Chapter 531 Xu Zhenguan is offline, Zhao Duan returns to Beijing!
In the barbecue restaurant, the meat on the grate was constantly burned, but the two sitting opposite ignored it. No more interest in eating midnight snacks.
Zhao Duan thought it was amazing. This copy of "The World" is indeed very special. When both he and the empress are in a visual state, they can meet here. This is an extremely magical setting.
However, considering that Taizu of Dayu was infinitely approaching the power of "human immortals" back then, it is not surprising that he mastered some special means.
What really makes the current situation subtle is... for some reason, he appears here as the "Zhanghui".
No matter how big the mind is, it is difficult for Xu Zhenguan to think of this level. Under inertial thinking, he regarded him as the "leader" in the scroll.
"So... As of now, she probably hasn't encountered a character like a 'leader' in this painting...
Yes, is this an "open world"?
However, on the other hand, if Old Xu six hundred years ago could draw the world of the time point I traveled, according to Zhenbao, before her and me, practitioners of the royal family, even if they visualize the "world", would not be able to see this city...
So, is there a possibility...Is this world deliberately prepared by Lao Xu for me and her? ”
Hiss... Thinking of this possibility, Zhao Duan felt a little scared.
But when he thought about it, he had previously guessed that many things he had traveled through time were traces of being "arranged"... This absurd idea may not be impossible.
"If this is true, would it be that in the original design, I am her leader? Just like in the big dream scroll, I was accepted as a disciple by Pei Niannu who belonged to that world, and in this world, I am an indigenous person, and Zhenbao is an outsider..."
"Stop - the more we think about it, the more we become, the more we are confused. The random thoughts without evidence are meaningless. If you want to find out the truth, you can only continue to contact Zhenbao... Well, maybe our encounter will trigger something..."
Moreover, he noticed keenly that after he said his name, the empress's expression changed significantly.
But she shouldn't have heard of her own name.
Zhao Duan had a flash of thoughts and made a decision in his heart.
He is preparing to hide his vest for the time being and try to play the role of a guide.
After all, it is really hard to explain the fact that "time travel" is so difficult, and he is not ready to share this biggest secret with the empress.
Although... as long as the empress continues to understand the city, she will lose her horse sooner or later.
"Ha, it seems that Ms. Xu has many problems. But there is no hurry. The night is long, so you can chat slowly."
Zhao Duan showed an attitude of controlling the situation, picked up the water cup and took a sip, and then asked casually:
"Ms. Xu, you have heard my name too."
Xu Zhenguan frowned and felt the difficulty of the person in the painting. She said coldly:
"No."
Refuse to answer without any concealment.
Have you really heard of my name?
Zhao Duan confirmed the guess in his heart, became more and more confused, and suddenly a strange thought arose in his heart:
This is not the "blind date" arranged by Lao Xu... Unfortunately, I have already had a home run in reality...
Hey, after I entered here, I lost my cultivation level, and Zhenbao should be the same. Isn’t that if I practice dual cultivation here, I can bypass the limitations of being squeezed into medicine residue caused by the gap in realm?
Well...the premise is that I take the initiative to uncover my vest and reveal my identity... Huh, it's not the time yet.
As for the way to approach Mask Ray with this identity, he was even more uninterested.
Compared to the short-lived joy of fish and water, what he cared more about was exploring the secrets left by Lao Xu in the murals.
"You haven't answered my question yet. If you continue to make a move, I'm not interested in wasting time with you."
Seeing that he was silent, Xu Zhenguan's jade face was frosty and coldly urged him.
She stayed in this world for a limited time!
She has no interest in playing puzzles with a person in the painting. With her identity and personality, even if she loses her power, she is still not something that a person in the painting can control and dominate.
It's worthy of being you... Zhao Duan smiled helplessly, but his expression was still calm.
This is the world he is familiar with and his home court.
"Ms. Xu is so anxious, haha, that's fine.
Uncle Xu left a long time ago, and I didn’t know where I went. I did leave some things for me before leaving.
I also gave me a time and place, and asked me to arrive here and take care of a relative for him for a while.
I arrived today as soon as possible. It seems that Miss Xu is the one I am waiting for. ”
Zhao Duan was nonsense and made a point of not believing it or not, I believe it anyway.
Is Emperor Taizu's arrangement? Xu Zhenguan's heart moved, without any doubt, and immediately stood up and said:
"What did he leave for you? Where? I need to take a look."
No, I haven’t had time to edit it yet... Do you practice this style in the picture?
Zhao Duan sighed softly, smiled, thought for a moment, and stood up as well:
"Okay."
