Chapter 545: Swarms of Black Beetles
"Second prince?" I hurriedly said, "Tianhuang noble, what happened to you?" When the emperor's child is in the palace, how can he ......"
"Alas, you naturally don't know," the prime minister said: "For a while, there has been a natural factional struggle between Ouchi and the court, and the undercurrent is surging, and this time, something happened in the second prince's bedroom. The old man and Miss Mei started from the beginning, naturally, the stakes are very high, the old man knew in his heart that Miss Mei was reliable, but he still wanted to talk to Miss Mei first, this matter must not be leaked out. ”
I nodded hurriedly and said, "Prime Minister, but it doesn't hurt to say it, Mei Cai categorically didn't dare to leak half a word to others." As he spoke, he hurriedly poured chrysanthemum rock sugar tea for the prime minister and served it.
The prime minister nodded, and said: "At the beginning of the matter, it started from the fifteenth day of this month, on the fifteenth day, it was a cloudy day, and there was no moon to see, the Chongming Palace where the second prince lived has always been constantly lit, and it was guarded by the palace maids, but that day it was a violent wind, and the big and small lights in the Chongming Palace were blown clean, and the palace maids were in a hurry to find the flint, but they heard the sound of the second prince's bedroom, where did the palace maids hear that strange sound, Hurriedly lit the lights and took a look into the dormitory, but they were dumbfounded one by one, only to see that in the bedroom of the two princes, they were crawling out continuously, not the side, it was the countless black beetles. ”
I frowned: "Black beetle? ”
The prime minister said "um", and then said: "The black beetles are in groups one by one, and they come out in a row, just like the soldiers in a queue, neat and surprising, one by one, the size of a fingernail, shiny and shiny, and black, it looks like a kind that has never been seen, the palace maid guards left in a panic, there are so many black beetles in the second prince's bedroom, and the top is punished, not for the side, it must be distributed to their own heads, taking advantage of this time the second prince has not woken up, several eunuchs and palace maids on duty and guards, So they discussed in private, this kind of lax care, dereliction of duty, perhaps, is to lose the head, horizontal and vertical are grasshoppers on a thread, so I made up my mind, sweep out those black beetles, light them with fire, cover them with some dead branches and leaves, and burn them. Professional scum attack for a hundred years
For a while, they dug a hole, gathered all the evil insects, lit a fire, poured oil, and in a short time burned clean with a pungent white smoke. It was covered with floating soil so that it was completely invisible. At the moment, it was naturally peaceful, and the minions still celebrated with their hands, feeling that they had done a clean and neat job, and such a terrible scene had never been seen by the second prince.
Unexpectedly, on the second day, the other group of minions who were guarding in rotation actually saw that scene, so they also painted the cat and the tiger, although they were surprised, but there was no way to do it, and they secretly swept in one place, dug a pit, filled it with soil, and buried it alive in the ground.
Since then, no matter that night, all the minions who are guarding the wheel can see the black beetle crawling out of the palace, bustling, mighty, like a trained royal forest army, the minions are shocked in their hearts, and they actually secretly discussed, there is a palace maid who came out of the deep mountains of Xichuan, and has seen many strange customs in the deep mountains, this palace maid secretly leaked her mouth, saying that it is such a strange thing that has never been seen, maybe, it is "Gu". "Married with paper orange, fortunately pregnant and gave birth to a fierce wife
Poison? I was also in the Yanyu Pavilion, and I mentioned it when I heard the merchants who traveled from south to north chatting, saying that there was a spell, which was to gather insects in one place and let them devour each other, and the last surviving insects were called Gu, a long time ago, I couldn't remember clearly about this "Gu", so I continued to ask: "Could it be that someone really used Gu to frame the second prince?" ”
The Prime Minister shook his head and said: "This, naturally, is not known, because this matter cannot be spread out, it can only be suppressed." This is also the reason why the old man came to find Miss Mei's idea. ”
I hurriedly said: "Prime Minister, are you afraid that if this matter spreads, it will damage the prestige of the second prince?" In fact, this kind of unwarranted disaster, no wonder the second prince, it is better to find out the root cause of the matter first, so as not to make the second prince worried? ”
The Prime Minister shook his head and said, "That's not the case, Miss Mei is still patient and listens to what the old man continues!" As soon as this palace maid from Xichuan said this, everyone felt that it was very reasonable, and they also guessed that the second prince had a valuable status, and it was inevitable that he would not suffer from jealousy in this palace. No one wants to be involved in a lot of things at the moment. The glory of rebirth is immeasurable
But the matter dragged on, but it was exposed, because that day, the princess got up at night, only felt a little uncomfortable on her head, and didn't want to shout to the maid to get up, so she casually found a comb and wanted to grate her hair, but didn't want to stretch out her hand, but only touched a handful of cold and slippery things, the princess squinted her eyes and looked at the lamp, but found that she was full of hands, it was actually a big beetle.
The princess screamed, this matter naturally made a big fuss, Chongming Palace was in chaos, the second prince was furious, in the palace, there were so many beetles, it was unbearable, so he ordered to catch the guard leader on duty, and interrogated him strictly, the guard leader himself really didn't know about this matter, and shouted injustice, and the second prince interrogated other servants in Chongming Palace, only then did he know that in his bedroom, there would be a steady stream of black beetles crawling out every day, and he also heard the rumors of Gu, and couldn't help but be angry and angry for a while, then thought that eighty percent of them were plotting to kill themselves behind their backs, so they pressed their anger and asked the old man to discuss.
When the old man heard this, he naturally thought about it, so he discussed it with the second prince, if this matter was not moved, come to watch the changes, since there will be beetles coming out every night, eighty percent, it is because of this dormitory, there are fine works, and if you find the fine work of putting insects, it is easy to crack the insect thing.
The second prince listened to it, and was willing to give it a try, and that night, he went to bed as usual, but left the lights, and the princess went to the next bedroom, and the old man personally took the guards and hid in the secret door of the dormitory, waiting for the worm to come from. ”