Dragon Pattern Roll Set

Zhao Zhen and the fourth son were chatting, and they revealed the secret of the year.Qige's death was more or less related to Zhao Zhen.Zhao Zhen missed the date with Qige again because of Concubine Pang, so it makes sense that Qige has now become a ghost to trouble Xiangxiang.

Of course, this kind of reasoning is based on the premise that ghosts really exist.

At this time, the sky was covered with dark clouds and thunder rolled, and the big raindrops fell down.

Everyone sat in the gazebo in the garden, continuing the topic just now.

Zhan Zhao then asked Zhao Zhen, "Did the Emperor not know what Qi Ge wanted to say back then?"

Zhao Zhen shook his head in great embarrassment, "I really don't know. If there are any signs, I won't delay things because of listening to the piano. In fact, I thought it was because of Uncle Jiu again."

Zhan Zhao was curious, "What does it have to do with Zhao Pu?"

"Uncle Nine was planning to go to the border." Zhao Zhen said, "Qi Ge wants to follow, and told me several times."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang raised their eyebrows.

"You also know that Uncle Jiu is going to fight at the border. How can it be decent to bring a maid by his side? Besides, he is a rough man, and he would not take a maid with him even if he was killed." Zhao Zhen was helpless, "Many people persuaded Passed Qige, but she is determined."

Hearing this, Bai Yutang suddenly asked, "She is so obsessed with Zhao Pu, even if she really comes back, she should go to Zhao Pu, right?"

Zhan Zhao touched his chin and nodded—it makes sense.

The fourth son became nervous, "Is Guigui looking for Jiujiu? Will Jiujiu be in danger?"

Zhao Zhen patted the fourth son lightly on the head, signaling him not to be nervous, and said to Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, "I just talked to Uncle Jiu, he hasn't been harassed by any ghosts these years, It's all because he harassed others. As for now, didn't I kick him out? It's not safe to stay in the palace. The concubine went to Kaifeng mansion for this purpose. There is Bao Qing sitting in Kaifeng mansion, so ghosts and gods can't get close .”

"Actually, what I'm most curious about is." Zhan Zhao asked with great interest, "How did Qi Ge's ghost scare Zhao Pu back then."

Bai Yutang also nodded, "With Zhao Pu's personality, even if he was only a teenager back then, he probably wouldn't be afraid if a ghost with a green face and fangs stood in front of him, let alone someone he knew..."

Zhan Zhao nodded.

The fourth son also nodded, "Jiujiu is very courageous, the only one who is more courageous than him should be Daddy."

Zhao Zhen subconsciously glanced at the fourth son, and asked, "Your father is just a scholar, is he so courageous?"

"That's right." The fourth son nodded, "Daddy said, if you are timid, don't do it as soon as possible."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang silently felt ashamed for the doctors of the world... Not everyone is as tough as Gongsun.

"Actually, I was also very curious at the time, and asked Uncle Jiu about it." Zhao Zhen said, "He was passing by Furong Garden that day, and he said that he heard some voices suddenly, as if there was something behind him."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other—this is a bit weird, although Zhao Pu was still young at that time, his kung fu should be very good, who is so capable, and appeared by his side without him noticing at all?Does it have the skill of Tianzun Yinhou?

"Uncle Jiu said that he looked back and saw that no one was there, and when he turned his head again, there was a woman in red standing in front of him." Zhao Zhen continued, "He said that the woman's face was pale, but he recognized it as Qige .”

"Qige doesn't know martial arts?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Zhao Zhen laughed, "Of course not..."

Bai Yutang also frowned - he doesn't know martial arts, how can he approach silently?

"Uncle Jiu was puzzled because the other party stood in front of him, but he didn't look like a living person at all." Zhao Zhen recalled Zhao Pu's description, "He said that he felt like a zombie standing in front of him, and his eyes were nearly gray and white, and then black. mouth, as if about to bite someone. But it ran very fast, and its movements were quick, not like light work but like a puppet being pulled by something... Uncle Jiu kicked over two walls when he grabbed her, and then the movement made her The guards lead over."

