Chapter 24 Chapter 23 When will the moon be there (1)

Just as the entire Dongting Dynasty was still quiet in the sweetness of Qixi Festival, on the tenth day of the seventh month of the second year of Yongye, the chief envoy of the Zhejiang government reported that the tsunami in Hangzhou, Jiaxing, and Shaoxing destroyed tens of thousands of houses and drowned tens of thousands of people. Especially in Xiaoshan. Immediately afterwards, on July 17, the Henan chief envoy reported another 800 li urgently that a huge locust plague had occurred in Henan. On the vast land of the Central Plains, swarms of migratory locusts appeared everywhere.Wherever the swarm of locusts flew, there was a large area of ​​darkness, covering even the bright sunlight.

Wherever the locust swarms fell, the crops were all eaten up, and even the roots were not spared. In the hardest hit areas, the locust swarms even attacked humans and ate dead bodies. At that time, there was no verification of scientific knowledge, and people generally believed that the plague of locusts was a disaster that God sent to people in order to punish people. In order to eliminate disasters and pray for blessings, all places burned incense and prayed to gods, but this time the gods did not bless the East Court. The crops were more and more troubled by locusts, and the affected areas gradually expanded to Hubei Prefecture in Dongting and Guiyang Prefecture in Nanzhao. Local officials kept complaining to the court.

However, the imperial court raised funds for border affairs and provided disaster relief for the hardest-hit areas in Henan Province and Zhejiang Province. Although the uprising was suppressed within a month, it greatly shook the cornerstone of the Dongting Dynasty and slowly opened the prelude to troubled times. I thought of Yao Chong’s method of controlling locusts, 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, and they are definitely not incurable. , the locust plague can be extinguished, and 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, and then turned off the lights. In the darkness, a light was slowly lit. Sure enough, the phototaxis of insects made the grasshoppers crawl towards the light, and then I was completely burned by the fire, and everyone in Xifengyuan looked at me in amazement. So Yuan Feibai accepted my suggestion, Feige sent a letter to Yuan Hou Ye with my law on locust extermination, and at the same time ordered the disciples to use the locust plague as an excuse, pointing out that the locust plague was a warning to the court that there was a sinister Dou family For a while, people all over the world hated the Dou family, who was a fish and meat common people.

On July 28th, Xi Zong urgently summoned important officials to the palace to discuss disaster relief. Empress Dowager Dou still listened to the government behind the curtain. Lu Bangdun, a famous official in 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 would be halved. The Yuan Clan, headed by Yuan Qingjiang, expressed their agreement, and proposed the method of exterminating locusts that I suggested, and tried their best to persuade the Queen Mother, Xi Zong and all the officials, and the Yuan Clan issued a military order based on this. If the plague of locusts cannot be eradicated, Yuan's family will be copied and beheaded.

On the 30th 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 worked, and the news of the successful extermination of locusts continued to fly in. In one place in Bianzhou, 150,000 tons of locusts were exterminated within ten days. As a national hero, Xi Zong paid more attention to the Yuan family, and Yuan Feiyan's friendship with entering 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 happily took my hand for a long time: "Hua Hibiscus, Hua Hibiscus, what are you?" What a 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 squeezed it, and I humbly declined to say that the third master is absurd, It took half a day to pull it out. From then on, Han Xiuzhu treated me very kindly, but his eyes became more and more unfathomable. Xie Suhui called me Mu girl with admiration, and never called me Mu girl again.

Song Minglei and Biying smiled and even said that the fourth sister is really a god, but she was beautiful but she laughed silently. When we were alone, she jumped into my arms, kissed me on the cheek, and said, "My dear!" Mu Jin, you did the right thing, this time you didn't take advantage of that kid Song Minglei, and you finally gave a sigh of relief for us two sisters." Only then did I know that Jinxiu also supported me, Hua Mu Jin, in her letter to the general, and she It has been a long time since she treated me so warmly, and I was delighted and flattered to see her smiling like a flower.

