"Lord Xiao Shi is here, has he decided to take Brother Zuo's things away?"

After the lecture was over and the monks dispersed, I paid a special visit to Master Huiyuan's residence.

I said solemnly: "Master's wish in this life is all tied to this, and Qingqiang should fulfill Master's wish." ”

Master Huiyuan also had a solemn face, "Although the poor monk didn't know what it was, when Brother Zuo gave it to me, I knew that it was very important. If the donor takes it out now, the safety of the item and the safety of the donor...... Can the donor think about it? ”

A heavy snowfall suddenly fell, from day to night, and it became heavier and heavier. The cold snow flew in through the long window, and the oblique snow soaked the floor in front of the window, and when the window was closed, the snow was cut off, and I could only hear the sound of the snow falling between the sky and the earth, and the noise of the snow echoed in my ears, which made me upset.

I wanted to take advantage of the fact that there was no one tonight and quietly go to the mountain behind the ** temple to get back Master's things, but unexpectedly, the heavy rain disrupted my plan, and with Master Huiyuan's words, I began to be a little undecided.

When the oil lamp was about to run out, I still had no intention of sleeping, and when my heart was in turmoil, I suddenly heard a knock on the door, and I was shocked, and asked through the door, "Who?" ”

"It's me."

It turned out to be Gao Changgong. I opened the door, but I saw Gao Changgong soaking wet, his head and body covered with snow, and he struggled to walk in with one hand on his stomach, almost falling down. I saw blood in the cracks of his palms, and he was injured!

"Someone wants to arrest me, help me!" Gao Changgong spit out two words with difficulty, and there was a faint pain in his eyebrows.

Seeing his eyes asking for help, I quickly calmed myself down, then helped him and knocked on Master Huiyuan's door in the snowy night.

Mo Ziwei said that Master Huiyuan has superb medical skills, and the only person I can think of who can help Gao Changgong is Master Huiyuan. Fortunately, Master Huiyuan carried the medicine to heal the wound with him, and immediately helped Gao Changgong to bandage the wound with medicine to stop the bleeding.

Gao Changgong briefly explained to us what happened: the prequel to the death of the first emperor Gao Yan was in his younger brother Gao Zhan, who is now the emperor of Qi. But there is also a prince under the knees of the first emperor, Gao Zhan wants to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, so as to prevent future troubles, but the prince escaped from the palace before he made a move, and the person who saved the prince is Gao Changgong. Gao Changgong wanted to send him out of Yecheng and stay away from the strife, but who knew that the prince was bent on revenge, so he secretly ran to the ** temple and went home, hid in the temple as a novice, and took revenge.

After Gao Changgong found out that the prince was hiding in the ** temple a few months ago, he kept persuading him to leave, but he never listened. Gao Changgong was afraid that the prince would be discovered sooner or later, so he wanted to forcibly take him away tonight. Who knew that Zuting set up an ambush in the prince's room to wait for him, but fortunately he was alert and escaped, but he was stabbed in the abdomen.

"Zu Ting has always had a grudge with me for a long time, and I'm afraid he has been planning this matter for a long time. Now he must have sent someone to search the monastery, and if I can't explain to Your Majesty where the wounds on my body came from, I won't be able to escape the charge of treason. Gao Changgong was worried.

"Then get rid of the wound before the ancestral court looks for you." I looked at Gao Changgong and a plan came to mind, "We can ask Luo Ti to help with this." ”

On this snowy night, the white snow obscured all the footprints.

"Miss Wang, came to me in the middle of the night, didn't you figure it out?" Luo Ti opened the door and smiled evilly.

"I asked the master in the temple, and he said you live here." I gave him a disgusted look, "I have something to tell you." ”

"Okay, come in and say." Locky invited me into the house with ulterior motives.

"No need." I coldly refused, picking out the intention, "I came here to tell you that I don't like you, and I hate you very much, stay away from me in the future, and don't pester me again." ”

Luo Ti's face changed in an instant, and he said angrily: "What are you, what right do you have to hate me!" ”

Not to be outdone, I looked at him coldly, "I am the person of the King of Lanling, if you dare to touch me, he will definitely break you into ten thousand pieces." ”

Luo Ti's face became even more ugly, and he grabbed my wrist, "Don't think it's great to have the support of King Lanling, what's so good about King Lanling, do you think he can protect you for a lifetime?" ”

I snorted coldly and said provocatively: "King Lanling is naturally better than you in everything, he is a thousand times stronger than you, a hundred times ten thousand times ten thousand times, you are not as good as him, I want to vomit when I see you!" ”

"You!" Luo Ti was so angry that his face was deformed, "Okay, I'll do it to you tonight, I'll see what King Lanling can do to me!" ”

Luo Ti reached out and picked up my clothes, and I pretended to struggle, but secretly took a knife from my bosom and stabbed him in the abdomen.

