The grass in the factory should be plucked

After nightfall, fireworks began to be set off in the sky above Dali City, and the beautiful fireworks lit up the entire night sky.

Thousands of Kongming lanterns were rising slowly, and each lantern was covered with love poems.

"I want to know you and live a long life without end."

"once having seen the best, the rest is not worthwhile looking."

"I only hope that your heart is like mine, and I will never let you down."

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The fireworks that were set off all night long and the Kongming lanterns inscribed with love poems were all for General Zhengnan, Duke Dingguo, to celebrate the birthday of his beloved wife, Princess Jing'an, making the girls who witnessed it all extremely envious.

Jiang Li was very happy, and Xie Changan was also very pleased. He finally fulfilled his promise and held a grand birthday party for her, making all the girls in Dali envy her!

Only Feng Wuhu, who was conscripted into the army, and the students of Longmen Academy, rubbed their arms, which were almost unable to lift from copying love poems, and cast resentful glances at the two people who were standing under the gorgeous fireworks and looking at each other affectionately.

You two must be happy. It's hard for them to copy love poems for a whole day!

They also required that the poems on each lantern could not be repeated. They racked their brains and searched through countless poetry collections of their predecessors before they were able to fill up these Kongming lanterns.

Duke Dingguo was quite tactful and gave each of them a big red envelope, saying it was a "writing fee", which finally comforted these single dogs who were too full of dog food.

At the same time, thousands of miles away, in a remote and uninhabited mountain, a strange and terrifying scene was taking place.

Several masked men in black, one holding a compass, were searching for the direction.

Two men were carrying a sack in which a living creature was struggling and twisting.

The other three carried hoes on their shoulders.

"This is it!"

The man in black holding the compass stopped and motioned the man carrying the hoe to come forward.

The three men picked up their hoes and dug a few times when suddenly, a flame burst out from the ground!

Everyone couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

"The leader is right, this is indeed the place of underground fire!"

Several people immediately picked up their hoes and quickly dug a big hole.

The man in black opened the sack and revealed the "living thing" inside, which turned out to be a young woman!

She was tied up tightly, her mouth was blocked with a piece of rag, her face was covered with tears and she looked terrified.

When she saw the large pit that had been dug, she seemed to realize what the men in black were going to do, and she began to struggle with increasing panic.

"Uuuuuuu..."

She struggled desperately, her tear-filled eyes filled with pleading, hoping that this group of strange men in black would let her go.

However, no matter how she struggled or begged, she could not stop the man in black from pushing her into the pit and burying her alive!

Before she began to have difficulty breathing and lost consciousness, the woman's heart was filled with overwhelming hatred. If she could turn into a ghost, she would definitely take the lives of this group of people!

Luoyang City.

On a high tower, a woman in white and a man in black stood side by side. Both of them were covered tightly from head to toe, and their appearance and age could not be seen.

The man looked up at the stars and saw a dark red star in the night sky with a strange color and a long tail sweeping across the sky.

The corners of his mouth curled slightly: "The Beta appears, the disaster begins, it's done."

Beijing.

The director of the Imperial Astronomical Observatory also observed this strange "jinx star" and his gray eyebrows were tightly furrowed.

At the court meeting the next day, the director of the Imperial Observatory reported to the emperor truthfully about the strange astronomical phenomena of last night.

"There are many records in ancient books that when a beta star appears, disasters will occur. I beg Your Majesty to postpone the southern tour!"

One stone caused a thousand waves.

The ministers were worried that they had no reason to oppose the emperor's southern tour, and now they have found a reason!

They were quite critical of Nangong Qinghe's plan to go to Mount Tai to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth. Although he had done enough merits, he was still too young. The emperor was only twenty years old this year, which was really not "highly respected" enough!

After visiting Mount Tai, do you want to go on a southern tour?

Young people are just not serious enough, they just think about playing all day long!

At that moment, all the ministers gave their suggestions.

"The Spring and Autumn Annals says that in the fourteenth year of Duke Wen's reign, a star entered the Big Dipper. As expected, the three states of Song, Qi, and Jin all killed their kings. Your Majesty, please think twice!"

"Yes, there is also a record in Zuo Zhuan that in the 17th year of King Zhao, a star appeared in Dachen and moved westward to Han. Finally, the capitals of Song, Wei, Chen, and Zheng all caught fire. This is an ominous sign in the sky, and Your Majesty must believe it!"

"Even the son of a rich family would not sit in the hall, let alone the emperor? Your Majesty, please postpone the Fengshan ceremony at Mount Tai and the southern tour!"

