Unknowingly, I have been imprisoned on Mingshen Island for more than two months, and the incense of ice cicadas on my body has dissipated, but because Yu Die'er doesn't understand the art of Qimen Dunjia, let alone take me out, it is difficult to get out of the kitchen. Recently, I contacted him again, Yu Die'er didn't know what method to use, and knew that the situation in the Red Kingdom seemed to be tense recently, and the emperor of the Tiancao Kingdom provoked the Celestial Empire because of the "pirates" of the Red Dynasty, Long Yan was furious, and a large number of warships sailed into the adjacent sea of the Red Kingdom, and the East China Sea Anti-Japanese Army was stationed on the desert island of the Tiancao Country closest to the Red Kingdom. Knowing this news didn't make me much easier, if Yuzhu was fine, the emperor might have known that it was the Red Kingdom that kidnapped me, but I didn't pretend to be so sentimental that the Emperor was going to save me when he attacked the Red Kingdom. This battle is really going to be fought, and it's a blessing that I don't die in the fire. Thinking about it a little deeper, I feel that with the emperor's shrewdness, unless he is crazy, how can he blindly launch a large-scale transnational naval war after just experiencing the calamities such as the extermination of the Snow Wolf King and the pacification of the rebellion? You must know that compared with land warfare, naval warfare is more difficult to fight and consumes more national strength, and the most important thing for him now is to restore the people's livelihood and rebuild the country that has been damaged by the war. Thinking about it this way, I'm afraid that the news that Yudie'er got is probably untrue.

Since receiving my sushi overtures, the Nine Kings have often come to my small courtyard. He's a gentleman, he's open to new things, and he's now better at backgammon than I am. I put the white zi in my hand on the omission that I discovered very early, Jiuwang was stunned for a moment, put aside the sunspot in his hand, and smiled faintly: "Qianyi lost." ”

I raised my eyes to look at him, smiled, and picked out the white son on the chessboard: "The ninth master's mind is not on the chessboard, otherwise where will the concubine be your opponent." ”

He raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "Madame is too modest." ”

"What is the Ninth Master thinking?" I put the white piece in my hand into the chess piece jar, "The inevitable battle between Hongyue and Tianxiao? ”

Jiuwang's expression froze, and there was a hint of discoloration in his eyes: "How did Madam know?" ”

"When Momiji kidnapped me, he fired artillery in the port of Tenjo Country. With my understanding of the emperor, I dare to blatantly provoke him at his doorstep, without a sufficient reason, I am afraid that the emperor will not be sent away so easily. I said lightly, the chess pieces in my hand fell into the chess piece jar, making a crisp sound, "Later, I encountered a 'pirate' attack on the sea, and the sea area of the Red Kingdom was so unpeaceful, the emperor must have been extremely uneasy." ”

"Madame has seen it thoroughly." Jun Qianyi sighed faintly, "It's a pity that some people think that as long as the ceremony is successful...... he stopped suddenly, but I heard a little peculiar smell. Rite? What ritual? Is it a ritual to restore the Eight Miscellaneous Snakes? Do they think that after resurrecting the Eight Miscellaneous Snakes, they can really unify the Three Realms? That's why you don't take Tiancao Kingdom in your eyes?

"The concubine really doesn't understand, how can the Ninth Master be in the company of the Hongyue people?" I picked up the sunspots on the chessboard one by one, and deliberately said casually, "The Ninth Master is the prince of the dignified Heavenly Empire, but now he doesn't know in what capacity he is embarrassingly living in the Red Kingdom?" ”

"Lord Wang?" The eyes of the Nine Kings darkened, and he sneered, "Is there still a prince like Qianyi in the Tiancao Kingdom?" ”

"How not? When it was said that the prince was framed by King Jing, and after the emperor quelled King Jing's rebellion, he clearly ordered the prince to return to Beijing, but something happened to the Feng family's army, and the prince's whereabouts were unknown. I poured the sunspot into the chess piece jar with a "bang", "The emperor didn't say that there is no prince like you in the Tiancao Kingdom." ”

