The Book on the Pillow: The Sea and Moonlight

It has been more than a month since Donghua returned to Jiuchongtian.Lian Song felt that he had been a little strange since he came back.

The two of them separated in the East China Sea in the mortal world. Lian Song was entrusted by Donghua to bring the news of Miaoluo's existence to Yehua, and after that, he took on the duty to search for traces of Miaoluo in the six worlds.It is true that they have been gone for some time.

The story of Qingqiu's confrontation with the army of demons has already spread throughout Jiuchongtian.Emperor Donghua repelled Miaoluo in front of the battle, it was expected by all the immortals, but seeing that the gods in Qingqiu won the battle but were not happy, they all felt strange.Thinking about it again, Bai Fengjiu, who is the female monarch of Qingqiu and the queen of Taichen Palace, has disappeared since that battle. The same is also missing from the demon clan's green demon Yanchi Wu, and why did the emperor let Miao go? Defeated and retreated without taking advantage of victory to pursue?There are so many doubts, it must be something happened in the war that day.

However, everyone in Qingqiu kept secrets, and the Emperor Donghua who was the person involved was not easy to meet. Even if they met, who would have the courage to ask for advice?Coupled with the fact that the perception of the immortals towards Miaoluo is still at the level of a catastrophe that harms the six realms, for a while, there is a lot of discussion in the Nine Heavens.Some said that Miaoluo cheated and kidnapped the empress, some said that the demon Lord Yan Chiwu eloped with Qingqiu's female monarch Bai Fengjiu, and the most outrageous thing was that the emperor and Miaoluo had entanglements due to hatred, and the little girl was angry. Empress, now Bai Fengjiu takes the demon lord Yanchiwu and abandons her husband and son to other walks of life.

The wisdom of Jiu Chongtian's idea was fully utilized in the gossip.

What happened to Donghua and Fengjiu that day? Although Qingqiu blocked the news from the outside world, Lian Song, as a member of the core group of Tianting, naturally heard about it.He knew that Feng Jiu was injured, and the injury was quite troublesome. It is said that Zheyan was helpless. A while ago, Donghua took Feng Jiu to Bihai Cangling to recuperate. Even when he returned to Jiuchongtian recently, he often went back and forth to Bihai Cangling , so that he was rejected several times when he visited Taichen Palace.It's a pity that Donghua set up an enchantment outside Bihai Cangling, otherwise, with his full spirit of research, why wouldn't he not investigate it?

Because of this, he understood Donghua's reticence quite well.

Ever since Donghua returned from Bihai Cangling, who had inherited the calamity of the Chaos God's Thunder, it was rare to see him like this. Even when he was cultivating his body and mind in the Taichen Palace, his body was weak, but his demeanor was relaxed.It's like now, although he doesn't show it on the face, but he has a solemn expression, the atmosphere around him is dignified, there is worry hidden between his brows, and with a little vision, one can see that the battle between heaven and man has been going on for a long time.

What can shake the heart of the Lord of Heaven and Earth, who has always been so light?Only the white phoenix with nine ears.If Feng Jiu was really injured, Donghua naturally didn't have the heart to do anything else, and being able to appear in Jiuchongtian for official business was considered righteous.

But Lian Song couldn't tell, it was just that there was a sense of disobedience, which made him feel that something was wrong.He has always had faith in his instincts.

Today at the court meeting, Ye Hua collected the recent news from the six realms. He heard that the Western Wilderness had found traces of the demon clan gathering, and that a small group of unknown forces were making trouble in the Southern Wilderness, so he adjusted his defenses and ordered everyone to step up their defenses .

Sitting on the purple-gold seat, Donghua quietly asked, "Is there any news about Wu Yanchi?"

A celestial general came out from the next one and bowed and said: "Return to the emperor, we have sent people to track down the demon king Yanchi Wu, but we haven't found any trace yet. I only know that he went to an appointment before he disappeared. As for where he went to see you Who, the ministers have not found anyone who knows."

Upon seeing this, Ye Hua asked, "Why does the emperor pay so much attention to Yan Mojun?"

"This matter is very important, and there is a link that I always feel doubtful..." Donghua suddenly frowned and stopped talking, "This person needs to be strictly visited! Let's stop here today!" He stood up and walked outside the hall go.

