Changes in the sky
Volume 2: The Edge of Heaven
Chapter 181 Wild Flowers in the Mountains
I was silent all the way and even wondered why I should follow this guy. But after looking at the princess, I thought it would be better to let her hide. After all, he was much more familiar with this place than I was.
And if there really is a thief searching nearby, I can protect her.
This guy suddenly had an opinion about me: "Hey! Me, that big guy."
I really like this sub, mainly because of the tone.
"Hmm? What's up, height?" I replied in a relaxed tone, imitating his tone. The princess obviously found it interesting, and her eyes swept over the two of us one by one.
"Why don't you bring a sword?" He picked up a dry branch from the grass and pointed at my waist.
"I've never learned any sword skills. I'm afraid of hurting myself with that double-edged thing." Once I trust someone, I will be honest. But when it comes to weapons, I suddenly found an omission: "Oh, the bow and arrow were not taken off the horse. I am still a little bit good at archery."
"Girl, take my sister away first and find a place to hide. I'll go back for a while."
"Brother, I'll go with you." The princess sister obviously didn't trust this guy very much.
"Sister, the roads here are all mountainous, and you must be very tired. I come and go quickly." After I finished speaking, I bowed to the man, turned around and left.
In fact, I was also wondering if it was too bold to entrust the princess to this guy whose name I didn't even know.
But I felt relieved because I thought that I was good at judging people and Yinling still recognized me.
I must admit that I have always had great confidence in Yinling, in fact I have never felt less confident; except when I see her acting coquettishly or teaching me a lesson, I feel a little lacking in confidence.
Thinking that the thieves might be here soon, he quickened his pace and soon reached Hei, who was still unconscious.
He slapped the greedy child, smiled and leaned over to get the longbow and quiver from its side. He thought to himself, this is really a big oversight, this longbow is more eye-catching than the horse sleeping in the grass, how can I leave it here
Just as he was taking the bow and arrow off the hook on the saddle, he suddenly felt a flash of light coming from the right. His heart tightened, and he quickly rolled to the left. He saw a sword passing through the sky, and the sound of the sword flying was still ringing in his ears. There were several commotions in the bushes, and several figures were approaching. He quickly stood up, shook the gun, and carved a space for himself in the air.
When he stood up, there were several big men beside him. Different from the black-clad men yesterday, these people were all dressed like country folk.
As if they were intimidated by my reputation, even though they surrounded me, no one rushed to attack me.
There were people in front and behind, and although they didn't get close, they were very close, which was really disturbing, especially since I didn't have a Heavenly Wolf in my hand, which made me feel even more uncertain. Although the stabbing speed was faster and more threatening, I didn't dare to do so. If I stabbed someone to death, I wouldn't have time to draw my gun, and someone might have attacked me with a blade.
Six people, except for one person who was unarmed, stared at me from a distance, staggering two steps forward and two steps back. The others were even closer, surrounding me with swords raised, with no intention of moving forward, let alone giving way.
No one spoke.
I think I got it: "How dare six people come and kill me!"
No one responded, no one moved forward, no one stepped back, as if I had never said anything.
I couldn't waste time like this. Although they didn't shout loudly for their companions, since someone had discovered us, sooner or later more people would come, and they might be reinforcements for the bandits. So I immediately decided to get rid of them first and prevent them from escaping. Fortunately, this spear was much lighter than the Heavenly Wolf. Although it was lighter to swing, it was faster. I just swung it in one direction and it could block the flying sword.
I flicked the gun forward, and the thief in front of me retreated immediately. He didn't fight with me, but just protected himself, not even letting the sword in his hand touch my gun. The thieves behind me were already pressing forward. I was startled, turned the gun head and swept back, and the thieves behind me also retreated immediately, dodging and moving like the thief in front. The thief who was originally being chased by me turned back and attacked me. This time, I changed several targets in front of me and it was like this several times.
This gave me a headache. This group of people seemed to be born in the mountains here. Although they were burly, their steps were very light and they were very flexible. I spent all my strength to chase them, but I couldn't catch up with them, and I couldn't get away from them. If I chased them in one place for too long, there would be sword shadows behind them. Using stillness to control movement was even more annoying, with sword lights flashing everywhere.
I planned to make a feint to the east and attack in the west, but I found that there were dangers in the north and south, and I had to take care of myself. While I was paying attention to protecting myself, the reverse assassination also lost its strength and speed, and was always easily resolved by the thief.
