Chapter 41: The Black Light
Since ancient times, the Enma clan has a mysterious bloodline, and their clan is born with a strong soul power, and the most typical characteristics of the orthodox Enma are snow skin and golden pupils, that is, white skin like snow and golden pupils. In addition to this, the men of the Enma clan will invariably have blonde hair, while the women will have silver hair, which is also seen as a sign of their pure-blood appearance.
The little princess lived in a luxurious palace, her room was inlaid with jewels in almost every corner, countless colored porcelain and jade objects were placed, and she was surrounded by a group of slaves, and Xia Yuqian was just one of many maidservants. In Xia Yuqian's eyes, although the little princess is just a little girl of the same age as herself, she seems to have an incomparably powerful mysterious power, which makes Xia Yuqian both admire and fear her.
The first time Xia Yuqian discovered the strange power in her body was when she helped her sort out her clothes. That day, the little maid girl who was responsible for helping the princess wash her clothes fell ill, so she asked Xia Yuqian to fold the unwashed clothes and put them in the princess's cupboard.
Although Xia Yuqian was reluctant, she still did it, but when she was stuffing the stack of dirty clothes into the cupboard, through the mirror next to the cupboard door, she saw in horror that behind her, the little princess sitting on the bed was staring at herself from the mirror, with a slightly weird smile on her face, as if to say: I know you are doing something bad!
At that time, Xia Yuqian was shocked into a cold sweat, she hurriedly retreated with the stack of clothes, went to the laundry room to wash it overnight, and then used a fan to manually fan it to dry, and finally put the clean clothes back in the cupboard the next morning.
But since then, she has gradually begun to find that the little princess seems to be able to guess her thoughts at all times, once, when the little princess was eating dinner, Xia Yuqian was standing behind her with a plate, because she had not drunk water for a day, she felt very thirsty, and her eyes unconsciously floated on the crystal pot in front of the little princess's table, and the clear spring water that vaguely exuded a sweet smell.
Suddenly, the little princess picked up a crystal cup, poured a glass of water from the pot, turned around and handed it to Xia Yuqian.
"Drink. She said lightly, with an elusive smile on her face.
Xia Yuqian was completely frightened at that time, she didn't know how the little princess guessed her thoughts. She took the cup with a trembling hand, and looked at her in astonishment, but the little princess turned away without saying anything.
On another occasion, the little princess suddenly called her to her and said, "Tell me the story of your hometown." ”
Xia Yuqian then began to talk to her, saying that her village is called Hongshan Village, because in autumn the mountain is covered with red maple leaves, and every time the sun rises, the morning light will always reflect the whole village into a gentle red. The fields in the village are very wide, the villagers are very kind, and in her eyes, it is the most peaceful and warm place......
After hearing this, the little princess asked, "Do you still miss your parents?"
Xia Yuqian was stunned for a long time before nodding vigorously.
The little princess suddenly stretched out her hand to hold Xia Yuqian's hand, and said to her in a very warm and sweet voice: "Yuqian, you will accompany me for another three years, and I will send you to reunite with your parents in three years." ”
Xia Yuqian nodded half surprised and half moved after hearing this, three years, at that time, she thought that she would be able to go home in three years and see her parents again......
But one night, another strange thing happened.
That night, when the little princess had finished washing up and lay down on the bed as usual, and the servants covered her with a quilt made of gold thread, Yan Mei walked in.
"Queen Mother!" the little princess saw her, jumped out of bed, and threw herself into her arms with joy. Yan Mei hugged her and kissed her forehead.
Xia Yuqian knelt beside the other servants, she had forgotten the last time her mother kissed her like this, and even her parents' faces had become a little blurry in her memory......
Yan Mei motioned for the servants to go down, and Xia Yuqian and the others got up and exited the room, kneeling on the cold floor outside the door. After a long time, Yan Mei came out of the house and said to them, "The princess is asleep, you all go down." ”
"Yes!" the servants got up, bent over, and withdrew.
"Child, you stay for a while," Yan Mei suddenly stopped Xia Yuqian, who was retreating with the palace maids. Xia Yuqian hurriedly stopped and bowed her head to salute.
"You're Xia Yuqian, right?" Yan Mei leaned over to look at her, a bright smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
"Yes, Her Highness. She nodded nervously, but she didn't know how the queen had learned her name.
"The princess likes you very much, you have to behave well, and don't disappoint me and the princess. ”
After Yan Mei finished speaking, she got up and left, leaving Xia Yuqian stunned in place, looking at her enchanting back with some surprise.
She did not go back to her room at once, but went to the garden to blow the evening breeze, and she seemed to be home, and perhaps her father and mother were sitting in the yard thinking about their daughter......
"Xiaoqian, why don't you go back to the house to sleep?" the maid Xiaolan walked over and patted her on the shoulder, "Go to bed early, you have to get up early tomorrow." ”
Xia Yuqian nodded, and was about to get up, but she saw a leaf floating down from the top of her head, she picked it up and saw that the surrounding area of the leaf seemed to have been burned by fire, and there were strange spells drawn with blood in the middle.
"What is this?" Xiaolan grabbed the leaves in her hand, but suddenly heard a sound of rustling footsteps behind her, and the two looked back to see a hunchbacked old woman wearing a black cloak, a dead wood cane in one hand, and a black boat lamp in the other. Her face was covered with dense wrinkles, and she looked very ugly.
"Who are you?" Xiaolan asked as she looked at the old woman with some disgust.
"Girl......"
The old woman stretched out her hand like a dead tree branch, and lifted the black boat lamp, the frame of which was engraved with all kinds of strange charms, and there was a terrible green fire burning in it, like the wailing of a wronged soul, and like the groan of a wild ghost, she raised her cane and pointed at Xiaolan, "Come and help me extinguish this lamp." ”
As soon as the words fell, Xiaolan seemed to have been enchanted, her eyes suddenly became dull, and she walked slowly towards the old woman.
A weird smile appeared on the old woman's face, she raised the black light in front of Xiaolan's eyes, Xiaolan took a deep breath, inhaled the ghost fire into her body, her eyes suddenly widened, but her pupils became red like blood. She seemed to wake up instantly, her eyes widened in horror, and her hands scratched at her neck. After a struggle, she suddenly stiffened and fell back to the ground in a daze, because she was too frightened before she breathed, and her two eyeballs were still protruding outward.
Xia Yuqian sat on the ground and looked at the old woman like a monster.
Then, the old woman lifted her crutches and slammed them down on Xiaolan's eyebrows.
"Get up!" she commanded.
After an order, Xiaolan's entire body stood up straight. Xia Yuqian was so frightened by this terrifying scene that she froze and couldn't move.
The old woman raised her crutches again and stabbed Xiaolan in the heart.
"Scatter!" she shouted again, and the moment the cane stabbed Xiaolan in the chest, she suddenly dispersed into a huge black ghost, which hissed, screamed, and roared to the sky, as if to vent the resentment that had been accumulated in her heart for a long time.
The old woman raised the black light again.
"Gather!" the ghost was sucked into the black light and converged into an even more ferocious wildfire. After the black smoke cleared, a bronze soldier with red pupils appeared in front of the old woman.
"Go to your master!" said the old woman. The bronze soldier listened and walked towards the main hall expressionlessly.
Xia Yuqian knew that she was about to be in trouble, so she stood up and ran away.
"Girl......"
The old woman stopped her, her voice seemed to carry irresistible magic, Xia Yuqian's body suddenly stopped uncontrollably, turned around and walked towards her......