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"Let me see!" Gao Yishui was quite disbelieving, so he stretched out his hand to touch Qin Ke's veins. He knows some medical skills, and may not be as good as some really powerful doctors, but it is more than enough to be a quack doctor, " You use qi and blood to hit the pulse gate, don't keep it."

Qin Ke nodded, closed his eyes, and following his thoughts, Qi and blood agitated, went up along the meridian, passed through the arm, and hit the wrist directly.

What Gao Yishui felt was a powerful pulse of blood, and every vibration of the pulse was like a huge wave hitting the reef by the sea...

He also widened his eyes: "Have you taken Dali Wan?"

"What Daliwan?" Qin Ke blinked.

"I saw it on the road. A charlatan was selling sugar pills. He said that after eating the sugar pills, the old man would become a young man, the man could carry ten big bags, and the cultivator could make a leap in his realm after eating it." Gao Yishui snorted He groaned and said, "I thought that Abu would be faster than you. Who knew that you just entered the palace and slept, and you broke a realm directly? What's going on?"

"How do I know?" Qin Ke rolled his eyes at him, slapped his head and said, "I know...that old man...he said he would give me a present..."

Gao Yishui's eyes straightened: "What! Is he the God of Wealth? Sending a gift is a level of realm? Then, is there still time for me to go in with candles and incense to worship him? Guaranteed to kowtow 99 heads!"

"You won't die if you speak well..." Qin Ke said with a headache, "I didn't expect that the gift he was talking about would be such a thing."

When he closed his eyes, the old man's thin and broad hand seemed to be still in front of him. He stretched out like a knife, piercing through the iron armor, and inserted straight into his chest, reaching his heart. He did not follow this matter. Gao Yishui raised it.

Gao Yishui sighed and said: "From the pulse condition, your realm is very solid, so there shouldn't be any problem. It's just... It seems that the old man may really be a saint. He has always raised his cultivation realm with one foot and one hole. This kind of weird The method of promotion can only be achieved by the legendary saints."

As he said that, he looked at Qin Ke as if he was looking at a monster: "How did I find out that your trip to the palace was safe and sound, and you also picked up a lot of bargains? Could it be that the divine revelation is actually constantly under your feet?" Earth stuffed shit?"

"You must be jealous." Qin Ke made a face at him.

"Damn! I'm jealous of you? When you break through the three realms, you can say this when you reach the little grandmaster."

Qin Ke laughed hahaha, and even hummed a little tune: "Jealous, jealous, jealous..."

Gao Yishui gritted his teeth, rolled up his sleeves and wanted to lift the stool: "Which is tolerable!"

Just when the two were about to fight again, there was a knock on the door outside the room. Before the two could respond, the door was already opened at a corner, and a beautiful face was exposed through the crack.

Cai Yan looked at the two curiously: "What are you doing?"

Gao Yishui whistled, and patted the skirt of his clothes very freely: "There seems to be a bug under this stool, I just trampled it to death."

Cai Yan looked him up and down, his beautiful eyes rolled, of course he didn't believe this kind of nonsense, and said with a smile: "It's over? Then come down, Mr. Jing asked me to call you, and said that the silk books are almost finished."

Qin Ke and Gao Yishui lifted their spirits, and immediately followed Cai Yan all the way down the stairs.

At this moment, the sound of the rain outside the house gradually weakened, and the clouds began to disperse. Although there were bursts of thunder, it seemed extraordinarily distant.

As soon as Qin Ke and Gao Yishui entered the cellar, they saw the old shopkeeper wearing a cloak, sitting on a chair, closing his eyes and not saying a word.

"The old shopkeeper is back?" Qin Ke and Gao Yishui looked at each other, but this was not the time to talk about it. Seeing Jing Yu standing in front of the table with a serious face, the two hurried over.

In fact, it is also understandable. After all, the old shopkeeper is old, and he is not a practitioner. It is difficult to say that he is old and strong, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is dying.

After a sleepless night, the old shopkeeper was a bit tired after all, but since Qin Ke had brought out the silk scroll from the palace, he was of course relieved, and after reading the silk scroll with Jing Yu, he took a nap here.

Jing Yu smiled at the two of them and said, "The old treasurer made a special trip to interpret the silk scroll with me, and now it is basically put together, although there is a hole and some blood on the silk scroll..."

Qin Ke looked at the silk book on the table stupidly. The hole was not too big or small, just the length and width of a few fingers lined up, and some blood was solidified and turned purple around it.

