Chapter 45: The Assassin's First Shadow
Shen Xian got up, pushed open the door, and saw Xiao Wanyun and others standing outside the door waiting for him. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info Xiao Wanyun had already prepared clothes and accessories for Shen Xian, and when he saw him come out, he handed them over to him. Shen Xian went back to the room to freshen up and change clothes, and put on the hosta prepared by Xiao Wanyun, the whole person was completely new, and he did not have the previous depressed appearance, but he was refreshed and energetic!
Shen Xian went out again, Xiao Wanyun and the others saw it, and they all nodded and praised it, Gan Jiu Arc smiled: "It is said that 'people rely on clothes', Brother Shen is really not bad when he changes this body! If you straighten your waist again, raise your chin slightly, and add a folding fan, I'm afraid many people will think that you are the son of a family in the imperial city!"
"Brother Gan is laughing!" Shen Xian laughed back.
Xiao Wanyun looked at Shen Xian and said: "I think the wine jug is really right, you, you are really suitable to wear this body, in my eyes, I think you look like a nobleman in the imperial city! But ah, brother, you call the wine jug 'Brother Gan', you really see the outside! Look at the brothers here, which one calls him the eldest brother? Even Cangyun, who is the same age as you, calls him the wine jug, you also call him so, get closer!"
"Oh, then, I'll call him 'Wine Keg' brother from now on!" Shen Xian smiled.
"Eh, that honorific title can be removed, if he doesn't change his name or change his surname, he will call it a wine jug!" Xiao Wanyun said, then looked at Gan Jiu Arc and said, "What, do you have an opinion? Or is your name not 'Nine Arc'?"
Gan Jiu Arc snorted twice and said: "It's not my intention to be called 'Nine Arcs', and now I can't change my name if I want to! Just for these two words, I have been laughed at by you for more than ten years! Anyway, the three words 'Gan Jiu Arc' used to be known to everyone in the rivers and lakes, can you give a few thin noodles? Big brother, I didn't say you, you look at Brother Shen, he is a promising young man, respectful and courteous, and if he is instigated by you, I am afraid that he will become bad in the future, can you let him learn something?" Look at Xiao Cangyun's kid, he has been so bad by you that he doesn't look like a bad kid, and he doesn't even have any respect for our hard-working seniors, he keeps a straight face all day long, as if no one is happy, how can you let him marry a daughter-in-law in the future?"
Xiao Cangyun really had an iron-clad face, with no expression at all, he just raised his eyes to look at Gan Jiu Arc, and said after a while: "Chu Shuai is not here, the wine pot will be presumptuous, I have to follow his explanation and train you well!"
When Gan Jiuarc heard the word "Chu Shuai", he trembled, and immediately held his head high, without the appearance of playing treasure before, he coughed twice, patted his chest and said: "How uninhibited I am, I am a character who can go up to the court and get the thatched house, does he Chu Shuai dare to be so debauched except for the thatched house?"
Except for Shen Xian and Xiao Cangyun, everyone laughed when they heard it, Xiao Cangyun is a person who doesn't cry or laugh, but Shen Xian doesn't know the "allusion", so he didn't laugh. Xiao Wanyun was happy for a while, turned his face to Shen Xian and said, "The wine pot is too bad for the mouth, if you have the opportunity to meet Chu Shuai, you will know what is going on!" After speaking, he said to Gan Jiu Arc again, "If Chu Shuai hears this, I'm afraid you won't be able to get out of the thatched house in the future!"
"I'm afraid Chu Shuai is squatting and sneezing somewhere now!" said a chuckle from one of Xiao Wanyun's men.
Everyone was happy for a while, and then they straightened their expressions and hurriedly followed Xiao Wanyun to the palace.
Shen Xian is really envious of Xiao Wanyun's group of brothers, all of them are open-minded heroes, not to mention martial arts, they are friendly and friendly, and they don't put on a show because Shen Xian is a commoner and has a low realm. But at this moment, it became serious, revealing a majesty. In the words of Gan Jiu Arc, these people are all heroes who "can go up to the court and get down to the thatched house"!
Shen Xian followed everyone to the outside of the palace, and said that Ruan Yunxia and the others had bid farewell to Xiao Wanyun the day before and returned to Shenxiao Sect. As for Guo Da and Hou Junsheng, although they were thick-skinned, they felt embarrassed to trouble Xiao Wanyun again when they arrived in the imperial city, so they took their leave, and heard that they went back to Wenxiao Kingdom. These two people are also open-minded, and Shen Xian likes them a lot, but the time they get along is too short, and they don't have time to make friends.
At this time, to put it simply, Xiao Wanyun showed his identity as an envoy, handed over the "Zhenyu King Order", and the guards guarding the palace respectfully welcomed a group of more than a dozen people into the palace. Everyone rested in the side hall of the palace, and Wenchen ushered in him, leading everyone through the "sword washing pool", unloading the blades, and then leading the way in front of the "Tianqi Palace" where the emperor of the Great Qi State was located.
