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Xiao Yan originally thought that he would be able to go to Qiyunzhuang immediately after returning to the palace, but what he didn't expect was that the Empress Dowager Sun ordered someone to call him over after the class, but it was Pujue Guoshi who had entered the palace again, and was already at Cifu in the morning. The palace and the Ziwei Palace have both performed Buddhist rituals, and invited the emperor over to listen to scriptures and exorcise evil spirits.

Empress Dowager Sun's face was full of brilliance: "The national teacher is still capable. After the exorcism, Aijia's knees are much more relaxed, and the pain has dissipated a lot. I have been in the hospital for so many days, but I can't come up with anything. Aijia didn't say anything to them. In the end, Jiang Mushu actually asked to resign and return home."

Xiao Yan was startled: "Old doctor Jiang is old? What about little doctor Jiang?"

Empress Dowager Sun said: "Yes, in fact, Aijia is not unreasonable. There are so many doctors in the Tai Hospital taking turns to treat Aijia. After all, rheumatism is not easy to cure. He was cured, but he did not blame the Tai Hospital. As a result, Doctor Jiang said he felt guilty, and said that he was old and frail, so he resigned. The Ai family also rewarded him with many things and allowed him to retire. His son Jiang Xinyu, this The medical skills are still lacking, but yesterday Duan Wang came back and said that he had done a great job in curing the plague, so he should ask for a reward, or he should continue to let him leave the capital, and then go to control the place, so maybe I will be sorry."

Xiao Yan said: "The Jiang family can be regarded as a family of imperial doctors."

Empress Dowager Sun said: "That's right, the first emperor's meeting was also treated by old doctor Jiang. But this time, it is still relying on the profound Buddhist teachings of the national teacher."

Pujue Guoshi smiled calmly: "It's okay, there have been a lot of things in the palace recently, probably caused by some leftover resentment. For small problems, the Empress Dowager only needs to sincerely worship the Buddha and cultivate more blessings, and then she will be fine. gone."

Empress Dowager Sun thought of Gao Yuanling, thinking that this person would cause trouble when he was alive, and even if he died, she would not be safe. She ground her teeth, and finally said: "The Ai family has always been kind to others, and cultivated Buddhism and mind." Her pain relieved, her body Comfortable, so I feel much better, but I don't care about the dead, and I ordered Pujue Guoshi to read the scriptures for the emperor.

After reading one volume of the Shurangama Sutra, the Imperial Master Pujue read the Shurangama Mantra to the Emperor again, and this was considered as the completion of the ceremony. The Empress Dowager Sun rewarded the Imperial Teacher with satisfaction, and then lost sight of Qi Yuan, and asked casually: "What's the matter, Napu, Pu Cheng didn't come?"

Master Pujue said with a smile: "He is very good at preaching scriptures now, and he went to Jizhou to lecture on scriptures with a few juniors. If you want to practice, you must practice more places."

Empress Dowager Sun nodded and laughed: "The sky is big and the earth is big. The emperor found him a good place. This is also a good fortune for the emperor."

Master Pujue chanted the Buddha's name: "What the empress dowager said is very true, the empress dowager and the emperor are blessed in the sky, the auspicious stars are shining brightly, and the luck is extremely prosperous."

Empress Dowager Sun felt comfortable hearing this, and while ordering people to send Pujue Guoshi out of the palace, she also pulled Xiao Yan to talk. As soon as her legs and feet recovered, she remembered the responsibility of controlling the emperor again. Studying the books in the study room, reviewing the notebooks, and asking Prince Duan what he wanted him to do, such trivial matters, he wasted dinner again, so Xiao Yan could only accompany the Queen Mother to eat a vegetable dinner with clear soup and little water. .

When he returned to Ziwei Palace, Xiao Yan let out a long sigh of relief, and said dejectedly: "I'm so hungry, let's go out to eat." It was so late, there was no horse to ride, and there was no time for today's sword practice. In the long ceremony, especially in his heart, he was always worried, worried that the Lich would be affected.

The Lich said, "Go to Jin'oufang?"

Xiao Yan said: "Yes."

Sure enough, Xiao Yan used the excuse that he wanted to do the homework assigned by the master during the day, and drove all the servants out of the outer hall, but all the servants understood and stayed in the outer hall obediently.

When he arrived at Jin'oufang, Zhu Rufeng had been summoned by Wu Yunduo again and stood guard there. When he saw Xiao Yan bowed in salute, Xiao Yan waved his hand and said in frustration: "Get some food, let's go. I want meat." He used to eat three meals slowly, mainly light, but he didn't feel that it was hard to bear. These days, he ate well, and suddenly ate a vegetarian meal, and he felt as if he had never eaten it. Go in with a solid meal.

