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Chapter 254: The Jade Horn
Li Chan rode the horse he found from the mountain stream, followed by the five-color deer. Emperor Dayong led the officials over, and when he was about to approach, he got off his horse and crossed his hands to salute.

When Li Yin came near, all the courtiers talked about it and were amazed.Last year the sage hunted a male deer in autumn, and what Li Dan brought must have been the female deer.

Li Yin smiled and said: "Scholar Li, you don't need to be too polite. Where did you hunt this five-colored deer?"

Li Chan said: "Weichen chased all the way into the mountain, and I don't know the name of the place. I only know that the deer's lair is on a cliff."

Li Yin nodded. He had heard that many people saw the five-colored deer in Yandang Ridge, but they should not be easily killed when dealing with this auspicious beast. In addition, the five-colored deer is extremely sensitive, so it fled into the deep mountains by it. Being captured by Li Chan, he wondered again: "This female deer is not restrained, why is it obediently following behind you?"

Before Li Chan could speak, the Five-Colored Deer stepped forward and bowed his head: "I am from the Xiongzhi clan, and I have met the Emperor."

The five-color deer spit out words, which made some courtiers whisper.Li Yin saw that the female deer showed a submissive attitude, which was completely different from the male deer in the forbidden palace, and asked, "Oh? What do you want to say?"

Five-colored deer said: "I was born in the Xiongzhi family. My family has served the mother of dragons in Daming Mountain in Lingnan since ancient times. Since the ancestors of the world, the mother of dragons has also left. Our family is weak. Only in a peaceful and prosperous age can we dare Appeared. I heard that the sages in this life are bright and the sun and the moon, Wenzhi and martial arts. I have long wanted to come to vote, so I came to Yujing with my husband. I wanted to wait and see for a few more years, but my husband was captured. I was frightened, so I had to Hiding in the mountains. I saw the saint coming again today. I wanted to escape, but I was instructed by Xueshi Li to observe the saint's appearance from a distance. I really am a wise king through the ages, so I dared to show up to meet you."

Legend has it that the five colors on this auspicious beast correspond to the five virtues of benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith.Li Chan glanced at the Five-Colored Deer, and remained calm, but was surprised in his heart.Originally, the five-color deer only agreed to go with him, but this remark was made on its own.After thinking about it, I figured it out, the five-color deer sent this favor, it was nothing more than a deep affection, hoping that he would treat the little deer well.

A courtier praised: "Last year the sage got a stag, which is already an auspicious sign. Today, the benevolent beasts take the initiative to vote, and the male and female form a pair, which is even more auspicious among auspicious signs."

Li Yin said hello three times, and said to the doe: "You and your husband have been separated for a long time, and now we can meet again. Since you understand the righteousness, I will not treat the auspicious beast badly. You will live in the forbidden garden in the future. 24 Ting can come and go as he pleases."

Although the Forbidden Garden in the north of Taiji Palace is not as high and long as the outside world, it is also hundreds of miles away. The scenery is as bright and beautiful as the Taoist Cave. Immediately knelt down to thank Li Chan, glanced reluctantly at Li Chan's sleeve, and followed Li Yin's side.

Li Yin was very happy, looked at Li Chan again, and said approvingly: "Qing Zhen is my humerus."

These words have a lot of meaning. It seems that they are not only talking about today's five-color deer, but also reminded Li Chan of the secret decree in Shenzha Sisi's office in Hebi Lane when he first entered Yujing City. He also heard Li Yin say: "What reward do you want?" ?”

Li Chan said: "The five-color deer originally admired the sage's Mingde, so he took the initiative to vote. The humble minister has no merit and no face, so please reward him."

Li Yin chuckled, "Wouldn't it make me look stingy if I got this auspicious auspiciousness without a reward?"

The rewards are nothing more than money and silk, clothes, land, houses, objects and so on. It is more reasonable to give clothes to get auspicious.But at the beginning, Li Chan was praised for his merits in painting and resisting Yu Yuan, and the Longtao talisman bestowed on him was already a gift from Zhangfu. The belt and the like are repeated with the Longtao Talisman Book.Li Yin looked at Li Chan, and the figure of the old man appeared in his heart again. After he was born in Yujing City, he lived in the former residence of Yin Shengxie.
He pondered for a while, "Qing's habit of living in Guangzhaifang, did you find another place to live?"

As soon as these words came out, all the courtiers looked surprised.Li Xueshi was famous in Yujing for his Danqing skills, and the saint naturally heard about it, but no one knew that the saint even remembered his residence clearly.It turned out that Li Xueshi was silent, and he was already in the emperor's heart.Wai Lang, a member of the Ministry of Rites, said: "I report to the sage, the newly built mansions in Dongying, Yujie Street have been completed to 150 in Lixia, and they can be given to Li Xueshi as a district."

But Li Chan said: "I am used to living here, so I have no intention of moving here."

Li Yin nodded, "Since you are used to living in it, I will give you that house to live in forever, how about it?"

The Yujing Emperor's Que cost every inch of land and gold, and many high-ranking scholars came and went here, and housing was the biggest problem.In order to make his ministers live in peace, the emperor often gave houses to those who valued them, but most of them were for temporary residence.But Yongchongjuzhi means permanent residence.

Li Chan lived in that house for nearly a year, and it was almost time to repay the rent to the household department.He wandered around for many years, and did not settle down until he entered Yujing City.No matter the place where Jun once splashed ink under the window, the cook where Qingniang used to be busy, the flower garden carefully maintained by Hongyao, or the chess pavilion, they cannot be easily let go.However, the rented house is not a destination after all.Now that he has received the title from the Emperor, that house can really be regarded as his home.

