The red-clothed Snake Lady laughed when she heard the words. The laughter was especially eerie and gloomy. It reverberated in everyone's ears, and even her companions couldn't help but feel chills down their spines.

The corners of Rao Tu's mouth twitched slightly. The red-clothed snake girl finally had enough to laugh, she jumped off the horse and walked outside the curtain of Shen Zhu's carriage, "Young master in the carriage, your wife wants to give you to me, but just say something. It won't be a fancy word. Useless stuff, so scared that you don't even dare to say a word?"

The curtains of the car were lifted, and he walked down, without even looking at the snake girl in red, Qing Jun's eyes turned to Rao Tu.

He was dressed in a black shirt on a white background, with silver threads all over his head, and handsome eyebrows.

In the crowd, there was a sickly young scholar whose expression changed slightly. The red-clothed snake girl's eyes swayed, and she laughed at herself: "Master, if the men from the slave family see you, can't they all turn red?"

Rao Tu nodded and said, "Yes, you have to protect him."

Shen Zhu glanced at Rao Tu, then glanced at the group of blockers, "Who is your leader?"

The sick scholar slapped his horse's belly a few times, then stepped forward and said slowly, "Snake-breeding women, don't get me back!"

Snake Lady turned her head and glared at the scholar, "Today, this little white face, I'm going to make a decision!"

The sick scholar sneered: "Go home and let the snake in your arms serve you. You can't please this young master."

The Snake Lady's face was full of dissatisfaction, and suddenly she pulled out a thin snake-like sword from her waist, shook a sword flower in the air, and stabbed it straight at Rao Tu.

Caiyi Jinxiu Lang scolded, "This little girl belongs to Lao Tzu, you dare to move!" As he said that, he flew to grab Snake Niang's blade with his fingers. Snake Lady flicked her wrist lightly, and the sword body swayed like a ripple, and Caiyi Jinxiu Lang put his fingers in the air, and saw that the sword tip shot towards the center of Rao Tu's eyebrows.

The mountain ghost who had been standing beside him sneered, protecting Rao Tu behind him, leaning almost to the ground, and swept the red-clothed Snake Girl with a whip, kicking her body ten feet away. The mountain ghost had the upper hand with one blow, taking advantage of the victory with a swipe of the void, with a blank glove, grabbed the snake sword and pointed back at the red-clothed snake girl's neck.

A series of actions, in fact, only for a moment.

The red-clothed snake girl never imagined that she would be defeated by an unremarkable maid, and she was about to fight again. far away.

Lu Zhiming said lightly to Jinxiu Lang in Caiyi who was standing nearby: "The hostility is too heavy, I will act for the heaven today."

Caiyi Jinxiu Lang was about to exert his strength, but suddenly realized that he could not move. The sleeves of the blue-shirted Taoist priest moved without wind, and his body was full of energy, as if he had supernatural powers.

Lu Zhiming flicked his whisk lightly, and the Caiyi Jinxiu Lang screamed in agony, and his body fluttered out several meters away like dead leaves.

All the monsters present were horrified.

Shen Zhu looked at the ill scholar whose expression changed drastically, "Are you blocking the road to rob?"

The Sick Young Scholar saw that the young Taoist didn't move a single bit and beat the Caiyi Jinxiu Lang to death. Although he was surprised, it was not that he had never seen it before.

He cupped his hands and said, "Dare to ask, is it Lord Shen?"

Rao Tu thought it was very interesting. Since this group of people knew the identity of Shen Zhu, they still dared to block the road and loot? She walked to Shen Zhu's side and smiled at the red-clothed snake girl who had fallen far away, "Auntie, did you hear that Lord Shen is handsome and elegant, and deliberately came to rob her?"

The snake girl in red was kicked by the mountain ghost and her leg was broken, and she shrank on the ground, reluctant to speak.

The ill-fed scholar hurriedly bowed and said: "I am waiting for Lord Shen here on the orders of the mountain master of Liuli Mountain, and welcome Lord Shen to enter the mountain. The mountain master promised that if Lord Shen is willing to condescend, he will be appointed as the chief guest minister on the mountain. The villain has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, please don't blame the adults."

Shen Zhu sneered: "Liu Li Mountain?"

The mountain ghost whispered: "It is said that a group of evil demons have gathered, and they are the number one demon sect in the rivers and lakes. Before, the position of the mountain master of Liuli Mountain has been vacant, and I don't know how a mountain master has appeared recently."

