The psychic Xi ​​Lan

Chapter 150
These three words stabbed Li Huai's heart like a needle, but facing the person in front of him, he couldn't say anything to blame.

Xue Pingan was still awake, waiting for his answer.

There was a moment of silence here, and then he opened his mouth and said, "How can the future be pre-set? This kind of promise, I promise anyone, but I will not make it to you at this moment... Peace, if you are worried, You should get better yourself, not only she needs you, but this king also needs you!"

Putting aside all personal emotions, he simply hopes that his friend can get better.

Hearing this, the weak man groaned in pain, but there was no answer.

Li Huai came out of the room and saw Xi Lan squatting under the cherry blossom tree in the courtyard, digging up the soil to bury something, he walked over and asked her softly, "What's inside?"

"A charm for blessing, hope, when we come back, peace has improved."

The wish was good, but Li Huai knew that it might be too small. Even so, he squatted down and helped her bury the soil.

Standing up, he gently blew away the dirt on the gauze of Xi Lan's palm with his mouth, without saying anything, he led her out of Fengqi Palace.

Soon, they came to the West Palace. Outside the courtyard of the West Palace, they happened to meet the Crown Prince Li Quan and the Crown Princess Su Shi.

That ostentation was not ordinary.

The two teams of palace guards in blue armor were uniformly equipped with long swords in black sheaths, and they were majestic and powerful.

Li Quan, on the other hand, always dressed luxuriously, wearing a dark blue embroidered dress with three sapphire waist ornaments, a jade crown on his head, and unrestrained arrogance in his eyes. Even from a distance, he could see the hostility in his body.

The Crown Princess Su Shi is the beloved daughter of the Right Minister Su Jingzong. She is naturally a round older than Long Xilan. She is at the stage when she is more beautiful than Peony, mature and not old. Her appearance is dignified, but in Xi Lan's view, that She is not a good person, with thick and pointed eyebrows, upturned eyes, slightly thick lips, sour and hot, but bullying and fearful.

Just these two people came out of the palace courtyard, and met the always gentle Li Huai and Long Xilan, whose body was not healed and even with light makeup, the arrogance and pomp were incomparable!

"Yo!" With a smile on her brows and eyes, Mrs. Su stepped forward from the front. "The one with King Xu must be Princess Xu!"

Seeing the arrogance in the other party's eyes, Xi Lan nodded slightly, and said respectfully, "Jin Hua has seen the eldest brother of the prince and the concubine."

"I heard that the concubine was injured, so I'll save you the gift. The few times I entered the palace, I didn't see the concubine at all. Today I am lucky to see the concubine, the concubine..." Su looked her up and down, and finally turned his gaze Staying on her wounded neck, "Princess Wang is really as rumored, presumably, she has an outstanding appearance and extraordinary beauty, even if there are some flaws, it doesn't matter."

Xi Lan's complexion remained unchanged, not to mention that she was not in the mood to argue with this woman at the moment, even if there was, such people who commented on her appearance were superficial and vulgar, so she would not take her seriously.

She nodded in response: "Well, Jin Hua also thinks the same way, it is better to have flaws on the face than to have flaws in the heart."

No matter how ugly your face is, you can't do evil, but your vicious heart is full of sins, the two are really incomparable!

After hearing this, Mrs. Su couldn't hear that she was beating around the bush and scolding herself, but for a moment she didn't know how to return it, so she could only sneer angrily.

At this time, Li Quan stepped over in a gentlemanly manner, "Lao Qi wants to go in to see his mother?"

Li Huai replied calmly: "Exactly!"

The other party patted Li Huai's shoulder with his hand, "This kind of filial piety is precious, and it's not in vain that Empress Fei has loved you so much since she was a child!"

"That's what it should be." He replied in a gentle voice. The two seemed to be in harmony, but anyone with a discerning eye could feel the invisible hostility from being so close.

"Lao Qi should be very busy recently, but no matter how busy he is, he should take more time to go to the palace."

"Okay!" The promise was straightforward, but there was no half-heartedness in his eyes.

Li Quan smiled coldly, took off his hand, and seemed to be leaving!

