There is a dragon in the backyard of the palace

Everyone must have forgotten that when Xiao Xiao escaped from the capital, because he disliked the heavy and useless binding of the dragon rope, he did not take it away, but left it in the palace in the capital.

After he fled, the emperor quickly deprived him of his throne, and his palace was taken of course.The dragon-binding rope is a gift from the imperial court, and it has been recorded in all aspects. Of course, it will not be thrown away like an ordinary iron chain, but will be collected in the internal treasury.

After leaving the capital, Xiao was annoyed many times because he didn't bring out the binding dragon rope.Although the thing is heavy and useless, it always makes people feel more at ease in their own hands.Although Qinglong never cared much about it, Xiao always felt that it was not a good thing for the thing to fall into the hands of the emperor.Sure enough, at this moment his people came to them with the binding dragon rope, the emperor's mind can be said to be clearly revealed.

Now that the other party has taken action, they should also respond.After discussing with Xiao, Qinglong sent a letter to Zheng Shiqi, asking them to make a small circle and try to bring the emperor's people to the East China Sea after fifteen days. No matter what they found, they would report at any time along the way.

Qinglong flicked his sleeves, and the little paper figurine took his letter and flew to Zheng Shiqi's side.Qinglong didn't know how capable the Taoist priest Zheng Shiqi mentioned was, but considering that Zheng Shiqi was able to hand over the information under surveillance, it meant that his abilities were probably not to be feared.

Compared with Xiao who was always worried, Qinglong didn't feel very nervous.

After Qinglong released the little paper figurine, Zheng Shiqi received his reply in less than an hour.

After reading the information written on the paper figurine, he burned the paper figurine on the lamp according to the method Qinglong had taught him.Then he let out a long sigh.

Zheng Shiqi has been walking on the rivers and lakes for so many years, and he has gone through a lot of wind and waves. Although everything seems to be quite calm now, he can feel that this time is more risky than everything he has experienced before. .But the possible benefits in the future... are not comparable to what he has experienced in the past.Zheng Shiqi could not be considered young anymore, and usually he would not be passionate, but this time it was worth his risky gamble.

If he made the right bet, he would be settled for the rest of his life, but if he made the wrong bet...

Zheng Shiqi didn't want to think about that possibility for now.

He was originally an exquisite person, and he had never offended anyone when he walked around the rivers and lakes. Now that he is leading the way for the people sent by the emperor, of course he will not make the other party feel unhappy.They had only been together for two days, and he became acquainted with these people in the team.

The center of this team is a Taoist priest. This Taoist priest looks young, but he has a lot of airs, and his words always seem old-fashioned.His apprentices looked about the same age as him, but they all respected him very much.They usually don't avoid people when they talk together, and Zheng Shiqi often leans over to listen.It was learned that the Taoist priest had just been released from the death row, and he was asked to commit crimes and meritorious deeds.Seeing that his face was indeed haggard, Zheng Shiqi thought that it would not be easy for this guy.

Sometimes Zheng Shiqi also went to chat with the disciples of the Taoist priest. Most of these apprentices of the Taoist priest were around his age, so they could chat together.Zheng Shiqi tried to talk to them, and asked who the Taoist priest was. These people obviously had no experience in the world, and they didn't defend themselves. Hearing Zheng Shiqi's question, he told them everything he knew.They told him that the Taoist priest relied on serving Qi to preserve his health and prolong his life, and he is now more than 200 years old.Zheng Shiqi didn't believe it in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face. He just showed surprise and became more respectful to this group of people.

In addition to these Taoist priests, many people in this team were guards in the palace. They seemed to be the emperor's trusted guards. Apart from protection, they were more for surveillance.After all, the leading Taoist priest was still on death row before, and they wanted to prevent him from finding a way out and running away.

These guards didn't respect the Taoist priest, and they didn't think much of Jianghu people like the Zheng brothers.Even during the journey, the Taoist priests and the guards were distinct and never mixed together.But how old are the Zheng brothers? The two called each other brothers and got up.

Most of the guards are usually stationed in the inner courtyard of the imperial palace or in the capital, and they rarely go out. This time they went out with this task, and complained endlessly every day.

The Taoist just watched coldly and said nothing.

In this team, only Taoist priests know what they are going to do.

