"I was a ruthless person, but I fell madly in love with the emperor's woman."

This is the first sentence of Chao Heng's diary.

Monk Kukai's delicate fingers occasionally flipped the paper, the voice was not loud, light and light, but the content that could be told deeply attracted Bai Juyi and Qi Zihuan.

The shouting of the stall downstairs, the welcome of the second child in the restaurant, and the loud talk of the table next door...... All the noise and hustle and bustle around him were cut off, and his thoughts drifted to the sound of Kukai, returning to the spring of the fifteenth year of Tenpo.

Chao Heng is a Japanese national, but he came to Tang at a young age, was admitted to the Jinshi, and was already a close minister of Xuanzong during the Tianbao period.

Of course he had seen the concubine.

She stood beside Xuanzong, her eyes were full of spring water, her face was like congealed cream, she was dressed in a red peony smoke and soft yarn, and she was dragged to the ground in a luxurious red dress.

"This is Chao Heng, from the Wa Kingdom, but he is the minister of my humerus of the Tang Dynasty." Xuanzong waved his right hand and introduced.

The concubine looked up and smiled.

This smile, Wanhua is ashamed.

From this moment on, Chao Heng knew that he had fallen in love with this woman with half Hu blood.

This feeling sprouts, grows, and rampages in my heart.

Until Xuanzong held a banquet in the Calyx Xianghui Building to celebrate the birthday of the concubine.

Chao Heng came to the banquet with great determination, and he wanted to say this feeling in front of the concubine on this day.

Even if it is given death.

Outside the building, 10,000 peonies bloom, 10,000 guests gather in the building, the poet fairy Li Bai writes poems, the general An Lushan dances with a knife, the world's most powerful illusionist Huang He conjures up a tiger and a rose, his two apprentices become white cranes and cranes dance for nine days, and the nine thousand catties of wine in the pool exude a rich aroma, just smelling it makes people intoxicated.

But only when the concubine appeared, did the people present deeply feel that this was the atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty.

Chao Heng followed everyone to loudly congratulate the concubine on her birthday, offering the best agate he brought from the Wa Kingdom, and retreated to the crowd, but his eyes did not leave the figure of the concubine for a moment.

Halfway through the banquet, Chao Heng found the concubine in the Agarwood Pavilion outside the building.

Xuanzong is also there.

Chao Heng hesitated, but listened to Xuanzong: "I know what you want to say, I know that you are here for the concubine." ”

He walked up to the concubine and, naturally, reached out and took her into his arms.

"But you have to know that the concubine will not be alone at any time."

He pulled the concubine's shoulders again and said softly: "We will never be separated from each other. ”

Xuanzong and the concubine left, and did not kill Chao Heng.

Chao Heng stood in the pavilion and didn't say a word.

His determination to die was shattered in the face of the emperor's mercy and contempt.

……

Ten days after the end of the feast of bliss, An Lushan rebelled under the banner of the Qing monarch's side.

An Lushan said that he must get Yang Yuhuan.

Tang Xuanzong fled because of this, and fled from Yanqiumen with Yang Guifei.

But he forgot that only in the Nine Mile Imperial City was he the Supreme, and he could be above everything.

This escape, his authority and pride, was abandoned in Chang'an.

Traveling to Ma Weiyi, Chen Xuanli, the leader of Jinwuwei at that time, led his troops to mutini and killed the traitorous minister Yang Guozhong.

Gao Lishi, the inner attendant, entered the post station where Xuanzong was located with a wooden plate containing Yang Guozhong's head, knelt on the ground and shouted: "The soldiers said that Yang Guozhong rebelled and has been executed, and now they are all asking Your Majesty to cut off their love and put Yang Guifei to death to comfort the hearts of the army." ”

Xuanzong was so angry that his whole body trembled, and he almost couldn't stand steadily.

There was silence in the inn.

At this time, the illusionist Huang He stood up and claimed that there was an autopsy Dafa, as long as a silver needle was inserted into a certain acupuncture point, it could make people lose their breath and pulse, and fall into a state of suspended animation, which could not be detected by anyone who checked it.

