Xu Yuanshan died.

In the form of a face swollen into a pig's head, the ancestor of Zhenguo Gong, who was deceived into the corpse, pierced his neck with a short dagger in public and lost his breath.

Even, after he died, no one knew that the "Zhenguo Gong" was dead.

The only thing that everyone deserved to die was the assassin who assassinated the prince.

The people gathered outside the courtyard only talked about it, the Zhenguo Mansion was indeed a big Zhou Pin general, and even after the death of the old ancestor, he could turn into a ghoul, join forces with the crown princess, rescue his granddaughter, and kill the assassin.

Because of this incident, they turned it out again, and the death of Xu Yuanshan, the second master of the Xu Mansion.

"It's the most wretched bag of Xu Yuan's good death, and he is angry with his sister-in-law, and he can go to the enemy camp and be arrested, which is so stupid that he can't be helped."

"I heard that before he died, he begged for mercy and forgave him, he was really cowardly and soft-boned."

"Harm, isn't it just soft bones, born very weak, shoulders can't be picked, hands can't be lifted, and the temperament is still so big, don't you respond to that sentence, 'The heart is higher than the sky, and life is thinner than paper'."

"Fortunately, he died early, if he is alive, I don't know how much it will drag down the Guogong Mansion."

What's the best way to take revenge on a man who is full of ambition and has been obsessed with power for half his life?

Let him die quietly.

After his death, he was poked in the back, saying that he was stupid, cowardly, cowardly, and a shame for his people.

This is the script Xu Yuanshan wrote to himself when he abandoned his identity, cut off his brother's head, and decided to be Xu Yuanda.

Now that he has died as a pig-headed assassin, he naturally becomes the "Xu Yuanshan" in the mouth of the world.

Seek kindness and get kindness.

In the future, no one will know that he once lived for six years as Xu Yuanda.

Even in the past six years, in order to be better than his brother, he practiced hard and worked hard to be a "Zhenguo Gong".

But the life that can be stolen, no matter how brilliant it is, is also a stolen life.

Shen Lingxi watched coldly, Xu Yuanshan's soul floated up from the corpse, and because of the comments on him in the mouths of the people, he was so angry that his face was hideous and thunderous, but he couldn't argue for himself.

It really made them, the onlookers, feel very comfortable.

As long as Xu Yuanshan's soul does not disperse, he will slowly know that after his death, "Zhenguo Gong" will continue to live.

A merciful and righteous general should never die under such a conspiracy, and he should not be mentioned with only regret and regret.

Chu Yan would implore the emperor to conceal the death of the Duke of Xia Zhenguo, and acquiesced to Xu Huan and Xu Ziyao to pretend that their father was still alive in Yunjiang.

This was the last thing Chu Yan did for Xu Yuanda, the prince of Zhenguo who lived and died with him and saved his life.

In the future, the world will only know-

"In the winter of the third year of Yuanyou, Xu Yuanda, the prince of Zhenguo, died of his mother's illness and was worried about filial piety in Yunjiang for three years.

The emperor took the invitation of his son Xu Huan and ordered him to lead the 400,000 Zhenyuan army on his behalf. ”

When the right opportunity arises, they will arrange for the town to die a dignified death, die on the battlefield, and die for the country and the people.

Or, in the admiration of the people, he will die rightly.

This is the final destination he should have in the eyes of the world.

It was also Shen Lingxi who was in the Dragon Slope that night, and after hearing the truth from the old ancestor, he discussed with Chu Yan the ending of "Zhenguo Gong".

*

Shen Lingxi admired Xu Yuanshan's dead soul for a while, and he looked like thunder, so he let the blood-covered soul of the old ancestor follow him, and stopped paying attention to the movements of their mother and son for the time being.

There are still many doubts about what Mrs. Li said, about Xu Yuanshan's motive and process of going to kill Longpo.

After handling so many cases, neither Shen Lingxi nor Chu Yan would believe that Xu Yuanshan, who is suspicious and thoughtful by nature, would be so stupid that he "strayed" into the Dragon Slope and was captured by Fu Meng.

