Chapter 67: Ten Yin Mountains (1)
Shao Huan woke up suddenly, got up and sat on the couch and looked around.
This is not Xiaoyao Stream, nor is it the Nuwa Temple in Xigu County. Looking at the layout of the room, it is ridiculously luxurious: fist-sized pearl walls, white marble steps, and finely carved columns...... It's just that the patterns on this are something that Shao Huan has never seen, not to mention some decorative things next to it.
She was wondering when someone suddenly pushed the door straight in, and she was shocked, and hurriedly shrank to the corner of the couch, pulling the quilt to wrap herself. When I looked closely, it was an acquaintance.
"Demon Lord?" Shao Huan was dumbfounded, looked around again, and suddenly realized where he was, could it be the Ten Yin Mountains of the Demon Realm?
The Demon Gentleman walked straight to the direction of the bed, and saw that she had woken up, and the appearance of wrapping herself tightly with the quilt was very funny, and she couldn't help but be a little funny: "It's good to wake up! I've been sleeping for a few days, and I thought you were going to sleep here for a long time, and I was thinking about whether to change places for you." ā
These words were more like ridicule, but Shao Huan vaguely read a few clues from these words.
"How many days have I been asleep?"
Zi Yi turned around and sat down at a Nanmu table, poured a glass of water, and asked, "Would you like a drink to moisten your throat?"
Shao Huan was wandering, as if he hadn't heard. Zi Qi was not angry, his lips pouted with a shallow curvature, and he drank it to himself.
"How did I get here? I remember, I remember that I was obviously at the Nuwa Temple in Xigu County. Shao Huan covered his stuffy head, and for a while he felt that it was blank, but he couldn't think of anything.
"I'm wondering, too! I heard from the demon soldiers that someone fainted outside the barrier, and when I looked over, it turned out to be you. Zi Qi looked at Shao Huan with a smile, and made a blank look, "I'm curious and want to ask, what are you doing with a leisurely stream, what are you doing in my Shiyin Mountain?"
Shao Huan almost wanted to throw a pillow over, but the enemy was strong and I was weak, and I still didn't have the guts. But he couldn't help but roll his eyes: "Yes, yes, I'm here to do fine work." But now that it's been goofed, the little woman's mission has failed, so I'll leave first, and the demon lord doesn't have to send it. ā
The land of right and wrong, or the thirty-six strategies to go up.
Shao Huan hurriedly lifted the quilt and got out of bed, kicked on his shoes indiscriminately, and was about to leave in a hurry.
"Wait. An unhurried voice sounded behind him.
Shao Huancai ignored him and ran to the door even faster.
A black shadow teleported in front of him almost in the blink of an eye, Shao Huan was startled, subconsciously took two steps back, and pretended to be calm: "Demon, Demon King, what are you going to do? I, I'm a person who is at ease, if you don't let me go back, my master and Qi Wu will not give up easily." ā
Zi Yi smiled slightly: "When did I say that I wouldn't let you leave?"
"Then I can go?" Shao Huan's eyes suddenly lit up.
"Yes, but not now. ā
The ignited hope was extinguished, and Shao Yan shrugged his head and pouted to show his dissatisfaction.
Zi Qi laughed and walked to the door with his hands down: "Without the permission of this gentleman, you are not allowed to leave a single step." After that, he was about to walk out of the door, and suddenly thought of something, looked back at Shao Huan and added, "Of course, you don't have the ability to go out, hahaha......"
Ziqi walked away with a smile, so angry that he stomped his feet in place. She turned around angrily, and suddenly saw a figure behind her who didn't know how long she had been standing, and she was shocked for a moment.
"Who are you?"
On the other hand, Si Ming, who was worried that Shao Huan had already had an accident, almost turned over the entire Xigu County, but there was no trace of the beauty. Later, they found the Nuwa Temple along the way, and found a lost pearl hairpin in the temple - the one sent by Si Ming on the day of Shaoxi's birthday.
Finding Shao Huan's hairpin is enough to prove that Shao Huan has been here, but the hairpin has fallen, does it mean ...... Something has happened to her?
