Chapter Twenty-Five: The Emperor Arrives
Sun Xiaomei and Liu Wenlong searched everywhere, but they couldn't find the person they were looking for. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info Suddenly, I saw that the entire mountain was brightly lit, and the torches were lined up in a long line towards Sun Xiaomei and Liu Wenlong. Suddenly, the torches surrounded them with lightning speed.
Looking at the whole thing, there were so many torches, at least 200 people, but the strange thing is that these people surrounded them and did not fight, but only surrounded them with torches. After a while, a young man wearing a mask and dressed in a gorgeous costume came from the crowd, and when he came, all the torches were respectful, and the atmosphere was suddenly much more tense.
Sun Xiaomei chuckled in her heart, thinking that this was over, she was exhausted from the fight just now, and if she fought again, she would have to die here. Liu Wenlong moved like a statue and didn't understand, and he didn't know what this guy was thinking.
I only saw Gu Nan slowly walking towards Sun Xiaomei and them, and stopped when they were about two meters away from them. He glanced at them and said lightly, "If you want to follow those two siblings." ''There was no expression at all.'' As if it had nothing to do with him. Sun Xiaomei looked at Liu Wenlong because he had the most ideas. Liu Wenlong increased his forehead with his hand, and said to Sun Xiaomei thoughtfully: "Go, go with him and have a look." He spoke in a tone as flat as the masked man. As if he wasn't here to save people, it was like a guest.
These are really two weirdos. In fact, Sun Xiaomei's tone is very annoying, because when you face such a plain face, you can never guess what he is going to do.
Sun Xiaomei and the two followed the masked man to a cave, not so much a cave. It is better to say that it is a beautiful scenery of Luyu Holy Land. There are not only all kinds of exotic flowers and plants, but also all kinds of weapons, precious guqins, and jade flutes that are rare to see in a hundred years. There are also exquisite patterns on it, and the characters are lifelike, and at first glance it is a particularly valuable brand. In addition, there are some rare calligraphy and paintings inside. It can be seen that the owner here is definitely not an ordinary person!
Sun Xiaomei only admired the scene inside, and unconsciously found that the Zhuo brothers and sisters had been pressed up. Zhuo Fei was still struggling, trying to break free from the rope tied behind him. Zoya was quieter than her brother, but the words "resigned to fate" could be read from her eyes.
The masked man came to the front seat and sat down, and the people with the torches knelt neatly and shouted in unison, "Childe", but it was clearly a mountain shout. Liu Wenlong didn't speak, but his eyes searched around dishonestly, and when he saw the jade flute hanging on the wall, a mysterious smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. This scene happened to be seen by Sun Xiaomei.
The masked man glanced at Zhuo Fei, who was breaking free from the rope, and motioned to his subordinates to untie the two brothers and sisters, and the rope was untied, but there were two more handfuls on the necks of the brothers and sisters, and Zhuo Fei didn't struggle anymore, let alone think about running away.
''How about we make a deal?'' The masked man politely wrote.
Everyone knows that this is a weasel giving a New Year's greeting to the chicken, and Sun Xiaomei just wanted to refuse. Liu Wenlong agreed: "Of course, I am happy to make a deal with someone like you." ''
The masked man nodded with satisfaction: "That's good, I'll return the two brothers and sisters to you, and you will return your organs to hiding, and you will no longer ask about the Huo family's extermination case." How?''
Liu Wenlong laughed.
Masked Man: ''What are you laughing at?''
''Can the son tell me why he is afraid to go down to investigate or the case of the destruction of the family, could it be that the son is involved in this case?''
The masked man's brow furrowed slightly, but he quickly regained his usual composure. He said with a smile on his face; ''Childe is wrong, I have nothing to do with this case, I'm just testing Childe's courage.'' '‘’
Liu Wenlong sneered: "Is it true?
The masked man's originally calm face suddenly changed color, but he deftly covered it up with a smile.
Liu Wenlong bowed to the masked man: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Everyone was stunned, including the masked man.
''Did Brother Tai recognize the wrong person?''
Liu Wenlong put it on the ground: "Long live, since you don't want to admit it, Liu Wenlong can't be reluctant, but the Huo family's extermination case is being investigated and dealt with by order, how can you give up halfway!"
The masked man nodded, helped Liu Wenlong up, and nodded in default. Then I couldn't help but ask: "I have dressed up like this, and I have deceived thousands of people, how did you guess that it was really the emperor?"
