Chapter 27 Section VI

The paper on which "Xin Ping Shangxian" was written had burned to ashes on the candle flame, but the huge impact it brought still made Pei Xuanjing's hands tremble, unable to hold back for a long time.No, "Xin Gong Shang Xian" alone would not have frightened her to such an extent. Although the regicide plot in "Xin Gong Shang Xian" was terrifying and bloody, what really shocked Pei Xuanjing was the dagger! The story says: A faceless eunuch held a dagger in front of the emperor.The dagger shone coldly and took the emperor's life.It also specifically describes the appearance of the dagger: it is as wide as the front and back, like a special ruler.

Pei Xuanjing has only seen a dagger like this in her life - a pure hook. Nie Yinniang once told her clearly that the only dagger with a similar shape in the world is a pure hook. There is another reason for Pei Xuanjing to conclude that the dagger mentioned in the story is pure hook, and that is her own dream. Pei Xuanjing had dreamed more than once that she killed the emperor with a pure hook.Although it is not the same as the plot in "Xin Gong Shangxian", there are at least two similarities: first, the emperor is assassinated; second, the murder weapon is pure hook! It will never be just a coincidence.But if not a coincidence, then what?She doesn't believe that anyone can spy on her dreams, and she doesn't believe that she can predict a murder.

Pei Xuanjing believed that if the murder weapon used to kill the emperor was indeed a pure hook, then it was probably a murder that had already happened. The reason is exactly: Persian Li Su! Before Li Su touched the pillar and died in front of the Qingsi Hall, he had clearly told Pei Xuanjing that the emperor was looking for Chungou.He even vaguely mentioned that it was Changji who brought Chungou to Pei Xuanjing. What does Changji have to do with all this terrible thing!Pei Xuanjing's heart beat violently again.Chungou is the only thought that Changji left for himself.It represents unswerving love and mutual acquaintance, how could it be a murder weapon!But Pei Xuanjing also had to admit that it was confusing from the very beginning that Chang Ji handed over the dagger to herself as a token.As a frail scholar and poor, how could he possess a rare and precious blade.Pei Xuanjing had asked herself this question more than once.

She hasn't found the answer yet, but from Li Su's words before his death, she can infer that Chun Gou was originally hidden in the palace, and she didn't know how to lose it out of the palace, and she didn't know how to get it into Changji's possession. Changji gave it to herself as a token of love.And two years ago, in order to get back the jade dragon son, he asked Cui Miao to transfer Chungou to Nie Yinniang. Chungou should be in Nie Yinniang's hands now.But what Pei Xuanjing is more concerned about is that if Chungou's series of past events are considered together with "Xin Gongshangxian" and even her own dreams, she can only draw one conclusion: Chungou has indeed taken a The life of the emperor!

Who was the emperor who was killed by Chungou? Completely subconsciously, Pei Xuanjing put the "one withered and one prosperous" paper-cut in front of her, but she didn't dare to think about it any further.She could only order herself to lead her thoughts to clear facts first, and not to draw any conclusions easily. There is another detail in "Xin Ping Shangxian" that caught her attention-the route that the Yin soldiers took when they greeted them: the team passed through the Danfeng Gate and went straight into the Daming Palace.Go sideways to Guangfan Gate, pass through Xuanzheng Hall, turn east again, and enter the inner court from Chongming Gate.

Based on Pei Xuanjing's understanding of the Daming Palace, the route ahead was fine, but after passing through the Xuanzheng Palace, it was not entirely reasonable for the team to turn east to the Chongming Gate and then enter the inner court.Because the Xuanzheng Hall is located in front of the third palace wall, after passing through the Xuanzheng Hall, the Yin soldiers have already entered the inner court, there is no need to go straight east, and it is unnecessary to pass Chongmingmen again. The normal route is to go north through the Zichen Gate after passing the Xuanzheng Hall.To the north of Zichen Gate is Zichen Hall.On both sides of the Zichen Hall are the sleeping halls and toilet halls of the inner court. The emperor usually rests or sleeps in these halls.In addition, a night banquet was being held in the palace at the time of Shangxian, so it should be in a relatively large hall that can hold banquets.According to Pei Xuanjing's knowledge, Linde Hall is the most frequently used place for banquets in Daming Palace.But Linde Hall is located to the west of Taiye Pool, so the Yin soldiers should not have gone east.

