- However, because Shi Jing is still a little unsure of what Cen Chi's mind is, she hasn't taught Qingqiang anything other than serving people for the time being, so her heart is still a blank slate, which is much simpler than the two cheap maids who taught her in the flower hall just now.

When Shi Jing saw Qingqiang, a thought arose in his heart, so he called it close to him and took a look.

Qingqiang was originally a maid who served Cen Chi closely, but today Cen Chi left the Prime Minister's Mansion and went to the northwest, but her spirit seemed to be more haggard than when she took care of Cen Chi day and night a few days ago.

After Shi Jing carefully observed Qingqiang a few times, he felt that this girl seemed to have lost her soul. Her soul was not in this body that should have been full of youthful vitality, and probably followed the carriage.

Shi Jing couldn't help but feel a little nostalgic in his heart, it was really rare to be able to serve people with heart and affection to this extent, but he didn't see the filthy intentions of the two cheap maids who served Lan'er, it was really a big mistake. It seems that for family affairs, if you can't think of chaos, you have to start from the root.

Shi Jing knew that Qingqiang's heart for Cen Chi was not as simple as a master-servant relationship, but he believed that as long as Qingqiang had a pure heart and could serve his 'Lan'er' well, it was often only a matter of time before the cultivation of feelings was often a matter of time.

"You're worried about Cen Chi?" After staring at Qingqiang for a moment, Shi Jing suddenly asked.

Qingqiang's shoulders trembled slightly, and she said in a low voice: "The slave doesn't dare to trespass." ”

Shi Jing spoke slowly, as if he was just describing a very ordinary thing: "You must also know that although my wife has been crazy for more than ten years, I have never thought of abandoning her. But you may not know that my wife and I were both from poor backgrounds. I was able to support each other all the way until I became famous, and no one could replace her significance to me during this period. ”

Speaking of this, he changed his words and said: "There is no need to deliberately hide emotional matters. As for the issue of identity. There is always a solution. The most expensive thing in the world is true love. It is expensive not because of its high price, but because it cannot be measured by treasure. ”

It may be foolish to show what you care about most in front of others. But it can also be said to be a great trust in this 'other person'.

From Shi Jing's words, Qingqiang heard a lot of past stories about Master Shi that she had never known before, and among them, Qingqiang was the most surprised. It was Master Shi, who had always been strict and busy, that would talk to her about his attitude towards 'love' when he met her halfway.

Qingqiang, who lowered her head slightly, couldn't help but glance up at Shi Jing. Seeing that he was also looking at herself, she immediately lowered her head again, and there was some awe in her heart that she couldn't explain the reason, and she didn't know how to answer.

Maybe I'm not qualified to discuss my attitude towards 'love' with my lord at all.

"Starting tomorrow. Go and serve the eldest lady! Shi Jing suddenly spoke, the topic changed very quickly, and there was no room in his tone for Qingqiang to think. In the future, the eldest lady will be the only girl to serve, and I will send someone to stay by your side. Keep you safe. ”

The safety he said naturally did not mean that the eldest lady would poison again, but to prevent the eldest lady from going crazy again, leaving someone to stop it when she needed to take action.

Although he didn't say this too bluntly, Qingqiang would only think about it in this way. And once she figured this out, her heart was full of gratitude.

Looking at the back of the old man leaving, although he didn't ask for it, some of the hindsighted Qingqiang still knelt down at him and kowtowed seriously.

……

On the way to the gate, Shi Jing decided one more thing and called the housekeeper closer, but only after he sat in the sedan chair did he signal the official to come to the small window on the side of the sedan chair.

Shi Jing said calmly: "The three family members who led the eldest lady to the flower hall just now, but who are the locals?" ”

The housekeeper glanced at Shi Jing with his eyebrows suppressed, and said in a deep voice: "None of the three are from Kyoto, but two of them are cousins. ”

"Let those cousins go back to their hometown, don't come back, the other one and the two maids ......" Shi Jing said this, was silent for a while, and then spoke again, "Send the rock sugar osmanthus cake that the eldest lady eats leftovers, so that they can eat enough and go on the road." ”

The eldest lady is not noble, and her gluttonous snacks are more common, and her favorite snack since she was a child is rock sugar osmanthus cake.

