Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Nightmare
Everyone says that the emperor is good... Only when you do the dragon chair can you understand that this errand is not so easy to do.
'The world is mine' is a good saying, but 'I am also the world', Feng Leong is not very smart, but he is diligent enough to get up before dawn every day. The country of Nanli is not peaceful, there are tiger and wolf powers outside, many ethnic groups coexist inside, there are barbarians dormant in the mountains, and there are countless political affairs waiting to be done every day, and there are never-ending problems that can never be done, and there are never-ending troubles...... So Feng Long was very happy tonight, and all those annoying state affairs were left in the imperial study for the time being, and he slipped out of the palace and came out to play.
First visit the Beijing Lantern Festival, then look at 'yourself', and finally go to Chunyifang to 'observe the people's feelings', and I won't go back until three watches!
Walking aimlessly through the streets and alleys, stopping from time to time, enjoying the lanterns overhead, or picking and picking and bargaining from the stalls of the traveling merchants, the more Feng Long shopped, the higher his interest, pointed his finger around, and said with a smile: "The prosperous style in front of me is not much better than the eye city of Dayan." ”
Gonggong Li whispered: "Lord, this is wrong. ”
Feng Long frowned slightly, slanted his gaze and glanced at Gonggong Li, his dissatisfaction was self-evident.
Gonggong Li's expression remained unchanged, and he continued: "Zou Cheng in Yan Country is known as the finishing touch of Middle Earth...... That's an old thing, a big fire when a product was beaten, and it burned in a mess, and now I'm afraid it's still scorched, and the eye city is just a yellow flower yesterday. Phoenix City is thriving, and it is becoming brighter, how can it be compared to Yanyan City? In time, the land of the dragon in Middle-earth must be here. ”
Feng Long Longyan was happy, and laughed: "Your mouth, like Phoenix, is becoming more and more 'prosperous'." ”
Gonggong Li immediately put on a flattering smile: "Slaves have always said whatever they wanted. After saying that, he counted the hours and said softly, "Lord, the time is almost up, and you will come out soon... Do you want to go over first and take a better place? ”
Feng Long nodded, and the group turned around and walked in the direction of the main entrance of the palace.
The Mid-Autumn Festival, the whole world celebrates, there is not only a grand lantern festival, then the queen mother, the saint, the queen will also lead the Manchu Dynasty civil and military parade in the city, it is really a great liveliness...... Feng Long sneaked out of the palace and couldn't participate in the parade anymore, but it didn't matter, there was still a 'mirror' in the palace, so he could just put it on top.
The royal Mid-Autumn Festival parade is held every three or two years, and it is wonderful to enjoy the joy of the people from above, but after a few experiences, it is like that. This time, Hong Leong wants to watch 'himself' parade, mingling among the people, changing angles, changing positions, and hearing the cheers again should also have a different taste.
In terms of appearance alone, the 'mirror' is seven points similar to Feng Long, dressed up in that outfit, and high up away from everyone, no one can see the flaw, of course, it is not difficult to hide from the ministers, but don't want to hide from the queen mother and queen who ride with him, so every time Feng Long uses the 'mirror', he will go to the queen mother in advance.
After all, it is his own flesh and blood, and the queen mother of Nan Liguo is neither strict nor too capable, although he feels that his son is a little nonsense, but he only does it occasionally, and seeing that he is really hard in every day, he will generally agree; It's easier for the queen to do it, what he wants to do, the queen doesn't dare to care.
In all fairness, Feng Long is a good emperor, usually he doesn't have enough time, and he is not very willing to play, and it is an opportunity like today that he will 'pay a private visit', which is supposed to be a parade, and he can't handle political affairs anyway.
When Feng Long and his party arrived at Gongqian Street, the forbidden army on the street had already been on duty, clearing the road for the parade, and the roofs of the surrounding buildings were also guarded to prevent assassins. Both sides of the road were crowded with people, and everyone was waiting eagerly, buzzing and talking.
