Lonely desert

I returned to my mansion later, and what I said to Shan Pei just now made me pay attention to the matter of Brother Shan Pei. This matter should be due to my negligence of duty and failure to check the Yuelao marriage book, and because I did not care about the relationship between the three. The entanglement caused by the land.

However, Chang'an is at the foot of the Son of Heaven, and it is inconvenient for me to use my divine power, and now it is even more stagnant due to the reason of the Emperor, and I am in the mortal world, and I can't find out that I am poor.

Now, I need to find a good opportunity to go to Zhaoming Palace.

The next day, the emperor called me into the palace, and without thinking too much, I knew it was about Ye Ziyu's fake test papers.I pleaded guilty and begged the emperor to forgive me for my ineffective dereliction of duty.Fortunately, the emperor didn't say much, and then summoned the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and the matter was handed over to the Ministry of Punishment for special investigation.

After leaving the Zichen Hall, when heading to the Prince's Hall, I happened to meet His Royal Highness who was going to Shuxuanyuan.

"Ci Chen? Why are you late today? Are you feeling unwell?"

I bowed respectfully, and replied: "Your Highness, I am fine. Your Majesty was summoned by the Ministry of Rites just now, so I was a little late."

"It was originally summoned by the emperor, so it's all right... By the way, today Shan Peituo reported to the people in the mansion that he was ill and would not be able to come to the Shu Xuanyuan today. You can go and see it with Gu later. .”

"Yes." Although I answered neatly, I couldn't help worrying in my heart. Shan Pei has always been physically strong, and I haven't seen him in health since I came to Chang'an for more than a year. Could it be that he cared about what happened last night and deliberately avoided people?

After afternoon school, Prince Tong and I came to Shan Pei's mansion.As soon as the butler heard that it was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, he immediately sent someone to report the letter, led them to the main hall, and served them attentively with tea.After a while, Shan Pei arrived.I saw that he had no symptoms, but he was somewhat mentally ill.

The prince asked with concern: "Shan Pei, you rarely get sick on weekdays, but have you been hit by the cold recently?"

I looked at Shan Pei, his complexion is still good, I think there should be no serious problems.

He seemed to glance at me consciously, and replied: "The weather is cold and tidal these few days, and the air-conditioning is used to invading my heart. When I got up early, I was a little chilly. Now I'm much better. Thank you for your concern, Your Highness."

"It's been a bit cold these days. Gu still remembers that when you came to Chang'an in the early spring of last year, you were dressed in mink fur. Today, you're dressed so lightly. I guess it's because you haven't adapted to the Chang'an season."

The prince said these words, the speaker had no intention, but the listener had intention.I can't help but recall when we first met Shan Pei, it was just a sable armor and shoulders!At that time, I never expected that there would be today.

I saw Shan Pei again, his eyes shifted towards me, and he continued: "Your Highness is right, I thought I had figured out the changes in Chang'an's climate, but it turned out that I was smart enough to see it everywhere in just one year." Get to know this unpredictable thing."

I don't know if I was thinking too much or what, but I always felt that what he said seemed to be what I heard.

The prince seemed to have sensed something, his eyes flicked between me and Shan Pei, but he didn't say anything in the end.

After a few brief chats, the prince said that he was going back to the palace to prepare for the lecture given by Mrs. Shu in the afternoon, so he dragged me away with him.

On the way, the prince asked me: "Ci Chen, what happened to you and Shan Pei?"

It seems that my intuition is not wrong, is it so obvious?

I pretended to be ignorant and asked back: "Why does the prince ask such a question? There is nothing else between the minister and the prince."

He was still puzzled, "Is that so? Why do I always feel that you have become quite alienated from each other. Shan Pei has never been so indifferent when he saw you before."

I briefly explained to him the cause of Shan Pei's illness, "Perhaps it is because the son has caught cold recently, he is not feeling well, and his energy is lacking."

He was dubious, hesitant to speak several times, and finally said: "I see that you have been absent-minded for half a day, and you didn't react when you heard that Shan Pei was ill, so you thought it was him who said something outrageously that made you angry. You are not unaware of Shan Pei's straightforward nature and simplicity, if he really says or does something that displeases you, you don't have to worry about him, he definitely has no malice in his heart."

"Your Highness is worrying too much. I should not dare to have any grudges with my son."

The prince was still skeptical, and replied, "That's good."

On the way back to the palace, I was also thinking, is Shan Pei really alienating me?I thought that the conversation last night was over, and today I can still get close to Shan Pei like a close friend like before.It turned out that once some words were uttered, suspicions had already arisen without a trace, and none of them could get past that heart.

In the evening, I drove out of the palace gate and returned to the mansion, but I was still brooding over what happened last night and what I felt today.His behavior today is not just embarrassing himself, and he doesn't intend to let me go.

But the love between man and god goes against the law of nature, how could I drag Shan Pei to commit the crime knowingly.If it wasn't for the calamity in my world, I would find a bowl of Wangchuan water to make him forget completely.

It's hard for me not to agree with Shan Pei's theory that the relationship is deep and the relationship is shallow.It's better to go to Zhaoming Palace tonight, so as not to worry about it day and night. I want to see that the fate between Shan Jue and Emperor Sui'an has always been.

I used a small method to hide in the Zhaoming Palace, and the servants and maidservants serving in the courtyard could not be seen at all. There were only two people guarding the palace gate. The meager moonlight shone on the inner courtyard, but it was terribly cold against the inner courtyard. At a glance, there was no place to light a lamp , I stepped into the inner room, it was dark and quiet, there was no one in the room, and the bed was empty, as if there had been no one for a long time.But the house has been cleaned well, so there is no dust in one place.

I couldn't help but wonder, how many servants can't be found in the palace of a concubine?Can't see the Lord of the First Palace at such a time?Could it be that the rumors are false, that Shan Jue doesn't live here?

