Former.

When Zhu Xiongying was still His Royal Highness the Imperial Grandson, he lived in the Taisun Mansion.

Liu Bowen, the old man, has the authority to directly enter and exit the Taisun Mansion, so he can completely ignore it.

But now the situation is different, Zhu Xiongying is not the grandson of the emperor, but already the emperor of the Ninth Five.

The Forbidden City is not the Taisun Mansion, even if Zhu Xiongying is the emperor, it is impossible to give a courtier the permission to enter the palace at will, because this will mess up the rules and regulations, and it is not in line with the rules of the palace ban.

Therefore, it will take at least a quarter of an hour from Liu Bowen to meet Liu Bowen and finally come to Zhu Xiongying.

After all, Old Man Liu walks slowly, which is a well-known thing in the court.

An eighty or ninety-year-old man, he can understand.

Taking advantage of this quarter of an hour, Zhu Xiongying took a look at these teenagers.

"Tatsubei."

Zhu Xiongying looked at the young man standing beside Dao Yan, the young man's long hair was scattered, and he had a cold and stern attitude of a casual swordsman.

"The disciple is here."

Chenbei bowed down and listened.

His Majesty the Emperor has already spoken, and the four of them will become the personal disciples of His Majesty the Emperor, and it is understandable that Chenbei calls himself a 'disciple'.

"I heard that you crawled out of the grave, so come, tell me about it."

Zhu Xiongying vaguely remembered that among the things he saw before he came to this world, there was also a brother who crawled out of the grave, and he was particularly bullish and blew up in the sky.

"Back to Your Majesty, disciple, forgot."

Chenbei said a word.

Dao Yan beside him was so frightened that cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

Forgot?

You told me that it was okay to forget, why did you dare to forget in front of Your Majesty?!

The crime of deceiving the king, that is to be beheaded!

In fact, when Dao Yan saw this self-report, he also pulled Chenbei to the corner and talked about it alone, and he got the same answer.

However, Dao Yan always thought that Chenbei was fooling himself, and he was not a person who asked the bottom of the matter, so he didn't bother to ask.

"Forgot?"

Zhu Xiongying's eyes were indifferent, and the emperor's coercion was terrifying, and he looked at Chenbei.

It was just an ordinary look, Chen Bei suddenly felt his heart tremble, and he had a feeling that everything he had was being seen through, and cold sweat couldn't stop oozing out of every pore.

I really forgot. ’

Zhu Xiongying's mind reading technique saw through what Chen Bei was thinking, and even a wisp of divine sense, seeing through all the experiences of this kid in the past ten years.

Judging from the information obtained by Zhu Xiongying.

Chenbei, this boy, crawled out of the grave when he was seven years old, and since then, he has been wandering around, herding cattle for the landlord's family, and washing the manger for the rich.

Until Linggu popularized the Ming Dynasty, this kid gave birth to Linggen after eating the Linggu rice rewarded by the master's family, and the local government sent him to Yingtian and put him in Xuantian Prison in accordance with the rules.

And the experience before the age of seven was completely blank, as if it had evaporated from the world.

"It's better to forget."

Zhu Xiongying's sudden words revealed this matter.

As for Chenbei's memories before he was seven years old, Zhu Xiongying planned to take the time to study it.

Not for anything else, just curious.

Seeing that His Majesty the Emperor was not angry, Dao Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

"Ye Fan."

Zhu Xiongying looked at Ye Fan who was standing beside Xiao San again.

"The disciple is here."

Ye Fan also bowed.

"Do you know that Kowloon pulls the coffin?"

Zhu Xiongying asked lightly.

As soon as these words came out, everyone was puzzled in their eyes, including this Ye Fan.

I guess I'm thinking that 'Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin' is a magic thing, and it sounds like a thief.

"I don't know."

Ye Fan saluted again.

"Hmm."

His Majesty the Emperor nodded.

The reason why he asked this question was to verify whether these two guys had crossed over.

After all, you can wear it yourself, and you can keep everyone else in order.

Moreover, Zhu Xiongying seriously suspected that the bullshit Saint Sect Master in the Western world was likely to have also crossed over.

At this time, Liu Bowen, under the guidance of the palace people, was already walking quickly.

Dao Yan and Xiao San both knew what their identities were, and after saluting Zhu Xiongying, they led their respective people to the side and withdrew ten zhang away.

The discussion between the head of the cabinet and His Majesty the Emperor is absolutely highly confidential to the state, and of course it cannot be listened to casually.

"Your Majesty."

After Liu Bowen approached, he looked at Dao Yan and Xiao San in the distance and a few teenagers around them in a little surprise, but he didn't say anything, just saluted.

