However, in half a day, the entire royal city was under the control of the rebels, and this battle can be said to be over with almost no casualties among the rebels.

Ling Ning and the others were enjoying the beautiful scenery of a hundred flowers in the back garden of the Zhao Palace, and at this time, Qin Fei, who had never seen anyone, walked over excitedly: "So you are here!" I just searched the royal city, and there is no trace of the demon monk, but I am afraid that he is no longer in the royal city. ”

Ling Ning said happily when he saw him coming: "Brother Qin is in high spirits, has the 'empress' been caught?" ”

Qin Fei smiled bitterly: "Don't laugh at me, if it weren't for you, how could I be so high-spirited." Three handsome young men had just been caught, and they all admitted that they had killed the empress together, but there was only a pool of blood on the jade steps in the Imperial Palace, and the empress's body had disappeared, which was really strange. ”

Qian Mei'er said: "Were you rescued by other subordinates?" Are you sure she's really dead? ”

Qin Fei groaned: "It is impossible for those three teenagers to lie, they do have a lot of blood stains on their bodies. Judging from the amount of blood at the scene, it should be certain death. But when we entered, there was chaos in the palace, and it was not impossible for someone to take advantage of the chaos to remove the body. ”

Ling Ning said: "I always feel that this matter has something to do with that demon monk, have you investigated the background of this empress?" ”

Qin Fei said: "I am sending someone to investigate carefully, and I believe that there will be results soon." By the way, although the royal city has been pacified this time, the forces loyal to the Zhao State are still not to be underestimated, and I am trying to take advantage of the situation to recover the territory of the three princes, so I will leave immediately, Xi'er, I want you to take good care of a few while I am away. ”

Qin Xi said: "Brother, you must be careful when you go!" I'll wait for you to come back. ”

Phantom Ji looked Qin Fei up and down, and then teased: "You are also a character, most of the ordinary people who take the royal city are eager to ascend the throne and become the emperor, but you are calm, rare!" Rare! ”

Qin Fei's old face turned red and said: "It would be a lie to say that you don't want to be the emperor, but the Zhao State has not been completely pacified, and many forces are still eyeing each other, and it is not yet time to be the emperor." Although Qin is not a hero, he also knows how to take care of the overall situation. ”

The next day, Qin Fei led the righteous army to the east and the west, and Qin Xi took the place of his brother to sit in the royal city. There are still Ling Ning and others in the royal city, which is naturally as stable as Mount Tai, and in a few days, several forces also wanted to take the opportunity to capture the royal city, but they were easily defused by Ling Ning and others, but it frightened many of the attacking generals to surrender to the righteous army.

The results of the investigation about the empress also came out, the empress's real name is "Zhao Ying", and she is the eldest daughter born to the emperor and empress of Zhao. It is rumored that the eldest princess was born with a strange congenital disease - Progeria. Her skin was aging rapidly for no reason, and she should have died, but fortunately, an old woman of a mysterious person came to the palace on the second day of her birth, and she didn't know what the old woman had done, only that the child's life was saved.

By the time Zhao Ying was twelve years old, her skin had aged into that of a fifty-year-old woman, but her hands were delicate like a girl. It was also in this year that the mysterious old woman came again, this time she took Zhao Ying away to practice, and this practice was five years. Five years later, the eldest princess returned, but she was even older, and the Empress of Zhao felt sorry for this precious daughter and said good things for her everywhere, and the emperor and the empress also complied one by one.

Since then, the eldest princess of Zhao has become more and more powerful, and as she grows older, her behavior has become more and more presumptuous, and she has collected hundreds of handsome young men of thirteen or fourteen years old to enjoy them day and night in the house, and many of them are sent to the palace by her...... Yesterday he was a thug in the market, and today he ascended to the position of a supreme minister, and there are countless examples of this. Some officials even took the opportunity to recommend their sons in order to soar. In addition, she boldly drew a huge amount of money from the treasury to build a magnificent palace, and for a time her princess's mansion was even more gorgeous than the palace!

Driven by the eldest princess of Zhao, the entire royal family and even the entire court officials began to live a dissolute life, but the lives of the people are becoming more and more sad.

The rebels searched the princess's mansion and found a large number of gold, silver, jewelry, and thousands of densely packed young skeletons in the mansion of the eldest princess, who was amorous and extravagant. Among them, a secret room was also discovered, which was hidden in the rockery in the back garden, and if it weren't for the fact that the eldest princess often stayed nearby, it would not have been discovered anyway.

The secret room was surrounded on all sides by stone walls, and the stone door at the entrance was so heavy that it took five or six sergeants to push open a gap. I thought it was gold and silver jewelry, but I didn't expect it to be a shrine, in the shrine enshrined a black jade hand statue, the jade hand is in the form of a flower, and the palm of the palm depicts an eye with gold, this jade hand is not gold or jade, I don't know what material it is, several sergeants got greedy and stepped forward to carry it away, but they all died tragically under the shrine without exception, everyone was frightened and hurriedly asked Ling Ning and others to go over to check.

