This is the first time that Lu Anran and the prince have met face to face. In her eyes, the prince possesses royal majesty, but unlike the emperor's majesty that is integrated into his bones, the prince is too young and lacks awe-inspiring aura.
Zi Sangjin first noticed that Lu Anran's eyes were very pure black, clean and clear, like clear springs without any fluctuations, and slightly lifeless.
When they first met, Lu Anran felt that the prince had enough pretentiousness, but lacked maturity and was not mature enough; the prince thought that this woman had a single expression and must be extremely boring.
"Lu Anran, the daughter of the governor of Mengdulu." Yun Qi introduced it to Zi Sangjin and said, "Miss Lu studied under the medical debate sect, and I asked her to help with the autopsy."
Zi Sangjin frowned, "Aren't all the corpses cremated?"
"Isn't this too late?" Yun Qi spread his hands.
Zi Sangjin's eyes alternated between the two of them, remembering some rumors, and there was some understanding in his eyes, "Jixia Palace Medical Bian Sect's senior disciple, I think he can help Prince Yun."
Yun Qixiao nodded: "Yes, yes, the prince must also be living in the county office this time. Nangong Zhi asked the emperor to appoint him as a general manager, responsible for all affairs."
"I have met with Nangong Shaofu last night. He came here on the emperor's order. We must cooperate with him so that this ritual can go smoothly."
"Of course, it's just..." Yun Qi spared no effort and put eye drops on Nangong Zhi whenever he got the chance. "According to the position, you, the prince, should be the leader, but now the emperor has entrusted the errands to Nangong Shaofu. , this...I don’t know who to listen to.”
The prince pursed his lips, and a glimmer of light quickly flashed in his eyes, "Prince Yun just needs to find out the case of Yaksha's cannibalism. I share your worries with you, so there is no need to make a clear distinction."
The two of them said a few more words with their own thoughts, and the prince left with the others.
Yun Qi looked at the re-closed door and spun the jade bone fan smoothly in his hand, "It is said that the emperor's sons are dissatisfied with Nangong Zhi. Now it seems that the news is true."
It just happened that Zi Sangjin was also expressing his opinion on Yun Qi, "It's hard to say anything else, but Yun Qi has some thoughts."
Hua Jian and Shi Shui were waiting on him. Hearing this, he said, "Does the Crown Prince feel that Prince Yun is not as ignorant and unskilled as what is said outside?"
Zi Sangjin's eyes darkened, "How can someone from a wealthy family be truly innocent and ignorant? But... he has too many thoughts. It depends on whether he can handle them."
Hua Marry nodded: "Since he didn't bring the inner court with him this time, we'll just wait and see how he solves the case."
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With such a delay, it will be too late to go out.
The carriage drove to the main street and the crowd was blocked for a long time, unable to move.
Yun Qi used a jade bone fan to lift the curtains of the car. The people outside gathered on three levels inside and three outside. It seemed that they would not be able to disperse for a while. They were squeezed in the middle and were in a dilemma.
Mo Yan jumped on the top of the carriage and looked around, "Hey, there's a sideshow in front of us, and someone sprayed a huge ball of fire."
Someone next to the carriage heard it and said in a dissatisfied tone: "Young man, don't talk nonsense, it's the Heavenly Master exorcising demons!"
Mo Yan knelt down and said, "Tell me more carefully, where did the Heavenly Master come from, the Sanyuan Palace? What monster did he drive away?"
"Where can I find the real person from Sanyuan Palace, but Tianshi Zhang is also very famous in all the towns and villages. He has captured many goblins and ghosts."
"Hey, have you seen it before?"
The man looked over with a strange sideways glance, "I told you it's a monster, how can ordinary people see it!"
Mo Yan leaned towards the car window and said, "Another liar."
"What's wrong with you young man? If you don't respect the Heavenly Master, be careful about monsters coming to your door in the future."
"Let's stay away from him. Look at his unlucky look."
Mo Yan's eyes widened, "Guanyue, who are they talking about?"
Guanyue sighed, "Talk about me, they talk about me."
Mo Yan crossed his arms and said, "The shape of your face is indeed not very good."
Yunqi stretched out his limbs and said, "Go down and watch the Heavenly Master catch monsters?"
Lu Anran was a little curious, not that he was curious about whether the so-called Zhang Tianshi could really exorcise monsters, but that there might be some other so-called monster scourge here. Maybe he could get some clues.
Zhang Tianshi, who they gathered around in the center, wore a Taoist robe, which was different from the blue background of Sanyuan Palace and the white border. He wore a yellow lapel that reached his legs and wrists. His sleeves were more than two feet four inches wide and were as long as his body.
A mahogany sword in his hand, dancing in the wind, waving his long sleeves past his eyes, and spitting out a stream of fire from his mouth.
"The demon has revealed itself, come and accept your fate quickly."
Zhang Tianshi took out three talisman seals and made a secret to light them. He hooked them on the top of the peach wood sword and turned them in a circle in the air. A cloud of blue mist popped up. Zhang Tianshi sprayed all the fire on it, and the talisman seals burned out quickly. A large cloud of black ash fell from the tip of the sword.
The black ash didn't disperse. Someone kicked it out of curiosity, and something sticky seemed to gather together.
Only then did Zhang Tianshi let out a sigh of relief and said, "The demon is subduing the law, so Donor Tian can rest assured."
The person who invited Zhang Tianshi today was a member of the family surnamed Tian. The child at home has been crying inexplicably for the past two days. Experienced people told the family that the child's eyes are clean and he can see things in the underworld. He is either a ghost or haunted by monsters.
