This year's exorcism ritual doesn't seem to be any different from last year's. When the Yuan circle was bored, he inadvertently glanced at it, but suddenly stopped in the next second.

The man wearing Zhong Kui's mask just now went around to the other side, and when he looked at it from the angle of the Yuan Circle, he could only see a silhouette. And it was this silhouette that made a familiar picture suddenly jump out of the mind of the Yuan Circle.

At that time, when she went to the Prince's Mansion to steal paintings, she saw the mysterious Taoist priest who was with Lu Qingyuan!

No wonder Fang had just met him halfway, and she looked at this figure a little familiar, because she had just met him not long ago!

Although she didn't see the face, but with that figure and temperament on her body, Yuan Quanquan was sure that she didn't recognize the wrong person.

How could a person who performed an exorcism performance in the palace have an intersection with Lu Qingyuan?

According to what the Yuan Circle saw and heard in the Prince's Mansion at that time, the "Hundred Sons of the Whistling Mountain" should have been taken by this Taoist priest to Lu Qingyuan.

Who is he and what is his purpose?

The nerves tensed all of a sudden, and the Yuan Quanquan was originally careless, but now he stared at the person firmly like a cat staring at a mouse, trying to see something from him.

Seeing that the princess of his family was staring at other men with blazing eyes, he didn't know why, so he stretched out his hand to cover her eyes and said, "Xiaoquan'er, have you forgotten that this king is sitting next to you?" ”

Yuan Quanquan was staring at people intently, and his eyes were dark, and he couldn't help but laugh when he heard the slightly jealous words of the Ming Xiu, and reached out to take down his hand that was blocking her eyes, "Ouch, what brand of flying vinegar did His Royal Highness King Ming eat in our family?" Why is the sour taste so strong. ”

Leaning over and deliberately joking a few sentences, Yuan Quanquan leaned into his ear, his tone changed, and he lowered his voice and said, "That leader, I saw it when I went to the Prince's Mansion before." ”

The peak of his eyebrows jumped, his eyes turned over, he squinted slightly, and when he felt a ghostly aura, the corners of his mouth hooked up a touch of arc.

A mortal, but there is such a strong ghost aura on his body, if you guess according to the ordinary situation, first, this person is possessed by a ghost; The second is that this person is not human, and he may be a high-level ghost who has cultivated to a high level and can transform into an entity.

But there are really a few ghosts whose cultivation is high enough to transform into entities, and in the past two thousand years, he has only encountered a few Liao Liao, and at present, those few are all on errands under him.

If this person is a physical ghost......

The meditation cultivator couldn't help but turn his gaze to the suspicious person...... Or the ghost, re-examined.

However, because the distance was a bit far, he was not very sure that the other party must be a high-level ghost with advanced cultivation, so he could only wait until the ceremony was over to explore the reality.

Halfway through the exorcism ceremony, Yuan Quanquan's mind was always thinking about the matter between Lu Qingyuan and the masked Taoist priest, and all the brain cells were activated to guess their purpose. However, she thought of several possibilities, but she vetoed them herself. Later, she didn't think about it at all, whether they wanted to be heaven or earth, kill or set fire, anyway, she wasn't afraid.

Come one to kill one, come two to kill a pair!

On the high platform in the center of the square, the masked people were still dancing wildly, and the leader danced around the perimeter of the high platform and chanted words in his mouth, just like last year.

Yuan Quanquan almost lost her soul last year, but fortunately, she was able to continue jumping with meditation by her side at that time. This year...... From the beginning of the jump, to the end of the jump, and even the end of the whole ceremony, the Yuan Quanquan did not feel any discomfort and was in good spirits.

Yuan Quanquan guessed that perhaps, as Ming Xiu said, she and him are now living together, as long as he doesn't have an accident, she won't have any problems.

With questions and inquiries in his heart, the Yuan Circle followed everyone into the Changle Hall after the ceremony.

After taking his seat, it was not surprising that the leader of the mask had already taken off his mask and, as he had done last year, was still sitting in a more remote corner of the hall, drinking to his heart's contention.

Because the prince got married this year and married the princess, and the princess just gave birth to a little son, and there have been several snows this winter, the so-called Ruixue Zhaofeng year, the next year will be a bumper year. Multiple happy events are superimposed, and the emperor is happy.

And when the emperor is happy, he loves to reward things.

This seems to be a golden rule that applies to all dynasties and generations.

Although I have enjoyed it before, today is Chinese New Year's Eve, and the meaning is different.

As a result, the crown princess Lu Qingyuan won another reward. She thanked Lord Longen, and when she stood up straight, she intentionally or unintentionally threw a show-off look at the Yuan Circle, as if to say, "You sick hen that can't lay eggs, don't expect the emperor to reward you with anything", as if the Yuan Circle is so rare these things.

The two of them have different views and different pursuits, and the Yuan Circle has generously forgiven Lu Qingyuan's childish behavior, after all, she, the hen that has just laid eggs, has to be rewarded, so that she can lay eggs for the prince more diligently in the future.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was overjoyed, and the princes and nobles from all walks of life stepped forward to congratulate, and all kinds of flattery were thrown at the prince and Lu Qingyuan one by one, and they couldn't tell which sentence was sincere and which was perfunctory.

"The crown princess is happy to have a son, which is really gratifying. The grass people are courageous, and they also salute the prince and the princess, wishing them many sons and many blessings. When everyone dispersed, the prince just wanted to help Lu Qingyuan sit down, but there was another person in front of him, but it was the mask leader of the exorcism ceremony, the "chief wizard".

Although the prince doesn't believe in these ghosts and evils, this person can get the grace of his father and enter the Changle Palace to participate in the palace banquet, and he must not be a simple character, and his attitude towards the other party is quite polite.

