Yan ghost

After the morning court, Xiang Yan was sore all over, and was wearing the general's clothes so cumbersome.He waddled out of the palace, followed by two young military officers.

"Did you notice, the general, the old guy didn't go to court today."

"That's not true. Yesterday, Da Yanshi went to the General's Mansion for a banquet, and he blew the gong to clear the way to give away 33 flying sedan chairs. He probably vomited blood from his anger."

There was a guard behind the corridor, watching him from afar.Xiang Yan sent the two of them away and went alone.The guard leaned against the pillar and suddenly changed his face.Xiang Yan was delighted, and also changed back to his original appearance, saying: "Lin Jiang, you are here."

"You said you were going to enter the palace to assassinate, can I stand by and watch?"

Xiang Yan giggled: "I'm not familiar with Yanfang Palace, it's fine if you come here. What's going on outside, I heard there was no movement after last night."

Lin Jiang said: "It took some time to tame Huayang. At that time, we will rely on jade to attract the cooperation of the two brothers. One will revolt and cause trouble, and the other will mobilize troops to quell the chaos."

Xiang Yan said: "It doesn't have to be time, just do it in these two days." Lin Jiang wondered: "Why are you so anxious."

"Save people." Xiang Yan said, "I went to Yincao Difu that day and saw Fengzhu. The messenger said that if I could get back the soul he wanted, I would be allowed to replace him. I originally wanted to exchange the general's soul Yes, but because of the military talisman, I can't do anything for the time being, so I thought of King Yanfang."

"You are really kind to the students."

Knowing that this person was jealous again, Xiang Yan bumped his arm and said, "If it was you, I would save it too."

Lin Jiang was a little shy, and changed his words: "The palace is heavily guarded, and those who can get close to the king are either concubines or Yanshi. Let's choose a disguise."

Xiang Yan hurriedly said, "No concubine, no concubine."

Lin Jiang smiled lightly: "Then follow me."

The two walked from the roof and came to a workshop in the palace. Below them were all Yanshi in red official uniforms. Some were concentrating on their work, while others were gossiping.

"It's really three thousand masters in the harem." Xiang Yan was amazed.

"In this palace, the Yan masters really exist like concubines." Lin Jiang said, "The bottom Yan masters all do some miscellaneous things and cannot contact the king. The middle ranks occasionally serve the king. Some work under the puppet concubines, but the number is not large. many."

Xiang Yan asked, "Is it because there are few doll concubines?" Lin Jiang nodded.

Xiang Yan smiled and said, "King Yanfang himself is a puppet, but he still only picks people." Lin Jiang said: "The people who are selected as concubines are all natural beauties. Although puppet concubines are beautiful, they are made after the day after tomorrow. They don't look so good. Rare, not easy to be included. But those who are included are those with excellent personalities or talents, and are very favored."

Xiang Yan asked: "Senior Yanshi should be like Le Jun Yuyin?" Lin Jiang said: "Senior Yanshi is rare, equivalent to the rank of noble concubine, they are regarded as prime ministers, and nobles are better than princes. After becoming the Great Yanshi, you can be regarded as a queen."

Xiang Yan smiled, and asked again: "Then we pretend to be Le Jun?" Lin Jiang shook his head and said, "He is in charge of foreign affairs such as Weijing, and he doesn't often repair things for the king, which is unreasonable."

Xiang Yan said: "Then find a high-ranking imperial concubine, the king of Yanfang will trust him more." Lin Jiang shook his head again, and said: "He is suspicious by nature, never depends on a certain Yanshi, and always summons him in turn. We still play by ear. "

Two people came from a distance, dressed as eunuchs, one holding a lottery and the other holding a brocade coat.

Lin Jiang said: "It is said that the eunuchs in the palace are all ignorant puppets. They often go out of the palace and change their bodies to have sex." Xiang Yan said: "From what I hear, the Yanfang Palace has some human nature." Lin Jiang said: "It's also because of the doll."

