The old demon of Montenegro wants to practice Taoism

After returning from Shanyangze with Shang Ming's body, the water surface in the capital became more and more choppy.

Shang Ming, the original eunuch with the handprint of Xichang, went out on errands just after the fifteenth day. He went out for several months, and when he came back, he became a skeleton and was buried in Tianshou Mountain by the emperor. There are too many things to dig out here. .

What did he do?How great the merits of this trip made him the first eunuch buried in the imperial mausoleum in this dynasty.You must know that during the Yongle period, there was also Zheng He, the eunuch of the Three Treasures who was personally appointed by the Emperor Taizong. He had made military exploits during the reign of the Emperor Taizong, and was sent out several times by the Emperor Taizong to search for the missing Emperor Jianwen. It can be regarded as one of the most trusted people of Emperor Taizong.But even his tomb was not built in Tianshou Mountain.

There is no impenetrable wall in the world this day, contact the two Jinyiwei who were controlled by the emperor when they came back, and the imperial hospital got half a pill that no one can tell what it is made of, and the empress dowager in the harem had a big fight with the emperor , whoever is more informed, immediately came to visit Shanyangze.

But Daoist Shan is not so easy to visit. After all, he lives in the State Guest House, and ordinary people can't enter this place.

Life in the Huitong Hall was rather comfortable. Every morning, Shan Yangze would read the handwriting left by Zhang Sanfeng, trying to find some clues in it, but after reading it for a few days, he didn't see anything.

In classical Chinese, one word can explain n kinds of meanings, and there are many opposite meanings among them. The most representative one is "Ran". Fortunately, as for the original owner, Black Mountain Old Demon, although he was an ancient person, only [-]% of the total population could be literate in ancient China, so we should not expect too much from the skills left by the original owner.

What's more, before Shanyangze crossed over, the old black mountain demon wore big hats on his head, such as: dead house, illiterate, etc., and he had held them for thousands of years...

However, there is Guo Qian who is under the command of Montenegro, and he can understand it.It's just that I can't find any clues after looking at it, so I put it aside for the time being and see if the people on the emperor's side can find anything new.

Shan Yangze lived in the Huitong Hall for three days without going out, but the rewards from the palace kept coming all day long, which made the minister of Honglu Temple, who accompanied him to deliver the decree, envious.

Honglu Temple Minister is the main officer of Honglu Temple, and they are in charge of receiving foreign guests. Although Shan Yangze is not a foreign guest from the inside to the outside, from now to the future, he lives in the same hall Come on, this place is under the management of Honglu Temple.Of course, as the supreme officer, Honglu Siqing, in fact, does not need to accompany him to pass the decree, but people are so curious, and this is the first time, so he will not be left behind.

Honglu Siqing only felt that there was an itch in his heart, and the scratching was heartbreaking, and he could only heal after seeing the Taoist priest.

The emperor gave some gold and silver ornaments on the first day. Although there were a little more, they were not particularly rare things, and it passed away after a while.

The next day, the emperor rewarded him with an ivory woven mat, saying that it was a hot day, and he was afraid that the real person would have restless sleep at night, so he found it out of the palace on purpose.

This is a bit unbearable.

This ivory woven mat is an offering. It is made by boiling the ivory until it softens with a secret method, and then weaving it one by one. It is very cool to sleep on in summer.

Think about the hard ivory, and then look at the soft mat, and the ivory thread is only a little bit wider than the hair, how can it not make people envious and jealous.

This thing, a year... Well, no, it won't be able to get one or two cards in a few years. The palace can use this, except for the emperor and the empress dowager, plus a Wangui concubine, not even the empress!Now that the emperor rewarded him directly, it really made people thump their feet and sigh for a while, but the relatives in the family couldn't help but asked again: "Is the Huitong Hall still recruiting?"

All of a sudden, Shanyangze became the top topic in the capital, and there were various rumors and opinions, but the victim was still living safely in the Huitong Hall, unaffected at all.

It is said that Shan Yangze did not go out for the past two days, one reason is to hide from the quiet, and the other reason is also because of Guo Qian.

After coming out of the mountains, Guo Qian is basically the same as ordinary people, as long as he doesn’t bask in the sun, so Shan Yangze has always wanted to find an opportunity to give Guo Qianan an identity, so that he can not only be accompanied by beautiful women at night, but also cultivate him during the day. Feelings gone.

The cultivation of ghosts can be roughly divided into five senses, vision, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. Among them, the sense of sight, hearing, and touch cultivates how people feel about ghosts, while the sense of smell and taste cultivates how ghosts feel about human things. The feeling of Guo Qian can already be touched now, so it can be regarded as a great accomplishment.

However, there are many people at the root of the imperial city, and it is not easy to explain one more person, so Shanyang Ze thought it would be better to wait to go back to Heishan Town, or on the way back, to meet by chance on the way, and then get acquainted or something. Satisfied his little fantasies.

