Great Swordsman

Chapter 433 Taizu Taimiao (please subscribe!)
It was already ugly time to return to Qingyou Mountain.

Li Mu went up the mountain in a daze, feeling that he had lost all energy.

It was as if a part of his soul had been permanently cut off and left in the depths of the deep palace.

He returned to the small courtyard, without the intention to sleep, and simply lay on the roof, looking at the bright moon in the night sky.

Li Mu's mind was flying, thinking of his concubine Han Qingqian for a moment, his confidante Yan Hanyu for a moment, and Qin Mengyao for a moment.

While thinking wildly, the bright moon receded, and at the end of the dark world, a ray of light suddenly pierced the darkness, and the sky brightened in an instant.

Li Mu looked at the time, it was already the beginning of Mao Shi, and there were still two hours left before Qin Mengyao made a sacrifice to the Taizu.

It's time to prepare. If Qin Mengyao didn't enter Haoran Palace in the end, he would be persecuted by all the officials. At that time, he could only take her out of the imperial capital.

……

It is a big event to pay homage to the Taizu. At three o'clock in the morning, all the princes, nobles, civil and military officials who are well-known in the court have assembled in the Tianyuan Hall, and the eunuchs and maids in the palace have already prepared the guard of honor and phoenix.

At four quarters of the hour, under the protection of the Royal Forest Army, the guard of honor marched in front, Feng Huan was in the middle, surrounded by hundreds of officials, and a group of more than a thousand people marched mightily towards the Taizu Taimiao.

Li Mu and Ying Wei followed Feng Huan as Hanlin Academy.

Li Mu was a little absent-minded, looking sideways at Feng Huo frequently.

It's a pity that there is a gauze curtain woven with gold threads blocking Feng Yu's outside, blocking outsiders' sight. No matter from which angle you look at it, you can only vaguely see a thin figure.

"Hey, why do I feel that something is wrong with you today?" Ying Wei suddenly stepped between Feng Yu and Li Mu, staring at him suspiciously.

Although Ying Wei hates Li Mu, he has to admit that in the past Li Mu was very confident and free-spirited, with a dusty temperament that would ride away at any time, but today he is a bit out of his mind, as if he has been caught doing something bad. A heroic shortness of breath... Bah!

Is this guy worthy of being called a hero?

Ying Wei's eyes are not eyes, and his nose is not his nose's squinting Li Mu.

Li Mu glanced at him a few times, and the two soon became disgusted with each other, and each snorted coldly and turned their heads away.

Ying Wei didn't talk to Li Mu any more, and ran to Feng Huo's side frantically, asking about his health, asking if he was thirsty, if he was hungry, and if he was tired, it was very annoying!

If he had to change someone else, the officials would have dragged him out and beheaded him long ago, but who made Ying Wei the queen's cousin?

After the phoenix kicked out.

All the officials followed silently, but in fact, most of them were chatting through voice transmission!
"I heard that the queen summoned a man in black to enter the palace last night?" No, the right minister Jiang Yuange was chatting with the left minister Yao Yan and the official secretary Zhang Ziyao.

"No accident, it should be Li Mu, the poet and sword fairy." Zhang Ziyao sent them a voice transmission: "I think the queen has already noticed the sinister intentions of Lord Ji."

Yao Yan sighed: "The empress is confused when calling a man into the palace late at night."

"Life and death, what is this?" Jiang Yuange didn't care about these things, what he cared about was whether Li Mu could help the queen escape this disaster!

"It's hard to say." Yao Yan pondered for a while, and said through voice transmission: "Li Mu has a lot of cards in his cards, maybe he really has a way..."

"Impossible." Zhang Ziyao shook his head affirmatively: "The Grand Palace is guarded by the Great Qin Jiuding, even though Li Mu has the means to reach the sky..."

When Zhang Ziyao said this, he felt that he couldn't talk too much, so he said, "With Ji Can's prudence, I'm afraid Li Mu won't be allowed to approach the Haoran Palace, so how can we help the queen enter the palace?"

"If that's the case, then we will join forces to fight against Master Ji Canji in the future." Jiang Yuange squinted and looked in front of him.

A few meters away, Ji Can was also chatting with someone through voice transmission, and the chatting partners were Yan Wang Ji Han and Shu Wang Ji Hui!
Jiang Yuange laughed. The King of Yan and the King of Shu probably don't know what Ji Can's plans are up to. If they knew, they would be fighting each other in no time!

This throne is really interesting!

"What? Did Li Mu enter the palace last night?" At this time, Ji Hui also learned the news from Ji Can, and his face turned black!
Putting aside the fact that he and Qin Mengyao were childhood sweethearts, now that the emperor is just crazy and hasn't died yet, how dare you, Qin Mengyao, let a man enter the palace in the middle of the night?
This king is really angry!
Ji Hui gritted his teeth.

Ji Can took a look at him, and said in a deep voice: "This time to sacrifice to the ancestor, the queen will definitely let Li Mu follow. If two things are reported at the same time, how can I save the face of the royal family? King Shu, when the time comes If you want to ask you to come forward, you must stop Li Mu."

