Volume 1 Gods and Origins Chapter 40 All people are pawns
The sound of the piano comes from the city, ups and downs, and the breeze brings warmth to the face, like an old wine, drunk for a long time.
Gou San just didn't pay attention to it, and fell into a long illusion, and when he woke up, it was already a long time, and he crawled and sat on the stone steps on the side of the street, and his brain was dizzy.
"Uncle, this cold moon's phantom attack is really terrifying, it's better to be open-sighted, if you want to secretly hold such a hand, you don't have to go down to the Yellow Spring to drink that Meng Po water. Gou San rubbed his head, and it took a while to calm down, and he didn't know if Xu Yunshan would be affected.
"Maybe the cold moon path is not deep, and the illusion realm is not that far away. If I had been stronger than him, I might not have been restrained by him. ”
The sunset mountain is falling at night, but Yulang County, which is prosperous and prosperous, is not lit up at this time, Gou San secretly said that it is not good, and found a few houses, and saw that the civilians inside did not see blood in the end, thinking that it was caused by the cold moon illusion, and then he breathed a long sigh of relief.
"It's been too long, I don't know if Xueyi is going back to Jinling or still in Yulang County, what is he doing here?"
Gou San's brows were tightly locked, one was bloody weeping, the other was bloody clothing, you can guess something based on these four words alone, not to mention that bloody clothes are Dongchang eagle dogs, and bloody weeping is still hiding in Jinling when he is injured at this time, so he has to worry Gou San that bloody weeping was going to kill Gou Yuwei yesterday.
"Third brother...", an extremely oppressive call sounded in the side alley, and through the gap in the room, Gou San saw Xu Yunshan, who was full of worry, really circled his mouth with his hand, and said softly: "Third brother be careful." ”
Gou San wondered why Xu Fatzi told himself to be careful, his eyes looked left and right, and he tiptoed around the house and walked towards Xu Yunshan.
Seeing Xu Yunshan's index finger making a silent movement on the side of his mouth, Gou San's brows furrowed again, and his eyes followed the direction of his finger, almost screaming.
In the dim night, in front of the steps of the mansion at the end of the street, Mu Xuantang knelt on the ground and held the body of a man in an official robe.
"Third brother, I've seen it!" Xu Fatzi looked excited, but he didn't dare to make a loud noise, and his face trembled.
"Tell me everything you've seen. Gou San frowned, could it be that the bloody clothes came to Yulang County just to kill the county?
Seeing Gou San looking left and right, Xu Yunshan said: "Third brother, this place is safe, there are a few people over there, and now I can't notice this side at night." ”
"First of all, I apologize to the third brother, I went into the city before and saw that all of you were walking on the street, and because of my identity, no one paid attention to you, so I didn't dare to go over and help you up. Xu Yunshan paused, and then said, "This is a conspiracy!"
"Third brother, when I chased you over before, there was a person behind me, it was Mu Xuantang, she was intercepted by a woman halfway, and she was wearing a six-bone ink fan embroidered on her clothes, telling her to kill a fox demon. Xu Yunshan's expression was nervous, and seeing Gou San's disbelief, he obviously doubted his hearing, and explained: "I have eavesdropped on the joy of love in my Laozi's courtyard at night, and I have practiced a peerless divine bow and ears. ”
Gou San rolled his eyes, and said angrily: "Talk about business!"
"Yes, yes, yes. Xu Yunshan nodded and said: "I have only seen the clothes embroidered with ink fans in the capital, it is six doors, and Mu Xuantang called him a fan envoy." Before entering the city, I saw that there was such a situation in the city and hid in the woods, and two hours later, Mu Xuantang also came here, and handed a jade bottle to the fan envoy, thinking that it must be the demon clan Neidan that the fan envoy asked Mu Xuantang to take!"
Later, Mu Xuantang entered the city, and another group of people rushed from Xicheng, led by a man wearing red armor with an arrow on his back. Xu Yunshan paused, and then said: "There is another third brother you must also know, it is Leng Yue, the pianist of Meixiang Building!"
"Although the people who went out of the city from the West City Gate have changed their clothes, I must know them, they are all wearing the Ming Dynasty Fourteen Potentials, and they are brocade guards!"
"Oh, you see, Mu Qinghe County's death must have been committed by Jinyiwei!" Xu Yunshan said towards the county Yannunu.
Gou San twisted his head in puzzlement, why did Jinyiwei want to kill a small county demon? Why didn't the fan envoy go to kill the fox demon in person, wouldn't it be more secure? Why did the bloody clothes and cold moon rush from the west gate after killing the county man, didn't he know that the fox demon was killed by Mu Xuantang and chased the fox demon? The six doors have now been completely controlled by the East Factory, why do you want to spare such a big circle?
"Third brother, do you think this is a conspiracy?" After a long time, Xu Yunshan asked uncertainly.
Gou San looked in the direction of the county office, nodded after a long time, and said, "Let's go over and take a look after the Jinyi Guard's dark pile retreats." ”
"Ah!" Xu Yunshan almost screamed, quickly stretched out his hand to cover his mouth, and whispered: "Third brother, isn't this past exposed?"
"You fat fool, Mu Xuantang came with you, will she not know that you are in Yulang County?" Gou San couldn't help but give him a chestnut and said, "Wait first, see the situation." ”
Gou San Xu Yunshan slipped out of the alley, gently pushed open the door of the house, and hid in.
On the small hill ten miles southwest of Yulang County, Leng Yue's face was waveless, she was plain white, standing motionless in front of the newly turned small mound with a guqin, and a square wooden stake with a wide palm was inserted on the mound, and a few big characters were written in blood - the tomb of Fox Sanniang.
