Zhao Ji said: "Folding life?"

"Most of the people who practice this kind of martial arts die as soon as they reach adulthood. I have never seen anyone live past the age of thirty. Perhaps, but very rare. The order of all the essences and spirits in his body was disrupted and irreversible, and every time he used martial arts, it was irreversible damage. But the Queen Mother likes it very much, because if she can't wait for the age when she can betray, she will die, and she doesn't have to think about the follow-up treatment, not to mention-" Su Can said word by word, "Cultivating a royal guard in this way is very efficient and very loyal." ”

The implication is that even the imperial guards are just a thing that can be used and lost, and after the age of thirty, they are gradually weakening, and their status and life are not guaranteed, so what do you care about for a prisoner?

Zhao Ji understood.

His heart cooled suddenly, and his anger rose again. He didn't want to continue to dwell on this issue, and he was so angry that he couldn't speak for a while, and the atmosphere stiffened a little, but fortunately, Liu Anshi still remembered this divergent topic, and quickly turned the conversation to the front, and asked Shao Bowen: "So that day, on Feiwei, in the palace, what happened?"

Zhao Ji preemptively said: "I suspect that he took away my fourth brother and caused chaos in the palace." ”

Shao Bowen said: "That's not all. ”

Zhao Ji smiled bitterly and muttered in a low voice: "How could he do these things." ”

Shao Bowen said: "His Royal Highness King Duan, what happened that day was not only the disappearance of the fourth prince, but also the first emperor, that is, the father of His Royal Highness King Duan, was poisoned. ”

"You're mistaken, Lord Shao. It was Liu Anshi who said, "The first emperor died of a cold." ”

Shao Bowen smiled: "Why is Lord Liu so sure?"

Liu Anshi said: "I remember that the first emperor died in the deep winter of that year, and before that, everything was extremely normal, only occasionally catching a cold, and the imperial doctor advised him not to be too diligent, but he ignored it. Unexpectedly, the symptoms of this cold lasted for several months and did not get better. In the last few days, it suddenly worsened - the first emperor couldn't afford to be sick, the high fever did not go away, and it was too late to see again, he couldn't get a drop of water, and it was difficult to breathe......"

Shao Bowen said: "In the end, he vomited blood. Isn't that right? The first emperor vomited blood, and then the seven orifices bled out, and the blood flowed endlessly, and the imperial doctor tried to stop the bleeding, but all failed, comparable to the hemorrhage of the concubines in the palace -- although this metaphor is not elegant, but the reality is like this, do you remember? Lord Liu, look, think about it—is this a symptom of typhoid fever?"

Liu Anshi argued: "In the end, an illness is all the same, the first emperor may have some incurable disease, and it is not strange to be like this in the end." ”

"'Possibly'...... Listen, Lord Liu, you can't be sure, even you are just guessing. ”

"I-" Liu Anshifan also wanted to tell a piece of evidence, Shao Bowen said this, he hesitated, and said, "Then what reason does Lord Shao have?"

Shao Bowen said, "Because later everyone said that the first emperor died of wind and cold, because he was too diligent in government, and died of wind and cold caused by poor resistance, which is both credible and good-sounding." Lord Liu saw the strange appearance of the first emperor. And I believed, but I was outside the palace, and I did not see it, and I did not believe. The people also didn't believe it, why did the good Majesty just disappear like this? But their forgetfulness was so great that it had only been more than ten years, and all those who had not experienced this incident also believed that the first emperor had died of illness. Lord Liu—" Shao Bowen smiled, "the day I went back, I saw the Emperor's chariots and horses passing by. My eyes saw what he was like after that. ”

Liu Anshi sneered.

When Shao Bowen heard this sneer, he suddenly smiled and said, "Okay, I know Lord Liu doesn't believe it." My ability is to pretend to be a ghost, and when it comes to critical moments, no one believes it. ”

"Wait a minute, wait a minute. Zhao Ji suddenly said with a pale face, "Lord Shao, what did you just say - when my father died, the seven orifices bled out?"

