunity to assassinate. Compared to the five years of waiting, it is worth it for this opportunity.

For some reason, Lin Shan actually came back with the little evil obstacle that had grown the shadow of the slut.

He didn't have to go this trip himself, maybe he sent it to the door to find death himself! After nearly 10 years of operation, Kyoto is now the most thorough and meticulous in terms of security. If Shi Jing wants to kill someone. It's not too hard to be clean.

And what made Concubine De excited and looked forward to it was that Lin Shan might really have taken the wrong medicine, and he didn't immediately contact Emperor Wang Chi after returning to Beijing. He didn't take an extra attendant with him, and he lived with the little squire and the old and thin old butler in the dilapidated courtyard he had bought a long time ago. In such an environment, it is necessary to kill a person. To solve a weak child, it is as simple as cutting a handful of leeks and digging a few shallots in your own vegetable garden.

Afraid of Lin Shan's swordsmanship. It is said that it is quite powerful, and when Concubine De arranged an ambush, she put a man who could almost ransack a village and town.

Just as Yiqiē was ready, just waiting for her to give an order. When these killers pounced and tore those two people apart, things suddenly reappeared.

It turned out that Lin Shan didn't really return to Beijing without a helper, and it didn't take a few days after he returned to the dilapidated courtyard. Two men who resembled shadow guards appeared on the outskirts of the courtyard. One of these two people looks very young, but they are also very strange. The other is in his twenties, and he looks very depressed, but he can vaguely distinguish that he is one of the two groups of double swallows that have been missing for many years.

At this juncture, this lonely swallow suddenly jumped out, but Concubine De didn't dare to underestimate him, for fear that the killer she raised would not know how powerful this person was, and she would drag herself down by exposing her horse's feet, so she had to be indignant and unwilling to recall all the killers who were ambushed outside the dilapidated yard for the time being.

However, although Providence has been tricked several times, it seems to be leaning on its side in the end.

After a few days of impatience, Concubine De received another piece of news that made her happy again. Lin Shan's refusal to contact the emperor after returning to Beijing was also fake, but his purpose in doing so was to poke Wandefu's hornet's nest for the emperor.

As soon as this honeycomb is pierced, the show can start the gong, and it is not afraid of making a loud noise.

Concubine De took all the information of Lin Shan in Beijing that she had mastered as a favor and gave it to the group of people who were sharpening knives at the back of the Wandefu family. Concubine De, who had done this, was still a little uneasy, so she moved out the group of killers she recalled a few days ago and mixed them with the group of killers who were ready to avenge Wan Defu and kill Lin Shan.

However, even in such a killing battle that was almost swept away, it still failed to give Lin Shan a fatal blow, and even the powerless little evil obstacle did not lose a single hair.

This is all because Shi Jing withdrew his hand halfway again, not only did he withdraw the manpower he threw out on the spot, but also tore the killing net that the group of people from the Wanjia family had managed to weave with a rake.

Afterwards, he sued her to wait another three years.

Now that three years have passed, she finally found another opportunity to end the evil obstacle that she had lived comfortably in Beijing for three years. As for Lin Shan's side, although he didn't die three years ago, after Qingxia's inquiry, he was sick for three years, and he needed to stay in bed for most of the first two years to recuperate, so it was really not a worry for such a person who only had half a life left.

But now Shi Jing still wants to stop her!

How could she not be angry?!

Thinking back on these past failures, Concubine De's unwillingness and annoyance in her heart suddenly surged, and she suddenly snorted coldly, not following Shi Jing's guidance, but said in a different way: "Every time you want to stop me, you will make a reason, so I just want to know what the new reason you brought today!" ”

"There is no new reason." Shi Jing suddenly turned around, stared at Concubine De's eyes, and said word by word: "If you want me to give you a reason, then I can only repeat what I said to you three years ago." ”

When Concubine De heard this, she couldn't help but raise her head and "giggle". She let out such a fragmentary laugh in such a posture that it looked like something neurotic to look at.

After such a toss, she had indeed been aroused a little confused.

After laughing a little wryfully for a while, Concubine De turned to look at Shi Jing and asked, "Tell me." What are you? Do you think I'll still believe your rhetoric that dragged me on year after year? ”

"You'll believe it." Shi Jing, whose eyes were slightly drooping, raised his head with a deep groan, "Unless you don't want to live through this year." ”

A hint of awe-inspiring flashed in Concubine De's eyes, and she didn't speak.

