Aggrieved Fish Sprite

With the Sixth Prince making such a fuss, the rain praying ceremony naturally couldn't continue.

It turned out that the four-legged snake died, but it was unlucky, so the Taoist priests just smoothed things over and found another one.As a result, the six princes talked endlessly, and Mencius threw out all the words about regicide. Who would dare to "whip the dragon" again?

He Shilang couldn't get off the stage, and looked at the sixth prince with hatred.

He really has nothing to do with the sixth prince, but the emperor is different!When he returns to Beijing, he will file a complaint!

The sixth prince left calmly, He Shilang walked away with a flick of his sleeves, and the Taoist priests looked at each other, sighed and began to clean up the tables and incense burners.

"All Taoists." Liu Dan rolled his eyes and stopped the Taoists.

"Blessings of the Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, poor Taoist, please be polite."

The Taoist priests hurriedly stopped what they were doing and saluted.

Liu Dan tentatively asked: "I heard the accents of some priests, don't they look like people from Yongzhou?"

Several Taoist priests could speak the official language, and said with a smile: "The general is right, we are from Taijing, and we are Taoists of Qianyuan Temple. This time, I have received an order to assist He Shilang in organizing the sacrificial ceremony."

Meng Qi on the roof said with great interest: "I didn't expect General Liu to help us, and Zhengchou didn't know where they came from!"

"Why don't you call him money bag?" Mo Li looked sideways.

Meng Qi pretended to be surprised and said, "Isn't his purse with us?"

"..."

General Liu, who lost his money bag, successfully recovered his real name, but he himself didn't know about it.

Every time Liu Dan came to Beijing, he came and went in a hurry, and he didn't know anything about Taoist temples, so he said politely: "You must have won the trust of His Majesty, and that's why he took the job in the imperial mausoleum."

The Taoist priests smiled wryly, waved their hands and said: "The general doesn't know something, something went wrong in the Qin Tianjian, and we are favored by His Majesty, but coming to the imperial mausoleum... hey."

They didn't dare to continue talking about the latter.

Liu Dan asked suspiciously, "What happened to Qin Tianjian?"

The Taoist looked around and said in a low voice: "It is said that on the night of Shangyuan, your majesty saw Xingbo going north and passing Ziweiyuan, which is an ominous omen."

Xingbo is the broom star.

When it comes to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Mo Li feels a little uncomfortable.

Meng Qi secretly took a look at Mo Li, thinking that they were spending spring at the wild fair... oh no, celebrating the Lantern Festival.

Mo Li and Meng Qi didn't see the star, after all, it depends on the location, some places can see it, some places can't.Xingbo is also big and small, and it will not be obvious after this day.If it happens that the weather is bad, the clouds are so dense that even the moon can't be seen, where can you still see the stars.

"It's absurd to say that there has been no clear sky in Taijing for several days. It so happened that a full moon suddenly appeared that night. His Majesty was hosting a banquet in the palace. He was overjoyed to see it, so he ordered the banquet to be moved to the balcony to enjoy the moon, and he even ordered people to write poems." , when the atmosphere was at its hottest, that star beige appeared, and the officials and palace people who were having a banquet saw it squarely. The star beige is in the sky, it cannot be blocked, it cannot be blocked, unless we pretend to be blind together."

Ink carp was silent.

This can be said to be very unlucky, Xingbo is not common, but it is not rare.

Black carp grows in Qimao Mountain, and they often go out at night. Some yin-loving herbs need to be dug and transplanted at night, and sometimes they have to go to the doctor at night. They encounter them once or twice a year, and they have not been caught by cats. Pass.

The theory of the broom star is pure nonsense.

However, many people believe in this. If the people in Zhushan County accidentally see the broom star, they will ask God to bless them. As for the god, it depends on what they believe in, and it has something to do with where they are.

Those in the mountains worship the mountain gods, and those near the water worship the river gods.

