Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Conspiracy
"Monk, what does a monk have to do with Xu Yuanjue?" Qi Wuwei asked. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
"I was thinking about it at first. The old bachelor said: "But I really can't think of any ordinary temple in the Zen courtyard where such a person who can conspire with Xu Yuanjue can be hidden." I started with the identity of Xiao Yun, trying to find clues related to the 'monk'. ”
Qi Wuwei nodded and said, "But in this way, isn't it like looking for a needle in a haystack? Whether that woman is really called 'Xiao Yun' is still unknown, how can we easily find out her true identity?"
"Ha!" the old bachelor laughed, but he couldn't say to Wuwei seriously: "I dare to swear to the sky, I told you that Xiao Yun's appearance before is really overwhelming! If I lie to you, I will let him beat him for a few more lifetimes, until I can no longer be reincarnated as a human being!"
"Huh...... You are ...... this life" Qi Wuwei thought in his heart, he didn't dare to say it, this bachelor is indeed a little scary when he is serious, but how scary it is, Qi Wuwei can't say clearly.
"Think about it, a woman who has fallen over the country and the city, will her name be hidden? Even if she has a low-key style and does not show off on big occasions, as long as she stands there silently, isn't the boundary of every township and town revolving around her?" said the old bachelor.
"You took note of her appearance, and then asked someone to paint a portrait and inquired from door to door?" Qi Wuwei asked suspiciously.
"No, I only know that before she came to Zhongzhou, she may have been walking with Yan Yun, and Yan Yun has been following you to take revenge since you wiped out the Six Mountains of Wuzhou, so we are going door-to-door...... It's just a short part of your domestic route!"
"'We'?" Qi Wuwei said in surprise, "As far as I know, you don't belong to any of the big or small forces in the sea, where are you the available people from? Every time I ask you, you can quickly give me an answer, and the work to be done is not something that cannot be done by dispatching a large amount of manpower." ”
"A respected elder can naturally drive some juniors who have nothing urgent to do. The old man said, "You came to ask me, and then I went to ask someone else......"
Qi Wuwei thought for a while, and seemed to acquiesce to this answer, and he asked again: "You came to me at this time, presumably you have already found out the identity of that woman." ”
"Exactly!" replied, and the old bachelor told Qi Wuwei in detail what he knew.
The information that the old bachelor found was really detailed, and he actually knew the names of Lian Huangxi and Lian Fengqi. Qi Wuwei listened, and also connected the names of these two people with some news that he had accidentally learned on the road.
There is a place called "Jade Toad Slope", that place was not in front of the village and there was no shop behind it, and the travelers who came and went rested there, built a few pavilions to enjoy the shade, and then gradually there were a few more houses, and it became an unknown village. Almost none of the people who settled in the village could be from ordinary backgrounds, and they were not like the villagers of ordinary villages who rejected outsiders for fear of causing trouble.
In a cropper on a lunch break, Qi Wuwei heard the news that could correspond to what the old bachelor said: a few years ago, a pair of sisters and brothers came to Yuchanpo, and settled there, both of them were born with a beautiful appearance that did not enter the world, so that there were many more travelers, and then the emperor traveled, and never stopped in any village during the whole process, but stayed in this Yuchanpo for three days, people thought that the emperor was fond of the woman, but they only saw them meet a few times, said a few words, did not see the woman go to the emperor's tent to spend the night, let alone the emperor took the woman away。
Qi Wuwei had already seen the emperor in Zhongzhou, and he was not surprised when he first heard these things, that emperor had the pride of being an emperor, and he would not use his special identity to force something unreasonable. But the "stay for three days" did make his mind fluctuate a little, and he couldn't help but ask where the woman was, but the woodcutter said that a few months ago, the woman's brother suddenly disappeared, and the woman also went crazy and became very strange, and she went crazy for a few days, and then suddenly disappeared. Although Qi Wuwei didn't see the woman this time, he didn't have much to gain or lose, and he didn't pay much attention to this matter, if the old bachelor didn't mention this, then after a while, he would have forgotten all about it.
