Capture the Jade:

Teng Yuyi fell into the land of the netherworld, the pain left her, and her consciousness was withdrawn. She seemed to have turned into a speck of dust, ignorant and floating around.

Wandering around in a daze, one day there was a noise in her ears, someone lifted the black cloth in front of her, revealing the outside scene.

Teng Yuyi stayed in the dark for a long time, and when she woke up, her consciousness was still a little chaotic. It wasn't until she recognized what was in front of her that she realized that this place was very familiar.

This is a gloomy and solemn ancestral temple. There are several servants cleaning the front of the hall.

"It's not long since you came to Chang'an. No wonder you don't know who is enshrined here. This is Teng Shao, the famous Duke of Jin. It has been three years since I passed away."

Teng Yuyi was stunned. It turned out that this was his father's ancestral temple. His father had been away for three years, so where is she?

"I heard that the crown prince had asked for an order at that time, and he wanted to marry the Duke of Jin's daughter as a concubine when she was filial.

Teng Yuyi felt cold all over, looked down at herself, but there was nothing there, turned her head to look at the table, there were several memorial tablets on it. She leaned over in desperation, and when she saw the words "Jin Guogong" on the tablet, tears welled up in an instant.

"Shh..." the **** said, "The crown prince will not get married until this year. It is the time of the newlyweds. Don't mention this kind of talk again. Beware of the crown princess's overheartedness."

Another person said: "Yes, yes, the palace is full of joy recently. After three years, the Huaixi Road rebels finally surrendered. The four towns in the northwest fought against Tubo, and the son of Prince Cheng also won the battle. There are frequent victories from all sides. The saint and the empress I don't know how happy I am."

A **** said happily: "Speaking of Prince Cheng, he went out with the army two years ago. I saw him once. He bent his bow, reeled his horse and shot arrows, and his skills were so handsome. At that time, the prince seemed to be a young man." Seventeen-eight years old, I didn't expect that after only two years, I can lead the army alone to fight against the army."

"That's right, in the past two years, Prince Cheng's son has attacked the left and right, sniping and killing the heads of the Tibetans. .”

Teng Yuyi listened bitterly, she and grandpa have been dead for three years? And in the past three years, so many things have happened.

"I heard that the Queen and Concubine Cheng are going to propose marriage to Prince Cheng's son recently. Is there such a thing?"

The man squinted his eyes and said: "The son contracted a strange disease when he was a child, and he has not recovered for many years. The prince is married, and the prince Cheng is still alone. He has been away for two years, and now he is finally coming back. Let alone His Royal Highness Cheng Wang and Princess Cheng, even the sage and the empress are anxious, it is said that the empress and Princess Cheng have fallen in love with several young ladies who speak well and behave well, so I don't know if they will succeed this time."

An older servant came in from outside with a shrill voice: "Well, so you are all lazy here! Don't blame me for not reminding you. After pacifying Huaixi, I will definitely come to the temple to mourn the Duke of Jin. Now that the evil party has retreated and the world is at peace, the saint will come to express condolences in two days. Before the saint arrives, you should clean it up for me quickly, so that I can find something. The place is not clean enough, go outside to get the board yourself!"

At this time, there was a sudden commotion outside, and two eunuchs broke in and said, "It's not good, something happened."

"What's the matter, Eunuch Liu, why are you in such a hurry?"

"Hurry up, hurry up, the palace is in chaos."

"We can't understand even if we are stupid, Eunuch Liu, don't worry, speak slowly."

Eunuch Liu stomped his feet: "Speak slowly, something big happened! The army just delivered an urgent report. When the prince was confronting Tubo in Binning, tens of thousands of soldiers crossed Hengshan to attack Fufang, and the Fufang mansion was stockpiling grain Insufficient, the prince sent his troops to rescue, and finally relieved the siege of Fufang, but when he entered the city, some soldiers shot poisonous arrows to plot against the prince!"

The eunuchs were shocked: "A plot? Is it a soldier of the imperial court?"

"I don't know who sent the sergeant. He has been in the Shizi's army for the past two years. After he shot the Shizi, the Shizi cut off the thief's horse on the spot. However, the thief was prepared and killed himself immediately. Then The arrow was very poisonous, so the prince must know that he was in danger. When the sergeant reported the news, he pretended not to have anything to do, saying that it is a common thing to be poor and live a long life, so don't be sad for parents. He also said that Qingxu Zidao is old. If he dies, don't let Daoist Qing Xuzi know."

