National Division

In July of the 12th year of Anping in the Dasheng Dynasty, the Imperial Palace, Hanying Hall.Emperor Jing'an leaned on the couch, stretched out one hand to lean against the pillow, and asked the imperial doctor to diagnose his pulse.

"Your Majesty's holy body is in good health, but he is worried about state affairs and his anger is stagnant..." The imperial doctor did not dare to look up, but only dared to look at Emperor Jing'an's long black clothes embroidered with five-clawed golden dragons.In this dynasty, the virtue of water was respected, and black was the most expensive clothing. Emperor Jing'an's robe was soft satin dyed pure black, with flying dragons embroidered with gold thread on it, and colorful auspicious clouds lining the surroundings, very luxurious.

"It's the same old routine again..." Emperor Jing'an frowned displeased.He has not yet turned [-] this year, he looks ruddy and has black hair, he is in the prime of life, but if you look closely, you can see that his complexion is a little unhealthy, although his eyes are still bright, his expression seems to be a little excited.

The imperial doctor bowed his head and was speechless.In fact, he really wanted to say that Emperor Jing'an was not angry, but that he had taken too much golden elixir, his internal fire was extremely strong, and he had frequent sexual intercourse, his body was full of yin deficiency and fire, his body looked healthy, but in fact he was already empty inside.But he didn't dare - the person sitting next to Emperor Jing'an was Ma Mingzi, the national teacher who offered the golden elixir.

"Your Majesty—" Ma Mingzi bowed with a smile, "Your Majesty has been taking the golden elixir for a long time, the holy body is naturally healthy, and the imperial doctor has no medicine to prescribe, so it is no wonder that he is in trouble." His hair is as white as silver But his cheeks are as rosy as a baby's. According to him, he is 160 years old, and he still has perfect teeth, ears and eyesight, and is called an old fairy in the palace.The robe he was wearing was also made of black soft satin, embroidered with a pattern of cranes and deer in the same spring, although the color was plain, the embroidery was not inferior to Emperor Jing'an's robe, which showed his status in the palace.

But the imperial doctor couldn't help but gouged out Ma Akiko from the corner of his eye.Jindan Jindan!Zhen Mingzi is so hypnotic, but the human body is made of flesh and blood, and the golden elixirs are all heavy things like gold, sulfur, lead and stone. How can they bear it after being in the stomach for a long time?However, Emperor Jing'an believed in the longevity of immortals, and made Zhen Mingzi a national teacher, and obeyed him in everything. He is a little imperial doctor, how dare he say more?I can only prescribe some heat-clearing and fire-clearing things to reduce the scorching air of the golden elixir.

After hearing what Zhen Mingzi said, Emperor Jing'an showed a smile on his face: "With the national teacher at my side, I have nothing to worry about. If this is the case, there is no need to prescribe a prescription."

Zhen Mingzi nodded and said with a smile: "Pindao recently refined a furnace of golden pills, which will be ready and presented to His Majesty within three days. Your Majesty can take it on time to keep His Majesty's holy body healthy and prolong your life."

The imperial doctor couldn't bear it anymore, and took a step forward: "Your Majesty, the golden elixirs are all made of gold-sulfur-lead stones. Although-although you can improve the way of the gods, if you are eager for success, I am afraid it will damage the holy body." , Your Majesty should take it with caution—”

Before he finished speaking, Emperor Jing'an had already lowered his face: "Nonsense words! Back off quickly."

The imperial doctor put his heart on the line and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the alchemy made by the national teacher all uses gold flakes and realgar cinnabar. According to the "Medical Classics", the nature of gold is strong, and long-term use can damage the texture; cinnabar—"

This time Zhen Mingzi also turned dark, and did not see the imperial doctor, but stood up and stood up with one palm to Emperor Jing'an: "Infinite Life Buddha, the golden core is enlightened, and the heart is sincere. If your majesty has any doubts, the poor Taoist will leave It doesn't matter, I'm afraid that you will slander the gods and incur the punishment of God—"

Before he could finish his sentence, Emperor Jing'an said repeatedly: "Drag on! Drag this daring sinner down, and immediately behead him for public display!"

