Chapter 246: Chaotic ministers and thieves
The generals took the order, and two commanders with full armor flashed out, one of them rode on one of Xiao Yu's shoulders and dragged Xiao Yu onto the dragon chasing. Xiao Yu's face was ashes and could be merciless.
Dugu Lie took Xiao Yu away, and a pair of armored soldiers cleaned the bodies and cleaned the streets. Soon, they cleaned the streets cleanly. At first glance, it seemed that nothing was born here. Only the strong bloody smell filled the air, reminding that a killing had just occurred here.
Xiao Yu was taken back to the palace and locked up in Zhengyang Palace, covered in blood and ignored him. Xiao Yu sat blankly on the ground of Zhengyang Palace Hall, his eyes were dull and motionless. After two days like this, a little eunuch could not see him and came to serve Xiao Yu to wash and change clothes. Xiao Yu was just dazed and let him do it.
After Dugu Lie imprisoned Xiao Yu, he immediately sent a team of imperial guards to Cai Quan's mansion. The maids and servants in Cai Quan's mansion had long been dispersed, and Cai Quan's son Cai Qi was also missing. Gu Dulie ordered to close the city gate and search for Cai Quan's son Cai Qi. For a moment, people in Chang'an, the city of Tianzhi were overturned. All the maids and servants in Cai's mansion who had not had time to leave the city were arrested. After being severely tortured, they did not know Cai Qi's whereabouts.
Dugu Lie ordered all 37 maids and servants of the Cai Mansion captured in the street and showed their power. He then hung his head on a few wooden sticks and put them on a carriage. He led the carriage to parade for three days by the police from the Gyeonggi-doya yamen, which was shocked and established his authority.
But the old servant was looking for Cai Qi everywhere in the song halls and brothels in the capital. He also heard that Cai Quan was defeated and killed, so he had to entrust the gold, silver and fine materials given by Cai Quan to people familiar with him in the city. He hoped that if an acquaintance saw Cai Qi and handed over to Cai Qi, he hoped that Cai Qiwen would run away immediately after he was entrustted. After the old servant finished his entrusting, he would also immediately leave the city to escape.
Cai Qi was wandering around in a good actress that day, when he learned that his father was killed and the emperor was imprisoned. Dugu Lie had already closed the city gate and was arresting him everywhere.
In panic, Cai Qi wanted to escape from the city, but he couldn't. While he was hesitating and anxious, he suddenly remembered that Eunuch Hua came. She had been in the palace for many years and is now the eunuch in the palace. She has many connections and has always been good friends with Dugu Lie. Cai Qi was once admired by Eunuch Hua for her dancing skills. It seems that she can only ask Eunuch Hua to save her life now.
Cai Qi made up his attention and asked the actress who was close to him, borrowed a night pearl he gave to the actress that day, and secretly went to the palace of Eunuch Hua while it was late at night. When the old man was still having a banquet late at night, he saw Cai Qi coming to him and presented the night pearl again, so he stepped back and asked, "Young Master Cai came to the door late at night, but what's the point of doing that?"
Cai Qi knelt at the feet of Eunuch Hua and cried, "Dear-in-law, my confused father offended the national master. The national master is now capturing me everywhere. I think that in the world, the only one who can save me is father-in-law. I would like to worship my father-in-law as my foster father. In the future, I will serve you, and hope that my father-in-law will save me."
Hua Eunuch stretched out her hand and pinched Cai Qi's face, and said in a slight voice: "It's not difficult to ask me to save you. It's better to cleanse yourself, change your name, and follow me to be a godson. I think even if Dugu Lie knows it, he will not make things difficult for you."
When Cai Qi heard this, he had no other plan now. He followed Eunuch Hua's words and purified himself and worshiped Eunuch Hua as his adoptive father. He changed his name to Hua Xing'er.
On the first day of the lunar month, the zimuth is dim, the Taiyin is the main position, the emperor's yang is weak, and it is very bad.
More than two months have passed, and Chang'an City has calmed down again, at least on the surface. Dugu Lie welcomed Xiao Huan back from Lu, who was the ninth son of the previous emperor and was named King of Lu. He is now six years old.
Just after the Yin hour, the drums in the Wu Gate sounded, and all civil and military officials lined up. At the Mao hour, all officials crossed the Jinshui Bridge and arrived at the Zhengyang Gate, kneeled down and shouted long live. Dugu Lie stood in front of the main hall of Zhengyang Palace, holding the Queen Mother's decree, proclaiming: "Qin obeyed the Queen Mother's decree: In ancient times, all the kings and all the people in the world were compassionate with the people, appointed loyal and kind, and self-disciplined. However, now Emperor Yu did not want to compassion with the hardships of people's livelihood, was debauchery, was close to slanderous ministers, and stayed away from virtue, and was difficult to be appointed by the emperor. Now there is King Huan of Lu, who is virtuous, gentle, smart, studious, and be kind and loving to the people. Therefore, he abolished the throne of Yu and demoted him to a commoner. Huan was appointed as the new emperor and changed the year name to Tongde. Qin was here."
When the civil and military officials heard the Queen Mother’s decree, they looked at each other, but they dared not speak out. They entered the palace one after another and visited the new emperor.
