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Although there was still lightning and thunder outside, and the eunuchs and maids inside the palace were panicking, Old Eunuch Du, who had arrived at some unknown time, agreed and immediately ran out without fear.
Watching Old Eunuch Du leave, Yang Jian took a deep breath, looked at Wang Junlin with a complicated and grateful expression, and said: "If it weren't for Ai Qing just now, the queen, me, and my two sons... the consequences would be unimaginable."
Wang Junlin quickly said: "As a minister of His Majesty, it is my duty to protect you."
At this time, a palace maid came up and said in surprise: "Your Majesty, the Queen has woken up. The imperial doctor said that the Queen is out of danger for the time being."
When Yang Jian heard this, he was immediately overjoyed and murmured to himself: "The Kunlun Immortal Master really has great magical powers. He finally helped the queen escape from the ghost general in the underworld, and his life was successfully renewed. However, his own magic power was not enough, so that
He suffered a backlash and lost his life."
Wang Junlin heard the absurdity in his heart and wanted to say something, but in the end he did not say anything. After Yang Jian finished speaking, he told Wang Junlin to wait here, and he took Yang Guang, Yang Yong and Yang Lihua to see the awakened Queen Dugu.
When the rain stopped, Eunuch Du brought a piece of news that left a shadow in Wang Junlin's heart - all the people involved in the construction of the bronze platform were dead. The death was very strange. Yang Jian, who had returned from Queen Dugu,
After hearing this, he looked extremely shocked and ordered Old Eunuch Du to investigate the matter clearly.
Today's rain is a typical thunderstorm. The dark clouds in the sky have begun to shift and dissipate. Half of the sky has become clear, and the sun is shining on the palace again, dispelling a lot of people's fears.
Yang Jian led everyone to the door of the palace. He hesitated for a moment and then stopped. He turned to look at Wang Junlin. Wang Junlin understood what Yang Jian meant and said, "Your Majesty, there is no danger now."
Upon hearing this, Yang Jian, surrounded by everyone, walked out of the palace and came to the bronze platform.
Looking at the dark body of Kunlun Yin Lord that was hit by lightning, and smelling the faint smell of cooked meat, Yang Jian took a breath and said: "Wang Junlin, how should I deal with the corpse of Kunlun Immortal Master?"
Wang Junlin saw from the expressions of Yang Jian and others that he knew that Yang Jian and everyone else were worried that something strange would happen, so he said calmly, "I don't think this person should be buried in peace, so it would be better to burn him into ashes."
Yang Jian didn't know what he thought of, his face changed, he shuddered, and said quickly: "Qin Anhou's words are reasonable. When someone comes, they will burn the Kunlun Immortal Master's body to ashes immediately on this bronze platform. It must be done as soon as possible.
Otherwise it will cause a disaster once it gets dark."
Wang Junlin really didn't know what the disaster Yang Jian was referring to, but naturally he wouldn't ask.
The emperor's words are always the fastest to be implemented. A fire was quickly set up on the copper platform, but when they were about to throw the body of Kunlun Yin Lord on the firewood pile, a group of guards and eunuchs hesitated.
No one dared to touch the corpse of Kunlun Yin Lord.
Seeing Yang Jian's face darken, Old Eunuch Du pointed at Bai Shi and said, "Bai Shi, go and carry Kunlun Yin Lord's body to the firewood pile, and then light the firewood pile."
Eunuch Bai Shi, who had just accepted Wang Junlin's bribe of 500 acres of land a few days ago, looked sad and angry, but he did not dare to disobey old eunuch Du. He looked ready to climb up the bronze platform as if he was ready to die.
Yang Jian suddenly shouted: "Zhao Shuliang, go!"
The big eyes of Zhao Shuliang, the commander of the Ouchi guards standing next to him, immediately bulged out. Although he was a master of breaking the power, he was trembling all over and looking at the emperor. He only hoped that he had heard these words wrongly.
Already.
Wang Junlin turned around and looked back, remembering that when there was thunder and lightning, it was this person who shouted, causing more than 20 guards with swords and shields to stand in front of Yang Jian. Because of this person's actions, Yang Jian and the man were almost killed.
More than twenty guards were killed by lightning.
Therefore, it is understandable that Yang Jian asked him to put the body of Kunlun Yin Lord on the dry wood at this time and be responsible for lighting it.
"Zhao Shuliang, don't you want to prove your bravery to me?"
"I obey my orders!" Zhao Shuliang answered very quickly and simply. However, his body stayed where he was, looking at his master Yang Jian sadly.
Wang Junlin was extremely speechless. Although he didn't know what these people were afraid of specifically, he could roughly guess it. Those who could become the emperor and those who could stand beside the emperor could be said to be the elite of this era, with knowledge and knowledge.
Their minds are definitely the best in this era, but they still seem extremely ignorant when it comes to ghosts and gods. This is not their fault, it is the times that have limited their understanding.
Wang Junlin originally wanted to talk to him about something, but when he felt that Eunuch Du was always looking at him with a vague gaze, his heart trembled, and he felt that he would lose something if he spoke too much, and he suddenly lost the interest in talking.
Death requires a sense of ritual. After all, life is only once for everyone.