In the palace before, he put the silk book on his chest, and the old man's finger... just happened to break through from his chest, piercing his skin, and naturally left such a mark on the silk book.

Qin Ke touched his chest subconsciously. Although the wound inside had healed strangely, without even leaving a scar, he still shuddered when he thought of the pain at that time.

Even though he benefited from this and crossed a border unexpectedly, this practice really made him "unforgettable". If he had a choice, he would rather not accept such a "gift".

But these are just thoughts in his mind. He subconsciously feels a bit of repulsion towards the old man's hand, and reminds himself all the time to stay as far away from these memories as possible.

So he didn't bother to explain, and continued to listen to Jing Yu's words.

Jing Yu flattened the silk scripts one by one, and laid out a total of eight sheets, saying: "The handwriting is not affected, and the sentences are also smooth, so it doesn't affect reading."

Everyone looked at the silk script. This trip to the Tang Dynasty was for a divine artifact, and now they have obtained a divine artifact, but unfortunately this "sacred artifact" is incomplete, leaving only a pointer like a spoon , the whereabouts of the compass are unknown.

Legend has it that the Five Elements Sinan can distinguish yin and yang, understand the sky and the earth, and if it falls into the hands of a strong enough spiritual practitioner, even the wind and grass within a radius of a hundred miles can all be under his control.

Most importantly, it can communicate with other artifacts, and then point out their direction.

But what can a broken artifact do?

Fortunately, there is no unparalleled road, and Qin Ke finally found another way to find the whereabouts of the compass after going through life and death overnight. Listening to Jing Yu's interpretation at this moment, he naturally concentrated his attention.

Jing Yu said: "Judging from the silk script, the Five Elements Sinan of the Tang Kingdom did not always exist in the collection, but was deposited there a hundred years ago, that is, when the previous dynasty was still alive."

"Storage?" Gao Yishui heard something wrong with the word, smiled and said, "After handing it over to Tang's warehouse, how dare you call it a deposit? Is it possible that he will come to pick it up again in the future? Who is this person? Enough face The big one, could it be the prince of the previous dynasty?"

Gao Yishui lowered his head and flipped through it on his own, and found a short paragraph of text on the silk book, but he was slightly taken aback: "Shanren?"

Mountain man is the name of those people in the mountains, but this word is also the favorite name of those hermits who live in the mountains.As for who this recluse is and whether he has left a name in the previous dynasty, Gao Yishui does not know. It is definitely not a simple role to be able to "store" the artifact, or to "store" it in the palace.

"It's interesting..." Gao Yishui and Qin Ke looked at each other, and a strange light flashed in their eyes.

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At this moment, a person could not help appearing in their hearts, this person was none other than an old man who had hidden in the Taishi Bureau for an unknown number of years, and his cultivation was unfathomable.

Although in terms of age, this mountain man should have already turned into dust in the years, but there are strange people and strange people in the world, and it is not surprising that some Taoists who cultivated to the gods lived for two to three hundred years.

According to Qin Ke's description, the old man was skinny and old. Maybe he used some strange magic to forcefully extend his life. He was a person from the former dynasty who had been in the world for hundreds of years.

But Gao Yishui thought more, besides guessing about the old man, there is another possibility, maybe... other people who have received divine enlightenment?

There must be a connection between the artifact and the divine revelation, and the divine revelation is not unique, which is proved by some of the characteristics of Qin Ke.

So is there a possibility that these divine enlightened beings will gather together and become one, an... organization?

Only in this way can those innate spells that have been lost for a long time be passed on continuously in a not very strict but effective way in the long river of time.

"It's like... this kid." Gao Yishui glanced at Qin Ke quietly, and he believed more and more that Zhuge Wolong's choice of Qin Ke was not as simple as it seemed on the surface.

But Jing Yu didn't think so much about the situation in the palace, because he didn't have time to inquire about the situation in the palace, so he didn't know the existence of the old man.

He said slowly: "For so many years, even a monk who lived in seclusion should not be alive now, but it is also written in this silk script. If you can't find him, you can go to a tea shop called 'Wangyou' at the foot of the mountain. Someone will guide you."

Jing Yu continued: "Funiu Mountain is more than five hundred miles away from Ding'an City, which is not too far away. Take a few more fast horses and transfer, and you can arrive within ten days."

"Then what are we waiting for?" Qin Ke was naturally overjoyed. Finding Wuxing Sinan was the first step, and he was one step closer to his master. It should be half a month if the carriage arrives!"

