All your life is gentle

Already in the car, Zi Shi signaled Chang Sheng to open the door, and looked at the military adviser: "Brother Zhuang."

"exist."

No matter how heavy or painful it is, press it down.Force yourself to calm down and think about what to do now.

"Immediately look for...among those who surrendered, is there any court in charge...Qi Deyuan...I hope...it's not too late...kill people to silence...the palace is not there, go to the house to search, if you can't find me, disciples are fine... "

Zhuang Lingchen responded and turned his head to give the order.

Chang Sheng covered his stomach, motivating his inner breath a little bit: "Don't worry, it may not be what you think..." He couldn't continue.

At this moment, apart from empty consolation, there was nothing he could do.

Zi Shi breathed a sigh of relief, and said again: "Uncle Zhongyi's mansion, the study... there is a picture of the basement of Lantai Division... Ah Wen and Zhang, do you know where it is..."

"Understood, I'll ask the two younger brothers to pick it up."

The carriage started, and Chang Sheng wiped the cold sweat on his forehead: "Stop talking, okay? Let's go see how the book is going, and talk about other things later..."

The one in my arms stubbornly wanted to finish the sentence: "The underground library of Lantai Division... prevents insects, ants, moisture, fire, disasters, theft, chaos, and soldiers... I have spent all my brains...just to prevent moisture, The stone slabs are covered with fine sand, tiles are laid on the fine sand, and lime is embedded between the tiles. Finally, the blue bricks are leveled... and I am afraid of fire... There are underground ditches all around the ground, and you can get water to put out the fire when you open the cover ...This dark ditch...is running water...one end is connected to the Yuhe River in the palace, and the other end...is connected to the sewers in the city...the culvert...directly leads to the outside of the city..."

"I see... Zi Shi, I should have told you earlier, I shouldn't have kept it secret, I..."

The blood stains around her lips had already been wiped off, but there was a streak of dripping on the skirt of her clothes, like red flame red flowers in full bloom, there was no way to cover it up.Chang Sheng pressed his icy cheeks, feeling regretful in his heart.It turned out that I had far underestimated the connection and lethality of the whole incident after all, and I had no idea about the five years of Gu Changsheng's absence, so that I made such a fatal mistake.

Zi Shi seemed to be unable to hear his confession, and continued to explain in a weak voice: "All of these... I made the request in advance, and I will see the actual results after the fact... The specific links in the middle are all...they made it...especially, that one... Underground culvert, I guess...he probably...did...other tricks. But...but...I was lazy...Back then, the anti-theft measures...was done so well, if he really, seriously...burned The book...to vent your anger...to block the pursuers...on the ground, you can't...see it at all..."

A new round of severe throbbing pain hit, the body suddenly arched, the teeth were clenched, and the nails pinched deep blood on the back of Changsheng's hand.

"Zi Shi, stop talking! Don't think about it, don't think about it!"

"I really... shouldn't, shouldn't... be lazy..."

Changsheng couldn't bear it anymore, made him pass out, and held him tightly in his arms: "I'm sorry...I'm sorry..."

The two of them moved quickly. When King Jingbei arrived at Lantai Division, he was already waiting at the door with the blueprint.Both Chang Sheng and Ni Jian were personally trained by Qin Xi, and they are very sensible.Soon, two disciples of Qi Deyuan were rushed over by Zhuang Lingchen's orders.Without disturbing Zi Shi, several people successfully found the entrance of the basement and lit the wall lamp.

The side of the wall lamp against the wall is covered with monochromatic glass coated with silver powder, which has an excellent reflection effect and makes the room suddenly bright.The huge black bookshelf stood facing him, casting a huge shadow, instantly everyone was shrouded in solemnity.Those hardwood bookshelves are square and heavy, with a black and oily dark light, obviously after being fumigated and painted to prevent insects and moisture.Row by row, I don't know how many.Each bookshelf and each floor are full of books on the front and back sides, from the ground to the roof.

Standing at the entrance and looking at it at a glance, the limited space is expanded by the unusual density and weight to create infinite connotations and extensions. The forest is not enough to describe its depth, and the ocean is not enough to describe its breadth.

Seeing those large wooden frames that were safe and sound, Chang Sheng almost fell to his knees on the ground: Thank God for his eyes, for being merciful!

"Zi Shi..." Only then did he dare to loosen the acupoints and gently wake him up, "Look, the books are all fine."

Zi Shi opened his eyes, and slowly looked from one side to the other, and from the other side to this side.Finally, I said a word: "The mildew season is over, we should all take them out to dry."

