I see the snow

Qin Tianjian is the biggest moth in the prosperous courts of all dynasties.

They never need to act according to rules, but only according to "the will of heaven":

When the army went to war, they said they needed a hundred boys and girls to sacrifice to heaven, otherwise the march would be unfavorable and more people would die; when the princes and heirs withered, they came out again and said that they would prepare cattle and sheep to exorcise the demons, because there were demons causing chaos in the harem ;The crown prince or the monarch is in poor health, so there is no need to mention...

Unlike the six departments, they have to list reasons to prove their necessity if they want to do something. The most common method used by Qin Tianjian is to say to the king:

"I had a dream last night..."

The monarchs of all dynasties were very troubled by this, until the reign of Emperor Cangyun, who separated Guanxing Pavilion and Qintianjian with thunderous wrists. Permitted, let alone participating in court affairs.

It was only then that the power of the Qin Tianjian was dispersed, so that it would not be allowed to be lawless.

"Go to Chu Yuan."

After listening to the servant's report about Zhaoyue, Yin Zhichuan made a decisive decision and immediately said, "Go to Jinghua Palace."

On the way into the palace, Yin Zhichuan was full of worries, and Xi Huai also silently looked at the scenery outside the window, neither of them spoke during the bumps.

"Maybe they came after me."

After a long silence, Yin Zhichuan took the lead to break the silence, and said: "Zhu Shifeng and Qin Tianjian have always colluded, and he borrowed the Goddess He stone statue just for revenge—even the fact that he molested Zhaoyue itself may be because Zhaoyue is The girl my fourth brother liked... Zhaoyue is right, my fourth brother can't give her anything, he just brought her suffering for nothing."

The silver-robed youth rested his elbows on his knees, and under the delicately embroidered armor on the back of his hand, he twisted a grass branch and turned back and forth with an indifferent expression.

"The list of the priests they were selected for was announced one by one. Isn't that obvious enough?"

Yinzhichuan smiled, and said: "The so-called reversal of the country's fortunes is just a means for them to make money. Rituals and sacrifices are a business from beginning to end—a business for those rich and powerful adults." There is revenge for revenge, business for revenge...!"

Xi Huai turned his head and saw Yinzhichuan Yinzhichuan was leaning on the carriage with his head raised, the back of his head against the wall panel, there was an indescribable look of disgust or emptiness in his beautiful eyes.

"The powerful hold the lives of the common people. Whoever has enough money can get rid of the people he hates in this world."

Xi Huai said lightly: "This is not a rare thing at all."

——Otherwise the assassins in Beijing would not have a steady stream of business orders.

However, sometimes if you just want to get rid of some civilians, you don’t need to hire those expensive assassins. You only need a hundred gold plants—that’s the price of a dude like Yinzhichuan going to Yunlou Chunxiao once. You can buy the Qin Tianjian and tell them to write the people they hate on the list of sacrifices in the next divination.

"A country like this..."

Yinzhichuan smiled slightly, and said in a low voice: "No wonder Shen Yan is so afraid of rebellion. He has always been very clear about the kind of situation his people live in... That's why he is more serious than Fangchuan. How long will such a high-handed policy be able to maintain the precarious rule...?"

In the carriage, there was silence, no one answered Yinzhichuan.

But the answer lies in each of them.

Half an hour later, Jinghua Palace arrived.

The guards guarding the city of Yinzhichuan showed the token of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion and went straight to Qiuxiatai.

However, he never expected that the usually quiet and stable Qiuxia Stage would be in chaos at this time.

"Step aside!"

An official in official robes shouted: "We are ordered by His Majesty to thoroughly investigate the sinking and cracking of the stone statue of the Goddess River. There are evil spirits rampant in this begging platform!"

"Your Majesty's order?"

The disciples of the Star Observation Pavilion asked back: "Where is the handwriting? Your Majesty let you barge into the Star Observatory so brutally! Take it out and let us have a look!!"

"..."

The officials of Qin Tianjian blushed: "It's a verbal order...! Let me tell you, if we don't let us in, we will be rebelling against the order!"

The teenagers in Guanxing Pavilion laughed happily, and made a gesture of "please":

"We have no one to resist, please come in, adults."

The officials of the Qin Tianjian looked at each other, and one of them "drink!" He lifted a huge boulder from the side of the road, slowly moved it towards the gate of Qiuxiatai Palace, and finally pushed it forward—trying to smash something, but fell down At a moment, the huge boulder suddenly bounced back and hit his foot, causing the official to yell "Alas!" in pain.

