Xuanyuan Jue

Chapter 205
"It's not just not shallow?" Ye He said angrily, "That wicked woman is a disaster for the country and the people! After Cui Yugui was spared, the emperor and I began to plan how to deal with her. We can't fight recklessly, we can only discuss it in the long run, so we drew again I drew a portrait that could shed blood and tears. It would be best to scare her to death on the spot. If she doesn’t scare her to death, she will have a serious illness... Huh, we have a lot of back tricks. If you don’t scare her once, you won’t be able to scare her twice until you scare her once. Fate to the West!"

Feng Shen asked: "Is that portrait painted by Miss Ye?"

Ye He said: "How can I draw? I can't write big characters well... The portrait of the empress was drawn by the emperor."

Feng Shen was stunned, "Unexpectedly, the emperor is good at Danqing. Even the painters in the court can't compare to the delicate details!"

Guangxu took a long breath and said: "I have sketched the concubine Zhen's voice and smile in my heart countless times. Even with my eyes closed, I can still draw her appearance on paper..."

Feng Shen said: "The emperor's affection is so deep that the concubine Zhen can rest in peace under the Nine Springs. It's just that portrait, why can she shed blood and tears?"

Ye He interjected: "This is another secret method. Everyone in the palace knows that as long as it is winter, that wicked woman Cixi will drink the 'soothing wine' every time she goes to sleep..."

Feng Shen blurted out: "Did you really put medicine in that tranquilizing wine?"

"Where is it?" Ye He said, "Feng Zhangjing, think about it, if I can add poison to wine, why not just add poison directly? The problem is not with the wine, but with that portrait."

Feng Shen frowned, "On the portrait?"

"Yes!" Ye He said, "The blood and tears on the portrait can only be seen when it is near the smell of alcohol."

Feng Shen said: "The mystery of this, I want to ask for advice."

Ye He said: "Actually, it's nothing to put it bluntly. Make a penny of cinnabar and three cents of flame nitrate, mix it with old wine and grind it into a paste. After a period of time, it can be used. When painting, first use mustard husk Then apply the prepared paste to the eyes, wait until it is completely dry, and continue to paint how to paint. The portrait painted in this way, when it is close to the smell of alcohol, the eyes will slowly turn red , as if shed tears of blood. When the smell of alcohol disappears, the 'blood tears' will change from red to their original appearance."

Feng Shen murmured to himself: "The smell of alcohol disappears, but the color of blood has disappeared? It's no wonder that except for the three people who watched the painting that night, no one saw the 'blood and tears' in the portrait... This secret method is really amazing!"

Ye He said again: "No matter how wonderful the portrait is, it must be delivered to that wicked woman Cixi. At the beginning, I was worried, thinking how to send the portrait and avoid my suspicion. Who would have thought that he, Xiao Dezhang, would come to help a lot. As for how to make the portrait "fall from the sky", hehe, Feng Zhangjing had already guessed that it was the incense sticks and filaments used. But it was late at night, and Xiao De Zhang was on the sidelines, so it was inconvenient for me to take back and destroy the incense sticks and the filaments on the branches. The next day, the wicked woman sent guards to surround the Shuqing Courtyard, making it even more impossible to enter. So I Only then did we set up a game, which attracted Feng Zhangjing to 'wait for the rabbit', and met Xiao Dezhang who was 'looking for hairpins at night'."

Feng Shendao: "I'm ashamed to say that I thought that Guang himself had set a trap, but unexpectedly he and Xiaode Zhang got into Miss Ye's trap...Miss Ye's trick of 'serial tricks' is just a plan, and I have been fooled. It is indeed very clever to lead the suspicion to Xiao Dezhang and reap the benefits of the fisherman."

Ye He smiled, "Thank you Feng Zhangjing for your compliment."

Feng Shen said: "But it's still the same question as before. At that time, there was no blood or tears on the portrait, why did Xiao Dezhang insist on sending it to the Queen Mother?"

"Hey," Ye He said, "Xiao Dezhang is such a virtuous man. He wants to climb up, so he desperately wants to show his face, so as to show his ability in front of the wicked woman. Hmph, dog slave Isn't it like that? Whenever something happens, I can't wait to report it to the wicked old woman, I've already seen him through."

Feng Shen said: "If he picked up the portrait, why didn't he give it away? And why is he also armed with martial arts?"

"He learned to play in the Nanfu opera troupe since he was a child, and he must be able to put on airs." Ye He said, "Then the portrait, hehe, even if he doesn't want to give it away, I will find other ways to force him to do so. "

Feng Shendao: "Miss Ye's plans are really comprehensive."

Ye He said: "I can hide it from others, but I can't hide it from Feng Zhangjing. The second time I was bumped into by Feng Zhangjing, I had a premonition that something was wrong. The more I thought about it after I came back, the more uneasy I felt. At night, I I wanted to discuss it with the emperor, but as soon as I went out, Feng Zhangjing was already blocking the door... I don't need to talk about the future, right?"

