Yan ghost

The altar is on the hill behind the palace, connected by corridors.From a distance, there are many stone pillars, like jade trees and Qiongzhi, melting into the mountains and rivers, but when you get closer, you can see priests and generals carved on them, and the eyebrows are eager to live.

The five or six-year-old boy knelt on the ground, looked up at Fu Yue, and asked, "Daddy, why does the king have no face?" , Your Majesty, forgive me."

Fu Yue walked up to Wa'er, and said in a good voice: "Wang used to look at people's faces and make expressions, so he needed a face. Now what Wang looks like, other people's attitudes will not change. Why do you need a face?" Er blinked and blinked, unable to understand.

Fu Yue said again: "Now people want to see the king's face and react, and the king doesn't want to give them a chance." Xu Zhou panicked and said: "My lord, I am wronged. Those two eunuchs told me to let me go. He also gave me a bag of taels of silver. I left during the day, and I don’t know what happened at night. They must have framed me and sent me away because they wanted to harm the emperor!"

The two father-in-laws on the side moaned and argued: "He is talking nonsense, we only passed the decree." Fu Yue winked, and the guards stepped forward and tied the two father-in-laws to the two stone pillars of the altar.

Fu Yue turned his head and said to Lin Jiang: "Cong Yan, you are here." Seeing that there was another Yan Shi beside him, he asked gloomyly, "I seem to have only called you." I'm a little ill, I need someone to help me." Fu Yue nodded, pointed at Yan and said, "Then you come."

There is a mechanism in the shape of a stone mortar on the edge of the altar, which is used to activate the altar.Xiang Yan walked up to him and saw the positions of the altars marked on the stone surface.

Cong Yan told him that when he was entrusted with the task, he already had some scruples about Fu Yue's intentions.So secretly designed a hidden mechanism, in the center of the altar, on the high platform exclusive to the king.Considering that the design drawings have to be reviewed by other Yanshi, he did not directly complete the hidden mechanism, but designed another layer of equipment. Every time someone sacrificed on the altar, a part of the hidden mechanism would be activated.The mechanism will not take shape until every altar has been activated.

This is also a way of life he left for the king.If Fu Yue wasn't as brutal as expected, he wouldn't have fallen into this mechanism.Today, 81 of the 78 altars have been stained with blood, and only three remain unused.

Xiang Yan calculated: The two of them originally planned to sacrifice themselves to activate the final altar, plus the person Fu Yue originally planned to execute, there were exactly three of them.Right now at least three people will be executed, the number is enough, but if you really want him to do it...

Xiang Yan turned his head and thought about whether he had a chance to get close to the altar. If he could go to the altar to play tricks, maybe it could be activated without anyone sacrificing.

Fu Yue asked: "What's going on?" Xiang Yan immediately drew a spell, and the stone surface glowed blue.But his hands were hanging on the mechanism of the two altars, and he didn't put it down for a long time.

"It's activated like this." Lin Jiang suddenly grabbed his hand and activated the mechanism.The stone pillar spun down and drilled into the ground, and the two were crushed into powder.A little blood of the puppet remained on the flat altar, and the soul was sucked out.

"The overall situation is the most important, only one person is missing." Lin Jiang silently transmitted the sound.

This time Fu Yue turned his attention to Xu Zhou's wife and children.Seeing the two father-in-laws disappearing in front of his eyes, Xu Zhou hastily hugged Fu Yue's feet. "Your Majesty, for the sake of serving you in the past, please let my family go." Fu Yue said, "If I kill you today, your wife and children will seek revenge from me. Why do you think I should stay?" Their lives?"

Xu Zhou shook his head and said: "No, no, they won't take revenge. Besides, what happened that night really has nothing to do with me, please be aware. When I went out, I called a few palace officials, you can call them to ask questions." Fu Yue said: "You know me best, you would rather kill me than let me go. Why do you want to investigate?"

"Your Majesty, if you really want to punish, punish only one of the ministers!" Xu Zhou trembled after finishing speaking.Fu Yue laughed: "You care about your wife and children even though you are so romantic? Then I will help you."

Xu Zhou was frightened out of his wits, Lai cried and begged at Fu Yue's feet.Two guards stepped forward and dragged Xu Zhou to the last altar.Unlike the previous two altars, this altar is sunken from the ground.Xiang Yan took a step ahead and waited in front of the altar.He took a look into the pit, nodded to the guard, and left the rest to him.

