Qinse is in the imperial court, forgetting both favor and disgrace

Zhao Rang returned to Chengxian Palace from the back garden. Before he could rest for a while, a servant came to report that the "gold leaf" had been transferred to the Gao family who came to collect the corpse. I wanted to see Concubine Zhao in person to express my gratitude, but everyone talked about it, even persuasion and cold treatment couldn't make her leave, so I came here to ask Concubine Zhao for advice on what to do.

After sighing, Zhao Rang still met the middle-aged woman. She knelt and crawled at Zhao Rang's feet, her words of gratitude trembled, and halfway through her words, they finally turned into silent sobs.

Zhao Rang felt uncomfortable, but he was clumsy with words, so he could only let the woman cry bitterly.

The woman knew how to restrain herself even in her grief, and her tears were filled with self-pity, lamenting that her son didn't know how to reincarnate, and was born in the arms of such an incompetent mother like her.

Left and right wanted to take the woman away, but Zhao Rang stopped him sadly, and finally got the woman to kneel and knock nine times before she was relieved.

Sending away the woman, dismissing the attendants, wandering around in the hall, Zhao Rang only felt the flames burning in his chest, he went to the Deming Hall where Gao Zheng and Changle were taught to read and write when he first entered the Chengxian Palace, he looked around, his eyes were full of disappointment moist.

After sending the emperor away this morning, Zhao Rang came here, ordered his followers to wait for the pen, ink and paper, and then retreated from the crowd to carefully describe and write the amazingly powerful artifact in his memory.

On that day, in the "Wan Yan Shu" he gave to Li Lang in Shangchen, he had downplayed this thing, maybe Li Lang thought he was talking nonsense and didn't take it to heart, so he never asked about it.

The emperor's ambition was to regain the Central Plains and restore the splendid rivers and mountains. However, since ancient times, there have been few precedents of the Jiangnan conquering the North. Most of them are records of the Jiangnan regime falling not far after the unification of North China.

The terrain in the south is changeable, and the climate and products are very different. It is difficult to produce good horses for thousands of miles. Without horses, there is no cavalry. There is a shortage of copper and iron mines.

When Zhao Rang was the general of Nanyue, because the Baiyue people were used to fighting in the mountains and forests, he thought of the unavoidable dilemma in the confrontation with the Beiqi in the future.

As for the blueprint of the objects he drew now, which he wanted to hand over to the emperor, the originals were purchased by chance from a group of Dongou people who had taken refuge in South Vietnam. It has weaknesses, but its effect is great. After they summoned craftsmen to carefully transform it, it is even more powerful.

Zhao Rang originally hoped to exchange some conditions and things with Li Lang, but until now, even this selfishness has disappeared.

Li Lang——Zhao Rangchang took a deep breath, gathered the scrolls on the desk, put them aside, took out a white paper, and wrote down in a sketch: "Success or failure can only be discussed, and the only way to live is to live like this, so to die like this. Now I feel the commoner again."

After pondering for a while, under these four lines, I added Gao Zheng's words that he would never forget when he was dying: "Know how to advance and retreat, survive and die without losing the righteousness, easy and simple to eliminate the dangers and obstacles in the world, and non-sages, which one should I return?"

He circled under the word "sage", and said silently: "Xiao Gao, thank you for saving your life, but how sad Chang Le must be."

Facing the cursive characters with wet ink for a while, Zhao Rang became more and more frustrated, got up and went outside the hall, noticing that the servants were scrambling to keep up, he couldn't help but secretly amused.

Due to his special status, Zhao Rang had never stepped out of Chengxian Palace unless the emperor called him, and at most he would go to the back garden of the palace. He was grounded, and he had a clear conscience, so why bother?

Outside Chengxian Palace, Zhao Rang suddenly remembered something that he had been worried about but had no chance to investigate: In Jinghua Palace that day, Li Ming came and went freely, neither entering the room openly, nor flying through high and low eaves and walls.

If it was said that the first time he appeared in the back garden, he entered in the dead of night, but after Li Lang's sudden arrival, Li Ming was able to completely avoid everyone's eyes and ears and leave without a sound, which is really inconceivable.

One must know that Gao Zheng and Chang Le were not the only two in the Jinghua Palace that day, wherever the emperor's holy chariot came, there were groups of retinues all over the palace.

Zhao Rang had faint doubts before, but the relocation of the palace came one after another, and he couldn't tell where he was from to find out.

He politely declined the panting soft car brought up by the servants, asked for directions, and walked quickly towards Jinghua Palace.

Although they both lived in the harem, the Chengxian Palace was alone. Zhao Rang marched in a hurry and took a cup of tea to reach the destination. The servants rushed towards him out of breath, and couldn't help laughing. They intentionally waited for them to get close, and ordered: "Stay at the door and catch your breath evenly. I'll go in and have a look before I come out."

The servant who took over the post of Gao Zheng's manager was a steady middle-aged man. Although he was sweating profusely after chasing after Zhao Rang, he still said conscientiously: "My concubine, this palace is no longer inhabited. , When the heart is on the clothes. How about, the servants and others go in and clean it first?"

"No need," Zhao Rang said with a smile, "I'll come out soon. It's enough for you to keep two or three people. You don't have to guard the door all the time. If someone else sees it, it's just like something happened to Chengxian Palace."

