After listening to Lu Xiu's words, Shen Bai immediately became vigilant.

Lu Xiu smiled and said with relief: "Miss Shen doesn't have to worry, I have no ill will towards Miss Shen, I just want to verify my guess." ”

Shen Bai looked left and right, made sure that there was no one around, walked up to Lu Xiu, raised his right hand and asked suspiciously, "Can you see this string of bells?" ”

Lu Xiu nodded.

Not only could she see it, but she could also touch the string of bells in Shen Bai's hand.

The weather was already very cold, but this string of bells was not stained with any temperature in Shen Bai's hands, and the tentacles were still cold.

Lu Xiu touched it twice and took the initiative to explain: "When I was young, I could always see evil things that others could not see, and the fortune teller said that my eight characters were too light, and it was easy to attract disasters, and my father wanted to kill me to avoid disasters, but my mother was reluctant, and begged for a long time to ask my father to keep me, but did not raise me at home, but on a tattered Zhuangzi." ”

Shen Bai could probably imagine what Lu Xiu had experienced over the years, and quietly did not interject, Lu Xiu fell into a memory, and said after a while: "Actually, before Lanyue Pavilion, I heard a person say Miss Shen's name in a dream, and that person said that Miss Shen is the noble person in my life. ”

"Do you remember what that guy looked like?"

Shen Bai asked gently, the incident of saving Lu Xiu from Lanyue Pavilion happened when she was just reborn, and Shen Bai couldn't imagine that anyone would join Lu Xiu's dream to help him at that time.

Lu Xiu shook his head and said, "I can't see his face clearly in my dream, I only remember that his voice is very gentle and good, and he should be a humble son." ”

Son?

Shen Bai still couldn't guess, Lu Xiu continued: "Later, when I entered the palace, I dreamed of him a few times, he taught me some spells, there are many people in the palace, he helped me a lot, and this soul-attracting bell was also taught to me by drawing drawings in his dream." ”

That person knows the soul bell, he should know more about the Dongfang family, and among the people Shen Bai knows, only Wei Ruzhao and Gu Hengzhou meet the requirements, but they have no intersection with Lu Xiu......

Shen Bai's thoughts stopped, no, she forgot about someone.

There seems to be telepathy, Shen Bai just thought of this, Lu Xiu said softly: "The last time I dreamed of that person was when it was just winter last year, and it didn't take long for Miss Shen and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to come back from Dongheng, but I happened to hear a person's voice in the palace, very similar to the person in the dream." ”

Shen Bai blurted out and asked, "Is it Hanchen, the high priest of Donghengguo?" ”

Lu Xiu was a little surprised, and nodded frankly: "Miss Shen is really smart, she guessed it all at once." ”

Shen Bai pursed her lips, there were only a few people she knew who were involved with the Dongfang family, but she hadn't seen Hanchen for too long, and she almost forgot about him.

If it weren't for the fact that I saw that mask as soon as I returned to Zhaoling.

Lu Xiu continued: "I haven't been to Dongheng Kingdom, and I don't know much about their high priest, but Hanchen seems to have a deep relationship with Miss Shen, he predicted in his dream that Miss Shen would go to Nanxiang, and when he came back, he would bring back the soul bell of the Dongfang family, as long as I saw the soul bell, I could tell Miss Shen about the dream I had." ”

Shen Bai was puzzled and asked, "Why didn't he tell me personally?" ”

Lu Xiu was not surprised, and said: "I also asked him this question, and he said that his time is running out, and he can't make it back for you, so he can only convey it through me." ”

The sad and happy side was originally Hanchen's, and now Gu Hengzhou has borne the curse of the sad and happy side for Hanchen, Hanchen got the relief he wanted, but he couldn't wait for Shen Bai to come back from Nanxiang, could this relief be that his soul was scattered and disappeared from this world forever?

Shen Bai suddenly thought of Gu Hengzhou, her heart ached slightly, she suppressed her emotions and asked, "What does he want you to convey?" ”

"He said that two hundred years ago, Dongfang Ling's spiritual dream was mixed with the spirit exchange technique, and when the spiritual dream came true, there was not only one, but two dream spirits." Lu Xiu said a little hesitantly, thought for a while and added, "I don't know what happened two hundred years ago, he said that Miss Shen could understand, and I completely retold what he said." ”

Shen Bai nodded and said, "I know." ”

Lu Xiu breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "One of these two dream spirits is good and harmless to people, and the other is an evil spirit, which is more terrifying and difficult than any soul, Hanchen said, that evil spirit went to Nanxiang and entangled Dongfang Mengwan, so you must be vigilant against it." ”

Two dreamers?

