Xuanyuan Jue

Chapter 188 The Weeping Blood Demon Painting (2)
After tossing around like this for a whole night, it wasn't until dawn that the idlers dispersed.Maid Rong had just served Cixi and drank half a bowl of lotus seed porridge when Maid Juan came in to report. "Lafayette, someone is asking to see you outside..."

Cixi asked feebly: "Who are there?"

Maid Juan replied: "It's Empress Empress, Si Gege, and Grandma Yuan."

Cixi nodded, "Xuan."

Maid Juan got the order and hurriedly invited the three of them into the pavilion.These three are all Cixi's close friends.Two relatives, one with a reason.Longyu is Cixi's niece, Yuanshi is Cixi's niece-in-law, and Sigege is the daughter of Prince Qing Yikuang.Coincidentally, these three people were all married by Cixi, and they were in roughly the same situation at this time, Sigege was a widow, Longyu was a widow, and Yuanshi was a widow.However, Longyu is tyrannical and the Yuan family is simple and honest, so these two relatives are not as good as the clever and well-behaved Si Gege who is favored by Cixi.

After paying their respects, the three of them came to the kang.Grandma Yuanda was dull and said little, Longyu and Sigege ignored her, and kept asking her about her health.

Because they are close to their own people, the truth about Cixi's shock is not hidden from them.Rong and Juan took out the painting, and Longyu jumped when he saw it. "That's right! It's that bitch! Father Huang, we can't just let this matter go like this. We need to hire a good sorcerer to arrest that bitch's soul to the [-]th floor of hell, so that she will never be able to turn over again! "

Cixi looked at Longyu coldly, "When it comes to the Taoism of the master, is there anyone who is higher than Baiyun Temple and Lama Temple? Yesterday they spent a whole day drawing symbols and chanting scriptures. What's the use?"

"That's where the ritual was not done right!" Longyu said, "It should be done at the Zhenshun Gate! Father Huang, follow me, the well over there should be filled! It also leads to the underground river in the palace, when I think of that bitch's stinky corpse soaking in the ground, I feel sick..."

Regarding the matter of Concubine Zhen, Cixi was already taboo, but hearing Longyu's description made her feel even more disgusted. "What nonsense are you talking about? Shut up! Hmph, thankfully, I have been educated since I was a child. If I don't know how to read, I don't know what kind of nonsense I will say!"

"Old ancestor calm down," Si Gege hurriedly stepped forward to beat Cixi's leg, "The queen empress is also kind. The old ancestor's phoenix body is unwell, and she is anxious and distressed, so what a mistake..."

"Brother Xi, look at him!" Cixi rolled her eyes at Longyu, "You, if you can be half as good as Xi'er, the emperor won't let that bastard lose his soul! Also, you can straighten up your waist Can't you? If you don't sit or stand, how can you look like a queen?"

Longyu straightened his back in a hurry, lowered his head and dared not speak any more.

"Xi'er," Cixi turned to Si Gege and said, "You should stay in the palace for a longer time this time, and I won't be angry if I have you talking with me."

Si Gege smiled and said: "I, Ama, have bought some shoe materials recently, and I am planning to make a pair of crested shoes for my ancestors. I will come back to the palace when it is finished, and even if my ancestors kick me out, I don't even want to go."

"It's no wonder you have such filial piety," Cixi said comfortingly, "It's not in vain that I love you... Okay, then come back when you're done, Qing Wang's Gege's embroidery work is no worse than the sewing workers at the craftsman's workshop. "

"My ancestor is going to lift me up to heaven," Si Gege paused, and said again: "Old ancestor, don't pretend to be about the portrait. Isn't it just a painting, just throw it away..."

"Oh," Cixi sighed, "I don't care about just a painting. But...but that painting will bleed blood and tears!"

"Maybe the ancestors saw it wrong?" Si Gege wondered, "I just saw that there is no blood or tears in the painting!"

"Hey? I didn't see it!" Longyu came back to his senses, and handed the painting to Grandma Yuan. "Yuan Asha, take a look too."

Grandma Yuan glanced at it, and murmured, "No...no blood..."

"What do you two know?" Cixi snorted, and said again, "Xi'er, you don't know something. The painting is not very different now, but last night it really shed blood and tears. Rongzi, Juanzi They were all on the sidelines at the time, and they all saw it.”

Looking around, Rong and Juan both nodded. "That's really weird... Old Ancestor, can you find out who painted this painting?"

Cixi said: "I sent people to the Ruyi Pavilion to check, but nothing was found."

After listening to Si Gege, he hesitated to speak. "Old ancestor, according to the affairs in the palace...it's inconvenient for us as juniors to comment on the long and the short..."

Cixi said: "Xi'er, if you have something to say, just say it, I won't blame you!"

"Yes," Si Gege said, "I once heard my ama talk about a person... If I ask him to investigate this strange matter, the truth will probably come to light..."

"Oh?" Cixi's eyes lit up as she struggled to sit up from the kang. "Who is it?"

Si Gege hurriedly supported Ci Xi, "That man's surname is Feng, he seems to be named Feng Shen. He has solved many strange and big cases recently, and he is very famous in the capital."

"Okay!" Cixi said, "Then let him try! Where is this person now?"

