Adventures in Heaven (novel) Zhang Baotong

To the north of the Rehe River is a thousand-year-old forest that is thick and tall, thick and dense. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info may be the perennial humidity and warmth, the trunks of the trees are covered with thick green moss, and many giant trees have broken down due to decay, and they have fallen in the forest. There are no roads in the forest, and horse-drawn carriages can only travel on the grass between the river and the forest. The grass on the ground was bright green and lush, more than half a man tall. Riding on horseback, the tip of the grass just grabs the edge of your feet. The heat emitted from the other side of the river drifted in the wind like a thick mist, and gradually drifted into the air with the breeze, revealing a rich smell of trace elements. The heat has a kind of warm dampness, and when it falls on the face, it gradually turns into beads of sweat, and drops roll down. So, after a while, the clothes were soaked.

After walking along the meadow by the river for half an afternoon, as soon as he left the Rehe River, he entered a valley. The valley is not large, about 100 meters wide. There is a shallow clear water in the valley, and the fish in the water swing their heads and tails lightly, swimming slowly, and their expressions are melodious and comfortable. Under the bright sun, the valley is a mixture of golden light and green. Walking through the valley, I saw a clear and rushing river rushing from the valley on the side, engulfing the clear water stream in an instant, and then, slowly flowing in a wide valley area, forming a crescent-like flat meadow outside the valley.

The meadow is not deep, and it can only be legged, and it stretches to the edge of the mountain forest hundreds of meters away. At the intersection of the meadow and the edge of the forest, there is a wooden house made of logs and bark in front of the forest. Obviously, this is the villa built specifically for the king's hunt. From the edge of the valley to the crescent-like meadows of the flat river, a path that seems to loom leads in a circular pattern towards the wooden house. The chalet is small and unpretentious, with a total of five small rooms. One of them was the king's residence, one was a kitchen, and the other three were for his retinue. At the back of the hut there are two simpler wooden sheds, one for the toilet and the other for the stables.

Because the king was coming to hunt, all the supplies and facilities here were ready to stop yesterday. The house was cleaned, the bed was covered with clean and soft bedding, and even the weeds in front of the door were hoeed clean. After walking for most of the day, I was really tired. So, as soon as Uker had taken my horse away, I lay down on the bed, and a freshness and relaxation made me feel like a fairy. After lying down for a while, I took the grass in front of the door to the river to take a scenic walk while cooking rice and drinking horses in the uker.

At dusk and sunset, the peaceful afterglow illuminates the intersection of the riverside meadow and the mountain forest, and the mist gradually rises between the river valley and the mountain, making the twilight scene in front of the beautiful mountains and rivers even more strange and blurry. While I was immersed in this idyllic landscape, the king came to me silently and asked, "What do the Han envoys think of this place?" I said, "It's like a fairyland." The king smiled and nodded. As we walked along the meadow by the river for a while, I suddenly asked, "Why didn't the king take the lieutenant with him on this hunt?" The king was taken aback and asked, "What do you mean by this?" As soon as I heard the king's tone, I felt that I had made a mistake, and immediately said in an explanatory tone, "When the king leaves the palace, safety is the first priority, and he should be guarded by the captain." The king listened, nodded slightly, and thought for a long time before he said, "Have the Han envoys ever heard of the death of their father?" I said, "I heard that His Majesty's father went to Taocun to escape the winter the year before and died suddenly in Taocun due to an emergency. The king pondered for a moment, then lowered his head and whispered, "My father is in his youth, he usually practices martial arts and fitness, and has a peaceful temperament, how can he die of sudden illness?" ”

I asked, "Has Your Majesty sent someone to inspect it?" The king said, "After my father's death, my stepmother sent the prime minister and the imperial doctor to Taocun that night, and the result of the examination was sudden death of heart disease. At that time, I was just a scholar in the school village, and although I had doubts, I couldn't do anything. After I succeeded to the throne, I sent someone to re-examine the case, but the imperial doctor died suddenly. Later, when I sent the palace governor Wei to visit my father's personal guard in Lianhua Village, he was killed by poisoned wine, and the guard was not escorted into the palace, so he was hurriedly tried by Du Wei and others, and secretly escorted to Dongshan for exile for the crime of poisoning. In this way, can my father not be harmed? ”

