In the fifth year of Taihe, the first day of October, the second quarter of the first month.

Chang'an, Chang'an County, Guangdefang, Zhangfu.

At the end, Zhang's father led Zhang Yijun straight to the third courtyard and stood in front of the west wing.

The west wing seems to be a storage room, but it is a very special place in Zhang's house, only Zhang's father has the key to this room, Zhang Yijun remembers, he has never stepped into this room, except for playing marbles when he was a child, peeking through the crack in the door to see the neatly placed storage box, there is no impression. Therefore, Zhang Yijun was surprised but still a little curious.

Zhang's father felt in the oblique bag around his waist for a moment, then took out a long red copper key, and fiddled with the lock on the door of the west wing before opening the lock.

As soon as the door opened, Zhang Yijun smelled a smell of dust coming to his nose, which made him cough lightly unconsciously.

Zhang Yijun stood in front of the threshold, his eyes looked at the main hall in the room, there was no redundancy in the hall, even the chairs were saved, but there were four heavy pear wood storage boxes, which were covered with thick ash, so that at first glance, the lid seemed to be gray.

Zhang's father did not move the storage box, but beckoned his son to follow him to the north hall of the room.

The north hall looks like there are more things than the main hall, and there are bookcases, pear blossom tables, several chairs stacked in one place, and stacked mattresses.

On the pear blossom table, there is also a long wooden letter full of dust with a lock mouth. The wooden letter is nearly four feet long and several inches wide, and the cover is carved with a little handwriting, but because Zhang Yijun is standing a little farther away, it is full of dust, so it is not real.

The lock mouth seemed to be broken, Zhang's father opened the wooden letter, cautiously reached in, and then took out a long-handled thing wrapped in brocade silk, and the brocade silk was spotless.

Father Zhang's expression was serious, and he handed this thing into Zhang Yijun's hands.

"Open it up and see ......"

Zhang Yijun visually measured that this thing was three feet long, he opened the brocade silk, and found that it was actually a sword wrapped inside, with a sword dart cloud pattern, a scabbard black and ebony, and a sheath decorated with gold.

Zhang Yijun had doubts on his face, looked at his father, and Zhang's father said: "This is Longquan, a noble person gave it to me back then, at that time, you were not born, Yixuan was still young, and today it was transferred to you by my father......"

Zhang Yijun was still apprehensive, his father suddenly gave him the sword that had been hidden for many years, which made him beat the drum in his heart, and he couldn't help but ask: "Why is this?" ”

"My father is old, and I don......'t want to fight the sword world, and I don't need it," Zhang's father said left and right, he raised the corners of his lips lightly, put his hands on his back, and his voice sounded a little smooth, and then Zhang's father looked at Zhang Yijun again, his eyes were bright: "If you take it, you will take it." ”

Zhang Yijun held the sword in both hands, leaned over to thank him, and his eyes inadvertently swept over the gorgeous hair born on his father's temples.

"Thank you for your father......"

October is not the beginning, the beginning of the morning.

Daming Palace, Wangxian Gate.

Daming Palace opens four gates in the south, sits in the north and faces south to overlook Chang'an, respectively, Jianfu Gate, Danfeng Gate, Wangxian Gate and Yanzheng Gate. At present, Chenzheng is the day of the pilgrimage, so the most majestic Danfeng Gate is not opened by idle people other than courtiers.

At this moment, outside the Wangxian Gate, an old man and a young man have been standing in front of the Wangxian Gate for half a cup of tea, and they are waiting for the palace gate armor to confirm the return.

The old man has long eyebrows and silver beard, tall figure, holding a dust, hair tied with gold silk mixed yuan scarf, a lotus crown on his head, wearing a purple robe, and stepping on cloud head shoes.

As for the young man, he is actually just a little servant with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, a square height and the waist of an old man, and he is dragging a stuffed wat bag with one hand, which makes him even smaller.

The little servant's name was Zhao Hao, and he looked up at the Xianmen Tower, and his neck was sore, so he turned to look at the master standing beside him. The master's surname is Zhao, if he is commensurate with his official name, he is a professor and doctor of the two streets, also known as Zhao Lianshi, and if he is commensurate with the name of the Daomen, then he is a true Taoist, or Zhao Guizhen.

Since he can remember, he has followed the master to cultivate, but to this day, no one, including himself, knows what the master's name is.

Today's master seems to be different from the past, although his face is not shocked, but with Ah Hao's height and sight, he can just notice that the master has his hands interlocked, and his thumbs are constantly rubbing against each other.

Ah Hao was puzzled, and changed the wat bag that was heavy to him to a hand, "Master, you haven't been to the palace before, why are you so eager to try?" ”

Ah Hao spoke in a sloppy manner, just because he had just read a few scriptures and classics, and he couldn't help but use four-character idioms even when he spoke.

