Hibiscus Flower West Moon Splendid

Chapter 32
Just as the entire Dongting Dynasty was still immersed in the sweetness of Qixi Festival, on the tenth day of the seventh month of the second year of Yongye, the chief minister of the Zhejiang government reported that the tsunami in Guazhou, Jiazhou, and Shaoxing destroyed tens of thousands of houses and drowned tens of thousands of people. Haining and Xiaoshan are even worse.

On July [-], the Henan chief envoy Babaili urgently reported that a huge locust plague had occurred in Henan.

On the vast land of the Central Plains, swarms of migratory locusts are everywhere.Wherever the swarms of locusts flew, there was a large area of ​​darkness, even the bright sunlight was blocked, and the crops were all eaten up, not even the roots were spared.

At that time, there was no scientific research and argumentation. People generally believed that the locust plague was a disaster sent by God to punish the world. Altars were set up everywhere to worship gods and pray to Buddha.

However, this time the gods did not bless Dongting, and the locust plague became more and more serious, and the affected areas gradually expanded to Hubei Province in Dongting and Qianzhong in Nanzhao.Local officials constantly complained to the imperial court.

The imperial court raised funds for border affairs, and also provided disaster relief for the hardest-hit areas in Henan and Zhejiang. The domestic situation became increasingly burdensome, and corrupt local officials still accepted bribes, enriched their own pockets, and refused to distribute disaster relief supplies.The people in Kaifeng, Henan, led by Qi Botian, launched an uprising. Although the uprising was wiped out within a month, it greatly shook the foundation of the Dongting Dynasty and slowly opened the prelude to troubled times.

I thought of the locust control method of Yao Chong, the famous minister of the Tang Dynasty, and said to Yuan Feibai that his admirers must convince the world that locusts are just a kind of pest. As long as the officials and people from all over the country work together to repel locusts, the plague of locusts can not only be extinguished It is also a good excuse to attack Dou.

Under Yuan Feibai's dubious gaze, I asked Suhui to catch a dozen grasshoppers at random, then turned off the light, and slowly lit another lamp in the darkness.The phototaxis of insects makes the grasshopper crawl towards the light, and then it is burned to death by the fire.Everyone looked at me in amazement.

So Yuan Feifei sent a letter to Yuan Hou Ye with my method of exterminating locusts, and at the same time ordered the disciples to use the locust disaster as an excuse, pointing out that the locust disaster was a warning to the court that there was a sinister evildoer from the Dou family. People hate Dou Shi, who is a fish and meat common people.

On July 28, Xi Zong urgently called important officials into the palace to discuss disaster relief matters, and Empress Dowager Dou still listened to the government behind the curtain.Lu Bangdun, a famous minister of the Eastern Court, proposed in the court hall that in order to help the Li people tide over the difficulties, the salaries of all officials and the harem should be halved.The Yuan Clan Party headed by Yuan Qingjiang agreed, and put forward the method I suggested to exterminate the locusts, and tried their best to persuade the Empress Dowager Dou, Xi Zong and all the officials.Based on this, the Yuan clan issued a military order, and if the locust plague could not be eradicated within a month, the Yuan clan would be executed by all the families.

On the [-]th day of the seventh month, the Yuan family ordered the people to light fires in the fields at night.When the migratory locusts saw the flames flying down, they concentrated on killing them. At the same time, they dug a big hole at the edge of the field and burned them while beating them.

My method gradually took effect, and the news of the successful extermination of locusts continued to spread. In one place in Bianzhou, 15 tons of locusts were exterminated within ten days, and the disaster situation eased.So the Dou family suffered a crushing defeat, and the Yuan family became a national hero.Xi Zong favored the Yuan family a lot, and Yuan Feiyan's entry into the palace was put on the agenda again.

In this great victory against locusts, I am the hero behind the scenes. Yuan Feibai, who seldom shows emotion, couldn't help but hold my hand for a long time, "Hua Hibiscus, Hua Hibiscus, what are you like?" woman!"

I was taken aback by him, I can see how important it is to Yuanshi and Feibai to win this battle, but my hand was so painful that he pinched it to death, and I still humbly declined to say that the third master is absurd, It took half a day to pull it out.

Since then, Han Xiuzhu has treated me very kindly, but his gaze has become more and more unfathomable.Su Hui called me Mu girl with admiration, and rarely called me Mu girl again.

