Shaodi Chunxin

Chapter 52 Li Xia

The matter of Ying Huo entering the fight has been back and forth several times in the court.

First, Qin Tianjian's records of astronomical observations were copied to the various yamen, and then many memorials from the master's office below coincidentally left the cabinet and Huiji gate.

These excerpts must be lost forever, and everyone knows it well.

Sure enough, Xiuzhuan, Minister of the Hanlin Academy, and officials from the six ministries submitted the excerpts.

The last ones to come out are the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Sixth Branch Gallery.

The words became more and more intense, the words became clearer and clearer, and in the end they all pointed to one person—Fu Yuanqing.

If this person is not eliminated, it will be difficult to calm the anger and resentment of others.

Within two or three days, fearing that the sign of love and confusion would disappear, people from the memorial flooded into the Hall of Mental Cultivation.The emperor finally could no longer sit idly by.So he summoned all the officials in Qianqing Palace.

"The emperor issued an edict of guilt." Cao Ban'an said to Fu Yuanqing with a smile in the office of the ceremonial supervisor after he came off duty, "It is said that Wan Fang is guilty, and I am the one to blame. I am going to pray for God to appease the wrath at the Taimiao for ten days."【 Note 1]

Fu Yuanqing was already prepared to die, but today he was dressed very formally. Hearing his words, he was a little caught off guard: "It's so easy to solve? But how to resolve the ominous omen of being confused."

"Yu Zongxian from the Metropolitan Procuratorate also questioned His Majesty how to resolve the temptation to fight." Cao Ban'an sat down below and poured a bowl of tea. In that case, he just ran around the square of Huangji Palace."

"Your Majesty... have you run around?"

Cao Ban'an was out of breath with a smile: "Yes, after saying this, the master asked me to change his clothes for him. He got dressed and walked down the imperial steps, and ran around three times helplessly under the gaze of all the ministers. Now even Zongxian Yu is speechless, and everyone dispersed."

"Let me tell you, our master's skills are getting better and better." Cao Ban'an drank the tea in one breath, and said to Fu Yuanqing, "Old ancestor, please relax. Rest more and take care of yourself. The most important thing is to take care of your body. .”

After hearing this, Fu Yuanqing was a little dazed.

After a while, he also laughed: "Your Majesty is really..."

Four or two pull a thousand catties.

Things like this are easily revealed.

He looked up out of the window, the red star in the sky gradually dimmed, maybe tonight, maybe tomorrow morning, it will be hidden in the starry sky.

That red star had no idea how much shock it had brought to the empire located in the fertile land of the east when it appeared on a whim.

Into the fighting... is about to pass.

Everything will be back to normal.

really?

Fu Yuanqing asked himself, he recovered and looked down at the booklet in his hand.

That was Chen Jing's life experience file after entering the East Factory.

Cao Ban'an saw that he was looking through it carefully, so he stopped talking and sat aside.After a while, Fu Yuanqing asked him: "Tell me about Heng Zhiye's situation in the prison."

"It has been properly placed on the top floor, and there is some sunlight. After receiving the imperial scepter last time, after recuperating for these days, it is getting better." Cao Ban'an said, "Old ancestor, do you want to interrogate him? "

"I didn't intend to interrogate him." Fu Yuanqing said.

"what?"

"He is different from Hou Xinghai. When he was demoted five years ago, he was almost recruited. There is nothing to buy." Fu Yuanqing talked to Cao Banan while flipping through the file, "He is a touchstone, you can know it by throwing it into the water. Where is the gold? The last time Lai Liqun beat him up, many Dongxiang parties emerged in the ruling and opposition parties, with Yan Jifan as the leader, it is very clear."

Cao Ban'an thought about it carefully: "It is true."

"It's just his touchstone, whoever throws it is the same." Fu Yuanqing said, "Yan Jifan will now wait for me to interrogate Heng Zhiye, so that no matter what the result is, they will find a reason to make waves. Don't be afraid of anything else...just be afraid of the students It is impossible to control the incitement. Thousands of students who violated the rules of Enxuan have gathered in the capital, and countless students from Tianjin Wei have mourned for their teachers. Once a fire is ignited, it cannot be stopped. If you are afraid, you will be afraid. Troops had to be sent to suppress it, and blood flowed like rivers."

