16. Unlit Lane 6
After the guards got the order, several people worked together to open one of the coffins, and a smell of corpses similar to rotten eggs and skunks suddenly overflowed, and Zhaoran covered his nose and leaned over to take a look, an ordinary female corpse, the corpse had decomposed beyond recognition, and there was nothing to see in the coffin except for a bronze mirror at the foot of the corpse.
"Take out the bronze mirror!" Wang Zeng commanded.
The guards took out the bronze mirror, and Zhao Ran hurriedly came over and took a look at it, it was just an ordinary bronze mirror.
Wang Zeng endured the stench and said, "Open it again!"
The guards opened all five coffins in a row, and there was nothing worth scrutinizing in them except for the female corpse, and they turned over the coffin with their hands against the smell of corpses, and there was nothing.
Zhao Ran couldn't help but be very disappointed, Wang Zeng's face was also a little unsightly, after all, these coffins were the concubines of court officials, if they were passed out, and nothing was found, I was afraid that the imperial historians alone would be enough to give him a headache.
"Bury these coffins back!" Wang Zeng commanded the guards.
Out of the door, Wang Zengcai glared at Zhaoran: "Now that you are satisfied, you will mention this matter again in the future, let's stop here!"
Zhao Ran originally wanted to open his mouth and ask Wang Zeng to find out how these concubines died, but he had to swallow back when the words came to his mouth, he looked back at the coffin and sighed and thought, "How could there be none?"
He followed Wang Zeng back to the post station with some hesitation, took off his clothes and threw them on the chair, but suddenly heard a "click", and something fell to the ground.
Zhao Ran hurriedly bent down to pick it up, this thing is white and crystalline, some similar to the finger bones of beasts, with a single hole in the middle, it looks like a mouth flute, Zhao Ran took it into his mouth, blew lightly, and immediately made a sharp whistle, he quickly pulled the finger bones out of his mouth.
Who put this bone whistle in his clothes?
In his mind, it was Mrs. Li. Mrs. Li's palm was not intended to kill herself, but the purpose was to stuff this bone whistle into his clothes, and he did not remove his clothes during the day, but slept upside down, so he did not notice it.
Presumably, Mrs. Li discovered Jiuru behind him at that time, so she passed this thing to herself in this way, so some of what Mrs. Li said must be untrue.
So does she not know who Rong Xian is, or has she never seen the picture of King Zhou's banquet?
----
There was a knock on the door outside, and Zhao Ran hurriedly hid the bone whistle and asked, "Who?"
"If you are a girl, please do you have a horse. ”
Zhaoran put on his clothes, opened the door and said, "What did the master tell me to do?" As soon as he opened the door, there was a famous maid standing in front of the door under the moonlight, and Zhaoran glanced at her and hurriedly closed the door, but the door was grabbed by a hand.
He desperately tried to close the door, but the hand held the door and did not move, and he bit it hard in a hurry.
The person outside the door "hissed" in pain, but retracted his hand but quickly grabbed Zhaoran's hair and dragged him out, Zhaoran was just about to shout for help, the man was annoyed: "If you scream again, you will be stunned!"
"Lord Wen, the slave family is a master of the family, what is the reason for you to trespass into my boudoir in the middle of the night!"
"The official wants to ask you to do a favor, if you are good at responding, I will accept your favor as the official. ”
Zhao Ran said: "Then what if I don't respond well?"
Wen Zhigeng said slowly: "I still have to help, but the official doesn't have to accept your favor." ”
"Phew!" Zhao Ran scolded in his heart, "You son of a son will return Lao Tzu's kindness first!"
"How is it?" Wen Zhigeng said slowly, "Maybe this official's favor can save your life in the future." ”
Zhao Ran couldn't help but sneer: "I still think that Lord Wen will only rush to death, it turns out that Lord Wen will save his life!"
Wen Zhigeng pinched the back of his neck and said, "What, do you agree!"
Zhaoran glanced at the maid lying on the ground, and knew that if he didn't agree, he was afraid that the end would be the same as this maid: "What Lord Wen has decided, how can there be room for the slave family to put their beaks." ”
"It's good to know!" Wen Zhigeng picked up Zhaoran's collar and went to the roof, he was obviously a little jealous of Wang Zeng, so he didn't go directly to the south, but walked around the west, and went south after leaving the post station.
