Chapter 25 Eventful Autumn
"In the 19th year of Emperor Kuanghui, dust and clouds met the east border of the labyrinth... At that night, stars suddenly fell, and the astrological figures used to push the tortoise's back, saying that the fate of the Taoist country is based on this..."
——"Lectures of the Cave Mountains"
This was the first time the two met. There was no love at first sight recorded in history books, and there was no such thing as the two young men in the plays, and they knew each other without fighting or getting to know each other and made friends. When the first general in the Eastern World who made a void agreement in the Cave Heaven and Blessing Land met An Bochen, An Bochen was just a desperate servant in Liujing, and he could not even have the most basic Taoist techniques and skills.
Most unofficial history is absurd and is the words of novelists, but there are things that official history dare not record, such as the meteor that night fell outside the suburbs of Liujing.
However, the countless stars in the sky, and the sudden drop of a star is more or less related to the fortune of the country, but it does not mean who is involved. A flirting person draws out the annual calendar and takes great pains to find out the celestial phenomena of the year when the two met. He copied it hard, but it is another statement.
When it was late at night, the stars fell in the wild, and only a few people could see it. In the palace in the center of Liujing that had been crawling for more than 700 years, a white jade-like hand stretched out from the pavilion, lifted the gauze curtain, and walked out a handsome man with a crown of jade.
"Is it a great disaster to fall into the wilderness?"
The man was seven feet tall and looked a little thin, but his eyes were like the bright moon in the night sky, with a few traces of brightness in the clarity.
"What are you muttering about?"
The gauze curtain was lifted again, and a middle-aged man walked out, with a majestic and full sky, just in line with the appearance of the king in the mouth of those who look at the qi.
He looked at the handsome man who was behind one hand and making fortunes with the other hand, frowned and whispered.
"The chess is not finished yet, but my dear friend pushes it out. Why is it?"
Hearing this, the star-watching man smiled faintly, turned around and bowed to the middle-aged man.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me for being accused of the usurpation. It's not too early, so you should turn back to Xiang Pavilion to accompany His Highness Lan Yue. Do you think so, Miss Yinghong?"
As he finished speaking, a concave figure stood up from the attic, bowing to Liujun through the faint fragrance.
"What the Zuo Prime Minister said is that His Highness Lan Yue is about to be born again, so the emperor should spend more time with the princess."
"Forget it, you two know that I am soft-hearted and really sang together. Yinghong, I will come to listen to your songs again next day."
With a wry smile, Liujun turned around and walked out of the shelf. An eunuch followed with a lantern, but the man in white clothes did not move, and still stood at the height of the attic and looked at the stars. This alone shows his position in Liujun's heart, otherwise he would not have become the left prime minister who is below one person in Liujun's country.
"Yinghong, I heard that you have a close relationship with the young master."
The woman in the pavilion was about to get up when she saw the left prince turn around and look at her meaningfully.
Facing the deep gaze of the left prime minister, the woman suffocated and thought in her heart that the folk rumors were true. This left prime minister was indeed unparalleled in appearance, but the emperor seemed to treat him only as a monarch and minister, not as rumored...
"Reporting to the adults, when the little girl was still singing music in the folk, she was taken care of by the young master, but she never used the courtesy."
"What kind of person is that between you, Mr. Li?"
"this......"
The woman seemed to be frowning and said hesitantly for a while.
"It is beyond the imagination of the young master, and it is beyond the young woman's ability to guess."
"Then what's unusual about the boy surnamed An beside him?"
Upon hearing this, the woman smiled faintly, as if she had thought of something interesting.
"What the adults are talking about? He is just a confused child, but he listens very much to the young master. Except for watching opera, he usually doesn't say a word."
Zuo Xiang smiled gently, suddenly raised his sleeves and rolled up his sandalwood in the pavilion.
"Thank you, Miss Yinghong, for telling me that Miss Yinghong will be enthroned by a beauty tomorrow. In the future, you must learn the etiquette of the palace well, and don't always call her a little girl."
"Xiao...Yinghong knows."
The woman in the cabinet bowed and said respectfully, but as soon as she got up, she saw the sandalwood on the table flashing suddenly, and then the blue smoke rose and gradually turned into a blue and white snake. Before she could scream, she shrank and rushed over, and then blinked into her forehead.
"thump!"
The woman fell on the soft collapse. After a while, she snored and fell asleep.
He didn't go to the palace to care for the people. He left his hands behind his back and looked at the sky, and smiled faintly for a while.
"I thought I was wrong. It turned out that the little boy was striking the matter. He delayed it for five days. So wait a few more days, so don't be impatient, Lord Duke."
His eyes drooped, and he passed several neighborhoods and fell towards the mansion on the west side of Dongyuan Street. A lingering smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. The next moment, it turned into blue smoke and dissipated high in the pavilion.
To the west of Dongyuan, the Duke of Huo State.
The old man who was spoken out by the left minister of the current dynasty in an extremely playful tone was standing next to the old tree in the backyard, looking coldly at the two young men talking.
His eyebrows were slightly squeezing, his face was as deep as water, and he seemed calm, but in fact his heart was filled with surprise.
There are very few things that can surprise him, and now, perhaps only one or two in two or three years. But in the autumn of the seventh year of Kaiping, one unexpected thing happened one after another, impacting his already ancient well-being heart.
