Inside the Xihe Hall.
Everyone left.
Xiao Qingyi lived up to everyone's expectations and got He Yingwu drunk.
When Zhang Tianshi arrived, he saw Xiao Qingyi guarding the drunk He Yingwu and never leaving his side.
He asked in surprise, "Are you the only one guarding here?"
Xiao Qingyi said: "And the palace servants."
Zhang Tianshi smiled and said, "As expected of the son of Prince Ding, his determination and character alone are beyond comparison to ordinary people."
Xiao Qingyi pursed his lips shyly and said, "No, I'm just more obedient."
Zhang Tianshi smiled and said, "It's good to be obedient. It's good to be obedient."
As he said this, he asked Xiao Qingyi to turn He Yingwu over and lay flat on the ground.
Xiao Qingyi did as he was told immediately.
Zhang Tianshi soon found a small bag embroidered with the words "peace and happiness" around He Yingwu's neck, strung with special thread and hidden in his clothes.
Holding this talisman in his hand, it was like a living thing, and it actually swam inside the bag, which scared Xiao Qingyi so much that his eyes narrowed.
Zhang Tianshi pinched the moving thing and chanted a spell. A dazzling flash of fire appeared, and the bag was intact. The thing inside struggled instantly, and He Yingwu also screamed in pain.
Xiao Qingyi discovered that his skin and flesh were actually collapsing, and it seemed as if tens of thousands of worms were about to crawl out of his body. He was so frightened that he quickly shouted, "Master, look at his body!!"
Zhang Tianshi immediately looked at He Yingwu's body and found that he had been turned into a puppet.
"not good."
After Zhang Tianshi finished speaking, he immediately stopped casting the spell and put the talisman back around He Yingwu's neck.
Lin Yue also rushed over at this time. Seeing that her master looked unhappy, she hurriedly asked, "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with the talisman?"
Zhang Tianshi slowly sat down and said, "The Wu Clan has long since disappeared from the world, but in the tribes they govern, the tribal leader is respected, and the next most important thing is the disputes among the aristocratic families."
"I told you about the Wu clan leader I met years ago. Her family maintains their power by raising puppets. They place a Soul Devouring Gu inside the puppet's body until it absorbs all the luck associated with it. Then, it becomes a vessel and is placed in the ancestral home, where it releases a constant flow of luck to nourish the family."
"If a family is a big tree, then this puppet is the root that supports the family's vastness."
"At least three generations, at most nine generations. If the descendants' luck continues to flourish, the family will naturally not decline."
"But the difficulty lies in this Soul Devouring Gu. It is an extremely Yin substance, and it may take a hundred years to refine one. Moreover, once it is refined, it needs the blood of the eldest son and grandson of the family to feed it, and it will take twenty years for it to be fully mature."
"This Gu will become his life, coexisting with him until his death. Before then, their family will mobilize all their resources to help him befriend all the powerful and influential people, so that the Soul-Eating Gu can absorb their luck."
After hearing this, Lin Yue was shocked and said, "Could it be that the talisman cannot be destroyed because it contains the Soul Devouring Gu?"
Zhang Tianshi nodded and said, "Indeed."
Lin Yue was surprised and said, "It took a full twenty years? Wouldn't that wizard have been lurking in the He family for a long time? What exactly does she want to do?"
Zhang Tianshi said: "It should be the one I know, her name is Rong Ting."
"Had he lived to this point, he should have been over a hundred years old."
Ever since Lin Yue knew that Zhang Tianshi was not as young as he looked and that his actual age was beyond people's perception, she was no longer curious about Rong Ting's real age.
She asked, "Then, according to Master, is Prince Consort He a pawn of the He family, or is he also a victim?"
Zhang Tianshi said, "He must have known about the existence of the Soul Devouring Gu. He's been raising it for twenty years, so it's impossible for him not to know. But whether he knows its specific effects is unclear."
"First of all, I have to go to the He family first."
Lin Yue said: "Master, don't worry, maybe we can wait and see."
Zhang Tianshi asked, "Are you planning to detain Prince Consort He and then lure Rong Ting out?"
Lin Yue nodded and said, "Master, hasn't he already suppressed the Soul Devouring Gu? I'll try to figure out how to destroy it. We'll see what happens next."
Zhang Tianshi said, "Not yet, because this will cost Rong Ting her entire life's work. I'm worried she might go crazy and hurt innocent people."
"Let's stabilize her first, and then catch her in a trap to prevent future troubles."
When Lin Yue heard this, she felt that her master was right and gave him a thumbs up.
When they were talking about this, Xiao Qingyi listened the whole time and didn't dare to interrupt.
The people in the dark didn't dare to speak, but the emperor was secretly worried.
He was worried that Lin Yue would try to subdue the Soul-Eating Gu and feed it some magic medicine or something.
By then, the Soul-Eating Gu would suddenly become extremely powerful and might devour Lin Yue's merits. He seemed very worried about this.
At this time, Lin Yue was thinking: [The second princess's child is still in the He family. I have to find a way to steal the child back, otherwise I will end up being held hostage by the He family.]
[Well, I'll go tonight. Otherwise, by the time the He family comes to their senses tomorrow, it will probably be too late.]
When the emperor heard Lin Yue’s thoughts at the moment, he could no longer sit still.
Lin Yue is willing to take risks for her grandson, and he cannot let Lin Yue fall into danger as well, otherwise he will not be able to explain to his brother in the future.
Then the emperor stood up and said, "Master, sister-in-law, I heard everything you just said."
"Da Zhuang and Cuicui can only speak after taking the elixir. Sister-in-law, you must not give it to that Soul Devouring Gu. Otherwise, if it becomes powerful, I'm worried you won't be able to suppress it."
Lin Yue was completely stunned: [Brother, that's a vicious creature. I'm not crazy. I won't feed it good food.]
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