Chapter 10 Chapter 10 The goose girl was misunderstood by the princess and...
A black snake had wrapped around her slender waist at some point. The black snake was spitting out its tongue and its head was quietly leaning next to Chen Qing's ear. A faint light flickered in its dark pupils.
Chen Qing only felt a chill in his ears.
Qiu Ren left Li Daoxuan at some point and climbed onto her to cling to her.
Cui Ya was almost frightened to death. She suppressed her fear and wanted to rush forward to drive the snake away. She said solemnly, "Don't panic. This snake only attacks evil spirits and won't hurt people."
After that, she tentatively reached out and touched Qiu Ren's snake head.
Fortunately, Qiu Ren was quite cooperative. He rubbed Shen Qing's hand with the short horns on his head, then buried his head in Shen Qing's shoulder, and remained motionless.
The snake beside Li Daoxuan was very spiritual. Chen Qing had never heard of it hurting anyone. Seeing that Qiu Ren had really calmed down, Chen Qing breathed a sigh of relief.
She glanced around again and saw no sign of Li Daoxuan, so she finally relaxed.
The group of ghosts came closer, their heads pressed against the barrier, and they slapped the barrier with their hands and feet. Their long tongues hung in front of their chests, and their eyes were completely white, which looked quite scary.
One noble lady was so frightened that she trembled all over and nearly fell to the ground. Fortunately, she was supported by the maid and the housekeeper beside her, and she managed to keep her balance.
There were at least a hundred people present.
Chen Qing finished drawing all the Qingming talismans, but there were only a few dozen of them.
So she said, "Talisman paper is limited. I hope you ladies can share one. The ghosts can't hurt people directly. You just need to keep your mind clear!"
After saying that, she handed the talisman paper to Cui Ya and let her distribute it herself, regardless of the reactions of the people present.
She is going to find Li Yu.
Before leaving, she grabbed the bewildered Zhao Ranran and stuffed a bracelet into her hand.
That is a Buddha bone bead necklace that can ward off evil spirits.
Chen Qing instructed, "With this string of Buddhist beads, you can be protected without the need for a Qingming talisman." She glanced at the frightened Chen Ling in the distance, and said worriedly, "Remember not to let the Buddhist beads leave your body."
Zhao Ranran took a breath, “Then Madam Shen you…” Before she could finish her words, she saw Shen Qing leaving in a hurry.
Shen Qing had just glanced around but couldn't find any trace of Li Yu. Worried, she pulled a messenger and asked, "Where is the princess?"
The envoy trembled as he held the Qingming Talisman in his hand. "After the princess finished talking with the Third Prince, she went to the Chunjing Terrace!"
Chen Qing immediately found a dagger for peeling fruit and went to Chunjing Terrace.
There are certain considerations when choosing the person to possess by the evil spirits.
The more delicate and weak-willed a person is, the more likely they are to become their target. On the other hand, the nearly one thousand imperial guards guarding Mount Li are full of yang energy and strong will, which is exactly what they dislike.
Therefore, only a few minions went to the men's side, and the remaining dozen or so surrounded the barrier on the women's side, just waiting to break the barrier and go to the group of noble ladies to choose a host that suits their taste.
Chen Qing crawled out from the place where the Yin energy was weak. She set up a formation on her body, and no ghost noticed her, so she was able to escape smoothly.
The yin energy in the mountains was so strong that even the originally clear sky was now covered with dark clouds, making it hard to breathe.
There was a black snake hanging around his waist, and he was struggling to find his way through the thick fog.
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Chunjingtai, in front of the corridor.
Li Yu's clothes were accidentally scratched by a branch. She wanted to change clothes here, but when she came out, the bright sky suddenly became dark, and even the palace maid who was waiting for her disappeared.
There was silence all around, and a violent hurricane was blowing outside the eaves.
Li Yu's intuition told her that it would be best not to run around at this moment. She stood on the corridor, looking at the gloomy sky with a serious gaze.
Suddenly, a loud shout was heard. Li Yu turned around and saw a ghost with black hair and a white face rushing towards her. She was frightened and stumbled back. However, there was a wooden ladder behind her, and when she retreated, Li Yu fell straight into the courtyard.
Li Yu's foot slipped on the round and blunt Lingbi stone. As she fell, she felt a piercing pain in her ankle. She knew that she had sprained her ankle.
