Perhaps because of some overindulgence last night and this morning, Huangfu Xuande seemed to be in a very bad spirit, and as soon as the witch doctor mother and son left, he smiled at Ma Yuanzhen and said, "Do you know what the boat I want to give them looks like?" ”

Ma Yuanzhen also smiled: "The old slave thinks it should be square, like a box, so this kind of boat is also called a 'coffin'." ”

Huangfu Xuande laughed: "My father-in-law knows me too well!" ”

"But Your Majesty, if you give them to death, there will be no pills in the future, has Your Majesty considered it?" Ma Yuanzhen cautiously suggested again: "It's better to let them write out the prescription and send them back to China, so as to ensure that the pills will continue in the future, what does Your Majesty think?" ”

"No way!"

Huangfu Xuande snorted heavily, "This kind of people don't hesitate to poison me for money, can I still forgive them?" ”

After a pause, he said sternly to Ma Yuanzhen: "I want to warn you first, I have locked up the prince, and you are not allowed to report to him again, if you dare to favor him again, be careful that I will not spare you." ”

"The old slave remembered, and he didn't dare to go against the holy will."

Huangfu Xuande felt that he was a little tired, so he waved his hand, "I want to sleep for a while, you can retreat first!" ”

"Yes! The old slave stepped back. ”

Ma Yuanzhen was just about to go down, but at this moment, a eunuch rushed to the door and reported loudly: "Your Majesty, the king of Dunhuang County urgently asks to see, and he said that there is a major secret report from Emperor Jin'an!" ”

Ma Yuanzhen's face turned pale as soon as he brushed it, and he glared at him fiercely, "Your Majesty wants to rest, don't you see?" ”

The eunuch shrank his neck in fright and was about to retreat, but Huangfu Xuande walked out quickly, stared at the eunuch and asked, "What did you just say?" ”

The eunuch said timidly: "The servant said that the king of Dunhuang County urgently asked to see him, and he said that there was a major secret report from Emperor Jin'an. ”

"What!"

Huangfu Xuande was taken aback, "Quick, pass him on to see him!" ”

The eunuch went in a panic, Huangfu Xuande sat back in his seat all of a sudden, staring at the ground with his eyes blank, not knowing what he was thinking, Ma Yuanzhen said cautiously: "Your Majesty, now that the crown prince is imprisoned, there is another incident in Chuzhou, and there are also kings of Chu, King Qi, and King Zhao, and there are thousands of things, all of which are urgent, why bother with the old accounts from forty years ago, and the old slave is suspicious ....."

"What do you suspect?" Huangfu Xuande glanced at him.

"Has Your Majesty forgotten? Huangfu Yibiao is supporting the crown prince, he came out when the prince was imprisoned, and His Majesty should be careful that he is deliberately diverting His Majesty's attention in order to save the prince. ”

"This ..... I know it! ”

Huangfu Xuande waved his hand impatiently, "When Tianfeng's whereabouts were unknown, my father's will also want me to find him, this matter has been nested in my heart for decades, and it has become a big trouble for me all my life, if I don't find him, I will not be reconciled." ”

At this time, Huangfu Yibiao hurriedly walked in and bowed down, "Your Majesty, the minister has an urgent report, and Huangfu Wujin is actually ......."

"Wait!" Huangfu Xuande stopped him, he pointed to the inside, "Uncle Huang, let's go inside and say." ”

Huangfu Xuande took Huangfu Yibiao and walked inside, and when he reached the door, he turned back and instructed Ma Yuanzhen, "No one is allowed to disturb me, just say I don't see it!" ”

Ma Yuanzhen nodded slowly, "The old slave understands!" ”

Watching them walk in, the door closed gently, Ma Yuanzhen walked to the door and ordered, let everyone go down, and quickly came back and stood at the door with his hands down, as usual, waiting for the emperor's call at any time.

At this time, I only heard the roar of Huangfu Xuande from the room: "The bold Huangfu Jiang, dare to deceive, I want to crush your bones and scatter ashes, and let your whole family go to hell!" ”

"Your Majesty, you must immediately catch Huangfu Wujin, and you can't let him escape."

"I know that I will condemn him to rebel, and I will use the army of the whole country to exterminate him, and I will not give him a chance, and I will make him king if he kills the emperor without Jin, and Zhang Chongjun, who follows him as a rebel, exterminates the nine clans, and kills Zhang Chongjun, I will reward him with 100,000 taels of gold and be crowned the prince of the country, I don't believe it, will anyone not be tempted?"

