The Road to Peach Blossoms

"The sign of replacement has arrived, and the opportunity for exchange is just right; regardless of whether Tian Ying is found or not, return quickly. Chi, dear."

The homing pigeon cooed, as if urging me to hurry up.I rolled the little paper into a cylinder and put it in the mechanism on its leg.I patted the feathers on the white pigeon's back with a smile, and said with a smile: "Little white pigeon, you have to be careful, don't let others catch and eat it. Be sure to deliver the letter."

The carrier pigeon flapped its wings and flew away looking at the sky.

After doing these things, Jin Se, Xiao Rui, and Zhang Biao, who received my edict, have arrived.The three of them rode on the road, merging with Dongfang Mo, followed my carriage, and all went to Jingwang's Mansion.

At the gate of Prince Jing's mansion, Zhuo Yu greeted him. King Jing set up a place for quiet conversation. Some wine, food, melons and fruits were prepared on the open-air stone table. Zhuo Ye and Zhuo Feng had already sat down in place.

It's a state of being fully prepared.

Only Zhuo Lan is missing.

After we each sat down, I asked, "Within a month, can you guarantee that the Dragon Emperor will die?"

King Jing: "It's not all my efforts... As far as I know, let's not talk about the fifth prince, let's say that the trio of the second prince also started their actions quietly. It's all just the idea of ​​​​killing the father. It's all because of the dragon. The emperor is greedy for glory and wealth, and all the princes have grown up. He has not set up a prince for a long time, and he has not set up an east palace. How many Taoist priests have entered the palace one after another for him to make alchemy? I also know that he wants to live forever and sit all the time. Go on, so I regard these princes as enemies. The dark guards could have been used to protect the princes, but because of his selfishness, they are all living in the palace now."

Me: "Among the Taoist priests who make alchemy, I have mixed hands. But the Dragon Emperor is cunning, Cheng Dan never wants to eat it by himself, he always asks a few eunuchs to try it first, and observes it for several years before he is willing to eat it himself. From here... …there is very little room for us to act.”

Zhuofeng: "The tricky thing is...the general of the Fuguo, Wu Qun, is stubborn. At this time, he still said that the Dragon Emperor was a kindness to him, and said that he was loyal to the emperor and served the country; fortunately, the last general did not follow through on the truth."

(Wu Qun, the general of the Fuguo: the official second-rank military official)

(Reminder: He is addicted to alcohol, and once teased and teased the fifth prince, Dongfang Han, because of his unsatisfactory wine.)

Zhuo Yu: "I went to the palace to check the Dragon Emperor's pulse. Normal people have pulses in three parts, one breath and four pulses (pulse 70-80 times per minute), neither floating nor sinking, neither big nor small, even rhythm, calm and gentle, fluent and powerful However, the three pulses of his pulse condition Cun Guan Chi are all powerful, but when he presses heavily, he feels emptiness, which is the appearance of reality on the outside and emptiness on the inside. The reality on the outside is due to the excess of evil qi and the abundance of righteous energy, while the emptiness on the inside is due to the lack of qi and blood; It’s like Gein’s illusion that he has eaten too much tonic.”

"With such a pulse, according to my experience, the inside of the body is riddled with holes. Within a hundred days, the building will collapse, and people will die overnight."

Zhang Biao: "Can you infer the exact time of death?"

Zhuo Yu frowned: "There is one more thing that is very strange. When I entered the palace for the first time, the pulse was smooth and smooth like a rolling ball. It was mainly concerned with syndromes such as phlegm, stagnant food, excessive heat, and pregnancy. When I went to see it later , the main pulse is slippery and moderate (slightly slippery), which is a sign of the harmony of the camp and the defense, and the filling of qi and blood. I was puzzled, so I asked the reason. It turned out that the dragon emperor had taken a strange medicine called Shenluwan Wan , it is said that the Dragon Emperor is not only full of qi and blood, with a red face, but also tireless, and guards the ten daughters at night."

Although the principle of this medicine is unknown, it just sounds wrong.Since ancient times, medicinal stones have either come slowly and been used slowly, or stimulated the vitality in the body and aggravated the disorder and exhaustion of the internal organs.

