Hu Xiaotian received a scolding in Puxian Courtyard, but the old emperor just scolded him and there was no substantial punishment. When Hu Xiaotian returned to Wuguantang from Puxian Courtyard, a group of guards all came up to greet him.
After disappearing inside, this group of guards suddenly lost their backbone. In addition, after Hu Xiaotian showed his strength, he had successfully frightened this group of guards.
Zuo Tang was the fastest to change the direction of the wind. When he saw Hu Xiaotian smiling, he got closer before everyone else: "Master Hu, you are back. Are you tired? Why don't you let me help you beat your back and massage your feet?"
Hu Xiaotian didn't refuse, he nodded, and Zuo Tang immediately asked someone to get hot water.
Hu Xiaotian returned to his room surrounded by a group of people. Someone immediately brought a basin of hot water over. Hu Xiaotian soaked his feet with the hot water. Zuo Tang had already come behind him and started beating his back and shoulders, showing great attentiveness.
One of the guards said: "Sir, are you having a hard time in the Split Cloud Valley?"
Hu Xiaotian said: "That's quite hard work, but the emperor's order means that even if it's hard work, we have to do it!" He accidentally said the eunuch's lines again.
A group of guards wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh. It was very hard to hold it in. Hu Xiaotian laughed at himself and said: "I used to be an undercover agent in the palace. After so long, I almost forgot that I was a normal person. There is no one in the world like me who first became a eunuch."
I’m afraid not many will become monks anymore.”
Zuo Tang said: "Your generosity and loyalty are admirable. I will definitely take you as a role model in the future and learn more from you."
"What can you learn from me? We have experienced the life of a monk together. If you want to be a eunuch, I can be accommodating to Eunuch Quan."
Zuo Tang's face turned pale with fright, and he hurriedly said: "I don't dare, I don't dare. There are not many people in the world who have the courage of an adult." This guy went around to the front and squatted down to help Hu Xiaotian wash his feet.
Come. Hu Xiaotian looked at these groveling guards and sighed in his heart. Changes are really fast. If I lose power, I am afraid that one by one will fall out of favor faster than turning over a book. This is reality. The world is cold and human relations are cold and warm. If I want to
People will always treat you as their master, so you must have the capital to impress them and the strength to intimidate them.
Hu Xiaotian said: "Are you familiar with the eight guards around the emperor?"
The surrounding guards shook their heads at the same time: "Lord Commander, they are all members of Mr. Hong of the Tianji Bureau. We are not familiar with each other."
Hu Xiaotian said: "It was originally our responsibility to protect the emperor. Now they are occupying the magpie's nest. Those who know understand what is going on. Those who don't know think that we imperial guards are incompetent and that the emperor does not trust us at all."
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Zuo Tang raised his head: "Isn't that right? A few days ago, a guard came over and questioned us in every possible way. His attitude was arrogant, as if they were superior to us. It's really depressing."
Hu Xiaotian said: "Brothers, this is not the way to go. The reason why we are called imperial guards is because our duty is to protect the emperor personally. Now our affairs are all done by others. The emperor must have thought that we have no
If we can guarantee his safety, I think it won’t be long before we are dismissed from the imperial city.”
After hearing this, a group of guards all felt that Hu Xiaotian's words were reasonable. Someone said: "Sir, I have long felt that something is wrong with this matter. The Tianji Bureau is trying to take away our jobs!" This sentence immediately aroused the common hatred of this group of guards.
Although everyone knows that accompanying the emperor is like accompanying a tiger, everyone still cuts their head and burrows into the emperor. The greater the risk, the greater the benefit. In fact, the personal protection of the emperor is not that big of a risk. Big.
Since the founding of the Kang Dynasty, which emperor has died from an assassination? The closer you are to the emperor, the safer you are. Even if there are assassins, the first ones to die will be the peripheral Yulin troops.
What's more, being an ordinary bodyguard beside the emperor also makes outsiders think highly of them. They are slaves beside the emperor, but outside the palace, who wouldn't be arrogant? If all their positions are replaced by the Tianji Bureau, then it means
All the benefits they had in the past were gone, and when their own interests were involved, how could these guards not be impatient.
For a moment, the crowd was excited, and everyone was aggrieved. Finally, everyone turned their eyes to Hu Xiaotian: "Lord Commander, what do you want to do? We all listen to you."
Hu Xiaotian said: "Actually, when I first came to Tianlong Temple, I was a little stricter on you. It's not that I deliberately targeted you, but I found that you didn't have any sense of crisis and were all leisurely and contented. I'm worried for you.
If the imperial guard is replaced by someone else, at worst I won't be the deputy commander, but what about you?"
A group of guards lowered their heads one after another, and their hearts became heavy. While Zuo Tang pressed Hu Xiaotian's feet hard, he said: "Sir, we are ignorant. Only now do we know your good intentions. From now on, I will wait for you."
We will follow you to the death, and as long as you let us go east, we will never go west."
"Yes!" A group of guards agreed in unison.
"Sir, what do you say? We all listen to you."