"So I can't interrogate him." Fu Yuanqing said, "Keep him is the deterrent."

"Little one understands."

Fu Yuanqing nodded: "You went to see Eunuch Li, was it also the last time you escorted Heng Zhiye back to Beijing?"

"Yes."

"Do you know how many people you go to Chaotian Temple?"

"I went alone. I visited Master privately. No one knows."

"it is good."

After saying this word, Fu Yuanqing stopped talking and looked at the booklet carefully.Cao Ban'an didn't bother him either.

After a while, hearing footsteps, Fang Jing quickly walked into the main room, and just called his godfather, seeing the dossier in Fu Yuanqing's hand, he was a little flustered. .

"Gan, godfather is so free, and even took out Chen Jing's file to look through." Fang Jing said, "You don't even have the authority to admiral Dongchang, who gave it to you."

Fu Yuanqing slowly closed the booklet and said: "I asked Kong Shang to send it over. I was curious for a while, and wanted to know where Chen Jing was from, when he entered the East Factory, and what hardships he suffered in the East Factory."

Fang Jing gritted his teeth: "This Kong Shang can't tell the seriousness."

Fu Yuanqing smiled: "Don't blame him. I overstepped my authority.

"You are in a hurry, do you have something to do?" Cao Ban'an asked Fang Jing.

"Oh, my godfather needs to see Dr. Bailishi in the next two days. I have been to the Tai Hospital once but I can't meet anyone. Let me send someone to look for him." Fang Jing said.

"Have you found it?" Cao Ban'an asked.

"No." Fang Jing said, "I heard from the imperial hospital that Mentougou was flooded a few days ago? Then there was a plague, and the doctors of Bailishi have been there recently. If you want to see Bailishi, and It will take a while. It will take ten days and half a month."

Fu Yuanqing looked at him, pursed his lips and smiled: "It doesn't take ten days and a half months. Huimin Pharmacy has prepared two carts of medicinal materials to be sent there. Early this morning, Doctor Baili came back from Mentougou to hand over the medicinal materials. At this time, It should happen to be in Tai Hospital."

Fang Jing was stunned: "Godfather knows so clearly."

"Although I am not an admiral of the East Factory, I am still in the hands of the Supervisor of Ceremonies." Fu Yuanqing said, "There are very few things in the imperial city that I don't know about."

His eyes were clear, but there seemed to be something in his words.

Fang Jing's heart pounded from his stare.

"How about it, when you go to invite Baili by yourself, or should I ask someone else to accompany you?" Fu Yuanqing asked him.

Fang Jing felt that he was sweating a little, and stomped his feet: "My son will go by himself, and I will bring Bailishi here in a while."

Seeing Fang Jing leave the Supervisor of Rites, Cao Ban'an asked, "What's wrong?"

Fu Yuanqing withdrew his gaze, and handed over the Chen Jing file in his hand: "Look at it."

Cao Banan took it with both hands, looked through the content carefully, and said to Fu Yuanqing: "This file does not look strange, it is very ordinary."

"...It's just too common." Fu Yuanqing sighed softly.

Then he took out the bamboo slip from his pocket and handed it to Cao Ban'an: "Look at this again."

Cao Ban'an was taken aback when he saw the words "Dahuang Jade Classic", "Why did I remember that Fang Jing mentioned that it was a jade slip?"

Fu Yuanqing smiled, Cao Banan stopped asking, and spread out the bamboo slips to read them one by one, and then heard Fu Yuanqing say: "The above writing is the same as the jade slips, only a few lines of small characters are added. The ancient language in the writing is obscure and hard to understand. But I still understand it roughly: the Great Desolation Jade Sutra needs to be supplied with heart and blood in order to get rid of double cultivation.”

Cao Ban'an was stunned: "This sounds a little evil. But it's an evil way to cultivate both together, so it's hard to say."

"Bailishi prescribed a prescription and told me to drink it every day for weekends. This medicine is extremely bitter and difficult to drink." Fu Yuanqing picked up the bowl of medicine beside him that had been sitting for a while, and handed it to Cao Ban'an, who only sipped it lightly. All of a sudden, the brows were deeply wrinkled.

