Green scales

Hearing this, Pei Yun was silent for a moment, then raised his hand and waved away the maid, and after all the idlers had left, Pei Yun sat down with Lian Ge on his arm.

Yu Qin poured two cups of tea slowly, but glanced at Lian Ge vaguely.

"Four people have died in the mansion in a row." Pei Yun looked downcast, and rubbed his temples with an extremely tired hand, "When he was found in the back garden, his flesh and blood were all gone, and all his skin was gone. It took several layers of soil to barely cover it."

Xia Xinglan bowed her head in silence, as if she was thinking about something.Yuqin looked calm, eating the pastry in small bites.

"Did everyone die from skinning?" Liu Shu asked.

Pei Yun nodded, "The skin of the whole body is gone. It is definitely not something ordinary people can do, and only a demon can do it."

Everyone in the hall became quiet again, each silent.

Kong Qi leaned against the door, turning his head to look at the inner hall from time to time, when he turned his head, several maidservants were moving over side by side, all of them were worried and frightened.

Kong Qi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he waved his hands, and mouthed silently.

There are guests, don't make trouble.

The maids shook their heads in unison and formed a long line, hiding behind Kong Qi one by one.

"Kong Qi? What's going on outside." Seeing that Kong Qi's expression was different, Pei Yun asked aloud.

"It's nothing, just some girls are here. Just let them go."

Pei Yun nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

"Let them wait at the door, just be quiet. The girls are afraid, and it's understandable to want to get closer to the Taoist priest." Lian Ge persuaded slowly.

Kong Qi responded, and the maids showed joy, and they all staggered and stood on both sides of the door.

"What is the identity of the deceased?" Xia Xinglan asked.

"They are all young maids, the youngest is only eighteen." Lian Ge said softly, "The ones who have had accidents recently are all young maids, which has caused panic in the mansion. My husband is considering sending the maids back first."

"The accidents were all women?"

"The first person to have an accident was a guard on duty at night." Pei Yun said.

Liu Shu lazily leaned back, looked up at the beams in the main hall, and said: "The fox killed the little snake, and the snake came to pick and kill the children in your house."

Pei Yun said helplessly: "That's why we have to invite two Taoist priests to eliminate the demon, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous."

"It's easy to say, easy to say." Liu Shu replied with a smile, twisted a piece of pastry and put it in his mouth leisurely, and glanced at Yuqin who bowed his head and said nothing in his eyes.

"Then why does the snake demon want to skin it?" Yuqin turned to look at Xia Xinglan and asked in a low voice.

"What do you do with the snake corpses brought by wild foxes?" Xia Xinglan nodded, thinking for a moment and asked.Yuqin quietly stuffed a piece of pastry into Xia Xinglan's palm.Xia Xinglan glanced at it amusedly, Yuqin opened his mouth, parted his lips lightly, and said silently, "This is delicious."

"I had someone take it away." Pei Yun said.

"Is it really lost?" Liu Shu asked suddenly.

"Ask Yan Hong and you'll know. I told her to clean up." Lian Ge glanced sideways at Pei Yun, Pei Yun nodded and signaled Kong Qi to call someone over.

Kong Qi smiled, and didn't move. Instead, he pouted at a maid opposite, and then turned his head to signal to go in.

The servant girl's face turned pale, she walked in quickly with her head down, bent over and knelt on the ground, her delicate body trembling slightly, as if she was seriously frightened.

"Yanhong, how did you deal with the snake corpse?" Lian Ge asked with a gentle tone and a friendly expression.

The servant girl lowered her body so that her forehead almost touched the ground.The voice trembled subconsciously, and said: "Go back to Madam, the servant wanted to throw away the body at will, but... But Brother Lin Yun said... said..."

Yuqin and Xia Xinglan looked at each other, Pei Yun's expression froze, and Liu Shu sat up straight as if in high spirits.

"Speak slowly."

"Brother Lin Yun said that it's a waste to lose it, and I just use it to make snake soup..." The maid said that there was a sob in her voice at the end, she hurriedly crawled forward on her knees, crying: "Madam, help Maid, there is still a younger sister in the servant's family, I don't want to die, I don't want to die!"

