Nine swords

Chapter 62, Update Update...

Except for the fact that the Lord Baiyun suffered many unknown night raids, the journey to the capital was really peaceful.There are no fools who don't have good eyesight to run out to rob the way at such a time, isn't that courting death?The mighty procession in the Nanwang Mansion, with gongs to open the way in front, guards holding knives, tall horses, fragrant cars and palanquins in the rear, all of them walked for more than a month before they finally arrived at the capital.

After they entered Beijing, they went all the way to the Forbidden Palace. They saw the majestic city gate and the solemn palace; when they were able to pay homage to His Majesty, they saw the gorgeous dragon robes and the high throne--there is such a difference between high and low, it is no wonder that countless people throughout the ages will He fought for that position and didn't want to look back.

But it's really strange to say that the royal family obviously puts the most emphasis on inheritance, and always wants to spread its branches and leaves, and it is best to have hundreds of sons and grandsons, and the blessings will last forever.But today's family's descendants are very thin, even if all the royal relatives of the direct line are gathered together, they still can't sit around a table.

Sure enough, the saying of being alone is really appropriate.

It is said that the first emperor finally had two brothers, namely Nanwang and Taipingwang.But the current emperor is an only seedling, and the emperor's two uncles only have one son each, namely the son of Prince Nan and the son of Prince Taiping.And the three cousins ​​have all passed the weak crown years, and only the "legendary" Nanwang Shizi who has been sick and listless has several bastards. Come out, this is really anxious to hurt many veterans.

The emperor has worked very hard these years, and many beauties have entered the harem, but there is no news, so he can't help but think more, and put his idea on his cousins.

On the emperor's birthday, the only two princes in the world: King Nan and King Taiping would naturally go to Beijing to celebrate.The prince of the Southern King has said that he is not ill for many years, but the emperor has never even seen his cousin face to face. Taking advantage of the occasion of his birthday, he made a special decree to meet Nan Wang's son.

As for Prince Taiping's son, there are those who go to Beijing to face saints every year.However, the face-faced person couldn't be Gong Jiu, because he left home as a young man and didn't return for many years, and his whereabouts were unknown, so King Taiping found someone to take his place temporarily.

The stand-in of Prince Taiping was ordinary and shy by nature. When facing the saint, he would even tremble with fright and hesitate to speak, so the emperor had no interest in being like such a weak chicken. My cousin spoke.In addition, although this "Prince Taiping" also has wives and concubines, it is obviously impossible for King Taiping to let this temporary prince of Taiping give birth to children, so he is even more useless, almost completely ignored.

So at the emperor's birthday banquet this year, the son of the Southern King became the focus of attention from the emperor to the officials.

But when people finally saw Prince Nan, there was only one feeling left, and that was—disappointment.

I'm so disappointed. Is such a sallow, haggard, ten-year-old man who looks older than the emperor the Prince of Nan?It seemed that he really had a chronic illness, and everyone could only vaguely see from the eyebrows and eyes of Nan Wangshizi that he and the emperor still had some similarities, after all, they were cousins ​​connected by blood.It's just that everyone couldn't help but sigh with emotion in their hearts: the blood of all the direct descendants of the royal family has withered to this point.

Of course, the emperor is actually very satisfied with such a son of the Southern Prince, because the emperor wants to adopt the son of the Southern Prince, so he has to be more careful, but when he sees the Southern Prince, all these precautions become elder brothers. The friendliness and care of the emperor - for those who are not threatening, the emperor will not be stingy in showing some "brothers and friends".

Because the banquet was about to start at this time, the emperor ordered all the imperial physicians to prepare properly, so that they could go and treat the prince of Nan Wang after the banquet was over.

Nan Wang and his son naturally thanked the Lord for his kindness tremblingly.In fact, this was the reason why the prince of Nan did not dare to enter Beijing before. If his real appearance, which was nine points similar to that of the emperor, was discovered, the prince of Nan would have to die.Changing his appearance is certainly a good idea, but as long as the imperial doctors give him a pulse, he will still reveal his secrets - because the son of the Southern Prince is not a master of martial arts, it is difficult to change his appearance too much in ordinary changing appearances, so he can only slightly modify his appearance, except for pretending to be sick There is no other way.However, if he pretended to be sick, he would not be able to block the blood and reverse the tendons, change the pulse condition, and it would be impossible for the Nanwang Palace to bribe all the imperial physicians, so as long as the son of the Nanwang went to Beijing, he would be exposed sooner or later.

Therefore, perhaps it was destiny that the son of Prince Nan could only go to Beijing once in his life, that is, he came to usurp the throne, so there was no question of whether he would be exposed or not.

