The heavy snow did not stop, but the goose feather-like snow flakes were sandwiched with hail the size of a grain of rice, but for half a day, a long glass of ice was hung under the eaves of the thick snow, and the ice glass that shone with cold light fell from the eaves and fluttered into the ground for half a foot.

The bark of the trees beside the road became a strange white-gray, and the branches were covered with snow, and the snow was wrapped in a thick layer of ice, revealing a dead silence, and this ice and snow seemed to completely freeze this world, and seal all the filth in the ice and snow! And then die!

At the beginning, people's houses were crushed by the snow, and there were cries everywhere in the cold wind, which was already the case in the capital, not to mention the surrounding villages and towns.

In this kind of weather, without shelter from the cold, it is tantamount to waiting for death, and more and more people are freezing to death......

Emperor Yongzheng, who had just been in power for four years, put on armor, led 3,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners, climbed the city tower, and scolded the sky in the cold wind: "The sky has no eyes, and such demonic snow has fallen, harming the people ......of the Qing Dynasty."

However, Emperor Yongzheng's roar was soon drowned out by the wind and snow!

At noon, the imperial court promulgated the edict of disaster resistance, proclaimed the world, comforted the people, and later, the imperial court ordered the then Ministry of Industry Shangshu Qiqi to urgently build a disaster relief hospital and rebuild the house. In addition, Xu Yuanmeng, the secretary of the household department, was ordered to open an official warehouse and distribute rice and grain for disaster relief and winter carbon ......

The sudden change, the current saint issued an edict, the cold and freezing capital, the atmosphere began to be busier than ever, the same is true of the gentlemen in the academy, Zhu Ruozhan naturally put his mind on this snow disaster, he knows that after winter, most of the crops in the field will not grow, and the corn will not be harvested, that is a bigger disaster, as for the handyman Ye Yong who did not say goodbye, at this time, it seemed so insignificant, and it was all left behind by Zhu Ruozhan.

However, perhaps it was the Yongzheng Emperor's provocative rebuke that angered the sky, that night, when the night fell, there was a black fog from the south, did not enter the capital house, when the government came to investigate, it was shocked to find that the family of six in the house was unconscious, head, face, limbs and back, gushing out of yellow pus, the Beijing medical officer investigated, I don't know what the cause of this strange disease is.

Then, in the middle of the night, when the husband knocked on the watch, he saw that on the snow on the official road in the capital, there were figures floating by, their shapes were different, not like human shapes, among these many strange shadows, they hugged each other and carried a car chariot, and there was a woman in the chariot with a cold look, and her appearance was like a fairy, but she was cold.

Frightened, the husband reported to the government, only saying that there were hundreds of ghosts in the capital who walked at night, took people's lives, and ate meat and drank blood.

For a time, rumors filled the entire Beijing Division, and everyone was in danger.

The rumors spread into the court, the Manchu Dynasty was shocked, Emperor Yongzheng only said, this is the anti-Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty, with ill intentions, troublesome people's hearts, the husband will be pushed out of the noon gate to be beheaded, and then ordered the Imperial Forest Army to guard the capital, patrol day and night, and issue a decree to the world, and then dare to have a demon to confuse the public, punish the nine clans!

But the gossip did not stop there, and the next morning, in the palace of the Forbidden City, a night patrol sergeant died violently, and the cause of death is unknown.

On the fifth day of December in the fourth year of Yongzheng, the night, the sky fell on the demon fire, burning the disaster relief hospital into ashes, more than half of the casualties in the hospital, almost at the same time, the imperial court of the East Fourth Street stored the emperor's grain and rice to Cangnan Xincang at the same time encountered a natural fire, and the granary was only rescued four or five out of ten overnight.

Emperor Yongzheng was furious, and ordered the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Works, and Xu Yuanmeng to enter the palace to face the saint.

Who knows, the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of Households, Xu Yuanmeng, had a bitter face, and only said that the disaster relief institute and Nanxincang had black gas falling that night, lying on the corner of the eaves, and its shape was like a blue-faced ghost, and it could open its mouth and roar, swallowing and exhaling black gas, which caused the fire to fall and cause a fire!

It is rumored that that night, Emperor Yongzheng angrily overturned the table case and questioned the two Shangshu: "Aiqing, when I am Emperor Wen of Han?" ”

Back then, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty summoned Jia Yi at night, and did not ask him about his strategy for governing the country, but asked Jia Yi about the half-night ghosts and gods! In later generations, Li Shangyin used the poem "Jia Sheng" to "Xuan Room to seek talents and visit the ministers, and Jia Shengcai is even more incoherent." Pity the front seat in the middle of the night, and don't ask the common people to ask the ghosts and gods. "Ridicule is a joke through the ages.

On the sixth day of December in the fourth year of Yongzheng, Xu Yuanmeng, the secretary of the household department, and the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, were both dismissed for trumped-up guilt.

It snowed heavily for seven days in a row, and there was finally a sign of stopping.