"What's the matter?"

Zhu Xiongying got up and stretched his waist.

"Your Majesty, please see."

Liu Bowen stepped forward quickly, without passing through the hands of the palace people, but personally handed Zhu Xiongying a piece of music.

Zhu Xiongying took the piece and opened it casually.

After sweeping a few lines, His Majesty the Emperor's sword eyebrows rarely wrinkled.

This piece was handed over by Chen Dongyang, the envoy of the Shandong political secretary, who was the one who was determined to live and die with the city when the Jiujiang River burst the embankment before, and was promoted to the post of the political envoy of Shandong by Zhu Xiongying on the spot.

As for the content of the performance, most of what is written is about the trial voyage of Zheng Fa's fleet, and the specific content is elaborated from a naval general named Zhao Cang in the fleet.

"Three islands."

The only valuable part of this piece, and the one that interests Zhu Xiongying the most, is that Zheng Fa will continue to sail towards the deep sea in order to pursue the 'three islands', fighting the fog of the night.

'Three islands. ’

Zhu Xiongying suddenly remembered.

Previously, when Zhu Laosi was still in the name of Jingnan and led his troops to rebel in Shandong, he had been on the beach in Penglai, Shandong, and by chance he did see the illusion of three islands on the sea.

At that time, Zhu Xiongying thought it was a mirage, and he still had a lot of things to do, so he didn't take the three islands to heart, and after a long time, he forgot about them directly.

Close the movement.

Zhu Xiongying's mind flowed, and between a thought, the majestic divine consciousness covered the entire territory of the Ming Dynasty in an instant.

Especially in the Penglai Sea area, after the divine consciousness swept over the offshore waters of Penglai, it then headed towards the deep sea at an extremely fast speed.

Whether it's distance or depth, it's all touched at the same time.

However.

After the divine consciousness was swept away, nothing was found.

'Gone? ’

Of course, it can't be that Zhu Xiongying's divine sense coverage is insufficient.

The coverage of Zhu Xiongying's divine consciousness has covered thousands of miles beyond the Penglai Sea, and it has reached 10,000 meters deep into the sea.

Even if Xiaobao's ship sailed at extreme speed day and night, even if Xiaobao's ship sank in the center of the ocean, it would be impossible to escape Zhu Xiongying's divine sense.

But the fact is that Zhu Xiongying did not find the trace of Xiaobao's ship.

Xiaobao's ship, like water vapor, disappeared out of thin air.

'Looks like we'll have to go for myself. ’

I was sure that this incident was extremely unusual, and after today's matter was completed, Zhu Xiongying planned to go to Penglai Sea in person.

"In the name of the cabinet, I gave Chen Dongyang an order, and asked him to immediately pass the order to the adjutant of the fleet, and let the fleet return immediately."

This is very unusual.

Let this fleet continue to stay in the sea area, lest something unpredictable happen.

"Yes."

Liu Bowen nodded.

He didn't go on on with that.

Liu Bowen is well aware of His Majesty the Emperor's style of acting, since His Majesty does not say that the court officials will handle it, then His Majesty will personally deal with this matter, and there is no need for them as subordinates to worry about it.

In other words, in the eyes of His Majesty the Emperor, in this matter, it is useless for them to worry about their subordinates, it is beyond the controllable range and beyond their power.

"Go on."

Zhu Xiongying said.

Liu Bowen knows Zhu Xiongying, and Zhu Xiongying also knows Liu Bowen.

If there is anything else, you can see it at a glance.

"Your Majesty, Ying Tianfu Yin Shangcheng cabinet a big eucalyptus, last night a village on the northern outskirts of the city caught fire, 37 households in the village, a total of 132 people, all died in the fire, no life survived."

Zhu Xiongying's brows furrowed slightly.

Fire?

Thirty-seven households?

One hundred and thirty-two?

It was a suburb, a village, and as far as the eye could see, there were large expanses of open space.

Even if there is a fire, the villagers have a lot of chances to escape, and it is impossible for everyone in a village to be burned in the fire.

"According to the accounts of the people of the nearby villages, they saw blue flames rising into the sky last night."

Liu Bowen said again.

'Blue flames. ’

Zhu Xiongying smiled coldly, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

Blue flames, that must not be an ordinary thing.

"There's been a lot of weird stuff lately."

"Let's take a look."

In a word.

In an instant, the figures of Zhu Xiongying and Liu Bowen disappeared in place.

And the six people, including Xiao San and Dao Yan, who were ten zhang away, looked at each other in silence, still waiting obediently in place.

