The story takes place during the Tang Dynasty: the sun is like fire, and only a few lazy people on the Guozhou pier drink tea in the tea shed. At this time, from the lower reaches of the Jialing River, a trumpet sounded faintly: "The Jialing River is connected to the beach, and the rocks are rocky and mountainous." When the trumpet sounds, I have a guts, and the trumpet sweats..."
After a long time, the ship was approaching, it was an official ship, and the porters were struggling to walk toward the dock. At the dock, the officers and porters on the ship swarmed into the tea shed, and the tea shed suddenly became lively. The assassin Ding Xiaotian saw that the people on the ship had gone empty, so he quietly slipped towards the official ship. He looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to him, so he quickly got on the boat and searched everywhere with his eyes. At this time, a loud cry came from inside the cabin: "What for?" Don't you know it's an official ship? Don't get any closer to idle people! As soon as the words fell, Ding Xiaotian had already stabbed a sword into the man's chest.
His eyes were soon locked on a large tree. I saw that the roots of the big tree were protected by dirt, the canopy was evacuated, the branches were thick, and the leaves were oval-shaped, and they were full of round fruits. Ding Xiaotian lifted the fruit tree, jumped into the small boat that had been prepared in advance, and shook the bridge away from the dock. The officers and men soon discovered that Ding Xiaotian had robbed the fruit trees, and they immediately cursed incessantly, and rushed to the riverside together to catch up. Dante's small boat was very dexterous, and soon escaped from the pursuit of officers and soldiers.
When we reached the lower ferry port, a man was already waiting there. Ding Xiaotian carried the fruit tree to the shore, and the man drove the boat forward to continue to sail... Ding Xiaotian saw the carriage not far ahead, and his heart was secretly impressed by his employer, Huang Huangfu, everything was arranged seamlessly, as long as people drove the ship far away and then escaped alone, these officers and soldiers could not find this poisonous tree. He got into the carriage, and as soon as the coachman shouted, the carriage sped away.
At dusk, the carriage returned to the vicinity of Guozhou and entered a compound. Huang Huangfu was broadcasting a fan to visit at the entrance of the courtyard, and when he saw the carriage, he hurriedly ordered his subordinates to prepare tea. Ding Xiaotian said, "There is only one poisonous tree on the official ship, and it has now been robbed by me." Huang Huangfu expressed his approval, and while calling Ding Xiaotian to drink tea, he signaled the next person to go and get the remaining 300 taels of gold. Ding Xiaotian was already thirsty, so he drank several large cups of tea in succession, took the gold, and as soon as he arched his hand, he resigned.
Ding Xiaotian knew that the officers and soldiers had lost the poisonous tree, and they must have pursued it tightly, so they did not dare to enter the city and turned around and turned to the west mountain. After walking for half a day, I suddenly felt that my stomach ache was unbearable, and I thought to myself: My body has always been tough, why does my stomach hurt for no reason, is it urgent to drink water? He knew there was a doctor nearby, so he hurried to the doctor's house. At this time, several figures came to him, and one of them said compassionately, "Don't run!" Running faster, the stomach will be more painful, and only if the stomach is dead will be better! ”
Ding Xiaotian was suddenly shocked, knowing that he had already touched Huang Huangfu's Dao, so he pulled out his sword. The gang knew that Ding Xiaotian had served in the military camp before becoming an assassin, and his movements were sensitive, and his swordplay reached the famous swordsman Gongsun Daniang, but he did not dare to approach, but he himself was slowly poisoned. Ding Xiaotian didn't have much time to wait, he stabbed his sword at the leader, and the crowd rushed back. Ding Xiaotian was already in pain at this time and did not have much strength, although he stabbed the other party with a rapid momentum, he also had several swords in his body.
When the crowd saw Ding Xiaotian's sword, his morale was greatly boosted, and the siege was even tighter. Ding Xiaotian saw that he was about to die, when he overheard a loud cry: "More is better than less, so don't face!" One said, "You're nosy!" Do you know who he is? He was the Assassin Ding Xiaotian, who committed multiple murders in Shuzhong. Such a person can only do endless harm in the world, and killing him is to save people! ”
The people who came passed by Xishan because of an emergency, originally did not have the heart to take care of this idle matter, but just by the way, but when they heard that the person who was besieged was actually Ding Xiaotian, they suddenly became interested, and Hehe sneered and said: "I am looking for Ding Xiaotian to verify one thing!" The man also had a few retinues, and when the retinue heard the leader say this, they forced themselves towards the gang that was besieging Ding Xiaotian. The gang was not their opponent, and soon lost and fled. At this time, Ding Xiaotian could no longer support it and fell to the ground. The man hurriedly stepped forward to support Ding Xiaotian, while feeding him a heart protection detoxification pill, while letting people fold branches on the spot to make a slippery pole, the two lifted Ding Xiaotian and folded to the dock station on the side of the Jialing River.