"You-" Luo Ti let go of me in pain, and I stepped back again and again.

"Ah Qing!" Gao Changgong suddenly ran out of nowhere and grabbed my hand anxiously, "How are you, what happened to him?" ”

"She stabbed me, and you asked her what's wrong!" Luo Ti covered his stomach and pointed at me angrily, "If you dare to assassinate the official of the imperial court, this official will put you to prison and be sentenced to death!" ”

"Luo Ti, you dare!" Gao Changgong's eyes were sharp, and he poked at Luo Ti heavily.

Luo Tiyin said compassionately: "She committed the great crime of murdering the court officials, and she should be beheaded according to the law." I will report this matter to Your Majesty and severely punish this evil girl, even you, King Lanling, can't save her! ”

Gao Changgong lowered his posture, "Luo Ti, A-Qing is just a woman, why should you embarrass her." ”

"I'm going to embarrass her, what can you do?" Luo Ti looked at Gao Changgong in a dilemma proudly, and let out a malicious laugh, "She has to die!" ”

"Lone knows, she hurt you, you have resentment in your heart, but if you have any resentment, just rush to Lone, don't hurt her!"

Gao Changgong suddenly snatched the knife from my hand, stuffed it into Luo Ti's hand, and made up his mind, "She owes you, and she will pay it back for her." She stabbed you, you stabbed me too, the grievances were eliminated, and you let her go. ”

Luo Ti was both surprised and amused, "What did you say, you asked me to stab me just to let her go?" ”

Gao Changgong looked resolute and said, "Yes, I will return the knife to you on her behalf, and you will let her go." ”

After that, Gao Changgong grabbed Luo Ti's hand holding the knife and pointed it to his abdomen, "What, don't you dare?" Come on, do it! ”

Because of the old grudges in the past, and being stimulated by Gao Changgong like this, the knife in Luo Ti's hand stabbed straight towards Gao Changgong.

"Lord Wang!" I pushed Luo Ti away, held Gao Changgong, and said in a panic, "How are you!" ”

Gao Changgong covered his wounds, his face was painful, I turned my head and glared at Luo Ti angrily, "I just stabbed you lightly, and I didn't hurt you much at all, but you were so ruthless to the prince, despicable!" ”

I didn't want to entangle with him anymore, so I hurriedly helped Gao Changgong back to the house to bandage his wounds.

"Now that Zu Ting is sending people to search for me in the temple, he will definitely report this matter to His Majesty for my crimes, and tomorrow Your Majesty will summon you and Master Huiyuan for questioning." Gao Changgong's star-clear eyes looked at me apologetically, "I'm sorry to involve you and Master Huiyuan in this kind of dirty battle. ”

Although he had hidden a piece of jade pendant and padded cotton wool in his clothes in advance, Luo Ti's knife still pressed the wound and bleed. I helped him re-bandage his wounds, and said to him gently and firmly: "Didn't you say that we are friends, friends are in trouble, I should save him, it is my duty." ”

"Thank you, A-Qing." Gao Changgong was very moved and gently shook my hand.

I felt a little embarrassed for a while, just now he and I pretended to be intimate, and called me Ah Qing in front of Luo Ti, and now he called me Ah Qing in private, which is really unaccustomed.

I gently withdrew my hand.

"Bang", the door was kicked open, as Gao Changgong said, Zu Ting brought a large group of people in to search for him, and the moment his eyes were aimed at Gao Changgong, Zu Ting smiled, "King Lanling, you can let the lower officials find it!" ”

"Zu Shaoqing went to such great lengths to find Lonely, what is the so-called matter!" Gao Changgong straightened his clothes and said unhurriedly.

Zu Ting did not answer his words directly, but looked at Gao Changgong around, and pretended to be surprised: "The prince is injured, where did this injury come from?" ”

Gao Changgong said coldly: "Where did Lone's injury come from, what does it have to do with you!" ”

"Someone hid the abolished prince in the ** temple with the intention of rebellion, and His Majesty ordered me to investigate the matter thoroughly. Just tonight, the traitor who had conspired with the deposed prince escaped with his wounds. The prince said, does this matter have anything to do with me? ”

"Then you suspect that Lone is the traitor?"

"Where did the prince go tonight, why is he not in the room, and why is he hiding in this woman's room with injuries?" Zu Ting's face was aggressive, "Please also ask the prince to go to Dali Temple with his subordinates." Yes or no, wait for Your Majesty's trial tomorrow, and we will see. ”

"Come on, give the prince a ride!"

