Xiao Chenyan: "..."
He thought about the cool fragrance like the first snow that he smelled in his mouth and nose last night when he was in a daze. That fragrance seemed to rise up again at this moment, causing his body to feel strangely hot for no reason.
It was like a ball of fire rushing into my mind.
Bang--
Qing Wu watched the man slam the door and leave with a gloomy face. She rolled her eyes, cursed him as a "little brat", and continued to sleep with her head covered.
Outside the door, the guards stood guard in fear all night.
When Xiao Sui saw people coming out, he let out a half breath, which got stuck in his throat. The others also had expressions as if they had seen a ghost, and they all stared at Xiao Chenyan's face and neck.
Xiao Chenyan realized something, his face darkened, and he tightened his cloak: "Let's go to the study first."
But halfway through the journey, a personal soldier came to report that Yun Houxing had arrived.
Xiao Chenyan's eyes showed sarcasm. It seemed that the other party had been waiting for a whole night, but without hearing the news of his death, he lost his patience.
"What did you find out about that female demon named Wushuang?"
"The person is still unconscious and refuses to wake up even after being tortured. It doesn't look like he is pretending." Situ Jingyu.
Xiao Chenyan paused slightly.
Situ Jing shrugged, "I've tried everything I could." He pursed his lips meaningfully, "Maybe the one who entered the mansion didn't want the witch to wake up."
A faint light flashed across Xiao Chenyan's eyes.
"Bring Yun Houxing to Zhaixing Courtyard directly. Also, carry Yun Yujiao and the coffin over so that Yun Houxing, as a father, can recognize his daughter properly."
A father can always tell whether his daughter is real or fake, human or ghost.
He also wanted to see how his daughter Yun Qingwu would react after seeing her "good father" Yun Houxing.
…
At Zhaixing Courtyard, when Yun Houxing saw Yun Yujiao, whose miserable death was inside the coffin, his kneecaps suddenly went weak.
He looked at the man sitting in the corridor, hugging his fur coat and drinking medicine, tears in his eyes, and spoke first: "Your Highness! How could my good daughter die after marrying into the palace?!"
Xiao Chenyan put down the medicine bowl, his handsome face was full of sickness, and his sharp edge seemed to have been worn away. But when he opened his mouth, he still gave people a very oppressive feeling:
"Minister Yun, are you forgetful? The coffin carried from your house was dead, and now you want to ask me why the person died?"
Yun Houxing pretended to be serious: "Yesterday, my Shangshu Mansion married off a daughter. It's true that my eldest daughter was very happy before her wedding, but when my youngest daughter Yujiao married in, she was a living person!"
"Really?" Xiao Chenyan raised his eyebrows in surprise.
亂岁 exclaimed: "Secretary Yun Shang is wrong, the one who married in alive is the eldest daughter, and the one who died is the youngest daughter."
Yun Houxing was startled. The young scholar who had come with him and had been resting with his eyes closed beside him suddenly opened his eyes.
The name of this Taoist priest is Wuji. He is the senior brother of the female Taoist priest who followed Yun Yujiao last night. He is also the culprit who created the living evil spirit.
Last night he felt that a living evil spirit had been successfully attracted. Logically, Prince Yan's Mansion was doomed, but there was something abnormal going on, and there was no news about his junior sister.
That's why he came here with Yun Houxing this morning.
Yun Houxing immediately said, "Impossible! The one who got married in the coffin is clearly my eldest daughter, Yun Qingwu!"
Firm.
Xiao Chenyan tapped the table with his fingertips, "This is strange, the person I married last night was a dead person?"
Yun Houxing was also confused at this moment and subconsciously glanced at Wuji.
What happened last night?
"Someone, please ask the princess to come out and meet her father."
inside the house.
Qing Wu had been woken up a long time ago, but she just took her time to pack and wash herself, not in a hurry to show up.
"You have a dirty mind."
As expected of you, Xiao Chenyan, you are very good at finding someone for me.
However, it was better that the idiot Yun Houxing came to her door himself, so that she wouldn't have to make a trip.
Qing Wu pushed the door open and walked out, meeting Yun Houxing's shocked gaze, and smiled brightly: "Oh, father is here~"
Yun Houxing's expression changed drastically. He subconsciously took three steps back and almost blurted out: How could you still be alive!
Wuji shouted fiercely: "Who dares to cause trouble in the palace?"
亂岁 pretended to be shocked: "What the hell? Isn't this your eldest daughter, Minister Yun, and our Princess Yan?"
"No! She is definitely not my eldest daughter!" Yun Houxing was terrified: "She is a ghost! She is definitely not a human! My eldest daughter Yun Qingwu died yesterday!"
"I know now, it must be this evil ghost that killed my Yujiao, right?"
The scholar's eyes were filled with hatred, and he stared at Qing Wu: "I felt a ghostly aura as soon as I entered the palace. I guess there are evil ghosts harming people. Now I have found the source."
Yun Yujiao died, and Wuji guessed that his junior sister was also dead.
"Who is this?" Xiao Chenyan glanced at Wuji.
"My Dharma name is Wuji."
Xiao Chenyan narrowed his eyes slightly, and Situ Jing understood what he meant. Not long after, an unconscious woman dressed as a maid was carried in.
It was Wuji’s junior sister, the female demon named Wushuang.
Wuji's expression changed, and he stepped forward and asked sternly, "How could my junior sister become like this?"
