As the saying goes, "Ziweiyuan in the sky, Zichen Palace on the ground".

In order to study the stars, the practitioners of Daqi once divided the starry sky into three walls and twenty-eight nights.

Ziweiyuan is one of the three walls, which refers to the starry sky area in the center of the northern sky.

Among them, Ziweixing is located in the center of Ziweiyuan, which is the star of the emperor, Zuo Fu and Right Bi are its assistants, Tianxiang, Tianji, Wenchang, and Wenqu are their subordinates, Tiankui and Tianyue are their orders, and the sun and moon are their divisions.

And Zichen Palace is the imperial palace of the Great Qi Dynasty.

Gu Shuyun: "There is Ziwei Palace in the sky, which is the residence of the Emperor of Heaven." The king establishes the palace, and the elephant does it. ”

Therefore, it is named after "Zichen".

It is located on the central axis of Luojing City, sitting north and facing south.

The Luoshui River passes through the city not far in front of it, symbolizing the Milky Way in the sky.

The street that runs through the north and south and leads directly to the palace gate is called the "Heavenly Street", corresponding to the constellation of "Heavenly Street" in the sky.

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When the sky was just dawning, Luo Chuan, the head of the exorcism department, suddenly received an edict from the emperor, asking him to enter the palace for an audience.

He sat in a small sedan chair with a blue curtain carried by two people, and walked along the spacious and open heavenly street towards Zichen Palace.

His sedan chair was not decorated with gold and silver brocade, and the height of the back of the chair was only up to the waist—in Luo Chuan's identity, it seemed quite shabby.

However, according to the rules of the Great Qi Dynasty, it is forbidden to ride in a car, sit in a sedan chair, and fly with a sword within the imperial city. All officials who came to see the emperor had to walk into the palace as a sign of respect for the heavenly family.

Luo Chuan was allowed to enter Zichen Palace by his waist, which was enough to see his extremely noble status and the emperor's extraordinary trust in him.

Soon, the blue curtain sedan chair arrived at the gate of Zichen Palace-Yingtianmen.

Yingtianmen has five city gate holes.

The middle is the main gate, and the two sides of the main gate are the east side door and the west side door respectively, and the most side is the left and right doors.

Normally, the main entrance of Yingtianmen was only for the emperor to pass through.

However, there are a few special cases –

When the emperor is married, the queen can enter the palace from the main entrance;

At the end of the palace examination, when the ceremony is held, the three candidates who have won the examination, the top eye, and the tanhua can leave the palace at the main entrance;

In the five-year "Luoshui Conference", the top three practitioners can also walk out of the palace through the main entrance.

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Luo Chuan, as a member of the third rank and above, was allowed to enter the palace through the east side gate.

I saw that the Zichen Palace was magnificent, solemn and solemn.

The red walls are complemented by golden glazed tiles.

On either side of the road, every few meters a soldier stood with a sword, his silver armor glistening in the faint morning light.

However, upon entering the inner court of the palace, the guards on both sides of the road were replaced by eunuchs in dark blue robes.

The blue curtain sedan chair finally stopped in front of the emperor's bedroom "Qianyang Palace".

This hall is the top of the yellow glazed tile heavy eaves palace, located on the three-layer white marble pedestal, each layer has nine steps - nine is the number of days, is the extreme, symbolizing the supremacy of imperial power.

On both sides of the palace gate, there is a bronze turtle and a bronze crane - its homonym "with the congratulatory" and "with the return", symbolizing "the great determination of the universe, the whole world with the congratulations, the people with the same return", also has the meaning of longevity.

The two eunuchs came to the side of the sedan chair, lifted the sedan curtain, and helped Luo Chuan get off the sedan chair.

Subsequently, under the guidance of the eunuch, Luo Chuan climbed the nine-step white marble steps and stepped into the gate of the Qianyang Palace.

The candles in the hall are bright, the sandalwood is swirling, and it is spacious and spacious.

The ground is paved with gold bricks.

The reason why it is called "gold brick" is not because it is made of gold, but because it is exquisite in workmanship, extremely high in cost, and its surface is light black, oily, bright, not astringent or slippery, and can reach the level of "knocking sound, breaking without holes".

Luo Chuan noticed that the golden lacquer carved dragon throne above the nine steps was empty at the moment.

"Your Majesty should still be cultivating behind the screen!" He secretly speculated.

