Marriage of the Di Daughter

It was already evening when Jiang Li got the news of Jiang Yuanbai.

Jiang Yuanbai did not directly say that there will be a Taoist priest coming to exorcise evil spirits tomorrow, but he did say that everyone in Jiang's mansion must not leave the mansion tomorrow and must stay in the mansion.

With her eyes closed, Jiang Li knew what it meant, it was nothing more than a catch in a jar, and all the people were present, so that it was convenient for that Daoist Chongxu to identify who was the "evil spirit". But Jiang Li also looked at Ji Shuran with admiration this time, knowing that it was not a good idea to find a Taoist priest to come to the mansion to exorcise evil spirits for no reason, so she used the name of Concubine Li. In this way, the Jiang family must abide by the orders of Yu Gong and Emperor Hong Xiao. Personally, Concubine Li was murdered by the same means many years ago, it is reasonable for Concubine Li to have such considerations.

Jiang Li stood in front of the window and blew the whistle. She didn't avoid Tong'er and Bai Xue this time—they had to get used to the shocking things they did. Zhao Ke appeared in the room calmly.

Tonger and Baixue were taken aback. Looking at Jiang Li's calm expression, it was obvious that this had been done more than once or twice, and they didn't know what expression to use at this moment. He only looked at Jiang Li and asked Zhao Ke: "Has the person with outstanding ventriloquism already been arranged?"

"It's been arranged," Zhao Ke said, "He will replace a servant in the mansion, and he will be guarding in the yard tomorrow."

Jiang Li heard the words and asked curiously: "How to replace? Wouldn't the manager find that the person is different?"

Zhao Ke only said two words: "Chang Rong."

Jiang Li was stunned, and felt that Ji Heng's people were really powerful. She thought that things like disguise were just talking in the script. It's really hard to do it. Seeing Jiang Li's expression, Zhao Ke seemed to know what she was thinking in her heart, and explained: "It's hard to make it easy to be ordinary, but the young man I'm looking for is an ordinary person in Jiang's house. Pay more attention. Even if there is a slight difference, people will not notice it. If Yi Rong is someone who pays a little attention, he will be noticed immediately."

Jiang Li said: "So that's the case." There was some regret in his heart, and he thought that maybe he could use this method to take a shortcut, but now he has to give up this idea.

Tong'er and Baixue saw that Jiang Li spoke naturally to the man in black, and they also saw that the man in black seemed to be doing things for Jiang Li. Although they were afraid, they bit their bullets and said: "Girl, if the God of trouble tomorrow If the stick really wants to identify you, will the master really just sit back and watch?"

Jiang Li didn't hide from the two maids, and told them Ji Shuran's possible plans for tomorrow. Most likely, I will be accused of a crime of harming my family. The two servant girls were worried that the handkerchief was here, and Zhao Ke was still there, so they couldn't help asking this question.

"Of course I will." Jiang Li replied very calmly.

"But you...you are his daughter after all." Bai Xue couldn't accept it. This was in their hometown. If someone said she was a monster, among other things, at least her parents and brothers would never believe it.

"Daoist Chongxu is an expert." Jiang Li was not sad about it at all, she even smiled and comforted: "Since the other party is an expert, he must have a good reputation among the people. What he said will naturally be respected If it's the truth. Even though my father doesn't believe in ghosts and gods, Ji Shuran must have come prepared. There are too many doubts about me. If there is no way to explain it clearly, the only thing that can be explained clearly is that I am a monster."

"How is it possible!" Tong'er blurted out: "Why do they say that?"

Jiang Li's smile faded a little: "Tong'er, not everyone is like you. I have lived with me for eight years. I have been away from Jiang's family for too long. This kind of family affection and guilt is really meager. I can't deny its existence. But I know that it hates fragility and cannot stand the test."