The ghost missed and turned around to continue rushing towards Li Yu on the ground, with its fangs bared and its mouth stretched from ear to ear.
Li Yu was filled with fear and terror. Just when she was about to lose her mind, everything in front of her suddenly went dark and her eyes were covered by someone in time.
A clear male voice came to her ears, like a spring breeze gently blowing through her heart, which made her calm down suddenly. "I hope Princess will forgive me. I did not mean to offend you."
The man leaned forward and blocked Li Yu with his back. The green-faced, fang-toothed ghost passed through the two men's bodies in an instant, turned into a cloud of smoke and dispersed, and soon condensed into a solid body again.
No matter how fiercely it attacked, it could never touch the two of them.
When the man saw this, he suddenly understood something.
He tore off a corner of his robe, blindfolded Li Yu, then grabbed Li Yu's legs and picked him up horizontally.
Before Li Yu could get a clear look at the person's full appearance, his eyes were blindfolded. He then felt his body lighten and a sense of weightlessness came over him, and then he fell into a steady and strong arm.
She instantly forgot where she was and yelled before her mind could react: "How dare you!"
The faint voice came again: "Princess, your health is the most important thing. I have no choice but to be presumptuous. I hope you will be patient for the time being."
He carried Li Yu into a room. Li Yu had just sat on a chair and was about to take off the cloth from his eyes when he heard the other party say, "That thing is still there."
She immediately stopped what she was doing.
The ghost followed the two people into the house. Seeing that their spirits were clear and without any filth, it knew that these two people could not be hosts for it to possess, so it wandered around for a while and finally floated away leisurely.
After a long while, Li Yu's trembling voice came, "Is it gone?"
"Gone." Gu Ze said truthfully.
Li Yu pulled back the white cloth covering his eyes, and his gaze was immediately drawn to the person in front of him.
The man in front of him lowered his head slightly, his eyes cast on the ground. He was wearing a coarse white shirt that had been washed countless times. Even though the shirt had a torn corner, it still couldn't hide his outstanding temperament as cold and clear as the bright snow.
Li Yu said slowly: "Raise your head."
Gu Ze raised his head slightly, and his clear gaze finally met Li Yu.
At this glance, it seemed as if the person in the painting came alive.
Li Yu thought to himself: He is truly a person as pure as snow.
Seeing that the ghost had disappeared, she asked, "Are you from Xuanji Pavilion?"
Gu Ze shook his head slightly, then bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I, the Chief Censor Gu Ze, greet the Princess."
"Your name is Gu Ze?" She narrowed her eyes and asked, "Did you drive away that evil spirit just now?"
Gu Ze denied: "That evil spirit couldn't get close to the princess and me. Seeing that wandering around was fruitless, it left on its own."
Li Yu was about to ask something when he heard a worried voice: "Li Yu!"
She was shocked. This was Shen Youan's voice. Thinking of the danger outside the house, Li Yu subconsciously wanted to stand up, but was beaten back by a sharp pain in her feet. She took a breath.
Gu Zexu supported her and said, "Princess, your health is not good. Let me go and take care of it." After that, he walked out of the house and opened the door.
As soon as Chen Qing entered Chunjing Terrace, she bumped into Gu Ze who was opening the door. She heard him say, "Madam Chen, the princess is in the inner room."
Shen Qing was subconsciously stunned.
The reason is simple, it's just that this person is Li Yu's unjust son-in-law in his previous life.
In her previous life, Li Yu met the Chief Censor Gu Ze from somewhere and fell in love with him at first sight, determined to marry him.
In the end, the sage could not resist Li Yu's coquettish behavior and granted the two of them a marriage.
Since the emperor's son-in-law was not allowed to enter the officialdom, the emperor found a reason to find someone to temporarily take over the post of Chief Censor. Gu Ze, as a lone minister, was forced by the majesty of heaven and finally had to marry into the princess's mansion without any work.
However, Gu Ze was concerned about the court and had no interest in romance, and Li Yu's tough decision about his life undoubtedly broke his wings. Therefore, he never had a good face to Li Yu, and the two of them became a pair of resentful couple.
In the end, the depressed Gu Ze died of illness at a young age.
Not long after, Li Yu also died tragically at home.
Everyone speculated that someone had long been fed up with Li Yu's absurd behavior, and the death of Qingchen created a fuse, so Li Yu suffered retribution and died in his mansion.
Chen Qing looked at Gu Ze and felt terrified. No matter what, he had to separate the two in this life. This way he could protect a Qing official and it would also be good for Li Yu.
