Chapter 17: The Blood-Sucking Ghost

  Xuanyuan returned to Heizhulin, he still hadn't found a way to replace him in suppressing those vengeful spirits and corpses, and he couldn't leave at night.

  The sky turned dark and I sat in the room, staring at Xuan Yuan Zi who was staring back at me with a gaze full of resentment. He was so thin and small, yet his eyes were filled with hatred.

  He was holding a knife in his hand, shining brightly, I knew it was just made of paper.

  "Why don't you go back? Don't you know your mother is worried about you?" I finally spoke up in the relatively silent situation.

  Xuanyuan Zi stared at me without saying a word.

  "Are you going to say something to me or just want to kill me? That little knife of yours can't kill me, at most it can only draw some blood." I said softly.

  That little devil heard this, gritted his teeth, and suddenly rushed up, inserting the knife into my thigh in an instant, blood flowing down, unexpectedly a paper-made knife in the ghost's hand had lethal power.

  At this point, I didn't expect that when he was about to stab me for the second time, I reached out and snatched the knife from his hand. Looking at the paper knife stained with my blood, it instantly became a useless piece of paper. I was so angry that I crumpled it up and threw it on the ground.

  The little devil rushed over, pounced on my thigh, and frantically sucked up the flowing blood. I pushed him hard and pushed him away.

  His face was pale, his mouth was full of blood, he smiled at me, his eyes bulged out, and on that thin face, it looked so terrifying.

  "Are you happy now?" I tied up the wound with a handkerchief and looked up at the little devil who refused to leave.

  "You Xuan Yuan family is really strange, grievances have a head and debts have a master. You have resentment but don't go find your enemies, instead you all come to me." My words also included Xuan Yuan Mu.

  The little demon didn't say a word, just standing there, with no weapon in his hand. He had just eaten my blood and was much calmer now, the ferocity on his face also subsided.

  I asked him a lot of questions, but he didn't say anything. I was also tired and didn't feel any danger from him, so I went to bed to rest.

  In the dream, I saw a child lying on the bed, and people wearing black cloaks walked into the room. They cut open the child's skin with knives, and then used jade bowls to collect the blood flowing from his body. I wanted to see the child's face clearly, but was blocked by those people in black cloaks. The white curtains fluttered in the wind, and in the empty room, there was only the sound of blood flowing down.

  This place looks so familiar, I remembered, this is Xuan Yuan Zi's room, and the person who was cut by blood is him...

  I suddenly opened my eyes and saw Xuan Yuan Mu pinching that little demon's neck, lifting him off the ground.

  "What are you doing?" I rushed over, it was already bright outside, and it seemed that this little devil had been found by Xuan Yuan Wu in the corner.

  "He wants to harm you!" Xuan Yuan's eyes turned yellow with anger, his fingers didn't loosen at all.

  "Let go! Let him go!" I was really anxious. I knew Xuanyuan Mo's strength, and he wasn't human now, of course he could kill a ghost.

  I used force to punch and kick his body, wanting to pry open the fingers that tightly grasped the little ghost's neck. "Xuan Yuan Wu, let go quickly!"

  Xuanyuan stared at me for a long time before loosening his grip on my hand. "You're opposing me because of him?"

  Xuanyuan Zhi's ghost fell to the ground, his pale face not daring to look at us. For a long time, he hid in the corner of the wall.

  "He didn't hurt me, just...just...he's staying here for the night, he's Xuan Yuan Zi, your brother!" I explained hastily, afraid that Xuan Yuan Mu would get angry.

  "In the imperial family, there are no close relatives or brothers, only power and interests." Xuan Yuan furrowed his brow, his hand clenched tightly.

  I reached out and grasped his hand. "Maybe the person who harmed Zi Wang is the same as the one who harmed you? Give him a chance, now that the queen guards him every day, maybe he still has a chance to survive."

  "Lingxue, you're too kind-hearted, do you know if he's willing to live?" Xuan Yuan Mu gazed at me tightly.

  I never thought that if Xuan Yuan Zi continued to live on, then he... would he still be bled by those people? That grand imperial palace, could he escape from it?

  I let out a deep sigh!

  "There must be a huge secret in the palace, the queen definitely knows about it. We need to find a way to get her to spill the beans, I believe she wouldn't want her own son to die!" I said, glancing at the little demon in the corner.

  Xuanyuan's tightly clenched fist gradually loosened, and he glared at the little demon in the corner: "If you dare to hurt Lingxue again, I'll make sure you die a good death!"

  That little devil's body shook slightly and curled up in a corner.

  Yang Chen has arrived, bringing some gifts. Xuan Yuan Mu is not around, so I'll have to receive him instead.

  "You haven't changed! Still the same 'bad boy' from childhood!" Yang Chen's sunny face broke into a warm smile.

  I slightly averted his gaze, thinking of childhood scenes: "Also thank you for teaching me to read back then, I learned a lot."

  "You're so clever, you picked it up in no time. I was at the Left Prime Minister's residence for only seven short days, and you've already learned all the characters from my primer."

  I smiled faintly, unsure of what to say.

  "Ling Xue, that... is there something wrong between you and Xuan Yuan Mu?" Yang Chen asked with a questioning face.

  "What's wrong?"

  "Him? I saw him die with my own eyes back then. How is it possible for him to come back to life, and he's still being..." Yang Chen didn't continue, just staring at me.

  "What was it?" Was it dismembered? Were you there too? I really wanted to ask these questions, but considering Xuan Yuan Mu's position, I endured it. It seems that Yang Chen knows who killed Xuan Yuan Mu?

  "What's going on? Don't you guys have any questions? Yesterday in the imperial court, he got into an argument with Guoshi, and the crown prince was already on my father's side, they almost came to blows." Yang Chen said.

  It seems that Xuan Yuan has finally lost his patience and has revealed his intention to investigate the cause of death back then.

  "We're 'fine', he never brings his emotions from the imperial court back home, and as for what you said about him being dead, I can prove that he's a perfectly normal living person."

  "I'm just reminding you, be careful of Xuan Yuan Mu and Xuan Yuan Qi! Don't let them take advantage of you without realizing it, in the end, the one who'll get hurt will be you!" Yang Chen furrowed his brow, looking at me with a worried expression.

  "What's wrong with Xuan Yuan again?" I asked, pretending not to understand.

  "I saw him raise a female corpse in his Fourth King's Manor!" Yang Chen also lost to me, answering directly.

  Princess Yulan, the image that appears in my mind is the female corpse in the pond. What she wants to tell me is Xuan Yuan Qi, it can be seen that her death is absolutely related to Xuan Yuan Qi.

  After seeing Yang Chen off, I sat in the pavilion watching the layered ripples on the water's surface and couldn't help but feel a chill in my heart. Is Xuan Yuan Qi not afraid of raising a female corpse?

  Yang Chen saw Xuan Yuan Mu being killed again, in this matter who should I believe?