Chapter 199 The emperor’s reputation in the ghost circle is in jeopardy!
The baby in Jian Yue's arms was the most confused one.
The child wanted to cry, but Jian Yue covered his mouth. Jian Yue even sat on the table and grabbed a piece of cake on the table and stuffed it into the child's mouth.
He said: "Okay, okay, don't cry after you eat it..."
He raised his head again, wanting to talk to the faceless woman opposite him, but he swallowed the words that were on his lips. Jian Yue looked across in a daze, because the chair opposite him was suddenly empty.
The surroundings became quiet almost instantly.
Even the white bones that were originally chasing him disappeared at some point.
The fog in the yard was originally very thick, but it became very thin at some point, and the entire yard gradually became clear in Jian Yue's eyes.
Ruins.
There was a blaze of fire outside.
Someone suddenly walked in from the gate of the yard. He was wearing armor and walked to the center of the yard. The man said, "Wan He!"
Jian Yue turned around and saw a woman in white rushing out of the house. She was holding a crying baby in her arms. She said, "Husband, what happened outside?"
The man hugged the mother and child and said, "I have arranged for someone to take you and the child away from here."
"Why, I can't leave." The woman's eyes were filled with tears, "Husband, our family must be together."
"Listen to me." The tall man held her hand. "Father died in battle at the border. He was framed for treason. The imperial guards surrounded Bailu Mountain. You must leave with the child now."
Wan He said, "What about you?"
The man said, "The situation in the palace is not good. The imperial concubine and Yu'er are still in the palace. If we leave, what will they do? How can the civil and military officials in the court let them go? Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, go first, go back to Wushan. I believe that my father must be innocent, and His Majesty will definitely clear the Xue family's name. You take the child and go first..."
Wan He cried and nodded, "No, I can't leave. I can't let them find this place. My husband, we can't let the emperor and his men own this place. You know... my father has told me..."
The man hugged the person in his arms and whispered, "Don't worry, just leave it to me, okay?"
The flames seemed to engulf the entire courtyard. The flames in the courtyard shot up into the sky. Jian Yue stood in the middle of it, watching the man turn around and leave, leaving the woman standing there holding the child, covering her face and crying helplessly.
Jian Yue lowered her head and found that the child she was holding was gone.
The child in the woman's arms no longer showed his fangs and kept looking for people to bite. Instead, he returned to his baby form and fell asleep in his mother's arms.
This child is really a child of the Xue family.
"Why..." the woman cried bitterly, "Why! Why do you treat our Xue family like this! Why! We didn't do anything wrong, but we can't get justice!"
Her tears flowed painfully, and finally slowly turned into red tears of blood. Her clothes were also slowly dyed red, like a piece of blood.
I hate it so much...
She said.
I hate...
The audience in the live broadcast room were all terrified, and they were all relatively experienced taskers:
"This means the ghost's resentment value is about to be upgraded."
"She'll be losing her mind soon."
"This is the boss guarding the underground palace, right?"
"This ability level doesn't look low!"
Everyone saw Jian Yue standing by and watching, and they were all worried about why Jian Yue didn't run away. After all, based on their previous understanding of Butler Wang, he should have run away in fear if he encountered such a thing; and now the ghost in front of them was obviously alienated, so what was he waiting for if he didn't run away?
However, Jian Yue did move.
But this step was not to run outside, instead he walked in front of the woman. He raised his hand, exchanged a cloak from the mall that the system had just unlocked for him, and put it on the woman's body, which had become ragged and thin due to the firelight and running around.
"The Xue family is indeed not extinct." Jian Yue's eyes were dark and deep. He looked at her and said, "I really didn't lie to you. Someone survived."
Tears of blood flowed from her scarlet eyes and gradually blurred facial features.
Jian Yue said: "His name is Huangfu Chengyu, he is the child of the imperial concubine, and your husband saved him. He lived a good life and did not forget you. He rebuilt Bailu Mountain and renovated the library. He was a very good emperor, he managed floods and took care of the people. Although sometimes many of the things he did were not understood by others, I think the people he saved would understand and like him..."
As he spoke, Jian Yue smiled gently and said, "Of course, me too."
The woman listened quietly. There was not even a clear reflection in her scarlet eyes. She seemed to have fallen into some kind of painful illusion, attacking everyone who broke in indiscriminately. She stretched out a scarlet hand and tried to strangle Jian Yue's neck.
But just as he was about to touch Jian Yue, he heard the sound of a baby crying.
The child in the woman's arms cried, and he cried very loudly. This cry seemed to suddenly awaken the woman's reason. Her scarlet and lifeless eyes just trembled, and then she quickly took back her hand to comfort the child in her arms. She hummed softly: "Don't cry... My dear child, the red bamboo in the mountains is far away, and the clear water in the pool reflects the small pond..."