What's more, later, Xu Yuanshan, as the Duke of Zhenguo, falsely passed on the holy decree of the first emperor, instructed Yun Hongshan to secretly bewitch the emperor, use Yun Xi as a human sacrifice, and curse the heir of the Chu royal family.

This matter also involves the truth that Chu Yan's father and the emperor's three sons died one after another.

These are the key points of Shen Lingxi's investigation through Xu Yuanshan's soul in the future.

She vaguely felt that this matter was not as simple as it seemed.

At present, the top priority is to save the dying Mrs. Cao.

At Mrs. Cao's place, the ancestors still have sins to atone for.

Shen Lingxi also has questions that need to be solved by Mrs. Cao.

Chu Yan motioned for Xu Huan to take those guards away, and ordered the black guards to drive away the crowd watching outside the courtyard.

The courtyard was finally calm again.

Before going to the east wing, Shen Lingxi took the body of the old ancestor and walked back to the upper room.

After witnessing the corpse of the old ancestor and killing Xu Yuanshan with one sword, Second Mrs. Li was so frightened that she hid in this room.

She huddled in the corner, hugging her shoulders in fear, trembling all over.

Just now, although Shen Lingxi's short body dodged the blood stains spurting out of Xu Yuanshan's neck, those blood sprayed the corpse of the old ancestor all over his face.

It makes the corpse of the old ancestor look even more hideous and terrifying.

"Don't ...... Don't kill me. When Mrs. Li saw them come in, she knelt on the ground in horror, "knock, knock, knock" and kowtowed, "Ancestor, daughter-in-law, daughter-in-law never thought of harming you, daughter-in-law is not guilty to death......"

Shen Lingxi walked up to her, bent down, and smiled at her.

"Didn't the second wife just say that she wanted to clean up the body for the old ancestor?" She said in a soft voice, "Now that the old ancestor has finished this earthly matter and left, shouldn't the second wife also fulfill your promise?" ”

Second Mrs. Li looked at the old ancestor whose face was covered with blood, and she was so shocked that she almost fainted.

Her face was pale, her lips trembled for a long time, and she couldn't say half a word.

Seeing this, Li Huai, who had been guarding her, bowed to Shen Lingxi, and said with a straight face: "Please hand over this matter to the princess, the minister will guard her aunt and let her clean up for the ancestors." ”

Shen Lingxi glanced at him, smiled lightly and bowed his head at him, "Then there is Lao Shaoqing." ”

Let's say it, easily open the hand of the ancestor.

This time, the body of the old ancestor was completely paralyzed on the ground, and his body leaned stiffly on the body of Second Mrs. Li.

Second Mrs. Li was so frightened that she almost jumped up, but she didn't dare, so she could only close her eyes tightly and hold on to the body of the old ancestor with trembling hands.

Only Li Huai looked quite calm.

He watched Shen Lingxi remove a long silk thread from his fingertips.

At the other end of the silk thread, the ancestor was tied, and he was holding the hand of the dagger to kill.

Yunjiang's Silk Puppetry.

In the past few days, Li Huai has heard a lot about the saints in Yunbian City, and naturally knows some fur.

It seems that the fatal blow to Xu Yuanshan just now was made by controlling the corpse with silk threads.

Li Huai lowered his eyes, hiding the shock in his eyes, and tried his best to maintain a calm look on his face.

It's just that the sleeves that keep trembling lightly expose the panic in his heart.

"Don't be afraid." Shen Lingxi whispered to him, "As long as your heart is open, naturally evil will not invade." ”

These words seemed to soothe the fear in Li Huai's heart a little, "Thank you." ”

Shen Lingxi smiled and turned to leave.

After she left, Li Huai breathed a sigh of relief, and then said softly to Mrs. Li: "Auntie, although you did not harm the life of the ancestor, but you also became Xu Yuanshan's accomplice, although I don't know how His Royal Highness wants to deal with you, the crown princess has arranged for you to clean up for the ancestor, presumably giving you a chance to atone for your sins, please start quickly." ”

Mrs. Li closed her eyelids tightly, jumped a few times, opened her eyes as if she had mustered up courage, and nodded with tears in her eyes......

