Jiaochu

Chapter 204 Marriage Talisman ([-])

"The eyes are the window to the heart, and if the heart is clear, the eyes are clear. The eyes of these puppets have been closed and they have become a pair of puppets." Xi Mu said, "Only the caster himself can untie the spell."

Hearing the last sentence, Yanjiang suddenly felt a headache. The caster had already gone to the underworld. He couldn't go down there to fight with the Lord of Hell...

"This person should be hopeless. I wonder if there is any other way, sir?"

Xi Mu slowly shook his head and said: I don't know much about this kind of witchcraft. You might as well ask the Star Officer of Si Tianjian. "

"One more thing." Yan Jiang took out another piece of white cloth from his arms, which was wrapped with the cut black thread. In the bright light, it showed a very detailed structure. It was made of multiple hairs. It has lost its luster, and has lost its vitality just like the withered person. "If I'm not mistaken, this should be human hair."

Hearing that it was human hair, Ye Lingxi felt a little goosebumps, then he picked up the tea cup and took another sip of tea.

"According to the general, there must be something weird about this rope." Ye Lingjue said.

Yanjiang nodded and said: "A knife cannot cut such a thin rope. If it is hair, it should be broken in one cut. Moreover, Long Shadow Guard's sabers are all made of fine steel, let alone cutting such a thin rope. It can also cut through wire.”

"This should be puppet silk." Xi Mu said.

"Not hair?" Yan Jiang said.

"It's hair." Xi Mu said.

Yanjiang: "..."

"Puppet silk is made from the hair of people with great resentment. I don't know exactly how it is made." At this point, Xi Mu paused for a moment, "However, this puppet silk has an extremely sinister use. He can make living puppets."

Hearing the last four words, Ye Lingxi's expression changed. After a few seconds, she picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea. If something went wrong last night, her mother-in-law...

"Are you hungry, princess? Why don't you go back to eat first?" Yanjiang saw that the little girl was a little frightened, so he wanted someone to go back and have a meal first to calm down the shock.

Ye Lingxi shook his head and said that he was not hungry and would eat later. He also took the initiative to ask what this living puppet was. Yanjiang really admired the courage of the little girl. If it were the little girl next to him, he would have been scared away by now. .

Ximu replied that the living puppet is a stand-in for the caster, and any damage suffered by the caster will be transferred to the stand-in.

Isn't this just a case of being taken advantage of, Ye Ling Xixin said.

"Sir, you are well-informed. Have you seen this puppet silk anywhere else?" Yan Jiang asked.

Xi Mu said: "Can I ask you a question first?"

"Sir, please speak."

"How is this puppet wire cut?"

Yanjiang drew a dagger from his sleeve and said, "Use it to cut." His eyes followed the sharp cold light across the blade, "This is made of black iron, it can break gold and stone."

Ximu nodded.After Yan Jiang put away the dagger, Xi Mu told a rumor about the puppet silk.

It is said that a hundred years ago in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, there was a demon concubine who sacrificed young children to the evil gods in order to win favor and obtained evil things like puppet silk. After that, the concubines in the palace committed suicide one after another in mysterious circumstances, and even the queen almost did not survive. Later, The demon concubine was summoned by the high priest to be burned with fire.

After hearing this weird and horrifying rumor, Yanjiang rubbed his chin and thought for a moment, then suddenly smiled and said, "I'm already hungry after talking for so long."

Just at this time, the palace servants from the imperial dining room came to Youzhu Pavilion to deliver lunch.

Seeing that it was a bland vegetarian dish with not even a hint of oil in it, Yanjiang said goodbye and left, thinking of going to Lu Ji’s Whole Roast Chicken to satisfy his craving first~
Then Ye Lingjue also left with Ye Lingxi.

After coming out of Youzhu Pavilion, Ye Lingjue asked, "You weren't scared last night, were you?" Ye Lingxi replied, "I was hiding in the house last night and didn't see anything. Then I heard someone shouting. , and then there was no movement." He asked again, "Who is that peach blossom lady? Does the second brother know?" Ye Lingjue said, "I heard that she was a fish that slipped through the net of the Seven Kills Sect, it seems to be that one," said He stopped here, Ye Lingxi raised his head and asked, "What is that?"

"It's nothing." Ye Lingjue smiled lightly, "I'll take you back first."

……

In the afternoon, Yanjiang went to Si Tianjian again. Three star officials were still studying solutions around the pair of puppets. There was a thick pile of classics piled on the table next to them.

Yanjiang suggested that Mr. Jianzheng should be invited out of seclusion. One person agreed and the other objected. The two of them argued with each other until their faces turned red. The other one immersed himself in studying the classics, so Yanjiang left first.

Afterwards, Yanjiang went to the imperial study room to report on the progress of the investigation. He met Commander Wu outside the imperial study room. Yanjiang asked how the investigation of the "water ghost" who had lured Ye Lingxi into the water was going. Commander Wu shook his head. The clues were in Liuli Garden. It was disconnected there, and after the two had a brief conversation, Commander Wu left first. After Yan Jiang stood outside the imperial study room and waited for a while, Eunuch De came out and took him in.

On the way, Eunuch De reminded him in a low voice that the emperor was not in a good mood. When Yanjiang came over, he heard a cry of "bastard!" After Ye Lanchen took a sip of tea to calm down, Yanjiang advised him, "Your Majesty, calm down." .”

"Let's all go down first."

After Eunuch De and all the attendants left, Ye Lanchen threw a booklet to the table and said, "Take a look." Yanjiang opened the booklet and browsed it quickly, looking slightly surprised, "So many?"

"You are really brave enough to steal things under my nose. It seems that you don't want your head anymore." Ye Lanchen sneered.

After Yanjiang closed the book and put it back on the table, Ye Lanchen asked: "Has everything been checked in Yangzhou?" Yanjiang replied: "Wei Chen asked Long Yingwei to follow the account book given by Commander Wu. After tracing the goods recorded in the account book, two transportation channels have been obtained. However, there is an account in the account book that is a bit strange. There are only records of incoming and outgoing, without the name and quantity of the goods. Wei Chen suspects that there is another secret transportation channel, Long. The Shadow Guards are still investigating and have found some clues."

The account book Yan Jiang mentioned was one of the things Mo Huitou gave to Yan Fei at Hanshan Temple after escorting Mrs. Fang and her son to Beijing.

"Next year's imperial examination is about to be replaced." Ye Lanchen looked at the booklet in front of him, his eyes as cold as swords.

The temperature in the royal study seemed to have suddenly dropped to freezing point.

After waiting silently for a few seconds, Yanjiang asked carefully: "Your Majesty, um, I have something to report. It's about Concubine Lan and the third princess."

"Say it." Ye Lanchen calmed down the coldness in his eyes.

Yan Jiang then told the story about the puppet silk that he heard from Youzhu Pavilion.When he heard the rumor about Eastern Zhou, Ye Lanchen's expression moved slightly, as if he thought of his eldest daughter who was far away in Eastern Zhou.

(End of this chapter)