When the devil

[Great Cold in the 39th Year of Zhaoli]

Around Yin time, Gu Xiao's condition suddenly deteriorated.

There was no one around his bedroom, only a little eunuch came to send a message. The head guard on duty came in a hurry, and followed the eunuch all the way, but there was no sound outside the door. When he entered, he found Gu Xiao sitting alone on the couch , looked like he was asleep.

The head guard's knees softened, and everyone knelt down, their faces turning cold.

The little eunuch waited beside him without moving, and looked over the layout of the room with his eyes.It seems to be cooler here than outside. There are two cups of tea on the small table in front of the recliner. One cup is empty and the other cup has not been moved. The outside of the cup is full of moisture. He bent down to touch the cup, but was stung by the inexplicable coldness of the cup. All palpitations.

"Who has been to His Majesty's bedroom in the middle of the night?" the head guard asked him back.

"I have no way of knowing." The little eunuch said: "Your Majesty never lets anyone disturb you, and the servants can only wait outside all night."

Chief Guard: "How did you learn about His Majesty's condition?"

The little eunuch said: "Your Majesty once said that if the fire in the hall goes out, let the servants call people in."

After he finished speaking, the chief guard turned his gaze to the side. There was a long-extinguished candle on the desk, more than half burned.Strange to say, this kind of sacrificial candles are not used for lighting in the palace on weekdays. The head guard touched it with his hand, and it was stinging cold, which made him stop quickly.

The little eunuch buried his head in the darkness and remained silent.

"Hurry up and pass on the Imperial Physician and the Imperial Academy."

The head guard growled hoarsely.

"There are... monsters in the palace, Your Majesty will meet...!"

Before he finished speaking, the little eunuch suddenly rushed towards him, the white knife went in, the red knife came out, in the flickering light, the head guard's pupils dilated, watching the face of the little eunuch in front of him gradually distort.

No, it's not just that.

The messy light overlapped in his eyes, he thought he was wrong, or in other words, the pain of tearing his body didn't allow him any chance to think.

It seemed that a huge shadow spread along Gu Xiao's feet, climbed up the golden dragon robe, and merged into the dry neck that was crooked beside the backrest.

Scars spread across the body, engraved with brand marks, blood gushed out, dripped on the ground, and slowly merged into a strange magic circle.

Like the manjusawa blooming in the dark night, in the blink of an eye, the entire hall was turned into blood red.

The bell rang, echoing long before dawn.

Yudu City was shrouded in a thick fog by the endless falling snow, and the noise never stopped, just like this endlessly, echoing from nightmare to reality.

It wasn't because of the sound of the bell that Wei Ling woke up. The powerful demonic aura was so ostentatiously exposed in the air, even if he wanted to think it was an illusion.

"The city is in chaos, fearful of evil spirits approaching."

A man's deep voice came from outside the door. Wei Ling thought for a while before remembering that Lao Li was talking.

Before dawn outside, the sky and the earth were shrouded in a strange dark red.The hunched figure of Old Li was reflected outside the door frame in the bloodthirsty sky, and there was a trace of inexplicable ferocity.

It's a demon array.

Although it is not the same as what Wei Ling felt at the beginning, the icy breath that fluctuates in every inch of the air is so familiar, as if turning the world into a demon realm, or in other words, making people fall into a demonic nightmare that can never wake up .

"What happened outside?" Wei Ling put on her clothes.

The figure outside remained motionless, and stated in a steady voice: "The emperor passed away last night."

Wei Ling was slightly taken aback.

"There is some kind of demon formation on his body, which was released after death. Maybe there are too many people who hate him, and those lonely ghosts have gathered here. The Taili Court ordered the residents of the city not to go out, so as not to be corrupted by the dead souls. "

The door frames and window rails were covered with ice, a thin layer seeping into the cracks.What's amazing is that this abnormal situation doesn't show any evil spirit, as if everything is so natural.

Wei Ling had guessed for a long time. Regarding Lao Li's identity, his aura was so clean that he didn't even smell like a living person. Maybe he was an immortal with a very high cultivation level, or maybe it was some kind of A powerful monster, at this moment, Lao Li standing at the door is definitely not as simple as sending a message to him.

"You come to stare at me, whose order is it?" Wei Ling didn't want to go around in circles with him, so he got straight to the point.

"The Immortal is a guest of the palace, so I naturally want to protect the Immortal well."

That's what You Wang Gu Yuan meant.

Wei Ling said: "You Prince's Mansion doesn't have any guards, you don't take good care of your master, come and see if I'm putting the cart before the horse?"

Old Li said: "Don't worry about the immortal, the prince's luck has always been very good."

