Chapter 76 Capital 7
◎It's a scam◎
The door was pushed open, and the bright moonlight came in through the gap in the door curtain.
At the same time, oil lamps were lit in the room, illuminating the faces of the newcomers clearly.
"Xiao Tao?"
As Yan Yue finished speaking, Xiao Tao's face was filled with astonishment. She raised her hand and waved it, then quickly rushed back.
A strong wind blew and instantly extinguished the oil lamp that had just been lit in the house. The group of young men were so scared that they screamed and completely forgot the previous instructions.
"Follow me!"
Yan Yue shouted and chased out of the room. Everyone then reacted and followed him out with their swords drawn.
"Master Qingtang!"
The guard who followed out first only heard Yan Yue shout this sentence, and then his eyes blurred, and he saw Yan Yue flash behind him, muttering something.
"Namo goose rice tofu, my Buddha rice cake, Bodhisattva meat stuffed..."
The guards scanned the empty courtyard. Only Xiao Tao, a maid, was standing not far away. Apart from the gusts of cold wind, there was nothing to be afraid of. They could only turn their heads and ask Yan Yue in a low voice: "Master, are you chanting a spell, or are you hungry?"
Another person held a sharp sword and asked Xiao Tao sternly, "Xiao Tao, are you the one who has been playing tricks in the palace?!"
“Hahahaha… You actually dared to set a trap? You really don’t know how to live or die!”
Xiao Tao's laughter suddenly became very shrill, and coupled with the gusts of cold wind, it was so creepy that everyone couldn't help but take a step back.
Yan Yue closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and adjusted her mentality. She had not originally expected these guards to be able to really help her, she was just afraid and wanted to use the young men's youth and vigor to give herself courage.
She mustered up her courage and stepped forward, standing in front of several guards, her eyes sweeping from Xiaotao's left side from bottom to top. The ghost wore long clothes and had long hair, and even her nails were more than three inches long. The most terrifying thing was that she had a pair of red eyes, and when she lowered her head slightly, her tongue almost hung to her chest!
She quickly moved her eyes away, patted her chest, and whispered, "It's still so scary... Master Qingtang, how can you be so ugly? This is too scary..."
The guard got goosebumps all over his body and asked in a trembling voice, "Tianshi...you, what did you see?"
Yan Yue moved his gaze to Xiao Tao's right side. The three here were better. Two looked like ordinary evil ghosts, and one was dragged on the ground, curled up in tattered clothes.
Without exception, all four ghosts had a rope tied to their bodies, and the other end of the rope was in Xiaotao's hand.
This scene was something Yan Yue had never imagined.
She thought that it would be Changning who brought the soul of the late princess, but unexpectedly it was Xiaotao who brought four ghosts! The one with red eyes and sharp claws is obviously different from a giant evil ghost. It must be a fierce ghost!
"Who are you? What grudge do you have against Prince Jing's Mansion?" Yan Yue asked.
Xiao Tao laughed again and asked, "Who are you? Why are you meddling in other people's business?"
Yan Yue said sincerely, "Don't you know that I was dragged here by the Jing Palace? They didn't even ask me if I was willing or not!"
Xiao Tao choked, her expression suddenly becoming a little unnatural, "Well, just pretend you know nothing, get out of the way, and I'll keep you safe!"
Yan Yue was a little embarrassed. She glanced at the guards beside her and said, "There are so many people watching here! If they tell the prince, how can I live a good life?"
Xiao Tao didn't take it seriously and said lightly, "Don't worry about it. I have my own way to make them forget everything that happened tonight."
"Ah? So amazing!" Yan Yue stared with extremely curious eyes and asked, "How do you do it?"
Xiao Tao opened her mouth, and suddenly realized that she shouldn't answer. She was a little impatient: "It has nothing to do with you! You just need to tell me, do you want to give in or not?"
Yan Yue still hesitated: "But I have already received the reward..." The golden statue weighed more than twenty kilograms!