Xiao Yu has been moved to Qing'an Hall to settle down at this moment. Hearing the nine sounds of thunder and drums, and also hearing the faint sound of elegant music. He knew that the new emperor ascended the throne, and he was afraid that his death was coming.
After the ceremony of ascension, Dugu Lie came to Qing'an Hall. Xiao Yu looked up at the sunlight outside the window, and there seemed to be a trace of nostalgia and a trace of relief in his eyes, but there was no fear.
When Xiao Yu heard that the hall was pushed open, he said calmly without looking back: "Is it my deadline here?"
Dugu Lie still had a cold voice and said, "I heard that the emperor's dragon body is not safe, so I came to visit him. I don't know what the emperor has to say."
Xiao Yu said: "I wish you should not be born in the imperial family in the next life."
After Xiao Yu finished speaking, a little eunuch had already been holding a purple-gold lacquer tray with a jasper wine bottle in it. He walked to Xiao Yu, bowed and knelt down, and raised his hands. Xiao Yu looked at the jasper wine bottle, looked at the sun outside the window, slowly took the wine bottle, drank the wine bottle, and threw the wine glass to the ground.
But after a moment, Xiao Yu was so angry that he died. Dugu Lie waved his hand, and the little eunuch hurriedly retreated and closed the door. Dugu Lie said coldly: "You should have died here, but as the royal bloodline, if you don't refine you, it's a pity that you will die, the emperor--"
After Dugu Lie finished speaking, he stretched out his hands, crossed his chest, and slowly moved to both sides. Two spiritual powers surged with Dugu Lie's hands, and Dugu Lie's body slowly rose up and hung in the Qing'an Hall.
Dugu Lie merged his hands, formed a lotus seal in front of him, and slowly pushed towards Xiao Yu's body. A green spiritual energy rushed out and rushed towards Xiao Yu's body. The green spiritual energy slowly wrapped Xiao Yu's body. Dugu Lie closed his eyes and concentrated, raised his hands, and Xiao Yu also rose above Qing'an Hall under the package of spiritual power.
I saw that the green spiritual power slowly rotated around Xiao Yu's body. First, it rotated very slowly, but then it became faster and faster. A green light seemed to form outside Xiao Yu's body. About half an hour passed, and the green light dissipated. Xiao Yu's body disappeared, and a green bead was seen hanging in the air.
Dugu Lie showed an undetectable smile, descended from mid-air, stretched out his hand, and the green beads flew straight to Dugu Lie's palm.
Dugu Lie said to himself: "It's indeed the bloodline of the emperor. One green spirit bead is better than a hundred mortals."
After Dugu Lie said that, he swallowed the Biling Pearl in one mouthful. Dugu Lie swallowed the Biling Pearl's mouth, his expression seemed to be very enjoyable. He opened his arms and his lips slightly opened. A faint green light oozed out from Dugu Lie's throat, and then Dugu Lie's whole body was filled with green light. After a long time, the green light dissipated, and it seemed that Dugu Lie had completely digested the Biling Pearl.
After Dugu Lie returned to his original state, he twisted his fingers, gently stroked his nails, and a drop of green blood popped out from his fingers. The blood fell on the main hall of Qing'an Hall. Dugu Lie made a seal with his left hand, moved his chest, recited a spell, and said: "Illusion!"
I saw the drop of green blood on the Qing'an Hall slowly expanding and fission, and finally turned into Xiao Yu's physical body.
Dugu Lie looked at the body with satisfaction. He turned around and walked out of Qing'an Hall, and said to the little eunuch guarding the door: "The last emperor suddenly suffered from a bad disease, and he had already driven Bintian. He passed the imperial eunuch. Although the late emperor had no virtue, since he had suddenly suffered from a bad disease, he would handle the funeral according to the royal funeral specifications and allow the funeral to be buried in the imperial tomb."
The little eunuch said tremblingly: "Abide by the national teacher's orders, and I will do it now."
After Xiao Yu's death, Dugu Lie informed the world that the national funeral was held, and the whole country was mourning for three years. No weddings and funerals were allowed, no banquets, singing and dancing, no silk and bamboo orchestra, or slaughtering livestock.
All civil and military officials knew that Xiao Yu died strangely, but they dared not speak out about Dugu Lie, and they kept having a banquet and singing and dancing in private.
As the saying goes: "If relatives may be sad, others will sing."
After Lin Jinghong and Qin Fangfei separated from Jinshui that day, they missed the aunt who was like a god. They practiced according to the Taiyi Guiyuan Method taught by Qin Fangfei every day. In addition, Qin Fangfei brought the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to gather his own spiritual power that day to help Lin Jinghong become Taiyi, and he achieved twice the result with half the effort when he practiced.
In less than a few days, Lin Jinghong was surprised to see that the spiritual power gathered in his practice was no longer dissipated, and slowly condensed into an inner alchemy. Even the technique of changing shapes and shadows could be used, and he was overjoyed in his heart.
Time passed quickly. In the blink of an eye, Lin Jinghong, Caiqi, Liu Hanyan, and Gong Qingqing lived in Furong City for nearly a year, and Lin Jinghong celebrated his thirteenth birthday in Furong City.