But after taking two steps, he stopped and said, "By the way, I heard that Lao Qi invited Mrs. Rong Guo in a few days ago. It must have taken a lot of effort, right? Speaking of which, the crown prince has been here for several years." I haven't seen this famous lady in Jinling!"

After speaking, Li Quan and his party left!

Watching them walk away, Xi Lan turned to look at Li Huai, and asked softly, "You invited Mrs. Rong Guo, must have agreed to their conditions?"

"Don't listen to what he said, the relationship between the king and the Duke's mansion has always been close, and Mrs. Rong Guo is a hero among women. She came to help you clarify, out of morality and love, there are not so many things. Conflict of interest!"

Li Huai spoke very softly, and it sounded like it was real.

Long Xilan definitely didn't believe it, but she didn't ask again.

They entered the West Palace, Empress Nalan was resting on the bed, just looked at them through the silk curtain, greeted them artificially, the two left and left the palace in a carriage.

In order to take care of her unhealed injuries, the carriage did not travel fast, and when it arrived at Linxi Town, it was almost dusk.

"I'm afraid it's unlucky to go to Yizhuang to look at the corpse at this time..." A worried voice came from outside the carriage, and Li Huai looked sideways at Xi Lan, who was sitting there calmly, with waveless eyes, It has returned to its former spirit, but it always makes people feel distressed.

She probably sensed Li Huai's thoughts, so she said bluntly, "Don't worry about me, you forgot, what did I do originally?"

Not to mention going to see the corpse at dusk, even collecting ghosts at midnight, what is this?

Li Huai smiled and replied: "I know that you are different from other women, I am just worried that if the corpse is really Zi Xuyuan, you will be sad..."

She looked over, suddenly, Li Huai became the closest and most caring person around her, she was not used to it!
She wanted to say something, but she didn't know where to start, so she thought about how to start.

The carriage was advancing on the stone road along the river in Linxi Town, and she looked at the broken clouds and red clouds in the sky, and said softly to Li Huai, "If it's really him, maybe it's fate!"

Li Huai could hear the powerlessness and unwillingness to fate in those words, he stretched out his hand to gently hold her wrist, and said, "Do you still remember what you said to Zi Xuyuan on the West Mountain? Tell me, don't give it a try." , How do you know it’s not possible? I remember when you said this, what kind of confidence you had in yourself, and I also believe that there is no unparalleled road, and everything will gradually get better."

"Yeah." She nodded, thanking him for telling her so much.

Linxi Yizhuang has finally arrived!
Places like Yizhuang are very cloudy, so site selection is very important. Firstly, it is necessary to avoid the corpse breeding ground to avoid corpse change. Second, the materials used to build the courtyard are very elegant. The first choice is peach wood to ward off evil spirits, and it is also necessary to mold good and evil to block evil spirits. elephant of the beast.The walls must be two feet eight high, made of gray bricks, with copper circles and white paper hanging on the walls. It is an old custom in the village to place coffins in pairs but not in singles.

And this Yizhuang in Linxi Town is not too small, and there are more unclaimed corpses sent over in the past few days than usual.

Xi Lan and Li Huai were led into the gate of Yizhuang. There were no trees in the square courtyard, but there were many weeds. The coffins placed in the courtyard were very old. The black paint is almost gone!
The uncle of Shouyi Village led them through the yard and into it. The place is extremely dark, and they can still smell the smell of rotting corpses.

The uncle brought them to a brand-new coffin, and because he was afraid that the corpse would rot before they came, he went to the restaurant in the town to sell a few cubes of ice and chopped them up to protect the corpse.

So the corpse Xi Lan saw, except for the ruined face, everything was still intact.

"Can you ask Wu Zuo to investigate the cause of death?" Xi Lan asked.

"After you have identified it, I will ask you to come over and investigate it." The uncle replied.

Xi Lan's expression gradually darkened. She lowered her head to look at the corpse, then raised her head and said, "It's too dark! I can't see clearly!"

Yan Ting hurriedly lit a torch and came in, the torch illuminated the corpse, Xi Lan frowned when she saw the ruined face.

This face was completely destroyed, and there seemed to be some disgusting mucus on it.

In addition to the stench, she also smelled a strong evil.

