Fox Demon Kills
Qin Ying's eyes sank.
This monk had no official position, but he could sit beside the dragon throne and serve the emperor.
It seemed that the Han emperor no longer valued Yan Kong, but really favored him.
At this time, the old monk Yan Kong stood up, put his hands together, bowed slightly to Qin Ying in the air, and chanted: "Amitabha, I meet the Ninth Prince."
Qin Ying felt uncomfortable instinctively when he saw him for the first time.
Qin Ying couldn't say what was wrong with this old monk, but he had a kind of intuition after two lives.
Therefore, Qin Ying strode into the Golden Palace with a blank expression, and didn't even intend to pay attention to him. He looked straight at the Han emperor and saluted:
"Your son greets your father."
Qin Ying's disregard did not cause Yan Kong to have the slightest emotional fluctuation, and the old face was still full of a kind and warm smile.
The Han Emperor nodded calmly and said, "This is Yan Kong, the host. Ying'er, please say hello."
Qin Ying's heart skipped a beat.
He deliberately ignored Yan Kong, but the Han Emperor insisted that he say hello.
Qin Ying was not a three-year-old child. He did not show his emotions. He said calmly, "Yan Kong, the host, right? Come to Wutong Garden for tea when you are free."
"I will definitely go."
Yan Kong smiled kindly.
"Ying'er, do you know what happened last night?"
The Han Emperor sat on the dragon throne, and the imperial power was pervasive.
His calm questioning voice sounded different in Qin Ying's ears, and even the civil and military officials in the court looked at him with hostility.
"I know." Qin Ying said neither servile nor arrogant.
"The fox demon attacked the palace at night and cried loudly. If this matter spreads, how will the people discuss the royal family?"
The Han Emperor's voice was full of rebuke.
This matter has been mentioned last time.
It was just a rumor at that time.
But last night, it really happened.
The impact of this on the Han emperor was no less than a meteorite falling in his calm state of mind, stirring up thousands of waves and spreading thousands of waves.
"Your Majesty."
At this time, the Grand Tutor Wang Mingsong stood up.
He glanced at Qin Ying beside him with his experienced eyes indifferently, and then bowed to the Han emperor on the dragon throne and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, what happened in the palace last night has been circulated in the streets."
"What?"
The civil and military officials were in chaos.
What happened last night, spread to the people?
Foxes are regarded as an ominous sign, and those who confuse the emperor and bring disaster to the country and the people are called fox spirits.
Since ancient times, foxes have symbolized bad omens.
Now, the Qin royal family has been wailing by fox spirits, and the people have heard that it is not telling the world that the fate of the Han Dynasty is about to end!
"Asshole!"
The Han Emperor slapped the dragon throne with his hand, stood up and said angrily: "I ordered last night that no one is allowed to mention it to the outside world. Who is it! Who dares to disobey my order? I will kill all nine clans!"
The Han Emperor was furious, and his hair and beard were shaking.
None of the seven hegemons in the Spring and Autumn Period had been reported to have fox demons causing chaos, but the Han Dynasty did.
Could it be a sign of the country's demise?
"Your Majesty, calm down."
Wang Mingsong immediately explained: "Last night, the fox demons were not the only ones causing chaos in the palace. With the imperial capital as the center, there were fox demons crying in a radius of thirty miles."
Speaking of this, Wang Mingsong glanced at the official next to him.
A civil official from his Wang family faction immediately stood up and said, "Your Majesty, what the Grand Tutor said is true."
"There are even civilians who have been killed by fox demons. I dare to bring the bodies here."
Hearing this, the Han emperor's face suddenly tightened, and he hurriedly said:
"Hurry up and bring the bodies up."
Soon, three bodies covered with white cloth were brought up.
"Master Yankong, please go and have a look."
The Han emperor said to Yankong on the side.
Yankong did not refuse, nodded and walked quickly to the bodies.
He squatted down and gently lifted the white cloth to reveal the face of the body.
All the civil and military officials came over, wanting to see what the person killed by the fox demon looked like.
Under the white cloth, there were only three men.
Two of them were young men and one was a child.
