Everything in the gambling stone club has to be obtained by betting, and the man just now will have such a crazy color, he must have lost the gamble.

However, Zhao Che asked the people around him, and they all shook their heads and said that they didn't know what the gambling game was.

The people here seemed to be surprised by this, and after a while they dispersed and continued to look for what they wanted.

Shen Bai was very curious, and he didn't want to leave, and soon a man wearing a scarlet fanged mask walked towards them.

Behind the mask should be an adult man, he is very tall, with broad shoulders and back, almost completely holding Zhao Che and Shen Bai in it, and it is very oppressive.

Shen Bai was a little scared, and subconsciously hid behind Zhao Che.

Zhao Che didn't care, straightened his back and looked at the man, the man leaned over to his ear and said, "If the little boy is interested, you can ask the rules for ten taels of silver." ”

Asking for a rule costs ten taels of silver, no wonder other people don't know the inside story.

This sense of mystery is quite sufficient, Zhao Che is not short of money, and he is not afraid of someone doing things, so he is very happy to give out ten taels of silver.

The man tossed it with his hand, made sure that the weight was not light, and said to Zhao Che, "Little boy, please come with me." ”

Zhao Che pulled Shen Bai forward, the man looked down at Shen Bai, and was about to speak, Zhao Che took out another ten taels of silver and gave it to him, saying, "Let's be together." ”

It can be regarded as helping Shen Bai to ask for the rules.

The man took the money and said nothing, and led the two of them around the stall and walked forward through a path shaded by trees.

Zhao Che rarely comes here, only knows that there is a Qingling Lake here, but he is not familiar with the environment here, and after walking forward, the hustle and bustle of the gambling stone club will slowly dissipate, the brilliance of the lights will also fade, and the road will be dark, and it will be a little strange.

Shen Bai grabbed Zhao Che's hand in fear and asked nervously, "How far is it?" ”

The man who led the way whispered, "It's coming soon, don't be afraid." ”

Zhao Che made up his mind to see what kind of fame they made, and walked forward calmly, and after walking for about a hundred meters, a simple land temple appeared in front of him.

Zhaoling does not preach the theory of ghosts and gods, but it still respects the two schools of Buddhism and Taoism, allowing them to open temples and accept pilgrims, but all temples must be reported to the imperial court in advance, and they cannot do bad things.

In Zhao Che's memory, there was no land temple in the east of the city.

But when it was all here, Zhao Che didn't immediately expose it, and looked at this land temple carefully.

The land temple is not dedicated to the land god, but to a tree, the tree is not tall, but the canopy is very luxuriant, almost occupying the entire space of the land temple, there are many brocades hanging on the trunk, for some reason there seems to be something in the brocade that exudes a shining luster.

Under the tree sat cross-legged a man in a black cloak, and in front of him lay an incense burner, in which was only a red candle, which was half burned.

It's a weird scene.

The guide stood still outside the Land Temple and said to Zhao Che and Shen Bai: "Those who come are all destined people, may I ask what you want." ”

It was the first time that Shen Bai heard such a statement before the gamble, and asked curiously: "What we want, can you give it?" ”

"As long as you can win a bet, you can." The guide said firmly that there was no light around, but the mask he wore showed a faint luster, more and more like a ghost.

Shen Bai was a little scared and used Zhao Che's sleeve to cover his face.

Zhao Che didn't like this kind of trick of deception, and asked straight to the point: "What do you want to use as a bet?" ”

The guide said, "It depends on what the little boy wants." ”

"I ......" Zhao Che just wanted to speak, and the guide said: "Little boy should be cautious, if you say what you want, this bet will be completed, and you can't regret it." ”

Isn't this a forced buy and a forced sale?

Zhao Che's brows furrowed.

Shen Bai poked his head out and said expectantly, "Is it really okay to do anything?" ”

The guide was patient and said, "You can try." ”

Shen Bai hesitated and said, "I want to have a technique to bring the dead back to life." ”

She was too young to accept that the queen was dead and would never return.

She wants to have the art of resurrection so that the queen can come back again.

This idea was simply whimsical, Zhao Che didn't think anyone could do it, but the man sitting under the tree suddenly said to Shen Bai, "Come here." ”

Shen Bai subconsciously took a step forward, Zhao Che immediately grabbed her, the mask on the passerby's face became more and more red, as if there was blood about to drip down, and the guide reminded: "Little boy, the bet contract has been made, please let it go." ”

Zhao Che didn't let go, and said coldly: "I brought her here, I won't allow ......"

