As soon as Xue Minghua saw Qingyan, he quickly walked towards her with excitement. Like He Linling, he reached out and grabbed her hand, and kept saying: "Like! Like! Like! It's so similar." Yes! She is exactly the same as your mother."
Qingyan called her aunt with a smile, but she cursed in her heart, they were all the same person, how could they not look the same.
Let’s not talk about anything else for the time being, I must have perfected my acting skills when I get back.
There is no one else playing the role of her own daughter.
Xue Minghua dismissed the concierge and took her to the inner courtyard. He passed through a moon gate and a small garden before entering the inner courtyard.
Xue Minghua walked out of breath, Qingyan supported her on one side, and a woman supported her on the other.
Qingyan asked with concern: "What's wrong with my aunt? What disease is she suffering from? You don't have to come out to greet me. Just let someone bring me in. Why bother yourself."
Xue Minghua patted her hand and said, "It's your first time here with your aunt. How could you be so negligent? Your mother won't be able to say that I'm not the one~
Are you from home? How is the road going? Is it snowing over there? "
Qingyan shook her head, "I have been traveling since last year. I went to the northwest border for a while. I came back because it was really cold there."
When Xue Minghua heard that she had returned from the northwest, he stopped and looked at her and said, "Did you pass by Qinzhou when you went to the northwest?"
Qingyan nodded, "I passed by, and I stayed at sister Huan'er's place for a while."
"Really? How is Huan'er? Mother and daughter haven't seen each other for several years. I sent her a letter before I came to the capital, but I don't know if she received it."
By this time they had arrived at the hall in the inner courtyard, which was very warm with a wall of fire burning inside.
Qingyan helped her sit on the soft couch, and she sat next to her before replying: "Maybe she didn't receive it. I just left there less than a month ago, and she told me that you were at Xingtang Mansion. Woolen cloth."
Xue Minghua frowned slightly, "We have been in Kyoto for two years, and she hasn't received the letter yet. I think the person who brought the letter made a mistake on the way."
Qingyan suddenly thought about the robbers in Pingyuan County. If the person who brought the letter happened to go there at night, something might really happen.
So I told Xue Minghua what happened when I came here, and by the way, I mentioned the Fang family father and son in Yunzhou.
When Xue Minghua heard that the road was so dangerous, she said it was lucky that she had good luck and hard work. Qingyan deliberately made her think that the Fang family and his son had also helped a lot.
He also told her about Xue Huan'er's current situation and their trip to Qingyuan Mountain. Xue Minghua called out to Buddha for his blessing.
While Qingyan was chatting with her, she was observing her body. She didn't have any symptoms of cold. She seemed to be weak. She didn't know what was going on.
At this time, Chou Chou sent a message to her: "Yanyan, ask her if she has been to any deserted courtyard or cemetery recently. She is contaminated with a lot of evil spirits."
Qingyan suddenly realized that this must be the reason for her physical weakness.
After Xue Minghua took a sip of water and swallowed it, Qingyan said hesitantly: "Aunt, Heng Yue has some words that I don't know whether to say or not..."
Xue Minghua clapped her hand again, smiled and said angrily: "You don't have to be so foreign to your aunt, just say what you have to say."
Qingyan organized her words before saying, "Has aunt been to a desolate yard or cemetery recently?"
Xue Minghua was stunned and said with some confusion: "Why do you ask this?"
Qingyan didn't hide anything and said directly: "My father and I learned some fortune-telling techniques. I saw that my aunt has some sinister aura that affects her body, which is why she is so weak."
Xue Minghua and the mother-in-law next to him both widened their eyes in shock. The mother-in-law couldn't help shouting: "Oh my God, is that so?"
Qingyan looked at them curiously, "What did my aunt and this nanny remember?"
Xue Minghua nodded and moved away the two little maids. Only she, Qingyan and the old nanny were left in the room. Then he said: "Ten years ago, it was the fifteenth day. I took my youngest son Xiu'er to the Daxiangguo Temple. Worship Buddha.
Xiu'er was playful and ran to play while I was offering incense. After I offered incense, I took people to find him. When I found him behind the Heavenly King's Hall, he looked a little dazed. He pointed to a courtyard behind the temple and said it was really big. fire!
We thought it was Xiu'er who saw fire or smoke in the courtyard, so we went over to have a look. The courtyard should have been used by young novice monks and had been abandoned.