"Junior sister?" Xiao Chenyan looked confused: "Isn't this girl Miss Yun's dowry?"
He said nonchalantly, "This prince still admires this woman for her loyalty. She was reluctant to leave her old master and wanted to have Miss Yun to accompany her. She fainted beside the coffin and could not be awakened."
Wushuang had been treated before he was carried up, and only had an external wound on his forehead. He looked as healthy as Xiao Chenyan said.
Wuji knew it was impossible.
He immediately checked on his junior sister's condition, and found that all her three souls and seven spirits had been drilled into a sieve by the ghost energy. Although she looked alive on the surface, she was actually a living dead.
Wuji was shocked and angry.
The next moment, the man's voice that did not match his emotions sounded, but the murderous intent hidden in his words made people feel as if they were falling into an ice cellar.
"Since this girl is your junior sister, she is not an ordinary maidservant."
"I am now curious about what the Shangshufang has in mind when marrying a female scholar into the Shangshufang as a dowry?"
——
The surrounding black-armored guards all drew their blades.
Yun Houxing and Wuji were both startled and looked at Xiao Chenyan in fear.
But the man was sitting calmly on the armchair. Even though he was still ill, he was twirling Buddhist beads in his hands, but the murderous look hidden in his bones could no longer be concealed.
"Minister Yun, have you thought about how to explain it?"
Yun Houxing was sweating profusely. He exchanged a look with Wuji and pointed at Qingwu: "It's all her fault! She is the one who is harming people!"
Wuji said quickly: "My junior sister came to the palace as a dowry. She is definitely not someone who would harm anyone. It was because yesterday was too special and she was worried that an evil ghost would ruin the wedding, so she came to marry in."
Wuji spoke righteously, with a look of grief on his face: "I never thought that my junior sister would be killed!" He looked at Qingwu with resentment and said sternly:
"Your Highness, you don't know that these evil ghosts that can possess corpses and revive are the best at bewitching people and using evil spells like covering their eyes to disrupt their minds."
"Her murder of Miss Yujiao was just the beginning. She will have to eat the hearts and livers of living people every day to stay in the world."
"If this ghost is not eliminated, there will be endless troubles!"
Wuji Wushi's words were so convincing that Yun Houxing nodded repeatedly, "Yes! This evil ghost killed my daughter, we can't let her stay in the world and continue to do evil!"
The two of them are birds of a feather. Now that they are certain that Yun Qingwu has resurrected to seek revenge, they must be the ones that this evil ghost wants to kill the most.
Who made them the culprit of the living evil?
If they don't get rid of her quickly, they will definitely die before Prince Yan and others!
"Where did you come from, you big-nosed scholar? You said I am a ghost? Then I am a ghost?" Qing Wu sneered.
The Wuji scholar swept his whisk and said, "You still want to quibble? I will show you your true colors now!"
He took out five yellow talismans, which ignited on their own without fire and shot straight at Qing Wu.
A strong wind suddenly blew, and the five yellow talismans were blown towards Wuji. One of them stuck to his sleeve and instantly burst into flames.
Wuji screamed and quickly took off his outer robe, his eyes fierce: "What an evil ghost! You have done a lot!"
"What a coward, you are." Qing Wu sneered, and glanced at Xiao Chenyan with a provocative look: "My Lord, you just watch others come to your house and slander your princess? Are you still a man?"
With a cold snort that was unclear whether he was happy or angry, Xiao Chenyan stood up, twirling the Buddhist beads in his hand.
He was very tall, nearly 1.9 meters, and his eyes were as cold as an eagle or a wolf. When his expression turned cold, the oppressive feeling made people stop breathing and dared not look him in the eye.
Yun Houxing and Wuji both felt a chill on their backs.
The two were so focused on dealing with Qing Wu that they forgot that this man was more dangerous than a ghost.
Xiao Chenyan twisted the Buddhist beads in his hand, and said in a deep voice:
"What the princess said makes sense."
"Since Minister Yun and Minister Wuji are certain that the princess is a ghost, then they should produce evidence. Otherwise..."
——
The black-armored guards who had just sheathed their swords not long ago drew their swords again, pointing the blades at Yun Houxing and Wuji.
Xiao Chenyan: "Then let's all just be ghosts."
Qing Wu raised her eyebrows.
Yun Houxing and Wuji held their breath, and the latter gritted his teeth and said, "I have my own way to prove it. Evil spirits are afraid of fire. As long as we build a pile of firewood and light a big fire, the evil spirits that possess us will be forced to show themselves!"
"Idiot, aren't living people afraid of fire?" Qing Wu sneered: "If a person is thrown onto the firewood pile and burned, even if he is not a ghost, he will be burned to death."
"Why don't you just chop off my head and see if I can still breathe?"
Qing Wu rolled her eyes and said, "What a stupid person you are."
Wuji's face turned pale and blue.
The people in the palace who were watching the fun almost laughed out loud, but Qing Wu changed the subject: "But if I am willing to undergo this test of fire, it is not impossible."
Wuji's heart skipped a beat.
Qing Wu stared at him with a strange smile:
"It would be so boring for me to be burned at the stake alone. As you said, only ghosts are afraid of fire. Anyway, you are a human being, you are not afraid of fire, so let's go together~"
"If you're afraid, then you're not a human being."
"If you're not a human, you should be hacked to death!"
Wuji's face changed drastically, and in panic, he heard Xiao Chenyan's order:
"Someone, put up the wood and light the fire!"
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