Chapter 24 Chapter 9 Origin

Braving the cold wind all the way back to Beijing, I didn't return to the capital until the evening of the second day. Xiao Qianqing was busy with government affairs and didn't have time to see me, so I had dinner first and went back to Chuxiu Palace where I had been away for half a year to rest first. As soon as I returned to the bedroom, the window of the room was knocked suddenly. If Xiao Qianqing is looking for me, don't you need to climb the window?I opened the window a little strangely, and Gui Wuchang's face was revealed. He jumped in from the window, with a strange smile on his face wearing a human skin mask under the moonlight: "Little girl, you are finally back, Xiaoying said you want to find me...so I asked the king of Chu to deliver the letter for me .”

It turned out that he asked Xiao Qianqing to call me back. Aren't he and Xiao Qianqing enemies?When did the relationship get so close? I was a little confused, thousands of questions turned into a key sentence: "Who are you?" Gui Wuchang smiled, did not speak, but slowly took off the human skin mask that had been covering his face. The handsome and straight eyebrows, the deep eyes as bright as the morning stars, and the slightly pale thin lips gently raised into a smile warm as spring breeze. What appeared in front of my eyes was Xiao Huan's face. The candlelight flickered in the quiet night, and my eyes gradually opened.

The candlelight shone on the silver hair on his sideburns, a little bit of light gold flickered, and Gui Wuchang smiled softly: "I'm Xiao Yu." Xiao, Suzaku branch, a single name that only emperors and princes can use, Xiao Yu? ! I held my breath: "Are you Emperor Ruizong?" I think I'm crazy, the person in front of me is Emperor Ruizong who died nine years ago! Gui Wuchang turned his eyes to me and smiled: "Are you surprised?" Only then did I realize that his eyes, like Xiao Huan's, are bottomless double pupils.The Empress Dowager told me that Xiao Huan looked very similar to his father, I thought it was just a casual remark, but now I understand that it is more than a resemblance, the two faces are exactly the same, even the expressions are 80% similar, If it wasn't for the difference in his voice and the obvious wrinkles at the corners of Gui Wuchang's eyes, I would have thought it was Xiao Huan standing in front of me.

I twitched the corner of my mouth: "I'm not stupid, am I?" It's not my fault, a person who only appeared in my childhood memories was written into the history books by the historians to make a final conclusion. What kind of fortitude and wisdom, the Lord of ZTE, was called the first emperor for eight years, and now he is not even called the first emperor. The person called Emperor Ruizong suddenly stood in front of me and said that I am Xiao Yu, and that I can wake up is enough to prove that I am a genius... Gui Wuchang laughed softly: "Really?" I thought he would make a few jokes, but after a pause, he asked, "What question do you want to ask me? Tell me."

I pursed my lips, feeling a little nervous for some reason, and blurted out the first question: "Who is Master Chen of Lingbi Sect?" Gui Wuchang was slightly taken aback: "Have you seen her?" I nodded: "The other day she came to me and said that if I wanted to kill Xiao Huan, I would go to her. What is her identity and why did she kill Xiao Huan?" Gui Wuchang was silent for a while, then suddenly smiled: "You came back in time, she is still in the capital tonight." I was stunned: "Is she in the capital?" "Follow me." Gui Wuchang said, motioning for me to follow him.

I hastily put the musket by the bed in my arms, took another pack of loaded bullets, and then followed Gui Wuchang and jumped out of the window. Gui Wuchang was very familiar with the terrain and defenses of the Forbidden Palace, so he easily avoided the guards and led me straight to Xiao Qianqing's bedroom. Although Xiao Qianqing also had a palace in the capital, he became the assistant queen and lived in the inner palace for the convenience of going to court and handling government affairs. Now that we have come outside his bedroom, we see that the lights in Xiao Qianqing's room are still on, but there are no servants outside the door. In fact, there is no one around for several feet outside his bedroom. .

Standing on the steps outside Xiao Qianqing's bedroom, I vaguely heard someone talking inside, one of them was Xiao Qianqing, and the other had an elegant and calm female voice, it was Chen Luomo, the leader of Lingbi that I met that day. Gui Wuchang put his arms around my waist and gently jumped to the majestic roof of the palace. His left hand firmly hooked on the beams, fixing our bodies in the air. At this angle in mid-air, you can just see the scene in the room through the high ventilation window. Master Chen sat at the table with his back to us, with a leisurely posture, holding a tea bowl with his jade hands as white as spring onions.