"If you don't want to admit it, then I'll do it for you and repeat it again." Shi Jing's deep groan just now was obviously a draft in his stomach, and now he first intercepted Concubine De's anger with an alarmist word. Wait until you get the ready rhetoric out there. "Maybe you still don't know why Lin Shan took that girl back to Beijing three years ago. This matter is full of contradictory logic, and I have been speculating for a long time. Only then did I come up with a few assumptions.

First, he was ready to return the girl to His Majesty three years ago, but something went wrong with His Majesty's side;

Second, he knew that he would not be able to pay it back. He has to shake off his hands, that is, he may be confident enough. Even if he wasn't in Kyoto and only left the girl behind, nothing would have been wrong;

Third, he had to go around Kyoto before setting off. On His Majesty's side, there is a task that must be led by him, and nothing can stop him. Including the girl. So he left this burden in Kyoto, because without his care. For that girl, the safest place in the world was Kyoto, which was not ten miles away from her biological father. ”

After these long words, Concubine De's eyes were already covered with a layer of foggy complicated feelings, and she seemed to want to use her own way of understanding to smooth out Shi Jing's words, but unexpectedly, her thoughts fell into chaos.

And this was only a slight pause when he said this, and Shi Jing quickly continued: "Regarding the first article, I haven't seen it through yet, but this is a choice that should have been opposed by Lin Shan, but in the end he still agreed, which can only show that this issue is probably related to state affairs." As for the latter two, they can be seen clearly at a glance, but they can only be seen clearly, and it is difficult to do more. Presumably you are already clear by now, although with my help, your people have infiltrated the interior of the Song Mansion, and this secret institution that His Majesty has been operating for several years is almost paralyzed, but you must not forget that His Majesty still has five small groups in his hands. You may not be able to fully master these five groups in your lifetime, and as long as these five groups are nailed to Kyoto, you will not have a chance to make a big splash. Even if the inside of the Song Mansion is rotten, it will be cleaned and eliminated by five groups of people at most, and the rotten juice will not be allowed to overflow and pollute other places. ”

Concubine De quietly listened to Shi Jing say this, she suddenly remembered something, and couldn't help asking: "So, the shadow man who followed Qingxia is actually not your person?" ”

"What shadow man?" Shi Jing's eyes moved.

"According to the reply of the girl I sent to the Song Mansion to spread the news, the person who followed her was as fast as a shadow and as a charm, like a shadow reflected on the ground, almost unable to get rid of it, so the girl gave him a pronoun for a shadow man." Concubine De thought for a while and then added: "Qing Xia said that the person showed his face directly to her, and I thought he was your person at first glance. ”

"There's no need for my guards to follow your people." Shi Jing shook his head slightly. However, when he heard Concubine De say this, he was also aroused by a hint of inquiry, so he asked again: "What does your person see what he looks like?" ”

Hearing Shi Jing ask about this, Concubine De's face suddenly became full of doubts, and she shook her head slightly and said, "This is the strangest point." According to Qing Xia's reply, although this shadow man is not masked, he seems to be wearing a mask on one side of his face. The material of the mask looked real and fake on closer inspection, ugly than the disguise, but more conforming to the skin of the face than the mask. ”

"Oh......" Shi Jing tilted his head slightly, he really remembered, and said calmly: "He is the person in the fifth group, in fact, you have seen it a long time ago, but I don't know his identity." ”

Concubine De was stunned: "When have I ever seen this kind of person?" ”

There seems to be a general mask planted on his face, such a strange person, Concubine De doesn't believe that she will not leave an impression if she sees it. And if you think about it from another angle, I'm afraid she really doesn't have the opportunity to see such an ugly and weird face in the palace.

Shi Jing did not elaborate on this issue, he quickly turned his conversation back to the topic, and said at a slower pace: "In short, I came here today, and all I want to say to you is a few words. Stop now, if you still can't stop wanting to do it. Then wait at least another six days, maybe a few days longer, the key to time is to see when Li Gai leaves Beijing. ”

"Ligai is leaving too?" Judging from Concubine De's expression when she spoke, it seemed as if she had heard the news for the first time.

