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After Liu Shuang resigned, Li Bai wanted to ask Xiang Wuru what was the matter with him, but he was about to speak, and Xiang Wuru asked first: "Boy, how is your master lately?" ”

"My master?" Li Bai was stunned, he didn't expect Xiang Ruthless to ask such a question, and from Xiang Ruthless's tone, Li Bai heard that she seemed to know her origin. But Li Bai still didn't believe it, and wanted to struggle for a while, so he said in a daze: "Xiang Zhangmen, the master under him has been hidden in the world all the year round, and there is nothing bad about it." ”

"Boy, don't beat around the bush with the poor nun!" Xiang ruthless said directly: "I already know that you are the apprentice of that Zhao Rui, and she, a little girl dressed as a man!" ”

In an instant, the surrounding atmosphere became solemn and awkward. Li Bai and Xu Lanxian didn't expect Xiang Wuru to speak so directly, nor did they expect Xiang Wuru to expose his details so quickly.

But now that it has been exposed, Li Bai doesn't want to do anything to face each other anymore, and after making a pair of eyes with Xu Lanxian, Li Bai arched his hand and said: "Xiang Boss, please forgive the juniors for offending, the grievances between your seniors, our juniors don't want to interfere, and we can't interfere." Therefore, no matter what grievances there are between Xiang Zhangmen and my master, please take the overall situation as the main situation, and end the matter of the Shrine Truth before doing anything else. ”

"Don't worry, Poor Ni won't be embarrassed by you, it's just ......" Xiang Wuru paused, opened his eyes and stood up, before he continued: "It's just that Poor Ni wants the two of you to do me a favor!" ”

"Tell the boss." Li Bai: "Very busy? ”

"Don't worry, the poor nun will show you a good thing first." As he spoke, Xiang Ruthless suddenly looked at Li Bai and Xu Lanxian with a mysterious smile on his face, and then waved at the wall next to him, and another secret room appeared.

However, when Li Bai and Xu Lanxian saw the things in the secret room of the dark pavilion, the two of them panicked for a moment. This living creature is locked inside, and this living creature is the iron-eating beast, Yu Er.

At this time, Yu Er also saw Li Bai and Xu Lanxian, and hurriedly dropped the bamboo shoots in his hand, so he wanted to run over and let Li Bai and Xu Lanxian hug him, and Li Bai and Xu Lanxian also wanted to run over and hug Yu Er. But the iron gate was ruthless, separating them from each other.

Seeing this, Li Bai was anxious and worried, but he still tried to calm himself down and asked, "Xiang Zhangmen, what do you mean by this?" ”

"Humph!" Xiang Ruthless sneered and said, "Do you think that the poor nun doesn't know that the iron-eating beast can lead to the truth of the shrine?" But don't worry, as long as you are willing to help me obediently, then I promise not to hurt a single hair of it. But if you don't listen, hum, don't talk about this iron-eating beast, neither of you will go out alive. ”

Li Bai and Xu Lanxian realized the danger and knew that Xiang Wuru's words were not a joke. So Li Bai had no choice but to hold back and said, "You say, what do you want us to help you with?" ”

Xiang Wuru didn't rush to explain, but smiled and asked Li Bai: "I heard that you can speak beast language?" ”

Li Bai was stunned, and guessed that Liu Shuang should have told Xiang Ruthless about this matter, but this was insignificant, and he should say: "Yes, but only for some ordinary beasts." ”

Xiang Ruthless smiled again, and then asked, "You know that the Iron Eater can attract the Shrine Truth, but do you know why the Iron Eater Beast can attract the Shrine Truth?" ”

Li Bai and Xu Lanxian were stunned, they really didn't know. After a pause, he could only answer truthfully: "I don't know!" ”

Xiang ruthlessly and unhurriedly walked to the secret room of the dark pavilion where the iron-eating beast was kept, and said: "Because the shrine wants to suck the essence of this little guy, and as long as it sucks the essence of this little guy, then it can directly sit in human form and bring disaster to the world." ”

Xiang Ruthless's explanation was something Li Bai and Xu Lanxian didn't expect, but when they heard this, Li Bai and Xu Lanxian instantly understood Xiang Ruthless's intentions. After a pause, Li Bai said a little angrily: "It turns out that you were lying to us before, a good way to hide from the world." ”

"Hahaha, smart!" Xiang ruthlessly laughed: "That old Zhao Immortal's apprentice is really extraordinary, yes, the poor nun really wants to hide from the world." So, I want you to use this little guy to help the poor nun bring the truth of the shrine here. ”

It turned out that Xiang Wuru didn't plan to really kill the Shrine Truth, the reason why he said this in the Emei Hall was to let the people of the world know that the Shrine Truth was dead, and he wanted the court or Gao Lishi to know that the Shrine Truth was dead. But in fact, Xiang Wuru secretly took the shrine for himself. And he was extremely clever in framing the anger of the court to others, so that Emei became an innocent victim from the mastermind behind the scenes.