Ma Yuanzhen's body began to tremble, his eyes turned to the table, on the table was a golden box, his fists slowly clenched...... "Your Majesty!"

At this moment, Huangfu Yibiao's panicked voice came from the room, "Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?" Ma Gonggong, come quickly! ”

Ma Yuanzhen rushed into the room, only to see Huangfu Xuande lying on the wall, bleeding from the corners of his mouth, shaking, and about to faint, Ma Yuanzhen hurriedly helped him, "Your Majesty, don't faint!" ”

Huangfu Xuande took a deep breath, stabilized his body, and said to Ma Yuanzhen: "Father-in-law, quickly take a pill and put it in the second drawer." ”

Ma Yuanzhen asked Huangfu Yibiao to support Huangfu Xuande, he quickly glanced at the three yellowed letters on the table, and then rushed out, opened the second drawer, and there was a flat gold box inside, which was the last time he entered the medicine, he slowly took out one of the pills, the size of the pill was like a pigeon's egg, red, but he hesitated for a moment, and put it back, at this time, he saw a dragon-shaped gold medal next to him, this is the gold medal of Huangfu Xuande's secret guards, he quietly stuffed the gold medal into his arms.

Ma Yuanzhen picked up a glass of water and walked back to the room quickly, handed the red pill to Huangfu Xuande, Huangfu Xuande took the pill and took it down, drank two more sips of water, sat down on the chair, panting heavily, Ma Yuanzhen said to Huangfu Yibiao again: "Old county king, now Your Majesty is very dangerous, you go to listen to Mei Ge for a while, and wait for Your Majesty to be a little better, and then summon you." ”

Huangfu Yibiao glanced at the emperor, Huangfu Xuande only felt very uncomfortable, so he waved his hand, meaning to let him go down first, Huangfu Yibiao had to slowly retreat, and waited for him to go down, Ma Yuanzhen said again: "Your Majesty rest for a while, and the old slave will go to pass the imperial doctor." ”

Ma Yuanzhen also followed, but he walked to the side of the imperial case, took out a small jade bell from a box, and quickly walked out of the imperial study, he came to the corridor of the side courtyard and gently shook the jade bell, the sound was very crisp and pleasant, and dozens of steps could be transmitted, and in an instant, two gray images appeared in front of him like ghosts, kneeling down on one knee, "Please ask Grandpa Ma to command!" ”

Ma Yuanzhen knew in his heart that during this time, Shen Ruyi and the emperor were too indulgent, and they didn't like the personal guards to peep beside them, so they sent them to the periphery, summoned with a jade bell, and issued an order with a gold medal, as long as he had a gold medal, there would be no mistakes, he took out the gold medal that mobilized the secret guards and handed it to them, "Your Majesty has an order, someone may assassinate the Queen Mother, order the two of you to go to Luojing to protect the Queen Mother quickly, and obey the Queen Mother's arrangement." ”

"Obey!"

One of the national soldiers took the gold medal, and the two disappeared in a flash, Ma Yuanzhen was most afraid of the three secret guards beside Huangfu Xuande, their martial arts were too terrible, seeing that they were transferred away by himself, he breathed a long sigh of relief in his heart, and casually threw the jade bell into the deep pool under the covered bridge.

He walked out of the inner courtyard quickly, and when he saw the chief of the yellow guard placed by the prince in the palace, he beckoned to him, and the chief of the yellow guard immediately greeted him.

Ma Yuanzhen pulled him to a secluded place and whispered to him: "Huangfu Yibiao wants to accuse the prince of raising a private army, he has evidence, we must not let him see the emperor, otherwise the prince will be finished, he listens to Mei Ge now, you go and kill him quickly, act quickly!" ”

Huang Guard's eldest was taken aback, the prince had asked him to pay special attention to the situation in the palace in the past two days, and he also knew that something might happen, so he gritted his teeth, "I'll go!" ”

The Huang guard's martial arts were very skillful, he ran with his feet and disappeared at the end in an instant.

After arranging the funeral, Ma Yuanzhen walked back to the imperial study, but at the door, he heard Huangfu Xuande asking angrily: "Where is my jade bell?" ”

"The minions didn't see it."

"Nonsense, I've been here all along, why is it gone?"

