I became the leopard cub of the paranoid emperor

The carriage did not pass through the main entrance, but left the palace through the small west gate, without disturbing anyone, and arrived at the long street.

The lively yelling came to his ears, Luo Bai looked outside from the gap in the curtain of the car, saw the sugar figurines stuck in the haystacks, the wontons rolling in the pot on the stall, the butcher chopping bones, and two Two drunk men helped each other to walk, but they all fell to the ground.

Puchi!

He couldn't help laughing, and then turned to look at Chu Yuzhao.

Chu Yuzhao closed his eyes and leaned against the wall of the carriage. He had already opened his eyes and looked at him expressionlessly. Luo Bai avoided his sight guiltily and continued to look outside the carriage.

I saw the two drunks pull me and I held you up to stand up. After walking a few steps forward, they both tripped and fell to the ground again, knocking over several baskets on the side of the road.

Even if Luo Bai covered his mouth, he let out two unconcealable puffs, blushed and went to look at Chu Yuzhao again.

Chu Yuzhao still had that expressionless face, but there was a strong warning in his eyes.

Luo Bai tried his best to suppress that smile, and he didn't look out of the window any more, he just sat upright and looked ahead.

It's just that the scene just now always popped up in his mind suddenly, causing him to make a flutter after a while.

When he puffed again, Chu Yuzhao finally couldn't bear it anymore and yelled: "If you make any more noise, get down!"

Luo Bai turned back to look at his angry face, stared at each other silently for a moment, and then made a long series of flutters.

"Hahahahahahaha..." He couldn't hold back anymore, and burst out laughing while holding his stomach, "Hahahahahaha...those two people...hahaha...they...hahahaha, those two people..."

Seeing Chu Yuzhao's face getting darker and darker, he stood up while laughing, and sat crookedly on the carpet, "Hahahaha... I'll go down by myself..."

Eunuch Cheng was sitting in the carriage behind him, but from time to time he raised the curtain to look at the carriage in front, maintaining his utmost vigilance.When he saw the car in front of him stop suddenly, the alarm went off in his mind, and he wanted to get out of the car immediately to see what happened.

But before he had time to move, a handsome young man jumped out of the carriage in front of him. As soon as his feet touched the ground, the carriage brushed against his side and drove forward.

Eunuch Cheng greeted the dejected young man from the car window: "Mr. Luo, what's the matter?"

Luo Bai kicked a small stone with his toe, and said, "I drove him down."

Eunuch Cheng didn't laugh at him, and raised the curtain of the car: "Then take this one."

"Hey, good."

Luo Bai and Eunuch Cheng sat side by side in the carriage behind them, they stopped laughing and just sat quietly.Eunuch Cheng took out a piece of plum cake from the box and handed it to him: "It will take a while to arrive at the Zhuangzi, and it is almost noon now, young master, use some pastries first."

"Well, I'm not hungry yet, and I'm not in a good mood, but I can barely eat a little." Luo Bai took the plum cake, "Thank you, aunt."

The carriage passed through several long streets and exited the city gate. After driving westward for half an hour, it finally stopped.

Eunuch Cheng put away the empty snack box that Luo Bai had eaten, and called him to get off the carriage.

A boundless lake appeared in front of him, and the green lotus leaves stretched to the horizon. Chu Yuzhao couldn't help but stop for a while, looking at the distant horizon.

Luo Bai had already forgotten the unhappiness of being driven out of the carriage by him, and slowly moved to his side, looking into the distance together side by side.

A gust of gentle wind blew by, carrying the fragrance of lotus leaves, he exclaimed: "This place is so good, it's really so good..."

Although his vocabulary is simple, he can hear the admiration from the bottom of his heart. Chu Yuzhao doesn't show it on the face, but he still agrees with this sentence in his heart.This lake is incomparable to those artificial lakes in the palace. Now it is almost autumn, and the summer lotus is in full bloom, with boundless lotus leaves, a picturesque scene.

It seems that no matter whether people are smart or not, they feel the same about beautiful scenery.

The gloomy look on Chu Yuzhao's face faded a bit, and he heard a long belch from the person beside him: "——this place is good, there must be a lot of lotus root, dig it out and eat it with my brother, deep-fried lotus root Cake, glutinous rice lotus root slices, sweet and sour lotus root..."

Chu Yuzhao turned around and walked towards Zhuangzi by the lake.

