novelraw Chapter 138 Dragon and Phoenix
Chapter 138 Dragon and Phoenix
On the fourth day of the lunar new year, I ran to the place of worship.The emperor sacrificed to the heaven and the earth, and the queen sacrificed to the earth, corresponding to the theory of heavenly father and earthly mother.
The emperor proclaimed the titles of "Huang Di Dai", "Five Mountains", "Five Towns", "Sihai", "Sidu", "Wuling Mountain" and the "First Emperor" of this dynasty. Fang Ze".Very serious.
In the first year of junior high school, the Zhuo Mansion also pretended to worship the ancestors. Anyway, outsiders were not allowed to enter the house, and they were only allowed to serve at the door with their heads bowed. I kept it, but I also prepared a lot of wine and meat in a decent manner.
Braised pork, sweet and sour carp, roast chicken, roast goose, all kinds of dim sum, fruits, steamed buns.
When taking a bath before the sacrifice, Fourth Sister Wen lay on the edge of the bathtub and asked casually: "Brother, have you written the sacrificial text?" Anyway, I have never written it, the main reason is that I can't write that thing, and I don't know it when I hear it. Li, what to write.
Zhuo Donglai said lightly: "I didn't write it. Is it useful?" Actually, I have never made a sacrifice, so I checked Zhou Rites on purpose, but there is nothing useful.As for myself, I have nothing to say, just tell my father-in-law and mother-in-law that I take good care of you.
The two looked at each other and turned their heads a little guilty.In the ancient times where death was regarded as a servant, worshiping ancestors was as important as offering sacrifices to gods, which was related to luck and income in the coming year. You should ask the spirits of your ancestors to bless you.
However, for Fourth Sister Wen, it is more useful to wipe swords and practice martial arts than to ask for the blessing of the ancestors. For Zhuo Donglai, it is necessary to carefully calculate the things to be done recently, and read the news reports sent from various places more carefully. Some are more useful than worshiping ancestors.Of course, this cannot be said.
Anyway, three Eight Immortals tables were set up in front of the altar, with incense candles, flowers and fruits, and a lot of food.Close the door, pray in a dignified manner, kowtow three times, and wish again: I hope to have children next year, get rich, and kill all enemies.
Then the sacrifices were divided and eaten, and distributed to the subordinates who benefited to show their trust.
Done.
It was night, Zhuo Donglai put down his book and went to bed, only to remember: "Where's my dragon? Have you made it yet?"
I'm already getting ready to cheat people, don't tell me I haven't done it yet.
Fourth Sister Wen made an extremely ugly dragon training hand half a month ago. Of course, that dragon couldn't let it go for half a month, and it had been destroyed inhumanely long ago.She thought about keeping it so that she could wait until the emperor came to see... So the sugar maker asked for a lot of colored sugar, and it was made on the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month. Since it was too ugly, she had to hide it in a box under the bed.
She rolled to the edge of the bed, reached out and fished out a food box, opened it: "Look!"
"Oh..." Brother Zhuo, who was always calm and reserved, cried out.
Fourth Sister Wen asked with a smile, "Is it pretty?"
"...beautiful..." His shock and powerlessness could be heard from his voice.
"Does it meet the requirements?"
"……very perfect……"
"It's made with Sugarman's sugar, it can be stored for a month."
"very good."
"Turn out the lights and go to sleep?"
"Wait for a while, let me take it easy." He went to drink a sip of wine to calm himself down, watching her sitting loosely on the bed from a distance, looking at the three fat folds on her belly: "I didn't expect that, so Shocking the world." I really didn't expect that the dragon could be like this.
Fourth Sister Wen looked at him quite complacently: "Ahahaha, this is really a miracle of nature." While fumbling for the cover, raising her eyes and not daring to look at the dragon and phoenix in front of her, she fumbled to close the cover and put it under the bed.
Zhuo Donglai pretended not to hear her cold joke, drank a glass of wine, and went back to sleep.
