All the ancestors in the capital begged me to be a substitute

"hiss……"

The little eunuch was completely unprepared, and was slapped by Shen Lingxi, "Looking for death!"

After all, he has some skills, even if one hand is crippled, the other hand is still determined to pinch Shen Lingxi's neck——
However, how could Chu Yan, who was paying close attention to their movements, give him this opportunity.

Chu Yan jumped up immediately, kicked him flying, and protected Shen Lingxi behind him.

The embroidered envoys and Habayashi guards, who were on guard all the time, swarmed forward and surrounded the little eunuch.

"Catch those alive." Chu Yan ordered in a deep voice.

There was a weird smile on the corner of the little eunuch's lips, almost without any hesitation, his jaw moved slightly, and black blood gushed out of the corner of his lips instantly.

But in the blink of an eye, the whole person fell limply to the ground.

The embroidered clothes envoy stepped forward, sniffed the opponent, "Dead."

Chu Yan's eyes turned cold.

Shen Lingxi wanted to step forward to check.

But Chu Yan stopped him with his hand, "You are injured, deal with the wound first."

Shen Lingxi only felt a burning pain in her neck, and when she reached out to touch it, her hands were covered with blood.

She did not forget that Chu Yan could not see the blood on other people's bodies.Subconsciously turned sideways, avoiding the wound from his sight, "Don't look."

However, just as he spoke, the wound on his neck was covered with a snow-white veil.

Chu Yan lowered his eyebrows, focused his eyes on her wound, pressed his knuckle fingers against her wound through a veil, "Don't move, wait for the bleeding to stop before applying medicine."

At the same time, the Empress Dowager was also supported by someone, and hurried out of the palace.

"Girl, you are injured." The queen mother's eyes were full of concern, and she urged the people around her, "Hurry up! Go to the imperial doctor Xuan..."

"Mother, I'm fine." Shen Lingxi hurriedly said, "It's just a small injury, it's fine, just stop the bleeding."

That being said, the white handkerchief that Chu Yan put on Shen Lingxi's wound was already stained red with blood.

What's more, Shen Lingxi's Taoist robe's snow-white neckline still had a lot of blood.

"Liulang, how are you?" The queen was supported to come to the front, saw the blood on Shen Lingxi's body, and looked nervously at Chu Yan.

Hearing her words, the queen mother realized that her grandson had a hidden disease when he urinated, and he couldn't see blood on other people's bodies.

"Rokuro..."

"I'm fine." Chu Yan looked at the queen mother, and said in a gentle voice: "The emperor's grandmother was shocked today, you and the queen go back and rest first, and wait for the grandson to finish dealing with the matter here."

"Okay, okay." Seeing that he looked normal, the Queen Mother knew that being here would inevitably distract him, so she hurriedly responded, "Take care of Lingxi, Aijia will go back soon."

As she spoke, she winked at the queen, motioning for her to leave with her, held Mother Gui's hand, and walked out.

The queen gave Chu Yan a worried look, and then let the palace servants help her to leave.

The female relatives in the palace also followed them and went out in a file.

The scene quietened down as they left.

Shen Lingxi cleared Lingling's eyes, and looked at Chu Yan's eyebrows suspiciously.

"Are... are you really okay?"

She didn't forget that when he deliberately rubbed into his arms covered in blood, he had been ill for several days.

Also, the last time he was injured in the Princess's mansion, he was also ill for two or three days.

Chu Yan narrowed his eyes slightly, "It's nothing, I'm not that weak."

Seeing that there was no difference in his expression, Shen Lingxi felt relieved, and then looked in the direction of the little eunuch's corpse.

In just a few words, the little eunuch's soul had already floated up from the corpse and returned to his own appearance.

This appearance bears no resemblance to the portrait drawn by the embroiderer according to the description of the palace people.

It can be seen from this that the identity of "Gui Sheng" is also easily faked by this person.

He himself looks mediocre, except for his thin body, whether it is bone or facial features, he is very well-behaved, and he belongs to the appearance that will not be remembered when he is thrown into the crowd.

This kind of appearance is indeed difficult to leave flaws in the disguise technique.

The female ghosts present, as well as the souls of the dead from other imperial mausoleums, floated around him one after another, and all of them looked at him curiously.

The soul of the little eunuch, after a moment of daze, looked down at his body and gradually adapted to his dead identity.

He raised his head, looked at Chu Yan with gloomy eyebrows and eyes.

Visible line of sight, but unexpectedly met Shen Lingxi.

Shen Lingxi bent her lips towards him.

Such a look made Chu Yan press her wound, turn around and follow her line of sight.

It's just that Chu Yan doesn't have the ability to see ghosts after all.

The focus of his sight just stopped somewhere in mid-air.

In comparison of the two——
"Can you see me?" The little eunuch looked at Shen Lingxi and asked in surprise.

Almost every ghost that met Shen Lingxi would ask the same question.