After Shi Jing gained fame and finally became a prominent position, he asked his servants to buy enough fresh rock sugar osmanthus cakes every day and give them to the eldest lady, so that she could eat happily and live a sweet life.

Later, the eldest lady suffered from frequent episodes of madness and lived in that quiet courtyard, and Shi Jing did not cut off this supply.

However, when there was an accident in the small courtyard a few days ago, there were also osmanthus cakes among the refreshments that the eldest lady gave Cen Chi to taste.

Although after Cen Chi was poisoned, Shi Jing personally inspected the osmanthus cake and other snacks stored in the eldest lady's house, and the results were safe, but he still asked people to take away all the stored food.

It's only been a few days since this happened, and some of the pastries that were sorted out were still not thrown away, which were not poisonous, and some servants were still a little greedy when they looked at them, but ...... Shi Jing said such things now, which made the housekeeper understand a problem.

The old butler's eyes were slightly condensed, but he quickly complied.

In the face of Shi Jing's order to end the lives of three people and almost ruin the lives of two people, this old servant who has been loyal to the Shi family for most of his life will not have a trace of objection.

He is Shi Jing's most trusted confidant and servant, so he will not live up to Shi Jing's trust. As for the three people who were going to die, the reason why they wanted to die must be to live up to Master Shi's trust.

ended the lives of three people in one sentence, Shi Jing's heart still felt a little irritable, not because of the killing, but because he cared more about the truth, the two maids didn't say it in the end.

For the evil deeds they had done before, they were so small that they spit in the porridge bowl of the eldest lady when she was not paying attention, and they didn't dare to say it out, but they didn't admit that they had poisoned Cen Chi's teacup and then blamed the eldest lady.

The evil concubine who instructed the maid to do evil to the eldest lady has long since died, and Shi Jing knows very well that the only thing that can compensate for this matter is to care more about his 'Lan'er' in the future.

At the same time, Shi Jing was a little unconvinced. For the new manipulator behind it, those two maids can be so loyal in the face of death.

Shi Jing suddenly had some doubts about the third son's speculation.

But he can't find any evidence to prove his son's idea for the time being, or it should be said, even if he forcibly finds evidence to prove that Cen Chi poisoned his cup, but this poison is really amazing, Shi Jing looked for several Lang Zhong, and they all determined that it was the kind of medicine specially developed by the poison doctor. If you can't get an antidote. But it's really hard to escape.

This is tantamount to self-defeat, why did Cen Chi do this?

Even if he does suffer any setbacks, depending on his temperament. Nor would it have occurred to him that death would have been used to solve the problem.

Could it be that there is a problem among the other Qingke in the house?

Shi Jing shook his head and decided not to think about these complicated trivialities anymore. The matter of self-trial in the imperial court has just ended, and the sea transportation is about to begin, whether it is to do his own job well. Or be wary of the plots of political opponents, he must keep a clear head during this period.

Perhaps time will tell.

Shi Jing closed his eyes and pondered for a moment. opened his eyes and said slowly to the old housekeeper who was still bowing next to the sedan chair: "Beside the eldest lady, arrange for Qingqiang's girl to serve, if she has needs, the outer courtyard needs to do its best to meet them." Other than that. Arrange for Xiao Leng to go to the eldest lady's yard and be responsible for the security guard. ”

The housekeeper hurriedly nodded and said, "The old slave will arrange these things that the master ordered, and the master can rest assured." ”

Shouldering the heavy responsibility of the country. Shi Jing has the right to keep a few guards by his side.

In fact, in addition to him, many Beijing officials are in their own houses. All of them have nursing homes with martial arts, and some wealthy businessmen are the same, and the meaning is almost the same.

This habit has been derived from the previous dynasties. Although the Zhou Dynasty has now died and the new dynasty has replaced it, the emperor of the current dynasty did not order to prohibit this unspoken convention, but only vaguely mentioned it, and the number should not be too large.

The number of such people who are good at kung fu is linked to the position of their protector, but there is an upper limit.

Although Shi Jing's current identity is almost equal to more than 10,000 people under one person, there are less than 30 people in the Xiangfu Nursing Courtyard, which is far lower than the upper limit of domestic military attendants.

