Chapter 144: Emperor Qiuyue of Sui Palace and Heavenly Master

Pei Qiantong's residence became increasingly noisy, and the lights in the corridors of the courtyard were lit one by one.

The dim light intertwined and filtered through the paper windows, evenly spreading to the dark houses.

Two figures in black huddled together.

Because of the veil covering her face, only a pair of bright eyes were visible. She turned around and whispered, "The person has left."

"Xiao Feng, I'm poisoned."

The girl smiled, but she didn't believe it. "What kind of poison is that?"

"Just now, a strange fragrance filled my nose. It must be the poison that this evil woman secretly used. Right now, the fluctuations of my true energy are so strong that they are stirring up my blood and causing a feeling of dryness and heat."

Zhou Yi hugged her tightly in a serious manner, as if he was poisoned by some indecent drug, which made the girl laugh.

Dugu Feng raised her jade hand, revealing a small part of her wrist, and fanned the cool breeze in front of him, as if to dispel his heat.

Hearing the noise outside, Zhou Yi stopped making trouble with her.

After searching the body of this poisonous witch, I found something.

They found a sachet that emitted a strange fragrance.

The fragrance of the sachet was very strange, like the smell emitted by a burning charcoal stove. She also had a layer of powder around her body, which cleverly covered up the smell of the sachet.

Poisoning in this way can be done without anyone noticing.

The sachet was opened a little, and the smell became weaker and weaker, obviously it could not last long.

Zhou Yi took a deep breath and carefully felt the poison.

Anyone who practices Qigong has the ability to resist and expel poisons. Changsheng Qi is almost immune to all poisons. His skills are even more mysterious, and his ability to resist poison is so strong that he cannot feel the nature of the poison.

"This poison is extremely insidious. It can make it impossible to gather one's true energy, and therefore impossible to force the poison out."

Dugu Feng picked up the sachet again, sniffed it closely, and made sure that his perception was correct.

She had never seen such poison before, and recalling it, her grandmother had never mentioned it either.

If he only relied on the Dugu family's innate true qi to resist, he would definitely be hit if he didn't notice it in time.

It seems that Lai Huer and Third Uncle were both poisoned.

"This is one of the ten deadly poisons."

Dugu Feng knew that he had a profound background, so he handed the sachet to him.

Zhou Yi pinched it and casually threw the sachet to the plump woman. He recalled the information he had learned from his cousin and immediately thought of the person who matched the description.

"A hundred miles northeast of Anle is Yinma Post, the last post station to Yuguan. If I'm not mistaken, this woman should be the proprietress of Yinma Hot Spring, known as Sao Niangzi. She's a master of poisons within the Daming Zun Cult."

Great Ming Zunjiao

Dugu Feng had long been familiar with this name, and she knew most of the things related to Zhou Yi.

"There wasn't a single person in the several houses next to the stone archway. The Daming Zun Sect sent so many people. They killed Lai Huer and attacked my third uncle. It seems they are collaborating with the Yuwen family."

There was a hint of solemnity in her eyes.

Zhou Yi pondered, "I'm afraid it's not that simple. I've dealt with the Northern Horse Gang in Nanyang City. The ordinary followers of the Daming Zun Sect are far inferior to those in the Shipailou. Moreover, there are also grassland people from other tribes among them."

"How did you notice that?"

"First, I've heard the Northern Horse Gang speak, and their accents are different from those we just met. Second, we didn't reveal our presence, so it's not something an ordinary expert could detect. It was only after a burst of strange mumbling that someone attacked us."

Dugu Feng asked: "Why is the second one?"

"I remember that some time ago, Li Jia Erlang gave me a psychic harrier hawk feather. The Turks are good at raising these flat-feathered birds. I saw a few strange birds flying around at night, but I didn't pay much attention to them at first. Now I think they might be keeping them outside for reconnaissance."

Although it was just Zhou Yi's guess, Dugu Feng felt that the truth was most likely this.

At this moment, a horse neighing was heard in Pei Mansion.

I don't know what happened, but there were figures running outside the house, and the sound was moving towards the gate of the mansion, which showed that a large group of people were going out.

Zhou Yi leaned against the door, opened the window and peeked out.

Dugu Feng pointed at the sexy lady.

Zhou Yi took a look at the corpse and felt sorry for Lai Huer.

