I became the leopard cub of the paranoid emperor

Hearing the sound of tiles falling to the ground, bang!The door was knocked open, and several guards rushed in.

Luo Bai didn't care about the situation inside the house, and ran on the beams without hesitation. A few wild cats ran along without knowing why, and crushed a few more tiles.

The little leopard jumped from the roof to the wall, jumped to the ground, rushed into the nearby woods, ran out of several woods in one breath, and quickly climbed up the tree beside him, leaning against the branch and panting.

If I was caught eavesdropping on my brother, my brother must be angry.Guiltily, Luo Bai grabbed a kitten next to him that also climbed up the tree, and hugged it in his arms, stroking the cat's fur nervously.

The kitten was afraid of him but liked him, lying on his two hind legs, motionless.

Luo Bai knew that they were talking about ghost dolls, although he didn't dare to go again for fear of being caught by Chu Yuzhao again, but he wanted to continue listening.

——As long as my brother cares, he cares very much.

Little Leopard suddenly stopped touching the cat's paws, and his round eyes rolled around.Brother only knew that it was Xiao Bai who was eavesdropping, but he didn't know it was Luo Bai.

He put the kitten in his arms on the branch of the tree, and yelled at the cats hanging on the other branch of the tree.

Don't come with me, go find another place to play by yourself.

Luo Bai found the tree where he hid his clothes, returned to his youthful appearance, dressed neatly, and strolled towards Ningcui Palace pretending to be walking.

Because of the sound of the falling tiles just now, all the guards outside rushed in, the palace gate was wide open, and Luo Bai entered the courtyard unobstructed, and stood beside those guards.

Chu Yuzhao was standing in the courtyard when Hong Si came over with a few guards and whispered, "Your Majesty, the rooms on the left are all empty, and on the far right is an old eunuch named Zuo Fu. I have searched for him. In the room, there are only a bunch of things carved out of wood, nothing else."

A guard carrying a bed sheet behind him stepped forward and unfolded the things contained in the bed sheet for Chu Yuzhao to see.Inside is a bunch of small animals carved from wood, such as foxes and rabbits, which are cute and lifelike.

The deaf-mute old eunuch who had been kneeling on the side of the courtyard raised his head at this moment, and said ahhh full of fear, as if saying that he carved them all.

When Luo Bai saw the pile of wood carvings, his eyes immediately shone, but before he could take a closer look, Chu Yuzhao waved his hand indifferently: "Take them all away."

The guard carried the bed sheet and left, Luo Bai felt a little regretful in his heart, but when the guard passed by him, he suddenly felt a familiar aura.

To Luo Bai, that aura represented eerie coldness and terror, which made him feel goosebumps all over his body at that moment.

ah!The ghost doll is here.

Luo Bai quickly looked around, only seeing the guards, but not the shadow of the ghost doll.As the guards approached and left, the aura became stronger and faded away, causing Luo Bai's eyes to fall on the bed sheet he was carrying.

The smell of the ghost doll is in the wood carvings inside the bed sheet.

Seeing that the guard was about to leave, Luo Bai suddenly ran forward and grabbed the bed sheet in his hand.

The imperial guard was startled, and hurriedly shouted: "What are you doing?"

"Let me see, let me see." Luo Bai said.

The imperial guards often saw Luo Bai wandering in front of the Qiande Palace, and knew that his identity was unclear, so they should not be treated roughly.But the emperor was here at this time, so he couldn't care less, and scolded in a low voice: "Let go."

Luo Bai grabbed the bed sheet and didn't let it go: "I'll just take a look, just take a look."

The guard wanted to push his hand away, but Hong Si came over: "What happened?"

Luo Bai didn't care much, and said to Hong Si: "Brother Hong Si, there is something in this bed sheet."

"what?"

Chu Yuzhao originally turned his back to this side, but he also turned his head when he heard Luo Bai's voice, and asked with a frown, "What's wrong?"

The guard hurriedly said: "Young Master Luo...he won't let these wood carvings be taken away."

Luo Bai could only say: "I think it's possible, maybe, ghost doll, um, this is it."

Chu Yuzhao was stunned for a moment, then with a solemn expression, he said, "Bring me that pile of wood carvings."

