As soon as the jailer left, the sailor jumped up from his bed and cried out, "Oh, it's hard for me to die." It's not easy to pretend to be sick. ”

I smiled and said, "You're doing so well, you can go to movies in the future." ”

The sailor said, "Don't let me pretend to be epilepsy next time, I can't stand it." ”

He Xuanya also came up and said, "Sailor, no one can do your job." You are more like epilepsy than the one who really has epilepsy. ”

Old lady Hu said coldly on the side: "What are you tossing like this?"

As soon as He Xuanya heard Old Lady Hu speak, she seemed to suddenly remember something, and asked Old Lady Hu: "Old man, why did you cooperate with us so tacitly today? ”

Old lady Hu took out a folded piece of paper from her sleeve, handed it to He Xuanya and said, "Look at this prescription." ”

That "prescription" was exactly what I asked the jailer to bring to Mrs. Hu.

He Xuanya opened the "prescription" and read: "There is an urgent matter today, and I need to go out of the prison to deal with it, please ask the old general to help." ”

He Xuanya looked at me and said, "It turns out that your prescription is a letter for help." When did you write this letter?"

I said, "Last night when you were all asleep, I secretly ran up and wrote. ”

He Xuanya said, "Where did you get the paper and pen?"

I said, "I took the paper from the palace doctor when I was in the temple, and you see, I have several pieces in my pocket." The pen is made from local materials. ”

He Xuanya exclaimed, "Local materials?"

I said, "Look at the words on it, what is it written in?"

He Xuanya picked up the letter again and approached to take a closer look.

"You can do it, it's a shame that you can think of such a solution. He Xuanya said.

The sailor came up and said, "Let me see what he has in mind." ”

He Xuanya handed the letter to the sailor and said, "——————————————————————————————————————"

"You didn't go to such great lengths to come out just to chat with me. Old lady Hu said suddenly.

A word reminds us. I said, "Let's go quickly, don't get down to business." If you're late, you won't see anything. ”

I rushed out the door, and the three of them ran out with me.

"Stop. Old God Hu shouted behind him.

We stopped together.

Old lady Hu stepped forward, circled around us, shook his head and said, "Anyway, I am also the one who helped you escape, and you just ran away like this?" It's so sad. ”

I said, "Sir, the matter is urgent now, and I will tell you slowly when we get back." ”

After saying that, I have to run again.

As soon as he stepped out of the gate, he heard the old lady Hu behind him say casually: "It's just frizzy, and before you reach the gate of the palace, you will definitely be arrested and returned to the prison." I'm not going to help you anymore. ”

I stopped again, and the sailors and Zhiyong did not stop, and they loaded on me one after another.

He Xuanya shouted at the end, "Xiao Yuan, what's wrong?"

I ignored He Xuanya and turned around and chased after Mr. Hu who was walking towards the back room.

Mr. Hu looked back at me and said, "Be calm when you encounter problems." Many things fail, not because they are done too late, but precisely because they are done too early. ”

I bowed my head in shame and said, "Please ask the old gentleman to help us one more time, and to lower us from the rocks on the cliff behind the palace, as he did last time." ”

Mr. Hu said: "This time is different from the past. At that time, the palace was empty, so it was natural to let you go down easily, but today is the Zen throne ceremony, and there are many people in the palace, and the guards are much stricter than usual. ”

I sighed in disappointment and looked up at Mrs. Hu Lai, but he looked at me and smiled happily.

I was shocked and asked, "Did you already know what we were doing today?"

Old lady Hu smiled and said, "As soon as I saw the letter you gave me, I guessed it. There is nothing more appealing today than the Zen Throne Ceremony. ”

I said, "Then ask the old gentleman to help me figure out how to sneak into the palace and see the ceremony up close?"

Mr. Hu said: "Actually, I have already thought of a way for you, but you were so anxious from the beginning. ”

Hearing Mr. Hu say this, He Xuanya, sailors, and Zhiyong all surrounded him.

Old lady Hu looked at us and said, "I told you last time that every year at the autumn equinox, the king will have a head disease, and every time the palace doctors can't treat it, they invite me into the palace to treat the king." I've always wondered why they didn't invite me this year, I thought that the king didn't get sick this year, but in the past two days, I learned that in order to prevent unrelated people from the outside world from entering the temple, they have been allowing the king to suffer from illness.

"Today is going to hold a Zen throne ceremony, and in order for the king to complete the ceremony normally, they temporarily notified me to enter the palace early this morning to treat the king.

"Every year when I enter the palace, I will take three or four disciples to help with the hands, research medicine, and boiling decoction, and today the four of you will pretend to be my apprentices and enter the palace with me.

"However, among my disciples, there are descendants of Emperor Wa of Mi Luo Lane, and there are also ordinary Huandou people, every time I enter the palace, I will bring two disciples of Mi Luo Lane and two Huan Dou disciples. This time, you'll have to have two people dressed up as Huandou.

