Yucuo of the Red Chamber

"I want to hear, what is Ai Qing's next condition? If possible." The emperor suddenly became interested.For this evenly matched foe and friend, I am a little confused, but fortunately he has no two intentions, otherwise he should be more careful.

"Oh? The great emperor will speak first." Buddha remained calm.

"Don't pretend to be like me." The emperor was a little displeased, thinking about it and said, "The next thing is, the Jia family, but remember not to involve others. The Jia family has a deep foundation, and the intricate roots have involved many people. The so-called law does not punish the public, but kills one to serve as an example. There is no need to turn the world upside down and shake the world."

"The great emperor said very well, many things are enough. I just hope that the great emperor can grant the marriage in secret, just give me an imperial decree. As for when to announce the decree, that is my business, even if it is kept secret all the time. Absolutely no impact." Regarding the Jia Mansion, Buddha had no objection, but thinking of what Xue Pan said, although the Jia Mansion's strength was exhausted, the world was unpredictable, and he had better take precautions before they happened.Even if the time comes to go straight to the bridal chamber, he will not hesitate, but there must be evidence.

"Oh?..." The emperor suddenly laughed, whipped the horse forward, and laughed loudly, "What a monk Hua, he only cares about girls in his heart, and doesn't care about anything else." Suddenly stopped the horse again, and his expression became solemn , shook his head and sighed, "It's so sentimental, thank goodness I didn't keep you there, otherwise I don't know how to suffer and cause chaos in the future."

"This is God's will, why should the emperor be surprised. I think, what if two leopards are hit, or both are hit?" Foye asked steadily, not daring to underestimate the enemy.

"If you hit both hits, you will agree. If you hit two, you will have two conditions. Does Aiqing want a girl?" The emperor laughed loudly.

"If you kill someone and I set fire to it, why does the emperor make fun of it?" The Buddha chased after him and replied in a low voice, then galloped away on his horse, his speed was like lightning, and the emperor was startled.When he came back to his senses, he stared fiercely at the Buddha's back and disappeared into the vast white snow before he went on his own.It seems that this sentimental monk is not so easy to deal with.And looking at his posture on horseback, one can tell that his skills are extraordinary.And young and strong, maybe...

The Great Emperor was thinking about it when he saw another gust of wind blowing countless snow.Opening his eyes, the Buddha came back again, looked at the stunned emperor and said with a smile: "I think it's not right after all, I have to borrow a few golden arrows from the emperor."

"But why?" The emperor didn't quite understand.

"For such a competition, you and I just need to know about it, and there is no need to make it known to everyone. I will leave it to the emperor for a while, so that I can show off my power in front of all the officials." Buddha replied generously.

"Well... Aiqing said very well. These things, or our friendship, are now being guessed by the world, so we should pay more attention. But it's only the same, how will we distinguish after a while?" The emperor asked earnestly , while reaching out and handing him dozens of arrows.

The Buddha took the golden arrows in his hand, and with a single effort, he folded off the arrows and handed them back to the emperor, saying, "This way, you will be safe. Please remember, the emperor, only those who are alive..." Without the arrows , It’s hitting a leopard again, it’s not so easy to die.

The Great Emperor was taken aback again, put away the arrow, nodded and said: "One hour is the limit, and I will see you here at that time." He is familiar with Shanglin Garden, and he even knows where there are many tigers and leopards and where there are many jackals.The emperor thought he had a good location, and he would have breakfast later and go hunting with his ministers, so it was not too difficult to set a time limit.

"If you don't go back by then, someone should find it." Buddha replied with a smile while riding his horse away.

Looking at his confident appearance, the great emperor has already lost, at least in terms of momentum, and if he loses his spirit, it will be difficult to win again.

Not long after the great emperor left, everyone in the palace woke up one after another.It's rare that I don't have to go to court in the morning. Seeing that it's still early for breakfast, I turn around and sleep for a while.After a while, there was noise from the direction of Yangde Palace. At first, I thought it was the wind blowing, but I was disturbed by the noise, or I couldn't fall asleep when it was time to wake up.Get up quickly, and the guards from their respective entourages will report back: something serious happened to the Yangde Palace, a puff of black smoke rose, and the Yangde Palace was almost burned to the ground.

What? !Jia She, Jia Zhen, Shui Rong, and the others were dressed in their clothes and ran outside with their shoes on. Looking up, there was indeed some black smoke in the direction of Yangde Palace. It was a palace with red walls and green tiles yesterday. It disappeared after a while, not covered under the white snow, but disappeared in the white snow, disappeared...