I looked at Gao Changgong nervously, Gao Changgong signaled me to rest assured with his eyes, and then said, "No, go alone." ”

Watching those people escort Gao Changgong away, I was secretly worried about him in my heart, and I hoped that he would survive this catastrophe safely.

——

On the high hall in Dali Temple, Emperor Gao Zhan of Qi personally tried the case of rebellion between King Lanling and the abolished prince, looking at the two nephews kneeling in the hall, he had mixed feelings.

The nine-year-old waste prince was dressed as a little novice at this time, his eyes stared at the emperor in the case hall like quenched poison, and said: "Gao Zhan, you keep saying that you are rebelling, but you are the real rebel, you force my father to pass on the emperor's throne to you, and you have to kill me!" You insidious and vicious villain, traitor, you are not worthy of being the emperor! ”

"Shut up, you can't be presumptuous in the court!" Zu Ting rebuked angrily.

Gao Zhan looked at the little nephew who was glaring at him hatefully, and asked sharply: "Gao Bainian (2), I ask you, is the rebel who escaped last night the king of Lanling?" ”

"What a traitor, I don't know. If I had been complicit, I would have killed you, a traitor, long ago, so why wait until now and fall into your hands. Gao Bainian said coldly to Gao Zhan.

Zu Ting said: "I don't know, I think you are covering your accomplice." ”

Gao Bainian's knife-like eyes turned to stare at Zu Ting, "Zu Shaoqing, when my father was here, you had many contradictions with King Lanling, and you have been grudging for a long time. I wondered, I had no accomplice, but a good one appeared in my room. Did that person be deliberately arranged by Zu Shaoqing, so as to frame and blame others and eradicate dissidents? ”

Gao Zhan's suspicious eyes shot at Zu Ting, Zu Ting trembled, and hurriedly defended: "Your Majesty, the minister has no such intentions, he deliberately made false accusations in order to cover his accomplices, Your Majesty Mingjian!" ”

Gao Zhan's contemplative gaze returned to Gao Changgong and Gao Bainian, but Gao Bainian sneered at Zu Ting, and said loudly: "Zu Ting, my father said before his death, you are treacherous and cunning, clever and eloquent, full of lies, narrow-minded, intolerant, and untrustworthy, as expected. ”

Gao Bainian's accusations planted the seeds of doubt in Gao Zhan's heart. Zu Ting wanted to defend himself, but he was stunned by his fierce eyes and couldn't speak.

"You can't get the reuse of your father, so you turn to Gao Zhan and secretly help him ascend to the throne, with three swords on both sides, and a honey sword in your mouth and belly, which is extremely hateful!"

After scolding, Gao Bainian turned his head and scolded Gao Changgong again, "And you, my father was forced to pass on the throne, and you were indifferent." Gao Zhan wants to kill me, but you don't save me when you see death, and you are willing to die for the traitor. You betrayed your father and me, you are not worthy of being a courtier, you are not worthy of being a brother. A perfidious man shall not die a good death! ”

"And you, Gao Zhan!" Gao Bainian quickly turned the finger at the people in the hall again, "You conspired to seize the throne, tortured and killed your nephew, ** brother and sister-in-law, absurd, and extremely evil!" ”

"You——, you——, you ——, you!" Gao Bainian pointed to Zu Ting, Gao Changgong, and Gao Zhan one by one, looking like crazy, and laughed, "You are all traitors and thieves, and you can't die well, and the sky is thundering, and you can't die well!" ”

"You're crazy, come on, shut his mouth for me!" Gao Zhan was furious, and suddenly shot the case.

"Don't come here!" The nine-year-old child had a deep sadness in his eyes, and shouted up to the sky, "Father, the son is incompetent, and he can't avenge you!" Although Erchen can't avenge you, Erchen's life must not be humiliated in the hands of traitors, and Erchen will come to see you! ”

Driven by crazy despair, Gao Bainian's head slammed into the stone pillar of Dali Temple.

Exegesis:

(1) The title comes from Bai Juyi's "Bamboo Window" in the Tang Dynasty: "The sound of surrounding the house is murmuring, forcing people to be pale." ”

(2) Gao Bainian: Formerly known as Gao Bainian, he was the son of Emperor Xiaozhao of the Northern Qi Dynasty. Gao Yang, the first emperor of the Northern Qi Dynasty, died early, and passed on to his son, and then his sixth brother Gao Yan mutiny seized the throne, and after Gao Yan's death, his ninth brother Gao Zhan succeeded to the throne. Gao Yang once posthumously called his dead eldest brother Gao Cheng as Emperor Wenxiang, and Gao Changgong was Gao Cheng's son, so Gao Changgong and Gao Zhan were uncles and nephews, and Gao Bainian was cousins.