Facing the ferocious arrogance of the Dragon King of Jinghe, the fortune teller did not have the slightest fear on his face, he still sat upright on the chair and said coldly: "Dragon King of Jinghe, you have violated the holy decree of the Jade Emperor, and it is inevitable that you will slash the dragon platform, and you dare to scold me!"

This sentence was like a thunderbolt from the sky, and the Dragon King of Jinghe suddenly woke up, only to be terrified and his soul scattered! In his fright, he quickly threw away the chair in his hand, knelt down in front of the fortune teller, threw his head on the ground, and pleaded in a trembling voice:

Xiaolong originally wanted to make a joke with Mr., but he didn't expect to make a fake come true and break the rules of heaven, please save my life! Save my life! My capital crime is all because of Mr., if Mr. doesn't save me, I won't be blind to death, and I won't let you go if I am a ghost!"

The fortune teller sneered: "I can't save you, but I know there is someone who can save you! If you don't want to die, you have to beg him!"

"Who is it, sir, please!" the dragon king asked urgently.

"At three o'clock tomorrow afternoon, you should be beheaded by the knife of Cao Guan Wei Zheng. Wei Zheng is the prime minister under Emperor Taizong, you can only save your life if you go to Emperor Taizong and ask the emperor to save you!"

"Ren Cao Guan?" the Dragon King was a little strange: "Why haven't I heard of it?"

"Wei Zheng is upright and upright, and his righteousness is straight to Xiao Han, and the Jade Emperor recently made him a human Cao official. ”

The dragon king was skeptical, and he did not thank him, so he stood up and turned away.

At this time, it was getting late, and the stall of the fortune teller was also damaged by the dragon king, and he could no longer tell the fortune teller, so the fortune teller told his entourage to pack up the guys and go to the land temple outside the Ximen Market. When they entered the temple, it was already dark, and the two of them turned into two dirty and sick monks, who were Guanyin Bodhisattva and Hui'an Xing.

At this time, he had committed a crime of heaven, knowing that it was a capital crime, and he was sad in his heart, and he did not want to return to the Shuifu Dragon Palace, so he came to the sky above the palace, and was ready to wait for Tang Taizong to sleep and then enter his dream to ask for help.

Taizong was a diligent emperor, and he had to review the recitals in the evening. The Dragon King of Jinghe had to wait quietly. waited until midnight before Taizong fell asleep and dreamed that he was walking in the imperial garden.

The Dragon King was already getting irritable of waiting, he rushed to the garden, stopped Li Shimin, knelt down and kowtowed, and shouted: "Your Majesty, save me, Your Majesty, save me!"

Taizong was startled and asked, "Who are you, and why did you ask me to save you?"

The dragon king said: "Your Majesty is a true dragon, and the minister is a karmic dragon." Because the minister violated the rules of heaven, he will be beheaded by His Majesty's virtuous minister Cao Guan Wei Zheng at three o'clock in the afternoon tomorrow, please save my life!"

Taizong breathed a sigh of relief: "Since it was Wei Zheng who wanted to kill you, you should go to ask Wei Zheng, but why did you come to ask me?"

When the Dragon King heard the meaning of shirk in Taizong's words, his face sank, and he said fiercely: "Wei Zheng is just right, I go to beg him, he will never spare me." He is a former courtier of His Majesty, so naturally His Majesty is the only one, so he came to ask His Majesty. Please Your Majesty must save my life, if Your Majesty does not save me when he sees death, I will be a ghost, and I will be a ghost, only take revenge in Chang'an City, and never die!"

"In that case, I asked Wei Zheng not to kill you, you can go with confidence!" Taizong saw that the Dragon King had a hideous face and no one around him, so he felt a little furious in his heart, thinking about sending him away first.

"Your Majesty is not joking!Please Your Majesty don't forget!" the Dragon King did not thank him, and got up and left.

After Taizong woke up, the scene in the dream was still vivid, and the voice of the Dragon King was still in his ears.

This kind of thing would rather be believed than not believed, and after the dispersal of the dynasty, Taizong called Wei Zheng to the side hall to discuss the important matters of governing the country together.

Taizong thought to himself, I left Wei Zheng by my side and watched under my nose, he naturally couldn't go out and kill the Dragon King, so he would save the Dragon King of Jinghe.

At the end of the day and the beginning of the afternoon, the national affairs were almost discussed, Taizong looked at the time when it was three o'clock in the afternoon that the Dragon King of Jinghe said, called the concubines to get the chessboard, and said to Wei Zheng: "I haven't played chess with Aiqing for a long time, and I will play two games with me today!"

Wei Zheng thanked him, and the two of them sat opposite each other, one black and one white, back and forth, playing a game.

This chess and leading troops to fight, the truth is the same, Taizong is familiar with military books, proficient in strategy, galloping on the battlefield, half a life, and is also very proficient in chess.

Wei Zheng is a civil official, and he studies how to govern the country and the country, and fighting the world is not his strength, so although he is also good at chess, he is still inferior to Taizong.

The reason why Taizong wants to play chess with him is precisely because he knows this, the so-called knowing oneself and knowing the other, invincible in a hundred battles, and playing chess with people whose chess strength is not as good as his own, so the chess situation is not easy to hold in his hands?

Taizong Zhizhu was in his hand, with a smile on his face, grasping the time of the fire, neither losing nor busy winning, and Wei Zheng couldn't lose even if he wanted to.

Taizong and Wei Zheng played this game of chess for nearly an hour. At three o'clock in the afternoon, Wei Zheng was tired and fell asleep on the chess table unconsciously.

