Chapter 16: Thoughtful
It was easy to introduce Yuan Jiyue into the Star Picking Tower, and Ran Ming hurriedly went back to the dormitory to fool the imperial doctors who came to diagnose the pulse.
He is sick today.
There are two people left in the huge star-picking building, one is sleeping, and there is no one who can speak in Yuan Jiyue.
She looked at the lobby of the Star Picking Building, the blue and white bottles on the solid wood shelves, the red carpet on the floor tiles, and the addition of several sets of tables and chairs for the nobles who came to entertain the palaces, which was not luxurious.
Every time he did something for the people in the palace and what he did, he would write down the bottom and lock it in a box for storage. A palace and a box are not placed randomly, arranged in a row on the right side of the lobby, served by a slender table, a total of twenty-one boxes, each box is pasted with a red bar, and the name of the palace is written on the red bar.
The key was returned by Mrs. Chen and placed on the side of the box.
Yuan Jiyue twisted a key and opened the lock at the top.
She wants to see how many disasters her nephews have prevented in the palace for forty-one years after she has been in the palace for forty-one years.
When I lifted the lid, I found that there was only one drawing inside.
She rubbed the paper open.
The paper is drawn with the forbidden formation of demons and monsters. Using the spirit of heaven and earth to mix the magic power of the caster himself, the magic circle in the picture is conjured to cover the place he wants to protect, even if the caster's death formation will not dissipate, it is a method once and for all.
A full word is written in the lower right corner.
Priest Chen used this formation to protect the palace. He had taken down the entire palace, and it was no wonder that he had to lock a single box.
When he was in the master's gate, Priest Chen devoted himself to cultivation, and he would not be lazy after going down the mountain, Yuan Jiyue estimated the depth of his mana, and the array under him was enough to repel the demons of a hundred years, if it were not for the demons and monsters who had been on the top for more than a thousand years, they would definitely be repelled by it.
Her fingers wandered along the lines, silently reciting every detail she had memorized. Suddenly, her fingers stopped moving.
Some things are not right......
She clicked on the paper, finally finding a breakthrough for the matter at hand.
When the palace maid comes, she really wants to ask.
The people of the palace sent dinner, and the one who came to send it was a girl with a beautiful appearance and an apricot-colored palace robe. She put the dishes on the table in the same way, and each dish was served only on a small plate, and when it was all done, she also took up a table.
Yuan Jiyue glanced at her after sitting down, and recognized that this girl was not the one who came to deliver food during the day.
"The slave maid is the maid of the Chengde Palace." After the donkey served the dishes, she covered the food box, didn't dare to look at Yuan Jiyue, and knelt down for her first. His hands were clasped on the ground, and his head touched, "The slave and maid were brought to the Holy Lord, and the Holy One said that he wanted the slave and the maid to come to the High Priest." Coincidentally, Aunt Baiqi beside the saint wanted to come to deliver food to the high priest, and the slave maid brought it directly. ”
She is the palace maid who hits the ghost.
Yuan Jiyue called her up: "What did the saint say about calling you here?" ”
The donkey got up and put the pestle to the side, and said timidly: "The saint said that no matter what the high priest asks, the slave and maid cannot hide it. ”
"I'm just a few simple words from you." Yuan Jiyue said softly, "You should also guess what I am looking for you for, after all, I am the high priest, and I must ask about the affairs involving ghosts in the palace." ”
The girl shrunk back: "The slave understands! ”
"Don't be afraid of me......"
The bird knelt down with a "poof": "Slaves are not afraid!" ”
Yuan Jiyue was quite helpless, she didn't look like a bad person, and she had always been very gentle when she talked to her, how could she be scared like this.
I think she turned pale just by mentioning the word "ghost", not because she was murdered, but really timid.
Yuan Jiyue reluctantly asked her to get up and reply: "Are you so careful with Priest Chen?" I'm not a great traitor, so you can be at ease. ”
The sound of "kicking and kicking" sounded rhythmically, and the two of them looked at each other in unison.
A figure appeared on the stairs.
It's Dong Manman.
He wore a moon-white robe and boots, and a plain crown on his head, and was simple and generous. The face of the puffy sleeping was lit with rouge-like spring flowers, which added to him the liveliness of a child.
He slept for a long time and didn't catch up with lunch, and Yuan Jiyue felt that letting him rest was better than eating as many meals as he wanted, so he didn't wake him up. Let him sleep until dark.
He wakes up in a strange place and settles down when he sees the whole thing around him.
Sleepy-eyed, he put on his clothes and went downstairs to find someone.
Yuan Jiyue beckoned him over.
Dong Manman's eyes lit up, he quickened his pace downstairs, trotted over and grabbed her sleeve, and called softly.
There is only one Yuan Jiyue left in the person he knows, and the two have been together for many days with kindness, and they are unconsciously closer.
"Slow down, slow down, let Master see." Yuan Jiyue caught his body and looked at him from head to toe, "Your complexion is much better." Do you have to medicate yourself? ”
Dong Manman nodded vigorously and pursed his lips to reveal two small dimples.
