The bright moon sits on the ground

Qi Qianyuan looked at the palm-sized golden dragon in Nie Qiu's hand.

There was a moment of astonishment in his eyes, and then he seemed to understand something, and the redundant emotions fell back heavily.

Then he stretched out his hand to take the five-clawed golden dragon made of gold, and looked at it for a while.

The look of surprise faded away, replaced by a complicated and inexplicable expression.

He lowered his eyes, and the surging emotion rose up, making the corners of his mouth twitch slightly.

Qi Qianyuan suddenly laughed.

It's the kind that Nie Qiu has never seen before,? Smiling unfalteringly.

His Highness the Crown Prince in black robe couldn't straighten his back from laughing, and wanted to cover his face with long sleeves.

Laughter echoed on the mountaintop of Yaoxiantai, true and false, unreal and unreal, breaking through the clouds and mist in the mountains.

His smile came out of nowhere, which made Nie Qiu a little confused.

Not for joy.

Qi Qianyuan's brows and eyes were still cold.

He laughed just because he thought it was ridiculous.

Disdainful, ironic, sad,? Angry, helpless... All complex emotions,? are in this laughter.

Like crazy, maybe even a bit like possessed.

Fortunately, the smile came and went quickly, Qi Qianyuan soon stopped laughing, and returned to his original appearance.

He called Meng Qiuze whose expression didn't change at all, whispered a few words, and sent him to fetch the things.

"Priest Nie, where did you get this thing?" Qi Qianyuan asked.

Nie Qiu briefly talked about the secret road leading to the imperial mausoleum from Xiayan City, half-truth and half-false, only mentioning his affairs, and did not bring Xie Mu and the Tan family into it, only saying that he had no intention of doing so. The secret passage discovered in the middle is now blocked.

Qi Qianyuan didn't ask too much. After knowing that it was brought out from the imperial tomb, he began to think.

"Do you know what this thing is?"

Seeing Nie Qiu shaking his head, he explained patiently: "The 'sacred object' that can justifiably enthroned."

Nie Qiu didn't expect Qi Qianyuan to explain this to himself.

He didn't expect the five-clawed golden dragon to be used for such a purpose.

Command the world and ascend to the throne.

Could it be that Qi Qianyuan had murderous intentions?Nie Qiu looked at him, but he didn't look like him.

At this time, Meng Qiuze just came back.

Nie Qiu had his back turned, so he could only hear footsteps behind him. He seemed to be holding something heavy in his hands, so his steps were not steady, and his steps were flimsy.Not only that, it seemed that the air behind him became hot.

Even though he had no killing intent, he subconsciously covered the Hanshuang knife with his hand.

Before he had time to turn his head, Qi Qianyuan uttered a word slowly.

"Qi Song, he's crazy."

The emperor's favorite prince said so.

At the same time, the scorching heat passed by Nie Qiu.

Meng Qiuze was holding a brazier with both hands, and the flames inside were nourished by coal, burning vigorously and threateningly.

Nie Qiu watched him put the brazier on the ground, and loosened his hand on the knife, but did not take it back.

He didn't understand which play Qi Qianyuan and Meng Qiuze were playing.

He also didn't understand what Qi Qianyuan meant by "crazy".

His Highness the Crown Prince let go of his hand, and his movements were very casual, as if he had just thrown a piece of useless waste paper, the flames scattered, and quickly rushed forward again, imprisoning the five-clawed golden dragon tightly in the scalding flames.

Nie Qiu was taken aback.

"When the father was young, he had nothing to do, so he asked the craftsmen in the palace to cast the strange ore sent from a foreign country into a 'sacred object'. He jokingly said that whoever among us can get this thing can justifiably ascend the throne. emperor."

Qi Qianyuan lowered his eyes to see the brilliant gold in the flames, and the flames reflected on him, as if trying to devour him.

"Then when the 'holy object' was cast, he regretted it."

"He killed the craftsman on the spot and hid the things he made. No one in the palace knew this secret, but no one dared to talk about it."

