Daily life of captives

November [-]th is suitable for offering sacrifices. This is also the second day after Changsun Boyi and his party arrived in Yunzhou.

The sky before dawn was the darkest, but Changsun Boyi was ready to go out, looking back at Li Shao who was still sleeping peacefully on the bed, Changsun Boyi grabbed his cloak and put it on, and strode out.

Yu Shi was waiting at the door with a lantern in hand. Seeing his elder Sun Boyi coming out, he walked towards the main entrance of the palace together.

"Has everything been arranged?" The faint candlelight could not illuminate Changsun Boyi's expression, and his voice, which was colder than the morning wind, seemed to indicate that something big was about to happen.

"General, don't worry," Yu Shi replied in a low voice, "there is the result calculated by Si Tianjian's star observation, and the Ministry of Rites does not doubt that he is there. The altar has already been placed on the cliff we selected in advance. I will go to see it yesterday." However, the sacrificial altar is almost attached to the edge of the cliff, and His Majesty will stand in front of the altar at that time, the general only needs to ensure that General Zhang is with His Majesty, and the rest of the things have been arranged."

Before the grand hall and sacrifices are held, the Ministry of Rites usually goes to the Sitiantai to ask the Sitianjian to observe the stars to measure the auspicious day, and sometimes ask the Sitianjian to make a divination. The concubine of Mrs. Yong's aunt's family, that is, Mrs. Yong's cousin Xian Xing, had a good relationship with Mrs. Yong when he was young, so after Yong Ning became Minister, Xian Xing naturally wanted to help Yong Ning more.

This time the incident involved sacrifices, so they had to ask Xianxing for help. They thought that Xianxing would be very difficult, but they agreed without hesitation. The good words were conveyed to the Ministry of Rites by Xianxing's little boy, and Xianxing himself returned to his own Taoist temple long before the Ministry of Rites sent people to Sitiantai to ask for hexagrams.

People in the Ministry of Rites would not have thought that Xian Xing, who had practiced in the Taoist temple for many years, would also be involved in political conspiracy, so everything that the boy reminded, the Ministry of Rites did it meticulously, and they didn't even have the right to put the sacrificial altar on the cliff Bian'er's absurd exhortation was questioned.

"Okay." Taking a deep breath, Changsun Boyi knew that success or failure depends entirely on today, he can't hesitate, can't feel compassion, because this is not his business alone.

When Changsun Boyi and Yu Shi came to the gate of the palace, except for Liu Ce and Zhang Wei, other officials who wanted to participate in the sacrificial ceremony had already arrived, and the escorting Habayashi Army also stood in line, ready to leave at any time.

Wei Ning stood in a small open space, looking alone and a bit lonely. Although there were not many people around him on weekdays, there were at least one or two, but today no one was willing to join him. Standing next to him feels dangerous, and you have to distance yourself to feel at ease.

Vining was also puzzled by his own loneliness.

Could it be that what happened last night was exposed?But Zhang Wei didn't tell him anything, and Changsun Boyi didn't send anyone to arrest him, so maybe he was exposed?

Just as he was thinking, Wei Ning saw the elder Sun Boyi stepping out of the gate of the palace, saluted and greeted the other officials, and Wei Ning walked over to meet the eldest grandson Boyi.

"General Changsun." Wei Ning cupped his hands.

Changsun Boyi stopped and looked at Wei Ning suspiciously: "Master Wei, what's the matter?"

Wei Ning looked behind Changsun Boyi, and asked without answering, "Why didn't you come out with General Changsun?"

The eldest grandson Boyi replied calmly: "He is neither a relative of the emperor nor an official appointed by the imperial court. How can he participate in the imperial court's ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven? Does Master Wei have anything to do with him?"

Wei Ning was taken aback for a moment, then smiled lightly and said, "It's nothing important, it's the same after the ceremony is over and you go to the officials before you go to find the young master."

"That's right." Changsun Boyi didn't say yes or no, he just said an ambiguous "Yes" with no expression on his face, then passed Wei Ning and walked into the crowd.

Wei Ning frowned, and after pondering for a moment, he sneaked back to the palace under the cover of night, and after finding his own people who stayed behind in the palace, he told them to keep an eye on Li Shao carefully.

