Kaifeng, in the middle of the imperial palace.

Concubine Pang sat in the courtyard, eating a pear, and watched Zhao Zhen running around in front of her with Xiangxiang in her arms.

There was a lot of dust on the hem of Zhao Zhen's imperial robe, and he didn't care, he ran while holding Xiangxiang, coaxing his daughter to giggle. Xiangxiang is healthy and cute, she can already see that she is a beauty embryo at a young age, the key is that she is still well-behaved, bold, she doesn't like to cry, she is quite similar to Zhao Zhen when she was a child, and she has a very calm personality.

Zhao Zhen was messing with Xiangxiang, and saw Gonggong Chen at the gate of the courtyard signaling to the outside.

Zhao Zhen was slightly stunned, stopped, handed over the already sweaty incense to Concubine Pang, turned around and walked out.

Concubine Pang wiped her sweat on Xiangxiang while looking outside...... saw Zhao Zhen walk out of the courtyard, and it was Nangong Ji who was waiting for him outside the door.

Nangong held a scroll in his hand and whispered a few words to Zhao Zhen.

Concubine Pang stood up with Xiangxiang in her arms and went back to the house, she had been married for many years, she could feel it from Zhao Zhen's back - there should be something important.

Zhao Zhen and Nangong Ji went to the study together.

After Nangong Ji entered the door, he closed the door of the study with his backhand.

Zhao Zhen had already sat behind the bookcase, raising his hand to support his chin and looking at Nangong Ji who was standing in the middle of the room...... To be exact, it was the scroll in Nangong's hand.

Nangong asked Zhao Zhen, "Your Majesty, do you want to see it now?" ”

Zhao Zhen nodded.

Nangong then "brushed" and shook off the long scroll in his hand.

As the scroll unfolded, a portrait of a human height appeared in front of Zhao Zhen's eyes.

Zhao Zhen raised his head and looked at it, and then, frowning slightly, "It seems to be ......"

Nangong Ji nodded, "Well, the subordinates also think that they look very similar, but ......"

"It's completely different in temperament." Zhao Zhen shook his head.

While speaking, Zhao Zhen stood up, took the portrait in Nangong's hand, hung it on an easel, took a few steps back, and continued to look at it.

Nangong also came behind Zhao Zhen and watched with him.

On the portrait, there was a man in a black dragon robe, in his twenties, heroic and noble, and his appearance was even ninety percent like Yin Hou.

"What about people?" Zhao Zhen looked at it for a while and asked Nangong.

"I brought it, but he was too old to walk, so he was carried in a chair."

Zhao Zhen nodded, "Come in, I have something to ask him." ”

"Yes." Nangong nodded and walked out.

After a while, I saw several shadow guards walking in carrying a chaise longue.

On the recliner, there is an old man in his last years. His pale hair, skinny countenance, and the folds of his face covered almost all of his facial features, and his gray robe was clean.

The old man's eyes were slightly open, and his calm eyes suddenly changed when he saw the portrait, only to see that his eyes were instantly moist, and a tear fell out of his eyes, passing over his old cheeks, and the vicissitudes of life and sadness made Zhao Zhen inexplicably feel a sigh.

"The stars are like the sea, they fall in a moment, the troubled times are no more, and the glory is gone......" Zhao Zhen looked at the old man and said lightly, "General Situ, look up for a long time." ”

"Hehehe......" The old man laughed, with a little phlegm guttural voice, "The world is different, people like you can be emperors......"

Nangong frowned slightly, his eyes were not good, but Zhao Zhen waved his hand lightly, and he didn't seem to care. He looked at the portrait not far away and nodded, "Yes, the way of the world is indeed different, people like me can sit firmly in the country, and there is nothing important to go to court every day, there is no need to worry about someone usurping the throne, and there is no need to worry about foreign enemies sneaking attack." The wives and concubines of the harem are harmonious, and there is no dictatorship of relatives. I can still find some time every day to spend time with my wife, daughter, and queen mother. ”

The old man listened quietly, without any expression on his face, for a long time, as if he sighed, "Probably this is what he wants...... It's not bad. ”

"This portrait was collected by me from the old mansion of the painting saint Zhang Tang." Zhao Zhen said and nodded to Nangong.

Nangong said, "Zhang Tang's old house has been locked, and his children have had family mottos for generations, and they are not allowed to open the door of that studio unless they ......"