The next day, when Fourth Sister Wen woke up, it was still not too early. Zhuo Donglai had already finished her morning exercises, had breakfast, and worked for an hour.This day was unremarkable, the only thing worth mentioning was that Zhuo Donglai fought with her for two hours to celebrate the Chinese New Year and to comfort Fourth Sister Wen who couldn't eat candied haws or drink, so she was going crazy with gluttony.
Fourth Sister Wen happily showed off her cuteness: "Brother~ You are so kind (づ￣3￣)づ╭~ Every day before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month!"
Zhuo Donglai said softly: "Okay." Hurry up and give birth to the child, and then you can find anyone to fight with.
In the third day of junior high school, eating, fighting, going to the palace for banquets, and chatting with Daiyu until the internal energy is not much left, so I go home and sleep.
On the fourth day of the lunar new year, eating, meditating and doing exercises, I almost used up my internal energy yesterday, so I can't fight today, so I have to recover quickly.
fifth day...
As soon as the emperor opened his eyes in the morning, he rolled happily on the bed. He was busy with various sacrifices and banquets starting from the twelfth lunar month. He felt more tired than going to court. Phew, I have a headache from drinking recently.Although he doesn't need to pay New Year's greetings to others, it is very annoying for many people to pay him New Year's greetings.Although he doesn't need to kowtow to receive red envelopes, but he has to give red envelopes to many people, which makes him feel distressed.
"Rest, rest~" The emperor waved cheerfully to the queen who had already woken up and was painting her eyebrows and temples in front of the dressing table: "I have a rest today, and I can accompany you all day, shall we go out to the palace to watch a theater?"
The queen's eyes lit up: "Okay!"
After eating, the two of them happily changed into casual clothes and took the guards out to play, go shopping, and go shopping. Although they didn't think there was anything good, they just bought, bought, and bought something interesting when they saw it.When noon was approaching, the two of them went to the most famous theater in the capital to watch a play. Unfortunately, all the famous troupes were invited by the wealthy families to sing at home. Now only an ordinary troupe is singing. Just some ordinary people.
Very boring.
The empress was exhausted and was out of breath by noon, and her back hurt and her butt hurt from sitting watching a play, so she went back to the palace.
The emperor had planned to spend a day seducing her, and tried new tricks at night. The palace map he just bought looks great, so there are so many ways, people really should live to learn.It's a pity that as soon as he returned to the palace, he heard that there was a censor asking for an audience outside the gate of the palace. It was a matter of great urgency and great importance.
The emperor had no choice but to get up from the bed depressed, and pulled his hand out from under the queen's clothes: "Give me a kiss, I'm going to be busy with business again."
The queen really kissed him: "Go, go and come back early, in case it's really important."
The emperor muttered: "If not, I will kill him."
After waiting for two hours outside the palace gate, almost frozen to death, the imperial censor who was finally summoned was surnamed Xiao.
Xiao Yushi tremblingly lowered his head and followed the eunuch, all the way into the Nuan Pavilion of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, a wave of heat rushed towards his face.He almost cried, it was so warm and comfortable, and he secretly wiped his tears while bowing his head in prostration.
The emperor's tone was majestic and low: "Pingshen. What's the matter with Xiao Qing?"
I want to hug my wife and have sex, I quit, I'm exhausted, I'm bored, and I won't let people rest during the Chinese New Year!Xiao... Xiao Lang, a man from the capital city, a former prodigy, good at monopolizing and attaching to the powerful, he has no specialties except good writing, and he doesn't understand six affairs. Oh, but he always impeaches officials with no family background, never impeaches people with family background, is a very annoying guy.
Xiao Yushi used 5 minutes to enumerate the crimes of trusting Dr. Guanglu: colluding with bandits, murdering servants, raising dead soldiers, colluding with many dignitaries, and colluding with the palace.
The emperor nodded absently, what do you say?Do I know better than you?
Xiao Yushi saw that the emperor was so calm, so he refused to accept it, and was mysterious: "I heard an amazing piece of news. Although he is deeply favored by His Majesty, he has long been disobedient. I heard that he deliberately overstepped the rules. Bad intentions."