"There are two sets of wings and a false beak, and you see, who will put them on. ”

As she spoke, Old Lady Hu opened a large cabinet standing next to the wall. The cabinet contained two pairs of large wings and two pointed beaks of cheerful men.

I looked at He Xuanya.

He Xuanya said: "Let Zhiyong and the sailors become Huandou people." ”

When the sailor heard this, he pouted and said, "Why am I again?"

He Xuanya smiled and said, "Who made you good at acting." ”

The sailors wanted to say something, but Master Hu Lai said, "Then hurry up and prepare, and we will set off in a quarter of an hour." We will rush to the palace at the end of the day to treat the king's head disease, and the king will prepare for the ceremony, and the ceremony will be officially held at noon. ”

Everything was ready, and we followed Mrs. Hu out of his low room, until we reached the gate of the palace, and were about to go inside.

The guard at the gate of the palace stepped forward and asked, "Who are you?"

Old lady Hu stepped forward and said, "I am Langzhong from Miluo Lane, and I was ordered to enter the palace to diagnose the king. ”

Old lady Hu said, took a plaque from her waist and handed it to the guard.

The guard looked at the card, and then at Mrs. Hu, and then returned the card to Mrs. Hu, without saying a word, just waved his hand lightly to the palace gate, and still returned to the original position where he was standing.

Old Lady Hu bowed down and nodded to the guards on both sides, and led us to the palace gate.

When I entered the palace gate, it was deserted inside, and I didn't see anyone after walking for a long time.

I asked, "A few days is the day of the ceremony, why is this palace so deserted?" ”

Old God Hu said as he walked: "When you enter the palace gate, you don't talk much." It's not a busy place yet. ”

After turning back and forth in the palace a few times, we came to the front of the hall of the Yuming Half Hall that we had been to last time.

At the entrance of the temple stood a chamberlain of the king's chamberlain.

When the attendant saw us coming, he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Doctor Hu, you are here, hurry up, the king has a headache and is about to explode." ”

Old lady Hu said: "When did the king start to have a head disease today?"

The attendant sighed and said: "I have served the king for so many years, and I have been sick at the same time every year, and I have always been in charge of the king's diet and daily life, but this year I am not by his side, and now it may be more than half a month." ”

Old lady Hu asked, "You are not by the king's side, so who serves the king?"

The attendant said, "Since the king was detained in the temple, all the attendants have been imprisoned in the secret room of the palace. But they sent another guard to serve the king. But how can those martial artists serve the king well. Hey——! it is conceivable that the king should have suffered a lot of sins these days, even if he committed a head disease, no one came to ask the divine doctor to treat the king, and for more than ten days, he endured severe pain every day, which is really pitiful. ”

Old lady Hu said: "Then please lead the way quickly and hurry up to diagnose the king." ”

Only then did the attendant push open the door of the temple and enter the hall of the second half of the dark light.

Mrs. Hu followed closely, and we followed Mrs. Hu Lai, and walked along the avenue of the palace to the palace gate on the other side.

Out of the temple gate on the mountain surface, a cold air hit the face, but there was a lively scene in front of him.

On the square outside the palace gate, the palace honor guard is coming and going to practice the pace and carry out the prestige.

On the stage in the corner of the square, the court band was also rehearsing the music of this ceremony over and over again.

The palace people and ministers shuttled between the halls of various palace rooms, all in a hurry, but they all had relieved expressions on their faces.

At this moment, the sky was dark and low, and there seemed to be some snowflakes as thin as grains of salt floating in the air, and a thin layer of silver dust like frost had accumulated on the ground.

In my memory, this kind of weather often occurs during the New Year's Festival. In my opinion, this adds to the festive atmosphere in the palace.

The attendant led us through the square in front of the palace of the second half of the dark light, passed the two palace gates, and walked along a long verandah, walking for a long time, everywhere we went, there were hurried figures and a happy and peaceful atmosphere.

For a moment or two, I forgot even about the bloody and terrible battle that was about to take place today, and was infected by this atmosphere of peace and stability, as if this state of affairs would last forever.

A large hall not far in front of me shattered my illusions.

"The Hall of Extreme Glory looks even more majestic than before. Old Lady Hu said to the nearest attendant nonchalantly.

The attendant raised his eyes, shook his head, and said, "For the king, today's hall is his nightmare. For the Huandou people, from now on, the glorious edict on the hall will be a lingering humiliation for the Huandou people. ”

Old lady Hu twisted her beard and did not answer.

The attendant led us to the gate of a palace courtyard at the right rear of the main hall. Inside is a main hall with two rows of side halls.

The attendant led us into the main hall.

The lobby was empty, and there was not a single person in sight.

The corner door of the lobby was ajar, and there was a groan of "ouch-ouch-" from inside.