The teenagers in Guanxing Pavilion burst into laughter, like a group of naughty teenagers who have succeeded in a prank, they all applauded and shouted backwards:

"Senior Brother Yan, do one more and one more!! Show them a more powerful one!"

It turned out that under the Biluo tree in the courtyard, a young man with a silver mask was sitting upright.

The mask covered a quarter of his face, only slightly pursed lips with sharp lines could be seen.The wind under the tree blew the corner of his robe. He folded his hands and was meditating, with an ambergris lit beside him, looking extremely peaceful——

However, there was an invisible beam of light rising from the boy's hand, straight into the sky, scattered from the heights, and turned into an invisible barrier.A barrier enveloped the entire Qiuxia platform, completely isolating Qin Tianjian and others outside from the inside of the palace.

In the bedroom where Chu Yuan was staying, another barrier was set up so that no sound from the outside world could come in.

Chu Yuan, who was sleeping, was not even disturbed at all.

"Stinky boy, which family's brat is this!"

The people of Qin Tianjian were so angry that they cursed: "I will sue you in front of your father and beat you until your leg is broken!"

——There are also quite a few rich kids in Guanxing Pavilion, but they are all hiding now.

Hearing the yelling and cursing outside the palace, Yan Jin opened his eyes slightly, his eyes as dark as deep water were full of hostility.He smiled slightly, and thought coldly:

"Complain to my father? All right, go back and hang yourself."

"...Okay, it seems to be Chu Yuan's closed disciple."

After a while, someone recognized Yan Jin, and timidly reported to Tai Shi: "That crazy boy that Chu Yuan picked up from the pile of dead people..."

"A bastard!"

Tai Shi spat and cursed: "Maybe there is some kind of dirty blood flowing, you..." He pointed his fingers at the officials behind him one by one: "Every one of you, even a wild child of low birth is fighting against you!" but!"

Logically speaking, both Qin Tianjian and Guanxing Pavilion involve secret arts, such as setting enchantments, generating flames in hands, and building illusions. Qin Tianjian should be more proficient than Guanxing Pavilion, which only specializes in stargazing.

But Qin Tianjian's wine bags and rice bags have been idle for many years, only caring about fish and meat, and have already forgotten all about the skills of their ancestors.Facing the enchantment that Yan Jin taught himself today, all the warlocks of the Qin Tianjian were helpless!

It's really embarrassing.

"Chu...Chu Yuan!"

This group of fat and fleshy warlocks trembled with anger, and couldn't help but cursed: "When the late emperor was here, you colluded with wild men and did that dirty thing, breaking the cross chastity! Now that your majesty is enthroned, you But you also want to make troubles and charms, so you won't leave this Jinghua Palace?"

"You... Do you know that according to your seniority, His Majesty can call you a little lady, and if you put it among the people, this is incest!!"

"Today God is already furious, and even the stone statue of Goddess River sank when you were swimming with His Majesty. Isn't this obvious enough!? Your Majesty treats you well. Why, why did you harm him like this? It was a thousand years old The foundation is ruined in your hands, do you have to be willing to do this, huh?"

These warlocks of Qin Tianjian have gone crazy, and the words they cursed out of their mouths were unbearable, and they vented their dissatisfaction and jealousy over the years that Guanxing Pavilion has been favored by the Sacred Heart.

Yan Jin's expression was cold, and he concentrated on building the barrier. When he heard them say that Chu Yuan and Shen Yan were swimming in the Goddess River together, which caused the stone statue to crack, his face twisted slightly.

"These scum..."

The boy with the silver mask cursed in a low voice. He moved his finger and made a seal. He was about to get up from where he was, but suddenly he heard a sound behind the paper door.

"Jin'er."

A soft voice said, Chu Yuan supported his forehead, slowly woke up from his deep sleep, and asked in a low hoarse voice: "Is there something going on outside? I seem to hear noise."

Yan Jin's body froze, and he paused in place. After a while, he straightened his expression, pretending to be indifferent, and said, "It's nothing."

"...Does Master drink medicine?"

He went to the side greenhouse to take out the already warmed medicine, and carefully sent it over.

When he turned around, he saw that the paper door of Chu Yuan's bedroom had been opened, and the man in snow was leaning against the door, tilting his head slightly to look into the distance, and frowning.

All the commotion outside the palace gate fell into his eyes.

"Master..."

Yan Jin was still holding the wooden tray in his hand, his fingers clasped the edge of the tray tightly, hesitant to speak.

Chu Yuan slowly withdrew his gaze, looked up at the invisible barrier above the entire courtyard, smiled, and asked:

"You did it?"

