On the second day of the second lunar month in winter, the students of the New Taixue School arrived in Xijing. All the officials had a rest and no need to attend court early. Yan Xiu rode out of the palace and watched the polo match in person.
On the same day, the palace inquired about the whereabouts of Qingjing Sanren and invited him to the palace from the busy city of Xijing. Also invited into the palace were six young Celestial Masters, both male and female. I heard that they all came from Longhu Mountain in Jiangnan Road and were disciples of Qingjing Sanren.
When Yan Xiu left the city, the Queen Mother announced that she would capture the monster today and planned to kill it first and report later. And she did not act alone. Many ministers in the court also changed their official uniforms and entered the palace after hearing the news, which greatly helped her ambition.
At noon, all young women in the palace who meet the requirements are brought to the square in front of Qianyu Hall.
The Queen Mother stood at the head of the crowd and talked with Qingjing Sanren.
Zhu Sijia was naturally among the queue. Yan Xiu left the palace, and she naturally became the most powerful person in the palace. Who dared to touch her easily? However, today's situation seems to be a forced uterus. It is obviously unavoidable and she cannot help but come.
When she woke up this morning, her left eyelid was twitching wildly, and she felt an ominous feeling in her heart.
Now that it's here, let's make peace with it and hope Scarlett can gradually relax.
The palace has long been in a state of panic because of the cat demon incident. Today, the women who took the initiative or were brought to the altar are all outstanding-looking people.
According to Qingjing Sanren, noon is the time of day when the yin energy is the heaviest, but it is also the time when cat demons are most likely to reveal their true nature.
At a quarter past noon, he will formally start the ceremony.
The shadow of the pointer on the sundial had not changed even half a minute when I saw a man riding forward on horseback, his white clothes flying, and he wisely tightened the reins in front of the crowd:
"How can the Queen Mother dare to catch the monster first when Your Majesty is not here?"
The person coming was none other than Yan Wei.
The Queen Mother ignored him: "It is a capital offense to ride a horse in the palace, and the penalty of delaying an opportunity will be increased to one level. Someone, please invite King Xiang down."
Several forbidden soldiers stepped forward to hold Yan Wei up, and even though he kept cursing, they tried to take him down.
Before the time came, Qingjing Sanren took a leisurely stroll in front of the altar, waving their whisks, and introduced the origins of the Underworld Cat Demon to everyone.
Zhu Sijia felt cold all over, her face turned pale, and she tried to calm her breathing as much as possible.
In order not to attract the attention of the people around her, she nodded slightly as if thinking. Therefore, she missed Zhu Siyi's meaningful glance at her through the crowd.
What kind of bullshit cat demon in the underworld, what kind of confusing case of the cat demon's heart-robbing case, she immediately understood everything when she heard the sentence "The cat demon is a woman who died tragically in her previous life and re-entered reincarnation."
This is simply Yan Xing’s handiwork! It's a dragnet set by him! Every life in the palace is related to him!
He just wanted to capture Yan Xiu while she was leaving the palace.
Yan Xiu is not in the palace. Even if she treats the palace residents well and makes them feel grateful to him, during this time, they have been alarmed by the cat demon incident. They are all afraid of avoiding her. If she I really fell into Yan Xing’s trick...
Except for a few close friends, few people were willing to speak for her.
But now the more panicked she becomes and the more she wants to escape, the more she will fall for Yan Xing's tricks.
I wish Scarlett to keep telling herself to calm down, calm down and calm down again.
Yan Wei's shouts and curses continued to come from the distance. At the Queen Mother's signal, the imperial guards randomly found a piece of cloth and blocked his mouth.
Zhu Sijia suddenly realized something was strange. Hasn’t Yan Wei’s identity as the owner of Yanxue Tower been revealed to the public a long time ago, and she had seen his skills before, so why was he easily taken down by the Imperial Army today——
Maybe Yan Wei was the glimmer of hope Yan Xiu left for her.
Thinking of this, I wish Scarlett gradually calmed down.