At this moment, he was in good spirits, full of energy and blood, turned around and wanted to go out.

Gao Yishui looked at his anxious look, grabbed his collar with all his strength, and said with a helpless smile, "Why are you in a hurry? Could it be that there is only one night left? What's more, Ding'an City has already been blocked tonight because of the chaos in Ding'an City." If you pass through the city gate, even a bird will be shot down as a carrier pigeon, so where can you get out?"

Jing Yu nodded and said: "Yes. Although the sooner the better, but we still have to think about it in the long run. Now we can only wait for the news here. We can't control the struggle of the upper class in Tang Dynasty, and it is impossible to control it."

At this moment, the old shopkeeper who had been sitting on a chair with his eyes closed for a nap finally spoke: "Don't worry. This chaos won't last long... tonight will see success or failure."

Gao Yishui looked at the old shopkeeper, the fortitude of this old dark pile who had been silent in the market of Tang Dynasty for many years before the mountain collapsed and did not change color left a deep impression on him.

"Why did the shopkeeper say that?" Gao Yishui asked with a smile.

"At the earliest time, I thought that Cai Yong was planning to force his troops to enter the palace gate, and behead Yang Taizhen in the name of the Qing emperor." The old treasurer opened his eyes, showing a little tired look, "but the news in the palace is that he has stationed troops to control the palace. Everywhere in the palace, there was no intention of attacking the inner palace at all. Afterwards, the news of the mutiny of the [-] troops in the camp of Ding'an City came, and I finally understood. Cai Yong studied Confucianism all his life, how could he do such a thing? Great rebellion. And Li Qi who is stationed in Ding'an City is also such a person. If Cai Yong wants to kill Yang Taizhen with a strong army, it is the limit for him to hold back the army, and it is absolutely impossible for him to lead the army to rebel."

After Gao Yishui pondered, his eyes lit up and he said, "The shopkeeper means that Cai Yong, who launched the rebellion, didn't want to control Li Qiuhuang, but to launch a 'remonstrance'?"

The old shopkeeper said: "He understands better than anyone else that Tang's problem is not that Yang Taizhen, a woman, caused troubles in the court, but... Li Qiuhuang's inaction and deliberate indulgence."

"No matter how powerful Yang Taizhen is, she can form a clique in the Tang Dynasty, and can cover the sky with one hand in the court, but after all, she is just a concubine, and she comes from a group of friends. She has no family roots in the Tang Dynasty, and she is just an outsider in the entire Tang Dynasty. And Li However, Qiuhuang has the prestige accumulated by several generations of previous kings in the Tang Dynasty, and the power of the entire Tang Dynasty gentry. If there is no Tang King, how can the Tang Dynasty be established? As long as he gives an order, it is not impossible to wipe out Yang Taizhen and his accomplices overnight. It's difficult. Cai Yong is... trying to force Li Qiuhuang to make up his mind..."

Gao Yishui nodded: "Use soldiers in front of them, and follow them in fear. There have been precedents for military remonstrance since ancient times, but this kind of thing, even if the right time, place and people are gathered, it is a reckless risk. Cai Yong is at this age, and there is still such a thing. Waiting for the courage to take this risky move? If it were me, I would never put my life in the hands of Li Qiuhuang. Why not force Li Qiuhuang to make himself a regent and kill or imprison Yang Taizhen? Afterwards, since Li Qiuhuang can't support the government, he may not be able to support a new monarch."

"Old people are always a little bit persistent, otherwise, where does the saying 'old stubborn' come from?" The old shopkeeper smiled, and the wrinkles on his face seemed to be a little more vivid. Sometimes, only the old man can understand the old man: "The reason why I believe in him The reason why Cai Yong is carrying out military remonstrance is that when he was young, he was a general, and even fought seven battles with risky military tactics, defeating the strong with the weak. Although he is old now, the things in his bones will not change. It must be carried out from the bottom of his heart. There is no other way than to force Li Qiuhuang to revive the government of the court and state affairs with the word 'loyalty'."

Tang Palace.

Even though it was raining heavily before, it was impossible to invade the towering Qionglou Yuyu of the Tang Kingdom at all. The lights of the inner palace were not dimmed because of this rebellion. The dance skirt on her body fluttered like flames.

The banquet should have ended long ago, but for some unknown reason, it lasted until late at night.

But even though the candlelight did not waver, and the meals were never neglected, the officials attending the banquet were no longer in the original state of mind.

