Chapter 1, Wedge

In the western suburbs of Kyoto, the setting sun is like blood.

In a dense bamboo forest, the killing sound startled countless birds and leaves fell. Dozens of black-clothed and masked men were surrounding and killing a young man in brocade robes and dark hair.

The young man has a graceful figure and a sword like a rainbow. The red pearl tied in his hair crown shines even more brightly in the afterglow of the setting sun. The traces of blood stained the entire bamboo forest as if it was bathed in red light. middle.

Even though he was surrounded by dozens of men in black, the young man still looked graceful and graceful, like a swimming dragon.He killed more than a dozen people in one breath, but his clothes were neat and tidy, as if he had passed through thousands of flowers, with no leaves touching his clothes. This made the half-dead man in black tremble and turn his skills into defense.

However, as the sword flashed and the blood turned thicker, the young man suddenly vomited blood and the sword light froze.When he was about to fall, he suffered several shallow sword wounds.Suddenly, he took out a golden needle and quickly inserted it into one of his acupuncture points. His body suddenly rose like a roc spreading its wings, and he jumped out several times.

The young man abandoned his sword and used Qing Kung Fu to fly across the treetops of the bamboo forest, followed by a dozen men in black pursuing him with swords.

"Chase! He is poisoned. Today is the day Li Yao will die. We must not let him go."

The sun sets slowly, and the sky is filled with a trace of red like blood.

Young Li Yao has been running wildly, and the capital is right in front of him.However, he had already become addicted. The faster he ran, the faster his attack would become. He was afraid that he would no longer be able to hold on.

Chasing from the western suburbs to the inner suburbs, Kyoto City is right in front of you.The place under the emperor's feet, even at dusk, is full of people, traffic, and dignitaries everywhere.

However, the boy was chased into one of the simplest refugee areas in the northwest corner, a corner so secluded that there was almost no one there, as if he was forced into an alley at the end of the road.

What is unimaginable is that there is such a simple refugee area right at the emperor's feet, in the suburbs of the northwest corner of Kyoto City.Here, refugees and beggars are hiding in twos and threes on dilapidated street corners, squatting or lying down, wearing ragged clothes, looking sallow and thin, with dull eyes, and begging bowls in front of them.

At this moment, the young man Li Yao looked pale, and with his last breath, he quickly turned under a big banyan tree, and suddenly pointed out his fingers like the wind and touched the acupoints of a beggar lying under the tree.

The young man took off his clothes at lightning speed, put on the beggar's rags, messed up his hair, grabbed a handful of black soil and smeared it on his face and head, and threw his clothes in the corner. The inside was covered with straw mats, and he lay bent down under the banyan tree.

Just after he instantly transformed from a handsome young man into a slovenly beggar and lay down, there was a rush of footsteps approaching from far away, and a dozen men in black holding swords chased him here in the blink of an eye.

These people looked around alertly, with murderous intent in their eyes. The leader even shouted: "Search! King Zhao is injured and poisoned. He must not be able to go far."

More than a dozen people searched for a while, and one of them kicked the young man just now and cursed: "Stinky beggar!"

Li Yao was kicked and shrank, his body curled up, and his disheveled hair completely covered his face.He seemed to have been kicked awake, and he reached out to ruffle his hair. His face was dirty, his clothes were ragged, and he looked like a stinky beggar.

These people never expected that the beggar in front of them with ragged clothes and disheveled hair would be the noble King Zhao who was dressed in brocade and was said to have severe mysophobia. He was the fourth prince Li Yao.

After searching for a while, the leader shouted: "Chase!" After saying that, he quickly left in one direction.

After these people left, Li Yao stood up and wanted to leave, but as soon as he stood up, he felt dizzy, his steps became unsteady, and he fell down again.After persisting several times, he was still struggling and couldn't leave here at all.

If he can't leave here, if those people come back, he will still be in trouble.

At this moment, an ordinary bridge stopped in front of him. He raised his eyes and took a look, struggling to stand up again.

The driver jumped out of the carriage, suddenly walked up to him, tapped his acupuncture points unexpectedly, picked him up, and whispered: "It's just you! I'm giving you an advantage."

Li Yao was originally injured and poisoned. When the poison struck, he was at the end of his strength and fainted.The driver easily lifted him into the carriage.

The carriage turned around and left quickly.

As expected, the dozen or so people left and returned again, but Li Yao had already been taken away.They searched more thoroughly this time, but ultimately came up empty.

The carriage that took Li Yao quietly entered Duke Rong's mansion through the back door less than half an hour later.

An old woman was guarding the back door. When she saw the coachman, she asked in a low voice: "Is it done?"

The coachman nodded: "Of course." The old woman said: "Take her to the eldest lady's west wing immediately, quickly! She's just afraid she's about to have an attack."

The coachman picked up the fainted Li Yao and quickly carried him to the west wing.

In a women's boudoir in the west wing of Duke Rong's mansion.

Rong Yue, the eldest daughter of the Rong family, was eating a plate of exquisite butter snacks accompanied by her maid Xiao Cui.

In less than a moment, Miss Rong finished the plate of snacks.

"It's delicious! Today's snacks are more delicious than those made before." Miss Rong was full of praises. When she was about to reach for another snack, she suddenly felt in a trance and said to the maid, "Huh? Xiao Xiao Cui, you look so much like His Highness the Crown Prince! Your Highness the Crown Prince, are you here?"

