Eaglewood Crumbs

Chapter 39: The third artifact

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The third artifact is in the southern capital, and the southern capital is the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty. To place this artifact somewhere in the southern capital, it would be in the inner courtyard of the royal palace. It is said that a local official in the northern region got this artifact and thought it was very unique, so he put it in the tribute and sent it to the palace.

Yan Dan secretly glanced at Yu Mo with bad intentions, thinking in his heart that they really have an inseparable connection with the royal family. Back then, Yu Mo didn't know where to get the strange eye - it was a treasure that contained the essence of heaven and earth, and could penetrate the world's circulation. It was accidentally obtained by a beautiful flower essence girl for nothing. The Huajing girl fell in love with a mortal while escaping from Yu Mo's pursuit, and that mortal, who happened to be the real Dragon Emperor, is now sitting on the world with endless glory.

Just thinking about the love-hate entanglement in it, she felt that it was more exciting than any drama.

"There are still two artifacts left, and the one in the southern capital may not be the ground stop." Liu Weiyang led the way, but he walked from the underground cave in this area. Because of the previous dream, Yan Dan still clearly remembers the appearance of the big basilisk under the cave. The basilisk was very majestic, its eyes were like big yellow lanterns, its mouth was open and its fangs were sharp enough to swallow her in one bite.

Tang Tianshi has not been in a bad mood recently. Hearing Liu Weiyang say this, he responded indifferently: "I know it's not that easy, but look for it slowly, there will always be a day when you find it."

Liu Weiyang nodded slightly: "You can think like this."

Yan Dan is very strange. It seems that Palace Master Liu has been unusually polite to Tang Zhou these days.

While they were talking, they had already reached the cave where they encountered the Basilisk that day, only to see two large yellow lanterns slowly moving in front of them in the dark, and suddenly stopped.

Yan Dan immediately became alert.

But seeing Liu Weiyang take a step forward, the basilisk immediately crouched down and rubbed against his feet as if to please him. Liu Weiyang didn't look sideways, and just brushed past the basilisk. When Yu Mo walked over, the basilisk shrank obviously, and moved back against the ground, as if he still remembered how he cleaned it up that day. Yan Dan put her finger against her chin and thought, it doesn't matter how big its body is, no matter how much it shrinks, it can still be seen clearly. When Tang Zhou passed by, the basilisk just moved its tail, but still lay on the ground and didn't move.

Yan Dan was completely relieved, thinking that when Liu Weiyang was dressed as Wu Shun, he had also fallen into this underground cave. With his ability, he could make this basilisk remember his methods forever.

She just lifted her foot and took two steps when she saw the triangular snake face covered with scales suddenly approaching her, hissing twice, and the forked tongue swallowing in and out in front of her.

What a dog-legged snake that tends to be inflamed, bullies the soft and fears the hard!

Yan Dan got angry, pulled down the stalagmite standing beside him, and slammed it at the snake face. The snake monster didn't want her to suddenly get angry, and was beaten and rolled pitifully on the ground twice. Slowly crawled into the shadows.

Yan Dan threw down the stalagmites on his hands, brushed off the stone chips on his hands, and grumbled angrily: "Do you really think I can be bullied casually..."

She took a few steps closer, and only then did she see the expressions of the three people in front, all of which were a bit weird.

Tang Zhou said: "The monster and the monster are considered a family, not to mention that they are really like you."

Yan Dan's anger deepened: "Where does it resemble it? It blames me for being a demon, it is a snake and I am Hanli, it has scales and I don't have it!" Although she didn't know if this basilisk could be considered a basilisk. A relatively beautiful basilisk, but from her point of view, this basilisk looks a little cold.

Tang Zhou smiled slightly: "It's not about looks, but temperament."

What is her temperament, Yan Dan herself can't tell, so she can only turn her head to look at Yu Mo: "Do I look like it?"

Yu Mo actually avoided her earnest gaze, turned his head and fell silent.

Yan Dan could only go to see Liu Weiyang. They had been sympathetic to each other, and they were more or less friendly. But Young Master Liu was obviously very supportive of Tang Zhou's court, and nodded slightly and said, "It's very similar."

Yan Dan was hit hard.

The basilisk crawled back slowly, shyly showing a dog-legged look at Palace Master Liu.

Yan Dan followed behind with a gloomy face. When he passed by the basilisk, he couldn't hold back any longer and stepped directly over it.

It would take more than a month to travel from Zhucuishan in the southwest to Nandu, even if it was non-stop day and night. The group of them spent two months on the road, and by the time they arrived in the southern capital, it was already early autumn. Autumn in Nandu is always rainy and humid, with misty smoke and water. If you compare this ancient city to a lady, then Nandu in autumn is a peerless beauty who is languid and lazy after taking off her makeup.

