Poor monks do not break the precepts

The constant sound of firecrackers outside the village made the courtyard where Concubine Ji was resting more and more silent. The candles in the courtyard were brightly lit, but people could smell a musty smell. Perhaps it was because it hadn't been repaired for a long time, and the rubble of the courtyard wall seemed a little decayed.When the guards outside the courtyard saw Xu Sheng bringing Chen Xiang, it seemed that someone had told him earlier that no one was blocking Chen Xiang's way.

Lifting the door curtain, Xu Sheng entered the main room without notification, not taking the leader of the guards outside the room seriously at all.The charcoal fire in the room was burning very well, not long after entering the room, Xu Sheng was so hot that his forehead was covered with thin sweat, he took the handkerchief from Chen Xiang to tuck away the beads of sweat.He took the opportunity to look at Concubine Ji, who was leaning limply on the couch, there was no makeup to cover her, and there were obvious signs of aging in the corners of her eyes, and with her sick appearance, she was getting older.

Wan Xin's beautiful and beautiful appearance in his prime came to mind, Xu Sheng laughed in his heart, but his face was as calm as water, and he was very polite, "Imperial concubine Jin'an."

Concubine Ji covered her lips with a handkerchief and coughed a few times, feeling very tired, she said softly, "Did you know that this edict would not be accepted?"

Xu Sheng glanced at Huai Mingmo who was sitting beside the couch, saw that his eyes were full of worry, and then looked at Mr. Ji who was staring at him, without answering a word for a long time.

"No wonder you were confident that day. It turns out that you figured out the holy will." Concubine Ji drank the medicine, rinsed her mouth with mouthwash, and said with a sneer, "It's a pity that you still can't get what you want."

Xu Sheng frowned slightly, as if he didn't understand, he said: "The grass people don't quite understand what the concubine concubine said." After pondering for a while, he smiled clearly: "Then congratulations to Mr. Huai, I don't know which family's girl it is. ?”

Huai Mingmo's face paled suddenly, he opened his mouth to speak, but also worried about Concubine Ji's body.Taking advantage of Huai Mingmo's hesitation, Concubine Ji restrained her annoyance, and said with a light smile, "I don't care about family background, I have to be prominent, the most important thing is to find a good girl, don't you think so?"

"You should be more cautious, lest the Ji family be defeated by these girls one day, and you will regret it later." Xu Sheng sneered and replied, fed up with Ji Guifei's face, he simply tore his face and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, Mr. Huai and I are just acquaintances by chance, and we will never get entangled. I can't do things that are shameless. As for what kind of daughter-in-law your Ji family is looking for, it has nothing to do with me, and I have no interest in getting in the way and destroying it. "

As soon as these words came out, Concubine Ji's eyes were a little flustered, she didn't see the joy of victory, she said suspiciously: "You mean..."

Xu Sheng interrupted impatiently, looked condescendingly at the pestering woman, and said with a sneer, "Isn't my words clear enough? I came to the Hermitage Villa just to celebrate the old lady Ji's birthday. If Ji's family doesn't Welcome, I can go now."

Mr. Ji had already seen through Concubine Ji's thoughtfulness, and was extremely disappointed to see his sister's changed appearance, so he hurriedly smiled to make amends.Concubine Ji didn't accept her sister's love, she glared at Mr. Ji.

Xu Sheng looked at Huai Mingmo's pale face, and secretly scolded himself for being indecisive, which made him suffer this ridicule for no reason.He made up his mind, stopped looking at Huai Mingmo, decided to make a decision, and said: "I can see why your mother is looking for me. I am too lazy to say this. For your son's sake, let me persuade your mother." Don’t be too smart about your calculations, and don’t treat others as fools.”

After entering the palace for more than [-] years, no one has ever disobeyed her like this. Concubine Ji picked up the medicine bowl and threw it out. The thin embossed gold and jade bowl immediately shattered at Xu Sheng's feet. She couldn't stop angrily: "Presumptuous!"

Mr. Ji was much calmer, frowned slightly and said, "Aren't you afraid of death?"

Looking at Concubine Ji with cold eyes, Xu Sheng said in a low voice: "Your Majesty thinks that I treat your son special, do you think I will give in because he belongs to you? Then on the condition that I help the prince, she tacitly allows me to associate with Huaimingmo, and asks me to Disregarding the danger of life and death, working your life for the prince?" Silently staring at Concubine Ji for a long time, with a sneer on his lips, he said word by word: "Fantasy."

