Chapter Forty-Eight: A Hundred Turns of the Intestines, and a Thousand Waterfalls in the Night Rain
In Chang'an, the emperor and his brother-in-law enjoyed breakfast after the morning dynasty in the imperial garden. Long Youshui is a very physical and solitary existence in the palace, and only he can approach the emperor's side without scruples; Only he can talk to the emperor without any worries; Only he could simply refuse the emperor's decree. The palace maids and father-in-law in the palace had heard Long Youshui swear words in the imperial study more than once, and as for the holy decree he tore apart, there was more than one.
There is more than one relative of the emperor, and even he himself can't tell how many sisters the emperor has, and his brother-in-law is even more unknown. Although Long Youshui's wife and him are the same mother, such an identity does not make him indulge in Long Youshui to such a degree. So, why is this so? I'm afraid that except for the two people involved, everyone is not clear.
"Your Majesty, Ting is talking about the princess and Paule (I heard that Princess Manxing ran away again)?" Long Youshui was stuffed with all kinds of food, and as soon as he spoke, his mouth full of crumbs almost sprayed into the emperor's face.
The emperor resisted the idea of pulling him out and beating him up, and replied, "Yes, that little sister of mine ran out of the palace to find Ji Yunkong again." Brother-in-law, why are you asking this? As soon as the emperor thought of the star-filled princess, he smiled gently. This little sister, although she is not a brother and sister with the same father and mother as him, has a better relationship with him than anyone else.
She was the widow of the old emperor, and by the time she was born, the crown prince was already in power, so she was fortunate to avoid the darkest period of court infighting. Her mother died in childbirth, so the emperor loved him very much, although he was nominally his elder brother, but in fact he was a brother on behalf of his father, for many years, day and night, how could he not love this sister? Even the name of the princess of Manxing was given by him, and her name fell Xia, taking the homophonetic word, which means cone flower and grass. The Cone Flower Xia herb is another name for the starry sky, and this princess is indeed like the starry sky, bringing countless laughter and fun to the emperor's life.
Long Youshui struggled to swallow the food in his mouth, because he choked in his throat, he casually picked up the wine glass of the emperor opposite, and drank all the glass of wine with "Gu Dong Dong", he could barely speak normally: "Hehe, Your Majesty, although the princess is secretly guarded by a master outside the face, it is still dangerous after all, why don't I go and bring her back?" ”
"You?" The emperor squinted at Long Youshui, and his thoughts were broken with a word, "Long Aiqing, shouldn't you have angered your sister again, so you went outside to hide for a while?" ”
"Huh?" Long Youshui was speechless for a moment.
At this moment, on Jiuyang Mountain, Chang Shenghou had already led the soldiers and horses to retreat. Although helpless, he could only rely on a thousand soldiers and horses to escort more than 10,000 prisoners. During this day, Chang Shenghou continued to look for various reasons, and killed thousands of people. These people are unruly, especially this time they were poisoned and captured, how can they be convinced? Although he surrendered according to the orders of the second village master, even if he was a prisoner, there were many troubles.
For these troublemakers, Chang Shenghou almost had to kneel down to thank them, and he was worried that there were too many people to manage, so a few of you were sent to the knife, and Chang Shenghou unceremoniously accepted the "big gift" sent by these people with their lives. With one stroke of the butcher's knife, thousands of human heads fell to the ground at once, which could kill chickens and set an example for monkeys, and secondly, reduce the trouble of escorting. What's more, his excuses for killing people are all justified, even the most old-fashioned corrupt Confucian, he can't say anything, at most he just says "thirst for killing", and for a general, such an adjective is simply praised.
Compared to him, the process of "Eclipse" was not so smooth, their goal was to hunt down the three owners of Jiuyang Village, but all three of them hid in the secret passage. Although the hole in the secret passage was easily discovered by them, what happened after that made everyone embarrassed.
"Soft intestines? Is this the secret passage of Jiuyang Mountain? It is worthy of the secret passage that the three village owners have exhausted the power of Jiuyang Village and forged for decades, and they have simply hollowed out the entire Jiuyang Mountain. The bats looked at the countless forks in the road in front of them, dense and intricate, more sophisticated than beehives and ant holes. These forks in the road alone are enough to make people dizzy, not to mention that there are countless hidden arrows in them, I am afraid that except for the three village masters, no one can walk through it unscathed.
When the scorpion saw the secret passage here, he laughed: "Tang Feng's name is really appropriate, this place is really as soft as a daughter's heart, can't you see it clearly?" Don't expect me to lead the way with insects, the land and walls are all coated with a thick insect repellent juice, and the smell of it makes my little darlings very uncomfortable. ”
"Hehe," said a big man behind the scorpion, "what's this?" It's just a few walls, watch me smash them with one punch! ”
"Cow! Stop, do you want us all to die here? Beside the leader, the man in black, who had never said a word, spoke.
"What do you mean, Xiao?" By now, all the code names of the "Eclipse" organization have finally come out, "bat", "scorpion", "cow" and "owl", four animals, but they don't know what their leader is.
As everyone can see, the ox and the owl don't seem to be on the right track, and in fact, they are. The Owl was the one the leader relied on the most, and he was always by the leader's side, almost never making a move. And every time there is a big war, the main force is taken by the cow, and the bats and scorpions are assisted, and over time, the cow naturally has a grudge against this owl who never makes a move.
However, this time, the leader replied in place of the owl: "Of course, it is impossible to destroy the walls here, and even if any part of this place is broken, the most terrifying mechanism in the entire dark passage will be activated, the Night Rain Thousand Waterfalls. ”
"What is a Thousand Waterfalls in the Night Rain?"
"In the middle of the mountain wall, there are thousands of quicksands, watered with iron juice, like water, once there is any damage, the entire mountain top will be blown up in an instant, burying the other party alive in the secret tunnel. It was tens of thousands of catties of iron powder and sand, pressed down together, unless the top ten masters came, the shattered void could save their lives, otherwise, even thousands of troops and horses would not be able to escape. This is the most powerful mechanism in the dark passage of Jiuyangzhai - Night Rain Thousand Waterfalls! ”
"If that's the case, wouldn't the people inside also die."
"Have you ever seen a waterfall? The higher the waterfall, the greater the impact. The safest place, however, is the cave behind the waterfall. Under the attack of the night rain and a thousand waterfalls, they will definitely leave a glimmer of life for themselves. Jiuyang Village is their last fortress, but it is not the only one, there are countless rebels around, they just need to wait for rescue with peace of mind. ”
"So, what are we going to do?"
"Go down, since we can't destroy the mechanism, then we will capture them in a dignified manner." Under the unchanging mask of the leader, a hideous smile appeared