Liu Wenlongsi said slowly: "Actually, Wei Chen didn't find out His Majesty's identity at first, but a jade flute on that wall revealed His Majesty's identity. This jade flute Weichen has seen once in the palace, my father once said to me that this jade flute is the first emperor's favorite thing, just imagine, how can the first emperor's favorite thing hang here?
The masked man nodded approvingly and continued, "Since you can guess your true identity, you might as well tell me why you should give up this case?"
Liu Wenlong glanced at the masked man humbly: "Then the minister is bold. As early as when Huo Zidu was promoted from a fifth-grade minor official to a third-grade senior member overnight, he had doubts that with His Majesty's sage, how could he not know that Huo Zidu had no virtue and no talent, and was unworthy of this position. Unless His Majesty has some handle on his hands. ''
''Presumptuous!''' Before Liu Wenlong could finish speaking, the masked man was already annoyed and angry. He said loudly: "I order you not to meddle in Huo Zidu's case, otherwise you will be punished for the crime of bullying the king.''"
Liu Wenlong thought that the emperor would be angry, but he didn't expect the saint to be so angry. Could it be that Liu Wenlong guessed correctly. He even ignored his hunger when the imperial lieutenant held a heavy army, and even said the words of the whole door, which shows that this handle is really big enough!
Liu Wenlong immediately knelt down and kowtowed to apologize, but he said, "Wechen has already thought of a way not to embarrass His Majesty, but also to understand the case. ''
The masked man was overjoyed when he heard this: "Then you come and hear it." ''
Liu Wenlong looked left and right, and the masked man immediately understood, and everyone retreated. There were only two of them left in the cave.
''No one. Say it!''
Liu Wenlong tried his best to keep his voice low and said, "Your Majesty has to tell me what it is first, so that Wei Chen can fulfill this lie for Your Majesty." ''
''You want to control me?'' the masked man roared.
Liu Wenlong was not in a hurry: "Your Majesty's voice is arbitrary, how can Weichen be empty! Your Majesty rest assured, in fact, Weichen has only been out of seven or eight points a long time ago." ''
The masked man sneered: "Come and listen!"
Liu Wenlong said modestly: "Maybe Weichen is talking nonsense, Your Majesty is not strange." Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, and his identity is so noble. Huo Zidu is just a small five-grade guard, how can he threaten His Majesty. Unless the matter is related to His Majesty's harem. ''
As soon as the masked man heard the word harem, his face became more and more ugly. Suddenly slumped in his chair: "That's right. is worthy of Liu Wenlong, he is really smart enough. This matter is indeed related to the harem. When I was still King Qi, I also married a princess and two side concubines, but three years have passed, and none of the three concubines are pregnant. Later, I found out that my ,,, was incompetent. Later, the emperor died, and the king of Xiang and the king of Jin were real competitors, but fortunately, the mother was able to have today. But after becoming the emperor, there are countless pairs of eyes staring at you, and no one dared to say anything about the infertility of the harem at first, but after a long time, it is difficult to explain to the ministers if no concubine is pregnant. In desperation, I sent someone to take the son of my half-brother King Fu, who had just reached the full moon, and sent Mimi back to the palace to raise him, pretending that the queen was pregnant. Although I am the Son of Heaven, if I let the people of the world know that I am incompetent, then I will be ousted from power, and there is only one ending, that is, death. So in order to protect himself, he really gave him a high-ranking official, but he was insatiable, defiled my imperial concubine, and threatened me even more. As a last resort, I sent someone to kill him. In order not to be discovered, I let those people dress up as charlatans. ''
"The case of the Huo family's destruction is also the work of His Majesty.1;
''You should know that if you don't remove the roots, the grass will sprout after autumn!''
Liu Wenlong nodded, but he had mixed feelings in his heart. For the sake of the so-called fame and fortune. Wealth and power, kings are not like kings, and courtiers are not like courtiers. This is what people called the Holy Son of Heaven in those days, and this is the Dao Mingjun praised by the courtiers! A miserable smile leaked from the corner of Liu Wenlong's mouth.
The masked man said coldly, "Now that you know my secret, either kill you and make it disappear forever, or you can clean it up and let it end in a way that I can accept." ''
Liu Wenlong didn't speak, he wrote the words "Jade Emperor Disaster Relief" on the ground, and left silently. The masked man was relieved when he saw these four words, and laughed: "Come to people, pass on the decree, Huo Zi is vicious and offensive to the gods, and the Jade Emperor will send disasters and destroy them." This is the end of the case! No official is allowed to mention it again. So as not to offend the Jade Emperor. Bring disaster. ''
A few days later, Liu Wenlong was demoted to Anhui to make a history of assassination.