The ground refused to come forward.

Lin Zhennan's eyes suddenly opened wide and he looked at the ragged figure in front of him. He grabbed the armrests of the Taishi's chair with both hands uncontrollably. He staggered up and sat down again. He repeated this several times, which was obviously unacceptable.

His lips tightened into a line, but after meeting the man's gaze, he could no longer tremble uncontrollably and said.

"My son, why are you here..."

…………

This hall is so vast that even the red candles burning high in the room and the silver lamps all over the place cannot illuminate it. Therefore, behind every pillar, there is a shadow that is so thick that it cannot be eliminated.

The entire floor of the hall is paved with fine white stones from Gaoyao County, Guangdong. There is a high chair on the main seat, which is large enough to seat four or five people side by side.

But at this time, behind the curtain, it was clear that there was only a huge body sitting upright, leaving no space at all.

Geng Jingzhong took a deep breath. The figure in front of him was different from what he remembered, and it was also different from anything he had ever seen before. Now he no longer even had the basic appearance of a human being.

He could see clearly that what was hiding behind the curtain at this time was just a monster covered in fat with overlapping limbs. The thin skin could no longer hold up the heavy fat, and when it was filled to the limit, it turned into wrinkles and bulges.

The skin is also filled with dark gray spots visible to the naked eye.

Geng Jimao panted weakly. Just pushing the fat to shrink the chest was a huge burden. The limbs had already been defeated, and they were nested in the fat like extra burdens on the body. The hands and feet were so slender compared to the body.

It's ridiculous, and only occasionally and ridiculously does it tremble due to nervous twitching.

A face poked out with difficulty from where the neck was originally. It was covered with folds of flesh. It was so smooth and delicate that it did not look like a middle-aged general who had been exposed to the sun and weathered the battle. His hair was just like a clump of tangled hair.

Grass grows stubbornly on the huge rocks and has become an insignificant embellishment.

Geng Jingzhong didn't need to lift the curtain to guess that a money rat tail must be carefully tied to the bunch of "weeds".

"Father, I'm here."

A blast of asthma came from behind the curtain, like a bellows. Every time he took a hard breath, wind would sound out of thin air, causing all the lights, candles and fireworks all around to point in the same direction, and the dark shadows in the room began to become erratic.

"I didn't let you come out..."

Geng Jimao adjusted his breath several times before he could say such a complete sentence. Geng Jingzhong could not tell whether his father's words were an anger, a mockery, or simply an expression of doubt.

"But I'm already here."

Geng Jingzhong continued, seeming to take everything for granted.

The two of them were silent for a while. No cocks or dogs could be heard outside the hall, and the long night showed no sign of coming to an end.

"Father, the Qing court is so aggressive, why do you have to give in everywhere?"

Geng Jingzhong sat cross-legged on the spot, like a child who had a tantrum and refused to leave.

The sound of asthma behind the curtain was like a bellows, and it took a long time before I answered.

"My son... I have no choice but to do this..."

"We have no choice? Our Geng family fought from Liaodong to Guangdong and Fujian. Now we have no choice but to use it as an excuse?"

Geng Jingzhong said coldly, "If this is the case, when my grandfather died, he was either a miner in Liaodong, a soldier of Mao Shuai, or a bandit in Dengzhou. How can he be the king of Jingnan?"

Geng Jimao was silent for a moment, and his breathing suddenly became louder. The cold breath lingered in his chest, and finally he spoke in a low voice.

"How can a father not know this!!!"

The roar came from his chest, and the echoes became louder and louder. The spirit of fighting and fighting was beyond words, and Geng Jingzhong couldn't help but look sideways.

"Your grandfather died on the run. He was alone in the army and led the generals. He asked Prince Rui to attack him, but he refused. For this reason, he marched south and attacked many counties in Guangdong. He killed many people along the way and the blood flowed into the sky.

, even Shang Kexi was shocked and speechless.”

"Only in this way can Gu be succeeded as king in the eighth year of Shunzhi, so as not to fall into the fate of Kong Youde and the vassal annihilation! There is so much suffering and hardship here. Father, I know better than you! What I have done for Geng Fan

There’s more to it than you think!”

Geng Jingzhong couldn't help but take two steps back, and looked behind the curtain with a more fearful look.

"Father... what he said is true..."

But Geng Jingzhong thought of Jiang Wen's words again, and his courage grew a little more.

"But what they want is the child's life! Are you even ignoring my life?"

The royal palace was vast and helpless, with waves of sound rolling around the beams. The remaining sounds of the two people's conversations instantly clashed together, turning into a buzzing echo, until they fell into silence together.

"Your Majesty, there is no need to worry. Your Majesty has already made plans."

Geng Jingzhong turned around suddenly and found that at some point, an extra person had suddenly appeared in the hall. His figure was blocked by the thick shadows behind the pillars, making him blurry and erratic, as if he was an illusion from another world.

"Who are you?!"

Geng Jingzhong shouted angrily, turning his head and staring fearfully.

The voice of the shadow was erratic, and it was hard to tell whether it was male or female. By chance, if you put your face in the light, you could see that it was wearing a ghost mask with upside-down facial features, which was terrifying and bizarre.

"I haven't met the crown prince yet. I am a small member of Prince Geng's staff. I hope you will take care of any negligence in etiquette. I have the courage to show up this time because I can't see the father and son turning against each other and losing their moral integrity, so I want to defend the prince.

"

The figure shakily shrank back into the shadows, and only the trance-like sounds continued to come out.

