Prince of Heaven

In the palace, those old palace people who have experienced Jiang's rebellion three years ago know that this past event must never be mentioned in front of the emperor, including the only survivor of this past event, the former Prince Highness.

This is also the reason why Zhang Wangde did not dare to report the results of the investigation.But at this moment, the emperor asked a question and did not answer, which was another crime of deceiving the emperor.

Stretching out his head was also a stab, and retracting his head was also a stab, Zhang Wangde had no choice but to go all out.

"The palace man that Mr. Jing took away is... the deposed prince."

When the emperor heard the last few words, he frowned in disgust: "Why is it him?"

Zhang Wangde squeezed his sweat and told a short story about what he found out, how the third prince insulted the deposed prince, how he was bumped into by Jing Huai, how he passed out and was taken away by Jing Huai, etc.

The deadly atmosphere spread in the imperial study room, infinitely expanding the fear in Zhang Wangde's heart.

He secretly observed the emperor, and saw that the emperor frowned tightly, looking unhappy, but there was no sign of anger.

Zhang Wangde breathed a sigh of relief.

"Your Majesty, how should we deal with this matter now, whether to bring the deposed prince back..."

"No need." The emperor interrupted Zhang Wangde's words, "There must be some kind of conspiracy in this, it's better not to startle the snake."

Zhang Wangde said: "Perhaps, Mr. Jing really just treats him as an ordinary palace man."

After all, no one would have thought that the prince who had been deposed for many years would appear in Hanzhang Hall.Zhang Wangde felt that his conjecture was well-founded, but the emperor obviously didn't think so.

The emperor glanced suspiciously at Zhang Wangde. Zhang Wangde felt a chill run down his spine, and immediately lowered his head, not daring to say another word.

"Back off." The emperor said coldly.

Zhang Wangde felt relieved: "Here."

The emperor's gaze closely followed Zhang Wangde who was leaving. After hearing the slight sound of closing the door, he closed his eyes, rubbed his sore temples, and fell into deep thought.

What exactly does Jing Huai want to do by taking the deposed prince away?

The emperor started pacing back and forth in the imperial study room after thinking for a long time, doubts gradually rose in his heart, and finally became a thick cloud entangled in his heart, which made him feel very uneasy, as if behind the thick cloud was a sharp sword , a sword that could pierce his heart.

"Shadow Sixteen." The emperor finally stopped, turned around and shouted towards the empty study hall.

A guard in a black jacket appeared from nowhere, stood beside the emperor, and then knelt down on one knee.

This is a shadow guard who was trained by the royal family of the Li country and only obeys the emperor's orders, similar to a dead man.Shadow Sixteen is the head of the new batch of shadow guards.

"Your Majesty, what are your orders?"

Yingshiliu's voice was flat and without any emotion.His right hand was propped on the ground, and his wrist, a black thread extending from the sleeve, crawled over his arm like a protruding tendon.

This is Gu poison, and it is also one of the methods used by the current emperor to control these shadow guards.

The emperor turned around and sat on the chair in the imperial study, with his hands resting on the armrests, he said, "I order you to sneak into Jin'an Duke's mansion and find out what Jinghuai's purpose is in taking away the deposed prince."

Ying Sixteen listened to the emperor's order in silence, and finally cupped his hands and said, "I obey the order."

After finishing speaking, Ying Sixteen disappeared into the darkness again, so quickly that it was impossible to see how he left.His martial arts were so powerful that the emperor felt a little relieved.

After all, the Life and Death Gu on the Shadow Guard is in his hands.Death Gu is inseparable from life Gu, and the betrayer may be at least half-life mad with the poisonous Gu poison, and at worst will die directly.The emperor mastered the method of manipulating life and death Gu.

The emperor only believed in life and death Gu.

The end of the new year is approaching, and the festive atmosphere in Liguo dispels the coldness of the end of winter a little.

Rongshi's illness survived the most dangerous gate of hell, and then slowly developed in a better direction.

After being raised for half a month, Rongshi's body is fine and he can walk around, but he just recovered from a serious illness, and his complexion is still not very good.Fortunately, he was in good spirits, and he was handsome, and against the festive red lanterns, he felt a little bit about the New Year's Eve.

On this day, Hua Wendeng checked his pulse and told him: "Afterwards, you can walk around more to loosen your muscles and bones, but it's cold, so you have to keep warm."

Respond one by one in time.

Jing Huai sat on the side, looking at the scenery outside the window as if he had nothing to do.He was waiting for Hua Wendeng to see his doctor, and played a game of chess with him, chatting for fun.

