There are several dossiers in different thicknesses. Lying quietly on the desk in the imperial study, in this short period of time, I don't know how many times I have been read by those steady pairs, and then it is as if forgotten. Leave it here. It's unusually quiet, and there's not enough time for dust to fall on the files. However, the crisp air of early autumn made the pages of these dossiers warp, as if they had been roasted by fire.

The deep, burning gaze slowly moved away from the scroll. Cast to the outside and groggy. In the dazzling morning palace light, the east comes from the light. The bluestone bricks that have illuminated the highest part of the Kyoto Castle Wall. But there is no way to shine into the wall. Palace walls. Locked deep in the darkness of the Imperial Palace.

Emperor Qing took a sip of the teacup in his hand with an expressionless face, the tea was cold tea, and the little eunuchs who were used to serving around him did not have the courage to come in and change to hot land as usual. The whole night passed, and all he drank was cold tea. However, like a fish drinking water, it knows its own warmth and coldness. The cold tea poured into his chest and abdomen, but it turned into a stream of heat that burned him.

Is it the uncontrollable anger, the pain of being deceived by someone you trust? or is it a sense of humiliation that has never been felt before, that old dog has been hiding from me for decades!

The angrier you are, the calmer you are. Emperor Qing was no longer as angry as he had been a few days ago. His face and eyes were as calm as two pools of ice water. It is extremely cold and extremely calm. It's not like an ancient well. It's just like water that is about to turn into ice, blindly cold. The chill spread around the study. Everyone who stayed outside felt a deep fear from the bottom of their hearts.

There was a faint familiar sound in the distance, it was the sound of a wheelchair running over the bluestone slabs of the palace, and the special round chairs kept rubbing against the gaps between those bluestone slabs. The width of the bluestone slab is fixed. The distance of the wheelchair circle is fixed, so the rhythm and time period of the sound of the wheelchair rolling over the bluestone slab are also fixed.

This fixed rhythm. In these decades, I don't know how many times it has sounded in this quiet palace, whenever Emperor Qing has something big to do, or...... Just when you want to speak, the voice of the wheelchair will be transmitted from outside the palace to the palace, and all the way to the imperial study.

In recent years, wheelchairs have become less vocal. The old black dog hid in Chen Yuan to enjoy the blessings. Leave me alone in this cold dungeon to be tortured. However, three years ago. When he had to deal with Yun Rui and the three old monsters, the wheelchair was still in the palace twice...... Emperor Qingdi's expression was indifferent, and he remembered many past events in an instant. Then he slowly looked up.

When his calm and deep gaze fell on the closed wooden door of the imperial study. The sound of the wheelchair rubbing against the bluestone slab also happened to stop in the Gosho room.

The Emperor's gaze suddenly became complicated.

Eunuch Yao's trembling voice sounded from the imperial study, not that the eunuch leader deliberately wanted to use this panicked voice to express his attention to the person in the wheelchair, but only inside and outside the imperial study at this time. Emperor Qing naturally exuded the chill in the state of mind of the great grandmaster. has controlled the state of mind of the vast majority of people.

The door of the imperial study opened, and several eunuchs cautiously and fearfully carried the black wheelchair in. Then under the leadership of Eunuch Yao. Leave as fast as you can. The eunuchs of the inner court in this line were far, far away from the imperial study. Even walked all the way to the imperial study around the stone arch garden gate, leading directly to the Taiji Palace.

Eunuch Yao wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, glanced at Ye Shuai and Scholar He who were waiting outside the garden gate, and didn't say anything, not even a hint of expression, Ye Chong's face was heavy. Just sighed inwardly. These top figures in Kyungkook. After escorting the black carriage into the Imperial Study. They all consciously hid in this far place, because they knew that under the chill of His Majesty's land, he would talk to the person in the wheelchair every word of the word. I don't want anyone to hear about it.

Dean Chen came back very safely and gently. Although some are not used to solving it so easily. Although they knew that Old Dean Chen was not a simple horror character. However, including Eunuch Ye Chongyao. They weren't worried about anything happening in the study.

His Majesty the Emperor is a great grandmaster, after the Great East Mountain. No one in the world could hurt him anymore.

The study floor was tightly closed, and all the air outside was opened. Sound. Light, breath. Autumn is all isolated. Only His Majesty the Emperor sat straight on the couch, and Chen Pingping, who was sitting in a wheelchair at will.

The two of them hid in the small building. The ups and downs of Qingguo were blocked outside, because the wind and rain of Qingguo in the past few decades were originally set off by these two powerful people.

