Tang Qi Tan

Chapter 655
Dragon Boat Festival, 6000 words super large
Due to the continuous turmoil in Yizhou when the feudal lord took office; as a heir raised under the name of his wife, he was loved and protected since he was a child; he grew up in an extremely affluent environment.In order to prevent premature death, he was weak and sickly, and even specially hired someone to act as a substitute.

That's right, this person is the predecessor of Jiang Tian who was cast into the monastery since he was a child.Because of some inexplicable and unknown blood relationship; before he was sensible in appearance, he became a substitute for praying in the monastery; however, the eldest son who grew up fell into a serious illness, which led to an heir crisis .

Therefore, the substitute who was originally sent to the monastery to pray for blessings was found in a hurry; after a short period of surprise teaching and special training, it was regarded as a symbol that the Majesty was still safe; the follower, the princess, appeared in the People before and after, accept the worship of the vassals and the canonization ceremony of the imperial envoys.

At the same time, he also became the target of the remnants of traitors who opposed the contemporary government, and suffered several accidents and assassinations.Until the year when he was about to be crowned at the age of 13; the eldest son who was lingering on the sick bed suddenly recovered, so the substitute who was already familiar with the vassal became an obstacle.

So after the double disappeared and the real son held the coronation ceremony, there were also rumors in the mansion that this "historical son" changed drastically because of an accident.Then, step by step to study and take over the affairs of the vassal, as a symbol of the official office to soothe all parts of the country, to win over and select the children of the vassals.

However, in that year, he suffered a serious illness again; after spending several years recovering, he seldom appeared in front of most of the vassals; See you one or two; it's just that you can't hide your paleness and weakness, and you are afraid of light and heat.

Therefore, after the official office once again refused to go to Chang'an for routine worship and tribute on the grounds that the son claimed to be sick.Among the parties in the office who knew a little bit about it back then, they couldn't help but have worries and doubts; whether this elder son who is in poor health still has a chance to live until the day when he officially inherits the office.

He even doubted that he would have the opportunity to give birth to a relatively healthy heir for the office.However, at this time, the sick and weak son showed unexpected decisiveness and decisiveness; he dealt with dissident voices inside and outside the office with resolute speed and efficiency; he also gathered power into his own hands.

In the next few years, he successively let the three officials, Zhong Zai (in charge of the inner government), Zuo Fu (in charge of political affairs), and You Bi (in charge of the general army), perform deduction, and replaced the four officials in spring, summer, and winter; During this process, the princess did not make a sound, it seemed that he agreed and acquiesced to his actions in disguise.

At this time, someone discovered that the princess had fallen ill and hadn't taken care of things for a long time, but he was surrounded by his cronies and disciples who were gathered around the prince.It has also become full-fledged and even self-contained.If so, this is just a slightly aggressive act of grabbing power, which is not uncommon in the homes of foreign princes;
But the following things gradually became more and more incomprehensible; for example, they called up the soldiers and horses directly under the office, launched a conquest at any cost against the Tu tribes hiding in the deep mountains of the island, and built many fortresses Walled city; In the name of the office, he wantonly indulges his subordinates and collects huge amounts of money.

Then, as if he couldn't fill it, he set his sights on the many industries in the hands of Mrs. Rong Hua, who managed and managed it on behalf of the office; even the qualifications and privileges of being the Supreme Council of the Donghai Great Society.In other words, he could not blatantly deprive him of it, so he could only resort to such brutal and tyrannical methods.

And Mrs. Ronghua stays away, perhaps to avoid his aggression, until the point where she can no longer avoid and turn around at this moment.Then, as Mrs. Rong Hua embarked on her way home, her potential contacts and long-term influence were immediately reflected by the people who came to see her;
There were even those who came to defect with their own armed forces, but most of them were persuaded by her to stay in the local area; only a few capable people with outstanding skills were taken away.Therefore, when Mrs. Rong Hua and her party arrived outside Tianxing City, the capital of Dongning Mansion and the largest city in Yizhou, it was still not going well.

In an inconspicuous, but comfortable and elegant private manor inside; a new dress with burgundy orchid rhyme half-arms, a golden skirt, a yellow-stained dress, a hair full of clouds and a bun, and a dazzling eye-catching hair. With the emerald green feather hairpin, Shen Shi, who looks more graceful and more feminine, also said in Wanwan:

"The news has come from the Futing Palace in the city. At this moment, the Nizi is not in the city; it is said that he has gone to the camp on the mountain road. Therefore, some old friends of my concubine are willing to create an opportunity for me to enter the palace. Zhong directly meets with the emperor, but I don't know if the master is willing to go with him?"

"You should accompany me!" Jiang Tian nodded quietly and said: Immediately, with the help of the twin maids, he changed into the head of the inner court in a crimson crimson shirt; however, the moment he looked at him in front of the mirror, Cang Xing But he whispered to Cui Xing: "It seems familiar, as if I have seen it somewhere before."

