Once this thought appeared in my heart, it was like the rising sun, and the first dazzling light made the morning mist dissipate in an instant, which made my heart suddenly open up, and all doubts were solved! I looked at Yi Gongzi's listless face, and I couldn't help but want to laugh out loud!

"This ......," I suddenly broke the silence and said, "Since everyone has no clue, let me tell you a joke." There is such a family, and the past generations have lived many disasters and difficulties, all because the family has a family heirloom. It is said that this treasure can make people immortal, so many people have their eyes on it, and they have tried every means just to get their hands on it, forcing the family to relocate, leave their hometown, and finally fall to the point of family ruin. You say, if this treasure really has the effect of making people immortal, if immortality is really so useful, will the family still be so downcast? Isn't that funny? ”

Rob, Granny Hua, and Bai Jue were all listening to me, but they didn't seem to understand what I was trying to say. I didn't explain further, just stared at Yi Gongzi with blazing eyes.

Only for a moment, Yi Gongzi raised his eyebrows slightly, and although he did not show interest in what I said, he did not show any other emotions, and he did not speak for a long time. The more he does this, the more my trick is useful, and he is mentally weighing the gains and losses and re-evaluating me.

Sure enough, after a while, he slowly stood up, looked ahead and said, "That's all for today." You go back first, and you'll have an account later. With that, he turned away neatly, without looking back at any of us.

And the six of us left the hall with Chief Mu. Taken to accommodation.

When walking on the road. Bai Jue looked at me with a smile on the corner of his mouth. With a smug look, he smiled: "It seems that you have some ghost ideas, right?" ”

"Those who know me, Brother Bai." I winked at him.

"Maybe you're quite suitable to be a master, your brain turns fast, and you can always surprise you." He didn't tease anymore, but praised me with a hearty smile.

"No, no," I smiled with a wave of my hand at him. "I'm used to being free, and I'm not an official at all. I'm just entrusted with some private words that I want to pass on to someone. ”

walked over again, put one shoulder around him, and whispered: "To be honest, if it is Brother Bai that you enter the Taifu Mansion and become under one person and above ten thousand, I must be the happiest person!" But listen to the words of my brother, this companion is like a tiger. You know better than me, don't say I'm biased towards Hushan. But he went to die first! ”

He looked at me quizzically and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

"In short, if you can, I'd rather be a wanderer in the rivers and lakes, and don't lead the court with a hundred taels of silver!" I said it in a profound way, and added at the end, "I made up the latter sentence myself." ”

"I always thought you were an idiot in politics, and you didn't know the essentials at all, why did you suddenly become an expert after such a while?" Bai Jue always doesn't forget to squeeze me two sentences.

"Shibei three days, when you look at each other, I grow faster than others, and I will impress you in an hour! There's no way, it's hard to grow up with you masters! I laughed.

Since then, I have been in a good mood for this day, eating, drinking and sleeping, and I am really as happy as a pig.

It was just after dark in the evening, and I was lying in bed bored, feeling a little sorry for the lack of nightlife in this happy day, when I heard a knock at the door, as if someone had come in.

When I went out, it was Mr. Mu. As soon as he saw me, he beckoned: "Tao Yong, you come with me!" ”

"Why are you going?" I asked.

"Let you go, what are the problems!" He reprimanded me.

"Okay, here!" I walked a few quick steps and followed him out of the courtyard, and found that this time he did not bring with so many attendants as usual, and I couldn't help but feel a little strange.

But after thinking about it, I was suddenly able to guess a rough idea, so I just left silently without asking any more questions.

The route taken this time was different from the previous one, as if it had chosen some winding paths, winding around and stopping and walking, as if avoiding encountering other people.

After walking like this for more than ten minutes, it seemed that I had finally arrived at my destination. In front of it was a separate small courtyard, more appropriately a gatehouse by the garden than a palace.

Mr. Mu walked over, opened the courtyard door, and said to me, "Go in!" ”

As soon as I stepped into the courtyard, the small door closed behind me, and even Manager Mu did not follow in. I smiled slightly, walked to the main room, and pushed the door, only to see that although this room was not large, it was neatly and elegantly furnished, with everlasting lights lit on all sides, but the room was also bright. In the middle of the room stood a man with his back to me, as if admiring a painting on the wall.

