Chapter 274
After hearing Ning He's words, Mu Yinghai shrank back guiltily and said nothing. Ning He didn't pay any attention to this strange face.
Yuan Jing and Funeng showed no surprise at all, and even comforted him with a few words of concern. This is what they call "the more capable, the more work". Mu Yinghai took a quick glance and saw that these two people had fooled Ning He into a state of confusion. Then they said goodbye to them happily and continued to track down the whereabouts of the Demon King.
Mu Yinghai was full of admiration.
Funeng looked down on Mu Yinghai: "Why are you so guilty? The more guilty you are, the more people will notice that something is wrong. If they want to get to the bottom of it, will you tell them or not?"
Mu Yinghai wiped his sweat and said, "I will change. I will definitely change in the future and learn from you two."
Funeng waved his hand magnanimously, and Mu Yinghai twitched his lips. However, birds of a feather flock together. As Tun Yuanjing and Funeng walked together, Mu Yinghai gradually became able to remain calm. Although there was still some distance between him and Yuanjing and Funeng, he believed that they would get closer and closer.
As for whether it is red or black, that is a matter of personal opinion.
A few days later, they arrived outside the city wall of Beijing. Yuan Jing and Funeng were still riding their donkeys, and no one could take them away even if they wanted to. Before, they had stayed outside waiting for them in Yingtanjian. Mu Yinghai bought a horse for transportation.
Yuan Jing got off the donkey and squinted his eyes to look at the capital city in front of him. He had seen the ancient capital city more than once, but never had he seen it as clearly as this time.
Crossing the city wall, in the sky above the imperial palace, Yuan Jing saw a golden dragon lying there, but the golden dragon was dull in color and looked weak. There was a phantom behind it, and its shape could not be seen clearly, but the phantom was able to suppress the golden dragon so that it could not turn over, and there were wisps of dragon energy in the golden dragon flowing towards the phantom behind it.
Seeing Yuan Jing's expression, Fu Neng knew that he was observing the Qi, so he leaned close to Yuan Jing and whispered in his ear: "What did you see?"
Yuan Jing described the scene to Funeng, who sighed and said, "As expected, that demon is indeed stealing the fortune of the Great Zhou Dynasty. I hope the demon king can recover his strength quickly and come to the capital to resolve this matter as soon as possible."
Mu Yinghai couldn't hear their voices, nor could he interrupt, so he could only lead the horse obediently from behind.
He was obviously the oldest among the three, but he acted like a follower. Looking at the capital ahead, his eyes flickered. He had finally arrived in the capital, but then he became nervous. He had never said anything bad about his father in front of the demon king before, but when he arrived in the capital, he hesitated again, wondering whether he should go to see his father. Did his father still have a place for his mother in his heart? Did he marry and have children in the capital?
Mu Yinghai pursed his dry lips. Could his father accept that he had half demon blood?
"Let's go into the city. What are you daydreaming about?" The voice of Fu Neng in front brought Mu Yinghai back to his senses. He quickly responded and followed forward.
The three of them successfully passed the inspection at the city gate and stepped into the most prosperous city of the Great Zhou Dynasty. It seemed that the passers-by coming and going were indeed in much better spirits than in other places. If the people under the emperor's feet could not live a good life, the people outside the capital would be even more miserable. However, there were also poor families walking cautiously on both sides of the street, for fear of bumping into a noble person.
The three of them found an inn and booked a separate small courtyard to make it convenient for them to come and go.
After settling down, Mu Yinghai came to Yuan Jing and Funeng and said, "I want to go out for a walk."
The two immediately understood Mu Yinghai's thoughts and did not want to take him with them all the time. Yuan Jing was still wondering if he, the male protagonist, would meet and fall in love with the destined female protagonist as in the plot, so he nodded and said, "We also have things to do, so you can go and do your thing. Wear the jade pendant. After all, this is Ling Xiao's territory, and he will not be polite to the fairies."
"I know. Before Ling Xiao Yao Dao gets his retribution, I will definitely act with caution."
Yuan Jing just listened to this, thinking that in the plot, the hero was hunted by Ling Xiao the demon more than once or twice, and he continued to grow stronger in these hunts. But this time he intervened, and the demon king got involved again. Yuan Jing didn't know where the plot would go.
Mu Yinghai said goodbye to the two and left. Yuan Jing thought about it and decided to visit Ji Jinghuai first. It would be easier to get things done with an acquaintance in the capital. Funeng thought about it and agreed. Otherwise, unless they took refuge in a Taoist temple or a Buddhist temple, it would be much more convenient to have an acquaintance lead the way. After all, they were new here.
Neither of them wanted to be bound by constraints, so they were unwilling to seek refuge in Taoist temples and Buddhist temples. Moreover, if they sought refuge in a Taoist temple, wouldn't they fall into the hands of the evil Ling Xiao?
The two left the inn and headed towards Ningyuan Marquis Mansion.
On the way, Yuan Jing talked about the scene he saw in the illusion at the bottom of Yingtan Stream: "At first I just thought that my fate was bad, so I was abandoned by the Jiang family, but in the illusion I saw a scene that would happen in the future, and I also saw my future self. I have never looked at my face as carefully as in the illusion, and I have never seen it so clearly. I saw that my fate was tampered with."
