After a while, the general came out of the palace. He walked straight to Pei Yunshu with a helpless look on his face, "My Lord, I'm sorry I can't escort you back home. I have something important to do. I have sent people to wait outside the palace. You can go back with them."
Pei Yunshu frowned.
He just frowned slightly, and the general compromised: "Forget it, Immortal, please do as you please. It's just that the night is getting darker and the dew is heavier. I hope you can go back home early to rest."
Seeing his humble posture, the guards beside him were horrified and quickly lowered their heads, not daring to expose themselves.
Pei Yunshu was about to speak when another palace maid came into the hall and invited Pei Yunshu and Zhu You into the hall.
When they walked into the palace, they saw the emperor getting up from the bed. There was no one left in the palace at this time. When the emperor saw them come in, he opened a mechanism, and a secret passage appeared under the bed.
The emperor whispered, "Please follow me, both immortals."
He now looked extremely polite, as if he was not the one who had just cursed out the word "idiot" in the spring.
If he was not the emperor of the world, and if the person in front of him was not Pei Yunshu, he would have been killed in anger at that time.
Pei Yunshu and Zhu You followed him down the secret passage. At the end of the secret passage was a secret room of medium size. There was actually a monk sitting inside chanting scriptures.
The monk looked familiar. He opened his eyes when he heard the footsteps coming from outside. He was surprised and happy and said, "It's you two Taoist friends?!"
This person was none other than the abbot of the Marriage Temple that Pei Yunshu and his companions passed by on their way to the Demon and Ghost Market. It was with the help of this abbot that Pei Yunshu realized the existence of the Love Gu in his body.
"Abbot," meeting an old friend was indeed a happy thing. Pei Yunshu stepped forward with a smile on his face, "I haven't seen you for a long time."
"It's been a long time since we last met. Your cultivation has improved so much that I can't even tell," the monk said with a smile, "With your help, Your Majesty will surely feel more at ease."
Zhu You frowned and looked at the monk with an unfriendly look. The appearance of a person that his father knew but he didn't undoubtedly made him extremely unhappy.
The old abbot shuddered under his gaze, and forced a smile, saying, "My little Taoist friend is still as imposing as he was back then, but I don't know why you have become smaller."
"Back then?" Zhu You narrowed his eyes slightly, and turned his head to look at Pei Yunshu, "Dad, is he talking about Father Long?"
"Dragon Father?" The old abbot was horrified. "That Jiao actually turned into a dragon?! Did Daoist Pei have a son with him?!"
He quickly opened his eyes wide and looked at Zhu You carefully. The more he looked, the more shocked he was, "This child is so similar to his father!"
"..." Pei Yunshu was speechless, "Abbot, please don't misunderstand..."
He wanted to say that he had nothing to do with the dragon and was not familiar with it. He also wanted to say that there was no such thing as a "dragon son" or "dragon father", but he couldn't say any of these.
I can only explain it in a frustrated and dry way.
The old abbot had misunderstood. He nodded with a look of understanding, "Don't worry, Brother Pei. I am not a talkative person."
Zhu You stood aside, deep in thought.
Did he look so much like Long Fu
A terrible thought suddenly arose in his mind.
Seeing that they had finished speaking, the emperor stepped forward and bowed deeply to Pei Yunshu: "I just offended you, Immortal, please don't hold it against me."
Pei Yunshu shook his head and asked, "Why are you acting so crazy and stupid?"
The emperors of the mortal world have always been known for their wisdom and are deeply loved by the people. Although they are the emperors of men, the true dragon spirit is very strong. This is the expectation of the people, and this "dragon spirit" is even stronger, which can shock some low-level demons and evil spirits. There should be no need for them to act crazy and stupid.
When the emperor heard this, he straightened up, his deep eyes reflecting the candlelight, showing a dark and murderous look. The face that had looked particularly hideous and miserable in the spring water finally became extremely majestic at this moment.
"I have no choice but to act crazy and do such an ugly thing."
The emperor whispered, "I can feel something is watching my body."
*
What the emperor meant was that he felt someone wanted to take over his body.