Yan Jin gave a hoarse "hmm".

"very good."

Chu Yuan nodded approvingly, then walked back into the room and said, "Let them in."

The officials of the Qin Tianjian were like pigs and cows in the ring, and the robbers ransacked and turned the court upside down.

Chu Yuan sat in the room, drinking a cup of Pingchen tea alone, as if he was deaf to the commotion outside the room.

Yan Jin stood beside him without saying a word, his face was slightly green, and the young man's eyes flashed with indifference and cruelty.

"You're still not convinced, are you?"

A passer-by Warlock Qin Tianjian saw him, smiled, and patted the spell in his hand on Yan Jin's forehead: "You bastard of unknown origin..."

This move carried a definite sense of humiliation, before Warlock's hand touched Yan Jin, Yan Jin pinched his wrist on the way.

The young man's hand was as solid as molten iron, and with a "click", the warlock's face distorted immediately, Yan Jin seemed to throw away some dirty thing, and said coldly: "Trash."

The warlock's face changed, and Chu Yuan sat quietly at the table, and said in a low voice, "This is my apprentice, not a brat of unknown origin."

"He was alone and defeated all of you."

The sorcerer's face was extremely stinky, as the saying goes, which pot should not be opened and which pot should be lifted.At this moment, Tai Shi of Qin Tianjian smiled and walked in slowly.

"Young Master Chu Yuan."

He nodded slightly, but showed no respect when he saw the salute, and looked around Chu Yuan's bedroom like looking at his own house: "Young Pavilion Master rests in this kind of room on weekdays... Sigh, he is just like His Majesty, very frugal." .”

Chu Yuan looked at him indifferently: "Master Taishi has something important to do, why not speak up."

"Nothing."

Tai Shi smiled and said, "It's just the cracking and sinking of the stone statue of the Goddess River. I'm ordered to investigate and deal with it. According to the enlightenment of the gods and Buddhas, there may be evil spirits who have entered the altar, and Mr. Chu Yuan has offended you. I'm afraid I need to exorcise the evil spirits on you."

He gestured to the side with his eyes, there were three warlocks holding porcelain altars.

In the altar were realgar wine, cold water mixed with the ashes of the spell, and black blood that gave off a pungent smell.

Yan Jin's face suddenly changed, Exorcism?Is this something that can be said to the young master of Guanxing Pavilion! ?

What's more, they all knew the method of exorcising evil spirits. How could such a malicious and trampling method be used on Chu Yuan?

Yan Jin's fingers and phalanges turned slightly blue, and when he was about to throw this whimsical stupid pig out, a cold hand grabbed his wrist.

Chu Yuan's face was pale, with a look of tiredness after a long illness.

Against the backdrop of his porcelain white skin, the messy red cross between his brows stands out even more.

The man in white nodded and said, "Yes."

The status of Guanxing Pavilion in the king's heart has always been higher than that of Qin Tianjian.

Like what is about to happen now, I am afraid that it is extremely rare in Shengyang's history.

The disciples of Guanxing Pavilion stood around with pale faces, forming a semi-circular circle, and Chu Yuan was still sitting on the soft side where he used to rest.

In front of him, the people of Qin Tianjian were slowly pouring the liquid in the porcelain altar into white porcelain bowls.

Chu Yuan waited lazily, while Yan Jin stared at the group of people without blinking, his teeth were about to be gnashed.

"Master..."

"Let me get them all out," he said, almost begging.

Chu Yuan smiled, raised his eyelids to look at him, and said, "Do you believe that I am possessed by an evil spirit?"

"of course not!"

Yan Jin said, "This...it's different."

"Then it doesn't matter."

Chu Yuan said.He turns his head—

But in the next second, the bowl of realgar wine that was placed on the small table in front of him suddenly splashed on his face——!

Chu Yuan was caught off guard, subconsciously, the irritating alcohol entered his eyes and mouth, and he coughed violently due to the stimulation.

"you!--"

Yan Jin was startled and angry, and a hostility suddenly appeared on his cold face. After hearing Chu Yuan's cough, he leaned over in a panic to see Chu Yuan's situation.

Chu Yuan's face was covered with wine, and drops of wine could not stop rolling down his eye sockets and cheeks, and the drops of water on his eyelashes trembled slightly with the coughing.

"I'll blow it, Master, I'll blow it for you."

Yan Jin said anxiously, he was anxious to touch Chu Yuan's face, and the disciples around looked at each other——

Chu Yuan used to be a star watcher, and no one was allowed to get close to him except the late emperor. Even if he was broken later, no one was allowed to get close to him except Yan Jin.

