Chapter 24: The Immortal Demon
"Jin Chuguo...... For me? Zhou Yukun's face was dull, he really couldn't believe that indifferent old man would do anything for himself.
Nanhua Lao Immortal continued: "Whether you believe it or not, I don't plan to hide this matter from you. After listening to this, I will not force you to stay here, and I will not stop you from choosing how you choose. ”
"Before telling the truth about the death of your parents, let me tell you something that happened in ancient times. A thousand years ago, it was the Northern Song Dynasty, and the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty must have known that it was Zhao Kuangyin, the Taizu of the Song Dynasty. When Taizu started, he was just a small soldier, and he fought with his younger brother Zhao Kuangyi for many years, which played a piece of the foundation of the Northern Song Dynasty. ”
However, his younger brother Zhao Kuangyi has deep jealousy of his brother Zhao Kuangyin in his heart. He was dissatisfied with why he was born later than Zhao Kuangyin, and he was always pressed by Zhao Kuangyin since he was a child, no matter what Zhao Kuangyin did, he was better than him. Therefore, in the forces they formed together, everyone did not hesitate to elect Zhao Kuangyin as the main prince. ”
Over time, Zhao Kuangyi's jealousy gradually turned into resentment over time. At that time, their power was already so large that there were hardly any warlords who could match them, and it was believed that it was only a matter of time before the whole country was unified. So, he secretly dispatched his henchmen beside Zhao Kuangyin to poison his wine glass. ”
Sure enough, in order to celebrate the previous victory, Zhao Kuangyin called Zhao Kuangyi to come and drink. At that time, there were only two of them, and Zhao Kuangyi was overjoyed and thought he had a plan. didn't expect that Zhao Kuangyin was such a hero, and his younger brother's methods had already been seen through by him. But he did not execute Zhao Kuangyi angrily, but talked about interesting things from his childhood with a calm expression. After that, Zhao Kuangyin didn't say anything, and he drank the cup of poisonous wine and died. ”
Hearing this, Zhou Yukun asked puzzledly: "Why, his younger brother wants to harm him regardless of his feelings, why does he still commit suicide?" ”
Nanhua Lao Xian smiled faintly: "Because, in his heart, maybe family affection is more important than the throne." After speaking, he looked at him meaningfully. Zhou Yukun was silent in his heart, this is actually not difficult to choose, because he is also Zhao Kuangyin's kind of person.
The next day, all the ministers got the news that Zhao Kuangyin had died violently, and the will said that he would pass the throne to his younger brother, but not his own child. Zhao Kuangyi only knew at this time that Zhao Kuangyin had long been aware of his jealousy, so he had arranged a qiē in advance, and even passed the throne to him without hesitation. As for the reason, perhaps a loving brother makes up for an ignorant brother. ”
Zhao Kuangyi woke up from then on, and resolutely changed his name to Zhao Jiong under the guilt in his heart, because he knew that he was not worthy of being Zhao Kuangyin's brother. After that, he worked hard, and within a few years, he completely unified the world. But after he got old, the shadow of killing his brother always haunted his heart, so he was afraid that he would go to the underworld to meet Zhao Kuangyin. So he began to look for ways to prolong his life as long as he could prolong his life throughout the country. ”
"But in ancient times, how many emperors tried in vain to find the way to immortality, but none of them succeeded, and this Zhao Jiong is no exception. After several attempts at secret methods, he finally refined an immortal body. But this method is extremely strange, Zhao Jiong's temperament has changed greatly since then, feeding on people and drinking blood, slaughtering many maidservants and eunuchs in the palace. ”
At this time, Zhao Heng, who had succeeded to the throne of Song Zhenzong, first blocked the news that the emperor had gone crazy, and then secretly summoned strange people from all over the world, and finally temporarily suppressed Zhao Jiong in the cave at the bottom of the palace. But this method is not a long-term solution, so some people mention that the former emperor has now gone mad, and he must use the jade seal that is contaminated with the breath of many sons of heaven to completely suppress the evil spirit of the former emperor. ”
In desperation, Zhao Heng of Song Zhenzong could only listen to this person's advice, build an extremely solid stone tomb outside the cave, and put the emperor in a jade coffin and hide it underground. On top of the coffin, a cylindrical stone platform was built to put the jade seal of the country on it. In this way, Zhao Jiong was completely sealed, and the jade seal of the country has been hidden in the stone tomb and has not seen the light of day. ”
"Wait, as far as I know, there were legends about the jade seal in the later Yuan and Ming dynasties, why do you say it never appeared?" Zhou Yukun asked suddenly.
"Hehe, it's just history, how much do you know it's true or false? There were many imitations of the jade seal of the country in the Song Dynasty, and it is not surprising that the later dynasty would appear. What's more, even what I said is not guaranteed to be exactly the same as history, but can only be said to be close enough to the truth. ”
Zhou Yukun suddenly said: "Okay, I know the location of the stone tomb you mentioned, because I found the jade seal from there, but I didn't see the coffin you mentioned." ”
"Of course you can't see it, how can you see if someone is deliberately hiding?"