Could it be that the person who told the story was not familiar with the Daming Palace enough, so he made a mistake?wrong.Pei Xuanjing intuited that the person who concocted "Xin Ping Shangxian" not only knew the Daming Palace like the back of his hand, but also deliberately designed this wrong route, hiding some meaning he wanted to express in it, waiting for those who are interested to discover it. Will he be the caring person he is waiting for? Pei Xuanjing had a premonition that the long-standing confusion, regret, hatred and pain would soon come to an end.In an instant, the fear disappeared.She only felt that her heart was as hard as a stone, and her thoughts were as cold as ice.What should come will always come, after suffering in the Daming Palace for two full years, it is finally time to wait for this day.

Pei Xuanjing murmured silently in her heart: "The Heavenly Army's southeast tree is easy to come, and now it's time to exchange for the land at home." This story of "Xin Ping Shangxian" really seems to be specially designed to help her solve the mystery of the thirty-third image in "Tui Bei Tu". Chongming Gate is located in the southeast of the inner court of Daming Palace.The Heavenly Army, that is, the Yin soldiers did not go through the Guangshun Gate in the northeast, nor the Zichen Gate in the north, but detoured to the southeast, entered the Daming Palace through the Chongming Gate, and took the emperor's life.

Why must it be the southeast? The northeast is wood, and the southeast is fire. The original "Northeast Wood Yilai" can be spelled with the word "Yang".But "Southeast wood is easy to come", hasn't it become a word "Yang"? Yang—Yang! Put those two words together and there's almost no other explanation. Pei Xuanjing muttered to herself: "...Yang Guang, Emperor Yang of Sui." With this name, the icon of "one dry and one prosperous" of the thirty-third elephant suddenly became clear.The story of Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty who killed his father and seized the throne has been heard by children.The successor is in the prime of life, stepping on the corpse of the predecessor to rise to power.The bloody and cruel regicide and usurpation of the throne is the prophecy of the thirty-third image of "Tui Bei Tu"!

However, "Tui Bei Tu" is a prophecy about the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, so the thirty-third image does not actually refer to the historical event of Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty, but is it a metaphor for which emperor after Tang Dynasty killed his father and seized the throne? Yongzhen.Yongzhen! No matter how hard Pei Xuanjing ordered herself to calm down, she couldn't help but clenched her teeth at this moment. She recalled her guess about the phrase "replace the land at this time", which seemed to refer to the former emperor's death in the Xianning Hall of Xingqing Palace, but moved to the Taiji Hall of Xi Nei Taiji Palace for his funeral... So "Xin Gong Shangxian" Could the emperor who was killed in " be the former emperor?

