Chapter Seventy-Four: The Ghost in the Palace

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Let's say that the immortals of the Western Regions were injured by Lu Yixiang, and there is no big problem.

After Lu Yixiang went down the mountain angrily, the immortals in the Western Regions were depressed, and everyone had a hasty lunch.

After the meal, the immortal of the Western Regions took out a gourd and said to Longzi West:

"Don't blame the hero. After Lu Yixiang's incident, the old man was upset.

"I wanted to keep the hero here for a few more days, but now I don't think it's interesting.

"Fortunately, these medicines are the same wherever they are taken.

"These elixirs, commonly known as arsenic antidotes, have been refined by me for more than ten years, and they are the most effective in dissolving the poison of mercury.

"These medicines are enough to detoxify the mercury poison in the hero's body, but I'm afraid that there is still a leftover, so I gave it to the hero today.

"If the old man doesn't leave you, if you don't have anything else, please go down the mountain."

He also explained how to take it.

Long Zixi saw that the immortals of the Western Regions were injured, and it was indeed inconvenient to bother here, so he thanked him again and again, and gave the gifts and money he brought, but the immortals of the Western Regions insisted on not accepting it.

The immortals of the Western Regions ordered their disciples to take the "Open Heaven Sword Spectrum" and return it to Long Zixi.

Long Zixi thought that he had already mastered the essentials of the sword spectrum, and the sword spectrum fell into the hands of the immortals of the Western Regions, which was not only harmless, but also reborn the immortals of the Western Regions, so why bother to take it back? It is also insisted that it will not be accepted.

The immortal of the Western Regions sighed:

"In this way, the old man will keep it for the time being, and at a certain time, he will return it to Middle-earth."

And when all was done, they took their leave, and went down the mountain.

Along the way, he still sighed for the immortals of the Western Regions and Lu Yixiang.

A few days later, the people of Longzi and the West returned to Xishen.

Long Zixi first met Shen Hou, and then went to meet Gatula and his son.

Shen Hou had already prepared a mansion for Long Zixi's family, and there were many subordinates to serve him.

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Just one day later, someone came to report:

"The queen sent someone to deliver a letter, asking Lord Long to go to the palace again when he returns."

Long Zixi knew that the queen must have something to look for him, so he asked Zhuo Ermei to stay in Xishen, and came to Haojing with Huoyunqi and Fang Sange.

When I saw the queen, there was nothing serious, but the queen was not in good health and was sick in bed.

Long Zixi looked at the queen, her complexion was good, but she was a little thin, and she saw that she was not as natural as before.

Lest I have a greeting, and I told the queen about the things of the mountain and his party.

The queen couldn't help but sigh when she heard about Long Zixi's rescue of her father-in-law, the retreat of the immortals in the Western Regions, and Lu Yixiang's revenge.

I asked the method of taking the pill again, but it needed to be mixed with rice wine and vinegar, so I arranged for the old lady doctor to assist Long Zixi in taking the medicine with wine.

After seeing Queen Bi, Long Zixi returned to the residence of the "Five Elements".

The "Five Elements" greeted him warmly, but Long Zixi felt that the expressions of the five people were quite unnatural when they saw him, and he didn't feel strange.

After a few days, I couldn't help it, so I asked Shui Haobo:

"Brother Shui, what happened, why does it seem that the elder brothers have something to hide from the younger brother?"

That Shui Haobo smiled:

"Brother doesn't need to be careful, it's nothing, just heal your wounds."

Long Zixi said sincerely:

"Brother Shui, the younger brother and a few brothers and sisters, no matter what happens, please tell us the truth. In this way, how can you make the little brother feel at ease? ”

Seeing Long Zixi's sincere attitude, Shui Haobo couldn't bear to hide it from him anymore, and said:

"Actually,...... It's not a big deal. It's just that...... Hi, there have been some rumors in the palace lately, which are not good for my brother. ”

Long Zixi hurriedly asked:

"What rumors? What about the little brother? ”

Shui Hao sighed and said:

"This is naturally nonsense, and the brother just listens to it.

"I don't know...... I don't know which bastard spread rumors, saying that brothers have ...... It is not clean with the queen, let alone ...... Hi! ”

Long Zixi was even more anxious:

"What's more? Please also ask Brother Shui to say bluntly. ”

Shui Haobo stomped his feet:

"Saying that the prince's birth is suspicious is clearly suspicious, the prince ...... The crown prince is the child of a brother and a queen! ”

Long Zixi was taken aback when he heard this:

"This ...... Here's how to say it! ”

Shui Haobo hurriedly advised:

"I'll just say, it's all nonsense. The relationship between you and the queen is the most clear to the five of us, brothers, don't take it to heart! ”

Long Zixi was silent.