Scarlet blood dripped from the sleeves of the plain white pian, thinking that it was written by Leng Yue with his own blood, he didn't move, just looked at the three words of fox Sanniang on the stake, and the cool breeze hit for a long time.
"Cold Moon... Condolences. Xueyi stood not far behind him, seeing that he was silent and sad and buried in his heart, he didn't know how to enlighten, and only squeezed out a few words.
"Bloodcoat, tell me the truth. I don't know how long I stood there, the silver moon was shaking, and the cold moon didn't look back.
"Now that the matter has come to this, what is the point of saying it or not saying it? Xueyi sighed lightly, if he hadn't gotten together with Xiao Haokong today, he was afraid that it would be difficult for him to say a few more words, and asked, "Do you really want to hear it?"
Leng Yue acquiesced, Xueyi stepped forward, handed a piece of jade pendant to Leng Yue, and said: "This is Hu Sanniang's jade pendant, I secretly took it from my father-in-law, to tell the truth, I have no friends in my life, and I don't think I need friends, I used to have a big brother, Brother Haokong, and then I have been working with you under my father-in-law for many years, so I treat you as a friend, I know that I am just a chess piece in the hands of my father-in-law, why don't you." ”
"Brother Haokong is right, turning back is the shore, but how can we as chess pieces decide our own fate. Xuewee's expression was gloomy, and he said: "I know your background, since I regard you as a friend, I should tell you, so I stole Hu Sanniang's personal warm jade from my father-in-law." ”
"I forgot how many years ago, I should have been twelve or thirteen years old at that time, you were seven or eight years old, and my father-in-law no longer slaughtered the demon clan after entering the Sanqing Dynasty, but he imprisoned the demon clan, and when he was injured, he could take his inner pill to heal his injuries, and Sanniang was discovered by his father-in-law after he came to Jinling. ”
"The father-in-law killed your father and imprisoned the fox Sanniang, at that time you would not know that the family would suffer from this catastrophe when you studied in the academy, and the father-in-law imprisoned you after learning that you were also a fox demon, but after seeing you, he changed his mind, you have excellent posture and a scholar, and you are the most perfect chess piece in the Jinling Meixiang Building, and he can also control you, as if in captivity. ”
No matter how Leng Yue's face looked, Bloody Yi continued: "My father-in-law made up a lie and coaxed you into the door with deep gratitude. ”
The bloody clothes spoke for a long time, Leng Yue was silent, the breeze blew the hair on the hammer forehead, and the crystal mask was bloody again.
"I said that I know that I am all that, the jade pendant has been returned to you, and it is your choice to believe it or not. ”
"It was my father-in-law who was secretly watching that night, I'm sorry. ”
After saying that, the bloody clothes disappeared into the darkness and disappeared.
I don't know if it's right or wrong to call Leng Yue today.
He only wished he could save her.
That's all.
Unconsciously, Leng Yue hid in the darkness, following the killing aura.
Search.
The palace has been broken and ruined, and the traces of the fight will not be buried with the years, and there are more than a dozen corpses in the hall, including men, women, old and young, and a few jailers.
Leng Yue returned to Yulang County, went straight to the county office, stood beside Mu Xuantang with the guqin, let her cry, and handed over a handkerchief after a long time.
Gou San was shocked, what did Leng Yue mean by this? He frowned and looked at Xu Yunshan, and ordered: "Shunfeng Er, restore their conversation to me word for word!"
The third brother had something to tell Xu Yunshan to smile happily, and immediately attached the fat to the crack of the door, squinting his eyes.
"Miss Mu, I'm late, I'm sorry. After a long time, Leng Yue said gloomily.
Mu Xuantang sobbed for a long time, put the corpse in his arms on the ground slowly, and said distractedly: "Leng Gongzi has a heart." ”
"When I was ten years old, I entered the Mushi Sect to study, which can be described as a blessing in three lives. This is the truth, Leng Yue endured it, coughed violently, and the words came to his mouth several times, but he swallowed it to death, he didn't dare to tell her that at that time he was to spy on Mu Qinghe, and he didn't dare to say that the Tumu family had his hand today.
The reason is that he would rather keep it in his heart forever.
"Leng Gongzi, go back, I can't receive Gongzi today. Mu Xuantang stood up, sniffed, and put the white cloth that had been prepared on the corpse.
"I'm not afraid of Miss Mu's jokes, today I only know my background, and my parents are still dead. Leng Yue's expression was gloomy, what he didn't know was that Hu Sanniang was killed by Mu Xuantang.
Mu Xuantang hesitated for a moment, and then continued to respond lightly.
"Miss Mu, can we still be like before?" Leng Yue suddenly asked.
The white cloth in Mu Xuantang's hand floated to the ground, as if recalling the memories of his youth, a stroking the piano and a sword dance, a poem and a calligraphy and painting......
"I'm afraid not. Mu Xuantang's voice is like a mosquito and fly, and he doesn't even want to say much about the night before, and the secret path causes and effects follow fate.
"I didn't worry about the night before, and Miss Mu didn't need to take it to heart, you once told me that you were the eyeliner of the six doors in Jinling, and I also found traces of the six doors in Jinling that night. ”
I don't know how long it took, Mu Xuantang sat down on the steps, and Leng Yue had already left.
Some fates are destined to be unsustainable, especially in these troubled times.
Gou San and Xu Yunshan also withdrew from Yulang County, and they didn't receive anything on this trip, but they only knew that Mu Xuantang was not a person from Jinyiwei, but a person from Six Doors.
Leng Yue and Mu Xuantang are old acquaintances, and they are quite affectionate.