Capture the Jade:
Du Tinglan was secretly taken aback, how could Yuyi know Lu Zhaoan’s name just after she arrived in Chang’an?
Thinking about it, the Jinshi Banquet in Yuedeng Pavilion was so lively, and Lu Zhaoan was the leader of this year. Ayu has many eyes and ears, so it’s not surprising that he knows it.
She nodded shyly: “Yes.”
Madam Du was heartbroken: “So you went out of the nunnery privately to meet this Lu Zhaoan?”
Du Tinglan clenched the corner of the quilt tightly, tears fell down like broken beads, Teng Yuyi silently patted Du Tinglan’s shoulder and back, waited for her to calm down a little, and asked with restraint, “Sister, what happened afterwards?”
Du Tinglan wiped away her tears, and managed to calm down: “I want to get back those letters. I am afraid that my mother will find out that I have left Jingfu Temple, so I hurried to the bamboo forest. Unexpectedly, a large number of servants came from outside the bamboo forest. A curtain was set up in front of the forest and no one was allowed to pass through, so I found out that Cheng Wang’s son wanted to take a shortcut to go to the Yuedeng Pavilion for Cuju.”
“Becoming the son of a king?”
“Yes.” Du Tinglan cried for a while and became calmer, slowly recalling, “At that time, several calf carts were blocked outside the forest. Zhi passed by the west side of the bamboo forest, and found that there was no curtain at the entrance to the west, and Lu Zhaoan and I met at the northwest corner, so we turned back, and there was no one blocking the west side of the bamboo forest.”
Teng Yuyi thought to herself, so it turns out that Lin Chengyou made people seal the forest, but sister could still enter the forest.
“Hong Nu and I waited in the forest for a while, but Lu Zhaoan never showed up. It was dark in the bamboo forest. I got scared and was about to leave along the same path. At this moment, a woman’s laughter came from the treetops. , Looking up, I saw a black giant squatting silently on the treetops, before we called for help, the thing jumped down, and what happened after that… I don’t know.”
Du Tinglan thought of that scary scene, and his complexion turned pale in an instant. Mrs. Du patted and comforted, and it took a long time for Du Tinglan to calm down.
Teng Yu said coldly: “Sister, did you see Lu Zhaoan in the bamboo forest at that time?”
Du Tinglan shook her head with lingering fears and said, “It’s too dark in the bamboo forest. If you want to distinguish the way in the forest, you must bring a lantern. But when Hong Nu and I had an accident, we didn’t hear people’s voices, nor did we see any nearby people appear. Looking at the lighting, it can be seen that Lu Zhaoan either didn’t intend to attend the appointment at all, or he hadn’t arrived at the bamboo forest yet.”
Teng Yuyi sneered and said: “When Duanfu and I went in, we saw no one else except the monster, and after we rescued my cousin, no one was watching or wandering around.”
Madam Du was trembling with anger: “What a coward! I guess he either ran away long ago, or hid aside.”
She glared at Du Tinglan with red eyes: “You can tell my mother what to say, such a well-behaved child is actually behind her mother’s back… That’s all, I still like such a shameless person!”
Du Tinglan didn’t regret it, she paid for her infatuation by mistake, and almost lost her life. She burst into tears and said in a mournful voice: “Madam can teach her daughter what she wants, and every mistake is the daughter’s fault. Madam, don’t hurt yourself.”
Even though Mrs. Du was annoyed, she finally felt that her daughter was wronged. She glared at her for a while, then hugged Du Tinglan into her arms, and the mother and daughter cried together.
Teng Yuyi’s eyes are cold, this person is not a coward, he is clearly a cruel and merciless scum, if his cousin and red slave were really killed by Lu Zhao’an in the previous life, this time he saw someone doing something for him, maybe it’s in his favor.
There is only one thing that doesn’t make sense. Lin Chengyou passed by the bamboo forest at that time. If the monster was also in the forest, with Lin Chengyou’s skills, it is impossible not to notice it, so the thing should have sneaked in after Lin Chengyou left.
In such a short period of time, the old dryad discovered the hiding places of the cousin and the red slave and attacked them, wouldn’t it be too coincidental?
If you want to find a beautiful woman as prey, why not go to a crowded place, but choose such a secluded place instead.
It’s a pity that before the old demon explained the matter clearly, he was disturbed by a strange thunder, and Lin Chengyou accidentally beat him into his original shape.
“We must not let this **** go.” Mrs. Du said angrily, “Not to mention that your letters are still in Lu Zhaoan’s hands, it is uncertain whether what happened that night has anything to do with him, I have to tell you about it Grandpa, let your grandpa make up your mind.”
Du Yuzhi and Du Shaotang came during the conversation, Madam Du did not wait for the father and son to look at Du Tinglan, and told the story in detail.
Du Yuzhi rolled his eyes and passed away on the spot.
Madam Du and Du Shaotang pinched the crowd for a while, and Du Yuzhi woke up leisurely.
Du Tinglan felt extremely guilty, if Teng Yuyi hadn’t stopped her, she almost fell off the couch.
Du Yuzhi was so angry that his hands and feet were freezing, and he didn’t care to teach his daughter a lesson, so he scolded Lu Zhaoan first.
He worked in the Guozijian, and he also read Lu Zhaoan’s poems after the list was published. At that time, he felt that the momentum was far away.
