Lin Yu didn't speak, his hair was disheveled, he turned around silently and walked out of the hall.
Watching Lin Yu go away, I suddenly felt that his back was much taller than before.
"Is Big Lin still growing taller? You are already nine feet tall."
The Supreme Emperor said these words inexplicably, and suddenly saw the giant's feet hanging in the air, more than two feet above the ground.
"Are you a human or a ghost?!"
Liu Zhaosun believed that he was half-human and half-god, and he had the true biography of Zhang Yixin. He was only one step away from becoming an immortal and ranking among the immortals. Naturally, he didn't know what to be afraid of, so he got up and chased after him. However, Lin Yu flew away more than ten steps away, with the sound of urn and qi. :
"May your Majesty be kind to your old ministers, and I will go to Shen Baihu and Yang Jinglue in the end."
I have to ask again, a cold wind blew up in the hall, a biting winter wind blew up from the ground in early summer, and all the whale oil lamps in the hall were extinguished.
When the oil lamp was lit, Lin Yu had disappeared.
The emperor was shocked.
Beads of sweat broke out on his forehead.
He sat paralyzed on the ground, feeling sad for a long time.
It was not until the soldiers on patrol outside the palace beat three drums that they gradually regained consciousness.
It's time for the third watch.
The Supreme Emperor said to himself:
"Lin Yu is a great general, he will not die."
I was sipping tea alone, feeling sour and bitter in my heart. I thought about it a lot, and the more I thought about it, the more terrifying I felt.
"Did Lin Yu and the others all die in Yangzhou?"
After leaving the front hall, I found Francisco and asked the high priest to order the chief minister Lu Xiangsheng to enter the palace overnight.
The blond Francisco followed the order and left.
Liu Zhaosun was restless and went around the Cining Palace. The queen mothers of both palaces had gone to bed. Chen Yuanyuan and Liu Ru had also slept for a long time, but Hu Huo yawned and stood guard at the door.
The Supreme Emperor asked the maid: "Do you believe there are ghosts and gods in this world?"
Amber never expected that the Supreme Emperor would ask herself this question. After staying for a moment, she murmured:
"Your Majesty, I don't dare to talk nonsense about ghosts and gods, but everyone in the world thinks that the Supreme Emperor will definitely become an immortal."
"Will you become an immortal?"
Liu Zhaosun laughed and led Amber back to the Wenhua Hall, preparing to wait for Lu Xiangsheng to arrive, and the monarch and his ministers would have a long night of drinking.
In the dark Forbidden City, a dim yellow moon was hidden in the clouds. Occasionally, it poked its head out of the dark clouds to carefully observe the most powerful man in Daqi.
Inside and outside the palace walls, the shadows of the trees were dancing, the wind was blowing, the branches and leaves were swaying, and there were faint figures of people swaying.
Amber trembled all over and followed closely behind the Supreme Emperor.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, these trees should not have been planted in the first place. I heard that there were no trees in the Forbidden City before the Ming Dynasty."
The Supreme Emperor turned back and said with a smile: "Are you saying that trees can attract ghosts?"
Amber didn't dare to speak.
"I have the protection of God, let alone monsters and monsters. Even if the gods come down to earth, they can't harm me."
The Supreme Emperor said in his heart, it's funny that Amber just said he didn't know anything about ghosts and gods, but now he is so frightened when he sees a few black figures.
When Liu Zhaosun first entered Nanjing, he ordered the removal of thousand-year-old trees from Zhongshan Mountain and planted them in various parts of the Forbidden City, regardless of the opposition in the palace.
It's not because Liu Zhaosun loves gardening or has any fascination with ancient trees and pines, it's just because Zhenren Zhang once said that the emperor's five elements lacked wood.
"My lord, my concubine listens to what others say,"
Amber had grown from a cardamom girl to a thirty-year-old beauty, but now she was so frightened that she was paralyzed and nestled in the arms of the Supreme Emperor.
Liu Zhaosun looked at the beautiful woman in front of him and remembered the night he spent with Zhang Yan in Wendeng County.
While in a trance, he heard Amber continue:
"I heard that this time the water transport was abolished, the Qi army killed more than 100,000 water troops in Yangzhou, Guazhou and other places. These people were filled with resentment after their deaths, so their ghosts lingered and came to the Forbidden City to seek revenge from everyone. Life·····"
"That's nonsense! I killed all the people who deserved to be killed. They have all fallen into hell, and no ghost will seek their lives."
The two of them walked and talked, and soon arrived at the Wenhua Hall.
Amber hurriedly went to make tea, and the Supreme Emperor opened a copy of Qu Yuan's "Nine Songs". After drinking several cups, he still felt restless.
"The sky is dim and the sky is dark, and the east wind is carrying the rain of gods."
