Chapter 10: The Crying Spirit

When Liu Chang's body was placed in a simple spirit shed, it had already begun to emit a rancid smell. At this time, the weather in June is lingering/raining, as if it is so sad that people cry.

Last night's heavy rain had just passed, and it was terribly cloudy. After a while, it began to fall again, and the entire palace, due to the illness of the Queen Mother, suddenly fell into a deathly silence.

Empress Dowager Dou slowly woke up at noon. His face was pale without a trace of blood. A pair of crescent moon eyebrows frowned slightly, but his eyes were wide open. Silver Fang bit her lower lip as if she were about to bleed. Liu Zhaoli stood in front of the collapse, holding his hands nervously, looking at the Empress Dowager Dou's expression with concern, seeing her like this, he was even more worried, and asked the kneeling imperial doctor below, "What happened to the queen mother, why has she been refusing to speak, is she not awake yet?" ”

The imperial physician hurriedly knelt down, "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother was terrified excessively, and fainted by vomiting blood, and there is no major problem, but there is too much deficiency of qi and blood, and she still needs to recuperate." The minister has prescribed a prescription for the Queen Mother, and the palace people are boiling medicine, Your Majesty, please don't worry too much. ”

Liu Zhao waved his hand, "You go down first, and quickly feed the medicine to the Queen Mother." ”

"Whoa!"

After the imperial doctor stepped back, Liu Zhao sat at the head of the bed and asked softly, "Queen Mother, do you want to drink some water?" ”

Empress Dowager Dou turned her face to Liu Zhao, "Zhao'er, Liu Chang is a member of the Han family, this matter can't stop here, you must find the murderer and avenge him." ”

Liu Zhao nodded, thinking secretly in his heart, the purpose of this matter is to let the capital wait to die, as for how to die, it doesn't matter how to die, but since the Queen Mother mentioned it, it is not easy to delay. No matter who is the murderer, of course, it is better to be Dou Xian, just to separate their brother and sister, without Dou Xian's help, the power of the Queen Mother's party can also be weakened, this is a good opportunity.

Therefore, he said, "Queen Mother, this matter has been investigated by Taiwei Song You, and once it is verified, it will be reported to the Queen Mother." ”

Empress Dowager Dou looked at the young Liu Zhao, "Zhao'er, how to deal with the corpse of Du Xianghou, where is it now?" ”

Liu Zhaozheng said, "The son is waiting for the queen mother's instructions, at this time the coffin is parked outside the Yanxiu Hall of the North Palace, if it is handed over to the court lieutenant to try the case, the body will be handed over to the division to be taken back to the official office for placement, if it is not handed over to the court lieutenant for trial, I don't know if it will have an impact on the case." ”

Empress Dowager Dou got up and sat up, and said angrily, "Are they all a bunch of rice buckets?" What else is a corpse used for such a simple case? The corpses of the townspeople are not cold, so it takes so much effort, is it a decoration to mourn the family? ”

Liu Zhao hurriedly got up and knelt down, "The queen mother is angry, take care of your body, please show the queen mother, my son really doesn't know how to deal with it." ”

Empress Dowager Dou nodded, quite satisfied with Liu Zhao's matter. She sighed, "Get up, the Queen Mother doesn't blame you. It's too often to do this. The capital will be crowned as the king of Qi and buried according to the royal ceremony! Everything goes to Cai Lun, he has been in the palace for a long time and knows the scale. Also,"

Empress Dowager Dou gritted her teeth, her expression became cold and abnormal, and it seemed that every word was bitten before she spoke, "Those armored warriors who are guarding the countryside, don't leave any of them, kill!" Soldiers guarding at the east gate, kill! ”

Liu Zhao didn't speak, and every word of the Queen Mother made his heart tremble. I also heard the Empress Dowager Dou arrange, "At this time, it is hot, although there is a lot of rain, the corpse is very perishable, let's bury it early!" ”

It was only at this time that Liu Zhao agreed, "Oh! When I stood up, my legs began to tremble.

Empress Dowager Dou felt extremely weak, waved her hand, and said to Liu Zhao, "Emperor, go ahead, the queen mother is tired and wants to rest for a while!" ”

Liu Zhao gave a salute and exited the dormitory. Immediately according to the order of the Empress Dowager Dou, arrange for the ministers not to mention it.

