Dark clouds slowly floated in, covering the bright moon, and Lei Zhenzi squatted side by side with Nezha on the roof. The former let out jerks, opened his mouth, and tilted his head on Nezha's shoulder, apparently sleepy. Nezha remained motionless, quietly listening to the conversation coming from under his feet.
Half an hour ago, Fei Zhong led a group of people into the post station, and told about Queen Jiang's death. Jiang Hengchu immediately fell down in front of the table and cried bitterly: "I am loyal to the country and the people, why am I here?"
Fei Zhong said again: "Four lords, remember not to act rashly. Your Majesty sent someone here. General Yin Defeated is waiting outside the inn. The court will be held tomorrow for King Wu Cheng. Uncle Bigan will go to the palace. All the ministers will protect you. Your Majesty will definitely not persecute Zhongliang." After finishing speaking, he glanced at Xi Bohou again, knowing that he had a good relationship with Huang Feihu, and he expected to know how to deal with it, so he left.
When Ji Chang sent the secret letter, the four princes looked at each other, trembling with fear, and said: "Could it be that the emperor will be in court tomorrow..."
"What kind of emperor!" Jiang Hengchu said angrily, "The foolish lord with all his birds and bows hidden! I'll go out of Chaoge now, and turn around and lead my troops to come and fight with this lunatic..."
Before the words were finished, Ji Chang hurriedly covered Jiang Heng's mouth, and said in panic: "The matter is undecided, the queen has a grievance, and when I wait for the morning court tomorrow, I will wait for the four princes to jointly protect the performance, and the truth will surely come to light. Don't be impulsive!"
Nezha listened for a long time, and said to himself: "In your eyes, children are exchangeable goods, so why get angry at this time?" Said: "What time is it?"
There was nothing to say all night, the sky was already dark, and the four princes stayed up all night, and they couldn't escape even if they wanted to escape, so they had to follow Yin Ruibai into the Meridian Gate at six o'clock.
The golden gong sounded, and all the officials entered the palace in order. King Zhou ascended the court and sat on the dragon chair. The fourth uncle was brought to the front of the Meridian Gate. Huang Feihu looked up and saw that there was one person missing before the Jin case, and he was shocked.
Bigan asked in a low voice: "Si Mo fell out of favor?"
Huang Feihu had countless thoughts in his mind, and he only replied: "Your Majesty wants to get rid of Jiang Hengchu today, the Prime Minister must not say too much, lest it will lead to a murderous disaster."
Only the Emperor Yuqian said from a distance: "Jiang Hengchu, are you guilty?!"
Jiang Hengchu was unwilling to plead guilty, and shouted: "The minister has governed the eastern border for many years, and he is diligent and conscientious, what crime is there!"
The three marquises were shocked, and hurriedly joined forces to protect and present the book. King Zhou was determined to kill Jiang Hengchu, but he didn't order to take the book, but said coldly: "Drag Jiang Hengchu out of the Meridian Gate and ask for beheading."
When the ministers were about to intercede for him, King Zhou unexpectedly said again: "Xibo Hou Jichang, are you guilty?"
In his sixtieth year, Ji Chang knelt in front of the hall, straightened up and lamented, "Your Majesty didn't read the memorial, so he condemned you like this. Why should Ji Chang be so angry that His Majesty is angry and pointed at the execution platform with knives and axes. Ji Chang just go forward!"
King Zhou sneered and said, "You Xiqi's iron-making method is very prosperous. Every family melts ore, and every household smelts steel. What do you want?"
Ji Chang quickly distinguished: "Farming, the plowing tool, and the iron industry..."
King Zhou said again: "The sword made by your second son Ji Fa has been handed down to Chaoge. How can this be explained?!" After that, someone brought the copper plate in front of the emperor, and on it was the red copper sword Haoran bought from the shopkeeper.
"This sword is shaped like the 'Xuanyuan Sword', the weapon of Ji Xuanyuan in ancient times. It has been said since ancient times that when the Emperor Xuanyuan sword is released, the four sides submit." King Zhou said slowly without waiting for Ji Chang to speak: "What is the use of casting this sword? Or is it Xuanyuan sword? The sword is already in the hands of your Ji family?"
