Isn’t it good for the five of us to be together?

I didn't move, but Chi Wanshen suddenly came over and put his arms around my neck. I was startled.

"do not move."

I don’t know whether it was because of fear or something else, but I really couldn’t move when he said he couldn’t move.

From such a close distance, I could clearly smell the Buddhist fragrance on his body, which actually made me feel at ease. I think I'm probably crazy.

I didn't know what Chi Wanshen was messing with. After a while, he let go of me, and the string of silver jewelry appeared around my neck.

Chi Wanshen was very satisfied: "It looks good."

I was about to reach out and touch him, but he grabbed me: "What are you doing?"

I was very innocent: "I just wanted to take a look."

Chi Wanshen: "Don't take it off."

"...I don't dare to dispose of the things the prince has given me at will."

He didn't speak.

I couldn't guess what he was thinking. This man became inexplicable from that day on. Whether it's the increasingly fancy outerwear or the extremely exquisite and perhaps extremely meaningful silver jewelry, they all make me feel... something is wrong.

Chi Wanshen is a very sinister person, and he must be digging some kind of hole for me to jump into.

『O_o』

Me: "If the prince is fine, I will resign first."

Chi Wanshen: "One more thing. I will take you somewhere."

There was a slight smile on the corner of his mouth, which made me feel that this place was not simple.

And we turned around and came to the Guoshi Temple.

The Imperial Master's Temple in the capital is very majestic. When you enter the gate, you will see a jade sculpture that is exactly the same as the goddess statue in the palace.

However, the goddess statue in this temple is also holding a small bunch of wheat ears. Just like in the palace, she wears a veil on her face and a bell on her wrist.

People come and go in Guoshi Temple, and the atmosphere is solemn.

I asked: "Why did the prince bring his officials here?"

Chi Wan said deeply to Jane: "This is what you have to do on your birthday."

As you walk further in, you can hear some bells, but it's not the sound of a big drum bell.

The master in the temple took us into a more solemn temple. The surroundings were empty except for the stone plates on the ground with many complex runes painted on them and the bells surrounded by runes.

Chi Wanshen: "Where is the Imperial Master?"

The old master said: "Go back to my lord, the master of the state has returned home before burning the incense."

For some reason, I breathed a sigh of relief when I heard him say this.

Old Master: "Do you need me to do anything for the prince?"

Chi Wanshen: "It doesn't matter." He brought me behind him to the old master and said, "This is the newly appointed Chen Ceshi and the newly appointed county head."

The old master was a clever man, and he immediately understood what Chi Wanshen meant: "It turns out to be the county lord, but I am so blind that I didn't recognize him."

"No, nothing." At the moment, not many people in Beiyin can recognize me.

"I have already known that the county chief is welcoming the envoys, and these two chimes are prepared for the county chief."

For some unknown reason, those two chimes could still make sounds even when no one was knocking them. The bells heard outside before came from them.

The old master didn't know what mechanism he had activated, but the two chimes were still and there was no sound. He led me forward and took a closer look.

Seeing my doubts, the old master told me the story of the chimes one by one.

It turns out that the first national advisor of Beiyin was a woman who was born among the people. During the year of famine, this woman single-handedly created a drought-tolerant crop, which not only allowed everyone to survive the famine. A famine also made Beiyin a big food country.

Since then, many people spontaneously built temples to pray for her. The emperor at that time also wanted to grant her a title, but the woman had no intention of doing so. Later, the emperor learned that she could tell fortunes and read the stars, so he tried his best to welcome her into the palace and named her a national teacher.

After being named the Imperial Master, she could not do anything independently, so she had two chimes placed in the Imperial Master's Temple, and she would ring the bells and play music when she was bored. What is breathtaking is that during this period of music, many birds will come and sing together. Everyone who saw the scene at that time was amazed.

From then on, when praying, it was indispensable to use chimes to play music. In order to commemorate her, future imperial masters carried bells in their hands, but they never saw the scene of all the birds singing in unison.

"So, what I want to learn is to play the chimes?"

The old master's smile remained the same: "Yes, County Lord."

Looking at the two majestic chimes beside me, I couldn't help but feel a little frightened. Is it too late to say no?

"drop! Receiving a chime task for the host! 』

I:"……"

Obviously not.

The old master suddenly frowned: "It's just... there is no one in the temple who can play the chimes, not even the Imperial Master."

It can be seen that even ordinary music relies on the mechanism on the chime.

Chi Wanshen: "Don't worry, Guhui."

After he picked up the hammer and started playing, I realized that Chi Wanshen was not just talking, he really knew how to play.

Unsurprisingly, it was a lie. Chi Wan and Shen Chengri were so careless and smiling that they actually hid this hand.

The old master was also full of relief: "In that case, I don't have to worry."

So Chi Wanshen naturally became my etiquette and music master. When I started learning, I realized that this might be Chi Wanshen preparing to torture me in another way.

Looking at the big books in front of me, I suddenly started to have a headache again.

Chi Wanshen: "Within three days, I will know it by heart."

I wailed: "What if I can't remember?"

Chi Wanshen: "There will be punishment for being alone."

He smiled maliciously, and I could only accept my fate.

When he returned to the Imperial Master's Mansion with this large stack of books, Yunze was startled by me: "County Lord, which bookstore did you go to rob?"

"Stop talking nonsense and come help."

Yunze took the book from my hand and took a look: "On the Ringing of Chimes? Does the county want to learn chimes?"

"Yes."

Yun Ze: "This is not easy to learn. I remember when my master learned it, he cried so hard."

"What's the matter with the wailing?"

So people don't talk about people's rights and wrongs. No, Jiang Yuchen just appeared in front of us.

Yunze: "Master, it's okay. The county chief is learning to chime the bells, and my subordinates are learning to chime the bells."

Jiang Yuchen obviously didn't believe it, but he didn't ask any more questions and just waved his hand to let him go down.

"You want to learn to chime?"

I nodded.

Jiang Yuchen was about to speak but stopped, and out of the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of the string of silver jewelry around my neck: "Who gave it to me?"

When I saw his smile disappear (even though he wasn't smiling at all), I dared to whisper back: "Prince Regent."

"Pick it."

Eh? "Can't pick it off..."

I subconsciously said it, but Jiang Yuchen paused, secretly thinking that something was wrong.

"Why can't you pick it?"

"Yes...it was the regent who wouldn't let...pick it."

Jiang Yuchen: "But where is the bell I asked you to wear?"

"In...the room."

Jiang Yuchen seemed to be angry and laughed: "What I asked you to wear, you just put it in the room. But what he asked you to wear, you treat it like a treasure. You are really... good."

Who regards it as a treasure? I'm afraid of losing my life.