"It seems so so so, but I'm afraid we'll have to get along day and night in the future, so we'll have to meet each other honestly." Comparing Cang Xing's delicate and graceful demeanor; Cui Xing, who was described as more gentle and gentle, sighed helplessly: " If Madam can't get what she wants, I'm afraid that even this little hope will be lost."

Tianxing City, as one of the earliest settlements on Yizhou Dadao, and the location of the first city on the island; its predecessor was an exploration fleet, which traveled upstream along the estuary of the Zhuoshui River to find the upstream bifurcation estuary large terraces.Therefore, it not only has the advantage of irrigation and water transportation, but also avoids the danger of flood and internal waterlogging.

After many years of development, although it is not comparable to the famous city of Dayi with a population of 10, such as the two capitals and sixteen prefectures, it is still a prosperous city with a city wall stretching for more than ten miles and a population of nearly 20.Moreover, it also has an artificial canal waterway that directly leads to the sea, which can be said to have developed sea and land transportation and prosperous commerce.

As the residence of the official residence, it is also the Futing Palace, the earliest palace in Yizhou; after the first Duke Tonghai took over, he enclosed the garden between two hills outside the north wall; The off-the-shelf building material components are the product of tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians who have labored for construction and construction for more than ten years.

Therefore, the predecessors of many of these palace complexes were dismantled and shipped from the main house in the capital directly through the river and sea waterway; the history is much longer than that of the East China Sea Office.Then, it planted exotic flowers and plants all over the East China Sea and South China Sea, including the period of raising rare birds and animals.

Therefore, it was named Futing Palace for the reason of "living in a rich family"; but because two of the hills are screens, the middle-aged people are lush green plants, ancient trees are lush, and flowers are endless in four seasons; they are habitually called by the local subjects. It is called "Cuiping Palace".After a while, a small team circled to the north of Tianxing City.

As the protruding part of the north wall of Tianxing Great City in a convex shape, the Futing Palace is a protruding part, with a stone base more than ten feet high and the outer edge of the palace wall composed of gray bricks and black tiles, and a large green canopy. Leaning out of the wall, the green and yellow trees of the palace and garden, which are full of fruit and faintly fragrant, are in front of you.

After walking for a while along a small path in the forest outside the wall, I saw again a simple and mottled small door hidden among the climbing tigers and wisteria flowers against the wall.And after entering this small gate, there is a small courtyard that has been deserted for a long time, inaccessible, and full of weeds.

I saw a servant in gray clothes standing out from the corner like a ghost, and nodded to her: "Little cleaning house, Abin, ask Madam well." However, seeing this scene, Shen shi He breathed a sigh of relief; "Thank you for your good words, well done, please lead the way ahead."

"No." Then I saw the servant, Abin, nodding his head, walking ahead in small steps without saying a word; he passed through several clean courtyards, gardens, and flower beds; he stopped at the foot of a rockery beside an artificial pool Said: "The small one is just a miscellaneous envoy, and can only be sent here, not forward."

At this time, Shen Shi also took off the cloak that concealed her figure, and immediately revealed a full dress of cloud temples and gorgeous skirts; she glanced at Jiang Tian and the two maidservants who followed closely behind, and walked towards the other side of Chi Po firmly. It is an elegant palace and indoor garden; its awe-inspiring demeanor makes every guard and waiter who encounters salute.

But no one dared to interrogate them, or some people realized something, but they didn't dare to defy and stop them face to face.She could only let her lead the maidservants to accompany her and drive all the way to the front door of the apse, only then did a captain of the guard guarding the gate with a halberd come up to him, bowing down with arms folded and saying:

"Waiting for Li Biwen in the middle of the door, I have seen my wife,"

"Please forgive me for being inconvenient to salute due to my duties."

"However, this is the place where the Lord recuperates from his illness. I specially ordered that it should not be easily disturbed. Madam..."

"It's unreasonable," Shen said with a cold sneer: "I am the concubine's concubine, who was appointed to supervise the inner courtyard of the palace, and has not yet handed over the duties; when will it be your turn, you guys are closed The guards are here to judge right and wrong, so it’s possible that they want to isolate the inside and outside, and they are scheming!"

"Come here!" The next moment, Shen brought a small group of guards, and they rushed forward without hesitation; more than a dozen guards in the inner garden, including Li Biwen who was about to resist, were alerted one after another. Knockdown, subdue and disarm strapped to the ground.Then, he rushed up the steps and opened the door of the palace.

However, at the next moment, the two guards who were just opening the door suddenly let out a stern scream, flew upside down and fell heavily on the ground; but one's chest collapsed, the other's face was cracked, and his mouth and nose bled, and he died on the spot.Immediately afterwards, an old man in a purple gauze crown and a snowy head walked out of the hall.

