Travel thousands of miles in my life

In the fifth year of Yuanjing, the golden autumn is September.The melons and fruits in Shangdu have already matured, and they are all hanging heavily on the branches.Crowds of people come and go, shouts and yells can be heard endlessly, and the steam smoke rising from the stalls facing the street soars into the sky.

Today is the dynasty's annual celebration festival, and the people began to count the days in the first few days of September.It was only in August that the last bit of summer wheat was harvested into the granary, which was the time when we could spend autumn and winter happily.During this month, the world will amnesty the ex-convicts, such as soldiers, food and taxes have all been reduced. , There will also be Nuo opera temple fairs for several days in a row.Besides New Year, what children look forward to most is the Harvest Festival.

The deep palace is dense, and the sound of horseshoes comes galloping all the way from outside the gates of the palace.A few violent shouts immediately startled the dodo that was parked by the branches, and the black twigs cut the sky, leaving a red glow.

Outside the magnificent bedroom, a man dressed as a servant walked hurriedly, his face covered with flesh was dripping with sweat.He quickly ran outside the small gate of the palace, and stretched out his hand to push the door open.Seeing this, several guards stationed at him hurriedly stopped him: "Who are you! Your Majesty is resting, and no one is allowed to approach the palace."

"You guys are crazy! See who I am!" The servant flicked away the sharp knife in front of his eyes, pulled out his official badge and threw it in front of several people, trembling in a hoarse voice: "This is the matter You must, must repay Your Majesty!" He held something in his arms, squarely covered with blue cotton cloth.

The sign was made of high-quality white jade, and the guards engraved on it could not be seen clearly, but it could prove the identity of the visitor.Seeing his panic and eagerness, it doesn't seem like a fake, and the guards don't want to make a rash decision, but they still have to do the inspection that needs to go.The chief guard winked at his subordinates, then stepped forward and said, "We have no other choice, and I hope you will forgive me."

He took the box from the waiter's arms, opened it a few times and took a closer look, the man couldn't help gasping: "This, this is!"

"Have you finished reading it? Tell your majesty quickly! You have delayed important matters, and you have eighteen heads that are not enough to chop off." The servant was already out of breath at this time, and said in a strange way: "how can your majesty let you be here?" Errands, a bunch of nerds."

The chief guard clenched his fists and didn't care about him. Seeing that the person who had been sent to communicate with him nodded solemnly at him, the chief guard allowed the servant to go in.

The servant snorted coldly, grabbed the box, and walked into the outer hall with his head held high.

After they left, one person asked in a low voice: "Boss, what's in that box?"

Before he finished speaking, he saw that the tall and strong man's eyes suddenly turned red, and hissed: "General Gao's head."

"Is he Gao Mingwei?" The emperor just drank the medicine at this time, and he seemed to be in good spirits.He opened the box, looked at the head carefully with a flat face, "How did you die?"

The servant secretly wiped the sweat from his forehead, bowed his head and said, "Besieged by the elites of several clans, he killed himself. After death, the head was cut off, and the old department worked hard to snatch it back."

"Where is he guarding the Anyuan Pass?" The emperor put the shriveled head back into the box, and the servant girl next to him immediately offered him a bright yellow silk handkerchief for him to wipe his hands carefully.

The fat man took a look at his expression before replying: "No...no more."

Bang!The servant was so frightened that he suddenly collapsed on the ground. He looked at the emperor tremblingly, only to see that wrinkled face was full of anger: "What else?!"

And... what else?The servant's mind went blank, and he thought for a long time before adding: "General Gao is not suspected of collaborating with the enemy and treason, and I have followed him for several months without any contact."

The head is placed here, so what is the point of collaborating with the enemy and treason!The emperor leaned on the side of the bed, stood up tremblingly, and pointed to the servant: "Stupid! What you, the military supervisor, are doing is useless! Once Gao Mingwei dies, all the dragons in Anyuanguan will have no leader. If you don't stay here Why did you run back to the capital to subdue the forces there?!"

The servant wanted to cry but had no tears in his heart, still staying at Anyuanguan to subdue the forces left by General Gao?Now Anyuanguan was killed by the northern people, not even a single mouse was left, and all the old troops retreated to the pass to rest, did he stay there as a target for others!

Thinking of this, the servant was a little annoyed, and he didn't know where he got the courage to say directly: "Your Majesty doesn't know something, and I am not the only one who came back."

He regretted it as soon as he said it, but there is no reason to withdraw what he said.When the emperor heard these words, he thought deeply about the meaning behind them, his eyes immediately went dark, and he couldn't even stand still.

The old man who had been by his side raised his eyebrows, stepped forward to help the emperor to the bed, and then slapped him backhanded.The servant who hit him lost three teeth, bleeding from his mouth.

"You, I'm the official of the imperial court! Why did you hit me!" The servant was stunned by the beating, and when he came back to his senses, he tried to find the old man desperately, but before he could pounce on him, he was stopped by several guards.