Opposite her was Xiao Qianqing, who was half leaning on the table case, holding the case with one hand, and resting his forehead with the other hand, his brows were slightly frowned, and there was a faint tiredness in his tone: "...don't talk about it anymore, I said I'm tired of it, I Now that I have a beloved woman, I don’t want to interfere in the grievances between you.” Master Chen laughed lightly: "Don't His Royal Highness Chu want the throne?" Xiao Qianqing said lightly: "You can call me jealous, but I just don't like my emperor brother, as long as it is in his hands, I want to take it away, the same is true for the throne, I don't care about that dragon chair, But as long as it is taken from him, I will be happy. But it is different now, the throne is like a shoe in my eyes, I just want..." He paused, but did not continue.

"Just want his woman? Take his throne and take his woman," Chen Jiaozhu laughed, with a slightly sarcastic tone, "there is no difference, right?" Xiao Qianqing shook his head: "Master Chen, I don't care about your old grievances, and you don't care about us either." Master Chen smiled again: "That's right, I shouldn't talk too much. Then, does His Highness the King of Chu still remember the poisonous oath that your father made in the past?" "My father and his descendants must obey your orders? If not, will they die with a sharp knife through their hearts?" Xiao Qianqing sneered, "I'm sorry, although I have heard my father say this poisonous oath, but I No one so foolish as to want to keep such a foolish oath."

"It's not good not to keep promises," Master Chen still chuckled, put down the tea bowl in his hand, stretched out a finger to gently pull it, "I don't like people who don't keep promises." Xiao Qianqing put down his hands, and chuckled lightly: "Why, does Master Chen want to punish me for breaking the oath?" Teacher Chen got up from the chair with a smile, and raised his finger: "So what?" Seeing that they are about to attack, I am a little anxious. Although I have never seen this leader Chen make a move, it is recognized in the world that leader Lingbi is the number one master in the world. I'm afraid it's bad luck.

