Chapter 55 Section ten

Time: At the hour of Hai, the first moment (according to today's time, it should be 10:15 in the evening). Location: Zichen Hall. At this moment, a burst of laughter suddenly sounded. The third young master followed the prestige and saw that Tang Situi was laughing wildly, so he asked, "Why is Prime Minister Tang laughing?" Tang Situi said: "The old man laughs that you are still dreaming of the Spring and Autumn Dream. In this Zichen Palace, it is not your turn to give orders." The third young master smiled slightly, and said: "Prime Minister Tang, you don't care about Wanyan Huajie's life or death, don't you also care about your own life and death?"

Tang Situi laughed loudly and said, "If you could kill me, you would have done it already." The third son sighed and said: "I really can't kill you, my heart is in your hands." Tang Situi said: "It's actually very simple to see Miss Ning." The third son said: "I would like to hear the details." Tang Situi said: "Young Master's martial arts and wisdom, I appreciate it very much. I am also a person who loves talents as much as I want. From the time Young Master started investigating this case, I dare not take it lightly. Now that things have happened, I might as well say clearly, In order to deal with you, the old man has had a lot of headaches. At the beginning, the old man wanted to kill you, because the old man was really afraid that you would have the ability to solve the case and expose the old man's scheme. Do you still remember the assassination of the Gang of Four, Sirius Seven Kill the star, that is what this old man sent to take your life. However, you are still safe and sound after many calamities, which makes this old man feel admiration. Later, this old man is reluctant to kill you, because it seems that you are the only one in this world who can catch you Gluttonous person. If the old man wants to find the night pearl of the East China Sea, he must rely on your strength. The wisdom and martial arts you showed in solving this series of mysterious cases amazed the old man. Therefore, even though you have humiliated the old man several times, the old man is also confused. Don't care, extraordinary people will naturally do extraordinary things. As long as you swear a poisonous oath and be loyal to me, you will not only be able to reunite with Miss Ning immediately, but the old man promises that your life will be full of glory and wealth."

The third son said: "Even if I swear allegiance, I can still go back on my word afterwards." Tang Situi laughed and said: "If you go back on the oath you made, you will not be the third son. Although the old man lives in a high place in the temple and is not familiar with the affairs of the world, he has heard some rumors about the world. Rumors say: Don’t make a promise, but once you make a promise, it’s a promise, and what you say will be done.” The third son said: "That's just a rumor in the world. Once I repent, you will never have a second chance to threaten me."

Tang Si retreated, "I know, but I'm willing to take a gamble." The third son said: "This is a difficult decision. I want to see if Miss Ning is safe and sound before making a decision." Tang Situi said: "No problem." At this time, Tang Situi had already impatiently sat on the dragon chair that can only be sat by the emperor, living the addiction of being an emperor in advance.Eunuch Gao has tied up the emperor and ordered him to kneel in front of Tang Situi.Eunuch Gao flicked his whisk and said, "Miss Xuanning enters the hall." The third son finally saw Ning Xin'er again, she was carried in by two tall and burly imperial guards, and two gleaming steel knives were placed on her slender and fair neck, one left and one right.Her attitude is quite calm, not like ordinary women who would panic and have no demeanor when encountering such a life-threatening moment.She kept her demeanor very well. She knew that with the third son around, she would not be hurt by anyone in the world.Alas, I don't know where her stupid, blind confidence comes from.

The third son said: "You have suffered." Ning Xin'er said: "You are injured." The third young master said: "A little injury, nothing to worry about. They didn't bully you, did they?" Ning Xin'er said: "No." Tang Si retreated, "Third Young Master, how are you thinking?" The third young master said: "Give me some time." Tang Si retreated: "Third Young Master can think about it for as long as he wants, but the old man is worried that the two who hold the knife may not have my patience. Miss Ning Duoshuang Saixue's neck, Miss Ning is afraid that blood will splatter on the spot."

