Zhao Zhen chatted with Xiao Sizi, and told the secret of the year. Qige's death has something to do with Zhao Zhen more or less. Zhao Zhen missed the date with Qige because of Concubine Pang, so it makes sense that Qige has now become a ghost to trouble Xiangxiang.

Of course, this makes sense on the premise that there are ghosts.

At this time, the sky was covered with dark clouds and thunder, and the raindrops the size of beans crackled and fell down.

Everyone sat in the pavilion in the garden, continuing the conversation they had just had.

Zhan Zhao asked Zhao Zhen, "What did Qige want to say back then, didn't the emperor know anything about it?" ”

Zhao Zhen shook his head in embarrassment, "I really don't know the way, if there are any signs, I won't delay things because of listening to the piano." In fact, at that time, I thought it was because of Uncle Jiu's matter. ”

Zhan Zhao was curious, "What does it have to do with Zhao Pu?" ”

"Uncle Nine was ready to go to the border back then." Zhao Zhen said, "Qige wants to follow, and he told me several times. ”

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang raised their eyebrows.

"You also know that Uncle Nine went to the border to fight, what kind of system did he have with a maid? Besides, he is a rough man, and he refuses to bring a maid to death. Zhao Zhen was helpless, "Many people have persuaded Qige, but she is dead-eyed." ”

Hearing this, Bai Yutang suddenly asked, "She is so obsessed with Zhao Pu, even if she really has a soul, then she should go to Zhao Pu." ”

Zhan Zhao touched his chin and nodded—that made sense.

The little fourth son became nervous, "Do you want to find Jiujiu?" Is Ninety-Nine in danger? ”

Zhao Zhen gently patted Xiao Sizi's head, signaling him not to be nervous, and said to Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, "I talked to Uncle Jiu just now, he hasn't been harassed by any ghosts or gods over the years, it's all because he harassed others." As for the moment, didn't I kick him out of the palace, it's not safe to stay in the palace, and the concubine also went to Kaifeng Mansion for this purpose. There is Bao Qing in Kaifeng Mansion, and it is difficult for ghosts and gods to approach. ”

"Actually, what I'm most curious about is." Zhan Zhao asked with great interest, "How did the ghost of Qige scare Zhao Pu back then?" ”

Bai Yutang also nodded, "With Zhao Pu's character, even if he was only a teenager back then, he shouldn't be afraid of a blue-faced and fanged ghost standing in front of him, not to mention someone he knows......"

Zhan Zhao nodded.

Xiao Sizi also nodded, "Jiujiu is bold, and the only one who is bolder than him should be his father." ”

Zhao Zhen subconsciously glanced at the little fourth son and asked, "Your father is just a scholar, is he so bold?" ”

"That's right." The fourth son nodded, "Daddy said, if you are cowardly, don't do it as soon as possible." ”

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang silently embarrassed the world...... Not everyone is as strong as Gongsun.

"Actually, I was also very curious at the time, and I inquired with Uncle Nine." Zhao Zhen said, "That day, he passed by the Furong Garden, saying that he suddenly heard some sounds, as if there was something behind him." ”

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang glanced at each other - this is a bit bizarre, although Zhao Pu was still young at that time, his kung fu should be excellent, who is so capable and appeared beside him without him noticing at all? Is there the power of Heavenly Venerable?

"Uncle Nine said that he looked back at no one at the time, and when he looked back, there was a woman in red standing in front of him." Zhao Zhen continued, "He said that the woman's face was colorless, but he recognized it as Qige. ”

"Qige doesn't know martial arts, right?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Zhao Zhen smiled, "Of course it won't ......"

Bai Yutang also frowned - he didn't know martial arts, how could he approach silently?