As soon as the words were finished, the deaf-mute old eunuch, who had been kneeling by the side of the courtyard, had a good time, his hands on the ground were slowly clasped tightly, and sweat oozed from the corners of his forehead.

The imperial guards spread out the sheets on the ground, and several lanterns moved up to illuminate the pile of wood carvings.Hong Si pulled the wood carvings with his hands, Luo Bai's eyes followed his fingers, and when he picked up one of the wood carvings, his eyeballs immediately stuck to it.

It's this, it's this!

At the same time, Chu Yuzhao's hasty voice also sounded: "Wait."

Chu Yuzhao stretched out his hand suddenly, and snatched the wooden carving from the guard's hand, as if he was afraid of someone scrambling for it.

It was a wooden pony, and the carver was obviously much more immature than other wood carvings. One of the horse's legs was slightly bent, and the wood had a rather old dark color, which was slightly different from the light color of other wood carvings. .

"This is what I made for Ce before, and this is the pony I made for Ce with my own hands." Chu Yuzhao's voice trembled uncontrollably, and it was as hoarse as a handful of sand mixed in his throat.

Holding the pony in his palm, he suddenly felt a throbbing in his heart, and someone seemed to be whispering in his ear, calling his brother softly with a breathy voice.

There was a flash of hot flashes in his eyes, no need to ask, no need to confirm, at this moment he was sure that Yu Ce's soul was attached to this wooden horse.

Hong Si also leaned over at this moment, looked at the wooden pony, then at Chu Yuzhao, and called out to His Majesty worriedly.

Chu Yuzhao had a look of sadness and joy on his face, and murmured: "Luo Bai said before that Yu Ce was talking to him, and he was saying kittens, kittens... In fact, what Yu Ce was talking about was not kittens, but The pony. He wanted to give a reminder that it was the pony that trapped his soul."

Chu Yuzhao stared at the pony for another moment, put it into his sleeve cherishingly, then turned around slowly, and looked at the deaf-mute old eunuch kneeling on the ground.

"You have been called Fu. When I was young, you taught me how to carve a wooden pony. The pony that Yuce made was only carved by you when I was instructed." Chu Yuzhao had a lamp behind his face. , only his cold voice could be heard.

Hong Si was about to say that the eunuch was deaf and dumb, when he raised his head and replied rudely: "Your Majesty still remembers this old slave, and this old slave is terrified."

"Who ordered you?"

"No one ordered."

"Then what is your purpose in doing this? Why do you want to harm me? Why do you want to harm my younger brother?" Chu Yuzhao asked sharply.

Doing the emperor's secret work, not too many people know about it, Hong Si hastily gestured behind him.The imperial guards retreated immediately and exited the courtyard gate, leaving only Hong Si and Luo Bai behind.

Guo Fu didn't answer this time, but slowly knelt up straight, stared at the front with cloudy eyes, and said calmly: "The old slave has nothing to say."

The door creaked behind him and was pulled open. Concubine Cao stood at the door with tears still on her face, and she shouted sharply, "Guo Fu, have you been wronged? Have you?"

Guo Fu turned around abruptly and called out to his mother.

"Guo Fu, you have served me for many years, and you are honest and responsible. Who forced you to do this?"

Guo Fu cried silently, opened his toothless mouth, and said in a vague way: "My lady, my lady, the servant was obsessed with ghosts for a while, and I hurt you..."

Luo Bai usually sees him carving wood, and he is very kind, so he has a good impression of him in his heart.Seeing him crying like this now, I couldn't help but leaned forward a few steps, wanting to pat him comfortingly.

But when he was about to approach Guofu, Chu Yuzhao suddenly shouted: "Luo Bai, come back."

"Ah?" As soon as Luo Bai asked, he felt his neck being strangled from behind, and the side of his neck was pressed against a cold sharp blade.

"Don't move, don't move, or I'll stab him to death." Guo Fu's hoarse voice rang in his ear.

Luo Bai was stunned for a moment, he hurriedly said: "It's me, Luo Bai who often sees you making woodcarvings, I also gave you mulberries, did you recognize the wrong person?" After finishing speaking, he tried to turn around. Turned his head to look at Guofu, "We know each other, look at me, look at my face, you must have mistaken the person."