"I didn't expect Your Majesty to hide it from you." Shi Jing's gaze at Concubine De changed as quickly as he could not find traces, "As soon as Li Gai leaves, two of the five groups in his hand will most likely be returned to His Majesty, or replaced by someone to lead him." One way or another. A few days before and after he left. The inherent pattern of the five groups is inevitably going to fluctuate, and that is the best opportunity to skip the eyeliner of the five groups. ”

After a brief pause, he added, "Even if you don't say whether the five groups will make a mistake in their hearts." Just saying that Li Gai is leaving, it is the biggest weakening of the strength of the five groups, and even His Majesty's side may be affected. ”

Thinking of her husband's safety, Concubine De couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Forget it." This is the first time that Li Gai has been in Beijing with His Majesty for thirteen years, and he has made a mistake in his shoulders. "It's over. She looked at Shi Jing and asked, "Is it Qingchuan?" ”

"It doesn't seem like you're completely unaware." Regarding Concubine De's question, Shi Jing nodded slightly to express his certainty, and he quickly continued: "Wait for the war over there, what will happen in Kyoto." As long as it is not directly related to His Majesty, then it is impossible for either Lin Shan or Li Gai to withdraw halfway at this juncture. ”

"Are you sure?" was repeatedly played here in Shi Jing. Concubine De no longer fully believed what she said to him.

"Anything that involves the military cannot be taken back as soon as the order is issued. To manage tens of thousands of soldiers, it is necessary to be disciplined like iron and commands like a mountain. Once they have set out, it will be impossible to return halfway. Shi Jing said this slowly, and his tone gradually cleared up again, "But when they are about to set off before they leave, all the hidden guards in the capital are in the most sensitive stage, and it is best not to touch them at this time, otherwise in order to cut off the troubles, during this period, His Majesty will be more ruthless against a heresy."

You must know that you have waited for more than ten years for the opportunity to get rid of that person, but your Majesty's determination to fight Qingchuan has been in your heart since he was still in the north, and at this time, he is more urgent than you, so he must not allow the slightest interference. ”

Concubine De gradually truly realized that if she made a rash move today and the matter was revealed, she might get such a bleak ending. She couldn't help but feel a chill grow on her back, and a cluster of tiny tentacles was growing upwards, scraping her spine and making her shiver.

Maybe Wang Chinian will not punish her in the relationship with her Xiao Wanting husband and wife, but the result of squatting in the cold palace is certain. And if once she is imprisoned, she loses her status, and the killers she raised lose control, then all the things she has done before will probably be understood by the members of the five groups soon.

At that point, she didn't know if she was qualified to live in the cold palace, but might be thrown into the prison to be next to the rats—but it would still be a little better than the death of the wine.

Thinking of this, Concubine De had already clenched her teeth unconsciously, and she could even hear the sound of two rows of silver-like teeth polishing in her mouth.

Shi Jing looked at her frightened appearance, knowing that she had finally listened to his persuasion, and a stone hanging in her heart finally fell.

After a slight hesitation, Shi Jing softened his tone for the first time after saying so many words in this hall, and comforted Concubine De: "Don't worry too much, stopping at this time will not make Your Majesty suspicious of you." ”

Concubine De suddenly sighed and muttered: "Speaking of which, I should be grateful to Qing Xia, if she hadn't changed my order without authorization, my people would have sent it out now, and I wouldn't have been able to collect it carefully." ”

When she said this, the meaning of listening to the persuasion to stop was very clear.

Shi Jing saw that Concubine De's affairs had been completed, and he had a heavy official business, so he didn't have time to stay here longer, so he was ready to leave.

Before leaving, he remembered something again, stopped his footsteps and turned back and said: "The shadow man you mentioned, I will pay attention to it after I go back, there are my people in the Commander's Mansion, so you don't have to worry too much about this." But your girl named Qingxia, she has looked at the person head-on, so she hasn't been going out lately. For the five groups, sometimes there is no difference between masking and not masking, and the same can be found in the crowd. ”

After Shi Jing said this, he raised his hand and lifted the horned hat on the cloak, covered his head, covered half of his eyebrows, and walked out quickly with his head slightly lowered.

Among the ten generals, four people who came with him on this trip saw the master come out. Without any need for instructions, he immediately let go of Concubine De's guards who were clamped in his hands, and followed Shi Jing in groups of four, and the backs of a group of five people quickly disappeared outside the door.

