Xuanyuan Jue

Chapter 204
After Guangxu finished speaking, he silently left the secret room without another word.Seeing this, Feng Shen and Ye He also followed.

Back in the room, Guangxu and Feng Shen took their seats. After Ye He packed the wardrobe back to its original state, he came in front of them.

Seeing that Guangxu was still in a daze, Feng Shen asked Ye He in a low voice: "Miss Ye, what happened all of a sudden, Your Majesty?"

Ye He sighed: "The emperor is thinking about people again... The bead robes and old tents in the secret room were all used by the concubine Zhen during her lifetime, especially the old curtain, which was when the empress was in the cold palace of the three northeast schools. It's been hung up...every time the emperor sees it, he will think of the crimes that the empress has suffered, and he will feel very distressed..."

After another half hour, Guangxu came back to his senses. "Oh, you two don't just stare blankly, Ye He, you tell Brother Feng the whole thing."

"Yes." Ye He nodded and said to himself, "Where do we start?"

Feng Shen thought for a while, and said, "Miss Ye, why don't you tell me how you acquired your good martial arts."

"Alright." Ye He said, "But before I talk about this, I have to reveal my true identity to Feng Zhangjing."

Feng Shen said: "I would like to hear the details."

Ye He continued: "In fact, my surname is not Ye. Before I entered the palace, I was called Kou Lianye... I have an older brother named Kou Liancai. He used to be the eunuch who combed the hair of the wicked woman Cixi, and was later sent to monitor the emperor. ..."

"Surveillance of the emperor?" Feng Shen asked, "How about after that?"

Ye He said again: "Feng Zhangjing, listen to me telling you slowly. My family was originally well-off, and my brother was taught by his father since he was a child. He is straightforward by nature and has a good command of literature. When he was 17 years old, his family asked him for a wife. There are three more children. Unexpectedly, my father offended the rich man. The rich man colluded with the government and took all the land from my family. My father died of unspeakable grief and resentment, leaving only my mother and We children... In order to make a living for the family, my elder brother ventured out of the palace and came to the imperial city to become a eunuch. Later, he was valued by the wicked woman, so he had the task of monitoring the emperor... But my elder brother's contact with the emperor After a long period of time, I feel that the emperor is a promising and wise monarch, but it is the evil woman who is always extravagant and lustful, loses power and humiliates the country, which is really a great harm to my Qing Dynasty!"

Feng Shen praised: "Your brother has such insight, it's really commendable!"

"That's right," Ye He continued, "In the year of Jiawu, our navy in the Qing Dynasty lost to the Japanese pirates. It was a land cede and a loss of money. After that, Mr. Kang united a group of people to submit a letter to the public car" He said that he wanted to reform the law. As a result, the book that was published at that time was not handed over to the emperor, but was intercepted by that wicked woman Cixi. After my brother heard about this, he cried and remonstrated with her several times, but he was always shouted. Rebuked and beaten. Seeing that repeated persuasion failed, my brother wanted to follow the example of the ministers and write a memorial. After making up his mind, he took a few days off and said goodbye to us at home. He also gave me a booklet recording his life. After returning to the palace, my brother began to write the booklet, clearly writing down the evil things that wicked woman did one by one. When the wicked woman saw it, she was naturally furious. My brother would rather die than bow his head. After that, my brother was escorted to Caishikou and beheaded..."

Hearing this, Feng Shen was in awe. "Eunuch Kou is righteous and brave, he is really a role model for my generation!"

"That's right," Guangxu also said, "I will never forget his feat of sacrificing his life for righteousness!"

With tears in the corners of Ye He's eyes, he bowed to Guangxu and Feng Shen. "I kowtow to the emperor and Feng Zhangjing for my brother."

"No way!" Feng Shen hurried to help, "Ye... Ms. Kou please hurry up!"

Ye He got up and smiled bleakly. "Feng Zhangjing doesn't need to change his words. My surname is Ye Ping'an in this palace..."

Feng Shen said: "That's right, I'm really confused...Miss Ye, please continue."

Ye He said: "Okay... After my brother died, the wicked woman Cixi sent people to my house and killed my mother, my sister-in-law and my three little nephews... At that time, they were in my house. I also had a knife cut on my back, thinking I was dead, but I didn’t expect that I survived a catastrophe and escaped with a life... all my family members died, and I didn’t know where to go, so I cried and walked around, forgetting where I went , I suffered a stab wound in the back and passed out on the road. When I woke up, I saw a Taoist sitting beside me."

Feng Shen said: "It must be the Taoist who saved Miss Ye."

Ye He nodded and said, "Yes, but when I first saw him, I was so frightened that I burst into tears."

Feng Shenqi asked: "And why?"

Ye He said: "Because his left face is full of scars, and he only has one right eye."

"A Taoist with a scarred face and one eye?" Feng Shen's heart moved, and he asked, "Miss Ye, is there a scholar or nun accompanying that Taoist?"