Si Gege thought for a while, and said: "I, Ama, said that he used to be in Shuntian Mansion, but now he should be working under King Su's command."

"Still a public man? Well, that's just right!" Cixi said joyfully, "How about this, Xi'er, I'll draft a court post later, and you bring it to your Ama, and ask him to call someone for me at King Su's mansion." Come on. As long as I can find out the real culprit, I will reward you a lot!"

The palace is changeable, but Su Wang's mansion is leisurely and comfortable.After finishing the official business, King Su dragged Feng Shen to the palace, and did not serve tea after arriving at the palace, and went straight to the back garden.

Feng Shenqi said: "My lord, what exactly do you want the humble official to look at?"

"Don't ask first," King Su said, "I'm sure you'll be able to open your eyes after a while. Here, after passing through the arch, we're at the right place!"

"The humble official is very curious, but you have to see it first!" Feng Shen said, and strode across the arch.

After the original arch, a new martial arts arena was built.The square brick ground in the center of the field is very flat.There are several iron frames on the side of the field, on which various weapons such as plain knives and copper whips are placed.

Seeing a pair of huge stone locks under the shelves, Feng Shen picked them up and tried them. "Hey, this weight is really not light. My lord, you always say 'open your eyes', don't you mean Lianshisuo?"

King Su stepped forward, lifted the other one a few times, and then threw it aside. "There are stone locks all over the place, what do you call opening your eyes? Feng Shen, look over there!"

Feng Shen followed his words and saw a table on the east side of the venue, a small sandpit was dug a few feet away from the table, and beside the sandpit, several wooden boards cut into human shapes were piled up.

Circles of rings are drawn on the human-shaped wooden board, similar to the archery targets on the school grounds.Feng Shen stepped forward, picked up a wooden board and looked at it. "The appearance of these archery targets is a bit different from the usual ones... Is the prince going to perform the magical skill of 'Piercing Yang with a Hundred Steps' for the humble?"

"Hahaha", Su Wang came to the table and took out a pistol and several bullets from the table drawer. "That pile of wooden signboards are gun targets. I have never tried a hundred-step piercing, but within ten feet, it is easy for me to hit the bull's-eye with a gun!"

"Really?" Feng Shenyi was delighted, "That's very human... Huh? The short gun in the prince's hand looks familiar to me. Is it the one presented by Chuan Dao?"

"That's right," Su Wang loaded the bullet, "Oh, I can't accept it, the firearms made by Dongyang are indeed more accurate than my Daqing... let's not mention this! Feng Shen, you go and get a new target, my king This will show you a hand!"

"Okay, let's wait and see!" Feng Shen finished speaking, picked out a new target, and stuck it in the bunker.

Su Wangzhang adjusted the distance, turned around and aimed at the target.He pinched his waist with his left hand, raised his right arm steadily, aimed the gun at the target, and pulled the trigger neatly.

There was a crisp "pop", and there was a small round hole in the center of the bull's-eye.Feng Shenfang wanted to applaud, but Su Wang smiled and said: "Don't be in a hurry to applaud, where is this?"

Feng Shen was both surprised and delighted, "My lord still has the ability to keep a low profile?"

"Haha, keep your eyes open!" After finishing speaking, King Su clasped his index finger, and there was a loud gunshot.

After firing a box of bullets, there is no change on the wooden target, as if after several shots, all of them miss the target.Feng Shen was only startled, but immediately understood: King Su must have excellent spear skills, he shot all the subsequent bullets at the round hole in the center of the target, and the bullets passed through, so there were no unnecessary marks left on the wooden target.

Feng Shen praised from the bottom of his heart: "Your Majesty's skills are amazing, the humble job is really an eye-opener!"

"Isn't this trip worthwhile? Hahaha..." King Su said with a look of pride on his face, "This king can do this, firstly because the gun is really good, and secondly because I practice hard day and night because of my size. After getting this gun, I don’t know how many bullets have been fired, hehe, look at my fingers, the hard calluses have been rubbed into a thick layer..."

King Su hadn't finished speaking when suddenly there was a shout from outside the arched door: "Shanqi! Shanqi!"

The voice fell to the ground, and two people flashed out of the door.One is the frowning concierge, and the other is the swaggering Prince Qing Yikuang.

The concierge gave King Su a thousand blows, saying: "Master, Lord Qing must go in... The little one dare not stop..."

King Su nodded, "Okay, it's none of your business, go down."

"Whoo."

The concierge just got up to leave, but was kicked by Yi Kuang. "Hey, good dogs don't get in the way. Give you a kick, remember it next time!"

The concierge dared not speak out, so he had to go with hatred.

King Su didn't worry about it, he laughed and said: "The old man reminded me very well, it seems that this king's mansion should have some good dogs!"

"Keeping a dog?" Yi Kuang rolled his eyes, "What do you do with a dog?"

"Of course it is to guard against thieves," Su Wang said, "whether he is an old thief or a small thief, as long as he dares to sneak in privately, let the dog bite! No matter the bite, you deserve it!"

"Hmph," Yikuang sneered, "what's the matter with letting you have a good time? Shanqi, what are you doing while you're hiding in there?"

(End of this chapter)