The Ascension of Ghosts

Before Lu Sheng went home, he changed his mind and went around to Tonghuafang to find Du Xiaomeng.Du Xiaomeng is a little beggar, only twelve or thirteen years old, but he is very loyal, he often learns a few boxing moves from Lu Sheng, Ji Chong and others, so although he is thin and small, he is very flexible and alert.Lu Sheng gave him a few pennies, and asked him to pay attention to the movement in Wei Su's house, and if Wei Su returned to the house, he would come and inform him immediately, and Du Xiaomeng patted his chest in response.

As for Xie Rong, if he returns to the mansion, there will naturally be servants from the Xie mansion to inform him, so he doesn't have to worry about it.

But Du Xiaomeng rolled his eyes, and said with a playful smile: "Lu Gongcao, if you are willing to add three Wen, I will give you another message."

Lu Sheng knew that the little beggar never talked nonsense, so he gave him another three pennies. Du Xiaomeng took the copper coins happily, and then pretended to be mysterious and lowered his voice: "These days, my sister from the south always goes to the old lantern alley, and she still carries food. Wait, the bamboo basket is empty when it comes out."

Lu Sheng asked, "Have you ever told others?"

Du Xiaomeng said: "No! How dare I tell others about Mrs. Lu in the future?"

He thought that Lu Sheng and Yue Nanlai's childhood sweethearts would get married sooner or later, but now that Nanlai was sneaky and mysterious, as if he was having an affair with someone else, he naturally kept his mouth shut, but it was cheaper for Lu Sheng, he didn't say anything, he just told Du Xiaomeng to keep his mouth shut, Then he walked to Yue's old house located in Old Lantern Lane in the west of the city.

As the name suggests, Old Lantern Lane is really dilapidated and old, and the residents are also mixed with dragons and snakes. , just got rid of the status of untouchables, and moved his family to Shitoufang in the east of the city, and became neighbors with the Lu family. For decades, they have become good friends of the whole family.

However, the Yue family still kept the old house in Old Lantern Lane. One is to show that they do not forget their roots, and the other is to warn their children and grandchildren not to indulge in comfort and fall into poverty.

Lu Sheng avoided the sewage all over the floor, endured the stench and found a small courtyard deep in the alley, without knocking on the door, just ran a few steps, lifted himself up, jumped up and hooked a piece of the dilapidated courtyard wall Protruding stones, turned into the courtyard, walked in big strides, and pushed open the wooden door of the side room.

The room was dark, but there was a strong smell of blood accompanied by the smell of medicine. Lu Sheng lit the lamp and could see clearly with his cold eyes. There was a wooden bed against the wall, and Shen Lun was lying on it. The saber on the ground, unfortunately, the fingers are weak, and even the sword weighing several jins can't be lifted, so he sighed and said with a wry smile: "Lu Gongcao is very skilled, how about coming from the south...?"

Lu Sheng stood at the door, but his face became more and more gloomy. He was extremely annoyed at Shen Lun, but seeing his old friend's face pale and tortured, he couldn't help but feel distressed, so he just stood still and said coldly: "If you really care about Nan Lai, Why should she be involved in right and wrong, and leave the capital early, wouldn't it be clean."

Shen Lun was short of breath, and his forehead was covered with fine sweat. He struggled to get up, but he couldn't even use half the strength, so he turned his head and said in a breathy voice: "Baoyang... I, I really have nowhere to go..."

Lu Sheng sighed inwardly, but he still approached to examine Shen Lun's injuries. He had multiple wounds on his shoulders, arms, chest, abdomen, and thighs, all of which were wounded by swords and arrows. Bone could be seen deep inside, which was shocking.Fortunately, Nanlai was properly bandaged, but due to lack of wound medicine, the wound has not healed yet, and there are bloodstains from under the white cotton cloth.

The management of gold sore medicine is very strict, if ordinary people buy in large quantities, it will naturally cause trouble.Nanlai has to hide his family and take care of the injured. Now this rare medicine is probably exhausted and collected by drip from medicine shops all over the city.

After checking, Lu Sheng went to the kitchen to boil hot water, took out the sore medicine that he brought with him, picked up Shen Lun's worst wounds, sprinkled all the medicine on it, and then wrapped it up again with a clean cotton cloth.

On the way, Nanlai entered the small courtyard. When he saw Lu Sheng, he didn't say a word. He only had red eye circles and bit his lower lip. He followed him to bandage Shen Lun and fed Shen Lun a bowl of medicine. The bloody cloth strips, silently went to wash outside the house.

Sitting by the couch, Lu Sheng saw that Shen Lun had regained his breath, and asked just now, "Who was hurt?"

Shen Lun smiled wryly again, but said in a low voice: "The Xuanwu Soul Suppressing Seal was destroyed by me."

