General, there is a demon [Rebirth]

The temperature in the northwestern border was cold at night, and even the charcoal fires in the military tents could only relieve it a little. At this time, everyone couldn't help but feel a chill down their backs, and a chilly feeling snaked up from their feet.

One half of the man's face was covered with weird ivy, but the remaining half of his face seemed to be burned, his skin was brown and red, his facial features were distorted and his eye sockets protruded, resembling a ghost.

The dim yellow candlelight flickered, and the light and shadow cast flickering light and shadow on the terrifying face of the man in black robe, making it even more creepy.

And Lu Tingyan, who stood silently behind Huo Changying without saying a word, was surprised and thoughtfully looked at the person in front of him, his eyes finally settled on the person's wrist, and a complicated look flashed in his eyes.

After a brief moment of astonishment, everyone in the tent didn't care what the black-robed man said just now. The deputy general reacted and immediately yelled loudly.

"Your Highness, this person cannot be left behind!"

"Your Highness, this person should be executed immediately!"

"Yes, Your Highness!"

For a while, all the soldiers echoed one after another, but Huo Changying didn't say a word, just staring intently at the black-robed man who was pinned down by the soldiers.

The man's eyes were empty and he seemed to have forgotten to resist, and he muttered something in his mouth. Huo Changying's expression froze suddenly, and his fingers under the table quickly reacted. burst of energy.

Looking closely, he realized that it was Lu Tingyan who was standing behind him pretending to be a personal soldier.

Huo Changying paused, and retracted the yellow talisman without a trace.

On that side, Lu Tingyan moved forward and pinched the man's chin, with a sudden force, something fell out of the man's mouth in black, and a strong stench immediately permeated from the thing.

Everyone subconsciously covered their mouths and noses.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Huo Changying's fingers moved slightly and quickly trapped the thing in the barrier. He quickly stepped forward and quickly sealed several big holes on the black-robed man's body. He turned his hand and received the thing in the palm of his hand.

In the palm of his hand is a Gu worm that is completely black and full of stomachs!

At this time, the Gu worm was opening its teeth and claws, trying to tear through the barrier with its ferocious mouthparts, and the thick black air circling around it was emitting bursts of stench.

And this familiar black air...

It's the mother Gu, the mother Gu who controls the prince's body demon Gu!

This person actually wanted to swallow the mother Gu and use himself as a vessel. Over time, his consciousness as a human would be gradually swallowed by the Gu insects, and in the end he was neither human nor demon.

Huo Changying's heart trembled slightly, and he was about to ask about this matter, but when he lowered his head, he met the black-robed man's venomous gaze, his bloodshot eyes were cracked at this moment, as if they would roll out of their sockets in an instant.

Just when Huo Changying was slightly stunned, a voice from the man in black suddenly sounded in his ears.

"Evil ghost, you are an evil ghost crawling out of hell!"

The rough and hoarse voice seemed to carry a monstrous hatred.

Huo Changying's expression froze, and at the moment when he lost his voice, the hoarse voice of the black-robed man seemed to cut his throat from all directions, and the long-lost stabbing pain in his mind came back at this moment!

— Evil spirits!

——You are an evil spirit!

Huo Changying's sanity was torn apart by the pain in the sky, and big beads of cold sweat rolled down his forehead. He tried his best to keep himself awake, but the voice echoed in his mind over and over again like a curse, making him extremely irritable.

Huo Changying clenched his teeth, and the taut string in his mind snapped without warning.

"To shut up!"

He shouted loudly, raised the knife in his hand and knocked people unconscious instantly.

The sound stopped, and the surroundings were silent.

It was so quiet that Huo Changying could only hear his own rapid breathing and heartbeat, and the anxious expressions of the soldiers flashed before his eyes, but he could only see their mouths opening and closing, but he couldn't hear them clearly.

"... Your Highness, Your Highness?"

Lu Tingyan's voice came indistinctly from the side, Huo Changying subconsciously turned to look at him, the young man's eyes were worried and eager, but his voice was as if he was only a short distance away.

"Your Highness, the last general is...Your Highness!"

The curtain was lifted, and the man's familiar voice was brought by a gust of cold wind. Huo Changying subconsciously turned around, and in a whirl, he only saw Xiao Duo's pale face and the anxious figure rushing over.

At this moment, the scene in front of Huo Changying seemed to coincide with that snowy night many years ago, and the long-silent question surged from the bottom of his heart again.

But he has not forgotten the mother Gu in his hand, the prince's illness cannot be delayed, and now he is not in Yong'an City, if no one can suppress the child Gu in the prince's body when it matures, the consequences will be disastrous.

