Shangshu Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion

The back garden is lush with flowers and leaves, extremely quiet, Wei Zheng, who looks thin and has a short beard under his chin, is wearing a purple coat and a small hat, carrying his hands behind his back, and is raising his eyes to watch the sky at night.

At this time, a loud crane chirp sounded above the nine clouds, but it was a heavenly immortal who drove the crane, holding a golden decree of the Jade Emperor, and ordered Wei Zheng to be the supervisor and behead the official, so that he dreamed of cutting the old dragon of the Jing River at three o'clock in the afternoon, Wei Zheng did not dare to slack off, immediately fasted and bathed, transported the Yuan God in the house, tried the magic sword, and prepared to be ordered to kill the Dragon King of the Jing River at three o'clock in the afternoon.

At this time, when the driving officer came to announce Wei Zheng's entry into the court, Wei Zheng did not dare to disobey the king's order, so he immediately dressed and tied, and immediately followed the driving officer into the court to see the driver.

Before coming to the Jinluan Palace, Wei Zheng visited Taizong and kowtowed to ask for guilt (he did not participate in the early dynasty that day), Taizong Li Shimin smiled and said: "Pardon Qing is not guilty." Remembering the events in last night's dream, Taizong immediately ordered people to roll up the curtains and disperse, leaving Wei Zheng alone, and summoned him into the imperial study, and discussed national affairs first.

Towards the end of the hour, when it was almost noon, Taizong ordered the palace maid to take a pair of Go chessboards, the texture of the best Yunzi is delicate as jade, the color is crystal soft and soft, the black and white sons are distinct, the royal case is laid, the chessboard is set, Taizong beckons Wei Zheng to play: "Come on, come on, I haven't played against each other for a long time, and today I and Xianqing play a game." ”

In the imperial study, Taizong and Wei Zheng started a game, one black and one white, set up a formation, a game to fight, the black and white forces are staggered, and it is difficult to solve the kill, it is the chess strength is equal, Taizong is very happy, and he recited the "Rotten Ke Sutra" when he was happy:

"The chessboard is the earth, the son is the sky, and the color is created according to yin and yang.

went down to the Xuanwei Change, and laughed and praised the rotten Ke Xian that day. ”

The two of them played a chess game until three o'clock in the afternoon, and this endgame was still inconclusive, and suddenly, Wei Zheng lay on the side of the chess case, snoring and falling asleep without any prelude, and quickly fell asleep.

Looking at Wei Zheng's sleeping appearance, listening to his snoring from time to time, Taizong smiled at the palace attendants: "Wei Aiqing Kuang Fu Sheji is so physically and mentally tired, and even sleeps here unconsciously, you don't have to wake him up, let him fall asleep." ”

"Yes!" Miyato agreed.

Taizong stroked his long hair, listened to the rhythmic sound of bells and drums beating not far away, and thought: It is three o'clock in the afternoon, and I will not call him, but see how he Wei Zheng will supervise the old dragon king, in order to verify the truth of the things in my dream. ”

An hour later, Wei Zheng woke up slowly, and saw that he was not in his own house, but he woke up from the desk in the emperor's imperial study, and hurriedly fell to the ground, "The minister deserves to die!" I was very dizzy when I played the game just now, and I fell asleep unconsciously, neglecting Your Majesty, and hoping that the emperor will forgive my sins. ”

Taizong waved his hand and said with a smile: "What is Qing's crime? Hurry up, how about I let people retreat from this endgame and start another game with Qing?"

Wei Zheng hurriedly said yes, removed the endgame of the previous game, and put a black cloud on his fingertips, ready to open a new game.

Suddenly, a noisy sound sounded outside the palace gate, and Qin Shubao, a military general holding a golden mace, strode close to Taizong's palace, threw a blood-drenched huge dragon head on the ground, and shouted strange things in his mouth!

"Your Majesty, Wechen has never seen such a strange thing. ”

Taizong looked at the huge dragon head on the ground that was dripping with blood, and was shocked, frowning and asking, "What is this? Where did you get it?"