Fortunately, Jin'oufang is close to the market. After Zhu Rufeng made some arrangements, the people below went out on errands, and a few hot dishes were delivered after a while, a plate of freshly baked roast goose, two steamed steamed buns with crab roe soup, and another bowl For the hot mutton noodle soup, even Wu Yunduo prepared a serving of golden fish maw. Unfortunately, Wu Yunduo turned around and didn't eat it, but he still licked it for Zhu Rufeng graciously.

Xiao Yan ate it carefully for a while, until he sweated a little, he finally filled the emptiness in his stomach, satiated and ordered someone to take it away, and then told Zhu Rufeng: "These few days Prepare horses at Rishan Villa, I want to learn riding and shooting, and Uncle Duanhuang wants to take me to the Western Mountains to hunt."

Zhu Rufeng said: "It's also the time for autumn hunting. It's just that I have fallen into ambush recently. If it's just practice in the school field, it's too hot. If the emperor wants to practice archery, I'll go buy some live animals and throw them behind our village. On the hill, let’s keep it in a pen, so that the emperor will not be so hot when walking in the woods, and practicing archery will be more like hunting, how about it?”

Xiao Yan only found it interesting: "That's right, just follow what Qing said."

Zhu Rufeng said again: "What kind of horse does the emperor like to ride? I'll go pick some horses for the emperor."

Xiao Yan was a little dazed: "You'll be fine." He suddenly thought of the lich, and ordered: "I need a white horse, the tall one." He glanced at Zhu Rufeng, hesitant to speak, and added : "It's not me who rides—on that day, a gentleman will teach me how to ride a horse. He is taller." White horse with blond hair...would it be conspicuous?He thought to himself.

Zhu Rufeng agreed, but he was thinking in his heart which gentleman is so trusted by the emperor that he wants to take it to the villa?

The Lich said in Xiao Yan's heart: "It takes a lot of people to practice archery and hunting. Let Zhu Rufeng, Wei Fanjun and Gan Rulin all come. Wei Fanjun should recover from his injuries."

Xiao Yan was a bit reluctant: "But I want to ride a horse with you."

The lich said: "It's okay, I'll be with you too, and you'll get to know them sooner or later—you should give them something sweet so that they'll be willing to do things for them wholeheartedly." socialize.

Xiao Yan thought for a while and said: "Okay." It is indeed time to give the Lich an identity, otherwise he would be so lonely in this world and could only communicate with himself.

Zhu Rufeng said: "After hunting, we can arrange a barbecue in the valley, does the emperor like it?"

Xiao Yan couldn't help being fascinated: "Barbecue in the valley, good."

There was a smile on the corner of his mouth, Zhu Rufeng was surprised when he saw him smiling, he just felt that the little emperor was usually dignified and steady, but he seemed to smile more when he saw him the last few times.

Zhu Rufeng asked: "Is there any instruction from the emperor? Is there any bow you are used to, and hunting clothes, I will prepare them for you?"

The Lich said: "I will prepare a bow for you. There are bows commonly used by elves, which are easy to draw."

Xiao Yan said: "You make arrangements first, then you can call Fanjun and Gan Rulin, and let's go hunting together."

Zhu Rufeng said: "Okay." Then he asked Xiao Yan: "The rouge shop on Yujie is almost done now, is the emperor going to have a look?"

Xiao Yan shook his head: "I'm not a woman, why go to the rouge shop? Let them drive and have fun." He waved his hands and ordered Zhu Rufeng to say: "I take a break, you go down to rest too, you don't have to wait on me."

Zhu Rufeng agreed.

Xiao Yan was full and sleepy, but he was still thinking about his homework: "Let me write a few big characters, I have to hand in my homework tomorrow, otherwise the Taifu will ask questions tomorrow."

The Lich said: "Go to my room, I will accompany you."

Xiao Yan was still remembering his shelf full of magic books, and he suddenly lifted his spirits: "Hey, it's a pity that I don't have time to read your book, I haven't finished writing that word yet."

The Lich said: "I will let the magic pen write for you."

Xiao Yan was surprised: "Can that work?" While speaking, he entered the Lich's room.

On the wide workbench, the Lich was already standing in front of the stage, with golden hair shining under the magic crystal lamp, he spread out the rice paper with his bony hands: "Of course - laziness is the driving force behind all inventions, even magic ones invention."

The tip of the quill pen trembled in the air, turning into a soft brush tip, and then the pen fell like the wind, and the written words looked very similar to those written by Xiao Yan himself.

Xiao Yan was amazed and praised, but Lich asked him: "Which books do you want to read?"

Xiao Yan stared at the Lich's body, trying to recall the Lich's various sizes from the slight lines exposed by the wide robe: "I think I have to make you a hunting suit."