Thinking of this, Huo Changying couldn't care less about the splitting headache. He took a deep breath, forced himself to circulate the true energy in his body, and muttered a mantra in his mouth. In an instant, an invisible air flow formed around him, as if enveloping people in it.

"break--!"

With a low shout, the golden light surrounding the black Gu worm tightened immediately, and in an instant, the Gu worm turned into powder all over the sky, and disappeared in ashes.

And as the mother's Gu dissipated, Huo Changying felt the last trace of strength in his body suddenly leave, and fell into darkness in an instant...

***

Zichen Palace in Yong'an City, the spring is cold but it is not like the lonely cold in the north of the Great Wall.

A small amount of charcoal fire was still burning in Hanguang Hall.

"News came from the front line, and the military newspaper said that the prince led his troops to successfully break the siege of Baicheng, and even beheaded the Turkic King Zuo Xian in one fell swoop!"

After inquiring about the disappearance of the little servant, he smiled flatteringly and said, "Our Highness really has done a great job!"

Queen Wang propped her forehead, and covered the tiredness between her brows and eyes with her fingers in gilt armor. She only raised the corners of her lips when she heard the words, but the smile didn't reach her eyes.

She glanced at the obsequious and obsequious little servant. These days, for some reason, the emperor randomly picked a tiny one and imprisoned her in the Hanguang Palace, blocking all news.

Now she is like a canary whose wings have been removed, and she can only hear some news through this tricky little servant.

The little waiter had a pleasing smile, seeing that the queen was smiling a little, she wanted to add fuel to the prince's majesty that she had inquired about, but was interrupted by the queen before she could open her mouth.

"How is Qingliang Palace now?"

Hearing this, the little maid rolled her eyes, knowing what the master wanted to hear in her heart, so she flattered and said with a smile: "The emperor hasn't been to the imperial concubine for a long time, and I heard..."

Speaking of this, the little servant deliberately suppressed his voice, "I heard that the third prince's dementia is worse than before. He kept clamoring to leave the palace all day long, and once climbed up the palace wall for some reason, insisting that he He has wings and wants to fly out of the palace, Concubine Nie is so angry that she trembles, but she dare not beat and scold him again."

"It's ridiculous to say that Concubine Nie used to do a lot of things before she was stupid, but now that she is stupid, she serves delicious food and drink, for fear of being careless..."

The little maid spoke angrily, and saw that the queen's face had darkened, and hurriedly plopped down on the ground, trembling and chattering: "Damn the little one, damn the little one! The little one shouldn't lie about the masters!"

"Forget it." Knowing that the third prince is still safe and that he has not been tossed about by Nie's anymore, Queen Wang felt relieved, waved her hands wearily, gave him a few rewards and sent him away.

Today, Queen Wang felt that her health was getting worse day by day, and she didn't like the crowd, so she only left a few confidant maidservants in the hall to wait on her.

After the people left, the side hall became more and more deserted.

Under the dim candlelight, Queen Wang was in a daze, not knowing what she was thinking, when suddenly there was a slight sound, followed by a rush of footsteps, Queen Wang heard that she was listening, and she was a little surprised at her panic .

Seeing Ting Yan walking to her side quickly, before he had time to salute, he gestured quickly.

Empress Wang's complexion changed, she got up and hurried towards the inner study.

Twist the mechanism and enter the secret room, and a smell of blood came over her face. Empress Wang was startled, and hurriedly walked through the dark and dark passage to the open inner room.

Seeing the scene on the face, Queen Wang's voice became tense: "How long has the prince been like this?"

Listening to the words, he hurriedly gestured: he just took the medicine and fell asleep for a while, and it started.After she finished speaking, she glanced at the prince and felt anxious and worried.

On the bed, the prince, who was originally described as thin, was lying on the edge of the bed with a pale face, spitting out blood, and through the dim light, it could be seen that the blood was dark and thick.

Queen Wang closed her eyes, tried her best to maintain her composure, stepped forward to help the prince, and softly comforted the prince along her back: "My son, it's all right, don't worry, the queen is here."

"Mother's son, my son..." The prince looked up at the queen angrily, without saying a word, the nausea surging in his belly came back again, and he lay down on the side of the couch and vomited blood .

Seeing that the prince was about to spit out all the blood in his body, Queen Wang finally couldn't restrain her eyes from turning red, feeling tired and powerless from the past few days.

Just when she was almost in despair, from the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of the small surge in the dark red blood. Queen Wang's expression turned serious, and she hurriedly asked, "Where is the bottle that Miss Chang left before she left?"

Hearing the words, he also saw the abnormality in the blood, immediately reacted, and turned around.

