Reincarnation of the powerful minister

Fengheju after the rain... the name looks familiar.Su Yan thought, oh, could it be that the "Lotus in the Wind after the Rain" painted by the emperor has become a masterpiece, and a world is born in the scroll, just like the "painted wall" in "Liao Zhai"?Let me go into the picture scroll to have a look.

So he approached the other courtyard along the path, and seeing that the door was ajar, he opened it and entered.

There is no road or courtyard behind the door, just a lotus pond with blue waves, the lotus leaves are crowded together, and the fields are like covers.Su Yan searched around, but couldn't see the boats, so he tried to step on one of the lotus leaves, and found that it seemed to be able to support people, so he stepped on it carefully, and walked forward one by one.

As he walked, white mist formed on the surface of the pool. He was worried about falling into the water, so he stopped hesitantly.

The fog cleared away, and he found standing outside the gate of a mighty palace, with three large characters on the door plaque: "Qin Palace".

This is...the place where the emperor and King Yu's father——Emperor Xianzu lived?

I remember King Yu said that at that time their father, Huangshang, was only King Qin, and he followed Emperor Taizu to fight in Beimo for many years, and he was rarely in the palace.

Their queen mother was the main concubine of King Qin at that time, and she fought to the death with the side concubine Mo Shi, and finally caused a tragedy.King Qin was furious, and after the investigation went on, he started killing many people in the palace.

"Have you heard, that incident..."

"Tsk tsk, if it's true, that's pretty lewd..."

The maidservants walked past Su Yan whispering.Su Yan just wanted to avoid it, but found that they seemed to be unable to see him, so he followed to listen.

"Not only licentious, but also daring, this is a shameful family beheading!"

"You say, the princess really dares to seduce a man in the market and give birth to two little princes who are fake?"

"When the princess was pregnant with the two little princes, they were all conceived during the long years of fighting and the occasional return to the mansion. Why do you think it's so coincidental?"

"It's strange to say that the second prince and the fourth prince both look like princesses, and they really don't look like princes."

"This is also true. In case of 'Zi Xiao's father', wouldn't the princess be exposed all at once?"

Su Yan frowned when he heard this, thinking that this was probably the "big storm" that King Yu had said in Wutong Waterside Pavilion.This rumor is really poisonous, it is going to kill Princess Qin and her two children forever.

The second prince and the fourth prince... aren't they the same as Zhu Jinjun and Zhu Jincheng?

The maid turned around the corner and disappeared. Su Yan stood there thinking, and suddenly saw an eight or nine-year-old boy in brocade clothes standing in the corridor next to him. Only one or two years old.

Su Yan recognized this boy at the first sight - this is the young Zhu Jinkai!What he held in his hand should be Hibiscus City.

I don't know how much little Zhu Jinwei listened to the conversation of these maidservants, it was too hurtful.Su Yan wanted to go forward to comfort her distressedly, but realized that the people in the picture scroll world could not see her, so she stood under the corridor and looked up at the two young children.

Zhu Jinkai looked gloomy, staring at the direction in which the maidservants were leaving, the corners of her mouth were tightly pursed, her free hand was clenched into a fist beside her leg, while the other hand was still gently holding her younger brother.

Zhu Jincheng tugged at his hand: "Eat candied haws, sugar man. Second brother, let's go, let's go!"

Su Yan felt in a daze that this was a copy of Ah Ji... No, Ah Ji was simply a copy of King Yu when he was young.

Zhu Jinkai leaned over and picked up his younger brother, and said: "Fourth brother, you have to remember that only the food given by me, the concubine mother and Aunt Qiong can be eaten, and the food given by other people in this house cannot be eaten, remember?" ?”

Zhu Jincheng nodded ignorantly.

Zhu Jinkui hugged her younger brother tightly, and said in a low voice, "We are the sons of our father, not wild species!"

Su Yan was so distressed that he almost died, squatted down and stretched out his arms, and hugged the two children tightly into his arms.Zhu Jinkai hugged Zhu Jincheng, passed through his body like a phantom, and ran away quickly.

The white mist surged over again.

After the fog cleared, the lotus pond and lotus leaves reappeared under his feet. Su Yan was stunned for a moment, then continued to walk forward.