Qin Shubao arched his hand to report: "In the south of the thousand-step corridor of the palace, this dragon head suddenly fell from the clouds, and Weichen came to report to Your Majesty." ”

Taizong was amazed, remembered the situation of the dragon last night, and thought: Could it be that the old dragon begged him to save his life last night is really true?

So, Taizong turned his face and asked Wei Zheng next to him: "Aiqing, what's going on?"

Wei Zheng didn't dare to deceive the emperor, and immediately responded: "This is the dragon's head that the minister just cut off in his dream. ”

When Taizong heard this, he was greatly surprised, and asked: "Qing was sleeping soundly just now, and I was by my side, I never saw the slightest movement of Qing's body, nor did I see Qing holding a sword, but how could I kill that old dragon?"

"Your Majesty, the body of the minister is in front of the king, but the minister's Yuan Shen left His Majesty in a dream, and the minister obeyed the will of the Jade Emperor of Heaven to supervise the Jinghe old dragon king who violated the rules of heaven, and the heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals escorted the old dragon king of Jinghe to the dragon platform, and the minister's Yuan Shen gave an order, and the old dragon of Jinghe immediately separated, and this huge head fell near the palace. Pointing to the blood-drenched head of the old dragon of Jinghe not far away, Wei Zheng said.

Listening to Wei Zheng's words, Taizong's mood was a little heavy, thinking about the promise he had made in his dream to rescue this old dragon, but unexpectedly, today it was ruthlessly killed here, making his promise last night suddenly come to naught. Taizong sighed heavily in his heart, and couldn't bear to look at the bloody dragon head again.

In desperation, Taizong passed on the decree, on the one hand, he taught Qin Shubao to hang this dragon head in the city Cao, told the people of Li in Chang'an City, and on the other hand, rewarded Wei Zheng in the name of Kuang Fu Sheji's meritorious service.

That night, Taizong returned to the dormitory, but his heart was a little depressed, unable to resolve, thinking about the white-clothed Xiucai incarnated by the dragon in his dream, crying and crying for survival, who knew that in an instant, the head of the body was in a different place, and the dragon head fell to the ground, isn't the world impermanent, life unpredictable? Inexplicably and wonderfully thinking for a while, Taizong gradually felt mentally exhausted, and fell asleep unconsciously.

At the second watch, the yin wind gusted, the ghost shadow pupiled, and only heard the intermittent crying sound outside the palace gate, Taizong kicked and felt uneasy in his heart, and felt more and more frightened.

Just when it was hazy, I saw the white-clothed Xiucai incarnated by the Dragon King of the Jing River, with a huge body without a head, but holding a bloody dragon head in his hand, and a terrible voice from his abdomen: "Tang Taizong! Li Shimin! You return my life! You return my life! Last night, you promised to save me, why did you come to kill me the next day? You come out, you come out! I want to go to the king of Hades with you to theorize!"

Between the words, the old dragon of Jinghe grabbed Taizong's clothes, and repeatedly shouted and made trouble, Taizong in the dream seemed to be forbidden by a magic force, and he couldn't say a word at that moment, he couldn't defend and couldn't break free, he only struggled to sweat, and he was embarrassed for a while.

"Stop it, dragon!" a clear female voice suddenly sounded.

When Taizong was in a state of distress and difficult to extricate himself, a fragrant cloud was swirling in the south, and the colorful mist was fluttering, and there was a white-clothed female Bodhisattva who came in an instant.

I saw her standing in the air, her clothes fluttering, holding a willow jade bottle in her hand, her face was like a full moon, and she was handsome, it was Guanyin Bodhisattva.

Guanyin Bodhisattva opened a pair of discerning eyes and saw the situation in front of him clearly, so he stepped forward and gently waved the willow branch in the jade net bottle with his hand, and immediately freed Taizong from the predicament. The headless old dragon of Jinghe saw that there was nothing to be done, so he cried sadly all the way and went to the northwest.