Qingguan Nightmare Shadow

Chapter 81

Zhao Qibin confined the traveling entourage to either the capital or the Yuchi mansion in Chongzhou, but Yuchi Mingshuang disappeared.This book has nothing to do with Su Tong. In normal times, the matter of tracking down missing persons is not within the scope of Fuguo's jurisdiction, but the emperor couldn't find any other reason to summon Su Tong, so he had to gather all "related" people broadly. stand up.

Jiahui sent someone to ask Su Tong to go to court, Luo Rong replied that Master Fuguo hadn't recovered yet, and it was not appropriate to meet him; Jiahui was too impatient, and he was troubled by Chongzhou and his party, so it was not easy to urge him. Had to wait.Half a month has passed, Jiahui seized the time to release the episode about Yuchi Mingshuang's disappearance, and "tactfully" asked Su Tong to enter the palace again.

Deep down in his heart, he felt ashamed of Yuchi Mingshuang, and Yuchi Mingshuang was just a little girl who didn't take part in anything. Although Jiahui gathered the people he wanted to gather because of her loss of contact, he didn't say a word about it in the court. carry.

There is no mention of the process of touring the five states.

Except for the inexplicable addition of the prefect of Chongzhou in the court hall, everything was as usual, and most of the courtiers discussed the memorials selected by the courtiers during the emperor's trip, and said some half-truths.

Everyone cooperated with the emperor to put on a show, pretending that what the emperor didn't want to happen really didn't happen.

Zhao Qibin suppressed the rumors as he wished, not to mention embellishment, the main part of the rumors did not occupy a place in the market talk

land.After adjusting the atmosphere in the capital to the ideal standard, Jiahui finally sent someone to greet Su Fuguo's safety every day; Yunyao happened to come to Beijing during the time when Zhao Qibin was relaxing, and Su Tong was not stared at by the emperor with a dozen or twenty pairs of eyes Holding on, Yunyao didn't wait until dark like Yunli did on weekdays.

There were two bowls of soup on the plate, and Yun Li kept them in front of Yun Yao and Su Tong for one night.

Luo Rong was at Jiang Yan's place, today's soup was boiled by Yunli; Yunyao tasted the first bowl, warmed up, folded her arms and smiled, "Mr. Yunli, I didn't hear Mr. Muzhe praise you for making soup. It's delicious." Yun Yao's sentence has all kinds of flavors, Yunli tasted it, and simply pretended that he only understood half of it: "Then thank you Jun Yao for your praise."

Su Tong handed the soup bowl to Yunli to warm his hands, Yunli pushed it back naturally, and said after a while, "Mr. Junyao...you know everything, right?"

Yun Yao smiled, and then the smile became far-fetched.

Yunli knew that he was worried about Yuchi Ling, and said: "The emperor has not made any movement this time, you can tell Su Tong that he is standing still in the hall, nothing happened at all."

Yun Yao guessed that what he actually wanted to say was "no shit".

Yun Yao said: "There are two different things in the open and in the dark. Yuchi will make him feel bad in the future." There is no need to express the regret in my heart when I have too much hope and favor for a person, and when that person falls into a difficult situation.

Yunli: "Go west when you go out, go west at the fork, and you will be Yuchi's Mansion. Mr. Jun Yao, anyway, he has been very free recently, so it is not difficult to see him when you go now." Yun Yao didn't say whether she would go or not. , only said: "I have something else to tell you."

Yunli: "Huh?"

Yunyao said bluntly: "I'm going to close Yunjue Academy when I arrange a place for this year's young scholars."

Su Tong finally raised her eyes: "Jun Yao wants to shut down Yun Jue?"

Yunyao nodded: "The little fairies are gone, and there are still people who reported the case, and I can't manage it alone. Besides... I came down because I was bored in one place, and now I'm in Shuzhou Academy 12 It's been a year, I reckon...it's about the same."

In a sense, Mu Zhe, Yun Yao and Yu Chi Mingshuang are probably the same.

One wants to be a fairy, one wants to be a tourist, and the other wants to be a wandering soul.

Up and down the Three Realms, everyone wants to be unrestrained and carefree; Yun Li has no right to persuade him or not, so he just asks: "Then where is Jun Yao going to go next?" states, and may also go to foreign lands other than Xia Kingdom.

The three of them sat silently, and the white air on the hot soup floated softly, setting off a peaceful atmosphere.

Suddenly Yun Li laughed.

Su Tong blinked at him, Yun Li yawned and said nothing.He just thought of all kinds of things that happened in the past period of time, be it minor or not, and thought that his "south wall" bumped into him, which had a bit of a tooth-piercing meaning in life.

