Remembrance of Tianyin's Adventure

Under the bright red sun, Zhan Zhao was wearing a crimson official robe and walking on the winding path in the imperial garden. The garden was lined with strange stones and blooming flowers, which made him extraordinarily elegant and handsome.All the maids passing by nearby cast admiring glances at him, and several of them hid in corners together and discussed in a low voice.

With Zhan Zhao's eyesight and hearing, he could have seen everything, but at this moment, he was focused on guessing the Queen Mother's intention of inviting him to play chess, and he didn't pay any attention to the movement around him.

After walking for a while, Zhan Zhao saw Yan Pond ten zhang away, and the Empress Dowager was sitting quietly in the Panxiu Pavilion by the pool, so he quickened his pace and walked towards the pavilion.At this moment, more than ten eunuchs came in a file, each of them was holding a huge gold plate, and the red gold plate was very eye-catching in the sunlight.

Zhan Zhao passed by several eunuchs who were walking forward, not paying attention to anything, but suddenly, everyone's eyes shot up violently, and only one of them shouted loudly, everyone actually changed their formation and pulled Zhan Zhao together around the center.

"What do you guys mean?" Before Zhan Zhao finished his sentence, everyone raised their hands and lifted the cover of the red gold plate, revealing the shiny black steel cables in the plate, and each steel cable was at least ten feet long.

Zhan Zhao was even more unbelievable when he saw it, and secretly said: "In broad daylight, in the forbidden palace, someone actually assassinated me in front of the queen mother?" Beams of dazzling sunlight shot into his eyes.

Zhan Zhao was caught off guard, and instantly felt a golden light flashing in front of his eyes, piercing his eyes with burning pain, it was difficult to open them, but he didn't panic at the moment, he simply closed his eyes, his helixes moved slightly, and the corners of his lips raised a faint smile, saying to everyone : "Let's go together!"

Immediately, the sound of the chains flying around suddenly sounded, and they attacked him in three directions at the same time, Zhan Zhao jumped up immediately, and firmly stepped on the steel cable connecting with the lower body, Junyi's figure flew rapidly Zhuan, with deep internal force, formed a vortex-like protective circle around his body, tightly blocking the middle and upper steel cables two feet away.

Normally, when the palace people saw fierce battles, they would have scattered in panic, but today in the imperial garden, there were more and more eunuchs gathering together, all of them widened their eyes and stretched their necks, eager to get closer to watch the battle.

Seeing that the sneak attack was unsuccessful, all the eunuchs quickly retracted their chains, each using their moves to attack Zhan Zhao again.At this moment, Zhan Zhao's eyes have been opened, he sees the right moment, his clothes flutter in the air, his figure dodges left and right, and defuses the attacks from different directions one by one.Several chains were tightly entangled around his body, and it was difficult to untie them for a while.Several chains were held by him at the same time, and between shaking hands, these people were tightly bound and could not move.

"I didn't expect Zhan Zhao's martial arts to be so superb!" Seeing it from a distance, the Queen Mother couldn't help admiring it from the bottom of her heart.

Although the empress dowager's voice was not loud, it was already heard by Zhan Zhao, and his mind suddenly cleared up: "So the empress dowager is trying my martial arts." So he stopped attacking sharply, slowed down his moves, jumped out of the circle, and calmed down He said to all the eunuchs: "Everyone can stop!"

Seeing that the fighting spirit was gone in everyone's eyes, he turned around and walked towards Panxiu Pavilion.Unexpectedly, not far away, a gust of wind came behind him suddenly, and a chain came in with a strong force. Zhan Zhao didn't want to hurt anyone, so he didn't draw his sword, turned around and wrapped the sword around the chain, and said in a deep voice, "Why? Do you still want to stop?" Looking closely, the man was not an eunuch, but Yu Qianfan, the deputy commander of the Imperial Forest Army who falsely accused him of having an affair with a witch a few days ago in front of the Queen Mother.This person is full of murderous aura, does it seem like he is testing his martial arts?

