Chapter 21, Xuanao Divine Cult
γLuoyang, Innγ
Chu Haoge and the three of them walked into an inn, Murong Xiaoyan and Chu Haoge habitually walked in front, Jiuli Qiantaro walked behind the two as usual, and the formation of this walk was very similar to the formation during the battle.
The first floor of most inns is for guests to eat, the second floor is for guests to stay, there are a lot of people on the first floor of this inn now, most of them are some people in the city, dressed in coarse linen clothes, not very gorgeous, order some light meals and side dishes, some guests sit at a table, order a pot of shochu, relative to the restaurant, the consumption of the inn is not very large, it is the common people can afford to consume.
As soon as Chu Haoge and the three of them walked in, a junior second official asked: "The three guest officers are invited, whether the guest officers live in the hotel or play sharp." The three of them walked into the inn, and Chu Haoge said, "Prepare some good wine and food first." With that, Chu Haoge took Murong Xiaoyan and Jiuli Qiantaro to find a table, sat down, and said to Xiao Er: "Get something delicious, just order it." Murong Xiaoyan and Jiuli Qiantaro were not picky eaters, so they didn't say anything, and sat down with Chu Haoge.
"Okay." Xiao Er responded crisply, said, "Guest officer, wait a minute" and ran down.
"Hmm...... Listening to the dead octopus, there are many people suffering from strange diseases in Luoyang City, and when I entered the city today, I also found that this Luoyang is heavily controlled, and it doesn't seem to be very peaceful. Chu Haoge said, at this time, a guy came, and poured a pot of tea for the three of them first, Chu Haoge knew at a glance that this tea was just ordinary, not a valuable tea, Xiao Er respectfully poured it for the three of them, this is the rule of the inn restaurant, before serving the food, it is generally necessary to have some aperitif first, otherwise it is not the same thing to let the guests always wait.
Murong Xiaoyan: "Yes, I see that many people have sad faces. She said, as if she remembered something all of a sudden: "By the way, the grandma we saw when we entered the city." β
......She said that she lived in a small village in the north of the city, and her son suffered from an evil disease, and she came to Luoyang to seek medical treatment, but when she heard about this disease, there was no Lang Zhong willing to see her son, in fact, it was not that the doctors were immoral, but they were powerless. In general, even those who have been practicing medicine for half their lives have never seen such symptoms.
"Thanks to us, it would have been really hard to get out." Chu Haoge smiled, obviously very proud of his righteous act, and took a sip of tea very gracefully.
Murong Xiaoyan said: "Don't say it, your broken brand really works." She said, not as graceful as Chu Haoge, but drank half a cup in one gulp, and was almost spit out by the hot tea, so she hurriedly fanned it with her hand, and said vaguely in her mouth: "It's hot, hot, hot." β
Jiu Li Qianyao made a contemplative gesture and said, "No, I think that grandma is not simple, next time we should leave such a thing alone." What she said made Chu Haoge a little unbearable, but it seems that Jiuli Qiantaro's performance along the way shows that her wisdom and analytical ability are far superior to him, not to mention anything else, just say that when she meets the octopus demon, if it weren't for Jiuli Qiantaro's thoughtful thinking and thinking of a way to deal with it, I'm afraid the three of them would have to stop cooking.
Murong Xiaoyan was a little unhappy when she heard her words, she was already a very chivalrous person, and said, "Then you can't see people in trouble and not help." β
Jiuli Qiantaro didn't answer her, and she couldn't tell whether she agreed with Murong Xiaoyan's words or disagreed with them, so she was silent for a moment, and she said, "Since this matter has passed, we don't have to debate more." Saying that, she looked at Chu Haoge and said, "It is imperative that you build the sword box as soon as possible, Young Master Chu." β
"Hmm," Chu Haoge nodded.
The three of them talked for a while, the guy had already brought the dishes, vegetarian meat and fish, everything, Jiuli Qiantaro did not have too much resistance when he saw these meats this time, his face became light, Murong Xiaoyan and Chu Haoge were looking at her, these days, the two thought that Jiuli Qiantaro did not like to eat meat, so they did not hunt game to eat after hurrying, but found some wild vegetables and wild fruits to eat, and this time when they arrived at the inn, they forgot about it, and only found that this was a little inappropriate when they saw Xiao Er serve the food.
