Chapter 173 Without Butler Wang, who would treat monsters like cattle and horses?
Jian Yue looked back and prayed that the emperor was selectively deaf and couldn't hear it.
Seeing Jian Yue's speechless expression, Concubine Yin realized something. She remembered that Jian Yue still had evidence of her affair with the eunuch and the guard. Thinking of this, her face changed, and then she said, "You, you go down first."
Jian Yue hurriedly said: "I will take my leave!"
Concubine Yin had previously thought that Jian Yue had disguised himself as a woman in order to gain credit, but she didn't expect that Jian Yue could still be so attentive even after the emperor's illness had recovered. Could it be true love?
If Jian Yue could really succeed, then she wouldn't be incapable of it!
Thinking quickly in my mind.
Concubine Yin entered the room. The whole bedroom was very quiet. The emperor was sitting in front of the desk. This was a temple. The man beside the desk was sitting lazily. Huangfu Chengyu was looking at the document in his hand. The man's face was quiet and serious, and his sharp eyebrows outlined a handsome arc. He had a pair of eyes that looked at everything affectionately. He sat there lazily, but was still particularly eye-catching.
Huangfu Chengyu is undoubtedly charming.
Yin Guiren herself had to admit that when she first entered the palace, although she disdained the emperor's ominous curse and lowly origin, she was also tempted by his handsome face. Unfortunately...
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you." After entering, Concubine Yin bowed and said, "Your Majesty has just recovered from a serious illness. I have prepared some nourishing soup for you to recuperate. During the time when Your Majesty was ill, I was so worried that I couldn't sleep at night..."
Huangfu Chengyu raised his eyes to look at her and said, "Really? I just heard your voice outside and it was quite full of energy."
Yin Guiren: “…”
look!
This is why!
What a handsome guy, but he has a mouth that is so poisonous!
Yin Guiren cursed in her heart three thousand times, but could only smile and said, "Your Majesty, you are joking. I just ran into the little prince and eunuch outside, and I was a little surprised."
The emperor finally turned his eyes away from the memorial and asked her, "Oh? What's the surprise?"
Noble Lady Yin said, "I was surprised that the young prince eunuch is so loyal to Your Majesty. In my opinion, he should be rewarded. He is from the Shangyi Bureau and has outstanding abilities. It would be better to let him be the consul eunuch of the Shangyi Bureau, so that he can also make use of his expertise."
In this way, Jian Yue can be transferred away from the emperor. Once Jian Yue becomes the consul eunuch, he will be very busy and will not have much time to visit the emperor.
Lady Yin had a very good plan.
Huangfu Chengyu said: "I have already asked him if he wants any reward, and he wants nothing."
Yin Guiren was stunned. She didn't expect that this had actually happened! Why didn't Jian Yue want it? Could it be that he really had some thoughts about the emperor? It was impossible. Who would really fall in love with the emperor who was addicted to killing?
Moreover, Jian Yue still has his own handle and can still continue to stay by the emperor's side. She must find a way to get rid of Jian Yue!
Noblewoman Yin thought for a moment and said directly, "Your Majesty, although this servant is loyal, it is difficult to control him if he does not have anything to do with you. During your Majesty's illness, his whereabouts were a bit sneaky. For the sake of your Majesty's health, you cannot trust this servant too much. In my opinion, it is safer to transfer him farther away."
After saying this, she expected the emperor to praise her for her good intentions.
Who knows.
Huangfu Chengyu finally said, "I heard that when I was sick, you and Manager Zhao helped me a lot. Manager Zhao used to be the Queen Mother's personal eunuch. You are the Queen Mother's niece and have a deep relationship with him. I punished him. What do you think?"
Concubine Yin paused, she looked back and said quickly: "Manager Zhao made a mistake and failed to do his job well. He should be punished if he made a mistake. I have no objection."
Huangfu Chengyu just smiled.
Such a smile inexplicably made Yin Guiren feel a little chilly.
