National Division

A pain in his wrist caused Qi Jun to open his eyes suddenly.He was already lying on the beach with a bonfire next to him, kneeling beside him like a soaked chicken, and was cutting a hole in his wrist with the Zhanlu sword, and the blood that flowed out was purple and black.

"This is—" Qi Jun wanted to speak, but he moved his lips and realized that his whole body was a little numb, even his tongue didn't seem to work very well.

Zhibai didn't hear his voice at all, directly took his hand to his mouth, and sucked heavily on the wound.

"Well——" Qi Jun's body trembled with a piercing pain. He didn't expect Zhibai to be so strong. It seemed that there was something in his arm that was sucked back by him, and the place he passed was stabbing. pain.

"Your Highness, don't move!" Zhibai spat out a mouthful of black blood, said something vaguely, and leaned forward again.

It was as if a bug was biting his arm, and Qi Jun's forehead was sweating layer after layer. He felt that the bug had penetrated from his shoulder to the elbow, and then from the elbow to his wrist, and finally the wound burst like a tear. In pain, Zhibai turned his head and spit out a mouthful of dirty blood on the sand.With the light of the fire, Qi Jun saw a transparent thing jumping and jumping in the pool of dirty blood. It turned out to be a poisonous thorn. Although it left the tentacles long ago, it was still like a living thing.Looking at his wrist again, the blood that flowed out was bright red, presumably the poisonous gas had been purged.

"If you provoke me, you will provoke me—" Zhibai wriggled his lips vaguely, tore off his skirt and wrapped Qi Jun's wound.

"What did you say?" Qi Jun was so weak now that he just wanted to lie still, and reluctantly turned his head to look at his face, but this sight made him sit up in fright, "What's wrong!"

Both Zhibai's lips were swollen, purple in color, and looked unspeakably scary under the firelight, Qi Jun was so frightened that he held his face and looked left and right: "This, this is poisoned by sea anemones." ?” It’s just smoking poison!The poison of this sea anemone is better than that of a bee-bug.

"It doesn't matter—" Zhibai tried his best to speak clearly with his tongue wide open, "I was stabbed by a poisonous thorn when I was taking drugs just now, and it will be fine in a few hours."

Qi Jun suddenly remembered what was in his hand, and quickly handed it to him: "I dug this out from the body of the sea anemone, what do you think it is?" He added hopefully, "Could it be——— A piece of star iron?"

Zhibai held the fist-sized thing in his hand and looked at the fire, then shook his head: "It doesn't look like star iron..."

Qi Jun was disappointed for a while, and said listlessly: "Then throw it away. I originally thought that this sea anemone would only grow so huge if it got this, and it might be of some use to you..."

Zhibai, however, looked at the firelight again and again, grabbed a shell and picked the mucus and sand on it: "That's right, there is indeed some yang and harmony here, but the blood is a little heavier."

Qi Jun regained his energy when he heard it, and leaned over to see that he had been grinding and digging for a long time, and the object gradually changed from an oval shape to a triangular shape: "It looks like an arrowhead?"

"Arrowhead?" Zhibai carefully looked at it again, and closed his eyes slightly while holding the thing again, "Sure enough, there is aura of Yanghuo in it, but Huokejin, if it is an ordinary gold and iron arrowhead, it should have been melted by this Yanghuo long ago ...Could it be...the arrowhead that shoots the sun?"

Qi Jun was baffled when he heard it: "Arrowhead that shoots the sun?"

"That's right!" Zhibai Huo opened his eyes, and his swollen lips became flexible, "In the time of Yao, ten days came out together, causing a catastrophe. Yi shot nine of them with arrows and fell into the sea. These arrowheads are nine arrows that shot the sun. One of the arrows! It has both the energy of fire and the energy of blood, it is caused by the essence and blood of the arrow when the sun is in the sun and the darkness is in the dark!"

"Is it useful to you?" Qi Jun is most concerned about this.

"Naturally!" Zhibai sat cross-legged while holding the arrowhead in seals with his hands, and in a moment he saw a layer of black sweat oozing from his face.Zhibai opened his eyes and wiped his face casually. His lips, which were swollen and purple just now, had returned to rosy. Yang and harmony can also be regarded as quite beneficial to practice."

Qi Jun breathed a sigh of relief, and then he felt that every bone in his body was not screaming. He couldn't help closing his eyes and leaning back, saying: "If it's useful——" Before he could say the last word, he suddenly felt empty. In an instant, he seemed to fall from a high place, which made him let out a low cry, and suddenly opened his eyes again.