Pei Yun was silent for a long time after hearing the words, only the suppressed crying of the servant girl was heard in the main hall.

"You go down."

"My servant really doesn't know, master, madam, I beg you, let me go back." The servant girl cried pear blossoms with rain, and her pretty face was full of fear at this moment.

Thinking of the tragedy in the mansion, the servant girl cried even more miserably. Seeing that Pei Yun's face was serious and silent, her expression was even more sad, and she kept kowtowing for mercy.

"Get down!" Pei Yun yelled suddenly, the servant girl was frightened, and her body trembled like a fallen leaf in the autumn wind.

Seeing this, Lian Ge quickly poured a cup of tea and handed it to Pei Yun, looked sideways at the maid and said, "You go down first." Pei Yun's face was gloomy, but he didn't take the tea.

The servant girl was so frightened that she stood up in a daze, and retreated trembling all over.

"The child died and was skinned to make snake soup. No wonder he also came to skin you." Liu Shu sneered.

"Liu Shu!" Xia Xinglan yelled abruptly, Liu Shu smiled and said no more.

"Lin Yun was the first guard who had an accident." Lian Ge explained aloud upon seeing this.

Xia Xinglan nodded and got up.

"My lord, please show us the whole mansion first, so that we can set up the formation later."

Pei Yun responded, and everyone stood up together.

"Kong Qi, you come too." Kong Qi nodded, scattered the maids at the door, and walked in front.

"Then I'll take Mr. Yu to the wing room to fix it first." Lian Ge suddenly said, Pei Yun hummed, waved his hand to signal him to be casual, then turned and left.

"Yuqin...you..." Xia Xinglan looked at the person beside him, and was about to persuade him to wait in the wing room first, but Yuqin nodded first and agreed, "Then I will go with my wife first, you should be more careful."

Xia Xinglan was a little surprised. Along the way, Yuqin was not clinging to him, but actually changed his mind when he came to the Governor's Mansion.

Xia Xinglan glanced at the slim Mrs. Governor, and then at Yuqin, suppressing the strangeness in his heart, peeled off the Taiji from the hilt of his sword, and handed it to Yuqin.

Yu Qin took Tai Chi and put it in his arms, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I'll wait for you in the room."

Xia Xinglan walked a few steps, turned her head and looked at Yuqin worriedly, thinking that otherwise, she should bring him by her side.Yuqin waved his hand first, and left with Mrs. Governor, so Xia Xinglan had no choice but to turn around and follow Kong Qi and his party.

The back garden of the governor's mansion is huge, but due to the incident of human life, all the servants in the mansion usually make detours if they can, for fear of being contaminated with dirty things.

Lian Ge specifically told the maids not to follow, and the maids withdrew one after another as if they were about to be amnesty.

Therefore, in the huge back garden, there are only two people, Lian Ge and Yu Qin, walking one after the other.

In the back garden, there are clusters of flowers, lush and green, and the water pavilions and pavilions are quiet and long.When the breeze blows, there is a trace of fragrance. If it is not known in advance, no one can imagine the tragic situation here a few days ago.

The two of them didn't say a word on the road, they just walked quietly.

After passing through the flower garden, there is a quiet courtyard around the corner.

There are row upon row of rockeries in the small courtyard, with gurgling water, and the splashing water brings a sense of coolness.Yuqin's wing room is here.

With a sound of "squeak", Lian Ge pushed the door open and walked in.Yuqin Shi Shiran followed in and closed the door.

As soon as the door was closed, the sound of water from the outside was cut off, and the warm sunlight in the afternoon poured into the room through the window lattice, fine dust was flying in the sunlight, Yuqin stood against the light, and a golden halo appeared all over her body.

"How long do you plan to stand?" Yuqin sat at the table, poured a cup of tea by himself, and occasionally raised his eyes to glance at Lian Ge who was standing not far away.

Lian Ge sighed, and when he turned around, he bowed and saluted, and said slowly, "I've seen you, Your Majesty."

Yuqin grunted, lowered her head and took a sip of her tea.

"You left the Ten Thousand Monsters Hall with all your heart, just for this mortal?"