Because he was elected as the envoy of the gods, he will go to the Suzaku Temple to practice for the ceremony of worshiping the gods in the near future.The ceremony of offering sacrifices to the gods cannot be neglected, and Jing Huai temporarily entrusted his good friend, Wei Yu, to teach the prince to study.

Wei Yu was born in a family of poets and books. He was erudite and well-known in Shangjing. If he was entrusted with acting as a substitute teacher, he could still explain to the emperor.

Jing Huai lost his job as a "master", so he came here to play with his senior brother Hua Wendeng when he had some free time, also to seek some peace and quiet.

Although Rong Shi was responding to Hua Hua Wen Deng, he always cast his eyes towards Jing Huai.

Jing Huai was born handsome and romantic, but his eyebrows and eyes were cold. When his eyes moved, he always gave people a feeling of contempt and arrogance, as if he didn't care about anything.But he has always been gentle and polite, always with a three-point smile on his face, very attractive.

When Rong Shi was peeking, Jing Huai happened to turn his head, so he met Jing Huai's shallow eyes.Rong Shi immediately lowered his gaze, not daring to look any further.

His ears sensitively caught two chuckles.Rong Shi lowered his head even lower.

Hua Wendeng turned her head: "I think you've been quite free lately?"

Jing Huai said, "It's just a two-day free time for stealing."

"Didn't you get some beauties recently, why don't you ask them to accompany you?"

Rong Shi glanced at Jing Huai again.

He knew about it.

Recently, it has been rumored that the heirs of Jin'an's mansion are good at cutting off their sleeves to share their peaches, and they prefer beautiful and slender young men, so many opportunistic people give people to Jinghuai's house in different ways.Jing Huai still had a headache, and strictly ordered the guards in the mansion to stop those messy people.

Thinking of these people, Jing Huai commented lightly: "She has a skin, what a beauty."

Hua Wendeng shook his head and did not express any aesthetic opinions.Besides, he just mentioned it casually, but in the blink of an eye, he exposed the trouble and chatted with Jing Huai about something else.

After a while, Hua Wendeng got ready and wanted to continue playing chess with Jing Huai that was left unfinished last time.

Jing Huai nodded, and then said to Yinzhu: "Let's lay out the chess pieces."

"Hey." Yinzhu responded, and immediately went to get the chessboard and the chess jars that had been put away.When he set up the chessboard and was about to hold the chess jar again, he found that the jade jar containing the black chess pieces was no longer in place.

Yin Zhu raised his head in surprise, and saw Rong Shi next to him.

"I'll help you." Rong Shi said to Yin Zhu while holding the jade jar containing black chess.

Yinzhu said: "Oh, good. But you have to be careful, don't drop it. This jar alone is enough to buy you many times."

Rong Shi nodded, then hugged the jade pot with both arms, walked to Jing Huai and put it down gently.

Jing Huai stared at Rong for a while, then smiled at Hua Wendeng: "Look, you've already started serving people, isn't it a loss?"

Hua Wendeng shook his head, not quite understanding: "For such a dispensable service, it's really not a loss to offer him up and serve him like an ancestor?"

Jing Huai laughed and said, "Of course it's not a loss. When have you ever seen me suffer?"

Hua Wendeng was speechless, and really didn't understand what his junior brother, who was halfway through, was thinking.

Rong Shi listened silently, without looking sideways, and only concentrated on doing his own thing.He took out a chess piece from the chess jar and placed it on the chessboard.

When Jing Huai also looked at Rong, he saw that he was arranging chess pieces, his eyebrows were lowered, and his every move was in line with his intentions, so he said to Hua Wendeng: "All things in the world are the most difficult to come by. When I was young, I had the worst time. Suixin, unfortunately, many things happened later, so I couldn't live happily ever after."

Hua Wendeng knew something about what happened to Jing Huai, and couldn't help sighing.Then suddenly thought of something, pointed at Rong Shi and asked: "You mean, he fulfilled your heart?"

Rong Shi was thinking about what happened to Jing Huai, when he heard Hua Wendeng's words, the hand that placed the chess pieces paused slightly.

Attention is completely drawn.

After a while, Jing Huai said with a smile, "As you wish."

Continue to place chess pieces for a while.

After Yinzhu put down the chess jar, he went back to reset the original chess box. When he came back, he saw Rongshi holding a black piece in his hand and putting it on the chessboard, so he hurriedly said: "Hey, don't mess around with the chess pieces."