The only thing I can be thankful for is that the princess didn't come with me, otherwise I would be even more embarrassed and unable to decide what to do.
After a period of fruitless efforts, I suddenly thought of the stream next to me. If I could force one of the thieves into the stream, I would be on the shore while he was in the water. I could take advantage of the moment when his feet were frozen and kill him quickly. Then I could cross the stream to the other side, rather than be surrounded by the thieves.
Looking at the thieves by the stream, he turned around and looked at the swordless man who was still wandering in the distance, then he stepped forward a few steps, swung his gun fiercely, and retreated a few feet away from the thieves. He immediately turned around and went straight for the thief's vital points in front of the stream. The thief dodged all the way and was about to go into the water when he suddenly felt some unusual movements in the bushes on the other side of the shore. He felt something was wrong, so he made a plan at that time to wait for the thief to show up before using this tactic to avoid being attacked by both sides in the water.
He turned the spear head, blocked several long swords on the left and right, turned around and attacked the thief behind him again, and finally returned to the original place.
After a while of stalemate, there was no movement on the other side of the stream. I took a breath and decided to follow my previous plan to use the stream water to delay the footsteps of one thief and kill him. If it succeeds, I will turn around and use this method to force the thieves who cut off my retreat into the stream or other places that can delay their steps, and kill them one by one.
In short, the current situation is indeed too unfavorable.
What’s strange is that these people didn’t say a word for such a long time.
If I were them, I would shout something just to distract me, not to mention pretending to shout for reinforcements to scare me and make me impatient.
If I wasn't afraid of attracting more thieves, I would have shouted for a long time. It's a pity that I have such a loud voice. On the battlefield, I always feel that shouting can mobilize my whole body, as if I can swing my weapon more quickly.
He aimed at the thief with his back to the water, turned around again to drive away the other thieves, swung his spear tip, waved his spear, and pushed the thief to the shore. Then he turned around and pushed back the thief who was within the reach of the spear tip. He immediately turned around and attacked the lower body of the thief with his back to the water again. The thief used his sword to protect himself, but he still retreated into the stream. He didn't care about the sword shadow behind him, and stabbed the spear into his neck.
The thief didn't dodge after all, and fell into the cold spring stream with the gun I hadn't pulled out yet. The only pity was that his sword also fell into the water.
I took the initiative to abandon the gun, because if I had time to pull it out, I would have been stabbed in the back by four sharp blades. I rushed forward, picked up the abandoned sword in the water, and then swung it back with all my strength, using my arm span to block several sword lights. Then I stood in the water facing the shore, slowly moving backwards, avoiding the weeds that seemed to be occupied, and slowly retreating downstream. The current was not strong, and it did not submerge my legs, and it did not particularly affect my legs, but there was a cold feeling that came up along my legs... I seemed to feel hungry.
The remaining bandits did not mind the death of their companions. Some of them followed me into the water, while others stayed on the shore and followed my steps and continued to climb up.
The thief, who had thrown the sword at me but failed, quickly crossed the stream, leaned over and parted the grass to search for the sword he had thrown at me, and slowly disappeared into the stream.
Immediately, a sword and a man emerged from the bushes one after another.
But I didn't see the thief come out. It was another man holding a long sword. It was the first time I noticed that the sword was so long. Maybe that man was too short.
The other thieves didn't seem to realize that the people coming in and out were different people, and they continued to move closer to me.
This other person also joined the ranks of those who attacked me, but his footsteps were very light.
I am not good at using a sword, and I feel that the double-edged sword is somewhat threatening to me. Even when holding a sword, I usually use brute force. This time, I still decided to go for it, swinging the sword back and forth with my long arms to force everyone to pay full attention to me. In fact, it's not that I don't want to kill a thief with a quick sword, but I have to use some strength because I have a handicap. Fortunately, the four thieves are in front of me, and there is no worry behind me. I can use most of my strength when swinging, which is indeed more terrifying.
The newcomer took advantage of this opportunity, walked closer, raised his sword and slashed it down. It turned out that he was very good at swordsmanship. Immediately, two thieves' bodies fell into the water.
The people on the shore were obviously distracted by this incident and were looking at the uninvited guest. I seized the opportunity, stepped ashore in two steps, raised my sword and killed another thief. In a split second, the other thief's sword also flew out of his hand, but he was much more accurate, and his sword penetrated him... It really penetrated him, and I could even hear the sound of the thief's bones breaking.
"Hey, guy, can't you leave me a living person and let me find out who assigned this so that I can testify against him later?" I was quite ungrateful.
