Chapter 18: The Song of Baked Cakes

The Kunning Palace in the heavy snow is even more deserted than usual. The snowflakes that fell on the eaves of the main hall were swept up again and again by the north wind of the call, fluttering messily in the air, and then falling again. The palace maids who were standing more than ten steps away from the main hall had turned into snowmen, but without the queen's order, no one dared to move, let alone take a step closer to the main hall, so naturally they couldn't hear any sound from inside.

In the main hall, the secret dialogue that decided the fate of Comrade Zhu Youzhen in this life continued.

Seeing Zhu Youzhen's eager expression, the queen smiled at him and said, "The wedding night disturbed His Highness, and the matter was helpless. The palace was also afraid that the matter would not be secret, and leaking it would harm His Royal Highness, so he made this decision. Wei Zhongxian has many henchmen, and there are even more eyeliners in the palace, so the palace has to be careful. Princess Ning, this palace didn't tell you before, because I was afraid that you wouldn't be able to keep it a secret. I heard that you are very dedicated to your highness's service, and this palace is relieved, and I hope you don't complain about this palace. ”

Rui'er hurriedly said: "How dare the concubine, the queen is doing this for the good of His Highness, if His Highness is in danger, the concubine must not live alone." As he spoke, he couldn't help but think of all the circumstances of last night, and his eyes couldn't help but turn red.

The queen continued: "In the past few years since the palace entered the palace, it can be said that I have watched His Highness grow up, and I know that His Highness's body has always been very good. More than ten days ago, His Royal Highness was ill, and the palace was very unfamiliar at that time. Later, the palace received a secret report, and only then did I know that Wei Zhongxian had poisoned His Highness's diet! Fortunately, His Royal Highness has the blessing of God, and the poison cannot be damaged, so Wei Zhongxian did not succeed. ”

Zhu Youzhen listened with a black line. The daring buddy crossed over here thanks to a palace assassination! The original Zhu Youzhen was hung up, and he had the opportunity to borrow the corpse to return his soul. In this way, I have to thank Wei Zhongxian?

"Ben Gongyuan also can't understand, His Royal Highness does not participate in court politics, and he is not yet an adult, what is the purpose of Wei Zhongxian's murder of His Highness?" The queen stared at Zhu Youzhen, her eyes were full of concern and pity, "Later, I sent someone to investigate carefully, and I was able to guess a little bit." If what the palace expected was good, Wei Zhongxian plotted to kill His Royal Highness, there were three reasons. ”

Damn, there are three major crimes! Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but think of the cross talk "Three Levels in a Row" that Liu Baorui had heard in his previous life, in which it was said that Wei Zhongxian heard someone complain to him: "Someone can scold you." Wei Zhongxian didn't think about it, so he said: "Dare to scold me, you are not small, kill me!" "After killing, I thought about it wrong: he scolded me and he knew it alone, and you also knew about your complaint, kill it together!

Such a bastard, killing a person is like stepping on an ant, and he doesn't need a reason at all. Now he actually has three reasons to kill himself, and if he wants to dodge, he has to work hard!

While thinking about it, Zhu Youzhen listened to the queen continue in horror: "First, it's actually not a big deal at all. It is said that when His Royal Highness was young, he once met Wei Zhongxian. At that time, he was still called Li Jinzhong, and his foundation in the palace was still shallow. His Royal Highness was playful, riding on his neck to play games, but he didn't hold back his urgency for a while, and he urinated on Wei Zhongxian..."Speaking of this, the queen's face turned slightly red, but she couldn't help laughing, and smiled softly.

Zhu Youzhen couldn't laugh, thinking that he had a prostate problem since he was a child, why did he drop the chain at a critical moment? Why can't you pee, pour a collar on the neck of a nine-thousand-year-old, isn't this the real version of "riding on the neck and"? Thinking about it like this, the urge to urinate became even stronger, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

The queen didn't pay attention to Zhu Youzhen's embarrassment, and then said: "Actually, Wei Zhongxian, as a eunuch, is a person who serves the royal family. His Royal Highness is young, and he didn't pee on him on purpose, so it wasn't a big deal. Wei Zhongxian is a despicable villain, and he will repay him, and after he has power, he always wants to repay this * humiliation. ”

Zhu Youzhen couldn't laugh or cry when he heard it. It seems that "no open defecation" is really a universal truth, in the previous life did not develop this good habit, brother a few summers after drinking beer, always find a flower pond or the foot of the wall, solve it on the spot. Unexpectedly, it was ruined to this problem. It seems that sometimes, a soak of urine can not only show a person's quality, but also determine a person's fate!

