Chapter 5: Strange Celestial Phenomena
Bai Heng saw that the chaos on the street had subsided, so he took two personal entourages and came to Shuntai Lane.
In the past, this alley was called Kitasanjo, with sewage flowing sideways and mixed people, but after the superintendent Yushi Fan moved here, somehow, the alley was quiet, and those who looked strange didn't know where they had moved.
Master Fan paid for the repair of the culvert, and the whole street was tidy.
The pavement, which used to allow pedestrians to peddle among the hawkers along the street, even started to run horses.
There was no time to sigh, Bai Heng had already arrived in front of the Fan Mansion, and the little guy in front of the door saw that Qin Tianzheng was coming in person, and immediately welcomed him in.
Fan Hu was sitting in the study, flipping through half of the Analects, and he didn't know whether it was a person reading a book or a book reading a person.
A little guy came to report in a panic, "My lord, my lord, Qin Tianzheng Bai Heng is visiting." It's already in the atrium. ”
Fan Hu hurriedly accepted the book, picked up the pen solemnly, and made a gesture to write a chapter. Just as he was about to stop, Bai Heng had already stepped in with one foot, and he sat down by himself.
Bai Heng looked at this familiar study, a large case of flower pear, no color toys, only a few chrysanthemums in a clay bottle on the case, and two books, tea cups.
On the west wall, there is a popular picture of spring travel, the painter is unknown, but it is also delicate and exquisite, but the words next to it look brilliant.
I remember that when I first came, Fan Hu gave a detailed introduction to the tortuous process of getting this character.
Needless to say, Bai Heng also knew that this was the most famous calligrapher and astrology master of Emperor Anlie's dynasty, his own uncle Bai Chun's true handwriting, and his words were cloudy: "The mountains and rivers are one hundred and two, and the world is three thousand." ”
Although he had often visited before, thinking that this time was different from the past, Bai Heng was not completely sure.
Looking at Fan Hu's dignified posture, Bai Heng was silent. The silent air was a little embarrassed, and a pretty maid in a green dress came in with new tea, and her voice was soft and sweet: "Lord Bai, please use tea." ”
Bai Heng picked up the teacup, opened it and sniffed it gently, "Lord Fan's good tea." ”
"This is Yurun Mountain's new bamboo shoot teeth, you have a good nose."
The two hadn't seen each other for half a month, and a cup of tea pulled the distance between the two. Yaowu and Liu'er, who were standing outside the door, breathed a sigh of relief together, thinking that they were going to make trouble this time. At the moment, it seems that it is just a matter of probing the wind.
Bai Heng smiled and turned the cup slightly, "I don't know Master Fan, what kind of music has you been playing lately?" ”
Fan Hu sighed: "What else can you listen to the heavens?" I'm ashamed to say that since the new emperor ascended the throne, all my twists and turns have been lost in the sea. To put it mildly, although Emperor An Lie often refuted my excerpts before, he had to take them out for the courtiers to discuss. ”
Speaking of this, the corners of Fan Hu's eyes actually gleamed. It is expected to think of the appearance of Emperor An Lie's final martyrdom, which is really embarrassing.
Bai Heng stood up solemnly, fell to the ground with a long bow, and read in his mouth: "Lord Fan is worshiped by me, and I worship Lord Fan for the people of the world." ”
"Lord Bai, please get up, why are you so polite. We are all dedicated to the people, and you don't ask about state affairs when you cultivate the Tao on weekdays, so why are you also warming up in your heart now? ”
"Heaven is clear, I can see it more clearly than others, and now it's about to change." Bai Heng pointed to the sky, as if he was inadvertent. "I don't know how to deal with myself, adult?"
Yaowu and Liu'er outside the door became nervous, and their master was handsome and good-tempered, but he never cared about himself when he did things. If you are in a sea of swords, as long as you are hard-hearted, you must rush forward.
The two of them don't have that ability, but they have to follow, so they can't help but be worried.
The two of them suddenly couldn't hear the movement inside, looked at each other, greeted the little maid of Fan's Mansion who was guarding outside the door, and pretended to be a little Xie and went to the side courtyard.
Bai Heng came out of Fan Hu's mansion, and it was already dusk. Yaowu and Liu'er saw that the master's face was neither cloudy nor sunny, and they didn't know what was going on today, so they couldn't ask, so they could only press the table.
The next day, there was a big incident in Beijing.
The sunny day, which was still blue in the morning, suddenly became dim at noon, and the sun seemed to be blocked by a disc, and the light became weaker and weaker, until at last it disappeared.
The people were stupid and ran in all directions, some trampled on each other, some shouted and shouted, and the whole capital was in chaos.
After a while, the sun came out again, and the people had never seen this battle, but the streets and alleys began to gossip. Everyone has to believe that this is God's punishment.
At the urgent imperial council, the ministers discussed that they must give an account to their ministers in the face of such a celestial phenomenon.
According to the usual practice, the emperor naturally wanted to issue an edict against himself, but he felt that he was not wrong, and he refused to write it, and the Ministry of Rites said that he would prepare it for him, and he was even more annoyed, and no one saw him, so he directly dismissed the court for a few days.
After the news came out, there was an uproar in the government and the opposition.
In the harem, the concubine also heard about this, and faced the emperor who came to ask for peace, she was really angry, "My son, why are you so stubborn and write an edict against yourself, what can you do?" ”
Ji Fansheng looked at his mother's head full of beaded flowers, and the decoration was very rich, and he often had a sudden illusion, "Mother, why am I wrong?" ”
He never changed his name, according to the rules, he should call his mother a concubine, but he can't call it, nominally he inherited the unification of Emperor An Lie, which is equivalent to passing on to Emperor An Lie as a son, Empress Jiang naturally became his mother-in-law, and the biological mother can only be a concubine.
"It's just a crime, it's just pretending, why bother with the courtiers?" The concubine can see it.
"Then ask my mother to do it for me, I won't do that stupid thing." For the first time, Ji Fansheng ignored his mother's advice, maybe he was still jealous.
I always remember that when Ruoshui was about to leave, her mother rushed up and said, "Let's go quickly, she stays in Haojing, but it will only cause people to talk about it, and it will damage the emperor's virtue." ”
The old man Qianji also heard about this in the other business in Gyeonggi, and sighed again and again at the jade Ruyi given by the emperor, and for the next three days, he closed the door and did not go in, and the water and rice did not enter, but he was melancholy and complained, and his family did not know how to persuade him.
When Bai Heng came to visit, he came out to drink tea.
After Bai Heng left, he asked for porridge to drink, and the family was relieved.
His youngest son complained, "Isn't it just a tengu eating the sun, old man?" Although we haven't seen it before, we have always heard about it and sung about it, which is not a rare thing that does not exist in the world. Why did you come here by doing this to your body? ”
The old man flicked his sleeves and turned to enter the house.
No one knows what kind of entanglement and heartache he has experienced in the past few days, although "the emperor is not guilty", but all this has passed, maybe the will of heaven is like this.
"You must know that this total solar eclipse is a rare thing in the world, when you witness the blue sky turn black, and the original red sun turns into a starry sky in an instant, you can know what in the world cannot be overturned and reversed?"
Bai Heng's words still echoed in his ears, and the old man of Qianji deeply admired the courage and courage of this young man.
A new era gently opened her curtain in the midst of this admiration.