Lich: "No, I am a soul body, I can wear whatever clothes I want."

Reluctantly, Xiao Yan withdrew his gaze, flipped through the bookshelf, and suddenly saw a book with a strange instrument drawn on the cover, and took it down: "What is this?" Countless sail-like blades.

The Lich glanced at it: "Well, Magic Craftsmanship, this is a book written by a dwarf craftsman, and the cover is a magic windmill."

Xiao Yan was immediately attracted: "Windmill? This is somewhat similar to a waterwheel, but what is a windmill for?"

The Lich nodded and said: "This is driven by the magic wind element, engraved in the middle of the wind element magic circle, and it can drive the windmill to turn. The dwarves use this to facilitate forging."

Xiao Yan flipped it curiously: "This is a bit interesting, can we build one in the valley? Although there is no magic circle, the wind is very strong there."

The Lich flipped through the pages and found the page of the magic windmill. On the page, the magic windmill was spinning rapidly, pulling a huge hammer and falling down continuously.

The Lich said: "You can try asking He Changan to take a look."

Xiao Yan turned over again, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "These are weapons?"

The Lich looked down and saw a magic catapult inside: "Well, it's a very low-level equipment. I haven't paid attention to it. Any magician can cause stronger damage than this."

Xiao Yan, however, felt like he had found a treasure. After searching for a while, he found that the dismantling here was very detailed, and the drawings were very detailed: "Can someone try to make one of these drawings?"

The Lich said: "It's possible, but if there is no magic, the effect may be mediocre."

Xiao Yan's eyes lit up and he turned the pages again: "Your book is really a treasure. This one seems to be used to transport things, like wooden carts and horses. There are even carriages and boats here."

The Lich did not emphasize again that magic runes are required for those activations, and they may not be applicable if they are really created. He reached out and stroked his hair: "Just as long as you like it."

Xiao Yan said: "In the past, there was a servant who was very good at doing these carpentry jobs. He said that his family was a carpenter. When the Queen Mother found out that he was making a boat for me to play with, she beat him with forty sticks and sent him to labor. I only played with the boat for a day before it was taken away by the Queen Mother."

The Lich touched it, and a small crystal skull came out from the ring: "Well, I only have this." The bone hand turned, and the crystal skull danced on the ground, the crystal bone was swinging Suddenly it was scattered all over, and then stood up again with a click. The bone hand picked up his own skull and put it back on the empty shoulder. The ribs were exposed to the wind, and continued to dance with a click.

Xiao Yan smiled again: "Is this the source of your idea for the first time you saw me make a skull?"

The Lich sighed: "I don't remember which lord gave it to me. It seems to be a gift from the Bone Lord's banquet. He especially likes skeletons. This small skull has a small purpose, so I keep it. It can Store and accommodate the soul body."

Xiao Yan couldn't understand, but he still stretched out his hand to touch the transparent skull: "It's very cute."

Lich suddenly remembered something again: "Speaking of the Queen Mother, there is one more thing."

Xiao Yan was pinching the little skull: "What's the matter?"

The Lich said: "I saw her today, there is a fetal spirit on her body, she should be pregnant."

Xiao Yan was startled, the skeletons fell down, scattered countless pieces on the workbench, and gathered together again by themselves.

However, Xiao Yan looked at Lich in shock, and slowly reacted: "So, the old doctor Jiang told me that he actually found out and ran away?"

The Lich said: "Maybe, it's a little bit smaller. It shouldn't be a month, maybe more than a month. With the medical skills in your world, it may be difficult to get the pulse, but the Queen Mother should be able to feel it soon."

Xiao Yan said dully: "Whose?"

The Lich said truthfully: "I don't know, but if you want to know," he tentatively said: "I can put an eye of true knowledge in the Palace of Mercy and Blessings."

Xiao Yan hurriedly said: "No...no, I don't want to know." Moreover, the Lich is clearly of noble birth and behaves elegantly, and will never like to do such things of spying on other people's private affairs.

Xiao Yan turned his head and could almost hear the creaking sound of his neck, he said in a low voice: "I'll just pretend I don't know about it, let's leave it alone. She... She raised me after all, she should handle it herself. "

The Lich said: "You can decide." The Lich looked at him thoughtfully: "You could have used this kind of privacy to get rid of her control."

Xiao Yan said in a low voice: "She was young and widowed, the former emperor is no longer here, and there have been many such things in the past dynasties... In fact, it can't touch her or anything. There are countless empress dowagers and princesses who have raised faces. I... just pretend I don't know. .”

After a while, Xiao Yan picked up the crystal skull that had finally gathered into shape, watched him continue to dance in the palm of his hand, and said in a low voice: "It's not easy for a woman to be named... Forget it... It's not the way of a king."