1. The Peacock King

Heavy snowfall has been falling for seven days.

Outside Luoyang City, the allied forces of the Nine Roads Jiedu envoys led by Li Qi, the king of Jianning, and Guo Ziyi, as well as the Hui soldiers sent by the Hui King to put down the rebellion of the Qin Wang, a total of more than 100,000 soldiers and horses besieged the city for more than a month.

The continuous camp tents and the banners spread wildly in the wind spread out around Luoyang City, and there was almost no end in sight.

On this day, the snow gradually stopped. The originally prosperous eastern capital of the Tang Dynasty is now the capital of Emperor An Lushan.

On the golden hall, a huge copper dome burned arm-thick pine wood, which crackled from time to time.

The fire was very strong, but the hall was very deserted. There are no officials going to court, and there are no songs and dances to cheer up.

Emperor Dayan has not listened to the government for a long time, and several maids and little eunuchs are hiding in His Highness far away.

This was the Emperor's order, and few people were allowed to come near the Emperor's side these days.

In fact, these maids and little eunuchs don't want to stay far away. It's best to get out of this eerie place.

They could see that the emperor's illness was getting worse.

Since the day the head of His Majesty's beloved prince was brought back, the spirit of the Emperor has deteriorated day by day. He became very weak, sensitive, and very irritable.

There were already a dozen maids and little eunuchs, killed by the mad emperor.

The people tightened their bodies, suppressed the fear in their hearts, and cautiously looked in the direction of the golden throne, waiting for the emperor's next attack, or summons.

An Lushan was sitting on a golden throne studded with gems and jewels at the moment, his head leaning on the edge of the dragon chair, humming and chirping, as if he was enduring great pain.

In his hand was a wine glass carved from a skull. The base and handle were made of gold and white jade.

The skeleton once belonged to the son he loved.

Alcohol can help him get rid of some of the pain. So, he kept gulping.

After each drink, the person standing next to him quickly poured the wine to his heart's content.

An Lushan is very fat, he has always been fat, and now he is paralyzed on the throne, more like a huge water bladder, collapsing there softly.

The person who poured wine for An Lushan was Li Zhu'er. It is one of the few people who can get close to An Lushan at the moment.

Li Zhu'er has clear eyebrows, but she is also surprisingly fat, round, and weighs more than 300 pounds.

It is said that Li Zhu'er was originally very handsome, and he was forced to overeat by An Lushan to become what he is today.

Li Zhu'er had a very strange expression on his face, as if he was crying but not crying, and he seemed to be smiling but not laughing.

When you're in a good mood, you think he's smiling. If you are in a bad mood, you will feel that he is in the same depressed mood as you.

It's probably because I've been with An Lushan, a moody person, for too long, so it's become like this.

"Wine. Wine. Ah, it's really sad to be a widow. Pig, hurry up and pour wine for the widow. ”

An Lushan let out a sad cry from time to time, although he also knew that even if he didn't speak, Li Zhu'er would help him fill the wine as usual.

He just wanted to call like this, he would feel more comfortable in his heart, and his body would be less painful.

Not only was the pain of losing his son, but the bitter cold of this winter was also a great torture for him, and he felt that the joints of his body were filled with cold water, and the pain was unbearable.

The imperial doctor captured from Chang'an has been killed. The pain is even more intense.

"Wine. Pour wine for the widow. Yes. Those bullshit doctors, what kind of prescriptions do they prescribe, and they still want to prevent the widow from drinking, hahahaha, kill them, kill them. Hahahaha. ”

Li Zhu'er served diligently. From time to time, he glanced at his highness, and motioned to His Highness's maids and eunuchs to remove the cold wine and food and replace them with new ones.

At this moment, a clear and pleasant laughter suddenly came from below the Golden Palace.

"Your Majesty Emperor Dayan, the poor monk is polite. ”

At some point, there were three people standing on the golden hall. Two exotic monks, both of them are Tantric practitioners, and the other seems to be a person from Fuso.

Hearing someone speak suddenly, His Royal Highness's maids and little eunuchs couldn't help but tremble with fright, and they retreated one after another, leaning on the pillar of the palace to stabilize their bodies. looked at the person who came.

The monk at the head was seven feet tall. Sword eyebrows and phoenix eyes, thick lips, straight nose bridge, and very heroic appearance. The copper-colored skin characteristic of the snowy plateau shows its Buddhism even more*.

The monk exuded an inviolable majesty all over his body, but he also seemed to be very satisfied with his handsome appearance, and his face showed a little pride, like a proud peacock with a screen.

"It's a pity, it's a pity, this golden hall is broken into by someone, it's a pity that this monk is practicing all his life, I'm afraid he will lose his life. The maids couldn't help but worry about others.

An Lushan still leaned on the dragon chair, opened one eye slightly, and saw that the person who came said to be saluting, but he was still standing there straight. Immediately furious.

A generation of male lords made a tiger roar, erected up, pushed horizontally with one palm, and the imperial case with more than 200 catties in front of him was immediately swept up and smashed towards the monk at the head.

"Ahh

The monk was like no one around, let the table fly over, and only raised a palm slightly, as if it was not connected, and floated away, placing the imperial case firmly in front of him.

