In the evening.

In the drizzling rain, the twilight slowly enveloped the earth, and the first emperor left a will for the new emperor to make him the first assistant, but he failed to become the first assistant, and Bai Du'e, the secretary of the military department, stood in front of the rarely used Chengtian Hall and looked up at the rain flowing from the edge of the cornice.

Bai Du'e, a very nice name, has an ordinary life, so ordinary that the people in the world feel that they are not worthy of the position of secretary of the military department.

Just now there was a court meeting of civil and military officials in the hall, the emperor listened to his suggestion, moved to Fujing, when the emperor asked him why he didn't leave, the old man looked out of the hall from a distance and said: "All are gone, let the historian record?" The king of Bohai rebelled, and the whole court fled in the wind? If I had died here, the history books would have been better at writing about this year. ”

"Lord Shangshu."

The man who came over in the drizzle interrupted the old man's completely empty thoughts, Bai Laoshang retracted his gaze and looked at the young man Qiu Chan beside him, and after looking at it for a long time, he said softly: "How good would the emperor be if it weren't for him?" I don't have any skills, but I'm so proud. ”

"Uncle is cautious." At first glance, Qiu Chan, who looked like a monk, said softly, the old man talked about the emperor's rights and wrongs without any taboos, so he didn't take this as a court, so Qiu Chan didn't call him Lord Shangshu as if he had met in private.

"The emperor is almost done packing up his belongings at this time, right?"

"It's almost cleaned up."

"You don't need to be sad, your uncle deserves to die, I deserve to die, there is no need to weep for us, I can't keep the inheritance left by the emperor, then I will be martyred for this palace." Bai Laoshangshu's voice was faint, and after finishing speaking, he looked at the man with red eyes and said, "How is the battle going?" ”

"The Thousand Feather God under his command has completely controlled several palaces to the west of the palace under the response of the rebellious eunuch Bingbi, but he was dragged to death by the Shence Army on the Vermilion Bird Avenue, and at this time he has already lost his spear, changed his sword and dismounted."

"What about casualties, can we fight one out of ten dead?" Bai Lao Shangshu asked.

Qiu Chan shook his head and said in a low voice: "The secret report sent back by the previous spies is right, he did prepare for going to Beijing, these eight thousand people are the elite of his elite troops, so far the casualties are limited, we have more than ten times his strength, but due to the problem of crowding, his soldiers only need to contact two or three enemies, and the rest of our soldiers who have nothing to do can only come forward after the comrades in front donate their lives, and they don't even dare to use bows and arrows." ”

Looking at the gradually darkening sky, Bai Du'e muttered: "It's getting late, and it won't be able to drag on soon." ”

"Hmm." Qiu Chan nodded.

Lao Shangshu stretched out his hand to catch a few drops of rain, and then spoke: "When this imperial city falls, the first important thing after you leave is to unite all the princes to crusade against Yun Tombsheng, all the princes are afraid of him, and they don't want to kill him......"

"Hmm." Qiu Chan still nodded.

Bai Laoshangshu, who was standing on the edge of the rain curtain, said a lot, and explained the affairs of the family and the country one by one, Qiu Chan just listened quietly, he knew that he would have no elders before the sun rose tomorrow, and he should stay away from the temple, let go of personal love and hatred, and take up the burden of fighting for the country and the people.

After the old man stopped talking, the front of the Chengtian Temple fell silent, and the sound of fighting that could be heard from time to time disappeared, only the slight sound of drizzle flowing down on the glazed tiles.

"Then the junior will leave." Qiu Chan stood for a long time, until the tears on his face gradually dried, and after speaking, he turned his head and left, as if he didn't dare to stay longer for a while.

"Wait, I've got one last thing for you to do." Bai Lao Shangshu turned around, looked at Qiu Chan and said coldly: "I will find the right time to kill the emperor's honor guard, and leave the queen mother quietly, everyone can go, and the queen must stay in this palace." ”

"Why?" Qiu Chan's face was full of shock.

Lao Shangshu turned back again, looked at the gradually dim eaves unhurriedly, and said lightly: "The king of Bohai County is here for the queen's mother, how can he do it if he doesn't leave her?"

Our King Yunjun seems to have been dragged to death on Suzaku Avenue, but this is the last tacit understanding between him and me, your uncle should have felt it more or less, if you take the queen today, then no one will be able to leave, and you know the consequences of forcing Master Yun to play with his life. ”

Although he was a little ashamed, Qiu Chan didn't say much, he was not a fledgling and enthusiastic young man, he still trusted Lao Shangshu who could almost be described as a last resort, but he still couldn't help but want to know about the tacit understanding that his uncle might know: "What tacit understanding?" What is he doing staring at Yunshang in the cloud tomb? ”

"The emperor wants his life, and he only needs the queen." The old man held back his anger, and his voice was very low.

Qiu Chan's reaction was very intense: "Impossible, if he had thoughts about Yunsheng her, it would be impossible for King Rui back then to compete with him, besides, Qianyu she ......"

"You don't have to worry about this, you have to remember that what Yun Tombsheng liked back then was Xue Yunsheng's girl, and the girl's so-called immortality several times was not her blessing and fate, but someone protected her everywhere." Lao Shangshu coldly interrupted Qiu Chan's words.

"Impossible, I don't believe it, he and Qianyu are in love...... They are in love with each other...... That's why I quit, that's why I quit...... Uncle, why didn't you tell me earlier? No matter how calm the water was, there were stones that broke it, and Qiu Chan, who had always been gentle, was almost crazy, and finally grabbed Lao Shangshu's sleeve and muttered to himself.