"Uncle Nine was puzzled because the other party was standing in front of him, but he didn't have the breath of a living person at all." Zhao Zhen recalled Zhao Pu's description, "He said that he felt like a zombie standing in front of him, and his eyes were close to gray-white, and then his mouth was black, as if he was about to bite." But it runs fast and moves quickly, not like a light feat, but like a puppet being pulled by something...... When Uncle Nine caught her, he kicked over two walls, and later led the guards over. ”

Zhao Zhen said, and asked Nangong, who was standing quietly on the side, "You also told the guards about what you heard later." ”

Nangong nodded, and said to Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, "I asked the guards who arrived first, and they also said that they saw a woman in red clothes, with a pale face like a zombie, and black lips shrunk into the crack in the wall like a shrunken bone, and then the Nine Princes kicked over the wall, and they didn't find the female ghost." ”

"Indented into a crack in the wall?" Bai Yutang asked again.

Nangong nodded.

Zhan Zhao touched his chin - even if he asked Tianzun and his grandfather to come, it would be impossible to shrink into the crack in the wall, what kind of kung fu is this? ”

"A few of the guards were terrified." Nangong said, "But the Hibiscus Garden is near the Four Seas Palace, and there are usually no accidents, so it's probably not strange." ”

"The structure of this house is against the wind and water, the trend is weird, and there is no sunlight all year round." Bai Yutang said, "There are Yin mansions everywhere, why is there such a house in the palace?" ”

Zhan Zhao also looked at Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen said, "Oh...... The purpose of the earliest construction of this house was because of the theory of ghosts and gods. ”

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang glanced at each other.

According to legend, this ghost hall of the four seas was built in the Guangshun period, some said that it was built in the Xiande period, some said that it was built by Guo Wei, and some said that it was Chai Rong...... Of course, there are also legends that Taizu made ......"

The corners of Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang's mouths twitched, looking at Zhao Zhen, what does that mean-is it possible?

Zhao Zhen scratched his head, "I don't know very well, I didn't live in the palace for a long time when I was a child, and not many people knew about the past. ”

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang are not entangled, it doesn't matter who made it, the key is what this thing is for.

"This Four Seas Hall is used to complete the underworld marriage." Zhao Zhen replied, "The early death of the prince in the palace happens from time to time, and the unmarried must carry out a secret marriage, otherwise it is said that it will bring disaster to future generations." ”

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were both stunned, "Secret marriage? ”

"Oh!" The little fourth son clapped his hands, "I've seen a secret marriage!" ”

Zhao Zhen looked at him, "How are the people?" ”

"Uh-huh." Xiao Sizi nodded, "In the past, the son of a rich family in the village died, and I listened to the words of a blind fortune teller, so I had to marry a beautiful sixteen-year-old girl and go home to get married." There is a family that owes them money, so the girl was used to pay off the debt, and when the sedan chair of other people's families entered the door, they were all happy, but the bride of the family cried miserably. Later, the father pretended to be a fortune teller to deceive them, saying that the secret marriage would be dead to dead, otherwise it would be unlucky, so they let the bride go. But it's not so easy to replace the dead, so the last father got them a paper figure. ”

Zhao Zhen raised his eyebrows, "Mr. Gongsun is witty." ”

Xiao Sizi smiled, "That's right, but then the bride wanted to marry her father, and then her father had to take me out of the city to buy medicine to avoid the limelight, and then I met Zhanzhan and them......"

Everyone couldn't laugh or cry, it turned out that there was such a thing, and I really had to thank that girl.

Zhao Zhen made the little fourth son amused and amused for a while, and then said to Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, "The secret marriage in the palace is also gradually evolving, at the beginning it was said to be very cruel, they were all martyred, and then they were slowly replaced by living people, that is, living widows, and the most deceased people seem to have been deserving of dead people." It's just that the dead have been left for too long, and the epidemic has spread, so they are replaced by the living and widowed. This has been going on for decades. The building is eerie and terrifying, and the people who are married to the underworld are all young and beautiful girls, who are either scared to death or crazy when they go in, hanged themselves, jumped into wells, and took poison, there are countless of them. ”

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang frowned and never separated, and said in their hearts that it was no wonder that these generations of the royal family were thin, the harem was chaotic and short-lived, and they were simply to blame themselves after creating evil.

