Chapter 773
Walking along Junhou Street to the end, you can see the tall red walls and golden bricks.
A flowing moat surrounds the palace gate. This river is said to be drained from an underground river. It is extremely deep and swift, and it is cold water. Even in this August weather, if an ordinary person falls into it, it will take only a cup of tea to freeze it. In addition, there is a magic circle in the water. Once it is activated and falls into the water, it will be close to death.
There are nine stone bridges on the moat, with different sizes and widths, the widest and longest in the middle, and the railing sculptures are also different.
The nine bridges have a unified name called: Nine Arm Bridge. It is said that the meaning of these nine bridges is like the nine arms of the emperor who embraced the world.
When you arrive at the Nine Arm Bridge, you need to pass the first rigorous inspection. From the waist badge to the approval documents, to the registration information, etc., it took a whole stick of time to complete a series of procedures.
"Master Shen, please, with these procedures, the checkpoints behind will not be so troublesome."
The eunuch who led the way was not tall, with a short body and a fat body, with extremely smooth skin on his face and a smile. He walked half a step forward and walked on Shen Hao's right.
"Master Shen has never learned palace etiquette, but His Majesty is in a hurry, so please listen to me carefully and tell you some useful rules."
"Please speak, Shen must listen carefully."
The eunuchs are all eunuchs, but Shen Hao dare not underestimate them, even these people have lived in the palace for a long time, although they are physically handicapped, they are capable at all. Before coming here, Jiang Cheng said that he was "honest and low-key", so he will not forget it.
Walking quickly, he listened carefully to the explanations of the eunuchs around him, mainly about etiquette, although it was the first time for Shen Hao to hear some of them, but they were not too complicated and would not be hard to remember.
After crossing the Nine Arm Bridge is the palace gate, behind the palace gate is the square, and then follow the small path along the side of the square to enter the palace city, and then there are several checkpoints, Shen Hao passed one by one, and finally when he arrived in front of Fu'an Palace, he was asked to release his body. All weapons, and hand over the storage bag. There is no need to discuss this point, and Shen Hao also understood, so he untied his saber and handed over his storage bag very cooperatively, before being allowed to enter the palace gate.
As soon as Shen Hao entered, he could smell a sulfurous smell and feel the moisture in the air, so he understood that there must be a hot spring in Fu'an Palace. The secret emperor would enjoy it.
After waiting for a short time, someone came to inform him to go in, and the eunuch who led him all the way before was still there, which meant that he was still the emperor's man. Shen Hao secretly rejoiced that he had kept a low profile all the way and did not hate this eunuch. .
"Master Shen, please!"
Shen Hao nodded, thanked him, opened a door and walked in, walked through a corridor with Jin Jianwei standing on both sides, and walked into a large study-like room.
There were three people in the room, two standing and one sitting.
Among the three were Shen Hao who knew Pang Ban; another old man who was wearing Jin Jianwei's costume; and an old man who was sitting on a soft bed and wearing regular clothes with a sick face but eagle-like eyes.
"Your Majesty, Commander of the Jingxi Black Banner Battalion, Shen Hao, see Your Majesty, Your Majesty is so blessed and might shake the world!" While shouting flattery, he knelt down on one knee to pay homage.
It's not that Shen Hao wants to be so sour, but the rules are like this. Especially for a newcomer like him who is meeting the saint for the first time, it is absolutely correct to salute according to what he just taught.
The object of the salute is naturally the one sitting. Although Shen Hao saw each other for the first time, he was already familiar with that appearance. The first thing everyone in Xuanqing Guard had to do after entering the door was to write down the appearance of the emperor. That's the case, otherwise how can he be called the emperor's personal soldier?
"This subordinate has seen Commander-in-Chief!"
"Your official has seen this senior Jin Jianwei!"
Three titles and three salutes, Shen Hao's words were full of energy, but at the same time he was not in a hurry, and the slightest tension in his heart disappeared after the round of salutes.
"Excuse me, get up and answer." The emperor opened his mouth, and he also looked at Shen Hao curiously, and then said: "I have heard about you for a long time, the leader of Jingxi Xuanqing Guard, Pang Ban The go-getters under his command. Well, you seem to have a nickname, called evil star, right?"
"Your majesty is terrified, making His Majesty laugh at you." Shen Hao bowed hastily, he didn't expect the emperor to have heard of him, otherwise he wouldn't even know the nickname given to him by outsiders.
When the emperor was face to face, Pang Ban just nodded towards Shen Hao without expressing anything. And the other person wearing Jin Jianwei's costume is Yang Xiusheng. He also nodded towards Shen Hao, and also looked curiously at this young man who has been mentioned by many people and can always do great things.
"You were the one who captured the man. Tell me about the process carefully. I want you to cover every word. Do you understand?"
"Your official understands!" Shen Hao bowed again in response. He is now at the fifth rank, but he is still too low in front of the emperor. He doesn't even have the qualifications to call himself a "minor official", he can only be called a "lower official". According to the unwritten rules within the system, only those who have attained the official position of the fourth rank are eligible to call themselves humble ministers in front of the emperor. Shen Hao is still two levels behind.
When the emperor asked, Shen Hao hurriedly explained in detail the process and results of how he deduced and discovered Xue Gui's line, and of course omitted the part he was going to hide.
After Shen Hao finished speaking, the expression on the emperor's face remained the same, but he picked up the mask on the table and said, "Did you find anything strange about this mask when you and Xue Gui were fighting in the secret room?"
"The lower official didn't notice it, but the mask was extremely hard. The lower official hacked with a sharp blade at that time, and was about to cut off the mask to check Xue Gui's true face, but he couldn't get it. The hardness was only seen by the lower official. There is nothing strange about it. .” Shen Hao made up his mind not to speak.
The emperor was noncommittal, and was silent for a while before saying: "This time, I remember a great achievement for you as the leader of the Black Banner Battalion. Go down." After a pause, the emperor turned to Pang Ban and said, "You can go too."
"It's Your Majesty, I'm taking my leave."
After the two of them left Fu'an Palace, the emperor picked up the mask on the table again, and said in a deep voice, "What do you think?"
"The kid hid something and didn't say anything."
"Huh, who didn't hide some secrets? He may only know that this mask is not simple, but he dare not hide it, but he doesn't know that this mask is not only not simple, hehe, can he take it off so easily? But It doesn't matter, after all, he still helped me get a peerless magic weapon, I never thought that I would get the first magic weapon of the Jingjiu dynasty in this way."
The emperor put the mask on the table into Yang Xiusheng's hands while speaking, and continued: "Uncle, you should study this thing carefully at Fenghong Villa. It is definitely not just used to cover up the breath of blood."
Yang Xiusheng took the mask and smiled, and asked, "What about King Jin?"
The emperor closed his eyes and leaned on the soft bed, and said solemnly: "Do it."