As far as I can remember, this general was killed by Yu Wenzhi's rebels. It was better for him to die at the hands of the rebels than at the hands of the Mobei cult.

I was originally planning to leave the body here, but then I changed my mind and took the body with me when I went out.

The people from the Daming Zunjiao had just been chasing them and had fought with Pei Qiantong's people.

After this test, we realized that the two families were not in the same group.

Pei Qiantong was on good terms with Yu Wenhuaji, but Yu Wenhuaji had reservations about him.

I heard the sound of horses driving outside.

Zhou Yi took the corpse of the naughty lady and Little Phoenix out of the Pei family mansion and followed the people from the Pei residence.

The leader was a tall man, about fifty years old, with a square face and a very serious expression.

He was wearing a close-fitting gray martial arts uniform and a long sword slung across his body, looking fierce and imposing.

This person was Pei Qiantong. Zhou Yi looked at him and then looked away to avoid being noticed by him.

It was this guy who first opened the palace gate, then rode to Chengxiang Hall, killed Dugu Sheng, and later captured the emperor in the West Pavilion.

As one of Yang Guang's five main bodyguards, his skill was second only to Sima Dekan among the more than 100,000 brave soldiers.

Judging from the direction they were running, they should be heading towards Lai Huer.

The two families were not far from each other, and there were several generals around. When they heard the sound of horse hooves from several places, they probably received the news that Lai Huer had met with misfortune.

When they approached the "Lai Mansion", the area near the gate was as bright as day, and many people were holding lanterns.

The two couldn't get close because there were people standing on the roof.

Most people stood outside the door, and only a few important people were allowed in.

After a while, another group of people arrived.

Dugu Feng pulled his arm, drawing his attention from the depths of the mansion to the door.

Zhou Yi saw three people who looked familiar.

It was the visitors who came to Lai Mansion in the evening. At this moment, they were followed by a general in armor. Zhou Yibian took a quick look but had no impression of him.

"That's Linghu Xingda."

As soon as she said that, Zhou Yi remembered Dugu Sheng's words and knew that he was a general in the Xiaoguo Army.

Not only that, this man strangled Guangshen to death with his own hands, holding a scarf.

More and more people arrived at the gate of the Laifu mansion.

They were discussing the matter of bringing Hu'er here when suddenly a loud "bang" was heard on the wide street.

“Who is it?!”

There were shouts everywhere, and many masters were jumping on the roof, occupying various high points, looking down from above and looking around.

However, no suspicious persons were found.

The people who came to the mansion found the source of the noise on the long street, discovered the body of the slutty lady, and pointed the lantern at her face.

The next moment, several housekeepers came to the mansion and shouted angrily with a shrill voice:

"It's her, this witch!"

"It was this witch who killed General Lai!"

“…”

When the noise around the mansion became louder, the entire long street was blocked off, and Zhou Yi and Dugu Feng were already on their way back.

It was already late at night when they approached Dugu's house.

There were few pedestrians on the long street, but there was a vendor on the roadside holding a lamp, selling Yangzhou soup noodles.

There were no customers at the stall, and Zhou Yi was feeling hungry, so he pulled Little Phoenix to sit down.

The stall owner, who was about sixty years old, saw them wearing black clothes and masks. Although he continued to do business, he was still afraid in his heart.

"My two kings, I only have soup and noodles here, no wine or meat."

Hearing his trembling voice, Zhou Yi said gently, "Don't panic. We are not robbers. Give me two bowls of soup noodles. We won't owe you any copper coins."

“Yes, yes, yes.”

Soon, the stall owner looked at the ground and carefully brought the soup noodles.

"My two kings, please enjoy your meal. I know the rules and will never look at your faces."

He always took off his face cloth when eating because he was worried that he would be killed to silence him.

Zhou Yi waited until his back turned, and asked while eating:

"It's so late, why hasn't the father-in-law closed the stall yet?"

The stall owner sighed, "Business is tough right now. I can't afford to offend the military officers in the city. They often eat for free, and the government has to collect tributes, so I have no choice but to endure."

He looked at the two men's backs and guessed that they were not from the imperial government, otherwise they would not be dressed like that.

Only then could I help but complain.

Zhou Yi said, "I heard that Jiangbei is very stable now. Why don't you go there to do business?"

