Dragon Boat Festival, 6,000 words, very large
Due to the continuous turmoil in Yizhou when the lord took office; as a son raised in the name of the royal wife, he has been extremely pampered and protected since he was a child; he has been growing up in an extremely affluent environment. He was frail and sick when he was young, so he even found someone to act as a stand-in in order to prevent his death.
Yes, this person is the predecessor of Jiang Tian who was sent to the monastery since childhood. Because of some unexplainable blood connection, he had a similar appearance and became a substitute who went to the temple to pray for blessings before he became sensible. However, the growing up prince fell seriously ill, leading to a crisis of succession. .
Therefore, the substitute who was originally given to the temple to pray for blessings was hurriedly found; after a short period of surprise instruction and special training, he was regarded as a symbol that the prince was still well on the surface; the follower Princess appeared in Before and after others, he accepted the worship from the vassals and the canonization ceremony from the imperial envoys.
At the same time, he also became the target of public criticism by those remnants of rebels who opposed the contemporary government; he suffered several accidents and assassinations. Until the year when he was about to be crowned at the age of thirteen, the crown prince who was lingering on the sickbed suddenly recovered, so the substitute who was already familiar to the vassal became an obstacle.
So after the substitute disappeared and the real Crown Prince held the coronation ceremony, rumors spread in the domain that the "Crown Prince" had a drastic change in temperament due to an accident. Then, he would study and take over the vassal affairs step by step, serve as a symbol of the official office to comfort various places, and win over and select the vassal's children.
However, when he was eighteen years old, he suddenly fell seriously ill again. After spending several years recovering, he rarely showed up to most of the vassals; only a few of the three officials and four leaders of the official office and the various Cao judges , I was able to meet one or two people in person; I just couldn’t hide my paleness, frailty, and my fear of light and heat.
Therefore, because the prince claimed to be ill, the palace once again refused to go to Chang'an for routine pilgrimage and tribute. Among the people involved in the office who had some knowledge at that time, they could not help but have worries and doubts about whether the prince, who was in poor health, would still have a chance to live to the day when he would officially inherit the office.
He even questioned him and had the opportunity to give birth to a relatively healthy child for the family. However, at this time, the sickly prince showed unexpected decisiveness and decisiveness; with resolute speed and efficiency, he dealt with dissident voices inside and outside the office; he also gathered power into his own hands.
In the next few years, he successively asked the three chiefs, Zhongzai (in charge of the inner government), Zuo Fu (in charge of political affairs), and Youbi (the army of the Great Unification), to replace the three officials of Chun, Xia and Dong in the fourth; During this process, the princess never spoke up, seemingly approving and acquiescing to his actions in disguise.
At this time, someone discovered that the prince of the princess had fallen ill and had not seen anything for a long time, and there were close friends and disciples of the vassal who gathered around the prince. It has gradually matured and even become a self-contained entity. If so, this is just a slightly radical act of seizing power, which is not uncommon in the houses of outer vassals;
But what happened next gradually became more and more incomprehensible; for example, he summoned soldiers and horses directly under the official office to launch an expedition against the Tu tribe and barbarians hiding deep in the mountains on the island, regardless of the cost, and built many fortresses with large-scale construction projects. Walled city; in the name of the official office, he indulged his subordinates and amassed huge amounts of money.
Then, with an overwhelming desire, he set his sights on the many properties in the hands of Mrs. Rong Hua, managed and managed on behalf of the office; and even the qualifications and privileges of being the Supreme Council of the Donghai Grand Shrine. In other words, since he couldn't deprive her openly, he could only resort to such brutal and forceful methods.
And Mrs. Rong Hua stayed away, not to avoid his aggressiveness, until at this moment, she could no longer avoid the situation. Then, as Mrs. Rong Hua embarked on her return journey, her potential connections and long-term influence were immediately reflected in the number of people who continued to come to see her;
There were even those who came with their own weapons to defect, but most of them were persuaded by her to stay there; only a few capable people with outstanding skills were taken away. Therefore, when Mrs. Rong Hua and her party arrived outside Tianxing City, the capital of Dongning Mansion and the largest city in Yizhou, it was still calm.