"What the Feng family army does, how can he meet the emperor?" The Nine Kings laughed at themselves, "What will happen if Qianyi returns to Beijing?" The Feng family is well aware of the stakes, otherwise they would not abandon the pawn to protect the handsome. ”

"So you'd rather betray your country?" I glanced at him coldly, "It's the Feng family who bears you, the emperor bears you, isn't the whole world responsible for you?" Uniting with foreign thieves against his own country, is it the work of a great husband? "Don't tell me that the people of the Red Kingdom have no intention of betting on the Nine Kings, and I don't believe that the Nine Kings hiding in the Red Kingdom is an escape after being disheartened.

He looked at me in a daze, with a touch of pain in his eyes, and sighed sadly: "Madame will not understand." ”

"I don't understand." I was stunned for a moment, his expression was a little strange, could there be something else inside? I softened my tone: "If the prince has any troubles, you might as well talk to the concubine." ”

He looked at me steadily, pursed his lips and smiled bitterly, and shook his head: "Madame knows too much, and it won't do Madame any good." ”

"Even if it's a secret, it's impossible for me to leak it out now that I'm imprisoned here." I smiled faintly and laughed at myself, "And I doubt I'll ever get out of here one day." ”

"Madame is too worried." The Nine Kings regained their usual graceful demeanor, hiding the gaffe just now under an indifferent expression. I saw that the little gap in his heart was quickly closed, and I knew that I would not have a chance to find out anything today, so I also shut up with interest. Hongye walked into the courtyard, and when Jiuwang saw her, he got up and said, "Madam, it's time for Qianyi to leave." ”

Hongye bowed respectfully to the Nine Kings, but instead of following him out in a muffled voice like Ping Yue, he said loudly: "Lord Host, the sect master invites you and Madam Yun to go to the shrine." ”

Host-sama? I frowned, what is this called? Weird? The Nine Kings' faces froze, and they muttered, "It's finally coming......

I don't know why, but the Myojin family patriarch who has only met once in more than two months wants to see me, and I don't think it's a good thing. A little apprehensive in my heart, I walked out silently behind the Nine Kings, and Momiji followed behind me. Stepping on the pink and white cherry blossom petals, I stepped out of this yard for the first time, and when I went out of the yard, I found that there were more cherry blossom trees outside. Layered and covered with mountains, it is like a sea of cherry blossoms. I don't know what kind of cherry blossoms on Myojin Island are, they are said to be in full bloom and undefeated all year round, unlike the cherry blossoms I saw in my previous life, which only have a short flowering period of one week. Climbing the long stone steps, the shrine is hidden in a forest of cherry blossoms, and it is also a traditional white-walled and blue-tiled shrine, but compared to the usual building, this shrine is tall and spectacular. There is an open platform outside the shrine, surrounded by stone pillars carved with strange totems, and a number of hideous stone snakes hovering over the top of the column. Although there was hair in his heart, he still couldn't help but look at it twice, could it be that this is the Eight Miscellaneous Snake?