Shao Bowen got up, lowered his head, raised his eyes, and said, "Yes - His Royal Highness King Duan." There seemed to be a faint light in his eyes.

Zhao Ji's cup slammed on the table, he half-stood up, his round eyes widened, and he repeated tremblingly, "-Yes?Lord Shao, is this true--Father, he died like this?"

Shao Bowen said quietly: "If His Royal Highness King Duan doesn't believe what I see, you can ask Lord Liu, is the scene in his memory like this?"

Zhao Ji was stunned. His own memories can't go wrong. In today's saint, he was the only one present who saw the poisoning of his brother, at most two - and one was Su Can. However, the same scene had already happened to his father more than ten years ago, and the scene of the emperor being poisoned and vomiting blood that he saw a few days ago should be exactly the same as what Shao Bowen described if he described it himself. Because Shao Bowen spoke so vividly, he was too lazy to organize the language himself, and felt that this should be the case.

He straightened up, passed by him, and said, "Lord Liu, do you know that the poison in my brother may be the same as the poison in my father more than ten years ago. My father, on the other hand, was asymptomatic at first, and did not die until he was poisoned. But my brother, he looked like he was critically ill from the beginning, and he was probably dying. ”

He walked straight to Su Can, who was standing on the side with his head hanging and his hands down, and stopped. Su Can glanced at him, and just as he was about to speak, Zhao Ji spoke: "Su guards also know about this, ......right?" You said that impermanence will not live to adulthood, and if my brother will die at that time, then after taking the twin life pills, he will only last for a year and a half, or even less. Did the Queen Mother simply know that her brother's life would be short, and she didn't want him to live longer at all?"

Su Can said: "The Queen Mother is a person who takes the overall situation into account, and all the instructions she issued are well thought out. ”

"Ah, is that so. Zhao Ji said, "Okay." ”

- The imperial guards are there to protect the emperor. Now that the emperor is in danger and has lost the ability to give orders, they are naturally subordinate to the second largest queen mother in the world. From the guard, all the way to the ideological orientation, everything is subject to the Queen Mother. They are a loyal group of dogs, and fortunately they have not lost their homes, and they can immediately turn their heads and shake their heads and tail at another owner.

Ah, or in other words - the Queen Mother has always been the number one in the world. Impermanence is what she planted next to the emperor, and even the emperor can't tell him to fuck off, let alone kill him—impermanence can't be killed.

- Impermanence. Zhao Ji thought to himself, the usual impermanence of the elusive, at this time, he probably had to be under layers of protection to be able to save his brother's last bit of life. Then, impermanence is also dying.

Where impermanence is, that is, where the Queen Mother is.

"Impermanence......" Zhao Ji said, "Where is impermanence? Where is the Queen Mother?"

Su Can showed a distressed and embarrassed expression: "His Royal Highness King Duan wants to go to the Queen Mother?"

Zhao Ji raised his eyebrows and said, "Are you embarrassed?"

Su Can hurriedly said: "Since it is the request of His Royal Highness King Duan, I will definitely try my best to do it." ”

"Okay, thank you, trouble. Zhao Ji smiled bitterly and said slowly, "I usually go out over the wall to play for a night, and when I come back in the morning, I go back over the wall and go through several layers of guards to say hello to the Queen Mother, you won't have seen me." The Queen Mother has never blamed me, as long as I greet her on time, she will laugh and forgive me. ”

"His Royal Highness King Duan, His Royal Highness King Duan?" Liu Anshi saw Zhao Ji's expression was different, thinking that he was uncomfortable, so he fell into the indulgence of imagination and couldn't extricate himself, so he kindly reminded him, "His Royal Highness King Duan, the current situation is like this, and you can't act according to the consistent laws of the past——"

Zhao Ji ignored it, his eyes were blank and empty, and he said to himself: "...... The Queen Mother likes me very much, even if I am a waste and useless, but I do this just to save my life and make my life happier. But even such a wish I can't fulfill, the Queen Mother wants to throw me into prison, even if she doesn't order me to be taken to the prison, Zhang Dan's old fellow plucked, she was angry and he also disposed of it, Zhang Dan, as long as he had the slightest chance, he would do what he had planned for a long time. Like, kill me. ”

Zhao Ji closed his eyes. His eyes were full of tears, covered with a thick layer, and as soon as he closed his eyes, he would shatter, and he would roll down and roll all the way. He sat back, took the cup and drank the water, then took the teapot and poured it into it, and drank again.

