Chapter 104 Breaking the Game
"The noble lady in the palace..."
Chu Songjun was thinking.
It actually involved the imperial palace.
No wonder the old woman, after realizing the problem, was willing to sacrifice a kidney to escape.
But who is this noble lady in the palace?
Chu Songjun had an intuition, which was vaguely reminding him that he had overlooked something.
But for a while, he just couldn't figure it out.
Lin Xiaohe touched his chin and suggested, "Brother Song! I have someone in the palace!"
Brother Situ was surprised and said, "Come here quickly!"
Lin Xiaohe put his hands in his pockets and said, "It's the twenty-third prince! Didn't he go through fire with us in the ghost painting before?"
His eyes swept across the scroll on Chu Songjun's back.
"We can go to him and find out."
There are so many concubines and royal heirs in the palace that people wonder whether the current Emperor Xuanyuan has a strange bloodline to be able to have so many children.
However, this emperor did not pay much attention to his children. He only cared about giving birth but not raising them. Many royal heirs starved to death in the palace.
Most of the concubines in the palace were not from aristocratic families, but were beauties selected by the emperor from all over the country. Their family power was unclear, so they all entered the palace.
There are so many things to say about this, and if there is no local to lead the way, you will probably be confused.
"The twenty-third prince..." Chu Songjun remembered the child who stole cakes in the Ghost Banquet.
Lin Xiaohe continued: "The twenty-third prince can still be the fifth brother! He admires Song brother very much!"
Chu Songjun pondered, then suddenly covered his mouth and coughed twice.
Although driving "himself" does not require too much blood and energy, it does require a lot of energy. He now feels a little chest tightness and dizziness, and he always feels that there are some double images in front of his eyes in a trance.
Lin Xiaohe was chattering with the Situ brothers about the plight of the twenty-third prince, with a hint of sympathy in his words. They gathered closely around Chu Songjun. The martial arts-practicing Situ brothers exposed their necks and backs to Chu Songjun. They snorted disdainfully: "What a waste! If it were me! I would definitely behead that eunuch who flatters others and dig out his eyeballs to eat!"
Lin Xiaohe's voice gradually became clearer: "Brother Song! The Lin family has a good garrison in the palace!"
These little guys never thought of informing the adults.
Chu Songjun sent a baby ghost to inform Chu Bingtian.
He had no evidence to prove who in the palace was the culprit in the destruction of Xijing, so he had to use some Spring and Autumn style of writing.
Chu Songjun nodded: "Go ask him."
After he finished speaking, he pursed his pale lips and turned his bloodless face to the shivering old woman.
He whispered, "We need to take care of things here before we leave."
Chu Songjun stretched out his hand and opened the scroll, only to see that the originally frozen figures suddenly moved. In the painting, the babies were holding rattles or straw grasshoppers. In the middle, a disheveled ghost in red clothes quietly turned his head.
“——”
The old woman's pupils shrank.
Disappeared on the spot.
***
Something seems to have changed in Xijing.
A strange creature appeared and was walking on the busy street.
Those walking things, some in rags, some in fine clothes, stood on the busy streets, like clusters of mushrooms that grew wildly in the wind, blooming all over the rotten wood.
Dalang reached out his hand from the shadows and quietly held Chu Songjun's hand.
Chu Songjun squeezed it soothingly.
"What are these things..."
Chu Songjun vaguely realized that he seemed to have caught a glimpse of a corner of the world.
Those things were long and narrow, but very thin, like pieces of paper. They stood blankly in the streets and alleys, and even grew into Situ's carriage.
Situ Rong stretched out his hand: "Brother! Come up! Let's go find that little loser!"
The paper-like thing swayed and penetrated Situ Rong's body.
At that moment, Chu Songjun subconsciously held his breath.
The paper figures seemed to glance at him and float away.
Chu Songjun frowned and looked outside the carriage.
The carriage gradually became quiet.
They are everywhere, everywhere, what on earth are those things!
Is it because he exorcised the evil spirit that he was able to see?
Suddenly, Chu Songjun was stunned.
If he wanted to exorcise evil spirits, he had done it several times before this time. Once was at the Chu family, but he didn't see it; once was at the palace, but he also didn't see it; and once was at the Dali Temple, but he also didn't see it.
But this time, the place where he was serving was in the North City District, which was neither the official residence of a noble family nor the imperial palace.
Are these paper figures the Xuanyuan Dynasty’s most hidden secret?
After Dalang was frightened, he saw that those things were not very aggressive, so he couldn't help but reach out and try to reach those things.
Those things made a sharp cry and were caught in Dalang's hands. Chu Songjun couldn't help but reach for them, but found that his hands also passed through these things.
Can be touched by ghosts but not by humans?
Chu Songjun pondered secretly.