Although Ji Can was confident that Li Mu couldn't stop the nine bronze beasts on the ridge of Haoran Palace, it was better to stop them directly just in case!

"Don't worry, leave it to me!" Ji Hui sneered, if Li Mu dared to resist at that time, he would definitely accuse Li Mu'an of disrespecting the patriarch, and then force the queen to give up Li Mu!

Although Li Mu couldn't be killed, it was great to see Li Mu's angry expression!

From the imperial palace to the Ancestral Temple, one has to go through one main road and seven avenues. At this time, countless people gathered on both sides of the street. There have been rumors about the Queen's pregnancy, listening to the government behind the curtain, and going to the Ancestral Temple to worship the Taizu. All kinds of bizarre gossip!
What kind of queen is pregnant with someone else's child, what kind of emperor was poisoned by the noble concubine, why Yan Wang and Shu Wang are going to make trouble in the Taimiao, it is said that there are noses and eyes, it is difficult to tell the truth from the false!
In addition, the queen herself is the most beautiful in the world, no, early in the morning, everyone came to watch the fun!
Unfortunately, Feng Lu was covered by the golden curtain, and even the Queen's hand could not be seen!

The common people were very dissatisfied with the curtain, and complained a lot.

The Royal Forest Army cleared the way, and the team was very fast, crossing avenues, and at noon, the team finally arrived at the Taizu Taimiao!

"It's really magnificent!" Li Mu looked at the huge square in front of him and the palaces and pavilions behind him, and felt that they were comparable to Nanzhao's imperial palace!
"It's so rare!" Ying Wei didn't miss any chance to talk about Li Mu. He looked at Li Mu arrogantly, and smiled proudly: "It's a good thing you haven't seen my Ying family's ancestral house, otherwise your chin would Startled."

"It turns out that the Ying family is so powerful that they can't even compare to the Taizu Taimiao, tsk tsk tsk." Li Mu was amazed.

"That's it!" Ying Wei raised his head proudly, and immediately felt that Li Mu's words were a bit weird. After thinking for a while, he realized Li Mu's sinister intentions, and was so angry that he almost exploded on the spot!

At this time, the guard of honor had entered the Taimiao Square. To show their solemnity, all the officials stopped talking and followed solemnly. Ying Wei had no chance to settle accounts with Li Mu!
pissed him off!

Entering Taimiao Square, the Imperial Forest Army scattered around to guard.

The guard of honor went straight to the end of the square before stopping.

"Fall!" the eunuch screamed loudly.

Feng Huan heard the sound and fell, You Lan and Zhu'er lifted the golden curtain, and Qin Mengyao in white palace attire walked out of Feng Huan.

It is a very solemn thing to offer sacrifices to the Taizu today, so she does not wear makeup, does not wear a Chinese robe, and does not even wear hairpin jewelry. , is still thrilling.

Standing behind him, Li Mu could only see Qin Mengyao's crystal-clear earlobes. He somehow remembered the beauty of last night, and suddenly felt his blood surging.

Qin Mengyao seemed to be aware of Li Mu's fiery gaze, she suppressed her shyness and walked towards the steps step by step.

Baiguanying followed.

Li Mu and Ying Wei also followed, and everyone passed through the two main halls and three squares where eunuchs kneeled on the ground, and finally saw the huge Haoran Hall!

Compared with the main hall in front, Haoran Hall is even more majestic. The gate alone is nearly ten meters high, carved with thousand-year-old mahogany wood, and there is a golden light overflowing behind the gate.

That is the light emitted by Taizu's golden body!
When everyone walked to the 30-meter steps in front of Haoran Hall, Li Mu subconsciously looked up at the ridge of Haoran Hall, and he found nine half-meter-sized bronze beasts, which happened to be the nine sons of the dragon. In the middle of the position, overlooking the direction of the gate of Haoran Palace!
At this moment, Qin Mengyao was also standing under the steps, and couldn't help but look up at the nine bronze beasts, her starry eyes flickered, showing her restless heart.

If it weren't for these nine bronze beasts, I wouldn't be here... Qin Mengyao recalled the cloud and rain last night, his feet were soft, and a heart seemed to be jumping out of his throat, with thud bang bang.

She was busy calming down, suppressing the ripples in her heart.

Ji Can sneered when he saw Qin Mengyao who was hesitating, and then sent a voice transmission to Ji Hui, King of Shu.

Ji Hui immediately said, "Queen wait a minute!"

He was dressed in a black python robe, and walked out of the officials with a solemn face.

"What's the matter with the King of Shu?" Qin Mengyao turned around, but subconsciously looked at Li Mu, and when he met Li Mu's gaze, he immediately avoided it like an electric shock.

This scene fell in Ji Can's eyes, and he was even more determined in his heart that Qin Mengyao would use Li Mu's power to enter the Taimiao.

Fortunately, he was prepared!

Under Ji Can's watchful eyes, Ji Hui strode up to Li Mu and said, "Queen please! It is a solemn matter for the imperial court to pay homage to the Taizu. For someone like Li Mu who has no official position, let him wait here." Let’s avoid spreading the word, and the common people will say that the Empress is disrespectful to Taizu!”

