The Eight Winds of Rebirth

After Zhao Yuan returned to the General's Mansion from Huajufang, she couldn't help being a little surprised to see that Hou Bingchen hadn't come back yet. He left earlier than herself. Where did he go now?He was afraid that he was delayed on the road, so he didn't mention the matter to anyone, just pretended to go into his room as before, but he became restless after staying in the room for less than half a moment, always Feeling faintly that something was about to happen, after thinking about it for a while, he got up abruptly and headed towards the palace.

However, halfway through the walk, she saw a fast horse galloping in the distance, Zhao Yuan squinted her eyes, and when she saw that the person on the horse was Yan Fang, Zhao Yuan's heart skipped a beat, and she couldn't detect it right away.

Sure enough, Yan Fang's face turned pale, and the fast horse stopped in front of Zhao Yuan, turned over and knelt down.

"Master, just now a group of men in black appeared in front of the Sumeru Hall, entangled his subordinates and Zen Master Guanzheng, and took...the Lingfo abducted!"

Zhao Yuan was startled, and all the blood faded from her originally indifferent and cold face...

This matter is of great importance, and Zen Master Guanzheng is also there, so it is natural not to hide it from Emperor Zongzheng, so in the middle of the night of the twelfth lunar month, the lights in Ziwei Palace were brightly lit, and Emperor Zongzheng summoned the guards on duty in and around Sumeru Hall to chase after him. He also asked about the checkpoints he had to pass when leaving the palace, and whether he could see the escape route of the thief.However, there was no result, except that the two near the lotus pond could faintly hear the sound of fighting, and when they arrived, the other party had already run away, and no one could see where they were going with the spirit Buddha.

Emperor Zongzheng's face was ashen, and Qu Guang stepped forward to comfort him: "The guards guarding the palace gate didn't see them, so those people should have not left the palace. As long as the Lingfo is in the palace, they will always be found."

The right chancellor, Zhong Xuliang, had a different opinion: "Those assassins got under their noses so easily, they even managed to get to the Sumeru Hall, and they kept the Lingfo upright. Obviously, they already knew the situation here like the back of their hands." , Is my Great Ye Forbidden Palace such an easy place to come and go? If it wasn't for the guards making a mistake, then they would have been waiting here a long time ago... And how could it be possible to achieve this level with the skills of these few people? ?”

The implication is that these assassins... have internal support!

Emperor Zongzheng was hit by one click, and suddenly brushed the memorial on the table, and the veins on his forehead burst out of anger.

"Bold...Bold...Too bold, what place is this palace, who is Dangling Buddha? What do you think of me again!"

Emperor Zongzheng has been on the throne for so many years, and his courtiers have never seen him get so angry. It can be seen that the comer has indeed poked Emperor Zongzheng's weakness.

Gu Xiangtan can't have any accidents right now, if anything happens to Lingfo, Zongzheng Emperor's greatest hope will be dashed in an instant.

The more Emperor Zongzheng thought about it, the more impatient he became, he waved his hand and summoned Eunuch Sun and said, "Check it out! Check it out carefully! Whether it's inside or outside the palace, even if you turn over every inch of the land in the capital, you must take the Ling Buddha found!"

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When Gu Xiangtan woke up again, he found himself in a narrow and bumpy carriage. He rolled his eyes and managed to see the surrounding situation clearly after a while. The back of his hand was tied behind his back. There are usually two situations in this way. One is that he dislikes him being weak and unable to escape at all, so it is up to them.And the other one is to make a quick decision, drag him to a place, take a knife and drop it, clean it up, and don't care if he sees something or discovers something, anyway, the dead are the safest.

While pricking up his ears to listen to the movement outside, Gu Xiangtan wondered who tied him up.

It stands to reason that it would never be Emperor Zongzheng, because his own safety is closely related to him at present, he is eager to confess himself, how could he find someone to harm him?

But everything is uncertain, Gu Xiangtan will not trust him easily, maybe the old emperor has set a trap for himself, and at the critical moment, he will jump out and act as a good person to make himself grateful to him.

However, if it wasn't Emperor Zongzheng, then it would be the Three Kings. After thinking about it, although the Three Kings did this a little earlier than Gu Xiangtan expected, it should be the most reasonable. The emperor will be in chaos first, and once he is in chaos, he will not be in the mood to go to General Shenwu, which will be more conducive to Zhao Dian's actions, and if he wants to attack himself, the current power of the three kings and Emperor Zongzheng is barely enough. At the moment of restraining each other, although he would lose to the three kings if he died, it was far less than that lost by Emperor Zongzheng. If Gu Xiangtan was Zhao Dian, he might not save his own life for the sake of the greatest benefit and shortcut. .

And in case the Three Kings didn't intend to kill him tonight, or if he was rescued halfway, then the Three Kings can also test the reactions of all parties in the DPRK and China by the way, and what's more, they can From this, we can get a glimpse of how many hidden lines Emperor Zongzheng has laid in the court, and what kind of attitude General Shenwu has towards Lingfo. Of course, the premise of all this is that the arrangement of the three kings cannot be seen through. There is no way to go back and catch it.

Therefore, to sum up, it can be seen that it is not so easy for him to escape.

After a long while, Gu Xiangtan thought about the ins and outs of the three kings' actions, but when he was thinking about where the other party would take him and how he could get out, The curtain of the carriage was lifted at once.

