SQLJBFDTW Chapter 86

The sun rose, and the guards opened the heavy vermilion palace gates, only to see two people standing on the avenue outside the palace gates, with no intention of avoiding them.

One of the guards stepped out and reprimanded, “This is an important area of the palace, who are you two? Leave immediately!”

Chao Jianxue didn’t back down, and said calmly in a loud voice, “We two are wandering the lands, and we see that there is dark energy plaguing this palace, so we came here.”

He didn’t shout loudly, but his voice was like a bell, clearly reaching everyone’s ears.

The guards’ expressions changed instantly.

But how could they let these two people of unknown origin enter and leave the forbidden palace at will? The guard negotiating with Chao Jianxue sternly drew his sword and said, “Don’t talk nonsense here! If you don’t leave, don’t blame me for being impolite!”

Unexpectedly, the young man in front of him was not afraid at all, he just spread his hands and shook his head: “In that case, we won’t say much, but when His Majesty asks about it in the future, you’ll be in big trouble for driving away the people who could have prevented a disaster in the palace!”

As he spoke, he patted Yu Wei’s shoulder and said, “Let’s go, let’s go to Linshui Tower in the city to get something to eat!”

Yu Wei followed him away, looking at him curiously, and smiled.

“What’s wrong?” Chao Jianxue blinked.

Yu Wei shook his head and asked, “How can Senior Brother be sure that he will definitely come back to find us?”

Chao Jianxue said, “Since the king believes in the Qilin and the so-called immortal national teacher, how could he not believe in these matters of ghosts and gods? And that guard, he must be afraid of taking responsibility. Even if nothing happened in the palace, didn’t we make some noise last night?”

So, he deliberately stated the location they were going to, just waiting for someone to come looking for them.

Yu Wei nodded and said, “Senior Brother is smart.”

Chao Jianxue thought, what’s so smart about this? Yu Wei is also very smart. He realized belatedly that Yu Wei was deliberately finding an excuse to praise him.

And he just happened to fall for this, he lightly squeezed Yu Wei’s palm.

Sure enough, the two of them sat in Linshui Tower for a morning, being lovey-dovey for a morning, and suddenly someone from the palace came to the door, inviting the two Daoists from the morning to enter the palace.

This was his first time visiting the royal palace of the human world. In a wealthy country like the Qilin Kingdom, the royal palace was naturally extremely luxurious. The high palace walls, every brick and tile were spotlessly clean, as if someone wiped them every day.

Ordinary people who came to the Qilin Royal Palace would definitely be so amazed by the gorgeous decorations that their eyes widened and they couldn’t close their mouths.

But Chao Jianxue and Yu Wei came from the Xuanzhen Realm, and these things in the human world were not rare.

This made the palace servant leading the way silently praise them.

These two people had unchanging expressions and looked so stunning. Could they really just be wandering Daoists?

The palace servants led the way, passing through the complicated palace paths, not going to the largest main hall in the palace, but to the palace garden in the west.

There were also several small Qilin statues on the roof of the palace garden, looking down at the people coming, the eyeballs were carved vividly, as if they could come to life.

“This way, please.”

It turned out that the one meeting them was the Queen of the Qilin Kingdom.

Chao Jianxue and Yu Wei calmly entered the palace hall. The queen was sitting at the head of the hall, very dignified and luxurious, with a plump figure, and spoke with the calm elegance of someone in a high position.

“You two said that there is dark energy plaguing my palace, do you have any evidence?” the Queen said.

Chao Jianxue smiled slightly at her: “Last night, we two observed the stars at night and personally saw dark energy rushing out of the palace. I just want to ask Your Majesty, has anything unusual happened in the palace?”

“Unusual?” The Queen repeated leisurely, as if thinking, and then said, “Speaking of which, there is indeed one thing. Chunyu, you tell them.”

The palace maid named Chunyu said “Yes” and told the two of them about the so-called unusual event.

It turned out that a year ago, strange noises began to be heard in the palace at night. The palace people on night duty could often hear the sound of heavy iron chains dragging on the ground, as well as inexplicable whimpering.