"Kill me, and you will be able to ensure that my brother becomes emperor. But my brother is the eldest son himself, if he wants to be the emperor, everything is very logical, I don't want to fight, I don't want to rob, I don't have any intentions. But I don't know if it's Zhang Dan's idea or my brother's idea, I have to kill all possible people, one by one, until my brother successfully ascends the throne. Unless it's — I know. ”

"What does His Royal Highness Duanwang know?" asked Shao Bowen lightly.

"If you can't catch the flying dragon in the first place, then the charge of murdering the saint will fall on you that night, Lord Shao. ”

Shao Bowen smiled: "You are very smart, Your Royal Highness King Duan." ”

"If—I mean, if Zhang Dian had such an idea at that time, then on the day you came, your father would have been poisoned and died, and in this case, Lord Shao would not be able to escape this charge, and the only person who was sure to enter the palace that day should be you, Lord Shao. But Master Shao probably also thought of a way to deal with it, and in this regard, you are one step ahead of him. The way to get one step ahead of him is to catch the flying rays. If you can't catch him, Master Shao won't die-

"None of the first few people died. Master told me that he had not killed anyone except these fierce guards who had come to arrest him. Those people were all killed privately by Zhang Dan, maybe he wanted to kill them for a long time, maybe he was covering up something, maybe he was waiting for the arrival of Lord Shao, Lord Shao's family is prominent, and he is a credible enough scapegoat to not only bear the charges, but also be able to uproot a group of people involved. But Lord Shao, he caught the flying dragon in his life, and the flying dragon happened to be related to the Huayang Sect. Zhang Dian must have hated it very much in his heart—if it weren't for that incident, how could the Huayang Sect be exposed to everyone's eyes so early and become a dangerous enemy? ”

Shao Bowen looked at Zhao Ji approvingly—but such praise didn't seem to be a good thing.

"If so, then the mystery of the fourth brother's disappearance can also be solved. At that time, Zhang Dian seemed to want to support the fourth brother to sit on the throne. Isn't it, Lord Liu, he really has such thoughts?"

Liu Anshi said: "...... Be. At that time, he praised the four princes for their strategy and success, and even said so in front of the emperor. But—"

"But the fourth brother's spirit is not normal. I remember that he is abnormal, and such a thing happened, how can he be suitable to be an emperor?" Zhao Ji laughed, "He is not suitable to be an emperor, he is just easy to control, if his father died at that time, then the fourth brother can immediately ascend the throne, and Zhang Dian can control him-the ministers close to the emperor, in fact, exercising the power of life and death of the emperor, isn't it exciting? It's a pity, it's a pity, it's a pity that this plan has been ruined like this." ”

"There is not the same level of rigidity in giving orders as a puppet as a puppet. When you speak by yourself, you must consider your own image, but if you let others do what you want, you must be clear about how to say it, how to be tough. Therefore, if Zhao Shen becomes the emperor, he is destined to spend his life in infamy and spit. All this is due to his poor mental state, hobbies are also a little perverted, probably wait until he has a few children, his mission in this life will be almost the same, he should die, and then the eldest son will inherit the throne, at that time, Zhang Dian will almost be able to become the prime minister - a young child, how much ability can he have?