When he opened his eyes, Qi Jun was startled.What you can see is no longer the vast night sky, but the familiar carved Chenchen in the front hall of the East Palace, and the undulating beach is no longer beneath you, but a narrow bed.Qi Jun just wanted to stretch his legs subconsciously, when he felt a horizontal force hit his waist, and with a plop, someone kicked him off the bed, and the Zhanlu sword tied to his wrist also rolled out of the bed, It hit him right in the face.

There was a blunt voice from the bed, and after a while, Zhibai's head stuck out from the side of the bed, and he smiled guiltyly: "Your Highness——"

Qi Jun lay on the ground, slowly raised his hand expressionlessly, and pushed Zhanlu Baojian away from his face.Now his whole body was screaming and aching as if he had been trampled by a galloping horse. When Zhibai kicked him off, not only his bones were about to fall apart, but his waist even twisted.

"Your Highness——" Zhibai hurriedly rolled over and got off the bed, "Why did you fall? I'll help you up—oh, this bed is really too narrow..."

Qi Jun's lips moved.If he still has the strength, he must give Zhibai a chestnut to eat, but unfortunately he is too lazy to move now, so he can only let Zhibai help him to the bed, and let Zhibai's two rosy lips keep pressing in front of his eyes. He moved, and said some words that reversed black and white: "Your Highness is really a little careless... Hey, does Your Highness still hurt? It must be because you twisted your waist too hard in the sea, and asked someone to bring some medicated oil for bruises and rub it for a while. Better."

Qi Jun remained silent, letting him open his eyes and talk nonsense.After Zhibai said a few words, he gradually felt guilty and dared not bring up the matter again. He first untied the Zhanlu sword and put it aside, then took off the gauze bag on Qi Jun's chest, took out Lizhu and said with a smile: "Although After a lot of tossing, it was finally a worthwhile trip.”

Qi Jun's gaze then moved to the Lizhu, which was dark black in color, perfectly round and flawless.At this time, the candles in the hall were almost burnt out, and the light was dim, and the li pearls were shining brightly, like a small bright moon.Although the size is not much bigger than the Xuanzhu that the Ye family paid tribute to, but this Guanghua can be distinguished at first sight.

After getting this Lizhu, Qi Jun finally let go of all his worries.He fought fiercely all night, at this moment he only felt that his eyelids were as heavy as falling lead, and he barely supported his eyelids and said: "It's just where this lizhu came from, and I have to explain it to my father."

Zhibai smiled and said: "Your Highness, there is no need to worry, I have already thought about it."

Qi Jun heard him say that he had already thought about it, and the last thing on his mind was gone. He didn't hear what he said after Zhibai, and he fell into a deep sleep as soon as he closed his eyes. Let Zhibai settle this kick...

The Longevity Festival of Emperor Jing'an was really at the right time. It was another [-]th birthday, a great victory at the border, and the birth of auspicious auspiciousness. Ten days earlier, the palace was already full of excitement. Gathered in the harem to congratulate the emperor on his blessings and longevity, and the virtues of the Quartet.

Since it is a birthday, there should naturally be a birthday gift.All the officials are just presenting birthday celebrations, which are extremely gorgeous and flattering, and the harem is going to really present congratulatory gifts.

If there are congratulatory gifts, naturally the Central Palace and the Eastern Palace will be the first ones.Qi Jun came out of the crowd, holding a brocade box in his hand, and after kneeling down on the steps, he said loudly: "My son congratulates the father on his long life." He presented the brocade box.Wang Jin took it and held it in front of Emperor Jing'an, opened the brocade box, and heard the hundreds of officials in the seat exclaim in a low voice, the box was the nine-beaded crown, the red gold dragon-shaped crown was inlaid with nine mysterious beads, Bao Guangyingying in the sun.The court crown is placed on a black soft satin embroidered seat, and the satin is embroidered with phoenixes and peonies. From a distance, it looks like a dragon and a phoenix dancing in pairs.The phoenix is ​​also embroidered with gold threads, matching the red gold dragon crown, its brilliance is dazzling.Qi Jun said with a smile: "This embroidered seat is embroidered by the queen mother and the princess. I hope that I will be prosperous and unify Kyushu, and the dragon and the phoenix will bring prosperity."

The sun was shining directly at noon, making the imperial crown resplendent and resplendent. Emperor Jing'an was also delighted to see it, and was about to reach out to take it, when Concubine Ye Gui suddenly let out a soft moan: "How do you look at it, the biggest bead is not the original one. What about the one?"