Xindao: No wonder I saw the queen this time, she was not natural, I see!

I thought again: The queen and I are honest from the bottom of our hearts, where are we afraid of it?

But then I thought: Aren't you terrible to hear people's words, and three people become tigers?

In this way, he has nothing to do, but he is afraid that it will be even more unfavorable to the queen.

I was thinking about how to deal with it, but I couldn't think about it.

Shui Haobo saw Long Zixi's sad face, and forced a happy face and said:

"Forget it, there is no way to explain this kind of thing, but I am afraid that the more it is described, the darker it will be. But those who are clear will clear themselves, and there will always be a time when the truth will be revealed. ”

Long Zixi shook his head, still thinking of a countermeasure.

Shui Haobo suddenly said:

"By the way, brother, do you know, during the time you left, there was a ghost in the palace!"

Longzi Xiyileng:

"Haunted? What the hell? ”

Shui Hao Bo Road:

"About ten days ago, the person at Yin Qiu's residence first said that there was a female ghost in white at midnight five, wandering around, so it was not scary!

Later, the residence of Yu Shifu and Saigong Yi also said that a female ghost had been found.

"It's our harem, and some palace maids say that they saw ghosts, but they only made people panic."

Long Zixi asked:

"Did that female ghost ever harm anyone?"

Shui Hao Bo Road:

"Not really. I heard that it was just wandering around and quietly. When someone comes, they disappear. ”

Long Zixi listened and imagined the behavior of the female ghost, but he didn't believe it anyway, and secretly made up his mind to check it.

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Long Zixi lives alone next door to the "Five Elements", and it is very convenient to act.

For several nights in a row, Long Zixi sneaked out of his residence in the middle of the night and ambushed on the side of the road to Yin Qiu's residence, but found nothing.

Long Zixi did not give up, continued to investigate secretly, and said in his heart:

I don't believe there will be any female ghosts, but I'm afraid that someone is making trouble, so I can't say it, so I have to figure it out.

This night, I was lying on the side of the road, and suddenly saw a white shadow flashing in front of me.

Long Zixi was so shrewd, he immediately held his breath and watched carefully.

But when he saw a white figure with long hair, he came out of the bushes and went straight to the dwelling place of the stone father.

Long Zixi immediately performed light skills and quietly followed.

The ghost shadow was indeed silent, and his body was very fast, and after a while, he came to the residence of Yu Shi's father.

I saw that the white shadow climbed over the wall and entered the courtyard, Long Zixi hurriedly jumped on the wall, but did not jump off, only crouched on the wall and watched secretly.

But the white shadow stayed in front of each window for a moment, and at last, stopped in front of one of them.

The white shadow stuck to the window, listened for a while, then turned back and jumped out of the wall.

Long Zixi looked carefully, and the white shadow was like a ghost, floating away, and hurriedly followed quietly.

The three residences of Yu Shifu, Sai Gongyi and Yin Qiu were very close, and after a while, the white shadow arrived at Yin Qiu's residence.

As before, the white shadow climbed over the wall and stopped in front of a window.

Long Zixi was also the same as just now, he didn't enter the courtyard, but only crouched on the wall.

But this time, the white shadow jumped and leaned against the window, which had already alarmed the people in the house.

I heard someone exclaim:

"The ghost is here again!"

Listen to the sound is the Yin ball.

Then I heard the chaos in the house, and then someone seemed to throw something at the window, and the window was smashed loudly.

The white shadow floated to the ground, turned and jumped out of the wall.

Long Zixi saw that the lights were lit in the room next door, and he didn't think much about it, jumped off the wall and chased after the white shadow.

The white shadow was still fast, and in a moment it disappeared into the trees.

Long Zi went west into the bushes, and saw the white shadow flashing, but he went in the direction of the harem.

Long Zixi didn't think much about it and continued to track.

turned a corner, and when he reached the north side of the harem, the white shadow jumped into the harem.

Long Zixi was afraid that the white shadow would be unfavorable to the queen, so he hurriedly jumped in, but after landing, the white shadow was gone.

Long Zixi searched around for a while, but there was still no trace of Bai Ying'er.

