Chapter 120 Who am I? Who am I?
After Ni Kun had concluded the deal with Yangzhou Shuanglong, he put away the token, returned to his table, drank half a cup of wine, paid the bill and left.
As for whether the Yangzhou Twin Dragons would keep their promise and come to see him the day after tomorrow with the secret of immortality, he was not worried.
Although these two are a bit shady, they are still very concerned about avenging Fu Jun'er.
Ni Kun has a way to take them to the Linjiang Palace Banquet, and it is an open deal with no additional conditions, so they will make the right choice.
What if these two guys show their gangster habits and try to play tricks...
Do you really think that Mr. Ni runs a charity?
After leaving the restaurant, Ni Kun went to Dongfang Bai's safe house in a deep alley.
This trip was not in vain, Dongfang Bai, dressed in red, was waiting for him.
"Brother, you are back!"
Seeing Ni Kun coming in, Dongfang Bai's face was full of surprise. With her red skirt fluttering, she threw herself into his arms with a gust of fragrance. She stretched out her jade arms, hugged his neck tightly, stood on tiptoes, and gave him a passionate kiss.
She was once the owner of the mustard seed ring. Although she had taken the initiative to erase the mark in the ring and gave the ring to Ni Kun, there was still some vague connection between her and the mustard seed ring.
Once the ring gets within a certain distance of her, she will feel it.
The last time Ni Kun came to Jiangdu, Dongfang Bai easily found him on the streets of Jiangdu for this reason.
This time Ni Kun returned from Liaodong, so she knew that he had arrived in Jiangdu, so she skipped her job and went back to the safe house to wait.
After two months of separation, Dongfang Bai felt like he was longing for rain after a long drought. When they were kissing passionately, he wished he could rub his whole body into Ni Kun's arms.
Seeing how enthusiastic she was, Ni Kun knew that he couldn't say anything for a while, so he simply picked her up and carried her sideways, striding straight to the bedroom.
Several hours passed, until dusk, when the bedroom finally became quiet.
Dongfang Bai's body looked like it had just been pulled out of the water. He was sweating profusely and lay limply on Ni Kun. His starry eyes were half closed, his long eyelashes were covered with tiny tears, and he looked like he was barely breathing.
Ni Kun gently stroked her smooth, snow-white waist and plump buttocks and chuckled:
"I haven't seen you for two months. How come your body isn't as good as before? You seem to be much more fragile..."
Dongfang Bai snorted weakly, and said angrily with a sobbing nasal tone:
"In the past two months, I have made great progress in my cultivation and my martial arts skills have reached a new level. How could my body be worse than before?
"It's obvious that you've improved too fast. I haven't seen you for two months, and yet you're already..."
There is no need to say more, just say half the words. Everything is implied.
Ni Kun smiled and said, "Does sister like it?"
Dongfang Bai said nothing, but rubbed his cheek against his chest, like a cat affectionate to its owner.
After quietly leaning against each other for a while, seeing that Dongfang Bai's breath had recovered a lot, Ni Kun started talking about business:
"I heard that the emperor recently wrote a new poem."
Dongfang Baidao: "Are you talking about the song 'Drunken Swordsman'?"
"Yes, that's the poem. Speaking of which, although the emperor is a talented poet and has the ambition to live forever, why did he write this poem for no reason and give himself the title of Drunken Swordsman?"
"Who knows what he was thinking? Anyway, this poem is not suitable for a monarch. Those flatterers just flattered him, saying that his poem was elegant and majestic, and had a fairy-like style..."
"The poem is indeed quite elegant and bold, but it doesn't seem like it should have been written by an emperor. The emperor has never written a poem like this before. So, under what circumstances did the emperor write this poem?"
"Just five days ago, after getting drunk, Mo Ming chanted this poem. After chanting this poem, he seemed to mutter: Zhuang Zhou dreamed of being a butterfly? The butterfly dreamed of Zhuang Zhou? Who am I? Who am I? An eunuch gossiped, saying that the emperor must have been so drunk that he couldn't even tell who ."
