Although the small courtyard is larger than an ordinary farmhouse courtyard, it is not much larger.
Except for the five main rooms facing south, there are only three wing rooms and a few old elm trees.
Once upon a time, the great ancestor of the Chechi Kingdom issued his first military order here, and then raised troops to establish the Chechi Kingdom. Now, his tablet is enshrined in the hall.
In the hall, King Zhu Xiang of Chechi was kneeling in front of the tablet, followed by the queen and princess Zhu Ying. Xue Tianqing and General Zhu Rui stood aside without saying a word.
Seeing Sanzang coming in, Zhu Rui walked to Zhu Xiang and reminded him, before he stood up and helped the queen: "You go to the back room to rest first."
After saying that, he walked out of the door and bowed deeply to Sanzang: "Zhu Xiang of Chechi State meets the Holy Monk of the Tang Dynasty."
Sanzang hurriedly returned the courtesy: "Your Majesty is so polite that you have embarrassed this poor monk."
Zhu Xiang smiled bitterly: "Now that the Zhu family has become a laughing stock, how can I have the face to call myself mine?"
Seeing Sanzang looking at him, Xue Tianqing said: "Your Majesty, this is not the place to talk. We will wait in the side room to talk."
Zhu Xiang nodded, and then said to Zhu Rui: "Keep an eye on this traitor. If he dares to act rashly, he will be killed without mercy!"
After saying this, he accompanied Sanzang to the side room and said, "Elder Sun, it's hard to talk about this fact, so you should tell me."
Xue Tianqing sighed: "Master, in fact, this matter is very simple. The descendants of the royal family who were destroyed by the Chechi Kingdom came to take revenge. It's just that the methods used were too despicable. Even the princess was deceived and committed a treasonous act. thing."
"Elder, how long has it been and you are still protecting that traitor?"
Xue Tianqing sighed after hearing this, and told Zeng Feiyun's story again, and finally told him that the reason why the queen lost her integrity was because the princess had drugged her tea.
The reason for the drugging was also very simple, it was to take revenge on the queen for breaking up her good relationship with Zeng Feiyun.
After hearing what happened, Sanzang was silent for a long time: "Your Majesty, this is your Majesty's family matter, why did you tell this poor monk?"
Zhu Xiang lifted his clothes and knelt down: "I know that the holy monk is an eminent monk who has attained enlightenment, so I beg the holy monk to ordain me and allow Zhu Xiang to convert to Buddhism."
Sanzang was shocked: "Your Majesty, you can't. Since your Majesty took the throne, Chechi Kingdom has been prosperous and the people enjoy peace. If Your Majesty leaves at this time, what will happen to Chechi Kingdom? What will happen to the people?"
"I have already made up my mind that Zhu Rui, the general who protects the country, is good at both civil and military affairs and loves the people like a son. If he takes over as the king of Chechi, there will be no objection."
Sanzang helped Zhu Xiang up, and then asked Xue Tianqing: "Wukong, can you make people forget the past?"
Xue Tianqing shook his head like a rattle: "Master, you think too highly of me. Don't talk to me about this matter. Even if the Jade Emperor comes in person, there is nothing he can do about it. Although this matter originated from Zeng Feiyun, its root still lies in the conquest of Chechi Kingdom. Yes, it can be considered cause and effect."
Upon hearing this, Sanzang could only help Zhu Xiang sit on a chair, saying that he was helpless. After all, the knot in his heart still needed to be resolved.
Seeing the dignified seven-foot-tall man crying non-stop, Xue Tianqing frowned: "Master, if we can seal the past memories of one or two people, there should be a way. But what should we do with so many people?"
"Didn't you say that Xiao Xiangguo Temple was dissatisfied with His Majesty's kindness to the people, so he was planning to rebel?"
Xue Tianqing slapped her head: "I almost forgot about this. I'm going to ask someone to see if he can do anything. You guys wait here."
After Xue Tianqing finished speaking, she disappeared in a flash.
Upon seeing this, Sanzang asked, "Where has your senior brother gone?"
Bajie smiled bitterly and said: "Except the underworld may have a solution for this kind of thing, there is no other way."
A group of people waited from morning until noon, but there was no sign of Xue Tianqing.
Just when Sanzang was a little impatient and wanted Bajie to go to the underworld to find Xue Tianqing, he heard a shout from the hall outside: "Sister-in-law, why is this?"
Then came Zhu Ying's heartbreaking voice: "Mother!"
When everyone rushed out of the side room and came to the inner room, they found that the queen had been hanging on the beam for an unknown period of time.
Zhu Xiang held the queen's body in his arms and said without looking back: "I will imprison the traitor in the clan prison, and I will personally punish him later. In addition, I will decapitate Zeng Feiyun and use his head to pay tribute to the queen's soul in heaven."
Unexpectedly, as soon as Zhu Xiang finished speaking, he heard a burst of laughter, and then Xue Tianqing appeared: "Your Majesty, what a coincidence. I was just thinking about how to bring the queen into the underworld, but she hanged herself from the beam."
At this time, Zhu Xiang's eyes were red. If he hadn't known Xue Tianqing's ability, he would have fought him to the death.
"Elder, how do you say this?"
"There is a method in the underworld that can seal people's memories, otherwise reincarnation will be messed up. However, this method only applies to souls, not living people, so I am worried about how to bring the queen's soul into the underworld. Okay now. As long as the queen returns to adulthood, she will forget those unpleasantnesses."
After saying that, Xue Tianqing approached Zhu Xiang again: "But what the queen forgot was not that one thing, but everything that happened during that period. It's up to you how to explain it."
