Laughing at Chang'an

【The person imprisoned in Fenglu Palace is probably Li Shen. He should already know Geng Yan's identity. It's hard for me to imagine how he feels at the moment.During those days in Chang'an, I was grateful to him for taking good care of me. I felt guilty. Maybe I should tell him earlier... Before I met him personally, I doubted his position. After all, he and Geng Yan have such a deep friendship. , but now thinking about it, I only feel sad in my heart.How sad it is for the person you trust the most to deceive yourself all the time in your life.My mentor said that people's hearts are unpredictable, and it is very reasonable and predictable. I have a deeper understanding of this saying.However, if you close your heart and don't trust others because of this, isn't it another kind of tragedy?Asking myself, I have never really opened my heart to others. Perhaps it is because I am subconsciously afraid of being deceived and betrayed by others. I don’t know if I should correct it. 】

After closing the diary, Wang Zhen locked it into the secret compartment under the floor, turned off the light in the study, and went to Ronghu's bedroom with a small lamp.The young man who was still mummified lay quietly on the bed, and a thin quilt was thrown under the bed. Wang Zhen put the lantern on the table, bent down to pick up the quilt on the ground, and gently covered him again.

After returning to the imperial capital from Chang'an, he was busy with affairs and neglected Rong Hu's mood, and because he didn't want him to be dragged into his own muddy water, he only placed him in the old house of his mentor, under the care of his family, and tried to avoid contact with him, but Unexpectedly, this provoked the opponent away.

Ronghu insisted on going back to Chang'an, but he couldn't stop him, so he could only send someone to watch him secretly, and learned that the other party went to Feng He to learn art from him.Wang Zhen originally thought that Feng He would not embarrass Rong Hu because of Yang Huxing's face, but he was wrong. When Rong Hu came back, he looked like this.

This is Ronghu's own choice, and Wang Zhen doesn't want to blame the other party.We all have to grow up, we all have to make choices, and we all have to be responsible for our choices.He sat quietly beside the bed for a long time, and finally left silently.

After he left, Rong Hu, who was breathing deeply on the bed and seemed to be asleep, opened his eyes silently.In those young and deep eyes, there are contradictions and struggles, but more of them are unshakable obsession and determination.

This is an old house located on the outskirts of the imperial capital. It used to belong to Wang Zhen's mentor, but now it is one of Wang Zhen's secret footholds.He carried a small lamp and walked down the stairs to the cellar, opened the mechanism on the wall, and walked into another secret room behind the wall.

There is a large desk in the middle of the secret room, behind it are six two-meter-high file racks, more than ten fixed communicators are neatly arranged on the desk, next to the desk is a signal booster and shunt device that is one person high, and there are still standing on the ground Six cylindrical encryption and decoding devices, this set of equipment alone is worth hundreds of millions, and it is not for sale that cannot be obtained through ordinary channels.

There was a man sitting behind the table, with a receiver on his shoulder, and he quickly wrote down in the small notebook in his hand while talking: "Well, what did Lu Cang say?... two more days? No, tomorrow at the latest, I have to give I will ship it out... Money is not a problem, if [-] million is not enough, I will give him [-] million."

Wang Zhen turned off the light, sat down at the desk, waited for the person to finish talking on the phone, and said, "I have already contacted Mrs. Haitang, and she agreed to meet with you tomorrow morning. Then you will pretend to be a jade dealer in Donghuang, The meeting will definitely be monitored, and the goods you bring will also be inspected... I still don’t agree with you going in person, it’s safer to ask someone to bring a message.”

"No, I have to meet her in person." The adjutant flipped through the notebook in his hand and said without raising his head, "You have other matters, so don't interfere until now."

Wang Zhen pursed his lips, but stopped talking.

"Worried about me?" The adjutant suddenly raised his head, as if he had the ability to read minds, and asked Wang Zhen's concern. He grinned and said casually, "Don't worry, I'm not ready to die yet. Will take risks...you just do your thing, and that's the real big deal."

"Geng Yan is the altar." Wang Zhen used a declarative tone, "If you want to save people under his nose, the possibility of success is too low."

"It's easier than going to Fenglu Palace." Although the adjutant was smiling, his expression was not relaxed, "Anyway, I can only gamble on this chance."

On May [-]th, the emperor got married, this is the only chance.

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The Great Light Palace, the highest holy place of the Illuminati, stands in the northeast corner of the imperial capital, facing the imperial palace in the middle.Every day, countless believers from all over the world kowtow and worship in the square outside the palace gate. Except for special festivals or celebrations, the palace gate directly in front is never open. Rear side door access.

The adjutant pretending to be a jade merchant in Donghuang was carrying a box of jade jewelry and handed over his invitation card to the guard at the side door. The latter opened it and saw that it was the imperial approval of His Royal Highness the Holy Maiden of Light, and immediately changed his friendly expression. , Ask the adjutant to wait a while, and go to report by yourself.

