The matter of the Nine Emperors' appointment of the five sons of the Zhao family soon spread in Shangjing. The rumor that the Nine Emperor Son is the reincarnation of the Holy Emperor has long been there, he first ruled Kyushu, and now he wants to marry a young man who is also called Youshu, which also proves the authenticity of this statement. The people talked about it, and no one in the clan objected, and the courtiers read the decree and confirmed that a man and a man could marry, so they acquiesced.

But in private, they were very disdainful of Zhao Wugongzi. As a dignified man, he does not go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, make military merits, but rely on the tent to get the title, and he is not ashamed, and he is willing to marry into the royal family. How can there be such a man in the world, you say? If it were my son, I would rather be strangled to death on the day he was born!

I don't know how many people think like this, so in recent days, Zhao Shangshu has been quite ridiculed in the court, so that when he saw His Royal Highness the Prince, he didn't have a good face.

The Zhao family's various rooms also reacted differently. The old lady and the old lady felt that they couldn't raise their heads, but the rest of the rooms were contemptuous and envious, and when I thought about it, this is a great thing! In the future, the Zhao family will be the prince's wife, and they will once again join the ranks of the family, and their children and grandchildren will also benefit. Youshu is a man, and he can't continue to have an heir, and he can send the daughter of the Zhao family to the palace to receive ~ pregnancy for him, and he can't say that he can still train the next emperor, isn't it wonderful?

However, there are not a few families with the same idea, among which the queen mother family is the most urgent. They originally stood on the side of the prince, but after the rumors of the demon star came out, they were instigated by the queen many times, so they tried their best to defend the six princes, and sent two daughters into the six princes' mansions, one as a concubine and the other as a concubine.

If it weren't for the fact that the queen gave birth to the prince, and they were the prince's uncle's family, Emperor Zhong Kang would probably punish them for the crime of rebellion, and that would be to raid the family and exterminate the clan! Although the clan has not been wiped out now, all those who have titles have been erased, and all those who are officials have been given, but they are not even as good as a third-rate family.

In order to save the situation, when they heard that the prince wanted to marry Zhao Wugongzi, they did not dare to stand up against it, but selected a woman of appropriate age among the concubines and prepared to send them to the prince's mansion to conceive an heir for the crown princess. They don't need a name, they just need to be connected to the crown prince. Besides, who could have predicted what hadn't happened? Don't look at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's affection for Zhao Wugongzi now, maybe he will get tired of it in a few years. After all, a man is a man, with rough skin and thick flesh and a rough temperament, where can he match the warm fragrance of a woman~ nephrite, delicate and charming?

Thinking like this, they brought their daughter into the palace for several days to ask to see the queen.

The queen is really miserable now, there are only a few dozens of people in the huge Fengluan Palace, and the food and clothing are not as good as day by day, and there is never a response when she sends someone to Emperor Zhong Kang to spread the word, and the prince refuses to come to visit. Even if she repents now, who can she turn to forgive? Therefore, she quickly accepted the mention of her mother's family, and left a few nieces in the palace to teach~ and prepared to send them out after the prince's wedding.

In the stupid ~ stupid ~ desire ~ movement of all parties, Youshu is the most calm, going up and down as usual every day, following the master's farts ~ and spinning around, almost to the inseparable Cheng dù. On this day, after the court meeting, the master was called by Emperor Zhong Kang to talk, and a little eunuch came up to him and said that the queen invited him to Fengluan Palace to talk.

Youshu looked at him carefully a few times, sniffed without a trace, and then nodded in agreement. Fengluan Palace is very deserted, there are only a few palace maids in front of the palace and behind the palace, and the furnishings are also very simple and empty, and it is not at all clear that it is the bedroom of the mother of a country. Youshu walked and looked, her eyes were full of vigilance, and when she arrived at the main hall, she heard a kind and harmonious voice from inside, "Is Zhao Wugongzi here?" Let him in. ”

The little eunuch promised, pushed open the palace door for the fifth prince, and made a "please" gesture. Youshu stepped in, but saw that six huge carved hollow screens were erected inside, dividing the empty hall into two rooms, and there were seven or eight palace maids standing outside, with low eyebrows and respectful expressions; The inner room is faintly visible through the hole in the screen, but it is not distinct, as if a woman in red is sitting on a high seat.