Ling Ning and the others came to this small secret room, and there were already four or five corpses lying inside, all of them were spitting black blood and grim-looking deaths, obviously suffering great pain before they died.

The general in charge said angrily: "Immortal Master, you are finally here!" My brothers died innocently...... I wanted to burn down the house, but I was afraid of causing other greater calamities...... Please also ask the immortal masters to see what is going on! ”

Ling Ning and the others carefully examined the condition of the corpse, and there were no injuries on the whole body, nor was it poisoned, it seemed that they had been mentally attacked.

Phantom Ji frowned and said: "Fortunately, you didn't set the fire, I think it should be some kind of cult god statue enshrined here, if you set fire to it, I'm afraid you will all die of a curse." ”

The general was embarrassed when he heard this, and said, "That...... So what to do? Will the rest of us be affected? ”

Phantom Ji shook her head and said, "Move the corpse away, don't touch the jade hand." After that, you all disperse, and we'll take care of it. ”

The general sent someone to remove the corpse and then withdrew with the sergeants, Qin Xi said with a worried face: "How to deal with it, please ask the master for instructions." ”

Phantom said, "I'm sorry, I don't know. There are more of these evil things in the Immortal Dust Continent, just leave it alone, and call someone to seal the house later. ”

Qian Mei'er said: "It turns out that you don't know, I thought you were confident!" ”

Phantom Ji pouted and said: "I guess there must be a master behind the eldest princess of Zhao Kingdom, judging from the corpses of the young man in her mansion, she should have used the method of collecting yang and replenishing yin to renew her life, and this cult idol comes with a curse and don't move is the best policy!" ”

Ling Ning carefully inspected the jade hand, only to feel that the jade hand was so exquisitely carved, the details were lifelike, even every fingerprint was depicted in detail, and the golden eye in the palm of his hand seemed to really blink.

He used the Pupil Technique, True Vision, and under the Pupil Technique, the jade hand exuded a faint dark aura...... To his surprise, the hand was alive! Through a layer of pitch-black epidermis, you can clearly see that there is blood flowing in the muscles, bones, and even blood in the blood vessels in the hands, and the eye painted in the palm of the hand is real, and after sensing his gaze, it suddenly looks at him!

Ling Ning hurriedly put away his pupil technique and told him what he had just seen, and everyone was amazed.

Ling Ning said: "Although I don't know what the function of this hand is, I think if Zhao Ying didn't die, he should have recaptured it......"

Qian Mei'er understood what he meant: "You mean to wait for the rabbit?" ”

Ling Ning nodded: "It's not a way to keep waiting for the rabbit, it's better to spread the news of the discovery of this jade hand, I believe that someone should take the bait these nights......"

Under the instruction of Ling Ning and the others, there was a dark room hidden in the eldest princess's mansion, and the news that a strange jade hand was found in the dark room was leaked out "carelessly", and soon spread in the royal city.

……

Zhao Ying slowly opened her eyes, and at this moment she was lying naked on the cold altar.

"Are you awake?"

Hearing this familiar voice, Zhao Ying sat up slowly, and she looked for the sound and saw a familiar face.

Yan ...... Senior Sister Yan...... Did you save me? ”

In the darkness stood a girl with a beautiful figure and a beautiful face, and the baby fat on her fleshy little face was very cute, but the expression on her face was unusually cold.

"It is the Buddha Mother who saved you."

"Mother of the Buddha...... Thank you, Mother Buddha...... Junior...... The disciple will not forget your great kindness......"

Suddenly, a strange voice that was neither male nor female echoed in the cave: "Zhao Ying, you have everything in the world, and there will be no eldest princess in this world in the future, do you understand?" ”

Zhao Ying knelt on the altar and kowtowed to the void and said, "Brother...... The disciple understood...... Zhao Ying is dead, please ask the Buddha's mother to rename the disciple! ”

"Whether it's a surname or a name, it's just a codename, so why bother? You will still be called Zhao Ying in the future. ”

"Zhao Ying understands! What should the disciples do next, please ask the Buddha's mother for guidance! ”

"You have the 'Holy Son' in your arms, and you must not wander around, just give birth in the cave. Leave the rest to Ake. ”

Zhao Ying was stunned, and she muttered, "I...... When did I get pregnant with a baby why I don't know...... How could it be ......"

Yan Ke slowly walked up to Zhao Ying, handed her the clothes and said, "The Buddha Mother has left, put on the clothes quickly." ”

Zhao Ying grabbed her arm: "Senior Sister Yan, this is not true!" How could I get pregnant...... ...... vomit"

She felt dizzy and wanted to vomit without saying a word, but she still couldn't believe and muttered, "Impossible...... When pigs fly...... How can my body be ...... when I'm already aging like this?"

Yan Ke patted her back and said, "It is impossible for the Buddha Mother to be wrong, junior sister, you can take care of the fetus here." ”

She paused and said, "By the way, did your right hand stay in the mansion?" Recently, there are rumors that a jade hand has been found in your house. ”

Zhao Yingmu nodded: "That's right, I hid my right hand in the secret room in the rockery in the back garden." ”

Yan Ke nodded and said, "That's it, first of all, I have to help you retrieve your right hand first......"

