Volume 5 Blood Edict of Murder Chapter 111: Concealing the Sky
In the heavy snow, a young man stood under the red candle light in front of the main hall.
The heavy snow illuminated the lantern, reflecting the boy's somewhat pale face.
He held an oil-paper umbrella in his hand, but it wasn't the one Xiao Yuanche gave him just now.
He knew who gave him this oil-paper umbrella.
"Su Ling is guilty of death!..." Su Ling stood at the door of the main hall and said loudly.
Xiao Yuanche and everyone were shocked.
Then Xiao Yuanche shouted loudly: "It's cold outside. Come in and talk. Whether you're going to die or not is up to you."
Su Ling then walked into the main hall, smoothed the umbrella and shook off the wind and snow.
Xiao Yuanche quickly asked the people next to him to move a chair with a big thick soft futon for Su Ling to sit on, and also asked someone to move a charcoal brazier to Su Ling's side.
After Su Ling warmed the fire for a while, Xiao Yuanche looked at Su Ling thoughtfully and said, "Su Ling, if you have anything to say, just tell me."
Su Ling nodded, clasped his fists, and was about to stand up.
Xiao Yuanche then rubbed his forehead and said, "Sit down and talk..."
Su Ling was suffocated at first. Seeing that Xiao Yuanche's face didn't look very good and he kept rubbing his forehead, he asked, "What's wrong with Sikong?"
Xiao Yuanche pointed at Xu Jinghu who was kneeling beside him and said, "Isn't it because of this pity for goods..."
Su Ling cupped his hands and said hurriedly: "Lord Sikong, I think Commander Xu is a straight-forward and a true-tempered person. If he is really instructed by someone, I am afraid that Su Ling will never be able to return to Sikong Mansion and never see Lord Sikong again."
Xiao Yuanche knew what Su Ling meant, but he still snorted and said, "He didn't say a nice word to you. You'd better say a nice word for him."
Everyone looked at Su Ling, even Boning's sinister iceberg looked at him, slightly moved.
Su Ling then said seriously: "This is all about Su Ling deceiving Sikong. No wonder Commander Xu is suspicious."
Seeing the seriousness of what he said, Xiao Yuanche raised his eyebrows, looked at Su Ling sternly and said: "In this case, you should tell me carefully what is going on. Su Ling, you appeared at that juncture.
In Fengzhang Hall, if you say it's a coincidence, I'm afraid even if I, Sikong, believe it, others in the main hall won't believe you."
Xiao Yuanche's words seemed to be calm and indifferent, but in Su Ling's ears, how could he not understand the deep meaning inside.
I, Xiao Yuanche, believe in you, but if you don't come up with enough reasons, I will still blame you for the doubts of my subordinates.
Su Ling nodded and said calmly: "Sikong, actually Su Ling has something to hide from you, but Lord Boning knows it."
When Xiao Yuanche heard this, he looked at Boning doubtfully, and it could be seen that there was also a trace of doubt on Boning's expressionless face as he looked at Su Ling.
Su Ling raised his fist towards Boning and said, "Lord Boning, do you still remember that a few nights ago, you came to me and asked me to see the master of the Two Immortals Temple, that crazy Xuan Chan?"
Boning nodded and said: "This matter is under the order of Master Sikong. I dare to ask Su Chongfeng, is there anything wrong with it?"
Su Ling shook his head and said: "There is nothing wrong, but do you remember what Xuan Chan said crazily after I met Xuan Chan?"
When Boning heard this, he was stunned for a moment and said, "Crazy words? That Xuan Chan talks about different crazy things every day. What Su Gongfeng is referring to..."
He suddenly remembered that sentence. Although Xuan Chan repeated that sentence from time to time, for some reason, when he said other words, he was always incoherent, making nonsense, and laughing stupidly.
But that sentence had a solemn expression, as if there was some big secret in that sentence. Could it be...
Su Ling nodded calmly, and then said word by word: "Sikong, my lords, that sentence was so mysterious that it was crazy, and yet he said it word for word. It is a straight line.
"Snow fills the world...Chengtian Shunyi...Cleansed by thunder and fire...Great Virtue Flying Immortal!" After saying this, he looked at Boning again, seeming to confirm.
Boning nodded and said, "But Mr. Su remembers these four sentences and twenty characters exactly."
The generals in the main hall were fine. Xiao Yuanche, Xu Wenruo, and Guo Baiyi all changed their expressions. Xiao Yuanche's eyes narrowed and he said in a low voice: "This...could this be a prophecy?"