The maid Xiaocui narrowed her eyes with disdain, knowing that the young lady was hallucinating due to drug addiction, she still carefully spoke in a coaxing voice and said softly: "Miss, please wait here for a while, His Highness, he Will be here soon."

"Okay! I'm so hot!"

"Miss, if you want to see His Highness the Crown Prince, you have to wait here obediently! You are now 14 years old, and you will soon be able to marry His Highness the Crown Prince and become the Crown Princess. I will go out and have a look now. , see if the Crown Prince is here."

"Okay, okay, I'll wait here."

hehe!The eldest lady is so easy to deceive!It seemed that the effect of the medicine had taken effect, and even she couldn't recognize her, and he thought she was His Highness the Crown Prince.I don't want to think about my current situation. My father and two brothers have been deployed to fight. They will not be able to come back for three to five years. My mother died early. Now Miss Rongwan's mother is in charge of the house. She still wants to be the crown prince. Well, let’s dream!
After Xiaocui walked out the door with malicious intent, Miss Rong suddenly felt very hot, her eyes became increasingly blurred and dizzy, and her originally simple mind became increasingly unclear.

At this moment, the door was suddenly pushed open. The driver threw Li Yao, who had been brought back, into the door. He opened his acupuncture points, fed a pill into his mouth with a "snap" sound, and quickly went out. He closed the door with his backhand, but It was just hidden, not locked, and then hidden in the dark.

In less than a cup of tea, Chen Guilian, the current Mrs. Rong of Duke Rong's Mansion, came here with several ladies and ladies, and warned everyone in a cold and stern tone: "This is absolutely impossible, Mrs. No one will be allowed to maliciously slander me, the eldest daughter of the Rong family. My Yue'er has been pure and well-educated since she was a child, and she will never do anything despicable that would disgrace the Rong family."

Rong Wan, the second young lady of the Rong Mansion, said softly: "Mother is right, my sister is really innocent and kind. Everyone must believe that my sister will not do anything immoral. My third sister must be wrong. Wait a minute, everyone, be witnesses and don’t let this nonsense ruin my sister’s reputation.”

Rong Qiao, the third lady of the Rong Mansion, said in a low voice: "But the eldest sister really brought someone into the house from outside. That person still... looked like... a beggar. The eldest sister said that the beggar was too... too pitiful. Oh! She wanted to take him into the house to have something to eat, but the eldest sister didn’t listen to me no matter what I tried to do, so I had no choice but to tell my mother. The eldest sister is kind-hearted, but the beggar may not be a bad person. "

Mrs. Rong said with a compassionate look: "Yue'er is kind-hearted by nature. However, there are so many beggars outside, and there have been a lot more refugees recently, how many can she pity? How pitiful! Our Rong Mansion even sent people to give out porridge. , it’s just a drop in the bucket, how can it save so many people. How miserable is the world, Amitabha!”

Several ladies and ladies praised Mrs. Rong for her compassionate heart, like the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva who saves the suffering.

Everyone soon arrived at the door of the eldest lady's boudoir, but heard a strange sound outside the door.The ladies may not be able to understand what this sound is, but the ladies' faces changed greatly when they heard it.

Third Miss Rong Qiao rushed in and shouted: "Sister, what are you doing? Mother is here to see you!" After saying this, she suddenly screamed: "Ah——"

Following this frightened scream, the third young lady Rong Qiao rushed out with her face covered, as if she was extremely frightened, and said incoherently: "Sister, she...she, she...how could she do this...she looks at Whoever you fall in love with is a beggar!"

When the ladies and ladies heard the voices inside, they were already confused. At this moment, they took a look. Is there anything they don't understand?Everyone took out their handkerchiefs and covered their mouths, and some covered their eyes, as if they had seen something dirty.

"Tsk, this is really eye-catching!"

Mrs. Rong also took a look and immediately shouted: "Mother Gui, go in and dress the eldest lady immediately."

"Yes, madam." Aunt Gui went in and quickly dressed Miss Rong. After also dressing the "beggar", she lifted the "beggar" out with one hand.

Everyone saw that the person in the eldest lady's room was indeed a beggar with ragged clothes and dirty hair. How could there be anything they didn't understand?
Mrs. Rong said: "Everyone knows that my Yue'er is so kind-hearted! She must have done this without even knowing what she was doing. I hope everyone will keep this matter secret for the sake of Duke Rong's mansion and don't Spread the word and don't ruin our Yue'er's reputation."

The ladies and ladies nodded in agreement.However, if you make a promise in person, who can keep your mouth shut afterward?Not to mention such an explosive scandal.Because Rong Yue was the eldest daughter of Duke Rong's palace, the emperor had arranged for her to be married to the current crown prince Li Yong in the early years. He said that she could marry and become the crown prince when she turned 16 years old.This makes so many people envious and jealous.

Miss Rong's reputation in Duke Rong's palace has been ruined since then, and everyone in the capital has made a fuss.Because of this matter, the marriage between Miss Rong and His Royal Highness Prince Li Yong was canceled and replaced by Rong Wan, the legitimate second daughter of the Rong Mansion.

(End of this chapter)

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