Confidante Saisuke

Shangguan Wan'er got up this day, seeing that the sky was overcast, she hurriedly went to guard the door of Wu Zhao's study.Seeing several groups of people rushing back and forth, no one came in or out, guessing that Wu Zhao's matter had come to an end, the corners of his mouth raised.Sure enough, after a stick of incense, Wu Zhao came out by himself.Shangguan Wan'er immediately got up and walked over, holding Wu Zhao's arm and said as she walked, "Your Majesty, I promised you to take you to the mountains here. It just so happens that the sky is cloudy today, so let's go." Wu Zhao Zhao smiled and said: "Okay, then let them prepare." Then he said: "I heard the maid said that you have been waiting here for a long time, did you come here without breakfast? Don't do this in the future. I am fine here I will naturally look for you, and you don’t need to run around.” Shangguan Wan’er listened with a smile, and planned in her mind where to take Wu Zhao to enjoy on the mountain.

After Shangguan Wan'er had finished her breakfast, Wu Tuan'er's side also made arrangements for the trip, and the two of them went out.The roadside was lined with green trees, and the breeze blew across his face from time to time. The guards followed in the carriage not too far away, and Shangguan Wan'er was beside him with witty words. For a moment, Wu Zhao felt that he had touched the shadow of happiness.

After a while, everyone came to the foot of the mountain.Wu Zhao got out of the carriage, helped Shangguan Wan'er out of the carriage and began to climb the mountain.Halfway up the mountain, seeing that Wu Zhao seemed a little tired, Shangguan Wan'er hurriedly said that she was tired from walking and wanted to rest for a while.Wu Zhao naturally let her go.Shangguan Wan'er's face was light and calm, and the bitterness in her mouth had already spread everywhere.She knew Wu Zhao's methods against others before she set her sights on Wu Zhao, and she already thought that she would be retaliated against in the future.This time, Wu Zhao was poisoned by his lover for killing the court lady with a cane. It cannot be said that it was completely unexpected to her. She was also prepared to accompany Wu Zhao to bear all the costs very early on.However, when that day really comes, she is still piercing her heart like a thousand blades.It would be great if I could bear all the blame for her instead.Shangguan Wan'er sighed softly.

After resting for half a cup of tea, everyone continued to climb up.At the top of the mountain, Shangguan Wan'er took Wu Zhao to see several famous scenery, and finally Wu Zhao stopped to look at the place where Shangguan Wan'er jumped off the cliff.Shangguan Wan'er stood behind her and silently stared at Wu Zhao's back.When I came here last time, because of this person, my mind was torn apart, and I was in pain; this time, because of this person, I was satisfied and had no other thoughts.This is the only person who can make himself go up to the sky and down to the earth for a while.After a long time, Wu Zhao finally turned around.Seeing Shangguan Wan'er's affectionate eyes, Wu Zhao smiled.Jiangshan is in the bag with a beauty in his arms, what more can a man ask for in such a life?Even though she lost her life, she got everything she wanted, and there were no regrets in her life.

When going down the mountain, Shangguan Wan'er led the crowd to copy the path.Shangguan Wan'er was in high spirits while explaining the taste and function of various wild vegetables to Wu Zhao, while digging them out for the guards to hold, and was going to go back and make dinner for Wu Zhao by herself.Wu Zhao has been here for so long and hasn't tasted her craft once, how could she be reconciled.Wu Zhao stood aside, the more she listened to Shangguan Wan'er's words, the more frightened she became, and she couldn't help asking: "Wan'er, do you often eat wild vegetables?" Shangguan Wan'er knew what she was thinking when she saw Wu Zhao's face, He explained with a smile: "It's not because I can't afford vegetables. I really like to eat vegetables from the mountains. They are fresh and delicious, much better than those sold in the town. Your Majesty will know if you taste them when you go back." Shangguan Wan'er was in high spirits, and she didn't want to spoil her interest, so she let her lead herself and the guards across the wilderness.

Back at the mansion, Shangguan Wan'er went to the kitchen to get busy after a short rest.Wu Zhao couldn't stop her, so he had to let her go.With nothing else to do, Wu Zhao wrote a poem with a splash of ink.Still unfinished, I took the opportunity to write several fighting parties.When the maid came to the study to invite Wu Zhao to dinner, there was already a thick stack of papers on the desk.