At this moment, I didn't care about the rules and regulations, and rushed in, but no one stopped me.I saw that apart from the residence of the maid beside the palace gate and other places farther away, it was basically intact; The stone foundation of the brick wall is still there, but it is also burnt gray and black. Because the beams and columns are all wooden, the roof of the hall has long been burned and collapsed.In the ashes of the ruins, there was a smell of burning. A few young eunuchs committed suicide and apologized. There were also a few maids who had been pinned down and guarded, waiting to be released.There were bursts of ghosts crying and howling wolves, which was horrible.

how so? !Jia Amnesty suddenly seemed to go crazy. Seeing that Jia Zhen had already come to the dormitory, with an anxious expression on her face, she knew she hadn't found Concubine Yuan, so she stepped forward and picked up a palace maid and shouted tremblingly, "Where is your empress? What's going on?" What happened?" The shrill voice made the listeners feel chills, Gong'e was so frightened that she cried and begged for mercy.

"My lord, calm down, let her down and ask, is there anyone else who has informed the emperor?" Shui Rong looked around and found that more and more people came, but some probably haven't gotten up yet, and some don't want to be troublesome, or they are with Jia. The government doesn't have many friendships, or even old grudges, so there is no need to be so active for a while.Shui Rong didn't care who should take care of this matter, so he hurriedly helped to investigate.

Jia She reluctantly put down the palace lady, but she was already trembling with fright, unable to speak a word, a more courageous eunuch came over and replied: "Go back to the lord, the empress wants to rest last night, send us all out to let you feel free." Let's play. Let's go to the Tang Zhongdian... After drinking too much, I was worried that the palace gate had been closed, so... went to rest elsewhere, and when I came back early this morning, it was already like this. Just now they went to the bedroom to find However, there are only some scattered... bones, it seems that the mother was burned to death on the bed. There are a few more neat bones at the door, as if they went in to save people and were trapped. These were originally from last night The person on duty also ran out, and for being so dereliction of duty, he naturally committed suicide." The eunuch explained while pointing to the eunuch who committed suicide underground.

Several palace maids nodded in agreement, it was indeed the empress who asked them to go out.Everyone gathered together in twos and threes to talk, but they didn't care. It was windy and snowy at night, and everyone was tired and sleepy. They didn't seem to hear or care.There were also a few maids who heard it and wanted to go to see the situation, but they didn't come back, and they were also burned to death inside.

Another eunuch said that the empress was afraid of the cold, so she packed the charcoal basin, and some said that there were not many people serving her last night, except Baoqin and Grandpa Xia.But now they were all burned, and some bones were broken by the pressed tiles and mixed in the wood ash. It was hard to tell who was who.Looking at the position where the bed is placed, there are several bones and a few smaller bones, it seems to be the empress...

That's it, that's all you hear.Jia Amnesty and Jia Zhen rushed to the sleeping hall like crazy, the place was in a mess, the bones were mixed in the charred beams and dust, and they really didn't even know who was who.It seems that not only the fire is big, but it also burns for a long time.Poor imperial concubine Yuan, she wants to earn enough face, she wants to monopolize the first palace, and the place should be spacious, so the farewell should be far away.Coupled with a night of cold wind and snow, everyone was tired and happy. Who would care about her and die alone in the sea of ​​fire?

Shui Rong managed to persuade Jia Amnesty and Jia Zhen to get his bodyguards to help them dress neatly, and they all went to the emperor's bedroom. Unexpectedly, the emperor didn't hunt much yesterday, but he went out early this morning.It's nothing new to say, it's usually morning time, so it's time to get up and go for a walk.The Great Emperor is diligent and considerate.But it was helpless, everyone who heard the news gradually gathered together, and waited for the emperor to come back to make a request.It is impossible to continue hunting. Some people feel a little unhappy when they think that the reward has not been received yet.

He flickered, waited for nearly an hour, only to see the emperor came back on horseback, behind him were three leopards, two big white wolves, and some other prey, all of which had golden arrows stuck on them.Two of the leopards were alive, and they looked at the crowd with open eyes in fear, with a hint of unwillingness.And the two big white wolves are also alive, you look at me, I look at you, I didn't expect that they were already captured, still loving each other, probably considered the best of the prey.Or this hunter is also a lover, and he even captured them both, so as not to miss them bitterly and heartbroken.

The Great Emperor hid the gloomy look on his face, was taken aback, and laughed loudly: "Hey, all my loves, did you come so early?"

Those who had nothing to do with Yuanfei Jia's mansion hurriedly praised and sang meritorious deeds.White wolves, like white tigers, are extremely rare, and are even revered as auspicious or even fetish objects. To some people, it is naturally a happy event to beat white wolves as a pair.And in the past two days, no one has hit leopards. It seems that they have seen them several times, but no one can hit them, let alone three of them were shot early in the morning, and two of them were captured alive.It is easier to kill than to capture alive, as anyone who shoots and hunts knows, especially leopards.In addition to being able to run while alive, it can also attack people in a hurry, which is very dangerous, so the praises are probably true.

Unexpectedly, the great emperor looked back and inspected the prey one by one, then laughed and said: "The living ones should be healed well, and they will still be let go after the cure. Hunting is to establish prestige, and releasing lives is to show virtue. If anyone dares to resist the decree, it will be treated according to the theory of great rebellion." .” Naturally, there was a round of cheers and praises from the crowd.