“If it weren’t for the fear of ruining Lan’er’s reputation, I would expose this person’s conduct tomorrow. How could the court tolerate such a dog. Let me think about what crime to use, yes, loan repayment Tomorrow, I will sue Lu Zhaoan to the Ministry of Officials on the grounds that he did not repay the loan. At that time, let alone passing the selection test, this villain may not even be able to keep his fame.”
Ms. Du was astonished and said: “The master can’t even produce an IOU, and sued for no reason. Not only will Lu Zhaoan not convict him, but he may even accuse the master of framing him.”
Du Yuzhi paused: “I’m confused! Then go ahead and investigate. A villain like him has been in Chang’an for more than three months. He always has misbehavior. Once I find the fault, I will immediately find Yushi An old friend in Taiwan impeached him, as long as he can sue him, it will be regarded as a treason for the court. I will also write to Yangzhou, and I must inquire about all the behaviors of this person in Yangzhou.”
Du Shaotang has always had a close relationship with his sister. Since he entered the house, he has been making handkerchiefs for his sister with red eyes. Hearing what his father said, he is also excited: “My son will find someone right away, no, there is no need to go to such trouble. , I will immediately find someone to cover this **** with a cloth bag and beat him with a headache.”
Mrs. Du shouted: “Come back! Be careful to show your flaws, and this person is in our hands. Don’t show your anger and fold you in. Even if you want to teach that person, it’s your grandfather’s fault.” Come out.”
Du Shaotang was discouraged, stomped his feet softly and said: “This will not work and that will not work, so what should I do.”
Squatting in front of my sister’s bed while talking, I have no idea.
Teng Yuyi thought to himself, what Uncle and Shaotang were thinking were all obvious methods, but to deal with a villain like Lu Zhaoan, ordinary methods would not work.
Zheng Pushe is a cautious person. Before he was able to marry his only daughter to Lu Zhaoan in his previous life, he must have done a thorough investigation. It can be seen how good this person is usually at covering up.
Perhaps Lu Zhaoan’s only flaw is his cousin, so when he was married to the Zheng family in his previous life, this person was eager to erase this sum.
Du Yuzhi said angrily: “Don’t be afraid, I’ll go out and make arrangements.”
Teng Yu said coldly: “Uncle, how do you plan to do this?”
Du Yuzhi said angrily: “Let Dong’er find someone, hire eight or nine people from the market, and find out everything that Lu Zhaoan has done in the past few months!”
“Good idea. But my uncle has never dealt with people in the market, should I check their details before hiring people?”
Du Yuzhi was stunned: “This…”
“It’s really a lot of money to hire so many people to investigate. If you don’t find out the clues in ten and a half months, when will you find out?”
Du Yuzhi stroked his beard frequently: “Then keep investigating! As long as you can teach that **** a lesson, at worst, sell some permanent property!”
Teng Yuyi said: “Then where does Uncle plan to start the investigation, and how will he negotiate with those street people?”
Du Yuzhi snorted coldly: “I’ll do it myself, I don’t believe it can’t be arranged well.”
Teng Yuyi had a headache. His uncle appeared to be firm and unyielding, but he was actually innocent. If he really asked him to come forward in person, this matter would definitely fail.
She said: “Such rascals are a double-edged sword. When there are too many people, their words will become mixed. If my uncle can’t control them, not only will he not be able to catch Lu Zhaoan, but he may also provoke him. Trouble.”
Du Yuzhi and Mrs. Du were terrified, yes, they were not afraid of anything else, but they were afraid of leaking Lan’er’s privacy.
Teng Yuyi said earnestly: “I have something to say, I don’t know if uncle is willing to listen.”
Du Yuzhi waved his hand impatiently: “But it’s okay.”
“Can you hand over this matter to my grandfather’s subordinates to investigate?”
Du Yuzhi raised his head in surprise, Teng Yuyi smiled and said: “The longer this matter drags on, the worse it will be for sister. My grandfather’s subordinates have been in the army for a long time, and they have their own way of dealing with villains. Let them deploy earlier, so as not to make trouble Other troubles.”
Du Yuzhi is hesitant, his salary is only enough to maintain the family, in order to save money, many servants have already been dismissed, there are not many servants in the family, they are all old and weak, women and children, if he doesn’t care, he will go to Xishi to hire people, it will be a waste The money that went in was indeed not a fraction.
Besides, what Ayu said makes sense, he has never dealt with people in the market, even if he went to the West Market to find them temporarily, the miscellaneous beards he found were all naughty, in case Lan’er’s reputation was damaged by their words , but the gain outweighs the loss.
Teng Yuyi waited patiently for his uncle to let go. The uncle has a bad temper, and it is normal for him not to lose face, but when it comes to the important matters of the children, the uncle will never play with his temper indiscriminately.
Du Tinglan had been wiping away tears silently, but seeing her father’s refusal, she persuaded softly: “Grandpa, Ayu and Uncle are not outsiders, and there are many difficulties in talking about this matter. In order to avoid long nights and dreams, we still need Grandpa.” Make a decision early.”
Teng Yuyi breathed a sigh of relief, her cousin was far more gentle than her uncle, but she was the most decisive one in the family.
Madam Du nodded and said: “What Yu’er and Lan’er said is that they are afraid that if they fail to find Lu Zhaoan’s handle, they will harm Lan’er, master, just do as Yu’er said, and leave this matter to my brother-in-law Those old subordinates.”