The stall owner smiled bitterly and shook his head:

"Jiangbei is indeed a safe place. I've also heard people talk about the good things about King Zhou, but I can't find him in Jiangbei because my family is all here. The old house, though run-down, is inherited from my ancestors. Plus, I'm old now, and I don't want to be buried far away."

"That's true."

Zhou Yi couldn't help but nod. After eating a bowl of soup noodles, he ordered two more bowls.

After they finished their second bowl of soup noodles, Xiao Fenghuang took out a few pieces of silver and placed them on the table.

Not to mention four bowls, forty bowls would be enough.

The stall owner was surprised and happy. The two men stood up and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

He knew he had met a wealthy outlaw, but he didn't even have time to say a word of thanks.

"Do you know where that silver came from?"

Zhou Yi wanted to say that she brought it, but when he saw her expression, he immediately changed his words:

"Could it be that it was touched out from the slutty lady?"

The little phoenix patted his arm and complained, "Could you not be so smart?"

Another smile:

"I originally said I'd get you some wine, but then I realized I didn't have any money. I was just wondering what I'd do if you came back and needed more wine, when Miss Sao came to my rescue."

Zhou Yi said, "Just tell me you lost it during the fight. Didn't you give me all the gold and silver before you attacked me in Emperor Ding's tomb that year?"

"You remember it so clearly."

"Of course I won't forget."

The girl couldn't help but hug his arm, and the two of them walked into the Dugu Mansion while reminiscing.

When they reached the roof of the pavilion in the backyard, Dugu Feng quickly shook off his arm.

A sound of wind blew towards them, and they could already feel the sword energy that was waiting to be unleashed.

"Second Aunt, it's me."

When Mrs. Zhang heard her voice, she quickly stopped drawing her sword.

She glanced at the two of them suspiciously.

Finally, his gaze fixed on Zhou Yi: "Are you Mr. Zhou?"

"Second Madam." Zhou Yi nodded and greeted her.

"Feng'er, what have you been doing?"

Dugu Feng said: "Go and find out about Third Uncle."

Mrs. Zhang looked at her face and saw that she looked serious, so she realized that she was being too suspicious.

"I just couldn't find you, and I waited for a while. Now that I see you, I feel relieved."

Mrs. Zhang said solemnly:

"Don't act rashly these days. Let's put off my uncle's matter for a few days. The city is very treacherous right now. Even General Lai Huer died at home. You can't let anything happen to you."

Judging from her tone, she seemed to understand Dugu Ba's fate.

However, she didn't seem sad at all.

"Second uncle also went to Lai Mansion?"

"Yes, someone came to the mansion just now and reported it quickly. Your second uncle was also very angry when he found out."

Madam Zhang said sternly:

"This is appalling. Whoever did it will pay a heavy price. As the saying goes, the death of a rabbit makes the fox mourn, let alone General Lai Huer. If he dies, doesn't it mean that no one in their homes is safe? Once we know which force is responsible, the whole city will be strangled."

Little Phoenix was very patient. Since Zhou Yi didn't say anything, she just responded.

Madam Zhang looked at Zhou Yi and said, "Mr. Zhou, please go to bed early. We will discuss this tomorrow when the Second Master comes back."

Zhou Yi nodded and returned to his residence.

Even though he was arranged by Grandma Dugu, it was impossible for him to live in the inner courtyard room.

He walked out of the courtyard, turned left and walked along a long corridor before lying back down in his room.

Zhou Yi didn't rush to sleep, but repeatedly thought about the series of news he had received tonight.

There was something weird about this group of people from the Daming Zun Cult, and there was also the last words that the slutty lady said.

Dugu Ba was not killed by her, and he went to the palace again?

Zhou Yi would rather believe that this was a fabricated story by her to delay time and poison him.

Waited at Dugu Mansion for three days.

No news was received from Zhang Xutuo, but the army's retaliation was launched.

Xiangyunlou is related to the Baling Gang. On the surface, the Baling Gang, under the banner of Yang Guang, can rest easy in Jiangdu.

However, the Xiaoguo Army captured and killed all the people in charge of Xiangyun Tower, and several thieves' dens on the other side of the Shipailou were directly razed to the ground.

The Bamboo Flower Gang, which had been thriving in Jiangdu, was implicated. Coupled with rumors that they were colluding with rebels, the Bamboo Flower Gang went from being one of the Eight Gangs and Ten Associations to being wiped out in the blink of an eye.

