The Eight Winds of Rebirth

As Zhao Su walked towards the side door, he chatted casually with a guest of the Three Kings.

Zhao Su asked: "The lord must have gotten into the carriage, right? I don't know if the third son will enter the palace to celebrate the emperor's grandson's birthday?"

The doorman chuckled: "Young Master Su is too worried. Isn't the third son still sick? How can he enter the palace? The grandson is young. If there is a mistake because of this, we will blame us in the end."

As soon as the words were finished, two young servants walked up to meet them, and behind the young servants was a young man of weak stature.

Although Zhao Su has a high rank in the court, he is not even considered a master in the palace, and in the eyes of the young servants around the third son, he is no different from those disciples, so at this moment, he just bowed his head casually to him, Then he left in a hurry, but the young man looked over cowardly.

But he didn't want Zhao Su to look at him too. After the two eyes met, Zhao Su smiled slightly and said suddenly: "It's almost time now, and it's time to go on the road."

The boy's eyes flickered slightly, his face turned a few times, and in an instant it faded to dead white.

The boy looked back and saw that his footsteps were weak and he couldn't even take a step, he couldn't help frowning and scolding: "Why are you so slow, if you delay the time, the third son will blame you, it's not you who are unlucky."

After all, one side, actually lifted the other side up and half-dragged away.

The doorman looked at the backs of the three people walking away, and was stunned for a while before he came back to his senses.

"Tsk tsk, that looks really good, it's just a pity, but it's only been a few times, and it looks like only half of life is left, and the third son is really ruthless, but compared to the previous actors, this time this time It's been a long time, it's been a month, and I've been tossing like that every time, and I've left him a sigh of relief, but tonight... I'm afraid I won't be able to make it through. "

Halfway through the sigh, it seems that I have overstepped the rules. Recently, the situation inside and outside the house is extraordinary, and everyone in the Three Princes' Mansion is also in danger with the undercurrent. No matter the servants or the diners, they even speak in a low voice. Yes, it seems that if you raise your voice, you will accidentally pierce some window paper, and then set yourself on fire.

The doorman hurriedly laughed and turned around: "Look at me, I was confused before midnight, what did Young Master Su say just now? What way are you going? Who wants to go on the way?"

Zhao Su didn't seem to have listened to what the other party said just now, and smiled lightly: "No, it's just that I see it's getting late, and it's time to go to the palace for the banquet."

Thinking that that person should have arrived as well, Zhao Su's eyes, which had always been half-smiling, were rarely warmed.

……

As soon as Gu Xiangtan arrived at Chengfeng Palace, he was welcomed to the upper seat. Together with the emperor and empress, the crown prince sat on the other side, while the crown prince sat at the bottom with tonight's little birthday star in his arms.

Zhao Xi was originally asleep, but was woken up by the movement of seeing the Ling Buddha, her eyes were wide open, and her small mouth was about to cry.

Gong Yiling hurriedly patted him to coax him, and the empress distressedly asked the nurse to bring the baby over to have a look, but who knew that halfway in front of Gu Xiangtan, Zhao Xi stretched out her short hands to Gu Xiangtan and started Raising the throat, ah ah screaming incessantly.

The nurse was a little embarrassed, and the queen was also stunned for a while, but Emperor Zongzheng was quite happy about it, and said with a smile: "Look, the emperor's grandson likes to get close to the Lingfo, this is the fate of the royal line."

Gu Xiangtan looked at Zhao Xishui's watery eyes, raised the corner of his mouth and opened his hand towards him.

The nurse looked at the empress, although the empress was a little embarrassed, she also understood what the emperor meant, so she nodded, so she let go of her hand, and the emperor and grandson threw themselves into Gu Xiangtan's arms, hugging him tightly and not letting go.

Gu Xiangtan leaned against that small body, feeling warm in his heart, stretched out his hand to the side, and Su Xi immediately handed over a red cloth bag knowingly.

