After I left, the devil was distraught

"Daoist Bai, Daoist Liu, there have been too many trivial matters in the mansion recently, and you have been negligent. Please come in quickly, ahem..." After saying a few words, King Hui was a little out of breath.

After resting for a while, he continued: "If the two Taoist priests can catch this evil spirit, my lord, ahem... I will definitely reward you a lot..."

Seeing this, Xue Qiong couldn't help feeling a little doubt in her heart, but it didn't show on his face, he just nodded very politely and said: "Don't worry, my lord, I will do my best."

This King Hui was clearly in his prime, but he looked haggard and dying, even speaking was very difficult, he almost had to stop for a rest after speaking a few words.

After struggling to finish what he wanted to say, King Hui was bending over and coughing hard.

The concubine on the side supported him with a worried face, patted his back and comforted him softly: "My lord, don't worry, speak slowly..."

Xiaotuanzi held Xueqiong's sleeve tightly with his small hands, and stood obediently beside Xueqiong, staring straight ahead, as if he was not interested in anything, but he looked at the concubine with a hint of doubt in his eyes .

The concubine patted for a while, and she didn't stop until King Hui stood up straight.

She seemed to raise her head inadvertently, and glanced at Xueqiong and Liu Fengmian beside her, with an imperceptible scorn flashing in her eyes.

After a pause, she turned to look at Xiao Tuanzi at the side, but her eyes trembled, suddenly stained with greed.

There was a hint of a smile on the corner of her lips, and she quickly walked up to Xiaotuanzi, and stretched out her hand to touch Xiaotuanzi's cheek with a smile on her face.

Xiaotuanzi reacted very quickly, and quickly took a step back to avoid it, and the little brows were tightly frowned.

The little concubine was caught off guard, and a trace of displeasure quickly flashed across her face, but she continued to speak with a smile: "My child, what are you hiding from?"

"Sister just thinks you're cute and wants to touch you, don't be afraid..." Saying that, the concubine reached out and tried to touch Xiaotuanzi again.

This time, Xiaotuanzi didn't hide anymore, but there was disgust in his eyes.When the concubine's hand was about to touch him, Xiaotuanzi quickly reached out and scratched her hard.

The concubine was so scratched that she couldn't maintain the smile on her face, but she didn't say much, but looked at Xiaotuanzi with a sinister look in her eyes.

Seeing this, King Hui frowned suddenly, looked at Xiaotuanzi with displeasure, and spoke with difficulty in his throat.

"This child, cough cough...it's too ignorant...how can it hurt people...cough cough..."

As he said that, he still cared and took the concubine's hand and kneaded it for a while, looking extra caring.

Xue Qiong trembled at the bottom of her eyes, frowned slightly, she quietly protected Xiao Tuanzi behind her, looked up at King Hui and said coldly: "I am timid, I don't like being touched by others, I hope the prince will forgive me. "

King Hui was still a little aggrieved, but the concubine at the side graciously said it was okay, and then helped King Hui to sit in the lobby.

Xue Qiong looked away silently, already having some calculations in his heart, he then gently pinched Xiaotuanzi's soft little hand, and asked softly, "Ah Jin, do you feel unwell?"

"Master, I'm fine." Xiaotuanzi shook his head, and answered with a pure and obedient expression.

Liu Fengmian on the side clicked his tongue twice, watching the actions of the two, hesitant to speak for a while.

This is the first time he has seen Xueqiong like this. They often deal with evil spirits on weekdays, and it is common for them to be injured. He has never seen this person care about him so much. They didn't even meet each other, but this person had a look of concern that he couldn't hide.

Although Liu Fengmian wanted to say some complaints, but considering Xiaotuanzi's fondness for holding grudges, he finally kept his mouth shut and didn't say anything. He just paused and said, "Xueqiong, let's go look elsewhere?"

Xue Qiong looked back at him, nodded slightly and said softly: "Okay."

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In the backyard of the palace, the sound of wooden fish came from an inconspicuous room.

In the house, the eminent monks meditated and chanted scriptures, and the Taoist priests sprinkled dog blood with the practice. It seemed that they were too busy.

Xueqiong was about to go in and take a look, but suddenly noticed several corpses covered by white cloth in the center of the room. He looked at the innocent little dumpling beside him, stopped immediately, turned and went elsewhere.

After roughly turning around, the three of them returned to the lobby.

There were quite a few people sitting in the lobby, all drawing talismans and chanting sutras trying to find the evil spirit.

Xueqiong led Xiaotuanzi, and sat down in an empty corner.

Liu Fengmian also followed, wondering: "Xue Qiong? Are we not looking for it?"

"Don't worry, wait a little longer." Xue Qiong shook her head and said softly, but kept her eyes on King Hui and his concubine who were sitting on the main seat.

Xiaotuanzi was not very interested in these, he just noticed the delicate little oranges on the small table.

It was the first time he had seen oranges like this. He had seen oranges on the mountain before, but they had been pecked by birds long ago. It was the first time he had seen such beautiful and small oranges.

