Chapter 52 The Emperor's House 2
Gonggong Song, who had experienced the ups and downs of the Four Dynasties, had seen all the scenes, and he didn't believe that what the apprentice said would be a big deal. After he finished filling the cat meal, he looked at the clumps of fluffy cats with loving eyes, and said without raising his head: "Say." ”
"The emperor, the emperor, he ......" the six branches said, "The emperor was poisoned by someone, and his life is in danger, according to this situation, I am afraid that it will not be better!"
"......" Gonggong Song immediately got up, still holding the bowl in his hand, and his bones clicked. He seemed to be in a daze, thinking about something, and in his cloudy eyes was the vicissitudes of time.
Six were too frightened to speak.
After being silent for a long time, Gonggong Song finally spoke and said, "I know." ”
After being silent for a long time, Gonggong Song picked up a cat, put it in his arms, stroked its head, the cat squinted his eyes, and Gonggong Song said: "Then, it won't be long before someone comes to me." I wonder how these children are growing?"
Gonggong Song seemed to be laughing, laughing infinitely sadly. He laughed so elusively that Six asked, "What?"
"I said......" Song Gong said fairly: "I can't live a free life......"
When Su Can walked to the courtyard, Song Gonggong was not basking in the sun on the rocking chair in the courtyard as he did on weekdays, the snow in the courtyard was cleaned up, the cat was rolling on the dry ground, and when he saw someone coming, he meowed and meowed to meet him, arched his body and rubbed past Su Can's Achilles tendon.
Su Can always deals with people, so he prefers small animals, and when he saw these chubby and fluffy dumplings, his eyes softened a little, but these cats reminded Zhao Ji of Wang Chuli's cat. Before, when he was pretending to be drunk and pretending to be crazy and stupid, he vaguely seemed to see her cat. It's a pity that it doesn't seem to catch up. Zhao Ji was indifferent to the cat's coquettishness, but a thought flashed in his mind, and he frowned and said, "These cats are very hungry, right?"
Su Can was standing in front of the door, turned around and said, "What?"
Zhao Ji suddenly urged: "Stay out of the way!"
When Su Can heard his command, he immediately flashed to his right, and there was a bang in the gate, and the ice picks shot like a rainstorm pear blossom towards Su Can!
Su Can's body was nimble, and he jumped directly towards the roof, avoiding the attack of the ice picks, but these ice edges seemed to be conscious, they melted and stretched as they flew, turning from thick spikes at the top to thin threads at the bottom, until they opened a large net and threw themselves at Su Can with teeth and claws.
Seeing this, Su Can simply didn't hide, and glanced at Zhao Ji, Zhao Ji faced Su Can's eyes, first stunned, and the next moment he saw Su Can being wrapped around his whole body by this frost cobweb, layer by layer, which reminded him of the previous appearance when Yinfeng was oppressed by the snow and couldn't breathe, but because the other party was Su Can, the situation at the moment was different from that time, he didn't need to worry too much-
As soon as Su Can raised his hand, the fire burned, and the snow wrapped around him began to melt, damp and dripped, and was quickly dried by the flames; the fireball swirled in front of Su Can, and the ice and snow could not get close, taking advantage of this moment, Su Can asked Zhao Ji: "How do you know that there is an ambush?"
"Father-in-law Song is a careful person, even if he has cats, he must do his best, how can he let these cats starve. Zhao Ji looked towards the open door, towards the dark nothingness inside, and said slightly angrily, "Only if something happens, will you ignore it like this, it seems that it will be a while." Who is the person in there? Come out! Gonggong Song is not something you can move!"
"Let me ask you, are you familiar with this wind and snow?" Su Can just said a word, suddenly the wind and snow blew up, and the snow swept towards him, in the strong wind, the cats in the courtyard scattered and fled, or shrank into the corner and shivered, or saw the door open, and wanted to get in, but ran to the door and the hair stood on end, and ran out.
Zhao Ji was puzzled: "Ah, isn't this the same weather as just now...... he suddenly felt numb on his scalp, and said, "Could it be that Yanying is here?" No, no, no......