After opening it, I saw a snow-white exquisite jade tablet wrapped inside, with four characters engraved on the front and back.

One side is free from illness and difficulty, the other side is free from obstacles and demons, and at the end is Zhao Xi's name taboo.

Gu Xiangtan personally hung it around the emperor's grandson's neck: "I asked someone to make this when I went back to Xiangguo Temple, and I give it to you now. I hope that little Xi'er can live a safe, smooth and safe life."

Huangsun immediately fiddled with it curiously with his fleshy hands, and then stuffed the jade tablet into his mouth with a gulp.

Gu Xiangtan couldn't help but pull out the saliva-stained jade tablet, wiped it off with his small cloth pocket, and put it in his inner clothes properly.

Emperor Zongzheng, who saw this scene on the side, had already smiled, and was secretly surprised that Lingfo had learned of Zhao Xi's birth three years ago, so he wished to find a painter to paint this picture into thousands, and spread it all over the capital. Sprinkle it all over the world, let the people see Lingfo's love and fate for the emperor and grandson.

The people on both sides also knew how to wink, and hurriedly searched for all kinds of auspicious words to say, which made the emperor and queen smile, and even the prince who had been lacking in interest was rarely happy.

Fu Yalian, Cao Qin, Xue Yiyang and others also came, and they each presented birthday gifts. The banquet was harmonious and harmonious, at least everyone was smiling more or less, even the third king Zhao Dian who came late. .

Zhao Dian didn't need to come, but he just talked to Emperor Zongzheng about the withdrawal of troops a while ago. Whether it was for appeasement or numbness, this time he had to save face.

Gu Xiangtan always had a decent smile, and faced the sugar-coated cold arrows that the emperor shot from time to time with warmth like the wind. Gu Xiangtan turned his head only when Emperor Zongzheng's thoughts turned to Xue Yiyang and Cao Qin. Take care of the master.

Fu Yalian kept an indifferent face, and Gu Xiangtan talked to him for several times without getting a response, and he knew something was wrong in his heart.

Sure enough, at the next sentence, the master asked softly: "When did he come back?"

Gu Xiangtan paused the hand holding the vegetables, and slowly put down the chopsticks.

"Last month." Now that the master has opened his mouth, it is useless for him to conceal it. In fact, he knows that the master has always had amazing insight, especially about his own affairs. It was seen through earlier.

Fu Yalian asked again: "When did you plan to keep it a secret?"

Gu Xiangtan felt that although the master's tone was cold, but there was not much anger on his face, he thought for a while and said: "Until the Shenwu Army returns to Beijing."

"Where are the people now?"

Gu Xiangtan pursed his lips: "In Sumeru Hall..."

After saying this, Fu Yalian remained silent, neither blamed nor lectured, just sipped the tea in the cup silently, without saying a word.

Gu Xiangtan didn't know how to deal with it for a while, so he made it to the end of the banquet. Fu Yalian excused himself from feeling unwell, first talked to Emperor Zongzheng and went back to the mansion.

Gu Xiangtan was pestered by the emperor's grandson for a while, and when he came out again, his master was nowhere to be seen.

He also felt uncomfortable in his heart, knowing that the master was doing it for his own good, and also knowing that his actions would have failed many people's expectations, but Gu Xiangtan had no other choice...

He was thinking with downcast eyes, when he came out of Chengfeng Palace, he saw a person standing with his hands behind his back in the forest ahead, looking up at the bright moon in the sky, tall and straight, like a pine tree in the silent night.

But without waiting for Gu Xiangtan to approach, the other party flicked his sleeves and turned his head, with a suave and coquettish smile on his face, like a star.

"Why, it's such an hour, why don't Lingfo return to the hall quickly, it's late, but it's a concern."

At that moment, Gu Xiangtan felt in a trance that the person in front of him was about to disappear into the night with the hazy moonlight, but he came back to his senses in a flash, and sighed secretly that he might be mentally exhausted these days, so it was inevitable that he was too nervous.