Ma Yuanzhen walked into the study and saw three little eunuchs kneeling on the ground, they were originally waiting outside, and Huangfu Xuande's heart ached and called them up.

At this time, Huangfu Xuande was sitting on a chair, his hands were pressed against his chest, his face was pale, and his whole body was trembling slightly, he was struggling to find the jade bell, but he was nowhere to be seen.

Ma Yuanzhen waved his hand, "You three stand down!" ”

The three little eunuchs hurriedly retreated, and Ma Yuanzhen smiled at Huangfu Xuande: "Your Majesty, that string of jade bells was taken by Concubine Shuniang to play, and she said that she would return it after playing for two days." ”

"Hu.... Trouble! ”

Huangfu Xuande hated and was anxious, only to feel that his heart hurt even more, he pressed his chest and gasped: "Go and get it back!" ”

Ma Yuanzhen stepped forward and picked up the three yellowed letters from the table, Huangfu Xuande was stunned for a moment, raised his head and looked at Ma Yuanzhen in surprise.

Ma Yuanzhen shook out a letter and glanced at it, he sighed lowly, "It's so fast!" It's been forty years. ”

He threw the three letters into the brazier by the wall, and the three letters quickly burned, and the emperor Xuande was so frightened that he wanted to stand up, but his heart hurt like a knife, and he sat down so hard that he was sweating profusely.

Ma Yuanzhen glanced at Huangfu Xuande with pity, took out a crimson pill from the gold box on his table, and took it down, Huangfu Xuande was stunned for a moment, "Father-in-law! ”

Ma Yuanzhen knelt down slowly, tears welled up from his eyes, and he said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty also took a pill just now, and he is about to return, and the old slave will accompany His Majesty." ”

Huangfu Xuande saw that there were really two pills missing in the open box, and his heart suddenly fell into the abyss, it was the new medicine that the witch had offered just now, and it was the pill that the prince wanted to poison him, and he finally took it.

At this time, the despair and fear of death made Huangfu Xuande not feel pain, he just wanted to know the reason, why Ma Yuanzhen did this, he asked weakly: "Why?" ”

"Does Your Majesty know about the Six Warriors of Jin'an?"

"Yes!"

"Your Majesty, do you know that in fact, the last warrior was a little eunuch?"

Huangfu Xuande stared at him and said slowly: "It's you!" ”

Ma Yuanzhen nodded, he said with a little sadness: "I was originally just a humble little eunuch who poured the toilet, that year my parents died, no money to bury, hiding in the palace and crying, was seen by Emperor Jin'an, he was very sympathetic to me, so he rewarded me with one hundred taels of silver, so that I could bury my parents, he will not take this kind of little thing to heart, but I remember, forty years ago, there was an incident in the palace, I saw a group of guards protect the prince to break through, I went up to change clothes with the prince, led away the pursuers, and then I jumped into the royal river, was shot by an arrow in the waist. ”

Speaking of this, Ma Yuanzhen lifted his clothes, revealing a scar on his waist, he smiled miserably, and continued: "It's just that my life should not be extinguished, I actually swam out of the royal river, and was rescued by King Liang, in the dark night, he saw me wearing the clothes of the prince, thought I was the prince, and rescued me back, and then I lived in the palace of King Liang, King Liang heard that His Majesty likes to cut wood, so he invited a famous teacher to teach me, and then I came to His Majesty's side, and served His Majesty for forty years. ”

Huangfu Xuande didn't even have the strength to shout at this time, his breathing was extremely weak, he felt that his life was disappearing little by little, he looked at Ma Yuanzhen desperately, "You.... Kill me! ”

"If Your Majesty is willing to spare Wujin, I don't dare to harm Your Majesty, Your Majesty's kindness to me, I can only repay it with death and accompany Your Majesty."

Huangfu Xuande's mind suddenly became extremely clear at this time, he recalled the past scenes that happened forty years ago, and suddenly looked up to the sky and sighed, "Then return the throne to Emperor Jin'an!" ”

After that, he couldn't breathe, his whole body was relieved, and he passed away suddenly.

Ma Yuanzhen also felt that his life was about to disappear, he trembled and walked to Huangfu Xuande and knelt down, gently stroked his face, thinking about the situation when he met him for the first time, he carved a little dragon for him, and he clapped his hands with joy.

Ma Yuanzhen's tears rained down, lying on him and crying bitterly, "Your Majesty! ”

(To be continued)