Xiao Tao said angrily: "You can still get your reward! Get out of the way!"
Yan Yue narrowed her eyes slightly when she heard this, "Can you guarantee that I will get my reward? So, you were sent by Princess Changning?"
The guards behind him were all dumbfounded. Xiao Tao's eyes flashed with a gleam: "So what if it is, so what if it isn't?"
Yan Yue said frankly: "If it is a personal grudge between you and the princess, I will get out of the way and will not stop you. If Princess Changning sent you here to avenge the late princess, I must stop you."
Xiao Tao didn't understand: "Why didn't I stop it, but Chang Ning did?"
For the servants, addressing the princess by her name directly was considered as a heinous crime. But Xiao Tao's tone was casual and frivolous, and she didn't seem to take the princess seriously. The guards speculated that she must have been possessed by an evil spirit!
Yan Yue didn't think too much about it, and explained seriously: "The personal grudge between you and the princess is a matter between the two of you. But Changning is different. Hua Rongqin stole King Jing, and the former princess committed suicide in anger. This is a grudge between the two of them, and Changning should not be involved."
Xiao Tao sneered, "Is it your turn as an outsider to judge other people's grievances and right and wrong?"
Yan Yue said: "Since you can see ghosts, you know that people do not live only once. Whether it is the late princess and King Jing, or the late princess and Hua Rongqin, perhaps there was unfinished grievance in the previous life, so they came to settle it in this life. Changning is a good girl, there is really no need for her to bear such a heavy hatred for the short mother-daughter relationship."
Xiao Tao looked at Yan Yue again and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that you are so smart at such a young age. Chang Ning really wanted to let you go. She wanted to scare you away on the first day you arrived, but she didn't expect you to come back. She also confused you this morning because she didn't want you to get involved..."
She smiled and took two steps forward, craning her neck to stare at Yan Yue: "I didn't expect that you were not fooled by the illusion..."
Yan Yue was very surprised. She actually saw the rotating vortex in Xiaotao's eyes! Before she could ask what it was, she heard a few thuds behind her. Turning back, she saw that several guards were lying down!
Alarm bells rang in her heart, and she looked at Xiao Tao in horror: "Are you a demon?"
Xiao Tao did not deny it. She tilted her head and smiled at her and asked, "Then what are you? Why is my psychedelic technique useless to you?"
This situation was really beyond Yan Yue's expectations!
She didn't have the confidence to fight a demon, a fierce ghost and two evil ghosts alone! The only solution now was to delay time as much as possible and think of ways to create some noise to stir up trouble for everyone in the palace.
Ghosts are intangible entities, and after being passed through by people, they need time to reunite. Therefore, ghosts avoid places where people gather and only appear in desolate places.
Nan Qing said that it takes a lot of energy for a demon to cast spells. There are more than a hundred people in the palace, and it is impossible for Xiao Tao to knock out all of them at the same time. Once she has made everyone angry, it will be inconvenient for the ghosts to join the battle. She can concentrate on dealing with the monster, and her chances of winning will be greater.
Yan Yue made up her mind, stretched out her finger and spun it in a circle, and asked, "Is that circle in your eyes an illusion?"
Xiao Tao nodded slightly, and Yan Yue spread her hands and said, "I don't know either. I saw it in Chang Ning's eyes before, and I thought it was strange and new! So this is magic? Can I learn it?"
Xiao Tao smiled contemptuously: "You underestimate me too much! Even monsters may not be able to learn it, how can you, a mere mortal, learn it?"
Yan Yue nodded in agreement, "Yes. I have also known several monsters, and none of them know your magic. Especially a snake monster, who may have just transformed a few years ago and does not know any magic. In a fight, he has to transform into his original form to scare people. What kind of monster are you?"
Xiao Tao smiled and said, "I am Jia Xian'er, guess what I am."