"Huh, big guy, didn't you realize that they are all deaf and dumb?" The guy was quite disdainful of my questioning.
"How do you know?"
"Didn't you notice that they never said a word from beginning to end, and when they died, they didn't even make a sound?"
Yes, one sentence woke me up.
"Is this your first time killing someone?" I saw that his expression didn't look like it was his first time killing someone, and his technique didn't look like it either, but I still decided to ask. Because this place, this person, his swordsmanship was so clean and neat, and his mind was so clear, it all made me feel a little strange.
"No, besides ordinary people seeking refuge in the mountains, there were also bandits. They robbed our village, so the adults taught us martial arts. When I was twelve or thirteen years old, I had to follow the adults in the village to resist the bandits." His face was very calm.
"Your village? Here?"
"No, it's far to the south, I'm just staying here temporarily."
I should quickly check if these people have any tokens or something like that. But after a few moments, he suddenly asked in surprise, "Where's my sister?"
"That girl insisted on following me, so I tied her up in the bamboo forest and gagged her." This guy really doesn't take the princess seriously. Come to think of it, the outer clothes are my own and the inner ones are eunuch clothes.
He stamped his feet and said, "You are a reckless guy." He quickly ran to Hei, picked up the bow and arrow and longbow, pulled the spear from the thief's neck in the water, and quickly pulled the guy back to find the princess.
If these people are deaf-mutes, then the mastermind behind the scenes must have done it on purpose. Since they have found the deaf-mutes, I guess they won't have any evidence. But if the princess is injured by a wild animal in the bamboo forest, I will kill this bold guy first.
Soon they arrived at the place where the man claimed to have tied up the princess, but they only saw a few pieces of straw ropes thrown on the ground, but no princess.
"If anything happens to my sister, I will kill you! I trusted you so much!" I was almost furious.
The bastard looked calm as he picked up the rope from the ground and examined it. "Since you trust me, I have to be honest with you, right? Come on! Follow me, those two people should be here to save the princess. You see, I tied a knot and it was cut open by a knife. It should have been my hatchet. I live behind the bamboo forest, very close, maybe they heard your sister asking for help."
This bamboo forest is quite lush. I thought I couldn't get through many places, but he turned left and right very flexibly. After going around left and right, he was able to find his own way everywhere and went up all the way without any difficulty.
Of course, it is more difficult for me.
I have to admit that where a person of my stature can easily get through, I would bump into bamboo everywhere and have my clothes torn by branches on the ground. The six-foot long bow must also be very annoying in this bamboo forest, and it and the quiver are often caught.
After a while, I finally walked out of the bamboo forest and when I reached a wide area, I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
What caught my eye was two girls smiling at me, followed by a round of greetings, from her to me and him, in front of a bamboo house.
I couldn't help but let out a long sigh again. There was no need to explain anything. The princess had no hatred towards the little guy, and the little guy had no apology towards the princess. She had no attachment to me, and I had no concern for her.
"Girl, do you have anything to eat?" I wanted to change the atmosphere, and found that I was really hungry.
"Go up and over the hill. There are many birds and beasts in the valley below. I have some bamboo shoots and wild vegetables. They won't fill a big guy like you."
That guy always said he didn't know how to cook and didn't care what he ate. But I couldn't and didn't want to let Princess Sister cook, or just eat some wild vegetables. After all, I have lived in the wild for a long time. I am not very good at hunting, but I have some experience.
"Okay, if you have any dry food or something, I'll go right away." I felt that it was really not good to say anything here. Although Yiren was smiling at me, I didn't know what kind of ugly face I had now. And looking at her smiling face, it seemed as if I was a relative of hers, but definitely not a lover.
I still feel a little pain in my heart, so I'd better find something to do.
The little guy was very dissatisfied with me, but he still took out a cloth bag from his backpack: "Here, here are some roasted yams, wild products from the mountains, the color is a bit strange, I roasted them this morning and planned to use them as dry food. Don't eat them if you see them outside. Most of the yams in the mountains are poisonous when they are raw. They are okay after they are cooked or roasted. Although they are very fragrant, don't eat too much, or you will have diarrhea."
"Thank you." I didn't care about the last sentence at all. I said to the princess and the others, "I'll go first. I'll be back within two hours, whether I get anything or not. Guys, protect them well."
