He Shaoting had the emperor's life in his body, and he was afraid that all the evidence would be erased by Xuanqing and others, so he rushed to Anping County all the way, making Tang Huaimian, who thought he could swim in the mountains and waters, miserable.
Tang Huaizhou also knew that he was asking for hardships, and he didn't dare to delay He Shaoting's official business, so he buried his head on the road.
Tang Junyao didn't come here for fun. She was even more eager than He Shaoting to thoroughly investigate Chaoyunguan. She only hoped to get to Anping County sooner. throat.
Seeing her being so considerate, He Shaoting felt sad and heartbroken, but more proud.
His little girl never made him embarrassed, let alone worried him, in big matters.
It was Fan Guang, who had always had some opinions on the little demon girl of the Tang family. Seeing that she suffered so much and didn't hold back her, she couldn't help but feel a little better about her.
A group of people quickly arrived in Anping County in less than a month.
Tang Junyao lived in the county government office for several years in Anping County. Now that Anping county magistrate has changed, the county government office is no longer a place she is familiar with. When the group passed by Anping county government office, she couldn't help it He opened the curtains and looked at the familiar and unfamiliar building with a bit of nostalgia in his eyes.
Even He Shaoting couldn't help but take a few more glances at the county office. It was also in that house that he met his best friend and the girl he loved the most. Recalling the situation when he first met the Tang brothers and sisters in the county government office, he couldn't help but bring a smile to his lips.
The two looked at each other and smiled knowingly, knowing that the other must be like themselves, thinking of the days they spent in Anping County Yali when they were young.
At the beginning, she never thought that one day she would come together with the moonlight boy in her heart and make a lifetime promise to each other.
"Cough!" Tang Huaizhou, who was riding beside the carriage, coughed heavily, reminding his sister, whose eyes were lingering, and then lowered his voice to warn: "Tang Baoya, please be reserved for me and pay attention to the influence. What a system."
Tang Junyao glared at him, and said in a low voice: "Tang Huaizhou, you should continue to use the feather as an arrow! Sooner or later, you will regret it."
During these days, Tang Huaizhou relied on the privilege of 'supervising sister' that Tang Songnian gave him before departure, and he often pointed fingers at her, and his arrogance made Tang Junyao want to scratch his hateful face.
Tang Huai Zhou touched his nose angrily.
Tang Huaimian, who was closely behind him, covered his mouth and laughed, and after a while, he caught up with him on his horse and asked quietly, "Did Brother Ting fall in love with the third sister... Lang?"
"Isn't this an obvious thing?" Tang Huaizhou said angrily.
Tang Huaimian smiled smugly: "I knew it."
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Tang Junyao remembered the last time she went back to Chaoyun Temple, when Ruan saw Yan Wu playing with a rattle that year, and after being stunned on the spot, she carried her to Chaoyun Temple regardless, and asked for a lot of body protection methods. He also picked up a whole sack of grapefruit leaves and went back.
This scene seemed to have happened yesterday, and the corners of her lips were unknowingly stained with a smile, but when she thought about the culprit who scared Ruan's disorder that day, the smile faded, and her expression couldn't help but look A bit sad.
Since the two of them opened up about everything that night, she has never seen Yan Wu again, and she is not even sure if Yan Wu went to Yu Wangfu again.
That person appeared out of thin air, and the news was also silent, leaving no trace.
Sometimes in the dead of night, she hid in bed tossing and turning and couldn't sleep. When she wanted to find someone to talk to, she would habitually call 'Awu'. After she got no response, she realized that the nagging ghost was no longer there.
She couldn't tell what it was like in her heart, she was a little disappointed and a little sad, but she also knew that nothing could go back.
"Look, girl, isn't that Sai Shenxian?" Lan Chun suddenly touched her arm, pointed to a certain figure among the pilgrims, and whispered.
Tang Junyao looked in the direction she pointed, and sure enough, she saw the figure of Sai Shenxian.
Today, he was not wearing the white-washed Taoist robe embroidered with the three arrogant characters of 'Sai Shenxian'. Instead, he was wearing an ordinary blue robe of coarse cloth. At first glance, she almost recognized it. Don't come out of him.
"Baoya, follow Brother Ting and Brother Mian, don't walk around." He Shaoting, who had already changed into the official robe of a general, urged in a low voice.
"Don't worry! We will watch her, business matters, you go!" Tang Huaizhou answered and urged.
