Chapter 27 The Little Koi Angrily Bites the Golden Dragon Finger!
"What? Something was nailed in?"
Qin Zheng was the first to jump up, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.
"Who dares to cause trouble in the Princess's residence!"
Yan Ziche and Xiao Beichen immediately became alert, their eyes turning to the roof beam that Master Huiming was staring at.
It was a huge roof beam made from a whole Phoebe zhennan tree, with exquisite auspicious cloud patterns carved on it. It looked luxurious and sturdy, without any abnormalities.
When Mu Fang and Chu Chongjin arrived after hearing the news, this was the scene of their standoff.
"What happened?" Mu Fang asked in a deep voice.
"Father! The little master said there's something bad under our house!" Mu Yu immediately ran over and pointed to the ground.
Mu Fang looked at Huiming, the little novice nun who had suddenly appeared. He had already learned her identity from Chu Chongjin—the only closed-door disciple of Abbot Liaochen of the Royal Temple, who was born with a clear Buddhist heart and could see what ordinary people could not see.
"Young master, do you have any proof?" Chu Chongjin stepped forward and asked.
Although he had replaced the "Yin Soul Wood" beforehand, he was unsure if the other party had any backup plans. Huiming's discovery might confirm his guess and even provide new clues.
Huiming stood up and bowed to Chu Chongjin and Mu Fang.
"This humble nun dares not speak presumptuously."
She took out a small copper bowl from her cloth bag.
She gently placed the copper bowl on the ground, then poured half a bowl of water into it from the water pouch at her waist.
Please observe quietly.
Under the curious gaze of the crowd, an unbelievable scene unfolded.
The clear water in the bowl began to slowly swirl within the bronze vessel.
At first, there were only tiny ripples, but soon a clear eddy formed in the center of the water and began to spin faster and faster.
Even more alarming was that the water's color gradually changed from transparent to a murky, ominous gray-black!
"This..." Xiao Beichen was dumbfounded.
“Earthly Fiend Qi.” Master Huiming’s voice was cold and serious. “The earthly veins of this mansion have been forcibly reversed by an evil array. The auspicious Qi that should have nourished the people has been transformed into Earthly Fiend Qi that erodes fortune. If people live here for a long time, they will be plagued by serious illness and their fortune will be ruined within three months.”
hiss--!
Everyone present gasped in shock.
What ruthless methods!
Mu Fang's face was ashen, and his fists clenched so tightly they cracked.
If it weren't for Master Huiming's chance visit today, the consequences would have been unimaginable!
"Could the young master find the location of the array's core?" Chu Chongjin's eyes were as cold as knives.
Huiming nodded.
She picked up the blackened bronze bowl and slowly walked around the flower hall.
All eyes were on her.
The black vortex in the bronze bowl spun violently as it passed a spot in the southeast corner of the flower hall, and water droplets were even flung out.
"This is it."
Huiming stopped and pointed to a bluestone slab at his feet.
Without saying a word, Xiao Beichen drew his sword and pried it open with the scabbard.
With a loud crash, the bluestone slab was pried open, revealing the compacted soil underneath.
"dig!"
At Mu Fang's command, several guards immediately stepped forward and began digging with entrenching tools.
The soil was turned over shovel by shovel, and a pit about a foot square was quickly formed.
"General, there's something here!" a guard suddenly shouted.
The crowd immediately surrounded them.
At the bottom of the deep pit, there was a dark wooden box covered with strange runes drawn in cinnabar.
A cold, foul odor emanated from the wooden box, making the surrounding temperature seem to drop several degrees.
Mu Yu instinctively hid behind her father. She saw that the wooden box was shrouded in a dark mist even thicker than that around the Imperial Preceptor Ling Lan. The mist seemed to be alive, twisting and roaring, which made her very uncomfortable.
"Don't touch it!" Huiming immediately stopped the guard who was about to reach for it. "This is the 'Spirit Binding Box,' which seals vengeful spirits inside. If you forcibly open it, the vengeful spirits will leave their bodies and harm innocent people."
"What should we do then?" Qin Zheng asked anxiously.
Huiming looked at Chu Chongjin: "This thing needs to be suppressed with something extremely yang and strong, and then converted with Buddhist teachings. The Ninth Prince possesses the aura of a true dragon, and is the source of the most yang energy in the world."
Chu Chongjin understood what she meant.
Without hesitation, he bit his fingertip and dripped a drop of golden blood onto the runes of the Spirit Binding Box.
