Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Storm Rises
Du Guangde had already quietly sent the white fox to the Drunken Moon Palace, and Du Guifei devoted himself to feeding, and asked Feilian to secretly unite with the low-level concubines in the palace, and when necessary, give Xian Ge a fatal blow.
In the early dynasties, local officials successively reported that there was a large-scale drought in their jurisdiction, no grain was harvested, and the victims of the disaster appeared in all directions, and the suffering was unspeakable.
Gu Chi urgently issued an order to transport the grain storage in Dingcheng to the disaster areas in batches, but this move was tantamount to a drop in the bucket and could not solve the urgent need.
All kinds of political affairs struck, making Gu Chi anxious.
Yu Yan and Liang Chaotian secretly opened a warehouse in the name of stopping and releasing grain, and let the beggars spread the good deeds of stopping everywhere, for a while, "stop the immortals and bless the world." The words spread among the people.
"Senior brother, everything is ready, the east wind can blow?" Liang Chaotian sat beside Yu Yan and drank a bowl of iced lotus seed soup.
"The granary in the east is finished, and the time is almost up, and the east wind is blowing, and when the heavy rain comes, it will be done." Yu Yan was very worried, after all, this method is a dangerous move, and if he is not careful, he will not only not be able to save Xian Ge but also implicate his senior brother, so he can only go all out and be thoughtful.
Liang Chaotian looked up and saw Yu Yan's expression, guessed seven or eight points in his heart, and explained: "Don't worry, if this plan doesn't work, we will think of other ways." As he spoke, he scooped a small bowl of lotus seed soup and handed it to him, "The war between the two countries is about to break out, and at that time, it is not impossible for us to fish in troubled waters." ”
Yu Yan bit open a lotus seed, clear and sweet, as if he was on a cool lotus leaf, the breeze blew, with bursts of lotus fragrance, drunk in it, temporarily put aside his troubles. But he forgot that lotus seeds are bitter in his heart.
However, in the past three or five days, there have been some rumors faintly in the city, pointing to the great drought this year, and at this time, a large number of beggars are shuttling through the streets and alleys, singing such a ballad: "The great drought is really a song in the palace, and the song is a condensation of heavy rain." It caused a lot of discussion among the people.
"I just said that the drought was strange, and sure enough."
"What does the song in the palace mean?"
"A noble man in the palace." A woman dressed in brocade and silk looked around, "I'm afraid the one who is called Xian Ge has something to do with her." ”
"Tut-tut, isn't it a demon."
"Don't say it, let's go, let's go."
The crowd scattered in all directions, but the meaning of the song will spread at the speed of the wind in Dingcheng, blowing into the ears of every household, forming the most terrible public opinion.
Yu Yan and Liang Chaotian walked out of the alley, the conversation just now obviously achieved the expected effect, only when the people's anger completely broke out, and then stopped pointing out the world with a detached attitude, first implemented the crime of string song disaster to the country and the people, forced Gu Chi to put her under house arrest, threw out the "divine decree" that string song will break the disaster when she went out of the palace to practice, and then with the help of the belated heavy rain, she was put to death and reborn.
On the other side, Du Guifei seemed to have fallen into an evil spirit, she didn't eat or drink, and even the imperial doctor couldn't diagnose the reason, and her personal maid pretended to cry: "Niangniang, it's all to blame on the slave maid, if it weren't for the slave maid who insisted on helping you to take a walk near the Luochen Pavilion last night, you wouldn't have been hit by a white fox, like this." ”
The imperial doctors looked at each other, and there have been rumors in and out of the palace recently, all of which are related to the Falling Dust Pavilion, and it seems that this matter is true.
Sending away the imperial doctor, Feilian and Du Guifei looked at each other and smiled, and then, the concubine smashed a vase, Feilian understood, and quickly picked up a sharp porcelain shard and presented it to the concubine, and the concubine was ruthless, so she slashed on her wrist, and immediately blood flowed. Feilian understood, hurriedly ran out of the Drunken Moon Palace, and shouted: "Oh no! The concubine Niangniang was scratched by a vase that fell for no reason. ”
After a moment's effort, the entire harem knew, and many low-level concubines knelt in front of the door of the imperial study together, striving for the emperor to punish the string song.
The harem was not peaceful, and the previous dynasty was also full of bloody wind and rain, Gu Chi sat on the dragon chair, and several ministers knelt on the ground and said bitterly: "Please ask the emperor to deal with the demons and return the peace of my former dynasty." ”
"Demons?" Gu Chi deliberately dragged out the epilogue and joked: "You guys should tell me who is the demon." ”
The head of the Celestial Phenomenon Academy, asked the heavens and said: "The great drought is really a song in the palace, isn't it the one in the Falling Dust Pavilion!" ”
Gu Chi looked at the courtiers below with cold eyes, and his tone was cold, "The concubines in the palace can't be criticized!" And what the market says, why take it seriously. ”
"The minister only knows that the heat is rising, the rain has not fallen, there are countless victims outside, and there are concubines suffering inside, isn't it enough for the emperor to make up his mind to eradicate the demons!" Wentian is holding a yin and yang plate, and his righteous and awe-inspiring appearance makes Gu Chi very annoyed, this Wentian is quite knowledgeable, and he is also involved in Qimen gossip, many ministers in the court respect him, and he can't help but give him some face, "What Aiqing said is inevitably a little biased, how can a little girl be influenced by celestial phenomena?" ”
Asking the sky to hold up the yin and yang plate, one step, standing under the dragon pillar, "The minister watched the sky at night, and found that the stars were different, and he had a close relationship with the people in the Dust Pavilion. ”
"Sure enough."
