7. Nine infants
Sheng Ling's face sank like water, and he said word by word: "The monster of water and fire." β
He Zichen didn't know what kind of murderous thing this monster of fire and water was, but the rest of the people gasped when they heard these words.
"This ......" Zizhu subconsciously glanced at He Zichen, as if recalling something terrible, her eyes were faintly worried and shocked, she said in a trembling voice, "This monster, it's not dead yet?" β
It seems that this monster is still an old acquaintance. He Zichen was confused, but seeing the solemn faces of several people, he also knew that this matter was not trivial.
"This monster of fire and water has appeared before? Have you all seen it? He Zichen asked.
"No, I've only heard about it, only two people have seen it with their own eyes...... Sheng Ling didn't make a sound, but Amnesty replied, "The monster of water and fire is named Nine Infants, with a huge body, nine heads, can spray water and fire, and cannibalism...... At that time, the monster was seriously injured and fled, and since then it has disappeared, everyone thinks that it is ancient, but they don't want to reappear today. β
The last few words of the unsmiling young man were a little gnashing of teeth, and there was a trace of instinctive fear hidden in the hatred. It's terrible, the monster, but this time it's just breathing fire to push them back, otherwise...... He had palpitations, and secretly annoyed that he had become cowardly.
As the people who picked up the star building, they are like immortals in the eyes of others, but in the end, they are still teenagers, and they are still vaguely afraid of the legendary beast.
"Don't be too nervous," He Zichen couldn't help but enlighten when he saw their solemn faces, "Didn't you subdue that monster once?" Once you can have it twice, and then let those two people deal with it! β
He felt that what he said was quite reasonable, but he was not relieved by his suggestion.
"Your Majesty," Zizhu bit her lip and stepped forward, "The two people who saw that monster with their own eyes back then were the National Teacher...... And you. β
Zizhu has never forgotten the appearance of He Zichen being carried back, his clothes are tattered, his body is bruised, his skin is scorched black, and his hair is burned in half.
He Zichen was in a coma for seven days, his body was extremely weak, and he had a fever, and his life was almost hanging by a thread, but his tenacious will allowed him to survive. It's just that for seven days, he couldn't even be in a coma, and kept muttering "water, water...... No! Fire! ", "Master will kill you", "Shengling, be careful! The monster is here again! β
I have never seen my own young man who has always been lively fall into such a situation, and Zizhu and several other close maids were so distressed that they couldn't help crying.
After He Zichen woke up, he seemed to be fine, and ate several bowls of tasteless white porridge with a lot of appetite, but when he looked in the mirror, he showed a little melancholy eyes, he touched the tips of his curly hair and sighed, "Zizhu, your son and I are no longer as handsome as before, don't change your mind." β
It was from that time that some people vaguely felt that the gentleman Gongzichen, who had always been a child, was actually more suitable for the position of monarch than his obedient and gentle brother in terms of heart.
"What?" He Zichen was taken aback, and looked at Sheng Ling in surprise, "At the beginning, I ...... And the monster you hurt? β
Sheng Ling didn't answer, but looking at that look, it was obviously acquiescing.
He Zichen was shocked. Although he always felt that he should be a hero, he also accepted the fact that he was not, and when someone sued him that he was a real hero, he was a little incredulous.
He actually really became a hero, hehe, He Zichen thought, this is even more wonderful than saying that he has been a coward.
Ah Yu still glanced at He Zichen expressionlessly, but his heart was a little complicated. He suddenly remembered that at that time, the Holy Son and Gongzi Chen were only teenagers, and they were even younger than him now, and in that case, it was a great creation to be able to leave a whole corpse for themselves, but they came back to life, not only did they not die but also seriously injured the monster.
Although from a selfish point of view, Amnesty felt that it was the Holy Son's outstanding skills that could kill the bloody path from nine deaths in a lifetime, but he also had to admit that the monarch in front of him, who was always hippie and smiling, was not an embroidered pillow.
"That's not easy! Leave this matter to me and the National Teacher, right! He Zichen said loudly.
"No way!" Several people present almost unanimously expressed their opposition.
He Zichen felt very faceless, and said impatiently: "What's not to do?" Since we were able to solve it at the beginning, there is no reason to be afraid of that monster now! β
Qing Song quietly looked at Sheng Ling, and saw that he didn't mean to speak, knowing that this national teacher didn't want to say anything that would displease His Majesty in person, so he had to serve his own master.
"Your Majesty doesn't know," Qingsong said, "These nine babies are ancient beasts, and their sinister nature is far from being comparable to ordinary monsters...... You don't remember anything now, but how can you use it if you have the means to reach the sky? β
That's right......
