Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

Chapter 484 Love Token

In the pouring rain, even the guards protecting the palace could not patrol. Almost everyone hid in the room with closed doors and windows, and no one would run around in such weather. If it was a road with drainage, it would be fine, but the small roads were in trouble. Almost all of them were flooded. The dirt road had long been soaked into mud, and moss grew on the stone road. It was slippery and you would fall if you were not careful.

Yizhen rushed forward in the heavy rain. She was the only one in the vast rain. She was soaked from head to toe, and water could be squeezed out of every part of her body. Although she knew that the chance of encountering patrols in this weather was pitifully small, she was still afraid to take the main road out of guilt. She ran along a gravel path in the back garden towards the orchard. Along the way, the trees covered the sky, and the bushes were lush and dense, just covering her figure, allowing her to slip into the orchard smoothly.

There was a row of eaves at the edge of the orchard, and Yizhen immediately hid inside. Her body temperature was already the same as the rain, and her teeth were chattering from the cold. The soaked clothes were cold and heavy, and it was extremely uncomfortable to stick to her body. Seeing that no one was around, Yizhen took off her coat and wrung out the water desperately. Then she took off her underwear that was tightly attached to her body, wiped off the water droplets on her body, and put on the wrung-out coat. This made her body feel much lighter.

She walked forward along the eaves, regretting as she walked. What's the point of running to the orchard? She didn't even know where the body was buried. And what's the point of digging out the body? Long Mohan, who had long been thinking about abdicating, never cared about the throne. But she had finally gained the trust and favor of the emperor, how could she let everything she had go to waste? With conflicting feelings, Yizhen walked forward while trembling.

Strangely enough, after arriving at the orchard, she could always sense a strange smell floating in the orchard. It was as if a force was pulling her forward. Like a beast smelling blood, she instinctively moved closer to the source of the smell. She could feel a subtle agitation in the blood flowing in her body, as if the black water she had drunk earlier had reacted in her body.

Yizhen was very scared and gradually slowed down her pace. She felt as if she had turned into a monster, with her vision and sense of smell being almost terrifyingly sharp. Even in the dark night, she could still see the leaves of the fruit trees at the end of her sight. The further she walked, the more she realized that the bloody smell in the air was actually closer to a foul odor, as if it was emitted from a body buried somewhere.

"What happened to me..." Yizhen hugged herself tightly and moved forward tremblingly. The corridor turned a corner and went deeper into the center of the orchard. At this time, a row of marble slabs were inlaid on the wall of the corridor. The height of the slabs was just near Yizhen's head, and under the heavy rain in recent days, they were already clean as a mirror.

When Yizhen turned the corner, she suddenly saw two scary red lights on the stone slab. The light was like a demon, and she almost screamed. The reason she didn't scream was because she saw that the owner of the red light had the same face as hers, and also showed a terrified expression. After a moment, Yizhen finally realized that the monster reflected on the stone slab was herself!

The appearance was still the same, only the eyes had turned red. They sparkled in the darkness, revealing an indescribable weirdness. "Why did I become like this?" Yizhen lowered her head and covered her face, letting out a hoarse scream. It was as if all the strength in her body had been drained away. She took a half step back powerlessly and leaned against the stone pillar beside the eaves. Only then did she finally realize that she had begun to turn into a monster. The reason why she could smell the stench of corpses from a few years ago and the reason why she could see in the dark was because she had acquired the abilities of a monster.

Obviously, I just want to be loved by everyone. I just want to be more attractive like Soji and have more people love me...

Why did it become like this? Yizhen sobbed a few times, but immediately wiped away her tears. She knew that there was no turning back. Since she had come this far, she had to keep going at all costs; since she had made such a great sacrifice, she had to make it worthwhile. She raised her head slightly and faced the direction where the night wind was blowing. Then she closed her eyes and felt the stench of corpses coming with the wind.

When she opened her eyes again, she had figured out the direction, staring straight ahead at a peach tree a hundred steps away. The roots of the peach tree were where the smell of the rotting corpse was strongest. After a brief consideration, Yizhen decided to dig out the jade pendant buried with the corpse. As long as the jade pendant that could prove the identity of the corpse was dug out, who would know who the corpse was. Then she could rely on the power of the black water to charm people, not only to persuade Long Mohan not to abdicate, but also to persuade him to kill the general, the only person who knew the secret of Long Mohan's life. In this way, Long Mohan could continue to be the emperor, and she could become the queen.

Thinking of this, Yizhen was about to rush into the rain again, when she suddenly found a raincoat hanging on the eaves, probably worn by a gardener. There was also a hoe leaning against the wall next to the raincoat, which must also be a gardener's tool. God helped me, Yizhen didn't think much, took off the raincoat and put it on, picked up the hoe and walked towards the target peach tree. At this time, the rain was a little lighter than before, and with the raincoat covering her body, Yizhen was not as embarrassed as before.