Zhan Zhao was even more confused, so he questioned him, "Vice Commander Yu, what do you mean?"

Yu Qianfan didn't answer, but let out a heavy "hum", concentrated all his skills on the chains, and swept towards Zhan Zhao with all his strength.Yu Qianfan wanted to beat Zhan Zhao in front of the Queen Mother, but he forgot that Zhan Zhao was less than five feet away from the Panxiu Pavilion, and the Queen Mother was not far behind him.

Zhan Zhao didn't want to fight with him, and was about to dodge lightly, when he suddenly realized that if his move failed, the internal force from the chain would definitely affect the queen mother, so he floated up and landed in the center of the wild goose pond in an instant.Under the bright golden sun, Zhan Zhao was dressed in red like a cloud, stepped on a blooming white lotus, and stood tall on the clear water.Looking back, Cheng Zhu smiled, making the entire imperial garden pale.

The Empress Dowager looked at Zhan Zhao in amazement, and saw him with sword eyebrows and temples, eyes like stars, elegant and handsome, with a jade tree facing the wind, standing on top of a white lotus, as if a god had come to the world, and secretly sighed in her heart: "Such a martial art A man with a stunning face and a shocking appearance, are the two daughters of the Ai family really worthy of him?"

At the moment when the Queen Mother was in a trance, Zhan Zhao had summoned his internal strength and swung his sword over the pool water, stirring up a large piece of water more than ten feet high, blocking the internal force from Yu Qianfan's chains.

"Stop!" Chief Eunuch Chen Lin shouted to stop Yu Qianfan and said, "Yu Qianfan is bold, how dare you endanger the Queen Mother!" While speaking, Zhan Zhao flew and landed in front of the Panxiu Pavilion.

Yu Qianfan sent all the "eunuchs" away in a hurry, ran into the pavilion, and kowtowed to the queen mother again and again: "I am reckless, I almost hurt the queen mother, please forgive me! Please forgive me!"

The Empress Dowager Shen Sishui said: "Yu Qianfan, you are jealous of Zhan Zhao, and you falsely accused him in front of the Ai family. The Ai family does not blame you. Who in the world is not jealous? The Ai family arranged for you to fight alone with him today. Convince yourself so that you can live in harmony with him in the future, I never thought that you would secretly call the Imperial Forest Army, and use such a despicable method to sneak attack, it really makes the Ai family lose face!" Ask Zhan Zhao, "Have your eyes ever been injured?" See Zhan Zhao shook his head, and coldly said to Yu Qianfan: "According to Ai's family, it is time to find someone else for the position of deputy commander of the Imperial Forest Army!" He was immediately ordered to take him away.

Zhan Zhao saw that the Queen Mother had completed her disposal, so she pulled up her robe and walked into the pavilion, knelt down to salute the Queen Mother.

"Pingshen!" The Empress Dowager looked at Zhan Zhao appreciatively and said, "Guard Zhan is really good at martial arts!"

Standing up together, Zhan Zhaofang suddenly felt his energy and blood surge, his eyes darkened, and his figure couldn't help but sway.

Chen Lin quickly stepped forward to support him and said, "What's wrong with you?" She asked in amazement, "Could it be that your injury hasn't healed yet?"

Although Zhan Zhao has stabilized his figure at this moment, his complexion is pale, and the corners of his forehead are covered with thin sweat.

The queen mother was startled, and said to Chen Lin: "Quick! Tell the imperial physician!"

Zhan Zhao stopped Chen Lin, and said to the queen mother, "No need, I'm fine, it's just that I haven't used force for a long time."

The Empress Dowager knew that he didn't want to mobilize people in the palace, so she stopped insisting and waved to him: "Then don't stand there, come and sit down!"

Zhan Zhao Xie En stepped forward, sat opposite the Queen Mother, and saw that the chessboard was already set up on the stone table in front of him.

