After dealing with Luo An, Qin Shaoyou left Gunshan Jun, Su Jianqing and others at the headquarters of the Demon Suppression Division. He took Zhu Xiucai, Master Ma and Cui Yougui and rushed to the residence arranged by the Ministry of Rites, where he met Li Erlang. With Cai Guizhong.
As soon as they met, he pretended that he really didn't know that these two guys were coming to Beijing, scolded them, and asked why they didn't even tell him about their arrival in Beijing.
But the official from the Ministry of Etiquette who was responsible for the reception was shocked.
Li Erlang and Cai Guizhong are righteous gods recognized by heaven and earth and canonized by the imperial court. When Qin Shaoyou saw them, he didn't kneel down and offer incense, but he actually spoke so rudely.
The official of the Ministry of Rites even suspected that if he were not here, Qin Shaoyou would be even more rude? The kind that points to the nose and curses?
It seems that the rumors are true. Qin Shaoyou has the ability to confer gods. He canonized these two righteous gods on behalf of heaven and earth, so the relationship between them is so good.
Li Erlang and Cai Guizhong knew that Qin Shaoyou was acting for the people of the Ministry of Rites, so of course they had to accompany him to continue the play.
Li Erlang immediately scolded him: "You are in the capital and you don't know that we are going to the capital. Do you blame us for this? We also said that your kid didn't come out of the city to greet us. It's disgusting. He planned to go to the city to cause trouble for you." "
Cai Guizhong nodded in agreement: "Yes, this problem cannot be solved without a drink!"
"How can one drink be enough? At least two!" Li Erlang added.
Before he finished speaking, several little Qingji crawled out of his clothes, drooling from their mouths, and kept asking: "Do you have wine? Where is the wine?"
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then burst into laughter.
After laughing, Qin Shaoyou asked about the situation at home.
The officials from the Ministry of Rites nearby knew that both Li Erlang and Cai Guizhong were from Yizhou, and Qin Shaoyou's hometown was also in Yizhou, so they only thought that he was caring about his parents at home.
He never expected that Qin Shaoyou was actually asking about the situation in Wuzhao Mountain.
Li Erlang and Cai Guizhong understood the situation and told him that everything was fine at home and told him not to worry about it. Then they clamored for him to buy a drink quickly.
Of course they didn't want to drink, but they wanted to use this as an excuse to get rid of the officials from the Ministry of Etiquette who had been following them.
"I've heard before that the best of the world gathers in the capital. For today's wine, you must invite the best. You can't mess with us with ordinary wine." Li Erlang said.
"Yes, yes, drink good wine, good wine... Hey, it's very beautiful." Several Xiao Qingji followed suit.
Seeing that Qin Shaoyou was really going to take Li Erlang and Cai Guizhong out for a drink, the officials of the Ministry of Rites on the side were anxious and hurriedly greeted:
"Qin Qianhu, you two deities, it's not too late to have a drink before going back later. You'd better follow me into the palace first. When His Majesty ordered me to receive you, he made a decree to invite you two into the palace. Come on, he wants to personally meet the righteous god of our country, Daxia, to thank you for protecting the people of this place and blessing us with peace."
"Your Majesty wants to see us? Why didn't you tell us before?"
Li Erlang raised his eyebrows.
Although the divine power was not released, it still made the official of the Ministry of Rites nervous. He quickly explained: "Li Shuibo, your Majesty's decree is to wait for Qin Qianhu to arrive before he enters the palace with you. Qin Qianhu has not arrived before, so I can't I’m only taking you two into the palace.”
"Okay, okay, don't embarrass this old man, he is also following orders.
Since His Majesty wants to see you two, let us enter the palace quickly. This time I have benefited from your glory and can see the holy face again.
As for drinking, it won't be too late to wait until Mian Wansheng leaves the palace. "
Qin Shaoyou stepped forward to smooth things over.
Then he turned around and ordered Zhu Xiucai to book a table at the best restaurant in the capital. He also asked Li Erlang to leave all the little Qingjis on him here. If they followed him, they would not be able to enter the palace.