After walking a short distance, Zhao Ran saw a carriage parked outside, Wen Zhigeng carried Zhao Ran into the carriage, and then let Zhao Ran go and said, "Girl, it's good that you know how to cooperate like this." ”
Zhao Ran said in his heart, I am not your mother, I am your father, but he said in his mouth: "Lord Wen, the slave family is just an ordinary woman, where can I help with your official master's affairs?"
Wen Zhigeng didn't answer and asked, "Your reaction just now is quite fast, how did you find out?"
"Lord Wen casually grabbed a maid in front of the princess, and the master of the horse wanted to meet a woman at night, so he would not let the maid in front of the princess call her. There are only two such situations, one is that the princess pretends to be a concubine, and the other is that a person with bad intentions pretends to be a concubine......" Zhao Ran grinned, "It turns out that I guessed wrong, that is, it is not the first nor the second, it is Lord Wen." ”
Wen Zhigeng looked up and down for a while, and Zhaoran was given goosebumps by him, and then heard Wen Zhigeng say, "Have we met before?"
"Absolutely not!" Zhao Ran quickly closed his mouth and shook his head subconsciously, and then said flatteringly, "It seems that the appearance of a celestial person like Lord Wen, no one who has seen it has forgotten." ”
His appearance was originally only a little delicate, but now he has cut a thick bangs, and he has the image of a country girl, Wen Zhigeng closed his eyes and said: "Wang Zeng's taste is also strange...... Can't get on the table. ”
After hearing this, General Zhaoran was still thinking about how Wen Zhigeng turned to eating, and after thinking about it again, he understood that this was saying that he was not on the stage, and he couldn't help but feel angry, and secretly thought that looking at your little husband, it must be asking people to eat early and late, and there is no left inside and out!
The front slowly slowed down, like a carriage stopped, Wen Zhigeng took him off the car again, and then lowered his voice and said: "If you make a little noise later, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
Zhaoran thought to himself, did you have a time when you were not ruthless?
----
They turned a corner and went to the house, Wen Zhigeng stepped on the ridge of the roof as if walking on the ground, and was obviously dizzy by his head down on his shoulder.
Waiting for Wen Zhigeng to put him down, it took a while for Zhao Ran to see the situation in front of him clearly.
They're in the Demon Tower!
In front of me is a walled building, the main building is the top of the hanging mountain cross, and the towering stone tower next to it is not the demon tower of Rong'an Town.
Wen Zhigeng was cautious, carrying Zhaoran to lie down on a room, and then gently lifted a piece of tile, and the room was empty.
"Go down there and get something for me. ”
Zhao Ran never expected that Wen Zhigeng would let him help him to be a thief, he asked, "What do you want me to steal?"
"Steal what is hidden in this room, what you hide, what you steal. ”
Zhao Ran said dissatisfied: "Then how can I know"
Wen Zhigeng suddenly pinched Zhaoran's nose, stuffed a pill into his mouth, and said in a vicious voice: "If you can't find it, don't blame me for being ruthless." ”
He was so arrogant and unreasonable, and he could only be helpless, and the next moment he was thrown in by Wen Zhigeng from the window.
The furnishings in the house are extremely simple, two futons, one side is a few low, it is simply unobstructed, the only special point is that there is a lotus incense burner on the several, and a few sandalwood sticks are placed next to it.
Zhaoran got up from the house, rubbed his waist, looked around, and Wen Zhigeng's low voice came from the top of his head: "What's the daze, don't hurry up!"
Zhao Ran leaned over and picked up the two futons first, shook them, and then took the low table and the lotus incense burner in his hand and looked at it, but he didn't see any clues.
Zhaoran lay down and gently tapped the ground with his hand, but he didn't find anything.
"Why haven't you found anything after looking for a long time?" Wen Zhigeng scolded above his head again.
"Why can't you go up?!" Zhao Ran couldn't help but scolded in his heart, Wen Zhigeng's temperament is probably only a dog slave can stand it, he supported himself on the wall behind him, but suddenly heard a squeak, and the wall was pushed away by Yingshou, if it weren't for Zhaoran's quick hand, he almost fell in.
"Found it!"
Wen Zhigeng's narrow eyes flashed with a hint of joy, and he also jumped in and glanced at Zhaoran: "Count you in on it!"
