Adventures in Heaven (novel) Zhang Baotong

At noon the next day, the king, accompanied by Gengaki, changed into civilian clothes and hid a long sword, and secretly went to Sparrow Ridge again. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoAt this time, I have taken Beze and Yunbu to hide in an ambush in a forest between Taocun and Sparrow Ridge. However, until the afternoon, when the king and Gengaki returned from their original paths, no one was seen riding through the forest path. In desperation, we had to go back to the palace with the king. When I returned to the palace, the king called me and Beze into the study, and asked me, "Why hasn't the lieutenant been able to leave the palace?" I said, "I don't know." Perhaps the Lieutenant was alert. Then the king said, "If this plan fails, what other good plan does the prince have?" I thought for a moment and said, "Strategies should be set up at any time, and if they are not in time and geography, they will not work." Your Majesty might as well be busy with the funeral of Uker first, watch the scene in the palace, and then design with affection. Moreover, Long Hua wanted to go to Ziwei Garden again to meet the Queen Mother and persuade her to give up the power of the palace. If the Queen Mother can understand the righteousness and return the power of the palace to Her Majesty, it will be better for both Your Majesty and the Queen Mother. I wonder what Your Majesty means? When the king heard this, he was overjoyed, and said, "Of course, it is best to do this, but I am afraid that the queen mother will not do it." ”

In the evening, I made a special trip to Crape Myrtle Garden to visit the Queen Mother. When the Queen Mother saw me coming, she seemed very happy and kind, and poured tea for me herself, and asked me, "Why hasn't the prince come to see me for decades?" I said, "The scholar asked me to write a book on the lectures of the school village, so Longhua worked day and night, without leisure, and failed to come to visit the Queen Mother, asking the Queen Mother to forgive her sins."

The Queen Mother said, "The son is busy, and it is forgivable." I don't know how the son has leisure today? I said, "When I heard that Uker had been killed, Long Hua was very sad and sad, and came to the palace to mourn. At this time, Long Hua didn't want to disturb the Queen Mother, but there was one thing, Long Hua didn't say it to the Queen Mother, so he felt sorry for the Queen Mother's affection. The Queen Mother was stunned and said, "What's the matter?" Please tell me directly. I lowered my voice and said mysteriously, "Long Hua only learned from His Majesty that he had obtained evidence of his father's murder from a friend of the Imperial Physician of Sparrow Ridge. He also said that some dignitaries in the palace were involved in those things. When the Queen Mother heard this, she couldn't help but shudder, and hurriedly asked, "Is this true?" I said, "How can Long Hua play the queen mother?" ”

The Queen Mother pondered for a long time, then raised her head, smiled slightly, and said, "This is a secret matter in the palace, why did the prince want to talk to me about this?" I said, "The Queen Mother has had **** grace with me, Longhua is very worried that the Queen Mother is among His Majesty and the Captain, and will suffer disasters in the future, so I came to persuade the Queen Mother to retreat bravely, give up power, choose a good place to live, and choose a beloved man to spend time in peace, wouldn't it be good?" The Queen Mother let out an "oh" sound and said, "It's hard for the kindness of the son." It's just that I don't know where the so-called disaster of Childe came from? I said, "Your Majesty and Du Wei are fighting openly and secretly, and the grudge is deep, and there will be a life-and-death ending in the end." And the Queen Mother's protection of the Captain is bound to be resented by His Majesty. Nowadays, His Majesty is weak in the palace and can only tolerate it, but outside the palace, His Majesty has gathered the literati and warriors into one. According to Longhua's view, Du Wei is His Majesty's subject, and the subject is disloyal and unfilial to the king, and he is really a thief, and he will not end up innocent. Therefore, Longhua begged the Queen Mother to give up the captain and give up her power in order to ensure the peace of her life. The Queen Mother pondered for a long time, and said with a sad face, "What the prince said is very true. But the son didn't know that the Queen Mother and I were already in the mud, and I couldn't stop. I couldn't help but be surprised, and said, "What's so difficult about the Queen Mother?" If it is really difficult, how can Your Majesty sit idly by? The Queen Mother sighed and said, "You can't say this to your son." It took more than half an hour to talk to the Queen Mother, but failed to convince the Queen Mother. I had no choice but to say goodbye to the Queen Mother and prepare to go back and report to the King.

