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Seeing his complexion change, Lin Yuan couldn't help but feel his heart tighten, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Rong Lu said: "Yesterday the emperor summoned us to discuss the matter of the governors of the three eastern provinces. It was originally decided for you, but who knows..."

Seeing Rong Lu hesitating, Lin Yuan thought to himself: "This Rong Lu is usually a very straightforward person, why is he speaking so awkwardly today? Could it be that there is something ulterior in this!" So Lin Yuan did not rush to ask, and waited. After a while, Rong Lu said, "The problem lies with Prince Qing."

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "I haven't even met this Prince Qing a few times, he has no reason not to let me be the governor of the three eastern provinces!" So Lin Yuan said: "Brother, hurry up and talk slowly. What are you doing!"

Only then did Rong Lu say: "Two major events have happened in the capital recently!" Then he looked around, for fear that someone nearby might be eavesdropping.

One sentence made Lin Yuan nervous. He hurriedly pulled Rong Lu to the nearby hut, closed the door, and said, "There's no one here right now, can we talk about it?"

Rong Lu said in a low voice: "The first thing is: There is a family in the eastern suburbs of Beijing. There are three sheep in the family. One of them gave birth to a lamb. The lamb has a human-like head. There are five legs; the second one is: There is a family in the western suburbs of Beijing, and pumpkins are planted in the field, and one of them weighs more than 200 catties. When you cut it open, the juice flowing out of it is like fresh blood!"

Then Rong Lu stopped talking, Lin Yuan stared at Rong Lu for a while, and asked, "Is this the end?"

Rong Lu looked terrified, and said: "Is it not over? What else do you want! Prince Qing said, now that there are so many monsters, it is really not the time to elect the governor of the three eastern provinces. Forget it, forget it. , It's better to say less, it's better to say less!"

Hearing this, Lin Yuan couldn't help but laugh. If we explain the two things Rong Lu said with the perspective of modern biology, then it is very simple. The sheep and pumpkins have undergone genetic mutations, resulting in changes in biological traits, but the ancients did not. Knowing this principle, I think this is a monster. "Book of Rites" said: "When a country is about to perish, evil spirits will be born." So the rulers pay great attention to such things. The emperor would even issue an imperial edict to pray to heaven for forgiveness.

Such things were even recorded in official histories revised by the government, starting with the listing of "Five Elements" in "Historical Records", all subsequent official histories without exception have "Five Elements" written specifically to record such things.

Lin Yuan thought: "How can this be solved? I can't explain genetics to them!"

Rong Lu said with a look of panic: "Don't tell these things, brother, I will leave first."

After Rong Lu finished speaking, he went out, and Lin Yuan also went out. As soon as he got out of the backstage, he was surrounded by the crowd, begging Lin Yuan to sing again, Lin Yuan didn't bother too much, pushed the crowd away and left the crowd.

On the way, Lin Yuan began to plan his next move. Since Prince Qing believed so much in these so-called heavenly signs, could he use them?

As Lin Yuan walked, for some reason, he suddenly remembered the woman he saw in the brothel, Ping'er, her father and elder brother both died at sea, how did she die?Thinking of this, a thought suddenly popped up.

As soon as Lin Yuan got home, he sent Liu San to Prince Qing's mansion to ask if Prince Qing was going to court tomorrow, but Liu San didn't take orders to go out as usual, but said with a smile: "Master, don't you want to go to court tomorrow?" towards?"

Lin Yuan replied: "That's right, what's the matter? Is there something wrong?"

Liu San smiled and said: "My lord, this is the first time for you to go to court." It turned out that Lin Yuan usually went directly to the palace to look for Emperor Guangxu when he had something to do.

Liu San went on to say: "My lord, it is a great honor for you not to go to the court. No matter how many officials want to, they will not come. Why do you take the initiative to go to the court?"

Lin Yuan asked: "What's wrong with the court, is there anything scary?"

Liu San smiled wryly and said: "You don't know something, the minister of the court has to get up in the dark, wait outside the imperial city, stand in the cold wind in the early morning and wait for an hour before entering the hall , you have to kneel when you go to court, you can't get up until the emperor returns to the palace, if you catch up with a busy day, you don't know how long you have to kneel."

Lin Yuan nodded and said with a smile: "So that's the case, then I won't go, how about it, you go to the next post and invite Prince Qing to your home."

Liu San looked distressed and asked, "My lord, do you have to invite him?"

Lin Yuan asked: "What happened this time?"

Liu San replied: "My lord, this Prince Qing is a banner man. This banner man is the most face-saving and the most respectful of etiquette. The higher the status, the more this is the case. Let me give you an example. When greeting each other's parents, you must You have to stand up respectfully, say hello, and then you can sit down, and after asking your parents, you have to ask your relatives, if you miss someone, or your words are disrespectful, maybe he will turn his face at that time."

Lin Yuan also remembered that in his time, the famous writer Lao She once described the banner people in "The Red Banner" as "the rich are really particular, and the poor are very particular." Thinking about it, for the position of the governor of the three eastern provinces, he went all out.

Lin Yuan said: "That's it, you go and prepare."

When Prince Qing received the invitation, even though he was a prince, he felt a little flattered, because Lin Yuan rarely walked among officials, and it was the first time that someone was invited to his home. Prince Qing quickly agreed. .

A few days later, Prince Qing came to Lin Yuan's house. Lin Yuan obeyed the housekeeper's words and was careful in every way. He talked happily. After saying some dispensable things, Lin Yuan thought to himself: "It's time to enter the house." That's it!"

So Lin Yuan lowered his voice and said, "Your Highness, have you heard about a recent strange event?"

Seeing Lin Yuan's mysterious look, Prince Qing stopped the wine glass brought to his mouth, and asked, "What strange thing?"

Lin Yuan said: "I heard that there was a family in the northern suburbs of the capital who raised five sheep and gave birth to a monster with a human face and a snake body!" This is the case with rumors in the market. Out of shape, so Lin Yuan deliberately revised what Rong Lu told him.

Prince Qing sighed, put the wine glass heavily on the table, and said: "When a country is about to perish, evildoers will inevitably arise. Could it be that I am exhausted."

Lin Yuan laughed, and said, "Why is Wan Ye so, these are not bad omens, but good omens!"

Prince Qing couldn't believe his ears, and asked, "What did you say?"

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Master Wan, do you think that the birth of this evildoer is just a warning to us? When we see the birth of a evildoer, we know that a catastrophe is about to happen, and we can take precautions in advance."

Prince Qing asked in bewilderment: "You mean the birth of these monsters is a harbinger of a catastrophe?"

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Exactly, I have some skills to know where this disaster came from."

Prince Qing hurriedly said: "Then tell me quickly!"

Lin Yuan smiled, dipped his fingers in some wine, and wrote the word "sea" on the table.