The imperial doctor's face was ashen, he didn't struggle at all, and let the two middlemen come up and drag him to the outside of the hall, all the way to the gate of the hall, the two middlemen stopped suddenly, the imperial doctor half closed his eyes, and saw him out of the corner of his eyes. A piece of black clothes embroidered with silver thread seawater river teeth and three-inch python patterns stopped beside him: "What's wrong?"

"His Royal Highness." The two middlemen hurriedly bowed their bodies and saluted, "This person slanders the national teacher, and His Majesty orders him to beheaded immediately."

"Oh—" the crown prince nodded slightly, "wait for the execution."

A glimmer of hope arose in the imperial doctor's heart, he opened his eyes and saw the crown prince entered the inner hall, and then heard Emperor Jing'an angrily say: "Slandering the national teacher, the crime should be punished!"

The voice of the crown prince came out clearly: "Father, please calm down. How dare the royal doctor serve the inner court for two generations, how dare he slander the national teacher at will? It's just that he is an ordinary person, and he can't have the blessing of the heavens like the father, and he can see the beauty of the gods." Such ignorant remarks are due to Taoism. The way of heaven is good, and those who do not know are not guilty. People who practice as national teachers will not care about people who are ignorant. And the father's birthday is approaching, so I think it is better not to see blood. This kind of person is as ignorant as ants, killing them is useless, it is better to pardon them, and teach him to personally promote the generosity of the father and the emperor, and the immortal teaching of the country."

Emperor Jing'an seemed to be calmed down by the phrase "Blessings equal to heaven", and said: "It's too cheap for him! It depends on whether the national teacher will spare him!"

The prince said with a smile: "My son has heard that he is smart and upright. He is a god. He is merciful and kind. He is an immortal. The national teacher who cultivates the way of immortals is a heaven and a man. Naturally, he has compassion in his heart. Even if he grows grass on a daily basis, he doesn't do it, let alone human beings." ? Although the imperial physician committed the crime of disrespect, he is nothing more than the ear of an ant among hundreds of millions of living beings. Even though the chirping of an ant is loud, how can the heavens care about it? Just think of his ignorance and laugh it off."

Ma Akiko snorted slightly, but did not speak.The crown prince waved his hand, and the middle man who followed him came out of the inner hall and said loudly: "The national teacher is merciful, forgive you for the crime of collision, I will take away your official position and demote you to a commoner, and you will be expelled from the capital and will never be hired." The rest of the life after the catastrophe felt his whole body go limp, and he stood up to thank him, but was dragged out by two middlemen.

Going straight out of the hall, a middle-aged man whispered: "Where do you have the courage to speak ill of the national teacher—oh, you are lucky, go home quickly." If the prince Qi Jun came late today For a moment, the imperial doctor's head may have fallen to the ground.

The imperial doctor smiled wryly and said: "A minister is loyal, a doctor is kind, I have something to say, I have to say it!"

Another middleman sighed: "With the national teacher here, aren't you swatting flies on the tiger's head? Go home quickly, you will escape your life today, pack up your things and leave the capital as soon as possible."

The imperial doctor knew it in his heart, he handed over his hands and thanked the two middlemen, then turned around and left.After walking a few steps, I saw Feng En, the man next to the crown prince, turning around from the small road, and said to the imperial doctor, "His Royal Highness sent a few words to our family—Your Majesty is truly loyal, and His Highness will never forget it in the future." grown ups."

The imperial doctor was inexplicably grateful, and knelt down on the ground with a plop: "Please, Mr. Inner Supervisor, please thank His Highness for saving your life on behalf of Cao Min."

Feng En quickly helped him up, and said in a low voice: "Your Highness still wants to ask, about His Majesty's Eucharist..."

The imperial doctor hesitated for a moment, finally made up his mind, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty takes golden elixir and other swollen things, and has frequent sexual intercourse. The holy body is already—if you take the medicine of tiger and wolf again, I'm afraid—I'm afraid— —It’s hard to come out for three years!"

That is to say, Emperor Jing'an may not live for three years!Thinking that Emperor Jing'an was not yet 40 years old this year, Feng En also felt horrified, coughed hurriedly and said, "What did your lord just say? Why didn't our family hear it?"

