King Qi took the lead out of the forest, looked around, and frowned: "Where did the Dao Chief go?" ”

Lu Haosheng also showed curiosity, looked around, and Qiu Ruxue wondered: "What kind of Taoist priest is the prince talking about?" ”

"Qiu Daxia, Ma Zhongheng is the prince's person, and he is a traitor." Lu Haosheng explained: "He deliberately stayed outside, and when Qiu Daxia came out to look for him, he turned around and returned to the Land Temple, trying to harm the prince, but fortunately, a Taoist priest came to the rescue, and the prince turned the corner." ”

"Oh?" Qiu Ruxue hurriedly asked, "What kind of Taoist priest is it?" Where are people now? ”

"He brought us here just now, and when we went into the woods, we thought he was following behind, but there was no sign of him." King Qi frowned and said, "He is no trace now." ”

Qiu Ruxue said with a smile: "Wang Ye Ji people have their own natural appearance, presumably it is because the road meets the master, and when he sees the prince in danger, he rescues him, this kind of master Shenlong sees the head but does not see the end, since he leaves, it is not easy to find it." ”

King Qi said: "But Ma Zhongheng seems to know him!" ”

Qiu Ruxue was stunned, "Does the prince mean that Ma Zhongheng knows the identity of the Taoist priest?" ”

"It's strange here." Lu Haosheng sighed: "Ma Zhongheng has obviously seen that Taoist priest, but ...... Ma Zhongheng didn't seem to know the true identity of the Taoist priest, which was really strange. ”

"Daoist?" Qiu Ruxue frowned, "The Taoist that Ma Zhongheng knows? Lord, this ...... Could this be someone sent by the Holy Heavens? ”

King Qi was stunned, "You mean, that Taoist priest is the person sent by his father to secretly protect this king?" The corners of his eyes jumped slightly, and then he shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be, oh, by the way, he seems to be on the way over, it seems...... seems to be talking about Chu Huan. ”

"Oh?"

"He seems to say that Chu Huan was not well planned and underestimated the prince." King Qi said thoughtfully: "He also said that when he sees Chu Huan, he will laugh at Chu Huan for a good ......!" ”

"In this way, that Taoist priest actually knows Chu Du?" Qiu Ruxue frowned and said: "Listening to his tone, it seems that he has some friendship with Chu Du, but it's just ...... When I left Shuoquan, Chu Du didn't tell me that a Taoist priest would answer us? Don't...... Could it be that this is the person Chu Du sent to pick up later, just in case? It's just that we walk in the middle of nowhere, that is, Chu Du, and now we don't know where we are, so how can the Taoist priest know our whereabouts? If he is really sent by Chu Du, he is his own person, why do he hide his head and show his tail? After thinking for a while, he shook his head slightly and said, "I'm afraid that person is not sent by Chu Du." ”

"Qiu Daxia, don't care about these things for now, let's quickly find a place, and give Ling Shuang a good look first." King Qi hurriedly said, "Don't delay Ling Shuang's condition. ”

Qiu Ruxue nodded and said, "Lord Wang, I have medicine here, take two pills first, and then let's find a doctor." ”

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On the day of the lunar month, everything is not committed, and the zodiac is an auspicious day.

People know that for Hexi Dao, this is a very special day, the emperor of the empire, will go to the Heavenly Palace in person, the main hall of the Heavenly Dao Hall to preside over the opening ceremony.

According to the Onmyoji, the Heavenly Dao Hall is built on the auspicious soil with excellent spiritual energy and feng shui, and the Heavenly Dao Hall itself is the dojo under the Emperor's Majesty, and only His Majesty the Emperor, who is full of the king's energy, can take the lead in stepping into the Heavenly Dao Hall and open the Xuanqi of the Heavenly Dao Palace.