"It turned out to be her ......," Qi Wuwei whispered to himself, "If she is close to the emperor, then she knows the emperor Yan Yun, and it makes sense." Your harvest is what I have known for a long time!"
The old bachelor said, "Wait a minute! I have one more thing that you can't reason with what you know!"
"Oh, what?"
"What do you know by the names of her siblings?" asked the old bachelor.
Qi Wuwei scratched his head, "Lian is the surname, and Phoenix is the name...... What is there to study about people's names? I have never heard of any famous people with cheap surnames. ”
The old bachelor's gaze became deep, and his tone became slow, "Have you ever heard of the name of the evil slaughter of the heavens?"
Qi Wuwei nodded and asked, "How do you know what her sister and brother have to do with that Lian Muhuan?"
The old bachelor said, "Yan Yun...... You went to Liangping City and Feng Yushan with you, right?" After speaking, he seemed to have an answer, so he didn't wait for Qi Wuwei to respond, nodded, and continued to talk about another thing, "There were rumors that Lian Muhuan had converted to Buddhism, and after checking the list, among the people who crusaded against Fengyu Mountain, there was a monk who also escaped the catastrophe, and a few days later, Liangping City was slaughtered, I sent someone to investigate, but the news I got was that the method of killing people was the same as that of Lian Muhuan, who had lost news for a long time. ”
Qi Wuwei thought, he seemed to see the scene of the golden light turned into Buddha power and sent a monk out of the cave, he smiled and said: "I used a trick to get the Liangping City government to stop and kill Yan Yun, he could never have left Liangping City before me, but he met me in Zhongzhou, how did he escape the interception of the government, and escaped the catastrophe of Liangping City, I have an understanding today!"
"From this point of view, that 'monk' is Lian Muhuan, he does have the possibility of joining forces with Xu Yuanjue, this person is very dangerous, the third-rate fifteen heroes Wu Xingxuan died tragically in his residence the day before the sword duel, and he should have been poisoned by him. I will then do my best to find him, and vow to seek justice for the many innocent dead!" said the old man with grief and indignation.
"Justice is to be pursued," Qi Wuwei said, "but I have another candidate for the 'monk', and I will still investigate this matter, so let's go our separate ways." ”
"Good!"
"There is one more thing," Qi Wuwei said: "In a few days, there will be another ****, from some people in the rivers and lakes began to find out, the common people will slowly also have riots, I want you to find a group of reliable loyal people, not to be confused by the reaction of ordinary people, to be able to get involved in danger when I need it, I will be able to succeed, and I will reap thousands of benefits." ”
"I don't dare believe this news, but I know that the danger is not a joke, right?" said the old bachelor.
"Of course I can't tell you. Qi Wuwei smiled: "Otherwise, how can I show my cleverness?"
The old bachelor thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll start this matter...... You seem to have something else to say?"
"I want to hear the story of Lian Muhuan. ”
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In a dark and dense forest, the chaos is surrounded by a group of demons to perform a special secret method, only to see his figure jump away, finger waving, the demonic light will flicker and move with him, the group of demons see it, they are all sensitive, without special preparation, they can follow the protector.
After a while, a gust of demon wind suddenly stirred up in all directions, and the chaos slowly rose into the air in the demon wind, the demon wind was agitated, and the surrounding trees were only like flowers and plants fluttering with the wind, but seeing the chaos in the air, he turned over a heel and landed steadily, and the storm calmed down in an instant, and everything was silent, but the demons knelt down towards him as if they were burdened.
"Are the armies all right?" asked Misfortune.
One of the demons stood up and said, "Will ...... Boy, we're fine, but what is the effect of the spell cast by the child, so that the will of the son can reach our hearts without words, and exert such tremendous pressure on us at the end of the moment?"
"I just ...... It is through the power of the armies that I will convey my ability to cultivate the Dafa of Demon Evolution and Rebirth, and give a message to my fellow citizens in the human world. ”
"The human world? the whole ...... The same kind of people in the human world?" A demon resembles not believing what he hears.
Woe Xingchao smiled at the demon and continued, "I told them - 'The Demon Emperor is coming, come and surrender quickly'!"