In the middle of the moon, Ling Ning sat cross-legged alone in the secret room of the princess's mansion and "waited for the rabbit".

He looked at the jade hand in front of him and said secretly in his heart: "I don't know what this jade hand is for......

Suddenly, the voice of the palace master came from his ears: "This thing should be related to the 'Forty-two Second Hands Eye Method'...... Probably a sect derived from it, and it's not peculiar. ”

Ling Ning saw that the palace master was speaking, and hurriedly asked, "What kind of sect is the 'Forty-Second Second Hand Eye Method', why have I never heard of it?" ”

The palace master explained: "This method comes from the 'Thousand-Armed Guanyin' in Buddhism, which is the 'Thousand-Armed Thousand-Eyed Guanyin Bodhisattva'. Legend has it that Guanyin once vowed to purify all sentient beings, but there were so many sentient beings that Guanyin felt quite powerful and incompetent. Thus Guanyin was transformed into forty-two bodhisattvas of great compassion with the intention of benefiting and benefiting all sentient beings. Seeing this, Guanyin's master, the Buddha of Immeasurables, advised him not to be impatient, otherwise he would not be able to reach it quickly. The Buddha of Amitayus brought together forty-two individuals, leaving only forty-two arms, and gave each palm an eye to represent an incarnation. ”

Ling Ning said: "I see, does each of these forty-two eyes represent a different meaning?" ”

The palace master said: "Well, but the hand-eye in front of me should be a variant, and it is no longer in the category of forty-two eyes." Maybe it's some other god behind it...... In short, all those who practice this path are intricate and intricate, and it is not something that can be explained clearly in one or two sentences. This hand and eye should be cut off by the practitioner and then enshrined in a secret technique, and finally the cultivation of the magic weapon of this life. ”

Ling Ning said, "Is there any benefit to refining magic weapons with your own limbs?" ”

The palace master said: "Of course, this way of refining magic weapons with the body is also quite common, and the biggest advantage is that the magic weapons can be connected with the master without recognizing the master, and it is even more invincible to use." The disadvantage is that if it is damaged, it is a self-mutilating limb, and it will also suffer a certain degree of backlash, and the closer the connection, the greater the force of backlash......"

Ling Ning said, "In other words, if this jade hand is destroyed, then its owner will also be harmed?" ”

The palace master said: "Well, this jade hand is entangled with a lot of curse power, don't touch it without the help of this palace, otherwise it may be very troublesome." ”

Ling Ning nodded in understanding.

The palace master said again: "It's better for this palace to help you devour it, maybe there will be some unexpected gains." ”

Ling Ning rolled his eyes and said, "This is your true purpose, right?" Aren't you afraid of curses? Can you devour everything? ”

The palace master said proudly: "Who do you think this palace is?" ”

Ling Ning sighed, "When will I be like you?" ”

He said it casually, but the palace master muttered slightly: "All things in heaven and earth are originally of the same origin, and they are not separated from the 'Tao'. Whether it is good or evil, it is just that the direction of cultivation is different, but the origin is the same. If one day you can realize what it means to be 'the unity of heaven and man', you may be able to reach the realm of 'heaven and earth are born together with me, and all things are one with me'. ”

Ling Ning said thoughtfully, "How long does it take to practice to reach the realm you said......

The palace master stopped talking.

In the source space, she floated in mid-air and looked down at her palms, her eyes showing a little confusion.

"Time?"

She moved her fingers slightly, as if she could feel time passing between her fingers, perhaps time had become meaningless to her, but she had lost her memory and had some vitality, a feeling that could not be described in words.

Ling Ning still wanted to ask her for advice, but at this time, the stone door opened with a "buzz", and he looked for the sound and saw that it was Qian Mei'er.

"Mei'er? What are you doing here? ”

Seeing him there, Qian Mei'er's face seemed to be a little unnatural, and she gently stroked her sideburns' hair: "I...... I'm here to see you, and I've heard about this little Maha...... No, this hand and eye has the power of a curse, if you stay alone with it for too long, I am afraid that it will be eroded unconsciously, I will take your place, you go back to rest, and come back for me tomorrow morning. ”

Ling Ning said happily: "That's very good. ”

As he spoke, he got up and walked out, Qian Mei'er slowly walked to the shrine, Ling Ning turned her back to her and suddenly turned around, grabbing Qian Mei'er's wrist, and her fingers were only a few inches away from the jade hand.

Qian Mei'er's face froze and she looked at him puzzled.

Ling Ning smiled: "Mei'er, you just said that it has the power of a curse, how can you touch it yourself?" It's better to stay away. ”

Qian Mei'er smiled reluctantly and was about to withdraw her arm, but found that her wrist was caught by pliers and she couldn't move.

She stared at Ling Ning's eyes, and there was no smile on her face: "What does this mean?" ”

Ling Ning still smiled and said, "It's not interesting, it's just strange, Mei'er...... How do you ...... wrist Don't have a pulse? ”