The common people don't know what aura feng shui, but the emperor's majesty is now in Hexi, to hold the main hall, for the north of the Hexi Road, such a grand event, rare to see, so many people at dawn, began to wait in Wuping Mansion City to the road to the Heavenly Palace, this road is very spacious, in the construction of the Heavenly Palace at the same time, this road is also being built, the total length is less than thirty miles, from the Wuping Mansion City Gate to the Tiangong Square.

The emperor rode on the huge and gorgeous dragon chariot, along this smooth road, along the way to accept the worship of the people on both sides of the road, the guards moved their heads, hundreds of officials gathered in the rear, the emperor was dressed in a dragon robe, standing in front of the dragon chariot, standing high, roaring proud of the world.

There are guards in front of the dragon chariot to open the way, the honor guard follows closely, the rear of the dragon chariot is followed by officials, on both sides of the dragon chariot, there are also two long queues, almost all of them are dressed as Taoist priests, all of them are cyan Taoist robes, floating dust fluttering, a group of fairy spirit.

The people had never seen such a magnificent scene.

Looking at the people prostrating on the ground on both sides, a strange feeling rose in the emperor's heart.

"Whew!"

In the crowd, a sharp arrow broke through the air, the speed was extremely fast, and it went straight to the emperor's majesty standing in front of the dragon chariot, although the emperor was wearing a dragon robe, ruling the world, but he looked very old, the arrow was too fast, and he could shoot straight towards the emperor's old body.

"Whew!"

There was another sound, a sharp arrow came first, shooting in the middle of the emperor's sharp arrow, Shengsheng shot away the sharp arrow that sneaked up on the emperor, "poof", the sharp arrow that came later stared at a wooden pillar of the dragon chariot, and almost at the same time, more than a dozen guards had pounced on the person who assassinated the emperor like a wolf.

Xuanyuan Shao picked up his longbow and quickly walked towards the emperor, and at this moment, Feng Yuanpo, the governor of Hexi Province, who was not far from Long Yuan, was even more pale and rushed over, and the two of them arrived at the edge of Long Yuan almost at the same time, but Feng Yuanpo knelt faster and knelt on the ground: "Holy Lord, Holy Lord, Your Majesty should be damned......!" He prostrated like garlic and was terrified.

The people on both sides of the road, many people didn't even know what was going on in the road, and when they saw the guards quickly approaching the edge of the dragon chariot and surrounded it, they all whispered, and it didn't take long to see several tall ironclad warriors pushing a young man to the edge of the dragon chariot, and the people were even more whispering, many of them were prostrating on the ground just now, bowing their heads, and many people had never seen the arrow that was shot at the emperor.

Seeing the assassin being pushed over, Feng Yuanpo suddenly stood up, he was with the emperor to enter the Heavenly Palace for the entrance ceremony today, and all officials were not allowed to wear weapons, so he took out a knife from the waist of one of the guards, pointed forward, and pointed at the young assassin: "You are so bold, you dare to assassinate the saint?" Who are you sent? ”

The young assassin, who was no more than twenty-three or fourteen years old, tilted his head and shouted in a cold voice: "There is no way to be a faint king, it will bring disaster to the country and the people, and everyone will be punished, so why do you need to be sent?" ”

"You...... What did you say? Feng Yuanpo's eyes breathed fire.

"Dusk Jun, Dog Official, you built the Heavenly Palace for your own selfish interests, but you didn't care about the life and death of the people, what kind of Heavenly Palace is that, that is the Blood Palace, every brick and tile in it is made of flesh and blood." The young man shouted loudly: "Feng Yuanpo, you lackey, and your master must not die well......!" ”

Feng Yuan was furious, stepped forward, and cut the man in half with a single sword.

"Where is Hu Lun?" Feng Yuanpo shouted.

A military general in armor rushed forward and knelt on the ground, his face pale, "My lord, the last general is ......!" ”

"This Governor has put you in charge of security along the way, why are there assassins involved?" Feng Yuanpo's face turned pale, "You say, what crime should you be guilty of?" ”

The armored military general reached out to his waist, pulled out the knife with a "choking", and without saying a word, put it on his neck, wiped it hard, and the blood splattered the ground.

