Qing Wu went to find Xiao Chenyan after finishing her meal, not forgetting to bring the cloak that he had forgotten to take away last night.
This time she entered the study without any obstruction.
Bai Sui was guarding the door. When he saw her, he still had a baby face, but nodded awkwardly: "Princess."
Qing Wu raised her eyebrows and teased: "Did you take the wrong medicine today? You are so polite."
After grinding his teeth for a hundred years, he didn’t say anything.
Qing Wu hummed, stepped in, and saw the man sitting in front of the desk, with official documents piled high on the desk.
Qing Wu clicked her tongue in her heart, sincerely feeling that the current wimp in the East Palace was not as busy as Xiao Chenyan.
She turned her eyes and saw the flowerpot placed by the window. The small ginseng had drooping leaves. After she came in, the leaves began to tremble again.
After Xiao Chenyan finished approving the official document in his hand, he looked at her and saw that she was poking the little ginseng with her hand, her eyes full of evil, like a childish child.
"Don't you have something to talk about?" he asked.
Qing Wu tilted her head, threw her cloak aside, strolled over, and glanced at his pile of official documents: "Are you done?"
"There's still room left."
Seeing how busy he was, Qing Wu went straight to the point and said, "I want you to rename the little mountain spirit."
Xiao Chenyan was slightly surprised, "That's it?"
"Hmm, think about it quickly and write it to me now."
For Xiao Chenyan, this was indeed not even a trivial matter, but seeing Qingnu's serious expression, he took some rice paper from the side and spread it out, and after thinking for a moment, he figured it out.
The wolf-hair brush falls on the white rice paper, and the words are like iron paintings and silver hooks, showing the character and strength in the majesty.
They say words are like people.
When Qing Wu looked at Xiao Chenyan now, she couldn't see the shadow of his former self.
But this word...
Not much has changed.
"Heng Lu." She muttered softly, "What do these two words mean?"
"The trees in the forest are guarded by Henglu. The word "Henglu" is both an official name and also means protection."
Qing Wu looked a little confused and murmured in her heart: Could it be that Xiao Yantai knew the meaning of the name, so he gave the mountain spirit such a name?
Judge Bi also clicked his tongue and said, "That little mountain spirit is so lucky."
"Do you think this name is inappropriate?" Xiao Chenyan saw a strange look on her face.
Qing Wu shook her head and sighed: "I just feel that fate is wonderful. Maybe you are destined to have a fate with that little mountain spirit."
She stepped forward, picked up the rice paper, waited for the ink to dry, and folded it into a paper crane.
"In the name of Henglu, it protects all living beings, go ahead." With a few clicks of her fingertips, the paper crane fluttered out of the window and turned into a stream of light in the night, drifting into the deep mountains.
At the moment when the name of the mountain was decided, a breeze blew up from what was once Shiying Mountain and is now Henglu Mountain, blowing away the miasma.
In the dilapidated mountain temple, there was a bright light, and there was a faint laughter like silver bells ringing in the night wind. The gentle rain fell, and the vegetation on the mountain was rejuvenated and grew vigorously.
At that moment, Xiao Chenyan heard another 'thank you' in a daze.
It was as if a breeze was pouring into the spiritual platform, and some of the sinister aura hidden in his body was blown away.
"That was that just now?"
"Xiao Shanling has received your seal of approval."
"Professored?" Xiao Chenyan was slightly surprised: "Isn't it bestowed with a name?"
Qing Wu shrugged and said with a smile: "It's the same thing. You gave the Henglu Mountain Spirit a name, and it just so happened that the name you gave it was the official name of a guardian. From then on, it has the position of protecting the world."
"For the mountain spirit, this is a great opportunity. If it can really protect someone, it may become a righteous god in the future."
"Congratulations, Your Majesty, you have made a great good fortune this time."
Qing Wu blinked slyly: "Are you happy or not? Excited or not, hurry up! Praise me! Tell me, Princess, you are awesome!"
Xiao Chenyan looked at her beaming expression and almost followed her wishes and said the words of praise.
Realizing the loss of his mind, he calmed down and hummed quietly.
"Princess, it's very good."
Qingwu: That’s it?
Her face was full of disappointment, and she said with a flat mouth: "You have been studying with a great scholar since you were a child, and you can't even praise others?"
"I owe it first."
Qing Wu looked like I believed you.
"There is no evidence for what you say, let's establish a written evidence."
"In addition to the praise you owe me, you also have a windfall, and you agreed to share half of it with me."
Xiao Chenyan frowned, but his voice brought out a hint of smile: "There are quite a few bad things."
He vaguely felt that it was a bit familiar for people to establish written evidence.
Who used to like to do this?
Although he said that Qing Wu had a lot of problems, he still wrote down the letter, but when he talked about the 'windfall', Xiao Chenyan's brows became a little gloomy.
