Reincarnation of the powerful minister

"You mean, the contents of this bottle have failed?"

In the inner room of the wing of the Marquis of Xian'an, Mr. He took the porcelain bottle from Ruan Hongjiao.

"I don't know what's going on." Ruan Hongjiao looked a little anxious, "Fortunately, my mother reminded my family to try the effect of the medicine after returning home. Just before going out, my family tried it with a chicken, but it didn't work. That's why I was in a hurry to find Mr. No matter what, I can't miss my mother's errand!"

Mr. He opened the bottle cap and sniffed it lightly with a hand fan. The unique fishy smell of snake venom was hardly audible.There was a look of resignation in his eyes, and he said calmly: "Maybe it's a bit hot and it's spoiled. It's okay, I'll make a copy for you again, at least it can last until tomorrow."

He got up and walked to the closet, took out a rattan box and placed it on the table.

Ruan Hongjiao looked over curiously.

Mr. Crane smiled slightly, and without stopping, he unlocked and opened the lid——

A brightly colored snake curled up and hissed out a red letter.Although this snake is not big, its appearance is quite ferocious, with circles of white stripes around its scarlet body.Looking at the shape, it looks a bit like a silver ring snake, but the silver ring has a black background, but this snake's background is as red as blood, and there are cockscomb-like tumors growing on its head. I don't know if it is a natural mutation or a cultivated species. .

Ruan Hongjiao screamed, "Snake!" Immediately, her legs became weak, and she fell on Mr. He.

Mr. He held her waist and said with a smile: "Don't be afraid. Huan'er is quite spiritual. With me around, I won't bite you."

Ruan Hongjiao was so frightened that her face was pale and her eyes filled with tears. It was a tree of pear blossoms with rain that I still pitied.She said in a trembling voice: "My family was almost bitten by a poisonous snake when I was young. I'm really afraid... I can't do it anymore. My family can't bear it, so I went out to avoid it."

She rushed outside tremblingly, opened the door and was about to go out.A gust of wind mixed with water vapor blew in the face, accompanied by loud noises of lightning and thunder.The heavy rain whipped the earth, and the water flowed under the eaves.

The rain splashed all over her head and face, Ruan Hongjiao exclaimed again, closed the door subconsciously, leaned her back against the door panel and gasped for breath.

"My makeup was ruined by the rain." She raised her sleeves to cover her face, and said embarrassingly, "I can't just do what my mother told me...do you have a mirror here, sir, can you borrow it, so that my slave can touch up her makeup?" .”

The square table next to the bed in the inner bedroom has a large mirror, which is used for combing hair and dressing.

Mr. He said gently: "Of course, Auntie, please do it yourself."

Dressing up at a daughter's house is a private matter in the boudoir, and it is inconvenient for non-husbands to look at it.Mr. He came to the outside room with the box in his arms very gracefully, and made room for her.

Ruan Hongjiao thanked her, bypassed the box from a distance, entered the inner room, sat in front of the square table, and placed the makeup powder box, rouge jar, etc. on the table one by one.

She looked at herself in the mirror - her face was as white as paper, but her eyes were as intense as fire - and she took a deep breath.

Outside, Mr. He stretched out his hand to pick up the snake from the box, and gently squeezed the two fingers on both sides of the snake's kiss.The snake's mouth was wide open, and the curved and sharp jade-white hook teeth were exposed, shining coldly under the lamp.

There was a slight sound coming from the inner room, like the soft sound of bottles and jars colliding when putting on makeup.Mr. He looked down at the snake, smiled, picked up a bamboo tube, and fastened the snake's teeth to the mouth of the tube covered with thin skin.

Ruan Hongjiao was holding the rouge jar with her left hand, pushing the porcelain cover with her thumb from time to time, making a crisp sound, while tiptoeing around to search.The heavy rain and thunder outside the window covered up her faint movements.

Cabinets, drawers, bookshelves, hidden compartments at the head and end of the bed... She quickly searched for several possible hiding places, but found nothing.