"Actually, this first one, this palace doesn't really believe it. No matter how small Wei Zhongxian's strength is, he will not murder His Highness because of this trivial matter? But this second article is said clearly, and this palace does not believe it. The queen continued, "Has Your Highness ever heard the Song of Baked Cakes?" ”

Zhu Youzhen shook his head, he only knew "Lanzhou Baked Cakes", as for who made this "Baked Cake Song", whether it was blues or rock, there was no concept at all.

Seeing that Zhu Youzhen didn't know, the queen sighed lightly and said, "Since Your Highness doesn't know, let the palace explain." This "Song of Baked Cakes" is actually a ballad, which has been circulated in the market for many years, and is said to be composed by Liu Ji, the founder of our dynasty and the sincerity of Bo Liuji. Legend has it that Emperor Taizu was eating a baked cake early one morning, and the palace people reported to Liu Ji to see him. Taizu thought, they all said that this Liu Ji is proficient in easy reasoning, good at observing the sky, and can know the past and the future, and today is just the right time to verify it. So he covered the baked cakes with a bowl, and when Liu Ji had finished paying homage, he said with a smile: "Sir knows mathematics and reason, can you know what is covered under this bowl?" Liu Ji knew that it was Taizu who compared himself, smiled slightly, pinched his fingers and replied: "Half like the sun and half like the moon, I was bitten by the golden dragon." Your Majesty, under the bowl is a baked cake. ’”

"Oh! I know this, isn't this just..."Zhu Youzhen suddenly realized, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he swallowed what he wanted to say again. In fact, he wanted to say: It turns out that Liu Ji is Liu Bowen, when I said how to play Tencent's QQ game "Hero Kill", when it was Liu Bowen's turn to play cards, this blind man always chanted this sentence, it turned out to be this meaning!

The queen said curiously: "Why, Your Highness has also heard this story?" ”

Zhu Youzhen hurriedly said vaguely: "Uh... I'm sorry to make a mistake! Queen, please continue! ”

The queen didn't care, and continued: "Taizu was shocked when he heard Liu Ji's words, and only then did he believe that Liu Jiguo had a chance to be a god and a ghost. Taking this opportunity, he asked Liu Ji: 'Since Mr. knows the number of days, can he tell me about the world and future generations?' Liu Ji replied: "The days are vast, and my lord has thousands of sons and grandchildren, so why bother asking." Taizu said: "Although there has been a certain rise and fall since ancient times, the world is not the world of one person, only the virtuous can enjoy it, so what does it matter, try to say it briefly." Liu Ji said: "Leaking the heavenly secret, the crime of the minister is not light, Your Majesty forgives the death of the minister, and only then does he dare to play." Taizu immediately gave Liu Ji an iron coupon to avoid death, and Liu Ji sang a ballad, telling the rise and fall of the next five hundred years. Therefore, the ballad starts from the baked cakes, and it is called "The Song of Baked Cakes". When the main palace had not yet entered the palace, I heard this ballad, and it was written very difficult and secretive, and it was difficult to understand. But for more than 200 years since the Hongwu period, there have been many things that have been metaphorically touched by it. There is such a sentence in it: appoint eunuchs to protect the society, and eight thousand female ghosts are chaotic. In recent years, there have been rumors in the market: Isn't this 'Eight Thousand Female Ghosts' just the word 'Wei'? This sentence of the song proves that Wei Zhongxian gained power and caused chaos in the government. ”

