Strange Records of Xijing

"The family that used to live in that piece of Prince Jin's Mansion?" Uncle Fu, who came here with noodles and buns, heard Pei Jingxing's question with great interest, and the wrinkles on his forehead deepened, "It's very good, why did the young master suddenly ask this? "

Pei Jingxing didn't want the old man in the house to get involved in these matters, so he said vaguely: "Some things may be related to the previous master."

Unexpectedly, Uncle Fu's hands trembled, if Su Yan hadn't had quick eyesight and quick hands to help Uncle Fu, the noodle buns on the tray might have spilled all over the floor.

"Young master, stop joking," Forbe forced a smile, but it was uglier than crying, "The former owner of that place can't say that, it's unlucky!"

"What's auspicious or unlucky?" Pei Jingxing saw that Uncle Fu had overreacted, and became more determined to help Su Yan, "Uncle Fu, you know me, and I never believed in such things."

Fu Bo tremblingly put the tray on the table, then turned around and closed the doors and windows tightly, then walked back to Pei and Su, and said in a low voice: "Master, what I'm going to say next, do you care?" Don't tell it. Daoist Su is the same, if these things are known to those who are interested, their lives will be in danger!"

After Fu Bo finished warning, he waited for a while, and seeing that the two young men in front of him had no intention of retreating, he sighed, and then said: "The one who lived in that place before was the deposed prince!"

"Prince abolished?" Pei Jingxing remembered, "Referring to the common man who was abolished as crown prince 30 years ago?"

"That's right." Uncle Fu shook his head with an ugly face, "That's why I said, the young master and Daoist Su must not ask about this matter, let alone talk about it."

Su Yan didn't understand these things, so he asked directly, "Why?"

Pei Jingxing knew very little about this period of history. He only heard Fu Bo's explanation: "30 years ago, the abolished prince suddenly led troops to besiege Xijing, intending to force the palace. Later, the abolished prince was defeated and committed suicide. For the common people, all his wives, concubines and children were murdered, and afterward, the late emperor ordered thousands of troops to trample the land to the ground, leaving no bones of the deposed prince and his family."

Even though Pei Jingxing had killed the enemy in battle, he couldn't help but feel a shudder on the back of his neck after hearing this story: "Since the abolished prince was a prince at the beginning, and sooner or later the throne will be his, why did he suddenly lead his troops to force the palace?"

"This kind of secret, how can ordinary people like us know it." Uncle Fu shook his head and said, "At that time, the master was only fifteen or sixteen years old. He just came back from the Southwest Rebellion and was recuperating at home. Because there were soldiers in Xijing The hooligans took advantage of the chaos to rob, and the master took a gun and stood guard at the door. Drink! As a result, two blind people came to the door, and the master picked him up with a single shot!"

Pei Jin passed away when Pei Jingxing was young, and Pei Jingxing didn't have a deep memory of this father. Hearing Uncle Fu's words at this time, it seemed that such a person really appeared in his mind. He was about the same age as Su Yan, with a dragon's head and tiger teeth standing on his right hand. Gun, standing behind the gate, like a majestic general.

Uncle Fu sighed for a while, and then said: "There are many casualties in Xijing, and people are in panic. Fires broke out in several places, especially the Immortal Pavilion in the palace. The fire burned down together with countless treasures inside. The late emperor Very furious, and saddened that the prince whom he personally appointed wanted to kill his father and seize the throne. After the prince was abolished, he issued a ban, prohibiting everyone from talking about all matters related to the abolition of the prince. Perhaps because of this incident, the former emperor suffered from He suffered from a heart attack and passed away within a few years. The previous emperor passed away more than a year before he established the current emperor as the crown prince."

Su Yan didn't care about these things, and hurriedly asked: "Then there are barbarians among the prince's wives and concubines?"

Uncle Fu laughed and said: "How can we know about the prince's wives and concubines? As for the Hu people, there are still several Hu people's concubines in the palace, maybe the prince also has some."

Su Yan didn't give up, and asked again: "Then Uncle Fu, have you ever heard of a dress? It has a phoenix pattern on the back, a hundred birds on the skirt, and several peonies on the front."