Once again, the words were amazing, and the chaos smiled and closed his eyes lightly, as if he was self-absorbed, but the demons were all confused. The chaos gradually came back to his senses in intoxication, and he saw the disaster at a glance. He said happily, "When did you catch up?" I didn't even notice. ”
"You...... What the hell are you going to do?" asked Scourge, "It's better to make your intentions clear here, I don't want my men to be in the dark when they follow you......"
"Hehehehe...... "Why can't you gain a foothold in the human world until now?"
Woe was silent.
Misfortune and chaos said: "You could have followed the strategy when you first came to the human world, and you could have taken in the same kind of people in the human world, but you died in the calamity once, and you have tasted the sweetness of your magic weapon, relying on it to achieve quick success, and want to achieve great things quickly." As a result, tens of thousands of demons, only these few subordinates can return to their hearts, and the magic weapon you rely on will also be given to others by those who are related to your fate. I ask you, if I don't come to my aid, even if you really have the ability to take it back, what can you do with it?"
Still silent, he walked slowly, put his hand on the throne, and then raised his hand suddenly, and took a few steps back.
"The throne has been tampered with, and the banshee can cut off your connection with the throne, but the people of the Dragon Sect can make the throne irrelevant of you!"
Calamity bowed his head weakly, and the joy and fighting spirit of his resurrection were only frustrated at the moment. Seeing that he was already like this, he no longer made sarcastic remarks.
The group of demons suddenly fell silent, each waiting for the next instruction of the calamity, but the calamity was also like waiting for something. It was quiet for a long time, until the next day, when the newborn sun was about to come out, there was finally movement around them. The demons immediately went on guard, only to see several figures rushing towards them recklessly.
It was a few demons who had not been practicing human form for a long time, and they suddenly saw the same kind with strange pupils, but they didn't dare to get close because of the cultivation that was far away from the group of demons.
"It's okay, the armies don't have to be so tense. "Woe said. The demons were shocked, only to find that they had gathered together, separating the chaos from the newcomers, and they relaxed their vigilance and dispersed, and the chaos that appeared in the eyes of the newcomers was already sitting on the throne.
When the demons saw this, they bowed their heads and bowed, but the human language they read in a hurry was also vague. Trouble raised his hand slightly and said, "Calm down, I have something to ask you." ”
"Your Majesty, just ask, we must know everything!" several demons rushed to reply.
He asked indifferently: "It's not a big deal, I just want to ask you - have you come here in a hurry, can ordinary people find out?"
"No! Absolutely not! We have absolutely not revealed His Majesty's whereabouts!" They were about to be complacent about their answer, but when they saw the trouble, they looked embarrassed, and he slowly got up and said to the demons: "Troops, we will cast a spell again, this time, we must tell the same people in this world to surrender to me, and make some noise!"
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Sending away the old bachelor, Qi Wuwei can't be idle. Two guards in heavy armor walked over to him, asking him to go to the palace of Xuning. Qi Wuwei faintly felt that something was wrong, but he could only follow.
When he came to the gate of the king's house, he saw that the gate was shut. One of the guards stepped forward and tapped on the door with his hand, as if he were signaling it, and the man behind the door opened it. And the person who walked out actually covered his mouth and nose with a white cloth, he blocked the door, handed over three pieces of white cloth, and the two guards learned him to tie the white cloth behind his head to cover his mouth and nose, and handed the rest to Qi Wuwei, the intention is needless to say.
"In the palace...... Is there an epidemic?" Qi Wuwei asked timidly.
The guard did not speak, but looked at him coldly, waiting for him to tie a white cloth.
The strong smell of herbs reached the nose, and only those who were blocking the door got out of the way to let them in. Contrary to Qi Wuwei's expectations, he had seen an outbreak of epidemic among the common people, infected people and dead corpses lying everywhere, carefully wandering around, either looking for their relatives, or casually pulling up a half-dead person to drink the herbal soup boiled by the old man in the village.
