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

In the early morning of the next day, the sky was bright. Last night in the palace, the news that the sky lanterns were missing again and the pigeons committed suicide into the lake had spread throughout the palace.

Various palaces sent many brave palace people to come to the lake to watch the excitement.

Zhu Lianxi, the great eunuch beside the emperor, and Eunuch Zhu, were also ordered by the emperor to come to check on the progress of the matter.

After a whole night of draining the lake, almost all the water in the lake has been drained.

The dark mud was exposed, together with the half-human-high black lake stones standing around the center of the lake, and the corpses of those pigeons that fell from the sky and fell into the lake in a very strange manner last night. In front of everyone.

Shen Lingxi had changed into a quilted Taoist robe, covered with a black gold-embroidered cloak, and stood side by side with Chu Yan on the shore closest to the center of the lake.

In the middle of the lake, Su Xian, who had been admitted to the palace in the early morning, was wading in the mud, holding a compass in his hand, checking the formation and the strange appearance of the pigeon corpse.

Liu Meiren floated to a distance of ten feet away from Shen Lingxi, and said happily: "Fortunately, you were resourceful and saved Xiao Wuyi's life. Although she was fainted by the evil spirit bomb, her soul is still intact, and she should be alive in a day or two." You'll wake up soon."

After hearing this, Shen Lingxi finally felt relieved and whispered to her: "When she wakes up, I will ask Su Jiu to save you. If what I expected is true, although the Mingyang Jade was broken into powder, it should not have been completely Destroyed. The ice crystals carried away by the pigeons should be attached to the fragments of the Mingyang jade. Sheng Kun's soul is now probably mixed with the Mingyang jade. You know the power of the Mingyang jade best. You stay, Too dangerous."

Chu Yan heard her words and knew that she was communicating with the souls of the dead, so he consciously moved aside.

Liu Meiren glanced at him, covered her lips and smiled teasingly at Shen Lingxi.

"That's fine." She reached out and stroked her hair, which had been sucked short by Mingyang Jade the last time she was at the Emperor's Mausoleum, and said to Shen Lingxi with her charming eyes: "However, whether they leave or not, I am definitely I won’t leave. I haven’t seen you two consummate your marriage yet, so why are you willing to leave?”

Shen Lingxi's forehead twitched.

She really couldn't praise the bad taste of the person in front of her.

Liu Meiren chuckled, stopped teasing her, turned around and stared into the distance.

Suddenly, she seemed to have discovered something and let out a soft "yeah".

"What's wrong?" Shen Lingxi asked doubtfully.

"Oops, I didn't recognize it before. The water in this lake was drained, and then I remembered that this place in front of us was not Fengge Terrace originally?"

Liu Meiren curled her lips and said with disdain: "Xiao Langjun's grandfather and great-great-grandfather are really interesting. They demolished such a beautiful Fengqitai and dug it into a lake. After all, it's not nothing. Count it over Sheng Kun."

"What is Fengqitai?" Shen Lingxi asked curiously.

Before Liu Meiren had time to answer, Su Xian, who was walking towards them, happened to hear these words and replied directly: "This place is in the former dynasty. It is the altar built by the national master Sheng Kun specifically to pray for the emperor and empress Taishu Mei. Named 'Fengqitai', the Fengqitai is arranged according to the ancient Fuxi Bagua formation. On the high platform in the middle, a golden body is made of colored glaze and red gold for Taishu Mei."

Su Xian said, then paused, "It is said that Sheng Kun and Taishu Mei were burned alive on this altar by the late Emperor. Later, it was inevitable that they would turn into evil spirits after their death, and Taizu personally came to invite us. Master Yuanqiu of the Qing Palace on Taiyi Mountain came out and changed the feng shui in the palace. It was for this reason that Fengqitai was demolished, and living water was introduced from outside the palace into the palace, creating today's Taiye Pool. "

Liu Meiren only knew the origin of Fengxitai, but she did not know that Sheng Kun and Taishu Mei died here.

She was slightly startled, then she clapped her hands and said with a smile: "These two people are probably related to fire. They died twice and were burned alive. I am really happy for them." There was a hint of emotion in her tone. of pleasure.

Shen Lingxi's eyes fell on her face.

Ever since she met Liu Meiren, Shen Lingxi had always known that Liu Meiren was a straightforward person who would avenge her enemies.

The reason why the soul lingers in the human world must be because of its long-cherished wish.

At this moment, Shen Lingxi looked at Liu Meiren's appearance and knew that the "consummation" was just her excuse.

She still wanted Sheng Kun to die.

Liu Meiren felt Shen Lingxi's gaze, blinked at her, and urged: "Look what I did, why don't you quickly ask Su Jiu what he discovered? I'm still waiting for you to go back and consummate the marriage!"

When she finished speaking, she seemed to have thought of something funny, and she covered her lips and chuckled, teasingly: "Last night you... I saw you all. You two are always at such a high place, you come to me I can see it even if I cover my eyes..."

Shen Lingxi: ...

She was completely defeated, and for a moment she wanted to catch Sheng Kun out and kill him so that she could send away the giant Buddha in front of her.

Before Shen Lingxi could speak, Chu Yan on the side asked, "Has uncle discovered anything?"

"This place has been transformed into a magic circle for soul locking and soul refining." Su Xian pointed in the direction of the center of the lake. "There is a black hole under the stone in the center of the lake. It should have been hiding something, but it was later taken away. gone."

Shen Lingxi was confused, "The harem has always had strict rules. Who is so capable of avoiding the palace guards, sneaking into the middle of the lake, digging things out and taking them away?"

From the shore to the middle of the lake, even Chu Yan's martial arts may not be able to reach this huge Taiye Pond directly, let alone those who sneak into the palace.

"No, no." Su Xian shook his head, with determination on his handsome face, "There are two levels of formation here. The first level is the Soul Locking Formation, and the hole in the center of the lake is the first level. According to my observation, the formation’s eyes should have existed in the previous dynasty.”

"I think back then, Taishu Mei and Sheng Kun were burned to death on this high platform. Although it was the late emperor who did it, Sheng Kun must have set up a soul-locking array under the Fengqi platform in advance. Otherwise, Taishu Mei would have intervened A mortal body is burned to death on an altar, and a profound Taoist magician is there to bless him, so his soul cannot be preserved at all."

When Shen Lingxi heard this, she said thoughtfully: "I heard from the Queen Mother that Sheng Kun could have escaped at first, but because of Tai Shumei, he left and came back... This must have been his plan before his death. , the purpose is to lock their souls so that Tai Shumei can be resurrected?"

"That's right." Su Xian nodded appreciatively, "This second formation is the soul refining array. The hole in the center of the lake was blocked with lake rocks, which means that when the artificial lake was excavated, the soul locking array The formation eyes were taken away. And the black lake stones everywhere are the formation stones of the soul refining array."

"In other words, when the late emperor ordered the craftsmen to dismantle Fengqitai and dig the lake, the men Sheng Kun arranged before his death sneaked into the craftsmen, dug out their locked souls, and then set up this soul refining The purpose of the magic circle is to bring Sheng Kun back to life."

"Since it is soul refining, it definitely needs souls to refine it... Where can the souls in this lake come from that can refine this formation?" Shen Lingxi asked again in confusion.

Su Xian said solemnly: "Since you can see things that others cannot see, why don't you realize that this harem is supposed to be a place where resentment gathers... but it is much 'cleaner' than other places?"