Ye He shook his head and said, "No, when I saw him, he was the only one. Although the Taoist's face was terrifying, his heart was very good. He not only healed my knife wound, but also taught me the "Hundred Flowers Surprise the Flying Palm" '..."

Feng Shen suddenly said: "It's no wonder that Miss Ye's palm skills are exquisite, so she has been taught by strangers. It really is a master who produces a master!"

Ye He waved his hand, and said: "The Taoist forbade me to call him master, saying that we have no distinction between master and apprentice... But in my heart, I have always regarded him as a master... He has always treated me with respect. I haven't asked, but I feel like he knows everything... More than half a month later, the set of Hundred Flowers Frightening Palm was also taught, and he walked away without making a sound while I was not paying attention. Later, I practiced that palm technique hard for a few years, and sneaked into the palace, one to protect the emperor for my brother, and two to wait for an opportunity to avenge that wicked woman Cixi."

Feng Shen said: "Miss Ye has been in the palace for several years, right? Just this kind of forbearance, it's also a woman who refuses to give up her eyebrows!"

Ye He smiled bitterly and said: "Feng Zhangjing won the award, why don't I want to take revenge earlier? But the guards in the palace are strictly guarded, and the wicked woman Cixi is suspicious by nature. I don't dare to act rashly without being sure. Xuan, I was transferred to Yingtai slowly. After I saw the emperor, I told my life experience. The emperor was very moved and regarded me as his confidant. After coming to Yingtai, I often saw the emperor confronted I was dazzled by some clothes and jewelry, so I asked the emperor why, and the emperor told me about the concubine Zhen without hiding anything from me. The emperor didn't know the real cause of concubine Zhen's death at first, but later he heard that it was He was pushed down the well by Cui Yugui. So, I wanted to kill that Cui Yugui first to vent my anger on the emperor, but Cui Yugui had already left the palace at that time, and I didn’t recognize him, so I couldn’t find him after searching for a long time. Coincidentally, a few days ago God, Xiao Dezhang suddenly came to me in private and asked me to give him money..."

Feng Shen said: "It turns out that the 'Precious Concubine' that night was indeed played by Miss Ye."

"That's right," Ye He said, "I heard that Cui Yugui is very skilled. I'm afraid I won't be able to fight him hard. Let him be poisoned to death with a pack of poison, and I'm afraid Xiao Dezhang will suspect him. Besides, what is the rumor? It’s not true, I also want to confirm it myself. So I borrowed a pearl robe from the emperor, and pretended to be the concubine Zhen to show up, to scare him to the bone first, and then I’ll be able to do it.”

Feng Shendao: "Miss Ye really looks like a ghost, oh, what's up with the soul-calling candle and flying in the sky?"

"If you don't pretend to be real, how can Cui Yugui believe it?" Ye He laughed. "At that time, I had a wire in my mouth, and the soul-evocative candle was inserted in the other end. Looking at it from a distance in the rainy night, isn't it like floating?"

Feng Shen said: "However, ordinary candles can't withstand the wind and rain, but why does the one Miss Ye holds won't go out when it rains?"

"This is a secret method." Ye He said, "The candle I used was made in advance. First, I mixed eight-cent danlum, five-cent camphor rouge and five-cent flame nitrate, mixed with camphor and melted it in wax. The candles made in this way will not be extinguished in the rain, but will burn more and more blazingly. As for flying in the air, it is even simpler. I have iron stilts tied under my feet, and the pearl robe covers my legs. Doesn’t it look like flying? The whole body of the stilts is painted with ink, and the supports are also polished to a fine point. When you step on the mud, you can only leave a few small eyes. How can you see footprints?”

"So that's it!" Feng Shen said again, "It seems that Miss Ye was also walking on stilts before going to the Lima Guandi Temple."

Ye He said sincerely: "Feng Zhangjing, I really admire you, what you said before is right, as if you were there to see it with your own eyes at that time... That's right, when I left the palace gate that night, I took that The stilts were replaced. In fact, I didn’t think too much about it, it was just for an audition, and I had never stepped on the stilts before, and if it didn’t work well and I fell, it would be all revealed.”

Feng Shen nodded and said: "That's right, Miss Ye hid the iron stilts when she was outside the temple. Your shoes have never been muddy, so you didn't leave any footprints or mud marks on the temple."

Ye He smiled slightly, and said: "Fortunately, Cui Yugui's brain is not as good as Feng Zhangjing's, otherwise I wouldn't have been caught on the spot? After I cheated Cui Yugui out that night, I wanted to sacrifice his blood in front of the concubine Zhen's tomb, but Later, looking at his words and deeds, he was still aboveboard. And I heard from him that it was Cixi, that wicked woman, who ordered the death of Concubine Zhen. Let him go."

Feng Shen sighed: "This old queen... is really harmful!"

(End of this chapter)