But here is different, there are no people lying all over the ground, even there are very few people walking around on the road, the luxury of the palace does not seem to have changed much due to this change, and among the few people on the road, only Qi Wuwei was smoked by the smell of herbs and looked uncomfortable.
"Your Majesty, is he in the palace?" Qi Wuwei asked.
This still couldn't get a response from the guard, and Qi Wuwei felt more and more strange, he actually felt that the guard was no longer a guard, but a jailer-like existence. Qi Wuwei followed the guards into a courtyard, turned a small road, and suddenly saw that there were more people, all of them were heavily armed guards.
The two guards who led the way had already led Qi Wuwei to his destination and returned to the team. Qi Wuwei walked slowly under the gaze of the guards, walked between them, and after a while, he roughly saw the figure of the emperor and the king of Xuning wearing gorgeous clothes, the blasphemous jackal was standing behind the two, he was wearing civilian clothes like Qi Wuwei, and the fancy clothes and armor were incompatible, the difference was that the blasphemous jackal did not cover his mouth and nose with the white cloth.
Seeing Qi Wuwei again, the desecrated jackal smiled meaningfully, Qi Wuwei only cared about taking care of him, and forgot about the emperor and King Xuning for a while.
Qi ...... Not...... For ......" A weak voice came, Qi Wuwei realized what had happened in this palace, he looked at the voice, and said in surprise: "Ah, Your Majesty, why are you here?"
The emperor smiled bitterly and said, "Heh! It's all the retribution I deserve, come to find my repayment!" The gorgeous clothes slumped on the chair with him, and there was no longer the luxury of the past.
Qi Wuwei looked at King Xuning, the world's top swordsman, although his martial arts cultivation was only a handful, his situation was even more unbearable than that of the emperor who didn't know martial arts, his head hung weakly, and his unyielding backbone seemed to be still fighting, but he couldn't even support the thin clothes on his body.
"This ...... This is not an epidemic! I have never seen such an epidemic!" Qi Wuwei said, he himself did not know who he was talking to, the two sick people would not listen to him, and the guards would never stand up to communicate with him, but one of them replied: "All the nobles of the royal family show the same symptoms as this: weakness, passivity, coma, and depression, how can this not be an epidemic?" It was Luo Jingming, the ruler of Birong City, who spoke.
"Maybe it's some clever poison, maybe it's some insidious magic, the incident happened in the royal family, someone must be trying to harm the royal family, and the people in the royal family have already shown symptoms, if there is no one outside the royal family who is infected at this time, it is enough to show that this is not an epidemic!" Qi Wuwei said.
After pondering, Luo Jingming nodded and said: "I want to believe it, the other people in the palace are willing to believe it, but as long as the slightest rumor is revealed, it will greatly shake the power of Shengping Emperor! Because of the demon disaster, we have almost summoned the entire world, all the royal family members back here to take care of it! And they have all been infected with this strange disease now, if they ......"
"I'm not a healer! But I know a healer with real skills! I can promise that I will never leak the slightest rumor to bring that healer here, he will definitely have a way to save the Shengping royal family!" Qi Wuwei said.
"No!" the Emperor suddenly shouted, "You don't have to do this! The Emperor has already told me in his dream! He has already told me! Now there is only one remedy, I only ask Qi Wu to give me a positive answer for you!"
"Your Majesty......" Qi Wuwei thought, really couldn't think of what the emperor wanted to ask him.
"The ...... I entrusted to you earlier Do you know where Yan Yun is now?" the emperor widened his eyes, expecting Qi Wuwei's answer.
Qi Wuwei nodded, and said without waiting for the joy to be realized on the emperor's face: "He died before the Zhongzhou Sword Duel, I have seen his corpse with my own eyes......" Qi Wuwei couldn't imagine that Yan Yun was such a key person, and the person who asked him to find Yan Yun cared so much about Yan Yun's life and death, he had to hide a lot of his views on Yan Yun, let alone mention that he had planned to kill Yan Yun.
The emperor's joy still fell on his face, but with slow despair, he could barely stand up, trembling and clenching his fists at Qi Wuwei, and said lightly: "Luo Jingming...... Escorted Qi Wuwei down and beheaded ......"
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