The emperor raised his eyebrows slightly. This is the second person who told him that Donglai had done imperial affairs. There is a saying that three people become a tiger. When the first person said it, he didn't believe it at all. He listened to it again today. Wei Wei has some doubts: "What's the matter?"
Is it true?Is it because he was careless for a while, and I don't know what taboos?
Or... people in the Jianghu are used to being casual, and they were framed by someone because of a moment of carelessness?
Xiao Yushi worshiped again: "I heard that he used dragons and phoenixes to worship the ancestors during the sacrifices. Isn't this out of intention to disobey the minister? According to the minister's opinion, Zhuo Donglai raised the dead, forged weapons, and entered the court as His Majesty's confidant. To make friends with powerful and powerful people in the DPRK must have a lot of plans."
The emperor also hesitated a little: "Sacrifice?" Using the image of dragon and phoenix to worship the ancestors is indeed intended to disobey the minister. The image of the dragon represents the emperor. Princes and folks can't use it casually. Only temples can use it exceptionally...
Seeing that the emperor seemed to believe him, Xiao Yushi quickly said: "It is said that the five-clawed golden dragon was made lifelike, and there were clouds and mists around it, and the Phoenix was surrounded by colorful auspicious clouds, and the eyes were all inlaid with rubies. Now that Things are still in the ancestral hall.”
The emperor was serious: "Xiao Qing said carefully, I have a very close relationship with Donglai, and I love brothers very much. He is not that kind of person. Donglai is cautious by nature, respectful and lovely, and will not exceed the rules."
How did the word cute come out?ruby?Is it the dragon and phoenix of gold and silver?That's even more inappropriate!
The emperor thought for a while: I have a lot of blue friends in name, there was A-Jiang a few days ago, and today he came from the east again, hmm~
Xiao Yushi didn't have anything to say, so he had to bow again: "Your Majesty, please be kind and respectful, and work hard to govern... (one hundred words omitted)"
The emperor waved him away lightly, took up a pen and wrote a love poem and sent it to the queen, and then went to kiss the virtuous minister.Really unhappy, what Xiao Yushi said... There is nothing particularly wrong, he is indeed raising dead soldiers, if it is a professional need, it can be explained if it is intentional.He also spied on the secrets of the palace, but that was my permission,,, this can only be sent to have a look.
Who should I send?This matter cannot be spread to outsiders, otherwise, he will know and destroy the evidence in advance.If someone who has a bad relationship with him is photographed to check, it is easy to make a false accusation.
Although he was a little skeptical, he still felt that Donglai was very credible based on his intuition, and it was Xiao Yushi who was talking nonsense.
If he didn't have this intuition, he would never have dared to enter Zhuo's mansion and say to Dong: "Boring, come and drink with me."
After drinking for three rounds, the emperor asked, "Has Qin Zhongyu come to propose marriage?"
Zhuo Donglai shook his head: "I've been here, and I will propose marriage after the new year. Baozi hides these days to supervise the embroiderer to embroider her dowry."
The emperor had something on his mind, and he was still a little shocked: "Supervise the embroiderer? You have to embroider the dowry yourself."
Zhuo Donglai smiled slightly: "She won't."
The emperor nodded: "Donglai, do you feel like marrying your daughter? Are you reluctant?"
Zhuo Donglai sighed sadly: "It's true that I don't want to part with her. After she got married, I didn't have any female subordinates who are good at hidden weapons. After Zelan became pregnant, I also worried that she couldn't fight against others. I have to use many people to protect her, and I have to carefully accompany her in the martial arts competition to maintain her martial arts and reaction speed."
The emperor sneered and said, "When your daughter grows up and is about to get married, you will feel reluctant to give up. I thought about it a few days ago. The queen may give birth to a girl. After giving birth to a girl, she will get married. Oh, I My heart hurts."
Zhuo Donglai was very speechless, he stretched out his hand to rub him: "It hurts too early, who dares to bully the princess?"
The emperor lay in the chair like a salted fish, and held his hand: "I thought that if I had a son, it would be great, and I would finally have a son. If I had two sons, both of whom were excellent, that would be too bad. God knows who should inherit the throne, and what will happen when the two of them fight, like Li Chengqian and Li Tai, brothers from the same mother are fighting to the death. Just for the throne, hey, what's the point? After 20 days of rest, I have not been idle during these 20 days. Either there is a flood in the south, or there is a disaster in the north."
