Love Affairs in Chang’an Chapter 536: Three boats on foot

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In the early morning, the Zhongnan Mountain shrouded in the summer glow, clouds steamed and misty, butterflies danced and cranes, several Taoist temples bells melodiously, and Sanskrit chants in Buddhist temples.

Like a fairyland outside the sky.

Li Ke’s face is covered with messy curly hairs, he wears a star hole hat and a patch placket, and his lower body is a pair of white-washed blue cloth trousers. The trousers are rolled up to the knees, showing half of the stain. Dust covered calf.

At this moment, sitting in an ox cart, wearing a sweat towel, and holding a polished hatchet in his hand, looking from left to right is a woodcutter who is cutting wood in the morning.

Ahead, Zhao Chong also dressed in a similar fashion, holding a black-skinned buffalo pulling a cart and waving a hemp rope whip in his hand, while strolling freely, he also let go of his heavy voice and sang woodcut songs.

Li Ke sat on the bullock cart, looked at Zhao Chong a few times, and couldn't help shaking his head and laughing.

In the past few days after escaping from Anding County, he has been following Zhao Chong through the prefecture and counties, doing various disguise. Either pretending to be the master and servant of a business traveler, or pretending to be a fisherman, Li Ke even pretended to be a woman once, so it is hard to tell whether it is true or false.

As soon as he arrived in the pass, Zhao Chong took all these outfits in a mysterious manner. The two of them pretended to be the last woodcutter, and drove up the mountain in an ox cart.

Along the way, Zhao Chong went up to the mountains to sing and sing, what he pretended to be, and even the dialects of many places were imitated to be fake. He followed his father at the age of ten and began to walk the rivers and lakes. At the age of sixteen, he began to lead the green forest bandits of Jingxiang Waterway. It has been more than 20 years. His alertness, tact, insight, and various tricks made Li Ke amazed.

"Brother Zhao, it's a pity that you don't use talents like you." Li Ke smiled while sitting in the bullock cart.

"I said, Brother Li, what I'm doing now, isn't it just a big thing? Haha!" Zhao Chong laughed loudly, his majestic voice startled the birds in the forest.

Li Ke saw that the mountains were secluded and there were no one on the left and right, so he asked in a low voice, "Why are we going to Zhongnan Mountain?"

"Don't ask too much, you'll know later." Zhao Chong turned around alertly and threw a sentence, continuing to sing his folk song.

Li Ke stopped talking, sitting in the bullock cart and following Zhao Chong all the way.

On this journey, Zhao Chong did not answer any questions from Li Ke. Only repeat one point-"Don't worry, I will definitely not harm you."

Li Ke thought, if he harmed me, I would already be a dead body. As long as this life was picked up, just believe him!

So, the two disguised themselves and sneaked in hiding, all the way from Jingzhou and stability to the Zhongnan Mountain which is only one step away from Chang'an.

Looking up and looking into the distance, you can vaguely see a statue of a demon **** the top of Zhongnan Mountain. Li Ke couldn't help but think of Qin Mubai, and secretly said: Along the way, I have occasionally heard rumors from the market that Qin Mubai in Guanxi wants to be rebellious...I don't believe this kind of thing anyway. However, if such rumors spread to the court, what should be done?

Zhao Chong actually split two loads of firewood on the mountain and put it on the ox cart, then turned back halfway up the mountain, walked through the dense forest, and walked on a rugged mountain trail.

After walking for about an hour, the ox cart finally stopped in front of an extremely deserted and dilapidated Taoist temple. Zhao Chong stepped forward and patted the door. After a while, a small road boy came out. When he met Zhao Chong, he checked the leader, "Old Zhao has sent Chai He again, please come in."

"Here." Zhao Chong turned his head and smiled at Li Ke, "Be diligent, bring the ox cart in, unload the firewood and receive the reward."

