Elaborate on the world of mortals

Chapter 740 Can’t Escape

Facing the dazzling light of lanterns and torches outside the house, Lu Haixian was frightened and sighed as if he was resigned to his fate.

A civil servant over seventy years old neither dared nor had the ability to resist the Forbidden Army, so of course he allowed the Forbidden Army to take him away.

In fact, since the publication of "Four Seas, Mountains and Rivers", Lu Haixian, an insignificant veteran, has frequently received favors and rewards from the emperor, and he has become increasingly uneasy.

Every time Lu Haixian was summoned to the imperial study by the emperor, he would be nervous for a while and would respond carefully every time.

Lu Haixian was afraid that he would be caught, but it was hard to say that he didn't feel a little relieved.

In the Da Nei Tian Prison, Lu Haixian was escorted here and put into a spacious cell alone. The cell was relatively clean, and there was even no shortage of bedding on the bed.

The sound of locking the cell door came. Lu Haixian watched the jailer and the imperial army leave, and sat slumped on the bed in the cell with a heart filled with despair.

The footsteps of the crowd became farther and farther, and Lu Haixian slowly closed his eyes.

Located outside the Tianlao, the prison leader accompanied the leading imperial army to the entrance of the Tianlao, and everyone could guess that there must be additional instructions.

While frowning slightly and thinking, Yu Ziye stepped forward and saluted.

The emperor looked up at Yu Ziye who was bowing, and sighed.

"Ms. sir, don't you think highly of Mr. Lu? Why don't you go to the emperor to beg for mercy?"

"Sir, Mr. Lu has been arrested and imprisoned!"

Yu Ziye glanced at his wife.

Of course, there is a record of escorting the prisoners in, and the cell leader already knows who the arrested person is. At this moment, he looks at the brothers beside him.

Sure enough, when he arrived near the entrance, the leading captain of the imperial army looked at the cell leader and several jailers beside him, and then looked in the direction of the depths of the sky prison before saying.

"No matter how much I care about Lord Lu, I must not go to the emperor at this time. I can only wait for the emperor to come to me. Okay, you women should stop thinking about this matter."

"If you don't say it, don't say it."

At noon that day, news about Lu Haixian's imprisonment began to spread in various official offices of the DPRK and China.

Yu Ziye paused for a moment, then continued to cleanse his face with water. Then he took the cloth handed over by his wife and gently wiped his face before looking at the person coming.

"What hemorrhoids?"

"As time goes by, it will happen sooner or later."

"No, go ahead."

"The emperor's temper is still as eager as ever. I understand, go down."

The prison chief sent him off respectfully from behind. After the imperial guards left, some of the nearby jailers came over.

Seeing that the prison chief agreed, the imperial guards nodded and led the people out of the prison.

"What happened last night probably happened before the fourth watch."

"Boss, we arrested someone at night. Who is this?" "Yes, the surname is Lu. Who is this?"

The emperor came out from behind the case, holding a book in his hand and looking at Yu Ziye.

"Yes."

"What happened?"

Yu Ziye straightened up.

"Master, do you want to prepare the car immediately?"

Yu Ziye said no more, wiped away the water droplets, and allowed his wife to help him tidy up his clothes. His eyes as he looked out the door were unfocused, and his thoughts were obviously not on the scene in front of the door.

"Who? Hehe, do you know that "The Chronicles of Four Seas, Mountains and Rivers" was written by this Master Lu!"

Early the next morning, Yu Ziye had just gotten up to wash up. Before he even raised his head from the washbasin stand, the servant had already hurried out the door.

At about the same time, Yu Ziye was summoned to the imperial study.

"Master Lu inside, you have to take good care of him and don't let him have any accidents. This is the will of the Holy One and there must be no mistakes!"

"Congratulations, sir!"

After Yu Ziye adjusted his condition, he entered the imperial study room and saw that the emperor was still reading the "Records of Mountains and Rivers of the Four Seas". The usual Eunuch Zhao was not there, but Eunuch Li was waiting at the side.

"Your Majesty, Yu Ziye, pays homage to your Majesty!"

Yu Ziye shook his head.