Zhao Ke, who had been listening silently, looked at Jiang Li in surprise, but the girl who was only fifteen or sixteen years old seemed to have no expectations for human nature. It is my own family, and it is also the most indulgent tolerance. On the surface it looks indifferent, but in fact it is indifferent. He was actually very similar to his own adults. But the cultivation of such a temper by an adult in my family has something to do with his life experience. Although Second Miss Jiang is also very pitiful, she shouldn't be at this point.

As if he had already realized it.

Jiang Li looked at him, and he quickly lowered his head again.

"Girl, this servant looks at Daoist Chongxu. If he can do such a thing, he must not be a real expert, but a charlatan. Besides, he has treated Concubine Li's illness, so he may have been Concubine Li's person long ago." It's gone. Tomorrow we...don't we expose his true face?"

Jiang Li said: "Don't worry. Face slaps, of course, must be under the attention of all. But you are right, Daoist Chongxu is a charlatan."

Zhao Ke inquired about the news very quickly. Although Daoist Chongxu was quite famous in Yanjing City, he actually came to Yanjing City many years ago because he was burdened with a life lawsuit. When he was in his hometown, he hooked up with a married woman, was discovered by the woman's husband, and killed the man during the dispute. After he and the woman buried the man, they fled overnight. Along the way, he kept his name incognito, and later met a wandering Taoist Chongxu, pretending to practice Taoism and ask for a teacher.

The Taoist priest died in a battle at the end. Chongxudao borrowed the name of his master for a long time, transformed into Chongxu, and came to Yanjing City. From then on, he bluffed and deceived in Yanjing City. He was born to be very good at bluffing people, and he looked like a fairy, many people really thought he was some kind of expert. Later, after she became famous, she met Lipin again.

Although it is not easy to investigate the matter of Concubine Li now, but Jiang Li guessed that it might have been manipulated by Concubine Li. The concubine who framed Concubine Li at that time had a fierce rivalry with Concubine Li, and she was also quite favored. If it wasn't for the skill of hating victory, it is impossible to say what position she would be able to compete for now. Because of Daoist Chongxu's appearance, that Concubine Li's biggest enemy in the harem at that time just disappeared.

This may not be the tacit arrangement of Daoist Chongxu and Concubine Li, but Daoist Chongxu's courage is too great for even daring to meddle in this kind of harem affairs.

"Since Concubine Li believes in Daoist Chongxu so much, she saved her life because of Daoist Chongxu twice, and everyone in the palace knows it. In this way, when the identity of Daoist Chongxu is discovered, Li The concubine will be even more ashamed. She also needs to explain to the emperor, why?"

"The most important thing is, I have to make Ji Shuran regret it." Jiang Li said softly, "Ji Shuran is not asking for help, this is luring wolves into the house, I want her to play with fire and set herself on fire, and show her fox tail because of this expert, and then, Let her know that this expert is fake."

Zhao Ke's heart trembled, and he felt that the seemingly gentle and harmless Second Miss Jiang's way of torturing people was not as kind as her appearance.

It's better not to provoke.

...

The second day came quickly.

On this day, Jiang Li got up neither early nor late, which was just the right time. But unfortunately, today's weather can be regarded as extremely bad. The winter in Yanjing City has always been snowy, and it didn't snow today, but when we got up early in the morning, the sky was very gloomy, with thick black clouds pressing down on the sky, almost hanging on the roof of the house. It's plainly depressing, it's clearly morning, and it's overcast like evening.

Tong'er hid in the room and looked outside, and whispered: "This day is too evil." She felt a little uneasy, today is the day when Daoist Chongxu brought people to Jiang's residence to "exorcise evil spirits", although there has been After making preparations, Tong'er still couldn't completely let go of her heart, always thinking that she was still a little scared.

In comparison, Jiangli is much calmer. She even asked Bai Xue to tie a bun for her. She was pretty and delicate, so she looked more and more like a lotus fairy boy in the fairy mountains and Kyushu. Tong'er thought about her for a long time, then shook her head and sighed: "If Ji Shi and Daoist Nao Shizi really accused the girl of being a monster, it would be unconvincing. How can there be such a refined monster? Don’t the monsters you write about wear bright clothes, and when they appear, they will seduce people’s souls, so fascinating that people can’t find their way?”

