Chapter 120: Cutting down and burning the peach tree and secretly plotting poison
"Oh, that's strange, how do you say the hexagram?" Hou Yi asked curiously.
The hexagram said: Pian Pian returns to the sister, will go west alone, every day is obscure, no fear, no fear, support the cold, and then lucky. Chang'e casually recited the hexagram.
"Returning to my sister, going west alone, every day is dark, no fear, no fear, supporting the cold, and then lucky. Hou Yi also chanted softly, "Well, this hexagram really says that it is not auspicious and not auspicious, and it is not fierce or fierce, and in the end there is still a 'Hou and Daji'." ”
"But Granny Huang told us to be more careful these days. ”
"Well, Granny Huang is right. Hou Yi echoed absentmindedly, "E'er, if there is nothing else, I will go on patrol." ”
"Yihou: I'm not worried about myself, but I'm worried about Yihou. ”
"Wha...... E'er, what is there to worry about me, the gods and demons are going to retreat thousands of miles when they see me, you can rest assured. ”
"I'm afraid that if you break your oath, you will be punished by heaven. ”
"Wha...... Heaven has already forgiven me, how can God bear me!"
"But I still don't feel at ease, so I will have the big peach tree cut down and burned today, leaving not a single leaf and a half. ”
"Wha...... E'er is really childish. Hou Yi still laughed and said, "Let E'er do it, E'er will cut it, and E'er will burn it, but I won't do it myself, so as not to be counted down by you in the future." ”
"Don't Lao Yihou do it himself, I will call a few people to come and cut down and burn the peach tree. ”
"I'm about to ask Feng Meng to go with me on the tour. ”
"Emperor Yihou has just come back from a hunting tour, and he should rest for a few days after running around for several months, so don't go to patrol today, I will leave the matter of cutting down the burning peach tree to Feng Meng, after all, he is your intimate apprentice. ”
"Well, since E'er said so, then I will take a day off today and watch you cut down the peach tree. ”
"Well, Yihou rests, I'll tell Fengmeng to go. Chang'e said happily, and then turned around and walked out of the palace.
Seeing Feng Meng Bi respectfully kneeling outside the palace gate, Chang'e instructed him to quickly gather a few handymen to cut down and burn the big peach tree in the Zhaotao Palace, and not a single branch and half of a leaf were allowed to remain.
Feng was ordered to go, gathered handymen, carried knives and axes, and prepared to cut down the big peach tree.
The big peach tree is thick and strong, the branches are luxuriant, the green shade covers an area of about 100 meters and a radius of about 100 meters, it is rumored that the Zhao Tao Palace has grown here when it was first built, and the word "peach" in the "Zhao Tao Palace" is also derived from this peach tree, it can be seen that it has been quite a long time.
Feng Meng divided the ten handymen gathered into two groups, one to cut down the peach trees, the other to carry the peach trees, and then piled the trunks and branches into a large stack of wood, and when all the trunks and branches and leaves were stacked, he set a fire and burned them all.
Under the command of Feng Meng, the handymen began to chop, cut, move, and transport...... Suddenly it was in full swing and busy.
Chang'e ordered Gong'e to take a broom, carry a dustpan, and sweep the leaves, leaving no one behind, all of them swept in front of the large firewood stack, ready to burn them together.
It was not until the afternoon that the large peach tree was cut down into countless sections and piled up into a tall stack of wood.
Chang'e lit the stack of firewood with her own hands, and in an instant the flames burned wildly, and the smoke billowed and drifted for miles away.
Chang'e originally thought in her heart: even if Hou Yi broke his oath, if this big peach tree was burned to ashes, then Hou Yi would not die under this peach tree. - This is mainly the psychological effect of the hexagram causing uneasiness, and it is also the reason why Chang'e loves Hou Yi deeply.
It's a pity that Chang'e didn't prevent anyone even by taking precautions, and this person was none other than Hebo, the god of the Yellow River.
That day, after Hebo left Chang'e and left, he hesitated in the sky above Gaoyang City, the more he thought about it, the more unconvinced, and the more he thought about it, the more annoyed he became: If the enmity of the adulterous/wife is so over, wouldn't it be too cheap Bird Yi;
After thinking about it for a while, Hebo pressed his anger and secretly felt that he was beautiful, and decided to stay in Gaoyang City for a few days, so he chose a first-class inn near the palace, and stayed for a while, ready to watch a good show.
But what I didn't expect was that Hou Yi Chang'e and his wife had a deep relationship, and on the day Hou Yi returned to Zhaotao Palace, he honestly confessed to Luoshui's private meeting, and Chang'e actually forgave him easily!
That night he returned to the inn depressed, and when he was angry, he called for a few jars of wine, one on the left and one on the right, and one on the right and one on the left, and one on the left and one on the left, and ate until the early hours of the next morning, when he fell asleep.
