Chapter 58

Li Chenghuan was wearing a black suit that outlined his lean and powerful figure. His black hair was tied up, revealing a noble and majestic aura. The weather was mild and everything was reviving. It was a good day for hunting, but he didn't seem very happy. He didn't look around, and exuded a cold and indifferent majesty.

Lin Nanjie felt alienated:

【It feels especially different to see the Dog Emperor today.】

[How does a poem describe it? - Lack of favor and care, the peach and plum blossoms are hurt by the spring breeze. ]

Lin Nanjie realized it later and figured it out: [So this is what it means to lose favor. ]

Lin Nanjie raised his hands in a proper manner and held the reins in front of Li Chenghuan. His dark eyes stared at the ground honestly, without any unnecessary movements.

There is no liveliness at all.

[Oh, they say that the emperor is ruthless and heartless. It is indeed true. ]

Li Chenghuan felt uncomfortable listening to these words.

Intellectually, Lin Nanjie was just a little eunuch. There were tens of thousands of eunuchs in the palace, and any of them would be smarter and more able to read the emperor's expression than Lin Nanjie. They would neither knock him down in public and let him act like a wolf in front of the ministers, nor would they curse him as a dog emperor in their hearts, and they would not dare to think of committing a crime of insubordination.

But emotionally, how many people can be pure-minded and impartial when facing the emperor?

Moreover, although Lin Nanjie offended him, he had repeatedly made contributions to the court and Daqi. Not only did he find out the mastermind of the imperial examination fraud and restore fairness to all candidates, he also defeated the Goryeo envoys and even cleared the crisis brought to him by the eclipse.

Even the people around him felt sorry that Lin Nanli was sent to the Horse Guards.

How could Li Chengqian not know this?

Li Chenghuan laughed at himself. What was the difference between him and the foolish previous emperor? Just because of those thoughts that he couldn't show to others, he punished Lin Nanjie without any reason.

As a king, he failed to act impartially.

But he is the emperor.

Don't have any inappropriate thoughts.

Li Chenghuan said nothing, nor did he take the reins.

A stalemate had formed between the two of them. Although the people around them were still talking, they were all secretly paying attention to the changes in the middle. Many people even worried for Lin Nanjie.

Lin Nan's hands felt a little sore.

【Take it.】

[How come you don't want the precious horse you wanted after it was brought to you? 】

At this moment, the Queen Mother's voice rang out: "Isn't this Eunuch Lin? Yu'er hasn't seen you these few days, and she always wants Eunuch Lin to play with her."

Lin Nanzhen smiled and said, "When I have time, I will go and entertain the little prince."

Li Chengqian breathed a sigh of relief.

The Queen Mother looked at Li Chengqian again and said, "After all, Eunuch Lin has done great things for the Emperor. If the Emperor thinks that he is a nuisance in the Purple Palace, why not let Eunuch Lin serve in my Cining Palace? He will be able to accompany Yu'er and relieve her boredom."

Li Chengqian directly rejected it: "It's not appropriate."

The Queen Mother was also unhappy: "You are busy with government affairs every day and can't spend much time with Yu'er. Why don't you let others entertain Yu'er?"

Li Chengqian was speechless after being confronted.

Lin Nanqie's ears perked up: [Huh? Cining Palace can also be considered, as long as the little prince and the queen mother are appeased. The little prince and the queen mother seem to be easier to appease than the dog emperor.]

[Maybe if I stay in Cining Palace for a long time, I can go to the Princess's Mansion. ]

The corner of Li Chengqian's mouth twitched fiercely. Whatever he said about how much he admired him, it might be that he was just saying it to please him.

He said gloomily, "I have my own considerations."

Cining Palace is not far from Zichen Palace. If the little prince drags Lin Nanjie to Zichen Palace every day, he will still see it. Once he sees it, his heart will be confused again.

Li Chengqian was troubled and confused: Why, why is he a eunuch?