Bai Xue heard it, and replied solemnly: "You are talking about Duke Su."

Zhao Ke, who was lurking in the dark, was listening to the movement of the people in the house bored, and almost fell to the ground when he heard the words. He stared at it and didn't know what to say, he was the only master in the world that day! Just being talked about by the little maid here, if this word spreads to the Duke's mansion, I don't know if the lord will want to crush the person who speaks inside.

Jiang Li was also taken aback when she heard Bai Xue's words, but when she recalled it, she couldn't help laughing "puchi", and said, "What you said is also very reasonable."

Ji Heng is good at deceiving people. You must know that the first time I saw Ji Heng sitting on the eaves of the nunnery, it was the season of peach blossoms, and a peach color was blooming. He sat in it chicly, beautiful almost mean , was almost considered by Tonger to be a flower demon.

At that time, she recognized Ji Heng at a glance, and was still wondering why Ji Heng came to such a place. Now it seems that it seems like a lifetime away. She had already walked out of Mount Qingcheng, and her relationship with Ji Heng had become a delicate balance. She could not be called a friend, but she was definitely not an enemy either. Both of them knew that they couldn't take one step closer, because taking one step closer would become dangerous, and the future was unknown, so they kept it like this.

Things are tricking people.

"Let's eat something first." Jiang Li smiled slightly: "Master Chongxu wants to come, we have to wait for a while."

Is the expert present, used to put on airs. Especially this expert who has been in the palace and has saved Concubine Li's life twice. If you come too soon, you will appear to be in a rush. Although Jiang Li didn't understand very well, she didn't care.

"Girl, all the things you want have been arranged." Bai Xue said, "It's all placed in the grass in the garden. Brother Zhao has already replaced Ji Shuran's people and put them down."

"Okay." Jiang Li smiled: "You can rest assured."

...

An hour later, the maid beside Mrs. Jiang came over and asked Jiang Li to go to the Wanfeng Hall.

Jiang Li saw that the time was about the same, so she took her cloak and went to Wanfeng Hall with Tonger Baixue.

Before reaching the Wanfeng Hall, I heard Jiang Jingrui's voice coming from inside, saying: "Tsk, our house is doing well, what kind of evil is being expelled? Is there any evil to be exorcising? I don't know why."

Then there was Lu's stopped voice: "Jing Rui, shut up, this is His Majesty's order."

Jiang Jingrui fell silent.

Jiang Li lifted her foot and walked in, and the discussion inside stopped abruptly. Everyone looked at her.

Standing beside Ji Shuran was Jiang Youyao, and the nanny was holding Jiang Bingji in her arms. Both Lu Shi and Jiang Yuanping from the second room had arrived, and they couldn't tell what they thought about this matter. Jiang Jingyou was still a smiling fat man, just like Jiang Yuanbai. As for the third room, the whole third room has been silent for a long time. I don't know if it is because of Jiang Yu'e, the relationship between the third room and the other two rooms has become very awkward now, even when they meet, they don't talk much. Jiang Yuyan was cowardly and cowardly, she just glanced at Jiang Li and quickly looked away, looking down at her toes.

In addition, today's masters in the mansion, even the aunts of each house, the big and the small, the favored and the unfavored, all Doole heard that they banned them last night. Everyone in the mansion, including the servant girls They are not allowed to leave the house. It seems that it is to ensure that the Daoist leader Chongxu did it.

Jiang Li also saw Aunt Hu.

Aunt Hu stood alone with her only maid holding the piano outside the crowd, as if she had been forgotten by others, she looked very pitiful. The thin cotton robe she was wearing was old and yellow, and she didn't have any jewelry. Among the young Ji concubines in Ersanfang, if someone hadn't spoken, they would definitely be regarded as servants serving the aunt.

Her eyes briefly intersected with Jiang Li in the air, then left quickly, and fell into the void again. She always looks like this, and people are willing to show her sympathy and tolerance. They are all hysterical people, and their minds are not very clear. What else can I ask her for?

