The road to the capital is quite smooth, the monsters haven't seen it, but the thieves have seen a few, but no one takes them seriously, and Zhiying is not really a delicate county lord. On the eighth day, they arrived in Gyeonggi, rested for the night, and officially entered Beijing tomorrow.

Because of General Wang's confession, Zhiying knew that she was going to enter the palace tomorrow to face the saint, called to meet the emperor's uncle, but in fact, she was discussing the matter of catching demons with the emperor, and listening to the tone, it seemed that the trouble in the palace was greater. Zhiying secretly pondered, could it be that a concubine was unwilling to die and turned into a ghost and came back to take revenge? This may not be nothing, maybe the emperor is afraid of his own face, and it is difficult to say it clearly.

At night, Zhiying took off her complicated makeup, and finally felt more comfortable, she rubbed her neck, and was about to go to bed, when she suddenly heard a sound, and saw a figure on the window, that person was so bold and bold, he blatantly opened the window to enter, Zhiying was about to call someone, but after seeing the person clearly, she couldn't help it, and the person who came was Ling Jun. Mo Shang Gentleman, even when doing such things that cannot be put on the table, is also elegant and indifferent.

"If you don't leave the door, how can you go through the window?" Zhi Ying gathered his plain shirt, and the night wind was cool.

"You are now the lord of the county, and a man knocks on your door in the middle of the night, and you are willing to obey, but others are not. He was dressed in green clothes and half-sat on the windowsill.

"It's windy outside, let's come in first. ”

Ling Jun jumped in and closed the window with his backhand.

Zhiying poured two cups of tea in the outhouse, the tea was still warm, and reached out to hand Ling Jun a cup. Ling Jun took it, took a sip, and praised it: "Good tea." ”

Zhiying pursed her lips and smiled, the county lord's things were naturally good, and she also enjoyed it because of this incident.

"Did you come late at night for something?" After all, I will enter the palace tomorrow, and there will definitely be many arrangements by then.

"Nothing. Ling Jun said, "It's because I came here because I had nothing to do, and when I enter the palace to see the emperor tomorrow, things may not go very well, and I'm afraid that we won't have much time to gossip at that time." ”

"Why, do you see something?" asked Zhiying a little nervously.

"No, just some speculation, but it's a bit odd. Ling Jun rubbed his teacup and said: "The royal family believes in Taoism, and it is normal for General Wang to ask for something to Biyou Mountain, let you pretend to be the county lord to lure out the monster, and then take it in one fell swoop, it's not wrong, it's just..."

It's just that the pomp is too big? Zhiying made up the second half of the sentence in his heart. In fact, they can dress up normally, and then change their clothes after everything is arranged in the palace, if it goes well, the matter can be solved in a few days, how can it be so swaggering like now, except for their own group to know the details, others will only treat her as the real county lord. But isn't this more confusing? The more you look like the county lord, the more likely you are to attract a youkai and the more you can catch it. Maybe it's because you are all soldiers, and you have made a decision.

"Zhiying, I don't say this to make you doubt everything, but I want you to be careful when necessary. You and I are outsiders, and we are not familiar with the deception in the palace, and the rights and wrongs of this are not something we can understand, what we can do is nothing more than to solve the matter of catching demons. ”

Zhiying understood what he meant, which was nothing more than a reminder to her not to meddle in her affairs. In fact, she is not a big lady temper, everything has to fight for the high, she knows that some things are beyond her power, and she does not force it, not to mention what other things have to do with her, she is only responsible for catching demons.

"I wrote down what you said. Zhiying looked at him, "Will you always protect me in the shadows?"

"Of course. Ling Jun took her hand, "I'll keep watching you." ”

Zhiying got Lingjun's assurance of a good night's sleep, and when she entered the palace the next day, she looked radiant, and General Wang, who was traveling with her, saw it and secretly praised her for her courage. When others heard that the emperor was going to summon him, they were already frightened, even if they were close ministers, they couldn't help but be stunned in their hearts, which was like her being more energetic than usual, which was really amazing.

Entering the main hall, General Wang took the lead in bowing down, and when Zhiying was considering whether to salute, he only heard the people on the throne say: "You are all outsiders, you don't need to perform this vulgar ceremony, General Wang and retreat." ”

The emperor is no longer young, but the majesty is still there, General Wang withdrew from the hall after saluting, leaving only the three people in the palace.

"Several of them are masters of Biyou Mountain, I invite a few to come is also a last resort, the palace has not been peaceful recently, there seems to be an evil spirit, I want to ask you to help get rid of the evil, and return the palace to a clean. ”

Zhiying and the others had heard General Wang say it before, but the secret affairs of the palace have always been obscure, and General Wang's knowledge is limited, most of them are vague, and now when they see the emperor, they have to ask.

"Dare to ask Your Majesty, when did this evil thing appear, and what did you do to hurt the heavens and reason?" asked Zhiying.

