The Heavens Begin with Detective Di Renjie

Chapter 99

There are three halls in Chang'an Daming Palace: Hanyuan Hall, Xuanzheng Hall, and Zichen Hall, which are used for the outer court, middle court and inner court respectively.

By analogy, the purpose of the three-story hall is roughly equivalent to the office hall, reception room, and study room.

The Zichen Hall located in the innermost layer is the emperor's private residence, which is divided into the front hall and the inner hall.

The front hall is equivalent to a study room, where it is used to review memorials and deal with government affairs, and is sometimes used for reading and studying.

As for the back hall, it is a place to rest completely, and occasionally receive confidants.

This is not a court hall, so there is no guard of honor, only a few servants are waiting inside and outside the hall.

And Shen Youzhi, the Ninth Five-Year Honorable, was resting on the jade bed in the hall at this time.

Since taking the throne for more than a year, this is one of the rare moments when he can fully relax.

Just as Shen Youzhi was taking a nap, a series of light footsteps suddenly came from outside the hall, and a dignified and beautiful lady came slowly.

The beauty's face is like nephrite jade, her cheeks are like peach blossoms, her snowy forehead is lightly painted with plum blossoms, her red lips are lightly dotted with peony sand, her willow eyebrows are curved like autumn water, and her nose is protruding like winter mountains.

Wearing a seven-color agate flower tree hairpin, wearing a long-sleeved red shirt with auspicious clouds, and a gold silk bird-tailed skirt, she has a graceful figure, a graceful posture, and graceful gestures.

"Empress Empress."

The servant subconsciously wanted to report, but also thought that the emperor was taking a nap in the palace, so he didn't dare to disturb him loudly.

"You go down first."

"Yes." The servant immediately took the order and retreated.

The sleepy emperor slowly opened his eyes, looked at the pretty lady who was slowly walking forward, and said softly, "Why are you here?"

His physique has already been extraordinary and refined, even the sound of the silver needle falling to the ground can be heard, not to mention the sound of footsteps coming and going.

"I heard that His Majesty has been busy with government affairs for days and nights, and my concubine is concerned, so I came to bring some calming tea to His Majesty."

Empress Cui slowly sat on the edge of the jade bed, and pressed Shen Youzhi's shoulders and neck with her snow-white and slender soft hair to relieve fatigue.

She is the person who knows Shen Youzhi's work schedule best, so she is naturally shocked by the day and night schedule.

At the same time, she was also amazed by Shen Youzhi's strong physique, not to mention dealing with government affairs every day, and even in bed
Thinking about the bed curtain, Empress Cui suddenly felt her cheeks warm up, and her pink cheeks became even more rosy.

"You can leave it to the waiter to deliver tea." Shen Youzhi rested his head on the beautiful woman's warm and plump thigh, and said slowly: "You are just pregnant, and the fetal gas is not yet stable, so don't overwork. "

Although she has not yet shown her pregnancy, Empress Cui actually harbors a dragon species in her belly.

"What are you talking about, Your Majesty." Empress Cui smiled softly, and said softly, "Compared to your Majesty's long-cherished and night-sleeping handling of government affairs, a concubine delivering a cup of tea to His Majesty is not considered hard work."

Although it has been less than a year since they met and got married, their relationship is extremely harmonious.

Empress Cui came from a family background, and she has the bearing of a "mother's world" in both knowledge and ethics.

Although there may not be love between the two, Shen Youzhi is not a person who is obsessed with love.

For him, love is at best a spice of life, dispensable.

A dignified, caring and considerate person like Empress Cui fits his requirements for the other half very well.

Raising eyebrows together, Qinse and singing, such a relationship between husband and wife is comfortable and worry-free.

What's more, love is something that can be cultivated.

Fall in love at first sight or something, most of the time it's just love at first sight, and it's normal to fall in love with each other over time.

"After finishing the Tianshou Festival next month, I will be free."

Shen Youzhi felt the comfort of gentle Rou Yi gently pinching his shoulder blades, and said slowly.