"Okay, Brother Zhao." Li Ke smiled and jumped out of the bullock cart, and led the bullock cart with Zhao Chong into the Taoist temple until the backyard firewood room.

"His Royal Highness, when you are here, you are finally safe." Zhao Chong brushed the dust off his body and bowed to Li Ke, "Please follow me."

"Okay." Li Ke nodded, secretly expecting in his heart: finally it's time to solve many mysteries!

Zhao Chong led Li Ke, walked a few steps through the Taoist temple, and entered a secluded single room. The furnishings in the room are quite simple, with a few futons, one bed, one table, one niche, and a table with tea, nothing more.

"It's a hard journey. Your Royal Highness will rest here for two days." Zhao Chong said.

Li Ke looked around, there were no other people, and there was no obvious discovery. So he wondered: "Are you not going to tell me something? Or let me see someone?"

Zhao Chong smiled, "Don't worry, you will know if you should know; people who should see you will come to see you sooner or later. Why should your Highness be anxious after getting out of trouble?"

"That's fine." Li Ke didn't say much, and sat down on the couch calmly, "I'm really tired. I'll sleep until I'm full."

"His Royal Highness rests. Zhao will come out to do something and come back soon. Three meals a day are served by Taoist children." Zhao Chong said, "Don't walk around or leave Taoist temples, remember."

"Don't worry."

Zhao Chong left. Li Ke lay on the bed with his head rested on his arms, looking at the old gray roof, feeling sad, thinking: I don’t know how Yin Yang is doing? And those guards and soldiers, most of them have lost their lives. As expected, the news has already reached Chang'an. Now I am born without seeing a person or a corpse, what should my father and mother be like? What kind of chaos is going on above the court?

Li Ke, now I really want to enter Chang'an City, at least it can relieve my parents. However, if you can't bear it, you will be chaotic. Now he knows very little about the outside world, and he is in danger, so let's listen to Zhao Chong's arrangements!

The next evening, Zhao Chong just came back, still dressed as a woodcutter.

As soon as Zhao Chong entered the house, Li Ke asked him: "How is the situation in Chang'an?"

"Chang'an?" Zhao Chong smiled and sat down, poured tea to drink, and said, "I didn't go to Chang'an."

"Where did you go?"

"Go to see my master and report your death." Zhao Chong smiled slyly.

"What?" Li Ke was taken aback.

"Your Majesty, think about it, I was ordered to intercept you, don't I need to give the master an explanation now?" Zhao Chong smiled.

"Then your master... ever believed it?"

"You must believe if you believe; you must believe if you don't." Zhao Chong played with the teacup.

"I'm curious..."

"I just want to know, who is my master?"

"Not bad."

Zhao Chong got up and walked to sit down at the opposite table where Li Ke was sitting, "This is a long story. Zhao, there is more than one owner."

"How many are there?"

"Not too much, just three or four!"

"..." Li Ke was speechless.

"Haha!" Zhao Chong laughed and said, "It is often said that good birds choose woods and virtuous officials to choose their masters. Although Zhao is not a good person, he understands this truth. Therefore, although I have many masters, But there is only one worthy of Zhao's allegiance."

Li Ke's eyes narrowed slightly, "You don't mean to say, that person... is my father, right?"

"Tsk! Why is your Highness smart?" Zhao Chong smiled and nodded, "Yes. One of my masters is your father, the current sage. However, I have always been I have only seen two sides of him. After all, one is a death row prisoner who should have been executed long ago, and the other is a true dragon emperor. It is inconvenient whether I want to see him or he wants to see me."

"What about your other master?" Li Ke asked, "Can you tell me?"

"Yes!" Zhao Chong smiled indifferently, and said cheerfully, "Sooner or later, he wants to let His Royal Highness know the truth. It doesn't matter whether it is a moment or a moment. But before telling you these things, Zhao has one Request."

"Please speak."

"If he succeeds in his Highness, Zhao doesn't ask you to know his favor, but please let Zhao a free life path." Zhao Chong said.

