Ma Quan sent Shen Mo to leave the Jingshen House, and said softly: "Lord Shen can wait in the side hall, the slave and maid will go to draft the holy decree, and come back and ask the emperor to use the seal, so that you can go back." ”

"I'm sorry for my father-in-law." Shen smiled and saluted: "I want to go and see Dr. Li, I don't know if it's okay?" ”

"Absolutely." Ma Quan said with a smile, and called a little eunuch and asked him to bring Shen Mo over...... In this palace, the foreign minister cannot walk alone.

Li Shizhen was arranged in a small cross-courtyard in the Yuxi Palace, the halls and rooms are all south-facing, the annex and the kitchen are all furnished, and then looking at the layout of the courtyard, it is also unique, and there is a kind of extravagance that is implicit but not revealed. I only heard the little eunuch who led the way sigh with emotion: "Here was still an ancestor yesterday...... Oh no, Grandpa Li's residence has changed tenants today. ”

Shen Mo smiled and said: "Mr. Li is just borrowing, and when the emperor is ready, he will naturally leave." "Emperor Jiajing is brilliant and colorful, this is a big deal, no one knows, what will come out next, so Li Shizhen don't want to go. He has to stay here to observe and treat at any time, and one day the emperor will be completely fine, so that he can see the sky again.

"He left, Gonggong Li won't come back......" The little eunuch was obviously not sensible, and dared to say such things in front of people, and said, "Gonggong Li is fine......"

Shen Mo looked at his immature face, and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "Forget about Gonggong Li......" nodded at the eunuch, and pushed the door into the room.

There were two braziers lit in the room, but it was warm. As soon as I entered, I saw Li Shizhen lying on the bed, silently relaxed his hands and feet, and wanted to quit, but he said angrily: "I didn't sleep, I couldn't sleep." ”

"Oh, that's not sleepy," he walked in with a smile, "If you're sleepy, you can't sleep." ”

"I always listen to the opera singing, and when I enter the palace gate, it is as deep as the sea." Li Shizhen put his hands behind his head, looked straight at the roof and said, "It turns out that it's really like that, I don't know what year I can go out." ”

"After a while, Your Majesty has recovered, and you don't want to stay in someone's house." Shen Mo dragged a stool to sit in front of him, and said in a low voice: "This is the palace, Shen Yan." But in his eyes, there was a clear look of inquiry.

Li Shizhen glanced at him, did not refute, sat up and said, "Send my bookcase, I have to continue to write my book." ”

"No problem." Shen Mo smiled: "You make a list for me, I'll send it to you." ”

The pen, ink, paper, and inkstone are ready-made, Li Shizhen got up and walked to the table, held a pen and wrote a few lines of small letters, and said silently to the side after writing: "These books are the most important, you must bring them to me." "As he spoke, he dotted a few words on the paper, which were 'five', 'year', 'sacred', and 'longevity'. It is worthy of the doctor who wants to hear and ask, and when he looks at his silent expression, he knows what question he wants to ask.

Shen Mo nodded, took the paper into his arms and said, "Don't worry, you still don't worry about me doing things?" He said with a smile: "The forbidden palace is heavy, I can't stay for a long time, I have to go, you stay in peace and strive to get out early." ”

"I'm not in jail, and you're not in prison." Li Shizhen waved his hand and kicked him out.

When Shen Mo went back to the side hall of the inner palace, a little eunuch said to him: "Gonggong Ma saw that you were not there, so he went back to the celebrant and asked the slave to take you over." ”

"I'm tired." Smile silently, follow him, and go to the duty room of the celebrant on the west side of Yuxi Palace.

After the ceremony, the little eunuch lifted the thick curtain of the door and said respectfully, "Lord Shen, please come in." ”

Silence entered the duty room of the celebrant supervisor. This duty room is to open up the partition wall of the original three rooms, changed into one, it looks very spacious, the furnishings inside are also extremely luxurious, the furniture is made of sandalwood, the utensils are not gold or jade, a few big red palace lamps are hung on the roof beams, and there are brass charcoal basins that flicker red on the floor, and the upper and lower glows are intertwined, reflecting the red in the room, plus the tassel red silk hanging everywhere, showing the eunuchs' extraordinary aesthetics.

