Shen Mo is a person who comes out of prison, according to Taoism, with bad luck on his body, naturally he can't see the emperor first, but has to go through Tao Tianshi's disinfection...... Oh no, you can't see it until you've purified.

Taking advantage of the effort to purify him, Tao Tianshi made three requests to Shen Mo, which were counted as a reward for helping him meet the emperor in advance, the first two belonged to the long-term conditions, and now he didn't want to, anyway, Shen Mo felt unreliable. And the last one is to ask him to relinquish the patent ownership of Baihua Xianjiu...... Shen Mo couldn't help but be secretly surprised, it seemed that His Majesty Jiajing really had an extraordinary demand for Baihua Immortal Wine, otherwise this old man would not have made such a request. But he doesn't blame Tao Tianshi for monopolizing all the merits, because as an authority of Taoism and an alchemy expert of His Majesty, Tao Zhongwen's job is to collect rare and exotic herbs in the world, pinch and bake them into various pills, help the emperor prolong his life, dispel illness and strengthen his body, and of course, including the golden gun.

And he, an authoritative expert, has not been able to solve the problem of His Majesty's surname Fu, if others can't solve it, it's okay, once someone cures, then his authority will be greatly questioned...... Your Majesty's sacred heart is unpredictable, especially in this kind of matter, it is possible to let him roll up and get out.

Ask yourself, if he were Tao Tianshi, I am afraid that he would directly kill the person who offered the wine, how could he go to such great lengths to talk about the conditions?

Fortunately, 'Tiger Elder doesn't bite', Tao Tianshi didn't mean to kill him, but showed great sincerity and told Shen Mo what the elders thought of him, what the eunuchs thought of him, and most importantly, His Majesty's opinion of him.

"If you want to have a good development," Tao Tianshi finally concluded, "you must maintain a good relationship with the palace. ”

"In the palace?" Shen Mo said softly: "Did you say that it was Your Majesty's close attendant?" ”

"Yes, you don't have to worry about the Taoist priest, the old Taoist will always protect you," Tao Tianshi said softly: "You have to pay attention to the eunuchs, those people are not successful enough and have more than enough failures, and it is enough to dismantle the platform and raise the seedlings." ”

"Didn't you say that His Majesty Jiajing was very reluctant to eunuchs to interfere in politics?" Shen Mo asked softly.

"That's all the old calendar." Tao Zhongwen shook his head slightly and said, "Your Majesty has lived in the palace for more than 20 years, and he has very little contact with courtiers. It is said that what I often see, in addition to a few elders, is our Taoist priests and eunuchs, among which Li Fang, the head of the ceremonial supervisor, as well as Chen Hong and Huang Jin, have been dressed for 20 years. Saying that, he broke the news again: "I saw it with my own eyes, Xia Yan disdained to interact with eunuchs, and lost to Yan Song, who had a good relationship with the eunuchs; And Yan Ge Lao relied on the eunuchs to ventilate the news and say all the good things, so that he could always win the emperor's heart; Now Elder Xu Ge also pays great attention to interacting with the eunuchs, but Li Mo still disdains the eunuchs...... This time for the Chinese New Year, the two elders had gifts for the five great eunuchs of the celebrant eunuch, but Chen Hong asked Li Mo for a sub-couplet but did not get it. ”

Shen Mo nodded slowly and said, "I know, thank you Heavenly Master for your advice." ”

After purification and becoming a clean person, Shen Mo said goodbye to Tao Tianshi, and was led out of here by two Taoist boys, Shen Mo looked back, only to see the three words 'Zichen Palace' hanging on the forehead of the hall with gold characters on a blue background.

When leaving the Zichen Palace, it was already bright in the sky, and Shen Mo could finally take a look at this mysterious West Garden, only to see that the surrounding was full of red walls and yellow tiles, painted carved beams, palace towers, high and low, under the slight dawn of the morning, it looked brilliant, spectacular and majestic, it was indeed much more noble than the buildings in other places, and it was also a lot more depressing.

Follow the little Taoist priest through a patchwork of buildings, enter the palace gate called 'Yannian Gate', bypass a glazed wall of nine dragons, and arrive at an extremely wide courtyard, surrounded by pines and cypresses, as well as cranes and sika deer strolling leisurely.

Unlike the rest of the world, where white marble and brick are paved, there are large flower beds and medicine gardens, and between delicate low hedges, there are only cobblestone paths. However, as from the outside, the cobblestone paths here are three side by side, and the middle one is actually paved with white jade, which is the imperial road that only the emperor can walk.

Now Shen Mo followed the bluestone road on the side, and followed the little Taoist until he walked to the door of the main hall due north. Dao Tong explained his intentions, and the guards at the door let him go, went up the steps of white marble, and two eunuchs took Shen Mo in, let him wait in the front hall, and then went in to pass the ceremony.

Shen Mo smelled the fine sandalwood fragrance, so he secretly turned his eyes to look. I saw the huge hall, and there was a statue of the three Qingdao monarchs hanging in the south, and there was an altar to worship below. Opposite the altar, there is also a bronze incense burner with more than one person and three legs, and the sandalwood smoke comes out of it.

