Chapter 24

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date="2021-02-07"

title="Chapter 24 "

weight="127264"

series = ["Tianbao Fuyao Lu"]

mode = "manual"

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This night Hongjun had another nightmare.

In the dream, Du Hanqing's whole body was on fire and was burning. His skin was cracked and blood burst out, revealing bloody fox fur under the skin. The painful fox was struggling hard from the human body, dragging blood. The sizzling fat wailed fiercely.

"Ah--!" Hongjun sat up abruptly.

"Hongjun?" Morigen's voice sounded outside the room, he walked in quickly and put one hand on the forehead of Hongjun who was about to collapse.

Hongjun breathed softly. This was already the second nightmare he had. He struggled to sit up, panting, and calmed down, looking at Morigen.

"The night when White Deer left." Morigen whispered, "The nightmare of the grassland is raging everywhere, howling."

He poured a glass of water for Hongjun, and muttered a few spells silently on the tea bowl. Hongjun took it. After drinking it, he felt a little calmer.

"What do you mean?" Hongjun asked.

"Chang Lang guards the day and the white deer guards the long night." Morigen said, "There is a legend in our hometown. When the white deer disappears in the dark, the children who leave home will have nightmares... Do you miss home?"

"A little bit." Hongjun nodded.

Morigen patted Hongjun on the shoulder and smiled: "When people grow up, they will always leave home."

"Yes." Hongjun said in a low voice, and nodded gratefully to Morigen. After drinking the bowl of water, he felt much better and lay down again. This time, he fell asleep quickly.

Early the next morning, Hongjun was the first to wake up. When he was squatting by the well and brushing his teeth, the carp demon learned of what happened last night, and he persuaded: "What do you care about that monster? No one can care about anything that is not a relative. Coming."

Hongjun wiped his mouth clean, pondered for a moment, and replied, "Actually, I am also a demon, right? One day, Chang Shi will know."

"You are not the same as the foxes." said the carp monster. "Chang Shi didn't dislike me. It's the foxes who didn't take refuge in your father and asked for them. What's more, what you usually eat is not what you eat. When eating meat I never saw you saying that all beings are equal."

"That's different." Hongjun said, "If you don't eat meat, it's compassion; eating meat is to save them from the sea of suffering, Qingxiong said."

"Long history is early." Qiu Yongsi and Li Jinglong were greeted by Qiu Yongsi and Li Jinglong. Hongjun and the carp demon immediately stopped talking. At this moment Morigen just came in from outside, and Li Jinglong said: "It's done?"

Morigen nodded, and Hongjun asked, "What did you do so early?"

Morigen smiled mysteriously and made a "hush" gesture, indicating that you will know later.

But Li Jinglong said: "This time I only heard the phrase of being compassionate. Let's have breakfast first and change clothes after eating."

The big things will become insignificant after a sleep. The grudge in Hongjun's heart last night has long since disappeared. When facing Li Jinglong, he was somewhat uncomfortable. But Li Jinglong just glanced at him and ordered everyone to change official uniforms.

The cloth of the official costume of the Exorcist was bestowed by the emperor and concubine Yang. The fine dark blue material, with snow-white lining and sleeved martial arts robes, looks wide at the shoulders and narrow in the waist. It is different from the broad robes of civil servants. The bottom is nine minutes long, exposing jet black military boots, which is convenient for fighting and more when taking steps. With mighty air.

Everyone stood in front of the mirror, arguing one by one, and it turned out that they depended on their clothes, and everyone looked very upright and handsome. Even Qiu Yongsi, who is accustomed to wearing scholar robes, is full of heroic spirit in this official uniform. Among the five, Hongjun is the best looking. Ever since he arrived in Chang'an, Hongjun has been accustomed to wearing coarse cloth robes with sleeves. His upper body is pale and the lower body is washed blue. He looks like a peasant boy, and he can't handle it with ordinary people. However, Hongjun is born with a good foundation, and he just wears the feeling of a young man. Now that he has changed into luxurious fabrics, it is really impossible to look directly at it, quite like Wang Xie's children.

"The neck is a little bit..."

As a result, Hongjun revealed everything when he spoke.

Li Jinglong had to go forward to help him pull a point and said: "I forgot the collar."

Before, Li Jinglong specially asked the tailor to come here once, and worked overtime to rush the production. Hongjun was not there at that time, and now the clothes are very intimate. Hongjun can't help but feel a little strange. He asked, "No one has measured it for me."

Li Jinglong was a little embarrassed, coughed, and said to everyone: "Look, I'll say it's appropriate."

"Chang Shi's vision is really powerful." Morigen gave a thumbs up.

Hongjun looked at Li Jinglong suspiciously and asked, "How do you know my size?"

"Okay don't ask..." Li Jinglong handed Hongjun a shrunken bathrobe-like dress, pointed outside the room, and said, "You are thin, and I will make the rest of the fabric again."

