Midyear Festival, commonly known as Halloween Festival. On this day every year, the people will worship their ancestors, and the palace is no exception. In addition, the palace will also put lanterns to pray for blessings, just like the people.

Every year during the Midyear Festival, there will always be some untrue ghosts and gods in the palace. Although there is a clear rule that it is forbidden to spread false rumors, there are still some ghost stories on this day.

And this year, the most powerful one is Concubine Ping, who has just passed away, that is, the former Jing Concubine Niangniang.

This rumor was transmitted to Yikun Palace, and Chunxi listened to it, and did not take it seriously, but just asked Mu Hui to deal with a few palace maids and eunuchs who liked to gossip and chatter, and soon forgot about it.

Although Chunxi doesn't pay attention to this matter, some people are very concerned. She doesn't believe in ghosts and gods, and she thinks that if the gods in the world are really manifested, how can there be so many pious believers who are hopeless.

Only two days after the Midyear Festival, Yinyu fell ill. The disease was menacing, and the imperial doctors in the palace were helpless.

Yinyu's illness can't be found out at all, let alone prescribe the right medicine.

"The eleventh brother is asleep like this, it's been two days, why haven't the doctors come up with a way to save him?" Junyao was very worried about Yinyu's condition, so she stayed by Yinyu's bedside every day and took care of her personally.

Chun Xi sat on the soft couch beside him, and he was also worried. With the experience of being rescued by an Italian missionary from Yinyu's ear disease last time, Chun Xi also begged Xuan Ye, and asked Xuan Ye to find several people with excellent medical skills from different countries to enter the palace for Yinyu's diagnosis and treatment. But he still found nothing, and he could not wake up the sleeping.

"Is there a new doctor in the palace?" Chun Xi anxiously asked Miyi, and when she saw Miyi, she shook her head, her face full of loss.

"What the hell is going on?" Jun Yao looked at the person lying on the bed with teary eyes, feeling depressed. Yinyu is her most beloved brother, since Yinyu was born, she has been by this brother's side almost every day. When I was a child, Yinyu had a headache and brain fever, and Chunxi was not in a hurry, Junyao was already anxious.

In the past eleven years, Yinyu has never been seriously ill, and it is precisely because of Junyao's care that this younger brother has grown up healthy and safe.

But Yinyu's illness came strangely, and his condition was also very strange.

"Take Junyao down to rest." Seeing Jun Yao's appearance, Chun Xi was also very reluctant, and was busy with honey and instructions.

Jun Yao heard Chun Xi's words, and hurriedly refused, "No." I want to guard the eleventh brother, he is always taken care of by me, and I don't worry about others. ”

"You haven't closed your eyes for two days, if you go on like this, let alone take care of Yinyu, even your own palace will have to be taken care of together." Chun Xi said earnestly: "You go to rest, the palace will personally guard him, and you will come back when you wake up." ”

Junyao was still a little reluctant, but she still returned to her room, and just lay on the bed, she fell asleep. She was so tired that she didn't sleep for two days and two nights, and she kept staying by Yinyu's side with all her spirits. I'm afraid that Yinyu will be unwell, and after waking up, he won't find someone to wait for.

At dusk, Jun Yao just woke up after making up for it, and she didn't call anyone to wait, she got out of bed alone and poured a cup of tea, and was drinking tea to wake up, but she heard the voices of two little eunuchs talking outside the window.

"Brother Eleven has been sleeping in a coma for seven or eight days without illness or injury, and he has not been well, I am afraid that he has fallen into evil." Eunuch A said.

Eunuch B immediately said, "Yes, I look like it." It's just that Concubine Yi doesn't believe in ghosts and gods, and I'm afraid she won't believe that the eleventh elder brother is evil. ”

"Of course I don't believe it, if I did, I would have found a shaman to exorcise evil spirits." Eunuch A said again.

Eunuch Yi agreed and said: "Looking at the eleventh elder brother like this, either he gave someone a Gu, or someone who cut the paper and did witchcraft." ”

Junyao didn't listen anymore, hurried out of the door, and ran to Yinyu's house.

"Maybe he gave people witchcraft, so he couldn't find out the cause and kept asleep." As soon as she entered the door, Jun Yao said to Chun Xi, who was wiping Yinhou's body in front of the bed.

Chunxi's hand paused, and he turned back to ask Jun Yao, "Who is talking nonsense?" ”

Jun Yao's face was serious, and she tried hard to convince Chun Xi: "No matter what you say, since we have found so many people with excellent medical skills, we can't find the cause of the disease." It's better to believe this time and find a shaman to take a look. No matter what the method, you always have to try it to find out. ”

Chun Xi was a little shaken, and after thinking about it for a long time, he ordered Mu Hui to invite.

The shaman entered the door, checked Yinyu's body, and said categorically: "Brother Eleven has indeed fallen into the art of disgust, if you don't find out the things and people who cast the spell in time, I'm afraid you won't be able to wake up again." ”

Chunxi looked at the shaman in horror, a little overwhelmed.

When Jun Yao heard this, she was also shocked, but she quickly reacted, and asked Mi Yi to go to the Qianqing Palace to report the matter to Xuan Ye truthfully, and then said to Chun Xi: "Auntie, this matter is not trivial. The eleventh brother has been asleep for so many days, and he can't delay any longer. ”

Chunxi came back to her senses and said to Mu Hui: "To search the palace, you have to dig three feet into the ground, and you have to find out that person and those filthy things." ”

After instructing Mu Hui, Chunxi turned his head to look at the shaman again, and sincerely pleaded: "Please also take the trouble to set up a formation to exorcise evil spirits and save my son's life." ”

The shaman was a little embarrassed and said, "Niangniang, it's not that I don't save it. If you can't find something to cast a spell and can't break this spell, Brother Eleven can't save it. ”

These words were like five thunderbolts, and Chunxi couldn't bear it, so he sat down in a chair on the side.

