Chapter Twenty-Six: The Wind Rises

"It's not proper" As soon as Duan Xing's words fell, Han Yi, the left attendant of the Criminal Department, said: "My court of the Great Zhou is a place to discuss the affairs of the family and the country, how can it be used for such a child's play, Duan Zheng might as well find another time?" Han Yi naturally didn't believe what Duan Xing said, at this moment in his opinion, he was going on a farce, if it was really as Duan Xing said, find someone to try Dan in court, I am afraid that this trial will take half a day, and once this half day passes, wouldn't the big drama that was originally scheduled today be unsuccessful. I am afraid that this period of Xing Dan is fake, and it is true that it deliberately delays the declaration of war by Nanchu in the Great Zhou.

"Lord Han's words are inappropriate." Duan Xing also knew that there would be obstacles in the trial, because no one would believe that what he said was true, they would only think that he had another purpose. But when he Duan Xing specially chose the early Zhou Dynasty, he tried the pill in front of countless civil and military ministers in front of everyone, just to show the efficacy of the pill to every minister. Because if it was just shown to Emperor Zhou in private, even if Emperor Zhou promised not to deal with Southern Chu at that time, it would be difficult to guarantee that there would be no change afterwards. Only by letting everyone know that the Great Zhou Emperor personally promised not to use troops against Southern Chu for the sake of the elixir, his first purpose could be regarded as achieved. Therefore, Duan Xing couldn't move an inch, and insisted on trying Dan in court: "This matter is related to the harmony between the Great Zhou and Southern Chu, and the health of His Majesty's dragon body, how can it be said to be child's play?" ”

As soon as Duan Xing's words fell, the Nalan Jinhuan on the side also opened his mouth again: "Please also ask Your Majesty the Emperor of the Great Zhou to witness the sincerity of my Southern Chu royal family." ”

As soon as these words came out, the ministers in the palace were not able to say anything. Because even if the princess of Nanchu is not very influential, she is a princess of a country and a royal person after all. The so-called soldier-to-soldier general, in terms of identity, is qualified to refute the princess of Southern Chu in a blatant manner, and there are only four people present, who are also royal princes, King Su, King Lu, and His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Duan Xing deliberately let Nalan Jinhuan go to the palace, also to increase his bargaining chips, even if this matter seems to be a bit nonsense, but if the person who did it is a princess of a country, then no matter who it is, he has to give some face.

Of course, at this moment, there is only one person in the court who can completely lose face, but it is His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Zhou. Emperor Zhou looked at the farce below, his brows were also slightly furrowed, and he wanted to get things back on track. Having been in the position of emperor for more than thirty years, he has seen some people who are desperate in times of despair, just like the envoys of Southern Chu at this time, when they are powerless, no matter how ridiculous things they can do. Although this ugly person is the princess of the Southern Chu Kingdom, the court of the Great Zhou Dynasty, as the place where the story takes place, is not good to hear, so he also intends to stop this farce.

"Princess Jinhuan, although Nan Chu has a heart, the Jinluan Palace is a majestic place....."

As soon as Nalan Jinhuan heard that the emperor of the Zhou State was going to refuse, he directly opened the wooden box in his hand in a hurry: "Your Majesty, please see!" ”

"Presumptuous!" Nalan Jinhuan's move attracted Wei Xian's reprimand, how could he do whatever you wanted in front of the emperor? What if you have a hidden weapon in your hand and want to murder the emperor? However, as soon as he finished speaking, he could not speak any more words, because he felt the burning gaze behind him.

It was His Majesty the Emperor, who was staring at the box in the hand of Princess Nanchu at the moment. Or look at the pitch-black pill in the box that exudes a flush.

This stuff is real.

The moment the box opened, this thought flashed through everyone's hearts for no reason.

This time, the hall fell silent again, and only the candlestick used to illuminate the yin was slightly sparkling, but this time, everyone felt an unusual aura filling the hall, and the source of this breath came from the pill in the hand of Princess Nanchu.

