The Prequel of Baolian Lantern Konghouyin

Southeast of Chang'an, Baling County.

The Town God's Temple was crowded with people offering incense, the hall was filled with smoke, and the incense ashes inside and outside the hall were so piled up that even the incense burners could not be seen, and half a mile along the street were full of hawkers selling incense candles and paper horses.Most of the people who came to make wishes were young daughters-in-law. The merit box was full of gold, silver and copper coins, and some women even took off their earrings and squeezed them in with difficulty.All the people who came here knelt down while holding incense, chanting words in their mouths, making the hall buzzing with noise.

Yang Jian stood hidden in the hall and listened carefully to the plea of ​​a woman on the futon. It was nothing more than asking the Buddha, the Bodhisattva, the City God, and the land not to bring harm to his family.Even after listening to a few, they are all general statements.Xiansheng Zhenjun frowned, he had just received a report that more than [-] young children disappeared in Daobaling County within a month, all of them were baby girls under the full moon, and some even disappeared that night.The City God did not dare to hide it, so he flew to report to the Zhenjun Temple, and the left-behind boss Kang Anyu sent Xiao Tiangou to find Mengjin.

Just as she was thinking about it, a young woman knelt in front of the statue, closed her eyes and murmured: "Master Chenghuang, I don't ask for anything else, but I hope to give birth to a baby boy safely, and I will continue the incense for my husband. Second, I don’t have to be frightened..." When Yang Jian looked at her, he saw that the woman was in her twenties, wearing a sky blue brocade dress with beaded patterns and two golden hairpins on her head, both of which were of the highest quality. It is handcrafted, but the lower abdomen is high and bulging, and it can be seen that it is about to give birth soon.

Seeing that she had finished praying, the two women accompanying her stepped forward to help the woman, and said in a low voice, "Ma'am, let's go back to the mansion as soon as possible. After a while, the master will be on duty, knowing that we have come to pray for God, and will say that we Just do something useless."

Yang Jian followed them to a house in the west of the city, just as the woman's husband was returning home. He had just dismounted when he saw the woman coming from outside. There were still some yellow paper joss sticks in the basket on the woman's arm behind her. , his face sank, and he didn't say anything.The woman blushed and whispered: "Zhou Lang, you came back early today."

It turned out that the owner of the house was surnamed Zhou and his name was Chengfu, and he lived in Baling County as a lieutenant. Recently, he was busy with the case of the missing baby girl.He maintains a righteous spirit and never believes in strange powers and gods, so he does not want his wife, Joe, to pray to God and worship Buddha.But seeing that she was pregnant with Liujia, it was inconvenient for her to move around, so she couldn't complain in front of the servants, so she just stomped her feet and walked in with her wife.

The husband and wife sat down, and the servants brought tea, and were about to leave, only to see a person under the peach tree in the courtyard say in a manly voice: "Lieutenant Zhou, Mr. Yang is here to congratulate you on making tiles tonight!" Zhou Chengfu that day Surprised, I saw a person standing in the courtyard, dressed in white and ink fan elegantly, but the servants in the courtyard and neither he nor his wife had ever seen how this person came in.Zhou Chengfu was in doubt, and just about to open his mouth, Yang Jian smiled and said, "Peach blossoms and flowing water go away, there is no world beyond the world. You are a good tree, but it's a pity that the flowers fell earlier." Just as the word "some" came out, I saw that The peach tree sprouts branches and buds, and blooms a tree of flowers in the evening of mid-autumn, reflecting the clouds and glow in the sky, shining brightly.

Zhou Chengfu and his wife were dumbfounded, and they came back to their senses after a while, knowing that they would meet an immortal, they staggered hurriedly into the courtyard, bowed their heads, "I don't know the immortal is coming, please give me a treasure name."

Yang Jian gave a little help, and said with a smile, "I am Guankou Erlang. I have come here for a private visit. Please pass on the order and keep quiet." Zhou Chengfu knelt down on the ground, and suddenly remembered Yang Jian's "joy of making tiles" just now, and his heart "thumped." After a while, he didn't dare to get up, and bowed up in the dust: "The immortal knows that the womb is a girl, and he shows up in front of me and my wife. He will definitely save the little girl's life!" Yang Jian nodded: "That's why I'm here." At that moment, he ordered a few words in his ear, telling Zhou Chengfu to act according to plan.

That night, Qiao Shi really suffered from abdominal pain. After struggling for a long time, she gave birth to a baby girl, and when the mother-in-law sent the baby scrubbing package to Qiao Shi's arms, it was already heaven and earth.It was the darkest moment before dawn, Qiao Shi was tired for a long time, and just closed his eyes for a while, and just heard the rustling of the window paper, the slight movement of the door leaf, and a black shadow slipped through the crack of the door.