When night came, the rain did not gradually stop until this time, and the small trees in the palace were already lush and full of the greenery of life. The wicker danced slightly in the wind, a little lonely and self-appreciative, with elegant curves, gently swaying with the occasional drifting wind. It seems to be chaotic, but it is chaotic. The kind of charming but not tacky, elegant like a pure girl.

The fragrance of the earth disturbs people's thinking, the moon is surging outside the window, and the sky after the rain looks like it has been washed, and under the moonlight, it reveals a deep blue color, which makes people feel drunk like a dream.

Empress Dowager Dou was dressed in front of the window, the moonlight was like Qi, and her thoughts were swaying, but she always seemed to see the handsome figure, the black pupils, and the shadows of the trees outside the window, and the flowers were uncertain, as if she was talking, and she seemed to be crying.

"Bo Xi is miserable, and the state is miserable. Bo also insisted on being the king's precursor.

From the east of Bo, the first is like a flying canopy. Is there no anointing? Who's comfortable!

Its rain and its rain, Gao Gao out of the sun. I wish to speak of Sibo and be willing to be the first to be sick.

What do you have to do with the grass? The back of the tree of words. May the words be spoken. It makes my heart cripple. ”

The Queen Mother read and read, tears ran down her beautiful face, and her heart didn't know where it was, remembering that Du Xianghou was lying alone in the coffin at this time, and her heart was like a knife, and her blood was impetuous.

"Someone!" Hearing her call, the female official Wang Yin'er entered from outside, "What does the Queen Mother command?" ”

Seeing that it was Wang Yin'er, Empress Dowager Dou felt relieved in her heart, this woman had entered the palace with her since she was a child, and she had been by her side all these years, and she was the person she trusted the most. "Yin'er, accompany me to the Yanxiu Hall for a walk, the mourning family wants to see Liu Chang!"

Wang Yin'er's face showed a slight embarrassment, "Queen Mother, your body is still weak at this time, how can you go to the land of yin spirits?" ”

Empress Dowager Dou sighed "hmm" and said indifferently, "Go and prepare!" ”

Wang Yin'er knew that if Empress Dowager Dou said this, she had made up her mind, and there would be no change. I had to sigh, "The slave obeys!" ”

A ride in the silence of Miyagi, slowly moving forward. Except for the sergeants on the long street in the palace, only this line of ghostly teams was quietly advancing.

Empress Dowager Dou held her head lightly, she deliberately put on a white dress, her beautiful long hair was pulled back at will, all the decorations were removed, and only two white hosta flowers were simply inserted, without fat powder, which looked even more lovely.

The cool breeze at night hit, Wang Yin'er was afraid that the Queen Mother would catch a cold, so she wanted to put a cloak of moon-white Gesha on the Queen Mother. Empress Dowager Dou waved her hand, she likes cold and heat, and the cool wind blows on her body, making her tired body feel a little comfortable.

Outside the Yanxiu Palace, more than 100 eunuchs and palace maids are arranging the mourning hall, pasting paper lanterns, white paper, white curtains, and white ruler-headed vultures, from the outside of the Yanxiu Hall to the mourning hall. Cai Lun hasn't slept yet, he is taking care of the front and back, and he is busy running around.

Seeing that the Empress Dowager Dou arrived, the eunuchs and palace maids knelt everywhere, and they didn't dare to make a sound. Wuhu Hou Liu Huang and Li Hou Liu Gang cried in the dark at this time, and they didn't hear the Queen Mother arrive, so they cried bitterly. probably felt that the surroundings suddenly quieted down, so he wiped his blurry tears and looked around.

The ever-bright light flickered on and off, and the Empress Dowager Dou was dressed in plain clothes and stood quietly in front of the coffin, which made Liu Gang and Liu Huang startled.

Although they had never seen the Empress Dowager Dou so closely, they had seen it from afar before. It's just that her sudden appearance at this time made the two of them at a loss for a while.

"Too, the Queen Mother, here, the two ministers are sincerely panicked, I wish the Queen Mother a healthy phoenix!" The two knelt and kowtowed.