The queen mother thought of the danger of the battle just now, and sighed: "It's good intentions to mourn the family, but it almost hurt you!"

Zhan Zhao smiled and said, "The Empress Dowager doesn't need to be concerned, he can't hurt the minister."

The queen mother nodded, and ordered Chen Lin to pour him a cup of Fuzhou tribute tea and said, "Do you know why Ai's family asked you to come to the Imperial Garden to meet?" Without waiting for Zhan Zhao to reply, she continued, "Do you still remember that five years ago? Before, Aijia was just a vegetable seller who was hunted down here in the middle of the night, but you arrived in time and saved Aijia."

Zhan Zhao replied respectfully: "Guarding is the duty of a humble official, so the Empress Dowager doesn't have to keep it in mind."

The Empress Dowager sighed with emotion: "How can I forget the grace of saving my life?" I wanted to get to the point, but hesitated for a while, but still couldn't speak. Seeing the chessboard on the stone table, I said, "Let's play chess with Ai's family."

"Yes, Empress Dowager." Zhan Zhao's advances and retreats were well-founded, and the Empress Dowager did not know where to start talking to him.

Facing the chessboard, both of them looked solemn, but neither of them was focused on the chess game.For the queen mother, winning or losing chess is not important at all; for Zhan Zhao, playing chess with the queen mother is a kind of torment. .

The time for a stick of incense passed, the Queen Mother finally couldn't help but said: "Yesterday Aijia summoned Bai Yutang and talked with him about Chunni and Meiniang's marriage."

Zhan Zhao knew that the queen mother invited him to play chess for this purpose, but he didn't expect the queen mother to be so outspoken.

The Empress Dowager said again: "Bai Yutang has a lot of affection for Mei Niang, the Ai family wanted to marry them both, but Mei Niang already has her own heart..." While speaking, his eyes were fixed on Zhan Zhao, half indifferent shift.

Zhan Zhao avoided the Empress Dowager's gaze, and said after a while, "I...don't deserve the princess's concern."

"Mei Niang is not the only one who cares about you?" The Empress Dowager sighed deeply, "Your mind is so transparent, you should know that the dead are gone..."

Zhan Zhao slowly raised his eyes to look at the Queen Mother, his eyes were gloomy.

Just in time, a breeze blows outside the pavilion, wrinkling a pool of clear water.The Queen Mother put down the chess pieces in her hand, got up and walked towards the vermilion lacquer railing near the Yanchi Pond, looked at the ripples in the pool, and said to Zhan Zhao: "Do you know that the Ai family always regards pearls as their destiny, but why are they willing to give it to you?" you?"

Zhan Zhao got up and stood beside the queen mother, "I don't know!"

The queen mother turned around, looked directly into Zhan Zhao's eyes and said, "Because in Aijia's heart, I always hope that you can become Aijia's beloved son-in-law!"

Hearing this, Zhan Zhao was shocked on the spot and was speechless for a long time.

Zhan Zhao knew very well that Bao Zheng cared about him, and when he returned to Kaifeng Mansion, he went to Bao Zheng's study, saw that Gongsun Ce was also there, and briefly told them what happened in the Imperial Garden.

Gongsun Ce saw that he looked quite tired, and sighed: "Before leaving the palace, how did my lord and I tell you? You entered the palace this time, not only did you delay returning, but you even used force against others regardless of your own injuries."

Zhan Zhao smiled and said, "Yu Qianfan is provocative on purpose, do you want me to be arrested without a fight?"

Bao Zheng thought about Zhan Zhao's lifelong event, and persuaded him, "Why don't Guard Zhan seriously consider what the Empress Dowager means?"

Gongsun Ce laughed and said, "If you become a son-in-law, it will be a great joy for the Kaifeng Mansion."

"Sir, you are joking!" Zhan Zhao lowered his eyes and said, "I have no intention of marrying a wife yet."

