Chapter 58: The Sin of Becoming an Immortal
At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the island country had two emperors. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
One is Emperor Toba, who is just a teenager, and the other is Emperor Shirakawa, who has abdicated for an unknown number of years.
The young Emperor Toba has always had power in his hands, while Emperor Shirakawa has half a foot in the coffin, but he has real power in his hands.
Of course, the actual power here does not include the two families of Ping and Yuan, which are gradually losing control.
However, these complicated politics and power have obviously become meaningless after the two armies of Ping and Yuan were blown up and the two emperors were captured alive.
Just like at this time, facing Lin Ran, who was high above him, Emperor Shirakawa could only choose to surrender.
As the saying goes, sticking out the head is a knife, and shrinking the head is also a knife.
But in the eyes of Emperor Shirakawa, sticking out his head is definitely a knife, but if he chooses to shrink his head, he may be able to get away with his life.
Therefore, when Lin Ran's gaze swept to the female relatives behind him, revealing a sense of interest, Emperor Baihe not only did not get angry, but showed a flattering smile.
In ancient times, the status of women was low, and the situation was even more serious in Goryeo and island countries.
At this time, Emperor Shirakawa completely ignored Emperor Toba's angry gaze, and smiled all over his face. "Your Excellency General, if you fancy any of them, just take them away and enjoy them!"
As Emperor Shirakawa's words fell, Emperor Toba's eyes instantly turned red, because what the other party was referring to included his newlywed Nakanomiya Fujiwara Zhangzi.
However, in the face of the completely different attitudes of the two emperors, Lin Ran smiled noncommittally.
Because, the reason why Lin Ran looked at the ladies of the palace was not because of their appearance, but because of their ugly makeup.
These are the nobles in front of them. The daughters of the royal family naturally look no worse, but under the cultural persecution of the island country in this era, these women really dare not compliment.
Bloodless face!
Due to the use of mercury and lead seriously exceeding the standard of white ~ powder, although these aristocratic women have a good foundation and can be called delicate and lovely facial features, one is counted as one, and all of them are as white as ghosts.
How could all this possibly arouse Lin Ran's interest?
There is no harm if there is no comparison, Lin Ran accompanies him left and right, and he has always been Xiaolongnu, Huang Rong, Chen Yuanyuan, and Zhou Zhiruo......
These beautiful women, compared with these strange-shaped women in the island country, unless Lin Ran has some special hobby, he really can't say it.
However, having said that, Lin Ran was more interested in some legends.
For example, in the expectant eyes of Emperor Baihe, Lin Ran nodded slightly at the other party. "Have you ever heard, or seen, a former woman named Tamamo?"
Tamamo is none other than one of the three evil monsters in the legend of the island country, the nine-tailed fox.
Before hearing Lin Ran ask Yuzao, Emperor Baihe was instantly confused, frowning and pondering for a long time, and finally couldn't say why.
However, just when Emperor Shirakawa was confused and Emperor Toba was angry, the imperial palace of the island country was captured, and a seven or eight-year-old girl covered her mouth in vain.
The mutation occurred in vain, which naturally attracted the attention of everyone present.
At this moment, the little girl's shirt showed a small head in vain, followed by a golden pink light in an instant, shooting towards the main entrance of the main hall and escaping.
"Wait until you stay where you are, don't move!" Before there was time to talk more nonsense, Lin Ran got up with great speed and flashed, and chased towards the main entrance of the main hall.
But who knew that Lin Ran had just moved with his front foot, but his back foot immediately stopped, and he looked at the woman at the main gate of the main hall with a funny face, as well as a gadget in the other party's hand.
The woman at the main entrance of the main hall is none other than a little dragon girl who follows the left and right, and the one who is pinched by the little dragon girl's golden silk gloves is a little fox with golden pink fur.
That's right, because Lin Ran was dealing with the emperor of the island country, as well as the powerful and royal women, Xiaolongnu had always been noisy, so she never entered the main hall, but stayed outside the main hall.
And that little fox is also unlucky, it is not good to run away and choose where to go in the opposite direction, so you have to choose to face the little dragon girl.
Xiaolongnu's current strength, even if Lin Ran sees it, she will be stunned.
What's more, no matter before or now, Xiaolongnu is a superb show of light skills, and in the face of the little fox she sent to the door, she naturally has no words to catch.
At this time, seeing the little fox Lin Ran, he lost interest in the two emperors of the island country for a moment, but wondered with interest whether there was a connection.
After all, although the nine-tailed demon fox is a monster, isn't its body a fox?
And it was also a coincidence at this time, Lin Ran just asked Yuzao on the front foot, and the little fox thought about running away on the back foot, if there is no connection between the two, no one may believe it.
Thinking of this, Lin Ran stared at the little fox with interest, but he didn't start observing it for the first time, but stared at the little girl sideways. "What's your name?"
Although the little girl didn't know Huaxia, she naturally had someone to translate, and after listening to Lin Ran's inquiry, she suddenly spoke timidly and weakly. "My name is Tokuko Fujiwara......"
Tokuko Fujiwara!
Lin Ran was stunned for a while, not because the little girl was how famous she was, but because in more than ten years, she would marry Emperor Toba and eventually become the queen of the island country.
And according to wild history and folk rumors, the queen of the island country, Fujiwara Tokuko, is the prototype of the legendary nine-tailed demon fox.
In short, the nine-tailed fox in the legend of the island country is a reference to the deeds of the little girl in front of him, which eventually became widespread.
Right now, Fujiwara Tokuko and the little fox appear together, and if it's just a coincidence, it seems a little unreasonable.
Of course, this is only one of the versions.
The other one is that the nine-tailed demon fox is from China, and it was originally the Shang Dynasty's charm King Daji, and after the defeat, he went to India and turned into the prince of Huayang's Lady Charm Moji.
India ended, and the fox returned to China incognito.
During the Tang Dynasty, he took advantage of the island country to worship the Celestial Empire, fled to Japan by ship, and continued to charm the Toba Emperor of the island country before turning into Tamamo hundreds of years later.
In the end, the nine-tailed demon fox was sealed and turned into a killing stone that is also a Japanese legend.
Although there were many versions, Lin Ran didn't think much about it, but reached out and took the little fox in the little dragon girl's hand, and put it in front of him to take a serious look.
The little fox can be called small and exquisite, the coat color is very soft, smooth, and there is no trace of fox smell on the body, but with a light fragrance.
This will be caressed with Lin Ran's hand, and the little fox's eyes seem to have a god, full of fear.
The smooth pink hair on his body exploded instantly, and the delicate little mouth also opened for the first time, revealing small silver teeth as white as jade.
But who knew that this scene came and went quickly, just when the little fox bared his teeth, the 'strange cocoon' that was originally dormant in Lin Ran's heart actually made another abnormal move, and the target seemed to be directed at the little fox in his hand.