In an inconspicuous private manor, but with a unique sense of comfort and elegance inside; I changed into a garnet-red orchid half-armor, a gold-stitched skirt, and a yellow-stained robe, and my hair was covered with clouds and hair hanging in a bun, and a dazzling eye was inserted. With green feathers and gold hairpins, Shen's graceful appearance became more and more feminine; she also spoke in Wanwan:
"News has come from the Futing Palace in the city. The traitor is not in the city at the moment; it is said that he has gone to the camp on the mountain road. Therefore, some of my old friends who are friends with me are also willing to create an opportunity for me to enter the palace. I'm going to meet you directly, but I don't know if you, sir, would be willing to go with me?"
"I will accompany you!" Jiang Tian nodded quietly and said: Then with the help of the twin maids, he changed into a royal guard wearing a crimson shirt with a bean crown; however, when he looked at it in front of the mirror, Cang Xing But he muttered to Cuixing Yaoyear: "It seems familiar, as if I have seen it somewhere before."
"It doesn't matter if it looks like we've met before. I'm afraid we'll have to get along day and night in the future, so we have to be honest with each other." Compared with Cangxing's cuteness and detachment, Cuixing, who was described as having a more gentle temperament, sighed helplessly: " If Madam can't get what she wants with this action, I'm afraid even this little hope will be gone."
Tianxing City, as one of the earliest settlements established on Yizhou Island and the location of the first city on the island; its predecessor was an exploratory fleet that traveled upstream along the Zhuoshui River outlet to find the upstream fork of the river. A large platform. Therefore, it not only has the benefit of irrigation and water transportation, but also avoids the risk of floods and waterlogging.
After years of development, although it cannot compare with the two capitals and sixteen prefectures, a famous city with a population of hundreds of thousands, it is still a prosperous city with a city wall stretching for more than ten miles and a household registration of nearly 200,000. It also has artificial canals and waterways that directly lead to the seaside. It can be said that land and sea transportation is developed and commerce is prosperous.
As the residence of the official residence, Futing Palace was also the earliest palace in Yizhou. After the first Tonghai Gong took over, he enclosed a garden between two hills outside the north wall. A large amount of gold was also brought from the middle. Ready-made building materials and components are the product of tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians being recruited to carry out large-scale construction projects, which took more than ten years.
Therefore, the predecessors of many of the palace and garden building complexes were dismantled and shipped from the main residence in the capital directly through the river and sea waterways; they are much older than the Donghai Palace. Then, exotic flowers and plants from all over the East China Sea and South China Sea were planted, including rare birds and animals.
Therefore, it was named Futing Palace after "rich people live in the courtyard"; but because two of the hills are screens, there are lush green plants, ancient trees and flowers all year round; so it was habitually called Futing Palace by the local people. It is called "Cuiping Palace". After a while, a small team circled to the north of Tianxing City.
As the convex-shaped north wall of Tianxing City, the protruding part extended from the Futing Palace, with a stone base more than ten feet high and the outer edge of the palace wall composed of gray bricks and black tiles, as well as a large green canopy. Leaning out of the wall, you can see the green and yellow trees in the palace garden with numerous fruits and faint fragrance, right in front of you.
After walking along a path in the woods outside the wall for a while, I once again saw a simple and mottled small door hidden among the climbing tigers and wisteria flowers clinging to the wall. After entering this small door, there is a small courtyard that has been abandoned for a long time, inaccessible, and with knee-high grass everywhere.
Then she saw a servant in gray clothes standing out from the corner like a ghost, nodding to her and saluting: "Abin, the little clean room, ask Madam how she is." However, seeing this scene, Mrs. Shen instead He breathed a huge sigh of relief; "Thank you for your good advice. Well done. Please lead the way."