Zhao Zhen said, and asked Nangong who was standing quietly beside him, "Tell me about what you heard from the guards later."

Nangong nodded, and said to Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, "I asked the guards who arrived first, and they also said that they saw a woman in red clothes, with a pale face like a zombie, and black lips shrunk into the wall like a shrunken bone. Then the Ninth Prince kicked over the wall, but they couldn't find the female ghost."

"Indent in the wall?" Bai Yutang asked again.

Nangong nodded.

Zhan Zhao touched his chin—even if Tianzun and his grandfather came, it would be impossible to retreat into the crack of the wall, what kind of skill is this?

"A few guards were terrified at the time." Nangong said, "Guo Furong Garden is near the Palace of the Four Seas, and there are usually accidents, probably not surprising."

"The structure of this house is against the wind and water, and the trend is weird. It doesn't get sunlight all the year round." Bai Yutang said, "There are ghost houses everywhere. Why is there such a house in the palace?"

Zhan Zhao also looked at Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen said, "Oh... the original purpose of building this house was because of the theory of ghosts and gods."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other.

"According to the legend, the Ghost Hall of the Four Seas was built during the Guangshun period, some say it was built during the Xiande period, some say it was built by Guo Wei, some say it was built by Chai Rong...Of course there are also legends that it was built by Taizu..."

The corners of Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang's mouths twitched, they looked at Zhao Zhen, what did they mean - could they be sure?

Zhao Zhen scratched his head, "I don't know very well, I didn't live in the palace for a long time when I was a child, not many people know about the past."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang are not entangled, it doesn't matter who made it, the key is why it was made for it.

"The Four Seas Palace is used to complete ghost marriages." Zhao Zhen replied, "It happens from time to time that princes die early in the palace. Unmarried people must have ghost marriages, otherwise it is said that it will harm future generations."

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were taken aback, "Marriage in the dark?"

"Oh!" The fourth son clapped his hands, "I've seen ghost marriages!"

Zhao Zhen looked at him, "There are a lot of folks too?"

"Yeah." The fourth son nodded, "The son of a rich family in the village died before. He believed a blind fortune-teller and insisted on marrying a beautiful 16-year-old girl at home. There was a family that owed them money, so the daughter It was used to repay the debt. When other people's bridal sedan chairs entered the door, they were all happy, but the bride of that family cried miserably. Later, Dad pretended to be a fortune teller to lie to them, saying that the dead should be against the dead in the dark marriage, otherwise it is unlucky, so they took the bride But it’s not so easy to replace the dead, so finally Dad got them a paper doll.”

Zhao Zhen raised his eyebrows, "Mr. Gongsun is smart."

The fourth son smiled, "That's right, but then the bride wanted to marry Daddy, and Daddy had to take me out to buy medicine to avoid the limelight, and then I met Zhan Zhan and the others..."

Everyone couldn't laugh or cry, so there is such a thing, I really have to thank that girl.

Zhao Zhen made the fourth son amused for a while, and then said to Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, "The dark marriages in the palace are also gradually evolving. At the beginning, they were said to be cruel, and they were all buried. Later, they were gradually replaced by living people." , Even widows, the dead seem to have been married to the dead in the end. It’s just that the dead were placed for too long, and the disease spread, so they were replaced by the living to be widows. This has been going on for decades. The building is spooky, with ghost marriage Those who went in were all young and beautiful girls who were scared to death or went crazy when they went in, and those who hanged themselves, jumped into wells, and took poison, there are countless of them.”

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang frowned and never parted, thinking that it's no wonder that these generations of emperors are all thin, chaotic harem and short-lived.

"Later, as the Four Seas Palace became more and more evil, the system of dark marriages was finally abolished." Zhao Zhen leaned on the armrest and held his chin and sighed, "After the Four Seas Palace is sealed, there will be fewer accidents, and after the Furong Garden is also surrounded It's completely clean, and there are occasional gossips, but it's no big deal."

