National Division

Others no longer mentioned Qizhang's face, but Qi Jun took advantage of the gap, moved his seat back a little, moved to Zhibai's side, and asked in a low voice, "What did you just say that you are protected by dragon energy all over your body? What is it?" What do you mean?" He can clearly remember that Zhibai once said that he has no dragon spirit, and the sons and daughters of dragons and phoenixes will only have dragon spirit if they can reach the great treasure, which means that Qizhang is the destined new king no?This fact is too great, even if he can't wait to ask after the Qianqiu Festival.

Zhibai hesitated for a while, and could only lower his head under Qi Jun's stern gaze.Seeing him like this, Qi Jun only felt a slight blackness in front of his eyes. It seemed that his hard work for so many years had vanished in an instant, and everything around him seemed to be far away, and he could not hear or see anything.

But it was only for a moment, Qi Jun shook his head vigorously, and got rid of the mist of despair around him.He said that his fate cannot be determined by God, even if the fate does not grant him, he still has to fight for it!

"Then you say that the second younger brother will lose money when the moon is full, so what is that one calamity?"

"It's...it's really hard to say." Zhibai glanced in Qizhang's direction, "From the face of the second prince, it is a blessing of perfection. It's just that there is no such thing as perfection in this world. In terms of reason, There must be a misfortune. If this misfortune passes, it will be truly perfect, if it does not pass, or the fate will change, it is unknown."

While the two were talking, the princes and daughters behind had already paid their respects to the queen. They were all underage children, and the youngest was just hugged and kowtowed by the wet nurse.Hearing the sound of silk and bamboo, a row of women in dance gowns with wide sleeves and narrow waists entered through the side door of the main hall and danced gracefully.

"The national teacher presents an auspicious dance to the empress." The man in charge of the ceremony said loudly, and everyone's eyes immediately fell on this team of dancers. After a while, there were exclamations one after another. He pointed to a dancer in the middle of the team and began to discuss.

Qi Jun also looked over in a blink of an eye.Zhen Mingzi specially made a wooden puppet to perform songs and dances for the queen, which is well known in the palace, but even so, Qi Jun had to look carefully for a while before finding the puppet from the team.

This doll is about the size of a real person, with painted eyebrows and eyes painted on the face, and the bun on the head is made of dyed black silk thread. Like the dancers, they also wear golden hairpin palace flowers and bright wide sleeves. The narrow-waist dance clothes are exactly the same as those of the other twelve dancers.The most astonishing thing is that this puppet is extremely flexible in its gestures, swinging its sleeves, swinging its waist, and looking closely, it is almost the same as a real person. If it is not for the extra lotus flower in its hand, it may be difficult to distinguish it for a while.No wonder everyone gasped in admiration, such a flexible doll has never been seen in the palace.

Qi Jun was frowning slightly, but he heard the white hissing breath beside him, and murmured: "Dementor!"

He spoke these two words as thinly as a gnat, and the hall was full of silk and bamboo sounds. If Qi Jun hadn't been sitting beside him, he probably wouldn't have heard: "What soul? But what's wrong with these dancers?"

"It's a puppet." Zhibai stared closely at the dancing dummy, "There is a soul attached to this puppet, and it has a lot of resentment."

"Soul?" Qi Jun couldn't help becoming anxious, hating himself for not being able to see anything.

Zhibai thought for a while, sighed, bit his index finger in distress, and scratched at the center of Qi Jun's eyebrows, then immediately put his finger in his mouth, and said vaguely: "Your Highness, let's see."

Qi Jun felt his eyes light up, and when he looked intently, everything in the hall seemed to be clearer than before, except for the puppet's face which became blurred.When I looked closely, it wasn't that the puppet's face was blurred, but that there was a layer of black air faintly floating on it, as if another woman's face was looming on the wooden face, which made the puppet's face unclear.Qi Jun took a good look, and felt that the looming face seemed familiar, especially the look of horror and resentment.