"I also understand what the imperial envoy sent by the Qing court did. To give in at the right time is to retreat in order to avoid hindering the palace's grand plan. Although the imperial envoy's trip is domineering, it is just a pawn of the prince, and he may even

Help us find the Emperor who has disappeared for many years..."

Geng Jingzhong frowned and stared coldly at the shadow behind the pillar.

"Every big plan is nonsense. The Emperor is just a strange thing in the Five Dynasties of Fujian. Where did you come from? You actually tricked your father into looking for such a illusory thing?!"

The ghost-faced man laughed a few times in an indistinguishable manner, and said in a slightly flattering tone: "Your Majesty, there is no need to test the humble position anymore. I know everything that Huang Ji knows, and I also know clearly the things that he didn't explain clearly...

"

The ghost-faced man spoke to Geng Jingzhong with his pearls of wisdom in his hands, but the voice suddenly disappeared and came from the back of another pillar.

"The emperor was the king of the Liang Dynasty, and he left a great opportunity to his descendants. It was impossible to say that he could bring his whole family to the world and transform into an immortal. It was a pity that after Min Huizong got the Mani Orb, he told his descendants

The emperor's expectations are even higher, and he is unwilling to let the whole family live in detachment, and even wants to achieve the goal of ascension for the whole country!"

The other party's voice was rising and falling, constantly ringing in Geng Jingzhong's ears.

"Fujian Huizong believed the monstrous words of Taoist priests Chen Shouyuan and Xu Yan. Chen Shouyuan claimed that he could talk to the emperor and heard the instructions given by Wang Ba Immortal. He deliberately described the method of ascension as a magic method to lift the heavenly palace and recreate the Dragon Court.

. And Xu Yan had witchcraft and knew the location of the Yinquan Eye in Fuzhou City, so he led Min Huizong to see ghosts in the palace..."

"Nonsense! How dare you come out to meet me, rat!"

Geng Jingzhong cursed angrily, holding the waist knife in his sleeve tightly, and stood up to chase the ghost-faced man in the shadow. However, he found that the other party had ran behind the pillar further away at some point, and he was pressing the backs of his hands together.

, bowing down and performing some weird etiquette.

"Your Majesty, please be patient and listen to me carefully."

The ghost-faced man spoke in an indistinguishable male and female voice.

"Fujian Huizong was ignorant and incompetent, so naturally he was not as perceptive as the prince. However, this ignorant and ignorant king had a special destiny. In the third year of Changxing, he practiced Taoism for two months in front of the emperor, and he accidentally led the Yellow Dragon out of the water.

The appearance of the emperor caught all the Taoist priests in the palace by surprise."

"On that day, Immortal Wang Ba met with Huizong of Fujian. Huizong asked, 'In sixty years, I will return home safely.' Immortal Wang Ba personally promised: 'In sixty years, I will become Da Luo Immortal.' But he did not.

After waiting for sixty years, I found a way to let the prince see me..."

The more Geng Jingzhong listened, the more confused he became. He felt that he had met a lunatic who was deceiving others. He could not find his whereabouts, so he could only say loudly: "This is complete nonsense. My father must not listen to him."

nonsense!"

Geng Jingzhong wanted to step forward and pull back the curtain to meet Geng Jimao, who was either awake or confused. So he quickly walked a few steps closer to the chair, lifted off the veil, and found Geng Jimao's fat and tiny eyes.

Staring at the white stone floor tiles on the ground.

Geng Jimao did not raise his eyes to look at his eldest son once. He just stared at the ground all the time, as if there were some fleeting secrets written in these smooth jade-like white stones.

The purple lips on the fat flesh squirmed slightly, and said in a murmur: "He didn't lie to me, I saw it all... The palace of heaven is about to open..."

Geng Jingzhong suddenly realized that his father in front of him did not seem to have fallen asleep.

Every time we met in Fuzhou City, he became more and more obsessed with the "words" in the white stone. Then he struggled with the increasing accumulation of fat, hiding in a corner of this hall every night, struggling with the sound of breathing.

On the ground, silently waiting for the tick mark to run out before I can survive another day.

"Father, wake up! These are all nonsense!"

A wave of sadness surged into his heart, and Geng Jingzhong put aside all the resentment he felt when he entered the house. At this moment, he was extremely sure that his father had just been bewitched by demons, and that was why he did all kinds of unreasonable behavior.

The voice from behind the pillars sounded quietly: "Your Majesty, please don't get me wrong, Your Majesty has not lost his mind. Your Majesty knows better than us, including the fact that Your Majesty you secretly concealed the clues about the Emperor - but at this moment, the Yinquan Palace left by the Min Kingdom

It’s about to appear in this world. Look at the dark sky and dark sky outside the house. Does it look like the legendary Huangquan Haoli?"

Geng Jingzhong was suddenly enveloped in a wave of great terror. He was at a loss and didn't know what to do. He opened his eyes and opened his mouth, looking at the ghost-faced figure that turned out from behind the pillar.

"Your Majesty, Huang Ji only knows one thing but not the other, so his words are naturally full of connotations. Although this matter was deliberately hidden in the "History of the Five Dynasties", Uncle Ouyang Yong also left the story of seeing ghosts in Min Huizong's palace.

Clearly documented.”

"In the fourth year of Changxing when he ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, the total number of registered households in Fuzhou City was 47,000. But on the day Huang Long saw his house, the city's population suddenly increased sharply, with a total of more than 94,000 households. Taoist Xu Yancha

After a close inspection, it was reported that ghosts from the underworld had sneaked into the city..."
To be continued...