Before he finished speaking, Zhao Che felt that an invisible force stretched his hand away little by little, he tried to hold it tightly but couldn't do it, he couldn't even speak, he could only watch Shen Bai walk forward, this situation had never been seen for Zhao Che, he was only a teenager, it was impossible not to panic.

Shen Bai walked into the Land Temple and came to the man in the black cloak, who asked Shen Bai, "Do you think this fire will be extinguished?" ”

He asked about the candle in front of him.

There is no wind here, the fire is burning straight, and it is impossible to extinguish it without external interference.

Zhao Che wanted to say no, but Shen Bai stared at the candle for a while and said, "Yes." ”

Almost as soon as the words fell, the candle went out for no apparent reason.

There was no other light here, and strangely enough, after the candle was extinguished, the surrounding things could still be seen clearly, and nothing affected them.

A bag slowly fell from the tree and came to Shen Bai, and the man in the black cloak said to Shen Bai, "You win, go ahead." ”

Shen Bai grabbed the bag, looked left and right, and asked curiously, "I can make people reborn now?" ”

The man didn't speak, and as soon as he raised his hand, Shen Bai disappeared out of thin air.

Shen Bai!

Zhao Che shouted, and his body, which was originally unable to move, was suddenly freed and rushed directly into the temple.

The temple was empty, Shen Bai was indeed no longer there, Zhao Che reached out to lift the man's cloak, his body was controlled again, the man did not move at all, and asked: "Since you have come in, the gambling contract has been calculated, think about it, what do you want most." ”

The first time he was treated so rudely, Zhao Che was a little annoyed, and roared: "Bold, let me go, where did you get her, do you know what my identity is!" ”

The man didn't care, and said faintly: "That little girl just now, and your throne, are destined to only have one, do you want to gamble?" ”

Zhao Che was dumbfounded, because as soon as the person in front of him opened his mouth, he pointed out Shen Bai's daughter's body, and the person who knew this secret could be counted by a slap.

Even if he is a charlatan, he is not an ordinary charlatan.

Zhao Che quickly calmed down, he looked at the person and said firmly, "Bet." ”

"Bet on what?"

"Gamblers win the day."

"If you want to be loyal and good and pay the price of the dry bones in the mountains, are you still willing to gamble?"

“…… Bet! ”

Zhao Che hesitated for a moment, but finally gave an affirmative answer. Kanshu.com

As soon as he finished speaking, a tingling pain came from his fingertips, and a red blood bead slowly floated to the man's hand, and the man played with it and said, "The bet has been made, and whoever loses and who wins will know in the future, go ahead." ”

Zhao Che still wanted to ask a question, his eyes were dark, and then the surrounding scenery changed dramatically, he was the same as Fang Cai, standing in the stall at the beginning, the person who was stabbed had been carried away, leaving only a red bloodstain.

Zhao Che was a little stunned, raised his hand and took a look, his fingers were intact, and there was no sign of injury at all.

"Brother!"

Shen Bai squeezed over from the crowd, took his hand and looked at him vigorously, and asked with concern, "Are you okay?" ”

Shen Bai's expression was also undecided, but the people around him were still busy with their own business, and they didn't seem to notice their sudden disappearance and reappearance.

Zhao Che intuitively felt that this place should not stay for a long time, took Shen Bai out, and returned to the carriage, Zhao Che had a little sense of steadiness, and was in a trance, Shen Bai came to his side and asked curiously: "Your Highness, have we just met the immortals?" ”

She had seen tricks on the flyover, and knew that some of them could be turned into living people, but they had to be blocked with a cloth to prevent people from seeing, but this time she had really experienced it herself, and after returning to the familiar environment, she felt incredible and excited.

"Nope." Zhao Che denied it, still didn't believe in the ghosts and gods, Shen Bai immediately took out his own bag as evidence, and swore and said: "It's really an immortal, I have never seen this bag before, it suddenly appeared in my hand, it was given to me by the gods." ”

Zhao Che took the bag and looked at it carefully, the fabric of the bag was very ordinary, it was the cotton cloth that could be seen everywhere in the city, and the embroidery patterns on it were also very ordinary.

The bag was empty, there was nothing, but Shen Bai was convinced of tonight's adventure, afraid that Zhao Che would snatch the bag, and after a while, he would take it back.

Zhao Che was still very vigilant about what happened tonight, and told Shen Bai not to say it, and asked the Praetorian Guards to send her back to Taifu's mansion.