Shen Zhu said indifferently: "It doesn't matter what the guest is, Shen is not uncommon. Who is the owner of the mountain?"

The ill scholar said: "The surname of the mountain master is Murong again, and I don't dare to say the name."

Rao Tu looked at the mountain ghost, and the mountain ghost shook his head, "I haven't heard of a master with the compound surname Murong in the rivers and lakes, but since he can rule the group of demons, he must be a powerful character."

Rao Tu said indifferently: "No matter how powerful, today's rivers and lakes can't fight against the imperial court." She smiled at the sick scholar: "Go back and tell your master, Master Shen doesn't look down on Liuli Mountain and thinks the temple is too small, but your master If you are willing to give me the master of the mountain master, I may consider it."

The ill scholar looked calmly and said, "I will definitely report back to the mountain master exactly what Madam said."

Shen Zhu waved his hand, "Let's go, and tell your master by the way, if I hear you doing that detriment to the people in the future, it will definitely make people flatten the Liuli Mountain."

The sickly seedling scholar said a "yes" and turned his horse around and left.

The red-clothed snake girl reluctantly climbed onto the horse's back, but Rao said with a smile: "Wait, they can all go, but this aunt, you can't."

The red-clothed Snake Lady's eyes were gloomy, and she gritted her teeth and asked, "What advice do you have, Madam?" The flower snake swam out of her chest as she spoke.

Rao Tu pointed to Lu Zhiming and smiled at her: "You have a magic trick, and this Taoist master just broke your magic trick. So don't get too excited, or you will be the one who suffers."

The red-clothed snake girl glanced at Lu Zhiming, obviously very frightened.

Rao Tu leaned into the mountain ghost's ear and whispered a few words, the mountain ghost understood, turned around and took out a pink pottery bottle from the carriage.

Shen Zhu smelled a faint fragrance of peach blossoms. He held Rao Tu's hand and said solemnly, "What the hell are you doing?"

Rao Tu glanced at him, "It has nothing to do with you." Then she threw the pink pottery bottle to the snake girl in red, "You have two choices, first, drink it and do one thing for me; second Two, the little girl next to me cramped and peeled."

Snake lady in red unplugged the pottery bottle and smelled it, "Emotional medicine?"

Rao Tu nodded and said, "Auntie is indeed a connoisseur. It is this ecstasy medicine. You drink it, then go to the five princes' mansion in the capital and ask the fifth prince Xiao Yanning for the antidote."

Her auntie, the red-clothed Snake Niang sounded extremely harsh, but because Lu Zhiming was on the side, she didn't dare to refute a word.

"This... This love medicine is poisonous, does the Fifth Prince have an antidote?"

"He is the only one who has the antidote. The Fifth Prince is a real beauty like an immortal. If you can take the antidote and earn a night of Wushan, it is naturally the best."

The red-clothed snake girl was in a dilemma. If she drank the peach blossom dew, the antidote might not be available; but if she didn't drink it, it would immediately end in a tragic death. She didn't think the beautiful girl in front of her was joking.

Rao Tu obviously has no patience, "I count three, if you don't drink, my girl will do it. One, two..."

The red-clothed Snake Niang drank the half bottle of peach blossom dew, threw the bottle, and rode her horse towards Jinling City.

Shen Zhu pulled Rao Tu onto the carriage and said coldly, "Is it fun?"

Rao Tu let out a "hmm" and said lazily, "I don't want the Fifth Prince to be too lonely during the festival, so send a beautiful woman with a charming charm to relieve his boredom."

Shen Zhu was silent, he knew the poison of peach blossom dew in his body, Rao Tu did not shy away, and even bluntly said that Xiao Yanning had the antidote of peach blossom dew.

In fact, both of them are as clear as mirrors, but they are reluctant to pierce that layer of window paper. The estrangement was so deep that the window paper was pierced, and the two of them also straddled this deep stream. What's the use?

Rao Tu pushed him and said, "What are you doing in my car, go back to your own car."

Shen Zhu didn't move like a mountain, he picked up the jade flute in the car, "Blowing all the way, it's not a tune. Are those two girls not too noisy?"

"If you don't go, it's you who will be arguing."

Shen Zhu took Yuxiao into his arms, and the old god was leaning against the wall of the car, closing his eyes and resting.

Rao Tu was in a hurry, reached out to his arms to dig out the jade flute, was held down by him, and then the whole person was embraced by him.

"Shen Zhu, let me go."

Shen Zhu slowly said: "The forces of the rivers and lakes are moving stupidly, and the beams are going to be in chaos."

