Love Like The Galaxy.

Chapter 138

The Changqiu Palace is like a crystal fortress deeply embedded in the reefs on the seabed. Seeing that Shaoshang was tired and scarred, the queen really didn't ask anything, just called the doctor in an orderly manner and asked Zhai to arrange bathing and changing.

Re-wrapping the shoulders and back injuries, Shao Shang lay down without eating anything, his body and consciousness seemed to be immersed in deep water with a suitable temperature, and the blurry scene flashed in dizzying light flickering in his mind. Shao Shang felt as if he had dreamed about something very important, but it seemed like nothing had happened.

By the time she woke up again, it was already mid-afternoon.

The queen still didn't ask any questions, but was concerned about her diet and forced her to use more porridge and soup.

Shaoshang took a bite without appetite, looked at the queen, lowered his head, and took another bite.

The queen's heart was clear and she said softly: "Don't worry, Zisheng has already been lifted up, injuries are unavoidable, but they are not critical, they can be taken care of. It's you who lost weight in just a few days. It's better to be plump, otherwise how to have children, you and Zisheng in the future..."

Shao Shang suddenly raised his head, tears in his eyes, his expression was absolutely incomparable.

The Queen was startled, if she knew anything: "You, you and Zisheng..."

Looking at the Queen's loving face, Shao Shang felt ashamed: "Madame, his private transfer of the army has really hurt His Royal Highness! To defend him before His Majesty..." The

Queen waved her hand slowly, not letting her continue: "I have tasted the taste of being at the mercy of others since I was a child-if you are docile and tolerant, you have to be docile and tolerant, and let you marry If you give it to a married man, you have to marry a married man. No one ever asked me if I would like it or not. Their men do things outside, and it is up to the women to control them. Young businessman, how could I not know your pain. "

Shaoshang's eyes were wet, and he silently lowered his head to drink porridge.

"There's something you don't know yet." The Queen said, "Last night... oh, it was actually dark this morning. The third prince forcibly broke into the courtyard of the Ruyang Prince's Mansion and arrested Chunyu's mother and son for questioning. The old princess was angry. It's amazing, I'm screaming to sue the imperial court..."

Shao Shang sighed.

"...But it didn't work. Two hours later, the third prince found the iron proof that Ling Yi had cooperated with the enemy and treason 16 years ago." The queen added the second half of the sentence.

"So fast!" Shao Shang almost dropped the spoon - she thought that coercion would take at least ten days and a half months.

"Has the Third Highness used a severe punishment?" This was her first reaction.

The Empress smiled: "I never used torture." The

young merchant's admiration came spontaneously: "Wow, I really didn't see that His Highness was so eloquent."

"The third child didn't talk nonsense with the Chunyu Clan." The Empress smiled slightly.

Although the third prince was impatient, he was not careless. On the contrary, he was keen and perceptive. When Shaoshang pointed him in the direction of Chunyu, he took action like an arrow.

First, he suddenly asked Chunyu if he had evidence of Ling Yi's crime. The sudden change in Chunyu's face gave the third prince a little more confidence. After he left Chunyu to his confidants for a slow trial, he himself began to search for evidence.

The clueless search for evidence seems to be looking for a needle in a haystack, but in fact there are traces. Chunyu's mouth was strict, but her servants were not necessarily.

In just an hour, Chunyu's behavior and behavior revealed clues - except for the sensational divorce case many years ago, Chunyu was just an ordinary high-class woman in every aspect. Ling Yi has neither given her a lot of money nor allocated her many people to call on, so it is impossible for her to extend her hands and feet like Madam Xiao, extending in all directions.

Although there are a few women who are close friends, but because of the cold background and the relationship between the Hof people, Chunyu and them are not very close; for more than ten years, only the old princess Ruyang is really close to the Chunyu family.

At this time, the third prince made a final decision - without her family, without her own power, where would such a woman with little to rely on hide her life-saving secrets? Must be within reach! But they can't hide in Ling's house, because Ling Yi is meticulous and will be found sooner or later.

So everyone turned their attention to the old princess who was going to meet Chunyu ten times a month. However, the Ruyang Palace already occupies a huge area, plus other courtyards, manors, and Taoist temples, it takes almost two months to carefully check all of them.

"Then why did you find it so quickly?" Shao Shang was puzzled and curious, "Where did you find it?" The

Queen said, "It's in a statue of Nuwa in the old princess' room."

Just as everyone was at a loss, they were still It is the third prince who has insight into people's hearts.

