Delong

Chapter 140: A Journey Through the Sea of ​​Bitterness (7)

The eldest princess' condition deteriorated very rapidly.

There is no way, I am old, and I got sick suddenly on the way, it is really difficult, I dare not even move.

In fact, the level of medical treatment in this world is higher than the superficial cognition, mainly due to the efforts of the two supreme beings, Qing Di Ye and Bai Di Ye.Qingdi Temple's herbalism and Baidi Temple's surgical operations are well-known, and they also provide an extensive medical system in disguise.For the nobles, the Qing Emperor's Longevity True Qi is a type of True Qi that is suitable for warming... This is why the Longevity True Qi is rotten on the street.

Of course, the cultivation base of true qi is an auxiliary after all, and it is one of many variables. Only when the cultivation base reaches the completion of the Zhengmai will the body be obviously stronger, and the life span will be significantly improved when the master is reached, and the great master has to pass through that hurdle It is possible to obtain the sublimation of the life form only when the status is Jackie Chan and Immortal.

And these are out of reach for most people.

As the absolute top five honorable person in this world, the Eldest Princess cannot escape life, old age, sickness and death.

For several days, the entire territory of Longxi County was full of messengers. Officials and dignitaries from all walks of life in Guanzhong were frantically sending doctors and medicines. I don’t know how many old doctors and Taoist priests were killed halfway. The team, on the other hand, was eerily quiet.

The masters of long-lived true qi below Duke Niu basically all lived in Guanfengxing Hall, taking turns to renew the life of the eldest princess, but Zhang Xing, who accidentally obtained the temporary command of the small half of Guanfengxing Hall, soon realized that It's here - the eldest princess is hopeless at all, she is just borrowing so many immortal qi masters to delay her life, and then she is waiting for something or someone.

And these two soon appeared.

The son-in-law and grandson of Princess Dachang, that is, Ma Rui and his son Ma Hong, who stayed behind in Taiyuan, did not know what method they used...whether it was a fast horse rotation, or a condensed pill master rotation...Anyway, they arrived at the end of July Weiyuan is here.

On the contrary, it is the only daughter of the eldest princess, and I am afraid that she will be in trouble, and she will be late.

And with the arrival of Ma Rui, Ma Hong and his son, everyone knew that the Eldest Princess' life would be over.

Sure enough, the Ma family and his son arrived on July [-]th, and on the afternoon of the second day, that is, in the evening of July [-]th, there was a sudden burst of crying inside the palace, and the surrounding palace officials and eunuchs also cried with them. Even the officials and sergeants in the western patrol team all bowed their heads solemnly.

The crying that night shook the entire Wei River.

In the middle of the night, Zhang Xing learned some details from some of the beiya father-in-law who came out to look for food - it is said that the eldest princess was completely relieved when she saw her grandson, and then she just grabbed the saint's sleeve repeatedly throughout the day Pleading, saying that she has experienced a lot, she has seen it for a long time, and she is not afraid of death, but she has only one daughter and one son-in-law in this life, and the granddaughter is dead, and there is only one grandson. All personal property was transferred to the son-in-law, and the grandson was married to a princess of the right age, and the daughter's family was allowed to grow old safely and richly.

This is basically what everyone guessed, and the saint has no reason to refuse, and even directly sealed Ma Rui to an astonishing [-] households.

Not only that, after all, the eldest princess is the saint's last relative and peer, and it is estimated that the saint is also soft-hearted, so although the eldest princess herself did not ask for it, but at night, there was still a decree in the hall, which was to let Xidu There, she went to tidy up the imperial tomb of the former emperor, that is, the husband of the eldest princess, and prepared to let her sister be buried with her husband in the ceremony of a queen.

At the same time, the team immediately turned back to the east, preparing to return to Daxing. Prime Minister Su Wei and Zuo Cheng Zhang Shizhao went first to prepare for related affairs.

And at this time, Zhang Xing suddenly got an unexpected task - Duke Niu sent someone to summon him and eleven other officers to guard the coffin where the eldest princess temporarily parked.

It was only after they entered that they realized that the twelve people were all cultivating ice qi, and they were worried that the eldest princess would stink.

The job is very easy. Twelve people work in three shifts to ensure that the ice in the coffin where the eldest princess is lying does not melt.

Of course, this is not the point, the point is that although it was only a momentary glimpse from the side, Zhang Xing finally got to see the face of the saint - the beard is very vigorous, and it is bearded, at first glance, it looks like a hairy monster.

However, the Maoren saint only came to visit two days ago. After the team got on the schedule, the coffin where the eldest princess was stored was moved to the end of the Guanfengxing Hall, and the saint did not come any more, only the queen and several emperors Concubine, with several princesses, and Ma's father and son came to guard in turn.

Zhang Xing was naturally happy and relaxed.

Although his task has not changed from the beginning to the end, he is to reach out and hold one of the four metal handles protruding from the coffin to act as a human-shaped power bank...but there is no hairy man who can decide life or death by his side, and he always Still very comfortable.