After thinking about it carefully, Uncle Fu nodded and said: "It seems that there is such a thing. Before the death of the first emperor, the first emperor ordered craftsmen to weave a phoenix garment for the phoenix, but before the phoenix garment was completed, successively Then he passed away. Afterwards, the phoenix garment of Bainiao Dynasty was finally completed. At that time, the noble concubine and concubine Shu fought fiercely over this dress, and their natal families also had their enemies because of this. One of Concubine Shu's younger brothers was beaten to death in the confusion. After the first emperor found out, he gave the abolished crown prince the Hundred Birds Chaofeng Clothes."

Pei Jingxing and Su Yan looked at each other, and they both had a common answer in their hearts - the husband that Xiannu said was the abolished prince.

After Uncle Fu said this, he was worried, and persuaded: "Young master, Daoist Su, although the former emperor has passed away, it is still difficult to mention the abolition of the crown prince. If nothing else, just talk about the current one in the palace." Speaking of this, Uncle Fu lowered his voice a bit, "If the prince hadn't been abolished, everyone would know who is sitting on the dragon chair now."

Pei Jingxing smiled wryly, no wonder the King of Jin didn't go to the national teacher, but came to Su Yan instead.

King Jin is nearly forty years old, so he must have personally experienced the coercion of the palace 30 years ago, the fairy slave, and the phoenix clothes that the fairy slave talked about, the King Jin probably knows everything about it.

"Don't worry, Uncle Fu, we have our own discretion in this matter." Seeing Uncle Fu's worried look, Pei Jingxing changed the subject, "Su Yan, you must be hungry, let's eat together."

After leaving Pei's house, Su Yan asked, "What should we do now?"

When Pei Jingxing was eating noodles, he already had an idea: "Go to Minglang County Lord's Mansion and find Pei Huaiyu."

Facing Su Yan's gaze, Pei Jingxing was confident: "I have a solution."

"So it's because of you that now Su Yan is coerced by the female ghost and must find Bai Niao Chao Fengyi within fifteen days."

In Minglang County Lord's Mansion, Pei Jingxing looked at his cousin seriously.

Today Minglang Princess made an appointment to go to pilgrimage together, Pei Huaiyu's father Pei Qiong went to a big camp outside Beijing two days ago, and will stay there these days.Pei Huaiyu was bored, when he heard that Pei Jingxing and Su Yan both came to visit, he was elated and immediately ordered his servants to invite them in, but he did not expect to hear such a thing from Pei Jingxing.

"This, this is all my fault." Pei Huaiyu looked at Su Yan with a guilty face, "Su Daochang, I will enter the palace now and tell the emperor about this, and ask the emperor to make decisions for you."

"Sit down! Don't you think it's messy enough?" Pei Jingxing pulled Pei Huaiyu back, pushed him back on the chair, and said bitterly, "Think about it, now that you go to the palace to file a complaint, the emperor will do it for a little Taoist priest." And punish the King of Jin? Can the King of Jin bear this tone? You are the son of General Pei Qiong and Princess Minglang, and the King of Jin can't touch you, so who is he going to get angry at?"

Pei Huaiyu thought carefully about Pei Jingxing's questions, swallowed her saliva, and glanced at Su Yan from the corner of her eye in embarrassment: "The King of Jin will look for Daoist Su."

Pei Jingxing asked him again: "Are you still planning to go to the palace to complain to the emperor?"

"No, no, don't dare," Pei Huaiyu shook his head like a rattle, and reassured, "Don't worry, Daoist Su, I will definitely not say anything about this."

What Pei Jingxing wanted was this effect, so he took advantage of the situation to add fire, and pulled Pei Huaiyu into their boat: "In the final analysis, Daoist Su got into this trouble because of you, you should always contribute now. "

"Of course!" Pei Huaiyu patted his chest and assured, "If there is anything Daoist Su wants to do, just ask!"

Su Yan didn't expect to ask Pei Huaiyu for help. Seeing the latter looking at him expectantly, he couldn't help turning to Pei Jingxing, asking Pei Jingxing for help with his eyes.

Pei Jingxing had already made plans, he ignored Su Yan's objecting eyes, and deliberately concealed the matter of abolishing the crown prince, saying: "Both King Jin and Princess Jin don't know who the female ghost is, which means that the female ghost is not the old King Jin's attendant." Concubine. Although I don’t know who the family who lived there used to be, the people who lived in the Chongqingfang generation are probably related to the royal family. In this way, you enter the palace and find a way to get the emperor’s permission to enter the palace. private treasury, try to see if you can find the Bai Niao Chao Feng Yi. Huaiyu, do you know what to say after entering the palace?"

