sin of nature

Chapter 19: Falling into the Cave

It turned out that Yaoguang made a marriage contract with the princess of this country when he was 15 years old, and because the emperor loved the princess very much, he couldn't bear to marry far away.

The prince of Qingyue has entered the Yingying Kingdom... Hey, it seems that Yaoguang is indeed not very favored in Qingyue.

Now that Yaoguang is 25 and the princess is [-], it is time for the wedding ceremony, but the princess suddenly suffers from a strange disease and cannot fulfill the previous agreement.

The Holy Majesty loved his daughter dearly, and he did not want to disclose this matter to the public, for fear of damaging the princess's reputation, the entire court did not spread any news, but in private, batch after batch of imperial doctors were changed, and there was nothing they could do.

"Princess, she has been suffering from a strange disease since the beginning of this year. Although she is alive, she has lost consciousness and consciousness. She cannot wake up, and her limbs are as stiff and cold as a corpse. Even if there is a fire in the room, the There is still no sign of recovery.”

"The decoction was poured cup by cup, but it didn't work. The mages and Taoists came one after another, and the soul-calling technique didn't work. Her mother and I were helpless."

"This child has not been safe and smooth since he was a child. When he was very young, he could often see some dirty things.... God has no pity for my son..."

Even though you are the head of a country, when faced with all kinds of incurable diseases, you are also as helpless as ordinary people.

The Holy One led the two of them out of the Xuanzheng Hall, and went straight to Princess Jasmine's bedroom.

Xiao Ming was brought along to diagnose and treat illnesses, and Yao Guang was brought along to prove that what he said before was true, and that he did not break the contract and play tricks on Yingguo.

Xiao Ming and Yao Guang followed side by side, Xiao Ming unconsciously glanced at him from the corner of his eye.

He came here to marry the princess... Although this Highness treats others very coldly, he must be very gentle when getting along with the princess who has never been married, just like when he talked to him...

what......

Why did he make such a metaphor...

Xiao Ming looked away with a headache, secretly annoyed.

Yao Guang at the side seemed to notice his gaze, turned his head to look at him, then looked at the person in front, moved closer to him, and whispered to him in a voice that only two people could hear: "My princess and I They have never met, and the marriage contract was made by them without authorization."

......

Xiao Ming nodded in understanding, thought for a while, and felt that these words came out of nowhere.

so.....

Why does Yao Guang need to explain to him...

As if he cared—

Just when he was about to say something, the person in front stopped and said to the two of them, "This is it."

The door of the dormitory in front of me is closed, and the garden in front of the porch is also neglected. Although it is summer, all kinds of flowers are looking listless. If there are not guards with swords on both sides, this place seems to be empty. people live.

The Holy One pushed back the two people guarding the door, pushed the door open and entered in person——

There is a woody scent coming from the house, which is very elegant and unique.

The curtains in the room were all lowered, covering the light-transmitting windows, and the hall was dark.A few people walked through the desolate main hall, bypassing the screen, the red bed curtain looked dim in the darkness, as if it had faded.

A maid stood by the bed, dozing off.

The Holy Majesty coughed, waking up the maid, who looked at the approaching people as if waking up from a dream, and knelt down on the ground in panic—"The Holy Majesty calm down! This servant will never dare again!"

He waved his hand and said calmly: "It's nothing, you can get up." Then he turned to the two of them, showing a helpless look on his face, and said: "In the beginning, there were several maids guarding her day and night, I thought to capture even the slightest change and movement of her, but it has been half a year, and there is still no movement."

There was a thin layer of red gauze hanging on the bed, and only a shallow outline of the person sleeping on the bed was revealed.

The Holy One raised his hand and lifted off the layer of tulle, revealing a face with eyes closed and a very pale complexion.

"During the past half a year, she hasn't had a single drop of water." The Holy Majesty lowered his voice, as if he was afraid of waking up the person on the bed, "Many times...her mother and I almost thought that she had... Already..." He didn't continue.

But under the quilt, there are still shallow ups and downs when people breathe.

No matter how healthy and strong a person is, he might not be able to withstand the consumption of more than half a year.

But even so, the face exposed on the pillow is still very moving - the hair on the temples is black, the eyelashes are drooping quietly, and the corners of the eyes seem to be full of amorous feelings.

Xiao Ming took out a very thin gold thread from somewhere, handed it to the Holy Majesty, and said: "The princess's jade body is inconvenient to touch, please trouble the Holy Majesty to wrap this golden thread around the princess' wrist."

The Holy One did what he said.

Xiao Ming picked up the golden thread, pressed it against the tip of his middle finger, pondered for a moment, and frowned suspiciously.

In the diagnosis and treatment all the year round, whenever he had a pulse with the opposite sex, he would detect the pulse with a golden thread, and he has not missed it for many years, but this——

Seeing his distressed expression, the Holy Majesty said, "It's okay for a genius doctor to say."

Xiao Ming said, "Although it's a bit abrupt, can you let me get the pulse of the princess directly?"

Xiao Ming directly touched the cold skin of the princess, and his fingertips pressed tightly against the place where the pulse should be beating on the wrist, but unexpectedly, he felt nothing—as if the lying thing was a body at all. corpse.

He withdrew his hand, said "Excuse me", then stretched out his hand to sniff the sleeping man——

Although the breath was very weak and cold, it didn't seem like the breath a living person should have at all.