In this way, on August [-]th, the two moons were in full circle, and the hurried team returned to Chencang in Fufeng County. When they arrived here, they had arrived at the core of the Guanzhong Plain, and everyone should have stopped being tense.

But during the day, two things happened, which made the atmosphere of the western tour team even more tense.

One is the rain in the upper reaches of the Qianshui River in front, which caused floods to flood and swell, and damaged the pontoon bridge when they came. Even if you are in a hurry, you may need to dismantle and reinstall the Guanfeng Temple; the other is the group of Wu people who have been following from Weiyuan The leader asked for farewell on the grounds of the princess's funeral, and waited until Tianshu was completed.

In fact, this is not to say that these two things are outrageous, they are both very normal things, but the problem is that they both make the saint feel bad.

The saint was in a bad mood, and the entire west tour team had to tremble.

The leader of the Wu tribe was asked to continue accompanying him.

As for Jianshui, the sage refused to dismantle the hall, and asked to build a large pontoon bridge after the flood fell, and then return.

The eldest princess is dead, and no one dares to persuade this hairy saint, so he can only respond.

And on this day, as the Mid-Autumn Festival, the tens of thousands of troops on the west tour can only live in fear.Even Zhang Xing was a little stunned, because that night was his shift in the middle of the night.

In the middle of the night, Deputy Zhang Changjian and the other three officers of the Fifth Army entered the interior of the carpeted hall, but they were walking cautiously...that is, Bai Yousi nodded slightly when he met the hanging dragon seal and held the long sword on the way. .

Then, there is the boring night watch.

Ma Rui, father and son, and a seven or eight-year-old little princess who had been promised to Ma Hong belonged to filial piety, and they were still guarding in front of the coffin, but they had already fallen asleep. The officers, who were considered masters in the cultivation of ice zhenqi, looked at each other in blank dismay, but none of them dared to be lazy, so they could only stand erect while holding their hands.

This night should have passed so peacefully.

Then, about half an hour later, Zhang Xing was suddenly startled by the movement at the front of the hall - scolding, shouting, and noise, making a mess, as if a fire had suddenly started.

But soon, when the seven or eight-year-old little princess was awakened by rubbing her eyes, the movement stopped abruptly in reverse, causing the princess to turn over, leaving Harazi in front of her aunt and mother-in-law's coffin again. He fell asleep in the arms of the maid.

If it wasn't for the other three officers, Ma Rui who stayed behind in Taiyuan, and a father-in-law of Beiya who were there to test each other with their eyes, Zhang Xing would almost have thought it was just an auditory hallucination.

Soon, someone came.

"Zhang Xing." Niu Dugong walked over quickly, but almost silently, after glancing at all the people present, he directly called the names in the surprise of others. "Go out and ask your people to come in. At least ten people are required... Come in through the side back door on the right."

Zhang Xing didn't know why, but he hurriedly left from the small door at the back of the hall while the others lowered their heads and pretended not to hear, and then quickly called ten Fulongwei who were already on duty scattered outside, and directly followed the instructions Route back.

"Vice Changjian Zhang." After hastily turning back, he bumped into Niu Dugong head-on again, who stood with his hands tied in front of the hall, speaking more and more seriously. "You are a smart person, there are some things that I don't need to teach... I will go in later, you take your people and hide next to the saint's bedroom, don't worry about anything else, just see if your Bai Changjian activates Fulong Once the seal is activated, you will bring people out to arrest them; and if your family Bai Chang cannot be detected, you are just an imperial guard... Do you understand?"

Zhang Xing nodded heavily, as if he was so calm, but actually his heart was already bursting.

Don't talk about the reason, just say that Bai Yousi really needs to use the Fulong Seal, then he can't guarantee that he will take someone... Taking advantage of this opportunity, chopping up that hairy man with one knife, can it speed up the process of history?
You know, Zhang Xing has been honest and honest by the Xingdian, first of all he is worried about Niu Dugong and Mao Ren himself.

Niu Dugong is a master, a master of the heaven list, he saw with his own eyes that he was as tyrannical as He Ruohuaibao, a nearly invincible master in the condensing period, who bleeds all over his body when he slapped him, and died directly; Sure, but considering that he is the orthodox master of the world at this time, and when things like cultivation reach a high level, it will naturally be combined with "ruling" itself, so the other party is at least Cheng Dan, and at the most he cannot have the dignity of a great master.

And now once the Fulong Seal is used, what do you two say?
And it's still in the dark, and the sanctioned party probably has at least one grandmaster, and Bai Yousi is likely to be on his side, coupled with his familiarity with the surroundings of the hall, and most of the hard work of the continuous journey , under the chaos... I can't say that I can escape unscathed!

Zhang Xing's face was calm, and his heart was beating wildly, causing Niu Dugong to shake his head slightly, as if he thought that Zhang Sanlang, who usually looked quite reliable, would lose his composure at a critical moment.

But up to now, it seems that it is too late.