Seeing Shen Mo coming in, Ma Quan stood up from behind the third big case in the north with a smile, greeted him warmly, and sat down on the sandalwood chair with him. ”

"Not tall, not high," Shen Mo shook his head and smiled: "Compared with the big men in the north, it can only be said to be of medium height." ”

"Lord Shen really loves to laugh." Ma Quan turned the jade wrench on his thumb and said with a smile: "You are a real person who does not show your face, and you are not a real person!" He said in a low voice: "Gonggong Chen will be beaten badly now, and he will have to be locked up in the firewood room for a month now, and he will have to use a wheelchair for the rest of his life." ”

Shen Mo said lightly: "The thunder, rain and dew are all Jun'en, what does it have to do with me?" ”

Seeing that he was full of vigilance, Ma Quan smiled with a close smile: "You don't think about it, Chen Hong and I are not all the way, I am the ancestor who pulled it up, and I am even closer to Huang Gonggong like a brother." ”

Shen Mo showed a nostalgic expression and said, "I don't know if I can still see Gonggong Li......"

Ma Quan smiled awkwardly and said, "The old ancestor is over seventy, Your Majesty is also looking for a place for him to retire." He couldn't wait for all the eunuchs in front of him to be unlucky, so that he could taste the taste of the chief of the inner house, and he was naturally happy to see this personnel change.

Shen Mo smiled and said: "Yes, the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, a generation of new people is better than the old people, and the future of the master of ceremonies still belongs to Ma Gonggong." He smiled and said, "I want you to take care of me." ”

Ma Quan said humbly when he heard this: "Shen Dacai has a bright future, and I want you to take care of it in the future." ”

After speaking, the two looked at each other and smiled: "Take care of each other, take care of each other, hahaha......" The laughter sounded not pure at all.

Almost finished, Ma Quan handed over the holy decree in the box to Shen Mo, and instructed softly: "The emperor said, Lord Shen can rest assured that he will do things, please Lord Shen do not live up to the expectations of the master." ”

Shen took it silently and respectfully, and nodded solemnly: "The minister obeys the order." ”

Received the holy decree, came out of the palace, looked back at the yellow tile wall, sat silently in the sedan chair, when the sedan curtain fell, he breathed a long sigh of relief, and finally relaxed...... If you can deal with that wishful thinking by the way, you will be overjoyed.

Now that the predetermined goals have been achieved, and I have received a giveaway that cannot be said to be good or bad - full authority to investigate this case, the reason why it is not good or bad is because it is a good thing to have the leading power of this case, at least it will not be framed by others, but this kind of case is often widely implicated, and if it is not done well, it will get into trouble, and it will not be a person inside and out.

Seeing that the adult had not moved in the sedan chair for a long time, Sanchi finally asked out loud, "My lord, shall we go back?" ”

"Go back?" Shen Mo came back to his senses at this time, paused, and suddenly slapped his thigh and said, "No, go to Dongchang Prison!" Be quick! "The heart said, how did I forget this stubble? Lan Daoxing wasn't there to eat.

He didn't forget to ask people to go to Beizhen Fusi quickly, and asked Jinyiwei to send someone to pick him up.

The sedan chair soon arrived at the gate of the East Factory, because it was very violent, and was immediately noticed by the fan with pointed hats and white boots, and surrounded him and said: "The East Factory is heavy, no noise!" The civil official gets off the sedan chair! The military attache dismounted! ”

The sedan chair drivers are all silent guards, all men who lick blood from the edge of the knife, and they are not afraid of these fierce watchdogs at all, and they will fall down the sedan chair steadily.

