Chapter 25 fourth quarter

There are two choices in front of her: 1. Stick to the theory of ghosts and gods, and clear Song Ruozhao and Shi Linyuan from the Lingyan Pavilion vision case, but this also blocks the way to continue the investigation; The emperor confessed his judgment that Song Ruozhao was the mastermind behind the manifestation of the 33rd vision in Lingyan Pavilion, and asked the emperor to allow him to investigate the truth of the first and second visions.Song Ruozhao's disappearance is probably related to this, and Song Ruozhao's whereabouts may be found along this clue. Pei Xuanjing felt in a dilemma.

Song Ruozhao's life and death were uncertain, and Pei Xuanjing was afraid that any rash action by herself would bring disaster to Song Ruozhao and even the Shilin Courtyard. Pei Xuanjing gritted her teeth, and finally made up her mind: "Report to Your Majesty, after repeated checks by my concubine, the vision in Lingyan Pavilion is not artificial. Therefore, therefore..." "So your conclusion is consistent with Song Ruozhao's?" The emperor frowned. Pei Xuanjing made up her mind: "Yes. My concubine agrees with Miss Song Si that the visions in Lingyan Pavilion are all miracles."

When she was unable to make a choice, Pei Xuanjing decided to keep her promise.Pei Xuanjing believed that Song Ruozhao must have more inside information, so she shouldn't take the risk of going against her wishes.Song Ruozhao made it clear that only by appealing the vision of Lingyan Pavilion to ghosts and gods can she and Shilinyuan be protected. The "Xuan Ji Tu" case a few years ago caused Pei Xuanjing to watch the Song family sisters wither away for the most part.Today, Pei Xuanjing's mood is very different.For her, the emperor's order is no longer unquestionable and must be obeyed, and she will no longer only know to stick to the truth as she did back then, only to end up helping the evildoers.

After a long time, the emperor sighed: "You think so too?" Just as Pei Xuanjing was about to answer, she immediately realized that the emperor was talking to himself. Sure enough, he continued to mutter: "So, the red character change in "Tui Bei Tu" is also a miracle?" The red characters of "Tui Bei Tu"! Pei Xuanjing almost cried out—that's right, Song Ruozhao forged the image of the thirty-third image just to make the red character change of the thirty-third image in "Tui Bei Tu" a miracle! The meaning of the ninth image in "Tui Bei Tu" is very clear, but the meaning of the thirty-third image is confusing, and it is even more strange because of the two red characters.It is very possible that the secret that Song Ruozhao cares about the most is buried in the two lines of the poem "the blue dragon changes into a white-headed rabbit" and "the sky army southeast wood is easy to come"!

Pei Xuanjing asked timidly: "Your Majesty also knows the word change in red?" "Huh?" The emperor stared at Pei Xuanjing, "Did Song Ruozhao tell you?" "She mentioned the line 'A blue dragon turns into a white cow and a rabbit' in the 33rd Elephant. Because the word 'ox' has changed into a red word 'head', this poem becomes 'The blue dragon turns into a white-headed rabbit'." "What does she think about that?" "We've discussed it, but we've come to no conclusion." "No conclusion yet, no conclusion yet!" The emperor said with a livid face, "I will always use these four words to prevaricate me!" He pointed at Pei Xuanjing and said sharply, "You! Since Song Ruozhao is missing, you will take over. her!"

"Me? Replacing her... what?" "Song Ruozhao and you both insist that the three visions in Lingyan Pavilion are all miracles, and the thirty-third vision in "Tui Bei Tu" of 'The Blue Dragon Transforms into a White-headed Rabbit' and 'Tianjun Southeast Wood Yilai' are also miracles, Then you explain to me, what is the meaning of this series of miracles!" Pei Xuanjing raised her head involuntarily, she finally began to understand why she was involved again.From Daming Palace to Taiji Palace, from Sanqing Palace to Lingyan Pavilion, from "Ape Playing Fireball" to "One Dry and One Prosperous", she is still controlled by a powerful force.Come to think of it, I am the ape shadow puppet, every move is in the hands of the person opposite.

You can't hide from it.What's more, Song Ruozhao's life and death are still uncertain.Pei Xuanjing felt more and more that Chen Hongzhi's advice to her was too correct.Instead of sitting still and waiting to die, it is better to take the initiative to attack.It was precisely because of taking over the Buddha bone case that Li Mi could be rescued and the secrets of the Jinxianguan Catacombs could be revealed.And today's Lingyan Pavilion and the mystery of "Tui Bei Tu" involved Song Ruozhao's life, and he was even more obliged to do so. She thought for a while and replied: "Actually, Fourth Lady and I have made some speculations about the meaning of the Thirty-Three Elephants."

"Say." "We believe that this phenomenon heralds the replacement of the emperor in the first year of Yongzhen." Pei Xuanjing was immediately surprised to see an expression that she had never seen before on the emperor's face after she finished speaking. She didn't know how to describe this expression: Is it sad?fear?Still shocked?Originally, Pei Xuanjing was just telling the truth and didn't think much about it, but at the moment when the emperor's face changed drastically, she suddenly realized that she had just broken through the most sinister barrier——

What the thirty-third phenomenon of "Tui Bei Tu" predicts is exactly the most taboo event in the emperor's life. So Song Ruozhao disappeared?Maybe she's made some further discoveries?Maybe she said something she shouldn't have said to the emperor? Next, I have to be more careful and step by step, otherwise not only will I not be able to help Song Ruozhao, but my own life may even be ruined. After a while, the emperor asked in a slightly hoarse voice, "Why do you know that what the thirty-third elephant prophesied is the matter of Yongzhen?" Pei Xuanjing answered carefully: "The thirty-third hexagram of Xiang said: Fengze is over. In it, this hexagram represents a big transition. "Tui Bei Tu" predicts the fate of the country, so the big transition should refer to the change of dynasty. Yongzhen In the first year, from Emperor Dezong to the late emperor, and then from the late emperor to your majesty, the throne was passed between the three emperors in just one year, which should be called a 'great mistake'." Pause , she said again, "Besides—it's that picture."

