Chapter 511 Immortal

The ape-man shook his head, and the beardless eunuch subconsciously asked, "What's the pity?"

The ape-man glanced at him, with a strange smile on his face, "The numbers are unpredictable and must not be revealed.

If I tell you a story, what you can learn from it is entirely up to you. "

"Listen to stories? I like it."

Bai Yongyan rubbed his palms and moved his position forward a little.

"One day, Wei Xinping, Gao'an County, Hongzhou, and his friend Cheng Shilian went to Chang'an to accept an appointment. It happened to rain heavily, so they took shelter in Yulindian, Luoxi."

The ape-man said in a low voice: "The two met a green-clad traveler in a simple inn. This man called himself Wang Zhen. He had quick thinking and extraordinary conversation. He was respected by Xin and Cheng.

After three rounds of drinking, Wang Zhen claimed to have the power of prophecy.

He opened his mouth and told where Xin Gongping and Cheng Shilian would stay tomorrow, as well as the food they were going to eat.

He also claimed that he could only travel at night and would not be able to accompany the two of them tomorrow.

Xin and Cheng looked at each other and smiled, naturally not believing it. They left the inn the next day and continued on their way. Sure enough, they stayed at the place where Wang Zhen said. The food they ate was exactly the same as Wang Zhen said. The two were greatly surprised.

That night, Wang Zhen appeared, and the three of them walked to the countryside at night. Wang Zhen asked the two of them if they had guessed his identity. Xin Pingping guessed that he was an expert who lived in seclusion.

Wang Zhen shook his head and denied it, saying that he was the one who welcomed the driver. "

Yin officials greet you?

The faces of all the guests changed slightly.

Yu Qingqiu's narrowed eyes suddenly opened, staring at the ape-man.

However, the ape-man seemed not to notice the murderous intention at all, and was still telling the story unhurriedly.

"Xin Gongping asked Wang Zhen if he was the only one to greet him. Wang Zhen shook his head and said that there were five hundred horses and one general, surrounded by three people in this wilderness. However, Xin Gongping and Cheng Shilian saw that not see.

At dawn, Wang Zhen said goodbye to the two of them again.

When he arrived in Huayin, he appeared again, bringing a sumptuous banquet of wine and meat to the two of them, and sincerely invited Xin Gongping to visit the scene of His Majesty's ascension to immortality.

Xin Pingping agreed,

Cheng Shilian wanted to go with him, but Wang Zhen said that he was not lucky enough to see the scene.

Xin Gongping went to the west of Baqiao where he had agreed. He felt a cold wind blowing and a group of soldiers wearing hard-wearing armor appeared. One of them was Wang Zhen.

Xin Gongping followed Wang Zhen to meet with the general who led 500 soldiers. Then the team entered Tonghua Gate and stationed in the temple. They stayed for several days, but did not find a chance to meet him. "

The ape-man paused and scratched the back of his furry hand, "The general was very agitated and said that the time was approaching and he could no longer wait, but the emperor was surrounded by gods protecting him and it was difficult to meet him.

Wang Zhen then proposed that he could hold a night banquet and fill it with meat and fish to make the gods drowsy.

The general smiled and nodded, led his troops into Danfeng Gate, passed Hanyuan Hall, passed through Xuanzheng Hall, and surrounded the Night Banquet Palace.

Xin Pingping followed the army into the palace. He saw the sound of silk and bamboo music, and the singing and dancing in the palace. However, the musicians and dancers all had expressionless faces, like puppets. They ignored the soldiers who broke into the palace.

At the same time, all the candles in the palace were glowing with moonlight, reflecting the emperor who was sitting on the dragon chair and looking down at the singing and dancing with an expressionless face.

Then, there was a strange-looking man with a long beard, wearing a green shirt and soap trousers. He held a golden dagger about a foot long and presented it to the general. He shouted in a long voice, "The time has come." ’

The general held a golden dagger and presented it to His Majesty. The music suddenly stopped, and the Emperor was dizzy. He was helped into the West Pavilion and stayed there for a long time. The general urged, and there was a sound from the west pavilion, saying that the emperor was bathing and changing clothes.