Bao Zheng and Gongsun Ce looked at each other, and they were about to persuade him again, but they heard him say: "Zhan Zhao can follow the lord in this life, wish is enough!"

A few days later, the Ministry of Officials handed over the Tianyin Sect criminals back to Kaifeng Mansion, and Bao Zheng concluded the case of Tongyun on the same day. Except for the accomplice Guo Zhongqing who was sentenced to ten years of exile for committing crimes and meritorious service, the rest of the Tianyin Sect were all released without charge. The Yinpai Shifu was also lifted from the seal.Zhan Zhao personally took the people out of the cell, and returned to Shifu with them.

According to the practice of our sect, Zhan Zhao did not set up a mourning hall for Situ Tingyin, but only placed his body in a sarcophagus, and slept in the same stone room with the ancestors of all generations.The huge sarcophagus is enough to place the smashed musical instrument next to Situ Tingyin to fulfill his last wish.

The ancestors of Tianyin Sect, Shangguan Wenle and Situ Tingyin are on the spiritual throne. Zhan Zhao knelt down with incense sticks, worshiped sincerely, and vowed to uphold the teachings of his master and carry forward Tianyin Sect.But after taking the oath, he couldn't help hesitating. After all, in his heart and his master's mind, the "Guangda" sect's method is not the same. Known all over the world."

With Zhan Zhao's current official position and the emperor's favor for him, it is not difficult to make the Tianyin School "famous in the world", but this is not what he really wants.

Bringing the white jade guqin into the forbidden area again, Zhan Zhao felt as if he had passed away.Just a few days ago, I had an epiphany here, thinking that from then on, my state of mind could really reach the state of Zhuangzi's "happy excursion".Unexpectedly, the world is impermanent, the sudden death of his master, and the resurrection of Tong Yun's body, shattered the strength and peace that he thought was indestructible.

He suddenly felt that something was messed up, but he didn't know what was messed up - was it gain and loss, life and death, or remembering and forgetting?

That night, Bao Zheng heard the most shocking sentence in years from Zhan Zhao, but what made Bao Zheng even more elusive was the indifference on Zhan Zhao's face.

Gongsun Ce also found it unbelievable, and asked Zhan Zhao, "Guard Zhan really wants to live in Daxiangguo Temple?"

Zhan Zhao nodded, and said to Bao Zheng, "This subordinate won't stay here for a long time, I just want to ask for a few days off."

"It's really only a few days?" Bao Zheng knew that Zhan Zhao would not ask for leave without reason. Could it be that the farewell to Lian Caiyun made him disheartened and disillusioned?Bao Zheng was not afraid of him being hurt, nor was he afraid of him being sad, what he was most afraid of was that he was clearly suffering from injuries, but on the surface he was still calm and calm.Bao Zheng didn't dare to grant him leave easily, lest he go to Xiangguo Temple and there would be no return date.

Zhan Zhao was quite surprised by Bao Zheng's question, and said earnestly, "Of course it's only a few days."

Gongsun Ce persuaded: "You are still injured, my lord hopes that you will stay in the mansion and rest well."

"My lord's sympathy, my subordinates understand." Zhan Zhao said, "It's just that Xiangguo Temple is quieter."

"Quiet?" Bao Zheng said displeased, "Could it be that the mansion is not quiet?"

Zhan Zhao didn't expect that it would be so difficult to ask for a few days off, and he didn't know how to persuade Bao Zheng.

But Gongsun Ce said: "My lord, the government has been busy recently, and it is indeed a bit chaotic. It is better to let the Zhan guards go to Daxiangguo Temple to recuperate. The environment in the temple is quiet, and the wounds will heal faster." Said, Xiang Baozheng Give me a wink.

Although Bao Zheng didn't understand what it meant, but he knew that Gongsun Ce had calculations in his mind, so he agreed to Zhan Zhao, and at the same time asked him to promise to return to the government office within seven days.