[Twelve Kingdoms] The dance of the vast sky in the mountains

"You said Master Taifu saw the king when he was in Pengshan?" Shao Ting followed Yuexi closely in the corridor of the apse of the Falcon Palace, and walked quickly to Taifu's bedroom.

"Yes," Yuexi nodded.

"But, but, Bai Zhi in the palace didn't make a sound?"

"Taifu just met the king, but he was not selected because he didn't go to the pilgrimage at all!"

"Why is this?" Shao Ting was very puzzled, and almost bumped into Yuexi who stopped suddenly.

Yuexi stopped in front of Taifu's bedroom door, knocked lightly on the door, and said: "Taifu is not clear either, let Mr. Taifu explain the specific situation."

After getting permission to enter the door, Yuexi pushed the door open and entered. In the bedroom, Feng Qi recuperated and leaned on the bed.The two walked to the window and bowed their bodies to salute.

"Lord Yuexi, you don't need to be too polite." Feng Qi said weakly, "Is there any progress in Wang's search?"

"Not yet." Yuexi stood up from the ground and pointed to Shao Ting behind him, "This is Shao Ting who participated in this mountain ascent. He may have some clues."

"You are?" Feng Qi asked suspiciously, there are hundreds or thousands of people going up the mountain in each group, and he sees dozens or even hundreds of people every day, and he really can't remember.

"Shao Ting, the deputy official of the original place, pays homage to Mr. Taifu." Shao Ting took a step forward and bowed his hands in salute. "I heard from Master Yuexi that you saw Wang among the group of climbers, but he disappeared without going to offer incense, right?"

"Yes." Speaking of Wang's matter, Feng Qi sat up slowly, his face became serious. "I felt the royal air, so I stayed in Fudu Palace, waiting for his arrival, but until the end, I didn't see him coming to offer incense."

"Is it just feeling royal air?" Shao Ting asked.

"No." Feng Qi shook his head. "I saw him in the woods before, but it was too dark that night, and I couldn't see the king clearly."

"In the woods?" Shao Ting rubbed his head, "Can you explain in more detail?"

Feng Qi nodded, "About three or four nights before the start of the pilgrimage, I had already fallen asleep, and suddenly felt a strong regal aura in the direction of Lingqianmen, but at the same time there was a dangerous aura. When I wake up When I came here, I was already running wildly in a pitch-black forest, and the smell of blood gradually became stronger in front of me, and then, the figure of the Lord appeared."

"Didn't you see his figure clearly?" Shao Ting couldn't help interjecting and asked, seeing Feng Qi shaking his head, he added, "Where's the voice?"

"I didn't hear that either." Feng Qi continued to shake his head, "At that time, the smell of blood was so strong that I almost fainted, and crowds of monsters around me attacked the Lord, and I sent all my emissaries to fight against the demons, and I was going to save the Savior by myself." When he was attacked, he passed out, and when he woke up, he was back in the Penglu Palace."

"Isn't the king already killed in the monster attack?" Yuexi asked.

"No, at the beginning of the incense pilgrimage, I felt the royal aura among the crowd in front of the Fudu Palace, but I was not feeling well and there were so many people that I couldn't identify the source of the Wangqi, so I had to wait for him in the Fudu Palace came to offer incense, but he did not come."

The three of them were speechless for a while, and the room fell silent.

"Wang must be a very conceited person." After a long time, Yuexi said slowly, "He probably felt that being rescued by Taifu was an unacceptable thing, which stained his journey up the mountain and made him think that he He is a loser and feels that he is no longer qualified to be a king, so even though he reached the top of the mountain, he did not go to pilgrimage to ask God's will."

"It was my fault?"

"No, it has nothing to do with you, Taifu. If you didn't rush to the rescue, he would definitely lose his life. Everything is Wang's own problem. It is his ego that makes him unable to bear the blow of failure. Maybe, he will never lose his life." I got enlightenment from this incident, learned how to face setbacks, and became more mature, which just added a lot of difficulty for us to find him." Yue Xi clenched his fists, "Because of his evasion, we will find him Before that, thousands of people in Fang Country will lose their lives again!"

Feng Qi's expression darkened.

"Maybe," Shao Ting, who had been listening silently, suddenly said, hesitantly, "There is another possibility."

"What's possible?" Feng Qi asked.

"Maybe Wang didn't want to go up the mountain by himself." Shao Ting hesitated and expressed his guess.

"Could it be that he was coerced by others?" Yuexi frowned and asked.

"Ah? This...probably not." Shao Ting touched his head, "I mean, maybe the king was serving as a servant or servant of other climbers to protect his master from entering the Yellow Sea."

"Could it be like this?" Yuexi Zanmei thought for a while, then turned to ask Fengqi. "It seems that since ancient times, no king has been born as a servant or servant, right?"

"I'm not sure about this, but in my opinion, as long as there is a kingly spirit, no one can become a king."

"But it's finally reached the top of the mountain. Even servants or servants, as long as they are from Fangguo, they will try to offer incense, right?" Yuexi asked.

"Generally speaking," Shao Ting said slowly, "Even if you don't become a king yourself, as long as the king is a member of his own family, he will receive some care, so most of the masters will agree or tacitly allow their servants to go to incense. Yes, except for one situation - the master of the king is a very harsh person to his servants."