Although the Ruyang Palace has a vast mansion, the Chunyu clan could not block it anywhere. What if it was lost by the servants of the palace. Therefore, the evidence must have a clear path in front of the old princess, and it can't just be an ordinary flattering gift. What if the old princess didn't take it seriously and turned her head and gave it to someone else

? Among the mountains of gifts in the palace, the third prince noticed the statue of Nuwa.

First of all, when the old princess was seriously ill more than ten years ago, Mr. Chunyu did not know which shrine to invite to pray for the princess; secondly, after the old princess recovered, she regarded the statue of Nuwa as a god and burned incense every day. The

three princes, regardless of the heart-breaking struggles and cries of the old princess, took the one -footed one by one foot. The tall pottery statue of Nuwa slammed to the ground—there was actually a thick scroll of silk letters inside, which was the iron proof that Ling Yi was in contact with the enemy and bandits!

"Fortunately, I found evidence. If the statue is empty, the old concubine still doesn't work hard with His Royal Highness!" Shao Shang was stunned.

But the queen said: "How can there be a 100% sure thing in the world, a man is established in the world, whether it is marching an army or scheming people's hearts, if you don't dare to take risks at all, you will be timid and ridiculed."

Shao Shang heard the queen's intentions. He pointed and looked up at her: "Niangniang, Lord Zisheng is not loyal to the prince. Have you noticed it long ago?"

The queen looked at the void and said lightly: "I can't say I noticed it, but I have seen it a lot - the so-called phoenix must live in the sycamore tree, Zisheng is the phoenix, but the prince is not the sycamore tree. The second child, let alone the third one, is the "..."

Shao Shang felt sad in his heart, so he told the story of Dongbai Cemetery, and said, "Actually, Lord Zisheng and the third prince got acquainted earlier, so he is loyal to His Royal Highness..."

"So that's how it is." Falling into memory, "I was a little suspicious at the time. If I accidentally fell into the water, why would Zisheng only have a small coat on? The prince said that it might be Zisheng who was young and playful and went into the water by himself. But I know that Zisheng is young and mature, and it will not be useless. In danger, even if you don't know the water and you have to go into the water, you will have people watching, or tie a rope to your body... Alas, this is the case with the Crown Prince, in terms of insight into people's hearts, and decisiveness in situations, he is far from the third child.

" Shang said in a low voice, "Don't talk about the prince like that, the prince is kind and kind, but..."

"As a prince, what you need most is not kindness and kindness, but clear rewards and punishments." The queen said decisively, "What is the way of a prince and a minister. That is, the ministers go through fire and water for the king, giving up their lives and forgetting death; the king's trust is the most important thing, and he protects and rewards them."

"These two days, the third child ran around without any suspicion, went to court officials, judged military soldiers, broke into the palace, and forced uncles. He even spoke on behalf of Zicheng in front of the royal family, and I don't know how much gossip he caused, saying that the third child and Zisheng had colluded long ago... But I know that in the eyes of those who care, such a gentleman is a good gentleman. Go on. If it were me, I would also risk my life for a lord like the third child."

"Just like in the Qian'an Palace back then, my uncle and horses were far more prestigious than His Majesty, but in the hearts of many ministers, His Majesty is the one worthy of serving. If not, when my uncle is plotting bad things later, half of the strategists and generals will not be willing to follow."

Shao Shang felt even more sad when he knew that what the queen said was the truth.

The cold weather in early spring had not yet passed, and the sun had set early, so I only said these few words, and it was pitch black again. At this time, Cen Anzhi suddenly came to spread a message in person, saying that the emperor let the empress pass.

Seeing the doubts on the young merchant's face, the queen said, "I told Your Majesty that when Zisheng wakes up, let me go. You can go too."

Shao Shang didn't want to go, he hesitated: "Lord Ling..."

"His surname is Huo now. His Majesty originally wanted him to change his real name to Wushang, but Zisheng insisted - to console the deceased Huo people, And the poor boy who died for him." The Queen said.

Shao Shang was disappointed for a while - Ah Li stole Ah Xie's name, Ah Xie escaped death because of this, and continued to live in this world under Ah Li's name. She calmed down and said softly, "Isn't His Royal Highness going to go?" The

Queen said, "I told him to stay in the East Palace for a few days and not come out, and don't interfere with anything... Well, he can't get involved either."

