Wentang

Chapter 578
Da Ben and Xiao Ben are two brothers, and they are also servants of the servant of the Ministry of Industry. They are ordered by the head of the family to guard the high platform outside Chongxuanmen, and report the situation of the high platform to the family at any time.

They also know how important it is to turn a hen into a male, so they have been very attentive these days.But they have been watching for nine days without seeing any major changes, and they are very disappointed.

Coupled with the surveillance day and night, even if the two brothers take turns to rest, they are very tired.In the middle of the night on the ninth day, it was Daben's turn to watch the night. He sat outside the tent looking at the sparse starry sky, thinking about things in his mind, and fell asleep without knowing it.

"Ohhhh!!!" He suddenly heard a chicken crow while he was in a daze, turned over and muttered: "This damn chicken, when I get up tomorrow, I will kill you and make stew. Do you dare to call?"

Wait, the rooster crows?Da Ben woke up in an instant, and got up from the ground in a jerk.Then he noticed that several people who were also watching the night beside him were looking at the high platform in horror.

"Whoa!!!" The chirping sounded again.Now he heard clearly, the voice came from the high platform.

But there are only five hens on the high platform, where is the sound of the rooster crowing?Could it be...

As soon as he had this thought, he saw the people who were still watching turned around and ran towards Chang'an City. He also reacted, and hurried to the tent to wake Xiao Ben up.

"What's wrong, big brother?" Xiao Ben asked sleepily.

"Don't sleep, mother... the hen is crowing." Da Ben said excitedly.

Xiao Ben also woke up instantly: "Did you hear that?"

"Everyone outside has heard it. Many people have already returned to the city to pass on the news. You should also hurry up and enter the city." Da Ben said.

"But it will take a long time for the city gate to open, and I won't be able to enter the city even if I go, so I might as well observe for a while." Xiao Ben said.

In fact, he also wanted to listen to the hen crowing to satisfy his curiosity.

"What do you know? Hurry up and guard the city gate. When the city gate opens, you must enter the city and tell Da Lang the news. If you delay Da Lang's important affairs, you will be rewarded." Da Ben scolded.

"Okay." Xiao Ben said reluctantly.

As soon as the two brothers came out of the tent, they saw a Yuan coming from the forbidden army and warned in a low voice: "You are not allowed to make any noise, or you will be killed."

The two brothers nodded hastily, and then the Yuan Cong Imperial Guard soldier was satisfied and went to other places to warn everyone with the same words.

With the warning, the two brothers recovered from their excitement, and after a little thought, they understood why Yuan Cong's forbidden army wanted everyone to keep quiet.

Fearing that the hens would not dare to crow, the two brothers subconsciously held their breath when they thought of this.Then after the two brothers made eye contact, Xiao Ben tiptoed to the gate of the city, leaving Da Ben to watch the high platform.

There are many other people who chose the same choice as Big and Big Brothers.

And this news was also transmitted to the palace immediately through the imperial army. Li Shimin jumped up from the bed, dancing happily with his hands and feet.

Then he said one word: "Kill."

Yue Shan, who was resting in the cabin on the high platform, woke up when the first cock crow sounded, he was relieved and his heart was heavy at the same time.

Relieved because the hen has finally turned into a rooster, and his myth will continue, but heavy because the crowing of the rooster means that countless people will fall to the ground.

But he doesn't regret it, he didn't cause the disaster, he just counterattacked, and political struggle is that you can't tolerate mercilessness.

After thinking about this, he closed his eyes and continued to rest.

Although the city of Chang'an is still closed, those with clear hands and eyes will naturally have a way to send news to the outside of the city.

The five hens on the high platform outside the Chongxuan Gate crowed, and the news was quickly grasped by those who cared.

Seeing this news, some people were frightened, some were excited, and some were worried.

Everyone knows that the storm is about to begin.

After Chang'an City was opened, the news that Qingshuihou Yueshan successfully cast the spell spread throughout the city in a very short time.Then the whole city boiled, and everyone ran to Chongxuanmen one after another, wanting to see what Huaxiong's hen looked like.

But as soon as he reached the gate of the city, he found that all the gates of the city were under martial law.The heavily armed Forbidden Army took over the duty of guarding the gate, and another Imperial Guard rushed out of the city gate without knowing where it was going...

This scene frightened some people, but more people still bit the bullet and came to watch the excitement outside Chongxuanmen, and soon the place was full of people.

In normal times, something would definitely happen, but Yuan, who had been prepared for a long time, created a passageway from the wooden fence used by the forbidden army for everyone to watch these chickens.

The onlookers enter from one side of the aisle and come out from the other side after watching the chickens.After the visit, you must leave here immediately and do not stay here, otherwise you will be punished as treason.

In this way, more people can see the male chicken.

This idea is of course Yue Shan's idea. Museums, tourist attractions and other places in later generations like to adopt this method, so just copy it.

The purpose of doing this is also very simple, to let more people see Huaxiong's hen, and to make Li Shimin's killing more legitimate.

In fact, these chickens have not changed much in just ten days, but there are preconceived factors of "female crowing", and everyone still found many suspicious points.

For example, the feathers of these hens are brighter, the combs are redder, and there is even a circle of granulation-like things growing around the combs...the more they look, the more they look like roosters.

After reading it, everyone has no doubts... Many people are secretly making decisions, and when they go home, they will set up a memorial tablet for Qingshuihou to burn incense every morning and evening, praying for blessings.

And Yue Shan, one of the protagonists of this incident, was picked up not long after the cock crowed, hung on the wall of the imperial city with a basket, and entered the palace to meet Li Shimin.

Seeing Yue Shan, Li Shimin was happy at first, then hesitated and asked, "Cuilan, are you... all right?"

On the one hand, he was worried about the backlash after casting the spell, and on the other hand, he had been under too much pressure on the high platform for the past few days, and Yue Shan's face was a little unhappy.

"Thank you saint for your concern. I'm fine, but I haven't had a good rest for a few days and I'm a little tired." Yue Shan said.

"Then... can you still see it?" Li Shimin asked expectantly.

Yue Shan shook his head.

Li Shimin was not angry when he was prepared for a long time ago, but he was relieved deep in his heart, and asked curiously: "What is the difference between before and now?"

"Hmm..." Yue Shan pondered for a while and said, "If you used to look at things from a high place, now you are standing in a big vat."

This analogy is very vivid, Li Shimin thought for a while and understood what he meant.Touched, he said, "Thank you for your hard work."

"It should." Yue Shan yawned and said.

Seeing his lack of energy, Li Shimin said very considerately: "Go down and have a good rest first, there are still many things waiting for you to deal with after the rest."

After thanking him, Yue Shan followed a warrior to the side hall. Yong'an Palace also had a place specially prepared for the ministers staying in the palace.

Well, the imperial palace is also divided into the front hall and the back palace. The front hall is where the emperor handles government affairs, and the back palace is where the concubines, princes and princesses live.

Even in the daytime, foreign ministers are generally not allowed to enter the harem, let alone staying overnight. Don't even think about it.The front hall is much more relaxed. Although it is not allowed to stay overnight, there is no problem with the emperor's will.

It was common for Yue Shan to stay in the front hall of the imperial palace, so he was not polite, so he followed the warrior in a drowsy manner.

But as he walked, he suddenly found that the surrounding scenery became more and more unfamiliar.

No, this is not the way to the dormitory, he was startled and stopped.

(End of this chapter)