Facing Cui Huan's attack again, Liang Jiunan no longer looked worried.
Since the "Army-Breaking Thunder Technique" can even be condensed into an artifact, it is more than enough to deal with this kind of range attack.
At this time, Liang Jiunan held the thunder knife tightly with both hands, his eyes as sharp as an eagle.
"cut!"
A no-frills shot.
The dark center of the lake was suddenly lit up by lightning!
"Boom!"
The lightning burst into the sky and fell down like a meteor in an instant.
Cui Huan's hair instantly turned into powder in the lightning, and several holes were penetrated into his body by the lightning, and he suddenly let out a miserable wail.
Liang Jiunan swooped forward. Wherever the blade crossed, Cui Huan was filled with resentment and obsession. It seemed that he could no longer hold on anymore, and the hostility in his soul dissipated in an instant.
"Huh..." Liang Jiunan breathed a sigh of relief.
It would be nice if the anger can dissipate.
According to the records in "Wenqu Spiritualism", as long as the evil spirit dissipates, the soul will sleep in the body again, and the caster can leave the illusion of obsession, and there is no need to kill the good soul to escape when forced.
Liang Jiunan dispersed the thunder knife, and his consciousness was spinning again, returning to his body.
…
When he opened his eyes, as his vision gradually became clearer, what came into view was Yu Langya's face that was so close that it was almost touching his nose!
"Are you awake? How do you feel?" Yu Langya's tone was full of worry.
Liang Jiunan blinked his eyes and suddenly said: "Sister Langya, did you change into begonia scented rouge and gouache today?"
"..." The corners of Yu Langya's eyes twitched. When he slowly straightened up, he slapped Liang Jiunan in the face.
On the side, Li Shangjing couldn't help but shrink his neck and showed a "terrible" expression to Liang Jiunan.
Yu Langya sneered: "I see that your skills have not improved over the years, but you have become more and more courageous. Are you talking to me again and again?"
"Ahem, Langya, calm down, business is more important." Li Shangjing coughed twice and looked at Liang Jiunan:
"Just now, lightning suddenly broke out all over your body, and Cui Huan's body even faintly transformed into a corpse."
"We are also worried that you may have problems during the spiritual summoning."
"By the way...did you fail in summoning the spirit?"
Liang Jiunan jumped up with some pride and informed the two of them of his discovery of spiritualism.
After listening, the two of them were amazed, and Li Shangjing explained:
"Empress Cansheng?"
"I've heard of this before."
"That was before you joined the Demon-Conquering Division."
"It is said that before the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there was a woman in Yangzhou City. After her husband died while building the canal, she was left alone with her child."
"Later, the war broke out and the city of Yangzhou was affected. In the chaos of war, her house collapsed due to fire."
"At that time, in order to protect her child, Empress Cansheng used her body to block the burning beams."
"After the soldiers cleared the rubble, they saw the mother's charred body and the safe child."
"It's precisely because she was so lonely in her life, yet she protected her bloodline with death."
"Therefore, after the peace, in order to commemorate her, the local people gave her the title of Cansheng Empress and burned incense to worship her."
"Every household, if a child dies unexpectedly, will pray to the Queen of Death to protect the dead child."
"In recent years, with the rise of Taoism, local beliefs such as the Cansheng Empress have indeed weakened."
"Could it be that Qiankuguan has started building temples for these local faiths again during this period?"
Yu Langya seems to have a different idea:
"Master, I think the focus should be on the Pei family!"
"Since this Cuihuan had a child many years ago, it can only be Pei Sima's!"
"Perhaps the matter is not that complicated. It's just that the child Pei Sima died unexpectedly turned into a baby ghost?"
While the three of them were deducing, there was suddenly a burst of hurried footsteps from above.
Not long after, the demon-conquering guards came to the ice cellar.
"Master! Huh? Langya, Nine Difficulties, you are also there." The demon-conquering guard said hello: "Master, the governor sent someone here to discuss the incident in the Pei Mansion last night."
Li Shangjing showed a hint of headache:
"I'm really afraid of what will happen!"
"Nine Difficulties, Langya, I will go to the Governor's Mansion to report it first, you two..."
Liang Jiunan could see Li Shangjing's scruples and immediately said:
"Master, Sister Langya and I will go to Qianku Temple to investigate first!"
