The Legend of Rebirth of the Demon Empress

Chapter 18 Weird

There was a faint smile on the emperor's face, and he said: "In my opinion, what happened in Luyuan is only rumored by Lu Zhiyuan, and the specific situation may not be exactly what he said. Marquis Weiyuan, this Wang Jian was sent by the Five Armies The Governor's Mansion hastily recalled him back to Beijing, and asked about the ins and outs before reporting to me."

Since Dayan's founding of the country, the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies has been controlled by several noble families in turn to control the world's soldiers and horses.

When Ruizong quelled the chaos, several princes died in battle one after another, and the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion declined accordingly. In recent decades, the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion and the Ministry of War have been tied to each other, and the situation has become like fire and water.

Qizhou Guard is an important place in the military strategy, and Fang Luan snatched the position of commander from the Ministry of War by showing his kindness to the emperor in every possible way. He did not expect that the emperor would take it back so easily.

Fang Luan felt unwilling, but being caught by the emperor in the wrong place, he could only secretly hate Wang Jian for being useless, so he played a few correct words at will and resigned.

The emperor winked at Huang Sheng, Huang Sheng immediately understood, smiled and said to Fang Luan: "Weiyuanhou, the palace gate has been locked at this time, our family will send you out of the palace."

Marquis Weiyuan nodded slightly towards Huang Sheng, and said, "Thank you, Mr. Meng."

The emperor stared at Fang Luan's back and disappeared at the door of the study. After a long time, he sighed: "Yao'er, the state affairs are so messy, I'm afraid I won't see the day when I, Dayan Zhongxing, will be revived."

In Xie Yao's mind, his father had always been wise and open-minded, but he didn't expect that his words were full of loneliness at this time.

Immediately comforting the emperor, he said: "Father is in the prime of spring and autumn, and some refugees are just suffering from scabies. Now Dayan has a good government and people are harmonious, and ZTE is just around the corner. Why should father feel sad?"

The emperor has been in the court for more than 20 years, and he has been ambitious in the position of prince. He has always wanted to follow the example of the former pilgrim king and push Dayan to its peak. It can be seen from the change of the year name to "Zhengxing".

However, in the past few years, as his energy has dwindled, he has become more and more powerless in dealing with political affairs. It seems that a pair of invisible hands are slowly pushing Dayan to the cliff, but he is the emperor, but he can only watch With Dayan falling down step by step.

When the emperor heard Xie Yao talk about ZTE, he felt a little dull in his heart. He changed the subject and asked, "Yao'er, today you witnessed the siege of bandits, and you listened to the memorial all night with me. What do you think?"

Xie Yao knew that it was his father who was taking the school exams, so he thought for a while and said, "As the adults said, today's rogues are in chaos because of Luyuan. Luyuan has been suffering from severe droughts since the year before last. The officials acted in the opposite direction, so that the refugees scattered and were forced to become bandits. Fortunately, the political situation is now peaceful, and the imperial court has sent several famous local officials to relieve the disaster and comfort the people, so that the difficulties in the pass will be resolved by themselves.”

The emperor asked: "The rogues in the suburbs of Beijing, how do you know that they started from Luyuan?"

Xie Yao was stunned for a moment, then said: "Lord Lu has always been mature and steady in the court, and it was just now that the cabinet gave a memorial, so naturally he would not speak nonsense. I have seen Huang Yushi's participation in the memorial a few days ago, and I have a talk with Master Lu today. exactly."

"is it?"

The emperor was noncommittal to Xie Yao's words, and seemingly casually said, "Exactly? Just after Lu Zhiyuan received Luyuan's letter, there were bandits in the suburbs of Beijing. Unfortunately, these refugees all came from Luyuan. What a coincidence!"

Because his father, Emperor Lizong, ignored court affairs, the emperor was under ten years old and followed Tai Fu Ye Quan to attend court affairs.

With the experience of facing the court, he will be able to deal with state affairs with ease when he becomes an adult. Therefore, after having the eldest son, he also intends to train him from an early age. In addition to the poetry and etiquette that the prince must learn, he also focuses on cultivating the governance of the country. Lay the foundation for succession.

I thought it would be a matter of course, but I didn't know that the prince died before he was an adult, and the emperor wasted all his efforts, so he had to work hard on the remaining princes.

Looking at it now, Xie Yao, the second son, is obviously a little late in learning the way of governing the country. After studying the collection of classics and history with his masters for so many years, the poems and essays are full of flowers, but his views on governing the country are really shallow.

The emperor sighed inwardly, and said: "Yao'er, the way to govern a country is to employ people first. The so-called employing people naturally requires knowing people first, knowing the abilities of the courtiers, and arranging them in suitable positions. This is the way to know people." can."

Just now he was talking about Luyuan, but now he jumped to the topic of identifying and employing people. Xie Yao suddenly understood that his father was dissatisfied with his answer just now. teach."