She felt the strongest stench and dug down with a hoe. The more she dug, the stronger the smell became. When she dug about three feet, the hoe finally hit a white bone. Yizhen had studied medicine in her hometown and recognized that the bone was probably a human arm bone. Her heart sank. It seemed that what the general said was true. There was indeed a body buried here, and it was very likely that it was Long Mohan's biological father.

"Your Majesty, don't worry... I will help you destroy the evidence..." Thinking of this, Yizhen gritted her teeth and sped up the digging. Soon, she had dug out the upper half of the body. The man was buried face down in the soil, with his hands raised to his ears and his neck tilted. It seemed that he was indeed a wronged soul who died in vain.

Yizhen raised her hand to wipe the rain off her face and took a breath. Strangely enough, she, who was always timid, was very calm after seeing the corpse. Perhaps she had been frightened after seeing her own horrible appearance on the marble slab just now, and in her eyes, there were no more monsters and demons scarier than herself.

Yizhen squatted beside the corpse pit, carefully searching the soil for the jade pendant the general had mentioned. Suddenly, she found a jade-like object on the back of the corpse. She quickly scraped the soil around it with a hoe and found a half-moon-shaped jade pendant.

The general must have thrown the jade pendant into the pit after pushing the corpse into the pit, so the jade pendant was on the back of the corpse. The jade pendant was tied with a silk thread. Yizhen hooked the silk thread with a hoe and pulled the jade pendant out of the pit. She washed the jade pendant with the rain.

The jade pendant originally had no pattern on it and was smooth and round. But when Yizhen gently wiped the dirt off the jade pendant with her fingers, she felt that the jade pendant was not as smooth as it looked. It seemed that there was a crack in the center that split the jade pendant in two. Yizhen touched the crack with her fingernails and gently pulled it. The jade pendant actually split in two, finally revealing the secret inside - it turned out that there was a thumb-sized piece of jade inside.

There was a strange pattern carved on the jade, but it was too small to see clearly at first. Yizhen stared at it for a long time and found that it was not an auspicious phoenix or a mandarin duck, but a ghost face with green face and fangs!

How could someone use such a strange thing to express a sentiment of love? Yizhen felt a slight chill in her heart.

Suddenly, she remembered that she had heard someone say that the mountain ghost tribe, who worshipped ghosts and gods, seemed to have similar totems. The mountain where the imperial palace was located was the holy land of the mountain ghost tribe. In fact, Taizu was also born in the mountain ghost tribe, but he was obsessed with a fox demon, so he drove all the other tribesmen away from the holy land, and then built a palace here.

Could it be... Yizhen frowned slightly, and an incredible idea came to her mind. Could it be that Concubine Hui and her lover are both from the Mountain Ghost Clan? The Mountain Ghost Clan has always wanted to take back the Holy Land. They have been rebelling for a hundred years and have also captured the Southern Capital. They were the ones who caused the sabotage during Princess Tianning's wedding last time. This means that the Mountain Ghost Clan has always had spies hiding in the palace, waiting for an opportunity to cause havoc. Could it be that Concubine Hui and her lover are also spies sent by the Mountain Ghost Clan?

No matter what, as long as the jade pendant is taken away, no one will know who the body belongs to. Thinking of this, Yizhen hurriedly stuffed the ghost face jade into her belt, wiped the water off her face, and refilled the earth pit as quickly as possible. Then she immediately returned to the eaves and returned the hoe and raincoat to their original places. Just as she was about to leave, she suddenly saw a figure appear in the orchard not far away.

The figure was also wearing a straw raincoat, walking quickly through the orchard in the rain, squatting down from time to time, as if looking for something. In this kind of weather, even ghosts don't want to go out, so who would wander around. Yizhen, who was guilty of being a thief, was afraid of being seen by the man, so she hurriedly hid behind a stone pillar. But because she moved too quickly, she accidentally stepped on the hoe leaning against the wall. With a "clang", the hoe fell hard to the ground. The sound was not loud, but it was not small either.

The figure not far away suddenly raised his head and looked in the direction of Yizhen. It would have been better if Yizhen didn't move at this time. With the heavy rain, the figure might not notice anything. But in a hurry, Yizhen subconsciously made the choice to run away. Now it was good. The figure saw someone under the eaves and shouted "Who is it?" Then there was a "swish" sound, and a green light flashed in the heavy rain. It turned out that a long sword came out of the box.

Not good. Yizhen cried in her heart. Could this man be a guard?