Chapter 3: The Blood Moon of the Imperial Capital

"Your Majesty, why do you treat the slave family like this" Shadow lowered his head and his voice was gloomy

Liu Hong turned around, but he couldn't see the other party's face clearly, and saw a red dress swaying in the wind, "Who are you?" Why don't you kneel when you see me? ”

"Hehehe" laughter came from all directions, "Who am I?" Your Majesty has a new person, and you forget the old one? ”

Liu Hong was a little panicked and shouted, "Who are you?" Don't pretend to be a ghost there!! ”

"Who am I? Who am I! Your Majesty, I am your queen" The red clothes floated in front of Liu Hong, raised his head, and looked at Liu Hong with bloody eyes

"Ahh Liu Hong fell to the ground in a panic, and kept kicking his legs, "Don't come here, don't come over!" ”

Liu Hong's body touched something in the retreat, like a wall, Liu Hong raised his head and looked up, a headless corpse stood there

"Ah, escort! Come! Save me"

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! ”

"Ah" Liu Hong opened his eyes at this time, sweating profusely, and his clothes were already soaked, and a young woman called out to him anxiously, "Ah, it's okay!" "It turned out to be a dream, and I was scared to death.

"Your Majesty, you were talking nonsense just now, what the hell or something, but you frightened the concubine" The woman snuggled in Liu Hong's arms, and Liu Hong walked on the woman's smooth skin, "Don't be afraid, I'm fine!" ”

The woman's name is He Hua, her parents died early, her family is very ordinary, there is an elder brother named He Jin, who is a pig killer, Liu Hong went out of the palace one day to play and happened to see the lotus who was washing clothes by the river, and immediately shocked the heavens, and hurriedly called someone to bring it back to the palace.

Liu Hong specially ordered someone to build a large pond, the pond is full of Wangshu lotus, every day he will take He Hua to watch the lotus leaves in the pond stretch, the two of them will hold a small boat, field battle in the depths of the lotus. It didn't take long for Liu Hong to ignore the opposition of those old ministers, and summoned He Hua as the queen, and recruited his brother into Luoyang City to give him the official position of a tiger general.

"Your Majesty, let's sleep" He Hua enchanted Liu Hong, Liu Hong has been thinking about the things in his dream, that scene is so real, Liu Hong lightly pushed He Hua away, "You sleep first, I go out for a walk"

Liu Hong got up and left the hall, raised his head, a bloody moon hung in the sky, hazy, as if the circle was not full, the more Liu Hong looked at it, the more panicked he became, "What day is today?" Liu Hong asked the little eunuch beside him,

"Back to Your Majesty, today is the seventh and a half months, the Midyear Festival"

"Midyear?" Liu Hong has been with He Hua for a long time day and night, and he has long been unaware of what night it is.

"So, it's Halloween?" Liu Hong muttered in a low voice, sweat dripping from his forehead, "Quickly spread the Yulin Zhonglang General Xu Yi, Taishi Ling Cai Yun, the Ten Standing Attendants Zhang Rang and others quickly entered the palace to see me!" Be quick"

"Yes, Your Majesty, the slave will go" The little eunuch rarely saw Liu Hong so angry, today's Liu Hong is a little different from the past, it seems that His Majesty is afraid of something, the little eunuch thought.

Soon these people hurriedly entered the palace, the first to arrive was Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others, Cao Jie was not in the palace because of something, it didn't take long for Xu Yi and Cai Yun to arrive together, everyone didn't know what was going on, looked at each other Zhang Rang bowed cautiously and asked, "Your Majesty, I don't know what's going on, so eager to recruit me and wait."

"Look at the heavens, you have seen such a bloody moon"

"Return, Your Majesty, the old minister has seen this kind of record in an ancient book, and I wanted to say to your majesty tomorrow morning" Cai Yun is the Taishi Ling of the Han Empire, subjective astrology, divination of national fortune and evil

"Tell me about it!" Liu Hong stood there with his hands on his back, his head tilted.