The corners of Feng Yuanpo's eyes twitched, and he raised his hand and said, "Come on, drag it down." Immediately, a soldier came forward and dragged down the body of the samurai.

Feng Yuanpo looked up at the emperor on the dragon chariot, and said guiltily: "The saint, the subordinates have neglected to supervise, let the saint be frightened, and the crime deserves death." "At the moment, he also put a big knife on his neck, and he will kill himself.

"Jing Zhonghou, you come up!" The Emperor beckoned.

Feng Yuanpo was stunned, but after all, he put down his knife and cautiously got on the dragon chariot, not everyone can go up on this dragon chariot, let alone bring a weapon to the dragon chariot.

Walking in front of the emperor, Feng Yuanpo knelt on the ground, the emperor stared at Feng Yuanpo kneeling at his feet, groaned slightly, and finally asked: "In the past few years, you have been wronged, right?" ”

Feng Yuanpo was stunned, raised his head, and didn't know what to say.

"Jing Zhonghou, I am not confused." The emperor said slowly: "You built the Heavenly Palace for me with one force, and you didn't ask the court for a piece of silver, I knew it early on, and you will definitely have a hard time." You are loyal to the gods and are not immortals, you don't have the ability to turn stones into gold, building the Heavenly Palace, it takes a huge amount of manpower and financial resources, these things can only be taken from Hexi Road, of course the people will have resentment, you build a fairy palace for me, but also for me to bear the notoriety, it is really difficult for you. ”

Feng Yuanpo's tears slipped from his eyes, and he said in a trembling voice: "Holy Lord, forgive the minister, without the grace of the Holy Lord, the Feng family is now just slaughtering pigs and dogs, how can it be glorious today?" Before his father died, he repeatedly told him that in the whole world, the Feng family only owes allegiance to the saint, and can only have the saint in their hearts. The saint is the descendant of the gods, the cultivation is true, the people of the world do not understand, but the minister knows the Tao, only the saint can live for a thousand years, and my Great Qin Empire can live for a thousand years...... The minister built the Heavenly Palace, just wanted to offer a small gift for the holy cultivators, not to mention being scolded, even if he was cut by a thousand knives, the minister would not have the slightest regret. ”

The emperor gently patted Feng Yuanpo's shoulder and said with a smile: "You don't have to blame yourself, I came to Hexi, and what I saw along the way, the people were happy, this is all your credit......!" Leaning close to Feng Yuanpo's ear, he said softly: "The people of the world are all Diao people, they can never understand my thoughts, let them eat and drink enough, they can't remember my kindness, when they are full and drunk, their hearts will be bigger......!" ”

Feng Yuanpo's forehead touched the ground, "The minister remembers the teachings of the saints. ”

"At this time, this is the end of the ceremony, today's ceremony is the most important, and it cannot be delayed." The Emperor straightened up, waved his hand, and the salute music sounded in front of him, and the procession continued to march towards the Heavenly Palace.

According to the regulations of the entrance ceremony, after the emperor arrives at the heavenly palace, he must first read the prayer book, then burn the book and sacrifice to the sky, and lead the officials to perform the three major rituals.

Today, there are not only many officials of Daqin, but also more than a dozen barbarian chiefs, these barbarian chieftains are dressed in different costumes, various, mainly with fur as the material, it seems that they have never seen such a grand pomp, in the crowd, looking left and right, dizzying, waiting to Tiangong Square, only to see that the empty square is paved with marble, smooth as a mirror, above the square, there is a white marble table, spectacular and gorgeous, carved with flowing clouds and auspicious beasts, every other distance, there is a well-built flower garden, This flower garden is different from the flower garden in the mansion, in which there is a pool, there are koi swimming in the pool, the water of the pond is clear, the water is rippling, the whole Tiandao Hall is around, from the ground out of the dense air, enter the square, look around, as if in a fairyland.