"Later, as the Four Seas Hall became more and more evil, the system of underworld marriage was finally abolished." Zhao Zhen leaned on the armrest to support his chin and sighed, "After the Four Seas Hall is sealed, there will be fewer accidents, and after the Furong Garden is also enclosed, it will be completely clean, and occasionally there will be some rumors, but it is not a big deal." ”

"Are the Four Seas Hall and the Hibiscus Garden really haunted?" Zhan Zhao was curious.

Zhao Zhen looked at Gonggong Chen, who came over with refreshments, and motioned for him to speak.

Gonggong Chen sighed, "The old slave has been in the palace for decades, and the haunting of the Four Seas Hall and the Furong Garden has happened from time to time. The maid guards encountered it the most.

"Has the father-in-law ever touched it?" Zhan Zhao was curious.

Gonggong Chen nodded, "Yes!" ”

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang seemed to be somewhat interested.

Chen Gong said fairly, "The old slave encountered it not long after he entered the palace when he was a child, near the Furong Garden, there was a woman in white clothes wandering, I only saw a back and didn't see the face, the woman's neck was old and elder, and there was a white Lingzi around her neck. ”

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang frowned - really fake?

Zhan Zhao looked at Nangong Ji again, "No, you haven't encountered it too, have you?" ”

Nangong was very calm, "Many guards in the palace have encountered it, but I haven't encountered it myself, but there are shadow guards who see ghost fires when they keep vigil, and the most common thing is that they see lanterns floating in the Hibiscus Garden." Other than that...... It's just that some guards see strange shadows on the wall. ”

Zhan Zhao laughed in his heart - it turns out that this palace errand is so exciting.

Bai Yutang couldn't help but ask Zhanzhao, "Is there one in Kaifeng Mansion?" ”

Zhan Zhao didn't answer, and Gonggong Chen, who came to serve tea to the two, smiled, "Oh, Bai Shaoxia, there is Lord Bao, can there be ghosts in Kaifeng Mansion?" ”

The fourth son asked Zhao Zhen curiously, "Emperor, have you ever met it?" ”

Zhao Zhen smiled and asked, "What are you talking about?" ”

The little fourth son nodded.

Zhao Zhen smiled helplessly, "Fortunately, no, otherwise it would have been miserable." ”

The little fourth son smiled, "Is the emperor as timid as the little fourth son?" ”

Zhao Zhen smiled bitterly, "It's true that I'm not too bold, but I can't admit it!" If you're scared, hold on! Absolutely can't be called out."

Xiao Sizi blinked, "Why do you have to hold on?" It's better to call it out, Daddy said, and it scared me to hold back the bad health. ”

Zhao Zhen nodded, "But I am the emperor, once the Son of Heaven was frightened by a ghost and said that it would be miserable, so I have to hold on!" ”

Xiao Sizi looked at Zhao Zhen sympathetically, and reached out and patted Zhao Zhen's shoulder, "The emperor is the worst." ”

Zhao Zhen nodded with satisfaction, "Yes!" Do you think so too? ”

Xiao Sizi nodded seriously, "Hmm! The emperor does what he doesn't like to do, and then everyone can do what they like, so the emperor is the loneliest, and no one wants to be friends with you. Everyone is free to play outside, the emperor is locked up in the palace, how boring, this life has suffered and died! I can't go to Taibaiju to eat yet, and the dishes in the imperial dining room are half cold on the table. ”

Zhao Zhen stared at the little fourth son for a long time, and then hugged him, "You are the most intimate, they all bully me!" ”

Xiao Sizi continued to pat Zhao Zhen sympathetically, "Next time we bring hot pot to the palace to eat, right?" The seafood delivered at home is fresh. ”

"Uh-huh!" Zhao Zhen hugged the little fourth son with satisfaction, "I will accept you as a godson!" I won't return it to Mr. Gongsun. ”

The fourth son poked Zhao Zhen, "It's a bad time, I'm Jiujiu's godson." ”

"Then let's be brothers!" Zhao Zhen was rarely serious, and Gonggong Chen shook his head helplessly, and the emperor could tease the little fourth son a few words.

At this moment, a few maids helped Qinglian over.

Qinglian's face was much better at this time, and she changed into dry clothes, just now the Queen Mother knew that she was scared, and pulled her to comfort her.

