October 15 is the birthday of Princess Yan Xu Miaoyun, and King Yan Zhu Di set up a banquet in the Penglai Pavilion in the back garden of the palace to entertain guests. The Penglai Pavilion faces a large area of water in the back garden, the waterside is full of slim lotus leaves, among the green lotus leaves, the pink lotus flowers are blooming thickly, and the head is lowered like a shy girl.

Because Zhu Di had the intention to make friends with the generals, he only invited Zhang Yu, the commander of the left guard of Yanshan, who had a good personal relationship with him on weekdays, Zhu Neng, the deputy guard of Qianhu in Yanshan, Qiu Fu, the guard of Qianhu Qiu Fu in Yanshan, and the right guard of Yanshan Huhuo Zhen, and a few generals in the three guards of the palace.

The big guys are all martial arts temperament, the wine is in the wind, the aroma is fragrant, so they drink very happily, Zhu Di also put down the prince's shelf, and everyone pushed the cup to change the lamp, shouted five and drank six, and drank until the willow tops on the moon. Although the princess Xu Miaoyun is considered an old man, she personally pours tea and wine, socializes back and forth, has no complaints, and is still full of laughter.

Suddenly, the eunuch of the palace came to report, saying that the monk Daoyan had brought two guests to celebrate the princess's birthday.

At this moment, Zhu Di was already half-drunk until he was drunk, so he asked drunkenly, "What guests did the old monk bring?" ”

The little eunuch thought for a moment and said, "I heard that Master Daoyan said that it was the strange man of physiognomy Liuzhuang and his apprentice. ”

Zhu Di said with a smile: "Jianghu warlock, I have heard of it a little. Today the king will try him. He asked Dao Yan to wait outside the door for a while, and he got up and left his seat and went to the front yard. Everyone was at a loss for a while, and they didn't know what the prince was going to do.

After a short time, the little eunuch led the monk Daoyan to the Penglai Pavilion, only to see the monk Daoyan followed by two people, in front of a thin and withered old man, with white beard and hair, about sixty years old, eyebrows are bald, chin protruding, eyes are sunken, and the appearance is peculiar. Behind him was a man of about thirty years old, with a thin figure, a long face and small eyes, but he looked quite capable.

Princess Yan Xu Miaoyun saw Monk Daoyan coming empty-handed, so she joked to him: "Great monk, what gifts did you bring for me to pay my birthday?" Do you want to eat my birthday wine for nothing? ”

Monk Daoyan clasped his hands together and said, "Amitabha." The princess said with a smile, as soon as she entered my Buddha, everything was empty. It is true that Lao Ge did not bring any gifts to pay his birthday today, but Lao Ge invited a person, but it is more precious than any gift in this world. ”

Xu Miaoyun sighed and asked, "Who is the person who has entered the eyes of the great monk?" ”

Dao Yan turned to the side, made a gesture of invitation to the old man, and said: "It's this one, the strange person in the world, Yuan Hui, Yuan Tingyu, the monk of Liuzhuang, everyone is expected, all of them are strange." ”

Xu Miaoyun smiled: "Then please ask Mr. Yuan to give me a face." ”

Yuan Jue stepped forward, bowed to Xu Miaoyun, and said: "It's better to be respectful than to obey your fate, the princess asked someone to stand beside her with two torches, look down at the shape of the person, and then supplement it with the eight characters of birth, you can know the fortune and fortune." ”

Xu Miaoyun did as she said, Yuan Heng looked at it for a long time, asked her birthday again, stroked the sparse white beard under her chin, pondered for a long time, and chanted a poem: "Yunkai is on the golden palace on the sun, and the wind is singing in the jasper." The tiger and leopard will be in the honor guard, and the fish and dragon sea will be handsome. ”

Xu Miaoyun blurted out and replied: "The wine is exhausted, and the gentleman is now returning to the Qujiang boat." I have said goodbye to the same sorrow and hardship, and I want to make a name for myself. The world is chaotic, scheming like arrows, and the mountain roads are like smoke after the rain. If you ask, what is the rest? A piece of Dan's heart can face the sky. ”

After Xu Miaoyun finished the poem, she smiled and said: "What does Mr. Yuan mean when he recites this poem by Mr. Fuyun (Yuan Dynasty poet Liu Yi)?" ”

Yuan Jue shook his head to the ground, and then smiled slightly: "The princess is well-versed in the past and the present, and she deserves to be called a female student, and she admires it so much." According to the following observation, the princess's life is in these two poems, and the princess will experience it carefully, and she will be effective in the future. ”

Xu Miaoyun was stunned when she heard this, lowered her head and pondered.

