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

The golden rod on which the crown prince was riding, and the red rod on which the King of Yunjiang rode passed through the joyous and noisy long street, and slowly headed for the gate of the east city.

Wherever they go, the people happily follow behind the car, singing and dancing.

Until the car was about to drive out of the east city gate, everyone saw from a distance that a group of elderly people dressed as country gentry, about one or two hundred people, were standing around a coffin at the gate of the city.

These elders are all the most virtuous and respected people in the prefectures and counties under the rule of Yunjiang.

Six years ago, when Yunhongshan was canonized as the king of Yunjiang by Da Zhou, they also came here to present congratulatory gifts to Yunhongshan on behalf of the people.

It's just that what was presented at that time was the food, melons and fruits that are abundant in various parts of Yunnan and Xinjiang, and the people's umbrella.

And at this moment, send a coffin...

It was unprecedented and unheard of.

With the loud sound of gongs and drums, the reduction of interest rates gradually stopped, and the cars of the Prince and King Yunjiang also stopped slowly.

All the officials in Yunjiang and the common people in Yunbian City stared blankly at the scene in front of them, completely unaware of what these elders wanted to do.

General Xiao Rui has been busy preparing for this grand ceremony. As the head of the Xiao family, the number one family in Yunjiang, he naturally has to stand up and ask questions on behalf of the crown prince and the king of Yunjiang on this occasion.

Xiao Rui rode forward, stopped in front of the group of people, pointed to the black lacquered coffin, and raised his voice and asked: "Fellow folks, today is the day of the prince's great joy, what are you going to do?"

The leader was a white-haired but hale and hearty old man, leaning on a cane, and said to Xiao Rui in a vigorous manner: "I also ask General Xiao to pass it on. The dead body, still holding the jade seal from the previous dynasty, specially chose today to present the body and the jade seal to His Royal Highness, to congratulate my king on the canonization ceremony."

Xiao Rui couldn't hide his astonishment, and hurriedly rode back to report.

The whereabouts of the jade seal of the former dynasty was unknown when the former dynasty fell, and it was one of the regrets that the late emperor always missed when he was alive.

Now under such circumstances, it was presented by such a respected elder in Yunjiang.

The prince must go forward to inspect it in person, in order to show the recognition and importance of the Great Zhou royal family on this matter.

Xiao Rui was originally a martial arts practitioner, perhaps because it was a great happy event, he rode back to the prince's car and reported it excitedly.

The sound is enough for the nearby people and officials to hear clearly.

There were exclamations and cheers from the crowd.

"Your Highness and King Yunjiang, please get out of the car and accept this great gift from the elders." Xiao Ruilang said.

Under such a situation, as the prince, if Chu Yan did not get out of the car personally and accept the donation on behalf of the Zhou royal family, he would not only disappoint the people, but also lose the face of the King of Xinyunjiang.

"Let's go with the princess and Gu." The voice of the prince came from Jin Ren's car.

The Crown Princess replied in a low and gentle voice, "The concubine obeys."

Through the thick veil, everyone saw that the prince took the hand of the princess, lifted the veil, and stepped down the large golden sash.

The veil closed slowly behind them, Xiao Rui accidentally separated the veil, glanced at the person sitting with knees hugged in the corner of the car, and then lowered it very quickly, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.

He didn't follow behind the prince, but held the sword hilt at his waist, and stayed beside the chariot without making a fuss.

The newly promoted king of Yunjiang, Yun Wang, drove down from behind, passed Xiao Rui, and followed behind the prince and princess.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the three of them and the prince's guard walked towards the coffin.

As they approached, the elders bowed their heads and bowed down.

They are all white-haired old men in their 70s and [-]s. With excited and sincere expressions, they all expressed their praises to Da Zhou in unison, "I wish Da Zhou the prosperity of the country and the future generations."

The scene was very touching, and the common people also bowed down.

It's just a coffin and a jade seal, both of which are dead things, but they can be presented as "treasures".

In this situation, who can remember that on the day of the country's subjugation six years ago, in front of this city gate, there was a young girl who was pushed down the tower as a human sacrifice and cursed Da Zhou that "there is no successor to the country!" , the royal family of the Chu family will have no children and grandchildren", no one dares to touch the bones?
Chu Yan took the hand of the princess with a gloomy expression, walked to the coffin and stood still, without any joy on his face.

Chunjun and Shengxie stepped forward and pushed open the lid of the coffin.

An unspeakable strange fragrance wafted out from the coffin.

This is the smell of specially prepared antiseptic herbs, exactly the same as the smell of Yunxi's corpse.

The elder who took the lead said loudly: "This body, together with the jade seal, is locked in the coffin with an exquisite mechanism. If you want to take out the jade seal, you have to open the mechanism. I heard that His Royal Highness is wise and brave, so please unlock it." Kuo, take out the jade seal."

