Chapter 124 Dragged into the Pond by a Water Ghost
Nanny Ruan called a few palace maids and left together.
Cining Palace regained its tranquility.
However, this tranquility did not last long, and Cining Palace became lively.
Qiao Niannian suddenly opened her eyes, counted with her fingers, and knew that something had happened.
She left quietly, covered Xia Muyan with the quilt, then put on her clothes and walked out of the house.
Outside the house.
It was already a mess.
The palace maid who followed Nanny Ruan to the kitchen entered the Queen Mother's bedroom with a panicked look on her face.
"Queen Mother, Nanny Ruan fell into the pond and disappeared." The Queen Mother
was shocked.
Madam Ruan had been serving her since she entered the palace. She had been with her for half her life, and the relationship between the two had long surpassed that of master and servant.
It was not an exaggeration to say that they were family members.
When the Queen Mother heard that Madam Ruan was in trouble, she felt her feet go weak.
The next moment, she suddenly remembered that during the day, Qiao Niannian had reminded Madam Ruan not to walk in places with a lot of water.
Thinking of this, the Queen Mother spoke immediately.
"Go and call Nian girl."
As soon as the Queen Mother finished speaking, Qiao Niannian walked in from outside: "Your Majesty, I already know what happened. Now I need a palace maid to lead the way for me."
The Queen Mother hurriedly said: "Quick, lead Nian girl."
The palace maid immediately got up from the ground and ran out stumblingly.
The Queen Mother also quickly put on her cloak, led the palace maids, and chased Qiao Niannian and the others in the direction they left.
The maid supported the Queen Mother and quickened her pace.
On the other side, the palace maid who led Qiao Niannian walked closer to the pond and suddenly did not dare to go forward.
She spoke with a horrified look on her face.
"This is where Aunt Ruan was dragged down into the pond. I called the guards at that time, but everyone went down to fish for a while, but no one saw Aunt Ruan."
Qiao Niannian looked at the guards in the pond. They were still looking for Aunt Ruan in the water, but they found nothing.
Logically speaking, if this person fell into the water, he would not sink so quickly.
Besides, the pond is not deep. Anyone with good water quality can touch the bottom of the pond.
But so many people went down, but they couldn't find Madam Soft.
While the maid was explaining, the Queen Mother, with the help of another maid, came to the edge of the pond, looked at the dark water, and asked the guard commander beside her anxiously.
"How is it? Have you found Madam Soft?"
The guard commander knelt on one knee.
"To reply to the Queen Mother, I heard the maid's cry and rushed over with my men, but there was no ripple on the water, and Madam Soft was not seen."
"The guards have been searching for a long time, but they still haven't found Madam Soft."
The Queen Mother shook.
She couldn't believe this fact.
Qiao Niannian spoke at the right time.
"Don't worry, Queen Mother. This is a disaster for Madam Ruan. Although I have warned her, it seems that she still can't escape."
"But this won't kill Madam Ruan." The Queen Mother
finally felt relieved after hearing this, and at the same time, she had a deeper understanding of Qiao Niannian's esoteric arts.
"Nian girl, is there any way to find Madam Ruan?"
Qiao Niannian took out a talisman from her body.
"This is a water ghost demanding her life. The reason why the guards can't find Madam Ruan is because the water ghost has some Taoism skills and used a magic trick."
After saying this, Qiao Niannian chanted the talisman, and the yellow talisman in her hand ignited without wind, and the dust that fell floated into the pond.
The guard leader glanced at the surrounding trees, and the leaves didn't move at all. There was no wind at all.
But he saw with his own eyes that the dust fell from where Qiao Niannian was to the pond a few meters away.
At the moment when the dust fell, everyone heard the sound of shouting for help.
"Help, help."
The guards in the pond were all stunned.
He clearly didn't see Madam Ruan just now, but now, Madam Ruan was next to him.
The guard didn't hesitate, grabbed Madam Ruan's arm and brought her to the shore.
The guards on the shore responded and immediately pulled Madam Ruan up.
Madam Ruan's face was pale, she spit out two mouthfuls of water, and then fainted.
The palace maid was about to step forward, but was stopped by Qiao Niannian.
"Wait a minute."
Qiao Niannian walked forward, staring at Madam Ruan's body, with a harsh tone.
"Are you going to come out on your own, or am I going to beat you out?"
No one knew what Qiao Niannian was going to do. The person lying on the ground was clearly Madam Ruan.
Moreover, it was night time and the ground was cold. If she continued to lie there, it might cost Madam Ruan her life.
The Queen Mother was worried, and the people around her looked at each other. Madam Ruan was
lying on the ground with a pale face, and she looked like she had fainted. Qiao Niannian saw the ghost hiding in Madam Ruan's body, so she grabbed it with her bare hands, and pulled out a black shadow from Madam Ruan and threw it to the ground.
Everyone saw this scene clearly.
Because Qiao Niannian had just cast a spell, everyone saw the black shadow clearly.
The shadow was not black. He was wearing a shabby white shirt, and his hair blocked his face, making it hard to tell his appearance and gender.
On the ground beside him, the watermark kept expanding, and a trickle of water flowed down from the shadow, as if it would never stop.
Everyone was shocked.
The guards suddenly drew their swords and protected the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother could not help but take two steps back.
Qiao Niannian did not move. She looked at the water ghost with a cold expression.
"You have sinned deeply, and now you want to find an innocent person to be your scapegoat. Do you think you can enter reincarnation after you find a scapegoat?"
The water ghost did not move, sitting paralyzed on the ground, looking very quiet.
It did not react until Qiao Niannian spoke.
"What do you know?"
"You Taoists are just hypocritical, and you can talk without any pain in your waist."
"I soak in this cold pond every day, day after day, my body is swollen, and I don't want to hurt anyone, but I just want to reincarnate."
"I only have such a small request, is it too much?"
"But I can't reincarnate, I am trapped here, if I don't find a scapegoat, I will never be able to reincarnate, I have been here for twenty years."
After hearing this, everyone couldn't help but feel that the water ghost was also a little pitiful.
Qiao Niannian kicked the water ghost aside with such force that it broke into pieces.
However, the water ghost is a soul, so even if it is separated, it can put itself back together.
The water ghost put its body together pitifully, and the whole person looked particularly pitiful.
It made Qiao Niannian look a little vicious.
Qiao Niannian sneered: "You are lying again."
"The reason why you became a water ghost is not because you killed too many people and committed countless evil deeds. After the evidence was found, you fled in a panic and accidentally fell into the pond."
"As a result, because you were soaked for too long, even if the body was found and taken out, your soul was trapped here, right? Empress Zhaoyi." The queen mother
suddenly widened her eyes and looked at the person on the ground.
Zhaoyi?
Which Zhaoyi?