Text Chapter 1644 Phoenix Tribulation
Who would have thought that another group of fairies would appear, walking hurriedly and meandering between pavilions and towers.
Miao Yi put away the things in his hands, put his hands behind his back and looked down at the slightly misty pool water, as if he was looking at his own reflection.
The fairy who passed by not far away just glanced at this side, and did not think there was anything wrong. Today, the palace is open to guests. Guests are not allowed to enter the guarded places without permission, and guests can play in the unguarded places. For example, this viewing garden is a place for guests to play and rest. Guests cannot be detained in the square outside the palace all the time.
After the fairy left, Miao Yi did not look up, but stared at the reflection in the water. He didn't know if it was his illusion. On the rockery in the reflection, the phoenix that seemed to be dormant with its head down and wings seemed to raise its head, as if looking at him, but the faint mist on the water made it difficult to see clearly.
Miao Yi slowly raised his head and looked at the rockery, and found that he had not seen the reflection in the water wrongly. The colorful phoenix had indeed woken up from its doze, and the two golden phoenix eyes on the red crown, as bright red as the red spider lily, were looking down at him on the waterside.
The head of all birds, the royal family among birds, with a natural sense of nobility and indescribable elegance, the colorful phoenix looked at Miao Yi with doubts and puzzlement, staring at Miao Yi.
Miao Yi was stunned and stared at it for a long time, and finally his eyebrows jumped and realized something.
He didn't find Yingyang, but he didn't expect to meet this phoenix living alone. He couldn't help but think of his experience in the Phoenix Nest. He just felt something in his heart and wanted to take out the "Heart of Ice and Fire" to try it out. He didn't expect that someone would find it. At most, he could just say that this "Heart of Ice and Fire" was picked up from the ancient dead land.
To put it bluntly, he just wanted to see if the phoenix detained in the Heavenly Palace recognized this thing from the Phoenix Nest.
But he didn't expect that the phoenix had been startled before the thing was officially shown, just held in the palm. From the other party's puzzled gaze, Miao Yi understood. The phoenix seemed to have noticed something.
He looked around again, and even cast a spell to check the surroundings. After confirming that there was no one around, Miao Yi clenched one hand behind his back, and a faint ice-blue ripple appeared again around the clenched fist.
The phoenix on the rockery reacted again, a horrified reaction, the slightly squatted neck gradually rose, and a pair of golden glass-like bright eyes gradually opened and stared at Miao Yi.
Miao Yi slowly put the hand on his back in front of him, and the tightly clenched five fingers slowly loosened, and the soft and bright ice-blue luster spread out from the gradually opened fingers. The phoenix on the rockery also slowly stood up with Miao Yi's open five fingers, and the long and gorgeous tail feathers fluttered without wind, and the phoenix eyes stared at Miao Yi's palm.
When Miao Yi's palm was completely spread out, an ice-blue and translucent bead in the palm exuded a dreamy and magnificent luster. There was a flame jumping inside the bead, as if the Phoenix flame was wandering inside the bead, which was very beautiful. It was the 'ice and fire heart' obtained from the Phoenix Nest.
Staring at the bead in Miao Yi's palm, the colorful phoenix stood up and gradually had clear tears in her eyes. The moment it flowed out of her eyes, it turned into an ice jade-like bead, fell into the water with a dingdong, and picked up ripples on the water surface. It sank into the water.
"Keng... Keng... Keng..." The colorful phoenix suddenly raised her head and sent out a sharp and long cry like a golden jade knocking. The sound shook the clouds and the colorful feathers floated in the wind.
Other phoenixes in the palace, including those dragging the imperial carriage, quickly turned their heads and looked here.
The giant dragon perched on the roof of the hall slowly raised its head, and its dragon eyes flickered as it looked at the place where the phoenix was singing.
The people who were drinking in the square suddenly became quiet, and turned back to look at the place where the phoenix was singing, puzzled.
The beauties in the back garden stopped laughing. They all looked stunned, and the Queen Xiahou Chengyu frowned.
In the hall. The wine glasses in the hands of the king and his ministers paused, and they also turned their heads to look outside the hall. The Qing Lord sitting high on the throne said lightly. "What's going on?"
As soon as he spoke, the commander of the left guard Po Jun and the commander of the right guard Wu Qu both stood up from their seats. They looked cold and suddenly looked outside the hall. Several red-armored generals at the gate immediately flashed away.
In the viewing garden, Miao Yi, who was standing on the bank of the water, was in a panic. Cai Feng's abrupt move scared him, and he quickly put away the Ice and Fire Heart in his hand.