He walked across the battlefield and saw the figure of the young Zhu Jinjun following Emperor Xianzu to go to war;

Walking through the eve of the enthronement ceremony, I heard the young Zhu Jinkai swear in front of the sacred tablet of the Taimiao to become a benevolent king who protects all people;

After countless sleepless days, I saw how Zhu Jinkui was tied to the dragon chair by piles of memorial books. The community, the country, the people, the responsibility... Countless thin threads were locked on his body, From 20 years old to 38 years old, to every day when they met and said goodbye.

Walk past the Meridian Gate Tower where the fireworks are blooming; walk past Yiyi's farewell to Wuli Yi Chunye; walk past the high platform where they sit side by side, and watch the morning sun shining on the capital together.

Finally, he walked into a very familiar courtyard...it was a small courtyard with old peach trees planted before the expansion of the Su Mansion. Zhu Jinzhen was sitting on the drunkard's chair under the window, leisurely flipping through ancient books, with a book in hand. Pot of brewed tea.

He didn't wear a dragon robe, but a Taoist robe looked more like a refined hermit. He looked up from the page, saw Su Yan, smiled and said, "Qinghe, come here, sit on my lap."

Su Yan's eyes were hot, and he walked quickly towards his hips.

The white mist submerged everything again. Su Yan groped and shouted in vain. In the thin mist, he caught a glimpse of a figure lying on the couch. His head was wrapped in white gauze. The nose is as overhanging, and the lips are as thin as falling flowers.

The man slowly opened his eyes.

"—Zhu Jinkui!" Su Yan yelled, woke up with a start, and then coughed violently.

The three night watchmen in the dormitory hurriedly gathered around, patted their backs, injected their true energy, poured medicine and water.

"Qinghe..." Zhu Helin said sadly, "Father has already left, and if you think about it day and night, it is your body that is tormenting you."

Su Yan was combed by Jing Hong's true energy, and he felt better, and his cough gradually eased.

"I dreamed of the emperor. He survived the craniotomy...he is still awake."

In an instant, many fragments of pictures flashed in my mind - the blinking eyes in front of the treatment room door, the sudden fainting of myself and Zhu Helin, the hasty dressing overnight, the dead body that could not be seen in the funeral palace...all the doubts were strung together connected together.

Su Yan sat up, grabbed the sleeves of Shen Qi and Jing Hongzhui with both hands, and hissed: "What are you two hiding from me? Tell me quickly, otherwise Xiao Bei and Xiao Jing will be beaten out of Su's residence with one stick and one person. go!"

Jing Hongzhui immediately pointed at Shen Qi: "The subordinate was coerced, he is the mastermind, he said it."

Su Yan and Zhu Helin stared at Shen Qi together.

Shen Qi sighed silently, telling the whole story -

"Two months ago, after the case of kneeling at the door to remonstrate, the emperor took care of a large number of Yi Chu faction officials, and then suddenly fell into a coma when the queen mother raised the teacher to question the crime.

"It was only then that the Empress Dowager found out that the emperor's head disease was already so serious, so she summoned Chen Shiyu for questioning. Chen Shiyu told her that the emperor's illness medicine was useless unless he performed a craniotomy, but he was not sure and dared not use it.

"After the emperor woke up from the first coma, he asked Chen Shiyu to prescribe the medicine of tiger and wolf to hang him, and at the same time ordered to recall the prince.

"Afterwards, the emperor fell into a coma several times and still insisted on taking the medicine because he had to wait for the prince to come back. It was at this time that he secretly summoned me in the imperial study."

"The emperor is worried that the queen mother will intercept the edict to recall the prince halfway, and ordered me to take Jin Yiwei to Nanjing to pick up the prince.

"Then, he gave me this secret decree."

Shen Qi took out a box from her bosom and opened it, Su Yan took out the secret paper, and looked at it carefully while coughing.

It read: After the crown prince returns to the court, I order Chen Shiyu to perform the surgery of opening the skull, and he will die immediately after the operation. The specific follow-up matters will be arranged by Jin Yiwei Tongzhi Shen Qi, and everyone involved in the matter must obey the order and not violate the order.

The secret decree was written by Emperor Jinglong himself, but it was not printed.Perhaps it was to prevent Shen Qi from taking the seal away and using it for other purposes.

