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Chapter 126 Jade Bone Diagram

The sun rises.

The morning sun was shining on the street, and merchants and pawns were passing among the carriages and horses. An old man carrying a stack of candied gourds sat on the stone steps outside the tea shop and yelled loudly:
"Candied haws—"

Ye Jingtang hung his saber at his waist, and led a black horse to stop outside the tea shop, looking at the pile of red and bright candied haws, a few words suddenly came to his ears:

"Jingtang, do you want to eat?"

"Children eat this kind of stuff."

"You are only six years old, do you think you are not a child if you don't wear crotch pants?"

"Ah."

"Hmph! You don't have a wife, you're a boy at the age of 60, when you can get a wife back, pretend to be an adult...here..."

……

Time flies, it has been 12 years.

I remember sitting on the horse at that time, and the adoptive father in front of me was also holding the horse in the same way, with the same knife hanging on his waist.

Now I am considered an adult, but I also walked in front of the horse, and occasionally recalled the words of the past, and my heart inevitably felt a little regretful.

Ye Jingtang looked back at the empty horse's back, secretly thinking about when he would take Nuxia Luo back to Honghe Town to burn some paper money.

Depressing his thoughts along the street, there was a sound of wheels rolling from the street entrance, and when he looked up, he saw a luxury carriage driving towards him.

The Heiya policeman cleared the way ahead, the car window was opened, and there was a heroic woman's face inside, staring at him from afar, and beside him was a big white bird, with its head tilted out of the window corner:

"Gee~"

Ye Jingtang came back to his senses, walked outside the carriage, and raised his hand in a salute:
"Your Highness, I called until midnight yesterday, so I got up late this morning..."

Ye Jingtang wasn't waking up late, but didn't sleep at all. After helping Nvxia Luo suppress the medicine, Nvxia Luo stopped moving immediately, so he had to fetch water into the house to help Nvxia Luo take a bath.

Luo Nuxia was ashamed and angry and too lazy to move. She hid back and forth whenever the key parts were touched. She finally washed the fragrant fragrance and carried her back to the bed to lie down. She had to wash the sheets and quilt covers again. Li helped cook, so I must be late in the morning.

Fortunately, Dongfang Liren knew who Ye Jingtang was doing last night, and did not blame Ye Jingtang for not waiting for a long time.

Dongfang Liren was sitting upright in the carriage, with a strange look in his eyes, he thought for a while and said:

"Yesterday I asked She Long and the others to chase someone, but they lost them in the end. I didn't catch the murderer, so I left you and Niao Niao busy all day..."

Ye Jingtang got on his horse like a guard and walked by the car window:

"A prisoner was caught yesterday, did you find anything?"

"A gangster who just takes money to do things, he doesn't know anything. The person who can hire Xu Bailin is by no means a small force. There must be something complicated behind this matter, and this king has no clue now."

Having said this, Dongfang Liren looked at Yejingtang:
"Ye Shen arrested, do you have a way to continue the investigation?"

Although Yejingtang can't be called "God Catch", there is still a way-Youshenzhang is a unique move of Nanshan Tiegua Zhang Henggu, since the murderer knows it, Zhang Henggu himself probably knows something about the origin, so he asked directly That's it.

But this method is based on his tyrannical connections of "hugging both black and white thighs at the same time", if he said it, he would capsize on the spot.

Ye Jingtang thought about it for a while, but said: "I will find a way to get Honghualou to investigate. Honghualou is a power in the world, and there should be more contacts."

Dongfang Liren nodded slightly, with approval in his eyes:
"I really didn't see it before. You are so good at things. If you continue to work hard in the future, this king will reward and punish you. As long as you have enough credit, there is nothing in the world that this king can't reward you..."

Speaking of this, Dongfang Liren remembered Mrs. Wang's words that Miss Ning'er couldn't bear it, and asked:
"The last time you entered the palace, you were asked to find a palace man who caught your eye. Do you have a favorite candidate? You are also a person of status now, and you can't let your favorite do the laundry and cooking. This king rewards you with a few maids, just like yesterday rewards."

When Ye Jingtang heard this, the only girl he knew, Yu Hu, naturally flashed through his mind, but he didn't mean to mess with the two maids:
"Your Highness, don't joke, I'm from the rivers and lakes, and I'm used to being free and easy. If I really put two maids in the house, I have to worry about it twice."

"Humph……"

……

While the two were chatting, the carriage drove through the bustling streets near Mingyu Tower and arrived at the Suzaku Gate in front of the imperial city.