As early as an hour ago, they had already received the news that two thousand forbidden troops, one thousand patrol battalions, and ten thousand troops rebelled at the same time overnight!

This is the first time that such a large-scale rebellion has occurred since the first Tang king was canonized for so many years, and this rebellion happened at the foot of the emperor of Tang, in Ding'an City!The inner courtyard of the palace!

Although there are still [-] imperial guards in the inner palace who still stand firm, but facing an army of more than [-], how long can these [-] elite guard the palace wall?

At this time, no one could watch the dance steps, and no one could eat the delicate delicacies carefully prepared in the imperial dining room. The whole hall was full of whispers.

Some people are worried about how long it will take for the rebels to reach here, some are satirizing Yang Taizhen who is pretending to be calm while sitting on the top, and some are elated. After being suppressed by Yang Taizhen's party for many years, they finally feel that one day they will be able to clear the clouds and see the sun again, just like this The sound of wind and rain outside the main hall is gradually subsiding, and the bright moon will eventually illuminate the land of the Tang Kingdom again with brilliance.

The officials of Yang Taizhen's party were already in a panic, whispering to each other, talking about how to show their loyalty to Li Qiuhuang later and how to save their lives.

However, there is still one biggest question in their minds, that is: Who is controlling this rebellion?

Compared to them, there are a group of ministers, even though rumors are spreading in the hall, they still sit in their seats, with their eyes half closed, as if they are waiting for something.

Just when the whispers gradually overshadowed the sound of silk and bamboo and intensified, a eunuch's loud shout came from outside the palace gate: "General Li Qi—here!"

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The musician stopped playing the bombs, and the dancer's movements were frozen on the stage, like sculptures. Everyone's eyes turned to the empty gate, and Li Qina's not-so-burly figure slowly emerged from the hazy night , from far to near.

Li Qi did not cross the threshold in a hurry, but respectfully took off the saber at his waist, and handed him to the eunuch on duty at the gate of the palace. The eunuch stretched out his hands, but his legs were weak and trembling.

Li Qi glanced at the eunuch coldly, exerted a slight force on his arm, and the scabbard knife drew a black trace in the air, and fell into the eunuch's hand with a thud, while he glanced at the bright lights in the hall, and finally After crossing the high threshold, he walked towards the throne step by step.

The torrential rain before had wet his whole body, and the tiger's head engraved on the iron armor on his chest was dripping with water drops. With every step, his booted feet were deeply embedded in the carpet in the hall. A puddle of water was left between the fur.

When a general enters the palace, he is not allowed to carry weapons.

This point is in his heart forever.

But after all, he still used the water stains under his feet and the blood stains on his robe to defile the hall.

The dancers dispersed from both sides, separated by a distance of about dozens of steps, Li Qiuhuang sat on the throne, quietly watching Li Qi's every step, the armor on his body, and his calloused body. With both hands, looking at his slightly gray temples, looking at him, that still firm eyes.

Li Qi went all the way to the bottom of the steps, cupped his hands and said: "My subject, Li Qi, I have seen the king."

Li Qiuhuang glanced at Yang Taizhen, who was silent under the curtain, and then looked at Li Qi, with a heavy voice: "Li Qi, you are not in the camp, watch your soldiers and horses carefully, and send troops out privately." Camp, what do you want?"

Li Qidao: "The lord, the minister was ordered by the lord to lead [-] soldiers and horses to defend the city of Ding'an and protect our Tang country for thousands of years. Now, we are also fulfilling our duties."

"Perform your duties?" Li Qiuhuang sneered and repeated, "Perform your duties..."

He suddenly stood up, pointed at Li Qi angrily and shouted: "You were ordered to garrison the camp, but you violated the edict, led troops out of the camp privately, surrounded the palace, and slaughtered rampantly in the palace. Now... Bringing it into this hall, is this also called fulfilling your duties?"

"Guhe ever gave you such a responsibility?"

"Where did Gu let you behave like this?"

The three questions were like three thunderbolts that were deafening in the hall, even frightening all the officials.

The master's cultivation is so deep that few people have the chance to meet him, and in the eyes of many people, the master has always been a good-tempered person, and he seldom criticizes his subordinates, even when he is drinking and singing, he laughs at the sky , not only will not make people feel terrible, but the demeanor during it is admirable.

But today, the poet of the Tang Dynasty finally showed some emotions like ordinary people.

