Prince of Heaven

After Rongshi was nine years old, he lived in the cold palace.

The cold palace is very large, surrounded by high walls, the main gate and corner gates are locked all year round, the yard is overgrown with weeds, and there are messy trees here and there, which are more shabby than crooked neck trees.

The person in charge of guarding the cold palace was a stooped old eunuch with mean wrinkles on his face, and his old eyes were cloudy like muddy water that had been trampled on a rainy day.

The old eunuch looks scary and has a nagging personality, like a life-threatening ghost on the Black Mountain, everyone is afraid of him.

But Rong Shi likes this old eunuch.

Rongshi has been different from others since he was a child. He seems to like everything that others are afraid of.For example, beasts like wolfdogs and poisonous things like snakes and scorpions are all cute in Rongshi's eyes.

Someone said peacefully that an old eunuch is more dangerous than a beast's poison.It is said that when he was young, he was a lackey next to a favorite concubine of the late emperor. He killed countless lives, committed serious crimes, and had a terrible karma.

These words calmly flowed into Rong Shi's left ear and out of his right ear, but they didn't come to fruition. Instead, Rong Shi looked at the old eunuch more and more pleasingly.

The old eunuch's eyes were almost blind, but his heart was not blind, and he was even sharper than most of the people in the palace.

He soon realized that the eccentric kid liked him.

The old eunuch lived in the harem all his life, his whole body was full of eyes, and his heart was full of calculations. He didn't expect to have a child when he was old, and his cold heart became warm after he realized it.

He thought, in the last few years of his life, it is not impossible to raise a child.

However, Rongshi's liking is different from that of ordinary children.In Rong Shi's eyes, the old eunuch was actually just like a poisonous snake in the grass, just a bit cute.

The old eunuch didn't know this, and if he knew, he probably wouldn't care.

He gave Rong Shi something, it was a small scimitar, shaped like a crescent moon, with a strange pattern on the handle, although the scimitar was small, it was heavy and cold in the hand, like a famous weapon.

"Here, and here," the old eunuch compared his throat, and then compared his heart, "If you cut it down, the other party will have no chance of surviving."

Rongshi was only a child at the time, a small one, not strong enough, the old eunuch thought for a while, then pointed to a clump of grass in the corner of the cold palace and said, "Did you see it?"

"I see." It is the most common grass in Li Country, and it is called "Southern Star".

The old eunuch pointed to the moss on the steps again, squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "The two things are ground into juice and mixed together."

"It's highly poisonous."

"You put it on the blade, no matter where you cut him, he will definitely die."

The old eunuch was indeed a poisonous snake hiding in the grass.Rong Shi thought.

The care from the old eunuch made Rong Shi's life in the cold palace a little bit easier.But the old eunuch didn't give Rong Shiduo directly, he only taught him how to take it for himself.

The courtyard of the Lenggong Palace has been in disrepair for a long time, and there is a short hole in the west corner, which was dug out by someone who was unwilling to be trapped in the past. It is hidden by clumps of weeds, and it is difficult for ordinary people to find.

The old eunuch discovered this hole while guiding him, and revealed to him the location of the closest palace of the young envoy to the cold palace. The young envoy was once favored and had a small kitchen.Now that she has been out of favor for a long time, the small kitchen is still there, and there is no one on duty in the palace at night.

After Rong Shi discovered this hole, he often sneaked out of the cold palace.Go out after nightfall and come back before dawn.

The old eunuch just pretended not to know.

But the purpose of Rongshi is not just a small kitchen with little use.He goes to a different part of the palace every night.

At night, there will be guards watching the night in the palace. After Rong Shi went out, he hid in order to avoid the guards. At the beginning, he had a lot of difficulty hiding, and he was almost discovered many times. Later, he learned to hide himself and climbed the wall. , Climbing trees, lying on the ground, etc. He did all the things he didn't do when he was a prince, and he became more and more proficient. For a while, his body was often covered with grass leaves and dirt, and he looked dirty. Yes, sometimes the body is still wet, like escaping from the river.

Half a year later, one evening, he broke off a branch from the crooked tree at the door, and squatted in the yard to write and draw on the ground with the branch.

The branches moved back and forth stroke by stroke on the ground, and soon a painting appeared on the ground.

"What did you draw?"

The old eunuch's voice suddenly appeared, Rong Shi stood up, pointed at the painting on the ground with a branch: "Map."

The old eunuch had poor eyesight, so he knelt down to look at it, and even he was taken aback.

Here is a map of the palace.

The old eunuch's memories of passing through various palaces began to emerge in his mind.With this map, the memories of his youth that were gradually forgotten by him began to become clear.