"It's just that everything that has been carefully planned has been forced to change because of the arrival of Lord Shao. I think the reason why Zhang Dian was so shocked was because he had already poisoned his father with confidence at that time, and he had already thought about the person who planted the blame, but the first sentence of Feiyu when he was interrogated told everyone that he was from the Huayang Sect. If the charge of murdering his father is really confirmed, the Huayang Sect will also be a death - at least, it can't be known to everyone in the open. So I could only run back to try to detoxify, but unfortunately it was too late, the poison had penetrated into the bone marrow, and it could only be maintained for a few months to prevent the poison from attacking. It's just that the most pitiful thing is afraid that Zhao Shen is-"

Zhao Ji turned his head to look at Liu Anshi and said, "Alas, what was Zhao Shen doing at that time? Lord Liu, do you know? Oh, of course Lord Liu doesn't know. So Master Shao was there at the time, have you ever heard any gossip?"

Shao Bowen said: "His Royal Highness King Duan has recognized the right person. I was in a small corner of the palace in the middle of nowhere, and how remote was that it was a place where people secretly killed people when they became favored in the harem, and the eunuchs of the chief gave lectures to their followers, or some minister executed troublemakers. It is such a place with extremely heavy yin energy, a blink of an eye you can see the ghosts floating in and out, the road in the underworld is so crowded, but the world is empty as if nothing has happened and no one passes. Coincidentally, I was living in that place, and no one noticed me or wanted to trouble me. That's a good thing. He rubbed the rim of the cup with his fingers and said, "Then what did I see?—— since I answered His Royal Highness Duan Wang so confidently before, then I must have seen the fourth prince Zhao Shen." ”

"Great. Zhao Ji's expression slowly relaxed, and said, "Master Shao, did the fourth brother do anything, or was he done something by others?"

"Does His Royal Highness King Duan want to hear what I see, or do you want to listen to my speculation?"

Zhao Ji shrugged his shoulders and smiled: "I have to listen." ”

"At that time, I saw that the fourth prince was dragged all the way over, and he was still muttering, 'Why can't I wear the clothes I made myself?'...... Thanks to his small voice, he is like a child who has done something wrong, and he does not feel dissatisfied because he has done something wrong, but he is not afraid until he is taught a lesson.

Although he was brought here in this way, he did not resist until the men in black were about to throw him into the water, and he suddenly shivered, saying that he was afraid of water. At that time, his voice was a little louder than before, and it was not very loud in general, but it was a bit noisy in the middle of the night. So the guards held him down on the head and neck, and pressed him down into the pond next to him, and all that was left was the gurgling of bubbles, and he pulled him up with a bang, and he spewed water from his mouth and nose, and shouted loudly, and lost his soul. I took a look, and his soul was being pulled by the ghosts everywhere, and his soul was awake, crying at the sight of his madness.

His cry made the guard even more irritated, probably afraid that he would scream louder, so the guard simply threw the knife aside, and pressed his head down again, and he began to struggle, but the struggle of his limbs was less than the movement of the shouting. After a while, no human voice could be heard, only a plop. After a while, I heard someone talking, as if discussing something. The voice was soft, small, too small to be heard, but I knew it was Chapter. Sure enough, it didn't take long for him to come to me. When he saw me, he was first shocked and said, "Ah, Berwyn actually lives in this place? Then he laughed and thanked me for finally catching the killer.

He sent me away with a smile and let me go back to Shu that night. He probably didn't want to cause any more trouble. My convoy encountered a group of bandits on the way, all of whom died. Fortunately, I got off the car in advance, walked to the city and shouted the carriage, changed horses all the way to Shudi, and tossed for half a month, but after all, it was safe. ”

Liu Anshi touched the back of his head in surprise and said, "Ah, Lord Shao really saw the fourth prince Zhao Shen? ”

"This matter itself is also what I happened to see, after all, what Zhang Dian concealed will not become the usual topic of conversation. After Shao Bowen said this, he realized that he had said too much, and hurriedly smiled: "Oh, sorry! ”

Zhao Ji said: "Lord Shao, but it doesn't hurt to say it, the more detailed it is, the better." ”