Stepping into the shrine, the light inside suddenly dimmed, and the shrine gate entered, there was a long, long passage, the passage was very dark, and the candlesticks on the wall were burning with white candles dancing with faint firelight. The flickering light illuminated the walls, and there were large murals painted on the walls, which could still be seen in the faint light of the candlelight. As my eyesight adjusted to the light in the corridor, I could see that the murals were depicted with strange beasts: giants with gray-brown blue ears and fangs that looked like bears; There are monsters with black and white flames, looking like a wealth dog, and dragging two long tails; There is a strange fish with a large mouth of blood and three crocodile tails...... I looked at those monsters that were vividly drawn, as if they were about to jump out of the wall, and I was secretly shocked, could it be that these terrifying patterns were painted with the Nine Ancient Demon Beasts that Jade Die'er once said? A purple giant snake jumped into the eye, its upper body was divided, giving birth to several heads, and the tail was also divided into many branches, I counted carefully, and it was really eight heads and eight tails. Eight Miscellaneous Snakes? I was secretly frightened in my heart, and I couldn't help but look at the huge demon snake carefully, but I saw that the snake's head was as hideous as a skeleton, and the skeleton's eyes were glowing orange and yellow, and its mouth was wide open, revealing its blue mouth and Bai Sensen's teeth, and the bloody blood dripped down from the mouth, which was particularly terrifying and terrifying. I shuddered, quickly looked away, and was immediately caught by another monster. The monster's ass was kicked high, and its head crouched on the ground, making a beast attack pose. Its ears were long and pointed, its eyes glowing white, dark brown, its sharp claws clung to the ground, and its tail towered behind its ass in a swirling shape, the tips of which dragged raging flames. Could this be the nine-tailed fox? Its appearance is not as disgusting as that of the Eight Miscellaneous Snakes, but the attack posture is vividly drawn, I secretly amazed, looking at the murals on the wall, I vaguely understood in my heart that these murals depict the scene of the battle of the ancient nine divine beasts.

After walking for a long time, the light in the corridor gradually brightened, and the exit was already in front of me. The heat wave came to the face, and outside the corridor was a deep cliff several zhang wide, and from time to time there was a raging fire spraying from the bottom of the cliff, and the hot red magma flowed slowly at the bottom of the cliff, and anything that fell was roasted into charcoal and swallowed by it. I looked at the sky, there was no blue sky and white clouds, only mud and rocks, and it seemed to be underground, because there was a fire on the ground, but it didn't feel dark. My body was scorched hot by the heat, but my heart was cold, could it be that this Myojin Island turned out to be a volcanic island? And it is also a very active active volcano, and then thinking of the hot springs attracted by the small courtyard where I lived, I groaned in my heart, taking such a dangerous place as a holy place, the crazy genes in the bodies of these Hongyue people are the same as the devils in this country. Between the earthfire ravines, there is a narrow natural stone bridge, only two people wide, for people to pass to the opposite side of the ravine. I trembled through the stone bridge, and was almost swept over me by the occasional spray from the side of the stone bridge, and the fire threatened to sweep me down the ravine. Finally passed through the earthfire ravine. On the stone cliff platform in front is a relief stone door, and the sculpture on the door frame of the stone door is a large snake without suspense, circling into a strange posture, the skeleton-like snake head is extremely hideous, and the eye frame seems to be installed with a light bulb, radiating orange-yellow fluorescence.

Stepping into the stone gate, inside is a very empty and dark hall, not only large, but also the space is unusually high, except for the door to enter, there seems to be no exit around. The main hall is very flat, and there are many tall stone pillars on all sides, and the stone pillars are carved with strange spell characters, and each pillar is embedded with a pearl as big as a fist. The sect master he had seen on the warship more than two months ago was sitting upright on a futon in the middle of the main hall, wearing a blinding white kimono. On the ground in front of him lay a crystal ball the size of a basketball, the surface of which was shrouded in a hazy blue fluorescence. On the wall directly in front of him, there is a huge relief of the snake carving, the snake body is thicker than the human body, each snake head seems to be alive, obviously it is a static and lifeless stone carving, when I look at it, but I feel that those snake heads are slowly swinging, swallowing the red snake letter, which makes people feel chilled from the bottom of my heart. There is an altar more than ten steps high in front of the relief, and there are countless sharp knives with bright and dangling tips on the altar, forming a terrifying knife mountain, and there is a huge wooden cross erected on the knife mountain, and on the cross, there is a boy who is all over his body, drooping his head, and seems to have fainted. I looked at the child's face, and my heart was shocked, and I almost exclaimed, the child turned out to be An Sheng, who had been missing for more than a year and had no news.

(To be continued)