"Ms. sir, you have a few more gray hairs here."

"Oh, it's all in vain."

Yu Ziye nodded and sighed helplessly.

The servant left, but the wife beside Yu Ziye came closer and reached out to touch one side of his temples.

"Yes, yes, the little ones must be well taken care of!"

"Don't you ask why you took him?"

"I heard something."

"Yu Aiqing, there's no need to be polite. Do you know about Lu Haixian's imprisonment?"

Yu Ziye followed the emperor's movements with his eyes and thought for a while.

"Master Lu has been favored by His Majesty before. It seems that he is arrogant because of his favor and is secretly bending the law for personal gain?"

"Hmph, I ordered the imperial army to go directly to get the person."

Yu Ziye looked at the emperor with a frown.

"Is it a crime of treason?"

The emperor looked at Yu Ziye, shook his head, looked at the book in his hand, and suddenly asked Yu Ziye a seemingly irrelevant question.

"Yu Aiqing, do you think there are really immortals in this world?"

Yu Ziye seemed to speak directly without thinking. "Your Majesty, there should be immortals in this world!"

"Oh? Why do you see it?"

The emperor looked at Yu Ziye with some curiosity, and the latter said calmly.

"Not only immortals, but also yin and yang, ghosts and gods are also indispensable. This can also discipline all living beings in the world, making them respect the law and obey the ethics and teachings. Even the most vicious people are somewhat afraid."

Yu Ziye continued speaking in a steady and powerful voice.

"Ritual law, law, law and law, rituals are in the first law, so -called justice and freedom is also this case.

The emperor heard that what Yu Ziye said and what he asked were not the same thing at all, so he replied "should", not "believe".

"In fact, there must be true immortals in this world who can fly to the sky and escape from the earth, who can emerge from Yin and Yang, and who can live forever and look at ease for a long time."

Hearing what the emperor said, Yu Ziye could only smile and asked jokingly.

"I don't know about this humble minister. Your Majesty said so. Could it be that Mr. Lu's matter is related to this?"

No one would dare to say this kind of joking tone to the current emperor, but the emperor smiled and nodded at this moment.

"Ai Qing really got it right."

An expression of astonishment suddenly appeared on Yu Ziye's face. Although he had already made some guesses, his expression at this moment was half true and half false.

"I have also read "Four Seas, Mountains and Rivers". This book uses strange and mysterious things to describe the geography, humanities and mountains, rivers and swamps of the world. There seems to be nothing wrong with it, and there is no hidden meaning in the words. Your Majesty My sage, I never believe that there will be any kind of literary prison!”

Hearing what Yu Ziye said, the emperor smiled and didn't care.

"They say you, Yu Ziye, are smart, but your thoughts are limited to the human world."

As he spoke, the emperor looked in the direction of the open window.

"I sent people to Mingzhou. The things described in "Four Seas, Mountains and Rivers" are not like what Lu Haixian said. They are mostly the dreams and conjectures of myself and my friends."

The emperor's description was also concise. He sent people to Mingzhou, and what they saw and heard somewhat subverted what ordinary people thought.

Although there are many versions of what happened to the Mohist old man in Mingzhou City, it is obvious that the emperor has a clear tendency to believe in something more mysterious.

The dream in the book should be that Lu Haixian and the old man of the Mo family went to Beihai with the immortals, and saw the beautiful scenery that is difficult for ordinary people to see.

The emperor's narration later became more and more excited, and he seemed to need to share his emotions at this moment with others.

"Yu Aiqing, do you know that Mo Yiming, the old man of the Mo family, is still more than a hundred years old? He is still in high spirits and has even invented the dishes that Dragon Palace has tasted. Lu Haixian actually deceived you before. It’s just prevaricating, but it’s actually disloyal!”

Is it the crime of deceiving the emperor?
Yu Ziye could actually refute this, because he knew how Lu Haixian responded to the previous conversation with the emperor. In fact, there was room for maneuver. At least it was definitely not a frontal bullying, it could only be regarded as vague words.

But now the emperor has decided that Yu Ziye will not face the emperor head on.

"It turns out that I have such a narrow-minded vision. It is really unimaginable."