King Zhou didn't want to kill Ji Chang, he just wanted to test him with words first, then imprison him, and then make a plan, he said: "Put him in..."
Before the words were finished, there was a thunderous cry outside the Meridian Gate, and the whole hall of civil and military men shrank in shock, only to hear Lei Zhenzi shout: "Who dares to kill my father!"
I saw that Nezha was like a dragon coming out of the water, and Lei Zhenzi was like lightning in the sky, crossing a distance of nearly a hundred miles in an instant, rushing to the Meridian Gate.
Lei Zhenzi took Ji Chang back with his backhand, Nezha's expressionless heroic face was in front of the Jin case in the blink of an eye, there was a bang in the nine halls, smoke and dust arose, most of the courtyard pillars were destroyed, and all the officials were in chaos , Hugging his head and running like a mouse.
But King Zhou didn't panic, and angrily scolded: "The traitor is so daring!" Immediately, he picked up a gold case over a hundred catties and threw it at Nezha!
Nezha dodged the golden case flying towards him, leaned back in mid-air, and pointed at King Zhou with one finger. His half body was shaken by the recoil. Standing in front of King Zhou with one palm, he shouted, "Slow down!"
Nezha was fixed in the air, with the sky silk fluttering around his waist, narrowed his eyes, and recognized the man, and heard Lei Zhenzi screaming at the court, holding Ji Chang in his hand several times to fly into the air, but was caught by King Wucheng. The handle of the war halberd was slapped on the ground, and there were gold stars in the fall.
The corner of Nezha's mouth twitched slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything, turned around and rushed out of the hall in an instant, threw the circle of heaven and earth against the sun, and hit Lei Zhenzi's wrist.
Lei Zhenzi let out a howl of pain, let go and removed Ji Chang's collar, his ankle was caught by Nezha, the two spun quickly and rushed to the top of the sky, but escaped.
King Zhou let out a sigh of relief, and put one hand on Haoran's shoulder. He had exerted too much force before, and his arm was shaking unceasingly. Haoran hurriedly settled the emperor, and King Zhou said slowly, "Jichang will be detained for the time being, and we will discuss it another day. Jiang Hengchu rebelled and murdered the king, gathered people in the nine halls to rebel, his daughter Jiang's corpse was whipped three hundred times, and her successor was abolished!"
All the ministers in front of the palace could see clearly that when Jichang was beheaded, there was an assassin driving him by surprise, so why put the crime on Dong Bohou? King Zhou said: "Daji is gentle and virtuous. She has no relatives inside and no relatives outside. She is fully responsible for being a queen. She is lonely and determined, so there is no need to say more. Si Tianjian will choose a day to finish the ceremony."
The matter of sealing the empress was like a bolt from the blue, but in this chaotic situation, the courtiers had no other plan, and the emperor made a final decision and said, "Retire from the court."
Ji Chang was imprisoned in h (you) on the west side of Chaoge, Dongbohou Jiang Hengchu was beheaded by the court, and the northern and southern princes were too frightened to intercede.
At this time, Haoran saw the domineering power of the last king of the Yin and Shang Dynasties. The records in the history books are all falsehoods.
It can only be said that during the process of centralization, the fox demon became an innocent scapegoat. Nan Bohou E Chonghuan, who should have been executed together, is still alive. What changes will his existence bring about in history? Haoran knew that Ji Chang's life would be saved, and half of it could be said to be his own, but the appearance of Nezha and Lei Zhenzi was absolutely unexpected. If he had time, he must ask Ji Chang for clarification. The Xuanyuan sword handed down from the Ji family.
However, it is impossible now. In the twelfth lunar month of winter, the time to get rid of the old and usher in the new is approaching in a blink of an eye. The wedding date chosen by Si Tianjian is the first day of the new year. The palace is full of busy people. It is the most solemn event since King Zhou ascended the throne. A celebration.
Knowing that Daji ascended to the throne, her name was not justified, and the officials were dissatisfied, but they had no choice but to send a gift list; Hearing that the Grand Master did not return from his expedition to Beihai, Huang Feihu excused his absence, and the two military officers of the imperial court did not show up. Only Bigan led the civil servants reluctantly to congratulate the emperor, so he was sent out of the Palace of Eternal Life to drink without mentioning it.