*

Shen Lingxi came out of the main room, Liu Meiren floated beside her, and asked suspiciously, "Are you going to let her go like this?" She drugged her mother-in-law, and helped Xu Yuanshan to blame the Cao family for her mother-in-law's death. ”

"As she said, she did not sin unto death." Shen Lingxi paused and said meaningfully: "If you want to fish, you have to put bait first." ”

Liu Meiren's eyebrows instantly raised high, "I'll keep an eye on her for you." ”

After that, without waiting for Shen Lingxi to speak, he turned around directly and floated into the house again.

Shen Lingxi cleaned his hand and went to the East Chamber.

At the door, the imperial doctor was reporting to Chu Yan in a low voice about Cao's condition, "...... The minister has used a golden needle supplemented by bloodletting to expel most of the poison, and it is said that he should wake up, but although Mrs. Cao's pulse has recovered, her body has not reacted at all...... The minister guessed that Mrs. Cao should be depressed and didn't want to live. ”

When Shen Lingxi heard this, his eyebrows moved slightly.

The whole thing, from Mrs. Cao's point of view, was disliked by her mother-in-law and rejected by her husband.

And even ...... If she knew before she fell into a coma, she knew that the poison in her body was inflicted by her "husband".

As a woman who has been depressed for six years in that environment.

It is understandable that he can't withstand the blow and has no will to survive.

Shen Lingxi thought of this and sighed slightly.

If Xu Yuanda is still alive.

At least Zhen Guogong and his wife are a couple who really love each other.

It's a pity that creation makes people.

One died long ago.

A person who doesn't know that he loves is no longer in this world.

I don't know how Mrs. Cao woke up and knew all this, and how to face it.

Shen Lingxi just thought about it casually, and felt very embarrassed.

No one knows which will come first, tomorrow or the accident.

The only thing we can do is to cherish the present.

In this way, there will be a few fewer regrets under the Yellow Spring in the future.

At this time, Chu Yan was originally standing with his chest crossed, and when he saw Shen Lingxi coming over, he stood up straight and beckoned to her, "Are you hurt?" Come and let the Imperial Doctor show you. ”

Shen Lingxi stood quietly in the cold wind of the winter night, looking at Chu Yan's concerned gaze under the warm candle flame of the wind lamp in the distance.

A hint of warmth rose in her heart.

Buddhism has clouds: from love to worry, from love to fear.

Comparing her heart to her heart, the last thing she wants to see now is Chu Yan risking her life.

Presumably Chu Yan is the same.

But today, knowing that she was going to solve Xu Yuanshan with her own hands, he still silently cooperated with her and assisted her plan.

During the whole process, his eyes never took off her for half a minute.

The worries and concerns hidden in it are self-evident.

Shen Lingxi's gaze froze at his delicate fingertips for a moment, then he pretended to be casual and walked over as if nothing had happened, and put the cool little hand into his warm palm.

Chu Yan hadn't noticed anything strange yet, so he naturally wrapped her hand in his palm and warmed it, and looked her up and down with concern.

Shen Lingxi only felt that the pinna of his ears began to get hot again, "I'm fine, he didn't touch me at all...... I'm desperate for my life right now. ”

As she spoke, she pretended to be calm and opened her eyes sideways and looked at the imperial doctor, "Can you find out, what kind of poison is in Mrs. Cao?" ”

The imperial physician tried his best to avoid the hands of the two of them, and said respectfully: "Back to the crown princess, it should be the unique soul-breaking grass juice of Yunjiang, that grass juice is colorless and tasteless, after taking it, it will be at least one hour, at most three hours, and it will bleed to death." Fortunately, the other party did not pour much medicine into Mrs. Cao, and she could still be saved. But...... If Mrs. Cao doesn't want to wake up, the residual poison can't be discharged, and there will be another three or five days, I'm afraid that there will be no way to return to heaven. ”

If Xu Yuan made good use of Da Zhou's poison, Shen Lingxi might not be meaningful.

Since he used Yunjiang's poison, there is nothing she can't solve.

"I'll give it a try." Shen Lingxi said with a light smile.