Xiao Wanyun is the king of Lingyao Kingdom, and he is the envoy of the Great Qi State this time, his status is noble, among a group of people, only he does not need to unload his armor and untie his sword to enter the palace, and the rest such as Gan Jiuarc and others, the weapons are placed in the sword washing pool, and if you want to enter the Tianqi Palace at this moment, you have to remove the light armor on your body.
Shen Xian didn't need to remove his armor, Xiao Wanyun had already expected it, and what he prepared for him was a set of Wensheng Gongzi, which made him quite conspicuous among this group of people. Several times, there were palace maids passing by, watching him cover his mouth and chuckle.
The imperial palace wall is not as tall or long as the imperial city, but it is also abrupt, and it looks like a knife-cut mountain wall, towering and high! The imperial palace city wall has four gates, namely the "Qingwei Gate" in the east, the "Xuanwu Gate" in the north, the "Taihua Gate" in the west, and the main gate "Qiyun Gate" in the south. The entire palace is divided into two courts, the outer court has seven courtyards, which enter from the main gate, first of all, the "Reyeon-in", which is a place to temporarily receive guests. Go to the palace again, pass the sword washing pool, and there will be left and right forks. On the left is the "Fengmuin", where the palace guards and military attachés worked. The right road leads to the "Shuli Temple", which is the place where Wenchen works and deliberates. Directly in front is the "Taihe Courtyard", which is the place where the emperor and the ministers discuss the court, and in the middle is the Tianqi Palace!
Rehyenin-in, Bongmu-in and Shureiin are all former courtyard buildings, separated from Taihwain by a wall. Outside the city wall, the moat is not wide, and it is only about one zhang. The city wall is also equipped with four gates, the main gate is called "Tianqi Gate", the east is "Yangxin Gate", the west is "Yuqian Gate", and the north gate leads directly to the harem compound, which is called "Qianqing Gate".
Yangxinmen leads to the "Ning'an Temple", which is mainly for the royal family to live. The front gate leads to the "side courtyard", which is used for imperial kitchens and palace work. The harem is a courtyard of its own, in addition to the emperor and the concubine's bedroom, there is also a temple.
All the buildings in the palace are red pillars and gold tiles, the pillars are carved dragons, the windows are carved with phoenixes, and the whole color is mainly yellow, showing the nobility of the emperor.
Shen Xian and the others followed Na Wenchen, crossed the small bridge, entered the Tianqi Gate, passed through the large square in the Taihe Courtyard, and came all the way to His Royal Highness Tianqi. This day Qi Hall looks magnificent, there are stone steps outside the door, and there are stone lions standing left and right under the stone steps, arching the main hall!
Na Wenchen asked Xiao Wanyun to wait for a while, and then set off into the palace to report by himself. After a while, someone walked out of the hall and shouted to the outside of the hall: "Please invite the envoys of the Lingyao Kingdom to enter the hall!"
Xiao Wanyun turned around and nodded to the brothers, and said softly to Shen Xian: "Brother, come in with me!" With that, he stepped forward and picked up the steps, followed by Shen Xian, accompanied by Gan Jiu Arc and Xiao Cangyun, and the rest of the people were waiting outside the hall.
Shen Xian was apprehensive in his heart, although he was quite curious about the layout in the palace, but at this moment, he knew that he couldn't be too casual and couldn't cause trouble to Xiao Wanyun, so he didn't dare to look around, but just followed Xiao Wanyun all the way to the Tianqi Palace.
Xiao Wanyun walked to the bottom of the hall, immediately knelt down on one knee, and saluted the emperor of the Great Qi State who was sitting in the hall. Shen Xian did the same, followed by Gan Jiu Arc and Xiao Cangyun also knelt on one knee, lowered his head slightly, and saluted with fists.
"Xiao Wanyun, King of Lingyao Kingdom, meet Your Majesty!" Xiao Wanyun opened his mouth and said, his voice was as loud as a bell, and his ears were lifted when he heard it!
"Okay, good, the widow heard that King Zhenyu was coming, and he had been looking forward to it for a long time, please hurry up!" said the Emperor of the Great Qi Kingdom, who actually got up from his gold-lacquered dragon chair, walked directly down to the palace, and picked up Xiao Wanyun. This is a great gift, the emperor personally went down to the palace to support the envoys, showing that he has great respect for the envoys and respects them as guests!
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Xiao Wanyun was polite, and stood up after thanking him again. Shen Xian and the others also stood up and looked at the Emperor of the Great Qi Kingdom respectfully.
The emperor of the Great Qi Kingdom was about forty years old, dressed in a purple-gold dragon robe, wearing a purple-gold crown and a handful of goatees. His face was ruddy, his spirits were vibrant, his eyebrows exuded a faint heroic spirit, and his demeanor was extremely noble! Shen Xian watched him speak, his eyes occasionally showed essence, and then he saw that his steps were solid, his fingers were strong and powerful, and he was still a practitioner with no low skills! It's just that he was a little strange, it was rumored that the emperor of the Great Qi Kingdom was going to wear nine golden hairpins and five hostas on his head, why did he have a purple and gold crown on his head at this time?