Jiu Li Qianyu shook his head and said, "Actually, what Zhang Zhemao said is not wrong. She took the lead in taking a piece of meat, put it in her mouth and chewed it, and after swallowing it, her face did not look embarrassed, and said to the two: "I will not kill beasts because of greed, but I will not starve myself to death because I can't bear to kill." β
Seeing that neither of them spoke, Murong Xiaoyan smiled at the two of them and said, "Not all of our clan want to eat vegetarian food. She blinked her big eyes and her eyelashes were fanning, so you can do whatever you want. β
Chu Haoge looked at Jiuli Qiantaro and couldn't help but smile knowingly, invisibly Jiuli Qiantaro relieved the embarrassing atmosphere, and then looked at Murong Xiaoyan, who had already started to eat with chopsticks, Chu Haoge couldn't help but laugh dryly, and said in his heart: "Even if the whole world feels embarrassed, she won't be embarrassed." At this time, Murong Xiaoyan was gulping down chicken legs, looking hungry enough, and she really didn't know where she ate her buns.
"Hmm" "Hmm" Murong Xiaoyan was eating a lot, and his mouth came out in a barely intelligible voice: "Hmm...... In our ...... Sect ...... Every meal can be the last, so we're not very particular about it. As he spoke, he stopped suddenly, still holding the chicken leg in his hand, and said to the two of them with a puzzled expression: "Don't eat it only for me, you will eat it too." β
"Uh...... We are not hungry......" This was said by Jiuli Qianyu and Chu Haoge together, and they felt very tacit, and both of them looked at Murong Xiaoyan who was eating again with a black line, and couldn't help but glance at each other.
The three of them were eating, and a few people at a table next to them talked to attract their attention, "Yes...... Yesterday, all the sword immortals came to Luoyang City, wow, that sword flight is simply too handsome. This was said by a sturdy man at the table next to him, and he gestured with his hand in the air as he spoke, as if he was pinching the magic and sword technique.
"Of course, this time the monsters are making a big fuss, causing so many people to suffer, how can the Qingyun Immortal Sect ignore it." This is what the thinner man next to him said: "But that Xuanao and what god cult are too slow to investigate, and this has not been solved for a long time." β
After he said this, the sturdy man next to him hurriedly covered his mouth, almost pressed him to death at once, and hurriedly struggled out and said, "What are you doing?" There was anger in his voice.
"You're really dead." He looked around, lowered his voice and said, "Let me tell you, the Xuanao Divine Sect is the state religion of today, and it has the support of the Holy Beings today. As he spoke, he arched his hand diagonally upwards to show his respect.
"It's really fake." The emaciated man shrunk his neck and asked him.
"It's true, you still dare to say that the Holy Sect is not." The strong man said: "It is also strange to say, since the outbreak of this evil disease, the Holy Sect has taken over the matter, going door to door to check on the sick people's homes, and later it was determined that it was a monster attacking people. β
The emaciated man nodded, without the slightest doubt about what the sturdy man said, and added: "Yes, they have to check on any of the monsters that were attacked by the monsters later, it's been a month, and after the three monsters were caught, they have settled down a lot after being executed, but the increase in the number of victims has not slowed down at all." As he spoke, he took a edamame from the plate and whispered, "I heard someone say in private that the emperor has offended the gods, and this great god is sending down divine punishment." β
"Shhh As he spoke, he made a gesture to wipe his neck, causing the emaciated man to shrink his neck again.
"......" Chu Haoge and the three of them were eating next to them, pretending to be very casual, and secretly listening to the conversation between the two.
"I didn't expect this Xuanao Divine Sect to care about this." Murong Xiaoyan said in a suppressed voice, and the volume was controlled so that only the three of them could hear it.
"Do you know this Xuanao Divine Sect?" Chu Haoge looked at Murong Xiaoyan with a strange expression, several people walked along the way, but they had never heard of the so-called "Xuanao Divine Sect", as soon as she said it, she couldn't help but ask Murong Xiaoyan.
"Yes, I heard it when I was in the sect before, but at that time it was still a small sect, but I didn't expect it to become the state religion in less than a month or two." After speaking, she looked at Chu Haoge strangely, and asked puzzledly: "No, haven't you been staying in the palace before, you should know more about this state religion than me." β
"Hmm......" Chu Haoge scratched his head and said, "I haven't heard of this Xuanao Divine Sect before I came out, it's been so long since it came out, it seems that the change is not ordinary." β
The two of them talked like this, completely forgetting the Jiuli Qiantaro on the side, Jiuli Qiantaro was eating food in small bites at this time, and looked very good-looking thoughtfully, Chu Haoge and Murong Xiaoyan noticed her at once, Chu Haoge couldn't help asking, "Jiuli girl, what's wrong with you?" β
"Huh?" Jiuli Qiantaro was called by him, and suddenly came back to reality, saying: "If the evil disease they talked about was what Zhang Zhemao said at the time, then according to what Zhang Zhemao said, it should not be caused by monsters." β
"You mean?" Chu Haoge frowned and said, "That dead octopus frame, us?" β
Jiu Li Qianyu shook his head, looking very serious: "No, I have heard of such a thing as sucking essence qi before, and what Zhang Zhemao should say is not wrong." She was silent for a moment and then said, "If it weren't for the monster using other means to do evil, then this matter would probably be complicated." β
"What do you say?" Chu Haoge didn't understand what she meant, and asked Jiu Li Qianyu.