In the midst of the howling of the wind and snow, Su Can said loudly: "It wasn't two people who came just now, but 'three people', and this 'third person', that is, the ice and snow guards and the fierce beast monsters made of snow that the guards faced just now, 'they' are all made by a thing with thoughts and life, including the ice wall erected in front of you just now, which is also made by it." ”
"You mean," Zhao Ji said, "it's 'everywhere'?" The wind screamed, excited and angry, and suddenly the cold was overwhelming, Zhao Ji was so cold that his teeth trembled, and said: "No matter what, this place is indeed very abnormal, this weather is like being able to understand people's words." ”
Giggle –
Zhao Ji heard the wind, this voice seemed to be laughing, it was a sharp and high-pitched ridicule, he heard it clearly, he heard it creepy, he said in a trembling voice: "No, you are human, you are thoughtful, all this is your way of expressing your feelings." You are what Gonggong Song said, the prince whose body was destroyed, aren't you?"
"Prince, when, are you a child, do you think the palace is so fun?" Su Can pressed his temples with his fingers, half-closed his eyes, his eyelashes drooped, he frowned and smiled, "Your brother and sister have already left here, why don't you leave yet, if you go back late, they will be worried." ”
As he spoke, an orange-red light flashed in his eyes, and the flames changed from the state around him to levitation, and then melted into sharp and bright golden lava, flying towards his fingers, winding around and around, drilling from his fingertips to his temples, and the moment the tiny tail disappeared on his forehead, Su Can "snapped" The earth burst into a blazing fire, not floating with the roar of the wind and snow, and the orange-red light burst under the darkening sky, like the stars with red eyes, like fairies dancing wildly, like a veil waving into the sky, it was trembling and destroying the earth, shaking so that the ice and snow that had covered him suddenly turned into gas and dissipated—burned and burned completely.
At this time, the wind and snow stopped.
"You can't freeze me...... If you don't believe me, you can give it a try. Su Can was on fire, he stood up, jumped down from the eaves, and fell into the courtyard. Because his whole body was burning, the cat leaned over to keep warm when he saw him. He looked down at the cat and said with a smile, "Come on, use all your strength to exert it on me, and see if it's your ice power or my fire power." I don't hate children, because I never lose playing games with them. ”
Suddenly the wind roared, whining and roaring, the wind and snow were like a hungry tiger pounceing on a sheep, the cats all over the ground were so frightened that they didn't dare to move, they raised their tails and screamed, and the violent snow swooped down on Su Can, dissipating and catching up in the flames, pounced and disappeared, the wind swirled under the gray sky, wandering beside the creaking door, surging and crashing, vowing to extinguish Su Can's fire of life as well; Zhao Ji felt that every pore of his body was trembling in the irritable wind and snow, and he saw the wind and snow gushing out of the house, flying up from the ground, approaching from a distance, except not attacking him, but all flocking towards Su Can, the fire that burned violently。
- "It" is the illusion, the weather, the creator of this ice and snow, the omnipotent, unscrupulous destroyer within its own scope. But the most terrifying thing about it is that in this small enchantment, its strength is undiminished, the snow turns into water, the water turns into fog, and the fog condenses into ice, it will not get tired, but how long Su Can can last is still unknown, but there must be a limit.
He understands, and so does Su Can.
Su Can is buying time.
At this moment, all the ice and snow are concentrated in one place, and it will not cause great harm to others for the time being.
Without further ado. Zhao Ji rushed into the open door.
"-Gonggong Song!" Zhao Ji rushed in three steps and two steps, and the room was dark, only the sound of rocking chairs creaked. Crunch, crunch, crunch, it was an inanimate rhythm, and Zhao Ji was getting more and more panicked when he heard it.
He couldn't see clearly, and he was anxious in his heart, so he said eagerly, "Are you okay, Gonggong Song, can you still move?" I'm Ji'er, the eleventh prince Zhao Ji, do you still remember me? Gonggong Song, are you there, Gonggong Song......
In the unusually dead silence, he groped, looking for a place where he could have a lamp, and when he was clueless, he suddenly heard his familiar, old, trembling voice: "I didn't expect it, it was Ji'er who came to see me......"
Zhao Ji was taken aback, groped around, and said in a panic: "Gonggong Song, how are you?"
He finally groped for the lamp on the wall, found the lamp and turned on slightly, Zhao Ji's eyes widened, and he finally saw someone.
But his heartbeat was not soothed by seeing Gonggong Song, but was hit hard because of the scene in front of him, his voice was almost distorted, and he said in a panic: "Gonggong Song!"
