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Manipulated by Xi, unconscionably looking for doctors to come to see her daughter, leaving marks on them, and letting the monster go to eat their hearts and livers at night.

Only for about half an hour every day can she regain control of her body and recall everything that happened during the day.It's not that she never thought about running, the farthest time she had to run was to the border of Yuzhou Mansion, but every time she ran out, she lost consciousness and woke up again and returned to the prefect's mansion.The last time, she saw two bruised palm prints on her neck, obviously the thing was furious at her disobedience, and warned her to kill her if she dared to run away again.

"Did I kill a lot of people?" She sniffled, "I don't want to..."

"Be quiet."

Mu Liya was impatient to hear her cry, and if what she said was true, then time would be very tight, "I want to see your lady, if you don't want to die, you can lead the way."

Seeing the last life-saving straw stretched out in front of her eyes, no matter whether it was true or not, the maid would dare to disobey what he said, and took them to the lady's boudoir without saying a word.

Although I walked through it once during the day, it was a different scene at night, except for one thing, that is, the lotus in the lotus pond is still in full bloom, and it seems that neither the season nor the day and night can disturb it at all.

"Miss."

During the day, the splendid boudoir was extremely unfriendly at night. The maid knocked on the door cautiously, and shouted to the people inside, "Miss, are you awake? I'm coming to see you again."

After a long time, the people in the room responded in a low voice, "Lian'er, is that you?"

"It's me, miss, I... I'm here to see you." Maid Lian'er tried her best to suppress her crying, "I... I'm so scared, I'm not so scared only when I'm by your side. Miss, can I come in?"

Miss Yao's family sighed and spoke a little louder.

"Why are you bothering?" She spoke hoarsely, "The doctor who saw me during the day sounds very young..."

She stopped talking, Lian'er trembled even more, "No, that's not the case, he, they..." None of them died.

"Miss Yao, if you're asking about me, that thing isn't that capable of killing me."

Mu Liya interrupted the greetings between their master and servant, and strode into Miss Yao's boudoir.

In the cold boudoir, there is only one silver lamp in the shape of a white crane for illumination. The light is as weak as a bean and swallowed by the surrounding darkness, only a small piece is lit.

"Miss Yao, I offended you."

He picked up the oil lamp on the table, walked forward and lifted the curtain in front of Miss Yao's bed, so that the true face of this mysterious Miss Yao was completely exposed in front of him.

She couldn't see a piece of good skin all over her body, and she was covered with sores from her fingertips to her neck to her face. Anyone with weak mental capacity would faint when they saw this scene, but Mu Liya didn't feel sick , and observed carefully: this sore is different from ordinary sores, it is light red, and it grows in the shape of a lotus flower piece by piece, and festers and pus starts from the edge, emitting bursts of stench.

"Did you see? Doctor, I'm going to die." The girl who could vaguely see her beauty in the past whispered, "I'd rather die than become the pawn of demons."

There was no trace of disgust in Mu Liya's tone, "Miss Yao, do you want to save your family? If you want to, you must tell the truth."

Miss Yao looked at him for a while, and finally nodded in pain.She thought, why didn't she want to, she was lying on the hospital bed, describing it as terrifying like a ghost, and could only watch everyone being controlled by that thing, using her as a bait, tricking people into coming to their door one after another, killing them.God knows how much she wanted to save her family.

"What exactly did you see and what brought disaster to your family, you must tell me verbatim, otherwise all of you will die when that thing comes again."

Xue Zhi's sword before had completely enraged the stone monster.It can't do anything to them, but it can easily control the lives of dozens of people in Yao's house.

Miss Yao's family closed her eyes.

"Heavenly girl." Presumably it was because the sore had grown into her throat, her voice was not at all charming and clear like a woman's, and in this gloomy night, there was an inexplicable ghostly air, "A statue of a lotus flower celestial girl."

Stone statues, women, and lotuses are vaguely connected by an invisible thread, behind which there are many plots and bloodshed.

"Thank you, Ms. Yao, for your frankness."

Mu Liya turned around and left. Lian'er saw that he had left her young lady behind, and she didn't even care about panic, "Is my young lady saved? Young Master, please help my young lady."

She knelt down with a plop, and almost hugged his legs, "My young lady has never harmed anyone, please help her." Since she was a child, she has been a maid for this young lady of the Yao family. Not only did she not receive harsh treatment, but instead It's more comfortable than living in your own home.

