Walking out of the Palace of Nourishing Hearts, a group of relatives and dignitaries walked silently southward along the West Long Street, went out of the inner right gate, and stopped next to the military aircraft.

Looking around, the Qianqing Gate on the left hand side, and the Jingyun Gate farther away; Longzong Gate on the right-hand side; The Baohe Hall in front, as well as the back right door and the back left door on both sides of the Baohe Palace, are all "red lanterns hanging high".

It's like a world away.

What's next? Go?

"Second brother, sixth brother", Guan Zhuofan broke the silence, first looked at King Zhuang and King Gong, and then looked around at everyone, "Tonight, I probably can't sleep well, otherwise, come and sit with me?" ”

As soon as Guan Zhuofan's words came out, many people present felt that "it was very much in line with my wishes" -- for half the night, they were in shock, horror and depression, and many people were holding back their words, but they couldn't say a word or take one more step.

I don't know what we are talking about, but like a night walk in the wilderness, filled with thick fog, and if you go alone, you will have a great group of people to go with you, and you must speak loudly as you go, cheering up and strengthening your courage for yourself and your companions.

Because the emperor is "happy", the current and future court situation will have a little bit of a feeling of "walking at night in the wilderness, filled with thick fog".

King Zhuang and King Gong have no objections, even if some people feel that they have nothing to offer, this pool of water, the deeper they step on, and then go down, I don't know whether it is a curse or a blessing -- Prince Ruyi Zaidun, Prince Zheng Chengzhi, Prince Li Shiduo, and Prince Yu Benge, but they dare not say "not go".

So, those who get on the car get on the car, and those who get on the sedan get on the sedan car. Towards the north side street.

There was a fast horse in advance. When the ministers arrived. Prince Xuan's Mansion has been prepared, there are too many people, a total of fourteen people, the study room is really not stuffed, so it is arranged in the Furong Pavilion in the back garden.

Half of this hibiscus pavilion is built on the shore, half of it stretches out to the water, and the half that stretches out to the surface of the water is erected on top of the stream. Relying on the fence to the pond, the lotus leaves in front of the field, the hibiscus is scorching, it is really a cool country in the red fragrance world, and it does not lose the name of "Hibiscus Pavilion".

In normal times, guests must praise the host and perhaps chant poetry couplets. Now, these leisure and leisure are naturally absent, if there is. It's very inappropriate. So, even if there are people who feel something. You have to be blind to anything.

However, it was already summer, and they were all sweating in the palace of nourishing their hearts, and now they were in the wind with water, and their hearts were open-minded, and their spirits were shocked.

After the tea and fruits were arranged, all the maids and servants withdrew from the back garden, and all sides were guarded.

Not in the room, there are two other advantages, first, you don't have to stick to the number of seats; Second, to sit and stand at will—this is especially suitable for Boyan Nemo, whose fault is well known: like a monkey, he is restless, and he has to walk around to feel comfortable.

King Zhong happened to be sitting next to Guan Zhuofan, and he said: "Sixth brother, third brother, when I entered the Yang Xin Palace, I saw a statue of a god in the middle of the Ming Palace, which seemed to be ...... Or a goddess, uh, that, what's that exquisite? ”

This is the first topic tonight, and it was brought up by the youngest King Zhong, and the Yi relatives and important ministers present were all slightly stunned.

This question is actually asked to the "third brother", but because the "sixth brother" is also there, in order to show the righteousness of his brother and brother Gong, King Zhong also pulled King Gong on and put it in front.

Since I was asked, I naturally had to answer.

"That's the pox god Niangniang," said King Gong, "I have come to bless the emperor with a speedy recovery, as for what kind of exquisiteness-"

King Gong looked at Guan Zhuofan: "Yixuan, you read history very well, you should be clearer." ”

"My little thing," Guan Zhuofan said, "I don't dare to show off in front of the sixth brother, besides, I don't know the origin of this pox god lady, whether it is 'history'-"

After a pause, "If I'm not mistaken, this pox god Niangniang is from "Romance of the Gods". ”

Yes?

Guan Zhuofan asked King Zhong: "Have you watched "Romance of the Gods"? ”

"The Romance of the Gods" is not a "serious book", but it is relatively "serious" in the "idle book", and there are not too many taboos, King Zhong nodded: "I have seen it." ”

"King Wu is fighting," Guan Zhuofan said, "and marching into Tongguan." The Tong Pass guard, named Yu Hualong--remember? ”

"Remember, Yu Hualong couldn't beat Jiang Ziya, and one of his sons infiltrated the Zhou camp at night, cast witchcraft, and made the Zhou soldiers sick - by the way, even King Wu and Jiang Ziya were not spared!"

"That's right," Guan Zhuofan nodded, "It's Yu De, the fifth son of Yu Hualong—do you remember what kind of magic he used, and what kind of illness Zhou Bing had?" ”

"Uh, I don't remember."

"Yu De's demon art is called 'Wudou Poisonous Pox', and Jiang Ziya's disease is called 'Pox'."

"'Pox'?"

"It's smallpox."

"Ah......h

"This pox," Guan Zhuofan said, "In the end, Yang Jian asked for the elixir from the Fuxi clan, and it was cured, and Yu Hualong and his five sons were finally all killed, and the Zhou soldiers conquered Tongguan." ”

After a pause, "After Shang destroyed Zhou Xing, Jiang Ziya sealed the gods, including this Yu Hualong father and son, this, do you remember?" ”

This, I don't remember it at all, King Zhong was a little embarrassed and shook his head.

