All things in this world are interdependent. The eunuchs in the inner study hall have the Chrysanthemum Book and the Star-pulling Technique. They are outstanding in martial arts and divination, but they may not be so good at dealing with ghosts.
"Sneaky people are inherently difficult to deal with," Lu Bai said.
Sneaky people are invisible and have no substance, they appear and disappear without a trace when they come, and they are difficult to trace.
If you want to kill Gui Sui, Haoran's righteousness can kill him; Taoism can kill him.
After entering the realm of cultivation, those who are far beyond evil spirits can also be killed by means of magic or telekinesis, but it is quite laborious and lacks the means. It is as difficult as catching a fish in the Qinhuai River.
"That's how the father-in-laws in the palace are." Lu Bai said.
Those with a low level cannot see ghosts; those who can see ghosts also know how to hide; and those who have reached a level above the semi-immortal level and have enough mental power to cover the entire palace, it is difficult to find the ghost who set the fire among the many ghosts -
—Unless they come to eradicate all the ghosts in the palace.
But when the realm reaches the semi-immortal realm or above, who would put their mind on dealing with this ghost.
They only need to ensure that the emperor, queen and others are not burned to death. As for some palaces, they will be burned.
What's even more crazy is that the palace is a Shura field, and you don't know how many evil ghosts and resentful ghosts will be born every day. Those eunuchs who are obsessed with spiritual practice will naturally not care about these.
Lu Bai killed many evil spirits along the way. Whether he collected the five ghosts who were practicing in Yancheng or destroyed the ghost paintings of evil spirits at the inn under the waterfall, it was all because there were special methods to restrain evil spirits, such as collecting ghosts.
A bowl, or a mouthful of wine broke the Taoist priest who drew the picture, and he survived.
It can be said that in the same realm, being sneaky is far more difficult to deal with than being a practitioner.
So it wasn't that Yiqiu Villa was ineffective in killing Lu Bai. He was already very good at using medicine, but he didn't expect that Lu Bai had a ghost-suppressing magic weapon in his hand, and there was also a Taoist priest beside him for no reason.
I finally changed my mind and thought that Lu Bai was good at suppressing ghosts, so I used murderous methods to deal with Lu Bai. However, I didn't expect that the sword intent of the Enlightenment Stone Tablet was destroyed by Lu Bai before it could be used to its fullest.
To this day, the people of the Lu family still look at each other in confusion as they look at the words on the stone tablet, wondering whether Lu Bai has broken the stone tablet of enlightenment.
They felt that the two lines of poems left by Lu Bai were quite consistent with the poems left by Jianxian, but "A house full of flowers drunken three thousand guests, a sword of frost chilled nineteen states" was written by Jianxian and understood by Lu Bai.
should not be the same poem.
The topic has gone too far.
Lu Bai and the others returned to the matter of walking in the palace and chatted for a while. After dinner, Lu Bai and Gu Qinghuan made an appointment to go to the palace together.
Lu Bai went to investigate the case.
Gu Qinghuan went to give the two treasures given by Lu Bai to his niece and queen, and also visited the queen mother and niece to see if they were shocked last night.
It's still drizzling.
The plum rainy weather makes the whole city wet, making people's voices slow down many times when they walk and talk.
The carriage passed by Royal Street.
When walking through the Tiandi Temple, Gu Qinghuan opened the curtain and saw the lady kneeling in front of the Tiandi Temple with her head held high. Although the Taoist priests and guards in front of the temple wanted to drive her away, they could only persuade her earnestly and did not dare to move.
she.
The old woman looked like a candle in the wind in the heavy rain. If she was not careful, she might blow out the lamp and pull out the wax, and she would die and the lamp would go out. Did they know that Lu Bai had said that if anyone killed the old woman, he would
I must avenge the old woman and kill that person.
So no one took action.
As for someone who can kill someone, it's not worth doing.
Gu Qinghuan put down the curtain and turned around to ask Lu Bai, "What are your plans? I'm afraid she won't survive this year."
"That means she is not so lucky." Lu Bai lowered his head from beginning to end, looking at the newspaper in his hand. Of course, it is still called Jinyi Weidi Newspaper, also known as Mingzhengdichao - named after Mingzhengsi.
Lu Bai asked his clerks to publish an issue every seven days. After it was released, it would be delivered to him regardless of rain or shine. After he had read it, it would be sent to various Jinyi Guards.
At first, the fate of these newspapers was similar to that of ordinary newspapers. They were stopped on the desks of thousands and hundreds of households in the guard station, and then nothing was published. But as time went by, people gradually discovered that the newspapers issued by Nanzhen Fusi
Di Bao is different from ordinary Di Bao.
Ordinary newspapers are nothing more than transcripts of the emperor's edicts, ministers' memorials and relevant political information. If they are not of much interest, it is not easy to publish them. If the political information above is leaked, you will be charged.
However, Nanzhen Fusi's newspaper is full of stories, almost all about the circumstances of the case, including the detection process of old cases, as well as the methods of committing crimes by gods, ghosts and foxes, and the methods used by ordinary people to fight against them.