Li Wen and Li Zhang smiled with red eyes: "The young master is not here, those guys are definitely going to fish. The weather is good recently, let's take a look later."

After a few words of dialogue between master and servant, the inexplicable sense of oppression that first entered the library dissipated immediately.

Ni Jian led people to search around.Chang Sheng held Zi Shi in his arms and walked to the bookshelves, only to find that most of the spines had his handwritten titles on them, and each side of the shelf had a column detail and a catalog card inserted.

Seeing him staring at him, Zi Shi raised his hand and took out a stack of catalog cards.Eight of the ten sheets were written by him himself. The neat and elegant regular script is thin and dense, like a string of rice beads, soaked in sweat and painstaking efforts.

He sighed softly: "Just this little thing, it took me a few months to learn it... I just know it's easy to use, but I'm stumbling around according to the model. The Hanlin bachelors who came out of the scientific examination are all... full of confusion, and in the end they are almost all Do it myself..."

Changsheng glanced twice, turned his gaze away, and forced a smile: "Why do you blame others for being too stupid? You are too smart."

At this time, Ni Jian reported that footprints were found at the entrance of a ditch, and the water in the ditch was only a few inches high.

A disciple of Master Qi explained tremblingly: "It should be that a hidden gate was set up to store water in drought and release water in flood."

Another disciple added: "After the water is released, this ditch is enough for one person to crawl in and out. Judging by the shape, it has passed through the hands of Li Fangsi, and there are probably other organs... As for the connected sewers in the city, they are even more criss-crossed... ..."

Ni Jian shouted: "Damn, don't care what he's doing, get some gunpowder and block all the exits, won't it be over?"

Chang Sheng gave him a look to tell him to shut up, but before he could speak, Zi Shi smiled and said, "Brother Ni, the people in Xijing City... still have to live."

His voice was very weak, and Ni Jian immediately felt reckless and ashamed, and even felt a little blush.

Zi Shi continued to speak slowly: "At the exit of the culvert, there are master Qi's disciples here, so don't worry about not finding them." He sighed secretly, Qi Deyuan is a national treasure expert, and I'm afraid something unexpected happened for no reason. "It's just that there may not be enough time. At this moment... maybe I have already left the city..."

Commander Ni immediately led his subordinates and Master Qi's disciples to start a reconnaissance operation, and at the same time sent a message outside the city to search and intercept.

The library was cold, and Changsheng withdrew.As he walked, he whispered in his ear: "Your most precious books are all good, can you rest assured this time? Naturally, someone will do those troublesome things, so don't worry about them. Let's—"

Look up at Li Wen Li Zhang.

Li Wendao: "The family is still the same, everyone is waiting for the young master and miss to go back."

On the eighth night of the eighth day of the lunar new year, the emperor eradicated the group of relatives, and the news reached the Li Mansion, but the master was not there, and all the servants fled in all directions.Although the guards were supposed to be under Li Fangsi, the princess and lord have always treated everyone kindly, and after receiving such kindness for so long, they just acted like they ransacked the house.The two of Wen Wen went back to get the pattern, and several backbones of the Li family's servant group had returned to stay behind.

Changsheng nodded: "Okay." Hold tight, "Let's go home - go home and rest, shall we?"

"Okay...but wait a minute..."

Zi Shi lay his head on his chest, his voice was low and slow, as if only his heart could hear: "Changsheng, listen to me...it doesn't matter...where they left the city, at the end of the day, there is no other place to go ...Fu Chuqing dragged Zhao Ju...the only way to go was to seek refuge with...Chuzhou Rebels...

"Back then... the Baisha gang sent the nephew of the Hua family, Luo Miao, and Luo Miao to Xijing. I was the one who found him, and then... he recommended it to the Ning family and his son... Once the Ning family died, he must have taken away those tokens... ...For this matter, hurry up...Ask Zigui, she is in Xiabeiguan...and has been in touch with the Baisha Gang...

"These two people... Chase them closely... But you must also be careful... Keep quiet...Look at those who surrendered, how many people are left...The people from the Lifang Division...These are those who are open to money...Desperate people Disciples... Let them chase after..."

Panting lightly: "Catch up, of course it's good, if you can't catch up...it's nothing... the **** one, just treat him as the emperor... and be buried with great fanfare. The edict in Zhao Chang's hand... If it doesn't work, call him He... for his uncle, wrote an edict of guilt, and announced it to the world... These uncles and nephews... practiced... gaudy... willow-leaf hairpin flower body... ordinary people, can't tell the difference... all the news , starting from the east... At that time, Zhao Ju will completely lose...use value, pure drag, with...Fu Chuqing's temper, hmph..."