"You must know that the ministers have different opinions, and you must make your own decisions in everything, and you should not listen to one side or believe it, let alone be influenced by your subordinates."

"'It takes three days to test jade, and seven years to identify talents'. Since ancient times, there have been countless people who have been chasing fame and fame. Employers should avoid repeating what others say. Some people have talent and fame but no practical learning, and some people can only do it without adapting. ability."

"The so-called talent is not static. Use it when you can use it, and dismiss it when you can't use it. You must not act on your will."

Xie Yao nodded half-understood, and continued to listen attentively to his father's teachings, completely ignoring the sound of the four watch drums.

In Kang Ningbo's mansion outside the Forbidden City, Lin Zisu was cleaning the bloody aura from her body in the clean room in the backyard.

During the scuffle in Zhuangzi, at some point, he was hit hard on the back. On his smooth back, there was a large bruise, which made people feel distressed.

Standing aside, Mrs. Bi clenched her hands and sobbed softly, "The goddamn bandits have made my daughter suffer so much."

In the previous life, even though she was the eldest daughter of the Duke's family, Lin Zisu was not used to being served by others to take a bath. At this time, not only were there two maidservants rushing to help Lin Zisu take a bath, but also her mother was standing beside her. There is some restraint in my heart.

But I also knew that Mrs. Bi was frightened all day, so I tried to smile relaxedly and said: "Mother, I have returned safely, you see, I am not missing a piece of meat."

Lin Zisu deliberately called "Mother" to the old man, which seemed a bit coquettish.

Bi burst into laughter immediately, and complained: "You are heartless, my master and I have been reading to you brother and sister at the gate of the city for a long time. If we had known you were like this, we would have waited at home."

Lin Zisu said softly: "Mother, I know you love me the most, you go out and rest first, and when I wash away my bad luck, I will go out and honor your elders."

Mrs. Bi helped her hair, pretending to be angry and said: "You damn girl, mother is very old?"

Saying this in Bi's mouth, he still walked out of the clean room.

Lin Zisu washed her body indiscriminately, let the maid wring out her hair, put on her clothes and tidied up briefly, and walked into the yard where her parents lived.

In the east, his father, mother and elder brother were all there, and Lin Yuanzhi sat on the chair in the middle, leaning on the back of the chair, lost in thought.

Mrs. Bi stood beside him, wiping away tears, comforting her in a low voice, while Lin Wenjing sat on the lower head of Lin Yuanzhi in a numb manner with her clothes still on.

Lin Zisu thought that her father was still obsessed with what happened during the day, so she bowed in front of Lin Yuanzhi, and said softly, "My daughter is unfilial, and my father was shocked."

Seeing his daughter's arrival, Lin Yuanzhi changed from his usual calm image, a strange color flashed across his face, and he asked in a low voice, "Eldest sister, you, are you alright?"

Just now it was mother who was sobbing in front of her, and now her father looked downcast again, Lin Zisu felt a pang in her heart.

Intentionally making her parents happy, she held the skirt in both hands and walked around in a circle, saying: "What can I do, you see, my daughter has grown up, and today she joined hands with her brother to kill the bandits."

She turned her head and asked Lin Wenjing with a smile: "Brother, do you think so?"

Lin Wenjing faltered and replied, "Yes... yes."

Lin Zisu was a little puzzled. When she returned to the city, the family was fine in the carriage, and her elder brother was always a chatterbox in front of the family.

After experiencing such a big battle during the day, it should not be so quiet, so he asked: "Brother, what did you and father say?"

"I didn't say... oh, I just said the general situation of today"

Facing Lin Zisu's questioning, Lin Wenjing's face turned red.

In the past few months of getting along, Lin Zisu knew that her brother would blush when he told a lie, and asked with a smile, "Brother, are you hiding something from me? Hurry up and tell the truth!"

Lin Wenjing turned his face away, afraid that Lin Zisu would see something wrong.

Lin Zisu was suspicious, but Lin Yuanzhi said slowly: "Eldest sister, your brother is thin-skinned, so don't tease him. Just now you heard from your mother that you were injured, is it okay?"

Lin Zisu felt that the whole family was acting strange tonight, so she glanced at the faces of her parents and elder brother one by one, and shook her head puzzled.

Lin Wenjing was still acting like a stranger, when he heard that Lin Zisu was injured, he jumped up from the chair and said loudly, "Is my sister injured? Is the injury serious?"

As he spoke, he looked at Mrs. Bi and asked, "Mother, why didn't you go to ask for a doctor?"

Lin Wenjing's surprise frightened several people in the room for a moment, Bi's face was a little embarrassed, with a trace of alienation, and said calmly: "Just now I said to invite the doctor, but... However, some things are delayed, and it is so late, it may not be..."

