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Chapter 17

On the second day, the news that the little emperor died in the empress dowager's palace spread throughout Dadong.

The little emperor died of poisonous hair.

The real situation is that yesterday, the little emperor was killed by the empress dowager who came to rescue him.

Because the little emperor didn't have enough soldiers and horses, plus, the empress dowager poisoned the little emperor, and most importantly, the little emperor talked too much nonsense.

The Empress Dowager will also die in three days, because the little emperor also poisoned the Empress Dowager.

The little emperor wrote down his will and handed it over to an old man.

In addition, the little emperor also left something behind, which was handed over to Bai Keqing by others.

But Bai Keqing couldn't receive it at this time, because...

The rotten cabbage was thrown away as soon as he went out, Bai Ke looked helplessly at the paper flying down from the sky.

Yesterday, Mo Guoke led him to jump from the window and nearly died.

Those people hated them very much. They walked all night and went outside the city.

They... are ruined, right?

The Empress Dowager was afraid that the little emperor's edict would be related to the two people, so she arrested them in the city, but they were no longer in the city at this time.

The big yellow dog circled around Bai Ke, and Bai Ke glanced at the medicine bottle in his hand.

This medicine was sent by the monks of Wanjie Temple.

There are many medicines in Wanjie Temple, but many of them are useless.

Some medicines were put in the wrong bottle, some medicines were put in the wrong place, and some medicines were rubbed on the wrong scars.

Bai Ke let go of his hand, and the small porcelain bottle fell to the ground. The pills in the bottle rolled into the mud and turned into a puddle of water.

that year.

"Xu Cao, the medicine...the medicine has been spilled again." The six-year-old Bai Yixi stared blankly at the pills all over the place, a little flustered.

"Ahhh! I'm... going to be scolded..." Seven-year-old Xu Cao slipped and fell to the ground while holding a basket of medicine.

Because of Xucao's fall, the basket of medicines flew out and fell to the ground, and the bottles containing the medicines all crackled and shattered.

Dong Luyu, who was holding a pile of medicines, must have tripped over something, and fell to the ground, and the medicine bottles were all broken out of the pills.

When Dong Luyu got up and saw the broken bottle...he stuttered again: "You...you guys, hurry...put it back, me too, the medicine...was spilled again!"

Bai Yixi: "What should I do? All the medicine has been spilled."

Bai Keqing sitting on the ladder: "The ointment... slipped out of the box."

Xu Cao panicked in fright: "Hurry up and put it back... shall we?"

Dong Luyu: "But...but the bottle is broken..."

Bai Yixi: "Is there any broken bottle in the Medicine Pavilion..."

Dong Luyu: "My lord... the presiding officer, isn't it strange that the daily medicine... medicine bottle has a lot of medicine... pills or... ointment?"

Bai Keqing: "It's been half a month since I fell, and it's been half a month since I spilled the medicine. If the host is weird, maybe he will punish him early."

Su Cao: "The medicine...is it still pretending to be random?"

Bai Yixi: "But there is no other way."

……

Thinking back again, everyone died.

The empress dowager's bedroom.

The Empress Dowager stood among the corpses, drinking tea: "Do you know that the Ai family ordered someone to call you, what's the matter?"

Liu Duhai knelt among the corpses and said, "I don't know."

Empress Dowager: "It doesn't matter if you don't know, Aijia wants you to do something."

Liu Duhai: "The empress dowager, the humble minister... the villain will go through fire and water."

The Empress Dowager: "No bragging, the remnants of that day have not been wiped out. The Ai family wants you to track down their tracks. If you can solve them, get rid of them as soon as possible."

Liu Duhai: "Then dare to ask the Empress Dowager, who is it?"

Empress Dowager: "The Bai family and the Mo family."

Liu Duhai: "The Bai family? Didn't the villain burn them to death, including the prisoners? The Mo family... burned a lot that day..."

Empress Dowager: "Don't pretend to be confused. These days you write about them as a thing, and people talk about it. Don't bring it up if you don't do it cleanly."

Liu Duhai: "Yes...but isn't the little emperor dead?"

Empress Dowager: "What he left behind is a disaster. It is said that they have a very good friendship. My family guesses that it may have fallen into their hands."

outside the house.

A basket of rotten cabbages was thrown over, Mo Guo couldn't dodge immediately, his clothes were covered with rotten cabbages.

Passers-by spat and scolded, "Shameless."

Mo Guoke looked at the rotten cabbage on his body, confused, who did he provoke?

Bai Keqing's place is not good either, as soon as he walked out the back door, he was splashed with chicken blood.

There are still a lot of chicken feathers on the chicken blood.

Bai Keqing: "..."

The three-year-old kid who splashed his chicken blood made a face at him, turned around and walked a few steps.

The little fur boy walked up to a woman and handed over the basin.

The woman was standing not far away.

Little hairy boy: "Mom, that bitch brother is so stupid, he doesn't even get out of the way."

The woman patted the little boy's head and said with a smile: "He's a bitch, good boy, don't imitate them, mother will buy you meat buns to eat."

Little fur boy: "OK."

