Wulong Inn

The Yuan Palace was built during the reign of Taizu, and now, after many years, it still stands majestically in the center of the capital.From the outside, the Yuan Palace is quite neatly built, with a square layout, which looks unusually grand. Legend has it that when this palace was built, it coincided with the concept of a round sky and a place, so that the ruler in the palace was born with the status of a king. Qi, royal majesty, of course, this saying is only spread in folk unofficial history, the same as the source of the construction drawings of the Yuan Palace, which makes the people in the market curious and puzzled but they talk about it.

However, when approaching the Yuan Palace, whether it is the vulgar Bai Ding or the tyrannical man with a prominent background, they will unconsciously be intimidated by the majesty displayed by this huge palace, and have the urge to worship, which shows that this magnificent palace Charm.

Speaking of which, after Taizu built this huge palace, he named it "Forbidden City". Although the purple characters are not in harmony with the red walls and yellow tiles around here, the latter two words are very similar to the palace. To be commensurate, this is indeed the forbidden area of ​​the central capital, a veritable forbidden city!

The night was overcast, the Yuan Palace was covered with a layer of silver gauze by the misty moonlight, and the surrounding fields were quiet, except for the rustling sound brought out by the evening wind, only the guards in the palace were patrolling around, and the sound was slightly heavy. The sound of footsteps, a strange sense of solemnity, filled the air.

A black figure walked freely through the night, and his black clothes made him almost blend into the night. I saw the man in black flipped over a high wall in front of him with a few beautiful movements.After swiftly dodging a group of oncoming guards, he began to march methodically into the depths of the Yuan Palace.

Obviously, the man in black knows this palace very well, and can always find a cover for the incident at the most opportune time to hide his figure. In the dark, even the guard with the sharpest eyes will only I think that I am dazzled, so I feel that there is a black shadow flashing in front of my eyes.

The man in black was Zhang Boxing who entered the palace late at night. Although his expression was solemn at this time, his figure was very chic and relaxed. Obviously, walking in the dark did not cause him too much trouble.At this time, Zhang Boxing was walking towards the predetermined destination, while secretly rejoicing that he had dragged Master Lu to find out a lot of news about the Yuan Palace, otherwise, tonight, even if his skills were as advanced as his, it would be difficult for him to do so relaxed,

Speaking of which, as soon as Fu entered the palace, he felt something was wrong. However, in his perception, it is understandable for an emperor to resort to some means out of safety considerations. However, he still got rid of the lead. The eunuch chose his wife to enter the palace. After all, things can only be discussed under his control.

Not long after, looking at the target in front of him, Zhang Boxing quickly put away the distracting thoughts in his heart, and walked there cautiously.

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The Hall of Mental Cultivation, one of Emperor Dexing's sleeping palaces, was specially arranged by Emperor Dexing for the purpose of cultivating Taoism. It was enshrined in the most conspicuous position, but Emperor Dexing was greedy enough, so he found another hanging portrait of Lao Tzu and hung it on the other side of the room, facing the holy statue far away. Mysterious and mysterious atmosphere,.

Today, the Hall of Mental Cultivation is brightly lit, and Emperor Dexing is circling anxiously in the hall, chanting words, and the flickering red candle elongates his shadow, which is reflected on the gray wall, looking very strange.

After turning around several times, but did not hear the news he wanted, Emperor Dexing's patience was exhausted, he simply slapped the table, and asked angrily, "Why haven't you come yet!"

The little eunuch who served him was used to his moodiness, upon hearing this, he immediately said: "Your Majesty, please be safe, don't worry, I'm afraid he is already on his way."

'Snapped! 'Emperor Dexing took the teacup in his hand and threw it viciously at the little eunuch's face, saying in a dark voice: "You said this just now, and now you are using it to amuse me, you are bored of life! "

The little eunuch should have often been threatened with death like this. Hearing this, he simply knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly, pleading guilty. Sure enough, Emperor Dexing calmed down a bit.

"Okay, stop knocking! It's just dirty my eyes!" With a wave of his hand, Emperor Dexing said in disgust.

The little eunuch didn't have any self-abuse tendencies either, seeing that his life was saved, he stopped his movements as kindly as possible.

He glanced at the little eunuch in disappointment. Emperor Dexing was about to wave his hand to make him retreat, when suddenly, the door outside the palace was pushed open, and a person ran in in a panic.

When Emperor Dexing saw this, he was about to get angry when he saw the little eunuch rushing towards Emperor Dexing, knelt down and said in panic, "He's gone!"

Emperor Dexing saw that this was his confidant eunuch who was sent out to handle errands. Hearing his words now, Emperor Dexing couldn't react for a while, and after a while he repeated suspiciously: "The person is missing?"

The confidant eunuch didn't dare to neglect, seeing this, he hurriedly said: "Return to Your Majesty, the slave brought someone to pick him up outside the Yuan Palace, but when he entered the palace, the man disappeared. I searched all over..."

"Bastard!" Before the little eunuch could finish speaking, Emperor Dexing kicked him to the ground, looking at the little eunuch who was still in a panic, Emperor Dexing said angrily: "I sent it to you so What a master, such a living person, he can actually make you lose sight of him!"

