Yan ghost

Tens of thousands of bud lamps rose above the palace.Behind the lights, the fireworks are in full bloom, blending into one scene, filling the night sky, and there is nowhere to add more beautiful scenery.

Today is the birthday of the Son of Heaven, and Xiang Yan carefully prepared this fireworks display.He sneaked a glance at Yun Yu, full of interest.

"what is this?"

He stretched out a hand behind his back and pushed a mechanism on the control panel.Turning back to Yan, he was shocked and said: "His Royal Highness King Huai!"

There was a lot of shock at the banquet.But seeing the buds bloom, a puppet loomed inside.Xiang Yan hurriedly turned off the switch.

"It's pretty fun."

"What are you playing, the time has not come yet!" Xiang Yan anxiously looked at Yun Yu, who was looking towards him.

"Papapa——" Shi Ting circled Xiang Yan, and with both hands, pushed all the organs away like a counting bead.

Xiang Yan was annoyed, "Why are you still here?" He turned off the switch with one hand, and tightly hugged Shi Ting's arm with the other to prevent him from moving.

Shi Ting smiled and said, "Do you care so much about the emperor's eyes? Are you worried that he thinks you and I know each other well?"

"How do we know each other well?" Xiang Yan let go of his hand when he heard this.Putting his hands on his shoulders, he used his body to protect his control panel.

"Don't touch it again!" He was really anxious.

"Ha ha ha ha--"

With a bang, the sky was full of fireworks.Xiang Yan pushed the mechanism from the inside to the outside, like a luthier plucking a string, commanding the buds to bloom one by one from the center to the outside with ease.The two raised their heads and looked at the beautiful scenery in the sky together.

Xiang Yan let out a long sigh and lowered his head deeply.There was nothing behind him.

This time, Shi Ting did not go behind the scenes to make trouble as he did back then.

Everything is messed up by himself.Since that day when the court entered the water, this person has never appeared in front of him again.

In the past few months, Shi Ting should have come to Xiang's house every day, guarding himself as a wooden armor, reviewing commissions for himself, and identifying ghost stories.Then on the birthday of the Son of Heaven, he would deliberately come here to tease him, because he was still kept in the dark at that time, and didn't know that the ghost wearing the ghost mask at home was pretending to be him.

But in the end, nothing happened.

Xiang Yan glanced at Shi Ting at the banquet in the distance from the corner of his eye, and was still flirting with a little court lady.He thought to himself, they won't be strangers from now on.

At this time, everyone exclaimed in unison, leaving the case.Lanterns bloom in the night sky, and ladders hang down from the lights.A group of dancers jumped and descended from the sky lanterns, and performed their dances on the ground.

Looking at his group of puppets, Xiang Yan danced gracefully to the banquet on the beat of drums, frowning slightly.

The next moment, the puppets stretched out their daggers from their sleeves, madly assassinating the guests.The cups and plates were scattered, the cases were overturned, and the guests fled, screaming again and again.

The guards stepped forward and worked hard to subdue those dolls with fists and embroidered legs.Xiang Yan sat slumped on the ground, several cold knives resting on his neck.

Three days after the birthday banquet, Xiang Yanxi sat in the courtyard.Holding the carving knife in his hand, he never moved the half of the wooden armor in front of him.

Feng Zhu asked: "Teacher has been staring at that roof recently, but who are you waiting for?"

Xiang Yan came to his senses, buried his head in planing, thinking, Feng Zhu is really thoughtful.He said casually: "I went to the warehouse to check just now, and the ash and boxwood are all gone. Remember to replenish them tomorrow."

"I went there this morning." Feng Zhu replied.

"no stock?"

"The store refused to sell us."

"Is it because of the puppet assassination?"

Feng Zhu nodded silently, and Xiang Yan felt worried again.Thinking that after the incident happened back then, the emperor temporarily suppressed the matter, Shi Ting came to him every night, and the two went on a night investigation together.But now Shi Ting doesn't care about himself at all, and he doesn't have the heart to solve this matter.

Feng Zhu said again: "Although the internal officials have found out that those puppets were affixed with charms, and compared the handwriting to confirm that it was not the teacher's doing, but when the incident spread outside the palace, people in the capital are still in panic. In the past three days, we No new orders have been received."

Xiang Yan said: "It's not an option to go on like this, you can go to the guild with me tomorrow." Feng Zhu was very surprised to see Xiang Yan being so decisive.

The next day, the two disguised themselves and joined the guild.

