In the northeast corner of the Forbidden City, there is a dilapidated small courtyard called "Jianqinzhai", and next to it is the famous "Zhenfei Well". For two hundred years, so many eunuchs and maids in successive dynasties did not know its existence.
This is the most private place of the Supreme Emperor Qianlong. No one is allowed to trespass. After his death, it will be closed and enshrined as the former emperor's place according to the Qing system. Anyone who trespasses will be punished with "disrespect" and will punish the nine clans. Therefore, Everyone keeps it at a respectful distance, for fear that it will be too late to hide. More than a hundred years later, the well next to it was used by the Empress Dowager Cixi to drown Concubine Zhen, and this place became a taboo place for everyone.
The Forbidden City was the imperial palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and it was extremely cloudy, especially after the doors were closed at 4:30 in the afternoon, and as soon as the sun went down, even in the midsummer heat season, there was a blustery wind, and the back of the neck was chilly.
It is reported that recently, in the middle of the night, under the moonlight, a court lady from the Qing Dynasty was occasionally seen going to the toilet near Juanqinzhai in the northeast corner of the Forbidden City.
Afterwards, they whispered in private that it must be the concubine Zhen who died unjustly back then. The brave ones climbed to the mouth of the ancient well and looked down at noon during the day when the yang energy was at its peak, and saw a bloated face of a woman in the water , After returning home, he developed a high fever and was in a trance, and was sent to a mental hospital.
Youliang bought soda and bread on the street, and kept Mei Niang hidden in his backpack. As the flow of visitors entered the Forbidden City from Beijing, many tourists excitedly touched here and there, and took pictures everywhere.
According to the introduction, the Forbidden City has an area of 720,000 square meters and more than 9,000 houses. It takes a lot of effort to find Erya, just like finding a needle in a haystack. Meiniang's sense of smell far surpasses that of humans, so she takes her with her in the hope of discovering something.
**Inside the city tower is a square paved with large blue bricks. In front of it is the Meridian Gate of the Forbidden City. It is said that the emperor beheaded the criminals in the court hall here.
Pass through the Meridian Gate and pass the Jinshui Bridge. You Liang stands at the head of the bridge and looks down. The water is already dark green and smells like a stinky sewer. Erya is a girl who loves cleanliness. Surrounded by stench here all day long.
With the flow of people passing through the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Hall of Central Harmony, and Hall of Preserving Harmony, you will enter the inner court through the Qianqing Gate. Behind it is the place where the emperor and concubines live, commonly known as the "harem". It was the first time for Youliang to visit the Forbidden City, and he didn't know where to go. Anyway, it's better to follow the flow of people and get familiar with the terrain first. Walking past Qianqing Palace, Kunning Palace and other buildings, we came to the Imperial Garden in front. A guide explained that this is the only place for the concubines and maids in the deep palace to relax and play. Lust has actually cost many young women a lifetime of confinement.
Ancient cypresses and old locust trees are planted all over the garden, and there are strange stone and jade seats, bronze statues of Jinlin and potted flower piles. The ground is paved with colorful pebbles, which is very delicate.
Going north, bypassing the big shadow wall, and leaving the Forbidden City through the Shenwumen, Youliang found a shady place to rest, while thinking about where to go next. On the stone bench under the ancient cypress tree, a few cleaners were sitting there whispering and discussing something, a few words drifted by the wind and inadvertently blew into You Liang's ears.
"Last night, that woman from the palace of the Qing Dynasty appeared again. I heard that she even ran to the bathroom. I guess it must be the concubine Zhen who died unjustly. It's pitiful enough. It's been ten years since she died, and her ghost is still lingering." A female worker said tsk tsk .
"However, do ghosts also need to shit and pee?" someone doubted.
"A few days ago, the guard at the security office was frightened when he saw the woman's face in the concubine Zhen's well. He heard that he was going to be sent to a mental hospital."
"Don't talk nonsense, didn't the leader say that the walls of the Forbidden City are all red, called 'ferric oxide'. When there was a thunderstorm, there happened to be a palace lady passing by, so the image was recorded on the wall. It will be released in the same thunderstorm, just like watching a video, not a ghost at all." He spoke like a foreman.
"It's because there are no thunderstorms these days." Someone whispered unconvinced.
The speaker had no intention, but the listener had intentions, You Liang stood up and walked over to ask: "Master, where do you say the palace maids appear at night?"
"No, no, let's go, let's go to work." The foreman greeted, and you can't talk nonsense when working in the Forbidden City.
Looking at the back of the cleaning worker, Youliang recalled that "Zhenfei Well" was mentioned in the words he heard just now. He knew very little about the history of the Qing Dynasty, and he didn't know who Zhenfei was.
"Master, ask me, do you know Concubine Zhen?" He saw an old gentleman resting on a chair, so he walked over and asked.
