Xuanyuan Jue

Chapter 183 Chen Qiu's old grudge (2)
Cui Yugui felt pain in his arm, so he had no choice but to let go. "Your Majesty, why do you always stop the servant? This log is really shabby...it..."

Speaking of this, Cui Yugui frowned, holding back the second half of the sentence.At this moment, he realized that after some shaking, the joint between the wood and the soil had loosened a little, half of the small characters were exposed under the log, and the rest was still buried in the ground.

Seeing that the words were still engraved on the log, Cui Yugui leaned over and dug. At this time, the pearls stopped coming, so Cui Yugui was not hindered, so he dug down a few inches of loose soil beside the log.

Cui Yugui couldn't help but open his eyes as he waited to use the underground water to wash away the mud on the wood. "Yingtai Gongli? Yingtai... Yingtai... the one who repaired the tomb for the empress, could it be him?"

When Cui Yugui first saw the word "Yingtai", a person appeared in Cui Yugui's mind - the chief eunuch Li Lianying.

Li Lianying's five brothers are named according to the generation of Thai characters in the genealogy. From the oldest to the last, they are Guo, Ying, Bao, Sheng and Shi.The second eldest, Yingtai, was purified at the age of eight. At the age of nine, she changed her name to "Jinxi" and entered the palace.

As for Li Lianying's real name, no one in the palace knew about it, but Cui Yugui couldn't hide it.It turned out that Cui and Li Erhuan were both from Hejian, and the two villages they belonged to were only separated by Ziya River.Moreover, Li's uncle and aunt married Cui's cousin, so Li had to call Cui his cousin.Cui Yugui knew almost everything about the Li family back then, and Man Shuo was his original name, and even Li's "clever" childhood name, Cui, was Qing'er.It's just that after Li Dechong, he reversed the word "jiling" one by one, and took a homonym for "Lingjie" as his own name.

With this layer of cause and effect, Cui Yugui knew that Li Lianying did it when he saw the writing on the wood.It's just that Cui didn't understand that Li had always been slick in his affairs, so he just buried Concubine Zhen in the tomb of the eunuch hastily, but why didn't he show his identity, and only set up an old tree with only his surname on it. ?

And the note left by Kinoshita is also quite strange.Ordinarily, the inscriptions on the inscription should be placed on the bright surface, but Li Lianying buried it underground on purpose. If Cui Yugui hadn't shaken the log, who would have known that there were other words engraved on the log?

"Could it be that he is hiding it so that he is afraid of offending someone?" Cui Yugui pondered a little, and finally understood Li Lianying's good intentions.

Concubine Zhen died because of offending Cixi. If she was buried in a public manner, it would definitely cause Cixi's displeasure. Therefore, Li Lianying did not dare to show her dew, so she had to bury her remains roughly.It is always better to have this humble mound as a tomb than to expose the corpse.

Li Lianying knew in his heart: Emperor Guangxu was young after all, and once he gained power in the future, he would definitely liquidate the rear party faction.The reason why he was willing to take the risk to leave his name on the log was so that if it really came to that point, Guangxu would not embarrass himself by thinking about his face of embalming the concubine Zhen.It's just that Li Lianying was tactful by nature, so in order to be safe, he adopted a little-known real name.

After figuring this out, Cui Yugui looked at Li Lianying with admiration. "It's no wonder he can keep pressing me down. Hey, Lao Cui's ability is indeed far inferior to him!"

After Cui Yugui finished speaking, he backfilled the excavated soil in the pit under the wood.After covering up the words "Yingtai Gongli", Cui Yugui stood up and wiped his hands on the front of his clothes.

After finishing all this, Cui Yugui looked up and saw a white shadow not far behind the tomb.Needless to say, that was the reappearance of Concubine Zhen.

The heavy rain and fog made Concubine Zhen's ghost look as if she was in a daze, but her hands shone coldly, clearly holding a sharp knife to kill her.

Cui Yugui gave a wry smile, and said: "That's right, the empress came here on purpose to take the slave's head as a blood sacrifice in front of the grave, right? Hey, the slave made such a fuss just now, but I was meddling in my own business. Don't worry, the empress, since the slave has followed you Here, I don't intend to leave alive, but all these years, the old things have been pressing on the slave's heart, before dying, let the slave talk about it!"

Concubine Zhen's ghost didn't move her sword, Cui Yugui waited for a while, and then said: "Your Majesty is silent, this servant will treat you as your Majesty... Your Majesty, slaves are naturally aggressive and love to show their faces, these old people in the palace know it. But the slave is a person on the yang side, and he will never damage the yin. After your accident, it was rumored in the palace that the slave pushed you into the well back then. It was the slave who tricked the old lady. Hey, I, Cui Yugui, have so much ability, I can make people move The old queen? That's right, the slave is the adopted son of the country's father Gui, the queen is also the slave's god-sister, and the queen is the old queen's direct niece... Alas, it is precisely because of this that everyone suspects that the slave is responsible. But think about it, ma'am, at that time, the slave could become famous just by following the old queen's footsteps, so there's no need to provoke you and the emperor, it's not good for both sides. It turns out that there are rumors in the palace that the slave is relying on tricks Grandpa Gui’s crotch only climbed to the position of the second chief manager... Yes, Grandpa Gui has shown kindness to the slave, and the slave is grateful to him from the bottom of his heart, but that is outside the palace! In the palace, no matter how high the slave’s position is , is just a subordinate of the empress and the old empress, involved in the affairs of the empress and the emperor, and the slave has no time to hide, so how dare to point fingers?"