………………………

Yingtian City is in the north, dozens of miles in the suburbs, Xinghua Village.

As the name suggests, this village is named after planting apricot blossoms, and it is also a living by planting apricot blossoms, so it is called Apricot Blossom Village.

The whole back mountain of the village, the mountains are full of planted apricot blossom trees, before the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, it was so, it has gone through hundreds of years, it can be said that it has a long heritage.

Thirty percent of the raw materials for apricot blossom wine in Gyeonggi come from this small apricot blossom village.

However, at this time, Xinghua Village is no longer beautiful, and it has completely turned into a scorched earth.

"Lord Yang, this is the corpse of all the villagers, the ashes are confused, and it is no longer clear."

A clearing in the center of the village.

Yang Shiqi frowned, there were some scattered bones in front of him, and these scattered bones were put together, and even ten corpses could not be put together.

But Yang Shiqi knew that this was a full 132 people, and they were the remains of the villagers of the entire Xinghua Village.

As Ying Tianfu Yin, such a shocking event happened in his own jurisdiction, and Yang Shiqi, the local parent official, naturally needed to rush to the scene as soon as possible.

"Are there any signs of a murderer?"

Yang Shiqi asked in a deep voice.

"My lord, our people have searched a radius of fifty miles, and they have not found the slightest trace of the murderer, and there is nothing unusual about the surrounding villages."

Listening to the report of his subordinates, Yang Shiqi was even more in a heavy mood.

What kind of hatred is it?

We have to burn a village!

The ruthlessness of this person and the poison of his methods are rare in the world.

"My lord, this is the household registration of one hundred and thirty-two villagers in Xinghua Village transferred from the Ministry of Households, according to your order, we have arrested the traders who have had a bad relationship with Xinghua Village, and now they are all detained in the government office."

Xinghua Village makes a living by growing apricot blossoms, which are sold to merchants who make wine.

The matter of buying and selling cannot be avoided.

Naturally, Xinghua Village often has price disputes with vendors who come to buy, causing conflicts and even hands-on activities.

In the most serious case, some traders gathered more than 30 thugs, wanting to give Xinghua Village a dismount, in order to achieve the purpose of reducing prices, fortunately the government was detected, and they stopped it in time and brought all these thugs to justice.

Yang Shiqi took the register of the villagers' household registration, looked at the cold names on it, frowned, and was puzzled.

Why burn a village based on the grievances of interest in the transaction price alone?

Just when Yang Shiqi couldn't figure out the murderer's motive for committing the crime, two figures appeared in front of him.

was stunned for a moment, and then quickly reacted.

"Wechen see Your Majesty."

After the husky saluted His Majesty the Emperor, he looked at Liu Bowen on the side.

"Teacher."

Liu Bowen smiled and nodded.

Previously, Liu Bowen accepted Sanyang as a disciple according to Zhu Xiongying's intentions, and according to his position, this Yang Shiqi was his eldest disciple.

During Liu Bowen's reign in the court, in addition to the government, there was also an important task, which was to train Sanyang to be a minister who could take charge of himself and support the entire Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Xiongying glanced at the village, and the rows of houses had been completely burned to black charcoal, because the fire had not been contained in time, and even the large areas of apricot blossom trees in the back mountains had been burned to the ground.

This means that the price of apricot blossom wine in Gyeonggi will rise in price next.

His gaze swept over the ashes on the ground again.

In the archmage's eyes, a cold glow flashed.

In the realm he ruled, such a bizarre thing could still happen, and one hundred and thirty-two people died tragically for no reason.

"I want to see who dares to do it under my nose."

Zhu Xiongying snorted coldly.

In an instant, the whole village began to evolve.

The charcoal-blackened house was quickly restored, and the ashes on the ground were all poured back, and everything...

From last night's intact state, little by little it began to re-enact, as if watching a movie backwards.

Liu Bowen and Yang Shiqi, who were behind him, were dumbfounded by the scene in front of them.

All of them are amazed in their hearts, His Majesty the Emperor is more bullish than in the past!

……………………

Meanwhile.

The Forbidden City, the Crape Myrtle Hall of the Star Tower.

Arya, who had been sore all night, slowly woke up at this time.

"How can this man be so powerful..."

Arya couldn't help but sigh.

As usual, I got out of bed, walked up to the star-picking platform in silk, and blew the warm wind of the sun, which can make people feel a lot more sober.

Standing on the side of the railing, Arya couldn't help but think back to what happened last night, the hearty battle, and her cheeks couldn't help but flush.

She found that her mind was full of the man's figure.

"Arya."

Suddenly, a very familiar voice came from behind him.