Who's home tonight, Bian Zhouzi

Duan Dizhi lost his mother since childhood.The only daughter in the family, she was raised as a son by her father who was obsessed with the army.Practicing martial arts and joining the army was the theme of her childhood and adolescence.When she was a little older, her father passed away, and the court was discussing what kind of official title she should have, the emperor asked her to enter the palace to protect the princess.Before the princess came, the emperor seldom confided his plans and plans, and what he said to Duan Dizhi seemed to be a bit of a plea.It was only then that Dizhi understood why her father told her to be loyal before his death. It turned out that the situation was already so critical.

After the emperor finished speaking, he looked at Duan Dizhi worriedly and expectantly.Did she really have any loyalty to Zeng Jingzhao at that time?No.She just couldn't bear the fact that the Zeng family's world, which was already in constant crisis and foreign troubles, would be ruined by internal struggles.She didn't have the deep friendship and loyalty to the emperor that her father had.What she is loyal to is the well-being of the common people.

As she thought this way, the emperor nodded and waved his hands, telling her to stand aside, and ordered someone to call Princess Qinghe.From time to time, footsteps came from the door.Duan Dizhi listened intently, and felt that the princess's steps were gentle, neither too big nor too small, neither fast nor slow, and there was a kind of calmness inside.In a trance, she remembered the few times she met at the formal banquet when she was a child, when she was still, Zeng Jingzhao came in.She glanced at it, and Zeng Jingzhao saw it, and was unmoved at all, just bowed down.She also had to kneel down according to the ceremony.She stood on one side, and only had brief eye contact with the future emperor when Zeng Jingzhao looked over.Just in this short moment, with submissive and obedient eyes and a slight bow of the head, she saw Zeng Jingzhao's face, and saw that she was as beautiful as everyone expected; A pretty nose, slender and thick unlined eyebrows, thin and straight lips: she is beautiful, very cold, as arrogant as her status is out of reach.

She forgot that Zeng Jingzhao was like this when she was a child.She was thinking about what had happened in the past few years when she was not in Beijing.

Since that night, she has been Zeng Jingzhao's armor.She naps during the day and patrols at night, always on guard against someone sneaking in at night to assassinate.At first, Zeng Jingzhao said sarcastically, if he is really a master, why not come in daytime?Zeng Jingzhao's tone was not pleasant, and she didn't know how to answer, so she could only say that what the princess said was true. However, it is better to be on guard during the day, and the minister is mainly responsible for the dead of night.

Zeng Jingzhao didn't speak either.She continued to stand there like a stone lion.Zeng Jingzhao didn't know martial arts, and felt that the emperor made a fuss at that time, and didn't care about all of it.Duan Dizhi didn't have any predictions about the future either.She couldn't predict that she would fight against the disciples of the Songshan Five Elders from the very beginning, and she couldn't predict that two of the Songshan Five Elders would fight in person soon.At the critical moment, she remembered that when her grandfather taught her this trick, she said that this trick is a life-threatening one.So she backhanded with all her strength, and punched her palm with her left hand, but it was just to take over the strength, otherwise it would be over if she pinched the left and right sides under her ribs.

The five elders in Songshan, red, blue, black, white, and yellow, each have their own housekeeping skills, and their external and internal skills have their own merits.She received two palms at once, Bai Lao's kung fu was extremely cold, a chill lingered in the body, it was hard to sleep.Sanjiu Hantian wished she could throw herself into the oven to keep warm.But she has no time to rest and recuperate, she is dedicated to her duty, hanging a broken arm and still being Zeng Jingzhao's door god.

Fortunately, after the five elders of Songshan died and the second elder died, there will be no more masters at that level.Later assassins were mostly arrogant.Zeng Jingzhao also understood her situation, and cooperated with Duan Dizhi very much, and gradually developed trust.It was a cold, windless night with thick clouds in the sky.Duan Dizhi was scolded by her in the morning and hurried back to rest.Unexpectedly, in the middle of the night, she suddenly heard the screams of the Habayashi guards outside the door being knocked down in the hall, and the rumble of footsteps, and she could guess that it was a burly man.Screaming again and again, the outside was already in a panic, but Zeng Jingzhao sat still, carefully reading the secret report that Yushitai turned over.She was thinking, although Yu Shitai is the supervisor, what if Yu Shitai dies?