"You know what?" Zhao Guizhen knocked on Ah Hao's head, "During the Baoli period, being a teacher was just refining alchemy and doing methods, and I never had the opportunity to enter the palace to lecture and explain the Tao......"

"And what is today?" Ah Hao rubbed his skull.

"Today, I am a teacher under the order of the Queen Mother, and I will enter the palace to preach...... Zhao Guizhen's expression could not hide his excitement, but he also felt a slight tremor of nervousness in his words, "This is the second coveted honor of my Daomen!" ”

"Second?" Ah Hao was puzzled again, and looked up at the master, "What is the first one?" ”

"Of course, it's a sermon to the saint to seek the truth......" Zhao Guizhen waved the dust, the voice fell, and the previous fast horse came to report, Zhao Guizhen saw this and hurriedly straightened his waist. After a short time, the Wangxian Gate slowly opened, and the heavy feeling of the palace ban slowly appeared in front of the young Ah Hao, and the towering and continuous palaces of the Tang Dynasty then came into view.

Daming Palace covers an area of more than 5,000 acres, there are three palace walls, dozens of palaces, "nine days to open the palace, all countries to worship the crown." "Magnificent and prosperous.

The two of them entered the Wangxian Gate and crossed the Longshou Canal, which was the Wangxian Bridge that led directly to the Zhaoxun Gate of the second palace wall. Zhao Guizhen couldn't wait, and his pace was slightly faster, so that Ah Hao, who was dragging the wat bag, followed behind Zhao Guizhen with great difficulty.

Although Ah Hao is a Taoist child, what he is doing today is the work of a scholar, which makes him very curious, so he asks again: "Master, you are not like a courtier, you are not in your position, you are not in your government, why do you bring so many wat boards into the palace?" ”

"You know what? Who ever said that the wat board was the exclusive domain of the courtiers? Zhao Guizhen glanced back at Ah Hao, slowed down his pace, and then criticized: "Don't use idioms indiscriminately......"

"Oh......" Ah Hao responded, and asked the master again: "Master, which queen mother are we going to see now?" ”

Why does this kid ask so many questions today? Zhao Gui was genuinely worried, but he still patiently told him about it.

Because the biological mother of Emperor Muzong (the father of the Son of Heaven and the son of Emperor Xianzong), the Empress Dowager Guo, the biological mother of Emperor Jingzong (Brother of the Son of Heaven), the Empress Dowager Baoli Wang, and the biological mother of today's son, the Empress Dowager Xiao, are all alive, so she is called the Empress Dowager of the Three Palaces. Among them, the Empress Dowager lives in the "Nannei" Xingqing Palace in Wannian County, the Empress Dowager Baoli lives in the Yi'an Palace, and the current Empress Dowager lives in the Great Inner Palace, including the Liang Palace, and the harem of the commander-in-chief.

The person they want to meet today is the Queen Mother Xiao.

After the Zhaoxun Gate, and through the Hanyao Gate, you can see the partial door Chongming Gate leading to the inner palace wall, and the Hanliang Hall is located behind the Penglai Palace, north of the Taiye Pool, almost at the northernmost end of the Daming Palace, only the two of them walk, enter from the Wangxian Gate, and it takes at least half an hour to arrive.

Zhao Guizhen finished explaining to Ah Hao, the third palace wall was in front of him, Zhao Guizhen began to play the draft, thinking about how to greet the queen mother later, he is a person who is dedicated to cultivation, even if the year is to the sixtieth year, red tape is never what he is good at, so he let Ah Yu bring the pile of wat boards, in case of emergency, whenever he can't remember, he takes out the corresponding elephant wat and compares it to review.

Xu is belly draft is too distracted, Zhao Guizhen didn't even notice that they entered the court, and a green-robed official walked in front of him, until Ah Hao reminded him, he came back to his senses, and hurriedly bowed to the man.

Who knew that the green robe seemed to be as if Zhao Guizhen and Ah Hao did not exist, and the pace was hurried, bypassing the two of them and heading straight towards Chongming Gate, so that Zhao Guizhen couldn't help but stare at the back of the man for a long time, and then he noticed that the green robe seemed to be carrying something like a long sword wrapped in black cloth.

Ah Hao said angrily: "Shameless! If you think you are a court official, you will not be polite......"

"Don't use idioms indiscriminately......" Zhao Guizhen looked pale at this, and said: "Hurry up, Chen is coming, don't let the Queen Mother wait in a hurry......"

Bypassing the greenhouse hall, Xuanwei hall, and passing through the Qingsi hall and the pearl mirror hall, Zhao Guizhen can already see the ridge of the Hanliang Hall behind the Taiye Pool in the distance.

"Master, you said that Ah Hao may become a senior official in the future?" Ah Hao seemed to still be thinking about Fang Cai's rather rude green-robed official, so he asked again: "Like Fang Cai's man?" ”

"You know what? That person is just wearing a green robe, and the official product is ...... in the end" Zhao Guizhen's words came to this, his face was stunned, he stared at his feet, turned around to look back, and said softly: "It's just a ...... of seven grades."