Changsheng heard him being so gentle and intimate, murmuring love words like whispers, but the contents of what he said became more and more shocking.One of them has an ominous ruthless and decisive intent, which is very contrary to his usual temperament, and makes people feel cold and timid.

"Chuzhou Rebels...Even if there are many Fu Chuqings, it is impossible...to become a big climate...to stabilize Shuzhou, and...how to return to Shunjing is...a big thing, you..."

Changsheng thought: What is he doing?What is he going to do?A burst of panic passed from the bottom of my heart, as if I was in a boundless nightmare falling into darkness.

Roaring: "Zi Shi!"

This roar woke him up and knocked the person in his arms unconscious.

The people around were frightened by him.

Walking out quickly: "Azhang leads the way home. Awen goes to the palace, and bring all the doctors you invited earlier, as well as the imperial physician in the palace, to me!"

Yongqian six years in July fourteenth.

Xijing Imperial Palace in Shuzhou.

Prince Jinxia Zhao Chang and his civil and military officials formally surrendered to the Huarong Dynasty.Huarong's second prince, Jingbei Wang Fusheng, accepted the surrender on behalf of Huarong.

At this point, the Jinxia Dynasty, from the Taizu Yuanwu Emperor to the last Emperor Xianwen, lasted for 220 years and finally came to an end.Later history books refer to the period from the first year of Tianyou to the ninth year of Tianyou in Pian'an Shuzhou, which is called Xijin.

At the surrender ceremony, Zhao Chang tied his head with a grass rope and walked in front with his arms bound. Behind him, all civil and military officials were bareheaded and in plain clothes, mourning and weeping.A group of people marched slowly from the Rihua Gate, knelt and kowtowed outside the Chenghui Hall to show their guilt and gratitude, and sincerely surrendered and let them be dealt with.

This set of ready-made hypocritical rituals can be stripped directly from the history books.In fact, before Zhuang Lingchen had time to make arrangements, Zhao Chang had sent envoys to deliver the detailed procedures.Changsheng was anxious and bored with this performance.Junshi Zhuang was hesitating about what size was appropriate, and he was overjoyed when he saw the template provided by Jinxia.Immediately started to prepare, and at the same time persuaded the prince: "Zhao Chang can't wait to express his sincerity, so His Highness will give him peace of mind." After a pause, "Everyone is safe, and Zi Shi's place... is naturally at ease..."

Changsheng waited for Zhao Chang to come in in Chenghui Hall.

Dan Chi's throne on the dragon chair is still bright, but he can't sit casually now, so he stands still in the hall with his hands behind his back.Although it is just a peaceful palace here, it has a history of nearly 200 years.When it was first built, it was already beautiful, but in Zhao Ju's hands, it was decorated with gold powder, pearls, jade, fragrant wood and exotic flowers, making people dizzy.

Changsheng thought: In terms of comfort and convenience, it is still here.But he definitely doesn't want to live in, and he doesn't dare to move at all right now... He tried his best not to think about what happened to him, but the inexplicable restlessness was still lingering.Looking at the resplendent and resplendent hall, he suddenly had the urge to kill and set fire.

Li's house went through the disaster of ransacking, although it was not destroyed, almost everything on the surface was looted.Chang Sheng took Zi Shi back home, and whenever supplies were in short supply, he sent someone to move them from the palace.

Thinking about going back to accompany him as soon as possible, waiting for nothing.Damn Zhao Chang, a few steps are as slow as a turtle crawling, you should hurry up...

A figure suddenly appeared at the gate of the palace, kneeling forward and kneeling.Everyone in the hall couldn't help being stunned: It's really a turtle crawling!

This is not stipulated in the script.The figure was sad and ridiculous.

Changsheng suddenly realized clearly how afraid Zhao Chang was of killing him himself.In just three days, the young former Prince Jinxia seemed to be ten years older.A feeling of indifference that was withdrawn from the situation spontaneously emerged, and he stabilized his thoughts, and put on an appropriate expression on his face.

Zhao Chang walked into the hall and kowtowed again. King Jingbei personally untied him to comfort him, explaining to the effect that Huarong Jinxia was originally a family, and your home is my home.You are Jinxia's prince, and I am Huarong's lord. Later, my father will grant you a noble title, and we will be like brothers.From now on, you will have to rely on me to cover you, as long as you are obedient and obedient to the command, little brother, I will protect your life, food and clothing... and so on.

Zhao Chang didn't dare to stand up, took the jade seal from Mi Shaocheng next to him, held it with both hands, and raised it above his head, asking him to accept it.Because of shame, anger and fear, she kept trembling, and was afraid that Yuxi would fall to the ground if she didn't hold it firmly.On the contrary, the assistant beside him was calmer, and quietly stretched out his arms to support him.

