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Chapter 10

Wei Huizhi wrote a letter to his third younger brother Wei Xuanzhi, explaining what had happened to his younger sister, even though he felt inexplicable about Wei Weiniang's gift of words before she left.At this time, Huxiang was owned by the Gao family, the country was named Chu, and its capital was Jingzhou.Since the founding of Chu by Gao Jichang, it has been handed down to the second generation.Gao Congjiao, the lord of the country, is nearly sixty years old, and the government is gradually unable to do what he wants, so he orders several princes to do more things.For this reason, the few princes who were relied on all had some thoughts, and the court gradually had an undercurrent.

Wei Xuanzhi has been an official for more than 30 years, and now he holds an important position in the court, he has seen a great family, and now he has been favored by the prince many times, Wei Xuanzhi can't help being moved.Although the Wei family has studied in the past dynasties, few people have become officials. Compared with the important officials in the court, the family has always been humble.He waited and watched for a long time, and finally cast himself under the famous fifth prince's family, hoping to make the Wei family take a step forward from the merits of the dragon.

On this day, he received a letter from his elder brother, and when he saw what his elder brother said about his younger sister, he suddenly felt uneasy.Wei Weiniang was born with a beautiful face, and later she was enlightened by an immortal, and went to the mountains to practice Taoism, so she was not part of the secular world. If she said that there was a disaster, she must be right.But now he has entered the situation of seizing the heir, and he can't get out easily.What's more, the five princes voted for have always been smart and intelligent. They won the love of the childless queen inside and the support of hundreds of officials outside. It is the general trend to ascend the throne.Now it's a pity to throw away what is at your fingertips just by Wei Weiniang's words.After thinking about it, I couldn't make a decision for a while.

Wei Xuanzhi was hesitating to make a decision. Just after the New Year in the next year, the lord Gao Congjiao suddenly became seriously ill. He seemed to realize that his time was short, so he acted uncharacteristically and resolutely ordered the second prince to be the crown prince. .He also severely reprimanded the third, fourth, and fifth princes, especially the fifth prince, who reprimanded him for "being honest on the outside, but cunning on the inside. He is selfish and plays tricks when things happen." "Gentle nature, presumptuous ambition".

The fifth prince has always been the most respected and trusted, and with the help of the queen and all the officials, he believes that he is the only one who can take over the position of the king.Now being beaten by Gao Congjiao, You Ruo fell into the abyss in one step, and he couldn't get sick because of this, he was dying for several months, and then left.At this time, Gao Conghui had collapsed, and the second prince was appointed as the head of the country. He was severely suppressed by the queen and the fifth prince. After 20 years of forbearance, he finally turned around and was about to show his talents.It's a pity that my fifth younger brother is too weak, and he can't stand a little reprimand and returns to Huangquan. It's a pity for his "heart".After thinking for a while, he made several orders one after another, and sent them one by one to the residence of the former fifth prince and the ministers he relied heavily on back then.

At this moment, Wei Xuanzhi only hated that he forgot to hold back his hands when he was behind him back then, now that there is no way out, he wanted to turn back but couldn't.While repenting, another angel sent an imperial decree. The whole family accepted the decree tremblingly, and when the angel left, they all burst into tears.His wife, Chen Shi, wept and said, "My concubine is too old to die. I only pity my children."

Wei Xuanzhi stood in the court with a miserable expression, already regretful.Now he has nowhere to go, and with the nature of the king, he absolutely cannot allow himself to join him again, but he can't resign. Even if he dies, his wife, children and elder brothers may not be able to escape. Sadly.He is now at the end of his strength, and he barely survived for two more days before being bedridden.The lord of the country only thought it was intentional, but actually sent people to warn him repeatedly.Under Wei Xuanzhi's stimulation, his condition became more and more serious, and soon he fell into a coma, and he didn't know day or night.