After a long time, the emperor boarded the jade carriage and left the west pavilion.

When the general saw the emperor, he did not kneel down, but only saluted and asked the emperor if he still had a clear mind in the chaos in the world.

The emperor claimed that he was disturbed by the turmoil of the world and his mind was confused, but now he has given up external things and has nothing to worry about.

The concubines in the palace sobbed and wiped the blood, unable to bear the emperor leaving the jade carriage. However, the general just laughed loudly, led the jade carriage out of the palace, and left. "

Speaking of this, the expression on the ape-man's face was a little strange, "Xin Gongping, who saw the scene of the Immortal, was finally sent by Wang Zhen to the house where Cheng Shilian stayed, and witnessed Wang Zhen's figure slowly disappearing out of thin air.

Cheng Shilian asked him about the scene of the welcome, but Xin Pingping only said that he would talk about it when he had a chance.

A few months later, news came that the emperor had passed away. The following year, Xin Pingping was promoted to Jiangdu County Bookkeeper in Yangzhou. "

The ape-man looked around at the guests with different expressions and asked quietly: "Everyone, do you understand?"

There was silence in the hall, no one answered.

Snap.

Bai Yongyan put his chopsticks on the wooden plate and said calmly: "When you welcome him, you are naturally welcoming him to the emperor. When you welcome him in the underworld, you naturally want to send the emperor to heaven.

However, if a normal Yin official greets you,

It must be that the emperor was terminally ill and there was no cure, so messengers from the underworld came to greet him.

In the story, Wang Zhen and the general behaved strangely and did not look like living people. However, they still managed to enter Beijing and stationed themselves in a temple near the palace. I'm afraid he is a treasonous official in the name of a sinister official.

The general complained that the emperor was surrounded by gods who protected him. The gods here should refer to the emperor's personal bodyguards.

During the night banquet, the rebellious ministers managed to remove the emperor's personal bodyguards, and held a dagger to 'invite' the emperor to ascend to immortality.

Then the emperor was taken to the West Pavilion to bathe and change clothes. The so-called bathing probably meant being inflicted with swords and axes.

The concubines sobbed and cried and wiped the blood on the ground. In other words, the emperor who came out of the palace and sat on the jade carriage was already a corpse. "

Bai Yongyan glanced around the silent guests, spread his hands nonchalantly, and said casually: "Bai remembers that the cause of death of the late Emperor Shunzong was very suspicious, right?

At that time, Emperor Shunzong tried to reform the government.

However, due to the opposition of eunuchs and a group of crony officials, the reform ultimately came to an end.

In order to avoid future troubles, the eunuchs of that line directly forced Shunzong to abdicate and become the Supreme Emperor.

The throne was transferred to the then sixteen-year-old Crown Prince, who is now His Majesty the Emperor.

Shunzong tried to send people to Qinzhou to ask the Longxi Economic Envoy to send troops to depose the new emperor. However, the matter was exposed, the emissary was killed, and Shunzong was placed under house arrest.

The following year, His Majesty the Emperor announced that the Emperor had been ill for a long time and had to live in the inner courtyard of the palace without being able to see anyone.

Five months later, His Majesty the Emperor Xuancheng died of illness.

The time coincides with what is described in Xin Ping's story of becoming an immortal.

If what you just described about Xin Ping's immortality was exactly the execution of Shun Zong by his rebellious ministers,

So the rebellious ministers here are most likely the eunuch group that helped the current emperor win the battle for the crown prince.

The reason why Xin Pingping, Cheng Shilian, Wang Zhen and others were fictionalized is to use the form of ghosts and ghosts to vaguely record the truth of what happened at that time. "

Bai Yongyan glanced at Yu Qingqiu, whose expression was extremely ugly, and said to the ape-man nonchalantly: "The meaning of this story is very simple.

Since the emperor who tried to reform the government was forced into the palace or even killed by the eunuch group,

So, it is naturally impossible for the current emperor to promote political reform after witnessing or even participating in the eunuch's plan to murder the emperor. "