"About a few months ago, a beauty died in the cold palace, and no one cared about it at the time, but who would have thought that when the first seven were gone, the corpse was gone, and the chamberlain searched all over the palace and found no clues. There was no corpse, so I had to set up a mound of clothes, but who would have thought that a month later, the dead beauty would appear alive in the imperial garden, and claimed to have been enlightened by the gods and had cultivated into a half-immortal body. The queen was greatly annoyed when she heard this, and immediately ordered the palace maid to take her down, but when she waved her hand, all those people fell, and the queen was shocked and sent the forbidden army to kill her, but she was also not her opponent. A whole team of forbidden troops, not to mention a woman, even if she is a general, can take it, but she can beat people on their backs without much effort, and then everyone believes that she is indeed different from before, but they do not think that she has become an immortal, but that she is possessed by evil spirits. ”

This matter is very bizarre, and the three of them can't make up their minds for a while.

"Where is that beauty now?" Ling Jun asked.

"She lives in the Spirit Temple. ”

"In this case, can you allow the two of us to go to the Lingxi Hall to see this beauty, and the leader of the festival will protect His Majesty's safety here?" Ling Jun proposed.

"Yes. The Emperor gladly agreed.

"Do you think that beauty is unwilling to stay in the palace and deliberately pretending to be a ghost?" said Zhiying Chao Lingjun.

"Probably not, and how do you explain that she's suddenly so powerful?"

"Maybe it's because she hid her strength before. First disguise herself as weak and harmless, and then wait for a suitable moment to reveal her true colors again, so that people are panicked, and she can..."

"What can be?"

"Yes," said Zhiying anymore. If it was to escape, then after setting up a well-dressed mound, she would not be able to reappear, and it would be good to disappear directly. If it is to compete for favor, it should not be beaten by the palace maid and then the forbidden army. Even the forbidden army can be beaten, which emperor dares to pamper it, is it too long?

"Then you say, what's the mystery in this?" Zhiying couldn't think of it, and threw the question to Ling Jun.

"I don't know for the time being, I'll talk about it when I meet someone. ”

The Lingxi Hall is in the northeast corner of the palace, which is an inconspicuous place, because this beauty is not high, so she can only live here. When Zhiying and Lingjun went, they were just going to pass on the appearance of lunch, and the two of them felt inconvenient, but they couldn't, so they had to ask the palace maid to report. The palace maid went in tremblingly, and came out trembling for a while, looking extremely scared, and Zhiying felt sorry for her.

"Niangniang has a purpose, you, you can go in. ”

Zhiying and Lingjun entered the main hall, and behind the layers of curtains, a woman could be vaguely seen dressing up in the mirror. The woman was slender and gentle, and she should be a well-born lady, but in this court, none of this was useful.

She looked sideways, not surprised that a stranger had come in, she picked up the pen in her hand and drew her eyebrows. Her eyebrows are very well shaped, they are faint willow eyebrows, which are slowly traced with charcoal, showing a rich color. She took out the rouge again, melted it with water, and gently applied it to her lips, her lips were also in good shape, they were diamond-shaped lips, and after applying rouge, they were small and full, and there was an urge to kiss them.

Willow eyebrows, apricot eyes, cherry small mouth. Holding Ying sighed that it is really a symbol of beauty.

"Is there something about the two of you coming here today?" The beauty's voice is also beautiful, and her soft voice makes people's hearts ripple.

Zhiying couldn't see anything wrong with her, and said euphemistically: "Niangniang has been feeling unwell recently?"

The beauty smiled when she heard this, "You girl is so cute, I obviously suspect that I am a demon, and you still do such a greeting and politeness." ”

Zhiying froze for a moment when she heard this, thinking that she really dared to say anything. Others suspect that she is a demon, but why doesn't she know how to avoid it, so she just uses this as a talk? Is she ignorant and fearless, or is she fearless?

"Okay, I'm too lazy to go around in circles, just tell you clearly, the guards and palace maids in the imperial garden were all beaten by me, how are you going to deal with me?"

I really didn't think about how to deal with Zhiying, but she was more curious, "How did you become so powerful, die once, and come back with more skills?"

"You are really different, others are either frightened when they see me now, or they hate me to the bone, and you are still willing to ask me why, it is really fresh. ”

Zhiying ignored those words, "Niangniang, as far as I know, people die like lights go out, there is no such thing as resurrection from the dead, now you are like this, it is difficult to say whether it is good or bad, it is better for you to cooperate, and it is better to end this matter as soon as possible and return your innocence."

"How do you know I'm innocent, maybe they're right, I'm a monster?"

Zhiying shook her head, "Why should Niangniang be like this, there are no wonders in the world, you have more skills, and you don't have to be a monster, maybe it's a coincidence, or maybe there is some other reason, in short, let's sort out the ins and outs of things together." ”

The beauty nodded and smiled: "You are different from them, I am willing to talk to you." ”