"No." Then he saw the servant Abin nodding and walking ahead without saying a word. He passed through several clean courtyards, courtyards, and flower gardens before stopping under a rockery beside an artificial pool. He said: "The younger one is just a miscellaneous envoy. He can only be sent here and cannot go forward."
At this time, Mrs. Shen also took off the outer robe that covered her figure, and she was immediately exposed in a gorgeous dress with clouds on her temples. She glanced at Jiang Tian and her two maids who were following closely behind, and then walked to the other side of the pool with determination and unusual determination. The palace interior was so majestic that every guard and waiter he encountered saluted.
But no one dared to ask more questions, or some people realized something, but they didn't dare to defy or stop him face to face. She could only let her and her maids accompany her, and they drove all the way to the front door of the apse. Only then did a guard captain holding a halberd guard the door come forward to greet him, folded his hands and bowed:
"The door is closed and Hou Li Biwen has met Madam,"
"I apologize for my inability to salute due to my responsibilities."
"However, this is the place where the Lord is recuperating. I have specifically ordered not to disturb you easily. Please Madam..."
"This is unreasonable," Mrs. Shen couldn't help but sneered with a frosty face: "I am the concubine selected by the government, and I have been ordered to supervise the inner courtyard of the palace. I have not yet handed over my responsibilities; when will it be my turn, you gatekeepers?" The guards are here to judge right and wrong. Could it be that they want to isolate the inside and outside and are plotting evil!"
"Come here!" The next moment, Shen brought a small group of guards and rushed forward without hesitation. Including Li Biwen, who was trying to resist, the more than ten guards who were alerted in the inner garden rushed forward one after another. Knocked down, subdued and disarmed and tied to the ground. Then, he rushed up the steps and opened the palace door.
However, the next moment, the two guards who had just opened the door suddenly screamed pitifully, flew backwards and fell heavily to the ground; one's chest collapsed, the other's face was shattered, and he died on the spot with bleeding from his mouth and nose. Immediately after walking out of the hall, an old man in purple clothes and a gauze crown, with a head as bright as snow, walked out.
"Your Majesty, who dares to disturb you?" He pretended to close his sleeves, which were too wide, and then looked at the people in front of the hall and sneered: "It turns out to be Shen Ronghua (Mrs.); I didn't expect that she would It is you who are leading troops to invade the palace and plot against the imperial government; this is too disrespectful of the king's kindness!"
"Chen Pi, it turns out it's you, you old dog. I know you've always been so shameless. I'm afraid you might have taken refuge with that traitor early on and colluded with him." Mrs. Shen was shocked when she saw this, and she immediately understood. He still fell into the trap and ambush of the other party: "Did you release false news to the outside world?"
"If this were not the case, how could it lead to your treason?" The old man named Chen Pi shook his head slightly and said: "If you ask me, the prince is still too impatient and has lost his dignity. I still want to deal with the aftermath; no, I just used a little trick, and you will be sent to your door right now."
"Of course, the prince really had other things to do and led the team to leave; if not, how could you easily win the trust of your informants in the palace? Now that you have reached this point, you should not count on the follow-up people who are waiting outside the palace. . At this moment, I’m afraid they will never be able to come over to respond and provide support.”
Before he finished speaking, he waved his hand. From above and inside the main hall, many bows and crossbows were protruded from the walls. At the same time, rustling scales and footsteps were heard from outside, quickly surrounding the palace courtyard. stood up; and turned into guardsmen who stayed outside, screaming and roaring continuously.
At this moment, Mrs. Shen could not help but close her eyes weakly; however, she heard Jiang Tian, who had been ignored, stare at the complacent old man and suddenly said: "Are you Chen Pipi, the former head of the inner chamber? Then But do you still remember the child you sent away from Lanxi twenty-five years ago?"
At this moment, Mrs. Shen couldn't help but widen her eyes in horror. She almost collapsed to the ground, but was quickly supported by her two maids.