When Rao Tu heard this, she calmed down. After thinking about it, she raised her head and asked, "Why did the mountain master of Liuli Mountain recruit you as a guest minister? Could it be that the surnamed Murong wants to rebel?"

Shen Zhu looked at the small golden bell pendant on her ear, did not answer her question, but pondered: "The rivers and lakes have been suppressed by the temple for too long. Once the emperor dies, the rivers and mountains will change hands, and the rivers and lakes will be turbulent."

Rao Tu pouted, "What does this have to do with me, and what does it have to do with you?"

Shen Zhu reached out and touched the golden bell earring, but it didn't ring. He asked, "Are there any beads inside?"

She shook her head, "Wouldn't there be a lot of noise to kill people?"

He carefully removed an earring from her ear, looked at it carefully, and looked a little dignified. Rao Tu asked curiously, "What are you staring at, is there something wrong?"

Shen Zhu shook his head, "Where did this come from?"

Rao Tu said: "On the day the emperor decreed me to be the sixth-grade county lord, several concubines in the palace sent some gifts. The mountain ghost saw that the bell was beautiful, so he picked it out for me, and I only put it on today."

Shen Zhu also took down the other bell, and ordered the mountain ghost to give it to Lu Zhiming in another car.

"What's the problem?" Rao Tu was a little curious.

"I heard a secret rumor that there used to be a very favored empress in the palace, who favored the six palaces, was extremely domineering, and did not even care about the empress. One day, the empress dowager gave the empress a pair of golden bell earrings, Not long after, she died suddenly and violently."

When he spoke in a light tone, Rao Tu felt a chill on his body, and pushed him: "Don't play tricks, there are many possibilities for sudden death, why is it related to the pair of golden bell earrings?"

"Because when the empress died, there was no other abnormality on her body. Only the close-fitting palace maid noticed that her pair of earrings had become lighter, and there was a hole in each earring, and it seemed that something had crawled out of it. ."

Rao Tu frowned heavily and rubbed her ears. She had always been afraid of bugs, but she suddenly became uneasy.

Shen Zhu rubbed her earlobe, "What else is there from the palace?"

Rao Tu thought for a while, and hesitated. He raised his eyebrows and asked suspiciously, "What?"

Rao Tu said: "I remember that a group of silver threads was sent from the palace. A few days ago, Liu Xing'er used it to make women's red, maybe... maybe the embroidery on the little clothes I was wearing was that silver thread. Sewing. The mountain ghost said that the silver object is close to the body and has the effect of detoxification..."

When Shen Zhu heard that, he was about to undress her, and Rao Tu hurriedly covered her and said, "It should be... it should be fine, right? It's just a bunch of threads."

Shen Zhu said seriously: "What if there are corpse mealworm eggs on the line?"

The words frightened Rao Tu, let him reach behind her neck, untied the belt of the little clothes, and pulled out the bellyband of the silver lotus embroidered blue bottom from the collar.

He held the light and soft clothes in his hand, with the light fragrance and residual warmth on her body. At this moment, Rao Tu didn't care about being shy, and kept looking at the silver lotus on the little coat in his hand, for fear of being contaminated with something weird.

Shen Zhu asked Liu Xing'er to cut off the silver lotus with scissors, and also sent it to the next carriage for Lu Zhiming's inspection.

Rao Tu felt a little uncomfortable. After all, she wore it close to her body, so it would be awkward for Lu Zhiming to check it, but she was more afraid, afraid that there would be insect eggs on the silver thread, so why did she wear it for so long? It wasn't already on the body.

She covered her chest, wanting to see if there was any change there. If it really got on it, it should turn red and feel itchy, right? But right now, don't feel anything.

This made Rao Tu even more anxious.

Shen Zhu looked at the woman who was a little restless, a faint smile appeared in his eyes, but he quickly covered it up, and said with a serious face: "Let me see for you?"

Rao Tu blushed. Although there was no one else in the car at this time, he had said a lot of frivolous words and done a lot of frivolous things before, but now he was in the car and there were many people outside!

"I'm thin-skinned, I'm sorry."

"Well, I'll keep you here at the curtain, you can see for yourself. Can you see?"

Rao Tu was too embarrassed, but she was really scared and didn't dare to talk nonsense at the moment, she turned her back and untied her belt, and lowered her head to check herself.

Shen Zhu looked at her back, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. At least she's still afraid, which is a good thing. If he is not by her side in the future, will she live well?