Just as he was thinking, Master Chen lifted his fingers lightly, the silver light shone slightly, and a few extremely thin silver needles came out of his hand. Those silver needles went away very quickly, with a "chi" sound, before Xiao Qianqing's figure could move, the left sleeve was torn in response, he covered the sleeve, and his face became a little pale. Before I had time to think about it, my fingers had already pulled the gun, and the bullets roared out of the barrel. Hanging in Gui Wuchang's arms, I fired six shots at Master Chen in one breath. Before the green smoke of gunpowder dispersed from the front, a white line came from the front. Gui Wu was very quick, put his feet on the window lattice, dodged Bai Lian, and led me to fall under the window. The window below has been shaken open by Teacher Chen's Bai Lian, Gui Wuchang grabbed Chen's Bai Lian with one hand, and put his other hand around my waist, stood outside the window and smiled at Teacher Chen inside: "Luo Mo, don't come here!" all right?" Master Chen held the other end of Bai Lian, and smiled sweetly: "Who am I to say? So it's Lord Long Live." Then she smiled at me: "Little girl, let's meet again... I heard you hurt Huan'er?" Xiao Qianqing didn't know about it yet, so he turned to look at me with some differences, and I nodded: "It's indeed me." Chen Jiaozhu smiled: "It's a pity, this shot still didn't kill Huan'er." She said, sighing, "As Huan'er's biological mother, I also feel very sorry to find a way to kill him. Difficult." Her voice was very elegant, but I suddenly felt a little disgusted, and couldn't help asking: "Are you Brother Xiao's biological mother?" She nodded slightly: "Yes, I am Huan'er's biological mother." She said, looking at Gui Wuchang, with a faint smile, "I am also the empress of our Emperor Ruizong. Little girl, you are also an empress, you are very lucky I'm much better, and Huan'er is quite dedicated. His father's flirtatious ability is much stronger." She said, smiling at Gui Wuchang: "Long live Lord, are you in a good mood to see me today?" When she talked to Xiao Qianqing and me, she was very graceful, but when she talked to Gui Wuchang, she added a little coquettishness, or rather, she was a little childish and naive? Gui Wuchang smiled and led me into the room from the window, but he didn't let go of Bai Lian in his hand, and smiled: "Yeah, I haven't seen Luo Mo for so long, I'm always afraid that if I don't see it again, one day I will see it again." It's not here." Chen Luomo smiled softly, and walked slowly towards this side: "Long Live Lord always says these things to make me happy." Gui Wuchang smiled: "As long as falling ink can be happy, it's better than anything else." At this time, Master Chen was already standing very close to Gui Wuchang, and smiled: "Long Live God treats Luo Mo with affection, Luo Mo is really grateful." Following the words, a blue light suddenly flashed in her sleeve. Gui Wuchang slanted his shoulders, and the dull sound of a sharp weapon piercing into flesh and blood was heard. He took a deep breath, pressed his left shoulder, and bent slightly. Amidst the chuckle, Master Chen's figure flashed outside the door, and his voice remained elegant: "Then, please accept this thank you gift with a smile." Master Chen's figure disappeared under the moonlight, I hurried over to check on Gui Wuchang's situation, he pressed his hands on the acupuncture points on his shoulders, a three-edged shuttle with blue light was exposed on his shoulders, and there was a section of the tail around the wound. His clothes had already been soaked in blood, and he looked a little hideous and terrifying. I stretched out my hand to help Gui Wuchang pull out the iron shuttle on his shoulder, but he hurriedly stopped me: "Don't touch it, it's poisoned." I froze for a moment, and then I saw that the blood flowing from Gui Wuchang's shoulder was a strange crimson. "Then what should I do?" I panicked. "You can just pull it out with a cloth lining." Gui Wuchang smiled, quickly touched the large holes around the wound, took out a handkerchief from his bosom, and pulled it out with his hand, the poisonous blood from the wound splashed with the iron shuttle . I helped Gui Wuchang press the acupuncture points around the wound, and asked: "What should I do next, will the poison spread, should I call the imperial doctor?" Gui Wuchang had already taken out a handkerchief from his bosom, and skillfully bandaged the wound: "What do you call an imperial doctor? The poison didn't spread much into the blood, and it can be forced out after two times." I looked at his movements and asked in a daze, "Do you often treat wounds by yourself?" He nodded, very indifferently: "Yes." "Is it the leader Chen who hurt you?" I continued to ask. "How could it be?" Gui Wuchang still carefully wrapped his wound, "Nine out of ten." "Mr. Li said that brother Xiao and I are the second most inexplicable couple in the world, and the most inexplicable couple in the world. Are you and that leader Chen?" I sighed. "Mingzhang? He seems to have said that we are the most inexplicable couple in the world." Gui Wuchang finally healed his wound, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, "How