After arriving at the West Lake Palace, Emperor Ningzong was about to happily go down to the imperial palace, when someone outside suddenly shouted: "Kill someone, kill someone." Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

Everyone was shocked, and the Imperial Forest Army hurriedly surrounded the Imperial Guards to prevent someone from raiding Emperor Ningzong.

For a while, the scene was very chaotic.

Emperor Ningzong was worthy of being the king of a country, and he was still quite calm, so he hurriedly asked the prince to summon Xia Zhen, the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, who was in charge of the guard, and asked what happened.

After a while, I saw Xia Zhen come over with two people, bowed down to Emperor Ningzong, and said, "Weichen's poor protection has frightened Your Majesty, and I ask Your Majesty for forgiveness." ”

At this time, Emperor Ningzong had already made a royal order, so he asked Xia Zhen: "Xia Zhen, what's going on?" I just promoted you to the deputy commander of the Imperial Forest Army, you should work hard, why can't you do this thing." ”

Xia Zhen saw that the emperor was angry, so he was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt on the ground and said, "It's all because the micro-ministers are ineffective, please punish the micro-ministers heavily." ”

Shi Miyuan, who was standing next to him, saw this situation and hurriedly defended Xia Zhen in front of Emperor Ningzong: "Your Majesty, Commander Xia has just taken office, and some places are inevitably a little rusty, please forgive me." ”

Seeing that the emperor didn't say anything, Shi Miyuan shouted to Xia Zhen: "Commander Xia, you haven't explained the reason for this matter in detail to Your Majesty. ”

Xia Zhen was so smart that he knew that this was his master Shi Miyuan who was relieving the siege for himself, so he pointed to Gonggong Li, the chief eunuch of the West Lake Palace that he had brought, and said to Emperor Ningzong: "Your Majesty, Gonggong Li is familiar with this situation, so let him play to Your Majesty." ”

When Emperor Ningzong saw Xia Zhen say this, he asked, "Gonggong Li, what the hell is going on?"

Gonggong Li hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this is the case, when the West Lake Palace was first established, a group of eunuchs were transferred from the palace, and one of the old eunuchs did not know what was stimulated and went crazy, and often shouted everywhere "Kill, kill", originally wanted to drive him out of the palace, but thinking that this old eunuch was old, if he was driven out, he was afraid that he would starve to death outside without a settlement, so the old slave took the initiative to place him in the uninhabited backyard of the palace. On weekdays, the door of the backyard is locked, and he is not allowed to come out, but today I don't know what happened, but he secretly ran out and shocked the holy driver, these are all old slaves who are not strictly guarded, please punish Your Majesty. “

After Gonggong Li finished speaking, Emperor Ningzong didn't speak, but he only heard Shi Miyuan shouting loudly: "Bold minions, they actually left such people in the palace without permission, come on, and send Gonggong Li and this madman into the prison." “

So the Imperial Forest Army was about to take down these two people, and at this time, I saw Emperor Ningzong say: "Why should Shi Aiqing be angry, I went out today, it was originally a happy thing, so I forgave Gonggong Li, as for this old eunuch, I see that he is older, and he is also very pitiful, so the crime of driving will be forgiven, and let him live in the backyard of the palace, Gonggong Li, you have to take care of him." “

"Thank you, Your Majesty. Gonggong Li said to the emperor gratefully.

Shi Miyuan has always been used to being arbitrary and authoritarian, and when he saw that Emperor Ningzong actually refuted his face in public, he was a little unwilling, and said to Emperor Ningzong: "Your Majesty, if such a bold slave is not severely punished, I am afraid that the people below will become more and more bold in the future, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to manage at that time." ”

"The prime minister's words are disagreeable, the saint's move will only make my people feel that my Great Song Emperor is a benevolent king, so that they will be more loyal to my Great Song Dynasty, if they deal with the two of them because of this matter, won't it make the people of the world feel cold. Xin Ran, who was standing beside Emperor Ningzong, said.

Shi Mi saw that Xin Ran disagreed with his own opinions, glanced at Xin Ran, and was about to refute, Emperor Ningzong opened his mouth and said: "Or Xin Aiqing said it deeply, this matter will end here, don't argue, just do what I just said." “

Seeing that Emperor Ningzong said so resolutely, Shi Miyuan was helpless for a while.

And they all said, "Obey the will of the Holy One, my emperor is benevolent." ”

After finishing speaking, everyone followed Emperor Ningzong into the West Lake Palace.

After entering the palace, all the ministers returned to the rooms arranged by the people in the palace after sending the emperor into the dormitory.

Xin Ran and Chen Wenduan were arranged together, and Chen Ming, as a scholar who followed them, was naturally with them.

In the palace, without the permission of the emperor, he naturally did not dare to move around at will, and after eating, he chatted in the room.

Chen Ming asked the two of them, "Don't you think what happened at the gate of the palace today is so strange?"

"This matter is indeed a bit strange, the emperor wants to come to the West Lake Palace to live, the palace has already sent someone to inform, it is said that the people in the palace should be properly arranged, but today let a madman destroy the atmosphere, it is a bit wrong, and the chief eunuch of the West Lake Palace is also a very experienced old eunuch, the saint has come to the West Lake Palace many times before, and I have never heard of any difference in the arrangement. Chen Wenduan said.

Xin Ran continued: "According to what you said, this matter is indeed a bit strange, at that time, I also carefully observed the madman's expression and words, it seems that it should be caused by some kind of stimulation caused by mental disorders. “

"If he cried out 'kill, kill, kill' according to this line of thought, does it mean that he really saw someone killing someone, which caused him to be mentally stimulated and become a madman? Chen Wenduan said.

"This is very likely, today's incident seems to be caused by the inability of the person who greeted the holy driver, but I always feel that this matter seems to be a little unusual, as if something is going to happen in the West Lake Palace this time. Xin Ran said.

After hearing Xin Ran's words, Chen Ming stuck out his tongue and said, "Don't scare me, I was a little scared when I heard the scream of that madman, you actually said that something was going to happen, and you made me sleep." ”

"Even if there is something that can't be on your turn, you can sleep with peace of mind, with me and Brother Xin here, what are you afraid of. Chen Wenduan said to his sister with a smile.

Xin Ran also comforted Chen Ming and said: "Aren't we chatting about nothing, it's all speculation, you can rest assured that you can sleep well, after all, this is the West Lake Palace, which is heavily defended, and ordinary people want to make something happen, but they don't dare." ”

In this way, the three of them saw that it was getting late, and were about to go back to their respective rooms to rest, when they suddenly heard a rush of footsteps outside, and at the same time, someone was shouting: "Oh no, someone was killed in the room." ”