Yan Yue heard from Qi Zhaoyang that people in the north like to worship guardian gods, but this is rare in the south. The capital city belongs to the north. The reason why Shen Xuezhou's family offered sacrifices to Nanqing was because Shen Xuezhou's ancestors lived in the capital city. After being demoted, they went to Linjiang and offered sacrifices to Nanqing by chance.
The four major fairy foxes are yellow, white and willow, namely the fox, weasel, hedgehog and snake. Nanqing belongs to the family of willows, and those who are good at deceiving people are nothing more than weasels and foxes.
The fox is the leader of the four great immortals, so Yan Yue naturally guessed: "You are so beautiful and have such great abilities, you must be a fox demon, right?"
Xiao Tao showed a proud look on her face, but said dissatisfiedly: "It's a fox fairy! Where did this country bumpkin come from? He's always acting like a monster!"
Yan Yue took advantage of the moment when she raised her head, took off the whip from her waist, and swung it out at lightning speed, wrapping Xiao Tao tightly, and shouted to the inside of the house: "The two people in the house, go and call for help! Call King Jing and everyone in the mansion!"
The two people who were guarding the princess in the room heard every conversation outside clearly and were trembling when they suddenly heard Yan Yue's shout.
Xiao Tao was unable to break free and watched helplessly as the two guards pressed the talisman written by Yan Yue on her forehead and ran out of the yard screaming.
"You're looking for death!" She screamed angrily and stretched out her sharp claws to attack Yan Yue!
Yan Yue was extremely panicked, but she still tried to calm herself down, recalling the whip techniques she had learned in recent days, and fought with Xiao Tao.
Xiao Tao's movements were incredibly fast, almost elusive. Fortunately, Yan Yue used the whip very skillfully, pulling, slashing and sweeping flexibly, and did not let Xiao Tao get close to him. Instead, she was whipped several times.
Xiao Tao covered her bleeding arm and asked in surprise, "Are you from the underworld?"
"What do you mean by Mingfu or Anfu?" Yan Yue panted and said, "Tell Changning not to bother Hua Rongqin anymore, and I will let you go!"
Xiao Tao looked at Yan Yue suspiciously: "Are you a human or a ghost?"
Yan Yue pointed at the four ghosts tied with ropes and asked, "Do you think I look like them? Hey, I'm really curious, where did you find these evil ghosts? I usually don't see any, but you caught three!"
Xiao Tao was stunned. She looked at the clouds of mist and asked, "How do you know they are evil ghosts?"
Just as Yan Yue was about to explain, she heard hurried footsteps, and then Princess Changning appeared at the gate of the courtyard. She was about to open her mouth to dissuade him, but she saw Changning grab Xiaotao and suddenly burst into tears.
"What is Heavenly Master trying to do? Xiao Tao is my maid. If you are not happy with me, just come after me. Why make things difficult for a maid?"
As soon as Chang Ning finished speaking, Xiao Tao lay down gorgeously, and said with a weak breath: "Princess, don't anger the Heavenly Master because of Xiao Tao..."
Yan Yue: Fraud? ? ?
Before she could figure out what was going on, King Jing came over, accompanied by housekeeper Cao and servants. He looked at Chang Ning, who was squatting on the ground holding Xiao Tao, and Yan Yue, who was standing beside him with a whip in his hand, and asked with a frown, "What happened?"
Chang Ning did not answer, but just cried sadly: "I know that the Heavenly Master is eager to make achievements, but you should never use Xiao Tao as a scapegoat!"
After she finished speaking, she turned to King Jing, lowered her eyebrows and nodded, "Father, I was worried about mother, so I asked Xiao Tao to come and see if mother was sleeping well and whether the charcoal fire was sufficient. If your daughter did something wrong, father will punish her!"
"What's wrong with you caring about your mother?"
King Jing tried to comfort him with soft words, then looked at Yan Yue unhappily: "Tianshi, what's going on?"
Yan Yue was a little confused and couldn't react for a while, so she pointed at Xiao Tao and said, "She is a demon!"
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