And only those with slightly higher seniority in the Prime Minister's Mansion know that among these twenty or so people, only ten are Xiangye's close guards.

These ten people are all strong in martial arts, and they are the closest attendants to Xiangye, and they often take turns to follow Xiangye around. Whether Xiang Ye is working in the yamen or visiting friends, they are still inseparable from Xiang Ye.

In addition, they have a set of titles in private, which is called: Ten Generals.

These ten people have rankings, but they are neither ranked by age nor by martial arts, but by Xiangye himself.

Although even the ten families don't know what the basis for Xiang Ye's ranking is, they only need to understand one thing, and protecting Xiang Ye's safety is their lifelong mission.

Ten same history, this may already be considered to be a problem!

Xiao Leng called by Shi Jing ranked sixth among the ten generals, in addition to being called Leng Liu, he also had a real name, called Leng Yi.

In addition to being ranked lower among the ten generals, Leng Yi is also the youngest of these ten people, and he has just turned thirteen years old in the Midyear Festival this year.

It may be because of the fact that he often practices martial arts, and the thirteen-year-old is cold, and his body has grown much taller than that of young people of the same age, and his appearance is also very spiritual, and he also gets along very well with the ten generals and brothers.

However, although Leng Yi's height has been pulled up, there is still a little childishness on his face.

Perhaps for this reason, from the day he entered the Prime Minister's Mansion, until now, Shi Jing has not let him take on the job of going out to guard, only let him stay in the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Because he often rotated around the courtyard of the Prime Minister's Mansion and inspected the Anzhai back and forth, he gradually became almost the microphone inside the ten generals.

Leng Yi inquired about the outside from the ten generals who followed Shi Jing in shifts every day, and told the brothers who went out about what happened every day in the mansion, so he was also very cared for by the ten brothers.

But in any case, compared to the other nine, Leng Yi often felt that he was the only one of the ten who ate idle food. He felt that there were already so many nursing homes left behind in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and it seemed that there was no more than him, and no less than him.

Therefore, when Leng Yi heard the old butler who came to him say that Xiangye had a new dispatch to him, he was wiping the blade with a soft cloth, and he suddenly put the knife into the sheath and stood up from the chair with a "Teng". Full of anticipation.

However, when he heard the last half of the old butler's words, his expression suddenly shrank a little.

It is said that it is a new assignment, but in fact, it is still a job that does not require leaving the house, and the scope of activities seems to be more cramped.

The old housekeeper has served in the Shi Mansion for most of his life, and he has almost watched Leng Yi grow from a little boy to his current size, and he also likes this very young and energetic young man very much.

Seeing the coldness, there was a little depression on the very young face. He didn't have much to say. But when he turned around to leave after instructing Xiangye's assignment, he hesitated again. In the end, he couldn't help but comfort: "Don't look at it, it seems that you can only move in that small courtyard most of the time in the future, but at the same time, you have to bear the responsibility of protecting the eldest lady, and you can't change the guard." Do you know how much Xiangye hopes that the eldest lady can get better one day sooner? Xiangye's expectations for you are not small. ”

Leng Yi's expression moved slightly when he heard this. After a moment of silence, he suddenly said, "Uncle housekeeper, I will do this job well." ”

The old butler saw seriousness and firmness in the young man's eyes. He smiled happily, nodded, and said, "There is one more thing to tell you, the maid who will be responsible for serving the eldest lady in the future is Qingqiang." You and she are no strangers, and you will definitely get along well in the future. ”

As the chief steward of all the daily chores of the Prime Minister's Mansion, he said this. Appearing very confident and well-founded.

The old butler knew very well in his heart. He clearly remembered that Qingqiang and Leng Yi entered the Xiangfu on the same day. For this reason, two children of similar age played together in their spare time, and the friendship between the children was very close.

Later, Qingqiang served Cen late, and the coldness grew to a certain age, and the proportion of time spent practicing martial arts under the three people who served as martial artists in the ten generals increased, and the opportunity for the two to play together became rarer.

This time the two have the opportunity to serve the eldest lady together, which may also mean the renewal of their childhood friendship!