Du Yuzhi sighed heavily: “Forget it, I blame the old man for his incompetence.”
As soon as the words came out, I suddenly realized that the words were misunderstood, cleared my throat, and said uncomfortably: “Yu’er, I will leave everything to you.”
Teng Yuyi got up and returned the gift: “There is one more thing that needs to be discussed with my uncle and aunt in advance. Lu Zhaoan originally avoided seeing my cousin, but last night he asked my cousin to go to the bamboo forest for an unprecedented time. Later, my cousin bumped into the monster, and Lu Zhaoan escaped in such a timely manner. , upon careful investigation, there are many suspicious things.”
Madam Du and Du Yuzhi were in shock: “Could it be that you suspect that the monster has something to do with Lu Zhaoan?”
Teng Yuyi snorted: “There is no conclusion on this matter, but just as Lu Zhaoan asked his cousin to go to the bamboo forest, the monster appeared. If it is purely a coincidence, I don’t believe it. Today’s saints hate demons and crooked ways the most. If Lu Zhaoan is found out to be evil and harm people, this person’s official career will be ruined, and he will not even think about staying in Chang’an City in the future.”
Du Shaotang was refreshed, and ran to Teng Yuyi and said, “Cousin Yu, how should we investigate?”
“We don’t understand Taoism, but fortunately, someone is already investigating. As long as you find a way to make this person suspect Lu Zhaoan, you may not be able to find out the truth.”
The people in the room said in unison: “Who is that person?”
Teng Yuyi said: “A Taoist priest of Qingyun Temple.”
Madam Du thought about it: “Daoist Master Qingxuzi is not in Chang’an at the moment—”
Suddenly thought of someone, and opened his eyes wide: “Is he the son of a king?”
Du Yuzhi showed a lightning-like expression: “No, no! This kid has been unscrupulous since he was a child. It’s better for us to provoke him less.”
Teng Yuyi raised her eyebrows. Uncle rarely had such a frightened expression on his face, which shows that Lin Chengyou is well-known.
Madam Du said: “Master, we had dealings with Prince Cheng last night, and his temper is a bit arrogant, but he is very smart and knows the importance. It’s just Yu’er, if he attracts Prince Cheng to intervene in this matter, Can’t the matter between Lan’er and Lu Zhaoan be hidden?”
Teng Yuyi thought about it and said: “Auntie, don’t forget, Prince Cheng sent a little Taoist priest to ask about things in the bamboo forest last night. Does Auntie think that even if we don’t tell him, Prince Cheng won’t investigate in detail?
Du Shaotang couldn’t help coughing. He had a classmate of the Imperial College whose grandfather was an official of Dali Temple. Last year, Lin Chengyou passed the Mingjing test and went to work in Dali Temple. This classmate often told them about Lin Chengyou.
He came and went, and he knew a little about the temper of this Prince Cheng.
He timidly said to his mother-in-law: “If Prince Cheng hadn’t given the Six Yuan Pill as a gift, my sister would have died long ago. If Prince Cheng wanted to investigate the case, but our family deliberately lied, things would only be more troublesome. “
A chill came from the backs of Du Yuzhi and Mrs. Du.
Du Shaotang said again: “At this point, the best way is to tell the truth. If you really want to wait for Prince Cheng to find out something, then don’t expect to get his help. As for the matter of sister’s private meeting, Cheng Wang Shizi…Cheng Wang Shizi doesn’t seem to be the kind of person who likes to gossip.”
Du Yuzhi stroked his beard silently, the son of Cheng Wang had no other children, he beat the prince of Bohai Kingdom when he was ten years old, and pulled out a snow-white beard from Wu Shizhong when he was fourteen years old, but even if this son has a stinky body, he has never heard of it He cares about right and wrong.
Teng Yuyi opened his mouth: “Although I don’t know much about Lin Chengyou’s character, but this gentleman is not only the eldest son of Cheng Wang and his wife, but also has been taught by Qing Xuzi for so many years, no matter how ridiculous he thinks, there is a bottom line. The most important thing One point is, no matter whether Zheng Pushe wants to marry his daughter to Lu Zhaoan or not, as long as Lin Chengyou can find out that the monster is related to Lu Zhaoan, Zheng Pushe will never dare to come forward to protect the person, and with Lin Chengyou’s temper, Lu Zhaoan will definitely be overwhelmed Let’s go.”
In this way, the Teng Mansion and Du Mansion will save a lot of energy.
Madam Du thought about it and said: “Yu’er and Shaotang are right, master, if we don’t wait for the two little Taoists to come to the door, we will take the initiative to tell Prince Cheng why Lan’er went to the bamboo forest.”
Du Yuzhi pursed his lips stubbornly, but his heart was already loose. Today, for some reason, he was repeatedly challenged by his old wife and juniors. He is the head of the family. Even if he agrees in his heart, he is not willing to show it easily .
During the stalemate, a servant came in and replied: “Master, madam, the two Taoist priests of Qingyun Temple are here.”
Madam Du’s eyes lit up: “Please let them in.”
Du Tinglan waved to Teng Yuyi: “Ayu, help me put on my outer clothes.”
Teng Yuyi got up and went around the screen, after a while, Juesheng and Qizhi were led in by the servants, they stood in the room, and said in unison: “The poor are polite.”
Du Yuzhi replied politely: “Two priests, please take your seat.”
