Wang Yunxiu was galloping on the official road, and gradually Lishan Mountain was getting closer and closer.
Guan Chongsi kept blocking her and refused to let her come because "Commander Jie ordered that the young lady must stay at home." Wang Zhongsi's order was far more effective to these subordinates than the imperial edict.
But Wang Yunxiu was holding a funeral at home, and suddenly realized what the funeral meant, so she came anyway.
She didn't care what Wang Zhongsi ordered. She was not his subordinate, but his daughter. Although she had never enjoyed the love a daughter deserved since she was a child, her grandfather was a rather indifferent person, inhumane and difficult to get close to.
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"Hey!"
The horse was exhausted, its front hooves gave way, and it suddenly fell to the ground. Wang Yunxiu rolled on the spot and was painfully injured. Falling off a horse is an extremely dangerous thing. Many famous generals have died because of this in ancient times. She was lucky and did not fall to death.
He immediately got up and ran towards Wangxian Bridge.
When she was five years old, she fell into the yellow sand of Saibei while riding a pony. At that time, Wang Zhongsi was tying his bowstring and said without raising his head: "Get up by yourself."
He was really not a good father-in-law, so she finally couldn't bear it after getting married, and she and Yuan Zai left home and lived a life of extreme poverty. It was only after Yuan Zai got his fame that he deliberately got close to her that she slightly repaired the relationship between father and daughter.
With these thoughts in mind, Wang Yunxiu ran across Wangxian Bridge and went straight to Huaqing Palace. She had already gone to the villa in Zhaoying County, but could not find Wang Zhongsi. Instead, she found that Sun Xiaozhe's dead men were searching for him, so she searched everywhere.
Finally, I thought it was time for Grandpa to enter the palace.
Before she reached Jinyang Gate, she turned around unexpectedly and saw Wang Zhongsi slowly walking out of a palace to the east and walking alone to the open space.
"Grandpa?"
Wang Yunxiu didn't understand what he was doing, so he was stunned for a moment and ran over there.
She was still far away, but she could see someone chasing Wang Zhongsi with a knife and rushing toward him. It was Sun Xiaozhe, who was much closer to him. With the ferocious aura of the Turks, he swung his sword neatly.
knife.
"Grandpa, hide!"
"Hide!"
Wang Yunxiu was anxious at first, and then angry because of Wang Zhongsi's slow demeanor. She was angry at his extremely stubborn character, and she couldn't persuade him in the slightest even if she cried out of anxiety every time.
Like a mountain, like a rock, people are so angry that they kick it up, which makes their toes hurt.
In his sight, Wang Zhongsi was still standing there angrily. Sun Xiaozhe slashed him with his sword, knocking him to the ground, and blood suddenly splashed high.
"Wang Zhongsi and the Crown Prince are plotting rebellion!"
Sun Xiaozhe didn't expect to kill this famous general who had destroyed the Turks so easily. His hands were trembling with joy. At the same time, he felt an inexplicable feeling of guilt and couldn't help but look left and right again.
This time, he did see Wang Yunxiu running towards him in a hurry. However, no one else saw the whole process of him hunting down Wang Zhongsi and putting down the prince's rebellion.
"Wang Zhongsi deceived the king and rebelled! Behead him!"
After roaring again to encourage himself and fill his guilty conscience, Sun Xiaozhe slashed with his sword again.
The knife was aimed at Wang Zhongsi's neck. When he swung it, Wang Yunxiu jumped up and bumped into Sun Xiaozhe, knocking the knife out of his hand.
"Grandpa! Pick up the knife!"
Wang Zhongsi gritted his teeth and used his last strength to push himself up from the ground. The huge frame became a heavy burden. He finally got up on his knees. There was a lot of blood from the wound on his back, but he just looked up to the west.
Xiuling.
Thousands of words can be said in this kneeling.
"Pick it up! Pick up the knife!"
Wang Yunxiu's heartbreaking advice was heard in his ears, and Wang Zhongsi seemed to have not heard it.
After picking up the knife, could he dodge Sun Xiaozhe's chops, but could he dodge the attacks that came one after another? Even if he escaped all the assassinations, could he dodge the disease? Even if the disease could be cured, could he dodge the disease?
Can you survive being framed up one after another?
Even if you escape all the whirlpools in the court, can you escape His Majesty's suspicion and murderous intention?
Tired.