When Wei Ning walked out from the gate of the palace again, he happened to meet Changsun Boyi's eyes. For a moment, Wei Ning felt that Changsun Boyi was smiling, but when he looked carefully, he felt that Changsun Boyi was still the same as someone owed him a debt. Still look like.

At dawn, Liu Ce and Zhang Wei arrived late.

When he saw these two people, Changsun Boyi frowned slightly, looking very dissatisfied, and the Minister of Rites next to him immediately walked forward to meet Liu Ce and Zhang Wei.

"Why did General Zhang come so soon? Hurry up and help His Majesty get on the horse, otherwise the auspicious time will be delayed!"

No wonder General Changsun was so angry last night. Although General Zhang has been with His Majesty all day long, he has never done anything serious. He was asked to protect His Majesty, but General Zhang was not there when His Majesty met the assassin last night. Beside him, as a close minister, he never advised His Majesty on his words or deeds, and let His Majesty do whatever he wanted according to His Majesty's temper.Your Majesty didn't understand anything in the first place, so if he continues to do as he pleases, is it worth it?

After returning to Beijing, he had to discuss with his colleagues and choose a tutor for His Majesty.

"What's the rush?" Liu Ce glared at the Minister of Rites, "Isn't it just to sacrifice to heaven, what's the rush? You want to reincarnate by the way? Tsk! If you have to arrange it at such an early time, you can still run that day No?"

Changsun Boyi took a deep breath, seemed to be trying very hard to suppress his anger, and said in a cold voice, "Please mount your horse immediately, Your Majesty!"

Liu Ce pursed his lips, walked to his royal horse, and climbed onto the horse's back with great effort.

The team finally set off. Thanks to Liu Ce, the officials who usually pampered and pampered themselves in Chang'an City arrived at the sacrificial place before the auspicious time. Hastily pulled Liu Ce to the altar.

"Hurry up, Your Majesty!"

"Wait a minute!" Liu Ce suddenly threw off the hand of the Minister of Rites, and took two steps back suddenly, "Why is this on the edge of a cliff? You let me stand on the edge of the cliff?!"

Seeing that the auspicious time was approaching, the Minister of Rites was so anxious that he was sweating profusely: "Your Majesty, don't worry about it. This is calculated by Si Tianjian. Only by doing so can the weather be smooth!"

"What good weather!" Liu Ce took another two steps back, "What if I fall?"

"I won't fall!" The Minister of Rites anxiously grabbed Liu Ce's arm again, "Your Majesty is standing far away from the edge of the cliff, don't worry!"

"I, I won't go!"

Shang Shu of the Ministry of Rites and Liu Ce advanced and retreated one by one, and the two became stalemate like this.

Zhangsun Boyi suddenly roared impatiently, "Zhang Wei, go and watch by His Majesty's side!"

After Changsun Boyi yelled, Liu Ce and Minister of Rites fell silent, and they both looked at Zhang Wei.

Zhang Wei also knew that offering sacrifices to heaven was a major event, and Si Tianjian's divination would rather be believed or not, so Zhang Wei walked up to Liu Ce, comforted Liu Ce, and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will be watching behind your Majesty."

Glancing at Changsun Boyi's darkened face, Liu Ce swallowed his saliva: "That, that's okay, you stand behind me and pull on my clothes, you have to tighten them!"

Zhang Wei frowned: "It's unseemly, I'm standing behind His Majesty..."

"If you want to pull it, pull it!" Liu Ce glared at Zhang Wei angrily.

"……Yes."

The ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven finally started at an auspicious time, and then Liu Ce completed the grand ceremony step by step under the reminder of the Minister of Rites, but Zhang Wei was always sticking behind Liu Ce like a spirit behind his back, which is ridiculous The scenes in the sky made the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven less solemn.

Finally, the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven was successfully completed, and the trembling Minister of Rites finally breathed a sigh of relief. After wiping the sweat from his forehead, Shangshu of Rites retreated to Changsun Boyi and explained the next thing to Changsun Boyi.

Only Liu Ce and Zhang Wei were left before the sacrificial altar. Liu Ce stared greedily at the offerings on the altar, and asked Zhang Wei, "Can I eat these?"