"This medicine is too bitter." Cao Ban'an felt a little nauseous, "I usually see my ancestors drinking the medicine without changing their face, so I thought it was just ordinary bitter. How can it be so unpalatable."

"I used to think it was Baili's tricky prescribing of the medicine. Now that I think about it, I'm afraid it was to cover up the bloody smell."

"But where does the blood come from?" Cao Ban'an handed back the medicine bowl.

The bowl of soup was still warm, Fu Yuanqing held it in his hand, and gently stroked the edge, as if cherishing it.

"Blood in the heart..." Fu Yuanqing sighed, "According to the bamboo slips, it is necessary to use the furnace itself as a Gu, day and night, to plunder the vitality."

Cao Ban'an was shocked: "Is it Chen Jing's brainchild?!"

"I thought so too. But... if you really want to take blood every day, there must be deep marks on the left chest. But Chen Jing has been intimate with me many times, and I can see clearly that there is no obvious scar on his left chest." Fu Yuanqing bowed his head Eyes, slowly opened his mouth and asked Cao Banan, "Ban'an, I seldom serve the emperor at night these days. You, Fang Jing, and Debao serve more. Have you ever seen His Majesty naked when changing clothes or taking a bath?"

Cao Ban'an was taken aback, and recalled: "Recently, I'm not allowed to serve the master at night. It's Fang Jing Debao who serves the master at night. I spend more time in the daytime."

"Think about it again." Fu Yuanqing said, "Have you seen His Majesty's left chest?"

Cao Ban'an still thought about it seriously, countless fragments of the past flashed through his mind, and it was only after being reminded by Fu Yuanqing that he felt abnormal.

Why didn't His Majesty let him stay on duty at night recently?

After a while, Cao Banan said: "Twice."

"When?"

"The first time Master Pu's funeral came to the palace. After the master left you, you asked me to hold the umbrella for the master." Cao Ban'an said, "I caught up with the master when I was about to reach Chonglou. That day the master You were drenched all over, but you asked me to come back to take care of you. But already at Chonglou, I followed, and together with Debao, I changed my master's clothes. I have seen my master's dragon body."

Fu Yuanqing's hand holding the bowl tightened suddenly, and even his voice became stiffer: "How is it? Your Majesty has a scar on his left chest."

Cao Banan carefully looked at it in his memory.

But for a few moments.

For some reason, Fu Yuanqing just found it unbearably long.

After a while, Cao Banan shook his head: "No."

As soon as these two words came out, Fu Yuanqing's tightened heart suddenly loosened.But I don't know whether to sink or climb up easily.

"No?"

"Yes." Cao Ban'an said, "After His Majesty took off his clothes, I waited for His Majesty to take a bath and wiped his body. Your Majesty's left chest is smooth and clean without any scars."

Speaking of this, Cao Banan's heart sank, and he asked Fu Yuanqing: "Old Ancestor, why... do you think... it is the master who uses his heart and soul to support you?"

Fu Yuanqing looked down.

But Cao Ban'an's mind was shocked, he stood up and said tremblingly: "Master, is that Chen Jing?!"

Fu Yuanqing stroked the bowl of soup made from his heart's blood in his hand... After a while, he said, "I... thought it was like this."

Cao Ban'an became even more panicked.

"At the beginning, it was the end of the road, and I was not angry... I was confused by his appearance, and I believed Fang Jing's nonsense. I just felt that the dead man was going to die anyway. Like me, he was a pitiful person. He both I am willing to dedicate myself, why can't I accept it. God has owed me for a long time..." Fu Yuanqing chuckled, "In fact, after the first night, I have already regretted it. I am in charge of Dongchang, and I have a way to save him. I should never let him serve him I'm here in exchange for a few months of lingering life."

"It's not your fault. It's not wrong that you want to live longer. The young emperor and the world are waiting for you..." Cao Ban'an said.

"You're right. Without Chen Jing, I wouldn't be able to live now." Fu Yuanqing sighed, "I woke up, opened the window frame, the red plums were falling in the snow, and saw his figure dancing with a sword, and I couldn't take my eyes off him anymore .I said to myself, live a little longer, live a little longer... let Chen Jing go."

