Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 758 Urgent Summoning
It was the morning after Li Xiuyuan's deployment in the capital.

He was dealing with official business in the yamen, and suddenly he was notified by the yamen servants, saying that the envoy ordered by the imperial palace made a sudden visit.

"The court envoy?"

Li Xiuyuan raised his head in surprise when he heard the news.

Well done, the court actually made an order for himself.

With a sudden change of mind, the envoy who announced the decree had already walked in, Li Xiuyuan frowned, and immediately went out together with other civil officials and small officials in the yamen,

The envoy who announced the decree said with a stern and selfless look: "I order Li Xiuyuan, the governor of Yangzhou, to enter the palace immediately to meet him, and there must be no mistake."

"Sir, Li Xiuyuan accepts the order." Li Xiuyuan took the imperial order and was about to ask the envoy why he entered the palace, but the envoy immediately urged him.

"Master Li, please."

Li Xiuyuan said: "There are some matters in the yamen that need to be dealt with, and allow me half an hour to prepare."

The envoy said: "The summons is an urgent matter. Mr. Li should follow me into the palace to return. It is not too late to put aside the affairs in the yamen and deal with them when I come back."

"Then let me change my clothes." Li Xiuyuan said.

"Master Li, please hurry up." The envoy said.

"The envoy wait a moment." Li Xiuyuan turned and left with the imperial decree. He came to the government office and summoned Qiu Rong.

"Rong'er, bring me the court clothes, I want to go into the imperial city."

"Yes, husband." Qiu Rong hurried out from the house when she heard the voice, she gave a salute and then turned back to get his court clothes.

"Wuyuan Wugu ordered you to go to the palace, Mr. Li. I'm afraid it's not a good thing. Maybe you should excuse yourself because of illness. After all, the palace is full of dangers, which is not good for you, Mr. Li." The place came out.

Li Xiuyuan said: "If you don't go, you are resisting the decree. This is giving the enemy an excuse, and it is not a good thing. What happened to the second brother's inspection of the Cihang Hall yesterday?"

"It's weird." Hu Lanyu said.

"How weird?" Li Xiuyuan asked.

Hu Lanyu said: "The Buddha's light shines everywhere, and the Sanskrit sounds are lingering. It looks like a Buddhist holy place. Ghosts and gods cannot enter, and evil spirits are warded off. The golden body of the eighteen-foot Tathagata is even more majestic and dignified. If you accumulate the power of the people's incense and fire, the false Buddha can also come true

Buddha, the joy of Taoism may be better than the gods in the sky. "

"I don't dare to go too deep, but I have a feeling that if it is discovered, it will definitely be killed, and the thousand-year practice is not its opponent."

"Really? That really made this national teacher popular. It's a pity that he discovered it a little too late. Otherwise, he should have destroyed him before his golden body was completed." Li Xiuyuan said.

"So Mr. Li, you can't go to the imperial city, especially if you go alone." Hu Lanyu said.

Li Xiuyuan said: "What is supposed to come will always come. Resisting the imperial edict and disrespecting it is also a serious crime. You can't just stay away from the palace just because of inexplicable guesses."

Hu Lanyu said: "That requires some preparations, such as bringing the third sister, she can help a little."

"No need. You can't cast spells in the palace. It's more dangerous for the third sister to go. I can go alone." Li Xiuyuan said; "The national teacher has not yet fully controlled the palace, so don't worry too much."

"It's better than putting yourself in danger alone, third sister, before you come out of the house, accompany Mr. Li to the capital." Hu Lanyu shouted.

After finishing speaking, the door of Li Xiuyuan's bedroom opened with a creak.

A seductive and charming woman in a red dress leaned against the door and smiled coquettishly: "It's still the second brother who knows what my little sister is thinking. Thank you in advance, little sister."

"Sister San, why did you come out of my room?" Li Xiuyuan asked with a black face.

"The slave family slept on the beam yesterday, doesn't the young master know?" Third Sister Hu said coquettishly, "Don't worry, I didn't see anything about the love and affection between you and sister Qiurong yesterday."

"." The corner of Li Xiuyuan's mouth twitched.

This is the so-called defense by day and night, and it is difficult to guard against house thieves.

"Husband, the court clothes are here." Qiu Rong also came out from the side room at this time, her eyes widened when she saw Third Sister Hu, and she seemed very surprised.