"Xin Ping Shangxian" describes the assassination case that took place in the Daming Palace.But the first emperor moved to Xingqing Palace after he took the Zen throne, and died in Xianning Palace there.If "Xin Ping Shangxian" alludes to the killing of the first emperor, why is it described as being in the Daming Palace? Unless—that mysterious Xin Fair just wanted to cause confusion.Because directly talking about the Xingqing Palace is equivalent to revealing this secret to the world, leaving no room for it.Moreover, when Duan Chengshi heard about Xingqing Palace, he would immediately recognize the essence of "Xin Gong Shangxian", so he would not record it as a ghost story, and he might even report it to the emperor.Therefore, the person who told the story of "Xin Ping Shangxian" used ingenious writing to make it impossible for outsiders to understand whether it is realism, interpretation, or pure imagination. However, the route of the Yin soldiers entering the palace was deliberately deviated, and the location of the palace where the emperor held the banquet was also incorrect. All these wrong details suggest that the place where the regicide is actually not in the Daming Palace! Among the three palaces in Chang'an City, "Xin Gong Shangxian" avoids Xingqing Palace and Taiji Palace, and avoids pointing directly at the death of the former emperor, because in the eyes of all people in the world, there is only Daming Palace that "rises like the sun" , can represent the supreme glory of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and is the only real palace of the Tang Dynasty. Got it all. Pei Xuanjing understood why Song Ruozhao tried every means to interpret the red character change in the thirty-third image as a miracle, because she and her little persimmon garden could not bear such a terrible truth.Song Ruozhao must be an insider!She saw the danger of killing herself from the change of the thirty-third image. In order to protect herself, she had no choice but to take the risk and create the image of the thirty-third image in Lingyan Pavilion.Because only in this way can she convince the emperor that everything is done by ghosts and gods.Only in this way can she completely remove herself and Shilinyuan. After all, before the vision occurred in Lingyan Pavilion, the last person who opened the Golden Chamber and studied "Tui Bei Tu" was Song Ruohua. Now Pei Xuanjing is more certain that everything has nothing to do with ghosts and gods! Someone is leading in the dark.Pei Xuanjing has no evidence to assert that the same force is behind the change of characters in "Xin Gong Shang Xian" and "Tui Bei Tu". implement. From the vision of Lingyan Pavilion that I personally experienced.For the first time and second time, the vision of "monkey playing fireball" occurred in Lingyan Pavilion, ten days apart from each other.The person who created these two visions was able to freely enter and exit Lingyan Pavilion, which shows that he has his own way in the palace, he can get the key of the heavily guarded Lingyan Pavilion, and he may also have internal support in the guarding Shence Army.In short, the first two developments were perfect. The apes not only appeared in the windows of Lingyan Pavilion, but they were also very active in jumping and jumping. The purpose of these two developments is to attract the attention of everyone, and eventually the emperor's attention. The reason for choosing the ninth elephant, "Ape Playing Fireball", is because Song Ruohua only understood this phenomenon, and secondly, because the emperor devoted most of his life to the cause of reducing the domain, and he never dared to take it lightly. Sure enough, after the two developments, the emperor specially visited Lingyan Pavilion, and opened the Golden Chamber to check "Tui Bei Tu", and saw two red characters in the thirty-third image. The thirty-third image of "Tui Bei Tu" has not yet been deciphered, and its meaning was originally vague to the emperor.But such a strange change in the verse of the Thirty-Third Image caused the emperor great concern about what it foretells.So he summoned Song Ruozhao and ordered her to uncover the mystery of the vision in Lingyan Pavilion, and at the same time explain the two characters of the thirty-third phenomenon. The reason why the emperor sought out Song Ruozhao was apparently because Song Ruohua was responsible for explaining "Tui Bei Tu". Song Ruozhao took over the position of the eldest sister's female secretary, and was the first choice in terms of talent and position.But in addition to these reasons, there is another hidden reason: the emperor suspects that Song Ruohua did the change of the thirty-third image. isn't it?Besides Song Ruohua, who else has the chance to get access to the "Tui Bei Tu" locked in the Golden Chamber?How could words that have been written on paper for a hundred years suddenly change? If it is not the power of ghosts and gods, it can only be man-made.If it was man-made, Song Ruohua would of course be the first suspect. It's just that she died more than three years ago, and even if she really did it, there is no proof of her motives.The emperor ordered her younger sister Song Ruozhao to take over