"Luo Sigong, why are you taking me to Longde Hall?"
Although Emperor Wanli originally wanted to go to Longde Hall, it was because he thought there was something wrong with Longde Hall, but now the Jinyiwei envoy actually wanted to take him to Longde Hall at such a critical moment. This is Emperor Wanli's doubts became even more serious.
What exactly did Longde Palace find out?
Luo Sigong protected Emperor Wanli, and everyone retreated to Jiaotai Hall and then arrived at the West Sixth Palace. Queen Wang also hurriedly followed.
"Your Majesty, what is this?"
Queen Wang is still unclear about the situation, but she just sees some bright lights in the distance.
There is Jiaotai Hall and two squares between Qianqing Palace and Kunning Palace. They are so far away that it is hard to know what is going on in front of them.
"I'm very confused now! Just follow me!"
"Luo Sigong, what did you find out?"
Emperor Wanli asked Luo Sigong about his current situation, and Luo Sigong quickly told the truth about what happened in Longde Hall and what he had seen and heard.
This surprised Emperor Wanli.
What is Wudang Mountain doing, sending such a powerful Taoist priest into the Forbidden City to clean up the compound?
Is it because I awarded Zhang Xianyong of Longhu Mountain, so Wudang Mountain was unhappy and sent a secretive junior to show his face?
"Wudang Mountain sent a master here and hid him, saying he was just a young man who knew how to memorize sutras and had only a little magic power!"
Emperor Wanli heard that Ji Xiang was very capable, and his joy was only for a moment. Then what he thought about was that Wudang Mountain did not report the knowledge! Isn't this the crime of deceiving the emperor!
Concubine Zheng was also surprised at this time, and even provoked: "There is indeed something wrong with the little Taoist priest in Longde Palace! Wudang Mountain has concealed the ability of this Taoist priest who entered the palace, is it just waiting for this critical moment to jump out again?"
"I'm afraid that if it wasn't for this fire, he would have brought in all these gods and monsters!"
Concubine Zheng looked frightened and her face was a little pale: "Wudang Mountain, are you going to repeat the mistakes of the late emperor and send another Tao Zhongwen into the palace to confuse Your Majesty!"
Luo Sigong quickly defended: "My Majesty, I forgive you, but from what I can see, Taoist Ji has nothing to do with the monster entering the palace and setting fire to it!"
Concubine Zheng said angrily: "If he had nothing to do with the gods and monsters entering the palace, based on what you just saw and heard, how could he know that the gods and monsters would kill him! And he said they were not colluding with each other!"
Luo Sigong was speechless for a moment. Just as he was thinking about how to defend himself, Emperor Wanli spoke.
"Because that is Longde Hall, the former Xuanji Treasure Hall!"
Concubine Zheng was stunned for a moment. She saw that Emperor Wanli was in a trance and seemed to have thought of something. Empress Wang looked at her, took a step closer and asked, "Is what your Majesty is thinking related to Emperor Sejong?"
"Yes, the queen knows me!"
Emperor Wanli said solemnly: "The old Xuanji Treasure Hall was originally the Qin'an Hall, and the current Longde Hall is the newly built second Xuanji Treasure Hall. It was changed to Longde Hall when the late Emperor Mu Zong was in power."
"Emperor Sejong often practiced Taoism and offered many sacrifices and rituals in the Xuanji Palace. He often worshiped Zhenwu, Ruizong, and Haotian. The worshipers in Longde Palace were Taoists from Wudang Mountain, and the highest god of Wudang Mountain was Zhenwu."
"I have always worshiped the True Martial Arts and protected the fire and water, so these gods and monsters are afraid that the Taoist priests in Wudang Mountain will summon the magic of the True Martial Arts Department and hinder their assassination of me..."
But Concubine Zheng was puzzled and said: "Well, during the reign of Emperor Sejong, the fire in the palace was even worse than today. The three halls, two floors and fifteen gates were all damaged. At that time, I had never heard that Zhenwu had any effect!"
Emperor Wanli was silent for a while, and thought to himself that Emperor Longqing might be thinking the same thing as you. After all, Zhenwu has been worshiping for many years, and fires still often break out in the palace. Since it is of no use, he just moved it away.
But this time the fire monster entered the Forbidden City, maybe it was caused by moving Zhenwu. Emperor Jiajing placed the statue of Emperor Zhenwu in Longde Hall, not for fire prevention...
"Perhaps Sejong placed these statues back then precisely to prevent these gods and monsters from entering the Forbidden City."
A true martial arts demon.
The real martial arts shifted and the demons danced wildly.
At that time, there were frequent fires in the palace. Emperor Wanli believed that it should be caused by Emperor Jiajing's refining elixirs everywhere. At that time, many palaces were vacated by Emperor Jiajing to raise Taoist priests and refining elixirs everywhere. Even the Yangxin Hall next to the Qianqing Palace was used as an elixir refining site. house.
"Go to Longde Hall to check the situation first!"
"The Wudang Mountain trail in Longde Hall has such great ability, but Wudang Mountain has concealed it. I will definitely ask those old bull noses to explain it to me later. I want to see how they sent Taoist priests with such high abilities into this place." What is the purpose of the Forbidden City!!"
"Also, Luo Sigong! You said those fire gods came to kill me, but why did they do this? I don't know them at all!"
Emperor Wanli passed through the Sixth Palace of the West. Along the way, many maids and eunuchs held lanterns to guide the way. The candles were swaying in the lanterns. Emperor Wanli stared at the swaying lights. For some reason, he felt a strong sense of danger in his heart.
The talisman on the chest is another warning.
So, just when everyone was about to pass through the West Sixth Palace and reach the corner of the verandah, he stopped because of the sense of danger in his heart.
"Everyone stop for me!"
Emperor Wanli's face darkened, he stopped the guides and pointed at them:
"Put out the lights in your hands!"
Emperor Wanli gave the order, and at the same time he saw the palace maids at the entrance of the verandah. From this verandah, you can lead to the third northwest hall, and then from the long corridor of the third northwest hall to the outer palace. But now, at the entrance of this verandah, those two The palace maid made Emperor Wanli's heart beat violently.
This is not the thrill of meeting love around the corner!
Instead, there is a terrifying feeling of great danger!
Emperor Wanli could still see those candles in his eyes, and at this moment he suddenly looked around. Everyone who came out of the Qianqing Palace with him had extinguished the candles. Only the maids and eunuchs in the West Sixth Palace had their orders. turn a deaf ear!
Luo Sigong also discovered this problem at this time, and immediately stood beside Emperor Wanli with a knife. The remaining Jinyi guards all turned pale, and Emperor Wanli shouted angrily:
"How dare you disobey my orders!"
These people all stood there with scared looks on their faces.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, what's going on?".
Familiar voices came, and Emperor Wanli recognized that they were his concubines in the Sixth Palace in the West. These concubines seemed to have no idea what was going on outside. At this time, they came from various palaces with confused faces. He also brought the palace maid with him.
Concubine Zhou Duan, Concubine Xu De, Concubine Liu Zhao.
But in the eyes of Emperor Wanli, these maids lowered their heads and could not see their faces, while his three concubines seemed not to notice anything unusual. This strange situation made Emperor Wanli feel extremely vigilant again!
Emperor Wanli suddenly shouted:
"Stand still, don't move a step!"
"Anyone who dares to approach Luo Sigong will be killed by me!"