Early the next morning, Qing Ming took Long Xing, led by General Dusheng, and returned to the Qingzhe Palace. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The princess was already waiting in her son's bedchamber, and the mother and son were very affectionate when they saw each other. The princess asked Qing Ming about the activities of the past few days, and she didn't want to miss every move, and she asked for a while, Qing Ming introduced Long Xing to her mother, and the princess looked at this little fat man, he saw the noble and elegant, youthful and moving woman in front of him, and he liked and sighed in his heart, it was really an eye-opener, and he nodded and bowed, and saluted again and again: "Auntie is good! Auntie is good!"

General Watari coughed, his voice was very soft, but he said very resolutely: "Fool, call the princess!"

The princess waved her hand at Du Sheng, looking at Long Xing's chubby appearance, cute and cute, she had never heard any juniors call her aunt directly, she suddenly felt a burst of affection, motherhood, couldn't help but step forward and pat him on the head, and said cordially: "Good boy!

Long Xing's tears burst out of his eyes, remembering that he had strayed into the Xuantian Dao these days, except for his good friend Qing Ming, he had been snubbed and ridiculed by other people around him, although there were a lot of fake feelings, but at this moment, hearing his friend's mother's voice of such love, he couldn't help but feel his heart ripple, and he couldn't help himself.

Seeing him crying so sadly, the princess was even more soft-hearted, and at the moment, she picked up the child and asked him what happened to him, he cried and cried, and told about his strange experience, of course, the plot of the butterfly black spirit was reserved.

At this time, the guards came in and passed the word and asked Qingming and Dusheng to go to the hall of Qingzhe Wangfu to meet.

When I arrived in the hall, I saw King Qingzhe, King Qingyuan, and Lord Zhong Quan discussing in the hall, all of them frowning and helpless. Qing Ming hurriedly stepped forward and saluted the elders one by one, and everyone was deeply relieved to see that he looked quite good.

After sitting down, King Qingzhe personally brought a cup of tea, and said as he walked: "Ming'er, come, have a cup of hot tea! This is specially prepared for you by my father, and some solid soup made by your mother and concubine is added to it." ”

Every time Qing Ming saw King Qingzhe, he looked up in awe, his majesty gave people indescribable pressure, and he didn't dare to get close to him rashly. This time, seeing him personally bring the tea, Qing Ming was moved in his heart, and hurriedly got up, bent down and reached out to pick it up, but before his hand could reach it, at that moment, King Qingzhe's hand suddenly let go. Everything happened between the lightning and flint, and the cup was about to fall, and Qing Ming subconsciously reached out to save it.

At this time, something happened to him who was extremely surprised, he was in a hurry, a little luck, a force, ten fingers have not yet touched the cup, but along the direction of the fingers, there are ten weak and stable air currents, the cup is firmly held, those air currents seem to be his own extended fingers, and he found that his mind can control the direction and release of the air flow, he quickly continued to stretch his hands forward slightly, with his real fingers to pick up the cup, his mind relaxed, the air flow in front of the fingers all dissipated.

He held the cup, exhaled slightly, and calmed down, only then did he see a gentle smile on his father's face, and King Qingyuan clapped his hands and said, "Ming'er is good at kung fu!"

Only then did I notice that my father was testing his skills.

Master Zhong Quan walked to King Qingzhe's side, exchanged glances with him, and nodded with satisfaction, but said worriedly: "Prince Qingming is worthy of the soul of the previous king, and his learning progress is very fast. However, if you want to cultivate the superior divine skills of the Bronze King, I am afraid that you will have to temper them, otherwise, those who are not strong enough will enter the Yuesheng Cave of Tianyuan Mountain and directly practice the divine skills painted on the cave wall, but I am afraid that they will go mad!"

King Qingyuan also fell into deep thought, and after a long time, he sighed: "There is no news from the elders of Dingyuan Mountain for the time being, so it can be seen that the Qingcan Immortal Master has not yet left the customs. Ming'er has not made an inch of contribution to the national affairs and government affairs of the major subject countries, but he is afraid that the prime minister and the hundred officials will have quite objections. ”

From the conversation of the elders, Qing Ming vaguely felt that Yun Sheng Lao Cheng had set up a lot of obstacles for his own affairs, and at this time, the old prime minister who invited everyone to share the Ruby Grass Flower the day before yesterday came to his mind, and the impression of thrift and generosity, and the matter of obstructing his uncle and father's plan, seemed incompatible, and it really made people uncertain about the depth of the water.

Perhaps out of his nature as a father, King Qingzhe at this time was more relieved than the other two elders: "These days, living in the south of the city, Ming'er's spirit is really much better! In my opinion, and continue to parade among the people, learn more about the national conditions, and experience more folk sufferings, no matter when the soul is united, it is beneficial and harmless! However, Ming'er must insist on taking the Guben soup prepared by your mother concubine to control the symptoms of fainting and take care of your body!" When he said the last sentence, he fixed his eyes on Qing Ming, full of love.

Zhong Quan said to Qingming: "Okay, during the prince's parade, it is convenient to come to Jucai Hall at any time, and the old man must know everything and say everything! ”

Qing Ming hurriedly thanked Shizun.