In other words, there is a person who has appeared in this world because of the same dream she had had two hundred years ago.

Shen Bai was surprised, he didn't expect this possibility at all.

According to Hanchen's statement, Shen Bai should be that good dream spirit, but after several lifetimes of reincarnation, she has long since remembered the past, but that evil spirit seems to have its own consciousness, and it is directly entangled with Dongfang Mengwan, if it has been following Dongfang Mengwan, after two hundred years of cultivation, wouldn't it have become a monster that no one can defeat?

"He only told me to be vigilant, didn't he say how to subdue that evil spirit?" Shen Bai asked curiously, Lu Xiu shook his head, and said, "He didn't say that the evil spirit would hurt you, only that as long as the curse of the sad and happy side is lifted, everything will settle down and get back on track." ”

So in the end, the key is to lift the curse of the sad and joyful side.

Shen Bai pursed his lips, his expression was very serious, Lu Xiu was a little unaccustomed to her like this, and whispered: "I haven't dreamed of him again, and I can't see any evil things, I think he should have helped me, although I don't know if I have any places that can help Miss Shen, but as long as Miss Shen is in need, I will still do my best to help." ”

Lu Xiu said very sincerely, Shen Bai bowed his head, thought for a while with a stiff face and asked, "Did anything special happen in the palace in the past few months?" ”

Lu Xiu thought seriously for a while, and didn't think of anything special.

The two of them couldn't stay outside for a long time, and returned to the side hall one after the other, the side hall was already full of people, and Shen Bai didn't return to his original position, so he directly found an inconspicuous corner to sit.

The day of Emperor Hengde's funeral was set four days later, in addition to the prince and princess, there were also harem concubines, only the prince, the family members of officials above the second rank and the wife who had been ordered to stay in the palace to guard.

Shen Bai's list was not among them, after lunch, the palace people led her out of the palace, just after the Chonghua Gate, Zhao Che's personal eunuch Xiaobei hurriedly came, saying that Emperor Hengde left a decree before his death, to make Shen Bai the lord of Derui, although this holy decree has not yet been announced to the world, but Shen Bai should still be in the palace as a monarch to keep the spirit.

Shen Bai didn't have any opinions, and went back with Xiaobei, the palace people had already prepared a sackcloth filial piety flag, and as soon as Shen Bai arrived, someone immediately put it on for her.

Xiaobei led Shen Bai back into the Pavilion of the Pavilion, and the pavilion was densely packed and knelt down, sobbing one after another, and he didn't care about any dignity at this time, Shen Bai knelt down directly next to the vacant seat.

The palace people have prepared enough futons, there are seven or eight braziers in the pavilion, and there are special palace people looking at the charcoal fire to ensure that the fire has been burning vigorously, and it is not cold to kneel here, but the knees still can't stand it after kneeling for a long time.

Shen Bai was young and okay, an hour later, the people in front of her and left and right began to become cowardly, and beyond the backs of these people, Zhao Che and Gu Hengzhou, who were kneeling in the front, stood out.

The two of them are about the same size, their clothes are all dark, and their backs are still straight and straight after kneeling for a long time, Zhao Che's knees hurt Shen Bai didn't know, Gu Hengzhou had injuries on his body, and the wounds must be painful.

But at this time, Gu Tingge is not there, and the façade of the Guogong Mansion is supported by him alone, and he can't fall down no matter what.

This scene reminded Shen Bai that after the death of the previous Zhenguo Gong, Gu Hengzhou also stubbornly knelt in the ancestral hall of the Guogong Mansion to guard the spirit of the Zhenguo Gong.

Yuanfeng County is thousands of miles away from Hanjing, and when the body of Zhenguo Gong was brought back, it was already stinky, and the funeral was huge, but it was not decent.

Shen Bai didn't have a name to accompany Gu Hengzhou at that time, so he could only climb the wall in the middle of the night and secretly look at him.

As now, from a long distance, he couldn't get to his side.

There are too many people to keep everyone here all the time.

Zhao Che and Gu Hengzhou were the first to be persuaded to have dinner, and the others were taken to eat and rest by the palace people in turn, and Shen Baixu only used dinner when he was in turn, and the palace people took hot water to soak her feet, and then used a medicine bag to warm her knees, so that her legs were not so uncomfortable after doing it.

At the end of the day, Shen Bai fell asleep after soaking his feet, but not long after he was called up by the palace people, it was still dark outside, and he couldn't see the time.

It's time for her to go to the wake in her place.

Shen Bai slept with clothes, and after pulling it twice at will, he went to the Pavilion with the palace people.

