Happy Travels [Smiling Proudly]

As of the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, since the beginning of winter in the 39th year of Jiajing, there has not been a single snowfall in the capital and neighboring provinces.

There will be no snow in the winter, next year there will be a large number of insects and locusts, the famine is imminent, and God will take people.

The hearts of the people were panicked, and folk rumors were like wind: The Ming Dynasty has experienced ten emperors since Emperor Tai Zugao, and has never suffered such a punishment from heaven!Who is Skywrath?This year, the national treasury is so short that even the officials in Beijing's various ministries have been without a trace of salary for several months. The suffering of the people is evident.

Yan Song, the chief assistant who has been in charge of the cabinet for nearly 20 years, and his son Yan Shifan, who is openly called Xiaoge Lao, and many strict parties immediately became the source of public grievances.

It was not the emperor's fault that the fate of the country was in decline, it was the treacherous ministers' fraud, but there was an accident.

In the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, a fire in Xiyuan suddenly burned down the Longevity Palace where Emperor Jiajing practiced Taoism day and night.So the rumors of the government and the public quietly spread to the emperor again.A political tide caused by celestial phenomena has been undercurrent.

Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, and the capital is in full bloom in winter.And the last batch of reports from the neighboring provinces was rushed to the palace today, making people even more desperate: there is still no snow in Shandong, no snow in Shanxi, and no snow in Beizhili!

Emperor Jiajing, who had made several altars of worship and prayed for snow, finally couldn't sit still. The emperor who had always believed in alchemists and never listened to the analysis of the astronomical phenomena by the Qintianjian, called Zhou Yunyi, the supervisor of the Qintianjian, to Xiyuan in a hurry. Yuxi Palace.

He wants Qin Tianjian to find an example of no snow in the prosperity of three generations to prove that the lack of snow this winter has nothing to do with personnel.But the monarch and his ministers asked the right questions about the sky, and Zhou Yunyi's reply made Emperor Jiajing so angry that he smashed the Khotan jade pestle in his hand to pieces.

Yuxi Palace is really big inside, but it doesn't look like a "palace".

In the center of the house is not a Sumeru seat, but a simple rosewood chair with armrests around it.

Behind the seat is a huge copper censer with three legs and a cover. The lid is hollowed out according to the gossip pattern. At this time, faint cigarettes continue to flow out of the hollowed out place.

In the center of the north wall directly above the copper censer hangs a plain white framed nave, on which are written a few lines of thin gold regular script characters: "I have three virtues: compassion, frugality, and dare not be the first in the world";

The inscription on the lower left side of the middle hall is "Jiajing 40th year, first month, first day, Zhu Houjing recorded the true words of the Supreme Daoist Laozi";

At the bottom of the inscription is a big red seal, on which are engraved the four seal characters of "Loyal and Filial Emperor".

The four large pillars on both sides are square and equidistant about two feet apart. There is a long red sandalwood case in the middle of the four pillars. On the case are the four treasures of the study and three paintings. They are of different ages, one is about twenty-eight years old, one has just a woman's bun, and one is already some years old, but they are all the same person.

Emperor Jiajing, who was over fifty years old, still had long beard and black hair, his face was still young, and he was well maintained.

Although there was no snowfall, it was dry and cold, and the palace was still cold despite layers of curtains, but Emperor Jiajing was dressed in a single cotton robe.After entering the ear chamber, he removed the wooden cover, and after relaxing in front of the jade-carved urinal for a while, he tidied up his clothes and went out.

Going back to the inner room where the Five Elements and Eight Diagrams were engraved, I looked up and saw a painting hanging on the wall, with the emperor's seal on it, depicting a gentle and smart woman, who was still young, about thirteen or fourteen years old. She is young and has a beautiful face, almost similar to the emperor.

The eunuch at his feet knelt and picked up the broken pieces of the Khotan jade pestle, holding them carefully, going out one, and then came back another one.

Jiajing looked at the person in the painting in a daze, his affectionate eyes flickered, and he murmured: "Sister... I am so miserable..."

The Long Live Lord was barefoot, and the eunuch Lu Fang with the palm print was still kneeling, squinting his eyes and not daring to miss a few small pieces.Hearing the emperor muttering, he raised his eyes carefully and knew that Long Live Lord was missing Changning Princess again.

Lu Fang's head was almost imprinted on the floor tiles, and he said cautiously: "Long Live Lord, this hurdle has passed, the treasury has money, the eldest princess must be able to find it, Long Live Lord, don't worry."

Jiajing pondered for a moment, and said: "Well... Eldest sister has always doted on me the most, unlike other people, I wish I could be bad."

Cold sweat dripped from Lu Fang's forehead, and when she caught sight of the godson outside the door holding a sandalwood box, she breathed out and said, "Long Live Lord, it's time to enter the elixir."

Jiajing raised his eyebrows and glanced at the servants on the ground, and said lightly: "Hmm... the medicine master of Baiyao Sect is good, but I still feel hot all over today, unlike you, who are still shivering after wearing so much."

