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

Mu Huaijie pointed the finger at the emperor.

This statement coincided with the Queen's statement during the day that the Emperor was behaving strangely.

However, he was also involved in Yuxi.

How can anyone dare to get their hands on Yuxi?

What's more, Chu Yan is the crown prince.

I'm afraid that if he takes a few more glances, people will suspect that he is plotting to usurp the throne.

Shen Lingxi's apricot eyes were slightly cold, and she didn't believe it at all.

"Just now you said that Sheng Kun's 'fairy spirit' could only be stored in this jade pendant, and you were sent to find 'rations' for him, but now you said that he was hiding in the jade seal and even took up residence with the emperor. It’s a contradiction, I just don’t know what it means.”

She deliberately repeated the key points that Mu Huaijie said to the other three people.

After hearing this, Chu Yan, Mu Huaian and Su Xian all showed shock on their faces without exception.

Mu Huaijie looked at Shen Lingxi as if he were a fool, "I thought you were quite powerful, but now it seems that you were able to kill Sheng Kun just because of luck."

"Don't you know that it is possible to break through the cultivation level of the immortal family? After Sheng Kun's fairy spirit refined these human souls, its own skills increased greatly. If it breaks through the cultivation level, it will naturally be able to leave this jade pendant and go to any other place. The place I want to go is even to take the body of a living person."

This rhetoric can only deceive fools like you.Shen Lingxi silently cursed in her heart.

However, she could also extract useful information from Mu Huaijie's words——

Mingyang Jade has the function of gathering souls and refining souls. Sheng Kun used Mingyang Jade to condense Taishu Mei's soul into Yun Xi's body.

Since Sheng Kun is a descendant of the Holy Clan and his soul is attached to the Mingyang Jade, it is reasonable to use the Mingyang Jade's ability to gather and refine souls to repair his own soul.

However, if Sheng Kun is really as Mu Huaijie said now, he can go wherever he wants to go, and he can take the house if he wants to.

He was afraid that he had long wanted to avenge Tai Shumei and himself.How could she go to such great lengths to leave a fool like Mu Huaijie here to dig a hole for her.

Thinking of this, Shen Lingxi sneered with a straight face, "Do you know that slandering the Emperor is a serious crime of confiscating the family and annihilating the family? Although your Mu family has fallen, our Shen family's favorite Zhenglong, you want to use me to anger the emperor and bring down our entire Shen family. , avenge yourself?"

Mu Huaijie opened his eyes wide.

"Why do you think so?" He really didn't expect it to be like this.

Shen Lingxi fluttered her sleeves and turned around, ready to leave.

"Wait a minute." Mu Huaijie hurriedly floated in front of her, "I don't mean that. Every injustice has its own debtor, and I just want that evil woman Shen Yuyao to reap the consequences. Sheng Kun is now in the emperor's body, I will deal with you soon. I have a way to get Sheng Kun's fairy spirit away from the emperor. If you believe me, just do what I do. After that, I will take Shen Yuyao's life, how about it?"

Shen Lingxi lowered her eyes slightly, hiding the mockery in her eyes.

She pretended to be thoughtful, deliberately hanging him for a while, and softened her tone slightly, "Tell me what method can be used to get Sheng Kun away from the emperor."

"I overheard Sheng Kun saying earlier that what he fears most is the Ming Yin jade in your hands. As long as the emperor touches the Ming Yin jade, Sheng Kun will be scared and run away from the emperor. In this way, you Not only has she saved the emperor, but she can also accuse Shen Yuyao of murdering the emperor. When the time comes, regardless of whether she is pregnant with the dragon seed in her belly, the emperor will not let her go. In this way, we will each achieve our wishes."

The moment Shen Lingxi mentioned "Ning Yin Jade", she finally felt a little enlightened.

"Sounds good." Shen Lingxi pondered for a few breaths, "But, how can I believe what you said? Is it true? If you lie to me, then I am holding our Shen family's More than a hundred lives are on the line."

Mu Huaijie seemed to have expected that she would say this, and pointed directly to the side, the weak Mu Huaian.

"My brother came here five days ago to investigate the case and was accidentally possessed by the remaining fairy spirit. If you don't believe it, you can try it on him with the Nether Yin Jade to see if what I said is true. Anyway, you If you don't save him, his blood will explode and he will die in three days. Then you can also see if the fairy will grow up after devouring his blood essence and soul."

It was waiting here.

It seemed that the remnant soul on the corpse was deliberately left behind by Sheng Kun to test the Ming Yin Jade for her, as he expected that she would not believe Mu Huaijie's words.

However, Mu Huaian accidentally attracted her.

Sheng Kun really has good intentions.