There were many Habayashi guards and embroidered clothes envoys at the scene, so Shen Lingxi would naturally not answer him on this occasion.

The female ghosts present couldn't hold back their curiosity, and answered her in a hurry:

"She is the 'Heavenly Master' bestowed by your Great Zhou Emperor, so she will recognize you naturally."

"Young man, what enmity do you have with the queen, why did you assassinate her?"

"You are really capable. How did the three snakes come here? How did they escape the interrogation of the inner guards? Your inner guards in Dazhou are really not that good. They were played around by your little eunuch."

"You are an eunuch, how could you have such skill and disguise, tsk tsk, you are a great talent, it's a pity, it's a pity that you just died like this..."

The little eunuch frowned, very impatient with these chattering female ghosts.

Seeing that Shen Lingxi didn't answer, thinking that if she hadn't unexpectedly resisted just now, perhaps he wouldn't have to die, he couldn't help feeling resentful.

"Ignore me?" The little eunuch smiled sadly, "I heard that ghosts can kill you, so I'll try you."

After saying this, he didn't pay attention to the expressions of the people around him, and rushed towards Shen Lingxi!
Shen Lingxi looked at him strangely.

no surprises—
Just when he floated to the place where Shen Lingxi was ten feet away, everyone saw his entire soul, and with a "bang", it was bounced hard like a rubber ball.

The female ghosts hadn't seen such a scene for many years, and all of them showed a sigh of relief.

"I thought he was smart, but he turned out to be a fool."

"It's not good to offend anyone, but to offend a little girl, I really don't know how to live or die."

"Hey, I don't know where I was bombed, and there are many other things, but I haven't asked any results..."

The female ghosts chatted as if no one was around.

But the dead souls of the emperor's mausoleum who were still following them, curious and joining in the fun, all showed panic when they saw this battle, and after a few moments, they hid without a trace!
Whether it is the underworld or the yangworld, everything fell silent in an instant.

Shen Lingxi's gaze finally retracted from a distance, and she whispered to Chu Yan: "He was blown away by you, and I'm afraid he won't come back for a while, so let's do an autopsy first. The origin of this person is not so serious. Simple."

Chu Yan's ink pupils darkened slightly.

The other party will not be bounced away by the evil spirit around him for no reason.

The only explanation is that, like Yang Shuangwen before, he must have made a move on Shen Lingxi first.

It seems that before the little eunuch's soul disappears completely, he must not let Shen Lingxi leave his side.

*
The mausoleum sacrifice ceremony was interrupted, and the emperor, empress and queen mother were all shocked to varying degrees.

In addition, Dong Bixin, the former deputy commander of the Habayashi Guard, was driven back to the capital by the emperor. Although the internal guards are now under the temporary management of the Embroidered Clothes Envoy, but such a big mistake has occurred this time, the Embroidered Clothes Envoy will inevitably be suspected of being negligent.

Although the emperor never blamed the embroidered clothes envoy, all the ministers were worried about the safety of the emperor, and they all asked for orders, hoping that the emperor could drive back to Beijing.

The emperor came out of Beijing this time for Zhang Luo Chuyan's marriage. He just heard about Shen Lingxi's behavior in the palace, and heard that Chu Yan personally treated her wounds. He looked as usual and did not trigger the old disease, but he was also in his heart Secretly approved of this marriage.

Therefore, the emperor readily agreed to the plea of ​​all the officials, and immediately ordered Chu Yan to stay and handle the case, and drive back to Beijing with the queen mother and queen.

Shen Lingxi followed Chu Yan to respectfully send Yu Jia away, and then went to the room where the young eunuch's body was mortuary, for an autopsy.

Mu Huai'an and Su Xian were already waiting in the room, and with them, there was another powerful embroidered clothes envoy Sheng Xie beside Chu Yan.

Sheng Xie had obviously just arrived at the imperial mausoleum, with a dusty look on his face.

As soon as he saw them, Sheng Xie came forward and reported: "My subordinates went to the internal servant to check the files of Gui Sheng, and even questioned the internal servant. They said that although Gui Sheng entered the palace at a young age, he had been following him in the imperial mausoleum all the time. The old eunuch guarding the mausoleum, eight years ago when the late emperor came to sacrifice at the mausoleum, Gui Sheng served him wholeheartedly, and won the favor of the late emperor's father-in-law Gao, who brought him back to the palace."

"I heard that Eunuch Gao wanted to recognize him as a godson and let him take care of himself until the end of his life. He gave him a lot of dignity in the palace. It's just that he got seriously ill later, and his head couldn't remember it after he recovered. I made mistakes several times while serving in front of nobles, so Eunuch Gao had no choice but to give up."

"Eunuch Gao took good care of him. He was transferred to the Taimiao Temple to specialize in trivial matters related to temple sacrifices and mausoleum sacrifices. He was very familiar with the officials of the Taichang Temple. That's why I took advantage of the loopholes in this ceremony."