The third son said: "Xin'er, are you afraid of death?" Ning Xin'er said: "Nonsense, of course I'm afraid of death, why don't you hurry up and save me!" The third young master said: "Give me some time." The third son said to the two guards: "Last night, were you two on the Su Causeway?" The two guards nodded. The third son said: "Then you should know that it is very easy for me to kill you." The two guards exchanged glances and nodded again. The third son said: "As soldiers of the imperial army, your duty is to protect the safety of the imperial city and the emperor. Why are you being bewitched by Tang Situi and helping the evildoers? Why don't you put down your knives!"

The two guards shook their heads in unison. The three young masters got closer and closer, the two imperial guards kept Ning Xin'er back because of fear, the second imperial guard could no longer bear such a huge pressure, threw away the sword, and quickly escaped from the Zichen Palace.Guard Armor shouted: "Don't come here, I'll kill her if you come here again." The third son said: "Do you have a chance to make a move in front of me?" Forbidden Army A shook his head first, thinking about it wrongly, then nodded violently. The third son said: "Put down the knife, I promise the emperor will forgive you."

Guard A said: "Can you really spare me from dying?" The third son said: "Of course it is true." Guard A said: "But you are not the emperor, if you say not to kill, the emperor insists on killing, then guess, am I dead or alive?" "As long as you put down the knife and don't hurt Miss Ning, I will not only forgive you for your innocence, but also give you a big reward, and let you return home with clothes and clothes, so that you can eat and wear for the rest of your life." Said a voice.This is Xiaozong's voice, absolutely true.However, it did not come from the mouth of the kidnapped Xiaozong who was kneeling in front of the dragon chair, but from the mouth of Yuan Xiyou, the chief escort of Baisheng Escort Bureau.He had been sitting far away in the shadow of the third son, no one noticed him at all.Yuan Xiyou randomly scratched his face with his hands a few times, and he recovered his original appearance, only to see that his forehead was broad and his face was like a full moon, which is exactly what he is today!

The Guards Armor suddenly saw Tianyan, was shocked, threw down his sword hastily, and kowtowed repeatedly on the ground.Xiaozong waved his hand and said: "Go, I will reward you when I turn back." The imperial army armor thanked Xiaozong, and ran out of the Zichen Palace rolling and crawling.Ning Xin'er threw herself into the arms of the third young master, making out a lot of intimacy. Tang Situi was a hundred times more amazed than all the people present combined. When he took the case, he said angrily: "Yuan Xiyou dared to pretend to be the emperor. This is a capital crime of confiscating one's family and exterminating one's family."

Xiaozong smiled lightly and said, "Prime Minister Tang, you are the one who committed the death crime of copying your family and exterminating your family. You attempted to codify the dynasty and the throne. Now that your treacherous plot has been exposed, you will be arrested if you don't let go!" Tang Situi looked at Xiaozong who was kneeling in front of him again, and after careful examination, he was exactly the same as Zhen Xiaozong, and there was no sign of fakeness, so he sneered and said: "Pretending to be a ghost, how can I be fooled by you, Eunuch Gao, don't you?" Do it." Eunuch Gao grabbed Xiaozong's hair and cut Xiaozong's neck with a dagger, this action gave Eunuch Gao the illusion of killing a dick, haha.

