Breeze view.
Fang Jie climbed up the steps along the mountain road. Looking at the scenery around the Taoist temple, he couldn't help but sighed with emotion: "How can such a clean and distant place breed so many wolfish ambitions? If you live here, you will be scratching your feet in the world. All big men have to be cleansed of their souls."
After saying this, he froze for a moment, and then asked himself if he lived here, would he really be able to cleanse his soul
The answer is naturally no.
Before Fang Jie came, the people from Ouchi's guard had already arrived. Knowing that Prince Yi was defeated and Daoist Xiao was captured, the Taoists in Qingfeng Temple hardly resisted. After those who wanted to escape were killed, the rest knelt down and surrendered. Qingfengguan is different from Yiqiguan. There are no great practitioners here. When the flying fish robes from the Ouchi guards and the army armed to the teeth arrive, they have no other way out except to surrender.
When Fang Jie and the others walked into the mountain gate, they saw the fat Taoist Xiang Qingniu was panting and tying up the master of Qingfeng Temple. When the news of the defeat of the army reached Qingfeng Temple, the temple owner wanted to run away, but Xiang Qingniu and Mo Ningzhi saw it. Xiang Qingniu, who was full of anger, rushed forward immediately, fought fiercely, and finally captured the temple master live. The fat man was obviously aggrieved these days, and he tightened the rope so hard that it almost sank into the flesh of the temple master.
Mo Ningzhi's attack was more ruthless and more rational than him, so it was of course useless against such a master's rope. After Xiang Qingniu injured the temple master, she immediately floated over and broke all the temple master's limbs. In order to prevent him from having any strength left, she inserted all the gold needles that had been sealed on Xiang Qingniu's air point into the temple master's body. body.
Fang Jie saw that Xiang Qingniu was tying the rope with extreme hatred, he was surprised and couldn't help laughing: "I thought you were already a prisoner now, and I planned to come over to get you."
Xiang Qingniu turned his head when he heard the voice, saw Fang Xie stunned for a moment, then jumped over suddenly, as if seeing a long-lost relative, he hugged Fang Xie in his arms.
"Xiao Fangfang... I've suffered a lot these days."
Fang Jie was so strangled by him that he couldn't breathe. After pushing away, he gave him a blank look and said, "Before I came, I was still thinking, in all likelihood, you have been killed by someone. On the way, I bought candles and paper money." , I thought I couldn’t send you the last journey and burn some more paper money for you. I also planned to paste a female paper man and burn it, because I know you have been a virgin for half your life. If it is not for the money, I would like to buy a coffin. ... I was shocked when I saw this, you look alive and kicking like a corpse."
"Bah bah bah!"
Xiang Qingniu spat a few times and said: "Master said that I am blessed with good fortune, wealth and longevity. In this life, I will live to be at least 150 years old and die without any problems, and my children and grandchildren will be full!"
Fang Jie hummed and said, "The evil usually lasts long."
Xiang Qingniu patted him on the shoulder, sat down on the side and sighed: "Fang Jie... You said that if I escaped one catastrophe, can I escape the second catastrophe? In fact, my brother conspired to make trouble a long time ago. I noticed it. When Prince Yi came up the mountain, I eavesdropped on the two of them and guessed something. The next day I went to my brother to argue, and he captured me and sealed my energy... Although I I didn’t make trouble with him, but if I didn’t report what I knew, surely His Majesty wouldn’t let me go, right?”
He looked at Fang Jie pitifully, that fat face had indeed lost its former expression.
"If you are really stupid, tell the emperor what you just said again."
Fang Jiechi lowered his voice and said, "Do you still want me to teach you this kind of thing?"
Xiang Qingniu raised his head: "You mean, tell me to lie? I am famously honest and reliable, the best Taoist in history..."
"Pooh."
Fang Jie spat at him: "Can you be more disgusting?"
Xiang Qingniu shook his head: "Aren't I feeling uneasy? Look at those officials and gentlemen over there, all staring at me with staring eyes, as if they are going to chop me up in the next moment." of."