Cha Cha carefully searched the entire Nuwa Temple, trying to find clues about Shaoxi's whereabouts from it. However, although there were traces of fighting in the temple, there were no clues left that could be traced, and I couldn't help but be a little discouraged.
Turning around, he saw Si Ming holding the pearl hairpin and standing in place, Cha Cha knew that he was worried, so he stepped forward to comfort: "Shao Huan will be fine, you don't have to worry too much." ā
Si Ming pulled back his thoughts, but he didn't reply, only put the bead hairpin in his arms and put it away, and his worry was even worse.
Cha Cha suddenly felt a bad taste in his heart. It's just that she can't compare to Shaoxi, and even a hairpin is far more important than her in the eyes of Si Ming.
A black mist suddenly appeared in the temple, and the black mist slowly dissipated, and a figure emerged from it.
Si Ming immediately stepped forward and bowed: "Your Excellency." ā
Yan Juan walked over and bowed slightly at Si Ming. Turning his head to see Cha Cha on the side, he also bowed his hand and saluted: "Yan Juan has seen His Royal Highness." ā
The Nine Heavens and the Underworld do not interfere with each other, Yan Juan is not a Nine Heavens, and the divine position is also sealed by the Emperor of the Underworld according to the rules of the Underworld, which is slightly different from the priesthood of the Nine Heavens. But in order for the two clans to be safe and sound for thousands of years, it is natural to pay a little more respect to Chacha, who is the little highness of the Nine Heavens.
Cha Cha is used to messing around in the Nine Heavens, but there are still rules in front of the people of the underworld, and he has only seen it slightly.
"I wonder how His Royal Highness and the Immortal are here?" Yan Juan was the first to speak to break the silence.
Cha Cha looked sideways at Si Ming, but the latter had a melancholy look: "Young frolic...... It's gone. ā
Yan Juan was slightly surprised: "What do you mean it's gone?"
"If you don't see it, you can't find anyone, and you can't find a trace. Cha Cha replied in a low voice, "We searched the entire Xigu County, and only found a hairpin belonging to Shao Huan here, which should have fallen by accident, but we didn't see anyone." ā
Yan Juan stroked his beard and was silent for a long time, his expression complicated.
"What does the Judge know?" Si Ming was slightly puzzled, just looking at why Yan Ju suddenly appeared here today, he thought there should be another reason.
Yan Juan was silent for a moment, and then told all about that day: "That girl came to the underworld a few days ago, in the name of returning the Demon Suppression Seal, and I saw her in the Hades Palace. ā
Si Ming was suddenly overjoyed: "Does the judge know where Shao Huan is now?"
Yan Juan shook his head with a sinking face: "That day, she talked about the plague in the mortal world, and said that many mortals have died of the plague recently, but in the underworld, there are no ghosts who have died of the disease. Later, I felt that this matter was strange, so I was anxious to report the matter to the Emperor of Hades, and when I returned to the palace of the Hades King, she had already left. ā
"So, even the judge doesn't know where Shao Huan is now. Si Ming was inevitably a little lonely, and when he reached into his arms, the coldness of the pearl hairpin came through the palm of his hand, and even his heart inevitably cooled down a little.
It seems that his worries are not unreasonable, the mortal world has always been a dead person, it is destined to attract all kinds of evil, and it is destined not to be peaceful.
Thinking about it, Shao Huan should have gone to the underworld to return the Demon Suppression Seal first, and then came to this valley county alone to investigate the plague. It's just that I don't know what's going on, or maybe she ran into something, Shao Huan fought with it, and accidentally dropped the hairpin between the buns during the fight, but, what happened later?
Si Ming was worried for a while, he really couldn't imagine what was going on at that time. What did Shao Huan encounter, was he hurt, and where is he now?
"Si Ming!" Cha Cha saw that his face was not good, and couldn't help but call out worriedly, "Are you okay?"
Si Ming pursed his lips, obviously irritated.
Cha Cha hit the wall, and there was some boredom that was boring to blame.
Yan Juan has always been the best at observing words and feelings, and looking at the atmosphere between the two of them, he probably guessed a few points. It's just that emotional things have always been the most difficult to say, if he, an outsider, intervenes sideways, I'm afraid that the city gate will catch fire and affect the pond fish!