Before the officials realized what the King of Shu was singing, Ying Wei on the side had already nodded his head like garlic, and echoed, "His Royal Highness the King of Shu said well, a deacon in Li Mu District is indeed not worthy to enter Haoran Palace to see the golden body of Taizu !"

Ji Hui squinted at Ying Wei, and snorted, "You too!"

"What His Royal Highness King Shu said is, of course I also... um? What?" Ying Wei was stunned.

What do you mean me too?
Outrageous!

I was talking to you just now, but you turned around and targeted me like this?
Deceiving too much! !
"Then according to the King of Shu's wishes, the four maids of this palace can't go in either?" Qin Mengyao pointed to plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum.

Ji Hui hesitated for a while, and was about to reply, when Ji Can suddenly appeared out of the crowd, and said loudly: "The empress must not only be sincere in offering sacrifices to the Taizu, but also do it herself. Is it possible that I have to bring a maid in to serve her?"

Qin Mengyao stared at Ji Can, and after being silent for a while, suddenly smiled and said, "I will follow what you say."

She softly ordered You Lan and others to wait here, then turned and stepped up the steps.

The eunuchs on both sides of the steps hurriedly knelt down to greet him.

You Lan, Zhu'er and the others didn't dare to complain, they bowed their heads obediently and stood with Li Mu and the others.

Ji Can and Ji Hui looked at each other, followed with a smile, and then the purple robes of the third rank and above also passed Li Mu, Ying Wei and others, and walked up the steps.

Seeing so many people stepping up the steps over him, Ying Wei was so angry that he glared at Li Mu: "It's all your fault! If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been insulted like this!"

"It can't be called an insult, Ying Wei, you are overthinking." Meng Qiuhan walked from the side.

She also has no official position, so naturally she can't go up the stairs.

Confucius Zen and Ying Xiaori also gathered here.

"Why are you here?" Ying Wei looked disgusted.

This group of people are all geniuses, each of them has accumulated a lot of money, standing with them, even Ying Wei, who is ranked in the top ten of the list, will feel the pressure.

"Li Mu!" Mrs. Qingyue also walked out from among the officials, and asked directly via voice transmission: "Last night you entered the palace late at night, why?"

Li Mu was taken aback, and subconsciously thought that the incident happened last night, but seeing Mrs. Yue's expression clearly, it didn't look like it.

While thinking about it, he replied, "It's for today's ancestor worship."

Mrs. Qingyue's eyes lit up, and she said via voice transmission: "But it has something to do with what Ji Can planned?"

She also checked yesterday, but found nothing.

Li Mu smiled and nodded: "Madam Qingyue just wait and see what happens."

Mrs. Qingyue was a little dissatisfied with Li Mu's behavior of betrayal, but when the situation came to an end, it was hard to say anything more.

She looked up, and all the purple robes above the third grade had already gone up the steps, and all the red official robes were under the steps.

At this time, Empress Qin Mengyao had already walked ten meters in front of the Haoran Hall. She seemed to have noticed something, stopped there, and then raised her head to look at the ridge of the hall, just in time to meet the eyes of the mocking wind bronze beast. Right!

"Queen, why don't you leave?" Ji Can asked with a smile.

Qin Mengyao could have walked in directly, but she didn't. Instead, she said softly: "There is something wrong with this bronze beast, come and take it down!"

"No queen!" Ji Can stopped with a half-smile.

"Why not?" Qin Mengyao asked in a deep voice.

Dying?
The smile in Ji Can's eyes was even stronger, and he said: "Queen, to be honest, the purple qi came from the east, and the spiritual qi revived. Only the royal family surnamed Ji can enter this Haoran Palace!"

As he spoke, he bowed his hands and apologized to the dozens of purple robes behind him: "I will enter the hall to pay homage to Taizu later, and I will bother you adults to wait here."

"Master Ji, what do you mean?"

"Let us wait here, is it because we are not worthy to enter Haoran Palace to worship Taizu?"

"Master Ji is a bit deceitful!"

All the officials were dissatisfied and stood up to accuse Ji Can one after another.

Although Ji Can is the boss of the clan's family and even the royal family with the surname Ji, the officials are not afraid of him, because it is these officials who really hold the power of the court, not you, Ji Can!

At this time, even Ji Han and Ji Hui looked at Ji Can with puzzled expressions.

"Everyone, please be safe and don't be impatient." Ji Can was not annoyed, but introduced to everyone unhurriedly: "My lords, please take a look, these nine bronze beasts are the Taizu who smelted the mocking wind cauldron of the Great Qin Nine Cauldrons." Made it! Use this to guard the Taimiao and suppress the great luck!"

"What? This is the Great Qin Jiuding?!"

"This, this... why is it not mentioned in "Taizu Records"?"

All the officials were surprised.

But people like Yao Yan, Jiang Yuange, etc., looked calm and watched Ji Can perform quietly.

Ji Can glanced over these people, and seemed to realize that they knew about his plan, but so what?

This is an unsolvable conspiracy!
(End of this chapter)