CHAPTER XIII
The plum blossom snow water in the cup has gradually dissipated the heat, and the white water vapor that was originally on the cup is gone. Seeing that Feng Ge didn't drink for a long time, the Taoist priest smiled: "The aroma of this plum blossom snow water is best when it is warm, if it is too hot, the aroma will not be obvious, and if it is too cold, the aroma will be lost. ”
I didn't expect him to care so much about the cup, Feng Ge, who thought he had escaped, didn't move on his face, but his heart was churning with a hundred thousand reluctance, Guan Linsen didn't come out to knock over the cup, it seemed that the water in the cup was not poisoned.
If it's poisoned, you can just knock it over and don't drink it.
Feng Ge sighed secretly in his heart, and the smiling Taoist priest seemed to be very proud of his plum blossom snow water, staring at the cup in Feng Ge's song, waiting for her to drink.
Forget it, just drink it, anyway, there are enough medicines, and there must be something in it that can cure diarrhea.
Feng Ge drank the water in the cup in one gulp, and his posture and momentum were not much different from those foreign ministers who were given dove wine.
Seeing that she finished drinking, the Taoist priest smiled and said, "Does the female donor still want to drink?"
Feng Ge hurriedly shook his head: "It's very hard to collect the snow water on the plum blossoms in winter, so it's better for you to keep it and drink it slowly." ”
Although the hygiene of the cup was worrisome, what the Taoist priest said just now was very reasonable, and Feng Ge asked respectfully, "I don't know how to call the name of the elder honor?"
The Taoist priest smiled: "Poor Dao Yuxu. ”
"It turned out to be the head of the Jade Void Dao. Feng Ge felt that this name was very familiar in his heart, but he couldn't remember where he had heard it, maybe he had seen the same name and surname in some literature and classics, and he didn't think much about it at the moment.
The Yuxu Daoist looked at Feng Ge: "Could it be that the female benefactor has encountered something incomprehensible?"
"Huh, can you see it?" Feng Ge touched his face.
After thinking about it, she still took out the note: "I found this note in the things at home, I don't know what kind of spell it is?"
The Jade Void Daoist took it and looked at it carefully: "Cinnabar fixes the soul, come to think of it, this note is placed in the puppet puppet?"
"Exactly. Hearing that the Taoist priest actually told the origin of the note, Feng Ge suddenly believed him even more.
Yuxu Daoist took a sip of the water in the cup, sprayed at the note, and in the blank space, there were two words: "Feng Ge", this Feng Ge was taken aback, but fortunately, after years of training, she was used to being moody, but she lowered her eyelashes to block the shock in her eyes.
"This phoenix song, it seems that the prince of the dynasty is famous?"
Feng Ge nodded silently and asked, "Then what does this note and that puppet doll mean?"
"This is a kind of witchcraft, the person who does the law wants to include the seven souls and six spirits of the victim into the puppet, and the puppet must not look good, if the seven souls and six spirits are taken in, the body of the victim will look like a puppet. ”
"This puppet must not be made of ordinary clay or stone, but made of animal skin, the best is human skin, man, the spirit of all things, the most spiritual, the most effective. ”
Feng Ge only felt that the hairs on her arms stood up one by one, and she forced a smile to herself: "It sounds really mysterious, do you accept these seven souls and six spirits?"
"This will not be, the top of people's heads and shoulders, each has a natal fire, only people with weak natal fire will be so easy to leave the body, generally strong and healthy, it will take about three or four days to collect. Within these three or four days, the victim will be in a trance, do something that he doesn't remember, or forget about it, and even worse, a weak woman will kill the whole family with a knife. ”
Strange power and chaos, although it is strictly forbidden in the palace, but the more strictly forbidden things, the more interesting it is, all along, the story of how to do tricks to harm people, in Feng Ge's ears have not stopped, there are many people in the palace, there are many rights and wrongs, there is a certain lady and a certain prince is sick, or died, some people will say that this is someone under a spell, so Feng Ge is also convinced of this, she clasped her hands in her sleeves, pinched her arms hard to stabilize her emotions and did not exclaim.
just smiled and said, "Oh, I have to burn this kind of evil thing, but if someone uses this method to harm people in the future, is there any good way to resolve it?"
Yuxu Daoist smiled: "The Dao is mysterious, naturally there is." ”
He got up and took a wooden box, opened it with great care, and it contained a copper coin, which was said to be a copper coin, but it was not the currency in circulation in his country or any country, and it was engraved with "auspicious Ruyi" on one side and a plum blossom on the other.
