[Red Mansions] The Road to Empress Dowager

One monk and one were both worried and fearful at this time, they were relying on the Fairy Jinghuan behind them, and what they did was to help Shenying's waiter go through the world of mortals, so they had some confidence.Originally, I had a good idea, but when I showed my ability, the emperor's officials would be afraid of them even if they didn't respect them very much, and they would think deeply about what they said.But he never thought that the overlord of the emperor's generation would directly let the Shenji Battalion and Gongnu Battalion of the Gongsheng Army deal with them.

They are extremely unruly.Of course, they are regular soldiers, naive monks.

Dashi Mangmang said: "You...we don't know who you are, but you ruined the great event of the fairy and the practice of Shenying's waiter. This matter has its own evil consequences."

Xing Xiuyan sneered: "All you talk about is some kind of Jinghuan fairy and Shenying waiter. If you do anything wrong to them, there will be bad consequences. Are they the way of heaven?"

Master Miaomiao said: "Immortals have their own reasons for doing things. How can mortals disobey the fate that the immortals have set?"

Xing Xiuyan looked at him coldly, and said, "Miao Miao is a real person, right? You are a Taoist in vain, and the "Tao Te Ching" has been read in the dog's stomach?" The world is not benevolent, and everything is a humble dog. Relying on life without giving up, success without success'. Heaven and earth bestow life on all things, and all things have their own development from birth to death. Big', if the development and fate of all living beings are recorded in the little life book of a police fantasy fairy, and the female fairy decides the development of all living beings, wouldn't it be against the 'big sky, the richness of the sky'? The sky has lost its 'broadness', why is it called the sky? Is the Jinghuan fairy bigger than the sky? What the Jinghuan fairy does is against the law of heaven, and you dare to help the evil!"

Master Miaomiao couldn't help being startled, monks are most afraid of the punishment of heaven, and what she said by citing scriptures does have basic Taoist rationale.

Dashi Mangmang said: "This... the fairy has boundless mana, so it is reasonable for her to do so."

Xiao Miao said: "What's the reason? I'm not a demon. Whether it's me, Lin Ruhai and his daughter, we are already in this situation and cannot change it. "Tao Te Ching" says: "The law of man exists, and the law of heaven exists. Follow Tao, Tao follow nature', nature is reasonable, and existence is reasonable. You are not afraid of retribution if you force against nature and participate in the natural and reasonable development of the human world because of the external magic power?"

Master Miaomiao said: "Aren't you afraid of offending Chixia Palace and Wahuang Palace?"

Xing Xiuyan said: "The real person Lingxu of Chixia Palace, I look up to myself, but as the 'Twelve Golden Immortals', he is an interpreter, explaining all the truth. Forgive my ignorance, let many innocent daughters surround the one you said He lived as a "shenying waiter" for him, and then in order to let him experience the impermanence of wealth and wealth, these daughters were all tortured to death like delicate flowers. When Qianhong cried, Wanyan felt the same sorrow. What kind of truth is this! If I see Ling Xurenren himself, you should ask a question! Legend has it that Empress Nuwa has the supreme merit of mending the sky, and it is Nuwa sage's great love for the world. If she taught all women in the world to be forced to a miserable fate around the stubborn stone she abandoned, she Would you be happy to see it?"

At this time, one monk and one could not help but think deeply, they had never met the real person Lingxu of Chixia Palace, and they had no chance to meet Nuwa Empress, who had long ignored human affairs.They still don't know whether the ancient legends are true or not, and they can only follow the instructions of Fairy Jing Huan. They dare not doubt it.At this time, he lost control after being sleepy for a long time.

Master Miao Miao said: "We, we don't know anything... We follow orders..."

Xing Xiuyan sneered: "You guys don't know anything, yet you dare to come here to trouble me, how brave you are! Since I'm not a demon, if what I do is against the destiny, the sky will not tolerate me, the world will not tolerate me, and the cause and effect are also my own. Don't worry, why are you meddling in your own business!?"

Xing Xiuyan waved his hand, and Zi Yue respectfully presented the imperial bestowed sword, the scabbard was inlaid with gold gemstones, extremely gorgeous.

Xing Xiuyan took the sword, held the hilt with his hand, and pulled it out with a clang, the cold light was overwhelming.All the ministers couldn't help being shocked, could it be that she really wanted to kill people according to her words?