Walking slowly to the dining room, Wu Zhao frowned when he saw that the maid was trying food. There were always ten dishes on the table.Shangguan Wan'er came over after changing her clothes and saw Wu Zhao standing in front of the table with her hands behind her back. She smiled and pushed her to sit on a chair.Take the chopsticks to pick up vegetables for Wu Zhao.After Wu Zhao had tasted all the dishes, Shangguan Wan'er put down her chopsticks and asked with a smile, "What do you think of my cooking skills, Your Majesty?" Wu Zhao nodded slowly, "Very good. I never thought that Wan'er's cooking skills are also good. It will be so good." However, Shangguan Wan'er saw that there was no smile on Wu Zhao's face, and couldn't help complaining: "If your majesty really praised me, he would just smile. Why are you so stern?" Wu Zhao raised her arms: "Come here." Shangguan Wan'er laughed immediately, walked over, and sat in front of Wu Zhao.Wu Zhao put her arms around Shangguan Wan'er, sighed deeply and said, "It's all my fault. My Wan'er is a clean scholar, but I forced her to go to the kitchen and make clothes for others. I owe Wan'er With so many children, Wan'er can live well without my protection now, so she really shouldn't forgive me." Shangguan Wan'er said with a smile: "Could it be that I forgave Your Majesty in exchange for His protection?"

Shangguan Wan'er got out of Wu Zhao's arms, and began to pick up vegetables for Wu Zhao: "Your Majesty, eat it while it's hot. It won't taste good when it's cold." Wu Zhao continued while eating, "I know Wan'er will forgive me. , I just didn't expect it to be so fast. Wan'er's heart is really soft." Shangguan Wan'er put down her chopsticks, put her hand on her cheek and looked at Wu Zhao with a smile, "For a meal, Your Majesty is really generous with praise." Turning With a gentle expression, "Your Majesty has come to look for me, no matter how angry you are. Besides, Your Majesty is always accompanied by a bunch of people. I have been letting Your Majesty make His Majesty lose face in front of them. Well, and, Your majesty is the king of a country, I don't want your majesty to look at people's faces." Wu Zhao tried hard to swallow the food in his mouth, looked up at Shangguan Wan'er, just in time to see her reaching out her hand, he reached out to hold it, and said quietly : "I'll have fun with you in the future, don't do these things again. My woman has to do it myself, and I'm too incompetent to be the emperor." Shangguan Wan'er smiled and said: "Okay. But wait until I finish a set for Your Majesty After the clothes. I have been a tailor for so long, but I have not made anything for His Majesty, and I feel very regretful."

However, what is said is what is said, and what is done is what is done.From this day on, except for breakfast, Shangguan Wan'er can't get up, and the cook will prepare it.For the other two meals, Shangguan Wan'er cooked for Wu Zhao herself.At other times, besides wandering around the town with Wu Zhao, he was busy making blouses, long skirts, and half-arms for Wu Zhao.Wu Zhao has gradually lost weight over the past few years, and began to like wearing men's clothing.After Shangguan Wan'er found out, she thought about going to the court lady who showed her the shop to learn how to make men's clothing, but Wu Zhao coaxed and threatened her, saying that if she didn't read books anymore, she would ignore her, so Shangguan Wan'er gave up.

"Hanshu", "Three Kingdoms", "Jinshu"... On the table are stacks of books that the guards just brought back from the shop.Wu Zhao casually picked up a few books and flipped through them, and Shangguan Wan'er's handwriting was impressive.Wu Zhao smiled, and she was not allowed to read these books when she was in the palace, but she read them all when she went outside the palace.Making Shangguan Wan'er obedient is probably more difficult than ascending to heaven.However, now it seems that it is right to let her read these books.

Shangguan Wan'er was in the kitchen when she heard the maid say that her books had arrived in Wu Zhao's study, and she felt a little nervous when she thought that there were many books that Wu Zhao didn't allow her to read.The movements of his hands were a little faster, and while ordering the maid to bring the food to the dining room, he rushed over to see Wu Zhao.Pushing open the door and entering, Wu Zhao was flipping through the "Luoyang Jialan Ji" she often read, and his heart couldn't help but relax.Shangguan Wan'er was not afraid of Wu Zhao being angry, but after the two reconciled this time, she was even more reluctant to see Wu Zhao being unhappy.Wu Zhao heard the movement, looked up and saw Shangguan Wan'er, and said with a smile: "Little devil, look at what you have done. Did you come to this world just to fight against me?" Shangguan Wan'er walked over with a smile : "I'm just curious why His Majesty won't allow me to watch it. After reading it, I still don't understand what His Majesty is thinking." Wu Zhao nodded: "I underestimated how stubborn Wan'er is. I should have known that Wan'er is so reckless. , I don’t need to waste so much thought.”

