Wang Chongxi was a trusted eunuch of Emperor Zhaoning. It was unusual for him to travel thousands of miles to Quanzhou this time, not to mention that he had a secret order to declare. Qu Chunfeng glanced at him: "That's the case, the prince will come in and declare the order."
The brigade of the Imperial Forest Army was on duty, and the people from Tianyimen immediately blocked the mansion, and not even a fly could fly out. Qu Chunfeng and Wang Chongxi entered the inner room and were about to kneel down to listen to the decree, but they were caught. The latter quickly helped him up: "The national teacher is up, your Majesty specifically instructed, you don't need to be more polite, just stand and listen to the order."
Hearing the words, Qu Chunfeng stood up straight, but was not flattered at all. He lowered his eyes and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty has some secret decree, please read it out."
When Wang Chongxi heard the words, there was a look of worry on his face, his brows furrowed, and he stepped forward and said in a low voice: "The national teacher should know what your majesty's secret order is about, that is, the whereabouts of the merman, to be honest, early A few days ago, His Majesty had already been sick in the dragon's body, and every day he relied on rare treasures to continue his life, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
After speaking, he gave a long salute and took out a secret letter from his sleeve. Emperor Zhaoning was so sick that he couldn't even pick up a pen. Naturally, the content was only ghostwritten by a subordinate, with a seal on it.
The serious illness of the monarch is a major event, and no matter how young the crown prince is, now the southern barbarians and northern dynasties are coveted by tigers, and once the national mourning is announced, the situation will definitely be subverted. Therefore, only a few people know about Emperor Zhaoning's illness. He sent Wang Chongxi this time, nothing more than that Suspicion about Tianyimen up and down, obviously to help, but to stalk.
Qu Chunfeng hurriedly glanced at the secret letter, remembering the brigade of the Royal Forest Army outside, his fingertips tightened silently, but he couldn't see anything on his face: "Since Your Majesty has a purpose, this minister should follow it, but the sea is full of storms and waves. , I'm afraid the prince can't stand it, so it's better to rest in the post house, and leave the rest to the next."
Wang Chongxi actually refused: "This life of our family has already belonged to His Majesty, what is the little wind and waves, please the national teacher to hurry up and find the merman to refine the longevity medicine and return to life, otherwise Master Hong will be in Beijing. I haven't seen you for a long time, don't I miss you?"
The latter sentence is a threat if there is nothing.
When Qu Chunfeng heard the words, his eyes were cold for a moment. He stared blankly at Wang Chongxi, staring at him until the smile on his face became a little stiff, and then he retracted his gaze: "When do you want to go?"
Wang Chongxi bowed: "Naturally, the sooner the better, today is the best, and tomorrow is fine."
Hearing this, Qu Chunfeng said with no emotion, "Let's go tomorrow then."
After saying this, he turned and left the room, without giving Wang Chong hi in the slightest.
Ming Xuan and the Tianyimen were guarding outside, and when they saw Qu Chunfeng walking out from the inside, they quickly went up to them. They wanted to ask something, but they were afraid of getting confused, so they could only lowered their voice and asked worriedly, "Senior brother, it's okay. Bar?"
Qu Chunfeng shook his head without saying a word, just glanced at the Imperial Forest Army who were staring at them secretly: "How many people did Wang Chongxi bring?"
Ming Xuan: "There are too many to count."
Qu Chunfeng: "..."
Although everyone in Tianyimen has the blessing of mystic arts, they are still only mortal bodies. It is difficult to compare one to ten, but it is difficult to compare one to a hundred. If there is a conflict between the two parties, it is hard to say who will win and who will lose. Qu Chunfeng Just wait and see.
Early the next morning, Wu Xianrong ordered the men and horses at the behest of Wang Chongxi, and with hundreds of subordinates who were proficient in water, as well as a group of great masters, went to the sea in a mighty manner, and asked the navy admiral to transfer dozens of warships. Waiting on the water, only saying that the emperor wants to sacrifice to the sky and praying for blessings, and the idle people all avoid it.
With the help of the guards, Wang Chongxi stepped out of the carriage, and he stumbled a bit because he couldn't adapt to the wet and soft sand. The wobbly withered grass can be blown away at any time.
He hurriedly stabilized his gauze hat, looked at Qu Chunfeng who was riding in front of him, raised his voice and asked, "Dare to ask the national teacher, the weather is so bad, how can I find it?"
Ming Xuan thought to himself that this old man didn't know how to catch mermaids, so why did he come here and think how powerful he is, it turned out that he was not useful, so he whispered to Qu Chunfeng: "Senior brother, ignore him. ."
Qu Chunfeng got off his horse, and his robes fluttered. He said happily to Wang Chong: "Since he is looking for a merman, he is naturally looking for it at sea. If your father-in-law is unwell, you can wait on the shore."
Wang Chongxi naturally refused, he stepped forward with the help of the guards, as if not aware of Qu Chunfeng's alienating attitude, he smiled: "Old slave is fine, I will go with the national teacher after getting on the boat later. , be sure to complete His Majesty's orders as soon as possible."
While speaking, there was a loud cry in the distance. Qu Chunfeng followed the sound, but saw that a large number of officers and soldiers were arguing with a group of villagers. "what happened?"