"Okay, then I'll continue—before Zhang Dian arrived, I heard them chatting after they threw the Four Princes into the water, presumably because they had searched around to catch the Flying Dragon, and found a newly made dragon robe from his room. ”

"Ah?" Zhao Ji said, "It's too anxious to make the dragon robe in advance, how could Zhang Dian do such an inconsiderate thing, isn't it a capital crime to be caught? ”

"Your Royal Highness Duanwang, you have thought of it, how could Zhang Dian not think of it? He would not do such a thing, at most it was just a hint, at most he told him to keep his mouth shut in some way. ”

"Ah, yes...... Zhao Ji frowned and sighed, "I remember, I played family games when I was a child, and the fourth brother liked to be the emperor the most." I guess the fourth brother's memory at that time was back when he was a child. No one can control an obsessive little child. ”

Because when you are an emperor, you can do whatever you want. He wore a curtain cloth as a dragon robe, and asked several younger brothers to pick fruits for him to eat, and the prizes were flowers and plants. Song Gonglu saw it, was a little worried, and said cautiously: "A few little adults, try not to play like this in the future, you are going to kill your head." ”

Zhao Shen was still normal at that time, with strange self-confidence and the aura of a young man: "Who is the one who interferes in politics?

When Gonggong Song heard this, he suddenly laughed: some of the criminal laws they have been exposed to since childhood, it turns out that there are only these painless tricks in the harem, which shows that their world is still very simple, and their understanding of authority is only "beneficial", and they have no deeper ambitions. Gonggong Song was relieved. The children are still young, and no one takes it seriously, and no one listens to it.

If you want to be such an emperor, it seems understandable.

But when you grow up and are sensible, it is not appropriate to say such things and do such things again.

Shao Bowen said: "Zhang Duan can hide his ambitions, but the fourth prince will not. It's no wonder that the four princes were already confused in their minds at that time, and they were as delicate and innocent as children, thinking that being an emperor was something that must be realized, so they simply asked someone to make a well-fitting dragon robe. That's a great sin. But who dares to stop him, to stop a madman whose mind is a child and whose body is an adult? Although he is willful and stupid, after all, he is a prince and has a lot of power, and his subordinates dare not refuse what he asks his subordinates to do, and a fool with status and status tells you to die, and you have to die unjustly. I can only hate myself for following the wrong person, but the person itself is normal, who knows that he will go crazy?"

Zhao Ji smiled reluctantly: "But isn't it, who knows." But just like that, Zhang Dian still fantasizes about being able to control him?"

"Yes. This matter should not be clear to Zhang, but he should have seen it, which caused him a lot of shock, and just Yi Xuanjian could temporarily change his mind. So, Your Highness Duan, maybe there is a little bit of a problem with your reasoning just now in the 'purpose'-"

"Oh?" Zhao Ji raised his eyebrows, "Tell me—"

"Maybe Zhang Dian didn't want the fourth prince Zhao Shen to be emperor for a long time. A madman is not a fool, a fool can be completely obedient, but a madman has to jump up and resist, and what he will do in the end is completely unexpected. ”

"yes. For example, the fourth brother's dress has not been taken off for more than ten years, even if it is stained with blood, blackened and splashed with blood, it has been worn and worn into his own skin. This garment is both a charge of his sin and a sign of his life. Zhao Ji lowered his head and smiled, "I understand." Chapter's initial estimate was wrong. The fourth brother was not as easy to control as he imagined, and it became more difficult to get rid of him after that. I mean—if it was Zhao Yan who wanted to assist Zhang Dian in the first place. ”

Shao Bowen smiled and said, "Speaking of the main event, His Royal Highness Duan Wang." ”

Zhao Ji said: "Yes, no matter from which aspect, Zhao Tong is the most dangerous opponent, the most eyeing heir, and he can get along with Zhang Dian." Although he is also a madman, he is intelligent, rational, sober, and cold-blooded, so he is invincible. Let Zhao Shen ascend the throne first, and after a few years, when the Huayang Sect's sacrificial ceremony begins, kill him, and Zhao Yan will naturally ascend to the throne, it will be great. It's just a pity that there's a Zhao Xu in the middle—"

Zhao Ji raised his head and showed an expression of sudden realization: "Wait a minute." Zhao Xu...... His Majesty...... If it is the hand of the people of Zhangton, is it not saved?"

