National Division

Zhibai was firmly pressed on the ground, when he heard the word Xingtie, his shoulders moved, he opened his mouth to say something, but closed it again.Qi Jun sneered and gestured, two guards dragged him up, knelt down in front of Qi Jun and said, "Your Highness, how should we deal with this person?"

Qi Jun looked Zhibai up and down a few times, and laughed: "Little brother, I can see your true face."

From the first time I met Zhibai, he looked like a mud monkey, and then his face was smeared green and black, until now, probably after soaking in the lake for a long time, the grass juice on his face has washed away After cleansing, the original appearance was revealed. He was actually a handsome young man with red lips and white teeth. His face looked like a jade carving. His facial features could not be said to be outstanding, but they were placed just right, making people look comfortable.Especially those eyes are black and white, like black crystals in clear water, extremely agile.He was naked from the upper body, only wearing a pair of ripped trousers, which were still soaked in water and clinging to his body. His body was also as white as jade, and his thin waist was tied by a coarse cloth belt, making his legs look straight and slender.It's a pity that in Qi Jun's eyes at this moment, even if he is very flamboyant, it is useless. Qi Jun lowered his head and put the Xingtie back into the cloth bag, and said lightly: "Stealing Xingtie offends the auspiciousness of the country. Immediately drag it down and rectify the law on the spot."

"Yes!" The two guards responded at the same time, and dragged Zhibai to the side.Qi Jun tied the dry food bag around his waist, and casually added, "Stay away, don't see blood." Then he turned around while supporting a guard's shoulder, and was about to walk back and forth.

Zhibai was stunned when he heard several guards calling Qi Jun His Highness. The guards pressed his shoulders, and he raised his head and stared at Qi Jun vigorously. Realizing that his life was about to die, he struggled immediately: "Your Highness, Your Highness! At any rate, I also put snake medicine on you—" Seeing Qi Jun turn around with cold eyes, he understood that begging for mercy was useless, so he quickly changed his face. "His Royal Highness, your seal is black, I'm afraid there will be a catastrophe within three days!"

Qi Jun laughed out loud.Emperor Jing'an believed in ghosts and gods, and he did not know how many Taoist monks he had recruited into the palace since he became the throne. For a while, there were as many monks in the capital as locusts, but Qi Jun seldom went out of the palace. Half-turned around and looked at him sarcastically: "There will be a catastrophe within three days? But you need to do something to get rid of it? So you are still a Taoist priest." I didn't know what that ragged robe looked like before. Now connecting his words, I can see that it turned out to be a Taoist robe that was so dirty that it lost its true color, "Da'e, isn't the biggest danger for my highness in three days to be tricked by you to fill the mouth of a snake? The monks are merciful,' Compassion, it's really rare to see someone like you." His eyes turned fierce, "Kill him! Send him on the road, so we can hurry on the road."

Seeing his angry face, Zhibai knew that those quack rumors would not fool him, and felt that the two guards were trying to drag him back, so he didn't care too much, and shouted loudly: "Your Highness, you look like you lost your mother when you were young!" !"

Qi Jun's footsteps stopped suddenly, and his eyes were full of murderous intent in an instant: "What! How dare you curse the queen mother!" Zhibai just said that his seal was black, he just thought it was nonsense, but he actually talked about the queen's head On, that is intolerable!Although he was born in Tian's family, he was very rich and rich, but in that huge palace, he actually only had the empress as his relative.Zhibai dared to curse him for losing his mother when he was young, which made him more angry than cursing himself, "Ling Chi! Put him to death!"

When Zhibai yelled that sentence, two guards punched him in the stomach, bending him into a shrimp.Both of them broke into a cold sweat from the shock of these rebellious words, and when they heard Qi Jun's order, they hurriedly dragged them away.Zhibai knew that life and death were at stake at this moment, although he twitched in pain, he desperately pulled the grass on the ground and fell to his body, and shouted hoarsely: "Your Highness kills me today, and I will regret it in March!"