Seeing Zhu Xiang holding the queen's body in a daze, Xue Tianqing said helplessly: "Why are you still standing there? Take the queen back to the palace and wait for the return of the sun."
Only then did Zhu Xiang react, and then he carried the queen and went straight to the palace, not even paying attention to Sanzang and others.
Xue Tianqing turned to look at Princess Zhu Ying, sighed and asked Tang Monk to go to the palace with her, leaving only Zhu Ying and Zhu Rui's uncle and nephew.
Zhu Rui also sighed, and then pulled Zhu Ying up: "Let's go to the clan prison first. Whether you live or die depends on your father's decision."
Zhu Ying's eyes were filled with tears: "Uncle, can you send your nephew to the clan prison later? Now the mother's life and death are uncertain, and I don't know whether what the monk of the Tang Dynasty said is true or false. I want to see my mother return to the world with my own eyes, and then listen to my father. Wang Fa Luo."
Zhu Rui thought for a long time, and finally took the princess to the Cuiyun Palace, which was separated by a wall from the queen's palace, and ordered the good servants to take care of her.
As for King Zhu Xiang, he carried the queen to the palace and placed her on the phoenix couch. Then he bowed deeply to Xue Tianqing, who came after him: "Thank you, elder. I wonder if the queen can return the sun now?"
Xue Tianqing smiled: "It's noon now, if you're not afraid of her losing her mind, you can give it a try."
Zhu Xiang understood immediately: "I understand, we have to wait until midnight."
Xue Tianqing nodded: "He is indeed the leader of a country. He is indeed smart."
Zhu Xiang first ordered the palace maids to treat the queen well, and then ordered the imperial kitchen to prepare the best vegetarian meals, and held a banquet in the queen's palace to entertain everyone.
At the banquet, Zhu Xiang persuaded him several times when he saw that it was snowing and the weather was clear and he could not move his chopsticks. After learning that he was not a human being, he fell in love again.
It was only then that Zhu Xiang was completely relieved that the queen was finally saved.
After the banquet was taken down, Zhu Xiang ordered tea to be served, and accompanied Sanzang to talk while waiting for it to get dark.
Seeing that Zhu Xiang was smiling but also looking anxious, Xue Tianqing smiled and said, "I wonder if your majesty can enlighten me on something?"
"Elder Sun, please speak."
"Your Majesty, did Monk Luokong take advantage of the effects of the medicine to taint the queen? Did anyone see it with his own eyes or just heard what others said?"
Seeing that Zhu Xiang remained silent, Xue Tianqing smiled again: "Your Majesty, this is related to the queen's reputation. If I tell outsiders tomorrow that I have an affair with the princess, will you believe it or not?"
Zhu Xiang suddenly realized after hearing this: "No one saw it in person. The maid only found the queen unconscious and disheveled lying in the incense hall, and she happened to see Kong's back as he escaped."
Xue Tianqing nodded: "If that's the case, then there is no basis for saying that the queen has lost her integrity?"
Zhu Xiang's eyes lit up: "Elder Sun means that all this is fake?"
"Just now I went to the underworld and accidentally met Kong's soul. He told me that even if I gave him a hundred courages, he wouldn't dare to do such a treasonous thing. The reason why I ran away was not that I really ran away, but that I was captured. People lost their lives.”
Zhu Xiang was stunned for a moment, then shouted: "Come here, bring me Cuihong."
Cuihong is the queen's personal maid, and she is also the first person to say that the queen has been defiled by Kong. But since there was no such thing, why did she still dare to speak out?
Not long after, Cuihong was brought in front of everyone.
Seeing Zhu Xiang's angry face, Cuihong quickly knelt down and said, "See Your Majesty, I wonder why Your Majesty summoned the slave."
"Cuihong, have you ever witnessed Kong doing something inappropriate to the queen?"
Cuihong kowtowed quickly: "Your Majesty, if this slave sees this, I will not let him succeed even if I risk my life! At that time, I went to find water for the queen, and when I came back, I happened to see Kong running away."
Xue Tianqing bared her teeth, and then took out a few portraits from her arms: "Cuihong, could you please help me see which one of these is empty?"
A flash of panic flashed in Cuihong's eyes when she heard this: "Elder, don't you know Kong, how can you possibly recognize his portrait?"
"Then why do you still say that Liao Kong committed this crime of treason?"
"Afterwards, all the monks from the temple were there, but Zuikong was nowhere to be seen. If not him, who else could be there?"
Xue Tianqing came close to Cui Houhou and stared into her eyes: "How is Zeng Feiyun treating you?"
Cuihong was stunned for a moment, and then said sternly: "Elder, please don't make such a joke. I don't know Zeng Feiyun at all."
"What if I tell you that Zeng Feiyun and Jin Yong are the same person?"
Cuihong was shocked when she heard this: "Impossible!"
Xue Tianqing straightened up: "If I told you that Jin Yong, Zeng Feiyun and Master Feiyun are the same person, how would you feel?"
"It's impossible for you to lie to me!"
"There is a rule in the Chechi Kingdom. If the queen dies, her personal maid will be released from the palace and become a wife again. If my guess is correct, Zeng Feiyun will tell you that as long as the queen dies, he can bring you back to the place where you were married. At home, right?"
Seeing that Cuihong stopped speaking, Xue Tianqing sighed: "Woman, why do you trust a man so easily? Haven't you ever thought that he might be lying to you? For a palace maid, do you think he would take such a big risk?" "
After saying this, Xue Tianqing waved her hand and signaled the chamberlain to take Cuihong down for custody, and then shook her head at Zhu Xiang: "Your Majesty, look at it, not only your daughter, but also the queen's personal maids are used by him. This person has set up such a big plan because he wants to completely destroy Chechi Country."