"Concubine Zhen, that's Emperor Guangxu's favorite concubine," the old man said in a Beijing accent, seeing someone come to ask him for advice, so he started talking endlessly, "Concubine Zhen has an outstanding appearance and a proud personality. The two emperors were in love with each other, but they were not tolerated by the Empress Dowager Cixi. In the twenty-sixth year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded the capital, and Lafayette took Emperor Guangxu to flee westward in panic. Before leaving, he secretly ordered someone to push Concubine Zhen into the well Drowning. A year later, Emperor Guangxu returned to the Forbidden City to salvage the body of Concubine Zhen. It was soaked in the well for more than a year. Her soul often appears near the well, of course, these are just people talking about after dinner, they should be superstitions, let’s just listen to it, hehe, let’s listen to it.”
"Where is that well?" Youliang asked.
"The northeast corner of the Forbidden City, inside the Zhenshun Gate of Ningshou Palace, is now a tourist attraction. You can find it by following the tour route map." The old gentleman enthusiastically pointed out the path.
After Youliang thanked him, he searched all the way to Huaiyuan Hall inside Zhenshun Gate, and saw a sign saying "Zhenfei Well", where tourists were taking pictures.
In the middle of the night, I found a court lady from the Qing Dynasty wandering around here. It is reasonable to say that it would not be Erya. First of all, the clothes she wore were different, but the ghost still had to go to the toilet, which was a bit too strange. If a void is arranged here, and Erya and Professor She are hiding in it, it is inconvenient for men and women to be together if they want to relieve themselves. From this point of view, it may be Erya again. You Liang pondered, whether it was true or not, he would stay here tonight to find out what happened.
At 4:30 in the afternoon, the tweeter in the Forbidden City began to broadcast that the museum was closed, and visitors were invited to leave the palace. At the same time, the staff began to drive away the reluctant tourists. Yuliang hid in a dense bush, lying there motionless , Some staff members passed by his side and did not find it.
At sunset, the Forbidden City finally quieted down.
Youliang sat cross-legged in the bushes and listened carefully to the movement around him. There was a group of patrolling guards passing by in Haishi, but no one came after that. It is estimated that they mainly guarded the main hall and the treasure house and other cultural relics. Zhenfei Well is located in the remote northeast corner, not a key defense area.
Suddenly, Mei Niang, who was lying next to You Liang, seemed uneasy, her ears pricked up nervously, and the beard on her mouth was trembling slightly, as if she had discovered something, You Liang opened her dark eyes and looked carefully through the gaps between the branches. searching.
Under the moonlight, a mouse-like and pig-like monster appeared in the moonlight, but it raised its nostrils to smell the smell in the air, and slowly came towards this side.
It was strange, You Liang had never seen this animal before, it was about the size of a piglet with similar pig nostrils, but its ears and body were the same as those of a mouse, with gray-brown fur.
You Liang looked down at Mei Niang, and found that it was trembling nervously. It seemed that the only thing that could scare Meiniang was this unknown monster other than Uncle Fei's "Pig Strong".
He stretched out his hand and gently stroked the mane on the back of Meiniang's neck, so that he would not have to worry, and then stared at the monster to see what it was going to do.
"Zhizhizhi" the monster suddenly bared its teeth and let out a series of screams, similar to the sound of a mouse but eerie , it made people feel creepy and got goosebumps all over their bodies.
"嗖嗖嗖" Suddenly, more than a dozen small monsters drilled out of the cracks in the wellhead of the underground drainage channel, and they formed a skirmish line and surrounded the bushes where Youliang was hiding. They had already found Youliang and Mei who were hiding inside. mother.
At this moment, Mei Niang was trembling even more, as if she was swinging a pendulum. Youliang stretched out her hand and pressed it to signal it not to come out. Then she stood up and walked out of the bushes. The pressing monsters.
Under the moonlight, they formed a circle around Yuliang, and the big monster at the head stared at him carefully with two pig eyes, slowly opened its mouth, and slowly spewed out a strong smell of old yin. gas
Those little monsters also imitated the gourd painting, and breathed towards Youliang one after another, but their movements were obviously childish, and the yin energy was relatively thin, not as strong as that of the big monsters.
At this moment, the Yin eyes are seeing clearly, the group of old Yin Qi has surrounded him, if ordinary people can't bear it at this moment, they must faint and faint, but You Liang is indifferent, trying to stretch Extend the arm, and inhale into the body with the mind through the Laogong point.
Laogong acupoint is also known as "Ghost Road" in "Ghost Gate Thirteen Needles", which belongs to the Pericardium Meridian of Hand Jueyin. At this moment, Guilu acupoint with both palms seems to open his mouth, and the old yin energy is gradually released. All of them were condensed into a strand and inhaled into the body.
At this moment, with a conscience, he was secretly delighted, he never knew how to directly inhale the air, although it was still far behind Master Huang Jianguo's method of inhaling people through the air, but after all, it has improved to another level.
The monsters were shocked when they saw this, and looked at each other, all at a loss.
Youliang originally wanted to deal with them with the leftover fingers of dreams, so he was grateful and couldn't bear to do it.
Under the moonlight, standing by the side of Concubine Zhen’s well was a woman dressed as a concubine in the Qing Dynasty, with a bloated figure, and she was watching him silently with a pair of glasses.