Yan Jin wiped the wine off Chu Yuan's face with his sleeve, and carefully washed his eyes with a handkerchief dipped in clean water. He didn't stand up straight until Chu Yuan's cough subsided.

The people from Qin Tianjian were still watching from the side, as if they were admiring Chu Yuan's distressed appearance indifferently.

In the past, with hatred, they always secretly scolded the servants of Guanxing Pavilion for being seductive and seductive, but now they are really close to Chu Yuan, and after removing those obstructive bead curtains, they suddenly realized that they had to admit, If I were a monarch, I might not be able to restrain myself from being tempted...!

The white-robed man was cold and gentle, his temples and black hair were full of wine, he looked clearly in a state of distress, but people couldn't help but feel their hearts twitch when they saw him panting slightly.

The bright red cross mark between his brows hinted at his former nobility, a nobility that no one can touch... even those who stepped on his shadow would have their feet cut off!

But such a person, let people destroy his integrity, and pull a god from the Temple of Heaven into the world!

"Pavilion Master Chu Yuan."

Qin Tianjian Taishi smiled slightly and said: "Are you okay?"

Chu Yuan chuckled, raised his eyes, and looked up Pingping, Tai Shi was standing in front of him, and Chu Yuan was sitting behind the small case.

"What a failure."

He murmured: "The majestic Qin Tianjian actually uses such means to eliminate dissidents. Do you still have people who can give birth to palm flames?"

Tai Shi's expression changed, and he said unhappily, "It has nothing to do with you."

"—Come here, the spell liquid!"

The second bowl of cold water mixed with flying ash was sprinkled on Chu Yuan's face, but this time Chu Yuan was much more prepared, his eyes and lips were closed, and his cheeks turned slightly sideways when the talisman liquid splashed, and moved away a little. . "Enough!"

Seeing that they made an inch and wanted to pour the third bowl of neck blood mixed with all kinds of livestock on Chu Yuan's face, Yan Jin finally couldn't help it, kicked the bottom of the porcelain altar held by the sorcerer, and smashed the porcelain altar. With a "crash", it was kicked to pieces——!

"What are you talking about to get rid of evil spirits? If there are really evil spirits, can you drive them away with your ability that you can't even break a barrier!?"

He scolded: "I'm afraid you will run faster than anyone before the battle?"

"You can't say that..."

Tai Shi said: "Who are you, what status do you have to—"

"He has no identity to beat you out, so I can always beat you out justifiably?"

While the two were facing each other, a teasing and unruly voice came from outside the palace.

Yin Zhichuan crossed his arms and walked in lazily from outside the palace gate.

Along the way, he glanced left and right at the messy scene around him, almost frowning.

"How much did you charge Zhu Shifeng?"

He clicked his tongue and said, "It's because you are determined to put your life on the line and are willing to make such a fuss?"

"..."

The warlocks of Qin Tianjian looked at each other, Tai Shi said: "We are here this time because of His Majesty's order..."

"It's the handbook, take it out and have a look."

Yin Zhichuan said: "Did Shen Yan ask you to do this? He knew you were so reckless? I'm afraid you got chicken feathers as tokens, and finally seized the opportunity to run wild?"

The faces of the warlocks were blue and white, and their faces were not very good-looking.

"Get out now."

Yin Zhichuan said: "You can take it when you see it. Don't force a kind-hearted person like me to be violent."

Qin Tianjian came here under the envoy of Mo Chenting, and he promised Taishi that he would use this matter to restore Qin Tianjian's position in the ruling and opposition parties, and that Guanxing Pavilion would be restored to Qin Tianjian's command soon.

The noble families who have been suppressed by Shen Yan for a long time will use this matter to fight back.

But... everything cannot be absolute. If nothing happens, wouldn't there be no way out in the future?

The expressions of Taishi and the warlocks in the prison changed several times, and finally retreated slowly:

"...I will report the situation to His Majesty truthfully!"

To report, of course you have to report to Shen Yan.

When the incident happened, Shen Yan was in court, and was pestered by all the old things in the court.He had no choice but to issue a verbal order to allow Qin Tianjian to enter the Jinghua Palace to "exorcise evil spirits", but he never expected that they would go straight to Qiuxia and do such absurd things.

"Audacity!"

Shen Yan who heard the news rushed over, kicked over the small case lying in front of the paper door, and said angrily: "What are they trying to take this opportunity to beat me for?!"

The servants did not dare to respond, and the disciples of Guanxing Pavilion were packing up their things in silence, restoring the screens, tables and chairs that had been overturned by the Qin Tianjian to their original positions.