Chu Yan frowned slightly.

This was almost a feeling of being forced to go, which seemed to make him very unhappy.

Seeing this, the Crown Princess took the initiative to invite Ying, and said in a gentle and authentic voice: "The concubine is best at Xuanmen magic, why not let the concubine take out the jade seal for His Highness."

"Alright." Chu Yan responded coldly.

The Crown Princess walked to the opened coffin, raised her sleeves to cover her mouth and nose, and lowered her eyes to look inside.

I saw the body of a man wearing the official uniform of the former dynasty lying in the coffin.

The man is about 30 years old. Although his appearance is almost dry and haggard, it can be vaguely seen that he must have been extremely handsome in his life.

Sheng Kun, the former national teacher, was unparalleled in appearance.

This is the true face of the national teacher.

At this moment, with his skinny hands, he held a square gold cage made of red gold firmly in front of him. Inside the golden cage was a dragon-carved jade seal of excellent quality. flowing.

The most important treasure of the former dynasty, the Saint Yuan Yuxi, has been lost for more than 30 years.

There are countless special silk threads around the golden cage, connecting the surroundings of the coffin.

At the top of the cage, a mechanism was made out of Jiuyu Lianhuan.

If you want to take the jade seal out of the golden cage, you need to unlock the mechanism of the Nine Jade Chain first.

Otherwise, it would be possible to take out the golden cage unless the coffin and the body were dismantled into eight pieces.

Now is the time of peace and prosperity, in front of so many people, the crown prince of a country naturally cannot do such a thing.

It is the best policy to untie the opening brackets step by step.

The Crown Princess' eyes swept across the coffin, and she was not in a hurry to get the jade seal, but put a hand into the coffin.

She murmured in her mouth, as if she was reciting some incantation, and she knocked on the inner wall of the coffin while walking around the inner and outer sides of the coffin, as if she was really doing a magic spell.

The light gauze on her sleeves rubbed against the edge of the coffin, like a spring silkworm spinning silk in the coffin, making a "rustling" sound.

After "chanting" a circle around the coffin, the princess stood still beside the coffin and put her hands on the golden cage.

She leaned over, lowered her eyes in a low-pitched voice, looked at Sheng Kun's body in the coffin, and asked hesitantly, "Are you... in?"

Unexpectedly, Sheng Kun's corpse's cool and haggard left hand silently covered her wrist, and tapped twice on the side of her wrist as a response.

The Crown Princess understood, stood up straight, and whispered to the outside, "The concubine has started to untie the machine."

However, although she said so, the hand that was stretched into the coffin did not move.

However, she doesn't need to move.

Sheng Kun let go of the hand that was covering her wrist, and began to put on the bracelet of the jade ring, unfastening it familiarly and quickly.

But within a few breaths, the Nine Jade Link was untied, leaving only a jade ring with a simple shape, which could be tied on the golden cage.

His withered hands firmly grasped the sides of the golden cage again.

The meaning is already very obvious.

The concubine turned her head and said to Chu Yan, "There is a nine-jade ring lock on this jade seal, there is one last step left, please come down and untie it."

Hearing this, Chu Yan was silent for a few breaths, and then walked to the coffin.

"His Royal Highness removes this jade ring, and my concubine removes the golden cage, and you can take away the jade seal." The Crown Princess lowered her voice and explained softly.

Without doubting him, Chu Yan stretched out his hand and put it on Yuhuan.

"hiss……"

Almost the moment he touched the jade ring, Chu Yan gasped.

He seemed to be experiencing great pain, and the hand covering the jade ring began to tremble uncontrollably.

At the same time, Sheng Kun's body in the coffin, the two hands that were originally grasping the golden cage, suddenly let go, and suddenly grasped Chu Yan's hand covering the jade ring.

Sheng Kun opened his eyes, the dark eyes were staring at Chu Yan's side face sullenly.

Seeing Chu Yan's frowning and pained look, Sheng Kun's lips curved into a mocking smile.

"Haha..." He burst out with a proud laugh from his throat, "From now on, this body of yours is mine..."

However, the voice has not yet fallen——

"Crack, click..." There were two crisp sounds of bones.

Sheng Kun felt his hands suddenly uncontrollably hanging down to his sides.

At the same time, the jade ring also fell into Chu Yan's big palm very lightly.

Sheng Kun raised his eyes suddenly, and saw Chu Yan's phoenix eyes, looking at him mockingly.

Between the brows, there is no trace of pain just now.

In addition, beside Chu Yan, there was a pair of eyes that were darker than his body, and colder, looking straight at him.

