Daming prepares the emperor

Zhu Biao was taken aback, but did not speak.

Liu Bowen put his hands in his sleeves, leaned forward slightly, and said politely: "Your Excellency is the son of the handsome mansion?"

"Under Zhu Biao, I have met Mr.

"Oh, it turned out to be the eldest son of the marshal." He took out a letter from his sleeve, took out the letter paper and handed it to Zhu Biao, "The marshal invited me to be a military adviser. It's even more serious, and the city gate is closed. , I originally planned to come from this river, but I didn’t expect to encounter this incident.”

These words have clearly explained his identity, origin, and why he appeared here. By the way, he also showed a lot of goodwill, showing his position and camp. Just looking at this expressive ability, it is already Live up to the reputation.

After reading the letter, Zhu Biao recognized that it was Comrade Zhu's handwriting, returned it, and asked, "Then is that Liu Bowen from Qingtian?"

"That's right." Liu Bowen laughed, "I never thought I'd have such a meager reputation, even the young master has heard of it."

"Qingtian Liu Bowen's reputation is a problem if you haven't heard of it. Don't belittle yourself, sir. Being invited by my father shows that your ability is recognized even by my father."

In fact, Liu Ji is not a person who likes to laugh very much, so after introducing himself, he resumed his indifferent expression, quietly watching Zhu Biao, and kept secretly observing.

This eldest son is young, but his ability is obviously not small, and he has a keen mind, a strong vigilance, and a decent etiquette and speech. He is precocious and has some deficiencies. He can only be described as extraordinary talent.

For these performances, Liu Ji is of course very happy in his heart. This is the son of the lord he is about to serve. Of course, the smarter the better, everyone wants the inheritance to be passed on forever.There was only one thing that really puzzled him——as the son of Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Biao was able to practice cultivation with such a strong human destiny?

Here he was puzzled, and Zhu Biao was the same over there.He was surprised by what Liu Ji said "there is no place for reincarnation", but it's not easy to ask now, it's better to deal with it first.

Zhu Biao bowed again, turned to Wupin and said, "You take the snake's body back first, it's not convenient for me to keep it here."

Wu Pin glanced at Liu Bowen, suppressed his distaste for such warlocks, and said slowly: "Don't you need to see if there are any clues?"

Zhu Biao pointed to his eyes.

Wu Pin suddenly realized: "I forgot...then we will leave now."

Ning Wan was puzzled, and wanted to ask his second brother what he forgot, what happened to his eyes, why he pointed, but finally he forced himself to go back and just shook his neck.

Naturally, Zhu Biao caught a glimpse of its movements, sighed in his heart that Wu Pin had a strict mouth, and said, "Okay, I will consult with you about today's matter when I have time, or send a letter to you."

Wu Pin and Ning Wan nodded together, hunched up the thick and long body of the black snake in the night, hooked the big white stone that was constantly bubbling, and swam away, looking from a distance, it looked like a small ship covered in foam.

As for the baby in the swaddle, except for crying a few times when changing diapers and when being thrown out, the rest of the time was sound asleep and did not move. It really inherited the genes of Comrade Zhu, and its psychology was too strong.

Zhu Biao picked her up, pulled a few unimportant pieces of cloth off his clothes, thought for a moment, and tied the child to Liu Chubai's back.

Liu Chubai wanted to shake his hair at first, but now it was as stiff as a plaster cast: "...Wow?"

Zhu Biao pressed it, smiled and said, "Don't worry, you can do it."

"Wow woof???"

Sometimes, Zhu Biao really doesn't intend to be a human being.

After tying the knot steadily, Zhu Biao patted Liu Chubai on the head and encouraged him, "Go back to some remote place and find my mother."

Liu Chubai had no choice but to listen to Zhu Biao's words and walk slowly.It was originally a dog, but now it is used as a horse. It is also bad luck to have such an owner.

Liu Bowen did not interfere with Zhu Biao's arrangement, he stood like a transparent person, and only looked at Zhu Biao after all the "people" had left.

Zhu Biao said: "Sir, would you follow me to re-explore this monster's lair?"

"can."

The underground cave was still gurgling with water. Compared to when I came here, the stones above my head were all wet. Perhaps it was because some of the ground was destroyed by fighting techniques, and water began to drip down.The two of them walked for a short and half way, and their clothes were soaked.

It was already dark.This secret passage was not affected by the brighter and brighter moonlight outside, and it was still as dark as ink. Zhu Biao didn't need firelight, and Liu Ji didn't mention it, so they just walked on like this.

As he was walking, Liu Ji suddenly took out a fire pocket from his pocket, lit a small flame to light his way, and said, "My lord, please look at this fire pocket."

Zhu Biao twisted the water on the hem and sleeves of his clothes, just wringed it dry, and saw that it was wet again and fell heavily, so he had to sigh, suddenly heard this sentence, and turned his head to look at the fire folder in his hand.