"Whether you believe it or not, a group of you juniors were in my eyes back then, and Yun Qianyu didn't feel anything for you, so I'm happy for you to quit, so as not to spread the news that the son of the Jiangmen family whispered to a servant girl and was abandoned like a shoe, which ruined the reputation of your Qiu family in vain."

Qiu Chan took two steps back, and slowly squatted down and held his head in despair.

"You convey my words to Chuan'er, and let him lead my personal guards in Baifu to intercept the queen's mother, but as a father, he wants him to be ashamed, and I have no shame to see him." Old Shangshu commanded with a cold face.

Qiu Chan slowly raised his head, his face full of disbelief, and he came back to his senses and questioned: "How can you let your brother bear such a stigma?" ”

Lao Shangshu didn't speak, obviously acquiescing.

After a long time, Qiu Chan said in a low voice: "I am my brother, and I will lead my Qiu family guards to do this." ”

"It makes more sense for you to stay in the court, he is not as good as you."

"Uncle."

"He goes." Lao Shangshu's voice was firm, obviously not wavering.

Qiu Chan, who had already cut his hair and became a monk, knelt down beside Lao Shangshu and persuaded hard: "Uncle, the younger brother of Shirakawa has always been the most important name, and you are doing this to make him worse than dead." ”

Bai Laoshangshu didn't look at Qiu Chan who was kneeling, and said in a low voice: "Do you know why I am willing to die here instead of continuing to assist the emperor?" ”

The kneeling man shook his head slightly.

The old man said slowly: "Because I'm afraid that the King of Bohai County will ask the emperor for the queen with the promise of continuing to guard the Quartet for Fengge, I'm afraid that the emperor will really give it, I'm afraid that my face will be disgraced." At that time, if Chuan'er was still in the court, he would inevitably be killed because of his righteous advice, so it was better to bear some stigma today, and let him pass away incognito afterwards, and he would be able to live a life calmly without knowing the dirty. ”

"Then anyone can do it, why do you have to have a younger brother?"

"When I see Chuan'er, the emperor will know what I mean, presumably he will know what the price of his escape is, I want to tell him that although I am a courtier, I look down on him."

After the old man finished speaking, he turned around with his hands behind his back, walked to Qiu Chan with a handsome face, lowered his head and whispered in his ear: "Remember, if you want to kill the king of Bohai County, you have to set your eyes on the queen mother, he is willing to guard the world for his mother, and he is willing to die for his mother." ”

Looking at Qiu Chan with flute hair, Lao Shangshu pulled out the sword on his waist, broke his slender fingers one by one, stuffed the sword into his hand, and then pressed down one by one, and then squatted down beside Qiu Chan, holding Qiu Chan's hand holding the long sword tightly with both hands, and slowly pointed the tip of the sword to the palace where the Queen of the West lived, and said coldly: "When Niangniang appears in his field of vision, go and kill her, he will stand in the way." ”

After Lao Shangshu finished speaking, he no longer looked at Qiu Chan, who was trembling slightly, strode into the gray drizzle, and recited aloud a poem seen in the book: "A few wind and rain, the two sleeves are together." ”

Qiu Chan, who was a little wet under his knees, raised his head and saw the burly figure of the old man walking into the wide square in front of the nave, in the smoke and rain, Lao Shangshu took off the outermost red brocade official robe while walking, and threw it behind him with a hand that didn't care, and the official robe that slowly fell to the ground was as dazzling as blood in the early night, and the white burlap sewn clothes under the official robe were also white like light.

The old man walked through the waterlogged square into the front hall, picked up a broad sword leaning against the red wall from the corner of the main hall, carried it through the Chengtian Temple, and jumped up to the roof in front of the hall.

The battle under the drizzle on Suzaku Avenue continued, and the tall man with black armor and silver sword seemed to feel the appearance of the most powerful man in the palace, and slowly retreated after killing the nearest enemy, and looked at the burly figure on the palace Chengtian Hall with indifferent eyes.

On the roof of the front hall of the Chengtian Palace, Lao Shangshu stood quietly with a giant sword, and was not in a hurry to go into battle to kill the enemy.

The white burlap robe could be seen from a long distance, and the white old man who wore it expected that the rebellious young man could also see it, but the young man should not be able to see the tears left by the owner of the clothes.

Until the hustle and bustle gradually disappeared, the old man still stood quietly, he was waiting, waiting for the emperor to feel the shame of abandoning his wife, waiting for the last blood of the man, waiting for the arrogance of the emperor, but until the east gate was opened, and the armor soldiers rushed to the east like fish scales, and did not wait for a king in armor to go into battle.

On the high Chengtian Palace, the first emperor left a will for the new emperor to make him the first assistant but failed to become the first assistant, and Bai Du'e, the secretary of the military department, slowly closed his eyes, tears of humiliation flowed through his face blown by the wind and sand, and muttered: "Escape is simple, but you will lose the dignity of being a husband, the dignity of being a king, and even all your pride, and you will live in an unbearable description for the rest of your life."

If you stay with me, if you win, you are destiny, and if you lose, you are also the pride of the royal family. ”

After a long time, the old man opened his eyes suddenly, pointed his broadsword southward, and shouted at the four directions: "Bai Du'e is immortal, who dares to be presumptuous?" Do you dare to fight me? ”

"Yun Tombsheng took the maidservant Yun Qianyu and gave Lao Shangshu a ride." The man in black armor and silver hairpin raised his sword in response, and then a black light went north from Suzaku Avenue, and a silver light went southeast from the northwest corner of the palace.

Historical records: In the autumn of the twelfth year of Jian'an, Bai Du'e, the secretary of the military department, died in the battle of Chengtian Temple, and his son Bai Chuan, the ninth god, rebelled.