Jiang Heng was finally able to wash off all the dust, and he was really in a good mood. There is indeed a place for bathing in Jintian's womb, which is used for the underground firewood burned in the palace's heating, and the water heated by the residual temperature. This place was made by Mo Di sixty years ago and was made by the emperor. The palace used firewood for heating in winter, and the firewood was burned in a cave in the harem.
There is a large pool in the north of the palace. There is a gate at the back of the pool. The pool is the spring water drawn from the back mountain. The heat in the palace can be adjusted according to the water valve. .
Sixty years later, the warm canal made by the Mo Sanctuary is still in use, but the underground has been in disrepair for a long time, and the heat of the earth dragon in many halls is not working properly.
Jiang Heng hurriedly followed Geng Shu into the bath. With a cheer, he took off his clothes and jumped in. He had had enough along the way. Geng Shu was afraid that he would catch a cold, so he never let him take a bath in a cold stream in the wild. Now it is really indescribably happy.
After taking off his clothes, Geng Shu walked in, folded his clothes beside him, put them in the water baffle of the hot canal, washed them with water, and said, "I have to do a few more sets."
"Where is the money?" Jiang Heng said.
"I'll find a way," Geng Shu said, "you don't have to worry about it."
Geng Shu lived in the palace for a day and a night, and observed the surrounding situation. This morning, he jumped up to the top of the palace, flew over the eaves and walked around the walls, and looked around. He learned that there was no danger in the palace as he imagined. After changing shifts, it could be seen that Zhao Jie was also earnestly protecting the emperor, so he felt a little relieved.
Jiang Heng said, "Don't rob."
"No." Geng Shu said impatiently, "Why do you always think of me like this?"
Jiang Heng laughed, and asked Geng Shu to turn around and rub his back. A young man and a child stood in the bath, and Geng Shu let Jiang Heng do what he did without resisting.
Compared to the time when he arrived at Jiang's house at the beginning of that year, Geng Shu was different than before, and he was taller than Jiang Heng.
"Don't rub my stick..." Geng Shu suddenly flushed, trying to stop Jiang Heng.
"Clean it up." Jiang Heng rubbed his body for him, and Geng Shu hurriedly said, "I'll do it myself."
Jiang Heng is still ignorant at the moment, but Geng Shu has roughly felt something that cannot be talked about, just like a young bird will one day grow into a goshawk, and a young horse will transform into an untamable adult in the spring wilderness. horse.
He desperately needed to find a place of proclamation, although he did not yet understand what it was.
"Okay!" Geng Shu said with a bit of majesty in his voice, "I'll wash you."
Jiang Heng asked Geng Shu to sit down and sat on his lap, exposing his back. Geng Shu calmed down, washed his hair and scrubbed his thin and weak back.
The sound of water sounded on the other side of the pool, and the two were startled at the same time. Before the hot steam, no one was found!
"Who is it?" Jiang Heng said immediately.
No one answered, Geng Shu grabbed the sword subconsciously, but remembered that the black sword was not with him.
In the sound of the water, a tall and thin figure came out of the white fog, but it was Zhao Jie.
Zhao Jie's hair was soaked, and he glanced at the two brothers. Jiang Heng breathed a sigh of relief and was about to salute, but in this bath, everyone was naked, and it was a bit embarrassing to salute.
Fortunately, Zhao Jie held his shoulder with one hand and let him still sit on Geng Shu's body.
He glanced at Geng Shu again, and Jiang Heng looked at him curiously. This was the first time he had seen the body of an adult man. Zhao Jie had broad shoulders and narrow waist. He looked thin when he was wearing military armor, but he was naked but had distinct muscles, which was very good-looking.
The difference between him and himself is... huh? Jiang Heng found out, why does Zhao Jie still have hair? Geng Shu and himself did not! But he quickly realized that it was rude to stare at people like this, and quickly looked away.
"What?" Geng Shu asked alertly, but didn't get up.
Zhao Jie stretched out his hand silently, touched Geng Shu's neck, his fingers picked up the rope that Geng Shu was wearing, Geng Shu immediately raised his hand to ask for a check, but Zhao Jie cast a dangerous glance at him.
"It's okay," Jiang Heng whispered to Geng Shu, "show him."
Geng Shu was unwilling, but habitually listened to Jiang Heng's words, and was about to pick it off reluctantly, but Zhao Jie stopped him from doing so, and only held Yujue in his hand and watched it.
Suddenly his eyes changed, revealing a little tenderness.
He quickly let go of Yu Jue, turned and jumped out of the pool, took the robe, tied it loosely, exposing his broad chest, and left the bath.
"He recognizes it." Jiang Heng said to Geng Shu.