Everyone said that it was the souls of the palace people who had committed mistakes and were imprisoned in the past, dragging their chains and wandering around the palace, but no one had ever encountered them. Over time, they no longer took it seriously. But a few days ago, a courtyard in the palace suddenly caught fire at night, and it was said that it also happened after the sound of chains, and it was not known whether it was related to it.

The two listened quietly. Yu Wei transmitted his voice to Chao Jianxue and said, “I have never heard of the sound of iron chains when a demon appears.”

If it wasn’t a demon, what else could it be?

The more Chao Jianxue listened, the more an ominous guess welled up in his heart.

But with the persona of an expert, he remained calm and said to the palace maid, “Where is the courtyard that caught fire? Can you take us to see it?”

Chunyu asked the Queen for instructions with difficulty, and the latter nodded and said, “Alright, take the two masters to see it.”

So, the two were taken out again, further to the west side hall.

The fire was not large at the time, and the palace people quickly discovered it and put out the fire in time, so it didn’t burn very badly, only burning down one room.

The two walked around in the destroyed room, and did not detect a trace of demon’s aura, it just looked like an ordinary room.

“Next door is?” Before leaving, Chao Jianxue asked Chunyu.

Chunyu said, “This is Consort Ming’s palace garden.”

Consort Ming was the king’s favorite concubine in her early years, but later her mental state deteriorated, and she had been confined in the palace garden for a long time, not seeing anyone.

“Then who originally lived in this burnt-down room?”

Chunyu said, “It’s the little princess, who was also born to Consort Ming.”

“Where is the little princess now?” Chao Jianxue asked casually.

Unexpectedly, Chunyu stammered, which seemed strange. Chao Jianxue said gently, “This matter concerns the safety of the royal palace. Whatever I ask, you answer.”

Chunyu’s face turned slightly red, and she said, “The little princess is now in Consort Ming’s palace, but the little princess has been suffering from a strange disease for a year, she is unconscious and bedridden.”

Another year ago. Why didn’t the queen mention such an important thing just now!

Chao Jianxue said, “Take us to see her.”

Chunyu shook her head: “I’m afraid that won’t do.”

It turned out that although Consort Ming’s mind was abnormal, she loved her daughter dearly and didn’t allow anyone to get close. This time, when the fire broke out, Consort Ming personally broke into the fire and carried the little princess out.

No matter how you looked at it, this matter felt strange.

Chao Jianxue said, “You just take us in, don’t worry about anything else.”

“This…” Chunyu hesitated for a while, and finally stepped aside, “The two masters, please follow me.”

She went into the hall to report, and after a while, came out shaking her head, but looking relieved.

“Consort Ming won’t let the two of you in.”

Chao Jianxue was the kind of person who became more interested in doing something the more he was forbidden from doing it. He turned a deaf ear and took the lead in approaching the hall.

“Ah!” Chunyu had never seen such an unruly person before, and hurriedly followed.

Before getting close to the inner room, a porcelain bottle was suddenly thrown out from the curtains, smashing on the floor in front of Chao Jianxue.

“Get out! No one is allowed to see my child! Are you not listening to what I’m saying!” A hysterical shout came.

Obviously, Consort Ming’s mind was indeed abnormal.

Chao Jianxue tried to say gently, “Your Highness, we two are wandering Daoists, we are here to see the little princess’s illness, maybe there is a turning point.”

“No more! No more!”

Another vase smashed over, Yu Wei wrapped his arm around Chao Jianxue’s waist and pulled him back, fragments of the vase splashed on the hem of their clothes, Chunyu exclaimed, but seeing that the two of them had unchanging expressions, without any surprised expression, she quickly silenced and took a step back, covering her mouth.

Chao Jianxue gave Yu Wei a wink.

Since they were not allowed to enter now, they should find a chance to come later.

He said, “We won’t force Your Highness, we will take our leave now.”

Chunyu couldn’t help it any longer and quickly walked backwards, wanting to take them away. Ever since Consort Ming became mentally unstable, the palace people were afraid of her, but the king still had affection for her, and specially allocated this palace garden for her to live with the little princess.

