Chapter 2 There is a phoenix in the south of the Yangtze River, and the dragon is auspicious

Since the Taishan sacrifice in the second year of Lin De, the saint has been particularly trusting to preside over the memorial of the national prince eunuch wine unicorn, every big sacrifice, the annual sacrifice must be presided over by the unicorn, but in recent years, as the headache of the saint has become more and more serious, the queen controls the overall situation of the court, the status of the unicorn has been much worse than before, but the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the relationship behind the unicorn and the background of the gate valve are far beyond the queen's imagination.

Last year, the queen originally intended to abolish the position of Qilinzi Grand Sacrifice Wine and let her henchman Deng Sheng succeed her, but she was strongly opposed in the court, and even Han Yu and others, who had been supporting her in the court, expressed strong dissatisfaction, which was really much unexpected by the queen.

At the beginning of the queen's reign, few people who cared about the national eunuch, in the heart of the ambitious queen, controlling the army and the national economy and people's livelihood was crucial, as for the ceremonial sacrifices, they were not put in her eyes at all, but when she thought she was in control of the court, she found that the real thorn in her eyes had always been in front of her, but she never cared.

The queen knows very well what these courtiers are thinking, Qilinzi is a big sacrificial wine, a national teacher, as long as he stays in the country for a day, the luck of the Great Wu Kingdom will not be cut off for a day, she Li Pingping can only be regarded as the queen who listens to the government at most, this Dawu is still surnamed Bai in the final analysis, there are many such people in history, such as the former queen mother, but later it was not the same as the courtiers?

But think about it, the queen has given up on disposing of the unicorn again, first, the price to be paid for the disposal of the unicorn is too great, and some of the gains outweigh the losses; second, the queen really doesn't know what big waves a unicorn can set off? She doesn't dare not believe the so-called ghosts and gods.

Compared with the queen, the unicorn is the real unhappy person, what is the difference between being remembered by the queen and being remembered by the emperor?

Qilinzi knelt on the mat, took a sip of strong tea, and slowly closed his eyes. I don't know why, the whim has become heavier and heavier recently, and from time to time there is a feeling of heartbeat, obviously the heart fluctuates violently, but the unicorn does not feel a trace of bad imagery, but there is no doubt that something big will happen recently.

At night, Qilinzi fortunately took out the forty-nine copper coins he carried with him and made a hexagram on the table. Rather than being hung like this, it is better to calculate the peace of mind.

The unicorn held the copper coin in his hand and lightly sprinkled it.

The first hexagram is to count their own good fortune, but the hexagram is usual, the unicorn takes back the copper coin in his hand, and scatters it again, the second hexagram counts the safety of the family, and the hexagram is still normal.

"Could it be that there is something big going to happen in my Dawu?" muttered, Qilinzi once again put the copper coin in his hand, and sprinkled it again, this hexagram is considered the fortune of the country.

At first glance, the hexagram is still normal, but after looking at it for a while, the unicorn found that something was wrong.

"Feng Laiyi!" Qilinzi exclaimed. Since ancient times, Feng Laiyi has always been the world's first-class auspicious omen, and when it appeared at this time, the unicorn was naturally a surprise.

"I'm the Great Wu General Zhongxing!" Qilinzi laughed loudly, when Qilinzi calculated the national fortune last year, he found that the number of Great Wu Qi was rapidly weakening, and he had been worried, and he didn't expect that a turning point would come at this time.

Qilinzi walked out of the door and said loudly: "Come on, go to Guozijian!" Qilinzi was excited at this time, he wanted to go to Guozijian to divinate hexagrams, and he had carried forty-nine copper coins for many years to calculate the fortune of the country but could not calculate the turnaround, only the fifty and 300 stems of yarrow in the Guozijian could be calculated accurately.

After Qilinzi entered the Guozijian, he walked all the way to the innermost room, carried out the box buried at the bottom, and lightly placed fifty yarrows on the bookcase in turn.

"Fifty is great, and there are nine out of forty. The unicorn gently threw one of the yarrows, and it floated in front of the desk.

The unicorn threw the remaining yarrow one by one, and when the forty-fifth yarrow was thrown, the unicorn spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Jiangnan ......" Qilinzi Nannan said.

When Qilinzi picked up the forty-sixth yarrow, thunder suddenly appeared in the sky, and Qilinzi's body trembled.

The unicorn gritted his teeth and threw out the forty-sixth yarrow, then spat blood from his mouth, and his hair color was visibly white.

