Chapter 123: Vertical Arch
The two walked nearly a hundred steps along the place paved with blue bricks, stepped through two small yellow doors, and came to the front of the inner hall of the vertical arch hall.
The two Ouchi guards standing by the doors on both sides lifted the golden velvet curtains embroidered with Kowloon, and without ever passing it, they faced the hot air on their faces, smelled the faint sandalwood, lowered their eyelids slightly, and walked in with their heads bowed.
The vertical arch hall is the place where the official family usually deals with government affairs and summons the ministers, and it is not as empty and majestic as the Chongzheng Palace, but it makes people feel a little warm, but this warmth is only the feeling of the official family, for the courtiers, where the official family is, is where Long Wei is present.
At the end of the sandalwood dragon case, facing the south is sitting a bright yellow, clear face of the old man, sword eyebrows into the sideburns, Danfeng eyes, nose quasi-plump, is actually the appearance of the dragon and phoenix, at this time he is frowning and writing, reviewing the case on a stack of chapters, eyebrows slightly tired.
"Minister Ye Qingdie, come to restore your life!" Ye Qingdie knelt down under the jade steps in front of the dragon case, her posture was chic and elegant.
The eunuchs of the Song Dynasty did not call them father-in-law as later generations, they had their own ranks, and civil officials and military attachés had their own systems, but they were suppressed by the law of their ancestors, and the highest could not exceed five grades, but they were the people around the Son of Heaven, and the rank was not on par with the outside, and the degree of grace of the saints was the standard for measurement.
"Hmm, get up!" Li Zong, who was dressed in a bright yellow brocade robe, slowly put down the red pen, rubbed his eyebrows vigorously, and looked at Ye Qingdie, who was standing up, his eyes were still clear, and there was a sluggish majesty in his joy and anger: "Find out what's going on?!"
"The minister was afraid, this matter had something to do with Lord Rui, and Lord Rui said that he would personally present it to His Majesty. Ye Qingdie lowered her head, a picture of ineffective work, and she was deeply ashamed.
"Oh?" Li Zong's long eyebrows moved into the sideburns, and his body leaned forward slightly, "Brother Six Kings has something to do with this?"
"Yes, according to the minister's observation, it seems that the place where the thunder and lightning struck is the backyard of the Rui Wangfu. Presumably, Lord Rui knows the secret!" Ye Qingdie bowed and replied respectfully.
"Well, it's interesting, if it is the eighteenth brother who made these things, it is very likely, he likes strange things the most, but the sixth brother has always been cautious and self-disciplined,...... Alas!...... Isn't it Rou'er?"
Li Zong got up, left the dragon chair behind the case, got down the jade steps, and paced a few steps on the vermilion felt in front of Ye Qingdie, thinking in his heart, and his face changed slightly.
"How is Lord Rui's complexion?" Li Zong Huo Ran, who was pacing, turned around and asked Ye Qingdie, who was lowering his eyebrows.
“...... King Rui was refreshed, his face was full of red light, and he seemed to have a happy event. Ye Qingdie cautiously glanced at the official's face and replied extremely cautiously.
Li Zong's eyes froze, and he looked at Ye Qingdie deeply, as if he wanted to find out the truth of his words from his face, and the majestic aura made Ye Qingdie's heart awe-inspiring.
Li Zong felt a sense of foreboding in his heart, and his steps were more urgent: Isn't it that Rou'er has already gone, and the six royal brothers can't stand such stimulation, and they can't go crazy?!
He never thought that the illness of the lord of Lianrou could be cured, the imperial doctor of Ouchi, the Taoist master of the three mountains, and the servants of the inner worship, these strange people in the world were powerless to Lianrou's illness, which was equivalent to pronouncing her beheading, although all the above people tried their best to save, they could only delay her death, alas, like a flower-like Rou'er, the fate was too bad!
"Qingdie, you go, Lord Chuanrui will meet you immediately!" Li Zong paced a few steps hurriedly, paused, waved his hand to Ye Qingdie, who was standing down, and commanded in a deep voice.
Ye Qingdie knelt down and retreated lightly.
"Alas——!" Li Zong sighed for a long time, which was originally straight into the sword eyebrows of the long sideburns, and the vertical lines were faint, and there was some indescribable sorrow and old age.