The three-foot gaze looked straight ahead, and said loudly: "There is a holy decree!" The steward came out to take the order! ”

As soon as these words came out, a fan immediately ran in to report, and after a while, some leaders of the East Factory wearing round hats, soap boots, and brown shirts came out of it, and a scar-faced man with a blue face led by him asked: "The factory is not there, and a certain family is in charge." ”

Seeing that the guard lifted the sedan curtain, revealing Shen Mo's sinking face, seeing that he was so young and wearing a crimson official robe, Chen Hu's eyebrows flashed a trace of anger and said, "Are you silent?" ”

"It's the official." Shen Mo glanced at him lightly and said, "Who are you?" ”

The people in Dongchang already knew that Shen Mo broke into the palace with his wishes, causing the factory's buttocks to be beaten into eight petals, and they couldn't wait to peel him, cramp, debon, and boil oil.

Chen Hu also said silently with his nostrils: "Chen Hu, the second official of the East Factory, we have to be close to each other." ”

Shen Mo smiled slightly: "No need. As he spoke, he got down from the sedan chair and stood there straight, facing a group of Dongchang fans with a cold expression.

In front of the Dongchang Yamen, there is a wide and empty street, even officials are reluctant to approach this ghost place, and no one dares to challenge the Yinwei here.

Under the gaze of the pair of hideous stone lions on both sides of the gate, Shen Mo stared at Chen Hu coldly and said, "Then you will listen to the holy decree!" As he spoke, he stretched out his hands from the big skull, and there was a colorful yellow scroll in his hand!

When Chen Hu's gang saw the yellow scroll, they immediately lost their arrogance, and they all knelt down, Chen Hu bowed his head and said, "Your subordinates listen to the hadith!" ”

Shen Mo glanced at him expressionlessly, then unfolded the holy decree, and read it out in a straight color: "Fengtian carries the emperor, and the edict says...... Ordered the son of the country to be silent in the sacrificial wine, for the imperial history of Zuo Du, fully responsible for the investigation of Lu Bing's violent death case, the relevant personnel must obey the orders, if there is any slackness to obstruct, one should be punished as the murderer's accomplice, Qin this. ”

"The minister obeys ......the order," Chen Hu said dejectedly.

He glanced at him silently and said, "Lord Chen, please lead the way, and this official will go to the edict." ”

In front of the Holy Mission, Chen Hu had to get up from the ground and said, "You always come with me." ”

With silence, he walked through the ancestral hall of Yue Wumu, the archway of 'Baishi Liufang', and the three prison doors weighing more than 1,000 jun, and entered the dark Dongchang Imperial Prison. As soon as he entered, Shen Mo was almost overwhelmed by the pungent rancid smell, but as soon as he thought of Lan Daoxing, who was tortured here, he immediately put down the hand covering his nose, making Chen Hu, who wanted to see his jokes, very boring. I only heard a silent voice: "Where is the captured Taoist priest?" ”

"Second floor of a felon cell." Chen Hu carried the lantern and said, "You have to go down from inside." ”

"Lead the way." Shen Mo said concisely, and followed him through the narrow corridor, what disappointed Chen Hu again was that those prisoners who had always been dishonest did not stretch out their feet, stumbling silently, just looking at the two of them blankly, not knowing why they were so honest. He didn't want to think about how often he had come recently, and those prisoners knew his identity, and now that he saw an official with a bigger name than him, who would dare to make a mistake?

Follow Chen Hu down to the second-floor cell, and come to the gate of the 'Nineteenth Layer Hell', and the two jailers with knives standing behind the door shouted to the outsiders as usual: "Check the card!" ”

Chen Hu was impatient this time, and scolded: "Test your mother's ball, open the door for Lao Tzu!" ”

"Erjutou!" The people inside exclaimed, and they didn't dare to ask for any more cards, so they quickly opened the gate and respectfully welcomed Chen Hu in.

After entering the edict in the edict prison, Shen Mo soon saw a group of inmates outside a cell covered in bruises and insincerity, who were originally sitting or lying down, barely breathing, but when they heard the sound of the gate, they trembled and curled up in a ball, apparently having formed a conditioned reflex.

Shen Mo sighed in his heart, wanting to find out from Lan Daoxing, but everyone's faces were covered with blood, and they couldn't tell who was who, so they had to start asking, "What about the Blue Immortal?" ”

"You said Lan Dao is okay? What kind of immortal is he? It's just a liar who pretends to be a ghost. Chen Hu said disdainfully.