Yan Dan likes this place in Nandu. Even if it is night, it will not become desolate and silent. Only in the past can she sit on the roof and listen to the singing and laughter from the Zhangtai River in the distance on many sleepless nights.

However, this time to visit her hometown again, it really makes her not happy. As one of the demons and monsters, she has to go with the Celestial Masters and the Immortals, which can be regarded as torture. Tang Zhou's mouth was sometimes too vicious, Liu Weiyang was very polite to him for some reason, but Yu Mo, who should be the most sympathetic, left her alone and watched her fend for herself. So these two months for Yan Dan, it was definitely a huge mental torment. After suffering three times the torture, even thinking about it, his mood became a little vicissitudes.

"The third artifact is in the palace. I'll stay outside to meet you, and you can deal with the rest yourself." Liu Weiyang walked into the guest room of the inn, sat down at the table, and ordered the shop assistant to buy a pair. The chessboard pieces were sent, thinking that he planned to play chess with himself to kill time.

Tang Zhou nodded: "It's better to wait until it gets dark before leaving. After all, this time it is considered to be stealing."

Yan Dan thought about it for a while, and felt that it would be both exciting and interesting to go to the palace to steal something under the emperor's eyes: "I can hide my eyes, it's not difficult to sneak into the palace, but in case something bad happens. It's up to you to deal with the spell."

Tang Zhou looked at her with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Then in case you are caught, don't rush to confess me."

Yan Dan immediately retorted: "Who knows if you were caught first?"

Suddenly I heard Yu Mo speak quietly: "It's enough for the two of you to go, I won't go."

Yan Dan was surprised: "Aren't you going? Why?"

Yu Mo sternly said nothing.

"Do you think it's too shameful to be a thief?"

"Still think the palace is too big to leave?"

"Could it be, are you afraid of seeing some old acquaintances in the palace?" Yan Dan asked a few words, but Yu Mo didn't say a word, so he had to give up, "Well, it doesn't matter if you like to stay in the inn to rest, anyway, I And Tang Zhou should also be able to deal with it."

The most important thing was finalized, everyone went back to their guest rooms, it was time to rest, and it was time to prepare for tonight's events.

Yan Dan walked to his guest room and couldn't help but ask Tang Zhou in a low voice, "Do you think that Yu Mo has always kept a straight face lately, even if he asks him, he doesn't say anything, as if someone owes him money. It's like he's not paying back the money, I clearly remember that I haven't made him angry recently..."

In the past 20 years, it was enough for her to slowly understand a person.

However, these 20 years were only a short period of time for Yao. She thought she understood Yu Mo, knew that he liked quietness, and would not deliberately get close to anyone, not really cold. It was only now that she realized that this kind of understanding was far from enough. She had never understood all of his past, joys and sorrows, love, hate and separation in the hundreds of years that he had not known each other before.

It's like she never mentioned the part where she stayed in heaven.

Tang Zhou was silent for a moment, then said in a low voice, "Don't you keep saying it, or you can see what Brother Yu is thinking with just one hair of his hair? Shouldn't you be more aware of this matter than me?"

Yan Dan sighed and muttered, "If I knew, why would I ask you? I only heard that the girl's family is more delicate and fickle, but I didn't expect it to be so difficult for men now."

In the evening, the inner city was closed, and Xuanhua Gate was closed.

Yan Dan cast a blind eye, and Tang Zhou and Tang Zhou got in while the Royal Forest Army was handing over. She had only seen those words and phrases describing the spirit of the palace in books, but now that she saw it with her own eyes, she couldn't help but suddenly sighed: "Actually, I don't think there is a better place in the world than this palace, but In terms of elegance and boldness, Jinghu Shuiyue is even better. There is a Dazhou Emperor Rui in the south, and there is a folk emperor in the southwest."

Tang Zhou said decisively without hesitation: "Nonsense."

Yan Dan hummed twice, not wanting to argue with him.

There are five gates in the Great Zhou Palace, and they went through the Huayang Gate on the east side, leading directly to the imperial study.

Yan Dan thought about it, and felt that since it is an artifact, it is a great treasure. Even if it is the Ninety-Five Supreme, seeing such a thing, he will be curious for a while, and maybe he will put it in the study to enjoy.

When they arrived at the imperial study, the sky was just a little dark. The eunuch serving in the study lit up a few golden lanterns around, and took a piece of white cloth to wipe the desk and cabinet. The white cloth was not stained with any dust, so he closed the door and went out.

As soon as the eunuch left, Yan Dan immediately stepped forward and opened the door and slipped in, unraveling the blindfold on his body. Continuing to use the demon method all the time is exhausting and tiring for their demons.

