Xi'an, the capital.

The Haohao Imperial City stands in the northwest, and the dragon is a million years old. What can I do now in the east, the horse steps on the dragon and the tiger to show its might.

A hundred years ago, the founding emperor Tianwen Emperor was better than the previous dynasty in the last years of the Great Wei Dynasty, in the chaotic world, he pulled a group of green forests and grass recklessly, set himself up as the king, pulled the flag and revolted, and went through all kinds of hardships to attack the palace of the former dynasty, ending the situation of the division of the heroes and winning the Central Plains to establish the Great Zhou Dynasty. At that time, when Ma Tatai and Jinluan Palace, the martial artist Shengshang, who had not read a few years of books recorded in the later history books, chanted such a worthless limerick poem that was praised again and again by the literary giants of later generations.

Now this poem is still engraved on the dragon pillar on the left side of the palace, saying that it is to let future generations remember that they were majestic back then, but I don't know how the royal children who have been in contact with the highest knowledge of the Great Zhou since they were young will feel when they see this bullshit and no rhyme.

The stargazing tower in the northeast of the Great Inner Dynasty was the first thing that the martial artist Shengshang, who was scolded by the widow of the previous dynasty and said that he used superstition to deceive the trust of the people of the world as the cornerstone to establish the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Throughout the ages, the saints of all generations have believed in the mandate of heaven, advocated the idea of "royal power bestowed by heaven", and tried to engrave these four words in the hearts of the people of the world all the time.

A "Son of Heaven" is enough to illustrate the deep meaning of this.

The founding emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Tianwen Emperor was especially great.

At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, even if it was a waste to be revived, he had to set aside most of the gold and silver in the treasury and personally supervise the construction of this stargazing platform. It is precisely because of this that to this day, the Taoist sect that is inseparable from the practice of soul dementoring alchemy fortune-telling and divination has been blessed by this and has become a state religion.

At night, in the palace, where the queen is not allowed to travel, except for the uniform footsteps of the patrol guards, there is also silence. There is a hunchbacked old man under the guidance of the inner eunuch of Weinuo to pass through the door to the outside of this stargazing building, unlike others who are afraid to walk in this inner palace, looking forward and backward, even if the hunchbacked old man is bowed to the back of the country for half a generation who has been bent by the great robe of the country's righteous robe Ze Ying, he also holds his hands high and does not squint, so that the inner supervisor who has a low status and can only lag behind one position on the side has to trot behind this old man.

Obviously, it does not meet the rules that courtiers are not allowed to bring eagle dogs when they enter the palace, and the big gray dog of the hunchbacked old man is quite alert, and he turns his head to look left and right from time to time, and his tail flicks from time to time is also leisurely.

Outside the stargazing building, there was already a rich middle-aged man wearing a Beiyi tribute, even the common people who had never seen the world could see the expensive fine mink velvet, waiting quietly, seeing the hunchbacked old man coming, he just nodded and called "Uncle Lin", which was regarded as a greeting.

The hunchbacked old man, who was accustomed to receiving great gifts when he went out, was quite conceited and obeyed the edict of the first emperor that "no matter how high the official position is, it can be exempted from courtesy".

"It's cold and I have to trouble Uncle Lin to come over, it's hard work." The rich middle-aged man is quite polite, and he speaks very politely.

The hunchbacked old man smiled: "It's so polite, this is what the old minister should do." ”

The rich middle-aged man waved away the few inner prison maids who followed behind him, and walked into the stargazing tower first.

The stargazing building is nine times high, and the dark sky has the meaning of nine times. The brick and stone foundation is square, and the upper eight layers are built of South China Sea pineapple, which is built by hexagonal eight corners and ten corners in turn, and the last layer is the open-air round shed, which is also the meaning of the dark sky and round place.

The rich middle-aged man and the hunchbacked old man entered the stargazing building, and had already ordered that no one should be left in the building, and the two went upstairs to the eighth floor unimpeded.

The stargazing building is as warm as spring, even the wooden buildings above are made of special materials for heating, and the upstairs along the way make the rich middle-aged man who has never done much activity a little panting, and there is a trace of fine sweat oozing on his forehead.