When he learned from the old butler that he would be able to meet with Qingqiang often in the future and serve the Lord together, his cold face gradually showed a happy smile.

It seems that the old butler's speculation is going to come true.

……

Because of the special personal situation of the eldest lady, in order to serve her properly, it must be inseparable from her, and almost eat and sleep together. After going to the old housekeeper for advice and gaining understanding and support, Qingqiang began to 'move' the total distance no more than the scope of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

When Qingqiang dragged a bed of cotton wool rolled up with a sheet and walked to the small courtyard where the eldest lady lived, she suddenly saw two young men pulling a cart of firewood more than ten steps ahead.

The small courtyard where the eldest lady lived was close to the back door of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and looking at the direction in which the two young men walked, it was also to go to the back door of the Shifu, so Qingqiang was on the same road as those two people.

The two of them couldn't walk too fast with the firewood cart, and Qingqiang was dragging a bed of cotton wool in her hand, so naturally she couldn't go fast. The two sides are slowly embellished on the same road one after the other, and no one has thrown off anyone, but no one has copied anyone's forward road.

After walking for a while, Qingqiang saw clearly the short knives hanging from the waists of the two young men, and recognized that these two were members of the Ten Generals, and she couldn't help but be a little puzzled.

The duty of the ten generals is to protect the safety of Xiangye, although they are servants, but they are by no means simple. Occasionally, they do side jobs, but they don't do the menial work of dyeing their hands in a firewood house.

Until Qingqiang suddenly saw a corner of her clothes exposed between the firewood piles on the firewood cart......

She thought that she was too tired in the past few days because she had taken care of Cen Chi day and night, so she was dazzled.

But the chariot was in front of her, and with her on the same road, she could easily look at what she thought she was looking at the flowers again.

And when she blinked, and saw that the corner of her clothes was indeed under the pyre, her heart fluttered and a bolt of lightning slid through.

She is very familiar with this kind of clothing, in fact, the maid dress she wears herself is made of this kind of fabric.

Why is this kind of clothing pressed under the pyre? Why is the firewood cart full of firewood not sent to the house, but to the outside? Why is the firewood cart transported by the people of the ten generals, and what are the rough servants of the firewood house doing......

Gathering many clues, Qingqiang's thinking direction suddenly entered a realm that she herself felt scared.

And when she was about to look at it again and see clearly, a figure suddenly flashed into her sight! Because she was so focused on the front that she forgot what was going to happen behind her, the sudden arrival of this scene made her so startled that she almost fell backwards to the ground.

"Sister Qiang'er!"

After approaching the green tree lightly. Leng Yi shouted, and suddenly jumped in front of her from behind Qingqiang, his original intention was to surprise her, and by the way, he also wanted to scare her, but he didn't expect to really scare her into such a situation.

Seeing Qingqiang's face, she instantly turned pale, her eyes were straight, and she was a little panicked. Long arm to probe. He held Qingqiang's body and said in surprise, "Sister Qiang'er, what's wrong with you?" ”

"Oh... It's nothing ......," Qingqiang replied casually.

Another person suddenly intervened. Let her have an illusion, as if the unspoken discovery in her heart was exposed to the eyes of others, and she reflexively spoke perfunctorily.

Until she saw the man in front of her. She breathed a sigh of relief, and then a smile appeared on her face. said: "Xiao Leng, why are you?" ”

"Why can't it be me?" Leng saw that Qingqiang was relieved, he was also relieved, and then he was going to help with the futon that Qingqiang was pulling with some difficulty. "I'll get it for you."

After recognizing Leng Yi, Qingqiang was defenseless against him, and easily let go of her hand. The bound futon slid into the cold hand and carried it.

With a light hand, she couldn't help but look at the two people pulling the firewood cart again. It was just a pause on her side. The cart of firewood had been dragged away by the two of them, the image was blurry, and the corner of the clothes on the firewood cart could not be seen clearly.

Qingqiang turned her gaze back, and the corner of her gaze slid over the knife hanging from Leng Yi's waist, and stopped on the slightly sharpened cowhide handle, and she thought more seriously that although Leng Yi was only thirteen years old, a few months younger than herself, he did have the identity of one of the ten generals.