Juesheng and Qizhi pretended to be old-fashioned: “Pindao came to visit the wounded. He rested all night. I don’t know how many wounded people woke up.”
Du Yu knew: “I’m awake, I’m just vomiting, I don’t dare to ask a medical officer without permission, I just wait for the Taoist priest to check.”
Juesheng groaned maturely: “This is the residual poison that has not been cleared, just use some detoxification prescriptions.”
Madam Du warmly invited Juesheng Qizhi to enter: “Two priests, please go this way. The little girl was a little confused when she just woke up, and she was afraid when talking about what happened last night.”
While speaking, Juesheng and Qizhi came to the screen, and Teng Yuyi had already cooked for Du Tinglan. Du Tinglan couldn’t get up, so she had to sit by the bed and raised her hands in front of her forehead: “I have seen the two priests .”
Juesheng and Qizhi said “offended”, stepped forward to look at Du Tinglan’s eyelids, nodded, asked Du Tinglan to stick out her tongue, and finally looked at the nails and palms. He looked at Du Tinglan with his head down.
Mrs. Du and Du Shaotang were secretly surprised. They didn’t know how Taoist Master Qing Xuzi taught them. Although these two children were young, they could not find any mistakes in their words and deeds.
“It’s nothing serious.” Juesheng took out the medicine bottle from his arms, “Take the pills here and grind them up. Take one pill with water every morning.”
After that, Juesheng looked around: “Where are the other wounded?”
Teng Yuyi was worried about Duanfu: “Baizhi and Hongnu are in the side room. I heard they have woken up. The injured servant is placed in the front yard. The steward has not yet answered.”
Juesheng and Qizhi said: “Then let’s look at the two maidservants first.”
Baizhi and Hongnu’s situation is far worse than Du Tinglan’s. After waking up, they screamed continuously.
The last is Duanfu, who was placed in Songyun Hall in the front yard last night.
The Du family knew the importance of this old servant in Teng Yuyi’s heart. Except Mrs. Du stayed to take care of Du Tinglan, Du’s father and son spontaneously accompanied Teng Yuyi to visit Duanfu.
Duan Fu was lying on the couch silently, with an empty bowl on the table, when he saw Teng Yuyi and his party coming in, he insisted on staying on the bed.
Teng Yuyi and Du Shaotang rushed forward: “You just woke up from a serious injury, don’t talk about these empty etiquette, lie down quickly.”
Duan Fu stiffened his neck and refused to lie down, hissed: “Miss is all right?”
Teng Yuyi solemnly nodded: “I’m fine.”
Duanfu then relaxed and lay down slowly.
Juesheng and Qizhi are deeply surprised. Seeing that this man is over fifty, with gray hair, eagle nose and eyes, he seems to be of barbarian blood, and his hands are as hard as rocks. One look at him and he knows that his inner strength is extraordinary. No wonder he doesn’t Spells, but also a few tricks with such monsters.
It’s strange that the old servant seems to only have the little master in his eyes, he doesn’t pay attention to them two strangers, and he doesn’t greet Du and his son.
Du and his son are used to it, especially Du Shaotang, when he saw Duanfu for the first time a few years ago, he also mistakenly thought he was dumb,
Such a big man, he followed behind Cousin Yu silently all day long.
For a while, he always wanted to know why this man had no wife and no children, and pestered his mother to ask several times before he realized that Duanfu was an eunuch.
Sometimes there are banquets in the mansion, the little guests think Duan Fu is weird, they can’t help teasing him, Duan Fu has a terrifying appearance, but he has a very good temper, even if he is teased severely, he just backs down silently.
But Cousin Yu, anyone who dares to provoke her Duanfu will lose his temper, and with Cousin Yu’s protection, no one will dare to tease Duanfu again.
Du Shaotang thought, last night in the forest, if Duan Fu hadn’t resisted for a while, his elder sister might have died in the forest, so he had already added a respect to Duan Fu.
“Duanfu, these are the two Taoist priests of Qingyun Temple.” Du Shaotang said warmly, “You were the most injured last night, your arm was broken, it’s rare that the Taoist priests came to the door in person, take this opportunity to ask them to take a good look at you Look.”
Duan Fu did not respond to this, just like a wooden stake, Du Shaotang scratched his head in embarrassment, Teng Yuyi patted Du Shaotang on the shoulder, signaling him not to mind, then turned his head to look at Juesheng and Qizhi, solemnly Said: “Let the Taoist priest laugh, my old servant is not good at words, but he has a good heart. He fought with the tree demon at that time, and he was probably seriously injured. I refused to say it, so I can only trouble the two Taoist priests.” .”
Juesheng and Qizhi nodded solemnly: “We will take a good look at it.”
It was only then that Duan Fu reacted, and slowly turned his gaze to the two little Taoist boys.
The two of them cut off a section of Duanfu’s sleeve, a finger-wide wound was opened on the shoulder, bones could be seen inside, and there were dead flesh curled up around the edge of the wound. No poison left.
“His inner strength is profound, his blood vessels run faster than others, and he doesn’t need to take pills. He can rest for a few days, but this wound needs to be treated by a medical officer.”
With a broken arm being manipulated like this, others would have cried out in pain, but Duan Fu sat quietly and never even frowned.
Teng Yuyi said: “Duanfu, you have heard what the Taoist priest said.”
Duanfu nodded.