The wine and meat on the table were still firmly placed on it, without the slightest splash.

At this time, An Lushan was like a beast, looking at everyone. There is no way to languish at all.

Obviously, the people who came were also shocked by this amazing change, and they didn't dare to underestimate the generation of heroes in front of them.

"The Emperor of the Great Yan Kingdom is really heroic, and the poor monks and others have come to give them a small gift, which must make His Majesty the Emperor forgive us for our recklessness. ”

"Oh? An Lushan pursed his lips, and his face and beard trembled as he spoke, twitching from the twitching of his facial muscles.

"The first one is a treasure map, and there are 30,000 taels of gold buried in Luoyang City, which can be used as military resources for His Majesty. ”

As the beautiful monk spoke, the Fuso man behind him stepped forward and presented a sheepskin scroll with both hands.

Li Zhu'er walked over immediately, took the treasure map, and dedicated it to An Lushan.

An Lushan took the treasure map, held it in his hand without looking at it, and waited for the monk to continue.

"The second piece, a thousand carts of grain and grass, is thirty miles away on the north bank of the Yellow River, and the Tang Dynasty soldiers who escorted the grain and grass have all been overtaken by the poor monks and others, and Your Majesty can send someone to fetch it. ”

Hearing this, An Lushan suddenly became a little interested in the monk in front of him, and tilted his head, "What about the third one?"

"This third piece, hehe, is the head of the vanguard officer who escorted the grain and grass. ”

As soon as the peacock-like monk finished speaking, he took out a bloody head from a leather bag behind his back.

The maids and little eunuchs in the Golden Palace were suddenly so frightened that they didn't dare to come out, and they said in their hearts that the Buddha in front of them was also a demon who killed people without blinking.

An Lushan didn't know why, leaned out, and couldn't see who the head was.

The monk grabbed a wine jug, poured the wine on the head, and the blood stains washed away, and gradually saw the appearance clearly, "Your Majesty, can you see who this person is?"

"Hahahaha, it's Guo Ziyi's little cub, hahahaha, it's Guo Yang, hahahaha, your son killed my son, and now someone killed your son, old horseman, let me taste the taste of losing my beloved son, hahahaha. ”

An Lushan was crazy, his huge body suddenly rose from the ground, and fell in front of the three of them, stretched out Guo Yan's head, and held the table that had just been knocked away with one hand, and returned to the Danxi.

The food and wine on the table were as they had never been touched.

An Lushan was still sitting in the throne, as if he had never left, but there was an extra flesh and blood head in his hand.

Ignoring the wet blood and wine stains, An Lushan held Guo Yan's head with both hands, rubbing it carefully, and a sickly smile appeared on his face.

"Mo Luo Tanzhao, I haven't seen you for a long time!" An Lu asked without raising his head.

Moro Tanzhao was not the monk as handsome as a peacock. It's the one behind him.

The monk's appearance was very ordinary, and even a little cunning and obscene, and he really did not look like a devout Buddhist.

The monk who was called Moro Tanzhao took two steps forward in a pretended tone, and then said with a majestic demeanor: "Hahahaha, after a few years, it is time to call the general His Majesty the Honored Emperor." ”

An Lushan laughed wildly, although he received a meaningful gift from others, but his face showed a little unhappiness.

"What about you and my covenant, why are you three here?"

"Your Majesty the Emperor, the three of us can be millions of heroes. ”

"Phew-that's a good thing to say, since that's the case, you can go to be your Turkic king to break through Chang'an, why bother to come here, it's still low. ”

An Lushan smacked fiercely and said contemptuously.

The Fuso man had been expressionless, and even in the face of such frivolous words, he did not show any emotion at all.

But the peacock-like proud monk showed a little displeasure on his face.

"Hehe," Moro Tanzhao's face turned red and white with shame, and he exhaled, "Your Majesty doesn't know anything. This is Sanada Jinggang from Fuso, also known as Sanada Kojuro, who is familiar with Sun Wu Guigu, and is the first wise and brave person in Dongying, and is nicknamed Xiao Zhuge by people. With his wisdom and tactics to help each other, His Majesty does not worry about the world and will not return. ”

After hearing this, An Lushan finally glanced up at the man, nodded, and showed a smile of approval.

Just made a move by himself, and the Fusang man was calm and calm without squinting from beginning to end, and he secretly liked it in his heart, knowing that he was a rare talent.

Seeing An Lushan's appreciation, Moro Tanzhao couldn't help but become arrogant, "Not to mention this one, he is my junior brother, the Peacock Dafa King, the two teachers of the Tubo Kingdom, Gumarado." ”

Mo Luo Tanzhao thought that An Lushan would praise him, but he didn't expect that when he heard that the person who came was the Tubo national teacher, he was immediately furious, and with a roar, the dishes and cups on the imperial case made a chaotic sound.

"Ashina Daman, at the beginning, you made an alliance with the widow, saying that you could persuade Tubo to help me oppose the Tang Dynasty, but Tubo went to offer courtesy to Xuanzong Lao'er and wanted to help the Tang Dynasty defeat me. ”

Ashina Daman is the common name of Moro Tanzhao.