After they were all gone, Concubine De slowly walked out of the hall, looked at the direction of the five people leaving, and was faint for a while.

watched the prime minister leave from afar. Qing Xia, the last maid who was waved away by Concubine De's side in the hall just now, was the first to approach at this time. "Master, what do you need your servant girl to do?" ”

"No need." Concubine De spoke lightly, and her gaze swept over the guards who were standing a little crookedly in the front yard. There were still two people fainting on the ground and still hadn't woken up, and her mind became a little impatient, and she said, "What's the matter?" ”

Qing Xia, who was standing on the side, hurriedly explained: "They just suffered some contusions, and there is no big problem. Xiangye's attendants have already shown mercy. Their little bruise is not outwardly superficial and does not arouse suspicion. ”

Qingxia itself has good martial arts. is also a confidant maid that Concubine De trusts very much, after listening to her explanation, of course Concubine De will not question it, and she also saves an unspoken worry in her heart.

If these guards are beaten and their noses are bruised and their faces are swollen. even saw blood, she really had a headache how to take them back to the palace.

"Let's ......" Concubine De let out a sigh of relief, ready to end today's unpleasant trip outside the palace. Slowly instructed the maid Qing Xia beside him: "Tell the chief guard to invite Mrs. Mu and prepare to return to the palace." But you come as soon as you pass the word. Stay with me and don't worry about anything else. ”

Qing Xia immediately agreed, bowed to Concubine De again, and then turned around and looked for the chief guard guarding outside the courtyard. I don't know if the prime minister's attendant didn't show mercy when he met with the chief guard who was guarding at the front, and beat him down or what, from the time the prime minister came here to his departure, the chief guard who had good martial arts never saw anyone.

If you can't control it, you can only destroy it directly!

Qing Xia said silently in her heart: I only hope that the master's trip outside the palace will be smooth, so I hope he is fine.

……

A pair of stone lions, nearly a foot high, sit around the gate of the Commander's Mansion compound, decorating this special department in charge of the security of the entire Kyoto armed forces with a majestic and fierce aura. There were few pedestrians walking on the street in front of the Commander's Palace, and even when someone was passing by, they were afraid to look at the two stone lions for too long.

It is said that this is a pair of fierce lions.

The stone lion town house should have been able to suppress evil and drive away evil, but only this pair of stone lions, which are carved with great majesty, seem to have their own ferocity.

When this pair of stone lions was first carved, it was still a matter of the previous dynasty, and at that time, it was placed outside the lobby of the criminal department, coldly staring at hundreds of outlaw prisoners, and even splashing the blood of dozens of prisoners who committed suicide by hitting stones.

Later, it was placed in the Privy Council, but it is said that at night, the lion's eyes, which are obviously made of stone, can turn into a nearly translucent red, and the Privy Council often has to play secrets late at night, and there is such a pair of treacherous and terrifying lions at the door, which is really not good for the physical and mental health of the officials, so it does not stay long in front of the door of the Privy Council.

After that, he went to several departments, and this pair of stone lions can be regarded as witnessing the replacement of the two dynasties, although the rumors are very fierce, but the current emperor does not think so, and specially named it at the gate of the newly built Commander's Mansion.

Since then, the ferocity of the stone lion seems to have really been "suppressed" by the martial god commander with a physique that is different from ordinary people.

Fierce things were finally controlled and used by people, so since the completion of the Commander's Palace, the security of the inner city of Kyoto has become more and more thorough and stable, and it has been nearly 13 years since the establishment of Nanzhao, at least in this part of Kyoto, it has been a situation of rapid prosperity in a stable situation.

But this is just the idea of the people of Kyoto, for everyone in the Commander's Palace, the stone lion is just a pair of stones, there is no such strange appearance that the stone eyes turn red at night, there is no anger and no joy.

This understanding is correct, the stone lion should be carved with a thousand huge stones, in order to be the meaning of this "town". Today's inner courtyard of the Commander's Mansion seems to be a little strange, people walking in the courtyard always feel that the ground is shaking, touching the pillar seats, it seems that there is also this feeling of shaking hands, only touching the pair of stone lions at the door, they are not moving at all, which makes people feel a little at ease.

And only a few of Li Gai's personal guards knew why the ground in the Commander's Mansion often shook slightly today, as well as in the last few days.

The small courtyard of the study, which was in the middle of a corridor and was often filled with official documents on the table, was now extremely empty, because the owner of the study had not been here for the past few days to review official documents or move his muscles, so he had changed to a more sturdy room.

The Split Moon Halberd that the Ke family had spent several years building had been delivered to the Commander's Mansion half a year ago, but it wasn't until a few days ago that Li Gai opened the box containing this soldier's heavy weapon, held the Split Moon Halberd in his hand, and waved it in a very open courtyard of the Commander's Mansion.

(To be continued)