Since the Battle of Stone Castle, he has been trying his best to save himself, and has received desperate protection from Xue Bai, Ge Shuhan and others. However, all efforts have only treated the symptoms but not the root cause, and cannot eradicate his biggest crime.
"I have been raised in the palace with King Zhong for a long time. I want to respect the prince."
He did say this, and in a matter-of-fact tone. It was after the Wei Jian case, some staff said that Ge Nu and the prince had become life-and-death enemies for acting like this. If he could not depose the prince, he would probably use force to stop him.
, Wang Zhongsi expressed his position righteously and sternly.
He still doesn't feel that he has done anything wrong. Otherwise, would he have allowed Li Linfu, An Lushan and his like to raise troops to cause chaos and oppose the crown prince's ascension to the throne? There is no room for any violation of the laws of the country.
Why can't saints understand such a simple and obvious truth?
Wang Zhongsi really wanted to ask the saint why his adoptive father, who had raised and cultivated him for nearly forty years, could not trust his own son and adopt him for once? Could it be that the love between father and son and the righteousness between monarch and minister could not be eliminated?
Suspicious and uneasy?
If his adoptive father refused to believe him, he could only use his life to prove it to him.
Xixiuling towered in front of him, and only the outline of Jiangsheng Temple could be seen. Wang Zhongsi stared at it for a long time, lowered his head, and scratched words on the ground with his sleeves stained with blood.
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Li Heng finally ran out of the martial arts hall. When he saw Fan Yang's soldiers about to pounce on Wang Zhongsi, he quickly shouted: "Stop them!"
His guards were about to step forward when they heard Ji Wen shouting.
"Is the prince going to rebel?!"
The two sides faced each other with swords, and Fan Yang's soldiers were actually more powerful.
"This is the Huaqing Palace, the place where the emperor stands!" Ji Wen walked through the crowd, stood among the soldiers, and shouted to Li Heng: "Wang Zhongsi deceived the emperor and cheated his death. General Sun wants to capture him. It is legal. Prince
You want to use force to stop it, why? Are you an accomplice with Wang Zhongsi?!"
Such absurd reasoning really frightened Li Heng, not because Li Heng could not argue rationally, but because once the soldiers of the two sides clashed and it was brought to the imperial court, the saint would never believe him.
Once he orders the rescue of Wang Zhongsi today, things will inevitably turn into him, the prince, launching a palace coup.
Li Heng had no choice but to stand there with a useless look on his face, wishing that the people of the world and that saint could see how he, the so-called founder of the country, had been humiliated by An Lushan's minions.
In his sight, Wang Yunxiu was trying desperately to stop Sun Xiaozhe, and heartbrokenly advised Wang Zhongsi to protect himself, but Wang Zhongsi refused to listen. This made Li Heng also complain in his heart about the stubbornness of his sworn brother.
During the battle at Shibao City, Li Guangbi tried hard to persuade Wang Zhongsi, but Wang Zhongsi was unmoved and refused to comply. When Li Heng heard about it, he stamped his feet in anger.
Although the love between brothers is deep, in fact, Wang Zhongsi did not know what is good or bad and went his own way time and time again, which has almost wiped out the loyalty between the two. Just talking about today's incident, Wang Zhongsi did not talk to Li Heng in advance.
Say hello.
At this time, Li Heng looked at Wang Zhongsi's back, feeling sad that he was about to die, but also angry that he would not make any compromise.
He didn't understand why this sworn brother wanted to seek death.
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Xue Bai could see Wang Zhongsi looking at Jiangsheng Temple for a long time in the telescope. He couldn't see his eyes, but he could feel his emotions.
He seemed to have received Wang Zhongsi's final entrustment, as if he was saying, "I'll leave the rest to you."
But they actually all know that doing so is likely to be a waste of effort. If Xue Bai and Yuan Zai cannot bring Li Longji to Jiangsheng Temple to see it with their own eyes, afterwards, all the interpretation rights will probably belong to others, and
Even if he witnessed it with his own eyes, it was hard to say what the outcome would be, because Li Longji was suspicious of Wang Zhongsi from the bottom of his heart.
This suspicion seems to be a dead end.
Therefore, Xue Bai could understand why Wang Zhongsi finally made this choice.
In the past few years, he tried his best to protect Wang Zhongsi, and sometimes it seemed that he had succeeded, dispelling Li Longji's murderous intention at that time. But as long as someone provoked him, the crisis of trust would appear.