Shao Bowen smiled helplessly: "Your Royal Highness King Duan, are you still thinking about how to save people's lives, instead of how to deal with Zhang Dun?"

Zhao Ji said: "But the emperor is also my brother." ”

Shao Bowen said: "If you say that, Zhao Yan is also your brother." ”

At this time, Su Can raised his head, as if he was listening to something. Standing up, ignoring the few of them, he walked out, took three steps and stopped one step, and listened again—then he turned his head and said respectfully to the three of them, "Your Royal Highness Duanwang, two adults, please hurry up." Someone is coming outside. You can hold it up a little bit and don't let them in. If you want to go out, feel free to tell me and I'll make the way for you. ”

"Su Can is really kind-hearted. Liu Anshi smiled, "Don't bother so much, there is a secret passage behind this screen, which leads directly to the palace, have you forgotten? It can still be used now." Don't go out now, let's go together. His Royal Highness King Duan is still waiting for you to take him to see the Queen Mother. ”

"Ah-" Su Can's tone also relaxed, and he said lightly, "Okay." That's it. ”

There seemed to be a voice from someone outside the door. This was the first thing Su Can heard and reacted to, but at this time, all four people present heard it. Even ordinary people can hear the movement, first of all, it means that it is very close, and secondly, it means that there are many people coming, and when they converge, it becomes: the situation is critical, it can be said that it is dangerous and abnormal.

Although it was a sudden attack, Zhao Ji and Shao Bowen didn't seem to be very surprised, so this made Liu Anshi a little confused: "Why is it only I who is surprised." Oh, I see!" he laughed suddenly, "Lord Shao is a prophet of the future, so I know they will come, and we will be safe." As for His Royal Highness Duanwang, he has already learned about the structure of my family and the existence of the secret passage. You two don't tell me if you want to see me laugh! But I'm Liu Anshi, so I'm not afraid!"

He walked to the side of the screen and pulled the wooden fence that supported it outwards - no one would normally fiddle with it like that, and even if someone broke into the house, they would just kick it over and take it inside, so the tunnel would not open. This screen was pulled like this, and immediately began to spread out from the middle to both sides, really like a small fan.

Shao Bowen smiled: "It turns out that the unfolding is like this, such a delicate mechanism, I have seen it for the first time today." ”

"Really?" Liu Anshi made a gesture to signal Zhao Ji to go down first, "His Royal Highness King Duan, please." ”

Zhao Ji suddenly hesitated a little, and said, "Lord Liu, isn't this inconvenient?

"What's the matter, His Royal Highness Duan Wang?" Liu Anshi's eyes rolled, as if he understood something, he was just about to open his mouth and closed his mouth again, and gestured to Shao Bowen with his eyes, Shao Bowen "ah", took out a bag from the placket, and handed it to Liu Anshi, Liu Anshi handed it to Zhao Ji again, and said, "Take it and go to see your imperial grandmother." You've been waiting for a long time, Your Highness Duanwang?"

Zhao Ji was a little surprised, but he didn't shirk it, and took it directly: "Thank you." But ——?"

Su Can immediately said: "Since His Royal Highness King Duan is a little worried, then I will go down first." He grabbed Zhao Ji's shoulder, pulled him aside, and jumped down from the screen first, Zhao Ji was stunned, and suddenly an irresistible huge force appeared from his wrist, as if he was a ghost who came to catch him in a nightmare. Before he could utter a full scream, the whole person was pulled down by Su Can, and his voice disappeared into the abyss.

The door slammed shut, the screen returned to its original shape, and then he heard the sound of someone breaking down the door and shouting, "Don't run!"