"Okay, okay, I haven't eaten meat for a while, so I'll bring back more. But don't kill the females and the young ones, as this is the time for birds and animals to reproduce." He was really rude to me, and I didn't seem to have any etiquette with him. But I think he had some consideration in his last sentence.
I don't know his name yet, but we feel like friends who have known each other for a long time. To be honest, his temperament is very similar to mine.
Maybe that's why I trust him so much.
Of course, after seeing their smiles, I believed that my trust was right.
But I was indeed a bit rude. I should have at least asked the person's name or courtesy name, especially since he already knew mine.
I came back in less than an hour. Although I trusted her, I still felt that there were thieves around, so I had to be careful. It was better to protect the princess as soon as possible, and of course, her.
Of course I didn't return empty-handed, I carried back a beast I thought should be called a buck, and I also shot two rabbits in front of me, which I hung around my waist. After shooting a buck, I felt that I could go back.
I think the deer's sex tasted pungent, but the flesh was quite comfortable. The rest was that the deer's body gradually became stiff, and I can't remember anything else.
Climbing the mountain is tiring, but after eating all those red and purple roasted yams, everything is fine.
The princess was obviously very happy about my return, but Huang Yi thought it was normal. The little guy said that he was not very good at dealing with these animals with skin and fur, but I didn't cut the blood vessels of these animals and let them bleed, for fear of attracting wild beasts. Now the blood must have dried up in the bodies of these animals, and I was afraid that their meat would have a fishy smell. The little guy thought I actually knew this, and I said that I had lived in the mountains for a while and was even chased by a large group of hunting dogs.
I asked him for the long sword and went to the back of the house to clean up the deer. Actually, I had never done this before, but I had lived with Lieya's tribe for a while and saw it every day, so I knew how to do it. It was just that it was disgusting to deal with the deer's offal, but it was not convenient to let others do it. The guy looked at the sword he had seized and said he would find another knife for me. I also felt that although I didn't like using swords, using a sword to dig out the deer's internal organs did feel like burning the piano and cooking the crane, which was unrefined.
His kitchen knife was ugly and not very easy to use, but he had to make do with it.
I was a little hesitant before starting the fire, but when I saw that there was still fog in the bamboo forest, I felt relieved.
Although this is in the mountains, his house does have some onions, garlic, peppers, a bamboo jar with a lot of coarse salt, and some crude pottery pots and jars. Although it is a bit choking to use these seasonings and utensils, I still stay in his shed with the door closed to avoid too much smoke. I stewed deer meat with young bamboo shoots and roasted rabbit meat, and had lunch with the yams with everyone. And she seemed to have endless things to say to the princess. Fortunately, I have never been a rich kid. Although there are two family members to take care of us, Yinling and I often do housework. Of course, Yinling does much more, and I can't do it well, but at least I can do it, especially after Yinling fell ill, I would take a cattail leaf fan and fan the medicine jars very hard at the stove.
The young man spoke on behalf of the other three people and said that my cooking skills are good, and of course the good raw materials are the main reason.
Princess, this was the best meal she had ever had.
I believe that my cooking skills are far inferior to those of the chefs in the palace. She praised my dishes so much because she was too hungry. I was surprised by the princess's calmness. She should have known our situation, but she was not nervous at all and could still say such things. It was really amazing and admirable. I have encountered this situation many times. Even when Huang Yi and I were together, we encountered this kind of crisis moment.
What was even more surprising was that she didn't even blame him for his disrespectful behavior in the bamboo forest. Instead, she continued talking like a good friend.
The tall man seemed to see what I was thinking. He interrupted my daze and came closer to explain that my sister felt safe with me and that this was a kind of trust.
When he said this, the smile on his face didn't seem so annoying.
I finally started to ask him about his name and courtesy name. His surname is Ge, and his given name is Ge Liang, without a courtesy name. He didn't let me introduce myself, saying that he knew everything from those two women. I said that his name was very similar to a member of my family, and after hearing my name Kong Ming, he said that they were from the same family. I was surprised to know how Ge and Zhuge were from the same family, and he laughed at me for my shallow knowledge without hesitation, saying that Zhuge was the surname Ge of Zhucheng, and he changed his name to Zhuge after moving to another place.
He was born in the mountains, in a valley far to the south. When the Party was imprisoned, his parents went into hiding with a group of people who were falsely accused of being members of the Party. They built a mountain village a few dozen miles south of here, and they were able to make a living. However, his mother died while giving birth to him, and his father also passed away when he was a teenager.