Qiu Fu, the guard of Qianhu in Yanshan, shook his huge head and said disdainfully: "Therefore, I have to deceive those scholars." ”

Yuan Hui smiled slightly, and arched his hand: "I don't know who Your Excellency is?" ”

Qiu Fu also drank a few more glasses of wine, patted his round belly and said, "I am King Yan, what do you think of my fortune in the future?" ”

Everyone laughed when they heard this, and they all coaxed: "Yes, yes, yes, he is King Yan, please take a look at Mr. Yuan." ”

Yuan Hui also ordered someone to move the two wax torches to both sides of Qiu Fu, looked at them carefully for a long time, and said: "A very good minister, he died unexpectedly. ”

When Qiu Fu heard this, he laughed and said: "What bullshit, I am a supreme minister, how could I die unexpectedly." Run off at the mouth. ”

Yuan Jue said: "It will be self-evident in the future." ”

Zhang Yu, the commander of Yanshan's left guard, stood up, walked to Yuan Heng like an iron tower, and bowed his hand and said: "I can't hide it, I am the king of Yan, and I hope that Mr. will forgive me." ”

This time, everyone held back their laughter and quietly watched how Yuan Heng spoke.

Yuan Hui looked him up and down, and sighed: "I tried my best to protect the Lord in life, and I mourned it after death. ”

Zhang Yu looked at everyone with a blank face: "What does this mean?" ”

Yuan Hui patted him on the shoulder and comforted: "Don't be afraid, you still have a good son." ”

At this time, Zhu Neng, the deputy guard of Yanshan, stood up, he was about thirty years old, burly, graceful and dignified, quite a bit of a king, and said to Yuan Huiyi: "Sir, don't be strange, this king's subordinates just want to test Mr., and there is no malice." ”

Yuan Heng looked at him, nodded, shook his head and said, "You're right, it's a pity that you don't live long, and you will be crowned king after death." ”

Zhu Neng looked up to the sky and laughed: "Life is short, and it is great to be crowned king after death." ”

Yanshan's right guard Qianhuhuo is really a Mongolian, with a bare head, two earlobes, a fat body, squinted eyes, and prominent cheekbones, he held a hoof, took a bite of meat, ate another glass of wine, and turned his head to Yuan Heng and said: "I don't pretend anymore, you can look at it casually." ”

Yuan Heng laughed and said: "Jun Zhen is a man of temperament, and he will be a marquis in the future." ”

Huo Zhen nodded again and again after hearing this: "That's good, that's good." ”

Yuan Hui glanced at Qiu Fu again, and then asked Qiu Fu and Huo Zhen about their birthdays, and sighed: "The two masters died on the same day. ”

Huo Zhen picked up the wine cup, touched a glass with Qiu Fu, and the two laughed in unison: "Good brother, I don't want to be born on the same day and month of the same year, but I want to die on the same day and month of the same year." ”

Everyone was skeptical of Yuan Heng's words, and when they saw Dao Yan standing aside, they were speechless for a while, so they pointed at Dao Yan and said, "Old man, give this great monk a look." ”

Yuan Heng said with a smile: "The old man has already shown Master Daoyan, he has a pair of triangular eyes, shaped like a sick tiger, and he will be murderous. and so on. ”

When the crowd heard this, they laughed.

Dao Yan recited the Buddha's name: "Amitabha." "The face is expressionless.

Yuan Hui suddenly saw a person in the crowd of guards, glanced at it, hurriedly ran over, bowed his head, and said, "Why is Your Highness so light?" ”

When everyone turned their heads to look, they saw that Zhu Di, the king of Yan, had changed into a guard's dress, mixed in a group of palace guards, hiding in the shadows under the tree, and had been observing for a long time, but everyone did not notice.