The father-in-law holding the clothes took a closer look at the sign, and said: "Your Majesty, summoned that courtier again tonight?" The father-in-law who held the sign said: "Find a guide to press it, and Yanshu almost doesn't matter. The key person puts oil on his mouth , know how to please the king."

The father-in-law taunted him: "If he didn't have that mouth, I'm afraid that what he received last time was not castration, but beheading." The father-in-law who signed the sign shook his head and said, "Do you think he is afraid? After provoking that Jie before Yu was discovered, and a few days ago I heard that she spent another night with a beauty."

The man holding the clothes said in surprise: "Isn't he all..." The man holding the sign said: "He is a Yanshi, and I can't create a sense of emotion to enjoy myself." The man holding the clothes laughed: "It's really bold." The person holding the sign also smiled and said: "I heard that since that incident happened, his fellow Yanshi dare not even say a word when they see the palace maids. Many people who are not going out of the palace are suffocated, and they are looking for man."

The person holding the clothes sighed: "It's better to be a female Yanshi. You don't have to worry about being a concubine. If you are favored by the emperor, you can still be a concubine." It varies from person to person.”

The person holding the clothes asked what to say, and the person holding the sign said: "Two years ago, there was a female Yanshi, who was very talented and beautiful, and she was very fond of you. I repaired it for you one day, and you wanted her. Her hands were bound, and she swallowed the carving knife. But she was pulled out by the king, and the blood in her mouth hadn't stopped, so she cried and made noises to Lin Xing. Afterwards, the king ordered people to strictly guard her Looking for death, she repeatedly tricked her to sleep with her, and finally the two of them were chatting and laughing. I thought this woman had just accepted her fate, but one day later, she said that she hadn't repaired the body for the king for a long time. Half of them stabbed him with a carving knife. The king was furious and hanged the man alive with the string she brought."

"tyrant!"

"Beasts..."

Xiang Yan was startled, he didn't want Lin Jiang to be so angry.He sighed, and couldn't help saying: "If I can find this girl, I would ask Yuyin to make her a pair of wooden armor arms."

The two cast spells on the two eunuchs, jumped off the roof, dragged them to a room, changed their clothes, and entered the Yanshi workshop.

Read the signature to Yan and said: "Xu Zhou, Your Majesty welcomes you." Among the chatting Yan Shi, one of them got up cheerfully and walked over.

Xu Zhou followed them to a room, and said vigilantly: "What did father-in-law bring me here for?"

Xiang Yan turned around and said: "The news about your private meeting with the concubine has already been reported to the emperor." When Xu Zhou heard this, he hugged his chest with both hands, straightened his waist and said: "Eunuch, don't bully me, this kind of It’s about evidence.”

"We didn't come to arrest you." Xiang Yan said, "It's the empress who is afraid of getting into trouble, so let us inform you. There are many eyeliners in the harem, and you know how many pairs of jealous eyes are staring at the back of the empress you provoked. You take the money Go, get through people quickly, leave the palace before tonight, and leave Beijing quickly with your family after you leave the palace."

After Xiang Yan finished speaking, he glanced at Lin Jiang, and Lin Jiang took out a bag of silver taels.

Xu Zhou bowed and said, "Thank you, Eunuch, for taking care of me." Just as he was about to go out, Xiang Yan stopped him again and said, "Wait a minute, how do you want to go out of the palace in this suit. You changed with him, pretending to be an eunuch and leaving." Zhou said: "Yes, it is still the father-in-law who is considerate. I am also a eunuch, the only thing I need is this clothes."

Xu Zhou left, and the two pulled out the two eunuchs from the corner.Lin Jiang changed back into the clothes of the guards, and pretended to be Ze Na Yanshi to Yan.

Xiang Yan said: "I hope he can be honest and obedient, leave the palace and leave the capital. Whether he succeeds or fails tonight, he will have a hard time." : "He left earlier, and we have less risk of exposure."

Lin Jiangdao: "I heard that Fu Yue's puppet has a secret Yanshi signature, and he can't leave his soul directly, so he must get rid of the puppet first. How do you plan to deal with it?"