Lu Sheng had expected it a long time ago, so he was not moved, he just looked down at him.

Shen Lun's breath became weaker and weaker, but he forced himself to take a breath, and turned to look at Lu Sheng, "As you said before, it was only to prevent Yun Xue from marrying, but unexpectedly it caused the unfortunate death of King Chuyu and his son."

Lu Sheng said: "Although you never expected it, the mastermind behind you might not be."

Shen Lun was seriously injured after all, and he was not as cautious as usual, and blurted out: "Could it be that my teacher..."

Lu Sheng laughed slowly: "So that's the case, is it Master Shuiyue's mastermind?"

Shen Lun tightened his fingers, and said calmly: "Baoyang, I serve King Chen Liu because of his great ambitions. Now the master is young and weak, while his relatives are strong, and the rooster is in the morning. There are heroes inside and outside. Miscellaneous Hus are staring at the tiger, and the government is weak, why restore the Central Plains? My husband and I fully support King Chen Liu. We want to abolish the Jiupin and revitalize the imperial examinations, regardless of background, recruit the world's wise men, strengthen the national power, and revitalize the government. It is for the benefit of the people of the world. It is not a pity to die with one's own body!"

He spoke impassionedly and exhausted his mind, so he had to press his chest and throb the wound, his face was pale for a while, and he couldn't breathe.

Lu Sheng sighed, "Brother Yunchang, if you really feel that death is not a pity, why did you run away when you were seriously injured?"

Shen Lun sighed deeply, his shortness of breath gradually calmed down, and he said in a hoarse voice: "Although I am not afraid of death, I am not willing to die in vain. Now Sima Qian is joining hands with King Chen Liu to remove the biggest obstacle. She proposed two conditions of exchange. The first One is to hand over the person who broke the seal; the second is to take Xie Rong's life. If she hadn't insisted on taking Xie Rong's life first, I would hardly have a chance to escape..."

Lu Sheng stood up abruptly. Although he had already guessed it, he was still furious when Shen Lun said it himself, "It's not my fault that King Chen Liu planned to break the seal first. In the end, she didn't complain, but she was born blind and blind, chasing and biting innocent people, there are such stupid people."

Hearing his anger, Shen Lun couldn't help laughing, the wound throbbed when he laughed, and his face turned pale from the pain in an instant, and he said after a while: "This princess is very smart, she can't offend King Chen Liu, Chu Yu Wang, she refuses to resent, so naturally she can only vent her anger on pawns like me who give up as soon as they say it. It's fine for me to be a child of a poor family, Xie Rong this time... I'm afraid there will be a catastrophe."

Lu Sheng asked in a deep voice: "Brother Yun Chang, what conspiracy does Sima Qian have?"

Shen Lun laughed lightly and said: "Eight words are enough: Frame the blame and put the blame on, Li Daitao stiff."

The storm was about to come in Taicheng Palace, and the emperor's seat was full of people kneeling in darkness.

Even Wei Su never expected that so many universes were hidden in the wooden box he took into custody that day.

The wooden box dismantled by Master Sunlight, now six wooden boards are neatly placed on the ground, the inside is engraved with complicated and difficult runes, and the bottom is interlayered.In the interlayer, a piece of sheepskin two fingers wide was taken out. It was old and black, but the cinnabar handwriting was still as red as blood. On the front was written the birth date of Pengcheng King Sima Sima Jing, and on the back were eight seal scripts, saying: "Designed In the sky, life will last forever."

Sima Qian's eyes were weeping, and she also knelt under her seat. Behind her was a bronze mirror on a tray with four sides. The cyan copper was mottled with rust, and even the dirt hadn't been cleaned up in time. dug out.

Gentleman Qingfeng twirled his beard and remained silent, but Sunlight got up and saluted him with palms together, and said softly: "Please ask the temple master, I have heard that since ancient times in the Central Plains, there have been four holy beasts guarding the four poles, and four fierce beasts that have caused disasters in all directions. The engraving on this bronze mirror, the little monk ventured to speculate, could it be the images of the four fierce beasts?"

Daoist Qingfeng glanced at him, but had no choice but to reply: "The poor can't make rash judgments..."

The queen's usual gentle expression was also a little dark. She ordered someone to bring the four bronze mirrors to her eyes, and looked at the front and back carefully. The emperor also enjoyed it with her. The inscription says 梼杌, but why is there a big black cat engraved on it, which is interesting."

In the Palace of Silence, everyone held their voices and kept their breath, but the voice of the young emperor reverberated quietly, but it seemed more and more eerie and strange.

The queen took his hand and said with a sneer: "Gaotie, Wuwu, Chaos, Qiongqi, the inscriptions on the bronze mirror are clearly engraved, Master Qingfeng can't make a conclusion, if he is so old and dim-sighted, Wuchen Temple should be done by someone else." Lord."