"Zhao Zilong——!" Hongjun shouted suddenly, holding the little bathrobe.

"What is it?" Zhao Zilong rushed over. It was the first time it had been wearing clothes after having lived for so many years. When he saw that Li Jinglong hadn't forgotten himself, he cheered immediately, took the bathrobe and spread it on the ground, with a hairy leg inside. Stretch. After putting on the bathrobe, he tightened his belt, and the back just covered the tail. Li Jinglong gave it a small satchel to carry it on its back, presumably it was used to hold Lihun pollen.

Everyone couldn't help laughing, and the carp demon said again, "Let me see..." So he couldn't help jumping in front of the full-length mirror.

Li Jinglong said: "Everyone will act together today. This is a day that is related to life and death. Don't use it indiscriminately."

Everyone responded, bringing weapons and preparing to go out. Hongjun couldn't help but pounding. He remembered what Li Jinglong said that night, "If the exorcism is safe," he seemed to understand something. When I look at Li Jinglong again, Li Jinglong Glancing at him, with a faint smile, as if comforting him: Don't worry, everything will be fine.

In the early morning, the Lishan cloud waterfall poured down, soaking the clothes of the climbers. On the side of the carriageway, the guard of the Shenwu Army hurriedly said: "General! Please get in the car!"

Feng Changqing leaned on crutches, struggling to ascend Lishan step by step, walked towards the Palace of the Emperor, waved his hand and said, "It's not in the way. Are you looking down on the general?"

The soldiers had no choice but to talk, watching Feng Changqing walk along the official road, rickety. Feng Changqing's parents died since childhood, and his grandfather was framed by Li Linfu and then exiled in Anxi. He was in exile all his life. He was a man of grace and a disabled body. However, he showed his amazing talents under Gao Xianzhi's command, breaking the small and big rules one after another In 13 years, he has become a fierce player comparable to Geshu Han and other veterans.

Feng Changqing has won many battles, and he has almost no plan to deal with the war in the Western Regions. Everyone laughed at Li Jinglong, but never dared to laugh at this weak and thin Feng Changqing, the man who ruled the army, and his words naturally carried the power of not anger and prestige.

Although Feng Changqing was idle in Beijing, he presented a memorial of nearly 10,000 characters to Li Longji on the day his class returned to the imperial court. He demanded that the frontier fields be rectified, treated with gentleness, and let the expeditionary soldiers go home. Therefore, it has a high reputation in the military attache camp and the army.

The eunuch hurried into the Huaqing Palace with a foggy body. At that time, Li Longji was sleeping soundly with Yang Yuhuan in his arms. The eunuch did not dare to shout, and he was afraid that Feng Changqing rushed in with a cane.

The eunuch opened his mouth, afraid to make a sound, and was extremely anxious.

"Just say something, don't hesitate."

Li Longji's voice came from the tent, but he woke up.

"What time is it?" Yang Yuhuan asked lazily.

"General Feng Chang Qing Feng, waiting outside, saying that there are a hundred thousand urgent matters, and he must report to your Majesty..."

When he heard this, Li Longji sat up straight in an instant, and muttered: "Something happened again? Shouldn't it, isn't Chang Qing not sent yet? Could it be that the Ministry of War asked him to come?"

"Is it military?" Li Longji thought for a while and asked, "Where is Guozhong? Why not go to Guozhong first?"

The eunuch said: "Said it is closely related to Great Tang's national fortune..."

"What is this?" Li Longji waved impatiently and said, "Tell him, I know. When did he come?"

"I went to the foot of the mountain at the second shift last night and walked up step by step." The eunuch replied.

Yang Yuhuan said: "General Feng has inconvenient legs and feet, why did he come up? Your Majesty."

Li Longji was helpless, wrapped his dragon robe, and walked out of the sleeping hall with a disheveled hair.

In the side hall, Feng Changqing leaned on a crutches, and couldn't help gasping, staring at Li Longji with a solemn face.

"Don't worry." Li Longji comforted, "Give a seat, give General Feng a sip of water, and speak slowly."

Feng Changqing couldn't help shaking and looked up at Li Longji.

Li Longji is getting old. Although he usually has a good appearance, he will inevitably show aging after he is over 60. Feng Changqing was not as early as his ears, but he looked a little older than Li Longji.

"Today the minister climbed this Lishan Mountain..." Feng Changqing took the cloth towel handed by the eunuch, wiped his sweat, and panted, "I don't know why, I think of your Majesty... back then."

"Which year's heroic appearance?" Li Longji laughed instead.

Feng Changqing looked at Li Longji and said, "The first year of Tang Long, the year before Lingyan Pavilion."

Li Longji got up early in the morning and heard that Feng Changqing was recounting the old with himself. He immediately laughed and laughed. However, his long-term emperor's instinct also told him that he opened his mouth and recounted the old things first.