For some reason, Eunuch Gao cut a hole with his knife.Xiaozong, who was kneeling on the ground pitifully, suddenly twisted his body, avoided the dagger, soared into the air, performed more than ten somersaults beautifully in the air, and then he was willing to obediently land on the ground. Tang Si retreated angrily and said, "Who are you?" He raised his head and replied, "I am Sikong Kongkong, whom you want all over the city. I sent you to catch me, but you couldn't even catch me. How can a stupid person like you have the qualifications to be emperor?" After rubbing it up and down a few times, he returned to his original appearance. Tang Situ was terrified, and hurriedly ordered the archers to release the arrows. He issued the order immediately, but no one responded. Tang Situ's face changed drastically, and he repeated the order loudly. A hundred archers stood in awe, but the arrows had turned around. Tang Si retreats.Tang Si's face turned ashen, his body became weak, he couldn't sit still, he slumped limply on the dragon chair, and said weakly: "You...even you are against you." The third young master said: "Prime Minister Tang, the one who conspired was You, not them." The third young master waved his hand, signaling the archers to withdraw. A hundred archers disappeared instantly like ghosts without a sound. Tang Situi and Eunuch Gao stood alone on the imperial steps, their eyes met, and there was a chill down their backs.They knew that if the treacherous trick failed, the end was self-evident.Tang Sixui still didn't give up, he still had one last card. Tang Situi shouted loudly: "Sun Dusi." Sikong Kongkong said: "Are you calling Sun Dusi, the commander of the imperial army?" Tang Si retreated: "That's right, Sun Dusi had already led five hundred elite imperial guards to wait outside the hall. As long as I give an order, they will rush in and knock your heads off." He began to shout loudly again Said: "Sun Dusi, Sun Dusi." However, he continued to call out many times, and there was still silence outside the door. Outside the dark Zichen Hall, it seemed to be a cliff that was eternally deserted. Sikong Kongkong said: "Sun Dusi can no longer hear your orders." Tang Situi asked, "Why?" "Because he is already dead." Sikong Kongkong said.Tang Si retreated anxiously, and said, "I don't believe it." He called out Sun Dusi's name even more forcefully.His always resonant voice has also become sharp and thin, as if he is displaying a strange internal strength, which makes people's eardrums tingle. Sikong Kongkong said: "Prime Minister Tang, you are overly frightened and your yelling is as soft as a mosquito, why don't I help you shout together." Shouted: "Sun Dusi." His voice was really extraordinary, so excited that even the glazed tiles on the roof of Zichen Hall shook accordingly. A person outside the hall replied loudly: "Sun Dusi is here." Tang Situi could clearly hear that it was not Sun Dusi's voice, and under panic, he asked anxiously, "Who is here?" The man stepped into the hall from the darkness outside the hall, and asked with a smile, "Prime Minister Tang, you can't even hear my voice?" Tang Si retreated to look at the man, but saw that he had a majestic posture, eight feet long, white hair over snow, a dusty face, and a yellow satin bag in his hand. It was Yu Yunwen who had returned home the day before. Tang Situi said in surprise, "Master Yu? You have already resigned and returned to your hometown. Why are you here at this moment?" Yu Yunwen laughed and said: "The sage and the third son have already expected that you will have a different heart. All the officials in the court, you are most afraid of Yu Mou who is not talented. You are planning to impeach Yu Mou because you want to expel Yu Mou from the capital. If Yu Mou goes, you have nothing to restrain you, and you will be eager to urge treacherous schemes, wishing to usurp the throne immediately. The Holy Majesty will simply follow your plan, take away Yu Mou's power according to your wishes, and hand over the Ministry of Punishment to you, showing that you are right. Your absolute trust, but Yu pretended to be humiliated, resigned from office, and left Beijing to return to his hometown. You thought you had a plan, thinking that the emperor had no doubts about you, and would never be on guard against your treason .With your careful arrangements and unexpected surprises, you must have thought that you were set on the throne, but you committed a taboo in the art of war under paralysis. , to see your every move. You are a minister of the auxiliary country, deeply favored by the Supreme Emperor and the Holy One, but you want to coerce evil spirits and usurp things, first enter a word of righteousness; Returning to the heart, the Great Song Dynasty is blessed by the sky above, and supported by the people below. You go against the sky, move against the people, and then lose a word of Tao; your plan was going well until one of them was thrown