On the day Bai Miaomiao left, He Hua was not present, and he did not know that after he left, Emperor Yongcheng fell ill and nearly killed him.
The days at the border were indeed very difficult, and it also made Bai Miaomiao realize how well he was protected by Hehua in the past. Death, bloodshed, war, conspiracy, and mutiny, these Bai Miaomiao have never come into contact with. in front of him.
There was a rebellion not long ago. A certain deputy general led the rebellion and almost injured Bai Miaomiao. If Yuwen Lingyun hadn't rescued him in time, Bai Miaomiao would have been stabbed in the left arm.
While the dagger in the adjutant's hand was still stuck on Yuwen Lingyun's shoulder, Bai Miaomiao quickly pulled out the saber of the soldier beside him and cut off his head with his backhand, and blood spurted out. , sprinkled his face, with the residual temperature that has not yet cooled, sticky and with a pungent fishy smell.
This was Bai Miaomiao's first time killing someone. In the past, he only needed to talk and someone else would do the rest for him, but now there was no change in his eyes, and he was extremely calm.
He threw away the blood-stained knife in his hand, calmly and calmly picked up the head on the ground, raised it high, and shouted sharply: "Those who cooperate with the enemy and betray the country, behead! Those who flee without fighting, behead! Those who disobey military orders , cut! Whoever is still dissatisfied, stand up and speak!"
The voice had the unique clarity of a young man, but the sound of the three chops was heavier than the sound, and the huge majesty shocked everyone present. Heart, for a while the scene was silent.
The soldiers who followed the rebellion were beheaded one by one, their heads hung on the playground for daily practice, and their bodies were thrown into the wilderness where the two armies were fighting. According to Bai Shilang, traitors are not qualified to die in the country. superior. Since then, Bai Miaomiao's majesty in the army has been completely established, and no one in the army dares to look down on this extremely beautiful young boy who looks weak but is actually decisive.
"Thanks a lot just now." Bai Miaomiao said to Yuwen Lingyun who had just blocked the knife for him.
Yuwen Ling Yun was resolute and cold, just nodded and stopped talking, and went with the military doctor to bandage the wound.
This battle lasted for three months, and finally ended in victory under the joint attack of Yuwen Lingyun and Bai Miaomiao. The army chased after the victory, not only regained the lost ground, but also captured thirteen cities in Nanman. In the end, the king of Khan had to send people to come to negotiate and designate the thirteen cities as the territory of Jiang. It doubled on the basis, which quelled the war between the two countries.
This battle has been stalemate for more than September. Judging from the results of this battle, it can be said to be extremely fast.
After the negotiation was settled, Yuwen ordered Yun and Bai Miaomiao to lead the army to return to the court. The emperor personally led hundreds of officials to greet him at the gate of the city. This time he made a great contribution.
After being away for nearly a year, Bai Miaomiao felt a sense of unfamiliarity looking at the familiar faces. Facing Emperor Yongcheng's praise, he just smiled politely, neither taking credit nor arrogance.
Chen Yulang was also among them. After marrying the sixth princess Ning Xueer, he entered the officialdom, and now he is a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy. He looked at Bai Miaomiao with a speechless expression. Bai Miaomiao naturally noticed him, and nodded at him with a gentle smile, polite and unfamiliar. Chen Yulang was stinged by this scene and tightly Save the sleeves.
Bai Miaomiao saw He Hua from the very beginning, but He Hua treated him like everyone else, gentle and polite, and taught him to be stunned for a moment.
"Miaomiao, Miaomiao?"
"Ah?" Bai Miaomiao snapped back to her senses, and when he heard Yong Cheng calling him, he instinctively responded.
Emperor Yongcheng's body was getting worse and worse. After a few chats at the gate of the city, they couldn't stop coughing violently, and the group had to go back.
The next day when he went to court, Emperor Yongcheng praised Bai Miaomiao and Yuwen Lingyun a lot, and rewarded them with many things. The remaining soldiers and generals were also rewarded.
After going to court, he politely declined the invitations of many ministers. Bai Miaomiao was thinking about where to go. Although Emperor Yongcheng rewarded him a few mansions, it still took a few days to decorate them. As he was walking, a figure appeared. He stood in front of him, and Bai Miaomiao looked up, happy.