The waiter standing not far away saw that the two were about to leave, got up and walked over, and said in surprise:
"Do you two go?"
Xu Zhenguan's expression suddenly froze and realized an embarrassing problem. She had no money to pay the bill!
And she couldn't move forward and ended her meditation and "escape order". She was immediately stuck in place, unable to move forward and retreat. The dignified emperor had to face the dilemma of having no money to eat. Her pearl-like toes curled up slightly in her sandals...
"I'll do it." Zhao Duan raised his lips, calmly showed off the payment code, and then said to Xu Zhenguan:
"There is no reason to let the guests pay for their meals."
Xu Zhenguan had a stern face and felt a little relieved.
Then, the two of them walked out of the restaurant one by one, leaving only a large group of diners behind them with shock, jealousy and regretful faces mixed with regret.
The conversation between the two was not loud, so in the eyes of many people, Zhao Duan went up to chat with him, said a few words, and stopped eating, so he took the beauty away...
"Why? If I had known this would be fine, I would be fine." Many people secretly regretted it and lamented repeatedly.
Outside the restaurant.
Zhao Duan was blowing the night wind and did not take a taxi. He signaled in a direction far away, put his hands in his pants pockets, and walked along the quiet road.
Xu Zhenguan was behind several positions, staring at him with vigilance, and his sandals hit the ground, making a crisp "dial" sound.
For some reason, she always felt that this chapter was full of indescribable and unexplained weirdness. However, although she had lost her cultivation, she could "quit" meditation at any time, so she was not afraid of any danger.
"Ms. Xu doesn't have to be so careful about me. Well, let's talk about it, where is Miss Xu from? How long have you been here? Do you live nearby?"
Zhao Duan asked casually and tried to find out the situation.
Xu Zhenguan's beautiful eyes were filled with evil eyes and suddenly stopped.
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Beijing, Imperial Heavenly Prison.
As a court institution established at the beginning of the founding of the State of Yu, it was specially established to record astrology and weather. The Imperial Heaven Supervision is located in the corner of the capital and is a clear water yamen.
But it has the tallest building in the capital... Well, the big bell tower of Tianshi Mansion does not count.
The top floor of this building, called "Singing the Rooftop", displays many complicated and complex sighting instruments.
Not only that, it is also used to store books. The book walls covered with three walls are several meters high, so it is necessary to set up multiple ladders specifically for books.
It was afternoon now, and thin clouds in the sky blocked the sunlight and cast a large shadow. On this huge top building, several officials in the Imperial Heaven Supervision Bureau were on duty.
Suddenly, several officials stood up at the same time and bowed to the entrance of the lower level: "Master Sijian." One of them turned white and slightly hunched, and was already old. One eye was damaged by star-watching too many times when he was young. The "one-eyed" old man covered with an eye mask was wearing an official robe and a book wrapped in his armpit.
Beside him, there was also a teenager's book boy.
The old man was the chief supervisor of the Imperial Heavenly Prison. He had a third rank in name, but he had no real power. He was just a false string in the ritual system. Since Emperor Taizu, he has strictly ordered star officials from all dynasties to contact the officials of the court.
Therefore, even the Xuanmen coup and the subsequent court turmoil did not affect the Imperial Heaven Supervision.
This old man has been in court for only a few times in the past few years, and is an existence that will be forgotten most of the time.
The old man waved his hand and stepped back the officials downstairs, staggeringly crossed the dividing line between light and dark on the ground, and came to a huge semicircle that protruded out of the rooftop outside the wall, laying white marble like a half-star plate.
At night, there are stars, and you can catch the galaxy here.
Even if it is sunny and the stars are blocked, you can use huge instruments to observe astrological signs.
"Master of the Sijian, why do you often come to work on duty in person during these days? The wind and sun are exposed? There are so many people in the official office to use it, but your eyes are not good, so why bother to work hard?"
After Shutong helped the old man sit down, he also sat on the edge of the platform and opened a parasol.
The one-eyed old man stroked the cannon-like instrument fixed to the white marble and smiled:
"When I was young, I started watching stars since you were so old, watching in the daytime and at night. If it weren't for this, I wouldn't have lost a good eye. But I can exchange this for peace and wealth for the rest of my life. I don't know how many people in the world are rushing to be the first."
After a pause, the old man smiled again and said:
"When the previous dynasty was destroyed, a fire destroyed the previous dynasty's stargazing records. After the reconstruction of the Imperial Heaven Prison, generations of star officials recorded the changes in the celestial phenomena over the past six hundred years and also found some rules.
