Chapter 13: Darkness Under the Light
In Chang'an City, the southwest horn is on the dragon's head. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
The fine white jade paved ground shines with a warm light, there seems to be a curling mist shrouding the unreal palace in the distance, the phoenix is about to fly on the eaves carved from sandalwood, the floating windows carved from green tiles are stacked with jade, a huge square at the end of a straight road slowly sinks with the jade steps, and a straight pillar on the huge altar in the center is carved with lifelike dragon patterns, which is far away from the phoenix on the palace.
Above the palace, the quaint seal is inscribed with three big characters: "Weiyang Palace".
Inside the palace stands eighteen stout and straight vermilion optimus pillars, the inner pillars of these halls are supported by a number of red giant pillars, each pillar is engraved with a swirling coiled, lifelike golden dragon, which is particularly magnificent.
At this moment, the hall was unusually quiet, and there was a person sitting on the dragon chair high above. He was wearing a yellow intertwined silk dragon robe, a moon-white fairy pattern rhino belt tied around his waist, long jet-black hair, and a pair of eyes like Gu Tan were staring at the armor warrior kneeling below, and there was no emotion on his plain and slightly old face.
This man is Wang Mang, the emperor of the new dynasty.
He said slowly: "I can't even catch a few people, what do I want you to do?" ”
The man with armor who was kneeling in the main hall at this moment was the general who was ambushing Gao Yuan and others outside the city, and when he heard this, he was immediately frightened, and kowtowed again and again: "Your Majesty forgives your sins, Your Majesty forgives your sins." The criminal minister has set up an ambush at the city gate according to His Majesty's instructions, but the thief's martial arts are really strong, and the criminal minister let them escape into the city without noticing for a while, which is really a crime that deserves death. I also ask Your Majesty to allow me to make amends, no matter where they hide, the guilty will definitely search them all out and hand them over to Your Majesty. ”
"Well, I won't pursue your actions this time, and I'll punish the thief when I catch him, go ahead." As he spoke, he waved his hand.
The general hurriedly withdrew from the main hall after taking small steps like an amnesty, leaving behind him a series of obvious water stains, which were dripping sweat from under his armor, which showed the great pressure he had just felt.
"Humph! What a rubbish. ”
Wang Mang stood up from the dragon chair and waved his hand at the eunuchs and palace maids beside him to signal them to stand down. When he was the only one in the main hall, he changed the majestic face he had just faced with the courtiers, and the expression on his face softened. He said in the direction of the pillar at the back of the main hall, "What next?" Please also sir teach me. ”
As soon as he finished speaking, a man stepped out from behind the pillar. He was wearing a Buddha-headed blue danluo gauze robe, with long sideburns like clouds, a pair of azure eyes, a very beautiful figure, and a folding fan in his hand, shaking it gently, it was really heroic and elegant.
"Your Majesty, don't panic, although those thieves were able to escape temporarily, they were also trapped in this Chang'an City and could not go out, as long as Your Majesty ordered the city to be closed and then sent someone to search slowly, they would definitely find their hiding place. When the time comes, if I personally do it, I will definitely be able to let Your Majesty survive this catastrophe and restore the Daxin Dynasty to the prosperous era of the original country and the people! ”
The man looked confident, and the words he said also made Wang Mang calm down a little. His face was happy, and he hurriedly bowed slightly to the man in Tsing Yi and said, "Then there is Mr. Lao." ”
The man smiled slightly, nodded, and disappeared into the hall in a blink of an eye.
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It was as if Takahara had a dream.
In the dream, he became a peerless swordsman, dressed in white and snowy, a sword like a dragon, the admirers behind him screamed his name frantically, he smiled disdainfully, just like that, when he was about to disappear into the wind and sand with a sword, the group of worshippers suddenly yelled at him with hideous faces: "Catch him, and then, the next second the arrows in the sky completely drowned his figure." ”。
Suddenly, the picture returns to noon that day, a very normal noon, and nothing happened. He took a nap and washed up before going out for an interview, during which the boss was very satisfied with him and decided to appoint him as general manager on the spot. He walked into the office in a crisp suit and smug. Suddenly, when the employees saw him coming in, they shouted and drew an arrow from behind him and shot at him, he turned around and ran away, and then he was shot like a hedgehog and fell to the ground, dying of exhaustion.
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One such dream after another, each more ridiculous and more bizarre. But in the end, he was killed on the spot by arrows from the sky. He knew he must be dreaming, but every time he dreamed he would temporarily forget this fact, and just when he thought he would go on like this, suddenly, in a daze, he seemed to hear someone calling his name.
"Sister Lan, what's wrong with him now?"