However, the hunchbacked old man was complacent, showing his sturdy physique that did not match his age, and he did not forget to quip: "You should really exercise hard, how old are you to be so poor, how can you go back to a private visit to abduct a good woman when you are a few years older?" ”

Obviously, the rich middle-aged man of today's saint couldn't help but be embarrassed, and said: "Uncle Lin, don't laugh at me anymore, I haven't been busy dealing with government affairs all day in the past ten years, how can I still have time to think about that kind of thing." ”

The hunchbacked old man raised his head and laughed, and lowered his voice meaningfully: "But I heard that the Dayue clan sent a beautiful woman a few months ago, but the blonde hair and blue eyes are beautiful, Your Majesty is afraid that you will not call the old minister to come to this old cow's nose and ask him to refine a few pairs of aphrodisiac pills for you?" ”

I'm afraid that the hunchbacked old man in this world dares to make fun of the current emperor like this, which makes the old face of the Ninety-Five Emperor blush, and he said embarrassedly: "Empty wind, empty wind." The hunchbacked old man burst into laughter.

"I've heard your old immortal laughter from afar, and I'm not afraid that I won't suffocate you if I don't come up in one breath."

The eight-story building is brightly lit, the candles everywhere are clearly placed in a seven-star array, the house is furnished with fragrant flower offerings, melons, fruits, chickens and fish, seven large lamps are distributed on the ground, and seven small lamps are in each circle, and there is a natal lamp in Nei'an, and there are seven fist-sized red jade like the Big Dipper under the oblique finger.

The old Taoist priest in this stargazing tower is just the old Taoist priest in the world who dares to scold the hunchbacked old man, with a white beard, white eyebrows and white hair, and even the Taoist robe on his body is white that he has never seen before, wrapped in a brocade quilt as if he is asleep, sitting with his eyes closed next to the most dazzling natal lamp, but he is stealing the sky to continue his life.

The hunchbacked old man ignored the old man, snorted coldly, and found a chair farthest away from him to sit down.

The Son of Heaven had long been accustomed to the appearance of the national teacher who looked down on each other and the only king with a different surname in this dynasty after meeting each other, and immediately asked: "What is the matter with the Lingxu National Master calling me and the Night King to come to the stargazing tower late at night?" ”

The Lingxu National Master, who was wrapped in a brocade quilt, opened his eyes slightly as if he had just woken up, but he still looked sleepy, tightened the quilt on his body, and said, "It's not a big deal, it's just that I heard about something that you have both been very concerned about in the past three years." ”

Lingxu Guoshi said lightly, but the Son of Heaven and the hunchbacked old man were stunned when they heard it. How can it be said that the things that can make these two people who are the most important in the Great Zhou Dynasty care are not a big deal?

The two glanced at each other, and the Son of Heaven also knew that it was more difficult for the hunchbacked old man to say a word to him, a national teacher who seemed to be a sworn enemy, than to ascend to the sky, so he said again: "Please also ask the Lingxu National Master not to sell Guanzi again." ”

Lingxu National Master deliberately wanted to see the hunchbacked old man out of trouble, so he looked at the hunchbacked old man with sleepy eyes, and said, "This matter is mainly related to this old immortal. ”

The hunchbacked old man was not moved by the words of the Lingxu National Master, he looked at the half moon outside the window with his hands around his chest, and secretly slandered in his heart how this white-bearded old man was not dead, and he had to be wrapped in a quilt in this warm house on a cold day, and he had to open the window to ventilate, isn't this sick.

The Lingxu National Master moved his body and said to the Son of Heaven: "This old immortal doesn't listen to it, I can quietly tell Your Majesty that this matter is related to the life of the Fourteenth Prince." ”

The fourteenth prince is the most spoiled prince in today's saint, and he has never set up the East Palace, and has talked about the establishment of the prince in private, the Son of Heaven wanted to set up this non-eldest prince as the crown prince as early as a few years ago, but the saint has been pushing with the court and the central government that the old queen mother in the inner palace is biting the tradition of "standing long and not young", even if he knows that the eldest prince is devoted to poetry and books and has no intention of political affairs, he does not agree to his own emperor's son to set up the fourteenth prince as the prince.

has nothing to do with this, and when it comes to the lifelong events of the emperor's family, it is really unthinkable.

The hunchbacked old man was instantly interested, and his eyes looked straight at the national teacher wrapped in the quilt, which made the white-bearded old man laugh like a child with a favorite toy, and was quite satisfied with the hunchbacked old man's reaction, and the angry hunchbacked old man turned his head to look out the window and secretly cursed that the old cow's nose should be damned.