Qing Wu glanced at him: "Did you go to the Xie family when you went out during the day? It doesn't look like it went well. The Xie family's young man's soul is still in your body."
Xiao Chenyan paused slightly and hummed slightly.
Qing Wu found it strange that the Xie family was obviously the natal family of the former crown princess. She remembered that Xiao Chenyan and the Xie family were also very close in the past.
Now it seems that I have been rejected today?
Just as he was thinking about it, Baisui knocked on the door: "Your Majesty, Mrs. Mu is back. I need to see you for something."
Qing Wu's eyes lit up: "So fast?"
She thought Mu Ying would stay at the Minister's Mansion tonight and wouldn't come back until tomorrow at the earliest.
At that moment, she ignored Xiao Chenyan and strode out to see Mu Ying.
Mu Ying was waiting in the yard and was stunned for a moment after seeing Qing Wu. His expression was a little complicated, but soon his expression became firm again.
Xiao Chenyan came out a step slower and saw Qing Wu stepping forward.
"Mrs. Mu came back so quickly, so going back went smoothly."
"It went very well." Mu Ying breathed out, the depression between his brows relaxed, and Qing Wu's eyes were filled with gratitude.
Seeing Lu Qiao's excited face behind her, Qing Wu knew that Mu Ying shouldn't suffer any loss on this trip back.
"Mrs. Mu has something to do with me?"
Mu Ying glanced at Qing Wu, hesitated for a moment, then took out a roll of roster from his sleeve and handed it over with both hands.
Xiao Chenyan took a look and his expression turned cold.
Seeing Qing Wu's curiosity, he handed her the roster. After reading it, the smile on Qing Wu's face disappeared.
This is clearly a list of human trafficking records, and the names on the list are all children.
Qing Wu thought of the children's remains on Shiying Mountain and the group of little ghosts in the ghost mirror.
Mu Ying said: "I was unconscious before. Wang Sheng and Zhou never avoided me when they talked. Whenever I recalled their conversations when I was awake, I found that they were actually involved in kidnapping and trafficking children."
“When I was awake over the years, I would write down their conversations.”
"According to what Wang Sheng and Zhou said, they are only responsible for sending the abducted children to Shiying Mountain, which seems to be one of their strongholds."
"But the person responsible for the abducted child is someone from the other side."
Mu Ying paused and looked at Qing Wu with a complicated expression.
But Qing Wu smiled, "Shang Shufu, Luo family."
Now, the clues are all connected.
Luo Shi and the housekeeper of the Shangshu Mansion were responsible for abducting the child, while Wang Sheng and Zhou Shi of the Shilang Mansion went offline and sent the child to Shiying Mountain.
The bodies of those children were used to feed mandrills, and some of them had their souls taken away before death to feed the so-called ghostly locusts.
The other part of the soul is used to feed the ghost mirror.
What a big case of collusion between humans and ghosts!
Qing Wu looked at Xiao Chenyan, "With the account book sent by Mrs. Mu, the line of abducting and killing children is now clear."
After hearing what the two said, Mu Ying knew that the roster he had written down was for the right person.
At the same time, Qing Wu's reaction also made her sigh in relief.
After all, if this roster is exposed, it is certain that Wang's life will be in danger, but Yun Houxing will definitely not have an easy time.
Mu Ying had already made peace with Wang Sheng when he returned this time. The other party was naturally unwilling and wanted to force him to stay, but he couldn't stand it with Lu Qiao and the black-armored guards guarding him.
After Xiao Chenyan found out, he just asked Mu Ying to stay in the palace with peace of mind.
After Mu Ying left, Qing Wu said: "The people behind Shangshu Mansion must be related to those two demons. Their origins have not been found out yet?"
"It was found out," Xiao Chenyan glanced at her: "Izumo Temple."
Qingwu raised her eyebrows, "Where is Izumo Temple?"
"There is a Taoist temple on Yunshan Mountain outside the city where incense is very popular. Many dignitaries in Beijing like to go there to burn incense and pray for blessings."
Qing Wu nodded, but looking at Xiao Chenyan's face, she seemed not satisfied with the result.
"If you follow the clues, you can always find out the reason."
Qing Wu said, now more curious about what happened after Mu Ying returned, she wanted to follow him, but was stopped by Xiao Chenyan.
"You don't want the papers?"
"I want it!"
"Go out with me tomorrow and I'll give it to you when you get back."
Qing Wu's beautiful eyes widened: "You still want to make conditions for me? Man, you have to push your limits."
Xiao Chenyan felt happy for no reason when he saw her showing her teeth and claws, "Well, thank you Princess for the compliment."
Qing Wu: Very good, you have offended me again, Xiao Chenyan!
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