Su Ling nodded and said, "Sikong's prediction is good. This is indeed a prophecy."
Xiao Yuanche nodded, looked at Su Ling, and asked, "What does this prophecy mean? Su Ling, do you know?"
Su Ling said calmly: "I didn't know it originally, but an old acquaintance of Su Ling told me the meaning of the prophecy after reading it."
Xiao Yuanche nodded, then looked at Su Ling with some deep meaning, and said word by word: "Su Ling, this prophecy was said by Xuan Chan of the Two Immortals Sect, who is this old acquaintance of yours?
Can you understand the prophecies?"
Xiao Yuanche changed his mind and suddenly looked up at Su Ling, and said in a low voice: "Is it possible that your old acquaintance is actually a member of the Two Immortals Sect?"
Su Ling was neither humble nor arrogant. He nodded and said, "Sikong expected it to be true. Su Ling's old man, whose Taoist name is Fushenzi, is actually a member of the Two Immortals Sect."
When Xiao Yuanche heard this, he suddenly seemed to be muttering to himself: "Fu Shenzi... I remember roughly the two immortals in the Jiangnan Two Immortals Sect, and one of the two immortals is called Fushenzi."
Su Ling hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Sikong Bowen Qiang's memory is really good! He is one of the two immortals of Liangxianwu, Fushenzi."
Xiao Yuanche's eyes flashed a faint light, he looked at Su Ling and said solemnly: "Su Ling, you need to give me an explanation!"
Su Ling then nodded and said as if he was telling the truth: "Lord Sikong, do you still remember that day when I met Young Master Jing Shu in the Two Immortals Sect? In fact, I thought I was invited by this Fushenzi.
I went to Liangxian Temple for the initiation ceremony. When I was in Nanzhang, Fushenzi fell ill and was saved by my master Zhang Shennong, so I had a chance encounter with Fushenzi at that time."
Xiao Yuanche just wanted to speak.
Su Ling spoke eloquently again: "I was originally here to watch the ceremony, but the old Taoist Xuan Chan forced me to take a pill. This pill is called Wangxian Dan." In fact, it is clear what this Wangxian Pill Guan Xuanchan is about.
It was Guan Ge who forced Su Ling to obey, but Xuan Chan looked familiar after all, and Su Ling didn't know whether he was alive or dead, so he could only be taken advantage of.
Xiao Yuanche heard this and said doubtfully: "Ask the elixir, what is this?"
Su Ling said calmly: "The elixir called spiritual cultivation is actually just a chronic poison that controls people..."
When Xiao Yuanche heard this, his expression changed drastically and he said: "What...Su Ling, you were poisoned...Has the poison been cured now?"
Su Ling smiled bitterly and said: "There is no solution. Although Su knows some medical knowledge, he cannot cure this erysipelas. In order to understand this poison, Su once wanted to ask Guo Jijiu for some alchemy scriptures."
Guo Baiyi suddenly said: "So that's it. I said that that day when I went to the hall, I saw you making an elixir and it exploded. It was because you made the elixir yourself to detoxify."
Su Ling had no choice but to get off the donkey along the slope, nodded and said: "Yes, that day was the day when I was refining the detoxification pill..."
When Xiao Yuanche saw what Guo Baiyi said, he completely believed it and hurriedly said: "Recruiting Chief Medical Officer Ding Yan."
After a while, the little old man Ding Yan walked in through the snow carrying a medicine box.
After checking Su Ling's pulse, Fang bowed to Xiao Yuanche and said, "Su Gongfeng is really poisoned by a strange poison. The poison is not very toxic, but as time goes by, the poison has become deep. I don't know what the poison is. It's just that
Most of it accumulates between Su Gongfeng's heart and lungs, so Su Gongfang takes in a little bit of cold air, ranging from constant coughing to severe shortness of breath."
Xiao Yuanche then slapped his forehead and said: "It turns out that you have been so afraid of the cold since you were injured that day. I just think that your old injury has not healed, and it is caused by this unknown poison in your body!"
After saying that, he looked at Su Ling with great concern and said to Ding Yan, "Is there a way to detoxify it?"
Ding Yan shook his head and said: "If it is an ordinary poison, it may be able to detoxify it, but these poisons are rare poisons. This poison can only be detoxified by whoever administered it."
Xiao Yuanche sighed after hearing this, and then asked Ding Yan to step back.
Su Ling added: "Sikong doesn't need to worry about me. Apart from the fact that I can't stand the cold air, I don't have much trouble. Maybe after a while, the poison will dissipate and I will be fine."