Youshu saw the salute through the screen, but heard the woman call, "You're about to get married, don't be taboo, come in and talk to the palace." ”

Youshu had to enter, and as soon as she bypassed the screen, she felt a strange energy in the air, as if it was a trick. He immediately shook the demon hidden in his sleeve into his palm, and looked up at the main seat, but where was the shadow of the queen?

Several shrill shouts rang out, and then the energy that shrouded in the inner room suddenly dissipated, revealing the real scene. The queen was dead at some point, with a dagger in her chest, lying at Youshu's feet, and in addition to him and the queen, there were four or five palace maids and two girls dressed as nobles in the palace.

They screamed "kill" as they ran out of the hall, apparently seeing a terrible scene. Youshu bent down to look at the dagger inserted in the queen's chest with her name engraved on it, and suddenly understood everything.

This is a game, just waiting for him to jump in, there are so many people who have seen it with their own eyes, even if they have a hundred mouths, they can't tell. Killing the mother of a country should be punished, and it will implicate the nine clans, even if the master is the prince of the dynasty, he may not be able to protect him under the constraints of filial piety under the national law. The monster was killed by him three times in a row, and he was afraid of it, so he resorted to the plan of borrowing a knife to kill people.

Youshu straightened her waist, frowned and pondered, and when she heard the chaotic footsteps outside the hall, she turned around to look, and saw that the palace maid led many people in, including the master, Emperor Zhong Kang, several ministers, and a column of guards. Except for the master, the rest of the people were all shocked.

"What's going on?" Even though he had already heard the palace maid tell him what had happened on the way here, the Nine Emperor Princes refused to believe a word. He calmly examined the body, then looked at the pale boy.

Youshu doesn't care about other people's doubts and fears, she only cares about the feelings of her master. When his master approached him, he couldn't help but take a few steps back, his hands in his sleeves and squeezed tightly. He was unwilling to let go of the slightest change in his master's expression, and if he revealed the slightest hint of suspicion, it would crush him. A few tears unconsciously welled up in his eyes, but he stubbornly hung on his eyelashes and refused to fall, looking wolf and pitiful.

The Nine Emperors' heart throbbed slightly, but with others present, they could only barely press it. The person who died was his mother after all, so he couldn't favor the murderer. However, even if there are more than a dozen witnesses, and the caliber is the same, he does not think that Youshu will be the murderer. He believed in him, for no reason.

"Youshu, tell me what's going on." Seeing the boy hang his head and shake his shoulders slightly, he immediately stepped forward and lifted his chin and looked straight over.

Youshu, who was going to secretly wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes, had to look back and say word by word, "I didn't kill people." "If the master has the slightest suspicion of him, he really doesn't know how to maintain this relationship. Because his existence and his ability are too special, if he is not trusted wholeheartedly, he will only be ruined in the end.

Even in the last days when the supernatural are rampant, those who possess the ability to read minds will be exterminated, which shows how he is taboo here. The fear in his heart has always been there, and today it finally came time to face it. As if having made up his mind, he pointed to the side hall and said, "Let's talk alone, and I'll tell you everything." ”

The Nine Emperor Princes nodded and followed the past, although they did not show it on their faces, they were quite apprehensive in their hearts.

After the two left, Emperor Zhong Kang ordered the guards to carry the queen's body to the couch and lay it flat, and then summoned all the witnesses to interrogate him personally. Although the words are conclusive, no matter how you look at this matter, it feels strange. How could someone like Shu kill someone in anger because the queen wanted to stuff a few side concubines for the prince? ——

In the side hall, Shu Zheng nervously nibbled on a piece of pastry, and slowly said, "This matter has to start from six hundred years ago. ”

The Nine Emperors' eyes flashed slightly, and he made a posture of listening attentively.

Youshu quickly stuffed two pieces of pastry to relieve the tension in her heart, and then continued to say, how she was driven away by Ah Da, met the old man, went up the mountain to learn art, went down the mountain to be abducted, recognized her father, came to Shangjing to reunite with her master, and killed the monster three times...... The words fell for a long time, and his expression was still a little dull, as if he was immersed in past memories and couldn't extricate himself. When he finally came back to his senses and raised his eyes to look, he saw that his master had burst into tears, looking at him with an extremely obscure and complicated look.

