Anyway, there was no result in inquiring about things for a while, so Jinzhu and Meng Po were not in a hurry. Refill the water for the crazy half-fairy and continue to listen to the story.

As her fame grew, the mad half-fairy received a summons from the emperor. Under the escort, he walked into the majestic imperial city for the first time and stepped into the magnificent palace.

This was originally an unglorious thing, and the mad half-fairy was immersed in joy and pride, and she didn't expect that she would die here in the end.

As soon as he walked into the palace, the crazy half-fairy noticed that there was a cloud of black qi condensed in the sky above a palace, thick and gloomy, so depressing that it was difficult to breathe.

Not long after, the crazy half-fairy met the ruler of the country under the guidance of the palace people. The emperor is in the prime of life, eight feet tall, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, a long face and a square forehead, and he sits on a dragon chair without anger and self-authority.

Concentrate and look closely, there is a layer of black shadow behind the emperor's back, like a human form, and his hands and feet are wrapped around him. The shadow was formed in all but the human head. The crazy half-fairy was horrified in her heart, and it was rumored that the emperor had always had the qi of a true dragon to protect her body, which could protect them from the invasion of demons. But this emperor has no real dragon qi except for the black shadow. The crazy half-fairy frowned, and secretly said that if this drags on any longer, when the black shadow head is formed, the emperor is afraid that only the body will be left, and the inside has already been replaced by this black thing. Under the madness, I don't know what will become of the emperor, and even the subjects of this country are afraid that they will also suffer.

Fortunately, on the way here, the crazy half-fairy had already understood the matter, so he didn't lose his honor in front of the palace when he saw such a scene. There is a palace in the imperial palace called Yunjin Palace, that is, the palace shrouded in black gas. Three years ago, the new emperor had ascended to the throne, the harem was empty, and the only queen had nowhere to come out, so the courtiers asked the emperor to expand the harem to ensure the early birth of a dragon heir. The emperor was helpless, and finally thousands of beautiful women were sent to Yunjin Palace from all over the country. After a period of training and careful selection, some of them will be arranged to be palace maids in various palaces, while others may be favored by the emperor, flying on the branches as phoenixes, and being included in the emperor's harem.

Among these girls, there is a girl named Su Xueyi, who is not only bright and moving, graceful, but also proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, especially the song Phoenix Seeking Phoenix can attract the resonance of hundreds of birds. Such a person is particularly conspicuous even in the Yunjin Palace, where there are so many beautiful women. Yes, before the official selection began, the emperor summoned her alone. After a good night, the emperor was like a hairy boy who had tasted things for the first time, eating the marrow and knowing the taste, and he couldn't wait to stick with her all the time. So the emperor directly made her a concubine and included her in the harem. Even if she is busy and dizzy, the emperor will find time to accompany her every day.

Originally, the courtiers were very dissatisfied with the emperor's exclusive favor of Concubine Yi and the snub of the queen, after all, the queen was orthodox. Favoring Concubine Yi could easily cause discord between the emperor and the queen, thus hurting the foundation of the country's stability. Besides, there are 3,000 beauties in Yunjin Palace, and the emperor only chooses one person, and the courtiers are afraid that Su Xueyi will become a generation of demon concubines and bring disaster to the country and the people. The courtiers persuaded him a lot, but the emperor agreed with his mouth, and when he turned around, he forgot about it.

Later, at the emperor's birthday banquet, Su Xueyi actually attracted the divine bird Phoenix to congratulate her with the sound of the piano, which made everyone a little more in awe of this concubine, and they no longer talked about the emperor's favoritism. They thought that what could resonate with the divine bird must be the reincarnation of the immortals, and the immortals chose to be reincarnated in this country and become the emperor's concubine, which was a divine blessing.

Since Su Xueyi became Concubine Yi and lived in Jiaofang Palace, Yunjin Palace began to have accidents. There is an ancient well in Yunjin Palace, which is said to be hundreds of zhang deep, and I don't know how old it is. The water in the well is warm in winter and cool in summer, and the girls love to draw water from the well every day to wash.

That night, a girl named Apricot and several people in the same room went to fetch water according to the custom, and as soon as she walked to the well, the apricot jumped into the well in a daze as if she had lost her soul. When everyone reacted, they only heard a pop, and the well was quiet, and there was no sound of struggle.