"This is a sacrifice for the gods. If your majesty wants to eat it, let them prepare a portion for your majesty after returning to the palace. For the time being, your majesty..."

Zhang Wei suddenly felt something pushing him from behind, so he stopped talking, turned his head and looked back, but there was nothing behind him.

Zhang Wei was so frightened that his hairs stood on end in an instant, and the god man was pushed so that he couldn't stand still, and he staggered two steps forward, and this forward bumped into Liu Ce in front of him without a doubt.

The unsuspecting Liu Ce was knocked out of balance, and threw himself directly onto the sacrificial altar. As soon as his two arms were placed on the altar, he heard a crackling sound. Both legs of the altar were broken, and the entire altar was broken. The case fell to the edge of the cliff, and Liu Ce, who was supported by the sacrificial case, also fell along with it. With a scream, he fell off the cliff together with the sacrificial case.

There was no sound on the cliff, Changsun Boyi, like his colleagues around him, looked at Zhang Wei who was standing alone on the edge of the cliff blankly, no one noticed the almost transparent silk threads falling from mid-air, and was quickly drawn away, No one noticed that Li Shao, who had been hiding in the woods since the day of offering sacrifices to heaven, also jumped from the top of the cliff at the moment Liu Ce fell.

"Your Majesty!" Changsun Boyi was the first to come back to his senses, and rushed towards the edge of the cliff, looking like he planned to follow Liu Ce and jump down.

Yu Shi and Xie Jun also jumped out from the crowd, trying to stop the elder Sun Boyi at the edge of the cliff.

"General, you can't jump!" Yu Shi pushed his grandson Boyi back with all his strength, his face flushed red.

"Let go of me! You let me go! Your Majesty!"

Xie Jun turned his back to the crowd and pulled the eldest grandson Boyi hard: "Habayashi Army, send people to go around the cliff to find it! Eldest grandson, calm down!"

"Yes!" Panicked, the Habayashi Army sent out a group of people to look for Liu Ce.

"Arrest Zhang Wei!"

Someone in the crowd yelled, and several Habayashi guards subconsciously rushed forward to restrain Zhang Wei. After pushing Zhang Wei to the ground, they realized that the yell was not from Zhang Sun Boyi.

Yu Shi and Xie Jun finally dragged the out-of-control elder Sun Boyi back from the edge of the cliff, and Xie Jun cut the elder Sun Boyi unconscious with a knife in his hand.

There was silence on the cliff again. No one dared to speak, and no one knew what to say. The contest between Zhang Wei and Changsun Boyi was settled. Everything they said at this time was wrong. It is better not to say.

Originally, there was a ritual hunt after offering sacrifices to heaven, but now there is no need to do anything. After Xie Jun had recovered his breath, he asked the rest of the Yulin Army to escort the officials back to the palace. Everyone understood what Xie Jun said. "Escort" is no different from "escort", and Zhang Wei was even tied up and taken back.

And Li Shao, who jumped off the cliff together with Liu Ce, flew through the air like a swan geese with Liu Ce's ear-piercing screams. Halfway through the fall, he met Wei Ze and Wei Feng who were climbing on the cliff. Grabbing one side of the long silk, seeing Liu Ce falling, he jumped out of the cliff, shook the long silk tacitly, pocketed Liu Ce, and then continued to fall.

Not long after, the two brothers met the second group of people climbing on the cliff. The two brothers let go, letting Liu Ce fall into the long silk in the hands of the second group of people. Two circles approached the cliff, and the feet kicked on the cliff again before flipping out, drawing two beautiful arcs in the air, and finally landed firmly.

The second group of people was close to the ground, but they were afraid that there would be some mistakes when they landed, so when they were about to land, the second group of people spread out the long silk and threw Liu Ce out who had already fainted from fright.

With a plop, Liu Ce fell into a lake at the bottom of the cliff.

Hearing this sound, the five people involved in the rescue breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Shao didn't have to jump off the cliff, but neither he nor Weize had ever done such a thing. Li Shao was worried, so he followed all the way.