After all, Xing Zhong was her biological father, and he couldn't help but exclaimed: "Mother!"

Xing Xiuyan didn't turn her head, but only looked at Tu Yuanyi, who just looked at her without blinking.Xing Xiuyan is originally a modern person, but she has been a Piao for a long time, and she has seen many lives and deaths, and she has been in a high position for a long time in this life, has hunted, and has been assassinated. At this time, her ability to bear is not comparable to that of ordinary women.

Xing Xiuyan thought to herself: If you are merciful today, everyone will joke that she is a demon and deceives the Lord in the future, and you don't have to be responsible for your words and deeds.Being in a high position, she is always kind and benevolent, but she has to set a bottom line.

Killing people is too challenging for modern people, she can only convince herself that at this time they are guilty of framing a noble concubine, she is just an executioner, and she is also like a modern executioner.It's like a job.

Xing Xiuyan mentioned that her spiritual power was far inferior to that of Tu Yuanyi, and said loudly: "People in the world can offend me! You can say that I am wrong! Those who say it are not guilty! If I have done something wrong, I will change it! If I have no wrongdoing, I can also tolerate it! You are rude for a while! But no one can say that I am a demon with blank teeth. Who in the world dares to say that I am a demon again, and come to confront me! I am a human being, why should I be afraid? If I am a demon, I will die If I hadn’t, I would never let you be lightly confuse the public with false rumors, shake the country, and frame the crimes of death! These two will be the end!!”

Knowing that she was really going to kill them, the monks couldn't help begging for mercy.

Master Miao Miao said: "Give us a break! We are just trying to give some credit to Fairy Jing Huan and Chi Xia Palace..."

Dashi Mangmang said: "The benefactor, spare your life, don't create killing karma..."

Xing Xiuyan said coldly: "Killing? How many people have you killed by relying on a little magic power? How many people have you deceived? Mencius said, "Is there any difference in killing people with stiles to make them tough?" Today I eliminate evil and do good ! You have violated the laws of the world, the crime is unforgivable, if you forgive me, what is the law of heaven!!"

Xing Xiuyan clenched her fists and took a step forward, thinking of her daughters with tragic fates, thinking of what would happen to her if she was branded as a monster, and thinking of the consequences of being forced to kill chickens and police monkeys to stand up.Being in a high position, there is no way to be kind without prestige, Xing Xiuyan became determined.

As soon as she closed her eyes, although she couldn't bear it, she swung the sword quickly, and everyone in the audience screamed, and Xing Zhong yelled: "Your Majesty! Don't!"

A smell of blood filled the air, and Xing Xiuyan made a quick move with a quick sword, and kissed the necks of a monk and a monk with precision. The two men stared wide-eyed in horror, covered the blood flowing from their necks, and then fell backwards.

And the four maids who followed Xing Xiuyan all screamed, Xue Jue and Jin Yao all fainted to the ground.

Xing Xiuyan's head went blank for a while, and she turned away blankly, still holding the sword in her hand, her body trembling a little.

Tu Yuanyi originally only said that she said she wanted to kill people with her own hands, but it was just a demonstration to scare people, and then she said that she would hand over to the people below for execution because she was afraid of getting her hands dirty, but she didn't expect that she would really dare to kill.

But after Tu Yuanyi was also taken aback, he found her fear, and quickly took down the pill.

Tu Yuanyi strode over to support her and said, "Don't be afraid..."

Xing Xiuyan was startled, and with a cry, Tu Yuanyi grabbed her hand and said, "Don't be afraid, it's me!"

Xing Xiuyan focused her eyes, looked up at him, and felt the warmth of his hands, so she calmed down a little.

"I... I really... really killed people..."

Tu Yuanyi said: "They deserve to die, it's all right."

Xing Xiuyan repeated again: "I killed someone..."

Suddenly, the audience gasped, and someone suddenly said: "Monster! It's a monster!"

Everyone looked at the corpses of a monk and a corpse, only to see that they had transformed into their original forms at the speed of the naked eye.

In a short while, all of them turned into their original forms, that monk Mang Mang was a gray dysentery dog, and Miao Miao was a weasel with one leg limping.

All the civil and military people in the audience couldn't help being terrified, unable to recover for a long time, even the emperor and concubine couldn't help being dumbfounded.