"This is a spirit coin that was offered for 7749 days before the four spirits, and wearing it can keep you safe for a lifetime. The Taoist shook his head and shook his head.
He handed the copper coin to Feng Ge, and after Feng Ge thanked him, he wanted to say goodbye and leave, but he heard the Taoist say: "This copper coin is dedicated to the living souls of the day, that is, the palace of the king of law came to invite, and the poor road has never given them, just because they want to treat the destined people, and now the female donor is so in love with the poor road, and the poor road will give the female donor a cheaper, only one or two silver." ”
At this time, returning the copper money to the Taoist is really ugly, plus Feng Ge already has some faith in the Taoist at this time, it just so happened that when Feng Ge came from the Luwang Mansion just now, he passed by a Yuanyi money village, took a tael of silver, and gave it to the Taoist.
After the Taoist sent Feng Ge to the door, he turned around and went back.
Feng Ge carefully put away the copper coin, and was about to go back to the county government to retrieve his burden, when he happened to see Lin Xiangyu coming out of the Luwang Mansion, and his face was very happy.
The two looked at each other, Feng Ge felt very embarrassed and wanted to avoid it, but Lin Xiangyu seemed to have completely forgotten the embarrassment between himself and Feng Ge, and now he just wanted to find someone to share his happiness with.
"The prince said that he would arrange for me to enter the Ministry of Industry, and enter the Ministry of Industry~" Lin Xiangyu deliberately lowered his voice, but he couldn't stop the smugness that he wanted to fly up between the words.
Feng Ge looked at him very confused: "Why?"
"It's a pity that a talent like me, who is proficient in organ arts, doesn't enter the Ministry of Industry to serve the country, the prince has a good eye for talents, hahahaha. When he said the last sentence, Lin Xiangyu finally couldn't hold back his smugness, and laughed on the street with his waist crossed, attracting sideways glances from the people queuing up to give gifts.
Feng Ge felt that it was too embarrassing, and hurriedly said: "I, I'll go back to the county office to pack my luggage first, that, I still have something to do, so I'll leave first." ”
"Yes, I'm going to pack my bags too, maybe I'll be able to get an order to go to Beijing tomorrow. Lin Xiangyu was windy under his feet, running faster than her, and Feng Ge only saw his back disappearing into the billowing smoke and dust.
Feng Ge shook his head and sighed, when did the officials of this dynasty act in such an unrestrained manner, why would he be accused of misbehaving and losing the royal authority as long as he walked faster.
Keeping the pace of a lady and walking forward slowly, Feng Ge felt strange in his heart, this uncle of the law has never cared much about the affairs of the capital, let alone the Beijing officials, it has always been taboo for the vassal king to interact with the ministers of the court, and if he is not careful, he will be impeached as "collusion", this time he would recommend such a person who is not four or six to enter the Ministry of Industry?
Could it be that he is really a genius who is not born in the world? If he is really a genius, how can he fail the exam three times in a row, and he has become a laughing stock and escaped from the capital in disgrace.
The cake shop on the street suddenly wafted out a very tempting aroma, Feng Ge turned his head, and saw the owner of the cake shop bringing out a pot of freshly baked crispy meatloaf, the smell was too strong.
On the street where there were no people, suddenly out of nowhere came a lot of neighbors with bamboo baskets and coarse porcelain bowls, they rushed to the door of the cake shop, a dozen or twenty to buy, and soon, the basin containing the crispy meatloaf was only a little bit of crushed dough dregs.
Those who bought it left satisfied, and those who didn't buy it complained a few words and went back.
The fragrance in the air had not yet dissipated, Feng Ge only felt that her mouth was full of food when she smelled it, she didn't feel hungry at first, she stood for a while, and now she felt that she could eat three pieces of bread.
"Excuse me, when will the next pot of cakes be ready?" Feng Ge stepped forward and asked.
The boss sat leisurely on the recliner in the store, his eyes closed: "Somehow I can't buy flour these days, the pot just now is the last stockpile, and I can't buy flour, so I have to close the door." ”
Shouldn't such an ordinary thing as flour be something that can be bought with money? Feng Ge was puzzled, last year there was a bumper harvest of wheat, and although it was not yet the season to harvest new wheat, it was impossible for it to run out of stock.
Feng Ge asked, "How can there be no flour?"
The boss rolled over, looked at her, and said with a smile: "You're from out of town, right?"
