Chapter 40: The Truth
Xian Ge looked at Concubine Shu's appearance, and felt a little sad, put the hairpin back on, sat on the old chair on the side, tapped the armrest rhythmically with his fingers, and said slowly: "You are the cousin of the first queen, I think, you must know more about the affairs in the palace than others." ”
Concubine Shu's originally jealous eyes became dark, leaning against the wall, sliding softly on the corner of the wall, gently stroking the golden lock, and only after a long time did she move the corners of her mouth, "What do you want to know?" ”
Xian Ge looked out the window, stared at the fluttering birds in the trees, and said, "Is there some unknown secret of the royal family of the past dynasty?" ”
Concubine Shu sneered: "If you talk about secrets, you really can't finish talking about them for three days and three nights." ”
Xian Ge turned his head and looked at Concubine Shu, "I just want to know if there is a secret about a painting." ”
"Painting?" Shufei nodded innocently, "It seems to be." ”
"It seems! You'd better remember clearly, or your son's safety will be unpredictable. Xian Ge gave a cold eye, staring at Concubine Shu's heart.
Concubine Shu raised her eyes, looked at the roof, and began to recall, "For a while, my cousin was in a trance all day long, I asked the reason, and she didn't tell me, but I was just curious, so I found an excuse to get drunk with her, only to know that the emperor had not been to her palace for a long time, and I went to my aunt angrily, that is, the queen mother at that time, who wanted the emperor to be there, I hid outside the window and eavesdropped, only to vaguely know that the emperor was troubled by a very serious matter, so that he snubbed the palace." Concubine Shu suddenly snorted coldly, and continued: "For the sake of a painting, it's really ridiculous. ”
Xian Ge asked, "Is it a painting of a gold thread spool?" ”
"How do you know?" Concubine Shu looked at Xian Ge suspiciously.
"You don't have to worry about this, just tell me, what's the secret of that painting?"
Concubine Shu smiled: "What kind of curse from heaven, the past dynasty was in danger, I think that painting should record that curse." ”
"What kind of curse?" Xian Ge got up and approached Concubine Shu.
"I didn't hear it, I was discovered by the maid, fortunately I was clever and escaped the interrogation of the Queen Mother, but I was punished for copying Buddhist scriptures."
Xian Ge squatted down and pinched Concubine Shu's chin, "You'd better not lie to me." ”
Concubine Shu shook off Xian Ge's hand, "My son's safety is much more important than any curse. ”
Xian Ge got up, turned his back to Concubine Shu, twisted his index finger, and asked, "At the end of winter, is there anything abnormal in the emperor?" ”
"It's nothing more than snubbing the back palace." Concubine Shu laughed at herself, "Rao is like this, she Du Lefeng is also loved by thousands of people." ”
"February 21, can the emperor be in the palace?" Xiange's eyes were red, this day was the day she and Yu Yan were hunted down, and it was also the day they parted in life and death.
"I went to Pingxi City."
"Alone?"
"I don't know, the emperor never told me this, I heard from the concubine's maid later." A trace of sadness passed over Concubine Shu's face.
"During this period, who followed the emperor in and out?"
"Liu Tan, it seems that he was secretly sent out for a while."
Xian Ge paced around the room, and finally stopped in front of the door, now, she was basically sure that Gu Chi was definitely related to Yu Yan's death, but there was one thing she hadn't figured out yet, since she wanted that painting, why did she keep herself. Pushing open the door, Xian Ge called Caiwen and sat on a stone bench in the courtyard.
"Caiwen, I want to ask you something, it may make you sad, but please forgive me, I have to know." Xian Ge looked at Caiwen, very serious, but it made Caiwen confused, "The master has something to ask, and the slave must know everything." ”
Xian Ge Zhengse said: "At the end of February, where did Liu Tan go and what did he do, do you know? ”
Caiwen's face was pale, and he was silent for a long time before he said, "It was said that he was sent by the emperor to Pingxi City to investigate a person." ”
"Who?"