"What, that taboo is still alive?" The old man couldn't help but be surprised when he heard this, and then he showed a sinister expression and ordered: "Even so, he should stop wishful thinking. Do it and leave no one behind; the same goes for that woman! Even so! If the prince asks about it, I will shoulder the responsibility..."
In an instant, a continuous stream of crystal clear arrows rained down, covering everyone in front of the hall from almost all angles. However, the old man who turned around at the next moment did not hear any screams or whines; because all the arrow clusters were fixed out of thin air in the hemispherical sky surrounding Shen and others.
At the same time, in the swirling stream of light like lightning and flint, the crossbowmen in the hall, on the walls and above were screaming and falling to the ground with blood spurting out. They fell from high places like rain; they were knocked over and knocked down. They entered the garden of flowers and trees inside and outside the palace; in the blink of an eye, hundreds of crossbowmen were killed and injured all over the place.
Instead, the old man, with incredible agility, leapt backwards and dodged the initial attack; he was dumbfounded and angrily roared into the hall: "It's a damn flying sword! Someone, come to the rescue quickly. No matter the cost, stop this monster for me, and you will be rewarded heavily afterwards..."
Following his call, a group of armored soldiers clad in iron scales and covered with iron hoods emerged from the hall again. They were armed with large shields, long knives, and large axes. Their momentum was as fierce as rolling molten iron, and they rushed down with a loud roar. Qi Qi faced Jiang Tian and others who were bearing the brunt, and kept charging and slashing at them;
The next moment, Jiang Tian casually stepped forward, clenched his fist in the air and struck out repeatedly. In an instant, invisible huge force bombarded these armored soldiers. Each time, several large shields with iron edges were bombarded to pieces. The fragments swept across, collapsed and knocked over the armored soldiers behind them.
After destroying and shattering the shield wall blocking the front, it was like cannonballs that kept hitting it, knocking the affected armor soldiers to the side; even the armor had many obvious dents. ; He could only lie down on the steps in a mess, vomiting blood and unable to get up.
The moment Jiang Tian passed by these armored soldiers, there was another rain of flying axes and slinging spears in the hall, covering his figure in a dense crowd. Jiang Tian, who had planted a dense mass on the ground and then reappeared, just waved his hand, and these hand axes and spears were pulled up and thrown back.
Suddenly, there was a shrill and unusual scream in the hall; then several figures escaped from both sides, crashed into the window, and then fell silent again. However, when Jiang Tian continued to step inside, he found that someone had spilled the kerosene, and it spread along the curtains in the hall, and the fireworks billowed and burned.
The next moment, he waved his hand again, letting the telepathy of the "guidance" module wrap the burning fabrics and furnishings, and roll it into a huge fireball out of thin air; he swung it towards the distance with a bang, and happened to hit the other team who heard the sound. The men and horses who came in a hurry immediately knocked them down and knocked them down.
However, when Jiang Tian easily smashed it open again and blocked the door of the inner hall with debris, he found that there was no one inside; even the old man Chen Pipi who had escaped inside was missing. As for the bed tent where the princess/Tonghai Gong was supposed to be recuperating, it was completely empty.
However, the noise outside was getting louder and louder. It was obvious that the guards located throughout the Futing Palace were alerted by the noise and were rushing over to investigate and provide support. The next moment, Jiang Tian suddenly jumped up, suddenly crashed through the well and the thick tiles on the ceiling, and hung in the air.
Immediately, from a high position, he saw the old man Chen Pipi flying out from under the flower tree in the corner of the residence hall like a mouse crossing the street. Surrounded by several well-fitting waiters, he jumped down to the high platform where the hall is located. , and strode forward towards a group of approaching guards.
When Jiang Tian was following him, two streams of light flew over him in an instant; they were cut diagonally almost without any pause, and were intentionally or unintentionally blocked by the two strong waiters behind him; a large weapon was inserted into the broken hole. The moment the organs and blood sprayed out, he threw himself down again and dodged as if he was an afterthought.
