Bright moon out of Tianshan

Sure enough, the imperial couch over there has been laid out. The sable fur mattress and the ginger brocade quilt embroidered with dragon patterns have been scented with lilies.A very inviting bed on this freezing winter night.

Which to choose?

Xiao Jian's eyes scanned the surroundings. The outside of the hall was heavily guarded, and Qi Jia inside the hall was staring at him. He couldn't escape, and he didn't want to escape, so he could only choose one of the conditions that Zhao Yuancai offered.So he gently waved his broken arm, and the broken bones rubbed against each other, making a slight rustling sound.

The corners of Xiao Jian's lips twitched slightly, and he pulled out a very difficult smile: "Your Majesty, the villain's arm is broken, so it's inconvenient for him to sleep. Your Majesty is more kind to the villain than to be kind to the end. How about letting the villain go to the water prison to recuperate? "

Zhao Yuancai squinted his eyes and looked at him, a little helpless, a little sad, and finally laughed out loud after a while, and said: "Okay, I will promise my Xiaoxiao, go, go rest." Breathing out, the blood from the corner of his lips overflowed, and he held it down with his sleeve.Looking at the back of Xiao Jian who resolutely left, this flow of water and flowers will not be like heaven and earth in the end!

As expected, the water dungeon was quite different from the Tianzi prison in Taiyuan. Because Xiao Jian was the emperor's favored minister and had a special status, Qi Jia specially told him to leave a single room for him.He was handcuffed and fettered, and thrown into the cold water that pierced his heart, so he had to mobilize his internal strength to drive out the cold.At the same time, he fumbled to catch his broken bone enduring the severe pain, but couldn't find a splint, so he left a few chopsticks for eating to barely bind the broken arm.

But the weather was too cold, Xiao Jian often fell asleep in the middle of the night, and forgot to practice the exercises to drive out the cold, and would wake up from the cold, so he had to continue to practice the exercises, then fell into a drowsy sleep, and then woke up from the freeze.This went on and on again, in a daze, and the surroundings were pitch black. According to the number of times the prisoners sent prisoners, it must have been seven or eight days, and I don't know what the fighting situation outside is like.

This day, he was falling asleep in a daze, but he heard someone outside the small window on the iron door of the water prison calling in a low voice: "Brother, brother."

Xiao Jian woke up suddenly, heard Xiumei's voice, and hurried to go over, but his bones and joints were aching, presumably from being frozen.He moved to the iron gate with great difficulty, but the iron gate opened, Xiu Mei jumped in, Xiao Jian asked, "Why are you here?"

Xiumei didn't answer, held one of his hands, and immediately said in shock: "Why is your hand so cold?"

Xiao Jian smiled and said: "Of course it's cold in the water prison, and it's not like you haven't stayed in prison before. Why do you want to come and see me?"

Xiumei closed the iron door with his backhand, listened with his ears, and made sure there was no one around, Fang whispered: "I haven't seen you for a few days, Linglong is also looking for you everywhere, very anxious. Ask no one Be willing to tell us, or say that you don’t know. Brother, they kept asking me why you used a lasso to pull me back when I was lying in front of Zhao’s soldiers and horses. I said it was because you thought I was young and didn’t want to let me I took too many risks, nothing else, but no one believed me. Then I finally found out that you were locked up here, and it took a lot of effort to bribe the jailer to come in and see you. Brother..."

He hesitated for a moment, and said: "Actually, I don't believe it either. I don't believe you don't know about Zhao Guo's going to ambush. A few days ago, he counted the troops and suffered heavy losses. Most of the people who rushed down died. If I go down , I am afraid I will die, so I want to thank you for saving my life, "

Xiao Jian hurriedly said: "No, no, I really don't know. You misunderstood."

Xiu Mei leaned into his ear, and said: "You were sick that night, and the third prince of Dongqi came to visit you. I was on duty, and I saw it. You believe in my elder brother, you have always taken good care of me, I'm not such a heartless person. You ask me why I came to Taiyuan, it's a long story, and I'll tell you when you go out."

Xiao Jian smiled, but changed the subject: "How is the battle outside?"

Xiumei said: "The battle situation is very unfavorable to the Zhao State. Zhongfu lost too many soldiers and horses that time, and even the emperor was seriously injured, so the morale of the soldiers was very low. Now that the reinforcements have not arrived, Jiazhai has been captured by Eastern Qi. The soldiers and horses were destroyed, and the arrows stored on the city tower were about to be used up. The Eastern Qi attacked the city in such a hurry that I could hardly hold on. The ministers were urging the emperor to go back to Taiyuan, but he refused to listen. .”

Xiao Jian murmured: "What if the city is broken?"

Xiumei said: "It's good if the city is broken. Don't worry, I will take advantage of the chaos and rescue you." Xiao Jian held his hand tightly and said, "No, I can't drag you down." Xiumei is thirteen The person with the flag, who was sent by the master to have other important tasks, is also struggling now.Xiao Jian knew it in his heart, so of course he didn't dare to order him casually.

Xiumei said: "Brother, I'm not afraid, it's human nature for you not to believe me, wait until I go and beg a few generals to see if I can intercede in front of His Majesty the Emperor and release you. In water, the bones will freeze."

Xiao Jian smiled and said, "Didn't you also be soaked in water for a month at that time?"

