Three Hundred and Eighty Five Chapters Cold Palace

The imperial city was bustling with tourists, and the voices of the tour guides echoed in the ancient imperial city. The stories they told were true and false, some of which were documented in history, and some of which even the parties concerned did not know.

Ning Tao entered Beidu several times, and also passed by the gate of the imperial city, but he didn't have time to come in and take a look. Now he is here because there is a sentence written in the envelope that Xiao Tiangou picked up: I will wait for you in the imperial city, I have important matters to discuss, you are the only one here.

There was no sign on the letter who wrote it, but Ning Tao smelled a faint smell of the sea from the letter paper. This reminded him of a missing character, Hai Dongfang. Although there was no way to be sure that the person who wrote the letter was Hai Dongfang by virtue of the fishy smell of the sea, he was unwilling to miss even a glimmer of hope. Not for anything else, just because Haidongfang might know who killed Liu Shiba and Daoist Qingsong.

Liu Shiba gave him the alchemy of Chunsheng Pill stolen from Xu Fu's tomb, asked him to help him make alchemy, and then told him who hired Zeng Xunlong's gang to steal "Six Paths of Reincarnation". He refined Xu Fu's elixir, which is not an elixir of immortality, but a elixir of cultivation for infertility. Liu Shiba was killed, and that clue was cut off, but this sudden letter brought him a glimmer of hope.

Unknowingly, he passed the Qianqing Gate, and Ning Tao kept his eyes and nose in the state of observation and hearing skills along the way, investigating any place he could investigate. However, he didn't find the existence of the demon aura, nor did he catch the scent left by the demon.

Ning Tao continued to walk forward.

In front is the Qianqing Palace. Hundreds of people stood outside the isolation zone to take pictures, and the scene was lively.

At this time, a cloud of green monster energy came into Ning Tao's sight. It was particularly obvious when it was mixed with a large area of ​​colorful innate energy fields of ordinary people.

A person turned his head among the crowd, it was Haidongfang. He has the strong and well-proportioned figure unique to the fish monster, but does not have the handsome face of the fish monster. I don't know whether he changed his appearance on purpose, or he was born with mediocre appearance. Compared with the fish monsters in the demon village, he lost a lot of appearance.

Haidongfang just looked back at Ning Tao, without saying hello, and strode sideways.

Ning Tao followed behind Haidongfang,

Be careful all the way. The experience in the demon village gave him a new understanding of demons, that is, there are more bad ones than good ones, and even good demons can harm people, let alone bad ones? This Hai Dongfang is just a one-sided relationship, and he doesn't know him at all, so it is necessary to keep a vigilant heart.

Hai Dongfang walked under a palace wall, but there was a door locked on that palace wall. Until now, the open area of ​​the imperial city was limited to the first generation of the central axis, and there were large areas on both sides that were not open. There is obviously no open area behind that palace wall.

Hai Dongfang suddenly jumped, and jumped over the palace wall with a swish.

Ning Tao walked quickly and jumped over the palace wall.

Behind the palace wall is an imperial garden, quiet and deserted. Many ornamental flowers and trees are planted in the garden, as well as rockery ponds, but there is no water and no fish, and the ruler is full of litter. The buildings behind the imperial garden are also dusty, the paint on the doors and windows is mottled, and the signs of weathering are very obvious. This place is completely different from the scenic spot outside the palace wall. It is more vicissitudes and the atmosphere of history is thicker.

Haidongfang still didn't stop, he continued to walk forward.

Ning Tao said: "Senior Hai, there is no one here, where are you going?"

Hai Dongfang didn't speak, and continued to walk forward.

Ning Tao frowned, and had no choice but to follow Haidongfang forward. As he walked, his eyesight in the state of observation skill quickly swept around. In this unopened area, there is no third person except him and Haidongfang.

The weedy stone path stretched forward, the garden was left behind, and after a long way forward, a palace appeared at the end of the road. It looked dilapidated, with doors and windows down on the ground, rotting into a pile of wood residue. The corridors were full of weeds, and the air was filled with a musty smell. Half of the main entrance of the palace collapsed, and a plaque was hung on the lintel, and the words "Lenggong" were vaguely written on it.

Lenggong, the imperial palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties was a place where women who made mistakes or fell out of favor were specially imprisoned. After hundreds of years, I don't know how many women died here.

As soon as Ning Tao came here, he felt that the place was gloomy and dark. When I saw the plaque of "Lenggong", I understood it all at once. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, I don’t know how many women died suffering and dying in hundreds of years. You can imagine how strong the resentment here is.

Haidongfang stopped and turned to look at Ning Tao.

Ning Tao shrugged: "Senior Hai, why did you choose this place?"

Hai Dongfang said: "I live here."

Ning Tao was surprised: "You live in the cold palace?"