"I heard that the concubine was entangled by the white fox that ran out of the Falling Dust Pavilion."
"It's not, it's spread all over the palace, and the demons are bringing disaster to the country."
"It's too evil!"
The ministers whispered, convinced of the words of the heavens.
Seeing this, Gu Yuan also knelt down and pleaded: "Please ask the emperor to take the country's society as the priority and punish the demons!" ”
Gu Chi didn't expect that even his own brother would be like this, so he was a little annoyed for a while, and shouted, "Three kings! ”
"The younger brother has nothing else to ask for in his life, I just hope that the imperial brother can understand that my great former dynasty wants to unify the territory and collect the four seas, if it is destroyed by an insignificant woman, how can it be worthy of the ideal in the heart of the imperial brother." Gu Yuan's chest rose and fell, and for a while, anger struck, if he hadn't pestered the imperial brother to go to Pingxi City to eat what yellow croaker, how could he know Xian Ge and cause such a catastrophe.
Gu Chi's heart swayed, on the one hand, it was about the secrets of the royal family, and on the other hand, the courtiers and the people, for a while, he couldn't think of the best of both worlds, he was in a dilemma, and he didn't want to hurt the brotherhood, under the trade-off, he had to make an order to take away the title of the string song, and confined her to the Falling Dust Pavilion, and no one was allowed to visit.
Although the ministers have some complaints, the emperor has at least expressed his attitude, and he will no longer press each other tightly, but it is also temporary, and they will not give up if they do not execute the string song.
After the early dynasty, the news of Xinge's grounding spread throughout the harem, Du Guifei breathed a long sigh of relief, and asked Feilian to give some jewelry to the low-level concubines in the palace, just waiting for her brother to add more fire and execute Xiange, and it would be just around the corner.
In the Falling Dust Pavilion, the wound on Caiwen's forehead had already scabbed, combed down the bangs to cover it, it was difficult to find the wound, and when she pulled up the last strand of hair, a sharp voice from the eunuch came: "The Falling Dust Pavilion takes the order!" ”
Caiwen hurriedly called Xian Ge to kneel in front of the door to receive the decree, and the eunuch who passed the decree glanced at them, unfolded the holy decree, and read it disdainfully: "The talented people of the Falling Dust Pavilion, the virtue is lost, the sky is not merciful, the title is deprived, the person is demoted, the dust pavilion is grounded, and no one is allowed to visit!" ”
The eunuch sneered, and left without looking back, leaving a row of guards to guard the Dust Pavilion.
"Master." Caiwen screamed worriedly and helped Xian Ge up.
Xian Ge's face was very flat, and he pulled Caiwen into the inner room, and said in a low voice: "Do you know where the princes live?" ”
"Ningyang Palace." Caiwen was very puzzled, at this time, how could the master still be in the mood to ask something else.
"You can find a way to get me a piece of the eldest prince's personal belongings."
"Master, you ......" Caiwen looked surprised.
Xian Ge didn't explain too much, but said: "You don't need to know anything else, just tell me if you can do it." ”
Caiwen nodded, "The eldest prince is taken care of by Mama Wang, she has always treated me kindly, I'll think of a way." After speaking, Caiwen said with some sadness: "But now that the Falling Dust Pavilion is grounded, I can't get out." ”
Xian Ge picked up a blood-red tourmaline bracelet from the dresser and gave it to Caiwen, and said, "Aren't you going to the imperial study today to tell the emperor about my life?" I believe that the guards deserve the will and will not stop you. You take this handpiece, if Mama Wang refuses to help, give it to her. ”
"Yes, master." Caiwen put away the handbag, turned around and walked out of the inner room, and walked towards the gate step by step, the closer he walked, the more worried he became, would the guards really let him out. Walking to the gate of the Falling Dust Pavilion Palace, the guards of the guards saw that it was Caiwen, so they silently made a gap, and Caiwen walked out of the Falling Dust Pavilion with one step and walked towards the imperial study. I secretly thought in my heart: The master is really powerful.
Xian Ge looked around, saw that there was no one, so he walked to the corner, took out yesterday's painting, secretly prayed, must succeed, slowly unfold the painting, the content of the painting slowly showed, until all stretched, the content of yesterday's painting on the top layer has been hidden, the whole painting is a "Li Dai Tao stiff picture", light the candle, put the painting next to the fire to roast, sure enough, the top painting was displayed, Xian Ge quickly put away the painting, extinguished the candle, sat in front of the desk and laughed lowly, laughing and laughing, tears slipped from the corners of the eyes, so poignant, muttered: "Yu Yan, the stunt of 'Double Shadow Double Painting'", I wrote it down for you. ”
When he was in Pingxi City, in order to prevent Xian Ge from knowing the identity of his master, Yu Yan only told Xian Ge about the stunt of 'Double Shadow Double Painting' superficially, but he didn't expect that now Xian Ge was successful, but will there be new hope for ghost painting? I'm afraid it's just the opposite.