There is a garden of Mingshenglan in the courtyard, and Duyu Xidujia was trampled on.The limp lavender flowers and plants were lying in the soil pot, and several teenagers squatted aside, trying to replant them into the soil.

A fiery red little fox was huddled in the cage, baring its teeth in fright.

It's just that people are extremely busy now, walking around one after another, and no one has time to comfort it for a while.

Yan Jin quietly washed Chu Yuan's hair and cheeks. When Shen Yan wanted to come to help, he took a look at Shen Yan, which was dark and quiet, full of chills.

...Like a wolf cub that hasn't grown up yet, gritting its teeth and remembering the appearance of an enemy.

Shen Yan was slightly startled in her heart, and frowned——

He knew that this little apprentice didn't want to see him, but he was usually extremely depressed.It has not been revealed so bluntly and blatantly as it is now.

But that gaze was only for a moment, and soon Yan Jin put away the towel and wooden basin, and walked out of the door indifferently.

Yinzhichuan leaned against the door frame, seeing all this, he squinted his eyes very slightly, and asked:

"This is the only closed apprentice that Chu Yuan accepted? Does anyone know his origin?"

"do not know."

A disciple of Guanxing Pavilion next to him replied: "Brother Yan was picked up by the young pavilion master from outside. He was wearing a mask when he picked it up. No one has seen his appearance. He said he was disfigured."

"Oh--"

Yin Zhichuan elongated his voice and nodded thoughtfully.

"He and Chu Yuan are very close," he said again, "Does Chu Yuan take him with him wherever he goes?"

"Yes."

The young man replied: "At the beginning when the Young Pavilion Master broke the precepts, everyone was suspicious of Senior Brother Yan...but at that time, Senior Brother Yan was only 14 years old, and he was thousands of miles away in Sinan Mountain. Broke. This clears up the suspicion."

Yinzhichuan nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

On the contrary, Xi Huai, who was sitting idle under the flower tree in the courtyard, looked at Yan Jin's back, frowned slightly, and his heart moved slightly.

In the room, Shen Yan and Chu Yuan were facing each other in silence.

Shen Yan wanted to help him wash his hair, or do something, but Chu Yuan didn't let him do anything.

"sorry."

After a long time, Shen Yan said: "I thought they were going to the palace to do some smoky rituals, but I didn't expect that they would come to you."

Chu Yuan shook his head, and said in a low voice, "It's okay."

Yin Zhichuan once joked that the so-called emperor technique is the technique of checks and balances.To be a king is to be a lion king who divides flesh.

If the distribution is even, there will be calm, but if the distribution is uneven, there will be bloody storms.They will always use one side's power to check and balance the other side's power.Let every lion in the territory not be too ferocious and threaten itself, but not make the whole country lifeless.

Shen Yan now has a sense of resentment that he failed to check and balance the government and the opposition, which caused his loved one to be bullied by others.

"You...why don't you wait."

Shen Yan said in a low voice: "Even if I ask someone to send a letter... I will never ask them to do such a thing to you."

The eyes of the young emperor were full of annoyance and pity. He wanted to touch Chu Yuan, but felt that he was not qualified, so he angrily grabbed the Chilong Xuanpao on his knees.

"The stone statue of the Goddess River cracked and sank, perhaps it was intentionally done by someone with a heart."

Chu Yuan said lightly: "The aristocratic families have long been dissatisfied with the various suppression methods you have used since you came to the throne. This is just the beginning of their intention to resist... Blindly resisting will only make you more and more tired... Two bowls of water That's it, it's not that I haven't been exposed to rain... I don't want you to be so tired."

Shen Yan felt a dull block in his heart. After a long time, he gently took Chu Yuan's hand and said in a low voice:

"Xianyu, am I useless..."

Chu Yuan smiled and looked at him: "Didn't Your Majesty say that we are close friends?"

"—I also regard His Majesty as a close friend in my heart, and it should be so among good friends."

Shen Yan shook his head silently, Chu Yuan pulled out his hand, and carefully adjusted the neckline of the dragon robe around his neck:

"The fate of the country is so far... I know that your majesty is already very difficult. No one will do better than you if this kind of national situation falls into the hands of you."

"If only I knew who those two people are."

Shen Yan said again: "'Seven Kills' and 'Greedy Wolf'. Among the three stars, who will perish Sheng Yang... If we know the identity of this person and get rid of him, why should we suffer so much?  … …Xianyu, can you really not see the identities of those two people?"

Chu Yuan's hands froze for a moment, but then he shook his head:

"...Yeah, I can't see it."