"Your Majesty, who dares to disturb you!" I saw him pretending to close his sleeves that were too wide, and then looked at the people in front of the hall and sneered, "It turned out to be Shen Ronghua (madam); It is you who are leading troops into the palace and plotting against the ban; this is too disrespectful of the king's kindness!"

"Chen Pi, it turned out to be you, old dog. I said you have always been quiet, so I'm afraid you may have taken refuge in that traitor early on, and have been in cahoots with him." Shen was startled when she saw this, and she understood immediately. I still fell into the other party's trap and ambush: "It was you who released the fake news?"

"If it wasn't so, how could it lead to your treason?" The old man named Chen Pi shook his head lightly and said: "If you want me to say, the prince is still too impatient to get things done; it's out of decency. I still have to take care of the aftermath; no, the old man is just doing a little trick, and you will send it to your door."

"Of course, the prince really led the team away for something else; if it wasn't so, how could you easily win the trust of those eyeliners in the palace? Now that you have reached this point, you don't need to count on the follow-up people who are waiting outside the palace. At this moment, I am afraid that they will never be able to catch up and support them."

Before he finished speaking, he waved his hand, and from the top and inside of the hall, many strong bows and crossbows protruded from the wall; at the same time, the rustling of scales and footsteps came from outside, and the courtyard was quickly surrounded. Get up; turned into the guard gate who stayed outside again, screaming and roaring repeatedly.

At this moment, Shen couldn't help closing her eyes a little helplessly; however, Jiang Tian, ​​who had been neglected all this time, stared at the complacent old man, and suddenly said: "You are Chen Pipi, the former head of the inner room? Then But do you still remember the child you sent away from Lanxi 25 years ago?"

At this moment, Shen could not help but widen her eyes inexplicably in shock; she was about to lose her strength and collapse on the ground, but was quickly supported by her maidservants.

"What, that taboo is still alive?" The old man couldn't help being startled when he heard the words, and then he showed a sullen expression and ordered: "Even so, he shouldn't be delusional. If you do it, don't leave a single one; the woman is the same! It is the son who asks, and this old man will bear it all..."

In an instant, clusters of crystal-clear and translucent arrows rained down, covering everyone in front of the hall from almost all angles.However, the old man who turned around with his hands behind his back at the next moment did not hear any screams or whines; because all the arrow clusters were fixed out of thin air in the hemispherical space surrounding Shen and the others.

At the same time, amidst the swirling light like lightning and flint; the crossbowmen in the hall, on the wall and above fell to the ground screaming and bleeding, falling like rain from heights; The flower and tree gardens inside and outside the hall were destroyed; in a blink of an eye, hundreds of crossbowmen were killed and wounded all over the place.

On the contrary, it was the old man, with unbelievable agility, leaping back and dodging the initial attack; dumbfounded and furious, he roared at the hall: "Damn it is Feijian! Come, come and help, No matter the cost, stop this monster for me, and there will be a big reward afterwards..."

Following his call, a group of armored soldiers with iron scales all over their bodies and iron pockets covering their faces poured out from the hall again, holding large shields, long knives, and big axes; Qi faced Jiang Tian and others who were the first to bear the brunt, and kept rushing to kill and slash;

The next moment, I saw Jiang Tian casually walking forward, making a gesture of clenched fists and slamming out repeatedly.Instantly bombarded these armored soldiers with an invisible force, every time they were hit by several large shields with leather and iron edges, they were torn apart by the bombardment, and the fragments swept across, collapsed and knocked over a piece of armored soldiers behind.

After destroying and shattering the shield wall in front of it, it seemed like the shells were continuously blasting in it, shaking and knocking the affected armored soldiers aside; even the armor showed obvious depressions in many places can only lie on the ground in a mess on the steps, vomiting blood and unable to get up.

The moment Jiang Tian passed these armored soldiers, there was another rain of handaxes and darts thrown in the hall, densely covering his figure.After inserting a dense patch on the ground, Jiang Tian, ​​who reappeared, just waved his hand, and these hand axes and darts were pulled upside down and thrown back.

In an instant, there was a shrill and abnormal scream in the hall; immediately after that, several figures fled from the two sides through the window, and then there was no sound again.However, Jiang Tian continued to step into it, only to find that someone had overturned the kerosene, spreading along the curtain in the hall, and the fireworks were billowing into one piece.

The next moment he waved his hand again, letting the thought power of the "guidance" module, wrapped in burning fabrics and furnishings, curl into a huge fireball out of thin air; he swung it out into the distance, and just happened to hit another team that heard the sound The people who came hastily knocked them down immediately.

