The spring is bright and it is a good season to play. Mo Zhigen was asking Lu Xu where he wanted to go to play, but Li Jinglong yelled angrily: "Investigate the case! Still playing? Do you want a salary?"
Mo Zhigen had already spent all his money and had to support Lu Xu. Artai and Ashinaqiong came here just for the money. Hong Jun ran away from home penniless. Seeing the expressions of everyone, Li Jinglong couldn't help saying : "Yo, not necessarily, it's only been a year, and you're all so poor?"
Everyone: "..."
"To be honest." Qiu Yongsi smiled again, "The Panchuan my grandfather gave me is also gone, Chang Shi will give some to the brothers first?"
Li Jinglong didn't expect that the princes who regarded money as dung like dirt a few months ago would have to live on their salaries overnight. Aren't they all big families? That expression really made him want to sneer, but after much deliberation, it's better not to talk too much.
"Work." Li Jinglong finally said, "Don't think about getting something for nothing."
Hong Jun and Lu Xu have never known that the world is difficult, but Mo Rigen, Qiu Yongsi, Artai, and Ashinaqiong know that it is difficult to move without money. After breakfast, Li Jinglong asked Qiu Yongsi to go to Dali Temple to bring back the files that had been accumulated for several months, and everyone began to look through them in the hall.
"What skills did you say he had yesterday?" Hong Jun asked Lu Xu.
Lu Xu and Hong Jun sat in the corner. Both of them generally had no idea about money, but they naturally did what their superiors asked them to do, and they had the right to play.
Lu Xu lowered his voice and said in a low voice: "I found that he can guess a lot of things when the information is not complete, and he can always find out the truth."
"Intuition?" Hong Jun looked back, at the moment Li Jinglong was writing a memorial, and everyone was rummaging through the piled files.
Lu Xu shook his head and said, "It's impossible to rely on intuition every time, haven't you noticed? His deduction, even if the conditions are not complete, is very close to the truth, as if he can see the future."
Hong Jun knew that Li Jinglong had many abilities that were different from others, such as listening to the wind to distinguish objects and blind shooting, but it was the first time he thought of what Lu Xu said.
"Maybe it's the effect of the Wisdom Sword?" Lu Xu said.
"What's the use of the Wisdom Sword?" Hong Jun asked again.
"The Wisdom Sword, the Subduing Demon Pestle, the Vajra Arrow, the Great Sun Wheel..." Lu Xu said in a low voice, "It is Fudo Mingwang's six magic weapons, designed to break..." At this point, Lu Xu stopped talking, and Hong Jun looked down. In my heart, look at Lu Xu again.
"How do you know?" Hong Jun asked in a low voice.
Lu Xu spread his hands and said, "I just know, don't ask me why."
"That belongs to Di Renjie." Hong Jun whispered again.
Lu Xu nodded, and Hong Jun thought of the statue of King Fudo outside the door, which seemed to be the case. Lu Xu added: "It is said that the Heavenly Demon can only be eliminated by gathering all six weapons, but you don't have to worry, he will definitely not be able to get them together."
Hong Jun gradually discovered that Lu Xu knew a lot of things they had never heard of, some of which even Qiu Yongsi and the others didn't know. But if you get to the bottom of it, Lu Xu can't tell where he wrote it. Perhaps it can only be attributed to the fact that he, as a white deer, has many original memories in the soul inheritance.
Hong Jun said again: "I can help him find a way to get it together."
"You're out of your mind." Lu Xu's voice was slightly louder.
Li Jinglong couldn't help but said: "Can you two stop muttering all the time? Lu Xu, it's not good to occupy Hongjun all the time. You see, everyone hasn't talked to Hongjun yet."
Mo Zhigen said to Lu Xu: "You two read the file."
"I can't read." Lu Xu ate a handful of fried beans with a bored look on his face, what can you do to me
Hong Jun hurriedly said, "I'll teach you."
"Did you find anything?" Li Jinglong asked again.
"Ms. Brocade, the Shubuji moved by itself." Artest was very tired, as if he had suffered a major blow last night, and said absent-mindedly, "It's rumored to be haunted."
Li Jinglong said: "Go and check it out personally tonight."
Qiu Yongsi said: "There are trolls in Luoyang, who only hug children. It is said that they suck brains..."