"Then the old minister said it directly," Cai Yun said hesitantly, "What is recorded in the book: see you in the blood moon, and the demon is here!" ”

"Demons? Lord Cai said that he laughed, this is a bright and prosperous world, where is the word demon? Zhang Rang's tone was sarcastic, Cai Yun was one of the few ministers who was not Zhang Rang and others, so Zhang Rang would not let go of any opportunity to fall into the ground, Cai Yun ignored Zhang Rang and continued, "The red moon is the most yin and cold, indicating that the righteousness in the world is weak, the evil spirit is strong, the resentment is strong, and the anger is strong; The wind and clouds change drastically, and the mountains and rivers are sorrowful; The world is turbulent, and fires are everywhere; Your Majesty thinks twice, the blood moon is now, the country will decline, the gas will be exhausted, the country will die, Your Majesty! Cai Yun immediately knelt on the ground after saying it in one breath.

"Cai Yun, you use such a demon to bewitch Your Majesty, aren't you afraid of being punished by the Nine Clans?" Zhang Rang's unique voice became a little forked because of excitement.

Cai Yun shouted loudly, "Your Majesty, you live in a simple place, and now the world outside this palace city has long been empty, there is no justice can be redressed, there is no home, the people are displaced, and they are hungry for thousands of miles!" The Manchu Dynasty is full of eunuchs, and tonight's blood moon is in danger!! Cai Yun beat her chest and cried bitterly.

"Your Majesty, the old slave and others are loyal, and they have never done anything to be sorry for Your Majesty! Cai Yun's bloody mouth spews people, Your Majesty! Be the master of the old slave," Zhang Rang and the others also knelt on the ground and wailed

"That's enough," Liu Hong sighed, "General Xu first put Cai Yun in Dali Temple, and he must be strictly guarded" Liu Hong turned around and stared at Xu Yi, his complicated gaze crossed Xu Yi and finally fell on Cai Yun. Xu Yi understood the deep meaning, bowed down and led the order to press Cai Yun away, Liu Hong smiled and helped Zhang Rang and the others up one by one, "Okay, get up, how can I be unfavorable to you!" Okay, a few Aiqing will go back too."

"Yes, the old slave retired" Zhang Rang and the others also left, the wind swept up the hem of Liu Hong's clothes, looked back at the bloody moon, and secretly clenched his fists, "The big man can't die at the hands of a widow!" ”

The blood-colored moon illuminated the long road, and the group walked slowly among them, "Lord Cai, you shouldn't have said those words in front of Zhang Rang and others today, with their character of retribution, you will have a very sad life in the future!" ”

"Hehe, I have to say it for the sake of the Han Empire, does General Xu also think that what I said is just a lie?"

"Is it really true?" asked Xu Yi

"Of course, General Xu, don't forget that I am Taishi Ling, Taishi Ling's observation of the stars and stars, and the auspiciousness of state affairs, I am today~Ah" Cai Yun didn't finish speaking, a crossbow arrow instantly pierced his chest, and he spurted out a mouthful of blood and fell to his knees. "Lord Cai!" Xu Yi pulled out the sword and unsheathed Cai Yun with one hand, the crossbow arrows continued to shoot fiercely, and many Yulin armor soldiers also fell to the ground with arrows, Xu Yi dragged Cai Yun with one hand and shouted, "Shield array!" Rise! The other Yu Linwei pulled out a small shield from behind and quickly gathered around Xu Yi, raised the small shield in his hand to protect Xu Yi in the middle, Xu Yi took out a smoke bomb from his waist and shot it into the sky, the smoke bomb exploded in the air, this is Yu Linwei's call for help, Xu Yi had the opportunity to see Cai Yun after the signal was issued, Cai Yun continued to have blood flowing out of the corner of his mouth at this time, "Xu ...... Will...... Army...... I ......" Cai Yun didn't say what he wanted to say, his hand hung down weakly, Xu Yi looked at Cai Yun whose eyes were already blank, and slowly supported his hands, the moon was like blood, and people were like the moon.

"Your Majesty, General Xu asks to see!"

"Recruit" Liu Hong felt a little uneasy in his heart

"Your Majesty, the minister is incompetent, Lord Cai Yun wanted to attack and die on the way to Dali Temple"

"What?" Liu Hong continued, "Who is so bold?"