Song Minglei and Biying laughed and said that the fourth sister is really a god, she is beautiful, but they laughed silently.When only the two of us were left, she threw herself into my arms, kissed me on the cheek, and said, "My dear Hibiscus, you did the right thing. This time, you didn't take advantage of that boy Song Minglei. It was finally for us. The two sisters had a good argument."

That's when I found out that Jinxiu also strongly recommended me Hua Mujin in her letter to Yuan Qingjiang, and she hasn't treated me so warmly for a long time.Looking at her smiling like a flower, I was flattered.

However, none of us expected that my method of exterminating locusts not only saved the people of Dongting and the Yuan family, but also accidentally and indirectly saved a man from a foreign country, that is Prince Yugang of Nanzhao Duan The only son just now, 15-year-old Duan Yuerong, is the youngest Ziyue son among the four sons.

Prince Yugang is the younger brother of King Guangyi of the Nanzhao Kingdom, surrounded by clouds of beauties.Although she had countless daughters, she adopted a purple-eyed orchid in her old age and had a son at the age of 50.His son was born on the night of the full moon. Like his mother, he was born with a pair of purple pupils, with a beautiful face and moon appearance, so he was named Duan Yuerong. He was also a child prodigy like Yuan Feibai, but with a cold and surly personality, moody, admiring force, and fond of killing.Prince Yugang has only one son, and he dotes on him very much.

To what extent does Prince Yu Gang dote on his purple-eyed son?

Unofficial rumors say that once, when he came home from court, he saw his precious son having sex with a woman. The ancients matured early, let alone princes and nobles.The bad thing is that this woman is none other than his favorite seventeenth lady, Lushui, and she is 12 years older than his good son.In broad daylight, classmate Duan Yuerong forcibly turned his father into a green-haired turtle, and he was also an incest card.But as a father, he just casually lectured his son a few words, "How can you molested your mother-in-law, incest is normal" or something, and afterwards he even gave Yang Lushui, the number one beauty in Nanzhao, who was paid a thousand gold, to Duan Yuerong as a concubine !
At the talent selection meeting of Nanzhao Kingdom, Duan Yuerong won the civil and martial arts double championships alone. At that time, he was only a 15-year-old boy.This Ziyue son, who is called one of the four sons by the world, even King Guangyi dotes on him very much, and often invites him into the palace to accompany him.An eminent monk who attained the Tao once asserted after meeting him that this is a noble person who came to the world, but it is a pity that he has too much hostility, and he should practice Buddhist scriptures from an early age to eliminate his hostility and be a blessing to the world.

However, how could Prince Yugang be willing to send his only beloved son to the temple, and he still regarded him as a jewel in his palm, until the locust plague threatened Nanzhao, and everyone in Nanzhao panicked, thinking that Ziyue Ziyue was a monster who came to the world, the only way to get rid of it Nanzhao can be saved.

After several days of intense ideological struggle, just as King Guangyi ignored Prince Yugang who was crying and fell in front of the hall, and was about to send troops to strangle Duan Yuerong, Prince Yugang's secret agents in Ziyuan promptly passed on the method of exterminating locusts to him. As a result, the locust plague in Nanzhao was relieved, and Duan Yuerong, who was about to run away, was relieved, but it also greatly shook Prince Yugang's father and son's unyielding heart for Prince Guangyi, and Prince Yugang began to secretly Hoard food and grass, recruit soldiers and horses.

These are all things that Yuan Feibai responded to my request, and let the detailed work in Nanzhao send a letter to report.I watched Duan Yuerong's biography, and I was shocked for a long time.Sure enough, his birth date was exactly the same as mine and Jinxiu's. On the night of Qixi Festival, could it be this person that I mistook?
I can't help wondering, who is the real Zifu?If Duan Yuerong is Zifu, then why do I have a younger sister with purple eyes?I even began to wonder, could it be that the plague of locusts was indeed a warning from the heavens that evildoers would come to the world?
On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival on August [-]th, I helped Yuan Feibai put on festive clothes and prepare to go to the Ziyuan to listen to the opera.

I knelt on the ground to straighten the hem of his robe, while thinking in my heart: I heard that Yuan Feijue is back, and when Yuan Feibai goes to Ziyuan, I will go quietly to meet Yuan Feijue.

Yuan Feibai's voice suddenly came from above, "Mujin, you have done a great job in exterminating the locusts this time, what reward do you want?"