Hearing this, Ni Kun's heart moved slightly, and he seemed to be thinking about something for a moment.
Seeing that he was silent, Dongfang Bai raised her plump and full white thighs, rubbed them against his lower abdomen, and whispered:
"Little brother, aren't you not interested in these mundane affairs? Why are you asking so many questions about the emperor today? Are you actually a great talent and are you interested in the emperor's poems?"
Ni Kun shook his head and laughed: "I can only recite poems, and I am barely okay at appreciating them, but if you ask me to write poems, I know nothing at all and can only plagiarize."
Dongfang Bai chuckled and said, "You can copy some of Li Bai's poems."
Ni Kun laughed: "If this is seen by people who know the business, I will be embarrassed."
After a pause, he asked again: "Has there been any changes since the emperor wrote this poem?"
"Nothing has changed. It's still the same as before. I continue to indulge in fine wine and beautiful women, and pay no attention to state affairs."
"Don't you have some special outbursts of energy occasionally? Or a sudden urge to dance with swords or something?"
"It is said that when the emperor was young, he did have some aura of a great ruler, and his martial arts skills were quite good. But he only knew how to use a knife, and was not good at swordsmanship. Now, he is so weak that he can't even lift a knife."
"Is that so..."
Ni Kun was puzzled. If Yang Guang was really possessed by the Drunken Swordsman, it would be natural for him to be addicted to wine, but it would be inappropriate for him to be addicted to beautiful women.
So what exactly is Yang Guang’s situation?
As he was thinking, he felt that Dongfang Bai's thighs were moving more and more excessively, so he couldn't help but hold her thighs and said with a smile:
"Sister was crying and begging for mercy just now, but now she's being restless again? Don't you want to sleep tonight?"
Dongfang Bai showed no fear at all. Instead, he raised his eyes and gave him a provocative look:
"I just want to see how powerful you are, little brother."
"Then I won't be polite!"
Ni Kun laughed, turned over to subdue her, and started the fight again.
After a leisurely night, Dongfang Bai left before dawn the next day. He was to stand guard in the Linjiang Palace as a brave guard and continue to monitor Yang Guang nearby.
Dongfang Bai's cultivation was truly amazing. He was on the verge of collapse many times, but after taking a short breath, he was able to recover and continue to challenge Ni Kun tirelessly.
There really is a sense of "all things grow and reproduce endlessly" here.
Dongfang Bai skipped work for half a day and an entire night yesterday. She cannot leave her post today and will be on duty in the palace continuously to continue to closely monitor Yang Guang. In fact, she still doesn't understand why Pei Gong assigned her this task to monitor Yang Guang, the emperor without a future.
Ni Kun did have some guesses, but after Yang Guang wrote that poem, he continued to indulge in alcohol and sex, which was quite puzzling, so Ni Kun did not dare to easily confirm his guess.
I can only wait until tomorrow and go to Linjiang Palace in person to observe and see what Yang Guang is capable of.
Dongfang Bai would not be back today, so Ni Kun did not stay here any longer. He did some morning exercises to make up for the training he had missed last night, and then returned to the Yingui Sect base to continue his training.
Time passed quickly, and another day passed in the blink of an eye. It was the day when the Linjiang Palace Banquet was held.
The guests of honor at this palace banquet are all extraordinary people. It is said that a large number of extraordinary people will attend the banquet and perform in front of the emperor.
It was almost noon.
In Linjiang Palace, the emperor's bedroom.
Yang Guang just woke up from a dream. With the help of the palace maid, he drank a large glass of wine from a luminous cup to sober up, then washed up and ate a few cakes to go with the wine.
After drinking half full, Yang Guang got up drunkenly and, supported by several palace maids, wandered around the palace aimlessly for a while to stretch his muscles.
