Walking along Junhou Street to the end, you can see the tall red wall with gold bricks.
A flowing moat surrounds the palace gate. This river is said to be diverted from an underground river. It is extremely deep and fast, and it is cold water. Even in this August weather, if an ordinary person fell into it, it would only take a cup of tea to make him numb. In addition, there is a magic circle in the water. Once it is activated and falls into the water, it will be a narrow escape.
There are nine stone bridges erected on the moat. They are different in size and width. The one in the middle is the widest and longest, and the railing sculptures are also different.
The nine bridges have a unified name: Nine Arm Bridge. It is said that the nine bridges are like the emperor's nine arms that embrace the world.
When you arrive at the Nine-Armed Bridge, you need to pass the first rigorous inspection. From the waist badge to the approval document, to the registration information, etc., it took a stick of incense to complete the series of procedures.
"Master Shen, please, with these procedures, the next level will not be so troublesome."
The eunuch who led the way was short in stature, short in stature but rather plump in stature, with extremely smooth skin on his face and a smile. He walked half a step forward to Shen Hao's right.
"Master Shen has never learned palace etiquette, but His Majesty is in urgent need of an edict, so please obey the authority in a hurry. Please listen carefully, Master Shen, as I tell you some useful rules."
"Please speak, Shen must listen carefully."
The eunuchs were all eunuchs, but Shen Hao did not dare to look down upon them. Even these people had lived in the palace for a long time, and although they were physically handicapped, their abilities were not small at all. Before coming here, Jiang Cheng had told him to be "honest and low-key" and he would certainly not forget it.
He walked quickly while listening carefully to the explanations from the eunuch beside him, which were mainly about etiquette. Although some of them were heard by Shen Hao for the first time, they were not too complicated and not difficult to remember.
After passing the Nine-Armed Bridge, you will reach the palace gate. Behind the palace gate is the square. Then follow the path beside the square and enter the palace city. Then there are several checkpoints. Shen Hao passed them one by one. When he finally arrived in front of Fu'an Palace, he was asked to remove his body. All weapons and hand over the storage bag. This point was not negotiable, and Shen Hao understood it, so he cooperated by taking off his saber and handing over his storage bag before being allowed to enter the palace gate.
As soon as Shen Hao entered, he smelled the smell of sulfur and felt that there was enough water in the air, so he knew that there must be a hot spring in Fu'an Palace. The emperor secretly would enjoy it.
Not long after waiting, someone came to tell him to go in, and the eunuch who led him all the way here was still there, which meant that he was still the person close to the emperor. Shen Hao was secretly glad that he had kept a low profile all the way and did not hate this eunuch. .
"Master Shen, please!"
Shen Hao nodded, thanked him, opened a door and walked in. He walked through a corridor with golden sword guards standing on both sides and walked into a large study-like room.
There were three people in the room, two of them standing and one sitting.
Among the three people, there was Shen Hao, who knew Pang Ban; another old man wearing a golden sword guard costume; and an old man sitting on the couch wearing ordinary clothes with a sick face but eyes like an eagle.
"Shen Hao, commander of the Jingxi Black Flag Battalion, is here to see your majesty. Your majesty is blessed with great blessings and great power throughout the world!" He shouted flattery and knelt down on one knee to pay homage.
It's not that Shen Hao wants to be so bitter, but it's the rule. Especially for a newcomer like him who is meeting the Holy Spirit for the first time, he still has to follow the instructions just taught. It is absolutely correct.
The person who salutes is naturally the one sitting down. Although Shen Hao saw him for the first time, he was already familiar with his appearance. The first thing everyone in Xuanqing Guard had to do after entering was to write down the emperor's appearance, even the gatekeepers. If so, how else could he be called the emperor's personal soldier?
"My subordinates have seen the commander!"
"I have seen this senior Jinjianwei before!"
With three greetings and three greetings, Shen Hao's words were full of energy and at the same time he was unhurried. After completing the circle of salutes, the slightest trace of nervousness in his heart disappeared.
"Without courtesy, get up and answer." The emperor spoke. He also looked at Shen Hao curiously a few more times, and then said: "I have heard about you for a long time. The leader of the Xuanqing Guards in Jingxi, Pang Ban A capable general under my command. Hmm... You seem to have a nickname, Evil Star, right?"
"I am so frightened that I have made your Majesty laugh." Shen Hao bowed quickly, but he didn't expect that the emperor had heard about him, otherwise he wouldn't even know the nickname given to him by the outside world.
In front of the emperor, Pang Ban just nodded towards Shen Hao without any expression. The other person wearing the Golden Sword Guard costume was Yang Xiu Sheng. He also nodded towards Shen Hao and looked curiously at the young man in front of him who had been mentioned by many people and could always do great things.
"You are the one who captured this person. Please tell me carefully what happened. I want you to miss every word. Do you understand?"
"I understand!" Shen Hao bowed again and responded. He is now in the fifth rank, but he is still too low in front of the emperor. He is not even qualified to call himself a "minor official" and can only be called a "low official". According to the unwritten rules within the system, only those who have reached the fourth-rank official position are qualified to call themselves minor ministers in front of the emperor. Shen Hao is still two levels away.
The emperor asked, and Shen Hao quickly told the details of how he deduced and discovered Xue Gui's line and the results. Of course, he omitted the part he planned to conceal.
When Shen Hao finished speaking, the emperor's expression remained the same, but he just picked up the mask on the table and said, "Did you find anything strange about this mask when you and Xue Gui were fighting in the secret room?"
"Xiaoguan didn't find it, but the mask was extremely hard. Xiaguan used a sharp blade to chop it, preparing to cut open the mask to explore Xue Gui's true face, but he couldn't find it. Its hardness was the only thing Xiaguan had ever seen. Other than that, there was nothing strange about it. ." Shen Hao made up his mind and refused to say anything.
The emperor was noncommittal and remained silent for a while before saying: "This time, I will remember you as the leader of the Black Flag Battalion's Yamen. Go down." After a pause, the emperor said to Pang Ban again: "You can go too."
"This is Your Majesty, I'm leaving."
After the two people exited Fu'an Palace, the emperor picked up the mask on the table again and said in a deep voice: "What do you think?"
"That kid is hiding something."
"Humph, who doesn't have some secrets? He may only know that this mask is not simple, but he doesn't dare to hide it, but he doesn't know that this mask is not only simple, haha, can he take it off so easily? But It doesn’t matter, after all, he still helped me get a top-quality magic weapon. I didn’t expect that I would get the first top-quality magic weapon from the Jingji Dynasty like this.”
As the emperor spoke, he put the mask on the table into Yang Xiu Sheng's hand, and continued: "Uncle, you should take this thing to Fenghong Villa and study it carefully. It is definitely not just used to cover up the blood aura."
Yang Xiu Sheng took the mask, smiled, and asked, "What about Prince Jin?"
The emperor closed his eyes and leaned on the soft body, and said solemnly: "Let's do it."