Concubine Ye Gui had put all her energy into finding out the flaws in the crown.Based on her guess, either Qi Jun hadn't glued the broken beads back together, or found a fake one in a fish's eye, so when the brocade box was opened, she squinted her eyes and just looked at it.It's just that the change of beads on the crown is too obvious, and she has grown a lot bigger. She actually blatantly told everyone that the beads were changed, which made her a little confused about what Donggong was planning.

Qi Jun stood steadily, and said with a smile: "The imperial concubine is right, this is another bead."

Concubine Ye Gui was puzzled, and said with a quiet smile, "This is strange. At the beginning, His Majesty saw the nine beads and said that nine is a lucky number, so he ordered these beads to be inlaid into a court crown, as a symbol of Kyushu. The image of unification. The beads are different now, so I don’t want such good intentions. I don’t know what the empress empress and His Royal Highness are up to? Besides, this bead doesn’t seem to be a treasure in the inner treasury, so could it be that it’s just a fake?” He said deliberately Cover your mouth and laugh.

Qi Jun's expression changed: "The noble concubine is careful! Today is the longevity of the father and emperor, and only auspicious words are appropriate. The noble concubine should not disturb the good life of the father for a moment of quick talk. Although Kyushu is unified, Jizhou is the capital city. The place where it is located is naturally different from other prefectures, if the nine beads are exactly the same, how can it appear that the place where the father sits is respected and different?"

Concubine Ye Gui didn't expect that Qi Jun would dare to reprimand her so confidently, and couldn't help but choked.Qi Zhang hurriedly tugged at her sleeves, and said in a low voice: "Mother and concubine don't talk about it, the emperor probably doesn't know the benefits of the mysterious beads, just think that the bigger the beads are, the more precious they are."

He said he lowered his voice, but in fact his voice was not low, just enough for everyone around him to hear.Emperor Jing'an naturally heard it clearly, and said: "Is there any mystery about this mysterious pearl?"

Qi Zhang was a little bit proud, got up and said: "My father doesn't know, these nine mysterious pearls are all mother-of-pearl, and mother-of-pearl is also the mother of pearls. If there are other pearls around, they will all follow the mother-of-pearl and die. Come on, just like all people follow their father, that's why General Ye dared to offer this bead."

This remark caused everyone below to be amazed, and many of them had expressions of disbelief.Concubine Ye Gui said with a smile: "There is no evidence for what you say, Your Majesty ordered someone to fetch a pearl, and you will know once you try it."

There are countless pearls in Emperor Jing'an's inner treasury, just nodded, Wang Jin came over with a handful of pearls, poured them into the big copper plate, and carefully put the imperial crown into the copper plate, and saw those rolling around. The pearls all gather towards the center, tightly surrounding the crown, which shows that Qi Zhang's words are true, if the pearls were not set on the crown, these pearls would definitely gather around the crown.

Wang Jin couldn't help breaking into a cold sweat, and sure enough, Qi Zhang glanced at Qi Jun proudly, and said with a smile: "Although Brother Huang has good intentions, the bigger the bead, the more precious it is, so I'd better take the original one and exchange it." stop."

Concubine Ye Gui was overjoyed——Qi Zhang's words hit the point, as long as Emperor Jing'an said to exchange them, but the middle palace couldn't get the original beads, the charges could still be charged, and she immediately echoed: "Exactly, I don't know which bead Where is the Xuanzhu now? These nine pearls represent nine states, but they cannot be replaced."

Emperor Jing'an also raised his head to look at Qi Jun.The queen was sitting on the side, her face had changed slightly, but Qi Jun said calmly: "It is true that the Nine Beads Zhao Jiuzhou is true, but it may not be the Xuanzhu Zhao Jiuzhou presented by General Ye."

Qi Zhang pursed his lips and said, "Brother Huang, where is that mysterious pearl?"

Qi Jun said lightly: "It's broken."

As soon as this sentence was said, Ma Mingzi suddenly showed a look of surprise, and then showed a look of panic, and hesitated to speak.He was sitting at the head of Emperor Jing'an, how could such winking Emperor Jing'an not see?Immediately he opened his mouth and said, "What does the national teacher have to say?"

Zhen Mingzi pretended to be hesitant, and only looked at Qi Jun with his eyes.Emperor Jing'an frowned slightly, and asked again, Zhenming Zifang sighed: "Your Majesty is long live today, I watched the sky last night, and saw that there are eight stars connected next to Ziwei Dixing, with Dixing as the leader, forming a shape of nine stars. His Majesty Zhengzhao intends to unify Kyushu."