The burly man was about to stretch out his hand to open the door of the palace, but with a slash in the air, the nine-foot {3} body fell to the ground before he could react.The guards of the Habayashi saw a black shadow stepping on the top of the big man's head in mid-air, and using his strength, he turned somersault and landed easily.Duan Dizhi holds the knife in his right hand, while his left hand is also hanging.With a few strokes, he cut off the clothes on the big man's body, and looked at the tattoos on his body by the light of the torch.With a contemptuous smile on her face, she said to General Zhonglang who had just arrived: "My lord, such a foreign master can come straight to Mingde Palace." Zhonglang General broke out in cold sweat, Ask Duan Dizhi to report to His Majesty and the princess, and immediately go to clean up the house.Before I could hear an answer, I went.Duan Dizhi knew that this person had no second thoughts, so he didn't say much, and just let the soldiers drag the remains down.The silent night sky suddenly began to snow.One after another, it was huge in an instant.

Pushing open the hall door, Zeng Jingzhao looked up and saw Duan Dizhi coming in, a little snow fell on the black clothes.Duan Dizhi bent down to salute, and after standing up straight, he kept his head down.Just as he was about to speak, Zeng Jingzhao spoke first: "In the future, when you talk to me, don't lower your head." "Yes."

"As you expected. But Zhu Dayou's disciple?" "Yes. I checked the tattoo just now. The pattern and color can't be fake." Zeng Jingzhao put down the vermilion pen, took a sip of hot tea, thought for a moment and said "Do you think Zhu Dayou will have something to do with this matter?" Duan Dizhi didn't know that she would ask this question, but he knew that what he said would affect Zeng Jingzhao's handling of this matter, so he thought about it quickly and said, "I don't know. Judging from this person's kung fu, he must not be Zhu Dayou's best disciple. His kung fu is not half as good as his master's. But it is indeed Kansai boxing {4} kung fu. This man is so huge, it is impossible for him to come in from outside the palace without being noticed. .So, ""Oh? Did Lu Pingce go?" "Go." Zeng Jingzhao nodded, "There is an inner ghost. I must have bought them all together. Anyway," she stood up, stepping down from the throne Let's go, "There is only this one clue. Do you know where Zhu Dayou is now?" "As far as I know, Zhu Dayou has actually been living in Luoyang since he retired, and he hasn't left Luoyang for ten years."

When Zeng Jingzhao walked in front of her, Duan Dizhi could smell nothing but Zeng Jingzhao's fragrance for a moment.It seems that although I have met the princess day and night these days, it is only at this moment that I get so close to her, and feel the attraction of Zeng Jingzhao that seems to have captured her soul from the previous life.A thought exploded in her mind: before, she was loyal to the Zeng family's dynasty, to the old emperor whose days were numbered, to the two-year-old little prince, and to the well-being of the common people in the world; now she is only loyal to Zeng Jingzhao.

For Zeng Jingzhao, she can do everything.I don't care if I can get this person who is above ten thousand people in the end.It is not important to get, what is important is to dedicate your loyalty.

"In two days, when the Habayashi army is safe, you can pick ten people you can trust, and people from Dali Temple, and go to Luoyang to bring Zhu Dayou back."

"Yes."

Zhu Dayou was indeed brought back soon.He was originally the teaching governor of the Imperial Army, and Zeng Jingzhao was quite worried that this person would have something to do with the clan that harbored ulterior motives.So he personally interrogated, Zhu Dayou sternly denied it, and said bluntly that he had let Duan Di's soldiers bring him back without bloodshed, so could he still have a ghost in his heart? "Just ask this family, can you prevent me from getting out of this prison?" Zeng Jingzhao had to turn to ask him about his disciples, so that he would be loyal to the court, help the country in order to kill the rebels, and explain the whereabouts of his disciples.Zhu Dayou scoffed, saying that he would rather die than speak, thinking that since his disciple was innocent, how could he "confess" like this, and he had nothing to confess.