Shangguan Wan'er leaned lightly on Wu Zhao's shoulder: "What are you afraid of, Your Majesty? No matter how I change, my heart for Your Majesty remains the same. It's like," she said with a smile, "Your Majesty does not lie to others, but She dotes on me very much. Although I am not as loud as His Majesty to prove myself, I have the same heart as Your Majesty." Wu Zhao hummed and said, "Now I understand Wan'er's heart. I just read these books, In fact, I feel a little lucky. I used to block Wan'er blindly, preventing Wan'er from understanding those worldly ways, thinking that Wan'er would never suffer from me. Who knows that people are not as good as God, I..." Wu Zhao wanted to Said that she could no longer take care of Shangguan Wan'er, and when the words came to her mouth, she was afraid that Shangguan Wan'er would be sad, so she changed her words, "No matter how well I protect, it is better than Wan'er knowing better." He said lightly: "Your Majesty, you promised to take care of me for the rest of your life. I won't allow you to break your promise." Wu Zhao pretended not to understand what she was saying, and said with a smile: "I remember, but Wan'er insisted on doing it by herself." The chef makes his own clothes, and I can’t get in if I want to take care of them.” Shangguan Wan’er didn’t want to continue this topic, so she got up and said, “Your Majesty, dinner is ready. Your Majesty, go and eat with me.”

On the way to the dining room, both Wu Zhao and Shangguan Wan'er adjusted their emotions quickly, for fear that showing their sadness would make the other party sad.So, when dinner began, the two of them talked and laughed happily as usual.

After dinner, the two of them took a walk along the pool in the mansion and went back to take a bath.After a lot of tossing, Shangguan Wan'er was a little tired.Wu Zhao was very interested, and asked someone to bring Shangguan Wan'er's book and read it under the lamp, and occasionally asked Shangguan Wan'er what she explained about her annotations.Shangguan Wan'er leaned against Wu Zhao, half asleep and half awake, responding to Wu Zhao's question casually.Wu Zhao heard that Shangguan Wan'er was gradually getting confused, so she turned her head to look, but Shangguan Wan'er was already sleepy and closed the book, planning to read it again tomorrow.

Suddenly, someone in the yard shouted: "Who is it?" Then there was the sound of weapons colliding, the guards shouted, there was an assassin's voice, and someone screamed.Hearing the commotion outside, Wu Zhao hugged Shangguan Wan'er and stood still, reopening the book to read.

However, the window suddenly shattered into pieces, the window sills shattered into pieces of wood and splashed everywhere, and a man in black flew in through the window with a long sword in his hand.Wu Zhao froze, how could the guards be so useless that someone rushed in front of her.In the blink of an eye, before the man in black could stand still, several guards jumped in from the window and started fighting with the man in black.Shangguan Wan'er was woken up, she opened her eyes in a daze, she thought she was in a dream for a while, but when she realized it was not a dream, her body shivered.Wu Zhao hurriedly patted her arm: "Don't be afraid, the guards can stop it." Shangguan Wan'er immediately stood up and reached out to pull Wu Zhao: "Your Majesty, let's get out of here quickly." At this moment, the man in black shouted Said: "The temptress is here, brothers, come quickly. I must kill this temptress tonight." Then the sound of fighting in the yard became louder, and it was obvious that the assassins were gathering here.

Sure enough, after a while, the door of the room was knocked open, and several men in black and guards walked towards Wu Zhao while beating him.Shangguan Wan'er said anxiously: "Your Majesty, let's go." Wu Zhao was very calm. She saw that the men in black were tightly entangled by the guards and couldn't move to her for a while, so she said: "The courtyard We don't know how many assassins are hiding here. Let's wait and see." Shangguan Wan'er had no choice but to stand next to Wu Zhao, preventing someone from rushing in and hurting Wu Zhao.

After half a cup of tea time, several guards rushed in and joined the fight.Shangguan Wan'er was about to breathe a sigh of relief when someone outside the door suddenly laughed.A few more people walked in.Shangguan Wan'er recognized the leader as Li Sujie, and couldn't help frowning.Li Sujie saw Shangguan Wan'er standing beside Wu Zhao, and ordered the people following to help the man in black while walking towards Wu Zhao.Shangguan Wan'er stretched out her hand and pulled Wu Zhao behind her, looked at Li Sujie and said, "My lord, if you hurt His Majesty, you won't live long." The face of the ancestors is like a shoe, I want to tell you the truth of sacrificing one's life for righteousness, but do you understand? Shangguan Wan'er, I thought you had no choice but to endure humiliation, but now it seems that you are enjoying it." Shangguan Wan'er just wanted to delay the time for the guards to come over quickly, so she said along the way: "I said that day, His Majesty never forced me, everything is my own will." Li Sujie shook her head: "It's too stupid. You only think about prosperity and wealth, begging for mercy by her side, have you forgotten how she treated you in the past? Don't think about the reputation of the Shangguan family, you should also think about yourself, what good will happen to follow such a person. "Shangguan Wan'er smiled slightly: "It's like going home, and I don't like anyone else."

