Chapter 17: The Dragon
"Well, Xiaobai, it's so noisy outside......"
Mo Ying woke up from her sleep, rubbed her eyes, and reached out to probe the bed beside her, which was empty.
"Xiaobai? Xiaobai, where have you been? ”
Finding that Mo Bai beside her was gone, she hurriedly sat up, and there was silence in the darkness until the candle flame was lit, and under the candlelight, Mo Bai's gentle eyebrows and eyes appeared, and he came to the bed with a fire candle.
"I'm here."
"Xiaobai, why did you go down?" Grabbing Mo Bai's arm, Mo Ying breathed a sigh of relief, she tilted her head, and was just about to look beyond Mo Bai to the glimmering room, but Mo Bai blocked her.
Mo Ying was puzzled: "Huh? ”
She heads to the left, and Mo Bai blocks to the left side, and she heads to the right, and Mo Bai blocks to the right side.
"Xiaobai, the back...... Anything about it? ”
"Nope." Mo Bai shook his head.
"Really?"
Mo Ying leaned forward slightly, Mo Bai blocked her sight with her movements, she suddenly straightened up, Mo Bai pressed her shoulder suddenly, close to her cheeks, her black eyes looked particularly faint in the candlelight, Mo Ying's face was crimson, and she subconsciously swallowed her saliva.
"Xiaobai, Xiaobai, what's wrong?"
Mo Bai said softly: "It's okay, sleep." ”
Reluctantly lying back on the bed, Mo Ying was nervous and curious at the same time, what was behind Mo Bai.
Ghost?
Corpse?
Mo Ying thought of something strange in her mind, and suddenly there was a cool feeling in the center of her eyebrows, and she fell asleep before she could see what it was.
Mo Bai withdrew his fingers, turned around and walked towards the wall, and under the candlelight, a face with fear gradually emerged.
The three tied up leaned together, looking in horror at the handsome man who was gradually approaching them.
In their eyes, Mo Bai is not a gentle and handsome boy, but a demon who crawled out of hell!
In the villa, in the dark night, there were several figures lurking into Wang Laohan's house, they were masked, holding sacks and wooden sticks, lightly touching the side of the bed, facing Wang Laohan on the bed is a big stick, the same thing happened in the next room.
In another room, Ling'er was awakened by the movement outside the house, and she sat up and stared vigilantly into the dark room.
"Who is Your Excellency?" A sense of suffocation pressed her, Ling'er's face turned slightly pale, and she begged for mercy: "Seniors spare your life, I haven't harmed anyone!" ”
Before the puppet dragon man could make a move, the next moment, Ling'er's body trembled and fell to the bed with convulsions.
In the darkness, the puppet dragon man walked to the side of the bed and kicked Ling'er, who had passed out......
No, a shell to be exact.
In the distance, Mo Bai stared at the woman.
The plate is huge, and it feels like you can sit on a dead person.
Obviously, Fang Fang was still bold enough to seduce him, but now he was silent and trembling and didn't dare to move.
Throwing the three of them to the original servants of the villa, Mo Bai returned to the house, turned off the lights, and lay down quietly beside Mo Ying.
Let's get out of here tomorrow morning, the villa is quite big, but it's not much fun.
There should be interesting places in the capital.
……
Dozens of miles outside the villa, in the dark, the woman in the wonderful clothes was full of horror, glad that she was not consumed by lust after noticing that something was wrong, and ran away in advance, leaving only a trace of divine temptation.
Otherwise, it might have to be planted tonight.
……
Breakfast time.
Mo Ying looked at the servants coming and going outside, the mountain villa that was deserted yesterday suddenly became lively today.
The servants and maidservants came out of nowhere overnight like spring shoots.
Biting the spicy meat nest in his hand, Mo Ying asked Mo Bai: "Xiaobai, why are there so many people in the villa all of a sudden?" ”
Mo Bai glanced at the servant girls serving the left and right, picked up the white porcelain bowl and drank the meat porridge, the taste was much worse than yesterday's.