“It’s good to rest and rest. When the medical officers come to the door later, you have to cooperate. Be sure to ask them to take a closer look, so as not to leave the root cause of the disease.”
Duan Fu agreed.
Teng Yuyi felt relieved, and when the group arrived in the court, Juesheng and Qizhi met each other’s eyes, and said, “Senior brother sent us here. In addition to cleaning up the remaining poison of the wounded, we also asked us to inquire about the situation in the bamboo forest that night. That monster appeared strangely. If you don’t pull up the tree to find its roots, it will definitely cause a huge hidden danger. Mrs. Du is already awake, why don’t we go back to the backyard now and ask Mrs. Du to tell me what happened in the forest that night. “
Teng Yuyi glanced at his uncle, isn’t it just here.
Du Yuzhi wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Du Shaotang was also busy winking at Grandpa: Grandpa, make up your mind. You can’t hide from him. This is called etiquette before soldiers. When Lin Chengyou comes to ask in person, he will never be so polite.
Du Yuzhi’s facial features were tangled into a ball, his brows loosened and then tightened, then tightened and loosened, and finally made up his mind: “My little girl did think of some strange things, but I ask the two Taoist priests to tell the prince that it is related to the privacy of the Du family. The fewer people who know the better, even if you want to say it, you can only tell it to the prince alone, and you need to ask the prince to keep it secret and not spread it. The prince has always taken it as his duty to uphold the good and eliminate the evil, so I think he will not refuse.”
Juesheng and Qizhi were stunned for a moment, and they could only talk to the senior brother alone?
Du Yuzhi’s face was rigid, saying that there was absolutely no room for negotiation on this matter.
The two nodded in a daze and said: “Okay, let’s go back and tell the brother.”
Soon, he said solemnly: “By the way, there is one more thing that Pindao needs to talk to Mrs. Teng alone.”
Du Yuzhi and Du Shaotang looked at Teng Yuyi in surprise, Teng Yuyi smiled inwardly, this was agreed in advance, the leader of Juesheng Xiaodao came to the door with itchy insects, she took out the emerald sword for him to play with, it seems Juesheng has not forgotten Last night’s agreement, so I coughed: “Uncle, Shao Tang, why don’t you go ahead, and I will stay with the two priests to say a few words.”
Du Shaotang became more and more confused, and wanted to ask a few questions, but he was afraid that Cousin Yu would be unhappy. Du Yuzhi held his hands and said nothing, it was against the rules to reason like this, but these two little Taoist priests were only eight or nine years old, so there was really nothing to avoid suspicion, so they gave a few words of advice with a straight face, and took Du Shaotang away first.
There is a small flying wing pavilion in the corner of the garden, and Teng Yuyi pointed to that side: “Two priests, why don’t we talk in the pavilion.”
Juesheng and Qizhi’s faces were tense, but they walked unconsciously: “We are very busy, we have to leave after a few words.”
Teng Yuyi smiled and nodded, let Chunrong and Biluo stay where they were, and went to the pavilion with Juesheng and Qizhi.
When she arrived at the pavilion, she took the lead in placing the emerald sword generously on the stone table: “Here, please appreciate the two priests.”
Juesheng and Qizhi pretended not to be interested in the Emerald Sword, and looked at the garden for a long time, but Teng Yuyi didn’t see her. Finally, Juesheng couldn’t help it: “Ms. Teng, why don’t you ask us?” Do you have itchy bugs?”
Teng Yuyi was slightly surprised: “What tickle?”
The two quickly exchanged glances, what’s going on, why is it different from what was expected, Lady Teng took out the jade sword, but she didn’t ask them for tickles.
The two looked at the Emerald Sword wonderingly.
It was too far away last night, so I didn’t see it for real. It will be placed under the sun. The tip of this sword is colored glaze, as smooth as ice.
Qizhi held it up carefully: “It’s really a divine object, but unfortunately, even the senior brother can’t see the origin of this sword.”
Juesheng was also full of praise: “It’s strange to say that this sword looks like emerald, but if it is really made of emerald, how can it not be damaged at all?”
Qizhi was about to speak, when he suddenly said in surprise, “Huh? I read it right, why didn’t the sword glow light up last night? Juesheng, take a closer look.”
Juesheng rubbed his eyes: “There seems to be something wrong.”
As he spoke, he took out a piece of black talisman paper from his bosom, and ignited a red glow, intending to burn the blade.
Teng Yuyi snatched the emerald sword: “Master, what are you doing?”
Jue Shengyi said solemnly: “Miss Teng, this is a taboo celebration talisman, you can use it to test the spiritual power of the magic weapon. I see something is wrong with this sword, and I am going to use this talisman to test it.”
“A taboo celebration?”
“That’s right. The so-called ‘Qingji’ is the essence of the dry lake, commonly known as the water ghost. The water ghost’s mana is low, but its resentment is extremely heavy. As long as you smear the water ghost’s corpse on the talisman, it can be used for inspection. If the spiritual power of the Taoist magic weapon is not damaged, the taboo celebration talisman will go out as soon as it is touched. But if the spiritual power of the magic weapon disappears, the fire of the talisman will never go out.”
Qizhi said, lit a talisman on his fingertips and approached the jade sword, the flame did not move at all, but replaced it with the mahogany sword in his own hand, and the flame was extinguished instantly.
Qizhi and Juesheng turned pale with shock: “Miss Teng, your sword has lost its spiritual power. If you don’t believe me, please try it yourself.”