I closed the door lightly, turned around and said, "You don't know what's the matter with me so late?" Yi Gongzi. No...... Maybe I should call you 'Your Majesty', right? ”

The man turned to face me, different from the daytime, wearing a golden robe, embroidered with a coiled dragon, and a dragon-shaped headband around the bun on his head, the whole person exuded a sense of dignity, the only thing that did not change was the plain and tasteless expression on his face.

"Since you know that Lian is the emperor, why don't you bow down?" He looked at me and said, but there was no reproach in his eyes.

That's right, this person with the pseudonym Yi Gongzi is not the long history of Taifufu, but the emperor of the dynasty, surnamed Liu Mingzhi, and "Yi" is exactly his word.

My initial suspicion of his identity came from his untouchable attitude when talking about the emperor. Don't say that the emperor, even if it is one of our potential candidates for Taifu, it may be his immediate boss in the future, if he is really just a district chief, how can he not be cautious in front of his future boss?

And if you look closely, the big hall is obviously the place where the emperor usually discusses political affairs with the courtiers, although it is not yet at the level of the previous court, and there are dragon-shaped carvings around the chair in the center, which is exclusive to the emperor. This person came up and sat there with a big grin, natural and casual, how could it be just a long history?

When I think of this, and when I think back to the questions he asked during his discourse, I have a clearer understanding in my heart.

I still have to thank Wang Shaoting and my father for telling me a lot of things about the court in advance.

This Liu Zhi's biological mother is not the hottest Empress Dowager Liang now. He is just one of the child emperors who have changed frequently in recent years, and was brought in to be a puppet emperor at the age of fifteen. But this little emperor is not the same as his short-lived predecessors, he is actually very good at maneuvering between the open and secret battles in the court, low-key obedience, and wise self-preservation, so he has been in office for eight years, and the throne is still quite stable.

But it is conceivable that he has no real power at all, and at present, the affairs of the court are controlled by the Liang family and the eunuch group, if he wants to make a difference, the obstruction of either party is enough for him to drink a pot.

The questions he asks us, when you think about it, are exactly what he is about and what he is doing now. "Duckweed" probably refers to himself, "Aching Arms" refers to the two forces in the court that give him a headache, and "that big tree that is easy to be struck by lightning" may be his current titular mother, Empress Dowager Liang. It's no wonder that we were confused at first, and we couldn't get to the point. If you don't know this background, it is probably impossible to realize the deep meaning!

Coincidentally, some of the answers I made casually seemed to correspond to the answers he wanted. That's why he agreed twice.

But he called me over on this big night, not necessarily because he admired my answer, but because of the joke I later used to test him. I guess he shouldn't want too many people to know about the Tao family and the Blood Rock Furnace. Shaking out this burden just led him to take the initiative to come to me. If we can't create an opportunity for us to be alone, how can the next step of the plan be carried out smoothly!

I didn't expect this temptation to be really effective, he actually made an appointment to meet in such a secret place, and even the personal chief eunuch branched out, which provided me with a very convenient way to talk nonsense!

When I got back to my eyes, I heard him hold it up, and hurriedly said, "Oh, it's the little people who are rude, and I thought that His Majesty came to me for something important, not to enjoy the kneeling ceremony!" Then ...... bent his knees, and he was going to make a big salute.

Liu Zhi waved his hand and said, "That's it, you're right, these red tapes are just a waste of time." Have a seat! He gestured to a chair at the table in the middle of the room.

I was also unceremonious, walked over and sat down.

"Where did you hear what you said in the temple today?" He also came over and sat down at the table across from me and asked straight to the point.

"I'll tell you the truth, I listened to one of my own families. That person's name is Tao Zhihuan, and what I am talking about today is actually the tragedy of their family. I explained very bluntly.

Liu Zhiyi frowned, and asked again, "Where did you meet him?" ”

"It's on the way to Luoyang." I said, "When I was crossing the water, I accidentally saved a young man who had fallen into the water. ”

He ...... Is it true that his family is ruined? Liu Zhi asked quietly.

I guess he doesn't really care about the Tao family's life or death, and the question behind his question should be: "Where is the Blood Rock Furnace now?" ”

"On the way to escape, their family encountered mountain bandits, not only did everyone except him die accidentally, but the family heirloom also fell into the hands of a mountain bandit surnamed Wang." I said as he meant.

"Wang's surname?" His eyes moved, a little thoughtfully.

"Well, he said to me, it seems to be called Wang Shaoting." (To be continued.) )