"Sizzle—"
As if a red-hot iron had struck ice, a plume of black smoke instantly billowed from the wooden box, accompanied by a piercing shriek.
The cinnabar runes on the box faded at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Taking this opportunity, Huiming suddenly poured the bowl of black "Earthly Fiend Water" from the copper bowl onto it, while chanting incantations, and difficult Sanskrit words came out of her mouth.
The black box trembled violently, as if something inside was struggling frantically.
But in the end, as Huiming's last syllable faded, everything returned to calm.
The black mist on the surface of the wooden box dissipated completely, turning it into an ordinary old wooden box.
Xiao Beichen stepped forward and carefully pried it open with his sword sheath.
Inside the box, there were no skeletons or evil creatures as one might have imagined, only a tuft of withered yellow hair and a small wooden plaque with Mu Yu's birth date and time written on it.
This is... a medium used to perform curses!
"Investigate!" Mu Fang's voice was filled with suppressed rage. "Investigate! From the craftsmen in this mansion to the laborers who transported the materials, don't let a single one escape! I want to see whose hand dares to reach into my Duke of Protectorate's mansion!"
In the palace of Consort De in the capital city.
"Smack!"
A fine white jade teacup was smashed to pieces.
"Useless! That useless Xuanjizi!" Consort De trembled with rage. "Wasn't it supposed to be foolproof? Why did it fail again!"
The Third Prince, Chu Huaijin, also looked extremely unpleasant.
"Mother, according to intelligence, it was that little nun named Huiming from the royal temple who saw through the formation."
“Huiming…” A hint of resentment flashed in Consort De’s eyes, “It’s another unexpected troublemaker! Last time it was Chu Chongjin, and this time it’s that little nun! Is Mu Yu really that lucky?!”
"Mother, please calm down," Chu Huaijin forced herself to remain calm. "It's no use getting angry now. With the Binding Spirit Box destroyed, Xuanjizi must have suffered a backlash and will probably be unable to act again for a while. We must think of another way."
He paused, a sinister glint flashing in his eyes.
"Isn't Duke Mu Fang, the Protector of the Nation, about to set off to conquer the southwest?"
"On the battlefield, swords have no eyes. Isn't it perfectly normal for a general to die on the battlefield?"
Consort De's eyes lit up: "You mean..."
“That’s right,” Chu Huaijin sneered, “Aren’t the southwestern barbarians skilled in sorcery? As long as we ‘accidentally’ reveal Mu Fang’s marching route to the barbarian priests…”
"What waves can a little princess without her father's protection make, even if she is an auspicious omen?"
...
Inside the Princess's residence.
After an afternoon of effort, the evil spirits were eliminated, and the earth's energy was temporarily restored to stability thanks to a small "purification array" set up by Master Huiming.
The children were quite frightened and only calmed down after eating a large amount of special snacks made by the imperial kitchen.
As night fell, Mu Yu lay in bed, but couldn't fall asleep.
What happened today filled her little head with doubt and unease.
She quietly got up and ran to the study, where she saw her father, Chu Chongjin, Xiao Beichen, and Yan Ziche gathered around a huge map, discussing something in hushed tones.
"...The supply route must avoid this swamp, where the barbarians are adept at setting ambushes."
"The scout battalion should set off three days in advance to conduct scouting of these canyons."
"In this battle, victory is the only option; defeat is not an option."
Mu Fang's voice was filled with an unprecedented solemnity.
Mu Yu knew that her father was really going to war.
Her small hands were tightly gripping the koi-shaped purse that Su Yuejian had given her at her waist.
She wanted to do something for her father.
However, her pool of good fortune was still only a shallow layer, far from enough.
She suddenly remembered the immense power that had been unleashed when Chu Chongjin's blood dripped onto that broken wooden box earlier that day.
Brother Jinlong's blood... seems really powerful.
A thought quietly took root and sprouted in Mu Yu's little head.
The next morning, at dawn.
Duke Mu Fang, clad in black armor, was about to embark on his journey to the southwest.
At the entrance of the princess's mansion, everyone came to see him off.
Mu Yu clung to her father's cold armor, tears welling in her eyes, but she stubbornly refused to let them fall.
"Father, you must come back soon."
"Definitely." Mu Fang squatted down and patted his daughter's head.
Just as he was about to turn and leave, Mu Yu suddenly tiptoed and quickly moved closer to Chu Chongjin.
Before anyone could react, she opened her small mouth and, with lightning speed, pointed at Chu Chongjin's finger—
I took a big bite!
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