The imperial capital Weiyang Palace is lit up.

The golden-red light is like a sharp sword slashing into the sky, and this light can be clearly seen even in the daytime, and even feels dazzling at night.

One by one, the lanterns flew to the nine heavens, and no matter how the cold wind blows, these lanterns are calm and steady, as if small mountains were born in the sky.

This is the sky lantern.

Beneath the sky lanterns were large lanterns, ranging in size from the size of a house to the small ones as delicate and lovely as a baby's fist.

Each lantern is depicted with a golden letter: Shou.

Unlike sky lanterns, these lanterns will shake slowly with or without wind.

This is the lantern of longevity, the lamp of the Son of Heaven for the longevity of all people.

In the first month, all the people rested, and the royal family also rested.

Emperor Taijia in the imperial study with a brush casually written, the ink dipped in the brush is not black but gold, he waved the pen and dropped a "give" word, the dragon paper suddenly automatically appeared a "Fu" word.

He waved his pen easily, and the word 'Cangsheng' meandered out.

Eunuch Wan went up and took the dragon paper and held it high, exclaiming: "Your Majesty's pen power is still improving......

"Your ability to pat on the back has not improved. Emperor Taijia interrupted him mercilessly.

Eunuch Wan showed a smile on his face and said: "Your Majesty knows that the slave is stupid and can't say nice things, but this slave who wants to say a few festive words to make His Majesty happy, but unfortunately his talent is dull, and he can't say it well." ”

Emperor Taijia asked, "Then you admit that what you just said is a festive word to make me happy?"

Eunuch Wan knelt down in fear: "Your Majesty forgives your sins." ”

Emperor Taijia threw away the brush and went back to the chair to sit down, and said coldly: "You are indeed guilty, but the crime has nothing to do with coaxing me to be unhappy. ”

"Let you stir up the major sects and set off a bloody storm on the rivers and lakes, why haven't you acted for a long time?"

"Xue Maitreya in Northeast Prefecture is making trouble, I was supposed to listen to the Heavenly Supervisor to be able to hold it, but your Huangquan Supervisor made trouble and let it run away, don't I know about it?"

"What's going on in Shangyuan Mansion? Hmm? You, the Huangquan Supervisor, supervise the world, and give me such a result?"

Eunuch Wan said prostrately: "Your Majesty, the slave is guilty, the slave has sent someone to monitor the county silver general Taiba and the county guard Wu Hanlin day and night, I know that Taiba and Wu Hanlin did not find out the Tartar's tricks, but I didn't expect to kill a little iron captain halfway, and it was ......"

"You should be punished because the Uehara Mansion is not in chaos?" Emperor Taijia slammed the table and stood up.

Long Yan was furious.

The longevity lantern hanging outside the door of the imperial study swayed at a surging speed, and a red white breath burst out of it, expanding and contracting like a poisonous snake.

Emperor Taijia said angrily: "I don't want the Wu clan to be in charge of the county, but I don't want the county to have an accident because of the Tatars' tricks. ”

"The Tartars are really vicious, and they actually released the souls of the martial artists who were suppressed under Xiao Taishan, and they want to use these ghosts to disturb the hearts of the people and the army of my Han Dynasty?"

"His heart can be punished!

The more he spoke, the more angry he became, and the smoke rising from a bronze tripod in the middle of the imperial study gradually transformed into a divine power King Kong.

But then Emperor Taijia calmed down: "It's been nearly ten days since the incident, and the matter has been investigated clearly, right?"

Eunuch Wan kowtowed: "There is no mistake!"

"The details have also been investigated?What is the news from your Huangquan Prison before?'Guess', 'estimate', and 'should' throughout the text, is this for me to do the inference?" said Emperor Taijia and became angry again.

"This time, I want to know the details of those martial arts souls, when my father sent the Heavenly Prison to kill the upside-down army, there must be a hidden secret, I want to know what the hidden secret is!"

Eunuch Wan said: "Back to Your Majesty, the remnants of the martial arts of the upside-down army did not make a sound after they appeared, they were supposed to return to the barracks, but they were stopped by Wang Qilin, the iron captain of Shangyuan Mansion, and his subordinates. ”

This Wang Qilin led his subordinates to make a great wish, vowing to find out the truth about the destruction of the upside-down hanging army, it seems that the remnant soul of the martial arts of the upside-down hanging army trusted him, and finally willingly escaped into the Nine Shadows. ”

"It seems?" Emperor Taika's face darkened.