I asked him how he got such good sword skills. He said that his uncle from the same village who was a former military commander taught him. But his knowledge of medicinal herbs was taught by a wandering doctor. He came from Jingzhou in the south, crossing the mountains and ridges. The road to the mountains from the north was always blocked by soldiers. He spent half a year and came back, and spent another month before he arrived at Liang's village.
The doctor called himself Hua Tuo, and he cured many people in the village of their long-standing illnesses, but he did not ask for anything in return. He just asked about some things. He came here to find a legendary herbal medicine.
The benefactor wanted to prepare a medicine that would make the patient feel no pain, so that it would be much easier for him to perform surgery on the patient.
The benefactor also said that he had planted the Datura flower introduced from Shendu in the south. The flower can only grow in warm and sunny places. It will die in the bitter cold. It has the effect of calming the mind and anesthetizing, and it does not feel pain. But this flower has heat toxicity, which can make people lose their souls and even die without treatment. He also heard that there is another kind introduced from the mountains of the Western Regions, which also has the same effect, so he wanted to combine the two medicines, perhaps the yin and yang can be harmonized, and the toxicity of Datura can be restrained.
However, before the heavy snow closed the mountain that winter, Doctor Hua was not found and had to leave temporarily. He had to go back to Jingzhou. There were floods in Jingzhou in spring and summer that year. He had to prepare for the possible epidemic in the spring of the next year. Liang, who lost his parents, decided to help Hua Tuo, but he only knew the trivial information about this flower before Hua Tuo left - and even these were heard by Hua Engong from other people.
Liang searched everywhere until one day, he saw the flowers here blooming at night in the moonlight. He smelled the fragrance, and then fell asleep on a stone nearby until sunset the next day.
So he lived near this flower. He was a child who grew up in the mountains, so it was no problem for him to live here. He joked with me: If he could eat so much meat, he would be taller than me.
He suddenly sighed, very seriously. Unlike Ziyu's inexplicable sigh, he sighed seriously, of course he had been talking seriously for a long time. In view of this, I didn't say a word, just listened quietly.
"So I had heard of you before I met Sister Huang." It seems that Mr. Hua also mentioned me. "He half-jokingly said at the time that it would be great if you could get hold of Lin Yuan. You would definitely help him find her. Also, if you have the chance to come here, I will definitely find you and ask you for a favor. He thinks you are a trustworthy person."
I said, that is indeed my duty. But I said I can help him take it out, because Mr. Hua's son works in my country, so this kind of thing is much more convenient.
The man immediately became very solemn, a complete change from his previous appearance. He took out many bamboo tubes from the house and explained to me one by one, saying this is the seed, that is the flower, this is the root, and that bucket is the whole plant, etc. He also drew different marks on them with a sword. This medicine usually blooms at this time. If the weather is a little warmer, the flower will wither. However, if the weather is suddenly cold before April and then warms up, it can bloom again. This year, this flower has bloomed twice. He was afraid that the efficacy would be different, so he collected it for the second time this morning. Of course, the black friend should be severely criticized, but I can't escape the blame.
On the afternoon of the Shangsi Festival, the sun was still in the clouds and the mountains were still shrouded in mist, but it did not prevent the two girls from staying inside the house while Liang and I were chatting happily outside. It was as if there were no thieves at all. I felt that most thieves were probably deaf-mute, so we could sing loudly without any problems. The two girls were obviously someone I had met before and were chatting happily. I vaguely heard the princess mentioning various things in the Liyuan Garden. The princess was so brave that she was not afraid of mentioning those things. In fact, even now I still feel a little uneasy.
The fog in the bamboo forest is also very beautiful. In late spring, the mountains look like mid-spring. The bamboo forest is filled with slowly drifting fog. The yellow dead leaves dye the low-hanging clouds, but also reveal the green bamboo joints. The bamboo forest a little further away is shadowy in the mist, transformed into thousands of troops with flags fluttering. The most wonderful thing is the flowers in between, as if fairies suddenly show off a red skirt here and wave purple long sleeves there.
I asked Ge Liang if he was willing to go down the mountain with me. He asked why. He had lived in the mountains all his life and had never seen what the mountains looked like. He had only heard adults talk about it, but most of the descriptions were not good. I said that your life is really short.
I actually don't know what you can do after you come down the mountain. But I don't want to lose a friend I can talk to. Most of my closest friends are far away from me; most of my close friends are thousands of miles away from me. I only know that you can do something.
He needs to think about it.
Actually, I am worried. I think his heart is really pure, very much like the ideal version of myself I hope to be.