But Jiang Li knew that the opportunity that Aunt Hu had been waiting for for so many years was coming. Only Jiang Li saw the joy and anticipation that flashed from the corner of Aunt Hu's mouth.

They are all waiting for the day when the truth will be revealed and revenge will be exacted.

"Ali," Jiang Yuanbai said, "Today is the day when Daoist Chongxu came to the mansion to practice exorcising evil spirits, and everyone in the mansion has to go there once." He explained.

A surprise just poured out on Jiang Li's face, she seemed a little puzzled, but she didn't ask any more questions, she nodded quickly and said, "Understood, father."

Jiang Youyao wanted to stab Jiang Li with a few words. She used to dislike Jiang Li, but today she was greeted by Ji Shuran in advance, don't make trouble, don't need to say a word, naturally someone will clean up Jiang Li.

Ji Shuran's thinking is also very simple. Although she did what happened today, she was not the leader from the beginning to the end. Whether it was Concubine Li who suddenly fell ill in the palace, or Daoist Chongxu who came to Beijing by chance, the people who came here step by step to exorcise evil spirits were all accidental. In other words, Jiang Li's little hoof is evil, if Daoist Chongxu misses this time, she will definitely not be blamed. Because it has nothing to do with her.

Of course, Daoist Chongxu will definitely not miss.

At this moment, a young servant outside came to report: "Master, Chongxu Dao has arrived."

Mrs. Jiang said: "Go out and have a look."

It was the first time for Jiang Li to meet Daoist Chongxu. Speaking of which, when she was in Qingcheng Mountain, she also met many masters in the nunnery of the temple. For example, the erotic monk realized that he was inexplicably handsome, but he looked noble and free from evil spirits. It is also sad that after the incident between him and Mrs. Jing'an happened, it would be unbelievable. This person who rushed to the Tao of immortality has a somewhat mysterious and unpredictable feeling.

He was wearing Taoist robes and cloth shoes, and he looked good. The most important thing was that he looked very upright between his brows. The moment Jiang Li saw Daoist Kong Kong, she seemed to understand why when Concubine Li was "murdered" by the technique of disgusting victory, Daoist Chongxu discovered the clue, but no one in the palace suspected Daoist Chongxu is a liar. Just because people's eyes are easily confused by appearance, Daoist Kong Kong happened to have a confusing face.

After Daoist Chongxu entered the gate of the Jiang family, he was neither humble nor overbearing when facing Mrs. Jiang and such a large group of people. Only let the little Taoist boy beside him set up the platform.

Xiao Daotong should go. Jiang Yuanbai greeted Taoist Priest Xu and said: "The Taoist Priest came here today to exorcise evil spirits for the family. I am very grateful."

"Your Majesty Jiang, you don't need to be too polite." Daoist Chongxu replied: "This is a matter of the poor."

"You really know how to exorcise evil spirits?" Jiang Jingrui hugged his chest and said provocatively, "You're not a liar, are you? There are many liars like Yanjing City, the kind who set up fortune-telling stalls on the street, and eight out of ten out of ten are fake of."

"Jingrui!" Mrs. Lu slapped him on the back. The little overlord of the Jiang family usually speaks freely, but this is the priest recognized by the emperor, and Li Concubine's life-saving benefactor. If he told Concubine Li later that Concubine Li would give Emperor Hong Xiao some pillow breeze or something, Jiang Jingrui would not say anything in the future, Jiang Jingyou wanted to become an official, what if he was tripped? Even though Concubine Li is from Ji's family, Lu Shi knows that if she and Ji Shuran don't get along, how can Ji Shuran think of herself well?

After thinking about it and feeling aggrieved, Lu could only sulk at himself.

Jiang Yuanping had no choice but to come out to smooth things over, saying: "The dog is not sensible, and I hope the Taoist priest will accept it, so I laughed at it."

"It's nothing." Daoist Chongxu looked bright and said with a smile, "Young Master Ling is frank and honest, which is very rare."