"Oh." Geng Shu said bored, suddenly thought about it, and said, "I'll wear it for you."
Jiang Heng hurriedly said: "No, you wear it, I was just wondering, does he know our father too?"
These words reminded Geng Shu, but even if they knew each other, what could be asked from a mute? never mind.
After taking a bath, before Jiang Heng's hair was dry, Ji Xun ordered someone to pass them on.
"Let me see your jade, you don't have to take it off." Ji Xun said with a rare seriousness.
Geng Shu thought about it and walked forward. This time, he didn't resist so much. He knew that if Zhao Jie wanted to grab it, he would have already taken it away in the bathtub. Now he is happy to take it off generously and hand it to Ji Xun. before.
"It looks like this." Ji Xun said softly.
Zhao Jie was still sitting next to Ji Xun, inseparable from him, and now he turned his head and looked at it together with Ji Xun.
Ji Xun looked at Yu Jue and then at Geng Shu, his hands trembled slightly, he returned it to Geng Shu, and smiled helplessly.
"Wang, do you know our father?" Jiang Heng asked.
"No," Ji Xun replied, "I don't know him, but I heard his name and admired him."
Geng Shu was a little disappointed, but Jiang Heng tasted something else.
"General Zhao said that you hold this jade jade that is living in the world." Ji Xun smiled sadly and said, "So, the rumor is true, and the other piece is naturally in the hands of the Jue."
"Shizui?" Jiang Heng didn't remember who it was for a while.
"Yes," Geng Shu said, "Ju Lang gave this half to our father himself."
Only then did Jiang Heng remember that the Ju family was from the Yong family, and Ju Lang was the elder brother of the current Yong king Juicong. Since ancient times, after the death of the father and the son, the elder brother and the younger brother, Juicang died of illness after ten years of succession, and Juicong took over the Yong Kingdom.
"Where did this jade jade come from before?" Jiang Heng asked.
Geng Shu sat back next to Jiang Heng, just like Zhao Jie guarding Ji Xun, guarding Jiang Heng.
The hall was silent for a long time. At the end, Ji Xun opened his mouth and said softly, "It's mine."
Jiang Heng: "…"
"One gold, two jade, three swords and four gods, five kingdoms and six bells, seven mountains and eight rivers, and nine tripods to rule the world." Ji Xun said lightly, "It's a song from a long, long time ago. I didn't expect to see Xingyu in my lifetime."
"What is that?" Jiang Heng asked curiously.
"One gold, the golden seal of the country. The second jade, the yin and yang star jade. The three swords are the Lieguang sword, the Tianyue sword, and the black sword." Ji Xun said lightly, "The four gods are the four gods who protect the world. The six bells were given to the princes of the five kingdoms by the late king, as well as the six ancient bells that remained in the capital of the world."
"I know that there are seven mountains and eight rivers," Jiang Heng said, "but they are the seven mountains and mountains in the land of China, as well as the eight great rivers."
"The nine cauldrons are in the ancestral temple." Ji Xun added, "Your piece of star jade is one of the two juts."
Geng Shu seemed to have expected it for a long time, and asked, "I'm paying you back now?"
"No need," Ji Xun said with a smile, "Since it has already changed hands, it's okay to leave it to you." After speaking, he slowly got up, walked to the sunlight on the side of the black curtain, sighed softly, and said: " It’s not right to say it’s mine, it should be said that the ancient Xing Yujue belonged to the Ji family six hundred years ago.”
"How many times its owner has changed, it's not something belonging to the Ji family." Ji Xun looked at Geng Shu again and said, "This jade is a Yin Jue, a jade that is compatible with Yang Jue, and there is still a Yang Jue, which may be in Juicong's hands. The person who holds the Yin-Yang Er Jue must inherit the destiny and protect the earth, just like this jade seal. I only heard the Taifu say that there is such a jade in the world, but I have never seen it before. A hundred years ago, the juice won the Northern Expedition. Gone it, I wasn't born then."
Jiang Heng understood, this is a symbol of inheritance in the world, no wonder Zhao Jie paid special attention.
"But General Zhao passed on the book at home and I have seen the pattern." Ji Xun said, "If Xingyu is in my hands, I should give him Yin Jue. But the world is huge, and there are many ups and downs of life and death throughout the ages. , the king's way depends, why stick to two pieces of jade?"
"Yes." Jiang Heng sincerely agreed with this sentence.
"While waiting for your mother to return, you can study and practice martial arts by yourself in the palace. General Zhao said, Nie Hai, you are a good material for practicing martial arts," Ji Xun smiled again, and said, "It's a pity that Mrs. I will be old in a few days, and there will be no one in the palace to teach you. I am so busy with other things that I have no time to take care of him. It’s better than every afternoon…”
"I know the characters," Jiang Heng said hurriedly, "I read books at home."