Pei Huaiyu was taken aback by Pei Jingxing's words, and didn't care to think about it, nodded and said: "I know."

Pei Jingxing was not too relieved: "Then talk about it first."

Pei Huaiyu deliberated for a while, then said: "Let me tell you, I met an immortal in a dream last night. He said that there was a phoenix robe of a hundred birds, and ordered me to find it and present it to the emperor."

"No!" Pei Jingxing shook his head and said, "You have exposed yourself clearly by saying that."

Pei Huaiyu was at a loss for a while: "Then what should I say?"

It's not that Pei Jingxing can't tell lies, but the matter of Xiannu and Bainiao Chaofengyi involved the abolition of the crown prince, and he had to take care of the national teacher who didn't know whether he was an enemy or a friend, so he couldn't do anything for a while.

Pei Huaiyu simply turned around and asked Su Yan: "Su Daoist, what do you think?"

Su Yan, who was silent at the side, said, "You don't have to worry about this matter, I'll just figure out a solution myself."

"What method can you think of?" Pei Jingxing said, "Don't tell me you still want to sneak into the palace?"

Su Yan's silence was tantamount to acquiescing to Pei Jingxing's statement.

"Are you crazy?" Pei Jingxing looked at Su Yan bitterly, "Where can anyone just enter the palace? Even if you have supernatural powers, you must be sure to avoid the sight of the twelve guards in the palace. Have you passed the layers of protection set up by the National Teacher?"

"Yes," Pei Huaiyu chimed in, "Daozhang Su, it was my fault that brought you into this matter. There is nothing I, Pei Huaiyu, can do to help you. Let me go to the palace. "

In front of them, the two brothers of the Pei family sang together, and there was no room for Su Yan to object.

Su Yan was silent for a long time, and finally said: "You just say, you met a fairy in your dream, and that fairy told you that there was a cloud of purple air in the sky above the palace, which came from a bottle with lotus patterns. The fairy ordered you Find this lotus vase and enshrine it on an open pond in the palace to absorb the purest rain and dew in the world."

Pei Jingxing: "..."

Pei Huaiyu: "..."

It was the first time for Pei Huaiyu to see Su Yan lying, and he was already dumbfounded; as for Pei Jingxing, although it was not the first time, he was still shocked by Su Yan's lying with an outsider's face.

Facing the gazes of the two Pei family brothers, Su Yan felt nothing at all, and continued: "Most people in the Zhou Dynasty love lotus flowers, especially in Xijing. There are many bottles with lotus patterns in the royal family. You can use it to find bottles. If there is an opportunity, look for the whereabouts of Bai Niao Chao Fengyi."

Pei Jingxing nodded at the side: "Yes, and you must remember that only the three of us know about this matter. The King of Jin bypassed the State Teacher and found Su Yan. He made it clear that he did not want the Emperor to know. So Jin Don't mention a single word about Wang and Jin Wangfu, you understand?"

Pei Huaiyu was so surprised that she couldn't speak at this moment, she nodded repeatedly.

In order to avoid revealing his secrets in front of the emperor, Pei Huaiyu took a sip of hot tea, rubbed his face again, took a deep breath, and then sat down in front of Pei and Su again, and slowly spoke out what he had said.

Pei Huaiyu has always been held in the palm of his hand, with a simple mind, likes and dislikes written on his face, so lying in front of the emperor has become a big challenge.When Pei Jingxing confirmed that Pei Huaiyu's excuse was flawless and would not be discovered by others, he asked Pei Huaiyu to send a servant to deliver the post to the palace.If things go well, Pei Huaiyu can enter the palace tomorrow.

There was Pei Huaiyu in the palace looking for it, and Pei Jingxing and Su Yan did not have other places to look for clues.After lunch at Minglang County Lord's Mansion, Pei Jingxing led Su Yan to Guangde Fang.

On the way, Pei Jingxing asked Su Yan abruptly, "Do you think I shouldn't involve Huaiyu in this matter?"

Su Yan neither nodded nor shook his head: "I just think it's too dangerous for him to be involved in this matter."

Pei Jingxing did not agree: "He is not young anymore, and he is not a five-year-old child. King Jin plotted against him, but he didn't realize it at all. To put it bluntly, after my uncle and Princess Minglang went, he How to protect yourself?"

Su Yan looked at Pei Jingxing in surprise, "You want to train Pei Huaiyu?"

"That's right. Huaiyu is not like me, he still has a chance."