Chapter Eighty-Three: Danger on the Way

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, more than a month has passed, and the ceremony of sacrificing to the sky has been prepared, and the team will open Lishan.

The companions who need to worship the heavens have all arrived in Yining City.

In the past, the annual ritual of worshiping the heavens was held in the temple, and in addition to the new emperor's enthronement, it was necessary to go to Lishan for a sacrificial ceremony. Due to the fact that there are many disasters in the country this year, the emperor in order to calm the hearts of the people and worship the ancestors, so the ceremony of sacrificing to the sky was put in Lishan.

Lishan, as its name suggests, Zhong Ling is handsome, endless, is a treasure land of feng shui, since ancient times, most of the emperors will have Lishan as a blessed place to worship the sky.

The emperor ordered that he would leave for Lishan tomorrow to worship the heavens, and the children of the imperial family, officials above the fifth grade, and the three major clans should all accompany him.

The journey from Yining City to Lishan takes two days, and the road is escorted by the left and right leading guards and the left and right Qianniu guards in the sixteen guards, and the four guards, which are directly under the control of the emperor.

This time, the emperor left the fourth prince, King Xuan, in the capital to garrison the capital.

When King Xuan received the holy decree, he was very reluctant, but he could not disobey the holy decree, so he had to accept it.

After he received the holy decree, he thought to himself, what does his father mean by bringing all the other brothers with him, but leaving only himself? Whether to test oneself or to disrupt the situation.

No matter how he thinks, he doesn't think that it will be himself who will stay in Yining City to supervise the country this time, and the person who should stay in the prison country the most should be the crown prince, or the king of Yue and the king of Wei, but the father chose the most unlikely person to supervise the country himself.

Is he testing me for that faction, or is he trying to disrupt the current situation and take this opportunity to test the movements of the prince's faction and the Weiwang faction. It seems that this time, I have to be careful, otherwise if I am not careful, I will not only offend my father, but also the crown prince and the king of Wei.

Although King Yue has never shown any ambition for the throne, his power in the court is not to be underestimated, and his father-in-law is a hussar general in command of an army of 200,000, which makes his power in the court almost overshadow the prince and the Wei Wang faction.

He couldn't guess his father's intentions, but there was one thing, he could guess that his father called himself to supervise the country, it should be to test himself, whether I would stand as the crown prince, or the king of Wei, or nobody.

But this time my father should be disappointed, he won't stand anyone, who will be on the throne then? To whom is he loyal?

Yining City was ruled by the left and right Weiwei and the left and right Jinwuwei in the sixteen guards, and the emperor ordered that all matters in the capital should be subject to the instructions of King Xuan and should not be disobeyed.

This time, after the group went to Lishan, they will live in the Lishan Palace.

When it comes to the day of worship, all the people accompanying you must go, otherwise they will be decided.

According to the past practice, the ceremony of worshiping the heavens was held at the Jongmyo Temple, and the ancestor worship and the worship ceremony of the Jongmyo were completed together. It's the same this time, but the location has changed, from the Imperial Tomb to Lishan.

From Yining to Lishan, they need to pass through a small forest, and when they arrived at the small forest, they saw that it was getting late, and the danger would increase at night, so the emperor ordered to rest in place and do it again tomorrow morning.

Someone saw a temple in front of them and shouted, "Look! There is a temple in front. ”

So the emperor sent someone to check it, and the person who checked it came back to report that there was indeed a temple in front of it, called Beihua Temple, and there was no danger in it.

Then, the group entered the temple in a huge way, this temple was very small, and there were only fifteen people in total from the abbot and the little novice.

Therefore, there are fewer places to live, and at least five people must live in each room before they can be accommodated. Only the host is included in the inhabitant, not the subordinate.

The four guards who came with the emperor cleaned up all the irrelevant personnel in the temple tonight, except for the monks in the temple, and the rest of the idle people, all of whom were sent away.

The abbot of Beihua Temple led the monks to the door to greet the emperor and his party.

After the emperor and his entourage entered, they knelt down in unison, their voices were loud, and they were neither humble nor arrogant, "Lao Wei led the monks of Beihua Temple to greet Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live Long live!" ”

The emperor lifted the other party with his own hands, with respect on his face, and his voice was deep, "Get up!" The master doesn't have to be polite! I have to trouble your temple for one night today, and I invite Master Haihan! ”

The abbot of Beihua Temple and his entourage came together, only listening to his calm tone, "Your Majesty is polite!" Your Majesty, please! So saying, he stretched out his hand and invited them in.