The fortune of the country is not prosperous, the wind and rain are shaking, the mountains and rivers are broken, even if he is worried, but he can't turn the tide, this deep sense of powerlessness often makes him wake up in the middle of the night and roll off the dragon couch, hehe...... Knowing that you can't do it, you are brave, and you can be regarded as a brave man, alas——!...... How will the people of later generations, the iron pen of the history books, comment on themselves?!
"Old Chen, you say, what is going on with this heavenly anomaly today?" Li Zong took his hand, his beard under his chin was slightly frosted, and his slender figure revealed a compelling majesty, and he asked slowly in the unoccupied hall, as if talking to himself.
A burly figure suddenly flashed from behind the vermilion pillar in the hall, appearing five or six steps behind the Li Zong.
He hung his face, hunched his back slightly, as if he had been bowing down, and his voice was kind and mellow, indescribably strange and pleasant: "Your Majesty, according to the old minister's speculation...... , is someone casting Taoist spells......"
His voice was old and young, his words were golden, as if every word had been well thought out, and his tone had a convincing momentum.
"Spell?" Li Zong turned around abruptly and looked at the old man with his eyebrows down, with a bit of sarcasm on his face: "Hehe, Old Chen is telling me, it's a spell——?!
"The old minister is just speculating,...... Wind, thunder, lightning, and guidance, these four shouts resounded throughout the city, even the old minister and Xiao Dong did not have this skill!"
The kind and mellow strange voice was not in a hurry, calm and waveless, obviously this old man Chen was not shocked in his heart, and his kung fu to nourish his qi was extremely deep.
"I never believe in any spells!" Li Zong waved his hand vigorously, Long Yan was still sarcastic, and he shouted loudly, but the architectural design of the Vertical Arch Hall and the Chongzheng Hall was very different, the former silenced and lowered his voice, and the latter closed the sound and amplified, and his cheers were not deafening.
"Those so-called Taoist spells are just fooling the ignorant people, and I have never seen any magic that manifests spirits...... Dragon and Tiger, Maoshan Mountain, and Pavilion Soap Mountain, which of the prayers for rain and fasting Jiao that they are in charge of has ever worked?!"
Li Zong waved his arms, faintly mad, for Taoist spells, he hated them in his heart, complained about their powerlessness.
The emperors of the Song Dynasty respected Taoism unprecedentedly, but unfortunately, they could not change the trend of the fall of half of the country, and those so-called Taoist masters were just nonsense.
Therefore, since the beginning of the reign of Li Zong, although Taoism is not suppressed, but also does not advocate, inaction and governance, that is the law of the slight external trouble, now the country is weak, only the Confucianism is the right way, like a generation of great Confucianism Zhu Xi is the Song Dynasty Dong Zhongshu, its doctrine can be worth advocating.
Old Chen bowed his head and no longer spoke, making it impossible to see his face clearly, although he had perfected his martial arts, but for this kind of heavenly power, he had never seen it, only ancient myths had such an incredible appearance.
For Taoist spells, although he is not proficient, but it is not nonsense, the abnormality when casting spells, with extraordinary martial arts, can feel the abnormality, but the caster is not strong enough, can not appear in the appearance.
Letting the official family pacing under the dragon case, muttering to himself, Chen Lao slowly retreated into the shadows.
After two cups of tea, the pacing Li Zong felt a little tired, returned to the dragon chair, picked up the crisp yellow dim sum from the silver plate on the table and put it into his mouth.
"Your Majesty, Lord Rui is asking to see you outside the palace!" a clear and faintly shrill voice sounded outside the inner hall.
"Xuan!" Li Zong's expression perked up, and said that Cao Ying Cao Ying would arrive, just in time, he picked up the tea cup that was still warm, took a sip of tea, and swallowed the snack in his mouth.
Because of the ancestral teachings, the eunuchs are not allowed to participate in state affairs and confidential matters, so there are no eunuchs left in the vertical arch hall, except for the inner servants to worship, hidden in the dark guards, the rest of the guards, are outside the inner hall, waiting to be sent.
The golden curtain flickered, and a burly purple figure stepped into the inner hall, and when he walked, he walked with a dragon and a tiger step, and his bearing was compelling, it was the majestic and dignified Rui Wangye.
"Your Majesty!" Dressed in a purple robe and wearing a jade fish bag, Lord Rui did not need to kneel when he saw him, but only bowed.
"Sixth brother doesn't have to be polite!" Li Zong left the dragon chair and came down the steps to King Rui, holding his hands weakly, Dan Feng's eyes looked at King Rui's face.