And the four of Wei Ze came to this cliff to practice after they figured out Li Shao's plan last night. They tried many times with stones before they finally got the hang of it. Falling into the lake, after all, the lake is still some distance away from the bottom of the cliff.

Wei Ze jumped into the lake to salvage Liu Ce, and Wei Feng helped on the shore.

"My lord, you're still alive." Wei Feng said regretfully after checking Liu Ce's breath.

"Give him the medicine."

The medicine is a kind of medicine that can make people lose all memory. It was developed by Wu Ninghe according to an ancient book. It was tested on the death row prisoners in the prison. Liu Zi thought it was interesting and stole a few for him. After using it, I can finally try the efficacy of the medicine myself today.

Hearing this, Wei Feng took out a palm-sized brocade box from his arms, took out a pill from it, and stuffed it into Liu Ce's mouth.

After watching Liu Ce swallow the medicine with his own eyes, Li Shaocai said again, "Thank you for your hard work. Is the carriage ready?"

"Young master, everything is ready."

Li Shao nodded: "Take him to the back of the palace and wait. Remember to find a hidden place and don't let anyone see it. There is probably enough time, Wei Ze, take the time to change your clothes. I will meet Mrs. Xie first. Then go back to the palace."

"Yes, son."

Watching Wei Ze and the others carry Liu Ce into the carriage and drive away slowly, Li Shao got on the horse and went to the place agreed with Mrs. Xie.

Fortunately, Liu Ce's life was protected, otherwise Boyi would have remembered Liu Ce for the rest of his life.

On the other hand, the officials were imprisoned in one place after returning to the palace, and they had to be accompanied by Habayashi Wei even when they went to the hut. Even so, the officials were not very heavy.

Liu Ce died as soon as he died, and this matter obviously has nothing to do with them, it doesn't bother them, why are they so sad?

After Xie Jun and Yu Shi carried the elder Sun Boyi back to the room, they pinched the man and woke him up.

Changsun Boyi twisted his neck, and said to Jie Jun with some dissatisfaction: "Does it have to be such a heavy hand? Can't you put on a show?"

Xie Jun smiled awkwardly: "Isn't this more real, if you don't act like it, then it will be a failure!"

Bai Jiejun glanced at him, and eldest grandson Boyi continued to rub his neck: "Is the young master back?"

"Not yet." Yu Shi shook his head.

After pondering for a moment, Changsun Boyi said to Jie Jun: "Go and deal with it first, and I'll go there later."

"it is good."

Xie Jun came to the place where officials were imprisoned with a serious face, stood still and looked around first, then looked at Zhang Wei who was blocked in the corner alone.

"Zhang Wei, our friendship has lasted eight years instead of ten years. I respect you as an elder brother. Your Majesty has believed in you all these years, but why? How did Your Majesty feel sorry for you?!"

Seeing Liu Ce fall off the cliff with his own eyes, Zhang Wei was also overwhelmed with grief: "I didn't have Xie Jun, I really didn't push him down on purpose, yes, someone pushed me from behind, I accidentally..."

"Someone pushed you?" Jie Jun was so angry that he laughed, "Can you make up a better reason? You don't even have a **** ghost behind you! Ask all the adults present, if anyone says you There is someone behind me, I believe you, just ask!"

"I don't know...something is really pushing me...someone must want to harm me, someone must want to kill two birds with one stone, he wants to get rid of me and His Majesty at the same time, it must be like this!" Even Zhang Wei saw that at that time There is no one behind him, so who can say he saw it?

"Someone wants to harm you?" Jie Jun sneered, "Then tell me who it is? Tell me who it is?"

"Yes...it's Li Shao! It must be Li Shao who wants to frame me!"

"Why are you spitting blood?" When Zhang Wei mentioned Li Shao, Huan Zhi, who had been sitting in the crowd honestly, was not happy, "It was clearly you who pushed His Majesty off the cliff with your own hands, we all saw it! "

"But I really didn't..."

"If you say there is no, then there will be no?" Huan Zhi stared and pressed forward step by step, "How many pairs of our eyes have seen things, how dare you wrong a good person, you are really thick-skinned!"

Seeing that the situation is not good, Wei Ning said: "Maybe General Zhang is really just careless?"