King Zhou sat in front of the main hall of Shouxian Palace since he had sacrificed the ancestral tablets in the afternoon. Haoran stood aside, knowing that the emperor had many emotions in his heart, he could not vent them, and he didn't say much, he just quietly watched the bright lights in the palace, and he didn't know where the palace maids were singing, accompanied by the sound of silk and bamboo, everywhere. They are all made of red silk, with golden dragons and phoenixes. For a while, I feel that they are not real, as hazy as a dream.
King Zhou suddenly asked, "What time is it?"
Hao Ran looked at the copper pot and said, "It's Hai time."
King Zhou said again: "Haoran, tell me, if your ancestors know you in the spring, will you be scornful and disrespectful?"
Haoran smiled, said no more, and replied: "Zishi will be worshiped by all officials, offering sacrifices to ancestors, heaven and earth, and I will change the wedding clothes for the king."
After finishing speaking, without waiting for King Zhou to answer, he went straight to get the black and red wedding dress, and with a flick of his hand, King Zhou sighed and took off the black royal robe. Spreading his arms, he asked Haoran to fasten the sash around his chest, and said: "On the night Gu and Mrs. Jiang got married, they were also in such a trance..."
Haoran interrupted: "Why did your majesty say that?" While bowing his head, he put his hands around King Zhou's tiger's waist behind him, and said: "I think that fame and fame through the ages are fleeting. I have heard that the majesty was bewitched by Daji. , Fang did many things that are difficult for ordinary people to understand."
Suddenly, he felt that King Zhou moved uncomfortably, but Haoran didn't let go, and said: "The Son of Heaven has given up too much for this country. Since the king is sober and knows what he is doing, the minister has nothing to say. Daji for the last thing..."
Haoran put his arms around the emperor's waist, put his head on King Zhou's back, and said slowly: "I will never be dissatisfied at all, and you don't have to worry about it. Since ancient times, there are thousands of words about the reasons for love and hatred, and there are always four words: 'I can't help myself' That's all."
King Zhou nodded and said: "Since you are considerate of the orphan, this marriage will not be wronged." Then he put his hand on the back of Haoran's hand and said: "The queen will go to see her when she is expecting your son. She has something to say to you."
Haoran raised his head in doubt, and met the eyes of King Zhou who was turning his head sideways. Seeing that King Zhou's eyes were slightly red, he smiled at him and said, "Let's go now."
On a winter night, the snow was as white as the day, and the eaves were covered with long and short ice edges. Daji stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling bronze mirror and was dazed. Seeing Haoran in the mirror, she immediately ordered: "It's nothing to do with you, everyone retreats." Down."
The servant girl who was arranging the phoenix robe for her said in surprise: "Your Majesty, it will be an auspicious time in one hour. This wedding robe..."
Daji said displeased: "With Simo waiting for you, if the auspicious time is missed, your majesty won't say a word, get out!"
After the maidservants left the side hall in fear and closed the door behind their backs, Daji said again: "Come here and insert a hairpin for me."
Haoran can't help but laugh, there is no one else in the hall, this is not an instruction to himself, but to whom? But he stood at the door without moving his feet, and replied: "Hao Ran doesn't dare, I'd better call someone to wait on the Queen."
Daji turned around and said, "Lord Si Mo only serves the king, so he won't take me, the queen, seriously."
Hao Ran had no choice but to go forward, picked a golden phoenix hairpin in the wooden box, looked at Daji's face in the mirror, and was afraid that the fox demon would use some means to frame him.
Daji's pink face is delicate and delicate, her cheeks are flushed with light makeup, her black eyebrows are flying, and her black hair is like a waterfall, but her eyes are full of tears. After a while, he said with emotion: "The reputation is worthless." Holding the phoenix hairpin in his hand, he said, "Tell me, why did you call me here? It's not because you want me to wear a phoenix crown for you."
Daji raised her chin, stared at herself in the mirror, and said softly, "You don't want me to dirty my hands because of this fox."
Haoran was unmoved, and replied: "You are not just a fox."