Gonggong Li was in front, Li Yifeng was behind, and several other personal guards guarded the surroundings, crowding the emperor all the way through the crowd, occupying a good position on the side of the street, and after waiting for a while, the three cannon shots were deafening, and the main gate of the palace was wide open. First, he rode the forbidden military training road, and then the four giant elephants wore red and hung colors, and their heavy footsteps made the earth tremble slightly; The elephant followed the whip of the brigade, and with the commander's order, more than 100 dressed men danced the long whip, and the whistling when breaking the air and the crisp sound when the tart ground was neatly aligned, mighty and solemn; After that, there is the big music club, the royal battle club, the dragon flag club, and the regimental fan club...... Drums and horns are intertwined, the golden gourd and golden Yue are shining, the flag is hunting in the wind, the emperor's parade of honor guards, and the most gorgeous scenery of the Mid-Autumn Festival in Phoenix.
The huge battle walked slowly, and the subjects of Nanli cheered in unison wherever they passed, and Gonggong Li made fun of it and said to Feng Long: "The Lord is wise and powerful, and has the support of all the people. ”
"It's an exaggeration!" Feng Long waved his hand, looking like a gentleman who was not a sycophant.
Gonggong Li shook his head thoughtfully: "You always listen to it and watch it yourself, everyone laughs and is excited along the way, this is a genuine love, and it can't be fake......"
Since coming here, Feng Long has been listening with his ears for a long time, and he has not heard a few words of scolding, and then listening to what Gonggong Li said, his heart is indeed beautiful. In fact, everyone except Feng Long understands that at this moment, there is no telling how many secret agents are mixed in the crowd, and even if there is really any grievance, no one dares to talk nonsense at this time.
They whispered about the kung fu, the palace guard of honor has crossed the square and walked up the long street, closer to Feng Long and others, the emperor's treasure is high, the four curtains have been raised, the mirror and the queen mother, the queen sit upright, smile and wave from time to time, greeting the Quartet.
Feng Leong 'looked at himself' and said with a smile: "To say, the mirror is getting more and more alike." ”
Gonggong Li said: "It's just a resemblance, the true dragon majesty on the master, the mirror can't be learned anyway, of course... It was enough to put him on this occasion. ”
As the two were talking, the mirror in the treasure suddenly stood up, and immediately stopped from the guard of honor to the convoy, which was normal, and during the parade, the emperor would often say a few words of benevolence, and if he didn't say a word from beginning to end, it would seem wrong.
It's just that Hong Leong didn't expect that they would stop before him.
The mirror was together, and all the people on both sides of the street knelt on the ground, and Emperor Fenglong frowned and said in a low voice: "I am kowtowing to the queen mother!" As he spoke, he also deigned to kneel, but he still supported the ground with both hands and supported his body to prevent his knees from touching the ground, and the posture was very strange.
With a wave of the mirror's sleeves, Gao Xuan, the eunuch in front of the treasure, 'flattened', Feng Long breathed a sigh of relief, and his face returned to smiling, and when the mirror's words of encouragement came down, it should be another earth-shattering cheer...... The huge long street was silent, everyone held their breath, waiting for the holy golden mouth, the mirror took a deep breath, and wanted to say something but didn't say anything. Suddenly, he laughed, revealing a mouthful of white, neat teeth, and the next moment, he turned around suddenly, reached out and grabbed the queen mother's hair and pulled it back hard, and with that white tooth, he bit her throat with one bite!
When the queen mother's exclamation was abruptly hoarse, there was an extra phoenix hairpin inlaid with gold and jade in the mirror hand, the queen mother's hairpin, and in the blink of an eye, the long needle of the hairpin pierced from the queen's left eye, and there was no hairpin.
On the queen's face, there was an extra delicate phoenix with gold and green.
The mirror killed two people in a row, the movements were clean and neat, and then he raised his ten fingers with both hands like hooks, and grabbed his face fiercely, and in a blink of an eye, his face was dripping with blood...... Ten fingers tore down from the bun, through the forehead, gouging out the eyes, scratching the cheekbones, tearing the corners of the mouth, and finally jumped up, and with a 'bang', he mounted himself on the side pillar of the treasure.