What, killed the owner of this corpse?

Li Huai asked: "The face is so ruined, can you still tell it?"

Xi Lan took a deep breath, reached out to touch the white shirt on the corpse, and replied solemnly: "This shirt is of false origin."

The robe Zi Xuyuan was wearing was very special, it was made of silk spun by a kind of ice silkworm on Nanxian Mountain, so she knew it right away.

"So, it's really Daoist Zi?" Yan Ting held up the torch with regret on his face.

Although they didn't have much contact with Zi Xuyuan, they admire him very much for his excellent cultivation at a young age.

Xi Lan didn't answer, she never judged the result just for the surface.

She put on gloves, and with her slightly injured left hand, she picked up the corpse's right hand and leaned over to examine it carefully.

This action startled Yan Ting Yanming next to him.

Their princess!Their well-known ladies, delicate and noble concubines are not afraid of corpses!
Of course, Li Huai would not report the real identity of Long Xilan to the two guards, and let them be amazed.

"What did you find?" Li Huai asked when he saw Xi Lanjiu's hand not moving.

Xi Lan didn't look at him, put down the dead hand, walked to the other side of the coffin, picked up the other hand for a closer look, then got up and asked Li Huai: "Your Majesty has met Zi Daochang several times, what impression do you have of his hand?" ?”

"Although I've seen it several times, I don't have the habit of staring at men's hands. I can only roughly recall that Zi Daochang has fair skin and long fingers like a woman. It seems that the size and shape of his hands are different from the hands of this corpse. Very similar."

She nodded: "Indeed, almost exactly the same."

Li Huai frowned in confusion. You must know that there is a big difference between saying the hands are exactly the same and being the same person.

Since they are all exactly the same, why is she still unwilling to believe that this corpse belongs to Zi Xuyuan?
"Where was the body found?" Xi Lan asked.

Yan Ming was puzzled and asked, "Does this have anything to do with identifying dead bodies?"

She didn't rush to explain, Yan Ting replied: "It's near the western suburbs of the capital, about fifty miles away."

Xi Lan thought about it for a while, and seemed to remember something, so she turned to Li Huai and said, "Shall we go there tomorrow?"

Li Huai knew that this must be very important, so he agreed!
Seeing that she was a lot more relaxed when she came out, on the way to the carriage, Li Huai asked her: "Xi Lan, have you confirmed that the corpse does not belong to Zi Xuyuan?"

She thought for a moment, then nodded and replied: "Well, although those hands look very similar to Xu Yuan, they are definitely not Xu Yuan's."

"Oh?" Li Huai was extremely puzzled. Since they look alike, why are they so sure they are not?
Xi Lan took off the gauze on her right hand. Although there were wounds on it, her fingers were intact. She said, "Look, my lord, are there any shiny skin on the tips of my index finger and middle finger?"

Li Huai took advantage of the oil lamp inside the car to look at it carefully, nodded and said, "So that's how it is."

"Except for the scars left by injuries from doing other things, Xu Yuan is the same as me. He has practiced Taoism since he was a child, so he can't avoid touching Sanqing bells, silver needles, scented wax and the like on a daily basis. These are not enough to leave obvious marks on his hands. But Xu Yuan diligently practiced the art of controlling change, the prince had also seen it in the Luxi Pavilion, he burned the talisman with bare hands, it is definitely not something that can be practiced overnight, and the paper talisman is held tens of thousands of times before the lines on the fingertips can be polished It’s like this. And the hands of the corpse just now, except for the grinding marks on the left middle finger, there is nothing on the right hand.”

After hearing this, Li Huai asked with bright eyes: "So, the owner of the corpse is still left-handed?"

Xi Lan nodded: "It must be a student from Wen's school since childhood. That's how the seal on the left middle finger came from."

"But why is he wearing Zixuyuan's robe? And Zixuyuan's hairpin?"

She let out a long breath and replied: "This is exactly what I am confused about." After speaking, she looked at Li Huai again: "There is one more thing that I didn't tell you."

Hearing that her tone was slightly heavy, Li Huai quickly asked, "What's the matter?"

"The corpse owner's death is not easy, I'm afraid..."

"Afraid of what?"

(End of this chapter)