Chapter 482: The Fourth Brother is Abnormal
Xu Wei boasted that he was a brave man and could look down on even the emperor.
He hid behind a tree and heard the sound of digging and the breathing of two people in front of him.
I don't know how long it was before I heard a bang.
"Your Highness, we have found the coffin."
"Okay, dig up the soil and see if it's a thin coffin or a thick one."
"It's thin."
"Pry open."
Squeak!
Xu Wei shuddered when he heard the teeth-grinding voice.
"It's open. Ouch! I am so tired."
"Take off!"
"Yes."
"Your Highness, you are indeed skinny."
"Just right. Bring me the knife."
"Do you want a big knife or a small knife?"
"With a skinny body like this, a big knife will damage the flesh, so use a small knife."
Then, there was the sound of cutting flesh.
Fortunately, the familiar voice that Xu Wei heard from Yang Zhaodi was now constantly coming from this desolate mountain and wilderness.
“Look, this is the heart.”
"Handle it carefully, and don't tear it."
"These are lungs."
"There's a lot of shit in this intestine, don't puncture it."
Xu Wei was trembling all over. After an unknown amount of time, he regained some strength and quietly walked down the mountain.
He looked back and vaguely saw two small black dots on the mountain moving constantly, as if they were having a meal.
……
"It is said that there have been more tomb robbers recently. They specialize in digging up newly buried coffins and stealing the internal organs of the person."
Today, Ma, the wife of Xianzhang Marquis Du He, came to chat with Li Tian. The two talked about some gossip in the capital, and Du He's wife mentioned this matter.
"If they wanted to rob a tomb, then they would rob it. Why did they steal the internal organs?" Li Tian was also shocked.
Ma said: "They said it was a wandering soul!"
"Don't wandering spirits wander around in the middle of the night?"
"When the wandering soul was alive, his internal organs were taken out, and his seven souls and six spirits also left with him. The soul wanders around, and when it sees a newly buried person, it starts to gnaw on the internal organs. It is said that if it eats ninety-nine and eighty-nine sets of internal organs, the wandering soul can return home."
It was a bright sunny day outside, but the two of them couldn't help but shiver.
"Oh, right." Ma was worried about scaring Li Tian, and turned to Jiang Qingzhi with dissatisfaction, "Someone gave me some good cosmetics from the south, I'll send some to you later."
"Just keep it." Li Tian said with a smile.
"That was made by the Wang family, a cosmetics giant in the south. It is said that the owner made it himself, and it is in great demand outside." Ma said proudly, "This is also luck. The Marquis saved a man in the south. That man is doing a lot of business now. He sends something to the Marquis's mansion every year. This year he sent this."
Li Tian smiled and said, "Then I will be very disrespectful to you."
"Why are you being so polite?" Ma said angrily, and then continued, "The Marquis had a scene with those military heroes yesterday."
"There was no fighting, right?" Li Tian asked.
Ma shook her head. "The Marquis was drinking with a few friends in a restaurant, but ran into a group of military heroes. They ridiculed him, saying that the treasure that the Marquis kept talking about was beneficial to the country and the people, but now there is no trace of it. If he makes a joke, it will be a big deal."
Ma sneered, "The Marquis admires the Earl the most. He used to say at home that the Earl was the most knowledgeable person he had ever met. Those idiots ridiculed the Earl, and the Marquis could not hold back, so he immediately had a fight with them."
Li Tian said softly, "The last time my husband and Marquis Xianzhang returned from their trip to Yunnan, I heard from my husband that His Majesty was quite favorable toward Marquis Xianzhang."
Ma was overjoyed, "Thank you, my Lord." Then she said worriedly, "My Lord is careless, and I'm worried that he will cause dissatisfaction to His Majesty."
She knew that Jiang Qingzhi must have spoken well of Du He to Emperor Jiajing.
"My husband said that Marquis Xianzhang may look rough and uncouth, but he has actually been idle at home for a long time and has become decadent over time. Now is the time for him to make great achievements, and Marquis Xianzhang should show his talents. But Your Majesty is clear about gratitude and resentment... and likes and dislikes!"
Li Tian said this with deep meaning, "Just be carefree."
Seeing that Ma was puzzled, Li Tian said, "Duke Chengguo is just like that. He says whatever he wants to say without hiding anything. Instead, he has won the praise of His Majesty."
Ma suddenly realized and was even more grateful. When she said goodbye later, she said with some embarrassment: "It's funny to say that the Marquis is not only careless, but also has a hasty temper. Look, that day, he was provoked by the military merit and he agreed."
"What's the matter?" Li Tian asked with a smile.
Ma said, "That person said he made a bet with the Marquis. If the thing the Earl made was really beneficial to the country and the people, he would lose. And vice versa."
"What's the bet?"
"Twenty thousand strings of cash." Ma said awkwardly, "The Marquis is not a gambler, but he is... a little impatient."
Twenty thousand strings of cash... Last time, Du He and Jiang Qingzhi gambled for fifty thousand strings of cash and lost everything. Fortunately, Ma decisively brought him to surrender, otherwise, the Xianzhang Marquis Mansion would have become a ruined family by now.
Li Tian said calmly: "Go back and tell Xian Zhanghou to prepare to collect the money."
Ma was very happy.
"Now everyone is waiting for the Earl to show his skills. When something good that benefits the country and the people is produced, the Marquis has said that if the thing is produced, he will set up ten tables in the best restaurant in the city to entertain guests."
After seeing Ma off, Li Tian returned to the backyard.
Jiang Qingzhi sat under the tree, Duoduo lay on the stone table, the sunlight shone through the branches and leaves, and the mottled spots of light moved with the wind.