Yan Dan rubbed his hands together and said, "Let's look for the study room first. If we don't have it, we'll go to the storeroom to have a look. If we don't have it again, just grab someone and ask."

Tang Zhou didn't wait for her to finish speaking, and then he looked for himself. Yan Dan also went to the front of the cabinet and looked carefully for a while. There were indeed a few antique treasures on the cabinet, but they didn't look like artifacts. She couldn't help thinking that she had read in the history books before that the emperor of a certain dynasty had no other preferences, except for fighting and promoting weaving. As a result, the imperial study was filled with bottles and jars of weaving. But now it seems that Emperor Rui doesn't seem to have any hobbies, except for a few beautiful antiques, which are full of books on shelves, and on the desk, except for two neatly stacked bright yellow silk sheets The memorial, then there is nothing abrupt.

Tang Zhou frowned, and said in a low voice, "It seems that I still have to go to the warehouse to look for it. I'm afraid that I may not be able to turn over the warehouse until dawn."

"Unfortunately, I haven't seen what that artifact looks like. You can only feel it when you hold it in your hand, otherwise you can dig it out with just one spell."

"It's okay, if it's too late, I'll come back tomorrow night."

Yan Dan looked at him and said nothing, but thought in his heart, wouldn't he think it would be fun to jump in and out with a blind eye

While they were talking, they suddenly heard footsteps from far to near, and only a shrill voice said: "Your Majesty, your Majesty, walk slowly." Then there was the sound of rubbing fabrics, a dozen completely different sounds. The voices said in unison: "Long live the emperor, long live, long live."

Yan Dan was shocked and felt that this was really not good, but Tang Zhou gently pulled her and pointed upwards. Yan Dan immediately understood, and as he jumped up the high beam, he squatted quietly in one place. Probably because of the high beams of this room, it can be seen that it is not cleaned often, let alone spotless, and there are two shallow footprints immediately when you step on it.

Yan Dan sucked in the dust and almost coughed.

Tang Zhou's eyes were quick and his hands were quick, and he immediately stretched out his hand to cover her mouth tightly, only then heaved a sigh of relief. If they broke into the palace like this, if they were found out, it would be a big crime of beheading.

Yan Dan's face was covered with half of his face, only showing a pair of eyes, his eyes rolled a few times, and he fiercely signaled Tang Zhou to let go quickly. Who knows that Tang Zhou is looking down, but the strength in his hands is not loose at all.

I saw a bright yellow tall figure walking in, followed by a few eunuchs and palace maids. The man walked to the desk, pulled out the chair and sat down. Gu Zi took a memorial and started to read it. The eunuch at the head next to him took the tea cup from the bottom, took out a silver needle from his sleeve and stirred it in the tea, then poured some of the teapot into an empty cup, took a sip by himself, and then took a sip. After a while, the teacup was gently placed on the emperor's left hand.

Yan Dan looked down, and vaguely saw the face of the man sitting in front of the desk, which was still a little different from twenty years ago. She and Yu Mo met this Emperor Rui twenty years ago by the Zhangtai River outside the southern capital city. At that time, he was involved in the battle for the prince and was ambushed by the assassins in the middle of the river. She couldn't see it. The act of bullying the few with more took place in broad daylight, driven by a sense of justice that burned from head to toe, and drew a knife to help.

The years are not forgiving. Compared with twenty years ago, Emperor Rui is really much older, and his temples are a little pale, but his eyebrows are still handsome, and his eyes are clear and compelling. He sat there, flipping through the memorials one by one, sometimes taking notes, sometimes just glancing at them and closing them aside.

Yan Dan squatted on the beam in a panic, and couldn't help but probe into the sky outside. If he approves a memorial for a few hours, wouldn't she have to squat on it for a few hours

Tang Zhou loosened his hand and used his inner strength to transmit a voice to her: "Don't move, just bear with it and it will pass."

Yan Dan forcefully ripped his hand off his face.

The eunuch at the head said in a shrill voice, "Your Majesty, it's getting late, why don't you pass the meal first?"

Emperor Rui hummed softly, and said solemnly, "No need, I'll go to Concubine Jiang's place later."

Yan Dan couldn't help but lament in his heart, this emperor is really dedicated to the affairs of the state, he didn't even have time to eat dinner, and in the end he still ate a late-night snack at his concubine's house. She slowly approached Tang Zhou's face and kept her voice very low: "I still know this emperor. Do you think it's better to ask him directly to ask for something, or to continue to be a thief?"

She had already figured it out clearly. She didn't use her internal power to transmit sound like Tang Zhou, so she could only try to get close to his ear and talk. As a result, after saying such a sentence, Tang Zhou shoved her away abruptly.

Before Yan Dan could even struggle, he fell directly off the beam.