Chu Yan's phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, "Have you ever checked, what is the relationship between him and Cheng'en Gongfu and the empress?"

"There is no festival." Sheng Xie replied.

While the two were talking, Shen Lingxi had already walked to the side of the little eunuch's corpse.

She groped the face of the young eunuch's body, and said in a low voice, "It's useless to check Guisheng, because he's not Guisheng."

As she spoke, she directly tore off the human skin mask on the little eunuch's face, revealing his own face.

Several people in the room all looked at the young eunuch's face.

Xu was wearing a human skin mask all year round, the little eunuch's face was even paler than his dead soul.

No one knows.

Shen Lingxi groped around on him and found many porcelain bottles of different colors.

She opened the porcelain bottles one by one, put them on the tip of her nose and sniffed lightly, the more she sniffed, the more dignified her expression became.

"What did you find?" Mu Huai'an looked at her and asked.

Shen Lingxi's eyes drooped slightly, she was silent for a few breaths, and said slowly: "The medicinal powder in this porcelain bottle, some of which can control snakes, rats, insects and ants, is unique to Yunjiang, and must be obtained by the dead in Yun Kingdom."

The saviors of the Yun Kingdom are assassins trained by the royal family of the Yun Kingdom, and they are best at assassinations.

"You mean, he is from Yunjiang?" Mu Huai'an asked in surprise.

Shen Lingxi didn't want to admit it, but she had to admit it, "Yes."

She stretched out her hand and tore open the skirt of the little eunuch's chest, and sure enough, she saw a tattoo of a spirit snake on his chest.

"This is the unique mark of the dead men of Yun Kingdom, there is no mistake." She paused, "As far as I know, when Emperor Li died six years ago, he sent all the dead men around him to protect Yun Guo Crown Prince Yunchong. I just don’t know, what is the rift between Duke Cheng’en and Yunchong that will make him be cruel to the empress next time.”

Mu Huai'an frowned, and thought about it: "Father was ordered to lead the army to attack the vanguard, and even smashed the four cities of the Yun Kingdom, so that the Yun Kingdom's army retreated steadily. Perhaps Yun Chong was very concerned about the destruction of the country. Yu Huai, that's why you will take revenge?"

The corners of Shen Lingxi's lips curled up in a mocking arc.

Her idiot brother, who is obsessed with sensuality all day long, is a dou who cannot be supported. His whole body, even his hair, has nothing to do with the words "national enmity and family enmity".

"I'm afraid it's not that simple." She pointedly said.

Sheng Xie listened from the side, his eyebrows moved slightly, and he whispered to Chu Yan, "Your Highness, this person intentionally made so much noise here, could it be related to 'the one' guarding the mausoleum?"

As soon as Shen Lingxi heard this, she knew that Sheng Xie was referring to her little aunt.

Her heart beat violently twice, she hurriedly pretended to examine the corpse, lowered her eyes to hide the emotion in her eyes.

And a pair of ears, but the whole pricked up, listening to the conversation between the two.

Chu Yan pondered for a while, and ordered: "Send more people to station outside the Shouling Palace. From now on, no one is allowed to enter or leave the Shouling Palace without Gu's order."

Sheng Xie responded, turned around and went to make arrangements.

Shen Lingxi frowned slightly.

It seems that the little aunt was indeed hidden by Chu Yan in the Shouling Palace, but now that the identity of the little eunuch has been found to be related to Yunjiang, this matter may not be so easy.

Shen Lingxi suppressed the worry in her heart, and examined the body of the little eunuch carefully, and found nothing suspicious.

Because Yunjiang was involved, Mu Huai'an said directly: "Fortunately, Yujia hasn't gone far yet, so I'll catch up and ask my father if there is any intersection with Prince Yun."

Chu Yan nodded, thought for a while, and said: "After asking clearly, there is no need to come back. We will leave tomorrow, and we will see you in the capital."

Mu Huai'an knew that the business was important, so he nodded.

Su Xian at the side heard this, and said: "That's just right, tonight is the night of the full moon, and it's best to save the dead souls, so let's set up a magic circle tonight and send those dead souls away."

Shen Lingxi hesitated for a while, then nodded.

*
After the female ghosts watched the excitement at the mausoleum ceremony, some souls of the dead became less interested in this worldly matter.

Hearing that Su Xian wanted to rescue them, he simply agreed.

Liu Meiren and a few female ghosts still wanted to stay in the world for a few more days, so Shen Lingxi let them go.

In the middle of the night, Shen Lingxi helped Su Xian send away a group of dead souls, and they rested in the side hall separated from Chu Yan by a wall.

After a busy day, she went to bed early.

Just as he was about to fall asleep in a daze, an eager urging voice suddenly came from his ear:

"Little girl, little girl, wake up, wake up quickly."

"Something happened to the young man next door, please wake up..."