They lined up at the gate for half a day.Feng Zhu really couldn't see it, and complained: "The dolls here are average, and they charge such a high fee."

Hearing this, the person in front retorted: "There are strict standards for the puppets produced by the guild. You just find a Yanshi outside to make a puppet, and you don't know when you will be killed by the puppet."

Feng Zhu refused to accept it, and said: "Puppet killings are controlled by spells, so what does it have to do with Yanshi?"

Feng Zhu said in a low voice: "This president, Wei Zhai, tricked the teacher's puppet into stealing the art from a teacher, and even pretended to be the founder of Yanshu, and opened the Yanshi guild in the capital."

Xiang Yan sighed: "He is much older than me, it is indeed easier for the people to believe that he is the founder of the mountain."

"Anyway, Yanshi will not admit it."

Xiang Yan said indifferently: "Although Wei Zhai's skills are mediocre and his conduct is not good, but he founded the Yanshi Guild and formulated the industry's norms. Let's just assume that he is promoting Yanshu."

At this time, a young man came outside the door.They didn't line up in line, and after standing at the door for a while, Yan Shi came forward to say hello with a smile.

The boy handed over a power of attorney, Yanshi took it and went in.Not long after, Wei Zhai came out to greet him in person, and deliberately raised his voice so that the people around him could hear him.

"The doll customized by His Highness King Huai is ready, please follow me in for inspection."

People queuing up outside looked inside one after another, only to see two puppets walking out from behind the curtain.

"Unexpectedly, even King Huai came to the guild to order a doll."

"I heard that the sons of the kings and grandchildren like this recently. Once the novelty wears off, they will be exchanged."

"I saw it. There seems to be a man and a woman inside, and they look very handsome."

Xiang Yan twitched his lips to make a plan, pulled Feng Zhu back and bit his ear.

Not long after, Feng Zhu led a person away from the front door of the guild.At the same time, at the back door of the guild, two dolls, a man and a woman, boarded the sedan chair of Prince Huai's mansion.The boy raised his whip and drove away.

Xiang Yan changed into the clothes of the puppet, and sat in the palanquin with flamboyant clothes.The woman sitting opposite me remained motionless, watching him take out the rouge powder and a small hand mirror that he carried with him, and apply powder makeup.

The sedan chair stopped at Prince Huai's mansion.Xiang Yan followed the puppet and got off the sedan chair, carefully imitating her cautious and sluggish movements.

They were led into the backyard of the palace by their servants, and saw groups of puppets playing in a garden.Some danced with guns and swords, some planted flowers and grass, and some played the piano and eulogized.

Xiang Yan stood dumbfounded in the garden.The puppets in front of him are almost all made by him himself, and many of them are even his early works, and their movements and expressions are still a little blunt.

Shi Ting said he didn't like it, but he didn't know when and where he collected so many dolls.But seeing this situation, Xiang Yan finally understood why Shi Ting, who was not a Yanshi, had always had a unique view on Mu Jia.

Suddenly, Xiang Yan was touched on the back.Immediately afterwards, he saw Shi Ting come up to him, and put a talisman on the doll as well.

The female puppet turned around and saluted Shi Ting, and then danced lightly.When Xiang Yan saw it, he didn't know what kind of charm was pasted on his back, so he had no choice but to go along with it and accompany the dance.

When Shi Ting saw Xiang Yan's dancing posture, his face was drawn long, and he quickly stepped forward and tore off the charm on Xiang Yan's body.Xiang Yan paused for a while on the last sleeve dance, and stood up slowly.

"The goods in the guild really don't listen to their commands. It's unsightly for you to play the piano and dance all the time." Shi Ting was complaining, and suddenly noticed something, and slowly moved closer to Xiang Yan's face.

Xiang Yan was very nervous, he had obviously put on makeup like a steamed bun wrapped in flour, so Shi Ting probably wouldn't be able to recognize who it was.

Shi Ting pulled him to sit down in front of the stone table, brewed a cup of tea, let it cool down a bit, then pinned up his sleeves and poured some tea on it to wipe his face.

Xiang Yan glanced at the cuffs that were gradually turning white, and his heart was about to rise to his throat.

Unexpectedly, Shi Ting didn't give up, dipped his finger in the tea, and wiped it gently back and forth on his lips.Accidentally, a drop of tea rolled down from the corner of his mouth.Xiang Yan's eyes fluttered, his cheeks were flushed, and an undercurrent rolled in his chest.