When he woke up, it was almost dusk, He Bo sat up from the bed mat, patted his head with some pain, and thought secretly: I didn't expect that the relationship between Niao Yi and Chang'e was as good as honey, and it would be in vain to see his husband and wife turn against each other, and as for the camera, it would become a talk of painting; if the assassination of Niao Yi was not only extremely risky, but also his father-in-law, Emperor Fuxi, had already confessed, so naturally it would not work.
After thinking about it and having nothing to do, Hebo was very depressed, so he could only give up by thinking that he was unlucky, and after comforting himself with words such as "it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years", he reluctantly paid for the accommodation and prepared to go home.
When he walked out of the inn, he suddenly saw the smoke billowing from the palace, rushing into the twilight sky, and He Bo couldn't help but secretly exclaim: "Hey? The place where the smoke is billowing is the Zhaotao Palace, Bird Yi's harem, what happened there? Okay! It's good if something happens! I don't want Benjun to be able to watch a lively scene when he leaves, look at it!"
A thought flashed, Hebo's figure was like lightning, rushed to the sky above Zhaotao Palace, and looked down in the air, and sure enough, he saw a huge pyre piled up in the palace courtyard and burned by itself, the fire was raging, and the smoke was billowing out. There were more than a dozen people standing around, stirring the fire non-stop.
Why did a big peach tree in the palace courtyard be cut down and burned......? It's really weird!
Hebo overlooked the burning pyre, and everyone was busy and puzzled.
Thinking about it...... A few days ago, Chang'e seemed to mention to Benjun that the bird had sworn an oath on the peach tree, saying that if he violated the oath, he would die under the peach tree, and that the big peach tree must be the witness. It seems that the bird Yi broke the oath and was worried that he would die under the peach tree, so he cut down the witness peach wood and burned it, thinking that in this way he could escape the punishment of heaven. 㗁Hahaha...... It's really self-deception, but I don't know that Skynet is magnificent and not leaky, and today I actually let Benjun bump into it. Bird Yi, you really deserve to die like this!"
He Bo was excited, stretched out his right arm, pinched his five fingers, and secretly took a piece of peach wood from the peach wood fire in the nether realm, six or seven inches thick, more than a meter long, intact, but there were some fireworks burning on the surface.
He held the peach tree tightly in his right hand, kept tapping his left palm gently, and thought to himself: Although Ben Jun took this peach tree, how could he kill the bird tree? As the old saying goes, 'Those who break the oath will be punished by heaven,' but Ben Jun has never seen it with his own eyes, if this king uses this peach tree to kill the bird Yi, then Ben Jun will not die under his hands; that is, if he does not die under the hands of the bird Yi, his father-in-law will be held accountable, and this king will not be able to catch any good fruit to eat...... You can't do it yourself...... But if you don't do it yourself, who will you find to do it?
Hebo was hidden in the sky, overlooking the nether realm, while meditating, and suddenly saw a thin man standing next to the peach wood fire, shouting and commanding everyone, it seemed to be a little familiar, and then looked carefully, it was the attendant who gave the giant bow and blood arrow to Hou Yi that day, and the bow and arrow were still on his back! He couldn't help but be angry and happy: Mom, the bird Yitong bow was not carried that day, it was the blood arrow that this person sacrificed, it was the blood arrow that this person sacrificed, so he shot the left eye of the king, today the king will give this person the task of killing the bird Yi to do, let the two of them kill each other, no matter whether it is successful or not, there will be a good show to watch;
"Heyha...... Hahaha...... "He Bo made up his mind, laughed coldly and proudly, and prepared the camera to act.
In fact, Hebo's expectation was good: the thin man who stood by the peach wood fire and commanded everyone was Fengmeng!
At this time, the peach wood pyre has been burning for most of the day, the trunk and branches and leaves are almost burned, Feng Meng is directing the handymen to clear the remnants, and suddenly he is cold, but he is a mortal, how do he know that he is being calculated by Hebo at the moment, so he didn't care much, and continued to direct the handymen to clear the remnants.
When night fell, the whole big peach tree had burned into a pile of ashes, and the night wind occasionally blew a layer of ashes, which swirled and flew away in all directions.
Chang'e finally let go of the rock that was pressing on her heart, and happily distributed the reward money to the handymen, and naturally Fengmeng also got a share. In the end, he gave Fengmeng an extra reward and asked him to invite the handymen to eat and drink to relieve their fatigue as a thank-you feast.
Feng Meng received an extra reward, thanked the handymen, and went out of the palace happily together.
He searched for a decent tavern on the street near the palace, and Feng Meng called a table full of wine and food, and ate and drank happily with the handymen. After eating and drinking to his heart's content, and drunk, Feng Meng settled the wine account, put the giant bow and the blood quiver on his back again, and staggered out of the tavern with the handymen, greeted each other, and dispersed.
Feng Meng was already seven or eight points drunk, and staggered back to the palace all the way, but he didn't know that Hebo had already hidden and had been watching in the dark.