"Since you said that this black thing is Sheng Kun's 'fairy spirit', is everything we do and say now known to Sheng Kun?" Shen Lingxi looked wary, "If he knows about our plot..."

"You don't have to worry about this." Mu Huaijie was very sure, "When Sheng Kun was burned to death by you, his soul was attached to the fragments of Mingyang Jade. These spiritual threads are like hair, inextricably linked. Only those who are within reach of Sheng Kun can be controlled by him."

"Whether it's the strand that penetrated the jade just now or the strand in my brother's body, as long as he's not close to Sheng Kun, he's just relying on instinct to absorb blood essence and refine his soul."

Shen Lingxi finally felt at ease. She paused and said pointedly: "Even if what you said is true, it is difficult for me not to doubt that you and Sheng Kun are in the same group and are conspiring to set up a trap." Harm me."

Mu Huaijie's eyes flashed slightly, and he immediately lowered his face, snorted coldly, and turned around, "Believe it or not, Sheng Kun will definitely kill you if he gets into the emperor's body. If you don't believe it, just go and watch." Well, after all, the worst thing I can do is just not be able to take revenge, and what you have lost is your life."

Although he said this, his back was turned to Shen Lingxi's body, but he never left.

Shen Lingxi fell silent.

For a while, the two fell into a stalemate.

After a while, Shen Lingxi estimated that the fire was almost done, so she made a compromise tone: "Let's do this. If you do something for me, I will trust you."

Mu Huaijie turned around quickly, looked at her and asked, "What's the matter?"

"I have three dead friends who have been following me, but they didn't come back after entering the palace a few days ago. I guess it was Sheng Kun's fault. You have been doing things for Sheng Kun for so long, so he is naturally very... I believe you, as long as you can rescue those three dead souls from his hands, I believe you have nothing to do with him." Shen Lingxi said.

This time, Mu Huaijie agreed very readily, "I will find someone for you right away."

As he spoke, the wind and fire flew out.

After his soul disappeared at the end of the cellar, Shen Lingxi pointed to the jade pendant and relayed to the three of them exactly what Mu Huaijie had said.

Finally, she looked at Su Xian and asked, "Has the Taoist Master ever seen relevant records in ancient books? The Ming Yin Jade can drive away the human soul. If the Ming Yin Jade is used to drive away Mu Huaian's soul..."

"It can't be like this." Su Xian denied without thinking, "The Yellow Emperor's Internal Canon says: 'When the blood and Qi are harmonious, the body and mind are connected, the five internal organs are complete, the spirit and energy are sacrificed, and the soul is complete, then one becomes a human being.' The soul is born in the heart, and it is also said that "the liver stores the blood, and the blood houses the soul." This means that the human soul is stored in the blood, and is stored in the liver with the blood. Therefore, ordinary people often say that the word "liver soul" has its origin. Here it is.”

"The reason why Sheng Kun's remnant soul penetrates into people's blood and sucks the essence and blood is because only in this way can it attach to the human soul hidden in the blood and refine the soul for his use."

"If the underworld jade is used to drive away a person's living soul, the black thread remnant soul can directly refine the person's soul without having to suck the essence and blood. In this case, isn't it the same as peeling the shells and feeding chestnuts to him?" Shen She suddenly understood, "So, Sheng Kun deliberately asked Mu Huaijie to stay here and tell me that the Mingyin Jade can save the emperor who is haunted by his soul. His purpose is to use our hands to force out the emperor's soul and help him." Did he refine it?"

Her eyes were slightly cold, "If we really follow what he said, we will become the real murderers of the emperor."

It's indeed a good plan.

"I'm afraid it's more than that." Chu Yan said in deep thought, "If the emperor's uncle dies, I will be the heir to the throne. Even if I lose the support of the people because of 'killing' the emperor's uncle, this country will still belong to the Chu family after all. He is the only one. How can a mere soul replace me? He will not do this kind of loss-making business where he hands over his benefits to others."

"He can still seize the body." Su Xian, standing by, said firmly: "The emperor's soul has left his body, and it is an ownerless body, which is most suitable for him. By then, the country will be his, and you will also be treasonous because of his conspiracy. Sin, be punished by him, this is his real purpose."

When Shen Lingxi heard this, she suddenly felt enlightened.

Outside Yunbian City, Sheng Kun used the jade seal passed down from the previous dynasty as a guide, and planned to let Chu Yan touch the Ming Yin Jade in order to drive Chu Yan's soul out of his body and seize Chu Yan's body.

Today, taking such a big turn is just a repeat of the same old tricks.

However, now Sheng Kun's target is no longer Chu Yan, but the emperor.

It can also be seen from this that Mu Huaijie's statement that "Sheng Kun has taken possession of the emperor" is a complete lie.