The eyes of several servants were red: "The son is still so young, and he has not even married his relatives. If there is a good or bad, how can His Royal Highness Cheng Wang and the princess bear it. The Taoist priest Qing Xuzi is almost an octogenarian. I'm afraid I can't bear it."

The man in front spat: "Stop making noise here, and go back to the palace quickly. The son is auspicious, and he will be fine."

Another person said: "His Royal Highness Cheng Wang and the crown prince have already rushed to Xingping with Feng Yu, who is good at curing poisons, and Chun'an County King and Taoist Master Qing Xuzi have also set off together. If they can arrive in time, they may still be saved. "

Obviously they also felt that there was little hope, and rushed out together in a hurry. Teng Yuyi was helpless, and unconsciously followed.

"The sergeant who reported the letter said that the people in Fufang were waiting outside the camp, either delivering medicine or medical treatment, and they couldn't drive them away. They said that the Fan army had besieged the city for half a month, and they thought the nest would collapse. I came here to save Wei, but before I had time to thank the young general, something like this happened.”

Teng Yuyi listened in a daze. He didn't have a good impression of Lin Chengyou before he was alive. Who would have expected that this person would die as badly as she did. After listening for a while, he suddenly realized that she was wandering here, where are Grandpa and Grandma? I've been dead for three years, why can't I see my parents?

She became impatient and fluttered to look outside. She was about to float out of the gate of the temple when an old voice sang in her ear: "Teng Yuyi!"

The voice is exceptionally clear, resounding and restraining the flow of clouds.

"Teng Yuyi!"

Teng Yuyi looks around in bewilderment.

The old man said: "Don't you want to go back?"

Teng Yuyi seemed to be dragged by her collar, she swayed back, and with a plop, she seemed to fall back into the pond again, but this time the surroundings were no longer icy pond water, but warm currents.

Floating in it, she gradually felt the heat pouring into her chest, and the water sparkled in front of her eyes, as if a figure was shaking.

In an instant, the voice in the ear became louder, and this time it became a familiar voice.

"Yu'er! Yuer!"

Teng Yuyi's eyelids were sticky, and she couldn't open them no matter what. Her body was like a heavy stone, which made her unable to move.

"My dear boy, what's the matter."

Someone began to push her shoulders, Teng Yuyi's fingers shook slightly, as if someone had removed a boulder from her chest, she gasped suddenly, and opened her eyes suddenly.

In front of me is the anxious face of my aunt.

"Yu'er."

Surprised expression immediately appeared: "Wake up, wake up, finally wake up."

Teng Yu opened her eyes wide in panic and looked around. Whenever she moved casually, her chest felt like a tearing pain.

Madam Du leaned over and hugged Teng Yuyi into her arms: "Did you have a nightmare? You are so scared."

Teng Yuyi was still in shock, and tentatively touched her aunt's face, but trembled before touching it, lest this was another dream, and she was still in the cold pond.

Mrs. Du has never seen Teng Yuyi's appearance before, and she grabbed Teng Yuyi's hand with her backhand: "What's the matter, my aunt is here, don't be afraid, don't be afraid of anything."

And said to the servants behind him: "Yesterday, the two Taoist priests, Juesheng and Qizhi, left a shock-absorbing talisman, and boiled water for Yu'er to drink. She was frightened in the bamboo forest the night before, look at this The appearance is clearly frightened."

Teng Yuyi's tears couldn't stop streaming down, her aunt's palm was warm and dry, covering her hand really well, fortunately she came back to life, no one can understand the feeling of resurrection from death.

She choked up and hugged her aunt tightly: "Auntie."

Madam Du was both surprised and distressed: "Hurry up, go to Qingyun Temple and invite the two Taoist priests. They said that Yu'er was frightened, so please come and cast spells."

Teng Yuyi leaned on her aunt's shoulder and shook her head, but the tears became more and more fierce: "It's okay, I just... I just had a long nightmare."

Mrs. >

She turned around and took the towel from the servant, and while wiping Teng Yuyi's sweat, she said, "Chunrong and Biluo saw that you didn't wake up this morning, so they came here a few times to ask me for instructions. I met a monster in the bamboo grove the night before, maybe I was too tired, I just need to sleep. Who knows that you didn’t move at noon, I came to see you, and I saw that your face was frighteningly pale, so I was in a hurry. If I can’t wake you up, your uncle and I are going to invite the priest.”

Teng Yuyi's body was still trembling, and the scene of her previous life was still in front of her eyes. As long as she calmed down, she could faintly hear the sound of splashing water.

When she recalled the state of her grandfather's death and her despair before dying, the sadness in her chest could not be dispelled no matter what.