Li Ke frowned and nodded: "I promise you."

"His Royal Highness is refreshing." Zhao Chong smiled, "Anyone who can become a confidant and friend of Qin Mubai should also be trustworthy. So good, now Zhao knows everything is endless. Your Highness, please ask. Come on!"

Li Ke took a deep breath and said, "I want to know, who sent you to intercept me?"

"Doctor Yushi, Wei Ting." Zhao Chong said, "He is one of my masters. He is also my direct savior."

"Wei Ting? Wei Xiaochen?...There should be a connection between the two?" Li Ke was taken aback and said, "If I remember correctly, Wei Ting is still Qi Wang Liyou He was implicated and dismissed from office when Li You rebelled. Later, he served as his fourth brother Wei Wang. With the help of Wei Wang, he returned to the court and took charge of the Yushitai. Maybe he was not the one who blocked the Yushi doctor. I saved you when I was there?"

"Not bad."

"But at that time, the water ghost case had already passed for a long time, and Li You had rebelled! Time is wrong!"

Zhao Chong smiled, "His Royal Highness is so careless. Forgot that the death row is only to be cut after the autumn? And the Xiangzhou water ghost case involved almost 60% of the officials in Jingxiang and Changan Wei The Du family is related. For such a big case, the court did not know how many people were active, but the intercession of intercession was obstructed. After more than three months of trial, the case was still not completely closed. That is to say, during this period, Zhao suddenly became A piece of sweet pastry. In addition to Dr. Wei Ting, who wants to save his nephew, there are many people who have ghosts to calculate Zhao, or to save Zhao's life, or to kill Zhao as soon as possible."

"Who are there?" Li Ke asked with a frown.

Zhao Chong said with a smile: "Zhao had already put life and death out of the picture. It doesn't matter if you die. But seeing so many people interested in Zhao, Zhao wanted to live a few more days. So, Zhao has served three masters successively, the first is Wei Ting. He is the Yushi doctor, and Zhao has been interrogated back and forth by Dali Temple and Yushitai and squatted in the prisons of both places. Wei Ting He said that he could save my life by using Jin Chan to escape the shell, but the premise is to let me conceal and retract some of Wei Shaochen’s criminal evidence, so as to reduce Wei Shaochen’s crime."

"Did you agree?"

"Not only to agree, but to do it truthfully." Zhao Chong laughed, "Because Zhao knew that no matter what Zhao did to argue, Wei Xiaochen and Du Chengyuan would definitely die. Because there is something bigger than Wei Ting Characters, they must die!"

"Who is it?"

"It's my second master, that is...your good fourth brother, Your Royal Highness." Zhao Chong smiled more and more meaningfully and said, "In the eyes of King Wei, Wei Xiaochen and Du Chengyuan are both They are very inconspicuous little characters. These two people are associated with Wei Ting and many ministers under his command. I don’t know how many people have spoken to the king of Wei, and I want these two to die as soon as possible. Wang Wei did not want to be involved in any way, so Wei and Du were bound to die. At the same time, Zhao was just a green forest bandit and didn't have a deep connection with officials. Therefore, Zhao's life and death were not so much concerned. But Wang Wei hopes that I can continue to live. What does your Highness know?"

Li Ke frowned. "I once heard Qin Mubai say that King Wei used to pull the cage one-armed and ride Zhang Tong secretly. The intention was to ask him to reveal some of Qin Mubai and me in Xiangzhou. ,'Unspeakable private evidence', we are to be falsely accused. This is purely out of nothing, and Zhang Tong is also very loyal. He refused and fled. Is it also the intention of King Wei to save you?"

"To be more specific, in addition to wanting me to expose your evidence, he also wants to know the secrets of Emperor Yang's tomb." Zhao Chong laughed again, "In fact, Xihe Caozhong is the tomb of Emperor Yang. I didn’t know it. But I took this to live my life."