Daji still said in a very soft voice: "I can't help myself. I won't do this. I have other monsters to do it. It's a waste of my three thousand years of cultivation. If I violate the order of Empress Nuwa... You are not a mortal child, you know it yourself of."
Haoran's heart moved, and he said: "The Xuanyuan Sword's whereabouts, you really don't know?"
Daji had a sad look on his face, but he forced a smile and said: "My whole family is old and young, and there are no bones left. Your Dao Xuanyuan Sword is really in the grave, and you will tolerate Bigan and Huang Feihu..."
Haoran sighed and said, "You left Chaoge now and went to Kunlun Mountain to hide, there is still time."
Daji didn't answer, and said after a while: "What did I do wrong?"
Haoran was speechless. Since entering the palace, he felt that everything was very different from the historical records. Although Daji had all the money in his hands, he did not do many things that hurt the world. , Disastrous to the country and the people, I have to make another comment for her being ordered by Nuwa. If we go back to the root cause, the beginning of all these misfortunes is really the evil done by King Zhou himself. Even though the fox demon is heinous, he is also manipulated by the mother of mankind, which is understandable.
But what can I say? Put your mind to it, destroy it if you want, you are not wrong
Daji sighed faintly, and said, "Go to Kunlun Mountain to hide. You know that Kunlun and Jinao are so easy to enter. The famous fairy family will take in a fox that defies the order of the righteous god?!"
Daji said sadly again: "Besides, if I don't become a disaster, there will be no war in the world. If there is no war in the world, how can thousands of immortals and Taoists practice this great merit of sanctification..."
Before the words were finished, in the cold winter, thunder exploded in the night sky, Daji's face turned pale, and she hurriedly grasped Haoran's hand tightly, and she didn't even notice that the gold hairpin pierced her jade finger. Fortunately, he stopped the conversation in time, after Haoran explained this, he finally understood that the key point has not been thought through thoroughly, Daji has already covered his face with one hand, and wept bitterly.
Haoran said: "You...you..." After a few sentences, he knew that the demon fox's life was not from his heart, but he had nothing to do, so he could only comfort him: "Forget it, don't do too many murders, and you will be settled in the future." And you can save your life.”
After a long time, Daji wiped away his tears, stood up slowly, without saying a word, took the phoenix crown, and put it on for Daji. Daji said flatly, "Do you know why I don't use the Qingshi yuan pouch anymore?"
Haoran's fingers froze, looking at Daji's eyes in the mirror, he felt that the eyes of the most beautiful woman in the ages contained too much helplessness and sadness, only to hear Daji say again: "You are sincere, and I am also sincere. It is a pity that I was born You are a demon, you cannot make your own decisions."
"Even if I can't escape death, I would rather spend this short life with him vigorously, and I don't want to get nothing but lies."
Haoran's breath was suffocated, he put on the phoenix crown for Daji, bowed and said: "I know."
Da Jifang opened her lips slightly, closed her eyes, brought the pierced finger to her lips, wiped her red lips blood red, and said softly: "A woman's heart is a sea needle. Now that you know it, let's go."
Haoran left Daji's place, thinking that after King Zhou and Daji sacrificed to heaven and earth, he would no longer need to serve him, so he walked towards the Hall of Longevity, with the sound of gongs and drums, and the auspicious day was approaching, but Haoran only felt that his footsteps were vain, In this vortex of troubled times, no one is really worthy of death, hesitating in his heart, the future is shrouded in fog, and he doesn't know what to do in the future.
In the Hall of Eternal Life, all the officials were divided into several tables, Fei Zhong and You Hun chatted and laughed happily with their cronies. But Bigan and the other doctors looked angry. The absence of Huang Feihu at the table must be dissatisfied with Daji's success. He ignored the friendship with King Zhou and sighed grandly, knowing that this was a stab in the heart of the emperor. A ruthless stab may cause rift in the future because of it. While thinking, he suddenly saw Fei Zhonglian beckoning him to go, then he shook his head and smiled, and sat down beside Prime Minister Gan.