Jiang Jingrui snorted and turned his head away. Jiang Li looked at Daoist Chongxu, he was quite good at talking, no wonder she coaxed Concubine Li to praise him. Having said that, this person has earned a lot of fame in Yanjing City by relying on Concubine Li, and he also has his own credit. Look at this appearance, if you learn some other skills, you may not be another Jiang Yuanbai.

Jiang Li finds it funny.

Daoist Chongxu didn't even look at Jiang Li, he just stared at his platform, his expression became more serious, and he said to Jiang Yuanbai: "Master Jiang, to tell you the truth, the last time Pindao saw your wife in the palace, , I felt that Mrs. Jiang's body was eroded by evil spirits. That's why I came to Jiang's house to have a look. Today, before the poor Taoist arrived at your house, I found out..." He hesitated for a while, and did not continue.

Before Mrs. Jiang could speak, Ji Shuran couldn't help but said, "What did the Taoist priest find out?"

"The black air is lingering in the sky above your mansion's mansion. There may be a great evil. If you don't get rid of it, there may be a bloody disaster."

"Ah." Jiang Youyao screamed in fright, and Jiang Yuyan was also a little scared, but she just stood behind Yang Shi, only half of her body was exposed, and her eyes were a little uneasy.

Everyone was silent for a moment.

Originally, in the matter of ghosts and ghosts, if you believe it, you have it or you don't believe it, but in fact, there are still a small number of people like Jiang Yuanbai who don't believe in ghosts and gods, and more believe it, especially timid women.

In addition, Chongxudao's long-sounding words did not seem to be false, but some people believed them to a certain extent.

"Is the Taoist priest saying that there are evil things in our house?" Lu asked, "But nothing strange has ever happened in our house."

"It didn't happen, it doesn't mean it didn't happen," Daoist Chongxu glanced at the people in the yard, even the servants and maids didn't commit the crime. Those who were noticed by Daoist Chongxu's gaze couldn't help but lower their heads, not daring to look directly at him, for fear that the expert would say that they were also haunted by evil things.

"Looking at the black energy in your mansion, the evil spirits should have existed in your mansion for a while. I heard that no strange things have happened in your mansion. It seems that no one has died recently." Daoist Chongxu frowned and pondered. After a while, he said: "Therefore, this evil thing has been lurking in the mansion for a while, but it hasn't been for a long time. If it takes more than a year, the evil spirit takes shape and ruins the family fortune of the mansion, there should be a bloody disaster, and there will be blood. That is to say, everyone in your family may have their lives in danger."

As soon as these words came out, everyone's hearts turned cold again.

"Then...well, how could there be evil spirits in the house?" Ji Shuran asked: "As the Taoist priest said, it seems that this evil spirit has been here for less than a year. Could it be recruited from outside?"

"It's also very possible." Daoist Chongxu raised his whisk and said, "Maybe someone brought it from outside, maybe someone brought something unclean and attracted the evil things on it to find their way."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.

Jiang Li just looked on coldly, based on this alone, she could only coax the servants, at most, it would make people panic, but it would not make people completely believe in Daoist Chongxu. At least at this moment, Jiang Yuanbai did not have a look of belief on his face. Jiang Li knew that it was not only because Jiang Yuanbai didn't believe in ghosts and gods, but also because Jiang Yuanbai thought that Chen Ji's meddling in Jiang's housework was a slap in the face.

But there is no difference.

Lu Shi asked: "Master Taoist, what should we do now?"

"It's nothing." Daoist Chongxu said: "Rong Pindao first find out where the evil spirits come from."

At this moment, the Taoist platform has been set up, and the Taoist put the peach wood sword, copper coins, red thread, cinnabar, yellow paper engraved with strange runes, bells and other things in their respective places. There is a square in the middle, with thin copper pillars inserted in the four corners, and threads dyed red with cinnabar are stretched between the pillars. It happens to form a square, and under each line, there are small bells hanging.

There was no wind at the moment, Daoist Chongxu was standing in the middle of the square, holding a long sword made of copper coins in one hand, sitting on the eight trigrams mat, closing his eyes, chanting words without knowing what they were.