Nangong Qinghe returned to the harem angrily.

These ministers are simply taking advantage of his youth and inexperience!

Yuan Bao cautiously suggested: "Your Majesty, why don't you ask Prince Jing'an?"

Nangong Qinghe's brows relaxed and said, "Yes, ask A'li."

In his heart, no problem can stump her!

Three years ago, one of them was an insignificant prince, and the other was a noble lady banished to the cold palace. Despite such adversity, she was able to rise from the ashes.

He crushed the conspiracy of the Nanyi Kingdom, founded the Longmen Trading Company, and single-handedly put himself on the throne. He then destroyed the Nanyi, took over the southern border, and expanded the territory for him.

She easily accomplished things that others thought were impossible!

Therefore, Nangong Qinghe informed Jiang Li of the appearance of the star, the opposition of the ministers to the Fengshan ceremony on Mount Tai, and the southern tour, and asked her what she thought and whether she agreed with him insisting on going south.

When Youshun delivered the letter of thanks from Jiang Li and others, Nangong Qinghe sent out the secret letter.

He hoped that A Li could give him a solution.

After Jiang Li received the secret letter, he read it quickly and couldn't help but burst out laughing.

She handed the letter to Xie Changan: "What do you think?"

Xie Changan looked at it and frowned: "Can the celestial phenomena be trusted?"

Jiang Li smiled and said, "Regarding the record in Zuo Zhuan, I have heard a completely different version from my master."

Xie Changan raised his eyebrows in surprise: "What did your master say?"

Jiang Li chuckled and said, "My master said that it was a joint action organized by the ministers and astrologers of Song, Wei, Chen, and Zheng to spread rumors and set fire to the capital.

Xie Changan was shocked: "Really? Why would they do this?"

Jiang Li stretched out her little hand and smiled slyly: "Want to listen to Mr. Jiang's storytelling? One tael of silver."

Xie Changan couldn't help but recall that when they first met in the cold palace, Jiang Li told him that Concubine Xiao wanted to marry Xiao's daughter to him, and took the opportunity to ask him for one or two taels of silver as "information fee". He couldn't help but look at her with doting, and took out a gold ingot and placed it in her snow-white little hand.

"It's been three years, and your 'information fee' hasn't increased at all?"

Jiang Li giggled: "It's just one tael of silver. It's hard for you to remember it for three years."

Xie Changan's eyes were filled with tenderness: "I will remember everything you said and did."

Mingyue and Cuibai heard that the prince wanted to tell a story, so they quickly gathered around. When they saw that the Duke had given him a gold ingot, they couldn't help but say unhappily, "Prince, can you give me less?"

Jiang Li smiled and said, "You two are now fourth-rank sword-bearing guards, with higher ranks than Lord Shen and Lord Mo. Are you still short of this little money?"

When she was promoted to Princess, the rank of the guards around her also rose accordingly, and they were promoted to fourth-rank sword-bearing guards.

Although Shen Muchun and Mo Qilang were granted the title of earl, their official rank was still the fifth rank. Civil officials were promoted more slowly than military officials, so their rank was naturally lower than that of Qingfeng Mingyue and the other four guards.

Qingfeng Mingyue and the others were still dizzy. They actually became fourth-rank military officers?

At first I thought being a royal guard wasn't as promising as being a secret guard, but after following the right master, the speed of my promotion is like riding a rocket!

Cuibai was counting on her fingers how much her salary was, whether it was enough to listen to the prince's story, Jiang Li chuckled: "I was just teasing you, how could I ask you for money."

Xie Changan smiled but said nothing. This was a sweet memory between him and the little cat slave, and naturally he could not tell it to outsiders.

Mingyue and Cuibai attentively brought tea, fruits, snacks and pastries, and moved two small stools for everyone to sit on, waiting for Mr. Jiang to start his lecture.

Jiang Li narrated the story: "During the Spring and Autumn Period, one early winter night, people discovered that there was a star like a broom sweeping across the night sky. This is what people call a 'Broom Star'. 'There is a star in the Great Star', 'Great Star' is also called the Great Mars. The Bet Star swept across the Great Mars, and astrologers from various countries predicted that the astronomical phenomenon of 'Bet Star sweeping the Great Fire' indicates that there will be a great fire on earth next year."

"Another astrologer further predicted that a fire would break out in the capitals of Song, Wei, Chen, and Zheng on May 13 of the following year."

Mingyue asked curiously: "Did a fire really happen in the end?"