Chapter 9 Hot Springs Pass
In a row of statues in the mountain temple, the three ghost officials Yasha, pig's head, and ghost face are angry and hideous, and their eyebrows are fierce, just like last night, and they are all familiar, but the heavy building hall and the main hall of the temple have disappeared, Yang Nan understands in his heart that the real temple generally does not manifest in front of mortals, just by seeing these three ghost officials, he knows that the dream is very real.
However, how can mortals fugue? This question is not something that Yang Nan can explain now, he has no choice but to put it aside and ignore it, and the small copper coin on his chest has also become a dark appearance, and he can't even see the slightest light, the experience last night seems to be a dream and not a dream, it seems to be true or not, and all cause and effect come from this copper coin.
After Qingbi Mountain, then arrive at the hot spring pass, here is the most important pass in the east of the Great Yuan Dynasty, outside the hot spring pass is Tianzhou, the end of Tianzhou is connected to the East China Sea, it is rumored that there are countless island countries in the East China Sea, among which there are many foreign countries, there are many races, from time to time there are foreign merchant ships to the East China Sea, to Tianzhou to get off the ship, and then change to the carriage to traffic goods to the twelve continents of the Great Yuan Dynasty, so the hot spring pass has become the throat of Chang'an connecting Tianzhou.
Since it is a trade route, the flow of people here is endless, and there are not a few people of different races, Yang Nan has even seen a lot of foreign devils in his previous life, and it is not strange to see blonde hair and blue eyes or black people at this time, the Great Yuan Dynasty has been established for hundreds of years, and it is common for foreign countries to come to the court, and ordinary people are not surprised to see foreign people.
Yang Nan led the horse in the crowd, but Chiyang had a vigilant look in his eyes, looked at the closed door and suddenly frowned, "Big brother, what's wrong?" Yang Nan saw Chiyang's brows tightened, and asked curiously.
Chiyang pointed to the neat soldier at the gate and said solemnly: "It's weird! In the past, there were many merchants and travelers in Hot Spring Pass, and it was impossible for the general inventory to be so strict, but today the search is suddenly so strict, something must have happened!"
Yang Nan fixed his eyes, his eyesight increased a lot after swallowing the ghost pill, and at this time, he saw at a glance that there was a very familiar person standing in the high gate of the Hot Spring Pass!
"Fourth Uncle, why is he here?" Yang Nan's face changed, and he suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart!
"What? Is that your fourth uncle Yang Cheng?" Chiyang is even more shocked! The thirteen sons born to the old prince are not simple roles, and they are just civil officials, and they are no threat to Yang Nan, but the rest of the people who defected to the army are not trivial, the fourth son Yang Cheng is the head of the march of Dongzhou Pingnan Road, the seventh son Yang Yi is the general of the main army of Chong'an Mansion in Nanzhou, and the twelfth son Yang Lan is only forty years old, but he is the head of the guard of His Royal Highness the crown prince! As soon as the first emperor dies, he will immediately take advantage of the situation to become the chief of the Imperial Forest Army!!
These three people are outstanding, they are the handsome men for a while, and Yang Cheng, who is the head of Dongzhou Pingnan Province, is even more ruthless, except for the old country Gongji, who can still suppress him, where will the rest of the sons put it in his eyes?
In addition, he took refuge in the king of Anping in Dongzhou, and his power rose sharply, the emperor was critically ill, and his father died.
Yang Nan and Chiyang glanced at each other, and they both knew that Yang Cheng was really bad at coming this time!
"My fourth uncle has always only served his grandfather, last night his grandfather died, in the world today except for his master Anping Wang Li Gan, only the emperor can suppress him, it is said that he does not even buy the prince! He has a group of dead scholars under his command, and even demons and monsters have been put into his account, with him here, I want to mix it up but I am afraid that it will be difficult!"
Chiyang also frowned, he has been in the Guogong Mansion for many years, and he has long heard of the style of the twelve sons of the old Guogong, except for one or two who are still good-hearted, the rest are not good!
Not to mention that Yang Nan doesn't know any Taoism at this time, even if he knows how to change his supernatural powers, he can't hide the eyes of the group of aliens under Yang Cheng!