Zhao Shuliang may have thought that he was bound to die, so the ceremony was very solemn. He first took off his helmet, and resolutely bowed to Yang Jian for what he thought was his last time. After kneeling, he said goodbye to his companions one by one.
When he finally saw Wang Junlin, there was some light in his desperate eyes, as if he saw a possible way to survive. He bowed respectfully to Wang Junlin and said: "This matter is of great importance. Please point out the taboos."
Wang Junlin noticed that everyone's eyes suddenly moved to him, smiled slightly, and said: "I will do this with you, and nothing will happen."
Wang Junlin didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, his words were a bit ambiguous, and everyone's understanding immediately became that as long as Wang Junlin and Zhao Shuliang went up, nothing would happen.
As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Junlin jumped onto the bronze platform. After Zhao Shuliang was stunned for a moment, he was ecstatic and quickly climbed onto the bronze platform.
Wang Junlin raised his head expressionlessly, while Zhao Shuliang looked solemn and raised his legs with slightly trembling hands, placing Kunlun Yinjun on the dry firewood next to him.
Wang Junlin took the lamp oil from the hand of an imperial guard nearby, sprinkled it on the dry firewood, and signaled Zhao Shuliang to take the torch handed over by another guard and light it.
Zhao Shuliang may have thought for a moment that lighting the corpse was the most likely factor that led to his death. While his face changed slightly, he hesitated a little.
In full view of everyone, Wang Junlin smiled slightly, took the torch, and threw it on the dry firewood. Then the two jumped off the bronze platform. Zhao Shuliang clasped his fists and saluted Wang Junlin without saying a word, but his expression was full of endless gratitude.
meaning.
The dry firewood was instantly ignited, and a fire soon started due to the presence of lamp oil.
Everyone stared at the corpse of Kunlun Yin Lord, as if the corpse would be resurrected and turned into a devil at the next moment. Therefore, Yang Jian, Yang Guang, Yang Yong, Yang Lihua and other royal family members were firmly protected behind by a large group of guards.
The next moment, a strange scene really happened.
When Kunlun Yinjun's body was heated, his meridians contracted, and he turned into the state of a child curled up with his knees in the fire. The eyelids of his two eyes slowly opened, and finally Kunlun Yinjun's body turned into a child curled up with his knees.
The body has a weird look with its eyes open.
Including Wang Junlin, everyone present had their pupils shrunken, and Yang Jian led a group of royal family members to bow deeply to the corpse and muttered something.
The strange appearance of the corpse lasted for a short time, and soon the corpse was melting.
Suddenly, the flames on the corpse turned blue, causing another exclamation.
Wang Junlin, who was pondering why the strange scene happened just now, his nose twitched slightly, and he immediately knew the reason. The corpse carried something like sulfur, and the flames burned by such things were blue. But except for Wang Junlin,
Others obviously didn't know, so they naturally attributed the appearance of the blue flame to the category of ghosts and gods.
Obviously, Kunlun Yinjun didn't have much sulfur and other things on his body, so the bright blue flame on the body lasted for a very short time, and nothing special happened after that, and the body was eventually burned to ashes.
Today, I witnessed Yang Jian and Yang Guang's awe of ghosts and gods. At this time, I clearly felt that there was something inexplicable in the eyes of everyone looking at him. In addition, he saved the lives of Empress Dugu and Yang Jian and his son by chance. Based on
For some reason, Wang Junlin did not intend to explain today's series of events to Yang Jian through scientific principles. He planned to pretend to be confused, at least as if it could increase his bargaining chip in the hearts of Yang Jian and Yang Guang.
Perhaps because of this, Yang Jian finally rewarded Wang Junlin with a gold medal for immunity from death and a manor that was the private property of the royal family in the capital. These two rewards made Wang Junlin very happy. These were all he needed.
Of course, he also knew that with Yang Guang's character, no matter whether you have a death-free gold medal or not, he will still kill you when he wants to kill you. Because originally, among the founding heroes of the Sui Dynasty in history, Yang Su, Gao Ying, and He Ruobi
They all had gold medals to avoid death, but Yang Guang either forced them to death or directly killed them.
Wang Junlin happily left the palace, leaving only Yang Jian and his closest subordinates to continue discussing what happened today.
"Zhao Shuliang, you said that Kunlun Immortal Master's body was as tough as beef tendon after his death?" Yang Jian said solemnly in the imperial study room.
Zhao Shuliang immediately said respectfully: "Reporting to Your Majesty, I was nervous when I was carrying the body of Kunlun Immortal Master, so I used a little more force. When I grabbed his legs, it was like beating a leather drum, and there was a thumping sound."
"Yes, the corpse is so tough, and its limbs are bent, and it will return to the state of death in an instant... This is the prelude to the corpse transformation. In order to prevent drought in the capital, it is wise to order the burning of this body as soon as possible.
"Excuse me, this is not enough. You immediately arrange for someone to divide the ashes into eight parts and let eight guards carry them. Each of them rushes for 500 miles in eight directions, and then finds a water source and throws it inside to prevent the drought demon from resurrecting!" Yang Jian looked on.
He said with great solemnity.
PS: Sorry, I was delayed because of something today. I’m very late. I’m very sorry————