Finding Wang Yulang's physical body gave Qing Wu a brief sigh of relief.
As for the Yang energy lent by Xiao Chenyan, Qing Wu would go back and give him a few more kisses, and then ask Situ Jing to prescribe some more aphrodisiac medicine for him to take.
But the Judge's Pen kept yelling in her mind: "You messed around again! You messed around again! You used Xiao Chenyan's yang energy to deceive the Death Book. If you are found out, you will be punished!"
Qing Wu: "Just punish me. I'm not afraid anyway."
Judge Pen cried, "You are not afraid, but I am. I don't want to be thrown into the Hellfire Palace to be punished."
"I've been burned so many times, there's nothing to be afraid of, I won't be burned to death anyway." Qing Wu said indifferently: "I've been to the hell, I'll just sprinkle some water on the hellfire hall."
The judge's pen was angry: "I'm not going to pay attention to you! Do whatever you want! Anyway, you are a tough guy!"
Qing Wu didn't want to argue with this rotten pen, so she simply ignored it.
Just when she was asking Xiao Chenyan to borrow Yang energy, she touched his soul and discovered another thing.
Xiao Chenyan's fate has been tampered with!
There are so many people here now and it won’t be too late for Qing Wu to tell him about this matter when they are alone.
At this time, a black-armored guard came in dragging something.
It turned out to be a living mandrill.
However, the mandrill had been hit by arrows in the legs and abdomen. When the skull was removed, a dwarf's head like an ape was revealed, and its tongue and chin had been cut off.
Qing Wu was surprised: "You actually caught him alive?"
The speed of this thing is extremely fast.
The black-armored guard said proudly, "It was the prince who shot the worms, and several others were killed by one arrow."
Qing Wu looked at Xiao Chenyan, her eyes sparkling.
This man was very good at archery and horse riding when he was young, but he didn't expect to be as good as he is now.
Caught off guard, Qing Wu discovered that Xiao Chenyan had also been looking at her, but this time, his eyes seemed different from before.
It was like a thousand-year-old frozen lake was broken open, revealing the warmth hidden beneath the ice.
"What do you think we should do with this thing?"
"Kill them and burn their bodies. These mandrills have done a lot of evil and have eaten humans."
The Black Armor Guards were startled when they heard this.
Someone said: "I thought before that the skulls on the heads of these mandrills are obviously human. Could those skulls be..."
Qing Wu nodded: "Mandrills like to play tricks on people, and their favorite food is children."
Everyone's faces looked unhappy: "No wonder this mountain is called Infant-Eating Mountain."
Xiao Chenyan also frowned: "There is no village near this mountain."
So the question is, where did these children who were eaten by mandrills and whose skulls were used as masks come from?
Qing Wu's beautiful eyes flickered: "Unless someone has been feeding these mandrills with children."
She thought of the group of little ghosts in Guijing, and looked up at the dilapidated shrine.
"You should know best what happened on this mountain, right?"
The sudden question left everyone confused.
"Who is the princess talking to?" The person nearby was curious and looked around subconsciously.
Situ Jing opened his mouth in surprise. Could it be that...
He also looked toward the shrine.
It seemed as if a night wind was blowing into the temple, carrying with it sounds of sobbing and complaining.
"Your spiritual consciousness has already weakened to this point..." Qing Wu said calmly. She tilted her head to think for a moment, then asked everyone:
"Did anyone bring ingots and candles?"
The black-armored guards looked at each other in bewilderment. It would be ok for a bunch of rough guys like them to carry swords, spears, and halberds, but who would have the time to carry that?
"I, I brought..." An awkward voice sounded, it was Baisui.
Qing Wu smiled.
Baisui sensed a hint of teasing in her smile, his face turned even redder, and he gritted his teeth as he took out two incense sticks from his arms.
The other black-armored guards around him also looked at him meaningfully.
Qing Wu: “Puchi——” I knew this kid was afraid of ghosts. Is he always ready to offer his alms and beg for mercy?
