With a burst of unhurried footsteps from behind the screen from far and near, the already quiet and quiet Hanyuan Hall immediately became more solemn and serene, the lady and the little yellow door bowed their waists and controlled their backs without saying a word, and the eleventh duke ran a few steps to stand on the side of the pillar on the side of the imperial case, and buried his head deeply with his arms down. Seeing that they were so cautious and respectful, Shang Cheng couldn't help but feel nervous again, swallowing saliva to see what the upcoming Dongyuan Emperor looked like, but his eyes were like welding on the armrest of the dragon's head on the throne, and he couldn't move it anymore, only to see a figure in a crimson brocade robe step on the third-order imperial platform and sit down on the dragon head chair, and then saw seven or eight red-robed officials turn out from behind the screen, and each of them found a seat according to their official rank and position to stand sideways, and then, as if someone had silently issued an order, Everyone paid homage to the Emperor of the Eastern Yuan Dynasty on the throne.

Where does Shang Cheng still remember the court salute that Cao Cao, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, told him many times over and over again. Fortunately, there was an example in front of him, and he followed the example of what others did, and he was about to stand up straight after bowing his hands and bowing five times, when he heard the people on the throne say coldly, "Okay, sit down." Only then did he remember that if the emperor was silent, then the courtiers would not be able to raise their waists, let alone raise their heads......

Seeing that Tang Xing, Zhang Pu, the old handsome Xiao Jian and several deputy prime ministers were all seated, and when he also wanted to sit down, he heard Emperor Dongyuan say:

"This general is the fake governor of Yanshan, right?"

"Career one by one" Shang Cheng stared at the armrest of the dragon head, took a step forward, put his legs together, threw up his right arm, clenched his fist to his chest, and made a military salute, and said loudly, "One by one, Yanshan Wei is on leave as Admiral, and Sima Shangcheng of Yanshan Zhongjun, I will meet Your Majesty!" The voice was so loud that even he was startled.

Emperor Dongyuan on the imperial platform was probably also stunned by his voice, and after a pause, he smiled and said, "...... What a fierce general. He stopped, probably looking for something on the case, and then said, "Just now I and a few ministers were still talking about you. I'll show you one thing one by one, do you know what it is? ”

The eleventh father-in-law trotted and picked up a small object, and handed it to Shang Cheng with both hands around the table. It is a golden bracelet with four large red, red, green and green gemstones.

Shang Cheng didn't know what the emperor meant, so he picked up the bracelet and looked at it carefully. The gold bracelet was thick, and it was clearly not something for women to wear; The workmanship is not exquisite, and the patterns on the surface are deep and shallow, thick and fine, which is obviously not the craftsmanship of the craftsmen of the Central Plains workshop; Looking at the outline of the pattern, the animal carved on the bracelet resembles a dog or a wolf that is jumping with its hooves spread...... He'd seen something similar to it in the stone for I don't know how many times. Not only that, but he could barely estimate the origin of the gold bracelet in front of him. Since Emperor Dongyuan said that he was still talking about himself with others just now, and he deliberately let himself see this gold bracelet, there is no doubt that this is the spoils that Zhang Shao seized in Liuzhen some time ago, maybe even the identity of its owner has been found out, and it must be a big guy one by one!

He returned the bracelet to the eleventh father-in-law, saluted again, looked at the dragon head and leaned over slightly and said, "...... On the one by one, this is the stuff of the Tuts. Taking the opportunity of the eleventh father-in-law to put the bracelet on the imperial case, he quietly glanced at Emperor Dongyuan.

Emperor Dongyuan was about fifty years old, wearing a black gauze with white jade inlaid on his soft feet, a crimson brocade robe covered with a short-sleeved fox jacket, his clear face, his beard combed in the slightest, his thin eyebrows and long eyes, a pair of black pupils, and a pair of bright eyes, all of whom looked like a well-read scholar, sitting on the throne holding a gold bracelet in his hand, and asked with interest: "You are so sure, have you seen it before?" ”

"Yes."

As soon as these words came out, not only Emperor Dongyuan was shocked, but several prime ministers present were also in an uproar. The people who can sit here at the moment are all well-informed, but if you don't look at Yan Shanwei's detailed submission on the results of the September battle and the details of the loot, no one will recognize what this thing is.

Emperor Dongyuan immediately asked, "Where have you seen it?" ”

"At the beginning of last autumn, one of the officers of his subordinate received a bracelet that looked like a similar ...... during the breakout of the Alegu River."

"Huh?" The voice of the Eastern Yuan Emperor was even more puzzled. "Was it seized last year? How could I not have heard of it? ”

Xiao Jian, who was sitting on the right, moved uneasily in the seat. Shang Cheng said before he stood up to defend himself: "The first one is not a captured trophy. At that time, the minister's team was breaking through at night...... "He recounted the story before and after the stone found the bracelet, and finally said, "...... Because he only had a half-amputated arm, he couldn't confirm the identity of the enemy at all, so he didn't ask Captain Zhao for credit after arriving in Moganzhai, and he didn't treat the bracelet as a capture. ”

"Where is that bracelet now?"

“…… Nope. ”

Gone? There was a sudden silence in the hall. How can a good gold bracelet be gone?

Emperor Dongyuan sighed with a gloomy expression and said with great regret: "It's a pity, it's a pity...... Alas! I don't know if he was lamenting Zhao Shishi's merits, or mourning the gold bracelet that was melted by the craftsman, he smacked his lips and sighed softly before he said again, "Does Zida know the origin of this object?" ”

Shang Cheng hesitated for a moment and said, "Qisheng is a minister...... The minister took the liberty of speculating that the bracelet in the hand of the saint may be the one captured by my Yanshan guards in Liuzhen in mid-September. ”

A light flashed in Emperor Dongyuan's eyes. He stared at Shang Cheng deeply, and quickly withdrew his gaze and landed on the bracelet again, looked at it for a long time, let out a long breath, and said abruptly: "Your vision is good, this is indeed what Yan Shanwei sent to Beijing in six hundred miles. Zhang Shao was capable, and he even found out the origin of this thing from the mouth of the captive—this was a thing that could only be worn by the royal family of Tu Ku Ci, called 'Shegulu'; the man they killed was Su Wu, the fourth son of the king of Donglu Valley. ”

Shang Cheng's expression suddenly became extremely gloomy. He gritted his teeth with hatred for the stone now, and he hated to pinch this guy to death! Alas, he had long guessed that this bracelet was rare, at least something that only the nobles of the Turquoise could have, and perhaps it was also a proof of the identity of the royal family. He had advised the stone several times to make sure that he had left the bracelet behind, and that it might come in handy at some point. But who would have thought that the stone promised a good word, and he wanted to give him something to the good friend before he turned around. Although the woman was quite sensible, she didn't dare to accept it when she saw that it was too valuable, but the stone was addicted to gambling, and she pried off all the gems to pay off the gambling debts when she lost in a hurry, and finally even the bracelet was sold by him into the gold and silverware workshop. Now that I finally know the origin of the bracelet, the bracelet in Shishi's hand is gone, and he has grown wings and flew with a great credit......

Looking at the gold bracelet in Emperor Dongyuan's hand, his anger didn't come to one place: he deserves this dog to be unlucky! Let him gamble, let him play with women, let him not listen to advice!

Hate iron doesn't make steel!

He sighed silently. It's too late to say anything now, and there's no way to remedy it......