God and mystery

Chapter 5 I haven't tried, you're dead
Zhentanmu killed the fire monster Zheng Fuda, and this time he used too much force and directly killed it, which Ji Xiang did not expect.

When the predecessor used the altar wood, it did not have such great power.

No matter how high your kung fu is, you are still afraid of kitchen knives; no matter how good your spells are, you will be knocked down with a single brick.

"I didn't even try, and you died."

Ji Xiang looked at the incense ashes scattered all over the ground in front of him, and the fire boy in the ochre red clothes had already run away.

Oops, fellow Daoist didn't keep it.

No one answered his own question now.

The shattered incense wafted, Ji Xiang stepped forward and stretched out his hand, and the incense automatically drilled down his fingertips, all of which were swallowed by Ji Xiang.

With a wave of the board, take away all the incense, don't waste it.

"The fire spell that burns people appears from the incense, and there are fire monsters that come and go freely with the help of the fire escape. It should be the fire escape. This predecessor of mine is really knowledgeable, and I have seen this kind of spell."

"Killing the people who may solve the case before committing the crime is preparing for a major event."

"This palace is really dangerous. People don't hurt tigers, but tigers hurt people's hearts."

Longde Hall, if you don't go out and call, no one will come in for three or five days.

Therefore, if it is to create a sensational murder case in the Forbidden City, or to lead some political storms, this is not a good place, and the palace is the most powerful place in the Ming Dynasty, and normal wild ghosts come in and die violently.

"And Guowei didn't suppress this person, which means that he was awarded a reward not long ago. He is a human being, or a ghost, but no matter what it is, he must be a 'righteous god' with a career now."

"But even if you become a righteous god, the Fire Killing Curse can kill a small Taoist priest who is not high in cultivation, but it is impossible to kill a member of the royal family who is protected by national prestige."

"Then, you can't use fire spells, you can only use ordinary arson methods."

Real high-end assassins always use the most unpretentious means.

Ji Xiang is deducing.

If this righteous god is really going to set fire to the palace, then its target is at least above the prince, and of course the Emperor Wanli himself is not excluded.

The so-called national prestige refers to the prestige of the country. It is linked to the national fortune. When the country prospers, the prestige of the country will be at its peak. All demons and heretics, even lonely ghosts, will be directly crushed into smoke if they approach the place shrouded in national prestige.

Of course, the state of national prestige is changing, and national fortunes are declining.The national prestige will also decline. This kind of power is only aimed at gods, ghosts, and practitioners. If it is a war, mortals will be blessed by the national prestige, so the war of mortals can even determine the life and death of practitioners and gods and ghosts.

In the Forbidden City, as the only mage, look back and watch, but you can't act rashly. It is because you have been certified by the emperor that you can enter and work here. If you don't have certification, under the shroud of national prestige, your magical powers will collapse immediately, and your mana will be completely locked. become mortal.

This is the Forbidden City.

This should be the biggest forbidden place in the world.

But now it seems a little misnamed?
Ji Xiang inherited the cultivation level of a little Taoist priest, but only in the second stage of "building a foundation in a hundred days", but after this rebirth of flesh and blood, the new bones have the color of white jade, and the tendons in the body are golden and have strong flexibility.

Break and then stand, this is the third realm, golden tendons and jade bones.

From the Longde Hall, I found new clothes and put them on, wearing a blue scarf on the head, wearing a sky-blue turtle-snake-patterned crane cloak, and wearing white feathers on his shoulders.

The early morning sun shines into this dark room through the paper window, and the dust drifts are particularly obvious under the sunlight.

Ji Xiang put on his clothes, walked to the incense burner, and straightened the incense burner.

I threw the incense burner out just now, how cool it was, and how troublesome it is to clean it now.

After cleaning the incense ash on the ground, pick up some incense ashes to check.

It is at this time.

The courtyard outside the Longde Hall, the door, was pushed open.

"squeak"

The Longde Hall is at the innermost part of this compound. From a bird's-eye view, it is a long and narrow rectangle, facing south.

The sound was so loud that Ji Xiang heard it and turned away from the incense burner:
"No announcement, no sound, just came in like this?"

"In the memory of this predecessor, the last time the palace servant came to deliver clothes, it seems to be two days ago, where no people come for these three or five days, why is there a sudden movement today?"