Speaking of Yinzhu, he stepped forward to put the chess pieces on the chessboard back into the jar, but Jing Huai stretched out his arms to stop him, and said: "He is right, let him do it."

When Hua Wendeng heard it, her attention returned to the chessboard.At this time, many chess pieces have been scattered on the chessboard, alternating black and white, criss-crossing.

At first glance, it looks familiar.It seems to be the endgame of his chess game with Jing Huai the day before yesterday.

Hua Wendeng was very surprised, he held his patience and continued to look down.

The young man's pale hands held black or white chess pieces, rising and falling on the chessboard.

"Okay." Rong Shi put down the last chess piece and withdrew his hand.

For a moment, there was no sound in the room.Rong Shi raised his head, his eyes swept over Jing Huai and Hua Wendeng.Neither of them wanted to talk, nor did they want to play chess.

Hua Wendeng came back to his senses after being shocked, and looked at the chessboard carefully again, and sure enough the chess pieces were not badly placed.

For a person who knows how to play chess, it is not difficult to replay the end game. Both he and Jing Huai can do it, but Rong Shi is only a boy under 12 years old.

"Can you play chess?" Hua Wendeng asked Rongshi.

Rong Shi shook his head: "No."

Hua Wendeng asked again: "You can't play chess, so how do you remember the positions of all the pieces in a game?"

Rong Shi replied, "I remember."

Hua Wendeng was startled: "What did you say?"

"Because I remember." Rong Shi repeated.

Jing Huai smiled and confirmed: "When we played chess the day before yesterday, he didn't watch the chess, but only glanced at the chessboard for the last time."

Hua Wendeng was silent for a while, and then said: "This is the first time I have seen a person with an unforgettable memory, so it really exists."

Rong Shi glanced at Jing Huai slightly.

Jing Huai looked at him with a smile, and said four words in a slow voice: "Jade from the sky."

The corner of Rong Shi's mouth twitched slightly, revealing an indistinct smile.But the smile was so fleeting that Jing Huai thought he was wrong.

Hua Wendeng thought about the words "Jade from the sky", and couldn't help but agree, "Of course."

When Jing Huai looked at Rong with great interest, he asked: "You just said you can't play chess?"

Rong Shi replied to him: "Yes, young master."

"Come here, I will teach you."

Rong Shi raised her eyes to look at him, meeting his gentle and smiling eyes.Jing Huai often smiles like this, but he doesn't know that there is a bit of sincerity in his eyes at this moment.

Rong Shi's gaze paused for a moment, and he walked from the side of the square table to Jing Huai's side.Jing Huai stretched out his hand to put away the chess pieces on the board.

"Wait!" Hua Wendeng called to stop him, "This is a chess game that has been laid out with great difficulty, let's just finish playing it."

Jing Huai stopped his hand in mid-air, and then retracted it: "That's right. Mingyu's labor is precious and cannot be wasted."

Rong Shi immediately expressed his attitude: "It's okay."

Jing Huai explained to him: "My senior brother just wants to play chess, and anything like 'hard work' is just an excuse."

Jing Huai and Hua Wendeng still played chess.

Yinzhu stood aside, dumbfounded by the shock.At this moment Jing Huai and Hua Wendeng are playing chess, Rong Shi is watching from the side.There was no other sound except the sound of falling, so he gradually lost his mind and looked at his face with a complicated expression.

He originally thought that the little eunuch brought by the young master from the palace was a person like him, how could he know that he was a person favored by God.I couldn't bear this gap for a while, it was a bit uncomfortable.It took a long time to slow down, and it took him a while to calm down his restless heart.

He poked Rong Shi's back, and whispered in his ear: "Why have I never heard you say that you have a memory?"

Rong Shi whispered back to him: "You didn't ask either."

"That's right." Yin Zhu was persuaded.

After playing chess, Hua Wendeng thought about it, but finally couldn't hold back, and asked, "Mingyu, would you like to worship me as your teacher and learn medical skills from me?"

Rong Shi was taken aback, as if a little surprised.

Hua Wendeng has practiced medicine for several years, and for the first time, he has a heart of cherishing talents.

Fearing that the young man would not know how powerful he was, he brazenly described his reputation in the world, and finally asked, "Would you like to?"

"I don't want to."

This rejection was so straightforward that Hua Wendeng was really stunned for a while.

He showed a wounded expression, and asked unwillingly, "Why?"

Rong Shi said, "I don't want to be a teacher."

If he became a teacher, he would be of the wrong generation with Jing Huai, and he would have to be called Uncle Jing Huai... Just thinking about it, Rong Shi felt that it was not very good, and felt that the distance between the two had become farther away invisibly.So he immediately refused.