Eunuch Wan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty Mingjian, at that time, there was chaos inside and outside the post office, and the Tartars dispatched the two teams of the cowardly Xue Army and the White Tiger, one of the Four Saints, to launch a fierce attack on the Heavenly Eunuch. ”

Emperor Taijia shouted: "I ordered you to set up the Huangquan Prison to investigate the Huangquan Prison for nine days and the Huangquan Prison, but now you can't even find out the inside story of the melee in the post house?"

Eunuch Wan said respectfully: "The slave is guilty, but Your Majesty knows that the slave originally installed an inspector in the Shangyuan Mansion, but the heavens are not beautiful, and the inspector was killed by Wang Qilin!"

Emperor Taijia frowned: "It's Wang Qilin again, when did my Han court produce such an amazing talent?"

Eunuch Wan sighed and said: "This Wang Qilin is really powerful, since he joined the Heavenly Prison, he has repeatedly solved major cases and made miraculous achievements. It's a pity that he is not a eunuch, otherwise the slaves would definitely absorb him into the Huangquan Prison and entrust him with important positions. ”

Emperor Taijia pondered for a moment and said, "Eunuchs can't be yang people, but it's not difficult for yang people to be eunuchs, right?"

Eunuch Wan smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, think twice, this Wang Qilin is good at wine and lust, if he becomes a eunuch, once he finds out the truth, I am afraid it will backfire." ”

Emperor Taijia suddenly became interested: "He's very?"

Eunuch Wan said: "Yes, according to the investigation of the slaves, he has a strong kidney deficiency at a young age, and he eats strong medicine and wine every day. ”

Emperor Taijia said disdainfully: "At a young age, he is addicted to wine, what can such a young man do?"

He shook his head again: "If I remember correctly, Liu Bo was defeated at the hands of this son, right?"

"Yes, Your Majesty. ”

Emperor Taijia nodded instead: "Since he is lustful, it is simple to control this person." And isn't he good at solving strange cases and investigating tricks? Very well, make the best use of things, I do have an idea. ”

Eunuch Wan was stunned for a moment and asked, "Your Majesty wants to?"

Emperor Taijia said, "Not bad. ”

Eunuch Wan hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, this matter is very important......

Emperor Taijia waved his hand and said: "Needless to say, after the beginning of spring, I will first summon this Wang Qilin to the capital, and I want to see his ability with my own eyes." ”

Eunuch Wan arched his hand and said, "Obey the order." ”

He hesitated again: "Your Majesty, Wang Qilin is only an iron captain of the local capital city, and it is easy to issue an order to summon him to Beijing, but it is not easy to see his ability." There are not many tricks in the capital, and there is the Qinglong King in charge, and the masters inside and outside the city are like clouds, how can he have the opportunity for a magistrate to show his skills?"

There is another point he didn't say, cross-border management is a taboo in officialdom, and even if Wang Qilin encounters a trick case after entering the imperial capital, he can't stretch out his hand.

Emperor Taijia smiled lightly: "This matter is not simple? I heard that the Heavenly Prison once set up a Guanfeng Guard, and I made a big fuss about it back then, and now it is a big deal to re-organize." ”

Eunuch Wan hurriedly tried to dissuade him, and Emperor Taijia frowned: "I have made up my mind." ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Emperor Taijia returned to the desk and splashed ink, and the words 'Zun Wuershang' were completed in one go.

He looked at these four words with satisfaction, and muttered: "Wang Qilin, Wang Qilin, I don't know what you are doing at this time, I really want to see you soon." ”

What can Wang Qilin do at this time? He stared at Li Changge with blank eyes, waiting for the reward Xuantie.

Li Changge naturally also had a Sumeru mustard seed magic weapon, and he couldn't help but take out a wooden box, which was a heavy black iron block.

The sun shone on the iron, but it shone a dull red.

It's like the sun shining on Hachimeow's body.