Geng Shu said, "I know it too."
"That's right," Ji Xun said. "I don't need to teach it myself. You can read the books in the palace by yourself."
Ji Xun seemed to be a little tired, so Jiang Heng and Geng Shu voluntarily retired.
"So that's what happened," Jiang Heng said suddenly, "so you are the one who protects the Son of Heaven."
Geng Shu hadn't figured it out yet, but Jiang Heng had already heard it - Geng Shu held the Yin Jue, and Zhao Jie left this piece of jade to him. Did he want to teach him to take up the responsibility of guarding the capital
But Geng Shu was obviously not interested in this, and said, "The Son of Heaven has nothing to do with me. To me, the only thing that matters is you."
The two looked at each other, Geng Shu was drying his clothes, and the young guard who cleaned up did not come today, so Jiang Heng came over with a lot of scrolls to read, while Geng Shu began to clean the palace alone.
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"This book..." Jiang Heng muttered.
"What?" Geng Shu asked.
"It's different from what I've read before." Jiang Heng discovered that although Luoyang's collection of books contains many learnings from various schools of thought, more are the notes left by successive Taishis. From the beginning of Ji's domination of the world, Successive feudal feudal lords, large and small wars, diplomatic strategy and people's livelihood, even if the palace fights, kills father and brother...
… The blood and tears of the dynasties on earth, the world's various forms, are all here, shocking, and the lines of words seem to be full of blood.
"Why is it different?" Geng Shu asked again.
Jiang Heng replied: "No... nothing." He opened a volume of "Liang Ji" and checked the past of Liang Guo. Liang Guo was sealed for 432 years. The history of succession has always been a living history of killing. .
This was something Jiang Heng had never come into contact with before. For the sake of power, there were so many naked|naked|naked evils, which had a great impact on him.
He opened another book in the palace, and after reading it for a while, he stopped and walked to Geng Shu. Geng Shu was washing the screen. Jiang Heng watched it silently for a while, and then squatted down to work with Geng Shu.
"Don't read anymore?" Geng Shu asked.
Jiang Heng didn't speak, and Geng Shu didn't rush him, gave him a cloth, and the two began to wipe the screen.
"You're right," Jiang Heng said suddenly, "All the princes want Ji Xun to die."
Geng Shu said "um", Jiang Heng said: "I know why, the emperor is still there, the princes dare not stand on their own even if they are named, killing his nephew is to make the dynasty disappear from the descendants, so as long as Ji waits for Ji When Xun is dead, they can justifiably fight."
Geng Shu said, "Where did you know about it?"
Jiang Heng gestured to the pile of books.
Geng Shu asked: "Then why don't you just kill him? Isn't it faster?"
Jiang Heng said: "Because no one dares to strike first, whichever country strikes first will be eradicated by the other four countries sending troops. This is a check and balance."
Geng Shu started drying the bedding and said, "So at least we are safe until he dies."
"Not all." Jiang Heng followed behind Geng Shu and said, "What if someone comes to assassinate him, and then put the blame on another country?"
Geng Shu patted the quilt a few times, lowered his head slightly from the quilt, looked at Jiang Heng who was just blocked by the quilt, and said, "So you see? As I said, Luoyang is not safe."
Compared with himself, Jiang Heng was obviously more worried about the safety of the emperor. But Geng Shu's subsequent words dispelled his concerns.
"But the one called Zhao Jie has great martial skills," Geng Shu said. "It's not easy to assassinate Ji Xun."
"Is he strong?" Jiang Heng said.
Geng Shu was a little reluctant, patted the quilt, and said "um" proudly from his nostrils.
"Is it better than you?" Jiang Heng asked again.
Geng Shu raised his eyebrows and said, "What do you think? I don't know."
Jiang Heng said, "I think you are a little bit better than him." Then, he gestured with his finger: "That's it."
Geng Shu did not receive unprincipled praise, but made him more useful. Jiang Heng thought for a while, and then said, "But it's not necessarily. Maybe he's better than you?"
Geng Shu stopped and looked at Jiang Heng.
"Do you really think so?" Geng Shu asked.
Jiang Heng said blankly, "Of course, when did I lie to you?"
Geng Shu seemed to be blessed with a light, which made him unconsciously serious.
"Practicing martial arts is not about being competitive," Geng Shu said. "Let's let him go for the time being, and don't compete with him."
Jiang Heng smiled and said, "That's natural."
He had seen Geng Shu kill with only one sword. Although he had also seen the scene where Geng Shu was beaten by his mother and ran around, in his heart, his mother was number one in the world, and Geng Shu was naturally number two in the world. Undoubtedly.