"Yes, with us here, we won't let her get into trouble." Tang Huaimian also patted his chest and assured him.
Tang Junyao looked depressed.
Look at what she said, as if she is some kind of troublesome body that makes trouble.
"After a while, the pilgrims will probably be frightened and scattered around, you should be careful not to get lost." He Shaoting finally instructed, and then led Cao Sheng Fan Guang and the officers and soldiers to the gate of Chao Yun Guan.
Tang Junyao's attention fell on Sai Shenxian in the crowd. He thought he was also here to offer incense, but he didn't expect the other party to pull the young Taoist priest to talk, looking like he was inquiring about something.
After a while, Tang Junyao saw him pulling at least three Taoist priests to ask questions.
The pilgrims of Chaoyun Temple suddenly saw officers and soldiers surrounded, and the young general at the head directly grabbed a Taoist priest and asked 'Where is the Guan's Lord?', the other officers and soldiers dispersed quickly and surrounded the entire Chaoyun Temple. No one is allowed in or out.
All the pilgrims didn't know what happened, some of them were timid and huddled together in fright, while others were a little uneasy. Fortunately, the officers and soldiers just surrounded the Chaoyun Temple and did not allow people to enter or leave, nor did they allow people to walk around at will, and did nothing else.
Tang Junyao has been paying attention to the movements of Sai Shenxian. Seeing that he didn't seem to find any useful information, she looked a little frustrated. After thinking about it, she whispered to Tang Huaizhou, "I'll be back when I go." He ran towards the place where Fairy Sai was.
Tang Huaizhou was so angry that he knew that this girl would not stay calm and not run around, so he chased after him without thinking.
Tang Huaimian lost the figure of the brother and sister without looking. After thinking about it, he simply found a clean stone rank and sat down and waited, observing the various expressions of the pilgrims with interest, and then quickly in his mind. Conceive one storyline and prepare for his next script.
"What are you looking for?" Sai Shenxian was sighing when he heard a somewhat familiar voice behind him. Looking back, he was surprised and happy, "It's you?!"
It was a coincidence that the boy who would show up when he was so embarrassed that he was going to starve was a coincidence that she could also be seen in Chaoyun Temple, which was far away from the capital.
Tang Junyao saw that he didn't pretend that he didn't know him, and his suspicions about his presence here disappeared a little, and he smiled and said: "The world is big, but I can meet you over and over again, and I don't know. Is this a coincidence?"
"It must be counted!" Sai Shenxian laughed, and then said with a bit of regret, "Unfortunately, I don't have the talisman paper with me today. If the girl wants the talisman paper, she can only ask for it in this view. But this will be the case. I'm in a mess, I'm afraid I won't be able to ask for it."
"It's okay, I won't buy a talisman paper today, I'm just curious about your presence here. Of course, I'm more curious about your origin." Tang Junyao said with a smile.
Sai Shenxian's face froze, but pretended not to understand: "I am wandering around in the rivers and lakes to eat, what is the origin."
Tang Junyao's smile didn't change: "The so-called hidden in the city, you don't have to be humble. I still believe in your ability. After all, you know something incredible such as moving your soul to continue your life. Clearly, there is even a corresponding way to deal with it. Such a master is rare in the world."
"Today you came to Chaoyun Temple, is it possible that you are thinking of looking for the person who sent me the soul talisman that day?"
Sai Shenxian smiled shyly, looking a little guilty in his eyes.
Tang Junyao suddenly lowered his face and sneered: "You just don't know that the Taoist priest Xuanqing who painted the soul-binding talisman that day has now become a repeat offender in the imperial court. You came to find him, could it be that you are his accomplice. party?!"
Sai Shenxian was startled, shaking his head and waving his hand again: "No no no, I don't know Xuanqing Xuanbai."
Seeing her still skeptical, he finally discouraged and said: "To be honest, I'm here to find my younger brother who has been separated for many years. Since that day I learned that your soul-holding talisman is from the Taoist priest Xuanqing of Chaoyun Temple, I have Guessing that the Taoist priest Xuanqing might know the whereabouts of my junior brother, after all, in the world who will draw this talisman, apart from my master who has been in the past for many years, there is only my little junior brother.”
Tang Junyao's heart tightened, and he quickly asked, "Who is your master? What's the name of your little junior brother?"