So this kind of lingering, there was a second time... a third time... and even a dozen times.

"Chen Jing treats me very well, and loves to be close to me. I have repeatedly mistook him for His Majesty. At first I only coaxed myself, but it was because Chen Jing was His Majesty's dead man, and he always had similar behaviors and habits. But as time passed, Longer, more trance... How can one person be so similar to another person." Fu Yuanqing looked at the soup in his hand, which reflected himself, "It's not his face, his voice, or even his temper. He is a dissatisfied A frown, a disappointed look... They all resembled Shaodi, which made me tremble. Later, I couldn't find an excuse to convince myself. He went to study in the inner school on the first day, and I went to see him. He was under the tree Weaving wicker for the children. Banan...I can see clearly that the weaving method of the hydrangea and the flower basket...I taught the young emperor. And that day I mourned the teacher for His Majesty, Your Majesty should go to the tower far away Sent, but I have never seen his figure... All kinds of things are indescribable. Looking back carefully, in the past, Chen Jing and His Majesty have never appeared in front of me together."

"The old ancestor... the master pretended to be a dead man." Cao Ban'an said, "I, I can't believe it anyway. He is the Ninth Five-Year Lord, the proud son of heaven, how can, how is it possible? If this is true, who can help? He told such a big lie? Who can bear the crime of implicating the nine clans to be executed after the lie is revealed?"

"Fangjing. Debao. Bailishi." Fu Yuanqing said firmly.

Cao Ban'an was startled, then calmed down: "Confused."

"They are confused." Fu Yuanqing said, "But I am the most confused person. I have seen through, but dare not tell the truth. I pretended to be confused, deceived myself, enjoyed this hypocritical pleasure, and was addicted to it."

"Once a person has been drowning for a long time, if he can really get a helping hand, go out to breathe...even if it's just a breath, even if it's just a look at the world. Greed is already born in people's hearts...I, I want to let go." Fu Yuanqing laughed, "I can't bear it anymore."

"I had an evil thought in my heart. The person in front of me might not be Chen Jing, but a child I raised with my own hands. I didn't feel guilty. Such a disregard for human relations is even worse than animals. Animals are especially grateful. I put The first emperor entrusted him to forget about it... In the past, he was just unable to be a man, but now he can't even be a man."

Seeing his desolation, Cao Ban'an hurriedly said, "Whether Chen Jing is the young emperor or not is still uncertain. You also know that the Great Wilderness Jade Sutra said that you have to take blood from your heart. Neither Chen Jing nor the young emperor had deep wounds on their chests, which means that this may be the case. It doesn't come true, or, or Chen Jing is not the young emperor! The young emperor is not Chen Jing either!"

"..." Fu Yuanqing was silent for a while, then asked again: "You said you have seen His Majesty's dragon body twice, when was the other time?"

"It was this morning, when the master changed his clothes and went to the hall to run around. After running, he was sweating all over. I took off his clothes and wiped the sweat for the master. The chest of the master is still clean."

"Can you see clearly? There are no scars at all?"

"Yes."

Fu Yuanqing thought of the stabbed hole in Chen Jing's left chest—the wound should heal, but even if he went out today.The wound wasn't fully healed either.

For a moment, Fu Yuanqing was even a little rejoiced.

The bowl in his hand trembled a little.

"In this way, the master is not Chen Jing." Cao Ban'an also noticed his expression and asked.

This time, Fu Yuanqing was silent for an extremely long time.

The bowl of soup in his hand was already cold, and he held it calmly in his palm.

But his heart is not peaceful.

He especially remembered the desperate Zhao Xu on the stargazing platform that night, and that same desperate kiss...

He remembered the moment when he tied a red rope to Chen Jing in Shichahai to entrust his afterlife.

Fu Yuanqing turned his head to look out the window.

It will be the beginning of summer in a few days, and now the cicadas can be heard, and the sun has become brighter. He wants to walk at the end of summer, but that doesn't mean that other people will also walk at the end of summer.

Who is Chen Jing, who is Chen Jing... This relationship should end.

"I don't know, Banan." Fu Yuanqing whispered, "I don't know."

In this moment...in this moment of 13 years of suffering, in this moment of saying these words