Xing Xiuyan's three views have not yet been reorganized, and the mind keeps ringing: one monk and one are goblins, they are goblins, they are not human.There are really fairies in this world...

Finally, the spiritual official shouted: "The imperial concubine has killed the demon! The imperial concubine has killed the demon!"

Then the ministers recalled it, and quickly knelt down and chanted: "Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the empress! Long live my emperor! Long live, long live! My empress is a thousand years old!"

Immediately, a courtier said: "The imperial concubine and empress slay demons and eliminate demons, and the merit lies in the community!"

Another person said: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, to have such a virtuous concubine by your side, this is God's blessing!"

Afterwards, the sound of flattery was endless, and when Xing Xiuyan made a move, the monk and the monk were in human form. At this time, he couldn't regain his senses to deal with all the officials, but Tu Yuanyi laughed loudly with joy.

……

General Shenwu Feng Tang was also the minister who went to Beiyuan to witness the confrontation between monks and noble concubines. When he returned to the mansion of Marquis Shenwu (formerly General Shenwu), his mind was still dizzy.

He has led soldiers all his life, but this is the first time he has seen goblins in this world.It was also the first time I saw a woman who dared to kill, well, it was a demon killer, and this woman's career was still a concubine.

Because the matter was tight, the Taoist monk appeared yesterday, and today the empress asked the Taoist monk to confront the imperial concubine. Some people said that the imperial concubine is a demon, and the story has not yet spread outside the palace.

As the commander of the Eastern Army in Kyoto, Feng Tang often stayed in the barracks. At this time, when he returned to Shenwuhou Mansion, Mrs. Hou would naturally serve him attentively, and it was very rare for Feng Tang to return to the mansion without going to Aunt Bai's place.

After Mrs. Hou helped him change his official robes, she was about to prepare dinner. It was already the twelfth lunar month, and the old lady above had passed away for four years.

Mrs. Hou Fang suddenly said: "My lord, now that Yingchun is pregnant, I wonder if Ziying has accepted Suxin as the second wife. Suxin was also raised by you. My sister and brother-in-law are just like this. We are all filial."

Although Fang never thought about letting her sister's daughter He Suxin be his son's wife, she had made up her mind before that so that her daughter-in-law would not win over her son's heart in the future.

Naturally, He Suxin is not good at being the main wife, because her parents are dead, and several uncles want to swallow her family property, after that, the Fang family sent someone to pick her up and come to Beijing.

Uncle He Jiatang was afraid of the prestige of General Shenwu, so naturally he didn't dare to fight for it, so He Suxin was able to live in General Shenwu's mansion with a net worth of 10,000+ taels.

Feng Ziying is not only the grandson of a prince, he is bold, and like his name, Feng Ziying, Feng Ziying, is not as beautiful as Xiao Jingyun, but it is hard to find in the capital.

What's more, there is such a thing in Kyoto, and He Suxin can't reach it, so she just wants to marry her cousin.Later, she also understood that her aunt would not let her cousin marry her as the main wife, because that would make her cousin lose the support of his wife and family.Although she was sad, she did not want to marry a mediocre person, she was willing to be a noble concubine or even a flat wife for her cousin.

Feng Tang came to his senses and remembered that his daughter-in-law Jia Yingchun was pregnant, and when he mentioned Jia Yingchun, he thought of her cousin—even though she was recorded under Mrs. Xing's name, she was loved by Mrs. Xing, and Concubine Chen also took great care of this cousin. .

Feng Tang couldn't help asking: "You talked to Ying'er and the others?"

Fang smiled and said: "No, I want to ask the master's opinion. If it is good, will it be done in the first month?"

Feng Tang snorted and said, "You women in the inner house, stop tossing about. What's wrong with your daughter-in-law? Is she not filial, or her status is not worthy of Ying'er. Do you want to give Yinger your niece now?"

The Fang family couldn't help saying: "In terms of status, the Jia family is really not good enough for our Yinger. In the past, the Jia family was prominent, but now we are a Hou family. The Jia family is only a third-class general's mansion. It is Jia Xing's family. So what if a noble concubine is born in the mother's family? It's not a queen anymore."

Feng Tang remembered what happened today, and couldn't help shouting: "Ignorant woman! If you dare to disrespect the imperial concubine behind your back, you will go to the Buddhist hall to stay!"

Fang said: "What's the matter? I just want Ying'er to accept Su Xin, and have one more person to help spread the leaves."