"Always," he put down the porcelain bowl, wiped the corners of his mouth, and said slowly, "quite a lot." ”
The number of servants in the villa is quite large, there are about half a hundred, and it is said that most of them followed the owner of the villa into Beijing.
The housekeeper also followed Liu Yuanwai into Beijing, and among the remaining people, Wang Laohan had the most seniority, and was appointed as the temporary governor to lead the people who remained in the villa.
From the mouths of other subordinates, I learned that Wang Laohan was a real honest man on weekdays, and everyone respected him very much, not like a despicable villain who took advantage of the situation.
In this regard, Mo Bai did not express his opinion, he was not interested in the things in the villa, he just wanted to arrive in the capital safely with Mo Ying, but some guys couldn't bear it and had bad thoughts about Mo Ying.
Is Wang Laohan in any trouble, or is he under the control of the escaped demon?
He didn't care, he wasn't interested, he just handed over the people to the villa and let the people in the villa handle it themselves.
After breakfast, Mo Bai followed Mo Ying back to the house and cleaned up.
Outside the house, the manservant bent down and said, "Engong, the carriage and horses are ready, and you can set off at any time." ”
Mo Bai's voice was faint: "Well, I know." ”
Mo Ying's face was slightly pale, a trace of struggle flashed in her eyes, and she said, "Xiaobai, do you have to take the carriage?" ”
Mo Bai is speechless, and it is not impossible not to take a carriage.
It's been nearly a month since the puppet dragon man fell into his hands, and after this period of unremitting research, he can be considered to know the bottom of this dead body.
The functions that can be developed at this stage have basically been figured out, and one of them is to make the puppet dragon man turn into a dragon form.
In other words, he can take Moying to Kyoto on a dragon.
However, there is a crucial question.
…… He doesn't know the way.
Although this place is not far from the capital, it is still half a day's journey away.
Now his consciousness is very weak, and he can only use his eyes to fly in the sky and navigate.
He didn't know what the capital looked like, and he might fly over his head if he was not careful, or even fly directly in the wrong direction.
Seeing that Mo Bai's face was in trouble, Mo Ying sighed mournfully: "Hmm...... Then let's take another half-day carriage ride. ”
If it's slow, she'll still be able to hold up.
Looking at Mo Ying's reluctant appearance, Mo Bai felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, obviously capable, but he couldn't solve difficulties for the people he cared about and eliminate his sorrows.
It's uncomfortable.
Mo Ying picked up the package and walked in front of Mo Bai, "Xiaobai, I'm packed, let's go." ”
"Hmm......" Mo Bai thought for a while and said, "Yes, walk." ”
"It's cold, and if you walk, you'll freeze, and the road is not easy to walk."
Mo Ying shook her head, and in turn comforted Mo Bai and said, "It's okay, it's a big deal, I'll sleep for another day." ”
After a pause, she continued: "Besides, no one wants to show us the way on foot, so we can't force the people in the villa to join us, right?" ”
The people in the villa...... A flash of inspiration flashed.
The corners of Mo Bai's mouth rose slightly: "There is a way." ”
"What?" Mo Ying wondered.
Mo Bai pushed the door and looked at the servants waiting in the courtyard, who saw someone coming out of the house, and a flattering smile suddenly appeared on his face.
"Engong, the carriage and horses are ready."
"No car," Mo Bai stared at him and asked, "Do you know the direction of the capital?" ”
"Directions?" The servant was stunned for a while, thought for a while, and replied, "If you go to the capital, you can go south." ”
Mo Bai continued to ask: "Do you know what the capital looks like?" ”
"Huh? This...... This...... The walls are very high? ”
"Special ......" Mo Bai clasped his head and thought, "Hmm...... Sign...... An icon? ”
"The Imperial Palace!" The servant immediately replied: "The most conspicuous thing in the capital is the imperial palace, with a golden roof, you can get a glimpse of the corner when you enter the city." ”
Golden roof......
"From heaven, what?"