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He paused again and continued: "There is truth among lies, and there is truth among lies: "So later, I had no choice but to take the medicine, and then I met the young master Jingshu by chance. I saw a group of Taoist nuns encouraging the young master to take the elixir of hope, so I took her.
Saved. When we returned to Longtai, we were intercepted and killed by those ghost-faced men again."
Xiao Yuanche nodded and said: "I know these things. At first, I thought that those ghost-faced people were probably people from the Two Immortals Sect, or people from Shen Jizhou's Demon Division..."
Su Ling deliberately guided: "The Two Immortals Sect does not dare to blatantly sneak into Kyoto to intercept and kill, and Shen Jizhou is even less likely to cause trouble, so there is only..."
"Dong Si!" Xiao Yuanche's eyes narrowed and he suddenly whispered.
After saying that, he turned around, looked at Boning and said, "How is the identity of the ten ghost-faced people being investigated?"
Boning looked ashamed and said: "The Shadow Department has found nothing...as of today."
"Well?" Xiao Yuanche said with some dissatisfaction.
Bonin hurriedly saluted and said: "The Shadow Department is not doing well, please punish me, my lord! It's just..."
Bonin seemed hesitant to speak.
"speak!"
Boning then nodded, paused and said: "The Shadow Department actually found some clues, but the Second Young Master sent someone to say that this was the work of a cult. The cult is under the jurisdiction of the Religious Affairs Bureau, and the Religious Affairs Bureau is under the jurisdiction of the Wuguan Zhonglang
Will raise the tone..."
"Pa—" Xiao Yuanche slammed the table hard, suppressed his anger, and said in a deep voice: "Xiao Jianshu... you continue to check yours, Xiao Jianshu will check his.
If he interferes again, tell him that this was my order!"
Boning then bowed and said: "Here!"
In fact, Su Ling didn't know the true identities of the ten ghost-faced men, but he deliberately led the matter to Dong Si.
Su Ling nodded and said: "Now that I think about it, it is most likely the person sent by Dong Si who did it."
It was just that after he said these words, the generals seemed to believe it, but Guo Baiyi secretly shook his head and smiled, and Xu Wenruo's face was also unwavering.
Su Ling secretly thought, these two men, although his words were intended to lead Xiao Yuanche to suspect Dong Si, it was Xiao Yuanche who was suspicious and took the initiative to suspect Dong Si.
But these two people didn't even believe what they said to them.
Su Ling actually felt a little frustrated.
Xiao Yuanche nodded, but suddenly raised his eyes to look at Su Ling and said: "But, what do these things have to do with how you know what our Sikong Mansion is doing tonight? Could it be that just because someone intercepted you, you can figure it out?
I want to order the action, but it’s not possible?”
Su Ling shook his head and said: "Then Su Ling is an immortal, so it can't be calculated. It's just because the two immortal sects were chasing after him first, and then Dong Si sent someone who wanted to make a profit, so I had to put him
The two are connected."
Su Ling thought to himself, in order to get the Two Immortals Sect to have a relationship with Dong Si, he went through such a big circle, how easy is it!
Xiao Yuanche lowered his head and said nothing, thoughtfully.
Su Ling added: "Later, Mr. Boning took me to see Xuan Chan. He was so crazy that he only remembered this prophecy. I wrote it down secretly. After returning to Bad Hall, I met Fu Shen who came to find me.
son."
"He? What is he here for?" Xiao Yuanche asked suspiciously.
Su Ling thought to herself that it was lucky that she majored in Chinese, otherwise it would be difficult to write this short essay.
"It was because he invited me to go to the Temple of Two Immortals to watch the ceremony that Fushenzi got poisoned by me. He felt sorry for me, so he came to see what he could do to help me."
Su Ling was talking nonsense.
Xiao Yuanche nodded and said, "This Taoist priest does have some conscience."
Su Ling began to write a short composition again and said: "I told him the prophecy. He was one of the two immortals of Liangxianwu, so he told me that Dong Si wanted to win over the two immortals to conspire against him.
, the code used was this prophecy, and he also told me the meaning of this prophecy."
When Xiao Yuanche heard this, he looked stern and said, "What does this prophecy mean?"
Su Ling didn't know what this thing meant, so he had to make it up as he thought. He paused and said: "This prophecy is a combination of falsehood and reality. The first two sentences are actual references, and the last two sentences are mysteries. Therefore, the last two sentences
It doesn’t make any sense, and the key lies in the first two sentences: "The world is full of snow... Chengtian Shunyi..."
