With magical powers, I can quietly meditate on sutras for hundreds of years and become an immortal.

Chapter 45 Your Majesty, you passed
  The sun is scorching and the water vapor is rising.

After a heavy rain, the capital city fell into an unspeakable chill.

The section of the Yongji River close to the palace has been blocked by the government.

Countless ordinary people are mourning and just want to find the bones of their children.

He was driven away and beaten by the government officials.

Some upright officials couldn't bear it.

At great risk, I submitted a letter requesting a thorough investigation into the matter.

However, it didn't take long.

This official died suddenly at home due to illness.

At the same time, the emperor's oral instructions came from the palace.

No one is allowed to discuss this matter again. If anyone is discovered, he will be killed without mercy!

And announce the results of the government investigation to the outside world.

The corpses of children in the Yongji River all accidentally fell into the river and drowned while playing.

All the kidnappings and killings are nothing but fiction.

The government quickly closed the case, bringing a final conclusion to this sensational case.

but.

The world is so long that it is difficult to stop everyone's mouth.

Countless families of the victims are crying out for injustice and striving for accountability.

The entire streets and alleys of the capital were also discussing this matter.

But what greeted them.

But it was the arrest and bloody killing by the palace secret guards.

For a time, everyone in the entire capital was in danger.

It was as if there was an invisible cloud.

shrouded in the sky above the heads of countless people.

Chuixiang Tower.

He always has an expression as calm as water, unmoved by external objects.

At this time, there was also a hint of sadness on his face.

"Boom, boom, boom."

Knock gently on the open wooden door.

She turned her back to her, staring out the window at Li Zhen where the misty palace was.

He said softly, not daring to disturb:

"Taoist Priest, Eunuch Chen and Taoist Priest Tian have been waiting outside for a long time and want to see you."

"This is the third time they have visited us in the past few days."

"not see."

Li Zhen didn't look back.

Even his body sitting cross-legged did not move.

Only a cold, distant word came.

"it is good."

A look of certainty flashed across Ziran's face.

Without asking any more questions, he turned around and went downstairs.

Outside Chuixiang Tower.

Eunuch Chen and Taoist Tian stood with their hands tied.

The two looked grave and said nothing.

The atmosphere was somewhat inexplicably stagnant.

"Eunuch Chen, Taoist Master Tian, ​​I have kept you two waiting for a long time, but"

"I still want to apologize, the Taoist priest doesn't want to see you two."

Naturally, he made a seal with his hands and saluted the two people in front of him.

Swirling around, as if afraid that the two of them would still be entangled.

A hint of disgust flashed across his cold face, and he continued:
  "The Taoist Master still said what he said before."

"He knows why you two are here, but he is just an ordinary bookkeeper."

"There are many people like him throughout the entire Zhou Dynasty."

"His duty is just to take good care of the books in this room and prevent them from rotting and getting moldy."

"But if it's forced, from the perspective of a bystander, he wants you two to give that person a message: What he did this time was passed!"

After saying this, he naturally turned around openly.

Thank you behind closed doors.

Only two were left behind.

In the current big week, it can be said that people in high positions are looking at each other.

There was a hint of helplessness in his eyes.

The two of them had no intention of lingering in front of the door and turned around to go down the mountain.

But on the way down the mountain, Taoist Tian sighed and said:

"I used to think that my nephew was as stupid as his inexperienced master."

"Day by day, I just meditate and watch sutras."

"But looking back now, it turns out that he was the one who saw the most clearly."

Eunuch Chen said nothing and just nodded.

But in my heart, there are some different views.

Daochang Li sees everything clearly and lives freely.

It has something to do with his character of not fighting or fighting against the world.

However, it is also closely related to his innate strength in martial arts!
  Otherwise, as far as this matter is concerned.

Why did the emperor let them come to Chuixiang Tower? Isn't it just to appease and stabilize this innate strong man of the Great Zhou Dynasty?

But now it seems that His Majesty may be disappointed again.

The thoughts in my mind disappeared in a flash.

I heard Taoist Tian suddenly say again:
  "If this mission fails, Your Majesty will definitely be angry with you and me."

"I have thought it over carefully and will take this opportunity to resign to His Majesty."

"Thinking about my mediocre past decades, suddenly looking back, my fame, fortune, and wealth are gone like smoke, and they are all in vain in the blink of an eye."

"Now, it's time to go back."

"Three huts, bells in the morning and drums in the evening, sunrise and sunset."

Suddenly it stops.

Eunuch Chen noticed that the sadness on Taoist Tian's face had disappeared.

Although there is still some visible fatigue, he is completely different from before.

Smiling slightly, she saluted him.

Turn around and take long strides.

Sing loudly:

"Xiongguan Mandao is really like iron, and now I'm stepping over it from the beginning."

"Overcoming from the beginning"

"Now that father-in-law is here."

"Why bother hiding!"

The second floor of Chuixiang Building.

Watching Taoist Tian and the two go away, Li Zhen suddenly spoke.

Youyou said to the empty place behind you.

"As we get older, we really can't keep up with the progress of young people like you."

After the words fell, a thin and old figure appeared.

Slowly walked out from the shadow behind the bookshelf.

"But in just a few years, your strength has reached a point where even the Zanzha family can't see clearly."

"The next generation is to be feared, the next generation is to be feared!"

There was some emotion in his tone, as if the old eunuch regarded this place as his own home.

He sat opposite Li Zhen without any courtesy.

Blocked his distant view.

His gaze retracted and fell on the wrinkled face.

Li Zhen suddenly sighed.

Lifting the pot to add tea, I felt a little confused:
  "My father-in-law is so old, why don't you take care of yourself in the palace?"

"Why do you still want to go out into this muddy water?"

"What about you? Do you have to kill him?"

The old eunuch smiled and asked.

Li Zhen's hand holding the pot paused.

He raised his head and looked directly at the guardian of the palace in front of him.

Word by word, he said extremely seriously:
  "I don't care about anything Chief Zhao does, because it has nothing to do with me."

"But this time, he really went too far!"

The old eunuch frowned slightly:

"But he is the emperor!"

"Yes, just because he is the emperor."

"It would be even more unforgivable to do something like this."

Li Zhen didn't give in at all.

"There is no room for relaxation?"

"Absolutely nothing."

The old eunuch nodded, his expression suddenly relaxed.

He leaned relaxedly on the seat and said slowly:

"Actually, you should also know about his physical condition."

"Even if you don't do anything, he won't live long."

This time it was Li Zhen's turn to frown, wondering what he meant.

"For the sake of the Za family, can you let him go temporarily?"

"The Rong Za family will accompany him on this last journey and be buried with Da Zhou."

"Can you just treat it as an old man's last wish before you die?"

Looking at the old eunuch's smiling face, Li Zhen was a little puzzled.

But after hesitating for a long time, he finally nodded slowly:

"But he needs to admit his mistake and let those parents collect the bones of the victims."

"nature."

The old eunuch readily agreed and said inexplicably:

"Back then, Zajia was just an ordinary kid from a poor family."

"It's a pity, everything can't be reversed."

He slowly closed his eyes.

Under the light of the setting sun, there was an old face with a slight smile.

It's so similar, one misses relatives and hometown.

A wanderer who can never go back.

(End of this chapter)