Wait...... Today is a regular ginseng, only the gold, purple and silver scarlet (above five grades) in the court can go to the inner court, and the person is not a eunuch, why did he appear in the triple palace wall? The palace is strictly forbidden, and there are no corpses in the forbidden army?

It's strange, although Zhao Guizhen was suspicious, but the business was important, so he took Ah Hao and then rushed to Hanliang Palace.

Daming Palace, including Liang Palace, Chenzheng.

Hanliang hall is built according to the water, there is a corridor in front of the fish pond wrapping, and the corridor pavilion is like a rain pavilion. Every time the heat is scorching, the water in the hall is behind the fan car, and the wind hunts the clothes; The water curtain in the four corners is sprinkled, forming a water mist by itself, the cool air is blowing on the face, and the seat contains freezing; Midsummer, just like late autumn.

Zhao Guizhen and Ah Hao were on time Yu Chenzheng bypassed the Taiye Pool and arrived at the front of the imperial steps of the corridor on the east side of the Hanliang Palace.

Hanliang Hall is divided into four halls, and the Queen Mother lives in the middle of the room, which is also the most majestic and towering hall of Hanliang Palace.

Zhao Guizhen handed over the name card to the green-robed eunuch in front of the palace, and the eunuch looked at the name post for a moment, and then raised his eyes and swept Zhao Guizhen and Ah Hao, but after handing the name card back, he put his hand into the sleeve cage, nodded Ah Hao with his chin and said, "What about this son?" ”

Zhao Guizhen was stunned when he heard this, could it be that Ah Hao also needs a famous post? He'd never heard of that.

The green-robed eunuch pulled out a transactional smile and said: "This is a harem, and unpurified children are not allowed to enter the dormitory, this is the rule, and I hope Master Zhao will understand......

"This ......" Zhao Guizhen was in trouble for a while, but Ah Hao relieved the siege for the master and handed over the wat bag, "Master, it's good to wait here in the meantime, it's okay." ”

Zhao Guizhen nodded, took the wat bag, and after repeated instructions, he followed the eunuch in front of the palace into the palace.

Ah Yu suddenly felt a lot more relaxed, but without the master, there was nothing to do in an instant, there were several gold-armored guards standing in front of the hall, and there were also small eunuchs or guards everywhere in the corridor pavilion that came before, and it seemed that he had to wait here for more than an hour.

At first, the Golden Armor Guards would pay attention to this little Taoist boy for a few moments, but after half a cup of tea, they completely lost interest and chatted with each other, allowing Ah Hao to take small steps around.

Seeing that no one seemed to be paying attention to him, Ah Hao slowly became bolder. At first, he just walked around the main hall of Hanliang Hall, and then expanded the circle, and began to look at the sparkling Taiye pool under the morning sun, while strolling in the corridor leisurely, and then turned to the other side halls.

In front of a side hall on the westernmost side, Ah Hao stopped his steps, and looked up at the royal steps with his little head up.

For some reason, this side hall seemed to be unguarded, Ah Hao poked his neck around, and found that the patrol guards happened to be on the opposite side of the main hall, and the surroundings seemed to be empty for a while.

Ah Hao was bold, lifted the slightly wide robe, tiptoed up the steps, bypassed the glass screen in front of the hall, and went straight into the hall.

This side hall is slightly smaller, with a floor and an attic, and it seems that there is no one living inside, no wonder there is no guard in front of the hall.

The wooden plank under his feet seemed to make a "squeak" sound, causing Ah Hao to stop, but the "squeak" sound seemed to be unabated, and there seemed to be a woman's wheezing sound in between......

It seems like...... Is there anyone else in this temple?

Driven by curiosity, Ah Hao followed the sound with his steps, and finally walked down a narrow corridor to a hidden door, the sound seemed to come from inside the room.

“…… How is it? Well? ”

This...... It's a man's voice?

Ah Hao looked through the gap in the hidden door, the door crack was very narrow, but the room was sunny, and the room seemed to be covered with a veil, very light, through the daylight from the window, Ah Hao could faintly see the silhouette of a man, and ...... The woman in front of him was panting rapidly. The woman was white-skinned and beautiful, untidy, and seemed to have something painted on her forehead......

Nine Trees Flower Tree.

So who is the man behind this woman? Ah Hao thought to herself.

At this time, Ah Hao suddenly felt that his left shoulder sank, he trembled, thrilled, and slowly looked to the left, what caught his eye was a withered big hand, and looking up was a face full of yin energy. Behind Ah Hao stood an old eunuch in a purple robe with a black gauze crown on his head.

The old eunuch's face was expressionless and his expression was sluggish, but for a moment, Ah Hao saw that the man's drooping face actually pulled out a cold smile, and his voice made Ah Hao's hair stand on end.

"Whose child are you? Aren't you lost? ”