The other party refused so decisively, and Hua Wendeng is not a person who likes to force, so he had to give up with regret, leaving a sentence "I still have something to do" and left first.

This game of chess has been played for most of the day, it was already dark when the game was played, and candles were lit in the house.The flickering candles lit up most of the room.

Jing Huai looked at the sky outside, then his eyes paused, as if he had noticed something, the temperature in his eyes cooled down.After a moment, he looked back.

When he turned his head to look at Rongshi, Jing Huai had restrained the coldness in his eyes.

He said to Rong Shi: "Looks like I don't have time today, I have to wait for the next time to teach chess."

Rong Shi said: "It's okay, I can do it anytime."

"Then go to bed early." Jing Huai warned, and then left.

In the middle of the night, Rong Shi had already fallen asleep, only a dim candle lamp was lit in the room, and the light and shadow by the window were half bright and half dim.

A figure suddenly appeared in the room.

He was dressed in black with tight sword sleeves, and a black thread stretched from his wrist to the back of his hand.

This person is the Royal Shadow Guard, Shadow Sixteen.

Ying Sixteen was ordered to investigate Jinghuai's real purpose in taking away the deposed prince, but Jin'an Duke's Mansion is not only heavily guarded, but also heavily organised. Angong Mansion.

He observed in the dark for a day, and he has not yet had a clear answer to the task ordered by the emperor.But he has his own countermeasures.

Ying Shiliu silently approached Rongshi's bedside, and by the dim candle lamp, looked at the former His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

The former His Royal Highness was lying on the bed at the moment, with his eyes closed tightly, his long eyelashes drooping softly, and the candlelight cast a shallow shadow under his eyes.

Ying Sixteen stood silently in the shadows that could not be illuminated by the dim candlelight, and took another step forward unconsciously. He carefully looked at the boy on the bed.

The young man's appearance and temperament are very extraordinary, a stunning beauty that cannot be concealed by even the deepest sickness.

and honorable.

This kind of dignity is innate, deep in the blood, and has never been wiped out by encounters and disasters.

He is very similar to the late Queen Jiang, both in temperament and appearance.

In an instant, Ying Shiliu's thoughts moved slightly.He threw out six copper coins and made a divination.

In order to resist the temple, the royal family has an extremely strict system for the training of shadow guards. The knowledge they learn and the skills they cultivate cover a wide range of fields, including various strange arts, such as Qimen Dunjia, theology, scriptures, etc. .In addition to practicing martial arts, all shadow guards also need to learn one or several unique skills, and how much they learn depends on their own abilities.

Ying Shiliu had learned hexagrams for a period of time.However, hexagrams are profound, and he has only scratched the surface.

But at this moment, from this young man, Ying Shiliu vaguely felt the taste of fate.

Ying Shiliu looked at the six copper coins that formed a hexagram in front of him, and felt that it was incredible.

Fate is mysterious and unpredictable. An apprentice like him who has a shallow understanding of hexagrams can see the mystery of fate in two situations:

Either he feels wrong;

Either the fate of the other party is too strong, so strong that even a half-hearted person like him can predict it.

Ying Shiliu didn't quite believe that this was an illusion.

only……

He looked at the hexagram in his hand, and there seemed to be a dark vortex in front of his eyes, and some stars flickered occasionally in the vortex.There seemed to be something invisible in the depths of the vortex that was attracting him.He vaguely felt that this kind of thing could change the world, but he couldn't see clearly.

He couldn't decipher what the fate indicated by this hexagram at all.

Ying Sixteen put away the copper coins, and held a dagger hidden inside his belt with his right hand.

However, before he could pull out the dagger, he saw a cold light in the room, and then a cold sharp sword was placed on his neck before he could react.

The martial arts of the visitor is stronger than him.Ying Sixteen relied on the warrior's instinct to make a judgment immediately.

He didn't dare to act rashly, his eyes slowly glanced to the side, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw a handsome young man with a height of more than eight feet.

This person is none other than the son of Jin'an Duke's Mansion who has recently been well-known in the capital city, Mr. Wei's student, son Jing Huai.

Jing Huai seemed to have just woken up from the couch, with black long hair in half a bundle, not crowned, and only wearing a thin, wide-sleeved dress.The cold wind of the winter night was blowing in through the open windows of the man in black, but he didn't seem to feel it at all, and he didn't even move his eyelids.

Holding the long sword on the neck of the man in black, he looked at the man in black with killing intent and indifferent eyes, and said in a cold voice, "Who are you?"