do you know?" Smiling enough to be able to throw poisonous hidden weapons to hurt people, and this look is very common... I sighed: "It's bloody when we meet, it really is inexplicable..." "Is it so inexplicable?" Gui Wuchang raised his head and smiled, "Isn't it similar to when you shot Huan'er?" "I didn't feed poison on the bullet." I kept mentioning that matter all night, and my face was a little stiff, and I replied. "My body is also better than Huan'er." Gui Wuchang smiled. I turned my head and saw Xiao Qianqing who had been standing on the side all the time, his torn sleeve was still hanging limply by his side. I remembered and asked, "Did the silver needle hurt you just now?" Xiao Qianqing also seemed to have just noticed something, frowned and his expression changed slightly, and he suddenly covered his chest: "Well, it seems to be hurting here." I was so scared that I broke out in a cold sweat, and quickly grabbed his shoulder: "Where did it get stabbed? Is it deep? How painful is it?" With a "thump", Xiao Qianqing covered his mouth and laughed lightly: "Silly girl, I lied to you." I froze for a moment, looked up at his smug smiling face, and suddenly became angry: "What's the trouble? People are scary!" Seeing me angry, Xiao Qianqing felt a little wronged: "I'm just joking." I glared at her again: "That Master Chen is so cruel to his husband, he is a dangerous person, you'd better keep her at arm's length." "Okay." Xiao Qianqing perfunctory casually, he looked very happy, his smile was as bright as a spring flower. I was dazed by the dazzling light in my eyes, and muttered: "Why are you so happy?" "Of course I'm happy." His smile continued, "I finally know that you will worry about me too." I didn't know what to say to him, so I could only shake my head. Gui Wuchang didn't know when she had already sat on the wooden chair that Master Chen sat on just now, and she was taking a sip from her tea bowl contentedly: "Little girl, come and sit down, so that you don't have to ask again and again, I will explain the matter to you." Let me tell you the whole story." Xiao Qianqing also sat down and smiled: "Uncle Huang, do you want me to do it for you?" His name is Gui Wuchang "Uncle Emperor", it seems that the two have known each other for a long time. Looking at Xiao Qianqing's conversation with Master Chen before, it seems that because of the oath made by the previous king of Chu, he had no choice but to obey Master Chen. So now he is teaming up with Gui Wuchang again? Gui Wuchang's spirit was not very good, so he nodded and said, "Okay, Qing'er, tell me." Xiao Qianqing smiled and told me the story. This reason goes back to the founding of the country. Lingbi Sect was founded in the seventh year of Emperor Taizong's Dechang, and Emperor Taizong's Empress Shengchun, according to historical records, died in the sixth year of Dechang. In fact, it was Emperor Taizong's Empress Jiefa who founded Lingbi Sect. This Empress Shengchun was the eldest princess of the Zi family in the previous dynasty. When Emperor Taizong raised his army, it was following the banner of the eldest princess that he called for a group of soldiers who were loyal to him. Later, Emperor Taizong won the world, married the eldest princess as his wife, and was canonized as a queen. Throughout his life, Emperor Taizong never had a second concubine in the harem. History has long been annihilated, and now even Xiao's children no longer know the grievances between Emperor Taizong and Empress Shengchun. They only know that Empress Shengchun disappeared from the palace in the sixth year of Dechang.Emperor Taizong claimed that Empress Shengchun died of a sudden illness, and buried her clothes in the imperial mausoleum. In the second year, a sect called "Lingbi Sect" appeared on the rivers and lakes. Emperor Taizong passed away in the eighth year of Dechang. Before his death, he left a secret edict, admonishing the younger generation of emperors not to use troops to encircle and suppress Lingbi Sect, secondly not to restrain the development of Lingbi Sect, and thirdly not to harm the leader of Lingbi Sect. The secret edict has been passed down from generation to generation, and every patriarch of the Xiao family, that is, every emperor, will see this secret edict before ascending the throne. And this secret edict also explained the reason why Empress Shengchun founded Lingbi Sect. This mysterious Jianghu sect actually existed for the purpose of overthrowing the Great Wu Empire one day. Since ancient times, there has never been a dynasty that did not flourish and decline. However, a dynasty that has accumulated evils from day to day to terminal illness is bound to be accompanied by violent turmoil. When the Great Wu was prosperous, Lingbi Sect was alone, and once the leader of Lingbi Sect believed that the empire began to decline, and this decline was irreversible, Lingbi Sect would do everything possible All methods will accelerate the demise of the empire. The current Chen Luomo thinks that Dawu has reached the point of no cure and needs to overthrow the entire empire quickly. All the previous events, including my master's death, and the reason why Xiao Qianqing forced the palace to usurp the