Gu Xiangtan hurriedly fell to the side and pretended that he was still in a coma, a black shadow could be seen faintly stepping in between his squinted eyes, and then a smell of sweat mixed with leather and some wine drifted down the wind to his nose.

It was really dark inside the car, and Gu Xiangtan's eyelashes were long. Under the cover, the other party didn't seem to notice that he was awake.

After examining it for a while, he heard the man say in a low voice: "Do it after passing this mountain, so as not to have any accidents."

Immediately afterwards, another voice came from outside and asked, "Aren't you taking him back?"

"Take it back to find death?"

The other party stopped talking.

Not long after, the person who came in went out again, and sat outside with the driver, talking in a low voice from time to time.

Gu Xiangtan then slowly opened his eyes, chewed on the two sentences they had just said, and learned a lot.

Go over a mountain and do it?They really wanted to kill themselves to silence them, but it would be too wasteful to just take him out and kill him like this. If it was the dead man of the Three Kings, shouldn't he be able to take him as far as he can?It wasn't until the pursuers reached their feet that they died with themselves.

Bring back?Where to take it?

It is impossible for the Three Princes Mansion or other spheres of influence, he would not be so stupid to put people by his side, and the man driving the car even asked the other party for instructions, as if if the man really nodded, he would be able to follow. Similarly, what the three kings ordered to do, is it the turn of the subordinates to make their own decisions?

And the most important point is that although they speak Daye's official dialect, their accents are a little strange and familiar, and the picky ending sounds very much like Yizheng.

Gu Xiangtan frowned and thought about it for a while, but he already had some calculations in his heart.

At this moment, the carriage suddenly bumped, and the person outside the carriage shouted: "No, someone is chasing after you."

Another person hurriedly said: "Hurry up, go to the trail."

The next moment, I heard the whip swaying sharply, hitting the horse's back with loud "slaps" one after another, and the horse was urged to run forward like crazy, shaking the carriage from side to side as if sitting on it. Like a small boat floating on the top of the waves, Gu Xiangtan's internal organs were almost knocked out. He rolled left and right in it, and his head hit the side of the carriage without noticing it.

Just when Gu Xiangtan managed to support himself and got up to sit still, the carriage suddenly stopped again!

The next moment, the curtain was lifted, and the tall and burly man came in again, and immediately lifted Gu Xiangtan.

Gu Xiangtan was strangled by the neck and his feet were hanging in the air, but he tried to raise his head to look at the man's face, but the other party thought he had sensed what he meant, so he directly pressed Gu Xiangtan's head down again. He could only vaguely see his bearded chin, and there seemed to be a raindrop-shaped scar at the mouth of his throat.

In this posture, Gu Xiangtan was dragged out of the carriage. The strong hand dragged him twenty to thirty feet all the way. The rough gravel road rubbed Gu Xiangtan's back and elbows hot Gu Xiangtan was in pain, but Gu Xiangtan didn't say a word, just staring at the sky above and the scenery on both sides.

It's a pity that Gu Xiangtan didn't see anything except the tall trees. He didn't know where this place was and how far it was from the palace, but it was certain that they had already left the capital.

How could these people have the ability to leave the city gate in the middle of the night?Looks like it was well planned.

With the rustling wind coming from above, Gu Xiangtan fell to the ground and raised his head with all his strength, and what he saw was an empty and reflected layer upon layer of mountains and forests, which was particularly hazy in the quiet night.

I was... brought to the edge of a cliff? !

Gu Xiangtan didn't have time to get nervous, and the sound of horseshoes came from his ears that were pressed against the ground.

Obviously, the two people around me heard it too.

"Someone is coming, hurry up!"

After all, one of them grabbed Gu Xiangtan by the belt and pushed him down the mountain, without even giving Gu Xiangtan a chance to speak or ask for help!

Gu Xiangtan felt dizzy and dizzy immediately, and rolled straight down at one end.This is a steep slope, and the edge of the slope is covered with all kinds of luxuriant plants. Those overgrown branches cut Gu Xiangtan's body all over the way, but Gu Xiangtan gritted his teeth and endured the pain, and couldn't bear the rush of falling. In the situation, he kept reaching out his hands to try to grab those protruding objects, and finally after repeated attempts, under the predicament of scraping his hands full of blood, Gu Xiangtan grabbed a dead branch of a tree with a crooked neck, and tried his best at the last moment. Stabilize the speed of your fall!

And after Xiaopo was a cliff, Gu Xiangtan barely stopped at the entrance, half of his body was hanging out, his shoes were dangling on his insteps, and his whole body swayed slightly when the mountain wind blew.

He didn't dare to look down, so he only took a breath, and he heard the sound of horseshoes getting closer, and shouted loudly: "...Is anyone there?"

No one answered.

Gu Xiangtan raised his voice again: "I'm here..."

It's a pity that Gu Xiangtan's voice is too weak, and with his back against the wind, he was blown away as soon as he exited, coupled with the sound of horseshoes, even if he shouted his throat, his breathless voice was completely covered up. , the other party cannot hear at all.

Therefore, Gu Xiangtan could only watch helplessly as the rescuers came and left, and the sound of galloping kicks rumbled above his head, and then slowly went away, leaving him alone in silence. Precarious in the night...