Mrs. Du was puzzled, and found that Teng Yuyi was completely soaked, so she hurriedly tried to change her pajamas.

Teng Yuyi remained motionless and leaned against her aunt, and when her body was not so cold, she slowly raised her head to look around.

Sunlight shines in through the window casement, and the room is full of light. The Xing kiln white porcelain vase on the table holds a peach blossom with pink flowers and white stamens, and a light fragrance floats in the air.

Madam Du was chatting, Chunrong came over holding Teng Yuyi's outer dress, and when she got close, Teng Yuyi could almost see the fine hair on the maid's forehead.

All this is so real in front of her eyes, real enough to make her fluttering heart slowly settle down, she took the clothes, lowered her head, put on her shoes, and tried to get up, but her legs felt weak: "Auntie, what time is it now?" ?”

"It's past noon." Mrs. Du put on Teng Yuyi's clothes with her own hands, "I slept all day and all night, are you starving? Your elder sister came to see you in the morning and saw that you were not awake, so I stayed with you for a long time .I saw that she was not in good spirits, so I forced her to take a break. We just had lunch, and the dishes were already cold, so my aunt asked them to make some new dishes and send them over.”

Madam Du went out of the house to make arrangements, Teng Yuyi washed up and went to the next room to see Du Tinglan, Du Tinglan's face was buried in the brocade quilt, and she seemed to be sleeping soundly.

Teng Yuyi retreated quietly, and went to Songyun Hall to see Duanfu again.

Duanfu will rest for one night and get better soon. When Teng Yuyi entered the room, he sat on the bed, silent like a pine tree. When he looked up and saw Teng Yuyi, he stood up: "Lady."

Teng Yuyi thought of Duanfu's tragic death in her previous life, her eyes were sore and inexplicably sore. Because of her loyalty, this old slave protected her until the last moment of her life.

Duan Fu saw that Teng Yuyi's expression was different, and his voice sank: "My lady, what happened?"

Teng Yuyi looked away and pretended to look at the furnishings in the house: "It's okay, I feel uncomfortable with sand in my eyes. You are fine, sit down quickly. The wound has been bandaged, why don't you go out for a walk?"

Duan Fu said: "The lady ordered yesterday that the old slave should be raised in the house."

"So not even a step?"

"The master asked the old slave to protect the lady. Now that his arm is broken, the medical officer will not let him go around. If he doesn't get better, he can't follow the lady. The old slave only wants a quick recovery."

Teng Yuyi was very silent. When she just woke up from the boat half a month ago, she only remembered that her cousin was murdered in the bamboo forest in her previous life, so she was full of thoughts on how to get to Chang'an to save her cousin as soon as possible. She recalled many forgotten details of past lives.

"Duanfu, I remember that you came to me when I was five years old. Before that, you have been my grandfather's dead man."

Duan Fu said: "Yes."

"When you were still with Grandpa, did you ever see Grandpa dating a man surnamed Wu from Nanzhao Kingdom?"

Duan Fu was silent, and after a while he said: "This old slave has only been with the master for three years before being assigned to a lady. During this period, I only met a woman named Wu Yingying."

Teng Yuyi nodded, Duanfu would not lie, it can be seen that apart from Wu Yingying, Duanfu has never seen Grandpa interacting with other people with the surname Wu.

On the night when she was killed in her previous life, could it be that the stack of letters from Nanzhao Kingdom that she saw in Grandpa's study were really written by Wu Yingying?

"Then do you remember when this Wu Yingying came to Grandpa's side?"

Duan Fu lowered his eyebrows: "Ten years ago, the master returned from Fengxiang's squadron, and Wu Yingying was sent to the barracks by a group of hidden guards. At that time, Wu Yingying was injured. Wu Yingying, when Wu Yingying recovers, the master will send her directly to Yangzhou."

Teng Yu's heart was twisted into a ball, that was the beginning of A Niang's tragedy, she had already inquired about these things in her previous life, but now she still finds it ironic to hear it.

"What is the dress of the guard who escorted Wu Yingying, and what accent is he speaking?"

"They came at night and left before dawn. The leader talked to the master alone in the tent for a long time. At that time, the master deliberately rejected everyone."

Teng Yuyi paced back and forth, and suddenly remembered the scene in her dream. Grandpa hid the stack of letters in the study. If he wanted to know who wrote those letters, he just had to go back to the study in Fuzhong to look for them.

She said to Duan Fu: "Take a good rest these two days, when you recover, I want you to teach me some self-defense techniques."