What he said was right, Duan Dizhi understood.Although she really wanted him to speak out, it would be great if she could use any means.But someone who can order unscrupulous people - she glanced at Zeng Jingzhao, and could not read any emotion from the quiet air around her.Will she do anything?Before Duan Dizhi could figure out why, and before she heard Zeng Jingzhao's words, Zhu Dayou, who had been the bodyguard of the late emperor and had a title in his body, said again that it was wrong for a mere girl to control the government!It is inevitable that there will be people with ulterior motives!Your Majesty should still appoint a Minister Gu Ming, and the princess should get married as soon as possible!If the princess thinks about the country, she should persuade His Majesty to do the same!

Zeng Jingzhao snorted with a smile.Call Duan Dizhi to his side and whisper a few words.After Duan Dizhi heard it, although he was a little startled, the happiness and excitement of a kind of mutual understanding was greater than surprise.She withdrew, and Zeng Jingzhao stayed behind to catch up with Zhu Dayou, and Zhu Dayou couldn't help laughing out loud when he mentioned something interesting.

Duan Dizhi heard this whisper not far away, and lamented that this person in front of Zeng Jingzhao didn't realize the difference between the monarch and his subjects, maybe he never thought she would be the monarch.In his eyes, Zeng Jingzhao was still the little girl back then.Even the dying emperor was nothing more than a little brother.What he has is the grace of the first emperor, the number one in this dynasty.

After making an appointment for a cup of tea, Zhu Dayou got a little impatient, and Duan Dizhi came back.Zhu Dayou was impatient, a little thirsty, glanced at the teacup only to realize that he had drunk it all by himself, and when he was about to raise his hand to get the teapot, he suddenly felt weak all over and couldn't exert any strength.He wanted to point at Zeng Jingzhao and scold him angrily, but he couldn't even raise his hand.The whole person slumped on the chair.Duan Dizhi asked the guards to bring over another thick and sturdy chair, fastened iron buckles on the knee joints and elbow joints, and was bound to death around the neck.Zhu Dayou was obviously in a hurry, he couldn't speak, he could only stare.Duan Dizhi tied everything up with his own hands, turned to Zeng Jingzhao, and asked for her will.

She felt that she had given birth to a pair of black wings, waiting for Zeng Jingzhao's order, and the wings would all open.

"Cut it off. Keep him who wants to escape." Duan Dizhi then pulled out a sharp black long knife, and chopped off Zhu Dayou's hands and feet with his wrists.

Zhu Dayou struggled as far as he could, although it didn't help, there was only a humming sound in his mouth.Zeng Jingzhao looked at the blood on the ground, and said expressionlessly: "A person like you, if you don't rebel today, you will rebel tomorrow. It's useless to ask you."

In the next three months, Dali Temple was ordered to arrest all the dozen or so disciples of Zhu Dayou.Zhu Dayou's family was imprisoned at home in Luoyang.It was originally found that several disciples were in contact with a middleman, but the clues were cut off here.Several disciples also died in the assassination of the mysterious man.The emperor collapsed and died in late autumn.Zeng Jingzhao succeeded to the throne according to the will, and immediately ordered Zhu Dayou, who was crying endlessly in prison, to be killed for the crime of treason.The euphemistic name is to read the past friendship between him and Huang Kao.

The new emperor's worries were growing by the day.Soon the clan will go to Beijing to offer their condolences.That's when it's most dangerous.She was not promoted to Duan Dizhi's official position, but she asked her to form a group of people she could trust.She said, I can trust you, and I can trust anyone you can trust.She never called me to her.

Duan Dizhi turned into a huge black falcon.

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{3} Made from the Three Kingdoms, Wei and Jin Dynasties, a foot is about 24.2cm to 25.0cm.

{4}A kind of traditional Chinese martial arts, because it originated in Shaanxi and prevailed in Guanzhong, it is also known as "Shaanxi Boxing" and "Guanzhong Boxing".Red Boxing has a long history. Its origin can be traced back to the Qin Dynasty, formed in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, and spread widely in the Qing Dynasty. It is also known as "(Tong) Guanxi Boxing" outside Shaanxi.Here for chemical use.