Emperor Qing quietly looked at the old guy in the wheelchair, and he didn't know how long he had been watching. It wasn't until he wanted to see the wrinkles on Chen Pingping's face as chrysanthemums under the hanging temple that he said quietly: "He Zongwei secretly checked Gundam and wanted to deal with Fan Xian, I knew about it earlier, and the inner court sent three people over. When you passed by Dazhou a few days ago, He Qigan should have been there, did you see it?"

If someone else is here at this time, they will be very surprised to see this scene. His Majesty the Emperor has mobilized so many people that the entire Kyoto has been prepared for the Yamen. The cold boy in the Supervision House also began to feast on His Majesty's will. The internal pressure was unfolded, and the old cripple in a black wheelchair was invited back to Kyoto, and everyone knew that there was no place to return between the monarch and the minister. However, the first thing His Majesty the Emperor said when he opened his mouth to Chen Pingping was a very inconspicuous name.

However, Chen Pingping is not surprised. He knew his own Emperor Majesty too well, he smiled slightly, and said in a slightly sharp and slightly sandy voice: "When I was sent to King Cheng's mansion, He Qigan was still young, and he met outside Dazhou City, and he couldn't remember me at all. ”

"It's not surprising that the name Chen Wuchang has disappeared from the palace for a long time. The Emperor nodded. The dragon robe on his body flew with one sleeve. A cup of tea slowly left the table. flew in front of Chen Pingping.

Chen Pingping took it, nodded respectfully, and held the hot teacup. sighed comfortably: "It's better to drink hot tea." ”

The emperor took his cold teacup with his fingers, took a sip slightly, and said calmly: "People are shocked when they leave tea, otherwise how could He Qigan not recognize you?"

Chen Pingping shook her head. said: "Except for Hong Siku. Not many people knew that I had ever been in the palace. ”

The emperor's eyes drooped slightly. With a hint of sarcasm, he said, "Later, you made some fake beards and stuck them on your chin, of course you didn't want people to know...... You were originally a eunuch. ”

Chen Pingping's face remained unchanged. bowed his head slightly, and said lightly: "It took me many years to figure out that I was originally a eunuch. Why hide it from the world. ”

"But after all, you still deceived the world. The emperor put the cold teacup on the table, stared at Chen Pingping's eyes and said: "Back then, you were sent to the palace by the palace to monitor your father's movements. However, I didn't even expect it in the palace, but you secretly revealed your identity to me, and you were willing to help my palace in trouble...... Even in the end, the old eunuch Hong in the palace was persuaded by you to stand on the side of his father, which is also your credit, so I said. At that time, the palace often guarded the identity of eunuchs. For you, for me, and for Qingguo, there is a great credit. Why do you always think about it? ”

"The reason why the first emperor was able to ascend to the throne. It doesn't have much to do with the minions. Chen Pingping called herself a slave. However, it is not the same as in the past. There is not much inferiority complex in this minion. Just following the past, he said naturally, and he slowly raised his head. looked directly at Emperor Qing's cold eyes. Word by word, he said, "That's because someone killed two princes." That's why it was the turn of Prince Cheng to sit on the dragon chair. Your Majesty can have today's thousands of miles of rivers and mountains. Immortal merit ......"

The Emperor's eyes suddenly sharpened, obviously he didn't want to hear anything related to this matter, and said, "But why in the first place. You betrayed the nobles of the palace. Throw yourself into the palace. Allegiance to ...... I?"

Chen Pingping looked at Emperor Qing with a smile, as if she was looking at a joke. After a long time, he said slowly: "Your Majesty, you were a young man at the time, and your heart was clear and far-reaching. Treat people with sincerity. It's a great place to stay. The slave is a strange person, as long as people treat me well. I will treat him well. ”

The Emperor fell silent, and he sat upright on the soft floor. seemed to be still savoring Chen Pingping's words, and her sharp eyes became like the beginning of autumn. Gradually unfolded the cool side, and the corners of his lips were slightly curled. Mockingly, he said, "So you still know that I am not bad for you

"Back then, the old prince did not have the slightest status in the court. Without any help in the court, the Chengwang Mansion is not big. It's also inconspicuous, and I'm actually the most useless little eunuch in the palace. That's why he was sent to the palace, and a powerful person like Hong Siqi has always been by the side of the nobles in the palace.