"Meow!" Duoduo called lazily, and then fell asleep again.
Jiang Qingzhi was thinking about the musket and looked up when he heard the voice.
"Now the military heroes are all waiting for your treasure." Li Tian recounted Ma's words. "Martial arts are gradually becoming more regular now, and the military heroes feel the crisis. If they are willing to bow their heads, it is not too late. But they can't bring themselves to do so. So they hate the whole family..."
Jiang Qingzhi stretched lazily, "The trend is like a tide. Those who can't keep up will have to bow out in the future."
"By the way, I heard that there was a tomb robber in the capital recently, who specialized in stealing the internal organs of newly buried corpses. Ma said it was the work of wandering souls."
"Madam, that is feudal superstition," Jiang Qingzhi said helplessly.
Old ladies like this kind of gossip with a horror tone. Ma is one of them. Every time she comes, she brings some horror stories to Li Tian.
"Uncle, Xu Wei wants to see you for something urgent." Huang Yan'er came over with lowered head.
Yesterday, the girl ate too much braised pork and had a stomachache late at night. She occupied the toilet for a long time, causing complaints from the maids who had to get up at night.
"I gonna go see."
Jiang Qingzhi went to the front yard and saw Xu Wei's face was pale and he looked a little frightened, so he smiled and said, "Did he encounter a ghost?"
"Almost." Xu Wei whispered, "Today I saw King Jing leaving the city in a mysterious way, so I followed him all the way. This time I followed him to the desolate mountains and wilderness. I thought King Jing was looking for someone, but who knew... he actually went to dig up human graves and dissect corpses..."
What the hell!
Jiang Qingzhi immediately thought of Ma's ghost story.
It turns out that it is not a story, but a true story.
"and after?"
"I didn't dare to look and ran away." Xu Wei admitted for the first time that he was timid. "I was hiding behind a tree and heard them talking about good meat and intestines full of shit..."
Jiang Qingzhi was stunned.
Is the fourth brother...perverted?
……
"Your Majesty, Yan San requests to see you."
Emperor Jiajing nodded, still refusing to put down the medical book in his hand. There was a meridian map drawn on it, which was surprisingly different from what he had seen before.
Taoist practice involves the circulation of qi and blood, the movement of true qi, etc. And meridians are channels.
"A slight mistake can lead to a huge error!" Emperor Jiajing frowned, pondering the authenticity of this human meridian map.
"His Majesty."
The skinny Yan San saluted, "The Yan cavalry discovered that King Jing's whereabouts have been mysterious recently."
Emperor Jiajing said nonchalantly: "That child is smart and will not suffer any loss."
"Yes. Today, the Yan cavalry followed King Jing out of the city and found him..." Yan Sanxiu was very good, but at this moment he was a little shocked, "King Jing was digging a grave."
"Digging a grave! Good...what?" Emperor Jiajing raised his head suddenly, "What did you say?"
Yan San lowered his head, "King Jing was digging the grave. Afterwards, Yan's cavalry dug up the grave again and opened the coffin. They found that the corpse's internal organs had been taken out, but they were later put back."
Huang Jin shuddered, "Could it be that the Yanqi people are seeing things?"
Yan San raised his head and said firmly, "Qi Qi Yan, we should be cautious when dealing with things. We must verify this matter again and again, and we will not report it until there is no doubt about it."
"That rebellious son! That rebellious son!" The Taoist gnashed his teeth and said, "Dig up people's graves, open coffins and dissect corpses. What is he trying to do?"
Huang Jin suddenly remembered something, "Your Majesty, I remembered something. Half a year ago, someone went to the government to report that her husband's tomb had been robbed and his internal organs had been cut open and chopped up... Later, the case was not investigated and was left unresolved."
"Let that rebellious son come." Emperor Jiajing's face turned pale.
Prince Jing had just finished bathing and changed his clothes when he went to greet Concubine Lu.
"…It's hot recently, so you should go out less. You look so tanned, aren't you afraid of encountering ghosts when you go out at night?" Concubine Lu Jing said angrily, and then asked someone to get her skin care products.
"Mother, how can a man use such things?" King Jing said impatiently.
"Why not? Men in the Han and Tang dynasties wore flowers in their hair! Nowadays, many men still put on makeup..."
"That's what women do." King Jing refused to accept it.
"Your Highness." Chen Yan came in. "Someone from His Majesty's side is here to summon Your Highness."
"Be careful and don't anger your father." Concubine Lu Jing warned.
Watching Prince Jing leave, Concubine Lu sighed, "What a life! You work hard for your future in the first half of your life, and when you finally make it, you still have to work hard for your children. In this life, you have never lived for yourself for a single moment."
King Jing was thinking about something as he walked.
When he arrived at Yongshou Palace, he bowed outside the hall.
"Let him in."
The Taoist's voice came from inside.
what!
Isn’t it said that two dragons should not meet each other?
King Jing was startled, then went in.
Then he saw his father looking at him with his hands behind his back with a sullen face.
"Rebellious son, why are you digging up the grave and dissecting the body?"
King Jing was stunned. He didn't expect that the matter would be exposed.
"Speak!" The emperor's roar swept over.
Once this matter is known to the outside world, King Jing will be regarded as a demon by the outside world, and the ministers will suggest that he be imprisoned in the cold palace and not allowed to go out for the rest of his life.
"Son...there's nothing to say." King Jing slowly knelt down.
Emperor Jiajing was furious, "Someone come!"
"His Majesty."
Emperor Jiajing pointed at Prince Jing and said, "Severe punishment! Beat him severely!"
(End of this chapter)