There is nothing special about this Huozhezi on the surface, it is yellowish yellow and as long as a palm, but it seems to be a little better than others of the same kind in terms of stability.

Liu Ji stretched out the glowing stick and caught a drop of water accurately.

The drops of water fell into the flames and made a "chi" sound, and were instantly swallowed by the flames without even emitting green smoke.

Zhu Biao tilted his head and looked at it for a while, then hesitatingly said: "I seem to be able to see the phantom of a bird standing on the fire fold, with a white beak and blue texture, and red markings."

Liu Jidao: "That's right, that's exactly the case. It seems that His Highness's eyes are really amazing."

When he said this, his expression was calm and steady, as if he had expected such a result long ago.

Zhu Biao had already pointed to his eyes in front of him. Earlier, he had used these eyes to find the talisman paper hidden in the scales. He hadn't concealed anything at all. It's not surprising that people like Liu Ji could detect it.

Thinking of his extremely unreliable master, Zhu Biao asked, "I don't know if you have heard about this eye?"

Liu Ji said calmly: "No, I just feel miraculous."

He changed the subject, and said again: "The phantom of the bird you saw just now is the divine bird Bi Fang, and this torch is made of sawdust cut from a piece of wood."

"Is this piece of wood the branch that Bi Fang once stood on?"

"Correct."

Zhu Biao was silent for a moment, staring at the bright exit in front of him, and asked, "What do you mean by telling me this, sir? Do you want me to know how knowledgeable you are?"

Liu Ji also stopped, and said with a smile: "Education is one aspect, and ability is another aspect. There is nothing better than showing these two things to win people's trust. I still want to gain a firm foothold. "

The fire pocket had been put away at some point, and by the time we reached the entrance of the cave, it was no longer the only light source. Many oil lamps were lit in the room covered with silk and satin, shooting out through the gaps and casting light. A large area of ​​hazy yellow shadows.

This shadow swept Liu Ji's body, and Zhu Biao could see his appearance more clearly than when he was under the moon just now.The smile on his face was not deep, but it seemed that nothing could escape his palm.

The older a person is, the more mature charm he will have. Liu Ji is proficient in astronomy, mathematics, and has a brilliant literary talent. , Even the beard on his face seems to be more beautiful than others.

In terms of manners, Zhu Biao has never seen anyone who can surpass Liu Ji.

The action gives people the feeling of white clouds and clear clouds, a big river running across the river, and the setting sun is clear.

Zhuge Liang divided the world into three, and Liu Bowen ruled the country.This sentence that has been handed down may have been exaggerated in the previous life, but it has become very possible in the current world.

Zhu Biao suddenly had the urge to call old Comrade Zhu as foreign aid. He himself may not be the son of luck, but it is probably okay to say that he is the grandson of luck.

He still can't lose in a fight.

Liu Ji seemed to see what he was thinking, and said: "Although I don't understand why the young master can practice, but I dare to make a conclusion. It won't be long before our level will be almost the same."

"...Mr. is so straightforward." Zhu Biao crawled into the cave, stood on the wooden floor of the room, and patted the dirt on his palms.

He actually said something that he didn't understand.But Zhu Biao chose not to talk about it.

Although his methods and methods are still a little immature, he has been gradually learning from Comrade Zhu.As a superior person, when you can't think of how to solve a problem, you simply don't solve it and don't talk.

In professional terms, it is called doing nothing to cure, and staying in the middle and not letting it happen.

In Zhu Biao's own summary, it is to put on a specious and vague appearance, so that others will doubt themselves, and then stop asking questions, or they will directly die.

So Zhu Biao asked instead: "Then why do you want to win my trust, sir? A courtier should be loyal to his lord, but my father is still in his prime, and I am not the only son under his knee. It is not wise to invest too early."

"It's not an investment." Liu Ji put his hands on his back, and said slowly, "My son is the eldest son. Although he is young, he is good enough. If I am a marshal, I will definitely value you. If you perform at this time, it can be regarded as a vote of honor." .”

True and false, false and true.In the words, he praised himself and said that he was a "royalist".

Like an old monster.

The room was in a mess, the gully that the snake spirit had made with its body was still there, full of potholes, and in front of the trace was the woman's body, blood flowed from the middle to both sides, the embroidered bed on the left and the large and small furniture on the right were all stained.

Seeing the female ghost dying on the ground, Zhu Biao didn't want to fight with him anymore, squatted down and put aside her long hair covering her face, and stared at her neck for a long time.

Liu Bowen also looked around and walked around the room.

Zhu Biao tiptoed and tore off a piece of silk from the top of his head—the turquoise fabric suddenly became as if it had been bitten.

Wrapping his hands in a cloth, Zhu Biao clenched his two fingers, and pulled out a slender red thread from the neck of the woman's corpse.

The red thread was long and thin. Zhu Biao cut off a section of the bed leg with a dagger, and rolled it around twenty times before reaching the end, and then burned it with an oil lamp.

