The Legend of Shushan Xuanjian

Chapter 467 Daming Palace Map
How many things have risen and fallen through the ages?long.The endless Yangtze River billows.

——Excerpt from Xin Qiji from "Nanxiangzi Dengjingkou Beiguting Youhuai"
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Coming out of Foguang Temple, Princess Qingluan was joyful, but Bai Fu was in a heavy heart.

Concubine Wei's loving smile appeared in front of Bai Fu's eyes from time to time.

Due to the court power struggle, Concubine Wei, who could have become the queen of the Tang Dynasty, could only bid farewell to her husband and children in a hurry, living in a corner of the Taiji Palace, and worshiping the Buddha with a green lantern for 11 years.

From the prime of life to the old age, the blue hair turns white, and the rest of life burns shorter and shorter like a candle until it goes out.

The wax torch turns into ashes, and the tears begin to dry.

But how good are those powerful officials who concocted Wei Zhuang's case?

Under Li Linfu's instigation, the four confidant thugs who handled Wei Jian's case, the servant of the household department Yang Shenjin, the doctor of the censor Wang Hao, the censor Zhongcheng Jiwen, and the member of the criminal department Luo Xixi all died safely:

Yang Shenjin was framed by his nephew, Wang Ji, to collude with warlocks in an attempt to commit crimes.Xuanzong ordered him to commit suicide.

Because of the rebellion of his younger brother Wang Jian and Xing Yu, who were doctors in the household department, Wang Yu was given to death.

Ji Wen gradually lost power because he offended Yang Guozhong, and demoted Liyang Changshi and Gaoyao county lieutenant.For fourteen years, Tianbao was convicted and exempted from office, and was arrested and imprisoned.

Zhang Fen, the deputy head of the Chuan Gang, went out in person to avenge Xu Ye, a disciple of the Chang'an sub-helm.The prison chief took Ji Wen to the cell where Xu Ye was tortured to death.After Zhang Fen and other disciples of the Chuan Gang worshiped Xu Ye's memorial tablet, the jailer used the same method Ji Wen tortured Xu Ye to stretch Ji Wen's body by several feet and break his spine, making Ji Wen die of pain. .

Luo Xishi lost power after Li Linfu's death and was demoted to Haidong county captain.Zhang Fen came forward again, sent him to prison, and watched the jailer beat him to death.After Luo Xishi's death, the body was eaten by wild dogs, and his bones were smashed.

After Li Linfu, the instigator, died, Xuanzong decreed that the coffin be cut open and buried in a random grave.All the descendants of the Li family were dismissed from office and exiled to the frontiers. The houses of the Li family were all confiscated, and all the wealth of Wan Guan's family was confiscated.

These generation of powerful ministers who called the wind and called the rain and covered the sky with one hand, eradicated dissidents, and fought and fought.In the end, no one died well.

As for the two protagonists behind the Wei Zhuang case—Xuanzong and Prince Li Heng, the struggle for imperial power caused the father and son to separate, and they almost turned against each other.

Xuanzong's several purges of Prince Li Heng made Li Heng live in trembling, as if walking on thin ice, and the estrangement between father and son grew bigger and bigger.

Therefore, I can't blame Prince Li Heng for dividing up his troops at Maweipo, going north to Lingwu, and proclaiming himself emperor with his troops.Although the trip to Lingwu was difficult and dangerous, staying by Xuanzong's side was equally dangerous.

In the reincarnation of heaven, who has ever been spared? !
If they could predict the future fate, would these people stay on the frontlines, feeling "why it's too urgent to meet each other?"

Thinking of this, Bai Fu shook his head, thinking: "No. Even if it's just to have supreme power for a day, these people will kill each other, kill each other, eat them alive, without mercy."

I have seen too many ferocious beasts and ghosts in Nether Valley, but no matter how cruel the monsters are, whether they are fighting for the throne or starving, they will not hunt or devour their own kind.

From this point of view, the ferocity of human beings is far greater than that of poisonous snakes and beasts.

Thinking of the Chilong Golden Pill that Wu Zhao forced himself to swallow, Bai Fu's heart skipped a beat.

Wu Zhao's words are still ringing in my ears: "The Ninth Cauldron Pill enters the body, like a Dao heart planting demons, and you will be the one who will mess up the Tang Dynasty tomorrow!"

Bai Fu secretly warned himself that if there was such a day, he must not be conquered by the Nine Cauldrons, confused his mind, and become a sinner through the ages that would bring disaster to the country and the people.Rather give up the supreme supernatural power, but also seal the evil power of the Nine Cauldron.

