In the twenty-third year of Nanliang, on the third day of the first month of March, His Majesty went to the hunting ground in a mighty way, accompanied by two princes.

On the fifth day of the third month, the people began to talk about it, saying that during this period, for some unknown reason, the horse lost its front hooves, which caused His Majesty to fall heavily from the horse, and the injury was not light, and he had returned from the hunting ground to the garden.

After the imperial doctor's conditioning, there is no major problem for the time being.

All day after I was in a mess because of this news, today's sky is also gloomy, just after Shen, it was already dark, was sitting in front of the window scattered stunned, only heard the sound of "hey hey chirping" outside the door, I peeked out, saw many little monks carrying lanterns in a hurry, and also walked out.

He pulled over a little monk and asked, "But what happened?" ”

The little monk said: "It seems that the third master has an accident in the abbot's meditation room in front of me." ”

Something happened to the third master?

I always thought that something big might have happened in the palace or His Majesty, but I didn't expect that it was the third master who had an accident, didn't the third master accompany him to hunt? If something happens, you should also go to Xingyuan to find an imperial doctor for treatment, how can you appear in the great monk's room at this moment?

I trotted forward with a head full of fog, and just walked to the courtyard and heard the big monk shouting to the swarm of little monks: "You all go to the treasure hall for the abbot to chant and pray for the third master, this matter must not be mentioned to the outside world, and the offender will be expelled from the temple, can you understand?" ”

After I watched the little monks leave in an orderly manner, I went up to the door, the third master was lying on the bed of the big monk, clenching his fists, breathing slowly and shortly, and many places on his body were wrapped with thick gauze bands, and some faint blood stains still oozed from the gaps of the gauze belts.

I frowned and asked the great monk, "What is this?" ”

The big monk sighed, "The third master was discovered by the little monk who went to the next key in the temple today, and after I knew it, I had to help the third master to me first." ”

I looked at the third master who was dying on the bed again, and said to the great monk, "You still did that." ”

The great monk replied: "Is there a second option to be at ease?" ”

I smiled slightly: "The great monk is the great monk, and he does what he says, unlike those hypocrites outside," after thinking about it, he wondered, "However, how could the third master be injured like this?" ”

When the big monk was about to speak, the third master let out a muffled snort on the bed, I and the big monk both turned their heads to look, the third master consciously frowned, pulled the corners of his mouth, and finally slowly opened his eyes, looking at us, only struggled to get up from the bed, and said weakly: "It's the second brother!" It's the second brother! ”

The great monk asked, "Second master?" ”

The third master nodded and said, "My father is seriously ill, and the Queen Mother is not there, and on the way to see my father, I was assassinated by someone sent by my second brother." ”

I asked, "How can the third master be sure that it is the person sent by the second master?" ”

The third master said: "Just imagine, who is the most beneficial to get rid of me at this time?" ”

The great monk said in a loud voice: "I am the second master." ”

The third master pursed his lips, "Cangyang, Miao Miao, I beg you to help me." ”

I replied, "How does the third master want us to help you?" ”

The third master looked at the great monk and said: "Anyway, Cangyang is also the abbot of the national temple appointed by my father, and I hope that you can stand on my side after entering the palace." ”

The great monk said lightly: "After Miao Miao and I enter the palace, we can stand on your side, but we want a word." ”

The third master asked, "What do you say?" ”

The great monk said: "If the third master really ascends to the throne at that time, I hope that I can let Miao Miao and I have a way to live, so that we can come and go freely." ”

The third master lowered his head and thought hard for a long time before he only said, "I won't embarrass you." ”

I turned my head sideways and looked at the great monk's gaze as if something was wrong, but I couldn't tell what was wrong.

I asked again: "But we don't know what the situation is in the palace now, what should we do when we enter the palace with black eyes?" ”

The third master replied to me: "I estimate that my father should have secretly returned to the palace from Xingyuan, and soon, the people in the palace will come to summon you to enter the palace and wait for chanting, so that your father will pass away." ”

The great monk said on the side: "The second master should have been prepared in advance, what if the second master forces the palace in advance?" ”

The third master sneered: "The second brother doesn't have the blessing of the army, so he doesn't dare to set off any waves for a while." ”

The great monk lowered his eyelashes and said, "So, dare to ask the third master if he has the strength to push behind?" ”

The third master said in a deep voice: "I have long expected that one day either he will die or I will die, and it is false to say that there is no preparation." ”

I stared at the third master in front of me, I only felt extremely strange, if the third master I knew before was the real him, then I couldn't imagine how terrible the battle in that palace was, if the current third master was the real him, then I didn't dare to imagine how deep this person's city was.

All kinds of circumstances in life are unpredictable, not long ago my worries were gathered in His Majesty's place, and now overnight, all the worries have converged on the third master's body, and suddenly I miss the days when we rode horses together, drank together, and fought together for the traitor......

At that time, although there were bumps and bumps, it was always fun to play together, and no matter how much nonsense they had, they couldn't involve each other's lives.

I and the great monk quietly walked to the side of the chair, and sat down, and the third master leaned on the bed, the slight candle flame in the room under the drop of oil wax along the lamp handle to the candlestick, after a long time, overflowing all over the table, but I and the big monk just looked at it, no one planned to move anything.

Looking at it, I suddenly thought of the sentence "The spring silkworm is dead to the end, and the wax torch turns to ashes and tears begin to dry".

And the word "death" in it, in this situation, how apt it seems, the unexplained fear once again surged up from the bottom of my heart, the great monk seemed to see through something, quietly shook my hand from under the table, I looked at him slightly sideways, and said softly: "I didn't expect it to be so fast." ”

The corner of his eye completely noticed the gaze of the third master from the bed, with a little coldness, a little jealousy, and a little forbearance.

This time, I saw it clearly.

I just turned my head and smiled at him, and then didn't look at him again.

The great monk has always held my hand, never let go, I put the other hand on the hand of the great monk holding me, this kind of warmth from the fingertips to the palm, in order to warm my hands that are three points colder than the thousand-year-old ice, in order to dissolve the endless fear hidden in my heart.

Thoughts with the passage of time do not decrease but increase, closer and closer to dawn, everything should not be far away, this night, no one is sleepy, we are all waiting for the final summons, I involuntarily recall the history that I had secretly read in the study of the master at home, now I think about it, it seems that almost every change of dynasty has a bloody storm.

I don't know what the Imperial Servant's Mansion is like now, do they know that the palace is about to change? In this regard, did the master think of a way to deal with it with his staff?

However, the master is just a small official, if the third master really ascends to the throne, at least he is also a talent in the world, and the third master also knows that I am not in harmony with that family, even if what I do may offend him, but for the master, to the servant mansion, I don't think it will be good.

Thinking of this, it is a little comforting.