"I really don't know how the old man, who has always been peaceful and upright, gave birth to these more than ten ruthless sons?" Chiyang muttered secretly in his heart, but suddenly thought that he didn't have much respect for the old man, so he hurriedly snorted a few times and threw this thought away.
The disapproving look on Chiyang's face Yang Nan saw it in his eyes, and he also smiled bitterly in his heart, the old man has a lot of wives and concubines, which is nothing in the Dayuan Dynasty, but after the accidental death of his son-in-law Yang Yuan, that is, Yang Nan's cheap father, the old man has always suspected that it was the other sons who did it, and he no longer controlled them under the hatred in his heart, but just put his mind on Yang Nan.
These more than a dozen sons have taken refuge in the sons of the current emperor who have different aspirations, and with the face of the old man and the Confucian master, as long as they have the heart for the throne, which of those kings and princes will not accept it?
They get together like flies touching honey, and that's like glue and paint!
Even if the old prince will not help them, for the sake of his son, which of those students who are officials and officials will not sell some face? This huge network of people gathered together is the greatest capital! If he can inherit the position of the prince of the country, it will be even more justifiable!
Therefore, the twelve sons, whether they are their own masters or for the position of the prince of the country, regard Yang Nan as a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh, and they can't wait to get rid of it quickly.
Chiyang sighed and said: "These are all elites, people in the cultivation are talking about the strength of the realm, and among the mortals, there are more scheming and plotting, and the stand-ins arranged by the old prince can't hide from their eyes, so Yang Cheng is only afraid that he is coming at you." "The reason why Yang Cheng abandoned everything and came to Hot Spring Pass, if not for Yang Nan, but for what?
Yang Nan smiled bitterly, and he also hated it in his heart, he had already taken a step back, hoping that he would be safe, how could he bear that these uncles were really aggressive, and they would never give up if they didn't cut themselves to the roots! Where do they still have any family affection? I'm afraid that if we meet, you will either die or I will live!
In fact, if Yang Nan does not run away from home, the title of Duke of Guo will definitely fall to him, and even if the new emperor ascends the throne, he will not dare to go against the wishes of those officials of the Duke of Guo! As a veteran of the Three Dynasties, even if he dies, the influence left behind is still extremely huge, Yang Nan, as the eldest son and grandson, should inherit the position of the Duke of the State, and which of the twelve sons born to those concubines can compete with him for the position of the Duke of the State on the bright side?
Even if Yang Nan runs away from home, if he comes back in the future, the person who occupies the dukedom of the country will still have to obediently give up his position!
Otherwise, how could the connections accumulated by the old prince Yang Pu in the past 50 years be easy to provoke? Yang Chengcheng is no matter how powerful he is, he can't stop the countless disciples left by the old prince!
Therefore, it is reasonable for the twelve uncles to want to kill Yang Nan, and only if he is really dead, can he make the grabbed Duke title deserved.
It's just that Yang Nan will be tied up and obediently lead his neck to be slaughtered?
"One day, I will make you regret this ruthless act today!" A cold light flashed in Yang Nan's eyes, and his face became a little fierce.
Seeing his troubles, Chiyang opened his mouth to comfort: "You asked Kunlun to go through this ordeal before it also helps to practice, now we have to think of a safe way to get out of the pass, after the hot spring pass is Tianzhou, where the waterways extend in all directions, and there is the Hunhe River running through it, we can reach the Kunlun Mountain by boat, and it will not be easy for them to find you again." ”
Yang Nan frowned when he heard this: "But since the fourth uncle has arrived here, I'm afraid it is not possible to disguise and change his appearance, what else can we think of now?"
Chiyang thought about it, and couldn't think of any good way for a while, the two of them sat down in a tea shop in front of the gate, anyway, there was an endless stream of business travelers in the past, and Yang Cheng couldn't find them for a while.
Sure enough, there are guests in the tea shop who talked about the vision of the stars falling west last night, the stars fell westward, the sound was like thunder, Yuping Mountain outside Chang'an City suddenly collapsed half with the thunder, early this morning, the sick emperor smelled the old prince, the prince and the prince, the three dynasties veteran Yang Pu died, and passed away, the emperor felt great pain in his heart, although he was addicted to Dandao, but he also respected the teacher who assisted the three generations of emperors, so as soon as the day dawned, he supported the sick body and ordered the civil and military officials to wear linen and filial piety, and personally went to the Guogong Mansion to mourn.