"It turned out to be like this..." Li Ke nodded suddenly, "In this way, even if Wei Ting wants to break his promise and not save you, it won't interfere with King Wei's face and has to save it. Even if he wants to kill afterwards. If you stop talking, you dare not offend King Wei for this!"

"Yes." Zhao Chong said with a smile, "Wei Ting and Wei Wang, they both have ghosts, and Zhao Chong happened to deal with him, fetching feces between them to survive. In fact, all of this It’s a coincidence. If it weren’t for your father to come to inquire about the case, and tell me that you and Qin Mubai had discovered Emperor Yang’s mausoleum in the Xihe Channel and recovered the jade seal of the country, Zhao Chong would not have made this plan. When Wang Wei sent someone to secretly meet me, he just asked me to make a false accusation against you and Qin Mubai. At that time, Zhao Mounlai would not agree, and even if he agreed to do so, this false accusation would be impossible, because Zhao fundamentally I don’t know anything about you. But at the time I told King Wei that in fact, in addition to the royal jade seal, there was a secret treasure from the first dynasty in Emperor Yang’s mausoleum. In addition to the wealth of gold and silver from the enemy’s country, the treasure was handed down from generation to generation Emperor Dragon Qi! And these are things you and Qin Mubai didn’t find and couldn’t find. Only Zhao knew about it!—In this way, Zhao survived. Under the secret order of King Wei, the green forest hero was recruited specifically to find this. It’s been three years since it was a treasure."

"The fourth child, his mind is so wrong! Even if he has the emperor's dragon spirit, it shouldn't belong to him!" Li Ke hammered a fist on the table with a little annoyance.

"I also know that King Wei is not a good person. So, I soon betrayed him." Zhao Chong laughed very playfully, and said, "Just before the beginning of the autumn, the Emperor personally came forward as usual. When I came to inspect the prisoner, I saw him for the second time. In fact, when your Majesty met me for the first time, I realized that he intended to forgive me. The reason, I think, was probably because I indirectly helped him find the Jade Seal of the Chuan Kingdom, he Long Xin even liked the house and Wu. But at the time he was unable to open that mouth due to the justice of the law. This time he came to patrol the prisoners, and Zhao knew that it was my last chance to survive. I would like Wei Ting and Wei Wang. The matter is unreserved for your Majesty and tells the truth... The result of the matter should be able to be thought of by your Majesty."

"After the incident, the emperor father took the scheming and let Wei Ting take Jin Chan out of the shell and saved your life?" Li Ke was surprised, "From then on, you have become the ambush of the emperor. Wei Ting and Wei Wang’s eyeliner?"

"Your Majesty, but really wise!" Zhao Chong laughed, "Yes. On weekdays, Zhao is an eagle dog claw raised by Wei Ting; secretly, Zhao recruits the green forest hero to help King Wei find the treasure, and occasionally Do some intimidation, kidnapping, murder and killing. In fact, Zhao is the confidant of His Majesty, lurking beside Wei Ting and King Wei. When it is critical, he will fight back—just like today. The matter, Zhao Chong saves King Wu!"

"It turned out to be like this..." Li Ke took a long breath, and finally realized it. Suddenly he was surprised: "Then what you saved me, did you tell my father beforehand?"

"No." Zhao Chong shook his head, "First, the incident was suddenly too late to return. Second, the emperor said that he would never see me again, and just ask me to help him secretly. If there is no shocking event or His will, I shall not reveal my identity."

"Then my father and mother really don't know, don't you worry anxiously?" Li Ke frowned, his face full of gloom.

"His Royal Highness doesn't want to ask, who sent me to kill you?" Zhao Chong said.

"Aren't they Wei Ting and Wei Wang?" Li Ke was a little puzzled.

"Heh--" Zhao Chong smiled awkwardly, "If I say it, you won't believe it. In fact, it is Wei Ting who wants to kill you; but it is King Wei who wants to save you!"