"Jiang Ziya said," Guan Zhuofan said, "Yu Hualong is guarding the lonely city, and one door is martyred, 'forever the seal of Huagon, specially given Xinlun', is to seal Yu Hualong as the main pox Bixia Yuanjun, and at the same time seal its yuan with the Jin family, as the mother of the bathroom Yuanjun - that is, the pox god Niangniang." ”

"Huh?"

This pox god mother, how did she come about?

"It's not over yet," Guan Zhuofan said, "Jiang Ziya also sealed Yu Hualong's five sons, who are the five main gods of the east, west, south, north, and middle, husband and wife, father and son, who are in charge of the current illness of the world, the cultivation of the main life and death, the obedience and disobedience of yin and yang, and the primordial god of creation." ”

After a pause, "Well, giving it permission is 'let it be done'." ”

"'Let it be'?"

"That's right, that is, their family's 'Five Poison Divine Pox'. When will love be sown. Sprinkle it down at any time; To whom love is sprinkled. sprinkle it on whomever it is sprinkled; Sprinkle as long as you love to be sprinkled; When love is withdrawn, it is withdrawn. ”

King Zhong was dumbfounded: "This can't be done...... It became ......"

He really couldn't find a suitable description, so in a hurry, he blurted out: "This pox god Niangniang, isn't she an evil god?" ”

As soon as the words came out, I knew that something was wrong, and I sighed in my heart. Secretly screamed: "Not good! ”。

However, most of the relatives and important ministers present looked as usual.

Guan Zhuofan smiled slightly bitterly: "Yes, this pox god is an evil god!" For her, in fact, he begged her to take back the 'Five Bucket Pox' earlier, and to provide for her - in fact, it was because there was nothing else! ”

King Zhong was stunned for a moment, and muttered: "Jiang Ziya is really strange, why ......?"

As soon as the words came out, King Zhong knew that he was making a joke. Hurriedly swallowed the second half of the sentence back - what's the matter with Jiang Shang?

How could Jiang have been sealed as a god? The "God List" is cloudy, and they are all attached to the posterity. Among them, the book "Romance of the Gods" was written in the former Ming Dynasty, and it has only been a few hundred years so far, and the age of this "pox god Niangniang" is quite a little younger than Jiang Taigong...... Alas, I don't know how many years younger, but I have to be more than 2,000 years old, right?

This matter can't rely on Jiang Ziya's head.

"Do you want to ask," Guan Zhuofan said, "Why did Jiang Ziya seal off a family of evil gods, so that they could do whatever they wanted in the world?" ”

King Zhong blushed and nodded.

"That's a good question," Guan Zhuofan's expression was solemn, and he didn't mean to make fun of him at all, "Fengshen Yunyun, of course, it is a posterity, perfunctory, and a romance, but——"

After a pause, "It's all the same as the status quo!" If a person on earth is sick, there will be a god in heaven who is in charge of his affairs. Is this disease cured by medicine or ineffective? -- When the medicine is cured, the gods in the sky are good gods, and they are easy to speak; The medicine stone is ineffective, and the gods in the sky are evil gods! The face is ugly! There is no other way for people on earth to cry and cry out - in a word, resign themselves to fate! ”

Everyone's hearts were shocked.

"However," Guan Zhuofan said, "The ins and outs of the 'pox god Niangniang', I estimate that the 'top' may not know, in front of the two queen mothers, don't say that you leaked your mouth." ”

"Yes, yes!" King Zhong nodded again and again, "This is nature, this is nature!" ”

In the Hibiscus Pavilion, there was silence.

"Pox God Niangniang", which originally seemed to be a relatively easy topic, became more and more heavy when it comes to this.

After a while, Wen Xiang sighed and said, "The prince's words - 'reflecting each other with the status quo' are really incisive and thorough!" ”

After a pause, he said: "Smallpox is originally contained in fetal poison, which can be said to be subject to the sky, so the people have the pair of the main pox Bixia Yuanjun and the Weifang Our Lady Yuanjun...... Hehe, the legend of the 'fairy couple' spreading pox and causing a disaster, even if it is subject to heaven, whether it can be cured or not is not something that human beings can force, but can only do their best to ...... peace."

Speaking of this, he felt that his words were really frustrated, shook his head slightly, and stopped.

The words "fairy couple" sound extremely ironic.

"Smallpox is originally contained in fetal poison" is naturally a wrong understanding.

The Chinese of this era understand the terrible contagiousness of smallpox, but there is no concept of "virus", and they still believe that the source of smallpox is generated by the human body itself, that is, the so-called "fetal poison".

Some people have this "fetal poison", and some people don't; Some people are more toxic, and some people are less toxic; Some people will have poisonous hair, and some people will be lucky and will not have poisonous hair for life.

When poisoned, the less toxic, "hair" and "penetrating" may be cured; If it is highly toxic and "hairy" and not "penetrating", it will not be able to pass this hurdle.

As for the medicinal stones, the people of this era have long recognized that the existing treatment methods are basically ineffective against smallpox.

It's just four words: resign yourself to fate.

Guan Zhuofan has no intention of popularizing the concept of smallpox virus for the time being, because the statement of "fetal poison" is very beneficial to him - all people believe that the little emperor's smallpox is an attack of "fetal poison" and is "subject to heaven"; Absolutely no one could have imagined that the little emperor's smallpox was actually deliberately infected.

*(To be continued.) )