Duan Fu was stunned for a moment: "Lady, what is a ruthless move for self-defense?"

Teng Yuyi walked to the door, turned around and said, "It's the kind that can kill people with a single shot, the more vicious the better."

She thought of the night when the master and servant were killed in her previous life, the black-cloaked man who appeared on the outer wall, the cold aura that seemed to come from the netherworld really made people shudder. Let's figure out who this black cloak man is.

Teng Yuyi left behind those words, Duanfu always had an expression whether he was happy or angry, but this time, he half-opened his mouth and looked at the door, and it took a long time before he came back to his senses.

The meal is ready, Madam Du poured the buttermilk on the flax rice and pushed it to Teng Yuyi, whispering softly: "This was your favorite food when you were young, and my aunt made it early in the morning, just waiting for you to wake up Eat it."

Although Teng Yuyi was thinking about returning home, she couldn't bear to disappoint her aunt's painstaking arrangements. Besides, she had just gone out and was already sweating. Remembering that she hadn't eaten since taking a nap at noon yesterday, she sat down on the table : "Aunt, you eat with me."

Mrs. Du sat down opposite according to her words, and looked at Teng Yuyi lovingly.

"In the morning, your uncle followed your words to find Prince Cheng, and decided to tell Prince Cheng about your sister's visit to Lu Zhaoan in the bamboo forest that night. You can find out with the help of Prince Cheng. Who knows that Qingyun Guan's doors and windows are closed, and he doesn't know what happened inside. Your uncle waited for a long time and no one came to answer the door, so he had to leave first."

Teng Yuyi is a little strange: "Isn't the Qingyun Temple always prosperous, why did it suddenly close the door?"

"Your uncle only said that it was very quiet inside, and there was no one in the audience. He felt strange at the time, but he couldn't go in to investigate. He returned to the mansion for lunch, and went to Qingyun Temple again in the afternoon. I don't know what happened. Will I be able to meet Prince Cheng?"

When Teng Yuyi heard the name Cheng Wangshizi, she suddenly remembered what she saw and heard in her father's temple after her death in her previous life. That scene was too illusory and completely different from her personal experience in her previous life. After waking up, she had forgotten most of it. , I can't even tell if it's real or not.

I vaguely remember that in the third year after her death, Lin Chengyou seemed to have been assassinated in Beirong, but she was awakened by an old man before she heard whether he survived or died.

Who is the old man who called her name? That old voice came, like Huang Zhong Dalu, pulling her out of the long and heavy nightmare at once.

She casually picked up the chopsticks and said to her aunt: "That night after Prince Cheng beat the tree demon out of Mrs. An's body, Mrs. An's life seemed to be dying. The Qingyun Temple suddenly closed. Does it matter."

Madam Du wondered: "Could it be a closed-door practice?"

Teng Yuyi washed her hands and noodles after eating: "I came here in a hurry last night, and I left a lot of things at home. Auntie, I have to go back home."

Madam Du was stunned, and hurriedly followed out: "Take more people to follow, and come back after you get your things. Shaotang seems to have something to look for you. I have been here several times in the morning. I asked this child what happened, but he refused to say anything. .”

Teng Yuyi echoed, and hurried to the Teng mansion with people. Teng Shao has been working outside all the year round. Although the mansion is cleaned every day, it still feels damp and empty.

Outside the garden, Teng Yuyi hesitated.

Biluo said: "My lady, what's the matter?"

Teng Yuyi walked to the pond, it was early spring, and the garden was like embroidery. The green willows by the pond are lingering in the wind. A gust of wind blew by, and the clear water of the pool shimmered with waves.

She looked at the pond bitterly, the feeling of fear of sinking and floating in the ice water before death is still clearly palpable.

Standing silently by the pool for a long time, she didn't raise her eyes to look in another direction until the feeling of horror at the bottom of her heart subsided slightly. Originally, there were only some fragmented memories left in her mind, but this time the dream confirmed her guess.

When she was dying, someone did jump into the pond to save her, but unfortunately she died before that person could save her.

That person is not like a soldier or a guard, but judging from his figure in the night, he seems to be a young gentleman.

Is it the prince? After the grandfather died, the prince came to express his condolences, saying that the grandfather was his mentor, and he could ask him for help whenever he needed help. However, she has never looked for the prince once, and strictly forbids her subordinates to communicate with the clan, but it is not surprising that Cheng Bo sent someone to look for the prince in a hurry when the mansion was attacked that night.

It's a pity that the night was too dark, and her vision was already blurred before she died, but she just vaguely felt that the person didn't look like the prince, now that she thinks about it, could it be one of Grandpa's subordinates?