Feng Shen said "Oh" and said again: "By the way, I would like to ask again, where did Miss Ye learn the secrets of 'making the painting bleed' and 'candle flames never go out in the rain'? Could it be also taught by that one-eyed Taoist?"

Ye He said with a smile: "Feng Zhangjing guessed wrong this time. Except for a few key points when teaching me palm skills, that Taoist usually doesn't talk much when he has nothing to do. People who don't even want to tell me their names will tell me. What kind of secret method? Someone else taught me the secret method!"

Feng Shen asked, "Who is it?"

Ye He said: "It's the three big guards."

Feng Shenqi asked: "Three guards?"

"That's right," Ye He continued, "They entered the palace not long ago, and they seem to be sworn brothers."

"But why are they telling you this?"

"It's like this. Once, I secretly offered sacrifices to my brother in the fish pavilion on the east of the island. I thought no one would find out, so I cried and said a lot of things I kept in my heart. Unexpectedly, the three of them happened to pass by, so I listened. I was totally confused at that time, but instead of reporting on me, they helped me make suggestions and taught me a lot of "secret methods". Looking back now, I can use the method of "drawing blood and tears" They also took a lot of credit for scaring the wicked woman!"

"No wonder!" Guangxu said with a smile, "I was always a little curious before, Ye He, where did you have so many 'ghost ideas'? So there are three 'dog-headed military advisers' behind you!"

Feng Shen was startled, "Why, the emperor doesn't recognize those three guards?"

"Of course the emperor doesn't recognize it." Ye He said, "That wicked woman has a strict order that the guards here are not allowed to have contact with the emperor. They taught me, and I will ask the emperor for help. But, the three of them I'm afraid Feng Zhangjing has already seen it."

"See you next?"

"Yes, I guess Feng Zhangjing not only met them, but also subdued them. Otherwise, why would you break through the secret post of Xiangluan Pavilion and come to wash your face here?"

"Are they the guards of the secret sentry in front of the pavilion?"

"That's right, among the seven guards, there are three of them."

"There are seven guards!?" Feng Shen was shocked, "But...but I only see four people below."

"No way?" Ye He was also stunned, "The seven of them must be on duty every night..."

Before Ye He finished speaking, a sneer suddenly came from Shu Fangrun's window: "That may not be the case!"

"Is someone eavesdropping outside!?"

The three of them were stunned, and when they chased them out of the door, the three shadows had already disappeared in the distance.

Ye He said in a daze: "Look at that back... It's vaguely the three big guards... But why are they..."

Feng Shen always felt that the voice seemed familiar, he was only stunned for a moment, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. "Miss Ye, what do the three guards look like?"

Ye He said: "One of them is tall and fat, and one of them has a scar on the corner of his eye..."

Hearing this, Feng Shen had no doubts anymore. "It's broken, it must be Zeng San's group of villains!"

Guangxu wondered: "Zeng San and his gang?"

Feng Shendao: "They were originally a group of thugs who did all kinds of evil. It was only because my ministers repeatedly broke their plots and wiped out only three of them that they hated them to the bone. I'm afraid this matter was a natural one from the beginning to the end. A big trap... Sigh! What kind of ambition did they have to get the emperor involved..."

Guangxu said: "They have spent so much time and energy, they must have a lot of schemes... No, maybe at this moment, they will go to the old godmother to inform them!"

Feng Shen said anxiously: "I will go after you now!"

"It's too late!" Guangxu shook his head with a resolute expression. "Brother Feng, it's not too late, you leave the palace as soon as possible!"

"What?" Feng Shen was startled, "Why did you say that, Your Majesty?"

Guangxu said: "Even if the old godly woman learned about my painting of the precious concubine, I can still say that someone stole the portrait and tampered with it secretly. In the end, even if I took some risks, I wouldn't die But you are different, the old godly woman can't find the real culprit, and she will kill you to vent her anger when she is ashamed."

Feng Shen said: "But Zeng San and the others know something inside..."

"Feng Zhangjing, you don't need to think about this!" Ye He also said, "The emperor is right, you are the most dangerous person right now! The emperor has never seen Zeng San, they can't bite the emperor. Even if they testify against me, I will You can bite them back, after all, they taught those secret methods. Besides, even if the wicked woman finds out that I did it, but the legs are on my body, won’t I run away? Feng Zhangjing, Shan Just the fact that you met the emperor privately is enough to make that wicked woman want to kill, don't be dazed, run away quickly!"

"That's right!" Guangxu urged again: "Brother Feng, don't delay any longer! You don't need to worry about Ye He and Ye He! You go back and dismiss your family members, and go out of Beijing to hide for a while. I will be regent in the future, and I want you to come back Assistant, for the great cause, we must first save our lives!"

Feng Shen fell to his knees with tears in his eyes, "I understand... Your Majesty, Miss Ye, take care of yourself!"

"Okay, let's go!" Guangxu and Ye He pulled Feng Shen up and pushed them out of the door together.

Feng Shen kowtowed again, weeping and wanting to do it.

(End of this chapter)