If you don't count, you will die

There is no one in Nuo Da's Peeping Hall except silence, only a few maids come to clean it regularly, they come and go in a hurry, even the maids of this imperial palace follow their emperor, all of them are expressionless and cold as ice.

During the day, Shen Mo spends time in the study on the second floor of the Hall of Peeping Pole, or goes to the third floor to tease the koi in the pond. After teasing, he can't help but want to grab one and eat it, but he has never succeeded.

Until the night, Shen Mo lay on the grass with no image on his back. The garden layout on the third floor of the Temple of Peeping Ji was very beautiful. The temple is shrouded in darkness.

It was already yesterday afternoon since the last time I filled my stomach, Shen Mo was already starving, but there was nothing she could do.

It seems that since he came to this world, he has been hungry all the time.

At this time, he had already taken off the black blindfold and let it hang around his neck casually.

It was dark all around, but the night sky seemed brighter. Looking at the sky full of stars, he began to try to deduce and calculate, trying to use the astrology to figure out when he would be able to leave the imperial palace. Of course, there was no result. What's more, this is a very difficult astrology for him.

Several times to no avail, Silence was not discouraged, but found other fun.

This astrology, however, is a good way to observe the stars.

As the calculation of astrology progressed, his eyes seemed to be covered with an invisible magnifying glass, which gradually magnified the vast starry sky, making it much more convenient to look at the stars.

If the ancestor who pioneered the deduction technique knew that Mo Mo used this astrology technique to look at the stars, he might have to jump out of the coffin.

Following the deduction, there are stars twinkling in Shen Mo's eyes, and a few starlights flicker through the stars, if you don't look carefully, it seems like an illusion.

This is why Mo Mo always covers his eyes with black cloth. After he discovered this phenomenon while washing his hands by the river, he found a piece of black cloth that was not too thick to cover his eyes in order to avoid disaster. .

"Your eyes are a bit brighter than those of a kitten at night."

There was a chuckle in the darkness, silence was startled, and he immediately stood up, stopped the deduction, and the starlight in his eyes dimmed, revealing a pair of dark and clear eyes.

Lin Mu's eyesight is excellent, and by the moonlight in the dark, he saw Shen Mo get up neatly and bowed and squatted there, like a frightened wild cat, he couldn't help laughing and said: "You don't have to panic."

Speaking of which, Lin Mu raised the food box in his hand, "Hungry?"

Speaking of which, the person had already walked to the stone table, and saw that there was still yesterday's leftovers on it, and there was a lot of disgusting grease on it, Lin Mu paused, sighed slightly, seemed a little annoyed, and then With a flick of his sleeves, he swept those things to the ground one after another, only to hear a jingling sound, he put the fresh food box in his hand on the stone table, and then took out a night pearl from his sleeve and placed it on the table , the halo slowly spread out, gentle but not glaring, it just illuminated the dishes on the stone table.

He waved at Silence, "Come."

Shen Mo took half a step back, then walked over and sat neatly aside.

Lin Mu didn't look at him too much, and didn't bother with Shen Shen's eyes, he just said: "The craftsmanship of Yuezhulou, most people can't eat it if they want to, but today you are lucky." jade chopsticks.

"Eat, I won't tease you today."

Shen Mo took the jade chopsticks, looked up at Lin Mu, stared straight at it, didn't know how to hide it at all, and the smile on Lin Mu's lips was getting deeper and deeper.

"Does it look good?"

Silenced for a moment, then nodded hesitantly, in terms of appearance, Lin Mu is indeed good-looking, even too good-looking.

Lin Mu also said, "You're also pretty."

Nodding silently, noncommittal, he didn't care about his appearance, but suddenly asked, "Who are you?"

Lin Mu poured himself a cup of tea, "There is no wine today, so how about using tea instead of wine, the tea from Yuezhulou is no worse than yesterday's drunken wine."

Seeing that Lin Mu's answer was irrelevant, Shen Shen lowered his head and started to eat.

With just one bite, he truly admired the Yue Bamboo House. These seemingly ordinary dishes have endless flavors, and they are actually more wonderful and delicious than any so-called delicacies that Shen Mo ate in modern times. It is very common, and the ingredients are also very common, but it can taste the delicacies of mountains and seas.

Probably because he was very hungry, or the dish was too delicious, Shen Mo ate it very quickly, and Lin Mu only tasted a few bites occasionally, most of the time he watched Shen Mo eat.