Liu Jiang looked at the scene, gritted his teeth, stepped forward, took the reins from Lin Nanqie, pinched his nose and said, "Perhaps it's because Eunuch Lin has a strong smell of horse feces, and it's bothering the emperor."

Lin Nanjie:?

Li Chengqian:?

Liu Jiang didn't notice the unfriendly look Li Chengqian was giving him, and he handed over the reins in a flattering manner: "Your Majesty, the time is almost up. Your Majesty will surely return with a full load today."

Li Chenghuan took the reins and jumped on the horse.

Lin Nanjie couldn't help but roll his eyes inwardly.

[Oh! The dog emperor is really blind. ]

The spring hunt officially began, and everyone rode out on horseback like arrows shot from a bow, scattering in all directions.

Li Chengqian was in front, dressed in black, followed closely by Li Yunluan in red. Then came the ministers and officials, and Lu Chengzhou mixed in among them, always looking in the direction of Li Yunluan.

After the hunting team dispersed, Lin Nanjie played around with the Queen Mother for a while. Not long after, the Queen Mother was punished and returned to the palace to rest, and she did not forget to reward Lin Nanjie with money.

Lin Nan weighed the money bag.

I thought to myself: If I can’t stay here, there will be other places for me to stay.

Why hang yourself on a crooked tree?

*

Lin Nanjie admitted that he felt very uncomfortable when he was first punished to be the horse supervisor of Yu. He originally thought that Li Chengqian was a good emperor, but who knew that he punished him without any reason. Moreover, he did not want him to be a nuisance to Yu, and did not allow him to work in other people's palaces.

Lin Nanjie thought about it and finally came to a conclusion.

There is something wrong with the dog emperor!

He is narrow-minded and moody.

Also likes to hit the board!

Now that I think about it, leaving Yuqian might not be a bad thing.

At least his secret as a fake eunuch would be safe.

Speaking of this, Lin Nanjie remembered that the Dog Emperor had said that he would talk in his sleep at night. He had to be careful in the future and not accidentally reveal this when he was asleep.

It’s not okay to just think about it in your mind!

Lin Nanjie was wandering around the hunting grounds with nothing to do, and unexpectedly he came to a pavilion that was slightly off the beaten track.

Looking from a distance, there are quite a few people inside.

A group of young eunuchs who had nothing to do hid here and started a gambling game in private, and they were gambling enthusiastically.

As I got closer, I heard a suppressed excited voice: "More or more! More or more!"

Lin Nan looked into the crowd and saw Lu Chengzhou with a 100-liang silver note on his forehead, urging people to place bets. There were also several sons of princes and ministers in the crowd.

Good guy! You are worthy of being called Lu Chengzhou!

When the people from the Yumaguan saw Lin Nanjie coming, they urged him, "What brings Eunuch Lin here? Do you want to join us?"

Since there was nothing else to do, Lin Nanjie also went in and asked Lu Chengzhou: "Who did you bet on?"

Lu Chengzhou said: "Of course it's the eldest princess!"

"Who else?"

"Your Majesty, Prince of Beichang, and General Qin."

Lin Nanqi rolled his eyes and said, "I bet on General Qin."

Qin Fang will soon go to guard the border, and he wants to take advantage of the spring hunt to perform well, so he will definitely strive for the first place. But the King of Beichang is old, and the dog emperor is the emperor, so he doesn't need to try his best. The eldest princess ranks high, but she is not the first.

"I bet on the emperor!" A sharp voice sounded. It was Liu Jiang.

A delicate white hand took out five hundred taels of silver, and then looked at Lin Nanjie provocatively.

Lin Nanjie slowly took out fifty taels of silver from his purse.

Liu Jiang's eyes were filled with sarcasm: "Eunuch Lin hid it. He was a servant before Yu. Fifty taels is too stingy."

Lin Nanqi blinked: "He is not as generous as Eunuch Liu, who brought so much with him."