This piece of dark iron is not large, but it is definitely more than enough to forge a seedling knife.

Wang Qilin happily hugged Xuantie and ran home.

Xuantie is an extraterrestrial meteoric iron, which itself is mixed with sand and gravel, but since the fall of the Nine Heavens, it has been calcined by heavenly fire, and the sand and gravel have been burned out, and finally the true face of meteorite iron is revealed.

Because the meteorite was once calcined by the heavenly fire, it contains fire, and it is an artifact for driving away evil spirits and suppressing demons like lightning peachwood.

Wang Qilin got the meteorite iron and naturally put it in the creation furnace to line up, anyway, the creation furnace was diligent, the flame he harvested in the last battle with the Xingtian Sacrifice had not been used up yet, and he could continue to refine, but unfortunately it was about to run out.

Originally, he had obtained a lot of flames, but all of them were red flames.

The beetle snake is also very diligent, and merges it into a cyan flame.

In this way, although the quality of the things refined by the creation furnace is better, there is no quantitative advantage, Wang Qilin spent a lot of flames on alchemy before, and there are not many flames available today, so he has to hurry up and find the ghost wool.

It's a pity that the Creation Furnace is only interested in ghosts, Wang Qilin has killed monsters, and the Creation Furnace will not come out to absorb demon souls and turn them into flames.

There were few things in the first month, and even on the tenth day of the first month, the heavenly prison did not receive any cases, but there were many cases in the yamen.

Most of these cases are drunk and making trouble, some have drunk too much and fight, and some rely on the strength of alcohol to get cheap women, there is no way, there are too many drinking bureaus in the New Year.

I heard that the heavenly prison also went out to drink, like Lu Bocai's family in Shangyuan Mansion, he had friends and relatives in Shangyuan Mansion, and naturally the drinking situation continued.

Wang Qilin also took some wine games, and he met a lot of wealthy families in Shangyuan Mansion.

Now he is regarded as an upstart in the officialdom of Shangyuan Mansion, although the battle to exterminate Du Gongzi and the White Tiger Saint took place at night, but the support of the Quartet army was timely, and when he arrived, he still learned some trivial things.

Most of the officials who participated in the battle at the other two post offices had relatives and friends in the Uehara Prefecture, and they also revealed some of their words.

Except for the suppression of the heroic soul of the inverted army in the post office, Taiba allowed his officials to pass on other information.

After all, there was a fierce battle and a lot of explosions that night, and half of the city could see the flames rushing into the sky in the post house, and in this case, they could not completely block the mouth.

You can't underestimate the gossip of the common people!

So instead of letting the people figure it out, it's better to give them an explanation.

Of course, if you want to give the people an explanation, then you can't tell the truth, since ancient times, the imperial court has relied on foolish people to rule the world, and once the people's wisdom is opened, they will not be able to rule the world.

In the news that spread out, Taiba made up the most important point: the heroic soul released by Du Gongzi was covered up by him, and it was changed to say that Du Gongzi released evil ghosts from the underworld and wanted to cause trouble in Shangyuan Mansion, but was eliminated by the Yin soldiers brought by Wang Qilin from the underworld.

At that time, there was a city defense team that ran into the Yin soldiers, and this point had to be explained by the Heavenly Supervisor.

In short, Taiba didn't take the credit, he pushed Wang Qilin to the front of the stage and gave him most of the credit.

It's not that he is selfless, honest and honest, but that Wu Hanlin has publicized Wang Qilin's merits to the outside world and shaped him into a young hero who defends Shangyuan Mansion with his own strength.

At this time, if the Heavenly Eunuch didn't give him the credit that Wang Qilin deserved, then Taiba would have to worry that he would have an opinion on the Heavenly Eunuch and attribute his heart to the Yamen.

It is precisely because of these reasons that Wang Qilin became famous and prosperous in Shangyuan Mansion overnight, and the families who invited him to the banquet in the first month were one household after another, and the schedule could not even be arranged.

There were more people who came to him to tell him the matchmaker, and Wang Qilin personally rejected the solicitations of the major giants:

Don't think that he doesn't know what these gatekeepers are thinking, this is because he wants him to go into trouble after knowing that he is from a poor family.

