Chapter 39: Forty Thousand

To tell the truth, the emperor has been suppressed by the Empress Yuan for so many years, and when he sees the third son who is similar to her, he will inevitably have a fear of weakness. Especially the more the third son grows up, the more extraordinary his demeanor becomes, and even he, the emperor, is dwarfed by his extravagance. Just ask, how can he not die of hatred.

Seeing a group of people walking to the couch with different expressions, the emperor first opened his mouth with a fierce expression, "Why don't you go - to organize the funeral of the crown prince and the concubine, but run to my palace without going through the courtesy?" Who taught you the rules? ”

"The son was expelled from the palace since he was a child, he didn't learn any rules, and he asked his father to forgive him." Ji Changye stabbed him lightly and heavily, but his expression was very gentle. He saluted the Queen Mother, then sat down on the edge of the couch, and said slowly, "The son is here to tell his father about the funeral." ”

"According to the specifications of the prince and the queen, why do you need to come to confess? If you can't even do this little thing, leave it to your imperial brother, and he should also hone and hone it. The emperor put down his pen and pointed to a meat-ball sitting next to the Queen Mother.

The sixth prince squeezed his little eyes and smiled at the imperial brother. The emperor who doesn't want to be the emperor is as cowardly as him, and he doesn't want to push out the pie that fell from the sky. Anyway, the Queen Mother has already agreed, he doesn't have to worry about anything after he ascends the throne, just eat, drink, and give orders, and he can also summon the world's beauties to fill the harem, wouldn't it be faster than when he was the prince?

Ji Changye seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and said to the sixth prince, "Then this matter will be handed over to the imperial brother." He directly admitted that he was incompetent.

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say." The sixth prince smiled and waved his hand.

Ji Changye said in a timely manner, "Because the Seventh Emperor Brother has not yet mourned, the bodies of the crown prince and Xiao Guifei can't be moved anyway, so more than a dozen strong men will carry them, and they are still glued to the floor tiles, as if they weigh as much as a thousand catties." The king could not do it, so he could only find two white cloths to cover them. If the imperial brother took this matter, he might as well go to the spirit and beg the seventh emperor brother, and said that people die like lights going out, and let him let the prince and Xiao Guifei go. Now the weather is still very hot, and it is not a matter for the body to be placed in the Xuande Palace, which will rot and stink sooner or later, and it will also lose the dignity of the prince and the dignified concubine. ”

His tone was gentle and modest, but his words were sarcastic.

The current crown prince and Xiao Guifei, what decency can they have? The occurrence of such a miraculous thing, whether it is in the upper circles or in the streets and alleys, has long been known to everyone. And a few days ago, there was also the death of Wang Xiangqian and Wang Tianyou as a foreshadowing, everyone thinks that the prince is a raccoon dog, all of them are full of evil, human-faced and beast-hearted, and their reputation is not very good now.

With the specifications of the prince and the queen, can they afford it? Don't carry the coffin out into the street and be smashed back by rotten eggs and rotten leaves from the people. Thinking of this, Concubine Cheng, who had been silent, actually laughed out loud.

In just a few days, she has undergone earth-shaking changes, she used to only see the face of the Queen Mother, but now she is sitting far away from the Queen Mother, and she is not wearing plain clothes, she is wearing a red dress, and her eyebrows and eyes are depicted very strongly, looking bewitching and weird.

With the Duke of Xiao Guo's mansion in front of him, the emperor couldn't take this murderer, but he couldn't see her gloating, and immediately reprimanded, "What are you laughing at? The emperor is out of order, you get out of here! ”

Concubine Cheng leaned back in the chair, sat more and more steadily, and said softly, "The concubine is confused in the laughing emperor!" Rape and murder of the mother-in-law, forming a party for personal gain, plotting to usurp the throne, poisoning blood relatives, the mother and son committed all kinds of capital crimes, the emperor not only did not exterminate their nine clans, but was buried in the specifications of the prince and the queen. That is, the ministers don't care, the people don't care, and the ancestors under the nine springs don't care? The concubines were worried that the coffin would be transported to the imperial tomb, and the ancestors would not open the door, which would be embarrassing. At that time, it will be difficult for the emperor to explain Jiuquan. ”

Cheng Guifei is crazy, right? This is a blatant curse on the emperor! The ministers didn't dare to open their mouths, and the hall was so quiet for a while that it was audible that the needles were falling, only the heavy gasping of the emperor and the sound of the six princes frequently raising their hands to wipe their sweat.