This sounds like purely good words, but when everyone looked at him, they were startled, and they knew that the words were not finished.Qi Jun sneered and said: "If there is anything else the national teacher has to say, let's just say it together. Why bother to vomit and whet everyone's appetite here?"

Ma Mingzi didn't know that he had the courage to speak so clearly, the old man couldn't help but blushed a little, coughed dryly and said: "Later...then suddenly a crimson aura rushed past, directly attacking Ziwei, rushed The appearance of scattered nine stars and pearls. The poor Taoist thought it was a bad omen, but he was shocked at the time, not thinking that it was because of the shattering of the mysterious beads today, but the poor Taoist was worrying unnecessarily."

He claimed to be worrying unfoundedly in his mouth, but the nerves on his face were not like that at all. Who in the room couldn't understand?The queen said angrily: "In this way, the national teacher said that the shattered Xuanzhu attacked Ziwei? I don't know, a single bead can attack Ziwei? Where did General Ye come from for such a bead?" Did you find it?"

This remark has not yet reached the point, but it is also difficult to answer.Concubine Ye Gui's mind turned quickly, and she stood up with a blessing: "The concubine doesn't understand astronomical phenomena, but it's just related to my Shengchao Guozuo. I'd better ask the empress to tell me how the mysterious pearl was broken, so that the national teacher can know. How to resolve it."

The queen was furious and wanted to speak. Qi Jun saw that Emperor Jing'an had already frowned, and said, "Your concubine is right, it's time to figure this out first. The national teacher said just now that it was a scarlet aura that offended purple." Wei, is the national teacher sure? What is this crimson aura?"

Zhen Mingzi saw that he was confident, and he dared not say what he had already discussed: "The redness came too fast, it looked like blood to the poor, it just disappeared in a flash, the poor It's not too late to see clearly. But fortunately, the Qi didn't last long, even though the auspicious image of the Nine Stars Lianzhu was scattered, it didn't hurt Ziwei, which is considered a blessing among misfortunes." The following words were his I made it up temporarily. Concubine Ye Gui and Qi Zhang are no longer in the palace than before. In the past, he was omnipotent, but now—the confidence is a little lacking, and he has to think about everything for himself. .

No matter how smart the queen is, she can tell.What crimson aura, isn't Qi Jun's illness a few days ago said to be washed away by blood aura in the northwest?Now it's the crimson energy attacking Ziwei again, and it's targeting Qi Jun again!

Seeing the queen's face full of anger, Qi Jun rushed to the front: "This is a bit strange. Does the national teacher know how this mysterious pearl shattered?"

How could Ma Akiko know.Emperor Jing'an frowned: "What's going on?" It was a coincidence that the astronomical phenomenon of red blood rushing against Ziwei, but he had always believed in ghosts and gods, and it was related to Guo Zuo, so he would rather believe it than believe it. , it is natural to ask this matter first.

Qi Jun suddenly knelt down: "My son is guilty of deceiving the emperor about something."

"Oh?" Emperor Jing'an raised his eyebrows. Concubine Ye Gui and Qi Zhang were both surprised and happy. Could it be that Qi Jun was really crucified today?

"I'm not feeling well after returning from the northwest. The reason for this is that I have never reported to my father and asked my father to punish me."

"Didn't you say you were charged with blood?" Emperor Jing'an couldn't care less about punishment at this time, "Could it be something else?"

"Yes." Qi Jun lowered his eyebrows and lowered his eyes, "The auspiciousness descended from the sky that day and defeated Jienu. That night, I had a dream. I saw a black shadow winding towards me, with two horns on its head and five toes in its claws. He opened his mouth in front of him, and a ray of mysterious light entered from his mouth and nose, and a voice said in his ear, "Heaven's blessing, take this as a sign". I felt something choked in my chest, I couldn't spit it out and swallowed it, so I didn't want to eat or drink."

When Emperor Jing'an heard that the black shadow's first-born double-horned claw had five toes, his expression changed slightly, and he hurriedly said, "Why didn't you mention this after you came back?"

Qi Jun bowed his head and said: "At that time, my son only thought that he was seeing day and night dreaming, not to mention having hiccups in the throat and not thinking about eating and drinking is clearly a disease, so where is there any good omen? Therefore, he never mentioned it. The son-in-law practiced the method, and he felt something rushing up, and he spit out the bead. The son-in-law remembered the previous dream, and took the bead to the mother's harem to contemplate. Unexpectedly, the mother was watching the imperial crown. A mysterious pearl on the crown shattered at the sound, giving way to the position of Jizhou. Only now did the son know the meaning of the so-called "sign of God's blessing", so he inlaid this pearl on the imperial crown and dedicated it to his father."