After everyone sent gifts to congratulate the emperor on his birthday, they finally took their seats, and it was time for the banquet to begin.How could the emperor's birthday dinner not be rich and colorful?Of course, the ministers knew that the emperor liked to "have fun with the people", so within a short period of time, the atmosphere on the field became lively. In such a scene, singing and dancing are naturally indispensable.

The first to appear was a group of gorgeous beauties who sang auspicious songs and danced cheerfully and festively.However, few of the people present will watch this performance with their hearts. They are either flattering and flattering, or they are silent and thinking about things on their own, or they take the opportunity to chat with the people next to them in a low voice and make friends with dignitaries— — Not to mention the table with Nan Wang and his son. Although they were smiling and responding to the toasts and accusations from all walks of life, their palms were already sweating from nervousness.

After all, such a thing as rebellion and usurpation can only be experienced once in a lifetime, and it cannot be rehearsed in advance.

The Nanwang father and son were in a daze like this, and after a few programs, they heard the sharp voice of the chief servant coming from afar—the Gongsun family of the Nanwangfu performing arts...

The buzzing sound on the field seemed to be cut off suddenly by an invisible hand, and everything came to an abrupt end. Everyone's eyes were focused on the high platform, because at some point there stood a woman, a Very beautiful woman.

"I wish Your Majesty a blessing like the East China Sea, and a longer life than Nanshan." Qingyue's voice penetrated into the hearts, liver, spleen and lungs of everyone like a clear spring, and swept away the smoldering atmosphere at the banquet.

Under the melting moon, on the high platform, this woman is wearing colorful neon clothes, dazzling and eye-catching, but she is charming but not coquettish, gorgeous but not vulgar, it will only make people feel—as if only she can truly wear the gorgeous colorful neon clothes beauty of.

Even the emperor, who was used to seeing beauties, felt his eyes light up suddenly, and he suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and said in a slow voice: "There used to be a beautiful lady named Gongsun, who danced around with a sword..." At this point, the emperor changed his words , asked with a smile: "Your surname is also Gongsun, and the art you presented is also called sword dance. Is there any connection?"

The beauty smiled slightly, as if a hundred flowers were blooming, captivating people's minds, she saw her thin lips lightly parted, and said with a light smile: "In the past, the performers were the ancestors. "

The audience froze for a while, but the emperor laughed loudly and said, "Well said, the dancer has a strong character, and he is worthy of being Gongsun! From this point of view, I am lucky to watch this dance today, because since I became the throne, I have not dared to neglect one day. Is it a matter of state affairs?"

The beauty stared at her eyes and smiled, and said solemnly: "Your Majesty is wise, and the world is blessed."

The emperor couldn't help being in a good mood when he heard such praise, but he suddenly remembered something and asked, "Since it's Gongsun Jianwu...do you use the sword?"

The beauty said softly: "How dare a concubine show her sword in front of the imperial court? You should follow the example of your ancestors and replace them with colored silk."

Only then did the emperor relax his mind, leaning his back on the throne, and said with a smile: "It's wonderful, then you can start." As soon as the words fell, the musicians in the audience began to play the piano.

The gurgling sound of the zither was like fairy music, and there was a goddess dancing on the high platform. For a moment, only the dancing figure was left in front of everyone's eyes.

This is really an indescribable beauty, and just seeing it once can make people feel no regrets.Even Nan Wang and his son, who were distracted and extremely nervous, were attracted by this sword dance.

Prince Nan couldn't help thinking: I didn't expect this old hag to dance so beautifully... In fact, it's okay to keep her alive, it's a pity to kill her.

The bewitching beauty can be seen from this.

In fact, without the sword, this sword dance has lost a bit of heroic charm, but it has added a bit of softness and tenderness, which is more in line with the wishes of these men who are immersed in the color and cannot extricate themselves.

Just when the full moon was in the sky, the sound of the music suddenly rose, and the beauty soared into the sky. I saw that the colorful long silk in "her" hands suddenly broke into thousands of pieces and fell one after another, floating in all directions, as if it had become a colorful fairy tale. The world is like a dream.

The emperor couldn't help shouting "Okay", but his face changed immediately, because two blurred colored shadows were shooting towards him at an extremely fast speed, and even made a sound of breaking through the air— —It turns out that those are the two wooden handles of colored silk, driven by the internal force of a top expert, they are sharper than a knife and faster than a sword!

The coming of those two shadows just blocked the emperor's way of retreat. At this moment, the majestic emperor has no way to hide, no way to avoid it!

But the Son of Heaven is the Son of Heaven after all, and his life is always more precious than that of others, so the next moment, two servants who are armed with martial arts and do not care about their own lives have rushed forward to protect him, blood spattered on the spot.

The assassination failed.

The Imperial Forest Army surrounded them, and the number one expert in the Ouchi, the Xiaoxiang swordsman Wei Ziyun shouted violently: "The crossbowmen are ready to capture the assassin Gongsun!"