Mu Liya didn't answer her, "Take us to find the magistrate." He said the second half of the sentence to Xue Zhi, "If he doesn't agree, use some method to make him agree."

In the distance are dark blue mountains, and it will be dawn in a few hours.

It must be before the sun rises, otherwise everyone in Yao Mansion will die.Although he is not stingy with violating the precept of killing, but if he can save one person, it is one person.

Infected by his haste, Lian Er quickly led them to the yard where the magistrate was resting.

"Do, do what?"

Xue Zhi broke open the door, quickly rushed to Yao Zhifu's bed, and nailed his sword to the side of his head.

The magistrate who had just been awakened from his dream couldn't even speak, "You guys are..."

"Intent to assassinate the court official. Come on, magistrate, if you don't do what I say, all of you will die at the hands of that stone goddess."

Hearing the words "Stone Goddess", Zhifu Yao broke out in a cold sweat.With his tongue out, he reluctantly asked, "You...what do you want."

"Prefect Yao, I want a carriage and paperwork to go out of the city." Mu Liya said coldly, "If you don't give it, don't blame the sword for being blind."

Yao Zhifu's face was like gold paper, and he got up from the bed tremblingly, "Yes, yes, I will prepare it for the two of you." He looked at the sword in Xue Zhi's hand with some timidity, "What are you going to do? ...?"

"Go to the Tiannv Temple." Mu Liya paused, "Save the lives of your daughter and your whole family."

The Yong Dynasty implemented a curfew system. Except for the Lantern Festival, there were soldiers patrolling the streets from the second watch every day. Except for the beaters, anyone who dared to wander on the streets was caught and treated as a thief.

But in this deep night, a carriage galloped towards the outside of the city gate.Some soldiers saw this scene and wanted to stop, but just as they started, the centurion beside them covered their mouths.

"Hush. This car came from the magistrate's house. You and I can't blame you, just pretend that you didn't see it." Seeing that the soldier understood what he meant, he slowly let go, "I remember that there is still a car in your house. Sick parents."

This world is getting worse and worse. There was a severe drought in the south a few years ago, and this year there was a flood. Many farmers suffered from the disaster and lost their crops. This made the meager salaries of the officials even more precious.

The gate of the city opens every moment at Yinshi and closes at every moment at Shenshi. Year after year, it remains unchanged, and today is of course no exception.

Mu Liya raised the curtain on the car window and saw that the city gate was closed tightly, just like the prefect's family was cut off from their way of life.

Xue Zhi let go of the rein tightly in his hand, saw a little light from the high window of the sentry tower at a glance, took the document in his hand stamped with the official seal of the magistrate, and whispered in his ear, "Wait for me return."

"Go back quickly."

He paused for a moment, unable to think of anything else to say, Xue Zhi raised the corner of his mouth, put down the curtain, and left without looking back.

"Son."

"Is there something wrong?" Mu Liya turned his attention to the second person in the carriage.

She was wearing a veil, covering most of the hideous scars on her face, and her beautiful eyes were full of worry. She was the "seriously ill" Miss Yao family.

"My father and the others will be all right?"

"It depends on you." Mu Liya didn't give her any positive promise, "Miss Yao, you only need to worry about one thing now, and that is whether you can lead us to find the Tiannv Temple."

When she was in the Yao Mansion, she bluntly said that her memory of that day was a little fuzzy. After talking for a long time, she couldn't tell which mountain the eerie Tiannv Temple was located on. She only said that if she went there in person, she would definitely be able to recognize it.

"Miss Yao, time is running out, you come with us, you must find it." Everything is based on finding the Tiannv Temple, if you can't find it, everything will be useless.

"My Ah Qin is still sick..." Yao Zhifu started to complain, but Xue Zhiheng stopped him with the sword in front of him.

"Prefect Yao, I guarantee that if this matter can be resolved smoothly, Qianyuan will return to the mansion unscathed." If not, everyone in the mansion is going to die anyway, so what does it matter where they die?

The Yao family lady understood the second half of his sentence, and she was extremely calm from the beginning to the end, only the slightly trembling hands revealed the fear in her heart.

Xue Zhi was dressed in black. After getting out of the car, he immediately blended into the night. After touching the city wall three times, he flew up like a light falling leaf, as brisk and nimble as a night owl.

