Ah Piao stayed in that room for more than half an hour before walking out with a calm face.
She was a little surprised to see His Highness and Hei Lu'er still standing in a section of the secret passage, still waiting for her. She had asked the guards to tell them before that the things in the house were too weird and she needed a look. Please The two of them went outside and waited, so as not to suffer here. Unexpectedly, the two people who avoided the things in this room were still here.
"Why didn't you leave?" Ah Piao washed her hands in the water prepared by the guard, and then smoked her body with a lit mugwort stick. After making sure that there was no smell on her body, she walked over, but she also walked over. He was at arm's length from the two people, not leaning against them. "Didn't you say you don't have to wait? The smell in here is so unpleasant, why should I suffer if I stay here?"
"Why did you stay in there for so long?" Hei Lu'er took two steps forward. "His Highness was worried that something would happen to you, so he refused to leave. He insisted on waiting here and said that if anything happened, we would still I can help you."
"Thank you, Your Highness." Seeing Hei Lu'er take two more steps forward, A Piao quickly took several steps back, "Sir, stand where you are and don't move."
"No, what do you mean?" Hei Lu'er was confused and blinked at Ah Piao, "Why are you so far away from us?"
"This house is not particularly auspicious. Generally speaking, if you stay in this kind of house, it is best to take a bath in water boiled with mugwort leaves to thoroughly wash away the dirt on your body. But now the conditions do not allow it, I can only I smoked it with mugwort sticks first. Although there is no smell anymore, I still avoid it to a certain extent. When I go back and bathe with mugwort leaves, it won’t be too late for us to get closer and closer."
"Oh, why are you so troublesome?" Hei Lu'er couldn't laugh or cry, "His Highness and I will not dislike you."
"This is a rule and cannot be broken."
"Xiao Hei!" His Highness held the wall and slowly came over, but still kept a certain distance from Ah Piao. "This is the rule of Xiao Piao's family. You have to respect it."
"Your Highness still understands me." A Piao raised an eyebrow at Hei Lu'er, "Sir, you must learn from this."
"Xiao Piao, what is that thing in there? Why did you stay there for so long? Did you see some secret?" His Highness still held the hawthorn ball from before in his hand and stuffed one into his mouth. , "Those... are related to your family?"
Ah Piao's back was leaning against the wall of the secret passage. Hearing His Highness's words, he hesitated for a moment and nodded.
"Really related?"
"Yes!" Ah Piao nodded again, "However, the technique should not be the same. The person who arranged this thing only learned the superficial knowledge and did not grasp the real essence. If it was really made by my family, Wanyan Qingmu would not be Now it’s like this.”
"How do you say this?"
"Your Highness, in my opinion, what Wanyan Qingmu wants is not just to seize the throne."
"Not just to seize the throne?" His Highness and Hei Lu'er looked at each other, "What else? What else does he want to do?"
"Immortality and everlasting youth."
"What is it?" Hei Luer searched his ears, "Did I hear it wrong? There are still people who believe this these days, isn't it..." He saw His Highness and A Piao all looking at him with squinted eyes, "What the hell... …What are you doing? Did I… say the wrong thing?”
"No, it doesn't matter if you don't believe it yourself, Xiao Hei, but there are still many people who believe it." His Highness patted Hei Lu'er on the shoulder, "And many people not only believe it, but also spend considerable energy and financial resources on this. .”
"Is that so?"
"Yes." Seeing that Hei Lu'er was still doubtful, Ah Piao shrugged, "Everyone wants something completely different. You may not have the idea of immortality or youth, but many people do. Yes. The animal skins, animal bones, and the dried... animal blood placed in this secret room are all used for this." She paused and looked at His Highness, "Your Highness , you should know more or less what my family does."
"I know." His Highness nodded, "To put it bluntly, it's just pretending to be a ghost. It's basically the same thing as my clan does."
"Yes, they are basically the same. However, our family actually specializes in studying how to live forever. We study all kinds of methods. It is precisely because of this that we caused such a huge disaster and ended up..." Ah Piao sighed softly, "Although I was very young when my family was destroyed, I had never been exposed to these things. But I don't know if I like these things deep down. I have done some research on these things when I grew up. ." She looked at His Highness, "You also know that quite a few of the books I usually read are about this kind of stuff, right?"
"No, I heard that when I was young, I didn't study well and was caught by my husband every now and then, right?"
"It's not that I didn't study well, I just became obsessed with it for a while." Ah Piao waved his hand, "None of this is important. What's important is the things inside, the way the fur and bones are arranged, it's almost A lost ancient sacrificial ritual.”
"What is the sacrificial ceremony?" His Highness and Hei Luer looked at each other, "I have never heard of it."
"Because it is on the verge of being lost." Ah Piao sighed softly, "The palace's library contains all the rarest books in the world. I have seen this sacrificial ceremony in many fragments. However, I must be thankful that Wanyan The person Aoki is looking for is a dabbler and knows little about this kind of sacrificial ceremony. Not only does it have no real effect, but it has backlash. Otherwise, the current situation is beyond our control."
"Is it really...so magical?"
"Some people have tried it before, but no one has used this kind of sacrificial ceremony in the past three hundred years." Ah Piao spread his hands and said, "I can't explain this sentence clearly. After we go back, we will talk to you two slowly. Speak slowly and in detail."
