Adventures in Heaven (novel) Zhang Baotong

Walking to the edge of the palace hall and looking south, you can see most of the scenery in the back garden, and you can also see the Pleasure Island in the distance in the middle of the lake at the beginning of the night. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info At this time, the scene of Uker and Gengaki Oshito going to Pleasure Island suddenly flashed in my mind. I thought if there was a door in the backyard wall that led to Pleasure Island, why couldn't it lead elsewhere? So, I walked straight to the ferry in the backyard of the palace.

When we came to the wall of the backyard of the palace, there was a small iron gate. Outside the door is the ferry. The small iron door was locked. Looking out through the gap by the door, you can see a small boat with a capacity of four or five people parked next to the ferry. I know that the key to this little iron door is in the hands of the Captain. To enter the ferry, you must have permission from the Governor. So, when there was no one around, I ran in a few steps, jumped up, grabbed the top of the palace wall with both hands, sucked in my abdomen, and stepped on the wall with one foot.

Beyond the wall, you will find the shore of the glacial lake. I walked along the wooden bridge at the ferry to the boat. Once on the boat, I paddled down the river toward the east. Actually, I didn't do this with any intention, just to be idle and dismissive. However, I wonder if anyone really wants to leave the palace from here, what should be the nearest place? I think it's the west. Not far to the west is the bank of the glacier, from where you can go straight to the peach village.

I went down the river for about ten minutes, and the boat went round the palace and a steep hill and came to a wood. I docked the boat and went into the woods. The evening breeze whipped through the woods with an eerie sound. I continued walking towards the woods, and soon noticed the bright lights of the trees. I couldn't help but be frightened, and wondered how there could be a light in this forest. Where there is a light, there must be someone. Who will dwell in this wilderness? Gradually, I came to a house. I listened to the silence in the house, so I quietly pushed open the gate of the fence and entered the courtyard. At this time, I smelled a strong smell of stables. It turned out to be a place where horses were raised. But why would anyone want to raise horses here?

I walked lightly past the stable, and looked in, and by the light of the window, I saw that there were seven or eight horses here, and that the door was closed in the lighted house next to it. I looked in through the window and saw a young man and woman playing affectionately under the lamp. The man seemed to have seen it, but he didn't know where he had seen it. I looked at it for a while, and then I was about to leave and return, but as soon as I turned around, my waist slammed into something. I felt a pang of pain and turned to see that I had crashed into a carriage. I immediately recognized that this was the carriage in which the king had ridden on his hunting trip.

Maybe it was the sound of the crash that alarmed the people inside, and they heard the footsteps of someone walking out. I hurried out of the courtyard on tiptoe and closed the gate. At this time, I saw the man carrying a long sword, going out of the door, and walking towards the courtyard gate. I hurried into the woods, and looked at the man with a chill in my heart. When the man saw that the gate was closed, he looked around for a while and went into the house. It was only then that I realized that this was the place where the horses were kept in the royal palace. Because I usually use horses for the palace guards, I only think that the horses are fed in the palace, but I don't know that the stables of the palace are located in the forest outside the palace. Paddled back to the ferry, I climbed over the palace wall and entered the palace.

The next morning, when I saw that the king was in a bad mood, I suggested that I accompany him to the palace for a ride on horseback. And the king told him to prepare his horses. I took the opportunity and said, "Longhua wants to go to the stable and choose a good horse." The king said, "If this is the case, the prince must go to the stable with the guard." So I went to the drawbridge. The guard, Sai Na, was on duty. Don't talk about the king and me using horses. Sai glanced at me with a strange and displeased look, and then said to me, "Please go with me." "I followed Sai across the drawbridge and walked along the flat slope. Sai was in front, I was behind, and neither of them wanted to take the initiative to talk to the other. After walking for about ten minutes, I entered a dense forest next to the slope. There was a path in the jungle that soon led us to the front of a wooden house. Sai Yi stood in front of the fence in front of the house and shouted in. Someone from inside immediately came out and greeted Sai Gong respectfully, saying, "Do you want horses for the guards?" "Take out your majesty and the mount of Uker." This is the father of the school village, and if he wants to use a horse with His Majesty, he can let him in and choose his own. ”

I went into the stables where I had been last night, looked at the horses in it for a moment, and asked, "Who are these horses?" Then the guard of the horses said to me, "The red horse is ridden by His Majesty, the white horse is ridden by the Prime Minister, and the black horse is ridden by the Captain." The rest of the horses were ridden by the guards. I asked, "Which horse is the fastest?" The man said, "The captain's horse is the fastest, but it is too strong for the average man to ride." So I said, "Then choose me a meek one." The man immediately said, "Childe can choose that little marre." I walked up to the horse and stroked the horse's face with my hand. The horse looked at me with a very warm and gentle gaze. This horse is very similar to the horse of the Elam family, except that the horse of the Elam family is a stallion.

Taking advantage of the selection of horses, I asked the man, "You are separated from the palace by a slope, can you know the great affairs of the palace?" He shook his head and said, "I don't know." The visitor usually just stood outside and shouted, and the guard led the horse out. Therefore, I usually don't talk to each other. I asked, "Did anyone use a horse yesterday?" The man said, "First Ukr took the two horses, and then Seydon also came and led the horses." When I heard this, I lowered my voice and said to him, "Do not say this to anyone, lest your life be in danger." The man wondered, "Why?" I said in a tone of admonition, "It is known that His Majesty the King and Ukr were intercepted and killed yesterday, and Uker died tragically by the thief's sword." The man was astonished and said, "Is that really the case?" I nodded solemnly. At this time, Sai was waiting outside in a hurry, and shouted, "Is the horse okay?" I immediately replied, "All right." So I led the red horse out of the stable.

When I rode to the river of the palace, the king and Beze had crossed the drawbridge from the palace and came along. When the king and Bezer also got on their horses, I walked side by side with the king, and Bezer rode behind with a sword. After some way, I asked the king, "Is there any other way out of the palace than the drawbridge?" The king said, "The drawbridge is the only way out of the palace." What does Childe mean by asking? I said, "Longhua can get out of the palace without a drawbridge." The king did not believe it and said, "Is it possible for the prince to fly with wings?" I said, "No, but there is a small gate in the wall of the palace in the backyard, and outside the door is the ferry, and there is a small boat at the crossing, and it takes a few hours to reach the palace stables." From now on, you can go ashore and ride a horse to go straight to Peach Village. The king was astonished and said, "I see." Someone must have left the palace from the backyard and intercepted and killed halfway. ”

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