Xiang Yan supported Xuzhou with weak legs, sent him to the altar, squatted down and said: "Listen, if you untie the mechanism under your body, the center of the altar will collapse, and the king will surely die. Once you die, your wife and children will be fine."

He pretended to lock it, and explained the solution to Xuzhou.He asked Xu Zhou if he could remember, Xu Zhou asked again, and finally nodded in a panic.

Xiang Yan got up, returned to Lin Jiang's side, and quietly gave an affirmative look.From the corner of his eye, he confirmed that the king was in the center of the altar and wrote the talisman himself.The mechanism was activated, a door was pushed out, and the altar was sealed like a coffin.

Unexpectedly, at the moment when the altar was closed, Xu Zhou suddenly climbed out of the pit.There was a sound of heavy stones hitting under the pit, and the altar failed to start.

Pointing at Xiang Yan, Xu Zhou knelt down and shouted: "Your Majesty, he has a problem! He just told me to let me kill you." Fu Yue turned his head angrily, and Xu Zhou took the opportunity to escape from the altar with his wife and children.

Fu Yue's sword was extremely fast, and it was already in front of Xiang Yan's neck in the blink of an eye.Lin Jiang pushed out the sleeve blade to block with one hand, and held Xiang Yan behind him with the other.On the one hand, the long sword is pressing, and on the other hand, it is vigorous and dodging.The two sides fought only ten moves, and Fu Yue had already recognized that move.

"It's you!"

Lin Jiang returned to her original appearance.

Fu Yue looked up to the sky and laughed loudly: "God really cares for His Royal Highness the Prince. The vast ocean can save you. This time, you want to seek revenge from me?"

Lin Jiang said: "I thought you were only focused on restoring the country and had resentment towards me. I didn't expect you to betray me and imprison me without telling the whole army."

Fu Yue shook his head and said: "It's not me who betrayed you, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. You are suitable to stand high and be king in a peaceful and prosperous age. If you rule the roost in that chaotic world, I'm afraid that your clothes will be dirty and your hair will be messed up."

Lin Jiang hated people to judge him the most, so he stepped forward to fight with Fu Yue.

Xiang Yan ran to the last altar and opened the door on the ground with ten fingers.Seeing ten iron pillars horizontally in the pit, he climbed into the pit, cracked the mechanism, and returned to the stone mortar, intending to wait for an opportunity to strike.However, Fu Yue and Lin Jiang have always been in a ball, and they have no intention of separating at all.

Lin Jiang shouted: "Leave me alone!" Xiang Yan hesitated, and ran to the altar again.

At this time, hundreds of guards gathered at the altar and rushed forward.Lin Jiang snatched the long sword from one of the men and fought with the others.

Seeing that Xiang Yan was near the altar, and Linjiang was besieged again, Fu Yue turned his head to deal with Xiang Yan.Seeing this, Lin Jiang changed into Fu Yue's appearance, and the guards didn't dare to make a move for a while.

Lin Jiang grabbed Fu Yue and prevented him from leaving the center of the altar.When the guards saw the two kings fighting, they couldn't tell which was real and which was fake, so they had to stand in a circle and wait and see.

Fu Yue beat and said: "Back then you were dazzled by revenge and would only lead us to failure. When I saw that you gave up the idea of ​​survival because of the death of Yanshi, I knew it was time to stand up Lead the Soul Armor Army."

Enraged by Fu Yue's words, Lin Jiang was distracted, and the sword in his hand fell to the ground.Fu Yue stepped forward with a smile, stepped on Lin Jiang's chest and said, "I'm not like Hua Yang, who is reckless, or Luo Cheng, who is foolish and loyal. To revive Wei Yang, who else would I be!"

Suddenly, the ground shook, Fu Yue realized that he was in trouble, and turned to run away, but was caught by Lin Jiang.Fu Yue shouted: "Let go, are you going to die together?"

The ground began to sink.Lin Jiang felt disappointed when he thought that Xiang Yan had finally made his move.

Just then, he was slammed against the altar.And Fu Yue was half-kneeling on the ground, his limbs were fixed by a few small mechs, and the next moment he disappeared into the smoke and dust with the collapsed ground.

A long moan.Fu Yue's ghost floated out of the shattered body and floated to the ground, struggling hard under the spell of the altar.Black clouds rose in the sky, and plumes of black smoke came out from around the altar, accompanied by the sound of innocent souls calling for their lives, pulling Fu Yue's soul back to the ground.

