The Three Spirit Stones

In the imperial study, the world map was placed on the emperor's desk. Zhao Heng and the eunuch chief Chen Lin stood beside it, carefully comparing the map with a map in the palace.

Chen Lin pointed to one of the places and said, "Look, sir, this place and this place overlap. Although there are some minor differences, they are basically the same... Here, there is a similar island,... Here, there is also one, and here..."

"...Otomo, you said... this map was drawn by Lady Haning Zuojun?"

"Yes, this painting was given to him by General Sun Xing's daughter, Sun Yuechan. He wanted to find someone to authenticate it, and through an intermediary he found some sea merchants who were engaged in maritime trade. When these sea merchants saw the painting, they actually wanted to buy it, but he did not sell it."

"Although this map only has a few place names, according to the appraisal of maritime merchants, the Malacca Strait and the Java Islands, Ryukyu Islands, and Annan are all correct,"

"One of my subordinates was with the merchants at the time. He came back to report the incident, and I went to ask General Sun for the map. He heard that it was presented to you, the emperor, and asked me to present something like this to you as well."

After saying that, he took out a ballpoint pen that Ah Cai usually used.

Zhao Heng picked it up and saw that it was a strange stick that was sharp and thin. It was transparent and he could see the core inside, but it didn't look like glass. He asked, "What is this made of?"

"Official, this is a pen that she usually uses. She gave one to Sun Yuechan, who then gave it to her father."

"...Pen? Is this what a pen looks like?"

"right,"

After saying that, Chen Lin took a piece of paper, pressed the pen refill as General Sun taught him, and wrote four thin words "Peace and Prosperity for the Country and the People" on the paper!

Zhao Heng was surprised, this is really a pen!

And you don’t even need to get ink involved, it’s so ingenious!

"Sir, I have consulted the master craftsmen in the palace, but they can't even tell what material this pen is made of. They only know that making it is as difficult as climbing to heaven!"

"There is another thing. Didn't the loyal and brave Marquis say that his wife's hometown is South America? You can see that the name South America is indeed marked here."

"Through the sea merchants, I found some people who came to the Song Dynasty from foreign countries. It can be seen at a glance that these people are not of the same race as us Song people. Through the translator, I asked them about the place called South America. At first, they didn't know about it. Later, after looking at the map, they said that there is indeed such a place, but they are not sure whether it is called South America!"

Hearing this, Zhao Heng said "Oh".

Chen Lin continued, "But this is not the point. The point is that this place is still... a wasteland with few people. There are only trees and wild animals in the forest!"

"what?"

When Zhao Heng heard this, he exclaimed in a low voice,

"Your Majesty, I suspect that the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery is deceiving the king. His wife is not from South America at all. Do you remember that night on the Lantern Festival when you asked her why she looked exactly like a Song person even though we were thousands of miles apart?"

"In fact, I had the same doubt at that time. People are different from us in different places. How could it be possible that we look so much like us? Even our accents are almost the same. Look at those foreign races. They are either white or black. Some have blonde hair and blue eyes, and some have long hair. But everyone was amused by her at that time, so we didn't investigate further!"

Chen Lin is worthy of being the head of the spies in charge of the Imperial City Bureau under Zhao Heng. After many twists and turns, he actually dug out so many secrets of Acai!

Yuechan and General Sun may not know that their unintentional actions may bring fatal disaster to Cheng Yu.

Zhao Heng nodded and said, "After listening to you, there are indeed many doubts, but why did Cheng Aiqing want to deceive the emperor? Doesn't he know that deceiving the emperor is a capital crime?"

"Of course the Marquis knows that deceiving the emperor is a capital crime. The thing that made him willing to deceive the emperor and conceal it must not be a small matter."

"Also, I think Governor Cao might know the reason, because he once called her "little ancestor" in private. For such a great general to call her "little ancestor", isn't this... suspicious?"

Zhao Heng also felt that this was not normal. He nodded and said, "Big Companion, is Cao Wei still in the capital?"

"Still there, leaving tomorrow morning,"

"Let him enter the palace immediately,"

"yes,"

Chen Lin walked out.

Zhao Heng's health has been deteriorating in recent years, so he has always wanted to seek immortals and ask for medicine. He has invited many immortals to the palace to make elixirs, just to prolong his life and achieve immortality!

In the second year of Xiangfu, it was learned that Zhao Ziran was proficient in the art of self-cultivation, so the emperor ordered the eunuch Wu Yongquan to come to the palace, grant him purple clothes, and change the name of Qinghua Temple where he lived to "Yanxi". Wang Ding from Xiangyang was good at fasting and practicing internal alchemy, so Zhenzong summoned him to the palace to teach. There were also Zhao Baoyi from Qinzhou, Zheng Yin, a hermit from Huashan, and Li Ning, a hermit from Fushui.