"Sihai Palace and Furong Garden are really often haunted?" Zhan Zhao was curious.

Zhao Zhen looked at Eunuch Chen who came over with tea, and motioned him to talk.

Eunuch Chen sighed, "This old slave has been in the palace for decades, and ghosts in Sihai Palace and Furong Garden happen from time to time. Maids and guards encountered the most."

"Have you met your father-in-law before?" Zhan Zhao was curious.

Eunuch Chen nodded, "Yes!"

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang seemed interested.

Eunuch Chen said, "I met this old servant not long after entering the palace when I was a child. Near the Furong Garden, there was a woman in white clothes wandering around. I only saw the back but not the face. The woman's neck is old and long. , with a white Lingzi around his neck."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang frowned——Really?

Zhan Zhao looked at Nangong Ji again, "Isn't it true that you have encountered it before?"

Nangong was very calm, "Many guards in the palace have encountered it, but I haven't encountered it myself, but there are shadow guards who saw ghost fires during the night watch, and most of them saw lanterns floating in Furong Garden. In addition... It’s just that some guards saw strange shadows on the wall.”

Zhan Zhao laughed in his heart—it turns out that working in the palace is so exciting.

Bai Yutang couldn't help asking Zhan Zhao, "Is there one in Kaifeng Mansion?"

Zhan Zhao didn't answer, and Eunuch Chen who came to bring tea to the two of them laughed straight away, "Oh, Young Xia Bai, with Mr. Bao here, can there still be ghosts in Kaifeng Mansion?"

The fourth son asked Zhao Zhen curiously, "Have you met Huang Huang?"

Zhao Zhen asked with a smile, "Are you talking about ghosts?"

The fourth son nodded and nodded.

Zhao Zhen smiled helplessly, "Fortunately not, otherwise it would be miserable."

The fourth son laughed, "Is Huang Huang as timid as the fourth son?"

Zhao Zhen smiled wryly, "It's true that I'm not very courageous, but I can't admit it! If you're scared, you have to hold on! You can't scream out."

The fourth son blinked, "Why hold on? It's better for your health to cry out, as Daddy said, it's not good for your health to hold back when you're scared."

Zhao Zhen nodded, "But I'm the emperor, it will be a disaster if the emperor is frightened by a ghost and speaks out, so I have to hold on!"

The fourth son looked at Zhao Zhen sympathetically, and finally reached out and patted Zhao Zhen on the shoulder, "The Emperor is the worst."

Zhao Zhen nodded in relief, "Yes! You think so too?"

The fourth son nodded earnestly, "Well! Huanghuang does things he doesn't like, and then everyone can do what they like, so Huanghuang is the loneliest, and no one wants to be friends with you. Everyone is free Playing outside, Huanghuang is locked in the palace, how boring, I will suffer a lot in this life! I can’t go to Taibaiju to eat, and the dishes in the imperial dining room are half cold when they are brought to the table.”

Zhao Zhen stared at the fourth son for a long time, then hugged Ceng, "You are the most caring, they all bully me!"

The fourth son continued to pat Zhao Zhen sympathetically, "Let's bring hot pot to the palace to eat next time? The seafood sent by Bai Bai's family is fresh."

"Yeah!" Zhao Zhen put his arms around the fourth son in satisfaction, "I'll take you in as a godson! I won't return it to Mr. Gongsun."

The fourth son poked Zhao Zhen, "I'm a junior, I'm Jiujiu's godson."

"Then let's be brothers!" Zhao Zhen was rarely serious, and Eunuch Chen shook his head helplessly, and the emperor could only chat with the fourth son.

At this moment, several servant girls came over with the help of Qinglian.

Qinglian's complexion improved a lot now, and she changed into dry clothes. Just now, the queen mother knew that she was frightened, so she took her to comfort her.

Zhao Zhen asked her how she was doing very gently, and the servant girl who accompanied her said that she had been seen by the imperial doctor and she was fine, so she was a little frightened.

