Gu Hengzhou finally stopped being the cold and emotionless appearance he had before.

Shen Bai obediently shut up, pressed Shen Qi into his arms, hugged Gu Hengzhou's neck, and clamped his waist with his legs.

The two fierce beasts jumped up at the same time and pounced on the two of them, Gu Hengzhou put the sword in front of him, wiped the index finger and middle finger of his right hand on the sword, the sword body was stained with his blood, and suddenly let out a roar that was more terrible than the beast roar just now, and the pure black resentful spirits rushed out of the sword body, forming a huge black dragon head when the two fierce beasts pounced in front of them.

"Roar!"

A dragon's roar resounded through the sky, the originally brilliant stars were obscured by dark clouds, and there was a faint sound of thunder in the distance.

The dragon's roar swept up the wind, and the black spirits continued to surge outward, forming a dragon body.

"Hold it tight!"

After Gu Hengzhou finished speaking, he grabbed the dragon's whiskers, and the next moment, the black dragon soared straight into the air, Shen Bai hugged Gu Hengzhou tightly, looked down and saw the dragon's tail swept at will, and directly scattered the beast spirits of the two fierce beasts.

"Roar!"

The black dragon screamed again, with it as the center, the surrounding air vibrate, and Yuanjun directly below was shocked by the strong air pressure, and spit out a mouthful of blood, and the strings in his hands were all broken, and there was no resistance.

The golden light around Wei Ruzhao's body instantly soared, and a Buddha seal hit Yuanjun's body, and those souls raised by him rushed out.

Shen Bai had been paying attention to the situation below, and hurriedly said to Gu Hengzhou: "Brother Gu, it's now. ”

Gu Hengzhou let go of the dragon beard, hugged Shen Bai and fell straight down, Shen Bai handed Shen Qi to Gu Hengzhou, shook the bell on his wrist, and began to chant a requiem.

The sound of the bell dispersed lightly, and the souls that jumped into the air were suspended in the air and did not move, with the sound of the bell and the requiem, they gradually returned to their original appearance, and after listening for a while, their figures gradually faded and shrunk into glossy balls of light.

Shen Bai raised his hand, faced them with his palm, gently pushed, and said softly, "Go." ”

The orbs of light immediately headed southeast.

Gu Hengzhou took Shen Bai to land steadily, Shen Qi immediately reached out to Shen Bai to hug him, Shen Bai ignored it, glanced at the top of his head, and didn't find where the black dragon was, Gu Hengzhou pressed Shen Qi back into his arms, and said in a deep voice: "That's just to scare people for a while, don't worry about it." ”

Scare?

Shen Bai looked at Gu Hengzhou's hand suspiciously, the wound on his hand had healed, and there was no blood at all.

casually summon dragons to scare people, Brother Gu, you are too disrespectful.

Shen Bai was in a huff, and he didn't rush to ask at this time, he walked to Wei Ruzhao's side, and Yuan Jun coughed and sat up at this time.

The strings he used were broken, the crown of his hair fell to the ground and shattered, his black hair was a little messy, his clothes were stained with blood, and he lost the fairy spirit he had when he first showed his face, and he was embarrassed from head to toe.

"The soul is so strong, this is the strongest soul I've seen since I became an incense maker." Yuan Jun said with a smile, his expression was not flustered and annoyed, but a little crazy excitement, "Although it can't be used by me, it is enough for the incense maker to see such a powerful soul in my lifetime!" ”

You can't get it, and you're seriously injured, just to take a look?

Shen Bai couldn't understand, his chin raised slightly to look at Yuan Jun and asked, "Did you kill those two girls?" ”

The defeat was decided, and Yuanjun had nothing to defend himself, so he nodded calmly and said, "It's me." ”

"Just to destroy the formation of the post station and provoke public anger, you killed them?" Shen Bai asked, her tone was a little deep, in her eyes, the lives of these dusty women were as precious as the lives of others.

They are in a filthy place, but they are working hard, and no one can decide their life and death at will.

Yuanjun didn't care about Shen Bai's words, and said confidently: "Sometimes some sacrifices are inevitable, anyway, they are also a humble life there, if I succeed, maybe I can find a good family for them, directly change their spirits, and let them start a new life." ”

Yuanjun raised his hand and combed his messy hair, as if he was the Buddha of all beings.

In his world, death is no longer scary, and changing spirits is a breeze, and he can decide anyone's life, death, and future.

Shen Bai was a little angry when he heard this, Shen Qi suddenly broke free from Gu Hengzhou's hands, flew to Yuan Jun and gave him a paw, and scolded angrily: "Bad guy!" ”

Shen Qi flashed his claws and scratched three blood marks on Yuan Jun's face.