When Ding Xiaotian woke up the afternoon of the next day, he opened his eyes and saw that the room was full of people, surrounded by his bed, and the officers escorting the official ship were also among them. He tried to struggle to get up, when one of the officers yelled angrily, "Tell me, where did you hide the lychee tree?" ”
The middle-aged man next to him waved his hand at the officer and said, "Brother Ding has finally woken up." Xiang Licheng, who was in the nursing home of the Lower Naishou King's Mansion, happened to have some private affairs in Guozhou, and he did not expect to hear the officer talk about the robbery of Lychee. Knowing that Brother Ding is very famous in Shu, he must know it and hope to point it out. ”
As soon as Ding Xiaotian heard the voice, he knew that the other party was the person who saved himself last night, and now when he heard the other party say that it was the Shouwangfu Nursing Home, he suddenly realized: "No wonder you want to harm the emperor, it turned out to be the people of the Shouwangfu." The emperor took away Princess Shou, and indeed did not do it right. However, I heard that the traitorous minister Yang Guozhong and King Shou have never been at odds, so how could they come together? ”
Xiang Licheng did not know why, so he asked, "Why did Brother Ding say this?" How could we harm the emperor? ”
Ding Xiaotian said, "Since you can leave the branch, since you can make the soul leave the branch, it is bound to be extremely vicious." You took it and offered it to the emperor, not to harm him or anything? ”
Xiang Licheng smiled, "Lychee is indeed also known as the branch, which means that as long as the lychee fruit is plucked from the branch, the color changes after one day, the fragrance changes after two days, the taste changes after three days, and it cannot be eaten after four or five days." However, lychee is not only non-toxic, but also has the effect of reducing swelling, detoxification, hemostasis and pain, and is also a beauty product. The emperor was distressed by the noble concubine Niangniang, so he ordered someone to carry the lychee tree from Fuzhou to Chang'an. ”
Ding Xiaotian suddenly froze. Huang Huanfu asked Ding Xiaotian to rob the official ship, and even though Ding Xiaotian had great courage, he did not dare to easily oppose the government, and he was unwilling to accept this business. Huang Fu then told Ding Xiaotian that Yang Guozhong wanted to usurp the throne and let the official ship transport the poisonous tree from the branch to the Tang Ming Emperor, and although the fruit on the tree had a fragrance, it was extremely poisonous, and once it was taken, it would inevitably go out of its soul and become a demented person, which was for the purpose of "leaving the branch".
Ding Xiaotian knew that Yang Guozhong was extremely treacherous, and Emperor Tang Ming had a lot of trust in him, and maybe he would be deceived. Although he hated Emperor Tang Ming's dimwitting in his later years, he hated Yang Guozhong even more for his treachery and misleading the country, so he agreed to rob the tree, so as to prevent Yang Guozhong's treacherous plan from succeeding.
Ding Xiaotian only suffered some skin trauma, at this time the toxicity has been solved, once he understood the reason, he turned over and climbed up, saying: "I have been fooled by the Yellow Fighter, let's go find him." When Ding Xiaotian and Xiang Licheng led the people and horses to the Huang Family Compound, they all froze. I saw that the Huang family compound was in a mess, full of dead people, and there was dark red blood flowing from the corners of their mouths. Xiang Licheng stomped his feet and said, "They were poisoned, but unfortunately they came too late!" ”
At this moment, a slight moan came from behind the house. The crowd rushed over, only to see that Huang Huangfu had fallen into a pool of blood, and only a trace of breath remained. It turned out that only one of the Huang family's Huang Huangfu was not poisoned, and the enemy used force to solve it, and Huang Huangfu was seriously injured and passed out. The enemy thought that Huang Huangfu was dead and did not dare to stay long, so he quickly retreated.