Hearing the manager's repeated response, Zhao Rang pushed open the palace door and entered. There were no residents in the palace. As the servant said, the furniture and furnishings in the house were covered with dust and dust. Zhao Rang wandered around the old bedroom and went straight to Go to the back garden.

The osmanthus tree is still there, but it is past the blooming period, but the fragrance still exists. Zhao Rang stood under the tree for a while, remembering that he and Changle buried the remains of his wife and sister under the tree in the past, as if in a lifetime.

He circled the big tree a few times, paying close attention, and never found anything suspicious around the tree.There are two cypress trees about twenty feet away from this tree. The trees are not close to the wall, but the grass under the trees stretching to the base of the wall seems to be extraordinarily lush. Compared with other places, you can see the difference .

Zhao Rang seldom set foot in the back garden during the day, and this abnormality is not conspicuous at night, and if it is not intentional, who cares where the grass grows more in the garden?

Randomly breaking off a branch several feet long from the osmanthus tree, Zhao Rang Dacao stepped into the strange place, while paying attention to the surroundings under his feet. As he expected, a hexagonal dry well covered with stone slabs was hidden. in the grass.

Zhao Rang squatted down, inspected the mouth of the well carefully, and tried to move the stone slab with both hands. The stone slab was not heavy, so he moved it to the side with ease, and peeped inside. At a glance, there was not even a puddle in the well. , but there are two or three raised bricks on the inner wall of the well, which seem to be used for people to climb.

After hesitating for a moment, Zhao Rang decided to go down and find out the truth. If his guess is correct, this should be a hidden secret passage.

In the inner palace, in the nine-layer forbidden area, there is actually a secret passage, which is unimaginable and shocking. Zhao Rang only thinks that if he doesn't figure it out early, he is afraid of endangering Li Lang's safety.

With Zhao Rang's skills, and with the help of the protruding bricks on the well wall, he went down to the bottom of the well very quickly. After a little attention, he found a stone door that could not be seen from the well head. There was no mechanism on the stone door, so he pushed it away. After opening, it is a secret passage that is six or seven feet high and wide enough for only one person to pass through.

There was no light in the secret passage, and it was as dark as night. Zhao Rang walked in and immediately found that he couldn't see his fingers inside. He hesitated again, but immediately put his worries behind him and continued to move forward.

After walking for a short time, it suddenly became clear that this small path was actually connected to a bigger secret path.

The Dami Road runs north-south, and there is still light inside. Zhao Rang saw that every two or three feet there was a lampstand set on the wall. When he got closer, he could smell the smell of burning oil. For some reason, it reminded him of the ancient emperors. Use salamander ointment as a candle, in order to hope that the eternal light will never be extinguished.

The ground of the secret road is paved with bluestone slabs, but it is obviously maintained by someone. There are no weeds and dirt on it, and there are no heads on both sides of the road.

Zhao Rang was terrified again, did Li Lang really know nothing about it?

He almost immediately thought of what the emperor had told frankly before, the Supreme Emperor disappeared for no reason, did he just escape from the palace?

That is, the former emperor is still alive, but his whereabouts are unknown...

Zhao Rangqing knew that this was a serious matter. Although Emperor Li Xian had not been seen for five years and nearly six years, as long as he was still alive, Li Lang's throne would not be justified. Li Lang, who can use the justice of the monarchs and ministers to call on the world, has no sense and reason, without the help of powerful ministers, how can he convince the public?

Thinking of this, Zhao Rang shuddered, and was about to turn around and go back the same way to tell Li Lang about the secret passage, when he suddenly noticed movement in front of the secret passage, and when he listened carefully, it seemed to be a human voice.

Zhao Rang thought about it for a while, and finally realized that the opportunity was not lost, and followed the sound carefully. After walking about ten steps, the voice gradually became clear. It was indeed a human voice, and it seemed that a man and a woman were arguing about something.

Holding his breath and leaning forward, Zhao Rang never noticed that the style of the lampstands on the two walls of the secret passage had changed. He concentrated on not discovering, but was able to spy on the speaker. It would be better if he could distinguish his identity. up.

However, after walking a few more steps, the human voice was still not far ahead, Zhao Rang suddenly stopped, and he secretly called out "no good", at some point, the smell from the candle had been quietly replaced by a scent like a flower. The smell is lighter and more pleasant.

But Zhao Rang's eyes turned black in the lingering fragrance, his chest seemed to be pressed against a boulder, and he heard the sound of blood flowing in his ears. After he held his breath, he retreated quickly, and when he rushed to the connection between the big and small tunnels, he couldn't hold on anymore. Unable to stop, his knees gave way and he fell to the ground, completely unconscious.

I don't know how long it took, when Zhao Rang felt faint again, he first heard a very familiar voice, as if talking to him in his ear, at first he tried his best but couldn't understand the meaning of the words, just inexplicably sad in his heart, And nostalgia.

He was extremely anxious, and the person who was talking to him seemed to be able to sense his struggle, his voice was softer and slower, vaguely comforting Zhao Rang.

Suddenly, Zhao Rang heard clearly. It turned out that the man was saying: "General, you and I survived a catastrophe. Thanks to the pity of the mountain spirit, we finally reunited. General, General..."

Yes, the person who spoke to him was none other than Queen Ye Ying, who parted ways with Zhao Rang on the day when South Vietnam surrendered.

Zhao Rang opened his eyes in shock. Although the face above was blurred, they will walk hand in hand and live together for more than ten years. If it wasn't Ye Ying, who could it be?