When a big man travels here to pray for blessings, someone must have announced it. It seems that since the Wanli Emperor ascended the throne, no big man has been here.

Ji Xiang flicked the incense ash from his fingertips, turned around and opened the door of Longde Hall, suddenly remembered.

Did that boy just now say that a master wants to come here to see his corpse?

Ji Xiang's eyes suddenly became serious.

Opening the gate, the first thing I saw was an eunuch.

Then he looked over and saw a royal boy in uniform.

Black gauze with folded horns and wings, a red collar with narrow sleeves, a gold woven dragon on the front and back and on both shoulders, and leather boots with jade belts.

The appearance is not bad, but the mental state does not seem to be very good, and there is always a gloomy color between the eyebrows.

There are also few attendants around, except for the eunuch who leads the way, there are only two palace servants and no palace maids.

From the moment he opened the door and came in, Ji Xiang felt that something was wrong with this young man's demeanor and movement. He didn't shout loudly, but just walked quietly. Although he was wearing the uniforms of the royal family, the color was obviously dark, not bright new clothes.

Ji Xiang had never seen this person in his memory, and he didn't know him at all. This person should be the first time he came here.

The eunuch came soon, Ji Xiang greeted him and went out, the eunuch said:

"His Royal Highness came to Longde Hall to pray for Concubine Gong's blessing."

Great prince?
Ji Xiang's eyes lowered, his brows furrowed.

Emperor Wanli, his son should be
Ming Guangzong Zhu Changluo, Taichang Emperor.

The future Ming Guangzong, the current eldest prince Zhu Changluo, was born in the tenth year of Wanli and is 15 years old this year.

This person's resume is very sad. His biological mother was a palace maid and was not seen by Emperor Wanli, so that the emperor and another "Zheng Guifei" wanted to get rid of him anytime and anywhere. Since he was born, he has been excluded from the palace.

Emperor Wanli had been procrastinating and did not want to appoint him as the prince, so he was not allowed to go out of the cabinet to receive education until he was 13 years old, that is, two years ago, but he was not allowed to wear the prince's clothes, let alone follow the prince's regulations.

So his formal clothes are other people's regular clothes.

Being unpopular all the year round makes his character look dull and gloomy.

Ji Xiang slowly opened the door and stood aside, not knowing how to talk, just stood with his eyes closed, and someone came in and gave a big gift.

The boy was a little weird.

Since he came in, he has been staring at Ji Xiang, his eyes fixed.

Ji Xiang didn't look up, but he could feel the strangeness in his eyes with a sense of doubt.

In the bottom of my heart, I am afraid that the so-called "lord" of the boy just now is the eldest prince?

This may be interesting, but not yet confirmed.

Suspects are only suspects after all.

An eunuch was offering incense at the side. At this time, the gloomy eldest prince suddenly spoke to Ji Xiang:

"Master, I have never prayed for blessings, and I don't know the methods and rules. Could you please guide me?"

Because the eldest prince, Zhu Changluo, was not crowned king, neither was he a prince, nor was he an adult, so he used the word "I" to refer to himself just like ordinary people. .

Ji Xiang saluted Zhu Changluo again, and then watched Zhu Changluo pick up the incense and stand in front of the incense burner. At this time, Ji Xiang didn't know what medicine was sold in the eldest prince's gourd, so he just followed his question and responded to him for a while. After thinking about it, I began to recite the words:
"Please light three incense, face the statue, bow and salute, and use your left hand to offer incense"

"Three sticks of incense should be inserted straight and flat, one inch apart from each other."

"Put the first stick of incense with your thumb and middle finger, in the middle"

"Put the second stick of incense with your thumb and ring finger, on the left."

"Put the third stick of incense with your thumb and forefinger, on the right."

After Zhu Changluo inserted the three sticks of incense sticks, the green smoke rose up, but he did not stare at the statue of Sanqing, but kept his eyes on the three incense sticks.

"Master."

Zhu Changluo turned his head slightly at this moment, and looked at Ji Xiang who was expressionless from the corner of his eyes.

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Ji Xiang felt a very familiar aura from the eldest prince in front of him.

It is very similar to the aura of the two fire monsters I encountered just now, it is a kind of incense!

The corner of Zhu Changluo's mouth twitched:
"you say."

"Can the dead be resurrected?"

(End of this chapter)