Not only did they not involve any secrets, they were also very interesting to read, and they also liked to share them with others as conversation materials. So the royal guards gradually took these newspapers back home and read them to their family members and neighbors, and then
Then it spread to the streets - of course Lu Bai had people spreading it out quietly.
Nowadays, Di Bao has almost become the source of storybooks for teahouse storytellers.
Lu Bai estimated that if he continues to publish, sooner or later someone will compile it into a book. He has already thought of the title of the book, and it will be called "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" and "Collected Detectives".
However, this was the Di Bao from before, and the Di Bao in Lu Bai's hands now was different.
There is an additional collection of clues in this newspaper.
This case was requested by Lu Bai from Xiao Zhan, the commander of the Jin Yiwei. In name, a reward for clues to the case was offered to all Jin Yiwei, but in reality it was open to all common people. In the end, the reward was not limited to Jin Yiwei.
Lu Bai was waiting for someone to provide clues.
If you wait too many times, you can also collect the "Transvestite Thief Case" that made Xiao Zhan so worried, and finally transform it into a collection case, and then transform it again——
"There are rumors outside that you are fooling the old woman." Gu Qinghuan looked worried, "You knew she wouldn't last a year, but you made a one-year agreement with her. When she dies, you don't have to do anything.
"
Lu Bai handed the Di newspaper to Gu Qinghuan, "What's the benefit of me fooling her?"
Gu Qinghuan took it, "So now it is said that you are playing tricks on the old woman when you are full."
"This is an injustice to me." Lu Bai looked at Gu Qinghuan aggrievedly, "You think so too?"
"Absolutely." Gu Qinghuan looked at the newspaper in his hand, with a smile on his lips, "The person that my aunt misses is probably not much better in character."
Lu Bai took advantage of the situation and lay down in her arms, "Obviously you were the one who cared about me first."
Gu Qinghuan was slightly embarrassed. After giving him an annoyed look, he continued to read the newspaper in his hand, "Jin Yiwei is really willing to give up. He actually offered a reward of one hundred taels of silver."
This is a small amount.
"What? I forced Xiao Zhan to pay for it." Lu Bai said.
He asked Gu Qinghuan, "Did you see anything in this newspaper?"
Gu Qinghuan was hesitant. She had been reading the newspaper that Lu Bai was very concerned about, and she could see at a glance that there was an additional reward. However, Gu Qinghuan really didn't notice the difference that made Lu Bai so complacent.
"It's just that there's an extra reward." Lu Bai said proudly.
Gu Qinghuan was startled and looked down at the newspaper again. He had a vague idea, but he couldn't figure it out clearly. It was like there was a river in front of him, and he couldn't tell the depth. He could only wade across the river, but Lu Bai knew everything.
The car soon arrived in front of the palace.
Gu Qinghuan glanced outside the curtains and saw that there were many officials in cars and sedans.
Although the emperor did not come to court early, there was a fire last night. Regardless of whether the officials could see the emperor's face or not, they should always go to the palace.
"Okay, get off the car soon." Gu Qinghuan pushed Lu Bai.
Lu Bai then sat up straight, and the two of them straightened their clothes together. Lu Qinghuan straightened Lu Bai's collar and flicked his crotch with his fingers, asking him to calm down quickly, "It's so early in the morning.
Not serious."
Lu Bai felt aggrieved and said, "It's not too late to be serious at night."
After the two agreed to go back early tonight, the car stopped just in front of the palace gate. Lu Bai got out of the car first, then turned around and helped Lu Qinghuan get out of the car.
The guards at the palace gate checked their identities and let them in.
As we walked inside, we could still smell the smell of burning in the air. There were many officials on the road, and they looked at Lu Bai and Lu Qinghuan curiously.
Lu Bai didn't recognize most of them. Only when these officials nodded to him, he would politely reply.
When they were approaching the second palace gate, a carriage came running from behind.
Lu Bai raised his eyebrows, how could this man come to run a horse in the palace?
While he was wondering, the car stopped not far in front of Lu Bai and the others. A man got out of the car. Lu Bai suddenly realized that Ganqing was the emperor's uncle, Gu Shu, Gu Qinghuan's eldest brother.
After Gu Shu got out of the car, he walked towards Lu Bai and Gu Qinghuan while chatting with the officials.
When he reached Lu Bai's side, Gu Shu lowered his voice and said, "Nian'er is fine, just a little frightened."
Gu Shu, after all, the Queen Nian'er's biological father was still the chief minister of the court. It was wrong for the Queen to keep the news of her pregnancy from him for so long. There was absolutely no reason why her aunt knew about it and her father didn't know about it yet.
So after she revealed that she was pregnant at the Queen Mother's Palace yesterday, the Queen sent a confidant to send a message to Gu Shu.
Gu Shu was so happy yesterday that he suddenly saw the palace on fire. He immediately sent people to the palace to inquire about it. He waited until he knew that the queen was fine, then he felt relieved.
