It was dusk when Da Changqiu returned to the palace, and after going to the queen to say hello, he went back to his bedroom. He closed the door and listened for a while, but there was no one outside the house, so he dragged out a bamboo basket from the corner of the wall, opened the lid, and carefully took out two garlic copper flat pots from inside.

The short necks of these two copper flat pots are each tied with a ribbon, which is written "Dumb Spring" and "Anle Spring" respectively. Da Changqiu picked up the "Anle Spring" and put it back into the bamboo basket, put the "Dumb Spring" copper flat pot on the table, untied the ribbon with "Dumb Spring" written on it, pinched it in his hand, leaned on the table, and stared at the copper flat pot blankly.

His thoughts were in turmoil, and one hand kept rubbing the ribbon in the palm of his hand. Although he boasted in front of Feng Zidu and Deng Guanghan that he had a way to poison the little prince, he calmed down and thought about it carefully, there were many waiters around the little prince, and Wang Jieyu was very tightly guarded, and the little prince was not allowed to eat what others gave, and it was not easy to change the copper flat pot containing water.

His mind was in chaos, so he sat up, hugged his knees in a daze, and fell asleep in a daze after three watches. When I woke up, it was already dawn, and after a little washing, I walked to the back garden.

There is an open space in the back garden, where the little prince often frolicks with the court attendants, and is especially fond of juju.

The weather was sunny and sunny on this day, and it was warm on my body. He heard a commotion from a distance, and when he got closer, he saw that it was the little prince Liu Zheng and a group of young attendants playing Keju.

Kemari is a leather ball that is wrapped in leather on the outside and rice bran on the inside with the feet. This sport originated in Linzi, the former capital of Qi during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and flourished in the Western Han Dynasty.

It is recorded in "Xijing Miscellaneous Records" that after Liu Bang became the emperor, he took his father Liu Taigong to the Weiyang Palace in Chang'an City for retirement. Mrs. Liu couldn't see cockfights and juju in the palace, and she was sullen all day long. So, Liu Bang built a new city in the east of Chang'an City, imitating the scale of the original Peixian Fengyi, and moved all the residents of the original Fengyi to the new city.

Da Changqiu squatted on the sidelines, watching the little prince play football, but in his heart he was thinking about how to exchange the dumb spring water for the little prince to drink. Suddenly, I found that there were two little palace maids standing not far away, one holding a copper flat pot of water, and the other holding a crystal cup.

As soon as his heart moved, he turned around and ran towards his bedroom, and for fear of being seen and suspicious, he ran a few steps, walked a few steps, and was out of breath in a short time. When I arrived in the bedroom, I didn't stay, picked up the copper flat pot and ran back to the back garden, and saw that the little prince was still playing Keju, and the two little palace maids were also in the same place, so I breathed a sigh of relief.

He glanced at the copper pot he was carrying, but hesitated. It's not big, it's not too small, you can't hide it. After thinking about it, he simply held it in his hand generously, changed it when he had the opportunity, and carried it home if he didn't have the opportunity.

He held the flat pot, pretending to pass by by accidentally, and when he saw the bustle of the back garden, he came over very curiously and slowly walked to the little palace maid. The little palace maid saw that it was a big long autumn, and bent her knees slightly to give a salute.

Da Changqiu nodded kindly at the little palace maid and said, "The weather is so good."

The little palace maid was a little restrained, and she didn't know how to respond, so she bent her knees slightly to give a salute. So, Da Changqiu and Xiao Gong Mai each held the same garlic copper flat pot and stood on the sidelines to watch the game.

At this time, there was a cheer, and it turned out that the little prince kicked the ball into the opponent's goal. Da Changqiu was in the mood to watch the ball, and the corner of his eyes couldn't help but aim at the little palace maid.

He suddenly noticed that the little palace maid had an uncomfortable expression on her face, and her body kept writhing. After a while, the little palace maid seemed to be unable to bear it, put the copper flat pot on a stone behind her, and shouted to the little palace maid holding the water cup: "I'll go away for a while, and I'll be back soon." "Hurried into the depths of the bushes.

Da Changqiu was slightly stunned, and immediately felt that the opportunity had come. He moved a few steps closer to the stone where the kettle was keeping, looked around unnoticed, and quietly reached out and knocked the kettle to the ground.

The copper flat pot landed with a "bang", which alarmed the little palace maid holding the water cup. The little palace maid turned her face, she was holding a rare crystal cup, she didn't dare to put it down, and she didn't know what to do for a while.

Da Changqiu stretched out his hand to signal "I'll pick it up", and bent down to put his copper flat pot on the ground.

Out of the corner of his eye, he looked at the little palace maid, and when she was not paying attention, he quickly kicked down his kettle. In this way, the two copper kettles were lying on the ground, and he could secretly replace the little prince's kettle.

Seeing that the plan was about to succeed, he was so nervous that his breath became rapid.

Just as he was half-crouching to get the kettle, he felt a pair of bright eyes staring at him, and he couldn't help but feel a palpitation, and looked up.

"Da Changqiu, what are you doing here?" A crisp female voice rang out.

