"This ......"

The senior brother froze, twisted his hand on the footprints, put it on the tip of his nose and sniffed, and then stretched out his hand to me: "What is this?" ”

I took a closer look and smelled it, and although the smell had already dispersed a lot, I could still make out the faint scent of sandalwood.

"Incense ash?"

Senior brother nodded, and we slowly withdrew from the middle of the partition, at this time, the candle flame in the hall had already risen, and the palace people all looked at us nervously.

I smiled and reassured them, "I've already subdued that thing, you don't have to worry." ”

My brother glanced at me obliquely, and I could hear the word 'liar' coming out of his heart.

He beckoned to the Qin attendant and called him out of the hall, and as soon as the other party stood still, he asked nervously, "Lord Gu, are you ...... Did you really catch that thing? ”

Senior Brother and I shook our heads, and thought again: "Waiter Qin, what you said is right, the one who has been making trouble in the palace recently is indeed a baby's evil cult. ”

"That ......"

Hearing this, the expression on Waiter Qin's face became even more nervous, and then he frowned and said in a low voice: "This matter, do you want to report to His Royal Highness the Emperor Eldest Sun first?" ”

"Not necessarily."

I looked sideways at the guard standing not far away, and saw that he was motionless, like a sculpture, without even blinking his eyes, and did not notice us at all.

He continued: "We don't know the origin of this evil spirit, and we don't know why it came from, in case it has something to do with the East Palace......

"Master Gu, do you mean......" Waiter Qin stopped talking and looked incredulous.

I nodded and continued, "If this baby is just an ordinary Yin Spirit Demon, it would be easy to do, if it is really related to the East Palace...... Think about it, His Royal Highness Lingjun has just disappeared, and not long ago, someone heard the baby's cry in the East Palace, not to mention how His Royal Highness would react when he learned about it. ”

Waiter Qin lowered his head and hummed heavily.

I said, "I'll investigate this matter with my senior brother first, and if I know its origin, I'll report it to His Highness." ”

Hearing this, Waiter Qin bowed his hand and saluted me and my senior brother, "Then there are Master Lao Fu and Master Gu." ”

Coming out of the dormitory and walking in the corridor, the senior brother quickly caught up with me and asked, "Didn't you say that you were keeping vigil for the king, why did you have to go back?" ”

I yawned, stretched my waist and said, "That evil is frightened by us, I guess it won't come again tonight, senior brother, if you want to keep it, go and guard it, anyway, I can't stand it." ”

The senior brother didn't go back, but followed my footsteps and said, "Do you think, that baby who is haunting the king's sleeping palace is really His Royal Highness Lingjun?" ”

I kept my stretch in the same position and replied, "How do I know?" ”

"Hey......"

Senior brother taught me angrily: "Aren't you known as knowing yin and yang, and you can solve the world's problems?" ”

"No matter how well you know yin and yang, you can't tell who that baby is based on a string of footprints alone, right?"

"So what should we do?"

I stopped, annoyed by him, thought for a while, and said, "You go to the temple and Taoist temple in the city, and ask whose incense tripod is abnormal, the baby obviously crawled out of the incense tripod, otherwise it would be impossible to leave such obvious incense ash footprints." ”

The senior brother snorted, and then sighed: "If you catch that evil evil this time, the king's illness should be cured." ”

I glanced at him and saw that he looked hopeful, and I couldn't bear to hit him.

But he still had to say: "Senior brother, do you really think that the king's illness is the work of that evil spirit?" ”

"Or else?"

Senior Brother frowned puzzled, and said, "Recently, strange things have always happened in the palace, and even in the entire imperial city, which has never happened before. ”

"Really?"

I chuckled, turned the jade flute in my hand between my fingers, and said, "Everyone in the world says that there is a cause before there is an effect, but this is not cause and effect, but often people can't tell the difference. ”

"You say that the king's illness is caused by that evil spirit, but it is not, and perhaps you can say the same......

I stretched out my hand to the distant sky, and although it was night, under the moonlight, I could still clearly see clouds of hazy mist, which had been deposited and deposited, and hung over the imperial city.

"Since ancient times, the dragon spirit of the Son of Heaven is regarded as a symbol of auspiciousness, if the king is there, it will be like a god guarding the imperial city from being violated, now the king is seriously ill, the spirit of the Son of Heaven is declining, the charm of the city has lost the power of suppression, and will naturally run out, these things have gathered more and more recently, and there are even evil and hurtful incidents in the city, which can only show ......"

I paused, my eyes drifted away, the fog near the sky, in the night, they floated and rolled like ghosts, and said lightly: "Our king, I'm afraid I won't live long......"