Queen Wang took a deep breath and sprinkled the fine powder in the bottle on the blood. The blood spit out by the prince seemed to be boiling instantly. .

Seeing this and listening to the words, she hurriedly protected the Queen, but was stopped by the Queen raising her hand.

The sound of sizzling gradually sounded, and the tiny Gu worms rolled in the boiling blood like fried worms, and they turned into powder in a short while, and the dirty blood spit out by the prince disappeared like evaporation.

The unbelievable scene made everyone unable to react for a while.

The prince also felt that the nausea in his abdomen was not there. After he weakly called the initials, the queen came back to her senses. She hurriedly sat down and supported the prince and asked with concern: "Is the emperor still feeling uncomfortable?"

She glanced at the empty slump, and thought that maybe the child had found and killed the mother Gu, so that these child Gu would come out of Huang'er's body.

The prince who was originally vomiting blood and pale face actually softened a little at this time, he shook his head with a smile.

Queen Wang looked at her son who had almost left her, and said with a choked smile, "My son survived a catastrophe, and there will be future blessings."

A complex look flashed in the prince's eyes, and after a while, he held the queen's wrist: "Mother, Miss Chang saved me, she saved me three times."

His voice was very soft, but there was determination that could not be denied. The queen was taken aback, lowered her eyes and patted the back of the prince's hand, smiling kindly: "The queen mother knows, but Miss Chang has already promised him, let's..."

"Mother's queen!" The prince blushed and hurriedly interrupted the queen. Although he was very grateful to Miss Chang, he always felt that Miss Chang was different from the noble girls in Yong'an City, which made him curious but inexplicably kind.

Although, although he still feels a little lost in his heart...

But he absolutely didn't mean to marry a bad person. After all, General Xiao is also a minister in the court. Thinking of this, the crown prince calmed down and looked into the eyes of the queen and said: "My minister has no intention of taking anyone's love. I hope my mother understands that she can treat Miss Chang kindly, cough cough cough..."

The voice fell, the prince's throat itched and he started to cough, Queen Wang hurriedly took the teacup handed over by Ting Yan, helped the prince drink it, and finally calmed down the cough.

Although the demon Gu that had been entrenched in the prince's body was removed, the illness disappeared like a thread, and the prince was still very weak at this time. The queen hurriedly helped the prince to lie down again, and covered him with a quilt before preparing to leave.

"Mother..."

Queen Wang patted the prince's hand holding her sleeve, smiled and said solemnly: "Don't worry, the queen, the queen has written it down."

After leaving the secret room, Queen Wang's tense nerves suddenly relaxed.

Hearing the words, he hurriedly helped the queen who was almost fainted.

Gathering her mind, Queen Wang shook her head to signal that she was fine.

The night wind blows, bringing a dark fragrance of flowers.

Under the porch, Queen Wang looked up at the cold full moon on the steep roof ridge, and after a long while, she murmured: "Today's full moon."

Ting Yan silently followed Queen Wang, hesitated for a moment, and gestured.

Seeing He Yan's words from the corner of the eye, Queen Wang nodded slowly.

Hanguang hall, side hall.

Covered by layers of veils, on the sandalwood incense table, there is no god or Buddha enshrined by others, but a bottle more than a foot high.

The bottle looks like copper, not copper, iron and not iron. There are countless exquisite and strange dark patterns carved on the body of the bottle. The two fish had only one tail.

Queen Wang bowed reverently to the bottle with her palms together, and opened her eyes after a while.

Hearing the words and seeing the situation, I will offer a purse.

Queen Wang took the purse, and after a moment's hesitation, she took a deep breath and took out the contents, it was a pair of small white porcelain bottles.

As the clock ticked, Queen Wang poured the porcelain bottle, and two drops of bright red liquid flowed into the bottle along the two fish eyes.

In an instant, the moonlight streamed from the window and enveloped the bottle instantly, and the two drops of blood seemed to have life in an instant, flowing across the dark lines on the bottle.

And with the flow of blood, the bottle that was originally dark like copper and iron was lit up little by little at this time, and finally the light was as bright as a glass lamp, illuminating the darkness of the room instantly!

In the changing light and shadow, the two carps seemed to be alive, intertwined and rushed to the sky, swimming happily in the moonlight, and returned to the bottle after a while, burning with vitality and never going out.

Queen Wang looked at everything in front of her eyes, her tears couldn't stop streaming down, she tried her best not to cry out, the hand holding Ting Yan's arm was shaking all the time, but the corners of her mouth couldn't help rising: "Ting Yan, Ting Yan, you see Yet?"

Hearing that her eyes were already red, she helped the trembling queen and nodded vigorously.

She knew that the empress had waited too many years for this moment.

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