"Because I often abuse and humiliate my subordinates, I am afraid that if one of them becomes king, they will take crazy revenge on the master's family, so I strictly prohibit my servants from going to offer incense—is that true?" Yue Xishun Analyzing with Shao Ting's train of thought.

"That's right." Shao Ting nodded.

"However, if the king does not ascend the throne, the natural disasters and monsters in Fang Kingdom will not disappear, the people will be displaced, and the country will continue to decline." Feng Qi frowned.

"They don't think about this." Shao Ting said, "For those people, the life and death of the people and servants has nothing to do with him, as long as they can ensure that their own survival will not be threatened. If the country is too decadent to live in, Then move to another country."

"Besides, Taifu rescued him in the woods. If Wang's master found out, he would guess his identity. For his own sake, he might secretly assassinate him and get rid of the threat." Yuexi analyzed.

Feng Qi's expression changed instantly.

"But Mr. Taifu felt the royal spirit in Fudu Palace, which means that the master of the king was not aware of it at that time, and the king should not have been killed for the time being." Shao Ting comforted.

"Okay, now that we have clues, there is no delay," Yuexi said with a flick of his sleeves, "Shao Ting, do you still remember who ascended the mountain?"

Shao Ting rubbed his head, and said with a headache: "I recognize most of the court officials and Huizhou state officials, and I still remember who they are, but if they are officials or merchants from other state capitals, I don't know. And I went down the mountain earlier, and I don’t know some people who arrived later.”

"After all, there is still a direction." Yuexi ordered calmly, "Shao Ting, please make a list first, list all the climbers you know, and mark those who bring servants and servants among them. Order people to conduct a secret investigation, and use the climbers you listed to investigate the people who participated in the climb that you don't know, and slowly spread the scope of the investigation, it should be rewarding."

However, it will consume a lot of manpower, material resources and time.The three of them thought in unison in their hearts.

But there is no other way at present, Shao Ting immediately took the order, and after saying goodbye to the two of them, he left the room, and the room fell silent for a while.

"Is Master Yuexi blaming me?" Looking at Yuexi's serious face, Feng Qi asked.

"...It's not your fault." After hesitating for a long time, Yuexi said.

"Yes, but it's my responsibility." Feng Qi lowered his eyes, "Perhaps, the stability of Fanghui will be reduced for more than [-] years, and tens of thousands of people will lose their lives."

Yuexi's expression turned serious, "I won't let things develop to that point."

Feng Qi turned his head abruptly, looked at Shang Yuexi's firm gaze for a long time, then suddenly smiled, his handsome face was brilliant, "Okay, if it's Master Yuexi, I'll kill you immediately."

In the late autumn of that year, Wang Yeming and Zhao Xin returned to Cuihuang Palace in Qiaoguo. Zai Yiruo and other officials of all sizes greeted him at the foot of Aoshuang Mountain. The throne that had been vacant for a year and a half finally welcomed the noble figure back.

After returning to the country, Wang Yeming, after discussing with Zhongzai Yiruo and other ministers, revised the law of being an official, abolished the system of untouchables, half-beasts, merchants, etc. There are two ways to select officials.

Under Ye Ming's arrangement, Zhao Xin entered Shaoxue to study, and every five days he entered the palace to be taught the basic knowledge of the world of the Twelve Kingdoms by the grand master who also served as the official of the spring, and gradually became more and more careful about the world he had lived in for more than half a year. At the end of the year, he proposed to Ye Ming to establish a technical school, popularize various production and living technologies to the people, and select outstanding talents to develop advanced technology.Ye Ming listened to Zhao Xin's proposal, convened Zukazai Yiruo, Taifu Zhaolin, and Dongguan Zhang to discuss, and decided to put this opinion on the agenda at the end of the year.

The center of the world, Pengshan.Since Fengqi returned to Fangguo, the ascent of the mountain could not be carried out. At Fengqi's request, the Penglu Palace notified Fangguo with the reason that "Fengqi was unwell and suspended the ascent of the mountain". The people who came out of the king and ascended the throne began to complain.

Under Yuexi's arrangement, Feng Qi screened the selected candidates who fit Shao Ting's analysis one by one, but found nothing.One season passed, although he was in good health, but facing the double pressure of not being able to find the king and being complained by the people, his handsome face was full of gloom all day long.

After Haoyi returned to Fangguo, he applied to Taixue to study in Qiaoguo. After exchanging letters between the chief of Taixue and Qiaoguo, it was decided to send him to study in Qiaoguo Taixue in the name of learning exchanges, and to carry out He often attends the court, and the schooling period is five years. After returning from school, he is directly appointed to an official position according to his academic performance.

Just after the New Year's Eve, Haoyi packed up his luggage, bid farewell to his parents and relatives, and set out for Qiaoguo under the escort of the guards hired by Taixue.After more than half a month of trekking, they arrived at the border of Fang Country. At the port to Gong Country, they were stopped by a person who had been waiting for a long time.

"Hi, Haoyi, long time no see." Shao Ting smiled shyly and greeted Haoyi. ?