"The master is polite, I will borrow your auspicious words."

When Lu Qingyuan walked in front of her from this person, her eyes flickered slightly, and her expression also revealed a hint of emptiness. She looked up at the opposite Yuan Quanquan, and it happened that Yuan Quanquan was also looking at her, and the two met in the air, Lu Qingyuan was startled, but Yuan Quanquan showed her an unclear smile.

As if frightened, Lu Qingyuan quickly withdrew his gaze, and stiffly pulled the corners of his mouth at the man in front of him, the two exchanged glances with each other, and the little secret between each other was not enough for outsiders, and they tacitly only regarded them as strangers, and ended the conversation after saying a few polite words casually.

Just as the man turned around, he glanced at his gaze, seemingly unintentionally, towards the Yuan Circle, and that look ...... How to put it, it feels like you're looking at your prey.

Like a poisonous snake hiding in the grass and waiting for an opportunity, it peeps at the white rabbit that is grazing unsuspectingly not far away, and when the time comes, it will jump out and swallow the delicious whole to fill its stomach.

As soon as Yuan Quanquan touched that look, he shivered excitedly, and a row of goosebumps quickly appeared on his arm, and he felt that his eyes were slippery. It's greasy, and it's very uncomfortable to stick to your body.

She looked back, but the other party did not avoid it, but responded with an extremely eager and eager look, and actually raised the wine glass in his hand at her!

Yuan Quanquan was surprised, and his first reaction was to turn his head to look at the meditation cultivator, but he saw the meditation cultivator staring at the person with a gloomy face, his hands on his legs, his knuckles knocking on his knees one by one, and letting out a cold sound for a long time.

"Oh, I see......"

The Yuan circle circle was not clear, so he asked, "Beitang, what's wrong?" What is so? Rubbing his arms, he looked back at the man, only to see that he had already sat back in his seat, his head bowed, and he could no longer see his expression.

Fang was far away from the square, and there was no way for the meditation cultivator to explore it carefully. But just now, although the person was on the opposite side, he was only three feet away from the left and right, which was enough for meditation to see what the other party was.

It's human, but it's not human.

It's a ghost, but it's not a ghost.

It's actually a demon path that relies on absorbing the power of ghosts to enhance cultivation!

It is not unheard of such mortals who want to attain immortality through cultivation, and some of them are serious about cultivating immortals, doing good deeds and accumulating virtues, and in the end they can really live for a few more decades or even hundreds of years, and become a highly respected person who has attained the Tao; Some people have been seeking the Tao for decades, but they are not allowed to enter the door, and in the end they either give up or embark on the crooked and evil path, which is not tolerated by the world or the way of heaven, and ends up miserable.

And like this person, he is not cultivating serious Taoism, but he is also not shallow, this kind of meditation cultivation is really the first time I have seen it, and it is inevitably a little fresh.

Yuan Quanquan didn't understand the meaning of the words that the meditation cultivator had just said, and he was extremely uncomfortable when he was seen by the strange eyes of the man just now, so he pestered the meditation for an answer.

The meditation raised a glass and drank, and after only a while, he figured out everything, and he figured out the ins and outs of the future.

After drinking the wine in the cup, he didn't put the cup down immediately, but pinched the small and delicate white jade cup in his hand and played with it, sat in a lazy posture, and glanced at the table of Lu Qingyuan and the prince opposite, and said, "Didn't Xiaohuan wonder why Lu Qingyuan was willing to spend 100,000 taels of silver to buy the "Hundred Sons of the Whistling Mountains"? ”

Yuan Quanquan didn't know why he suddenly mentioned this, and looked at him in wonder, "Yes, but the painting was stolen by me, but she didn't seem to be in a hurry at all." ”

Shen Xiu smiled, "She naturally doesn't need to worry, because someone told her, it doesn't matter if she loses it." ”

Yuan Quanquan: "...... Is it okay to speak to people, please? ”

Meditation Xiu laughed again, and said it more bluntly, so that his small circle could understand.

"You said that Lu Qingkite had a secret connection with that person, that's right, that man deliberately found Lu Qingkite, and there was a deal between the two of them. As for what the deal is...... This king guessed that the man wanted to absorb the yin qi on Lu Qingyuan's body through the child ghost in the Hundred Sons Diagram, and then Lu Qingyuan handed over this diagram to him, and he devoured the child ghost to cultivate and enhance his cultivation. Looking at the Yuan Circle, he was still confused, and he didn't understand, and the Ghost King then patiently explained.

"It's common sense that the woman herself is yin. And the yin qi of a pregnant woman is even worse, because the fetus in the womb is the result of the reincarnation of a ghost, and before birth, the yin qi belonging to the ghost has not dissipated. And the child ghost in the Hundred Sons Diagram itself died young, which belongs to the same kind of yin qi as this kind of yin qi. If the two are in the same space, the one with strong yin energy can attract the one with weak yin qi and thus strengthen oneself. The child ghost does not have this kind of consciousness, but he has been around for five hundred years, and he himself will unconsciously absorb the same kind of yin qi in the same space for his own use. That's why he can freely switch between different portraits in the painting, which is not possible with ordinary children's ghosts. ”

"So, that Taoist priest has a deal with Lu Qingyuan, Lu Qingyuan provides him with yin qi, and he must have agreed to Lu Qingyuan's certain conditions that made her heartfelt, and the two sides cooperated happily?" The Yuan Circle understood for a long time and came to a conclusion.

"That's right."

"Then this painting is lost, and it can't absorb the yin qi, so how can the Taoist priest not care? Isn't he supposed to be in a hurry? ”

Meditation Xiu suddenly squinted his eyes at this time and glanced at his own princess, "Because...... He had a better goal. ”