The strong smell of medicine is mixed with the fragrance of fire candles.

Several young men and women dressed as Taoist priests next to them surrounded an old man in a zodiac robe sitting on a futon, chanting words.

There was a brazier in front of him, and the yellow talisman was pasted around him, and with the old man's subdued tone, the fire in the brazier burst into the sky from time to time.

The main hall of Changchun Palace was made into a miasma by these people.

Just looked at the old man, his face was like a heavy jujube, he had a long five-lock beard, and the color of his hair and beard was gray and white.

Although his face was full of wrinkles, his occasionally opened eyes were also shining, and the person in front of him was the Zhang Tianshi that Concubine Guo said.

I saw him wielding a sword in one hand, holding up a paper talisman, dancing back and forth, and the incantation in his mouth, no one could hear what he was saying.

It's just that as his movements get faster and faster, the sound of his incantations becomes more and more sonorous.

The little Taoist priests around him were dancing with demons one by one.

As his movements grew faster and faster, the swinging sword made a sound of splitting wind in the air.

When several eunuchs and palace maids around saw this scene, they were so frightened that they couldn't possess their bodies, and their faces were panicked.

Since the Ariake Dynasty, there has never been a sword or gun in the main hall, which can be regarded as a precedent.

And the emperor, who was guarded by a group of guards, was pale, and the whole person was barely propped up on the chair, looking at these weakly.

The guards' faces were also nervous, and everyone involuntarily pressed their hands on the handles of their knives.

Just when the movement of this Heavenly Master was waving fast, suddenly, the fire in the brazier, the flames rolled, and suddenly burst up with flames that were three feet high.

His movements also stopped abruptly, and the paper talisman on the sword also turned into black ashes, and he picked it in a bowl, and a little Taoist boy next to him poured a bowl of rice wine into the bowl.

The black and gray color was mixed with the rice wine, and such a dirty bowl of rice wine, with a strong earthy smell, was actually served to the emperor by himself.

The little eunuch on the side took the bowl of rice wine and looked stunned, but he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly brought it to the emperor.

However, the emperor didn't want to think about it, as if a drowning man saw the life-saving straw, grabbed the bowl of rice wine with both hands and drank it all.

When the empty bowl was placed, he slumped back in his chair as if he had exhausted his strength.

At this time, this Heavenly Master was finally finished, and the hall was filled with heavy smoke and fire.

Zhang Tianshi and his party came to the emperor and knelt down one after another, and the emperor also cheered up, looking at them weakly.

I listened to Zhang Tianshi take the lead and said: "Back to the emperor, your illness lies in the fact that there are evil cults in the palace, as long as this demon cult is eliminated, your body will be fine!" ”

"Really?"

The emperor's eyes were already a little dilated at this time, and the two little eunuchs hurriedly helped him up, and put two cushions between his back and the back of the chair, before he could barely sit upright.

"According to the Heavenly Master, where does this demon worship come from?"

The emperor asked weakly, and paid attention to making all the people in the hall stunned, and they were all frightened, and they didn't even dare to come out.

Everyone knew that if Zhang Tianshi casually testified against a person, he was afraid that he would die in this hall on the spot.

At this moment, Zhang Tianshi, the gray-haired old man in a yellow robe in front of him, seems to have the power of life and death.

I heard the Heavenly Master say in a deep voice: "Demon Chong is in the north and not in the south, bypassing the east and west to meet, mortals will turn into ashes, and nobles will encounter Yang Shou!" ”

Anyone can understand that this demon worship is not in this hall after all, which makes everyone breathe a sigh of relief.

But a question lingers in my heart, this Heavenly Master said, the demon worship is in the north and north, isn't there only Ningfang Hall and Cuiwei Palace?

Ningfang Hall has long been vacant, and the one in Cuiwei Hall is precisely the new favorite of the prince, Siyu Niangniang, is it her?

For a while, everyone's faces changed color, but the emperor didn't expect for a while that the demon worship that Zhang Tianshi was referring to would be imprinted on Siyu's body.

He just asked urgently: "Then the widow asks the Heavenly Master, is my body still good, but is there any remedy?" ”

"Back to the emperor, you only need to find the location of the demon worship and get rid of the demon worship, and of course Your Majesty's body will get better!"

The words of the Heavenly Master gave the emperor infinite confidence, and he couldn't help but have a rare look of hope in his eyes, and the expression on his face appeared hopeful.

"Then the Heavenly Master will do it quickly, get rid of that demon worship, and let the widow's body gradually get better, so that I will definitely not treat you slowly!"

When the emperor said this, he was full of anticipation, and his expression was completely survival-threatening.