He opened the window and entered the room at the top of the watchtower, walked straight to the short and narrow wooden bed, and hit the sleeping man twice.

The official guarding the city gate drank a few ounces of yellow soup before going to bed, and at this time he was having a good dream.Leng Buding was dragged out of the dream by being patted on the cheek, and immediately burst into anger.

"What...what's your name? Don't, don't bother me!" He muttered a few words vaguely, turned over and prepared to continue sleeping, but he didn't expect that hand to be relentless, grabbing his skirt and shaking it. Then he waved his arms wildly like chasing flies, "The rooster didn't even crow, go to the side, disturbing my sweet dreams, follow, never finish with you."

Xue Zhi frowned when he saw the mangy dog's attitude that he couldn't wake up no matter what.

If Mu Liya was in this place, he would probably change his method and continue barking until he woke up, but he is not such a good-tempered person.His soul was incomplete, and he hanged himself by relying on the remnant soul of the ghost, and when he was in a hurry, he burst out with evil spirit.

"Still awake?" he said threateningly, but the city gatekeeper not only did not wake up, but also snored, obviously fell asleep again.

Cheng Menlang had just fallen asleep when he felt something cold rubbing past his ears, which aroused his instinctive sense of crisis, causing him to open his eyes suddenly, and when he met a pair of gloomy red eyes, he almost screamed in fright. Wow screaming.

He stabilized his mind, carefully looked to his left, and saw a sharp sword reflecting the flames, and quickly turned his head back, pretending that he didn't see anything.

"Don't think about calling someone." Xue Zhi's eye sockets were slightly sunken, and his outline was deeper than that of ordinary people from the Central Plains. His pale and sick face made the blood in his eyes as terrifying as a demon. "Open the city gate, We're going out of town right away."

Cheng Menlang tremblingly glanced at the sword next to his ear again, "Yes, do you have any documents? If not..." If not, even the Emperor and I cannot open the door.To be able to achieve this position also requires some discernment, he silently swallowed the second half of the sentence.He planned to make false claims with the other party first, bring the other party to the city gate soldiers, and let them take the opportunity to arrest this criminal.

"You said this?"

Xue Zhi stuffed something into his hand.

"Oh this...is this?"

Cheng Menlang didn't take it seriously at first.He had been guarding the gate of Yuzhou Mansion for more than ten years, and had seen many forged documents, until he saw the bright red official seal of the magistrate, and finally woke up from his doze.

Regardless of the reason for this person, since he is holding the magistrate's document, he must have something important to do, and it is a felony to delay the magistrate's affairs.

"...The hero, please follow me." He dressed as fast as he could in his life, and went to wake up the drowsy city gate soldiers.

"Open the city gate! Open it now, it's urgent!"

Rows of torches were lit, illuminating the dark night.The soldiers yelled, the wide city gate opened little by little, and the chains on the city wall that were thicker than an arm rattled, and the heavy suspension bridge fell slowly, covering the wide and deep moat, creating a barrier for pedestrians. up the bridge.

Xue Zhi held the reins of the carriage again, jerked it violently, the horse's hooves were raised high, and pulling the carriage carrying the prefect's lady behind him, he galloped towards the distant mountains.

……

It's late autumn, and the dew is deeper, especially in the mountains. It's even colder, and even the exhaled breath will condense into white mist.

The carriage stopped on the mountainside, and it would be impossible to go any further up, so all the people in the carriage got down and walked the rest of the distance with their feet.

Xue Zhi walked at the head of the group, while Mu Liya supported the crooked Miss Yao with one hand and walked slower with a blood-colored lantern in the other.

"It's this mountain, I remember it right." Miss Yao wrapped the cloak around her shoulders tightly, and said in a low voice, "I can swear on my life." She was bedridden for a long time, and her physical strength was very poor. She was short of breath after taking two steps. , it was Mu Liya who dragged her away.

It doesn't take Ms. Yao's family to say, Mu Liya can feel that the feng shui in this mountain is a bit weird, and the yin and corpse are like a rushing river, surrounding them and rushing towards a certain direction.

The three of them walked towards the top of the mountain with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and suddenly something flew over their heads rapidly, causing a clattering sound. Miss Yao's fingernails were embedded in Mu Liya's hands, and she almost screamed out.

The wound on his wrist stopped bleeding after applying the medicine prescribed by Lin Lianqiao, but he couldn't help frowning when he was suddenly grabbed like this.