There is no need to offer incense, just kneel down and kowtow a few times, prepare a brazier and put it at the door of the house, and step over to dispel the bad luck.

Those who have money in their families feel uncertain, not only to burn incense, but also to take out a sum of money for sesame oil, which is used to light long-burning lamps, so that monks can chant sutras day and night for protection.For those who are a little more troublesome, monks and Taoist priests are invited to come to the house to perform ceremonies.

Basically, it is not easy to see Xingbo. Everyone is sleeping at night, and basically they don’t go out when it gets dark.

And there was a lantern festival among the folks in Shangyuan night, and I don't know how many people saw Xingbo.

The emperor happened to be having a banquet with his ministers, and the people were very complete. Even if everyone pretended to be blind together, but something happened, it was inevitable that they would mutter in their hearts.Lu Zhang's position is wrong, there are already many rumors, and now there is another one.

The Taoist pointed to the top of his head, sighed and said, "...then blamed Qin Tianjian for not reporting it in advance."

Liu Dan didn't think there was anything wrong, but Meng Qi laughed: "The Qin Tianjian in the Qi Dynasty is also unlucky, Xingbo is unpredictable, how to report it? Tiangou's eclipse can be counted."

Meng Qi was a national teacher in the Chu Dynasty, and he was also in charge of the Qin Tianjian at that time. He couldn't understand these mysterious things that were easy to be used by alchemists to make fuss.

Regardless of whether it is a star or a solar eclipse, it can be a symbol of "the king has no way".

It is a must to write down an edict of guilt.

The so-called guilt edict is to characterize the matter before everyone talks nonsense, which is caused by this mistake.All other mistakes are nonsense, nothing.

Liu Dan, the general of the bandits, knew that there was another reason for the emperor's anger.

——The earthquake in Qiuling County, Pingzhou.

This news is very likely to be concealed, ordinary people and even officials don't know, once Xingbei came out, the government and the public were in turmoil, and this natural disaster that happened years ago still doesn't know how it will be discussed.

Mo Li thoughtfully left the imperial tomb.

"Brother Meng, do you think Patriarch Qingwu will take advantage of Xingbo's rumors?"

"Of course, it's not just him. King Ning, King Wu, and King Qing in the south of the Yangtze River, as well as the Holy Lotus Altar of the Heavenly Granted King in the southwest, will all follow suit. It depends on whether Lu Zhang can suppress all the criticisms from the government and the opposition."

Meng Qi walked with his hands behind his back, no one was around, he didn't need to restrain his breath, he walked very freely.

Mo Li dug out the map from his luggage, and said as he walked, "The location of Zangfengguan is not on the same road as the direction to Taijing. We have to make a detour, do you want to go and see?"

"The doctor doesn't want to go." Meng Qi said with a smile.

Mo Li paused his hand, and asked without raising his head, "How can you see that?"

"First, I saw a Taoist in the county to observe it, and I didn't forget to take a look when I went to the imperial mausoleum. If you really plan to go to Zangfeng Temple, why bother on the road, just call the door?"

"...That's right, our goal is still Emperor Li's Mausoleum."

Mo Li put the map back into his bag, his palm suddenly paused, and he took out something.

It was a dark purple soft sword, which could have been used as a belt, but now it was coiled up, like some kind of smoke cake to repel insects.

This sword belonged to Meng Qi, except for the first time they met and used it when they fought against each other, they never took it out afterwards. When Meng Qi turned into a gerbil, the sword was put away by Mo Li along with his clothes.

Now Mo Li threw the soft sword back to Meng Qi.

"Why bother, the doctor will keep it for me!" Meng Qi said solemnly.

"You still want to become a gerbil?" Mo Li was puzzled.

After a person becomes a gerbil, he can throw away his clothes at will, but he will lose money if he loses his sword.

This soft sword is nothing ordinary at first glance, and it may not be less valuable than the golden silk armor.

Hearing Mo Li's words, Meng Qi had a strange expression, as if he couldn't laugh or cry.