Facing the emperor's earnest eyes, the Heavenly Master's face showed embarrassment, but he replied lightly: "I'm afraid this is difficult!" ”

When the emperor heard this, his face was shocked, and a layer of anger suddenly appeared in his dim eyes, and he replied coldly: "Joke, I am the son of heaven, what can I not do!" ”

I saw that the heavenly master replied unhurriedly: "This demon is too cunning, she is afraid that she has turned into a human form, maybe the emperor, His Royal Highness the Prince's favorite person, for a time in a high position, can't move!" ”

The emperor looked suspicious, obviously he already had a look of embarrassment on his face, but immediately, his face changed, and he said to the Heavenly Master: "Heavenly Master don't have to be afraid, there are widows to support you, as long as you say who he is, I will execute him immediately!" ”

When he said this, the look on the face of the heavenly master was awesome, and his eyes obviously rolled, obviously he was also measuring, pretending to stretch out his fingers, pinching his fingers, and said to the Yellow Emperor with a difficult face, this demon is too cunning for a while to make me uncertain, if the emperor can't do it, you wait a few days, let me calculate carefully to make the demon reappear, and don't forget to kill the good people at that time, do you think this is good?

The emperor listened to his words, and thought about it, and felt that it was also such a truth, and this matter really should not be rushed, a person who has been seriously ill for two or three years is not at such a moment.

"Okay, then according to the Celestial Master!"

When he said this, the emperor's face was obviously distressed, like a few little eunuchs around him beckoning, and those little eunuchs immediately understood.

The emperor was carried away in a sedan chair by several little eunuchs, and Zhang Tianshi knelt respectfully in place, watching the emperor's departing back go away.

At this time, in the main hall, all the eunuchs and palace maids had left, and only a few guards were guarding the palace gate.

A little Taoist boy next to him, seeing that there was no one around, hurriedly approached the Heavenly Master, and whispered to him: "Master, why don't you say it directly, that monster is in the Cuiwei Palace, incarnated as Siyu Niangniang?" ”

The old man glanced at the little Taoist boy in vain, and said indifferently: "If I really say that, wouldn't it seem that the traces are too heavy, and the emperor in front of him is terminally ill, but the people around him are not fools, and the clear-eyed people know at a glance that someone has sent us benefits, and at that time, the silver is in hand, and I am afraid that I will lose my life!" ”

Obviously, Xiao Daotong didn't understand what this Heavenly Master Zhang said, he just felt that since he had the emperor's support, what else was he afraid of?

But if the master arranged it like this, he had to obey, but after thinking about it, he was afraid that he would not be able to explain it to others.

He said to the master with an embarrassed face: "But when people ask us, how should we answer?" ”

Seeing that the Heavenly Master was extremely impatient, he said, "You just tell him to wait for another three or five days, and besides, let them take such a big risk, and the little money they give is not much!" ”

Obviously, the little Taoist boy was stunned by his master's words, and couldn't help but lose his voice: "It's all five thousand taels of silver, not much?" ”

That day, when the master listened to his little Taoist boy, he suddenly spoke loudly, and he couldn't help but be angry and anxious.

He lowered his voice very low, and reprimanded him violently: "Don't you want to die, is it slow to say so loudly?" ”

The little Taoist boy knew that he was speechless, his face was frightened, nervous, and he was busy looking around, but there was an old eunuch in the distance, and there was no one left, so he slowly eased up.

The master who followed him and pretended to meditate and recite the sutras said to him sharply, "Go and tell the man that the little silver he gave is not enough, and add another 5,000 taels!" ”

"This ......"

Obviously, the little Taoist boy was a little embarrassed, so he heard the master lower his voice and said: "What are you afraid of, let's take such a big risk, if we don't kill her at this time, when will we kill her!" ”

As soon as these words were spoken, the little Taoist boy thought about it carefully and felt that it was too.

This matter is indeed extremely risky, this is hurting the life of a mother, but it is the most favored woman of His Royal Highness the Prince.

Thinking of this, he nodded, turned and went out.

And the old eunuch who was sweeping the floor in the distance, I don't know if it was a coincidence or deliberately, and the moment the little Taoist boy turned around and went out, he quietly followed.

But the little Taoist boy was also extremely alert, and stopped several times and looked back.

But the old eunuch was even more light, and the moment he turned around, he flew over the wall on the other side, and simply jumped up on the roof of the main hall of this house, and followed this little Taoist boy from a distance.

I saw this little Taoist boy, all the way to the north, to the Ningfang Palace, this hall was abandoned after thinking about the rain and renovation.

And this place is too remote, originally this place is very close to the palace gate of people entering and leaving the palace.

But when Siyu was here, the prince specially ordered to seal the gate of this palace, which also made this place even more inaccessible and few people came.

In addition, there are always rumors of haunting here, which makes this place seem lonely and desolate, even if it is usually a eunuch and a palace maid, occasionally passing by is a detour.

Xiao Daotong chose to meet with Concubine Guo, the new maid Qin Se, here, which is really suitable.

"What? and 6,000 taels of silver, you are murdering! ”

Qin Se looked embarrassed.

And the little Taoist boy was even more impatient, and said: "You don't talk nonsense, you and I are a messenger, go back and tell your master, just wait for you for three days, after three days, there is no silver, forget it, such a big blood sea involvement, you think we are easy!" ”

Na Qin Se thought about it, and indeed he was too. The messenger nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go back and tell my master that's it, six thousand taels, right, a fixed price, don't add it!" ”