These few words actually aroused the interest of Guo Baiyi and Xu Wenruo.
Su Ling said loudly, "The snow all over the world" refers to the first snowy day in winter. It only refers to the time when Dong Si and the Two Immortals Sect agreed to rebel. Chengtian Shunyi refers to them.
I have the so-called blood edict of the emperor in my hand, which is because I have received the instruction from the emperor and followed the righteousness in my heart!"
After explaining this, Su Ling admired himself, and he almost believed his explanation.
"So that's it, it's actually like this..."
Su Ling went around in a big circle and finally justified himself and said: "That's it. It's snowing tonight. I expected Dong Si to be in trouble. So I secretly monitored the Chariot General's house, and Dong Si secretly left the house.
Go up, I followed you all the way, and then you came to the Forbidden Palace, and what happened just now happened."
After Su Ling finished speaking, he bowed towards Xiao Yuanche and said: "Su Ling, as a minister of the Sikong Mansion, firstly concealed the identity of Fushenzi and did not report it; secondly, he decoded the prophecy and did not report it; thirdly, he acted without Sikong's permission; fourthly, he acted without permission from Sikong.
Su Ling is punished by death!"
Xiao Yuanche slowly looked towards Su Ling.
With a complicated look in his eyes, he looked at Su Lingban silently for a while.
Finally he sighed and shook his head.
Guo Baiyi knew very well that Sikong's expression suggested that he chose to believe what Su Ling said, but how much he believed. He, the person who knew Xiao Yuanche best, couldn't guess.
Xiao Yuanche said slowly: "Where is Fushenzi now?"
Su Ling shook his head and said: "He solved the prophecy and left. I couldn't force him to stay. So far, there has been no news."
Xiao Yuanche nodded and said: "Wen Ruo, please inform the court captain Wang Jingxing to remove the fussy man from the wanted list. After all, he can be considered meritorious."
Su Ling secretly laughed in her heart. If this naughty guy knew about it, he would be so happy that he would go crazy and be able to swagger through the market.
Xiao Yuanche looked at Su Ling, patted his shoulder and said: "Su Ling, I can forgive this Taoist priest, let alone you? You are so heartless that you captured Dong again for my Xiao Yuanche's sake.
In other words, he is the most important minister who saved me. As for what you concealed from me, it is not a big deal."
"So... Su Ling, not only will I not punish you, I will also reward you greatly! What do you think?"
After Xiao Yuanche finished speaking, he raised his head and looked at Wen and Wu on both sides.
Guo Baiyi and Xu Wenruo naturally accepted each other. Among the generals, Xia Yuanrang could not see any emotion or anger. Zhang Shiyou also had a sense of appreciation in his eyes. However, Huang Kuijia jumped three feet high and said happily: "My brother Su is still better.
! My lord is also a wise master who knows rewards and punishments clearly, and he is much stronger than the broken Jin Emperor!"
What he said came from the bottom of his heart, and he threw it around carelessly.
Everyone burst out laughing, except Xu Wenruo, whose face was expressionless, as if he didn't hear it.
Xiao Yuanche secretly glanced at Xu Wenruo, with a deep meaning in his eyes, and then pointed at Huang Kuijia and said: "You idiot, you know how to talk nonsense! Why don't you shut up! How can I compare with the Holy One? What you say is a big deal.
Disrespectful!”
Although he said this, there was no trace of anger on his face.
Then, Xiao Yuanche stood up, walked to Xu Jinghu, snorted coldly: "Get up, you still haven't thanked Su Gongfeng for his kindness! If he hadn't begged for mercy, you would have ten heads
It’s not enough to chop!”
Xu Jinghu then stood up, lowered his head and couldn't see his expression clearly, and whispered: "Jinghu, please thank Su for your mercy..."
Su Ling laughed loudly, patted him on the shoulder and said: "Su Lingcheng is terrified to be able to resolve the misunderstanding with Brother Kuijia, the famous Commander Jinghu! We all work for Sikong, and we need to move more and cooperate in the future!"
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Xu Jing nodded with a tiger-skinned smile.
Huang Kuijia, on the other hand, laughed loudly and said: "Lao Xu is the same as me. If there is anything else, call me and bring a pot of daughter's red. There is no injustice, right? Lao Xu!"
After saying that, he also punched Xu Jinghu.
Xu Jinghu then smiled lightly and said: "Kui Jia is right, if you have wine, you can talk about anything!"