Li Sujie slowly drew out his sword: "You are so obsessed with obsession, and you are only living to make Teacher Shangguan suffer more humiliation. You should go down and pray for his forgiveness." Show off your might in front of me." At this moment, a man in black suddenly shouted: "Little prince, kill this temptress while there is no one around, so as to avoid future troubles." Li Sujie drew his sword and stepped forward, when a black shadow Flashed past and stopped in front of him.Before everyone could react, several guards jumped in.While fighting with Li Sujie, the leading man in blue ordered: "The second group stay here to stop the rebels, and the first group will follow me to protect His Majesty from here." Half of the guards immediately withdrew and followed behind him.The man in blue walked up to Wu Zhao quickly, and said, "Your Majesty, this subordinate is Cheng Kejin, the master of the Dizi Sect, who is ordered by Lord Song to protect His Majesty. Your subordinate has sent a letter to Ye Fan, the master of the Xuanzi Sect. The men and horses will come to rescue you immediately. This subordinate is overstepping, and please leave this place and join them." Wu Zhao heard the words, said hello, and immediately pulled Shangguan Wan'er and walked towards the side door.Seeing this, Li Sujie was in a hurry and wanted to rush over, but there were so many people fighting with him, they had no choice but to watch the two leave.

Under the guard of the crowd, Wu Zhao and Shangguan Wan'er quickly walked towards the gate.Along the way, several groups of men in black jumped out, and Cheng Kejin ordered the guards to stay and stop the men in black in a low voice, and not to participate in the fight.When approaching the gate, I ran into Ye Fan.Cheng Kejin noticed that Ye Fan was wearing a white cloth on his arm, and there were only four people following behind him, and he thought to himself: Oops, it seems that the master Yemen was ambushed on the road.Sure enough, Ye Fan walked up to Wu Zhao in a few steps, bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty was shocked by the late arrival of the escort. This subordinate is incompetent. He was ambushed by rebels on the road. Most of his guards were killed or injured. Please forgive me." "Wu Zhao nodded and said: "Your place is not peaceful either. How to find out the truth of this matter later, it may not be your fault." Cheng Kejin thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, from this point of view, the town has already It’s not safe anymore. There are dozens of horses in the stables of the West Court, and I want to escort Your Majesty back to Luoyang, so please make a decision.” Wu Zhao smiled slightly. There is a lot to be said about this matter tonight, and Luoyang may not be safe. The town will be decided."

When everyone came to the stables, Cheng Kejin led a horse to Wu Zhao: "This horse has a gentle temper and good stamina. Please take care of it. Miss Shangguan, wait a moment..." Wu Zhao interrupted with a smile: "She doesn't know how to ride a horse. Let her ride the same horse with me. You can do what you want." Cheng Kejin frowned slightly, and took the order to leave.Shangguan Wan'er said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, riding a horse with Your Majesty will slow down the horse's footsteps." Wu Zhao smiled and said, "Then do you want to go with the guards? I don't mind if you are in a hurry. As long as Wan'er doesn't mind." Shangguan Wan'er shook her head, gritted her teeth and said, "How can that be? I think it's useless for me to follow, so I might as well stay." Wu Zhao thought for a while, but still rejected it. "No. Although Li Sujie is Li Xuancheng's younger brother, I think he is quite rude to you. If you stay, you may not be kind to you. You are not willing to deal with it. It is too risky to stay." Shangguan Wan'er looked up at Wu Zhao For a moment, he said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will never let His Majesty's reputation be humiliated." Wu Zhao shook his head: "If you say that, I can't let you stay. Well, you come with me Let's go, don't talk anymore." While helping Shangguan Wan'er to mount the horse, he said, "You also change your temper of not wanting your life at every turn. Don't you even understand the reason why you don't have to worry about no firewood as long as the green hills are there? Wan'er, I Not the kind of pedantic person, as long as you live, I can accept anything."

After everyone got on their horses, a group of guards opened the way in front, another group behind the apse, and the rest surrounded Wu Zhao and rushed out from the back door.