Xiao Ming stretched out his hand to touch the princess's arm, only to feel that the seemingly slender arm was as cold and hard as iron.He said "Excuse me" again, pinched the wrist that was exposed under the quilt with one hand, pinched her joints with the other hand, and folded it lightly——

"Squeak-"

The arm actually made a sound like rubbing and squeezing between wood.

He checked the arm on the other side, and it was the same.

Not just two arms, but also two legs.

Xiao Ming frowned, raised his hand and shook the opponent's head.

"Crack-"

The other end was stiffly crooked on the neck, motionless.

Xiao Ming was startled, and quickly pulled it back with a "click" sound.

The Holy Majesty and the maid who were watching his movements: "..."

Xiao Ming took a deep breath, raised his eyes and looked around the room, and asked the maid beside him, "Is there any incense in this room?"

The maid replied, "It's been a long time since I smoked incense."

Xiao Ming nodded, he understood immediately, and said to the Holy Master: "As for the diagnosis just now, Xiao has a bold guess."

"But it doesn't matter—"

Xiao Ming said slowly: "Can you all smell a woody fragrance in this room?"

Several people nodded.

"This fragrance comes from the princess—" He paused for a moment, then added: "Or——is from the puppet on the bed."

The Holy Majesty was startled, his eyes widened suddenly, and he asked in disbelief, "What... what?"

Xiao Ming nodded to the other party, and said: "Forgive me, the one lying on the bed is probably not the princess, but a puppet made of sorcery, exactly like the princess."

The maid standing by the side couldn't help but exclaimed.

Yao Guang stood aside with his hands behind his back, the expression on his face didn't fluctuate at all, he was still lukewarm.

The Holy One struggled to digest Xiao Ming's words, and repeated with difficulty: "Puppet?"

"Indeed." Xiao Ming nodded, snapped off the arm of the person on the bed, and threw it casually on the ground, the arm hitting the ground gave off a hollow echo.

Before the holy majesty and the maid next to him were amazed, the thrown arm had turned into a piece of wood with patterns painted on it.

Looking at the bed again—the rest of the torso has also turned dark brown, revealing its true colors—a puppet the size of a human.

Xiao Ming added: "The real princess may have been taken away... I think since this person replaced her with a fake princess while taking away, he must be afraid that everyone will search for her."

"How can I do that?"

Xiao Ming looked around and said, "I suggest to start from around this room - those who manipulate or make puppets should not be too far away from the puppets they make, otherwise the puppet skills will be weakened, according to what the Holy One said It is said that this puppet has maintained such a lifelike shape for more than half a year, and it has been breathing all the time. With such a powerful force, it must not be too far from the princess' bedroom."

The Holy Majesty nodded again and again, and called "Come here", and called many imperial guards.

"Dig three feet into the ground and find this beast for me!"

"Yes!"

A group of people started to look for it from the princess bedroom.

The imperial guard simply searched around the hall, then went out of the hall door and looked around.

Xiao Ming hastily called a few guards to stop——

"Hey, why don't you guys look for it so casually? Have you looked in the closet, under the carpet, under the bed, and under the table?"

Several guards looked distressed, and one of them replied: "My lord doctor, aren't you joking? Can people be hidden under the wardrobe carpet? If they can hide people, they can hide them for half a year?"

Xiao Ming shook his head and explained: "Of course people can't hide under wardrobes and carpets, but what about the underground under these things? It's because I didn't make it clear to everyone," he said as he lifted a piece of carpet and looked "Under this carpet, there may be—" Before he finished speaking, Xiao Ming felt a large vortex appearing under his feet——

His foot became unsteady, and he fell into it——

In the last field of vision, there are the surprised and uncertain gazes cast by the guards.

... You should believe it now...

His whole body fell into the darkness, and he quickly squeezed a stream of air in his hands, but the distance and time of the direct fall to the ground were too short, which did not allow him to support a stream of air under him.

But just as his body touched the ground, a hand wrapped around his waist from behind, holding him up firmly——

And very gently put him on the ground.

It was pitch black all around, and suddenly fell into darkness from a bright environment, Xiao Ming, who was very adaptable to darkness, couldn't see anything for a while.

But the familiar sweet smell made him a little dizzy, and he didn't know if he was frightened just now, he felt as if thousands of butterflies were fluttering in his stomach.

The hand around his waist was retracted, and the familiar voice was close at hand, low and gentle: "Genius doctor, are you okay?"

"Uh...it's okay." Xiao Ming felt guilty for some reason, moved away two steps, and said thank you.

"Just now I happened to be behind the genius doctor, and I accidentally fell down together." Yao Guang explained very patiently.

"Oh..." Xiao Ming responded absent-mindedly, taking a few deep breaths in the darkness, calming down the inexplicable agitation in his body.

In the blink of an eye, another cloud of blue flames ignited in the air for no reason, bringing the two into mutual visibility.

Yao Guang seemed to have noticed something wrong with the other party, took a step forward, and said with concern, "You don't seem to be feeling well."

Xiao Ming shook his head, a smile appeared on his cheeks, he raised his eyes to see his face under the firelight, which looked warmer than usual, and was about to say something, but his expression suddenly froze, his eyes rounded, and he took two steps Taking a step towards Yao Guang——