Almost grabbing the ground, rolling like a clumsy old bear, he ducked behind a large piece of strange-shaped flower and stone full of holes; he also temporarily hid in the blind spot within Jiang Tian's field of vision. This result also made Jiang Tian couldn't help but feel moved. Did he find a countermeasure to avoid the flying blade attack so quickly?
This delay also allowed the guards to take the lead and join the old man Chen Pipi; then, under the cover of the raised group cards, they gathered together without hesitation and walked backwards in the opposite direction. The next moment, he accelerated again and jumped up into the river, shooting like cannonballs and falling into it.
At the same time, the "Field" mode was activated again, instantly sending most of the guards within the area flying into the sky with dancing joy; then they fell heavily to the ground; they were all unable to get up anymore. However, Jiang Tian discovered that the old man Chen Pipi, the culprit, was missing again.
However, he changed his mind and jumped into the air. He saw a figure wearing ill-fitting leather armor, who had already escaped several hundred steps; he was about to get into the gatehouse of the palace wall leading to the vestibule. However, what moved faster than him this time was a strange-shaped flower stone that Jiang Tian suddenly threw with all his strength.
Like a meteor that broke through the sky, it crashed on the gate tower first; while it shattered a large part of the outer extension of the city ultimatum and collapsed and blocked the doorway at one corner, the fragments also spread to the fleeing old man. , instantly enveloped and wrapped him in the billowing dust and smoke...
Although his head was hit with blood, and he was disgraced, he still tried to jump up along the damaged gatehouse; he continued to escape. However, when he was just a few steps away from crossing the gatehouse, in front of the sergeants gathered outside, he was grabbed by an invisible force and dragged back.
When Jiang Fanti carried the half-dead old man back to the dilapidated and collapsed apse, he found that Mrs. Shen of Rong Hua, who had been trapped in a tight siege, successfully persuaded Mrs. Shen by unknown means and methods. Several teams of guards arrived and gathered around to guard.
The outer ring is surrounded by more confronting guards. Following Jiang Tian's sudden appearance, he was inexplicably conditioned to be frightened and vigilant, and all of them took a dozen steps back. Apparently, they had witnessed Jiang Tian's killing spree before this, and it was as if they were entering a no-man's land. Quite a feat. The next moment, Mr. Shen shouted:
"The Chen Pipi who caused the rebellion has been captured. Please follow me to bring order to the chaos! I shall swear in the name of my official office that those who have been deceived by the traitors in the past will not be rectified as long as they are corrected in time, and the dead and injured can also be compensated. If you continue to resist, you will have to fight for your family name and origin even after death."
Jiang Tian couldn't help but admire a little in his heart, and suddenly raised his hand again in order to cooperate. He saw the abandoned weapons on the ground levitating again, aiming at the surrounding troops from a distance. The remaining guards quickly knelt down and shouted one after another. : "I am willing to follow my wife, bring order to the chaos and bring peace to the traitors."
So not long after, under the guidance of the surviving inner garden attendant, Jiang Tian finally met the contemporary master of the palace who was temporarily hidden by Chen Pipi, the old man who was the palace supervisor, in an inconspicuous tower. /Tong Haigong; But now, he has long lost the majesty and solemnity in his memory.
He is just an old man with disheveled beard and hair, dull complexion, deep wrinkles on his face, and covered with sores and stains. In response to all reactions from the outside world, he will only salivate continuously and make a loud and thick phlegm sound. It should be noted that he is only in his early fifties; what exactly happened to him to become like this ghost.
Next, the key and question of all this will fall on Chen Pipi, the palace supervisor who was captured alive after being knocked unconscious by Jiang Tian. For this reason, Jiang Tian also prepared two props in advance; one is a snake lizard ointment that can make the human body extremely relaxed, and the other is a diluted venom that can continuously amplify the external senses.
(End of chapter)