throne, were all driven by her behind the scenes. After Xiao Qianqing finished speaking, Gui Wuchang smiled: "Wang Feng is the symbol of Xiao's emperor, but Yangliufeng is the token of the leader of Lingbi Sect. Little girl, your Yangliufeng was given to you by your master, right? It should be Luomo Have him pass it on to you." No wonder my master didn't say anything when he handed Yang Liufeng to me, I just thought it was an ordinary sword. Frowning, I said, "What did Master Chen entrust Yang Liufeng to me?" Gui Wuchang smiled again: "Probably Luo Mo thought that you would be on her side." will i?If the emperor wasn't Xiao Huan, then I might really be. I am not a law-abiding person in my bones, and the desire for destruction and reconstruction has always been with me. But when I saw Xiao Huan put all his heart and soul into this empire, and saw that he was still in the arena, he still didn't slack off in the slightest. I will no longer be bewitched by the words of Master Chen... What's more, I never thought of Xiao Huan's death. Even though I thought he killed Master, even though I thought he was my worst enemy... I never thought of letting him die, or even hurting him. That sword at the beginning was shocked and didn't know what to do.It was really an accident that he was shot and injured this time.I thought that his martial arts were too high, so even if he was unwell, nothing would happen, but I was in a hurry and injured him by mistake. If you really love someone, and it's too late to share all the pain for him, why would you want to hurt him? Putting my clenched fist on my chest, I looked up to see Gui Wuchang's pale face. Now he looks more like Xiao Huan, I hardly dare to stare at his face, and asked softly: "There is also a misunderstanding between Master Chen and you?" Gui Wuchang was silent for a while, and didn't answer directly, but said lightly: "Luo Mo was poisoned by Ice and Snow Love Tribulation when she was pregnant with Huan'er, so Huan'er was born with cold poison." He smiled: "The coldest ice and snow in the world, you need to put people into a pool on the top of Tianshan Mountain, soak for three days and three nights before planting. "The extremely cold water that has lasted for thousands of years has gathered in that pool, which is more chilly than the thousand-year ice and snow. People in that pool will not be frozen to death, and they will always remain terribly awake. When a person is soaked in the pool for three days and three nights, the coldness will be engraved into the bones, and from then on, it will follow like a shadow for the rest of his life, corroding the body until death." I felt cold when I heard it, and couldn't help but ask, "Did you go to save her?" "At that time, I was having sex with another woman." Gui Wuchang smiled faintly, and looked up into the distance of nothingness, "For three days and three nights, I have been having sex with another woman." I suddenly felt that his expression seemed familiar, and I stared at him blankly. He smiled lightly: "So it's very polite for Luo Mo to treat me like this." I don't know what to say, only silent. After talking for a while, Gui Wuchang was a little tired, he raised his hand and rubbed his forehead: "I'm sorry, I'm a little tired, so I won't be with you tonight." I hurriedly said: "You are injured, don't leave the palace anymore, just sleep in my bedroom tonight." Before Gui Wuchang agreed, Xiao Qianqing frowned and said, "Even if Uncle Huang wants to sleep in the palace, it's more convenient for me to stay here, right?" I was taken aback, and when I understood, I couldn't help but smile. Except for my father, most of the elders around me are casual by nature. Gui Wuchang has always given me the feeling that he is like an elder. Now that he is Xiao Huan's father, I am naturally kinder to him. But Xiao Qianqing obviously didn't think so, he was afraid that Gui Wuchang would be in my bedroom, wouldn't it be okay? Gui Wuchang smiled and said to me, "Don't worry, I'm okay." He still insisted on leaving the Forbidden Palace, Xiao Qianqing and I sent him out, he said to Xiao Qianqing: "Qing'er, please avoid, I have something to say to the little girl." Xiao Qianqing always looked coldly at Xiao Huan, but he seemed to respect Gui Wuchang very much, and after saying "yes", he stood a little further away. Gui Wuchang smiled at me: "Little girl, what you want to know most is why Huan'er didn't go back to the palace to look for you after being awakened by me, but instead became the pavilion master of Fenglai Pavilion, right?" I nodded and breathed a sigh of relief: "I know he won't tell, so I hope you can tell me." Gui Wuchang smiled again, and said, "Huan'er took the blissful fragrance that day to force out the remaining internal energy in his body, but at that time he suffered serious internal injuries. I slapped his sea of ​​qi and mutton with two palms, in order to crush his flowing internal energy, so that the internal energy would not counterattack his heart, so as to save his life for the time being. "After Huan'er fell down the steps, Xiao Qianqing desperately took my palm and carried you out of the Forbidden Palace. I also took Huan'er out of the Forbidden Palace and found a