"...Didn't the doctor take a closer look at my sword?"

"I won't mess with other people's things." Mo Li replied naturally.

Don't martial arts masters have any curiosity about rare weapons?Meng Qi thought this was unbelievable, but he thought about it again, Mo Li was not a martial artist at all, he was a doctor, and he might be more interested in gold needles and silver needles.

Meng Qi put away the soft sword in frustration, and Mo Li looked at him, vaguely feeling that there might be some tricks on the sword.

The material of the sword?

What does the sword look like?

If it wasn't for showing off the weapon, what kind of situation would make someone forcefully put the weapon in another person's pocket?Could it be time to pretend to be the former national teacher?

Meng Qi can restore the appearance of the former national teacher. As long as Mo Li wears a bamboo hat and cape and holds this soft sword, he may be mistaken for Meng Qi.This frightening idea of ​​appearing in two places at the same time was inspired by Li Konger from Kongkongmen.

Mo Li shook his head, and said solemnly: "Brother Meng, I don't know how to use a sword. Although the martial arts are advanced to a certain level, I can use any weapon, but I will still show my secrets in front of the masters. It is said that the martial arts of Qingwu Patriarch is extremely high .”

"what?"

Meng Qi's eyes were blank.

The two looked at each other in silence, and quickly realized that they had lost their minds with each other.

"Doctor, are we so inconsistent?"

"...A gerbil and a fish dig a pit and swim in the water, what tacit understanding can there be?"

"Aren't we mountain spirits?"

"Shangyun Mountain is in Taijing, and Qimao Mountain is in Pingzhou. I'll figure out how many miles they are apart." Mo Li made a gesture to get the map, but Meng Qi hurriedly stopped him, grabbed the bag and carried it on his back, and ran away.

The ink carp was not in a hurry to chase after it.

——With the money bag on him, where can Meng Qi go?

Mo Li threw away all the speculation about pretending to be a national teacher just now, and continued to think about the tricks of that sword.

Dark purple soft sword...

Did the teacher say that there is such a sword in Jianghu?

Mo Li walked unhurriedly, recalling from the history books, he stroked Yuchang, Chunjun, Tai'a, and Wanren all over again.

"Huh?" Mo Li's heart suddenly moved. He said that there was a master swordsmith in the Chen Dynasty who liked to forge swords of different shapes and qualities.

I have cast daggers that are too short to be called swords, and I have also cast half swords.

It can be described as a whimsical idea, which only satisfies the swordsmith, and does not care about the smoothness of the person who uses the sword.

This master has two masterpieces in his life, one is "Yanhuilou", which is more of a hidden weapon than a dagger, and can come back by itself after throwing the sword half a circle.

The other is a soft sword, which is called "Sincere Love".

It is said that his sword is light and thin, as cold as the thin frost on the curtain in the autumn morning, and the lines on the sword are like a woman's eyebrows, very beautiful.On the day when it was released, there were crowds of people watching, and someone blurted out, like a little order that was sung in Jiaofang back then.

The swordsmith gladly engraved the name of Qu Ling Ci on the body of the sword, so the name of the sword is "Speaking of Heartfelt Love", which is generally called the Heartfelt Sword in later generations.

Although the sword is beautiful, it has experienced a lot of ups and downs. Like other swordsmith works, no one likes to use it.Later, he drifted into the rivers and lakes, and got it from the head of the Tianshan School, only to find that this soft sword is very suitable for internal masters. This head is very chivalrous and restless. He has traveled all over the world, After visiting famous mountains and historical sites, the Heartfelt Sword also became famous.

However, when he crossed the Qingjiang River by boat, an enemy ambushed him. Although he repelled the enemy, his right arm was severely injured, and his sword fell into the river, and he was never seen again.

That was 200 years ago.

There are so many missing weapons in the rivers and lakes, many of which have only one name, and no one knows what they look like.