This sitting just showed the faction. Although Bigan was dissatisfied with the close relationship between Simo and King Zhou, he didn't say anything more. Haoran greeted all the officials and exchanged a few casual greetings. Bigan only said: "Tonight, after the king's conferment, the six palaces can be fixed. It is a great joy. Simo serves the king day and night, and his worries and labors are relieved. The old man first offers Haoran a cup."
Haoran knew that Bigan was warning himself: King Zhou already has a queen, and the male favorite must be good for himself, so he didn't get angry, so he took the wine and drank it. Bigan said again: "The old man has found a gift for the queen, and I hope Simo will present it to the king." After speaking, he waved his hand, and a young servant came over with a wooden plate covered with a red cloth, Hao Ran just smiled and said: "The gift given by the old prime minister must be very good."
However, before Bigan could hand over the wooden tray to Haoran in the future, a man's deep voice sounded from the entrance of the Hall of Eternal Life, but he angrily said: "Who asked you to drink!"
Haoran was taken aback, and turned his head to look. It was King Zhou who had been waiting for a long time, but he didn't see Haoran, so he came to look for him himself! All the officials were in an uproar, but King Zhou just ignored it, and said with a flick of his sleeves: "You don't have to restrain yourself, drink."
Haoran rushed to the king in three steps at a time, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is going to be angry right now, as soon as I've finished my drink?"
King Zhou said with a stern face: "I didn't wear the lonely dragon crown, I thought you were going to slip away to sleep again." The monarch and his ministers were used to talking, and they ignored the dumbfounded officials and returned to Shouxian Palace with Haoran.
The auspicious time has come, when the gongs and drums sounded, all the ministers lined up in order under His Royal Highness, the ancestral tablets were invited out, and just about to perform the grand ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven and earth, King Daji and Zhou stood shoulder to shoulder in front of Shouxian Palace. Haoran stood beside King Zhou uncoordinatedly, wanted to leave several times, but was forced to stay by King Zhou again, thinking that if he worshiped heaven and earth and entered the bridal chamber, the faint king would have to go with three of them. Unable to escape, he finally broke the jar and stopped struggling. If you want me to be a light bulb, let the light bulb go to the end.
The wedding system of the Shang Dynasty was not yet complete. King Zhou and Daji stood, and all the officials knelt down, and after calling long live, they called thousand years old. Let's start."
After standing at attention for a few seconds, Haoran changed to take a rest, King Zhou said again: "Haoran, let's start."
"..."
Haoran's smile froze on his face, and he couldn't find the supervisor, so Daji smiled and said, "Master Simo knows a lot."
Haoran only felt that five thunders would strike the top, even Shen Gongbao's thunder whip would not have such power, the dismissal of the Supervisor of Rites must be a joke of King Zhou! The Queen's Ceremony made this joke... Is King Zhou out of his mind!
King Zhou said again: "Whatever you say, so be it."
At this moment, all civil and military officials exploded, Haoran opened his eyes wide, took a deep breath, and said loudly: "Bow to heaven and earth!"
The voice came out of the hall and echoed endlessly on the ground of silver makeup. All the officials were silent, King Zhou raised his front skirt and knelt down resolutely without saying a word.
"Second obeisance to the high hall!"
Daji followed King Zhou Yingying and knelt down. One king and one queen touched their foreheads to the ground. After being able to wait, Haoran said again: "Husband and wife pay respects!"
King Zhou and Daji bowed to each other.
Haoran's eyes were blurred, and he felt that the world was full of heavy snow that couldn't be melted, fluttering, and wanted to cover the sky, the earth, and people, and turn this world into a piece of ice, and finally slowly said: "Bring into the bridal chamber .”
"My lady, please stay!"
The leader of the ministers in front of the Shouxian Palace, Bigan said loudly: "The old minister has done something a few days ago, and now it is a gift to congratulate the empress on her conferment." He held out the wooden plate that was to be handed over to Haoran earlier. Immediately, someone from the palace took it over and presented it respectfully, Hao Ran suddenly thought, and hurriedly said in surprise: "Don't reveal it."
But Daji smiled and said: "Uncle Huang is bothering you." With slender hands, he lifted the red cloth on the wooden plate, just as Haoran expected.
On the plate was an incomparably luxurious fox fur made of dozens of fox furs.