Xiaotuanzi looked up at Xueqiong, thought for a while, reached out and took one and peeled it carefully.

After peeling the orange, he immediately stuffed the peeled orange into Xue Qiong's hand as if offering a treasure, and said with a smile, "Master, eat this."

Xueqiong looked back at Xiaotuanzi, took a pause before taking the peeled orange, and said softly, "...Thank you, Ah Jin."

Liu Fengmian had already followed suit and sat down on the stool next to him, and couldn't help teasing when he saw this, "Little Ah Jin, I'll peel one off for Uncle Liu too."

Hearing this, Xiaotuanzi turned to look at Liu Fengmian, picked up a small orange and peeled it in his hand again, and said softly, "Okay, Uncle Liu."

It clearly sounded like a normal sentence, but Liu Fengmian shuddered when he heard it. When he looked again, he could no longer see the surly look in Xiaotuanzi's eyes. It seemed that he had misread it.

But he was sure that he was right. Liu Fengmian immediately shook his head and said quickly, "No, no, no, I'm just teasing you. Peel it and eat it yourself."

Xueqiong was eating the orange peeled by Xiaotuanzi, pet by petal, not noticing the farce between the two.

While paying attention to the two people on the main seat, he couldn't help but think of the embers back then.

Whether it was in the past or now, Ember always seemed to like to feed him, but most of the time they hadn't been able to sit down and get along with each other calmly like now.

They have always had a grudge, from Ember's disbelief in him at the beginning, to his heart as ashes later, to all kinds of entanglements after he lost his memory, and finally to his resolute letting go after he regained his memory.

It's been so long, it feels like a lifetime away when I think about it now.

Although he evaded repeatedly, he still couldn't let go of what he imagined.

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On the main seat, the concubine said something to King Hui with a smile, and then got up and left the main room alone.

Seeing this, Xueqiong suddenly came back to her senses, and said calmly: "Ajin, brother Fengmian, follow me."

After saying that, he quickly led Xiaotuanzi and left the main room, Liu Fengmian followed behind them.

The three of them hid their breath and quietly followed the concubine to the garden.

There was no one in the garden at this time, only a little maid was watering the flowers, trembling uncontrollably, as if extremely nervous and frightened.

So after seeing the concubine who suddenly appeared, she accidentally spilled water on him.

When such a thing happened suddenly, the little maid suddenly knelt down in fear and began to kowtow to admit her mistake.

The concubine silently covered the maid's mouth, looked around to make sure there was no one around, and then suddenly revealed her true colors.

His fat body broke through the human skin in an instant, and his nails began to grow wildly. He raised his hand and stabbed at the maid.

The servant girl was frightened instantly, her eyes widened, she trembled and even forgot to call for help.

In a blink of an eye, Xue Qiong quickly set up a barrier around Xiaotuanzi's side, and then revealed her real body and attacked with a sword.

Liu Fengmian also changed from his usual teasing look, and jumped up with a serious face, slashing at the monster.

The monster was pinched by the two, and it didn't care about the little maid in its hand at the moment, so it let go and took a step back to avoid the attack of the two.

The servant girl was frightened, and as soon as she was let go, she crawled out of the garden with all hands and feet.

"How did you find me?" The monster asked angrily with a distorted expression.

The monster was born extremely ugly, and the flesh on his face trembled as he spoke.

Xueqiong frowned, and said in a deep voice: "You don't need to know, you killed someone, you must die today!"

After saying that, Xue Qiong once again gathered her spiritual power to attack, and Liu Fengmian also tried her best to help.

During the fight, the whole garden flew sand and stones.

The angry roar of the monster quickly attracted everyone.

King Hui was supported by the young servant, panting, followed the crowd and came over.

He saw the very familiar human skin at the feet of the monster at a glance, and he was terrified.

Thinking about the obsessions of the past few days, King Hui suddenly turned pale and almost fainted. He held on to the servant beside him so as not to fall, and shouted at the top of his voice tremblingly: "Kill him quickly! Go up together! Quick, kill, ahem...kill him!"

All the people following from the side stared at the fight in the center of the garden with wide eyes, but no one dared to go up.Although they call themselves masters on weekdays, in fact they only know some simple supernatural rituals, and they dare not really fight with demons.

Xue Qiong and Liu Fengmian fought the monster together for a while, but they were still unable to subdue it.Because the monster swallowed eight living souls in a few days, the demonic aura was extremely heavy.

Discovering this, Xue Qiong couldn't help frowning slightly, and her heart sank.

He subconsciously raised his eyes to look at the little ember that was protected in the barrier not far away, turned his eyes and pursed his lips resolutely slipped through his palm, dyed the sword red with blood and attacked it again.

In the enchantment, Xiaotuanzi's eyes turned red when he saw it, and his voice was terrified: "Master!"

A trace of violence flashed across his bright red eyes, which turned a little red with the naked eye.