Huangfu Chengyu said slowly, "Since Noble Lady Yin thinks so, I am relieved. Otherwise, I would have thought that Chief Steward Zhao deliberately delayed reporting the memorial and was instructed by someone to conceal the fact that the King of Chu was going to the capital."
Noblewoman Yin's face suddenly changed, she knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, Manager Zhao would never dare to do that!"
"Oh?" Huangfu Chengyu looked at her, smiled and said, "How can you be so sure? Have you asked him?"
Yin Guiren's face turned even paler. The danger and fear of Huangfu Chengyu was that he had dug a grave for you while chatting and laughing. She really didn't dare to do anything rash at this moment: "I didn't do that. Your Majesty, please forgive me. I said the wrong thing!"
She recalled the horror of being almost beheaded in the Imperial Garden.
Huangfu Chengyu said in a light tone but with an evil coldness: "My beloved concubine has done nothing wrong. I was just joking with you. My beloved concubine is the niece of the Queen Mother and my concubine. She would never do such a thing as having a private relationship with the King of Chu, right?"
Yin Guiren was almost sweating profusely. She nodded quickly and said, "Yes, of course."
Huangfu Chengyu smiled and said, "You have contributed a lot to my illness this time. Do you want any reward?"
Concubine Yin thought that she was really going to be rewarded, so she said with a little reserve, "I don't want anything, as long as Your Majesty is healthy."
The emperor said calmly: "If that's the case, then forget it."
Yin Guiren: “…”
Sometimes she really wanted to fight with the emperor!
She gritted her teeth and felt like her teeth were about to break, but she didn't want to say anything else, so she could only lower her head and say, "Thank you for your consideration, Your Majesty."
Turn around and prepare to walk outside.
When he walked outside, Yin Guiren felt a layer of cold sweat on his back. Why did the emperor choose this time to warn him? Did he discover something? Was he warning him not to get too close to the King of Chu, or... was he warning him just because he wanted to make a move on that little eunuch?
No, it's not possible.
There was no way Huangfu Chengyu would really fall in love with that little eunuch. She didn't believe that bloodthirsty and ruthless monster Huangfu Chengyu would fall in love with anyone!
*
The second day.
The library needs to be renovated.
In the morning, Jian Yue was assigned the task of delivering clothes to the emperor at the Clothing Bureau. A ceremony had to be held for the renovation of the library, and the renovation could only officially begin after the ceremony.
He went there early in the morning.
It was still dark outside. Jian Yue felt sleepy as he walked, his head pecking at rice like a chicken. Last night he was chased around by the skeletons in the painting and did not sleep well at all. Now he woke up early feeling tired and sleepy. He would only feel more energetic when he smelled the aroma of food.
While the emperor was eating, he felt a strong gaze falling on him. When he looked up, he saw Jian Yue's bright eyes staring at him without blinking, like a puppy.
The emperor said: "I don't have much appetite when I eat."
Jian Yue immediately asked, "How could this happen, Your Majesty?"
Great, I have no appetite, so does that mean I don’t want to eat anymore and want to feed myself?
The emperor said: "But now that I see you like this, I suddenly feel a little hungry."
Jian Yue: “…”
Then I really thank you!!
He was complaining madly in his mind.
After the emperor finished his meal, he pointed to a plate of almost untouched dumplings that Jian Yue had been staring at and said, "This is a reward for you."
Jian Yue was refreshed. His stomach, which had been rumbling with hunger for a long time, urgently needed food! It was good to have an appetite. It was good to be a mascot. Being a mascot meant having breakfast. He was willing to be a mascot for the rest of his life! He wanted to stay with such a generous boss for the rest of his life!
The emperor's schedule was very close, and Jian Yue wanted to check the whereabouts of the prayer flowers in the library for him, so this time he could make an exception and take him with him to the groundbreaking ceremony of the library.
This was also the first time that Jian Yue followed the emperor's procession at such a close distance.
He was tall and majestic, with cold and solemn armored soldiers around him, and palace servants following him in rows. The man sitting in the dragon sedan chair at the top was high above, and there seemed to be only a curtain between him and the others, but no one thought that it was a barrier that could be crossed. It was a barrier between the top imperial power and ordinary people.