However, when Jiang Tian easily smashed it open again and blocked the door of the inner hall with sundries, he found that there was no one there; even the old man Chen Pipi who fled into it was gone.As for the bed tent where the princess/Tong Haigong was supposed to recuperate, it was even more empty and there was nothing else.

On the contrary, the commotion outside was getting louder and louder. It was obvious that the guards in various parts of the Futing Palace were alarmed by such a commotion; they were rushing over one after another to investigate and provide support.The next moment, Jiang Tian suddenly jumped up, smashed through the sinking well and the thick tiles on the zenith, and hung in the air.

Immediately, he condescendingly saw the old man Chen Pipi flying out from under the flower tree in the corner of the living hall like a mouse crossing the street; he was surrounded by several strong waiters and jumped down the high platform where the hall was located , and strode forward again, rushing towards a group of guards who came.

Immediately following Jiang Tian's thoughts, two streamers of light flew over in an instant; almost without a break, they were slanted and broken, intentionally or unintentionally blocked by the two strong waiters behind him; The moment the dirt and blood sprayed out, he threw himself down and dodged again as if he had realized it belatedly.

It almost grabbed the ground, rolling like a clumsy old bear, and dodged behind a large strange-shaped flower stone full of hollows; it also temporarily hid in the blind spot that Jiang Tian could see.This result also made Jiang Tian couldn't help but feel moved, did he find a countermeasure to avoid the flying blade attack so quickly?

This delay also allowed those guards to join the old man Chen Pipi first; then, under the cover of the waved group cards, they gathered together without hesitation and walked backwards in the opposite direction.The next moment, he sped up again and jumped up the river, falling into it like a cannonball.

At the same time, the "Field" mode was activated again, and most of the guards within the range were instantly lifted into the sky dancing and dancing; they fell heavily to the ground and couldn't get up again.However, Jiang Tian discovered that the old man Chen Pipi, who was the culprit, had disappeared again.

However, as soon as he thought about it, he leaped into the air, and saw a figure in leather armor that didn't fit him, who had escaped hundreds of steps away; he was about to get into the gatehouse of the palace wall leading to the vestibule.However, what moved faster than him this time was a strange-shaped flower stone that Jiang Tian suddenly threw with all his strength.

Like a shooting star that pierced through the sky, it fell first on this gate tower; while a large area of ​​the city card was cracked, and a corner collapsed to block the doorway, the fragments also splashed and affected the fleeing old man. , instantly shrouded and wrapped him in billowing dust and smoke...

Although he was hit head-on, bloody and disheveled, he still tried to jump up along the damaged gatehouse; he continued to yearn for escape.However, when he was only a few steps away; he was about to cross the gatehouse; right in front of the sergeants gathered outside, he was caught and dragged back by an invisible force.

When Jiang Tianti carried the half-dead old man back to the dilapidated apse that had collapsed in a corner; only to find that Mrs. Shen, Mrs. Ronghua, who was in a tight siege, had successfully persuaded her by some means and methods. Several teams of guards rushed over, and they gathered around to guard.

The outer circle is surrounded by more guards facing off.Following Jiang Tian's sudden appearance, conditioned reflex-like horror and inexplicable vigilance, he retreated more than a dozen steps in unison; obviously before that, he had witnessed Jiang Tian's massacre in all directions, as if entering no man's land feat too.The next moment, I saw Shen shouting:

"Chen Pipi, who committed the chaos, has been captured. Please follow me to set things right! The concubine should swear in the name of the public office that those who were deceived by the rebels will not be corrected as long as they are timely, and the dead and injured can also be compensated. If you continue to fight against the stubborn ones, you will have to pursue your family name even after death."

Jiang Tian couldn't help admiring a little in his heart, and suddenly raised his hand again as cooperation, and saw the discarded weapons on the ground levitate again, aiming at the surrounding troops from afar, and the remaining guards immediately knelt down, shouting one after another : "I would like to follow Madam, to bring order out of chaos and bring peace to the traitors."

So not long after, under the guidance of the surviving inner court attendant; Jiang Tian finally saw the contemporary head of the office temporarily hidden by the old man Chen Pipi who was the supervisor of the palace in an inconspicuous tower. /Tong Haigong; it's just that the current him has long lost the majesty and solemnity in memory.

It is just an old man with disheveled beard and hair, dull complexion, deep wrinkles on his face, covered with sores and stains; in response to all external reactions, he will only salivate continuously and make a loud and heavy phlegm sound.It should be noted that he is only in his early fifties; what kind of experience has he turned into this ghostly appearance.

Next, the key and questions of all this will fall on Chen Pipi, the court supervisor who was captured alive after being knocked out by Jiang Tian.For this reason, Jiang Tian also prepared two props in advance; one is snake lizard ointment that can make the human body extremely relaxed, and the other is diluted venom that can continuously amplify the external senses.

(End of this chapter)