Chen Xiang sneered when she heard the words, she was too familiar with Xu Sheng, her landlord had never been bound by emotions in this life, if using this trick to force Xu Sheng to agree, it would definitely end up in the wrong place.

Huai Ming felt as if his heart had fallen into an ice cellar, but he still said softly as usual: "Your Majesty didn't mean that."

As if he had never heard of it, Xu Sheng sarcastically said: "The cunning rabbit is dead, the lackey is cooking, look at the posture of the empress today, I am afraid that when things come to fruition, feel free to put a big hat on me, and the one waiting for me is also a white silk."

Just now she was in a hurry, but now she calmed down, Concubine Ji said threateningly: "Do you think I can't deal with you right now?"

"Mother..." Huai Mingmo hurriedly reached out to pull Concubine Ji's sleeve, but was scolded by Concubine Ji.

Xu Sheng didn't see any fear, he looked around coldly, "Why is it difficult for my mother to kill me? Just give an order, and the guards around the house will rush in, or simply kill me, it's not difficult." There was a confident look on his face. Laughing, Xu Sheng said without fear: "It's just that the empress really dare to do this?"

Mr. Ji waved his hand to Shao Zhi to clean up the jade pieces all over the floor, he admired Xu Sheng's courage, and he liked this old friend's disciple even more.When she first heard her sister talk about the prince and threatened to give in and help her, she knew it was hopeless, but she couldn't persuade her, so she ended up watching a farce.

Concubine Ji saw that she couldn't do it with force, but if she wanted to move her with affection, she couldn't get rid of her face, so she simply walked the dark road to the end, "Such an arrogant person, why keep it?"

After standing for a long time, Xu Sheng didn't care whether he was presumptuous or not, he moved a chair to sit on, and said leisurely: "It's not difficult for your mother to take my life, just give me an order. I will never resist, but I have something to remind my mother, I am not very good-natured, if someone respects me a foot, I may not pay back a foot."

Xu Sheng seemed to be a different person, no longer his usual detached demeanor, if he was usually quiet like snow on the top of a mountain, at this moment his quietness was like the darkness of hell.His eyes were suddenly as clear as a child's, and there was frightening madness. He smiled lightly and said, "But if someone offends me by an inch, I will return an inch. The grass people were left in the wilderness since they were young, and there is nothing to be afraid of losing when they are alone. No... give it a try? Let's see what the grassroots can do? Bet on the glory of the prince, the Ji family, the empress, and the people of Beimeng?"

Even Chen Xiang had never seen this kind of Xu Sheng before, the people in the room were stunned, they waited for a long time before Concubine Ji could speak, Xu Sheng got up, bowed and left.As soon as the person walked to the door curtain, the curtain that was raised from the outside almost hit the corner of Xu Sheng's eyes.

Ji Sushan stood in front of Xu Sheng, did not move away, and said with a smile: "A foolish king and no way will be a disaster for the common people. What awaits the rivers and lakes will also be a rain of blood, and neither you nor I can escape."

"Second Master Ji thinks that the crown prince's ascension can restore the situation in Beimeng?" Xu Sheng taunted, "The prince's qualifications are hard to achieve. Will the people of Li people really benefit from the current Beimeng being handed over to him?"

The situation in Beimeng is delicate, even if he did not become an official in the imperial court, Ji Sushan knew a lot, so he naturally had some insights in his heart, but because Concubine Ji was convalescing and didn't want to affect the second sister's well-being, he was dumb for a while.Xu Sheng leaned over and wanted to bypass Ji Sushan to go out, but a black shadow suddenly appeared outside the door and almost bumped into him.With the wind under his feet, he took a few steps back steadily, and looked helplessly at the two people blocking the door.

The person who came was Jiang Dian, the guardian of the Hermitage Villa. He entered the room with a very ugly face. He quickly walked up to Mr. Ji and knelt down, and said hesitantly, "To the owner, I caught a poisoning man in the wine cellar just now." The thief, Zheng Fengnian happened to pass by and found it."

Mr. Ji's eyebrows twitched, he immediately looked at Xu Sheng, turned his head to Shao Zhi beside him and said, "Go and invite the eldest brother here." After Shao Zhi took the order to leave, Mr. Ji slowly asked, "Where is he?"

"Has been detained by Zheng Fengnian and Luo Chen outside the wine cellar, do you want to bring someone here?" Seeing Mr. Ji nod his head, Jiang Dian's eyes flickered a little, and finally swallowed the words down to his throat, and hurriedly got up to deliver the message.

