Chapter 10 Section IX

After being named a national teacher, Liu Mi realized that her situation in the Daming Palace became more and more delicate. It took him two full years of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, and he finally used the only weapon in his hand, the elixir, to make a comeback and once again become the most prominent Taoist priest in the Tang Dynasty.Despite his status as a Taoist priest, he was almost despised by the entire Taoist sect. While being proud, Liu Mi had to accept a fact: as a national teacher, he could only be prestige in the Daming Palace.After leaving the Daming Palace, he will immediately become a street mouse that everyone shouts and beats.What's even more ridiculous is that the emperor didn't allow Liu Mi to step out of Daming Palace at all.

Bearing the false title of a national teacher, Liu Bi must be grateful to the emperor and do his best to be loyal, but he can no longer entangle his party members to develop his own power as before, so Liu Bi's future in the Daming Palace will only depend on the emperor. Isn't this quite dangerous? Others had no choice, but Liu Mi was so careless that he fell into this situation, he was really not reconciled. The emperor cannot do without his elixir now.In order to make this kind of dependence stronger, Liu Mi carefully refined only thirty pills each time, and even made up a whole set of arguments to support her own practice.Can the emperor see through, can other people see through?In this regard, Liu Mi can only deceive himself and others.

Liu Mi is quite worried about the future.The emperor must be held firmly in his hands, but should he hold something else besides the emperor?It's a pity that in the Daming Palace, everyone is the emperor's servant, not as good as Liu Mi. What's worse is that there is another Pei Xuanjing in Daming Palace. Apart from the emperor, Pei Xuanjing was the person who knew Liu Mi's crimes best.No, it should be said that she has a more thorough understanding than the emperor.If she told the emperor everything she knew, Liu Mi was not sure whether she could keep her life.And similar to Liu Bi, Pei Xuanjing's presence in the Daming Palace is quite strange.Liu Bi was rotten to the root, resurgent.Pei Xuanjing, on the other hand, had made outstanding achievements, but was left out in the cold.Liu Mi always felt that the emperor locked Pei Xuanjing deeply, and there must be other deep meanings.He didn't dare to think that this deep meaning might also be aimed at himself.

Pei Xuanjing is a serious problem for Liu Mi.Usually there is no chance to meet her, so during the Lantern Festival night funeral, Liu Mi took the time to find out Pei Xuanjing's tone, but hit a solid nail. It seems that we must try to solve this hidden danger first, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous. He was planning, but Pei Xuanjing came to the door. Liu Bi was taken aback. It seemed that the temptation during the Yejiao still aroused Pei Xuanjing's interest, so he hurried out of the hall. At noon, the warmest sunlight of the day shone on the gold-plated dragon heads on the four sides of the Sanqing Hall. The light was a bit dazzling, making Pei Xuanjing who was waiting at the steps seem to be covered in a layer of purple smoke.

Liu Bi went straight to her and greeted her sourly: "What kind of wind brought Master Pei Lian here? Please sit in the hall." "No, I only have one small matter to ask Master Liu." "Oh, what's the matter?" "Yesterday, on the first day that the Buddha's bone came out of Da'an, it was almost destroyed in front of the Da'an Temple. What's the teacher's opinion on this?" "The Buddha bone was almost destroyed?" Liu Bi's eyes widened. "Fortunately, someone tried their best to protect it, and the Buddha bone was not destroyed."

"There is such a thing..." Pei Xuanjing observed Liu Bi's expression: "Doesn't the national teacher know?" "Me? Of course I don't know!" Liu Bi's expression changed suddenly, "What does Master Pei Lian mean by that?" Pei Xuanjing smiled lightly: "The national teacher has always liked to be an enemy of the Buddha, am I right?" "you!" The news that Pei Xuanjing brought was so sudden that Liu Mi couldn't deal with it calmly for a while.He knew how much the emperor valued Buddha bones.The Buddha bone was in danger, and what he had done in the past would indeed make people associate with what Pei Xuanjing said.

In the biting cold wind, Liu Bi's forehead actually oozes sweat. "You are spitting blood!" He decided to use force to suppress others first, "Master Pei Lian, you must have evidence for what you say!" "Does the national teacher want evidence?" Pei Xuanjing said calmly, "In front of Da'an Guo Temple, someone lit a copper tripod incense that was prepared in advance. The incense was mixed with sulfur, saltpeter, and realgar. Huge power erupted, the flames and smoke shot up into the sky, and there were heavy casualties around. If there were no people who gave their lives to protect them, the Buddha bone would have been destroyed..." She stared at Liu Mi, and said word by word, "Sulphur, saltpeter and realgar A certain proportion of mixture can play the role of subduing fire in alchemy. But if the proportion is not mastered properly, it will cause the terrible situation in front of the gate of Da'an Guo Temple. Most people don't understand this phenomenon at all, only those who are familiar with it Only alchemists can master it!"

Liu Mi came back to his senses: "Master Pei Lian therefore suspects that I have something to do with destroying the Buddha bone?" "Is the national teacher very suspicious?" Pei Xuanjing asked back, "Besides, the two alchemy scriptures in the Xuandu Temple were stolen a few days ago. As far as I know, it is in these two scriptures that it is recorded For this reason, Liu Guoshi went to complain to the Holy Master about Jingzhao Mansion’s ineffective investigation and handling of the theft case, am I right?” "That's right!" Liu Bishen said sternly, "Now it seems that it is the theft of the alchemy scripture that made the method of subduing the fire spread to the outside world and used by evil people! If the Jingzhao Mansion had taken action earlier, it would not have caused the current situation. as a result of!"

"Did Liu Guoshi think that by doing this, the suspicion can be cleared? Unfortunately, in my opinion, it is really trying to cover up." Liu Biqi stagnation.What made him even more terrified was that Pei Xuanjing's attitude was so arrogant, straight-forward, as if she insisted on putting the crime on her own head. Could it be that she was backed by someone? He managed to calm himself down and asked, "Who committed the murder in front of Da'an Guo Temple? Have you found out?" "Nonsense." "Human?" Liu Bi hurriedly said, "Look, this proves that this matter has absolutely nothing to do with me. When did I ever have anything to do with a Huren? Master Pei Lian, if you want to frame someone, you have to complete the situation first, right?" ?” He laughed a few times.

"Whether Liu Guoshi has anything to do with the Hu people, I don't know. All I know is that Liu Guoshi and Han Xiangzi still have something to do with each other." "Han Xiang?" "In front of the gate of Da'an Guo Temple, it was Han Xiangzi who desperately protected the Buddha bone." "Is he dead?" Liu Bi's face changed suddenly. "Han Xiang is safe and sound." Liu Mi sweated like rain, and said sharply: "My heart is pure, the sun and the moon can learn from each other! Master Pei Lian should not waste his time here, and the poor Taoist will go to make alchemy for the saint, excuse me!" After saying that, he turned his head and left.

Pei Xuanjing silently watched Liu Bi's back flash into the Sanqing Palace.The door of the palace creaked shut, and the Sergeant Shence who accompanied her said behind her, "Master Pei Lian, please go back." After receiving the emperor's order to investigate the case, Pei Xuanjing gained partial freedom of movement, and was able to move around the Daming Palace under the escort of the Shence Sergeant. She raised her head and exhaled softly, "Okay."