Legend of the Orchid

The ancestral temple is in the west of Tokyo. Zhao Kuangyin wanted to use the Xiangguo Temple in the city as the royal family temple, but this century-old temple was always caught in fire. To be on the safe side, another royal temple was built and heavily guarded.

However, the ancestral temple is not an imperial palace after all, and the guards are not so strict. With Lan Ting's ability, it is quite easy to break in.

Zhao Tingjie didn't want Li Zhonglan to work hard, so he whipped the guards in the temple until they were all filthy, scaring the soldiers who hadn't fainted and fled. For a while, there were only two of them left in the huge temple.

The two walked into the main hall piously, and immediately saw the enshrined tablet on the altar. Li Zhonglan stared at the tablet on the court steps and said with a smile: "There is still yours. You are really a member of the royal family in life, and a ghost of the royal family in death."

Zhao Tingjie smiled helplessly, and pondered: "Maybe in a few years, it's time to add a new tablet."

Li Zhonglan knew who he was talking about, so she didn't say much, the two took incense and began to bow down, and after the worship, they were silent for a while.Ting Jie was thinking about the tablet, and Zhong Lan stood quietly with him, only stretching out her left hand to hold the other's right hand.

At the end, Zhao Tingjie came back to his senses and smiled at Li Zhonglan: "Let's go."

The two held hands and walked out the door.

At this time, a group of people came suddenly carrying the sedan chair, and the person in the sedan chair was supported and entered the temple gate with a slightly slow gait, just in time to have a face-to-face meeting with the two of Lan Ting.

This is Emperor Zhao Guangyi, who is nearly sixty years old.

The skin and flesh on his face had been completely relaxed, piled softly on the lower jaw, he looked a lot fatter, long and deep wrinkles intertwined vertically and horizontally, sculpting him beyond recognition.Even though he is the most powerful person in the world, he still has to be bullied by the years. Even the light in his sharp eyes has lost a bit, showing a tired old look.

Li Zhonglan wanted to question him, but she was shocked when they met, and blurted out: "You are old!"

Zhao Guangyi was not deaf, so he couldn't help frowning when he heard this. He narrowed his eyes, and looked at the pair of Bi people in front of him with dark eyes.

But seeing that Zhao Tingjie has become more mature, with a short beard growing on his chin, the lines of his face are not much different from ten years ago, but his demeanor is more calm and calm, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as one person equals one city.

As for Li Zhonglan, it is even more amazing, that stunning face is completely the same as it was ten years ago, even the eyes have not changed, there is still a trace of innocence in the cunning, like a bubbling ice spring in a clear forest, or like a March The bright sunshine in the room is pure and beautiful, and it is unbearable to desecrate.

"It seems that he has taken good care of you all these years!" Zhao Guangyi looked at Li Zhonglan and sighed.

After hearing this, Li Zhonglan smiled unconsciously, he deliberately took Ting Jie's arm, intending to annoy him, and praised: "That's natural, Ting Jie dotes on me very much."

Zhao Guangyi sneered, his hoarse voice suddenly became majestic, and he rebuked angrily: "You murdered the crown prince of the Song Dynasty, which is a crime that cannot be punished, and you dare to trespass on the imperial ancestral temple. You really ate a bear's heart and leopard's guts!"

"So you came to Xingshi to inquire about the crime?" Li Zhonglan thought that she could escape with Tingjie, so she was no longer afraid of him, but provoked him instead.

Zhao Tingjie stretched out his arms to protect Lan'er behind him, and said to the emperor sternly: "One life for another, you kill my fourth brother, it will be too late to repay this debt after ten years, so why bother to be hypocritical."

Enraged by his nephew's unruly attitude, Zhao Guangyi roared: "How can your fourth brother be compared with the crown prince of the Song Dynasty! The crown prince is the son of heaven, and he wants to inherit the world! How can ordinary people compare with it!"

After he finished speaking, his fragile throat couldn't bear the dryness, and he covered his mouth and coughed. The eunuch next to him was so frightened that he quickly handed over the brocade handkerchief.

Zhao Tingjie raised his sword eyebrows, and said in a stern voice: "Since you know that the emperor cannot blaspheme, why did you kill my father in the first place! Can you compare me to my father?"

Zhao Guangyi's expression changed, but after a while, he resumed his domineering posture: "There is no evidence and no evidence! Don't talk nonsense! I am the Son of Heaven, how can I not be compared with my elder brother!"

Zhao Tingjie sneered and said: "If you want others to know, don't do it. The account between you and me is far from settled. For the sake of your dying years, I don't care about you. You can do it yourself!"

Li Zhonglan's tongue clicked at these words, and Ting Jie also said that he could play tricks, and in his opinion, Ting Jie was definitely good at scolding people.

Zhao Guangyi was really furious.As an emperor, he most hoped to live a long life and enjoy the country forever, but now he is being cursed to death, so it's no wonder he doesn't feel annoyed.