At a quarter of noon, Qingjing Sanren danced on the altar with his peach wood sword. Then he asked someone to bring out a bundle of willow branches:
"The Queen Mother, the opening ceremony of the altar is completed, please touch the underworld water first."
Queen Mother: "What is the Underworld Water?"
Qingjing Sanren: "Netherworld water is naturally the water of the Underworld Sea from the underworld. The cat demon was born in the Underworld Sea, so it will naturally be connected with the things of the past. Madam, it is the duty of the poor to eliminate demons and subjugate them. Please lead by example and use the underworld first. Water can convince everyone in the world."
Queen Mother: "If you are upright, you are not afraid of the shadow. Please go ahead."
Qingjing Sanren ordered his apprentice to bring a bottle. He opened the mouth of the bottle, tilted the bottle slightly, and sprinkled some so-called ghost water on the wicker. Then he shook the wicker and murmured the taste. The water droplets splashed onto the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother did not appear unwell.
Qingjing Sanren smiled and said: "The Queen Mother is not a cat demon. You can go back to the palace to rest first."
Return to the palace? She will never give up until she sees the cat demon appear with her own eyes today.
The Queen Mother ordered someone to bring the phoenix chair directly in front of the person and sit alone.
According to Qingjing Sanren, the cat demon will turn into a beautiful woman. In addition to the concubines of various palaces, many beautiful palace maids were also brought here, lined up, and received the ghost water from his hands one by one.
Sooner or later it will be your turn.
Zhu Sijia looked at the bottle of strange blue water, feeling uneasy, and her intuition told her not to touch it.
The Queen Mother's urging sounded in her ears: "Zhu Zhaoyi, it stands to reason that you are the most suspicious person in the palace. It has taken so long to get to you, so why don't you come forward quickly?"
All eyes turned to her.
Zhu Sijia breathed a sigh of relief, walked up to the altar slowly, and said respectfully to the Queen Mother: "I accept my orders."
As usual, Qingjing Sanren poured some dark water on the willow branch and repeated the action he had done a hundred times before. The next moment, he aimed at Zhu Sijia, waved the willow branch, and sprinkled countless water drops on Zhu Sijia.
The moment the Ming Shui came into contact with Zhu Sijia, smoke started to rise from her body, and the water actually burned her to the point of pain.
The Queen Mother and the people around her stepped back a few feet, and screams of fright occurred one after another:
"Oh my God!"
"I didn't expect that Zhu Zhaoyi is really a demon!"
Qingjing Sanren also took the opportunity to shout: "Come here! Set up a formation! Capture the cat demon!"
Du Xian snatched the weapon of the forbidden army and rushed to the altar to stop Zhu Sijia: "Who dares?"
Seeing this, Yu Xin and Zhenzhen followed her example and stood beside Zhu Sijia as shields. No one dared to step forward.
Zhu Sijia was in great pain, but she had already had enough of this kind of pain. When she was being burned by the water, she bit her lower lip and tried her best to prevent herself from screaming. She looked at Qingjing Sanren coldly and spoke loudly every word:
"Didn't you say that the cat demon will appear when it encounters the underworld water? Why am I still in human form? From what I see, it is clearly your so-called underworld water that is deceitful."
The Queen Mother's phoenix eyes narrowed slightly: "Taoist Priest, what's going on?"
Qingjing Sanren's face was full of embarrassment: "I'm telling you, the Queen Mother, I've made a fortune telling that Zhaoyi's body was for a cat demon, so it won't show up when it encounters the underworld water! But you can also see, The dark water did not emit smoke when used on others, so the top priority is to rectify the cat demon on the spot!"
The Queen Mother shouted: "Then why don't you execute this demon concubine quickly!"
Du Xian split open the altar with his knife, and with the knife in his hand, he chased Qingjing Sanren to chop:
"Bah! You old guy, you clearly have the intention to harm others! Do you dare to let me check your Lao Shi Zi Ming Shui?"
The Qing Jing San people ignored it and instead ran around, constantly lobbying the Queen Mother:
"The Queen Mother, the Emperor Star has left the palace, and the purple energy is dim. If the demon girl is not trapped in the seven-star array before dark, we will all die after dark!"
