Chapter five hundred and thirteenth star guard volume
Chen Shuncai has always believed that Qu Qiao has a soul. Although her temperament is simple, her caring nature cannot be faked.
Taibu looked at Chen Shuncai with a smile: "The most difficult thing for a person to get in this life is a confidant. Qu Qiao was originally a wandering soul. Because of his stupid temperament, he died for many years and still couldn't find the way to hell.
I accidentally discovered this dead soul in the barren mountains, and used the soul arresting magic circle to arrest her back to the Onmyoji Division, and sealed her in a puppet.
When the palace was selecting a palace maid, I sent her to the palace. Because of her ordinary appearance, she could only be a handyman when she arrived at the palace.
It's okay to be a handyman, just to help me get information. If you get the emperor's favor, it will arouse suspicion.
She has my spell on her body, and she usually does what I tell her, but I don't care about her speech, behavior, or details. It's all due to her temperament.
I was worried that her stupid temperament would show its flaws, but I never expected that her temperament would please you and make you a partner. I never expected that you would actually be sincerely interested in her.
I originally thought you were a pure slave, but I didn't expect that you still have the temperament of a real man in your bones. If you hadn't turned against me, I'm afraid Liang Xianhong, that stupid king, would still be dead."
Chen Shuncai smiled coldly: "You don't have to tell those old things. Lies are mixed with a few truths. This method is the most deceptive. Do you think I really believe you?"
Taibu frowned and said, "Tell me, which of my words did I lie to you?"
Chen Shuncai said: "There are many yin and yang secrets in the palace. I have also seen the magic of the soul puppet. Qu Qiao is the soul puppet you made. I believe this. But on the day Qu Qiao was killed, the puppet was killed by Shi
That beast Xun was ruined,
According to the records in the classics, once the puppet is destroyed, the soul will also be dispersed. Don’t say it was a coincidence that allowed you to find Qu Qiao’s soul again!”
Taibu sighed: "Opportunities are not so coincidental, and I don't rely on chance to do anything. From the day I sent Qu Qiao to the palace, I made the worst plan.
What if Qu Qiao was killed and his soul was taken away by someone else, wouldn't everything about me be leaked?
I put a soul-gathering pill on her body, but her soul couldn't be dispersed and remained in the puppet.
After Qu Qiao was killed, you built a tomb for her. Did you dig up the tomb to see if there was any body inside?"
Chen Shuncai looked at Taibu, still suspicious.
He had never heard of a soul-gathering pill.
Taibu let out a long sigh and said, "Since you don't believe me, let's just give up. In fact, you don't have to do this. I only want to make things happen for you and Qu Qiao because of our friendship."
Taibu stood up to leave, but Qu Qiao looked at Chen Shuncai with confused eyes.
Chen Shuncai stopped Taifu and said, "Wait a minute! First tell me what you want me to do?"
Taibu lowered his voice and said: "I heard that there is a "Star Guard Scroll" in the palace, do you know about it?"
Chen Shuncai remained silent.
Taibu asked again: "It is rumored that the "Star Guard Scroll" records the secret technique of controlling the star palace, do you know?"
Chen Shuncai remained silent.
Taibu said: "If you can give me the Star Shou Scroll, I will give Qu Qiao to you!"
Chen Shuncai was silent for a while, then laughed and said: "Taibu, your cultivation has grown, you want to be a star king?"
Taibu said solemnly: "You don't need to ask more about this matter."
Chen Shuncai put the bench on the cart and said, "You asked the wrong person about this. I don't know anything about "The Star Shou Scroll"!"
Taibu let out a long sigh: "It's pitiful that Qu Qiao really loves you. Even though I have erased his memory, he still can't let go of you when he sees you."
Chen Shuncai glanced at Qu Qiao again. Qu Qiao kept staring at Chen Shuncai. When he saw Chen Shuncai looking back, he quickly lowered his head.