Zhao Zhen asked her about the situation very gently, and the maid who accompanied her said that the imperial doctor had seen it, and she was a little frightened if she had nothing to do.

"What are you scaring about?" Zhao Zhen asked.

Qinglian said, "Back to the emperor, the slave maid just picked some buds of the camphor tree near Qingyuan, and prepared to make incense for the queen mother." Suddenly, I heard someone calling me, it was a woman's voice, and I didn't see anyone when I looked back. At first, I thought I had heard it wrong, so I didn't pay much attention to it, and continued to walk in to beat the camphor leaves, when I heard someone call me again...... As soon as the slave turned around, she found that there was no one outside, and I was the only one in the green garden, so I was a little scared, so I took my pocket and walked out. I hadn't walked a few steps when I suddenly heard someone calling me from behind me, and something touched my shoulder...... I heard the old mothers in the palace say that it is difficult to turn back if there is a ghost patting the shoulder behind me, and if the yang fire on the shoulder is blown out, it will be entangled by the ghost, so I will run away. When I turned around the yard, I turned my head and saw a lantern floating behind me, so frightened that I couldn't even take care of my pocket, and I couldn't stop when I rushed out, so I planted myself in the river. ”

As she spoke, Qinglian looked back at the man who was yawning beside Bai Yutang, and inexplicably felt so cute...... It was this guy who saved himself just now.

Qinglian briefly recounted her experience.

At this time, the lightning and thunder are roaring, and the rain is also increasing unabated, and the inexplicable atmosphere is very suitable for telling ghost stories.

Xiao Sizi was a little scared when he heard this, Zhao Zhen put a robe on him, and asked Nangong, "You took someone there just now, did you find the lantern?" ”

Nangong nodded, asked the guards on the side to bring something up, and said, "The lantern is gone, but I found some burnt wood, and I can see that it is in the shape of a palace lamp." ”

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang both leaned over to look.

The lantern burned to carbon, and only half of the silhouette remained, which could be seen to be the lower part of the palace lantern...... However, this style of palace lamp has not been used for a long time.

Everyone chatted enthusiastically, and Xiao Liangzi had been sitting by the gazebo, peeling longan, one for himself, one for himself, and then spit out longan cores into the lake together. Hearing the conversation here, Xiao Liangzi suddenly turned around and asked, "Why do you want to haunt every time it's either a ghost fire or a ghost lamp, there's nothing new." ”

Xiao Sizi asked curiously, "Xiao Liangzi, have you ever seen a haunted ghost too?" That's right, Xiao Liangzi is also a prince. ”

Xiao Liang "tsk" twice and said to the little fourth son, "Jin'er, those are all lies!" The Wolf King Fort has also been out once before. ”

Bai Yutang asked Xiao Liang, "Haunted things?" ”

"Uh-huh!" Xiao Liangzi nodded, hung his hands around his neck, and slid down.

He flicked his tail and ...... Xiao Liangzi fell to Xiao Sizi's side, held his chin and said to everyone, "That was when I was four years old, that night, there was a palace maid who was also in a secluded place in the back garden of the Wolf King Castle Palace, and saw a flying lantern. My mother was taking me around the garden and kicking the lantern away. I saw that the lantern was on fire, and then ...... There was a sudden pop in the air, and a meteor streaked through it. ”

Everyone was stunned, and the little fourth son tilted his head, "Meteor? ”

Bai Yutang thought for a moment and smiled, "Someone pretended to be a ghost, hanging the lantern with a thin line and sliding, there is fire oil on the thin line that is very flammable, and when the fire burns the lantern, the thin rope is also on fire." It is estimated that it is a silk thread or something, which turns into ash when burned, and is slender and tough and not easy to find, and may not be visible at all during the day, and at night it is like a meteor in the sky. ”

Xiao Liangzi clapped her hands, "That's it!" My mother later found out the culprit, and it was a few guards in the palace! They conspired with a half-fairy outside the palace, preparing to make the palace haunted, so that they could come in to catch ghosts and cheat money! By the way, my mother is ruining the country and the people or something, hum! ”

Zhan Zhao smiled and touched Xiao Liangzi's head, "It's a pity that the wrong person was harmed." ”

Xiao Liangzi raised his eyebrows, "That's not it!" My mother is the No. 1 tigress in the Northwest! Besides, if you dare to speak ill of my mother, my father will cheapen them if he doesn't pick their skins. ”

Everyone listened to Xiao Liangzi's words, but Qinglian frowned and tilted her head, as if she remembered something.