Ok?reward?I raised my head, and he looked at me with a hint of expectation in his eyes, what is he looking forward to?
I helped him to sit on the imperial concubine's couch, squatted on the footsteps to put on shoes for him, and said with a smile: "Third Master, a gentleman has no jokes, whatever Mujin wants, the Third Master will definitely give it to you?"

He looked at me and smiled faintly, "You don't have to go to Si Maozi."

Simaozi?I froze for a moment before I realized that he was referring to Yuan Feijue.

Damn it, little brat!My smile faltered slightly.

He added earnestly, "The ones going to the Ziyuan to socialize today are Lord Hou's family friends King Jingxia and the young prince. The Lord Hou also returned with his son-in-law and the princess, so it is necessary to ask Shang Feijue to go to the Purple Garden to accompany him." What! I have added new guards, so I can watch Yuanzi, don’t try to trick them into taking you to Yubei Zhai again, lest you make a trip for nothing!”

Hey!I gritted my teeth in my heart, death is not for nothing, you are too kind.

There was a sense of teasing in my heart again, and I said with a smile: "Well, I want the moon in the sky, can the third master give it?"

"You girl, you are not serious for a long time. No matter how powerful I am, I can't pick this bright moon. You should ask for something else." He said to me with a smile.

"Then I'll ask the third master to kill Liu Yansheng for me." I looked at him and said seriously.

Yuan Feibai was silent for a while, and said: "Liu Yansheng is now the celebrity in front of Lord Hou, and I can't touch him for the time being. Don't worry, one day, I will kill him for you and avenge your little five righteousness The disgrace of Rongbaotang that day." Yuan Feibai always believed that Liu Yansheng and I became enemies because of the gadfly incident that day.

But one day, it will be as if he didn't say it!
Seeing that I was silent, Yuan Feibai took my hand and said softly: "If you don't believe me, I will allow you to ask for another reward!"

Suddenly remembering what Yu Feiyan said to me during the Chinese New Year to go boating all over the world and live a happy life, I smiled lightly and said, "Then please give Mujin freedom when the third master is crowned the Great Treasure!"

Yuan Feibai obviously didn't expect that I would make this request, he was taken aback for a moment, and then said coldly: "Give you freedom, so that you can go and stay with Si Maozi? Don't forget that he will come back one day I went to the Western Regions, and when I achieve great things, he must have a lot of wives and concubines, how can he remember you as an ugly girl..." As soon as the words came out, he seemed to regret it, and looked at me without saying a word.

I felt a pain in my heart, but I still smiled and said: "You don't need to be reminded by the third master, Mujin knows that her status is low, and her posture as a willow is absolutely not worthy of the fourth master."

I helped him put on his shoes, stood up, scratched the back of his head, and said sincerely: "To be honest, I don't like the intrigues of the emperor's family, and I am not suitable for this kind of life. My biggest wish in this life is to travel around the world and go boating." The rivers and lakes, live this life freely. The third master is right. When the third master and the fourth master have achieved great achievements, the harem must be filled with beautiful women. How can you remember me as an ugly girl? So, at that time, invite the third master Lord, let Mu Jin go. Of course, the prerequisite is that Mu Jin’s little life has not been reimbursed.”

I giggled forcefully there, and then I felt a little bit bitter when I said it later. When they achieve great things, they still don't know where I am, a short-lived ghost.

Yuan Feibai grabbed me into his arms and hugged me tightly, "Don't talk nonsense, I will let Zhao Menglin find a way to heal you..."

The crisp new clothes he had just put on were crumpled again, but he didn't let me go, grabbed my arm tightly, and kissed my lips hard.My exclamation was submerged in his paranoid kiss, Jinxiu's miserable smile flashed in my mind, and I struggled to break free, "Third Master, the new clothes are all wrinkled, take them off, I'll take them off again." Get you one."

"I want this one," he said in a rare willful way, looking at me with phoenix eyes, "Hua Hibiscus, listen to me, even if your lifespan is only 30 years, I want to have it all, don't let your wishful thinking come true." Feijue or Song Minglei will take you away from me!"

I struggled to get out of his embrace, panting, and angrily touched my bitten lip, which was bleeding.

I secretly scolded this peerless Persian cat that bit people, and after hearing that, I couldn't help laughing.Well, this person really listens to the wind and rain, and he is definitely a psychopathic kid.

"Good! Good! No problem, my third young master!" I shook my head in my heart.Little kid, use me as a toy?If you don't let me go, if I still don't believe it, I really can't leave!