the matter precisely because of this level of suspicion. With Song Ruozhao's ice and snow intelligence, how could he not have thought of this? Whether Song Ruohua did the thirty-third image change or not, Pei Xuanjing was still unable to come to a conclusion.However, through the change of these two scarlet letters, the Thirty-Third Elephant undeniably predicted a murder of father and king and usurpation of the throne. No wonder Song Ruozhao was so panicked. Song Ruozhao knew that sooner or later the emperor would realize the meaning of the thirty-third image variable, and he would definitely be furious because of it.At that time, he will pour all the guilt and anger on the sisters of the Song family.After all, they are the weakest and easiest to punish.Song Ruozhao had to protect himself and his younger sister, but it was pointless to argue with the emperor whether Song Ruohua was guilty or not.The only way Song Ruozhao could think of was to push everything to ghosts and gods. Only by relying on the power of the gods can she have a chance to fight against the emperor's lust.After all, the emperor is still the son of heaven, if the heaven wants to expose his crimes, he will still feel guilty! Song Ruozhao made a big bet: set up traps in Lingyan Pavilion to make the thirty-third elephant appear in full view.At the same time, she also successfully won Pei Xuanjing to her side, agreed with her to lie to the emperor together, and insisted that the three visions of Lingyan Pavilion were all caused by the power of ghosts and gods.Then by analogy, the two changed characters in the thirty-third image of "Tui Bei Tu" are naturally God's will-it is God's will to kill the emperor's bloody crime of killing the first emperor. After the change, the thirty-third image of "Tui Bei Tu" Three images revealed! However, Song Ruozhao is still missing. Pei Xuanjing thought bitterly, they were still too naive after all.Song Ruozhao must have encountered an accident.There are only two possibilities for the murderer: 1. The person who created the previous two visions of Lingyan Pavilion; 2. The emperor. Pei Xuanjing thinks: The emperor is even more suspected! Unless Song Ruozhao found out who was behind the two visions of Lingyan Pavilion and threatened him, there was no need to get rid of her.Keeping Song Ruozhao is to let her take the blame.She is worthless when she dies.Judging from Song Ruozhao's conversation with Pei Xuanjing on the last night, she is still trying to cover up the truth with ghosts and gods, which shows that she has not found out the true identity of the mastermind behind the scenes. Otherwise, with Song Ruozhao's intelligence and trust in Pei Xuanjing, at least she will Leave her some clues in case she needs them. So the biggest possibility is that when Song Ruozhao met the emperor the next morning, he slipped up and let the emperor see the flaw.The emperor suspected that Song Ruozhao had already seen through her crime, so he decided not to let her return to the Persimmon Garden alive. Then, he summoned Pei Xuanjing to continue deciphering the thirty-third phenomenon, and even handed over the palace annals to her for study, just to see how much she understood. Now it seems that the whereabouts of the jade dragon in Pei Xuanjing's hands has instead become her magic weapon for protection.Including the origin of the acrostic poem "Zhen Lan Ting Xian", the answer to this mystery has also been transferred from the Song family sisters to Pei Xuanjing's hands.After finishing Song Ruozhao, the emperor only needed to concentrate on dealing with Pei Xuanjing alone. A humble woman like Pei Xuanjing was imprisoned in the Daming Palace. No matter what secrets she discovered, it was impossible for her to pose any threat to the emperor.So he tried his best to deal with her slowly, playing with her in his hands.Destroy her beliefs, oppress her will, and one day, let her wisdom be used by him.At that time, the series of conspiracies starting from "Lanting Preface" will be completely uncovered, and the real murderer behind the scenes will be fully exposed. So the emperor is using the method of self-violence to try to induce a shocking killing situation against himself? And Pei Xuanjing was his bait, from the very beginning! From retrieving Wu Yuanheng's witch hazel bottle to trapping and killing Cui Miao, everything was in the emperor's plan.Only the authenticity of Yulongzi was beyond his expectation.Oh no, there is also a pure hook!The emperor still doesn't know that Chungou has been by Pei Xuanjing's side for a long time, and this is his biggest miscalculation. If he had known this earlier, Pei Xuanjing would not have survived today. Pei Xuanjing could already be sure that the emperor killed his own father with a pure hook! The thirty-third image in "Xin Gong's Shangxian" and "Tui Bei Tu" after the word change reveals the same murder case.Someone in the know finally decided to break the silence and disclose the emperor's crimes.But this person's intentions are quite cunning, and he actually involved innocent people like Duan Chengshi, Song Ruozhao and Pei Xuanjing into the situation, trying to use their lives to pave the way for blood. What should she do now?