The person who came was Yuwen Lingyun.
Yuwen Lingyun is a slow person. The two have been in the military camp together for so long, and they have been born and died together several times. Their relationship is more cordial than ordinary people.
Yuwen Lingyun raised his eyebrows and said, "Go have a drink."
Bai Miaomiao said with a rare smile, "Okay."
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in the palace.
When Bai Miaomiao and others came back from a great victory, some people were really happy and some were worried, and there was no more worry than the Empress.
After the last corruption incident, the Queen's faction was seriously damaged. Now the Yuwen Yi clan is up again, and there is an imperial concubine Chen clan staring at her. It's a day without a turnaround!
"Miss."
The queen came back to her senses and fixed her eyes to see that she was the personal maid Qiongzhi she brought from her parents' house. She calmed down and asked, "What's the matter?"
Qiongzhi leaned over and whispered in her ear: "Niangniang, Lord Zuo Xiang has sent someone to meet you, so he's waiting outside, look..."
The Queen straightened out her luxurious palace attire, and then said, "Call him in."
"Yes."
The person who walked in dressed like a Taoist priest. Looking at the immortal style, the queen frowned. Although she didn't know what Zuo Xiang had stuffed him with a Taoist priest, she still knew her father's temperament and would not miss out. I sent him such a person for no reason, so I asked patiently, "Are you sent by daddy?"
The man didn't answer, and looked around, looking left and right, calmly as if he was strolling through his own back garden, and when the queen was finally completely impatient, he shook his head and suddenly said a sentence: "There is a demon in this palace."
The queen was taken aback by his words and frowned. She never believed in any evil spirits. She thought that the Taoist priest was really fooling her, so she couldn't help but get angry. Touching his beard, he said, "If Niangniang doesn't believe it, she will know after a try at the state banquet soon."
In order to celebrate the army's victory and return, Emperor Yongcheng will hold a banquet on the third day of the army's return to Beijing as a token of congratulations. When the queen heard about it, she looked at him up and down, looking at the Taoist priest's confident look, or restrained his temper. , nodded suspiciously.
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Three days later, the state banquet.
The banquet was not without a lively scene. The banquet was staggered, and the voices were full of people. The officials brought their sweet wives and relatives, and they exchanged greetings and chats. The conversation was very pleasant. The two protagonists deserve special attention from everyone.
Yuwen Lingyun's temperament is notoriously cold-hearted, and there are officials who don't give up with a smile and go up to the condom, but unfortunately they don't even have a small look, so they can only stand with a glass of wine and smile, not to mention how embarrassing.
On the other hand, Bai Miaomiao was much easier to talk about, and they were always open to anyone who came. Therefore, our Bai Shilang became the focus of everyone's attention.
"This cup, Jingbai Shilang has returned victorious."
Just as Bai Miaomiao raised his wine glass, the smile on his face froze when he saw the person coming. He was stunned for a while, then lowered his head and said in a nonchalant manner: "Hehua..." Bai Miaomiao was at a loss. Pulling on his sleeves, he held it back for a long time before he squeezed out a sentence: "You... have been doing well lately..."
He Hua still had the same smile on his face and said, "It's very good to be concerned by the white servant."
Bai Miaomiao was thinking about what to say, when there was an uproar at the scene, and then it became quiet. Bai Miaomiao looked over and saw that a figure dressed as a Taoist was really standing in the middle, and behind him was a real dragon sculpture made of gold. , It is seven feet high, and the handwork is gorgeous and delicate. This handwriting is indeed not small.
Bai Miaomiao also heard about the origin of this Taoist monk. It is said that this Taoist monk has a high cultivation base, has a good hand of elixir, and has a very high reputation among the people. The queen recommended it to Emperor Yongcheng on the grounds of worrying about the dragon body. , the emperor's condition has improved a lot, and he has more and more trust in this Taoist priest.
The Taoist glanced at Bai Miaomiao as if inadvertently, and Bai Miaomiao's heart skipped a beat, and an uneasy premonition emerged spontaneously.
Sure enough, suddenly the Taoist priest's face became serious, he pretended to look around for a while, and then said solemnly: "Your Majesty, there is a demon here."
