Chapter 85: The Tang Emperor
For the next few days, the woman was healing the man's wounds. Because the man was a martial arts practitioner, he was physically strong, and the woman sent him a very strong true qi to help him, and in the early morning four days later, the man's injuries were basically unharmed.
In the dense forest, the woman sat next to the man and asked softly, "Then junior brother, are we now?"
Although in the Sword Shrine, she is the only Iceberg Sect Master above ten thousand people, and she dictates everything under the sect, but in front of this man, her ice seems to have melted into water, becoming extremely gentle.
The man looked at the woman and said, "Now let's go back to Chang'an and solve the famine in Tianxuan Province." ”
The woman asked, "Senior brother, you should, are you alright?"
The man nodded, "Thank you, senior sister, it's no big deal." ”
The woman nodded and said, "That's good, let's go!"
Man, "Hmm. ”
Because the situation was urgent at that time, the woman did not ride a horse, and completely relied on light skills to bring the man here, and now the two of them went to Chang'an, twenty miles away, on foot.
In less than two quarters of an hour, the two had already arrived in Chang'an. As usual, the man wrote a letter exposing the famine inaction of the Tianxuan King, and handed it over to the information collection office placed in the city by the imperial palace.
Then he returned to the inn with the woman and waited quietly.
At night, there were really strong and tacit assassins who came to attack, and because of the presence of the woman, there was almost no suspense in this battle, and it ended quickly. The two of them left a live mouth, and asked for information from the live mouth. But the man only knew that he was ordered to do what he was ordered to do and kill according to the instructions of the above, and he did not know who it was. The two felt that it was tricky, and after repeated questioning, the result was still the same. The man said, "Now that I have told you all that I know, can I be spared?"
Without waiting for the woman to make a move, the man killed the man with a sword first, and said coldly, "Such a careless disregard for human life, just because I reported your faults, I sent someone to kill me, why do you want to keep you?!"
For the man's decisiveness, the woman also nodded secretly.
She asked, "What is the case now?"
The man thought for a moment and said, "Since they have someone to cut off on the way to submit the information, we may only be able to tell the emperor about this matter if we go to the palace to see the emperor in person." ”
The woman said, "No, the palace is dangerous, if you go in, you may not be able to get out." ”
The man said, "Senior sister, don't worry, it's not illegal for us to go in, we'll come out after talking about this matter, if anyone really stops us, there is a top master like you, senior sister, presumably they can't do it." ”
The woman shook her head and said, "No, the palace is not as simple as you think, you are not allowed to go." ”
The man said, "Then senior sister, how are we going to solve this matter?"
Hearing this, the woman thought about it, and was a little embarrassed, it seemed that if she wanted to solve the famine in Tianxuan Province, she could only do it by entering the palace to meet the emperor in person, otherwise the information would not reach the emperor's ears, and no one would be able to sanction the Tianxuan King.
The woman said, "I, I don't know. ”
The man said, "Senior sister, we still have to go to the palace." Trust me, trust you, we'll be fine. The emperor is not a mediocre king, we are just reporting the king of Tianxuan, he will not do anything to us, if other people with intentions want to stop it, with you, we will definitely be able to break through. ”
The woman looked at the man, thought about it, and finally agreed.
The next day, the two of them asked from the people in the city about the habits of some people with status in the palace, and found a eunuch who went out of the palace to buy things, gave him a lot of money, and asked him to lead the two of them into the palace.
It is entered through the small gate of the Nangong Gate. There are few buildings near the palace gate. When the two of them followed the eunuch's lead deeper and deeper into the palace, they felt that it was luxurious. Carved beams and painted buildings, pavilions and pavilions, worthy of the palace.
The eunuch knew that the two of them wanted to meet the emperor, so they asked them for enough money, and the relationship was layered up, and finally asked the emperor if he would go to Suxin Hall at noon, as long as the two waited on the road, they could see the emperor, and as for whether they could talk to the emperor, this was not under the control of the little manager, it had to depend on the ability of the two of them.
The two waited on the road that the emperor would pass. Looking at the tall palace rising from the ground all around, I sighed in my heart. No wonder so many people in all dynasties want to be emperors, if one person can sit on such a huge and gorgeous palace, in charge of a generation of rivers and mountains, all the princes and officials obey their orders, and the harem has three thousand beauties, who can not be fanatical and unmoved?
From time to time, eunuchs and palace maids pass in front of the two, and the eunuchs are all white, and the palace maids are also good-looking. Occasionally, there will be a great pomp, it seems that it should be the nobles in the palace or the emperor's concubines, brocade clothes, graceful and glamorous, jewelry, the whole body seems to be glowing, surrounded by escorted eunuchs and palace maids.
Listening to the eunuch's warning, the two of them didn't dare to look directly, they only dared to glance at it with their spare eyes, if they were too presumptuous, it would be easy to arouse the anger of these nobles in the palace, and when the time came, their fate would not be good.
When she was pure, the woman asked, "Senior brother, have you ever had a little yearning in your heart in this palace?"
The man shook his head almost without hesitation, "The emperor and the general, it has never been my ambition, I can't come, and I don't want to be, the master warned me to use the sword in my hand to prove myself and support justice." I was satisfied that I could draw my sword and help me when I saw an injustice on the road. Besides, now that the sect is in decline, and the revival is still far away, how can I think about the things in this palace? If it weren't for the famine in Qingshan Village now, I am afraid that I would never have come to this palace for the rest of my life. ”
"Really?" the woman's voice was slightly suspicious, "There is anyone in this world who is not tempted by this palace?"
The man smiled, "Isn't it the same for Senior Sister?"