Just when Emperor Yongzheng breathed a sigh of relief in the court, Huangmen sent 800 miles of urgent documents, which came from Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Henan, Fujian, Zhejiang, and Guangxi...... Except for Sichuan, Yunnan, and Guizhou, almost all provincial officials have written and reported in unison, and the content is exactly the same!

Demon Mist!

Especially in Jiangxi, the most extreme, the compromise: "Since the beginning of winter, there are often monsters out at night, scattered and biting people, its shape is creepy, and the night enters people's homes, or roars in the beam, or sits in the collapse, like Tsing Yi." The people were terrified and restless, and they could not sleep at night, and when the children saw it, they were frightened and died of fear at every turn. Its monsters have long hands and teeth, crawling human skin like needle paintings, and the yellow water is dead ......"

A letter was put on the dragon case of Emperor Yongzheng, and Emperor Yongzheng's face became more and more ugly, and then he threw it on the ground, lifted the dragon head sword hanging on the dragon couch and split it on the dragon case, and shouted: "If there are ghosts, the gods and Buddhas in the sky are indifferent?" Today, the people are suffering, even if there is really a demon disaster, I am not afraid, and I will definitely kill them! ”

For the first time, Emperor Yongzheng's heart was shaken, the Qing Dynasty was so big, it was impossible for the state officials to collude to plot a crime of defrauding the king! Yongzheng is very clear!

"Is there really a demon in this world?"

After going down, Yongzheng clenched his fists and stared at the ice and snow on the palace wall, and his heart gradually cooled down!

It was night, when all the teachers in Beijing were sleeping in the snowfall, in the imperial study, Emperor Yongzheng calmed his eyes and asked again: "Aiqing, in this world, is there really a demon?" ”

On the ground, Zhu Ruozhan closed his mouth and was silent, he knew that once this kind of thing was wrong, it would be doomed!

"Is there really a demon in this world? Aiqing, you are my scholar, can you solve the confusion in my heart? ”

Emperor Yongzheng's words were already cold.

Zhu Ruozhan raised his head and looked at ease: "In the twelfth year of the Ming Dynasty in the previous dynasty, in the summer season, there was a black fog entering Beijing, and the people in Beijing died!" Further back, in the last year of Song Shenzong Yuanfeng, there was also a black fog lying on the eaves of the palace dormitory, and there were many witnesses! In the last year of the Yuan Fu, the demon mist reappeared, entrenched in the palace for forty years! It didn't disappear completely until the end of Xuanhe! ”

Zhu Ruozhan stopped talking, but a smile appeared on the corner of Emperor Yongzheng's mouth: "In that case, isn't it unique to me in the Qing Dynasty?" I am not afraid of the previous dynasty, but why should I be afraid? ”

It can be seen that Zhu Ruozhan frowned, and Emperor Yongzheng was displeased and asked why.

Zhu Ruozhan replied: "In the last year of Yuanfeng, the demon fog appeared, and Song Shenzong returned to heaven!" In the last years of Yuan Fu, the demon fog reappeared, and Song Zhezong died! During the period, the demon fog lay in the palace for forty years, and although Song Huizong did not suffer this fate, it was in the next year of the demon fog area...... Does Your Majesty know what year it will be? ”

Yong's face changed abruptly, and his face was full of murderous aura: "Jingkang? ”

Zhu Ruozhan closed his eyes and pondered for a moment: "In the second year of Jingkang, the Jurchen Iron Cavalry looted the Imperial City of the Great Song Dynasty, Song Huizong and his son Qinzong became prisoners, and the Northern Song Dynasty was destroyed!" ”

Emperor Yongzheng bowed and rose up, pointed his sword at Zhu Ruozhan, his eyes were cold, and he lowered his voice and said sharply: "Zhu Shi, are you cursing me, cursing me in the Qing Dynasty?" ”

Zhu Ruozhan smiled dumbly: "Why is Your Majesty so out of shape, Da Ming did not die in Chenghua!" Emperor Chenghua did not die because of this! ”

Yongzheng's tense body suddenly relaxed: "Yes, after the Ming Dynasty, the national throne lasted for nearly two hundred years, and I know what thousands of generations are just vain...... Aiqing, tell me, if it is really this demonic fog, why is it that in comparison, the Chenghua years are safe and sound, and how should I deal with it? ”

Zhu Ruozhan said with a smile: "Tomorrow, many mysteries in the world will come out!" ”

only said this sentence, no matter how Emperor Yongzheng asked, Zhu Ruozhan only kept silent.

Emperor Yongzheng stroked the scroll on the case, and his expression became lazy: "Aiqing retreat and rest, I'm tired!" ”

Out of the imperial study, Zhu Ruozhan smiled bitterly and muttered to himself: "Shouding, this is the only thing that the teacher can help you, if you help the saint to overcome this difficulty, no one in the court will impeach you in the future on the grounds that you are nostalgic for Yi Shu and worship ghosts and gods!" ”

As a teacher, Zhu Ruozhan has always been qualified!

However, at this moment, Ye Yong, leaning on the newly built disaster relief courtyard of the imperial court, eating half a bowl of cold porridge, looking at the soldiers waiting outside, sneered, ghosts? Demon Mist? He Ye Yong, don't believe it!

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