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 the only one of Prince Yugang of Nanzhao. The son, Duan Jiyue, who is fifteen years old, is the youngest Ziyue son among the four sons. Prince Yugang is the younger brother of King Guangyi, King of Nanzhao. Got a son, his son was born on the night of the full moon, born with a pair of purple pupils like his mother, with a beautiful face and moon appearance, so he was named Duan Yuerong, and his breast name was Ziyue. He was also a child prodigy like Yuan Feibai, but he was cold and eccentric since childhood , moody, admiring force, and fond of killing, Prince Yugang is the only son, and he loves him very much. To what extent does Prince Yugang spoil his purple-eyed son?

According to unofficial history, once, when he came home from court, he saw his precious son having an affair with a woman. It turns out that the ancients matured early, let alone the son of a rich family, a prince and a nobleman, which is logically fine.But the bad thing is that this woman is none other than his favorite seventeenth lady, Lushui, and she is twelve years older than his good son. In broad daylight, Duan Yuerong forced him to be his father. He became a green turtle, and he was also an incest card player, and he, as a father, just casually taught Duan Yuerong a few words, "How can you molested your concubine mother, incest is normal", and afterward, he actually returned this Nanzhao who was paid for a thousand gold. The famous beauty Yang Lushui gave Duan Yuerong a concubine!