She hummed some songs that were unfamiliar to Jian Yue, and the child in her arms seemed to have really calmed down.
The woman seemed to have regained some of her sanity. She finally looked at Jian Yue again. Her scarlet eyes were no longer so scary. She spoke slowly, her voice a little hoarse, but very clear: "You should call me sister-in-law."
Not aunt.
Jian Yue was stunned for a moment before he reacted.
He didn't know why he felt guilty and shy, and didn't know what to say! Your Majesty, do you know that you are cheating people outside? Forget it, when you are in the underworld, your identity and so on are all given by yourself! !
Just as she was thinking about it, the woman looked at his reaction, and a smile finally appeared on her pale face. She bent down and said slowly: "And, thank you very much."
Thank you for taking care of Xiaoyu.
Thank you for bringing my child back.
Jian Yue was slightly surprised and said quickly: "No, it's nothing..."
Right in front of him, the woman's figure slowly disappeared. Her entire body seemed to slowly dissipate in the smoke. The fog around her also completely disappeared as she disappeared.
The fog dissipated in an instant, and the surrounding environment seemed to be broken in an instant, and all the flames disappeared. Jian Yue looked around and found himself back in the real underground palace with broken walls everywhere.
There were several water marks on the ground where snakes had crawled.
Jian Yue squatted down and touched the water marks, thinking: "It is true, I can't escape from the illusion. These snakes can make people enter hallucinations through some media, or recreate some past events."
The audience was somewhat shocked:
"What the hell?"
"It turns out that you, the anchor, had planned this a long time ago!"
"No wonder he didn't run away, it turned out to be a good plan!"
"He is really lucky!"
"Some people should stop attributing others to luck every day."
"Even if it was really planned, it takes a lot of courage to make such a dangerous choice."
"In fact, it was because he didn't kill the ghost baby when he met it in the tunnel, so he was able to escape from the ghost mother alive. Otherwise, he would not have survived no matter what he did."
Because entering the center of the square is popular, some taskers with rich copy experience have also entered the live broadcast room, and they naturally look at the problem more deeply.
They originally thought that this anchor was so popular simply by relying on some clever tricks and gossip to attract attention, but after watching for a while, they discovered something deeper.
So some senior players who were originally just there to have fun actually stayed and found it quite interesting.
The system reported to Jian Yue: "There are currently 127,890 viewers in the live broadcast room, and the number of viewers has exceeded 100,000+, ranking 37th on the popularity list. 67,821 viewers have voted for you, and 12,309 viewers have rewarded you with points to become your VIP viewers. You can check the list later after the dungeon ends. The top 20 anchors will unlock higher dungeon permissions and priority rewards. Players, please keep up the good work!"
Jian Yue was a little surprised: "Can I already check my bosses on the rich list?"
Before the audience burst out laughing at this description, the system replied: "Yes, this is a new feature you unlocked when you enter the top 50 of the popularity list."
Jian Yue said: "Okay, when I get out, I want to see which bosses have such good vision!"
Audience: “…”
Is there anyone who praises himself like you?!
However, Jian Yue's attitude made many people laugh. You know, there is no shortage of people in Nightmare Time who want to please the audience and give them tips, but many people either want to do things in a way that is not to their liking, or they are not strong enough and just want to rely on the audience's tips to complete the task. No matter which one, it is impossible to satisfy the audience's preferences.
But Jian Yue is different.
He is indeed a lackey, but he is a lackey in an open and aboveboard manner!!!
After Jian Yue finished talking to the system, he closed the panel. He covered his injured waist, the wound there was slightly ulcerated, but it was not torn too much. The most important thing was that he stood for too long, so he felt a little uncomfortable.
"I wonder if His Majesty will scold me again tomorrow when he sees this." Jian Yue sighed, but when he thought of what Huangfu Chengyu usually did, "Forget it, His Majesty always stays up all night to work, so he has no right to criticize me."
He comforted himself again.
The illusion surrounding the entire underground palace had disappeared, and he could continue forward. This seemed to be a place they had never been to before, surrounded by collapsed houses and broken stone walls.
He walked around here and found that the entire underground palace was actually very large, but its size made it feel very empty.
It was so empty that there was no sound around, only the sound of his footsteps, and nothing else could be heard. This place must have been destroyed by someone.
"Nothing." Jian Yue murmured unconsciously, "How is this possible?"
He toured the entire underground palace and even went back to the original place. Because the area was so large, his legs and feet began to ache.
The time displayed on the system has also passed by about three hours.
If he delayed any longer, it would be time for the emperor to get up. He had to go back, otherwise he would be discovered.