After speaking, everyone returned to their seats and sat down. King Qingyuan returned to the previous topic and said: "Ming'er, before you came, a few of us were discussing the strange case that happened in the dungeon of the Criminal Department, it is better to consult the details together, you young people, have broad ideas, let's brainstorm and see if there are clues to follow." ”

"Since a few months ago, there have been a number of unprovoked deaths of prisoners at night, first every few days, and then more and more frequent, and in recent days, they have been terrorized at night, and the deaths of prisoners are more bizarre than the other. ”

As soon as Qing Ming heard it, it turned out to be a strange case that he was investigating, so he listened attentively, for fear of missing every word in King Qingyuan's mouth. I only heard his uncle continue: "At the beginning, when those prisoners were found in the early morning, their whole bodies were stiff and black, as if they had been poisoned to death, but later, slowly, the corpses left by the deceased became less and less, a big fat man left a thin body, a thin man left a skinny body, and in the last few cases, the scene was surprisingly clean, and there was almost only human skin left!"

"The night before yesterday, the jailer found a small black butterfly, you must know that the dungeon of the Ministry of Punishment is exquisitely built, it has always been leaky, even ants can not be put in, this butterfly can avoid people's eyes and ears and sneak into the prison, the jailers are very unhappy, so they chased for a long time, but found nothing, returned to the prison, and found that a prisoner had died with a whimper, there was no blood at the scene, no traces of drag marks or struggle, only human skin, restored to the prison uniform. Everyone was amazed, could it be that a butterfly who only got the Tao had done so many appalling cases?"

Qing Ming heard of the previous plot for the first time, and only the last guess about butterflies, he knew more than the elders. Heart Dao, in order to avoid unnecessary encirclement and interception by the black spirit, in order to be able to let the truth of the strange case be revealed as soon as possible, the secret of the black spirit can only be properly revealed.

After King Qingyuan finished speaking, the hall fell into a short silence, at this time, Qing Ming stood up and respectfully reported to the elders: "Uncle, my nephew has heard a lot about the strange cases in the dungeon of the Criminal Department since he went out on a tour, and he happened to meet the brother of a dead prisoner on the road, and he is now following me to investigate in order to clear his brother's grievances. ”

"I have been in the folk for a few days, and I happened to have a little information for the elders to refer to. When I was in the Dao of the Human World, I had a friend named Long Xing, who knew that when the storm broke out that night and the passage of time and space was opened, he was swept into the Xuantian Dao for no reason. The day before yesterday, they met by chance in the mountains south of the city, so he came to Xuantian Dao and had his own ability, and he was able to understand the words of those animals with spiritual energy. The butterfly happened to be acquainted with him, but the butterfly's whereabouts were uncertain, and no one could find it. ”

Qing Ming deliberately concealed the fact that Hei Ling usually hid in Long Xing's arms.

"Yesterday my friend met the black butterfly, and according to the butterfly, it happened to see some traces in the dungeon of the Ministry of Punishment the night before. As soon as he finished speaking, the butterfly flew away, so fast that it was completely untraceable. ”

King Qingyuan nodded in agreement: "Yes! According to the description of the jailer of my criminal department, the butterfly was as fast as lightning and moved silently! What did it see? Has it ever seen the perpetrator?"

Qing Ming straightened his waist and continued: "From beginning to end, there were no suspicious characters, just saw a small flower snake, and I didn't see how the prisoner died violently, I only heard a low cry, and when the butterfly rushed up to look, the person was already dead, and the little flower snake quickly escaped from a small hole in the corner." In the snake's mouth, there was a small golden glowing ball in its mouth. The snake eventually disappeared northeast of the dungeon. ”

General Watatsu added: "My subordinates dare to guess that the snake is stealing the soul!"

The two princes and Master Zhong Quan were taken aback, and shouted in unison, "Soul Stealing Technique!"

However, they all had a lot of experience, and they soon calmed down, and King Qingyuan shook his head and said, "But a snake can steal souls, I'm afraid it's unlikely!"

Zhong Quan nodded in agreement and said, "Not bad! Although in this Xuantian Dao, very few animals have spirituality, and through various coincidences, they can refine some divine skills, just like the black butterfly that Prince Qingming said, but all the animals that have attained the Dao, because their soul power is weak, compared to human soul refiners, they are all very superficial!

Everyone in the hall was caught in a mystery and couldn't figure it out.

King Qingyuan arranged for his subordinates to immediately go to the dungeon of the Ministry of Punishment to investigate whether there was any trace of the small hole in the corner of the wall that Qing Ming said, and then explore in the northeast direction.

At noon, the people sent out by King Qingyuan came back to report: "The floor, walls, and roof of the dungeon of the Criminal Department are forged from high-grade cast iron as a whole, and they are basically intact, but in the corner of the wall near the prisoner who had the accident the night before, an abnormality was indeed found, the cast iron in the range of a small round hole, the color is slightly different from the surroundings, according to the senior craftsmen of the Iron Clan to check the scene, it is confirmed that the cast iron of the round hole is newly made. ”

Qing Ming's account was confirmed, but according to the report of the people who investigated the scene, they all carefully checked from the dungeon to the northeast, within a few miles, and did not find any clues, and of course there were no traces left by snakes. The only clue is broken.

Suddenly, Zhong Quan was thoughtful, looking a little incredulous, and said softly: "To the northeast of the dungeon, ten miles away, is the mansion of Lord Hubu Shangshu Yunhui, shouldn't it have anything to do with his mansion?"

Although it was just Zhong Quan's whim speculation, Qing Ming felt that this was really a glimmer of hope in despair, so he volunteered: "Uncle, father, master, the boy has just arrived, and he should have gone to visit the important ministers and elders of the great subject country, and in just a few days, he has a few connections with the junior brother of Yun Chuan, so you might as well let the kid go to the mansion of Lord Yunhui, visit the junior brother, and explore the truth by the way." ”

When his father heard this, he was relieved to learn that the boy had some courage, and readily agreed.