Chapter 18: The Sword
After a slight groan, Ye Wen refused, he didn't know martial arts, and although it was useful to himself with such a weapon, it was not very useful. Frowning slightly, Ye Xiang said in a deep voice: "What am I going to do with those things, I mean the divine weapon, so do you know where the treasure in the palace is?" โ
"Back to Your Highness, the Imperial Prison is the place where the royal things are stored." Although he didn't know why this master suddenly asked this, Li Jinzhong still replied immediately. For him, it is not important what etiquette, righteousness, and shame in this world, the difference between civil and military affairs, the important thing is that his master is happy.
Ye Xiang did not hesitate, and hurriedly asked Li Jinzhong to lead the way and go to the imperial prison.
The royal supervisor is a place dedicated to the creation of utensils for the royal family, and is in charge of the construction of the wooden utensils used in the palace relocation, such as the screen, the bed, and the wooden utensils, as well as the red sandalwood, ivory, and ebony. In the warehouse of the imperial prison, treasures left by the emperors of the past dynasties are stored, antiques, porcelain, and all kinds of precious and rare things can be found here.
Located in the northwest corner of the Imperial Palace, the Imperial Prison is a row of houses made of earth and stone, which is one of the few buildings in the entire Forbidden City. The red stone walls, the black gates, the glazed tiles, everything is similar to other palaces. However, it was one of the most heavily guarded places in the palace, almost as much as Emperor Taichang's bedroom, and even more tightly than the prince's palace.
The eunuch in charge of the imperial prison is called Chen Hua, who is in his fifties, but he is very well maintained and does not look very big. Although he didn't know what the prince was doing here, he didn't dare to slack off. After all, it is rumored in the palace that His Majesty's body is not working, and the crown prince is likely to ascend the throne, so it is very important to please the new master. Now that he has such an opportunity, he naturally won't let it go, and even has some flattery for Li Jinzhong next to the prince.
Ignoring the small movements of the two people, Ye Xiang slowly walked into the warehouse of the imperial supervisor, looked at the neat wooden frame, and nodded lightly. During this period of time, Ye Xiang gradually adapted to the inner life, and he had a strong immunity to some rare treasures.
Coming to a shelf in the depths of the room, looking at the things in front of him, Ye Xiang was a little excited. Countless long boxes are placed on the shelves, some of them are of fine small-leaved rosewood, some are gold-inlaid with jade, and some are even of gold-silk nanmu. Gently stroking a box, he turned back to Chen Hua and said, "Are all the swords stored in the palace here?" โ
Respectfully bowed, Chen Hua smiled and said, "Back to Your Highness, yes, it's all here." Most of these were left by Taizu and Chengzu, and they have not been added to the palace for many years. Since His Highness wants weapons, the slave thinks that these swords should be suitable, after all, the sword is a gentleman among weapons, and it is very suitable for His Highness's identity. โ
Nodding slightly, Ye Xiang glanced at Chen Hua differently, it seems that people who can achieve a certain position are not simple horns. Ye Xiang smiled silently and said, "Yes, you have a heart." โ
"His Royal Highness Xie praised, those of us who are slaves, as long as the master is happy, it is a blessing." Chen Hua was also happy at this time, and said with a smile. Although he is the eunuch of the palm print of the imperial eunuch at this time, it may not be tomorrow.
Since ancient times, there has been a saying that once a son of heaven is a courtier, and this rule is more obvious among eunuchs, and each prince has his own personal eunuch. Basically, they have been around since childhood, and after they ascended the throne, they were naturally vigorously promoted. First, these people are easy to use, and secondly, these people are people who follow them after all, and they have no merit and hard work, and they will naturally not forget them when they are developed.
Therefore, for these people, it is naturally extremely important to be able to please their masters.
"Go out first! I'll see for myself. Waving his hand to the two, Ye Xiang motioned for them to leave first.
"The minions are gone." After the two of them gave a salute, they slowly withdrew.
When the two of them walked to the door, Li Jinzhong looked at Chen Hua, his face was very unkind, and said lightly: "Gonggong Chen is really good at doing things, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince praises you!" โ
Chen Hua heard the dissatisfaction in Li Jinzhong's words, a trace of realization flashed in his eyes, he smiled flatteringly, and said: "Look at what you said, in the future, everyone in this palace will have to look at your eyes, and I hope that Gonggong Li will take care of you more in the future." Saying that, he put an emerald green jade wrench in Li Jinzhong's hand, and it was not ordinary at first glance.
"What Gonggong Chen said is that our family is just a servant of His Royal Highness the Prince, and we are just doing errands for our master." Seeing Chen Hua so upright, Li Jinzhong also smiled and expressed his kindness. After all, Li Jinzhong at this time was just a eunuch beside the prince, while Chen Hua was the eunuch of the imperial eunuch's palm print, as long as he expressed his goodwill, the two of them would be tacit.
Ignoring the eunuchs outside, Ye Xiang's attention was all focused on the box in front of him, and the box in front of him was gently opened, and there was a sword lying quietly inside, with an ordinary sword body and an ordinary style, which looked unusual. But Ye Xiang knew that it was definitely not an ordinary product that could be placed here, and it was the collection of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, and I believe it was definitely a treasure.
Gently picked up the sword, his hand was very heavy, he gently held the hilt of the sword, and pulled it hard, but no matter how hard Ye Xiang tried, the sword was not out of the sheath. This made him a little angry, could it be that this broken sword still had to choose the master. I suddenly remembered a book I had read before, and the ancient swords were all broken. Taking the sword to his eyes, Ye Xiang carefully searched for the sword, and finally the hard work paid off, and found a golden button under the hilt. With a gentle sigh, Ye Xiang pressed the button of the golden sรจ with his fingers, and groaned, Ye Xiang slammed hard.
With this press, a cold light flashed, and the dim room was like a lightning bolt, and the sword seemed to be bounced out by something. Half of the sword body was exposed, and half of it was still inside the scabbard, although he was startled, Ye Xiang was ecstatic in his heart, it turned out that there was really such a divine weapon in the world.
Gently holding the hilt of the sword, he pulled the treasure outward, and as the blade rubbed against the scabbard, the crisp sound of the sword sounded in Ye Xiang's ears. Looking at the sword as bright as autumn water, his heart was very excited, it was really a good thing, it was definitely like cutting iron like mud, blowing hair and breaking hair. Subconsciously looked around, Ye Xiang didn't find anything to test the sword, and finally gritted his teeth and pulled a hair off his head. Although he grinned in pain, Ye Xiang couldn't wait to put his hair on the blade of the sword, and blew lightly, and the hair was suddenly divided into two knots and gently fell to the ground.
Ye Xiang picked up the sword excitedly, and saw that there were seven silver points of light distributed on the sword, which looked like the Big Dipper in the sky, and Ye Xiang knew that the name of this sword should be called the Seven Star Sword.