Lu Fang smiled and said: "Long live, your body is a fairy body, which is naturally different from the mortal body of the servants."

Jiajing said, "It's just your mouth."

Zhou Yunyi was immediately escorted to the Meridian Gate by the eunuchs of Dongchang, and his crown and belt were taken away.At noon, he stood upright on the sidewalk on the central axis of the Meridian Gate, looked up at the "visionary" sun in the sky, and waited to be entrusted with the imperial staff that all officials of the Ming Dynasty felt chilled by.

"By order, I will ask you one last time." A voice came from the direction of the Meridian Gate behind Zhou Yunyi, "Why hasn't it snowed since the beginning of winter this year?"

"I've already said it. The palace's spending is excessive, the court officials are greedy for money, the treasury is empty, and the people are struggling to live. This is a warning from the heavens!" Zhou Yunyi's eyes were still only looking at the "magical" sun in the sky.

"Ah!" The eunuch who asked behind him sighed in disappointment, although the sound was not loud, it was full of terror.

Feng Bao took a step back and stopped looking at him. His toes, which were standing outwards, suddenly turned inwards, and stood inwards: "Tingzhang."

This is the signal of Death Rod!The eyes of the four eunuchs met, and then all four pairs of eyes were closed, and the four court sticks took turns hitting Zhou Yunyi's kidneys on the back and waist.

There was no sound with each blow, and there was no blood seeping from the robe, only internal organs were crushed, and blood spurted out from Zhou Yunyi's mouth and nose immediately.

Martial arts are never used to kill people in the palace. No matter how many masters there are, they all die because of power.

Firecrackers on New Year's Eve and lights on Lantern Festival.The snow did not fall, and the lanterns were still on.

The rule in the palace is to light the lamps one day earlier than that of the common people. On this day, all the eunuchs and court ladies have to get up at the end of the ugly hour and light the lamps at the beginning of the Yin hour.There were many figures, and the lanterns under the eaves of the various palaces in Xiyuan were lit up one after another, gradually sticking together into patches of red.Seen from a distance, the patches of red against the boundless black sky, the eaves of the huge temples seem to be floating in mid-air in the red below and black above.

One eunuch picked up another eunuch's legs and lit another lantern. The eunuch being hugged was probably a little numb due to the cold, and the tinder did not ignite after rubbing it several times: "Damn God, it's not snowing yet. It's really cold." The eunuch who hugged him was startled: "Shut your stinking mouth. Let people hear you, if it doesn't snow today, you and I will be the ones who will be beaten."

The eunuch lighting the lamp finally lit the tinder and lit the lantern. Just as he was about to put the red gauze cover on, suddenly his hands froze and his eyes froze, staring fixedly at the gauze cover of the lantern.

A goose-feather-like snow sticks to the upper left of the red lantern veil!

Then another slice!

Then another slice!

"Snow!" The eunuch's voice was already high-pitched, but he yelled again, and it immediately spread throughout the empty night sky in Da Nei.

The boundless black sky and the silent snowflakes only show up when they meet the red light of the lanterns, patches of white and a little bit of red!

"It's snowing!" Immediately, many people cheered.

"God has snowfall!"

"God sent us a snowfall in the Ming Dynasty!"

Amidst the cheers, Lu Fang had a loving smile all over her face, and the party members walked forward among these cheering eunuchs and maids, Yuxi Palace was just ahead.Lu Fang suddenly stopped her speech.

A group of carriages also stopped, and following Lu Fang's gaze, everyone vaguely saw a carriage and several figures in cloaks coming towards the gate of Yuxi Palace in the opposite moon gate.

"They're here. Let's go and meet them." Lu Fang got off the mobile phone, and the other four eunuchs also got off the mobile phone.

Lu Fang took the lead, followed by the four eunuchs who held pens, and walked towards the oncoming vehicle on foot.

Although it was snowing heavily, the sky was still getting brighter.The pedestrian on the opposite side could gradually see clearly that although the fur winter hat on his head was white, the official uniform on his body and the cloak on his shoulders were all bright red. Color—the "they" that Lu Fang referred to were all the members of the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty at that time.

At the financial meeting, the two groups of people quarreled fiercely. In the final analysis, it was nothing more than "no money". The national policy is to grow more mulberries, raise more silkworms, produce more silk, weave more silk, buy it to foreigners, and earn a lot of money.

In this way, the three parties win-win.

For the two groups of people who left, the chief inspector was near, Lu Fang was in front, the four eunuchs were behind, and the eunuchs followed, and this large group quickly returned to the chief inspector's room.

The two eunuchs on duty immediately knelt down outside the door of the duty room.

Before reaching the steps of the guard room, Lu Fang stopped.

The people behind all stopped.

Lu Fang squinted, looked at the lights in the duty room, her eyelids twitched, and turned to the four eunuchs: "Today's Lantern Festival, you should go back to celebrate the festival."

