The first time in history

"Really?" Zheng Dan sat up and said happily, "You really did it for me?"

"How dare I disobey your order!" Qian Mingduo saw the maid who had just left walk into the courtyard. He knew that this maid was arranged by Zheng Dan to watch the wind at the palace gate. Her coming in meant that the guards who were changing shifts were about to arrive.

"I want to take a look at those two flowers," Qian Mingduo said anxiously, "I have to leave after taking a look."

"No." Zheng Dan said coquettishly: "What can you see in the pitch black?... I'll let you see it next time when it's light!"

"Just one look." Qian Mingduo frowned and said, "Quick, quick!"

Zheng Dan rolled her eyes at him and slowly turned over. At this moment, a maid just walked out of the hall, and Qian Mingduo had to leave in dismay.

"Shit, I can't see anything clearly." Qian Mingduo said as he walked down the stone steps.

He sang "Ready For The Times To Get Better" as he passed the maid.

Zhou Shan and Shen Yang walked to the palace gate and saw a man standing in front of the gate with a sword. Zhou Shan picked up the lantern, and Qian Mingduo's face flickered under the candlelight.

Zhou Shan quickly bowed and said, "Why is your Excellency here?"

"The brothers on duty at twilight hour haven't had their meals yet." Qian Mingduo said with a faint smile, "I'll take their place and ask them to go have their meals."

"Your Excellency is wounded by the sword, but you are still on duty for the brothers." Shen Yang also bowed and said, "Your Excellency really cares for the brothers, right?"

"You two must be careful and cautious when on duty." Qian Mingduo said seriously: "Pay attention to the movements, patrol without omissions, and report any suspicious persons immediately. Stick to your posts and don't slack off."

"It looks like it's going to rain. Do you have a raincoat to shelter you from the rain? If you have any difficulties, please let me know at any time." He looked up at the sky and found that large dark clouds had gathered on the horizon, as if foreshadowing an impending storm.

Qian Mingduo was about to go to Guanwa Palace. After walking a few steps, he suddenly remembered the strange things that happened in the dilapidated palace in the afternoon.

So he turned around, walked to Zhou Shan's side, and asked, "Brother Zhou Shan, how long have you been a guard in this palace?"

"Your Excellency." Zhou Shan bowed and said, "I have been in the palace for more than ten years."

"Then did you know that there is a long-ruined palace to the north of Guanwa Palace?"

"The north side of Guanwa Palace..." Zhou Shan thought for a moment and said, "Is it the side hall with the xylophone in the palace?"

"Yes," Qian Mingduo frowned and said, "There is only one table and one piano in the hall."

"Why did you suddenly ask this, sir?" Zhou Shan looked nervous. "Have you been to that side hall?"

"I passed by this hall at 3 p.m. and heard the sound of a zither coming from inside the hall." Qian Mingduo said, "So I went closer to check..."

"What did you see, sir?" Zhou Shan and Shen Yang asked anxiously at the same time.

Qian Mingduo told the two of them what he saw in this side hall. Zhou Shan said, "You have just joined the palace and don't know much about the palace. Ten years ago, something happened in this side hall..." Zhou Shan said slowly.

There once was a general who was good at fighting. His name was Tian Jing. He had sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, and was handsome and heroic.

By chance, he met a beautiful and intelligent woman named Su Yao. Su Yao's every smile was like a spring breeze, deeply imprinted in Lin Yu's heart. Lin Yu's courage and responsibility also made Su Yao fall in love. The two soon fell in love and decided to spend their lives together.

However, fate is always full of twists and turns. Su Yao's father, for the honor and benefit of his family, betrothed her to King Fu Chai of Wu.

Fuchai appointed Su Yao as his concubine. Although Su Yao was in great pain, she was powerless to resist. When Tian Jing heard the news, he felt heartbroken, but as a subject, he could not disobey the king's order.

Although Su Yao became Fu Chai's concubine, her love with Tian Jing never faded, and they secretly looked for opportunities, eager to meet again.

Finally, on a quiet night, Su Yao sent a maid out of the palace, dressed Tian Jing as a woman, and quietly brought him to Concubine Yao's residence.

When the two met, their eyes were full of affection and attachment. They hugged each other tightly, as if time had stopped at this moment.

Just as they were immersed in the joy of reunion, they did not know that Fu Chai had already known about their secret meeting. Fu Chai was furious and showed up with his guards in a menacing manner.

Tian Jing and Su Yao looked at Fu Chai in horror. They knew that everything was over.

Fu Chai's eyes were filled with anger and jealousy. He ordered the two to be executed on the spot. The guards rushed forward and surrounded Tian Jing and Su Yao.

Tian Jing held Su Yao tightly behind him, holding the sword tightly in his hand, ready to make the final resistance. However, they were outnumbered after all. In the fierce fight, Tian Jing and Su Yao were both seriously injured.

The blood dyed the ground red, but their eyes were still looking at each other firmly. In the last moment of their lives, there was no fear in their hearts, only love for each other.

As the last breath faded, their figures remained in the palace forever. On the wall of the side hall, there seemed to be a touch of sadness, witnessing this sad love story.

"The side hall that the Lord went to at 5 p.m. often made the sound of a xylophone." Shen Yang said with lingering fear: "Although we have asked people to take the xylophone away many times, the sound would reappear the next day."

"There were often sounds of fighting, groaning, and fighting. After that," Zhou Shan sighed and said, "no one dared to go there anymore!"

On the way to Guanwa Palace, Qian Mingduo passed by the side hall again. He stood on a high platform and looked at the lonely, strange and sighing side hall from afar.

"What a damn slave society." Qian Mingduo cursed in his heart, "What a damn feudal society."

Qian Mingduo sighed deeply. Could the fate of Tian Jing and Su Yao foreshadow the fate of himself and Zheng Dan or Xi Shi?

The tragic love story made Qian Mingduo feel inexplicably depressed. At this moment, he was filled with mixed emotions and empathized with Tian Jing and Su Yao's pain, helplessness and struggle.

He pulled out a Browning from his waist, the exquisite pistol emitting a faint blue light in the night. The first time he used it was to save Xi Shi, and he didn't know under what circumstances he used it the second time.

Qian Mingduo's mind flashed with the words that the old woman, who seemed to have insight into all the secrets of heaven, said to him when he and Diao Chan stayed overnight at the old woman's house: Although time and space are different, human nature remains the same. Only by sticking to one's original heart can one attain the true meaning!

"What is my true heart? What should I stick to?" Qian Mingduo asked himself. "My true heart is kind and will not hurt anyone. Yes! This is my true heart."

But if someone wants to hurt me, or these beautiful girls, I will do whatever I can to deal with them, even kill them.