Thinking about it, Yun Li didn't care if Yun Yao's gaze was weird or not, and he leaned into Su Tong's arms.

Su Tong's hand covered her, and followed the rhythm of the white air, pointing her finger on Yunli's head, as if framing a child to sleep.

Yun Li opened his eyes, thinking that it would be great if he could really fall asleep.

……

Xiyou was 24 years old.

An Tong was in a daze for too long, Yuan Min called out "Mr. An", and then Yu Chiling called "Brother Jue Gui, Mr. Su Rong, and Mr. An in succession", An Tong gathered his eyes and said : "Your Excellency Yuchi took a lot of trouble to come here, and said that the thing he brought was related to pills, so what exactly is it?"

With a deep memory and a long time, it is easy for people to recall the past; Yu Chiling suddenly twitched the corner of his mouth, and immediately asked Yuan Min to ask An Tong to sit down quickly, and without going straight to the point, he sighed with a smile: "It's strange, it's strange, Jue Gui Brother, we really are too unfamiliar."

It's not strange.

Since the 12th year of Jiahui, Chongzhou Yuchi Mansion has gradually become a transparent existence in Xia Kingdom. The "No. [-] family" has been going downhill year after year. Zhao Qibin selected people from among the civil and military scholars to "sub-divide Wei Chiling, deputy minister of the Supervisory Office, and Wei Chiyong, prefect of Chongzhou." Dispensable vacancies.

Being held up on the vacant seat and unable to move, Yuchiling simply obeyed Zhao Qibin's unexpressed thoughts, took off his waist badge and resigned.It took a while for the ministers to know that he had not returned to Chongzhou; just like running away from home to learn swords and study when he was young, Yuchi Xingyin went to some remote and remote place, even his mother Sheng Jia died in depression, and there was a funeral at home. Neither came back.

The family of Yuchi Mansion in Chongzhou fell into decline. In the next few decades, people scattered and small houses, and then slowly moved to a remote place in Chongzhou, and fell to a third-rate small household at an alarming speed.

A sinister atmosphere enveloped the sky over Yuchi Mansion in Chongzhou. Later, the people in the capital changed from Zhao Qibin to Zhao Zhiyong, and time failed to revive the former flourishing "No. [-] Scholar Family".

Zhao Zhiyong, formerly known as Zhao Qiyong, was born as the brother of Emperor Cheng and the son of King Hua.

Not only did Jiahui fail to sit back and enjoy the future, but even his most direct bloodline failed.In the 52nd year of Jiahui, the emperor Zhao Qibin died without a son, and "everyone elected his elder brother King Hua to succeed him." After three months, the new emperor died, and the national mourning continued.

24 years so far.

From the first year of Jiahui to the 24th year of Xiyou, there are 76 years in it.

At this moment, An Tong saw Yuchiling again, and saw that his appearance hadn't changed at all.

Yu Chi Ling: "If the time is limited, at the end of the day people will be judged, and there is a difference between right and wrong. But brother Juegui, you and I are outside the rules of heaven, and many things cannot be distinguished. Right or wrong." An Tong did not agree with "beyond the rules of heaven", but he had no intention of arguing, so he simply remained silent.

"According to the original heart and the common way, in the last life you were 'destined to be immortal', His Majesty was concerned about Tianwei, and later even worshiped you as a prime minister... When he died, the sound of a pipa blocked the present from Xiuzhu City, So it was rumored that Prime Minister Su wanted to be clean." Yu Chiling smiled, "Brother Jue Gui, you are really very beautiful."

"..."

In 52, Emperor Jiahui died, and Su Tong became an official. Nie Cang had no choice but to control Su Juegui, the newly enthroned Hua Wangdao, so Su Tong was appointed as the temple administrator of Xiuzhu Baiyin Temple.From the perspective of others, Su Tong has been on a steady rise throughout his life and is an extremely human minister, and he still received the favor of the emperor in his later years. In fact, the three emperors he experienced all guarded him again and again; the last "grace" was only to confine him to the Baiyin Temple. .

The last half-finished pill was stolen, even Prime Minister Su, who was praised so much, ended up in the coffin.

Recalling this, An Tong is not self-deprecating; when he went back to Baiyin Temple when he was temporarily a wandering soul, he just thought of the scene where Yunli covered his coffin with a handful of soil, and felt like a knife in his heart It's fresh again.

Yu Chiling said: "But Brother Jue Gui, despite your glory in the previous life, do you still dare to say sour words about 'following your heart' in this life? Didn't you just choose a humble reference in order to obtain a position in the court?"