A huge force that ordinary people can never explode... The emperor's chariot was so strong that it could not be smashed with a hammer, and the mirror actually broke the chariot pillar, and his own brain burst out, and his body was half lying on the chariot.
Feng Leong only felt that five thunders were on the top! He watched 'himself' kill the Queen Mother and the Empress, and then commit suicide.
The sudden drastic change, from the beginning to the end, was just two or three breaths, and the lives of the three surnames withered.
The strange murder that can only be explained by 'demonic possession', witnessed by tens of millions of people, after the death-like silence, I don't know which one was the first to exclaim, and then the long street was in chaos!
Feng Long rumbled loudly in his ears, his mind was in a mess, his head was in sharp pain like a needle prick, he stood in place and shook twice, his eyes rolled and fell into Gonggong Li's arms, before fainting, he barely saw that the iron guard Li Yifeng suddenly drew his sword and drew his sword, and shot ruthlessly, attacking and killing several other defenseless personal guards.
The moon is full in the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the nightmare in Nanli.
…… The sky was bright.
Song Yang woke up from the roof, the sun was dazzling, and he was still in a trance after getting drunk, so that he didn't notice that the street seemed to be a little too cold, while rubbing his eyebrows, he turned over and went downstairs to return to his room.
Then he heard about the unbelievable tragedy.
Last night, Song Yang sent the deceased away on the roof, Luo Guan had no intention of staying in the house, but the dwarf couldn't sit still, and ran to the street to play, and he also crowded in the crowd to watch the honor guard during the bloody case, although it was not really true from a distance, but he could understand what was happening.
After hearing the process of the incident, Song Yang was stunned at first, and then said: "The one who died is not Feng Long, I saw him on the street last night, and he changed into civilian clothes and came out to play." ”
The Fire Dao people were taken aback: "Is the stand-in crazy?" ”
"It's not crazy, the life of the stand-in was bought." Song Yang was cold: "Everyone is watching, the fake emperor is dead, and the real Fenglong has become a fake." ”
"This is by design?!" The Fire Dao people understood Song Yang's meaning, pondered for a while, and said, "The Queen Mother, the Empress, and the Emperor shared a ride, so they also died?" "There are not many people in the palace who know that the emperor uses a stand-in to parade, but there are not only the queen mother and the queen, but they are undoubtedly the most important and will swear to defend the imperial power.
"Zhen Fenglong, most of them are dead now." Luo Guan interjected: "After hiding from the sky and crossing the sea, it is indispensable to cut the grass and eradicate the roots." "Since you can use a stand-in layout, you naturally know that the emperor will go out of the palace in micro-clothes, or buy personal guards, or send killers to follow and make trouble, in short, he must kill Zhen Fenglong, and he will never be allowed to return to the palace, there is no doubt about this matter.
Song Yang agreed and nodded: "It's dead." ”
The fire path man was a little stunned when he heard this, and his mind didn't turn around for a while: "No, I don't understand, someone controlled the stand-in; and has the ability to assassinate the emperor during his private visit, in this case, wouldn't it be good to kill the real emperor directly, and then support the stand-in to sit on the dragon chair and be a puppet? ”
After saying that, the Fire Dao man himself realized that this assumption was too stupid, coughed, shook his head and smiled: "It's me who is confused, the queen and the queen mother will not agree, unless they find an opportunity to get rid of those two women." ”
Song Yang shook his head: "Even if you get rid of them, it's useless." There are no two people who are exactly the same, and the stand-in may not have any flaws when seen from a distance, but when the stand-in is close, there is no way to hide from people who are familiar with Fenglong, and all the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are shrewd characters, and they can't be deceived. As he spoke, he exhaled a breath of turbidity: "Someone wants to usurp the throne, and the biggest role that this stand-in can play is to tell the world that Emperor Fenglong is dead and will set up a new monarch." ”
Feng Leong is young, the eldest son is less than four years old, and he is not sensible yet. The queen mother and the queen died together, and the family power behind them may still be strong, but for the time being, there is no 'power point', and without these two key figures, Xiaowa has no chance to ascend the throne.
