Chapter 64: The Dragon
The fourth watch day is about to pass, Fang Ming did not plan to arrange any accommodation for Song Chuanbai and them, fortunately, the restaurant originally had a private room, although there was no bed, but there was a couch anyway, but unfortunately there was only one left in the intact and clean box, which was naturally Song Chuanbai's residence.
Chen Tongsheng turned around and wanted to choose a side room next to her, or she could squint until dawn at the door, although she had a little requirement for eating and sleeping well, but that was when conditions permitted, and she didn't have to. Unexpectedly, as soon as he walked to the door, Song Chuanbai suddenly said, "Where are you going?" ”
"......" Chen Tongsheng turned around blankly: "Go, door." ”
"What are you doing at the door, guarding?" Song Chuan Baile said: "Fang Ming's people will be outside, how uncomfortable you are standing there, come here." ”
Song Chuanbai sat down on the round chair, and propped his elbows on the table with a thick layer of ash without care: "Lie down for a while and rest." ”
Fan Rui also went to sit at Song Chuanbai's table, sat on the side, put his hands on his thighs, and said "I don't exist." ”
Chen Tongsheng was stunned at first, and then brushed a piece of "Huh? She stood in place, but Song Chuanbai looked at her with a normal face, and even tilted her head very innocently to express her doubts.
His reaction made Chen Tongsheng's thoughts change from "sleeping in the same room" to "Hou Ye's body is intimate and his subordinates let the people who fight the most have a good rest, so as to ensure that they can fight better tomorrow", and "Even if you go to the restaurant, the black shadow is still not found, and Hou Ye is still in danger, so you should get closer to Hou Ye as convenient as possible." She still felt awkward, and didn't want to lie on that couch to sleep, because it was not possible for people to have nightmares in this situation. Especially knowing that there is a Song Chuanbai by her side, in case she dreams of the man with a similar face to Song Chuanbai, her fragile nerves may be a little unbearable after waking up.
But Song Chuanbai's fingers tapped lightly on the table, which was usually a warning and reminder, and Chen Tongsheng understood. Song Chuanbai didn't want to talk too much at this time, at least when the others in the restaurant were still awake.
She walked over slowly, and lay down on it, very embarrassed, and only hated that there was no bed quilt to cover herself. Chen Tongsheng covered his face with his hands and couldn't sleep, so he had to find something to ask: "Master Hou, how did you recognize General Fang?" ”
"Appearance," Song Chuanbai said: "At first glance, he looks like a practitioner." She was not affected by the poor life in Li Cheng, and most of those who remained in the abandoned city were actually wounded in battle, disabled, old or too young. And she's so healthy. The group of people sitting on the edge of the city are also men in the prime of life, although the dress is indeed sloppy, but normal middle-aged people will not stay in such a place. ”
Chen Tongsheng sighed: "Master Hou, I recognized it from the beginning again." ”
"It's just suspicion," Song Chuanbai said: "If you have been deceived a lot, you will have experience." ”
This sentence made her turn over, turned to look at Song Chuanbai and asked, "Master Hou, have you been deceived?" ”
"Who can't be deceived, it's just a matter of how many times." Song Chuanbai smiled: "When I first checked Feiguang everywhere, I was always deceived, either by being the wronged head of the local squire, or by the old woman who guided the way to the thief's den. ”
Chen Tongsheng was very surprised, I don't know if he has suffered this kind of thing, but what is the matter of being deceived by the old woman into the thief's den, is it that the people who see his appearance and sell him?
Song Chuanbai didn't know what messy things Chen Tongsheng was thinking at this time, and said: "The first thing I learned was to walk outside and watch people talk. When you meet someone, the other party doesn't know who you are, so you say who you are. ”
Indeed, Song Chuanbai was born to a concubine, so he said that Chen Tongsheng was born to a concubine, and he came casually under various guises. The concubine and the concubine are better together than with the eldest son, which can make the other party have a subtle sense of identity.
People are always constantly and subconsciously looking for a sense of identity.
Chen Tongsheng looked enlightened, and Song Chuanbai probably couldn't sleep, and said, "Do you want to listen to the story?" ”
"Huh?"
Song Chuanbai looked at her with a smile: "About the Northwest family." ”
About Fang Ming's Fang family?
Chen Tongsheng didn't know anything about these things, so he nodded.
"The Fang family, it turns out that during the period of the first emperor, there was a queen." Song Chuanbai said: "The first emperor had three queens, one died in childbirth when he was still the crown princess, at that time the position of the lord of the first emperor's East Palace was in jeopardy, Fang Ling, that is, the sister of the current old general Fang, then married the first emperor and helped him ascend to the throne. ”
Song Chuanbai touched his chin and said with some amusement: "During this period, there is a very funny saying, that is, "Fang Dynasty Zhou Xing" means that the person surnamed Fang will take the place of the first emperor. This saying has been circulating in Kyoto for a while, and it is said that the people of the people looked at the celestial phenomena and came to a conclusion, and said that when the glow is confused, it is the time when the dragon surnamed Fang returns to the throne. At that time, many monks were innocently killed. And the generals of the Fang family, in fact, began to shine from Zhou Ling's generation, Queen Fang herself made a mandarin duck double knife, and when she was young, she also disguised herself as a man on the battlefield, and she was a real brave woman, but she was such a woman, after staying in the deep palace for less than five years, she was seriously ill, not only could she no longer solve problems for the emperor, but even her daily actions were difficult to do. “
"Guess what this Empress Fang did in the deadline?"