This day he was a little more awake, he heard his brother's voice vaguely, he just thought it was a dream, after another half day, he finally woke up dimly, opened his eyes and saw a silver incense ball hanging between the bed curtains.It has not been lighted, and I don't know what is inside, but there is a faint fragrance.Just smelling the fragrance, the body seemed to relax.Wei Xuanzhi waited for a while, and finally he was able to make a sound.The maid in the house hurried forward and invited Wei Huizhi, Yuanshi and Chenshi to come.

Seeing him wake up, Mrs. Chen wept with joy, but she didn't dare to talk to him. She only asked him to take care of him, and was persuaded by Mrs. Yuan.Seeing his old wife leave, Wei Xuanzhi only looked at his elder brother.Wei Huizhi sighed softly: "It seems that the disaster that Wei Niang said that day is exactly like this."

Wei Xuanzhi choked up for a while, and cried, "It's only my fault that I am obsessed with ghosts, but I have tired the whole family."

Wei Huizhi shook his head: "Now there is a way."

Wei Xuanzhi looked up at the incense ball between the bed curtains, and said in surprise, "Inside..."

Wei Huizhi lowered his voice: "It's the pill to get rid of difficulties." He couldn't help sighing inwardly, it was this difficulty that got rid of the difficulty, and it turns out that what Wei Niang said about tomorrow is today.

The two discussed for a while, and finally decided how to proceed in the future.Half a month later, Wei Xuanzhi recovered from his illness and returned to the imperial court. On the first day, he went to the palace to apologize, not mentioning anything else, only saying that he was old and sick, that he had delayed things, and begged the lord for forgiveness.Later, he talked about his serious illness and almost died. Fortunately, a fairy gave him a panacea to make him recover.The lord of the country ordered the eunuch to take a look, only to see that the elixir was slightly scraped off, and the smell was very pleasant.But he was still worried, and ordered people to put it away.

Wei Xuanzhi didn't say anything anymore, and he was cautious in his words and deeds from now on.A few years later, the lord of the country suddenly became seriously ill, unable to be cured, and was dying, so he had to take Qu Nan Dan, and he recovered soon.Overjoyed, he not only rewarded Wei Xuanzhi heavily, but also aroused his thoughts of immortality.The lord was over forty when he came to the throne, and he was fine at first, but he remembered that the former lord Gao Conghui died of illness at sixty.He has only been in power for a few years, and he has not enjoyed the supreme happiness in this world, so he is not willing to let it go.Since there is this life-supporting elixir in the world, how can there be no life-sustaining elixir?

Thinking of it this way, he couldn't sit still any longer, and called his confidant to give secret instructions.At the beginning, he still remembered it more closely, and only ordered people to go to Dangshan to look for it quietly, but after he couldn't ask for it, he went around to look for wise men.When he got older, he simply cast a cauldron furnace in the palace, and attracted some real and fake Taoist priests to open the furnace and burn the alchemy.The ministers of the court did not listen to the advice, and the government had no intentions. They only cared about refining and burning gold and stones, and taking medicine to seek immortality.After two or three years like this, one day he suddenly collapsed and died.

At this time, Wei Xuanzhi had already resigned from office and returned to his hometown. He was taken aback when he heard the sudden death of the king.He naturally knew where the king's desire to burn alchemy came from, but he didn't think it was his fault. The temptation of external things, but he had to respond inwardly. If not, the spring flowers and autumn moons were just flowers and moons.

In reality, although this ruler has a harsh disposition, he can be regarded as resolute and resolute. He handles things vigorously and swiftly.For example, Wei Xuanzhi and other servants of the prince's family were demoted or died, and one or two survived. Even though they were talented, they dared not do anything.

Thoughts have changed a lot in an instant, and the chess piece in his hand has not yet fallen when he came back to his senses.Wei Huizhi frowned and urged, he suddenly laughed, and glanced at the bamboo forest outside the eaves, the sun slanted in, the setting sun and the bamboo were sparse, and the cloud outside the bamboo was far away, and there was a childish voice in the distance, his heart and soul were shaken by old thoughts , suddenly settled down.