Xiang Yan thought for a moment, and said: "Yanshi often uses something called Qiansi Condensation to fix several strings together. The condensation will condense after two hours, and after condensing, even if it is soaked in water and oil, it cannot be separated. At that time, I will find a way to put it on the strings of King Yanfang. King Yanfang can move for two hours, and then the strings will be entangled with each other, and once twisted forcibly, they will collapse. Scrap it as much as possible, and then we will go back and take back the soul."

The two waited outside the workshop for a while, and this time the two eunuchs really came.Xiang Yan listened to their detailed explanation of the time and requirements, changed into the brocade clothes they sent, and entered the palace that night.

Xiang Yan walked into the bedroom, opened the curtain, and saw Fu Yue lying on the couch.Different from the deep and perfect face when he saw his courtiers in the daytime, the faceless man in front of him, with holes in his eyes and mouth, was very terrifying, and he didn't know why.

"come over."

"It's Your Majesty." Xiang Yan knelt in front of the couch, spread out his tools, and gently undressed Wang.

Wang Dao: "Why are you so quiet today." Xiang Yan replied: "There are revivalists in the city making troubles, and many people also participated in the riots, burning, killing and looting. The minister's wife and children are out alone, and I am a little worried."

Wang asked: "Why do you think the people rioted?" Xiang Yan said: "Bewitched by people with a heart, I always think that the court will persecute them."

The king asked again: "Then what do you think of this micro-environment?" Xiang Yan said: "I feel that the micro-environment is a long-term plan to continue our Yanfang. Life and death reincarnation is a kind of balance, but now there are dolls, and people die. Not reincarnating, but staying in the human world as dolls breaks this balance. Although Yanfang has a large land and abundant resources, resources are limited after all. If you want to keep all the dolls, some people must sacrifice a little to save consumption."

Wang laughed and said: "This is indeed what you Yanshi would think, a high-sounding rhetoric." Xiang Yan said: "Please advise me, Your Majesty."

Wang Dao: "Why do you say that the gods and the earth can determine our life and death? They have absolute power far beyond ours. Now we can determine the life and death of creatures in the micro-land outside the micro-land. Aren't we their gods? More and more Many people do not go to the underworld after death, but become dolls, and more and more people go to the small world, or work hard or eat all day long, and we become the gods of more people."

Kneeling down to Yan Fu, he said: "The minister has always been the king of the country. It turns out that the Jade Emperor and Maitreya Buddha are in front of him. First, immortality, and then supreme power." After hearing this, the king was very satisfied.

Taking advantage of the situation, Xiang Yan said: "I recently learned a set of tendon pulling technique, which is very comfortable. Your Majesty may want to try it."

"What is the tendon pulling technique?"

"There are twelve main strings in the body of the puppet. Gently gather and slowly twist, wipe and pick them, dredge the meridians and collaterals, soothe the nerves and relieve fatigue."

Wang snorted: "Heretician." He turned around and carried his back.

Xiang Yan leaned forward and said: "Your Majesty, don't laugh, I have tried many puppets, and all of them couldn't stop."

Wang turned around and asked, "Do you know what will happen if you hurt me?"

Xiang Yan asked: "Cut hands?" Wang was silent.Xiang Yan asked again: "Behead?"

Wang laughed and said, "You think I'll cut off your head. You find a puppet to possess you, it's much happier than this eunuch now. I won't kill you, first let someone remove your nails, and then let the skin on your hands be removed from the nails. Strip off."

Xiang Yan took a few steps back and said: "Your Majesty, don't scare me." Wang asked: "So you still have to stretch my tendons?" Xiang Yan said: "Dial, why don't you dial, and nothing will happen."

Xiang Yan took the black gauze to cover the empty eyes, and dismantled the king's body.He quietly took out the porcelain bottle under the couch, poured out the dew, and applied it to his hands.Then climbed onto the king's couch and plucked the strings like playing a piano.