Xiang Yan leaned on Lin Jiang's body and found that there were tears in the corner of this man's eyes, so he couldn't help wiping them away with his fingers.Lin Jiang turned her head and asked: "You are not at the altar, why suddenly..."

Xiang Yan said: "I went to change the mechanism to a delayed one just now—" Before he could finish speaking, he was hugged tightly.

As soon as Fu Yue left, Yanfang held a grand enthronement ceremony the next day, and all officials waited for the new king inside and outside the hall.

A civil official in green looked up and saw Lin Jiang walking forward in red, and said in surprise: "It's really a priest. I heard that this is the original appearance of the new king."

The civil official in Feiyi on the left also said: "Yesterday I happened to be in the palace. As soon as I heard that the old king had passed away, I rushed to the altar. There were hundreds of elite soldiers and guards present. territory."

The civil official in green sighed: "It's ironic to say that. Yanfang doesn't care about killing the king and usurping the throne, and only confers the winner as king. It was all proposed by the previous king. Now, he has become the first person to fulfill this statement."

The military officer on the right sneered and said, "What are you killing the king and usurping the throne? Keep your mouth shut. Your Majesty was born Prince Wei Yang, and the one who usurped the throne is Fu Yue."

The green-clothed official ignored them, and quietly said to the red-clothed official: "This man is actively flattering now. These ministers from the Soul Armor Army followed the previous king and betrayed their King Wei one by one. Now that the King of Wei is on the throne, let's see how they are doing." reused."

Fei Yi civil official said: "That's right, the emperor has a courtier. I heard that Dr. Wei resigned due to illness yesterday, so he acted quickly. Fortunately, we were not favored by the previous king, and now is a good time to turn around."

Lin Jiang walked past them, and the green-clothed civil official asked, "Who are the two behind them, they are so generous, walking behind the former king."

Official Fei Yi said: "Did you recognize the one on the left? Yuyin, the son-in-law of the former Great Yanshi, used to be a Yanshi in the palace for a while. This time he instigated the rebellion of the Fuxing faction and transferred the mecha soldiers of the Great General." , contributed to the new monarch’s great plan, but he has made great contributions, and he must be appointed as an official. The one on the right seems to be a newcomer Yanshi, I don’t know why he is behind the monarch.”

The green-clothed civil official snickered: "What Yanshi, I think that girl looks pretty, maybe..." The scarlet-clothed civil official couldn't help but say that he couldn't say for certain.

He laughed twice, and said strangely: "I remember that there was a Yanshi who helped the new king at the altar yesterday, and saved the king's life. Why is that Yanshi not there?" Didn't it mean that there are two other father-in-laws who sacrificed themselves and made meritorious service?"

On that day, Lin Jiang was busy until evening before returning to his bedroom, when he saw a person at the door sitting at a stone table under a tree.Seeing Lin Jiang's return, the maid was about to call "Miss Wang Shu", but Lin Jiang stopped her.

Lin Jiang walked up quietly, and the person in front of her was dozing off with her hairpin in her left hand and her right hand resting on her head.He pushed aside the elbow that was on the stone table, and heard an ouch.Xiang Yan lay on the table and muttered: "What are you doing..."

"Why did you sleep outside the door?"

"After the ceremony, you were busy receiving courtiers. Isn't it too tiring to wait? I was just thinking that if you don't come back, I will go back to Chilan." Xiang Yan said as he inserted the hairpin back into his hair.

Lin Jiang whispered: "You still want to go back after all." Although he knew it was a joke.

Xiang Yan joked, "Otherwise, you'll also make an official for me?"

"If you are willing to stay, the position of Great Yanshi is yours."

"Hush——" Xiang Yan looked around nervously, and whispered: "There is no word in the palace wall that cannot be conveyed, it would not be good for Le Jun to hear..." Lin Jiang smiled and did not answer.Xiang Yan said again: "Besides, if the Great Yanshi didn't overwhelm all the heroes with his skills, how could he be competent?"

"do not you?"

"I'm not human."

"Why can't it be a human, not a ghost?"

Xiang Yan smiled and said: "Yes, yes. But if you talk about Yangui, then you should choose Yuyin."

Lin Jiang said: "If you choose Yuyin, I'm afraid there will be a rift between the two brothers." Xiang Yan suddenly said: "That's all."