Seeing this, Xu Sheng guessed it, but what he said just now, he didn't care to watch the jokes of Ji's family, and he followed Jiang Dian to leave, but Huai Mingmo pulled him back, and said in a low voice: "It's probably my fault Xin, I feel that if you stay for a while, it may be better."

"Second Sister, what's wrong with you?" Sitting next to Mr. Ji, Concubine Ji was keenly aware that she was restless and disappointed.

Mr. Ji responded with a light smile and didn't say much. He glanced at the three people by the door and said with a smile, "What are you three doing there? Sit down."

The room was silently waiting for someone to come, not long after, Luo Chen and Zheng Fengnian brought the man in black who was still struggling, Ji Nian followed closely behind, staring at the back of the man in black in front of him with a gloomy expression.Xu Sheng looked at Ji Nianxian with great interest, wondering what his expression would be like for a while.

"Take him to the side hall, and let your mother rest here." Ji Nian first glanced at the man in black coldly, and when everyone arrived, he sat on the left side and said solemnly: "What are you holding him for? He can't escape."

Zheng Fengnian and Luo Chen glanced at each other, while hesitating, Mr. Ji suddenly raised his hand and said: "Wait." She looked at the man in black disappointedly, "Is your mask torn off by me, or you? Pull yourself?"

The man's hands trembled suddenly when he heard the words, after all, he took off the mask by himself, Ji Nian was shocked, and his face was gloomy like the eve of the rainstorm.He picked up the tea bowl that the servant girl was holding, and threw it straight at Ji Deqin, his chest heaving and falling, "Nizi, Nizi!"

Ji Sushan looked at Ji Deqin in astonishment, and said for a while, "The guard Gang Jiang came to report that you poisoned the wine cellar, is it true?"

Ji Deqin gritted his teeth and remained silent.Seeing this, Zheng Fengnian took two steps forward, bowed and said: "This subordinate is discussing matters with Manager Lin outside the wine cellar. He heard a slight noise and went in to investigate, and found that the young master had opened the lid of a wine jar and was about to add this thing to it. "He picked up the flagon that Steward Lin had just sent, and handed it to Mr. Ji.

Mr. Ji ordered Luo Chen to quickly go to the Wanting Hall to get the anti-poison beads, and asked Shao Zhi to bring a porcelain bowl and pour the wine into the flagon. The two touched and found that the wine was poisonous.The evidence of the crime was conclusive, and Mr. Ji said regretfully, "What else do you have to say?"

Ji Nianxian was angry, and said straightly: "Follow the family law, it would not be a pity to kill this traitor."

Ji Sushan still didn't fully believe that Ji's family would produce such scoundrels, so he said in a deep voice, "Do you agree with Zheng Fengnian's words?"

Ji Deqin was like a jagged gourd, never protesting his last sentence.Not long after, Jiang Dian personally delivered the family law board, and Ji Nian strode forward to grab it. Ji Deqin's back was torn apart, and he broke out in a cold sweat from the pain. He suddenly said loudly: "I worked hard for you, really see Can't you die?!"

As soon as the words came out, everyone looked at Xu Sheng, Mr. Ji quickly looked back at Ji Deqin, and said with a chuckle: "You mean Xu Sheng instructed you to do this?"

"Yes, he gave this wine to my nephew." Ji Deqin bit him to death: "Auntie can ask him if this wine is drunk or not."

Hearing this, Xu Sheng sneered from the bottom of his heart and despised this clumsy trick, but he didn't show the slightest bit on his face, and said kindly to Mr. Ji: "Can you show me that wine?"

Mr. Ji knew the inside story earlier, and handed the jug to Xu Sheng amidst everyone's surprise.After smelling the smell in the pot, Xu Sheng's eyebrows hesitated a little, he raised his eyebrows for a moment, and said with a smile: "You said the wine in here is drunk?"

Ji Deqin's mind was tense at the moment, he didn't react to the meaning of the words for a moment, he just nodded and said: "When you handed it over to me, you said you were drunk, don't you admit it now?"

Xu Sheng didn't argue with him too much, he smiled at Ji Su and said: "I heard that Second Master Ji is quite knowledgeable in medicine, and I think he also knows a lot about simple poisons and medicines, can you tell Young Master Ji what the poison is in this wine?"