Luo Guan shook his head and sighed: "This thing is appalling, but it really nailed Feng Long, even if he doesn't die, it's useless, he can't turn over." ”
"This should be an infighting in the court, right?" The old dwarf asked.
Luo Guan nodded: "This is natural, it is not a civil uprising or a foreign invasion, there must be someone who covets the throne, so this is the design to remove Fenglong, it is the nest of the anti." ”
The dwarf old man approached Song Yang again, and said tentatively: "The person who can do this thing must have a lot of power in the court, and he should also be related to the royal family, otherwise he won't be able to be the emperor even if he kills Fenglong, Brother Song, who do you think this person will be?" ”
"King Zhenxi?" Song Yang asked rhetorically.
The Fire Dao man blurted out, "You think so too? ”
"That's what you think!" Song Yang smiled bitterly: "I really hope that it was made by the prince, but unfortunately, it won't be him." ”
If the prince really planned such a big thing, how could he not sit in Phoenix City. Feng Long is 'kill first and then commit suicide', not died of assassination of the king, there is no need to leave the capital to avoid suspicion; even if the prince is not there, Hongbo Mansion cannot be without capable people, and the last time they met, the king of Zhenxi took off the burden on Cheng He...... On the contrary, the main messenger behind the scenes wanted to take advantage of the fact that the king of Zhenxi, the heaviest fixing star of Dayan, was not in Jingshi, to plot this big event.
Luo Guan also took a long breath and sighed: "Nanli won't be peaceful recently. Then he stopped mentioning this matter and asked Song Yang: "What about our affairs?" ”
"If you do it, you have to hurry... The sooner the better, after taking down the old nun, I bothered the seniors to bring her back to Fengyi. ”
Luo Guan frowned: "I'll escort her back?" What about you, want to stay? ”
Song Yang nodded: "It won't take a few days for Chenghe and King Zhenxi to rush back, I'll stay and see if there is anything I can help." ”
…… The sky was bright.
Feng Long shook his head violently and came to his senses.
When he woke up, he even thought that what had happened last night was just a nightmare, but when he opened his eyes, he was immediately disappointed... Broken roofs, the line of sight through holes of different sizes, can directly see the sky; There was a shabby straw mat spread underneath him, and it seemed that there were unknown insects crawling around... Not a lavish dormitory, but a crumbling thatched house.
Suddenly, a surprise voice sounded in my ears: "Long live, you... Wake up! Father-in-law Li's big white and fat face came into view, and there were snot and tears on his face.
Looking at the environment in front of him, and then recalling the events of last night, Feng Long can probably understand what happened, his brain is buzzing and messed up, but now at this time, he can't be messed up, Feng Long wants to take a deep breath to suppress his heart, but unexpectedly, as soon as he inhales hard, a sharp pain suddenly came from under his ribs, which made him can't help but let out a miserable scream.
Only at this moment did he realize that he was injured, the wound was bandaged, and the blood had covered the bandage. Gonggong Li was shocked and frightened, and hurriedly stepped forward, with a cry in his voice: "Long live be careful of the dragon body, you recuperate, what's the ......?"
Before he finished speaking, the wooden door of the thatched hut was knocked open with a bang, and an emaciated young man staggered in with blood on his body, still without the slightest expression on his face.