"Unless...... War is coming again, troubled times are coming again,......" the old man smiled, "That old ghost is also obsessed." ”

"I have a question for you." Zhao Zhen looked at the old man and asked, "Is this portrait the Eagle King when he was young?" ”

Lao Su raised his head and looked at Zhao Zhen, "What are you asking for?" ”

Zhao Zhen said, "I have a friend who is very similar to this person. ”

The old man was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then smiled, "Impossible." ”

Zhao Zhen was puzzled, "Why is it impossible." ”

"If your friend really resembles this person, you are no longer the emperor." The old man looked at Zhao Zhen a little impatiently, "Huh?" ”

Zhao Zhen was slightly embarrassed, coughed lightly, and sighed, "Don't hide it from Your Excellency, I don't want to be unfavorable to the descendants of the Eagle Queen, on the contrary...... I'm afraid someone will harm them, so I want to find out something. ”

The old man didn't speak, and after a long time, he said, "If you ask me this kind of question, I can't answer you." ”

Zhao Zhen looked at him.

"Because when I was born, the Eagle King was already dead." The old man said lightly.

"And what about his descendants?" Zhao Zhen didn't give up, and asked, "Or, I will ask another question, do you know this person in the portrait?" ”

The old man smiled, raised his eyes, looked at the portrait again, and sighed, "You haven't experienced that era, you won't understand...... Those who have never seen it will never understand. ”

Zhao Zhen stared at him for a while and nodded, "You said you haven't seen the Eagle King, so ...... This isn't the Eagle King anymore, is it? ”

The old man's eyes regained his calmness again, "It doesn't matter...... He has been dead, dead for a hundred years. Both of those were dead...... Those who fall with the last star will not look back. ”

The old man slowly closed his eyes and stopped talking.

Nangong Ji looked at Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen nodded slightly, and Nangong asked people to send the old man back.

Closing the door of the study, Nangong Ji walked to Zhao Zhen, who was still looking at the painting, and said, "Situ Lang fought with that person back then...... Therefore, the portrait should be when Yin Hou was young, and Yin Hou's identity can also be determined. ”

Zhao Zhen nodded lightly, stared at the person on the portrait, and said to himself, "The only person I've ever seen is more like the god of war than Uncle Jiu......"

Nangong Ji seemed to be a little worried, "If you extrapolate by analogy, probably Tianzun's identity can also be determined...... They turned out to be the two people in the legend, I couldn't believe it. ”

"The last star has fallen...... Zhao Zhen muttered to himself as he walked to the bookshelf behind the bookcase and took down a box.

Nangong Ji looked at the box, a little puzzled.

"This is a relic from Li Yu's tomb back then." Zhao Zhen opened the box and said, "Li Yu's body has never been found, only this box." As he spoke, he took out a moonstone from the box, and the stone did not know whether it was carved or naturally formed, in the shape of a star.

"The stone will be very bright at night." Zhao Zhen said, "This is what Li Yu buried in the imperial mausoleum when his own bones were buried, I have never known what Lu Dao is, now that I think about it, it turned out to be him......"

Nangong Ji was silent for a moment, and according to the origin of Yin Hou and Tianzun, "Silver Demon King?" Is he related to Li Yu? ”

Zhao Zhen smiled, put the stone back in the box, and put it back in place.

Nangong was still waiting aside.

Zhao Zhen asked him, "Have you eaten?" ”

Nangong was stunned, "Uh......"

Zhao Zhen said, "Hurry up and eat, you have been running around for more than a month, I will give you a few days off and have a good rest." ”

Nangong Ji saw Zhao Zhen walking out leisurely, as if he wanted to go back to Concubine Pang's courtyard to continue to tease Xiangxiang, so he caught up a few steps, "Your Majesty." ”

"Huh?"

Nangong hesitated, "With Yin Hou's identity, is it really okay for Zhanzhao to stay in Kaifeng?" ”

Zhao Zhen smiled slightly, patted him on the shoulder, and commanded in a low voice, "Today's incident should be treated as if it never happened." ”

After all, Nangong obeyed Zhao Zhen's words, and since he said so, he had no choice but to nod, "Yes." ”

"Don't be so serious." Zhao Zhen patted him, "Let's go eat." After saying that, he flicked the sleeves of the dragon robe and ran.

……

At this time, there were also Zhanzhao and Bai Yutang who were also eating.

Bai Yutang looked at Zhanzhao with a bowl of soup. While Zhan Zhao was eating, he seemed to be competing with someone, and he seemed to be thinking about something, Bai Yutang felt that this cat was chattering today.

After drinking the soup, Bai Yutang saw that Zhanzhao seemed to be full, and put down the dishes and chopsticks.

Bai Yutang was about to ask the guy to pay the bill, but suddenly, he heard Zhanzhao call him, "Yutang." ”

Bai Yutang looked back at him.