Rao Tu looked at it carefully for a long time, and didn't feel anything unusual, only to hear the man behind him say maliciously: "It's dark inside, can you see it clearly?"

Rao Tu said angrily, "It's nothing at all, you're scaring me." After saying that, she closed her clothes and turned her head to glare at Shen Zhu.

His eyes caught a glimpse of the slightly revealing style of the clothes, pretending to be surprised, "Huh?" Ratu's scalp numb, the whole person is not well, sitting there afraid to move, just ask him what to what.

"Is it worm eggs or corpse powder?"

Shen Zhu leaned forward, his slender fingers picked up the placket of her clothes, and then he closed it for her thoughtfully, and smiled: "It's okay, it's just a little redder than before, did you rub it?"

Rao Tu was stunned for a moment, and when she saw him smiling, she suddenly understood, slapped him on the face, and said angrily, "Shen Zhu!"

When Shan Gui and Liu Xing'er opened the curtain, they saw the scene of Lord Shen being slapped, and both girls bowed their heads in embarrassment.

As if nothing had happened, Shen Zhu sat upright and asked, "What did Mr. Lu say?"

Shan Gui said: "There are Gu worms in the golden bell, which will break out in the middle of the night, burrow into the ears, and eat into the brain. Fortunately, I found that Mr. Lu has burned the worms with the talisman."

Shen Zhu snorted and said lightly, "Do you remember which lady in the palace sent it?"

"It's Princess Xunyang's mother-in-law, Concubine Lin Shu."

Rao Tu only felt a moment of fear. Although she was not afraid of death, she did not want to die so tragically. She asked Liu Xiner, "Is there any problem with the silver thread?"

Liu Xing said: "Mr. Lu watched for a long time, but didn't see any clues."

Rao Tu said anxiously: "I didn't see it, or absolutely not."

"Mr. Lu said there should be no problem, but he didn't say so absolutely."

Rao Tu was very depressed, and Shen Zhu comforted her kindly by the side: "Don't worry, I will stay at Lingbao Village later, you have a good bath, I will go to Mr. Lu's place to ask for some ashes from the burnt talisman and sprinkle it in the tub. It should be It won't be a problem."

"When will Lingbaozhuang arrive?"

"almost."

Shen Zhu reassured her a few more words, thinking to himself that the Taoist priest Lu Zhiming looked a little sluggish, but it was very much in line with him. He actually knew in his heart that there was nothing wrong with the silver thread, and that the imperial concubine would not be so blatant and harmful. Besides, if there is really a problem with the silver wire, Liu Xiner should be the first to suffer.

He deliberately asked Liu Xing'er to ask Lu Zhiming with Yinlian, and Lu Zhiming was also very smart, seeing that he was teasing Ratu, so he deliberately said those ambiguous words.

Rao Tu was on pins and needles, and finally the car stopped in front of a manor, and she jumped out of the car first.

Zhuangzi is built on the mountain, and the three-character plaque "Lingbaozhuang" hangs on the gate of the mansion. It can be seen that there are many pavilions inside the white walls, and the buildings are full of glaze, which is very stylish.

Shen Zhu and Lu Zhiming also got out of the car. Shen Zhu went out this time, and acted in a low-key manner. Although there were dozens of dead soldiers accompanying him in the dark, only Yang Qian was with him on the surface, so he did not take the pomp of the minister of ritual.

He put a cap on Rao Tu's head and knocked on the door. A servant came out, Shen Zhu smiled and said, "I passed by here on the way home in Shen Yanbing. It's getting late. I wonder if the owner can make it convenient and allow me to stay for one night."

He said it respectfully and courteously. The servant looked at the crowd behind him, and saw that among the group of people, there were Taoist priests in plain robes, a lady with a graceful figure and a gauze covering her face, two beautiful maids and a girl who looked A tall young man like a servant. As for the one who asked the salute, although his hair was all white, his bearing was very noble and his speech was very appropriate. The servant did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly said: "Please wait a moment, let the villain report to the big housekeeper."

Shen Zhu clasped his fists and said, "Thank you Tongbi."

The family closed the door, and soon hurried footsteps came from the door, and a middle-aged man in a gray and brown rat jacket came out, looking like the housekeeper.

He gave Shen Zhu a deep bow, "The distinguished guest has come from afar, but the servants are rude and neglectful, so please don't blame the guest. The villain is Wang Quan, the mansion's steward, and welcomes the distinguished guest into the mansion."