When I heard this, I said angrily, "Your Majesty, the king of a country, why can't you do anything to such a thief who kills the king and rebels? The king lamented, "Although I am the king of a country, the power in the palace is in the hands of my stepmother, the queen mother, and the captain, and I am weak, so what can I do?" I invited my son to come here today, called hunting, but it is actually to ask for advice. Childe came from the Han Dynasty, he is talented in literature and has a wide range of knowledge, I don't know what to see? "This is a problem not only for the king, but also for anyone, not to mention that I have not been in the palace, and I have no practical experience of court struggles, and if I know something, I have learned it from books. So, I told him the story of King Goujian's lying down and trying his courage, and asked him to be patient, wait for the opportunity, secretly accumulate strength, and find a way to get rid of the captain first, without the captain, the queen mother will have no strength. When the king heard this, he was overjoyed and said gratefully, "What the prince said is exactly what I want, and I will practice what the prince said, and try the courage with my salary, in order to achieve a great cause." After that, the king said, "The prince of Longhua is resourceful and knowledgeable, so I want to ask the prince to investigate and solve this case, so that the murderer can be arrested and punished severely." I wonder if Childe is willing to help me? ”

Listening to this, I was silent for a while. This is a typical palace murder case, and it is difficult to say which palace officials will be involved, not to mention that it will lead to burning, and even endanger lives. After being silent for a long time, I said with some embarrassment, "This case has been personally investigated by the prime minister and the governor, and there is a conclusion, if I want to be involved in it again, it will definitely lead to evil, even if the truth is found, what can I do?" Not only will it not be beneficial to me, but it will exacerbate the contradictions in the palace, and even endanger the lives of His Majesty and me. Your Majesty might as well lie down and taste the courage, and be patient in order to achieve great things. The king pondered and meditated, and said, "What Gongzi said is very true, if it were not for Gongzi's reminder, I would almost have committed this great mistake again, and the last time I sent someone to investigate the case, not only could the case not be clarified, but it killed the imperial doctor, the governor of Wei, and the three lives of the guard. I said to the king, "In Longhua's opinion, there is no need to investigate this case again. So as not to take any more risks and have nothing to disturb yourself. At this time, Uker came and said that the meal was ready, and asked us to go back to the house for dinner. We just stopped talking.

The next day, after breakfast, the clear sun was already shining on the mountain river in Cuiling. We walked through the dew-dripping forest meadow and went up to the top of the green ridge. Standing at the end of a ridge covered with low shrubs, you can see a green and far-reaching pasture below. The pasture is a large basin surrounded by mountains. In the deep green grass, patches of white and zong-colored herbivores are idly grazing in the depths of the meadow.

The king assigned Uker and I to drive between the herd of bison and the white goats to chase the goats, and he and Gengaki intercepted them from the other side. Because once the sheep run to the side of the herd, it will be dangerous to chase it. Because the bison here are very fierce. So, with their poles and bows and arrows ready, they began to ride down the hill and quietly press towards the flock. The grass in the pasture was not too deep for concealment, but the wild goats were grazing leisurely, not noticing our approach.

When we were only about ten meters away from the nearest sheep, a wild goat with two big horns seemed to smell the smell, suddenly raised its head, looked at us curiously and surprised, and kept making a "whoop" sound. This may be a warning sign, and all the goats are looking up and watching this side with alarm. The goat was large and strong, like a leading ram. At that moment, Uker took his bow and arrows and aimed them at the ram.

Unfortunately, the arrow only flew over the head of the wild goat. The goat was startled, barked again, and then turned and ran away. In an instant, all the wild goats ran in one direction in terror. So, we chased after us, and soon we were among the sheep. I grasped the reins in one hand and the lever in the other, and watched the wild goats whirl before my eyes like white light, but I didn't know which one to take. When the sheep had run past me, I saw a big and fat goat following the tail of the flock, and I chased after it.

The wild goat was running fast, but I was not skilled enough to let the horse go too fast. However, if you don't let the horse run too fast, you won't be able to catch up with the goat. So I clamped my legs, leaned down, leaned against the horse's back, tightened the rope, and rode after the horse. Soon, he caught up with the wild goat and went head to head with it. I swung the lever at the goat several times, but I didn't hit it because I was running too fast. I put the lever towards it again, and put the ferrule on its head. Now, the snarl was put around the wild goat's neck. I think I've lassoed it, and I just reined in and tried to stop the horse. But at the very moment when I pulled the reins and stopped the horse, the wild goat ran forward with the leat, as if it had gone mad. The unexpectedly powerful force brought me off my horse, and I screamed, dropped the pole, and fell heavily on the grass.

I fell from my horse with a bang, and then rolled on the grass, and felt like my internal organs had been blown apart, and my bones seemed to be falling apart. I tried to get up and chase the wild goat running with the sheath off, but I tried a few times and couldn't get up. Soon, I noticed that my arms and chest were in terrible pain and I couldn't move at all. His eyes were dizzy, and he wanted to vomit in his heart, but he couldn't. So I lay on the ground, my mouth half open, moaning incessantly, feeling like I was about to die.

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