Jian Yue's desire to stick with her faded a little.
The distance between him and Huangfu Chengyu will probably always be like this. One is born high, and the other stands on the ground. There is a huge difference between them. It is better for him to make money well. As a worker, you should just do your job well!
Jian Yue regained some of the working people's fighting spirit.
Even if he is a nobody, even if the path is different, he has to live well. If he is a worker, he has to be the most profitable worker! Since the system said that the money here can be exchanged for the real world in the future, he must get the information of the wishing flower! !
"We've arrived at the library!"
The eunuch's voice came from the front.
Everyone stopped in their tracks. The library building was so tall that it would not be an exaggeration to say that it reached the sky. It was truly worthy of being a building that had been passed down for thousands of years.
There were already quite a few people standing on the high platform not far away, all of them were here to attend the groundbreaking ceremony of the library.
The emperor got down from the sedan chair and walked up the steps. The blessing ceremony was actually very formal. First, he had to pay homage to the tablets of his ancestors, and then he had to ask the elders whether they agreed to rebuild the library.
Before the ceremony, the emperor's clothes needed to be tidied again.
When no one was paying attention, Jian Yue quietly asked the emperor, "Your Majesty, what if when you cast that magic weapon later, it shows the side that our ancestors disagree with?"
Huangfu Chengyu said calmly: "Then vote a few more times until they agree."
Jian Yue: “…”
Your Majesty, you are probably a genius! !
Facts proved that his worries were completely useful. Huangfu Chengyu did not agree with the proposal the first few times he voted. After the Imperial Master and others showed some satisfaction, Huangfu Chengyu calmly voted a few more times. It was not until the tenth time that he showed his agreement. Then everyone saw the emperor slowly said, "It turns out that the ancestors just wanted to test my perseverance. I am grateful for your advice."
Everyone was silent.
It clearly doesn't look good, Your Majesty!
However, they had no way of reasoning with a materialistic war god emperor, who had already stood up again.
The Minister of Rites said, "Your Majesty, please open the door of the library yourself."
The emperor walked slowly towards the door of the library. As he pushed the door open, it creaked and the ancient and heavy door was slowly opened. Inside were rows of tall and bottomless bookshelves.
The ministers behind him filed in.
Jian Yue was a little desperate looking at all these books. How could he find clues about the wishing flower in so many books? Isn't this Haidilao? !
The emperor was talking to the ministers around him not far away, and Jian Yue began to observe this place. His eyes swept across the rows of bookshelves, and his thoughts in his mind were turning rapidly.
The audience in the live broadcast room also sighed:
“This is too hard to find.”
"There's not even a rough direction."
"This is impossible!"
Jian Yue took a look at the countdown on the system panel. The time given by the countdown showed that the remaining time to complete the task was less than three hours, and it was currently about two and a half hours. The time had begun to slowly turn red, the kind of red that was stained with blood. Generally, if the panel is stained red, it means that if the task fails, there may be a risk of life.
This book is really important.
Jian Yue tried to calm himself down. If this was really nonsense, then it would be completely over.
The Minister of Rites in front of him said eloquently: "Your Majesty, you see, the library has been carefully cleaned and maintained over the years. Except for the 15th floor, the other floors have been maintained on a daily basis. The books here are all from ancient times to the present..."
Fifteenth floor?
Jian Yue grasped the key point, why except for the fifteenth floor.
While the officials in front were still talking, Jian Yue noticed a few young monks from the temple who were walking a little behind the crowd. These young monks had gotten up early in the morning to perform the ceremony here, and now they were all very tired, especially the one who was walking next to Jian Yue, whose steps were a little unsteady.
Jian Yue took the initiative to say: "Little Master, you must be hungry."
The monk looked at him.
Jian Yue took out another cake from his pocket. He had brought it when he had dinner with the emperor that morning. When no one was paying attention, he handed it over and said, "This is sweet-scented osmanthus cake. Little chef, would you like some?"