I thought that the funeral was very easy to handle, but unexpectedly, the unjust ghost was not dead in control of the corpses of the prince and Xiao Guifei, which meant that he would not let them go to hell. It's too ruthless. However, Concubine Cheng's words were even more ruthless. But with the emperor's connivance with the crimes committed by the crown prince and Xiao Guifei over the years, he is really sorry for the Jiangshan Sheji, the people of Li, and even more sorry for the ancestors who created the prosperous era of the Ming Dynasty. I don't know if they are looking above their heads at the moment, will they be punished by heaven again?

Thinking of this, the emperor sweated like a waterfall, his heart was like a drum, he looked around nervously left and right for a while, closed his eyes and pursed his lips for a while, and beat his chest, as if he would faint at any time. Death is not the end, but another beginning, and the sins he did before his life must be repaid one by one after death, which undoubtedly deepened his fear of death. What is the throne and what is the power? At the end of the day, it is useless. If I knew this was the case, I shouldn't have ...... back then

The emperor was remorseful and desperate for a while, and gritted his teeth for a while, but in the end, his stubborn and self-righteous personality prevailed, and he reluctantly picked up the pen and continued to write the edict of succession. He must not let the third child ascend the throne, and then deprive himself of the honor he deserves after death. If he gives himself a nickname indiscriminately, then he will have no face to go down to see his ancestors, and he will leave a stench for 10,000 years.

The Queen Mother couldn't help but lean forward, and her heart was very excited. She didn't believe that these people dared to step forward directly to snatch the emperor's imperial pen.

The fat of the sixth prince's whole body trembled, and his mouth snorted and exhaled. After enduring humiliation for many years, now it has finally come to an end, and as soon as the old thing dies, he will immediately draft draft girls, collect treasures, and fill the harem and private treasury.

Several old princes were very angry, but when they saw the three emperors' nephews looking at a few people indifferently, they slowly regained their composure. Once the edict is written, it will be written, and it will be the same if you take it and change the words. Now the outside of the palace has been surrounded by layers of Praetorian Guards, and even birds can't fly in. How can the outside know what happened in the Yangxin Temple? This is the so-called "success and defeat".

However, what they didn't expect was that the third prince didn't care, but the ghost sores that grew on the emperor's body were very concerned. She had already promised the evil god to help the third prince ascend the throne, and if the edict was issued, it would be difficult to ensure that the other party would not dig her out of the emperor and burn her into powder.

Thinking of this, she spewed black gas from her mouth and corroded the fabric on the emperor's chest, shaking while struggling with the probe, and said in a dark way, "Ji Zhengze, you really don't shed tears when you don't see the coffin!" ”

When she appeared and spoke again, everyone in the hall was frightened. Especially the Queen Mother, who screamed and rolled down from the embroidery pier, and for a while the hairpin ring was messy and her complexion changed suddenly. Is this ghost-faced sore alive?

The most frightened was the emperor himself. He didn't dare to touch it, he didn't dare to look at it, he hadn't undressed or bathed for days. Of course, even if he dared, neither did the palace people who served.

The emperor originally wanted the imperial doctor to cut it off, but he didn't expect it to be directly connected to the heart, and unless the heart was also removed, there would be no liberation in this life. But something even more terrible happened, it, it wasn't dead, it could move, it could even speak!

Everyone else looked creepy and horrified, not to mention the emperor's mood at this moment. He wanted to faint, but because his heart was controlled by the ghost's face sore, he was very strong at this time. And Concubine Cheng, who had always been very hostile to him, hurriedly poured him a bowl of fierce medicine, afraid that he would not be able to hold on.

These women want him to be tortured alive!

The Emperor felt like he had failed, but the words of the devil's face sent him deeper into hell.