"You woke up just in time." Yuan Jiyue pulled him to sit on the round stool, and pointed to the steaming porridge on the table, "You haven't eaten for many days, just eat two less bites." This bowl of clear porridge is easy to digest, the amount of a bowl is not too much and no less, you must drink it all. ”
Dong Manman didn't go to eat, just sat upright. He saw the donkey standing beside him.
There is no reason for guests to stand on the side and eat by themselves.
"I just don't want you to stand, and I don't eat yet." Yuan Jiyue smiled and patted his head, "I have something to ask Miss Lu'er, and you should listen carefully." ”
Dong Manman didn't know why he should go down.
Yuan Jiyue's gaze turned to Lu'er again: "It's late at night, I won't delay Miss Lu'er's rest, just talk a few words." I can personally send you away before the porridge is cold. ”
The girl hurriedly answered: "High priest, please." ”
Yuan Jiyue only said: "You tell me about the situation that night, when you met it, and what the soul looks like, you have to tell me in detail." ”
Yu'er Yuming: "The slave maid is the palace maid who is in charge of serving tea next to the queen mother. On that day, as usual, I went to fetch the newly offered tea leaves, because the tea arrived on the same day, and it took a lot of time to divide the amount of tea from each house, and I did not go to get it until the evening. On the way back, passing by the Imperial Garden, there was a constant cold wind blowing, and the slave lowered her head to block the wind, wanting to return to Chengde Palace as soon as possible. But I didn't take two steps when I saw a half-cut skirt appear in front of me, and there was a pair of embroidered shoes under the skirt! ”
She looked at Yuan Jiyue in fear: "Say it in the middle of the night, will you invite her?" ”
Yuan Jiyue amused her amusedly: "Does she dare to come to pick up the star building?" I brought it up after I asked you, and I am protecting you. ”
Yu'er was a little more relieved: "The slave maid thought that it was a palace maid who was blocking the way, and she wanted to avoid it, but which way she went, didn't she deliberately get along with the slave maid, so I wanted to ask her to make way." As a result, when she looked up, a thunderbolt flashed, allowing the slave to see her face clearly, she was wearing a veil, her face was full of scars, and she was terrifying, she was tall, and she stared at the slave and maid with such an expressionless face! ”
Yuan Jiyue asked: "Since she is wearing a veil, how do you see the scar?" ”
"I forgot to mention that there was a wind blowing when the thunder flashed, and it happened to blow her veil! Isn't this an evil sect, that's the yin wind! "Her expression is terrifying, the wind blows her hair all over the sky, and the whole ghost is here to ask for her life!" ”
Yuan Jiyue said: "How did you run away from her?" ”
"I thought I would be scared and my legs were weak, but I didn't expect to run very fast at that time, and I dared to look back when I entered the door of Chengde Palace, but fortunately she didn't chase after her." The slave said, "The slave and maid lost their strength when they crossed the threshold, and when they looked down, they saw that the tea was still in their arms!" ”
"The girl has good legs." Yuan Jiyue chuckled. stared at her face with interest for a long time, "The girls in the palace are all as beautiful as you?" ”
This scared off half of her life, and she was a little proud when she mentioned it, she reacted so quickly for the first time, and this time it saved her life. Not only escaped from the ghosts, but also didn't mess up the errand and get trained. She was stroking her heart. Confused, he replied, "Mostly." Does this have anything to do with the haunting? ”
Yuan Jiyue said: "I just thought of it suddenly. At first, you thought it was the palace maid blocking the way, but how can you be sure that it is a soul and not a person with a damaged face when you look up? ”
"There is no nobleman in the palace who looks like this. If the palace maid has a wound on her face, she can't walk around in the palace, and the imperial garden is never to go. ”
Yuan Jiyue asked: "But is there really such a thing?" ”
"Some palace maids have large birthmarks on their faces before entering the palace, or they hurt their faces after entering the palace, and they can't get decent errands, so they are covered by a veil and sent to remote places to work. Go and wash people's clothes, and brush the bucket and night pot even more miserably, usually trapped in the Splendid Garden, for fear that they will collide with the nobles, and they can't come out unless they are called. "The slave said very seriously," the slave maid later thought that the wind was at night again, and she might have been frightened by her appearance. But when I think about it again, the clothes she wears are gorgeous, and they are not at all worn by palace maids. ”
Yuan Jiyue asked again: "What style of clothes is she wearing?" ”
"A long pale yellow skirt with a darker yellow crewneck and a brown shawl. The neck is shiny, and the head is shining, which should be the light emitted by the gemstone. "I didn't notice what kind of pattern." She should be the soul of the damaged lady in the previous dynasty, I heard the old ladies say that there was indeed such a master in the previous dynasty. ”
Not long, not short, just chatting about tea time.
The entrance of the warmed porridge is just right.
"I'll find out about this." In order to calm her heart, Yuan Jiyue said, "You can live as usual, there will be no danger." ”
Lu'er believed that it was the concubine who died with resentment in the previous dynasty and was bumped into by her while wandering. They have no grievances and no hatred, and they pester her to do anything, and there is no such reason. But as soon as she got into the night, she was scared, for fear that she would see it again when she turned her head.
The absence of the high priest made her even more flustered.
She was so happy to get Yuan Jiyue's assurance.
I was busy.
Yuan Jiyue sent her away, looking at her back as soon as she came out of the Star Picking Tower, thoughtful.