Baisui was so terribly embarrassed that he put down the incense and candles, turned around and ran out.
Situ Jing quickly took the incense and candles and handed them to Qing Wu attentively. His servile behavior attracted some attention again.
Xiao Chenyan gave him a meaningful look.
"Xiao Chenyan, light a candle for this mountain." Qing Wu said softly, "Help it."
"Okay." Xiao Chenyan took the incense and candles. He did not believe in ghosts and gods, but this time, he was willing to make an exception.
The candle wicks are lit and incense sticks are placed in front of the shrine.
There were sparks crackling.
Faintly, everyone felt something mysterious. In terms of physical sensation, the wind on the mountain seemed not so cold.
There seemed to be warmth inside the temple.
The candlelight shone on the broken mud statue, which seemed to have a little more divinity.
Faintly, Xiao Chenyan seemed to hear a subtle voice ringing in his ears:
"Thanks……"
His eyes moved slightly.
Then Qing Wu said, "The mountain has spirits, and it benefits the people. This mountain is not called the Infant-Eating Mountain."
"There is a group of people who keep mandrills here, and it has become a smoky mess."
"Gradually, this mountain was called the Baby-Eating Mountain. The words 'baby-eating' were like shackles. The more people called it that, the more people became afraid of the mountain, and the power of the mountain spirit was weakened."
"Then, the divinity was taken away, and the divine glory was lost. The mountain spirits could no longer suppress the evil mandrills, and the temple was destroyed."
The woman's voice was distant and ethereal, as if she was telling a story or stating a truth.
Everyone listened in a trance.
Situ Jing came back to his senses and suddenly realized: "The one who hid Wang Yulang under the shrine, could it be the spirit of this mountain?"
He had wondered before, how a little kid like Wang Yulang could avoid the mandrills in the mountains and survive until now without being eaten?
Qing Wu nodded.
Xiao Chenyan's eyes flickered slightly: "Are there still mandrills on this mountain that have not been eliminated?"
"Even if there are, they would have already run away by now." Qing Wu curled her lips, "However, we can go and destroy the nest of these beasts. It is not a good thing to leave the corpses of those children who died in vain on the mountain. It is easy to attract more mountain spirits and monsters."
Xiao Chenyan nodded, and immediately a black-armored guard came to take the order and do it.
"etc."
Qing Wu called these people and said, "Those who want to go find the bones should come here first. I will give you a hint. This mandrill is only good at bewitching people, so it runs faster. As long as you are not bewitched, I can kill it with one sword."
The black-armored guards who followed Xiao Chenyan up the mountain had not made any moves yet. The black-armored guards who had witnessed Qing Wuyu's incident before rushed forward one by one.
"Princess, I, I, I, I! I'll go first!"
"And me!"
The veins on Xiao Chenyan's forehead popped up, "Shut up!"
The group of black-armored guards immediately became obedient.
Half an incense stick later, a group of old men looked at each other, and couldn't smile at the "beauty moles" on each other's big black faces.
Xiao Chenyan didn't even bother to look at these guys.
What a disgrace.
One group of black-armored guards stayed on the mountain to clean up the mess, while the other group followed Xiao Chenyan and Qing Wu down the mountain.
The mountain roads are difficult to walk on at night, and even with a torch you can't see clearly.
Qing Wu was distracted for a moment and bumped into the man's back.
Xiao Chenyan stopped and looked back at her.
Qing Wu rubbed her nose which was a little sore from being hit, "You are too tall and you are blocking the light!"
The shadow suddenly became shorter. Qing Wu stared at the man's half-crouching figure with her eyes wide open.
Xiao Chenyan tilted his head, and his profile was illuminated by the firelight, with clear outlines and a handsome look.
"Come up."
The man spoke in a cold and hard tone. After meeting her surprised look, he paused, turned his head, and his tone softened imperceptibly: "I'll carry you down the mountain."
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