The second-in-command, Chen Hong, obviously understood Lu Fang's intentions and knew that he wanted to distract everyone. There were people waiting in the duty room, and he was unwilling to do so, but he didn't dare to say it outright, so he asked around, "Then what about the duty?" ?”

Lu Fang said, "I'll come."

"Yes." The four big Bingbi eunuchs had no choice but to turn around and walk out of the moon gate slowly.

There are also a group of accompanying eunuchs standing in the courtyard.

Lu Fang said to them: "You all go eat Yuanxiao."

"Yes!" A large group of people retreated.

Only Lu Fang was left in the yard, looking at the valet, hesitating for a while, before walking over.

The fire in the big cloud copper basin was burning vigorously. Lu Fang, who had just entered the duty room, rubbed her hands, glanced around, and then her gaze fell on the person sitting in the armchair.

The person who came was wearing a black gauze crown, wearing a bright red shirt, thin winter clothes, that person did not feel uncomfortable at all, besides, although it was snowing outside, there was no trace of footprints on the ground.

"Eunuch Lu is really a busy man." The visitor said calmly.

Lu Fang settled down, then sat down on the armchair, and said, "The master of Dongfang Bubai's kung fu has improved again, just like the saying in the world is 'the best in the world', entering and leaving the palace is like no one's land." Obviously, Dongfang Bubai suddenly broke into The palace is dissatisfied.

Dongfang Bubai looked at the first eunuch of the Ming Dynasty, silently, it was only the second time he had met this eunuch with palm prints, and the first time it was an alliance for artillery.

"Presumably Eunuch Lu knows why I am here."

Lu Fang's fingers touching the teacup froze, she stood up, took out a scroll from the long box on the desk, and handed it to Dongfang Bubai.

Taking the scroll, he glanced suspiciously at Lu Fang, who was pretending to be deep, and unfolded the scroll quietly.

The painting is of a young girl, which is exactly the same as the one hanging in Yuxi Palace, but there is no emperor's seal in the corner.

Dongfang Bubai was horrified in his heart. Although the person in the painting was young, he was exactly like the person engraved in his heart, but this goddess looked different from that person, and her demeanor was gentle, it wasn't her...

"Who is this person?"

Lu Fang took the scroll, rolled it up carefully, turned her back to Dongfang Bubai, and said, "This is the eldest sister of the master Long Live, Princess Changning."

Dongfang Bubai smiled coldly, and said, "Oh? The emperor's eldest sister looks like a little girl?" Dongfang Bubai naturally doubted, took out a portrait of a young girl and said that she was the eldest sister who was nearly sixty years old, and where is this eldest princess? But never heard of it.

Lu Fang frowned, dissatisfied with Dongfang Bubai's attitude, but worried that Dongfang Bubai's martial arts could kill people invisible, and the current situation had to be friendly with the Sun Moon God Sect.In this way, he said: "When the master, Long Live, was still in the palace, Princess Changning passed away. It is said that she encountered robbers in the mountains when she was out for fun, and she died without a body."

It is already disrespectful to say that the master "is dead without seeing the body", and she cast off her cautious shell, and Lu Fang looked at Dongfang Bubai coldly.

Dongfang Bubai was already angry in his heart, and he didn't speak kindly, he said, "Then why does Eunuch Lu want to get the idea of ​​this person?"

Lu Fang packed the long box, ignoring Dongfang Bubai's anger, and said slowly: "Don't be angry, the leader of Dongfang, our family is just working for the Lord Long Live."

Dongfang Bubai stood up, stepped on the long box, brushed his fingers over the long box, moved his lips slightly, and said with inner strength, "Eunuch Lu will never forget the fate of being an enemy of this seat."

The words were like ice picks, piercing Lu Fang's whole body trembling, suddenly looking back, the terrifying person was no longer there.Exhaling a foul breath, he walked to the stove and rubbed his arms, covered in cold sweat.

At that time, Lu Fang was still an eunuch holding a pen, and the criminal supervisor of Zhenfu Division. The sky was full of fire in front of his eyes, and blood mud was everywhere under his feet. He fell down suddenly, his face was ferocious and terrifying, blood gushed from his throat, and he gradually became lifeless...

"Long Live's errand must be done."

Dongfang Bubai can kill, the emperor can also kill, and he can make you a master.

Lu Fang muttered to herself, took off her cloak, and planned to go back to eat Yuanxiao.

The author has something to say:

[Cough cough, Princess Changning is Jiajing's eldest sister, and because Jiajing's parents died early when she was a child, and her elder brothers and sisters died early, she lacks love. She is a proper sister-in-law who relies on the gentle and beautiful elder sister.However, someone looks (extremely) similar to this eldest princess, so...]

This chapter can be ignored, it feels like it reveals a lot~~~ Well, ignore~~

Sigh~I always feel sleepy these days, so... let me be lazy for a while~~~