Zhan Zhao asked her, "Qinglian, think about it carefully, did you see anything unusual just now......

Qinglian seemed to really remember something, and said, "Although I didn't see the fire, when I was beating the buds of the camphor tree, I did see some scorch marks on the branches. The leaves of the trees were also divided into two, and half of them were left as if they had been burned. I didn't notice it, but the tree couldn't have turned out like that. ”

Qinglian was talking, and suddenly there was a "click".

A thunderclap was earth-shattering, and the little fourth son jumped in fright.

Qinglian and a few girls on the side also covered their ears.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang subconsciously turned back...... I saw a tree in a garden not far away that happened to be struck by lightning, and how high the flames were rising.

At this time, I heard someone shouting in the distance, "Qingyuan is on fire!" Qingyuan is on fire! ”

Zhanzhao frowned.

Bai Yutang was also puzzled, "Such a coincidence?" ”

"What kind of garden is Qingyuan?" Bai Yutang asked.

Chen Gonggong said, "The places with the most trees in the imperial garden are mostly camphor trees, red cotton trees, longan trees, etc., as well as many fruit trees, which are the most suitable gardens for summer vacation." ”

Zhan Zhao got up and wanted to go to Qingyuan to have a look, but Xiao Sizi reached out and grabbed his sleeve.

At the same time, the sky was completely dark, lightning and thunder, and the wind and rain were blowing, and the surrounding trees were blown to the side, and the guards entered the cloister to take shelter from the rain.

Nangong also felt that the situation was wrong, and said to Zhao Zhen, "Your Majesty, go into the house and take shelter for the time being." ”

Zhao Zhen nodded and let everyone enter the study together.

……

Kaifeng Mansion at this time.

Zhao Pu closed the window and added a cloak to his mother.

The eighth prince also frowned, "What's going on with this weather......"

The Queen Mother thumped her hands and retreated, she also looked a little anxious, her rheumatism was quite serious, and she would be uncomfortable every time it was windy and rainy. Zhao Pu remembered that the Queen Mother's maid went to boil medicine for her just now, and it was estimated that the girl would not be able to run back in the wind and rain.

Zhao Pu said to go and get medicine for the Queen Mother.

The Empress Dowager was nervous, "Are you going alone?" ”

Zhao Pu was almost happy, "Mother, I went to the kitchen to get medicine, not to fight." ”

The old lady looked left and right, trying to find someone.

Zhao Pu had already run away.

"Oops......" The Empress Dowager was anxious.

The eighth prince comforted her with a cup on the side, "It's okay, this is Kaifeng Mansion, what can you come here if you don't do anything clean?" ”

"That's ......," the Empress Dowager was still a little worried.

……

At the same time, a large group of people poured in outside the gate of Kaifeng Mansion.

Gongsun's umbrellas were blown apart, and most of the officials' coats and hats flew away, and they easily ran back to Kaifeng Mansion. If they hadn't stopped them just now, Gongsun, who didn't find Qige's ashes, almost asked them to leave all the graves behind, but fortunately they were dragged back by everyone.

Ochre Shadow, who was holding the jar that Gongsun judged to be "not ashes", was soaked all over.

Ziying took two big robes to help Gongsun block the rain.

When he got to the porch, Gongsun looked at the people who were like chickens in the soup, and then at the driest self on his body, and he was a little reluctant, and said, "Hurry up and change your clothes, take a hot bath, and I'll cook you some decoction to ward off the wind and cold." ”

After saying that, Gongsun ran down the porch to the kitchen.

……

Zhao Pu walked to the kitchen and saw the maid Yu'er hiding in the corridor in the middle of the road, anxiously turning in circles.