As soon as he had made great achievements in Nanzhao, he was transferred to the imperial court to serve as Minister of War. When Xian Yu Zhongtong presented his prisoners amidst cheers, Wang Zhongsi was still lying in bed in Liangzhou to recuperate, facing the open and covert arrows of his political opponents, but the saint was not seriously ill.
This kind of attitude is almost condoning their continued persecution.
To this day, Xue Bai can still protect Wang Zhongsi once more.
But even he was not sure whether this kind of protection was good or bad for Wang Zhongsi.
…
In the woods next to Wangxian Bridge, a black musket protruded from the bushes.
Zhao Yuliang was lying in the bushes, his eyes glued to the telescope, staring at Zhang Xiaozhe's movements.
His whole body was completely soaked with sweat, and his heartstrings were stretched to the extreme. He finally couldn't help but said: "Er baby, have you given the order?"
"without."
Qiao Erwa looked up and saw that on a high platform in the distance, Shi Zhong gave no orders at all.
Even they knew that outside the Huaqing Palace, whether it was firing guns or shooting arrows, as long as an ambush was hidden, the nature of the whole thing would be very different. Therefore, they would never take action unless they had to.
Zhao Yuliang could no longer bear the pressure. He thought that maybe he could fire the gun and save Wang Jieshuai without waiting for the order. This would be the first time that he had violated Lang Jun's will. But there was a "bang" in his mind.
The echo outside Huaqing Palace also made him feel a little scary, so he hoped that the archers who were ambushing on the other side would shoot arrows as soon as possible.
All in all, his thoughts were so messed up that the blood vessels in his temples throbbed violently.
In his sight, Sun Xiaozhe kicked away Wang Yunxiu who was pestering him, leaned over and picked up the knife on the ground.
"Eating dog intestines!"
Zhao Yuliang was anxious and quickly moved his telescope to look at Xixiuling. In the distance, several figures were standing on the high platform of Jiangsheng Temple. In his eyes, they were only as big as a finger, but they looked extremely cold.
He wanted to make a move, but his fingers were trembling violently. Suddenly, there was the sound of rapid horse hooves in his ears, and there was a vibration from Wangxian Bridge, which made him shrink back in fright.
A group of imperial guards arrived like flying dragons. The leader of the group was a strong man, he opened his bow and nocked an arrow, and shot out an arrow with a whoosh, hitting Sun Xiaozhe on the shoulder. The force of the arrow pushed him to the ground.
Zhao Yuliang was like a drowning man who suddenly emerged from the water and could breathe instantly. At the same time, he was so frightened that he quickly retracted his matchlock and did not dare to move, letting the cavalry pass by one after another.
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Wang Zhongsi originally thought that he would die under Sun Xiaozhe's sword, but when he encountered this situation, he was a little disappointed.
He turned around and saw Guo Qianli galloping towards him, shouting at the same time: "Who dares to kill someone in front of Huaqing Palace?!"
Sun Xiaozhe covered the injury on his shoulder and managed to sit up. His face was ferocious, and his eyes were full of cruelty, and he shouted: "Wang Zhongsi deceived the emperor by cheating his own life, and intended to rebel! I just captured him."
After saying that, he looked at Ji Wen, who was rushing over, and An Xin left the next war of words to Ji Wen.
Guo Qianli did not see the whole story. He drove his horse to Wang Zhongsi and took a closer look. He said, "It's really Wang Jieshuai. He looked familiar to me when he looked at him from a distance. Weren't you assassinated?"
Wang Zhongsi did not answer, not knowing whether Guo Qianli's rescue would make things better or worse.
Maybe, the saint will still be suspicious of him because of this?
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Li Longji looked at it for a long time and finally put down the telescope in his hand.
Gao Lishi stepped forward and said: "I sent someone to listen to the whole process by the prince's side. Now bring him here?"
Today, during the whole process that the saint witnessed with his own eyes, it was obvious that Sun Xiaozhe had a murderous intention towards Wang Zhongsi. When Wang Zhongsi did not resist at all, Sun Xiaozhe never thought about capturing him alive.
This alone can prove that the An Lushan family's fear of Wang Zhongsi was out of selfish motives.
In this case, Gao Lishi believed that the saint should first ask the imperial doctor to treat Wang Zhongsi's wounds.
But Li Longji just said lightly: "Let them go to the Nine Dragons Hall to meet the saint."
"According to the decree."
"There is no need to keep too many guards in Jiulong Palace." Li Longji added.
Gao Lishi was stunned, knowing that this was because the saint still didn't believe in the prince and Wang Zhongsi, and wanted to see if they would rebel. But, is it still necessary?