After the situation settles down in the future, as long as the coffin is opened and the needle is taken, the mother can be welcomed.

In front of everyone, he also used his big apprentice Danlong to conduct a test.

"You can't bury your mother alive!"

It was Huang He's little apprentice Bai Long who said this.

Seeing this young man's eyes, Chao Heng knew that he, like himself, was in love with someone he shouldn't love.

But everyone present ignored the young man's words, and even Chao Heng felt that unless the concubine could escape eastward to the Wa Kingdom, this autopsy Dafa was the only way to solve it.

Previously, the concubine had rejected the suggestion to flee.

At the last moment, Xuanzong confided his helplessness and pain to the concubine, and promised that he would welcome her back to the palace in good condition.

The concubine listened quietly, cut off a strand of green silk from herself, sealed it in a sachet and gave it to Xuanzong.

"When you see the sachet, your majesty is like seeing a concubine."

After speaking, the concubine followed Huang He into the Buddhist hall, and after he performed the operation, sure enough, there was no pulse at all, and she became a beautiful "corpse".

Xuanzong looked at the concubine silently, and ordered Gao Lishi to hold the white silk and strangle marks on her neck.

The sergeants outside mutinied, and if they didn't hand over the concubine, they would have to attack the post station immediately.

But Xuanzong is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and if he personally hands over his most beloved woman because he is threatened, then the little prestige he has left will also be wiped out.

An emperor without prestige can only be overthrown.

Therefore, when Chen Xuanli entered the post station to inspect the body of the strangled concubine, Xuanzong was beating Gao Lishi with a stick thick in his arm.

"Who made you assert! The concubine is my most beloved woman! How can you ......" Xuanzong was like a mad demon, using all his strength to constantly swing the wooden stick.

Colliers rolled on the ground to dodge, and pleaded loudly: "Your Majesty, there is no other way!" At this time, you must make a decision! Your Majesty! ”

Chen Xuanli confirmed that the concubine was dead, took off her armor, and kowtowed to Xuanzong to apologize.

Only then did Xuanzong drop his stick, kick away the rolling and wailing Gao Lishi, and appeased Chen Xuanli with kind words, ordering him to go out to reorganize the troops and prepare to continue to set off.

Chao Heng watched all this in silence.

Only now did he know that the most powerful illusion master in the world was not Huang He.

It's the emperor.

……

"Xuanzong decided to seal the concubine in a sarcophagus and bury her in the tombs of the ancients.

All those who know are being executed one after another, and I should be soon......

The only thing that accompanied the concubine was Xuanzong's royal cat.

If anyone is able to see my diary, keep in mind that it takes a walk through a wooded area with water to find the entrance to the tomb. ”

The diary turned to the last page, and Kukai read it softly.

"But Abe Nakamaro is not dead." Qi Zihuan's index finger tapped the thin porcelain teacup.

"Because not long after, Xuanzong was not the emperor...... The crown prince Li Heng announced his ascension to the throne on his own, was Tang Suzong, and respected Xuanzong as the emperor. Bai Juyi's eyes were blank, and he asked, "According to the statement in this diary, this autopsy Dafa is a scam, and it can't make Yang Yuhuan wake up at all." ”

"Is there any other way to make Yang Yuhuan die quietly with love and hope. But I think this is just Xuanzong's wishful thinking. Kuhai's expression was still light, but there seemed to be tears hidden in his eyes, "Yang Yuhuan, she should know." ”

Bai Juyi shook his head suddenly and said, "No, if Yang Yuhuan knows, why did he give Xuanzong that wisp of green silk when he was leaving." Does she still love him? ”

"This may be the love that Yang Yuhuan believes in, seeing the predicament faced by Xuanzong, she decided to help Xuanzong complete this scam together."

"It's time for my poems to burn......" Bai Juyi muttered to himself, stumbling away.

Kukai glanced at Qi Zihuan, who was expressionless, and said softly, "I want to go and see Yang Yuhuan's cemetery, I want to know what happened to her in the end." ”

After speaking, he also stood up and walked slowly.

Only Qi Zihuan was still sitting at the table, and after a while, he muttered the beginning of the question.

"But Abe Nakamaro didn't die......"