"Why send the Luoyang case to Chang'an?" Li Jinglong was puzzled.
Hong Jun got goose bumps all over his body when he heard it.
"Only Chang'an has an exorcist department." Mo Zhigen said, "It can only be sent here."
Li Jinglong suddenly realized a very serious problem-wouldn't the monsters all over the country have to control if this continues? ! In case something happened to Nanyue, Shuzhong, etc., the exorcist would have to travel day and night to the place where the monsters were haunted, and it would take several months on the road. How could they be dispatched with only a few people
"There's another one here." Mo Rigen handed the file to Li Jinglong, and said, "Mt. Qingcheng has been haunted by zombies for a thousand years, don't you care?"
"I haven't received any cases from other places before." Li Jinglong murmured, "What's going on here?"
"Maybe it's the prison's method." Artest said absent-mindedly.
"Not at all." Qiu Yongsi said calmly, "Although the land of China has not yet reached the point where monsters are raging, there are quite a few monsters appearing in the world every now and then. It's just that no one cared about it before..."
Hong Jun suddenly remembered that many monsters escaped from Chang'an on the night of the nine-tailed fox's execution, and asked, "Could it be the one under the big fox..."
"It's also possible." Mo Zhigen replied, "In short, all of them have been delivered now."
With so many cases across the country, people would die if they just ran away. If they found something wrong when they arrived at the destination, and rushed back, they would be tormented to death. Li Jinglong always had a premonition—Xiao Prison must be in a certain corner, staring at him covetously, both sides were standing still, each sending out vigilant tentacles, cautiously probing on a grand chessboard.
Otherwise, Li Jinglong would never believe it. It is impossible for Xie Prison not to know that the demon seed is on Hong Jun, and it is impossible not to know that Hong Jun is in Chang'an. With the ability of the demon king, as long as he signaled the monsters to make trouble everywhere, it would be enough to exhaust the exorcist, and he could even use the trick of the tiger to leave the mountain to set up traps.
Thinking of this, Li Jinglong said decisively: "As long as it is not a matter in Chang'an City, let's ignore it first."
Ashina Qiong said in surprise: "So you only pick the closest ones when you handle cases?! You don't care if the brains of the children are sucked?"
Li Jinglong: "..."
Artest immediately said to Ashinaqiong: "Don't you know what's going on now?"
Everyone nodded, but Artest taught him another lesson: "You are so poor, you still talk back without regard for the overall situation?!"
Li Jinglong was almost pissed off, and Qiu Yongsi hurriedly said: "Ah! Yes! Changshu County Captain Zhang Xu, sent a gift to Chang'an, Mu Tianyan prepared a generous gift to present to the imperial concubine, and was stolen from the inn 'Jiu Mu Chun Feng' in Chang'an..."
"Drink too much and run into a thief." Li Jinglong said.
Qiu Yongsi: "I think so too."
"Wait!" Hong Jun became interested immediately, and asked, "Is that Zhang Xu?"
"Of course." Li Jinglong said, "Which Zhang Xu is there?"
Hongjun: "..."
"Zhang Xu from 'Zhang Xu's Three Cups of Grass Saint Biography'?!" Hong Jun was shocked, but Li Jinglong said: "He is always drunk and won't talk to you, so don't worry about him."
Artai had a sudden thought, and said, "Yongsi, did your cousin write poems for him? Ask for a poem for me, and sell it after a hundred years..."
Qiu Yongsi said: "Maybe he will live longer than you."
Having said that, Li Jinglong couldn't find any valuable old cases anyway. Maybe Dali Temple didn't dare to report it at this juncture, maybe it was the imperial concubine celebrating her birthday, all nations came to court, and the monsters all left Chang'an. Coming and going, there were all rumors of demons haunting the capital outside the capital, so I decided to investigate the case of Chang'an first.
Mo Zhigen and Lu Xu went to find Zhang Xu, Artai and Ashina Qiong went to investigate the Daming Palace, and Qiu Yongsi went to Lishan to investigate a case of a stream turning red. After a while, Li Jinglong dismissed everyone and remained. Xia Hongjun.
Hong Jun wanted to meet the legendary Zhang Xu, but Li Jinglong didn't care at all, until they were all gone, and the two of them were left.
"What are we doing?" Hong Jun couldn't help asking.