The black shadow was originally sticking to the ground, but at this moment it slowly got up and grew up, and it turned into an old woman.The old woman had pale hair, her face was wrinkled like a knife, and there seemed to be no teeth in her flat mouth, she walked towards the bed gropingly.Qiao Shiyuan put the baby on the inside and hugged it with one hand, but I don't know what trick the old woman used, but with a flicker of candle shadow, the baby was already in her arms.The old woman pushed aside her swaddling clothes and took a look, with a disappointed expression on her face. When she turned around and was about to leave, Mrs. Qiao who was on the couch suddenly opened her eyes and said quietly, "Mum, where are you taking my child?"

The old woman stopped and didn't look back, and said sullenly: "The child is dirty, I will take it and wash it." Qiao said with a smile: "Mum, I'm afraid it won't be clean even if I wash it?" The old woman turned around abruptly, her dizzy eyes suddenly lit up, and she shouted sharply, "Who are you?"

Qiao Shi pursed her lips and smiled: "Mum, I haven't asked who you are, but you came to ask me?" The old woman was shocked, threw the child down, turned around and left.The moment the baby touched the ground, a hand stretched out and grabbed a corner of the swaddle, and shook suddenly, and saw a flash of cold light, and the baby girl instantly turned into a long knife, and the big hand sent the knife forward, piercing through immediately. the old woman's left shoulder.

Xiao Tiangou sent Cun Xin to the West Sea. He didn't want to go down at first, but after thinking about it, the master ordered that he must be sent to the Dragon Palace, so despite Cun Xin's persuasion, he still rolled his eyes and sent the three princesses of the West Sea to Hanliang Hall.

When Xiuzhu saw the princess coming back, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly came up to him and said, "My good princess, you are back." As he spoke, he raised his eyes and saw Xiao Tiangou behind Cun Xin, and cast a big white eye. When not seen.Xiao Tiangou didn't dare to say anything, he just bowed to Cun Xin to say goodbye, and hurried away.

Xiuzhu snorted, turned around and said with a smile: "Princess, you asked me to take care of Yu Sinian, but I was exhausted." Cun Xin smiled and said: "Yes, yes, I know you have worked hard. It's a pity that you came back in a hurry. The bought fruits were left in Luoyang, otherwise..." Xiu Zhu stared wide-eyed, and said, "Luoyang? So, you have been in Luoyang these days with that Yang..." She Before the words finished, Cun Xin covered her mouth and said: "You girl, are you so loud, are you afraid that people won't hear you?"

Xiu Zhu curled his lips and said: "Hey, now I think of hiding it from others, and I don't want to see who came in with you! You might as well don't tell me, lest I accidentally say something wrong." Cun Xin pursed her lips She smiled and said: "My little aunt, you are the biggest in this Hanliang Palace, of course I will report everything to you." Seeing that there was no one around, she hurriedly asked in a low voice, "Where is Yu Sinian?"

Xiuzhu turned outward and pouted: "I was afraid that people would gossip, so I helped him return his soul, so I sent him to Bolunuma." Cun Xin nodded, Bolunuma was full of mermaid musicians, Yu Sinian lived there, but She won't be too lonely, but when she got up to leave, she was stopped by Xiu Zhu, who murmured: "There is one more thing to tell Princess Fu, your Lu Qiqin was given to Yu Sinian by me."

Cun Xin smiled: "Although the Qin is an ancient Qin of the former Han Dynasty, it is a waste of money to put it in my place. It is just right to give it to him." Xiu Zhu sighed: "Yu Sinian had just returned to the sun at that time. He has been in the underworld for a long time and has never been here. Because of Dragon Palace, the yang energy is weak and the soul is unstable. It was the third prince who said that the guqin is the best for calming the soul, so I gave him the qin and taught him to play it every day, so that the soul can be stabilized."

Hearing this, Cun Xin couldn't help feeling ashamed. She originally said that she would come back as soon as possible after asking Yang Jian to help Yu Sinian find Lu Shaoyin's soul, but she didn't expect to be delayed in Luoyang for so long.If it wasn't for the help of Third Brother and Xiu Zhu, it would have almost killed him.When I was thinking about it, I heard the maidservant outside the curtain report: "Third Princess, a musician surnamed Yu outside the palace is asking to see you."

Cun Xin said hurriedly, "Please come in", and after a while, Yu Si Nian hurried in, and when he saw Cun Xin, he gave a big gift and said, "Princess, help me save someone!"