Although he didn't understand what medicine was sold in Xusheng's gourd, Ji Sushan noticed the look in the eyes from the younger sister, took the jug and sniffed it carefully, "Arsenic cream?" Ji Sushan immediately understood, and glanced at his nephew with a little contempt , full of apology, lowered his eyes slightly to Xu Sheng, then raised Fang and said: "The poison used for drunkenness and dream death is arsenic. Isn't it easy to be discovered."

"It's not drunk, it's just poisonous wine mixed with arsenic." Xu Sheng looked at Ji Deqin with an indelible sadness in his eyes, gritted his teeth for a while and said, "A few months ago, Wu Wang Ya There was a big change. The thatched hut where I lived was ransacked by Lianxin Huiji. At that time, the whereabouts of Zui Meng Sheng Shi was unknown. Ji Xiaoye said that this wine was given to you by me, and told you that the wine was drunk. I would like to ask Young Master, who gave you this wine, so that I can know in whose hands the drunkenness and dream died, and get it back earlier, so as not to be used to harm others and harm the innocent."

Mr. Ji squeezed the armrest, secretly resenting Ji Deqin for not being up to date, but thinking that he is his own nephew, he hoped that he would turn around, so he asked again: "I'll ask you again, who gave you the wine?"

Determined to wrong Sheng Xu, Ji Deqin was not willing to let go, he insisted, and did not change his words at all.Seeing that Nizi didn't have the slightest remorse, Ji Nian was heartbroken and slapped the table with hatred, feeling so cold in his heart that he thought he didn't have this son.

Chen Xiang clenched the hilt of the sword tightly, and couldn't help ridiculing: "My husband's light kung fu and martial arts are all superior to yours. If he wants to do this, why should he entrust you to do it? If he went to secretly poison himself today, he would not be poisoned at all. Discovery, not to mention being captured alive. If you are asked to do what you said, and the work is not enough, wouldn't it be intentional to cause trouble for yourself?"

Don't look at Chen Xiang's usual reticence, but when he utters a few sentences, it's mostly on the point.Ji Deqin didn't expect anyone to ask a question, his face flushed, he was thinking of speaking, but he felt that he was not convincing, so he replied weakly after a long while, "I don't know what he is up to."

Xu Sheng laughed when he heard this, and asked Mr. Ji for instructions: "In order to make Mr. Ji understand, Mr. Ji should go and invite Nanny Chang to come."

Ji Deqin panicked, his upper body moved slightly nervously, and there was a sharp pain in his back.Last night when he was discussing the plan with Di Feng Bingzhu, he noticed that someone outside the house was eavesdropping, but when he went out of the house, he found that the burglar was the one who came to bring tea. After all, she was someone close to Di Feng. His expression was calm and composed, so he didn't think much about it at the time.In the early morning, when he found out that Nanny Chang had disappeared, he was still not suspicious, and now it seemed that Yuan had gone to inform her.

Going into the house to give blessings to the head of the house, Nanny Chang told everyone what she heard last night. She spoke fairly and did not add any embellishments, only that Ji Deqin was instigated to do this. and other violations.Unexpectedly, Ji Deqin was deceived by lard, and he didn't appreciate it at all. He yelled at her for being ungrateful to her master, colluding with outsiders to frame her master, and saying that Di Feng was too kind and soft to be raped like her.

Seeing Ji Deqin's stubbornness, and hearing him mention her young lady, Chang Nai's eyes were reddish and widened, tears were like weeping blood, and she said sadly: "My young lady treats the old slave very well, she is careful and kind, even the ants on the ground Not willing to step on it."

Ji Deqin thought that Chang's mother was persuaded, tried his best to hide his joy, and said: "Then why did you wrong her?"

"Good people don't get rewarded!" Nanny Chang raised her head to the sky and howled, then suddenly fell down on the ground and wept, panting for breath, people were afraid that she would die suddenly, the crying stopped abruptly after a long time, she was extremely angry Pointing pointedly at Ji Deqin, "The gentle and kind woman in your mouth, that poisonous snake and scorpion woman, was the one who killed the young lady on her way to marry, and then changed her appearance into a young lady and married into Ji's family, trying to wipe out Ji's family! Take control of the servants who come to Miss’s house, and arrest all our relatives, threatening them with their lives.”

Every word and every sentence was like a knife cutting the heart, Ji Deqin was like a dead leaf falling outside the window, he fell sideways and couldn't speak, his face was ashen, a little strange and demented, and murmured: "Impossible, you are lying... no possible."