"What scared you?" Zhao Zhen asked.

Qinglian said, "Reporting to the emperor, this servant just took some shoots of the camphor tree near Qingyuan, and prepared to use them as incense for the Queen Mother. Suddenly I heard someone calling me, it was a woman's voice, I didn't see anyone when I turned around. At first I I thought I heard it wrong, so I didn’t pay much attention to it. I continued to walk in and beat the camphor leaves, and then I heard someone calling me... When the servant turned around, he found that there was no one around. I was the only one in the green garden. So I was a little scared, put my bag away and walked out. After walking a few steps, I suddenly heard someone calling me from behind, and something touched my shoulder... I heard from the old mothers in the palace that there are ghosts behind It's not easy to turn back when you pat your shoulders. If you blow out the Yanghuo on your shoulders, you will be entangled by ghosts, so I ran away. When I turned around the yard, I turned my head and saw a lantern floating behind me. I was scared. I couldn't even take care of my pocket, and I couldn't stop when I rushed out, so I fell into the river."

Saying that, Qinglian turned her head to look at Yaoyao who was yawning beside Bai Yutang, feeling so cute for no reason... This guy saved her just now.

Qinglian briefly described her own experience.

At this time, lightning flashes and thunder, and the rain continues unabated. The inexplicable atmosphere is very suitable for telling ghost stories.

The fourth son was a little scared when he heard that, Zhao Zhen took a robe and put it on him, and asked Nangong, "You took someone there just now, did you find the lantern?"

Nangong nodded, asked the guards to bring something up, and said, "The lantern is gone, but I found some burnt wood, which can be seen to be in the shape of a palace lantern."

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang leaned over to have a look.

The lantern was burned to the point of charcoal, and there was only half of the outline left, which could be seen as the lower part of the palace lantern... However, no one has used this style of palace lantern for a long time.

Everyone chatted enthusiastically, and Xiao Liangzi had been sitting by the gazebo, peeling longan, one for himself, one for others, and then spitting longan cores into the lake together.Hearing the conversation here, Xiao Liangzi suddenly turned around and asked, "Why is it that every time the haunted ghosts are either ghost fires or ghost lights, there is nothing new."

The fourth son asked curiously, "Xiao Liangzi, have you ever seen a ghost? That's right, Xiao Liangzi is also a prince."

Xiao Liang "tsk tsk" twice, and said to the fourth son, "Jin'er, those are all lies! There was a visit to Wolf King Castle once before."

Bai Yutang asked Xiao Liang, "What about the haunting?"

"Yeah!" Xiao Liangzi nodded, hanging his hands around Yaoyao's neck, and slid down.

Yaoyao flicked his tail...Xiao Liangzi landed next to Xiao Sizi, held his chin and said to everyone, "That was when I was four years old. That night, there was a court lady in a secluded place in the back garden of the Wolf King Castle Palace. , I saw a flying lantern, and she was like Lianlian, running around in fright. My mother was taking me to the garden, and kicked the lantern away. I saw the lantern was on fire, and then... There was a whiff in the air, and a shooting star flashed across."

Everyone was stunned, and the fourth son tilted his head, "Meteor?"

Bai Yutang thought for a while, then smiled, "Someone is pretending to be a ghost, hanging the lantern with a thin thread, and the kerosene on the thread is very flammable. When the fire reaches the lantern, the thin thread is also on fire. It is probably one of the threads. Kind of, it will turn into ashes when it burns, and it is slender and tough and difficult to find, it may not be seen at all during the day, but it looks like a shooting star in the sky at night."

Xiao Liangzi clapped his hands, "That's right! My mother found out the culprit later, it was a few guards in the palace! They conspired with a half-fairy outside the palace, and planned to make the palace haunted, so they could come in to catch ghosts and cheat money! By the way Let's talk about my mother harming the country and the people, hum!"