Hai Dongfang said: "This place is full of yin and evil, and ordinary people dare not approach it, but it is suitable for a monster like me to live in. Even if you exchange a courtyard house with me, I will not change it."

Ning Tao said: "No matter what the place is, as long as it's suitable for me to live in. Let's get down to business. Senior Hai, you invited me here. I think it must be related to Liu Shiba's death, right?"

"Come with me." Haidong turned around and walked towards the broken door of the Leng Palace.

Ning Tao hesitated for a moment, then walked towards the broken door of Leng Gong. He was very upset with Haidongfang in his heart, but Haidongfang was the only one who could tell him who killed Liu Shiba and Daoist Qingsong, so he could only let it go if he was upset.

There are seats in the hall of the Cold Palace, but some are broken down, and some are still barely intact, but in terms of the degree of weathering and insect infestation, probably putting a teacup on it will make them fall apart.

Ning Tao followed Haidongfang through a side door in the cold palace and entered a corridor. After walking for a while, Haidongfang opened a door and entered a room.

Ning Tao thought it was Haidongfang's room, but he didn't expect to find a tunnel extending down the floor after entering.

The tunnel was dark, with gloom coming out of the tunnel, and occasionally a mysterious sound could be caught, as if a woman was crying and cursing someone.

Hai Dongfang looked back at Ning Tao, said nothing, and walked into the tunnel again.

Ning Tao did not move, and said aloud: "Senior Hai, I have cooperated enough, I have walked such a long distance with you, and even visited the cold palace. What do you know, you can talk about it here, there is no need to say it again. Are you going forward?"

Hai Dongfang said: "If you don't even have the guts, then go back, I don't need to tell you anything."

After finishing speaking, he didn't care whether Ning Tao would go down with him or not, he stepped into the tunnel.

Ning Tao pondered for a few seconds, and finally walked into the tunnel. This Hai Dongfang seems to be testing him in this way, or trying to understand him. Moreover, even if Haidongfang set a trap to kill him, and he was wearing the robe of Tianbao, he was invulnerable to swords, guns, water and fire, and could resist demonic powers and spells, so why should he be afraid?

Below the passage is a dungeon, and several lanterns are lit, which can barely illuminate the space in the dungeon. In one cage, a moldy skeleton hangs from a rope, and several bones fall from the floor. In the corner of a cage lay a mummy, still wearing the eunuch clothes of the Qing Dynasty. The dim light, the gloomy dungeon, the hanging corpse, and the eunuch who died in the cage for unknown reasons, this picture is so creepy!

Haidongfang finally stopped and looked back at Ning Tao.

Ning Tao smiled: "The rope used to hang himself is of good quality, and it hasn't broken after so many years."

Hai Dongfang said: "I gave it to her. It is woven from the bark of sea willows. It can be regarded as a low-level spiritual material."

Ning Tao was just making a joke, but he didn't expect to lead to the story of a rope. However, in order to cooperate and make the atmosphere of the following conversation more relaxed, he took a special look at the skeleton hanging on the rope, and pretended to be concerned: "Why, does Senior Hai know that woman?"

Hai Dongfang said: "Her name is Aunt Zaina, a concubine in the Shunzhi period, who was thrown into the cold palace because she was too beautiful. I am a frequent visitor here, and we met after she came here for a long time. I often give her food , and rouge gouache or something..."

He seemed to be caught in a memory scene, his voice became gentle, and his eyes became sad.

Ning Tao did not interrupt him.

"Before we knew it, we fell in love. We watched the moon on the roof of the cold palace, and we made up and down in her room. That time was the happiest time in my life..."

"and after?"

"Later, she became pregnant. I wanted to take her out of the cold palace and live outside. She agreed, and that day I told her the secret that I was a fish demon. She didn't respond at that time, and asked me to pick her up at night. I was about to say goodbye to a close sister. I didn't think much about it at the time, so I left and got ready. I came here at night, only to find that she had aborted my child and let me go. She said she I would rather die alone in the cold palace than be with a monster..."

Ning Tao didn't ask "what happened next", he felt the sadness in Haidongfang's heart and saw the tears in Haidongfang's eyes.

"I never thought that one day I would have a child of my own, but I didn't see him born and he died... I was very sad and angry at the time, so I strangled her with that rope and put She was hanging in that cage. I watched her slowly turn to bone, and my hatred for her slowly disappeared, and finally...I couldn't feel anything, and I couldn't even remember what she looked like." Speaking of this, two tears rolled down Haidongfang's eyes.

Demons also have feelings, and demons also have tears.

No matter what love or hatred it is, the sands of time will bury it.

After a moment of silence, Haidongfang said again: "Thank you for listening to me so much. This matter has been held in my heart for too long. I feel much better after talking about it."

Ning Tao said: "Then let's talk about business."

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