Emperor Jingxiao was discouraged by the sound of communication outside the door, but he was also puzzled.

What is the important thing that can make the little marquis of the Wan family make a special trip to the Taoist mansion where he is the national teacher?

"What?"

The emperor straightened up, his face was red, and he asked in a deep voice.

"Back to the emperor, Kagura Marquis recently got a treasure and came to the Taoist house to present it to the emperor."

To see or not to see?

Emperor Jingxiao frowned, and his hesitant eyes fell on Yu Xuanji's soul-soothing face, feeling a little greedy.

Yu Xuanji secretly breathed a sigh of relief, hooked his red lips on his back, and smiled lightly revealing a trace of coldness.

"Your Majesty, it's not easy for Kagura Hou to enter the palace, why don't you refuse him. How about looking at the treasures he has offered? ”

The emperor also laughed when he heard this, pinched the smooth and delicate jaw of the person under him with two fingers, his cloudy red eyes locked on his beautiful facial features, and said provocatively:

"The six roots of the national teacher are not pure, and as a cultivator, he is greedy for the gold and silver of the layman. Say to myself, should I punish you? ”

Yu Xuanji shook the emperor's restless hand, and said in a flattering voice:

"Poor Dao observes the celestial phenomena and predicts that when the children and ugliness alternate tonight, there will be a shower of stars falling in the seven nights of Xuanwu in the northern sky, which is an auspicious omen of Dayi. When the auspicious time comes, it will not be too late for the emperor to practice with the poor road double cultivation. ”

"I am the national teacher. Come, I will take you to see the treasures brought by Wanli. ”

When Emperor Jingxiao heard this, he no longer insisted on it, got off the soft couch, put on the loose dragon robe on his body again, and stepped out of the meditation room hand in hand with the well-dressed Yu Xuanji.

In the outer hall, at the perforation of a pair of lion-ear copper furnaces in the corner of the wall, a few wisps of light green smoke are rising out.

Kagura Hou Wanli stood tall in the midst of the fragrance, wearing a three-pronged crown of purple and gold hair on his head, and a robe of ice blue water moire patterned gess on his body, which made people feel distressed and had a pleasing sense of coolness when they looked at it.

Seeing the emperor and the national teacher stepping in one after another, Wan Li hurriedly knelt down and saluted:

"The ministers are courteous, see the emperor."

"What is it that makes you so excited that you actually came to these four elephant houses to find me?"

Emperor Jingxiao approached Wanli and made a gesture to get up, with a smile on his face.

Wan Li flattened his body, picked up the peachwood sword on the table of the Eight Immortals, and said excitedly:

"The minister recently got a good peach wood, knowing that his brother-in-law loves to cultivate, he specially invited someone to carve wood into a sword and give it to his brother-in-law."

was called "brother-in-law" by Wanli twice, and Emperor Jingxiao couldn't help but frown, and there was a little displeasure in his eyes.

In the past, Dayi relied on the Wan family, and the father and son of the Wan family had outstanding achievements on the front line, and it was Emperor Jingxiao who personally spoiled Wanli, the young brother-in-law, without scruples.

Now he is so big or small, he doesn't know how to advance or retreat, although the emperor is unhappy, he is not good in front of the national teacher.

Yu Xuanji stood behind the emperor with his hands folded, his chin lowered his eyebrows, and his lips smiled.

Every time Wanli appears, he must have a sense of superiority and oppression that is higher than others. He can't live for his own sin, and sooner or later his arrogance will make him die a miserable death.

Yu Xuanji had already anticipated the ending of Wanli, knowing that this was not the time for him to speak, as an outsider, it was best to be able to watch the tide coldly and calmly.

Emperor Jingxiao stretched out his hand with a cold face and put the wooden sword presented by Wan Li in front of his eyes for a closer look.

Both sides of the scabbard are common Taoist eight-god mantra seals, and there is nothing unusual except for the exquisite carving.

Emperor Jingxiao lowered his eyes, hurriedly glanced at the scabbard, and then held the hilt of the dragon's head sword in one hand and pulled out the wooden sword.

The three-foot peachwood sword has a flat and smooth blade, with the unique aroma of wood. The sword body facing the emperor has a sunken eight characters on it:

God-given auspicious wood, Rui gathers all directions

Emperor Jingxiao saw it, his eyebrows and eyes were slightly raised, and the corners of his mouth pulled up a light smile.

The sword was swept repeatedly in the palm of his hand before he nodded:

"The material is admittedly good. Wanli, where did you get it? ”

Wan Li bowed his hand, smiling and arrogant between his eyebrows:

"Back to the emperor, the courtier's mother devoted herself to practicing for many years, and on the night before January, she met the old gentleman of Taishang to dream, telling that there are a thousand years of peach trees in the Yunwu Mountain, showing the eight-character mantra.

The minister's mother woke up from a dream and ordered the minister to look for it, and the kingdom found the sacred tree. After worshipping the tree god, the minister took two of its spiritual branches, and asked the skilled craftsman to carve it into a peachwood sword, so as to dare to present it to the emperor to enjoy. ”

Emperor Jingxiao said in a deep voice, lightly hooked his lips, and his sharp eyes glanced back at the mantra with neat and clear handwriting on the sword.

already knew that there was no need to expose him on the spot.

Turning over the wooden sword to look at the other side, you can see that the sword body is inlaid with seven balls, its material and color are not the same, and the pattern of the Big Dipper is arranged in an orderly manner.

Among the seven orbs, embedded in the position of the main two-star Tianxuan was a rare dragon stone.