Taibu walked to Qu Qiao and ordered in a deep voice: "Let's go!"
Qu Qiao glanced at Chen Shuncai again. Although he was reluctant to leave, he did not dare to disobey Taibu's order. He turned around and followed Taibu slowly away.
Just as the two were about to turn the corner, Chen Shuncai's figure suddenly appeared in front of Taibu.
Taibu frowned and said: "Chen Bingbi, why do you do this? Why do you still want to rob someone?"
Chen Shuncai really wanted to rob it, but he knew Taibu's methods. If he robbed it by force, Taibu would make Qu Qiao's soul fly away.
"If I get the "Star Guard Scroll", how should I give it to you?"
Taibu said: "You just set up a stall here. I will come back to you in three days."
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Late at night the next day.
Royal Palace, Longtu Pavilion.
Emperor Changle was still reviewing the memorials, and some of the memorials caught his attention.
These memorials all talk about the same thing, promoting Xu Zhiqiong to the rank of commander of the Imperial City Division.
The ministers who submitted the report all used the same reason. Xu Zhiqiong had outstanding achievements in Yu Xianguo, helped the army defeat the Gu tribe, and stabilized the Xuanyu Alliance, so he should be promoted.
The reason is very good, but this phenomenon is puzzling.
"Seventy to eighty percent of the ministers in the court hate Zhiqiong. Why are they all saying good things for him today?"
Yan Anqing, the chief assistant of the cabinet, said: "Your Majesty, as far as I know, there is another hidden story here. Marquis Yun is deeply trusted in Yu Xianguo, and the new monarch, Mo Chi, wants to ennoble him as a duke and promote him as a grand guest.
According to our official system of Daxuan, the Grand Ceremony Guest is equivalent to a first-class official, and the ministers should be reminding His Majesty that if Xu Zhiqiong is not treated with kindness, I am afraid that he will have second thoughts about Daxuan."
Emperor Changle threw the memorial and said angrily: "Let's say that these birds can't say a single human word. This is obviously an opportunity to ridicule Zhiqiong!"
Liang Yuyao said from the side: "In the final analysis, this is also a good thing. Zhi Qiong has made so many contributions, but he is only a fifth-rank official with a thousand households. This official is indeed a bit small."
Emperor Changle shook his head and said: "You don't know their scheming. If I really appoint Zhiqiong as the commander of the Imperial City Division, these officials will talk about the rule of not holding important positions after being granted a title. It will not matter if they are promoted by then, or if they are not promoted.
On the contrary, it chilled Zhi Qiong’s heart.”
He Fang said: "Not only will it chill Marquis Yun's heart, Commander Zhong may also feel dissatisfied."
Liang Yuyao said: "What's his dissatisfaction? Didn't the penance workshop be given to him?"
He Fang said: "The master of the ascetic workshop is a fourth-grade official, and Zhong Shen is a third-grade official."
Liang Yuyao said: "Did he suffer a loss because he was not demoted?"
He Fang said: "He has a third-level cultivation of the Mohist family. If he wanted to be the master of the ascetic workshop, he would have become it long ago. Now that he has come to the Imperial City Division, it proves that his mind is not on the workshop."
Liang Yuyao said: "No matter where his mind is! What else can this official think of and let him do?"
Yan Anqing said: "I received news a few days ago that Zhong Shen sent a gift to Xu Zhiqiong, and it was shipped to Yu Xianguo along with the ordnance."
Emperor Changle was startled: "What gift?"
Yan Anqing shook his head and said: "The gift is packed in a wooden box, the details are unknown."
Liang Yuyao shrugged her eyebrows and said, "It seems that the friendship between these two people is quite deep."
Emperor Changle shook his head: "It's hard to say, maybe Zhong Shen is beating Zhi Qiong. Let's put this matter aside for now and don't mention it again in the future."
After discussing for another half an hour, everyone was tired and went back to rest.