The screams of the girls who had witnessed the events attracted the guards, and the brave guards tied ropes and carried lanterns down into the well to salvage the apricots. Soon, a female corpse was pulled up. The reason why she is called a female corpse, not Xing'er, is because although the person who was salvaged was wearing Xing'er's clothes, his whole face was like a blank piece of paper, and his facial features were lost. Because this matter was too weird, the palace people quickly reported it to the emperor. The emperor thought again and again, and ordered the mouth of the well to be sealed. Fortunately, Yunjin Palace is big enough, and there is more than one well inside, so sealing one will not affect the daily water use.

Everyone hasn't recovered from the matter of apricots, and something more weird has appeared. The sealed well opened by itself for some reason, and another girl jumped into it in a daze in her sleep, as if someone had specially guided her. After being salvaged, the girl and Apricot are the same, and they have become a faceless corpse with all their facial features lost. What's even more terrifying is that no matter how you try to fill the well, the wellhead will automatically open the next day, and it will engulf a girl every night.

The emperor had no choice but to let all the girls in Yunjin Palace move out of there and find a new palace to settle in. And the entire Yunjin Palace was sealed, and people were sent to guard the entrances twenty-four hours a day. I thought that this would solve the problem, but what I didn't expect was that the girls who lived in Yunjin Palace still disappeared quietly, one at a time, and then they could find their faceless bodies in the ancient well the next day. Under the haze, people are panicked, and no one knows if it will be their turn next. After a long time, the girls who were still alive were almost all frightened crazy, except that they would cry wolves and howl like dead.

There was such an unbelievable thing in the palace, so the emperor sent people to find some famous onmyoji. After tossing and turning for months, but without coming up with a reason, the well still devoured those young lives on time. Just when the emperor was overwhelmed, an official recommended the crazy half-fairy. The emperor held the mentality of a dead horse as a live horse doctor, and recruited the crazy half-fairy into the palace.

"As long as you can handle this matter well, you will be made a national teacher. The Emperor was listless, rubbed his temples, and still promised as he had done to the previous Onmyoji.

"Thank you for Your Majesty's grace, the national teacher is not necessary, the grass people can't take on such a heavy responsibility. The crazy half-fairy looked at the emperor who was pressed by the black shadow again, and after thinking about it again, he decided to explore the reality of this thing first. "Dare to ask Your Majesty how well you have slept lately, have you often been haunted by nightmares?"

The emperor raised his eyes and looked at the crazy half-fairy, saw that his eyes were determined, straightened his body and said: "What does the immortal master see? When I woke up during the day, it was as if I hadn't slept before, and I was tired and had a sore back and dizzy head. ”

The crazy half-fairy looked at the emperor's eyes sunken, as if he had eaten five stones, yawned constantly, thought about it, took out something from his bag, and wanted to present it to the emperor. "Your Majesty, do you know the owl?" Seeing that the emperor looked incomprehensible, the mad half-fairy continued: "It is a bird, it looks like a crow, but at the same time it has three heads, six tails, and occasionally makes a sound like human laughter. ”

"Is there really such a strange bird?" the emperor wondered, he really hadn't heard of it.

"Hmm. And as long as you wear the feathers of the owl, you will not have nightmares, and you can also ward off the evil spirit. This one in the grass people's hands is the feather, and it is the best feather. Your Majesty can wear it, if there are still nightmares tonight, then it means that the grass people's ability is limited, and they can't do anything in this palace, and I ask the emperor to understand. On the contrary, if tonight is stable, then this little trick of the grass people should be able to solve this series of things. ”

The attendant checked the things handed over by the mad half-fairy, and only after confirming that it was safe did he hand it to the emperor. The Emperor held the feather in his hand suspiciously, and suddenly felt relieved, as if relieved, much lighter. The emperor was overjoyed and hurriedly put the feather close to his body. At the same time, he also took the crazy half-fairy a little more seriously, and told the palace people to serve the crazy half-fairy.

Seeing that the black shadow let go of his hands and feet, although he still followed the emperor, he didn't dare to get close, and the crazy half-fairy had a little more confidence in solving this matter.