Chapter 18?
Li sighed, "It was the fire that was caused by an out-of-favored actor in Your Majesty's harem. It was said... because Your Majesty has neglected him since he moved the capital to Luoyang, so he felt dissatisfied.
"I heard that after he set the fire, the Taohua Guard was discovered before he could run away. Perhaps because he knew that he could not escape the death penalty, he jumped into the sea of fire, burning so clean... the corpse was gone."
"...so." Feng Yan lowered her eyes.
She had an unintentional feeling yesterday - it seemed that Wei Xingzhen had already known about the fire in the southwest.
"The Taohuawei is getting worse and worse now," Li couldn't help but sigh, "Fortunately you got married the morning before yesterday. If you really set the wedding reception time to yesterday evening, you might have a big mess."
Feng Yan smiled, "Why don't you worry, mom? In the past, actors were blessed with the resentment of the emperor, and they would occasionally burn one or two towers. Then they would cry in front of the emperor's heart... Your Majesty would not be afraid of the beauty suffering, so he would especially eat this."
"It's different," Li said softly, "This time Mingtang's underground palace was destroyed."
Feng Yan was stunned for a moment. The tower of Mingtang was officially completed in the year when His Majesty ascended the throne. Its underground palace was also sealed that year. No one knew what Sun Youwei had put in it. It had never been opened in these years.
“…How could it be?”
"That's why he told me that the actor had learned the curse seal from somewhere. The day before yesterday, the tree demon attacked Mingtang's tower body and exposed the way to the underground palace. As a result, he sneaked in and untied the curse seal from the underground palace. He burned all the things in a torch."
Feng Yan frowned slightly, "That big thing...it must not be done by a actor."
"Yes, I heard that Your Majesty was furious and ordered that all the suspicious people nearby - regardless of their status - be arrested. Dali Temple is in a hurry to investigate the case."
"What's the actor's name? Do you know?"
"It's not just that I know, I've seen it," Li said softly, "Is it Nie Xiaojun, the 'Wuhua Chunying' who was the most holy person in the past few years? At that time, His Majesty liked to take him with him no matter where he went. He must have grown up in the past few years, and his voice was gone..."
Nie Xiaojun.
Feng Yan frowned slightly, and she seemed to have some impression of this person. It was probably a boy who was like a natural sound, always wearing white clothes, and shyly hid behind the curtain when he met a stranger.
Li lowered his voice, "Yan'er, mother asks you, do you think Wei Xingzhen... has any problems?"
"Huh?" Feng Yan didn't recover from his senses. "He has been with me for the past two days, so he probably didn't have the chance to go to Mingtang-"
"I'm not asking you this," Li lowered his voice, "I'm asking you, have you seen anything abnormal in Wei Xingzhen? Since Shi Yun told me the day before yesterday that he suspected that Wei Xingzhen was a monster, I was in my heart-"
Feng Yan then realized it and smiled, "He... doesn't look like it."
Li then breathed a sigh of relief, "If you say that, mother will feel relieved..."
Shen Shichu, Feng Yan and her mother walked out of the house. Li walked very slowly. She held her daughter's hand and instructed solemnly, "I know Yan'er is shy, but she has a first time in everything. Don't delay it. Just seize the time to get things done with Wei Xingzhen in the past two days... so there will be any changes in the future."
Feng Yan smiled, "I understand... By the way, why haven't I seen my aunt when I come back this time?"
"The day before yesterday, your aunt packed up her things and went to Daizong Mountain to rest." Li replied.
Feng Yan was slightly stunned, "Are you leaving so anxious?"
"You know your aunt's temperament," Li said softly, "The old lady said she was going up the mountain, who dared to stop her...what happened?"
Feng Yan was about to mention the uncensored jade. She thought about it for two days and still couldn't see what the stone stuffed by my aunt before leaving was intended. But after a second thought, Feng Yan remembered that her aunt had quietly handed the stone to her at that time, maybe she just didn't want to show off...
