Strange Tale of Qingluan

Unhappily, the knock on the door rang, followed by Shi Chaojing's voice, "Zhongming, the funeral ceremony is about to begin, we have to hurry over, Zhongming, do you hear that?"

Su Zhongming opened the door, stepped over the threshold, closed the door again, and immediately followed Shi Chaojing to the Longevity Palace. Once there, before reaching the gate of the palace, his vision was overwhelmed by the white shadow on the open space in front of the palace.

Dingxuehou was also late, so Su Zhongming let Shi Chaojing into the palace first, and he followed Dingxuehou slowly. What's going on?"

"What the hell is going on?"

"Are you crazy, or are you sane?"

Ding Xuehou stopped, and replied impatiently, "Your Majesty always did some strange things at the beginning. The queen advised him to see the imperial doctor, but he didn't. Later, when the illness broke out, the queen was thrown into the well. He drowned, and later all the ministers jointly issued a petition to persuade him, so he announced on No. 14 that the imperial physician will diagnose the disease."

On the 15th day, it happened to be a full moon, and Yun Ji began to send porridge to King Wen again, and on the next [-]th day, it was like this.If it is said that she boiled the roots of the snow red clothes into a poisonous soup, and then used the poisonous soup to cook porridge and fed it to King Wen, then King Wen's continuous poisoning of the roots would be the same as being poisoned in powder form. The poison of the Snow Red Clothes is the same.

Su Zhongming thought secretly, and finally came to a result.

There must still be some poison left in the container she used to cook the porridge. If you find that container, you have found the evidence, as long as... she didn't throw it away.

Thinking all the way, he stepped into the hall and saw several people kneeling before the collapse, and the one at the front was Yunji.The woman lowered her head. Apart from her, all the concubines whom King Wen loved were crying, and Princess Shengshi was among those crying.

Su Zhongming gently pailed Ding Xuehou next to the pail, and whispered to him to comfort her, but he pretended not to hear, and didn't move a bit. When he saw this, he pouted immediately, and cursed him inwardly: Ruthless guy, she loves you so much!

The crowd mourned for a long time, and several young eunuchs brought up the coffin, carefully raised the body of King Wen and put it into the coffin, covered the coffin lid, looked up and went to the main hall, Chongtai Hall, for all the officials to bow down Mourning.As soon as the coffin was taken away, everyone in the harem immediately stood up and exited the Longevity Palace one after another.

King Wen passed away in such a hurry that he didn't even leave an order to establish a crown prince. For a while, this burden fell on Shen Shang, who had been handling court affairs for King Wen for the past six months. , There are 15 important ministers in the Zhishu compound, and the prime minister and Taifu are also among them.

A solemn funeral is going on outside, and in the quiet and dark small corridor outside Xingzheng Palace, there is a man in white clothes standing upright alone, with two Japanese swords hanging on the left side of the demon, the mask covering his face is lifted , fixed on top of her head, she closed her eyes, enjoying the breeze blowing from behind.

With a whoosh, suddenly a few men in black descended from the sky, knelt on one knee behind her, and said, "The matter has been settled!" The man in white opened his eyes without turning his head, and put his hands behind his back, "That man He didn’t leave the last words of Li Chujun, just let us guard, as long as we control the Zhishu compound, Wen Kingdom will be under the control of Mufeng Society.”

"Could it be that you want to use this bottle of medicine from Master Timu?" A man in black at the head took out a red medicine bottle from his front, looked at it, and asked.

The man in white laughed a few times, and replied: "Exactly! Just go to their bedside in the middle of the night, take a pill, crush it in front of their noses, let them inhale the cloud of black smoke into their bodies, choose When the crown prince is established, they will follow our instructions and obey our orders! It's really wonderful!"

The man in black stared wide-eyed, and carefully put the medicine bottle back into his clothes.

"Then how is Shizi Su?" The topic suddenly changed unexpectedly, and the man in white asked about the boy.The man in black replied, "The subordinate found out that he was out of the palace with the princess the day before, so I followed him secretly, and found that they were going to visit the market." Hearing this, the man in white groaned, and muttered to himself, "Here we are!" Come here, start fishing? This kid..."

The man in black added: "Later, he followed Ding Xuehou and followed him to a light building in Zuolinfang. That light building was still a south building. Later, the two of them came out together."

The man in white was shocked, and blurted out, "What! Going to that kind of place?" She turned her head, with a half-belief in her expression, "Are you sure you read it right?" It's very clear." The white-clothed man stood up and patted his forehead lightly, and began to talk to himself again, "When did he start to have that hobby? If I had known that, I wouldn't have shown him kindness back then. He was rescued from the hands of the gangster."

"Forgive me for talking too much," the man in black said, and asked a risky question, "Young sect master not only knows that Mr. Su, but also seems to... know him too?" As soon as he said this, the man in white's tone immediately became cold , even the eyes were cold and even dark, "You better not meddle in my affairs, otherwise, the end will be miserable."

Hearing this, the man in black trembled slightly, and hurriedly lowered his head, "This subordinate is guilty, and I will never ask about this matter again." The man in white stopped answering, pulled off the mask on his head, put it on his face, and said with a sigh. In one fell swoop, she jumped onto the roof tiles very lightly, and disappeared in an instant, and those men in black also stood up and followed her without a trace.

On the seventh day after the death of King Wen, the election of a new king began in the Zhishu compound. Su Zhongming was very bored waiting for the new king. Classes are held every day, and every time a class is attended, three pennies will be collected from the child.