He Zichen thought for a while, and then said: "It's okay, let the National Teacher talk to me, and just practice a few more times." β
"No." This time, it was Ah Yu who spoke up, "The National Teacher's vitality is so injured that he has not yet recovered, and he can't take any more risksβHoly Lord, please let me and Asher lead people to deal with it." β
He Zichen hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with Sheng Ling?" β
Sheng Ling said: "It's okay. β
"......" Ah Yu was silent for a while before he said sullenly, "Haven't you noticed that the hair of the National Teacher has turned white?" β
He Zichen's heart was shocked.
Of course, he found that Sheng Ling's silver-white hair color was too eye-catching, but the color was pure and beautiful, and with Sheng Ling's peerless face, there was even a bit of a holy taste, so that he thought that Sheng Ling was born with this hair color, but it turned out that it wasn't it?
β¦β¦ That's right, He Zichen suddenly remembered, in Qin Ling's memory, the young Shengling also had jet-black hair.
It was as if my heart was being grabbed by an invisible hand, and I was so uncomfortable that I couldn't breathe.
He Zichen turned his head and looked at Sheng Ling's silver hair like moonlight and snow in a daze. He thought, it's really strange, he used to think it was very good-looking, but now he feels so dazzling that it makes his eyes sour.
Why? What happened to Shengling?
He has always been curious, but at this time, he seems to be choked by someone, and he can't ask anything. A heart is sour, some sad, some distressed, and a little timid, he seems to vaguely understand something, but the truth makes him uncomfortable, and when he is finally willing to face it, he can't grasp anything......
He Zichen was a little dazed by this sudden strangeness, and this blankness appeared in those eyes that were always shining, and he looked a little fragile.
Sheng Ling's hand stretched out through Xiao Ji and pinched his, and quickly withdrew it, his voice like a mountain stream cold spring with a strange gentleness, "It's okay, it'll be fine in a while." β
"Will it be black?" He Zichen asked.
Sheng Ling lowered his eyes, but he still couldn't lie, "...... No, it won't. β
"That's really good," He Zichen said with a smile, "Only such a different hair color from ordinary people is worthy of the frost and snow posture of the National Teacher!" β
He Zichen laughed a few times tastelessly, deliberately ignoring the strangeness in his heart, and asked, "Then what should I do, I mean the monster called Jiuying?" β
Ah Yu also looked at Sheng Ling with blank eyes, hoping that the Holy Lord would give them a chance to prove it.
"Amnesty," Sheng Ling called to him, but he didn't give the order as he thought, "Take people to the periphery of the Sunshade Forest to set up a large trapped beast array, set up a few more layers, trap it, and then transfer troops to guard it, and the people are not allowed to approach ......"
After Sheng Ling explained carefully, he paused, and said: "You should be careful, don't take risks without authorization, what will happen after that...... I'll figure it out when I'm recovering. β
Ah Yu answered "yes" and left first, and Sheng Ling did not stay for long, probed He Zichen's pulse to make sure that he had no problem, and watched him smoke the "pre-dinner incense" and then returned to the Star Picking Tower.
He Zichen originally wanted to keep him for a meal, but after looking at the bowl of rice, a plate of green vegetables, and the "imperial meal" with half an egg, he was still embarrassed to speak. The most important thing is that if Sheng Ling can't really stay, then he will share his rations, these are not enough for him to eat, where can he share them with others, even the beauty Sheng Ling can't.
After eating, He Zichen went into the study, he desperately wanted to recover his memory, and no one wanted to tell him, so he could only ask the silent and honest old men in the study.
Sheng Ling said that he had a special physique, and he could feel some beings with subtle spirituality, but now his soul was unstable, so he was affected uncontrollably. According to his guess, it is not that he will lose this perception ability in the future, but that he will be free to choose whether to accept it or not, and which things to accept, and the memory that he "stole" from Kotoei that day just confirms this.
With such a guess, He Zichen's idea hit the similar tattered gadgets in the study, and the things placed here were undoubtedly witnesses to a certain period of time in his past, since the broken string piano can give birth to spirituality, maybe something else will work?
"This Brother Shi," He Zichen looked at the red stone that he felt was most likely to give birth to spirituality, and hugged his fists sternly, "Brother Shi, if you know anything, please tell SΓΉ I." β
Stone: "......"
He Zichen placed his palm on the stone, closed his eyes and concentrated, and felt it with his heart...... I felt that I was almost asleep, and I didn't feel anything. He opened his eyes and looked at "Brother Shi" with some incomprehension, could this ...... Is it really just an ordinary stone?
Soon after, He Zichen regained his memory and recalled his actions on this day, and he was a little eager to kill himself with a stone brother.
Shame, shame! This seemingly spiritual "Brother Shi" is indeed an ordinary stone, not only ordinary, but also has no special significance, and the only reason he brought it back like a treasure is "pleasing to the eye".
"Majesty!" Just when He Zichen was a little embarrassed and glad that no one saw it, there was a sudden knock on the door outside the study, and Qing Song's voice was a little anxious, "Your Majesty, come out and take a look, the Queen Mother has an accident!" β