This reward is undoubtedly the most suitable for Li Chan's heart. He crossed his hands and said, "Thank you, Lord Long En."

Li Yin laughed, and at this time General Zuo of the Jinwu Guard said: "The sage got the five-color deer today, and the jade-horned Cangguang that General Wei hunted just now is also an ancient auspicious beast. It's really a sign of prosperity!"

These words reminded Li Yin, and he returned with his ministers to the front of Jin Wuwei's army.

Wei Chenggang, the general of the Jinwu Guard, was the successor of the general. He was extremely brave, but he regretted that he was born in a peaceful and prosperous age and had no chance to make contributions.He is twenty years old, and he is already a general of the Jinwu Guard. In the eyes of others, he is young and promising, but he is not satisfied.Today Wei Chenggang overwhelmed all the heroes in the military exercise and captured another cang siu. He thought he was already the leader, but unexpectedly, Li Dan came out halfway and brought back a five-colored deer.He admired it, but he didn't feel that he had lost the battle. Although the five-color deer was agile, how could it compare to Cang Xi's great strength?
Seeing that the saint came to the front of the army, Wei Chenggang let Buqu retreat, and he dragged the cangsi forward by himself, knelt on one knee and said: "Wei Chenggang, the lowly officer, I have seen the saint."

This young soldier is so mighty, in Li Yin's eyes, he is more gratifying than that Cangsi, "General Wei is really brave, good, good!"

Li Dan, who came back with the ministers, returned to the scholars, Jiang Ru smiled and said, "Excellent!"

Li Chan smiled slightly, "I live up to expectations."

Wang Xiaogong at the side saw the five-colored deer beside the emperor, and said calmly: "Xueshi Li is really good at tricks, but Wang will not be negligent next time."

Li Chan smiled and said, "Acceptance, acquiescence."

Not far away, Li Peijie happily called out to the teacher, and all the scholars gathered around one after another, asking Li Chan about the details of hunting the five-colored deer. Li Chan hid the matter of the deer, and while talking, looked at the grass from a distance, I thought to myself, the jade horn on Cang Si's head is somewhat similar to the unicorn on the white fox's forehead.It's just that the corner of Tu Shanxi is much smaller and more unique.She has been away from home for two months, and she does not know when she will come back.

When she was in a trance, Dan's eyes moved again, and there was more than one streak of monster energy on Cang Si's body.

Li Yin came to Cang Si's side, looked at the thick jade horns, saw Cang Si's abdomen slightly swollen, and asked, "Oh? General Wei, is this Cang Si pregnant?"

Wei Chenggang was stunned, looked at Cang Si's abdomen, and suddenly said: "The sage knows it, the last general just felt that Cang Si is extremely ferocious, so she is pregnant with a young child."

Another courtier said that the saint's five-colored deer was in pairs, and Cang Si was also in pairs, which was a good omen, but Li Yin frowned.Such a strange beast appeared in Gyeonggi without any rumors. Take the pair of five-colored deer as an example. Woodcutters had spotted their tracks a few years ago, but this scorpion seemed to appear out of thin air.

It would make sense to say that this Cang Si came here recently, but this Cang Si is pregnant, and a mother is the most vulnerable when she is pregnant, so it makes sense that she should hide in her usual place to avoid people's eyes and ears, so how could she migrate so easily?

Not far away, Li Chan noticed that there was more than one monster aura on Cang Si's body, and another one was hidden in his belly.Could this Cang Si be pregnant?Just thinking about it, I felt wrong again.The demonic aura in this Cang Si's belly is different from it.He narrowed his eyes and looked more closely, but couldn't tell.

Since he can remember, he has seen countless monsters, but there are few cases where he can't see the details. Except for Bi Junqingniang, the dragon soul in Longyou soup counts as one, and the evil spirit in Cang Si's belly now counts as another. Feeling faint heart palpitations, suddenly, I saw that Cang Si's belly swell up like blowing air!

"Be careful!" Li Chan was startled, and the Xuanxin sword flew out of her sleeve.

Beside Cang Si, Li Yin's expression changed suddenly, his thick eyebrows were furrowed, and he snorted coldly.

The young man also felt that something was wrong, so he flew towards Cang Si and blocked Li Yin.

In an instant, pieces of the pale belly split open, revealing a small drum, as big as a baby's head, with mottled red paint and dark blue leather.

At the moment when the small drum appeared, it seemed that an invisible hand patted the drum lightly.

Boom!
The thunder light suddenly appeared, and the sky was darkened!
The strong wind brought by the explosion of thunder swept around from Cang Si. Li Chan's Xuanxin Sword had just flown more than ten feet before being swept back by Peiran's huge force. Squinting your eyes hard, you can barely see the scene in front of you again, but your ears are still buzzing, and the sounds of screams, screams, horses neighing, and swords breaking are endless, but it seems to be separated by a layer of membrane. from everywhere.

Even cultivators of Taoism were like this, not to mention ordinary soldiers, soldiers who were far away from the cang, all of them were so shocked that their mouths and noses were bleeding.The strong wind howled, Li Chan tried to look towards Cang Si, and saw that the brave young general had disappeared, and even the dozens of soldiers of the Jinwu Guard turned into a pool of broken armor mixed with flesh and bones .

(End of this chapter)