Chapter 213: Hall of Eternal Life
Xixiuling.
Lishan is as beautiful as splendor, has the name of "embroidery ridge", and is divided into east and west embroidery ridge. The mountain looks beautiful from a distance, but in fact, as the remnant vein of the Qinling Mountains, it is also very tall and straight.
Huaqing Palace takes Lishan as a natural peripheral defense, and also built a road up the mountain when expanding, named "Yuren Road", built many palaces on the mountain, all belong to the category of outer garden, if the saint wants to climb the mountain, then you can go out of Zhaoyang Gate from the Huaqing Palace, take the Jade Rim Road.
That night, Xue Bai and Yang Yuhuan did not dare to enter the forbidden area through the Zhaoyang Gate, so they had to climb to Xixiuling.
Just around here, find her!
"Find! We also tasted the taste of Concubine Yang.....
The shouting came from the woods at the foot of the mountain.
Yang Yuhuan was stepping on Xue Bai's shoulder and trying to climb up a cliff, when he heard the words, he was terrified to death.
She lifted up with a stone in her hands, but she was so delicate and weak that she almost fell down.
"I can't do it, I can't go up.
"Yes."
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Xue Bai knew that even if the Praetorian Guards turned around to quell the rebellion after settling down the emperor, it would be impossible to find her immediately, and Yang Yuhuan was the most important person in the outer garden now, and those rebel forces would come to her here.
He felt his body shake over his shoulders and reached out to support her.
"I'll push you.
"Step on my hand and climb again."
"No, it's really not good, it's too shaky, I don't dare ......
"Go up."
With a hard hold on his hand, he finally pushed the concubine up, Xue Bai was so tired that he didn't have time to take a breath, and he saw a fire behind him.
It was the thieves who threw torches in search of people and set Merlin on fire.
"I'll pull you." Yang Yuhuan put down the colored silk on his body, "Come up." ”
"You can't hold it, tied to a tree."
"Okay."
Xue Bai climbed the cliff at this time, and still took back the silk cloth and wrapped it around her, so as not to make the robe too obvious.
When he did this, he found that the flowers on Yang Yuhuan's head had fallen a lot, and when he looked down at the cliff, he hurriedly pushed the fallen leaves and sand down, hoping to cover up the traces.
"I have to go."
It was difficult to walk in the mountains and forests, Yang Yuhuan had been following Xue Bai closely, and pinched him several times in the process, because an insect fell on her neck, but fortunately she didn't scream.
Where is that? Xue Bai asked, pointing to the bright temple above.
"It should be Chaoyuan Pavilion, a shrine dedicated to the old monarch and the old mother."
"Let's go over.
Yang Yuhuan grabbed Xue Bai and asked, "Why did you go over?" In case those guards are also traitors..."
There should not be many rebels tonight, but the bigger problem is that it has damaged the trust of the ministers and nobles in the guards, and in the dark night, no one knows whether the oncoming group of people is a janissary or a rebel.
This is also the reason why Chen Xuanli resolutely did not open the door of the inner palace, not for fear of the traitor entering, but for fear of the traitor entering.
Xue Bai saw that Yang Yuhuan was really scared, and after observing it again, he found that there was still a small piece of palace buildings in front of His Excellency Chao Yuan, and there were not too many lights around.
"Where is that?"
"Huh? It should be the hall of the hundred wings, the place where the ministers stayed during the sacrifice. ”
"Let's go over."
Brushing aside the thorns and turning over a small mountain pass, Xue Bai helped Yang Yuhuan and finally walked to the Jade Rim Road, where there were several unmanned pavilions in front of him.
The moonlight came out of the clouds, and the plaque on it could be faintly seen...... Among them is a small hall called the "Hall of Eternal Life".
Xue Bai originally thought that this was the place where Emperor Tang Ming and Yang Guifei swore an alliance, but at this time, the surrounding environment was obviously not very similar. The Hall of Eternal Life should only be the front hall, where you fast during the sacrifice, and then walk to the Chaoyuan Pavilion and the Laojun Hall on the mountain.
It's not a place to fall in love.
Yang Yuhuan was a little frightened and pulled his shirt.
"Shh
The two of them then walked to the hall.
Xue Bai is not a fan of drama, but in his previous life, he often accompanied some old people to watch dramas, and I still remember watching a Kunqu opera "The Palace of Eternal Life".
The drama is extremely beautifully written. The sleeping posture is "a ball of red jade, lying on the side of the mandarin duck", and the voyeur bath is "quietly peeping, slim and jade, like floating waves, with dew and delicate", but this description is more emphasis on hue and low style.
When it comes to beauty, he turned his head to glance in the moonlight at this time, although he only saw her face, which was even more beautiful than in the lyrics.
Xue Bai couldn't help but raise his head, looked at the three words "Palace of Eternal Life" on the plaque above, and escorted Yang Yuhuan in.