The shaman said: "Looking at the current situation of the eleventh elder brother, I am afraid that the person who cast the spell was chosen during the Midyear Festival, when the ghost door was opened. It is impossible for everyone in the palace to know the eight characters of the birth date of the eleventh elder brother, even if it is clear which day the eleventh elder brother was born, it may not be clear the time of birth. Niangniang can start from the people in her palace, if it wasn't for the people in Yikun Palace, someone must have leaked the birthday of the eleventh elder brother. ”

"Okay, I'll judge." Jun Yao was duty-bound, and immediately summoned the whole Yikun Palace to interrogate them one by one.

Soon, Jun Yao learned from a palace maid that Mama Qiao, one of the nurses of the eleventh elder brother, had always had a broken mouth and liked to drink. When Yinyu was born, Mama Qiao was already waiting in Yikun Palace, and she also took a hand at that time, so she knew the exact time of Yinyu's birth.

Jun Yao immediately interrogated Mama Qiao strictly, only to know that she had informed a fellow villager in the palace of the matter after a drink. This person used to be an errand in Changchun Palace, and he was also trusted by Jing Hao, and he disappeared after Jing Hao's death.

"Could it be that the people around Concubine Ping did it?" Jun Yao guessed: "In this way, the new child who was closest to Concubine Ping before her death is suspicious." ”

"But Xin'er has disappeared since Concubine Ping's death. I'm afraid that the disappearance of her and Mama Qiao was secretly helped, and they must have left the palace. Chun Xi said with certainty: "In this way, it is not only in the palace that needs to be investigated, but also outside the palace." ”

Junyao also agreed: "Yes, and we must first investigate the people related to the prince." The crown prince is Concubine Ping's own nephew, he can't save his aunt, but he can take out one or two people from the palace unconsciously. What's more, when Concubine Ping died, it was the crown prince who was in charge of the country, and the palace guards were also at the disposal of the prince. ”

"Then look it up." Xuan Ye entered the door and was very angry when he heard their conversation.

Sure enough, no evil items were found in the Six Palaces at all, not even inside and outside the Imperial Garden and other palaces. I can't find it in the palace, so I can only place it outside the palace.

It was not difficult to find out where Xin'er and Mama Qiao were hiding along Yinren, and soon these two people were taken back to the palace. It's just that if the people who cast the spell are really them, and they are casting the spell outside the palace, it will be difficult to find those things.

Xin'er and Mama Qiao refused to speak, Mama Qiao couldn't stand the punishment, and soon fainted to death. was poured salt water and continued to be tortured, but still no clues could be found from their mouths.

Seeing that Yinyu's situation was getting worse and worse, Chunxi rushed to the Shen Criminal Division for personal interrogation.

"Concubine Yiniang, since we dare to do it, we have the heart of death. There is no clue to us that we can find. Xin'er grinned with a bloody mouth and said with hatred: "Haven't there been many people who have been helping you all along?" Look for them, and let them help you find them. ”

"You don't spare your life, but what about your family?" Chun Xi said coldly.

"Huh!" Xin'er smiled disdainfully: "Then even if you arrest them, they have never treated me as a family anyway." What do I have to take care of the people who have abandoned me since I was a child. You're just trying in vain. As long as I don't tell me, you'll never want to know where that thing is. My master was tortured before he died, how can I make you feel better? Brother Eleven is your most painful young son, I just want him to die, because of you. In this way, you will be worse off than dead. Hahahahahaha......ha

Mu Hui on the side couldn't bear Xin'er's wild words anymore, grabbed a whip and whipped it at Xin'er. Xin'er was already covered in bruises, which made her a little unbearable, and she snorted softly, but still said unrelentingly: "You killed your son." Don't you disbelieve? Don't you don't believe in gods and Buddhas, and don't believe in these absurd things? That's how I'm going to kill him. If you had found out earlier that he was not sick, but that he was evil, and had someone search with such fanfare earlier, maybe he would have found what I had buried and saved him. ”

"Niangniang, don't listen to her nonsense, the slave thinks that that Mama Qiao is better to start. This doesn't care about her family, and doesn't Mama Qiao care? Mu Hui saw that Xin'er was not afraid of whipping at all, so she proposed to Chunxi.

"Okay, arrest Mama Qiao's family, this palace wants to see if Mama Qiao's mouth is as hard as her." Chun Xi glared at Xin'er hatefully, turned around, and went to another cell.

After all, Mama Qiao is old, not as good as Xin'er, and she is already dying after using a heavy sentence, and half her life is hanging.

"This palace only gives you one chance, you can say it or not. But you also have to understand that if you don't say it, or lie, this palace wants not only your life, but the lives of your entire clan. When she saw Mama Qiao, she didn't talk nonsense to her, and threatened bluntly.

Mama Qiao originally had the intention of dying, but after listening to Chunxi's words, she panicked. She is indeed not afraid of death, she has long been ill and will die soon. So when Xin'er told her to kill Yinyu with the technique of disgust, she said Yinyu's birthday so happily. But it didn't matter if she died. She also has young sons at home, and those children are still young, if Chunxi really wants to exterminate the clan, how can she let her children go?

"Don't, don't hurt them." Mama Qiao shouted anxiously.

Chunxi sneered: "Then you will explain honestly." ”