Jiang Li watched this scene with great interest, Xue Huaiyuan is also a person who does not believe in ghosts and gods, Tongxiang used to be poor, and there were only two barefoot doctors in the whole countryside. Poor people can't afford medicines, and sometimes children are seriously ill and care about them, so they go to the so-called "mother-in-law". Those witches will ask for compensation according to the family status of the poor, and all they can do is "do it" in other people's homes, chanting some unknown things, forcing people to drink talisman water mixed with incense ashes and so on. Xue Huaiyuan hated this kind of thing deeply. You must know that many children were delayed the good chance of treatment and died.

After Xue Huaiyuan took office in Tongxiang, he forbade the appearance of such a "witch" in Tongxiang. In the beginning, those sorceresses secretly went to other people's homes, and they did not change their nature. After Xue Zhao knew about it, he quietly played pranks, making those scams invisible. After many times, the common people will understand that the sorceress is a trick to deceive people, and they will no longer be deceived.

Although Xue Huaiyuan scolded Xue Zhao for being naughty every time, he always turned a blind eye to Xue Zhao's teasing the witch. Seeing Dao Chongxu like this now, Jiang Li somehow remembered the past again. I just feel that if Xue Zhao is here, I don't know what kind of pranks will be born, and Daoist Chongxu will reveal his true colors.

But... her expression gradually turned cold, Xue Zhao was no longer there, and she would not interrupt Daoist Chongxu's "practice" with pranks.

She had to watch him use all his tricks.

Daoist Chongxu muttered something for a while, and suddenly, somehow, the bell hanging from the thin thread stretched on the pillar suddenly and slowly started to move.

There was no wind at the moment, and everyone standing in the yard felt it clearly. But he stared at the bell in a daze, first it shook slightly, then gradually became more rapid, so clear that everyone could hear it, and it became louder and louder.

Jiang Youyao held on to Ji Shuran's clothes timidly. She didn't know what would happen today, but she only knew that Jiang Li would be unlucky today, so she gloated over Jiang Li's accident. She was a little scared when she heard Daoist Chongxu say that there was something evil. At this moment, seeing that the bell rang by itself for no reason, I was even more afraid. I just felt that it was cold in the yard.

Today's weather was already strange, with dark clouds and heavy clouds, and the yard was lit with the fine incense that the Taoist boy lit, and the smoke was lingering, but it seemed more ghostly. The servants couldn't help standing a little closer, even Tong'er and Bai Xue felt goose bumps on their backs.

Behind the crowd, Aunt Hu couldn't help clenching her fists, feeling sticky between her palms. She was too nervous and sweated too much. However, she was uneasy after all, and looked in Jiang Li's direction again.

Seeing Jiang Li standing beside Jiang Yuanbai, her expression was still calm and gentle. She wondered if the light from the fire illuminated her face. Aunt Hu felt that the girl's dark eyes seemed to be burning with fire. Intense, not impulsive, quietly burning.

Then burn everything up.

The sound of the bell did not stop, but became louder and louder. At the same time, a gust of wind suddenly blew up in the flat ground. But the wind seemed to have rules, and it blew up for a while, then stopped again.

Daoist Chongxu had already let go of his hand, but the copper coin sword did not fall down, but stood up tremblingly.

There was another exclamation around.

The copper coin sword is a treasure to exorcise evil spirits, which can kill demons and demons. At this moment, he stood up by himself in full view of everyone. Does it mean that there is really something evil in the mansion?

This time, Jiang Yuanbai frowned.

Jiang Li sighed inwardly.

How could Daoist Chongxu dare to deceive even today's emperor without a second thought? This trick can be described as superb.

The next moment, the copper coin sword suddenly turned around, pointing at Jiang Li, and rushed straight over!

It’s super uncomfortable to have a fever. I would like to remind everyone that the weather is hot recently. Don’t turn down the air conditioner directly after coming in from the outside, otherwise you will be like me...