Jiu Li Qian's voice lowered a little again, and whispered: "You think, if this matter is not the so-called monster harming people, then isn't it the Xuanao Divine Sect covering up the facts......
Chu Haoge and Murong Xiaoyan's eyes couldn't help but light up, as if the puzzle was suddenly clearer, and said, "That's right."
Jiu Li Qiantaro frowned, and whispered: "And the Xuanao Holy Sect is now the state religion, so this matter is mostly related to the imperial dynasty." As he spoke, he looked at Chu Haoge again and said, "I don't know if this has anything to do with you leaving the palace." After a pause, he added, "These things are too coincidental. β
As soon as she finished saying this, the three of them returned to silence, and no one spoke, Chu Haoge now felt that something was wrong with the whole thing, from the fact that he was told that his father was in the way to the letter he saw when he returned to Chu Mansion...... Thinking of this, he felt that something was wrong, his father was handsome, he would definitely look for clues to find him after learning the clues, his father must have been able to expect it, and since it was untouchable, why did he deliberately leave clues...... Is it to deliberately lead yourself through?
Thinking of this, he began to doubt for the first time the letter that his father had left for him, but it was only a fleeting moment, and he was convinced of his father's words, even if his father wanted to lead him there, it would not be against him.
He continued to think about it...... As soon as I left the palace, the evil disease broke out, and the Xuanao Divine Cult also became the state religion after leaving Chang'an...... Is there a connection to all of this?
"Hey, Chu Haoge." Murong Xiaoyan pushed him beside him, and when he saw that he came back to his senses, he said to him: "What's wrong with you, this is a daze for most of the day, without saying a word, I thought you thought you had broken your head about this." β
"......" Chu Haoge glanced at Murong Xiaoyan, couldn't help sighing, and said in his heart: "This guy is quite concerned about people, but as soon as he says it...... I can't be moved at all. β
Jiu Li Qianyu said: "This matter has been handled by the Imperial Dynasty and the Xuanao Divine Sect, if there is anything wrong, it is estimated that the Qingyun Immortal Sect will also intervene at that time." She motioned to Chu Haoge, so that he didn't have to think about it.
"Hmm." Chu Haoge nodded, answered, and then began to clean up the uneaten meals with Murong Xiaoyan.
Jiuli Qiantaro, who looked good at their food, shook his head for a while, and couldn't help muttering: "These two people are really alike." β
After eating, it was already getting dark, and the three of them planned to rest in the inn for the night first, and then go to find a sword box that could forge and isolate sword qi tomorrow.
"Do the three guest officers stay in the hotel?" The shopkeeper said to Chu Haoge with a strange look.
"Hmm." Chu Haoge nodded and said, "I want a good guest room." As soon as he said this, the shopkeeper said with a courteous face: "Okay" and then shouted to Xiao Er: "Quickly prepare the best guest room for this son and the two ladies." β
As soon as he said this, Murong Xiaoyan's face turned red all of a sudden, like a ripe red apple.
Looking at Jiu Li Qiantaro again, he was not embarrassed, but stepped forward with a smile on his face and said, "He is my cousin." When she spoke, she inadvertently blocked Murong Xiaoyan, Murong Xiaoyan wanted to speak, but she was blocked by Jiuli Qiantaro, and she couldn't interrupt what she said through Jiuli Qiantaro.
When the shopkeeper heard this, he said, "Ah, I am clumsy." Saying that, the shopkeeper apologized to Jiuli Qianyu and said, "It's just right, we have two rooms left." As he spoke, he added: "But don't worry, the three of them are definitely the best words,"
Murong Xiaoyan was anxious at this time, bypassed Jiuli Qianyao, and said to the shopkeeper: "Hey, don't get me wrong...... I'm not his wife. Then he looked at Jiu Li Qianyao's calm expression, bit his silver teeth, and said, "I'm his aunt." β
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