When he resigned, he glanced at Xue Bai subconsciously. He had completely understood that it was Xue Bai who was cooperating with Wang Zhongsi and deliberately leading the saints to come to the Holy Temple. This was definitely not a good thing. Manipulating the saints would offend him if he did not go well.
Long Yan's great sin.
At the same time, Chen Xuanli was aware of Xue Bai's disgraceful role in this matter and moved two steps to stand between him and the saint.
Xue Bai consciously took two steps back, handed over the telescope, lowered his hands, and looked like he was waiting for disposal.
Li Longji still had his back turned to him, holding up his telescope and watching Guo Qianli escorting Li Heng, Wang Zhongsi, Sun Xiaozhe, Ji Wen and others into Huaqing Palace and towards Yutang Jiulong Hall.
During this process, the distance was getting closer, and he could see their movements more clearly in the telescope, but he felt that he was getting further and further away from them. It wasn't until they entered the temple that he put down the telescope and returned to Jiangsheng.
Observe, sit down on the imperial couch, and wait for the result.
He could imagine those rebellious ministers standing in the Nine Dragon Hall at this time, each one making glib arguments to the jade statue through the screen.
He had no interest in hearing the sophistry. He could see it clearly above their heads. Now, he just wanted to know whether his prince had the courage to launch a coup.
If Li Heng did not have this determination today, he would not have a better chance when Wang Zhongsi died.
After waiting for a long time, a lot of news came through.
"The saints, Ji Wen and Sun Xiaozhe, insisted that the prince and Wang Zhongsi were in rebellion; the prince knelt in front of the Jiulong Palace and said that he did not know the details and was willing to resign from the throne to prove his innocence; as for Wang Zhongsi..."
At this point, the eunuch who delivered the message paused for a moment before continuing: "He admitted to committing the crime of deceiving the emperor and wanted to be holy before he died."
This request sounded very familiar to Li Longji, and he suddenly remembered that Li Linfu said the same thing before he died.
He stood up again and looked down at the terrain of Huaqing Palace. From this angle, he could clearly see the weaknesses of the palace guards. With Wang Zhongsi's ability, he only needed to mobilize more than a hundred elites to easily control the Nine Dragons Palace.
Successfully "respect the prince".
But Li Heng and Wang Zhongsi did nothing.
The stone that has been hanging in Li Longji's heart for many years has been swaying for a long time, but it still can't fall to the ground.
He then glanced sideways at Xue Bai and said calmly: "You are good at rehearsing plays. You have rehearsed a play of "The Romance of the West Chamber" before. What is the name of the play rehearsed today?"
"I am terrified."
Xue Bai's expression couldn't be called panic, but he was definitely ashamed. He took out his bodyguard from his sleeve and didn't dare to step forward. He had to put it on the ground and press it carefully with the fish charm to avoid being blown away by the wind.
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His movements were gentle, and it could be seen that he cared deeply about the official status symbols such as the body seal and the fish talisman.
"Perhaps I am not suitable for being an official." Xue Bai rarely admitted this and said: "I deceived the emperor and protected Wang Zhongsi. His crime deserves death. Please consider my past achievements and spare my life."
Let the ministers return to the mountains and forests."
"Xue Shangjin doesn't want to be an official anymore." Li Longji sneered, "What will you do if you don't become an official?"
"I should learn from Li Mi." Xue Bai said.
This was said sincerely. He must have really realized his mistake and planned to be a free man.
Seeing him like this, Li Longji calmed down his anger and said: "I knew you were not suitable to be an official, that is, like Li Bai, you are suitable to serve in the Imperial Academy."
"Yes." Xue Bai seemed to have lost his previous ambition and was a little discouraged.
Li Longji saw no movement in the Huaqing Palace, so he sat back on the royal couch again and ordered: "Summon Guo Qianli."
Guo Qianli suddenly rushed out and saved Wang Zhongsi with one arrow, which obviously left suspicion in the saint's heart.
Waiting for Guo Qianli, Li Longji gave Xue Bai a chance to explain.
"Say it."
"Yes, I don't dare to deceive you anymore." Xue Bai didn't want to be an official anyway, so he was willing to go out and said: "I met Wang Zhongsi who was seriously ill in Liangzhou. At that time, a senior official beside him was bribed.