The condition of the emperor's body was supposed to be kept secret, even the crown prince could not check the emperor's pulse at will.The imperial doctor uttered these few words today, of course he was already guilty of beheading, and even the crown prince was suspected of plotting something wrong.The imperial doctor understood, and hurriedly said: "Caomin said that he is old and decayed, and he may not live for a few years, and he will not be able to serve His Majesty and His Highness in the future, so he bids farewell." He knelt down and kowtowed in the direction of Hanying Hall, He got up and staggered out of the palace.

Feng En looked at his back and sighed, hurriedly returned to Hanying Hall, quietly returned to stand in a row of middle-aged people at the entrance of the inner hall, and heard Emperor Jing'an say in the inner hall: "For some reason, I For a few days, I always feel burning in my abdomen, and I still have some cramps from time to time, why is this?"

Zhen Mingzi said: "Infinite Life Buddha, it really is so. Ten days ago, Pindao watched the sky at night on the flying tower of the Taoist temple, and saw a big star flying from north to south. this."

Emperor Jing'an was not feeling very well these days, and he only browsed through one or two memorials at random, and the prime minister wrote the rest on his behalf. Hearing what Zhen Mingzi said, he couldn't remember the southwest earthquake for a while, so he couldn't help but glance at Qi Jun.Qi Jun showed a thoughtful look on his face, bowed for a moment and said: "Going back to my father, my son vaguely remembered that there was a report in the southwest the day before yesterday, saying that there was an earthquake in the southwest mountain, but the houses outside the mountain were not shaken or shaken. Not a problem."

Emperor Jing'an frowned, and reprimanded: "You don't remember the memorial from the day before yesterday? What's 'vague' and 'likely', how can you be the prince of the country if you don't care about the country's major affairs!"

Qi Jun bowed his head to listen to the training.There are three people in the inner hall, two of them are sitting, and only he, the crown prince, has to stand and listen to the training.If only Emperor Jing'an was present, then the father and son would be no big deal, but Zhensheng Zhenmingzi was also there, and Emperor Jing'an's reprimand would be extremely embarrassing to Qi Jun.Moreover, as the emperor himself, he didn't even read the memorials. The prince was only cooperating in handling state affairs, and he would be reprimanded if he could answer it.Even the little man who was serving beside him couldn't help but bury his head deeper, and couldn't bear to see His Royal Highness's expression at this time.

After Emperor Jing'an finished his training, Ma Mingzi smiled and said: "Your Majesty, don't be too demanding. Your Highness is only this year. Young people don't know the importance of state affairs, so it is inevitable that they will be negligent in their hearts. Your Majesty, however, don't assign too many state affairs to His Highness. Your body is good." These words were simply saying that the crown prince was too young to handle affairs, so he just advised Emperor Jing'an not to let Qi Jun help with state affairs.As he spoke, he observed Qi Jun's expression calmly, but saw that the young man was standing upright with lowered brows, his face was only submissive, but not angry at all.

Emperor Jing'an was still angry, and said with a sneer: "It's all over, you can start a family and start a business soon, and you don't know the important affairs of the state, what is the use of this prince! The national teacher doesn't need to intercede for him, now you don't have to go to school, I'm afraid you forgot to play the board What does it feel like? Come on! Take the prince to the outer hall and beat him twenty blows for a long memory!"

Everyone in the hall turned pale, Wang Jin, Emperor Jing'an's personal servant, twitched his lips and tried to persuade him, but he caught a glimpse of a smile in Ma Mingzi's eyes, and finally swallowed the words that came to his lips, and winked at the two middlemen next to him. The two middlemen came up and carried Qi Jun out, pushed him down on the bench in the outer hall, took the bamboo board painted with red lacquer, and beat him vigorously.

Zhen Mingzi stroked the three long beards under his jaw, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty taught the crown prince a lot of painstaking efforts. I think the crown prince will be vigilant and vigilant after this incident, and will never slack off."

Emperor Jing'an heard the crackling sound outside, and snorted: "It's all spoiled by the queen!" After speaking, he felt a little slip of the tongue.The queen is the mother of the world, and she is one with the emperor, so she must be respected no matter what, so she changed the topic immediately, "Just now the national teacher mentioned the southwest earthquake, what does it have to do with my body?"

Zhen Mingzi said seriously: "Your Majesty, you know that there is a dragon vein on the land of my Sheng Dynasty!"

After saying the word "longmai", Emperor Jing'an immediately lifted his spirits.Since ancient times, when it comes to royal luck, we must talk about dragon veins, but the exact location of the dragon veins has never been found in the previous dynasty anyway.