Looking east and west, it was too late to hide. There were startled fairies in several corners and doors, staring at this side in a daze.
Several figures flashed in the air, and a red-armored general shook out a metal whip covered with wolf teeth in the air. It was the dragon taming whip!
Wu Pa, the whip shadow was swung, flashing like lightning, and with a crisp sound, it hit the colorful phoenix that was screaming towards the sky, and the colorful phoenix stopped screaming immediately, and the long cry turned into a wail.
Five dragon training whips suddenly appeared, and five red-armored generals surrounded the colorful phoenix in the air. Five whip shadows flew in the air, and the whip shadows flashed above Miao Yi's head.
Wu Pa! Wu Pa! Wu Pa...
The whip sounded continuously, and the colorful phoenix that was screaming in pain did not dare to resist. It was beaten to the point of blood and flesh flying everywhere, and its gorgeous colorful feathers were torn apart. The torn and fallen gorgeous feathers were flying all over the sky.
The colorful phoenix was soon beaten so badly that it could not even scream. It fell heavily on the rockery in the air. It raised its head slightly with weakness, and looked at Miao Yi with a sad look. The tears in its eyes fell, turning into ice-jade beads that rolled down from the rockery into the water, and the tears kept ringing.
Bright red blood flowed from the rockery, staining the pool water.
Seeing that it could no longer scream, the whip shadows of the five red-armored generals in the air stopped. The five men stood in the air, each holding a long, bloody, terrifying dragon-training whip.
Miao Yi had no fear on his face, he quietly looked at the phoenix that was in such a mess with its head hanging down and bleeding, he felt bad, he didn't expect that his momentary action would harm the phoenix like this.
Many people were startled and came to watch the excitement, they were surprised to see that it was a phoenix that went crazy.
Kou Zheng and others who showed up saw Miao Yi standing at the scene, they didn't know what was going on.
Soon, Shangguan Qing, followed by two red-armored generals, appeared. He glanced around and fell on the fairy maid beside him, asking, "What's going on?"
The fairy maid who was targeted was very nervous. For them, the chief steward of the Heavenly Palace could decide their life or death with just one word. Even many concubines in the harem were afraid of Shangguan Qing, let alone them. The fairy maid quickly knelt on the ground and shook her head in fear: "Reply to the chief steward. I don't know."
Shangguan Qing immediately ignored her, glanced at the dying Cai Feng, and said coldly: "Drag the spoiled flat-haired beast out of the palace and deal with it."
Miao Yi turned around suddenly when he heard the voice. He stared at Shangguan Qing.
"Today is the day of His Majesty's great joy." A faint voice sounded behind Shangguan Qing, causing the red-armored general who was about to step forward to enforce the law to pause.
Shangguan Qing turned his head to look. Gao Guan, wearing a black tall hat and a black cape, appeared from the moon gate behind. As soon as he appeared, the children of the rich and powerful who were watching the excitement on both sides stepped back. Shangguan Qing looked at the reactions of the people on both sides and shook his head secretly. This guy's deterrence to the children of the rich and powerful was really extraordinary.
Gao Guan stood shoulder to shoulder with Shangguan Qing, staring at the colorful phoenix on the rockery.
Shangguan Qing thought about Gao Guan's words, nodded slightly and felt that it made sense. Today is the day of His Majesty's great joy. His Majesty has pardoned the heavens, but it is indeed inappropriate for him to kill in the heavenly palace. So he smiled and said, "It's the luck of this flat-haired beast that Gao Youshi begged for mercy." He waved his hand and cancelled the previous decree.
Who knew that Gao Guan said calmly, "Plead for mercy? What does its life or death have to do with me? I just think that the sudden abnormality is a bit strange." As he said that, he waved his hand, and three people from the right supervision department immediately appeared behind him. They were the three giants of the right supervision department, the three directors of Gao Guanhui.
These three people are notorious, vicious and bloodthirsty. I don’t know how many officials of the Heavenly Court died tragically in their hands. Those who fall into the hands of these three people can become guilty even if they are innocent, and minor crimes can become major crimes. They are the famous "executioners" of the Right Supervision Department. From some perspectives, it is better to offend Gao Guan than to provoke these three people.
One of them is known to Miao Yi. He has dealt with him in the Ghost City General Town Mansion. He has a sinister face and blood.
The three giants immediately stepped into the crowd to inquire about the situation and investigate in person. With their experienced experience, they can be said to not miss any clues.
After a while, several palace maids pointed at Miao Yi cautiously. I don’t know what they said.