Speaking of this, Cui Yugui's chest heaved and his expression was excited. "Hey, the master commits a crime, and the slave tops the vat. From ancient times to the present, this kind of thing is rare? Madam, the slave used to have nothing to do. He used to listen to the story of "Shuo Yue Zhuan" in the library. Let's talk about Grandpa Yue's loyalty. , the audience all applauded loudly; but when it came to Qin Hui, everyone jumped to their feet and scolded him, hating him for insidiously seeking peace, and plotting with the golden man to murder Grandpa Yue, a loyal minister. At that time, the slave He was so stubborn that he stuck in the crowd and scolded Qin Hui... But it wasn't until after the incident with you, Madam, that he realized that Brother Qin Hui was like a slave, and he had suffered for others...Grandpa Yue resisted gold , in order to recover the lost land, and to recover the shame of Jingkang. After avenging the shame, it is natural to welcome back the two emperors Hui and Qin who were taken captive by the Jin people. At that time, Huizong was gone, but Qinzong was still alive. If he was really captured Grandpa Yue smashed the Yellow Dragon and brought back Qinzong. Where will Gaozong Zhao Gou, who has already sat firmly in the Dragon Court? Speaking of this, the empress should understand, right? The last thing you want Grandpa Yue to break the gold is That old man Zhao Gou. That Qin Hui is nothing more than his pawn, a scapegoat! After a hundred generations, only the statue of Qin Hui is seen kneeling and being spit on, but the real culprit, Zhao Gou, has never been half blamed. Hey, then Isn’t the disparate encounter between the monarch and his ministers just like the old queen and the slave? After the empress fell into the well, not only the emperor hated me to the bone, but even the court and the field scolded the slave for bullying the master and disobeying him... The slave’s death is not a pity, but I am afraid that I will step on that Qin Hui Following in the footsteps, you will be infamous through the ages..."

Cui Yugui couldn't suppress his grief and anger, choked up several times, his face was blurred, and he couldn't tell whether it was rain or tears.

After a long time, Cui Yugui calmed down a little, he wiped his face, and then looked at Hun Xuxu again: "Mother, the scene on the day of your accident seems to be still in front of my slave...You know, my aunt, there was a commotion outside the womb. Maozi, the old lady entrusted the guarding of the inner palace to the servant. After the servant took the order, he dared not sit idle day and night. If there was a mistake, he would lose his head. , Commander Xi, was so busy that his feet hit the back of his head, and he couldn't sleep for a few days. Apart from patrolling the palace, the slave was still the head of the inner court. The slave acted as both ears and mouth for the old lady, and had to run in and out countless times... I remember that day very well, it was the [-]th day of the seventh month of the Gengzi year. I was stopped by the old queen. The old queen wanted the servant to pass the decree. She wanted to summon you and let you wait in the Yihexuan at an early hour. At that time, the servant was muttering. According to the rules of the palace, it is an example to call the concubine. The errands of the two sons are alone, who dares to go to pick them up privately? No matter how big the water is, they can’t go over the boat. After thinking about it, the servant thought, since the old lady named Yihexuan, Wang Dehuan, who was in charge there, would also This is a must. Therefore, the slave made an appointment with Wang Dehuan, and told her that according to Yi's decree, he was going to invite you, the empress. Wang Dehuan heard that it was the old lady's order, so he didn't ask any more questions, and followed the slave to the third Northeast Institute. "

"The three offices in the Northeast are the so-called 'Lenggong'. It was the first time that the slaves went back to that place, and they saw that the main entrance was always closed, with a cross seal of the Ministry of Internal Affairs pasted on it. To enter and exit, one had to go to the west side. Kidney door. The servant and Wang Dehuan went in to report our intentions, and the old eunuch there led us in front of your house, Madam. The servant still remembers that Madam lived in the westernmost room in the north house at that time, and the door was locked from the outside. Then, several windows were also nailed to death with wooden boards, leaving one alive. Alas, the slave knew without asking, that window was used to deliver food and water to the empress, and being locked there was nothing like being in prison. What's different? The empress is a particular person, and she doesn't want to see us servants unkempt, so the servants and Wang Dehuan didn't urge them, and waited for the empress to tidy up before making an announcement. After the empress came out, she kept a clear face and never said a word. The two hairs on the top of the head had their nets removed, and they wore light blue silk robes, no flower pot bottoms on their feet, and only a pair of dark green satin shoes. After receiving the order to thank you, the empress didn't say anything, stood up and went to the Yihe Pavilion Let's go, the servant and Wang Dehuan took a look, and hurriedly followed the two sides of the corridor to serve..."

(End of this chapter)