There were a few candles in the temple, but they were not enough to illuminate the entire temple.
The door closed softly, and the faint light of the fire no longer faltered.
Yang Yuhuan looked at Xue Bai first, and couldn't help but be taken aback when he saw that he was covered in blood.
"You're hurt?"
"Minor injuries." Xue Bai shook his hand and sat down by the pillar.
Yang Yuhuan didn't dare to go too far away from him, so he also sat down by the pillar and asked in a low voice, "You'll be fine, right?" What to do? ”
"It's fine."
"You ......"
She seemed to want to say something thankful, but she didn't know where to start.
After a while, Xue Bai felt her crampedness and said, "Protecting the concubine is what a courtier should do." ”
"Well, then you...... I will remember your kindness, you are a younger brother, you are desperate to save my sister, I will treat you like a brother. ”
"Thank you, sister."
Yang Yuhuan reached out and touched him gently, as if he wanted to check his injury, but in the end, he didn't understand it, so he had to do it. ”
Fortunately, gradually, the shouts of the forbidden army sounded at the bottom of the mountain, and the rebellion should have been quelled. She was reassured.
"Are you alright? I'll let the Imperial Doctor show you later. ”
"Sister don't worry, it's really a small injury."
"I don't believe you."
As he spoke, Yang Yuhuan had calmed down, recalled Fang Cai's thrill, patted his heart, but said: "It's a pity that the play hasn't finished singing." Sing it again in the future, and there is less Fahai who is so suitable. ”
"There will be a more suitable one." Xue Bai said: "Even if General Gao is reamed and sings, it must be good." ”
"You're still laughing at this season." Yang Yuhuan scolded, and finally relaxed.
It was still late at night, and it was boring to wait, but she remembered something.
I wanted to ask you a long time ago, but the lyrics you changed have poems? It is a pity that 'I want to compare West Lake to Xizi', and there is no previous sentence.
"Yes."
Speaking and talking, I naturally talked about the song "Queqiao Immortal", because Xue Bai quoted the last two sentences of it in the drama of "The Legend of the White Snake".
"The clouds are clever, the flying stars transmit the message, and the silver man is dark in autumn. As soon as the golden wind and jade dew meet, they will win countless in the world. ”
"By the way, tonight is Tanabata." Yang Yuhuan suddenly thought of this.
She stood up, walked lightly to the incense table in the hall, and looked at it, only to see the incense box, fan, vase of flowers, gold basin, and silver vase for prayer.
So he walked back to Xue Bai and asked in a low voice, "Can I make incense?" The traitor won't chase after him, will he?
"Sister, please."
Yang Yuhuan then lit the incense thread and bowed to the sky outside the window.
"The concubine Yang Yuhuan burns incense in her heart, pays homage to the double stars, and prays for you. Fu Prayer ....."
Halfway through her sentence, she stopped, unable to say what she wanted.
Xue Bai looked at it and couldn't help but think to himself, this concubine seemed to maintain innocence and romance, but in fact, she might not understand her own situation...... She was afraid that it would not last long, and even knew that it would not last long.
Things that are too beautiful are often fragile and perishable, and how can a flower that blooms most brightly not be afraid of withering?
After a long time, Yang Yuhuan turned around, and it was already pear blossoms with rain, and tears flowed down his face.
"Concubine?"
"Concubine!"
On the West Embroidery Ridge, a shout suddenly sounded.
The Hall of Eternal Life was still quiet, and Xue Bai and Yang Yuhuan had already hid behind the incense case, silent.
They were worried that it was a traitor pretending to be a guard, so they just didn't go out despite the shouts one after another.
I hid like this for a long time, until a familiar voice came.
"Guifei, are you okay? It's the old slave, the old slave brought people here! Where are you, concubine? ”
"Yongxin is also coming to pick you up, concubine ....."
Yang Yuhuan was relieved, stood up, and said happily: "It's General Gao and Yongxin who are here, let's go out." ”
"Wait."
"What's wrong?"
"Please ask Sister Ah to hide in the Hundred Wing Hall and reappear, it is not appropriate to be discovered with me." Xue Bai said: "If others ask, they just say that I can't hold it if I escort it here." ”
He was worried that Yang Yuhuan would not be able to immediately understand the meaning of his words.
But Yang Yuhuan immediately understood.
"Okay, I'll bring someone to heal you soon."
She ran two steps, then suddenly turned around, leaned over and asked, "By the way, what do you want?" Sister will ask for you. ”
"It's good to be promoted."
"You."
Yang Yuhuan said a strange word, and cautiously went to the apse.
The incense breeze drifted far away, the Hall of Eternal Life was silent, and Xue Bai sat alone in the dark.