Fu Neng was shocked when he heard this: "Could it be that the evil Taoist Ling Xiao did this? What on earth did he want to do? Then Junior Brother Jing, are you still a child of the Jiang family?"
Yuan Jing said, "I think it's probably related to Ling Xiao. I was sure it was the child of the Jiang family, but now I'm not so sure. So after meeting Ji Jinghuai, I want to go to the Jiang Mansion quietly. If it's not the child of the Jiang family, then I have to check my own life experience."
"Of course I'll go with you."
"By the way, Senior Brother Fu, what is your background? It's impossible that you were born as a monk in Guiyuan Temple."
Fu Neng laughed: "I am an abandoned child picked up by my master. There is no way I have a complicated background."
"But I look at Brother Fu's face and I see that he has both parents and is still alive." Yuan Jing took another look at Funeng's face and confirmed that this was the case. Of course, face physiognomy is not without its roots. Originally, Brother Fu was destined to die early, but now it is different. He has a face of longevity.
Funeng said indifferently: "Since you were an abandoned child in the beginning, then just be an abandoned child for the rest of your life. I am not interested in knowing anything else."
Worried that Yuan Jing would overthink it, she said, "Your situation is different from mine. You were clearly set up. Of course, we need to investigate it thoroughly and then cut off all ties that need to be cut off."
The two of them talked as they arrived at the gate of Ningyuan Marquis' Mansion. Yuan Jing took out the token that Ji Jinghuai had given him and handed it to the doorman. The doorman looked at them suspiciously, but finally sent someone with the token into the mansion to pass on the message. What if it really was the young master's friend?
Not long after, hurried footsteps were heard from inside, and people shouted, "Where are the people? Didn't you invite them into the mansion?"
"Don't worry, my lord. We'll see you soon."
Ji Jinghuai was very anxious and simply ran away. He had been looking forward to Yuan Jing and Funeng coming to Beijing for a long time. Now, the two of them finally came. Thinking of the lotus seeds he brought back, his grandmother felt much better after taking a few of them. It was more effective than any panacea. Now his grandmother and the others believed that they had really met a master outside.
When he ran to the door, he saw Yuan Jing and Funeng standing there. Seeing him, they smiled and waved at him. Ji Jinghuai was extremely happy: "Please come in quickly. I have been waiting for you for a long time. Although life in the capital is comfortable, it is not as interesting as running around with Taoist Yuan Xiao."
Yuan Jing and Funeng walked in together and said with a smile, "How many people want to live as comfortably as Master Ji, but they can't."
"Haha, I'm greedy. Have you just arrived? Where do you live? Why don't you live in my Ningyuan Marquis Mansion?" Ji Jinghuai asked a series of questions.
Yuan Jing explained, "We have indeed just arrived, and a friend came with us, so we found an inn to stay in. Master Ji, please don't worry about us. Come to the inn to find us when you are free. We also have something to do in the capital this time."
Ji Jinghuai stopped trying to persuade them to move into Ningyuan Marquis's Mansion: "I have a house under my name, why not..."
Yuan Jing thought for a moment and said, "Let's wait and see. If it's not convenient at the inn, I'll talk to Master Ji."
"Well, you must tell me." If Ji Jinghuai had not been worried that Yuan Jing would not accept it, he would have given the house to him directly. He had gained a lot of benefits by being with Yuan Jing. Not to mention the lotus seeds, even the talisman papers he had obtained were good things that might not be found anywhere else even if he had silver.
"Oh, right," Ji Jinghuai asked the people around him to step back a little, and whispered to Yuan Jing, "Not long after I came back, one night, the talisman paper that the Taoist priest gave me suddenly became hot. I didn't see anything, but I clearly heard a scream, and then the talisman paper became like this."
Ji Jinghuai took out a piece of talisman paper that he had placed close to his body and showed it to Yuan Jing. Half of the folded talisman paper had been burned, leaving only the smaller half. Yuan Jing took it, looked at it and said, "This is just a peace talisman, but it also has the effect of exorcising evil spirits. If I am not mistaken, a ghost must have approached you that night and was injured by this talisman paper. Even if the ghost is still alive, it must be in a bad condition. It is almost impossible for it to attack you again."
Ji Jinghuai breathed a sigh of relief: "That's great, I also suspected that I had encountered a ghost, but why did this ghost run into my house and get close to me?"
Yuan Jing shrugged: "It's hard to say. Unless I meet that ghost, it's hard to judge anything."
Ji Jinghuai nodded: "I haven't told anyone else about this, but I have kept the talisman paper that the Taoist priest gave me close to me during this period, and the talisman I got from Qingcheng Temple is also in my room."
Yuan Jing and Funeng were grinning. Look, what a good young man has been turned into by them. Yuan Jing looked at the mansion and said, "Your mansion has good feng shui."
Ji Jinghuai was happy to hear this, and took Yuan Jing and Funeng to his grandmother. When he received the token from the servant, he sent someone to inform his grandmother, so when Ji Jinghuai arrived, the old lady in the mansion was already waiting.
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