Because the conversation ended a bit abruptly, Ye Hua and everyone in the hall were stunned for a moment before getting up to give the gift.

Lian Song looked at Donghua's disappearing figure. Today he was wearing an extra-large purple cloak, which was a little heavy in color and had a long hem. Song actually felt that his back looked a bit bleak for no reason.He watched the figure from the back leave the palace gate, turned around to Dan Bi, and disappeared after a sway, he couldn't help but feel moved, and followed.

Sure enough, he blocked Donghua outside the Taichen Palace, and when he was about to step in, Donghua stopped him: "What's the matter?"

Lian Song unfolded his folding fan and said: "Could it be that the emperor has hidden something in the Taichen Palace? I'm not even allowed to go in and sit down!"

Donghua said without expression: "I'm going out later, so I won't keep you."

Hearing this, Lian Song expected to go to Bihai Cangling, and asked concerned: "How is Feng Jiu?" Seeing Donghua's complexion turned pale, he guessed that he had poked his heart, so he said a few words of comfort, "With Zheyan, there is always a solution, and you don't have to worry too much. If you have an order, just order it!"

Donghua looked at him with glazed eyes, and there seemed to be an undercurrent surging under the calm surface, which he felt very familiar with.

In the 200 years before Donghua started the Starlight Enchantment War and separated from Feng Jiu due to a misunderstanding, Lian Song searched all over the world forbearance and silence, and prepared countermeasures forbearance and silence , At that time, he always had such a look.No, it's still a little different. At that time, Donghua's forbearance was full of determination, and the brilliance in his eyes was faint, like the last mysterious light when the sky was low; but now, Donghua's forbearance had firmness, under the cold shell It seems to be burning with heat.Lian Song knew that he must have made some decision.

"I'm determined!" Donghua nodded slightly, said something in a low voice, turned around and entered the Taichen Palace, and the gate of the palace closed slowly behind him.

Lian Song put away the folding fan and tapped it twice on the palm of his hand, unwilling to leave just now, and it was hard to listen to the corner, so he walked around the gate of the palace twice and had to turn back.In the middle of his walk, he turned to Si Ming's office for a walk, hoping to hear something from Jiu Chongtian's gossip book.

After a few days, there was another big court meeting.

All kings from all over the world were present, but Duqingqiu and the demon clan were vacant.

Three quarters into the court meeting this time, Donghua just arrived late.For the people of the five clans who are used to seeing him do whatever he wants and his whereabouts are erratic, this is not surprising. After all, he seldom appears in the Lingxiao Palace after he unloaded himself as the co-lord of heaven and earth.But for Lian Song, who knows that he has been staring at the situation of the Yaozu many times recently, it is very intriguing.

While bowing and saluting, everyone secretly looked at Emperor Donghua who was at the center of the gossip. They were full of curiosity. They didn't know what happened to make the emperor appear alone in the Jiuchongtian recently.However, the emperor's eyes were slightly lowered, sitting on the purple gold seat at the top, motionless as a mountain, except for slightly raising his eyelids when he heard the rebellious forces in the southern wilderness moving and gathering, the rest seemed to be in a trance, and there was no movement.The people who were full of gossip had no choice but to withdraw their inquiring gazes and concentrate on listening to Tianjun Yehua's orders.

Lian Song's doubts did not diminish, and the inexplicable sense of disobedience still lingered in his heart, and he felt a little concerned.

He expected that Donghua would definitely leave again after the court meeting, so he simply took a slanted sword, found an excuse to leave Lingxiao Palace a moment earlier, and squatted at the gate of Taichen Palace.

Sure enough, after a while, the purple-clothed and silver-haired figure turned around the side wall of Taichen Palace and came towards this side.Lian Song held back his complacency, trying to catch Donghua by surprise, and let's see what shady things he has hidden.

Donghua approached step by step, and stopped less than five steps in front of him. Lian Song thought that his whereabouts had been discovered, and sighed that the emperor's magic power was still powerful, and was about to show up with a haha, but Donghua's face turned pale suddenly. His body shook for no reason, he frowned, covered his mouth and coughed twice, before disappearing in a flash.