"He should have entered a reversible resting state, which is clinically manifested by a decrease in the body's responsiveness to external stimuli and a temporary interruption of consciousness."
"........... don't understand, can you put it simply?"
"Asleep."
"Oh....... that's good."
When Gao Yuan heard this conversation, he immediately reacted: "I'm not dead!" I'm alive! ”
Thinking of this, he forced himself to slowly open his eyes, and what caught his eyes was Zhang Aijia's concerned eyes. When he saw Gao Yuan wake up, he immediately happily pulled Xiao Lan and said, "Sister Lan, look at it!" Gao Yuan woke up, he woke up! ”
"I saw it, and I'm not blind." As she spoke, Xiao Lan glanced at the little monkey, and she was also slightly relieved.
"How are you feeling now? Do you feel a fever? Xiao Lan asked.
Gao Yuan had just woken up from a coma, and he couldn't speak for a while, so he slowed down for a while before he replied: "I feel okay, but my head is a little dizzy, and my back hurts a little." ”
"Fortunately, you are practicing the golden bell jar, and your body has been tempered higher than I don't know where it was, otherwise this arrow will come down, and you will lose half of your life even if you don't die."
Zhang Aijia on the side was also relieved to see that Gao Yuan was fine, and he said to Gao Yuan with a smile: "It's also thanks to Sister Lan's medical skills, I immediately gave you surgery after settling down, and took out the arrow stuck in your back, you really have to thank her." ”
"No, I don't." Xiao Lan returned to her cold appearance, she looked at the weak plateau and said, "There is no antibiotic now, you should pay attention to yourself, once the wound is infected, it will be over." ”
"Where are we now?" Takahara asked.
He only remembered that he and Xiao Lan were chased by a group of soldiers on a horse, and then he had no memory of what happened after the arrow.
Zhang Aijia explained: "At that time, we were all being hunted down, the boss took me and Ximen into the city, and then used the surrounding environment to get rid of the pursuers, Sister Lan fled with you to the surrounding villages, and she reunited with us after she did the surgery for you." All in all, we are still safe now, but we are still wanted, and now our portraits are everywhere in Chang'an City. ”
Gao Yuan listened to the clouds and felt that he still hadn't answered his question, so he couldn't help but ask again: "I want to ask, where are we now?" ”
"Now? Of course, it's in Chang'an City. ”
"Inside Chang'an City?!" Gao Yuan exclaimed, "Aren't we wanted? How dare you stay here? ”
"Hehe, you don't understand here, do you? The boss said, this is called dark under the lamp. The most dangerous place is also the safest place. ”
Suddenly, there was a rush of footsteps outside the door. Takahara felt so nervous that his hairs were about to stand on end.
"It's okay, it's the boss and Brother Simon who are back."
When the door was pushed open, it was the two of them.
"How's it going, boss? Is the wind still tight outside? Zhang Aijia greeted him first, he looked at Duanmu Ci expectantly, hoping that the other party could bring some good news, he was trapped in the house for the past few days and didn't dare to go out, for a person of his character, restricting his freedom was worse than killing him.
Duanmu Ci took off the plain blue turban on his head, threw it aside, and replied: "There are more and more people from outside who are searching for us, and if we don't find it in a few days, I estimate that even this country's mansion will not be safe by then." ”
"Probably not, right? No matter how bold those soldiers are, how dare they search here? Zhang Aijia looked skeptical.
"How not? You have to see who ordered us to arrest us, and others can say it, what if it is the one in the Weiyang Palace? ”
Duanmu Ci's words frightened everyone, and Gao Yuan hurriedly asked, "Won't it?" Have we been exposed? ”
"Quite possibly, or there is no way to explain why we were wanted as soon as we arrived in Chang'an, and those people had our portraits. So the task may have changed dramatically. ”
Everyone was also silent, and the situation had developed like this, and everyone didn't expect it. They originally came step by step according to the formulated strategy, first came to Chang'an to find Liu Xiu, who was studying in Taixue, and then found a way to get to him, using his strength and the trajectory of history to fight against Wang Mang.
But who would have thought that he would be chased and killed before entering the city gate of Chang'an, and finally became a wanted criminal shouted by everyone. Such a gap is really difficult for everyone to accept.
"Boss, did you go out to Taixue today? Did you find Liu Xiu? Zhang Aijia asked anxiously.
"No, we asked people, and there is no one named Liu Xiu in Taixue."
Duanmuci's words made everyone who was already depressed fall to a low point. Well, now it's hard to find Liu Xiuna and want to complete the task.
"So what should I do?"
"Don't worry, although we didn't find Liu Xiu, we found this." As he spoke, he pulled out a roll of cloth from his bosom.