039 First entry into the palace
In the palace of Xiyang County, the elderly emperor bowed his head and bent over, standing in the middle of the hall with several important ministers of the court.
Facing the national teacher and the senior sister of the national teacher who sat in the main hall, they reported the disappearances reported by the cities of Peiguo in recent days. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
As soon as Chu Miao and the others arrived in Xiyang County, they contacted Pei Jue, and after entering the palace, they have been treated by hundreds of people to worship, which made several people a little uncomfortable.
Pei Jue has been in the world for a long time, and he is very accustomed to these mundane rituals.
He was also very polite to Chu Miao and Gu Nianning, and even called him senior sister to Mu Xiaodie, who cultivated like himself, and was very respectful.
Listening to the old emperor talk about the disappearance in the recent days, Chu Miao and the others probably had a number in their hearts.
All the missing boys are residents of cities near Xiyang County, and each time they disappear at night, and their families have not heard any sounds.
The boy's family was never harmed, but there was no clue as to where the boy had been taken.
After Chu Miao saw that after the old emperor finished speaking, he stood in the hall with a respectful look, and was about to let him go back to rest first, and then listen to Pei Jue's thoughts.
But I heard a loud noise caused by a spell outside, accompanied by a somewhat familiar voice, "Bold! You know who I am! Dare to stop me! ”
As soon as the words fell, two ninth-level monks had already arrived in the hall, followed by a few gray-faced soldiers, who wanted to stop but didn't dare to stop them.
When Chu Miao and the three of them looked at it, it turned out that it was the two male cultivators on the flying boat who were talking about it.
After the young male cultivator entered the hall, he didn't look at Chu Miao and the others, who were two floors higher than him.
He only yelled at the old emperor with a look of indignation: "Where is my brother? Was it taken away or killed by those sluts in the harem! ”
The old emperor has experienced many years of ups and downs, and obviously will not be frightened by the young man's aggressiveness, so he only looked up at Pei Jue and Chu Miao above and did not answer,
Pei Jue saw that Chu Miao and Gu Nianning had no intention of interjecting, so they had to stand up and say:
"Daoist friends have something to say, the emperor doesn't know much about these things, so it's better to sit down and talk to me and a few senior sisters first."
The middle-aged male cultivator who followed the young man into the hall also persuaded him: "It's useless to be angry with your father at this time, it's better to listen to the words of the Taoist friends of the Heavenly Machine Sect first." ”
The young man listened to this companion's words very much, glared at the emperor fiercely, and did not salute Chu Miao and the others according to the rules of the immortal cultivation world, and went directly to the side of the small table to sit down.
Seeing that the palace no longer needed himself at this moment, the emperor took the ministers behind him out of the hall silently.
The middle-aged man looked very elegant, seeing that Chu Miao and Gu Nianning were both monks at the eleventh level of Qi cultivation, and several of them were disciples of the Heavenly Machine Sect.
first stood up and saluted a few people, and then brought himself and the identity of the young man together.
This middle-aged man is called Mu Qinian, and the young man around him is his junior brother, Luo Ning, the eleventh prince of Peiguo.
When he was young, he was seen by the master of the two outside the palace, so he took it with him to practice.
Luo Ning's mother was not favored in the palace, and he was only valued by the emperor since he was taken away by his master, and only gave birth to his younger brother Luo Hong nine years ago.
Luo Ning has been wandering in the immortal cultivation realm since he cultivated with his master and brother, and he only returned to the palace once five or six years ago.
As the emperor grew old, the battle for the throne in the palace became more and more intense.
Luo Hong has no spiritual roots, because of the emperor's attention, he is also regarded as a thorn in the side of the other concubines and princes in the palace, and the mother concubine of the two also died in the harem struggle.
Luo Ning was about to go back to the palace to visit his mother and younger brother a few days ago, but on the way he heard about the abduction of boys by the evil cultivators of Xiyang County, and he was worried.
After returning to the palace, he didn't alarm anyone, and went directly to the palace where his mother and younger brother lived, and found that there was no palace people in it.
After arresting a few palace people and inquiring, I learned that my mother had died a year ago.