The reason to touch up makeup can't be delayed for too long, Mr. He will come in at any time after extracting the snake venom.Ruan Hongjiao was very anxious, fine beads of sweat oozed from the forehead.

She turned around and scanned the entire dormitory again, her eyes suddenly stopped on a box next to the piano table.

The box was placed there stately, with an incense burner pressed on it, like a stepping stone.The brass hinges that connect the upper and lower boxes are polished, apparently being opened frequently.

It's dark under the lights!Ruan Hongjiao's eyes lit up, and she went to remove the incense burner and opened the unlocked box.

There are a lot of objects neatly stacked inside. Ruan Hongjiao saw the Luanfeng Yingluo and the scripture portrait sent by Concubine Wei at first glance, and then scrolled down, there is also a blood scripture written in Sanskrit and a copy of the scriptures. "Worship of Concubine Concubine".

Ruan Hongjiao didn't have time to think about why Mr. He kept the sacrificial oration written by His Highness the Crown Prince.She hastily flipped to the bottom of the box and pulled out a strange piece of iron.

Both sides of the iron sheet are bent downwards, in the shape of a tile, about a foot long and five or six inches wide, with rows of neat gold characters in regular script inlaid on the surface.Perhaps because of the age, the gold paint has peeled off, but the handwriting is still faintly legible.

Ruan Hongjiao moved the iron piece closer to the light, and carefully analyzed the words:

...From the dragon to the tripod, it has made great contributions to the country.Qing Shu died nine times, and his descendants died three times...

what is this?

"This is the golden book and iron coupon." A voice beside his ear said quietly.

Ruan Hongjiao was shocked, and the iron piece dropped.

Mr. He caught it in time before it hit the ground, and put it back in Ruan Hongjiao's hands: "It's okay, Auntie will continue to watch."

Looking at the red-crowned corona hissing around Mr. He's wrist, Ruan Hongjiao was short of breath and her clothes were drenched with sweat.

Mr. He held her finger, moved it on the iron certificate, and patiently explained: "Look here...the vacuum leader smells the fragrance, the iron certificate was awarded to him...and here, it's about his achievements. The crowd supported Emperor Taizu as the King of Ming Dynasty in troubled times, and then followed the army to conquer the unjust former dynasty, and made the contribution of Conglong Dingding. "Qing Shu died nine times, and his descendants died three times", which means exempting himself from nine times and his descendants three times from the death penalty .But after being exempted from the sentence, the title and salary will be changed, and no rewards will be retained, and only the coupons will be exchanged for life."

"This is what the common people say, the gold medal to avoid death." Mr. He's voice was soft, and the white silk clothes shrouded in light seemed to faint with a holy shimmer, making that young and handsome face look like a heavenly man.

But what he said was filled with the smell of old blood: "Jinkou Yuyan, Emperor Taizu couldn't take it back, so he thought of a temporary method-after the army encircled and captured Wen Xiang, he ordered him to be cut nine times, each time They are not at the critical point, and each is counted as one death. In the last tenth knife, his throat was cut just now, ending this kind of grace that is no different from the death penalty."

Ruan Hongjiao shuddered and asked in a shy voice, "Are you..."

"Hush." ​​Mr. He put his finger on her lips, "I have kept this iron certificate for many years, and I don't want it to be discovered by the court, because once it is discovered, it will be destroyed. No one will ever know."

With the snake kiss close to her nose, Ruan Hongjiao was almost breathless, but she still insisted on asking, "What is your relationship with the Vacuum Sect?"

"I am the closed disciple of the previous leader," Mr. He said slowly, "the only one."

Ruan Hongjiao didn't know what entanglement the Vacuum Cult had with the imperial court. She only heard that the Emperor Taizu banned the Cult in the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China, so she asked again: "Are you the current leader? The Vacuum Cult has brought disaster to the country and the people in order to avenge the court?"

Mr. He smiled: "People in the world have misunderstood me a lot, and it seems that you are no exception...but it's okay, once you realize the truth of the impermanence of life and death, you will naturally understand it."