The third sister Hu chuckled, "Don't be afraid, sister Qiurong, I am the fox girl next to your husband. I came yesterday, but I didn't show it."

After finishing speaking, he looked at the silver lock hanging around Qiu Rong's neck, and knew that this woman had also entered the Li family's door.

"Don't pay attention to her, change my clothes for me." Li Xiuyuan walked back into the room and said.

Soon, he changed his clothes and went out. When he got out of the yamen, he got on his horse and followed the envoy into the imperial city to return to his command.

However, on top of the horse, a red fox came running from nowhere, standing on the horse's head, squinting a pair of bright eyes to look at Li Xiuyuan who was riding across the city.

"Why, are you angry with my slave family? At worst, my slave family will stop peeping at you in the future. Don't be angry." Third Miss Hu said in a low voice, seeing Li Xiuyuan's frown tightly, she showed a tone of begging to admit his mistake.

"Now I am still in the mood to be angry with the third sister? The golden body of the national teacher has been cast, and the Wutongjiao has begun to unite. Most of the civil and military officials above the court are under the control of the national teacher. , the world is about to change, and now I have nothing to do to call me into the palace, obviously trying to figure out a way

deal with me. "Li Xiuyuan said.

"You know that I have even put on the armor under my court clothes, tied the Tai'a sword around my waist, and even prepared the dragon horse in the ghost king's bag. At this moment, I am thinking whether to resist the order or not. to the palace."

"If it's so dangerous, then don't go. Let's go back to Yangzhou. I heard from my younger sister that your father built you a mansion in Guobei County. There are three archways and two gardens. I was so cheeky that day. The younger sister asked for a house, and the slave will live there from now on, you are not allowed to drive the slave away
Let's go. "

Third Sister Fox said.

"If you don't go, can you be safe? Abandoning the official and fleeing, resisting the order and disrespecting, the crime is not small, maybe doing so will make the enemy happy, and it's too early to return to the hometown now, and the house will be destroyed. Leave it alone for now." Li Xiuyuan said.

The third sister Hu heard the words and said again: "I don't know so many twists and turns, but I will accompany you wherever you go."

"Thank you, Third Sister." Li Xiuyuan was silent for a while and then said.

"Giggle."

Third Sister Hu smiled, ran down from the horse's head suddenly, got into Li Xiuyuan's sleeve and hid quickly, she knew that this enemy was not really angry with her, Now you can rest assured.

Now the palace has arrived.

"Ok?"

Li Xiuyuan's expression moved, as if he noticed something, he grabbed a corner of the imperial city casually.

"Whoa."

There was a sound of water breaking, and a centipede with the thickness of an arm was blown up from the moat. Before it landed, he opened his mouth and spit out, refining Qi into a sword, and a flash of white light flashed by, instantly chopping the centipede into two sections , Nailed at the foot of the imperial city.

"If you want to deal with me, let the national teacher go out in person. You little centipedes who have hundreds of years of practice are here to die." Li Xiuyuan said slowly with a golden light flashing in his eyes.

"Good job." A fox's head protruded from the sleeve, and said happily.

"Master Li, what did you say just now?" the envoy in front turned around and asked.

Li Xiuyuan pushed her head back: "It's nothing, just a casual sigh."

"Please dismount Master Li and follow me into the palace." The envoy said again.

Li Xiuyuan nodded.

Under the guidance of the envoy, he did not go to the Zichen Hall where officials were received, nor did he go to the Wende Hall where the emperor usually handled government affairs, but walked towards the harem.

And the road was unimpeded, there was no imperial army patrolling, and there was no imperial army guarding.

"My lord, if you go any further, it's the land of the harem. The officials probably won't meet the ministers in the harem." Li Xiuyuan said.

"I'm also acting according to the order, please be at ease, Mr. Li." The envoy said.

Li Xiuyuan frowned and didn't say anything.

The envoy took him to a garden outside the palace where the harem was located, and then took his leave.

Li Xiuyuan was about to ask, but at this time a woman's voice sounded in the garden: "Master Li misunderstood, in fact, it was not the officials who summoned Mr. Li today, but I called Mr. Li into the palace."

A dignified and beautiful woman in palace attire came with a smile on her face, followed by several court ladies and eunuchs.

"Hu Meiren?"

Li Xiuyuan's eyes froze when he saw this.

(End of this chapter)