Gu Qinghuan nodded, "I know, Lu Bai went to the palace to check it out last night."
Gu Shu glanced at Lu Bai gratefully, but at the same time he had to sigh. It was different when he reached a higher level. He could come and go easily without saying anything, or he could come and go suddenly and carelessly. It was far beyond what ordinary people like them could compare with.
He also took a reassurance.
Listening to these words, you can tell that Gu Qinghuan has not completely given up on being in the Gu family, and with a helper like Lu Bai by his side, the Gu family is not just more powerful than a tiger, but has a jet on its butt.
"But I feel that there is something wrong with the fire. The fire is very close to Fengqi Palace, and it happens to be the night when Nian'er revealed the truth." Gu Shu looked worried.
The fetus in the queen's belly is the most important thing now, so nothing can go wrong.
"We still have to investigate the cause of the fire," Gu Shu said.
Gu Qinghuan glanced at Lu Bai and said, "Lu Bai is about to enter the harem to investigate the case. I will find an opportunity for him to go and take a look later."
Gu Shu's brows relaxed, "That's very good."
He offered his hand to Lu Bai, "In this case, Master Lao Lu will be here."
Lu Bai responded: "It should, it should."
He was not polite, because in terms of seniority, as far as Lu Bai and Gu Qinghuan were concerned, they were indeed peers.
Lu Bai and Gu Qinghuan walked inside again, while Gu Shu turned back to greet other officials.
In front of the second palace gate, Eunuch Bai was leading a group of small yellow gates to stop the officials, "My lords, please go back. Your Majesty is fine, but he is a little tired and resting. It is inconvenient to see your lords..."
All the officials, whether sincere or false, were all seeking to see the emperor in order to fulfill their duties as ministers.
Eunuch Bai was comforting the officials. When he saw Lu Bai coming, he left them hurriedly, squeezed out of the crowd and ran towards Lu Bai, "Master Lu, what a coincidence, I was just going to find you. The emperor wants to ask you a few words."
"
When he arrived, he saluted Lu Qinghuan again, "Fourth Miss."
Gu Qinghuan nodded and said to Lu Bai, "I'm going to see the Queen Mother."
Eunuch Bai hurriedly said: "What a coincidence, the Emperor has just gone to see the Queen Mother, and I happened to lead Mr. Lu and Fourth Miss there."
He let the small yellow gate open a path and led Lu Bai and Lu Qinghuan into the harem.
On the way, Lu Bai asked curiously: "Old Bai, have you found out the cause of the fire yesterday?"
Eunuch Bai shook his head and said with a wry smile: "The fire last year has not been investigated clearly."
Lu Bai was delighted, "Who is responsible for this case? This efficiency is too slow."
"Xichang and Dongchang." Eunuch Bai responded in a low voice.
Lu Bai didn't say anything more, but asked curiously: "Old Bai, what kind of official are you in the West Factory and the East Factory? The official position is not small, no, maybe you are working in the inner study hall."
Although the Nei Shu Tang does not have as much power as the two factories, the eunuchs of the two factories all come from the Nei Shu Tang, and the Nei Shu Tang can be said to control the two factories. After all, Lao Bai is also someone close to the emperor, and is usually the chief internal manager, Lu
Bai felt that he must be pretty good at it.
Eunuch Bai smiled bitterly, "The old slave has not held an official position in the two factories, and his position in the inner library is not big. On weekdays, he works in the library, responsible for sweeping and cleaning."
"Oh?" Lu Bai felt strange.
The eunuchs who are trusted by the emperor are not high-ranking. What does this mean? The inner study hall is so disrespectful to the emperor?
Is it because of the Supreme Emperor?
Lu Bai guessed that as soon as he turned into a garden, he saw a soft sedan coming from the opposite verandah. There was a man in golden clothes sitting on it, it was the emperor.
Eunuch Bai hurriedly led the two of them to stand in front of Lu Bai and saluted the emperor who came over, "Your Majesty, Lord Lu Bai and Miss Gu Fourth have arrived."
"oh?"
The emperor on the soft sedan chair was originally in low spirits, but after hearing this, he sat upright.
He glanced at Lu Bai first, and when his eyes fell on Gu Qinghuan, he was immediately nailed to it and could no longer move away.
Gu Qinghuan frowned slightly and bowed, meeting the emperor.
The emperor seemed unaware and just nodded his head in fascination.
Lu Bai was unhappy now. Just as he was about to take a step forward, Eunuch Bai suddenly said loudly: "Your Majesty, Mr. Lu is still waiting for your question regarding the case of demonic speech."
"Oh, oh!" The emperor came to his senses.
He looked away and said to Lu Bai with a smile: "I heard that Mr. Lu is intervening in the Yaoyan case. How is the investigation going now?"
Eunuch Bai reminded again: "Your Majesty, it is inconvenient to ask questions here. Let's go to the Taiqing Palace."
The emperor was a little unhappy.
After looking at Eunuch Bai, he impatiently put down his sleeves and said, "Then go to the Taiqing Palace."