"Lord Wang." When Yu'er saw Zhao Pu, she could be regarded as seeing a savior. She boiled the medicine just now, and she was going to take it for the princess at this time, but the wind and rain were too big, she was a weak girl, she couldn't stand steadily with an umbrella in the wind and rain, and the thunder was loud, she didn't dare to go out.

Zhao Pu asked her to go back to accompany the concubine, and he would just go and get the medicine.

Yu'er breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly ran away.

Zhao Pu also doesn't use an umbrella, he has deep internal strength, and it is not difficult to keep the rain from getting wet.

After taking a few steps, Zhao Pu frowned...... It seems that in the wind and rain, there are some strange sounds.

Zhao Pu was slightly stunned - this feeling was familiar, he turned his head suddenly, there was no one behind him, and he turned around and wanted to move forward, but he was stunned for a moment.

A bolt of lightning, blue electric light illuminated the black oppressive sky, thunder, and the sky seemed to explode. The moment Zhao Pu turned around, he saw a woman in red standing in the heavy rain in front of him, with black hair covering most of her face, and where the black hair did not cover it, only a gray-white eye was exposed, as well as a pale face, and gray-black lips.

Zhao Pu stood there and looked at the man.

The "female ghost" in front of it still didn't have any breath of a living person, it slowly raised its head, and at this moment, it suddenly ...... Zhao Pu heard a burst of anxious footsteps, and a loud roar, "Zhao Pu! Back off! ”

Zhao Pu was stunned for a moment, took a step back, and a flower pot flew over in his ear, smashing at the female ghost.

When the female ghost took a step back, Zhao Pu heard someone running behind him, stepping on the puddle and crackling, and then his arm was dragged by someone, Gongsun rushed to him, took out a pack of medicinal powder in his hand and threw it towards the female ghost's face.

The yellow powder spread out and was half washed away by the rain, but some of it still got on the woman's face.

Zhao Pu heard two "cough cough" sounds from the female ghost's throat.

Gongsun took out two pills from his waist and smashed them on the female ghost's feet, "Sure enough, Nima is pretending to be a ghost!" Don't cough if you have the ability! ”

With a boom and another thunderclap, the pill that exploded at the female ghost's feet splashed with yellow water.

Gongsun stopped Zhao Pu, and saw that the female ghost was splashed by the water and there were large and small holes in the trouser legs, a sour smell was pungent, and the skin exposed under the torn trouser legs was not miserable white, but the skin color of the person.

Zhao Pu raised his eyebrows, and Gongsun still wanted to smash the pill.

Looking at the female ghost again, she suddenly jumped backwards and flew up, like a kite that had been forcibly dragged away, "snorted" against the wall, and retracted into the crack in the wall.

Gongsun wanted to copy the shovel next to the wall and smash the wall, but was stopped by Zhao Pu.

Gongsun turned around and asked Zhao Pu menacingly, "Are you injured?" That goblin must be someone pretending to scare you! ”

Zhao Pu looked at Gongsun, only to see that his whole body was soaked, his black hair was close to his cheeks, but his face was fierce, and that look would only appear on Gongsun's face when he heard that someone was bullying the little fourth son.

Gongsun saw that Zhao Pu was dumbfounded, and reached out to touch his head, "Aren't you scared?" That thing is fake, there are no ghosts in the world! Don't be afraid! ”

Zhao Pu lowered his head and looked intently at the nerd in front of him, who was half a head shorter than him, not a few thin, but was bravely trying to "protect" him.

Gongsun also noticed that the "gray pupils" of Zhao Pu's two eyes did not appear, which means that he should not be particularly nervous. When Zhao Pu is nervous, the gray eye will fade...... But at this moment, both eyes suddenly darkened, as if both of them had turned black, what was going on?

Gongsun was about to roll over Zhao Pu's eyelids to study it, when he suddenly smelled a mushy smell, squinted his eyes and turned back, "Who burned the medicine?!" ”

was about to rush into the kitchen to take a look, when his arm was dragged by Zhao Pu.

Gongsun was stunned, but when he realized it again, he had been pulled into Zhao Pu's arms, hugged him, and hugged him tightly.