The crowd woke up Huang Andufu and asked, "What's going on?" Huang Huangfu said: "I was fooled by Prince Li Xiang, I helped him grab the lychee tree, and he also sent someone to poison my whole family's mouth!" ”
It turned out that since Yang Guifei entered the palace, every summer there was a disease of reverse hiccups and diarrhea, and the imperial doctors were helpless, and Yang Guifei, who was fat and beautiful, was losing weight day by day. Colliers' hometown is in Gaozhou, Guangdong, where lychees are abundant. He knew that lychees were a good food remedy for stubborn regurgitation and five diarrhea, and that they were appetizing and spleen-enhancing, and could enhance appetite, so he spoke to Emperor Tang Ming.
But the lychee is not easy to keep, from Gaozhou fast horse whip to Chang'an is also a few days, the color and fragrance have long been lost, fortunately, some of the effects still exist, Yang Guifei has improved since eating lychee.
Later, the imperial palace discovered that Fuzhou was also rich in lychees, so in the ripe season of lychees, they were uprooted, loaded into ships, and went up along the Yangtze River, turning into the Jialing River in the mountain city, disembarking from Lizhou, and taking the land route. When they arrived in Chang'an, the lychees still had color and fragrance, thus preserving Yang Guifei's abundance.
Crown Prince Li Xiang said that the emperor was heartbroken, and his father, Emperor Ming of Tang, was old and did not die, and even lived younger and younger, so he had evil intentions. He knew that Emperor Tang Ming's entire sustenance was on Yang Guifei, and decided to start by attacking Yang Guifei, thinking that as long as Yang Guifei was overthrown, Emperor Tang Ming would definitely accelerate his aging. Li Xiang asked people to prevent Lychee from entering Chang'an, the purpose was to make Yang Guifei sick and deformed, and if her father was anxious, he might die.
This is why Huang Xiaofu hired Ding Xiaotian to rob the tree, but Huang Huangfu knew that although Ding Xiaotian was an assassin, he was born with a chivalrous heart, doing something and not doing something, and would not kill people casually for money, at least it depended on whether the other party should be killed. He was worried that Ding Xiaotian would not take the order, so he lied that the lychee was poisonous and that Yang Guozhong used it to harm Emperor Tang Ming.
Ding Xiaotian finally further understood the truth of the matter, so he said to Xiang Licheng: "Originally, the lychee was dedicated to Yang Yuhuan, and now that people have found it, and the gold has also been taken away by you, I will resign." Xiang Licheng knew that Ding Xiaotian was resourceful and had the heart to retain. Ding Xiaotian sneered and said, "Kaiyuan is prosperous, and the people's port is rich." After transferring to the Tianbao period, the emperor was infatuated with Yang Yuhuan, and the world was not as good as before. I think that only when Yang Yuhuan dies can the emperor regain his strength, then I can also find a decent messenger and stop killing people for a living. ”
Xiang Licheng thought that since Li Xiang dared to rob the lychee, there must still be a conspiracy behind him, and the officers and soldiers escorting the lychee were not enough to succeed, and it was difficult for him to find the lychee by himself, so he tried to persuade each other bitterly. But Ding Xiaotian was unwilling, and said that he was originally an officer and retired from the army, but the official government was corrupt, he had no money to pay tribute, he could not find errands, and he had to kill people for a living.
Xiang Licheng was anxious and questioned him: "At home, do you have the final say or your wife?" ”
Ding Xiaotian smiled and said, "Of course, I have the final say." ”
Xiang Licheng said, "Isn't this right, Yang Guifei is only a woman no matter what she says, how can she influence the emperor's thoughts?" To talk about the root cause, or the emperor himself has a problem. ”
Ding Xiaotian said, "Since the emperor has a problem, I can't help him." ”
Xiang Licheng said, "How can you be considered to be helping the emperor?" You're helping the people of the world! If you think about it, even if the emperor dies, it will only be the crown prince who will succeed to the throne, and the prince is not an enlightened lord, maybe the world will be more chaotic at that time. However, King Shou was wise and wise, and had the opportunity to become a prince, but unfortunately, due to the reasons of the noble concubine, he lost the position of prince. If the emperor lived a little longer, when he completely saw the true face of the prince, and the noble concubine was old at that time, the emperor was no longer afraid that she would re-reconcile with King Shou, and perhaps he would be succeeded by King Shou instead. ”
Ding Xiaotian was finally moved. Xiang Licheng then ordered his two retinues to carry Huang To the dock station and hand him over to the escort officers, asking them to be carefully treated in the hope of exposing the prince's plot in the future. Subsequently, the crowd followed the clues provided by Huang Huanfu to find the subordinates of the crown prince Li Xiang. After some fighting, Li Xiang's henchmen were finally driven away, not wanting these people to have all the lychees removed, and the lychees would inevitably change their flavor.