"Where do I know this?" The servant grimaced, "Those who can overlook the palace from a high place are either emperors or powerful nobles." How could an ordinary person like a minion know what a view it was like to overlook the palace? ”
Mo Bai frowned: "In the sky, can you tell the difference?" ”
"The palace is very special, if you look at it from the sky, you can recognize it at a glance." The servant nodded in conviction, and said suspiciously: "Engong, what are you asking for?" ”
Mo Bai's eyes lit up, and he stared at the servant in front of him up and down for a while, as if he had made up his mind, and the next moment, a puppet dragon man wearing a cloak appeared in the courtyard.
The servant looked at the figure that suddenly appeared in amazement, with a gray-brown hood and a wide cloak, and only by looking at her clothes, she felt that she was burly and straight.
The mysterious man, he remembered, was the one who conquered all the people in the villa that night, and how did she conquer them...... It's not a good memory.
I didn't understand what Mo Bai was doing, and Mo Ying, who had been quiet, looked at the figure that suddenly appeared, and the last time I saw the little white dragon was the last time.
"What are you going to do, Xiaobai," she said, "Actually, I can ride in a carriage." ”
Mo Bai looked back at Mo Ying, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a smug smile, this look has the taste of a child showing off to his parents, and he almost crossed his hands on his waist, of course, it is impossible to make that kind of action with Mo Bai's character.
I saw Mo Bai holding hands and waving, and a white shadow rose from the wide cloak, and the cloak that had lost its internal support fell to the ground like an ordinary piece of cloth.
In the sky, huge white shadows swirled.
"Dragon, dragon, dragon!?" The servant looked at the huge figure hovering in the sky with a frightened face, knelt on the ground and trembled uncontrollably, his mouth trembled, and he exclaimed loudly: "The gods have appeared, and the dragon has descended to earth!" ”
Mo Ying was also stunned by this sudden change, and looked at the giant dragon covering the sky and the sun overhead, dumbfounded.
The white dragon leaned down and bowed its head, and the dragon head alone occupied half of the small courtyard.
Mo Bai stroked the white scales the size of a bucket and glanced at the white dragon's gray eyes.
After all, he was dead, and there was no sparkle in his eyes.
……
In Kyoto, the sky is gray, the sun cannot penetrate the clouds, and the atmosphere in the city is particularly oppressive.
Forbidden soldiers in yellow robes and armor patrolled the streets in piles, their sharp spears dazzling in the gloomy atmosphere, and an inexplicable tense atmosphere lingered in the city.
In the gloomy room, the old Taoist curled up and hid in the corner.
The next moment, the door was kicked open.
"Catch him!"
Soldiers with blades in hand swarmed up.
The old Taoist who was surrounded looked desperate, squatting in place with his head in his hands, not daring to resist.
After following Gongsun Changquan to the capital, Zhao Qingsong was arranged to stay in the Prince's Mansion.
Early in the morning, Gongsun Changquan came to offer condolences.
"Mr. Zhao, did you sleep well yesterday?"
"Lord Gongsun smiled, now that people are panicking, how can I sleep peacefully?"
Zhao Qingsong smiled and found that Gongsun Changquan looked tired, and his eyes were much darker.
He asked, "What happened?" ”
"......"
Gongsun Changquan let out a long sigh and glanced at the servant behind him, who turned to leave the house and waited outside.
After being silent for a long time, he asked, "Mr. Zhao, do you know why His Majesty insists on cultivating immortals?" ”
Zhao Qingsong silently said that the matter here is not a secret, and why the saint is obsessed with chasing immortals today is a matter that everyone in the world knows.
Because what is ethereal in the eyes of others has been seen and touched up close by the saint.
"Of course I know ......"
Zhao Qingsong's face sighed, if he remembers it well, it should be eighteen years ago.
That year, he won the imperial examination.
In the same year, in the deep palace, Hua Guifei gave birth to a phoenix fetus.
On the day of the birth of the little princess, the sky was shining, and there were immortals stepping on auspicious clouds and falling into the palace.
