Xuanyuan Jue

Chapter 192 Intrigue (1)
After bidding farewell to Cixi, Maid Rong led Feng Shen out of the Nuan Pavilion.Come to the corridor, the maid Rong winked, and Xiao Dezhang followed in the secluded place knowingly.

After the three stood still, Xiao Dezhang ignored Feng Shen, Baba said to Maid Rong, "Aunt Rong, but Lafayette has orders?"

Maid Rong nodded, and said softly: "Lafayette ordered that Eunuch Zhang please take out the 'Dai Tian Xun Hunting Card' and reward Feng Zhangjing for investigating the case."

"What... what?" Xiao Dezhang exclaimed and quickly covered his mouth. "Aunt Rong, did you just say... the hunting badge on behalf of the sky? That is an imperial decree that can only be issued by imperial envoys. How could Lafayette give it to him so easily?"

Maid Rong said: "As a servant, I dare not ask more about Lafayette's decision, and I advise Eunuch Zhang not to inquire about it."

"Aunt Rong's lesson is," Xiao Dezhang finished speaking, and then said to Feng Shen, "I really can't see it, Feng Zhangjing, in just a short while, Lafayette will be able to award you the Daitianxunhunting card... Hey, hold it This card, everything can be done cheaply, it is comparable to the Danshu Tiequan monk Fang Baojian from the previous dynasty!"

Feng Shen's heart is hanging by a thread, how can he have time to listen to Xiao De Zhang's noise?He frowned and urged: "Eunuch Zhang knows it's important, why don't you hurry up and ask for orders?"

"You..." Xiao De Zhang stomped his feet, gritted his teeth, and said, "Success! Our family will go and invite you here!"

After Xiao Dezhang left, Maid Rong reminded: "Feng Zhangjing, this is the Empress Dowager's bedroom, it is inconvenient for you to wait here for a long time, there is a pavilion near the pool outside the hall, you can receive orders there."

Feng Shen cupped his hands and said, "Miss Lao Rong is here to guide you."

Maid Rong said: "You are welcome, if there is anything else, Feng Zhangjing can look for me in the lower part of the Highness, and I will report to Lafayette in time."

"Thank you so much!" After Feng Shen finished speaking, he bowed again, leaving the hall and entering the pavilion.

After about a stick of incense, Xiao Dezhang came back with a red sandalwood box in his hand. Seeing Feng Shen in the pavilion, he carefully placed the box on the stone platform under the pavilion.

When the box was opened, a dragon-patterned yellow satin was revealed inside.Xiao Dezhang took out a towel and wiped his hands clean, and then uncovered the layers of yellow satin.

Feng Shen looked into the satin, and saw it was a fat white jade tablet, there were not many carvings on the tablet, only the corners were inlaid with filigree gold thread.After picking it up, Feng Shen only felt that his palms were warm and moist, and the paste was thick and greasy, obviously it was very old.

On the front of the token, there are four bells and seals engraved with "Dai Tian Xun Shou";

Seeing Feng Shenxin holding it in his hand, Xiao Dezhang was jealous at first, but not angry at the second: "Huh, Feng Zhangjing, don't be too complacent, you have to be careful to hold this brand carefully, if you miss it and drop it on the ground, hehe, it will be the sin of beheading !"

"Eunuch Zhang, don't worry," Feng Shen said, "Feng won't make fun of his wealth and life. By the way, Eunuch Zhang, can there be a royal horse in the palace?"

Xiao De Zhang said: "There is an inner stable in the pony pen, which is specially used to raise royal horses... Eh? Why do you ask this?"

Feng Shen said: "I want to ask Eunuch Zhang to help prepare a fast horse, and Feng will go out of the palace immediately to visit."

Xiao De Zhang Yan said: "Feng, are you treating our family as a groom? Besides, how can you ride that royal horse? Who allowed you to leave the palace without authorization?"

Feng Shen flashed his hunting card on behalf of Tian Xun, "The Empress Dowager ordered Feng to grant everything to him, and it took only a short while. Has Eunuch Zhang forgotten?"

Xiao De Zhang's face was flushed, and he said angrily: "What prestige are you putting on? Don't use a chicken feather as an arrow!"

Feng Shen sneered, "Eunuch Zhang, you said this brand is a chicken feather?"

"Ah?" Xiaode Zhang turned pale with shock, and quickly put on a flattering smile. "Hey, Feng Zhangjing must have heard it wrong. Why did our family say that? Feng Zhangjing, please wait a moment, our family will lead the horse for you..."

"In this way, Eunuch Zhang will be born, and Feng will go to Fuhua Gate to meet him first." After Feng Shen said, he walked out of the pavilion with his chest up and his eyes straight.

Xiaode Zhang served the palace for a long time, his hands and feet were naturally nimble, Feng Shen had just arrived at the Fuhua Gate with his front feet, and he led an imperial horse behind him.

Feng Shenke said a few words, put on the saddle, swung his whip, and the imperial horse raised its hooves.Coming to the horse path, Feng Shen whipped the whip as fast as a whip, his legs tightly clamped the horse's belly, and galloped straight to Su Wang's mansion.

When Fang Chi arrived at the entrance of Nanchuanban Hutong, the concierge of the palace saw Feng Shen.When he arrived in front of the mansion, Feng Shen reined in the horse and handed the reins to the porter. "Is the prince in the mansion?"

As soon as the concierge said "in", Feng Shen's figure was already in the courtyard.