In order to retrieve more memories, Teng Yuyi slowly walked around the pond, and seeing that it was getting late, she returned to Grandpa's study.

The pines and cypresses outside the study are verdant, and the clear spring in front of the court surrounds the steps. All these are so familiar, as if they have never changed.

Teng Yuyi walked to the study in silence, raised her hand, and pushed open the door without hesitation. Seeing the scene in the room, her throat suddenly choked.

That night she had a quarrel with Grandpa, it was snowing outside, the sky and the earth were empty, the pines and cypresses were rustling under the heavy snow, Grandpa stayed in the room, he must have listened to her like this Footsteps leave.

With hatred for her father, she walked quickly in the snow alone. At that time, how could she have expected that this would be the last time father and daughter would meet.

She turned around and said to the people behind her, "You guys are waiting outside."

"Yes."

Teng Yuyi closed the door and looked up at the bookshelf. Although there were a lot of books on the bookshelf, they were not as many as at that time. It is likely that his father had not been officially transferred back to Chang'an, so many books were left in the Yangzhou mansion.

She searched up and down, but she couldn't find her mother's piano. She walked back and forth in the house, searching almost every corner, but found nothing.

She fell down on the couch, and her head started to sweat. Could it be that her father always carried that piano with him? He hasn't returned to Chang'an, so Qin is naturally not in the mansion.

Teng Yuyi thought about it, got up and walked to the Duobao Pavilion. If I remember correctly, this is where the piano was placed later. At this moment, there was a small ink screen on it. She took the screen After getting down, the probe groped for the place in memory, and it didn't take long to touch the sliding floating board.

Her heart beat faster, and she gently pried it with a paper knife. After loosening, she opened the lid and looked, and couldn't help being stunned. It was empty inside, not to mention the stack of letters, not even a hair.

***

Back to Du's Mansion, Teng Yuyi was still thinking about this matter, either her memory made a mistake, or her father hadn't put the letter in the secret compartment yet.

But since she woke up in the boat, almost everything was consistent with her previous life, so it's not because she remembered it wrong, the biggest possibility is that her father valued those letters, and even carried them with him in the army.

She got out of the car thinking about it, and an old servant next to Du Shaotang seemed to have been waiting for a long time, and when he saw her, he came up to her mysteriously: "Miss Teng, Da Lang asked the old slave to give you this, he Said that Caifenglou is not easy to find, and here is the detailed address drawn by his classmate. He told the lady to call him when she went, and said that this piece of paper must not be seen by the lady, otherwise he will go with you No way."

Teng Yuyi took the sketch from Cangtounu's hand. Caifenglou is indeed a prostitute house, located in Nanqu, Pingkangfang. The restaurants and wine shops nearby are marked on the map.

"Thank you Shaotang for me." Teng Yuyi smiled and hid the note paper in the sleeve cage.

When she returned to the inner garden, instead of looking for her aunt and cousin, she went straight to the house and took out the jade sword from under the pillow.

Since the sword came into her hands, she has been safe and dreamless every night, but last night not only had nightmares again and again, but it was also so real and terrifying. I don't know if this has something to do with the sealing of the sword's spiritual power, if so, She must restore its spiritual power as soon as possible.

She put the sword in the sleeve cage: "I asked Cheng Bo to inquire about the Taoist temples and Taoist priests in Chang'an City yesterday. I wonder if there is any news."

"Cheng Bo sent someone to send a message back in the morning. There is a Dongming Temple in Puningfang. This temple has a history of a hundred years. There are five old Taoists in the temple. They are called Wumei Xiandao. I heard that Taoism is not low. Fame."

Five beauties? What a weird title.

Teng Yuyi looked at the sun outside the window. Lin Chengyou was not easy to mess with. If she had to, she didn't want to deal with this person. Since the Taoist priests in Dongming Temple are quite good, let's try his luck there first.

"Prepare a man's Hu suit for me, and I will go to Dongming to see the five beauties."

When Du Tinglan heard that Teng Yuyi had returned, she went to the neighboring house to look for her. When she entered the door, she saw that Teng Yuyi had changed into the clothes of a barbarian man. She couldn't help being surprised and said, "Ayu, why are you dressed like this? Do you want to go out?"

Teng Yuyi looked at Du Tinglan while putting on her belt, her cousin's complexion was much better than the day before, she nodded in relief: "I have to go out, it's more convenient to wear this. Sister, tell me what you want to eat, I'll take it to you when I get back."