The personnel handover of the various ministries of the imperial court has been basically completed, and now they can almost operate independently, and the hearts of the people are stable and stable, so his workload in the future will naturally be reduced a lot.

"Speaking of the Tianshou Festival," Empress Cui said softly, "I heard that all the envoys from various countries have arrived in Chang'an, and there are many strange people who have come here admiringly.

There are a lot of interesting things on Chang'an Avenue all of a sudden. "

"Oh? What's there?" Shen Youzhi asked with a smile.

"There is a giant beast from Siam. It is said that its nose is several feet long, and its body is several feet high and weighs more than a thousand catties." Empress Cui thought and said, "The most amazing thing is that it can understand human speech. Dance with people."

"There are also snake catchers from Tianzhu who can control poisonous snakes with rhythm and make them behave like babies."

"The Zoroastrians from Persia, who can breathe fire from their mouths and burn flames in their palms"

Shen Youzhi rested on Empress Cui's lap, quietly listening to her talk about those "strange people and strange men" who gathered in Chang'an.

"That's right." Empress Cui seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly said with great interest: "Speaking of Tianzhu people, I heard that a high-ranking monk from Tianzhu called 'Shan Wuwei' came to Chang'an recently.

It is said that he has cultivated the body of an Arhat who is indestructible as a diamond. He is not hurt by swords, water and fire, and is quite magical. "

When Shen Youzhi heard the name "Shanwuwei", his brows slightly raised.

This person has quite a history, which is recorded in both old and new Tang books: he was born in the Uda Kingdom of Tianzhu, and he was the uncle of Shi Zun and a descendant of King Ganlufan.

And the reason why he was able to be included in the Two Tang Books is because he created the "Tang Mi" school and was the first of the three great scholars of Kaiyuan.

Moreover, the records about him in the Quan Tang Book are quite mysterious, not like a historical biography at all, but like a legend of ghosts.

It is recorded in "New Tang Book·Zhi·Volume 26":

Among the Tianbao, there is a giant snake in Luoyang, more than Zhang high and a hundred feet long, coming out of the foot of Mang Mountain.

Monk Hu fearlessly saw it and said: "This is to eliminate the water stagnation in Luocheng."

That is to say, he cursed it with the method of Tianzhu, and the snake died in a few days.

It is said that during the Tianbao period, a giant snake more than three meters high and more than 15 meters long appeared in Mangshan Mountain, Luoyang.

The giant snake wanted to flood the city of Luoyang with the water of the Luo River, but after being seen by Shan Wuwei, he cursed the giant snake to death with the Tianzhu method.

Leaving aside the "Tianzhu method" of cursing and killing giant snakes, just the size of the giant snake is already very mysterious.

It is 15 meters long and more than three meters high, which is more than twice the size of the Titanoboa, which became extinct tens of millions of years ago!

Some people also believe that the giant snake that floods Luocheng is the prototype of the white lady who floods Jinshan in "Legend of the White Snake".

"Swords don't hurt, water and fire don't invade. This is a great skill." Shen Youzhi murmured.

Shan Wuwei, as the founding patriarch of the Tantric School, must have intensively practiced the Tantric Body Refining Method, and it is not impossible to cultivate into a vajra body.

In Shen Youzhi's view, this kung fu is similar to hard kung fu such as golden bell jars and iron cloth shirts. The physical body is stimulated by continuous hammering, and finally it is transformed and hardened, reaching the point where it is not afraid of sharp objects.

Those who can practice this kind of kung fu must be those with strong will, such as Tantric ascetics like Shan Wuwei.

However, this kind of kung fu is often stronger than the outside and neglects the inside. It looks like a diamond on the outside, but the inner organs are hidden dangers due to excessive overdrawing.

"If your majesty is interested, you might as well invite him here to see if he is really as powerful as the legend says." Seeing that Shen Youzhi was thinking, Empress Cui suggested.

Just at this moment, a servant came in hurriedly, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, Master Lingxu of Shangqing has arrived."

(End of this chapter)