Chapter 370: Suzaku's Worries
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Because he was secretly stabbed by Wen Tiren, Zhou Yanru fell. The Ming Dynasty cabinet, which whitewashed the peace www.biquge.info has been fighting openly and secretly, and the struggles of these Confucian scholars have never been bloodless.
Zhou Yanru and the house slave Ge Dongsheng were imprisoned for two days and were executed by Ling Chi one after another. Ge Dong will not understand until he dies, Wen Tiren's sentence "This will save you" is just an empty word, how can a conspiracy of the government and the opposition be left alive? Before the trial, Ge Dongsheng had already died in prison, and the criminal department could only say that he committed suicide in fear of crime. Then because of the incident at the altar, Chongzhen's anger was not eliminated, but the murderer Ge Dongsheng died, what should I do? Whip the corpse! Ge Dongsheng also did his own sin, betrayed his master, and did things that were neither bright nor unfair. Jin Yiwei did not interfere in the Zhou Yanru case under Zhu Qing's command.
"Zhou Xiang should have been wronged." Liu Qingfeng spent the most time in the palace, and of course observed the most carefully.
Zhu Qing sneered, "Dog eats dog, it saves us from doing it." ”
When the leader of the brocade guards heard this, he also nodded. Zhou Yanru fell, Chongzhen didn't need to be angry with Jinyiwei, and the Vermilion Bird Gate was only warned verbally, for Zhu Qing, this result was not bad.
"In the future, we can focus on Wen Tiren." Killing Feng said, he is a person who sees the fire like a fire, and he rarely says it on his lips, but in fact, he is like a mirror in his heart, and he understands it better than anyone else.
Zhu Qing nodded, "Zhu Qing will leave for Kaifeng early tomorrow morning, this time, I don't know when I will be able to come back, I hope that Baihu and Xuanwu are ready." In the family, there is Master Lao and your brothers. Zhu Qing got up and owed a debt to Killing Feng and the others, this is a temporary meeting of the leaders of the Jinyi Guard.
"Are you sure about Kaifeng?" Killing Wind asked.
Zhu Qing shook his head, "Li Zicheng is not a simple person. Then he looked up and said, "But I'll do my best." ”
"If you need help, just ask." Suzaku said to Zhu Qing, during this time, Suzaku Gate has been causing trouble, and Zhu Qing has been helping them carry it, and these Suzaku are all in their eyes.
"The Vermilion Bird Gate will stabilize for the time being, and we must not provoke the emperor's anger again." Zhu Qing didn't have any special requirements, the undercurrent of the imperial court was surging, and he could save his life in order to make a comeback.
Suzaku knows that if Suzaku wants to restore its reputation, it will take some time to prove its worth.
Zhu Qing could completely see Suzaku's concern, he walked up to Suzaku and smiled slightly, "I'll help you again." ”
Suzaku's eyes lit up.
"In less than three days, there will be rain." Zhu Qing's words were amazing, the rain prayer ceremony angered the gods and scared away the rain gods, where is there rain?
Seeing that everyone didn't believe it, Zhu Qing smiled again and pointed to the sky, "The morning glow doesn't go out, and the evening glow travels thousands of miles...... The fishermen in the southeast have been fishing very easily these days, but because the fish have all floated, I have ordered the land reform to carry out all the places where the stalks in the fields are burned, and the ground is warm, and the smoke is in the sky, and the rain will surely turn over and rain. "What Zhu Qing said to them, they heard it in a fog, and even the warm clouds catalyzed Zhu Qing were not completely sure, not to mention these Ming Dynasty people who had never heard of artificial rainfall at all? But judging from all indications, there will be rain in the next few days, and Zhu Qing is very confident.
"I believe in you." Suzaku looked at Zhu Qing very seriously.
Zhu Qing nodded, "You don't have to be too loud, just worship and pray in the palace, and it's best to let the queen meet intentionally or not." ”
When Zhu Qing said this, everyone was what he meant.
Suzaku clenched his fist at Zhu Qing, "Thank you for your advice." ”
"Whether it will be successful or not depends on your luck, but this rain will definitely fall." Zhu Qing said confidently.
Zhu Qing intends to let Suzaku behave in front of the queen, if it rains, the emperor will naturally attribute it to Suzaku's good intentions, and it will not be a matter of time before Suzaku Gate is reused.
It has been agreed, Suzaku does not dare to slack off at all, she does not believe that it will rain on this bright day, but she believes in Zhu Qing. Entering the palace from the Bird Cat Villa, Suzaku brought some artifacts, and incense, candles, melons, fruits, and wine money are indispensable.