"Take you to eat Min Zhi Min Ointment." Li Jinglong had a smile in his eyes.
Hong Jun found that as long as he was not in front of people, Li Jinglong always had a faint smile, so he smiled knowingly: "Okay."
"I'll leave after I finish writing the notebook." Li Jinglong said again.
Hong Jun waited boredly, but since he realized that he liked Li Jinglong, the time when the two of them were alone seemed to be less boring. Looking at his side face, there is always a feeling that the more you look at it, the more you like it.
At first he just didn't want to admit it, but Lu Xu was right, the feeling in his heart must be admitted anyway.
He lay on the table to watch Li Jinglong write. Li Jinglong's handwriting was beautiful, which Hong Jun had always admired.
"Is my handwriting beautiful?" Li Jinglong noticed Hong Jun's eyes and asked.
Hong Jun said "hmm", and Li Jinglong asked again: "How is it compared to Zhang Xu?"
"That's right." Hong Jun was very sincere.
Li Jinglong couldn't help but want to draw his face with a brush, as if he was so excited that Hongjun yelled, and he felt an inexplicable feeling of fascination. During this thought, a military officer came outside.
"Li Changshi." The military officer said, "His Royal Highness welcomes you."
"Please wait a moment." Li Jinglong replied, "I'm going to change clothes."
"Let's go now." The military officer's attitude was very tough. Li Jinglong pondered for a moment, then put on his outer robe and hurried out. After leaving the courtyard, Hong Jun told the carp demon to keep it as a housekeeper, and then got into the carriage with Li Jinglong and went all the way to Xingqing Palace.
The military officer didn't say much along the way, Li Jinglong observed for a while, and then frowned slightly, Hong Jun knew what he was planning, so he didn't bother him, just kept thinking over and over again, the scenery in Chang'an is so beautiful, but I don't know , I can see how many times autumn goes and spring comes.
When bypassing the main hall of Xingqing Palace, Li Jinglong suddenly saw a maid who looked familiar, and immediately said to Hong Jun: "You ask her to pass this booklet to the imperial concubine."
Li Jinglong didn't say anything, but Hong Jun couldn't recognize him, so he got out of the car and caught up with the maid. The two met each other, and the maid smiled and said, "Master Kong?"
Before Hong Jun recognized who it was, he handed the memorial to her and asked her to pass it on. The maid smiled and nodded, saluted Hong Jun again, and left gracefully.
"How do you know she knows me?" Hong Jun asked curiously.
"The imperial concubine came to the Exorcist Department that day." Li Jinglong said, "She followed behind. After the golden flower fell, when the imperial concubine talked with you at night, she was waiting in front of the carriage."
Hong Jun didn't know what the book meant, so the two entered the East Palace.
"Li Jinglong, is the Exorcist Department so busy? If I don't send you a message, you won't come?"
Li Heng's expression is obviously not good today, he is already a little angry to be able to put on this expression, which is always gentle.
"I wanted to see His Highness today." Li Jinglong first bowed to Li Heng and replied, "It's just that I haven't thought too clearly about some things, so I delayed it for a while."
In the East Palace, several staff members sat beside Li Heng, with screens behind them. At this time, the staff members retreated, and there were four documents lined up on the table in front of them, one from Ge Shuhan and one from Shazhou Prefect Jiazhou, one is Li Jinglong's own letter, and the last one is an impeachment certificate issued by the Menxia Province to the Ministry of War.
"Look for yourself." Li Heng threw all the documents on Li Jinglong with his hands covering his head and face.
Hong Jun was about to speak, but Li Jinglong stopped him with his eyes. Not only did he not have the fat of the people, but he was also scolded. Hong Jun immediately became angry.
"Send you to Hexi to investigate the case." Li Heng said, "Did I ask you to mobilize Ge Shuhan's army?"
Li Jinglong glanced at the military newspaper, and couldn't help being funny. Li Heng said again: "You transferred the Liangzhou Army, and you also transferred the soldiers of Jiazhou Yumen..."
"That's my uncle." Hong Jun interjected.
Li Jinglong secretly thought it was bad, and when he was about to remind him, Li Heng said indifferently: "You don't need to remind me."
"It was the imperial concubine who asked me to find him." Hong Jun explained again.
Li Heng: "..."