There was no firelight at all, not even a living thing inside, and it was very desolate.
Thinking that the Daxiangguo Temple was indeed hit by a fire four years ago and that the current Daxiangguo Temple was rebuilt, I thought that Xiu'er had seen something unclean, so I took him away in a hurry.
After I came back, Xiu'er felt better after a good sleep, but my health got worse and worse. At first I couldn't sleep, and I kept dreaming all night long. When I woke up, I couldn't remember what I was dreaming about. I could only keep my eyes open until dawn. .
Later, I felt so weak that I couldn't explain why after seeing many doctors. Now, I can only feel better if I sleep during the day and stay awake at night. "
After hearing what she said, Qingyan sent a message to Chou Chou: "You heard it, right? Let's see if it's a problem at Daxiangguo Temple."
Chou Chou replied directly: "I saw it as soon as I heard it. It's the problem over there. There is something wrong with the construction of the Daxiangguo Temple. It happens to be in a sky fire and thunder formation. It has been hit by lightning twice since it was built. .
That courtyard is the center of the formation. If that courtyard is removed after reconstruction, it should not attract thunder and fire again in the future.
It's just that the fire caused the death of many monks, and they all gathered in that courtyard. The evil spirit was very strong, and Xue Minghua's mother and son only came back after being in it.
If Xue Minghua hadn't met you, she would have died long ago. Now her destiny is no longer in the Five Elements, so her body is more susceptible to erosion.
Her youngest son is not a person who should exist, so he can see the illusion produced by the formation eye. It is just that he is the age of Huotou Sheng, so he is not affected. "
Qingyan: "Then how to solve it?"
Chou Chou: "There is no need to solve it. I directly absorbed the evil spirit from her body. Just give her the spirit stone pendant and wear it for a few days."
Qingyan pretended to count with her fingers, and then repeated Chou Chou's words to Xue Minghua with a profound look on her face. Of course, she only said about the Daxiangguo Temple.
Then he took out two pendants and put them in her hands, still showing the original image of Chou Chou, telling her that they could ward off evil spirits and protect her body.
Xue Minghua took it solemnly and put it directly on his neck.
I don’t know if the pendant had any effect, but I instantly felt that my body was much more relaxed and my mind was much clearer.
"This is really magical. I feel better and I have more strength. Thank you so much, aunt, for giving me such a valuable thing."
Qingyan said with a smile: "My aunt just said she wouldn't let me practice here. My mother prepared this for me to give to my aunt. The queen also has it. I already gave it away when I entered the palace yesterday."
Xue Minghua said in surprise: "Have you already entered the palace? I was still thinking of submitting a post to take you into the palace tomorrow.
I guess your mother also told you about her relationship with the Queen. When my second sister-in-law told me about it back then, I thought it was such a coincidence..."
Nanny Yang next to her had previously thought that Qingyan was a cousin from the Xue family who came to visit, but her wife personally welcomed her out and even tried to dissuade her from doing so.
After all, he is just a junior. As an elder, there is really no need to greet him in person. Hearing the words, this is the first time they have met. Unexpectedly, there is no barrier between the two.
Now I heard that the other party could tell the reason for Xue Minghua's physical discomfort at a glance, and I was a little surprised. Now that I knew that the other party's mother was actually Xue Minghua's cousin who once saved the Queen, I took a higher look at her.
She has been with Xue Minghua for more than ten years. It can be said that she has been serving his wife since she married into the Yang family, so she still knows a lot of things.
In the past, the Empress often sent rewards to Xue Minghua through the second sister-in-law of the Xue family, and after arriving in the capital, she would be called into the palace from time to time.
It can be said that her husband's promotion so quickly has a lot to do with his wife, a sister he has not seen for more than ten years.
After all, the Empress has been saved. As long as the Empress speaks a few nice words in front of the Emperor, she will definitely be able to gain recognition in front of the Emperor.
This pillow style is not just something you talk about casually, sometimes it really works.
Although I haven't seen the real master now, I have met the real master's daughter. She is also very capable. Even the daughter is very capable, and the mother is definitely stronger.
As she just heard from the other party, coming all the way from the northwest is extremely dangerous, and most people would probably have a narrow escape.
The other party is not only highly skilled in martial arts, but also proficient in the affairs of gods and ghosts. He noticed the evil aura on his wife's body as soon as he arrived, and also pointed out the origin of the fire in the Daxiangguo Temple. The other party's father must also be a capable person.
