God and mystery

Chapter 41

The emperor is not dead.

It's over.

Zhu Changluo didn't dare to lift his head, for fear that Emperor Wanli would see something abnormal. At first, Emperor Wanli felt that there was no problem. Can you help him? But soon he felt that something was wrong.

"Get up quickly, the ground is full of plaster and rain."

Emperor Wanli felt that he had to figure out what was wrong right away, so he gave Zhu Changluo a good face, and reached out to help him.

Zhu Changluo raised his head, and he didn't know whether it was rain or tears. In short, he looked miserable. Emperor Wanli looked at the ashes and filth on his body, sighed, and became more and more sure that Zhu Changluo had come to rescue him.

It's just that at this time, Zhu Changluo's eyes happened to meet Ji Xiang who was behind Emperor Wanli.

Zhu Changluo froze immediately, as if he had been doused with cold water in the wind and rain, and Ji Xiang also narrowed his eyes slightly and grinned:
"It's a coincidence that the First Prince came down."

Ji Xiang did not intend to cover up the future Ming Guangzong. Now, Zhu Changluo, one of the main messengers behind the scenes, has also come to repay his debts.

However, Ji Xiang found that the incense gas on Zhu Changluo disappeared without a trace.Ji Xiang guessed that this should be because those Vulcans died, so they died together.

Zhu Changluo was sweating on his nervous head at this time. Fortunately, there was a heavy rain to cover it up. At this time, it was really "sweating like rain".At the same time, there was great fear in his heart:
This little Taoist priest from Longde Hall actually appeared here, and he also controlled the fire spirit.
Zhu Changluo saw those fire spirits, and at this moment, he was holding his hands, and they didn't have the slightest idea of ​​running away, and seemed to be very afraid of Ji Xiang.

After contacting back and forth, Zhu Changluo couldn't think of the situation, but it made his hands and feet cold!
Ji Xiang killed Song Wuji, Song Zhongzheng, and even Huo Jun.
It was an iron plate. It turned out that the emperor had a long-term vision and had already hidden such a big man in the Forbidden City. He actually thought that everything was ready and under control. How stupid.

He also thought that it was said that when his father was alive in Zhang Juzheng, he was also a little Mingjun. At that time, many people in the world praised him.
It's not as simple as it seems!
The Wanli Emperor at this time, in Zhu Changluo's heart, has become a very far-sighted, even a little black-bellied, terrible emperor with a big city and many backers, and Zhu Changluo is also ashes.

Emperor Wanli noticed the problem, and after thinking about it for a while, he thought of the source of the matter that he sent someone to the Longde Hall tonight, because Concubine Zheng Gui said that the eldest prince was bewitched by demons.
Emperor Wanli asked Ji Xiang: "Ji Xiang, what did the eldest prince do when he went to your palace, just to offer incense?"

Ji Xiang responded calmly: "Yesterday morning, the eldest prince entered the Longde Hall to offer incense, prayed for Concubine Gong's blessing, and asked about the change of life and death."

In fact, Emperor Wanli had already learned about this so-called life-and-death change from Concubine Zheng. Concubine Zheng said that the eldest prince was bewitched by Ji Xiang, which is exactly what he used to say. Now I ask again, just want to confirm.

Ji Xiang told Emperor Wanli: "The first prince asked Yu Pindao, can the dead live? Is there a cycle of reincarnation? Is life and death in his own hands?"

These three questions were thrown, and Emperor Wanli nodded.

"It just so happens that I am quite interested in what happened in the Longde Hall, the cause and effect, Ji Xiang, tell me what you know about what happened in the past few days."

Emperor Wanli wanted to hear the ins and outs of the matter, Ji Xiang responded one by one, and Zhu Changluo was terrified.

"On the [-]th of June, at the time of the watch. In the Longde Hall, there were incense and spirits rioting, and the poor man feigned death, lying on the ground all night, and deceived the red flag boy. Only then did I start to learn about Huojun."

Ji Xiang opened his mouth with a steady voice, but in Zhu Changluo's ears, it was like a ghost babbling, telling him every word that you should go on your way!

"In the early morning of June [-], the red flag boy appeared in the Longde Hall and talked with the incense essence. During the discussion, someone wanted to see if Pindao was dead or not. Then, Pindao got up and beat the incense essence to death. The boy's escaping technique is superb, and he uses the incense to escape."

"On the morning of June [-], not long after the boy left, His Royal Highness the First Prince came to the temple to pray for blessings"

"Ask Pindao some life and death questions, and then leave. Before leaving, His Royal Highness, the First Prince, asked Pindao to rest early tonight."

"On the [-]th of June, at the time of the watch, the hall will be as usual. During the second watch, Your Majesty will send the envoy of Nanzhen, Lord Luo, to inspect the Hall of Longde."

"At the end of the third watch, the fire god Song Wuji appeared. He was killed by the Pindao sword. Lord Luo ran out of the temple and came to rescue His Majesty."

When Ji Xiang said this, Emperor Wanli made a stop gesture, and then said slowly:

"At the third watch, my Qianqing Palace was burned down, and three people appeared in the fire."

Emperor Wanli stared at Zhu Changluo: "eldest brother, tell me, what have you been doing since you went back to the third watch last night?"

The eldest brother is the usual name given to Zhu Changluo by the Wanli Emperor.

"My son. After praying in Longde Hall, go back to Jingyang Palace and read."

"In the afternoon. In the palace, I didn't go out, there was nothing to do."

"At the third watch, the son was already asleep, but the fire in the first three halls was raging. When the son saw the fire in the harem, he was worried that his father would be in trouble, so he came in."

Zhu Changluo weighed every word and said that sweat was pouring down his forehead, but it just happened that it was raining heavily, so he couldn't tell, but his face was pale.

Emperor Wanli asked Ji Xiang: "What do you think?"

Ji Xiang responded: "Huo Jun just died, and His Royal Highness the first prince came on his back and suddenly appeared here, saying he wanted to save him."

"Pindao still don't know, why did your Highness come down so coincidentally?"

Zhu Changluo raised his voice in one breath, hoping that Ji Xiang didn't know that the main messenger was him, but his relationship with Huo Jun and the others seemed to have been exposed:
"It was the heavy rain that put out the fire. It's no coincidence that I was able to get in."

Ji Xiang nodded and asked again, "Your Highness, you live in Jingyang Palace and you haven't been out for a day. Why do you know that His Majesty is in Xierchang Street?"

Zhu Changluo was stunned for a moment, and was greatly frightened.He actually forgot about this. The harem is huge, but the Qing Palace caught fire. There are many places where the emperor can run. He has never been out of the house for a day, and he has never been to the West Sixth Palace. He should not know where the emperor is at all. That's right!
At this time, the voice of the armored soldiers outside came, accompanied by the cry of "find, find".

Ji Xiang looked at Zhu Changluo, whose face was ashen, and asked lightly, "It's the adults in the cabinet. They started looking for so many people. Why did His Highness come here faster than them?"

In the entire West Second Long Street, there is only the sound of rain hitting bluestone, and everything else is silent.

(End of this chapter)