Zhan Zhao looked at him and asked, "Have you ever heard Tianzun talk about what happened before he was thirty years old?" ”

Bai Yutang was slightly stunned, and looked at Zhanzhao, "Uh...... A few...... Sporadic fragments? ”

"For example?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Bai Yutang thought for a while, "Drinking with friends, jousting or something......

"Exactly?" Zhan Zhao asked, "The kind with a clear vein." ”

Bai Yutang frowned slightly, thought about it, and shook his head, "I haven't heard him mention it since I was a child." ”

"Me too." Zhan Zhao nodded, "Grandpa's life so far is almost divided into three stages, the first stage is childhood, I know that he was raised by the Silver Demon King with Tianzun. Bai Yutang nodded.

"In the second stage, he started in his twenties, until he met my grandmother, it was the time when he was the master of the Demon Palace, and it seems that he has been having various grievances with the people of the rivers and lakes."

Bai Yutang then nodded.

After that, he met his grandmother and retired until now...... The life trajectory of Tianzun and my grandfather is actually similar, and he is also about the same as when my grandfather retired and began to ignore the world. Zhan Zhao said, "But don't you think, what's missing?" ”

Bai Yutang frowned slightly, and said, "Is there less of the experience when you were a teenager in your twenties and before you were thirty years old?" ”

Zhan Zhao nodded and pointed to his nose, "It's our age!" I joined the rivers and lakes in my teens, and I have been in the river until now, this period of time...... My grandfather and Tianzun, what are they doing? ”

Reaching out during the day, he gently touched his chin, and was so much that he was inexplicably a little concerned...... yes, what exactly were they doing during that time? Why have you never heard of it?

"Have you heard your grandfather mention it?" Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang shook his head, "My grandfather is younger than them, and he has lived in the extreme north since he was a child, maybe, but Master Wusha should know the way." ”

Zhan Zhao was silent for a while, and said, "I never cared about it when I was a child...... Now that I think about it, my grandfather is really similar to the Eagle King sometimes, especially with a certain demeanor and feeling. Of course, only when he wanders or is alone, for a moment, there is still ...... When looking at the stars. ”

Bai Yutang was slightly stunned, as if Zhanzhao's three words "looking at the stars" reminded him of something.

Bai Yutang frowned and said, "Do you know why my master lives on the top of the Tianshan Mountain?" ”

Zhan Zhao looked at him, "For what?" ”

"Because it's closest to the sky, it's the least cloudy, and it's the place where you can see the stars most clearly." Bai Yutang said, "My master sometimes sits on the tree at night and looks at the stars, that feeling...... As if he was waiting for someone, now that he thinks about it, he must be thinking about someone......"

Zhanzhao stood up, "Let's go." ”

Bai Yutang also stood up, "Or go find Shan Yiren?" ”

"Hmm." Zhan Zhao nodded, walked out of the restaurant with Bai Yutang, and walked in the direction of Shan Mansion.

"There are some things that I have never paid attention to before, and I take everything for granted, but when I think about it, there is a reason!" Zhanzhao sighed inexplicably.

"For example?" Bai Yutang asked him.

"Well, do you remember that I said that in addition to many children who like my grandfather, all animals also like my grandfather?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Bai Yutang nodded, "Well, it is obvious that Bai Yunfan and the black owl are very obedient in front of Yin Hou, and Xiao Wu didn't dare to move when he saw him at first sight." ”

Zhan Zhao nodded, "yes, now that I think about it, those animals shouldn't like him or hate him...... Animals are not humans, and they don't think that anyone is obedient and obedient...... Most of it is because of the aura emanating from the body. ”

Looking at Zhanzhao during the day, "Breath? ”

"Let's put it simply." Zhan Zhao said, "They're scared. ”

Bai Yutang looked at Zhanzhao.

At this time, the two had already arrived in front of Shan Yiren's mansion.

Zhan Zhao stepped forward, raised his hand, and knocked on the door knocker twice.

After a while, footsteps were heard.

With a "crunch", a man opened the door and poked his head out to look out...... Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang recognized it, it was the old housekeeper before.

The old housekeeper frowned slightly, looking at Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, "Who are you looking for?" ”

Zhan Zhao stared at the butler for a while, and suddenly smiled.

Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao with some puzzlement, and the housekeeper seemed to be puzzled as well.

Zhan Zhao opened his mouth and said, "My grandfather asked me to come." ”

The housekeeper was slightly stunned, and seemed to look at Zhanzhao suspiciously.

Zhan Zhao said, "I'm here to find someone." ”

The old butler asked, "Looking for whom?" ”

Zhan Zhao looked at him and said, "General Shan's descendant." ”

The old butler was stunned.

Zhan Zhao said, "There are some things I want to take." ”

The old butler stared at Zhan Zhao for a long time and opened the door.