Xiao Rui coughed: "I have been taught, so this is the origin of the No. 20 princesses."

Jing Wang added: "There is also the reason why the old man robbed this king of women."

Zhuo Yu continued: "My name is Zhuo... Lan helped me to investigate, and at first I found that it was sent by the second prince; after a while, by accident, I found something wrong again, it seems that the fifth prince was secretly ordering..."

Me: "The Fifth Prince got involved too?"

"But..." Jing Wang frowned, "The worst thing is that the fifth child seems to be just trying to deceive people... I also discovered it by accident a few days ago, thanks to it seems...something happened to that person, The clues were discovered by his subordinates, and under this fall, we discovered something was wrong..."

Me: "Why are you so confused when you say this?"

Zhuo Feng said, "It's the third prince."

I:"!"

Out of the corner of my eye, I glanced at Dongfang Mo, who was pretending to be obedient, and doubts once again grew in my heart.

"What's wrong with the third prince?" I asked.

Zhuo Feng spread his hands: "We don't know, we just know...he is not as simple as imagined; I am afraid he also has the heart to compete for the throne."

Xiao Rui: "Did he make a move later?"

King Jing: "Probably not. I didn't find anything. I don't know where he is. How can I not show the mountains and the water?"

I said: "This topic is over for now. In short, even if we don't make a move, all parties will move together. The most important question now is... who is the candidate for the throne in your mind?"

King Jing: "You."

Me: "I think you are the most suitable."

"Me?!" King Jing shook his head violently, "Are you kidding me? I'm not right. The emperor is so tired. It's better for me to be carefree like this. Besides, I'm not a prince."

"You don't mean it either, so don't make fun of me." I said lightly.

"Okay, okay." Jing Wang said helplessly, "At first, I thought that if I could persuade you to become the emperor, I would be even crazier. At this time, who can snatch my woman and make me unhappy?"

Zhuo Yu: "I recommend the Ninth Prince Dongfang Ling. Dongfang Ling is well-educated, clean and self-possessed, and calm enough in situations."

Jinse: "I reject it. Although Dongfang Ling is good, he just takes care of the second prince wholeheartedly. It is impossible for him to surpass the second prince and become the emperor himself."

Zhang Biao: "Two, six, and nine won't work. The third prince? Doesn't it mean that he is quite capable?"

Zhuo Ye: "I don't agree. Whether this person is an enemy or a friend, and what his character is, I don't know yet."

Zhuo Feng: "Then who else can choose?"

Under my signal, Xiao Rui said, "Why don't you take a look at the Fifth Prince?"

As soon as he opened his mouth, almost everyone opposed him.

King Jing: "Xiao Rui, are you out of your mind?" She said decisively, "A crippled, disfigured, inhumane person is enough to prevent him from being the Dragon King in this life."

When will the whole world know about the fifth prince's inhumane behavior?Where did it leak?Besides, how do I know?

Xiao Rui was tongue-tied for a moment, and I said, "What if I intend to make him emperor?"

"You?!" King Jing looked up and down at me in surprise, "When did you have such a good relationship with him? You used to ignore him."

Me: "If the legs are bad, it can be cured; if the face is good, it's not a reason to deny him. Whoever is the emperor is a beauty contest? The genes are not good, let's see if the third prince has any cubs..."

"He didn't!"

This sound was almost earth-shattering, and Dongfang Mo, who had always lowered his eyebrows and looked down, suddenly made a sound, making all of us look at him.

Zhuo Ye suspected: "At present, we don't know anything about the third prince, and he must be a hidden strong opponent. How do you know?"

Faced with doubts, Dongfang Mo didn't panic, and said indifferently: "I know, it's because..."

"I used to work in his mansion for a while; then I saw that he was not good, so I switched to Ning Wang's mansion."

Seeing his shameless appearance, I couldn't help falling down.

Jinse sneered: "What kind of pretense? Among the princes at your age, I'm afraid the only one is the third prince! Do you think I haven't seen you before the disguise? I even prepared the color-changing potion for you!"

Look--

The vest is off!