"Nine Songs" is full of ghosts and gods, which fits the current state of mind.
Why do the old ministers around me leave him one after another?
Perhaps as Ke Zhen'e said back then, Liu Zhaosun's character was too tough and would hurt his relatives and confidants.
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Lu Xiangsheng finally arrived at the Wenhua Hall, and the Supreme Emperor told him everything he had just seen.
After hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng said with relief:
"Your Majesty is sympathetic to the generals and is concerned about the abolition of the canal in Yangzhou. He thinks about it day by day and dreams at night. There is no need to disturb him."
The Supreme Emperor asked again: "In the past, Liu Xuande dreamed of Guan Yunchang at night, and Guan Yu was defeated in Maicheng and was killed by Sun Quan. Just now I saw Lin Yu covered in blood, looking like a human and a ghost. I am afraid that he is in danger."
Lu Xiangsheng was a student of Confucianism and had never been interested in the theory of ghosts and gods. He went to the Forbidden City to ask for immortality and medicine. He had written many times to persuade him. Seeing that the Supreme Emperor was suspicious, he could only comfort him and said:
"Your Majesty, Lin Yu is your Majesty's blessed general. He has gone through many hardships and dangers over the years. Nothing will happen this time. Yangzhou has been calmed down. Your Majesty, please cheer up. It doesn't have to be like this..."
While Liu Zhaosun was listening to Lu Xiangsheng's long speech, he raised his head and inadvertently looked towards the four walls, and faintly saw another black shadow flying past.
The Supreme Emperor has followed Master Zhang to seek immortality over the years, and he knows a thing or two about the art of prophecy and divination, and the art of Qimen Dunjia. He knows that he will not have such a dream for no reason.
"Forget it, let's not mention this dream for now. What is Mr. Lu's opinion on Fujian?"
Seeing that the Supreme Emperor did not mention ghosts and gods, Lu Xiangsheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said quickly:
"There are many pirates in Fujian, mixed with good people. In the past, pirates colluded with Japanese pirates and caused harm to the southeast. If we want to completely eradicate maritime troubles and stabilize the new policy in Fujian, I think we need to start from three aspects."
The Supreme Emperor said with great expectation: "Just tell me."
Lu Xiangsheng pondered for a moment and said: "One is to ban the sea and prohibit people from going to sea easily. At the same time, all counties that collude with pirates will be moved fifty miles inland to cut off the pirates and Japanese pirates from food and population supplies. In just two years, the pirates and Japanese pirates will not attack Self-destruction.”
Liu Zhaosun thought for a while and remembered that the Qing Dynasty had indeed adopted this policy on the coast, and it gradually evolved into a closed country.
"What about the second one?"
Of course Lu Xiangsheng didn't know about the Qing Dynasty's seclusion. Seeing the Supreme Emperor questioning him, he continued:
"Your Majesty, the stability of Fujian cannot be separated from the Navy. We can set up one Fuzhou Navy Associate General, one Quanzhou Navy Battalion Coordinator, and Zhangzhou Navy Battalion Coordinator. The navy recruits mainly fishermen from Fujian."
On the southeast coast, Da Qi will definitely have more intense conflicts with European colonial forces in the future.
It is a good idea to use Fujian people to protect Fujian soil.
The Supreme Emperor's thoughts flew far away and he didn't even listen to what Lu Xiangsheng continued to say.
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The monarch and his ministers talked for more than half an hour. The Supreme Emperor rewarded Lu Xiangsheng with silver silk and commended Lu Xiangsheng, which need not be repeated.
Lu Xiangsheng resigned from the Wenhua Hall, and the Supreme Emperor was escorted outside the middle gate. Just as he was about to turn around, he bumped into Yang Jianzheng of Qintian Prison.
When Yang Jianzheng saw him rushing into the Supreme Emperor, he quickly knelt down and kowtowed, saying that he would die.
Liu Zhaosun glanced at him, waved his hand, and said calmly:
"Okay, let's get down to business, why are you here so late."
Yang Jianzheng said quickly: "I went down to report a secret. I heard that the Supreme Emperor is in Wenhua Hall, so I came here specially."
Liu Zhaosun frowned: "What's the secret?"
Yang Jianzheng said: "General Lin may have died in the battle! Therefore, I came here to report to the Supreme Emperor."
Liu Zhaosun's heart felt like a knife piercing his heart, and he motioned for the Qin Tianjian official to continue speaking.
There are specialties in the arts, and in terms of fortune telling and divination, Qin Tian dares to say he is second, and no one dares to say he is first.
"Don't be alarmist. I hate people who talk nonsense most in my life."
Yang Jianzheng said firmly:
"I watched the sky at night and saw the general's star falling in Huaiyang the day before yesterday. I knew that General Lin was bound to be in trouble."