Qi Jun's face was livid, and he watched the two guards beat and kick Zhibai to prevent him from speaking, until Zhibai was beaten to the ground, and then he said coldly: "Regret? Sooner or later, you will have to do it for what you did today." Regret what you said." He waved his hand, "Save his life first, and after three months, he will be executed with three thousand knives for the crime of treason, as an example to others!" It is related to the empress, although he does not believe Zhibai's words, but the matter There is always a contingency, besides, let Zhibai see the queen safe and sound with his own eyes three months later, wouldn't it be more enjoyable to kill him publicly at that time?It is also just to warn against the ghosts and ghosts that some people may have.

The two guards naturally obeyed and dragged Zhibai up again.Zhibai was beaten so badly that his nose was bruised and his face was swollen, even his own mother would not be able to recognize him in front of him now. He barely opened his swollen eyes, and silently dragged his heels up to the two guards.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came to the southwest, and the place shook.Officials and common people mobilized together to meet the prince's guard of honor all the way. However, the prince refused to meet him on the grounds that he was not acclimatized, sick, and inconvenient to lie down. It was not until a small county near the mountains in the southwest that the prince was safe. After resting for a long time, Li revealed his true face.

The local magistrate was so happy that he floated into the clouds for a long time, and his feet were soft when he walked, which confused the magistrate's wife: "What is this happy event?"

"Women, what do you know!" The county magistrate grinned to the ear, "There are so many adults along the way, and the crown prince has disappeared, but he came to be treated by me. His highness has recovered from his illness. I will meet the officials at the post station tonight. This blessing, how great is that!"

"I heard that His Royal Highness looks like a dragon and a phoenix, and has an extraordinary bearing?" Women always like to inquire about gossip, "I heard that the maids around you are all fairy-like?"

"It's true!" The magistrate was very sure, "Your Highness is not very old, but he is very dignified. The maids around him are not only outstanding in appearance, but also extremely capable, especially the close-fitting maid. That appearance, tsk tsk, can be found in the whole county. , Even if you go to Fucheng to look for it, you won't be able to pick it out!"

"Your Highness hasn't married the Crown Princess yet..." Madam Zhixian's thoughts drifted away to nowhere, "I heard that the lady who is close to you..."

"Don't talk nonsense!" The magistrate was still clear-headed, and quickly stopped his wife's nonsense, "Let me tell you, there is someone in His Highness's carriage."

"Who?"

"Then who knows! The horse feeder at the post station said it. All he knew was that he got off the carriage and went into the house. He didn't even show his face, and he only saw a shadow."

"Could it be the concubine you brought with you?"

The county magistrate coughed, "It's a man."

"Ah?" The magistrate's wife also knew that there are some customs of men dating in the southwestern coast, so she suddenly lost her mind, "Could it be..."

"Don't say it, don't say it." The county magistrate put on a serious air, "You know it, don't say it, don't look at it, don't say it, otherwise, my luck will turn dead Already!"

The magistrate's wife repeatedly promised that she would keep her mouth shut, but until she fell asleep at night, she was still wondering: what kind of person would the Crown Prince take with him in the chariot?It must be a fairy-like figure...

At this very moment, the fairy figure in the eyes of Mrs. Zhixian is sitting on the bed in the post station in a daze.The bruise on Zhibai's face just subsided a little, allowing him to open his eyes wide.Now he looked rather like a pig's head, although it was a handsome pig's head, but—it was just a pig's head.

The thin board door of the inn was pushed open with a creak, and a woman in a pink and blue palace dress walked in silently. When she saw that Zhibai was sitting on the bed, her expression changed immediately: "You are so brave, how dare you take possession of me?" His Highness's bed! Come down, come down!"

Zhibai was startled by her, and quickly jumped off the bed.He recognized that this was Qi Jun's personal palace lady Wenxiu, who came here with the prince's guard of honor.It was only after seeing the crown prince's guard of honor that Zhibai really realized that Qi Jun was the prince of a country.

Wenxiu hurried over to tidy up the quilt on the bed again, not idle in her mouth: "It was finally cleaned up, and it was wrinkled again..." The beds in the post station are all thin wood boards. It is impossible to sleep on people at all. This bed is the dowry donated by Zhang Dahu, the wealthiest family in the county. It barely caught Wenxiu's eyes.As for the quilts on the bed, they were all brought out from the palace, so of course no one should touch them.