"Do you think that you have an incomparably revered nickname, that you can still be king and enjoy all the glory when you die in the ground? You're thinking so beautifully, too! Those who can be entrusted to become emperors in the world are indeed blessed, if they have a good life to govern the country and treat the people well, they will achieve the god position after death. However, if there is no way to do it, and the living beings are miserable, those karma will be multiplied on the body. Because of the fear of the mother clan of the Empress Yuan, you deliberately delayed the death of hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the frontier of the reinforcements, and the people of the five cities were all buried together, and their dead souls lined up in front of the king of Hades to sue you, and your karma was piled up to weigh millions of catties. When it comes to the day of reckoning, you will not be able to compensate for your reincarnation for eternity, unless the world is entrusted to become ants and be trampled on from generation to generation, so that you can also taste the taste of life like a mustard. This is the reincarnation of heaven, karma, no one can escape! ”

In fact, the consequences should not have been so strict, but the emperor wanted to put Ziwei Emperor Xing to death several times, and he had already angered the heavens, and this was the real karma. Even if the unjust ghosts don't come to clean him up, the Heavenly Dao will also send down heavenly punishments, and the end will only be more miserable. But these internal factors are not enough for outsiders.

When the words fell, the ghost face sore looked at the sixth prince again, and said with a sneer, "Ji Xu, if you want to sit on the throne, do you have that life?" Look at the top of your head, and pay off your karma first! People are watching the sky, it's not that they don't report that the time has not come. ”

The Emperor's last hope was shattered. Reduced to an ant and trampled on by others, this is what happened to him after death? It's better to be completely gone! Utter despair and remorse finally broke him, and he threw away the edict and dug into his chest so hard that he wanted to die with it.

Onifacial Sores opened its mouth and bit his fingers, and let out a high-pitched, piercing laugh. Hate? Remorse? Afraid? Well, that's what she wants!

On the other side, the six princes were looking at the top of their heads in horror. Although he is cowardly and incompetent, he has also done a lot of hurtful things, so he will naturally be affected by these words. He is already frightened at this time, let alone being an emperor, even a prince doesn't want to do it, and he can't find a Buddhist holy place to shave his ordination. Ghosts don't chase them there, do they?

He picked up the edict and tore it up three or two times, and ran out madly, "This emperor is not the king, don't look for the king, the king knows it's wrong!" ”

At the same time, the ghostly sores that had bitten off one of the emperor's fingers slowly turned into black smoke and a foul stench, floating in the air. The Emperor fell on his back suddenly, his chest sinking downward, forming a black hole of decay and pus.

The change happened so quickly that after a few breaths, the ministers were still immersed in shock. Only Ji Changye stepped forward slowly, touched the emperor's pulse, and announced, "My father has died." ”

It's so good that I'm finally dead! This is the voice of everyone, including the Queen Mother. The emperor will not die for a day, and the charm will not disperse for a day, and the capital will naturally be full of demonic energy, and the people will be panicked, and it is difficult to ensure that there will be no chaos.

"Your Majesty, the first emperor is gone, please mourn and change." Wei Guogong was the first to speak, and the rest of the ministers came back to their senses and knelt down the mountain to shout long live.

Ji Changye bowed his head, and his expression was always flat.

The new emperor naturally had to do a lot of things when he ascended the throne, and at the same time he had to deal with the funerals of the emperor, the crown prince, Xiao Guifei and the seventh prince, and Beijing was quite martial law for a period of time. The crimes committed by the crown prince and Xiao Guifei were made public, stripped of the imperial title and position, demoted to commoners, and not entered the imperial tomb after death, and were not allowed to enjoy sacrifices, which can be described as a miserable end. The funeral of the seventh prince was very grand, and the new emperor personally presided over the ceremony, and he also treated the concubine Chenggui very favorably. As for the funeral of the former emperor, except for the queen mother, who really cried for him, the rest of the ministers only felt relieved.

He died a very undignified death, and the new emperor did not cover it up for him, and ordered the historian to record it truthfully, and named him "Yang". Yang, take the meaning of "good internal neglect" and "external and internal chaos", with this word, we can see what kind of Cheng dΓΉ the new emperor dislikes the first emperor.

Some pedantic courtiers were very dissatisfied with this, and frequently wrote to the emperor to change his nickname, and bluntly said that this move was "great unfilial piety". However, on the day of the burial, they all did not dare to open their mouths, but secretly regretted it in their hearts. I saw that when the coffin of the first emperor was carried to the imperial tomb, it suddenly fell down, and it broke 9981 traction ropes, causing all the coffin bearers to fall.

At this time, everyone did not notice the abnormality, but the coffin was too heavy and the rope was too thin, so that there was a sudden accident. The ceremonial officer immediately replaced the thicker and larger rope, but he still couldn't lift it, so dozens of strong men continued to exert their strength, still not moving, and then they realized that something was wrong.

