The Queen’s Thief


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First attempt at antiquity, I don’t know exactly what I can write, so I hope to learn from brother HUSKY.

I remember ten years ago there was a song named “Queen Bandit”, in addition to alluding to the other, probably a pair of thieves couple’s end of the love of the poignant performance, at that time really moved me, on this name to write a, I hope that all brothers like!

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“By the grace of God, the Emperor said: I am now on the throne, honored mother Cai as the Empress Dowager, the mother of the world, Chin Chin!”

Cai Fei stagnant listening to the eunuch’s pronouncement of the seal, kneeling on the ground, three hail, stretching over the hands of the eunuch to lightly receive the eunuch handed over the imperial decree, the eunuch panicked Cai Fei’s arm, slowly will be her up: “small people to the emperor to return to the word to go, empress dowager, you take care of your body!” Looking at Cai Fei gently nodded his head, the eunuch arched his back to the door of the hall and turned out. Several court ladies knelt down to congratulate Consort Cai, but she didn’t seem to see or hear them, she just stared at the imperial decree in her hand and muttered: “Not bad, it’s been fifteen years since my son finally became the emperor, where is he? Is he still alive?…” As the scenes from fifteen years ago resurfaced in front of her eyes, it seemed as if she had returned to that time when she was in the prime of her life, The late Emperor’s favorite, Concubine Cai.

The capital is always people in the hustle and bustle, there is a white-colored middle-aged man with a low head in the crowded walk, he wore a hat with a wide brim, look very hurried, slightly hanging head swaying from side to side, seems to be watching out for the surrounding crowd, he walks in a very strange way, would have been walking fast legs are still separated, as if it is in the hemorrhoids like. See he turned into a quiet alley, into the alley he accelerated his footsteps, heavy footsteps to the quiet of the alley brought a shadow of uneasiness.

Almost to the mouth of the alley, he stopped and slowly raised his head to gaze at the mouth of the alley, outside the mouth turned a man probably around thirty years old, the man was wearing a rough cloth tunic, the belt tied at the waist was very wide, the man wore a not too long beard, the whole face was nothing special, only a pair of eyes from time to time revealed a captivating look.

The man looked at him with a smile, casually touched the belt around his waist, and said, “I can’t believe that the famous Eunuch Zhang’s kung fu is also good enough to actually hear that I’m waiting for you!”

The one who was called Eunuch Zhang took two steps back and looked back before slowly saying, “My surname is Li, not Zhang, I think Your Excellency is mistaken!”

The man still smiled and said, “Forget it, Eunuch Zhang, since I recognize you, you can come with me!”

The man went on to say: “You have the guts to steal the Emperor’s treasures, don’t you have the guts to admit it? Well, since you won’t admit it, let me search it, okay?”

Eunuch Zhang subconsciously put his hand in front of his chest: “You, by what right!”

The man reached into his pocket and pulled out a piece of paper with a red seal, smiled and said, “I am the fifth grade sword guard Wang Shun, by the order of the Grand Master to catch the thief Zhang Changnian, this is the upper order, you honestly follow me.”

It turned out that Zhang Gong Gong is a painter in the palace, specializing in those who just entered the palace concubines portrait, because he painted a god, even the emperor is very appreciated him. Recently, the emperor traveled to the south of the excursion, this Zhang Gong somehow stole the emperor’s very favorite treasures to escape, while the security loose actually escaped from the palace. The big chief was furious, fearing that the emperor can not come back to blame, they secretly sent people around the blockade, as for the stolen treasures, the big chief did not explain.

Zhang Changnian gazed at the Wang Shun in front of him, know that his belt is the blade, he is absolutely not an opponent, the heart wants to good, said: “So it is a big brother Wang, long time ago, the villain a moment of confusion, and now guilty of the big brother in your hands, there is nothing good to say, the villain is only seeking to save this little life to leave on the line, the big brother Wang today, as a right to spare the life of the villain, and how the other are all good! “

Wang Shun still smiled and said, “You’re so smart, but what can I do to spare you?”

Zhang Changnian couldn’t understand what he meant, so he took a few steps forward and said, “What do you think, Brother Wang? I’ll return the treasures to you, and then I’ll provide you with 500 taels of silver for your hard work.” He looked around, “This is not a good place to talk in detail, but I have a house not far away, why don’t you…” He waited for Wang Shun to reply, but Wang Shun did not reply, and pointed to him, asking him to lead the way.

Turning a few corners, the two came to a small courtyard door, Zhang Changnian walked a few steps faster and opened the door, said to Wang Shun: “This is my place, brother Wang please!” Wang Shun is not polite, directly step into the courtyard.

Zhang Changnian inserted the door, quickly lead Wang Shun into the living room, Wang Shun into the house, looking for a stool to sit down, looking around the furnishings in the house, staring at Eunuch Zhang said: “You really spend a lot of silver in this small courtyard! The eunuch is not allowed to go out of the palace, why do you have it?”

Zhang Changnian flinched for a moment and said, “Yes. Please sit down less, Big Brother Wang, I’ll go get something.”