However, after Liu Hanyan, Lin Jinghong and the other two returned from Guanyin Zen Temple that day, they conducted open and secret investigations in Furong City, but they never saw the Taiyin Soul Gathering Array again.
Liu Hanyan used his treasure Xuanhuang Kunlun Mirror to check the changes in the spiritual power, resentment and yin energy of Furong City from time to time. However, he still gained nothing. Although Furong City is very lively, the people are hard and bureaucrats are lazy, it seems like an ordinary city, as if the Taiyin Soul Gathering Array has never appeared.
Gong Qingqing suspected that the two were confused by Xingniang and Song Yu, so that the four of them had long been hooked up and became traitors. From time to time, they argued with Liu Hanyan and Caiqi, but Liu Hanyan and Caiqi were basically the only way to listen to Gong Qingqing's words.
However, Gong Qingqing has been very good with Lin Jinghong recently. Lin Jinghong grew up one year ago, but he has grown a lot taller, almost half a head taller than Gong Qingqing. His eyebrows and eyes are like picturesque, his nose is like jade gallbladder, his lips are like red spots, and his handsome face is crystal clear, as if white jade is flawless.
When Gong Qingqing saw Lin Jinghong recently, if Liu Hanyan was there, she would definitely go forward and get intimate with Lin Jinghong. Lin Jinghong grew up at the beginning, but he gradually became familiar with human affairs. Whenever Gong Qingqing was like this, she couldn't help but blushed with shame and her heartbeat.
Liu Hanyan, Caiqi and Gong Qingqing thought that Lin Jinghong was alone and celebrated his birthday lively. After working hard for more than half a month, he relaxed his visit to Furong City.
The four of them discussed and decided that if Lin Jinghong had no trace of the Furong City after his birthday, he would set off to send Gong Qingqing to Dunhuang first, and then make plans.
Gong Qingqing didn't want to go back and said that she had been out for so long, let alone sent a message to her parents. Although Caiqi appeared cold on the surface, she was like a mirror in her heart. She knew that she was reluctant to part with her senior brother Liu Hanyan.
It’s not that Liu Hanyan didn’t understand Gong Qingqing’s feelings for him. Firstly, when he was in the Tongtian Sect of Gushan, the female disciples of Yao Yue and Shui Yue Zhenren were coveted by him, so he was a little arrogant. In Liu Hanyan’s eyes, Gong Qingqing was a little girl who had not yet grown up. Although she was pretty and cute, she was not as charming as Xing Niang. She only thought he was a child in her heart.
It was more than a month since Lin Jinghong's thirteenth birthday. Liu Hanyan decided not to stay in Furong City and discussed with Caiqi to buy some essential items, so he went on the way to send Gong Qingqing back to Dunhuang. Gong Qingqing was very depressed when she found out.
The four of them went to Furong City to purchase essential items this day and walked to a house. They saw a huge red apricot tree outside the house. At this time, the apricot tree was full of green plums, and the tree was green and green, very cute.
Suddenly, the gate of the house was opened from the inside out, and a man ran out in disheveled clothes. He saw that the man was about thirties and had a good facial features. He followed a weak scholar, holding a wooden stick in his hand, with a blue face and a look of anger.
The man rushed out and was in a panic and hit Lin Jinghong. The man was hit by Lin Jinghong and fell to the ground. The scholar who chased him out from behind raised his wooden stick and beat the man in a mess.
The disheveled man was beaten so hard that he stopped running away. Instead, he stood up, grabbed the weak scholar's stick, snatched it, threw it on the ground angrily, and scolded arrogantly: "Zhang Sheng, don't be fucking more. I see you are a scholar and I don't care about you. How dare you beat me? Looking at this Furong City, I want to play with anyone who wants to play with, who dares to say no."
The Zhang was extremely angry and shouted, "Shameless, hateful!" After that, he hit the man and was hitting the man's stomach. The man's stomach was hit, obviously painful. He couldn't help but get angry, pulled out his waist, grabbed Zhang Sheng's collar, and said hideously, "Grandpa, I'll send you to the West now, and then marry your slutty lady to be my seventeenth concubine." After that, he stabbed Zhang Sheng's belly with a knife. The face was twisted, and blood was splattering, and he died.
The Zhang fell to the ground after life and death, his eyes widened, and his face was full of anger, obviously dying with his eyes open. After the man killed someone, he left.
Lin Jinghong was furious. Someone actually killed people in the street, and the people around him didn't dare to pay any attention. So he wanted to chase him and argue with him. An old lady next to him hurriedly grabbed Lin Jinghong and advised: "Young man, are you from other places? I see that you have a pretty face and must be a scholar. I advise you not to worry about this nostalgic business. The one who killed people was the brother of our third wife, the lord of Furong City, named Ding Youcai. When Ding Youcai saw someone with a pretty wife, he would try every means to get it. After he succeeded, he would give him a few taels of silver and beat him up. Not to mention killing someone, even if he burned the street in anger, no one would dare to do anything to him."
After saying that, the old lady shook her head and sighed and left.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!