Seeing Shen Mo put down his chopsticks, Lin Mu handed him the lukewarm tea, and seeing him finish drinking it, handed him a handkerchief to wipe his mouth.

Shen Mo took the handkerchief and paused. The handkerchief was clean and clean, with simple and generous patterns embroidered on the corners, and the corners of his mouth were so greasy that he really couldn't bear to use it to wipe his mouth.

Lin Mu reached out and picked up the handkerchief in Shen Mo's hand, pressed it on the corner of his mouth and wiped it casually twice, then threw the handkerchief on the ground.

"It's just a utility."

Mo Mo stared blankly at the handkerchief stained with oil on the ground, and asked after a while, "The emperor arrested me and came to the imperial palace, why?"

Lin Mu stroked his chin, seemed to be thinking, and answered after a while: "Eat, drink and have fun? Eat and wait to die?"

Mo Mo frowned tightly, staring at Lin Mu with serious eyes, he said: "I am greedy for life and afraid of death."

Lin Mu also poured a cup of tea for herself, and said, "What a coincidence, I am too."

Silently drooping his eyes, it seemed that he believed that he could not get any information from Lin Mu, so he stopped talking.

For a moment there was only silence between the two of them.

Until the food brought by Lin Mu gradually became cold, and the tea became cold. Silence suddenly slammed, and fell down on the edge of the stone table without moving.

Only then did Lin Mu look over, and raised his hand to set up the teacup knocked over by Shen Mo, so as not to soak Mo Mo's sleeves with the tea.

Looking at Shen Mo's tightly closed eyes, Lin Mu said for a while, "I'm not at all defensive."

This night, Shen Mo slept on the stone table for another night, while Lin Mu stood by the observatory all night.

At midnight, shortly after the sound of the midnight drum, the starry sky that had been calm and unchanged began to change.

In the night sky like splashed ink, the ancient and eternal Big Dipper slowly moved, and the stars moved. When the dawn broke, they finally gradually formed a straight line. .

At dawn, the mutated astrology disappeared like a dream.

The seven stars changed unexpectedly, and the world was in chaos.

Compared with the dog food day that day, the spectacle of the Seven Stars Lianzhu is not much better.

It's just that the sleeping silent couldn't see this scene, and this Jiuzhong, even if someone else saw something or guessed something, they didn't dare to talk too much.

At dawn, the twilight shone on Shen Mo's sideways face, and Lin Mu, who had stood all night, came to Shen Mo's side, touched Shen Mo's cold cheeks that had been frozen all night, then turned and left.

He can put on a robe for Silence because of a little compassion, or he can let him freeze outside overnight.

It's okay to be silent and stupid, maybe it's just a little clever and opportunistic.

But for Yu Linmu, the matter is very important, and the slightest change cannot be tolerated. Only by keeping such a person by his side can any accidents be avoided, otherwise years of hard work will be wasted.

Early the next morning, Shen Mo woke up amidst the noise, and the first thing he did was to cover his eyes with the black cloth hanging around his neck.

At this time, the Hall of Peeping Ji is full of people, maids and guards, coming and going, sweeping the dust and decontamination, lanterns are hung outside the Hall of Peeping Ji, and countless night pearls and candles are arranged in the hall.

A guard in black walked up to Shen Mo, raised his hand and knocked on the stone table.

Shen Mo looked up, it was an acquaintance, Wen Pu who often followed Lin Mu.

At this time, Wen Pu was wearing a neat and sophisticated bodyguard costume, and he no longer concealed his evil aura. No matter how delicate and handsome his features were, people could only notice his evil aura at first glance.

Wen Pu: "After today, you will be able to freely enter and leave the Palace of Observation and the Imperial Palace. In this Imperial Palace, there are not many people who are treated like this."

Silently asked: "Is this true?"

Wen Pu sneered coldly: "The Lord of Qianji Palace begged for your favor, so he is serious, the new Master of the State."

Silence: "Master National Teacher?"

Wen Pu turned his back to Shen Mo: "The emperor announced to the world this morning that Shen Mo, a disciple of the late national teacher who had closed his doors, was specially appointed as the new national teacher of the Zhantian Kingdom. "

Silence and trance, "I am not a disciple of the national teacher."

Wen Pu didn't talk much, just looked at him coldly for a moment, then turned around and left.

But Shen Mo already understood that in this imperial palace, no one cared whether he was a closed disciple of the former national teacher, if the emperor said he was, he was.

As for who the so-called Lord of the Thousand Machines Palace is, Mo Mo has some guesses in his heart.