Teng Yuyi looked back and forth at the faces of Juesheng and Qizhi, and said in a drawn-out tone: “I don’t think so, this sword was by my side last night, how could it lose its mana for no reason?”
“But the taboo celebration talisman has never been a problem…” Juesheng pondered for a moment, “Why don’t we try something else?”
Qizhi took out the Zhentan wood from his arms: “Try this.”
The two put the town altar wood in front of the talisman fire, and the flame went out without a sound. They tried several times, but Teng Yuyi’s emerald sword didn’t work.
Qizhi’s face tightened: “It’s over, Mrs. Teng, the aura on your sword can’t even compare to a single altar tree in the temple.”
Juesheng asked anxiously: “Is it because the sword spirit was bound by the monster’s aura because it was not enshrined in time after cutting off the monster’s claw? Madam Teng, you may not know that the more such an artifact, the more careful it must be.” Offering.”
“Worship?”
“That’s right, the magic weapon can maintain its spiritual power through regular offerings.”
Juesheng spread his fat hands: “Miss Teng, your sword spirit power has been damaged. If you don’t think about it quickly, it may become useless.”
The two of them talked to each other, and the more they talked, the more mysterious they became.
Teng Yuyi’s face was calm, but his heart was beating quietly.
The Emerald Sword was obtained by her after she fell into the water on the way to Chang’an. At first, she thought it was very kind. The sword was thrown back into the water.
That night she had nightmares, and the next day she searched everywhere for the sword, Cheng Bo and Duan Fu had no choice but to be caught in the net to fish it out, it was strange that the sword didn’t sink to the bottom of the river, it was picked up immediately.
The sword came back to her, and all the demons and ghosts in the dream disappeared, but even so, she never thought about the supernatural powers of this sword. Deal with demons.
Does this kind of thing need to be enshrined? Never heard of it before.
Seeing Teng Yuyi’s hesitation, Juesheng took the opportunity to say: “Naturally, there is no need to enshrine ordinary magical artifacts. That’s fine, Mrs. Teng might as well hand over the sword to us, and return it to you after the sword regains its aura. But you have to tell us first, where the sword came from.”
Teng Yuyi caressed the sword body gently: “It’s okay to give the sword to the two priests…”
Juesheng and Qizhi’s eyes lit up.
Teng Yuyi said slowly: “It’s just that I still have several rare items, which were given to me by my mother when she was dying. To be honest, the emerald sword is just the most common one.”
The eyes of Juesheng and Qizhi widened slightly. The emerald sword was enough to open their eyes, but it was just the most common one?
“If all my treasures are enshrined in Qingyun Temple, I’m afraid it will cost a lot of money.”
The two of them secretly guessed whether Teng Yuyi’s words were true or not, but she put the sword back on the stone table first without saying a word to the tickle, with an indifferent appearance, as if she really didn’t pay attention to the emerald sword.
Teng Yuyi said slowly: “If the Taoist priest is interested, I can order someone to bring the rest.”
This time even Qizhi couldn’t hold back his anger, and said cheerfully: “Then please, we just help Mrs. Teng get Qingyun Temple to worship.”
Teng Yuyi changed the subject: “It’s just—”
The two lost their voices: “How?”
“I can’t enshrine my magical artifacts in Qingyun Temple all the year round. I have to get them back one day. Can the Taoist priest tell me about the methods of enshrining the Taoist treasures?”
The two were stunned. What they did today was all taught by their senior brother. The truth is mixed with lies, and the lies are covered with a real shell. The only one is true. Taoist artifacts are indeed enshrined Law.
Since Mrs. Teng has agreed to hand over the Emerald Sword, it’s okay to say those innocuous words, because without the help of Taoist priests, even knowing the way is useless.
Qizhi sternly said: “Take brother’s soul-locking insect as an example. This thing was originally an insect. Because of its low comprehension, it could not be melted even after a thousand years of practice. Later, when I met an expert, I killed it by chance. It became a device spirit. It used to feed on bees when it was practicing, and now it still does not change its habit of eating sweet syrup. It needs to be soaked in an urn filled with sugarcane syrup every seven days, otherwise it will lose its vitality. The strength is greatly reduced.”
“It’s the first time I’ve heard of a magic weapon that likes to drink sweet syrup.” Teng Yuyi asked curiously, “What else?”
Juesheng: “There is also Master’s constant wind sweeper, which is made of wormwood by Venerable Qinglian in Zhongnan Mountain. Venerable Qinglian has a simple temperament and doesn’t like to be served close by, so he used this one back then. Heng Fengsao cleaned the courtyard by himself, pouring in his mind while cleaning, and even Heng Fengsao had spiritual power over time. After the death of Venerable Qinglian, Heng Fengsao was made into a whisk and passed on to the descendants of the Zhongnan School. The tool spirit in the whisk misses Venerable Qinglian, and will make trouble once a month, and the way to enshrine it is to use it to clean the courtyard, otherwise it will jump off the confession case and run wildly all over the courtyard.”
Teng Yuyi wondered: “Hey, how do you run around with a whisk?”
Juesheng bouncing around to demonstrate: “Just like this, one flick after another, it runs so fast that no one can catch it.”
“Interesting and interesting.” Teng Yuyi was overjoyed, “Having said so much, is there any magic weapon to eat bugs?”
