XLIV. The Feast of the Hung Gate
Autumn goes to winter, the sun and the moon shuttle, Hongyan stayed in Shengjing for another month, these days, everything is as usual in the Qing court, only one thing outside the palace attracts everyone's attention. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Since Hongyan and others came here, the number of residents in Shengjing has been decreasing, and in recent days, some villages and towns in Gyeonggi have almost ten rooms and nine empty rooms, and there is no trace of people and animals.
Because of this incident, the Qing court and ministers launched a fierce debate at the court meeting, and a group of people led by Sonny and Ao Bai advocated that these missing persons must have migrated to the territory of the Ming Kingdom, which was caused by the participation of Han people in politics, and demanded that Fan Wencheng, Hong Yan, Qian Qianyi and others be expelled from the Manchu Dynasty. Dolgon and Hauge, on the other hand, surprisingly took sides, trying to distance themselves from the Han Chinese.
Hongyan also participated in this meeting, she knew that Huang Taiji would rely on her to drive away the poison, so she would never drive herself away, so that the rest of the Han people were also as safe as Mount Tai. Ao Bai and others advocated that there was no hope of success, and Hauge stood on Dolgon's side this time, which can be regarded as knowing the current affairs.
Sure enough, Huang Taiji reprimanded Ao Bai and others, saying that the Han people were causing trouble, which was nonsense. Since the Ming State paid tribute to the Qing Dynasty, it was a good neighbor and friendly country, and there was no reason to doubt it.
Dolgon took the opportunity to offer a message and recommended that Hauge investigate the matter thoroughly, and that he would be willing to help him put an end to the disaster as soon as possible and calm the people's fears.
Huang Taiji was also overjoyed when he saw that the two of them were completely eliminated, and immediately agreed.
So Hauge and Dolgon took the order to go, and Huang Taiji saw that there was no objection from others, so he announced his retirement from the dynasty and went back to the palace to rest.
Hong Yan and Guo Shulin followed by the side, Guo Shulin was anxious, and suddenly heard Hong Yan's voice in his ears, and said, "Shulin, what are you thinking? Why is your face bad lately?"
Guo Shulin's body trembled, and he hurriedly said: "It's nothing, I'm very good...... It's just recently...... Some of ...... colds"
Hong Yan felt strange slightly, Guo Shulin's internal strength of ice and fire had reached a very high level, his body was strong and healthy, and there was no reason to catch a cold. But when he said this, he couldn't doubt it for no reason, so he said: "Then you should be careful and take care of your body." ā
The three of them came to the Huang Taiji dormitory, and Hong Yan used the spirit manifestation to help Huang Taiji pull out the poison again, this time it was the eighth and last time to pull out the poison. After the end of the Hongyan Fortune Exercise, Huang Taiji moved his body and bones, and said excitedly: "Fairy, the disease of the widow has disappeared, he is refreshed, and he is still in the past. ā
Hong Yan pursed his lips and smiled, and said: "The emperor is both a male lord and a benevolent monarch, and the peace between the Manchus and the Qing Dynasty is all related to the emperor. If our daughter helps the emperor, she is helping the people of the world, so how dare she mention any awards? I also hope that the emperor will keep his promise and not move his sword. Keep the world peaceful. ā
Huang Taiji laughed and said: "Okay, the Holy Maiden of Hongyan is really Guanyin Bodhisattva, compassion, I promise you, I will never use troops to the Ming Kingdom in my lifetime." ā
Hong Yan bowed deeply to Huang Taiji, thanked him in his mouth, and thought in his heart: "In this way, I have made up for the crime of killing in the past." ā
Huang Taiji was very happy, and suddenly remembered something, and said: "Holy Maiden, the matter discussed earlier by the court is very strange, although Hauge Dolgon helps, but I am afraid that it is still difficult to find out, can you please use your magical powers to help him?"
Hongyan remembered that a similar situation had happened on his way to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and knew that the current case must be related to the disappearance case he encountered, and he also had the heart to find out about it, so he immediately agreed. Then she and Guo Shulin bid farewell to Huang Taiji together, went out of the palace, and went to Gyeonggi to investigate.
After traveling for more than ten miles, the two came to the village where the situation was most serious, and saw nearly 100 Zhenglan Banner disciples going in and out here, looking around. Outside the village, dozens of children with a white flag searched everywhere.
Hongyan caught a glimpse of Hauge standing on one side, calmly commanding, and Dolgon was nowhere to be seen, so he stepped forward and asked, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, have you found anything?"
Haoge said: "There is nothing unusual at present. The magistrate had already ordered the houses to be left untouched, there was no sign of intrusion so far, there was no news of the residents moving their families, and there was no trace of blood inside or outside the house, so it was not the murderer's doing. ā
According to his past experience, Hong Yan knew that it would be futile to investigate again, so he frowned and thought for a while, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed and he remembered something, and said, "Are there any graves or mass graves nearby?"
Haoge summoned a horseman and repeated what Hongyan asked, and the horseman pulled out a map, pointed to a few places and said: "There is no fixed place for the burial of corpses in Shengjing, all of them are indiscriminately buried by residents, and there are many graves in these places, which have become large-scale. ā
Hong Yan stared at the map, and saw a few marks drawn on it in black ink, so he asked, "What do these marks mean?"
Xiao Qiqi ordered: "These are a few villages with serious missing cases, and I marked them with numbers to show the order in which the cases occurred. ā
Gazing at the map, the wild goose saw that the sign first appeared in a village close to the main city, and then gradually dispersed, but the general trend extended outside the city, and finally stopped in the village where he was.