Sai Shenxian smiled and said proudly: "I'm afraid to scare you if I say it, my master is a famous Taoist from Ziyang, and the previous emperor personally invited him into the palace to preach, and he wanted to make him a national teacher, but it's a pity that he is old-fashioned. Not here."
"My youngest apprentice has no name. He is a close disciple of my master. He urinated and followed him to practice the Dao. He is extremely talented. It's a pity that he disappeared during the war about twenty years ago, and his whereabouts are unknown since then."
Speaking of which, he was full of melancholy.
Speaking of which, their brothers and sisters hadn't seen each other for so many years, and they didn't know if he was still alive.
Tang Junyao was attracted by the words 'the emperor of the previous dynasty' and 'national teacher' in his words. Seeing him recalling the past with nostalgia on his face, he calmly said: "Do you know who Xuanqing is?"
Sai Shenxian was stunned: "Isn't he the Taoist priest in Chaoyun Temple?"
"He is a remnant of the previous dynasty! This time, the loyal and brave general came to Anping County by order to arrest him."
"Remnants of the previous dynasty?!" Immortal Han was shocked, and then thought of a possibility, his face suddenly turned pale, "Could it be that he is Junior Brother Kongwu? No, it's impossible, Junior Brother Kongwu can't be forced to arrest him. It is not him, it must not be him!"
Tang Junyao heard what he said clearly, and was about to ask, when he heard Tang Huaizhou shouting sharply: "Who is the junior brother Kongwu you are talking about? What is the relationship with Xuanqing, the remnant of the previous dynasty? You are guilty of sin with them!"
Immediately, officers and soldiers who heard the movement rushed over and surrounded Sai Shenxian.
Sai Shenxian was startled, shaking his head and waving his hand: "If you have something to say, don't use a knife or a gun, it's not a joke if you get hurt."
"Then you are actually recruiting!" Tang Huaizhou shouted again with a stern face.
Sai Shenxian is helpless: "As of now, there is nothing to hide, my empty junior brother..."
"I found a tunnel in the wall of the east wing, and there is a strange device that looks like a formation. Go and report to the general!" Suddenly, the voices of officers and soldiers came over, and Tang Yunyao was stunned, and immediately interrupted him: "You can fight the formation. Is there any research?"
"I know a thing or two." Sai Shenxian modestly said.
"Go, come with me to see what's going on!" Tang Yunyao grabbed his cuff without thinking, and walked quickly towards the east wing.
Tang Huaizhou was angry and reluctantly followed up with several officers and soldiers.
The east wing is the living room of the Taoist priest Xuanqing. He was surrounded by officers and soldiers. He Shaoting took Cao Sheng down the tunnel first. Sure enough, he saw the strange device in the mouth of the officers and soldiers.
"General, it really looks like some kind of formation." Cao Sheng took a closer look and said in a low voice.
He Shaoting thought so too, his thick brows furrowed tightly, he picked up a puppet on the ground that had half of his body burned, and then looked at the big hole at the suspected formation eye, there was actually a swaddling clothes scattered in the hole.
The swaddling clothes were covered with wet mud and had rotted beyond their appearance, but the patterns embroidered on them could still be vaguely recognized.
It gave him an extremely uncomfortable feeling, his heart was stuffy, and his brows tightened.
"General, the fabric of this swaddle is not something that ordinary people can afford. It should be used by wealthy families." Cao Sheng carefully inspected it for a while and said.
"Soul Locking Array?!!" Suddenly, a strange man's voice rang behind them, He Shaoting frowned and looked back, he saw Tang Huaizhou and Tang Junyao brother and sister, with a man with an unfamiliar face on the stone level Walking down, that voice was made by this man.
"Do you recognize this formation?" He restrained his displeasure and asked in surprise.
Tang Yunyao's expression changed when Sai Shenxian uttered the words 'Soul Locking Formation', and he instantly thought of what Yan Wu had said.
She reluctantly calmed down and looked around, when she saw the big hole in the formation and the swaddling clothes in the hole, her heart trembled.
- "I only vaguely remember that when I was very young, many people said that I was about to die, and then someone took me and buried me in the mud. I was very uncomfortable and wanted to leave my body, but just It's like being caught by something, and you can't escape."
The words Yan Wu said that day echoed in her ears again, she only felt that her heart was hit by a heavy hammer, and the pain made her almost unsteady.