Everyone was just about to get up and go over to salute, when King Yan looked at him, everyone sat down again, pointed to Yuan Heng and said, "Mr. is false, King Yan has something important to do, and he has already left the house and is not here." ”

Yuan Heng didn't listen, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed again and again. Seeing that he was old, Zhu Di was a little unbearable, so he hurriedly helped him up and asked, "How do you know that I am King Yan." ”

Yuan Jue said: "Your Highness is walking in the dragon and the tiger, and the sun is inserted into the sky, which is unspeakably expensive." When you are over 40 years old, you must grow longer than the umbilicus, that is, you can get your wish. ”

King Yan said angrily: "Old man, Hugh is talking nonsense, and it is a capital crime to say that the big guy is going out." Having said that, he couldn't help but smile on his face.

Xu Miaoyun made a round and said: "Lord Wang, please relax, here are all close relatives." The old gentleman said it in vain, and we listened to it in vain. ”

At this time, a bright moon rose into the air, reflecting the sparkling waves on the water surface in front of Penglai Pavilion, like a silver dragon leaping up and down.

Zhu Di, the king of Yan, handed Yuan Hui a glass of wine and said, "Thank you, Mr. Jiyan, Mr. Wang Jing for a glass." ”

Yuan Jue picked up the wine glass and was about to drink it, but as if he had found something, he squinted his eyes and looked at the lake for a while, put the cup down, walked along the lake, and said to everyone: "There is something strange in this lake." ”

Zhu Di asked, "What's weird?" ”

Yuan Heng said: "The king's spirit here is too strong. ”

Zhu Di said with a smile: "What's so strange about this, this was the former site of the Yuan Palace, so naturally the royal spirit is too strong." ”

Yuan Heng shook his head and said, "No, no." The Yuan Imperial Palace has been destroyed, the Yan Wangfu is located in the southwest, it is the place of the Yuan East Palace, there should not be such a prosperous royal spirit, this gas rushes to the bullfight, and the treasure of the Son of Heaven can not do it. ”

Zhu Di's heart moved, and he remembered what the Quan family said when he hanged himself in the hall, and muttered to himself: "This king heard that the jade seal of the country once fell into the hands of Prince Yuan, is it hidden in this lake?" ”

Yuan Heng listened to it clearly, patted his thigh and said, "Yes, that's how it should be." He then said to the young man behind him, "Hu Ying, you go to the lake immediately to investigate." ”

That Hu Ying arched his hand and said, "Obey." Then he ran to the lake, plopped, jumped into the water, and disappeared.

King Yan hurriedly asked someone to pick up a lantern to illuminate the surface of the lake and check the underwater movement.

Everyone waited for a long time, but there was no movement on the water, Zhu Di said to Yuan Hui angrily: "The night is deep, the water is dark, what if there is a case?" When it is ready to stop tomorrow, it is not too late to enter the water again to salvage, and there is no hurry for a moment. ”

Yuan Heng said: "King, please relax, my apprentice has been learning art with me for ten years, and he has achieved great success, even if he lurks underwater for a few hours, it is not a problem." ”

As he was talking, he saw that the water surface cracked, and Hu Ying jumped up from the water and flew ashore, holding a package in his arms. He walked into the pavilion and placed the package on the table. Everyone gathered around, Xu Miaoyun handed him a sweat towel, Hu Ying wiped it briefly, opened the oilcloth package, and saw that it was an iron box with rusty surface.

Hu Ying groped around the iron box for a long time, and with a slight effort, he only heard a click, and the iron box bounced open, and inside was a silver box, shining silver, obviously not corroded.

Hu Ying acted according to the law, and then opened the silver box, and inside was a smaller gold box. Huo Zhen smiled: "One by one, it's really interesting." ”

Yan Wang Zhu Di glanced at him, and he was too scared to make a sound.

Hu Ying opened the gold box again, the yellow cloth wrapped in a thing, after the yellow cloth was lifted, there was a jade seal in the middle, four inches square, green as emerald, the color was warm and moist, the upper five dragons were engraved, and the lower right corner was inlaid with gold.

Yuan Jue carefully held up the jade seal with both hands, and when he turned it over, he saw that the front was engraved with the words of fish and birds: "Ordered by the sky, both longevity and eternal prosperity." On the left shoulder of the jade seal is engraved a line of official scripts: "The Great Wei is the treasure of the Han Dynasty".

Yuan Hui shouted excitedly at Zhu Di: "This is really a jade seal of the country, king." With that, he offered the jade seal with both hands.