The little monk was young, at the age when he loved to eat and play. He might have refused an ordinary cake, but the osmanthus cake was a sweet snack that only the nobles in the palace could eat, and it smelled fragrant. After hesitating for a moment, he took it and swallowed it in two bites.
Jian Yue smiled and said, "Be careful not to choke."
The little monk looked at him and said, "Thank you very much, sir. I am very grateful."
Jian Yue said, "No need to thank me. I am a palace servant who came to help organize the books in the library. Little Master, are you the one who guards the library?"
The young monk replied, "Yes, the abbot occasionally asks us to help clean up."
Jian Yue nodded and asked deliberately, "This library is so big, it must be very hard for you to clean it."
The young monk said, "It's not that hard. The Ministry of Rites will often send people here. We only need to clean the lower floors. Of course, the abbot has told us that we can clean any floor except the fifteenth floor."
Fifteenth floor!!
Jian Yue heard about this floor again. He finally became curious again and asked, "Is there anything special about this fifteenth floor?"
When the little monk heard this, he seemed to think of something terrifying. He glanced at Jian Yue, swallowed his saliva, and while no one else was looking at him, he finally leaned close to Jian Yue's ear and whispered, "Master said... there are monsters guarding the books on the fifteenth floor. If you enter the fifteenth floor without permission, the books on the fifteenth floor are very precious and ordinary people can't read them. If you touch them, they will eat you. It's scary!"
Jian Yue thought to himself, no matter how scary he is, can he be as scary as the man in white who holds a bell and summons bones to chase people?
Although this sounds scary.
He wanted to go to the fifteenth floor and rest. Although he really wanted to make money, he didn't want to lose his life immediately, and he was not sure whether he could find it.
Jian Yue said: "Is it so scary?"
"Yes." The little monk whispered, "Master said that those monsters are very evil. They know the contents of all the books in this building. If they meet someone who wants to find a book, they will help them find the book and then ask them questions from the book. If the answer is not correct, they will eat the person."
Jian Yue's eyes lit up, and he said, "You said this monster can help people find books!"
The little monk thought he was frightened and said quickly, "Yeah, you think it's scary too, don't you?"
Jian Yue was silent.
The audience in the live broadcast room wanted to laugh when they saw his face:
"Ahahahaha, he's probably excited."
"Butler Wang felt that it was easy to get."
"But his cards have no attack power, so it would be hard for him to survive against a monster like this, right?"
"But this task will be marked in red. If you fail to complete it and find the book, your life will be in danger."
"Then this is the option of dying early or dying later."
“The anchor is so miserable.”
Everyone was wondering whether Jian Yue would go or not.
Jian Yue has proved his choice with facts. When the emperor and the ministers had reached the other floors, Jian Yue took the opportunity to get rid of everyone's sight and slipped upstairs.
This is a rare opportunity for him.
After today, the library might be guarded by soldiers and people from the Ministry of Rites. It would be difficult for him to get in again then. He only has one chance, so he must seize it.
The stairs made a creaking sound as Jian Yue climbed up the stairs quietly, counting in his mind at the same time. As the stairs got higher and higher, he didn't know why, but he felt that the air around him was getting colder and colder.
Especially when we got to the fourteenth floor.
Everything around seemed to have suddenly become quiet. The stairs upstairs were dark in broad daylight, as if leading to a dark, damp and cold alien world. There were so many people and it was so lively downstairs, but this place seemed to be isolated, with words written all over their faces saying that there was something wrong here and this was not a simple place.
Jian Yue also frowned.
The audience in the live broadcast room thought he was scared and was going to back out.
Then Jian Yue sighed softly, and then said, "Forget it, I'm here now."
Audience: “…”
No, you are here for tourism! !
Jian Yue walked up slowly. He didn't actually react very strongly to this kind of gloomy place. When he was a forensic doctor in the past, many of the crime scenes were not in very good conditions. From the initial fear to now, his mental strength has been greatly improved.
When we completely entered the fifteenth floor, the whole world seemed to be silent.
What wafted through the air was the damp and heavy wood smell of books, a very strange smell, even a weird fishy smell. The light here was extremely dim, there were not many bookshelves, and one could even see the end of all the books at a glance.