Zhaoran scolded in his heart Who wants you to count the merits, but the person was pushed into the cave by Wen Zhigeng, the road inside is not dark, there are illuminated wall lamps and candles along the road, as soon as the road in front of you comes out, you will see dozens of white-clothed and black-haired Buddhas sitting upright chanting.
- It turns out that this passage leads directly into the Demon Suppression Tower.
The Buddha pole in the middle of them was moving slowly, and every time a bell rang, it was clear that the bell in the Demon Suppression Tower was not really ringing the bell, but this Buddha pole was ringing.
Wen Zhigeng probably didn't expect that this passage was a direct route to someone else's lair, so he retreated back in a panic.
But fortunately, the Buddhas were all concentrating on chanting, and they would not have thought that someone would break into the Demon Tower, so no one noticed that they were in and out.
Seeing that Wen Zhigeng looked like a wolf, he was amused in his heart, and Wen Zhigeng pinched Zhao Ran's neck with his backhand: "If you make a mistake again, don't blame me for being unkind!"
Zhaoran was pinched by him, and his neck hurt, and he was secretly angry in his heart: "You son of a son will really be afraid of your threat!" He just wanted to open his mouth to call, Wen Zhigeng was quick-eyed, and slammed his palm on his neck, knocking Zhaoran dizzy, and then Wen Zhigeng dragged Zhaoran back to the room.
But as soon as they entered the house, they heard the faint sound of footsteps outside.
Wen Zhigeng's face changed, and he left Zhaoran to "take off" on the beam, before Zhaoran had time to think more, the door had been pushed open, and a pair of plain shoes stepped in, Zhaoran raised his head from top to bottom, and Jiuru appeared in front of him.
What should I do now?
"Girl......" Jiuru also seemed to be slightly surprised.
Zhaoran's eyes rolled, he was lying on the ground, so he took a pose, held his head and "called" the Buddha: "The slave family is specially here to find you." ”
His "Buddha" hurt Wen Zhigeng, who was on the top, almost slipped off his hand, thinking that this ugly monster was really gallant with long hair, but it was obvious that there was more than just long hair on his gall, he didn't stop pulling Jiuru's hem, and climbed Jiuru's waist along his thigh: "Buddha, last time you said" All appearances are vain, if you see all the phases are not the same, that is, you will see the same." But the slave family saw the Buddha's appearance, but they didn't want to see Rulai, and this heart is still "plopping" until now! ”
As soon as he took Jiuru's hand, he immediately thought that there were only two small bumps on his chest, and he had nothing to touch, so he hurriedly pushed it away and said, "I almost forgot that I am different from the Buddha man and woman." ”
Wen Zhigeng was simply amazed, and said in his heart: "It turns out that there is still a difference between men and women in your heart?"
Zhao Ran quietly glanced up, and when he saw Jiuru's expression as usual, he couldn't help but gasp, this little Buddha's Taoism was simply "a thousand miles in one night".
Jiuru said lightly: "Girl, you go back and tell Master Ma that what he is looking for is not here." ”
He misunderstood...... Tsk, it's good to misunderstand.
Zhao Ran leaned on Jiuru's body, and exhaled in his ear: "Buddha, the slave family wants to persuade you, there are so many joys in life, why do you need to see through the red dust." The slave family is pleased with you, and if you are also happy with the slave family, come to the slave family. ”
He said and shook Jiuru a flattering eye, it was clear that this was with the idea of not running empty, and by the way, Jiuru this little Buddha had strayed into the right way, if Jiuru really ran to find Ru Niang, no matter whether he was there or not, Jiuru's Zen heart must have collapsed.
Wen Zhigeng on the hanging beam is happy, a person with such a thick skin is really rare in the world, and she can still feel that others can please her when she looks like this, why, are people blind?
He thought to himself, and suddenly remembered that there was a blind colt in front of him.
Wen Zhigeng was spinning these messy thoughts in his heart, and suddenly a strong wind hit, and he was shocked in his heart, and he only had time to hurry up and protect his lifeline.
Hearing only a cracking sound, Wen Zhigeng was hit by Jiuru's palm and the roof was shattered, and he flew out.
Hearing the sound of Wen Zhigeng falling all the way, Zhao Ran felt secretly relieved.