He was finally able to calm down, and continued to wonder why there was such a rebellion, whether it could have been there but not recorded. If Liu Hua was able to go to the outer palace because of "The Legend of the White Snake", what other changes have been made?
Generally speaking, when you think of opera, you can find the reason.
But Xue Bai's previous work experience reminded him that he couldn't take it for granted. So, everything he had done since he was born again was recalled in his head. Stir-fried vegetables, dominoes, poems, boulders, bamboo paper, newspapers........
"Champion Lang!"
The door of the temple was pushed open, and Guo Qianli strode in and shouted, "Are you okay?" ”
The light of the torch was very dazzling, Xue Bai avoided it, found that all the furnishings in the hall were very new, and then thought that the Huaqing Palace had just been expanded.
He was not involved in this...... No, there is.
It was because he asked the teacher to remind Fang Xuan that the budget for the expansion of Huaqing Palace in the Right Prime Minister's Mansion was too high, and Fang Xuan presided over the construction of Huaqing Palace; And because of him, it was not finished yet, and Fang Xuan was demoted because of the Pei Mian case.
No, it's not the East Palace, if the East Palace has the courage to mutiny, it will definitely not be this kind of petty fight.
Thinking of this, Xue Bai had been helped out of the Hall of Eternal Life by Guo Qianli himself.
Gao Lishi was leading everyone out of the Hundred Wing Hall, Xu Hezi and Zhang Yunrong helped Yang Yuhuan. Xue Baicha saw Yang Yuhuan looking at him, he simply closed his eyes and fainted.
In addition, the construction of Huaqing Palace has been supervised by Li Linfu and Wang Anchor, they have been in Chang'an for a long time, and the actual affairs are presided over by Fang Xuan.
"If I remember it well, in the twenty-sixth year of Kaiyuan, Zhang Jun released Raozhou to assassinate the history, and Fang Xuan only transferred him back to the dynasty after he left Beijing, before Zhang Jun arrived in Beijing, who was presiding over this matter?"
"Guo Yan in Langzhong of the Ministry of Industry, Wang Kun in Langzhong of the Hubu ....... and Li Xi of Zhaoying County, and Da Xifu, the county lieutenant."
The list was long, and it was none other than the courtiers whom Li Longji had planned to praise and reward not long ago.
Zhang Jun is the son of the famous minister Zhang Shuo and the brother of the horse Zhang We; Guo Yan is the son of the famous general Guo Xuji, and Guo Xuji's sister is Li Longji's concubine, who gave birth to the eternal king Li Luan for him; Wang Kun is Wang's younger brother; Li Xi is from the Li family of Zhao County.
In other words, the construction of the Huaqing Palace was attended by all kinds of people, including princes, prime ministers, relatives, border generals, princes, and families. Li Longji couldn't see that any of them would plan such an assassination.
Chen Xuanli didn't think that any of these princes and important ministers would plan such a rebellion, and responded: "The minister thinks that among the ministers who built the Huaqing Palace, some people made mistakes, causing the thieves to take advantage of the terrain of the outer palace wall and Lishan Mountain, and the ministers will investigate it in detail."
After saying that, he knelt on the ground and pleaded guilty: "In this matter, the guards have also been negligent, please forgive your majesty." ”
Li Longji personally stepped forward to help him up, and sighed: "Get up and say, what's the matter?" ”
"There is a halberd in the Zuo Yulin Army, named Li Shrink, this name is probably fake, and the minister is still investigating. Tonight, it was he who led the men to kill Cao Cao and took twenty-seven pairs of armor from the arsenal; It was also he who killed Si Ge, who was in charge of the patrol of Lishan, and led the demon thieves into the outer garden......"
Beiya said that there were six armies, but in fact, the left and right Shenwu armies were imaginary, and there were only four armies, the left and right Longwu armies, and the left and right Yulin armies.
And the Yulin army was often responsible for the defense of the outer perimeter of Miyagi.
In this way, Li Longji is not too strange to get Chen Xuanli.
"Li Shrink? Captured?
Chen Xuanli was ashamed and responded: "No." This person should have fled, and he was able to leave Lishan at night, most likely because he had changed his name and surname, and there were officials covering his escape. ”
How did this person get into the Feather Forest Army?
"It was selected from the Hedong Army, and the name of the soldier is true, and it is likely that it was premeditated and anonymously surrendered to the army. But the accent can't be faked, and the Yulin army said that he was from Hanoi. ”
Li Longji had no clue for the time being, so he could only let Chen Xuanli continue to investigate.
"Blocking the news, it is strictly forbidden to spread the news tonight.
.......Will His Majesty return to Chang'an? ”
Li Longji frowned imperceptibly at first, and then laughed and said, "General Chen underestimated my courage too much. The disease of the mustard, a few inconsequential thieves, can you still scare me out of the Huaqing Palace? I don't just want to stay, I want to stay for a long time.