The confidant eunuch sensed the real anger in Emperor Dexing's eyes, and couldn't help shouting in horror: "Your Majesty, spare your life, Your Majesty, spare your life!"

Emperor Dexing ignored him, waved his hand, and ordered his servants to deal with this incompetent eye-obscuring guy in front of him.

Hearing the miserable begging for mercy getting smaller and smaller, Emperor Dexing didn't have much joy in his eyes. As a cowardly pessimist, at this moment, various frightening images kept appearing in his mind. The accident made him secretly guess that the other party already knew his intentions and wanted to take revenge. This knowledge made Emperor Dexing terrified.

He circled in the hall again, muttering words: "No, no one will kill me, no one will kill me..." However, these self-encouragements were obviously not worth the strong psychological suggestion, De As Emperor Xing spoke, he began to tremble uncontrollably. The situation was really far from that of a majestic and self-respecting king of a country.

Just when Emperor Dexing's expression was extremely tense, he suddenly heard a 'pop', which turned out to be a few candles in the inner room making a soft noise when they were burning. This slight noise seemed to be pressing on Emperor Dexing. The last straw on his body, I saw him hear the sound, and after he uttered a scream, the whites of his eyes were flooded, foaming at the mouth, and he looked like he was about to faint.

Seeing this, the little eunuch who just kowtowed with blood showed a little gloating in his eyes, but it was only a flash, and soon, he threw himself into the role, exclaiming that His Majesty is all right, while taking out the few bags he was carrying with him. The bottle of potion was taken by the emperor very calmly.

After a while, Emperor Dexing woke up faintly. After waking up, Emperor Dexing was a little calmer. Presumably, the shocking roar just now had shouted out most of his fears. However, even though he was able to maintain his superficial composure Ziruo, Emperor Dexing still couldn't stop his legs trembling, his hands trembling, and he even started to lose his voice.

In the inner room, because Emperor Dexing woke up, the silence was restored again, only the seemingly invisible sound of teeth chattering came to the ears from time to time, and suddenly, a light cough came from behind a thick curtain by the wall. After coming out, the Emperor Dexing, who was still in a state of losing his voice, unexpectedly calmed down at this moment. He calmed down and walked quickly to the curtain. Someone chatted for a few words, and then Emperor Dexing miraculously returned to normal.

He swept the room and saw the little eunuch whose face was covered with blood, he couldn't help frowning and said: "I'm not going yet, I'll tidy up my appearance and come to serve again."

Hearing this, the little eunuch responded with a respectful expression, but couldn't stop his heart from slandering.

Originally, he thought that he would be able to leave the stage after making it so miserable, but unexpectedly, he still had to participate in this event full of conspiracy.I don't want to know too much, the little eunuch retreated respectfully while crying in his heart.

But seeing that Emperor Dexing turned around a few more times habitually, he sat back on his seat and looked at the hanging portrait of Lao Tzu in the middle of the house, a lot of power surged from the bottom of his heart, the energy of faith was really huge, and Thinking of the correct words just received, Emperor Dexing, who had completely calmed down, began to sit peacefully in his seat, waiting for someone to come with him.

Not long after, there was only a "squeak" sound from the door, which startled Emperor Dexing and quickly stabilized his mind. Emperor Dexing looked in the direction of the door anxiously, and when he saw that it was himself who came in When the little eunuch who had just rushed out to tidy up his appearance, his heart was inexplicably relieved, but then, he lost his composure in embarrassment, he slammed the table and shouted sharply: "You don't have the rules, you can't live well!" I'm getting impatient!"

Hearing the same threat again, the little eunuch's eyes flashed an obvious look of helplessness, but he didn't kneel down to beg for mercy in such a miserable way as before, but the Emperor Dexing who was used to talking to the little eunuch condescendingly in the second half , Seeing this, he couldn't help being taken aback, and the phrase 'Why don't you kneel' came to his lips, and he swallowed it down.

Looking at the little eunuch standing there with no rules, Emperor Dexing's eyes showed a few traces of inquiry. This time, he finally noticed the strangeness in the little eunuch's expression, but before he could ask the reason , Seeing grief and indignation flashing in Xiaojian's eyes, he glanced at Emperor Dexing with infinite resentment, and then fell straight on the ground.

As the little eunuch came to the end, the scene behind the door was in front of Emperor Dexing's eyes, but he saw a tall figure who seemed to blend into the night, stepped into the room very calmly, and first put the fainted little eunuch into the house. The eunuch kicked to the side, then raised his eyes, and fixedly looked at Emperor Dexing in the room.

"You, what did you do to him!" Pointing at the little eunuch who fell to the ground, Emperor Dexing screamed, his trembling fingers revealed his emotions too much, but he didn't know how scared he was. Some, or more anger.

The man in black who approached the room was undoubtedly Zhang Boxing. Seeing Emperor Dexing's reaction, he frowned slightly, but still cupped his hands, and said respectfully: "I will return to your Majesty, the grass people just lighted him up, after three hours , he will wake up."