Hong Jun observed the words and expressions, and knew that this group of people were all afraid of the emperor, and the emperor only had concubines in his eyes. In this way, Li Heng's mouth was immediately blocked, and Li Heng did not dare to attack.
"General Geshu's soldiers." Li Jinglong said, "He sent them out by himself."
"All the ministers in the court don't think so." Li Heng said, "The 200,000 war dead ghosts are raging at the border, what about ghosts? The court regards this as nonsense, and they are all asking me why a prince is accompanying me. Can mobilize Goshuhan's fifty thousand cavalry!"
Li Jinglong said: "Since you believe me, sending me out to fight dead ghosts is not nonsense. The responsibility of the exorcist is to protect the safety of Datang. If there is no temporary army transfer, this crisis will be difficult to solve."
Li Heng calmed down his anger, and said coldly: "Then the ghosts in the frontier have been eliminated, is there any evidence?"
"No." Li Jinglong knew that the most troublesome stage had passed, and said again, "Forgive me for speaking bluntly, throwing a monster into the early morning is definitely not a good idea."
"Why did you apply for Yadan as a fief?" Li Heng said in a deep voice.
"They must be suppressed." Li Jinglong said again, "to ensure that there will be no more war dead ghosts to invade within a thousand years."
Li Heng looked at Li Jinglong, and finally said: "Since the ghost trouble is eliminated, we should rush back to Chang'an to report quickly, why did we delay for nearly three months before returning?!"
"For something related to my luck in the Tang Dynasty." Li Jinglong said lightly.
Hong Jun was taken aback when he heard the words, Li Jinglong signaled him to feel relieved.
"Details." Li Heng said in a more relaxed tone.
"You can't say it now." Li Jinglong said, "You have to wait for His Majesty to be present. Only four people, Chen, Hongjun, Your Highness, and Your Majesty, can speak."
Li Heng frowned, stared at Li Jinglong silently, and said, "Li Qing, I am helping you alone, so don't get me wrong."
Li Jinglong said seriously: "If that's the case, I dare not lie to Your Highness..."
"I can't help you anymore." Li Heng sighed heavily and said.
Li Jinglong suddenly had an ominous premonition, and several eunuchs removed the screen behind Li Heng, revealing Yang Guozhong and Gao Lishi behind the screen.
Yang Guozhong said leisurely: "Based on this matter, you have to be judged at the court. Your Highness does not want to call a court meeting. Let us listen in first. I guarantee that you have no selfishness. Li Jinglong, we have to have a good chat. "
"Yes." Li Jinglong laughed instead.
No matter how dull Ren Hongjun was, he still felt that something was wrong. Gao Lishi said, "It's all for your sake now. The 200,000 army of ghouls who died in the border war slaughtered the city, and the nine-colored deer in the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang. These words must never be used Even if the court said it, no one would believe it."
"The government belongs to the government, and the ghosts and gods belong to the ghosts and gods." Li Jinglong's tone became a little tougher, and he said, "The exorcism department and the adults are originally under different affiliations. We are in charge of our own, why bother?"
"It's good for each to take care of their own." Yang Guozhong suddenly said loudly, "Human life is at stake. More than 740 soldiers died at Yumen Pass, and the Liangzhou Army lost more than 3,000 soldiers. You use the name of 'receiving demons' After finishing the work, just flatter the horse and leave, how do you ask His Majesty to explain to the relatives of the dead soldiers?!"
Li Jinglong didn't speak, but pressed the back of Hongjun's hand with one hand, signaling not to make a sound.
"Tell me what you have learned from your investigation, from the beginning to the end." Gao Lishi said, "As for whether the adults in the court believe it or not, I can't guarantee it."
"Li Jinglong, talk." Li Heng said, "What are you waiting for when things are coming to an end?"
Li Jinglong thought for a while and said, "Wait for the messenger."
Li Heng frowned, Gao Lishi and Yang Guozhong had different expressions for a while, Li Jinglong only hoped that he would not be unlucky at this time, and only hoped that the emperor would be right next to the imperial concubine... I only hope that the envelope can be successfully delivered to the imperial concubine, I only hope that This loving couple will take time out of their busy schedules to take a look at the memorial.
Yang Guozhong said again: "Forget it, I think it's better to put them in prison first."
Hongjun: "..."
Didn't eat anything, and still going to jail? ! Hong Jun instantly became angry.