"Our brothers have searched and fought for this, but the emperor kept silent, and we don't know where he hid his things. We only know that so many years have passed, and we haven't even seen a shadow. I didn’t look for it anymore.” He sneered, “I didn’t expect it to be hidden in the imperial mausoleum. He is such a lunatic, he wants to be the underground emperor even after he dies.”

The five-clawed golden dragon in the brazier gradually melted, and it turned out that only the top layer was plated with gold, and the rest was made of unknown material, revealing the dark thing hidden inside.

"He seeks longevity, exhausts the treasury for the elixir, and refuses to give up life and death, and refuses to give up the throne."

Qi Qianyuan extinguished the raging fire in the brazier with water by the stream beside the altar.

He waited a moment before reaching out and pulling out the almost invisible thing hidden among the coals.

Icy, like the minerals that can only be produced in deep sea rifts, condensed the aura of heaven and earth, but it was so dark that no light could penetrate it. The glare of the sun above did not add any vitality to it, and it was covered by this small piece of darkness. All devoured.

After the shell melted away, what was hidden inside was actually very small.

Square and square, the size of a seal, it seems that there are a few words engraved on it, and it seems that there are only gurgling water engraved on it.

Qi Qianyuan gently twirled the seal known as the "sacred object" in his hand.

He knew very well that the words "Heaven and Earth Connect Spirit" were engraved on the bottom.

"Priest Nie, I already understand the sincerity you have shown." He said, "Thank you, but—"

The quaint and mysterious seal twirled several times between his fingertips.

Qi Qianyuan turned around and placed the seal on the stone steps of the altar, just up to his waist.

Then he pulled out the saber at his waist, with the blade pointing down, and stabbed fiercely.

"However, I am the emperor, so I don't need this kind of thing."

With a crisp sound, the seal shattered and a gap was opened.

His movements did not stop, without any hesitation.

Immediately afterwards, there was the second sword, and the third sword... until the "sacred object" made of strange minerals was shattered out of shape.

The black powder is scattered on the white stone steps, and the contrast is very strong.

Qi Qianyuan flicked his sleeves, only the sound of the wind was heard, and the debris on the stone steps was blown away by the wind, falling everywhere.

"Qi Song wants others to be crazy with him. I pretended to be crazy for more than ten years, so I won't accompany you." He said lightly, "This kind of dead thing can't control my future. It's a blessing or a curse, whether it's victory or defeat. , this life is only tied to my thoughts.”

Therefore, Qi Qianyuan didn't mind telling Nie Qiu these secrets.

Because from the moment he saw the five-clawed golden dragon, he had already thought about its ending.

The wind was strong in the mountains, and Nie Qiu glanced at it, and saw that the jet-black debris that had been blown away went to nowhere.

"The throne, I will take it on my own."

Qi Qianyuan took back his sword and said, "In a few days, you can enter the palace sometime and visit the alchemy room."

He should take those charlatans this time.

It is a good thing that the warlocks in the alchemy room cannot escape this disaster, which means that Xiao Wuyin will not be implicated.

After all, the problem was with the elixir, not with Xiao Wuyin's prescription—at least on the surface.

Nie Qiu nodded in response.

"I will take care of the matter of the imperial mausoleum. As for the change of the throne, I will send someone to inform you before I do it. You can rest assured." Qi Qianyuan waved his hand to see the guests off, "If Priest Nie has nothing else to do, I can do it now." left."

Things have been negotiated, and there is no point in staying any longer.

So Nie Qiu followed Meng Qiuze down the mountain.

Nie Qiu always found it strange that this frail prince's valet came to see off the guests.

In case Meng Qiuze walked halfway and his foot slipped, it is not impossible for him to fall and die.

This kind of thing happened just after talking with Qi Qianyuan, the loss outweighs the gain.

Nie Qiu thought, and his pace slowed down a lot.

He asked another thing that is not good to ask Qi Qianyuan face to face: "Why didn't His Highness directly attack me?"

Wouldn't it be more convenient to kill him than to let him go?

Meng Qiuze turned his head when he heard the sound, looked at Nie Qiu, and smiled.