"Two years ago, I already felt something was wrong," the emperor said. "I often got lost in my dreams, and many times I thought that dreams were real. Once I even slept for a full fifteen days in a dream, and the world was about to be in chaos."
"After that, I was still hesitant, so I secretly visited many temples and finally got a hint of the reason from the abbot."
The old abbot sighed and said, "I asked the monks in the temple to chant sutras for your majesty for three days and three nights, and then I actually saw a few traces of demonic energy in your majesty's body!"
"Dark and thick evil energy like fog!" The old abbot still couldn't believe it when he said it now, "If it weren't for the protection of the Human Emperor's true energy, this evil energy would have already taken over my body!"
Pei Yunshu's expression turned cold, and he asked, "Is it the evil spirit attached to a ring?"
He had not forgotten that when he saw Zhu You in the underwater palace, the ring wanted to occupy Zhu You's body. When he first saw the black shadow, it was in the dream of the Shenlong Secret Realm. The evil spirit was exactly the same as the dream and the black shadow.
The emperor was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized and muttered to himself, "Ring?"
The old abbot continued, "I can't get rid of the evil spirit that has penetrated your majesty's body. I can only suppress it temporarily and then get rid of it slowly. Your majesty doesn't know where this evil spirit comes from, but he always feels that someone is secretly spying on him, so he dare not reveal the truth. He can only pretend to be crazy and stupid, becoming more and more cruel and moody, so that the people who are secretly spying on him will not suspect him, and I hope that the monster that wants to take over your majesty's body will hate your majesty's body."
"The monster's vision is really high." Zhu You said.
Regardless of anything else, the figure and appearance of the human emperor are indeed first-class.
He is indeed picky, Pei Yunshu thought to himself, he even likes your physical body. Judging from the meaning of his words, he seems to have taken a fancy to Venerable Wuwang as well.
On one side is a powerful being in the world of cultivation, on the other side is the emperor of the human world. Zhu You is even a dragon that is about to transform into a dragon. Does the black shadow want to take over the body of one of them, or does he want to divide himself into three parts? What is his intention
Pei Yunshu exhaled a breath of foul air, and asked with more energy: "Your Majesty, have you ever remembered whether you have touched a ring?"
The emperor's expression was a little subtle. He raised his hand in the candlelight. His hand was smooth and without any accessories.
"In the dream..." he said uncertainly, "I seemed to be wearing a ring in the dream."
The old abbot asked, "Fellow Daoist Pei, is there anything special about that ring?"
"The ring contains evil energy, which is as black as running water," Pei Yunshu said, "Because the Emperor has true energy protecting his body, the ring can only appear in dreams."
He pondered for a while, "The abbot can see the evil spirit in the emperor's body, which should mean that the evil spirit has already penetrated into his soul."
The abbot and the emperor's expressions turned grim.
Pei Yunshu touched his storage bag and said, "If I can enter the emperor's dream, I will have a chance to destroy the ring. After clearing the evil spirit, I won't have to worry about it."
The emperor's expression suddenly brightened, then dimmed again, "After entering a dream, can such a supernatural power be used?"
Pei Yunshu glanced at Zhu You. Zhu You's illusion was almost indistinguishable from the real thing. If he still remembered how to use the illusion, he should be able to lead them into a dream. But Zhu You has not recovered yet, and Pei Yunshu is not sure if he can do it.
He asked without hope: "Is Yunjiao okay?"
Being looked at with such expectant eyes by Pei Yunshu, how could Zhu You say no
He nodded and said, "Give me two days."
He instinctively thought that entering a dream would not be difficult for him, but since it concerned his father, he still needed to be cautious.
*
The general came to the restaurant as agreed, and some of the sons of powerful people quickly stood up and greeted the general.
The general sat by the window, took the wine respectfully handed to him by the person next to him, and stared at the scenery outside the window in a trance.
The young men of power and influence on the opposite side exchanged glances with each other, and not long after, a beautiful woman with a pretty face and clean appearance walked in.
This beauty had a flat chest, but she looked like a girl. When she saw so many people looking at her, her cheeks turned red, her beautiful eyes shyly avoided the viewer, and she was as green and innocent as a delicate mountain flower after the rain.