"Hehe, Qingdie said that the sixth brother was full of red light and beaming with joy, but I still didn't believe it,...... Sixth brother is really happy, right?!"
Li Zong saw that King Rui's face was really different from before, the square face was different from the hardness, but it was much softer, which made people look very comfortable.
"Thanks to Your Majesty Hongfu, Rou'er is finally saved this time!"
Even if King Rui is respectful and does not smile, he can't help but smile toothily at this time, and his silkworm eyebrows move lightly, a little funny, he is used to seeing his straight face, and when he sees his smile at first glance, it makes Li Zong a little unaccustomed.
"Hmm——?!" Li Zong was stunned for a moment, thinking that he had heard it wrong, and couldn't help asking: "Is the sixth brother ...... Rou'er is saved?!"
"Exactly, Your Majesty, my Rou'er is finally saved!haha......" King Rui couldn't help laughing, quite out of shape, and did not regard the Vertical Arch Hall as a serious place.
Taking advantage of the princess's cooking before the meal, Prince Rui left King Rong to read in the hall, so he went to Ouchi and reported the matter to the official family, maybe when he returned to the palace, the princess happened to finish cooking.
Along the way, I thought about things that were like a dream, and the more I thought about it, the more incredible I felt, and the more I thought about it, the more exciting it became, and finally vented it in front of the official.
"Hehe, it's rare for the sixth brother to be happy. Li Zong looked at this always majestic sixth brother like this, and his heart couldn't help but feel a little happy, and shouted loudly outside the hall, "Noble, serve wine!"
He pulled King Rui to sit on the rattan chair on the east side, and said with a smile: "Let me accompany the sixth brother to have a drink, and He Rou'er will be saved!"
"Good,...... It's just that His Majesty's dragon body matters, and we only have a drink,...... Alas, the wonders of the world are often bright, and the minister has a deep understanding of the unfathomability of fate this time!"
Lord Rui did not refuse, but he was disrespectful to the official family's fists, but in recent years, the official family's health was not as good as before, and the imperial doctor had strongly advised His Majesty to drink less.
A little yellow man in soap clothes held a silver plate, walked to their side with small steps, put down the silver plate, filled the two silver cups carved with dragon patterns, and then bowed and retreated.
The two silver cups are extremely small and can only hold a sip of wine, which is because the emperor's dragon body is not suitable for drinking, so he deliberately uses this small cup.
The two sat next to each other, touched the silver cup lightly, and drank it all, Li Zong wanted to pour more wine, but was blocked by Lord Rui and didn't want to drink anymore.
In the Song Dynasty, there was a law of not killing the ancestors of the doctors, and the civil officials almost did not say that the death penalty was used, and most of them were punished by relocation and deposition, so for the emperor, the hundred officials were not as exclusive as the later generations, and it was not a strange thing to refute the emperor's words.
"Sixth brother, I didn't expect that there would really be someone in the world who could heal Rou'er!" Li Zong took his hand away from the silver wine jug, no longer reluctant to drink, and the curiosity in his heart was stimulated by the wine, which was quite difficult.
"Hehe, this matter is thanks to the eighteenth brother,...... The eighteenth brother got acquainted with a strange person, and fortunately this person happened to come to Xingzai these days, so the eighteenth brother begged him to save Rou'er. ”
Rui Wangye's face was full of smiles, shaking his head, rejoicing, he also knew that making friends with such strange people was like holding the artifact of the country, which would inevitably make the official family suspicious, and he was pushed on Rong Wangye, he was the closest person in the world, and he was also the biological father of the prince, which was the most reassuring to the official family.
"It's the eighteenth brother who got acquainted?...... Ha, he's idle all day long, he just likes to fish in a daze, what other strange people can he meet?!hehe......"
Li Zong couldn't help but shake his head and laugh, and was a little puzzled, while taking the tea cup handed over by the waiter, he lightly looked at the flesh and blood of Rong Wangye, a compatriot, Li Zong's heart was very kind, although his mouth was full of derogatory words, but he couldn't hide the joy in his tone.
"It's the eighteenth brother...... If there is no eighteenth brother this time, Rou'er is afraid that it will be difficult to escape again...... Alas, my brother is scared when he thinks about it!"
King Rui patted his thigh, sighing, although he looked serious and serious, but he was not an old-fashioned person, knowing that His Majesty liked the eighteenth brother, he naturally praised the eighteenth brother's merits.
"Hey, what credit does he have?! He has an empty stomach, how can he save people!" Li Zong put down the tea cup of the official kiln, which was as white as snow, and waved his hand.