"...I'm sorry." Miss Yao came back to her senses and quickly let go of her hand, "I didn't mean to."

"It's a crow."

"Huh? ... Oh oh, that's it."

Mu Liya explained coldly that the movement was made by the crow.Perhaps because of the same name, he always has a strange attraction to things like crows. No matter where he goes, he can see these large birds that grow from carrion.

"Can't wait for me to die and eat my flesh and blood?"

"What did you say?" Ms. Yao was out of breath climbing the mountain, and she didn't hear what he said clearly, so she asked subconsciously.

"It's nothing, it has nothing to do with you."

The flat-haired beast quietly stopped on the branch of the tree, its orange-red eyes fell on the group of them without a blink, as if watching them, but after a while, it flapped its wings and flew away.

Xue Zhi, who was walking in the forefront, stopped at the fork in the road ahead, as if he didn't know which way to go.

"Go this way..." Miss Yao supported her knees, barely raised her hand and pointed to the road on the left, "I remember Uncle Fu took me this way."

The boots made a rustling sound as they stepped on the soft fallen leaves.Thin mist lingered around them, Mu Liya pushed aside the thick branches and looked at the dark sky.

Fortunately, the beginning of autumn has passed, and the night is gradually lengthening, which can buy them a little more time.

"Strange, I remember this place." Miss Yao knew that even if her legs were about to break, it was definitely not her illusion.This path is not right.

No matter how long the road was, according to what she remembered, they should have already reached the gate of the Tiannv Temple.But at this moment, no matter how they walk, they can't see the head, and there is even a possibility of returning to the original point.

"It's another ghost hitting the wall."

In order to keep some people like them out, there must be a formation outside the Tiannv Temple.

"Look for it." Any formation will have its flaws, but the difference is big or small.

"I... I'll help too." Miss Yao never forgot what he said, if she can't find it before dawn, her whole family will die.

They just walked around in circles in the mountains, searching bit by bit, not letting go of any oddities.

Until the sky was about to turn pale, Mu Liya finally found the location of the formation: the trunk of a thick ancient tree was artificially nailed with wooden talisman seals. Indistinct.

Mu Liya used a dagger to pry open the nail, and held the talisman in his palm, the chill that pierced his bones immediately flowed through his body.It was exactly the same as the Zhou Family Ancestral Hall at that time.He closed his eyes, part of the doubts in his heart were unraveled, while another part became deeper.

"It's foggy." Miss Yao exclaimed.

The fog came quickly and urgently, and it was as thick and white as a fire in the mountains and forests. It completely enveloped the surroundings in a short while, making it difficult for people to see clearly except for the shadowy outline.

"Ah Zhi, take good care of Miss Yao's family."

Without Mu Liya's move, Xue Zhi grabbed her wrist to ensure that she would not get separated.

Following the direction of the fog gathering, they didn't take a few steps, the blood-colored lantern illuminated the scene in front of them, and Mu Liya stopped.

"found it."

The dilapidated Tiannv Temple finally revealed its true body.

When the three of them entered the Tiannv Temple, the fog had unknowingly dissipated.

"It's right here..." The closer she got to the main hall, the more Miss Yao's family trembled.The faint heat brought by the mountain climbing dissipated, and the coldness came out from the bone marrow little by little.

"It's this temple that I will never forget until I die."

On that thunderstorm evening, Fu Bo went to the mountain to collect firewood. She and her maid Lian Er walked into the wild temple in the barren mountain without knowing it.

She pulled Lian'er to kowtow to the celestial girl.Righteously ringing her head three times, Xie Tiannv empress allowed her master and servant to hide from the rain here, and begged Tiannv empress to bless her family in the future. If the empress heard her prayer, she would reward her with incense every year.

This behavior made her regret every night afterward. If she had urged Uncle Fu to check the horseshoe carefully before going out, if she hadn't listened to Master Hongming's lecture for a while, if...but nothing in the world would be possible. Yes, inadvertently, the huge shadow of disaster fell on each of them.

"...Laughing." When she finished kowtowing, Lian'er pulled her sleeve in horror and called to her, "Stone statue, you're laughing."

At that time, she frowned and scolded Lian'er not to be disrespectful to her mother.

Lian Er shook her head frantically, pulled her to run outside, and said as she ran that she was definitely not dazzled, and the empress, who was still expressionless when she entered the temple, could hardly hide the smile on her face at this moment.

