Cypress Boat Floating

Chapter 130 4-Winged Centipede

Lu Zhixing came to the Imperial Master's Mansion alone. The Imperial Master had been recuperating recently and was unwilling to see other people, so Lu Zhixing asked Liu Anshun to go back to the Prince of Qin's Mansion first and let Wei Wangshu make arrangements for him.

As soon as I entered the Imperial Master's Mansion, a breeze blew over, refreshing my heart. The Imperial Master, who was over fifty years old and had a head full of white hair, was sitting casually on the ground, leaning against a big tree, and seemed to be stringing beads on his hands.

"Imperial Master, where is this?" Lu Zhixing walked towards the Imperial Master curiously.

The National Master looked up and saw that it was Lu Zhixing who came. He did not stand up, but waved his hand to signal him to come over: "You have come at the right time, King Qin. I just happened to have a string of Buddhist beads here. You can take it." As he said that, the National Master handed the string of Buddhist beads he had just tied on his hand to Lu Zhixing.

Lu Zhixing was not polite and directly accepted it and put it on his hand: "Why did the Imperial Master think of stringing Buddhist beads today?"

The Imperial Master didn't even raise his head, and continued stringing his Buddhist beads and replied, "Nothing much, I just knew that His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin would be coming, so I thought of stringing you a string of Buddhist beads to calm you down. You have too much anger, and if you don't suppress it properly, I'm afraid something bad will happen in the future."

"What can happen? The worst that can happen is that you will take my life." Lu Zhixing snorted disdainfully. There are still few people who can hurt him. He still has enough confidence in himself.

"Be careful not to be arrogant or impatient, Your Highness." The Imperial Master was amused by Lu Zhixing's self-confidence, but he still couldn't help but give him a reminder.

The national teacher has always been casual. When Lu Zhixing was young, he learned a lot from him and knew his personality. At this time, he also sat on the ground with him.

"Since the Imperial Master guessed that I was coming, can you guess the purpose of my coming?" Seeing that he was still stringing the beads, Lu Zhixing couldn't help but want to tease him.

The Imperial Master was not only good at divination, but also had some understanding of celestial phenomena. When he was young, he used his abilities to successfully help the late emperor stabilize the court. The ancestor conquered the country, but died before he completely unified Da'an. Although the late emperor was 28 years old when he succeeded to the throne, Da'an was plagued by internal and external troubles, with the princes ready to make moves and the desert harassing him constantly.

The former emperor was suffering from the lack of people to check and balance the desert, and the internal princes threatened him with this. It is said that the imperial teacher talked with the former emperor all night and talked until the next morning.

The cock crows and the sun rises.

The Imperial Master took Ye Honghai, who was only eleven or twelve years old at the time, and the current emperor to the North Gate. The three of them worked together to suppress the desert, while the late emperor controlled the princes who had rebellious intentions in the capital.

At that time, Ye Honghai was just the son of a military general. It was the national teacher who saw his difference and talent, and taught and led him personally. From then on, Ye Honghai won battles again and again in Beiguan, and made Damao dare not resist.

From then on, Beiguan left a message that as long as Ye Honghai was there, there would be no possibility of setting foot on the desert.

The ancestor was not capable enough and had not completely controlled the princes after the national teacher returned to the capital, but he trusted the national teacher and asked him to deal with those people after he returned to the capital.

The ancestor reigned for only fifteen years.

Later, when the emperor ascended the throne, he continued to let the national teacher serve as the national teacher. However, the national teacher was old and Da'an was peaceful. No one dared to compete with Da'an, so the national teacher lived in seclusion in the mansion and seldom went out.

At this time, the Imperial Master strung another string of ancient wooden Buddhist beads and gave it to Lu Zhixing, asking him to help pass it on to Lu Ciqiu: "Your Highness, you came here because of the recent commotion in the capital, the God's House."

"That's right." Lu Zhixing put away the Buddhist beads, nodded, and thought to himself: He is worthy of being the national teacher, he guessed it right at once.

"Is there something you want me to see?" The Imperial Master glanced at him and said this while still fiddling with his Buddhist beads in his hands.

"Why did the Imperial Master make so many Buddhist beads?" Lu Zhixing asked curiously.

"I am going to trouble His Majesty to pass what I am making on to the girl next to the Eighth Prince. Her fate is intertwined with that of the Eighth Prince, and they will live and die together." The Imperial Master picked out a more beautiful Buddhist bead from the box beside him and strung it into the rope. He did not notice how shocked Lu Zhixing was when he said this, or rather, he noticed it, but this was the effect he wanted.

"What is the relationship between Ye Jianqing and Lao Ba?" Lu Zhixing frowned. He was worried about Lu Ci Qiu. If Ye Jianqing would harm Lu Ci Qiu, he would immediately transfer Ye Jianqing away from Lu Ci Qiu.

"Complement each other." The national teacher looked at him, touched his upper and lower lips, and uttered these four words, not caring whether Lu Zhixing understood it or not.

"Your Highness, isn't this the matter of the shrine that brought you here?" the Imperial Master reminded.