Lin Zisu thought she understood what Bi Shi meant, and took Bi Shi's words and said: "Yes, at this time, the pharmacies in the city are closed, and my injury is not serious, and I will be fine after a few days of treatment. No more trouble."

There was a moment of silence in the flower hall, and Lin Yuanzhi said in a low voice again: "Eldest sister said that it's already this hour, please talk about the doctor's business tomorrow. Brother Jing, it's getting late, you two go back to the yard to rest Bar."

Lin Zisu returned to the yard, remembering the expressions of the family just now.

Bi Shi, who was clearly still concerned in the clean room, had a look of alienation on his face after he arrived in the flower hall. It seems that before he went to the flower hall, his mother must have heard something from his father, but his brother just said something. Mouth also did not disclose.

There were more and more doubts in her heart, and the battle between Zhuangzishang and the bandits was not worth mentioning. She lay on the bed thinking about her thoughts, and fell asleep drowsily at some point.

This day was exhausting and exhausting, and she slept until the sun was high before waking up.

The maid Yu Cui was waiting for her to wash and wash, when Hu Po hurried in and said, "Miss, we have a master here!"

Amber saw that her young lady and Fei Cui were puzzled, and continued: "Master said yesterday that the young lady and the young master were in great danger, and he invited a master from the temple early in the morning to ward off evil spirits, and now they are in the front yard Woolen cloth."

Lin Zisu let out an "oh", let Fei Cui comb her hair, pondered for a moment, and asked Fei Cui, "After my brother and I came back from outside the city last night, who did the master and madam see?"

Fei Cui stopped combing her hair, thought for a while, and said: "If you go back to Miss, the master and madam were so worried last night, how could they be in the mood to see others?"

Lin Zisu thought it was the same reason, so she didn't ask any more questions.She had some breakfast in the boudoir, when she heard a rustling sound outside the door.

Bi's voice came into the house: "Master, this is my daughter's courtyard. Do you think there is any obstacle in this courtyard? Is it a big influence?"

Immediately afterwards, someone sang the Buddha's name and said: "All dharmas arise by reason of fate, and die because of their fate. Don't worry about Tanyue. The poor monk is here to resolve the fate."

Although the voice was slow, it sounded like a bell. Curious, Lin Zisu opened the door and walked out of the room.

This was the busiest time in Tingfeng Courtyard. Seven or eight servants surrounded Bi Shi and a monk and stood in the courtyard. Bi Shi closely watched every move of the monk, lest he did something out of the ordinary.

The monk was pacing at the door of Lin Zisu's boudoir, but his eyes were looking around in the courtyard.

Seeing Lin Zisu approaching, his eyes flashed, and he asked, "Where did Miss come from?"

Lin Zisu saw that the monk was about 40 years old, with a tall and straight figure, a face like a rock, a white monk robe, a Buddha crown and shoes, and a string of Buddhist beads hanging around his neck.

Hearing his unclear words, he thought he was playing tricks on himself, so he smiled slightly at him and said, "Master's words are wrong. The scriptures say that all living beings in the three realms, the six realms of reincarnation, are like a whirling fire." Wheel', the endless period of life and death, just like a wheel without end. Since it has no beginning, how do you know where it came from?"

The monk froze for a moment, then looked at Lin Zisu with some doubts.

The eyes of the two exchanged for a moment, and in an instant, the monk's eyes changed from fierce to relaxed, and then he saluted Lin Zisu Heshi and said, "Amitabha, the poor monk offended you today, please don't blame me." His expression was very respectful.

After finishing speaking, he bowed to the Bi family again, and said with a smile: "The retribution of good and evil is like a shadow, and the cause and effect of the three generations will not be lost. Your family's good family has its own protection, and Tanyue doesn't have to worry. The poor monk is done for today. This is my farewell."

After the monk finished speaking, he retracted his robe sleeves and strode out of the yard. Mrs. Bi hurriedly chased after him, and asked in a low voice as he walked: "Master, please explain clearly, what do you mean by going straight away?"

The servants heard that the master invited by the master had supernatural powers, and they originally thought that once they saw it, they would subdue the demons. Seeing that the monk and his wife had left the courtyard, they could no longer stand in the lady's courtyard to watch the excitement, and they all rushed Out of the yard.

Lin Zisu watched Bi's leaving back, frowned tightly, and always felt that the monk seemed to be conveying some Zen idea to herself.

Amber beside her suddenly clapped her hands and laughed, "Ah! I said why is that master so familiar? It turns out to be Master Lingyun from Yuanjue Temple!" Lin Zisu felt that the name sounded familiar, and asked, "Yuanjue Temple? "

Hu Po hurriedly nodded and said: "Yes, yes, during the Lantern Festival, Madam took us to Yuanjue Temple to offer incense, and Miss even secretly asked for autographs in Yuanjue Temple!"

(End of this chapter)