Shen Xian was still thinking about it, and the emperor of the Great Qi Kingdom smiled with his head bowed, slowly sat back on the dragon chair, and said to Xiao Wanyun: "The last time King Zhenyu was ordered to come to the Great Qi Kingdom, it should have been ten years ago, and this time he set foot on his homeland, do you think there are any changes?"
Xiao Wanyun said with a smile: "Please forgive the ministers for being rude, I really haven't seen the changes here! This day, the Qi Hall is still so wide and big, Your Majesty is still young and strong, and the courtiers are still brightly dressed and vibrant! But if you really want to talk about the changes, you have to say that in the imperial city run by Your Majesty, the people in the city have more food and clothing than before, and it is a prosperous scene!"
The Emperor of the Great Qi Kingdom laughed, patted his golden dragon chair again and again, and applauded, he said: "I think you have changed a lot, and you will say these respectful words, if you let Mr. 'Ouyang' hear it, aren't you afraid that he will say that you have become a flattering villain?"
Xiao Wanyun also laughed, he seemed to know the temperament of the emperor of the Great Qi Kingdom very well, and listened to him say: "Xiao Wanyun is just telling the truth, Your Majesty also knows my temperament, and you can't learn these things like you! However, Your Majesty said that Mr. Ouyang, he is still preparing to give His Majesty's birthday gift, and he falls behind my Xiao Wanyun's ass, how do you know what this court said? But in his eyes, if you ask questions, I believe it will be similar to what I said, if he says that I am flattering, wouldn't he also give himself a mouth?"
"You, it's still the same, your blood is strong!" The Emperor of the Great Qi Kingdom laughed, and there were still more than a dozen courtiers standing in His Royal Highness, all of whom chuckled lightly at the moment, making the atmosphere of this court relaxed and freehand, not as depressed and nervous as Shen Xian thought.
"It will take two or three days for Mr. Ouyang to arrive, but Xiao Wanyun will have to stay here for a few days! However, what worries the ministers the most is the good wine collected by His Majesty, Your Majesty should not be stingy!" Xiao Wanyun said with a smile.
The Emperor of the Great Qi Kingdom said: "As soon as you come, I will smell the smell of your wine worm, those treasured good wines have already been prepared, and I am afraid that I will treat you badly?" Okay, the widow knows that you are in a hurry, and when you hear that there is good wine, you can't hold back, so I will ask someone to take you to the other courtyard and send it to you, do you think it is good?"
"Hehe, Xiao Wanyun thanked Your Majesty!" Xiao Wanyun replied with a smile.
The emperor of the Great Qi State instructed his subordinates to lead Xiao Wanyun and others to live in the palace courtyard, and sent people to take out a few jars of good wine from the imperial dining room and send them to the courtyard. When Xiao Wanyun and the others left, silence suddenly returned to the Tianqi Palace, and the Emperor of the Great Qi Kingdom sitting in the hall sighed again and again, and said: "Such a good talent, why can't it be used by me? It's a pity, it's a pity!"
At this time, His Royal Highness walked out, bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty, why worry, there are no absolutes in life, maybe Xiao Wanyun will also serve Your Majesty one day?"
The Emperor of the Great Qi Kingdom glanced at His Highness's people and smiled lightly: "Ge Tao, what you said is true!"
Shen Xian and the others followed Na Wenchen all the way to the courtyard, which was luxurious and no worse than the emperor's bedroom. Listening to Xiao Wanyun, this courtyard was originally the residence of the emperor of the Great Qi Kingdom, and whenever he had free time, he would bring his concubines to come here to play. The emperor's pomp and circumstance is not comparable to the small functions of ordinary sesame mung beans, and clothing, food, housing and transportation must show the emperor's luxury, so although it is a separate courtyard here, the decoration is extremely luxurious!
Shen Xian and the others settled in the courtyard, he practiced for a while, and in the evening, after having dinner with everyone in the lobby, he sat in the courtyard and drank and chatted with his brothers.
The palace was originally spacious and very peaceful, but when night falls, it is even more quiet and quiet.
Just when Shen Xian and the others were enjoying the aristocratic life carefree, they suddenly screamed, breaking this tranquility!
In the palace, above the emperor's bedroom, a figure suddenly appeared. This person is in his thirties, dressed in dark blue clothes, with two beards, his appearance is ordinary, and the whole person does not look strange. It's just that the way he used his body was really weird, and he was moving backwards under the moon!
"There are assassins, there are assassins!" exclaimed the guards in the palace, who seemed to be in a hurry, but because they were well trained, they were not disordered. After a while, a hundred or so people arrived, all chasing after the man. But the man had an evil smile on his face, and he was not afraid at all, but he still turned around, ignoring the forbidden courtyard of the palace as if it were nothing......