"That's what His Majesty called him before the official came." Shen Mo glanced at him lightly and said, "Are you questioning the emperor?" ”

"The lower officials don't dare, the lower officials don't dare." Chen Hu was bluffed into a cold sweat by him and said, "That blue ...... The gods are not here, they are locked up alone. ”

"Take me there." Shen said coldly.

"Yes." Chen Hu led Shen Mo and was about to leave, but he heard a faint cry from behind: "Wronged, my lord!" ”

Silently following the prestige, he saw a dying man, looking at him with begging in his eyes and saying, "Dragon Tiger Pill is non-toxic, non-toxic ......"

Hearing this, Shen Mo said in a deep voice: "Are you Qiu Jizi?" ”

"I'm his junior brother, and the senior brother in charge has been tortured to death...... the man lay down in front of the fence and said with all his strength: "The Quanzhen Sect has been wronged, and we have been framed!" ”

Seeing him like this, Shen Mo was even more worried about Lan Daoxing's situation, so he said to Sanchi behind him: "You are watching here, no one is allowed to approach until I come back." ”

"Yes!" Sanchi replied in a deep voice.

In the deepest cell, Chen Hu pointed to the prisoner lying on the ground and said, "This is the blue ...... Immortal. ”

Shen Mo took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down so as not to be seen. Then he ordered him to open the cell, walked in, took the lantern from the guard's hand, and shone it on the man's face, but still could not confirm his identity.

Because this man's face had been burned to the point that he was unrecognizable, his flesh and blood were blurred, and bones were even exposed in several places, if it weren't for the slight heaving of his chest, Shen Mo would have thought that this was a dead man.

He approached, half-knelt down, and called softly: "Blue Fairy, Blue Fairy......"

The man's face was full of injuries, he couldn't open his eyes, and even the whole person was in a semi-coma, but when he heard someone evoke his former title, he still snorted softly and said, "What's the matter......"

As soon as he heard the familiar and unfamiliar Jiaodong accent, Shen Mo immediately determined his identity, it was Lan Dao Xing, his heart was sour, and tears swirled in his eyes, he quickly pinched his thighs, took back the tears hard, and said calmly with all his might: "The official is silent......"

As soon as he heard this name, the prisoner who was about to die did not know where to develop his strength, reached out and opened his eyelids, and saw Shen Mo's strong and grief-stricken face.

Everyone could see that he was visibly relieved...... I only heard Shen Mo continue: "I was ordered to investigate the case of Lu Taibao, please go back with me to assist in the investigation......"

Although Lan Daoxing's face was already blurred with flesh and blood, he felt that he was smiling at himself.

Nodding, he got up silently and said, "Find a deputy stretcher and carry him out!" ”

"No way!" Chen Hu stopped: "Without the order of the factory father, no one can take him away!" ”

"This official wants to transfer him to the Jinyi Guard's Imperial Prison," Shen Mo stared at him coldly, "Do you want to disobey the holy order?" ”

Chen Hu was fed up with his constant pressure on himself with the holy order, but he had no choice but to bite the bullet and say: "It's all edicts, and it's the same for interrogation here." ”

"You obstruct the official's case." The corners of Shen Mo's mouth pulled up a trace of fierceness and said, "Then go back to Jinyi Guard Prison with him!" ”

Chen Hu's face was cloudy and uncertain for a while, but he remembered the cruel words on the holy decree that 'obstructing the handling of the case is complicity', and finally gave in and said: "Take him away." ”

The guards found a door panel, spread their own cotton clothes on it, carefully lifted Lan Daoxing up, wrapped it tightly in cotton clothes, and carried it out lightly.

"It's not just him," Shen Mo said with one last glance at Na Chen Hu, "and the Taoist priest of the Quanzhen Sect." ”

"Let it go, let it all go......" Chen Hu waved his hand depressedly: "Whatever you say is what it is." ”

When Shen Mo left Dongchang Prison and saw the sky again, he saw that Zhu Jiu was already waiting there with the brocade guard, and Lan Daoxing was also sent to the carriage.

(To be continued)