Lin Yuan and Zhang Hua separated, Zhang Hua found someone to make a special bowl, Lin Yuan returned home, at this time the sky was already bright, Lin Yuan saw Guan'er and asked, "When will that wood fairy go to the palace to perform again?" ”

Guan'er said: "It depends on the mood of the Queen Mother, maybe it's the last few days, maybe it's going to take a while, it's not good."

Lin Yuan asked, "When the wood fairy is performing, can the ministers outside go to see it?" ”

Guan'er said: "Of course you can, but you have to have the invitation of the Queen Mother, who has invited many ministers." ”

Lin Yuan thought for a moment and asked, "If the Wood Immortal wants to perform, how can he know the Dao a few days in advance?" ”

Guan'er said: "If you come to perform, you can know the Tao three or four days in advance, do you think, if they come, the people accompanying them will be strictly checked, what if there are assassins mixed in?" They entered the inner palace again, and they were either concubines or palace maids, and they couldn't let these outsiders see them, so they had to arrange things to avoid in advance. There are many more trivial things, such as who should sit in which position, what snacks should be prepared for whom, and it will take several days to get it right. ”

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "It seems that the things that the Wood Immortal wants to perform can be known in advance, but how should I know the things in the palace?" It turned out that I could let Guan'er pass the news, but now Guan'er doesn't want to go to the palace anymore, what should I do? By the way, ask the housekeeper Liu San, he will definitely be able to know the way. ”

So Lin Yuan brought the housekeeper Liu San over and asked, "Do you know how Lu Dao can get the news from the palace?" ”

Liu San said with a smile: "This is easy, there are so many people in the palace, they all have to eat, drink and Lasa, they don't farm in the palace, so all the food and clothing must be transported from the outside to the inside, the place in charge of this matter is called the Internal Affairs Office, the Internal Affairs Office often has eunuchs in and out of the palace, and when they come out and go in, they always have to gossip with the people of the Internal Affairs Office, so that the news in the palace will come out." ”

Lin Yuan said: "Okay, you immediately go and send a big gift to the people of the Internal Affairs Office, if that wood immortal goes to the palace to perform again, you can let people notify me." ”

Liu San nodded, and in the evening, there was news from the Internal Affairs Office, saying that the latest performance would be held in three days, and this time it was going to perform the immortal method of the broken object in the air, and this time many ministers were also invited.

Liu San took the list and said to Lin Yuan indignantly: "My lord, you are the greatest hero of the Qing Dynasty, who can have greater merit than yours?" I didn't expect them to invite you. ”

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "It's best not to invite me, if Wang Tianmu knows that I will go too, I will definitely be too scared to perform." Lin Yuan didn't make it clear to Liu San, he smiled and didn't say anything, Zhang Hua sent someone to send a special bowl to Lin Yuan that night, this bowl was made of stainless steel, and it was brushed with a layer of ceramic-like lacquer on the outside, which looked like a porcelain bowl.

On the day of the performance, Lin Yuan entered the palace under the pretext of reporting on the reform of weights and measures and the calendar, Lin Yuan came early in the morning, deliberately delayed for a long time, and when the performance began, it was not over, Emperor Guangxu had to say: "Lin Aiqing, the queen mother wants me to watch the fairy law performance, let's talk about it another day." ”

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "I also heard about this performance, I wonder if there are any ministers in Lu Dao?" ”

Emperor Guangxu smiled: "Why not? Like Xu Aiqing and Yuan Aiqing, they all went. ”

Lin Yuan pretended to be unhappy and asked, "Then why didn't you invite me?" ”

After Emperor Guangxu heard this, he smiled and said: "Lin Aiqing's burden is very heavy, and there are so many things, so we didn't call you here, if you are willing to come, we will call you next time." ”

Lin Yuan smiled: "Why do you want to do it next time?" Isn't it possible this time? ”

Emperor Guangxu smiled: "It's not that you can't, but our seats have been arranged, the queen mother and the queen concubine are watching on the second floor, and I am taking a few ministers to watch on the first floor, according to your grade, you must sit on the first floor, but there is no seat on the first floor." ”

Lin Yuan smiled: "There's nothing to do, there's nothing to do, I'll just stand aside and watch." ”

Emperor Guangxu couldn't help but cover his mouth and laugh, and said, "How can that work?" My most capable general in the Qing Dynasty didn't even have a place to sit! ”

Lin Yuan smiled and asked, "Don't you want to know how Lu Dao's immortal method came from?" ”

Emperor Guangxu said: "The immortal law is naturally cultivated over the years. ”

Lin Yuan suddenly had a plan in his mind and said, "Otherwise, you can get me a eunuch's clothes, and I will stand on the side and watch, and then I will be able to crack his immortal law." ”

Emperor Guangxu smiled and said, "Lin Aiqing is not ashamed of his identity, that's good," said Emperor Guangxu shouted outside: "Invite Li Lianying." Li Lianying is a celebrity in front of Cixi, so Emperor Guangxu has to use the word "please".

After a while, Li Lianying came, and Emperor Guangxu pointed at Lin Yuan with his hand and said with a smile: "Get Lin Aiqing a eunuch's clothes." ”

This sentence stunned Li Lianying, and thought: "Our eunuchs are the most despised, why does this Lin Yuan want to wear our clothes?" Where could he know Lin Yuan's thoughts, Lin Yuan thought clearly, if Wang Tianmu casually took the bowl from below, then he could not guarantee that the special bowl would be delivered to him, and only by pretending to be a eunuch could he guarantee that the special bowl would be delivered.

Li Lianying was puzzled and took Lin Yuan to change clothes, and Lin Yuan said to him: "When you perform the broken bowl for a while, what is the process?" ”

Li Lianying replied: "First a little eunuch will go down to get the bowl, and then come back and give it to the Wood Immortal." ”

Lin Yuan said: "Okay, after letting the little eunuch take the bowl, give it to me first, understand?" ”

Li Lianying didn't understand what Lin Yuan meant, but she still nodded, took him to the eunuchs, and then pointed at Lin Yuan and said to everyone: "In order to ensure that there are no mistakes in this performance, I specially sent him to be your leader, you have to listen to him in everything, understand?" ”

Everyone nodded again and again, and soon the performance began, as usual, Wang Tianmu's disciples pretended to be ghosts, and after a while, Wang Tianmu carried the "Sendai" up, and then assigned a little eunuch to go down to get the bowl, Cixi was very happy, and specially gave her tea bowl to the little eunuch and asked him to take it to the stage.

The little eunuch walked to the edge of the platform with the bowl, and was just about to go up when Lin Yuan stopped him, Lin Yuan stretched out his hand at him, and the little eunuch obediently handed the bowl in his hand to Lin Yuan, Lin Yuan turned around, took advantage of no one's attention, put the bowl in his sleeve, took the special bowl in his hand, and walked to the stage.

Everyone in the audience was waiting to see the magical immortal method, and the people on the stage were busy pretending to be ghosts, and no one noticed Lin Yuan's small action, Lin Yuan lowered his head and handed the special bowl to the disciple, and the disciple handed it to Wang Tianmu, Lin Yuan saw Wang Tianmu scratch the bottom of the bowl with his fingers, and then put the bowl into the glass cover.

When Wang Tianmu pulled his hand out, Lin Yuan could see clearly, it turned out that he had a wrench on his finger, Lin Yuan immediately understood that the wrench on Wang Tianmu's hand must be made of diamond, he first scratched a crack on the porcelain, and then it was much more convenient when he broke the bowl.