Jian Yue stood up and walked towards the exit. As he walked, he saw the stone walls around him. There were images of flying snakes carved on the stone walls, as well as the stone tablet with blood writing on it. The blood-red words were clearly written on it. They were what he and Gao Fei had seen before: "The Xue family is guilty of a serious crime. We are ashamed of the teachings of our ancestors and the gods, and we are ashamed to face all living beings. Our crimes are unforgivable..."
"The Xue family destroyed all the temples in the world themselves."
This sentence inexplicably reappeared in Jian Yue's mind.
He recalled that just now in the courtyard, his sister-in-law was holding the child and crying, "We can't let them find this place. We can't let the emperor and his people own this place..."
櫲…赥…郑…立
At first, when Jian Yue knew that the Xue family destroyed the temple, he thought it was because the Xue family had a grudge against the royal family and the temple. But now, he suddenly thought, is it possible that they destroyed the temple to cover up something?
In other words, what are you trying to protect?
After Jian Yue figured this out, he became a little excited. His mind opened up and his vision opened up. He began to study the paintings on the stone wall carefully, and walked towards the exit of the underground palace while studying. As he walked, the paintings on the stone wall became more and more complete. In fact, he and Gao Fei and others discovered these paintings when they came in that day, and realized that the paintings on the stone wall seemed to be the structure of the temple.
Now it looks more like a map!
Jian Yue stroked the maps bit by bit, and the maps seemed to be the maps of Bailu Temple. Jian Yue matched the buildings marked on the maps with the ones in his mind bit by bit, and after comparing them one by one, he finally found something wrong.
Logically speaking, a temple should have a place to worship gods, just like the temple on earth has a prayer platform.
But the prayer platform is not on this map!! And I couldn’t find it after wandering around for a long time! In other words, this underground palace has hidden the prayer platform!!
Realizing this, Jian Yue's eyes slowly widened.
The system panel also immediately refreshed the task: "
Trigger limited-time mission: [Find the hidden prayer platform]
Mission details: The people praying on the prayer platform, you and me. Please find the prayer platform hidden by time and listen to the story of the prayer platform! "
Task time limit: 24 hours.
Mission reward: Xue family's last wish."
Jian Yue was shocked again.
The Xue family’s last wish.
He remembered that one of his main tasks was to fulfill the Xue family's last wish, but the scholar said at that time that they had obtained the Xue family's last wish in the underground palace under the border. Could it be that the underground palace under Bailu Temple also had it?
So which one is right, or will they be different, or will they be the same?
Countless speculations popped up in Jian Yue's mind, and this time-limited task was actually limited to 24 hours, which meant that he did not have much time left, and if it exceeded 24 hours, something might go wrong.
Just as he was thinking, Jian Yue continued to walk back, ready to look for clues, when suddenly a small snake jumped out from behind him. Jian Yue turned around and was startled by it. He took a step back and exclaimed, "Ouch..."
The little snake immediately jumped back behind the stone.
Jian Yue touched the knife at his waist warily, wondering if the snake would attack him.
But before he could act, there was a crisp "bang!" and half of a stone tablet where he had just stood collapsed, falling right at the feet of where he had just stood. If he had not been scared by the snake, he might not have been able to dodge it.
The stone tablet fell to the ground with a clear sound and dust was raised.
Jian Yue looked towards the place where the little snake was. The snake was spitting out its tongue, revealing its small head, and seemed to be looking at him curiously.
Did it save itself?
Jian Yue suddenly had such an absurd idea.
But the little snake just tilted its head towards Jian Yue and left, disappearing without a trace in an instant. Jian Yue felt very strange. When he entered the underground palace before, these snakes chased and attacked him, but now they seemed to be very... friendly to him?
Is this conceivable?
The audience in the live broadcast room also found Jian Yue's expression strange:
"Really? Why didn't the snake attack him?"
"Do you have any props on you?"
"Wasn't there a snake bone before?"
"It's possible. But snake bones can only scare snakes. Can they make snakes save people?"
Everyone was talking about it.
In fact, Jian Yue himself was a little confused about what was going on, but he didn't intend to embarrass himself. The underground palace was still quite dangerous. Since there were still 24 hours left, he would come one last time tomorrow night and call Gao Fei and others to search together. There was strength in numbers. Otherwise, the underground palace was so big and he was injured alone. It would take him forever to complete the task.
Why did the Xue family have to hide the real prayer altar?
And the emperor at that time couldn’t even find it?
Maybe there are some secrets in the prayer platform, Jian Yue thought slowly. Since the illusion here was broken, the fog dissipated, and the dangerous bones were gone. He left safely from the exit.