Now that I have seen so many incredible things about Ah Cai, I naturally think of her as a deity.

However, he had seen Ah Cai before, and he felt that this girl seemed to have nothing to do with the fairy he imagined!

After a while, Cao Wei hurried over, and after kneeling down, he asked the emperor what was the matter.

Zhao Heng called him over and pointed to a map and said, "Lord Cao, come and take a look at these two maps."

Cao Wei looked over and saw that one of the paintings was very complete and new, while the other was older and only part of it was painted. The old one was roughly the same as the new one.

"Sir, who drew this map? If it is real, it is incredible. How much manpower and material resources are needed to make it?"

He exclaimed,

In this age without computers and satellites, drawing a map often requires a lot of manpower, material resources and time. The maps stored in the palace are the result of the efforts of several generations!

Zhao Heng picked up the pen again and said, "Do you recognize this?"

Cao Wei had never seen Ah Cai write so he didn't know. He picked it up and examined it carefully and asked, "Sir, what is this from?"

"...This is a pen, you see, it can write,"

After that, he wrote a few thin words on the paper.

Cao Wei was so surprised! Just as he was about to express his admiration, he suddenly remembered something and his heart skipped a beat!

At this time, Zhao Heng took out another map, the one with South America marked on it, and said, "Daban, tell Cao the governor what the situation is in South America."

When Cao Wei saw the words South America, he roughly understood what was going on and secretly groaned in his heart!

"South America is now a wasteland with few people. There are only trees and wild animals in the forest!" said Chen Lin.

"Cao Wei, how can such a fine pen be made in a place like this? The master craftsman in the palace said that making this pen is as difficult as climbing to heaven!"

"Tell me how you did it. And these two maps, how could a teenage girl draw them? Please explain it to me!"

Hearing this, Cao Wei fell to his knees with a plop, his forehead covered in sweat.

Zhao Heng shouted angrily,

"What South America? Your nephew and uncle are lying to me and deceiving me!"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please understand that the minister and the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery did not intentionally deceive you. It is really hard to say it out loud!"

"It's hard to say, but I have to say it. Now you must tell me the truth about Cheng Acai's origins. If you tell me any lies again, I will not forgive you."

At this point, Cao Wei dared not hide anything anymore and told him everything Cheng Yu had said.

After hearing this, Zhao Heng was so excited that he got goose bumps all over his body.

No matter how hard you try, you won't be able to find anything, and it won't take any effort at all!

I have sought out so many immortals and taken so many elixirs, but my health has not improved at all. Now there is a real immortal by my side. Although I heard that this immortal can't save himself, a immortal is still a immortal after all!

"My dear companion, quickly send an order to invite Cheng Xiangu to the palace."

He now calls Ah Cai the Fairy Lady.

Cao Wei was terrified when he heard this!

Let that little ancestor enter the palace? Zhao Heng might be so angry that he would die. What's more, she herself has no magical power!

He said quickly, "Your Majesty, you must not do that! Humans and immortals have different paths. If Ah Cai had not come to the human world to find the life-saving elixir, she would not have come to the human world. If the immortal world knew that her identity had been revealed, I'm afraid they would be unhappy!"

Cao Wei could understand Zhao Heng's pulse and knew that he believed in immortals the most. It would be more effective to scare him with immortals than to stop him directly. Sure enough, he was immediately frightened when he heard that it would cause the immortals to be unhappy.

"...Then...what should I do? I still want to ask the fairy to give me medicine?"

Cao Wei was in a state of confusion.

Ask her to give me medicine? Or poison?

Then he said, "Actually, you don't have to look for her. If you want to get better, maybe...Loyal and Brave Marquis can help!"

"What? Mr. Cheng?"

"Yes, Xu'er treated me with herbs several times before. I feel much better now. It was windy and rainy recently, but my bones didn't feel any pain at all. My eyesight has also improved. I can hit the bull's eye nine times out of ten when I shoot arrows!"

"Ah! So effective? Why didn't Lord Cao tell you earlier?"

Zhao Heng said with surprise, he knew Cao Wei's health had always been poor,

Cao Wei thought, you are the emperor, who would tell you these things for no reason? If it doesn't work, wouldn't it be like asking for death? Now I am only telling you because you have forced me to do so.

But I couldn't say that. I could only say, "It was my negligence. I was busy with military affairs during this period, so I didn't report it to the emperor!"

"Forget it, I don't blame you,"

"My dear, summon Mr. Cheng to the palace immediately."

"yes,"

Chen Lin went out in response.

Then, Cao Wei told Zhao Heng about the process of being treated by Cheng Yu. He had to make it clear to him in advance that the process was very painful, but after getting through it, his body would feel really good!

Zhao Heng also expressed his understanding of these!