Hearing the word "luck", Wei Ling felt a little uncomfortable for some reason. The Wangchuan sword was beside the bed. Without saying a word, he raised the scabbard with his fingertips, flung it aside, and stabbed in the direction where Lao Li's shadow was. .

The blade of the sword broke through the crack of the door, tearing the broken ice with dazzling light, Lao Li's shadow disintegrated into smoke, and drifted away at a very fast speed, Wei Ling kicked the door open, thinking that Lao Li would just escape, but unexpectedly the door A wind and snow surged from outside, covering the surroundings at an exaggerated speed, turning the place where the line of sight went into a vast and pale.

Wei Ling tried to move her frozen fingers, pointed the blade upwards, pointed at the blurred figure from a distance, and said in a low voice, "Yaoxie."

The ice crystals condensed on the Wangchuan Sword little by little, making a crisp sound of "Kakaka". Wei Ling felt that the blood all over his body was frozen, and he didn't even have a chance to breathe, and fell into thousands of ice caves and extremely cold abysses.

The old face in front of him shattered like a cracked ice cube, with smiling lips and creepy cold eyes.

"I don't intend to be your enemy, you can go if you want, it's my persuasion, you don't listen to my persuasion."

His voice sounded very light and gentle, completely unable to blend in with Lao Li's initial impression of being crooked.

but--

Yaoxie didn't give Wei Ling any more time to think, and the whistling wind in his ears stopped quickly, turning into falling snow and falling to the ground.

Endless white disappeared.

Wei Ling froze for a moment, the chill oppressing him quickly disappeared, as if everything just now was just a nightmare.He hesitated for a moment holding the sword, and finally relaxed a little, Lao Li was no longer in front of his eyes.

I'm afraid that the demon just now won't lose to the four fierce beasts. Such a dangerous thing has been in the Prince You's Mansion, and even appeared in front of them more than once...

You Wang Gu Yuan is indeed not simple.

Wei Ling thought.

Unfortunately, now is not the time to pursue Gu Yuan.

Because, at this moment, a large number of court attendants of the Taili Court poured in from outside the door, and they lined up along the porches on both sides, and soon surrounded the other courtyard.Yu Wanfeng was the last one to come in through the door. He walked straight towards Wei Ling, his eyes lightly swept around, and finally fell on the sword that Wei Ling hadn't had time to put away.

The silence lasted for a moment, and was broken by Yu Wanfeng's calm voice: "Receive."

The attendants immediately dispersed and searched the Prince You's mansion in an orderly manner.

Wei Ling waited quietly, waiting for Yu Wanfeng to speak, but Yu Wanfeng walked up to him, leaned slightly, wiped off the ice crystals left on the Wangchuan Sword, and rubbed it with his fingertips.

"Why is there only one person left in such a big Prince You's mansion." After speaking, he straightened his body again: "Fortunately, the person I am looking for is you, otherwise I would have returned empty-handed."

Wei Ling didn't let go of Yu Wanfeng's little action just now, and asked, "Do you have any impression of the ice crystals on my sword?"

"Yes." Yu Wanfeng said without changing his face: "Your Majesty's heart was dug out last night, and until now, that hole is still covered with ice."

Wei Ling was slightly taken aback, and unconsciously opened her eyes wide when she heard Yu Wanfeng's words.

Yu Wanfeng just laughed, and said again: "Such a dangerous monster approached you, but Wuwu didn't show up. It's strange, really strange."

To be honest, Wei Ling is a little dazed now. He just returned to Yudu and slept. It seems that some earth-shaking changes have taken place in this short night, and he has not been able to adapt well until now.

However, Yu Wanfeng was right in front of him, neither an enemy nor a friend, but he had to guard against it.So, he chose the most straightforward question to answer: "What do you want from me?"

Yu Wanfeng changed quickly, as if he could calmly deal with whatever Wei Ling said, and when the topic returned to the beginning, he showed a very modest attitude.

"The crown prince wants to see you. Is Xianzun free, come with me to the palace?"

After saying this, he turned sideways and made a "please" gesture.

Wei Ling breathed a sigh of relief, and put the sword back into the scabbard.

"Lead the way."

A magic circle was formed outside the city wall, like a layer of transparent eggshells, firmly wrapping the entire Yudu City outside.

Outside the city, the bones were piled all over the ground, they were scattered and lying on the ground, and after a while they were pulled together by some strange force, stood up, and slammed into the magic circle one after another.

At this moment, the city is completely silent, not like it should be during the catastrophe.Shen Feihuan was hiding in the watchtower not far from Prince You's Mansion in the clothes of a court attendant. He watched Wei Ling leave with the Taili Court, thinking that he was a step too late, but when he was about to leave, he saw that he was staying in Prince You's mansion. The actions of the legal servants of the Taili Court searched here were a bit strange, especially those near the backyard. As soon as Yu Wanfeng stepped forward, their movements stopped in place.