“Boom…”
When I came out from behind the rockery, the bell of Bailu Temple in the distance happened to ring slowly.
It was still a little dark, but Jian Yue had already walked back. In less than an hour, the emperor would have to get up, so he had to go back first.
There was a faint light in the main hall. When Jian Yue came back, the room was very quiet. Xiao Yanzi saw him coming back and winked at him.
Jian Yue was still a little confused about what this meant when a calm voice came from inside the room: "Are you back?"
Jian Yue widened his eyes in shock!
Huangfu Chengyu's voice!!! Your Majesty, why are you awake at this time? It's only two o'clock in the morning! This is unscientific. You usually don't wake up at this time!
Jian Yue was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat. He sneaked out late at night and was caught by his boss. This was really screwed. His boss was going to fire him, right?
Just as he was thinking about it, Huangfu Chengyu's voice came in slowly: "Why, are you still waiting for me to come and invite you in person?"
Jian Yue quickly said: "I dare not!"
He quickly rolled in smoothly.
At this moment, the hall was brightly lit, and the whole hall was unusually quiet. As soon as he entered, he could smell the familiar scent of sandalwood. When he entered, Huangfu Chengyu was sitting on the soft couch in the main hall, only wearing a very thin coat, and reading a document in his hand.
Jian Yue hurried over to close the window and said, "It's even worse late at night. Your Majesty, why are you wearing so little and sitting by the window? What if you catch a cold?"
Huangfu Chengyu raised his eyelids and glanced at him, and that cold gaze instantly froze him in place.
Jian Yue: “…”
Oh, the boss’s eyes are so scary.
Huangfu Chengyu did not fly into a rage as expected, nor did he even question why his steward was away so late at night. He simply put the memorial on the table and said, "Explain."
Jian Yue almost wanted to kneel down, but his waist hurt so much that it hurt whenever he moved. He could only stand there and whispered, "I'm going to the library."
Huangfu Chengyu: "What are you going there for?"
Jian Yue was a little hesitant. He couldn't just say that he was going to see his sister-in-law!
Huangfu Chengyu saw that he was silent and asked, "Having a secret meeting with someone?"
Jian Yue looked up in shock.
Huangfu Chengyu raised his eyebrows and asked, "Who is it, the King of Chu?"
Jian Yue waved his hands in panic: "I'm not, I didn't! Don't talk nonsense!!"
The audience in the live broadcast room were all amused. They thought it was torture, but it turned out to be more like a husband interrogating his cheating wife late at night. This is too exciting! !
Jian Yue quickly said, "I, I went to the library to read."
Huangfu Chengyu said slowly: "If you don't tell the truth, I will break the legs of the eunuchs who are guarding you tonight."
Gao Fei and Xiao Lizi, who were guarding the door, felt their legs go cold. How could they still have anything to do with each other!!! Butler Wang, if you really had a private meeting, please speak up!! His Majesty is jealous and wants their legs to pay for it!!
Jian Yue stared at the two pairs of resentful eyes at the door and said, "I, I went to the secret passage behind the library."
Huangfu Chengyu didn't seem surprised at all. He said, "Continue."
"Then we found the old site of the underground palace inside." Jian Yue said, "I know it was built by the Xue family. We also encountered snakes inside, and some... well, bones from the past. But I want to explore, and I don't want to do anything that is detrimental to the Xue family. Your Majesty, you have to believe me, I just want to know some of the truth of the past, I want to know more!"
Huangfu Chengyu asked: "What did you see in there?"
Jian Yue didn't dare to lie anymore, he said: "I just saw some stone tablets, then I mistakenly entered a separate courtyard, and saw some people and stuff..."
He thought that Huangfu Chengyu was most curious about what he had seen and what villa he had mistakenly entered.
As a result, Huangfu Chengyu was silent for a moment, then looked at Jian Yue meaningfully.
Jian Yue felt a little flustered by being stared at, and took the initiative to ask: "Your Majesty, if you are curious about anything else, just ask. Are you curious about who that person is and why he is looking at me like that?"
"No," Huangfu Chengyu seemed to chuckle. He looked at Jian Yue lazily and said, "I am more curious about what identity you used to get out of there alive."
Jian Yue: “…”
He looked away somewhat guiltily.
There's no need to be curious about this, Your Majesty! !
The audience in the live broadcast room were laughing like crazy when they saw his guilty expression:
"Hahaha, he gave himself that identity."
"Not only did he say in the underground palace that he was married to you, but he even had a child with you."
"Your Majesty, the sky is falling when you hear the rumor."
"Hahaha, now his reputation in the ghost circle is that of a scumbag who abandoned his wife and children and cheated on his wife after having sex with her!!"
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