Chapter 86 Qilin (III) The eldest brother's legs

were weak. The sun was rising. The guards opened the heavy vermilion palace gate, but saw two people standing on the road outside the palace gate, with no intention of avoiding them.

One of them walked out and shouted, "The palace gate is a key place. Who are you two? Why don't you leave quickly!"

Chao Jianxue did not show weakness. He calmly said, "We two have traveled around the world and saw that there is a black aura in this palace, so we came here."

He did not shout loudly, but his voice was like a bell, and the sound was clearly transmitted to everyone's ears.

The guards' faces changed instantly.

But the palace is a restricted area, how can these two people with unknown origins be allowed to come and go at will? The guard who negotiated with Chao Jianxue sternly drew his sword and said, "Don't talk nonsense here! If you don't leave, don't blame me for being rude!"

Unexpectedly, the young man in front of him was not afraid at all, just spread his hands and shook his head: "Since this is the case, we two can't say much, but if His Majesty asks about it in the future, it will be you who drove away the person who could save the palace from a disaster, and you will be in big trouble!"

As he said, he patted Yu Wei's shoulder and said, "Let's go, go to Linshui Tower in the city to eat something!"

Yu Wei followed him away, looked at him curiously, and smiled.

"What's wrong?" Chao Jianxue blinked.

Yu Wei shook his head and asked, "Brother, how can you be sure that he will come back to find us?"

Chao Jianxue said, "Since the king believes in Qilin and there is a so-called immortal master, how can he not believe in these ghosts and gods? And that guard, he must be afraid of taking responsibility. Even if nothing happened in the palace, didn't we make some noise last night?"

So, he also specifically reported the location they were going to, waiting for someone to find them.

Yu Wei nodded and said, "Brother, you are smart."

Chao Jianxue thought, what's so smart about this, Yu Wei is also smart, he realized later that it was Yu Wei who was looking for reasons to praise him.

But he just fell for it, he gently pinched Yu Wei's palm.

Sure enough, the two sat in Linshui Tower for a whole morning, "flirting" for a whole morning, and suddenly someone from the palace came to the door and invited the two Taoist priests to enter the palace in the morning.

It was the first time for me to go to the palace of the human world. For a rich country like Qilin Kingdom, the palace is naturally extremely luxurious. The high palace walls and every brick and tile are extremely smooth, as if someone wipes them every day.

Most people who come to Qilin Palace will be amazed by the gorgeous decorations.

But Chao Jianxue and Yuwei came from Xuanzhen Realm, so these things in the human world are not uncommon.

This made the palace servants leading the team admire silently.

The expressions of these two people did not change. They looked so stunning. Are they really just wandering Taoist priests?

The palace servants led the way and passed through the complicated palace road. They did not go to the largest main hall in the palace, but to the palace garden in the west.

There were also several small Qilin statues on the roof of the palace garden, looking down at the visitors, and their eyes were carved vividly, as if they could come alive.

"Please come here, both of you."

It turned out that the one who met them was the Queen of Qilin Kingdom.

Chao Jianxue and Yu Wei entered the palace calmly. The queen sat in the first seat in the palace. She was very elegant and graceful, with a plump figure. She also spoke with the calmness and elegance of a superior.

"You two said that there is a black air in my palace. Do you have any evidence?" the queen said.

Chao Jianxue smiled at her and said, "Last night, we observed the stars and saw with our own eyes that there was a black air rushing out of the palace. I just want to ask you, has anything strange happened in the palace?"

"Strange things?" The queen repeated slowly, as if thinking, and then said, "So, there is indeed one thing, Chunyu, you tell me."

The palace maid named Chunyu said "yes" and told the two about the so-called strange things.

It turned out that a year ago, strange noises began to be heard frequently in the palace at night. The palace guards often heard the sound of heavy iron locks dragging on the floor, as well as inexplicable sobs.

Everyone said that it was the ghost of a palace servant who had committed a crime and was imprisoned in the past, wandering around the palace with chains, but no one had ever seen it, and over time, no one took it seriously. But a few days ago, a courtyard in the palace suddenly caught fire at night. It was said that it also happened after the sound of the chains. I wonder if it was related to it.

The two listened quietly. Yu Wei and Chao Jianxue whispered, "I have never heard of the sound of iron locks when a demon appears."

If it is not a demon, what else could it be?

The more Chao Jianxue listened, the more a bad guess came to his mind.

But as a master, he remained calm and said to the palace maid, "Where is the courtyard that caught fire? Can you take us to see it?"

Chunyu asked the queen in embarrassment, and the latter nodded and said, "Okay, take the two masters to see it."

So the two were taken out again and walked to the side hall to the west.

The fire was not big at the time, and it was soon discovered by the palace servants. The fire was put out in time, so the fire was not serious and only one room was burned.

The two walked around the ruined house and did not detect any demonic smell. It just looked like an ordinary house.

"What's next door?" Chao Jianxue asked Chunyu before leaving.

Chunyu said, "This is the palace of Queen Ming." Queen

Ming was the favorite concubine of the king in her early years, but later she became mentally ill and had been locked up in the palace for a long time.

"Who originally lived in this burned house?"

Chunyu said, "It was the little princess, who was also born to Queen Ming."

"Where is the little princess now?" Chao Jianxue asked casually.

Chunyu hesitated and seemed strange. Chao Jianxue said gently, "This is related to the safety of the palace. You just answer whatever I ask."

Chunyu blushed slightly and said, "The little princess is now in Queen Ming's palace, but the little princess has suffered from a strange disease since a year ago. She is unconscious and bedridden."

Another year ago. Why didn't the queen say such an important thing just now!

Chao Jianxue said, "Take us to see."