Li Qi's eyes were calm, and he bowed down again: "Since the lord asks the minister like this, the minister can only answer truthfully. The minister is a minister of the Tang Dynasty, eats the king's salary, and should abide by the laws of the Tang Dynasty. Since the lord asked the minister to protect the country, The minister will surely die for the society of the Tang State, but, the lord, has he remembered that the laws of the Tang State have been promulgated since the first generation of the Tang King, and there is such a thing... the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics."

Li Qiuhuang's complexion changed: "You..."

Li Qi looked at Yang Taizhen, and said solemnly: "Nowadays, the demon concubine is making troubles in the court and forming a party for personal gain, which has caused the court of the Tang Dynasty to run rampant! Loyal and patriotic people are demoted because they don't know how to please, and those who flatter me are all on the rise. Now it is In a time of great strife, Jing, Wu, Canghai, and Mohists are all avoiding extravagance and frugality, cleaning up the government, strengthening the army and preparing for war. Only in Tang Dynasty, the wind of arrogance and extravagance is growing, and the government is getting worse. As for the army..."

His voice became louder and louder, and he looked around: "I didn't want to mention the defeat of Jingwu a few years ago, but now I am watching the court, and no one remembers my Tang Dynasty's great defeat!"

"Presumptuous!" This sentence was not said by Li Qiuhuang, but after Li Qi finished speaking, the officials of Yang Taizhen's faction finally could no longer keep silent, and they all stood up and cursed: "Li Qi! What are you doing here?" Sarcasm all the officials, satirize the king. So what if you lose? Is it possible that if you succeed or fail, you have to wash your face with tears every day? Then Jing Wu just happened to be a little lucky. Taking advantage of the emptiness inside our Tang Dynasty, he relied on a sneak attack to breathe Chances are, if our country of Tang goes south again now, Jing and Wu will surely be wiped out under the iron army of our country of Tang. Now you blame the imperial concubine and the head of the country. Could it be that you have forgotten? Back then when we went south to attack Jing and Wu , you are also the one who is fighting hard!"

Li Qi looked contemptuously at the potbellied official, as if he saw the shadow of Tang's current corruption in the officialdom from his stomach, and said with a sneer, "Yes, I also advocated going to war in that battle back then."

"Then what are you talking about..."

"But I have never agreed with your so-called 'occupying the entire territory of Jing and Wu within three months'!" Li Qi broke down and suppressed the official's voice back in his throat. Jingwu, which was just established back then, was more than doubled. Whether it was going down the river, or the infantry attacking from two sides, it should be reasonable to win that battle... But at the end of the year How did you lose?"

Li Qi sneered, "If it weren't for you mediocre people who only talk about wars on paper, thinking that Jingwu is just a sheep with no resistance, you can slaughter it at will. You forced the army to spread out on the border, resulting in a loose force, so how could you give Gao Changgong the opportunity to break through and sweep the eight thousand Qingzhou ghost riders?"

"There is still food and grass!" Li Qi did not give the officials a chance to continue speaking, his voice was loud like a raging lion, "The soldiers in the front are fighting bloody battles for the country with their flesh and blood, what about the rear? Why are the food and grass sent to our soldiers? When you have it in hand, you will be short of weight!"

"The soldiers risked their lives to fight with the Jing and Wu armies to climb the towering city walls, but when they returned to the camp after the battle, they found that they were still hungry and wrapped up in thin armor...the pot was boiled with clear soup and fresh water , white noodles and steamed buns are all unscrupulous, that's all..." Li Qi's eyes showed a bit of sadness, "If you don't have enough to eat, you won't die, but those wounded who came down from the front line are already on the front line of life and death. But they didn't wait for those herbs and rice salt until they died..."

He looked at the timid member of Yang Taizhen's party, and said sharply: "Master Pei! You should know this matter best, why are you hiding?"

Sitting on the throne, Li Qiuhuang's eyes changed. He knew that Li Qi was not a person who would lie and talk nonsense, and above the court, under the watchful eyes of everyone, he would not have the opportunity to lie.

Li Qiuhuang's eyes were like a torch, he just stared at the official lightly, and the official fell to his knees immediately.

"Pei Ji, what Li Qi said is the truth?"

Pei Ji, Minister of the Tang Dynasty, is 71 years old this year, with gray beard and hair. At this time, his body was trembling, and he was almost suffocated by Li Qiuhuang's invisible aura. ...the minister...the minister..."

He talked about several ministers in a row, but he couldn't say anything after all.