Night ship

Nine, home country

The monk came back to his senses from such a past event, glanced at Tao Sheng's expression of who knows, and suddenly smiled, it's good that he didn't know, "Don't worry, we will arrive in the capital after tomorrow, when the time comes you You will know everything, when the time comes, if you don't want to stay, I will take you away even if I die, if you...stay, then, I will not owe you the debt."

Tao Sheng stared at him for a few seconds, his eyes turned red, "Okay, I hope you will do what you say."

After Tao Xuean fell asleep, monk Huichan came out of the boat tent, patted his apprentice lightly, and suddenly said in a low voice, "You are such an idiot, if you tell him one day later, he won't hate you? "

The monk smiled and felt that it was ridiculous for him to be like this. He wanted to tell the young man all kinds of things in the past, but he tried to cover up those crucial and cruel truths. What is the difference between hiding his ears and stealing his ears? He is no longer that ignorant child.

"Is it possible to reply to the letter from Beijing?"

"Flying pigeons have sent letters to Beijing to report, don't worry, the action has been taken over there." Huichan sighed, "You are also a fool."

The pitch-black river reflected the crumbling oil lamp, which seemed to be about to fall. After a while, a man's hoarse and deep voice came from the wind, and he said, "Master, I'm really scared..."

He seems to have become the young man who told his younger brother behind his back in front of the Buddhist temple that he was afraid of his crying.

Back then, he broke away from the organization because of the Wu family case in Songyang, and was hunted down. He had nowhere to go. He walked non-stop for two days and two nights in the cold winter months, looking for an old friend whom his father said he didn't know was true or not.

That was the most cowardly time in his life, he said he didn't dare to look back, he was afraid.

Huichan asked him if he was afraid of chasing soldiers?

But he shook his head. He said that he was afraid of seeing his younger brother on his back crying when he turned around. He didn't know where the way out was. Maybe he could be relieved by handing over the little fool, or maybe it didn't work at all.

But if the person on his back is really his way out, then he will never have a way out.

But now, there is no difference from the past - he has long since come to an end, but he dare not die, he just wants to put his life in his hands.

The boat finally docked early the next morning. Huichan became addicted to alcohol and shouted to go ashore. The white-robed monk looked coldly at his master who was tumbling around, "You and Xiaoan stay on the boat, and I will go." The group of people did not catch up, but it was too risky to go ashore.

"Okay, master, I'll accompany you." Tao Xue'an once again avoided the man's eyes precisely, and followed Hui Chan away.

"..." The man rubbed his nose, one or two, they were all untouchable ancestors.

Cheng'an City is a small corner city located in the southwest of Kyoto. Because it is located in a fortress, it is very close to Beijing and has always been prosperous.A group of three wandered around the city, one old and one young seem to be in harmony with each other on the matter of shopping, Tao Xuean has been trapped in another courtyard for decades, and has never seen such a bustling market, she is very curious about everything, Hui Chan is even more clueless Tune, willing to intervene in anything.

After wandering around for a while, Tao Xue'an suddenly remembered something, felt that the monk was a little strange today, and turned around, "How easy are you to talk today." Let him mess around.

The monk felt like a stick in his throat, "Shouldn't I pamper you?"

The young man thought for a while, but he didn't know whether he should or not, but he was attracted by the caravan rushing by the bridge. There were a mixed group of traffickers, pawns, old and weak women and children. Because he was walking too fast, a child in a bun fell down. At Tao Sheng's feet.

Tao Sheng helped him up, his grandfather came up to him and thanked him, Tao Xuean said it's all right, feeling a bit strange, "What are you guys doing in such a hurry?"

The old vendor looked around and said in a low voice, "My lord, don't you know? There is going to be a war soon."

"How do you know?" Tao Xue'an looked at the scene of peace in the world, and didn't know where the rumors came from, but merchants were always the most sensitive about such things, so he listened to the old peddler continue.

"Isn't this a lice on the rabbit's head? It's an obvious thing? The emperor's old man has long since failed, and the crown prince is in decline. Can he put the party in order? I'm afraid there will be chaos in the world soon."

"But the prince has always been wise..."

"No matter how wise you are, you are only one person, can you defeat the ambitions of the ruling and opposition temples?" The old vendor was unwilling to continue, and hurried away with the child.

From one end of the stone bridge, a few fast horses galloped over, which seemed to be the attire of Jin Yiwei, and said loudly, "The bandits have been causing trouble recently, and the three people who closed the city, whoever leaves the city without authorization, will be punished!"

The people who were going out of the city were lucky and wanted to try it, but blood was splashed everywhere in an instant, and they were killed on the spot, and the city was silent for a while.

Tao Xuean had never seen such a purgatory on earth before, and he was a little stunned for a moment, so he didn't know that the world was full of people, blissful and bitter, there were bandits and bandits, there were starvation everywhere, and there was separation of flesh and blood.

The monk covered the boy's eyes with a corner of his monk's robe, and he said, "Xiao'an, don't look at it."

"But I have already seen it." Tao Xue'an said, "That one, have you been watching too?"

The young man suddenly turned his head and asked seriously, "The situation in the capital is already in dire straits, isn't it?"

The monk's heart skipped a beat.

Although the little fool is stupid, he is not a fool. These days, he must have heard a lot of things from his unlucky master who is not reliable. He must have thought of it.

But he didn't know how much he knew, whether he knew that it was him... who wiped out his whole family.

Afterwards, they drove around day and night, because of the access control, they had to disguise themselves and return to the capital overnight, and they didn't care about the trinkets in the market. Tao Xuean wanted to lose them all, but the man grabbed his hand , he said, "Keep it all."

Tao Xuean didn't say anything, but felt sore in his heart, he always treats him like a child, but he is no longer a child.

It was the early morning of the second night when they sneaked back to the capital in secret. The three of them stood on the stone steps of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Tao Xuean knew that the person he was waiting for was coming. His life was so ordinary, it seemed that he was waiting for this moment. Under the stone palace, all the civil and military officials of the dynasty came here.

The young man was a little impatient, "Why hasn't that one come yet?" When all the civil and military officials came to the hall, wouldn't they all be exposed?

He stared at the young man solemnly and greedily, as if he missed a glance.

After a while, Tao Xuean didn't get an answer, and wanted to turn around and ask Huichan.

"Sir, Nanhuai Xu Ji, I pay my respects to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

The monk knelt down towards the person in front of him, and what he did was not a Buddhist salute, but the salute of a third-rank general in the imperial court.

Followed by His Highness Taihe prostrated at his feet, thousands of civil and military officials.

"His Royal Highness is a thousand years old..."