At dusk, Suzaku took the artifact to the back garden, which was also the back of the house where she temporarily lived in the harem. Suzaku looked up at the sky, sighed deeply, sighed, and had already placed the wine and incense candles, and she sat reverently in front of the sacrifice, her hands clenched into fists, her eyes slightly closed, and her mouth was full of words.
At this time, in Kunning Palace, the queen was about to lie down, and when she heard some movement outside, she asked the palace maid beside her, "Where is the sound?" ”
"The slave doesn't know, it seems to come from the back garden." The palace maid replied.
"Go ahead and ask the guards." Empress Zhou suddenly didn't feel sleepy and sat up.
The palace maid went to the door and asked, of course the guards were all maids of the Suzaku Gate, I wish someone would come to ask, and when I asked, the guard sighed, "Hey, the assassin is making trouble at the altar, my Suzaku Gate is unforgivable, and the Suzaku Lord knows that he is derelict in his duties, and he feels deeply guilty, so he went to the back garden alone to worship God and pray for rain, hoping to alleviate the sins in his heart." But where does the rain come from? I don't know how long Suzaku-sama will worship. ”
The palace maid returned to the house and told the guard to Queen Zhou word for word, and when Queen Zhou heard this, she turned over and got out of bed and put on her cloak. Walk out of Kunning Palace.
"The Queen?" As soon as the guards outside the door saw Queen Zhou coming out, they all asked for peace.
Queen Zhou raised her hand and said nothing, signaling her subordinates not to make a noise. He walked straight to the back garden. Although the guards did not dare to make a noise, they still had to follow.
Empress Zhou came to the back garden and secretly looked at the Vermilion Bird praying in the garden by the stone bush. Queen Zhou nodded while watching, "It's really hard for this group of children." Queen Zhou also naturally knows that although she admires the gods, it is really not something that can be solved by worshipping the sky if it doesn't rain in the world, she believes in reality more and believes that things are man-made.
Queen Zhou's movement still startled Suzaku, Zhu Qing was startled, looked back, and hurriedly greeted him, "The last general saw the queen's mother, disturbed the mother, and the last general was sincerely afraid." ”
Empress Zhou smiled slightly, and helped Suzaku forward, "General Zhu is exempt, General Zhu is still here late at night to pray for the blessing of Daming, even I, the queen mother, am ashamed." ”
"The last general will not dare. The mother of the mother is the world, loves the people like a son, and will definitely be able to move the heavens, the last general is a reckless general, and the assassin was put in the day before yesterday, which disturbed the altar, and the last general is really ashamed. ”
"You can't be blamed for this matter, you have always protected the harem, I still know what you are, only blame the assassin for being too cunning, who would have thought that Zhou Xiang had two hearts?" Although Empress Zhou did not interfere in politics, she was very concerned about the affairs of the imperial court.
"How can the last general be able to win the queen's love, and the last general will swear to protect the harem to the death, so that the queen will not have to worry about it." Seeing that Queen Zhou was so affectionate, Suzaku hugged her fists and leaned into each other.
"Hongu believes in you." Empress Zhou lifted the Suzaku up. And he went to the altar. Pick up a stick of incense, light it, bow three times, and light it.
"Mother?" Suzaku didn't expect Queen Zhou to come over and pray to her.
"The emperor has every opportunity, and the day before yesterday he finally prayed for rain, but who knew that he encountered this accident again. I'm going to be a disaster step by step. Although the palace can't go into battle to kill the enemy and share the emperor's worries, but the city prays, may God bless me. Queen Zhou said, kneeling down again.
When Zhu Qing saw it, he mustered up the courage to say, "Niangniang's sincerity is the opening of the golden stone, although the last general is a woman, but she also dares to assert that with Niangniang's intentions, there will be rain in less than three days!" ”
When Suzaku said this, everyone was taken aback, and Mr. Luo didn't dare to say such a thing. The maids of the Suzaku Gate all sweated for Suzaku. If you talk in front of the queen mother, you also have to eat bones!
"General Zhu, is this true?" Unexpectedly, when Queen Zhou heard it, she actually believed it.
At this point, even if Suzaku is not sure, there is absolutely no way out, so he has to nod stubbornly, "Suzaku is willing to pray with the queen until the sky rains!" ”
The queen knew that this little girl was eager to ask for rain, and although she didn't quite believe what she said, she still patted her shoulder with relief and smiled slightly, "Okay, from today onwards, the palace will summon the harem to follow General Zhu to pray for rain." ”
"Obey the order!" Suzaku responded with his fists clenched, but his heart was uneasy.
The rain in the back garden did not recede until the third watch in the middle of the night, and Suzaku escorted Queen Zhou back to the palace before cleaning up the altar. While cleaning up the altar, Suzaku sighed, this is said, but when will this rain come? Suzaku is really not sure, whenever she is desperate, she can only think of Zhu Qing, the man who never let her down.