Taizong just wanted to keep Wei Zheng here, thinking that Wei Aiqing had a lot of opportunities and was tired of the case, which was really hard. So neither get angry nor wake him up.

It didn't take long for Wei Zheng to wake up and find that he had fallen asleep in front of the emperor, so he was startled, and hurriedly bowed to the ground and said: "The minister deserves death!

Taizong smiled and said: "What is Aiqing's crime? Hurry up, this game of chess is not finished yet, continue to play with me!"

Wei Zheng thanked for the grace of innocence, got up and sat sideways, picked up the chess pieces, looked at the overall situation, and thought about where to start.

Suddenly, he heard shouting outside, mixed with the screams of the palace maids, Taizong asked loudly, "What is so noisy?"

Qin Shubao's voice came from outside: "Your Majesty, the minister Qin Qiong and the British public have important matters to report!"

"Come in!"

At the door opened, two mighty generals entered, it was Qin Shubao, the protector of the country, and Xu Maogong, the British prince.

Qin Shubao was holding something in his right hand, Taizong looked at it fixedly, and couldn't help but turn pale in shock!

That thing turned out to be a bloody faucet!

The dragon's head was full of anger, his face was hideous, and the blood was not cold yet, and it was still dripping blood drop by drop! It was the Jinghe Dragon King that Taizong saw in his dream!

Taizong stood up suddenly, pointed to the dragon's head and asked in astonishment, "Where did this thing come from?"

Qin Shubao said: "The minister and the British justice were walking and chatting, and suddenly this dragon head fell in the air, which is really a strange thing that has not been encountered in a thousand years, so the ministers dare not play and come to see the driver." ”

He promised to save the Dragon King of Jinghe, but he didn't expect to be beheaded! In the dream, the Dragon King's vicious appearance resurfaced, and Taizong secretly complained in his heart and looked at Wei Zheng.

Wei Zheng has always been by his side, he didn't leave half a step, he didn't see him move, and he didn't see him take out the knife, why was this dragon beheaded?

Wei Zheng saw Taizong's strange gaze at him, knelt down and kowtowed, and said: "Your Majesty, when the minister and His Majesty were playing just now, they fell asleep in a drowsy sleep, and in a dream an auspicious cloud held the minister straight into the sky, where there was an execution table, and the dragon was tied to the platform, and the heavenly soldiers and generals were guarded on the side. One day the general gave the minister a treasure knife, and the dragon pleaded with the minister, but the minister ignored it, and with a knife down, he cut off the dragon's head. When I woke up, I thought it was just a dream, but I didn't really fall into the sky, and this dragon head came down. The minister really doesn't know the truth, and I don't know if the minister really killed this dragon!"

Taizong was depressed and told everyone to go out, and he stayed alone in the temple, worried.

The dragon king once said cruel words in a dream, saying that if he didn't save his life, he would turn into a ghost to take revenge. The dragon head that was cut off was so hideous and vicious, could it be that the dragon king was too angry in his heart before he died? Will he resent him for coming to take revenge?

When he returned to the harem in the evening, Taizong was still thinking about the matter of the Dragon King of Jinghe, and his heart was like pressing a big stone, his qi and blood were not smooth, and he gradually felt annoyed and tired.

Empress Changsun was worried, and asked for warmth, but Taizong didn't want to speak.

Empress Changsun didn't dare to ask more, so she served Taizong and went to bed, and Taizong fell asleep in a daze.

When he slept at the second watch, Taizong heard a miserable cry outside the palace gate and woke up. The cry came into Taizong's ears one by one, and Taizong woke up Empress Changsun and asked if the queen had heard.

Empress Eldest Sun listened sideways for a long time, but heard nothing. But the cry still sounded gloomily in Taizong's ears, and Taizong was even more afraid in his heart, and when the queen saw it, she didn't dare to sleep anymore, so she talked to Taizong.

After a long time, the two fell asleep again. As soon as Taizong closed his eyes, he saw the Dragon King of Jinghe standing in front of him, holding a bloody dragon head in his hand, the dragon's face was hideous and terrifying, and the dragon's mouth full of blood and water screamed at Taizong:

"Give me my life, give me my life, give me my life......"

The Dragon King of Jinghe screamed and forced himself towards Taizong's bed, Taizong wanted to dodge, but the Dragon King had already grabbed Taizong and shouted viciously: "You said to save me, why did you not believe in your words, and asked Wei Zheng to kill me! I want to go to Yama to sue you! I want to sue you! I want you to pay for your life! I want to pay for your life! Pay for your ......life!"

Taizong was so frightened that he hurriedly shouted for help, but he couldn't make any sound in his mouth, and for a while, Taizong was in a cold sweat, and his limbs were dancing and struggling desperately!

The struggle woke up the Empress of the Eldest Sun, and His Majesty called Taizong in a hurry.

"There are ghosts, there are ghosts, there are ghosts, there are ghosts......" Taizong woke up, his whole body was covered in cold sweat, his face was pale, his hands were waving wildly, and his mouth was screaming in horror.

Empress Eldest Sun was so frightened that her face was pale! Hurriedly appeased Taizong, and at the same time called all the palace maids and eunuchs outside the door to serve the emperor.

Taizong didn't dare to close his eyes anymore, so he ordered the palace maids and eunuchs to light lamps and candles everywhere in the room, pasted yellow paper on the door, burned incense and prayed, and asked the palace maids and eunuchs to think of various ways to stop Taizong from falling asleep.

Empress Changsun and the palace maids and eunuchs waited for Taizong tremblingly, not daring to relax at all.

The night was incredibly long.