Wang took a deep breath.Xiang Yan asked softly, "How do you feel, Your Majesty?" Wang said, "Continue."

Xiang Yan smiled, let go of his courage and plucked the strings.At first the sound was as soft as a mosquito's moan, but Wang raised his head to show joy, then he strengthened his hands, and finally made a sound like a guqin.It took him half an hour to get down from the bed, closed his body, helped the king change his clothes, and quietly retreated.

Xiang Yan switched hands, turned around with Lin Jiang and pretended to be two eunuchs, waiting outside the palace.Soon, Fu Yue came out of the palace and practiced sword in the courtyard.

In the courtyard, there are palace people plucking the sanxian, Lin Jiang's face is melancholy.Xiang Yan thought about it, that song was played in the scene of going to the battlefield in the last play, it seems to be Wei Yang's tune.

Xiang Yan said: "It's good luck, I was worried that he would lie on the bed all night with his eyes closed and rest his mind. If the dew doesn't mingle between the strings, the success will fall short." Lin Jiang said: "It's not luck, he used to practice sword at night Get used to it." Xiang Yan said strangely: "I used to talk about practicing on the battlefield, why did I persist when I became a king?"

Some palace people screamed.I saw Fu Yue kneeling on the ground, clenched his fists with both hands, and raised his head, trying to break free from the imprisonment of the string.With a long howl, the puppets were scattered all over the place.

Seeing that the time had come, the two cast spells together behind their backs while the palace people were calling for help.Unexpectedly, Fu Yue took the first step, turned into a wisp of black smoke, and went into the house.

When they rushed to the house, they were gone.The next moment, a wall opens.Fu Yue walked out of the secret room, behind him were hundreds of dolls, exactly the same as the scattered ones outside.

Something happened to the king last night, and all the Yanshi in the workshop were flustered.

"Xu Zhou is clumsy, he must have accidentally wound the string."

"He was clumsy, but he was clever. He didn't know who he got the news from, and he disappeared afterwards."

"Accompanying you is like accompanying a tiger. As a Yanshi, you can't make any mistakes."

Just as he was talking, a father-in-law came.The Yanshi were surprised that such a thing happened last night, why did the king call Yanshi again today.

The father-in-law raised his head and signed: "Cong Yan, your honor, please go over immediately." When everyone heard this, they all looked at a Yanshi sitting in the distance.Someone said: "It's over, it's over, it's not good to call him every time."

I saw that Yanshi didn't lift his head, got up and left in a flick of his sleeves.A cry of "Dog Emperor" came out from the crowd, and another Yanshi chased him out.

Xiang Yan pulled Lin Jiang to follow the two of them and hid behind the pillars.Yanshi Congyan punched the tree, and leaves fell from his body.Another Yanshi hurriedly stopped him.

Xiang Yan glanced at her head, then retracted and said, "Although she is worse than our Lin Jiang, she is still a beauty." Lin Jiang obviously heard it, and he should not answer him.

Cong Yan lowered his head and clenched his red fists. "It's in vain for me to practice hagana for more than ten years and devote myself to researching the mechanism labyrinth. Now I am going to be reduced to a murder tool under the hands of this bloodthirsty tyrant!"

"It wasn't you who killed."

"But my hands are stained with blood, and every night I dream of those ghosts coming back to me, headless, with holes in their bodies, ahh—" Cong Yan shouted while holding his head, and the Yanshi pulled him to his chest, After a while, she cried out.

Cong Yan sobbed: "When I entered the palace, they clearly promised me to only do what I wanted to do. I thought I would be able to realize my ambitions, so I left the workshop. I regret it..."

"I blamed me for being stupid back then. I only wanted to be your colleague every day, so I introduced you to the palace. Since you can't stand it, don't wait any longer. This time I will accompany you, and we will fill in the remaining two organs. , killed the tyrant. At worst, you and I will no longer be Yanshi."

"You don't have to die, neither of you has to die." Xiang Yan walked out from behind the pillar.