Hong Yan pondered: "This white body has a corpse and blood coagulation, and you need to find a tomb to live in, and you must not go out for more than half an hour each time." With his kung fu, he is unaware. If I were him, I would have set up a suspicious array and began to prey far from my dwelling, so that the place where the first crime occurred would be about half an hour away from his hiding place. The last case will be the closest to his hideout. ā
Hong Yan thought about it, looked at the cemetery pointed out by the Xiao Cavalry Order on the map, and found that those tombs were all nameless and narrow, and he couldn't help but be slightly disappointed.
Suddenly, she caught a glimpse of a vast area not far from this village, covering an area of about ten miles, with no buildings or place names on it, and immediately pointed to that place and said, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, where is this?"
Haoge and Na Xiaoqiling's faces changed color, and after a moment of silence, Hao said: "This is the place where the Jurchen ancestors buried their bones, and it has always been a royal mausoleum, guarded by heavy soldiers, and no one can enter and leave at will. ā
Hong Yan said happily: "Yes, this is it! ā
Hauge frowned and said: "How can this be made? This place has always been sacred, even I am not allowed to trespass, even if you are favored by the emperor, it is a capital crime to enter." ā
Hong Yan's eyes rolled, and he thought about it.
Seeing that she said no more, Haug was relieved and continued to search the village with his troops.
Hong Yan came to Guo Shulin's side, whispered, and then disappeared and walked towards the imperial tomb unconsciously.
Guo Shulin's face turned pale and his body trembled, but after all, he didn't dare to disobey Hongyan, so he still followed her.
After walking less than four miles, I saw a large forest, which was silent and silent, and the yin atmosphere was pressing, and although there were soldiers patrolling slowly outside the forest, how could it be difficult to fall down the wild goose? The wild goose easily entered the imperial tomb by means of stealth.
The periphery of this imperial tomb is protected by forests, and only two major roads can enter and exit, while the interior of the Yellow Forest is vast and has countless graves. The wild goose entered it, separated the true spirit, and carefully explored, but there was no gain, and I couldn't help but worry secretly.
Suddenly, a thought came to Hongyan's mind, and he said in his heart: "Yes, the corpse Yin can't move during the day, it must be hiding in a certain tomb, I can wait until night and then make plans." ā
She knew that the white evil method was extremely terrifying, and she and Guo Shulin might not be her opponents, so she waited in the woods at the moment, waiting quietly.
Then night fell, and the patrol soldiers gradually decreased. Hong Yan waited until midnight, and was a little impatient, when the soil of the mound loosened somewhere on the ground, and a rickety figure appeared.
Hong Yan can clearly see that this person is Xi Qingzi, that is, the owner of Mozhi Villa.
Xi Qingzi muttered to himself: "The master asked me to wait here, why did I never show up all these days? He promised to find me a wife after the matter was completed, so that I could live for a long time, and I don't know if it was true or not......
While he was thinking, a gust of wind suddenly rolled up beside him, and countless wind ropes bound his limbs. Immediately after that, Hongyan appeared, and several ice diamonds shot out, freezing the big hole around his body, making him unable to move.
Xi Qingzi's face changed greatly, and when he could see the person clearly, he couldn't help but shout: "You...... Are you a wild goose?"
Hong Yan said coldly: "Tell me honestly, is the case of disappearance in the imperial city related to you these days?"
Xi Qingzi was stunned for a moment, and then shouted: "Woman, you have been wronged, and you have already changed your ways and no longer kidnapped people to marry, how could you commit a crime?"
Hong Yan did not argue with him, but continued to ask, "What about your master, and what is your plan?"
Xi Qingzi said: "He told me to wait here, saying that there was something important to depend on me, and he also said that after the matter was completed, he would lift my curse and let me live an ordinary life." ā
Hong Yan said in his heart: "Ji Wuliang must be deceiving him, but I am afraid that he wants to take away his body." But I don't know why we want to help Hauge? This is not in line with what we have discussed. And he must have a good idea of what Bai Qi did, so it was better to ask him directly. ā
After thinking about it, Hong Yan said: "Okay, since this is the case, I will not come to embarrass you, if you see your master, tell him every night, I will wait for him here." ā
Xi Qingzi just wanted to nod and agree, but suddenly a person flashed behind Xi Qingzi, and a hand knife slashed out, right in the neck of Xi Qingzi, and cut off Xi Qingzi's head, and then without waiting for the head to speak, he stepped down again and crushed the head.
Hong Yan was startled, looked at the man, and saw Guo Shulin standing stiffly in front of him, his expression uncertain.
"Tree Pro...... This man is not the culprit, and it is useless for you to kill him. Hong Yan shouted.
Guo Shulin covered his forehead and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry...... Hongyan, I don't know how to ...... I couldn't help the killing intent in my heart......"
Seeing that he seemed to be in pain in his heart, Hongyan couldn't bear to blame him too much, so he persuaded: "It doesn't matter, he is immortal, and he will be ......reborn in a short time."
As he was talking, Guo Shulin suddenly took out his palm, and the internal force of the hot sun was released, which immediately set the body of Xi Qingzi on fire, and Hong Yan screamed, "What are you doing?" Hurriedly used the cold ice internal force to extinguish the fire on Xi Qingzi's body.
Hong Yan finally finished his work, turned around, and scolded: "What's going on with you today? Why are you so impulsive?"
Guo Shulin had calmed down at this time, and smiled apologetically: "I'm sorry...... I remembered what he had done, and I ......"
Hongyan frowned and said, "The disappearance case was not committed by him, you are wrong and stranger." Then she sighed and said, "Forget it, it's come to this, and it's okay to send him free, let's go." ā
With that, she lingered no longer, turned around and left.
Guo Shulin's smile froze, his eyes were full of fear, and then he took a step and followed the wild goose.
Under the moonlight, a trace of blood red was shining on the corners of Guo Shulin's mouth and teeth, which looked particularly gloomy. (To be continued.) )