At the same time, he ordered the Imperial City 'Rare Birds and Beasts Division' to send a spirit eagle to convey the world: the Great Yuan Dynasty set up a national spirit seat in each prefecture of the twelve continents, and hung the card together for three days to express mourning.
The spirit eagle travels thousands of miles a day, it is the fastest flying spirit animal in the imperial city, and it will be conveyed to the world in a few days, although the hot spring pass is far away from Chang'an, but the news is conveyed between the crowd is faster than the spirit eagle! The two drinkers also have a sad look on their faces when they talk about the old country.
Yang Nan listened to the conversation of the drinkers on the side, although he tried his best to be calm, but his face inevitably showed a sad color, and Chiyang on the side did not stop it, Yang Pu was recognized as a Confucian master in the world, and was deeply loved by scholars and officials all over the world.
The old prince was buried in the imperial mausoleum after seven days of suspension in the palace of the national prince, and was in the same mausoleum with the previous emperors, which can be regarded as a great honor after death.
Yang Nan swallowed tears in his stomach, and said silently in his heart: "Grandpa, you have worked hard for your grandson and your grandson in mind, but if you want to succeed in the fairy road one day, your grandson will definitely repay you for your kindness in this life!"
The drinker talked about the funeral of the prince, and talked about the emperor's illness, the kings gathered in Chang'an City at this time, the emperor was seriously ill and could not go to the court, and the prince Li would supervise the country, but any time the old and the new alternated was tense and dangerous, although the kings and princesses did not bring troops into the city, but at this time how many soldiers and horses lurked outside Chang'an City, who can say?
Even in Chang'an City, there was a dragon and a tiger fighting, the prince first mobilized four battalions of soldiers and horses in Chang'an City to come to a great purge in the Imperial Forest Army, and the palace guards changed like a marquee, killing more than 200 people in less than two days!
These are the common methods of the new emperor before he ascends the throne, but how can this method ensure the forbearance of those who lurk among the people?
The princes and princes of the Great Yuan Dynasty were all human spirits! They formed gangs, formed factions, formed cliques for personal gain, and gathered together to form small groups.
I'm afraid that as soon as the emperor dies, there will be a river of blood in Chang'an City, and it is not certain who will be the emperor at that time......
This place is thousands of miles away from Chang'an, and even the six auxiliary cities of Weiyang City are hundreds of miles away, and the drinker has the courage to talk about all kinds of secrets of Chang'an, Yang Nan sighed after hearing it, the sky has been chaotic, the sky is broken, and the demons and monsters are enough to bear, plus the dynasty is turbulent, this world looks like it is going to be eventful from now on!
The two drunkards were getting drunk for seven or eight minutes, and when they were in the middle of their conversation, a group of soldiers suddenly arrived and arrested the two of them without breaking up! The leading officer sneered: "In the territory of the imperial dynasty, you dare to discuss the government affairs in vain, you are so bold!"
When the two drinkers saw the officers and soldiers, they were suddenly half awake from the wine, and they begged for mercy again and again, and the officer grabbed these two bold Diao people, and was about to make an example of them, how could they be willing to let them go?
Yang Nan was stunned, the two drinkers were pulled to the tea shop, and the two soldiers were about to cut off with steel knives in their hands, when they suddenly heard a coquettish shout: "Stop!"
A woman dressed as an ordinary village girl walked out of the crowd, she looked at the two soldiers who wanted to kill and said lightly: "God has the virtue of a good life, these two people are just drunk and speechless, and the crime is not to death, it is rumored that although the Emperor Dayuan is obsessed with Dandao, he is benevolent by nature and does not like to kill, is the new emperor going to disobey his father's will before he ascends the throne?"
This village girl has a dark face and an ordinary appearance, but her voice is extremely cold and clear, like ice water burrowing into everyone's ears, making people feel chills all over her body!
When the officer saw that the person who came was just an ordinary village girl, he raised his eyebrows and said with a cruel smile: "Bold! A little village girl dares to talk about the new emperor! I will take you and behead you together with these two criminals!"