There were so many things contained in that smile that people couldn't tell whether it was a sincere smile or a fake one for a while.

"If I say that I have said a few words for the priest, will the priest believe it?"

"No. He doesn't trust people."

Meng Qiuze found it boring, and the temptation in his tone became less and less, "That's the truth. But His Highness also has his considerations. As for what he is considering, I think it's best for the priest not to know."

Nie Qiu asked: "I've slowed down, can't Mr. Meng reveal something to me like he did when he went up the mountain?"

Meng Qiuze didn't expect him to bring this up, so he laughed all over his head.

It's a strange word to apply to a man.

But he panted three times, his face was flushed, he staggered when he walked, and he could only hold on to the tree when he couldn't laugh...

And it's really suitable.

Meng Qiuze finally stopped laughing, and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes.

"First, I don't think it's any good for you to attack. I told His Highness what I thought, and His Highness took this opportunity to consider it secretly; second, the Nie family controls some important business channels, and the court still needs If you use these businessmen to make money, if you do anything to them, the relationship with the Nie family may become very bad. His Highness does not want to see things get out of control; He wants to let everyone know that the high priest who assassinated the Holy One and symbolized the messenger of the heavenly way escaped successfully, and then slapped them hard."

He paused, then continued: "Fourth, at the market, the person next to you must be the daughter of a genius doctor. I recognize her face, and His Highness also knows about it. Now Xiao Wuyin Doctor Xiao and us are grasshoppers on the same rope, there is no need to have conflicts with him because of this; as for the fifth... Priest Nie, you will know later."

After saying this, Meng Qiuze didn't mention it again.

There were a lot of things that happened just now, so Nie Qiu decided to go back and take a good look at his thoughts.

The second half of the way down the mountain, neither of them spoke.

At the foot of the mountain, when Meng Qiuze was about to turn around and go back, Nie Qiu suddenly stopped him.

Not for anything else.

When Nie Qiu stroked his train of thought, he thought of a crucial point.

Meng Qiuze is the astrologer of the imperial palace.

Although I don't know what he is good at, but as far as the celestial masters he has seen - Tian Jia, Bu Jia and Xie Mu, this person's strength should not be weak, even Xu Lang, who is a Taoist priest, will find someone For divination, then Meng Qiuze must be better at it.

If you don't rule out the hidden dangers of Meng Qiuze, a celestial master, you will be tied down in everything you do in the future.

Then, one more point.

Qi Qianyuan hates the way of heaven, doesn't believe in fairy arts, and also doesn't recognize the way of celestial aficionados.

Logically speaking, Meng Qiuze shouldn't be trusted by Qi Qianyuan at all.

Nie Qiu said: "Lord Meng, you were at the side when I was talking to His Highness just now. You should know that when I was a child, I had strange hexagrams. Many Taoist priests and celestial masters came to take me as an apprentice, right?"

Meng Qiuze nodded.

"If I had agreed back then, would His Highness treat me completely differently now?"

"That's natural. Your Highness has always disliked this way, and can't tolerate such people appearing in sight."

Nie Qiu continued to lead: "In other words, there are no Taoist priests or celestial masters in the palace?"

Meng Qiuze replied without noticing: "There are some around the Holy Majesty, but there is none in His Highness's palace."

Nie Qiu nodded thoughtfully, pretending to be curious, and said, "I see, thank you, Mr. Meng."

After he left, Nie Qiu secretly made a calculation.

The hexagram is positive, and Meng Qiuze did not lie.

So, that is to say, Meng Qiuze is not proficient in this way at all, and he is not a celestial physiognomy master.

The person who firmly sits as the Celestial Physician in the palace is not the Celestial Physician.

Judging from Qi Qianyuan's attitude, this is a ridiculous but reasonable fact.

What "heaven is not beautiful" and "hexagrams show great evil" are all just nonsense made by Qi Qianyuan and Meng Qiuze.

If the emperor wants to kill you, he can find a reason anytime, anywhere.

Nie Qiu sneered, put away the black stones for fortune-telling, and left.