Earlier, the emperor was angry and sent him to the death row. The Taoist priest did not live to be two hundred years old, but he did live to be more than one hundred years old.If he could find out the life and death of fame and fortune, he would not have shown off in front of the emperor before, after all he was in a panic for a few days.However, after all, he lived decades longer than others, and within a few days he calmed down again, thinking that now the emperor is interested in the matter of longevity, so he must go to various places to visit high-level people, but most of the real high-level people hide from the world, Even if the emperor wanted to look for him, he couldn't find him for a while. When the emperor calmed down, he would come to him after all.

His expectations were indeed right, after almost a month in prison, he finally got a chance and was summoned by the emperor again.

This face-to-face meeting is quite different from the previous Taoist priest's first face-to-face meeting.The Taoist knelt on the ground, and the emperor sat on a high throne, looking down at him.The emperor took out a vial and asked the eunuch to hand it to him:

"Come and see what this is."

The bottle is not big, its height is about the length of a finger, it is made of crystal, and it looks very delicate.It contained half a bottle of black liquid that was about to dry up.The Taoist took a closer look at the bottle, pulled out the cork again, brought the mouth of the bottle to his nose and took a sniff.

Although it seemed that this thing had been stored for hundreds of years, the Taoist quickly figured out what the bottle was, and he raised his head in surprise:

"Dragon blood?"

The emperor nodded.

The Taoist became excited all of a sudden, forgetting that he was a death row prisoner, he gripped the bottle tightly and stood up:

"Where did your majesty get this bottle of dragon blood? With this, your majesty's wish will definitely come true, your majesty!"

How could Yuqian allow him to be so presumptuous, without the emperor's signal, two tall and strong guards immediately came over and pressed his shoulders, and kicked him to his knees again.

Of course the emperor would not tell him the origin of the bottle of dragon's blood in his hand, it was only half a month before he found it after rummaging through boxes and cabinets in the palace.It stands to reason that the dragon's blood left by Gao Zu should not be so small, but according to the information the emperor checked when looking for clues, the previous emperor also showed signs of taking dragon's blood.In any case, there is only such a little left of Gaozu's inventory back then.

The emperor was eager to consume dragon blood, but he was very cautious. On the one hand, he didn't want to waste the precious dragon blood, and on the other hand, he didn't want to just listen to rumors and put something that had been stored for hundreds of years into his mouth. ——He had already suffered a loss when he went to the underground palace to get the "Dragon Bone" before, and he didn't want to do it again.

The emperor himself also found a lot of past documents. Speaking of which, there are really many records in the palace about taking dragon blood.Although the person responsible for recording these did not write the word "Dragon Blood" blatantly, but buckled up various cryptic names, such as "Hei Dan", "Chi Dan", "Long Bi" and so on. .The emperor summoned imperial doctors and Taoists who were good at alchemy to look at it, and finally confirmed that these words did not refer to other common or uncommon medicinal materials, but dragon blood at all.

But unfortunately, there is no document that explains the efficacy of dragon blood.The emperors who took the dragon's blood were indeed strong and healthy, with light limbs.But none of them lived to be more than a hundred years old—these emperors who were particularly eager for longevity were all killed by the impatient princes before they died of natural causes.Nobody lived long enough except Gao Zu.

It stands to reason that a message like this should be a wake-up call to the emperor, but like all his ancestors who were enchanted by dragon blood, he blindly believed that he would never experience such a fate anyway, but he was very cautious , You must find a more secure way before you are willing to take dragon blood.

I am afraid that the Taoist priest in front of me can no longer believe what he said. The emperor would not think that this old guy is deceiving on purpose, but he has already seen that this guy is only half a bucket of water. If you can tell four, five or six, if you want to ask him how to use dragon blood, then he really doesn't know anything.At most, I can find some clues in the ancient books in my mind, but it may not be true or false.The emperor now understands that if he wants to get more information, he has to start with the dragon.

The red dragon destroyed the imperial mausoleum before, and caused earth-shattering disturbances. However, the emperor sent people to search for it for half a month, but did not receive any news related to it. It was as if such a big dragon disappeared out of thin air.However, Qinglong still has a chance to find it.

But what if you find it?Whether it is an assassin or a dead man, he can't touch a single hair of his hair, and it is foolish to want to capture him alive.So the emperor turned his mind on the Taoist priest in front of him.Anyway, after all, this old guy is one of the few cards he can hold.Instead of letting him moldy in death row, it's better to take out the waste and use it.

The Taoist could guess what the emperor was thinking. The emperor was short of manpower, and he wanted to find a chance to survive anyway. The two hit it off.So the emperor gave the dragon-binding rope, and sent a small team of guards to protect and monitor at the same time, and he summoned his apprentices, and followed these two unreliable guides, embarked on a journey to find the green dragon.

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