I have long heard that even if the members of the ten generals are not guaranteed, there are at least seven adults, and the blades of the green steel knives hanging diagonally around their waists have licked human blood.

Although the coldness in front of him is rarely out of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the wear and tear of the handle of his saber is mostly due to his diligent practice, the reason is relatively simple, but if he grows up for a few years, he will inevitably be the same as the other members of the Ten Family Generals......

As soon as she thought of this, Qingqiang coughed dryly, and then asked softly, "Xiao Leng, are you here for something?" As she spoke, she stepped back half a step with a slight movement.

Leng Yi seemed to be unaware of Qingqiang's small action, but in fact, it was because he didn't care in the first place, and thought that this was a normal expression of a woman's reserve, after all, the two of them were really a little too close just now.

Hearing Qingqiang's soft inquiry, Leng Yi replied with a smile: "Uncle Housekeeper asked me to protect the eldest lady...... And you, don't you know? ”

It wasn't for him to mention it, Qingqiang really didn't know about it. She had just gone to ask the old butler about his move, and the butler agreed, but did not mention anything else, perhaps because he had forgotten.

But she thought about it, she had met the lord in the courtyard before, and the lord not only personally assigned her to serve in the courtyard of the eldest lady, but also mentioned that he would also send someone to guard the safety of the courtyard. In this way, what Leng Yi said is true.

It's just that it's still surprising, but I didn't expect the other person sent to the eldest lady to be Leng Yi.

Qing Qiang looked at the cold young face, endured it, and didn't glance at the saber on his waist again, and a trace of complexity floated in her happy mood.

Leng Yi was also staring at Qingqiang's face.

He felt that the sister Qiang'er in front of him, who had been frolicking together since the beginning of entering the Prime Minister's Mansion, had not seen each other for a while, and her appearance seemed to have changed. Her eyebrows and eyes are softer, and her cheeks are not as round as before, but they are a little more feminine, which still makes him look good.

Then, he noticed the slightly stunned look in her eyes, and before she could speak, he smiled again and said, "Maybe the housekeeper uncle was too busy and forgot to say it." However, it is the same for me to convey this matter to you now. ”

His thoughts are some the same as Qingqiang's unspoken pondering, but there are some differences.

Qingqiang smiled a little reluctantly, glanced at the direction where the firewood cart was going away just now, and said, "I thought you were here to help those two big brothers." ”

Leng Yi followed Qingqiang's gaze, and soon saw the firewood cart, but the firewood cart had already reached a turnaround on the road, and disappeared at the intersection in the blink of an eye, almost equivalent to almost leaving the back door of the Shifu.

"Ha, that's the fifth brother and the seventh brother." Retracting his gaze, he said coldly: "It's the fifth brother and the seventh brother who want to help me, and in the future, I must live next door to the courtyard where the eldest lady lives, and they will clean up the firewood house." ”

"Oh......" Qingqiang hesitated. He asked again: "These trivial affairs, you can call the miscellaneous servants in the house to do it, aren't the two eldest brothers just doing things for Xiangye?" ”

"The fifth brother and the seventh brother are not on duty today, they are in the mansion in their spare time, and they were originally going to accompany me to practice swordsmanship. Later, the housekeeper came to me and ordered me to be responsible for guarding the safety of the eldest lady in the future. The two older brothers were also present. Now that you know it, you're going to help me. ”

Looking at Qingqiang coldly, Wen Yan recounted what happened. While he spoke. He always had a smile in his eyes. This gentle attitude, against the backdrop of his extremely young face, seems extraordinarily pure, without any other feelings.

"My two brothers always took special care of me. It's a hands-on experience. However, listen to the servant in the firewood room. The firewood in the small firewood house has been stored for almost a year, and the humidity is very heavy, and when the firewood came out just now, several centipedes were turned out. If only I asked the little sisters in the house to help me do those things. I'm afraid I'm going to be scared enough. ”

Speaking of this, Leng Yi raised the futon he was carrying in his hand again, and said loudly: "I have some strength." It's up to the man to do it. ”

Qingqiang's heart warmed when she heard this, and she finally completely let go of the vigilance and fear just now. Meantime. She also silently reminded herself to stop worrying about the 'thing' she just saw, and stop indulging in thinking about those things.