The woman said, "I'm like this, after all, I'm a daughter, if I enter the palace, there is no place for me, after all, there is no female general in this world." But junior brother, you are different, you are a man, and when you enter the palace, there is a place for you to show your talents, and maybe you can reach a high position. ”
The man smiled, "The female general can't be a female general, but the concubine and the queen can." ”
The woman was furious, "What did you take me for?!"
The man was stunned, he didn't know why he suddenly upset her, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, no, the junior brother just thinks that with the appearance and talent of the senior sister, if she enters the palace, she will be deeply loved by the emperor." ”
Who knew that this remark did not make the woman's anger diminished in the slightest, but intensified, and the woman reprimanded, "Don't say such things again? What do you think of me? Am I the kind of person who covets a high position in the palace?"
The man said, "Senior sister is not this kind of person, it's just that I won't say it, I'm sorry, senior sister." ”
The woman also realized that it was somewhat inappropriate for her to be so angry, and gradually her anger subsided, and said, "Senior brother, I, I'm fine, you're right, but what I want to say is that with the sect and you, I have nothing else to ask for, I don't want the glory and wealth of the emperor's concubines, I just hope that the sect and you can be well." ”
The man nodded, "Senior sister, I know." ”
Finally, a carriage approached from a distance, escorted by several people. The curtains of the carriage were painted with golden dragons, apparently the emperor's palanquin.
When the carriage was about to pass by, the two stopped in front of the carriage, bowed down and hugged their fists, "Your Majesty, Qi Qi, the grass people, hereby meet you, there is something I want to ask you for!"
The two guards with knives next to the carriage pointed Huo Huo's long knife at the two of them and reprimanded, "What kind of person?!
The two of them were thinking about how to deal with it, when they heard a sound of "no need" in the carriage, and the curtain was lifted, revealing a middle-aged man in a golden dragon robe.
At this moment, a slightly scorching aura emanated, which shocked the two guards with knives, and the man and woman also hurriedly urged the true qi to not be overwhelmed by this breath.
"Oh?" When the man saw the woman in white in front of him, his eyes instantly floated in amazement, "Who is this girl?"
The woman raised her head, looked directly at the man in the dragon robe, and said lightly, "A people's girl." ”
The man looked up as well.
"Presumptuous!" the two guards shouted angrily, and pointed their long knives at the woman, "The emperor asked you something, how dare you not answer honestly?
The woman's willow eyebrows frowned slightly, and she was about to say something, when the emperor stretched out his hand and persuaded, "Hey! There is no dignity or inferiority in people's status, and we should not ask others to do something because of my different status. ”
"Yes, Your Majesty!" said the two guards.
The emperor looked at the woman and said with a smile, "Girl, you just said that you have something to ask for?"
The man said, "Yes, the emperor, I wonder if the emperor knows about the famine in Tianxuan Province?"
"Oh?" the emperor asked, surprised, "I haven't heard of the famine in Tianxuan Province?" ”
Sure enough, in the man's heart, this Tianxuan King seemed to have really suppressed the famine in Tianxuan Province, but he didn't know what he wanted to do, and said, "I came from Qingshan Village, Tianxuan Province, where there was a drought, there was no harvest, and the people were struggling to make a living. This is true not only of Qingshan Village, but also of many other villages and towns and cities I have passed by. But the officials there did not act, and I went to ask for it in an ambiguous way. I had previously handed in two letters of accusation, but they were intercepted by unknown persons and I was assassinated twice. So he came to meet the emperor and asked the emperor to solve the famine in Tianxuan Province and save the people from the dire situation. ”
Hearing this, the emperor fell silent, his face occasionally changed slightly, and after a moment, he nodded, "Well, I know about this matter, and I will deal with it in the future, so you can rest assured." ”
The man put his mind at ease and said, "In this way, thank you to the emperor!"
The emperor waved his hand and smiled, "Alas... This is just my business, since I am the emperor, then the thousands of people of the Tang Dynasty must take care of their lives, and now there is a famine, and I can't eat enough, so I have no reason to sit idly by. ”
The man hugged his fists and said, "Yes!" Thinking that the emperor of the Tang Dynasty is also a wise monarch as rumored, sympathetic to the people, and has no shelf, he can't help but have a little more affection for this emperor in his heart, and at the same time has more hope for the future of the Tang Dynasty.
The emperor said, "Since you two are from Tianxuan Province, you must be tired from traveling and traveling, so you should rest in the palace for two days." ”
The emperor's words seemed to be discussing, but in fact he demanded that if the two wanted to refuse, they would have to ignore his status as an emperor, which would be somewhat disrespectful.
The two glanced at each other, understood the meaning in each other's eyes, and the man said, "Then thank the emperor and listen to the emperor's arrangement." ”
The guards, palace maids, and eunuchs nearby were also surprised, the emperor had seen many people like the two in front of him, but it was the first time that he had been treated so favorably, and he took the initiative to arrange a rest for the two.
And the emperor's words made them even more puzzled.
The emperor said, "Come on, arrange for the two of you to go to Jiale Yuan for me, so that you can entertain them, and you can't be lazy." They traveled thousands of miles to tell me about the famine that I didn't know about, and I couldn't treat them badly. ”
"Yes, Your Majesty!" the guards and others replied. Unexpectedly, the emperor not only took the initiative to arrange accommodation for the two, but also a place like Jiale Yuan, which has always been only qualified to live by noble people such as the children of ministers.
The men and women hugged their fists and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"
The emperor nodded and said, "Well, since that's the case, then I'll go first, I still have something to do, and when I'm free, I'll come to Jiale Yuan to thank you two and drink two glasses with you." ”
The two of them clasped their fists, listening to the words of the emperor, as if they were their friends, and they couldn't help but have a good impression of the Tang Emperor in their hearts.
In the end, the emperor left, and the two of them also went to Jiale Yuan under the leadership of several palace maids and eunuchs who remained.