Chen Pingping also seems to remember a lot of past events. Yoyo sighed: "However, small is good, simple is simple. At that time, there were three children, plus a small one, and they tried their best to toss. Fan's mother yelled a couple of sentences next to her from time to time, and no one seemed to think it was bad. ”

"At that time, King Jing was still young. Who wants to bother with him. His Majesty the Emperor raised an eyebrow. said: "Even if Fan Jian and him joined forces to beat me, in the end, they were not all stopped by you, the two of us joined forces." No one has ever been our opponent...... This is still true today. ”

As soon as these words came out, Chen Pingping and the emperor were silent at the same time. After a long time, Chen Pingping gently touched the armrest of the wheelchair, sighed and said, "Fan Jian is His Majesty's brother after all, and a slave is just a slave after all." I didn't think much about it at the time. Just to protect you. ”

Emperor Qing's facial lines gradually softened. But his eyes drifted into the distance. It seems that it has floated to the scenes between the two monarchs and ministers, and when they join hands with each other, Yu Yu said: "I must admit that in those years, you have protected me many times, without you. I don't know how many times I'm going to die. ”

After saying this, the corner of his eye suddenly caught a glimpse of the several files on the ground. His eyes paused slightly. Gently remove the first envelope. Slowly lifted it and watched the scenes mentioned above. Including his sister, his son, and many, many other things.

"When Daqing first expanded the border, it did not alarm the iron cavalry of the Great Wei Dynasty, so you and I were a little careless, when we were spying on Xiao Chen Guo at that time, that is, when Yanjing was now deployed, our group was besieged by Hu Yue, the first killer of the battle Qingfeng in Dingshan. That person's archery skills are ...... good," Emperor Qing sighed and said, "After so many years, he can be better than Hu Yue's archery." There is only Xiao Yi alone. ”

Speaking of Yan Xiaoyi, the governor of the northern capital, who had betrayed him, there was no trace of hatred and anger in Emperor Qing's tone. It's just a pity to have land. Emperor Qing is a person who cherishes talents, and he is also a person who is extremely confident. He was not afraid of Yan Xiaoyi at all, so he showed this emotion. However, judging from the arrangement of the supervision institute these days. In his heart, Chen Pingping is a character far superior to any other courtier.

He turned his head, looked at Chen Pingping on the wheelchair, and said, "Hu Yue's arrow that day, if you hadn't sacrificed yourself to block it, I might have died at that time." ”

Chen Pingping responded calmly: "This is the duty of being a slave. ”

Emperor Qing smiled self-deprecatingly. glanced at the dossier in his hand again, this dossier was written when the Kyoto Mutiny was three years ago, Chen Pingping secretly connived at the eldest princess's long army to invade Kyoto, and finally succeeded in besieging the imperial city, although the Supervision Yuan was extremely meticulous, and this dossier. There isn't much empirical evidence. However, with the emperor's eyesight. Naturally, it can be clearly seen that there is a great calamity in it.

He casually threw the dossier aside and left it alone. Then he picked up another one, squinted his eyes and read it again, and said, "On the Hanging Temple, why do you want to let the shadow make an assassination?"

I used to reminisce about the past in a gentle and drizzly manner. At this time, in the study of the earth, the voice of questioning suddenly sounded. A faint smell of bloody rain gradually spread, but Chen Pingping seemed to know nothing. Respectfully replied, "The minion wants to see it." What is His Majesty's last hole card? ”

"I want to see my hole cards. The emperor's eyes stared at the wrinkles on Chen Pingping's face, and he was silent for a long time. Only then did he say calmly: "It seems that I am going to die." It's something you've been thinking about for a long time, love. ”

Chen Pingping did not answer. just smiled mildly and acquiesced in this heavenly crime.

"Shadow is really the younger brother of Sigu Sword?" Emperor Qing asked.

His Majesty's eyes were like gods, and the slave really admired the true origin of the shadow in one gulp that day. Chen Pingping said in admiration. But I don't know if I really admire it.

Emperor Qing closed his eyes. After thinking about it, he threw the scroll aside again. said: "When the first Northern Expedition was made, when I was breaking through the realm. Suddenly went crazy. Trapped in the mountains by the army of the Breeze. has entered the land of mountains and rivers, if you didn't lead the black rider to risk death to save it. Along the way, I exchanged my life for my life, and I was afraid that I would die ten times eight times. ”

Chen Pingping's gaze moved with Emperor Qing's hand. Watching him throw aside the paper about the truth about the assassination of the Hanging Temple, the smile in his eyes became more and more vigorous. Flourishing and withering. Extremely lonely. There was a hint of sarcasm in the loneliness.