Xiao Yuanche then said again: "I thought that after this incident, I would let you step down from the position of commander of the Sikong Mansion soldiers and take charge of the North Camp of Jingwei. It seems that you have been practicing very well. You will be spared the death penalty, but you will not be able to escape the punishment of living.
Commander of the Sikong Mansion, please stop doing this and go back to the military camp..."
Guo Baiyi was stunned when he heard this and said hurriedly: "Then what will Commander Xu do when he comes to the military camp to arrange..."
Xiao Yuanche said coldly: "Isn't he just like Xiao Jianshu? Then go to Wugan Zhonglang General's camp and become the lowest soldier..."
Everyone knew that Sikong was furious now and dismissed Xu Jinghu just to beat him up. In the future, Xu Jinghu would keep a distance from Xiao Jianshu. Based on Sikong's feelings for him, he thought he would be re-employed in the near future.
The atmosphere in the main hall lightened up.
Xiao Yuanche said again: "Su Ling, I said I would reward you well, and now I will promote you..."
As soon as I said this, I saw snow falling in front of the door, and a trembling person came. The man moved slowly in the snow, and even his waist was a little stooped.
No one expected that the visitor turned out to be Qi Shizhai, a regular servant in the palace.
But when Qi Shizhai walked into the hall and saw Su Ling, before he could react, he grabbed Su Ling's hand and said, "Is this young hero the Su Ling who saved me?"
Su Ling scratched his head in embarrassment. He naturally knew in his heart which song the old eunuch was singing.
This kind of scheming was probably the old eunuch's own initiative, and Jin Emperor Liu Duan probably couldn't even think of it.
As expected, Xiao Yuanche looked at Su Ling with burning eyes, then at Qi Shizhai, and said calmly: "This young man is Su Ling..."
Qi Shizhai pretended to be surprised and said: "Hey, hey...you are really young and have a lot of promise! The Holy Spirit gave you an oral message!"
Among the civil servants and generals, Xu Wenruo was the first to kneel down, and the others paused before kneeling down.
Only Xiao Yuanche and Su Ling were still standing there.
Xiao Yuanche didn't have to kneel, but Su Ling stood still.
Even Xiao Yuanche was a little surprised and looked at Su Ling with burning eyes, which was quite profound.
Qi Shizhai was stunned for a moment, then laughed dryly and said: "That's it, Su Ling has not entered the official position and does not understand the rules, so just follow him today!"
Su Lingzhen just handed over his hand and really had no intention of kneeling down.
If you don't kneel down, you won't kneel down. This so-called oral edict was something that Qi Shizhai couldn't help but proclaim.
Qi Shizhai cleared his throat and said: "The young hero, the talent of Chiji, enshrined by the Xiao Mansion, the master of the medical hall, Su Lingzhe, regardless of the danger, saved me from the danger, and ordered Sikong Xiao Yuanche to reward me greatly and select him.
I wish you could serve my great Jin Dynasty! I appreciate this!"
When Xiao Yuanche heard this, the expression on his face could not express sadness or joy. He simply cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, Xiao Yuanche, obeys the order."
After Qi Shizhai left, the air in the main hall was still a little delicate.
However, Xiao Yuanche coughed twice first, and then said calmly to Su Ling: "Look, even the emperor has issued a decree to commend you."
However, Su Ling smiled faintly and said nothing, with a somewhat noncommittal expression.
Xiao Yuanche paused and said slowly to the crowd: "From tomorrow onwards, Su Ling will serve as the Western Cao of the Prime Minister's Mansion..."
When everyone heard this, their hearts trembled.
Only Huang Kuijia shouted outright: "Brother Ansu has made so much contribution, and his assists are only awarded to the seventh-ranked Prime Minister's Mansion Xi Cao... This is too small."
Xiao Yuanche glanced at Huang Kuijia and said angrily: "You are a tough guy, if you keep talking too much, I won't give you the dozens of daughter-in-law awards that were originally given to you to celebrate your success..."
Huang Kuijia then scratched his head and stopped talking.
Guo Baiyi and Xu Wenruo glanced at Su Ling secretly, but saw that Su Ling had a calm face and seemed to be taking it calmly.
Guo Baiyi and Xu Wenruo both looked at this young man with admiration.
Because they know clearly that although this sixteen-year-old boy is calm and calm, he must have the same understanding in his heart as they think.
If it weren't for the so-called, nondescript emperor's oral instructions.
How could Su Ling be just a small seventh-grade Western Cao...