We had lunch at Xue Minghua's place at noon. Even though the other party tried hard to persuade her to stay in the Yang Mansion, Qingyan still refused.
Anyway, she has already moved into the Prince's Mansion, so there is no need to go back and forth. Moreover, she feels that living in Zhao Rixin's house is more free. After all, Xue Minghua still has her husband and son here, and she is not familiar with them, so it is not very convenient to get in and out.
Like Rishin's place, except for him as the master, everyone else was a servant, so she didn't have to worry about anything. Moreover, they were similar in age and could talk better, so they still finished lunch, sat down for a while and left.
She also told Xue Minghua about her current residence, and also told Xue Minghua how she and Zhao Rixin met during the previous chat, and why she entered the palace as soon as she could.
Xue Minghua also sighed that it was such a fate, and asked Qingyan to come and chat with her when she had nothing to do.
He also knew that there was an age gap between him and Qingyan. The little girl probably didn't like to stay with an old woman like her, so he didn't force her to stay. He just said that he would ask her to come with him if he came to the palace again. Before leaving, Come and see her from time to time.
I also prepared a lot of gifts for Qingyan, but because I didn't know in advance that she was coming today, I was in a hurry. They were all things I found in the warehouse that were more suitable for the little girl.
In fact, it's not too much. After all, she doesn't really have a little girl of Qingyan's age in her family. It's just a thought. She thinks that now that she's in good health, she can go out and buy some tomorrow.
There are also gifts for her parents, which Qingyan will take back with them when the time comes.
Qingyan came almost empty-handed, and when she came out she had big and small bags. It really felt like she had come to visit someone in the autumn breeze.
After leaving the Yang Mansion, she did not go back to the Second Prince's Mansion. Instead, she asked the driver of the Prince's Mansion to drive the carriage to Daxiangguo Temple.
Today is the 15th day of the Lunar New Year. There are not many pilgrims in Xiangguo Temple. The entrance of the temple is very quiet, so I asked the groom to park the car in the open space in front of the temple.
Asking the driver to wait in the car, she pretended to enter the temple but actually walked around the base of the wall to the back. She was heading towards the courtyard at the back.
Although Chou Chou could come here on her own, she was also quite curious. After all, it seemed unreasonable not to visit the Daxiangguo Temple when she came to the capital.
This is also a place of interest. This is a temple built during the Northern Qi Dynasty. Although it suffered two fires and was rebuilt twice, it was all rebuilt in the same way as before, so it is still worth a visit.
Qingyan walked back along the gable wall of the temple. Because of the winter, although there was no path, it was not difficult to walk. At most, some of the weeds had dried up.
Looking at the dilapidated courtyard in front of her, it was different from what she saw in her spiritual consciousness. Before she came, she used her spiritual consciousness to explore it. In her spiritual consciousness, she could only see the general appearance of the courtyard. Only when she got there did she realize that the sinister aura It was so rich that even the naked eye could see it.
It should be regarded as a kind of aura or magnetic field. You don't have to go in. From the outside, you can see that it is much more depressing than other places.
It looked like a gray and gloomy feeling. The sun was shining brightly outside, but it seemed like it couldn't shine into the yard.
Chou Chou came out of the space directly, leaving her to wait outside. It jumped into the center of the yard, floated there, and began to absorb the evil spirit inside.
Qingyan stood outside to let it out to avoid anyone suddenly appearing and interrupting it.
Fortunately, this is the back of the temple. It must be because the aura here is not very good, so no one comes here.
Moreover, it is separated from the temple by a wall, and people inside cannot see the scene here. They can only see the half-shattered roof eaves and walls above.
It only took about a quarter of an hour for Chou Chou to absorb the evil spirit inside. Qingyan felt that the yard was much brighter with her naked eyes.
Then Chou Chou suddenly disappeared from the same place, which startled Qingyan, and she thought it was sucked into some formation again.
Fortunately, its voice came through my mind, "Yanyan, I found a cave dozens of meters underground in this small courtyard. I'll go in and have a look. You first go back to the carriage or go to the temple for a walk. No need. Wait for me, if you finish shopping and I haven’t come out yet, go back first.”
Qingyan quickly replied to it: "Then be careful. If there is danger, return to the space quickly. Don't take risks."
Chou Chou: "I know I won't put myself in danger, don't worry."