But Miao Yi’s identity is not ordinary, and it involves King Kou. The three giants did not dare to make decisions on their own and reported to Gao Guan.
Gao Guan raised his chin slightly. Meng Xue bowed and accepted the order, then flashed to Miao Yi's side. A fierce light flashed in his eyes, and he smiled at Miao Yi, extending his hand and inviting him: "General Niu, the Right Envoy invites you."
Miao Yi followed calmly.
This scene made the children of the Kou family tremble with fear, wondering what Miao Yi had done again.
The people of the Ying family and others who disliked Miao Yi were gloating, expecting Miao Yi to create some sparks in front of the cold-faced judge.
Not only the Kou family, but also a group of powerful children who attended the banquet quickly moved closer to this side, but Kou Zheng took out the Star Bell and quickly contacted King Kou. If something happened, he would not be able to stop Gao Guan.
In front of Gao Guan, Miao Yi bowed and greeted, "Meet the chief steward, meet the Right Envoy Gao."
Shangguan Qing smiled and nodded, as if to give face to the Kou family, but his eyes squinted at Gao Guan beside him.
Gao Guan still had no expression on his face, and said calmly: "Those palace maids testified that you had been by the phoenix before and after the incident. You must be the one who knows the abnormality best. Tell me, what happened."
Miao Yi looked back at the dying phoenix with tears in its eyes. He didn't know what the final outcome of the phoenix would be. This made him feel guilty. If he hadn't acted rashly, it wouldn't have turned out like this. Looking back again, he had already made up his mind and said calmly: "It's nothing. I just saw that its feathers were beautiful and wanted to pluck two to give back to others. Who would have thought that it would scream so loudly. It's just plucking two feathers, it's no big deal."
When these words came out, Shangguan Qing's mouth twitched, and the people of the Kou family who were listening were even more annoyed, and Kou Zheng was even more disappointed.
Some people who gloated over the misfortune were also shocked. No wonder the phoenix suddenly screamed, it turned out that someone wanted to pluck its feathers!
"No big deal?" Gao Guan stared at his eyes for a while, "You have offended the majesty of the Heavenly Court! This is not the first time. You broke the Zhentian Drum during the test in the Purgatory Land. Considering that there was a reason for the incident, I have already let you off once. How dare you do it again? It seems necessary to teach you a lesson! Come on, drag him away, fifty dragon training whips!"
The audience gasped. Fifty dragon training whips would definitely beat him apart. This is the rhythm of beating him to death!
The group of people who wished Miao Yi bad luck suddenly had their eyes shining, looking forward to it!
Shangguan Qing was speechless. You just said that today is the day of His Majesty's great joy. It seems that the matter did not fall into your hands. If it fell into your hands, there would be no such explanation at all. He felt again why these powerful children were so afraid of Gao Guan.
"Ahem. Lord Gao..." Shangguan Qing coughed dryly, hinting at mercy. It wasn't that he wanted to save Miao Yi. But he knew that His Majesty's face had not been restored, and he was ready to watch the good show at the ghost market.
Who would have thought that Gao Guan stood there indifferent. He pretended not to understand.
Miao Yi's face darkened and he shouted: "Right Envoy Gao, it's just plucking two hairs, why do you want to kill me!"
However, Gao Guan ignored him and ignored him. The two giants in front of him immediately flashed away, grabbed Miao Yi's arms on both sides, and were about to take him away for execution.
"Right Envoy Gao!" Kou Zheng flashed out. He bowed to Gao Guan and wanted to ask for mercy.
Gao Guan said calmly: "Anyone who interferes with law enforcement will be punished with the same crime!"
"Your Highness Gao is so powerful, talking about law enforcement all the time!"
A cold snort came from behind, and everyone looked back. The crowd made way again. Kou Lingxu, the king of Kou, came in person and stood directly in front of Gao Guan, asking coldly: "Gao Guan, what do you want to do?"
Gao Guan said calmly: "Does the prince want to stop me from enforcing the law?"
Kou Lingxu sneered. He slowly turned back to look at Shangguan Qing and said slowly: "General Manager, didn't I tell you?"
"..." Shangguan Qing was stunned. He thought in his mind, did this person say anything to him? The two of them did say something before, which one did he mean, and was it related to what happened today?
Kou Lingxu reminded: "I said I wanted two phoenix feathers for my daughter, didn't you agree? Why did my son-in-law come to get them and become a violation of the majesty of the Heavenly Court?"