"The emperor has preset two paths for himself——

"In the first way, his body couldn't hold on, and he died before the crown prince came back. Then there is no way to talk about the craniotomy, and this secret decree is useless. All I have to do is contact the cabinet minister Yang Ting, Yan Xing, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, and Longquan, the commander of Tengxiangwei, supported the crown prince with Qinghe.

"The second way, he insisted on it, and waited until the crown prince returned to the court to complete the sick bed. Chen Shiyu will open his craniotomy for treatment, and whether he succeeds or not, he will immediately announce his death."

Zhu Helin asked puzzledly: "Why did the father do this?"

Shen Qi said: "Because on the second road, he preset two endings for himself -

"In the first ending, the spell failed and he died on the spot, so this secret decree is still useless.

"The second ending, if the spell is successful, he may wake up soon, or it may take a long time. At this time, this secret decree is needed to create the illusion of death."

Su Yan had a faint realization: "Who is the emperor going to use this illusion to deceive?"

Shen Qi replied: "——The player."

After a pause, Shen Qi said: "We have fought with the player for several rounds back and forth. The characteristic of this person's 'playing chess' is that they refer to each other, but he hides behind the scenes and just refuses to show his face. So it's very difficult to investigate and capture."

Su Yan nodded: "That's true. Those forces that have been thrown out - the Hidden Sword Gate, the Seven Killing Battalion, the Vacuum Sect, lost their troops one by one, and there is also Mr. He, who had to hide around under the arrest warrant. But Who is the player? What cards does he have? We still don’t know anything.”

Shen Qi said: "The emperor is out of this consideration, hoping to use his own death to catch the player behind the scenes."

"How to catch?" Zhu Helin asked, "Where's the bait?"

Shen Qi looked at him with a half smile but not a smile: "——You."

"What else is more suitable for rebellion than a time when the throne changes, the new monarch is weak, and the master is less suspicious?" Shen Qi asked.

Is the new king weak?Master Shaoguo doubt?Zhu Helin's face sank inch by inch, and he scolded: "Slave, how dare you dare to insult the young master. Once you return to the palace, the young master will order you—"

Su Yan covered Zhu Helin's mouth from behind, coughed out of breath at the same time, bent over and hung on the edge of the bed.

Zhu Helin was afraid that he would fall off the bed, so he quickly reached out to catch him and stuffed him back into the quilt.

Su Yan took the opportunity to divert the conversation and asked, "The emperor thinks that the players will rebel when the young master ascends the throne?"

Shen Qi glanced at him softly, "It's very likely. Players have many chess moves, even if we have abolished several moves, they still have their strength. I guess, when the heir emperor ascended the throne, he was the one who showed his hole card , when all the power comes out. At that time, his identity will also surface."

Everyone nodded after thinking.

Zhu Helin asked again: "Zi Palace is empty, isn't it? Otherwise, you wouldn't refuse to take a look. How did you manage to hide it?"

Shen Qi said: "It's not difficult to say. I'll take the secret decree first, and rush to find Dr. Chen before the end of the operation, and have a secret talk with him—"

"—Talking in secret in the hut." Jing Hong chased and added abruptly.

Shen Qi glared at him fiercely.Jing Hong chased back and stared at her.

"Keep talking!" Zhu Helin urged impatiently.

"Doctor Chen recognized the emperor's imperial pen, and after taking orders, he went back to talk to Jing Hong. Unfortunately, the stone in the latrine was smelly and hard, so it didn't make sense. So Doctor Chen went out to find me, and asked me to persuade him." Shen Qi said. .

Jing Hong chased and said abruptly: "He threatened me with Lord Su's body. He also said nonsense like 'gongye' and 'nianxiang'."

Shen Qi couldn't bear it anymore, she pressed the knife and got up.Seeing that the situation was not good, Su Yan was out of breath from coughing again, and asked someone to feed him water and wipe his sweat.

After a busy day, the atmosphere naturally eased.

Zhu Helin was eager to know the follow-up, and knocked on the edge of the bed with his knuckles in dissatisfaction: "Keep talking!"