The paper figurine twitched in Dalang's hand like a fish on a chopping board.
There is no negative energy around it and it doesn't look like a ghost.
They also don't seem to have much thinking ability, they just seem to float around aimlessly and pose no threat.
Dalang studied the thing for a long time, but couldn't figure out anything, so he had to let him go.
What on earth is this weird thing?
Is there any connection with the disaster that destroyed Xijing?
Lin Xiaohe suddenly felt his vision blurry.
He blinked and saw Chu Songjun, who had been inexplicably silent since getting on the carriage, looking at him with complicated eyes.
Lin Xiaohe felt a little strange and aggrieved, because he wholeheartedly regarded Chu Songjun as his elder brother!
He asked cautiously, "Brother? What's the matter?"
Chu Songjun was silent for a moment: "What did you want to do just now?"
Lin Xiaohe suddenly felt a chill running from the soles of his feet to the top of his head. His breathing became rapid and he couldn't help but clench his hands.
How did you know that, brother?
He just wondered why his elder brother was so quiet, and whether he was trying to drive a ghost to do something. He couldn't help but be curious, so he opened his eyes to take a look.
Chu Songjun's lips were a little pale, but it did not diminish his aura at all.
When his gaze came over, Lin Xiaohe felt as if every part of his skin was being cut open and carefully examined to see the amplitude of the beating of his organs.
"Yes, I'm sorry, brother."
Lin Xiaohe's face turned pale and he was speechless for a long time.
Lin Xiaohe felt the Situ brothers approaching and looked at him in reproach.
Situ Zheng said angrily: "How dare you disrespect my brother!"
Situ Rong continued: "You are so bold!"
Chu Songjun was silent for a moment, then said lightly: "From now on, you will be the fourth brother."
Lin Xiaohe blinked, and the Situ brothers blinked.
When Lin Xiaohe heard the Situ brothers proudly saying that their eldest brother favored them, they tried to squeeze over and get close to Chu Songjun.
Lin Xiaohe couldn't help but say to himself.
No way! Brother Situ knows nothing! These two fools! He is the one that Big Brother favors the most!
He almost couldn't control the corners of his mouth and quickly pursed his lips.
Chu Songjun turned his head away.
The paper figures gradually disappeared from his sight.
The excessive energy was restored a little in the slowly swaying carriage.
Chu Songjun let out a light breath.
Keep the questions about the "paper man" in your heart and wait for the opportunity to answer them.
Lin Xiaohe's words were true, and the garrison quietly let them into the palace.
Found the residence of the Twenty-third Prince.
He was resting in his bedroom.
"Get up!" Situ Zheng kicked open the door first.
The twenty-third prince was startled and suddenly got up.
He was just one of many royal heirs and did not have any personal eunuchs.
"I, I just feel a little uncomfortable..."
The twenty-third prince opened his mouth and spoke.
He finally opened his eyes dazedly and found that it was not the person he thought.
Because he ran away from the Ghost Banquet in Changshou Palace, his father came to take a look at him some time ago.
He has been thinking about performing better recently.
After seeing who it was, the Twenty-Third Prince breathed a sigh of relief: "It's Master Situ."
"Twenty-three!" Lin Xiaohe jumped out from behind the Situ brothers: "Look who's here to see you!"
Chu Songjun coughed lightly, and Wang Youyu, who followed behind him, stood guarding the door.
The twenty-third prince was overjoyed: "Brother Song!"
Explain the matter briefly.
The twenty-third prince also vaguely understood everything.
"In other words, someone in the palace is causing trouble?" The 23rd Prince asked directly. While thinking, he took out his treasured cakes and handed them to Chu Songjun: "Brother Song! Would you like to eat some?"
Chu Songjun took a piece and bit it.
The Twenty-Third Prince also happily took a piece and bit it, holding the pastry in his arms.
"If this is the case, it is very likely that Empress Zhen of Chunhua Palace is the one responsible. Her family is extremely wealthy, and Chunhua Palace has a feast of fish and meat for three meals a day. The princes and princesses in her palace are also dressed in splendid clothes."
"And Empress Hua, it is said that she has a relationship with a small family, and there is a lot of water behind her."
"Oh, and there's Empress Qing! Empress Qing is the most favored concubine in recent months! She's pregnant with her first child, and she gave a lot of things to everyone in the palace to pray for blessings. She's very kind!"
The twenty-third prince found some clothes from the bedside table. The material was not very good. Situ Rong touched them and muttered, "How can you give something like this as a gift?"
The twenty-third prince was speechless and tried to roll his eyes, but he quickly stopped himself. He had to explain, "This material is very good. It's warm to wear and not easy to get dirty. Empress Qing is very good at choosing materials. For those of us who have no relatives in the palace, this is an excellent gift!"
"But I have never seen this kind of material before. Is it newly purchased by the imperial court?"