"I can't blame you. Who would have thought that a dream could cross thousands of mountains and rivers in one year and follow the immortals to travel between heaven and earth. Who would have thought."

The emperor's face was somewhat excited.

Yu Ziye nodded and quickly showed doubts on his face. When the emperor also noticed this, he spoke carefully.

"But if the dream really lasted for a year, how could Lu Haixian, as the magistrate of Mingzhou at that time, if something happened to the governor of the first state, not report it?"

As soon as these words came out, the emperor was slightly startled.

"Perhaps you have already reported it, but you just didn't pay attention to it, right?"

Hearing what the emperor said, Yu Ziye shook his head again.

"Wei Chen is deeply favored by the Emperor and has been trusted by the Emperor to serve as an important member of the Ministry of Personnel. I dare not forget His Majesty's grace and teachings for a moment and devote myself to the affairs of the Ministry of Personnel."

"Of course, the minister will also be negligent and may miss some things. For example, it is possible that he did not pay attention to a local document. But if a governor really does not ask about government affairs for a year, the Ministry of Personnel will definitely need to appoint another magistrate to handle it. Yes, this is no longer a trivial matter, but Wei Chen doesn’t remember such a thing happening!”

The emperor frowned.

"Maybe Aiqing forgot? Maybe the local officials concealed the report?"

Yu Ziye nodded.

"It is indeed possible, but I will find out what I have forgotten when I go back and check the files! As for the local government concealing it?"

"Normally, it is advantageous to let local officials temporarily act as magistrates before new officials take office. There may be more complicated reasons. I sincerely request your majesty to issue an order to conduct a thorough investigation of Mingzhou officialdom. I suspect that it may be possible Hiding something big!”

Yu Ziye took the matter to another direction. As long as he ordered a thorough investigation, he would have a way to confuse the matter.

Of course, Mingzhou will inevitably have to sacrifice some people. Yu Ziye doesn't believe that the official pond in Mingzhou's blessed land will be so clear. Some things can be made big and small, and some things can be made small. It's just a matter of time to straighten things out.

But obviously the emperor didn't want to hear this today.

"These officials have their own evaluations and are also supervised by the imperial censor. Yu Aiqing, I would like to ask you, if I intend to seek the blessings of immortality, how to recruit an immortal master is more appropriate."

The emperor's meaning was very clear. He knew that there would be many objections from the courtiers, so he asked Yu Ziye what he thought.

Yu Ziye was not so naive as to think that the emperor was really asking for his opinion. The emperor had basically made up his mind when he said it. He was just asking him for advice, but he seemed a little silent at this time, as if he was thinking.

The emperor looked at Yu Ziye and sighed helplessly.

"My health has been getting worse over the years, and I feel more and more powerless. The imperial doctors in the palace are all mediocre people. Now that I have to hear the news from the immortal, how can I not try it? I don't really want to punish Lu Haixian, I just want him to understand what I mean. He has good intentions, if he is truly a loyal minister, he will naturally do his best for me."

"But if Lu Haixian is unwilling to be loyal, it may be because he is greedy and selfish. It may not be that the immortal is unwilling to obey the emperor's call. What do you think, Ai Qing?"

Yu Ziye looked at the emperor's expression and knew that it would be impossible if he didn't say anything, so he responded.

"Our dynasty has actually canonized some immortal masters throughout its history, and the most famous one among them is the Demon-killing Qitian Master. It is said that the old master appeared when the late emperor was still alive. Si Tianjian should know more about it than I do. "

Yu Ziye didn't want to say anything more, but when the emperor heard this, he smiled and nodded.

"Ai Qing is right! Speaking of Demon-Slaying Qitian Master, when I was still young, I once met him at a great court meeting. He seemed to be over one hundred and twenty years old at that time. He is really a living immortal."

Mentioning the old heavenly master seemed to boost the emperor's confidence and mood.

It's just that when Yu Ziye left the imperial study, his mood was a bit complicated. The emperor's ridiculous thoughts of seeking immortality and medicine were still secondary. Lu Haixian was probably sad about this disaster. After all, he probably couldn't satisfy his majesty.

(End of this chapter)