That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 396 Qizhou Daomen Taiqing Palace

Chen Zhijin, who had taken care of his injuries, came to the door, knelt on the ground to salute, and said in a low voice: "The old slave Chen Zhijin pays homage to His Royal Highness King Qi."

The Supervisor of Rituals is like the Palace of Secret Guards. He can be extremely majestic in front of many courtiers, but he can't stand up straight in front of the Tian family. No matter whether they are eunuchs or young supervisors, to put it bluntly, they are all slaves of the Tian family, and they don't even count as "officials". Whether it is killing or punishing, there is no need for a trial by the three divisions, and there is no need to follow the laws of the country, because this is According to the family law, the family affairs of the heavenly family are just a matter of a word from the master.

If one regards the Tian family as a wealthy family, King Qi is a serious "eldest young master", who will inherit the family business in the future, he must not be provoked.

Xiao Bai turned around, all the ferocity on his face just now had disappeared, he stepped out quickly, gave a little support, and said with a gentle face: "Chen Eunuch, please get up quickly, this journey is really hard work, Eunuch Chen."

Chen Zhijin got up and said in shame: "It's useless for the old slave, not the thief's opponent."

Xiao Bai waved his hands and said, "You can't blame me for this matter. It's likely that a few real nobles were involved. There will be a long time to come, and we still need to think about it slowly."

Chen Zhijin's face was serious.

A character who can be regarded as a dignified king by Qi Wang is really not an ordinary character, and he might be able to wrestle with His Majesty today.

Chen Zhijin couldn't help blaming the late Emperor with some disrespect in his heart. When the late Emperor ruled the world, why didn't he completely remove those restless officials and thieves, otherwise such incidents would not happen again now.

Xiao Bai's thoughts were deeper. After ten years of competition, the world was set for the first time. Xiao Jin, Lin Han and others were already on the verge of being invincible. At that time, they had no resentment, and they had the blood relationship that had been parted from each other and the profound knowledge accumulated over the years. In terms of affection, the imperial grandfather was even more concerned about clearing his name behind him. After all, he did not become the iron-blooded emperor who ruthlessly purged the heroes. Moreover, the two vassal kings were both flexible characters. It was not until after the imperial grandfather passed away that they gradually began to show their differences.

Today's matter, even if the two were not behind the scenes, they still cannot escape their involvement. Why did the emperor successively appoint Zhang Wubing as the left commander of the Northwest Army, and Yu Kuang as the left commander of the Jiangnan Army? Who are they guarding against?It's not the Northwest Grassland and the Wei Kingdom in the East China Sea!
Presumably Lan Xiang also saw this, so he took the initiative to recommend Zhang Wubing, and did not save Chen Qiong. After all, Chen Qiong is not a good general. The situation in Jiangnan will be completely corrupted and out of control.

In the current situation, Jiangnan and Northwest are undoubtedly the most important. Compared with the Northwest Army with the most combat power, the Jiangnan Army, which has been out of battle for a long time, is even more worrying.

Xiao Bai glanced at Xiao Zhinan who was still asleep in the room again, and asked softly: "Mr. Han Ge just said in the secret letter that the princess was tricked by others, and Mr. Zhao was also vague. I don't know if Eunuch Chen can explain this king's doubts?"

"Your Highness's praise." Chen Zhijin became more and more submissive, and said: "In my opinion, Her Highness is not poisoned by magic or witchcraft, but poisoned."

"Poisoned?" A faint haze flashed across Xiao Bai's eyes, "Under the feet of the Son of Heaven, the land of the first beneficence, the Dark Guard Mansion and the Tianji Pavilion are all poor people?"

Chen Zhijin hesitated for a moment, and said: "Your Highness, I think that the one who made the move this time may not be a high-ranking monk, but an ordinary person. As long as you can get close to Her Royal Highness, then this matter is not impossible. After all, Her Royal Highness No more than His Royal Highness King Qi, who doesn't have the cultivation base of the Earth Immortal realm, just an ordinary person."

