16. Lu Shen forced the palace

The next morning, as soon as Ji Hong arrived at the Ningqing Palace, a hundred divisions came to report, saying that the Qing doctor Lu Shen had been waiting outside the palace for a long time, saying that there was something important to report.

"Announce him in!" Ji Hong said, he had a headache when he heard that Lu Shen had something to do. Doctor Qing is in charge of the world's national affairs, and naturally there are many things, but there seem to be a lot of things in Lushen, which is a bit outrageous, and he loves to admit death, if he can't fulfill his wishes, he will have to give a direct advice to death, which makes Ji Hong often in a dilemma. But what Lu Shen admonished seemed to be for Ji Cheng and the people, and what he did and exceeded the law, Ji Hong had no way to take him, but he just hoped that he would come to Ningqing Hall one day less and give him some peace.

Lu Shen soon came in, hurried to Ji Hong, knelt on the ground, and shouted loudly: "Doctor Lu Shen greets the king." ”

"Get up!" Ji Hong said, "Doctor Qing came here early in the morning, is there anything to report?"

Lu Shen knelt and didn't move, and suddenly he cried.

This move startled Ji Hong, and he turned his head to look at the wizard Yu Nuo who was standing on the side and watched coldly, and Yu Nuo also shrugged his shoulders, indicating that he didn't know why.

Ji Hong heard that Shen was really crying, so he asked, "Why is Doctor Qing so sad?"

Lu Shen stood upright, tears rolled down his face, and said in a sad voice: "The king knows that Weichen has a little girl named Hongyu. ”

Ji Hong nodded and said, "Naturally, I know that Red Feather was born innocent and eccentric, and this king likes it very much." ”

"The little girl Hongyu suddenly got lost soul last night, and became a fake dead person, who does not understand human feelings, does not know relatives, such as chaos has not opened, and is no different from a newborn baby. Lu Shen snorted and cried, he remembered the appearance of Hongyu lying on the bed, but he was really heartbroken, so this pain and this tear on his face were not pretended.

Ji Hong was taken aback, he never expected this to happen. He asked, "Can you know the reason for such a change?"

Lu Shen said: "Last night, Wei Chen ordered the warlock to set up an altar overnight, burned seventeen kinds of spiritual things, and tried to restore the scene with a spell, and found that it was a 10,000-year curse that took away the soul of Red Feather. ”

As soon as these words came out, even the wizard Yu Nuo who was standing on the side was taken aback. With the help of seventeen spiritual objects supplemented by incantations, the scene that occurred within twenty-four hours could be restored, and Yu Nuo naturally knew that Lu Shen was right. But Red Feather's soul was taken away by a curse, which was something that Yu Nuo didn't expect.

Lu Shen said: "That curse mentions a person many times, and there is a lot of hatred in his words, and it is precisely because of his liking that the little girl will suffer this fate. I also ask the king to be the master of Weichen and save the life of my poor little girl Red Feather. ”

Ji Hong said, "Who is that person? If you say it, this king will definitely make the decision for you." "Ji Hong doesn't like Lu Shen, but he prefers Red Feather, this cute little girl often comes to the palace and plays with the fourteen-year-old little princess Ji Wenxiang, the two have a good relationship, Ji Hong has seen her many times.

Lu Shen raised his head, looked at Ji Hong, and said, "It's the king's son, Ji Chengyu, who returned to Ji City yesterday." ”

"Nonsense. Ji Hong was so angry that he scolded loudly, "When did Ji Chengyu have contact with Red Feather?"

Lu Shen put away the sad look on his face, and also became serious, and said: "The little girl said before that yesterday morning, I saw a young man who claimed to be Ji Chengyu in the jungle outside the city, and asked for a bear skin shoulder, and in return, invited him to a meal at the Welcome Restaurant. ”

Ji Hong wanted to deny that Ji Chengyu was back, but after hearing Lu Shen say it so clearly, he must have already decided that Ji Chengyu was back, and it was useless to hide it any longer. Said to Baisi: "Go to Huayang Palace and call Ji Chengyu." ”

Taking advantage of this, the wizard asked, "Do you know why the curse didn't kill Red Feather, but only took her soul?"

Lu Shen said: "The curse was originally intended to kill Red Feather, but Red Feather had the breath of a spirit master, and the curse could not kill her, so he only took her soul and left." ”

The wizard asked again: "Except for what you just said, Red Feather once asked Ji Chengyu for the bear's skin and shoulder, who did Red Feather have had close contact with yesterday, do you know?"

Lu Shen said: "In addition to Ji Chengyu, it is me and my wife, as well as the servants in the family. ”

The wizard nodded, thoughtful. A question arose in his heart: "Could it be that Ji Chengyu is actually the body of a spirit master?" But although he had doubts, he did not say it.

After Baisi went for a while, Ji Chengyu came.

Ji Hong asked, "Yu'er, did you meet a fifteen or sixteen-year-old woman in the jungle outside the city yesterday morning?"

"Yes!" Ji Chengyu said dryly, "Her name is Hongyu, and she is going to take my bear skin shoulder, and in return, she listened to me have a meal at the Welcome Restaurant." He grinned and said, "She is quite generous, and she has brought the best meals in the restaurant and set a table full of them." ”

Lu Shen kowtowed to Ji Hong and said loudly: "Please try to save the little girl's life." ”

Ji Hong's face turned pale, and he asked, "How do you want me to save her?"