He poisoned him with chronic poison and was found out by the minister. A few days ago, the minister heard that Nanzhao survivors were going north to avenge Ge Luofeng. He became suspicious and reminded Wang Zhongsi to be careful. Unexpectedly, he still heard the news of Wang Zhongsi's assassination.
, I couldn't help but wonder why he was so lax even though he knew someone was trying to harm him. So, I took advantage of the opportunity to track down the murderer and checked the headless corpse, and found... that it was not Wang Zhongsi."
Li Longji remained silent, exerting invisible pressure on the emperor.
He recalled that day when he asked Xue Bai, "Is that headless corpse really Ah Xun's?"
Zhongsi's nickname.
"Naoomi?"
"I am ashamed." Xue Bai said: "The scapegoat Wang Zhongsi found had a similar body shape to him, and even the scars on his body were similar. But after Wang Zhongsi was poisoned in Liangzhou, the joints of his fingers had turned black. I saw it at that time
She found out that the headless corpse was not his, so she asked Wang Yunxiu. She said that Wang Zhongsi could not bear the torture of being in fear every day, and wanted to ask the saint to make decisions for him, but he was afraid that the saint would not believe him, so he took this step and wanted to ask the saint to make decisions for him.
The saint proved that An Lushan was rebellious, regarded the royal law as nothing, and wanted to put the general to death."
Li Longji listened expressionlessly and asked: "You can't tolerate Hu'er so much? Are you planning to frame him like this?"
Xue Bai didn't know what to say when he heard this sentence.
Facing an unfathomable emperor, he thought of some Jiji Yingying people he had met in the past. They liked to pour wine to their subordinates at banquets, watch them make a fool of themselves, and ask their subordinates to perform, preferably as men.
Dressing up in women's clothing, flirting, and falling below the bottom line. Xue Bai didn't understand this trend for a while, but later he realized that it was out of a sense of uneasiness. Insecurity makes people think that a subordinate is not even willing to drink for him,
It must not be loyal enough. It is nothing more than a test of loyalty. Letting subordinates fall below the bottom line is like letting a dog roll over on the ground and expose its belly.
And the dignified emperor Li Longji also needed such a loyalty test.
In this test, An Lushan performed extremely well. He was like the one who dressed up as a woman at a banquet in later generations, put stockings on his thick, hairy legs, and performed a show with his waist and hips. As early as one time
He proved his loyalty in the process of making a fool of himself.
Li Heng's scheming is known to everyone, and his treacherous side is exposed.
As for Wang Zhongsi, he was the white-eyed wolf who refused to drink when he was given a drink and kept a straight face when given a smile. He had been brought up for nearly forty years in vain. He still wanted to hand over the country to the crown prince as soon as possible.
People in the world are better.
After thinking about these truths, and then listening to Li Longji's words, Xue Bai's fear of this king was reduced by 10%. He said that the king's heart is unpredictable, but in fact he cannot escape human nature.
He wanted to say something to Li Longji, "Because Hu'er can make a fool of himself better than us, and we are jealous of his shamelessness, so we must kill him."
Unfortunately, these words were not spoken, and the situation became awkward.
"I'm asking you something."
"I'm guilty, but I can't answer. I really don't know why I wanted to frame Anlu Mountain."
"You are so brave!"
After Li Longji cursed, he remembered what he had seen with his own eyes.
Wang Zhongsi almost risked his life to prove that he was not a trap... No, Wang Zhongsi is not dead yet.
Li Longji stopped asking Xue Bai, drank a glass of wine, and waited. Not long after, the sound of heavy footsteps "dong dong dong dong" came over. As soon as he heard it, he knew that the idiot Guo Qianli had arrived.
"I wish the saint good health..."
"I ask you, why did you rescue Wang Zhongsi in time?"
"ah?"
Guo Qianli might have been prepared to answer other questions, but he was caught off guard and exclaimed.
"I saw someone committing murder outside Huaqing Palace. It seemed that Wang Zhongsi was the one he wanted to kill, so I fired my arrow. As for why? I don't know why."
Li Longji had more questions. After hearing his words, he was silent for a moment and said, "Did someone instruct you to do this?"
"Instruct me?" Guo Qianli still didn't know why. He looked at Chen Xuanli, as if he was going to say that he was acting on Chen Xuanli's orders the next moment.
Li Longji then waved his hand impatiently and asked Gao Lishi to ask questions.
"General Guo, how did you find the hiding place of those murderers?"
"I searched for two nights, and when I met some mountain people who reported to me, I led them there. Unexpectedly, I actually caught them."