Life and death are impermanent, how to experience... death, you will be transparent?Ruan Hongjiao shook her head in amazement.

Mr. He put the iron coupon back into the box, and put his hand into her skirt.

Ruan Hongjiao's eyes shone sharply in despair, she turned around and put her arms around Mr. He's neck, and said in a flattering voice: "I don't want to be transparent, I'd rather be oblivious and enjoy myself in time—"

"Empty and form are the same, form is emptiness, and the nature of all dharmas is empty." Mr. He said in a tone of earnest teaching, and at the same time, he drew a sachet that was worn next to Ruan Hongjiao's chest.

He tore off the tie, took out a small roll of paper from the sachet, unfolded it and glanced at it, then smiled lightly: "Everyone considers prostitutes to be lowly, and they can be bought easily with money and silk. But Su Qinghe is much smarter than ordinary people A lot, what he buys is not money, but love. Only in this way can you give up your heart and be willing to go up the mountain of swords and down the sea of ​​fire for him... He is such a wonderful person! I want to play more games with him more and more. "

Master Su is not what you said, don't judge others by yourself!Ruan Hongjiao really wanted to refute loudly, but suddenly felt disdain.She knew that she couldn't be kind today, but her frightened heart calmed down, she took the note from Mr. He's hand, put it back into the sachet, and held it tightly in the palm of her hand.

"You do it." She said coldly.

Mr. He looked at her appreciatively, nodded and said, "I will chant sutras for you, so that you can return to your hometown of vacuum as soon as possible."

He moved his fingers.The red crowned silver ring snake raised its neck, opened its mouth and released its teeth.

The roof burst suddenly, and the tiles fell, two cold lights fell from the sky, one aimed directly at Mr. He, and the other shot at the poisonous snake in front of Ruan Hongjiao.

Ruan Hongjiao fell backward in panic, the cold light brushed past her door, cutting off the head and neck of the red-crowned corona.

The snake decapitated but did not die.The body of the snake curled up and fell, but the head of the snake still rushed forward with inertia, and its fangs plunged into the side of Ruan Hongjiao's face.

Ruan Hongjiao screamed, grabbed the snake's head and yanked it out, but the flesh was caught by the snake's teeth and couldn't get out instantly.The cold light followed closely behind, peeled off that layer of flesh, and was thrown out together with the snake's head.

Immediately, blood flowed profusely. Ruan Hongjiao clutched her left lower jaw that was missing a piece of flesh, bit the root of her tooth tightly, and stopped crying out in pain.

Her scalp burst from the pain, her eyes filled with tears, and she saw two figures flying around the room, the cold light mixed with Mr. He's white clothes.

The outline of light and shadow in front of her eyes became more and more blurred, she suddenly thought of something, groping around the corner of the table with her bloodstained hands, she finally found the box, and hugged it tightly in her arms.The darkness finally engulfed everything, no matter how hard she was to support herself, she fainted to the ground.

The quiet streets and alleys in the middle of the night were crushed by the dense and urgent sound of horseshoes.

Su Yan led a team of horsemen, brought a thunderstorm into the gate of the Yishan Bureau, and shouted loudly: "I am Su Yan, the servant of the East Palace, please see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

The guards of the East Palace were sheltering from the rain under the corridor, they were startled by this sudden change, they were besieging them with weapons in hand, they were stunned when they heard the sound.The leader recognized Su Yan, wiped the water all over his face, and discerned carefully in the rain curtain, and shouted: "It is indeed Mr. Su! Why did your lord come here with the team on a rainy night, and you are so anxious to see the young master?"

Su Yan turned over and got off the horse, and the rain rolled down the brim of the hood of the cloak.He strode forward: "Commander Wei, I have something urgent to see the young master, please inform me."

Commander Wei said: "There is no need to report. The young master has already ordered that if Mr. Su asks for an audience, he can be brought in anytime and anywhere."

"Where is the young master now?"

"In the warehouse in the backyard, check the relevant documents of the relief package transfer case."

"Quick, take me there!" Su Yan urged, and rushed up the steps quickly.