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The branches swayed wildly in the rain, whipping pedestrians in the heavy rain.

Himenomiya doesn't hate rain.

He was born on a rainy day, and the rain brought him a calmness and sanity that his peers did not have.

He knew that the day he would return to the palace would only be the faintest day in the red dust. He knew that the heavens would not clear the sky because of the return of a mortal. He also knew that everyone's deference was only because his father was the king of a country.

As the huge cloud-piercing rock slowly descended, Ji Gongyan looked down. Outside the palace was stormy, but inside the palace was lit up, as if it were another world.

As early as an hour ago, Zhou Tianzi learned that there were boulders in the sky through a quick horse report, so he temporarily prepared a grand dinner to welcome the beloved prince back to the palace.

Ji Gongyan left the cloud piercing rock, and in front of him, a group of greeters came one after another, forming two long lines, leaving a road in the middle, leading straight to the main hall of the dinner.

Yang Yi and Chai Song were reluctant to attend this kind of occasion, and were temporarily arranged to rest in the guest room.

Ji Gong was surrounded by a group of waiters and sent directly to the venue of the dinner. Li Hongxi and Yu's father and son followed.

Walking into the palace, Ji Gongyan was faced with dazzling flowers, gifts that could bury people alive, and flattery to disgusting greetings. All of this exists because a father who misses his son sees today as the most celebrated day in the whole country. In order to celebrate this day, Zhou Tianzi gathered all the prominent people here, and the staggered collision and greetings of dignitaries made tonight unprecedentedly lively.

The sandalwood on the pedestal wafted out curling green smoke, swirling the people who were drunk and golden, and Ji Gongyan was already lost in it.

On the throne of the golden lacquer carved dragon, Zhou Tianzi saw Ji Gongyan enter the main hall, and hurriedly got up to greet him.

After a careful look, Zhou Tianzi said distressedly: "Child, you have lost weight. Isn't it that the stinky Taoist priest who expounds the teachings treats you badly?"

Ji Gongyan shook his head and smiled: "They are very good to the child, they have a sister who teaches and has saved the child's life!"

"Save your life?" Zhou Tianzi was suddenly startled, and then glared angrily, staring at Yu Shi's father and Li Hongxi reproachfully, "Child, tell my father, is it that the three of them can't take care of it?"

Li Hongxi and Yu's father and son buried their heads one after another, their eyes wandering restlessly, and cold sweat was already dripping on their foreheads.

Ji Gongyan shook his head again, took his father's arm, and said affectionately: "It's none of their business, don't you think it's good for the child?

"Immortals?" Zhou Tianzi was slightly stunned, and said with more interest: "What kind of immortals?"

Ji Gongyan opened his mouth and was about to speak, but he wanted to speak, and his eyes looked into the distance.

Xi Bojifu walked through the crowd, walked out, bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty, Weichen has something important and needs to discuss with General Li. ”

Zhou Tianzi waved his hand impatiently, signaling them to leave quickly.

Li Hongxi was secretly happy in his heart, and hurriedly followed Xi Bojifu away.

In Ji Gongyan's curious eyes, he saw these two people whispering, his face was extremely solemn, and he quickly walked out of the crowd, as if he was going to discuss some confidential matter. He rolled his eyes and said to Zhou Tianzi: "The child will go and relieve his hands first, and then come back and tell his father what has happened in the past few days." ”

Zhou Tianzi nodded with a smile, turned around and walked back to the carved dragon throne.

At this time, Li Hongxi and Xi Bojifu each walked out of the palace with an umbrella, and their backs had not gone far.

After receiving an oil-paper umbrella from the eunuch, Ji Gongyan quickly chased out of the palace and secretly followed behind the two. He was glad that it was raining now, and his deliberately light steps were mixed with the sound of the torrential rain, and no one could notice it.

Following the backs of the two all the way, Ji Gongyan came to a pavilion.

In the pavilion, Li Hongxi wiped the sweat from his forehead and panted and said, "Master, thank you for coming to relieve the siege, otherwise you will ......"

His voice stopped abruptly, and he coughed violently.

Xi Bojifu's expression tightened, "General Li, are you injured?"

Li Hongxi breathed a sigh of relief, "Small injury, don't worry." ”

Xi Bojifu said calmly: "Don't be in a hurry, speak slowly." ”

Li Hongxi just wanted to tell all the things that happened in Kunlun Mountain, but he didn't know where to start for a while, so he had to pat his head and say: "I have really encountered too many changes these days, and my head is very messy." I'm afraid I won't even understand it myself. ”

Xi Bojifu said: "Your body is important. It's better to get some sleep first, tidy up tomorrow, and then tell me slowly. ”

Li Hongxi was just about to leave, when he suddenly remembered something, put his hand into his clothes, slowly felt out the seven-colored rice ears that Su Ji gave him, and handed them to Xi Bojifu.