Wu Xianrong met his almost piercing gaze, stammering and speechless, he was sweating profusely in the cold day, while wiping with his sleeve robe, he said: "Back... Officer…”
Seeing this, Wang Chongxi said directly: "Our family ordered Master Wu to do this. It is no trivial matter to find traces of the merman for His Majesty. We must not let insignificant people get in the way. These fishermen live by the sea and refuse to leave. Forcibly expelled, there is no way to do it, and I also ask the national teacher to understand one or two."
Those officers and soldiers are used to being mad, saying that they are driving away, but they are more like bandits who are robbing houses. After rushing in, they smashed and smashed. When they saw anything valuable, they directly took it for themselves. If not, the two parties started fighting.
"Where is the principle of heaven! Where is the principle of heaven! We live here well, and you rush in without any explanation, how is it different from the bandits who burn, kill and loot?!!"
Hearing the words, the team headed directly kicked the talking old man to the ground, and said with a sneer: "This world is the emperor's world, and now the court has a life, His Majesty sacrifices to the sky, and idlers are not allowed to interfere, whoever stops you, just do it directly. Righteousness!"
After speaking, he pulled out the saber from his waist and pointed it straight at the old man on the ground. At this moment, a girl suddenly cried and rushed over to block the blade: "Don't kill my father!"
It was Aying.
Seeing how beautiful she was, the team didn't get angry, but laughed: "I didn't expect that there is such a handsome woman in this small fishing village. If you want to keep your father's life, you can do it for me. How is your daughter-in-law?"
After speaking, he dragged her up from the ground, wanting to do something light, but Ah Ying cried and struggled in fright, and even the hairpin and hairpin fell off. Lin Bo anxiously wanted to step forward to stop her, but was stopped by the rest of the officers and soldiers. Foot kicked upside down.
The team is holding A Ying tightly, with lustful eyes: "What a hot little girl, just right to my appetite, if you don't know any more, don't blame me for being ruthless and tearing your clothes right here!"
After speaking, he was about to stretch out his hand, but a flash of white light suddenly flashed in front of his eyes, and a long sword stabbed towards him with the force of a broken bamboo. The team couldn't dodge in time, and his face was splattered with blood. When he looked closely, he saw that his finger was chopped off by Qigen, and he screamed in panic, covering his hands and rolling on the ground in pain.
The sword swooped into the ground not far away, and the thick blood slid down the blade and soaked the sand below.
The officers and soldiers on the side were dumbfounded when they saw this, and they all drew their swords in response, wanting to see who would be so bold to kill a court official, but saw a man in white with a frosty face walking over surrounded by everyone, nodding and bowing behind him. It is their prefect.
Those with sharp eyes have already recognized Qu Chunfeng, and they all knelt down and saluted: "I have seen the national teacher, I have seen the governor!"
Wu Xianrong could only wish to rush forward to give them a kick, kicking one to death counts as one, stalking horses all day long, falling off the chain at the critical moment, and following behind Qu Chunfeng, he was so scared that he didn't dare to breathe.
Qu Chunfeng stepped over, took out his long sword from the ground, and swung it casually, several blood stains on it fell to the ground, and then with a clang, he retracted the sword into the sheath, his face was cold, and his voice was deep: "You guys Is that how you drove the villagers away?"
The team was clutching his hands and bowing to the ground to become shrimps, and he was about to faint from pain. Where could he say anything, his subordinates were smart, and he glanced inadvertently, but found that there was a shark bead on the ground that had accidentally fallen from A Ying's body. , hurriedly crawled over and picked it up, seeing the extraordinary quality, in order to get rid of the crime, he said casually: "The national teacher Mingjian, the national teacher Mingjian, the subordinates found that the woman's identity was suspicious, so they checked her more, the value of this bead. Liancheng, where can she be a poor fisherwoman, she must have been stolen from a wealthy family!"
Saying that, she knelt down on the ground, raised her hand high, and held the light blue merman teardrop in front of Qu Chunfeng. Seeing this, Ah Ying's face turned pale, and her blood flowed back, her legs softened and she fell down with a thud. When he landed on the ground, he reacted and rolled and crawled and was about to grab it back: "No! That's what my dad found from the shell when he went out to sea, not stolen!"
The officers and soldiers on the side directly put the saber against her neck and scolded: "In front of the national teacher, you must not make mistakes."
Qu Chunfeng frowned tightly, fearing to reveal the whereabouts of the merman, and was about to destroy the merman teardrop, but unexpectedly, he took a step slower, and an old hand suddenly stretched out and took the bead over.
Wang Chongxi has been serving Emperor Zhaoning since he was a child, and he knew exactly what the treasury treasured, but when he saw that he was holding the merman's teardrop, he scrutinized it carefully for a moment, and suddenly said, "Why does this old slave think this is not ordinary? pearl."
Qu Chunfeng closed his eyes lightly: "The quality is better than the beads next to them, but it's not unusual. I've been here for a long time, and I've seen no less than ten."
Wang Chongxi was not so fooled, and shook his head while laughing: "The national teacher does not know, this merman crying pearl is different from the ordinary pearl, the color of the moon is white, and it is in the shape of a tear, if the old slave remembers correctly, This bead is no different from the teardrops of the Mermaid in the treasury of the Chu Palace."
After he finished speaking, he looked at the pale-faced A Ying with a kind expression on his face: "Girl, this pearl of yours must not be obtained from a shell, but the tears of a mermaid."
Wang Chongxi said word by word: "You must have seen a merman."
Aying shook her head in a panic: "No, I don't know what you are talking about, what kind of mermaid, these beads were picked up by my father when he went out to sea."