Liu Jiang smiled and said, "In that case, why don't I lend you five hundred taels? If you win, it's yours, and if you lose, you can return it to me."

Lin Nanqi raised his eyebrows slightly: "Okay."

Liu Jiang didn't expect him to agree so readily, and immediately felt that Lin Nanjie was indeed a fool.

Normally, the eunuchs would only bet one or two hundred taels at most, but with these two betting five hundred taels, the situation became even more heated.

Lin Nanjie was watching. A few princes came back and one of them lost his horse. Hu Jinbao, the horse supervisor, looked directly at Lin Nanjie and said, "The horse is lost, we must find it. Lin Nanjie, you are in charge of raising horses, go find it."

Lin Nanjie knew that it was a challenge, and that the man's horse was not his responsibility, but he didn't say anything and went to look for it anyway.

Liu Jiang smiled and said, "Eunuch Lin, don't forget the gambling game and the five hundred taels of silver."

Lin Nanjie: "Thanks for the reminder."

*

Lin Nanjie searched for a long time in the forest. As it was getting dark, he decided to go back if he still couldn't find the person.

But when he wanted to go back, he found that he was lost.

Lin Nanjie's expression gradually became a little alert, and he didn't know if there were any wild beasts around.

While he was spinning in circles, he suddenly heard footsteps. Lin Nanjie looked around: [Is someone coming?]

Because of this sound, Li Chengzhen was frightened and broke out in a cold sweat, loosening his grip on the bow.

If Lin Nanjie hadn't spoken in time, the arrow on the bow would have been shot out.

I didn't want to see it, but I saw it anyway.

Li Chengqian was puzzled.

"Lin Nanjie, why are you here?"

Lin Nanjie was overjoyed when he first heard the voice, but then he realized it was Li Chengqian and almost collapsed.

[How come I can always find the Dog Emperor everywhere? 】

【Give yourself some wax.】

Lin Nanqi hurriedly walked up to Li Chenghuan and said, "I have seen the emperor. I am here to find a horse."

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Li Chenghuan's horse, which was fully loaded and even had hunted a deer.

[The prey is plentiful. ]

Li Chenghuan's eyes showed pride; he had always been good at riding and shooting.

Lin Nanjie carefully counted the number of prey again and breathed a sigh of relief.

[Fortunately, fortunately, I am not as good as General Qin. General Qin hunted an eagle and was slightly better in number. ]

[Luckily, otherwise I would have lost. ]

Li Chengqian raised his eyebrows slightly.

Setting up a private gambling game?

The one who gambled was Qin Fang?

Li Chengqian's mouth corners drooped.

"Have you found the horse?"

"Not yet. It's getting late. Does Your Majesty want to go back?"

Li Chengqian looked at the sky and wanted to go back first, but when he thought about Lin Nan's bet against Qin Fang, he felt a little competitive again: "Let's go and continue hunting."

Lin Nanjie had no choice but to follow, praying silently in his heart.

Who would have known that, just after walking a short distance, I noticed some movement in the bushes ahead.

Li Chenghuan looked around, determined to find an ideal viewing angle.

Lin Nanqie vaguely saw the horns of a male deer swaying in the grass. He lowered his voice and pointed to a thick tree in front of him and said, "Your Majesty, hide behind the tree."

Li Chenghuan also locked onto that spot. The two slowed down their pace and quietly walked behind the tree.

Just as they were about to walk to the side, they saw some dry grass and fallen leaves scattered on the ground. As soon as they stepped on them, Lin Nan suddenly felt something was wrong.

【Why is the sole of my feet empty? 】

[Ahhhhh! It fell down! ]

The two of them missed a step and slid directly into the hole.

At that moment, both of them were overwhelmed with complex emotions.

Lin Nanjie's face was filled with horror: [No way, this could happen to me?]

Li Chengqian's mood was even more difficult to describe.

Even though he and Lin Nanlie had no destiny, they always met.