Xi Bojifu wondered, "This is?"

Li Hongxi said: "Su Ji asked me to give this to you." He said that after you taste it, you may be able to remember something important. ”

At this time, Ji Gongyan was slightly stunned, and after thinking about it, he suddenly recalled that when Xi Bojifu taught "Guan Ju", he couldn't remember who this poem was made for. Could it be that Master Jifu had forgotten something important, and he had to eat the seven-colored ears of rice to remember?

Xi Bojifu took the ear of rice, raised it to his eyes and looked at it, with a look of suspicion on his face.

"Are you afraid it is poisonous?" asked Li Hongxi.

Xi Bojifu put down the seven-colored rice ears and said with a solemn face: "People's hearts are unpredictable, so we have to guard against it." ”

Li Hongxi lowered his head and thought for a moment, then suddenly patted his head and said, "Taishi! I think of someone." This person must know if this straw is poisonous or not!"

Xi Bojifu closed his eyes slightly, "You mean...... She?"

Li Hongxi touched his slippery head, "Before she entered the palace, she was a witch doctor in the song 'Hades Sorrow', even if the average doctor doesn't know about the strange flowers and plants, she will definitely know." ”

A glimmer of light flashed in Xi Bojifu's eyes, but it dimmed in an instant, "But she is now a scapegoat, and we have been with her again and again, I'm afraid it's not appropriate." ”

Li Hongxi smiled with relief: "It's definitely not appropriate in normal times, but basically everyone is at the dinner tonight, busy welcoming the prince." It's best for us to go now. ”

After a little groaning, Xi Bojifu said: "Without further ado, let's go!"

Ji Gongyan couldn't help but be excited, and secretly thought that it was really right that he came over, as long as Taishi and General Li were together, they would definitely plot some strange things.

However, when he looked back at the brightly lit palace, he began to feel anxious, and if he delayed too long, his father would be worried.

After some complicated entanglement, he still couldn't resist his curiosity and decided to follow and see what was going on.

In the heavy rain, Ji Gongyan silently followed behind the two and came to the southeast corner of the palace.

In front of him was a wall made of wrist-thick vines, so impenetrable that if you didn't look closely, it was hard to see that the unusually thick vines were wrapped around a rusty copper fence.

Xi Bojifu and Li Hongxi walked straight in.

Ji Gongyan ran forward quickly, but was blocked by a row of fences, and did not find the entrance, as if the two people just now had penetrated it directly.

Picking up the vines, Ji Gongyan peeked in through the narrow gap, and through the dim light, he could see that the door was overgrown with weeds, and inside was a house made of wooden planks and adobe bricks, and he could smell a strong stench coming to his nose, so disgusting that he almost vomited.

There were no lights around, and there was a dead silence.

Looking around in astonishment, Ji Gongyu felt a chill run down his spine, and a faint fear crept into his heart—he remembered that he had been to this place.

This mansion used to be a cold palace and is known as an "impure place". In order to compete for favor, the royal concubines of the harem often fight to the death. Many concubines and palace maids who fell out of favor were dragged here at night, and some were even killed directly inside.

Ji Gongyan recalled that a palace maid named "Xiao Mian" told him that if he wanted to know about the fox master, he had to come to this place alone at night to find her. But because he was afraid, he never came here again.

Among the staggered vines, he found a gap barely enough to hold himself. Ji Gongyan glanced back, there was not even a figure behind him, and now he was afraid that it would be even more terrifying to walk back alone. He knew that Taishi and General Li must be inside, so he swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and forcefully picked up the vines, and his palms were cut and he endured the pain. The iron door was just wide enough for Himemiya's head to stick into, and he took a deep breath and finally got into it with great difficulty, and the brocade robe on his body had been dyed a dirty color by the damp earth.

He was just about to open his mouth to call out to the two people inside, when he suddenly heard a woman's faint voice from the house:

"It's been a long time since you've seen you. ”

Ji Gongyan gasped, and the sudden fear lingered in his heart. The woman's voice was low and cold, as if it could penetrate the soul of a person. He remembered that the last time he came to hear this voice, it was impossible for a living person to live in such a closed horror house, could it be that there was a female ghost living in it?

Thinking of this, the hairs on his body stood on end, and the pants between his legs were already soaked, and they were blown cold by the cool breeze.