Xiumei said: "It's summer for me, and it's winter for you, it's incomparable." At this time, the prison guard knocked lightly on the iron door, reminding that the time is not short, and urged Xiumei to leave.With helpless eyebrows, Xiu shook Xiao Jian's hand tightly and said, "I'll go first." He left the water prison by himself.

He never returned, Xiao Jian continued to suffer day by day, his bones and joints became more and more painful, he was faintly worried, if this continues, wouldn't he be ruined?I reached out to touch the wall, trying to find a place to use my strength to get out of the cold water, but I couldn't find it, so I could only sigh dejectedly, and resigned to my fate.

I don't know how many days passed like this, and one day, suddenly, the door of the water prison opened, and two jailers came over and lifted Xiao Jian out of the water prison. Getting impatient, she reached out to support him and walked out.At the exit of the prison, Qi Jia stood there quietly, glanced at him, and said, "Come out with me."

Xiao remonstrated, "I don't serve the bed."

Qi Jia said: "I don't want you to sleep, I just want you to die earlier, but His Majesty disagrees. You are a disaster, you are more a disaster than Baili Rong." He looked calm and his tone was flat, but between the lines With deep-seated disgust and hatred.Xiao Jian's spine felt cold when he heard that, Qi Jia had already walked out first, Xiao Jian hesitated for a moment, and followed him out.

It was snowing heavily outside, and the light hurt his eyes. He stretched out his sleeves to cover his eyes, and walked forward slowly, stepping on the snow, with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and every step he took, his joints would ache. It's like walking on a knife's edge.Then, accidentally, he fell to the ground and couldn't get up again.

Qi Jia looked back, reached out and lifted him up.There was a faint cry of killing coming from a distance, Xiao Jian heard it in his ears, and thought: "Could it be that Luzhou City is really going to be captured by Dong Qi?"

In the winter of this year, there were constant battles between the upper and lower walls of Luzhou City, and the screams of killing shook the sky. With the arrival of the first heavy snowfall, Luzhou finally fell into the hands of Dong Qi.Zhao Guo's reinforcements arrived, but they were one step too late. They only caught the remnants of Luzhou's retreating soldiers and the emperor, who had never recovered from his injuries.

Xiao Jian was handcuffed and fettered heavily, stuffed in a broken car, and Qi Jia led heavy guards all the way back to Taiyuan.On the way, he didn't see Zhao Yuancai, and he didn't know what he planned to do with himself.It is said that Miss Linglong was also taken back by the emperor, and she was no longer his own. In this boundless world of ice and snow, the sense of loneliness slowly struck again, covering him overwhelmingly.

Back in Taiyuan, he was still placed in Mingjietang, but it was heavily guarded.Even if there was no one guarding him, Xiao Jian couldn't go out. His joints were completely frozen, not to mention it was difficult to move, and he tossed and turned in pain every night, unable to sleep. The pain was unbearable.He didn't connect the severed arm well, and wanted to find a doctor to have a look at it again, but no one took care of him.Only Xiumei quietly sent a lot of pills. He didn't know if it would work or not. He ate a lot in one go, just hoping that the pain would stop.

At night, the pain struck again without fail, Xiao Jian let out a sigh, despairing.

After a few days of being so isolated from the world, he was ordered by the guards to go to Chenghua Hall as soon as possible. Xiao remonstrated, "What's the matter? What are you going to do?"

The guard said: "On the first day of the new year, the Holy Majesty gave a banquet in the Chenghua Palace. The ministers of the imperial court will be the ministers in the first day, and you will be in the next day." People, of course, including myself, the "male favorite" with the title of general.

The Chenghua Palace is as warm as spring, and it is the rich, romantic and prosperous style that Emperor Zhao has always liked.Zhao Yuancai wears the crown and sits on the dragon chair in the middle. It seems that he has recovered from his injury.His queens and concubines were sitting beside him, smiling and watching the girls dance.Bai Lirong sat beside him and poured wine for him. The soft brocade red dress was trimmed with fox fur, luxurious and elegant.Xiao Jian supported the wall of the palace and stood still, and finally saw Linglong who was about to lead the girls to dance, where the two eyes met, Linglong winked at him, and said: "Your Majesty, Xiaoxiao is here, let him give us How about the flute accompaniment?"

Zhao Yuancai glanced at Xiao Jian inadvertently for a few times, and said, "It's up to you. I'm afraid that General He has a noble status, so he won't show this face."

Xiao Jian bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I would like to play the flute for Miss Linglong to accompany you." Zhao Yuancai smiled slightly and said, "Okay, it really is a couple of one day and one hundred days of kindness, and you are giving face like this."

Xiao Jian didn't seem to hear his sarcasm, he raised his broken arm with difficulty, and just blew the flute.Linglong led the dancers and sang and danced to the sound of flute: "Qing dance and music, but the skirt seemed to rise like light smoke. The palms turned like Linglong, and the golden lotus sneaked into the Lanting Pavilion. The laughter stopped and the sound of gongs and drums stopped, but the flowers had no roots. .The show dances for a long time and the song is not finished, how can it be as good as Tie Majun walking alone. The red Jesus is like the head of a flower, and you can’t see the spring breeze in the colorful clothes and feathers." More than rewards.

After a round of appreciation, Xiao Jian was alone forgotten. Xiao Jian waited for a long time, and seeing that he had no part for himself, he boldly and cheekily said: "Your Majesty, the villain also wants to ask for rewards for accompanying the girls."

Zhao Yuancai snorted and said, "What do you want? There are still things in this world that you can see?"