Xu Yi took out a token from behind him and respectfully handed it to Liu Hong: "Your Majesty, please look!" ”

Liu Hong turned out to be a token, his hand was heavy, and the front was engraved with the four characters "Xuanying Dead Soldier", Liu Hong asked in a low voice, "Where is it from" Xu Yi replied, "The assassin who assassinated Lord Cai has been besieged and killed by the last general, and this is found from the assassin."

"How can it be!" Liu Hong threw the token on the ground, "Is it all going to be reversed?" Liu Hong looked like crazy, but his eyes were blurred with tears.

The morning bell bursts, breaking through the early morning of the imperial capital, the ministers who are officials in the court are surprised in their hearts, this morning bell is a signal to gather the ministers, His Majesty the Emperor actually went to the court today? All the ministers hurriedly put on their official uniforms and rushed to the palace, and many of the ministers of the same dynasty who met on the road walked in pairs and threes, and everyone kept whispering

"Your Majesty hasn't been to court for a long time, what's wrong with today?"

"yes? I'm sleeping at home, and the bell is ringing."

"Haha, did Brother Li lie on a woman's belly and fight all night last night! Haha"

"Where is it, how can I, a woman from the Western Regions, compare with the South Vietnamese beauties in your house?"

"Let's change when we have time, haha, I haven't tasted the taste of a woman in the Western Regions yet."

These ministers came up all the way to talk about women, and they had long forgotten why His Majesty the Emperor went to court today, whatever, anyway, the officials were bought, and returning to their roots is the king.

Liu Hong of the Jiade Hall sat on the high imperial chair and looked down at the ministers who knelt on the ground, "Get up"

"Your Majesty"

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have been dreaming of the first emperor recently, and he said to me why did you kill the King of Bohai, the Queen Song, Li Ying, and those bachelors! What do you say? ”

"This" courtiers, you look at me, I look at you, no one knows what to say

"The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, civil and military officials, no one can solve my doubts!" Liu Hong sat up straight, and his voice raised a lot. The hall was silent

"Rice buckets, all rice buckets!" Liu Hong swept the folds on the desk to the ground, and the Manchu civil and military forces were so frightened that they all knelt on the ground, but no one spoke

"Yes, you guys!"

"Ahh

Before Liu Hong finished speaking, the palace maid behind him screamed

, Liu Hong was furious in his heart, and turned around to teach the palace maid who shouted at will, Liu Hong turned around and stumbled down a few cases behind him, only to see a big cyan python hanging upside down on the temple beam, half of his body curled up and twisted and hung down, a fishy smell came to his face, Liu Hong had already been unable to move, a person and a snake looked at each other like this, Liu Hong's eyes were only flustered, and the green snake's eyes were full of drama, and the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty also found out that something was wrong, and they were scared half to death when they raised their heads and saw this scene, I don't know who took the lead in shouting and ran out of the hall, a group of ministers abandoned their majesty, abandoned their king, fled for their lives, Liu Hong's heart was like ashes, the green snake spit out the letter, opened his mouth and wanted to pounce, Liu Hong's eyes fainted in the dark, and at the moment of fainting, he heard a playful voice "Liu Bang cut the white snake and stood in the world, today's descendants are just like ......this"

When Xu Yi came with Yu Linwei, the green snake had long been missing, Xu Yi woke up Liu Hong, and when everyone was about to leave the palace, hail suddenly fell outside the house, "What's the matter?" Liu Hong was frightened, Xu Yi didn't know why, suddenly the whole hall was shaking, the rubble kept falling, Xu Yi grabbed a shield on Liu Hong's head and escorted Liu Hong out of the hall, at this time the whole Luoyang seemed to have fallen into the end of the world, goose feathers and heavy snow, mixed with hail falling, the earth was constantly shaking, bursts of black smoke flew out of the Jiade Hall and turned into a series of unjust souls, Liu Hong Xu Yi and many Yu Linwei were already stunned.

In the third year of Guanghe, there were green snakes out of the Jiade Palace, and then in July, snow flew and hail was like rain, the earth shook the mountains and the people were killed and injured countless times, and there were black smoke that turned into dead souls, crying in the palace day and night, Liu Hong did not dare to sleep at night, and became thinner and thinner.