Bu Qingfeng had already received the news, so he waited at the side of the gate, followed behind Chu Yuzhao, and a group of people hurried into the courtyard gate.

When they arrived at the main hall, Hong Si took the guards to watch everywhere outside the courtyard, and Eunuch Cheng closed the doors and windows in the hall tightly.

Bu Qingfeng didn't know Luo Bai, but he didn't dare to ask more questions, and only secretly speculated about his identity in his heart.Luo Bai had seen him before. Last time when he was peeking on the beam of the house, he saw several neatly arranged scars on the top of his head. At that time, he was very curious, thinking that he must take a closer look when he had the chance.

Chu Yuzhao turned his back to several people and looked at a landscape painting on the wall of the main hall, turned around after a while, and asked Bu Qingfeng straight to the point: "If that thing is attached to my body, he will feel pain, what's the matter?"

Bu Qingfeng lowered his head and pondered for a while, then asked cautiously: "Can your Majesty elaborate?"

Chu Yuzhao looked at Luo Bai who was next to him: "Luo Bai, tell him something."

Luo Bai was looking at Bu Qingfeng's head.

When Bu Qingfeng lowered his head, a few rays of light just fell on the top of his head, making his head shine brightly, and the ring scars became more obvious.

Wang Gonggong tugged at Luo Bai's sleeve, and said in a low voice: "Young Master Luo, Your Majesty is asking you something."

"Ah! Oh." Luo Bai withdrew his gaze and looked at Chu Yuzhao, "I didn't hear it just now, brother, please say it again."

Chu Yuzhao slowed down his speech and said heavily: "You said today that you saw a ghost doll attached to me, and it still looks very painful. You will tell this master the details."

"Oh, I know."

He likes storytelling the most.

"Where do we start..." He pondered, "Start when I go to the court?"

"You don't need to talk." Chu Yuzhao interrupted him, and said to Bu Qingfeng: "Bu Qingfeng, Luo Bai can see the ghost attached to me."

Bu Qingfeng glanced at Luo Bai in surprise.

"Yes, I can see the ghost doll on my body, he is lying on my brother's back, I can see clearly." Luo Bai continued.

"He, he has been lying on his brother's back all the time, and his face is... his face is... close, tight." Luo Bai was talking and thinking of the vocabulary to describe the ghost doll. Ask Chu Yuzhao with a straight face: "Can I learn from him directly?"

Chu Yuzhao didn't object, so Luo Bai walked over and walked around behind him, put his hands on his shoulders, pushed hard, and jumped onto his back.

Chu Yuzhao didn't watch out for his movement, and reflexively turned his hand back, supporting his knee.

"...Young master."

"……hiss."

Eunuch Cheng and Bu Qingfeng gasped at the same time.

Chu Yuzhao obviously didn't expect Luo Bai to make such a move, and his face was a little stunned.But before he could recover, Luo Bai had already put his arms around his shoulders, buried his face on his shoulders, and said in a low voice: "That ghost baby is like this, always lying on your shoulders."

Then he moved his face to Chu Yuzhao's neck, and took two deep breaths.

The warm breath hit Chu Yuzhao's neck, his body became stiff for a while, and the skin tightened accordingly.

As if he was being burned, he was about to throw Luo Bai down, but he felt a finger poke him twice on a certain spot on his shoulder, and said, "He will occasionally lie here and smell my brother."

There was a pain from the place where Luo Bai's finger poked, it was the position of the tooth mark that could not heal.

Bu Qingfeng had recovered, and asked solemnly: "Mr. Luo, is the ghost baby you saw clear?"

"very clear."

"His face is very white, as white as the wall, but his eyes are all black, like charcoal round..." Luo Bai buried his face on Chu Yuzhao's shoulder while talking, only showing His eyes looked at the person opposite him from bottom to top, and his whole body immediately gave off an eerie air.

Eunuch Cheng had been staring blankly at Luo Bai, when he suddenly showed this appearance, he closed his eyes and couldn't bear to look any more, turned around, and wiped the corners of his eyes with the back of his hand.

Bu Qingfeng asked: "Then he—"

"You don't need to know his appearance, I know it in my heart, I just want to know if he is really in pain, and what is the reason for his pain." Chu Yuzhao suddenly interrupted what Bu Qingfeng was about to ask in a cold voice , and let go of Luo Bai's knees, and put him down on his back.