Coming out of the crape myrtle garden, the night was already dark. When I was about to walk towards the shining Huxin Garden, a black shadow flashed in front of me, and then I saw a long sword facing my throat, which scared me into a cold sweat. I shuddered, "Who are you?" The shadow sneered, "Who? Who am I? "It's the Captain, I think he's the only one who dares to act so boldly. I immediately calmed down and said, "I have no grievances with the Captain, why does the Captain treat me like this?" But the lieutenant said hatefully, "Your Majesty is a puppet in the palace, but it was you who planned to make contact and tried your best to support it, so you caused all kinds of troubles, and I only hate that you were not executed quickly." Today, you came to instigate the Queen Mother again, asking the Queen Mother to betray me to Your Majesty, fortunately, the Queen Mother was aware of the situation and failed to be deceived, otherwise, I would die without a place to be buried. ”

I know very well the insidiousness and viciousness of the Captain, he doesn't even care about the king, how can he let me go, a traveler from a foreign land? I knew that I was going to die, so I said, "Du Wei is wrong, Longhua traveled far here, and he didn't know anyone, but he saw that the road was uneven, and he drew his sword to help, just for a kind of charity and justice." "But your charity and justice are against me, and you are putting me to death." I figured I wouldn't survive anyway, so I said, "That's because you're sinful and wicked." Du Wei smiled fiercely, "The winner is the king, and the loser is the thief, and now you will die under my sword." As he spoke, he stabbed me in the throat with his sword. I didn't even dodge, I closed my eyes and waited to die.

However, at this moment, Wen Juan walked over from the lakeside path humming a little song. As soon as the lieutenant saw that it was not easy to start, he warned in a low voice, "I will spare your life, if you don't leave the palace quickly, and then negotiate with Your Majesty about the trick, and the next time I see you, you will definitely be killed." After speaking, he hurriedly put away his long sword, and his body flashed and disappeared. Immediately, Wen Juan came over and saw me standing in front of the queen mother's door in a daze, so she smiled and said, "Why is the son here in a daze?" I woke up from my fright, and reached out to touch my face, but it was a cold sweat.

Throughout the night, I was in a state of flux, waking up from nightmares several times. So, early the next morning, I was leaving the palace. When the king saw that I was uneasy and in an unusual mood, he asked me why I had to leave the palace at once. I didn't explain it to the king, but I said that I had some urgent business to do when I wanted to go back to the school. When the king saw that I had made up his mind, he asked Beze to send me out of the palace, and told me to finish my work, and then return to the palace as quickly as possible.

After leaving the palace, I did not go to the palace for many days, and even the thought of the palace made me feel a chill and palpitations. Although I have promised the princess to visit her in the palace every three or two days, I am afraid that my life will be in danger if I let the lieutenant see her. Evil is a terrifying devil that will jump out of nowhere and bite you hard. Therefore, I think it is safer to stay in the school village. I don't think the lieutenant will go to the school village to harm me. However, I know that the evil devil can't hide from it at all, and even if you don't mess with it, it will come to you. So, the way to deal with the devil is not to hide from it, but to subdue it. Otherwise, goodness and justice will be bullied by evil, but the power of goodness and justice is not strong enough at the moment.

With this in mind, I began to devote most of my free time of the day to sword practice. The place where I live is only a few tens of meters away from Father Takara. Every morning, Father Takara always got up before dawn and came to the woods at the entrance of the school village to start practicing swordsmanship. Because I had already worshipped Father Gora as my teacher, Father Gora asked me to get up earlier than him every morning before I could teach me. In addition to practicing with Father Gao Liang for two hours every morning, in the evening, I often dragged Father Gao Liang to watch me practice and give me guidance.

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