The same night.
Zhao Yan, who was far away in Jicheng, the capital of Dayan, also had a nightmare.
She dreamed that she was riding a horse and sent Gu Xu to Jingu, and watched him board a merchant ship and sail toward the distance.
However, the merchant ship had just traveled less than a mile when it suddenly caught fire.
The raging fire jumped up from the merchant ship, reflecting the sea surface red, like a sea of fire in hell.
And the ship quickly burned, became limp, and blackened until it turned into ashes.
Only then did she realize that it turned out to be a boat made of paper
She stood on the shore with a dazed expression, stretched out her hand to rub her wet eyes, feeling sad. Like bamboo shoots in the spring rain, it sprouted in her heart and grew vigorously.
After a while, she finally came to her senses.
"There is obviously no one I know on this boat," she thought, "but why am I so sad?"
When she woke up in the morning, the red bloodshot eyes were clearly visible. .
She was in a depressed mood and was too lazy to dress up, so she put on some casual clothes, left the palace, mounted the horse "Big Red", and went to the Fire Temple accompanied by several guards.
Since becoming the monarch of Dayan, she has gone to the Fire Temple to pray every morning.
Seeing her behavior, the citizens of Dayan sighed that the king was worthy of being the reincarnation of a saint, and her pious attitude towards the gods was far beyond ordinary people.
But only Zhao Yan knew that the reason why she went to the Fire Temple every day was just because she wanted to see a certain bastard and pray that he would be safe and sound while searching for the fragments of the magic weapon. Don't lose it easily. Little life.
However, today, when she walked under the statue of the God of Fire, her mind suddenly went blank.
Today’s idols seem to have become very strange.
Its face is as unclear as ever, but for some reason, it lacks some of the familiarity of the past.
Zhao Yan took a deep breath, turned and left the Fire Temple under the surprised gazes of the guards.
At this moment, she felt empty in her heart, as if something important was missing. She thought about it over and over, but she still couldn't figure it out.
As soon as she walked out of the gate of the Fire Temple, a soldier hurried to her and reported to her: "Your Majesty, there is an alchemist from Hedong requesting to see you. He said, King As the leader of the Luoshui Conference, he is impressed by his extraordinary demeanor. He hopes that you can give him a chance to serve you."
It turns out that I was also the leader of the "Luoshui Conference"
Zhao Yandai frowned slightly, thought for a while, and found that this was indeed the case in her memory.
She remembered that when the Luoshui Conference was about to end, she and a Feng Shui master named "Bai Chen" competed for the "Silver Wine".
With a short time difference, she was the first to grab the "Silver Liquor" and was sent to the royal treasury. But "Bai Chen" actually built a space channel and followed her into the inner treasury.
At that time, she discovered that Bai Chen was not actually a real human monk, but the "Ghost Attendant" of the Ghost King of Mangshan.
However, because the Mangshan Ghost King had reached an agreement with her father in advance, it did not attack her. Instead, after obtaining the "Jingshan Bi", the Great Chu State Seal it wanted, it went straight to the emperor. city.
Zhao Yan successfully awakened her bloodline with the help of fragments of "Flint" in the royal family's inner treasury, and obtained the dazzling and powerful fire phoenix wings
The whole thing seemed reasonable. .
But subconsciously, Zhao Yan always felt that something important was missing in this process.
This feeling made her very awkward and uncomfortable.
"Let him wait for me in the main hall," Zhao Yandan ordered after a moment of silence.
"Yes, Your Majesty" the soldier bowed.
This morning, Shangguan Jin rarely had any free time. While the sun was shining brightly and the wind was gentle, I wandered around the streets of Luojing, thinking about using my new salary to buy myself some new rouge, perfume, and jewelry.
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Nowadays, the streets and alleys are plastered with portraits of the bandit "King of Swordsmen" Li Batian.
Every time I see the bearded and ferocious man in the portrait, Shangguan Jin can't help but sigh. This Li Ba is so capable that he actually forced the court to spend a lot of effort to arrest him. Recently. Even the saints and strong men were dispatched.
As she walked, she unknowingly entered an alley that was quiet in the midst of the hustle and bustle.
This alley is called "Goldfish Alley". It is not far from Luohe River. It is surrounded by green trees and the air is fresh and pleasant. Many dignitaries in Luojing City, including Princess Zhaoning and Xin'an County, The king, the prince of Yiyang County, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, etc. all lived nearby.
A family in Goldfish Lane is moving today.
Shangguan Jin recognized that this was the family of Yang Jiong, Yin of Luojing Prefecture. Their moving destination was "No. 22, Goldfish Lane," a house with a black, bright door and a foot-high doorstep.
This mansion felt very familiar to Shangguan Jin.
But after thinking about it, she couldn't remember which acquaintance had lived here.
"Sir Shangguan, long time no see"
At this moment, Yang Jiong, the fat Yin of Luojing Prefecture, walked up to him with a smile on his face and greeted him enthusiastically. Say hello to Guan Jin.
The Luojing Prefecture Yin is a fourth-grade official, and the exorcist doctor is a fifth-grade official. In terms of official rank alone, Yang Jiong is one rank higher than Shangguan Jin.
But in the Daqi Dynasty, practitioners had a transcendent status, and Shangguan Jin was still working beside Luo Chuan, the head of the exorcism department. Her words and deeds may very well represent the thoughts of the head of the exorcism department.
So in front of her, Yang Jiong, a mortal, behaved respectfully.Words of respect and flattery are like a torrent of river water, not a single word is the same.
Shangguan Jin pondered for a moment and raised his doubts: "Mr. Yang, from whom did you buy this mansion?"
"It was a reward from the imperial court. Mine," Yang Jiong said proudly after hearing her words, "a few days ago, I uncovered a few of Li Batian's men hiding in the dark near Luojing and destroyed their secret stronghold. The imperial court wanted to reward him. Thanks to my efforts, this house was given to me."
"What about before that?" Shangguan Jin frowned and then asked, "Has anyone else lived here before?"
"Before," Yang Jiong touched his chin and tried hard to search for the answer in his memory, "Oh, I remembered it. This place originally belonged to Lou Licheng, the former minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but he was punished for corruption, perverting the law and accepting bribes. The imperial court dismissed officials and ransacked their homes."
Shangguan Jin thought for a moment and remembered that a corrupt official named Lou Licheng was indeed punished by the imperial court not long ago.
But in her mind, the man's face was unclear.
She couldn’t even remember the person’s age, place of origin, which year he was admitted as a Jinshi, and what official positions he had held
This was for Shangguan Jin who was well versed in official affairs. , is undoubtedly something very wrong.
But after a few seconds, her memory suddenly became clear.
She remembered that Lou Licheng was a grey-haired old man from Qinzhou Prefecture. He had obtained academic status more than thirty years ago. His wife died young and his son died young. Last winter, he was dismissed from office by the court for corruption and was exiled to the south. Xinjiang, but died on the road due to poor health,,