After a while, a waiter in a white robe came out and led the adjutant into the palace.He was politely led to a bathroom, where he was asked to cleanse and change clothes before going inside to meet the saint.This is a body search in disguise. The adjutant knew that someone was watching him in the dark, so he immediately took off his clothes without any difference, and went into the inner room to take a shower. Naturally, the clothes and boxes he left outside were carefully checked. .There are also waiters in the inner room, called servants, who actually check his body.When the adjutant came out after washing, his clothes had been temporarily put away, and there was a set of clean white robes in the clothes basket for him to change.

The adjutant in a white robe was led into a reception room with a suitcase.The rooms are small, and the decoration is very elegant, but not luxurious.The adjutant sat down on the sofa in the room, and the white-robed waiter who led him did not leave, but retreated to a corner behind the door, standing quietly.Soon, the door was pushed open, and Haitang in a white plain dress walked in.

She glanced at the waiter standing behind the door and told him to step back.The latter bowed and saluted, and left the room as he said.At this time, only Haitang and the adjutant were left in the room, but the feeling of being watched did not dissipate. The adjutant stood up a little cautiously, and bowed deeply to Haitang.

"Excuse me, sit down." Haitang pressed her hands, her voice was always indifferent, "I heard that you have some ancient jades from the old elf royal court period, show them to me."

The adjutant carefully placed the box on the coffee table, turned to Haitang, opened the lid, and opened the small boxes of jade articles inside one by one.Haitang casually picked up a jade hairpin, held it up to her eyes for inspection, the adjutant folded his hands on his knees, and observed her complexion nervously.

Haitang patiently inspected the jade ornaments in the box one by one. The adjutant didn't say a word. After she finished reading them all, he asked cautiously, "I don't know, are you satisfied?"

"En." Haitang picked up the jade hairpin she had seen earlier, and nodded indifferently. Before she finished speaking, the hairpin in her hand was gone, replaced by the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground.

The adjutant blinked, stood up, dragged the person who fell in the corner of the room to the sofa, and placed him on the small sofa next to him and Haitang.The man nailed into the neck by the jade hairpin stared at him, and sat on the sofa motionless. Haitang said to the adjutant: "He has been brainwashed, and my mental suggestion can only make him unable to move temporarily, and there is no way to erase him." The imprint that has been planted in the brain."

"It's okay, I'm good at this." The adjutant smiled, turned to look at the shocked man, put his index finger to his mouth, and made a shh gesture.

"That's right, I want to discuss a business with you." He smiled and said to the other party, "If you agree, I'll help you take out the hairpin." He looked into the man's eyes, and the other party's eyelids were also touched by Haitang's hint. Unable to blink, only to be stared at by him.

After a long while, the adjutant said to Haitang: "It seems that he agrees, you should understand his ability to speak."

The blood-stained hairpin was pulled out, and the man who regained his speech ability did not yell, but lingered questioningly on the faces of Haitang and the adjutant.

"Do you like money?" the adjutant asked.

There was a look of contempt on the man's face, and his voice was a little hoarse because of the wound on his throat: "Of course I like it."

"I'll give you money, you do me a favor, and then I will send you out of the empire, to the Eastern Wasteland, the South China Sea, or the Northland. Of course, I will also help you change your appearance and change your dignified identity. What do you think?"

The man showed a thoughtful look, and pondered: "What do you want me to do?"

The adjutant said: "It's very simple, leave here, and don't let others know that you are leaving, and report as if nothing unusual happened."

"Yes." The man agreed very readily, "I'll leave now."

The adjutant smiled.

"No, you made a mistake." He shook his head and smiled helplessly, "Your mental suggestion has not been lifted yet, and you will notify someone to arrest me as soon as you leave this room. Don't you think I don't know?"

The man was silent, because what the adjutant said was right, that was his intention.

"I don't think anyone wants to be controlled even mentally, and be an involuntary puppet for the rest of their lives, what do you think?"

The adjutant observed the man's expression, and saw a hidden deep throbbing in his eyes. Even though he was instilled with deep hints of absolute loyalty to the emperor, he was a thinking human being after all.The deep hints cannot be dispelled by external force, and these brainwashed people themselves will never have the idea of ​​rebellion, unless someone can stir up the sense of resistance in their hearts and force them to fight against the spiritual hints in their brains, actively To break free.

It's very difficult.

"Freedom is the most precious thing for a person, and money is the second. If you lose your physical and spiritual freedom, you are no longer a human being, but a domesticated dog, slave, and puppet. Without money, you cannot make yourself Living decently, basic necessities of food and clothing cannot be guaranteed.”

The adjutant's voice had a certain sense of rhythm that one couldn't help listening to carefully, and it penetrated into the man's heart little by little.

"Under freedom and money, there is faith, and you can have more pursuits. Now you have neither freedom nor money, and even your faith is forcibly instilled by others. Are you willing? Is it painful?"

The man's face showed obvious struggle, obviously the adjutant's words had an effect.

"I can give you both freedom and money, so that you can live a decent life freely and pursue what you really want."

"Answer me, would you like to?"