See the whole hall. There are also no dragon chairs. It's just that in front of the altar, in the middle of the main hall, there is a white jade round couch, and the eight sides of the couch are also inlaid with gossip purple gold bricks, and he couldn't help but think nonsense: 'It seems that Your Majesty is really working hard, forcing himself to meditate all the time. ’

But what attracted the attention of Shen Mo the most was the one hanging in the center of the east wall, a very simple and elegant framed central hall, on which were written a few lines of elegant calligraphy: 'The saint does nothing at all, does not teach, and does not live after success.' The lower left is 'Jiajing 30 years Zhu Houxi Jinglu Taishang Daojun language training', and the bottom of the inscription is a big red seal, engraved with two seal characters of "imperial pen".

Shen Mo knew that this was an excerpt from the Tao Te Ching, and it was the embodiment of Lao Tzu's quiet and inactive thinking of governing the country, but it was just ...... This Huang Lao's technique is suitable for the beginning of the world, when the cultivation and recuperation are recuperated, and now the Ming Dynasty is worried about internal and external troubles, and there are chicken feathers in one place. It was the monarchs and ministers who worked hard, worked hard, and tried every means to save the building when it was about to collapse. Emperor Jiajing hung such a picture in the dormitory, except for making excuses for his laziness and deceiving himself, he couldn't think of any other intentions.

While he was thinking wildly, a chubby eunuch in a big red python robe came out and smiled at Shen Mo, "Shen Mo, Your Majesty wants to see you." ”

"There is Father-in-law Lao." Shen Mo arched his hand, followed the eunuch from the outer hall through the corridor, to a thick veil, the eunuch knelt down, although Shen Mo was extremely disgusted with kneeling, but if he did not kneel to the emperor, no one had imagined the consequences...... Silence doesn't dare to be the first in the world, so let's kneel down happily.

I only heard the eunuch whisper: "Long live, that silence is coming." After speaking, no one answered, and just when he silently thought that the emperor was asleep, a crisp and pleasant jade chime sound came from inside.

Seeing that he was still stunned, the eunuch hurriedly whispered: "Your Majesty has promised to see you, still don't you want to say goodbye?" ”

"The criminal minister Zhejiang Xie Yuan is silent, knock to see my emperor, long live long live long live...... "Shen Mo was unhappy in his heart, but he still bowed three times and bowed nine times in a proper manner.

His Majesty said that he wanted to see him, but he didn't say that he would see him, so Shen Mo could only see what the emperor looked like through a thick veil. Maybe it's because Tao Zhongwen told him a lot of inside information, but in fact, it's because he has a bottom in his heart, and he looks upright and solemn when he kneels there...... Shen Mo knew very well that if he really had no play, Jiajing would not summon him, because this person was extremely reluctant to see the minister, and he would not summon him unless he had to; Since you have summoned yourself, and you are still summoned alone, it means that there is a drama, a big drama!

Then I heard a voice from far and near: "You are the silence? ”

"It's Wechen." Shen Mo hurriedly replied.

"Silence." The voice said faintly: "The words are clumsy, Shaoxing, born in May of the sixteenth year of Jiajing, that is to say, he is not yet twenty years old. Although the words are ghostly, the momentum above 10,000 people is vividly embodied, and people dare not slack off.

Sure enough, it's not an ordinary emperor, and you know to understand the background information of the interlocutor first. Shen Mo tried his best to reply calmly: "The minister is from Shaoxing, and he is still three months and twenty years old. ”

"Well," Emperor Jiajing said slowly: "There is a way that newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, this is not deceitful, you were just a small student at that time, I broke the exception and made you the patrol of Zhejiang...... Looking at the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty, the twenty patrols pressed the imperial history, which one is not from the two Jinshi ranks, not after a long period of experience? Only you are silent, but after inspecting Zhejiang for a few months, you will be born in the twenty-ninth year, Xiucai, and become the imperial history of the Heavenly Patrol. Such an honor, after looking at Cheng Zu Jianji, has there ever been a case? ”

"There has never been a ......," Shen Mo shook his head.

"Then you dare to openly burn the evidence and let the Qin case that I personally ordered to go down be decapitated," the emperor's anger came up, and his voice became cold and hard: "You have disappointed me too much! I'm so sorry for my cultivation! ”

Shen Mo couldn't answer, because when the emperor didn't ask, he couldn't speak, and he still understood this rule.

"I originally thought that as a student of Shen Lian, even if you didn't hate Zhao Wenhua to the core, it would be impossible for you to pee in the same pot with him!" The emperor's anger did not subside, and the words he uttered became more and more ugly: "You thing with no king, no teacher and no father, you have disappointed everyone!" Then I heard him shout, "Say, do you plan to disappoint me a second time?" ”

Shen Mo quickly shook his head and said, "Don't dare." ’

The emperor raised his voice and said, "Say, who do you want to protect?" ”

(To be continued)