First, Mr. Li was killed, and then Mr. Li was pretended by someone using Taoist talismans... and these things are inseparable from the seemingly ordinary young man not far away. At present, the young man actually came to his mansion and carried something that made Duke Huo unable to suppress his heart - the innate fire.
Duke Huo clearly remembered that just last night, he visited Moyun Tower and in anger he took action to destroy the young man's Shenque acupoint. The Shenque was destroyed, and even if the divine master arrived, it could not be saved. The young man was destined to be out of reach for practice from then on.
But Duke Huo never expected that this young man was not killed by the iron cavalry sent by Bai Ri, but also came to him with his innate fire. In the eyes of Duke Huo's heavenly master, how could he not tell that the innate fire hidden in An Bochen's body was even more incredible that the young man's fire was not like the newborn fire, and at least four or five years of vitality.
Under the moonlight, the old man's eyes were complicated, and the feeling of being out of control gradually arises, making him feel very uncomfortable.
If something goes wrong, it will be a monster. Five days ago, it was just an ordinary servant. Five days later, it actually stole the fortunes of heaven and earth, and turned into an existence that even he could not see through. Such a young man should be a monster who was buried in Liujing. If he did not eliminate it today, he would definitely become a big trouble in the future!
His eyebrows were squeezing, and a strong murderous intent arose in his heart. Duke Huo came out of his body.
"You dare to come?"
An Bochen and the young man with tiger teeth were having fun, and when he heard a low voice coming from behind him. An Bochen was stunned at first, then his expression changed slightly, and he quickly turned around.
"Duke..."
Unexpectedly, he could see Duke Huo so easily. An Bochen was shocked and stood timidly, thinking hard about how to convince him, but he did not notice the strong murderous intent flashing in Duke Huo's eyes.
An Bochen didn't notice it, but the tiger-toothed boy beside him could see clearly, his face showed anxiety, and opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say.
"You are here tonight, but do you want to get back that fake young man?"
An old man's inexplicable voice came from his ears. An Bochen did not expect that the Huo Guild took the initiative to mention this matter. He was secretly happy and nodded.
"yes."
"Use Mr. Li to conceal his identity?"
The murderous intent in his eyes was even better than that, Duke Huo asked again.
After thinking about it, An Bochen did not come up with any other excuses, so he said honestly.
"The Duke of the State"
Could it be that he changed his mind?
Listening to Duke Huo’s question, An Bochen lowered his head and said to himself, but he felt a little incredible. After thinking about it, he raised his head and wanted to explain it carefully. Suddenly, he felt a sudden chill on his back, and an inexplicable coldness surged from the bottom of his heart.
"Hahaha, what a little servant, what an Amber Chen, so unavoidable, I think I can't catch your eyes on you!"
"So brave! I have been on the battlefield for more than 70 years, but this is the first time I have seen a person like you."
"I dare to do this today. If you are lucky enough to become a major official of the country in the future, wouldn't you betray the emperor like that person? Such a monster will not be kept!"
At first, An Bochen was confused when he heard it. Gradually, his body couldn't stop trembling and his face turned pale.
He knew that Duke Huo had misunderstood, but when he found out that all this was wanted to explain it, it was too late.
Under the moonlight, the old man stepped forward suddenly. Before An Bochen could speak, the steel knife covered with blood spots and rust had been pulled out by Duke Huo, lifted it up in the air, aimed at An Bochen, and was about to be cut off in a blink of an eye.
"don't want!"
A low growl came out, and a figure flashed through the light. An Bochen saw the tiger-toothed boy pounced on him without hesitation, hugging Duke Huo's thighs tightly, and winking at An Bochen anxiously, but signaling him to leave quickly.
After taking two steps back, An Bochen looked at the old man with a cold face, and his heart was about to retreat and could disperse in an instant.
He could not retreat, nor could he leave.
If he left, there would be no place for him and Sima Jin to stay in Liujing. If he could not get the fake young master, it would be almost impossible to get Jiuchenjun hidden in the deep palace. What's more, even if he escaped by chance, the ruthless Xiao Hou, who was as cruel as a poisonous snake, would not let him go... Sima Jin, I don't know how she is now.
He was panicked and anxious. An Bochen looked up and saw Duke Huo looking at the young man holding his thighs angrily. His empty left hand was raised high, and he was about to finish the slap.
not good!
An Bochen's expression suddenly changed. He thought that the young man was lonely and helpless in Duke Huo's mansion, and he could not eat enough to cover his stomach and clothes. It was rare to see his peers happy, but after a while, he was about to be killed by Duke Huo because of himself.
It is rare that he is born with a bottomless pit, but he will end up like this. If it weren't for my arrival...
A strong indignation surged in his heart, and a flame rose in his eyes, which dissipated in a blink of an eye. At this moment, for some reason, An Bochen could not control the anger in his heart, rushed forward desperately, grabbed Duke Huo's arm and shouted in a low voice.
"Don't kill him!"
The roar came out, not only the tiger-toothed boy, but also a strange look on Duke Huo's face. The knife edge was only half a foot away from the boy's forehead, but it was stuck and unable to fall.
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(The protagonist will soon start learning Taoism, Taoism skills...)
Chapter completed!