Under the leadership of Zhang Xing, more than a dozen Fulongwei entered in a file, and followed Niu Dugong to a wooden wall. He signaled to stand alone in front of the door at the end of the wooden wall... From him standing upright holding the knife, one could clearly see Bai Yousi in the same position on the opposite side, and also the hairy saint in a middle coat sitting on the couch Panting heavily with his back on his side, he could still see the mess all over the floor and several cases that had been overturned.

Even, it seems that a bloodstain can be vaguely seen.

There was no time to think about it, just stood still, and not long after scanning the situation in the bedroom, Zhang Xing suddenly heard the eunuchs outside come to report: "Sage, Sima Xianggong and General Sima are here to see you by order."

Even if Zhang Xing had been prepared, he couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and Bai Yousi who was opposite him also had an obvious eye movement.

"Let them in!" The hairy saint's voice was harsh.

Immediately, Sima Changying took the lead, followed by his son Sima Huada, the General of Zuo Tunwei, and stepped into the bedroom blankly. Sweeping over Niu Dugong again, he immediately lowered his head and saluted respectfully.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but from Zhang Xing's point of view, after the other party bowed down, his arms seemed to tremble slightly.

On the other hand, Sima Huada, Sima Zheng's father, who had a moustache behind him, was still a little calm, whether he bowed down to salute or greeted him, he was full of air.

This one was a sage's attendant in his early years.

"It's like this." The saint didn't let the other father and son get up at all, and didn't even turn around. He just sat on the couch and spoke coldly. "I had a dream just now, it was very strange...and Mr. Sima is always old and well-informed... Please Mr. Sima explain it to me."

Sima Huada obviously realized that there was a problem, so he didn't dare to raise his head, but Sima Changying held his tone at this time, and lay down on the ground, still speaking clearly: "Please be blunt, the sage, but if you have something to gain, you must tell the sage frankly. "

"The dream is very simple." The saint sneered. "I first dreamed that I was trapped in the city by the flood. I wanted to get out of the city but couldn't get it. I had no choice but to turn back to the palace, but I saw two horse troughs in front of the palace... What do you think I should do?"

What kind of weird plot is this TM?
Zhang Xing was stunned, which directly attracted Niu Dugong to turn his head and stare. Fortunately, the sage still turned his back to him, which gave Zhang San a chance to restrain his face immediately.

After the restraint, there was a tense silence in the Xingdian bedroom that lasted for more than ten breaths.

It was really tens of breaths, because although no one spoke, they could clearly hear everyone's breathing. The sage was panting unscrupulously. The father and son Sima Xianggong and General Sima seemed to be trying to tighten their breathing, but they kept breathing. It couldn't be done, plus a few hidden guards like Zhang Xing who didn't hold their strength, and the other party seemed to have... For a while, the whole bedroom was only breathing.

After waiting for ten breaths, the saint let out a long breath: "Why don't you speak?"

"I dare not say it." Sima Xianggong said in a difficult tone.

"We monarchs and ministers, there is nothing we dare not say." The saint scolded coldly. "Say!"

"Report to the saint." Mr. Sima still prostrated himself on the ground, his gray beard flickering slightly under the light. "This is what I think... A saint is the supreme being on earth, but if he has a dream, he must respond to it, so he can't take it lightly..."

"Well said, then what?"

"Then, since the saint is the supreme being on earth, he is trapped in the city of sorrow. This is obviously not a good omen... This is a nightmare, a bad omen!"

"That's right, this is a bad omen! There must be some disaster waiting for me!" The hairy sage suddenly raised his voice and continued to ask. "and then?"

"Then, I turned around and saw... I saw the manger for two horses. This is also a bad omen." Sima Xianggong said in a difficult tone.

Zhang Xing clearly saw that the old man was pressing down the corner of his son's clothes with his feet.

"What's wrong?" The saint sneered. "In detail..."

"There's nothing to say." Sima Changying tried his best to answer. "The country's surname is Cao, the trough is connected with Cao, and the two horses eat the trough. This is because I am afraid that someone will be as bad as the two horses to the country's surname!"

"Who is unfavorable to the country's surname?" The saint asked coldly.

Sima Xianggong was silent again for a moment, the atmosphere in the palace was already tense to the extreme.

Dugong Niu has already raised his hands.

After a while, Sima Changying answered under the lamp with almost difficulty: "I shouldn't say that."

"Don't be afraid, speak out." The saint laughed. "I may forgive you innocent."

Sima Changying finally raised his head, but struggled on his face, and said in a sad tone: "Since the trough has the surname of the country, the horse should also have the surname... This means that among the people with the surname Ma, there are existences that greatly hinder the surname of the country... In addition to the previous And the flood... Saint, the eldest princess has just left, and I am ashamed to say that as a member of the Sima clan who has received the country's favor!"

Speaking of this, Sima Changying, who was already in a crying voice, kowtowed heavily to the ground, weeping uncontrollably, mourning inexplicably.

The hairy sage, on the other hand, had the same reaction as Zhang Xing, Niu Dugong, and Bai Yousi. They opened their eyes wide amid the crying, dazed for a while, and then terrified.

PS: Good night everyone.

(End of this chapter)