I straightened my face, "Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, so let's stop talking about my whereabouts. When you become an emperor, remember me...Let's talk about it."

Ignoring his annoyance, I went over to help him up, and straightened his robe so that it wasn't too wrinkled.I was about to call Suhui in, but he hugged me again.I couldn't beat him, so I just looked at him with a slight smile.

The hostility in his eyes gradually disappeared, and the phoenix eyes stared at me quietly, filled with things that I couldn't understand and didn't want to understand, then slowly put both hands on my cheeks, and kissed them again.This time he didn't use force, he gently kissed the blood off my lips.

In a state of confusion, Su Hui shouted outside the door: "Third Master, someone from Ziyuan has urged you, saying that King Jingxia, the little prince, the uncle Qing, the eldest princess and the lord have arrived outside the city of Xi'an, madam. Please be sure to come to the East Gate as soon as possible to meet him, Third Master."

Yuan Feibai let me go slowly, regained his usual coolness, his phoenix eyes were like a deep pool.He leaned on the table and walked slowly towards the door.Zhao Menglin is really a genius doctor. He said that Yuan Feibai's legs will definitely improve a lot this year. Sure enough, he no longer relies on crutches so much now.

Before he got into the carriage, he took a deep look at me, "I'll come back as soon as I go. If you're bored, talk to San Niang, don't forget what I said."

"Understood, third master! You have to work hard, perform well in front of Hou Ye, and defeat Uncle Qing!" I clenched my right fist high, smiling and cheering at him.

He finally loosened his brows, and showed me a perverted smile, and got into the car.

I sent away Yuan Feibai, Han Xiuzhu, Suhui, and Wei Hu, and while Xie Sanniang was turning around to boil the water, I quietly came to the plum garden, trying to sneak out of the garden.It's a pity that before I went out of the gate, two guards I didn't know appeared out of nowhere, scaring me to the ground.They knelt down on one knee and said to me: "The third master has an order. Before the third master comes back, the girl must not leave the garden. Please go back and have a rest. The third master will return immediately."

Yuan Feibai added a new guard as expected.I got up, patted my clothes, and said to them: "I want to see Jinxiu, can't I?"

"Miss Mu, please forgive me. The third master ordered me to forgive you." The two guards replied politely but lowered their eyes indifferently.

I was about to force my way in, when Xie Sanniang's voice came from behind, "Where are you going, girl? Come back soon and help me make some snacks."

I stomped my feet resentfully at the two cold-faced guards, and turned around resentfully.

In the small kitchen, I listlessly rolled up my sleeves and kneaded the dough.

"Third Master likes to eat this chicken heart cake the most. Madam's craftsmanship is a must in our house. When Third Master was young, Madam often cooked for him. It tastes so delicious that even Master Qing and Second Miss love it." Came here secretly to eat. Once the third master ate too much and had a stomachache all night, which made Hou Ye very anxious, and even gave his wife a hard training, and the third master will not dare to eat more in the future." Xie Sanniang taught I made chicken heart cakes and said in a rambling manner.

My heart moved, and I couldn't help blurting out, "The third master is really a filial son!"

Xie Sanniang saw me who had been silent all this time open my mouth, and said excitedly: "That is, when Madam was alive, she always cried secretly behind her back. The third master didn't like to talk when he was young, but when he saw his mother cry , you will open the chatterbox and make his mother laugh, but you are sensible. So Miss Mu, you are a blessed person, and you must serve the third master well..."

The topic suddenly changed, and it became the original non-white personality cult ideological education class.I was there with a sarcastic smile, biting the bullet and listening.

Suddenly, there was a commotion outside the door, and a cold-faced guard came in and said that Qi Botian, an imperial prisoner who was escorted to the capital, had escaped from prison, maybe he had escaped into our garden, Miss Jin brought someone to see what happened.

I wiped the flour on my hands, thinking that he was the leader of the largest peasant uprising army in the history of the Dongting Dynasty, and he would be included in history textbooks after a thousand years, so I asked the guard, "Has the third master returned yet?" ?”

As soon as the words fell, the beautiful and silver-like laughter rang out, "My sister is really holding on to the third master now. It's only been a long time since we separated, so you can't think about it?"

I said helplessly: "The little girl is becoming more and more unscrupulous. Sanniang just finished making chicken heart cakes, and I just want the third master to try it."

(End of this chapter)