Du Tinglan approached Teng Yuyi to tidy up her fan hat, because she was in a hurry to go out, Chunrong and Biluo were not as careful as usual, Teng Yuyi's hair was not combed properly, and a few strands of hair were scattered on her shoulders, Du Tinglan patiently braided it for her A small pigtail was stuffed back into the fan hat, looking left and right, she was still not satisfied, and said with a frown, "Why don't sisters comb it for you."

Teng Yuyi hid a lot of poison and hidden weapons in his belt, and said casually: "Today is too late, tomorrow I will ask sister to help me comb my hair."

Du Tinglan's eyes softened, thinking that when Ayu first arrived in Du's mansion, she was like a little beast with thorns. At first, whenever she wanted to get close to this cousin, Ayu would push her away.

Once when A Niang combed her hair, Ayu watched silently for a while, then turned around and ran out. She chased him into the garden, where Ayu was swinging with the puppet in his arms.

She knew that her cousin must be missing her aunt, and she would be moody when she was unhappy. After thinking about it, if Auntie was gone, she would be more sad than Ayu, so she walked over and patted Ayu's head: "The hair is messed up, sister Comb your hair."

Ayu snorted heavily, pushed her away and jumped off the swing.

She pushed Ayu back on the swing, and took out a small comb to comb Ayu's hair into a pair of round buns. From then on, whenever Ayu lived at home, she would comb Ayu's hair herself.

"Don't bring me food, I can't eat anything. When will you come back? Will Cheng Bo follow?" Du Tinglan said softly.

Teng Yuyi looked at Du Tinglan in the mirror, her cousin looked fine, but there was still depression in her brows and eyes, which showed how angry her cousin was because of Lu Zhaoan's matter.

"Sister, Uncle Cheng has already started to arrange to deal with Lu Zhaoan, you can rest assured and wait for the news."

Du Tinglan's face was slightly red, and she turned her head to look out of the window: "Because I mistrusted the villain, the whole family was frightened. I still have lingering fears about what happened that night. Be careful when you go out, Duanfu was injured You can’t go out of the house, remember to bring more people.”

"Don't worry, I know." Teng Yuyi handed a fake beard to Du Tinglan, "Sister, help me put this on."

Du Tinglan fiddled with Teng Yuyi's face for a while, making the fake beard black and wide, covering half of Teng Yuyi's face instantly.

"How?" Teng Yuyi asked her cousin.

Du Tinglan nodded in satisfaction: "Although you can see that you are a woman, you don't have to worry about others recognizing who you are at a glance."

Teng Yuyi straightened the scimitar at his waist, and walked out: "If my sister sees Shaotang, tell him that I might not go to Caifeng Tower today. If he insists on going, we can wait until tomorrow." .”

Du Tinglan asked suspiciously: "Caifenglou?"

"I'll tell you more when I come back."

Teng Yuyi went outside the mansion, Cheng Bo is not here today, and Huo Qiu sent a few capable old servants to wait outside the mansion.

Teng Yuyi got into the cart and told Huo Qiu to hurry up.

Huo Qiu rushed to Dongming Temple non-stop, and after getting off the car, he took generous gifts and went in to visit the Taoist priest. There were very few pilgrims in the Taoist temple, but there were five Taoist priests presiding over affairs.

The spring day was late, and there was nothing to do for a long time. The Taoist priest was busy dividing the pears because he felt bored.

"You said that we are retreating and meditating, just send him away."

Dao Tong said: "But the calf cart outside is noble, probably from a noble family in Chang'an."

"Your household?"

The eyes of the five Daoist priests were slightly bright, and they put down the pears and rushed out. When they arrived in front of the court, they looked up and saw a decent-looking guard.

They coughed, lined up in front of the court, waved their whisks and said:

"The poor Daoist will see the sky."

"The poor Daoist sees immortals."

"The Tao name is beautiful."

"The Dao name is fun."

"Congratulations to Daoist."

Teng Yuyi and Huo Qiu were taken aback by this battle.

Among the five old Taoists, the one named Jianxi was the fattest: "The poor Taoist is the abbot of the Benguan, I don't know why the benefactor came today?"

Teng Yuyi stroked the big beard on his mouth, the food in the audience looked good, all the veterans were well-fed and fat, and they paid great attention to grooming, all of them were neat and tidy.

She asked Huo Qiu to present the generous gift she had prepared, and after explaining her intentions, she spread the emerald sword in the palm of her hand: "I don't know if the boss can help restore spiritual power."

