Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

Chapter 224 Evil Heretics

Taoist Yuan Rong and Yun Zhen's duties are both to subdue demons and monsters, so it is inevitable that people will compare them together.

Seeing Shui Furong praising Taoist Yuan Rong non-stop, Ji Anni felt a little jealous for Yun Zhen.

"Yun Zhen..." When this name was mentioned, Shui Furong's smiling face turned serious. She touched her chin and said to herself, "Speaking of Yun Zhen... Actually, I always thought he was very strange. As a national teacher, he was really too young. Ten years ago, when he entered the palace, he was only in his teens. Even a powerful person like Taoist Yuan Rong was still practicing in the Taoist temple when he was in his teens. How could Yun Zhen be so virtuous and capable that he could enter the palace so early..."

Family protection might have played a role in this, but if he didn't have any ability at all, he would definitely not have been able to enter the palace.

After hearing what Shui Furong said, Ji Anni also fell into deep thought. She had seen Yun Zhen's magic power on the execution ground, which was comparable to a fantasy movie. Moreover, Yun Zhen had the ability to distort time and space, causing her to mistakenly enter this world. He must not be an ordinary Taoist priest.

Shui Furong whispered mysteriously into Ji Anni's ear: "If you ask me... if he is not gifted, then he must be an evil heretic."

"You are the evil one!" Ji Anni didn't want to hear her say bad things about Yun Zhen.

"Princess Zhao Cong, don't you think Yun Zhen is eerie? I wonder what secrets he is hiding in his heart."

"What's so creepy about him?" Yizhen complained on behalf of Yunzhen.

"I don't know. Anyway, I think he is creepy. When I first saw him in Renhe Hall, I felt that he was weird from head to toe..." Shui Furong was very confident in her intuition.

When Ji Anni was training in Renhe Hall, she was late, and Yun Zhen came forward to intercede for her. Like other concubines, Shui Furong also saw Yun Zhen for the first time at that time. At that time, Ji Anni also paid special attention to everyone's faces. Everyone else was overwhelmed by Yun Zhen's beauty, but Shui Furong was the only one who remained calm. It turned out that she was particularly wary of Yun Zhen because she felt strange.

"Concubine Zhao Cong, I see that you and Yun Zhen are quite close. Have you known each other before?" Shui Furong asked curiously.

Ji Anni shook her head. She knew nothing about Yun Zhen's past, and at most she only knew that Yun Zhen liked Baogui Fei very much.

Shui Furong said, "Actually, I have heard a story about him."

"What story?" As long as it was a story related to Yun Zhen, Ji Annie was 100% curious.

"I heard that he and his father had a very bad relationship. When Yun Zhen wanted to enter the palace, they almost severed their father-son relationship."

"Really?" Ji Anni opened her eyes wide. She thought Yun Zhen should be the kind of person who is gentle to everyone, and it is hard to imagine him quarreling with his father. Yun Zhen was just a teenager at that time, probably in the rebellious period, so he was more irritable.

"Of course it's true. When did Yun Zhen have any contact with the Yang family?" Shui Furong raised her eyebrows.

Ji Anni thought about it carefully and realized that she had indeed never heard Yun Zhen talk about the Yang family.

"What happened between Yun Zhen and his father?" Ji Anni really wanted to know the story.

Shui Furong said, "Yun Zhen's father, Yang Jingtian, married a concubine. He doted on the concubine and neglected Yun Zhen's mother. Later, Yun Zhen's mother fell seriously ill. When she was dying, she wanted to see Yang Jingtian for the last time. But the concubine was a few months pregnant at the time and suddenly felt unwell, so Yang Jingtian stayed with the concubine and did not go to see Yun Zhen's mother. In the end, Yun Zhen's mother closed her eyes forever with grief. As for whether the concubine was really unwell or pretending to be unwell, no one knows. Yun Zhen probably thought that the concubine was faking illness, so he hated the concubine and his father."

Having said this, Shui Furong stopped and looked at Ji Anni's expression.

Ji Anni's face was full of surprise and pain. She didn't expect that Yun Zhen had such a story.

If it were me, I would definitely resent Yang Jingtian for the rest of my life.

Shui Furong continued, "Later, the concubine gave birth to a son for Yang Jingtian. Yang Jingtian only cared about loving his youngest son and completely forgot about Yun Zhen's existence. It was not until more than ten years ago, when the youngest son was five years old, that he suddenly died. Yang Jingtian began to pay attention to Yun Zhen again. It was a pity that the rift between them was too deep and could never be healed. Yang Jingtian could not control Yun Zhen, and Yun Zhen did not regard Yang Jingtian as his father. However, Yun Zhen was the only heir of the Yang family, so Yang Jingtian probably still hoped that he could return to the Yang family."

"What happened to the concubine later?" asked Ji Anni.

"She's still in the Yang family, and her charm is still as good as before. No wonder Yang Jingtian fell in love with her. Which man doesn't like young grass..." Shui Furong deliberately lifted her hair when she said this, looking very worldly, as if she had been cheated by a man, and didn't look like a lady from a noble family at all.

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As they talked, they arrived at the entrance of the Demon-Suppressing Temple without realizing it.

Looking in from the door, it was pitch black inside, like a time tunnel. Once you walked in, you didn't know which world you were in. A cold breeze blew by, and Ji Anni and Shui Furong both shrank their necks.