"The younger brother is not a lie, that Mr. Zixu is indifferent and abnormal, he takes life and death very lightly, and he also regards fame and fortune as a disdain, if it is not for the love of the eighteenth brother, I am afraid that he will not look at the minister! ”
King Rui also took a sip of tea, put down the teacup, and sighed in his tone, faintly revealing his admiration for the prince.
"Sixth brother, the anomaly in the sky just now was the work of that Mr. Zixu?" Li Zong's soft and lazy face gradually converged.
"Exactly,...... Alas——!...... If it weren't for the younger brother who saw it with his own eyes, it would be hard to believe that there are really such magical people in the world, and it turns out that those Taoist spells are not imaginary!" Lord Rui stroked his beard and sighed, his eyes full of admiration and surprise, and even a little fascinated.
Li Zong was silent, the look in Danfeng's eyes became more and more vigorous, and he looked deeply into King Rui's eyes, as if he could distinguish the true from the false, and the suspicion on his face did not disappear.
King Rui also knew that the official family never believed in Taoism, and looking at his expression, he knew that he was still suspicious.
Facts speak louder than words, the former self, Zi Bu is silent, and he believes in Taoist health, but he also disdains Taoist spells.
It is natural that the officials do not believe it.
"Is it really what the sixth brother saw with his own eyes?" At this time, there was no trace of a smile on Li Zong's face, it was full of solemnity, and the majesty of the Son of Heaven was fully revealed.
"Exactly, Your Majesty knows that a Jiao altar was built in the back garden of your younger brother, right? It was built last year when he prayed for rain for Zhang Tianshi, and His Majesty went to watch Jiao at that time. ”
"Well, look at my surname...... Alas, I'm also getting old, and remembering my surname is getting worse and worse, by the way, that Jiao altar hasn't been broken yet?" Li Zong rubbed his eyebrows vigorously again, and sighed a little that the years were ruthless.
"Mr. Zixu is casting spells on that Jiao altar,...... There was no sacrifice or sacrifice, and there was no guard of honor, just a wooden sword, and because of Rou'er's innocent body, he was still blindfolded. Lord Rui picked up the snow-white tea cup, took a sip of tea, and moistened his throat.
He looked excited and radiant on his face, and then said: "He just stood like that, waved the wooden sword, and drank the 'wind', and suddenly the wind suddenly rose, and the dark clouds covered it, and then he waved the wooden sword, and drank the 'thunder', and the thunder roared in the sky, and then he drank the 'flash', and dozens of lightning bolts obediently appeared in the clouds,...... Mr. Zixu drank 'Yin' again, and the lightning in the sky was like an obedient little snake, hitting his wooden sword one after another, and he took the opportunity to slap Rou'er, and all the lightning in the sky was absorbed by him, and then he finished casting the spell, and the weather was light and breezy again,...... The younger brother was standing on the Guanyu Xuan at that time, and the shock in his heart was really difficult to express!"
"Is that magical?" Li Zong felt that he was reading the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" and "Divine Vision", and smiled.
"The younger brother will never dare to say a little false, its earth-shattering appearance, the younger brother has not yet said it, if he didn't see it with his own eyes, he would never dare to say this unbelievable thing!"
Lord Rui was not in a hurry, but just calmly stated, and was not in a hurry to convince the officials.
"Where is this person now?" asked Li Zong after pondering for a long time before looking up.
"Retreat in the Brother's Mansion,...... Because of the spell casting, Mr. Zixu spent a lot of energy and looked extremely tired, so he had to retreat for seven days to cultivate and recover, and no one could disturb him. Lord Rui quickly responded, and blocked the idea that the official family was about to summon him.
“...... That's good, I will send a few more inner servants to serve to the sixth brother to guard the house, so that no one will disturb his cultivation, how about it?!"
Li Zong was a little disappointed in his heart, but he really wanted to send an edict immediately and summon this miraculous Mr. Zixu to see if he had three heads and six arms.
"Brother thank you, Your Majesty!"
Lord Rui smiled a little bitterly in his heart, he could see through the thoughts of the official family at a glance, but these few inner servants were enshrined, in front of Mr. Zixu, I am afraid that it is useless, he wants to leave, how can a few offerings be able to stop it? !