I didn't sleep much all night, and early the next morning, Zhao Che told Emperor Hengde about the gambling stone meeting, and asked Jingzhao Yin Haosheng to investigate.

Half a month later, the people involved in the organization of the gambling stone club were found out, the things in it were true and false, but the amount of money involved was very large, and it was also involved in the murder case.

Zhao Che had been to the prison once, but everyone said that they had never seen anyone wearing a blood-red fanged mask and a black cloak at all.

It is impossible for so many people to be lying, Zhao Che felt more and more that something was wrong, and at this time Shen Bai had smallpox.

Smallpox is a highly contagious disease, and the possibility of curing it is extremely low, once it is diagnosed, the entire Taifu Mansion is guarded, and they are not allowed to leave the house casually, and the Taifu doctor in charge of seeing the doctor must go through a strict cleaning procedure when they enter and exit.

Zhao Che couldn't go out of the palace to see Shen Bai, so he could only ask people to find out the news.

Smallpox was menacing, Shen Bai had a high fever all the time, and he hadn't been awake since he got sick, and he was talking confused.

Zhao Che deliberately explained to inquire in detail, and these foolish words also came back, Shen Bai said that she had met a fairy, and she had the immortal art of resurrecting the dead, and she wanted to resurrect the queen.

Zhao Che guessed that Shen Bai would say this, she was still young, even if she was told not to say it, she still couldn't control it at this time.

Shen Ruxiu only had one son under Shen Bai's knees, and Emperor Hengde relied on him very much, so he asked the Tai Hospital to supply medicinal materials with all his might, and no matter what was needed, they would all be sent to the Taifu Mansion.

Zhao Che didn't believe that Shen Bai would die of smallpox like this.

They have experienced incredible things together, and they will reach the top together in the future, and it is impossible to stop here.

Forcing himself to calm down, and after thinking for a long time, Zhao Che finally decided to let people spread the news that Shen Bai had obtained immortal skills when he met an immortal.

Ordinary people will not believe this kind of statement, but if it is spread by more people, it will also attract people's attention.

The people in the city are all talking behind their backs about whether Shen Bai is crazy or not, otherwise how could he keep saying such nonsensical words.

Three days later, a thunderstorm struck, and the thunder roared so loudly that night that many people didn't sleep.

Early the next morning, something big happened in Hanjing.

The guards guarding the emperor's mausoleum entered the palace to report urgently, and there was a thunderbolt that struck the queen's tombstone, not to mention that the tombstone was broken, and even the tomb was torn.

The location of the Zhaoling Imperial Mausoleum is very particular, in the place where the feng shui is very good, there are high monks chanting every year, the founding of the People's Republic of China for more than 100 years, or the first time to be struck by lightning, as soon as the news came out, everyone in Hanjing was panicked, worried that the Zhaoling national fortune came to an end, there would be a big disaster.

The imperial court advocates not believing in ghosts and gods, but most of the people believe in fate, rich and poor, disasters and the like, and always feel that there is a certain number in the underworld.

In order to appease the people in the city, Emperor Hengde immediately asked the host of Yunshan Temple to take his disciples to the imperial tomb to guard the law, and at the same time let Dali Temple secretly investigate the matter to see if anyone dared to pretend to be a ghost in the imperial tomb.

The two things were carried out at the same time, and at this time, Shen Bai survived smallpox safely and returned to normal.

When the imperial physician returned to the palace to report the matter, even Emperor Hengde was instantly shaken, almost believing that there were really ghosts and gods in this world.

Otherwise, why did Shen Bai say that after he met an immortal and got an immortal technique, he immediately got smallpox and almost died, and the queen's tomb was also struck by lightning and could not live in peace?

However, Emperor Hengde has succeeded to the throne for so many years, and he has seen a lot of storms, and he will not believe this matter all of a sudden, he immediately summoned Shen Bai into the palace for questioning, but the Queen Mother found Emperor Hengde first.

The Queen Mother is old, she is afraid of death, she is afraid that Shen Bai will be just right, and she will infect smallpox, so she does not agree with Emperor Hengde to summon Shen Bai into the palace, and recently evil things have come out one after another, and the Queen Mother feels that it will not be good to let Shen Bai enter the palace.

The Empress Dowager strongly objected, but Emperor Hengde finally gave in and agreed to let Shen Bai stay at home for a while longer, and then go out after making sure that smallpox was really good.