I paced and walked, and finally saw a lamp lit. I carefully opened the door, and what I saw was a spiritual tablet.I was surprised for a moment, and then I fixed my eyes and saw clearly that the name at the end of the tablet was Shan Jue, and the person who set up the tablet was Jin Suian.

I approached the spiritual tablet, and cautiously reached out to pick up the spiritual tablet. On the back of the spiritual tablet was written the time of birth and death.The tenth year of Yuanhe...it was already seven years ago.He died at a young age, when he was still a good young man.

I didn't dare to hold the spirit tablet in my hand for too long, and carefully put it back to its original place after checking it.When I turned around slowly and was about to leave, I found a person standing at the door.He has a thin body, and the Tsing Yi and the body make him thin, his complexion is pale, but his facial features are beautiful, and his hair is half tied up with a wooden hairpin, which does not lose his bearing.

"Can you see me?" he asked calmly.

I looked him over, under the shallow moonlight, there was no shadow of this man.

I suddenly realized, "You are Shan Jue?" I was a little surprised, seven years later, why hasn't he been reincarnated?Hades didn't even come to look for him?

He immediately became wary of me, but he showed no sign of fear, and said calmly, "Who are you? You are also a Taoist invited by him?"

he?Does it mean Emperor Suian?

"I was not invited by anyone. My name is Cichen, and I am close friends with... and Shan Pei."

Sure enough, when he heard Shan Pei's name, his eyes lit up, and his attitude was immediately friendly, and his tone could not help but reveal excitement and joy, "I've heard about you, and Shan Pei sent you here?"

I nodded and didn't dare to answer directly, instead I asked, "Why don't you enter reincarnation?"

He smiled coldly, with a helpless look on his face, "If you know why no one else enters and leaves this Zhaoming Palace except for the daily cleaning people, you will know why I am not reincarnated."

I was puzzled, although this Jin Suian is a human emperor, he is still a mere mortal person, how can he have the power to trap his soul?

Before I could express the question in my heart, Shan Jue went on to say, "When I was still in the midst of life and death, Jin Suian spent a lot of money to hire a few Taoists to perform magic in this palace, saying that my soul will be preserved forever." Therefore, I was trapped in this mourning hall after my death. I died with hatred, and I had resentment in my life. I thought that La Jin Suian would come down with me, but Jin Suian was born as the emperor, and I have my own protection. So, I stayed in this mourning hall for seven years."

When I came in, I didn't notice any abnormalities in the courtyard. Now after hearing what he said, I walked towards the door and looked into the courtyard. The furnishings in the courtyard are really weird. This should be the sorcery that Shan Jue said.It's just a soul-locking formation for ordinary cultivators. It was originally used to subdue lonely souls and evil spirits. I also practiced this method hundreds of years ago.Up to now, I thought that there were no people who cultivated Taoism, but I never thought that these Taoists would set up formations for the sake of gold and silver wealth for others to drive.

I tilted my head and said to him: "I'll break the formation for you, and then, you can go back in your reincarnation."

"You are not an ordinary Taoist, are you? I thought that Jin Suian was looking for an expert this time, but it turned out that you were found by Shan Pei. From the time you came in, I can feel that you have a different aura from ordinary people, not like a demon, more Inhuman ghost."

I am considered half a mortal now, how could he detect my breath?

Could it be that he is a ghost, so he has the ability to detect the breath, so he convinced himself so he didn't go into it further, "You don't have to worry about my identity, if you go out today, you will forget it in the first reincarnation. But, before sending you to reincarnation, I want to ask you to do me a favor."

He said without hesitation: "If you can help me out, you are doing me a favor. If I can help, I will do my best to help."

"I want you to hold out your right hand."

Shan Jue suddenly felt bewildered, froze for a moment, then cautiously stretched out his right hand.

I grabbed his outstretched hand and began to examine the fate line on his ring finger.

While checking, he asked: "I heard Shan Pei told me that you had a relationship with a man named Yunshi?"

He was a little lonely, and he said slowly, "I have a friendship with him, and our hearts are happy, but it is a pity that he died of depression in the second year after I came to Chang'an."

Judging from the edge line on Shan Jue's finger, the end of the sign of Yun Shisheng should be due to the entanglement between Shan Jue and Jin Suian.It turns out that what Master said to me and Si Ming back then is exactly the same.Fate is destined for life, fate stops and this life is destined to end; fate leads to fate, fate changes in this life and fate changes...

It was me who misunderstood human feelings, and I really became the mixed god that Shan Pei said to play with the world.

I let go of Shan Jue's hand, and said: "Okay, I understand. I'll break through the formation in a while, and you can reincarnate on your own. Don't miss yourself because of hatred. Yunshi may still hope that you will meet again in another life." .”

"I see."

There is no difficulty in deciphering the Soul Locking Formation, it is a must-learn technique for cultivators, as long as you solve the placement of the spirit objects in the courtyard, the formation will be destroyed without attack.

The only people in the Soul Locking Formation that cannot be corroded are the earthly people with mortal flesh/bodies and the gods of heaven with fairy bones and spirits. How dare the palace people move around the furnishings in this palace without Emperor Sui'an's order, so Shan Jue has never been able to find it all these years. There is no one who can help him.

Seeing that the formation was broken, Shan Jue stepped out of the ancestral hall cautiously, making sure that his soul did not turn back, and then rushed out of the small ancestral hall impatiently.

And I also had an epiphany at this time, no longer have the feeling of divine power lingering, so the so-called my mortal calamity is actually like this?Can cross over so easily.

Calling it a calamity is worse than calling it a study. The depth of the world and the depth of the world should not be determined by me alone. There are all kinds of things involved in it, which should be clear.