This was a warning to the underworld forces with the size of the army in Jiangdu City.

In this world, no matter which force you belong to, you can be razed to the ground.

Madam Sao died on the fifth day in Pei's mansion.

Zhou Yi, who was meditating and practicing, was invited to the inner hall, where Dugu Sheng brought the latest news from the palace.

"The Zhang Xutuo matter is a bit difficult to handle, or rather, it will take a long time to resolve."

"Why?"

Seeing Zhou Yi looking straight at him, the old man couldn't help but avoid his gaze: "Your Majesty listened to my opinion and did not agree."

"However, I feel that His Majesty's attitude is not that firm. I can still find an opportunity to make further suggestions."

Zhou Yi laughed dryly: "The Imperial Censor has a good relationship with the Second Master, so why didn't he speak up for him?"

Dugu Sheng understood the hidden meaning and knew that he was being sarcastic on purpose.

This kid is really disrespectful. If I hadn't called you here, I would have turned against you.

He mentally steeled himself, but with a hint of embarrassment on his face, "When Pei Yun and Yu Shiji heard me talk about this, they were as silent as wooden sculptures and clay figures."

Dugu Sheng said depressedly:

"You don't know, after the Lai Huer incident, some people linked him to Zhang Xutuo's army returning to the city, so he was very worried and dared not speak. In fact, that woman had been in contact with Lai Huer for more than a day or two. Third brother knew that she had an affair with Lai Huer, but he still went to seek excitement."

Zhou Yi pondered, "Which palace is His Majesty in right now?"

"Linjiang Palace, and I will stay there for a long time."

After Yang Guang ascended the throne, he ordered large-scale construction in Jiangdu and built the "Ten Palaces of Shugang" including Guiyan, Huiliu and Songlin.

The most magnificent of these is the Linjiang Palace.

Dugu Sheng said:

"You want to go to the palace to see His Majesty? I can arrange it for you, but you must tell me clearly what to say beforehand. There are many rules here, and some things cannot be said in front of His Majesty."

"Okay, I'll make arrangements after I've thought about it."

After Zhou Yi finished speaking, he walked out of the inner hall.

Dugu Sheng wanted to talk, but seeing that he was thinking, he didn't bother him.

…

On top of Shugang Hill in the northwest of Yangzhou, there is a majestic palace that looks like a huge crouching beast, perched on a high place, overlooking the lights of the city.

Two figures in black, accompanied by the moonlight, were standing a hundred feet away from Linjiang Palace, watching silently.

Dugu Feng saw that the patrol team had changed and immediately pulled Zhou Yi.

In a brief gap, he avoided the eyes of the guards on the palace wall and came to the outskirts of Linjiang Palace. There was a moat below. The palace wall was built with bluestone, and it was a strong barrier that guarded the luxury and power inside.

Those who are masters of Qinggong can naturally enter the palace.

However, if you don't understand the sentry rules and are not familiar with the terrain of the palace, it will be very easy to be discovered.

This was Zhou Yi's first time in the palace. As soon as he crossed the palace wall, he saw the magnificent lights in the inner rooms. In the distance, a towering building reached the sky, with a double-eaved hipped roof covered with glazed tiles. Inside the palace, huge pillars resembled a forest, their shafts richly decorated with gold powder.

Under the lights, it is also extremely dazzling.

This is the luxury of the world.

"That's Chengxiang Hall, where court meetings and political discussions are held. The hall is heavily guarded and there are many experts. We must avoid it."

Little Phoenix pulled his hand and noticed that he was slightly stunned. She couldn't help but ask, "Do you like it here?"

"Not really. This is my first time seeing an imperial court, so I can't help but be a little curious."

Zhou Yi asked in return: "How do you feel about this place?"

"I was just pretending to be a guard under my second uncle, walking here with the imperial guards. I didn't really look closely."

The girl stopped talking, and the two of them went behind a rockery and restrained their breath.

A patrol of palace guards passed by.

"If you just want to see the scenery, let's come at dusk next time. Even if your eyesight is good now, it's always difficult to see the scenery under the cover of darkness."

"Actually, I want to come to the palace to look for your third uncle."

Dugu Feng's long hair, tied with a jade hairpin, swayed left and right. "Don't worry. If he were in the palace, how could Second Uncle not know? He has to go into the palace every day to be on duty."