He panicked, reflexively leaned back, and then tried to jump off the stool and run out. He has been afraid of this moment, because he doesn't want his master to know that he is the Youshu who doesn't say goodbye, the Youshu who makes him die, and the Youshu who has made many mistakes but can never be undone. He feared not only his master's suspicions, but also his hatred.

The Nine Emperor Princes, who were silent, suddenly stood up and dragged him into his arms, covering the back of his head with his big palm, and pressing his face to his chest. When he tasted a hint of saltiness at the corner of his mouth, he knew that he was actually crying, so he didn't want Youshu to see his fragile expression.

"Master, I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, if only I had asked you back then." Youshu also began to sobble and cry, tears and snot all flowing on the master's brocade robe.

The Nine Emperors shook their heads, and shook their heads again, but they couldn't open their mouths. He wept not because of pain, not because of resentment, but because of relief. When Emperor Zongsheng died, his only concern was: Does Youshu hate himself? Youshu paid a qiē for him, and even didn't care about his life, but in the end he was ruthlessly discarded like a waste, so he should be hated, right? Otherwise, I won't wait for a lifetime and refuse to turn back.

This feeling of guilt, remorse, praying day and night, and searching night and night is deeply ingrained in the soul and left to myself six hundred years later. That's why the Nine Emperors had a disgust for the indecisive Zongsheng Emperor, so much so that they even hated themselves. But now, Youshu told him that the reason why he didn't come back was not because of resentment, but because of the time that passed unconsciously.

Suddenly, he was relieved, relaxed, and complete. He couldn't control his tears, and he couldn't suppress the urge to rub this person into his bones and blood. He tightened his arms and asked in a dumb voice, "Did you hate the Sect Saint Emperor when you left?" ”

Youshu is now weak and scared, even if she is hugged breathlessly, she doesn't dare to resist at all, and flatteringly, "I don't hate, even if the master asks me to die, I don't hate." I just want to stay away from you and make you feel at ease. ”

"When you are by your side, the Sect Holy Emperor will feel at ease. He has never been afraid of you. "The Nine Emperor Princes can understand what their feelings were like in their previous life. After a pause, he continued to ask, "If you didn't follow the old man up the mountain to learn art, and you have been wandering outside for a long time, will you go back to see him?" ”

"Yes, of course I will, if I see the emperor's list, I will go back immediately." Youshu didn't want to nod her head.

"Yes, very good." The tears of the Nine Emperor Princes have dried, and the sorrow and regret that have been buried in the bottom of his heart have gradually dissipated, and he caught a glimpse of Youshu tilting his head, sneaking ~ looking at himself, his face was full of uneasy feelings, so he comforted, "What are you looking at?" I don't blame you. Both of us are at fault for this. We don't know what we need from each other, we don't know what we are afraid of, we think we are doing good for each other, but we have made more mistakes, so in this life we will start again and correct the mistakes we made in the previous life, this is the opportunity God gave us. ”

"So did we get it right this time?" Shu asked in a whisper, because of the tears shed, the corners of her eyes were a little red.

The Nine Emperor Princes gently stroked ~ the corners of his eyes, and said, "If you keep hiding these things from me, you are still making mistakes, but now that you are doing the right thing, we are all doing the right thing." To love someone is not only to give trust, but also to learn to be tolerant, but also to know how to speak. ”

Youshu breathed a sigh of relief, then moved her shoulders slightly, and complained, "Then you let go a little, I was strangled by you." ”

The warm and touching atmosphere was shattered in an instant, and the Nine Emperor Princes couldn't cry or laugh, lowered their heads and kissed his tear-wet face, only then did they remember the incident when the queen was killed. To be honest, his longing for mother's love has long been worn out by the queen little by little, and it makes no difference to him whether she is alive or dead. But her death involves Youshu, so he can't be ignored.

"So, the scene that those palace maids saw was just an illusion, and the queen was already dead when you entered Fengluan Palace?" He confirmed.