But I'm not.
What would happen if he came to our world
Being forced to pay respect to me in front of everyone and call me lord
He was forced to pretend to be friendly and drink happily with the flatterers.
I couldn't help but break out in a sweat, and I blurted out, "You'd better not come out. There are so many things in the world outside that you may not understand."
He said, then you might as well come to the mountains and live in their village in the south, where there are more people.
I have to go out. For the sake of the people of this world, I have to go out. I shoulder a great responsibility and I cannot give up.
He thought for a while and said that his parents were gone and he was alone, so it would be nice for him to accompany me out.
I was not too happy that he was willing to follow me, and he was not too sad about leaving the mountains where he had lived for more than ten years.
I was still a little worried, so I casually asked him if he could read and write. He looked down on me and said, "Of course I can."
I became even more worried.
Suddenly, I heard the sound of dogs barking in the distance, and there was more than one dog. I was shocked. I didn't expect that such thieves would use hunting dogs to find me. Although the endless bamboo forest in front of me could prevent the thieves from coming in, it couldn't stop them for too long.
I quickly called the two women in the house to follow me and leave. I quickly carried the herbs that Hua Engong needed and left.
Suddenly, a melodious flute sound was heard. Compared with ordinary flutes, the sound of this flute was quite unique.
I laughed.
"Hey, lead the way out. Our people are coming."
He turned around and smiled, "Sister, your brother-in-law is here with someone."
This time, the guy had some conscience and took the bamboo tube. He also reminded me to keep my heart, arms, etc. safe when I went out. But he still asked me how I knew the people outside were my own people.
I explained that it was my flute. My flute is not only a musical instrument, but also has a silver thorn in the middle that can be used as a weapon, so the sound is strange and you can tell it at once. The princess was surprised that Brother Zirui could play the flute. I could only make some noises, and then I had to explain the story of the lotus flower blood-dripping thorn and the long bamboo flute outside. The story was not long, enough to be told before leaving, and the three of them sighed.
In the forest, the barking of dogs became louder, which frightened the princess and Huang Yi so much that they both stepped back.
I shouted, "The princess is here, call back the hounds immediately."
When he turned out, he saw Lao Er sitting on his horse with a sly grin on his face, the captain beside him put down the flute and smiled, the ** next to him had a silly smile on his face, and shèyuan also had a silly smile on his face.
Behind me, Brother Zhongdao was looking at me, his eyes full of tenderness and a smile that didn't quite match his status as a doctor and chief priest, but at least he looked a bit more upright.
After everyone got off their horses and some introductions and courtesies were completed, the princess got on her horse and left first. Everyone saw her off respectfully, leaving me alone and I couldn't help but ask the second brother a lot of questions.
The second son was really busy. He was a little dumbfounded when he saw the second prince in women's clothing, but the captain just sat there for more than half a minute and then went out. Then he went to summon the family generals and soldiers he could mobilize, including those of his teacher, his father, his own, and mine. He even sent the captain to me to recruit ** and my guards, and took away the flute thorn and a few clothes I hadn't washed yet. According to Yinling, accompanied by Lord Situ and Song, she had gone to Kunming Lake a day in advance to wait with the sisters to celebrate Shangsi and accept the emperor's blessing. Yinling was obviously a little worried about **, so she asked Sheyuan to come and help watch him. So the two came from Pingle together. I think it's safe for Yinling to leave **, but it's not good to call Yuan. Yuan is about to get married, and she has to arrange a marriage quickly. On the occasion of Shangsi Festival, it is the day for young men and women to meet and have sex. Yinling is not doing this properly.
Finally, he went to the Quantai Palace to find a large number of hunting dogs, and asked those "dog officials" to take them and then incorporated them into the private army. The soldiers were divided into two groups, one group took our original route, and the other group took a roundabout way to Taiyi Mountain. After walking for three hours on Taiyi Mountain, it was already past midnight, and they set off on this group. This is why they are late. When the captain saw that I was not among the crowd of the third team going down the mountain, the second brother clapped his hands and sighed: I knew that the third guy would do this! When the third team did not find the princess, they clapped their hands again and said helplessly: What does the third guy want
I could only explain that the princess was worried that something had happened to me, so she came back to look for me. I didn't pay attention to what they said afterwards, but I did notice that Brother Zhongdao and she were sitting on the same horse and talking and laughing about something.
After he finished his chatter, he mounted his horse and hurried back with the princess.