"If you don't want to be a master of Yan, you can be my queen." After Lin Jiang finished speaking, seeing Xiang Yan's eyes widened and staring at himself, he hurriedly explained shyly: "Several ministers asked me today, who is following me?" This young lady intends to be included in the palace." Xiang Yan couldn't help but smile from ear to ear.

Lin Jiang couldn't stand his appearance, and scolded: "Who made you insist on seeing people like this?" Xiang Yan said: "I have many enemies, and I have caused a lot of troubles in Chilan before. Now that you have made it clear Identity, I have to hide it even more when I am by your side. As a woman, it is safer."

Lin Jiang suddenly remembered that Shi Ting had told him before leaving, not to let Xiang Yan find out easily.Now that I understand the reason, I feel a little unwilling in my heart.

Xiang Yan asked again: "Apart from discussing the appointment of officials with your courtiers today, have you decided what to do with Weijing?"

Lin Jiang said: "Yin soil must be demolished. But the micro-environment itself is indeed beneficial to Yanfang. We plan to make this matter public, and those who wish to enter." Xiang Yan said: "I also think this is very good."

Lin Jiang said again: "It's just that the people who have been sucked away by the yin soil may be difficult to bring back." Xiang Yan nodded and said: "The only thing we can do is save Fengzhu first..."

After he finished speaking, he pushed the hairpin.In the past few days, things have happened one after another, and he has been in touch with Shi Ting. He wanted to say a few words last night, but he has been calling until now, but there is no response.

Lin Jiang asked: "When do you plan to take away Fu Yue's soul?" Xiang Yan said: "I originally wanted to directly activate the Yin Soil Belt Fu Yue's mission. But I asked Cong just now that the souls of the altar will enter and exit at the same time. If Yintu is activated, I am afraid that other souls will be sent to the underworld. So when I am planning tonight, I will pretend to be Dr. Na Wei and ask the yin messenger to come up to pick him up."

Lin Jiang said: "Then I will immediately order someone to set up an array for you."

In the building boat, several actors surrounded the teacher and listened to him talk about opera.

The master's hand-rolled play said: "The Holy One fights Fuyue, and locks him into the altar. There must be a scene where all ghosts pull Fuyue into the altar to show what everyone wants. The soundtrack uses the song that the king of Wei died in the battle. Change the tragic tone." All the performers either nodded or hummed.

A female actress waved her hand to the door, and pulled someone to sit beside her, and asked in a low voice: "Recently someone said that you often go to the river room, but what kind of dewy marriage do you have?" Wrong, where have I been to the river room. What are you discussing?"

The actress said: "Mr. Opera wants to write a new play, and I'm discussing it with everyone." The visitor wondered, "Why do you suddenly want to write a new play?"

The actress said: "You don't know this. As soon as the new king ascended the throne today, the cruise ship was overwhelmed by people who came to watch the theater. The owner of the boat is also very powerful. As soon as he heard the news yesterday, he filled the capital to publicize the play of King Wei and Yanshi. In the past, everyone came to the building to watch illusions. Once the young master left, it was so bleak, and now it is going to be lively again. No, the owner of the ship urged my husband and us to put on a new play, saying that the king of Wei will take revenge and crusade against Fuyue. But We can't slow down, let other troupes steal it."

The visitor thought for a moment and asked, "Did you also write the playbooks of the King of Wei and Yanshi back then?" The actress said, "Yes, it is said that it has been revised several times. He came early and knows best." Said Forget it, poked a male actor beside him.

The male actor nodded and said: "In the beginning, I heard a lot of stories, and I wrote them all. After reading it, the young master thought it was inappropriate, so I asked my husband to delete many of them."

"Brother, do you know that the scene where King Wei fought against King Kai Fang has been changed?"

The male actor recalled: "That paragraph should have been revised once. There was a whole battle before, but the young master couldn't tell, so I just changed it to a monologue by the king of Wei. Speaking of the monologue, I changed it three or four times. For a while it was said to be sealed in a rock, for a while it was said to be sealed in a jade stone, and finally it was changed to this stele. I can’t see why, maybe it’s because of the rhyme.”

"Aside from the rock stele, have other places been changed? For example, where is No Man's Land? The cliff? The bottom of the water?"

"I've never heard of that." The actor shook his head, puzzled, "Why is Wang Shu so interested in this detail?"