Seeing that he was about to miss the time of burial, the new emperor had no choice but to kneel in front of the mausoleum to write an edict of guilt, burn it to the ancestors, and then order someone to carry the coffin.

This time, ten more people were added, but they still couldn't lift it. A virtuous old prince thought about it for a while, and asked the new emperor to write an edict in the name of the first emperor. The new emperor tried it and burned it to the ancestors again, and the coffin was moved.

At this time, those who want to change their names are completely dead. You must know that the inscription on the edict is exactly this word, and the ancestors did not think it was wrong, which shows that they were also very dissatisfied with the first emperor. If it weren't for the new emperor to intercede for him, I am afraid that he would not even be able to enter the imperial tomb, and I don't know how he would be scolded if he went to Huangquan.

Of course, these are not things they can control, so let's wait for the new emperor to wait.

Youshu hadn't seen her master for two months, so she naturally panicked.

The four funerals have been completed, but there are still white flags hanging everywhere on the street, and the people do not dare to talk and laugh wantonly, and the atmosphere is very dull when they walk on the road. Youshu pinched a string of sugar gourds and walked to the Three Kings' Mansion. The enthronement ceremony is still being held, and Ji Changye still lives here.

There is an endless stream of people coming and going in front of the door, all of them are nobles in brocade clothes, and you have to go around to the back alley and knock on the corner door.

The porter naturally recognized him, but because he had been explained by his superiors, he didn't dare to let people in at will.

"Little master, wait a minute, I'll go and talk about it." He locked the door with a smiley face and ran away in a hurry.

Youshu twisted her eyebrows, and she already felt that her status in the Three Kings' Mansion had changed. If it was in the past, why did he knock at the door? Why do you need to do it? Why wait? Could it be that the master is still angry? Also, he took advantage of his drunkenness to take advantage of such a big advantage, but he ran away without explaining afterwards.

Not everyone can accept the goodness of Longyang, and you Shu still knows this.

After thinking about it, the door opened, and Ah Da bowed his head at the young man with an embarrassed face, "Youshu, the master has something to go out, you can go back first." When the master returns, I will tell him that you have been here. ”

Blinking frequently, his heart beating faster, his eyes dodging, and Youshu, who has a lot of research on micro-expressions, naturally knows that Ah Da is lying. The person was obviously inside, but he avoided it, and he was really angry. He nodded and said in a muffled voice, "Then I'll come back tomorrow." ”

Ah Da suddenly stopped him, "Youshu, listen to me, don't come again." It is no longer fitting for you to stay with your master. You know, after the master ascends the throne, he will get married, and the queen is the eldest daughter of the Weiguo Mansion, and at the same time, she must also accept the concubines of the Guogong Mansion and the Anyang Hou Mansion as concubines. Rather than being sad at that time, it is better to give up early. Besides, besides, ...... "The rest of the words said something about revenge, but Ah Da didn't continue after all.

However, his unfinished words have been clearly understood by Youshu. He looked at the former companion fixedly, and added, "Besides, my ability is treacherous, and staying by my master's side is a hidden danger, and you have to guard against it." Clenching the sugar gourd in his hand, he nodded his head heavily, "I'm leaving, goodbye." ”

Just as the mind reader was wantonly slaughtered and exterminated by other abilities, there is no room for an alien who can control ghosts here. Although she knew that this would be the case, Youshu still felt very sad. But he understood in his last life that tears are the most useless thing, even if they are shed, they can't move people who can't be moved. They may feel guilty, but that is only for a while, and when it comes to their own safety, everyone will choose to be hard-hearted.

He didn't cry, and naturally he didn't beg or even beg for mercy, he just silently bit off a sugar gourd, and then turned to leave. His affection for his master did not reach the level they imagined, perhaps there was love, respect, dependence, and gratitude, but there was no deep love. Children who grow up in the last days never know what it is like to love and be loved.

Ah Da watched his thin and thin back fade away, and his eyes were faintly unbearable. He stepped forward and comforted, "Youshu, you are different from us. You are a free body, and there are actually more options than staying by the master's side. You're so smart, what's wrong with you? Go ahead, go back and think about what you want to do, what you like to do, and one day you will find that in this world, no one can live without one. ”

That being said, his fear of the boy has not diminished in the slightest. Driving him away from his master's side is the first step, and then he will send people to monitor him every day, and if the other party makes any abnormal moves, he will directly kill him. The events of these days were enough for him to realize the unpredictability and power of ghosts and gods. And the boy who can manipulate ghosts and gods is undoubtedly a more dangerous character.