Shaoshang Sui Empress Sitting in the phoenix, the dark palace alley was full of lights and shadows. She felt like she was in a dream, and this scene was as bizarre as she imagined. Tonight's palace seems to be extraordinarily solemn and quiet, with the palace maids and eunuchs moving back and forth silently, without expressions or voices.

The emperor's bedroom was filled with a strong medicinal scent, and there was a large group of doctors in the outer hall, waiting to be summoned at any time.

The queen did not enter through the gate of the main hall, but was led by a small yellow door to take a detour from the side hall. After walking for about half a quarter of an hour, they came to a delicate and quiet inner room with a thick floor covering the ground. The fleece blanket is silent.

A huge floor-to-ceiling curtain hangs on the front of this inner room, with layers of heavy brocade, embroidered with intricate and intricate patterns of beasts, separating the inside and the outside.

The queen sat on a harness on the side of the brocade curtain, and beckoned to Shao Shang. Shao Shang sat there and followed the queen's fingers to see that there was just a gap between the densely hanging brocade curtains, allowing the They saw what was going on outside.

Shao Shang stared from the gap, and there were two people sitting in the middle of the room, one was the third prince, the other was... She was dizzy and could hardly sit still. Empress Shicai said that she lost a lot of weight. She had never looked in the mirror, so she didn't know what it meant to be thin. Now she knows.

The third prince was talking, and Huo Budo listened slightly sideways.

He was wearing a white silk satin jacket, a thick jet-black velvet robe draped over his shoulders, a jade-like chest that was loosely exposed at the neck, covered with blood-penetrating bandages, and a long hair like a crow's feather. He was tied with a pure white suet hairpin with no lines, and his thin and pale face lined his temples with a cold and serene blue color.

"...Ji Zun found more than a dozen doctors to compare the handwriting. That guy Ling Yi is not a scholar, and he can't write several kinds of handwriting. It is very easy to compare the handwriting - that is, Ling Yi's handwriting is correct!" The third prince With disdain, "Those who are blind and blind have nothing to say now. Hmph, they were the ones who patted their chests to guarantee Ling Yi, and now they are the ones who hide away!"

"Your Highness, please say a few words." Huo Budo said softly, his voice hoarse.

"Last night, Father Huang clearly confirmed Zisheng's identity, but those bastards are still chattering, talking about 'a huge city, how can Ling Yi only have a few people, how to destroy the city and destroy the family'. Nonsense, the so-called embankment of a thousand miles Destroyed in one fell swoop, with intentional calculations and no intentions, there are ways!" The third prince sneered.

The emperor also seemed to have aged several years overnight, with a sad expression: "Ah, did your father say anything before he died? ... Did he die immediately? You, please talk about it carefully."

Huo Budo's heart was early . The pain was numb, and the scene of his father who was as tall as a mountain suddenly collapsed in front of his eyes. In just a short moment, his childhood when his father and mother loved siblings was over.

"At that time, we had been besieged for a long time, and the city was short of everything, not enough for food and cold. Fortunately, it was backed by Xunyang Mountain, and the water source in the city was still there. At noon that day, Ali took two Xingzi came to show off and said that he wanted to change my clothes and go out to play, because my aunt kept him locked up - I hadn't eaten fresh fruit for a long time, so I agreed to him." Huo Budo's voice became lower and lower.

The emperor felt a pain in his chest.

The Huo family in Fengxian County was originally a rich family. No matter what natural and man-made disasters happened outside, the Huo family was ever in short supply. Huo Chong's youngest son was greedy for apricots, which shows how difficult it was to besiege the city at that time!

In a trance, the emperor remembered what Huo Chong asked himself before leaving.

"Your Majesty is going to meet the Canghu Army, how long does it take for the ministers to block the barbarian thieves behind ?

"

The hero of the green forest who was forced to rebel, and several leaders could not convince the public, the minister thought that His Majesty should not brute force to destroy, but to fight and eliminate, and secretly win over—if the 300,000 brave and skilled Canghu Army can be taken as For your own use, Your Majesty can complete the foundation of the world!"

"...Then it will take half a year less."

"The minister will guard it for half a year!"

——The emperor clutched his painful chest, his eyes filled with tears, and he wished that he could not pass the time. In reverse, I would rather pacify the world for twenty years than lose my righteous brother.

Huo Budo continued: "Ali and I are very similar. He wore my clothes and went to the martial arts field to play. I ate one apricot, thinking that my mother said that my father also likes to eat apricots, and the second one I didn't eat it. I sneaked into my father's study and put the apricots on his table, but as soon as I put them away, I heard someone's voice outside. I panicked and got into the dark cabinet behind the bookshelf.