"This... this map..." The old eunuch's voice trembled uncontrollably, full of disbelief.

This map is exactly the same as the actual palace.Not only that, it also lists the night watch guards' shift time, the character and weakness of the person on duty at each time, such as who likes to be lazy, who likes to drink, who likes to gamble, and so on.

The old eunuch recovered from the shock, and looked at the child who was still described as immature.

Rong Shi erased the map on the ground, and calmly asked the old eunuch: "Do you want to come with me?"

"Where?"

"The world is so big, where can't I go?"

The old eunuch looked at him, and then at the endless palace, with layers upon layers of palaces and palaces.He said slowly: "Your Highness, you are the master here, why do you want to leave?"

Rong Shi said: "I hate this place, I just want to leave far away."

"But if you encounter something annoying again, what are you going to do? Leave again?" The old eunuch shook his head, "This world is full of filth and ugliness, and you can't escape it."

"What should I do?"

"Only by sitting there—" the old eunuch stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction of Fengtian Temple, "you can change the world, you can destroy the things you hate, and you can play with the things you like Play."

"But I'm no longer the prince."

"What does it matter, Your Highness, sooner or later you will reappear in front of the world, but before that, you need to be patient and wait for the opportunity."

That night, Rong Shi stayed up all night.

The night is like ink, and the spring cold hits people.Rong Shi turned over, and then saw a figure flash by outside the window.

This person sneaked into Rongshi's room with a white silk wrapped around his hand.He's going to hang Yong Shih, then disguise him as a suicide.

The child was sleeping soundly on the bed, and there was a moment of unbearable in his eyes.But this little sympathy couldn't stop him from pulling away the long silk in his hand.

Under the thin quilt, Rong Shi held the machete hidden in his sleeve.

Thick clouds moved in the sky, covering the moonlight, and the surroundings were pitch black, with only a faint light leaking from the gaps in the clouds.

With a sound of puff, the moon-shaped cold light suddenly appeared and then disappeared, the intruder fell to the ground, his eyes widened, as if he had seen something extremely terrifying.

Rong Shi stood barefoot on the hard wooden bed, sheathed the scimitar, looked down at the man who hadn't completely died, and jumped off the bed.

When he met the cold and strange gaze in the darkness, the man's eyes widened, as if he was frightened. He was injured and missed the vital point, but there was poison on the knife.

"Who sent you here?"

The man's face twitched while covering the wound, he opened his mouth but didn't speak, he died.

Rong Shi watched over a dead body until dawn, until the old eunuch came in.

The old eunuch looked at the corpse on the ground, and then at Rong Shi who was sitting on the bed with his knees hugged.

"You killed it?"

Rong Shi looked at him with a sullen face, expressionless: "You taught me how to kill people."

The old eunuch had done a lot of murders in the past when he was with the concubine favored by the first emperor. He had used all kinds of insidious and vicious tricks. He had killed children, women, old people, innocent people, and criminals.

So even if I saw a child killing people like nothing happened, even though I was a little surprised, I quickly came back to my senses, squinted my cloudy old eyes and smiled or not: "Okay, very good, my Highness, you have done a good job!" good."

Rong Shi did not respond to the old eunuch's praise.

He has always been like this, always expressionless, without any fluctuations in his eyes.Even if he was bullied by the palace people, even if he just killed someone, his expression would still be the same, without any fluctuations, like a pool of icy stagnant water.She was extremely indifferent, but her whole body was filled with indescribable nobility.

"That's it, Your Highness." There was a subtle madness in the old eunuch's mean wrinkles, "You were born for the throne."

This is the first time Yong Shi has killed someone.

Last night, a maidservant died in Duke Jin'an's mansion, and the person who found it was another maidservant who lived with this maidservant.When she woke up in the morning, when she opened her eyes, she found that Qiu Ju, who said she had gone for a walk last night, hadn't come back all night. Qiu Ju's bed was still neatly folded, because Qiu Ju always got up late, and she wished she could sleep until the sun was up. It can't be that she got up earlier than her, and then folded the quilt.

It could only be that he didn't come back one night.

Because of the rules in the mansion, if a servant made a mistake, anyone who did the same thing would be imprisoned, so after finding out that Qiu Ju hadn't come back, she felt unlucky to find someone, and then found Qiu Ju's body next to a dry well.

Today is the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the gods, one of the most important days for the people of Liguo. The gods will descend on this day and bring blessings to Liguo. bring disaster.So Qiu Ju was kept a secret.

But Yin Zhu couldn't hide this matter, he immediately found out what was going on, and told Rong Shi and Yin Lan in this small courtyard.

They were all made things difficult by Qiu Ju. Although they didn't regret it, they all felt that she was not guilty enough to die.The murderer is too hateful.