- Song Gonggong is lying on his back on a rocking chair, which is frozen in ice and has a transparent, hard shell. This layer of shell gradually climbed up from the bottom end of the rocking chair, sealing Song Gonggong's feet, calves, knees, thighs, lower abdomen, chest, and arms...... It wasn't until his neck was prescribed that it stopped. The ice was as thick as a huge sugar cube, like a transparent piece of amber dripping, sealing most of Song Gonggong's body and his entire life in it. Gonggong Song couldn't move, he was an old worm.
He glanced at Zhao Ji blankly, his eyes were cloudy and almost dead. Zhao Ji tried to shake his hand, but Gonggong Song's hand was also firmly frozen, and it was extremely cold and hard to touch, not at all the touch that humans should have, Zhao Ji finally understood that it was useless. He picked up Gonggong Song's face and choked up, "Gonggong Song." ”
"Sure enough, someone will come to me, I really didn't expect it to be Ji'er. I heard that Ji'er loves to play the most after becoming a prince, and a few days ago at the dinner, I didn't see Ji'er a few times, and ran away, didn't I?" Song Gonggong looked at Zhao Ji, smiled at him, and said slowly, "Ji'er really lives a chic life, I like it." What's the matter, Ji'er, hurrying to me, old eunuch, do you have anything to say to me? I told you back then that crying is the most useless thing, and crying can't solve any problems. ”
Saying this, the green tendons on Gonggong Song's neck collapsed slightly, and Zhao Ji realized that he wanted to reach out and touch himself, but he was sealed by ice and couldn't move an inch. So Zhao Ji hurriedly knelt in front of Gonggong Song, leaned his face over, grabbed his hand that was frozen firmly, pasted it with his face, and smiled reluctantly: "What did Gonggong Song say, Ji'er is here to listen to your story, and she is crying with joy and crying with joy...... When Ji'er saw Father-in-law Song, she felt very excited, it was Father-in-law Song who brought me up. ”
"Okay......" Song Gonggong said angrily, "What do you want to listen to, Song Gonggong is sleepy, and he can only tell one story today." ”
Truly. Time could not allow him to procrastinate. It's not just that Gonggong Song will die at any time and can't reveal the information, but Su Can outside may not be able to last long. Thinking of this, Zhao Ji gritted his teeth and held back his tears, then stood up and said to Song Gonggong: "Gonggong Song, I want to know, was the death of my father and emperor because he was tricked? If so, what is the reason?"
Gonggong Song stared at him, and with a voice that gradually became rigid and cracked, he hissed and laughed: "Ji'er, you are worthy of being Ji'er, you are the smartest one, I am not mistaken......" Saying that, Gonggong Song coughed violently, coughing earth-shattering, coughing Zhao Ji's liver and gallbladder were broken, I was afraid that if he didn't come up this breath, he would never speak again, and he broke out in a cold sweat with Gonggong Song. Come on, Gonggong Song, say it quickly.
"You're right...... Gonggong Song's eyes turned slightly, and he said weakly, "The emperor back then...... The death of Emperor Shenzong is said to be a so-called curse, but in fact it is not inexplicable. It all started earlier, and everything was ...... It started from the time of Song Zhenzong. ”
Zhao Ji thought to himself, if he really started to count time from that time, he was afraid that when he couldn't talk about Yingzong, Gonggong Song would not be able to. So he asked bluntly, "Did the Huayang Sect also appear at that time?"
Song Gong said fairly: "Ji'er is smart, since you already know everything, then I will make a long story short...... After all, I don't have much to live.
It was the age of Taizong, it was hundreds of years ago, the grandfather of Song Gonggong had not yet been born, and soon after the establishment of the Great Song Dynasty, Song Taizong, who inherited the position of Song Taizu, thought that the Great Song Dynasty was already unified, prosperous, and auspicious, so he thought about going to Feng Zen. What is Feng Zen?, Feng is "sacrificing to the sky", Zen is "sacrificing the earth", which refers to the emperor's sacrifice to the heaven and earth in the peaceful and prosperous times, or when the sky descends auspiciously, only the monarch who really has the great achievements that have been passed down through the ages has such qualifications. However, something happened when he was sealing Zen, and when he was just about to go, the second palace of Qianyuan and Wenming caught fire, and Song Taizong thought that he had provoked the anger of heaven and man, so he never went again.