"picture?" "The picture shows a dead tree and a flourishing tree. We speculate that the dead tree refers to the late emperor. When the late emperor came to the throne, he was seriously ill, just like a big tree that has withered. In stark contrast, Mao Shu is full of vitality, and Fourth Lady and I believe that Rong Shu is referring to His Majesty." Pei Xuanjing stopped to observe the emperor quietly, and saw a layer of sadness on his face, as if he was not offended by anger, Then he continued, "In the first year of Yongzhen, Your Majesty accepted the first emperor's Zen throne. When he was in the prime of life, he was like a towering tree with luxuriant leaves and blossoms, full of vitality. So..."

"So... I am old now." Pei Xuanjing bowed her head in silence, there was no need and no response to the emperor's words.Ever since talking about the past in the first year of Yongzhen, the emperor's reaction has become more and more strange, it seems that he suddenly became sentimental, and he is not quite like him anymore. The emperor asked: "So, how should the poem be explained?" Pei Xuanjing thought to herself, the emperor must know more about the thirty-third elephant.Did he set a trap again to lure himself into it? If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you get tiger cubs.Besides, the arrow is on the string, and it is too late to turn around now. Pei Xuanjing said: "Your Majesty, regarding the poem, our idea is: the Tai Sui in the first sentence 'You must know where Tai Sui is' means Tai Sui Xingjun, which is the sixty-year-old Jiazi in the heavenly stems and earthly branches." "Go on." "The second line of the poem was originally 'The blue dragon transforms into a white cow and rabbit'. We couldn't think of an appropriate explanation for this line. But when the word 'cow' became the word 'head', the white-headed rabbit was very easy to understand. The white-headed rabbit also It is the White Rabbit. And Qinglong and White Rabbit, corresponding to the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, are Yimao and Renchen." The emperor frowned and remained silent, as if he was seriously thinking about Pei Xuanjing's words. "Your Majesty, in the first year of Yongzhen, the year is in Yiyou. The green dragon and white rabbit in the poem, that is, Yimao and Renchen, should refer to a certain month or day in the first year of Yongzhen, and it is likely to be the same as the day of the first year of Yongzhen. It is related to the replacement of the throne." Pei Xuanjing stopped again, waiting for the emperor's reaction.Silence weighed on the temple like a huge boulder, and also on her heart, making her breathless. "Yimao." The emperor finally spoke, "The first emperor died on Yimao, the first month of the first year of Yuanhe." Pei Xuanjing was startled.After thinking about it, he asked softly, "You're not Yongzhen anymore?" The emperor repeated: "It's not Yongzhen anymore." Pei Xuanjing tentatively said, "Thinking about it this way, if Yimao in the poem is the sun, then Renchen should also be the sun." "No." The emperor said categorically, "I can't think of any major events that happened on Renchen Day that year." He stared at Pei Xuanjing and emphasized, "Especially major events related to the replacement of the throne." "Oh, maybe the concubine was wrong." The emperor greeted loudly: "Chen Hongzhi!" "The slave is here." "Go to the History Museum to pass on my oral instructions, and pull out all the daily notes, records and internal biography of the first year of Yongzhen." "yes." The emperor turned to Pei Xuanjing: "The first year of Yongzhen is just a short year. I order you to compare the historical facts of that year, and check them one by one, day by day! You must understand the meaning of 'the blue dragon turns into a white-headed rabbit'." Solve it!" Pei Xuanjing was stunned, and said: "In addition to this poem, there is a third sentence, 'Tianjun Dongbei Mu Yilai' has become 'Tianjun Southeast Mu Yilai', and the word 'North' has changed to 'South'. , this concubine has no experience..." The emperor interrupted her: "Isn't that clear enough? Whether it's 'White Cow Rabbit' or 'White-headed Rabbit'; whether it's 'Northeast' or 'Southeast', I ordered you to explain it, and you must explain it. Without missing a word, unravel everything one by one!" "What if I can't solve it?" "What did you say?" He squeezed out these four words from between his teeth, and hit Pei Xuanjing directly with unbearable violence.After being rescued from Li Mi, all the subtle gratitude and even sympathy she had for the emperor disappeared completely at this moment. He is the emperor, but above all her enemy.How could she forget? "If I can't solve it, I will become another Song Ruozhao, right?" "Song Ruozhao?" The emperor didn't understand what Pei Xuanjing meant, "Song Ruozhao is missing. I am ordering the Shence Army to look for it..." He stopped talking and looked at Pei Xuanjing, "Are you doubting me?" Pei Xuanjing was silent. The emperor sneered: "Is a Song Ruozhao worthy of my lying?" "Is a Cui Miao worthy of His Majesty's lying?" With a "bang", the celadon teacup on the case was swept to the ground by the emperor and smashed to pieces. In a blink of an eye, Chen Hongzhi lay on the ground and cleaned up the pieces. When he bowed and retreated, he still glanced at Pei Xuanjing, as if to say: It's almost over, you are really determined to fight against the one above!what are the benefits! After a while, the emperor said in a calm tone: "No matter what you think in your heart, you must do things for me. Accept your fate."