The manpower and tomb robbery equipment have been prepared, and with the help of General Li Runlin, the imperial thief, Yin Shenglin still has a spectrum in his heart, not to mention that Wang Fugui also specially transported a few truckloads of gunpowder to Caoting, Jade Tomb and Eternal Silence Liangcheng, none of which can escape.

Early the next morning, Yin Shenglin took people to set off and went to the grass pavilion.

"Thank you Princess Thief for coming to see me off, I will definitely be able to get the antidote."

"Your Majesty, just let me go with you, Eternal Silence Liangcheng and the Jade Tomb are extremely dangerous, I'm worried that Wang Fugui and they won't be able to deal with it."

Yin Shenglin said: "No, if we leave, the capital will become very dangerous, although Liu Jiaotou, Yin Liping, the prince of Jingwangfu, and General Wang Jixiang are personally in charge of the city defense, but I still don't feel at ease." You stayed to protect the King of Thieves, and his safety is important. ”

"Yes, then take care, Your Majesty."

"Take care!"

"Your Majesty!" Tong Ansu hurried on horseback.

"Didn't you already send me when you left the palace? Why do you want to come again? ”

Tong Ansu said: "Your Majesty, you must come back safely." This is a peach wood amulet given by the Queen Mother, you take it. ”

Yin Shenglin took the peach wood talisman and smiled: "Don't worry, no matter how powerful Eternal Silence Liangcheng is, it is not as powerful as my imperial grandmother's, if I encounter danger, this talisman will help me tide over the difficulties." ”

The ancient people of the Central Plains continent believed that the peach wood had magical power, so during the New Year, they cut the peach wood into a human shape, called the peach man, cut the peach wood as a board, called the peach board, carved the peach wood as a seal, called the peach seal, tied into a broom with peach branches, etc., and hung these next to the door to avoid evil in order to avoid evil, which was called "hanging peach charm". It's like the cloud in the poem: always replace the new peach with the old one.

Why did the ancients think that peach wood could ward off evil spirits? According to the records in ancient books, there is a huge peach tree where the two brothers "Shen Tu" and "Yu Lei", who are in charge of ten thousand ghosts, live, and it is the "ghost gate" where all evil enters and exits. The brothers usually sit on both sides of the ghost gate, and if they find an evil ghost doing evil, they will beat it to death with a peachwood stick, tie it with a reed rope, and throw it into the valley? Tigers, and peachwood, are their weapons against demons and monsters.

In addition, in the famous story of "Kuafu chasing the sun", the giant Kuafu, who raced with the sun, could not compete with the scorching heat of the sun, and was finally burned to a serious injury, and was extremely thirsty, on the way to Daze in the north, lost his life, before dying, Kuafu threw the scepter in his hand into the air, turning into a peach forest, and there were many fresh peaches on the tree, Kuafu wanted to let future generations like him who want to conquer the sun, because of the peaches on the roadside, and no longer die of thirst on the road. It can be seen that peach wood has long been a very effective "sacred tree" in the minds of ancient ancestors.

The custom of hanging peach talismans later evolved into writing the names of the two gods on the peach wood board, or only drawing some charms, called "inscription peach talismans". The inscription peach charm developed to the Tang Dynasty period, and gradually evolved into dual, warning, auspicious sentences, which is the origin of the "Spring Festival couplet".

"Title peach charm" has also evolved into a door god, especially in the countryside, during the New Year, in addition to sticking Spring Festival couplets, but also sticking door gods. The couplets are pasted on the left and right door frames, and the door gods are pasted on the two doors. As for the portrait of the door god, in addition to the god and Yu Lei, in the Tang Dynasty, the ghost king Zhong Kui was also added. So far, the mythological color and folk cultural significance from peach wood have also been more widely applied.

With the protection of the amulet, Yin Shenglin strengthened his belief in going to the Jade Tomb.

In order to find the antidote and eliminate the evil organization, Yin Shenglin, Wang Fugui, Li Runlin, and Ji Tong took hundreds of people and rushed all the way to Caoting.

"What do you say is the purpose of the Eternal Silent Cool City, just to lure me to the Jade Tomb? I don't think it's that simple, even if they were 100% sure of killing me, they didn't have to use this method. Yin Shenglin said.

"Changling." Ji Tong said: "Murdering Your Majesty is one side, and on the other hand, I am afraid that someone wants to make trouble in Changling." Your Majesty left Changling, there are some things that the courtiers can't decide on their own, and the dragons have no leader, for those with ill intentions, if they want to do something at this time, it is extremely easy. ”

"Fortunately, I left General Wang Jixiang to guard the capital, and General Zhang Shaoyun from Lingcheng will also come to help. Liu Jiaotou, King Jing and King Yue are all in Beijing, so there shouldn't be any major incidents. ”

Wang Fugui had already arrived with important supplies before the arrival of the large army. Before leaving, Xu Yan instructed Wang Fugui to protect His Majesty's safety and protect himself. Wang Fugui looked at the mountains of gunpowder piled up in front of him, and said to his subordinates: "Your Majesty will be here soon, let's go to the Emerald Mountain to check the terrain first."

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Changling.

"Liping, people who enter Beijing at the South Gate should pay special attention." Liu Jian said: "The security of the palace city is handed over to me, and the affairs outside the palace city will depend on you."

"Understood, uncle."

"The arrangement of the city defense, you and General Wang Jixiang will discuss it together."

Yin Liping said: "Uncle don't worry too much, the thief will be fine, and neither will Changling."

At this time, Wang Jixiang was patrolling the street, passing by the entrance of Helu School, where a group of people were surrounding. Wang Jixiang shouted, "Get out of the way, get out of the way."

Wang Jixiang recognized the person inside: the girl who fell to the ground was selling vegetables at the Changxing Street Market, where Wang Jixiang had bought it. Her dishes were all scattered on the ground, and Wang Jixiang asked, "What's going on?"

"General Wang, what kind of wind is blowing you, come on, come on, please come in." The person who came out of the Helu Academy was the housekeeper of the Zhou Mansion.

"I ask you what's going on?" Wang Jixiang pointed to the girl selling vegetables and asked.

"General Wang, you don't know that we have Helu School, the children who go to school here are all children of high-ranking officials and nobles, and she is a vegetable seller who sets up a stall here, how do the children study?"

Wang Jixiang said: "Then there is no need to make it like this, right? You told her that she couldn't leave, didn't say anything about beating people, and smashed other people's things, and you were embarrassed to say that this Helu School was opened by your own family? Lige Zhou Shangshu, right? He's really polite. Take down all these beatings and troublemakers for me! ”

"Wang Jixiang!" The butler shouted, "Do you know what the Helu Academy is?" Don't think that you are doing anything wrong everywhere because of Your Majesty's dignity, what right do you have to arrest me? ”

"I, Wang Jixiang, am also a person who has read books, and I can still distinguish right from wrong. Anyway, it's just not right for you to hit someone. Wang Jixiang said: "The emperor and Ji Zhutou are not in Changling, and I am responsible for everything here." The people under my command are all soldiers, they don't care about your people who can't be messed with in the court, Zhou Shangshu? Zhou Guanyi? Even if he hit someone today, I have to arrest him! Come on, take them all for me. ”

"Wang Jixiang! You're looking for death! ”

"Not only this one, as long as you are involved and have beaten people, you will all be arrested by me!"

The onlookers clapped their hands, and Wang Jixiang escorted a few people away.