So she said, "Someone should subdue the evil spirits now. I will take care of the princess. Please ask Minister Gu to find someone."
In the past, when she was in Xuanji Pavilion, Chen Qing would often travel around with her senior brother to investigate cases. Therefore, she had met many officials, so it was not surprising that she could recognize Gu Ze. And Gu Ze must have seen Chen Qing's true face, otherwise he would not have called her by her last name.
Gu Ze said, "You're welcome, madam." Then he turned and left.
Chen Qing hurried into the house and saw that although Li Yu's clothes were a little messy, he was fine, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
She asked, "Are you hurt anywhere?"
Li Yu said, "I sprained my ankle." She looked lost and stared at the door. "Where's Gu Ze?"
Chen Qing frowned when he heard that, "There is no danger outside, I asked him to go find someone." Gu Ze is a man of strong mind, and is definitely not a target that the evil spirits like.
Li Yu knew that it was inconvenient for her to stay in the same room with a man from another place, and Chen Qing was also thinking about her own reputation, but even so, her heart followed the other person and left.
"Chen Youan, I seem to have a crush on him." Li Yu said softly.
Chen Qing didn't care about the injustice and held her shoulders and shook her, "Wake up! How can you fall in love with someone after just meeting them once? Don't be blinded by their appearance!"
Li Yu was dizzy from her shaking, but she did wake him up a little. She immediately said, "How dare you!"
Chen Qing pretended to be terrified and said, "I have committed treason. I hope the princess will forgive me!"
Li Yu failed in the next moment and a smile appeared on his face.
After careful consideration, seeing that Li Yu really had no intention of mentioning Gu Ze again, Shen Qingqian let go of her hanging heart, but even so, she was still a little worried.
We must never let the two of them meet again in the future.
Just as she finished her thought, she suddenly felt a familiar feeling of being wrapped around her waist. She looked down and saw Qiu Ren, who had left halfway, coming up again.
I don’t know what this snake ate, but its belly is now a whole circle thicker than before. It coiled comfortably around Shen Qing’s waist, rested its head on Shen Qing’s shoulder, and gently shook its tail.
Li Yu was surprised to see Qiu Ren, who always hated being touched by outsiders, being so intimate with her best sister. She looked up and said, "You and Li Daoxuan—"
Chen Qing: "It's not what you think! Listen to my explanation!"
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On the Cuju field, an arrow shot out like a meteor, piercing through the air and shooting straight into the ghost's head. Then the golden arrowhead on the ghost's forehead spun rapidly, making a series of buzzing sounds.
The ghost was stimulated and screamed, with negative energy surging around its body. However, the next moment, the rotating golden arrow suddenly exploded, and the ghost's forehead also exploded, and its body instantly turned into powder and flew into the air.
Li Daoxuan fired several arrows in succession, quickly dispatching the few nearby ghosts. He frowned and ordered the commander of the imperial guards, "Take everyone to Chunjing Terrace for refuge."
"yes!"
Beside him, Gu Yun pointed anxiously at the women's table in the distance. That area was shrouded in a gloomy aura, as if there were more evil spirits. He said, "That area is dangerous. I'll go first!"
Seeing that Li Daoxuan was in charge, Gu Yun immediately rushed to the women's seat with his sword. Not only was it more dangerous over there, his sweetheart was also there.
After Li Daoxuan finished off the remaining minions with his bow, he saw that the surrounding Yin Qi was so dense that it was burning people's hearts and lungs. He shouted, "Qiu Ren!"
He thought that after hearing the order, the stupid snake would run over excitedly to eat the negative energy as usual. However, he didn't see the black snake move for a long time. He looked down and saw that the black snake that had been quietly wrapped around his waist had disappeared.
Li Daoxuan was furious in his heart: What a lazy guy, he only knows how to fail at the critical moment!
The unorthodox methods of removing the negative energy didn't work, so Li Daoxuan had to take out the talisman himself and set up a formation to purify the negative energy.
When the surrounding negative energy was almost purified, he also went to the women's seat.
After Cui Ya distributed the talisman papers, the ladies all held the talismans tightly and hugged each other in fear.
Without its master, the formation barrier was crumbling under the siege of the minions.
Zhao Ranran was unknowingly pushed to the edge of the barrier. Beside her was Shen Ling, who was also pushed over and looked frightened.
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