Its whole body color is red and full, the fire is beautiful, and the moment of brilliance freezes the emperor's eyes.

His eyes were in a trance for a moment, and Emperor Jingxiao looked fixedly at the shining gem in front of him, and quickly thought of something in his mind.

Yu Xuanji was on the side, his sharp gaze caught the confusion on the emperor's face, and he couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth coldly.

Leaning over his eyes, the eyes that precipitated like a thousand years of ice met the huge round ruby on the wooden sword. And the color that was in full swing could not easily dissolve the faint cold air condensed under the eyes of this cold jade man.

"This is a dragon stone!"

The time has come -

Yu Xuanji suddenly opened his mouth at this moment, his face was smiling lightly, and his slightly surprised tone contained a hint of inexplicable coldness:

"When the emperor rewarded Poor Dao with the treasure fire dragon stone of the Qianglou Kingdom in Southern Xinjiang, Poor Dao had heard that this gem was originally a pair of male and female. Seeing Hou Ye today, he really believed the rumors. ”

Intentional or unintentional prompts, Emperor Jingxiao's eyes flashed and disappeared in an instant, which was extremely complex and elusive for a while.

He remembered that he had seen this familiar ruby a few years ago, which was the treasure of the Southern Barbarians to offer Dayi.

He remembered that he had given the dragon stone to the national teacher, but he didn't remember that he had a second dragon stone and gave it to Kagura.

So, where did the dragon stone of Wanli come from?

When he twisted his eyebrows and thought about it, Emperor Jingxiao couldn't help but narrow his eyes, and his face became ugly.

Sensing the abnormality, Wan Li looked embarrassed. After a pause, his eyebrows fluttered:

"The emperor is the true son of the dragon, and it is expected to have such treasures. The minister also obeys the will of heaven to have two treasures, the sacred wood and the fire dragon stone, so he does not dare to be alone, only the emperor's dragon power can suppress these two treasures. ”

Emperor Jingxiao sneered and put his sword into the sheath:

"Tell me, where is this kind of fine carving made?"

"Back to the emperor, it is naturally the 'Linlang Pavilion' of a famous carpenter shop in the capital."

"Hmm."

The emperor snorted casually, lifted the dragon robe and sat down, the wooden sword was placed on the table, and he talked impromptuly:

"You've been walking among the people for a long time, have you heard anything new lately, tell me about it."

Wan Li's eyes rolled, his lips hooked slightly, and he said arrogantly:

"Recently, the capital has been so lively, Dongchang has been catching people day and night, making people everywhere in Gyeonggi turn their backs, and the people are talking about it!"

There was a sudden silence in the main hall, and time seemed to stop at this moment......

Yu Xuanji's heart suddenly tensed when he heard this, and his fists clenched in his sleeves.

Quietly staring at Wan Li, who was shaking his head, a pair of thick eyelashes drooped slightly, covering the gloomy color that bloomed inch by inch at the bottom of his eyes.

Emperor Jingxiao looked sideways at Wanli and asked with interest:

"What are they talking about?"

"Hey! It's just that I can't get used to the behavior of the East Factory. ”

Wan Li waved his hand helplessly, sat down casually, and said in a rambling voice:

"Thinking about it, those people didn't know the whole story of the palace dummy, and seeing that Dongchang took Shen Kun, Sun Yuan and Ding Qiwei, they naturally didn't understand it. The three of them all held important positions in the Ministry of Industry and the Privy Council, and they were imprisoned in Zhao, and Dongchang did not give an explanation. ”

Emperor Jingxiao snorted and reprimanded:

"Still talking? Na Shen and Sun embezzled a total of 1 million taels of snowflake silver in the Yingtian River dredging project last year, and it took a long time for the East Factory to collect evidence and close the case. And Na Ding Qiwei, as a privy envoy, secretly colluded with Beifan. These big and important cases all rely on Dongchang to investigate and handle them for me, what do the people know! ”

Wan Li's heart tensed.

Does Dongchang's report to the emperor have the deep meaning of covering up the truth of his secret visit to Baishuiguan and Zheng Ran?

If you want to find out, you have to risk probing from the emperor's mouth again.

Thinking of this, Wan Li's eyes drooped slightly, and his contemptuous tone revealed mockery:

"The emperor didn't know that after the death of Zhong Siyou, the former secretary of the ministry, there were suspicions in the market, and now it is the Ministry of Industry and the Privy Council.

The people have different opinions, and some people think that the four people in the early years were also the heroes of the society, and now they are actually punished by Dongchang. Dongchang's behavior is unbelievable, and it has become a talking point outside the palace after tea and dinner. Even if it is for face or prestige, it is better for the emperor to plan as soon as possible. ”

The scene was once again at an impasse, and every inch of air around it was so heavy that it was impossible to breathe. The strange aura penetrates people's hearts and makes people shudder.

Emperor Jingxiao and Wan Li looked at each other calmly, their deep faces changed suddenly, and the corners of their dry mouths twitched significantly.

The next moment, the emperor "Teng" got up, his fingers were angry, and he shouted:

"As a relative of the emperor, how can you be so presumptuous? Get out of here! ”

Wan Li was completely defenseless against the emperor's anger, and immediately got up slowly, the panicked expression on his face changed instantly, gathering a cloud of frivolity and evil.

Without waiting for Wanli to say anything, Emperor Jingxiao raised his hand and threw his sword, pointing in the direction of the door and shouting:

"Get out of here! Don't ever let me see you again—"