Same evening.

Zhao Yan, who was far away in Jicheng, the capital of Dayan, also had a nightmare.

She dreamed that she was riding a horse and sending Gu Xu to Jingu, watching him board the merchant ship from afar and sail into the distance.

However, the merchant ship had barely traveled a mile when it suddenly caught fire.

Raging flames rose from the merchant ships, illuminating the sea red, like a sea of fire in hell.

And the ship quickly burned, slumped, and blackened, until it was reduced to ashes.

That's when she realized that it was actually a ship made of paper!

She stood on the shore in a daze, stretched out her hand and rubbed her moist eyes, sadness like bamboo shoots in the spring rain, popping up in her heart and growing strongly.

After a long while, she finally came to her senses.

"There's no one I know on this ship," she thought, "but why am I so sad?"

…………

When she woke up in the morning, the red bloodshot in Zhao Yan's eyes was clearly visible.

She was so depressed that she was too lazy to dress up, so she put on a civilian dress and left the palace, mounted her steed "Da Hong", and went to the Fire Temple accompanied by a few guards.

Ever since she became the Great Yan Monarch, she had to go to the Fire Temple every morning to pray.

Seeing her such a move, the people of Dayan sighed one after another, the king is worthy of the reincarnation of a saint, and his pious attitude towards the gods is far beyond ordinary people.

But only Zhao Yan herself knew that the reason why she went to the Fire Temple every day was just because she wanted to see a certain bastard, and wished him that he would be safe and sound on the way to find the magic weapon fragments, and that he would not lose his life easily.

Today, however, when she walked under the statue of the god of fire, her mind suddenly became blank.

Today's idols seem to have become very unfamiliar.

Its face was as vague as ever, but for some reason, it lacked some of the intimacy of the past.

Zhao Yan took a deep breath, and under the surprised gaze of the guards, she turned around and left the Fire God Temple.

At this moment, she only felt that her heart was empty, as if something important was missing, and she thought about it, but she never understood it.

As she walked out of the gate of the Fire Temple, a soldier hurried up to her and reported to her, "Your Majesty, an alchemist from Hedong has asked to see you. He said that Wang Shang, as the leader of the Luoshui Conference, had an extraordinary demeanor, which impressed him. He wants you to give him a chance to serve you."

It turns out that I was the leader of the "Luoshui Conference"?

Zhao Yandai frowned slightly, thought for a while, and found that this was really the case in her memory.

She remembered that at the end of the Luoshui Conference, she competed with a feng shui master named Bai Chen for the "Silver Wine Bottle".

With a short time difference of a moment, she was the first to grab the "Silver Wine Bottle" and was teleported to the royal treasury. But that "Bai Chen" also built a spatial passage and followed her into the inner library.

At that time, she discovered that Bai Chen was actually not a real Terran monk, but the "ghost attendant" of the Ghost King of Bishan.

However, because the Bishan Ghost King had reached an agreement with her father in advance, it did not do anything to her, but went straight to the imperial city after obtaining the Great Chu State Seal "Jingshan Bi" that he wanted.

Zhao Yan successfully awakened the bloodline in the royal treasury with the help of the fragments of "flint" and obtained the dazzling and powerful fire phoenix wings......

The whole thing seems to make sense.

But subconsciously, Zhao Yan always felt that something very important seemed to be missing in this process.

This feeling made her very awkward and uncomfortable.

"Let him wait for me in the main hall!" After a moment of silence, Zhao Yan commanded.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The soldier bowed.

…………

On this morning, Shangguan Hibiscus rarely had free time. Taking advantage of the sunny and sunny weather, he wandered around the streets of Luojing, considering using the newly obtained Yulu to add some new rouge powder and jewelry to himself.

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Nowadays, the streets and alleys are full of portraits of the thief "Sword King" Li Batian.

Every time he saw the strong man with a beard and a hideous face in the portrait, Shangguan Jian couldn't help but sigh, this Li Ba was so naïve and capable, he forced the imperial court to go to great lengths to arrest him, and recently even the saint and the strong man were dispatched.

As she walked, she unconsciously entered a quiet alley.

This alley is called "Goldfish Alley", not far from the Luohe River, surrounded by green trees, fresh and pleasant air, many dignitaries and dignitaries of Luojing City, including Princess Zhaoning, Xin'an County King, Yiyang County King, Ministry of Industry Shangshu, etc., all live in this vicinity.

Today, there is a family in Goldfish Lane that is moving.

Shangguan Jin recognized that this was the Yin Yangjiong family of Luojing Mansion. The destination of their relocation is a house with a bright black door and a one-foot high doorway - "22 Goldfish Lane".

This mansion made Shangguan Jin feel very familiar.

But she thought about it, but she couldn't remember which acquaintance had lived here.

"Lord Shangguan, long time no see!"

At this time, Yin Yangjiong, who was bloated and obese, had a smile on his face, and stepped forward to greet Shangguan Jian enthusiastically.

Luojing Mansion Yin is a fourth-rank official, and the exorcist Shilang is a fifth-rank official - in terms of official rank alone, Yang Jiong is one level higher than Shangguan Hibiscus.

However, in the Great Qi Dynasty, the status of cultivators was transcendent, and Shangguan Jian was still working beside Luo Chuan, the head of the Exorcism Division, and her words and deeds were likely to represent the thoughts of the head of the Division.

Therefore, in front of her, Yang Jiong, who is a mortal, behaved respectfully, and his flattering words were like surging rivers, and they were not the same.

Shangguan Jin pondered for a moment and raised the doubts in his heart: "Lord Yang, who did you buy this mansion from?"

"It was given to me by the imperial court," Yang Jiong said proudly after hearing her words, "A few days ago, I found out a few of Li Batian's subordinates who were hiding in the shadows near Luojing and destroyed their secret stronghold. In order to reward me for my merits, the court gave me this house."

"That...... And before that?" Shangguan Jian frowned, and then asked, "Has anyone else ever lived here?"

"Before, ah......" Yang Jiong touched his chin and tried to search for the answer in his memory, "Oh, I remembered, this place originally belonged to Lou Licheng, the former servant of the Ministry of Officials, but he was dismissed from the court and searched his house because of corruption and bribery."

Shangguan Jin pondered for a moment, and also remembered that not long ago, there was indeed a corrupt official named Lou Licheng who was punished by the imperial court.

It's just that in her mind, the man's face is blurred.

She couldn't even remember the person's age, place of origin, what year he was admitted to the Jinshi, and what official positions he held......

This is undoubtedly a very wrong thing for Shangguan Jin, who is well versed in officialdom affairs.

But after a few seconds, her memory suddenly became clear.

She remembered that Lou Licheng was a gray-haired old man, from Qinzhou Mansion, who had won fame more than 30 years ago, his wife died early, his son died early, and he was dismissed by the imperial court for corruption last winter and exiled to southern Xinjiang, but because of poor health, he died on the way......