Lian Song was stunned and immediately woke up, fearing that something might happen to him, he followed Donghua into Taichen Palace.

In the inner hall of the Taichen Palace, amidst the lingering aroma of white sandalwood, Donghua was sitting at the table, holding a Buddhist book in one hand and a cup of tea in the other, while Chonglin held a whisk and stood aside.

Seeing Lian Song rushing in, Donghua turned his eyes and joked, "How can His Highness Lian San have time to hang out with me!"

"Donghua, aren't you..." Lian Song asked hesitantly with a puzzled face, "Are you lying to me?"

Donghua jokingly said: "If it weren't for that, how could the little thief who was following people reveal his hiding place?"

Lian Song didn't expect this to be the reason, he opened his mouth and said, "I just want to see what's hidden in the Taichen Palace!" Three laps and found nothing.

Seeing Donghua looking at him with a half smile but not a smile, Lian Song struggled unwillingly: "My intuition tells me, there must be something!" He stared at Donghua's calm expression, but he couldn't see any flaws. There is indeed no reason to linger here, and in the end I had to leave disgruntled.

As soon as Lian Song came out of the Taichen Palace, Donghua, who had just been enjoying tea leisurely, changed his expression. Before he put down the cup, a mouthful of red golden blood had already been sprayed on the table.He clutched his chest, his forehead dripping with cold sweat, and he didn't see the relaxed look he had a moment ago.

Chong Lin at the side dropped his fly whisk to help him: "Dijun, why did you hide it from the Third Highness!"

Donghua was in a bit of pain, and there was no blood on his face. He gritted his teeth and said, "It won't help if people know about it!"

"But..." Chong Lin's anxious voice was full of tears, "You have to let the King of Medicine take a look, or I'll ask God Zheyan to come..."

Donghua interrupted him sharply; "Don't let anyone else know about this matter! Remember, it's anyone!" Seeing Chonglin's worried face, he couldn't help but slow down his tone, "Don't worry, wait a while, wait a while Just a while."

Ever since he made his decision, Donghua came and went in a hurry during several court meetings because he didn't want to be seen by others. He thought that he would be able to survive with his years of forbearance, but he still misjudged the situation. Not only did his injuries not heal in recent days On the contrary, it was a little heavy.

He especially remembered that half a month ago when he came back from the court meeting, he passed out in the study room for the first time due to exhaustion, which scared Chong Lin to death and almost alarmed most of the Taichen Palace.If he hadn't woken up so quickly, even the whole Jiuchongtian would be full of uproar at this time.

Since then, Chong Lin has been trembling and walking on thin ice.He hesitated to ask why the Empress and His Highness didn't come back.Donghua only told him that he would come back.After that, Chong Lin, who was good at listening to his voice, never brought up this topic again, but just like the Taichen Palace, which lost two masters, it also became much more gloomy.

Seeing him like this, Donghua didn't want to explain more.There are some things that you don’t need to let irrelevant people know, because it’s useless to know; you don’t need to let close people know, because knowing it will only increase your troubles; and you don’t need to let people with ulterior motives know, because knowing it will cause twists and turns .When the time comes, everything will naturally become clear.

What's more, the person who needs his explanation the most is not here, so he doesn't need to worry about anything.

This morning the injury broke out, I went to the court meeting a little late, and when I came back, I didn't notice it and let Lian Song break it, but I was caught off guard.He knew that even Song's cleverness would not be able to hide today's events for a long time, but if it could be delayed for a while, the battle with Miaoluo was imminent, and in a few days he might not be able to devote enough energy to take care of such trivial matters.

After enduring the discomfort for a while, Donghua sat on the couch and adjusted his breath for a while, recovering a little bit of energy.

Considering his recent situation and the upcoming battle, he felt that it was necessary to spend more time to make up for the loss in cultivation, so he hurried to Bihai Cangling, and after confirming that Feng Jiu was safe in the Lingquan , he asked Chonglin to thank the guests, and retreated for five days to adjust his breath.

Donghua originally thought that the current situation is changing, turbulent and treacherous, and the five-day period he set is not long, but it is hard to say what will happen after five days.

Although he was prepared for this, he still didn't expect that the first person he saw was a anxious face.