The sick beauty faints after the king begs for death [Double Piercing Books]

Daxing Empress Zigong was ordered to move the broken bar, so naturally it can't be regarded as a trivial matter.Although the craftsmen rushed to repair it in time, and finally successfully sent the queen to the mountain mausoleum at an auspicious time five days later, this did not prevent the ministers' excerpts from flocking to the emperor's imperial book case like snowflakes.

Since Ziweiling Gu Huan passed away, King Yuanning temporarily took over the post of Ziweiling, and helped the emperor sort out the memorials and organize them into categories every day.

Seeing all the courtiers gossip about their existence by taking advantage of the incident, the prince can't help but feel tired for the emperor:

It is said that the queen knew that the mountain mausoleum had not been completed, so she did not want to go;

There are also those who say that it is a bad omen and let the emperor worship the heaven and worship the temple;

What's more, it was because of the emperor's deep affection that the empress lingered and refused to leave...

King Yuanning put these papers into a pile and threw them aside, and asked someone to check the place where the big bar was broken.But the big bar had been repaired quickly, and the fracture had been ground and rejoined, so the craftsman had to be called to inquire. The craftsman said that the big bar was cracked because the inside was eaten by moths. Maybe the piece of wood suffered from insects on the way when it was transported all the way. But this kind of thing can be a natural disaster or man-made.

The matter stopped for a few days, God seemed to dislike the emperor's leisure, and a new trouble came...

The water transport canal of the Yao State passed through a place called Lushui City. The swift, wide and deep river flowed through the north of the city. It was originally a smooth section of the river. Because of the diversion of the river, it was divided into two, divided into the Shangchuan River and the Xiachuan River. , the upper and lower rivers bypass Lushui City, just enclosing the city in the center of the canal.

When the river was first divided, the flow channel became narrow and shallow. Originally, large water transport ships could pass, but now they are divided into small boats. In order not to delay the voyage, the fleet usually travels on the Shangchuan River and the Xiachuan River, bypassing Lushui City, and then reuniting.

It was Xiachuan who had the accident.

Xiachuan is adjacent to Lushui in the north, and a place called Yao'an in the south. Fleet accidents frequently occurred on the Xiachuan River. After careful investigation by the government, it was found that there was a gang in Yao'an. The water transport sailors competed for the right to escort, often causing blood to flow into rivers, and even secretly sent water ghosts to dig through the bottom of the ship. .

The local government stepped in to mediate, and the gang deserved to be fine, but the Xiachuan River fleet still had frequent accidents, and the gang leader swore that it was not the fault of his own gang members.

But even the official ships that went to salvage the accident fleet all sank and disappeared, and no one survived.The local area has already spread this story to the point that it is as legendary as it is legendary, and it has made people panic.

This matter was reported directly by the newly appointed Minister of the Household Department in the court one morning.

During the daytime, he listened and thought to himself, water transportation has always been a fat job, and later the Cao Gang was derived. The water transport sailors of Lushui City and the Yao'an Gang competed for the right to escort, which was very similar to the dispute between the main gang of the Cao Gang and the customer gang.

In the upward direction, some people suggested to abandon the river channel directly, but in this way, the transport capacity of half of the river would be difficult to support the transportation of salt and grain; some people suggested another branch; and some suggested offering sacrifices to the river god...

A group of courtiers were arguing and arguing endlessly.

Tai Shi Ling came out and knelt down, and said: "Your Majesty, since the time when Empress Daxing was ordered to remove the broken bar, I have been watching the sky day and night, asking for divination at any time. This matter should be a warning from Empress Daxing to Your Majesty."

Frowning during the day, he thought to himself that he had heard King Yuanning talk about it a few days ago, and the ministers had been chewing their tongues on this matter, but now, it really didn't happen.

He pinched the center of his eyebrows and said, "Li Aiqing expressly expresses it."

The Taishi ordered Li Sizheng to continue: "Empress Zi Palace of Daxing broke the bar because the bar was made of rotten wood that was destroyed by moths in the Lushui area. The timing of breaking the bar was not good, it just hit the critical moment when the Empress Huang Ling ascended to heaven. This caused the queen to miss a good opportunity, but once this opportunity is missed, the queen's soul will wander in the world for three years, and she will be reincarnated in the animal realm. She is unwilling to do so and turns into a phoenix spirit, hoping to attract His Majesty's attention and save her."