"Your Majesty. Don't go on like that. Use a merit to save the land in exchange for a great crime of bullying the king or assassinating the king, whether it is from the Qinglu or from the hospital regulations. It's all old slaves who take a big advantage. Chen Pingping's face calmed down, looked at His Majesty the Emperor and said indifferently: "In the past few decades. The minion can't remember how many times the minion saved His Majesty, but the minion didn't have the luxury of using these merits to offset his capital crimes. ”

"Exchange great merit for great sins. Chen Pingping's eyes narrowed. said lightly mockingly: "That's the little eunuch in the story she told back then, but the slave is not the little eunuch." Your Majesty is not the emperor of the alien land. Why waste so much time?"

"You think I'm wasting time?" The emperor's voice became cold, but his eyes became fiery, staring at Chen Pingping as if he was staring at a dead person. "In the hearts of the people of the world. You're an old black dog next to me. However, it has been a long time to have a dog. It is also emotionally. ”

"Your Majesty is of course a righteous person to the old slave, all these years. His Majesty's privileged power to give the old slave land is no longer something that ordinary courtiers can enjoy. Chen Pingping leaned slightly on the wheelchair. looked back at the emperor indifferently, and said word by word: "It's just that if you say such things at this time, probably Your Majesty also wants to find some better reasons for killing dogs for yourself." It can comfort your own feelings. ”

"Shouldn't you have killed?" Emperor Qing laughed angrily. Look up to the sky and laugh. The laughter leaked through the imperial study, and rushed straight to the entire quiet imperial city. There was a rare anger in the laughter.

He turned around and grabbed the files on the ground, and slammed them over, and the volumes of different thicknesses hit Chen Pingping's body. In the wheelchair, there was a crackling sound.

Emperor Qing's eyes became extremely cold. He stared at Chen Pingping's face and said word by word: "If you want to kill me, you have to kill my son, which is extremely hateful." actually forced me to kill my own son...... You shameless eunuch, shouldn't you be killed?"

Chen Pingping slowly brushed off the pages of the book on her body. With a hint of a smile. A trace of pleasure in appreciating the rare gaffe of the most powerful king in the world in his life is probably one of his greatest wishes to return to Beijing on this trip? Gathered together. It made this old cripple's state of mind so complicated.

"Your Majesty, if you don't have the intention to kill yourself. How could a minion force you to do such a thing?" Chen Pingping looked at His Majesty the Emperor and said faintly: "So in the final analysis. The minions just wanted to kill His Majesty. As for these people in this palace, the Li family is royal. The minions just want them to bury you. ”

The emperor calmed down, became indifferent, and got rid of that rare anger, a supreme in the world, a great master of martial arts, but in front of Chen Pingping, he showed such a mortal side, he can only say. Over the past few decades, there has been a lot of trust between monarchs and ministers. It has long become a certain spiritual need that Emperor Qing can't get rid of. And this spiritual need suddenly became a mirror and moon shadow in an instant. And after the shadow of the flower. It hides the venom of betrayal. Even if it's him. It is also difficult to withstand the shock of this emotion.

He looked at Chen Pingping indifferently. said, "I am the most angry. It's not that you want to kill me, it's not that you want to kill all my sons, but what I'm most angry about is that you've left Kyoto. Why come back. ”

"Even at this point. I still have a way for you to live. As long as you are willing to go, I will not leave you. The Emperor looked at him indifferently, his far-reaching eyes as if they were old with anger from an ancient age. There is infinite power in the calm. "I'm going to kill you in one fell swoop. I'll do it myself, and I'm not going to let the useless sergeants do the work. However...... Why did you come back, why did you have to force me to kill you with my own hands?"

This is a very wonderful sentence, this is a very strange sentence, at this time, those big people outside the imperial study, including Shi Fei, the general who has returned to the garrison camp, cannot guess His Majesty's intentions. They didn't know that the so-called Dazhou change was still the kind of mental test between the emperor and Chen Pingping, the last trust between the emperor and Chen Pingping.

In the whole world, only Chen Pingping can listen to the pupil, if he was in Dingzhou, he rode away with the black. It shows that he has a sense of guilt towards His Majesty in his heart and can't face it. And he didn't go, he returned to Kyoto, looked at the face of His Majesty the Emperor indifferently and without fear, and forced the other party to kill one of the most loyal ministers in the history of Qingguo.

After a long time, Chen Pingping's eyes were like knives. Staring at the emperor word by word, he asked: "Did you ever give her any way to live back then? When I returned to Beijing, I wanted to ask Your Majesty a word, why did you kill her!"