When Xiao Yuesheng cast the spell, the different appearance presented, so that Lin'an suddenly stormed the city, under the different opinions, there is no consensus, some people say, such a heavenly appearance, unprecedented, indicating that the sky descends nobles in the Great Song Dynasty, to support the Son of Heaven, save the Great Song Dynasty under the iron hooves of the alien race, or some people say, the sky descends a strange omen, it is a demon star in the world, and wants to punish it.
All kinds of rumors and sayings are circulating in Lin'an City, in restaurants and teahouses, everyone is talking about this topic, expressing their opinions, communicating with each other, and then spreading what they have heard and heard from their mouths.
This is not Jiaxing City, in Jiaxing City, Xiao Yuesheng gave an order, hundreds of thousands of people are silent, not Jiaxing City people, can not know, even if the momentum is dozens of times greater than this time, it has not been widely circulated, although the mouth is not spread, it is inevitable that some people will record it in the book, but it is mostly regarded as hearsay by later generations, chasing wind and shadows, and it is not credible.
After lunch, Xiao Yuesheng was too lazy to move, hugging Xiaoxing's delicate body like mutton fat jade, lying on the couch and not wanting to go anywhere.
The bright sunlight shines into the bookcase from the window, casting the sparse branch shadows of the begonias outside the window, and the purple light of Yaoqin on the case is faint and faint, which is quite dazzling.
The breeze blows outside the window, and the sound of shaking branches can be heard clearly.
The house is warm like spring, the fragrance of the fragrance is faint and faint, but it is endless, this is Xiaoxing's body fragrance, her internal strength and heart method are extremely strange, and it has already been cut off and washed the marrow, and the turbidity is completely removed, ** time, the body will be filled with this fragrance like hibiscus.
The two of them were covered with moon-white brocade, and he supported his head with one arm, lying on his side next to the little star with hazy eyes and a delicate jade face.
Under the moon-white embroidered brocade, his other big hand unconsciously stirred the red cherry on Xiaoxing's chest, and casually thought in his heart, what is the pastime, this has not lived for a few years, and he feels bored, if it goes on like this, how to spend hundreds of years and thousands of years has become a big problem.
"Godfather, godfather!" Yang Ruonan's delicate voice sounded outside the window, she didn't knock on the door, but stood under the begonia tree and knocked on the window.
"What's the matter——?! Xiao Yuesheng asked angrily, and his big hand twisting the red cherry couldn't help but pause.
"Godfather, let's go out to play!" Yang Ruonan's tone was brisk, with a bit of coquettish pleading.
"Where are you going to play?" Xiao Yuesheng asked in a lazy voice.
"Hmm...... , How about going to Grandpa Ouyang's White Camel Villa?" Xiao Yuesheng could see outside the window under the begonia tree, Yang Ruonan's jade face was crooked, and he was thinking about it.
"No, it's all desert, there's nothing fun to do. Xiao Yuesheng categorically refused without hesitation.
"That'...... Then go to Xiaolan's mother's Vulture Palace?" Yang Ruonan thought about it again and said in a coquettish voice.
"I've only been there two days ago, and there's nothing to see!" Xiao Yuesheng still vetoed.
"Hmph, bad godfather, you've been there, but no one has been there yet!" Yang Ruo snorted coquettishly, and then the door slammed, and she was kicked open, and she held her head high and stepped in with her deerskin boots.
"So bold!" Xiao Yuesheng scolded with a smile, took out his big hand under the brocade, and gently flicked it to Yang Ruonan, who was stepping in.
"Ah!" A scream, Yang Ruonan, who was dressed in apricot yellow clothes, was thrown out of the house like a stone, but fortunately, Xiao Yuesheng's hand was very measured, she was only held out by a big hand, and did not fall to the ground.
"Stinky godfather, bad godfather......" Yang Ruonan's delicate little mouth kept pouting, coquettish, twisting his slender waist slightly, and wanted to kick the door again, but he found that he couldn't get close to the door, and he was always stopped by an invisible force three feet away from the door, unable to take a step forward.
“...... Son, don't make Ruonan cry. Xiao Xingdai's eyebrows were lazy, she was tossed so delicate that her hands and feet were unable to move, she tried to open her hazy star eyes, and persuaded softly.
"Oh well. Xiao Yuesheng sighed helplessly, and removed the anger next to the door, so there was a "bang", but Yang Ruonan was caught off guard, used too much force, slammed the door open, and rushed into the house with the wind.
Fortunately, her martial arts were extremely profound, her clothes were lightly swayed, and her feet fluttered, stopping her continued momentum and stopping before hitting the sandalwood table in the middle.
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