After class, he wandered around in Dingxuehou's house again, which made Dingxuehou very dissatisfied. He sat on the porch and watched him run around in his garden from afar. Running counter to his emotions, he felt a little happy. When he saw him walking back along the corridor, he just remembered to remind him, "The Zhishuyuan has begun to elect a new master."

Su Zhongming stopped walking, but his expression was very calm and composed. He put his hands on the back of his head leisurely, opened his mouth, and said in a leisurely tone, "Let's see who is lucky enough to ascend to the throne."

"Aren't you going to fight? Princess Rui probably hopes that you will be the one who boards it. After all, you are Su Ruitian's bereaved son." Ding Xuehou tried to persuade him.Su Zhongming turned his head and glanced at him, saw his thoughts, lowered his hands, and replied: "You seem to have ulterior motives... If I go to fight, I will definitely need someone to support me, and then I will fall right into your arms, right?"

Dingxuehou said nothing, just looked into the distance.

"I understand what you think, but I'm not good at Nanfeng. It's useless for you to think about it. I don't discriminate against you and I don't dislike you. I treat you as a friend and keep in touch with you. I'm already treating you very well." Su Zhongming added .

The man looked outside, but his heart began to feel lost. He waited day by day, and when he told him that he didn't like the south wind, he was disappointed for a while. The hope was rekindled, but when he listened to him persuade himself not to think about it, the new hope was shattered again.

A man can make a woman who doesn't love him fall in love with him, but what should a man do to make a boy who doesn't like Nanfeng fall in love with him?This seems to be ten times, even a hundred times more difficult than making a woman who doesn't love him fall in love with him.

Dingxuehou suffered from no countermeasures, kept holding back in his heart, and did not show his love boldly. He was always worried that taking the wall against the wall would only get the worst result, and he kept this status quo. , The state of wanting to play the piano but not being able to play the piano is really more painful than a fishbone stuck in the throat.

In addition to the pain, there is another troublesome thing, and that is his marriage to Princess Shengshi.

After the new king takes the throne, she will be crowned as the eldest princess, and the two of them will get married in those few days. Not only them, but even the young man and the princess will enter the wedding hall with them on that day. He could only hold the long princess's slender body, watching the person he loved in his heart happily lead the princess to part ways with him.

——Just imagining this kind of scene in his mind is enough to make him depressed for several days.

The day of choosing a new king has just begun. Knowing that the only candidates who are qualified to succeed are the eldest son and the fourth prince, those royal relatives are still putting all their eggs in one basket.

On that day, the weather was fine, and under the calm roof tiles, with a clatter, large and small bags of gifts were thrown out and lay on the street outside the door.Someone came out and kept begging, even bowing and kneeling, "Master He! Mrs. He! No matter what, please do me a favor..."

"Get out!" A thunderbolt pierced through the streets under the clear sky, and the man in the blue shirt yelled at him mercilessly, "How many times do you want me to tell you? If you don't leave, I'm going to let the dog go!" Picking up the big and small bags on the ground, before turning around, he threw it angrily, "Humph! I can't rely on you, I'll find another place!" Whipping his sleeves, he drove away resentfully.

Watching the carriage turn around and the dust billowing away, He Wukui sighed helplessly and returned to the mansion. Just as he was about to step into the gate of the mansion, a gentle female voice stopped him, "Master Taifu, long time no see , but are you okay?" He Wukui turned around, and when he saw the woman, he was taken aback, "Princess Rui?"

Just as Shi Chaojing got off the carriage and walked to the front of his mansion with lotus steps, He Wukui hurriedly bowed to him and asked her to enter the mansion to rest.Good tea was brought up and placed on the coffee table next to her, but she didn't drink it.He Wukui asked her, "I don't know why Prince Rui came to Weichen's house, why?"

Shi Chaojing smiled and replied slowly: "Of course it's the same as those guests who were driven away by you." No need to ask for details, He Wukui understood the meaning of the words as soon as he heard them, and sighed , "Princess Rui, let's go back! I'm not the only one in the Zhishu compound, and my opinion is not enough to convince the public."

"I heard that the Grand Tutor and the Prime Minister have a very good friendship, and you are both in the Zhishu compound, isn't that enough?" Shi Chaojing remained calm on his face.

He Wukui said frankly, "It's because of the lack of military power... Prime Minister Yi has only a small number of troops. There is actually one person in the capital who is full of people. If this person is willing to serve the son with all his horses, then I will definitely do my best." As he spoke, he used the tip of his index finger as a pen, and wrote a few invisible characters on the case.

Shi Chaojing took a look and frowned, "He...?" He Wukui replied, "Exactly! He has a very good relationship with the prince, I have seen it with my own eyes, as long as the prince is willing to ask, he will definitely agree of."

"But..." Shi Chaojing hesitated, "My princess once heard that most of those subordinates followed his father An Guogong, and they are the subordinates of An Guogong, so he will not easily lead them to serve others. "

He Wukui smiled, "Princess Rui, you have to try everything before you know, maybe there will be exceptions?"

Shi Chaojing stood up, and after getting the advice, she didn't ask for anything else, leaving a sentence, "My princess, I will follow what the Taifu said, try it first, if it doesn't work, I can only resign myself to fate" turned around, and left the Taifu's mansion.He Wukui saw her off, watched her carriage drive away, then slowly went back and closed the door of the house.