The happy coffin is opened, all ghosts disperse, the princess comes from hell

At that time, Xie Shu was convinced that Xiao Chenyan was really interested in murdering Yun Zheng. He was too surprised and made too much noise when he stood up, which made Xiao Chenyan notice.

At that time, Xiao Chenyan might have noticed that he was awake and chose to stop. Then, as if nothing happened, he walked to Yun Zheng's side, hugged his sword and fell asleep, without looking at him again the whole time.

Xie Shu stared at him in fear all night, until after dawn, Yun Zheng woke up, and Xiao Chenyan seemed to be fine.

At that time, he was also a stupid young man. He was not strong enough and could not keep his temper, so he actually questioned him face to face.

When he was a teenager, Xiao Chenyan had a fiery temperament, and when they disagreed, they started fighting.

Xie Shu always remembered that when he questioned Xiao Chenyan that day, the other person looked at him like a wild beast that had been wronged and was extremely angry.

There was only disappointment and disbelief in those eyes.

Xiao Chenyan denied that he wanted to kill Yun Zheng.

There was a gap between the two. Afterwards, Xie Shu thought a lot. Could it be that he had misunderstood and looked away?

But before the rift could be mended, the marquis of Zhen Guo was defeated in the northern border, and news of collaboration with the enemy and treason spread back to the government and the public. Immediately afterwards, the prince was also accused of treason and burned himself in the East Palace.

One piece of bad news came one after another.

But the thing that stuck in Xie Shu's throat the most was his second uncle Xie Xian's "identification" of Xiao Chenyan.

Xie Xian said that he saw with his own eyes that Xiao Chenyan set the fire that night.

Although various evidences showed that Xie Xian was 'talking nonsense', Xie Shu could feel that his second uncle Xie Xian was not lying.

He has known since he was a child that he has some kind of 'intuition' that ordinary people don't have.

But after he witnessed Xiao Chenyan trying to kill Yun Zheng, it was the second time that he doubted his intuition.

He didn't want to believe that his friend would do such a crazy thing as killing his father and mother. His second uncle was a playboy. He may not have lied, but the truth may be that he was designed to be a 'witness' and deliberately framed Xiao Chenyan.

Xie Shu was disgusted with his own hesitation.

He had been trying to find out the truth, so he resolutely chose to enter the court and enter the Ministry of Punishment, climbing all the way to the rank of Shaoqing of Dali Temple.

But it wasn't until he reunited with Xiao Chenyan ten years later and encountered various ghosts that Xie Shu suddenly woke up.

The 'Xiao Chenyan' whom I saw who wanted to kill Yun Zheng.

Is the 'Xiao Chenyan' that the second uncle saw setting fire to the East Palace really Xiao Chenyan?

What's even more ridiculous is that it wasn't until this moment that Xie Shu realized how despicable and ridiculous he had been.

From the moment he questioned Xiao Chenyan, from the moment he guessed the truth and felt hesitant, he had doubts about Xiao Chenyan deep in his heart.

He had never stood beside Xiao Chenyan without hesitation, and he had never chosen the other person unswervingly.

And Xiao Chenyan may have seen through his 'hypocrisy' a long time ago, so he has drifted away from him over the years.

Xie Shu lifted the car curtain and looked at the street shadows retreating outside the carriage. He vaguely remembered what Yun Zheng blurted out when he questioned Xiao Chenyan in front of Yun Zheng like a dazed man:

——Xie Shaoyuan, are you drunk and still haven’t woken up? How could Ah Yan harm me? The knife in his hand could be used to stab himself, but it could never be used to stab his brother!

Xie Shu moved the corners of his lips in a self-deprecating manner.

Yes.

The Xiao Chenyan he knew was so affectionate and sincere that he would rather harm himself than harm his relatives and friends.

He is not as good as Yun Zheng.

He thanked Shaoyuan and was not worthy of Xiao Chenyan's friendship.

……

Tianshou Hall.

The old eunuch led the palace servants into the palace quickly, the whisk in his hand making a crackling sound.

"Please be careful with the Taoist incense in your hands. If it's damaged at all, I won't be able to pay for it even if I pick off your heads."

The palace people responded in succession, not daring to raise their heads, and carefully arranged the palace. Tianshou Palace was the old emperor's bedroom, but it was decorated like a dojo.

No one noticed that there was a little eunuch working hard in the corner.

Xiao Chenyan used magic to change his body and appearance, and disguised himself as a eunuch and sneaked into Tianshou Palace openly.

He has never seen the old emperor since he returned to Beijing. The old emperor claimed to seek immortality and refused to show his face. He seemed to be hiding behind the scenes, but in fact he knew everything about the affairs of the court.

The last time I saw this imperial grandfather was ten years ago. During these ten years, Dayong Chaotang was ridiculous.

All the decisions made by the old emperor were not like an emperor.

The other party is like a bystander, treating the children's flesh and blood, the civil and military officials of the dynasty, and even the common people as chess pieces, playing with them as they please.

The other party doesn't seem to care whether the Great Yong Dynasty can maintain its rule, but Xiao Chenyan still can't guess what the other party's purpose is.

In the past, no matter what he did in the capital, many eyes were watching him. Now that he secretly returned to the capital and mastered Xuan Tong, it was time to enter the palace to meet the imperial grandfather.

