Early the next morning, it turned out to be raining, and the spring rain was wisps and dense, like a cow's hair needle, and the clothes were not wet. Falling on the green tiles, there is no violent sound of heavy rain, only a slight rustling sound, like the sound of cannibalizing mulberry leaves, and like the sound of the wind blowing through the trees.

Li Xuandu pushed open the window, and there was a moisture mixed with a slight chill in his face, and he looked outside. The courtyard of the inn was not paved with bluestone, so it was already muddy outside. Looking further away, the rain and fog are getting thicker, and the white expanse is expansive, and only some outlines can be faintly seen.

Li Xuandu was about to close the window when he saw a figure flash into his courtyard, it was a woman, but not a palace official.

I saw the man come to a short distance outside the window and asked, "Is it Li Gongzi?"

Li Xuandu replied, "It's me." ”

The woman said respectfully: "My young lady asked me to pass on a message, she is waiting for you in the release pond in the East City." ”

Li Xuandu nodded after a slight groan: "I know, please tell her, I will arrive on time." ”

"Yes. The woman bowed her head slightly and withdrew from the courtyard.

Li Xuandu prepared slightly, left the inn, and headed for Dongshi.

Although the release pond is called "pool", in fact, the area is not small, there are two squares in the east market, the release pond occupies one-twentieth of the area of the east market, and there is a river connecting the famous Qujiang pool.

Because of the rain, there are not many pedestrians on the road, Li Xuandu started from Anyefang, first walked along Zhuque Street, and then turned into Tonghui Lane to the east, in this process, Li Xuandu even used light body kung fu, walking like the wind, Rao is so, it also took a small half an hour to come to the East City, which shows the size of Xijing. After entering the East Market, passing through the meat store and the liquor market, and then passing through the regular closing position, you can see the release pond from a distance.

At this moment, Li Xuandu suddenly heard the sound of a pipa. The big strings are noisy like a torrential rain, and the small strings are like whispers. Noisy and staggered, big beads and small beads fall on the jade plate.

Li Xuandu raised his eyes and saw a small boat floating on the lake of the release pond, and the sound of music came from this. When the sound of the pipa stopped, a person walked out of the cabin, holding the pipa in his arms and half-covering his face, not the palace official.

The palace official smiled slightly, did not speak to Li Xuandu, had an extra umbrella in his hand, raised his hand, and threw the umbrella towards the shore.

Li Xuandu stretched out his hand to catch it, and saw that it was a small oil-paper umbrella, opened it, and saw that the umbrella was painted with a long pavilion drizzle, on the shore of the willows, and the inscription was inscribed with the words of the three changes of willows: "Affectionate parting since ancient times, even more Nakan, snubbing the Qingqiu Festival! Where is the wine waking up tonight? This past year should be a good day and a good time. Even though there are a thousand kinds of styles, who can you tell them about?"

On the umbrella and porcelain in general, there are many calligraphy and paintings, since so, it is not surprising, the painting and calligraphy on the umbrella comes from the craftsman's hand, it is like porcelain, always inevitably with a bit of ingenuity, how do you know that the calligraphy and painting on this small umbrella is very exquisite, beautiful and refined, it seems to be from the hands of women.

Li Xuandu held up the paper umbrella and began to walk slowly along the riverbank. The pleasure boat in the release pond also sailed into the river leading to the Qujiang Pond.

The palace official turned into the cabin, played the pipa again, and sang with him: "The spring outing is vast, it is the cold food every year, and the pear blossom season." The white brocade is fragrant without lines, and the jade tree is piled with snow. The silent night is heavy, the floating light is hazy, and the cold soaking dissolves the moon. In the heavens on earth, the rotten silver glow shines through. It looks like a real person, with a beautiful posture and a very noble spirit. Wan Rui is uneven who believes, and is not in the same column as Qunfang. Haoqi Qingying, immortal Zhuo Zhuo, under the soil

It's hard to separate. Yaotai returned, and the cave was clear. ”

Moving forward like this, the sound of the pipa is continuous, and the singing is endless, even if the rain is getting heavier and the sound of the rain is getting heavier, it can't hide the slightest.

From beginning to end, Li Xuandu had no expression on his face, as if his heart was like water, unmoved.

Soon, the two passed through half of Xijing and came to the shore of Qujiang Pond, and as soon as the sound of pipa in the cabin stopped, the palace official walked out of the cabin and said, "Li Gongzi, please come on board and talk." ”

Li Xuandu did not refuse, a little under his feet, his body was like a fallen leaf, flew lightly to the pleasure boat, landed in front of the palace official, and then closed the paper umbrella in his hand.

The palace official smiled slightly, retreated into the cabin, lit the candle, and said, "Childe, please come in." ”

In all fairness, Li Xuan could hear a slightly unfamiliar title like "Li Gongzi" from the mouth of the palace official, but it was rare, he didn't know how this little demon girl was going to be ingenious, so he hesitated a little before stepping into the cabin.

There are two chaise longues in the cabin, one on the left and one on the right, in the middle is a small table, on which are placed incense burners and tea sets, and behind the small table is a floor-to-ceiling candlestick with a lampshade. Judging from this arrangement alone, it took a lot of thought.

The palace official sat on the chaise longue on the left, stretched out his hand to the chaise longue on the right, and said, "Childe, please take a seat." ”

After Li Xuandu sat down, the palace official lifted the teapot fired in the official kiln of the previous dynasty and poured a cup of tea for Li Xuandu, "Son, please use tea." ”

Li Xuandu glanced at the teacup, and finally spoke: "Palace girl, what do you mean?"