Dongfang Liren is a prince. As the younger sister who is doted on by the current empress, few people dare to say anything when walking the royal road into the imperial city. city ​​gate.

Ye Jingtang followed Dongfang Liren into the palace city, and went directly to Yongle Palace, which he had never set foot in.

Yongle Palace is the residence of the emperor, and the density of people in the palace is much higher than other places. You can meet a few court ladies who go back and forth within a few steps, and you can still hear the sound of silk and bamboo in the deep palace.

Ye Jingtang knew that this place was the empress's palace, so it was not easy to look around casually, so he asked after walking a while:
"His Royal Highness take me to face the saint?"

Dongfang Liren walked leisurely and gracefully as if returning to his own home, and walked towards the back of Changle Palace with Ye Jingtang:

"At this time, the Holy Majesty is in the Imperial Study Room reviewing papers, so I don't have time to see you. Do you want to meet the Holy Majesty?"

Ye Jingtang must be curious about the female emperor who ruled the entire Wei Dynasty, but he still knows the truth that accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger. The female emperor is a tigress, and if he accidentally plays himself as a 'Ye Guifei', he must hold back for half his life and shake his head road:

"I'm just a grassroots person, and I don't have a strategy for governing the country. How dare I disturb the emperor so easily. Where are we going?"

"Go to the Holy Palace."

"?"

Ye Jingtang blinked his eyes, thinking that Benben shouldn't be here to let him serve the Empress, so he didn't say much.

The two walked for a long time, bypassed the veranda on the side of the main hall, and came to the lakeside behind the Cheng'an Hall, and pushed back the left and right servants.

The lake is artificially excavated and has a circular shape as a whole, surrounded by white jade guardrails, and in the center is a water pavilion built on a stone platform. It looks like an ink painting.

The waterside building does not seem to be very old, but the white stone foundation below has turned yellow, and there are still some signs of damage. I don't know how many years it has gone through.

Ye Jingtang stopped by the lake, sized it up slightly, and asked:
"What is this place?"

Like a tour guide, Dongfang Liren introduced carefully by the lake:
"Minglongtan, it is said that more than 1000 years ago, the founding emperor of Great Wu ascended to the throne and rode a dragon on the stage; this pond is located in the middle of the imperial city, and according to Xuanji, it is between the eyebrows of the 'dragon vein', where the feng shui of the four seas converges. Gathering the luck of a country, you are not the real son of heaven, if you can't control this treasure land, if you live here without authorization, you will be punished by heaven."

With one hand behind Ye Jingtang's back, he slightly nodded:

"real or fake?"

Dongfang Liren blinked his eyes: "This king never believed in these claims of strange powers and gods, but the picture of Minglong is indeed an object of strange powers and gods. Master Xuanji said that this place is suitable for Taoist priests to practice, and they often stay here when they come to the capital. Wang also thinks that the geomantic omen of this place is good, practicing the Dragon Crying Picture will get twice the result with half the effort. Words like divine punishment have never been fulfilled.”

Ye Jingtang nodded thoughtfully: "Your Highness and Daoist Xuanji are both daughters, so it will be fine to go in. Has there ever been a man other than an emperor in history?"

Dongfangli thought carefully: "This is the palace of the emperors of all dynasties. The men who lived here in history were not emperors. Most of them were rebel leaders and treacherous heroes. Those who survived must become emperors. This king estimates that they are the 'true man'. That's where the legend comes from."

Ye Jingtang understood the meaning—survivor deviation.

Dongfang Liren tapped his toes, and after a few ups and downs on the blue waves, he came to the water pavilion in the center of the lake. Turning around, seeing Ye Jingtang not moving, he frowned and said:
"Could it be possible that you will still be frightened by these ghosts and gods?"

Ye Jingtang is not worried about the punishment of heaven, but even if he is not superstitious, the empress can't tell for sure, what should he do if he rushes into this forbidden place that is 'not allowed to be entered by the true man'?
Dongfang Liren could naturally see what Ye Jingtang was worried about, so he beckoned:

"No one sees, you just come here."

No one saw it? !
Ye Jingtang felt that compared with Minglongtu, the head was more important, so he slightly raised his hand:

"Your Highness, although I'm from the Jianghu, I still understand what it means to 'transcend'. Here..."

Dongfang Liren was a little helpless: "This king said it's okay if it's okay, and I have already greeted the Holy One."

"His Majesty agrees?"

"If you don't agree, the king dares to bring you here?"