"Your Majesty is a martial artist, and you have the demeanor of Taizong."
Chen Xuanli flattered him again before retiring.
Li Longji paced two steps with his hands in his hands, thinking about the various possibilities of this matter, although he tended not to have the mastermind of the princes and important ministers, he thought that someone must have secretly connived at these demon thieves.
Everyone is suspicious.
His face was gloomy, facing the imperial couch alone, and he reached out to caress the golden dragon needle embroidery, like stroking a beauty.
After a while, he calmed down, turned to look at Colliers, and asked, "Is it really okay?" ”
"Back to Your Majesty, the concubine fled all the way to Lishan Mountain, safe and sound.
Gao Lishi replied, a smile on his face, and added: "She is wearing Bai Suzhen's makeup, how can others recognize the concubine?" She can also run, and in a short time, she has escaped to the Hundred Bureau. ”
"It's okay." Li Longji said: "If Tai really has the slightest injury, I will never spare these people!" ”
This time, even Colliers was not sure who "these people" were in the saint's mouth, but he only knew that next, everyone had to face the problem of how to regain the trust of the saint.
He even faintly felt that the saint had even a trace of alienation from the concubine, which seemed impossible.
Although "The Legend of the White Snake" was insisted on by the concubine, no one should suspect that the concubine was .....
In the official residence of the Tale Department.
"Is there only this wound?" After the imperial doctor checked the injury, he asked like this.
Xue Bai looked very weak and muttered, "Yes, there is only one big skin injury."
"Zhuangyuanlang's body is thicker than usual, and the knife did not hurt the muscles and bones........ Presumably he lost too much blood and fainted. ”
Xue Bai said: "I was hit hard a few times in the fight with the thief, and I must have injured my lungs, and my internal organs still feel pain at this time." ”
"Yes, the old man understands, understands. Zhuangyuanlang's injuries...... It's still very heavy, and the old man prescribes more medicine for you. ”
"Thank you, Doctor."
"Farewell, don't worry, you really don't have to send each other, you are seriously injured, or you are still raised. Oh, Mrs. Qiuguo's reward is too heavy, old man...... The old man took it.
After the imperial doctor left, Yang Yuyao sat down on the side of Xue Bai's couch with a worried expression.
At the time of the assassination, she was in the stands, surrounded by the crowd and entered the palace with the saint for the first time. But she didn't expect that Wangjing Gate would be closed not long after.
For this matter, she actually made a big fuss in the inner palace at that time, but it didn't have any effect, and she didn't bother to mention it today.
Now that Xue Bai is injured, she, as a righteous sister, can see it on the bright side. It's just that looking at this young man who was alive and well in the past, she is also very sad.
"You're really.......
But he saved Yang Yuhuan, and she couldn't blame him, so she didn't know what to say for a while.
Xue Bai didn't expect Yang Yuyao to be so concerned, and couldn't help but smile.
"Still laughing?
"Third sister, don't worry, I'll tell you a secret, you come with your ears."
Yang Yuyao then clung to it.
I only heard Xue Bai whisper: "It's really a small injury, to put it more seriously, it seems to be a big credit." ”
"Really?"
"Just try it, do you want to see me do it?"
Yang Yuyao glanced at the door and whispered, "It's not good to try, what if the wound is opened?" ”
"Okay, lighter."
"You really are." Yang Yuyao pushed Xue Bai and said angrily: "I usually don't see you to come to see me often, but now that I am injured, I am full of interest." Raise it, and it's not suitable to wash and bathe right now, I hate the smell of blood and mud in your body. ”
While he was talking, Mingzhu ran to say that Xie Aman was here again.
Yang Yuyao didn't want to leave today, so she told Mingzhu to stop her, and she talked to Xue Bai about business.
"You have made a great contribution this time, presumably Zhao Yingwei is not enough to reward you for your merits, right?
"The credit must be there, and it is not small.
Xue Bai groaned, and had been thinking about this matter, and said slowly: "But from the perspective of a saint, now is definitely not the time to reward meritorious deeds. Before the truth is known, everyone is suspicious. ”
"What suspicions can you have?" Yang Yuyao said: "That play is not for you to rehearse, can the saint still suspect that the jade ring is not successful?" ”
"Da Xifu.
"What?
"Da Xifu is in big trouble." Xue Bai said: "I just made a deal with him, and I have frequent contacts with him. ”
Yang Yuyao was very puzzled and asked, "This will also have an impact?" ”
"It mainly depends on the current mood of the saint." Xue Bai couldn't guess Li Longji either, and muttered: "The problem is not serious, but I am somewhat suspicious. The important thing is that he can't be allowed to climb and bite. ”
"What did he do to bite you?"
Hearing Yang Yuyao's words, Xue Bai couldn't help but smile and said, "There are a lot of people he wants to bite." ”