"You are really..." She couldn't tell what mood she was in, but she just turned her head and saw the expression of the goddess, "I really laughed."

It was by no means a pleasant smile, bloody, cruel, and even a bit inexplicably satiated.

"what--!"

But at this moment, she returned to this place again, facing this terrifying goddess who controlled her family and turned them into accomplices.

"Miss Yao, stand aside." Mu Liya put a hand on her shoulder, she turned her head abruptly, and realized that she was not alone, "Leave the rest to X and Ah Zhi. "

"You..." Are you okay?

"It's just that this little trick can't stop us."

Miss Yao was dragged aside by him in a daze, twisting her sleeves and fingers, nervously waiting for them to deal with this celestial girl.

This stone goddess stands on the lotus platform, with slender stems wrapped around her body, entangled endlessly, as if growing into her flesh and blood, they cannot be separated, and the top of the stems are budding lotus bones.

Most of the statues of Guanyin in temples are solemn and majestic, revealing an awe-inspiring awe and compassion that cannot be violated.But this celestial goddess has a beautiful face that is almost coquettish, with plump cheeks, half-closed eyes, and slightly raised lips. The smile on the corner of the mouth cannot make people think of any emotions related to compassion, but reveals a coldness. hostility.Holding a budding lotus in her hand, she stood on the lotus platform with one foot, looking down at all of them, as if she would voluntarily walk down to them in the next second, and stick up to them like a snake, offering soft lips.

"She...she came back to life!" Miss Yao just looked at her from a distance and felt almost crazy, "She...she wasn't like this before."

She still remembered that that night, the stone statue was dusty, and many lines were blurred due to the age. How could it be so gorgeous and lifelike?It seems that as long as someone breaks the outer stone shell, a real and beautiful goddess will be revealed underneath, who will pant, open her eyes and smile at people, dance, and dance with soft ribbons all over her body. Youlong is as graceful as a frightened bird.

"That's natural. After eating the flesh and blood of so many living people, it's still the most nourishing heart and liver. Can you not look good?"

Thin lines of blood leaked from the bottom of the lotus platform, climbed up along the soft stems, and finally fell into the half-opened stone lotus in the hands of the goddess.

The lotus flower was full of blood, and the petals underneath gradually revealed a bright red color.

Mu Liya's face was not pretty.The sky outside gradually brightened. In contrast, the speed of the blood line climbing was also faster, and it didn't take long for the stone lotus to bloom again.

"This is the painstaking effort of the people of the Yao family. When the lotus flower blooms, everyone will die."

From the moment he entered the Tiannv Temple, Xue Zhi did not take any action, but waited quietly until the blood line was about to completely dye the stone Tiannv, and he finally found the opportunity to make a move.

Sen Leng's sword pointed straight at the stone lotus, and the stone statue, realizing what he was going to do, stretched out a hand in vain to try to block it, but where could Xue Zhi be in her useless stone body? And the opponent of the sword in his hand?

The stone arm fell to the ground with a bang, smashing to pieces together with the delicate and beautiful lotus flower.The countless blood lines that had lost their target quickly collapsed, and no matter how hard the stone goddess tried, she could no longer gather, and quickly retreated back into the rosette.

Xue Zhi's eyes revealed a frantic and fierce light.Mu's sword was forged by evil ghosts, he and the sword in his hand are one, without even needing to think about it, the blade turned and immediately moved towards the stone statue itself.

The Stone Goddess lowered her head with difficulty, and saw a sword nailed to her chest. The evil spirit carried by the blade quickly invaded her body, cracking from the point where it was pierced.

When the stone statue completely collapsed, something wrapped inside fell to the ground along with the gravel.

It was a strip that was so dry that it couldn't see its original shape. The long fur was red like fire, and the tip of the hair was a little white.Xue Zhi put away his sword, and was about to carefully examine what it was, when so many images suddenly flooded into his mind.

hatred.thick hatred.There is only such an emotion, which erodes people's hearts like poison and distorts them a little bit.

Once everyone is dressed in the same way, the differences in facial features will be infinitely blurred, just like this group of women in plain white clothes with shiny jewelry on their hands, feet and foreheads.

In the middle of them, surrounded by a woman in red whose face could not be seen clearly.The woman in red seemed to have a very high status, because she just raised her hand slightly, and all the women in white immediately knelt down in front of her.