What was done?
Cure? Let the emperor accompany her through her last days? Or did he die silently in the deep palace?
Chen Tongsheng listed these one by one, but saw Song Chuanbai shake his head and said, "She asked the first emperor to abolish her position as queen and let her return to the northwest battlefield." ”
Chen Tongsheng was stunned.
"She said, I didn't bother to marry you, I'd better go back to the place I want to go to the most." Song Chuanbai seemed to sigh a little: "This is also the words of the eunuchs and maids in the palace, whether it is true or not, but the first emperor really abolished his throne, and eliminated this queen in the history books, taught her to lead the Fang family, and moved the family to the northwest." This caused an uproar in the court at that time, Empress Fang was never at fault, and the deadline was approaching, but she got such an ending, but," Song Chuanbai paused for a moment, and then said: "According to General Fang, she did die on the battlefield in the end, and was washed into the turbulent river with the enemy. At that time, the waves were as rough as the roar of a dragon. ”
Chen Tongsheng didn't expect such an end at all, he levied and enlisted, and wanted to ask a lot of questions, but after thinking for a long time, he just asked: "Queen Fang, what kind of illness do you have?" ”
"Tuberculosis." Song Chuanbai said, obviously saying it was funny. This is a disease that the people at the bottom are living in hard work all the year round and cannot be fed and clothed, if the rich and noble families in the palace get this disease, it is basically because of excessive thinking and sorrow, and it will only get it under long-term pressure.
What's more, tuberculosis is a disease that can be used to serve people well, so that they will not be able to survive until they can't live, not to mention that Fang Ling's body and bones can't be weak.
"So it is also said that Empress Fang was just disappointed in the first emperor in the end, and she was no longer willing to see him, and she was no longer willing to stay in the palace. She was far from that sick. And Fang Ling died, and the rumors of the dragon surnamed Fang went down. Song Chuanbai said: "The image of the heart guarding the heart is a great omen, and the corresponding one is the dragon." ”
Chen Tongsheng's eyes widened slightly.
No wonder it was aimed at Fang Ling, because the prophecy was a female dragon that would replace the first emperor, and the most likely one was actually Queen Fang.
"Before the first emperor died, he always talked about Queen Fang. The first emperor said that he thought that he had met Empress Fang in the camp of the Northwest Army, but in fact, it was he who broke into her domain. Queen Fang grew up in the northwest, and she couldn't survive without the dust and cold snow. ”
Later, the Fang family always avoided the birth of a baby girl in the family, and after Fang Ling's death, there was only one girl in the family tree. It can be regarded as the last nostalgia of the emperor for Empress Zhou. After Song Chuanbai finished speaking, it seemed that it had come to an end. Chen Tongsheng noticed the last sentence, and he had some doubts in his heart.
As he got older, the past was like a dream, and the old emperor remembered more and more the goodness of the woman who was wearing armor and heroic back then, and even forgot the prophecy of "Fang Dynasty Zhou Xing", and took the initiative to intervene to leave Fang Ming behind.
Therefore, the Fang family has actually had a long-standing grudge against the Zhou family, Chen Tongsheng thought, the empress will make a move against the other family, does she also have this concern? And Fang Ming dared to take the risk to come to Li Cheng and blatantly said that the Fang family belonged to the royalist faction, was he also gambling on that prophecy?
Even if Zhou Ming died, she could still be the rumored dragon. Since there is a precedent for a woman to be the emperor, what is impossible for her? What's more, the general trend of the Fang family has gone, how long can she survive under Zhou Guanzhao with such a clear goal.
"The story is over, go to sleep."
Although Chen Tongsheng was tired, he didn't feel sleepy, but after listening to it like this, he did relax a lot, and he relaxed a lot. Song Chuanbai blew out the lamp and candle, and the room was quiet for a long time, and only the faint sound of breathing could be heard. Just when Chen Tongsheng was already a little dazed, thinking that the rest of the people were asleep, he suddenly noticed that something was moving in Song Chuanbai's direction, and his heart was immediately Lingling, and he almost jumped up, but then the other party walked in front of her, and then the moonlight came in through the window, and she saw that it was Song Chuanbai.
Song Chuanbai walked up to her and made a gesture to the window, and she suddenly realized that the window was wide open. After Song Chuanbai came in, he said that he was ventilating, opened the two windows wide, and did not close them after that.
When he realized that they were going to leave the restaurant through the window, Chen Tongsheng looked at Fan Rui, and Song Chuanbai immediately pointed at her and then at himself, meaning, just me and you.
So it's a lie to let you sleep, right?
Chen Tongsheng knew that Fan Rui was awake, but she was just surprised that Song Chuanbai trusted her ability so much.
The two of them gently climbed out of the window on the second floor, and it was easy for Song Chuanbai to do this, after all, the second floor of an ordinary restaurant is not high. In fact, the second floor is the main place to entertain guests, and the height of the first floor is reduced, and the second floor is lower. It's not that he doesn't have any fists and kicks, otherwise he would have walked outside and counted on others to save him, from Song Chuanbai's own experience, and his current level of cunning, he should have encountered a lot of dangers.
Sure enough, it was practiced, Chen Tongsheng thought naively.