When Emperor Yongcheng heard this, his face was horrified, and he hurriedly said, "Master, this..."
The Taoist priest stretched out his hand to stop Emperor Yongcheng, and said, "Don't panic, Your Majesty, because I was afraid that you would not believe me before, so I never told the Emperor that the reason why you have been ill for a long time is because of this evil spirit!"
"You mean...there are monsters in this palace?" Emperor Yongcheng said in horror.
The Taoist nodded solemnly.
"It, where is it? Master, hurry, hurry and catch it!"
"Don't panic, Your Majesty, this monster is here..." The Taoist priest turned back suddenly and stretched out his hand to Bai Miaomiao.
Bai Miaomiao's face suddenly turned pale, he subconsciously shook his head, and he couldn't help but take a step back.
"This..." Emperor Yongcheng frowned, looked at the Taoist priest rather tangled, and said hesitantly, "Could it be that the master made a mistake, how could this white servant be..." He said. Shrinking his neck, he didn't dare to say the demon words.
"Your Majesty, please wait a moment." The Taoist priest took out three yellow talismans from his wide robe and threw them into the air. After the yellow talismans spun around in the air for a few times, they headed straight towards Bai Miaomiao. flew over.
Bai Miaomiao opened her eyes in fear, and fled back subconsciously. When everyone saw him approaching, they all fled in fear. Unfortunately, Bai Miaomiao, who was a humanoid, was not as fast as those few yellow talismans, and was quickly blocked. He looked at the talisman that was spinning in the air in front of him, and stopped abruptly, just as he was about to rush back, only to find that he was tightly surrounded by the three yellow talismans.
The three yellow talismans seemed to be conscious. Seeing that they had found their target, they "swish" and stuck to him on their own.
A heat wave came from his body, like being burned by fire. It wasn't very painful. With a slight itch, he looked around blankly, and the eyes of the people around him gradually became terrified, as if he were looking at a monster. At the end, someone shouted, "Monster!" Everyone screamed and fled around like mice, and the scene was chaotic.
Emperor Yongcheng was so frightened that he sat down on the ground, and the crown on his head fell off.
"Miaomiao!" Chen Yulang exclaimed, and was about to rush over, but was firmly held by his wife beside him. He couldn't break free for a while, so he could only watch Bai Miaomiao sitting on the ground blankly, with the piece of his heart. It hurts like it's about to be crushed.
Bai Miaomiao lowered his head blankly, not far away, a pool of wine was spilled by someone who did not know, which vaguely reflected his current appearance, he was stunned for a while, and then his eyes widened in horror.
The "person" in the reflection reveals a pair of fluffy cat ears, a pair of unique and strange mandarin duck eyes staring wide, and the vertical pupils, which are different from ordinary people, are like ghosts, glowing faintly, and their tails are quietly exposed. , flicking behind him.
Bai Miaomiao shook her head in a panic, opened her mouth, and wanted to explain something, but inadvertently showed her long fangs. A noble concubine who was close to Bai Miaomiao saw it, but she didn't care about her image. She wore a bun and screamed while fleeing: "Help, the monster is eating people!" Screaming and running like crazy.
Bai Miaomiao fell to the spot, the frightened eyes of the people around him taught him that he didn't know what to do, he looked around helplessly, subconsciously looking for Hehua's trace, trying to grab the last straw, as if there was a With Howard here, everything will be fine.
Finally, he found Howard in the crowd.
The two were far apart, and He Hua stared at him fixedly. Everything around him seemed to have nothing to do with him. There was no panic, no panic, no turbulence, everything around him seemed to have nothing to do with him, he saw everything clearly in his eyes, there was no joy or sorrow, as if everything was under control, he was born to be the winner.
With just one glance, Bai Miaomiao was completely stunned, and a strong and familiar feeling reappeared in his heart, as if he had traveled through a thousand years of time, ancient and lonely, and the coldness gradually rose from the bottom of his heart and spread to his bones. He was shivering.
He opened his eyes wide in disbelief, as if it came from the instinct of his body, a tear flowed out from the left side of the blue eye, slowly slipped down the side of his face, and dripped on the back of his hand, freezing to the bone.
Howard...he knows!