And at this time, there was another saying in the city, Shen Bai did meet the immortal and got the immortal art, but she was too young to carry the power of the immortal, so she would have the same symptoms as smallpox, during her smallpox, the fairy art was uncontrollable, the queen was hopeful of resurrection, but this had to be Shen Bai's life for a life, the queen was benevolent, she couldn't bear to hurt people before she died, and she didn't want to let a child like Shen Bai come back to life for herself, so she still slept underground, the fairy art was useless, and Shen Bai returned to normal.

This legend has a nose and eyes, and it is almost said what the immortals look like, and the logic before and after is basically correct, the people in the city believe in this legend very much, and they all feel that Shen Bai is the chosen son who has come into contact with the immortals, and he will definitely become a great weapon in the future.

Emperor Hengde asked the people of Dali Temple to investigate carefully in the imperial tomb, but after the rainstorm, many things were washed and covered, and there was basically no evidence of man-made.

Don't dare to let things continue to ferment, Emperor Hengde asked Dali Temple to terminate the investigation, and asked the host of Yunshan Temple to come forward to make a ceremony to appease people's hearts, and take the opportunity to tell the world that the queen will always be the queen, even if she dies, no one else will occupy her place in the future.

As soon as this notice came out, it completely cut off the hopes of Concubine De and the others.

No matter what they do, they will no longer be able to ascend to the throne, which is also a disguised way to tell the world that even if the queen is not there and the Wei family is declining, Zhao Che's position as the crown prince will not be shaken.

When the notice was issued, Zhao Che was having lunch with the Queen Mother in Ci'an Palace.

The Queen Mother was bothered by the affairs of the imperial mausoleum, and felt that Shen Bai was a demon-like existence, so she asked Zhao Cheer to stay away from Shen Bai in the future, and Zhao Che obeyed.

The queen mother is still very satisfied with Zhao Che's obedient attitude, the grandparents and grandchildren are chatting, Concubine De came to visit, Zhao Che got up and left with interest, when she went out, she saw Concubine De with red eyes, standing outside like a defeated rooster, he looked calm, saluted Concubine De as usual, and called her a concubine.

Concubine De couldn't even do face-saving work, so she pursed her mouth and rushed in to complain to the Queen Mother.

Zhao Che didn't listen to the corner, he probably guessed what Concubine De would say to the Queen Mother.

The interests of the Li family and the Lu family are almost one, Concubine De can't be the queen, the Li family and the Lu family are naturally difficult to ensure permanent prosperity, and the queen mother, as the person with the highest status in the Lu family, has to think more about the descendants of the Lu family.

The father and emperor issued a notice that they would no longer stand, and they must compensate the Li family and the Lu family, and the Wei family is only afraid that it will become more and more twilight.

Zhao Che walked forward slowly, constantly calculating and deducing in his heart, he knew that it would cost him a lot to keep this back position, and in the next many years, he might have to endure step by step, and he could only be low.

But none of this matters to him, he just needs to be his crown prince and take over the throne from his father step by step.

Shen Bai has been staying at home until Lidong was summoned into the palace by Emperor Hengde, that day Zhao Che returned to the palace from Tai Academy very early, Emperor Hengde did not call him to the imperial study to question, he ordered the imperial dining room to make a nourishing medicinal diet, estimated the time when Shen Bai entered the palace, and took Xiaobei to the imperial study to find Emperor Hengde.

When he was about to arrive at the imperial study, he saw Shen Bai walking under the guidance of the palace people.

I haven't seen it for more than a month, Shen Bai has lost a lot of weight, his originally round face has grown a lot at once, his body has also become smaller, he looks taller, and his eyes are still as bright as before.

Seeing Zhao Che, Shen Bai stopped, and waited for him to approach before saluting: "Shen Bai greets His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Zhao Che looked at her carefully, and saw that although she was thin, her face was ruddy and shiny, and he made sure that she was already well, and asked with his hands behind his back, "Is your body all right?" ”

"Your Highness Xie cares, it's all right." Shen Bai said with a smile, and Zhao Che asked again, "Do you still think you have immortal arts?" ”

Zhao Che kept staring at Shen Bai, taking Shen Bai's subtle expression in his eyes, after he said this, Shen Bai was obviously stunned for a moment, and then said: "That's all nonsense I said when I was sick, it can't be true, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince still doesn't want to make fun of me." ”

Zhao Che frowned, intuition that Shen Bai was not quite right.