"I told you not to move! Also don't talk." Guo Fu's hand moved forward a little, Luo Bai felt a tingling pain on his neck, as if a warm liquid crawled over that skin, and immediately fell silent.

"And that guard, if you draw your sword again, I'll stab him to death!"

Chu Yuzhao has been standing calmly, at this time he raised his hand to stop Hong Si who was drawing his sword, and said in a deep voice, "Luo Bai, don't move."

Luo Bai looked at Chu Yuzhao who was opposite, saw his dark eyes staring at him without blinking, and said meekly: "I will obey my brother, I will not move."

"Guofu, what are you going to do?" Concubine Cao said with a trembling voice: "Master and servant, I don't think I have done anything wrong to you these years, if you still care about the relationship between master and servant, let go Dao, tell the story clearly in the future, and I will ask His Majesty for your grace and save my life."

Guo Fu dragged Luo Bai back to the corner of the wall, leaning his back against the wall, and said with a sad smile: "Madam, this old slave knows that he must die, and he never thought of living. Holding the young master in his hand at this moment is nothing more than wanting to have time." Let me talk to you."

"Let go of Mr. Luo, won't His Majesty give you time to talk?" Hong Si shouted.

"You and I are both aware of the emperor's means. This old slave doesn't want to suffer those living crimes. This old slave has not wanted to speak for many years, and only wants to finish his sentence before he dies."

Hong Si still wanted to say something, but Chu Yuzhao interrupted coldly: "Let him talk."

Guo Fu tightened Luo Bai's neck, and slowly opened his mouth towards Concubine Cao, "Madam, some time ago, this old slave left the palace and went to the riverside to secretly burn paper for the third prince at night."

Concubine Cao, who was holding on to the door frame, stood upright. After hearing the third prince's voice, her body swayed slightly.

……

On a winter night, there are no people beside the moat, only water flowing slowly from the frozen river.Guo Fu hunched his back and carried a lantern, went down the path to the river beach, and then got under a bridge hole.

Today is the anniversary of the death of the third prince Chu Yuchi, burning paper is not allowed in the palace, and the empress is locked in her room without eating or drinking all day, so he finds an excuse to leave the palace and burns a few knives of paper for the third prince.

When the burning was halfway through, a voice suddenly sounded from behind: "What's the use of burning such paper money? The dead can't receive it. It's nothing more than taking advantage of those brats."

Guo Fu never likes to be in contact with people. He pretended to be deaf and dumb when he was in the palace, but at this time he was so frightened by the sound that he forgot about his deafness. He turned around suddenly and found a person sitting on the big rock behind him.

It was a middle-aged monk with a thin face and narrow eyes. Under the light of the lantern, a shallow scar on the left lip was clearly visible.

The uniform Guo Fu was wearing today was not eunuch attire, so he pretended not to hear it, and turned around to continue burning paper.

"The poor monk can't talk about reaching the heavens and the earth, but he can also perceive ghosts. The person you worshiped didn't die at the end of his life, it can be said that he died an untimely death, so the dead soul has resentment in his heart, which often accumulates. If he doesn't get rid of this breath, he will never be able to give birth. , became a lonely ghost, and was bullied by other little ghosts. He couldn’t receive the money you burned tonight, he couldn’t receive it, and it was just cheap for those little ghosts.”

Guo Fu was angry, but he didn't dare to say anything, he just wanted to burn the paper quickly and return to the palace.But the monk walked up to him and squatted down, and continued: "The deceased was not very old, but the resentment was so high... If you read correctly, he was killed by his own blood relatives, so he felt resentful Too late to reincarnate."

Guo Fu's hands trembled, then he picked up another piece of yellow paper and continued to light it silently.

"Hey, if you don't send him to reincarnate, and miss the last moment to open the ghost gate, it will be too late, too late..." The monk stood up, shook his head and walked to the shore.

Hearing this was too late, Guo Fu couldn't bear it any longer, and called out to him with a hoarse voice: "Master, dare to ask Master, what should we do to send the dead away?"

The monk stood still, turned his back to Guo Fu and said slowly, "It's not difficult to solve it, but you have to pay a heavy price."

"As long as the dead can rest in peace, no matter what the price is, even my life." Guo Fu hissed.

After thinking for a while, the monk said: "To let the deceased rest in peace, you have fulfilled his unfulfilled wish. The deceased is not dying, and the only wish is to get rid of the person who killed him."