When I heard it during the day, what's the matter, does this mean to send me to Lushui?

"How to save?"

Li Sizheng kowtowed and remained silent.

Bai Tian was most annoyed by the appearance of these servants, so he said patiently, "Forgive your innocence."

Li Sizheng said: "Your Majesty must personally patrol the land and waters, bring a set of clothes that the empress loved during her lifetime, sacrifice to the empress by the Xiachuan River, lead the empress' Phoenix Spirit into the clothes, and send them all the way back to the mountain."

His words fell, and before Bai Tian made a sound, Wen Yibin said angrily: "It's nonsense, members of our Wen family, how could they practice for themselves, causing the death of so many innocent people!"

Seeing that he was annoyed, Li Si was neither humble nor overbearing, and said: "Master Wen, don't worry, death is also their destiny, and it's just a result of the phoenix spirit of the empress."

During the daytime, I woke up in the morning and sat in the hall for almost two hours. First, I listened to the report of the Ministry of Finance, and then I started to listen to the arguments of the courtiers, and my head hurt more and more.

If there are human wages in it, why lead him to Lushui City?The more I think about it, the more my head hurts.

Finally unable to hold back his temper, he said, "I've thought about it, let's go." Get up and leave.

After leaving the hall, Bai Tian felt the chaos in his head gradually dissipate.I didn't want to go back to the imperial study, so I strolled in the warm spring breeze, and unknowingly wandered to the Zhaixing Pavilion.

The emperor leaned on the railing alone to bask in the sun, and Bugo waited on him from afar.The warmth of the sun shining on his body made Bai Tian slightly squint his eyes, thinking that before the new Hubu Shangshu took office, he had checked out the five generations of his ancestors. He should be a clean scholar, and he should be looking for a job today. , to play things well.

As for Li Sizheng...

During the day, he had read all the files of officials above the third rank and above, but Li Si was just a third rank, and only because of his special official position, he could go to the palace at the court meeting. He was always silent, and he really ignored him unconsciously.

Suddenly there was a pressure from the Baihui acupoint on the top of the head, the strength was just right, I was in a daze during the day, I didn't care when there was someone behind me, and I wanted to get up when I was surprised.

The person behind said softly: "Don't move."

A gust of wind blows the smell of incense that King Yuanning is used to into the breath of the day.

The prince started from the top of the emperor's head, all the way down to the back of the ears, and then extended to the shoulders. He kneaded his acupuncture points with his fingers. After the soreness passed, the blood flow seemed to be smooth, and the headache gradually eased.

"Your head hurts again, is it better now?" The prince stopped, and after saying this, he turned to the emperor.When there were no outsiders, the emperor would excuse him, so he just smiled and nodded slightly at him.

Bai Tian raised his head and just met Wang Ye's eyes. I don't know if the sun was shining brightly, but when his eyes met Yuan Ning Wang, he seemed a little choking.

The prince laughed even more, and said: "You have a headache when your thoughts are heavy and your blood is stagnant. It's also the fault of that group in the palace. They quarreled endlessly. Li Sizheng and Mr. Wen quarreled all the way out of the palace gate. only to separate."

Bai Tian listened, scratched his eyebrows, pointed to an empty chair next to him and said, "Sit down, let's talk to you with your head up, your neck hurts too."

The prince smiled, sat down, restrained his smile and said bluntly: "Don't go to Lushui City."

Ever since King Yuanning took over the post of Ziwei Ling, he has indeed saved Bai Tian a lot of trouble. Of course he has his reasons for saying this now, so Bai Tian tilted his head to look at him, waiting for the prince to explain.

"Li Sizheng and Zhao Jin are in the same subject, one of them got the second place, and the other got the third prize. Not only that, the two of them have been taught by the same teacher, so they must have a very close relationship. But these two are very indifferent on weekdays. .”

Just listening to this, I don't think there is any problem. Maybe it is the Yangguan Road and the Single-plank Bridge.

In the end, the prince continued: "Zhao Jin's second wife is Li Sizheng's biological sister. On Li Sizheng's mother's [-]th birthday, Zhao Jin congratulated him on the [-]th birthday and gave it to the old lady in the name of the second wife."