Lu Shen said: "Sixteen years ago, the king was merciful and saved Ji Chengyu's life. Today's return of Ji Chengyu will cause a monstrous disaster in Jicheng, this son is not removed, Jicheng will never have peace, and Lu Shen will ask for the life of all the people today. ”

Ji Hong was so angry that he raised his foot and wanted to kick him, but he held back stiffly, and said hatefully: "If I kill him, I will kill you first." ”

Ji Dongfang raised Ji Chengyu in the deep mountains and old forests for 16 years, but as a father, he failed to fulfill the responsibility of raising him in the slightest, and he was already deeply guilty in his heart. Ji Chengyu rescued him from the killers as soon as he came back, even if he was an outsider, he still had to know how to repay him, let alone his own son. The father and son have been reunited for less than a day, and they haven't been intimate enough, but now they are forced by Lu Shen to kill their own son again, how can Ji Hong swallow this breath.

Lu Shen touched his head to the ground and said loudly: "If the king wants Lu Shen to accompany the prince to die together, Wei Chen has nothing to say." Everything Weichen did was for the people of Jicheng Li and the great cause of the Ji family. ”

Ji Hong pulled out a long sword from the waist of a palace guard beside him, pointed at Lu Shen and said, "Aren't you willing to die with Ji Chengyu, then I will fulfill you first." ”

Lu Shen looked up at Ji Hong and said: "Wei Chen knows that things are difficult today, and he has already ordered someone to prepare a coffin and carry it outside the Ningqing Palace. If the king did not agree, Wechen gave up his life and lay down in the coffin to go back, leaving the lid open along the way, so that the people of the whole city knew that Wechen died for the sake of the people, so he asked the king to give an explanation to the people. "What Lu Shen said is absolutely true, Ji Hong knows that with Lu Shen's character, he will be able to do these things.

Ji Hong was trembling with anger by Lu Shen, and said: "Lu Shen, sixteen years ago, you led a group of ministers and people to persecute this king, and today you are carrying a coffin to persecute this king, why are you trying to force this king to kill your own son?"

Lu Shen said loudly: "The king's words are wrong, as a minister, Lu Shen naturally hopes that the king will have many sons and blessings, and the country will be thousands of generations." It was not a prince who Lu Shen wanted the king to kill, but an ominous body. Sixteen years ago, the king designed Ji Dongfang to escape with his son, and Lu Shen survived, if the king has this heart today, Lu Shen committed suicide in this Ningqing Palace, in order to apologize to the people. ”

Lu Shen said absolutely nothing, leaving Ji Hong no room for maneuver at all. Ji Hong smiled angrily and said, "You are a doctor, what crime do you apologize to the people?"

Lu Shen said: "Doctor Qing is a deacon of national affairs, so he naturally has to think about the king and the people, Ji Chengyu is an ominous body, and he is destined to bring ruin to Ji Cheng." As a doctor, he knew the way to crack it, but he didn't have the permission of the king, so he really failed to fulfill his duties, so he naturally wanted to apologize to the king and the people to death. ”

Ji Hong paced back and forth in front of Lu Shen, pointed at him, and said, "Lu Shen, you are the courtier of this king, but you are persecuting me so much, what is your intention?

At this moment, someone from outside came to report, and the royal city guard came to report it, saying: "Outside the royal city, thousands of people have gathered to kneel and beg the king. ”

"Why?" asked Ji Hong aloud.

The general who defended the city hesitated for a moment, and then said, "They, they want the king to kill the prince to keep Ji City safe forever." ”

"It was Wechen who asked them to come. Lu Shen was honest and admitted it directly.

Ji Hong looked at Lu Shen and said word by word: "Lu Shen, are you trying to rebel?"

Lu Shen said: "Weichen is loyal to the king, and the world can learn from it. For the loyalty of his cousins, he asked the king to promise to kill Ji Chengyu, and Weichen immediately judged himself in front of the king, so that his cousins had no intention of rebelling. ”

"You cut yourself!" Ji Hong said angrily, he had been so angry that he blurted out.

Lu Shen said loudly: "Thank you to the king for your success, Lu Shen wishes my king to accept his words and seek governance, and to make politics great, and may Ji Guoguo be rich and strong, and prosper for a thousand years." With that, he took out a dagger from his sleeve and stabbed it into his chest without hesitation.

This change happened so quickly that everyone didn't expect it, and they couldn't help but be shocked. The wizard Chan Nuo shouted, "Quickly pass on the doctor." ”

Someone had already gone to the medical officer.

Ji Hong was shocked in his heart and asked, "Lu Shen, why do you want to cut yourself?"

The corners of Lu Shen's mouth were already bleeding, and he smiled miserably, and said: "Wei Chen just said that as long as the king agrees to kill Ji Chengyu, the minister will immediately cut himself to show that he has no intention of rebellion. Since the king ordered Weichen to judge himself, he agreed to Weichen's request, and of course Weichen had to judge himself. At this point, a mouthful of blood suddenly spurted out, and the whole person fell to the ground with a bang, convulsed a few times, and then stopped moving.

The wizard hurriedly stepped forward, stretched out his hand and tried it on his neck, stood up, and said to Ji Hong, "Doctor Qing is dead. ”

Ji Hong's eyes were black for a while, and his body was shaking, Ji Chengyu and the wizard hurriedly stepped forward to support him. Ji Hong only felt depressed in his heart, and suddenly his throat was hot, and he spurted out a mouthful of blood with "wow", and a dazzling blood-colored flower bloomed on the ground.