Lu Zhixing suddenly realized something and took out the transparent box containing the Gu worm from the bag he was carrying and showed it to the Imperial Master: "Imperial Master, this is a Gu worm that I found while investigating a case. I would like to trouble you to take a look at it and see where it came from."

After Lu Zhixing took out the box, the Imperial Master stopped what he was doing and stared at the poisonous insect in the box: "This insect is very strange. It doesn't look like an ordinary insect."

"I heard that this is a kind of poisonous insect used by the shrine to harm people. It parasitizes in the human body and feeds on the flesh and blood. If you are touched by this insect, you will die."

After hearing what Lu Zhixing said, the Imperial Master frowned and silently stepped back, trying to stay away from the bug: "Then hold it away, don't get so close to me. I've managed to survive until now with great difficulty, and I don't want to die."

Lu Zhixing looked at the national teacher's childish behavior in silence. A man with the blood of countless people on his hands actually came to perform this for him. Why didn't you fear death back then?

Lu Zhixing scratched his forehead with his middle finger and said silently: "Well, Master, this bug is dead."

The Imperial Master said "oh", but still showed no sign of moving forward, and even showed signs of moving backward. Just when he was about to run away, Lu Zhixing, who saw through him, grabbed his arm and said word by word: "Imperial Master, you have many rare books here, and you must be very familiar with them. Why don't you help me check them out?"

"Can I refuse?" The Imperial Master still had a frown on his face, as if he was really afraid of the bug and was about to cry.

"No." Lu Zhixing decisively rejected his refusal.

The Imperial Master sighed deeply, but he didn't run away. He slapped Lu Zhixing's hand away, and stood up by himself, holding on to the tree behind him: "Let's go, let's go to the study room and take a look."

The Imperial Master's Mansion was very large. The previous emperor had given the Imperial Master enough pomp and built a mansion for him. Unfortunately, the Imperial Master did not like it. He only used one courtyard in the huge Imperial Master's Mansion. There were only two rooms in the courtyard, one was a study and the other was a bedroom. He was too lazy to take care of the rest of the room and basically gave it to the servants to live in.

However, there are not many servants in the Imperial Master's Mansion, and the Imperial Master does not like crowds or visits, which results in the entire Imperial Master's Mansion always having an empty feeling when entering.

Lu Zhixing had lived in the Imperial Master's Mansion for a period of time when he was a child, so he was quite familiar with the place. Seeing that it was still the same as when he lived there many years ago, he couldn't help but complain to the Imperial Master: "Why is your place still like this? Can't you make some arrangements?"

"No."

"It's strangely empty."

"I live alone, so why should I bother with so much? If I could leave the capital..." The Imperial Master didn't finish his words, but Lu Zhixing could hear his regret.

When he was young, the Imperial Master liked to travel around. He never liked crowds or complicated places like the capital.

Before his death, the ancestor specifically ordered people to find the national teacher and asked him to take the ancestor to guard Da'an. The national teacher agreed.

The Imperial Master tied his life to Da'an's. If Da'an died, he would die, but if he died, Da'an would still live. From then on, he could no longer leave the capital at will. His life was tied to Da'an's, and his life was no longer his own.

When Lu Zhixing was a child, he had seen the Imperial Master sitting at the highest point in the capital and looking into the distance countless times. At that time, he was like a god in Lu Zhixing's eyes, as if he was about to leave at any time. However, there seemed to be a layer of cover covering the top of the capital, preventing the Imperial Master from going out.

"We're here." The words of the national teacher interrupted his memories.

As they walked, they arrived at the study.

The national teacher used a large room as a study, which was filled with countless classics, all of which were collected by the national teacher during his years of traveling around the world.

"Show me your bug again."

Lu Zhixing took out the box again and gave it to the Imperial Master. The Imperial Master studied the bug carefully, then walked to the deepest part of the study. After waiting for an unknown amount of time, the Imperial Master finally came out with a book.

"Look, is this it?" The national teacher walked up to Lu Zhixing and pointed to a page in the book to show him.

Lu Zhixing studied the insect carefully while reading the book for a long time before he confirmed: "Yes, that's right, this is it."

The book records: The four-winged centipede is a kind of centipede unique to the Miao village. It is dark green in color, with four wings on the upper and lower limbs and fourteen legs underneath. Its head is concave, its antennae are exposed, and it has sharp teeth with highly toxic content. A bite from it will kill you on the spot.

"Doesn't the book say that insects are dark green? Why is this one red?" Lu Zhixing held up the box and looked at it carefully. Everything matched except the skin color.

"This four-winged centipede doesn't eat human organs like you said." The Imperial Master took the book back when he saw that he had finished reading. "I'm afraid this insect was specially raised by someone else. It's very poisonous."

"Is the Shenwu really related to the Miao village?" Lu Zhixing thought of the information he got from Tianshu Hall, and his face darkened. If this Shenling Cult is really related to the Miao village, what does the Miao village want to do?

The Imperial Master glanced at him and said calmly, "Whether it is related or not, I don't know. But it is true that this insect was found in the Miao Village. Your Majesty, you'd better find out who has the ability to raise this kind of insect. You know, if you raise poisonous insects, you will be attacked if you are not careful."