Yuan Jun tilted his head, let the red blood beads continue to gush out, licked his lips and smiled: "It is worthy of being a person from the Dongfang family, and he can actually cancel the contract between the incense maker and the soul." ”

Shen Qi didn't know how much enslavement he had suffered under Yuanjun, and after waving his claws, he immediately flew back, hesitated, and still hung on Shen Bai's arm, although he felt that Gu Hengzhou had an aura similar to his own, he was still afraid.

Shen Bai remembered that the last time Shen Qi fell into Yuanjun's formation, he was gnawed by those evil ghosts, and couldn't help frowning, Yuanjun is the most skilled incense maker outside the Dongfang family, and he has the support of the royal family, but he does such a thing behind his back, even the newborn child is not spared, so how good can other incense makers be?

No wonder the Dongfang family has been cursed, no wonder Dongfang Ling wants her to send those souls back to their places.

Shen Bai snorted the fetal hair on Shen Qi's head and glanced at Wei Ruzhao who was standing next to him.

With this person's stubborn temper, he was only afraid that he would rather spend his whole life in Nanxiang to eliminate the spirit, and would not want to take any shortcuts.

Shen Bai had a plan in his heart, snapped his fingers, and shouted into the cell: "Lord Qiu should have heard it, why don't you come and put the criminal in prison?" ”

The officers and soldiers who were ambushed around immediately poured out, they couldn't see the soul or Gu Hengzhou and Shen Qi, they only saw Shen Bai suddenly appear, probably knowing that she and Wei Ruzhao were fighting with Yuanjun, and finally ended up with Yuanjun vomiting blood.

Yuanjun was defeated by the two of them, and these people looked at Shen Bai and Wei Ruzhao's eyes in awe.

Lord Qiu personally sent Shen Bai and Wei Ruzhao back to the post station, and early the next morning, someone came to the palace and summoned Shen Bai and Wei Ruzhao into the palace.

Yuan Jun confessed, Lord Qiu reported the ins and outs of the whole case to Murong Lin, Murong Lin's attitude towards Shen Bai and Wei Ruzhao was much more eager, but he didn't expect that as Zhaoling people, they were more capable than Nanxiang's incense makers.

Wei Ruzhao didn't talk much, and Shen Bai was chatting with him almost all the time.

The palace people who were waiting next to him were retreated by Murong Lin, but on the surface, there were only three people here, but in fact, there were Gu Hengzhou and Shen Qi sitting next to them.

Shen Qi is very sticky to Shen Bai, and he wants to hang on Shen Bai anytime and anywhere, now that Shen Bai has the bell given by Dongfang Ling, he can see Gu Hengzhou at any time, Gu Hengzhou simply didn't hide, and kept staying by Shen Bai's side, by the way, he was guarding against any trouble that Shen Qi broke out on a whim.

Shen Bai was very good at playing official, and used this incident to persuade Murong Lin to open up business and trade between Nanxiang and Zhaoling, and when the topic was almost over, Shen Bai changed his words and mentioned the pros and cons of incense making.

Murong Lin drank some wine, and originally had a good conversation with Shen Bai, but when he heard Shen Bai change the topic, he smiled slightly.

The art of making incense has existed in Nanxiang Kingdom for more than two hundred years, and the Dongfang family has been cursed and hidden, and this matter has not been publicized, even the Murong family does not know what has happened to the Dongfang family over the years.

The former glory of the Dongfang family is true, although the Murong family has become a royal family, it is still limited by the Dongfang family, and the people of the Murong family say that it is impossible to have no ideas.

In the past, the incense-making technique was monopolized by the Dongfang family, but now that there is no blood connection, other people can also study the incense-making technique, and the Murong family certainly hopes to understand the mystery of incense-making more than anyone else, and to be able to get rid of the shackles of the Dongfang family and completely control Nanxiang.

Shen Bai is now questioning the incense-making technique, and it is not the interests of one or two that are being destroyed, but also the interests of the entire Murong family.

Shen Bai knew what Murong Lin was thinking, so he softened his tone, wanting to test where Murong Lin's bottom line was, but as soon as he said two words, Murong Lin said in a deep voice: "I heard that Zhaoling has a rule that women are not allowed to advocate for foreign affairs since ancient times, and Miss Shen will not forget the rules left by her ancestors when she comes to Nanxiang for a few days." ”

Murong Lin's tone was not very good, with a warning, Shen Bai accepted it when he saw it, no longer continued the topic, and said with a gentle smile: "What the king said is that I am overstepping the rules." ”

Shen Bai stopped talking, the meal suddenly became depressed, Murong Lin only ate a few bites and got up to leave, Shen Bai was not in a hurry, he slowly ate all the delicious and delicious food on the table, and then left the palace with Wei Ruzhao.