out of nowhere and disrupted. After making your overall arrangements, you input another word of luck; you know yourself but not the enemy, and you think you can deceive the Holy Majesty and do whatever you want, so you input another word of wisdom. In this way, how can you be undefeated? You just called Sun Dusi to enter the palace to obey, Sun Dusi is here too." Yu Yunwen tossed the yellow silk package in his hand, and it happened to fall into Tang Situi's arms.With trembling hands, Tang Situi went to untie the knot on the package, and it took him several times to untie it.A head with wide eyes and bared teeth glared at him viciously in the package. It was the last savior he had been looking forward to for many years-Sun Dusi, the commander of the imperial army.Tang Situi was startled, and jumped up from the dragon chair as if he had been whipped. The head fell to the ground, rolled down the steps slowly, and finally stopped in the middle of Zichen Hall. Yu Yunwen said: "Prime Minister Tang, what else do you have to say?" Tang Situi sneered and said, "The four major military guards of Jiangchi, Jinghu, Huaixi, and Zhenjiang have already made an appointment with the old man. If the old man fails, he will immediately march to the capital. Behind them are The torrent of golden soldiers. May I ask everyone, how to resist it?" Yu Yunwen said: "Don't bother Prime Minister Tang. Yu left the capital this time, first to confuse your eyes and ears, and second, to carry the holy amulet and secret letter with him, and rushed to Jiangchi, Jinghu, Huaixi, Zhenjiang, the four anti-golden four The town, by surprise, killed the four guards, ordered the deputy general to replace them, and then issued a notice from the emperor to reassure the army. If the gold soldiers dare to attack, the four towns will use their lives, and the gold soldiers will come and go." Tang Si retreated: "In just two days, even if you have a Maxima as a mount, it is impossible to visit all the four major towns in time. You must be lying." Yu Yunwen smiled slightly and said, "Fortunately, I didn't ride a horse, but flew over." "How do you fly?" "The third son has two cranes, which can carry people. They can reach thousands of miles away in a few hours. In two days, we have plenty of time to visit the four major towns." Tang Situi glared at the third young master, with fire burning in his eyes.He had thought so hard and thought his plan was foolproof, but it was all ruined in the hands of this young man, how could he not be angry?However, his anger was fleeting.He lowered his head, showing his old age, and his fat body was panting endlessly. Xiaozong said: "The traitor Tang Situi, what else can you say?" Tang Si retreated and lowered his head, and said: "The matter has come to this, the old man has nothing to say, it's up to man to plan, it's up to God to make things happen, this old man is guilty." Eunuch Gao Mangao suddenly lifted his foot from behind, kicked the aged Tang Situi to the ground, chased after him and kicked him several times, and shouted: "Tang Situi, the traitor to the country! If you get it and punish him, I will take your life for the emperor today." Then, he raised the dagger in his hand to kill Tang Si. Xiaozong said angrily, "Gaoman, stop." Eunuch Gao stopped the dagger, and said: "Your Majesty, Tang Situi, this bastard, deliberately conspired to rebel and codify the dynasty to seize the throne. He deserves death. I killed him to relieve your majesty's worries." Xiaozong sternly said: "You eunuch, I have always treated you kindly, yet you would do such a rebellious thing. Now, not only do you refuse to plead guilty, but you also want to pretend to be loyal and good, and deceive the emperor." Eunuch Gao Throwing away the dagger, knelt down on the ground, kowtowed like pounding garlic, and said: "The little one deserves to die, I regret that I should have listened to the old man Tang Siti's instigation. The emperor is kind, because the little one has been with the emperor since he was a child." For the sake of love, spare the life of this little dog." He kowtowed his head without hesitation, his face was flattened, and a lot of blood flowed out. Xiaozong looked disgusted, and said: "People like you are so stupid that they fall on both sides. If they stay in the world, they will only increase the disaster." Tang Situi suddenly picked up the dagger thrown by Eunuch Gao on the ground, and shouted to Eunuch Gao: "You are a god, you have ruined my reputation for the rest of my life. You secretly colluded with the Kingdom of Jin in an attempt to rebel, and you came to lure this old man to join me, old man For a moment, I was obsessed with ghosts, but I actually agreed. If I don’t kill you, it’s hard to solve the hatred in my heart.” The poisoned dagger pierced Gao Gonggong’s body from behind, and Gao Gonggong’s eyes were wide open, and the fat on his face instantly turned purple color, fell to the ground, and died immediately. The