Nanny Chang got up slowly on her knees, panted and sneered, and cast her eyes firmly on him, "My good sister, Mama Liu of the Di Mansion, was wiped out by her because of my letter to tell the truth. And I was a servant Ma'am, she was also the one who killed her."

As if the air was stagnant, Ji Nian first hit the blue brick floor hard with a wooden board, and said solemnly, "Bring me Di Feng."

Xinli happened to come in from outside the door and whispered in Huaimingmo's ear.Huai Mingmo didn't finish listening, and his brows were already furrowed. He stepped forward and said, "Uncle, there is no need to send someone to look for her, she is no longer at the house. After the incident, Xinli and Manager Lin have sent someone to look for it. People said that she had already left after Brother Deqin went out. Just confirmed by the concierge, Di Feng left the villa more than half an hour ago and never came back."

"It's a good trick to get rid of the golden cicada's shell. She might have discovered that her deeds have been exposed." Mr. Ji laughed and said: "She just abandoned the car to protect the handsome."

Xinli got the instruction, and said respectfully: "Mr. Ji, find a secret compartment in Mr. Ji's room. There is a wooden box in which there are many cards hidden. I have already fetched them." wooden box.

Ji Sushan leaned forward, waved Xin Li to put it away, turned to Ji Deqin and said, "What else can you say?"

Dazed for a long time, now Ji Deqin has come to his senses, and he doesn't know what kind of ecstasy soup he was poured into. He still didn't confess to Di Feng, and kept saying that Nanny Chang, Xu Sheng, and even Huai Mingmo wronged him and his wife in partnership. .When the incident happened, the Ji family was completely disheartened towards him.

Xu Sheng sneered: "Master Ji is so affectionate and righteous, why would you want to kill your relatives? If you succeed in poisoning today, no one will find out after two days of your birthday. How many people will suffer from this disaster."

"I... I, I..." Even though Ji Deqin was confused, he knew how many innocent people would be affected, and he felt guilty, and it was difficult to refute with clever words.

Mr. Ji saw that his conscience was not lost, he sighed in his heart, shook his head regretfully and said, "Do you know who that fake Di Feng is? She is a woman from Hehuanzhai, and she is not kind at all."

Ji Deqin lowered his head to the ground, and his heart was so clear that Di Feng was a human being, but he was obsessed with ghosts and obeyed her.Seeing that he was still saved, Mr. Ji was a little relieved. She played tricks on Shao Zhi beside her, and when he got to Ji Deqin, Fang said: "Hand over that rapier that has hurt people."

Sure enough, Ji Deqin pulled out a dagger as thin as silk from his waist, and looked at it carefully, only the hilt but not the blade.Everyone knew what was going on when they saw it, and it was even colder. Ji Nian first looked at the son with a complicated expression, as if he didn't know him at all, "You are not talented enough, but you are not extremely stupid. Why do you do this?"

Ji Deqin didn't say a word, knelt down and looked directly at his father, and knocked his head three times, "The son is unfilial, he has done stupid things, and let his father punish him. The unfilial son implores his father and Mr. Ji to let Di Feng go." .” Immediately afterwards, he kowtowed several times.

At the end of the day, he was still defending the temptress, Ji Nian frowned first, he asked himself that he behaved in an upright manner, and he usually taught his son by precept and example, how could he think of teaching such an unfilial and unrighteous person.Seeing that this kid was remorseful, he just calmed down a bit, but he was still obsessed with his obsession, he didn't get angry, and threatened, "Okay, since you say that, it's not too much for me to kill you, just treat it as I never gave birth to your son."

My elder brother has a rigid temper and a one-sided temperament. The brothers and sisters of the Ji family all know it. When they heard Ji Nian say this first, they all changed their colors and wanted to ask for mercy, but Ji Nian first choked back: "The Ji family's family law has records. Murdering people is not loyal, filial, or righteous You guys, drive him out of the house." Ji Deqin almost fainted, and heard his father say: "Second sister, let this bastard go out, it will only harm others, and it is useless to keep it."

Xu Sheng stopped Huai Mingmo, who wanted to dissuade him, his eyes were fixed on the curtains hanging quietly to the floor, Ji Nian first hit Ji Deqin for about twenty boards, and there was a very majestic shout from the other side of the room: " stop."

Concubine Ji supported Tang Yun and slowly walked out from behind the curtain. She squinted at Ji Deqin, whose face was pale and his thoughts had been lost, and his phoenix eyes raised slightly, "Brother is enough, if you go down again, will you really beat him to death?"

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Cough cough, sorry for the late chicken