This rule is sometimes accurate and sometimes inaccurate. According to the oldest records in the prison, if there are chaos today, there are smoke everywhere, and perhaps the corresponding astrological signs will occur recently. ”
The book boy curled his lips and disagreed:
"People are observing astrological signs to predict good fortune and good fortune. Where can they observe good fortune and good fortune? In turn, they look for astrological signs to get together?"
The old man smiled and said:
"Little boy, you will know in the future that we are the star officials who record the astrological signs and the historians who record the daily life of the emperor. No matter how we uphold the "faithful record", we can never escape human intervention.
If the emperor occasionally loses his or her speech after drinking and is recorded by the historian and asks him to delete it, will he or she delete it? All the historians who did not delete the heads were lost, and the star officials were no different. ”
The book boy seemed to understand but he said curiously:
"Master Sijian, according to what you said, is it that the six hundred years of astrological records recorded in our Imperial Heavenly Prison that are also fabricated? Who is so brave to fabricate them? The laws of Emperor Taizu are there, are you not afraid of beheading?"
The old man said meaningfully:
"You also know that it was the law set by Taizu."
But he didn't continue talking, and instead controlled the cannon-like stargazing instrument and buckled the lens barrel little by little on the remaining one-eye.
At this moment, the old man suddenly trembled, his face suddenly became extremely solemn, and his dry hands were so familiar that he could operate the instrument.
"Master Sijian? What's wrong?" Shutong was shocked.
The one-eyed old supervisor who had been idle all his life suddenly stood up and quickly spread the book under his armpit. He turned to a dense page full of handwriting. He muttered in his mouth and stretched out his hand, his fingers constantly moved onto the paper.
He was stunned and murmured, "It's the corresponding one."
Then, the one-eyed supervisor staggered up, walked downstairs with a serious expression, and shouted:
"Prepare the car! I want to enter the palace and meet the saint!"
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"What's wrong?"
Zhao Duan stopped when he heard the footsteps, turned around and looked at Xu Zhenguan dressed in a young urban girl.
The empress stared at him and said coldly:
"I don't like someone asking me about it. And, I have... Well, according to your words, I have a fiancé. This time I come here to learn about my 'father'."
Well, although she is just a dummy in the painting, the empress's strong character makes her very dislike being questioned.
Her soft, female side was only revealed in front of a very small number of people, and most of the relatives are dead now, and the only thing left... After thinking about it, except for Mo Chou and Sun Lianying who served her since childhood, there was only Zhao Duan left.
In addition, perhaps because of the tips given by the Temple Zhu in Taiqing Palace, she was very tired of some of the characters arranged for her in this painting.
Just as the look of looking back at her in this chapter made her feel a little uncomfortable, and she always felt like she was "see through".
It was as if there was no secret in front of him, I was a "outsider"...
After thinking about it, I simply explained it clearly and drew a clear line first.
Yes, yes, it's just this look like looking at garbage... The smell is too right... Zhao Duan was not angry after hearing this, but the smile on his face became a little deeper. He said with interest:
"Miss Xu seems to have misunderstood something. I just want to do my best to be a landlord. After all... to a certain extent, I have a friendship with Uncle Xu."
"That's good." Xu Zhenguan nodded with satisfaction.
Zhao Duan suddenly asked:
"Speaking of this, a girl like Miss Xu should be a very powerful person, right?"
Xu Zhenguan didn't expect the topic to change so much. After thinking about it, he didn't know what he thought of. His cheeks turned slightly red, and he gritted his teeth and said:
"He's a bastard."
Zhao Duan's expression froze, no... I'm not talking about the kind of "awesome"...
At this moment, Xu Zhenguan's expression suddenly changed slightly, as if he could sense something. He raised his head and looked at the night sky and said to himself:
"Is the time here?"
"What?" Zhao Duan blinked.
Xu Zhenguan just glanced at him and said:
"It's nothing, I...I'll leave first, and come again if I have time."
After saying that, her figure disintegrated into a cluster of starlight bit by bit, and it rose from the ground and flew towards the night sky.
The Empress is offline!
Zhao Duan was stunned for a moment, a little disappointed, but then he looked at the remaining star marks in the night sky and soared into the sky and felt thoughtful.
So, is this how the visualized person withdraws?
Are these remaining star marks traces of leaving?
He reached out his hand curiously and touched the star marks in front of him.
Then, an accident happened!
Zhao Duan's hand actually penetrated into the star mark, as if... this star mark is a crack on the scroll...
The next second, a suction force suddenly came, and Zhao Duan pierced into the crack.
Disappear!
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In the capital, the imperial palace, and the depths of the Wugong Hall, Zhao Duan suddenly walked out of a mural!
(This chapter ends)