Youshu didn't look back, nor did he answer, just waved his hand casually.

After more than a decade of fighting debt collectors, he is naturally very sensitive to his surroundings and soon notices that someone is watching him. He was cold at first, and then he took it for granted, just monitor it, anyway, he won't harm his master. Thinking like this, he walked into a restaurant and prepared to eat a big meal to relieve the sadness in his heart.

He comes from the last days, living one day at a time and earning one day, except for thinking about how to eat enough, he has never had the leisure to think about the philosophy of life, let alone sad spring and autumn, and Gu Ying is self-pitying. This was a good thing for him, because the ordeal made him strong enough, but it was also a bad thing, because the precarious life kept him from growing up.

Proper tribulations can boost the mind, but there are so many tribulations that there is no qualification to hope for the future except to try to live in the present, so how can the mind mature? Youshu lived to fifteen in his previous life, and now he has grown to sixteen, and he is thirty-one years old in total, but he only has a huge and complex knowledge system and various survival skills in his head, and he has no mature ideological concepts.

He lived a very simple and pure life, except to protect his own life and fill his stomach, he never thought about what path to take in the future, because the last days are not qualified to mention the future. But now, sitting alone by the window, looking at the bustling crowd below, he suddenly realized that he should probably think seriously about a different world.

Putting your life on one person will only end up disappointed. Youshu once again verified this sentence that was widely circulated in the last days. He clenched his left hand into a fist, pounded the palm of his right hand, and muttered, "Fortunately, it's not too late to correct this mistake, I have to leave my master and live a new life." I owe him what I owe him. ”

He nodded heavily, then gulped down his food, the gloom between his brows dissipating.

At this moment, someone at the next table sighed, "This boiled fish is not authentic enough, it is much worse than what I have eaten in Shuzhou!" ”

"You've been to Shuzhou too? I've heard that the roads are very difficult. "Someone next to me accosted me.

"I'm a footman, and I've never been anywhere. Not only Shuzhou, but also the mountain roads in Yunnan and Guizhou are also full of dangers, and every time they pass by, it seems to be a fight for their lives. Fortunately, you can taste the unique food everywhere you go, which is also a comfort. ”

All foodies are heart-to-heart, and Youshu was deeply touched when she heard the last words of this foot trader. In fact, he didn't want to participate in the imperial examination, and he didn't want to enter the office, especially now in order to stay away from his master, so that he could rest assured, and he couldn't dangle under his nose, so leaving Shangjing was the only choice.

But where do you go after you leave? What to do? This has become Youshu's biggest trouble. A word woke up the dreamer, and he immediately clapped his hands and said, "Only life and food cannot be disappointed." Okay, I'm going to travel all over the world and eat all the food. As the words fell, he swept the dishes on the table and went home to pack his luggage.

Hearing that his son was leaving Shangjing, the Song family couldn't accept it for a while. But she is a woman's family, and it is inconvenient to walk, so it is naturally difficult to adapt to the life of no fixed place and displacement, so she has to compromise. It's not a good thing to stay away from the new emperor, the undercurrent is surging in the court, and if you cheat, you will have the tendon of Shu, and sooner or later there will be a problem. She hopes that her son will be safe and healthy, and as for any glory, wealth, fine clothes and food, it is just a passing cloud.

"Everywhere I go, I write a letter to my mother to report my safety, and if I am tired and tired, I will come back. If you don't want to come back, you can take your mother away. Song stood at the gate of the city and waved frequently.

Youshu nodded and agreed while driving the ox cart forward, and after leaving the Shili Pavilion, he saw that there was no one around, so he went into the shed to sleep, and the water ghost came to catch the car. Walking to the narrow mountain road, a ragged and skinny old man blocked the way in front of him, and begged, "This kind man in the car, the old package was snatched by the monkey and hung on the tree, can you please help me take it off?" ”

Youshu probed to look, and saw him take out a dry and hard nest head from his arms, and continued, "There is nothing good about the old man, only this dry food, which is given to well-wishers as a reward." ”

With such a shabby reward, ordinary people will definitely spray him in the face when they see it, but Youshu from the end of the world will not refuse any food. He immediately jumped out of the car, rolled up his sleeves and tied the hem of his clothes, and simply said, "Which tree is the package hanging on?" ”