I wondered in my heart: Could it be that it is really a ghost?

Long Zixi touched the queen's palace again and circled around the palace, but saw that the queen's palace was dark, and there was no sound at all.

After a moment's pause, seeing that there was no other movement, he went back to his place.

But in my heart I was even more confused:

Are there really ghosts?

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The next day, Long Zixi couldn't hold back anymore and told the "Five Elements" about last night's events.

Shui Hao Bo Road:

"Right? When I talked about it that day, my brother didn't seem to believe it. ”

Jin Bushedao:

"You said the ghost ended up in the harem?"

Longzi West Road:

"Yes, absolutely. It's just that the white shadow entered the harem, but there was no trace, which was really strange. ”

Huoyun Qi Dao:

"Why don't you ask the queen, but what have you found?"

And they agreed, and came to the queen.

When the queen heard this, she was puzzled:

"I also heard that the palace is haunted, you said you entered the harem last night? Why didn't I notice it at all? ”

Everyone talked for a while, but they couldn't figure out what was going on.

Mu Jindao:

"Forget it, it doesn't matter if it's a ghost or a human, it's harmless to us when you see it, and you don't care about it."

The queen nodded:

"Exactly. What's going on with that noble man these days? ”

Jin Gong Road:

"Nothing else. It's just that these days, Yu Shifu, Sai Gongyi and Yin Qiu have been going to see her a lot, and they don't know what is important. ”

The queen listened to this and was silent in thought.

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On this day, when she was bored, the queen suddenly hurriedly found several people together, and said to Long Zixi:

"Brother Zixi, you have to go back to Xishen immediately, I'm afraid that the situation will change."

Everyone was taken aback and hurriedly asked what was wrong.

The queen sighed and said:

"I've found out the truth, Father Yu Shi and Yin Qiu are plotting to persuade King You to abolish the position of Prince Yijiu. If this is the case, it will be detrimental to Shen Hou and the crown prince. I want you and Third Brother Fang to go back immediately and tell my father to prepare as soon as possible. ”

It happened suddenly, and everyone was surprised.

Jin Gong Road:

"How could this happen? Whether it's King You, or Bao Xi, since the last time the Zixi brothers fought dogs, they seem to have a good impression of the queen, how can they say that they have changed? ”

The queen smiled wryly:

"It's my fault. It's because I'm in a hurry, and I lost my mind for a while, and now I can't hide it from you. ”

At that moment, the reason was said.

It turned out that the queen had always had the idea of rectifying Yin Qiu since she concluded that Yin Qiu had poisoned Long Zixi.

A few days ago, there was another incident of the princes of the Beacon Fire Opera, and I hated Father Yu Shi and Yin Qiu to the core.

After thinking about it, I made a bold decision.

In order not to implicate the "Five Elements Heroes" and Long Zixi, she carried everyone behind her back, pretending to be a ghost, one to find out the news of a few people, and the other to scare them and destroy their prestige.

The so-called haunting in the palace is just a mystery played by the queen.

In fact, the queen is not seriously ill, and she said that she was sick and bedridden, but it was also to cover people's eyes and ears.

Just the night before yesterday, the queen remembered that the "Five Elements Heroes" said that Father Yu Shi and others had frequent contacts with Bao Xi, but she was afraid that it would be unfavorable to her, so she decided to investigate again.

But I thought of being followed by Long Zixi last time, and it was inconvenient.

So he changed his method, changed into a night line, covered his face with a black scarf, and brought a long whip, and just after Yu Chenshi, he went straight to Yin Qiu's residence in the palace.

Long Zixi was still waiting for the second half of the night to come out to investigate, so he didn't know about it at all.

Although she hadn't walked in the rivers and lakes for many years, the queen's martial arts were still there, so she avoided the guards and quietly touched Yin Qiu's residence.

When the queen saw that the window was shining with light, and knew that he was not asleep, and that the front yard and on both sides were guarded by guards, and did not dare to move lightly, she touched the back of the house, and saw that there was also a small window, but it was about seven feet above the ground.

He jumped slightly, climbed the eaves with both hands, and put his face close to the window to listen to the movement in the house.

Just listen to Yin Ballway:

"Lord Yu, this matter needs to be carefully considered, and you must not be careless."