As soon as the Empress Dowager Dou saw the coffin, she suddenly remembered that she had said a few days ago that she would seal Liu Chang as the king of Qi and Lang Zhongling, and he was still happy to have a cloud/rain with himself, but now people and ghosts are separated, and it is difficult to see each other again. I couldn't help but feel sad, and tears poured into my eyes, and I couldn't help myself.

Liu Huang knew that the two of them were here at this time, which would only disturb the tranquility of the Queen Mother, so he pulled Liu Gang, and the two quietly withdrew from the spiritual shed. In the huge spiritual shed, in addition to a coffin, there is only the figure of the Empress Dowager Dou standing alone.

Empress Dowager Dou finally burst out of her eyes with unbearable tears. She sat down next to the coffin, caressing the gold-lacquered coffin of Nanmu, and murmured, "When you came to see me, you were so high-spirited, your eyes were as bright as ink, shining into my heart, but now you are lying in the cold coffin, you are going to suffer from the insects and ants, life is like this, what is the point?" She didn't care that tears flowed down her cheeks,

His voice became more and more choked, and he only felt that the heavens and the earth were in a blur, spinning, and surging.

Another cool breeze blew, and the spirit flag rattled, she sobered up a little, and cried again, "Since the death of the first emperor, a woman in the mourning family has carried this huge country, and she has to be constantly impeached and slandered by those ministers every day. And your arrival made the mourning family really feel that they were a woman, and they were still living a real life and a little interesting. Wake up, look at me, didn't you say that the eyes of the mourners are beautiful? You see my eyes swollen from crying for you, are you willing to do it? You come back to life, look at the mourning family, how can you bear to leave me like this, although the sky is big, who else will blow the flute for me, and who will make the mourning family laugh? Whether the heavens or the earth don't allow it, why don't you and I be allowed to stay together for a long time? Why! ”

Empress Dowager Dou pounded the coffin hard, and there was a sound of "dong dong", which made people heartbreaking and sad to hear. Wang Yin'er wiped the tears from her face, but she didn't dare to go up and disturb her, so she had to stand on one side in a daze, listening to her crying more and more sadly.

Empress Dowager Dou suddenly cried, "Whether the sky does not allow it or the earth does not allow it, although you die, the mourning family is determined to avenge you, do not let you die in vain, and go on the road alone, I have killed those soldiers who refuse to protect your safety, and even those soldiers who did not do their duty to guard the door have been killed for your burial, you will never be alone on the Huangquan Road again, I will let them still protect you." The mourning family will never let your murderer escape punishment, I must find this murderer and sacrifice your soul in the sky! The more she spoke, the more angry she became, and her pale face was covered with a layer of murderous aura, which became even more pale.

Wang Yin'er shivered, and suddenly felt a gust of wind blowing in the mourning hall, and the ever-bright lantern began to brighten and dim again, reflecting the mourning hall as terrifying as hell. She hurriedly stepped forward to support the Empress Dowager Dou and wanted to pull her up, but the Empress Dowager Dou shook her off and continued to shout, "You villains, are you jealous of the happiness of the mourning family?" Why can a folk woman remarry, but the queen mother has to be alone for a lifetime? You don't even give me this short period of happiness, you are so cruel, so cruel! ”

Her hair was scattered, her mind was blurry again, she didn't know what to say, and her body became weaker and weaker, and she fell to the ground, unable to cry.

Wang Yin'er was helpless, and greeted Cai Lun, who was standing outside the hall, and said, "The middle hall attendant, the queen mother is extremely weak at this time, quickly carry the queen mother into the Jiade Palace, and the imperial doctor will diagnose and treat it, and the arrangements here will be handled by you!" ”

Cai Lun has lived in the palace for a long time, so he naturally understands the key to this, and hurriedly instructed the eunuchs to raise the queen mother, and he went to arrange for busyness again.

The death of Liu Chang has aroused a lot of discussion among the ministers and people of the DPRK, China and the DPRK, some people applauded, some shook their heads and sighed, and some people secretly speculated. After all, Liu Chang was killed, the Queen Mother was furious, and who the murderer was became a hot topic for a while.

And the most unstable of these people is Dou Xian. Although he sent someone to kill Du Xianghou, if this matter was really known to the Queen Mother, he would never be able to ask for good fruit to eat. So he set his sights on someone who seemed to have nothing to do with the incident, and he would be the scapegoat for the incident.