After a while, we came to a three-way intersection.Cheng Kejin pointed to the front and said, "Your Majesty, the road on the left goes to Luoyang. The one in the middle goes to the county, and the one on the right goes to the mountain." With nausea in his throat, he nodded and said: "We will not go back to Luoyang, but you send someone back to Luoyang to report to Song Zhaohua, and ask her to send someone to respond. Then send a group of people to the county to ask for rescuers to catch the rebels, and the others will follow me In the mountains." Cheng Kejin took the order, steered his horse over, and after a while, two groups of people set off.At this time, only Cheng Kejin and Ye Fan were left with less than ten people.

The crowd galloped along the road to the mountain, and soon came to the foot of the mountain.By this time it was already daylight.Do you want to go up the mountain?Cheng Kejin thought about it, the terrain on the mountain was complicated, and there were temples, so it was a good place to hide.It's just climbing the mountain on foot. It would be bad if the group of thieves caught up.Wu Zhao was also thinking about whether to abandon his horse and climb the mountain, or continue to move forward.Shangguan Wan'er turned around and said in Wu Zhao's ear, "Your Majesty, I know a place to go. It's so remote that most people can't find it. We can leave the horse here so that those people think we've gone up the mountain. Let's go to that place and wait for Mr. Song." Wu Zhao nodded, conveyed Shangguan Wan'er's idea to everyone, dismounted himself, and helped Shangguan Wan'er down again.The crowd dismounted one after another.

Shangguan Wan'er took Wu Zhao to the cabin where she used to travel with Fang Wuchi Li Guangshun.It is located in a remote place, with mountains and rivers nearby, so it is indeed a good place to hide.

After seven turns and eight bends, walking through the forest and stepping on the grass, and around a small hillside, a small wooden house in the distance came into everyone's eyes.Shangguan Wan'er turned her head and said with a smile, "This is it." Wu Zhao was puzzled, and while asking the guards to look around, he pulled Shangguan Wan'er aside and asked, "Who did you come here with? Shangguan Wan'er didn't dare to tell the truth, and muttered: "I didn't go with anyone, I discovered it by accident." However, when Wu Zhao saw her hiding eyes and didn't dare to look at him, he knew that she didn't say anything. To tell you the truth, she said displeasedly, "You know I don't like you lying to me." Shangguan Wan'er looked at a tree beside her and said, "It's the Crown Princess Fang Wuzhi." Wu Zhao nodded, "Yeah. You just like to be with me." People who are against me come and go. Li Xuancheng was in the front, and Fang Wuchi is now. Well, don’t worry, I won’t touch her. Isn’t Li Xuancheng alive and well?” Shangguan Wan’er didn’t dare to say more, However, he didn't like to hide Wu Zhao's feelings, so he fell silent.

Wu Zhao felt it immediately, and then asked: "Did she do something?" After a moment of pondering, she said: "Is she related to what happened last night?" Shangguan Wan'er shook her head quickly: "No. She won't do this Kind of thing." She thought to herself, she is so afraid of you, how could she dare to assassinate you.Wu Zhao was already very uncomfortable, and Shangguan Wan'er became a little impatient when he hesitated like this: "Tell me what's going on, and it's not too late to intercede for her." Shangguan Wan'er didn't dare to look at Wu Zhao's expression, Looking down at the ground, he said, "I've been with her this year." Wu Zhao couldn't believe it at first, and then felt that she had misunderstood Shangguan Wan'er, and said sharply, "What do you mean by being with her?" Make it clear." Shangguan Wan'er looked at the wooden house in the distance, and said sadly, "Your Majesty, I have betrayed you. This year, I have been living with the princess, just like us." Wu Zhao grabbed Shangguan Wan'er's arm: "Why are you with her?" Shangguan Wan'er didn't need to explain at this time.She knew Shangguan Wan'er's temperament, if she didn't like her, how could she live with others.She is not herself, the person who can separate the body from the heart.Shangguan Wan'er turned her head to look at Wu Zhao: "Because she thinks she is very good and likes her."

"Okay, okay, okay." Stars flashed in front of Wu Zhao's eyes, he said yes three times in a row, let go of Shangguan Wan'er, and wanted to support the tree trunk.Shangguan Wan'er reached out to support Wu Zhao, Wu Zhao waved her hand away, reached out to support the tree trunk, and tried to breathe steadily.At this moment, Cheng Kejin came over from a distance, and said: "Your Majesty, I have taken people to look around, and found nothing suspicious. The small wooden house is full of food and clothing, please use it to your Majesty." Zhao became more angry, and wanted to say that she was not here anymore, but blood gushed out of her mouth.In the exclamation of Shangguan Wan'er and Cheng Kejin, Wu Zhao's vision went dark and he lost consciousness.