The crowd had to pack the lychees in baskets and transport them to Chang'an overnight on horseback by Xiang Licheng and Ding Xiaotian, while the rest of them still returned to the wharf station to join the retinue who returned first. After a day and a night of turbulence, Xiang and Ding rushed to the Shouwang Mansion. Xiang Licheng took Ding Xiaotian to see King Shou. King Shou listened to the report and immediately took Lychee to meet Emperor Tang Ming. As soon as Emperor Tang Ming saw King Shou, he asked, "I heard that your nursing home stayed with an assassin in Shudi?" ”
King Shou reported the truth. Emperor Tang Ming said angrily, "You blamed me for taking away the jade ring, and you were upset, so you robbed the lychee and pushed the responsibility to the prince. ”
King Shou exclaimed, "Why did the Father Emperor say this!" This is really the prince's conspiracy! Bao Er was also worried about Niangniang's condition, so he asked the nursing home to send the lychee back overnight, and Niangniang was also able to eat it. ”
Emperor Tang Ming became more and more angry, "You are still arguing! The officers in charge of the escort have all sent a letter to the united in detail. Ding Xiaotian had also been an officer, but after demobilization, because he did not find an envoy for a while, he became dissatisfied with the imperial court and made a living by killing people, which was a disaster for Shudi. Your nursing home actually ran to collude with him to rob the lychee. Although you have now transported the lychee back, after a day and a night of leaving the branch, is it still the fruit of the tree? ”
Unexpectedly, the escort officer was the prince's person, and as soon as Xiang Licheng left, they reported the situation to the prince. The only person the prince was jealous of the brothers was King Shou, who wanted to marry King Shou when he robbed Lychee, and did not want King Shou to have a nursing home to return to Guozhou to do business, and by the way, he took back Lychee. After receiving the flying pigeon message from the escort officer, the crown prince ordered him to immediately kill Huang Huangfu and Xiang Licheng's retinue. At the same time, he drafted a sonata, saying that King Shou sent someone to rob Lychee, but accidentally plotted to leak it, so he changed his mind and took off the lychee and returned to Beijing to ask for credit.
Ever since Yang Yuhuan changed from Princess Shou to noble concubine, King Shou rarely saw his father. Emperor Tang Ming had a ghost in his heart, and he did not want to meet this son. Now that Emperor Tang Ming was very loud to him, King Shou had to be silent. Emperor Tang Ming thought that King Shou was weak-hearted, but he did not admit his mistake, so he ordered his men to arrest him.
At this time, a soft voice came from behind the curtain and said, "Sanlang and slow." King Shou was suddenly excited and wanted to walk towards the curtain, but he finally held back. Seeing Yang Guifei come out, King Shou choked up and said, "Niangniang is good." ”
Princess Yang Guifei looked at her husband, who was no longer as excited as when she first entered the palace, and immediately turned her eyes to Emperor Tang Ming, saying: "I know that King Shou is a person, he will never harm me, please ask the emperor to forgive him for his innocence." ”
Emperor Tang Minghuang said, "Well, this time I will spare you, and next time I must not be rude again!" ”
King Shou left Lychee behind and bowed back. At this time, Yang Guifei just happened to be ill for the first time, and she began to have diarrhea since the morning.
If the lychees continue to be transported by water from Guozhou to Lizhou, it will have to wait for a few more days. Xiang Licheng brought it back overnight, but it became a timely rain.
Yang Feifei also did not wash her hands after defecation, and ate several lychees in one breath, which was the end. The eunuchs hid the lychees that could not be eaten for a while in the ice cellar.
Emperor Tang Ming, seeing that the noble concubine was in stable condition, paid more attention to the transport of lychees, and reinstated the escort officers to Fuzhou, and dug a newly excavated lychee tree and transported it back to Chang'an.
At this time, the prince was frightened by this, although he shirked his responsibility, he did not dare to act rashly, so that the lychee tree did not have any more turmoil.