Jian Yue walked in slowly.
The wooden boards creaked as they were stepped on.
Jian Yue was looking at the books on the shelf in the dim light, and the audience could only follow his gaze. The wind blew in from the window, like someone crying. The room was too quiet, but it seemed as if countless pairs of eyes were looking at him in the dark. When he looked through the gap in the book, he seemed to be able to look into the scarlet eyes.
The sudden appearance of the eyes startled Jian Yue.
He took a few steps back and looked over again. There was no one there, but the safety value on the system panel was dropping rapidly: "15%, 14%, 13%..."
When Jian Yue was wondering where the safety value had dropped, he was suddenly tapped on the shoulder. He turned around abruptly and saw a tall black shadow. A woman with an empty body was looking at him. Her eyes were scarlet. She came very close, her eyes were almost touching Jian Yue's face, and she said in a sinister voice: "Are you looking for a book?"
!!!
OMG!!
Jian Yue stepped back and almost rolled down the stairs.
The woman just looked at him quietly, without attacking him. She just smiled, showing her white teeth. She was wearing a white brocade robe and a delicate hairpin. She looked like an ordinary rich lady. Except for her red eyes, she looked no different from a normal person. She said, "Are you looking for a book?"
If you didn't know that there were no living people on the fifteenth floor, you might really think he was a normal person.
Most people would be scared to death by now.
Jian Yue nodded and said, "Yes, I want to find a book with information about the prayer flower. Do you know?"
The woman nodded slightly and said slowly, "You know?"
Then, as if with temptation, "Do you need me to help you find it?"
Jian Yue said: "Yes."
The woman smiled slowly, as if she had caught her prey. She licked her tongue, which was shaped like a snake and looked abnormal. She said slowly, "I'll help you find it."
Jian Yue watched her walk through the bookshelves, and after a while, she took out a black-covered book and put it in Jian Yue's hand. This might be the translated version! !
If I had relied on myself, I don’t know how many years it would have taken to find it. But with this person, I found it so quickly!
Jian Yue was a little stunned after opening it, because although the handwriting of this translation was not ancient, it was the writing of Da Qian a hundred years ago, and he still couldn't understand it! He spent so much effort but it was still in vain!
The audience in the live broadcast room were all happy:
"Isn't this the end?"
"Not only did I lose my wife, but I also lost my soldiers."
"The anchor must be regretting this. He shouldn't have come up here."
However, the situation here was urgent. The woman's voice next to me said slowly in my ear: "Is this the book you are looking for? I found it for you. Will you pay me?"
She kept asking.
She stared at Jian Yue closely, just waiting for Jian Yue's answer. No matter whether Jian Yue answered yes or no, she could take action immediately. Her eyes were almost shining with excitement and joy.
The audience in the live broadcast room were even scared to the point of screaming:
"Anchor, you are in danger!"
"No matter what you answer in this situation, it will be a failure."
"It's obvious that the ghost's death conditions have been violated."
"I think he's going to be in trouble now."
"I don't believe there is any way he can survive!"
Just as the audience was discussing and even felt that the live broadcast room had to be completely closed, Jian Yue could no longer have any tricks. After all, the book had been found and the conditions had been met.
Jian Yue said, "No, I can't pay you yet."
The woman was stunned. She was a little confused and said in a resentful voice with anger: "Why? The book has been found."
"Because I can't understand the words in the book you found for me." Jian Yue showed her the translated version. Even if it was a translated version, he couldn't understand it. He took out the medical book that Concubine Liu gave him and said, "Well, I see you have been in this building for a long time, you must be knowledgeable. You teach me to translate all these, so that I can understand them. This way, the book will be useful to me, and I can pay you, don't you think?"
woman:……
The audience in the live broadcast room was silent for a moment, and then burst into sharp laughter:
"Not you buddy?"
"How did you come up with the idea of having monsters translate books for players?"
"The ghosts have also recovered. Without Steward Wang, who would keep you like slaves?"
"Hahaha, why the hell did you mess with him?"
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