"Luo Sigong, why did you take me to Longde Hall?"
Although Emperor Wanli originally wanted to go to Longde Hall, it was because he thought there was something wrong with Longde Hall, but now the Jinyiwei envoy actually wanted to take him to Longde Hall at such a critical moment. Emperor Wanli's doubts became even more serious.
What exactly did Longde Palace find out?
Luo Sigong protected Emperor Wanli, and everyone retreated to Jiaotai Hall and then arrived at the West Sixth Palace. Queen Wang also hurriedly followed.
"Your Majesty, what is this?"
Queen Wang is still unclear about the situation, but she just sees some light in the distance.
There are Jiaotai Hall and two squares between Qianqing Palace and Kunning Palace. They are so far away that you don’t know what is happening in front of them.
"I'm very confused now! Just follow me!"
"Luo Sigong, what did you find out?"
Emperor Wanli asked Luo Sigong about his current situation, and Luo Sigong quickly told the truth about what happened in Longde Hall and what he had seen and heard.
This surprised Emperor Wanli.
What is Wudang Mountain doing, sending such a powerful Taoist priest into the Forbidden City to clean the compound?
Is it because I awarded Zhang Xianyong of Longhu Mountain, so Wudang Mountain was unhappy and sent a secretive junior to show his face?
"Wudang Mountain sent a master here and hid him, saying he was just a young man who knew how to memorize sutras and had only a little magic power!"
Emperor Wanli heard that Ji Xiang was very capable, and his joy lasted only for a moment. Then what he thought about was that Wudang Mountain did not report the knowledge! Isn’t this the crime of deceiving the emperor?
Concubine Zheng was also surprised at this time, and even provoked: "There is indeed something wrong with the little Taoist priest in Longde Palace! Wudang Mountain has concealed the ability of this Taoist priest who entered the palace, is it just waiting for this critical moment to jump out again?"
"I'm afraid it wasn't this fire, but all these gods and monsters that were brought in by him!"
Concubine Zheng looked frightened and her face was a little pale: "Wudang Mountain, are you going to repeat the mistakes of the late emperor and send another Tao Zhongwen into the palace to confuse Your Majesty!"
Luo Sigong quickly defended: "My Majesty, I forgive you, but from what I can see, Taoist Ji has nothing to do with the monster entering the palace and setting fire to it!"
Concubine Zheng said angrily: "If he had nothing to do with the gods and monsters entering the palace, based on what you just saw and heard, how could he know that the gods and monsters would kill him! And he said they weren't colluding with each other!"
Luo Sigong was speechless for a moment. Just as he was thinking about how to defend himself, Emperor Wanli spoke.
"Because that is Longde Hall, the former Xuanji Treasure Hall!"
Concubine Zheng was stunned for a moment. She saw that Emperor Wanli was slightly lost in thought, and seemed to have thought of something. Empress Wang looked at her, took a step closer, and asked, "Is your Majesty's thoughts related to Emperor Sejong?"
"Yes, the queen knows me!"
Emperor Wanli said solemnly: "The old Xuanji Treasure Hall was originally the Qin'an Hall, and the current Longde Hall is the second newly built Xuanji Treasure Hall. It was changed to Longde Hall when the late Emperor Mu Zong was in power."
"Emperor Sejong often practiced Taoism, offered sacrifices and performed rituals many times in the Xuanji Palace, and often enshrined Zhenwu, Ruizong, and Haotian. The worshipers in Longde Palace were Taoists from Wudang Mountain, and the highest god of Wudang Mountain was Zhenwu."
"I have always worshiped the True Martial Arts and protected the fire and water, so these gods and monsters are afraid that the Taoists from Wudang Mountain will summon the magic of the True Martial Arts Department and hinder their assassination of me..."
But Concubine Zheng was puzzled and said: "Well, during the reign of Emperor Sejong, the fire in the palace was even worse than today. The three halls, two floors and fifteen gates were all damaged. At that time, I had never heard that Zhenwu had any effect!"
Emperor Wanli was silent for a while, and thought to himself, Emperor Longqing might be thinking the same thing as you. After all, Zhenwu has been worshiping for many years, and fires still often break out in the palace. Since it is of no use, he just moved it away.
But this time the monster in the fire entered the Forbidden City, maybe it was caused by moving Zhenwu. Emperor Jiajing placed the statue of Emperor Zhenwu in Longde Hall, not for fire prevention...
"Perhaps Sejong placed these statues back then precisely to prevent these gods and monsters from entering the Forbidden City."
A real martial arts demon.
Zhenwu shifted his position, and the demons danced wildly.
At that time, there were frequent fires in the palace. Emperor Wanli believed that it should be caused by Emperor Jiajing's refining elixirs everywhere. At that time, many palaces were vacated by Emperor Jiajing to raise Taoist priests and refining elixirs everywhere. Even the Yangxin Hall next to the Qianqing Palace was used as an elixir refining site. house.
"Go to Longde Hall to see the situation first!"
"The Wudang Mountain trail in Longde Hall has such great ability, but Wudang Mountain has concealed it. I will definitely let those old bull noses explain it to me later. I want to see how they sent such highly capable Taoist priests into the temple." What is the purpose of the Forbidden City!!"
"Also, Luo Sigong! You said those fire gods came to kill me, but why did they do this? I don't know them at all!"
Emperor Wanli passed through the West Sixth Palace. Along the way, many palace maids and eunuchs held lanterns to guide the way. The candles were swaying in the lanterns. Emperor Wanli stared at the swaying lights. For some reason, he felt a strong sense of danger in his heart.
The talisman on the chest was warning again.
So, just when everyone was about to pass through the West Sixth Palace and reach the corner of the verandah, he stopped because of the sense of danger in his heart.
"Everyone, stop for me!"
Emperor Wanli's face darkened, he stopped the guides and pointed at them:
"Put out the lights in your hands!"
Emperor Wanli gave the order, and at the same time he saw the palace maids at the entrance of the verandah. From this verandah, you can lead to the third northwest hall, and then from the long corridor of the third northwest hall to the outer palace. But now, at the entrance of this verandah, those two The palace maid made Emperor Wanli's heart beat violently.
This is not the thrill of meeting love around the corner!
But there is a terrifying feeling of great danger!
Emperor Wanli could still see those candles in his eyes, and at this moment he suddenly looked around. Everyone who came out of the Qianqing Palace with him had extinguished the candles. Only the maids and eunuchs in the West Sixth Palace had given their orders to him. turn a deaf ear!
Luo Sigong also discovered this problem at this time, and immediately stood beside Emperor Wanli with a knife. The remaining Jinyi guards all turned pale, and Emperor Wanli shouted angrily:
"How dare you disobey my orders!"
These people stood there with a look of fear on their faces.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, what's going on?".
Familiar voices came, and Emperor Wanli recognized that they were his concubines in the Sixth Palace in the West. These concubines seemed to have no idea what was going on outside. At this time, they came from various palaces with confused faces. He also brought the palace maid with him.
Concubine Zhou Duan, Concubine Xu De, Concubine Liu Zhao.
But in Emperor Wanli's eyes, these palace maids lowered their heads and could not see their faces. However, his three concubines did not seem to notice anything unusual. This strange situation made Emperor Wanli feel extremely vigilant again!
Emperor Wanli suddenly shouted:
"Stand still, don't move a step!"
"Anyone who dares to approach Luo Sigong will be killed by me!"