Thinking about it, as a prime minister, although his status is extremely high, when he uses his power to make decisions, it is inevitable that some people will be unconvinced, jealous, and then cause trouble. The ten families will be by the master's side, and occasionally need to draw a knife to eliminate trouble, also to protect the master. The loyalty of the protector could not be more normal.

Although the members of the ten generals are all from martial arts training, if you look closely, you will find that they are not rough people who only know how to use martial arts. They are loyal to their head of the family and love their brothers.

Of course, there are also delicate people like Leng Yi!

Seeing that Leng Yi's tone did not lag when he spoke, and he looked straightforward, Qingqiang no longer suspected him.

When her mind calmed down, Qingqiang was worried about the very damp little firewood house he mentioned. After pondering for a while, Qingqiang advised: "If it's too humid, don't live in it immediately, be careful of the smell of mildew and moisture." ”

"It's still Sister Qiang'er's heart." Leng Yi blinked and smiled, "I listen to my sister, I won't live in tonight." ”

……

The fifth brother and the seventh brother mentioned in the cold words, the former is surnamed Ji, and as his name is, he ranks fifth among the ten generals. The latter's surname is Tian, in fact, Qingqiang should have a little impression of this person, because she had only seen this person a few days ago, Tian Qi was one of the two people who were in charge of escorting along the way when Cen Chi went to the temple in the southwest corner of the inner city of Kyoto that day.

In addition to being more familiar with Leng Yi, Qingqiang couldn't distinguish the names and appearances of the other nine members of the ten generals. She didn't have a chance to get close to the chariot just now to take a closer look, so she ignored Tian Qi, who had several faces, and also missed an opportunity for her to see the dark side of the ten generals.

The things she speculated about just now are indeed cold enough.

Out of the back door of Shifu, Ji Wu and Tian Qi pulled a firewood cart through the streets and alleys and came to the vicinity of the garbage mountain in the south of the city.

While the whole of Kyoto is thriving in commerce, there is also a phenomenon that a large amount of garbage is discarded every day, and it is necessary to pile up at an outlet after cleaning. However, the main component of the garbage mountain is construction waste, and it is difficult to completely eradicate the inner city area for a while. The garbage mountain has been standing here for a long time, and gradually formed its unique 'garbage culture'.

A corner of the garbage mountain, in addition to the usual dirty image on the surface, is also a sin on the inside.

The root of the evil lies in the fact that the garbage piled up here is not only the waste caused by people's livelihood activities, but also the abandoned life.

If it weren't for the fact that not far away, from time to time there would be bells and chanting Buddha in the small temple, but I was afraid that the south of the city would be empty because of the sin located in the corner of the garbage mountain.

In the nameless lake next to the garbage mountain, the water of the lake is dark blue all year round. In the past, the swamp by the lake often swallowed passers-by, and it was difficult to find the dead body, so there were rumors that the reason why the lake was blue was precisely because it was a symbol of the pool of the dead in the world.

This kind of rumor spread to the people, and gradually caused two phenomena. In addition to those who are passively swallowed up by the swamp, some people who can't think of it will also take the initiative to come to this place, but not deliberately to step on the swamp, but to deliberately jump into the lake, with their lives, hoping to get a good reincarnation.

Later, the swamp was filled in, and the shallow water in the swamp was pushed to the lake area for accumulation. The unnamed lake was raised, but the disappearance of the murderous swamp weakened the rumors, and instead caused far fewer people to run to the lake in search of death.

But between the huge lake and the mountain of garbage, which can never be cleaned up, there is another area, which is the corpse dump.

Originally, it was strictly forbidden to dispose of corpses in Kyoto, and those who did not have the money to bury their deceased relatives could go to the yamen to receive subsidies. Emperor Nanzhao took the land closest to him as the first model of his statecraft after he ruled. Kyoto's official and private order has been managed and controlled for nearly a decade. Nowadays, there is absolutely no situation in Kyoto where people die for a few days and are not buried.