The old man reassured the emperor, and comforted him in a low voice: "Your Majesty, don't be too impatient, it's better to deal with such disloyal people as soon as possible."

The emperor waved his hand weakly, then pointed out the door.

Several guards immediately understood, one of them stuffed the mouth of the servant with a cloth, and the other stepped forward and stabbed him.The white knife went in and the red knife came out, without even spilling a few drops of blood, the man was killed.

The hall returned to its usual silence, as if no one had been there.The maidservants beside him had already retreated to decoct the medicine, and only the emperor and the old man were left panting in the huge palace.It was getting dark outside, and it was going to rain.

The emperor sat on the bed, half leaning on the bed, and looked at the head carefully again.He was not afraid of the ferocious head with its eyes open angrily. He looked at the eyes that had already sunk in, and seemed to be able to see through them a soul that was roaring unwillingly and unyieldingly.

"Do you know him?" The old emperor suddenly asked without beginning or end.

The old man replied respectfully: "General Gao is known to everyone in the court."

"Then tell me why he ended up like this." The old emperor finally closed his head's eyes, because there were so many things in those eyes that he had never experienced before, he couldn't understand them, and he didn't want to see them. .

"The old slave can only say," the old man said tactfully, "the general is not lucky."

"He is the only one left in the Gao family." The emperor is not just sighing or something else, "I think he was bestowed by me at the beginning. The old lady of the Gao family is my cousin, and she is also a very peaceful person. .I remember her being..."

"Your Majesty, in the second year of Yuanjing. Mrs. Gao left in the winter of the second year of Yuanjing." The old man reminded.

"At that time, my cousin saluted me with her body. Do you know what she said?" The emperor was half sarcasm and half sarcasm: "She said that the Gao family has been a general for generations, and the family is full of loyalty, so it cannot be broken in her hands. So I begged I sent her grandson to the battlefield to guard the frontier just like his ancestors did for generations. I, I agreed."

The Gao family ended up with no children and grandchildren, and he was the murderer.The emperor didn't say the rest of the words, and he felt a burst of exhaustion again.Tiredness flooded his limbs like a tide, and finally overwhelmed his brain.

His voice became smaller and smaller, and finally he tilted his head and fell asleep.The old man listened silently, then changed a thin quilt for the emperor, and looked at the window.

First, a few drops of light rain fell, and hit the glazed tile eaves, and then there was the sound of pattering rain.The rain is getting heavier and heavier. In such weather, no matter how hot the festival is, it will be impossible to hold it.The capital finally quieted down again, resigned to its fate and shrouded in a gloomy and hazy sky.

After such a rain, the hottest border can start to plant the next season's grain.The old man took out a piece of paper from his arms, and read the small characters on it meticulously.After confirming that it was correct, it was burned to ashes.

The smell of smoke woke up the old emperor who had not slept deeply. He woke up in a trance and asked in a daze, "What happened?"

"Nothing," the old man said with a smile, "it's just that it's coming to an end."

The old emperor didn't hear his words clearly, he just nodded his head stupidly: "It's about to end."

"Your Majesty, go to bed with peace of mind." The old man smiled mysteriously, pouring something into the old emperor's medicine bowl, "When you wake up, the world will be turned upside down."

A few days later, an urgent letter from thousands of miles arrived in the desert.

The letter entered the study unimpeded all the way, and a slender and knuckle hand picked it up.There were only a few words in the letter, and the man read it with a quick scan.His expression was indifferent, and he didn't see any expression. While folding the letter paper slowly, he asked, "Jiu Xian's operation failed?"

"No!" He was followed by a man with a green face and a knife, who immediately refuted the words, paused and then said respectfully: "The news hasn't come yet, the commander should be near the prince, so he can't act rashly. "

"Really?" Wei glanced at him calmly, picked up the tea bowl, blew on the froth and said: "I have always heard that your martial arts are strong, how is it compared to the prince's personal guard?"

"In terms of direct attack, no one under his command can compare." Wei Sanjue lowered his eyes.

"Okay!" Prince Gong laughed loudly, and said again: "What about Jiu Xian? You seem to be paying close attention to him."

"My lord's lesson," Wei Sanjue saw that he pointed it out, and didn't deny it, and simply knelt down and said, "Your subordinate's heart for the Nine Commanders is as clear as day and night."

"What's the matter?" Wei Congrong became interested, and immediately sat up straight and asked.

"Protect his heart for the rest of his life." Wei Sanjue closed his eyes, scenes of that person appeared in front of his eyes, and his heart grew hotter.

The man's fingertips trembled slightly, he glanced at his hand with some doubts, and then said: "This king agrees with you."

Wei Sanjue seemed to realize something, and looked at him expectantly.

"If you can succeed in the assassination," the man lowered his eyes, and said indifferently, "this king will bestow nine sacrifices on you."