The moment he saw the elixir, Xu Qian's heart surged with a strong uneasiness, and he looked at the emperor above Jin Luan. In other words, everyone is looking at the emperor at the moment, this old man who is in his last years.

"Wei Xian" for a long time, the emperor's voice without sorrow and joy came: "Find someone to try." ”

"The slave obeys."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Wei Xian went down to find someone, and Duan Xing thanked the emperor heavily. At this moment, no one said anything, and Shi Lang looked at Wu Wei, but found that Wu Wei looked at Xu Qian, and he looked at Xu Qian again, but found that Xu Qian at this time was just frowning and looking at Princess Nanchu, without any expression.

After a while, Wei Xian returned to the main hall, with four little eunuchs behind him, carrying an old eunuch who seemed to be incapacitated.

"Your Majesty, someone has brought it." Wei Xian replied.

"Who is this? Can you tell us what happened? Emperor Zhou asked.

"Avoidance, this person is the oldest eunuch in the palace, nearly eighty years old, the slave maid has long wanted to let him out of the palace to retire, but he is worried about His Majesty in his heart, and he has been reluctant to leave, as for informing ......" Wei Xian pondered for a while and continued: "This person has been delirious since yesterday, and he will have been sent to Enjizhuang today......." Enjizhuang is where the eunuchs went after they died, and everyone looked at the old eunuchs on the ground at this time, and it was true that they only had the qi to go out and did not go in.

"Duan Zheng, look ....." The emperor also asked a little hesitantly, although he asked Wei Xian to find an old eunuch to come over, but he didn't let him find an old one who was dying, this eunuch doesn't seem to be a matter of rejuvenation, I'm afraid what is needed is the elixir to bring the dead back to life.

"It's okay, you can give it a try." After speaking, he gestured to Nalan Jinhuan again: "Your Royal Highness Princess." Nalan Jinhuan handed over the box, Duan Xing cautiously picked up the reddish elixir, and walked short to the eunuch who was supported by the little eunuch: "By the way, please ask Your Majesty to let someone prepare some meals, because it will be used soon." ”

After speaking, he carefully put the elixir into the old eunuch's mouth. The old eunuch was so thin at this time that he was only skinny and bones, and his consciousness was already in a trance, maybe he would die in the next second, and he couldn't hear people talking, and it was impossible to feed things. But even so, when Duan Xing put the pill in his mouth, the ghost actually opened his toothless old mouth tremblingly, Duan Xing just gave it away, and the pill naturally slipped into his mouth and was swallowed into his stomach in one bite. The whole process is extremely smooth, if Li Dongsheng is here, he will definitely praise that the system must be a high-quality product.

After feeding the medicine, Duan Xing stood aside. If he hadn't seen it in person last night, he would never have believed it. However, at this time, he was also a little drumming in his heart, after all, he didn't dare to fully trust whether the effect of this elixir from the Yin origin was the same. Fortunately, just like yesterday, not long after taking this elixir, the old eunuch's lifeless face began to flush. Seeing a similar situation appear again, a big stone in Duan Xing's heart finally landed. He arched his hand and said, "Now, you can ask someone to bring some food." ”

Although Duan Xing said this, no one responded at this time, because except for Princess Jinhuan, who had also seen it last night, it was the first time for everyone present to see such an incredible scene. The old eunuch's face began to become ruddy, and his breathing became smoother, until at last there seemed to be a strong wind howling in the withered chest. After a while, the delirious old eunuch suddenly came back to his senses and looked around incredulously, "The old slave has seen Your Majesty!" After seeing the emperor on the golden luan, the old eunuch fell to his knees and almost screamed and shouted.

"Alive.. It's really alive..."At this time, there were already ministers in the hall who couldn't help but exclaim, and at the same time, the surroundings became noisy, and all kinds of exclamations and discussions were intertwined, and these high-ranking ministers were no different from the ordinary people at the bottom at the moment.

"You...... Keep your head up. The old eunuch raised his head in response, and the emperor looked at the old eunuch's ruddy face, and his body leaned forward unconsciously.