When walking through a rain corridor with carvings of dragons and paintings of phoenixes, Yang Guang saw a group of beautiful girls rehearsing sword dance on a white jade square surrounded by flower gardens outside the corridor. He was stunned for a moment, staring at the dancers with colorful clothes flying, graceful figures, and elegant dance moves, some of which were also heroic.
The maids and eunuchs who were serving him thought that Yang Guang had taken a fancy to a beautiful dancer. A thin old eunuch with a rather elegant and handsome appearance approached Yang Guang and asked in a low voice:
" Which ? I will call her here to serve you."
Yang Guang raised his hand, as if pointing at a dancer.
The old eunuch looked in the direction he pointed, and was about to order the young eunuch to call the dancer, but he saw Yang Guang's eyes were dazed and he said incoherently:
"Sword...why didn't it obey the summons?"
The old eunuch was silent, and only then did he realize that Yang Guang was not looking at the beauty, nor was he referring to the dancers, but the long and short swords in the dancers' hands that looked bright but were actually unsharpened.
I couldn't help but laugh in my heart:
"Does this tyrant really think he is a sword immortal?"
As a eunuch in the inner court and the emperor's close attendant, he secretly criticized like this, which shows that this old eunuch is not loyal.
But it is also true that in these years, apart from the treacherous ministers around the emperor, where is there a place for loyal and good people to stay?
What's more, the old eunuch's surname is Wei and his name is Lianxiang. He is an undercover agent of Yingui and is only loyal to the leader of Yingui. He doesn't have the emperor in his heart.
At this time, a eunuch came up to report:
"Your Majesty, Imperial Censor Pei Yun requests to see you and report to you about today's Linjiang Palace banquet."
Yang Guang's eyes were dazed again, and his attention was immediately diverted. His speech became clearer:
"Spread the word quickly! We are hosting a banquet for a strange man today. I heard that Pei Qing has visited a strange man named Zhao Wuji, who is quite magical and can summon goddesses to descend to the earth. I want to broaden my horizons at today's banquet!"
When the eunuch went to summon the Imperial Censor Pei Yun, Wei Lianxiang saw the opportunity and said:
"Your Majesty, I have also found a strange person recently, and I will also attend the Linjiang Palace banquet today."
Yang Guang asked with great interest:
"Oh, what special skills does the extraordinary person that Wei Qing is looking for have?"
Wei Lianxiang said:
"The strange man I found can control water and fire, and can bring dead trees back to life. His magical powers are extraordinary."
After hearing this, Yang Guang was immediately disappointed and lost interest. He just encouraged Wei Lianxiang with a few words and didn't ask any more questions.
Wei Lianxiang sighed inwardly, thinking that this foolish monarch only cared about the magical skill of summoning the so-called "goddess of heaven", but did not know that the methods of controlling water and fire and bringing dead trees back to life were the truly powerful methods that were truly useful.
The ruler is so foolish, the Sui Dynasty is doomed!
Three quarters after 3 p.m.
Ni Kun, along with Zhu Yuyan, Wen Caiting, Kan Kan, and Bai Qing'er, rode in a horse-drawn carriage to the bank of Yangzijin, outside the Linjiang Palace, which was built by the mountains and beside the water.
Zhu Yuyan asked Wei Lianxiang for three pass tokens. Ni Kun wanted to trade two of them with Kou Xu and others, leaving him with only one.
However, it was very easy for Zhu Yuyan and others to sneak into the Linjiang Palace. With Wei Lianxiang making the door convenient for them, they only needed to disguise themselves as palace maids and dancers to sneak into the palace.
Of course, they needed to disguise themselves. Otherwise , with their looks, if they were seen by Yang Guang, they would probably get into unnecessary trouble.
Zhu Yuyan and the other three were sent to a remote side door, and entered the palace with the help of the eunuch arranged by Wei Lianxiang . Ni Kun then sat alone in a carriage and waited outside the main gate of Linjiang Palace.
After waiting for a while, two young men with noble bearing came together. They were Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling.