She clearly had the face of "Shen Lingxi", but those eyes were dark and dull, revealing the coldness soaked from the bottom of her bones.

At this moment, Sheng Kun seemed to understand something, "You..."

"If I can disguise myself as someone else, I can also disguise myself." Shen Lingxi bent his lips and smiled at him, "Surprised? Unexpected? Master Guoshi?"

With a smile, she took out the jade seal from the golden cage and handed it to Chu Yan. She picked up a jade ring and locked the golden cage again.

"Handed down jade seal and Mingyin jade are really precious treasures." Shen Lingxi sighed sincerely, "In order to lure us into the bait, the national teacher really paid a lot of money, and it is not in vain that I endured your little Mei Niang and stayed in my body For a month."

Sheng Kun gritted his teeth in hatred, "How do you know?"

"Know what?" Shen Lingxi raised her eyebrows, "Do you know that you borrowed the dead body to return to the body of a beggar, pretending to be a national teacher, and asked the Xiao family to arrange this situation for you? Or do you know about Mingyu?"

Sheng Kun narrowed his eyes slightly, "You already knew about my resurrection?"

"No, no, no." Shen Lingxi said to him in a good voice: "You know it, I'm not that smart, naturally I didn't know it a long time ago, otherwise how could I have been plotted by you for so long?"

"I just heard that you were adopted by an expert in Mount Taiyi since you were young. The spells you practice also originated from Mount Taiyi. I just happened to know the closed disciple of No. 80 Eighth Generation, the head teacher of the Shangqing Palace. Ask him to come to Yunjiang as soon as possible, and ask him some questions about Taiyi Mountain's spells."

"There are dozens or hundreds of Taoist sects in Mount Taiyi, but no matter how different the techniques are, they remain the same. I can come back from the dead because I have two lives, and you can resurrect your soul with a dead body. The law is general, and the left and right are nothing more than birth date horoscopes, spells, formations and the like."

"I asked His Highness to help me find out about Xiang Zhou. Back then, in order to win the trust of the Si family, you did not change the identity of the person you possessed, and Xiang Zhou was originally from Dazhou. It is not difficult to check his birthplace and date of birth."

"After finding out Xiang Zhou's birth date, I found out that Xiang Zhou was born at the hour of the lunar month and the sun and the sun was cloudy, and so was the national teacher. Let us ask the 88th generation head teacher who is a close disciple to look up Taiyi Mountain Mystery According to the classics of the sect, it can be inferred that anyone with the same birth date as your horoscope, you can rely on the secret method to use their bodies to return the sun when they die."

"You disappeared for so long, neither went back to the snow mountain to look for your body, nor came back to look for Taishu Mei, so I guessed that you must have resurrected with a dead body."

"It's not difficult to find you. You just need to find people who were born in the cloudy moon, cloudy day, and cloudy hour in the household registration of Yunbian City, and then check one by one. You can always find your body, find the foothold of your body, and you will be able to find you." If you find your secret room, you will naturally be able to find out your whereabouts."

Speaking of this, Shen Lingxi gave a "tsk", "I thought the Xiao family would not deal with you, but I didn't expect that you had already found the body ten years ago, and you even took the secret path from the body of that body." You dug into the Xiao family's ancestral hall, so the Xiao family is really loyal to you."

Every time Shen Lingxi said, it was equivalent to lifting Sheng Kun's hole card by an inch, and Sheng Kun's expression became gloomy.

At the end, his dark eyes were full of anger.

"I underestimated you." He gritted his teeth and said, "You think you can kill me?"

"If you can kill you, you have to try, don't you?" Shen Lingxi smiled at him, pointed around the coffin, "Ghouls don't have a sense of smell, so you keep your eyes closed, and you can't feel it. What is in this coffin?"

Sheng Kun's pupils trembled, remembering the "rustling" sound he heard just now.

He looked around the coffin with effort, only to see white sand-like things filling up the gaps around the coffin.

"This is the best flint powder. It only takes a pinch of small flames to burn your body to a handful of ashes."

"Originally, on the way I came here, I was still thinking, how can I break several joints of you without alarming others, so that you can't climb out of this coffin. Now seeing you in the coffin, I tied so many silk threads to myself, It's just for the layout of His Highness the Crown Prince... save me a lot of trouble, your current appearance should answer four words - to bind yourself in a cocoon."

After Shen Lingxi said this quietly, she took out a fire pocket from her sleeve and lit it, and threw it into the coffin.

The moment the Huozhezi's flame touched the flint powder, it sprang up like a fire snake.

The flames burned Sheng Kun's body inch by inch, and soon spread to his whole body...

"Ah... I'm going to kill you!" Sheng Kun let out an angry and hoarse cry for help, "Xiao Rui! Help me!"