Sha Luo's body froze, his scalp went numb, did that ghost come back? Just when she was stiff, a sound like dewdrops falling on the blades of grass rang above her head.
"Sara, why are you here?"
Sha Luo looked up and was overjoyed, it turned out to be Seimei!
"Qingming, why are you here?" She asked in surprise. The white paper lanterns are painted with a few wild cherry trees and slender warblers, wrapped in warm orange lights, like a warm current in the dark night.
"For this matter, the lord sent someone to send master into the palace today, but master and senior brother are currently in Meinong and can't rush back, so they can only let me come." Qingming said, carefully inspecting the corpse. Suddenly, he seemed to have discovered something, and picked up something beside the woman. Shaluo moved the lantern closer, and it turned out that his hands were stained with some white powder.
"Qingming, this is..." she asked hesitantly.
"So it's Grandma Baifen." His face was as calm as ever.
White powder grandma? Shaluo was secretly startled. She had heard from her father that the white powder grandma always appeared as an old lady, and liked to deceive pretty girls, tricking them into painting their faces with a white powder she made, claiming that the powder could It makes the girls fairer and more beautiful, but the whole face of the girls who apply this white powder will fall off, and the white powder grandma takes the girl's face for her own use.
She felt a chill in her heart, and a chill began to seep from her back.
At this moment, there was a burst of noisy voices outside, and a man in a straight coat dyed with sumac came down to the door of the room surrounded by the crowd.
Qingming glanced at the visitor, and made a slight salute: "My lord."
Sha Luo raised his eyes and saw that the man was only twenty-four or twenty-five years old, with a handsome appearance. Although he was not as graceful as Yuan Gaoming, he still possessed some imposing manner. Is this the Emperor Murakami? She hasn't seen the emperor since she came here for a few days.
"Qingming, what's going on here?" The emperor looked serious.
"Report to the Lord, it's Grandma Baifen who is at fault." Qingming replied calmly.
"Grandma Baifen? I thought it was a rumor, but it turned out to be true. If this continues, people in the palace will be in chaos. Qingming, you have to find a way to get rid of that monster in these two days."
"You should do your best."
"Pass my order, immediately send more people to guard around the Twelve Halls. Qingming, you deal with Grandma Baifen as soon as possible, I don't want to see anyone in trouble again." The emperor waved his hand and signaled his subordinates to take the corpse out.
"But Grandma Baifen comes and goes without a trace, and no one knows when she will reappear." Qingming replied.
"That's easy to handle. Since she likes the face of young girls, let's find a girl to be the bait and make preparations early, so it won't be easier to catch Grandma Baifen." The emperor thought for a while and said, "Just do it. The bait woman must be bold enough."
Qingming frowned slightly, obviously disapproving of the idea: "But being a bait is always dangerous, I don't think..."
"I'll go!" Sharo blurted out.
Only then did the emperor notice her existence, and asked with surprise on his face, "Who are you? Why are you here?"
"My lord, my name is Sha Luo, I am the daughter of Lord He Mao, and now I am the concubine next to Empress You Ji." Sha Luo replied calmly.
The emperor was slightly surprised, and laughed again: "Sure enough, you are worthy of being Jun Ji of He Mao's family. You are quite courageous, I'm sure."
"Thank you, Lord." Shaluo saluted.
"Then Qingming, I'll leave it to you this time." After finishing speaking, the emperor left with his attendants.
The room was quiet again, and there was a strange atmosphere in the air. Qingming looked at Shaluo without saying a word, which made her feel a little scared.
"I'm going back to my room first, Qingming should go back early too." She smiled dryly.
"He Maoshaluo, do you know what you said just now?" Qingming's quiet face unexpectedly had a faint trace of displeasure.
"Of course I know. If I don't catch that monster as soon as possible, I'm afraid more people will die. Is there anything wrong with me doing this?" She plausibly said.
"You still have a point."
"Of course it makes sense, and I did nothing wrong."
"But in case you have something, how can I explain to master and brother."
Sha Luo shook his head confidently: "Qingming, I'll be fine. Because with Qingming dealing with that monster, he will definitely succeed."
"Shaluo... that's why you trust me?" A trace of surprise flashed across his face.
"Well, because of Qingming, you..." Shaluo looked at him, and said firmly, "You will definitely become the greatest onmyoji!"
Qingming raised her eyes suddenly, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. It was a smile like a lily that just bloomed alone in the dark night. It was pure white, elegant, with a hint of night glamour, and an indescribable tenderness. After a long while, he suddenly said, "I will never let anything happen to Sha Luo."
"Well, it's settled." She nodded with a smile.