The court structure of Zhantian Kingdom is different from other countries. It has three halls, four halls and twelve pavilions. The three halls are Bo, Dou, and Qianji. , it seems that it doesn't care about anything, but it seems to be in charge of everything. It is different from the other two halls and belongs directly to the current emperor.

In addition to the Qianji Hall, the other two halls have four halls, and the four halls are divided into twelve pavilions. The twelve pavilions are in charge of officials in the provinces, cities, counties, and localities of the Zhantian Kingdom.

The lord of Qianji Palace begged for mercy... So, Dijun Zhan and Lin Mu are really two people.

As soon as the master of Qianji Palace opened his mouth, fasting was no longer necessary, and foot confinement was also cancelled. Even more, maids and guards filed in, cleaned up with lamps, and laid out sumptuous dishes for Silence.

There was even a little servant boy who looked no more than eleven or twelve years old who followed Shen Mo every step of the way, so he was called a personal servant.

Mo Mo frowned as he looked at the little servant boy who was following behind him.

The little servant boy had a very cute round face, but he didn't have any expression, his whole person was cold, not at all lively and cute as he should be at this age, but it was very similar to his temperament when he was eleven or twelve years old.

It should be said that not only this little servant boy, but everyone Shen Mo met in the imperial palace was like this, with cold faces and downcast eyes, all of them without any fireworks.

In the past, Mo Mo didn't think there was anything wrong with being expressionless, he was just such a person, but he didn't expect that one day he would stay in such an environment where everyone was expressionless and speechless, and it was really weird in his heart feeling.

The silence stopped and asked, "What's your name?"

Seeing Shen Mo not going away, the little servant also stopped immediately, keeping a distance of three steps behind Shen Mo at all times, with a respectful appearance.

"Master returning home, little Zhao Bao."

Shen Mo frowned, feeling very uncomfortable with the title "National Teacher".

He wanted to ask Zhao Bao not to call him that, but seeing Zhao Bao's bowed head and cautious appearance, he just pursed his lips and said nothing.

Now that he has freedom, Shen Mo immediately wants to leave the palace.

As soon as he stepped out of the gate of the Hall of Observation and was about to go down the steps, he saw a few palace people in front of him rushing towards him, walking in front of Shen Mo, panting, and before he could catch his breath, he said: "Report to Master Guoshi , Your Majesty invites you."

Silence: "What's the matter?"

The leader of the palace bowed his hands, secretly looked at the little national teacher in front of him out of the corner of his eyes, and said in a respectful tone: "Master Jing Jing of Zhenggang Pavilion was assassinated and died. The emperor summoned the national teacher to go."

Silently frowning, what is the meaning of asking the national teacher to go when someone is assassinated?

Shen Mo raised his leg, "Lead the way ahead." He walked a few steps first, then turned around, only to see that the chief palace official was still standing there with his hands bent and hands folded.

Seeing him silently looking at him, he finally raised his head slightly, bent down again, and concealed his words: "Master Guoshi, Your Majesty still has something to say, and I want the villain to convey it. The villain is afraid that the Guoshi will blame him, so he hesitates."

Shen Mo secretly thought that all the words in the imperial palace were secretive, so he just nodded to signal him to speak.

The palace man was ordered, bent even deeper, and said: "The emperor also said that the emperor's palace does not raise waste, and I hope the new national teacher can be of some use."

Shen Mo frowned, it was the current emperor who forced him to become a national teacher, and it was also the emperor who seemed to despise him now.

The king's heart is unpredictable, he seems to have some understanding.

After the palace man finished speaking, he saw that there was no response from the silence, so he hurried forward and said, "Master, please go this way."

Then he left in silence.

There are 99 steps in the Hall of Peeping Pole, the steps are made of white jade, and the steps are carved with a picture of the five elements and eight trigrams. If you look at it silently, each hexagram seems to be different.

Walking through these 99 steps is like walking through all phenomena in the world, all phenomena are under your feet, and you have a feeling of looking down on the world. I think this may be the intention of these 99 steps.

It can be seen how important this position of national teacher is in Zhantian's courts of all dynasties.

Along the way, Mo Mo asked what Zhenggang Pavilion was.

Zhenggang is the Imperial Hospital of Zhantian Kingdom, all the pavilions are doctors, and there are two deputy cabinet masters in Zhenggang Pavilion. The one who has an accident now is Jing Bozhong, an old man who is more than seventy years old. His age and qualifications are older than the owner of the Zhenggang Pavilion, and he is one of the few old people who survived the change of court.