The Emperor also made a gesture of please, saying, "Master, please!" ”

Then, the emperor and the master entered the main hall together, only to see that in the main hall, there was a huge golden statue of the Buddha, and three plates were placed on the offering table in front of them, and a few apples and pears were placed on the plates. The emperor stepped forward and offered incense to the Buddha in front of him.

The others knelt down at the same time and bowed to the Buddha.

At this time, Su Miaojing, who was kneeling with great difficulty, looked at the Buddha statue in front of her, and whispered in her heart, Lord Buddha! Lord Buddha, I hope you can bless the child in my womb, safe and healthy, thank you!

She thought to herself, so she knocked her head a few times.

Secretly, someone was plotting to assassinate the emperor.

The sky sank, and it was replaced by a new moon, a crooked moon, lightly sprinkled its light, and shone the whole dark earth with a trace of light.

Su Miaojing didn't want to be crowded with the wives of those officials, so she didn't sleep, besides, she slept in the car for the whole day today, and she really didn't doze off now.

Su Miaojing looked at the bright moon in the sky, and the thoughts in her heart gradually surged, and she began to miss her parents and friends in modern times.

Ziyan, who was standing behind her, and Xuanzhu, watched her fall into deep thoughts, unable to extricate themselves, and there was a thick worry in their eyes.

Ziyan tugged at her sleeve and asked worriedly, "Miss, what are you thinking?" I've called you three times. ”

Su Miaojing had a trace of tears in her eyes, she turned her head and wiped it gently, then put on a smile of satisfaction, and said in a playful tone, "Ziyan, I'm hungry again, you go and get me something to eat, okay?" ”

At this moment, Shen Yunche's figure appeared in this courtyard.

I saw that he was holding a wrapped thing in his hand, and when he walked in, Su Miaojing smelled that it was roast chicken, she immediately ran to his side, and said with a smile, "How do you know that I am hungry, and you specially sent me roast chicken." ”

She snatched it from his hand at once, opened the wrapper, and sniffed it vigorously with a satisfied face, and she smiled happily and said with satisfaction, "It's so fragrant!" ”

Then, she pulled a chicken's thigh and began to gnaw on it without an image.

This was bought by Shen Yunche before the evening, and he knew that when she was eating at night, she was absent-minded and unappetizing, and it was estimated that she was not full, so he rushed to the town non-stop and bought a roast chicken before they closed the door.

He was afraid that it would not taste good if it was cold, so he rushed back non-stop, and it took an hour to go back and forth.

Seeing that she was eating so deliciously at the moment, he also stared at her with a satisfied look on his face.

Su Miaojing saw that he looked at her and didn't speak, so she tore a piece of chicken breast down and stretched out her greasy hand, "You can eat it too!" ”

Shen Yunche shook his head, his eyes stared at her hand, with a hint of disgust, and refused with a smile, "No need, you can eat it yourself!" ”

He said in passing, "Eat slowly, beware of choking!" ”

Su Miaojing saw that he didn't eat it, did she think that she had taken it with her own hands and felt that it was stolen?

Su Miaojing deliberately brought the thing in front of Xuanzhu, and said generously to Xuanzhu, "Xuanzhu, he doesn't eat, you eat!" ”

I was thinking in my heart, I don't believe it yet, you don't eat it. Dare to think that I have stolen goods, hum!

When Shen Yunche heard that he was going to give Xuanzhu the roast chicken he had bought so hard to eat, he was immediately unhappy.

I saw that he immediately stretched out his hand and snatched it over, with a helpless tone, "Okay, I'll eat!" ”

Xuanzhu didn't really pick it up, he knew that the young lady deliberately made His Royal Highness whole, who made him dislike the things that the young lady had taken with her hands?

I saw Su Miaojing tear off the other chicken leg and hand it to Xuanzhu, who shook his head and said that he didn't eat it.

"Miss, eat it yourself! I'm not hungry! He replied respectfully.

Seeing this, a certain woman hooked her lips and said in a displeased voice, "Xuanzhu, you haven't eaten enough tonight, take it, otherwise I'll be angry." ”

Xuanzhu saw his young lady's enthusiasm, he really couldn't refuse, so he had to take it.