Xiao Bai pressed the jade button on his waist subconsciously, and said softly: "If this is the case, then it means that there are people like them in the princess mansion, how rampant they are, and they have stretched their hands in front of the emperor's daughter, is it life or death? Isn't it just in the thought of these people? I'm afraid that the king's mansion is not safe."

Chen Zhijin asked softly: "Your Highness, do you want to report this matter to Your Majesty?"

Xiao Bai shook his head and said: "Father Huang Shengming's candlelight, must have seen the fire clearly, since he didn't speak, then we don't need to do anything unnecessary."

Chen Zhijin bent down and replied, "No."

Xiao Bai asked again: "The princess is always in a deep sleep now, what can Eunuch Chen do?"

Chen Zhijin shook his head and said: "This old slave is so ignorant that he can't even identify what kind of poison Her Royal Highness is suffering from, let alone detoxify it."

Xiao Bai nodded, "Eunuch Chen is exhausted all the way, let's go and rest first."

After Chen Zhijin left, Xiao Bai said in a deep voice, "Come here."

A tall, white-faced and beardless old man appeared behind him out of nowhere, knelt down on one knee, and said softly: "Please give orders, Your Highness."

According to the Great Qi Law System, all clan princes can be equipped with varying numbers of eunuchs, and this tall old man is the chief eunuch personally selected by Emperor Xiao to assign to Xiao Bai.

Xiao Bai took out a letter he had already written from his sleeve, and handed it to the old man Gao, "Take this king's letter and go to the Taiqing Palace, and let Qizhou Daomen send people over."

The old man took the letter with both hands, and after a respectful promise, he disappeared out of thin air again.

Qizhou Taoism can be described as an anomaly among many local Taoisms. When Xiao Huang became king and became a vassal of Qizhou, he stayed in the Taiqing Palace. It can be said that Qizhou Taoism is the closest to the court among many local Taoisms, especially in Xiaobai. After conferring the title of King Qizhou, the Qi Palace and the Taiqing Palace were located in the same Langya Mansion, and they had frequent contacts at ordinary times, and their relationship was extremely close.

Taiqing Palace is located on Laoding.

Langya Laoshan is known as the first fairy mountain on the sea. Its main peak, Laoding, is also famous for its sword peaks, strange rocks and rocks, and sunrise on the sea. It faces the sea in the east and faces Jianzong Biyou Island across the sea.

The Qizhou Taoist sect is not as strict as Taoist Xuandu, and the elders in the sect are not stubborn. They never pay attention to what cannot be surpassed, so the little Taoist boys in the Taiqing Palace are inevitably lively and stubborn.

Because the Taiqing Palace is near the sea, many little Taoist boys would secretly go out to sea by boat together on weekdays. After finishing their homework today, two little Taoist boys floated on the sea with bamboo rafts they wove.

In fact, they didn't dare to really go to sea. They just grasped the tide time, drifted along the coast, and caught some small fish and shrimps by the way. It was not for satisfying their appetites, but purely for fun.

A little Taoist boy was lying on one end of the bamboo raft, stretching his hands into the sea water and paddling randomly. Suddenly he felt someone holding his hand under the water. It was so cold that he was shocked and did not know where he came from With the strength that came out, he pulled out his hand suddenly, and shrank to the other end of the bamboo raft like burning his buttocks.

The companion who was fishing was a little confused by him, and asked in confusion: "What's wrong with you?"

He stretched out his finger and pointed in the direction he was in before, and tremblingly said: "There...there... there seems to be something unclean."

The companion looked in the direction of his fingers, and saw a pale hand sticking out of the water, grabbing the raft.

The two little Taoist boys screamed and hugged each other, one was too scared to speak, the other closed his eyes and said indiscriminately: "Taishang Daozu bless you, Lu Zu bless you, Zhuang Zu bless you, Bless Huang Zu, bless Zhang Zu, Lao Zu, Peng Zu, and bless the head teacher, the evil spirits will disperse, the water ghosts will disperse, and you can’t see me, you can’t see me, you can’t see me.”

Then I saw a woman in Taoist costume struggling to climb up the bamboo raft from the sea, but this simple action seemed to have exhausted her whole body strength, and she passed out just lying on her back on the bamboo raft.

(End of this chapter)