If there is fate, what kind of fate can allow us to fall into a dark cave together?

Li Chengqi suddenly realized: This is not fate at all, it's clearly nemesis.

Lin Nanqi: [Ahhhhhhh! Help! ]

Li Chenghuan subconsciously grabbed Lin Nanjie's waist, and the two of them kept falling to the ground. After a while, the two rolled twice on the mud in the dim light, and the tip of their noses was full of the smell of mud.

Lin Nan was so dizzy that he finally stopped.

【I feel like vomiting.】

It was too dark down there, and Lin Nanjie couldn't see the surroundings clearly. He only felt that it was not hard, cold soil beneath him, but a person pressing down on him. Lin Nanjie asked cautiously, "Your Majesty?"

Li Chenghuan gritted his teeth and said, "Get up from me."

Lin Nanqi immediately moved off Li Chenghuan: "Your Majesty, please forgive me!"

Li Chengqian stood up by holding onto the surrounding mud wall, took out a fire starter from his body and lit it, then looked around, a little puzzled: "Where is this?"

Lin Nanjie: [It’s over! This seems to be the Li family’s ancestral tomb! ]

[The place we came down from looks like a hole dug by grave robbers! ]

Li Chengqian's body trembled.

Grave robbing?

Which tomb robber is so bold as to rob the imperial tomb of Daqi!

【Oh, this leads directly to Emperor Taizu’s mausoleum. 】

Li Chenghuan's legs felt a little weak.

Lin Nanjie noticed that Li Chenghuan seemed to stagger a few times, and asked responsibly, "The ventilation here is not smooth. Does the emperor feel uncomfortable somewhere?"

Li Chengqian shook his head slowly.

He just felt that he was a bit unfilial. Not only did he fail to protect Taizu, but he also came down through the theft hole.

How disrespectful.

Now, he had no choice but to pretend to hold up the tinder and look at the wall, and then he touched the wall with his hand. The hole was very deep, and the soil on the wall had become hard and dry. It seemed that it was not a one-time effort, but the result of many years.

He looked up again. The entrance to the cave was narrow and he could only see the light from the distant moon.

Li Chengqian said in a deep voice, "I am fine. This is where the mausoleum is. This is most likely a thief's hole. Judging from the hardness of the wall, it has been excavated for some time."

"The mausoleum was built on a dragon vein. To dare to attack the emperor's mausoleum, this person's intentions are extraordinary."

Lin Nanqi couldn't help but widen his eyes: "Your Majesty is really amazing, he knows everything about astronomy and geography."

[Ordinary people might think it was a cellar dug by farmers, or a cave used by hunters to hunt. I didn’t expect that the Dog Emperor actually knew it was a thief’s cave.]

Li Chengqian's eyes looked a little empty.

Secretly thinking:

I am not great, but you are.

Just point your finger and you will find the thief's hole.

Who can compare to you?

Lin Nanqi also recalled this: "Your Majesty, this matter is all my fault. If it weren't for my random accusations, Your Majesty wouldn't have to be frightened."

Li Chengqian did not respond, but sneered: "Dare to dig up the tomb of Emperor Taizu, let's see who has such courage!"

Lin Nanqi was puzzled: [Huh? He actually knew it was the tomb of Taizu! ]

Li Chengqian: …

Li Chengqian didn't dare to say anything else, lest he be exposed, and walked forward holding the lighter.

Lin Nanjie followed closely behind Li Chenghuan.

The hole was pitch black and Lin Nanjie felt a little scared, as if a giant dumpling would jump out.

Novel reading party Lin Nanjie is online: "Your Majesty, I heard that rashly entering a tomb is disrespectful to the deceased, and those who steal tombs must light candles first. If the candles are burning, it's fine. If the candles are out, there is something inside that is blocking entry."

Li Chenghuan looked at Lin Nanjie speechlessly.

“This is my family’s mausoleum.”

Lin Nan's performance:

【……】

【Fuck! 】