In fact, Fang was not very satisfied with Jia Yingchun and Mrs. Xing. Mrs. Xing would not let her go when she saw her. If she attended a flower viewing banquet, she would like to show off the jewelry and clothes that the empress gave her.Even if her wife is one or two levels higher in rank, she flatters her a lot, and no one thinks that her adopted daughter Yingchun has favored her son, which makes Fang very upset.

Feng Tang said angrily: "Your daughter-in-law is just pregnant, and you make a big show of taking concubines for your son. You are slapping your own mother in the face! Is there anyone like you who is married or enmity?"

Fang was not convinced, and curled the corners of his lips coolly, and said: "If Yinger hadn't proposed to hire Jia, would the Jia family be worthy of our family now? And the Jia Xing family is really not on the stage... ..."

Hearing this, Feng Tang couldn't help slapping her. He had never liked Fang very much. It was also the order of his parents and the words of the matchmaker back then, but it has been so many years between the two of them.But Fang's legitimate son is really favored by him, much more outstanding than his concubine sons Feng Zijie and Feng Zihao.

Fang covered her face, looked at Feng Tang in fear, and said, "Master, you hit me..."

Feng Tang scolded: "I have been in the military camp all year round, if you dare to play tricks on me in the backyard and cause trouble, I will divorce you!"

When Fang heard that he was threatening to divorce his wife, she couldn't help crying: "My lord, I didn't take care of any of the affairs in this house? You have no reason to fight for Yinger's concubine. I?!"

Feng Tang said angrily: "Why was it for the trivial matter of taking a concubine? You are not easy to offend people, and the title I have earned for decades will be destroyed by you? You still look down on your mother-in-law, and his son Jia Lian is in the military department Important position, the younger generation is really a capable minister, and the clan and princes are on good terms with him; the niece of the family is the imperial concubine, and the future is limitless! Which is the simplest cousin of the daughter-in-law? Are you trying to spread the reputation of treating the daughter-in-law harshly? ?”

Fang couldn't help being startled, but she was unwilling in her heart. Ever since Jia Yingchun entered the mansion, it turned out that a girl she had given to Feng Ziying had been dismissed by him.Although Jia Yingchun didn't look outstanding among the daughters of Jia's family, her appearance was far better than that of other daughters. She followed Sister Feng to learn how to deal with people and housekeepers, and she was quite cheerful.

After all, she is the daughter of the Twelve Beauties of Jinling. Feng Ziying also thought of being cousins ​​with his good friends Xiao Jingyun and Wei Ruolan, and since entering the mansion to welcome the spring, she has been favored by him.

Seeing her son being taken away by her daughter-in-law, Fang naturally felt an unidentified anger. A housewife like her is not very popular with her husband, so she will get sick unknowingly, and will always make other women like her , they feel better in their hearts.

Fang was afraid, but still said: "How could it be so serious? As a daughter-in-law, she should know how to be virtuous. Now that she is pregnant, she wants to accept someone. Isn't this a good idea?"

Feng Tang said: "What does it mean for a mother to take care of the affairs of her son's house? Whether she accepts someone or not, the son will discuss it with his daughter-in-law, and you don't need to intervene! You want to give your niece to your son. Do you feel sorry for your niece or are you trying to harm her?" You just don’t care about your niece, so you can’t hurt your son. Do you think your daughter-in-law is docile and easy to bully? The imperial concubine is a character who can kill monsters with a single sword, how dare you hit her in the face?!”

"What... Demon Slayer and Demon Slayer?"

Feng Tang briefly pretended that there were evildoers, but he wanted to harm the public with evil words, disturb the country, and falsely accused the imperial concubine as a demon. After being caught, the imperial concubine confronted him on the spot, and then the imperial concubine killed the demon with her own hands.When Fang heard that there was a demon, she shrank in fright.

Feng Tang said: "Anyway, don't cause me any trouble in the backyard. If your daughter-in-law has no children, it's still reasonable for you to decide to give Yinger a noble concubine. Here, the daughter-in-law gets pregnant as soon as she enters the house, and gives her a noble concubine as soon as she becomes pregnant." , Is it to praise your niece and daughter-in-law to fight in the ring? You want to use your niece to hit your daughter-in-law in the face, and you don’t want to see if your niece has the confidence! You should find someone to marry out as soon as possible. If you insist on this matter, I will I also don't recognize it!"