“Of course there is. There is a Xuanming mirror in the temple, which is transformed by a mountain-piercing beast. This mirror can recognize the ghosts and clear away evil spirits. Put the termites in front of the mirror for it to eat, otherwise it will cry and howl in the mirror. There are fewer and fewer termites in Chang’an City recently. In order to find termites, we don’t know how many places we have to go. Later, Master used white worms instead of termites, Xuan Ming I don’t pick my mouth when I eat it.”
Teng Yuyi was surprised: “Your senior brother turned the white worms into evil itchy worms, so you can’t feed them anymore?”
Qizhi said: “Itchy worms have the function of itch worms, and white worms have the functions of white worms, they are not related to each other. And white worms are easy to grow, just in time to grow enough to feed Xuanming mirror in forty-nine days, once If the time limit is exceeded, it will fail.”
Teng Yuyi listened with relish, and asked casually: “It seems that the cycle of enshrining the spirits varies, at least a few days, and the longest?”
Juesheng said it smoothly, and then said: “The shortest is seven days, and the most is several months.”
Teng Yuyi said coldly: “Huh? If it takes seven days at the shortest, I used this sword for the first time last night. How could something go wrong overnight?”
Juesheng and Qizhi seem to be stupid, it’s just that they were too carried away and accidentally slipped their mouths.
“A taboo celebration talisman alone, I’m afraid it can’t be judged that it has lost its spiritual power.” Teng Yuyi spread his palms to the two, “Take out the tickle bug, whether the sword has lost its spiritual power, use this evil bug Just try it out.”
The two of them were twisted in their hearts. They thought that Lady Teng had been involved, but they didn’t expect that it was themselves who were involved.
If they refused to take it, it would be tantamount to admitting that they were trying to deceive the Jade Sword, and if they accidentally spread it, Qingyun Temple’s reputation would be ruined.
But if she took it out, Lady Teng would know that the Emerald Sword hadn’t lost its spiritual power when she tried it, then what the senior brother told them today would be in vain.
They worked hard in vain, but not only failed to deceive the Jade Sword, but also handed over a pack of itchy worms. If I had known that I shouldn’t have been careless just now, this lady Teng was indeed more cunning than they thought.
Teng Yuyi saw that the two did not move for a long time, and pretended to be surprised: “Why, is it possible that the Taoist priest dare not try?”
Juesheng Qizhi hesitated, the evil-suppressing thing like the emerald sword may not respond to evil insects, just try it, the worst thing is to play it by ear.
The two took a fluke and took out [Calling your life worse than death-Itchy Blossom Bug] from the armhole, and put it on the table together with the antidote.
Teng Yuyi took a closer look, and found that the pouch on the left was slightly smaller, quiet and heavy, while the bulging pouch on the right clearly had something moving.
Opening the squirming bag, the inside is full of blue, emerald green hard-shelled bugs crowded together.
Qizhi reminded Teng Yuyi: “Miss Teng, this bug moves very fast, be careful to fly on you.”
Teng Yuyi smiled and opened another package on the table: “There is nothing wrong with it, right? Here is the medicine powder? Thank you, Taoist priest, for giving me the medicine.”
Juesheng opened his mouth and nodded resentfully.
Teng Yuyi untied the string, and inside was ginger-yellow medicinal powder. When it got close, there was a light and subtle aroma.
“There are tickling bugs, and the antidote is also available.” Teng Yuyi put the package of antidote into the sleeve cage, “Whether my sword has spiritual power or not, now I can try it.”
Qizhi pouted in frustration, drew out two itchy worms from the sac, and with a “chirp” sound in his mouth, drove the worms onto the emerald sword.
The worm stretched out a pair of thin blue tentacles, and slowly climbed up the blade. The emerald sword let the poisonous worm trample on itself, quietly and unresponsive.
Juesheng sighed deliberately: “Look, this sword has indeed lost its spiritual power, and it can’t even do anything to two itchy bugs.”
Qizhi took advantage of the situation and hurriedly said: “Ms. Teng should believe this time, right? Your sword is no longer a good one. Tell the poor Taoist about the origin of the emerald sword quickly, so that the poor Taoist can figure out a way to enshrine it earlier.”
“Wait a minute.” Teng Yuyi picked up the sword, “I heard that the magic weapon also has a saying of recognizing its owner. Since this sword is mine, I should try it myself.”
As soon as the sword was in her hand, a strange light flickered on the thin blade. The two worms seemed to have sensed the danger, and a pair of almost transparent blue wings spread out, revealing the dense red bristles underneath.
Teng Yuyi frowned. Just now, he thought this bug had a unique appearance, but once his ferocious face was revealed, he no longer thought it was cute.
The bug twisted for a moment, and took Teng Yuyi as an attack target. The tentacles on its head swelled and viciously bounced off the blade.
Teng Yuyi’s heart beat faster, this thing moved like lightning, it took only a moment to be hit, and the sword in his hand was still silent, could it be that he really lost his spiritual power? At this moment, the blade of the sword shone brightly, and the two bugs fell back to the table in embarrassment as if they had been scalded.
Juesheng and Qizhi turned pale with fright, squeezed up to have a look, the emerald green worms turned into two small **** of burnt ash in an instant.
Teng Yuyi wiped the jade sword with a handkerchief, and said with a smile: “I just said, how can I lose my spiritual power for no reason? .”