"If it weren't for you, I almost forgot." Li Longji smiled, took the ginseng soup from the eunuch, took a sip, and said, "Well, bring Chang Qing a bowl."

That year, Li Xianfu and Ge Fushun strategized against the Yulin army and killed the empress Wei who wanted to imitate Wu Zhao and became emperor. Li Longji and Princess Taiping met at Her Excellency Ling Yan, swearing to defend the Li family, entered the court, killed Princess Anle, Wu Yanxiu, and Shangguan Wan'er, and took back the Li family.

The past seemed like a lifetime, but when he heard Feng Changqing mentioning the old thing again, Li Longji still couldn't help but think of his passion.

"There is still the first year of Kaiyuan." Feng Changqing said again.

If you remember correctly, that was the year when Li Longji launched another coup and killed Princess Taiping. Since then, a prosperous era of Great Tang has officially kicked off.

"Chang Qing, you have to know that today's peaceful and prosperous age," Li Longji said, "it is the blessing of the common people. It is a good thing that I can use this knife without it."

Li Longji heard some hints from Chang Qing, and he also responded with hints—no matter what happened, he didn't want great turbulence in the court.

"Your Majesty Shengming." Feng Changqing replied immediately, "Chang Qing thought about your Majesty, but couldn't help thinking about herself."

Li Longji frowned slightly.

Feng Changqing asked: "Chang Qing only knows that since he entered the account of General Gao Xianzhi, in the past few years, have military affairs concealed the imperial court?"

"No." Li Longji replied, "It's a lot to expose others' lies."

"In these years, has Chang Qing ever deceived your majesty?" Feng Changqing asked again.

"In the whole world, you are the only one who speaks the truth regardless of the occasion." Li Longji's tone, with unquestionable majesty, "Although it is not acceptable, it is the one who never lied. What happened to Changan ?"

Li Longji was also a ruthless character when he was young. Although he has been indulging in gentleness in these years, his mind is still sober in the face of the big things.

Feng Changqing raised a hand, trembling, pointed to his neck, and replied: "If Chang Qing has any false words today, please take the head of my item. Chang Qing has no complaints."

Li Longji frowned, not knowing what medicine Feng Changqing sold in the gourd, and finally said, "Say."

Three rods in the day, the "dang-dang-dang" in the north city imperial examination room "dang-dang-dang -" one after another, nearly two thousand five hundred students accepted a body search, filed in, looking at it, all were private wing rooms, wing rooms lined up. The corridors are connected, and the doors are marked with zodiac signs.

The students searched outside, received the license, and waited at the door of the wing. The examiner passed by and checked the card and body again. The examinee hung the card at the door. After entering, the examiner affixed a seal. Ten rows of wing rooms, one for each row Hundreds of rooms, after the room was sealed, the huge examination room was extremely silent.

Each wing is completely closed, with a light-transmitting window opened, and the servants deliver meals and pick up urine and urine. Candidates have to stay in this room for three full days.

In the warehouse, everyone dragged the sleeping servants to the corner, putting on servant clothes outside the official uniform, and Li Jinglong whispered: "Go ahead."

After the carp demon hid in the water tank, he began to divide the powder, and everyone left separately.

Hongjun lowered his head, walked quickly along the corridor, passing by a wing, then glanced sideways, looking for the marks Qiu Yongsi had made earlier-cuffs, robe plackets and other places. Whenever one is found, another mark is lightly carved on the door frame with a flying knife.

Ah Tai also lowered his head, passing by each door, pretending to look inadvertently.

"Hey."

Ah Tai was spotted by the examiner when he was walking through the corridor.

The examiner beckoned: "Come here."

Ah Tai walked over and the examiner was about to ask why a servant was looking around outside the examinee's room, but there was a hand behind him, pulling at the corner of his robe.

Examiner: "?"

The examiner was about to look back, when the carp demon suddenly raised his hand and sprinkled it, shaking a little away from the soul pollen.

"Get rich at first sight—"

The examiner sneezed, Ah Tai turned around immediately, disappeared like a gust of wind, and the carp monster drilled into the corner and ran away.

Examiner: "???"

"Stop! Why haven't I seen you..." Another guard stopped Qiu Yongsi.

"Goodbye, goodbye!" The carp monster sneered again, and the guard sneezed with a confused face. Qiu Yongsi hurriedly separated from the carp monster and left.

Hongjun passed a wing, glanced inward, and suddenly saw Du Hanqing.

After Du Hanqing took the case, Hongjun hesitated for a while and passed the wing room.

Li Jinglong quietly turned out from behind the corridor, frowning, staring at Hong Jun's back. However, Hongjun turned around, and Li Jinglong immediately appeared behind the corridor again.

saw Hongjun holding a flying knife, hesitated for a moment, and finally carved a mark cruelly, his eyes turned red, and he left.

