Longevity begins with slaying demons and eliminating demons

Chapter 92 The Lantern Festival
The sharp blade quickly cut off Shu Yan's neck.

Her head was on the ground, her eyes were open, her face was ashen.

But the strange thing is that the blood flowing from her neck did not touch the ground at all, but all flew to the white silk hanging on the tree.

Several soldiers froze in place, dumbfounded.

They thought that Shu Yan was just talking nonsense.

But they never imagined that this seemingly unrealistic vow would actually come true!
"Could it be that... the Lu family was really wronged?" one of the soldiers couldn't help but muttered in a low voice.

They obviously did not dare to think any further.

Then they turned away.

What happened in front of them was undoubtedly beyond their cognition-they needed to ask Shangguan's instructions immediately.

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The phantom image soon disappeared.

Gu Xu stood by the well and looked up at the blood-stained white silk hanging on the tree, thoughtfully.

He remembered that Chen Jisheng once told him that every June, the "Yishan Snow Girl" would set off a large-scale snowstorm within the Qingzhou Prefecture, taking this opportunity to prey on humans.

He still remembered what Chen Jisheng said that from the 11th year of Tianxing to the [-]th year of Tianxing, there was a severe drought in Qingzhou Prefecture, which made the rice fields dry up and the people were in dire straits.

The eighth year of Tianxing was the year that Qingzhou Lu was accused of treason.

If this video records what really happened.

Then the three vows made by the maid Shuyan back then have obviously been fulfilled one by one in reality.

"The Lu family's treason...is it really an unjust case?" Gu Xu frowned slightly.

In fact, after reading the relevant information, he felt that there were many doubts in the case that year.

For example, the bright yellow robe that Lu Huan, the head of the Lu family and the head of the cabinet, hid under the bed.

He felt that, under normal circumstances, a clear-minded conspirator would not leave such an obvious handle.

It's more like someone else's tactic.

However, Gu Xu did not intend to mix the case and find out the truth.

Because the Lu family's treason was personally identified by the Daqi Emperor.

If he wanted to absolve the Lu family, he would definitely stand on the opposite side of the emperor.

And the emperor is the strongest cultivator in the Daqi Dynasty at present.

Going against the emperor is undoubtedly an act of death.

Gu Xu just wanted to live a good life.

But at this time, he thought of another question: if everything in the Lu family's haunted house was a test of "stunning pen", why should it let people see this image?Could it have another purpose?

Gu Xu doesn't know for now.

Inadvertently, he lowered his head and glanced at the dry bones at the bottom of the well again—I don't know how many people died miserably in this mansion with resentment and humiliation, just like the maid, Shu Yan.

If the grievances of those people gather, it must be a very terrifying force!
As for Chu Fengge beside him, after watching this video, he involuntarily clenched his fists and said indignantly, "I never expected that our soldiers in Daqi would humiliate criminal officials, women's relatives and family members in private. Such a dirty behavior of a servant! If I see these scumbags, I will definitely castrate them all with the sword in my hand!"

Hearing his words, Gu Xu thought silently: Although this Chu Fengge is a little narcissistic on weekdays, he still has a sense of justice in his bones.

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Not long after the image disappeared completely, the flower note in Gu Xu's hand suddenly turned into pieces.

Like snowflakes dancing in the air, then disappearing in the blink of an eye.

At this time, several delicate lanterns appeared on the elm tree by the well.

They glowed with crimson light, dyeing this gloomy and dilapidated courtyard bloody.

And under each lantern, there is a note.

Gu Xu can guess that this is the so-called "Lantern Festival" - and the content on the note should be the second test he is facing now.

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Gu Xu remembered that it was written in the information that in a noble family like the Lu family in Qingzhou, the status of concubinage children is very low compared to the direct children born to the wife.

They cannot enter the hall, attend formal occasions, or even eat at the same table with the children of the principal.

Unless they have excellent spiritual gifts, or are otherwise favored by the head of the family, their treatment is not much higher than that of servants.

Before Lu Shiyao became the owner of "Jinghong Pen", she was just a concubine daughter of Lu Huan who was not valued.

At that time, although she had a beautiful appearance and amazing poetic talent, she was hardly noticed by people because of her introverted personality, simple dress, and reclusive style.

Especially after the death of her mother, she was more alone and rarely communicated with others.

The maid, Shuyan, can be said to be her only friend.

According to the rules of the Lu family, as a concubine, Lu Shiyao is not allowed to participate in the annual Lantern Festival Poetry Festival.

Therefore, during the Lantern Festival, she and Shu Yan would come to this remote courtyard together, hang lanterns on the trees, give each other riddles and couplets, and experience the fun of the "Lantern Festival".

Perhaps because of this, Jinghongbi will set a test in this place in the form of a "Lantern Festival".

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"I should answer all the questions hanging under these lanterns before I can pass the customs smoothly!" Gu Xu guessed silently in his heart.

Then he stepped forward and removed the note from under the first lantern.

I saw the first couplet written on this note: "Ancient Lonely Cold Window is a widow."

At the same time, the respondents are asked to fill out the following link.

"What was written on that paper?" Chu Fengge asked while standing beside him.

"One sentence first." Gu Xu replied while passing the note to Chu Feng singer.

Chu Fengge glanced at it, and without thinking about it, she said, "This seems very simple! 'The ancient lonely cold window is empty and widowed, and today's happy life is full of joy'! You don't need to use your brain to figure it out!"

"No," Gu Xu shook his head, "Mr. Chu, you may not have noticed a feature of this upper line—from the second word to the last word, the capitals of the radicals are the same, and there is one Baogaitou. It requires us to fill in the lower part, which should also meet this characteristic.”

"Damn sour and rotten literati who actually practice so many annoying rules!" Chu Fengge scolded, then he turned to look at Gu Xu, "Then what do you think?"

Gu Xu didn't answer immediately.

Although as a traveler, he has countless excellent poetry works in his mind, but couplets are still somewhat beyond his ability.

However, although he does not have the talent of Lu Shiyao, he has the talent of [Bow Wen Qiang Ji], and he can try to solve this couplet by brute force like a computer algorithm.

For example, try to enumerate all the characters of a certain radical, and then select seven characters that are more suitable to read, and form the next couplet.

　Thanks for the reward of the book friend's useless whiteboard!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)