However, not long after, when it came to the era of Zhenzong, he couldn't hold back, and insisted on sealing Zen for the sake of fame through the ages, and even forged the so-called auspicious rui for this reason, and asked people to hang yellow paper on the city gate at night, in order to show that the book of heaven was coming, and he went up the mountain to seal Zen. This time it's terrible, after self-sealing Zen, what seal was touched, overnight, Bianjing City was full of all kinds of demons and monsters, unicorns ran by the edge of the city, phoenixes soared in the sky, but everywhere they passed was a disaster, and huge strange creatures made Bianjing a hell on earth.
At that time, the Huayang Sect expressed its willingness to come to the rescue, but the condition was to 'control the royal family', let the True Sect choose an heir, let them put Gu on him, and strictly forbid to record this matter in any books, so that the way to solve the Gu also disappeared. Zhenzong couldn't let the entire Bianjing City fall into hell first, and secondly, it wasn't himself who was hurt, so he agreed to them, and the person he designated was the six-year-old son of his brother Baxian Wang. - It is an heir, but it is not his own biological heir, and even if he dies, it has nothing to do with him. When it comes to interests, as long as it has nothing to do with them, everyone can be ruthless.
However, what happened after that turned out completely exceeded Shinshu's expectations. In just six years, his own children died one after another, and in the end, only the son of the Eight Wise Kings was left, becoming the only child under his knees and the only one who could inherit his position. Before Zhenzong could react, he suddenly fell ill and died of a violent illness one night, it turned out to be a Gu poison attack, and he knew that the conspiracy of the Huayang Sect had started many years ago.
It turned out that many years ago, the queen of Zhenzong died, and the two favorite concubines, Concubine Liu and Concubine Li, were pregnant, and it was obvious that whoever gave birth to a son could become the main palace. Concubine Liu had been jealous for a long time, fearing that Concubine Li would give birth, so she secretly colluded with the Huayang Sect to strip off the fur of a civet cat when Concubine Li gave birth, replaced the newborn child, and then sent it to the Eight Sages King to raise her. Zhenzong saw the skinned tanuki, shocked, thought it was a bad omen, and quickly demoted Concubine Li to the cold palace, and then forged the auspicious omen of heaven to go up the mountain to seal Zen, Huayang Sect can just create illusions and cause panic, and later investigation found that there was no unicorn and phoenix at all, only swords and human footprints. Soon Concubine Liu gave birth to a son and was made the crown prince, and Concubine Liu was also canonized as the queen. Who knew that six years later, that is, the son of Empress Liu died of inexplicable illness, and other princes also died one by one, and Zhenzong had no heirs, so he had to accept the son of the Eight Sages King as a righteous son, in fact, he was the prince who was replaced that year.
The goal was achieved, and the Huayang Sect began to control the imperial family, using this way to threaten every emperor beyond 'poison' - every once in a while, the emperor would take medicine, which was the medicine that alleviated the erosion of Gu poison in his body. The so-called strange forces may be the essence of this...... But now, I have to believe these things again, wasn't that what I was killed by them?"
Speaking of this, Gonggong Song laughed, his eyes slowly closed, and said, "Ridiculous! Alas, ridiculous......
"Gonggong Song!" Zhao Ji hurriedly called out to him and said, "So, how can this poison be solved?"
Gonggong Song's cloudy eyes turned slightly, and said, "Alas, Ji'er is still like when she was a child, and she won't let the old man sleep as soon as she gets up." The people in the palace who know how to poison have long been removed by the Queen Mother. But if the queen mother wants to kill her, she can't resist the emperor's liking. The emperor likes it, and the queen mother will stay no matter how much she grits her teeth, isn't it......"
Zhao Ji repeated: "The emperor likes it...... The emperor's favorite person ......"
Gonggong Song's eyes slowly closed: "The answer has already been told to you, if you can't think of it...... When you wake up, Gonggong Song will tell you, good, Ji'er, go to sleep......"
Grandpa Song's yawn was halfway through, frozen in the cold air, and never moved again.
Zhao Ji hung his head, a series of tears fell to the ground, he took a deep breath suddenly, raised his head again, and looked at the ceiling in a daze. Then he got up and said softly to Gonggong Song:
"Father-in-law Song, sleep well. ”