Lin Xiaohe examined it for a moment and said, "This is cloth from Dongzhou, brought by a cloth merchant. It was very popular among the residents of Xijing in the past two years, but the noble families didn't think much of it and didn't know much about it."
Situ Zheng chuckled: "This lady looks down on you! Who would give such a gift?"
The twenty-third prince ignored him and put the clothes back into the closet. "There are rumors in the palace that she is a noble lady from a small family. She entered the palace as a concubine only because she loved my father. It is possible that she is also a concubine."
After a long silence, the twenty-third prince could not help but lean over to Chu Songjun's ear and whispered, "This must be a lie. Who would love my father?"
There was a hint of disdain hidden in his tone.
After being bold, the twenty-third prince sat back down and said, "There is also Queen Hai. She was my father's original queen. It seems that she was deposed for some reason, but her relationship with my father is not bad. She is also a person who cannot be offended!"
Situ Rong was already confused by this relationship: "Why did the emperor marry so many concubines? Why did he give birth to so many heirs?"
The twenty-third prince sneered and said nothing.
Chu Songjun felt that the emperor's behavior was a little strange.
But overall it is still within the normal range.
For the time being, he focused his suspicion on several older concubines in the palace, who had more power and energy to receive these medicinal herbs.
Chu Songjun felt the pain.
He straightened his long sleeves, and the tadpoles were burrowing into his flesh.
The snake will be here soon.
He had to move somewhere else.
Before leaving, inexplicably.
For some unknown reason, Chu Songjun turned around and asked, "Is Empress Qing the only one pregnant in the palace?"
The Twenty-Third Prince shook his head.
The emperor was like a stallion, contributing a lot to the population of Xijing.
He counted them off: "Before Empress Qing, Empress Luo, Empress Shi, and Empress Hua were also pregnant."
"Do you know the month?"
Chu Songjun couldn't help but ask.
The twenty-third prince counted on his fingers and recalled: "Empress Qing and Empress Hua were four months old, Empress Luo was six months old, and Empress Shi was eight months old."
"After a while, when Madam Shi gives birth to a child, the palace will distribute round cakes to celebrate. There's no doubt about it!"
"in this way……"
Chu Songjun did not delay any longer and immediately began to avoid the snake's hunting.
This time it took longer, and the snake's overly sensitive perception almost made it impossible for him to escape from the hunting range.
The later it gets, the more intense the snakes hunt.
I guess at midnight, the snake will be able to eat the frog! End the cycle!
Time is running out.
Chu Songjun spent some time drawing a portrait of the nobleman who had met with the old woman.
He guessed that this was a eunuch who had come out of a palace.
It's getting dark.
The eunuch was not found in Empress Shi's palace, and Chu Songjun went to other palaces one after another, but still did not find him.
Is he going in the wrong direction?
Sudden.
Halfway through, I saw red lanterns hanging on both sides of the palace road, and the cold wind was blowing sparsely.
Some hurried voices sounded in their ears.
The twenty-third prince carefully poked his head out to take a look, and whispered, "It's my father's sedan chair. Judging from the direction, it seems to be heading to a certain queen's palace."
The twenty-third prince couldn't help but frown when he said this: "Did something go wrong? Why is father so anxious?"
He was surprised and said, "Last time the flood in the valley affected three cities, he was not in a hurry, but why is he so anxious this time?"
By the time the emperor's carriage passed by, the full moon had already risen.
The sound of the snake spitting out its tongue rang in Chu Songjun's ears again.
His face changed.
The snake's movements are getting faster and faster!
A pitch-black vortex appeared out of nowhere. Chu Songjun gritted his teeth, and the evil spirits rushed out in droves, picked up the man and escaped together.
Lin Xiaohe's eyes suddenly shed tears of blood.
Snakes are experts at hunting.
Always able to catch the slightest trace of prey.
The Situ brothers tried to rescue them. They shouted and swung the small hammers in their hands, smashing the red wall. Their eyes were red and strange facial features were looming on their faces.
But their movements were too violent and could not cause any harm to the sensitive snakes.
Things have reached a dead end.
Chu Songjun understood that this cycle had come to an end.
But this time the harvest was fruitful, and he seemed to have locked on the source of the disaster.
It was still before midnight, and Jueming painfully climbed up Chu Songjun's shoulder from the shadows. He cried and screamed, and his ghost claws hooked around Chu Songjun's neck.
Chu Songjun was just about to close his eyes and welcome the end.
Suddenly, he opened his eyes wide and saw a dazzling light bursting out in the palace!
Decompose and devour all surrounding buildings in an instant.
An illusory shadow rose from the beam of light.
Blood is blooming and the cycle restarts again.
This time, he has grasped hope!
[I offer my life to the great **** and beg for the passage of time! ]
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