From the day Li Bai and Xu Lanxian trespassed into the Emei Forbidden Land, Xiang Wuru secretly noticed the two of them and discovered the existence of the iron-eating beast Yu Er. Originally, Xiang Wuru didn't plan to ask Li Bai and Xu Lanxian to help, and wanted to directly steal Yu Er to implement the plan of crossing the sea all over the world, so that Li Bai, Xu Lanxian, Yuan Danqiu and Fusang Ronin became shields, and he secretly used Yu Er to attract the Shrine Truth and subdue it.

But people are not as good as heaven, although Yu Er is small, he can distinguish the good from the bad, and he only listens to Li Bai and Xu Lanxian. Xiang Ruthless knows that the Shrine Truth is shrewd, and as long as he senses the slightest bit that something is wrong, he will give up turning and running away, and he will not be desperate to suck the spirit of the Iron Eating Beast.

So in desperation, Xiang Wuru had no choice but to ask Li Bai and Xu Lanxian to help. Because only after Li Bai asked Yu Er to obey through the beast language, could he successfully attract the truth of the shrine.

Although these Dao Dao Dao Xiang Wuru did not say it explicitly, Li Bai and Xu Lanxian had already guessed eight or nine. Li Bai was extremely dissatisfied and angry about this, because Li Bai didn't want to become a tool in the hands of others. But at the same time, Li Bai knew that he didn't have any solution now, so he could only do it for the time being, otherwise he and Xu Lanxian might be killed here directly by Xiang Ruthless.

Therefore, after Li Bai suppressed the anger in his heart and kept himself calm, he asked Xiang Ruthless: "Tell me, what is your specific plan?" ”

"It's easy!" Xiang ruthless said directly: "You managed to use this little guy to lure the shrine to Emeihou Mountain, there is a secret passage." After grasping the Shrine, the poor nun will cast a spell to create an illusion, an illusion that you will kill the Shrine, so that the poor nun will not know the ghost and will not feel that the Shrine Truth has been reached, and you will rightfully become the hero of the Shrine Truth. ”

"Heroes? Hum! It's an enemy of the imperial court, right? Xu Lanxian finally couldn't help it, spoke, and said: "If we help you, then the imperial court will definitely count this account on our heads, and at that time, even if we have a hundred lives, it will not be enough to compensate." ”

Xu Lanxian definitely didn't want Li Bai to become a public enemy of the imperial court, if he really offended the imperial court in such an open and honest way, then Li Bai's future future would be completely ruined. No matter what it was, Xu Lanxian put Li Bai's future first, and he never wanted Li Bai to go the wrong way.

Xu Lanxian felt that this was what he should do as a wife, and at the same time, Xu Lanxian also knew that the husband he wanted was the dragon and phoenix among people. Therefore, Xu Lanxian didn't want Li Bai's future to be hindered in the future, and he didn't want Xiang Ruthless to harm his husband like this.

And Xiang Wuru seemed to have expected it, so he smiled lightly and said, "Don't worry, I have already thought about your way back, otherwise, I wouldn't have pulled that Fusang ronin into the water." ”

"Toyotomi is invincible?" Li Bai and Xu Lanxian spoke in unison, and after looking at each other for a moment, they seemed to understand something, but they didn't seem to understand at all.

"Yes, it's Toyotomi invincible!" Xiang ruthless said: "Little Fusang, you dare to live in my Central Plains territory all the time, and the wolf's ambition can be punished." ”

"What do you mean, it's ......" Li Bai swallowed a few words, a little incredulous, and said, "Did you kill Toyotomi Invincible?" ”

"What, can't you do it?" Xiang Ruthless asked a rhetorical question, and then said: "You only need to dress up as Fusang Ronin tonight, and cooperate with Toyotomi Invincible to pretend to kill the Shrine Truth, then this crime will naturally be blamed on Fuso and the Toyotomi family." In the same way, the Toyotomi family will also blame the imperial court for Toyotomi's invincible death, so don't we just sit back and reap the profits of the fisherman, and it is not our business to hang high? ”

Hearing this scheme, Li Bai and Xu Lanxian finally saw Xiang Ruthless's ruthlessness. Her method was completely to make Toyotomi invincible to death, and then the imperial court thought that the shrine was killed by the Fuso people, and the people in the rivers and lakes of the world naturally thought so. But in fact, the Shrine Truth did not die, but fell into the hands of Xiang Wurui.