The two men waited until the guards had gone far away, then went up to the roof and slowly moved towards the palace.

Their speed was not very fast, and they encountered many masters of light skills who were climbing up to look out.

Fortunately, the palace was huge, and these guards did not just stand there. With their superb lightness skills, they did not reveal any flaws, and others could not notice them.

Zhou Yi walked along the neat garden path and saw many columns carved with exotic flowers and beasts, with colors so bright that they seemed to be dripping. Walking through it, he felt that everything was familiar, yet unfamiliar.

If you are not careful, you will get lost.

After walking for a while, the two of them couldn't help but look up.

Under the stars and the moon, two large birds could be vaguely seen circling in the sky.

The flat-haired beast came suddenly, and with just one bark, it attracted the attention of the two men.

Some people in the palace also noticed it.

But before he could shoot it, the strange bird flapped its wings and flew away.

Suddenly, there was a loud sound of footsteps and someone shouted, "Here, here!"

The footsteps were extremely regular, indicating that they were from the elite imperial guards.

Zhou Yi heard a noise and was taken by Dugu Feng to the top of a tall building. With the help of the roof beast, he hid in the darkness and cleverly avoided the gazes from afar.

That group of people were not chasing them and did not come to this slightly noisy place.

Zhou Yi moved a tile and looked down through the gap.

In the huge hall, people were bustling about, coming and going. The sounds of footsteps, shouting and the collision of objects were all mixed together, like a never-ending busy beehive.

Hot steam rises like fog, filling the air as various ingredients are being processed.

This is the imperial kitchen.

Zhou Yi smelled a fragrance and moved silently on several buildings in succession.

Soon they arrived at a room that was obviously much quieter. Although they could hear footsteps, there were only a few people moving around.

A shrill voice called out:

"You all should be more careful in our family. If the dishes, cakes and pastries that the Empress wants are not cooked to her liking, you'd better watch out for your heads."

“Yes, yes, yes.”

The imperial chef inside agreed repeatedly.

At this moment, a sound of footsteps suddenly came from a distance. A tall and thin man with an ancient face walked over. His eyes were extremely deep, giving people a feeling of indifference and ruthlessness.

But after approaching the imperial kitchen, the coldness and ruthlessness in his eyes suddenly faded.

"Hey, Chief Steward Yuwen~"

The eunuch who had been showing off his power before smiled ingratiatingly and greeted him.

"It turned out to be Eunuch Li."

Yu Wenzhi smiled coldly. With his status and position, he didn't need to be polite to the eunuchs. He was just in a good mood at the moment.

"The steward is here. I will go back to the harem to report first."

After Eunuch Li finished speaking, several young eunuchs behind him bent down, picked up the food boxes and followed him.

They didn't even dare to look Yu Wenzhi in the eye.

"Go to the kitchen and supervise the dishes to be served to His Majesty."

"yes."

The people in the imperial kitchen dared not disobey and went there in a hurry.

At this time, apart from Yu Wenzhi, there was only a beautiful woman left in the hall.

"Zhenzhen~"

Hearing Yu Wenzhi shout out these two words in a very gentle voice, Zhou Yi on the roof saw the little phoenix beside him widen Shui Ling's eyes, which was very cute.

Through the gap between the tiles, the two looked down.

What was surprising was that the two people below were hugging each other in the imperial kitchen.

Yu Wenzhi wanted to get closer, but the woman pushed him away gently with her hand.

This shows that Yu Wenzhi respected this woman's opinion very much.

"The uterus has been uneasy these days. Zhenzhen, come with me."

"Don't stay here, leave first, I'll think about it for a few days."

"good."

No one knew what Yu Wenzhi had been through, but he agreed directly. He stroked the woman's hand and then walked out.

When he reached the open space outside the imperial kitchen, he paused noticeably.

Then he suddenly turned around and looked straight at the roof.

Just as Xiao Fenghuang was about to draw her sword, Zhou Yi held her down.

Yu Wenzhi's eyes met Zhou Yi's from a distance, but he did not use his Ice Mysterious Power.

Zhou Yi took advantage of the situation and jumped down from the roof. In front of Yu Wenzhi and Wei Zhenzhen, he entered the hall, picked up a fat duck on a jade plate, then walked out boldly, took a step and jumped, and returned to the roof silently.

Wei Zhenzhen covered her mouth, shocked by the scene before her.