It happened that Master Dongyue from Sanyuan Palace came with his disciples. Tian Yuan Waiyuan also had some thoughts. As a result, he didn't even touch the door during the visit, which didn't bother him. Master Dixian was not something ordinary people could touch. Only Zhenren could touch it. Emperor Long's heavenly talents are worthy of being driven.
So Tian Yuanwai spent a lot of money to invite Zhang Tianshi. Now that he caught the demon, his heart dropped.
Pointing to the dark mass on the ground, "Is this the thing?"
"Did your child catch a swallow and play with it more than a month ago, and the swallow died in the end?"
"Yes, yes, it does happen."
"That's right." Tianshi Zhang shook his sleeves and robe, and the three strands of his goatee were blown by the wind, and the corners of his clothes were raised, making him look like a fairy. "This is a swallow that is about to become a spirit. Because during the cultivation process Something went wrong, so it was injured and your child caught it. It had practiced magic for many years, so after its death, it became full of resentment and entangled itself in your family and refused to leave."
Tian Yuanwai wiped the sweat from his forehead and said that he was in danger, "Thank you, Heavenly Master, otherwise our family would have suffered!"
Everyone praised him, "What a god."
"Infinite Life Buddha." Master Zhang said, "Now that the matter has been settled, I will say goodbye."
Tian Yuanwai quickly stuffed a large bag of silver over and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Tianshi Zhang. Come in and have a cup of tea before leaving."
The servants of the Tian family brought a basket, covered the mass according to Zhang Tianshi's request, and buried it at a good time on a day to resolve their grievances and seek peace in their family.
The crowd gradually dispersed, and the person who talked about the most was the mage just now, saying how powerful Zhang Tianshi was and that he was a man of Taoism and Dharma.
Lu Anran frowned lightly and took another look at the black mass. Yunqi next to him laughed and said, "You can't dissect the dead, so you want to dismember the goblin too?"
"No, I'm thinking that thing is not..."
"Master Zhang?" Suddenly a loud voice sounded over everyone else, with a somewhat arrogant and teasing tone, "I also have a demon on my body, can you drive it away for me?"
Everyone looked over and were stunned for a moment. They saw a dazzling young man with red lips and white teeth. His skin was shiny and white jade was flawless. There was a wanton and unrestrained smile at the corners of his lips, and his eyes showed arrogance.
The young man was sitting on something that looked like a horse and a sheep. He looked down at Tianshi Zhang from above, and his disdain could be heard in his tone, "Fox, I don't know if Tianshi Zhang has this kind of magic power."
Zhang Tianshi said with a serious and solemn face, "Donor, don't be joking. The benefactor's face is red and there is no evil spirit around him."
"Ha~" the young man sneered, "I said yes. If you don't catch a nine-tailed fox and show it to me today, don't leave."
Someone next to me pointed and said, "Who is speaking so loudly?"
Yun Qi raised an eyebrow and whispered in an unclear voice, "So it's him."
Lu Anran looked at him with doubt in his eyes.
"Feng Qing."
Lu Anran remembered that someone had mentioned it when she first entered the capital, telling her to be careful when meeting this little devil.
"Feng Qing has been in poor health since he was a child and has an unstable personality. There is a medicinal spring in Diqiu that is very suitable for him to recuperate, so he spends most of the year recuperating in Diqiu."
Feng Qing waved, and more than a dozen soldiers from the palace quickly came and surrounded Zhang Tianshi and the entire Tian family's gate.
"How about it? If you can't catch the nine-tailed fox, it means you are a fake Taoist priest."
Zhang Tianshi rolled his eyes and said, "The donor has no demonic energy. Even if he has extraordinary abilities, he still cannot catch a nine-tailed fox."
Feng Qing held her chin and thought for a moment, "Can you breathe fire?"
"This is the art of igniting fire. The talisman and seal have a spirit and will burn when encountering the sun."
Feng Qing didn't listen at all and thought to herself: "I see you can breathe fire. I can't say you are a monster. The hearts of monsters look different from those of humans. It's better to cut them open and tell the difference."
"If the stomach is cut open, won't the person die?" Zhang Tianshi had just solved the problem for Tian Yuanwai, and Tian Yuanwai stood up and spoke for him.
Feng Qing tilted her head slightly, resting her chin on the back of her hand, and asked, "Don't he have magic? Just put it together again."
If others say this, they may be just talking, but no one in Diqiu County knows that Xiaohou Ye Fengqing is notorious. I heard that there was once a person who just looked at him while walking, and he directly gouged out one of the person's eyes.
Many people couldn't see it and were about to stand up. Feng Qing glanced at them with an evil smile, and they immediately shrank back.
"Actually, it's the monsters that can breathe fire and disappear." In the extreme silence, a female voice was particularly clear, like a heavy rain falling on a dull dog day, bringing out incomparable coolness, "Put a wooden stick in your mouth in advance, and use one end of the stick to The rope is wrapped tightly and then poured with special kerosene, and when needed, it can be ignited to emit flames.”
Feng Qing turned her head and asked, "Where did you come from?"
Lu Anran: "Passing by."
Feng Qing narrowed her eyes and looked a little unhappy. Just when everyone thought he was going to attack Lu Anran, she suddenly looked at Zhang Tianshi and pointed at Lu Anran, "She said you were lying."
Zhang Tianshi raised his chin, as if no matter what you say, I am proud and upright and don't care about the common people.
"Open his mouth," Feng Qing said, as if she had thought of something fun, "light a fire and throw it in to try."
The government soldiers went to arrest Zhang Tianshi, but a group of people refused to let him go, and the two sides started arguing.
Lu Anran walked to the basket holding the 'monster', with a rare eagerness in his eyes, and asked the servants of the Tian family, "Can I take a look?"
Feng Qing didn't care whether Zhang Tianshi had been caught or not. Instead, she looked at Lu Anran with interest, "What are you going to do again?"