Xiao Chenyan slowly approached his sleeping position, and no one noticed the disappearing shadow under his feet.

The shadow cat sneaked into the inner hall quietly. Through the shadow cat's eyes, the image of the inner hall also appeared in Xiao Chenyan's mind. It was a figure from behind, wearing a loose Taoist robe and sitting cross-legged in the secret formation.

His hair is black and green, and he does not look like an old man. Only the loose skin on his neck shows his age.

Although they haven't seen each other for ten years, Xiao Chenyan still remembers this figure from behind.

It's the old emperor.

The shadow cat slowly approached, and just when it touched the pattern on the ground, the shadow cat quickly retreated and instantly shrank back to Xiao Chenyan's feet.

The impatient cat meowing sounded in his mind: "Meow, meow, meow!" Go!

Xiao Chenyan's eyes narrowed, and he calmly picked up the tray and walked out of the hall. The old eunuch saw him and was about to call him.

The door of the inner hall suddenly opened, and a young man walked out.

"stop."

The moment the voice sounded, Xiao Chenyan had already stepped out of the door. The moment his figure turned around, he shrank to the ground.

The next moment, his figure appeared outside Taihua Pond, and Xiao Chenyan felt an invisible barrier blocking him.

Almost in the blink of an eye, before Shadow Cat could warn him, he rolled to the side, and three black iron arrows pierced the place where he had just stood.

Xiao Chenyan raised his eyes and saw the figure a hundred meters away. The figure was standing on the long steps, with a black Taoist robe wrapped around his body, his hands wrapped in bandages, and a strange Nuo mask on his face. The only thing he could see was Only one pair of eyes.

It is cold and indifferent, and does not contain any emotions of a living person at first.

The opponent looked at him coldly, raised his arm and bent the bow. Xiao Chenyan could clearly see that as the opponent's bow string gradually became full, a rune like an iron painting and a silver hook appeared in the void in front of the arrow.

He was like a lurker in the darkness, suddenly targeted by a man-eating beast. Xiao Chenyan felt trembling after a long time and smelled the crisis of death.

The opponent's three arrows were completely different from the previous ones!

Shadow Cat let out a meowing blast.

——It’s a soul-breaking arrow!

The three words 'soul-breaking arrow' seemed to stir up the memory deep in the soul. The moment the arrow hit his face, Xiao Chenyan wiped the ground hard with his palm. The skin and flesh were broken open, and blood droplets floated into the air drop by drop, turning into The sharp bloody edge shot towards the soul-breaking arrow.

The blood edge smashed two soul-breaking arrows, and passed by the only remaining one. In the blink of an eye, there was a sudden sound, and the blood edge grazed the Nuo-faced man's neck.

There were exclamations all around.

Only then did the palace people belatedly shout, "There is an assassin!"

But Xiao Chenyan had disappeared without a trace. The invisible barrier blocking him broke open when the Nuo-faced man avoided the bloody edge, leaving only a pool of blood where he had been before.

The Nuo-faced man stood still, like an emotionless puppet.

Click.

His face was split horizontally by an invisible force and fell to the ground, revealing a tall nose bridge and an angular mandible. At the tip of the man's nose, there was a small brown mole.

The man ignored the panic of the palace people and walked back to the inner hall with his bow. The door was closed and he stood directly behind the old emperor.

"You are injured." The old emperor slowly opened his eyes, his gaze fell on the man, but an intriguing smile appeared on his face with clear grooves: "Is it him?"

"It should be." The man's tone was calm: "The power in his body has begun to awaken."

The old emperor smiled and nodded, said three good words in a row, couldn't hide the excitement in his eyes, and stood up directly, facing the south and making a strange salute.

The man's eyes remained unchanged, still like a ruthless and unconscious puppet, and he said calmly: "The extent of his awakening now is not enough to accept the 'arrival' of that divine consciousness."

"With all kinds of suffering added to his body, living in purgatory to temper his soul, and Shura's killing field to forge his body, sooner or later he will become the most perfect container and become the true Holy King." The old emperor said with a smile: "This is what the Holy King has said to me, Xiao. The favor of the family.”

The man's tone was cold: "In the eyes of the Wu Clan, everyone is an ant, and Xiao is just a chosen insect."

The old emperor looked at him coldly: "If you weren't valuable, you wouldn't even be worthy of being a bug."

The man didn't react much. He was just a puppet whose memory had been removed and refined.

The Wu Clan only left a trace of obsession in his puppet body.

This obsession turned into shackles, allowing him to be driven by the old emperor.

"It seems that he has endured the suffering ten years ago. Now, it's time for him to survive another catastrophe of betrayal and separation."

Nuo-faced man: "Now no one around him will betray him."

The old emperor raised his lips and smiled and said: "The people around him can't, but the person he loves can. Send your sister to him."

There was finally some fluctuation in the man's eyes.

"Reluctant?"

The man looked at the old emperor coldly.

The old emperor sneered: "That woman is not your real sister, she is just a dummy made by Master Wu Peng using your sister's broken body."

"You should understand that if you want to find your sister's soul, you have to be honest and obedient."

The man lowered his eyes, and something was slowly floating in his calm eyes.

He has no memory and no emotions. He is just an empty shell. His only obsession is to find his sister's soul.

What's going on in this world, what's happening with the Xiao family, what's happening with the Wu clan, what does it have to do with him?