"It's her!" Qi Jun blurted out.That face was actually the face of a court lady picked up from the well in the alley.Qi Jun thought of many things in an instant: the court lady did not commit suicide at all, but was drowned in the well, but her soul was captured by this puppet; and this puppet was going to perform dances in front of the queen, That is to say, when the time comes, it will be very close to the queen.

Detain a soul and put it on the puppet, and then send it to the queen, what is this for?After all, Qi Jun grew up in the palace, and in a moment he thought of the most possible stakes: the court lady was executed, maybe someone named the queen; , How can the court lady be free of resentment?So, what would she do if someone sent her soul to the queen?Reminiscent of the rumors in the palace that the queen is an ominous person, Qi Jun's eyes darkened, and gradually he gathered a murderous look——Concubine Ye Gui and Zhen Mingzi, this is a deliberate plan to put the queen to death!Just after leaving the Zichen Palace, he suddenly went crazy under the eyes of everyone——Qi Jun had heard the rumors of people leaving houses, and he mostly scoffed at them in the past, but now...

"This puppet still holds a lotus flower in its hand." At this moment, Qi Jun's voice became calmer, "I see that lotus flower seems to be hollow, and it seems that there is a mechanism that can be opened?"

Zhibai squinted his eyes and looked: "I don't understand the tricks, but the hollow of this lotus is real, and the inside is full of spiritual energy—ah, it's star iron!"

"As expected." These four words Qi Jun squeezed out one by one from between his teeth.Ma Mingzi really had this idea. At the end of the dance, the lotus flower suddenly opened and offered the star iron in front of the queen. At this time, the soul of the puppet jumped on the queen. Seeing that the auspiciousness was presented, the queen went crazy instead. This is firmly nailing the queen to the crime of "unlucky person" and colliding with Xingtie!

"What to do!" Qi Jun grabbed Zhibai's hand.The matter involved ghosts and gods, no matter how anxious he was, there was nothing he could do.Here and now, only Zhibai can save everything.

Zhibai sighed: "This soul was killed before the end of its lifespan, and it has deep resentment." His expression showed some helplessness, "What is it for, killing people like this, going against the sky..."

At this time, the dancers had already danced in front of the queen, and suddenly gathered in the middle, hugging the puppet in the middle.A voice came out of the puppet's chest: "I wish you a lifetime of auspiciousness and auspiciousness for a hundred years." The voice was melodious and clear, just like a living person. At the same time, the right hand was sent forward, and the branch of lotus that had been held in the hand all this time touched something. The flower petals carved out of wood suddenly opened, revealing the flower heart in the middle, and the star iron was embedded in the flower heart made of emerald, and it was sent to the queen.

Everyone was amazed at the puppet's voice that resembles that of a real person, only Qi Jun and Zhibai could see clearly that the face that was originally floating on the puppet's face suddenly rushed forward, and a blurry black figure emerged from the puppet The man came out of the body and went straight to the queen.Qi Jun could even clearly see the hatred on that face, the joy of avenging a big revenge, and the row of miserable white teeth that were exposed outside his lips!

"Mother!" Qi Jun cried out, but the puppet was too long away from the queen, and the black figure rushed too fast, even at this time it was too late for him to rush up.But the queen didn't realize it at all, but was about to turn her head because of his exclamation.

Zhibai suddenly pursed his lips and blew forward.He was sitting right behind the queen, and when he blew out this breath, Qi Jun vaguely saw a stream of white air rushing out like a spirit snake, just hitting the black shadow.

It was just a breath, and no one even noticed Zhibai's small movement, but that black shadow, like a snowman splashed with boiling water, quickly disappeared from the chest hit by the white air, and Qi Jun vaguely A terrible scream was heard.At the same time, the puppet fell forward with a plop, and the wooden lotus flower in its hand fell to the ground. There was a clang, and the emerald flower heart fell to pieces, and the star iron fell out of the flower heart, rolling all the way to the empress. underfoot.And the puppet didn't know where it hit, the joints were collapsing, the tendons used to knuckle were broken, the wooden arms fell off from the shoulders, and finally even the head tilted and rolled off the neck. down.