"Amitabha."
Yan Kong only took a look and showed a look of compassion for the world. Tears even flowed from the corners of his eyes, as if he was lamenting for the three lives.
"Your Majesty, they were indeed killed by the fox demon."
Yan Kong clasped his hands together and said compassionately: "There are canine bite marks on their necks. Their death was very tragic. It is clear that they saw something horrible before they died. Their skin was blue-gray, which means that they died of blood sucked dry."
"Fox demons like to suck the essence and blood of men, which can make them young forever."
After saying that, Yan Kong completely lifted the white cloth covering the child, and everyone's eyes suddenly sank.
"Where is his heart?"
"Too cruel, they actually dug out the child's heart and let him die without a complete body!"
Someone shouted and cursed.
The child died in a very tragic way, with his stomach ripped open.
The heart was even hollowed out by the claws.
It is really infuriating to torture and kill a young child in such a cruel way.
But more people's scalps are numb, and they only feel an invisible fear spreading through their bodies.
Yan Kong took off the Buddhist beads on his neck, twisted the beads with both hands, and lamented: "The fox demon likes to eat children's hearts the most."
"It's so hateful!"
"Your Majesty, please give an order, I am willing to lead troops to encircle and suppress the fox demon!"
"Killing a person means paying with a life, we must destroy this evildoer!"
Heroic Marquis Ning Lushan stood up with a face full of grief and anger, and shouted loudly.
"Don't be impulsive, Lord Ning."
"The evildoer has boundless magic power, even if we send troops, it will be in vain."
"That's right, and we don't know the whereabouts of the fox demon at all, how can we kill it?"
Ning Lushan's proposal was opposed by many civil officials.
Ning Lushan said angrily: "Do we just want to see the evildoer killing people so recklessly? Three died today, how many will die tomorrow? If this goes on for a long time, the Han Dynasty will be exterminated."
"Is it not easy to find the evildoer? Give me 10,000 soldiers and I will search all the mountains and forests near the imperial capital. I am not afraid of not finding it."
A civil servant stood up and argued with a red face: "Everything depends on the tactics. Now we are sending troops with great fanfare. Let alone whether we can catch the evildoer, what if we alert the enemy and it runs away?"
As soon as the words fell.
Another Hanlin University scholar stood up, "Yes, the evildoer knows magic. If we can't kill him, he will hate us, and we will all be eaten by him."
Just like that, the court was in chaos in an instant.
There were all kinds of things to say.
The three corpses frightened the ministers.
Especially
The adults with young children at home all looked pale, fearing that their youngest sons' hearts would be taken away one day.
"Enough!"
The mess in the court made the Han emperor unable to help but shout.
At this time, the eldest and eighth princes, who had been silent all the time, spoke up.
The eldest prince Qin Dang suggested, "Father, I think that Yan Kong should be asked to preside over the opening ceremony immediately."
The eighth prince Qin Zhou also echoed, "I suggest that we open the ceremony in the palace of the ninth prince. Everyone knows that this evildoer is coming for the ninth prince, so he is most likely to hide beside him."
Qin Ying's eyes suddenly shone.
These two bastards had been silent before.
They were just waiting for the right time.
Now that the atmosphere was right, they immediately pointed the finger at themselves.
They are really my two good brothers.
"Father, what do you think?"
Qin Ying asked in a low voice.
In this court, he didn't care who spoke.
After all, the final decision was in the hands of the Han emperor.
The Han emperor's face was visibly solemn, and his eyes seemed to be hesitant. After a moment, he looked at Yan Kong and said, "Master, can you catch the evildoer?"
Hearing this, Yan Kong showed an unfathomable smile, slowly took out a silver bottle from his arms, and said, "This is the holy water I brought from Huangjue Temple. As long as the evildoer touches it, it will show its true form."
After saying this, Yan Kong looked at Qin Ying meaningfully, and a hint of fierceness flashed in his deep eyes, but he quickly restrained it.
Yan Kong smiled harmlessly and said, "The evil fox likes to possess beautiful women. Please ask the Ninth Prince to gather the beautiful women around you and let me try them one by one."