I have to say that Xiang Ruthless's strategy is indeed clever and seamless. However, Li Bai really couldn't bear it, because this was too despicable and shameless, after all, Toyotomi was invincible in the strict sense, it was just a martial idiot who was obsessed with the way of martial arts. But now, he is not only drawn into this struggle, but also at the cost of his own life. Li Bai really can't do it, and Xu Lanxian is the same.

Xiang Wuru saw this, so he said: "You don't have to sympathize with him like this, there is no difference between good and bad people in the face of national interests, only worthy and unworthy." ”

Li Bai and Xu Lanxian agreed with Xiang Wuru's words, although it sounded a little cruel, but it was indeed the truth. The Fuso and Toyotomi families have been gearing up to invade the Central Plains, but they have no choice but to do so. And now, as long as one Toyotomi is sacrificed to be invincible, the imperial court will notice the movements of Fuso and the Toyotomi family. In this way, although they can't directly snuff out their desire to invade, they can at least suppress them and restrain their desire to invade in a small Fusang.

It's just that Li Bai and Xu Lanxian don't believe that Xiang Wuru will have such a righteous and awe-inspiring patriotic heart. I wanted to refute it, but I found that I didn't seem to have too reliable reasons. Although Xiang ruthless wanted to reap the benefits of the fisherman, she did not affect anything, and on the premise of not affecting anything, there was a hostile balance between the imperial court and the Fuso and Toyotomi families.

Li Bai thought for a while, and suddenly said: "We can promise to help you and act according to the way you say, but you have to promise me two things." ”

"Humph!" Xiang Ruthless snorted disapprovingly, as if he had already guessed, and asked, "Is it the blood and ethereal of the Shrine?" ”

Li Bai and Xu Lanxian were actually a little surprised when they heard Xiang Wuru say this. And at the same time of being surprised, Li Bai and Xu Lanxian felt that Xiang Wuxian was very scary. Because they don't know anything about Xiang Ruthless, but Xiang Ruthless seems to know everything about them.

So, Li Bai didn't beat around the bush anymore, and said bluntly: "Yes, we need some blood of the Shrine Truth, and ...... And anything about ethereal, for example, is there really an ethereal thing hidden in that glimmer of heaven? ”

Xiang Ruthless smiled and replied, "If you want the blood of the Shrine, I can give it to you." But as for the ethereal, hmph, go back and ask your master to ask me personally. Of course, you can also break through, but don't blame me for not kindly reminding you that no one can make it past the sky. ”

"This!" Li Bai paused, paused and asked, "Then you can at least tell me what the ethereal thing is, right?" ”

"It's not that the poor nun doesn't want to tell you." Xiang ruthless: "But the poor nun has only heard of it slightly, and he doesn't know it very much." ”

Li Bai still wanted to continue to ask questions, but Xiang Wuru didn't give him a chance. With a wave of his hand, he said that the hour was not early, and it was time to go back and prepare to go his own way.

And so it was, and so the conversation went. Before parting, Li Bai and Xu Lanxian wanted to take Yu Er away, but Xiang Ruthless refused to allow it, saying that they would not release Yu Er until tonight was done. Helpless, Li Bai had no choice but to comfort Yu Er with his heart, and then said goodbye to Xu Lanxian and left the secret room.

Hou Shuang, who Liu Shuang had been worried about, was outside the secret passage, worried that something was wrong with Li Bai. When it was intact, the tightened heart finally let go. Say a few words to Li Bai and Xu Lanxian, and after a few words, they dispersed.

And the first thing Li Bai and Xu Lanxian did after saying goodbye to Liu Shuang was to go to Gao Zhongwu, one was to settle accounts, because if he hadn't been admitted to Yu Er, then Li Bai and Xu Lanxian would not have been threatened like Xiang Ruthless at this moment. Second, he was worried about Gao Zhongwu's safety, for fear that Xiang Wuru would do something to him.

As a result, when the door looked, Li Bai was dumbfounded. I saw Gao Zhongwu lying in a pile of bamboos, with many fresh bamboo shoots on his body, talking in his dreams, and said, "Little guy, why are you so cute?" Hahahahaha...... Hungry, right? Come on, come on, eat fast, eat fast! Little one, why don't you follow me from now on? Don't follow Brother Li anymore, you see that he locks you in a fan all day long, how boring is it? ”

Words like this one after another, Li Bai was originally on fire, but when he heard Gao Zhongwu's appearance and what he said here, he couldn't help but be amused. Helpless, Li Bai had no choice but to shake his head, quietly walked out of the house, closed the door and let Gao Zhongwu continue to sleep, and suddenly felt that he was not to blame for this.

After such a small episode, Li Bai also completely calmed down and went back to the house with Xu Lanxian, planning to discuss it in detail again. After all, Li Bai never liked to be at the mercy of others.