"Well, I just passed by, smelling the smell of meatloaf, I wanted to buy one, but I didn't expect it to be sold out all at once. ”
The boss smiled: "It's not that I'm boasting, my meatloaf, that's the craftsmanship passed down from my ancestors, using more than 30 kinds of secret spices, crispy in the mouth, and endless aftertaste." ”
He shook his head and recited like an endorsement: "When the first emperor traveled all over the country as a prince, he once ate a piece of meatloaf here with me, and he was full of praise, and after he ascended the throne as the emperor, he also remembered it and invited my father to the palace as the imperial chef." ”
"My father has been a royal chef for three years, and then because he misses his hometown, he resigned to the first emperor, and the first emperor is very sorry. ”
Feng Ge smiled secretly in his heart, how could the first emperor have time to come to Feng County, which is located in the south of the capital, as soon as he left the palace, he was involved in the Yan State Incident, which can be said to be completely completed in the Yan Kingdom.
Forget it, bragging is also a way to advertise, think about the fact that there is also an official in the court who was beheaded by his father because of corruption, and before the matter is revealed, he also claims to be honest and honest, and the people are reluctant to leave office.
"It's a pity not to do such a good craft, why can't you buy flour?" Feng Ge still cared about this matter.
The boss sighed and smiled helplessly: "Isn't this the imperial court levying military rations? Our prince of law is very active, not only paid enough for the amount required by the imperial court, but also gave a lot more, the military rations made of flour are better than rice, and it is said that all the food eaten during the march is cakes, so not only Feng County, but all the nearby towns have all the flour. ”
Feng Ge knew about handing over military rations, but not to mention that there had been no large-scale military operations recently, and even a group of soldiers had been disarmed and returned to the fields.
Even if the prince has the heart to serve the country, but doing things like this in the peaceful era is not only not a good thing, but it is a disturbance to the people.
Feng Ge, who is now standing on the street and wants to eat meatloaf but can't, deeply feels that this is a stinky and shameless disturbance to the people.
"So, now my flour, oh no, your flour, is it all in the Law King's Mansion?" Feng Ge asked.
The boss smiled: "Little girl, the grain collection is naturally a matter for the county. ”
Zhixian, is that unreliable Lin Xiangyu?
Why don't you ask him what's going on.
Before leaving, she suddenly remembered something and asked, "There is a Taoist named Yuxu in the Four Elephants Temple over there, is he very powerful?"
"The Four Elephant Vision, said to be a view, is actually only a shrine and an empty house, how can there be any Taoist leader. ”
Feng Ge's heart jumped suddenly, she quietly took out the "spirit money" and showed it to the boss: "Have you seen this?"
The boss took a look, nodded and smiled: "I've seen it too much, isn't this the auspicious money used to press the curtain at home, you can't spend it, you can only put it aside." ”
"Press the curtain?"
"The little girl also likes to make the chassis of the shuttlecock, things to play with. How?"
"Nothing, thank you owner. ”
Feng Ge smiled and said goodbye to the boss, he couldn't help but feel funny, he first met a thief when he went out, and now he met a liar.
Feng Ge returned to the county office, and as soon as he entered the backyard, he heard Lin Xiangyu's happy singing all over the sky.
"Lin Zhixian, if you leave now, what will happen to the matter of requisitioning grain?" Feng Ge asked.
Lin Xiangyu suddenly stopped and looked at her: "How do you know about the grain requisition?"
"I also know that you let the people pay more than the quota of the imperial court, and I can't see that you, a person with beautiful looks and beautiful eyebrows, would do such a thing to oppress the people. ”
Feng Ge was completely angry, she didn't bother to pay attention to the emperor's scheming and speaking skills, now she just wanted to provoke trouble, if Lin Xiangyu dared to do anything to her, anyway, Lin Sen would kill him on the spot, and he wouldn't have any opinions on his father and those officials.
She thought about Lin Xiangyu's various reactions: being upright, refusing to admit it, shirking responsibility, and pretending to be deaf and dumb.
I just didn't expect him to do such a thing!
Lin Xiangyu squatted on the ground and wailed: "What can I do, I'm also desperate." Don't look at me like that......"
When the servants who couldn't see it at all just now heard the sound, they all stuck their heads out of their respective windows to see the excitement: "Oh, I can't see it, the one who looks unforgiving, Lin Zhixian can't even fight this girl who looks like Sven Wen." ”
"That is, the combat effectiveness of our adults is probably not as good as a goose. ”
"What are you kidding, he only has the combat strength of half a goose at most, and the hen holding the nest can destroy him. ”