There was already a person kneeling inside, with a delicate and lovely back, it was Su Xiaoqiu.

Shen Bai walked in and knelt down next to Su Xiaoqiu, the palace people told him to retreat twice, and the two knelt without speaking, only the occasional beeping sound of the fire candle made the surroundings terrifyingly quiet.

Shen Bai didn't sleep enough at all, it was very warm in the pavilion, and the sleepiness soon swept in again, Shen Bai shook his head, trying to drive away the sleepiness, but his eyelids were so heavy that he couldn't lift them, his consciousness was in chaos, and there was a sudden sound of porcelain cracking behind him.

Turning around, a little eunuch sat on the ground, as if he had accidentally tripped over the threshold, and was looking at them with a look of horror.

At such times, there is no room for any chaos.

Immediately, a guard stepped forward and dragged the little eunuch down, and the porcelain shards on the ground were quickly swept away, as if nothing had happened just now.

The strange thing is that after such a scene, Shen Bai was completely sleepy and completely awake, she couldn't help but look back and find that under the reflection of the candle flame, a small part of her and Su Xiaoqiu's shadows overlapped together.

Shen Bai moved his body, and the shadow on the ground also moved, and it was separated from Su Xiaoqiu, nothing special.

Su Xiaoqiu concentrated on guarding the spirit, not squinting, as if nothing could interfere with her, Shen Bai glanced at her, knelt down again, searched around her mind, and began to review the incense making technique that Yunshang had given her before.

These mental methods are as mysterious as Buddhist scriptures, but after reciting them for a while, they have the effect of calming the mind, and even people like Shen Bai, who have always been unable to sit still, do not feel that time is so difficult.

In the second half of the night, no one changed guards, and Shen Bai and Su Xiaoqiu knelt directly until dawn.

At the end of the day, the palace people were busy again, the second prince, the third prince and several princesses came to guard the spirit, and the palace people helped Shen Bai and Su Xiaoqiu to rest in the side hall.

As soon as the two sat down, Zhao Che walked in with Gu Hengzhou.

After resting all night, Zhao Che was much more energetic than yesterday, Gu Hengzhou stood next to him with a strained face, his expression was cold, and he couldn't see how his body was.

Seeing the two of them, Shen Bai immediately got up and saluted, his knee felt the pain of pins and needles, Su Xiaoqiu took a step slower than her, and halfway through the process, she exhaled in pain and sat back.

Zhao Che stepped forward quickly, directly crossed Shen Bai, helped Su Xiaoqiu, and asked with concern, "Are you okay?" ”

"The courtiers are fine." Su Xiaoqiu shook his head, stood up steadily, pushed away Zhao Che's hand and didn't let him help him, and then said respectfully, "The courtiers have seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the Prince. ”

Shen Bai followed and said, "The courtiers have seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the Prince. ”

"No need to be polite, you have worked hard all night, sit down."

The two spoke at the same time: "His Royal Highness Prince Xie." ”

Zhao Che and Gu Hengzhou sat down on the top, the prescriptions for foot soaking and hot compresses last night were all written by Su Xiaoqiu to remind the palace people to prepare, and the food prepared in the imperial dining room in the past few days is also a well-matched medicinal diet, which has the effect of appetizing and calming the nerves, dispelling cold and keeping warm, and the effect is very good, Zhao Che specially commended Su Xiaoqiu.

Shen Bai listened quietly, thinking that there was nothing to do with himself, but after Su Xiaoqiu thanked him, Zhao Che suddenly asked Shen Bai by name: "You know the will of your father?" ”

"Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, the courtiers heard about it." Shen Bai replied, Zhao Che's eyes narrowed slightly, and he stared at her and said, "What, go to Nanxiang once and forget all the rules?" ”

Quite dissatisfied with this, Shen Bai stood up and said respectfully: "Please forgive His Royal Highness the Prince, the courtiers are not sober, so they forgot the rules." ”

Su Xiaoqiu didn't stand up just now when he answered, but Zhao Che deliberately named Shen Bai at this time, and the intention was self-evident.

In the previous life, when Zhao Che had a favorite concubine, he also made a mess of Shen Bai for the sake of the favorite concubine, but now that the scene is reappearing, Shen Bai doesn't feel anything, but Gu Hengzhou is watching from the side, and he still feels a little embarrassed subconsciously.

After Shen Bai finished speaking, Zhao Che did not let her sit down, and continued: "Father and Emperor have just left, there are still many dynasty dignitaries busy, the enthronement ceremony of the main hall is scheduled to be held on Chinese New Year's Eve, and your canonization ceremony needs to be postponed." ”

These are all as they should be, Zhao Che can just make up his own mind, there is no need to discuss with Shen Bai.