It was because it was done so realistically that the situation where the head rolled down was extremely frightening. A court lady was walking over with tea, and the head rolled down to her feet, which made her scream, and the whole body Everyone fell backwards.Behind her is the seat of Concubine Ye Gui, and next to her is Qi Zhang.He only heard the tables and chairs fall to the ground, and Qi Zhang covered his face in the chaos—he wanted to come over to protect Concubine Ye Gui, but his forehead was scratched by the splashed broken porcelain.

In this chaos, only the Queen was lucky enough not to be frightened.When she heard Qi Jun's cry of surprise, she turned her head, and when she saw that her son was fine, she turned her head again, and the puppet had been torn apart, and even her head was missing.The queen looked down blankly, bent down and picked up the star iron from her feet, and then looked blankly at Emperor Jing'an: "Your Majesty, what's going on here?"

A big event happened on the queen's Qianqiu Festival!The puppet made by the national teacher to perform dances for the queen suddenly failed and fell down. Not to mention the disgrace in front of the imperial court, I don’t know what the national teacher thought. Jiang Xiangrui broke!How serious are these two crimes added together, if it wasn't for the national teacher, someone else might have pushed it out for questioning and execution!At the same time, the rumors in the womb that the queen was an ominous person dissipated. Under the watchful eyes of everyone, everyone saw that the queen picked up the star iron with her own hands.Those rumormongers really have ulterior motives!

"The imperial concubine is ill." Feng Enlai couldn't help but tilt his mouth up when he reported the letter to Qi Jun, "I'm dizzy, and the imperial doctor's pulse diagnosis said it's internal deficiency. You should take a good rest and don't worry about it." So this palace Naturally, the business can no longer be taken care of.

"The teacher of the state has been auspicious and auspicious. He retreats and takes a bath. He has to fast for ninety-nine and 81 days to plead guilty to God." Speaking of this, Feng En is in a happier mood. "The observatory will be completed in more than [-] days. It seems that The national teacher is too late to send Xingtie into the observatory." The national teacher can't make it in time, so there will naturally be more suitable people to do it, such as Zhibai.

"Your majesty wants to know that Daoist Master Xiuming is honored as Immortal Master Xiuming." At the end, Feng En couldn't help grinning, "The emperor said that the empress was frightened on the Qianqiu Festival, so she asked the six bureaus to send her off." He brought a lot of things, and said that the Empress had not had a good time this Qianqiu Festival, and she would choose another place to hold a banquet to celebrate for the Empress in a few days. She also said that Concubine Ye Gui did not do well in this matter, and she was fined for three months. "

The corners of Qi Jun's lips curved slightly involuntarily.From the beginning to the end of this matter, he is the only one who knows best. Concubine Ye Gui and Zhen Mingzi this time can be regarded as stealing chickens without losing money.Emperor Jing'an believed in ghosts and gods and doted on Concubine Ye Gui, but that didn't mean he could allow someone to use this as an excuse to deceive him.Concubine Ye Gui's illness, who in the palace doesn't know what's going on?But if she is not ill, she will be deprived of the right to be the assistant manager of the sixth palace, and her face will be even more embarrassing than now!

"In this way, they can always be honest for a few days." Qi Jun's smile froze as soon as it surfaced, "Over there in the Northern Palace, the Tai Tuo praised the second emperor's article." Although Concubine Ye Gui was temporarily suppressed In the limelight, there is still a Qizhang!

"The second prince is recuperating now." The corners of Feng En's mouth twitched uncontrollably, "I heard from the imperial doctor that I'm afraid there will be scars left, but I don't know if it will be disfigured." Qi Zhang is not always gentle and handsome Are you complacent? If he loses his appearance, let's see if he is still complacent!But seeing how hard the Tai Tuo worked so hard, he found an opportunity to praise Qi Zhang in front of Emperor Jing'an just after the Qianqiu Festival, and guessed that this time the Ye family's party fell a little bit hard.