"Don't worry, you won't die."
Fang Jie smiled, and when he sat down next to Xiang Qingniu, he saw Mo Ningzhi standing not far away, Fang Jie's face changed slightly, almost subconsciously becoming vigilant.
"She's here?"
Fang Jie couldn't help asking.
Xiang Qingniu looked at Mo Ningzhi and said: "It was he who saved me. I was trapped by my senior brother. It was because of my brother's love. He didn't kill me. I have already thanked the eight generations of ancestors. But if she didn't let me out , there is no guarantee that he will not be killed by the villain."
Fang Jie sighed, "Then why don't you promise yourself?"
Xiang Qingniu whispered: "I really have this plan!"
"Fuck you!"
Fang Jie cursed, looked at Mo Ningzhi and said, "I'm glad you're not on the wrong team."
Mo Ningzhi was silent for a while and replied: "I thought you would say, it's a pity that you didn't die with them."
Fang Jie laughed and said, "I know you've always wanted to kill me, but I've never thought about it that way. You'd better be alive for a pretty girl like you."
Mo Ningzhi suddenly smiled: "Don't worry, I will live well."
Fang Jie clearly felt a chill, he shrugged his shoulders and said, "I sincerely hope you are happy."
After saying this, he got up and prepared to go down the mountain.
Mo Ningzhi's complexion changed, and a murderous intent flashed in his eyes.
Fang Jie didn't scold anyone, but he was a little harsher. Where has Mo Ningzhi had any happiness in the past few years, it is only natural that the other party relieved her hatred. Fang Jie sincerely wishes you happiness, which is clearly telling her that you will not be happy.
"I don't know if killing you will make me happy."
Mo Ningzhi looked at Fang Xie's back and said.
Fang Jie paused and didn't look back: "You really don't understand the happiness of a woman."
He stretched out his hand, holding Shen Qingfan's arm and Mu Xiao's waist at the same time, and walked away lightly.
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The outside of Cishou Palace has been surrounded by military camps, and no one is allowed to enter or leave. The eunuchs and maids in the palace have all been captured and are kneeling in the yard waiting to be dealt with. The old maid who went to the East Palace before was also imprisoned here, her limbs were broken, her jaw was removed, and she couldn't commit suicide even if she wanted to.
Qin Liuqi is a repeat offender, and has already been taken to the secret prison by the Ouchi guards. Next, he may spend the darkest period of his life.
The little eunuch Mu San had already circled around the outside of the Cishou Palace several times, and he was relieved when the people from the camp surrounded the Cishou Palace. Seeing His Majesty's imperial chariot approaching from a distance, Mu San hurriedly dodged to hide. He didn't want the emperor to let Eunuch Su see him. At this time, it's better to pretend that he doesn't know anything and is not interested.
When Mu San saw that the Cishou Palace was surrounded by Shiying, he knew that the overall situation was settled. And when he saw the emperor's imperial chariot turning from a distance, he really wanted to stay and take a look, to see how the queen mother faced the emperor's anger. But he didn't have the courage, so he could only retreat quickly and quietly.
The imperial chariot stopped outside Cishou Palace, and the emperor slowly walked down from it with the support of Su Buwei. The soldiers guarding the outside saluted the emperor neatly with a military salute. The emperor nodded slightly, and then walked into the Cishou Palace. Walking along the corridor, the emperor didn't even look at the eunuchs and maids who were kneeling on the ground.
Su Buwei followed behind the emperor, always feeling that the emperor's steps were a bit heavy.
Walking to the door, the emperor waved his hand to signal Su Buwei not to follow. Su Buwei immediately stopped and retreated to the bottom of the steps.
When the emperor walked in and saw the queen mother in formal dress sitting on a chair, he barely suppressed the anger in his heart. This old woman, isn't he good enough for her? She has already put on the dress to welcome her own son to the throne, it's extremely abominable!
But the emperor was still not angry after all, he walked over, bowed his body and called out: "I have seen my mother."