When the queen heard this, she said to herself:

"So Father Yu Shi is also there? He is both here, and he can't say it, but if he does it, he will kill both of them together, which will save him trouble. ”

But I heard Father Yu Shi say:

"This Lord Yin just rest assured. I have tried the noble man several times in private, but the noble man thinks I am verbose, and I admit that everything depends on you and me! ”

The queen did not know what they were plotting, so she listened with bated breath.

Listen to that Yin Ballway:

"Since the dragon son West Dog Thief defeated the five dogs, the King of You seems to have changed his attitude towards the queen, but I am afraid that the King of You will not will."

Father Yu Shidao:

"The king of Youwang is weak, wide on the outside and taboo on the inside. Although I often remember Long Zixi's good back then, I often don't forget the shame of being held hostage. Even I don't have a deep hatred for that Long Zixi, but now it's a matter of the country, I can't say it, I can't lose it because of a small thing, and I can't take care of him. My plan is already working. Youwang is only afraid that he has already believed three points. ”

Yin Fairway:

"Lord Yu is full of scheming, and the lower officials are very admired. Your plan is very powerful! ”

Father Yu Shi lowered his voice:

"Actually, it's not a magic trick, but it's just taking advantage of human feelings. Do you think, although King You doesn't love the queen, as a man, how can he tolerate the queen having an outside heart? ”

Yin Fairway:

"Isn't it?"

Father Yu's voice was lower, and the queen tried to listen, but fortunately she could still hear clearly.

Just listen to the father of Yu Shi:

"Lord Yin, do you remember the incident between the queen and Long Zixi in the early years?

"If there was no Youwang, the two of them would have become husband and wife.

Although they have not become husband and wife, the two of them have always been in love and eyebrows.

"What's more, every time Long Zixi enters the palace, he lives in the harem, although he is clearly in the residence of the 'Five Elements', how do you know that there is no secret crossing of Chen Cang?

"King You is also obsessed with the two of them back then, but since he has been cold to the queen, it is inconvenient to investigate it deeply.

"As soon as the official told the King of Darkness these things, how could the King of Darkness not be suspicious?"

When the queen heard this, she was so angry that she rushed into the house and killed them both.

But he still held back, and said in his heart:

"You're a good father, you're only vicious! Sooner or later, I'll have to settle this account with you. ”

But I heard Father Yu Shi say again:

"Although this plan is good, it also needs the help of Lord Yin. It's just, hehe, it's too vicious. ”

Listen to that Yin Ballway:

"Hmph, if it is said to be vicious, then the queen is not far behind. She hurt my child's hatred, and I haven't forgotten it for a day! ”

The queen said in her heart: Sure enough, this Yin Qiu still remembers this revenge.

Listen to Yin Qiu continue:

"Xia Guan just spread some rumors, implying that the prince is the seed of Long Zixi and the queen.

"For this reason, he persuaded King You to abolish the queen and the crown prince, how could he not allow it!"

The queen finally understood, no wonder there was such a rumor in the palace, it turned out to be such a vicious plan set up by the two of them.

I wanted to rush into the house and kill them right now, but when I thought about it calmly, how could I be hasty with such a big event?

If it doesn't work out, won't it be true to my heart?

Listen to the father of the stone again:

"Lord Yin adds this section, this plan is more successful."

Yin Fairway:

"I can't take care of much if I want to achieve great things. It's getting late today, so I'll ask Lord Yu to go back, and we'll see King Yu again in the future, and then make more effort to make him make up his mind. ”

Father Yu Shi replied well, then took his leave and walked to the door.

The queen listened to the knock at the front door.

After a while, it was estimated that Father Yu Shi had already walked away, so he let go of his hands and fell to the ground.

Who knows, after all, I haven't done this thing for many years, plus I have been hanging for a long time, my arms are weak, my movements are a little bigger, and when I fall, my body is biased, and I actually made a sound, which has already alarmed the guards in the front yard and on both sides.

It turned out that the palace was haunted, and Yin Qiu had increased his vigilance.

Then I heard someone shouting:

"What people!"

Rushed over with a knife.

The queen did not answer, but turned and left.

The man led a few guards in hot pursuit.

The queen was in a hurry, and said in her heart: "It will be troublesome to alarm more guards!" ”

Relying on the length of the whip, he turned around and whipped it, and struck the knife out of the hand of the man who had the sword.

I was amazed by the man:

"Queen?!"

At this time, I heard the voice, which seemed to be Ji Gang.

The queen took advantage of the other party's skill, scurried three times and jumped twice, and had already disappeared into the bushes and fled.