Later, according to the news in the palace, the little princess was born with excellent qualifications, and she had been watched by the heavenly immortals before she was born.
took away the little princess, and the immortal naturally stayed to compensate, a magical elixir that can cure all diseases.
No one knows where the elixir ended up, but it was definitely eaten by the emperor, since the advent of the immortals, the emperor is like a demon, and the daughter summons the world's capable people to help him seek immortality and ask the immortals.
The decay of the Yan Kingdom began from that moment.
Gongsun Changquan seemed to remember something, suddenly laughed, and said apologetically: "I forgot, Mr. Zhao should be the first batch of people affected, right?" ”
Zhao Qingsong smiled bitterly, that year, the emperor chased immortals like a demon, and among their group of scholars, some people stood up and criticized them harshly, and finally provoked Long Yan to be furious and ended up in a bleak and miserable end.
Since then, the emperor has been very disliked by scholars, even to the point of disgust.
In addition to the children of families with strong backgrounds and dignitaries, the remaining scholars were naturally excluded by the royal family, and their careers were dark.
The sad and frustrated Zhao Qingsong went all the way north, and finally settled in Liangdu City, relying on the reputation of "Bangyan", he opened a small private school, and it was a nightmare for 18 years.
Gongsun Changquan recalled the scene that year, and remembered that the white-clothed Shengxue high-spirited scholar stood on the city tower impassionedly.
He shook his head embarrassedly: "I think about the high-spirited champion Lang back then, and finally ended up like that." ”
"Lord Gongsun." Zhao Qingsong shouted in a low voice.
"Ha, I accidentally pulled away," Gongsun Changquan laughed dryly, and said seriously: "Mr. Zhao, do you remember the little princess who was taken away by the immortals?" ”
Zhao Qingsong's eyes slowly widened.
"That's right," Gongsun Changquan snorted, "she's back, and she has incited the second prince to rebel." ”
"Second prince?" Zhao Qingsong's complexion changed for a moment.
The younger brother of the little princess.
The eldest son of Hua Guifei.
"It's not good for us right now." Gongsun Changquan's face was solemn, "The emperor suddenly appeared seven days ago, after she returned to the capital, she first went to the palace of the king of Qin, and then went deep into the palace alone. Soon after, the second prince led a group of retainers to rush into the palace, rebelled against the forbidden army, and completely sealed the palace so that no one was allowed to approach. ”
Gongsun Changquan shook his head, "When His Royal Highness the Crown Prince reacted, the palace had been completely blocked, and only the second prince's oracle came out of the palace, saying that the saint was haunted by the demon Dao, and the emperor would wipe out the demon Dao within seven days. ”
Zhao Qingsong was surprised: "Is this true? ”
Gongsun Changquan smiled bitterly: "What does Mr. Zhao think? ”
“……”
Gongsun Changquan was furious, and his face turned red.
"The saint's temperament has indeed changed greatly in recent years, no, eighteen years ago, the saint has changed his temperament since he met the immortal! Now that the emperor has suddenly returned, even if the saint is haunted by demons, shouldn't she be looking for His Royal Highness the Prince? Could it be that she doesn't understand orthodoxy and avoiding suspicion? However, the fact is that the second prince has entered the palace, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is one step behind. ”
The fruit that is about to arrive is cut off by a sudden outsider, and no one can accept it.
After just knowing what happened, Gongsun Changquan almost couldn't hold back the fragrant emperor.
Zhao Qingsong seemed calm, and Gongsun Changquan still had the heart to vent with him here, which showed that the problem was not so bad that it could not be handled.
"Where is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince now?"
"Isn't Mr. Zhao afraid?" Gongsun Changquan's face turned cold, "If you continue to follow His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, you will have to go against the immortals." ”
Zhao Qingsong pursed his lips, is this a test of my loyalty?
He straightened his face and said angrily: "Lord Gongsun, what Zhao hates most in his life is the despicable villain who blows on both sides!" ”
Gongsun Changquan looked at him for a long time, laughed out loud, and echoed: "Yes, I also hate it." ”