Zhen Mingzi raised his finger and pointed to the map hanging on the wall of Hanying Hall: "Please look, Your Majesty, the dragon's head is in the northeast, and the dragon's tail is in the southwest. The capital is right in the heart of the dragon! Winning the world in the middle has continued for several generations, all because of the feng shui of moving the capital! The capital of the previous dynasty seemed to be in the hinterland of the Central Plains, but it cut off the dragon's veins in two. Obtaining the luck of the dragon's veins can ensure my dynasty to last forever!"

His eloquence made Emperor Jing'an smile, but in the end he was thinking about his body, so he only echoed a few sentences before asking: "But my body..."

"Dragon veins are not only the fate of the country, but also the fate of the emperor!" Zhen Mingzi looked at Emperor Jing'an meaningfully, "The earthquake in the southwest moved the belly of the dragon veins. Your Majesty is the true dragon emperor, and the natural sacred body also responds."

Emperor Jing'an involuntarily touched his lower abdomen, frowned and said, "Then why is the southwest earthquake?"

"Just now, Pingdao has said that ten days ago, a big star flew to the southwest. This star is an extraterrestrial object, and when it hit the ground, there was a suspected earthquake. It was also this extraterrestrial star that hit the dragon's veins, and your majesty's holy body was slightly ill." .”

"So, could it be that the heavens are dissatisfied with me—" Emperor Jing'an couldn't help frowning.

"No, no!" Zhen Mingzi was not afraid that Emperor Jing'an would think of Tianzhu, and hurriedly said, "This star fell to the ground and turned into iron. This iron is an extremely rare and auspicious thing, and it was bestowed by the heavens on His Majesty. It's just Things from the heavens, suddenly inherited, even the dragon veins will be damaged. As long as this star iron is returned to the enshrining palace, not only the damage to the dragon veins can be repaired, but it will also bring supreme auspiciousness to my prosperous dynasty!"

Emperor Jing'an's eyebrows danced again when he heard it: "Since that's the case, I will send people to the southwest to welcome the auspicious return!"

"Wait a minute, Your Majesty." Zhen Mingzi quickly stopped, "When this star iron falls to the ground, it needs to be passed down from the dragon's veins. If you send someone else to go, let alone welcome you back, I'm afraid you won't even find it if you look for it."

Emperor Jing'an understood what he said, and couldn't help frowning: "Could it be impossible for me to find it myself?" There are thousands of mountains in the southwest, even if you know where the earthquake is, going into the mountains to find a piece of star iron that you don't know what it looks like is not easy. , How could he, the emperor, leave the capital for so long?

"That's not necessary." Zhen Mingzi smiled slightly, "Your Majesty's princes are also dragon sons, and they also have dragon aura, so they are all welcome."

At this time, the [-] boards outside have been beaten, and the executioners have been ordered, and their subordinates are measured. They look bloody and stained with clothes, but in fact, their muscles and bones have not been moved, and they only need to lie in bed for a few days to move without any danger.However, the flesh injury was the most painful, Qi Jun endured it without making a sound, his forehead was already covered with cold sweat.Two middlemen came up to lift him up carefully, and helped him to the inner hall to thank him. Although Qi Jun turned pale from the pain, he still winked at his close middleman, and the middleman took out a few pills from his sleeve. Calmly, he stuffed a few golden beans into each of the executioners.

Emperor Jing'an was thinking about which prince he should send to the southwest to find Xingtie, when he saw Qi Jun being dragged in, his eyes lit up immediately: "You—" Halfway through speaking, he shrank back.Speaking of which, he has six princes, and three of them are over 15 years old, but Qi Jun, the oldest prince, is the most legitimate and reassuring for such a big event as going to the southwest to welcome the return of Xingtie.But Qi Jun had just received [-] boards, and at this time he was asked to go to the southwest...

"From the point of view of the poor, welcoming the Southwest Xingtie is a major event for the country. The crown prince is old and stable, and the other is the heir of the country. For this matter, it is most appropriate for the crown prince to go." Zhen Mingzi opened his mouth, like a smile Looking at Qi Jun with a non-smile, "I'm just afraid that His Highness will be unbearably hurt... If it really doesn't work, the elder and younger should be orderly, and the second prince should be sent there."