But she saw Yu Wenzhi look at the roof again and shook his head at her.

He seemed to have made a compromise and turned away calmly.

Then, Zhou Yi and Dugu Feng also changed the roof.

When the imperial chefs returned to the imperial kitchen, they found that the duck was missing. Thinking of Yu Wenzhi's visit, and how could they dare to make a fuss about this important figure greedily eating a duck?

"What's going on?"

Little Phoenix ate the duck leg and asked, "Who is that woman? Yu Wenzhi turned a blind eye to us for a woman."

Zhou Yi spat out a mouthful of duck bones: "He's worried that we will do something to that woman."

"I know. I'm just curious about how they got together. Also, why did you choose this duck? I thought that fish was pretty good."

"Then give me back the duck leg."

"No."

She smiled sweetly, then held her breath, and crouched down with Zhou Yi to avoid the patrol team below.

After the garrison guards left, Zhou Yi told her the general news he knew.

Little Phoenix sighed a little: "It's amazing that she is still such a beautiful girl."

“Actually, there’s something even more amazing.”

"What is it?"

"Have you ever thought that we snatched a fat duck from the imperial kitchen in front of Yu Wenzhi, letting him take the blame, and then..."

Zhou Yi pointed at the moon in the sky and said, "Then we will be in the Sui Dynasty palace again, admiring this autumn moon together."

Dugu Feng only read the last sentence he said and felt infinitely happy.

She couldn't help but move closer to Zhou Yi, pulled his left hand and hugged it, tilted her head to lean on his shoulder, and looked at the moon in the distance.

The girl had a smile on her face, her eyebrows and eyes were curved like the moon.

Zhou Yi raised the duck and took another bite.

Although the imperial chef's skill in preparing ducks was not as good as that of Governor Duan of Runan County, this scene, like the myriad events in life, made him reminisce a lot.

Just then

In the distance, after a burst of chasing and shouting, a piece of music was heard.

Someone is humming:

"Yangzhou is a good place to linger, and its elegant terraces and pavilions are a good place to visit. The wind-blown pavilions and fragrant trees welcome the early summer, and the wheat fields in Changgao bid farewell to the remaining autumn."

The sound is not very clear, but I can hear it in my mind.

It was the "Jiangdu Palace Music" composed by Yang Guang.

Such a beautiful image attracted the attention of the two people on the roof.

Dugu Feng stood up and took a look: "Someone entered the palace before us and is being hunted by the people from the Left and Right Guards."

She lowered her body and heard several extremely fast sounds of breaking wind in the distance.

Then came screams.

"Do you want to leave?"

Little Phoenix looked at Zhou Yi and found that he was staring at the direction where the Jiangdu Palace Music came from.

"Let's go over there."

Dugu Feng looked at him seriously and found that he was not joking.

"good."

They continued forward and came to the ingeniously crafted Water Palace. It was a wide, man-made imperial river, like a green ribbon, shimmering in the moonlight and winding through the gardens.

The sound of music came from the pavilions and terraces in the water palace.

Most of the guards around were led away.

Despite this, they still saw many eunuchs and imperial guards in front of them. The two of them circled behind the water palace and finally reached the luxurious palace built with precious nanmu wood.

On the fifth-floor palace, a person can be seen in the distance, accompanied by nine jade-colored lanterns, shining like precious glass.

He wore a tall crown and a nine-dragon robe.

A circle of palace maids danced around them, and further out were the masters singing the "Jiangdu Palace Music". The strings played lightly, the tune was gentle, and they hummed softly:

"Green birds float on the laurel-lined oars of the Lutan Pond, and a purple horse leaps from the golden saddle beneath the fruit trees. Drinking from a green cup, the white ants flow in the clouds, while long sleeves and clear songs bring joy to the state."

Yang Guang had a dazed look in his eyes as he sat at the nanmu table, drinking.

Suddenly, he looked up at the moon.

At this moment, Zhou Yi was looking down from the roof. The distance between them was less than four meters, and the palace lanterns were bright, so they could see each other's eyes clearly.

With a "click".

Yang Guang's hand shook, and a jade cup fell and broke.

"Someone come~!"

He first roared loudly, and all the palace maids around him were so frightened that they dared not look up. In an instant, several eunuchs jumped over and knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty."

Everyone lowered their heads and dared not raise their eyes.