Two days later, Murong Lin asked the palace people to send a document agreeing to the exchange of Nanxiangguo and Zhaoling, suggesting that Shen Bai packed up and left for Beijing.

Everyone gave an order to evict the guests, and Shen Bai didn't have the cheekiness to stay, so he invited Murong Xuan to have a meal, wrote a letter to Hanjing, bought some special products in Nanxi City with Chabai, and then prepared to leave for Zhaoling.

However, on the eve of departure, Nanxi hit a night of drought and thunder, and early the next morning, Murong Xuan personally came to the post station to invite Shen Bai and Wei Ruzhao into the palace.

Murong Xuan's expression was solemn, his eyes were full of eagerness, and Shen Bai didn't take Qiao, he simply cleaned up and entered the palace with Wei Ruzhao.

Murong Xuan took them directly to Murong Lin's bedroom, the bedroom of the monarch of Nanxiang was quite luxurious, with night pearls inlaid everywhere, the windows were glazed, the sunlight penetrated in, and the colors were colorful, but there was a foul smell in the hall, and there was a faint groan.

Shen Bai was so smoked that he frowned and covered his nose, Murong Xuan walked to the side of the bed and said eagerly: "Come and see my father!" ”

Following the prestige, Murong Lin was lying on the wide bed, a few days ago, the skin on his body had completely festered, and the smell came from him, and when he got closer, he could see white maggot-like creatures on those festering flesh wriggling and biting.

This kind of scene, Shen Bai has only seen on the mountains of dead corpses on the battlefield.

Shen Bai was a little sick to his stomach and asked Murong Xuan: "It's all like this, why don't you invite the imperial doctor to come and treat you?" ”

Murong Xuan frowned and said: "The imperial doctor has come to see it, but there is no abnormality in my father's pulse, the imperial doctor has tried many methods but can't relieve the pain for my father, my father was injured when he was young, and he fell into an old disease, and then Yuanjun came to Nanxi to cure his father's old illness, and he never committed it again." ”

Is there no abnormality in the pulse?

Shen Bai asked Murong Xuan, "Can't you see it?" ”

Murong Lin couldn't stand the pain, he rolled on the bed, Murong Xuan and the palace people helped hold him down, and asked eagerly: "I can't see anything, Shen Bai, what do you see?" Has my father been possessed by evil spirits? ”

As soon as Murong Xuan finished speaking, Murong Lin roared uncontrollably: "Kill me!" Kill me! ”

It should be painful to the bone that a monarch can say such a thing.

Shen Bai couldn't bear to hear it, and tried to raise his hand and shake it, but his wrist was empty, and the bell didn't move, indicating that there was no soul here.

Shen Bai looked at Wei Ruzhao, Wei Ruzhao pursed his lips, and his expression was not relaxed.

Shen Qi buried his head in Gu Hengzhou's arms, as if he was frightened by this scene, Gu Hengzhou said lightly: "This is the backlash of the incense-making technique, the time has been at least more than ten years, the worm has penetrated into the bones, and there is no power to return to the sky." ”

Gu Hengzhou's voice was steady, and his tone was extremely calm, like an emotionless iron-faced judge, who directly pronounced Murong Lin's death sentence.

Murong Lin continued to let others kill him, and found that the people around him were indifferent, and began to hit the head of the bed by himself, Murong Xuan had never seen Murong Lin like this, his eyes were red in a hurry, and he hugged Murong Lin and begged him to stay calm.

After making a fuss for a while, Murong Qi came in from outside with a bowl of medicine, walked directly to the bed and poured it down for Murong Lin, who soon passed out after drinking it.

Murong Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, sat down on the ground weakly, looked at Murong Qi expectantly and asked, "Brother Huang, have you found a medicine that can treat your father?" ”

Murong Qi's face was solemn, he didn't answer Murong Xuan's words, and said in a deep voice: "You are guarding your father here." After speaking, he looked at Shen Bai and Wei Ruzhao and said, "Please Miss Shen and Mr. Wei move." ”

Murong Qi took Shen Bai and Wei Ruzhao to the Cabinet, he asked the palace people to retreat, and after entering the door, he directly knelt down to Shen Bai and Wei Ruzhao.

He is the prince of a country, and this kneeling is heavy enough.