Seeing that Li Erlang and Cai Guizhong no longer pursued him for an explanation, the officials of the Ministry of Rites breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at Qin Shaoyou with a little more gratitude.
What he didn't know was that Qin Shaoyou was eager to go to the palace so he could spy on Emperor Jianwu.
His intuition told him that Emperor Jianwu should be a little weird now.
Soon Qin Shaoyou, Li Erlang and Cai Guizhong, led by officials from the Ministry of Rites, arrived outside the palace.
A eunuch was already waiting here.
Next, the officials of the Ministry of Rites stayed outside the palace to wait, and Qin Shaoyou and the other three were introduced into the palace by eunuchs.
Emperor Jianwu is still in the Immortal Palace.
This has become the place where he loves to stay the most and where he stays the longest.
As soon as he entered the Dengxian Palace, Qin Shaoyou used [Bright Eyes], [Listening] and [Miaobi] to gain keen insight into some strange situations.
Emperor Jianwu's aura became increasingly chaotic.
This chaos is not the same as before.
Emperor Jianwu's chaotic aura before was mostly due to practicing the techniques passed down by the Mad God.
But now, his aura was chaotic, but it seemed like there was something wrong inside his body.
Was it because he was practicing the mad god's skills that he became possessed?
Or was he injured due to the joint ambush by Lu Bing, Xu Jianzheng and monks and Taoist officials?
In addition, there seemed to be something wrong with Emperor Jianwu's heartbeat and the flow of blood in his veins.
Qin Shaoyou's mind was spinning rapidly, thinking about what had happened to Emperor Jianwu, but his face showed no flaws at all, looking respectful but excited.
When Qin Shaoyou secretly observed the situation of Emperor Jianwu, the faint emperor was also on the high platform, looking down at the three people who entered the palace.
Of course, his eyes mainly fell on Li Erlang and Cai Guizhong.
"It is indeed the true god! Fresh, delicious and delicious true god..."
A voice sounded in Emperor Jianwu's mind, which made him swallow his saliva and said to the voice in his mind: "Don't be anxious, don't be anxious..."
The subtle movement of swallowing saliva was keenly seen by Qin Shaoyou, and he thought to himself: "This foolish king recruited my eldest brother and Lao Cai to the capital. As expected, he didn't have good intentions. He wanted to eat them... Huh, let's see at the end, who ate whom? .”
Although Emperor Jianwu had the murderous intention and appetite, he did not take action immediately.
On the contrary, he suppressed these desires, encouraged and rewarded Li Erlang and Cai Guizhong, and finally said:
"This time, I invite the two righteous gods to Beijing. In addition to wanting to meet you, I also want to invite you to participate in the ceremony of sacrificing prisoners to heaven!
The ceremony will be held on the early morning of the 29th of this month.
In the past few days, people from the Ministry of Etiquette will teach the two righteous gods some etiquette, so please cooperate in learning. If you have any needs, just mention them to the people in the Etiquette Department and they will try their best to meet them. "
Li Erlang and Cai Guizhong agreed, but Qin Shaoyou was secretly surprised.
The prisoner offering ceremony is on the 29th of this month?
This is wrong!
According to the calculations of the past months, and the judgment made by Cui Youguo and others from observing the stars in these days, the full moon night was on the seventeenth day of this month.
If Emperor Jianwu really wanted to use the prisoner sacrifice ceremony to worship the mad god in the blood moon, the best time would be on the seventeenth day of this month.
But now he said that the prisoner presentation ceremony was on the 29th of this month.
At that time, the full moon had ended, and it was difficult for the mad god in the blood moon to receive the sacrifice. What was the point of the sacrifice?
Did Emperor Jianwu deliberately take a holiday?
Or did he not intend to use the prisoner sacrifice ceremony to sacrifice the mad god in the blood moon?
So what will be his real back-up plan?
Qin Shaoyou remained calm, but his mind was racing and thinking rapidly.