"Speaking of which, Daoist Zhibai is really good at predicting things." Even though he knew that these words should not be said by himself, Feng En still couldn't help admiring, "I just said that the second prince is too lucky, and there will be a catastrophe right now. Sorry..." Although it only hurt his face, it was enough to prove that he was a wise prophet.

Qi Jun couldn't be happy.Zhibaike also said that Qizhang is the prince with dragon spirit.

"He—knows what Daoist Priest Bai is doing?" He plunged into the Tingyu Pavilion when he came back from Qianqiu Festival, and he didn't seem to come out for the past few days.

"The Taoist asked for incense candles, and seemed to be chanting scriptures."

"Chanting?" Qi Jun raised his eyebrows, "It's rare. I'll go and see."

Zhibai is really chanting.The room was lit with joss sticks, surrounded by light smoke, and he sat upright with his eyes lowered, with a solemn expression, and he didn't even look up when Qi Jun came in.Qi Jun didn't bother him either, he just stood aside and waited for him to finish reciting the scriptures before asking, "What are you reciting?"

"Yuanshi Tianzun sacrificed the Blood Lake Sutra." Zhibai stood up and looked at the things on the sacrificial table in front of her, "She didn't intend to do evil herself, but she was just a grievance from her death. They should have been accepted at that time. Mother and son, after purification, send them to reincarnation, but it is too late, so read a few volumes of scriptures, so that the two remnant souls will not suffer in the world."

Qi Jun also looked over, on the table besides the joss sticks, there was also a paper-cut figurine, but it was crooked and out of shape, and the brows and eyes painted on his face were ugly, with his birthday written in ink on his chest There is a horoscope, and a strange pattern is drawn on the stomach, which looks like a fruit and a curled up baby: "Is this—calling for souls?"

Zhibai sighed: "The soul is incomplete, so I can't recruit it. I just use things to gather spirits, so that the merits of these scriptures will not be snatched away by other ghosts."

Qi Jun looked at this ugly little paper figurine and the earthworm-like handwriting on it, and couldn't help thinking of Ma Mingzi's real-life puppet, and the corners of his mouth twitched involuntarily: "You never even learned how to write?"

Zhibai scratched his ear: "Master has never taught it carefully, it's just that he can write talismans..."

The corner of Qi Jun's mouth twitched again: "It's okay in the past, since you entered the palace, you have to learn all these things. I will find some masters for you." Jing'an Diya is good at poetry and books, and Zhen Mingzi is also good at calligraphy and painting In the beginning, being able to invest in Emperor Jing'an's deed was also a great help.

Zhibai suddenly had a bitter face.Qi Jun threw out another bait: "The observatory is about to be completed, and then you should be the one to worship the star iron. In the future, even some Buddhist rituals will be done at the observatory. You can't even write. In the future, this I’m afraid that if it’s done, it won’t look good.”

"Can I go to worship the Star Iron?" Zhibai's eyes lit up immediately, and he asked after thinking, "So, Your Majesty will also often go to the Star Observatory?"

Qi Jun felt his teeth itch when he saw his lack of greed, and instead of answering his words, he asked, "You blew away that soul in one breath that day, but what's the reason?"

Zhibai didn't get a positive answer from Qi Jun, and felt a little regretful, but when he thought that he would be able to worship Xingtie soon, he became happy again, and replied casually: "Ghosts are yin, and people are yang. Using yang qi to overcome yin qi is like prescribing the right medicine. It is naturally effective. But ordinary yang energy is not very useful for a soul like this. Ji Nian Li Gui is just a breath away." After speaking, he couldn't help but feel a little complacent, and shook his head.

Qi Jun felt a little bit itchy when he saw it, he snorted and said coldly: "Let's start learning calligraphy and painting tomorrow, if you don't learn well, you should be careful with the hand board!" and go.