Zhuo Donglai brought him a glass of wine and comforted him, "It will be fine."
The emperor squinted his phoenix eyes, and asked half drunk: "Donglai, if you have a son, would you like to let him be the emperor?"
Zhuo Donglai's hand stopped: "This joke is a bit too much. Zhuo is just a Jianghu person. What he does is only for his own food and clothing, and he has no ambitions. Besides, a man should say this. Many people have said that, In the end it all depends on God’s will”
"Hee hee hee~ I'm joking with you, why are you nervous~" The emperor looked at him with a half-smile, "If Qin loses its deer and everyone in the world chases after it, do you want it?"
Zhuo Donglai said: "If Qin loses his deer, you might as well give it a try."
"Oh~"
"Nowadays, there are virtuous ministers under the ruler of Ming Dynasty. In a peaceful and prosperous world, the deer can't escape. Grab a rabbit and take it back, let the wife cook it, that's it." Zhuo Donglai smiled: "Venison, hehe, Zelan is pregnant. I quit sautéed kidneys with walnuts, roasted leeks, and venison antler to avoid trouble.” I’m almost on the verge of becoming a vegetarian to improve my health, but fortunately I have too much work to think about these things.
The emperor's attention was diverted: "You also have a few beautiful maids here, do you need to be so guarded like a jade? The rules in the palace are strict, and the queen is weak and crying, so I restrain myself. If you hide it from her, she will die." Do not know at all."
"She has a sharp nose, so she can smell it." Zhuo Donglai said in his heart: It's no wonder if she can hide it, who knows when she is smart and when she is stupid, Ze Lan can surprise me when she is smart.For a few worthless women to solve things that I can solve myself, and risk turning against her, I may lose the big because of the small loss, that is not worthwhile.
"Then how do you solve it?" The emperor exchanged his experience wretchedly, and wanted to show off the new knowledge he had learned. Using a bunny to clip it, he thought it was great.
Zhuo Donglai said implicitly: "The green mountains are faintly covered with water, and the grass and trees in the south of the Yangtze River are withered in autumn."
The emperor pondered for a while, and understood, the last two lines of this poem are: 24 Bridges on a moonlit night, where can the jade man teach to play the flute?The ancient poetry is really beautiful and full of profound meaning~
The blowpipe is so good, the queen disagrees every time, she wants to be strong but is reluctant, the queen is so pure~ water drops through stone, I don't believe she can try it once in this life! ╭(╯^╰)╮
It's a bit embarrassing to discuss this issue with Dong Lai, what am I doing here? "Donglai, what did you ask for when you sacrificed to your ancestors? Is there a boy who survived?"
Zhuo Donglai said lightly: "It doesn't matter if you give birth to Nezha, as long as it is not difficult to deliver."
The emperor pursed his lips and endured and endured, but couldn't hold back: "Dong Lai, if Madam really gave birth to a big meat ball, you must wait for Zhen to come before chopping."
Zhuo Donglai: "..." He restrained himself: "Okay."
The emperor was a little embarrassed, and this kind of words were too much to say: "What dishes are offered? The white boiled pigs, sheep and cattle offered in the Taimiao, tsk, how should I put it, it feels undercooked. When will I start offering I’d rather the future generations offer some mung bean cakes, braised pork, jelly, oil-splashed noodles... Forget it, it’s not solemn enough, it’s definitely too strong. It’s unpalatable even thinking about it.”
Zhuo Donglai thought to himself, Your Majesty, you have finally reached this place, I thought you forgot!I'm tired of waiting!He smiled and said half of the 'Reporting the name of the dish', and made a clever slip of the tongue: "There are still many good-looking dim sums still offered in the ancestral hall."
The emperor also breathed a sigh of relief, and finally cleverly brought the topic to this place. Just now I asked you if you have a son, and I just wanted to ask you what you asked for when you worshiped your ancestors. Why did you bring it up to blow the flute?strangeness. "I want to go and see, Mrs. Sister-in-law's cooking is really a must."