Stepping out of the palace, Chao Jianxue looked up and saw that the Qilin statue could be seen very clearly from this position.

The Qilin blessed the people in the city to live and work in peace, but under the feet of the Qilin statue, there was such a pair of miserable mothers and daughters, he sighed in his heart.

Unexpectedly, just as he was about to leave this palace garden, a disheveled woman suddenly rushed out of the hall, Chunyu screamed in fright and fell to the ground.

The woman knelt down in front of Chao Jianxue and Yu Wei, her voice was mournful, and she couldn’t stop crying: “Please save my child’s life!”

It was Consort Ming, who had just told them to get out.

It was not known what she was thinking, or indeed because she was mentally unstable, which made her self-contradictory and come out to plead.

Yu Wei helped her up, seemingly effortlessly, and helped up the woman who was constantly kowtowing like a fool: “No need to do this.”

Chunyu was surprised, usually, when Consort Ming went crazy, it took several people to hold her back.

She had no choice but to bite the bullet and follow.

Chao Jianxue pulled aside the curtains, Consort Ming threw herself on the couch and hugged a child of about ten years old in her arms, muttering words in her mouth, saying comforting words like “Don’t be afraid” and “Don’t be afraid.”

On closer inspection, although the child was still breathing, there was indeed a black aura lingering between her eyebrows, feeling very similar to the black aura they had observed at night.

Chao Jianxue extended his finger and pointed to the important acupoints of the little princess, although her pulse was weak, there was nothing strange about it except for the black aura.

No strangeness, this was the biggest strangeness.

The two looked at each other and had an idea.

Chunyu went back to report to the Queen, saying that the two masters wanted to wait until night to perform a ritual in Consort Ming’s palace garden.

The Queen didn’t take it seriously: “Just a common trick used by charlatans. Those strange noises, the national teacher in the palace said that nothing was wrong… It’s good this way, to save Consort Ming from making trouble again, if they perform the ritual like this, I hope she can accept reality. I don’t know what strange disease the little princess has contracted. This palace saw that she was fine when she went to worship the Qilin… Forget it, go report this matter to His Majesty again.”

“Yes.”

At night, under Chao Jianxue’s comfort, Consort Ming stayed by the little princess’s side, while Yu Wei used a cinnabar brush to draw a formation on the floor of the hall. If there were anyDemon evil coming, the formation could take effect immediately.

Consort Ming watched as blueThe lotus grew up from the ground one by one, and then she believed that the two people in front of her really had some skills.

Previously,Academician had come to see her, but none of them had real skills, and they were all useless.

As the night grew deeper, accompanied by the croaking of night crows, the two stood guard in front of the formation.

Waiting and waiting, the strangeness was late in coming, Chao Jianxue glanced sideways, Yu Wei’s body was surrounded by a rich spiritual light, and the appearance of that little junior brother from before was exactly the same, but he was more calm and handsome.

“Little Junior Brother…” he called out softly.

He hadn’t called him that in a long time, Yu Wei looked over.

Little Junior Brother is so good-looking.

Chao Jianxue silently said this sentence in his heart, but realizing that he was doing serious business, he still held it back.

The wax oil of the candle had already solidified and accumulated in a small dish.

Could it be that the dark energy wasn’t coming tonight?

Chao Jianxue squinted and yawned, just about to say “Let’s come again tomorrow”, the scene in the courtyard changed.

The palace garden that was originally bathed in clear moonlight began to become blurred.

His first reaction was to think that he had just yawned and his eyes were blurred, but looking again, indeed a chaos emerged before his eyes, distorting the original space.

“Yu Wei!” he whispered to remind Yu Wei, who already had his sword in hand.

However, the things that appeared immediately were very different from what Chao Jianxue had imagined.

He finally knew what the so-called sound of chains was, it was a real chain being dragged on the ground, agroup blackSmoke, two black and white shadows emerged from the Smoke.

It “emerged”.

His ominous guess had actually come true.

Chao Jianxue widened his eyes and suddenly grabbed Yu Wei’s arm.

His legs were a little weak.

It’s a ghost!