"Gao Su, how do you feel at this moment?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the old slave feels that he is full of vitality at the moment, and his whole body seems to be full of strength again, and the old slave feels that his personal heart is beating again, and the old slave feels that he has returned from the ghost gate." The old eunuch shouted.

"Okay, good" Emperor Zhou called out two good sons in a row, and his face couldn't help but become congested, and he took a deep breath: "Okay!" ”

Three good words were said in succession, and they were louder than the other, and anyone could hear the joy in them.

"It's just .......," the old eunuch squeaked and hesitated.

"What's it?" This move made Emperor Zhou's heart skip a beat, and he hurriedly asked.

"It's just that the old slave feels like he's alone, some, some hungry." As if he felt something bad, the old eunuch bowed down again.

"Hungry?" Emperor Zhou wondered.

"Yes, the old slave feels that he has never been so hungry in his life, and even if there is a cow at this time, the old slave thinks that he can eat it."

"Duan Zheng, what's going on?" Emperor Zhou turned his head to look at Duan Xing.

"Back to Your Majesty, the severed limbs will be renewed, and the rejuvenation will be rejuvenated, and you will need to replenish your essence." Duan Xing replied: "Let's send the food quickly." ”

"Okay, Wei Xian, bring the food quickly."

It is naturally too late to prepare food specifically, but at this time, the imperial dining room is busy, His Majesty's breakfast is fine, and a large number of concubines and concubines in the harem, the prince and princess, all have to prepare to eat. At this time, Wei Xian also took the leftover food that Emperor Zhou ate in the morning, and gave it to the old eunuch with Emperor Zhou's permission. Although the meal was already cold, the old eunuch devoured it with gusto. As a result, a whole civil and military official of the Taihe Hall watched an old eunuch feast on the main hall.

The old eunuch ate so well that some ministers who had eaten breakfast in a hurry or who couldn't afford to eat breakfast at all were watching from the sidelines and their saliva was almost uncontrollable.

However, even so, no one came out to stop it, and scolded Baiguan for being too ridiculous at this time. Because the one who feasted on it was a half-grown kid might be normal, but that Yin Yin was an old man who was older than everyone present and had one foot in the soil. This appetite is probably better than the people present combined.

What they are looking at at the moment is not a person gobbling up a solemn hall without an image, what they are watching is a miracle happening.

After half an hour, the old eunuch finally stopped his mouth, but before he could wipe his mouth, he felt a wave of sleepiness attack, and his eyes went black and he fell asleep.

The old eunuch's sleep directly affected everyone's minds, and everyone looked at Duan Xing. Seeing the gaze of many eyes, Duan Xing also chuckled and said: "Don't worry, adults, the old eunuch just fell asleep, this is the time when the pill works, within three hours, after a sleep, it is the time for this person to rejuvenate." ”

After speaking, he deliberately looked around and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, you are willing to wait here." ”

However, just when the ministers were still hesitating how to answer or not, Emperor Zhou, who was above Jin Luan, had already taken the lead in saying: "Everyone, wait here together." ”

Hearing that the emperor had spoken, the ministers naturally said yes. At the same time, the hearts of some people in the hall slowly sank.

Although they waited, the ministers were not bored. Because the changes in the old eunuch are almost visible to the naked eye.

At first, there was hair, and not much hair fell out one after another, and a faint layer of short black hair began to grow on it. Then the surface of the old eunuch's body opened and black patches appeared, more and more patches grew bigger and bigger, and the little eunuch on the side accidentally touched it but found that it was a disgusting dirt. By the time it was almost two and a half hours, the old eunuch was completely covered with black spots, as if he had been doused with black mud from head to toe, and he couldn't see his appearance at all.

Finally, when it was almost three hours, the old eunuch, who had been asleep, gradually woke up.

"It's moving, it's moving." At first, a minister noticed that the old eunuch's fingers seemed to be moving, and everyone behind him saw the old eunuch sit up like a clay figure.

"Your Majesty?" A crisp, heavy sound came from the mud mouth, and at the same time, a foul smell also permeated the main hall and the like.