In Nanzhao's National Talent Selection Conference, Duan Yuerong won the civil and military double crowns alone. At that time, he was only a thirteen-year-old boy. Even King Guangyi loved him very much and often called him into the palace to accompany him. The Taoist monk once asserted after meeting him that this is a noble person who came to the world, but his hostility is too heavy, and he should practice Buddhist scriptures and principles from an early age to eliminate his hostility and be a blessing to the world. However, where would Prince Yugang send his only beloved son to the temple? Cutting it off can save Nanzhao from the locust plague. 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 Jiyue, Prince Yugang was at the scene. The secret workers of Ziyuan passed the method of exterminating locusts to his ears in time, so the locust problem in Nanzhao was solved, and Duan Yuerong, who was about to run away, was relieved, but it also greatly shook Prince Yugang and his son Facing King Guangyi's unyielding heart, Prince Yugang began to secretly hoard food and grass to prepare troops. These are all Yuan Feibai's request to me, so that the secret writer in Nanzhao sent a letter to report. I read that section of Jiyue's biography, and thought for a long time. It's exactly the same, I can't help wondering in my heart, who is the real Zifu, I even began to doubt, could it be that the locust plague is indeed God's warning to the world! On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th, I helped Yuan Feibai put on festive clothes and was about to go to the Ziyuan to listen to the play. I knelt on the ground and straightened the corner of his satin robe for him, thinking in my heart: I heard that Yuan Feijue came back Yes, when Yuan Feibai goes to Ziyuan, I will meet Yuan Feijue quietly. Yuan Feibai's voice suddenly came from the upload: "Mujin, you have done a great job in exterminating the locusts this time, what reward do you want?" Uh? !reward?I raised my head, and he looked at me with twinkling eyes, did I make a mistake, there was a hint of expectation in his eyes, what was he looking forward to? I helped him to sit on the imperial concubine's step, and while sitting on the step, I put on shoes for him, and said with a smile: "Third Master, there is no joke for a gentleman. Whatever Mu Jin 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. hateful!Little boy! My smile froze slightly, and he added seriously: "Today, I went to Ziyuan to entertain my family friend, Prince Jingxia and the little prince. I have added new guards, so please look at the garden, don't you I also want to trick them into taking you to Yubeizhai, and the Marquis will also return with the princess consort, so I must ask Feijue to accompany you to Ziyuan!" I gritted my teeth in my heart, death is not for nothing, and I felt teasing again, and said with a chuckle: "Well, I want the moon in the sky, can the third master afford it?" "You girl, you haven't been serious for a long time. No matter how powerful I am, I can't pick this bright moon. I'd better get something else for hibiscus." He said to me with a smile. I thought about it, Mrs. Yuan and Liu Yansheng, the pair of villains, caused Yuan Feibai to sit in a wheelchair for so many years, and his mother died of illness overnight. When he becomes an emperor, the first thing he will do is to take them both!Then Jinxiu and I will have to avenge ourselves, so what should I do?Suddenly remembering what Yu Feiyan told me during the Chinese New Year to go boating all over the world and disappear for a lifetime, she said with a light smile, "Then please let the hibiscus be free when the third master is crowned the Great Treasure!" Yuan Feibai obviously didn't think of my request, he was stunned for a moment, and then said coldly: "Let you be free? So that you can go and stay with Si Maozi? Don't you forget that he will go back to the Western Regions one day , When I achieve great success, he must have a lot of wives and concubines, how can I remember you as an ugly girl..." As soon as the words came out, he seemed to have some regrets, just looked at me there, and said nothing. I felt a pain in my heart, but I still smiled and said: "You don't need to be reminded by the third master, Mu Jin knows that his status is low, and the posture of a willow is absolutely not worthy of the fourth master." I helped him put on his shoes, stood up, Scratching the back of her head, she said sincerely: "Third Lord, to be honest, Mu Jin doesn't like the intrigues of the Houmen Emperor's family, nor is she suitable for such a life. This life. Just like what the third master said, when the third master and the fourth master have achieved great achievements, they must be full of wives and concubines. How can I be used as an ugly girl? So when the time comes, please let the third master release the hibiscus Well, of course, the prerequisite is... if Mu Jin’s little life hasn’t been reimbursed.” Where am I hehe forcefully smiled, and said later that I felt a little bit bitter. When they achieve great things, they still don’t know where I am, a short-lived ghost?But 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..." His crisp new clothes just put on were crumpled again, but he didn't let me go in that room, grabbed my arm tightly, and kissed my lips hard, my exclamation was drowned in his During that 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 get you another one. " "I want this one," he said with rare willfulness, looking at me fiercely with phoenix eyes: "Hua Hibiscus, listen to me, even if your lifespan is only thirty years, I want to have it all, you Stop dreaming that Yuan Feijue or Song Minglei will come and take you away from me?" I struggled to get out of his embrace, gasping for breath, I was touching my bitten lip angrily, shit, it was bleeding, and secretly cursing this peerless Persian cat that bit people, after hearing that, I couldn’t help laughing, well, this man is really Seeing the wind is raining, definitely belongs to a psychopathic kid. "Okay! Okay! No problem, my third young master!" I shook my head in my heart, kid, use me as a toy?If you don't let me go, if I still don't believe it, then I really can't leave?My complexion changed: "It's the Mid-Autumn Festival today, let's stop talking about my whereabouts. When you become an emperor, remember me... let's talk about it." Ignoring his angry look, I walked over, helped him up, and straightened his robe. Fortunately, it wasn’t too wrinkled. I was about to call Suhui in, but he hugged me again. I couldn’t hold him back. Simply looked at him with a slight smile. The hostility in his eyes faded away, and he also looked at me quietly, then slowly put his hands on my cheeks, and kissed them again, this time he didn't force it, but kissed me gently blood on my lips. In the midst of confusion, classmate Suhui shouted outside the door: "Third Master, someone from Ziyuan has come to urge you, saying that King Jingxia, the little prince, the uncle Qing, the eldest princess and the master have already left the city of Xi'an. Madame asks the third master to come to the east gate as soon as possible to meet him." Yuan Feibai let me go slowly, regained his habitual coldness, his phoenix eyes were like a deep pool, with no bottom to be seen, he supported the table and walked slowly to the door, Zhao Menglin is really a miracle doctor, he said that this year Yuan Feibai will die His legs must have improved a lot. Sure enough, he can no longer use his crutches so much. Before he got into the carriage, he took a deep look at me and said, "I'll come back as soon as I go. If you're bored, you can 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, smiled and cheered at him, and he finally relaxed his brows. I showed a bright smile that turned my life upside down, and got into the car. I sent away Yuan Feibai, Han Xiuzhu, Suhui, and Wei Hu. When Xie Sanniang turned around to boil the water, I quietly came to the plum garden. I wanted to sneak out of the garden, but unfortunately I haven’t left the Chuhuamen. The guards appeared out of nowhere and scared me to the ground. They knelt on one knee and said to me: "The third master has an order. Before the third master comes back, Miss Mu must not leave the garden. Please go back and rest for a while. The third master will return immediately." Didn't there be no guards before, where did it come out?I got up, patted my clothes, and stared at 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 and coldly with their eyes down. I was about to rush in, when Xie Sanniang's voice came from behind: "Where are you going, girl? Come back and help me make some snacks." I stamped my feet resentfully at the two cold-faced guards, and turned around resentfully.