Chapter 1 The Abandoned Garden
After Zhao Min sighed for a while, she remembered Zhang Wuji's question, and she asked, "By the way, what else did you say?" Is there anything else that the imperial court has not pursued at the moment? ”
Zhang Wuji untied the "jade pendant" on his waist, and then put it in front of Zhao Min. He said, "Look what this is?" ”
Zhao Min looked at the small boxy seal on the table, and she said with a smile: "It seems that our Sect Master Zhang has long had the ambition of the emperor, and he has carved his jade seal and carries it with him." ”
But when Zhao Min held it in his hand, and then saw the words below, he couldn't laugh anymore.
Zhao Min said: "Isn't this the jade seal of our Great Yuan Imperial Court? ”
Zhang Wuji said: "Yes, this is what I took out of the seal box of the Jinluan Palace. The first stop I made after entering the palace was to sit on the emperor's dragon chair, and then I took the jade seal in the seal box to play with. Now your emperor has not noticed that the jade seal on the Jinluan Palace is missing. It can be seen how negligent he is. Your family is such a faint king, and I am really worthless for your whole family now. In my opinion, it would be better to replace it. ”
There are many jade seals of the emperor, some of which are used to approve official documents, some are specially used to issue holy decrees, and some are simply used as a symbol of the state or as a decorative play.
Although the national seal held by Zhao Min was not used by the emperor to issue a decree, it was just a simple symbolic ornament, but the national seal was stolen and the court did not find it. As Zhang Wuji said, it shows that the Dayuan court is about to run out.
After that, the two did not stay in Zhao Min's room for long. Zhang Wuji took Xiao Zhao to Fan Yao's bedroom to rest.
Although the fire in the capital was large, with the efforts of tens of thousands of Mongolian officers and soldiers guarding the city, the fire was finally completely extinguished at dawn.
He commanded the soldiers to isolate the fire source in an orderly manner, and then sent people to fight the fire in batches, rested in batches, and several teams of men and horses were busy all night, and finally completely extinguished the fire.
Although the fire was extinguished in time, it had a great impact on the administration of the Dayuan court. Because Yang Xiao and others burned basically the yamen of various ministries of the imperial court, and some of the account books of money and grain taxes in the treasury were also burned.
And Totok was also glad that he didn't entangle with Zhang Wuji at this time, but rushed back in time. Under his personal command, the Mengyuan court snatched up most of the texts. As for the rest of the text, it can only be tinkered with slowly.
This time, the capital was on fire, and Zhang Wuji paralyzed Meng Yuan's core for at least half a year. Now Totoku hates Zhang Wuji so much that the roots of his teeth itch.
After the fire was extinguished, the Imperial Forest Army, under the command of Toto, continued to search for the Ming rebellion throughout the city, and Totoku also drew Zhang Wuji's appearance, and then handed it over to the officers and soldiers to arrest the case according to the map.
But they turned the hell outside, and they wouldn't have thought that Zhang Wuji was now hiding in the Ruyang Palace.
In the evening, after Zhao Min was ready, he said goodbye to his father and brother on the pretext of going out to quell the chaos and tracking Zhang Wuji.
Xiao Zhao and Zhang Wuji also changed their clothes, pretending to be her entourage this time.
Xiao Zhao pretended to be a maid, and Zhang Wuji also put on a tartar costume to pretend to be her guard, although Zhang Wuji and Wang Baobao passed by, but because the sky was dark, Wang Baobao didn't take a closer look at the new guard beside Zhao Min. just told him to protect the safety of the county lord.
Zhang Wuji hung his head, pretending to be humble, and after agreeing, the three of them led the horse out of the Ruyang Palace.
At present, the inventory in the capital is very strict, and the four doors are closed, and you can only enter but not exit. But Zhao Min was the lord of the imperial court and had the token of the king of Ruyang, so the Mongolian officers and soldiers guarding the city simply opened the gate of the capital for her.
The three of them rode south on horseback. But at this time, I saw a fire twenty miles south of the capital. Then he took the reins of the horse.
Zhao Min asked at this time, "What's wrong?" ”
Zhang Wuji looked at the firelight not far away, and then asked, "It looks like there are people over there." In this troubled world, those who dare to camp late at night and have a fire must be from the rivers and lakes. Maybe it's still our Mingjiao. Anyway, we have to go from this road, so let's go over and have a look first. ”
Zhao Min did not object, and then the three of them turned their horses and headed towards the abandoned garden. When they got closer, the three of them tied their horses to the side, and then climbed over the wall with light feats, and the three of them crouched in the long grass, quietly watching the people in the abandoned garden.
"Master! I think Senior Sister Zhiruo is right, now that everyone is safe and sound, and you are also in your prime, why rush to pass on the throne? ”
Hearing Ding Minjun's voice, Zhang Wuji couldn't help laughing. Unexpectedly, the poisonous hand Wuyan was actually supporting Zhou Zhiruo this time.
But Zhang Wuji is also relieved now. He left the life of the exterminator, and he was a little worried that this plot would be skipped. Not yet.
Although it is not so important to take Zhou Zhiruo to Spirit Snake Island at the moment, Zhang Wuji feels that it is better to take her there.
From Zhou Zhiruo's hesitation when she left that day, Zhang Wuji had already noticed the change in her mentality. Although she is still a "good girl" who listens to her master, her reluctant expression is enough to prove that she is a little repulsed by extinction.
This time, as long as he works harder, Zhou Zhiruo's favorability can be directly brushed to the level of pushing down.
After all, in the original world, Zhou Zhiruo married Zhang Wuji with an iron heart, that is, after returning from Spirit Snake Island, it is a pity that the original old nest will not seize the opportunity. What's the matter with entering the cave room first and then going to save the Lion King with Zhao Min? How many minutes can that be delayed? It's a pity that he missed it so much.
This time he was not going to miss out on this wonderful opportunity. And he also wanted to see what impact the exterminator would have on this matter if he was too alive.
Zhao Min looked at the Emei people in the abandoned garden and said, "Oh, they haven't left yet." ”
Zhang Wuji, who was squatting beside Zhao Min, said: "Of course, the Heavenly Sword is now in your hands, and the Exterminator doesn't want to leave for the time being, maybe he is still thinking about the Heavenly Sword." I think it's just because the capital is now under martial law, and she can't take it back, so she took the Emei faction to camp here, and then waited for the opportunity to move. ”
Zhao Min nodded silently after hearing this.
But it really made Zhang Wuji guess right. The reason why the exterminator didn't leave for a long time was because she wanted to find an opportunity to recapture the Heavenly Sword that was taken away by Zhao Min. There is another thing, she wants Zhou Zhiruo to return to Zhang Wuji's side to seize the dragon slayer knife with beauty.
Zhou Zhiruo told Master the news that Zhang Wuji was going to the open sea to welcome Xie Xun back, and the news that Zhao Min was also going to go with him.
And the extinction was lured by the position of the head of the house, so that Zhou Zhiruo returned to Zhang Wuji's side, waiting for the opportunity to seize the Dragon Slayer Sword and the Heavenly Sword.
And Zhou Zhiruo was naturally unwilling to deceive Zhang Wuji, so she wanted to take the opportunity to return the iron ring of the head to the master, and then offset the thing she promised the master in the tower of Wan'an Temple.
Zhou Zhiruo also knew that Ding Minjun had always coveted the position of the master, so even if he discussed with him, he returned the iron ring of the head to the master on the grounds that the master was safe and sound.
And Ding Minjun also readily agreed, which led to today's scene.
(End of chapter)