Seeing this, Ye Jingtang heaved a sigh of relief, turned over and jumped over the guardrail, Lingbo walked only a few steps, and arrived outside the water pavilion.

tread~
Step on the stone platform with both feet, away from the lake shore, the world is also quiet.

Ye Jingtang raised his head to look at the sky, probably to check if there is any phenomenon of the world changing color.

Dongfang Liren was a little amused when he saw this, he turned and walked into the water pavilion:

"come in."

The waterside pavilion is quite large, and the interior is just an empty room, surrounded by oil bookshelves, weapon racks, and many calligraphy and paintings, and in the center are two futons, embroidered with dragon and phoenix patterns, which seem to be the exclusive place for the empress and Prince Jing .

Dongfang Liren walked around the water pavilion, disappeared for a while when he came to the bookshelf, and when he came out again, he had an extra box in his hand.

The box is made of sapphire and the size of a book. Judging from the size, there is a high probability that it contains a picture of a dragon.

Dongfang Liren took the jade box to the center of the pavilion and sat down on the futon:
"sit down."

Ye Jingtang came to the futon to have a look, picked up the little hen who was squatting on the dragon and phoenix futon, and sat down on the floor in front of Dongfang Liren.

Dongfang Liren felt that Ye Jingtang paid too much attention to etiquette, but he didn't say much, and slid the jade box away.

wow——

The golden paper immediately came into view.

"This is the Jade Bone Diagram. You killed Xue Bodhi and made great achievements last night. You can show this thing, but you can't take it away from this place. If you lose it, you won't be able to explain it to the future monarch."

Ye Jingtang sat upright, took over the jade box without touching it with his hands, and carefully studied it under the sunlight outside the waterside pavilion.

The size and shape of the gold paper are exactly the same as his dragon image, it feels like two pages torn from a book, the only difference is the content inside.

The jade bone unicorn picture, the picture is naturally a unicorn, a huge beast with a green sky on its back and its feet on the ground, the lines are extremely delicate.

Ye Jingtang sized it up a little and knew it was the real thing, so he couldn't help feeling weird.

Although there were deviations in both the process and the result, the plan when he first entered Beijing was achieved—to find a way to sneak into the palace and get the Dragon Calling Picture.

Secretly used the method of practicing the "Dragon Elephant Diagram" to study the Jade Bone Diagram, and found that it has the same origin, and the practice method is exactly the same. It can't even be said to be two secret arts, but the method of the Dragon Elephant Diagram, and several more The path, the two can be combined into one, becoming a method with two effects...

Outside the water pavilion is the clear lake and clear water. In the spacious and quiet room, men and women sit opposite each other, and only the chirping of birds and cicadas can be heard:
"Got it—"

"Gee..."

Ye Jingtang holds the golden paper in both hands, and observes carefully. The black robe made of water cloud brocade, paired with thoughtful and stern eyebrows and side face, placed in the environment like ink painting, unexpectedly brings a different kind of dust. Qi.

Dongfang Liren sat upright on the futon, his pair of eyes that were originally heroic looked soft, and he didn't know what he was thinking, but just stared at the man's face, dazed.

Ye Jingtang looked at it for a while, then put down the gold paper:
"This picture is really mysterious, it's completely out of the ordinary, and I can only see a little bit of it."

Dongfang Liren nodded slightly: "You have a good talent, so it shouldn't be difficult to understand, just practice and try."

Ye Jingtang nodded slightly, closed his eyes immediately, and began to practice the Jade Bone Diagram.

But as soon as he closed his eyes, Dongfang Liren showed the look of looking at the 'little idiot', straightened his back, assumed the air of a queen, and said seriously:
"Dragon Crying Picture is not what you practiced. This king teaches you, take care, sit cross-legged, left leg outside, right leg inside..."

Dongfang Liren lightly lifted the hem of the boa robe skirt, sat cross-legged, put his hands on his lower abdomen, and his skirt was straight, causing the already proud fat-headed dragon to become a three-dimensional pattern.

Ye Jingtang practiced the Dragon Calling Figure completely by feeling, without paying attention to the posture, so he followed suit immediately, sitting cross-legged, holding his left hand with his right hand, and closing his eyes.

Dongfang Liren closed her beautiful eyes and commanded unhurriedly:
"Imagine the picture you saw just now, and go with the feeling... um... sense of the picture. Do you have any?"

"Have."

"Okay, follow this king's breath, have a rhythm, and enter the state of Taoism... exhale...breathe..."

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(End of this chapter)