With this idea in mind, Shan Yangze certainly wouldn't hide it, so he told Guo Qian exactly what he was doing, and Guo Qian put down the notes in his hand, smiled, and said, "Meet me on the way? A scholar in trouble? Your Majesty is really Very interesting."

Did they agree or not? Before Shan Yangze could find out what happened, Zhu Jianshen sent someone to bring him close to the palace.

It has been five days since Shan Yangze returned to Beijing. It is really strange that Zhu Jianshen took so long to summon him. After all, what he brought back is the elixir of life, and one can only be used for ten years. The emperor The delay was a bit long.

Zhu Jianshen looked a little haggard, and when he saw him, he sighed and said, "Immortal... well, I spent these two days looking for the elixir of life..."

Shan Yangze didn't realize it for a while, but these days he drank and ate meat with Wantong every day, and he knew all about this shit in the emperor's house.Ordinarily, Wantong shouldn't be such a loose-mouthed person, but who made him drink so much, he drank like mud every day, and the next day he was unwilling to come back again.

There is a lot of trouble in the palace these days. The queen mother got the elixir from somewhere, so she insisted on asking the emperor to give her a pill, but there are only three pills in total, one for the emperor, and one for ten thousand. The imperial concubine ate it, the little eunuch went to test the medicine, and the other half was handed over to the imperial hospital, so there is nothing left.

But the Queen Mother didn't believe it, so the palace was full of smog. If Concubine Wan Gui didn't have a son, she still wanted to confront the Queen Mother, but now she has a son who is only five years old, and his health is not very good. The son died, and hurriedly took him to hide in the emperor's Qianqing Palace.

In this way, the emperor directly confronted the empress dowager. The emperor was a dutiful son, but the emperor couldn't do it even if he made an extra elixir out of thin air.After being so troubled by the queen mother, the emperor didn't even care about the follow-up of the search for the elixir of life, so it was a little late to summon Shan Yangze.

Zhu Jianshen trusts Shan Yangze very much. After all, it is not something ordinary people can do to bring him the elixir of life without being greedy.With this incident alone, Shan Yangze directly raised the emperor's friendship value to the top of the chart.

After Shan Yangze heard this, he knew that it was all right to smile at this time. Sure enough, before the smile on his face stiffened, he heard Zhu Jianshen say again:

"I saw that the handbook said that one pill was only effective for ten years, and Zhang Sanfeng... also passed away in the end, so I thought that the search for the pill must continue. I plan to send someone to take charge of this matter , come in secret, don’t let the wind leak this time.” The emperor beckoned Shan Yangze to come forward, and handed him a jade tablet with a few large characters engraved on it: Xijiu Factory.

This is the West Factory?Shan Yangze received the sign, and heard the emperor say: "I set up the West Factory, and I will directly obey my orders, without being restricted by others, and I will specialize in looking for matters related to the elixir of life."

Shanyangze was a little dazed. In history, Xichang was established because of the evil ways, but now...it is still because of the evil ways.

"This jade card has two sides. I gave you one side, and the other side is in the hands of Mr. Xichangchang." The emperor confessed: "The rest of the people are all issued wooden cards, and they can be sent by you." The emperor waved his hand, An acquaintance came out from behind the curtain, the young eunuch in Concubine Wan Gui's palace, the emperor said: "He is the Duke of Xichang. From now on, I will leave it to the two of you to look for the elixir of life."

Then the emperor talked about the specific business arrangements of the West Factory. To sum it up, he went out to listen to Shan Yangze, and also listened to Shan Yangze for technical issues. As for the rest, it was under the management of the factory.

It has only been half a day since the establishment of the West Factory, and there are only two of them in the confirmed staff. There is no subordinate, no supplies, and we have to wait until the real work starts.So looking at it this way, Shan Yangze started to eat empty money again.

Why do you say again?That's because last year he was also a name in the Montenegro Business League, and he hasn't worked since he took the money.

The emperor had almost finished speaking, so he sent a carriage to take Shan Yangze back to the Huitong Hall, and asked Mr. Xichangchang to arrange other things.

Shan Yangze was holding the fine jade card, thinking that he has become a national public servant, enjoying the first-class salary and allowance, just after thinking about it for a while, he suddenly heard the sound of knocking on the door, he opened it and saw that it was Will deliver water in the hall.

It's just that the water was put on the table, but the person didn't leave.

Shan Yangze glanced at him, only to see the man whisper: "Eighth Master, I was sent by Master Qi. Master Qi asked you when you will return to Montenegro. There is something wrong there."

Shanyangze really wanted to do whatever he wanted, and Shanyangze thought about eating the silver of the Black Mountain Business League for more than half a year, and this is what happened.

"What did he say?"

The person who came shook his head and said, "I didn't say anything in the letter, but I just looked anxious and asked you to go back as soon as possible."