Chapter 185 Outside Luo City (Third update)
The palace door opened inward, and the eunuch in purple bowed and walked into the palace with small steps.
The palace door closed again behind him.
The entire hall was even hotter than the outside, because it was filled with the strong smell of incense, and a large amount of spices were burning in the hall, making the entire palace feel like a furnace.
The palace is covered with hanging curtains, which separate the spaces in the palace, and the floor is made of gold bricks that can almost make out human figures - these are not real gold bricks, but palaces specially fired for the royal family. Bricks are used, each piece is two feet square, smooth and dense, and is said to be silent when knocked and broken without holes. The production process of each gold brick often takes more than a year, and its price is also very precious.
Because even in the entire Forbidden City, not all places were covered with such precious gold bricks. Only the places where the emperor lived and walked would have such luxurious paving.
The gold bricks under his feet reflected the figure of the eunuch in purple. He bowed in cat steps and walked on the gold bricks without making any sound. He really looked like a cat.
At the end of the palace, you can only see a throne covered with flowers and grass. A long curtain is pulled out from the top of the palace, wrapping the entire throne. An illusory figure is sitting in the throne meditating. I saw him as tall and thin as a crane, with an air of immortality.
The eunuch came ten steps away from the throne and threw himself to the ground first: "Young Yuan Chong, I have seen Emperor Wanshou."
On the throne, the old man in the curtains closed his eyes and adjusted his breathing, sitting cross-legged on a futon of flowers and plants. He went up, without opening his eyes: "Why are you so anxious to see me?" "
Let me tell you, Master, Long Live Lord, I know that you are cultivating as an immortal, but Zhou Dunru in Luo City handed you a note..." "
I handed you a note. It should be under the control of the cabinet, why did you come to me?" The old man on the throne said calmly.
"It's not that I want to disturb the master's Qing Dynasty rashly, but the content in this document is not suitable for submission to the cabinet for approval." Yuan Chong knelt on the ground and said.
"Get up." The old man still didn't open his eyes: "Since it is not suitable for the cabinet vote, it is not a matter for the court." "
Exactly, Zhou Dunru took the bait and claimed that there were hive thieves in Luo City, but Luo City did not have enough force. , is not enough to subdue these thieves, so I beg my master to send a few experts to catch all these rebellious officials and traitors." "
Beehive?" The old man pondered these two words: "Is it the same beehive that assassinated the Minister of Household Affairs at the end of last year?"
"Master Mingjian, that's right." Yuan Chong nodded in agreement.
"How many months has it been?" The old man opened his eyes: "Half a year!"
His voice was filled with anger, and Yuan Chong knelt on the ground with a plop.
Trembling.
"Master, please take care of the dragon body." He knelt on the ground and begged.
"It's been half a year. I asked you to investigate. You haven't uprooted the beehive yet. Instead, you asked Zhou Dunru, the governor of Luo City, to read my joke!" The old man Ji sat on the throne and looked coldly at Yuan in front of him. Chong: "You are in charge of Dongchang, and Tanichuan is in charge of Beizhen Fusi." "
I have given you three months to eliminate all evil and uproot it without leaving any future troubles." "
Now three months and three months . , more than six months have passed, and you are now telling me that instead of being seriously injured, the Beehive can actually make waves in Luo City." "
Can I think that after Xue Ping's death, you guys will become complete losers? A loser?"
Yuan Chong knelt on the ground, not daring to say a word.
He could only plead: "Your Majesty."
The old man sat on the throne for a moment, and then said coldly: "Palm mouth."
Yuan Chong kowtowed: "Thank you, Lord Long Live, for the gift."
Saying this, he knelt on the ground and opened his bow left and right. The sound was clear and clear, and the slaps came one after another without slowing down. His face slowly began to swell, and the old man spoke from behind the curtain: "That's enough." "What are you going to do next?" The old man
said Then asked.
"Subordinate, I will personally lead the team there and uproot the hives around Luo City!" Yuan Chong said coldly.
The old man stared at him coldly, noncommittal.
"Is it necessary?" He said quietly: "You, a eunuch in charge of the East Factory, left Yanjing for such a trivial matter?" "
Then..." Yuan Chong hesitated.
"Let Lu Yuan lead the team there." The old man said calmly: "And tell him that after the matter is settled this time, I will let him be the commander of the Jinyi Guards." "Yes, I remember it, little one."
Yuan Chong said tremblingly said.
"Go down." The old man said coldly: "You disturbed my practice. I have to practice for another seven, seven and forty-nine days before I can achieve the Dharma." "Yes, yes."
Yuan Chong knelt and moved back. After exiting the main hall door, he stood up and took small steps, leaving the smoky and stuffy main hall.
The boots were filled with sweat.
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In Bianliang City, the West Lake courtyard.
In the room deep in the small building, the night pearls placed on the walls and overhead gave off a faint light.
Although it is not as bright as a candle, it is enough for people in this room to see each other clearly.
There is only one huge round table.
There are people sitting at the head of the round table and people sitting around it.
But there were only four people in the whole room who were qualified to sit.
The rest of the people were standing around.
"The mission to assassinate Shang Jiuge has been cancelled."
The person sitting at the front could only see a silhouette, and the voice sounded that of a rather young woman.
The people sitting around didn't raise any questions, but the people standing around felt some slight throbbing.
"Who made the decision?" someone standing asked.
"Of course he is the one qualified to make the decision." The woman with her head straightened said calmly.
"This matter is just a notification, not a discussion."
"The second thing we want to discuss is." She looked at everyone, and then continued: "About He Ping."
Hearing the name, everyone There was a moment of slight suffocation.
"He Ping submitted her new assassin application list to the organization just a few hours ago."
As soon as this was said, there was a slight whisper below.
"Does this need to be discussed?"
"On such an occasion?"
"Is He Ping still alive?"
"Are you making a fuss out of a molehill?"
Amid such questioning, the woman smiled.
"He Ping has put forward a total of four candidate lists this time."
"I only need to read it, and you will know why you are here for this meeting." "
The first list: Scheduled to be Carpenter Bee Feng Zhen, Huashan Shang Jiuge."
"Second list: Scheduled to be Carpenter Bee Wings, Shanxi Sheng Junqian."
"The third list is scheduled to be Carpenter Bee Sting, Western Region Hei Wu." "The
fourth list is scheduled to be Carpenter Bee Wing, Western Region Ningxia."
The woman spit out these names one by one, and every time she read a name, she There was silence for a moment, and when all four names were read out, there was only a faint sound of breathing in the whole room.
"So this is the reason why Shang Jiuge was removed from the assassination list?" the man sitting opposite the woman asked in a low voice.
The woman showed a faint smile.
"Exactly."
ps: The next two updates will be posted together, and the fifth update will be late but arriving.
Also, transitional chapters are so difficult to write!
(End of chapter)