But as soon as the emperor got angry, he immediately burst into a series of violent coughs. Zhao Guangyi coughed and coughed, suddenly lost confidence, and sighed: "Even if I am old, so what, my descendants are full of children and grandchildren, and the country is passed down from generation to generation, but what about you? "

A sinister smile appeared on his soft face: "Don't forget, your four sons are still in my hands!"

Zhao Tingjie's brows twitched, and his expression turned fierce. Although he had never met his fourth son all year round, the blood bond still exists, and he must protect the safety of his heirs.

At this moment, Li Zhonglan came out from behind Zhao Tingjie again, and threatened in a tone that was not a big deal for watching the excitement: "You dare to touch Tingjie's child, we will kill you today!"

"Lan'er!" Zhao Tingjie finally cast a reproachful look at the little fox, which immediately made him unhappy, and his cheeks puffed up.

When the emperor saw that the pair were actually quarreling in front of him, he couldn't help feeling sad, shook his head, and said mockingly: "If I wanted to catch you today, would I come here empty-handed?"

Indeed, according to Zhao Guangyi's temperament, if he wanted to contain Zhao Tingjie, he would definitely take the other party's heirs as hostages, but he didn't do that, and he was wearing a bloated dragon robe today, and he didn't look like he was about to fight.

Li Zhonglan was puzzled and asked, "Then what are you doing here?"

Zhao Guangyi looked at him deeply. At this moment, his gaze was as hot as it was more than ten years ago. He said quietly, "Come and see you."

Li Zhonglan was surprised, opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a word, he looked at the vicissitudes of the emperor's body, and thought of the handsome and stable Jin Wang more than ten years ago, he couldn't help feeling sad, his heart suddenly felt compassionate, and his tone A lot more relaxed: "Then you see it now, are you satisfied?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Tingjie put his arms around his waist and hooked him to his side.

The emperor smiled wryly, stared at him again, and sighed, "Let's go!"

Seeing the dejected appearance of the other party, Li Zhonglan suddenly became sad. He lowered his eyes and walked silently with Zhao Tingjie to the door.

When they were about to step out of the temple gate, Zhao Guangyi suddenly called out: "Zhong Lan!"

Li Zhonglan stopped, turned around and looked back.

Zhao Guangyi said indifferently: "Don't rely too much on a man, otherwise you will have nothing when he abandons you in the future."

Li Zhonglan wanted to refute, but knew it was Zhao Guangyi's heartfelt words, so she said nothing, turned around and continued walking out with Zhao Tingjie.

Perhaps this was the last time he and Zhao Guangyi met, and since then, there has been no relationship.

Five years later, Zhao Guangyi died, and Prince Zhao Heng (that is, Zhao Yuankan) succeeded to the throne. He negotiated peace with the Liao Kingdom, known as the "Chanyuan Alliance" in history. The family was destroyed.

After Zhao Guangyi's admonition, Li Zhonglan pondered over and over again, still worried about the difference in life expectancy between herself and Tingjie, so she said to Zhao Tingjie, "Teach me how to do business!"

Zhao Tingjie stroked the little fox's head and said with a smile, "You can't even calculate the accounts and still want to do business?"

Li Zhonglan was annoyed and gave the other party a supercilious look.

Zhao Tingjie rubbed the short beard on the little fox's snowy neck, and asked suspiciously, "Why do you suddenly want to learn how to do business?"

Li Zhonglan turned her head to look at Zhao Tingjie, her slender peach eyes revealed a trace of sadness: "When I get old and ugly, what will you do if you don't want me?"

Zhao Tingjie couldn't laugh or cry, pinching the other's smooth cheek and coaxing: "I will be old at that time, we are the same."

"But you are rich!" The little fox frowned and said seriously, "If you are rich, you can marry many beauties."

As soon as he finished speaking, he couldn't help being furious, glared at Zhao Tingjie, and said fiercely: "If you dare to do this, I will kill you!"

Ting Jie was helpless, and blocked the little fox's mouth with his mouth. For the rest of the time, let the sky prove his sincerity.

Three days before returning to Korea, Li Zhonglan and Zhao Tingjie walked around the entire Tokyo city. This was the first time they showed their true colors on the street, and it was also the first time they held hands in a dignified manner.

The appearance of this pair, who looks like the king of martial arts and the oiran of the demon orchid, immediately caused a sensation. The city was empty with thousands of people, and the common people cast all kinds of eyes such as envy, admiration, questioning, and contempt, but their eyes intertwined. In the center of the situation, Lan Ting and his wife are contented and unaffected by favor or humiliation.

Piaoping in troubled times, but also grateful. Fortunately, they met each other 20 years ago. Fortunately, they had a story. , enough.

The author has something to say:

At this point, the main text is over, and there will be a side story in the back, which talks about attacking and accepting the fate of the previous life. I originally wanted to write something short, but I still couldn’t stop it. There are a thousand Hamlets for a thousand people. Everyone likes to read my articles. I’m very happy, after all, I’m no longer generating electricity for love. When I first started writing, I really wrote it with self-confidence, and the next one will be a lighter and funny one.

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