"Don't send someone to fetch water yet." A minister commanded, and immediately someone brought water from the side. Three times the water was splashed on it, and after adding the old eunuch to rub himself, the old eunuch was exposed again.

Maybe the old eunuch at this time can no longer be called the old eunuch, because at this moment, in front of everyone, Fenyin is a strong and powerful young man with red lips and white teeth, black hair. If it weren't for the fact that the shadow of the old eunuch just now could still be seen between his eyebrows on his round face, I am afraid that all the adults would think that they had tried some demon magic and replaced the person in front of everyone's eyes.

"God bless my emperor, God bless my emperor!" The discerning minister had fallen to the ground. The rest of the ministers followed suit. In the end, apart from Duan Xing and Nalan Jinhuan, only three of them were still standing on top of the main hall.

The three are His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Song Yong, His Royal Highness King Lu Song Xiang, and His Royal Highness King Su Song Han. The three of them all seemed to have lost their minds, staring at the "prime" old eunuch in front of them.

In the end, His Royal Highness King Su was the first to come back to his senses and knelt down first, followed by His Royal Highness King Lu, and finally His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

The ministers didn't have much except "God bless my emperor" from beginning to end, as if they didn't see the performance of the three princes at all.

And seeing Duan Xing here, he was also pale, and his second purpose had already been achieved. It doesn't matter whether Emperor Zhou will agree to the mission or not, and whether he will keep his promise after agreeing, because for a period of time after that, the Great Zhou will not have the energy to take care of Southern Chu.

Everyone, including the emperor, will inevitably have to face a new round of storms, and Duan Xing hopes that this storm can blow more violently.

"Take it off." Duan Xing said.

"......." Everyone looked at Duan Xing strangely.

"Your Majesty." Duan Xing arched his hand: "Please also ask Your Majesty to give orders, let this ...... Father-in-law, oh no, it should be the former father-in-law, took off his pants. ”

Hearing this, the sound of cold air echoing in the main hall.

"Do you hear that? Take it off. Emperor Zhou was also yin and white what Duan Xing meant when he said this, and he forcibly ordered so as not to let his voice tremble.

"Slave... The slave and the maid obeyed. At this moment, the old eunuch had also realized something, maybe he hadn't discovered it just now, but after Emperor Zhou gave the order, he had also noticed it.

Nalan Jinlan silently turned around and turned her back to the old eunuch, who also untied his clothes tremblingly. He was so excited that he didn't even untie it all of a sudden, but Wei Xian asked the guards in front of the palace to go up and cut it open.

The guard's knife was steady, and it didn't hurt what everyone wanted to see. Although the ministers couldn't see it at the first time, they already knew the result through Emperor Zhou's expression. "Turn it around." Duan Xing said that his move was a bit arrogant, but no one cared about it at the moment.

The old eunuch slowly turned around, and at this time the ministers finally saw the thing that should not be under the crotch.

This thing shouldn't be there, it wouldn't have been there sixty or seventy years ago. There may be only one kind of this thing there, that is, this eunuch has not been purified, and has secretly been a eunuch in the palace for seventy years with this thing.

Is this possible? No, it can't be. Xu Qian, a scholar of the Great Zhou Shoufu Wenyuan Pavilion, thought, but is it possible for that thing to grow back? At this moment, Xu Shoufu felt that something that had accompanied him all his life collapsed.

"Duan Zheng, I have agreed to what you asked."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"You ...... this Jindan."

"Your Majesty, this Taiyi Xuantian Creation Golden Pill is a thing that captures heaven and earth, and ordinary people cannot easily carry it, so it must be escorted by a monk who is proficient in Buddhism. I can still carry the second pill, but this golden pill must be kept by a true master. At this moment, I, the enlightened master of Xiaoxiangguo Temple in Southern Chu, have already carried the Taiyi Xuantian Creation Golden Pill from Southern Chu to Lingjing. ”

Hearing this, Xu Qian turned his head violently and stared at Han Yi, the left waiter of the criminal department who looked confused not far behind him.