Daoist Qingfeng sighed secretly, thinking that today it would be difficult to stay out of the matter, he hurriedly stood up and said: "Queen calm down, the poor Taoist did not intend to hide it, but in fact this matter is of great importance, if there is a mistake, the poor Taoist will be blamed for all deaths."

The emperor said: "Queen, this Taoist priest is really timid."

Only when the Queen faced the Son of Heaven did she smile and said softly, "Your Majesty, this Taoist is afraid of His Majesty's heavenly power, lest he say something wrong and be dragged down and beheaded by His Majesty."

The emperor said with a grin, "Don't be afraid, Taoist. I, I don't cut off people's heads casually. You have something to say, but it doesn't matter."

The queen said: "Master Qingfeng, Your Majesty forgives you for your innocence, please speak up if you have something to say."

Master Qingfeng had no choice but to say: "Rong Pindao will try again."

He asked his attendants to bring the bronze mirror, held it up with a white cloth between his hands, turned it over and over to get a closer look, took a little soil, twisted it carefully, put it in the water for a look, and then saluted respectfully: "Qi Zuo Your Majesty, Queen, the four sides of the bronze mirror The mirror is exactly the treasured mirror for crossing the truth and transforming the four evil spirits of the Yuan Dynasty."

The queen raised an eyebrow, and said in surprise: "Master Qingfeng can see clearly?"

Master Qingfeng lowered his head, gritted his teeth and said, "See clearly, when Master Ge Hong taught the scriptures five years ago, Pindao was lucky enough to see the precious mirror."

The queen's voice became colder: "Gen Zhenren went to the lecture meeting, and I also went to the palace. This mirror is carved with the images of four fierce beasts, which correspond to the names of the four evil spirits. Use it well, use evil to control evil, and use evil to fight evil. It’s bad, but it’s a big murderer. Five years ago Ge Zhenren refined the four evil mirrors for King Pengcheng, but King Pengcheng said that this magic weapon was inherently ominous, and he ordered it to be destroyed for fear of future troubles. Unexpectedly... today Fortunate to meet the real thing.”

The emperor said blankly: "The empress knows this magic weapon really well."

The queen smiled sweetly, showing a bit of a little daughter's coquettish attitude, and said in a low voice: "Five years ago, my concubine hadn't been engaged yet... I went to the sutra lecture after Mr. Xie Rong. Ge Zhenren is Xie Rong's master."

The emperor laughed and said, "The queen was really naughty before."

The two chatted and laughed again, the emperor suddenly pointed at the wooden box, and asked: "The old things in the Chuyu Palace hide the birth date of King Pengcheng, and the treasure that originally belonged to King Pengcheng was dug out from the underground of the Chuyu Palace. Why? ?”

The Son of Heaven has a straightforward personality, but he is not a fool. Now that he asked this question, everyone's hearts sank. The Empress looked at the officials kneeling under her seat with a half-smile.

Sima Qian fell on the ground knowingly, and cried: "I beg Your Majesty to uphold justice for grandfather and father!"

The emperor hurriedly got up and left the throne, went to help Sima Qian, and said repeatedly: "Cousin, don't be sad, speak slowly."

Sima Qian held onto the sleeve of the emperor, weeping silently, her shoulders shaved and trembling, like pear blossoms with rain, I felt pity and choked up, and said: "I heard that the four evil mirrors can suppress evil and attract evil, Uncle Jinghuang He... announced that he would destroy this evil thing, but he secretly buried it in my Prince Chuyu's mansion, killing his brothers and feet, making people feel chilling!"

The emperor panicked and said, "Uncle Jing... why did he do such a thing?"

The Queen said: "Your Majesty calm down, whether Uncle Jing did it or not, why don't you call me and ask him personally."

The emperor said: "But, from Xuzhou to the capital, it will take a few days even if you go fast..."

The Queen smiled and said, "Although Uncle Jing is far away in Xuzhou, his son is in Beijing. Minister Yao."

Huangmen servant Yao Canghai took a step forward, and said in a soft voice: "Queen, Prince Pengcheng's son came to pay a visit to Concubine Zhou today, and now he has left the palace. It is said... to listen to Taolou to meet a confidante."

The queen laughed softly, "My son's confidante is all over the world, so I don't know if I'm busy or not."

The Son of Heaven said: "In that case, Wei Su, you should send someone to invite Brother Yu to come back again."

Wei Su hurriedly agreed, and went to "invite" Sima Yu according to the order.

He strode out of Taicheng, and immediately summoned his troops. Chao He and all the lieutenants followed closely behind, and asked nervously: "General/senior brother, what happened?"

With a solemn expression, Wei Su got on his horse, only looked at the dark clouds in the sky, and sighed in a long voice: "The sky is going to change."