Lian Ge was silent for a long time, then nodded slowly.

"Sit down and talk." Yuqin pouted.

"One of the elders of the Wan Yao Temple in the past has fallen to this point." Yu Qin said indifferently, Lian Ge sat in the shadow with his head down, unable to see clearly, only the tulle on his face fluttered in the wind .

"Have you cast a blind eye? People think you are a woman?"

Lian Ge raised his head slightly, hesitated for a moment and nodded slightly.

"Does he know?"

"I lied to everyone, except that I didn't cast a spell on him. If I am not me in Pei Yun's eyes, then what's the use of this love?" Lian Ge sighed softly, and lifted the tulle covering her face Come down, revealing the scars on your face.

Yuqin was silent for a moment, turned his gaze to the wound on his face, and asked: "Are you actually unable to beat even a little demon now? You have made yourself so embarrassed."

Lian Ge smiled indifferently when he heard the words, "When I insisted on leaving, His Majesty abolished my practice for a hundred years. Now that I maintain this little trick, I can hardly maintain my human form."

Yuqin got up, walked to Liange's side, looked down at him for a moment, raised her slender and graceful hand with well-defined joints, lifted Liange's chin, and looked at the scar on half of her face.

Lian Ge's breathing suddenly became short of breath, sweat broke out on his forehead, Yuqin's eyes had turned into golden vertical pupils at this moment, and an invisible coercion pressed him like a mountain, making him breathless.

After a while, Yuqin opened her lips slightly, and green scale powder floated out of her mouth, like a galaxy hanging in the sky, condensed into a bright green arc, slowly adhering to Liange's wound.

The moment the light spot touched the skin, it disappeared without a trace, and Lian Ge only felt a burst of coolness on the wound, dispelling the burning pain that had been burning for several days.

Suddenly, a puff of black smoke drifted out from the dark red flesh in the wound, and slowly dissipated in the air.

Yuqin blinked, let go of Liange's grip, and her pupils returned to normal.

"The snake venom has been removed for you. Find a way to do the rest yourself."

Lian Ge showed joy, got up and saluted, and said slowly: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

"I'm helping you because you were my subordinate in the past. Come on, what's going on?" Yuqin leaned against the table and dismissed his salute casually.

"What Pei Yun said is true. There is indeed a snake demon in the mansion, but it wasn't attracted by the fox, it was sent by Wuhe." Lian Ge put on his veil again, turned his head to look outside the house, The tone is calm.

"Sure enough, they did it." Yuqin snorted coldly. "What is the origin of the snake demon?"

"I don't know, it only appeared twice, and once it killed Daoist Xiaofu, but it was surrounded by a cloud of black mist, and I couldn't see through its real body."

"Then what happened to your injury?"

"When it first came, I noticed something strange. I wanted to drive it out, but it hurt my face when it sneaked up. Afterwards, my vitality was severely injured. Now I can only barely protect Pei Yun from harm. The others I don't know." It's intentional and powerless." Lian Ge heaved a sigh of relief, feeling a little guilty.

"So you sent someone to find Xia Xinglan?" Yuqin narrowed her eyes and said in a bad tone.

"I'm looking for Your Majesty." Lian Ge smiled, "Besides, Daoist Xia should know about the death of Daoist Xiaofu immediately, otherwise wouldn't it make him feel even more regretful when he learns about it in the future?"

"You have a good plan, let me help you get rid of the demon." Yuqin sarcastically said.

As soon as the words were finished, footsteps suddenly sounded outside the door, Yuqin's expression relaxed, Lian Ge got up and smiled and said, "It seems that I should go."

"Slow down." Yuqin suddenly said, thinking for a moment, "Since you are disfigured, why don't you also cover up Pei Yun, so you are not afraid that he will look at your face every day and feel bored? "

Lian Ge straightened his clothes and walked to the door. The sound of footsteps outside the door came from far to near, only a door separated him.

"Because I don't want him to see someone else through me."

Yuqin thought about it.

The door was pulled open, and Xia Xinglan stood at the door.

Lian Ge nodded with a smile, Xia Xinglan also nodded slightly, and the two passed each other.