On the way, he asked Brother Zhongdao why he was here? Ziyu found that the doctor was making arrangements in the Taoist temple on Mount Taiyi. When he told the nerd about this, he was surprised that he had been making arrangements these days, so Miss Huang went to the mountains to explore the scenic spots by herself. Because she had traveled alone outside before, Brother Zhongdao, the nerd, did not worry about her staying overnight alone, and said that there were many detached houses in the mountains, so it was not a big deal. However, at this point, the nerd finally remembered the business, and hurriedly said goodbye, and took Miss Huang to Mount Taiyi again. The second elder ordered the captain to bring some people to protect the doctor.
I asked the second brother why he brought the dog. One reason was to search for thieves, and the other was to look for me. He found that I had not washed my clothes.
I said, "That's right," and casually took the clothes and put them on. The second brother then looked carefully at the clothes that the princess was still wearing, which almost dragged on the ground, and couldn't help but smile.
The second brother asked who that person was, "I am a herbal farmer in the mountains. I was saved by him and hid in his home." He looked at him and thought he had some skills, but he was very brave to live in this place. If Shanglinyuan Ling and his men had not been cleared out long ago, Zishi would not have had time to check this place, otherwise he would have been in trouble.
I changed the subject and asked them if they had captured any prisoners alive. Those they had captured were all deaf-mute and illiterate, so we could not get anything out of them. We also found some people who had committed suicide, but we had no clues about their belongings, weapons, or even their appearance.
That night, I went back to Pingleguan. Yinling hadn't returned yet. Almost everyone in Pingleguan had gone with Yinling, leaving only a few guards. I arranged for the men to live in, and asked the ** and the guards to accompany me to wander around the garden. I went back to my room, sat in the empty room, changed my clothes, looked at my ribs, and after thinking it over, I cut a small wound with my sword, went to soak in the hot spring, and bandaged it myself.
The emperor did not know about this until the next day, and naturally he was furious. To prevent any accidents, only the four regents and the Marquis of Qin were present when he was informed of this.
The emperor really wanted to investigate Zishi's crime. He was immediately stopped by me and Ziyu. He said that after Zishi became the chief of the northwest, he had become a local lord. In order to avoid suspicion, he should not command troops in Shanglin, so he entrusted the military power to Ziyu. Therefore, everything was planned and arranged by Ziyu and me, and had nothing to do with the general of the cavalry. The emperor was relieved and praised Zishi as a loyal minister. Although he was young, he knew how to act. In this way, the northwest would be worry-free. The emperor was so easy to fool. It was really necessary to have trustworthy ministers to assist in the government, and there must be no flatterers and cliques in the palace.
The emperor saw that my face was pale and asked me if I was injured. When I rushed out of the garden, I was ambushed and shot with an arrow. Because the princess was on the horse and I was protecting her, I didn't have time to dodge completely and was slightly scratched under my left rib. Except for this person, the other thieves were incompetent and could be killed at will. I didn't mention the tall man, and the third brother didn't mention it either.
The emperor asked how these thieves could be so bold as to hurt the prince. I said that there was something fishy going on and then asked the emperor how many iron wolf swords were forged that His Majesty had bestowed upon them.
The emperor was very natural.
I ordered people to bring out two Iron Wolf swords and asked Your Majesty if he could identify which one was given by Your Majesty.
The godfather was obviously a little surprised and came down to take a closer look.
Then he was very angry, and first ordered people to summon Jingzhao Yin Sima Fang. His father mentioned that it was actually to find the chief architect. Your Majesty nodded, gave a name, and asked for that person to be brought over.
In a moment, this person arrived, and the emperor angrily demanded to know how to explain this matter.
This man did not look frightened at all. However, the Li Garden in Taiyi Mountain had been uninhabited for a long time, so the evil spirit was too heavy. A few days ago, he had asked Your Majesty if it was inappropriate for Your Majesty to visit this garden in Taiyi. Your Majesty said that my child Zi Rui would be able to suppress this evil spirit. He asked me to find a few items of Yuehou to suppress the evil spirit in the Li Garden.
The emperor seemed to recall something and nodded yes.
I happened to hear that the Jingzhao Yin Sima was ordered by Your Majesty to supervise the making of a wolf tooth dagger to be given to the Yue Marquis. So I asked Sima to make another one and seal it under the floor of this garden. Your Majesty can send someone to find Jingzhao Yin Sima to ask him, and then you will know that what I said is true.
The emperor suddenly realized.