"Yes, I was killed by a monster. It couldn't deal with me, so it set a trap for me. According to the law, I will be overthrown, right? It can be seen that the monster has a grudge, how Shu scraped it at the beginning, it wanted Shu to die. Even if Shu had a secret technique and escaped by himself, there were still hundreds of people in the Zhao family behind him. This is not only a matter of the murderer's ambush, but also involves the great crime of raiding the family and exterminating the family.

"I'm not going to let you have anything to do." The Nine Emperors were determined.

"I know." Youshu was completely relaxed and carefully analyzed, "I thought it was dead back then, but it wasn't. Somehow, it came back to life, committing crimes in human skin. Everyone it kills has been skinned and their hearts gouged out. My guess is that it needs human skin to camouflage itself, and the heart may be its food. With those human skins, it can turn into anyone. But you see, it first slaughtered the common people, and then it targeted the noble women, and now even the queen can murder it, which shows that the human skin it finally chose came from the noble class, and had a lot of contact with the victims. ”

The Nine Emperor Princes wrinkled his eyebrows and said, "You mean, it's hiding in a nobleman's house now?" ”

"It's not a nobleman, it's the Zhao family. It is very vindictive, and it will definitely lurk around me and wait for an opportunity, and the murder weapon that killed the queen is indeed my belongings, and it can only be obtained by entering and leaving the Zhao family. It always reappeared around me the day after I killed it, and it was obvious that it was very impatient and could not wait for the day when the case would be decided. Since it wants me to die in agony and torture, it will cut on the person I care about the most, you can't do it here, it's definitely my father and mother who suffer. Youshu is determined.

The Nine Emperor Princes had murderous intent in their eyes, and immediately waved their hands into the void, sending additional secret guards to protect Zhao Shangshu and the Wang family, but they were stopped by Youshu, "No need to go." Remember the amulet I gave you? With that, it can't help my father and mother, but will suffer from it. It can set up a situation to harm me, and of course I can also set a situation to harm it, depending on who is more skilled. ”

Now Youshu has absorbed enough dragon essence, and there is no place to store it, so it is mixed with spiritual power to make zuò talismans. This time, the peace charm he gave to everyone was not simple, and there was also the power of the five elements hidden in it, which would be released to fight back once it was triggered. If it is a thousand-year-old demon, maybe it can still resist one or two, and the goblins of five or six hundred years can only ask for more blessings.

The Nine Emperors knew that Youshu never told lies, so he was relieved, and when he heard his father's angry rebuke outside, he went out hand in hand.

I don't know when, several of the queen's brothers have arrived, and they have brought many courtiers, saying that they want to avenge their sister. It turned out that the two girls did not go to the Heart Cultivation Hall to explain the situation, but took advantage of the chaos to leave the palace and inform their father and mother of the matter. They felt that this was a great opportunity, and if they got rid of Zhao Wugongzi, the position of the crown princess might fall on their heads. Gui is the daughter of the Cheng'en Mansion, but she is subordinate to the male concubine, and she has to give up the children she gave birth to others, how can they be willing?

Cheng Engong was worried that he would be light-hearted, so he went to Dali Temple first, and then went to Zongren's Mansion, which completely made things bigger. Now, the hall is full of courtiers, and even the crazy six princes are caught in it, looking terrified.

Youshu was originally very calm, but when she saw a eunuch running in in a hurry, she shouted, "Your Majesty, it's not good, just now there was a message from the Zhao Mansion, saying that the Wang family had a quarrel with the county lord and accidentally killed the county lord." Now that the Wang family has been taken into custody, please make your own decision. ”

There was an uproar in the hall, Mo said that the courtiers were shocked and unspeakable, and even Emperor Zhong Kang was confused, and he was faintly angry. After all, it is his wife and daughter, and even if there is something wrong, he will not sin to death. The Zhao family has murdered the royal family one after another, did they take the royal family into account?

Youshu didn't care what others thought, so she grabbed the eunuch by the collar and asked, "My mother killed the county lord?" What is the situation? ”

The eunuch just came to pass on a message, and he didn't ask in detail, so naturally he didn't know the specific situation, and he couldn't say it clearly for a long time. Youshu threw him down and wanted to go home to take a look, but was stopped by the guards, if it weren't for the prince being on the side, he couldn't even pull out the knife~ out.