Shen Bai hurriedly stretched out his hand to help, but Murong Qi insisted on kneeling still, and said loudly: "Please Miss Shen and Mr. Wei to save my father, I am willing to sign a peace letter, no matter what happens in the future, Nanxiang is willing to exchange trade with Zhaoling, be harmonious and friendly, and never start a war against Zhaoling, if Zhaoling is in trouble, Nanxiang will definitely send troops to help!" ”

Murong Qi is the prince in the end, although he is also worried about Murong Lin's safety, but he is not as flustered as Murong Xuan, the conditions given are full of sincerity, but there is no flattery, even if he is kneeling, he still has the demeanor that a prince of a country should have.

"Your Highness, please get up, we are not robbers taking advantage of the fire, if there is anything that can help in this matter, my uncle and I will definitely help."

Shen Bai said firmly, grabbed Murong Qi's arm and pulled him up, Murong Qi knew more about Shen Bai during this time, and also knew that although she was a woman, she had the responsibility of a man, and said apologetically after getting up: "I heard my father say that some time ago, Miss Shen questioned the pros and cons of incense-making in person, and he was a little unhappy at that time, and urged Miss Shen to hurry back to Zhaoling, he is old and has always been in a high position, so he has neglected Miss Shen, and I ask Miss Shen not to be surprised." ”

Murong Qi didn't agree with Murong Lin's statement, and just said bluntly that Murong Lin was old and confused.

"Your Highness is serious." Shen Bai hurriedly said, and then asked, "I just heard that the monarch was plagued by an old disease, and was later cured by Yuanjun, and never had a seizure again. ”

Murong Qi nodded solemnly, and said: "This matter is the secret of the Murong family, my father also fought on the battlefield with Uncle Dongfang when he was young, and he fell ill, and then it became more and more serious, I was still young at that time, I only remember that my father had a secret conversation with the head of the Dongfang family, and the two had a big quarrel and broke up unhappily. ”

Murong Lin was plagued by illness and was in pain, he should have wanted Dongfang Qing to send the incense maker of the Dongfang family to treat his illness, but the incense maker of the Dongfang family had long since disappeared from the WTO, and Dongfang Qing refused to agree, so the two sides quarreled.

"Later, Yuanjun cured his father's illness, and Uncle Dongfang once sent someone to send a secret recipe, saying that one day his father might be able to use it, but his father was angry with Uncle Dongfang, so he let people burn the secret recipe directly, and the queen mother was still alive, so he asked people to secretly go to Uncle Dongfang, and asked for a secret recipe, and the queen mother told me to keep the secret recipe before she died, and what I fed my father was the medicine made of the secret recipe."

Murong Qi sighed after speaking, he didn't know the inside story, but he also felt that most of this matter was done by his own father.

Shen Bai nodded, the Dongfang family was deeply affected by the curse, and naturally knew how terrible the backlash of the incense making technique was, and it was for his good not to treat Murong Lin.

It's just that she has only reached the entry level of incense-making now, and she doesn't know how to solve the backlash at all, and she is hesitating how to tell Murong Qi, Murong Qi preemptively said: "Incense-making has existed in Nanxiang for more than two hundred years, and it has caused a lot of chaos in the fight, I also think that this technique is not as good as the legend, but it is really widely implicated, and it cannot be completely eliminated for a while, if Miss Shen and Mr. Wei can save my father, I will definitely spend my life and let the people who use incense-making slowly walk on the right path." ”

Murong Qi said firmly, and he had already made a lot of determination.

Shen Bai also knew that this was not something that could be solved in a day or two, and was about to loosen his mouth when the voice of the palace man came from outside: "Your Highness......"

"Bastard, didn't this hall say that there is something important to discuss, and no one is allowed to disturb it?"

As soon as the palace people called, Murong Qi scolded coldly, and it was quiet outside for a moment, and the palace people stubbornly said: "Your Highness, the Dongfang family has sent another door master, and the door will see His Royal Highness." ”

The head of the Oriental family?

Murong Qi was slightly stunned, and was pursing his lips to think about whether to let people in, when the door of the council cabinet was kicked open, and a tattered and unkempt young man swaggered in.

The young man casually swept around the room, and then raised his chin at Murong Qi and said, "Dad is going to die, what is more important than this, you don't even want Daddy?" ”

These words were very unreasonable, even if this young man claimed to be the head of the Dongfang family, Murong Qi frowned in an instant, but the young man's brows were furrowed tighter than Murong Qi.

The young man's gaze swept over Wei Ruzhao, Gu Hengzhou and Shen Qi in turn, and finally fell on Shen Bai, who sighed with disdain and said provocatively: "That's it? ”