Shen Lingxi thought of this, and in her heart, all the details that had confused her since returning from Kunning Palace were finally solved.

"I think I have guessed all of Sheng Kun's plans." Shen Lingxi said firmly.

She raised her eyes and looked at Su Xian, "It's just that the most urgent task now is to find ways to remove the black thread remnants of Mu Huaian's body."

At this time, seeing that she still cared about him, Mu Huai'an felt very at ease.

He quickly glanced at Chu Yan.

Then he saw Chu Yan raised his eyes and looked at him coolly.

Mu Huaian coughed twice and hurriedly said to Shen Lingxi, "After taking your medicine, I feel much better. I'm fine. Don't worry about me. It's better to do business first."

Shen Lingxi looked at him, "Mu Huaijie said, you only have three days left to live. If you don't get rid of that black thread from your body, you will be like this corpse. Your blood will be cut off and you will die. Even your soul will become that wisp of remnants." Food for the soul.”

Mu Huaian: ...

"It's just right. Let's try him to see how to get the black thread out of his body."

Chu Yan raised her thin lips slightly and spoke at the right moment, "Yu Pei must find a way to get rid of this problem. Only in this way can we be more confident when facing Sheng Kun."

Su Xian leaned over and looked at the jade pendant carefully under the dim candlelight.

After a long time, he said slowly: "These days, I have also looked for several ways to deal with Sheng Kun. Since there are jade and people now, let's just try it here overnight."

Shen Lingxi and Chu Yan looked at each other, their expressions relaxed.

These days, they are somewhat prepared.

"Okay, let me help you." Shen Lingxi said to Su Xian with a smile.

She turned to look at Mu Huaian again, "I want to confirm one more important thing with you. Now that you are the only one left in the Mu family, you are probably the only one who knows about this matter..."

*
Early the next morning.

When Shen Lingxi and Chu Yan's carriage carried the dying Mu Huaian back to the East Palace.

Mu Huaijie was already waiting at the entrance of the main hall with Liu Mei and the two concubines.

Chu Yan left in a hurry on the pretext that he had government affairs to deal with and met Su Xian who was waiting outside the mansion.

The embroidered clothes envoy carried Mu Huaian to the side hall to rest.

When Mu Huaijie saw Mu Huaian's appearance, his expression moved slightly. He didn't even have time to greet Shen Lingxi, so he followed him to check.

Upon seeing this, Liu Mei and the two concubines hurriedly rushed towards Shen Lingxi.

"This time we have suffered a serious crime. If Leng Gong hadn't suddenly gone wrong and the people sent by Yue Fei accidentally unlocked the soul-locking formation, I'm afraid you wouldn't have seen the three of us again in a few days."

After Shen Lingxi met Shen Huacheng at the entrance of Leng Palace that day, she asked Xiaodouzi to find Yue Fei.

Concubine Yue is now in charge of the harem. It is up to her to secretly investigate whether there is a special soul-locking array in the harem, which is the least likely to arouse suspicion from others.

The formations used by Sheng Kun all relied on those black clay pieces made of special materials. As long as the chamberlains and maids paid a little attention, they could spot them.

"Did Concubine Yue really save you?" Shen Lingxi asked, "Then why are you with Mu Huaijie?"

Liu Meiren wondered why she asked this, but she answered truthfully, "When we came out of the formation, he happened to be looking for us nearby and said that he had complied with your request, so we came back with him."

A flash of realization flashed in Shen Lingxi's eyes.

Just right will definitely not be just right.

"It seems that he found Sheng Kun. If not, it wouldn't be such a coincidence. He happened to be near you. The person who let you go out was probably someone sent by Sheng Kun." She lowered her voice and asked, "What happened? ?”

When Liu Meiren heard her mention Sheng Kun, a hint of anger suddenly appeared on her face.

"When the three of us returned to Leng Palace, we happened to encounter Sheng Kun's black remnant souls, attached to the souls of a dozen dead souls, sucking their souls."

"We originally planned to come back to report the news to you, but we didn't expect to encounter a man in black. The man in black can not only see us, but also control those black threads and drag our souls into the soul-locking formation. That formation is more powerful than The previous soul-locking formation was much more powerful, but it has only been a few days, and you can see what we have become."

Shen Lingxi looked at them carefully. She had not noticed it before, but now she realized that the skirts of Liu Mei and the two concubines were in tatters. One of the concubines had tattered skirts and feet. They were all cut off by something.

"You said the man in black is a living person and can control those black threads?" Shen Lingxi confirmed again.

The three souls nodded in unison, "It's a living person."

"He must be a person possessed by Sheng Kun." Shen Lingxi said firmly, "Only the person possessed by him can control those black threads, and those black threads are his remnant soul. Have you ever seen the man in black? appearance?"