Sensing something different, Shi Ting slowly lowered his head.He stretched out his hand, his expression changed from confusion to surprise.Xiang Yan gritted his teeth and held back, not moving an inch, wanting to die already.

"The puppet in the guild is actually more realistic than Xiang Yan's?" Shi Ting raised his hand to Xiang Yan's belt, eager to confirm further.Suddenly, the hand was tightly grasped.

Shi Ting raised his head suspiciously, half-closed his eyes, thinking about the meaning of the puppet's resistance in front of him.

At this moment, the woman puppet behind her grabbed a charm and stuck it on the back of the sword dancing puppet.The puppet was hit by a spell, turned around and rushed towards Shiting with a sword in hand.

Xiang Yan subconsciously pulled Shiting away and pushed him to the ground.So the sword pierced into his flesh and blood with no bias.

Shi Ting didn't know martial arts, so he could only call assassin, and stepped forward to pull Xiang Yan to escape.

Xiang Yan got hit with a sword, and seemed to wake up, thinking that this is a good time to die with Shi Ting and leave the dreamland.So his heart was bent, his hands were clasped behind his back, and he pulled out the sword from his chest, wanting to send Shi Ting off.

It's a pity that he underestimated the reality of the dream too much.As soon as the sword was pulled out, blood splashed all over Shiting's back.He was dizzy and fell to the ground.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, Young Master Xiang has finally woken up!"

Xiang Yan's eyelids moved, and when he heard the girl's words in a daze, he secretly thought something was wrong.He didn't dare to open his eyes, he touched his face first, it was clean, it really was completely exposed.How should I explain it now?

"Why do you turn your head in when you see me coming?" Shi Ting came.

"Morning, Your Highness." Xiang Yan turned over slowly, and saw Shi Ting standing at the head of the bed.The girl brought a glass of water to feed him, he lost a lot of blood, he was just thirsty, so he listened to Shi Ting's training while drinking:

"You blocked the sword for me. I don't appreciate it very much, but what do you mean by pulling out the sword? Do you want me to regret your death?"

Xiang Yan stared at the glass in front of him, a little embarrassed to drink the water from the palace again.He pretended to be weak and said: "It's not because His Highness and I are unarmed, but because I wonder if I can deal with it with that sword..."

"You're kidding me." Shi Ting winked at the girl, and the girl removed the water.Sitting on the bedside, Shi Ting asked, "Tell me, why did you pretend to be a puppet and sneak into my house?"

Xiang Yan licked his dry lips, and replied: "Didn't something happen to my batch of dolls during the fireworks display in the womb a few days ago? Even though it was found out that someone else cast the spell, it still damaged the reputation. This business If I didn’t go down, I had no choice but to find out the truth and clear my name. Later, I became suspicious of the guild, so I followed the puppet to the palace.”

"The guild's act of framing the blame is indeed despicable." Shi Ting said.

"This matter is that President Wei doesn't like me, and it has nothing to do with other members of the guild." Xiang Yan remembered that this matter had never happened before, so he was extra cautious, for fear that Shi Tingmao would ruin the guild rashly.

However, Shi Ting is not an idle person, and he did not listen to his one-sided remarks, saying: "This is just your speculation. Since this matter happened in my house, I will send someone to investigate thoroughly, and it will be considered a return if the truth is revealed to the public." You are personal."

"Thank you, Your Highness...cough..." Xiang Yan got up together, and it seemed that the wound on his chest was moved again, and blood was oozing.The girl quickly helped him to lie down again.

Shi Ting said: "The imperial doctor told you to rest. You won't be able to get out of bed for a few days, I'll send someone to tell Yu, and I'll pick you up in a few days."

"What?" Xiang Yan almost forgot to get up again.

"Why, worry about letting the emperor know about this?"

"I'm afraid I'll disturb His Highness." Xiang Yan shook his head lightly, trying his best to conceal his joy.

"You are not worried, I am still worried." Shi Ting said, "You are a celebrity in front of the emperor, which prince dares to get close to you. Don't tell others about this matter."

Xiang Yan nodded, obediently asked the girl to tuck up the quilt, and looked at Shi Ting happily.After tossing around, I finally got everything back on track.At this moment, he made up his mind that he would not act too hastily, even if he stayed in the dream for a while before leaving.

Seeing that he was cheerful for no reason, Shi Ting smiled back slightly.He leaned down and asked in a low voice: "There is one more thing, I want to ask Mr. Xiang."

"Please speak, Your Highness."

"Why did you feel it then?"

Xiang Yan suddenly felt a heat in his chest, and the wound opened again.