During this period, Yang Guang was moody and no one dared to provoke him.

So I didn't see him looking up.

This time, the two sides looked at each other again.

"Get out of here, I want to be alone."

“Yes~!”

Those people just came to sing, but they did whatever His Majesty said.

Several eunuchs picked up the broken jade cups on the ground, quickly wiped the wine off with their sleeves, and then took their leave.

As soon as these people went down from the fourth floor, a black shadow fell down, followed by another black shadow.

Yang Guang looked at the two men in black with indifference.

The man in front took off his veil, revealing a young and handsome face.

"Your Majesty, hello."

This strange greeting made Yang Guang frown. He was about fifty years old, with a pale face and looked very weak.

But there is an indescribable aura about him.

This frown and the angry expression on his face were enough to scare all the officials and generals in the world.

However, the young man smiled faintly and was not moved by his anger.

"You don't bow to me, aren't you afraid that I will kill you?"

Yang Guang stared at him as he spoke, "Tang Ju once said to the King of Qin, 'If a gentleman is enraged, two corpses will be piled up, blood will flow five steps away, and the whole country will be in mourning. This is what happened today.' Your Majesty, I am a hundred times more powerful than Tang Ju."

Yang Guang poured himself a glass of wine and said, "Just now I ordered someone to arrest you. What should you do?"

Zhou Yi said: "The wind rises from the tip of the green duckweed, and I travel the world, walking on the wind, coming and going freely."

Yang Guang snorted: "You are so young, but you are so arrogant."

Zhou Yi was a little confused: "Your Majesty, why didn't you call anyone else, but instead called me down."

"If you wanted to assassinate me, you would have done it long ago. Why wait for me to call for help? However, a rebellious person like you, if it were months ago, I would have had you killed. It's only tonight that you have the opportunity to sit down and talk with me."

Zhou Yi shook his head: "If that's the case, Your Majesty will lose the opportunity to sit down and talk with me."

"Who are you?"

"Please ask the people of the Great Sui Dynasty to die."

Yang Guang choked upon hearing this and glared at him angrily: "Just you?"

"The overthrow of the world is not something that can be done by one person," Zhou Yi shook his head. "But now that I am sitting across from Your Majesty, Your Majesty is truly alone."

"Those who are righteous will have many supporters, while those who are unrighteous will have few. When support is so few that even relatives will betray them. When support is so great that the whole world will obey them."

Yang Guang drank a glass of wine, and his anger subsided.

He took a closer look and asked, "Are you Zhou Yi?"

Zhou Yi was slightly surprised: "It seems that your Majesty's ears and eyes have not been blocked."

"Who can block my eyes and ears?"

Yang Guang's pale face was filled with a hint of pride that came from his bones: "In the eighth year of Kaihuang, when I was nineteen years old, my father appointed me as the commander-in-chief of the Sui army to attack the Chen Kingdom. A year later, the Chen Kingdom was wiped out and the last emperor of the Chen Dynasty, Chen Shubao, was captured alive.

A year later, rebellions broke out in Jiangnan. My father sent Yang Su, Mai Tiezhang, Lai Huer, and Shi Wansui to quell the rebellion. He appointed me as the governor of most of Yangzhou. At that time, I was frugal, respectful to the wise and humble, and diligent in governing Yangzhou. Who in the court or the country would disagree?

"only"

"I ascend the throne, ruling the world. No one dares to disobey me, and I control the life and death of all. You boast before me, but you don't understand what it means to be the common ruler of the world."

"At a time like that, who can suppress their nature? There can't be a perfect emperor in this world."

He laughed at himself after he finished speaking: "I am actually talking to a kid like you who knows nothing about this. It is really ridiculous and interesting."

"Come, Jianghuai rebel, I'll treat you to a glass of wine."

Yang Guang opened a white jade cup and poured a glass of wine for Zhou Yi.

Suddenly he showed a meaningful smile.

"Why, am I wrong?"

"Your Majesty may be right, but to me, it must be wrong."

On Yang Guang's pale face, a pair of dragon eyes suddenly showed a stern look, staring at the young man who was speaking in front of him.

"I'm actually not interested in your Majesty's position. Throughout history, many emperors have sought immortality in their old age."

"And I"

Zhou Yi drank the wine in one gulp: "I am pursuing it now."

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(End of this chapter)