This is not so common... No wonder Zhao Jin ransacked his home and thoroughly investigated the three clans, but none of his entanglements with Li Sizheng were found. It turns out that bribery by corrupt officials since ancient times is all fake hands.

Why did Xiang Zhao Jin, the dignified minister, want to curry favor with Li Sizheng, a small subordinate of the third rank?

The clue to the culprit that was broken in Beng'an County may have returned, and there is really nowhere to find it.

But Zhao Jin and the others just had an accident, if Li Si is the party member who slipped through the net, shouldn't he be dormant at this moment?

Bai Tian didn't know it himself, a faint smile curled up at the corner of his mouth, and then he frowned slightly.

King Yuanning saw it in his eyes and thought, it's better not to persuade him.

After thinking about it again, according to the emperor's current temperament, even if he didn't tell him these things, he would be able to find out by himself sooner or later, but he would still be troubled.

cough.

After a long time, I didn't know what I was thinking during the day. I didn't speak for a long time, but I just looked over the railing and looked into the distance. Finally, after King Yuanning poured himself a third cup of tea, the emperor stood up and stretched himself. lazy.

He caught a glimpse of the purple bamboo flute he was playing on the day the queen was transferred, which was placed on the bookshelf in the main hall of the Zhaixing Pavilion, and motioned for Bu Ge to bring it over.

The sound of the flute was soft and deep, the emperor closed his eyes, immersed in the music, as if endless thoughts poured out.

King Yuanning sat aside and watched, thinking again, who is he thinking about?Is it the queen, or the person he can no longer find...

Xu Shi stayed in Zhaixing Pavilion for a long time today, and had a dream during the day and night.

In the dream, he really became the foolish king Bai Jing in a trance, he was still the prince, married a young girl, the lights in the bridal chamber were dim, he lifted the girl's red hijab, only to find that the beauty under the hijab had died long ago , The eyes are round and round, and you can't die with peace.There was a bloody gash on his chest, and the blood was gurgling, as if it would never end.

The thick red was dripping on the ground, and it was about to touch Bai Tian's feet. He hurriedly backed away, but the blood seemed to be alive, and insisted on chasing him.

"Come on!" he yelled.

No one responded.

The beauty who had died in front of her eyes raised the corners of her mouth, showing a ghostly smile, and said: "My Wen family helped you ascend to the throne of God, is this how you repay it? How about..."

Suddenly, she jumped up from the wedding couch like a dead body, rushed towards Bai Tian, ​​and bit his neck.In panic, a person reached out to wrap his arms around his waist and took him away from the queen's control.

The man's face could not be seen clearly, but he also knew who it was.

Doctor Jian and King Yuanning merged into one...

Suddenly opened his eyes and sat up in shock.

A little soft light shines through the bed curtain, it is still night, and the surroundings are silent.Only the sound of panting in shock during the day and his beating heart made him feel that this dream was too real.

The young lady who was on duty at night listened to the hurried sound before the emperor went to bed, saluted outside the bed curtain, and asked softly, "Is Your Majesty dreaming?"

Bai Tian said nothing, and lay down again, but couldn't fall asleep no matter what.

After a few days of arguing among the officials in a small group, and one-sidedly pulling hands with the emperor, the emperor finally got his wish - taking a few close officials and a small team of imperial guards to go to Lushui City in disguise.

There was someone to talk about the departure, but he didn't have time to spare during the day. For several days in a row, he woke up in the middle of the night, always dreaming of the queen.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. According to his own mind, he shouldn't have such a deep obsession with her.He knew very well that the source of anxiety was the feeling of "out of control", so he buried himself in the imperial study these days and asked Bugo to read all the miscellaneous notes other than the palace annals.

Bu Ge didn't know what the emperor was going crazy again, so he had to dig out all the miscellaneous notes in Tianlu Pavilion, sort them out, and put them in front of the master's imperial book case.

These miscellaneous notes cannot be included in the official history, but they record some things that cannot be corroborated and difficult to distinguish between true and false. With the comparison of these "internal references", it really made Bai Tian find it on a parchment scroll that was so damaged that it was difficult to read. Clue—A hundred years ago, it was rumored among the people that the Yao Kingdom had a branch of the world at the beginning, named "Qionchuan Baijia", but after a long period of changes, the one sitting in the Golden Palace at this time is no longer the most upright branch when the world was unified. up.

The truth of history is mostly a combination of official history and unofficial history.