Zhuo Donglai's face darkened, his face was pale all the year round, and the dark circles under his eyes were always thick or light: "This is not suitable."
The emperor narrowed his eyes: "What's the matter? Look, what are you afraid of? You have also been to the Taimiao. I have nothing to hide from you. What about you?"
Zhuo Donglai's eyes darkened, he looked around, hated that there was no one around, so he got up slowly, smiled dryly with a guilty look, and said softly: "Hehe, then what are you hiding from you."
Emperor: Hehe.
After leaving the door, Zhuo Donglai turned his face to tell the servant next to him.
The emperor didn't wait for his words to come out, he stretched out his hand to swim with his arm, and said with a soft smile, "Come east~ let's go." As soon as he pulled hard, he pulled away.
Along the way, Zhuo Donglai wanted to say something to others several times, but was dragged away by the more gentle emperor with more and more sneer eyes, and finally, he finally arrived in front of the ancestral hall.
The emperor glanced at the rosewood dagger on his purple belt with a sad sigh, hey, my most trusted eggplant essence, my closest grape essence, although I have always looked down on your aesthetics, I have more trust in you , All this way, you secretly tried to escape again and again, did you really sacrifice to the dragon and phoenix?Is it some kind of spell or voodoo technique to release a dragon in front of the god?How do you explain it?
Zhuo Mansion's ancestral hall is not too big, the dark gate inside and the blue and blue eaves look quite gloomy.
Only then did the emperor let go of his hand, and pushed the door open, the wind blew in, and the candles flickered all over the room, as if there was a ghost.With a heavy heart, he stepped over the threshold and walked in. The long altar table was still made of three Eight Immortals tables, and there were many plates of delicious snacks, as well as a strong fruit aroma.
At the other end of the altar, there were two large silver plates, on which were placed two things that looked like nightmares.
The emperor frowned, walked closer, and looked at it carefully.
A dragon with a sprained cervical spine, a dislocated jaw, uneven eyes, a belly as big as a drum, and spastic limbs. The yellow one looks like a pumpkin, the blue one looks like paint, and its tail is purple. Both eyeballs bulge out and half of its waist is buried. In a disgusting mess of colored and black fur.It's quite long, and although it smells bad, it's hard to look at.
The emperor covered his nose with his sleeve, and looked at the other side: a fat ostrich like a chicken and a tail like a roundworm, lying on a plate, with three phoenix feathers on its head lying softly on its face, and a leg sticking out from under its body, as if In the splits?The mouth is a little crooked, it seems to be the phoenix of burying love.
He asked in shock: "What is this?"
Zhuo Donglai lost his composure like never before, he couldn't stand up straight while holding on to the table, and said weakly: "Phoenix and Jiaolong..."
The emperor looked at the two lumps in the silver plate, and the cloud on his face dispelled instantly, and he took two steps back, away from the suspected source of pollution: "Are you sure?"
Zhuo Donglai nodded painfully: "Ze Lan made it with her own hands. She said it has a good meaning, which means that she can give birth to a dragon and a phoenix."
The emperor shivered uncontrollably: "Ah, haha, ha, ah." Are you sure?Among those who grow into this virtue, are they dragons and phoenixes?I feel that these are two dragons who will never die.He asked: "Do you think,,, can it?"
Zhuo Donglai's acting skills were at full strength, and he looked up at the sky: "Well, isn't the ancestor very clever, she just follow her if she wants to make offerings, and no one will come to see her. Who would have thought that His Majesty would insist on watching, I originally wanted to ask people to withdraw ...I didn't get a chance all the way."
The emperor is about to cry, he always feels vaguely that the dragon stinks, why should I listen to someone's instigation and doubt you?I was wrong, really wrong.He covered his nose and took two steps back: "When was this made? It's all moldy and broken."
"It's not moldy." Zhuo Donglai said with a look of unrequited love, "That's the auspicious cloud specially made by Zelan, and it's made of cotton candy." This really surprised me, I didn't expect it, I never expected it.