After a while, Morigen hurriedly walked over, saw the sign outside the door, and glanced at the room again. With a sigh of relief, he touched the sign casually, deepened it, and turned to leave.

Li Jinglong: "..."

When Li Jinglong was about to leave, Ah Tai came again. Similarly, he made a special inspection of Du Hanqing's door; followed by Qiu Yongsi.

When Qiu Yongsi turned around the corridor, he almost ran into Li Jinglong, instantly very nervous.

"Yo, long history?" Qiu Yongsi smiled.

"It seems that I'm worrying about it in vain," Li Jinglong said coldly, "You guys are protecting Hongjun."

Qiu Yongsi smiled and said, "I'm just afraid that we will fall short. Long history, everyone is on your side at critical moments." Bi patted Li Jinglong on the shoulder.

After marking all the doors, everyone went outside the warehouse to count.

"Two hundred and sixty-six rooms." Li Jinglong said, "We're here, wait for the bell to sound."

Hongjun was silent and everyone didn't speak, the atmosphere seemed a bit weird. Li Jinglong went over, pressed Hongjun's shoulder casually, and said, "After finishing the case well this time, everyone will go out to play, you said, where do you want to go?"

"Really?!" Hongjun said in surprise, seemingly happy.

Li Jinglong's mouth twitched, thinking about your compassion...

"Ping Kangli!" Qiu Yongsi said immediately.

Li Jinglong: "..."

"Ping Kangli." Ah Tai said with a smile.

Hongjun said, "Is it okay in Pingkangli? I haven't really been there yet...Of course, if you don't like Long History..."

Morigen said: "Then I have to Pingkangli. If you don't stay overnight, it's always okay to watch dancing and listen to songs? Pingkangli is not all... well, that kind of place."

"Even you want to go?" Li Jinglong couldn't understand what these subordinates were pretending to.

Morigen said: "I, um, my first time, I will leave it to Bai... Forget it, I'll talk about it later, but drinking and listening to music is always possible."

The carp demon said: "Can Pingkangli? I want to see that painting."

"Then Ping Kangli!" Qiu Yongsi clapped.

"Okay--!" everyone cheered, most of them overwhelming the only one, Li Jinglong held his forehead with one hand. At this moment the bell "dangdangdang" sounded, everyone immediately got up and prepared again.

In the second round of bells, the examiners held their own papers and walked quickly across the wing rooms. Every time they passed, they stuffed the papers out of the window. After removing their hands, they hurriedly walked to the next room and walked through all the wing rooms in turn.

The sun was shining brightly, Hongjun's palms were sweating, and someone outside said: "Water is here!"

Everyone mixed in with the servants, carrying a basket of water urns, and they kept their heads down. The guards searched the baskets and water urns. Everyone went to deliver water. Li Jinglong held the soul-setting powder in his left hand and the urn in his right. The medicated powder was added to the urn outside the marked door, turned around to take the water poured in by the guard, and when it was filled, it was passed into the window and the examinee took it.

Five rows and five rows, ten rows of wing rooms, nearly a hundred rooms, one round of delivery, everyone was tired and sweating. When he returned to the warehouse, Li Jinglong looked at the time and said, "Withdraw!"

A few people went over the wall and went out to the street opposite to the examination room, looking in the direction of the examination room, all uneasy. After such a tossing, it has been a long time, and it is a little cooler in the autumn afternoon. Hongjun was only afraid that they would not drink water or the amount of medicine was not enough. Now that he wants to come, Li Jinglong keeps letting more medicinal materials be used, which is actually quite foresight.

Li Jinglong waited patiently for a while and took a deep breath. She seemed to be a little nervous. Not long after, there was a sound of carriage on the street and several cars came. It was Gao Lishi and the official of the courtesy department who visited the venue.

It was this moment that Li Jinglong waited, and immediately said, "Go ahead."

Hongjun said: "Wait, I'm always a little scared, maybe they won't leave so fast, wait?"

Li Jinglong replied: "Your medicine has been tried with the water the servants drank, and the dose is enough."

Hongjun: "I'm afraid they won't drink."

Li Jinglong: "I asked Morigen to go to the Imperial College in the morning, and added nearly 40% of the salt to the breakfast in the Imperial College, just in case."

Except for Morigen, everyone was dumbfounded, Qiu Yongsi immediately said: "Long history, starting today, the younger one will follow you!"

Ah Tai said in disbelief, "Who is this!"

Li Jinglong said modestly: "Just laughed, you can be more serious later, go!"

Said that Bi Li Jinglong took off his robe, and revealed a dark blue official uniform with a wisdom sword on his waist. He wore the official uniform bestowed by the emperor, and his stature was stiff. The rest of them followed suit and showed up in the official uniform, followed by Li Jinglong, and walked towards the examination room. .