Someone quickly pushed the beauty to the general's side and smiled flatteringly at him, "General, this is the youngest son of Shangshu Lang's family. He is extremely handsome and has even played the role of Guanyin many times at temple fairs. He is more beautiful than an immortal."
Hearing this, the general pinched the beauty's chin and squinted at her.
The beauty's blush was like stars, her eyes were full of affection and tears, and she said tremblingly: "General..."
"Compared to immortals?"
The general muttered to himself, letting go of the beauty, and drank the wine in one gulp, "I have a real immortal by my side, why do I need a fake Guanyin?"
A pair of eyes full of ambition were reflected in the spilled wine on the table.
Being able to keep a real immortal by your side is a wonderful thing that brings great happiness to people.
*
For Zhu You, creating illusions is like an instinct.
Naturally, he also decides what to dream about.
This gave Zhu You a bold idea.
Two days later, the emperor, who had agreed on a dream time, lay upright on the bed, ready to fall asleep. The old abbot stayed by his side, chanting scriptures to suppress the evil spirit in the emperor's body.
Pei Yunshu and Zhu You are not here.
The emperor looked calm, and the old abbot stopped chanting and comforted him, "Don't worry, your majesty. The two Taoist friends have profound cultivation and will definitely protect your majesty."
The emperor shook his head. "I was just wondering if my general was involved in this matter."
The old abbot said: "Demonic energy is only possessed by demons. The general is a living person. He cannot use such means."
"I heard that the two immortals are still living in the general's mansion," the emperor suddenly changed the subject, "I really forgot about this. We should let the two immortals live in the palace so that I can do more for them."
The old abbot consoled him, "When the evil spirit in your Majesty is removed, it will not be too late to repay the two Taoist friends. By then, your Majesty will not have to act crazy or stupid."
The emperor nodded and closed his eyes.
*
In the dream, the darkness faded away and the light was dazzling.
When Pei Yunshu opened his eyes, two maids were combing his hair behind him. The figure in the bronze mirror was blurry. Pei Yunshu was stunned for a while before he realized that he was in a dream.
What kind of dream is this
The maid behind him combed his hair and said, "Madam, please go quickly. The master has been waiting for a while."
Pei Yunshu followed the maid outside, and after walking for a while, they came to a martial arts training ground.
There were many people practicing martial arts in the martial arts training ground, sweating profusely. Many people even took off their clothes and flexed their upper body muscles, steaming from the heat.
The maid took Pei Yunshu to the martial arts training ground and left. Pei Yunshu looked around and saw a man sitting on a chair in the shadow on the east side supervising the training of everyone on the ground. Pei Yunshu walked over and saw that the man on the chair was 60% similar to Zhu You.
"Madam," the man nodded solemnly when he saw him, and waved his hand to call down a man from the field, "You just came into the mansion yesterday and haven't seen my son yet. This is my son."
A man threw away his weapon on the martial arts field, put on his coat neatly, strode over, and shouted to the man on the chair, "Dad."
The person on the chair nodded and said, "Why don't you bow to your mother?"
Pei Yunshu looked at Zhu You expressionlessly.
Zhu You glanced at Pei Yunshu frivolously, speaking with his tongue on his lips, "Little girl."
His clothes were unbuttoned, his chest was bare, and in the dream he was even taller than Pei Yunshu. In front of the "father" sitting on the chair, he approached Pei Yunshu step by step, with a look in his eyes like a beast, "Father has a good eye, my little girl is really pretty."
The man on the chair said in a gentle tone, "Be respectful to your mother."
After that, the man continued, "I have something else to do. I need to be away for a month. I'll leave the house to you to take care of."
"Don't worry, Dad," Zhu You raised the corner of his mouth and said deliberately, "I will take good care of Mom."
The person in the chair left cleanly.
Pei Yunshu said: "Zhu You, what are you talking about—"
Zhu You stepped forward and blocked Pei Yunshu's lips. Pei Yunshu blinked in surprise, unable to believe how his well-behaved son could behave so wildly in his dream.