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Back at the Imperial Academy of Daming Palace, Bai Fu's mood was ups and downs, and he couldn't calm down for a long time.Bai Fu spread out a roll of drawing paper, locked himself in the room, splashed ink into the painting, and let his emotions flow freely.Between the thick and light of the pen and ink, the mood is still rippling.

One day and one night, Bai Fu stayed up all night, writing hard.

When Princess Qingluan pushed open the door again, Bai Fu's eyes were bloodshot and his hair was disheveled, as if returning to the human world from another world.

Bai Fu threw the pen, handed the scroll to Princess Qingluan, and drifted away.

After returning to Bashu Guild Hall, Bai Fu fell asleep and slept for three days and three nights.

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Princess Qingluan slowly unfolded the long scroll titled "Daming Palace Ci", and shocked the scene.

What Bai Fu painted was not a crescent moon or a garden of flowers and trees, but a palace, a complete palace - Daming Palace.Hundreds of palace courtyards, thousands of concubines and maids.

The characters in the painting are vying for beauty and beauty, intriguing, talking and surviving with each other, just like a dense and dark forest.

From weeds to vines, from anthills to bird's nests, every big tree, every clump of wild flowers, every beast, and every bird is not isolated.

They enjoy the sunshine and rain together, release breath and nutrients, blend with each other, depend on each other, reproduce parasitically, and flourish.

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The sky is bright and the sea is full of flowers, and the most beautiful thing is the beautiful woman leaning against the window and looking out from the railing.

In the palace made of Zhulanyu, no one knows who he will meet at the next corner of the palace wall;
Inside the locked palace walls, no one knows what kind of ups and downs the beauty who painted her eyebrows in the mirror alone had had.
In the courtyard full of flowers, no one knows, who will the court ladies who are playing with butterflies turn into in the next second?

The people in the painting are like every chess piece on the chessboard, black and white are distinct, overlapping each other, ever-changing, forming a huge, complex and tangled "game"

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A royal river flows from left to right in the center of the scroll.It passes through the Forbidden Garden, passes through the city, flows through the Shicui Hall, and flows through the Hanbing Hall, leading the living water of Yong'an Canal into Taiye Pool.

There are many mountains and mountains, and the smoke and water are hazy.The blue waves and flowing water in the Yuhe River, and the red walls and golden tiles of the palace garden echo each other, connect and interact, and form each other's light and shadow.

Under the sky and cloud shadows, the shadows of the past are buried.The carved beams are decayed, the red walls are peeling off, but the past is like lacquer, which is applied layer by layer, solidified and thick.They silently witness the passage of time, the impermanence of the world, the change of dynasties, and the aging beauty...

The subtle changes in the water patterns, shaking the scattered waves, seem monotonous and endless.

The son said on the river: "The dead are like husbands! They will not give up day and night."

The invisible river is just the embodiment of time.And time is also the reality of life.Even the emperor who conquers the world cannot defeat time.

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If you look closely, you will definitely see the desolation looming behind the splendid and splendid prosperity, and the undercurrent is turbulent.Bai Fu made a tactful hint in the painting:

In front of the majestic and majestic Danfeng Gate, a huge and magnificent escort team lined up in the shape of a herringbone, surrounded by a [-]-carried sedan chair.The big sedan chair was covered by a canopy.Xuanzong should be sitting in the sedan chair, but did not show up.

Surrounding the sedan chair are guards and elders of Chang'an. There are many characters, numerous but not chaotic.

Hu people in Huihe and Tubo costumes mixed in the crowd, their eyes twinkled and they whispered to each other.

At the other end, there was a mighty welcoming team. Suzong was standing in front of the Hanyuan Hall, ready to welcome the Supreme Emperor, with an expression of hopelessness.

The civil servants on both sides stood standing with wats, but there were no generals.Several eunuchs turned their heads blatantly, observing every move of the emperor and officials.

Bai Fu couldn't reveal everything, he could only put these sinister breaths into the painting, waiting for the emperor to smell it himself.

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Princess Qingluan burst into tears like rain.

She understood Bai Fu's paintings. What he painted were not palaces or figures, but fate, the unknowable fate of everyone in the deep palace and forbidden garden.

　References

　　1. "The Beauty of Antiquities in the Forbidden City. 2", Zhu Yong, People's Literature Publishing House, published in May 2020

　　2. "The Beauty of Antiquities in the Forbidden City. 3", Zhu Yong, People's Literature Publishing House, published in March 2020

　　Where to look to China?Eyes full of scenery Beigu Building.How many things have gone through the ages?long.The endless Yangtze River billows.

　　A young man, he sat down in the southeast war.Who rivals the heroes of the world?Cao Liu.Having children is like Sun Zhongmou.

　　——"Nanxiangzi·Dengjingkou Beigu Pavilion with Hearts" Xin Qiji
　　
　
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