"Meng Ruyao......" Qilinzi slowly pronounced out a name, looked at the only three yarrows left on the table, shook his head, and sighed in his heart that he was useless, with his current ability, if he forcibly calculated the forty-seventh root, it would only cause a dead end, and when he calculated the forty-sixth yarrow, he had already taken three years of life.

With a wave of his sleeves, the forty-seven yarrows hanging in the air, except for the first one, all fell down and landed on the table. Looking at the first yarrow blankly, the unicorn sighed, pinched it in his hand, and put it in the cuff.

Just after two o'clock in the afternoon, there was a knock on the door behind the mansion.

The servant, who was sleeping soundly, was upset by this knock on the door, and opened the back door unhappily, but as soon as he saw the person, the servant immediately regained his usual mind, and said humbly: "Lord Sacrificial Wine has come to find the master?"

Qilinzi glanced at the bowed servant meaningfully. The servant was taken by this, and immediately panicked, and hurriedly said: "No one came to Zhangfu tonight, but someone knocked on the door by mistake." Kirinzi nodded and walked towards the house.

Since being entrusted with the important task by the Empress Wu, Zhang Rang's task has become more and more onerous, and today he has been dealing with official documents until noon, and as soon as he finally lay down, he saw some black-robed unicorns standing in front of his bed.

"The big sacrificial wine came to visit ...... late at night" Zhang Rang just sat up, still a little bored in his heart, Fang politely said half a sentence, and was interrupted by Qilinzi: "I divinate today, Bu De Yixiangrui, Jiangnan, Meng Ruyao." ”

Zhang Rang sat up straight suddenly, and asked solemnly: "Great Sacrifice Wine, how auspicious is it worthy of you?" In Zhang Rang's heart, Qilinzi has always been a steady person, never deviating in his actions, and has always had rules, which is why the queen wants to deal with him but can't even catch a little tail.

"I counted my Great Wu Guoyun an hour ago, and the hexagram Fang Xian: there is a phoenix to come!" Zhang Rang couldn't sit still when he heard it, and just wanted to ask back, he heard Qilinzi say: "This auspicious rui involves Dawu Zhongxing, and I want Lord Shoufu to take it to heart, I ...... Ahem......" As he was speaking, Qilinzi coughed up a few mouthfuls of blood, and Zhang Rang quickly stood up and helped Qilinzi to a chair a few steps away.

"Don't worry, this matter is on me. Zhang Rang said without thinking.

Qilinzi rubbed his hands together and said in a deep voice: "My Dawu Zhongxing has paid Master Shoufu all!" After saying that, he endured the pain and walked out of the door. Zhang Rang also followed out of the door, looked at the guards on the left and right, and said coldly: "No one has been here tonight." ”

In the early morning of the next day, Poyang County was lively, and everyone knew that there was a new champion in the county.

Zhuang Yuanlang, who attracted everyone's joy, was standing in front of the door of the Meng family, the first family in Poyang County, was still wearing the green shirt with an unknown number of patches, and the onlookers were obviously not a big deal to see the excitement, and most of them cheered loudly, and only a few people who knew silently recited in their hearts: "A lover will eventually become a family!"

As early as three years ago, Meng Ruyao, the second lady of the Meng family, met Xu Liangsheng who had not yet taken the scientific examination when she and her family went to Poyang Lake, and in just half an hour, Meng Ruyao fell in love with Xu Liangsheng, she liked Xu Liangsheng's immature scholarly anger, and Xu Liangsheng's perseverance to survive in adversity.

It's just that it didn't take long for the private relationship between the two to be discovered by the Meng family, how could a dignified scholarly family tolerate a poor boy like Xu Liangsheng, after repeated obstructions to no avail, Meng Xieliu, the head of the Meng family who is also Meng Ruyao's father, directly grounded Meng Ruyao.

There are also countless people who are talking about cool things, but when Xu Liangsheng was admitted from Xiucai to the palace examination, everyone closed their mouths, and now, everyone will only cheer for this champion, who will remember his misery.

Xu Liangsheng stood in front of the door, folded his hands, bowed and said loudly: "Xu Liangsheng pays a visit to the Meng Mansion!" Xu Liangsheng's skinny back looked a little thin in front of the wide gate of the Meng family, although he bowed, his spine could not be straighter.

There has been no movement in the Meng Mansion, and even everyone has gradually quieted down, only the green shirt under Xu Liangsheng's feet, who is bowing, is hissing by the wind.

After a while, everyone's disappointed expressions were already revealed, and they couldn't stand it anymore, so they turned around and walked away.

At this moment, a shadow slowly walked out, dressed in red like a wedding dress.

The woman in red screamed, her voice like a bell, crisp and ethereal.

"Poor scholar. ”