Zhu Youzhen listened absentmindedly, secretly thinking that this prophecy and prophecy and other things have existed since ancient times, and most of them were made by people in the world pretending to be done by the ancients, or acupuncture and malpractice, or rumors, it seems that the gods are chattering, but in fact, to put it bluntly, it is a trick to deceive people by using the ignorance and superstition of the common people. The earliest Chen Sheng and Wu Guang uprisings were a few people pretending to be ghosts in the middle of the night, shouting a few words "Da Chuxing, Chen Sheng Wang", fooling the kind people into rebelling. Later, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, when Dong Zhuo was in turmoil, the children's ballad in Chang'an City "Qianli Cao, He Qingqing, Ten Days, No Life", it is estimated that he is also a person who hates Dong Zhuo, and cleverly dismantles the word "Dong Zhuo" into "Qianli Cao" and "Ten Days Bu", and then teaches the children to sing, disgusting Dong Zhuo, and his mouth is a little cheap. As for the later end of the Yuan Dynasty, the one-eyed stone man dug up during the governance of the Yellow River was engraved with "one eye of the stone man, instigating the Yellow River to rebel in the world", the means were relatively clumsy, and it was obvious that it was carved first and then buried in it. However, the effect of this thing is good, and it is liked by the vast number of working people. But after talking for a long time, what does this "Baked Cake Song" have to do with me?

The queen finally revealed the mystery: "There are hundreds of sentences in "The Song of Baked Cakes", and there are many versions in circulation, among which I am afraid that there are also works pretended by later generations. For example, the phrase 'eight thousand female ghosts', which has only gradually become popular in recent years, or whether the Donglin Party used Liu Ji's name to mock Wei Zhongxian, it is not known. But in recent months, there has been a sudden popularity in Kyoshi, where gluten is rolled into long strips and twisted together, and then fried in a pot of boiling oil, called 'fried ghosts'. It is rumored that the 'ghost' is the 'eight thousand female ghosts' Wei Zhongxian. And the 'fried ghost' is a metaphor that Wei Zhongxian will be forgotten sooner or later. Isn't the word 'fried' homophonic to His Royal Highness's name 'Youzhen'! This indicates that Wei Zhongxian is defeated in the hands of His Highness! Wei Zhongxian was extremely superstitious, and when he learned of this, he was furious, and from here he plotted to murder His Highness and break the prophecy. ”

"Your uncle!" Zhu Youzhen scolded in his heart, "Which birdman is so good at making up, he is stunned to turn a simple fried fritter into such a twists and turns into a moving story!" After you finish making it up, find a place where no one is to steal fun, but you will make your uncle and me miserable! ”

Thinking about it, isn't this "Song of Baked Cakes" claimed to be able to predict for 500 years, and it is still the year of the Apocalypse, but I have to listen to what I have to say later, and see how this bull-nosed Mayan prophecy went bankrupt. So he hurriedly asked: "How does this "Song of Baked Cakes" tell it to future generations? ”

The queen replied: "The palace only remembers the next few sentences: ten thousand sons and thousands of grandchildren are layered, the ancestors are chaste on the mountain, the prince is no longer in the court, and the eighteen children are difficult to get on." The hexagram said that the wood is under the head, the eyes are a knife and a pen, the world is heavy on literature but not on martial arts, and heroes and heroes always have no spring. Wuzi has been ugly and messy, people everywhere are not at home, occasional famine grass Kou Fa, safe town to guard the osmanthus. But I don't know what it means. ”

Zhu You listened to it, but couldn't help but be secretly frightened. For him, who knows the progress of the historical development of later generations, these seemingly inexplicable code words are easier to understand. On the ancestral mountain, it is a word "Chong". "Zhenyi Xing" is the word "Zhen". Together, isn't it his own unlucky name, Chongzhen? Behind the wood, isn't it a "Li" word, a knife in the eye, isn't it a "self" word, a Wu Ding, isn't it a "Cheng" word! Together, isn't it the king of Hades who wants his own life, Li Zicheng! Later, Ping'an guards the osmanthus well, isn't it Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi, who guards the Shanhaiguan!

Grandma is a bear, Liu Bowen, this rabbit cub, shouldn't it also travel through the past? !

As soon as I thought of this, I heard the queen exclaim in a low voice: "Palace... Your Highness, why is your robe wet? ”