So he didn't care much about Cao Qin's teasing expression every time they met, he just smiled lightly and said, "Because I saw that General Yu Guo was interested in this, I was also curious."

As he spoke, he remembered that he hadn't seen Guan Yonghou and the two Mei family misses at the banquet just now, so he couldn't help sighing quietly: "She originally set her heart on the bright moon, but the bright moon shines on the ditch..."

Cao Qin paused, then laughed.

"Cao doesn't know that Lingfo cares about the common people in the world, and even worry about the red line?"

Gu Xiangtan himself was stunned when he finished speaking, and was teased by Cao Qin, his face could not help but show some embarrassment, the blame was only that the lovesickness was too bitter, it was because he had experienced it deeply, and now it is rare to get from here to here. Some can't bear it.

After Cao Qin laughed, he didn't continue to make fun of Gu Xiangtan. He looked up at the bright moon in the sky, and suddenly sighed softly: "In one day, it will be Mid-Autumn Festival again."

Gu Xiangtan heard the sighs in his words, and thinking of Cao Qin's bitter cold at the border all these years and leaving his hometown, he seemed to be able to empathize with the sorrow.

"After the war at the end of the world, the scenery is afraid of the door, the flesh and blood are in season, and the reunion is due to the dream soul..."

Cao Qin's "reunion" brought out the endless sadness covered in his heart, Gu Xiangtan looked at the other party in a daze, and met the glint in Cao Qin's eyes.

What he looked at was the Ziwei Palace in the distance. The man who was usually unrestrained and unrestrained at this moment tightened his jaw and clenched his teeth. In an instant, Gu Xiangtan saw hatred in his eyes. However, it is real, clear resentment and hatred.

Who is this hatred for?

Three kings?

Or Emperor Zongzheng?

Gu Xiangtan was in a daze to himself, he hadn't digested what he saw, but at the other end, he saw a person hurriedly leading his guards out of Chengfeng Palace, and instead of taking a sedan chair, he directly led the horse and flew onto it. , and then with a whip, a group of troops rushed out like an arrow off the string.

"Heh..." Looking at the dust and smoke from the horse's hooves, Cao Qin smiled wantonly: "What made the three kings burn their butts like this, half of their faces turned black, even if they don't want to come to this banquet again, they don't have to leave in such an ugly way. "

Gu Xiangtan listened to Cao Qin's jokes, but both of them knew in their hearts that the behavior of the three kings was too impatient, and even a bit chaotic, maybe the situation was different...

Gu Xiangtan recruited Su Xi and An Yin and immediately returned to Xumi Hall.

With a light like a bean, Zhao Yuan was still sitting in front of the desk, but she stopped reading and turned her head to look at the moonlight outside the window. The night that was still full of stars a moment ago was gradually covered by dark clouds.

Gu Xiangtan had already sent Yan Fang to inquire about the news, he stood directly behind Zhao Yuan, and looked into the distance with him, but what Gu Xiangtan was looking at was an invisible point in the sky.

In the middle of the night, when no one was sleeping peacefully, there was a knock on the door.

Gu Xiangtan went to open it himself, and Yan Fang stood outside. He was naked at night, and the first sentence he saw from the two masters was: "Sure enough, something happened."

"Speak." It was not Gu Xiangtan who spoke, but Zhao Yuan.

Yan Fang paused and said: "Someone assassinated in the Three Princes' Mansion tonight, and the Third Prince's eyes were gouged out in his sleep. I don't know if this life can be saved right now!"

At this moment, a thunderbolt suddenly struck down from the sky, pulling Gu Xiangtan back from his stunned stupor, followed by a heavy rain pouring down like a torrent, crackling.

Gu Xiangtan turned his head to look at Zhao Yuan in a daze, and Zhao Yuan was also looking at him, both of them saw a result in each other's eyes.

The variable they had been waiting for had finally... come.