" It was Grandfather and Ling Yi. After listening to them, I realized that Grandfather was injured on the top of the city the day before yesterday. Grandfather said it was a minor injury, but in fact the injury was not serious. Father didn't say anything, he just let Uncle Li cover him up secretly, but Ling Yi actually saw it. Ling Yi was a little skilled in medicine, and volunteered to heal my father's injuries."

"My father was very impatient with Ling Yi and called him. He hurriedly took people to the top of the city, don't hide behind all the time, Ling Yi complied. I watched him stand behind my father's back, stitching up his father's wounds..." He showed a painful expression on his face. , "Then Ling Yi flashed from his sleeve, and a dagger slipped out - he cut his father's throat with one knife, and his father couldn't shout, so he could only look at Ling Yi with his throat covered, and then fell into a pool of blood." The

emperor With a cry of grief, she covered her face and cried.

"Ling Yi didn't go out immediately after he succeeded. He rummaged in his father's study for a while, then cut off his father's head, hid it in his arms and slipped away. Before leaving, he set a fire in the study. I hid in the dark pavilion, I thought I was going to be burned to death. Fortunately, it was rainy and humid in those days, and Ling Yi didn't carry any kerosene, so only half of the study room was burned."

"The dark pavilion is made of blue bricks, and there are others extending to the back. The air vent, but I was still stunned by the smoke, and when I woke up, it was already dark outside, and there were fights and corpses everywhere." Huo Budo remembered that night of nightmares -

corpses and blood all over the floor, The disheveled maid and the mutilated servant, why was the beautiful maid who would embroider on his clothes cut off her limbs and naked? Why did the little guard who was thinking about going to the barracks all day lost half of his head, and his stomach blew out? To...his mother, three sisters, yes, and two brothers, they are young heroes, and they will never be captured.

I don't know how long I ran away, when the little Ah Xie heard the sound of fighting from the other end. He turned around and saw Huo Junhua looking for his son everywhere under the protection of a group of guards. Where are you...'

At this moment, Huo Junhua saw his nephew who was wearing Ali's clothes, and he also saw his aunt who was not very friendly. A guard shouted, "Madam, the young master has been found!" while resisting the enemy who was coming to

kill him He came up and hugged himself tightly, and then cried and laughed, "Ali, Amu finally found you, let's go, the city is broken"!

At that time, he stayed, even if the whole world admits him and Ah Li wrong, his aunt will never! He didn't know why, but he understood that he must not cry out at this time, so Huo Junhua took him away.

"Ling Yi, this dog thief, can't fight, but his conspiracy and tricks are brilliant." The third prince sneered, "I should tell those who blindly look at Ling Yi's silk letter and learn what it means to be 'out of sight'!"

To calculate a fortified city, how many people and how much authority do you need? In fact, many people think wrong, as long as no one is preventing you, it is enough to pour some poisonous juice at the key points.

——From the respective accounts of Huo Budo and the third prince, Shao Shang gradually restored the truth of the year.

Huo Chong originally only brought the army, but the city was just taken from the enemy, and his heart was unstable, so he could only bring the whole family, young and old, to the city to show his determination to live and die together. After two months of rectification, looking for detailed works, counting the population and food, and berating profiteers, everyone in the city admired Huo Chong's character skills.

As the half-yearly agreed period is about to expire, there has been no news of the reinforcements. The soldiers and horses in the city were exhausted, the soldiers were injured and sick, and more than half of the 200,000 barbarian armies outside the city had been damaged. At this time, both sides were red-eyed. Yi was moved.

There are four gates in that lonely city, and they are guarded by four generals under Huo Chong. One of Li's lieutenants happened to be injured and still not healed, so Huo Chong expressed his intention to let Ling Yi go to the top. After assassinating Huo Chong, Ling Yi took Huo Chong's talisman and went to take over the city gate, and the original guard gave up without any doubt.

At this time, Huo Jiading just put out the fire in the study and found a headless corpse. The corpse was burnt, the clothes and the body were difficult to identify, and the soldiers of the government decided not to think that their heroic hero was assassinated, so they went to ask Mrs. Huo Chong to be the master.

Just when everyone's attention in Huo's house was drawn to the study, Ling Yi opened the door to let the thieves go, and at the same time set fire to many places in the city, shouting 'Huo Chong abandoned the city and absconded'! The barbarian soldiers were several times larger than the army in the city, and after entering the city, they were like wolves entering the flock.