Hearing this, Emperor Dexing looked suspiciously at the little eunuch who had fallen to the ground, making sure that he was still breathing. Emperor Dexing's expression calmed down again, and he saw that Zhang Boxing was just standing at each corner from a distance, not at all. He rushed forward fiercely, guessing that the other party hadn't discovered his intentions, he couldn't help but make up his mind.

After settling his mind, Emperor Dexing looked at Zhang Boxing who was standing not far away, and suddenly felt an eyesore, and couldn't help saying in a dark voice: "Bold, why don't you kneel when you see me!" However, he didn't dare to offend too much after all. The other party, in his tone, also lacked a bit of righteousness.

But Zhang Boxing raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard the words, and then said in a neutral tone: "The grassroots people have little knowledge, and some things don't quite understand, may I ask your Majesty for advice?"

Emperor Dexing was a little surprised by his expression, but at this moment he did not allow him to back down and refuse. Hearing this, he couldn't help saying: "Let's listen to it."

Seeing what Emperor Dexing said, Zhang Boxing said in an unhurried manner: "As the grassroots know, according to the "Law of Kaiyuan", kneeling down to worship the emperor is the duty of the people of Kaiyuan."

"Since you already know, why didn't you kneel just now!" Hearing Zhang Boxing's words, Emperor Dexing, who thought he was right, immediately asked outrightly.

Hearing the words, Zhang Boxing raised his eyes slightly, and after suppressing Emperor Dexing's arrogance by [-]%, he said in a low voice: "It's not that the Caomin don't want to behave like a courtier, but, at present, the Caomin are not the subjects of Kaiyuan, so, they are. It is impossible to kneel."

Listening to Zhang Boxing's indifferent statement, Emperor Dexing vaguely remembered that Mr. Yuan once said that in order to vent his anger, the late emperor exterminated the Zhang family, and even abolished its ancestral hall, and issued an edict to the world not to recognize it The Zhang family was a Kaiyuan citizen. Thinking of this, Emperor Dexing couldn't help but show a little discomfort on his face. He secretly slandered the late emperor for failing to do things well. He was so ruthless and unable to cut grass and roots. Now it can't be done. No more, let him be embarrassed.

Fortunately, although Emperor Dexing's nerves were fragile, his face was extremely resilient, and he quickly returned to normal. I saw him smiling and looking at Zhang Boxing who was standing quietly not far away, and said soothingly: "This matter, I will Now that I know, how about restoring your clan's status as a subject of our Kaiyuan Kingdom?"

"It's so good." Seeing Emperor Dexing being so forthright, Zhang Boxing's face softened a little.

"In this way, Your Excellency is also a citizen of Kaiyuan." Hearing Zhang Boxing's concise answer, Emperor Dexing smiled even brighter.

Looking at Emperor Dexing's expression, Zhang Boxing knew what was going on in his heart, so he couldn't help laughing secretly, but still said solemnly: "Of course."

"Since that's the case, why don't your excellency come to see me soon." Finally, when it was time to meet him, Emperor Dexing was extremely impatient, his eyes glistened with the brilliance of a successful plot, and he said very proudly.

But when Zhang Boxing heard the words, he shook his head with regret and said, "Your Majesty's words are different?"

"What!" Emperor Dexing frowned when he saw Zhang Boxing's words were not worth talking about, and said angrily.

"Your Majesty, don't be restless, just listen to the grassroots people," Zhang Boxing said calmly, "Although the grassroots people have little knowledge, they still know some simple truths," he said, looking fixedly at Emperor Dexing: " Your majesty is the king of a country, and he values ​​fidelity and promises the most. There is a saying that a king will never change his promises, so it can be seen that whatever your majesty promises, it will be fulfilled even if it is extremely difficult!" After speaking, he seemed to have deep meaning Taking a quick look at Emperor Dexing, who was restless earlier, he continued in a low voice: "If Cao Min heard correctly, what His Majesty wants to fulfill is to return the status of the entire Zhang family's children as subjects of Kaiyuan, but."

Seeing Emperor Dexing nod his head guilty, Zhang Boxing couldn't help saying: "Your Majesty's kindness, the grass people are very grateful, and because of this, the grass people can't bow down to His Majesty now.

As he said that, Zhang Boxing crossed the line and said: "Your Majesty Long En, the grassroots are very grateful for allowing my Zhang clan to return to the clan. Censor's criticism, but also to appease several aristocratic families who are in danger of the country's foundation, it will take several years of work to accomplish this, what does your majesty think is right?" As he spoke, Zhang Boxing looked at Emperor Dexing inquiringly,

Emperor Dexing had already been dazed by him, and upon hearing this, he could only nod indiscriminately.

Zhang Boxing didn't care about that. Hearing the words, he continued: "It's really because of this that the grass people can't kneel. It's only because His Majesty promised the grass people to restore my Zhang family, so the grass people need to bow down to His Majesty with the courtesy of common people. Therefore, the grass people If you kneel now, it is to force His Majesty to fulfill the promise immediately, and the grassroots naturally cannot be unjust to His Majesty first, so it is not allowed to bow down to Your Majesty at this time!"

After a short pause, Zhang Boxing said again: "Of course, don't worry, Your Majesty, I, Mrs. Zhang,