Feng Long vaguely remembered the scene he saw before he fell unconscious, gritted his teeth and scolded angrily: "Li Yifeng, a person who forgets his roots!" ”
Gonggong Li on the side hurriedly knelt on the ground and cried: "Long live, disaster fell from the sky last night, and it was all up to him to fight to the death to protect you and escape here." ”
Feng Long was stunned for a moment, didn't care about the severe pain in the wound, and asked Li Yifeng: "I obviously saw you kill my guards last night. ”
"The parade tragedy suddenly appeared, and the minister thought that the disobedient thief would definitely send someone to assassinate him, and he would never allow His Majesty to return to the palace. Since he can buy the life of the mirror, he can also buy the guards around Banzai, I can't tell who it is... Only by striking first, kill them all to prevent future troubles. As he spoke, Li Yifeng took out some medicine from his arms, and instructed Gonggong Li: "Get some water, I want to change the medicine for Banzai." ”
Gonggong Li got up and went out tremblingly. Li Yifeng continued to say to Feng Long: "The minister was derelict in his duty and failed to escort Banzai back to the palace......
When the long street was in turmoil, Li Yifeng killed the other guards, and then wanted to take advantage of the chaos to escort Feng Long back to the palace, but he encountered a large number of assassins head-on, and it was simply a dead end to go back, only to fight and retreat, fortunately, the chaotic crowd was an excellent cover, and finally escaped here.
During this time, Li Yifeng was seriously injured, and Feng Long was also shot with a crossbow in a coma, when he screamed, woke up for a moment, and then fell into a coma.
After hearing what happened, Feng Long asked, "Why didn't you kill Xiao Li?" ”
"The minister knew that he had not been bought. And the person I hate and distrust the most is Gonggong Li, and everyone in the palace knows about it. Every time Your Majesty pays a private visit to Weifu, I will set aside a spirit to keep an eye on him, and he doesn't know martial arts, so he has no chance to do it in front of me...... If a disobedient person really wants to buy the murderer, he will not choose him, because it is useless to buy him. ”
Feng Long suddenly became a little curious: "Why don't you trust him?" After asking, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, at this time, he could still think of asking these idle things.
"Chen used to think that he was a villain, he would only slap his beard and pat the horse, and he was not worthy of trust." Li Yifeng replied truthfully: "But I was wrong, I fought with the assassin last night, and it was all up to him to carry you on his back to have a chance to get out of trouble." ”
Feng Long understood his situation, so he became suspicious, and lowered his voice: "Could it be that someone has calculated your surname......" Li Yifeng understood the meaning of long live, and immediately shook his head: "When the assassin killed, I had no time to take care of Your Majesty anymore, and at that time, Gonggong Li had a lot of opportunities to assassinate... He is a man of faith. ”
After speaking, Li Yifeng was silent for a moment, and then said: "Actually, the minister doesn't know if there are any traitors among the guards I assassinated first. Feng Long sighed: "You are innocent, meritorious, and meritorious!" ”
When he was wronged by the emperor before, when he talked about assassinating his comrades, and knowing that he was now praised by Feng Long for his merits, Li Yifeng never had any expression.
…… The sky was bright.
Su Hang opened his eyes.
Grandma got up earlier, knocked on the door after hearing the movement, entered the cabin, her eyes were full of kindness, and looked at Su Hang quietly, and after a while, he suddenly cried, tears rushed through the thick chalk, leaving traces on his face.
Su Hang was a little surprised: "What's wrong with you?" ”
"The Mid-Autumn Festival has passed, and Sister Hang is still there... The old slave is happy, really happy. Grandma didn't know Su Hang's life experience and origin, but he knew her death, and when he first went to sea, Su Hang told him that he would leave this Mid-Autumn Festival.
Hearing this, Su Hang lowered his head, looked at the little doll who was still sleeping next to him, reached out and gently stroked his forehead, the movements were gentle and loving, and grandma also stepped forward and laughed softly: "When he opens his eyes, he looks like Sister Hang, but when he closes his eyes, he looks like Song Yang more." ”
Su Hang didn't care what his grandmother said, but muttered to himself: "I have no intention of Hongchen... Hongchen didn't spare me...... Grandma's. As she spoke, she suddenly smiled, charming and happy, and stretched out a finger to poke the doll's little hand.
The doll in her sleep frowned, pouted, and tightened her little hand, grabbed her mother's fingers, and continued to dream.
(To be continued)