And if the city patrol sees a wandering beggar who died silently in the street. He will also send his body to Yizhuang in the south of the city for burial. Every year, Yizhuang receives material support from the imperial court and is obliged to take care of these affairs.

However, although Nanzhao has established these comprehensive laws and implemented them very efficiently, these are the treatment of adults. And among the dead corpses, there is another kind of zài, that is, dead babies.

Whether it is a difficult birth and death in the mother's womb. Or suffocated at birth, or even more cruel...... In short, this kind of corpse is the most difficult to dispose of, and it is a dead body that even Yizhuang is unwilling to receive.

There is an eternal legend that says that the three souls of infants are uncertain. There are only one of the strongest human spirits, and there is a trace of anger of the reincarnated undead in the previous life. This kind of soul after death is not easy to exceed. But it is easy to be held hostage by the evil spirits scattered in the world, therefore. No one in the world wants to touch a dead baby, and perhaps only their mothers don't mind.

But the dead babies who have left traces of life in the world and therefore do not need to erect a monument to commemorate them are not cats, dogs, livestock, but also human beings, and they also need to be buried seriously. If no one or department wants to take over this kind of thing, there is only a private settlement.

And most of the things that need to be settled in private are not in order, and being in this environment inevitably adds to the weird atmosphere.

Although the living standards of Kyoto residents have improved in recent years, and no matter how poor they are, they cannot afford to have children, there are still a few accidents that occur when women give birth.

In that gloomy corner next to the garbage mountain, although the place is not big, occasionally every month or two, there are women with red and swollen teary eyes carrying baskets, maybe to bury the corpse, maybe just to burn a few yellow watches, to enshrine the land here, to commemorate some regrets and sorrows.

The main reason why it became a burial ground for dead babies is because of the nearby temple, which has long been rumored to be there mainly for the purpose of suppressing evil spirits.

However, there are people who are outside the rules everywhere, and the burial of babies sometimes leads to the burial of other dead bodies, and this change in this phenomenon is actually a practice that the people of Kyoto know in private.

Ji Wu and Tian Qi pulled the firewood cart to the area where the baby was buried next to the garbage mountain, and then stopped.

When the two of them left the back door of the Prime Minister's Mansion, they had already untied the saber on their waists, took off their coats, wrapped them, and hid them in the firewood cart. At the same time, they untie the hair bands and use their fingers as a comb to break up their hair. With such a slight change in appearance, the two of them look not much different from ordinary chaifu.

Camouflage is a skill that the ten generals must learn, and these are just small tricks, and it is enough to deceive passers-by.

At this time, when they arrived at their destination, they took out their clothes wrapped in knives from the firewood cart and threw them on the ground, and then the two of them pulled out two bamboo tubes from under the board, tore off the wooden cork, and splashed them on the firewood cart.

The light yellow thick liquid in the bamboo tube is sprinkled on the wood cart, there is no smell, it seems to be a relatively pure oil, but it is a little different from the oil for stir-frying. The two not only sprinkled the firewood with this grease, but also did not miss the firewood cart.

After doing this, the two threw the bamboo tube to the car, and each took out the fire fold from the sleeve of the coat, blew it up, and lit the firewood cart back and forth.

The firewood, which originally looked so damp that it was about to rot, seemed to burn violently in an instant with the help of the kind of grease that had been poured before.

Not only does a cart of wet wood burn and the fire rages, but the temperature and color of the flame on the pyre also seem strange. The two who lit the fire only hesitated for a moment, and the skin of their arms exposed outside their clothes was scorched red by the heat wave that churned out from the flames.

The flame seemed to be attached to a kind of magic, it didn't seem to come from the firewood, but as if the air was burning, and then it actively devoured everything it could get its hands on - even the damp wood, even the three newly dead corpses covered under the wet wood.

The sound of "zi-zi-zi-" could still be heard in the flames, but it quickly faded away.

With the flames that soon dimmed, the firewood, the firewood, and the three corpses all turned into burnt white ashes, and there were not even half strips of carbon left.

The two of them, who had stepped back a few paces away, watched the scene change with cold eyes, until the fire was extinguished, and then they slowly approached again.

In the place where the body was burned, the fire had been extinguished, but there was still a relatively high temperature...... (To be continued)