Looking at Shao Yuanjie, Zhu Houzhao showed a bit of surprise. You must know that Shao Yuanjie has always been very disciplined in doing things. According to convention, at this time, Shao Yuanjie should be practicing in the Taoist temple. If there is nothing important, right?
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Shao Yuanjie walked into the room, saluted Zhu Houzhao, then looked at Zhu Houzhao and said, "I am here to deliver something to your majesty on behalf of my old friend!"
When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he couldn't help but said in surprise: "Old friend?"
Shao Yuanjie's words made Zhu Houzhao a little confused. Who on earth asked Shao Yuanjie to transfer things for him, especially when the things the other party sent were for him.
Various thoughts flashed through his mind, but Zhu Houzhao couldn't figure out who wanted to give him something.
He saw Shao Yuanjie taking out a token from his sleeve. When the token appeared in the emperor's sight, Zhu Houzhao stood up suddenly, with a look of surprise on his face, and couldn't help but said: "King Wu
Order, this is the Order of King Wu that I gave to Daban in the past. Could it be that Daban has returned to Beijing?"
Zhu Houzhao is very familiar with this token. After all, this token was given to Chu Yi by him. Now that such a token that should be carried by Chu Yi suddenly appears, Zhu Houzhao is naturally shocked.
for surprise.
In order to find Chu Yi, Zhu Houzhao spent a lot of effort and effort in the past few years. However, Chu Yi seemed to have disappeared in the vast sea of people, and there was no news at all.
Looking at the King Wu's token in front of him, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but take it, then looked at it carefully, nodded with great certainty and said: "Yes, it is the token I gave to my great companion."
While talking, Zhu Houzhao looked at Shao Yuanjie with a look of hope in his eyes. Apparently he thought Chu Yi had returned and was just avoiding him and not showing up.
"Daban...Where is Daban now? I want to see him!"
Zhu Houzhao felt that he was not willing to wait any longer and looked straight at Shao Yuanjie, hoping that Shao Yuanjie could tell him the whereabouts of Chu Yi.
However, Shao Yuanjie slowly shook his head, with a bit of a wry smile on his face and said: "I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint His Majesty. This token of King Wu was originally found by the General Manager before he went to the West. He asked Pindao to hand it over to him."
Your Majesty, so I really don’t know where the Chief Manager is now!"
"What? You...you don't know the whereabouts of Daban either!"
Hearing what Shao Yuanjie said, Zhu Houzhao immediately showed a look of disappointment on his face.
While stroking the token, Zhu Houzhao looked up at Shao Yuanjie and said, "Master Shao, please tell me how my companion found you back then!"
Shao Yuanjie had already been mentally prepared for this, so when Zhu Houzhao asked, Shao Yuanjie told exactly how Chu Yi went to find him.
Sitting there, Zhu Houzhao listened to Shao Yuanjie's words with a calm expression, and there was no trace of Zhu Houzhao's mood at the moment.
After finishing the narration, Shao Yuanjie looked at Zhu Houzhao and said, "Your Majesty, the chief executive has obviously been prepared for it. Perhaps as the chief executive said, he has already achieved success in practice and has ascended to enlightenment!"
Hearing Shao Yuanjie's persuasion, Zhu Houzhao smiled a little, looked at Shao Yuanjie and said, "Master Shao, do you believe it? Or do you think that Daban can achieve enlightenment and ascend?"
If he had been a fatuous emperor, he would have been extremely excited upon hearing the news that he could achieve enlightenment and ascend. However, Zhu Houzhao was obviously not a fatuous emperor. He had a clear understanding of life, old age, sickness and death in the human world.
He knows, so he will not believe the so-called words about attaining enlightenment and ascending to heaven.
As a representative figure of Taoism, Shao Yuanjie knew that there was no such thing as enlightenment and ascension in this world. Shao Yuanjie slowly shook his head and said: "I don't know!"
Shao Yuanjie couldn't directly say that he didn't believe it, so he could only say that he didn't know.
After waving his hand, Zhu Houzhao sat there and rubbed the King Wu token. Shao Yuanjie sighed slightly, saluted the emperor and slowly exited the room.
At the door, Wang Zheng saw Shao Yuanjie retreating, glanced secretly into the room, and whispered to Shao Yuanjie: "Master Shao, Your Majesty..."
Shao Yuanjie said: "Your Majesty may be thinking about people at the moment."
In the room, Zhu Houzhao was caressing the King of Martial Token, quite lost in thought, as if he had seen the scene when he gave the King of Martial Token to Chu Yi.
"My mate, you left without saying goodbye and left as soon as you said you were leaving, but you were so free and easy. You know how much effort I spent trying to find you."
As Zhu Houzhao murmured, the hand holding the token suddenly tightened.
