Master Deng had this only daughter, so he naturally regarded her as the apple of his eye, and passed on all his skills to Deng. Therefore, although Deng was born as a girl, she had been familiar with the celestial phenomena of the Zhou Dynasty since she was a child.
The Taoist priest was Master Deng's apprentice and also Deng's younger brother. In the second year after Deng married into the Zhongyuan Marquis Mansion, Master Deng died of illness and all his disciples were scattered. The Taoist priest had always been on good terms with Deng, so he stayed in He became a guest in the Hou Mansion.
In the third year, Mrs. Deng gave birth to the youngest son. Soon after, she discovered that the youngest son had a heart disease. Deng was afraid that her son's status as the legitimate son in the palace would be ruined, so she concealed the news of the crown prince's illness and worked with her senior brothers to study treatment methods. After many twists and turns, the two of them finally drafted a life-saving prescription for their son after going through ancient books. As long as the prescription was very evil, they needed to take the apex blood of a destined virgin as a medicine. The two of them deduced from the eight-character horoscope of the young prince. This woman was a noble girl from the north, and they were worried about not being able to choose her. However, the next year, Princess Mu Nanzhi of Beidi came to Beijing. Her zodiac signs all matched those of the young prince. Deng was overjoyed and took the initiative a few years later. In front of the Queen Mother, he proposed to Jun Mu on behalf of the young prince, and then Long Live Lord issued a decree granting the marriage.
But as the wedding day of the two gradually approached, the Taoist priest began to be haunted by nightmares every night. Every night, he could dream that a big hole was poked in Mu Nanzhi's heart, and the blood would not stop, and she would stare at him expressionlessly. , asked him why he wanted to do this to harm her.
The Taoist priest was haunted by nightmares for half a year and became a little crazy. On the day of Mu Nanzhi's visit and ceremony, he even rushed into the Zhongyuan Marquis Mansion and forced Deng to go to the imperial court to cancel the engagement. He was not allowed to kill Mu Nanzhi, otherwise he would When the truth was revealed to the public, Deng gritted his teeth with hatred. That night, he sent people to assassinate the Taoist priest, but was stopped by Xie Lun. The Taoist priest knew that Deng wanted to kill him and silence him, so he immediately went to the capital's Fu Yin to tell the details. Zhao Liren, the governor of the palace, originally wanted to ask him to uphold justice for Mu Nanzhi, but Zhao Liren had the intention of extorting money. Wei Ye went to the Zhongyuan Marquis Mansion, gave Deng three thousand taels of silver, and agreed to do it for Deng. In addition to his worries, if doing something in the prison would attract too much attention, he sent two trusted officials to take the Taoist priest out of the prison. He planned to find a deserted alley to kill him, but he did not want to be caught by the patrol camp. Take it.
Long Yan was furious and ordered Zhao Liren and Deng to be executed. Marquis Zhongyuan was lax in his housekeeping and allowed his wife to do evil. He was even promoted to the rank of general and his title was changed to Bu Ren, becoming Viscount Bu Ren.
Naturally, the marriage between the young prince and Mu Nanzhi was ruined. In order to appease the frightened Lord Mu, who could not even get out of bed, Long Live Lord made her the county head and increased the number of households from 1,200 to 2,000.
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The twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month in the eighteenth year of Jiasheng
After the affairs at the Zhongyuan Marquis Mansion were completed, Xie Lun took some time off, and became busy again these days. He stayed up day and night, which was very hard. As soon as it got dark, Xie Lun went out again.
Du Heng brought hot tea into the study, and while making tea for Lu Zhishan, he sighed: "It has been half a month since General Longhu entered the capital. Not to mention that Long live the Lord is missing, even the officials from the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households have not been seen. Someone who is willing to see him, Xie Lun has been sleeping day and night for the past two days, listening to every corner of the house of officials of all sizes in the court. According to the information Xie Lun found, General Longhu has returned without success again this year. "