All the Taoists came up to look at it for a long time, but they didn't see the origin of the Emerald Sword: "It's not difficult to break the curse, but the reason why your sword loses its spiritual power is nothing more than contaminated with filthy things. It’s enough to clean up the filth.”

Speaking of offering sacrifices, he offered the sword on the altar, swung the sword flying amulet, and tossed a lot, but the sword was still dimmed. That's right, this sword has been cast with an evil spirit ring."

"What is the evil spirit ring?"

Although Wu Dao knew that Teng Yuyi was a woman, he still referred to him as "Mr.

"I've heard of it."

Jianxi said: "This is a spell conceived by Qing Xuzi's school. Back then, a young Taoist priest went astray and used Taoist magic tools to make trouble in order to rob property. In order to deal with the evil way, Qingxuzi of Qingyun Temple thought of a spell called the evil spirit ring, which made people pretend to be beautiful women to approach the evil way, and cast the evil spirit ring while the evil way was not paying attention. The magic weapon in the hands of the evil way was destroyed, and it will soon be subdued."

"That's why the evil spirit ring is called a spell, but it is a just technique to show good and evil." The Taoists looked at Teng Yuyi suspiciously, "The Taoist priests of Qingyun Temple will not easily cast this spell unless they are aware of the use of the weapon. People have evil intentions, my son, you-"

Teng Yuyi scolded Lin Chengyou internally, with the same smile on his face, he said nonsense: "To be honest, the villain just came to Chang'an the day before yesterday, and ran into Prince Cheng while drinking in a wine shop. At that time, the villain had a few drinks Slightly drunk from the wine, when he heard Prince Cheng talking about the Taoist magic weapon with his two juniors, he casually boasted a few words about the emerald sword in his hand. Not long after I entered the wine shop, my sword was like this, which is really a disaster."

She sighed as she spoke, and all the Taoists looked at each other. It turned out that she was the disciple of the Taoist priest Qingxuzi, so it was no wonder.

Jianmei looked at Teng Yuyi sympathetically: "So that's the case, but it's a pity that poor Taoists can't solve this spell. If Master Qingxu is here, the young master only needs to bring his sword to Qingyun Temple to explain the whole story, and he will definitely tell you." Unraveling the curse, but now it can't be done, since it is a curse cast by his disciples, we can only wait for Qingxuzi Yunyou to come back."

"This—" Teng Yuyi forced a smile, "What if Taoist Master Qingxu doesn't come back for a year or so?"

"Then let's break the curse after a year or so." All the Taoists shrugged, "Master, it's not good for you to offend anyone, but Qing Xuzi's disciple, this kid, tsk—"

The tail of this "tsk" was extremely long, and everything was silent.

Teng Yuyi's smile froze on her face, it seems that this trip to Caifeng Tower is a must.

The eyes of all the Taoists flickered. They received generous gifts but failed to untie the evil spirit ring. This little lady would not take the things back. , This is the 'Five Beauty Talisman'. This talisman can drive away evil spirits, and has always been the treasure of the temple. Unless someone asks for a lot of money, the poor Taoist will never show it to others. Today, the poor Taoist and the young master hit it off, and each other If it is destined, I will give this talisman to the young master, and the young master will just accept it, and there is no need to give money to the poor."

How could Teng Yuyi fail to guess what these Taoist priests were planning? He only hated that it was getting late and he had no time to mess with them, so he also pretended to say: "Since the Taoist priest gave him a talisman, how could the villain not accept it?" Reason? In fact, there are still a few old people in the villain’s family who are sincere, but they are unfamiliar. Today’s visit is not only to unravel the curse, but also to see the relatives and elders in the family. If this talisman is good, the villain will often bring it Relatives and relatives come to see the incense.”

The hearts of the old Taoist priests tightened, this little lady is very generous, and she probably has a lot of background, if she fools her too hard, she might cause trouble for Guan Li.

It's better to make a good impression on her this time, so that you can often make money in the future. Seeing Tian Daochang flicking the dust, he fumbled out another thing with a straight face: "My lord, don't rush to leave, it's rare that you and our Dongming Seeing fate, poor Taoists have something to give."

Teng Yuyi took it over and saw that it was a bald pen. I heard that Dongmingguan had some reputation, but who knows that these veterans in the temple only know how to cheat money.

This thing is bluffing at first glance, and it was done too well by throwing it in person, and it was getting late, so I really didn't have time to wrap it around, so I stuffed it together with the pile of talisman papers into the armhole, and smiled meaningfully He smiled and said, "I will remember what the Taoist priest said, and I will definitely come to the door again someday."