Zhibai stood on the ground, staring blankly at Wenxiu flattening the soft satin sheet with moon-white woven sapphire blue and auspicious clouds pattern on the bed, touching his nose, but touched the unfaded bruise on his cheek, and gasped in pain, I had to sit down on the footrest beside the bed.This footrest is an accessory of the bed. It is long and wide enough for a person to curl up and sleep on it.As soon as he sat down, Wenxiu came to chase him away: "Go away, this is not where you sit."

The corners of Zhibai’s mouth twitched, he looked around the room subconsciously, and asked, “Then where am I sitting?” The bed in the post station was broken, and the tables and chairs were of course even more broken, but the guards of honor for traveling can’t even carry the tables and chairs, so now There was really nothing in the room except a bed.Zhang Dahu's daughter-in-law's natal family only prepared such a bed, and the other tables and chairs were all made of ash, which Wenxiu really couldn't tolerate.

Zhibai had iron shackles on his right ankle, and a thin iron chain locked him to the head of the bed. The iron chain was not long enough for him to leave the bed for two steps.Not to mention that there are no tables and chairs in the room, even if there are tables and chairs, he can't reach them.Wenxiu glanced at him in disgust: "Sit on the floor! Where else do you want to sit? Stealing Star Iron, His Highness is kind enough not to behead you right away." In fact, according to her thinking, even this room is not allowed to know. It's just that Qi Jun didn't want outsiders to know Zhibai's origin, and he was afraid that Zhibai would run away, so he had to lock him in this room.

Zhibai had no choice but to sit on the ground leaning against the head of the bed, watching Wenxiu take out a thin mattress and spread it on the footrest, then put the quilt and pillows on, and put out a delicate silver-inlaid turquoise aromatherapy diffuser on the ground, and put it on the floor. A handful of powder was put in it, and a faint fragrance rose in the room immediately, making people feel peaceful.

As soon as Wenxiu finished all this, Qi Jun pushed the door open and walked in with a tired look on his face.Wenxiu hurriedly went up to undress him, and said softly, "I have asked the kitchen to boil hot water. Your Highness should take a bath first before resting?"

Qi Jun responded casually, and two small men brought hot water and put it in the clean room next to it.Wenxiu's words were full of heartache: "This is a remote village, and I really can't find a clean bathtub. Your Highness will just wipe off your body, and when you go back to Fucheng, you can rest and recuperate—"

Qi Jun himself waved his hand indifferently: "When you are away from home, you can't pay attention to everything. There is no need to go to Fucheng. Xingtie has already arrived. It is appropriate to return to the capital earlier." Take a look at it.I have to say that Zhibai's words about him "lost his mother at a young age" still had some influence on his heart. Although he said that Zhibai would be executed in three months, he still wanted to rush back to the capital as soon as possible to see the empress. Don't worry about being safe.

Wenxiu agreed, waited for Qi Jun to wash it with hot water, changed into a clean shirt, and brought a bowl of soup: "Your Highness used wine today, and the slave girl saw that the wine was a bit strong, so I still use a bowl. Soup to soothe the hangover."

Qi Jun took it and drank it down: "Okay, you don't have to be so particular about it outside, let's rest." Seeing Zhibai in a blink of an eye, he pointed casually, "Lock him to the window lattice!"

Fortunately, it was in the southwest, and even though it was already August, the night was still not cold.Zhibai sat under the window, looking at Qi Jun's face by the moonlight.Qi Jun's appearance is actually very good, especially the two eyebrows that fly like swords, even when he is asleep, they are sharp.It's just that this court respects water virtues, and they all regard peace and gentleness as their beauty, and they prefer gentle men with red lips and white faces like crown jade. They don't like Qi Jun who shows his sharpness.

But what Zhibai depends on is not Qi Jun's appearance.He stared at Qi Jun's eyebrows for a long time, and then pinched his ten fingers back and forth for a long time, and a distressed and puzzled expression appeared on his face.Qi Jun had been tired for many days, and his body had not healed from injuries, so he slept soundly even though he was in the post station.But Wenxiu couldn't do it. A court lady who guards the night for her master can't sleep soundly. She needs to know what's going on with her master. Besides, she's used to living in the Eastern Palace. A place like an inn is just dirty. How can she sleep well?While half dreaming and half awake, it seemed as if someone mumbled vaguely: "...This, this body doesn't have dragon aura, how can it look like a son of a dragon and a grandson of a phoenix..."