secluded place. It took more than ten days to revive him. .” "After he woke up, I told him everything I knew, including his mother's plan. Luo Mo is from the rivers and lakes, and you also understand that sometimes the affairs of the rivers and lakes can only be solved by the methods of the rivers and lakes, so I let Huan'er chooses whether to stay in the rivers and lakes to find a way to stop Luo Mo, or to dissipate all her skills and save her life to live in peace for the time being." Dissipate all the power of the whole body?With the faint light of the wind lamp under the corridor, I looked up to see Gui Wuchang. On that face that was exactly the same as Xiao Huan's, there was a kind of compassionate smile: "There is a way to save Huan'er's life, so that he will not die of a serious illness. Mingzhang said that he could not save Huan'er's life. It was because Huan'er refused to use this method, which was to forcibly dissipate the power of his whole body. "The cold poison in Huan'er's body was brought from the mother's body. Because it was brought from the mother's body, Huan'er's physique can withstand the erosion of cold poison better than ordinary people. Since Huan'er was three years old, he began to cultivate Learn the internal energy of Xiao's Suzaku branch, the internal energy of Xiao's Suzaku branch belongs to the nature of fire, from yang to fierce, mighty, violent and restless, if you are negligent, you will fall into sideways, you will not succeed in practicing, but you will endanger yourself. It is said that when Xiao's disciples practice their own internal energy, they often use a kind of Yin and cold internal energy to dispel the impetuous energy in their own internal energy. Huan'er is born with an extremely cold physique, so he does not need to practice other internal energy. Physique can naturally counteract excessive internal strength, so one year of his practice is often equal to two or three years of others' practice. In terms of strength alone, Huan'er is probably on par with me now . "However, it is precisely this increasingly sophisticated inner strength that has become the biggest hidden danger to his life. Huan'er's physique is extremely cold, while the inner strength he cultivated is extremely intense. To use an analogy, if an animal that has been filled with ice water Porcelain cup, suddenly throw it into the brazier, what will happen? Gui Wuchang smiled lightly: "Huan'er is just such a cup in the brazier now, whether it will crack or not is just a matter of time." I listened quietly, clasped my hands tightly again, and nodded. "That's why I asked him to choose whether to stop Luo Mo or disperse his skills." Gui Wuchang smiled, "He chose not to disperse his skills and stop Luo Mo." I pulled the corner of my mouth and forced a smile: "I knew he chose this." "Maybe letting him choose this way is to force him to choose to stop Luo Mo," Gui Wuchang smiled again, "If there is one person in this world who can make Luo Mo change his mind, then that person is Huan'er." "What about you?" I blurted out, "Can't you?" "I can't," Gui Wuchang didn't have a trace of surprise, still smiling lightly, "I asked Luo Mo a long time ago, if I die, will everything be over, and Luo Mo replied no." "Then can't we kill the leader? Isn't everything over when she dies?" As soon as the words came out of my mouth, I began to regret again. Gui Wuchang really looked at me a little strangely, and shook his head: "Emperor Taizong left a decree saying that the descendants of Xiao's descendants are not allowed to take action against Lingbi Sect." I nodded, and then asked, "Is it just because of Emperor Taizong's decree? What if there is no such decree?" "If not?" Gui Wuchang turned his head slightly, his face was pale and peaceful under the dim wind lamp, "No, I can't hurt Luo Mo, even if I die, I can't." He then smiled: "I hurt you with a hidden weapon in Shanhaiguan, I'm sorry." I froze for a moment, the hidden weapon in my chest was not deep enough, and it was not fatal enough, if Gui Wuchang really wanted to kill me, it would definitely be more than that. So at that time, I was also vaguely aware of some of his intentions. I shook my head and smiled: "It's nothing, if it wasn't for that incident, Brother Xiao and I wouldn't have reconciled." But he is really self-willed enough, so I'll let it go, Xiao Huan is his only son, and he can be so ruthless, putting Xiao Huan in danger. But look at what Master Chen has done... This family is really determined. Laughing, Gui Wuchang finally said: "The Tianshan faction's battle this time should be arranged by Luo Mo. She is going to kill Huan'er at the foot of Tianshan Mountain, so Huan'er will definitely go." I smiled and said to him, "Thank you." Gui Wuchang bid farewell and left, his figure quickly disappeared into the palace wall in the night. Sure enough, on the second day after I returned to the capital, Hongqing brought news from Jinling: Xiao Huan had rushed to Tianshan with the remaining elites in the pavilion. On the day I heard the news, the weather was very cold, the dripping water turned into ice, thick dark clouds were pressing down from the northern sky, and the first heavy snow of this winter was coming.