The never-ending fire, the knocking sound on the door, the time is getting tighter and tighter.Wu Yun stepped on the snow and broke through the last barrier in the mountains, breaking through their originally impregnable defense line.

The young emperor wore black iron chain mail, and mercilessly killed all those who dared to resist.

Regardless of whether it is a man or a woman, as long as they do not immediately kneel at his feet, they will be pierced through the chest by his spear.

At the end of this long killing, the flames soared into the sky and completely blocked the emperor's iron hooves from advancing.

"Report to His Majesty, only... only found this."

"That's it?"

The young emperor casually glanced at the things presented on the tray. It was a piece of blood-stained scarlet cloth, which seemed to be torn from a woman's dress, and the edges had been charred black.

"It's better to let it go." He covered his mouth and coughed, and quietly put away the black and red patch in his palm after coughing, "It's really cunning."

The long sword in Xue Zhi's hand trembled violently, as if resonating with something, he was almost unable to hold the sword for the first time in his life.

"..." He said a name that even he didn't know what it was.

He didn't know anything about it after that.

……

Under Xue Zhi's sword, the stone celestial girl was turned into countless gravels, temporarily putting an end to all the bloody tragedies that took place in Yao's mansion.

First he went out of the city, and then climbed the mountain to find the temple. Mu Liya was so tired that he didn't care about the dirty and cold wall behind him, so he just sat down and placed the unconscious Xue Zhi on his lap.

After a while, Ms. Yao, whose legs were so weak, could hardly resist the temptation to rest. She quietly sat on the ground one arm away from him, hugging her knees, her eyes were empty, and she was thinking about something: Mu Liya told She, the scars on her body can be healed by just asking a doctor to prescribe some ointment to remove putrefaction and build muscle, but even if they heal, they will definitely leave scars, and there is nothing he can do to help them.

"Miss Yao, do you know about the Liantai case?"

Unlike other people's tutored daughters who can't read a single character, the prefect Yao taught her to read and write.

Ms. Yao shook her head, "I don't know." As an official, she knew a little about the cases of the Yong Dynasty in recent years, but she had never read any information related to the "Liantai case".

At the same time, the cold morning breeze slid along the open door into the temple, causing her to shiver, and she could only curl up even more.

Mu Liya didn't pay attention to her small movements, his finger unconsciously slid across Xue Zhi's cheek, and whispered, "It's okay if you don't know."

Xue Zhi was still in a coma, and he didn't know what he saw, his brows were tightly frowned.In other words, since he was very young, he was used to seeing this person frowning, looking worried about something.

"That's what happened when the Yong Dynasty was founded."

Decades ago, Emperor Gaozu, who had just ruled the world, did not even have a good time for a few days, and he defied all opinions and started the bloody storm that would be no less than the unification in the next ten years.

The scope of the Liantai case involved is wider than they imagined: from the imperial court to the officials to the countryside, too many people have affairs with the mysterious sect lurking in the shadows. I'm afraid that within a few decades, the world will change their surname without anyone noticing.

In the 12th year of Xianzhao, the Liantai case was closed, and all related files were burned centrally without leaving any records.

Four years later, Emperor Gaozu died of illness. Even if there were remnants at that time, after the merciless purges of the next two generations of emperors, this major case that once caused a sensation in the court and the public disappeared completely in the long river of history.

"Is he all right?"

Miss Yao's family waited for a long time without waiting for the next article, so she hesitated and picked the safest topic to talk about.

Mu Liya sniffed Xue Zhi's breath, it was warm and lingering, completely different from his attitude of indifference to everyone when he was awake.

It was already dawn outside, and the gray skylight cast from the tall window lattices, fell on them, and barely had some warmth.

Noticing that Xue Zhi had moved, Mu Liya slowly let go of his hanging heart. "Okay, my Ah Zhi is awake."

He didn't say another word to her, but she was aroused by curiosity, "You haven't finished telling me about that case..."

"I won't go any further." Mu Liya sighed softly, "I told you about this case to warn you to beware of those evil things that use lotus flowers as totems. Emperor Gaozu didn't do that at the time." You can completely expel them. And if you don’t talk about it anymore, it’s because you have to pay a price for knowing it, and you only saved your life, and talking about it will only harm you.”

"The way of heaven is more cruel than you think."