"Princess Lanyi, you, why are you here?" Da Changqiu stammered.

"Hey, I'll ask you first, why did you ask me again." The little princess lowered her face and said with some displeasure.

Da Changqiu panicked, quickly got up and saluted, and said: "Back to the princess, the little one is here to watch the prince bow, obsessed for a while, and I hope the princess will forgive her sins." ”

The little princess let out an "oh". At this moment, there was a cheer from the stadium over there, and she glanced over there and muttered, "Little boy Keju, what's so beautiful." Then he turned and left.

Da Changqiu bowed his waist, and it was estimated that the little princess had walked away, so he raised his head, breathed a sigh of relief, and went to pick up the copper flat pot.

When he bent over, he suddenly felt dizzy, and the two copper pots on the ground seemed to rotate, and he quickly closed his eyes before feeling better. He first placed the copper pitcher filled with dumb spring water on the stone, and then bent down to pick up the little prince's kettle.

"Got it." He exclaimed secretly, his hand holding the copper pot trembling slightly.

The little palace maid holding the water cup was also attracted by the cheers on the court just now, and then turned around, as if she noticed that Da Changqiu's expression was abnormal, and a trace of confusion flashed across her face. He was afraid of arousing the suspicion of the little palace maid, so he forced himself to calm down and said, "I still have to go to the queen, let's go." ”

The little palace maid bent her knees and saluted: "Congratulations to Da Changqiu." ”

After a while, the little palace maid who walked away before came back, and the little palace maid holding the crystal cup said, "Your kettle just rolled to the ground." ”

The little palace maid shook off her wet hand, picked up the copper flat pot placed on the stone, looked left and right, and saw that the body of the pot was stained with some soil, so she held it in her arms and wiped it with her sleeve, and asked, "What about Da Changqiu?" ”

"Just left." The little palace maid holding the crystal cup replied.

The little palace maid was about to ask, and the little palace maid holding the crystal cup found that the people on the court had stopped, and saw the little prince shouting a few words at the other party, so he ran towards here, and hurriedly said: "The prince is here." ”

The little palace maid holding the kettle hurriedly pulled out the wooden stopper, and the little palace maid handed over the crystal cup, and the water was just full. The little prince had already run in front of him, his face was covered with sweat, and he raised the crystal cup while wiping his sweat, and drank most of the cup.

Da Changqiu walked a short distance, dodged and hid behind a big tree, and when he poked his head out, he happened to see the little prince drinking water. He could scarcely believe his eyes, and when he looked intently, the little prince was indeed gulping down the water poured from the flat pot full of dumb springs.

Such a difficult thing was done by chance. He was excited and nervous, his heart was pounding, and he felt that he couldn't catch his breath, so he sat on the ground, rubbed his chest and gasped. After a while, I calmed down a little, and when I looked around, no one was passing by.

He quickly slipped back to the bedroom, and as soon as he entered the room, he couldn't suppress his excitement, put down the copper pot in his hand, knelt on the seat, clenched his right hand into a fist and pounded the ground repeatedly, lowered his voice and screamed a few times, but it was not enjoyable, and he turned a somersault again, and then sat up.

At this time, he also felt that his mouth was dry, he took the copper flat pot, pulled out the wooden stopper, tilted his neck, and poured half of the pot happily, before he suppressed the fire in his heart, felt comfortable, and lay on the mat with his hands and feet spread.

After lying down for a while, he suddenly remembered Feng Zidu's words, "After the matter is completed, the dumb spring water and the Anle spring water must be disposed of, and no trace will be left." Then he got up and carried the copper pot to the corner of the wall, squatted on the ground, poured half of the pot of water in the copper pot on the corner of the wall, took out another copper pot from the bamboo pot beside him, pulled out the wooden stopper, smelled it very reluctantly, and then turned the flat pot upside down, and poured the water in the pot into the corner of the wall. A puddle of water soon rose in the corner of the wall, and after a while, it seeped into the ground again.

He threw the copper pot into the corner and stared at it with regret for a long time.

Suddenly, he felt that his throat was a little itchy, so he reached out and scratched his neck, still uncomfortable, so he pinched his throat and coughed, opened his mouth to hum a few times, but found that his throat was hoarse and could not make a sound. He was suddenly terrified, kneaded his throat hard, then inhaled in his chest and abdomen, and opened his mouth wide again, but he still couldn't make a sound, and could only roar "uh-uh".

"Could it be the wrong kettle?" He tilted his head and tried to recall the details of the exchange of the copper flat kettle at that time, but sadly found that he was not sure that the kettle he had changed back was the little prince's kettle, and his mind was all in chaos.

He stayed for a long time before he slowly regained some consciousness, and his eyes swept to the two copper flat pots lying in the corner, and suddenly howled, and rushed over to pick up the copper flat pot of Sheng An Lequan; He shook it vigorously with luck, then raised his face and poured it into his mouth with a copper flat pot, only dripping a few drops of water. He shook unwillingly, and there was not a drop of water.

"It's over." Da Changqiu put aside the copper flat pot, knelt down on the mat with his head in his hands, and screamed in his heart.