Shen Bai lowered his eyebrows and listened without interjecting, Zhao Che changed his words and said: "The will left by my father said that I would make you the lord of Derui, but this hall feels that this title is too heavy and too masculine, so it is better to change it to Jingshu, what do you think?" ”

"Your Highness is reasonable, and the courtiers have no opinion."

Shen Bai replied quickly, her mind is not in the court now, and she doesn't want to make contributions, these titles are the same for her, there is nothing to be picky about.

Zhao Che bowed his head, not surprised by Shen Bai's reaction, and then asked: "How did you and your uncle get when you went to Nanxiang this time?" ”

"Nanxiang has agreed to exchange trade with Zhaoling, but Zhaoling is thousands of miles away from Nanxiang, and the waterway has to be changed in the middle, the transportation time of goods is very long, the cost is relatively high, and the benefits brought by private trade and trade are not much, so it is better for the imperial court to intervene and organize large-scale business and trade exchanges."

Shen Bai sorted out her thoughts during this time and said it, in fact, she had very detailed proposals in the letter she wrote to Emperor Hengde, but now that Zhao Che asked, she still had to answer.

Emperor Hengde was ill for not a day or two, and almost all the government affairs in the back were handled by Zhao Che, and he generally understood Shen Bai's proposal, and said in a deep voice: "When the time comes, you will make a list of those goods that can be traded to the Ministry of Rites." ”

"Okay."

Shen Bai responded, and before Zhao Che asked her to sit down, she heard Su Xiaoqiu say, "The courtiers are brave, there is something I want to say." ”

Zhao Che didn't say anything to stop it, Su Xiaoqiu said: "I heard that there is a herb called sabertooth grass in Nanxiang, which has an excellent hemostatic effect, and it is very common in Nanxiang. ”

Shen Bai didn't expect this, her eyes lit up slightly, she didn't feel very good about Su Xiaoqiu, and she was still very supportive of things that were beneficial to the officers and soldiers in the army.

Shen Bai immediately said, "Miss Su's proposal is very good, the courtiers will write it down." ”

"Although you have been to Nanxiang for a while, you have a better understanding of the situation in Nanxiang, but after all, a person's thinking has limitations, and there are many places that may not be considered, so this list will be listed by you and Miss Su."

Zhao Che's tone was flat, but it implied a little doubt about Shen Bai's ability.

Shen Bai's chest froze, and he responded, "Okay." ”

After the business was finished, Zhao Che finally asked Shen Bai to sit down, the palace people sent breakfast, the four of them ate in silence, after eating, Zhao Che said to Gu Hengzhou: "Xingyuan's injury should be changed, it just so happens that Miss Su is here, it is better to ......"

Zhao Che wanted Su Xiaoqiu to help Gu Hengzhou change the dressing, but Gu Hengzhou preemptively said: "No, the injuries on my body have improved a lot, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't have to worry." ”

Gu Hengzhou's attitude was resolute, and Zhao Che didn't say much.

In the next three days, everyone still took turns to guard the spirit of Emperor Hengde, and on the fifth day, Emperor Hengde went out of the funeral, hundreds of officials walked together, and the people of the whole city followed and sent far away.

The funeral lasted until the afternoon, after which everyone was ordered to go home and rest.

Shen Ruxiu also had to go back to the palace with Zhao Che to discuss matters, Shen Bai went home by himself, and when he was about to arrive at the Taifu Mansion, he ran into Gu Sangusi.

They transported the wood back together with the guards of the Dongfang family, but they didn't know that Shen Bai and Gu Hengzhou had a falling out, and they piled all the wood into the house that Gu Hengzhou bought.

The timber pulled a whole boat, and the Taifu Mansion didn't have such a big yard to pile up, Shen Bai hesitated, and asked Gu San to wait for Gu Hengzhou to come back, and then the Taifu Mansion reported a letter, so that he could come to discuss the whereabouts of the timber with Gu Hengzhou.

Shen Bai thought that Gu Hengzhou would have to be busy in the palace for several days before he could go home, but he didn't expect him to return that night.

The guards of the Dongfang family were still living in his courtyard, and Shen Bai had no face to drag it, so he stepped into the house at night and went to Gu Hengzhou's room.

There was a gap between the two, and Shen Bai also kept his manners, knocked on the door three times first, and only pushed the door in when he was promised, but he didn't expect that what caught his eye was the man's tight knotted shoulders and well-defined muscles.

As if he was burned, Shen Bai looked away and subconsciously withdrew from the room, Gu Hengzhou looked back and asked silently with his eyes: What are you running?