Zhan Zhao laughed, and patted Xiao Liangzi's head, "It's a pity that the wrong person was harmed."

Xiao Liangzi raised his eyebrows, "That's right! My mother is the number one tigress in Northwest China! Besides, if you dare to speak ill of my mother, my father will take advantage of them if he doesn't skin them."

Everyone listened to Xiao Liangzi's chatter, but Qinglian frowned and tilted her head, as if thinking of something.

Zhan Zhao asked her, "Qinglian, think about it carefully, did you see anything unusual just now..."

Qinglian seemed to have really thought of something, and said, "Although I didn't see the flames, I did see burnt marks on some branches when I was picking out the shoots of the camphor tree. The leaves were also cut into two." , and the half that was left looked burnt. I took a look and didn't notice it, but the tree itself is unlikely to be like that."

Qinglian was talking, when suddenly there was a "click".

There was an earth-shattering thunder, and the fourth son jumped up in fright.

Qinglian and the girls beside her also covered their ears.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang turned their heads subconsciously... and saw a tree in a garden not far away was just struck by lightning, and flames shot up so high.

At this time, someone shouted from a distance, "Qingyuan is on fire! Qingyuan is on fire!"

Zhan Zhao frowned.

Bai Yutang was also puzzled, "Such a coincidence?"

"What kind of garden is Qingyuan?" Bai Yutang asked.

Chen Gonggong said, "The place with the most trees in the imperial garden is mostly camphor trees, red cotton trees, longan trees, etc. There are also many fruit trees. It is the most suitable garden for escaping the summer heat."

Zhan Zhao got up and wanted to go to Qingyuan to have a look, but the fourth son reached out and grabbed his sleeve.

At the same time, the sky was completely dark, with lightning, thunder and strong wind and showers, the surrounding trees were blown to this side, and the guards entered the corridor to avoid the rain.

Nangong also felt that the situation was wrong, and said to Zhao Zhen, "Your Majesty, please go into the house and take refuge temporarily."

Zhao Zhen nodded and let everyone enter the study together.

……

Kaifeng mansion at this time.

Zhao Pu closed the window and added a cape to his mother.

The Eighth Prince also frowned, "What's going on with the weather..."

The Empress Dowager beat her back with her hands, and she also seemed a little anxious. She still has severe rheumatism, and she would feel uncomfortable every time it was windy and rainy.Zhao Pu remembered that the queen mother's servant girl went to make medicine for her just now, and it was estimated that the girl would not be able to come back when the wind and rain were heavy.

Zhao Pu said to get medicine for the Queen Mother.

The empress dowager was nervous, "Are you going alone?"

Zhao Pu was almost amused, "Mom, I'm not going to fight a war when I go to the kitchen to get medicine."

The old lady looked left and right, trying to find someone.

Zhao Pu has already run out.

"Oh..." The Empress Dowager was anxious.

The Eighth Prince held a cup and comforted her, "It's okay, this is Kaifeng Mansion, why can someone who is not clean come here?"

"That's true..." The Empress Dowager was still a little worried.

……

At the same time, a large group of people poured in outside the gate of Kaifeng Mansion.

Gongsun's umbrellas were all blown apart, and more than half of the coir raincoats and hats of the yamen servants flew away, and they finally ran back to Kaifeng mansion.If they hadn't stopped them just now, Gongsun, who couldn't find Qige's ashes, almost told them to throw away all the graves, but fortunately, they were dragged back by everyone.

Zhe Ying, who was holding the jar that Gongsun judged to be "not ashes", was soaked all over.

Ziying held two big coir raincoats to help Gongsun keep out the rain.

When he got to the porch, Gongsun looked at the drowned crowd, and then at himself, who was the dryest, and said, "Hurry up and change your clothes, take a hot bath, and I'll make some soup for you to drive away the wind and cold .”

After speaking, Gongsun ran along the porch to the kitchen.

……

Zhao Pu walked towards the kitchen, and halfway saw the maid Yu'er hiding in the corridor, circling anxiously.