However, he left a message from the matchmakers, and was ready to choose a suitable one in the future and go to Suisui Niangzi for him to propose marriage.

On the tenth day of the first month, the horses galloped, and two strong men wearing big cotton hats came on horseback.

Yang was overjoyed when he saw it, and grabbed the horse in front of him and shouted: "Master Xu, are you back?"

Xu Dayi stepped on the stirrup and wanted to have a handsome harrier to turn over and jump off the horse, but his butt pouted and his waist began to strain, but his feet were stuck on the stirrups and he couldn't jump up for a while.

So his movement became to raise his butt and shake it on the horse's back.

Wang Qilin rushed out when he heard the sound, just in time to see Xu Da swaying on horseback, this scene made him spicy: "Xu Ye, what do you mean?

Xu Da had big feet, he tried to pull his feet out of the stirrups, and his face was full of sneers: "Seventh Master, what are you talking nonsense? Isn't this ruining the reputation of the uncle?"

Wang Qilin looked at him with disdain and asked, "You Xu Ye still have a reputation?"

Xu Da jumped off the horse and stood proudly: "That's natural, Changshan Xu Dalang's reputation has already sounded in his uncle's hometown." But when it comes to reputation, Uncle has something to ask you, Seventh Master, you don't care about reputation?"

Wang Qilin wondered, "What do you mean?"

Xu Da said: "After the uncle entered the city, he wanted to warm up after drinking hot tea in a tea shop, but he heard the news that the seventh master was going to marry all over the city. ”

Wang Qilin said embarrassedly: "Master Xu, you also know that Sui Sui and I have been in love with each other for many years......

Xu shouted, "Have you known Sui Sui for a year?"

Wang Qilin said: "The time between true love is different from a bachelor like you, our true love is not seen for a day, according to this algorithm, I have known Suisui for hundreds of years!"

Xu Da sneered: "Count you ruthless, Seventh Master, but what the uncle wants to say has nothing to do with Suisui, and now there are rumors all over the city that you have a special fetish, and you actually like half-old!"

"What?"

"Seventh Master, you go and inquire yourself, the people of the whole city know that Wang Qilin, the iron captain of Shangyuan Mansion, doesn't like the yellow flower girl, every time a matchmaker goes to say goodbye to the girl, your Lord Wang will refuse, but will secretly leave the matchmaker to look at him and ask for the matchmaker's information in private!"

Wang Qilin was stunned for a moment.

How could this happen?

Xu Xiaoda led the horse and said, "Seventh Master, this rumor is true, many foreign matchmakers are rushing to Shangyuan Mansion to get to know you. ”

"What's even worse is that it is said that there is also a matchmaker who got the promise of the seventh master and you spend the first month, and now she is making peace with the men in the family and leaving ......"

Harmony divorce is a peaceful divorce, this way of breaking up husband and wife comes from "Tang Law", inherited to this day, most couples will use this method in divorce, because both men and women are more friendly.

But it's not friendly to Wang Qilin.

But Wang Qilin couldn't explain this kind of thing to the outside world, and the people were too interested in the gossip of officials and celebrities.

Now is a good time to visit relatives in the first month, once there is gossip news, it will accompany the relatives from the city to the outside of the city within a day!

One day later, on the eleventh day of the first lunar month, Wang Qilin was invited to attend a very important gathering: the Jinshan faction and the Golden Drum faction among the four sects of the Shangyuan Mansion jointly hosted a banquet for him.

It was the elder of the Golden Drum Sect who came to deliver the message, and he vaguely said that the two sects had prepared a few half-old to accompany him to drink, and he was waiting for Lord Wang to be a guest......

The Jinshan faction is inherited from Laoshan Taoism, one of the orthodox Taoist sects, and the ancestor is called Sun Xuanqing, the word Yuanyu, and the number Jinshan is also called Haiyueshan people.

This ancestor is a real master, he has been a monk in the Taoist temple since he was a child, and he had a great adventure to learn the art of lifting and lowering the heavenly gate, and later traveled the world to create the Jinshan faction.

This technique of lifting and lowering the Heavenly Gate is actually a method of refining the Inner Dan, and the Jinshan Sect has grown rapidly by relying on this skill.