"Hide?" Zhou Yukun frowned strangely at first, and then suddenly came to his senses: "You...... You mean, Zhao Jiong in the coffin is still alive? Did he deliberately hide so that I wouldn't find out? He couldn't help but feel a thrill all over his body, and the thought of a bloodthirsty madman hiding by his side at that time made him break out in a cold sweat.
Nanhua Old Immortal nodded, his face was extremely stern: "No, it's not that he's still alive, but that he's not dead in the first place." At the beginning, Zhao Jiong had already cultivated an immortal body, and he could only be suppressed, not killed. ”
"But didn't you say he didn't succeed?"
Nanhua Old Immortal smiled coldly: "He is only immortal now, but his consciousness has long been extinguished, how can he talk about immortality?" The reason why I mentioned him to you is not because of no purpose, but because I want to sue you, while you took away the jade seal, you also released a terrifying undead demon. ”
"This ......" Zhou Yukun was speechless, he was young at the time, and he took away the jade seal only out of fear of the dark, who would have thought that there was a big devil sealed there. No, if he was really released, but why have I never heard of this kind of news, is he no longer a cannibal? ”
"Think about it seriously, haven't there been many people who have died in recent years?"
"However, they are all killing each other among the Star Chosen One, and it seems that they have nothing to do with that big devil, right?"
"No, you're wrong!" Nanhua Old Immortal said with a stern expression: "Not only does he have a deep connection with the dream world; And the accidental death of your parents is also inseparable from him. ”
Zhou Yukun was shocked: "Impossible, I heard with my own ears that it was Jin Chuguo's voice at the scene, and this qiē was planned by Jin Chuguo." He couldn't believe that the other party was innocent, and he couldn't imagine the consequences of killing the wrong person by mistake.
"What if I sue you that Zhao Jiong's voice is very similar to Jin Chuguo?"
"However, even if the sound is similar, the camera will not deceive, I saw Jin Chuguo at the crime scene with my own eyes, how could it not be him."
Nanhua Old Immortal took a deep breath and looked a little weird: "Although you may not believe it, that person is not Jin Chuguo. Let's not talk about Jin Chuguo's teacher-student affection for your parents, let's just say that the real Jin Chuguo was thousands of kilometers away in Wenqu City, thousands of kilometers away, and was teaching at Wenqu University, how could he rush to commit the crime? If you don't believe me, I can call up Wenqu University's classroom monitoring here. ”
Zhou Yukun's expression froze, and he said with difficulty: "Okay, even if what you say is true, it was the devil who killed my parents and wanted to snatch the jade seal." Then why did Yuxi bring me a photo of Jin Chuguo later, it can't be the big devil too, right? ”
Although he didn't seem to care, there were huge waves in his heart. All this time, hatred had blinded him, so much so that he never thought carefully about Kim Chuguo's relationship with his parents. Even after going to Wenqu City, he had the opportunity to call up the monitoring of Wenqu University, but because he firmly believed in the judgment in his heart, he never checked it.
"Alas, Old Man Jin has good intentions. For the sake of you, he deliberately let go of the jade seal, the purpose is to let you take the initiative to come to Wenqu City. Why did you think he captured Wei Chu's kid at the beginning, didn't you want to find someone to assist you, otherwise do you think he could escape? This time, it was not Nanhua Old Immortal who answered him, but Pang Degong, the reincarnation of the Fire Movement.
Zhou Yukun was even more incredible: "Why, why did he do this?" You say that he did everything for me, but killing my relatives and friends is for my good? ”
Nanhua Old Immortal suddenly interjected: "As I said, it was not us who killed them, but Zhao Jiong of Song Taizong. ”
"Heh, I have never known any Zhao Jiong, and I have never made a feud with him, what reason does he have to attack my relatives and friends?"
"You really have no hatred, but you are the master of the jade seal, and his only nemesis is the jade seal, which is stricter than any hatred. And, are you really sure you don't know him? ”
Zhou Yukun frowned: "What do you mean?" ”
"I mean, you know him, it's just that you never find out who he is, and even we didn't know until we went through a lot. I think you should remember a person, he is called the Son of Heaven! ”
Zhou Yukun replied: "Of course I remember, I still remember that the five of you also took away his country from him, and the dream world was constantly in dispute. ”
Hearing his implicit sarcastic words, Nanhua Old Immortal shook his head with a smile: "Regarding this matter, it was our mistake. At that time, Jin Chuguo was bent on avenging your parents, but Zhao Jiong couldn't be found in reality, so we went into the dream to find it. Under the guidance of a person, we found the Son of Heaven, whose mysterious ability and face made us believe that he was Zhao Jiong. ”
Speaking of this, he sighed lightly: "Alas, we learned later that this Son of Heaven is the core of the jade seal, not Zhao Jiong." And the reason why we made mistakes was precisely because of that person, under his guidance, that we ruined the country and messed up the government. ”
"Who the hell is he?"
"If you use the name you know, he should be called, Mr. Shuijing, Sima Hui!"