Chapter 54: Purple Jade Palace Bell
The next day, Yun Fu woke up and found herself sleeping in a man's arms, but not in the room of the Zen temple, but in a carriage.
I felt like there was something hanging around my neck. I looked down and saw that it was a hollow palace bell carved out of purple jade.
The palace bell was tied with a red string. It was very small and made no sound when it was shaken. There seemed to be something inside, but Yun Fu looked for a long time but couldn't see clearly.
A finger appeared in front of Yun Fu and rang the palace bell. A man's clear and melodious voice came from above her head.
"Do you like it?"
For Yun Fu, who has a hobby of collecting, she could tell at a glance that this purple jade palace bell was extremely finely crafted and the jade material used was even more extraordinary.
Although the light inside the carriage was dim, one could vaguely see the purple light flowing on the palace bell.
The palace bell was reflected in her pupils, and Yun Fu's eyes almost popped out of her head.
He raised his paw and imitated Wei Rong's movements, fiddling with it.
"Meow!" I like it!!!
Since Yun Fu has been with Wei Rong, she has received many small things, ranging from large ornaments to small accessories and beads.
But for a cat like her, she can only look at, touch and smell those things, climb up and touch them all day long, and cannot carry them around to show off.
This palace bell is different. It has intricate patterns, beautiful purple jade, and can be worn around the neck. It is simply tailor-made for her.
Wei Rong looked at the little fellow lying on his knees and constantly plucking the palace bell with his claws, and the smile in his eyes became even brighter.
Yuan Heng's words emerged in Wei Rong's mind, and dark colors surged in his eyes.
"This amulet must be carried with you at all times to stabilize the soul in the cat's body and prevent it from disappearing after being away from the body for too long."
"What will happen to the original body if it leaves the body for too long?"
"If you hadn't come to me, you might have become increasingly emaciated until your body completely died."
When he heard the word death, Wei Rong didn't know how to describe his feelings at the time. It was a mixture of shock and fear.
I never thought that one day he would feel the same way about fear.
The original dark idea of wanting to trap Ah Fu by my side forever crumbled bit by bit until it turned into dust.
But fortunately, God was not so cruel to him and there was a solution.
The cat in his arms, no, to be more precise, the cat with a human soul, he didn't know when it would leave. Even Yuanheng didn't know either, he just said that the time had not come yet.
What he can do now is to cherish every day that Ah Fu is by his side.
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Thanks to the relief money and grain distributed by the imperial court to the flood victims in the south, they were able to quickly rebuild their homes under the arrangement of local officials.
Perhaps it was because of the emperor's ruthless measures that most of the silver and grain for disaster relief fell into the hands of the victims.
Regarding the matter of the replaced disaster relief grain, King Cheng cut off the tail to protect himself, and sacrificed his own daughter and son-in-law's family for the sake of justice. He gave an explanation to the people of the world and then exposed the matter.
Now most of the court officials have been beheaded, and many official positions are vacant. Many surviving officials are looking at the vacant positions and have some thoughts in their hearts, but no one dares to speak out.
The emperor today is no longer the indecisive emperor they knew before.
Not only did the princes from all over the country look up to Emperor Ji Chenghe, but all the officials in the court who were executed were also bewitched by Ji Chenghe.
Everyone thought that the Sixth Prince ascended the throne entirely by relying on the Crown Prince of Wei and the power behind him.
Now that the Crown Prince of Wei is dead, the various vassal kings may be able to eat him until nothing is left.
Unexpectedly, the death of Prince Wei was more like a switch, releasing the bloodiness in the emperor.
Most of the imperial officials were beheaded, and countless local officials, both large and small, were also killed.
The relief grain that was replaced was said to be from King Cheng's son-in-law, but everyone knew clearly who the real person behind the scenes was.
The arrogant King Cheng ended up having to cut off his own power to protect himself, and even the officials associated with him were almost brought down.
The gold and silver obtained from the executed officials were put into the national treasury. Ji Chenghe, despite the opposition of the ministers, directly allocated most of it to the Wu'an Army under the command of Wu'an Marquis and the Anguo Army led by General Song Juan, each of which was given one million taels of silver and food.