After a short while, he came out of the room, holding a plate with some yellow and white items and some jewelry on it. He gently put the plate down, then reached into his pocket and after a few moments of fumbling, he pulled out a sheathed dagger and placed it lightly on the plate. Wang Shun watched him quietly until he put the dagger down and said in surprise, “Is this…”

“Not bad, it is this dagger that I stole from the palace, Brother Wang is a martial arts practitioner, I wonder if he knows the origin of this item?”

Wang Shun curiously picked up the dagger, gazed at the classical lines on the hilt, and smiled bitterly, “I don’t know.”

Zhang Changnian laughed a little, said: “This knife was cast by Mrs. Xu during the Warring States period, back then, Jing Ke had used it to assassinate the King of Qin, although unsuccessful, but this knife is famous all over the world. The king of Qin after the emperor dissolved six refined iron cast nine bronze man, only to remind future generations of children and grandchildren and did not destroy this dagger.”

Wang Shun listened carefully, gently pulled out the dagger, only a sheath, the blade of the light, the cold attack, Wang Shun stared at the dagger could not help but boast: “Good!”

Zhang Changnian saw that Wang Shun loved this dagger so much, smiled and said: “Wang big brother slowly appreciate, small person slightly prepared wine and food to comfort big brother.” He said and walked out, Wang Shun looked at the dagger again and again and marveled.

After Zhang Changnian came back with the wine and food, the two of them started to drink from a cup, Wang Shun raised his cup and looked at him, saying, “Eunuch Zhang is good to me, I sold this friendship, but I still have a few questions to ask.”

Hearing that he could live, Zhang Changnian said, “Brother Wang, please ask!”

Wang Shun slowly said, “Why did you steal a dagger and run away if you are not a good painter?”

Zhang Changnian had known that he had this question, smiled bitterly and said: “small person in the palace to stay tired, want to go home to see the countryside, I also know that this go will be chased, took this dagger is to want to have no way to go on their own when the end, also can be regarded as a death in the famous knife, brother Wang you do not know the small person’s suffering ah, alas!” Said, he sighed.

Wang Shun also sighed, said: “I understand you!” Stopped and asked: “Also want to ask you, which woman in the harem is the most beautiful?”

Zhang Changnian was flabbergasted for a moment and replied, “It’s Consort Cai, the Emperor’s favorite!”

Wang Shun asked: “Then how is Princess Cai beautiful?”

Zhang Changnian looked at him in dismay, thinking: how could this person even inquire about these things? Seeing Wang Shun staring at him, he could only say: “It is not easy to describe!” He thought for a moment, “Right! How about I draw a picture for Mr. Wang?” Without waiting for Wang Shun to speak, he went to the house to get a pen and paper and drew.

Thanks to his good memory, he was able to draw Princess Cai’s face on the paper in no time at all. Wang Shun took it and looked at it carefully, muttering, “It’s really beautiful…” and his eyes seemed to be obsessed with the painting.

Zhang Changnian laughed: “The emperor was going to take her with him out of the palace, but Princess Cai leaked a wind chill, so she is recuperating in the palace, and I heard that as soon as the emperor returned he was going to seal her as the queen, which is really deeply favored.”

Wang Shun took his eyes off the painting and looked at Zhang Changnian, saying, “I’ll let you go today, so pack up your things and leave the capital quickly! I’m afraid you won’t get far.”

Zhang Changnian laughed, said: “I do not care too much about life and death, today Wang big brother to open the grace, I also have a matter of uncertainty to ask for advice,” he stared at Wang Shun said: “What exactly are you?”

Wang Shun “haha” laughed: “have eyesight, who I am is not important, just where do you know it?”

Zhang Changnian also smiled: “The guards in the palace will not take such a big risk to let me go, in addition, they will not ask me about the concubines in the palace, is that right!”

Wang Shun nodded and said, “You are right, but…” His face suddenly changed and he reached out and grabbed Zhang Changnian’s clothes and slowly said, “What did you put in the wine?”

“Poison in the wine? Impossible!” Zhang Changnian looked at Wang Shun with surprise and said, “I…” Before he could finish his sentence, he felt the sky spinning, and at once he sat down on the ground and fainted.

Wang Shun looked at Zhang Changnian fainted on, is there a bystander poisoning, he shook his head and did not feel dizzy, just the whole body hot, Wang Shun really want to take off the clothes, heard the house seems to be moving, he drank a sound: “Who’s in there!” Footsteps sounded, from the inside out of a woman to the age of about twenty-three, four years old, wearing coupled-colored clothes, clean face, long hair scattered casually in the back, very beautiful.

The woman looked at the ground Zhang Changnian, then looked at Wang Shun with a smile and said: “Mr. do not have to worry, you are not in what poison, just aphrodisiacs!” Said here, her pretty face on the red light, pointed to the ground Zhang Changnian said: “small woman is this person’s wife, named Li Niang, he was in the sweat medicine, a short period of time is not wake up.”

“Why did you give me an aphrodisiac to drink?” Wang Shun’s heart screamed shame, he had been mixing with the jianghu for so many years to be drugged in the wine by a female streamer, fortunately it was not poison.

(Continued)

Knock two in a day is really tired, but thought of the subject matter does not knock out and afraid of wasting, this piece has not been able to join the erotic, please brother forgive me, I continue to work hard.