"Accidentally?" Huan Zhi sneered, "I can think that he accidentally bumped into His Majesty, but he was standing behind His Majesty, and with his majestic General Huaihua's skill, he couldn't pull His Majesty back? He has fought all his life. But he can't even do such a thing as reaching out, so how did he survive until today? Who will believe it!"

Wei Ning frowned.

There must be something strange about this matter, but it is a fact that Zhang Wei bumped into His Majesty, and it is also a fact that he failed to save His Majesty. He could not find any reason to excuse Zhang Wei, nor could he find any evidence that others framed him, no matter whether it was intentional or unintentional. , regicide is regicide, and those who want to beheaded... what to do?

Huan Zhi continued: "Could it be that the assassin last night was also sent by General Zhang? I want to investigate!"

"Okay," Jie Jun nodded, and then ordered Habayashi Weidao next to Zhang Wei, "Pull his clothes off!"

"Wait!" Huan Zhi stopped, "It's not him, the assassin last night was thinner than him, there must be his accomplices in this palace!"

As soon as Huan Zhi said this, the officials were in an uproar.

If Zhang Wei still had accomplices, then they would be considered a panic now. If Zhang Wei's accomplices jumped the wall in a hurry, would they kill them together?

The Minister of the Ministry of Rites hurriedly stood up and cupped his hands to Xie Jun, saying: "Master Xie, just follow what the Marquis of Jinyang said, and check it out. I believe that all adults are also willing to cooperate."

Upon hearing Shangshu's words, the others echoed and expressed their willingness to cooperate.

"Okay, then I would like to trouble you, my lords, to move the palace garden." Jie Jun turned to a Habayashi guard again, and said, "Go and invite your lord's family members to come to the garden, and let all the Habayashi guards in this palace come to the garden." Gather in the garden, no one is missing!"

"Yes!"

After Xie Jun gathered everyone in the palace in the garden, Changsun Boyi and Yu Shi also appeared in the garden, and it happened that Li Shao and Mrs. Xie also returned to the palace.

"What's the matter?" Li Shao was taken into the garden by Habayashi Wei, and when he saw the garden was full of people, he was very surprised, "What happened?"

"Young master." Xie Jun immediately went forward, and while pulling Mrs. Xie to his side, he briefly explained the situation to Li Shao.

After hearing Jie Jun's explanation, Li Shao was stunned, and immediately walked in front of eldest grandson Boyi very worriedly.

At this time, Changsun Boyi sat lifelessly on the railing of the veranda, with his head bowed and not saying a word.

"Bo Yi," sighed, and Li Shao hugged his eldest grandson Boyi, "Hasn't the person who went to search for him not come back yet? Your Majesty is protected by a real dragon, so he will be fine."

"Sanlang..." Changsun Boyi buried his face in Li Shao's arms, choked up and said, "He fell right in front of my eyes, right in front of my eyes... Why didn't I save him? Why didn't I go to save him ?”

"It's not your fault, he will definitely come back." Li Shao comforted softly, then turned his head to look at Jie Jun, "Haven't you come back after searching for His Majesty?"

Xie Jun shook his head, his eyes turned red because he heard what Changsun Boyi said.

"It's my fault, it's all my fault, I clearly promised to protect him, I promised..." At this point, Changsun Boyi fell silent and only hugged Li Shao tightly, but he could still let him go. Man feels his overwhelming grief.

The Minister of the Ministry of Rites didn't know whether he was moved by Changsun Boyi's grief or what, he also raised his sleeves and wiped away his tears, and comforted him: "General, please take care of your health. There are still many things that require the general to take charge of the overall situation."

The eldest grandson Boyi remained silent, Li Shao could only turn his head and smile at the Minister of Rites, and said softly, "Thank you for your concern."

Many people on this side were overwhelmed by Changsun Boyi's grief, and the search on the other side also had results.

"Master Wei, can you explain this injury?" Habayashi who said this incidentally pulled out a knife and put it on Wei Ning's neck.

"What? Let me see!" Huan Zhi jumped out immediately, but when he saw the wound on Wei Ning's shoulder, Huan Zhi looked confused, "Eh? That's not right..."