Originally, the glorious task of accompanying the prince to surrender and present the seal, but it was not Master Mi's turn.The first candidate is Tang Shihe, the nominal head of the hundred officials and right minister.The second candidate is Chen Mengjue, a highly respected Guozijian Jijiu and a bachelor.The third candidate is Xi Yuanhuai, the loyal young teacher of the prince and right admonishing doctor.But His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can't trust Master Tang; Chen Ge is old and ill, unable to get up from lying down; and the loyal Master Xi has attempted suicide and is on a hunger strike.Now it's the turn of the fourth candidate, Minister of Rites Ning Hong.As we all know, Lord Ning lost his head in the last action of the Jinxia Dynasty to eliminate the influence of foreign relatives.

As far as Mi Shaocheng is concerned, he can barely be regarded as half of the remnants of the Ning family.However, Xijing is full of dynasties, how many are not the remnants of the Ning family?After killing the most closely related, those with real power in their hands, and those with greater influence, the rest of them have become loyal ministers who were temporarily deceived and reformed.So Master Mi was demoted two ranks, and fled to Luan Zhangyuan with the emperor until the prince surrendered.

Zhao Chang discussed the surrender ceremony with his courtiers, sifted and sifted, and finally remembered him.Master Mi used to accompany Li Fang on a mission, and at least he could talk to him, but he was elected as the plenipotentiary representative of Jinxia.

After the surrender ceremony was over, Zhuang Lingchen and Fu Ao met with Zhao Chang, Mi Shaocheng and others to discuss the details of the official handover and Zhao Ju's funeral.

The kings and ministers of Xijing all dreamed of returning to Jiyang one day, so Zhao Ju never planned to build a mausoleum for himself in Shuzhou.Fortunately, two beloved concubines died in the middle and were buried at the foot of Nanshan.At that time, no expense was spared, and the underground palace of Xiangdian was repaired in a magnificent manner, just to make room for the emperor's coffin.

Empress Ning was given to death on the night of purging her relatives.In the past, there were countless favors in the harem, but in the end only one concubine Chi was the one who died.In order to commend his loyalty and integrity, King Jingbei ordered him to be buried with Zhao Ju in the queen's ceremony.But several high-ranking personnel knew that the one lying in the coffin was An Chen, the chief servant, not the emperor, so they couldn't really bury the empress in it.Zhuang Lingchen discussed with Fu Ao that he was endowed with longevity, and quietly used his clothes to make up for it, and the ashes were properly placed separately, and handed over to Princess Yining when the time was right.

Fu Ao had been appointed by King Jingbei on the spot as Huarong's first governor of Shuzhou, and participated in the handover throughout the process.Of course, no one on Zhao Chang's side dared to ask: Has your emperor approved it?

To take over such a large stall, there are many things to do.Chang Sheng explained a few principles and policies to his subordinates, ignored everything, and went straight back to Li's residence. The words "Uncle Zhongyi's Mansion" no longer need to be mentioned.The three gold-lettered plaques on the gate were taken away early in the night when the house was ransacked.Master Lu Changgeng was very worried about this: "It's a few catties of gold to pry it off, these goddamn..."

The servants of the Li family were all dismissed by Zigui, those from the Yin family returned to the Yin family, and those from the Han family returned to the Han family. Among the few remaining people, only Master Lu was not naturalized and refused to leave. He wanted to cook for the young master. .

Chang Sheng asked: "Your young master is going to Shunjing with me, are you willing to follow?"

Lu Changgeng answered irrelevantly: "If it wasn't for me this time, the young master didn't eat properly, how could the stomach disease get worse and become so severe? At the beginning I said we would go together, but they insisted that I made trouble, hmph..."

Changsheng entered the inner house, and Li Wen greeted him: "Your Highness, Mr. Yuan said that you need to consult with Mr. Tan..."

Mr. Yuan, namely Yuan Shanggu.Mr. Tan, of course, is Tan Ziyu.All the captives in King Jingbei's camp were thrown into the Nanshan Palace on the evening of the [-]th night, and locked up with the surrendered people.Tan Ziyu knew now that the people from Xirong were colluded with Li Mian, who was on a mission to discuss peace.