Hu Xiaotian wanted this effect. He smiled slightly and said: "The key to whether we can keep our jobs depends on the Emperor. If the Emperor can regain his trust in us, no one can replace us."
"My lord, please explain in more detail."
Hu Xiaotian said: "It may not be easy to get back trust. As far as I know, someone slandered us in front of the emperor, saying that we are all deaf and a decoration!"
"This is really unreasonable." A group of guards were filled with indignation.
Zuo Tang said: "It must be the Tianji Bureau who is slandering us. Since they can do it in the first grade, we can do it in the fifteenth grade. At worst, we will also spread rumors that are not good for them."
Hu Xiaotian glanced at this guy with disdain: "You only have this little potential. They are by the Emperor's side. If they say anything, the Emperor will definitely believe it. It's not easy for us to even see the Emperor's face. Will the Emperor believe what you say?"
Zuo Tang was speechless and could only use all his strength on Hu Xiaotian's feet.
Not to mention, this guy’s technique of squeezing feet is quite good. Hu Xiaotian grinned comfortably and whispered: "I don’t believe there is nothing wrong with them. As long as their omissions and mistakes are found out, I will punish them severely in front of the emperor."
Give them a copy so that they can walk around without eating."
"How to catch their fault?"
Hu Xiaotian said: "There are eight of them, but there are a hundred of us. As long as we let the brothers show their tricks and keep an eye on their every move, I don't believe that we can't catch their faults."
Everyone nodded.
Hu Xiaotian said: "Zuo Tang, I leave this matter to you. You must be careful and don't leak the conversation between us."
Everyone confessed one after another: "Don't worry, sir, we will not spread this matter under any circumstances."
Hu Xiaotian said: "Anyway, you remember that we all have the same blessings and hardships. As long as you follow me and work with peace of mind, you will never suffer any loss."
Three consecutive days passed in peace. The old emperor never found trouble with Hu Xiaotian again, and the Tianlong Temple did not continue to pursue the matter regarding the Split Cloud Valley. However, Hu Xiaotian had a premonition that under the surface calm, there was actually an undercurrent surging.
Recently, there have been many unfamiliar faces among the monks in the West Campus. Although the number of people has not increased, Hu Xiaotian has noticed from their steps and aura that these monks are not ordinary people. It seems that Tianlong Temple has already understood the purpose of the emperor's visit.
I became suspicious and started to take precautions.
Hu Xiaotian asked his guards to investigate the duty hours of the guards around Long Xuanen, and marked the environment map of the West Courtyard. In fact, this was to fulfill his promise to Fu Wu. There is strength in numbers. Hu Xiaotian used to spend a lot of effort to accomplish this.
With the help of these guards, things progressed very quickly. In three days, the map has been improved a lot, but there is still a blank about the Sutra Pavilion. Although they are very close to the Sutra Pavilion, that
The area is heavily guarded, and even ordinary monks are prohibited from entering, let alone them.
In addition to daily necessary activities, Hu Xiaotian spends most of his time practicing, especially changing his muscles and bones and changing his appearance. For him, hiding his identity is the most important thing. It was raining that night, and Hu Xiaotian finally waited for a suitable opportunity. In the early morning
At that time, he quietly left the room. The guards were already asleep in the next room. Hu Xiaotian jumped up to the roof and looked around. He could see in the dark and his eyesight was very strong. The rain was not heavy, and there was nothing around the Five View Hall.
People were stationed there, Hu Xiaotian jumped into the air, took a breath and jumped up more than three feet, and then swooped down from the mid-air, gliding through the rainy night like a big bird. His target was not the Sutra Pavilion, but
It is Puxianyuan.
After gliding for more than twenty feet, his toes touched the branches lightly, and his body flew up again. Hu Xiaotian had mastered the secret of flying control. With every breath and breath, he could still practice while flying and gliding. In mid-air,
The joints made a crackling sound. Hu Xiaotian had climbed into a huge camphor tree more than ten times in a row. At this time, his body had shrunk a lot compared to the original. His back and chest were bulging, and he looked like a hunchback.
, the muscles on his face have also collapsed, making him look skinny and bones, and his appearance is extremely wretched. During the process of gliding just now, Hu Xiaotian has completed changing his muscles and bones and changing his face. He will visit Puxian Yuan tonight to see this old man.
What secret does the emperor have, and who is pretending to be it?
In the distance, a pair of guards walked along the path outside Samantabhadra Temple. They were the imperial guards responsible for night patrol. Thirty imperial guards were organized into five groups and were responsible for guarding the perimeter of Samantabhadra Temple in six shifts every day. These guards
There are also complaints that this kind of hard and painful work used to belong to the Yulin Army. They were supposed to protect the emperor, but now they have been replaced by the masters of the Tianji Bureau.
Hu Xiaotian waited until the group of guards passed by, then flew out from the tree canopy and landed silently on the courtyard wall. Without stopping too much, he then raised his body and flew over a distance of more than ten feet like a floating leaf.
It fell gently on the roof of the Zen house where the emperor lived.
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