It turned out that Ding ran to report back to Wang Quan, the steward, and Zhao Huaisheng, the owner of Lingbaozhuang, heard the word "Shen Yanbing" right next to him, his face was a little complicated, and he didn't explain the reason. A good life to entertain, he himself can not push the disease.

It is an honor for the big butler to welcome the guests in person. Lingbaozhuang has been engaged in business for generations, and it can be said that the wealth can rival the country. He knew that there was an upstart in the capital who had turned white for a night, the servant of the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Prince's Supervisor.

Shen Zhu and the others were welcomed into an elegant courtyard. There was an old red plum tree in the courtyard. Ling Han was in full bloom and very cold.

The maids in the courtyard heard that there were guests coming to stay for the night, and the ones under the festival were reluctant to entertain outsiders. They all complained a little, but when they saw the white-haired handsome boy in black clothes and white background, they secretly secretly cheered. The eyebrows are three-point curiosity, three-point shame, and three-point admiration.

However, seeing that there was a woman with a gauze covering her face next to the young master, the maids secretly murmured, and the rest of the mind was faintly lost.

Wang Quan said: "Young master, please wait a moment, the villain will invite the kitchen to prepare the banquet. My master has been ill recently and cannot welcome the guests in person. Please forgive me."

Shen Zhu Wen Yan returned the salute: "No need to spend a lot of trouble, Shen is very grateful for staying in Guizhuang late at night."

Wang Quan said goodbye and left in a hurry. Shen Zhu nodded and smiled when he saw a few maids standing outside the door, "Several girls, my wife is exhausted by boat and car, please prepare some hot water for bathing."

The maids were stunned when they heard "my lady", then nodded in dismay, and hurriedly retreated shyly. The mountain ghost and Liu Xing also went to clean up.

When Wang Quan got the news, he knew that the woman in Shali was the family member of Young Master Shen, and she always paid extra attention when she went out. Wang Quan was very thoughtful, and hurriedly sent the warehouse to prepare a new bathtub for delivery, and then put on a fresh and clean silk quilt.

Shen Zhu and Lu Zhiming sat around the fireplace in the wing room, Shen Zhu smiled and said, "Lingbaozhuang has a lot of wealth, but it is very particular."

Lu Zhiming said calmly, "I'm afraid that the head of the family has already guessed your identity."

Shen Zhu nodded, "I guessed it, but I didn't see it because of my illness. First, he agreed with me, and secondly, he must also know that my situation in the capital is not very good, so he does not want to make friends. Zhao Huaisheng is a smart person. "

"I heard that Lingbaozhuang has a wide range of business, not only in the business of living people." Lu Zhiming's words have always been superficial, only three points, and the remaining seven points are for people to think about.

But how smart Shen Zhu is, he immediately understood what he meant, "It is rumored that there is a killer organization in the rivers and lakes, called Yin Chou Jian. It was created by a remnant of Da Shu decades ago. A remnant of Dashu wanted to assassinate the Emperor of Chu, but he was unsuccessful after all."

"Later the State of Chu was destroyed by the State of Beiyue, and our dynasty rose. The former emperor and the present sage mounted on horses and stepped on the five kingdoms to compete with the State of Beiyue, and achieved the current pattern of confrontation between Daliang and the north and south of the northern border. The past, but the organization of the gloomy stream has not been destroyed. The dead man inside is no longer the old man of Xishu who wants to restore the country, but has become a killer who is purely doing business transactions, killing people for money. With this Lingbao Village There are interests.”

When Rao Tu heard Shen Zhu's words in the inner room, she suddenly remembered the word "Xi Shu" that Xiao Yanning wrote on the table with wine in Yongzi Lane Hotpot Restaurant that day...

At this time in Jinling City, Xiao Yanning was dumbfounded.

He had just been in the palace holding the beauty, drinking alcohol and listening to the ditty. It was just a leisurely stroll. Suddenly, a woman in red with disheveled clothes came in, saying that it was the pillow seat recommended by Mrs. Shen Zhu, and asked the fifth prince to grant her a night of cloud and rain in Wushan, and then reward her with the antidote of peach blossom dew.

It took the five princes half a stick of incense to sort out the idea. He laughed and scolded: "Raotu, are you full? Is this prince's taste so heavy?"

Looking at the red-clothed snake girl whose expression was very blurred because she drank half a bottle of peach blossom dew, he patted her face with his scabbard, "This aunt, go back and tell that woman, if she is willing to recommend herself to this king Pillow seat, maybe this king can consider it."