Jiuru said through the window: "Although I don't mind if someone comes to my room as a guest, the National Teacher Tower can't let people come in and out at will. ”
What a powerful little Buddha, Zhaoran hurriedly jumped out of the window, only to find that Wen Zhigeng was actually kneeling on one knee, and it seemed that he was not lightly injured.
At this time, Zhao Ran couldn't leave Wen Zhigeng, so he had to pick him up and say: "The mountain doesn't turn the water, the water doesn't turn the people, the little Buddha will have a period in the future!"
After losing the scene, Zhao Ran dragged Wen Zhigeng to slip away through the night.
----
Fortunately, Wen Zhigeng was a little lucky, and he was dragged by Zhaoran and could run two steps, and when he got out of the Demon Suppression Tower, Wen Zhigeng spurted out a mouthful of blood.
"It seems that the injury is not light...... "it is better to die here." ”
Wen Zhigeng turned his head and glanced at him and said, "You don't have to worry, it's my luck to spit out the blood in my heart and lungs." ”
Zhao Ran had to change the subject: "What are you looking for?"
Wen Zhigeng was silent for a while, as if he remembered the help just now, and said, "Have you heard of the stranger?"
Zhao Ran thought that he had heard of it, and his face showed surprise: "What kind of stranger?"
Wen Zhigeng said: "King Zhou is against the sky, and what he can defeat is a group of strangers. ”
"Where did the Inhumans come from?"
"It is rumored that when the king of Zhou was young, he happened to meet one of them, this person was named Taiyin, Tong guò this person, he recruited a group of strangers to work for him, so the other strangers had to be named Hou, but this person was named the king of Taiyin, in order to show that the king of Zhou and Taiyin are on an equal footing. ”
Lunar...... Zhao Ran thought to himself that this name didn't sound like a good person, and he suddenly remembered the Nuo Gao Order or the Taiyin General Order that Zuyin had said, could it be that General Tian Python received the Taiyin General Order from King Zhou?
Sure enough, Wen Zhigeng said: "The origin of the aliens is only known to Taiyin, and it is rumored that the king of Taiyin has two strange treasures in his hands, one is the order of the general Taiyin, who can order all the strangers in the world to serve his orders, and the other is ......"
Zhao Ran asked anxiously, "What is the second ......?"
Wen Zhigeng said: "General Taiyin's robe." It is rumored that a person who is about to die will not be more than 100 days, and if a person wearing a general's robe is buried deep in the extreme yin cave, he can be resurrected in a hundred years. ”
"Extreme Yin Acupoint?" Zhao Ran frowned, "Isn't that a corpse?"
"One life is two, two is three, three is all things, all things are negative yin and hold yang, haven't you heard of this?" said these many words, Wen Zhigeng's already little patience was exhausted, "Have you heard of the words general's robe in the Horse Mansion?"
"I don't know I will sue you for letting this son of a dog plague the world every hundred years?" Zhao Ran thought and shook his head, "I really haven't heard of it. ”
Wen Zhigeng didn't have much hope, but he said something that was unexpected.
"You follow me, don't go back to the Pony Mansion again. ”
Zhao Ran simply shook his head in a hurry, what kind of joke, with Wen Zhigeng, isn't it that he is tired of not getting a good skin.
Wen Zhigeng was not reluctant, he casually threw a pill to him, and said innorantly: "The answer you said last time was only half right." ”
----
When Zhaoran left Wen Zhigeng and returned to his room, he was still thinking about what Wen Zhigeng meant, he just picked up his elbow and took two bites, the door rang again, and a slightly familiar voice sounded:
"Like a girl? ”
What day is it today, Zhaoran opened the door and saw the female guard standing outside the door respectfully.
"Please come with me as soon as you are a girl. ”
"What is the matter with me?"
The female guard said respectfully: "What is the summons of the concubine, the maid doesn't know." ”
Zhaoran put down on the door, then walked out and pulled the door shut, "Okay then, I'll go with you." ”
The female guard led the way with a lantern in front of her, and Zhaoran followed behind her and said, "Miss Ping, right?" ”
"Don't dare, it's the servant. ”
"Actually, I've been looking for you for a long time. ”
"I don't know what the girl is looking for a maid?"
Zhaoran looked at her back and said, "Because I have a question for you." ”
"What does the girl want to ask?"
Zhao Ran said slowly: "The alley without lights is so dark, and there are a lot of guards, how do you know that it is the road armor that is wet with your clothes?"