Li Shangjing breathed a sigh of relief: "That's it."
"Master, but..." Yu Langya wanted to say something else, but Li Shangjing had already left in a hurry with his colleagues.
Liang Jiunan smacked his lips:
"Sister Langya, why don't you have a long memory?"
"Now there are two clues. Check Pei's house first?"
"If the final problem is in Qiankuguan, both of us and the boss will be implicated."
"Let's go, step by step, don't worry!"
…
Qianku Temple stood in Yangzhou City before the founding of the Tang Dynasty.
Later, after the rise of Taoism, Qianku Temple rose to prominence and became the most popular temple in the area.
The number of people who go to the temple to pray every day can be described as an endless stream.
At this time, it was the first day of the first lunar month.
In addition, the incident in the Pei Mansion was so sensational that the number of people who went to Qianku Temple to offer incense today was actually several times more than usual.
Liang Jiunan and Yu Langya shuttled among these pilgrims.
After about a stick of incense, the two arrived at their destination.
In front of the temple gate, the Taoist boys responsible for sweeping have cleared away the snow, leaving a safe path for pilgrims to enter the temple.
After entering the temple, Liang Jiunan glanced around and saw a young Taoist priest not far away who was wiping the incense burner.
Liang Jiunan quickly stepped forward, cupped his hands and said with a smile:
"This little Taoist priest is blessed with infinite blessings."
Perhaps because the two of them were not wearing official uniforms, and the little Taoist priest was probably new here, he did not recognize Liang Jiunan's identity, so he immediately returned the greeting with a smile:
"Blessings and blessings are immeasurable."
"Are the two donors praying for marriage, wealth, or peace?"
"The trail can provide some guidance for a few people."
Liang Jiunan and Yu Langya looked at each other and said immediately, "I want to ask for help from the Queen."
The little Taoist priest was stunned for a moment, and the smile on his face faded slightly: "I see, I would like to express my condolences to the two benefactors. The Queen's Palace is a bit remote, please come with me."
Along the way, the little Taoist priest couldn't help but said:
"The two donors came early."
"On weekdays, there are quite a few people who come to Cansheng Empress Hall."
"Well, these days, it's really not easy for our children to grow up safely."
"I can only pray that the empress can protect these poor children under Jiuquan."
While talking, the little Taoist brought the two of them to a relatively secluded place.
This place is already a bit far away from the temple where pilgrims visit daily.
What came into view was a temple that was obviously much smaller in scale.
After the little Taoist priest bowed respectfully, he said: "Donor, this is it." "
The door of the temple was pushed open, and what came into view was a statue of a woman holding a child and wearing simple clothes.
Liang Jiunan glanced at it and saw that the Cansheng Empress was exactly the same as the one on the jade plaque.
"Little Taoist Priest." Liang Jiunan asked insinuatingly: "Excuse me...are there any peace charms or jade tablets or other objects here?"
The little Taoist priest nodded: "Of course there is, please wait a moment."
With that said, the little Taoist priest walked to the side of the statue of Cansheng Empress, took out a jade tablet from the incense table, and put it in Liang Jiunan's hand.
"This is the jade token of Empress Cansheng."
"On the anniversary of a child's death, bury the jade plaque at the place where the child died to pray for the child."
"However, the jade plaque is a bit expensive, only one tael of silver."
"If it's a charm, it's ten cents."
Liang Jiunan's eyebrows moved.
I immediately paid the silver and bought a piece.
On the side, Yu Langya took advantage of the situation and asked:
"Little Taoist Priest, there are some things we would like to ask you about."
"I heard that the Pei family also came to ask for the jade plaque of Empress Cansheng. Is this possible?"
Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, the little Taoist priest's face suddenly changed, showing a trace of pity: "Hey, speaking of this, the Pei family is also guilty."
Liang Jiunan's eyebrows moved: "Oh, what should I say?"
The little Taoist priest sighed: "This year alone, the Pei family has bought as many as ten yuan of the Cansheng Empress jade tablets from us!"
The two people's eyebrows jumped after hearing this.
The jade plaque of the Cansheng Empress is for the salvation of the dead children.
Ten bucks a year?
That is to say... ten children of the Pei family died this year?