A word of dragon made Wenxiu's heart tighten even in his dream, and he subconsciously opened his eyes to look around, but there was no one else in the room, only the pig's head was curled up under the window, and he couldn't see clearly in the dim light. Already asleep.Wenxiu looked around the room for a long while, then closed her eyes and became dazed again.

According to Qi Jun's original intention, he set off for the capital early the next morning, so before dawn, Zhibai was tied up like a pig by two guards and thrown into the carriage.But Qi Jun couldn't leave immediately, because officials from nearby states and counties rushed over one after another, and one of them reported a "great news".

"Shengxian Valley?" Wenxiu had been waiting anxiously in the chariot, and when Qi Jun got into the chariot, he thought he would be able to leave immediately, but he didn't want to hear such a sentence, and suddenly opened his eyes in surprise, "This , This, is what Huishui County said true? You can't speak nonsense about the gods. "

The corners of Qi Jun's mouth curled slightly, and he pulled out a disdainful smile: "False words? The auspicious stars and iron descended from the sky, the father is just happy. If Huishui County can also offer auspiciousness, the father is so happy, how can the reward still be rewarded?" Can't you be stingy?"

Wenxiu was even more shocked: "Your Highness is saying that Huishui County is pretending to offer auspicious auspiciousness? This is a crime of deceiving the emperor and will be beheaded!"

Qi Jun sneered: "The crime of deceiving the emperor? Could it be that the stars falling from the sky are really auspicious?"

This is the first time that Qi Jun has so clearly questioned that Zhen Mingzi is deceiving Emperor Jing'an.It has been a long time since Emperor Jing'an has been fond of the art of golden elixir, but Qi Jun's advice has always been that the family and the world still need Emperor Jing'an to preside over it, and it is the spring and autumn period, so it is better to slow down the matter of rebirth, and it has never been positive The golden pill that denounces Ma Mingzi can't make people ascend to immortality at all.Although the East Palace is where the crown prince lives, there are also eyeliners from other palaces, so Qi Jun is very cautious in his words even in his own palace, but at this time outside the capital, only his confidants in the chariot are telling the truth .

Wenxiu didn't dare to answer, and lowered her head.With a sneer on the corner of Qi Jun's lips, he continued: "If you offer auspiciousness at this time, the emperor will probably be full of joy, and you will be promoted and rich at your fingertips. If it doesn't work out—people die for money, birds die for food, there is a [-]% to [-]% chance of winning , why doesn't he fight?"

Wenxiu murmured: "Then, does His Highness want to report to His Majesty?"

Qi Jun's smile was even colder: "Ascension to immortality in the daytime, even the national teachers dare not speak in vain. Now that there is an immortal valley in our prosperous dynasty, isn't this more auspicious than Xingtie? Such a big event Well, I'm going to take a look, if it's true, Huishui County is auspicious, it means that he governs the county well and has great virtues. If it's not true—" He raised his eyebrows slightly, the meaning is self-evident.

Wenxiu kept silent like a cicada.Qi Jun was silent for a moment, glanced at the table in front of the chariot, which was placed in a sandalwood box and wrapped in layers of bright yellow satin, and squeezed out a few words from between his teeth: "Pretending to be a ghost, deceiving the world, what? Xiangrui!"

Zhibai raised his head from a corner of the chariot, his lips moved slightly as if he wanted to speak, but he swallowed it again.Qi Jun glanced at it, and couldn't help but sneered: "I forgot," he leaned forward slightly, and stretched out his hand to support Zhibai's chin, "There is another one here. How about it, the little Taoist can pinch and count." What? You might as well do the math, is this Valley of Immortals real or fake?"

Zhibai grinned at him: "This...there are many wonders in Kyushu, but Bairi Shengxian...should only be related to virtue, not the region, I'm afraid, I'm afraid..."

"Hahahaha!" Qi Jun laughed loudly, kicked Zhibai away, "I'm afraid, it's clearly a fake auspicious auspiciousness! You people are all liars!" Looking at Zhibai with good intentions, "In this way, I should take you with me this trip, and it just so happens that you can learn from others in the same way!"