The two walked away.

Bai Ke was stunned for a long time by this splash.

Going back to the house again, I saw Mo Guo picking the rotten vegetable leaves carved on his body.

Mo Guo immediately saw that Bai Keqing was full of chicken blood, and wanted to ask, but before he opened his mouth, Bai Keqing interrupted.

Bai Keqing: "Why don't you make chicken blood vegetable soup? Maybe it's delicious."

Mo Guoke: "..."

Bai Keqing: "The Qing is self-clearing. If you are worried, when Liu crosses the sea, it will pass by itself."

Mo Guo engraved: "Who splashed it?"

Bai Keqing: "I don't know."

Mo Guoke: "Have you not gone far?"

Bai Keqing: "Well, I see that they went to the east bridge of the village and then to the west end of the village. After going to the west end of the village, they went to the city gate to buy vegetables. After buying vegetables, they went to another village from the city gate, and then went to I bought a catty of pork at the gate of the next door, and after buying the pork, I went to visit relatives in the city. "

Mo Guoke: "..."

Bai Keqing: "If you are worried... the truth will come out if you don't come out today."

Mo Guo engraved: "You are leaving today, so you are leaving?"

Bai Keqing: "Really?"

Mo Guoke: "I don't know why... I like you very much."

"Oh...then you should be nice to me..." Bai Ke walked out of the door and looked at the red sky.

People passing by spat at the door and cursed: "Shameless shame."

Another piece of paper with pictures about them flew from the sky.

Several children around the house kicked the wall.

Even the big yellow dog guarding the door outside the house was abducted by someone.

The two were completely expelled by the people of Dadongdu.

It's not expulsion, it's abandonment.

……

Far away, God.

"From the top to the bottom, there is only one person. From the bottom to the top, there is only one person. From the outside to the inside, he has two souls. From the inside to the outside, he has two shadows. Master, he really Is it a person?"

"Human? I don't think it's human, like a multi-soul body, or a soul-absorbing body."

"Master, what do you mean?"

"Perhaps that man has two lives to live."

"Really?"

"fake."

"What is the meaning of the multi-soul body? What is the meaning of the soul-absorbing body?"

"Seven or eight hours after death, the soul will slowly separate, so he has two souls and two shadows."

"Master, I don't understand."

"The soul is outside and the soul is inside. Black and white impermanence hooks the soul, not the soul. There is a difference between the two."

"Then Master, is it possible that the soul is hooked away and the soul remains in the body?"

"The soul is the consciousness of a person. When the consciousness of a person is broken, the soul will be gone."

"What are the soul and soul for?"

"The soul is entrusted to the body, and the soul is the glue between the soul and the body. Let's put it this way, the soul is virtual, and the body is real. If the virtual wants to touch the real thing, it must become real, but the soul cannot control the body. The soul resides in the body, and when the soul grows, it can control the body."

"Master, this disciple still doesn't understand."

"It means... the upper body of a ghost! Do you know? A ghost is a soul that has not been taken away by black and white impermanence. The soul has gone to another person's body. If it lives for a long time, then that body may grow a second soul."

"What will you do when you grow up?"

"Then that physical body is likely to be taken away. If one's own soul is strong, those wandering souls will not be able to get on the body."

"Then master, how did the soul become stronger?"

"Everyone is different, some... just like that."

"How?"

"That way."

"How?"

"do not know."

"Master, don't you know?"

"know."

"Then Master, you said it! You are almost dying of anxiety."

"Do you know why some people can see ghosts?"

"Disciple doesn't know."

"Because it's a sign of the upper body, only that person can see the ghost, so it's his body that the ghost is on, so that person can see him."

"So that's the case...but what does it have to do with the strength of the soul?"

"Accumulate more virtues! Do more good deeds! It's not that ghosts just seek trouble from others, or that retribution is coming!"

"Master, what you said is so far-fetched."

"It's made up! It's fake! It's all fake!"

"Then Master, why did you lie to the disciple?"

"Amitabha! Just teasing you!"

"Then why what Master said before is so reasonable, should that mortal person deserve to die?"

"I don't know, he should not be dying, but he is going to fly."

"What do you mean?"

"There are not many people who see life and death clearly, not many people who experience life and death, and not many people who look down on everything. Rather than saying that they are dead, it is better to say that they have ascended to heaven."

"Master, is he going to be a fairy?"

"How is it possible? If you are a god, you are really dead! When the soul escapes from the six worlds and the underworld, then he is just a walking body! Life is very fragile! Once dead, you will die forever! You want him to die ?”

"Then master, you...are you a corpse?"

"Go, go, corpse? I mean the soul! You idiot!"

"To be a god, you only have one life, but to be a human, you have countless lives. Master, is that what you mean?"

"Well, yes, if the soul is immortal, there is still a chance to stay in this world."

"Then Master, what if the soul dies?"

"That's something beyond the Six Realms."

"What is beyond the six realms?"

"Someday."

"What is the sky?"

"It can't be seen or touched, but it will be like a kind grandfather, tolerant of everything."

"Then we are within the Six Realms? There is no sky?"

"We are only in the world."