King Su was worried at this moment, and was pacing up and down the hall, when he suddenly saw Feng Shen barging in, he couldn't help being a little surprised. "Hey, why did you come out?"

"Introduce the inferior to drink some water." Feng Shen wiped the hot sweat on his forehead, picked up the teacup on the table and drank.

King Su was impatient, and asked urgently, "What's going on in the palace? Feng Shen, you didn't suffer anything, did you?"

Feng Shen put down his teacup, smiled wryly and said, "Humble job is fine for now, but after three days it's hard to say."

King Su was surprised again, "What?"

"My lord, please take a look." Feng Shen took out the portrait of the concubine Zhen and the hunting card on behalf of Tianxun, and told what happened when he entered the palace.

After hearing what Feng Shen said, King Su's face was full of sorrow. "The old lady only gave you three days? What can you find out in only three days? Even if you have ten daitianxun hunting cards, it's useless!"

"That's right," Feng Shen took a long breath, "That's why I rushed to discuss with the lord."

"Feng Shen, don't panic, let this king think about it." Su Wang held his head and thought for a while, then stomped his feet and said, "Oh, this king's mind is also in a mess! It's impossible to start! Oh, what? Is it good to be born? Is it good to be born again?"

Feng Shendao: "My lord, I also thought about it on the way here. Since there is something wrong with the portrait, we can only start from this portrait."

"That's right," King Su pointed at the portrait, and said, "But doesn't it look good? Why are there blood and tears? Alas, it seems that what this king was worried about...has happened..."

Feng Shen asked: "Why did the lord make such a statement?"

"You don't know something," King Su said slowly, "When this precious concubine was alive, she was always hated by the old lady, and the cause of her death was very strange..."

"What's wrong?" Feng Shen said in a daze, "Your Highness, I heard from the Empress Dowager that the humble concubine died because she couldn't bear to be insulted by foreign soldiers!"

"To die for a martyrdom? Huh!" King Su said, "On the day the city was broken, except for the queen and concubine Jin, a few female family members fled with the queen mother, and the rest of the concubines stayed in the palace. The concubine is no exception. Why didn't they all lose half of their hair, but the concubine Zhen who had been imprisoned for a long time jumped into the well? Humph, that's why this king said that the death of the concubine Zhen is not clear, there are nine out of ten , it was the old lady who took the opportunity... Hehe, it turns out that this case is related to Concubine Zhen, so it will work out, no wonder she reacted so strongly... Sigh, the old grudges and the strange circumstances of the case make it difficult to handle!"

Feng Shen also sighed: "No way, I have to check the portrait first!"

King Su said happily, "Feng Shen, do you have a clue?"

"It's hard to tell at the moment." Feng Shen said, "I suspect that this portrait has been tampered with. My lord, please get me some lye."

"Okay, I'll make arrangements now!" King Su came out of the hall and called for a servant to make arrangements.

After a while, alkaline water will be ready.King Su was still puzzled, and asked, "Feng Shen, can you detect the real culprit with just a bowl of alkaline water?"

Feng Shen shook his head, and said: "The action of the humble officer is only for the purpose of investigation. When I was handling the Tianli teaching case, the humble officer once pretended to be possessed by evil spirits at home, but in the end he attracted a swindling old Taoist, and the old Taoist played a trick of "slaying demons with swords." "The trick of cutting a piece of yellow paper until it's dripping with blood". In the palace, when the humble official heard blood and tears dripping from the portrait, he wondered if it was the same trick as that of "slaying demons with swords". "

Su Wang said: "Then the old way is the ghost who made alkaline water?"

Feng Shendao: "I also used turmeric juice. If you want to make the paper 'bleed', you must first soak it with turmeric juice, so that it will turn red when it encounters alkali. The paper used for the portrait of Beizhiguan is a bit dark, so I suspect that it was processed with turmeric juice. "

"Is there another way?" King Su said, "Then you should try it quickly."

"Okay." Feng Shen said, dripping a little alkaline water on the cheeks of the portrait.

King Su frowned and looked at it for a long time, but did not see any changes. "This... this doesn't work!"

"As expected," Feng Shen shook his head and smiled wryly, "I didn't expect too much from the humble job..."

Suddenly, Feng Shen remembered the old story of those eight pieces of silk.Those silk clips are hidden in the front panel, and they are mixed with silver hair and silk to form a dark pattern.If it wasn't for the cantaloupe that stained the silk with chicken blood by mistake, I'm afraid I haven't noticed the key to it until now.

Could it be that this portrait is similar to those eight pieces of silk?
This thought was only for a moment, and Feng Shen paused.The portrait used is a genuine Shuxuan, which he has twisted carefully before, and the material is completely different from the silk.

Seeing Feng Shen's silence for a long time, Su Wang rubbed his hands anxiously. "Feng Shen, there is no other way to examine this painting?"

Feng Shen raised his head and looked out of the window, "It's almost noon now, so there's no time to spend much time on a portrait. How about this, my lord, go back to the palace first and find out who has been involved with this portrait. Outside the palace , I asked the prince to help inquire, especially about the old acquaintance of the precious concubine. Since the person in the painting is her, the only thing to focus on is her."

"Success!" Su Wang said, "The outside affairs are all on the king's shoulders. If we work together, we may be able to save you some time. Sigh, I finally know the reason for this star, or it's really black eyes. "

Feng Shen said again: "By the way, my lord, the Empress Dowager seems to keep a secret about the concubine Zhen. During the investigation, don't mobilize the crowd, just send some reliable confidants."

(End of this chapter)