However, this Son of Heaven saw the signs, and the so-called observers who were not in the bureau cleared themselves, so he asked with a smile: "Is that kid from the prince's family a believer?" ”

The Lingxu National Master was obviously still immersed in the fun of teasing the hunchbacked old man just now, and he just laughed like a naughty child.

The hunchbacked old man's face had just disappeared, and his eyes tightened and he looked at the happy Lingxu National Master.

When the pilgrim is a pilgrim, he is already a profound appearance after speaking, and he sits there steadily, and it is unfathomable.

………………

There is a mountain in the southwest of Xi'an, the name of Pan Mountain, and the whole Xi'an city is overlooked.

Decades ago, Xirong rebelled, and Beiyi secretly sent light cavalry to drive straight into Huanglong, and the soldiers came to the city to scare the old emperor very much, and after quelling the rebellion, he built a capital city in the northwest direction. Later, he was crowned a king with a different surname, and gave the southwest Panshan as a fief, which could raise soldiers, and it was regarded as a horn to defend Xi'an.

There is a sheep intestine trail obliquely to the west on the mountainside of the mountainside, the ancient trees beside the road are towering, and in this night in the winter season, the branches are bare and also shade the clouds, and it is late at night, so that there is more gloomy atmosphere around here.

At this time, there was a white-robed man with a cinnabar birthmark on his face carrying a pot of old wine and a cage of food boxes walking slowly on the road. The bamboo forest is full of Hunan concubine bamboo, which is lush and overlapping in the sky, and the dry yellow leaves are rustling, and even the century-old trees around them have lost some color in front of this bamboo forest. In addition, steel knives were inserted everywhere, which made the entire realm suddenly add a murderous aura.

There are bamboo houses in the bamboo forest, and there are old graves next to the houses, and the steles have been eroded by rain in recent years, but there is no trace of weeds on the grave bags.

There is a white-haired man sitting on the ground next to the monument, dressed in coarse linen clothes, and he is not confused by his age, but this full head of white hair is really piercing, and at this hour, he is still holding a wine gourd that has obviously been pulped and shiny for many years.

Hearing the footsteps, the white-haired man didn't look at it, but stared at the stele with half-open eyes, and sipped wine from time to time, which should be counted as a snack with a smile hanging on the corner of his mouth.

"Here we are." If you don't look at it, you can know who it is, how can the white-haired people not know in their hearts that in the past eight or nine years, there are only a few people who can come or dare to come to this bamboo forest.

"I will follow the prince every day for the New Year, and I don't have time to accompany you to have a drink and see my sister-in-law, I finally have a hard time tonight, so I came to you for a drink." The white-robed man sat down next to the white-haired man on the ground, opened the wine jug and drank it by himself.

The white-haired man finally turned his head to look at the comer, and said, "You are idle, hide from me to drink and chat, Brother Yuan'er, they are busy today, be careful of scolding you behind your back." ”

The white-robed man laughed, "Even if you scold, you can't hear it." ”

The white-haired man moved his butt towards the white-robed man, shook his clothes and leaned on the stele, still looking like he couldn't wake up, and said: "Count the seventh day of tomorrow, it should be a big dynasty after the year, is it possible that the old man wants to open this year and go to Beijing?" ”

The white-robed man nodded, but he didn't follow the topic, but said, "The letter from the palace just now seems to be a luminous tablet that has been invited." ”

The white-haired man sneered, very disdainful, "What happened to the Son of Heaven, how could he still use that bullshit thing?" And those things that the dead soldiers of the Xiaowei Yulin can't solve? Could it be that a few of you can't do it? ”

The white-haired man asked multiple rhetorical questions in one sentence, and the white-robed man didn't intend to answer them one by one, but just said, "I'm afraid that the saint will not be able to solve it if he sends us people." ”

"What is so difficult to do, and what can't be solved by a dignified pawn?" The white-haired man's tone was clearly teasing.

The white-robed man heard the joke in his words, but he didn't agree with it, just tilted his head and poured a sip of wine.

"The second lady and the third son have a letter."

The white-haired man was sleepy-eyed, even in this dark night, it was like substance, and the white-robed man who had experienced strong winds and waves and was accustomed to seeing bloody wind and rain was also breathless.

The white-haired man's eyes were no longer bright, and his eyelids were still drooping.

"Little bunny."