However, I think this seemingly self-evident explanation may not be as simple as this. Li Yuan's yin energy is too strong and he may only be able to deceive the emperor. Of course, deceiving the emperor will be enough.
His biggest suspicion was that His Majesty was not frightened at all during his rage, and his speech was not nervous or stammering, as if he had known about this and had been preparing for it for a long time. Thinking of the villa by the Luo River, I felt that what I had thought before was absolutely correct.
But I won’t dwell on this any further.
So the matter came to an end, and His Majesty gave up the idea of going to Mount Taiyi to offer sacrifices in person this year. We also thought it would be better to put the matter aside for the time being, as that shooter was obviously the biggest taboo for everyone.
After the meeting, I chatted for a while with my father and teacher, Brother Meng De. The three elders basically understood what was going on, but they just didn't talk much about it. Only Brother Meng De seemed to have other thoughts.
Yinling was waiting for me outside the hall. Seeing the color on my face, she immediately rushed towards me nervously, and before I could hug her and comfort her that she was fine, my father came out and called us to the side hall.
"Sheyuan reported that you are fine, but why are you so pale this morning? I just asked the imperial physician to come over and check on you right away."
I told my father all my thoughts. He asked me why I had to do this. If I didn't do this, he would definitely die. My father was surprised and asked me why I had to do this.
I once demonstrated my shooting skills at the Imperial Academy, and could hit the wick of a lamp without error from a distance of a hundred steps. Who is greater, me or the wick? Both times I was a hundred steps away from him.
He had spared my life with the first arrow on the plank road, and he had controlled the strength of the second arrow to hit my clothes. He didn't want to kill me, but he spared me twice because of his master's order. I had already spared him once in the garden, and I can cover up for him this time, so we are even. He may be able to be used by us in the future, which is a good thing.
My father asked me how I knew it was the same person. I said that even if he was caught, his master could deny it. Because he had originally served under someone else, at most he could push all the blame onto his former master. Moreover, with only his one-sided statement, he would not be able to prove his master without evidence, and he might even die somewhere inexplicably. This master was the only one who had this condition, and at the same time he could see if this person was really loyal to him. This idea was indeed a bit vicious.
But I was puzzled as to why this lord wanted to kill me. In the fiefdom, his family had benefited the most, and most of his disciples and former officials in the court held real power, and they had never offended him in the past.
After hearing what I said, my father fell into deep thought.
Suddenly, my father sat up and mentioned something as if he had realized something: the enfeoffment has always been beneficial to the Xianbei in the war, and even the land of Shuowei in Hetao has been taken back. Guanzhong is surrounded on three sides by Zhao of my father, Chu of my teacher, and Qin of my son-in-law, and Tongguan and Hanguguan are barriers in the east. After the crown prince was decided, another prince was going to be enfeoffed with a city in this place to prevent people with ulterior motives from seeing it as a rare treasure and then seizing it to establish it. In order to be on the safe side, my father wanted to suggest that the emperor move the capital to Chang'an, which would be safe and convenient for taking care of the other prince. This matter has been discussed with the teacher and Meng De, and the teacher agreed, and Meng De also said it was feasible. This time I came to Shanglin, after discussing with the emperor, to come here to tour and see the situation first. The emperor has been somewhat tempted, after all, the Shanglin Garden on Taiyi Mountain is here, and Chang'an is the first capital of our Han Dynasty. But this time, the Qiang people's rebellion poured cold water on my father's idea, and the emperor has not mentioned this matter again. If important officials like me, princes and princesses were attacked, injured or even killed in Shanglin Garden again, then moving the capital would no longer be possible.
I had not heard about the relocation of the capital before, but now that I think about it, it is indeed safer to make Chang'an the capital in the current situation. At least in the future, when we mobilize troops against the princes of Guandong, we will not be afraid that these princes will use the name of clearing the court to attack the imperial capital. Whether from Qin or Zhao, reinforcements can be mobilized faster. And the teacher can send troops to intercept their retreat at any time, which is really fast. But the continuous incidents here really make everyone feel that relocating the capital is not appropriate.
The visit of the Imperial Physician interrupted our discussion. The result of the diagnosis showed that I had lost more blood, but everything else was fine. My father was relieved. I asked him not to mention this to my mother. My father nodded and left with a heavy heart. The Imperial Physician packed his medicine box and told me to go back and rest quickly, as it was about to rain outside.
I head, even though I didn’t pay attention to the weather outside, I did know that it was going to change.