The Empress Dowager's complexion was very bad, pale as if recovering from a serious illness. She slowly opened her eyes, glanced at the emperor and snorted coldly: "Now, why bother to pretend?"
The emperor straightened up, went to sit down opposite the empress dowager. He looked at the teacup on the table next to the Queen Mother, obviously the tea was completely cold.
The emperor frowned slightly, and shouted loudly to the outside: "Who served the Empress Dowager with tea today? No one changed the tea when it was cold, damn it!"
Su Buwei, who was standing at the bottom of the steps, immediately turned around, glanced a few times and pointed at the two maids casually: "Stand dead!"
Immediately, several wolf-like flying fish robes came up and dragged the two maids down. The two maids wailed all the way, their voices were so shrill that it made people shudder.
The emperor straightened his clothes, smiled and said: "Mother, look... Even now, because your tea is cold, I still shot the maid who served you in a fit of anger. This matter will be resolved soon. It will be spread, and the courtiers will praise me as the most filial person."
The queen mother raised her head and stared at the emperor with her cloudy eyes, her face was full of anger.
"Why don't you just kill me!"
She roared hysterically.
"Because you are the queen mother."
The emperor smiled at Dong'an: "It's my mother, even...not my biological mother. Since I ascended the throne, I have respected filial piety, how can I not set an example? No matter what you do wrong, you are still the queen mother."
The queen mother looked directly at the emperor and said, "Let me die with my son!"
"You won't die, at least not in the near future."
The emperor said gently: "You will live well. If you feel a little unwell, the imperial doctors will still try their best to diagnose you. Naturally, no one will poison you secretly. According to your body, at least you can still recover. Live for three to five years. If the hatred in your heart is really strong, you can try your best to live and see if you can live longer than me. No one will kill you, and everyone will respect you as always."
The emperor said: "I will even announce to the world that it was the queen mother who noticed the ambition of the sixth child, and you exposed it to me, and killed your relatives righteously. In the days to come, you will be praised by all the people in the Sui Dynasty. They will all say, you She is the fairest mother, and of course the cruelest mother."
The Empress Dowager stared at the emperor fiercely. If eyes could kill, the emperor would have been chopped into pieces by now.
The emperor didn't care about the anger in the Empress Dowager's eyes at all, and he continued in a calm tone: "I knew a long time ago that you didn't want me to inherit the throne, but when the late emperor pointed to my succession, many courtiers were present , you don’t have to admit it even if you don’t want to. So you have been living very unhappy all these years, and you will be very unhappy when you see me, right?”
The emperor smiled and said: "So I will come to greet you every morning and evening, so that you can see me... twice a day."
The queen mother bit her lip and said angrily: "You have such a heart, you will die sooner or later!"
The emperor seemed to be getting happier. He stood up, walked up to the queen mother, pointed at the wrinkles on the queen mother's forehead and said with a smile, "every day when I come here, I will take a closer look to see if the wrinkles on your face have deepened. If you Yes, I will be happy all day. I also know that you sent someone to secretly plan to poison the gods and the queen... In the first year of my ascension, you tried to win over Wu Peisheng and let him eat the japonica rice I like to eat. There is poison in the porridge, but Wu Peisheng's loyalty to me is something you can buy?"
"God Bless for three years, you sent people to buy colorless, odorless and highly poisonous poison from Jiangnan, and you planned to attack me. But how do you know that the person you bought to buy things for the court is also my man?"
"God bless for five years, you started to quietly bury puppets with the names of Zhen and the Empress in Cishou Palace, dug them up and stabbed them with silver needles dozens of times every day, but such things, idiots know it will never work. So I don't bother to care about it, and even want to make a big puppet for you to play with."
"God bless you for eight years, I have a prince... You started to stretch out your poisonous hands to your grandson. Unfortunately, how can anyone in this palace hide everything from me?"
The emperor smiled: "You have done so many evil things, but I still respect you. I even imagined before that sooner or later your heart will be warmed by me. Only later did I know that it is harder than warming a huge rock some."
"Live..."
He stretched out his hand and straightened the golden crown on the Queen Mother's head: "I will serve you well until death."