It's a pity that when he arrived in the previous dynasty, the head of the Jinshan faction wanted to participate in the government for a while, and he actually accepted the recruitment of the last Yuan Emperor as a lackey, and got the title of 'Demon Suppressor Zuozan Sect Master Lei Yang Zhenren'.

Then, less than a year after he accepted the title, Emperor Taizu of this dynasty rebelled.

Fortunately, the Jinshan faction did not stupidly tie themselves to the imperial chariot because they accepted the canonization of Emperor Yuan, and I don't know if their head Jin Yang Zhenren had eyesight or was timid, anyway, he took his disciples and ran into the mountains to hide.

In the end, the previous dynasty was destroyed and the current dynasty was established, and the Jinshan faction ran back from the mountains.

At this time, the various sects in the rivers and lakes were greatly injured in order to overthrow the previous dynasty, and the Jinshan faction had recuperated for many years and picked up some fruits, and it had the potential to become the first major sect in Shangyuan Mansion.

It's a pity that Jinyang Zhenren accepted the canonization of the previous dynasty, and after the imperial court made a vacant move, it suppressed the Jinshan faction, defeating their dream of dominating Shangyuan Mansion and even merging counties, and finally only became one of the eight major factions of Shangyuan Prefecture.

The Golden Drum School is inherited from Quanzhen Taoism, which has been developing in a down-to-earth and conscientious manner, and its influence has increased day by day, and finally it has become one of the four sects.

Because the inheritance of these two sects comes from Taoism and both start with the word 'gold', the relationship is good on weekdays, and now there is a willingness to form an alliance to dominate the Shangyuan Mansion.

The dojos of the two factions are in the mountains, and the place of invitation naturally cannot be placed in the mountains, and it just so happens that there is a disciple of the Golden Drum Sect who is the young owner of the Yuye Building, a famous restaurant in Shangyuan Mansion, so the two of them put the place where they entertained Wang Qilin's side in the Yuye Building.

The development trajectory of the Jade Liquor House is similar to that of the Golden Drum School, and the shopkeeper of this restaurant has the ancestral secret technique of brewing liquor, and the brewing of jade liquor has been supplied to the court of the previous dynasty and won the reputation of the palace jade liquor.

However, after the expulsion of the Tartars, the Han Liu clan returned to power and abolished all supply channels for the court of the previous dynasty.

At that time, the winemaker removed the word "palace" from the name of the ancestral wine, and then used the jade liquor as the fist product, and gradually created a huge jade liquor building.

Because the two major sects belong to Taoism, Wang Qilin naturally had to bring Xie Toad to the banquet this time.

In addition, he also had to bring Xu Da, after Xu Da's wine bag and rice bag came back, the food expenses of the post house increased sharply, and Wang Qilin tried his best to take him outside to gather other people's wool.

The head of the Jinshan faction, Jin Hui, and the head of the Golden Drum faction, Duan Youfeng, came to the door of the restaurant to wait for him, the former wore a jade crown, wore a heavenly suit, and stepped on clogs.

Duan Youfeng, the head of the Golden Drum Sect, dressed up as a foreigner, and was the first to salute after seeing him: "Lord Wang, take the blessing during the festival." ”

Wang Qilin hugged his fists and returned the salute: "Blessed is the head of the family, happy New Year, this official - hey, Lord Dou?"

Dou Dachun probed his brain at the door, like a gopher about to be knocked out of the head.

Duan Youfeng and Jin Hui Dao Chang turned around when they heard the sound, and after seeing Dou Dachun's official uniform, the two of them took a step out of the way together:

They don't look down on Dou Dachun, but it won't prevent Wang Qilin from going to private training with the little catcher.

Dou Dachun was overjoyed when he saw Wang Qilin, and said, "Seventh Master, you are also here for the case in this jade liquid building?"

Wang Qilin was surprised: "There is a case in Yuye Building, what kind of case?"

Dou Dachun said in frustration: "Oh, didn't the Seventh Master come to this case? I thought there was hope that this case would be solved." ”

"Serial murder case, Lao Jia, who showed the backyard door of Yuye Building, was killed, and he was the fifth person to be killed by strange means since years ago, and the scene after their death was even more weird!"