Wang Ma in Sun's room was strangled by this thing and fainted to the ground - she didn't die, presumably because it was daytime, and the luck of the commander's mansion had the effect of suppressing demons on this ghost, so it was called She can't hurt people.

This is a birth ghost.

The ghost of childbirth is the ghost of a woman who died of dystocia. It stands to reason that when Sun gave birth, she should have inserted this red thread called blood bait into Sun's abdomen to strangle the child, and then pulled it a few more times. The next time, Mrs. Sun also died.

This should be the nature of ghosts like birth ghosts, just like water ghosts that pull people into the water, and birth ghosts should prevent people from giving birth—but not only did she not do this, but she waited until Sun gave birth before hugging her. The baby was lucky to escape, and later conspired with the snake spirit to send the child out...

If there is nothing wrong with it, no one will believe it.

"Mister taught me."

Zhu Biao bowed down to Liu Ji respectfully.

Liu Ji was taken aback: "Teach what?"

"What do you mean by the place of reincarnation?"

Liu Ji secretly praised that such a simple and basic question also needs to be asked, which made him more sure of the fact that Zhu Biao had no one to teach him.

Let alone whether this wrong judgment will make Zhang Zhong sneezed in a distant place, Liu Ji himself is very happy.

He thinks that he has a wealth of knowledge, can measure the past and present, and understands astrology, feng shui, and is a rare talent in a thousand years.But he is straightforward, jealous and impatient with trifles.Joining Zhu Yuanzhang's camp is to show off his ambitions, but such a character may not be reused, and if he is not reused, how will he realize his ideals.If he was framed by another colleague and couldn't explain clearly, it would be too wronged.

If the eldest son of the commander-in-chief can be taught, it will undoubtedly be very helpful to his plan to enter the center of power.

To create peace for all generations, Liu Ji thought he couldn't do it, but he still wanted to try to make life for the people.

For a long time, Liu Ji's goal was to pacify the world, help the world and save the people. For this ideal, he finally learned some ways of being an official in the previous time, bumping into the corrupt officials of the Yuan court.

But to ask Liu Ji why he didn't just change his character and put on a disguise—of course he was not happy.

He is not willing to change, and Liu Ji is very satisfied with his character.

He is a very typical, noble, tough, patient, and scribe who knows how to appreciate himself.

So Zhu Biao was wrong about the old monster. He only saw one back of the real old monster, and that was Li Shanchang who came out of Zhu Yuanzhang's study that day.

"It means that there are no black and white impermanence in the underworld." Liu Jidao, "As that brother Niach said, ghosts will only dissipate naturally when the time comes. The reincarnation of my own body will turn my ghost energy into the aura of all things again, and be included in the cycle."

"The soul won't be reincarnated?"

Liu Ji said: "No."

"According to what the master said, where does the soul of a newborn baby come from?"

"The mother's body conceives the child's physical body, and the child naturally absorbs the spiritual energy of the heavens and the earth to form a soul, so that when it is born, it will be a person again."

Zhu Biao had question marks all over his head: "The souls of chickens, ducks, fish and dogs dissipate after death, is it possible to gather again and be reincarnated?"

"Not bad." Liu Ji said.

Such a theory is very different from what Zhu Biao imagined, but although it is unexpected, it is not incomprehensible.It's nothing more than the disappearance of institutions such as the underworld and the gods of heaven. As a future emperor, if I look at these issues as a person in power, it is not a good thing to have these two institutions.

It's me... what constitutes my soul now is the aura of heaven and earth, or a soul that is different from others?

If I die, will I still become a ghost?Will it turn into aura and dissipate?

Zhu Biao nodded, he is really not good at such dialectical things, just thinking about whether he is dead or not, and whether a soul without a body is still a person or not makes him feel like thinking. The paradox of the Ship of Theseus.

Let's focus on reality...

"This childbirth ghost is against its nature, and that snake spirit is trying to steal my sister. Obviously, there is another mastermind behind it." Zhu Biao concentrated his mind and began to analyze, "The talisman paper she hid was indeed written with Feng Duling, Since there is no underworld, is it possible that this Feng is all fake?"

Liu Jidao: "Maybe it's just Bazibiedu."

"Bazibie is all in Sichuan and Shu, so it's too far away."

"Then it is the self-proclaimed Fengdu." Liu Ji said, "You can find a city and call it Fengdu, or you can find a mansion and call this house Fengdu, or find anyone you want and call him Fengdu."

Zhu Biao was stunned for a moment, but he thought it made sense.

Liu Ji adjusted his clothes, tucked his hands into his sleeves again, and looked down at the female ghost on the ground indifferently.

This ghost's veins were bulging, the blood under his body was already emitting a stench, and his death was miserable.

Ghosts can also die a second time.

"After I report to the marshal, I will make a calculation for the young master."