Aw…
In that room, Sai Shenxian has already walked down quickly, looking back and forth around those strange devices, and finally muttered: "It's the Soul Locking Array, it really is the Soul Locking Array, what a crime! What kind of evil is this? "
"What is Soul Locking Formation?" He Shaoting asked with a frown.
The name of this formation makes people feel uncomfortable, it sounds like some kind of evil formation.
"When a person dies, the soul leaves the body. This formation is to forcibly detain the soul of a dying person within the body." Sai Shenxian explained briefly.
"Can this still be the case? People's life and death can be modified by this formation. If this is the case, wouldn't the world be in chaos?" Cao Sheng said in surprise.
He Shaoting was equally shocked.
"How can there be such a good thing, God's will cannot be violated, this formation against the sky is just to keep the soul for seven days, and to bury people alive when they are about to die. Imagine how painful it would be to be buried alive."
"Not only does the body have to endure intense pain, but so does the soul. It's like being bound by thousands of ropes, teaching him that he can't walk and cannot leave. At the same time, he has to endure the pain of being buried alive before his death."
Everyone's expressions changed suddenly, and Cao Sheng couldn't help but ask, "What is the purpose of doing this?"
Immortal Sai subconsciously looked at Tang Junyao, whose face was pale, and then sighed and told them about moving his soul and continuing his life.
Everyone was shocked when they heard it, and they never thought that there was such a vicious sorcery in the world. This is simply appalling!
He Shaoting asked sharply: "Since this technique is only known by the respected teacher Ziyang Daoist and the junior brother Kong Wu Daoist, then what does the Xuanqing Demon Dao have to do with you?"
Sai Shenxian's face was pale, and after a long time, finally deflated: "According to now, Xuan Qing may be the junior brother Kongwu."
Speaking of this, he twitched the corners of his mouth bitterly, and said: "Master brought back Junior Brother Kong Wu back then, although he never mentioned his origins, but later I unexpectedly learned that he was a member of the Xun family's royal family. A man, because he was frail and sickly since childhood, his master concluded that unless he was far away from wealthy places, he would not live to eighteen."
"My first teacher saw that he was intelligent in appearance and had a strange skeleton. He couldn't bear his early death, so he intended to accept him as his apprentice. He had to favor the prince, and because his biological mother was of low birth, it was not easy to survive in the palace. Emperor Xun wanted to please his predecessor. , without exception.”
"Since then, his surname Xun has been erased, and he has been accepted as a disciple by his predecessor. He adopted the name of Kongwu, which means that everything is empty, nothing is nothing."
He Shaoting suddenly realized that this Wu Daoist was the prince who was not recorded in the previous royal family, so it is not surprising that he would collude with Fang Yi and other remnants of the previous dynasty.
He sneered and said: "Now it seems that the painstaking efforts of the master have been in vain. There is nothing and nothing, and what he has done repeatedly, where is nothing, it is clear that he is nostalgic for the world and wealth! All these evils Yes, it’s really appalling, Daoist Ziyang has been wise in his life, and he will be destroyed by the hands of evildoers!”
Fairy Sai trembled, and her lips trembled slightly.
He really wanted to say that Junior Brother Kongwu was not such a person. That person had a pure mind, and all living beings were nothing in his eyes. He had long abandoned the world, and why would he have done this evil for the sake of the wealth and honor of the previous dynasty.
But the Soul Locking Formation in front of him, and Tang Junyao's Soul Binding Talisman earlier, made him unable to say a word of defense.
He Shaoting's eyes were filled with killing intent. Originally, he wanted to capture Xuan Qing as much as possible, but now it seems that that person must die! Such people are immortal, and if they are used by people with a heart, I am afraid that they will not know how many disasters they will cause!
Tang Junyao clenched her fists tightly and bit her lips forcefully to calm herself down.
Tang Huaizhou just noticed the look of Sai Shenxian looking at his sister, and he was always a little uneasy, but it was inconvenient to ask more at this moment, and he could only suppress the anxiety in his heart.
Aware of his sister's strangeness, he subconsciously stretched out his hand, gently wrapped her shoulders, brought her into his arms, and silently offered protection and comfort.
"General, there is another exit here!" Some officers and soldiers rushed over to report.
He Shaoting walked over with people, and sure enough, he saw a stone gate that was hidden very deeply. After ordering people to push it open, another long stone level appeared in front of him.
He took the lead on the stone level, followed by Cao Sheng and others.