After all, Zhu Houzhao also followed two Taoist masters like Shao Yuanjie and Zhang Yanyi who have been practicing for such a long time. Even though they only practice health-preserving skills, Zhu Houzhao is physically strong. If Zhu Houzhao practices some martial arts, I'm afraid.
Even the second-rate players in the world may not be able to hurt Zhu Houzhao.
It is conceivable that Zhu Houzhao's hand strength is definitely not weak. He heard a subtle sound when he exerted force unintentionally. Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but lower his head and looked at the token in his palm.
Some debris fell off the originally flawless King Wu Token, which made Zhu Houzhao stunned.
You must know that this King of Martial Token is made of black iron, and its hardness is absolutely rare in the world. However, at this moment, a lot of debris fell off the token. At first glance, it looked like the surface of the King of Martial Token was broken.
Average.
But Zhu Houzhao flicked the King Wu Token with his fingers, and saw pieces of debris falling from the token, and small characters seemed to appear on the flat King Wu Token.
"Hey, there are words on it!"
Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up, but the small characters were too small. Even with Zhu Houzhao's eyesight, he could only vaguely see the existence of those small characters. As for what these words were, he really couldn't judge.
Frowning, Zhu Houzhao looked at the tiny fonts and felt a little worried, because he couldn't tell what the tiny fonts were.
Suddenly, Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up and he said: "Yes, Daban once ordered the craftsmen to polish a glass mirror that can magnify objects..."
Zhu Houzhao treasured everything Chu Yi offered him. Now thinking of the glass mirror that Chu Yi had given him, Zhu Houzhao suddenly said to Wang Zheng at the door: "Wang Zheng, show me the Xiwen Palace!"
The palace named Xiwen Hall by Zhu Houzhao was where Zhu Houzhao and Chu Yi studied and studied on weekdays. However, after Chu Yi disappeared, everything here was sealed up by Zhu Houzhao.
With a creak, the heavy door opened, and Xiwen Hall slowly opened. What came into view were items that Zhu Houzhao was very familiar with.
It can be said that everything in the Xiwen Palace is related to Chu Yi, and even many things were dedicated to Zhu Houzhao by Chu Yi.
Walking to a bookshelf, Zhu Houzhao reached out and opened a brocade box on the bookshelf, and saw a mirror lying quietly in it. What else could it be if it wasn't the glass mirror polished by Chu Yi's skilled craftsmen!
Taking out the glazed mirror, Zhu Houzhao carefully placed the King Wu Token on the table, and at the same time looked at the King Wu Token with the help of the glazed mirror.
This time, the small characters that were originally unclear were magnified several times under the glass mirror, but it was enough for Zhu Houzhao to see clearly.
As Zhu Houzhao identified the words on King Wu's token one by one, Zhu Houzhao's expression became a little strange.
It took a long time to drink tea, and Zhu Houzhao should have been able to distinguish the words on King Wu's token clearly in such a short time, but he didn't know why Zhu Houzhao looked so weird.
It turned out that there was indeed a message from Chu Yi on the token. The content of the message was very simple. He told Zhu Houzhao to put national affairs first and be a wise king. It was also a very simple map.
Although it was a map, it was just a few lines. As for why the emperor could distinguish it, it was because the location marked on the map left by Chu Yi on King Wu's token was unknown to Zhu Houzhao.
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Prince Wu's Mansion
Since Chu Yi disappeared, Prince Wu's Mansion has been sealed off by the Emperor. Except for sending people out to clean it regularly, Prince Wu's Mansion has been deserted for several years.
Walking into Prince Wu's Mansion, there are patches of grass and thick leaves on the ground. It can be said that the entire Prince Wu's Mansion looks quite desolate.
Seeing such a situation, Zhu Houzhao was stunned at first, and then realized that he had been furious because there was no news about Chu Yi, but in his anger, he ordered the sealing of Prince Wu's Mansion.
Prince Wu's Mansion was sealed off. For such a long time, Zhu Houzhao had forgotten about it. Only now did he react when he saw it.
Wang Zheng and other chamberlains who were following Zhu Houzhao saw that there were many weeds in the yard, and there was a thick layer of leaves on the ground.
Wang Zheng saw Zhu Houzhao frowning and immediately changed his words: "Your Majesty, I will send someone to clean the house right now."
Zhu Houzhao couldn't wait any longer. He was anxious to see the place marked on the map Chu Yi left for him on the token.
The reason why Zhu Houzhao recognized at a glance where the map on the token pointed to was where the secret room of Prince Wu's Mansion was located.
In the past, the secret room was where Chu Yi retreated and practiced, but now, after being deserted for several years, the emperor Zhu Houzhao was welcomed back.
Zhu Houzhao walked into the secret room and glanced around. The secret room was simple, except for an incense burner and a futon for people to sit cross-legged and practice.
Walking straight towards the incense burner, Zhu Houzhao stood there, his eyes fell on the incense burner, and he slowly stretched out his hand to grab the lid of the incense burner.