Emperor: "Pfft! Black auspicious clouds."
"Her theory is that dragons and clouds spread rain, and when it rains, there are dark clouds. The upper layer is colorful auspicious clouds, stacked together..."
"It's so ugly." The emperor couldn't help pity: "Dong Lai, you are such an infatuated person." You dare to put such things in the ancestral hall, aren't you afraid of being dreamed by your parents at night?The ancestors were disgusted by you and ran away.
Zhuo Donglai forced a smile: "It's not shameful if you don't let others see it." Ze Lan is the one who is infatuated, willing to bear such a reputation, even if others don't know,,,, she must be very uncomfortable, please coax her in a while.
The emperor conveniently pulled out the dagger from his waist, pulled away the 'dark cloud' and 'auspicious cloud', saw the whole picture of the dragon, wanted to see the 'ruby eyes' and the 'five-clawed golden dragon'.
"Huh? The eyes are really ruby! And the body is also wrapped in gold leaf?"
This didn't save the dragon, tsk, seeing this dying dragon, I feel a little hurt.
Zhuo Donglai nodded, looked at the spiritual position with despair, and sighed.
The emperor couldn't believe it: "Why are there three legs?" He deliberately leaned over and looked at the other side, wow, is it really a three-legged dragon?
Zhuo Donglai: "Ze Lan's theory is that the Jiaolong is one level lower than the dragon and has one less leg." My Ze Lan is not that stupid and cute, so this is really discrediting her, forget it.
The emperor almost threw the dagger into the plate: "Didn't you tell her?"
Zhuo Donglai spread his hands helplessly: "Small surprise, uh-huh. Your Majesty, take a closer look, this dragon is quite majestic, it seems to be roaring, isn't it?"
The emperor rolled his eyes, his jaw was dislocated, and he poked at the 'hair' on the table with a dagger: "Is it really cotton candy?" I have no appetite for cotton candy now.
He pursed his lips: "Dong Lai, do you know? Xiao Lang told me that the Zhuo Mansion used five-clawed golden dragons to worship ancestors. How could I believe his stupid words, so I came to take a look. Tsk, this man is really annoying." See After seeing this dragon, I'm going to have a nightmare.
Zhuo Donglai's face sank: "It's too hateful. No, how could he hear about it?"
The emperor wanted to take the opportunity to do something bad, so he chuckled: "How about... let's extract a confession?"
Zhuo Donglai: "How to extract a confession?"
The emperor pulled the hair back with a dagger, poked it, pressed it, and basically restored it to its original state: "Let's catch him in a small black room, force him to stare at the dragon, and ask him where he got the wrong news If you don't say anything, force him to eat this dragon." Zhen is so vicious and terrifying!
Zhuo Donglai: "In the dim hut, a few fierce masked men opened their eyes and saw the face of this dragon, um, he will definitely confess! But, is it possible?"
The emperor complained: "Don't say it's okay, just leave no evidence."
Zhuo Donglai showed the happiest smile ever: "Great! I can finally deal with this dragon cough cough cough cough cough cough framed me really hateful."
Fourth Sister Wen hid in the dark room, quite proud: How about it, I said that I can make an ugly dragon that makes you cry and vomit, what a success!Just finished, I admired it for a while, and I felt morning sickness.
The emperor walked towards the door, signaled Zhuo Dong to come and get the dragon and phoenix, happily changed into night clothes to extract a confession~ I hate Xiao Yushi to death!Now that dragon is still lingering in front of my eyes, I feel like I will have a nightmare tonight...
I will kill you!Originally, I could kiss and cuddle with the empress in the palace, and play small games on the bed, but the suspicion that you tease me with a few words came to me.It's nothing to doubt him, his wife is terrible!
The author has something to say: I went shopping yesterday, and when I was eating, I heard the two men at the next table bragging about drinking too much... In this regard, I talked a lot of terms, what about crystal love, what about ice and fire, I worked very hard Pretend not to understand.By the way, I wrote it in, it seems that many blue kids like to get together to discuss this issue.And show off or something.
Dragon and phoenix are evil, hahaha.