"Yes." Bu Qingfeng's heart shuddered, and he quickly changed his words and asked: "Mr. Luo, are you sure he will be in pain before he disappears?"

He has already noticed that this handsome young man has an extraordinary relationship with the emperor, but there may be a little problem in his mind.So I'm not sure if the pain in his eyes is real pain, it's better to be more cautious.

"It should be pain, I will teach you a lesson."

Luo Bai came out from behind Chu Yuzhao, stood in the middle of the room, without warning, lowered his head, and his shoulders collapsed.The three of them were all stunned for a moment, and before they had time to ask, he suddenly hugged his head with both hands.When he raised his head again, his mouth was already wide open, his face was twisted ferociously, his eyes seemed to be popping out of their sockets, and his eyes were full of struggle and pain.

"That's it." Luo Bai only performed for a short time before returning to his original state, but there was silence in the room, and no one made a sound or asked him.

Boom!

A mahogany round stool was knocked over, and Eunuch Cheng staggered to hold on to the table next to him, and looked at Chu Yuzhao with tears in his eyes: "Your Majesty...he...he...fourth prince..."

Chu Yuzhao didn't look unusual except that his face was paler than usual. He said in a hoarse voice, "Bu Qingfeng, I—"

The sentence stopped abruptly, he suddenly bent down, and broke out a heart-piercing coughing sound, the cough made sweat ooze from the forehead, and the blue tendons bulged.

Eunuch Cheng was still stunned and stood there in a daze, Luo Bai hurried forward, trying to reach out to help Chu Yuzhao, but he raised his hand to block it.

Luo Bai pushed his hand away, leaned forward and patted his back lightly, Chu Yuzhao didn't continue to block, just bent down and coughed violently, as if his heart and lungs were about to be coughed out.

The cough gradually subsided, Chu Yuzhao straightened up, and Eunuch Cheng finally recovered, and quickly poured a cup of tea from the table and brought it.

Chu Yuzhao took a sip of tea and handed it back to Eunuch Cheng, his voice was still hoarse: "Bu Qingfeng, what do you think is the reason?"

Bu Qingfeng said: "Your Majesty, according to Mr. Luo's description, this little monk thinks that someone used magic to control the ghost."

"Spell?"

"Master once said that Buddhism has Esoteric Buddhism, and Esoteric Buddhism is divided into two schools, one is Taizang Realm, and the other is Vajra Realm. There were monks from Dongying who came to study, and then returned to Dongying with the scriptures and rituals they learned, and established This is the Zhending sect that neither belongs to the Taizang realm nor the Vajra realm. In recent years, this Zhending sect has gradually become a heretic of evil spirits, and began to learn some crooked spells, including the spell of manipulating ghosts."

Bu Qingfeng paused, and seeing that Chu Yuzhao was listening carefully, he continued: "Although I haven't personally seen how Zhendingzong controls ghosts, according to what Master said, the person who casts the spell has to put the bones of the deceased—— "

When he said this, he suddenly closed his mouth, feeling a little uneasy.

"Continue talking!" Chu Yuzhao's voice was deep and deep, his eyes were so dark that he couldn't see the end.

"Yes." Bu Qingfeng had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue: "The person who cast the spell has to break all the bones of the deceased, nail three-inch nails into the skull, tie a soul lock, and hold his personal belongings before he was alive. Then cast a spell, let the ghost let it control..."

Luo Bai kept paying attention to Chu Yuzhao, and found that every time Bu Qingfeng uttered a sentence, his complexion turned paler, and the two hands behind him were tightly gripped with each other, and the knuckles were blue.

"...This technique is very vicious. The ghost's mind is wiped out and left to be manipulated by the caster. However, the ghost has no mind, so it is said that it will not feel pain unless..."

"Unless what?" Chu Yuzhao took a step closer to Bu Qingfeng and asked sharply.

Bu Qingfeng replied very quickly: "Unless there will always be some situations where the ghost is out of control, so that the caster has to re-cast the spell to deepen the control. And this process of casting the spell will make the ghost feel pain, and then it will disappear. until called again."

The room was silent, no one spoke, only the sound of Chu Yuzhao's rapid and heavy breathing was heard.His chest was heaving and unsteady, his eyes were filled with dark clouds, and his whole body exuded a strong aura of violence.