In silence, Yan Juan deliberately coughed twice and changed the topic: "You should have come here to take a look around, how is it, have you found anything suspicious?"
When he first entered the city and saw the corpses all over the ground, Si Ming did find some suspicious places, but at the moment he was most worried about Shaoxi, and he didn't want to interfere in other things that were not within the scope of his jurisdiction.
As for Cha Cha, she didn't know much about these things, although she knew that Si Ming might know a thing or two, but seeing that he was silent, she was obviously not ready to interfere. Inevitably annoyed him again, so he didn't say much.
But when you think about it, it really has nothing to do with them.
The mortal world is under the jurisdiction of the Nine Heavens, if mortals suffer from trouble, or if there are demons, the Emperor of Heaven will send people down to the earth to solve it, as for what happens after death, it will all belong to the underworld, and even the Emperor of Heaven will not spare his beak.
After careful calculation, even if they chose to sit idly by this time, Yan Juan would not say much.
It's just that as soon as a mortal dies, the yin soul disappears, whether it is big or small, Yan Juan is already worried, seeing that the two of them know something but are deliberately hiding it, he is a little anxious at the moment.
"The current incident in Xigu County has alarmed the Emperor of the Underworld, and the Emperor has ordered me to quickly find out the ins and outs of this matter. Now that you know the inside story, you might as well tell it, so that I can break the mystery earlier. ā
"We have just arrived here, how can we know what is going on?" Cha Cha vetoed, a little displeased, "What's more, the affairs after this person's death are no longer under the control of the Nine Heavens, it is your underworld's business." We're still in a hurry to go to Shaoxi, so you can stay here and check it slowly. ā
After saying it in one breath, Cha Cha didn't want to stay in this eventful place: "Si Ming, let's go." ā
Si ordered his head to leave, and he really wanted to leave with Cha Cha.
Yan Juan was anxious, and hurriedly called them out: "In this way, you help me investigate the matter of the Yin Soul together, and I will help you find that girl." It's always better for us to work together than to wander around like headless flies. ā
As soon as he heard that Yan Juan might have a way to find Shao Huan, Si Ming paused. He thought about it carefully, anyway, the affairs of the Yin Soul are under the control of the underworld, and at that time, as long as he tells Yan Juan some clues that he knows, and then asks Yan Juan to help find the clues to Shaoxi's whereabouts, then they will be separated from each other, and the rest will be none of their business.
Si Ming turned around and looked at Yan Juan intently: "Do you really have a way to help us find Shao Huan?"
Seeing that he seemed to be moved, Yan Juan immediately smiled: "That's that." Just because you can't find that girl doesn't mean we people in the underworld can't do it. As long as you help me find out the source of this matter, I promise to help you find Shaoxi. ā
At the moment, there is really no way to do it, neither do you know the whereabouts of Shao Huan, nor do you have any clues, but I am worried that Yan will judge that this is a delaying tactic, and I can't make up my mind for a while.
"How do we know if you're deliberately procrastinating, and if so, what if it's too late and something happens to you?" Cha Cha didn't quite believe him.
Yan Juan's face sank immediately when he heard this, lest they not believe it, so he had no choice but to tell what he saw that night: "Actually, after leaving the underworld, I really saw that girl. ā
Si Ming and Cha Cha were suddenly startled, and looked at Yan Juan with wide eyes.
Yan Juan was a little weak-hearted by them for a while, so he had to say: "Just a few days ago night, as soon as I arrived here, I saw Shao Huan being taken away by a person. ā
"Who took her away?" Si Ming anxiously grabbed Yan Ju's arm and asked anxiously.
Yan Juan recalled carefully: "I didn't see it clearly, as soon as I appeared, I saw that he took the girl away, and it was too late to stop it." But I didn't seem to think the man meant to hurt her, and I thought they didn't think much of it because they knew each other. ā
"Then why didn't you say it just now?" Cha Cha yelled anxiously.
"IāI'm not sure if it's her, I'm just ...... when I hear you talk about it" Yan Juan knew that he was wrong, so he simply shut up.
Si Ming and Cha Cha glanced at each other, and they both saw endless worry in each other's eyes.