Seeing this, Tang Junyao also wanted to keep up, and Tang Huaizhou hurriedly pulled her: "Baoya, let's go up and wait for the news! We will leave the matter here to Brother Ting."
Since entering here, the younger sister's face has become more and more ugly, her body is always trembling, and there is even deep fear and hatred in her eyes, which he sees one by one.
Although she didn't know what happened to her, her reason told her that she couldn't be allowed to follow her.
"Brother, I'm going to have a look!" Tang Junyao pulled his hand away with great determination, and followed him without looking back.
Seeing that Tang Huai persuaded her not to stop, he stomped a few times angrily, but he had to keep up.
"Disobedient bad girl, see how I go back and clean up you!"
The stone level went up layer by layer, and at the end there was a round iron cover. He Shaoting pushed it tentatively, but the iron cover did not move at all. Cao Sheng brought it forward to help. It was finally pushed away slowly, and then a dazzling light shot towards everyone.
"Huh? Isn't this the back mountain?" Some officers and soldiers stuck their heads out and looked out, and suddenly called out in surprise.
It turned out that Xuanqing's wing had a secret passage leading to the back mountain, which was really unknowing, and I don't know how many devious things he used this secret passage to do over the years. He Shaoting secretly said, just as he was about to lead someone to climb up from the entrance of the cave, when he turned around inadvertently, he saw Tang Junyao who was chasing after him.
He had to let Cao Sheng and the others go up first, pulled Tang Junyao aside with a cold face, and glared at Tang Huaiyi Zhou in dissatisfaction: "Why did you let her follow?"
"It's not that you don't know her temperament. She insists on coming, how can I persuade her." Tang Huaizhou was helpless.
"Okay, we've already come, so of course we need to understand, Brother Ting, let's go up too!" Tang Junyao quickly interrupted them.
It's the only thing that has happened so far, and she can't be allowed to return to her original path. Wouldn't it be more worrying? Helpless, He Shaoting took her by the hand to the entrance of the hole, picked her up with all his strength, supported her for help, and made her climb up.
Tang Junyao patted the dust on his body, looked up, and saw that it was indeed the woods located in the back mountain of Chaoyun Temple. The officers and soldiers were searching around to see if there were any new discoveries.
"Don't run around with Brother Zhou, don't make me worry, eh?" He Shaoting came to her side at some point and whispered.
The warm breath sprayed on her ears, itchy and warm, and miraculously calmed her restless mind.
"Okay, I won't run around." She nodded obediently.
He Shaoting smiled slightly, rubbed the top of her hair, and ruffled her already messy long hair in an instant.
Tang Huai looked around at his younger sister, who had become extremely docile and well-behaved, and glared jealously at He Shaoting who turned and left. He found a shady place and sat down, pulling a weed in his hand.
"Bao Ya, come and sit for a while and rest, let them go!"
"Yes, yes, sit for a while, I'm almost exhausted!" Sai Shenxian finally climbed up and sat on a small raised slope not far from Tang Huaizhou.
Tang Junyao looked around and saw that the officers and soldiers were seriously searching around. Knowing that he couldn't help much, he walked towards his brother and planned to rest for a while.
When she came to Sai Shenxian's side, she stopped, frowning and seriously looking at where he was sitting.
"What are you looking at? Do you want to sit here?" Sai Shenxian was stared at by her so much.
"Brother, do you think he's sitting like a grave?" Tang Junyao suddenly turned around and asked Tang Huaizhou.
Tang Huaizhou took a closer look and slapped his thigh: "Like! It's very similar!"
Immortal Sai jumped up in fright, and immediately surrounded by officers and soldiers nearby, stared at the small slope for a while, and then dug up in a hurry.
Tang Junyao was next to his brother, nervously watching the crowd who were digging hard.
"Bone, it's a human bone!" Suddenly, some officers and soldiers shouted loudly.
"It's the skeleton of a child." He Shaoting walked over, took a closer look at the skeleton that was dug up, and was shocked.
"This longevity lock seems to be on his body." Cao Sheng picked out the longevity lock on the skeleton with a branch, wiped it with a handkerchief, and turned it over and over in his hand.
"This longevity lock is still engraved with characters. Ruo, a Ruo character."
When Tang Junyao, who was blocked by everyone, heard this, a name suddenly popped into his mind - Xu Tingruo.
Could it be that this is the real Xu Tingruo, the remains of Yan Wu in this life