On that day, Fu Chuqing wanted to seize power for revenge, and urged Zhao Ju to kill Ning's father and son.Afterwards, the crime was announced. For Li Fang, who had defected to the enemy, the sewage was not black enough.This group of surrendered courtiers and aristocrats were reduced to prisoners. They were worried whether they could save their lives. When they mentioned Li Fang who was in collusion with the enemy, they hated him to the bone.When people vent their anger in a desperate situation, it is inevitable that they will be extra mean and vicious.For a time, the reason why Xijing was not defended, the reason why Shuzhou fell, the reason why the emperor was raped, and the reason why Jinxia was subjugated...all because of Li Fang, a rebellious minister and traitor who ruined the country and the people, and killed the pigs and dogs. Both are too dirty.

When Li Wen came to invite Mr. Tan again, Tan Ziyu was already in the posture of preferring death to surrender.Fortunately, the imperial physicians surrendered with the prince, and there was no psychological barrier. Yuan Shanggu is an old acquaintance, and has been stationed in Li's residence since the early morning of the [-]th.For three whole days, Zi Shi occasionally woke up and poured the medicine, turned around and immediately vomited it out with blood.Tan Ziyu was very experienced in using needles. Yuan Shanggu knew that he was locked up in the mansion, so he asked for a consultation.

Chang Sheng said to Li Wen: "Mr. Tan, please wait in the front hall."

Go to the bed and squat down.

In the past, no matter how thin you were, you always had flesh on your face. Looking at it these two days, your cheeks are sunken, and your whole person looks more and more like Zhang Baihua...

Changsheng was a little afraid to hug him, as if stretching out his arm would hurt him.So he put the palm of his hand on the side of his face, and gently, once and for all, slowly rubbed it on his forehead.

The voice was deep and indistinct, like a prayer: "Get well...get well soon..."

Zi Shi slowly opened his eyes.

Changsheng put his hand into the quilt: "Do you feel better? Is there any discomfort?"

"Longevity..."

"Ah."

"Don't... worry..." folded my palms on the back of his hand, "I'm just... a little... tired... sleep a little longer... just... it'll be fine..." I closed my eyes again, and there was no more sound .

Changsheng knew that he didn't see himself for most of the day, and he was holding on to wait.Occasionally, thinking of him being so stubborn, I wish I could see him less and spend less time with him.However, once he really couldn't see him, it felt like a hole was opened in his heart, and the cool wind was poured into it, making his muscles and bones feel cold and brittle, and every step he took would break a piece of him.

I don't know how long he squatted beside the bed, but Li Zhang couldn't stand it any longer. He turned to the side, holding back his tears, and whispered, "Your Highness...Mr. Tan is still waiting."

Tan Ziyu was escorted by two guards and stood in the hall.

Changsheng came out and nodded to Ni Jian, who immediately presented a large list.

Holding the piece of paper and shaking it, he said coldly to Tan Ziyu: "Mr. Tan, I don't like to make threats. So far I have never disturbed your family. I have almost killed all the people for me, but there are still many characters worth killing. How and how many of these people are killed depends on the mood of the king. There are a total of hundreds of households here—— Alright, I will cut off three households a day, block evil spirits when I see red, sacrifice to ghosts and gods, and get rid of evil spirits. From now on, I will ask you to be a witness..."

Seeing a guard poking his head at the door, he waved his hand and told them to pull Tan Ziyu down to observe the murder.

The guard came in and reported: "Your Highness, Mr. Zhan asked, what should we do with those people who are on hunger strike?"

Chang Sheng was in a bad mood, thinking of Xi Yuanhuai and his followers, he couldn't help but feel angry.With a snort, he said gloomyly: "Let Zhuang Lingchen tell them that I, King Jingbei, cherish talents and cannot bear to see them commit suicide, let alone order them to be killed. But I don't want to force anyone, and if I ask for benevolence, I will let him get benevolence. Don’t suffer this crime in vain. If you are so loyal, you are worthy to die for the Lord. In the end, those who died on a hunger strike should be buried with Zhao Ju. However—the hunger strike died slowly. Before they died, Zhao Ju’s body had to be wronged Let’s hang it outside first and so on. Also, they’re making things difficult for me like this. It’s against the virtue of the gods to vent their anger on the living, and it’s okay to trouble the dead. From now on, I will whip a hundred corpses every day, and I have the right to practice kung fu..."

When Zhuang Lingchen heard this narration, he opened his mouth for a long time and didn't know what to say.Thinking about it, I should declare truthfully to all the adults who are on hunger strike.The next day, everyone started to eat.As he ate, he cursed with tears in his eyes.

Junshi Zhuang couldn't help sighing: To deal with extraordinary people, we must use extraordinary laws. One dead man threatens many living people.Such tricks are as sinister as an old godly woman, without the demeanor of a king.However, when it is used on a gentleman like Xi Yuanhuai, it will be effective immediately and extraordinary.