Shen Qi said: "I also used a secret decree to convince Wang Chunfu, the envoy of the Imperial Hospital, to let him diagnose the pulse and announce the emperor Bintian. Then Lan Xi brought the palace people to come, and put the emperor who hadn't woken up after the operation into Zigong, and carried him to the Hall of Renzhi overnight. Lan Xi changed the emperor's clothes by herself, and put a lot of dragon robes into the Zi Palace, filling the weight of a person. Jing Hong chased after the palace and guarded it, not letting the idlers approach."

Jing Hong followed up and said: "When the gate of the palace opened at five o'clock, I quietly moved the emperor into the carriage and let Dr. Chen transport him out of the palace. Dr. Chen said that he was extremely ashamed because of the failure of the treatment, and asked to leave the palace, which is quite logical.

"The carriage is a prototype built by the Tiangong Institute. It uses the latest rolling bearings and hollow tires. The carriage is covered with thick cotton mattresses to minimize bumps. This carriage originally belonged to King Yu, and was later handed over to Dr. Chen. The guards of the palace saw that it was King Yu's carriage coming out of the palace, and Dr. Chen was a familiar face who often went in and out of the palace, so they didn't search.

"Then, I secretly escorted Dr. Chen's carriage to a courtyard on the outskirts of the city, and settled the emperor there."

Su Yan suddenly remembered the other courtyard in the dream, and asked in a voiceless voice: "But it's called 'Fenghe after the rain'?"

Jing Hongzhui glanced at him in surprise: "Yes. How does your lord know?"

...Because this is a painting he gave me!Su Yan covered his mouth with his palm, pretending to hide his cough, "This other courtyard should be owned by the emperor."

Shen Qi nodded and said: "Indeed, it was completed at the beginning of June last year, and it was built quietly under the guise of entrusting foreign businessmen to buy properties. No one knew that this other courtyard was related to the royal family. I thought the emperor built it for his own sake to escape the summer heat. of."

early june?It's his birthday... Was this other courtyard originally intended for him?Su Yan took a deep breath and asked the most important sentence: "Is the emperor awake? I want to go and see."

"The news just came yesterday, saying that he still hasn't woken up." Jing Hongzhui swallowed back the words "the fever is being treated", "Doctor Chen will take good care of him, sir, don't worry."

Shen Qi gave him a better look, and persuaded Su Yan: "You are still sick, get well first and don't rush to see it."

Zhu Helin also said: "Master, I will go to see Father Emperor for you."

Shen Qi objected: "Emperor Si has just been in charge, and his every move is under the eyes of everyone. If the location of the other courtyard and the identity of the emperor are exposed, and the enemy is alarmed, it will be troublesome."

Although Zhu Helin really wanted to see his father, but he had to consider his safety first, so he agreed, and said: "Then tell Dr. Chen that someone needs to take care of him day and night, and he will be cured as soon as possible. Just mention any valuable medicinal materials, manpower and financial resources you need."

Jing Hong chased after Su Yan, still looking disappointed, and promised: "When the lord recovers from his illness, the subordinates can take the lord to see him."

With thoughts and hopes, Su Yan's illness recovered quickly, but the cough was intractable, and it took half a month to stop the cough.

That night, Jing Hong chased him out of the city using lightness kung fu, and entered Fenghe Bieyuan quietly.

Su Yan finally saw the sleeping Zhu Jinkui, which was surprisingly similar to the scene he saw in his dream, like an inexplicable sense of déjà vu.However, no matter how softly he called, the other party did not open their eyes.

"When will the emperor wake up?" Su Yan asked Chen Shiyu worriedly.

Chen Shiyu comforted him and said, "Although he hasn't woken up, his condition is stable. He had burned several times before, and the fever finally subsided. Now the drainage tube has been pulled out, and the wound on the scalp has healed well."

Su Yan asked: "Then why is he still awake?"

"After all, a piece of brain was dug out. Mr. Su himself said, 'The human brain is the most complicated and delicate organ'. I really can't tell why the emperor hasn't woken up. Every day, the medicine boy carefully feeds, cleans, Massage, the old man is responsible for dispensing medicine, acupuncture, and if things go on like this, I believe there will be a day when I wake up.”

Su Yan stayed by Zhu Jinkui's side all night and left before sunrise.Before leaving, she hooked his index finger and whispered in her ear: "My lord, wake up quickly, after waking up... I can sit wherever you tell me to sit."