Shen Feihuan's angle was somewhat blocked, and he was about to get closer, when he suddenly found that the pond in the backyard seemed to have a thin layer of white, and he suddenly realized that it was ice.

For those who stood still, their bodies covered by clothes had already been frozen into ice cubes.

"Your eyes are so good, you can see clearly from such a distance."

Suddenly someone beside him spoke, and Shen Feihuan was startled, subconsciously jumping away.He is like a frightened rabbit, absolutely alert to the wind and grass.

But this time, he was careless.Maybe the other party didn't have any murderous intent, or maybe he was too obsessed with the matter in front of him, when Shen Feihuan saw that the person beside him was You Wang Gu Yuan, the chill that appeared in his eyes was forced to hide under his lowered eyes and fingertips .

"I didn't intend to scare you." Gu Yuan raised her cloak to cover her face, "It just happened to be hiding here."

Shen Feihuan glanced around, the buildings nearby were uneven, it was indeed a good place to hide.

However, this is really unreasonable.

"The emperor passed away, and the prince won't enter the palace. Who else is there to play hide-and-seek with here?"

Shen Feihuan asked him.

Gu Yuan smiled softly: "Last night, my king was out drinking and drinking, so he had to sleep until noon to hear the news, right?"

Shen Feihuan said: "The bell has been ringing all morning, and there are hordes of demons outside the city."

Gu Yuan: "Business girls don't know the hatred of subjugation, but they still sing about flowers in the backyard across the river."

Shen Feihuan snorted, feeling that there was no need to dwell on this topic any longer, he said: "What does the lord want from me, just tell me."

Gu Yuan squinted her eyes and smiled, as if she still had some interest in going around in circles.

Shen Feihuan also raised his face, followed his smile and continued: "Excuse me, but it should be said that it is rare for Shen to meet the prince by chance, so why don't you guess what God's will is?"

Gu Yuan's smile deepened, he squatted down tiredly, resting his chin with one hand, while walking on the white snow covered with glazed tiles with the other hand: "Where did you hide Dabai?"

Shen Feihuan's eyes became cold again.

"You have also seen that those ghosts and monsters outside the city came from the demon array. Dabai was distracted by the demonic nature. If you don't watch carefully, you will end up in the same end." Gu Yuan twisted the snowflakes, Li rubbed it into a snowball: "Time is precious. To make a long story short, the emperor's death means that the prince will soon ascend the throne. The empress can't wait for the ceremony to sacrifice to heaven. The debt that should be paid will have to be paid off in a few days."

Shen Feihuan was silent, waiting for him to continue.

Gu Yuan played with the snowball: "As long as Dabai doesn't join in, when the farce is over and the demon formation is gone, the demon nature in his body will naturally be controlled—"

Shen Feihuan said: "You know exactly what the monster in his body is."

Gu Yuan nodded: "Yes, but Chaos is different. Whether it is Wuwu or Taotie, they all came into the world because of a contract. Chaos... was a little mischievous, and came to the world with Dabai on his own initiative. He, or no one will get close to him to get involved with him, for monsters without a contract, the longer they stay in the human world, the weaker their monster power will be, and sooner or later they will kill themselves."

A confused look flashed across Shen Feihuan's face: "Is this demon formation made by the queen, or..."

"Empress." Gu Yuan said, "But the magic circle is set up on Your Majesty. The imperial doctor manipulated the demon, crushed the rosary into powder, and mixed it with medicine for the emperor to take."

Hearing this, Shen Feihuan was a little stunned: "She wants to let those lonely ghosts divide the emperor and eat him on the day of the heaven sacrifice ceremony?"

"Yes. It's a pity that she didn't expect His Majesty's body to be unable to bear it at all, and eventually deteriorated rapidly—"

"Impossible." Shen Feihuan interrupted Gu Yuan: "The empress is so meticulous in her calculations, it is impossible to make mistakes in the most critical places."

Gu Yuan didn't change her face, but the conversation changed a lot: "It makes sense, the queen intends to let your majesty die on the day of the ceremony, but someone preemptively messed up the queen's position."

According to this logic, people on the queen's side should be excluded first.

Gu Yuan put the snowball under her hand, clapped her palms together, and smashed the snowball.

"Okay, it's time for me to go to the palace." He stood up, shaking the snow on his clothes: "You have to take care of Dabai, and don't let him enter Yudu City."

Shen Feihuan raised his head, he wanted to say something, but was swept away by the sudden snowstorm.

When the wind and snow cleared, Gu Yuan was no longer in front of her.