"My lord." When Yu'er saw Zhao Pu, she saw her savior.She boiled the medicine just now, and now she wants to give it to the empress dowager, but the wind and rain are too strong, she is so weak that she can't stand with an umbrella in the wind and rain, and the thunder is too loud, she dare not go out.

Zhao Pu asked her to go back to accompany the concubine, and he could just get the medicine.

Yu'er breathed a sigh of relief and ran away quickly.

Zhao Pu doesn't even use an umbrella, he has deep inner strength, it is not difficult to keep the rain from getting on his body.

After walking a few steps, Zhao Pu frowned... It seemed that there were some strange sounds in the wind and rain.

Zhao Pu was taken aback for a moment—this feeling seemed familiar, he turned his head suddenly, but there was no one behind him, he turned back and wanted to go forward, but he froze for a moment.

A flash of lightning, the blue electric light illuminated the dark sky, the sound of thunder, the sky seemed to explode.The moment Zhao Pu turned his head, he saw a woman in a red dress standing in the heavy rain in front of her. Her black hair covered most of her face. Where the black hair didn't cover her, only one gray-white eye and pale eyes were exposed. face, and dark gray lips.

Zhao Pu stood where he was and looked at the man.

The "female ghost" in front of her still didn't have any aura of life, she slowly raised her head, at this moment, suddenly... Zhao Pu heard anxious footsteps and a loud roar, "Zhao Pu! Back off! "

Zhao Pu was taken aback, and took a step back, when a flower pot flew over by his ear, hitting the female ghost.

At the same time that the female ghost took a step back, Zhao Pu heard someone running from behind, stepped on the puddle with a bang, and then his arm was pulled, Gongsun rushed to him, took out a pack of medicine powder and pointed at The female ghost's face was thrown over.

The yellow powder scattered and was washed away half by the rain, but some still got on the female ghost's face.

Zhao Pu heard two "cough coughs" from the female ghost's throat.

Gongsun took out two pills from his waist and smashed them on the female ghost's feet, "You really are pretending to be a ghost! Don't cough if you have the ability!"

With another rumbling thunder, the exploded pills at the female ghost's feet splashed yellow water.

Gongsun stopped Zhao Pu, and saw large and small holes in the female ghost's trouser legs, which were splashed by water. There was a pungent sour smell, and the skin exposed under the torn trouser legs was not pale, but human skin.

Zhao Pu raised his eyebrows, and Gongsun wanted to smash the pill.

Looking at the female ghost again, she suddenly jumped back and flew up, like a kite being forcibly dragged away, "chucked" against the wall, and retracted into the crack of the wall.

Gongsun was going to copy the shovel next to the wall and smash it against the wall, but was stopped by Zhao Pu.

Gongsun turned around and asked Zhao Pu aggressively, "Are you injured? The goblin must be pretending to scare you!"

Zhao Pu looked at Gongsun, and saw that his whole body was soaked, his black hair was sticking to his cheeks, but his face was fierce, that expression would only appear on Gongsun's face when he heard someone bullying the fourth son.

Seeing Zhao Pu's stupidity, Gongsun reached out to touch his forehead, "Aren't you scared? That thing is fake, there are no ghosts in this world! Don't be afraid!"

Zhao Pu lowered his head and looked intently at the nerd who was half a head shorter than him, not much thinner, but bravely trying to "protect" him.

Gongsun also noticed that the "grey pupils" in Zhao Pu's eyes did not appear, which means that he should not be particularly nervous.When Zhao Pu was nervous, the gray eye would fade...but now both eyes suddenly darkened, as if both had turned black. What's going on?

Gongsun was about to roll over Zhao Pu's eyelids to study, when he suddenly smelled a smell, squinted his eyes and turned around, "Who burnt the medicine?!"

Just as he was about to rush into the kitchen to see what happened, Zhao Pu pulled his arm.

Gongsun was stunned, and then he realized that Zhao Pra had already entered his arms, hugged him, and hugged him tightly.