But the stunning beauty gave a light laugh without any haste, like a silver bell ringing, or singing softly like a lark, and then "she" flew into the air, flying out of the encirclement of the Royal Forest Army, just like flying to the moon Like a fairy, she stood on the top of the Forbidden City in the blink of an eye—only to hear "she" laughing proudly: "Even if there are thousands of people, they are all idiots, what can I do? Hahahaha!" The extremely arrogant "Gongsun family" actually assassinated the emperor in front of tens of thousands of people, and then ran away in the forbidden palace openly!

This simply stomped the faces of all the Imperial Forest Army on the ground!

Wei Ziyun and others were so angry that their eyes were red. At this time, the emperor had already opened his mouth, and he only heard him order loudly: "Immediately seal the Forbidden Palace, Wei Ziyun leads the strong crossbowmen to capture the assassin, Yin Xian captures the Nanwang Mansion and others to follow me Interrogate in the hall, Ding Ao will take care of the rest and wait for them to be resettled in the back hall!"

After finishing speaking, the emperor turned around and entered the palace, while the Imperial Forest Army was moving in an orderly manner under the command of several chiefs—under such circumstances, the emperor was really extraordinary to be able to issue orders so calmly and in such an orderly manner.

Nan Wang, father and son and several attendants were escorted into the palace by a team of imperial guards. The emperor sat on the stage, and the gate of the palace was slowly closed, separating the inside and outside of the palace into two worlds.The outside is full of swords and swords, and there are many guards, so what's going on inside...?

"The performers of the Southern Prince's Mansion assassinated on the spot, what else does the emperor have to say?"

The King of Nan did not speak, and the palace had already undergone a sudden change... Thirteen men in black suddenly jumped down from the beams of the house, and silently dealt with that group of Imperial Forest Army: Obviously, these 13 men were all masters, and they had already ambushed In this hall.

The emperor's eyes sank, Yin Xian stood up to protect the emperor, and said angrily: "Bold Southern King, how dare you commit crimes again and again?!" Gongsun's dance was just to distract the imperial guards from the brigade before, but the real assassin, But it turned out to be in this temple.

Nan Wang laughed and said: "If you commit crimes once, you will die, but if you commit crimes twice or three times... Maybe you can live instead." While speaking, he waved his hand violently, and thirteen masters had rushed towards the emperor. Yin Xian stepped forward to fight, obviously outnumbered.

However, the emperor didn't show panic at all, he only heard the sound of "ge", a secret door suddenly slid open on the four pillars in the hall, and four people flashed out at the same time.

These four people are all less than two feet tall, and they are all exactly the same in figure, appearance, and decoration.Especially their faces, with their small eyes, big noses, protruding heads and deflated mouths, are indescribably ridiculous.But the swords in their hands are not ridiculous at all.The sword was one foot and seven inches long, with blue light flashing, and the cold air was overwhelming. Three people used double swords, and one person used a single sword. The seven swords flashed in the sky, like a sky full of stars and rain.

These four people are the four brothers of the Yu family. When they joined forces to display the family's Flying Fish Seven Star Sword Formation, there are really few people in the world who can break them for a while.

As soon as the four brothers of the Yu family came out, the thirteen masters of Nanwang quickly became thirteen corpses.

The sword light illuminated the emperor's face, and the emperor said coldly: "Cut." The seven-handed sword's brilliance flowed, and the stars flickered, covering Nan Wang and his son immediately.But Nan Wang's expression didn't change, Nan Wang's son had already shouted: "Break."

This sound came out, and in the blink of an eye, a sword light pierced obliquely, like a shocking light striking electricity, or like a long rainbow shaking the sky.Sword lights crisscrossed everywhere, but only four sounds of "Ding, Ding, Ding, Ding" were heard, and the sword lights suddenly disappeared.

The only light left is a sword.A long sword of strange form.Of course, this sword is not the sword of the Yu family brothers. The swords of the Yu family brothers have all been broken; and the members of the Yu family brothers are all dead.

This sword was in the hands of a man in white, with snow-white clothes, pale face, and cold eyes, his arrogance was overwhelming, even more aggressive than the aura of the sword.This is the palace, and the emperor is right in front of him.But this person didn't even seem to be in the eyes of the emperor.

The emperor stared at all this, and suddenly said, "Ye Gucheng?"

Ye Gucheng looked at the emperor calmly, and replied: "Exactly." He finally came to rebel, in the Forbidden City on a full moon night... This is really an unbelievable thing, obviously he didn't intend to rebel from the beginning of.

The emperor said again: "Flying immortals outside the sky, breaking the seven stars with one sword, it really is a good sword technique." Ye Gucheng nodded lightly: "Naturally."

The emperor paused for a moment, and finally said slowly: "You are a beautiful woman, how can I follow a thief?"