Rong Shi listened quietly and did not participate in their discussion.He lowered his eyes when he heard words such as the murderer's hatefulness, and a layer of alienation and indifference appeared on his body.

"Hey." Yinzhu suddenly changed his voice, "Today's ceremony of offering sacrifices to the gods, everyone in the capital city is going to participate, let's go too!"

Yinlan struggled and said: "But the young master told us to take a good look at Mingyu..."

"Oh, you're a stupid head. You can also watch him when you go to the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the gods." Yin Zhu glanced at Yin Lan resentfully, then turned his head to lean on Rong Shi, with a hint of encouragement in his words, "Besides, Mingyu, you also want to watch the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the gods, right?"

Rong Shi raised his head expressionlessly, but did not answer.

Yinzhu sighed again and again, glanced at Rong Shi from the corner of the eye and said, "Unfortunately, this is the first and possibly the only time that Young Master is serving as a guardian angel, and I can't go to see it. I heard that the angel will wear special costumes, ride The tall steed escorted the Son of God majestically to the altar."

"..."

It is a rare good weather in Shangjing today, the sun is shining brightly, and the golden light is shining all over the earth.

Both sides of the main street of the capital city were bustling with people, they spontaneously stood beside the street, making way for a wide road for carriages.

Rong Shi and Yin Zhu Yin Lan and the three of them were still young and nimble, huddling among the crowd like fish swimming, going wherever they wanted.

"Let's go directly out of the city gate and wait at the side of the altar. I know there is an excellent viewing position there." Yin Zhu said to the two of them.

It was the first time Rongshi went to the street, and also the first time he saw so many people. Everyone was full of enthusiasm and joy, and their faces were full of anticipation.Even the beggars who were cleared away in advance and could only stay in the narrow alleys, the sadness and depression on their faces were rarely relieved a little.

This is the people and common people.

Rong Shi suddenly remembered such a sentence.His aunt once told him that the crown prince is the prince, and when he becomes emperor in the future, he should remember to seek the well-being of the people and order turmoil for the common people.

Then, she who said this planned chaos, and together with her elder brother Jiang Feng, planned chaos in the world and overthrew the country.If they succeed and the world belongs to the Jiang family, will he still be the prince?Does the matter of governing the country and the world have anything to do with him?

It's just a mouth full of lies.

Rong Shi followed Yin Zhu and the others through the crowd. Suddenly, he saw a special person who suddenly appeared and then quickly disappeared into the crowd.

He is about ten years old, and like Rong Shi and the others, he uses his physical advantages to shuttle through the crowd.Rong Shi noticed him because there was a small black mole under his left eye, which was exactly the same as his.

In Rongshi's memory, there is another person who also has such a mole.That person is the "Son of God", who is the same age as him, lives in the temple, and has visited him with the people of the temple.

Could the person who just appeared and disappeared from the crowd be the Son of God?With the Son of God missing, how should the ceremony continue?

Suddenly, the crowd became noisy, and Rong Shi heard a few comments, saying that God's envoy escorted Shenzi to pass here soon.

Rong Shi felt that the atmosphere was getting hotter and hotter. People were pushing him forward like a tide, and he couldn't help frowning.

"Come on, come on!!!" Someone in front shouted loudly.Immediately afterwards, several people around Rong Shi pushed forward excitedly, and he was pushed to the front of the crowd, tripped by a foot in the crowd, and fell to the middle of the road.

Coincidentally, the team of divine envoys arrived here, Yin Zhu yelled "Ming Yu", Yin Lan was about to cry anxiously, and the crowd all exclaimed.

Seeing that the horse's hooves were facing and about to step on it, the rider tightened the reins, and the horse raised its hooves high and neighed towards the sky.The man on the horse leaned over, hooked his feet on the horse's back and fell down. With quick eyesight and quick hands, he reached out to grab Rong Shi's waist, turned over, and sat on the horse's back with Rong Shi.

The horse's hooves fell heavily on the ground and continued on.Such speed and responsiveness are like divine skills.The streets full of onlookers fell silent for a rare moment, and then burst into thunderous applause.

It was a false alarm, Rong Shi's face was sullen, but his heart was beating like a drum.He sat on the back of the horse, his back was stiff, and he was held in his arms by a pair of hands holding the rein.

Jing Huai lowered his head and glanced at the person in his arms whose face was pale due to the sudden fright, and the anger in his heart that ran out without heeding his orders dissipated for no reason.

Jing Huai let go of one hand and put an arm around Rong Shi's waist to prevent him from accidentally falling.

"It really is a little trouble to worry about."

He sighed lowly.