The trivial matters in the Feng family's inner courtyard are similar, and they happen in many families. Although it doesn't necessarily involve taking concubines, the story about Concubine Chen beheading demons spread quickly.Everyone is in awe, this is something later.

However, the person involved, Xing Xiuyan, judged the pros and cons of the situation at the time and made a decisive move, but afterwards he was in a trance.

For dinner, the imperial dining room prepared mutton soup for winter nourishment, and as soon as she smelled it, she vomited.

Afterwards, Tu Yuanyi passed on clear porridge and stewed fruit with rock sugar, and she couldn't eat any more after eating half a bowl each.

At night, she dreamed that countless dysentery dogs and lame weasels were rushing towards her to bite her. She kept killing with a sword in her hand, blood staining the world in her dream, but the killing did not end.

In the end, the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood obliterated her, and she yelled frantically.

As a result, when he woke up and found lying in the emperor's bedroom, Tu Yuanyi couldn't help being awakened.

"Xiu Xiu!"

When just waking up from a nightmare, the emotions still stay in the dream. At this time, Xing Xiuyan, who was driven a little crazy, heard the familiar voice, couldn't help being wronged, and burst into tears.

"Wow... so much blood..."

Tu Yuanyi knew that she might be having a nightmare, so he hugged her in his arms to comfort her: "Xiuxiu is not afraid, I am by your side, no matter what monsters or monsters can harm you."

Xing Xiuyan lay in his arms, trembling and crying for a while, and said: "I killed myself, and I couldn't finish it no matter how hard I tried. In the end, the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood drowned me. I wanted you to show up and pull me up, but you just Not coming!"

"It's a dream..."

Xing Xiuyan thumped his chest and said, "You talk so sweetly, and you ran away without a trace at the critical moment!"

Tu Yuanyi said: "Where do you come from? I'm always by Xiuxiu's side at critical times, but I don't care about things in my dreams..."

"It's your fault! It's your fault!" She cried and beat.

Tu Yuanyi was sweating profusely, but he still felt distressed, so he hugged her tightly, patted her on the back lightly, and said, "Okay, it's my fault, I will definitely appear in my dream next time."

Xing Xiuyan said angrily: "You dare to curse me to have nightmares again?!"

Tu Yuanyi was helpless, sometimes it was not enough to admit all mistakes to women.

"No. What I mean is, if Xiuxiu dreams again, it will definitely be a dream with me together!"

Xing Xiuyan wiped her sobs and tears in his arms, and said, "You are so beautiful that your nose is soaked, why is your dream a beautiful dream?"

Tu Yuanyi twitched his handsome eyebrows slightly, and he couldn't push her away from wiping her tears and snot, so he just sighed: "Then do as Xiuxiu says."

Xing Xiuyan thought for a while and said, "Sing me to sleep."

"what?!"

Xing Xiuyan said: "I vaguely remember that I had nightmares when I was a child, and my mother would sing to me."

"Xiuxiu is not young anymore." Tu Yuanyi pointed out the facts.

Xing Xiuyan shouted: "You don't love me anymore! I'm just a pitiful abandoned woman in the harem!"

Tu Yuanyi: ...

After a while, Tu Yuanyi surrendered. He patted her with his arms around her and sang aloud: "Zhishilang in front of Changbai Mountain, wearing a pure red cotton back crotch. The long spear invades the sky for half a day, and the round knife shines in the sun. Eating roe deer on the mountain, Eating cattle and sheep at the foot of the mountain. Suddenly hearing the arrival of the officers and soldiers, they raise their knives and swing forward. For example, if Liaodong dies, beheading will not hurt."

Xing Xiuyan sounded fine, but when she heard "eating roe deer, eating cattle and sheep", she felt something was wrong. She felt nauseous and wanted to vomit. When she finally heard "beheading", she couldn't help crying.

"You just bully me! You know I'm having nightmares, but you still sing 'eating roe deer, cattle and sheep, beheading' to scare me!"

Tu Yuanyi was confused, this thought was a bit wrong, he could play the piano very well, but he couldn't sing a few words well.

This "Changbai Mountain Ballad" is one of the few who can sing well. In fact, who dares to let the emperor sing him a ditty, he can sing one or two capitals, which is not bad.

So he coaxed her for a while, and she fell asleep in his arms when she was tired.