The two were very embarrassed, Juesheng glanced left and right, took out the taboo celebration talisman in his arms, and said haha: “It rained every day a while ago, this talisman has long been damp, don’t be lazy if you abandon your wisdom Let’s go back and bask in the sun immediately. Madam Teng, since the Emerald Sword has not lost its spiritual power, and the wounded are all fine for the time being, it’s inconvenient for me to stay for a long time, so I’m leaving.”
Qizhi followed Juesheng despondently, it was the first time he came out to deceive people, and he lost completely, not only failed to deceive the jade sword, but also lost itchy insects and medicine powder. Brother won’t spare them, just wait for confinement when they go back.
Teng Yu pointed to the maid outside the pavilion, and said with a smile, “I have prepared several generous gifts, just to thank the two Taoist priests for their generous gift of insects.”
Juesheng raised his head listlessly, and the maidservants filed in one after another, holding a few bright red brocade boxes and standing quietly by the side.
Even the thank you gift was prepared in advance, which shows that Mrs. Teng is already bound to win the tickle bug.
The two felt deeply humiliated, and walked out proudly with a rigid face. However, Mrs. Teng’s humble remarks and generous gifts are really hard to hate.
Teng Yuyi was in a good mood, smiled and put away the pouch containing worms on the stone table, and was about to fasten the red rope when something flew out of the pouch and went straight to the emerald sword on the stone table.
She just thought it was an itchy bug again, so she didn’t pay much attention to it, but when she flew closer, she realized it was a moth covered in pitch black, Qi Zhi turned her head and saw it by accident, her eyes suddenly widened, and said anxiously: ” Lady Teng, be careful.”
Teng Yuyi hadn’t responded yet, the thing threw itself on the jade sword, only heard a “Puff”, it turned into a cloud of black smoke, the smoke circled around the sword three times, and then disappeared.
Teng Yuyi was puzzled: “This is?”
Looking closely, his complexion changed drastically. The originally translucent and bright sword blade suddenly turned gray as if it had been covered with a layer of dirt.
Qizhi and Juesheng were dumbfounded, when did the senior brother mix this thing in? Could it be that they were afraid that they would not be Madam Teng’s opponents, so they kept a hand in advance.
This is all right, the spiritual power of the Emerald Sword has been completely sealed.
Knowing something was wrong, Teng Yuyi hurriedly poured out another tickle bug and put it on the jade sword, but no matter what the tickle bug did, the jade sword was like a pool of frozen stagnant water.
Teng Yuyi looked at the two quietly: “Two priests, what is going on?”
The two of them were ordered to kill someone for the first time, so it was inevitable that they felt a little embarrassed, Juesheng slapped his forehead: “There is still something to do in Guanli, I have stayed at the mansion for so long, so I will take my leave first.”
He walked down the steps in a hurry, and said as he walked: “Miss Teng, just put the medicine powder on your skin, and the itching insects will not dare to approach you.”
Qizhi felt very sorry: “This is called the evil spirit ring, which is specially used to seal the spiritual power of the magic weapon… Mrs. Teng’s sword has been sealed, and only senior brothers can unlock it. That… There is a product in Caifenglou tomorrow night The wine conference, that place is full of evil spirits recently, senior brother will take us to get rid of evil spirits tomorrow evening, Mrs. Teng, if you are willing to tell us the origin of this sword, you can come to Caifenglou to find us, if senior brother is in a good mood, maybe he will help you solve it on the spot Seal. That’s all for now, goodbye!”
Teng Yuyi was dumbfounded, Juesheng and Qizhi ran so fast that they disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Thousands of thoughts ran through her mind, and she sat back in the pavilion resentfully.
Lin Chengyou’s good tricks, she was careless, the little Taoist priest is Lin Chengyou’s younger brother, and his younger brother was being fooled, how could Lin Chengyou not know.
It’s just that she never expected that she would be asked to exchange for a pack of worms with a divine sword.
She tried her best to pour out a few itchy worms, but she failed. The sword was still the same sword, but the spiritual power was gone.
She raised her head and sighed, this sword is enough to touch her body, and it is impossible to abandon it, but she does not know how to untie the “evil spirit ring”.
Are you really going to that Caifeng Tower? Will there be any traps at that time?
She was rubbing her temples and was about to think about what to do when Chunrong hurriedly led Cheng Bo in: “Lady, Cheng Bo is here.”
Teng Yuyi calmed down, turned around and looked over: “How?”
Cheng Bo approached and whispered: “Dong Erniang was imprisoned in Jing Zhaoyin’s Mansion last night. After being imprisoned, she rolled all over the floor, saying that her body was extremely itchy, so she begged the jailer to call a medical officer for her. Her grandfather, Dong Mingfu, went to see Gu Zhaoyin overnight. I beg for mercy, but Prince Cheng has already sent someone to explain the crime of this woman, and the case has not yet been formally tried, so no one dares to invite a medical officer to see it without authorization.”
He said and looked at Teng Yuyi: “My lady is very predictable. When it was almost dawn, General Duan came suddenly. He seemed to have opened up the joints. He invited the medical officer not long after, but it was a pity that two of them were replaced. Medical officer, they are all at a loss. Now the old slave has successfully laid the net, but the people on the side of General Duan are very strict, and it will take some twists and turns to implement this matter.”
Teng Yu smiled, and spread his palms, and there was something faintly wriggling in the cloth bag of his palms.
“It’s okay, I just got a good thing.”