Su Miaojing tore off the other half of the chicken breast and handed it to Ziyan, who was not polite and took it directly, because she was also a little hungry.

The things she ate in the temple tonight were too light and didn't have a little oil and water, and she was actually hungry for a long time.

In the middle of the night, Shen Yunche asked Su Miaojing to go to sleep, Su Miaojing was unwilling, Shen Yunche couldn't resist her, so he had to accompany her.

The emperor, who lived in the abbot's room and was playing chess with the abbot, had joy on his face and said, "Master, I have never met an opponent in chess, and I have benefited a lot from playing chess with you today!" ”

They had been playing for two hours, and they still hadn't decided the winner, and for the first time they met someone who was as good at chess as himself, the emperor was rarely happy in his heart, and at this time, his face was a little less sharp and more joyful.

Outside the house, there were guards (that is, the four guards), and there were 1,000 leading guards on the right side of the four guards, all of whom guarded the emperor. The other three guards guarded the royal family and the official family.

The right leader of the army, General Wei, Fan Zhen, his eyes were like torches, staring at every move around him, and he did not dare to slack off.

At this time, several swishing sounds were heard on the roof.

I saw a man in black dodge quickly and entered the abbot's room.

Fan Zhen's ears were extremely good, and when he heard the sound of opening the window, he immediately shouted, "Assassins, there are assassins, protect Your Majesty!" At the same time he kicked the door and ran in.

I saw the sword in the hand of the man in black, stabbing towards the emperor's neck in an instant, and the emperor twisted a black chess piece in his hand, just looking at him lightly, the sword of the man in black pointed elsewhere. Then, he quickly picked up another black chess piece and threw it lightly, heading towards the forehead of the man in black.

The man in black bent slightly, narrowly dodging his fatal blow.

When the abbot saw this, he was still calm, but he sat on the couch with his eyes closed, and kept reciting the scriptures he did not understand.

The emperor saw his own people coming in, and in his deep voice, he commanded majestically, "Protect the abbot, quickly!" ”

Someone quickly rushed to the front of the emperor and the abbot, and made layers of semi-arc circles to protect the emperor and the abbot.

The other group rushed forward, forming an encirclement and encircling the man in black.

The emperor coldly ordered, "I want to live!" ”

The man in black killed a group and surrounded another group, and he understood that he couldn't escape today.

He received a death order, and if he couldn't complete the task, he would die. So, when he was exhausted from killing, he suddenly put his sword against his neck and prepared to kill himself.

Shen Yunche, who happened to be rushed over, swung his sword away, and knocked the sword in his hand off, only to hear the crisp sound of the sword falling to the ground.

Shen Yunche took his sword into his hand with lightning speed and pressed it against the neck of the man in black.

At this time, the man in black suddenly moved lightly in his mouth, and there was blood at the corner of his mouth, and Shen Yunche scolded angrily, "Damn, he wants to bite his tongue and kill himself." ”

They found out that it was too late, and the man in black fell to the ground, with his eyes open, dead.

Shen Yunche withdrew his sword and put it back into its scabbard. He crouched down and examined it to see if there were any signs left.

Shen Yunche searched his body first, but found nothing. So he ripped off the clothes of the man in black, looked closely, and found that on the left side of the man's chest, a giant snake was drawn circling up.

When the emperor saw the sign, his face immediately sounded alarmed.

So, he dismissed everyone else, leaving only Shen Yunche and Shen Yunze, who came later.

The three of them stayed in the room, and after spending an hour, Shen Yunze came out first, and then, Shen Yunche also came out.

In the woods here, it was pitch black, only a few crows could be heard, and the whole forest was dark and deep, which made people afraid.

I saw that under a big tree, wearing a moon-white robe, with a golden mask on his face, the mask was engraved with golden snake patterns, only his eyes and mouth were exposed, and even his nose was not exposed, which showed that the other party was extremely cautious.

I saw that he exuded a murderous aura that was not close to anyone, and his tone was also cold and cold, "Failed, then you still have the face to come back?" ”

Before he finished speaking, he saw that with a flick of his hand, he threw his kneeling subordinates on the ground and asking for sin, a meter away, and vomited blood to death.

This person was originally the man in black who received the assassination, but when he saw that the mission had failed, he came back to report it, but he didn't want to be his master, so he gave the result with one move.

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