Fuck you! Shangguan Qing finally reacted and cursed in his heart
But he also understood that he had to play along with this person, and this person probably also understood that His Majesty wanted to save face. Secondly, if this matter really came to His Majesty, it would not be justified to execute the son-in-law of a great king for plucking two feathers. A quarrel on His Majesty's wedding day would ruin the celebration.
The most important thing is that this old guy put out a spear and a shield as soon as he opened his mouth to force him to accept the challenge. You have to accept it. No one knows whether Kou Lingxu has told him about sending feathers. Kou Laogui insisted that he had said so. At most, he could argue that he had not said it. The contradiction would immediately shift from Niu Youde to the focus of the debate between himself and Kou Laogui. This old ghost has many people in the court, and he would suffer in the debate.
If he cooperates, it's fine. If he doesn't cooperate, he will drag him, the chief steward, into the water and make him uncomfortable!
Shangguan Qing glanced at the children of the Kou family, and thought of the scene where Kou Zheng had pleaded with Gao Guan to no avail. He couldn't help but sigh secretly. These young guys are not as good as these old guys who came out of the bloody storm. The old ones are still the best!
"Oh..." Shangguan Qing raised his hand and slapped his forehead, and laughed at Gao Guan: "Gao Youshi, look at my memory, it's true. Before, King Kou said that he wanted to pick two colorful feathers, but I forgot about it in a hurry."
Gao Guan glanced coldly.
Kou Lingxu waved his hand and grabbed back, and the fake mountain colorful phoenix immediately pulled out two colorful feathers and fell into his hand. The feathers were stroked in his hand to admire, as if they were for Gao Guan to see. What's wrong with pulling out two phoenix feathers? I pulled them out for you to see. What can you do to me?
The two feathers were then slapped to Kou Zheng, and he glanced at Kou Zheng coldly, as if to say that he couldn't even handle such a small matter.
Kou Zheng received the two feathers, bowed his head slightly and said nothing.
Kou Lingxu said no more nonsense, and ignored Miao Yi who was still being held. He did not even look at Gao Guan, but walked past Gao Guan with big strides, and several followers followed him. The prince's style was undoubtedly revealed, which made many onlookers secretly shocked, and they saw what it meant to lift a heavy weight with ease.
The two supervisory right-wing giants who were holding Miao Yi looked at Gao Guan, waiting for instructions.
What instructions could Gao Guan have? Shangguan Qing had admitted it in public. Since it was something that the chief steward of the Heavenly Palace agreed to, he would have to hold Shangguan Qing accountable first if he wanted to investigate the responsibility. He threw the black shoulder-wrapped cloak, turned around and strode away, and also said nothing.
The two right-wing giants looked at each other, let go of Miao Yi, and followed Gao Guan.
"Take him for treatment." Shangguan Qing pointed to the colorful phoenix on the rockery, and then looked at Miao Yi and shook his head helplessly, realizing why this guy was always restless, and he could cause such trouble in such a short time. Then he said to everyone: "What are you doing here? Are you here to watch the fun?"
The group of people did not dare to act recklessly in front of him and began to disperse. Many people were a little disappointed that Niu Youde had escaped from Gao Guan's hands.
"Let's go!" Kou Zheng pulled Miao Yi, and Miao Yi turned back again and witnessed the colorful phoenix being taken away.
In the hall, Shangguan Qing, who had returned, secretly reported the incident to Qingzhu. Qingzhu glanced at Kou Lingxu, who was chatting and laughing with others, and then glanced at Gao Guan, who was sitting, and was a little speechless. It was enough to just punish Kou Lingxu for pulling out two hairs, but this guy actually wanted to kill Niu Youde directly. No wonder Kou Lingxu was forced to show up in person. He was really not afraid of offending people!
But the incident had passed, and Qingzhu didn't care. From his point of view, Gao Guan had done nothing wrong and was very suitable for the position of monitoring the right department.
The ministers in the hall were still eating, drinking and talking as if nothing had happened. In fact, they had all received the news secretly and knew what happened outside, but they just kept silent.
A large group of women from various families in the back garden also resumed their laughter and chatter. They all learned the news secretly. Seeing that the Queen Xiahou Chengyu, who was sitting high on the throne, was in good mood, no one took it seriously and just discussed it in secret.
Zhan Ruyi, the Heavenly Concubine sitting at the head of Xiahou Chengyu, sat there indifferently, not in the mood to socialize with anyone. After hearing the news, she only looked at Yun Zhiqiu who was present, and found that Yun Zhiqiu was chatting and laughing with others as if nothing had happened, and her eyebrows slightly frowned. (To be continued.)
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