She came out and got on the calf cart, and ordered Huo Qiu to go straight to Pingkangfang Nanqu. When they arrived at Pingkangfang, it was already evening, and the drums of Chengtianmen were heard from afar, and each workshop was closing one by one Door.

Teng Yuyi made preparations before coming, took out her waist card and showed it to Marquis Wu, and entered the workshop smoothly.

Pingkangfang really lived up to its reputation. Just after nightfall, colorful lanterns were hung in front of the theater. The happy officials and scholars, the unrestrained laughter can be heard endlessly.

Teng Yuyi sat in the car and looked out, gradually feeling dazzled, so she simply took out the map Shaotang gave her, and guided Huo Qiu in the car, the cart made seven turns and eight turns around the block, and finally arrived at the entrance of a tall and wide restaurant, Huo Qiu said outside: "Miss, we are here."

Teng Yuyi lightly brushed off her robe, lifted the curtain and got out of the car.

The brothel in front of me is unique, the front building alone is three stories high, the entrance is full of tin chariots and Zhu Yang, and all the nobles who come in and out.

Teng Yuyi stood in front of the door and looked around, secretly sighed that this was probably the most magnificent brothel in Pingkangfang, ordered Chun Rong and Bi Luo to wait in the car, and took Huo Qiu inside, Unexpectedly, a middle-aged woman jumped out of the building and blocked them all at once.

There is emerald tin on the woman's forehead, probably because she can see that Teng Yuyi is a woman, she smiled and refused to let her go: "My lord, please stop, our Caifeng Tower does not entertain guests like you."

Teng Yuyi ignored it and continued to walk in, the woman's complexion changed slightly: "My lord—"

Before the words fell, a golden ingot suddenly appeared in front of the woman's eyes. Teng Yuyi held a piece of gold between her fingers, and looked at her with a half-smile: "Do you want to entertain?"

"Invite! Entertain!" The woman's eyes lit up, the amount was enough to set up a shop in Dongshi. Although there is no white person in this place on weekdays, it is rare to make such a bold move. She was overjoyed to accept the gold ingot, turned around and led Teng Yuyi to go in: "Young master, come with me."

Teng Yuyi followed the woman, looking around as she walked, the sound of bamboo in the wing room was endless, the guests were chasing food and wine at the banquet, the little Taoist said that they came here to get rid of evil spirits, but the singing and dancing inside and outside the building is not like Hiding demons and heretics.

All the way up to the second floor, not to mention not seeing Lin Chengyou, even Juesheng and Qizhi were nowhere to be seen.

Teng Yuyi asked the woman: "My lady, can a Taoist priest come here tonight?"

The woman covered her mouth with a round fan and said with a smile: "My lord, you are joking, our Caifenglou is known as a gentle and rich town, how can there be Taoist priests here?"

As he spoke, he led Teng Yuyi's master and servant to a room next to the window on the second floor, and warmly introduced himself: "My slave's name is Eji, and you can tell my slave what kind of wine you want to drink and what kind of beauties you want to see. "

Teng Yuyi winked at Huo Qiu, Huo Qiu agreed, and went outside to find Jue Sheng and Qi Zhi.

Teng Yuyi smiled and asked Eji: "I heard that your Caifenglou wine is better than other places, do you have grape juice?"

E Ji is courteous and Zhang Luo: "The young master is in the right place."

As he spoke, he went to the corridor outside and told the temple guests (Note 1): "Call Baozhu and Juanerli hot wine quickly."

Remembering the purpose of this trip, Teng Yuyi subconsciously touched the emerald sword in her arms, but unexpectedly encountered a pile of talisman papers. She was in a hurry to hurry, and she almost forgot about it. The fortune is unambiguous.

After all, it is cumbersome to put on the body, she took it out and was about to be thrown away by E Ji, when she heard a sizzle, the talisman paper ignited at her fingertips.

Teng Yuyi was so frightened that he threw the talisman paper to the ground, and the talisman paper fell to the ground and burned for a while before slowly extinguishing.

Teng Yuyi looked at the mass of ashes strangely. The Taoist priest of Dongming Temple said that this talisman could recognize demons and eliminate evil spirits. She didn't believe a word, but it was so good, how could the talisman paper ignite?

Just as I was feeling weird, a man with hairpins and jade passed by outside. This man was nearly thirty years old, and he was handsome and handsome. As he walked, he chatted and laughed with the two beautiful girls beside him. He unconsciously glanced at Teng Yuyi in the room. His eyes were so enchanting that they seemed to be able to see through people at a glance.

Teng Yuyi's heart skipped a beat, the man raised his head and smiled, and walked inside.