(Because there are a lot of things to explain, the frequency of the protagonist will be relatively small, so there is no need to worry about the so-called main story and branches)

Eastern Capital.

At this moment, Xiao Qi can be described as proud, playing with a strangely shaped sculpture, the sculpture is twenty centimeters high, with a bull's head, the upper body is a human body, the lower part is a horse body, and there is a pair of dragon wings on his back, Xiao Qi looks at it and feels strange, and asks with some curiosity, "Lu Yong, this is the sculpture that Sima Kang brought back from overseas?" What's this thing above? It's so weird. ”

"Your Highness, this is the object that Sima Kang brought back, I heard that people overseas say that this is called a pillar, and it is the god they worship."

Hearing that this strange-looking sculpture was actually a god, Xiao Qi also carefully examined the sculpture again, "If you take a closer look at this object, it is indeed a bit evil, and I always feel that the eyes of this pillar have been staring at Lonely." In fact, Xiao Qi still didn't say a sentence, that is, he was afraid when he looked at the eyes of this sculpture, and the chill went straight to his heart.

"Your Highness, I have heard from those overseas that if ordinary people look directly at this statue for a long time, they will fall into an inexplicable madness, and one of the people who has been brought back has been talking gibberish all day long, sometimes sober and sometimes insane, but there are no other symptoms."

After a few glances, Xiao Qi lost interest in this object, and casually threw it aside, "Father asked Sima Kangxi to search for Immortal Island, and he brought back such a broken thing, Lu Yong, you send someone to send this thing to Meng's mansion, let Meng Guo study it well, maybe he can find something interesting." ”

......

The moment Lu Yong came to Meng Kuang's mansion and took out this statue, Meng Kuang said the name of this strange statue, "Pillar? Where did you get this idol? ”

"How does Lord Meng recognize this?"

"I once read about this god in a book called Tokai Strange Chronicles, and I remember it vividly because of his strange appearance." Meng Kuang thought that this god was made up by people back then, but he didn't expect to see this statue called Taozhu today.

"What powers does the deity have or where does it dwell in the book?"

The book records that the length and height of this pillar are not hundreds of feet, the wind from the wings is extremely hot, and the breath exhaled from the mouth is cold, and the pillar likes to destroy the body and mind of others, and is happy to see the painful appearance of people, most people avoid it, and a small number of people regard the pillar as a god, regard him as their protector, and those people will be selected by the pillar as a glorious thing, thinking that as long as they stand the test of the gods, they can serve the gods. Therefore, since then, people have had a tradition of carving statues of the pillars, and I did not expect to be able to see such ancient objects today. ”

"Since Lord Meng has studied this, then I will hand over this thing to my lord, and His Royal Highness hopes that my lord can surprise him as soon as possible."

After Lu Yong left, Meng Kuang looked at the statue of the pillar and fell into contemplation, Xiao Qi is not like a person who is bored enough to collect the idol to play, the things that can be taken by him must be not small, Meng Kuang looked at this idol several times and did not find anything special about it, but the material of the two eyes of the statue is a little strange, but Meng Kuang recalled that he had read the ancient books and did not find any record of this kind of jade, "Come on!" ”

"Sir."

"Send a message to my family and ask my father to send Mr. Liu to the Eastern Capital."

"Yes."

.......

East China Sea.

Sima Kang, the patrol of the East China Sea, sent a secret letter to the court that night after learning that the statue was missing, he knew that there must be Xiao Qi's shadow behind this matter, and he had heard about what happened in Beijing a few days ago, and he thought that the emperor would at least punish Xiao Qi as lightly as before, but he didn't expect that this time he didn't even do it, and actually punished Xiao Jian for a year and sent him back to the Northern Palace, Sima Kang was also shocked when he learned of this result, and even wondered if the emperor was really confused?

For the third prince Xiao Qi Sima Kang is not at all good, although nominally he is Xiao Qi's eldest brother, but how the marriage came to be The whole Sima clan is too clear, when the Sima family was born, he Xiao ancestor still didn't know where he was? The royal family of the Dynasty has to give him Sima a few thin noodles, not to mention the Xiao family, now instead of giving face, he is also humiliated, but who told the one above to protect the three princes, they can only break their teeth and swallow it in their stomachs.

The emperor ordered him to visit the East China Sea in order to visit the fairy mountain and find the legendary elixir for the emperor, but he searched most of the East China Sea and did not even find any trace of the immortals, and by chance he found an island, most of the inhabitants of this island believe in a god called the pillar, so he ordered someone to bring the statue and some people with higher status on the island back to Daliang, who knew that the night was told that the idol was missing, which means that he once again found nothing, He has been floating at sea for two and a half years since Daxing visited the East China Sea in the eighth year (I am not a little black man), and the emperor's secret letters come every three or five times, and this time is the most frequent.

"Envoy." After the guards made a report, they walked into the cabin and handed a secret letter to Sima Kang.

Sima Kang opened the letter and looked at the contents of the letter carefully, he needed to know if the emperor was dissatisfied with him, after all, he couldn't escape if the statue was lost, and the suspect was still the emperor's son, who knew if the emperor would let himself carry such a big black pot alone, after reading the letter, Sima Kang roughly understood what the emperor meant, simply put, I already know the matter, my eyeliner tells me that you are indeed not lying, since the matter has happened, let it pass, there is no need to dwell on the past, As long as you continue to do your best to find an elixir for me in the future.

Although he had a premonition that the emperor had set up a secret pile, Sima Kang still felt a little unhappy, is it what I want to find an immortal medicine for you by floating on the sea all year round? I also want to help you find it sooner and go home sooner. But fortunately, that person didn't mean to deal with himself, otherwise it would be too wrong. The entire fleet consisted of 20 capital ships, 40 heavy warships, 100 frigates, and 150 treasure ships, and the total number of personnel on board was as many as 30,000 people.

In these years, although Sima Kang did not find the elixir of life that the emperor wanted, he found a lot of unique food crops overseas to alleviate the famine caused by disasters in some areas, which can be regarded as a contribution, and Sima Kang also attached ten tributary countries, large and small, these small countries were all afraid when they saw the fleet of Daliang, and they welcomed the whole country and expressed their willingness to surrender to Daliang, promising to pay tribute on time every year. But it's best to have the finishing touch.