This move shocked the ministers, who knelt down and begged for the order to be revoked.
The Ji family has always valued civil officials over military officials throughout the dynasties. Ji Chenghe's actions now are undoubtedly encouraging the arrogance of military officials. For civil officials, their voice in the court is gradually biased.
Ji Chenghe did not waste any more words with these ministers. He used the methods taught to him by his cousin and sent the ministers who were making serious noises in the court directly to the border, calling it - training.
If you can take action, waste less time talking.
The civil servants who were sent to the border were tortured by the bitter cold and even the harsh climate, and they also witnessed how difficult the lives of the soldiers outside the border were. They cried and wrote one confession letter after another, but they were all ignored by Ji Chenghe.
Soon, all the princes were invited to come to Beijing to attend the empress dowager's 40th birthday banquet.
The birthday banquet happened to coincide with the day when envoys from neighboring countries were to pay homage to the emperor. Under the pretext of cutting expenses, the emperor simply combined the birthday banquet with the banquet to receive envoys from various countries.
The banquet was so grand that even Yun Fu, a cat, could hear the servants gossiping among themselves.
Wei Rong returned to Jing'an using the identity of the illegitimate son of Lord Ning, the Minister of Personnel.
It happened quietly and no one noticed, which made Yun Fu admire how big Wei Rong's network of connections was in Jing'an.
After leaving Jing'an, he changed seven or eight identities, and after returning to Jing'an, he started changing identities again.
Yunfu is almost going crazy because of this.
Not sure if it was a coincidence, but Yun Fu discovered while jumping up and down that the Zhu family was right next to Minister Ning's mansion.
Looking at the two large golden characters on the door plaque, Yun Fu was not sure whether this Zhu family was the same Zhu family her mother belonged to.
At this time in the Zhu family, Zhu Qingze followed Master Yuanheng's instructions and burned the amulet into ashes and turned it into water, and asked his wife to give it to the child to drink.
Zhu Yuxi clutched the handkerchief in her hand and looked at her father and mother's actions, feeling a little uneasy.
"Brother, does Daddy's method really work?"
Zhu Chenye sighed softly, "Mother and the others are desperate now, but I heard that Master Yuanheng is truly highly respected. Many people who have received his guidance say that it works. Let's just wait and see."
My aunt is so important to my parents. It goes without saying that they both value my only daughter, whom she left behind after her death.
Lu Fanglin carefully fed Yun Fu the bowl of talisman water.
After drinking the talisman water, the girl still showed no changes and showed no signs of waking up.
After waiting for about a cup of tea, there was still no movement.
Zhu Chenye couldn't help but say, "Dad, it seems that this Master Yuan Heng isn't as powerful as the legend says. I'm afraid he's just a devilish monk who's talking nonsense!"
"Ye'er! Be careful with your words——"
Zhu Qingze thought of what Master Yuanheng had said to him and gently scolded his son.
Zhu Yuxi tugged at her brother's sleeve, signaling him to stop talking.
Zhu Chenye looked at his cousin whose face was still pale, and felt a little more pity for her in his heart, and a little more resentment towards the Su family.
He had secretly figured out the location of the Su family's mansion and was waiting for a dark and windy night to throw manure at the door of the Su family.
First, let go of the resentment in your heart.
On the other hand, Yun Fu learned that her body was taken back to the Zhu family by the second master of the Zhu family, who was also her uncle.
She planned to go to the mansion next door after dark to explore and see if the Zhu family was her uncle's family.
Wei Rong was not wearing a human skin mask in the yard. There were secret guards guarding him all around, and not even a mosquito could fly in.
Holding a wolf hair brush in his hand, he sketched casually on the paper.
Soon, a cat squatting on the wall appeared on the paper.
Looking at Ah Fu squatting on the wall, his tail swinging left and right, he was looking in the direction of the Zhu family next door.
The identity of Minister Ning as a concubine's son was specially chosen by Wei Rong.
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