"Concubine Zhao Congfei, are you...are you okay?" Shui Furong swallowed and stared at the open palace door.

"Hmm...hmm..." Ji Annie's heartbeat was getting faster and faster.

Although there was no horrible crying in her ears, the darkness as thick as ink in front of her was enough to scare her away.

"Let's go..." Shui Furong took Ji Anni's arm, and the two of them slowly walked up the stairs like conjoined twins.

It was so quiet all around that even the chirping of insects fell silent. The only sound that could be heard was the rising and falling heartbeats of the two people.

Following the corridor they walked along last time, the two tremblingly came to the archway leading to the courtyard.

Passing through the palace gate, the remains of the burning at the stake and the room with the huge lock on it are right in front of you.

"Concubine Zhao Congfei...are you, are you okay?" Shui Furong asked again, staring at Ji Anni's face worriedly.

Ji Anni nodded stiffly. She was conscious, not dizzy, and had no adverse reactions for the time being.

"That's good. It must be that Taoist Yuan Rong's spell took effect." Shui Furong stroked her chest.

Ji Annie lowered her head and stared at the small red sachet on her waist. She didn't know if it was a psychological effect, but she always felt that the surface of the sachet was emitting a thin layer of light, like a small flame, and it gave off a strange heat.

"Shui Congfei, since you came here specifically to look for monsters, with this magic bag that can ward off monsters, all monsters can be warded off. So what are you looking for?" Ji Anni suddenly realized the problem.

"That's right..." Shui Furong was stunned. Why didn't she think of this?

No wonder the journey was so peaceful, it turned out that the monsters were all driven away by the talismans.

"Forget it, Concubine Zhao, let's go over and take a look." Shui Furong pointed to the padlocked room in front with her chin.

It seems to be the most mysterious place in the entire Demon-Suppressing Temple, otherwise there would be no lock on it.

Since we can't find the monster, it might be a good idea to see what's hidden in this room so that we don't return empty-handed.

"Okay, be careful." Ji Anni was willing to risk her life to accompany the gentleman. Now that she had come here, it would be a shame for her to be worried and frightened along the way if she didn't take a closer look.

They carefully walked around the black scorched earth left by the burning and slowly moved to the outside of the mysterious room.

As soon as Shui Furong's fingertips touched the iron lock, there was a series of "snapping" sounds, and the chain actually started moving by itself!

It was only for a short moment, and soon it stopped, as if it was blown by the wind. But this iron lock looked heavy, just like the two-kilogram shot put used in physical education class, how could it be blown by the wind? It seemed that this room was indeed very strange.

"Shui Congfei, please be careful..." Ji Anni broke into a cold sweat for Shui Furong.

Shui Furong was also frightened by the supernatural phenomenon just now. Her face was as pale as if it was covered with a layer of wax. However, she quickly regained her composure, took off the chain with the toothpick peach wood sword from her neck, and then poked the iron lock with the peach wood sword. This time, the iron lock did not react at all and hung lifelessly on the door.

"It's so strange, I don't know how to open this lock." Shui Furong stared at the giant lock from left to right, but she couldn't see the keyhole after looking for a long time. Since there is no keyhole, it means that there is no need for a key. The only suspicious thing on the lock is the talismans that are tightly wrapped around the lock like dumplings.

"Princess Zhao Cong, do you think that if we tear open the talisman, this iron lock will open automatically?"

"Well, this..." Ji Anni didn't dare to make a rash judgment. However, based on her experience of watching "Journey to the West", when the monkey was pressed under the Five Finger Mountain, Tang Seng revealed the six-character mantra of Tathagata Buddha and released him. I wonder if the spell locked now has the same function as the six-character mantra of Tathagata Buddha...

"Concubine Zhao Cong, why don't we just expose it and give it a try?" Shui Furong never considered the consequences when doing anything, probably because even if she got into a big disaster in the past, her father would help her clean it up, so she didn't know what "think twice before acting" meant.

Just as Shui Furong was about to take off the talisman, she suddenly saw a cluster of fire rushing up from below.

"Ah!" Ji Anni and Shui Furong screamed at the same time in fright.

Looking down, I found that the treasure bag hanging on Ji Anni's waist suddenly caught fire.

Ji Anni reacted quickly, tore off the brocade bag, threw it on the ground, and stomped on it a few times.

Fortunately, the fire was not strong and was extinguished when stepped on.

Ji Anni moved her feet away, and the brocade bag under her feet had been burned to ashes, leaving only a piece of black powder.

When the night wind blew, all the powder flew away.

"Concubine Zhao Congfei, are you okay?" Shui Furong saw Ji Anni's pale face and pushed her worriedly.

"I, I..." At this time, Ji Anni suddenly squatted down and covered her head with her hands. The familiar headache attacked her again, and a burning heat surged in her body. Her body seemed to be burning and fell into the pain of burning fire.

Gradually, Ji Anni's consciousness was completely taken away by the burning heat, and she knew nothing.

The moment before she lost consciousness, she only remembered that she was like a wild dog, lying on the ground with all fours and her back arched.

Shui Furong stared in amazement at Ji Anni, who had suddenly grown fox ears and a fox tail, and watched her eyeballs slowly emit a terrifying white light.