In the Shengsheng Hall in the back hall of the Guoxiang Prison, a hurried little Taoist came with a message, awakening the white-haired young man who was cross-legged in meditation.
The national teacher opened his eyes, raised his white eyebrows slightly, and looked at the person outside the door: "Who?"
The little Taoist bowed his head and said: "The two officers and generals who you descended to the palace are in the front hall, and they said they came here specially to see you, my lord."
The national teacher pondered for a moment, countless thoughts flashed through his mind, finally got up and went to bed, put on his Taoist robe, and walked out.
A quarter of an hour later, Rong Leng and Liu Wei were brought to the bamboo pavilion to the east of the front hall, where the national teacher was already there.
Just as the Taoist said just now, Liu Wei also saw that she was not welcome in the eyes of the national teacher, she didn't care, but smiled.
"It's still early in the day, are you disturbing your lord's clean-up?"
Reaching out without hitting the smiling person, Liu Wei spoke beautifully, and the national teacher was not easy to get angry, so he said solemnly: "It doesn't matter."
The meaning is still disturbing, but he is magnanimous and doesn't care.
Liu Wei said again: "Come here today, in fact, it is for a private matter, please help me."
The national teacher looked at her suspiciously, and asked calmly, "Is it the matter of your descending to the palace?"
Liu Wei shook his head: "It's my job."
The national teacher raised his eyebrows, his expression became subtle.
After all, he is sitting here now, looking at the face of Rujiang Palace.
Liu Wei knew that the national teacher didn't like them, and heard that it had nothing to do with Ru Jiang's palace, so she would definitely have to drive them away, so while the national teacher was still thinking about how to refuse without hurting the peace, she preemptively said: "
Before coming to Beijing, he stayed overnight in Mingyue Town in the suburbs of Beijing. During the stay, he heard local accents and jokes, saying that the town was once haunted by ghouls. "
The national teacher devoted his whole life to worshiping and respecting the gods. When he heard the theory of ghosts and gods, he was a little curious about what Liu Wei was going to say next.
Some folk tales also emerged one after another, and spread widely. I have also heard a little about the ghost army in Mingyue Town and Liu Xiniang in Qingfeng Town. "
But he still has the face to mention Liu Xiniang.
Liu Wei sneered, and when the national teacher looked over, the smile turned back to kindness: "The lord thinks that whether it's ghouls, the army of ghosts and gods, or even Liu Xiniang, they all exist.
of it? "
This can be said to be the itch of the national teacher. The national teacher likes to sell feudal superstitions like others. He nodded, and his tone was very firm: "Most of the country legends are false and true. Among them
Most of them are false, but some are indeed true. The official of Mingyue Town has also been there. It was changed from a mass grave, and it is not surprising that there are ghouls alive. "
Liu Wei asked again: "What about Liu Xiniang?"
The national teacher took a look at her, and said: "The soul is asking for his life, you are a poor person." After finishing speaking, he asked: "The reason you asked for help from me is to know about Liu Xiniang?"
Liu Wei shook her head, "What I want to ask is the Ghost Army."
The national teacher frowned: "Ask what?"
"Mingyue Town has been passed down from mouth to mouth, saying that the front of the town is a gathering place for corpses. It is eerie and terrifying, and ghouls proliferate. The army of ghosts and gods was suppressed by the emperor's order. In the end, they were killed by ghouls and turned into ghost soldiers, guarding one side.
I want to know that these are all true. "
The national teacher was not clear about her intentions, so before answering, he asked back: "So what is true, what is false, Your Excellency has spared no effort to ask this official, just to prove a rural truth.
Is the anecdote true or false? "
Liu Wei shook her head, still smiling: "My lord, please tell me the truth first."
The national teacher frowned, pondered for a long time, and then said: "Half truth and half false, some are true and some are false."
"The imperial army is true, the ghost army is false, the bride is true, and the ghoul is false, but?"
The national teacher stared at her, with a faint feeling in his heart that he was being slandered, but these rural annals were always rumored, and he didn't feel that he had said any secrets that he couldn't tell.
After thinking about it, he simply said something serious: "If you just want to chat with someone, sir, I'm sorry I don't have time to accompany you."
After the national teacher finished speaking, he really wanted to get up and leave.
Liu Wei said again at this time: "My lord is from Mingyue Town, right?"
The figure of the national teacher leaving suddenly paused, narrowing his eyes dangerously: "What?"
"You are from Mingyue Town. You were born in Mingyue Town before you were picked up and adopted by the commander. There are two nonsense stories in Mingyue Town.
A famous butcher, on the wedding day, Xiuniang escaped from her marriage and went to a mass grave, where she was finally killed by a ghoul. The butcher's family who were chasing after him all fell into the mouth of the ghoul. "
After a pause, he spoke again.
"The second one is that the ghouls are rampant, so that the imperial court has to mobilize troops to quell the chaos. Therefore, there is a theory that the imperial army suppressed the ghouls."
The national teacher's expression was very bad: "What do you want to say?"
"My lord should still remember what happened a few days ago. I told a lie that day. The boy who was called an assassin by me was actually my son, and the dog on that day
In the morning, I met the adults on the way out of the palace. "
The national teacher sat down again and stared into Liu Wei's eyes: "The little boy was led by Taifu Ji before, it seems to be a baby of the Ji family, and the two of them claimed to be under the command of King Ru Jiang, and they were Japanese officials.
Then I knew that it was the baby who accidentally broke into the apse and was trapped by the guards. The Tai Tuo asked the former student Ru Jiang Wang for help, and there was chaos in the back. I didn't expect that you and the child would have this kind of relationship.
Yuanyuan, then you have already taken away people, what are you going to say now? "
"Talk about you, my lord." Liu Wei said bluntly: "Since I have confessed my relationship with that boy, it should not be difficult for my lord to think about the relationship between me and Taifu Ji. I believe you
People are more aware of the relationship between Taifu Ji and Master Ling. "
That day, the car of the National Elephant Prison was passing by the palace road. I just heard the palace people asking for directions, saying that Taifu Ji was returning to Beijing, but the carriage broke down on the way. I asked his car if he could take Taifu Ji for a ride. The teacher readily agreed.
In fact, he is not familiar with this old matriarch who has been an official for many years, but he has heard the mentor who raised him mention many times that the old monk who died early was once a close friend with Taifu Ji.
In this way, it is not surprising that one's life experience will be known by the person in front of him.
It must be what Ji Taifu said.
But so what, the hero does not ask where he came from, he left Buddhism, became a disciple of the Taoist school, and was invited by the emperor to establish the National Elephant Prison and become an extremely human minister, all of which he did by himself
He arrived, who can say more about him
The national teacher proudly said: "And then?"
Knowing that he is from Mingyue Town, so what
"That newlywed..." Liu Wei's voice was very firm: "It's your biological mother."
The national teacher's eyes became colder and colder: "Continue."
"The so-called ghoul is your father."
This time the national teacher was finally angry, he slapped the stone table and stood up abruptly.
Realizing that he was about to make a move, Rong Leng stood beside Liu Wei and stood up, the sharp sword at his waist was already out of its sheath.
Liu Wei took Rong Leng's hand to calm him down, looked up at the angry face of the national teacher, and sighed: "I came here today not to expose your scars, the past is over, what happened to the predecessors, let alone
It should be borne by future generations. It is true that I would like to ask adults to help me with something. Please sit down and let us talk slowly. "