Adventures in Heaven (novel) Zhang Baotong

I was locked up in a makeshift cell in the royal palace, which was reserved for felons who were going to be exiled to Pleasure Island or banished to Higashiyama. The pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info room is very small, only about six or seven square meters of space, exuding a strong damp smell. The afternoon sun entered the house through the iron gate, and a bright light flashed in the room. The room was empty, except for a single bed standing alone in the corner. The only thing the prisoner could do when he entered the room was to lie down on this bed. The experience and trek of the past two days had almost exhausted my physical energy, and I was in dire need of rest and recuperation. But staying in such a place makes me feel very uneasy. What was the great mistake I had committed to deserve such treatment? I sifted through every detail of the two days in my mind, but I didn't think there was a single act that could be called a crime.

In the evening, the scholar came to see me in a hurry. I was both pleasantly surprised and surprised, and I didn't wonder how the scholar could get the news so quickly. He said that he had been notified that he would come to the palace tomorrow to participate in the proceedings, so he hurried to see me. I immediately knelt down to apologize, and before I could speak, I burst into tears. I thought he would reprimand me harshly, or scold me, because it was unforgivable for a father in a school village to do such a thing that violated the norms. I don't want the scholar to lift me up, saying that my behavior with the princess has violated the Laws of Heaven, and that tomorrow the royal palace will gather all the village councils to participate in the trial, and he will find a way to defend me then. I shook the scholar's hand as if I were holding my father's hand, and I was speechless with gratitude. Because it was getting late, the scholar stayed only a short time before leaving.

As soon as the scholar left, the twilight spread out, and the dark gray light shone on the back wall of the palace opposite. Between the prison cell and the harem is a green clearing, and the wind blows silently from the clearing, but it makes people feel more and more lonely and lonely. I am a person who is not willing to be lonely, and I would rather be tired than idle, because being idle like this is actually a long wait, and waiting is the most anxious thing. In fact, this life is not a long wait, people are born to grow up in one after another waiting, until death. In this way, what to do while waiting should also be the most important thing for one to consider. Right now, I think the best thing to do is to sleep. This can not only dispel worries, shorten the waiting time, but also recharge energy and restore physical strength.

But when you really sleep, you can't sleep at all, because when you lie down, you are the time to concentrate the most. At this time, your worries are most likely to linger in your mind, and they will not fade away. So, I began to think about how I would deal with the interrogation of the palace tomorrow. It stands to reason that the trial of a case is only a matter of procedure, and the facts have long been laid out, and the trial of a case is a procedure for the person being tried to accept punishment in accordance with the law. Now that the facts and regulations are there, what's the use of thinking more? When I think about it this way, I simply don't think about it, so I just have to resign myself to fate.

The trial took place at noon the next day. I was brought into the council hall by the palace guards. The old prime minister sat in the middle of the hall, the palace commander and the scholar sat beside the prime minister, and the lord of each village and the father of the school village sat on both sides of the hall in order. The solemn and cold atmosphere is very depressing. When I was escorted to the Prime Minister by two palace guards, the Prime Minister looked at me coldly and said, "Kneel! "The kingdom of heaven is the ark of law: all those who are on trial, guilty or not, must kneel. Although I was not comfortable with it, I could not disobey, so I knelt in front of the council.

The prime minister shouted at me in a procrastinating voice, "Report your name." I replied lazily, "The Great Han Envoy Longhua." The prime minister said, "Are you guilty?" I said, "I don't know." The Prime Minister asked the scholar to read out certain articles of the Statute of the Kingdom of Heaven. "Article 17 of the Statutes of the Kingdom of Heaven states that the subjects of the Kingdom of Heaven shall not cross the North Ridge and enter the North Mountains without the permission of the royal palace, and those who violate the law will be sent to the island of men or women to serve for several months. Article 24 of the Statutes of Heaven states that unmarried men and women are not allowed to go out overnight together, and violators will be sent to serve on the island of men or women for several months. ”

Listening to these two regulations, I was really scared. Don't say that I have committed both of these laws, but if I commit one of them, I will destroy me and the princess. I've been to either the Male or the Female Island, where the forced service is still fresh in front of my eyes. The men made iron and burned porcelain, and the women dyed and weaved silk, toiled all day long, and rarely rested, just like the captives and slaves captured in the battlefield, with no freedom, no dignity, no happiness, and no love, and some only loneliness and labor.

At this time, Du Wei said, "The princess is an adult in the palace and knows very little about the truth outside the palace, but the prince of Longhua is idle and scheming, and he has a tongue like a reed, which can be very demagogic, causing the princess to be humiliated and deceived." Moreover, the prince of Longhua broke into the kingdom of heaven, which should have been a capital crime, but fortunately, the Queen Mother and His Majesty were innocent, but instead of repaying the favor of the world, he had ill intentions and deceived the princess. In the opinion of Bendu Wei, the princess was deceived and was not punished, but the prince of Longhua should be severely punished. After Du Wei finished speaking, the owner of Peach Village stood up and said generously, "What Du Wei said is too much, and it is quite exciting. Although Longhua is an envoy of the Han Dynasty, he has entered the kingdom of heaven. I get along with Longhua Gongzi early and night, and I know his personality and habits. The son of Longhua really likes to travel, because the landscapes of the kingdom of heaven are very beautiful and beautiful, not because he deliberately disobeys the laws of the kingdom of heaven. As far as I know, Longhua didn't know about the forbidden land of Beishan, so he didn't know it. As for what Du Wei said about Longhua's demagogy, it is really an exaggeration to deceive the princess. As far as I know, the prince of Longhua and the princess fell in love at first sight, and the two sides ****. The princess has invited Longhua Gongzi to sing and dance in the frangipani garden of the harem many times, and has also asked Longhua Gongzi to take her out of the palace to watch the flowers and enjoy the scenery in the mountains, so I thought that the trip between Longhua Gongzi and the princess was not a deception, but wishful thinking. ”

Listening to Beze's argument for me, I am infinitely grateful. In doing so, he was likely to offend the lieutenant or the king, for the king certainly did not want to put the blame on the princess. I looked back at Beze, with great gratitude, and saw that he was completely impassioned and fearless. I thought to myself, I am really a righteous man, a gentleman, a brave and righteous man.

The dignified palace lieutenant clearly refused to be defeated by a new palace guard. He got up again, cleared his throat, and said, "Just now, the guards said that the princess's departure from the palace was not deceived by Prince Longhua, so you can think about it, if there is no temptation from Prince Longhua, will the princess leave the palace alone and enter Beishan?" After the lieutenant finished speaking, he glanced fiercely at Beze. However, before he could get up and refute, Father Gao Liang immediately got up and said, "The words of the commander are the solid of the fool, and it is not the fault of the princess that it is the deception of Longhua. The princess is over nineteen years old, intelligent and delicate, and has a high spirit, and can not be deceived by others. Moreover, I have carefully observed the atmosphere of Longhua Gongzi, and I feel that this person is a great man, frank and open, loving and benevolent, and not a rooster and dog thief or a treacherous person. ”

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