Chunyu shook his head, "I'm afraid not."

It turned out that although Empress Ming was mentally abnormal, she loved her daughter dearly and would not let anyone get close to her. This time, Empress Ming personally rushed into the sea of fire and carried the little princess out.

Such a thing seemed strange no matter how you looked at it.

Chao Jianxue said, "Just take us in, don't worry about anything else."

"This..." Chunyu hesitated for a while, and finally stepped aside, "Two masters, follow me."

She went into the hall to pass on the message, and soon came out and shook her head, but looked relieved.

"Empress Ming won't let you two in."

Chao Jianxue was the kind of person who was more interested in doing something the more she was not allowed to do it. He turned a deaf ear and walked into the hall first.

"Ah!" Chunyu saw such an unruly person for the first time, and hurried to follow.

Before he got close to the inner room, a porcelain bottle was suddenly thrown out from the curtain and smashed on the floor in front of Chao Jianxue.

"Get out! No one is allowed to see my child! Don't you listen to what I say!" There was a hysterical shout.

Obviously, Empress Ming was indeed mentally abnormal.

Chao Jianxue tried to speak gently, "Your Highness, we two are wandering alchemists. We came here to see the condition of the little princess. Maybe there is a way to improve it."

"No more! No more!"

Another vase was thrown at them. Yu Wei held Chao Jianxue's waist and pulled her back. The broken pieces of the vase splashed on the hems of their clothes. Chunyu screamed in surprise, but seeing that the two of them did not change their expressions and did not show any surprise, she quickly stopped talking, covered her mouth and took a step back.

Chao Jianxue winked at Yu Wei.

Since they are not allowed to enter now, they should find a chance to come later.

He said, "Your Highness, we will leave now."

Chunyu could no longer hold back and hurriedly walked back to take them away. Ever since Empress Ming became mentally ill, everyone in the palace was afraid of her, but the king still had feelings for her and specially allocated this palace garden to allow her to live with the little princess.

Stepping out of the palace, Chao Jianxue looked up and saw that the Qilin statue could be seen clearly from this direction.

The Qilin blesses the people in the city to live and work in peace and contentment, but at the foot of the Qilin statue there is such a miserable mother and daughter, and he sighed in his heart.

Unexpectedly, just as she was about to leave the palace, a dishevelled woman suddenly rushed out of the palace. Chunyu screamed in fear and fell to the ground.

The woman knelt down in front of Chao Jianxue and Yu Wei, her voice shrill and tears flowing: "Please save my child's life!"

It was the Empress Ming who had just told them to get out.

I don't know what she was thinking, or maybe it was because she was really mentally ill, that made her contradict herself and come out to keep them.

Yu Wei helped her up, seemingly effortlessly, and helped the woman who kept kowtowing like an idiot: "No need to do this."

Chunyu was surprised. On weekdays, when Empress Ming went crazy, several people couldn't stop her.

She had to bite the bullet and follow.

Chao Jianxue opened the curtains, and Empress Ming threw herself on the couch, hugged a child about ten years old in her arms, and muttered to herself, saying soothing words such as "Don't be afraid" and "Don't be afraid".

A closer look showed that although the child was still breathing, there was indeed black air lingering between his eyebrows, which felt very similar to the black air they observed at night.

Chao Jianxue pointed at the important acupoints of the little princess. Although her pulse was weak, there was nothing strange except the black air.

Nothing strange, this was the biggest strangeness.

The two looked at each other and came up with an idea.

Chunyu went back to report to the queen, saying that the two masters would wait until night to perform a ritual in the palace of Lady Ming.

The queen didn't care: "It's just a trick used by swindlers in the world. Those strange noises, the imperial masters in the palace said there was nothing wrong... It's better this way, so that Lady Ming won't make trouble again. I hope she can accept the reality after performing the ritual. I don't know what strange disease the little princess has contracted. When I saw her worshiping the Qilin, she was fine... Forget it, you can report this to His Majesty again."

"Yes."

At night, Lady Ming stayed with the little princess under the comfort of Chao Jianxue, while Yu Wei drew a formation on the floor of the palace with a red pen. If there were any evil spirits, the formation would take effect immediately.

Empress Ming watched the blue lotus flowers grow from the ground, and then she believed that the two people in front of her really had some skills. There were

sorcerers who had come to see them before, but they had no real skills and were useless.

As the night deepened, accompanied by the crows' cries, the two stood in front of the formation.

Waiting and waiting, the strangeness did not appear. Chao Jianxue looked over and saw Yu Wei's body was full of spiritual light, just like the serious look of the little junior brother before, but more calm and handsome.

"Little junior brother..." He called softly.

He hadn't called him like this for a long time, and Yu Wei looked over.

Little junior brother is so handsome.

Chao Jianxue said this silently in his heart, but realized that he was doing serious things, so he held it back.

The candle wax had solidified and accumulated into a small dish.

Could it be that the black air will not come tonight?

Chao Jianxue squinted and yawned, and was about to say "or come again tomorrow", but the scene in the courtyard changed.

The palace garden, which was originally illuminated by the clear moonlight, began to become blurry.

His first reaction was that he was dazzled by yawning just now, but when he looked again, he saw that there was indeed chaos in front of him, distorting the original space.

"Yu Wei!" He whispered to Yu Wei, who already had a long sword in his hand.

However, what appeared immediately afterwards was very different from what Chao Jianxue had imagined.

He finally knew what the so-called chain sound was. It was a real chain being dragged on the ground, a ball of black smoke, and two black and white shadows emerged from the smoke.

It "emerged".

His bad guess actually came true.

Chao Jianxue widened his eyes and grabbed Yu Wei's arm.

His legs were a little weak.

It's a ghost!