The next night came quickly. The night is covered with starlight, but it feels stuffy, and the wind blows slightly, but it can't blow away the stuffy feeling. It feels like it is to make people look forward to a heavy rain. The ladies and concubines in the Xuanyao Palace have been transferred to other palaces, and there are only a few guards standing outside the palace.
Shaluo had been waiting in the room early on. Seimei was behind the curtains embroidered with wisteria patterns. He had already set up a barrier so that ghosts could not feel his existence, and waited for Grandma Baifen to appear.
"Qingming, what are you thinking?" Shaluo asked casually, a little bored waiting.
"Nothing." His voice was quiet.
"Let's chat for a while, I don't know when that white powder grandma will come."
"good."
Hey, Shaluo was a little surprised, it was the first time he heard Qingming agree so straightforwardly.
"Are you still used to it in the palace?" He asked softly.
"Well, I'm quite used to it, and everyone treats me very well." Sharo suddenly remembered about the sparrow shikigami, couldn't help but pursed his lips and said in a low voice: "By the way, last time your shikigami was very cute. "
"Shaluo, I told you not to call me by that name again." There was a hint of helplessness in his tone, seeing her receipt last time was really funny and annoying.
"But… "
"But what?"
"But your shikigami dared to pull 'gold' on my head!"
He was taken aback for a moment, and then smiled softly after a few words.
"Shaluo, your silly expression just now really resembles senior brother's cat shikigami."
"Ah, did you see it?"
"hehe."
"Seimei, you..."
"Shaluo, don't talk." His voice became serious all of a sudden, "It seems—it's coming."
Sha Luo felt a chill in his heart, only felt a gust of wind blowing, so cold and gloomy, it almost froze his breath, and he couldn't avoid it like he was on his bones. Goosebumps immediately appeared on her body, and the coolness penetrated to the bottom of her heart.
After hearing a "creak", the sliding door was slowly moved away, and then a white figure floated in.
"Beautiful lady, here I have makeup powder that can make you more beautiful, do you want to try it, just a little bit, and you will become the most beautiful woman in this palace..." The figure gradually floated to Shaluo's face In front of her, the voice seemed to carry a trace of magic, making people involuntarily agree to her request.
By candlelight, Shaluo saw the true face of that person. It turned out that this frightening monster was not scary at all, on the contrary he was a kind old woman.
"I'm poor, so I can't afford it." Sharo said according to what Qingming had taught him before.
"Don't worry if you can't afford it, I don't charge money, all I need is..." The old woman opened the box, her voice became extremely gloomy in an instant, "Your face." As soon as she finished speaking, Qingming quickly blocked Shaluo's eyes. In front of him, he quickly took out the talisman, formed seals with both hands, and kept changing like lightning. From the big vajra wheel seal to the inner and outer lion seal, the whole set of movements was done in one go, and he silently recited the nine-character mantra. His spell carried a dazzling The golden light flew straight towards Grandma Baifen, covering her tightly.
Grandma Baifen's face became more ferocious, and the skin on her face began to peel off one by one, changing into different faces. She struggled and screamed: "My face! My face..." Just as she was about to disappear in the golden light , the box in her hand flew out suddenly, and the lid of the box was opened in mid-air... White powder like sand and dust fell down like snowflakes. It was too late for Shaluo to hide, so he had to resign himself to his fate and close his eyes. But those powders flew towards Qingming like moths to a flame. Qingming stretched out his hand and waved lightly, and the dust instantly gathered into a ball, turning into a white snowball, and then slowly melted into nothingness.
Sha Luo's eyes widened in surprise, could this be his yin and yang technique
Qingming walked over slowly. He looked at Sha Luo with a faint smile on his lips. She also raised her eyes to look at him, maybe because of the bubble, she felt that Qingming's eyes seemed extraordinarily gentle today, so gentle that it was unbelievable, so gentle that it made her heart beat... It reminded her of the rainbow covered by a rainbow on the grass. Reflecting the colorful dew... Her heart beat so fast, so fast...
"Qingming..." she murmured.
Qingming seemed to be brought back to his mind by her voice, an elusive look flashed in his eyes, and he quickly recovered his usual calm expression.
"Are you all right? Sharo."
"It's okay." She whispered. Was everything just her hallucination? However, Seimei's warmth still seemed to be left in her hands.
"Since you got rid of Grandma Baifen, then go and sue the Lord." She hastily concealed her chaotic emotions.
"Alright." He replied lightly.
"I'll take you back." He said as he stepped out of the room.
Sha Luo patted his chest lightly, what happened, why did his heart beat so hard? She was really afraid that she would jump out of her chest when she jumped...