When the generals of the defending army gradually regained their composure and calmly formed a formation in the city to respond to the enemy, Ling Yi asked the barbarian soldiers to hang Huo Chong's head high, and the dragons were headless for a while, and the army's heart was lost. The barbarian armored soldiers drove straight in and slaughtered the Huo clan!

Huo Budo whispered: "My aunt took me to hide in Xunyang Mountain. When I escaped from the city, I saw my father's head stuck on the city wall, and there was Ali wearing my clothes. After seeing it, I cried a lot, and then told others that I was frightened, weak and sick, so I couldn't see people. When Ling Yi and General Wu were out to kill the enemy, she took me to take advantage of the chaos and escape.

" , Huo Junhua obviously noticed. She was really looking for her son, but she finally understood everything when she walked outside and saw the corpses in Huo's house. Under the 'protection' of the guards in the Ling residence, she recognized Ah Xie.

But these Ling Yi didn't know, he always hid in the dark, and only let down his heart when he saw the destruction of the Huo family.

It's just that he never expected that General Wu arrived after only half a day - at this time, the Barbarian Army was immersed in the pleasure of slaughter and looting, so Ling Yi got the news faster than the Barbarian Army.

Seeing the opportunity quickly, Ling Yi not only returned to Xunyang Mountain immediately, but also pretended to be timid and grieved to General Wu who had just arrived, and at the same time expressed the determination of the bloody thief. So he helped General Wu to close the three city gates and block most of the barbarian armies in the city...

Speaking of which, the third prince twitched the corners of his mouth, "Wu Cheng, the father knows, no one can kill Xingtou. I can't stop it. I usually kill too much and I'm afraid people will say that he slaughtered the city unjustly. This time, it is revenge, so he can open the slaughter. In short, the barbarian soldiers who entered the city, even those who abandoned their weapons and surrendered, were all killed. On this day, General Wu took advantage of the victory to pursue the barbarian soldiers outside the city, and won a great victory."

The matter of linking up with Ling Yi was a secret, and there were not many barbarian leaders who knew about it, and there was no time to make other arrangements. It was also Ling Yi's luck that General Wu killed anyone he saw, and after he killed the barbarian army's baggage tent on fire, no one could point out his guilt.

At this time, Ling Yi already knew that his wife and children had been separated from the army, and he was terrified. In order to avoid the emperor's anger, the Ling brothers made a plan overnight - not one of the Huo family died and the Ling family was unharmed.

So, while General Wu was still fighting in front of them, they pushed some of their 'own family' into the chaos, including the uncle's family who was attached to the Ling family, and the whole family of Ling Lao's second wife and family who came to seek refuge. Three's sworn brothers and the whole family...

In short, apart from the three brothers of the Ling family, the children who stayed in Xunyang Mountain, and the wife of the third son of Ling who was lucky enough to give birth in the countryside, the Ling family can be regarded as 'loyal and loyal'.

"Why didn't you come to me at that time!" The emperor slapped the table hard.

Huo Budo smiled miserably: "Your Majesty, if the minister was not only five or six years old at that time, he would definitely come to the imperial court." - If the little Ah Xie at that time had the resourcefulness and courage of Huo Budo now, he would naturally know that there was no need to talk nonsense. , to report directly.

But he is not.

He was only five or six years old at the time, terrified and helpless, and Huo Junhua was his only support.

Huo Junhua thought that neither the emperor nor General Wu would believe her words, and if Ling Yi insisted that Ah Xie was his son, the emperor would definitely ignore her vexatiousness. Once Ling Yi took back his son, wouldn't Ah Xie fall into the hands of a thief? If Ling Yi wanted to plot against Ah Xie, he would definitely be hard to guard against.

After Huo Buxuan entered the palace, he gradually realized that he and Huo Junhua had lost the best chance to appeal their grievances.

——His appearance has changed, and no one can prove whether he is Ah Xie or Ah Li; those 'confidants' who knew Ling Yi's collaborating with the enemy gradually 'disappeared' in two or three years.

He could only endure hard and secretly search for the evidence that Ling Yi had left out.

For sixteen years, Huo Budo and Ling Yi seemed to be competing. Huo Budo grew up desperately, increasing his power year by year so that he could investigate secretly, while Ling Yi contracted his minions, checked and filled the gaps year by year, and made up for all the mistakes of the year.

In the end, it was Huo Budoubt who actually lost.