two guards held hemp ropes and wanted to bind Tang Situi.Tang Si retreated, supporting the ground with his hands, and slowly backed away, as if unwilling to be captured, still hoping for a miracle to happen.He suddenly lifted a floor tile, the floor tile had been pried loose beforehand, and the floor tile was actually empty, he rolled down and fell into the hole, only heard the sound of splashing water, and the person had disappeared.When everyone hurried over to look, they saw an undercurrent surging under the floor tiles, Tang Situi must have flowed with the water of the undercurrent. Ning Xin'er was amazed at Tang Situi's escape out of thin air, and said to the third son: "I never thought that he has this last life-saving trick. He jumped into this dark river, where did he flee to?" The emperor replied on behalf of the third son: "Miss Ning, this river is called Zhonghe. It leads to the Qiantang River in the east and connects to the West Lake in the west. It runs through the front and back of the palace. There are five branches, all of which lead to the outside of the palace." Ning Xin'er became anxious, and said: "Oh, you are still talking here, hurry up and send someone to chase after him, otherwise it will be difficult to catch him when he runs outside the palace and finds a place to hide." Ning Xin'er's eager expression made the Zichen Palace burst into cheers. Ning Xin'er was puzzled and said, "What are you laughing at? Don't you want to arrest him? Cao Xiaosan, you are not allowed to laugh." The emperor said: "Miss Ning, although you are a daughter, you also know the truth of worrying about the country and the people. I am deeply relieved. Miss Ning, don't worry, everything is in the calculation of the third son. Wait a moment, Tang Situi will definitely go And come back." Before the emperor finished speaking, a person came out of the river, Ning Xiner took a closer look, it was really Tang Situi, just as he was surprised, he saw another person came out of the river, holding Tang Situi, and pushed him onto the river. On flat ground, the man saluted the emperor in the water, covered the floor with tiles, and was no longer seen by everyone.Although that person caught a glimpse, Ning Xin'er could see clearly that that person was the owner Zhang of Yu Xing Wu Ya Tavern. Tang Situi was drenched all over, lying on the ground trembling, his expression at this moment was one of complete despair.He closed his purple lips tightly, not even wanting to ask why he was captured. Ning Xin'er asked: "Cao Xiaosan, that person just now was Boss Zhang, right? Why is he here? He seems to have known that Prime Minister Tang would escape from Zhonghe, and he deliberately waited in the river to wait for him." The third son said: "Thank you, it's all due to you. The day before yesterday, you saw an official boat of the Ministry of Punishment moored in a very hidden place in Lixi Lake. Dozens of big men on the boat, wearing fish skin jumpsuits, sneaked into the West Lake. It lasted a moment. Zhong Fangxiu." Ning Xin'er said: "So what?" The third son said: "A quarter of an hour is just enough to swim from the North Water Gate to His Royal Highness Zichen. The waterway from the North Water Gate to the Zichen Palace is full of underground rivers, and there is no place for ventilation in the middle. There is still a gap from the ground, which can be used for ventilation. The big man sitting on the bow that day was the leader of this group of people. I asked Mr. Bao to check the identity of this person. Guess what? His surname is Ruan, he is famous, and he is very skilled in water. He is one of the hundred and eight generals in Liangshanbo, the grandson of Ruan Xiaoqi, the living Yanluo. country. Wanyan Huajie sneaked into the capital this time and brought him along. The official ship of the Ministry of Punishment was transferred to them by Wanyan Huajie. Late rebellion as a covert response." Ning Xin'er asked, "Where's the boss?" The third son said: "To deal with Ruan Liu and his followers, we must find someone who is better at water than them. Ruan Xiaoqi's water skills are excellent, but there is another person in Liang Shanbo, whose water skills are far superior to Ruan Xiaoqi's. " Ning Xiner said: "I know, Langli Baitiao Zhang Shun." The third young master smiled approvingly and said: "That's right, Boss Zhang is Zhang Shun's great-great-grandson, and the ancestral water quality has not been neglected by him. As soon as he received my news, he immediately recruited dozens of people who have been working for many years. The fisherman on the West Lake and Qiantang River followed Ruan Liu and others to His Royal Highness Zichen. In the evening, Ruan Liu and others were all dealt with. Fortunately, I ordered Boss Zhang to continue waiting in the Zichen Palace. Otherwise, Prime Minister Tang jumped into the palace. In the river, there is no one to respond, and you must drown in the darkness if you go down the river."