At this moment, the imp came out of the ground, holding a talisman in his hand that could crack the palace array. Seeing the situation in the palace clearly, he quickly replied, "My lord, here's the thing. The county lord of Mingzhu didn't know where to get the news that you killed the queen, and ran to settle the account with his wife. As soon as she touched the corner of her lady's clothes, she was bombarded by the Five Elements Defense Talisman, her heart vomited out of her mouth, and she was taken away by a wild dog. The dirty blood and dog blood you ordered me to take are here. With a trick, he handed over two small porcelain bottles containing droplets of blood.

Youshu took it quietly, then retreated to the master's side, and spoke loudly, "Everyone, I didn't kill the queen, but I know who the murderer is. ”

"So many people have seen it with their own eyes, and you still want to deny it?" Cheng Engong glared angrily, and Emperor Zhong Kang also shook his head slightly, his face gloomy. He was wondering what to do with it. With so many people supporting it, and it is well known to everyone, it is impossible for him to protect Youshu for his son, not only is the national law not tolerated, the family law is not allowed, and filial piety is not allowed.

"Quiet, listen to Youshu." The Nine Emperor Princes ordered in a cold voice.

Everyone was so coerced by his coercion that they had to make a gesture of listening, but their hearts were full of doubts.

Youshu quietly shook the master's wrist, and quickly let go, as if he was accumulating energy. He looked around at everyone and said word by word, "It was the Mingzhu County Lord who killed the queen, but before that, the Mingzhu County Lord was already dead. ”

"What did you say?" Emperor Zhong Kang looked at him fixedly, with a strange expression, "If I didn't understand it wrong, are you saying that Lord Zhu was the murderer of the queen, but she was a dead man when she did it?" ”

Cheng Engong also came back to his senses and sneered, "Okay, in one sentence, you have cleaned up all the charges against yourself and the Wang family, what do you think of us?" Stupid~Son? If such absurd statements are preached, who in the whole world will believe you? ”

"Lonely letter." The Nine Emperor Princes spoke lightly.

"Wechen also believes."

"The last general also believes."

"The last general also believes."

"We are convinced!"

Suddenly there were many voices outside the hall, and it turned out that the generals who had followed the Nine Emperor Princes to fight around heard the news.

"Do you want to rebel? You ...... "Cheng Engong made a preemptive strike, but was interrupted by Youshu," thank you for your support. After that, he looked around and said, "So that you may know that if I want to kill someone, I will never use such shoddy means." ”

He raised his hand slightly, shot ~ five burst charms, and exploded at Cheng'en Gong's feet, which made the other party retreat again and again and screamed, and flicked his sleeves again, sacrificing a fire talisman, burning the floor vase placed in the hall into ashes in an instant, and finally staggered his hands to pinch a hair trick to activate a puppet talisman.

Everyone was so frightened by his various methods that they couldn't speak, and when they saw that he had conjured a living queen out of thin air, their heads became more and more dizzy and their thoughts were disordered.

Youshu accepted the puppet talisman and continued, "If I want to kill the queen, there are thousands of ways to destroy the corpse and destroy the traces, and there are thousands of ways to clear the charge, how can I let you catch it red-handed~?" ”

Cheng Engong came back to his senses and shouted in disbelief, "You are the legendary immortal master who assisted the Emperor Star?" The ministers were in an uproar, but they had to believe it. If you weren't an immortal master, where could you use these unbelievable methods? In this case, the queen must not have been killed by him. How could someone who could even pacify the four countries be angry with two inconsequential women and be arrested.

It was only at this time that they finally understood why His Royal Highness the Crown Prince insisted on marrying Zhao Wugongzi. Such a person can't be killed, of course, he can only try his best to entrap him. Even the princes don't dare to offend the immortals, where do they have the guts?

The hall fell silent for a moment, and Emperor Zhong Kang slowly calmed down his anger and regained his senses. He had only heard rumors before, but had never seen it in person, so it was difficult to imagine how amazing Youshu's ability was, and only now did he understand why his son and the generals believed in Youshu. With his unpredictable methods, if he wants to kill anyone, who will use a knife? Looking at the pit of green smoke on the ground, and then looking at the porcelain vase burned to ashes, the current scene is very ridiculous.