Caiwen shook his head, "He didn't say it, but later told me that the emperor had run out of patience and directly asked him to assassinate him, saying that 'the man died without a body, and the woman was unharmed', and even the secret poison of the palace was given to him in case of emergency." ”
Xian Ge almost fainted, and supported the edge of the stone table with his hand, barely gaining strength, "Can he bring something back?" ”
"It looks like a piece of green jade, I don't know what it looks like." Seeing that Xiange's expression changed, Caiwen asked, "Master, what's wrong with you?" ”
"I want to rest for a while, you keep an eye on Concubine Shu." Xian Ge slowly got up and entered the house like a free man, and as soon as he closed the door, Xian Ge sat down on the ground, reaching out and touching the green jade on his neck in the placket of his clothes, so cold, like the rest of the day.
Tears burst out of her eyes, Xian Ge didn't cry loudly, just quietly, let the tears wet her placket, took off the hibiscus hairpin, and stabbed it into her palm, the severe pain hit, she just frowned, at this moment, any pain can't withstand her guilt, if she hadn't brought the Gu Chi brothers into the hut, Yu Yan would not have been killed, everything is a catastrophe, and all the cause and effect have to be borne by herself.
On that day, Liang Chao sent his henchman Han Lin to take Yu Yan to a soup kitchen in Dingcheng, and I don't know who shouted: "Stop the immortals again!" ”
Suddenly, the crowd was crowded, and the gathered people turned their eyes one after another, only to see an older man supporting a man with a silver mask slowly coming, and before they could get closer, the crowd had already begun to talk.
"Who is the Immortal?"
"I think it's the one next to me."
"No, no, it's the one wearing the mask."
"The one who wears the mask looks like a blind man, how can he draw a divine painting."
When the two approached, everyone stopped talking and began to look carefully, and suddenly, a beggar came out, knelt in front of Yu Yan, kowtowed, and said: "Thank you and stop the immortal protection, thank you for the protection." ”
Another sharp-eyed woman cried out, "Isn't this the little beggar who fell off a cliff and died in great calamity!" As soon as the woman's words came out, everyone suddenly realized, and the banter just now became serious.
At this time, Han Lin had already taken out the drawing board and said, "Although Mr. Youzhi is blind, he is not blind in his heart, he can draw ghosts and gods, and collect wind bones." ”
After Han Lin finished speaking, he handed the brush to Yu Yan, Yu Yan got up, his wrist turned, and in a few turns, he drew a portrait, and then said: "This woman has an abnormal number, handle it properly, the drought can be solved, on the contrary, disasters continue." ”
Everyone bowed their heads and asked carefully, "Who is the woman in the painting?" ”
"What God dictates, not human beings can do." Yu Yan withdrew his paintbrush and pretended to be mysterious.
Everyone didn't know why, and they exchanged their heads and ears, until a subtle voice said: "Isn't the painting the concubine in the palace?" Only then did the onlookers suddenly realize that the straight road was indeed a god, and even people who had never met before could draw it, and they must have received the divine decree of God.
In the crowd, Gu Chi's spies signaled to each other, and they took out a handful of broken silver from their arms and threw it into the air, before the silver landed, the crowd of onlookers was in a mess, competing with each other, at this moment, the spies took advantage of the chaos and quickly took away Yu Yan and Han Lin.
And when everyone had finished picking up the broken silver on the ground, they found that it was gone, and just when they didn't know why, a beggar shouted: "Stop the immortals from going to the palace again, stop the immortals from going to the palace again!" ”
Everyone said: "The immortals must have gone to the palace to solve the law of the great drought." ”
In the crowd, Liang Chaotian smiled with satisfaction, and when he saw that the matter was done, he hurried back to Zuihuanlou, and today he received a letter from his father, saying that the Jin Kingdom was going to war against Daxi soon, and he wanted to take Yu Yan back quickly.