"It's nothing, just ask." Feng Yan said softly.
...
After leaving the courtyard of her mother Li's family, Feng Yan went to her sister Xiaoqi to sit for a while. The two chatted until evening, and Feng Xiaoqi sent Feng Yan back to the courtyard where she lived.
When there were about one or two hundred steps left, Feng Xiaoqi suddenly looked forward, "Hey, what's the sound?"
——In the evening courtyard, the melodious sound of the guqin floats.
The two walked forward for more than ten steps before Feng Yan confirmed that the music was coming from her attic. Her steps were getting slower and slower, and her eyes looked at the sound of the piano and looked at the window of the attic.
Feng Xiaoqi was about to ask what kind of song this was, but when she looked up, she saw that her sister Feng Yan's expression changed a little. Her eyes were complicated and confused, and she was clearly listening to the tune with all her attention.
So Feng Xiaoqi also pressed her questions and stood beside Feng Yan until the song was over.
"Good sound," Feng Xiaoqi looked at Feng Yan, "What kind of song is this? Do you know what kind of song is this?"
Feng Yan didn't come back to her senses for a long time. It was not until Feng Xiaoqi pulled her sleeve several times that she woke up like a dream and replied, "... "Hundred Six Yang Jiu".
"Hundred..." Feng Xiaoqi frowned slightly, "Is this an idiom?"
Feng Yan took another step and walked forward slowly.
"The "Lu Li Zhi" says that the time of heaven and earth is 4,617 years old. In one "yuan", nine disasters will occur, including five Yang disasters and four Yin disasters. When I first entered the Yuan Dynasty, there will be one Yang disaster every 106 years, so it is called "Hundred Six Yangs and Nine".
"Now... sometimes this word is used to refer to the years of disasters."
Feng Xiaoqi nodded, "No wonder... I haven't learned the Li Ji yet. These calendar things seem to be waiting for at least the second half of next year to schedule classes--"
Feng Yan shook her head, "If I hadn't entered Sitiantai in advance, the masters of the Taixue School would not have arranged this course for you... Does Xiaoqi want to go to Sitiantai?"
Feng Xiaoqi immediately shook his head, "I still want to go out to catch monsters like my fifth brother, that's interesting."
Slowly, the two finally walked to the gate of the courtyard - Wei Xingzhen was already standing there.
Feng Xiaoqi was about to say hello, but his voice was stuck in his throat - because just as the eyes were intertwined, she noticed some unusual vigilance and alertness from Wei Xingzhen's eyes, even...
disgust?
This lightning-like intuition hits like a whip. Although when she looked at Wei Xingzhen again, the other party returned to his usual gentleness and calmness, Feng Xiaoqi could no longer say a single word of the jokes she had prepared.
She instinctively took two steps back, "Then, sister, I...I'll go back first."
Feng Yan almost felt the feeling of Xiaoqi trying to dodge and retreat at this moment. She did not try to keep her, but said goodbye to her softly.
When Feng Xiaoqi's figure disappeared into the corner, Feng Yan turned around and said, "...What did you do just now?"
Wei Xingzhen was puzzled, "I did nothing."
Feng Yan looked at Wei Xingzhen deeply, and Wei Xingzhen's eyes were calm and did not dodge.
"Forget it..." She turned her eyes elsewhere and said softly, "Is the piano in the attic just now Lord Wei playing it?"
"Um."
"What else did you touch?"
"there is none left."
"Okay," Feng Yan said lightly, "If you go back to the door in the future, Lord Wei will stay on the first floor, don't go to the attic again. I don't like others to touch my things... Since Lord Wei touched that piano, I'll give it to you."
Wei Xingzhen was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized that he was not a "other" himself, and why did he forget it when he came to this courtyard!
"I..." Wei Xingzhen wanted to explain a few more words, but Feng Yan had already walked straight into the house.
After walking a few steps forward, Feng Yan suddenly stopped, "Go to go and set the river lanterns tonight. Are Lord Wei ready?"
Chapter completed!