"You actually called me by my name," Zhu You frowned in displeasure. He pulled Pei Yunshu's wrist and dragged him to the martial arts training ground. "I want to teach you a lesson."
Pei Yunshu staggered when he was pulled to the martial arts training ground. All the people who were practicing martial arts put down their weapons and started to watch the fun with laughter.
"How will the young marquis teach this new lady a lesson?"
"The new wife will be so frightened that her face will turn pale. She may even run away from the mansion and return to her parents' home for refuge."
Zhu You let go of Pei Yunshu and threw a sword to him.
He looked Pei Yunshu up and down and laughed disdainfully, "Can you lift the sword?"
The people around cooperated and laughed.
Pei Yunshu was enraged. He held the sword in his hand, intending to take the opportunity to teach Zhu You a lesson and let him understand what it means to respect the elderly and honor the virtuous!
"I'll hit you later, don't cry." Pei Yunshu said, waving his sword.
Zhu You sneered and walked forward. His movements were slow and it was obvious that he was not fighting but just playing with the person.
Pei Yunshu hit him hard on the back with the sword, using all his strength, leaving no mercy for Zhu You.
Who knew that Zhu You could bear it? He reached out and touched Pei Yunshu's hand, from Pei Yunshu's wrist bone to Pei Yunshu's fingertips, and teased: "Why are my hands so nice to touch?"
The distance between them disappeared in a flash, and then suddenly moved away. The people around started to make a noise. Before Pei Yunshu could figure out what was going on, Zhu You suddenly pushed him onto a big red drum next to the martial arts training ground, and a dull drum sound was heard.
Zhu was getting closer, and his hot breath and scalding sweat were sticky, and kept drilling into Pei Yunshu, soaking his clothes.
Zhu You placed his hands on both sides of Pei Yunshu's head. He looked down at Pei Yunshu, and Pei Yunshu said, "Get up."
"Do you still dare to call me by my name?" Zhu You asked.
Pei Yunshu was extremely angry. He was not the one in charge in the dream. He wanted to cast a spell, but after trying several, they all disappeared halfway through.
I can only reason with Zhu You, "Is this how you treat your father?"
Zhu You's eyes were filled with rebellion. Hearing this, he narrowed his eyes and said, "How can you be my father? You are my little mother."
He lowered his head and whispered insulting words in Pei Yunshu's ear with a smile: "My dear little girl who just entered the Marquis' Mansion yesterday, I dragged my father to a brothel last night and slept with him all night. I left you sitting alone at night. Do you miss men a lot when you are alone?"
Pei Yunshu's face was as black as ink.
Zhu You was extremely unbridled. He had no idea how long he had been practicing martial arts, and his body still smelled of sweat. Pei Yunshu was so hot that sweat also began to appear on his temples.
"Is there any man more manly than me? Just now you saw me taking off my coat and practicing martial arts. Were you fascinated by me?"
Pei Yunshu wanted to murder his son.
"Did you hear that?" Zhu You said, "You have a low status in the mansion. Now that dad is gone, you can only listen to me. And the first rule of obedience is that you are not allowed to call me by my name."
"Then what should I call you?" Pei Yunshu asked sarcastically, "Young Marquis?"
Zhu You actually nodded and said, "This little girl is teachable."
Pei Yunshu could no longer bear it. He was about to wake up this rebellious son, but Zhu You clenched his hand, frowned, and looked at Pei Yunshu with suspicion.
"It's not enough that I seduced my father, you are trying to seduce me," his face darkened, and he pressed his legs against Pei Yunshu's feet, making him unable to move, and bumped into Pei Yunshu, "It's not enough that you seduced me, you are trying to seduce the little marquis on me."
Something hot rubbed against Pei Yunshu's body. Pei Yunshu didn't react at first. When he came to his senses, his face changed and looked very ugly. He took a few deep breaths before gritting his teeth and saying, "Rebellious son."
Zhu You smiled indifferently. He looked at Pei Yunshu, his eyes flashed, and he bent his head even lower, almost touching Pei Yunshu's lips.
"Big?"