He stood still under the throne, bowed his hand, and said, "Chen Luochuan respectfully invites the emperor to be sainte." ”

A moment later, a flat voice came from behind the large gold-lacquered screen carved with cloud dragon patterns: "There is no need to be polite to return to the sea. The murderous mansion in Qingzhou, you have already sent someone to solve it, right? ”

"Returning to the sea" is the word for Luochuan.

Not calling him by his name, but calling him by his name, is enough to see the trust and respect of the Great Qi Emperor for Luochuan.

Luo Chuan replied respectfully: "Fortunately, I am not dishonored." ”

"What's the name of the guy you're sending?" The Emperor paused for a moment, then asked, "I'm curious, what kind of ability does he have to solve this case, which many people can't solve?" ”

"His name is Gu Xu, a native of Yishui, a commoner, his parents died, and now he has the experience of serving as an eight-rank in the Exorcism Division," Luo Chuan replied, "He has a cultivation talent no less than Chu Fengge, and he once measured the third-grade 'Blazing Sun Light' qualification in the promotion assessment, plus his mind is relatively smart, and he is good at writing poetry, so he has been recognized by the 'Jinghong Pen', and used the 'Jinghong Pen' to eliminate the remaining resentful souls in the Lu Mansion." ”

Luo Chuan knew that Gu Xu would soon become the new owner of the "Jinghong Pen", and it would soon be known to the whole country, and it would be impossible to hide it from the emperor.

Therefore, he deliberately emphasized Gu Xu's outstanding talent, innocent background, and humble background in his words-proving that Gu Xu has nothing to do with the family.

In this way, the emperor will not have a grudge against Gu Xu because of the "Amazing Pen", but may promote him and reuse him.

"It seems that my Great Qi is really talented!" The Emperor said in a non-wavering tone.

"The monarch is sage, the world is peaceful, and of course the heavens will send down talents without sticking to one pattern." Luo Chuan complimented.

The emperor was silent for a moment, and seemed to approve of Luo Chuan's words.

"Return to the sea?"

"The minister is here."

"You have the ability to penetrate the heavens, you should know that my minister, Tang Hui, did not die fifteen years ago, but has been trapped in the Lu family's murderous mansion, right?"

"The minister does know."

"Last night, Tang Hui's life card left in the palace was shattered," the Emperor continued, "which obviously shows that he died in the course of his confrontation with the ghosts. I feel sad about that. ”

"It is Tang Zhenfu's honor to be remembered by His Majesty like this-with such grace, then he will die without regrets."

The two old foxes who have cultivated to a high level, in this magnificent and solemn hall, are speaking high-sounding words, and they seem to be harmonious and tacit.

But in fact, only they know how much of what they say is true.

Luo Chuan knew that Tang Hui had a piece of the "Qincha Token" carved by the emperor himself - if the emperor didn't want him to die, it would be difficult for him to die.

"Qingzhou Lu Mansion is indeed one of the sources of the emperor's worries," Luo Chuan thought silently in his heart, "But now, the Lu Mansion has disappeared, and Tang Hui, who specializes in doing dirty work for the emperor, has also died...... The emperor's mood seems to be a lot lighter. ”

After a brief conversation, Luo Chuan bowed and retired.

Afterwards, he boarded the blue curtain sedan chair and set off to return to the headquarters of the Exorcism Division.

At this moment, a subtle smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

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Meanwhile.

Qingzhou Mansion, Lu's murderous house, in Suxue Garden.

Lu Shiyao and the other resentful spirits of the Lu family finally ended their revenge on Tang Hui and his subordinates.

Tang Hui had already lost his breath.

His body lay on the floor, already slashed by a thousand knives, his flesh and blood blurred, and his human form was nowhere to be seen.

Gu Xu took a step forward, narrowed his eyes slightly, and his pupils turned into a deep and dull pitch black.

He used the "Eclipse" spell to completely annihilate Tang Hui's remnant soul, so that he didn't even have a chance to turn into a ghost.

Subsequently, Gu Xu drove the "Red Flame True Technique" again, condensed the scorching true yuan in his palm, and completely turned Tang Hui's corpse into ashes.

In the end, he recited the "Mantra to Save the Suffering and Requiem" to eliminate all the evil thoughts left by Tang Hui in the world and avoid being involved in his karmic obsessions.

He breathed a sigh of relief.

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Exegesis:

(1) "There is a Ziwei Palace in the sky, which is the dwelling place of God." The king establishes the palace, and the elephant does it. - Book of the Later Han Dynasty, Volume 48