The chamberlain blew out the lamps and candles, leaving Longtuge in darkness and silence.
Suddenly there was a figure in the empty hall.
This man was very agile. He climbed along the wall to the roof silently and opened a hidden compartment on the roof.
There is a wooden box placed in the secret compartment. It is the same as the wooden box Xu Zhiqiong found in the secret pavilion. The entire wooden box is integrated and the lid cannot be seen.
This man took away the wooden box together, sealed the secret compartment, and disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.
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Yu Xianguo, Marquis Mansion, the maid Eyan got up at night and carried a lantern to the hut.
After walking through the corridors for a long time, Eyan was dumbfounded.
She couldn't find the hut.
She was extremely familiar with the entirety of this mansion. The latrine was separated by a long corridor, so how could she not find it?
Could it be that you are lost?
How could you get lost in the mansion? This is obviously an evil act!
After passing through a long corridor, there is another long corridor at the corner.
It was pitch dark in the corridor, except for the cold wind blowing from the wind-swallowing bamboo.
Every step she took, there were echoes in the corridor, and Eyan didn't know where she was in the mansion. She was scared and anxious.
The more scared I am, the more anxious I am, and the more I can't hold it in anymore.
There is a clay pot in the corridor, which should contain Ye Mingping.
Eyan opened the clay pot, and the night sky glowed, and the entire corridor was illuminated.
There are a lot of Ye Mingping like this in the mansion, and it doesn't matter if one is missing, as long as they are properly disposed of tomorrow.
E Yan couldn't bear it anymore and decided to solve it in this jar.
She arranged the jars and was about to urinate when she heard a strange sound.
Click! Click!
It seemed like someone's footsteps.
If someone caught me like this, I would be too embarrassed to say anything and would inevitably get beaten.
Eyan quickly lifted up her skirt and listened quietly to the sound.
The sound becomes clearer and clearer from far to near, and the echo is endless.
Click! Click!
It doesn't look like human footsteps.
Human footsteps are not so crisp!
Click! Click!
I heard it clearly this time.
This is the sound of horse hooves!
How could there be the sound of horse hooves in the Marquis's Mansion?
Could it be that the animals in the stable have escaped?
The sound of horse hooves got closer and closer, and Eyan saw some shadows at the end of the corridor.
She swallowed and shivered while holding the lantern.
The sound of the horse's hooves suddenly slowed down, and it seemed that it had also discovered Eyan.
Step by step, the horse's figure gradually appeared at the end of the corridor.
Through the light of Ye Mingping, only the dark outline can be seen.
What a tall horse! The top of his head is only three to five feet from the roof of the shed.
There is no such tall horse in the Marquis's mansion...
This is not a horse!
This is……
Hululu!
There was a snort, and the sound of horse hooves suddenly became rapid, and the tall and strong horse rushed towards E Yan.
No need to relieve yourself this time.
Solved directly.
Eyan turned around and ran away, dragging a trail of water behind her, shouting along the way:
"Help! Someone is coming! The bronze horse is alive!"
The bronze horse is alive!
The bronze horse that Zhong Shen gave to Xu Zhiqiong is alive!
After running a few steps, the bronze horse was already behind me!
Hululu!
There was another snort, and a crossbow arrow came out of the horse's mouth and shot through the crook of Eyan's leg.
Eyan's left knee softened and she fell to the ground.
The bronze horse chased after her and was about to trample Eyan into a pulp.
Xu Zhiqiong suddenly rushed into the corridor, picked up Eyan and ran away.
After running to the end of the corridor, Xu Zhiqiong turned left and stood close to the wall in another corridor, waiting for the bronze horse to rush out.
After waiting for a long time but no movement, Xu Zhiqiong's ears trembled, he picked up Eyan and jumped to the side.
Where he was originally standing, the wall suddenly bulged and then shattered, and the huge bronze horse was knocked out of the wall.