Luo Bai looked at Chu Yuzhao worriedly, he seemed to understand what Bu Qingfeng said, but he vaguely understood something.

"Bu Qingfeng, tell me, how did you undo the spell for that ghost." After a while, Chu Yuzhao, who had gradually calmed down, walked to the upper chair, flipped his robe and sat down.

He didn't ask Bu Qingfeng if there was a way to undo the spell, but directly gave the order. Even if Bu Qingfeng didn't have that ability, he still had to try to do it.

And he knows that Bu Qingfeng has always been cunning, if there is really no solution, he will not tell about the ghost being controlled, he will just pretend not to know.Since he said it, it means that there is a solution.

Sure enough, Bu Qingfeng replied: "When Master told this little monk back then, he also mentioned the method of undoing it. The method is to restore the corpse of the deceased and find the personal item obtained by the caster. Little monk If you can get that thing, you can untie the spell on him."

Chu Yuzhao got up abruptly and strode towards the hall door.

"Your Majesty." Eunuch Cheng called after him.

Chu Yuzhao kept on stepping, and said in his mouth: "Linghong prepares four horses, I will set off now, and go to Longpan Mausoleum immediately."

Luo Bai trotted behind Chu Yuzhao, crossed the front yard and exited the gate.Hong Si quickly led two horses over, followed by a group of black-clothed guards who also led the horses.

Luo Bai saw that Chu Yuzhao got on his horse, and the other guards also got on their horses. There was not one free, so he asked eagerly, "Brother, where is my horse?"

Holding a whip in his hand, Chu Yuzhao sat on the horse with his back straight, and answered him in a calm tone: "You just wait in Zhuangzi, and I will be back soon."

Then he called Chengshou again, but did not continue speaking.

Eunuch Cheng knew what he meant, and hurriedly said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will let someone take good care of Mr. Luo."

Chu Yuzhao clamped the horse's belly between his legs, and raised the whip in his hand: "Drive!"

The strong black horse under the seat immediately galloped out like an arrow, and the other guards also galloped to follow.

Luo Bai trotted a few steps along, watched the horse team go away and disappeared from sight, then turned around and listlessly kicked the pebbles on the side of the road with his feet.

Eunuch Cheng thoughtfully said: "Mr. Luo, the scenery around this Zhuangzi is so beautiful. Anyway, I have nothing to do this afternoon, why don't you go around? After you finish shopping in this Zhuangzi, Your Majesty will be back."

Luo Bai said wearily, "I don't like to visit Zhuangzi."

Eunuch Cheng slapped his hands: "The miscellaneous family remembered it. There are several rabbit holes in the lawn behind Zhuangzi. Why don't you dig out the rabbits?"

Luo Bai reluctantly nodded: "Okay, then I'll go and play with the rabbit."

"Hey, that's right, Zajia calls two more people to play with you."

"I don't need anyone to accompany me. I'll just go and play with the rabbit for a while."

Eunuch Cheng laughed and said, "Then someone must be by your side, and they can also help you catch rabbits."

In the afternoon, Luo Bai was playing behind Zhuangzi.This lawn is indeed as Eunuch Cheng said, there are several rabbit holes, but none of the rabbits have been seen.Probably because he smelled Luo Bai's scent and was too scared to come out.

After playing for a while, he felt that he had no interest, so he waved the peacock feather boredly and went back to Zhuangzi to find Eunuch Cheng.

The two servants who followed them dispersed to do their work after entering the Zhuangzi, and Luo Bai walked through the yard alone and came to the front of the hall.

"Master Liu, Your Majesty has just passed the Chaya Pass, and a caravan also passed the pass?"

Cheng Gonggong's voice came from behind the closed hall door, and Chu Yuzhao was mentioned in his words, Luo Bai stopped in his tracks.

"Yes, the person I placed at the pass sent a letter from Feige. The caravan consisted of three, no. 40 people. They carried the signboard of a large chamber of commerce and loaded a total of more than a dozen vehicles." Luo Bai vaguely said. Some familiar voices replied.

He was a little curious, so he leaned on the crack of the door and looked in, and saw a thin face.He had seen this person in the court hall. At that time, he was reading in the hall with a long list, and there were several fighting old men kneeling beside him.

It seems to be called Liu... Liu or something.

"What about the identity of the caravan?" Eunuch Cheng asked seriously.