An Tong: "What does Xing Yin want to say?"

Hearing this Jiu Yuan's address, Yu Chiling paused for a moment before saying: "Brother Juegui, once the palace examination is passed, we may have to become colleagues again. I am only thinking about mutual peace, and now I will ask you for a favor to confirm Brother Jue Gui is the same as me, he can write off all the previous things."

"..."

Yuchi Ling: "Brother Juegui, you also know that the elixir is only a semi-finished product."

After a while, An Tong glanced at Yuan Min, and then his eyes fell back on Yuchi Ling's almost transparent skin.

"Have you taken the pill?"

Yuchi Ling: "If I wait for brother Juegui's elixir to come out, I'm afraid I'll have gray hair already."

An Tong was slightly taken aback.In other words, Yuchi Ling tried to get back the pill that was presented to Jiahui, and used it himself... This also explains why Jiahui didn't forgive Chongzhou Yuchi Mansion, and didn't reuse anyone in Yuchi Mansion until his death.In a sense, the only hope of the Yuchi Mansion was pinned on Zhao Qibin's longevity, but Yuchi Ling actually took back the elixir without authorization and went to "wander around the world".

As for the one in Baiyin Temple...

An Tong raised his eyes and said, "You gave it to the emperor?"

Yu Chiling laughed and said, "Sure enough, it's Brother Jue Gui".

At this time, Yuan Min said: "The medicine is three-point poisonous, I hope that Mr. An will take into account the body of the holy dragon and enter the palace to detoxify the emperor."

Yuchi ordered such twists and turns in a play, but in the end it ended up being that the emperor was infected with the poison; although the "bell" was not from An Tong's family, it was made by him, and now the person who is the bell wants him to help him solve bell.

Yu Chiling and Yuan Min wanted to say something more, An Tong said: "Xing Yin is tired from fishing these days, I might as well follow you into the palace now, you should put down the stone earlier and rest earlier."

"..."

Yuchi Ling had the feeling that he was ready to hit the stone with his hand, but found that the stone was hollow.The extra strength is exerted and cannot be recovered, giving people a sense of weightlessness as if one foot is in the air.Yuchi Ling was once annoyed by Su Tong's indifference, but time has passed, although today's Mr. An is not quite the same as Su Tong, the indifference in his heart, which is neither happy nor sad, remains unchanged.

After staring at An Tong's dark pupils for a long time, Yu Chiling suddenly realized that the present Mr. An was riding on a small boat.Regardless of whether the current is fast or slow, this small boat will go down with the current, and An Tong on the boat has no intention of changing the direction by himself.He and Yuan Min were the reefs on the way of the small boat, and Mr. An's mentality was that if he encountered it, he would encounter it, and just cross it in the gentlest way.

"teacher?"

Yuan Min reminded him, but Yu Chi Ling turned around and said, "Brother Jue Gui is very straightforward... But Brother Jue Gui must not forget to pay for Master He Dun's appearance fee for me, right?"

An Tong smiled, turned and pushed the door.

I saw Mrs. An Cao, An Ran, Song Chan, Steward Li and Uncle Zhang all lined up in the yard, facing the closed doors in the front hall for a long time.Seeing this, An Tong's gentle gaze with some content reassured everyone, and then everyone lowered their gazes, and at the same time saluted Yuchiling who was invited out by An Tong.

When passing An Cao's, Yuan Min nodded slightly, and then continued to lead Yuchi Ling and An Tong to the carriage.An Cao family didn't know why, An Tong suddenly hugged An Ran and whispered something in his ear.Seeing that An Ran seemed to understand and nodded, An Cao felt that the fog in front of her eyes was getting heavier, and she was about to ask, but An Tong and her looked away, and said: "Mother, I will take Mr. Yuchi to Baiyin Temple .”

An Cao opened his mouth, but then stood silent again.Steward Li and Uncle Zhang looked at each other, An Cao waved his hand to stop them, and also stopped Song Chan's "mother" by the way.

An Ran looked at her brother for a while, then stepped back, holding her mother's hand.

An Tong said to him, "I should be back", and immediately An Ran's little head went blank, and she forgot to ask her mother and sister Chan what this meant.

Yu Chiling got into the carriage, Yuan Min put away the medicine box and took his place to drive the horse; An Tong was one step behind the two, turned to An Cao and said, "Mother, Dr. Yuan said that father is fine...maybe I can get up today." Without waiting for his mother to blink, An Tong got into the car and sat next to Yu Chiling.