Although Xue Zhi had destroyed the statue of the celestial girl who caused the mischief, there is no guarantee that there will be no other harmful things in this temple. In order to completely eradicate the future troubles and prevent the later passers-by from being murdered by him again, they stayed on the mountain for a long time , thoroughly inspected the dilapidated yard inside and out.

This inspection made a different discovery: Mu Liya found a secret passage in the wing room on the side of the main hall, and the entrance was hidden under a certain floor tile.

Mu Liya stood up and patted the dust on his hands, pointed at Xue Zhi and said, "Ah Zhi, follow me."

His eyes fell on the nervous Miss Yao family behind him, and he raised his hand to signal her to be calm. "It's fine like this." He drew a circle on the ground with his own blood, just enclosing Miss Yao inside, and said, "Miss Yao, you wait here. As long as you don't leave this circle, ordinary evil things can't get close You." After finishing speaking, Xue Zhi and Xue Zhi entered the tunnel

The tunnel was deeper and darker than he thought, and only the top section could be illuminated by the skylight outside.Xue Zhi followed behind him, he stopped after two steps, and held Xue Zhi's hand to ensure that the two would not be separated.

"In order not to encounter ghosts hitting the wall again and get separated."

When he explained in this way, Xue Zhi held him back without a word, like two vines entangled with each other.

The footsteps of the two overlapped subtly. After walking the last step of the stone ladder, Mu Liya took out a torch from his arms and lit it casually, "Here we are."

He held up the torch, and the flickering fire could barely illuminate the land around him.It was as if there had been a fire here, all the furnishings were burnt to nothing, and there were burnt black marks on the stone walls, and where the burn marks were not so serious, the once exquisite murals could be faintly seen.

"It's Baima Sect." Mu Liya glanced at it briefly and lost interest.

As early as the moment he entered this Tiannv Temple, he knew that this place must have something to do with Baima Sect, and now it only confirmed his guess.

The emperor of the former dynasty advocated Buddhism, especially Theravada Buddhism. Driven by the imperial court, the people followed suit one after another. Baima Sect was one of the countless sects that emerged at this time.Baima means lotus in Sanskrit. This religion uses lotus as its totem and believes in the goddess Baima. It is said that the leader is a goddess who descended to earth. She is beautiful and has infinite supernatural powers. After seeing her true face, no one knows what the truth is.

From the end of the former dynasty to the early years of the Yong dynasty, the period of more than ten years of wars and disputes in between was the most prosperous period of the Baima religion, and it can be said that it covered the sky with one hand in remote areas.

This situation continued until Emperor Gaozu ruled the world.In those few years, it was Emperor Gaozu who apparently controlled the government, but in fact most of the world had fallen into the hands of the Baima Sect.Others were sleeping soundly on the side of the couch. Emperor Gaozu learned the lesson of the demise of the previous dynasty and vowed to expel the Baima sect completely.

At first, because of the internal protection of the Baima Sect, the extermination did not have much effect, but the informants sent by Emperor Gaozu tried their best, and finally led the cavalry to destroy the largest stronghold of the Baima Sect in Tongzhou in the deep winter of the third year of Xianzhao , pulled out the radish and brought out the mud, and opened the sensational Liantai case.

In this horrific purge, many officials were imprisoned one after another, including many court officials and founding generals, and the whole country was once paralyzed.The papers of the officials are handed up like snowflakes. Every once in a while, there will be new riots that need to be appeased. The blood of the assassins who came to assassinate the pond outside the imperial study will be stained red. It bears the pressure of most of the country. However, Emperor Gaozu didn't even give an order to stop it, so he insisted on suppressing the Baima Sect. It wasn't until the 12th year of Xianzhao that he finally ordered to close the case.

Some people say that the reason why Emperor Gaozu died of illness not long after the purge was over was also because he was cursed by the leader of Baima.

"It's not convenient in front of Miss Yao's family, can you tell me why you fainted?"

The fire was so clean that Mu Liya rummaged casually before giving up the idea of ​​looking for clues.He unconsciously scratched the mottled patches of color remaining on the wall with his fingers, "You..."

"I saw some pictures." Xue Zhi pressed his temples as if he still had a headache, and continued after a while, "It just came out suddenly. I'm sure it's not my memory, but it's very real... just like once Things that happened."

He told Mu Liya what he saw without reservation.Whether it was the woman in red who was surrounded by the women in white, or the urgent knock on the door and the blood-stained body,