When the palace official heard his words, a layer of sorrow appeared between his eyebrows, which made people feel sorry.

Li Xuandu was unmoved. Suddenly come without being surprised, and add without anger for no reason. The people who hold it hostage are very large, and its ambitions are far away. Li Xuandu is determined to be in the world, and for him, the woman's attitude naturally cannot shake his will. However, out of the righteousness of his friends, he still asked, "What difficulties did Miss Gong encounter?"

The palace official sighed, and gently pulled the neckline, revealing his shoulders with skin like snow. Li Xuandu had already looked away almost at the same time and looked at the rain curtain outside the cabin.

The palace official laughed, "Zifu, why are you doing this, I won't do everything yet." ”

Li Xuandu moved his gaze back at this time, but saw that there was a dark green color in the whiteness, exuding a slight chill.

Li Xuandu just glanced at it, and his face became solemn, "This is the 'ghost spell' of the Yin Yang Sect." ”

The palace official nodded and said, "It's not a secret, I met Zhong Wu, the second official of the Yin Yang Sect, not long ago, and I was slapped by him, and there was a 'ghost spell' attached to my palm. ”

Li Xuan didn't care about the difference between men and women, and looked closely, only to see that the middle position of this dark blue color was as black as ink, very mysterious and terrifying, as if a piece of snow-white rice paper was stained with an ink stain.

Li Xuandu said slowly: "Speaking of 'ghost spells', it is related to Xijing. At that time, Qi Ying, as an important minister of the country who supported half of the Great Wei Dynasty, had countless masters under his command, but no one could crack it, which finally made Qi Ying die, and Xijing City was easily breached. ”

The palace official tidied up his clothes and said: "'Ghost Spell' can be regarded as the world's first-class means of bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, if the realm of the person casting the spell is not as good as the opponent, then the 'Ghost Curse' is a chicken and a dog, but if the realm of the person casting the spell is higher than the opponent, the 'Ghost Curse' will come to life."

Roots, absorb the qi and blood in the host body for life, so that the host is tormented at the same time, endless, if you want to forcibly pull out the 'ghost curse', you will also pull out the radish and bring out the mud, making people throw rats. The longer the spell lasts, the deeper the 'ghost spell' will take root, which is very tricky. ”

Li Xuandu nodded and said, "That's right, how long have you been under the 'ghost curse'?"

Although Li Xuandu's tone was not very different, but there was a bit of concern in his attitude, the palace official was happy in his heart, and said: "For three days, I have used several secret medicines, and I have temporarily suppressed the 'ghost curse' so that it will not spread, but the holy monarch has not returned for a long time, but no one can help me get rid of the 'ghost curse'." ”

Li Xuandu pondered for a moment and said, "Every day the 'Ghost Curse' is delayed, it will be tricky. If you wait until the Holy Monarch returns, I am afraid that it will already go deep into the bone marrow, even the Holy Monarch, and there is nothing you can do. ”

The palace official's eyes were full of tears, and he said quietly: "Time is also fate, it seems that my fate should be like this." ”

Li Xuandu glanced at her and said, "Fortunately, you met me, although I am not as good as the Earth Master and the Holy Monarch, but I am familiar with the 'Ghost Curse', and I have some experience in dealing with it." You can't lose your life. ”

The palace official smiled, revealing the shallow pear vortex on his cheeks, and said, "I knew that the Purple Mansion would not bear to see me turn into dry bones." ”

Li Xuandu smiled slightly, "Miss Gong is not busy praising me first, I, Li Xuan, am not a righteous gentleman who pities the fragrance and cherishes the jade, just a martial artist, and you also know the rules of our Qingping Society, there is always an entry and exit, so before I help you get rid of the 'ghost curse', you have to answer me a few questions." ”

The palace official Chu Chu said pitifully: "What if I don't want to answer?

Li Xuandu said: "That's not going to happen, I will help the palace girl suppress the 'ghost curse', it won't endanger her life, and then the palace girl can wait until the holy monarch comes back, but during this time, the palace girl will inevitably suffer some hardships." ”

The palace official complained: "The purple mansion is so hard-hearted. ”

Li Xuan was unmoved, "Am I pitying the fragrance and cherishing the jade, helping the needy, or being ruthless and sitting idly by, all in the palace girl's thoughts." ”

The palace official bit his lip lightly, "Hey, I'm really afraid of you, I'll just say it." ”

Li Xuandu picked up the teacup and raised it lightly to the palace official, signaling that she could speak.

The palace official sighed and said: "It's not because of your business, you have to know the movements of the Yin Yang Sect, only gave me a month, in addition to sending people, I also had to go on a trip myself." In Loulan City in the Western Regions, I found traces of the disciples of the Yin Yang Sect, so I disguised myself and followed behind, wanting to see what they wanted, but I didn't expect that it was Zhong Wu himself sitting in Loulan City. It was also because I was greedy, knowing that there was Zhong Wu, and I wanted to find out one or two, but I was discovered by Zhong Wu, although I barely escaped, I was still slapped by Zhong Wu. ”

Li Xuandu heard that the palace official was actually injured for the sake of the Qingping Society, although he knew that the palace official deliberately did not say it just now, and there was a suspicion of luring him into the trap, but he was also very apologetic and said: "But I spend the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, and I will compensate the palace girl here." ”

The palace official smiled slyly, "Zifu don't always pay lip service, always take some practical action." ”

Li Xuandu asked, "I don't know what the palace girl wants?"

The palace official said: "I don't call you Li Gongzi, but call you Zifu, then don't call me a palace girl, call me an official." ”