The carriage drove to Baiyin Temple, An Tong got down and walked in the front.The three of them climbed up the stairs, and a young monk greeted them. When he passed An Tong and saw Yuchi Ling and Yuan Min, his movements were all stiff, let alone polite.

The reaction was delayed, and after a long time, the young monk who was as quiet as a sculpture shivered.

An Tong turned sideways to give up the order of Yuchi, and said to the young monk: "Little master, Mr. Yuchi, the head of the Rongwei Mansion in the capital, I wish you a glimpse of the temple."

The little monk clasped his hands together, closed his eyes to suppress the memories on the woodpile, trembled slightly, and "as if nothing had happened" stepped out of the way.

Yuchi ordered the palms together to return the salute, and immediately followed An Tong towards the cabin.In the wooden house, Abbot Zhuyuan meditated on the futon as usual, and he didn't open his eyes when he sensed the arrival of people, and remained motionless as if he had expected it.

Yuan Min bowed and made a "please come out" gesture: "Abbot, excuse me."

Zhu Yuan's eyebrows moved slightly, his eyes opened a thread, and then he went out without saying a word, and let the room out.

Yuan Min frowned: "Young Master An, what are you doing here?" An Tong didn't answer, and silently walked to the wall facing the door, and then put his hand on it.Abbot Zhuyuan stopped at the door for a moment, and when he saw a glimmer of light from the barrier that had not been unsealed for a long time, he finally turned and walked away.

This is why the former Prime Minister Su's burial place remains a mystery.

The so-called "near Baiyin Temple" is actually "inside Baiyin Temple".

There was a crack in the wall, but it was black when looking inside, and people outside couldn't see anything through the crack.An Tong was walking towards the barrier, when Yuan Min came up and pulled him back.An Tong turned sideways, smiled, and pointed with his palm: "If you two are afraid of me running away, please go in first."

Without any hesitation, Yuan Min walked in, followed by An Tong and Yuchi Ling.

As soon as they entered the barrier, not only Yuchi Ling and Yuan Min who had arrived for the first time, but even An Tong was slightly taken aback: the scene in front of them was obviously not what it should have been - at this time, the three of them were surrounded by gray-black mist, The fog was so thick that it covered everything An Tong was familiar with.

It was gloomy.

Yuan Min grabbed An Tong's wrist and asked, "What is the meaning of Mr. An?!"

An Tong grabbed a handful of the mist with his free hand, then moved it to the tip of his nose, and then raised his head and said: "Now An is just an ordinary person, Dr. Yuan asked me the origin of this ghost fog, how does An know? "He said calmly, but Yuchiling and Yuan Min raised their vigilance at the same time; after An Tong reminded, Yuchiling tried it himself, and then came to the same conclusion as An Tong.

The breath of ghosts.

The faint light from the outside world penetrated through the gap, and An Tong looked at Yuchiling, with a shadow on his face: "Master Yuchi has never abandoned the way of witchcraft for decades, and he must be much more accurate in distinguishing the spirit of ghosts than me..." After that Facing Yuan Min: "Dr. Yuan won't distrust his teacher, right? So... can Dr. Yuan let go?"

Yuan Min gripped even tighter: "Young Master An still has to fulfill his promise."

An Tong: "When the fog is removed, Master Yuchi and Dr. Yuan will be able to see what they want."

"..."

Yuchiling urged Yuan Min and An Tongchao to retreat outside: "Let's go out first..." Before he finished speaking, a huge pair of scissors protruded out of the mist; the scissors pointed straight at them as if they had eyes, and then Cleverly stuck Yuan Min's arm at the edge of the blade.Yuan Min was shocked. Seeing that the scissors were about to cut off, he quickly withdrew his hand and distanced himself from the strange thing.

Immediately, the scissors closed, with the tip facing Yuchi Ling and Yuan Min.

It seemed that the scissors were protecting An Tong.

Yuchi ordered a deep voice: "Brother Juegui?!"

However, An Tong didn't know the origin of the scissors, and Yu Chiling and Yuan Min came to Shuzhou so suddenly, it was impossible for him to arrange this place in advance and lure them into the bait.Yuchiling also thought of this section, although annoyed but helpless, he could only follow the instructions of the giant pair of scissors and lead Yuan Min towards the exit of the barrier.

After the scissors forced the two into the gap, they suddenly retracted into the black mist.

An Tong felt a hand stretched out from behind, and that hand grabbed his skirt.At the same time, there was a peaceful voice next to his ear: "Mr. An, follow me here." The voice disappeared, and An Tong was dragged back by this cold hand, and he disappeared between Yuchiling and Yuan Min. in view.