01Shakuhachi sound by Lake Eiryu
There is a small lake to the north of the Luoyang Palace. When the imperial city was first built, running water was specially brought in. It was surrounded by gravel dams and planted with willow trees to provide shade. Especially in spring and summer, the green willow branches sway in the wind. , like a fairy dancing gracefully, is the favorite place of the harem concubines.
Yingliu Lake has a very beautiful name.
After her death, Jia Nanfeng built an extremely luxurious pavilion named "Liu Pavilion" by the lake, where she could enjoy the scenery, drink and have fun.
Because the water is open, if you play, play or sing here, you can use the water waves to beautify the sound and make the music more beautiful.
However, at this time, the cold north wind was blowing, and the willow branches were already bare, and they swayed in the wind, giving a beautiful and withered look.
Early in the morning, there was a layer of mist on the lake, making it difficult to see clearly.
The day's plan begins in the morning, and the palace people have already begun to clean up their affairs.
When they were cleaning the fallen leaves by the lake, they saw something floating on the lake out of the corner of their eyes and couldn't help but stop and watch.
Manager Mu at the cleaning office saw these people standing still and walked over quickly.
"What are you doing?" He was in his early thirties, slightly fat, with a fair face and a eunuch's unique duck voice, which frightened the palace attendants and immediately lowered their heads.
"Stop chirping, the wind was so strong the day before yesterday that I didn't let you go out to do anything. Why don't you sweep up the fallen leaves and branches now!"
"Master Mu." A bolder palace man called him softly.
"What's going on? Is it possible that I'm still hungry and can't do it?" Boss Mu frowned and was about to hit someone with the big broom in his hand.
The palace servants were also used to being bullied and were submissive.
"Mr. Mu, we just thought there was something in the lake, but we couldn't see it clearly, so we discussed it." Finally, someone said it.
Several other people also echoed, "The water of Yingliu Lake has always been clean. The previous owner didn't allow lotus flowers or fish to be raised, so there weren't even aquatic plants. But today, several of us felt that there was something on the lake. , well, right over there..."
The palace man pointed his finger towards the lake.
Master Mu looked in the direction, and sure enough, there seemed to be something on the lake where the mist was rising, but it was not black, and there were even some other colors.
"Ah! He must be a human!"
His voice was so scary that all the palace servants gathered around Yingliu Lake.
Those who were brave enough stood towards the lake.
The mist dispersed a little, and the luxurious woman's dress could be vaguely seen.
At this time, Boss Mu didn't care much and shouted: "Go and fish the person up quickly! Find a long pole! Find a rope! Hurry up!"
If someone dies in the palace, it is not a trivial matter.
Everyone was busy, and some people simply waded into the water to a shallower place near the lake.
When he saw the woman's robe clearly, Master Mu was already shocked, because this was definitely not the clothes of an ordinary palace servant, it must be the clothes of a concubine.
When someone went down to the lake and turned the body over, facing up, they couldn't help shouting: "It's Empress Li Fei!"
At this time, the person had already lost his breath.
Her long hair was messy, her eyes were closed, her face was pale, and her lips were black and blue.
Chief Mu stabilized his mind and immediately asked the palace servants to report to General Manager Zhang Duzhang. He stayed there and laid Concubine Li's body flat, and took off his coat to cover her face.
The news quickly spread throughout the palace, and Sima Lun hurried over after receiving the news.
Seeing this situation, he frowned.
Zhang Du asked the people in Li Fei's palace to carry the body back to her palace first, and then hurriedly ordered others to prepare related matters quickly.
"Where is the emperor?" Sima Lun stood aside and watched everyone busy, and asked Zhang Du, "Where did he stay last night?"
"Back to the prince, the emperor is still asleep. He had been reading the calligraphy in Zhengyang Palace last night, and he fell asleep after reading it late at night. The old slave was with him all the time."
Zhang Du's forehead was already sweating, and his hands were shaking a little.
"Where is the Queen?" Sima Lun also just stood up, his clothes and hair were not straightened.
He wrapped himself in a cotton robe. It was really cold by the lake in the early morning.
"The Queen went to the Beijun Mansion Prison and said she wanted to try a case." Zhang Du's waist became even more stooped. "Her maid said that she reported it to you."
"Oh, yes." Sima Lun remembered that Sima Ying had come over to say that he could quickly close the two murder cases. "Go to the Beijun Mansion and ask her to come back quickly. How can the master of the harem not be here?"
"Yes, yes, yes." Zhang Du sent people to Tianyuan Hall to report to Zhang Liang and others.
"I'm afraid it wasn't the water ghost in Yingliu Lake that dragged Concubine Li down."
"How can it be?"
"Concubine Li wants to please the emperor so much that she practices music here every day. Maybe she stumbled."
"It's not that there are the most innocent souls in Yingliu Lake..."
"Don't scare me, how is that possible?"
"Then haven't you heard it? At night, there are people here playing the shakuhachi music, subtly expressing resentment..."
"I thought it was some concubine who blew it..."
"That's not possible. Those ladies are not good at boasting. In other words, Empress Li Fei is better at boasting. That's why she gets the emperor's special attention and is favored so quickly..."
"Shh, don't say more."
The palace people had gathered together in twos and threes, discussing the matter in low voices.
Sima Lun's ears were very sharp. He had already heard these comments and couldn't help but darken his face again. "What is all this? Your Majesty still likes to listen to the sound of Shakuhachi?"
"...The emperor has liked this since he was a child. When his concubines knew about it, they started to learn it." Zhang Du answered cautiously.
"Is Yingliu Lake haunted? When did it happen?" Sima Lun continued to ask, "Why don't I know about this?"
"...Old slave, I don't know very well." Zhang Du was speechless.
"Let the ones who talked the most happily come over and explain things clearly." Sima Lun pointed to the closest maids, and his personal entourage immediately walked over and brought them all over.
"Say! Yingliu Lake is haunted?" Sima Lun was very stern, so frightened that the little palace ladies knelt on the ground and trembled.
"Back to your lord, this matter was also spread in the palace, so we just listened to it." An older palace maid replied tremblingly, "Before, the deposed Empress Jia Nanfeng often played here, and she didn't like people who didn't like her. So he killed him and threw him into the lake. Previously, there was a palace maid who was good at playing shakuhachi and was very popular with the emperor. The queen was not happy, so she found an excuse and threw the artificial worker into Yingliu Lake... "
"This bitch!" Sima Lun said harshly, "I know she hasn't done anything good in these years!"
Seeing Sima Lun behaving like this, the little palace maid became bolder.
"After the death of the queen, we also came to the shores of Eiryanagi Lake to pay homage to our dead sisters. But just after the spring equinox, the rhythm of the shakuhachi could often be heard by the shores of Eiryanagi Lake. At first, everyone thought it was just Empress Reifei. , or other ladies just wanted to practice Shakuhachi music. However, the gentle and sad tone was very similar to the tone played by the palace maid sister before... As time passed, everyone said that this was probably the palace maid sister who refused to rest in peace. come out……"
"Huh?" Seeing the little palace maid pause, Sima Lun raised his eyebrows, "What are you doing here?"
"Come out and kill."
As soon as these words came out, all the palace people kneeling on the ground began to tremble again.
(End of chapter)