"It's a team of tea merchants, with customs clearance documents, and their identities are normal. But the strange thing is that Chaya is obviously rich in tea, so why do they have to transport tea from Liang Gang's mansion in the north?"

"Your Majesty, this is the imperial mausoleum that I went to on a temporary basis. It is said that no one will know..." Eunuch Cheng shuddered suddenly: "Oops, the miscellaneous family did something wrong this time."

"Eunuch, what's the matter?"

Eunuch Cheng turned pale with anxiety: "Because of His Majesty's assassination last time, I arranged for all the guards this time. But among those guards, there are still a few who have just entered and haven't checked their identities thoroughly."

Liu Huaifu's face also changed color. "Eunuch, what should I do?"

Eunuch Cheng is the chief steward of the imperial court who has experienced a lot of wind and waves, he calmed down quickly, and said: "But with Hong Si at your side, even if there are one or two subtle operations, you don't dare to do anything directly to your majesty, you will only cooperate with others secretly. .”

"Eunuch, I'm afraid there will be a change in the palace today, and someone will take the opportunity to make trouble..."

Cheng Gong said: "There is no need to panic about this point. Your Majesty has a long-term vision and has already made arrangements. Mr. Liu, the miscellaneous family will go back to the palace immediately and report to the imperial concubine Qin to send the Imperial Forest Army to Longpan Mausoleum."

"Okay, then I have to rush back and go to the garrison commanders in the west city and the east city. No matter whether there is any change or not, make preparations just in case."

"Okay, let's split up."

Luo Bai saw two people walking towards the gate through the crack of the door, so he stood up straight.The door was pulled open suddenly, and Eunuch Cheng couldn't help being startled when he saw Luo Bai at the door.

"Master Luo, why are you here?"

Luo Bai said frankly: "I'm listening to you."

Eunuch Cheng froze for a moment, then whispered to Liu Huaifu: "Don't mind."

"Understood." Liu Huaifu didn't ask much.

Eunuch Cheng said to Luo Bai again: "Master, stay in the Zhuangzi today, don't run around, and come back after the miscellaneous family has done some errands."

Luo Bai asked worriedly: "Aunt Cheng, did something happen to me? Is someone going to kill him? Just like last night."

Liu Huaifu turned his head to look elsewhere, but Eunuch Cheng said sternly: "Your Majesty is fine, don't worry about it, just stay in the village."

He confessed a few words and then hurried towards the gate, but when Liu Huaifu passed by Luo Bai, he couldn't help but look at him more.

Luo Bai followed Cheng Gonggong and the two to go out, watched them get into the carriage and leave, and chased after him and shouted: "Aunt Cheng, bring a letter to Aunt Yuan Fu for me, don't look for me everywhere, today's chestnut cake Let it go, I will go back to eat tomorrow..."

A gust of wind blew past, rustling the leaves above his head. Luo Bai froze for a while, then turned around in place twice, and suddenly bent down into the bushes half a person's height nearby.

The bushes rustled for a while, and after a while, a little leopard with a white body and a small jade crown came out, with a pile of clothes in its mouth.

The little leopard quickly climbed up the big tree next to it, put the pile of clothes on the highest branch, and buried a peacock feather in the middle.After making sure that he would not fall or be seen by the people below, he twisted and jumped down the tree.

Luo Bai did not take the main road, but took a shortcut.He ran among the trees with swaying branches, jumped over the flashing streams, startled the birds and hares in the forest, like a white lightning.

Whenever he was unsure of the direction, he would rush back to the avenue, trying to smell the scent that belonged to Chu Yuzhao from the air with the fragrance of soil and trees.

Chu Yuzhao's smell had been taken away by the soft wind, it was hard to smell it, but the little bad breath remained in the air.

After confirming the direction, Luo Bai rushed back to the woods and ran fast again.

The sunlight fell from the gaps in the branches and leaves, illuminating the leopard's snow-white and smooth fur. Occasionally, tiny spots of light flashed on the tip of the fur, which was his sweat.

Luo Bai kept running and didn't stop, but when he was too thirsty, he would drink water by the stream passing by, quickly roll the water into his mouth a few times with his little pink tongue, and then continue on the road.

He knew that Aunt Cheng hadn't told him the truth. Someone must be going to harm his brother, and he had to go to his brother's side to protect him.