"Get rid of the person who killed him!" Guo Fu stood up abruptly, the flames jumping in the brazier reflected the fear in his old eyes.

The monk tilted his head slightly, and sneered mockingly: "Why? Don't you dare? I just said that no matter what the price is, even if it's your life, it turned out to be empty talk, empty talk..."

Seeing that the monk turned around and was about to leave again, Guo Fu gritted his teeth and said, "It's not that I dare not get rid of the person who killed him, but that I simply can't do it, and I have no chance to even get close to him."

The monk turned his head to look at him, as if he could see his determination, and smiled after a while: "The poor monk has a way, as long as you can get the objects of the dead blood relatives of the person you want to get rid of, and they have not been contaminated with the spirit of death. , it can make that person slowly exhausted, like suffering from a disease that is ignored by medicine and stones, and no reason can be found out, until he finally dies..."

……

In the courtyard of Ningcui Palace, several people were silently listening to Guo Fu's narration.

When Guo Fu said this, he looked at Chu Yuzhao with tears on his face: "Because I want to cast a spell on the bones, the old slave can't hide it, so I have to say that the one who was cast is the fourth prince, and the bones are in the Longpan Emperor's Mausoleum. The traveling monk actually said that this is not a difficult task, just leave it to him, and let the old slave only need to find the belongings of the fourth prince."

"When the fourth prince was young, he loved watching the old slave carve gadgets, and he would show the old slave his favorite wooden carvings. Once, he left a wooden horse with the old slave. The old slave wanted to return it to him. , As a result, something happened to the fourth prince, and the wooden horse didn't have time to return it."

Hearing this, Luo Bai couldn't help whispering: "I also like the wood carvings you made."

Chu Yuzhao glanced at Luo Bai, no emotion could be seen on his gloomy face, but there was a hint of warning in his eyes.

Luo Bai immediately fell silent.

Guo Fu seemed to be taken aback, but he ignored Luo Bai, and continued: "The traveling monk asked the old slave to go back to the palace to get the wooden horse. He went to the imperial mausoleum to set up an army. The old slave was worried that he would be disrespectful to the bones of the fourth prince, so he made a special trip. I have asked, if that is the case, the old slave will not do it."

He tilted his head and wiped his tears on his shoulders, and continued tremblingly: "The old slave didn't want to harm the fourth prince, but the monk said it was okay, he just practiced mantras beside the coffin. The fourth prince is just a blood relative, there will be no Without any influence, the old slave decided to continue."

"Three days later, the old slave went to the address agreed with him, which is the Hongshun Inn at Caishikou in the eastern suburbs. He was waiting at the inn and said that he had been to the imperial mausoleum and set up the formation. I doubt it, how can there be a group of people who help like this, and even made a special trip to the imperial mausoleum to set up an army, but the arrow is on the string and has to be fired, even if it is caught by him, I have to grit my teeth and continue."

"He performed a spell on the wooden horse, and returned it to the old slave, saying that as long as the color of the wooden horse turns black, it means that the spell is backfired, and three silver needles must be pierced into the top of the wooden horse, and the spell will continue."

Guo Fu looked at Concubine Cao again: "Madam, this old slave was fascinated by that traveling monk, and if he believed what he said, it would not have any effect on the fourth prince, and he didn't know that he would do such things to the corpse of the fourth prince." , but in the end it dragged you down."

He burst into tears, kicked the wall three times with his heels, and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, Guofu has been with you for so long, and I can no longer serve you. You have to go down by yourself in the future. There is no way for Guofu to kowtow to you." , These three sounds are all kowtow to the empress."

After Hong Si heard this sentence, he secretly said badly, fearing that he would commit suicide immediately and hurt Luo Bai before he died, so he started to draw his sword very slightly.At the same time, Chu Yuzhao, who caught a glimpse in front of him, raised his right hand slightly, and calmly held the Fengxue knife at his waist.

The Fengxue knife did not make any sound, and slowly unsheathed, revealing a section of sharp edge under the moonlight.

The author has something to say:

Let's go through the plot, and the relationship will develop later. I like these two people very much. The relationship between them will be very strange and rare. Luo Bai will make Chu Yuzhao vomit blood out of anger.