Jiaochu

Chapter 201 Marriage Talisman ([-])

After knocking on the door several times, Yanjiang waited for about half a cup of tea. The old butler's old voice came from inside and asked who it was. After Yanjiang reported his identity, the old butler asked him to wait. Go and spread the word yourself.After another cup of tea, the old housekeeper came back and opened the door to let Yan Jiang in.

"Is Lady Peach Blossom here?" Yanjiang asked straight to the point.

The old housekeeper shook his head and said nothing more.

Yan Jiang said: "I heard that this lady and the princess went to the palace together. Didn't they come back together?"

The old housekeeper shook his head again and replied: "My lord, please forgive me, I don't know."

"I want to go to this lady's residence first, but I don't know if it's convenient." Yan Jiang said.

The old housekeeper did not refuse and led Yanjiang to Lady Peach Blossom's residence.After crossing a moon cave door, a brightly blooming crabapple tree came into view, exuding a faint fragrance. Next to it was a stone table with two stone benches facing it.

Yanjiang scanned the scenery in the yard and went straight to the house in front. When he was about to reach the door, Princess Pingyang hurriedly came with two maids.

Yanjiang was about to salute, but the princess asked him not to do so, and asked anxiously: "General, are you here for Lady Peach Blossom?" Yanjiang nodded, "The origin of this lady is a bit strange. I have something on my hands. One of the cases being investigated is also related to this lady. If the princess knows anything, please tell the truth."

After Princess Pingyang hesitated for a while, she asked the housekeeper and the two maids to leave first. She first asked about what the peach blossom lady had committed. Yanjiang said it was confidential and could not tell anyone. Princess Pingyang thought that the peach blossom lady was some kind of imperial court official. Guilty, tell me everything about the marriage talisman.

"I would like to ask one more question, did the princess tell her and the prince's birthdays?" Yan Jiang said.

Princess Pingyang nodded anxiously, "Is everything going to be okay?"

"Don't worry, Princess. I'll go inside and take a look inside to see if I can find any clues." Yan Jiang asked again as he opened the door, "Why didn't that peach blossom lady come back with the Princess?" Princess Pingyang said hesitantly, " She...she said she was unwell and left the palace first." Yanjiang thought for a while and walked into the room.

There were no lights in the room, the light was dim, and there was a hint of enchanting fragrance in the air. After the maid lit the lamp, the bright yellow light immediately illuminated the room.

As Yanjiang walked in, he glanced at the furnishings on both sides. After bypassing the screen and reaching the inner room, he immediately caught sight of the mahogany box placed at the head of the bed. It was flat in shape and had a small golden lock hanging on it.Yanjiang pulled the lock off directly, which shocked Princess Pingyang. She was even more frightened when she saw what was inside.

There were four pairs of puppets in the box. Each pair was wrapped together with black thread. The black thread of one pair was broken, revealing the names and birthdays written in cinnabar on the two puppets. The bright color was like dark red. It was like blood, making people's scalp numb just looking at it.

Yanjiang's expression suddenly turned cold when he saw the names on the two puppets.

The names and birthdays of Yan Fei and Luo Jinxiu were written on them respectively. The black lines were broken after Yan Fei woke up.

Of the other three pairs, Yanjiang has already guessed that two of them are Liu Hong and Miss Wen Er, and King Pingyang and Princess. The remaining pair of puppets have cracked, and the black threads wrapped around them seem to have faded, and the middle sections have become a little bit... It's gray, as if it's been there for a long time.

"This... this is... witchcraft?" Princess Pingyang's voice was trembling with fear, "What should I do? Will the prince be fine?" "Princess, please rest assured, Si Tianjian's star officer is familiar with the art of Yin Yang and the Five Elements. There is a way to crack it," Yan Jiang said.

Princess Pingyang felt relieved now.

"I'll take this box away first. I've already deployed people nearby. As soon as the peach lady appears, I'll arrest her immediately."

"Thank you, General. Don't let the prince know about this... yet."

"I'll take my leave now and won't disturb the prince."

Princess Pingyang asked the old housekeeper to send Yanjiang out of the house, and gave a few more instructions when the old housekeeper came back.On the other side, King Pingyang was painting contentedly in his study, unaware of Yanjiang's visit.

After dinner, Ye Lingxi looked at the darkening sky and felt a little depressed. She wondered if the peach blossom lady's change of face had left some psychological shadow in her subconscious, so she hugged a small pillow and went to sleep with her mother and concubine. Concubine Lan was so troubled by the story of her mother-in-law and her father that she acted coquettishly and cheated, so she told her a story about the piano and flute ensemble.

Tonight is the last quarter of the moon, and a bean sprout-like crescent moon hangs in the dark night sky. Most of the lights in the palace have been extinguished, and only the imperial study room is still lit.

Deeper and more exposed, everything is quiet

A phantom floated in quietly from outside the palace wall of Wuyang Palace, and silently went to the sleeping hall at the back.

An enchanting white hand gently opened the door, and the phantom walked in, walked around the screen, and walked towards the bed in a leisurely pace. After stopping two steps away from the bed, it raised the enchanting white hand again. A black silk thread flew out of his hand, passed through the curtain and aimed at the person on the bed. When the silk thread was wound up, it flew out again, and a pillow was pulled out.

The two Long Shadow Guards, who had been hiding in the dormitory for a long time, came over from behind the screen, and soon the sound of fighting could be heard in the palace.

The next moment the door suddenly opened, the black silk thread flew out from behind the door, like a dragon and snake swimming away, and quickly wrapped around the sharp swords in the hands of the other two dragon shadow guards. I don't know what the thread was made of, it was very tough. , glowing red in the night, exuding a strange and ominous atmosphere.

When the four dragon shadow guards were restrained by the silk thread, the phantom quickly flew across the yard and flew outside the wall, and was intercepted by another figure in the air. The two of them fought back and forth in the air, and the slender figure fell back to the roof. , that enchanting phantom landed lightly on the wall.

Four dragon shadow guards quickly surrounded the people inside and outside the wall.

"It's so late, has the girl not left the palace yet?" Yan Jiang asked in a relaxed and casual tone.

Peach Blossom Lady's white face can still be seen clearly under the thin moonlight, and her enchanting voice sounds more charming than in the daytime, "How do you know that I haven't left the palace? I thought I wouldn't." Someone knows."

"Have you never heard a saying, girl? If you want others to know nothing, you have to do nothing yourself. If the girl stays at home and sleeps, she won't fall into the hands of this subordinate." As soon as the words fell, Yanjiang swooped over, Lady Peach Blossom repeated her old trick, and the black and red silk thread quickly wrapped around the sharp dagger in Yan Jiang's hand. She raised her red lips, quite confident in the tenacity of the thread.

(End of this chapter)