The so-called "red bones are buried in yellow sand, and heartfelt feelings are buried in Qingjiang", this sentence not only tells the whereabouts of the two famous blades, but also a word that people in the Jianghu like to use for sentimentality and self-deprecation.

Could it be that the sword is——

Mo Li looked up and saw that Meng Qi was waiting for him in front.

"How did you get your sword?" Mo Li asked slowly.

Meng Qi was refreshed, as if he felt a kind of joy that he had finally reached a point.

"It's a coincidence that when the Chen Dynasty fell, the prince of the Chen Dynasty escaped from the capital with the jade seal. Rebellion, and even brought Yuxi to talk about things, so I went after him. Oh, it just so happens that I have nothing to do."

First, Li Yuanze felt that Meng Qi was at ease in handling affairs, and he believed that Meng Qi would not withhold the jade seal.

Furthermore, the army had just entered the capital, and there was a lot of waste waiting to be done. All the courtiers were extremely busy, and only Meng Qi was idle.

"At that time, I was not a national teacher, because it was recorded in the history books. There was a dynasty like this. The jade seal was taken away, and the emperor sent someone to chase it. It took seven years to track it down. I almost became a full-time seal chaser general. I think this matter must not be procrastinated, and everything must be resolved quickly." Meng Qi touched his chin and sighed, "The result may be that I pushed too hard. Jiang committed suicide."

"Which river?"

"What else can it be? Of course it is Qingjiang, the one closest to Taijing."

Meng Qi gave a hint, then turned the topic back as if nothing had happened, and continued, "The Qingjiang River is not very wide, but when the flood season comes, the water flow is turbulent, and it is summer at that time. Where does the golden cicada come out of its shell? And I brought so many people, so I had no choice but to fish it. If the story spreads, I am afraid that countless people will go to the river to salvage it, just to find the jade seal, and then go to the court to collect the reward. If I’m poor, I can’t pay this bounty, otherwise they can scold me for three years, and I’m the last among the fourteen when it comes to quarreling, hey. Fortunately, my martial arts were good at that time, and I wasn’t afraid of being beaten.”

Ink Carp: "..."

No, that's not what the script says.

"But isn't the Chuanguo Yuxi handed down from the Qin Dynasty?"

"Fake, with so many coups and dynasties, how could it be that jade seal? People in the Chen Dynasty are superstitious. Maybe their jade seal was snatched from the previous dynasty. I believe it is the destiny."

Meng Qi snorted, and said again, "And the emperor has many seals, and only that one is engraved with "Ordered by heaven, long life and eternal prosperity". Usually, this seal is only used for major events, and it is not necessary to issue an imperial decree at all. , keep them all in hiding. If someone steals it, they probably won’t be able to find it for a while, it’s just the Jade Seal of the Kingdom, how could it really represent the destiny?”

It is said that after the prince of the Chen Dynasty threw himself into the river, Meng Qi ordered his men to fish without saying a word.

His subordinates happened to be from the scout battalion, and they were the most special group. They could dig traps over the city walls and attack the enemy camp at night. Half of them were proficient in water skills, and they could scuttle enemy ships during water battles.

The water tanks are all ready-made, and the airbags made of leather are not missing, so they can be launched directly into the water.

The Qingjiang River is not clear at all. The ancient blue was a slightly turbid color, and the water flowed very fast.

Even if it was launched in time, it took three full days to fish.

"The corpse is easy to find, but the jade seal sank into the sand at the bottom of the river, so I searched that area, and I also went into the water, but I didn't find the jade seal, but I found the sword." Meng Qi photographed He patted his waist and said with a smile, "I don't know when and what month it sank into the river. It has lasted for a long time without much rust. It is indeed a rare and famous sword. I will bring it back to Taijing, please make the sword The master carefully polished it to remove the dirt on the surface, so that the sword can see the light of day again, although it is not as sharp as ordinary famous swords, I like it very much."

Mo Li was amused because he found out that Meng Qi deliberately accentuated the word "famous sword".

His face remained calm, as if he didn't have much interest, Meng Qi had no choice but to make persistent efforts.