She turned her head to look at Chu Yan and shook his hand gently, "Please also ask Your Highness to go back to the palace and bring that Yin Yin Jade to me for use." ”

Chu Yanfeng's eyes were slightly raised, and she immediately understood what she was going to do.

"I'll go now."

With that, he let go of Shen Lingxi and strode outside.

As soon as he walked out of the courtyard gate, Chu Yan's footsteps slammed.

The tips of his fingers lightly rubbed over the joints of his palms.

Only then did he realize that he noticed the strangeness of Shen Lingxi.

She just ...... Took the initiative to hold his hand?

？？？

Chu Yan breathed slightly, turned his head, and looked towards the east chamber with a deep gaze.

But under the light of the wind lamp, Shen Lingxi was concentrating on talking to the imperial doctor, and there was no difference in his expression.

It's like a genius, but it's just her unintentional move.

Seeing this, Chu Yan sighed slightly.

It seems that he is overthinking.

His thin lips pursed slightly, his slender fingerbones tucked back into his sleeves, and he turned and strode out.

From the corner of Shen Lingxi's eyes, he caught a glimpse of Chu Yan's figure, disappearing outside the courtyard gate, slightly relieved, and his cheeks were a little hot.

I don't know, did he find out?

"Crown princess, detoxification?" The imperial physician looked at Shen Lingxi, who was stunned, and asked thoughtfully.

This is the first time that the Imperial Doctor has seen someone who can instruct His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to run errands and do things.

This crown princess is really not simple.

Shen Lingxi came back to his senses, saw the imperial doctor's gaze, coughed, nodded, and walked into the house.

The room was filled with a strong medicinal fragrance, and Xu Ziyao was already wrapped in a thick blanket, kneeling beside Mrs. Cao's bed with tears on her face.

She originally had a bit of heroic eyebrows, but at this moment, because of Fang Cai's reckless actions, she was full of remorse and self-blame.

A pair of hands tightly grasped Mrs. Cao's hand, like a drowning person, grasping a life-saving driftwood, and his eyes were full of dependence.

"Auntie, you must get through." She choked up and said: "Now my brother and I are the only relatives of you, if you leave us again, what should my daughter do." ”

This kind of Xu Ziyao reminded Shen Lingxi of himself when his mother died.

"She'll be fine." Shen Lingxi walked to her side and patted her on the shoulder, "Trust me." ”

Xu Ziyao turned her head, looked at Shen Lingxi with teary eyes, and nodded.

Shen Lingxi took out the elixir that could dissolve the soul grass juice from his purse, turned it into water, and asked Xu Ziyao to feed Mrs. Cao to drink, and taught the Taiyi to pierce the golden needle into several key acupuncture points, so as to maximize the effectiveness of the elixir.

However, in half an hour, when Chu Yan came back from the Yunjiang Palace, the blood released by the imperial doctor from Mrs. Cao had already turned from ink to light red.

"The poison is cured!" The Imperial Doctor was pleasantly surprised.

He investigated carefully, paused, and shook his head again, "It's just that Mrs. Cao still doesn't seem to have the will to survive." ”

Shen Lingxi had already expected it, and from Chu Yan's hand, he took the brocade box containing the Yin Jade, and asked Chu Yan to avoid it.

Only then did he open the brocade box, took out a special sheep intestine glove from his sleeve pocket, put it on his hand, picked up the Yin Yin jade in the brocade box, and put it in Mrs. Cao's heart.

The Yin Jade can drive people's souls out of the body.

This is the detail that Shaohua told Shen Lingxi before.

Whether it is the Dark Yang Jade or the Dark Yin Jade, it can only take effect if it comes into contact with a person's skin.

So that day, outside the city, when dealing with the national teacher, Shen Lingxi used the material of a human skin mask in advance to make gloves for Chu Yan to wear.

This is also the reason why Chu Yan was able to touch the Yin Jade "with his bare hands" without being affected by the Yin Jade.

Now, Shen Lingxi once again used the Yin Jade to drive Madam Cao's soul out of her body.

I just hope to let Mrs. Cao know the truth of the matter.

It can also let her see her again, the soul of the old ancestor......