My younger brother also disappeared a few days ago, and I don't know if he was kidnapped or removed by the people in the palace on the pretext of this matter.
After Mu Qinian finished speaking, he sighed softly, and said to Chu Miao and the others: "My junior brother has left the world since he was a child, and he has only been in contact with me and my master. ”
Chu Miao didn't take these things to heart at all, she has always been a person who doesn't care about herself.
It's just a strange monk, as long as it doesn't offend them, what does it matter if the attitude is good or not.
Pei Jue saw that Chu Miao and the others were just thinking about their own affairs, so they had to reply: "It's nothing, nothing is wrong, these senior sisters and I both want to solve the evil cultivation matter as soon as possible, and we don't care about anything else." ”
Chu Miao saw that the two of them were finally polite, and then opened her mouth to ask Pei Jue, "Have you sensed that there is an evil cultivator in the palace recently?" ”
Pei Jue frowned and thought carefully for a moment, then shook his head, "No, since a boy disappeared mysteriously, I went to investigate outside the palace and found that it was two evil cultivators in the late stage of Qi training, and I didn't dare to fight hard." After reporting to the sect, early warning formations were set up all over the palace, and if it was a monk in the late stage of Qi training, it would be impossible not to alarm the formation and lead people away. ”
When the young man heard this, he was angry again, "I knew that it must be those sluts who took advantage of this to blame!" If something happens to my brother, don't think about any of them! ”
Gu Nianning glared at the young man, "If Luo Daoyou wants to find Brother Ling, it is okay to take the first step, we still have something to discuss with Senior Brother." ”
Mu Qinian saw that Gu Nianning was dissatisfied, and he also had a lot of complaints about his junior brother in his heart, people are talking about evil cultivation here, what are you doing mentioning these mundane harem battles.
Gently pulled Luo Ning, arched his hand at Gu Nianning, "I'm really sorry, I'll accompany my junior brother to find his brother first, if a few Taoist friends need any help, both of us will be duty-bound, and everyone will be punished for evil cultivators, we will also pay more attention to the clues of this matter, and leave first!" ”
After speaking, he pulled Luo Ning, who seemed to want to say something, and left the main hall.
Gu Nianning rolled her eyes and said to Pei Jue: "How did his brother disappear, don't say you don't know anything." ”
Pei Jue laughed dryly, "These people who don't do anything about our cultivators, looking at him like that, will soon find out, what else do I do." ”
When Chu Miao heard this, she also knew that Luo Hong's disappearance must have nothing to do with the evil cultivator, so she didn't think much about it anymore, and only asked, "Where did you find the traces of the evil cultivator last time?" ”
"I was in a family in Xicheng, and I was investigating this matter outside that night, when I felt that there was an evil aura in the distance.
I'm ashamed to say that my junior brother and I don't practice the fighting method very well, but I am still quite confident in the concealment and formation, so I thought about going ahead and then making plans.
Who knew that there were two evil cultivators, both of whom were monks of the twelfth layer of Qi training, and I saw that they were not opponents, so I hurriedly returned to the palace to report the matter back to the sect. ”
Pei Jue said with a guilty face, "When I went back the next day, the family had already lost their children, and the aura of evil cultivation had been covered, and I couldn't find out where they went." ”
Chu Miao saw that Pei Jue felt a little guilty, so she only said softly: "Even if you come forward to help, you will only put yourself on board, and the child will still be taken away."
Take us to the missing people's homes at night to see, and then find out if there are any clues left, and catch the evil cultivators as soon as possible is to seek justice for those people. ”
Gu Nianning looked puzzled, "Now that there is nothing to do, why don't you go and see it as soon as possible, so that it can be solved as soon as possible." ”
Chu Miao shook her head, "It's not easy to hide during the day, and it's easy to startle snakes."
If the evil cultivators knew that we were here to investigate, maybe they would have concerns and keep a low profile.
When we can't find anything back to the sect, they will go out again, and maybe even move to another place to act more covertly.
Besides, we don't know their true number yet, and if they think we're not strong, they might even attack us. ”
After hearing this, several people felt reasonable, so they discussed that they would act after nightfall.