"Such a good sword, its previous owner and caster should not be an unknown person."

"Ah."

"..."

only one huh?

Meng Qi couldn't believe that Dr. Mo didn't know such a famous sentence about Qingjiang's funeral?Didn't Qin Lu mention it to Mo Li?He has revealed so many clues, Mo Li still hasn't guessed the name of this sword?

"That's right." Mo Li frowned suddenly.

Meng Qi cheered up and looked at Mo Li expectantly. Of course he didn't show it obviously, but his eyes suddenly became bright.

"Didn't you say Yuxi? Did you find it later?" Mo Li asked solemnly.

"..."

If Meng Qi was a gerbil now, Mao would probably explode.

After the explosion, you may droop your head and be dejected.

——Why is it so difficult to get the doctor to notice the sword?

"My subordinates got it. I brought it back to Taijing and handed it over to Li Yuanze. Now the Qi Dynasty should still use that piece of jade seal." Meng Qi looked solemn and his robe fluttered in the wind, showing an extraordinary bearing.

However, the ink carp has already seen through his essence.

"Let me see your handle some other day... Sincerely."

After Mo Li finished speaking, he sped up his speed and ran away using his lightness kung fu.

Meng Qi froze in place, and it took him a long while to come to his senses.

Was he tricked by the doctor?

The author has something to say:

Gerbil: You are such a doctor

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Comets are divided into those that return periodically, and those that pass by and never look back (hey), ancient times could not tell the difference between the two.

But solar and lunar eclipses were really predictable in ancient times. Although the ancients were still very superstitious about beating gongs and drums, it does not mean that state agencies cannot predict, and some people can even predict it themselves. According to historical records, some local officials have done this .

It was recorded in the Han Dynasty that solar and lunar eclipses had nothing to do with politics.Accurate predictions should be made in the Northern and Southern Dynasties and later, because the astronomer Zu Chongzhi discovered the movement law of the intersection of the ecliptic and the white zodiac 1500 years ago.

So how accurate is the prediction? There is a good example in the Tang Dynasty.

Li Chunfeng said to the emperor that the calendar is not accurate, we need to replace it with a new one, such as this solar eclipse, I think there will be a solar eclipse at a certain time, but according to the old calendar, it cannot be calculated that there will be a solar eclipse on this day.When there was a solar eclipse that day, SO changed the calendar and called it "Linde Calendar".

In some novels, the time-traveling protagonist knows that there will be a solar eclipse that day because he is familiar with history books, so he warns in advance, and it comes true.Because even if everyone didn't figure it out, it can only prove that the calendar will be updated →_→ will not be regarded as a heavenly being, but will only chase after the protagonist for a new one.

The earliest record of a solar eclipse was on an oracle bone inscription.

Because there are solar eclipses in the Book of Songs, so in ancient times, as long as people with ink in their stomachs, they would not be afraid of the sun disappearing and never coming out...Moreover, solar eclipses happen very frequently, but total solar eclipses are rare, absolutely It is impossible to never encounter a solar eclipse in a lifetime, whichever emperor is in power is the same, it is not clear whether the emperor is faint.

These things are mainly "unlucky"

Too many occurrences, ominously.Bad days happen, ominous.The day that happened was too good to be ominous.Accidentally saw it, ominous.In short, it is bad luck, the blame can be blamed on bad luck, and bad luck can also be used by scolding the emperor.

The so-called bad luck is no different from what we call Mercury retrograde. Bad luck is all because of Mercury retrograde! [Whisper, actually Mercury never goes retrograde. 】

Mercury: Huge injustice!

[The so-called retrograde is because of visual difference]

[Even with poor vision, many planets are retrograde, not just Mercury]

Mercury: Really great injustice! !I walk my own way, even if you read it wrong, but you don’t talk about Venus and Jupiter so many stars, you insist on grabbing me and criticizing me for not walking well, where are you going to reason?cry dizzy