Chapter 979 Pink Eye
Not long after the morning meal, at the time of the Taoist "dragons traveling in the rain", Emperor Jiajing began a fasting ceremony to pray for the people, and soon the entire Xiyuan was shrouded in Caught in the smoke of incense candles and fireworks.
Zhu Ping'an and other ministers who were seconded to write Qing Ci were also left to copy Qing Ci at the altar.
Burning incense, transforming talismans, thinking, chanting mantras, pinching formulas, knocking teeth, writing chapters, chanting sutras, praising, lighting candles, and walking steps. A series of tedious, solemn and extremely boring fasting rituals continued until It ends at noon.
After the Zhaijiao ceremony, Zhu Ping'an was just like the last time he transcribed Qingci at the altar, carrying thirteen brushes dipped in gold powder in his sleeves, and Shi Shiran walked down from the altar. This is not because Zhu Ping'an is greedy for money, but mainly because he doesn't want to take advantage of Tao Zhongwen, an old bastard. Because after the fasting ceremony, all the gold powder used as ink will belong to Tao Zhongwen.
This old magician was too greedy. During the last "Dragon Bone" incident, this old magician used the pretext of performing a ritual to calm the gods at Jianyuan Mountain in Wudang Mountain and took away more than 200,000 taels of silver from Emperor Jiajing.
He often instigated Emperor Jiajing to hold various fasting festivals, and every time he held a fasting festival, this old magician made a lot of money.
Zhu Ping'an has no good impressions of Tao Zhongwen, an old magician. On the surface, this old magician looks like a fairy, but in fact he is causing harm to the country and the people, even worse than corrupt officials. Not to mention the costs of alchemy and Taoism, the cost of setting up altars, fasting, and offering rituals often costs seven to eight thousand or tens of thousands of taels of silver each time. This money should have been taken from the people and used for the people, but now it is all spent. Been in trouble.
The gold powder left over from these Zhaijiao activities will be in vain if I don’t take it. I can’t take advantage of this old magician.
"Hehehe Mr. Zhu, your ears are still cold in this summer, look at your ears."
After the fasting ceremony, Zhu Ping'an returned to Wuyi Hall and heard a sarcastic voice coming from behind while walking on the road.
Zhu Pingan turned his head and looked back, and then saw Yuan Wei with a look of envy and hatred.
When Yuan Wei saw Zhu Pingan turning back, he reached out and pointed at Zhu Pingan's ear. His face was full of envy, jealousy, hatred and ridicule. These expressions mixed together made Yuan Wei's face a little distorted. .
Zhu Ping'an wears a fragrant leaf crown given to him by Emperor Jiajing in the morning.
The most suitable scene for this fragrant leaf crown is Taoist-related activities, such as today's fasting ceremony. If I did not wear a fragrant leaf crown during the fast today, I would have made a political mistake.
This is not just talk.
A few years ago, senior Xia Yan proved this with his personal experience. At that time, Xia Yan was still the chief minister of the cabinet, and Yan Song was only the second minister. Both of them were awarded fragrant leaf crowns by Emperor Jiajing. Xia Yan has always been opposed to Emperor Jiajing's superstitious activities, so after getting this Taoist fragrant leaf crown, Xia Yan never wore it. The difference is that Yan Song not only wore the fragrant leaf crown during Zhaijiao and other Taoist activities, but every time he met Emperor Jiajing, Yan Song would deliberately put the fragrant leaf crown on, wipe it clean, and cover it with a gauze. Protects against dust and damage. In contrast, Emperor Jiajing praised Yan Song greatly and became increasingly alienated from Xia Yan. In the end, Xia Yan was abandoned and executed, while Yan Song gained the favor of Emperor Jiajing and became the chief minister of the cabinet.
So, this fragrant leaf crown Zhu Pingan must be worn.
However, since the fragrant leaf crown is green, no man would wear a cuckold.
So, Zhu Pingan made a cover for the fragrant leaf crown with black gauze by hand before the Zhaijiao ceremony.
However, because Zhu Pingan's workmanship was not very good, the cover he made was too big. Before going to the Zhai Jiao, Zhu Pingan deliberately stuffed the extra circle into the hat. Unexpectedly, he knelt down and stood up during the Zhai Jiao. The half circle of gauze on the back of the hat fell down. Because the gauze was relatively thin, and the front half circle was always well inside the hat, Zhu Pingan never noticed that the back half circle of gauze fell off, covering most of his ears as if to warm his ears.
So, Yuan Wei mocked Zhu Pingan for having cold ears, ridiculed Zhu Pingan for wearing a fragrant leaf crown, and ridiculed Zhu Pingan for wearing a macaque crown.
After listening to Yuan Wei's ridicule, Zhu Ping'an discovered that the back half of the hat had fallen down to cover his ears.
"Hahaha, my ears are still cold even in such a hot summer, Mr. Zhu is really tutting"
Yuan Wei tutted twice, pulled the corner of his mouth and shook his head, mocking Zhu in his words. Peaceful macaque and crown. Yuan Wei was extremely envious and jealous of Zhu Pingan for receiving the fragrant leaf crown as a reward from Emperor Jiajing. Now he took the opportunity to ridicule Zhu Pingan and naturally he would not miss this opportunity.
Damn it!
Are you sick? !
Did I provoke you? !
Listening to Yuan Wei's sarcasm, which became more and more sinister and sarcastic every time, Zhu Ping'an had ten thousand thoughts in his mind, not knowing whether to preach or not.
At this time, the courtiers who were returning to Wuyi Hall had stopped in twos and threes and looked here.
"What's wrong, Mr. Zhu, you really have cold ears. Hahaha, what a coincidence, I know an imperial doctor named Li who specializes in treating."
Seeing someone stopping to watch, Yuan Wei became even more excited. Damn it, he opened his mouth and sneered at Zhu Pingan again.
This time Yuan Wei went a step further and directly recommended the imperial doctor to Zhu Pingan, insinuating that Zhu Pingan was ill.
"Haha, Mr. Yuan, my ears are not cold, but your eyes are hot, right?!!"
Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but lower the corners of his mouth, and cupped his hands towards Yuan Wei, lightly replied.
My ears are not cold, but your eyes are hot.
You pink eye!
Zhu Pingan's fluttering words directly silenced Yuan Wei. He opened his mouth several times but couldn't make a sound. His face instantly turned red like pig liver. Suddenly, my ears were red.
This scene is very funny. Just now Yuan Wei complained about Zhu Pingan with expressive and emotional expressions, but Zhu Pingan just replied with such a sentence, instantly KOing Yuan Wei. Just like a strong man baring his teeth and claws, he punched and embroidered his legs, but the other person stretched out a finger and pinned him down.
Who am I, where am I, my face is so hot...
At this moment, Yuan Wei's mind was blank, his face was red, his face was stiff, he was at a loss, and he was so embarrassed that he wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl in.
"Haha..."
"My ears are not cold, it's your eyes that are hot...Haha..."
Yuan Wei, this is really a typical case of being stunned instead of being annihilated. , the onlookers couldn't help laughing when they saw this.
"Since Mr. Yuan knows Dr. Li, Ping An will not go out of his way to recommend a good doctor to Mr. Yuan. I would like to wish Mr. Yuan a speedy recovery."
Zhu Ping'an bowed his hands to Yuan Wei, shrugged his shoulders, added lightly, and then turned around and left leisurely.
Yuan Wei was left there to receive the attention of everyone. (End of this chapter)