"Where is the messenger?"
Guo Qianli said: "I caught those murderers and are still interrogating them, but they can't find out why. I learned that the prince had accepted the holy will to take charge of the case, so I sent them there. I was injured, so I
The camp was resting. As a result, the messenger took the initiative to confess to me that he was a subordinate of Wang Jieshuai and had been keeping an eye on the whereabouts of the murderers. I became anxious at that time, so I rushed back to Huaqing Palace to report to the saint..."
Gao Lishi saw that he was lively and full of energy, so he couldn't help but ask: "What injury did you receive?"
"I was bitten by a snake when I was picking up someone. I don't know if it's poisonous or not. I'm still looking for medicinal herbs in the Qinling Mountains!"
Guo Qianli said, seeing the suspicion in Gao Lishi's eyes, he couldn't help but said: "If General Gao doesn't believe it, I'll just take off my boots and give you a look."
When he said he wanted to take it off, he actually bent down to take it off.
Chen Xuanli immediately shouted: "Enough! Isn't that embarrassing enough?!"
Guo Qianli felt that he had made a great contribution and scratched his head as he didn't know what to be ashamed of.
Gao Lishi had another question, saying: "Have you had any prior contact with Wang Zhongsi or Xue Bai about this matter?"
"No." Guo Qianli immediately shook his head.
Xue Bai couldn't help but said: "General Gao, forgive me, if I had the intention to set up a trap in this matter, I would not go to General Guo."
"What does this mean?" Guo Qianli asked, knowing that it was inappropriate. He stopped talking and stepped aside honestly.
At this point, everything that needs to be seen and asked has been placed in front of Li Longji, and he should also make a decision.
At the foot of Xixiuling, in the Nine Dragon Hall of Yuchi, Ji Wen was still describing vividly how Li Heng and Wang Zhongsi colluded to rebel.
"Those so-called 'murderers' are basically people sent by Wang Zhongsi. He faked his death to deceive the emperor in order to change the palace so that he could respect the East Palace. When I and General Sun rushed to the Jiangwu Hall, they saw them discussing how to enter the Central Plains.
In the Qing Palace, Wang Zhongsi saw that the matter was exposed, and immediately wanted to kill his ministers and General Sun, and then General Sun took action..."
Behind the screen, the saint sat on the couch, listening calmly and motionless.
A eunuch recorded all his confessions and hurried to Xixiuling. Out of breath, he handed the confessions to Gao Lishi and handed them over to the saint.
After Li Longji read it, he murmured: "Luo Congji's net, the confession will always be in full bloom."
"Your Majesty, Ji Wen has deceived you."
"Please take them all under custody first," Li Longji ordered, "call Yang Guozhong to come."
"According to the decree."
The eunuch received the order and was about to leave when he suddenly thought of something and asked again: "Your Majesty, Wang Zhongsi said that he had "last words for his adoptive father" and I beg you to see him in person."
After hearing this, Li Longji looked thoughtful, and finally thought again of the nine-year-old child who was brought into the palace.
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"We will all be detained for the time being...Wang Zhongsi will stay and give him a soft couch."
After Wang Zhongsi heard this, his lips trembled excitedly and his eyes shone with light.
He stretched his neck involuntarily, thinking about what he wanted to say to the saint. When it was moved, his eyes were fixed on the curtain.
However, in the end he was placed in front of the screen.
Through the screen, one could vaguely see the saint sitting in a different posture, leaning sideways on the side of the imperial couch.
"If you have something to say, just say it." The saint's voice came, a little hoarse and flat.
Wang Zhongsi actually had great feelings for his adoptive father and king, but he could not express them at all at ordinary times. At this time, thousands of words came to his lips, and he couldn't help but choke.
"I did say that I was raised in the palace with the loyal king, but there was another sentence behind it, 'I was deeply nurtured by a saint'..."
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At the same time, on Xixiuling, Xue Bai was thinking that Wang Zhongsi's plan might have succeeded this time? There might still be a possibility of failure, but could Li Longji still deny the facts he saw with his own eyes?
When he walked down Xixiuling, he looked back and saw palace officials cleaning up the blood outside the Martial Arts Hall. He couldn't help but wonder what Wang Zhongsi wrote while he was kneeling there.
At the end of his sight, the broom was sweeping across the sandy ground, raising a puff of dust and smoke. The dust covered the bloodstains on the ground and also covered the words written with bloodstains.
The stroke after stroke, written crookedly, is two words——